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A PLUCKY WOMAN.
urosiGHT encounter withtwo
aMI aBHBD BURGLARS.
.0* Fir* 1 WlienOuo °f Tlii-m In Halt-
r li,« l'lntol. KIlllDB One anil Se-
1C *verelJ IeJertD* Bin Compan-
lou-l’fobable Lynchluc.
" . eh as never before occurred in that
“'P*-.* occasioned by the attempt of two
Tic*' 1 /;.' t0 assault and rob an old widow
* coUn 1 the killinc of one and captnro of
uJy and the*. Sunday the Salvation Army,
ft* 1 o held a basket picnic at Long
which was nttended by largo
^‘T’af Otople from the towns on the
o» wJs “ P *Vhom were a number of
"’V anS thieves. Near town
tcff* named Mra. SUrltey,
Hde tJ„T qo vears old. rioh and of peonliar
Mn. y Starkey.is popularly credited
£5'possessing considerable ready cash,
wsTnorled as keeping in her ini-
THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGIIAF1I: TUESDAY, AUGUST 3,1886.—TWELVE PAGES.
Saod was sound asleep.
?< ?rlock the sounds of some one trying
. hMia entrance awoke her.
She got out of bed. and picking up a re-
?... to the door and demanded the
T °.ma of the would-be intruder. He paid
Attention to her calls. A moment later
5?.lor was burst in and two men entered
S lorn each with a revolver in bis hand.
! raised his pistol lint was not
1 S enough for the old lady, who opened
.hooting one of them down and dnv-
f 0 *' h« otter back. The old lady fired
Sree shots st the men before they dtsap-
nuted throngh the door, one of them drag-
ping the body ot h.» companion on. o. die
touse ' doth shots IFFICTIVE.
After their exit Mrs. Sharkey went to the
Apistol in band, and found both men
1 Tthe porch, one of them lying, at mil
kagth, with bis cimpanion bending over
him She then slipped out of the back
«v and. followed by her only companions,
"iupleof pet dogs and two or three pet
Umbs, made her way to town and hunted
"'whenti'edoctor heard the old lady’s
dory, he, with a couple of men, returned
„ the house, where they found the
Wliy wounded and dying robber
L, 1 the porch. An examination
,u immediately held by the doctor
hot orobiog failed to find the bullet, which
htd penetrated the thigh, and, glancing up-
entered the bowels, making a fatal
wound. While the doctor waB examining
the wounded man the others, with the old
kdy and her dogs, hunted the other one
down. They found him a short distance
away, leaning against a fence, badly wound-
! ed Both men were taken to the town and
' aearched. Both were armed with Bulldog
pistols, the mortally wounded man still
holding his pistol, which was cocked, in his
atrreless hand.
i PROBABLE LTSCHIXO,
This man gave the name of John C. Cox,
and said he was employed by King & Dyer,
contractors of the Ohio River railroad. The
name of the other one could not be bed.
The excitement ran so high after the at
tempt was learned that it was with great
difficulty the people could he prevented
from lynching tuc culpriti. Mrs. Stnrkoy,
daring the entire time, is said to have dis
played more nerve and stamina than nine
men out cf ten would have shown under
the circumstances. Alone with her dogs,
the declared that she needed no other pro-
t tMttadisn a good pistol and a moment’s
warning, and the way she disposed of two
brute* fully establishes her reputation for
fclmoit unprecedented nerve.
It *ppe*ra that she had at the time *•***■
al thonund dollars in the house, which
•be ha* concluded to place in more secure
quarter*, for, nervy as she certainly is, she
ii not ansious for another contest at arms
with two or three desperate men. There is
a mob of threatening men and women about
the bonne where the men are kept under a
phyrician’s care. Mrs. Starkey comes of
good old Indian fighting stock. It is said
that *he is a descendant of the soldier in
Arbuckle's command who killed the groat
Indian chief, Cornstalk, in 1774. At last
•ccoums the fate of the living robber hnng
a very narrow thread.
CLUBS ARE KXCEFTED.
WAR CLOUDS IN EUROPE.
CriticalI ’poMiionTTto Germany
• <Mving to General Boulanger.
Sp<vUl cable to New York Herald.
London, July 27.—This afternoon I
.ULiJS a conve «ntion in Parliament
Sfflu"wJKWs!f l sur&
- imm - 1 ,i ’ u
OfiRAT COM1NO RVBtTS.
.*• I! 110 . 1110 ral ® aad Parliament
will not give the journalist* much for dis-
cnstioo ami treatment until next wint»r.
but I look toereateyenfain Europe shortly,
trance and Germany are beginning to makb
laces at one another, and I rhould not be
surprised that when the crops are gathered
at least Germany will move, unless General
Boulanger is obliged to take ab»ck seat by
his government, for at present he is nanging
Germany. I read the article in laltHnn-
day s rigaro, headed Boulanger, c'est la
guerre, and especially the references in it
to trench patriotism and redeeming the re*
turn from Metz and Sedan.
A DEEP GAME,
“Although the writer signs his name, can
one doubt that the inspiration comes from
{he general whose name is in the head line?
Ihe article will irritate Prussia very much,
and then some counter attack from the
1 ruRsum press will put the French 'on their
ears’ end.’ Boulanger is playing a deep
game. lie knows he can't last long inpow-
er without war. In fact he is a sort of
French Skobeleff, ready for anything.
A PUOBABLE ALLIANCE.
“History ofton repeats itself. If war
should break out there will be another boll
alliance. It will be like alien Louis XVIli.
was put on the tbroue of France. This
time 1 don’t doubt that the Comte de Paris
will bo the new Louis XVIII. to govern dis
membered France for the alliance.
doubt they would cut her up iu slices,
now rr would be done.
TRYING TO SHOOT TUB GIRL WHO
JILTED DIM AND III3 RIVAL.
JEALOUS SALVATIONIST.
ro Your g Men Who Came to th« 1
of the Girl Dangerously Wound
One of Them Perhaps Mor
tally— Flvo Shota Fired.
“To satisfy Italy’s vanity and keep her
quiet they would give her back Nice and
Havoy. In fact it would be the partition of
Poland oyer again. The talk of an alliance
of Russia and Franco la all moonshine.
There can be no real alliance between mon
archical and republican forms of government,
more than between a cat and a dog. The
monarchical party is bound to suffer from
such an alliance. Berne mber France and
yonr United States when Loms XVL joined
them. He thereby signed his death warrant
and prepared the way for the French revo
lution. Russian statesmen are too far
eighty not to see this.
BtraSLUi WANTS.
" hat Russia wants is the lliack Sea for
her fleets and Constantinople for her winter
capital. Russia cap do this by holding Ans
tria in check with promises of a large south
ern boundary, even to the sea.
FRANCE AND DEMOCRACY.
Fall River, July 26.—A series of dis
graceful scandals in connection with the
work of the Salvation* Army In this city
culminated lato last night in some dt-i-
terato work with a revolver, which laid out
our persons, two of thorn with fatal in
juries. Sarah A. Bishop, a pretty girl of
twenty, who works iu the King Philip Mill
and lives on Dwelly street, has been a mem
ber of tlio Army ior about a year, and a
regular attendant at its meetings. Among
her many aduirers was Thomas Richardson,
Jr., also a member of tlio Army, but gener
ally considered a worthless fellow. Lately
he has been working about a printing office
in this city. A year ago Sarah’B father was
displeased with the attention that Richard
son waa paying tho girl, and told him to de
sist Since then the girl has not encourag
ed Richardson in his attentions, and Wil
liam Thomas has been her most favored ad
mirer.
The army has for several days been hold
ing a camp meeting in Westport, a few
miles from this city, and among the crowd
which went oat to it yesterday were Rich
ardson, Miss Bishop, and two yonng men—
Jesse Fitton and " illiam K. Russell. They
came back together. Whoa near the
effcer of Kiibonrn and Dwelly streets
Richardson and the girl quarrelled, Rich-
son upbraiding her for her conduct. Fitten
and Bussell, who were walking a short dis
tance ahead, were Btartled with tho report
of a pistol and a scream from the girl. They
ran hack toward Richardson, who held a
revolver in hie band. The two yonng men
grappled with Richardson, who discharged
the revolver again and again. Ono hall en
tered the left side of Fittou's head and an
other entered the left side of Russell’s
nook. Iu the straggle ltiohardson also
ehot himself in the left hand.
Sergeant Fleet and Policemen Mar-
phey and Wardell. who stood at tho
corner of Globe and South Main Btreets,
heard tho Bbots, and starting in the direction
of the sound, found Russell still struggling
with Rlehardsoo, and Fitton lying
iHK HAD A REVOLVER AND USED IT
How a Resolute Wounu.“Had All tlie Way
’through," l'uta HIgtwayman to might.
Lewiston, Ms.. July 25.—Mrs. Kato M.
Fincin, of East Monmouth, who has lately
been visiting htr sister in Auburn, and is
perhaps -10 years old, and of fine physique,
tells a story of art cent attack npon htr by a
highway roblflr whilo on her way from Au-
gn-ta. Mrs. Pincin started from Mon
mouth and drovo to Gardiner, where she
left her team, took a freight train to An-
gusto, and called at the pension office there
for lAo money which was duo her—about
*Am „ _in I arrested and surrendered night before last,
tS 'Vithout a hearing by Count? Judge Hoff-
A MEXICAN OUTRAGE.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN MURDERED
FOR .1EALOU3 REVEN G K.
Frunc!*co Itamm Taken from a Mexican
Prison ami Shot Eight Hours After
Incarceration—Karens was Ex
tradited from Hero.
Galvehton, July 2D.—Francisco Rosens,
l a naturalized American citizen, who
A LRRILOrS RIDE.
i Fort Wayne to Pittsburg on theTruck
of a Pullman Sleeper.
Pittsl
Refer Shell, 1
tbiii morning c
sleeper attache
oago limited
tb
of new, Arrived here
truck of it - Pullman
tho New York and Chi*
n from
rob you ?” asked the folks at home that
morning before she started. “Tho road to
stetter, on demaud of Chie6«f Police ^lon-
Gardiner » « ftl , 7 , n dragon, ci Ptedras Negras, Mexico, who
Gardiner, they said, 18 full of dMkJ ^haruM thAt he waa ahnnui thief vasbrienn
place®, and you are alone and a woman,
and it is dangerons."
charged that he was a horse thief, was taken
from the Mexican prison eight hours after
Sit. thought there waa no danger and de-1‘““f tra ‘i on ’ “ r , lded . V* 0 , m “ e !
dined to iueonvenieno” mtv one eUe by ^ w J Xf lro * ,T lth , ¥* ‘iT * ,“ fid
the trip. She also dedir^to take a re- l,eb ! nd ttod brntdOy shot and ktlcd.
vulvar" Her father, however, took m E?
ul'dertlw’al™^ 1 ASSdraldY^ -utmen Tu K^L i’tLs and Ptedras
if l «xL»!on^m»nd6d.* n MrwPhIeln > hiSlly*>"> R -
thought of tho revolver until she stood by
montv k i u t .VL P Z !i T 1 ™go la that IUacu.' bad won the affection,
V TZl -T of a woman of whom tbo chief of police,
InZ? it ,, 1Mandragon, was enamored. Mandragon.
her pocket, and w.tchA tho man L L llZlJlK? 1 on'.^faht *?o ° mnl*
turned on hia heel and walked to another ,. U r ty u' rLrd dA
In'vnuusra of on tAZY’f c‘’ d^r* 8 ^ ^ asla'ianfa^| and escaped to
Mr* Pindn drove along unUi sho hatl ^ndragon. hownrn. deter
passed Spear’s Cornor, when nho heard a Iw™ ttTf .iainle hinT nn,? had
lio.se coming behind her as though driven Aa? ’ ’ “ d
at full speed. Sho Rtartcel her own home a h ? h . ReflmZ a VAhelin letter .unealed
the office in Augusts. S
the horse in thu middle
Other every minute enmini. nearer.
A DecUton Which Disturb. North Carolina
Problbitlonlats.
PauioH, July 25.—A new and important
-inutiuu has been raised under tne local
option law since liqnor was voted out of
Raleigh. Tho law makes it unlawful to sell
liquor nntil tbs result of said elections has
w*n reversed by an election. There is a
corporation here known as the "Capital
Club," and, among other tbiugs incidental
h> the main social purposes, tbs laid elnb
famishes rrfreebmentH to its members, Buch
*< liqnor, wine, beer, cigars, and meals, for
faeit convenience and accommodation, at a
Dice fixed by the boose committee, intend
ed to be just sutficirnt to cover the coet of
U>e tame, it not being the object to make a
(tofit npon the articles so furnished. The
‘teward of the elub was indicted, and
JP°h a special verdict embodying these
***** the Superior Court, Judge Fred 1*1x11-
“pi presiding, adjudged tho steward not
fully upon the ground that there waa no
JAle m contemplation of lew. It is cofl-
Ktuted by the State that there is noex-
"ptian in the local option law, and that
*®.v diepoaal of liqnor for money without
proit is a violation of the law. AU the
fft* quoted in support of the position
■wen by the dnb were on indictments for
^failing liquor without license. When
tsiet-Jostia, Waite waa here in June last
g»»e it sa hia opinion that tbs dnb hail
*.■‘KM to let its members have liqnor as
ffafad, tud did not violate the local option
** in so doing. The case was appealed by
■w btate, and will be decided by the Su-
f«oe Court at the October term next.
tne prohibition people are up in arms
JJrinst the decision, because, they say, if
i tinr.j ■*** I**, dabs will be at once n>ul-
Phed in this township and elsewhere
“»ra local option bos carried, and recall
Practicsl nullification of the law as
by a vote of the people,
fadge Phillips also decided that it was
^unlawful to sdl’native wines corked up
tb ’ and not to be drank on the
roniuc. This case was also appealtd.
“As for France, I think she will fight like
tiger at bay to regain her lost possoseions
and to carry the banner of democracy
throngh the continent of Enrope. The
First Napoleon could have done this, bnt,
nnfortnn tely for Enrope, he was far from
being a Washington, although ho had Wash
ington'sgood example before him. He
cared only for himself and his glory, and
not for the people who placed him where
he was. It is Lord Salisbury’s foreign sec
retary, and not his Irish secretary, in the
cabinet now forming who may hsvo most
to do in the next six months.
RADICAL POLITICS.
Mr. Labouchere, like most Radicals, how
ever, cures nothing for foreign affairs. He,
too, is for war, but it is against the Tories.
He says to-day: “If the Radicals and the
Irish bold together they must before very
long force the prdtion of tho enemy. I hold
it our duly to exhaust every means to moke
an anti-home rale government imppossible.
We have solemnly declared that Ireland baa
right to a, domestic Parliament. The
Tones refnae to do this justice to Ireland.
"Then Pharaoh declined to let the Israel
ites go, Moves did not stick at trifles, but
rain<d down plagues upon tho Egypt ana.
We most follow his example. Lord Salisbury
mnst not sleep onaked of roses. We must bo
a militant party by resolutions, bills and
amendments. We must break up an un
holy alliance, whose bond of nnion is coer
cion of onr fellow countrymen, and get
beck to constitutional practice. That p triv
ia office is the party which has a majority
in tho Commons.
THE IRISH PARTT.
“Tbs Irish most stand by ut if they hope
that we shall permanently stand by them.
From the Conservatives they will never get
home rale, end they will ba folish indeed if
they sell their inheritance far a mess or two
of pottage. Gladstone has created tho
Hume Rule party in England and he bait
accepted defeut for himself and his party on
this inane. For the Irish to desert him now
would be a crime."
on. sue uau aeeu av lngt , » n d that Mondragon
° n ’ d ?' ? K him arrested to gratifl- hi.vengeance.
'min,, ‘ n Panov The I . d <4™\ ^sull
cU’Ybug^M^then'turaing°to“ne ride be I? ro ,l) “ P ro P" authorities
,.r ,i K mlr.Tj »l Ptedraa Negros and demanded Inasmuch
aSlm « Ruraua was an American citizen and had
bed l,»r hnHl 0< l,v P !i.i 0 {lHail, 0 ri t Z?no r ?,L lj6cn illegally extradicted without proper
ownat on^ b} 0,0 brldle ’ " ,0 PP in 8 h, » repre.enution or hearing, that he be forth-
■f‘‘i“a. F l 0 Z W 'Mandragon ^d that Rs.cn, wag out of
F !rk if over "*■ y * tb ply ’ I their lmnds, his case having been trans-
As the highwayman turned to look at hi. l° n ‘Z mKriYAl mmnds 111 ' C ° n,U ‘
insensible in the road, Richardson 'waa jjau^fhe waalookhm’inhi'ufa mnraleMa 8ubecqu*nt evenU prove this a»cr lion of
taken into custody. Fttton was Uken to St*2d revSrar M«na««>n falee.
hia .fater's house,. where the . surgeons in t U hand that held it, either. There™ J*^IkKlSl''at the lame
noYfrinlftened' t^iZrmfaXt^^r^n'tTat
onlv reported ontrnges to Aiserican citizeus
mnn wlD, on tho Itio Graiido and in Mexico were not
PriXYreS’n^‘tlYT'aricf T “"
r“Now, sir, you tirn toward Oardiner;’’ “Yfera.i, n, P Z .fnn
Sm l!l r fvert n momen r t. rOVOlVOr C ° VeriD8 EraHemen^hLS over thfa
^The^ resolute woman watched tho men 1
from thominute he dropped her Indio rein S fl iA ’u'Vr,l ™„fi, 1/
nntil he had turned tho wagon and was a '"'“utanly ro-
huedred yard, back on 1,1, way toward Oar-1 movcd frora oflice ’
dinpr. Then sho picked up the reins,
tucked the revolver under the scat, and
drove home to East Monmouth.
Fort Wayne, Inti., iu i.ut
was going to Washington to h< e his mother,
who was seriously ill. Tl < sLu;, of liiH
thrilling ride is best told in his own words.
Said he:
*T knew it was foolish for mo hi try it,
but then, after all, I got through ».U n^ht.
The tact is, before I itartid I did not • von
take time to consider what were the 'lun
gers ot tho undertaking. But lust ev* idng
igotaletter statiug that my mother wa* very
ill at her home iu Wa:diington. 1 had bee n
working in the foundry at Fort Wayne.
My first impulse was to hasten to see my
mother as quickly as possible. I knew tho
limited would bo along at 0 o’clock at night.
I quit work in the evening ami th<n old
my time for the amount due me, but it was
:u>t enough t > hu\ a ticket t.» WiuiLinglou.
I waited around tho Fort Wayne depot un
til the limited pulled in from Cnicugo. I.
wateli*d my opportunity a’.itl i li t urn . r dm
train and crawled up on one of the t > neks
After the inspectors had pasted by found
ing the wheels with their hammem.
“ 'The train started, and I held on as no
ono before ever clung to at^r support for
his very life. They say that a portion of
the time the train runs a mile a minute, and
to mo it seemed as though never before hud
a train • \\« | t u'.-.h \ n.i). ;/t r i:.;I.>. i s dul
tho limited. It wtis hard work to ke* |> tho
stones from striking mo in the face, bat £
succeeded pretty well. Tho worst difficulty
v ie; tin* .In* sc! the m i ; t. I’.u f. . i Dm
time it seemed as though it were ns c id ns
winter, and my hands got so numb that I
could scarcely hold on to the truck. At
last, after many miles had bim p . -* d
ever, vc stopped st Crcsilie?, 0.
I was afraid that when the in
spectors went around sounding tho
wheels of the cars to see that none w< re
broken my retreat would ho dis-m\. it ri.
But I drew mv body clcso up along the
■■d\ sle
probed for the ball, but were unable to re
move it. Russell was taken to the police
station, where the surgeons probed for the
ball in his neck, bnt without success. Fit-
ton’s wound, will, it is feared, prove fatal,
and Russell is in a dangerous condition.
The girl’s wound is alight Richardson’s
wound is not considered dangerous.
The weapon with which the shooting was
done was a five-barreled revolver, all the
chambers of which were discharged.
Richardson was tning to reload it when
he was arrested. He nnd declared his in
tention of shooting the girl, killing his rival,
Thomas, and then committing suicide.
The flacky conduct of Fitton and Rmtsell
in going to the rescue of the girl prevented
tho execution of this threat.
A COFFIN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
ADJOURNMENT NEXT MONDAY.
Xa
A Frightful Carving Affair.
The Illrcr anti Harbor UU1 Deadlock
Btatna of the other Appropriation llllls.
I Washinoton, July 29.—Indication* coihl
tinuo fair (or an adjournment of Congress
without day by next Monday. Should the
President, however, decide neither to
nor to veto the oleomargarine bill,
friends of that measure will seek to post
pone adjournment nntil Tuesday, on which
day it will become a law withont tho Presi
dential approval.
The conferees on tho river nnd harbor
bill talk lea* hopefully to-day of their pros
pects for agreement, bnt the iatoe. are
well defined and the differences may be
reconciled in a moment whenever one side
or the other decides t; recede. It is cot
probable that a failure to .gree npon the
measure will postpone an adjournment.
The wont of tho remaining problems I
be solved are embodied in the sundry civil
bill, and the difficulty with these consists
rather in their number than their character.
There was ’a call lor a conference npon the
measure tin* morning, bnt a quorum did
not appear at the appointed time, and noth
ing was done.
The nnwillingness of the President to
sign any bill until he has had time to study
its provicions bat given rise to an appre
hension that Congress will be kept m ses
sion. to sfford this opportnnity, some days
after the appropriation bills are passed.
There is, however, believed to be little
ground for this apprehension, for, although
official copies of acta of Congress
are not sent to the President
nntil all difference. have been
reconciled in conference and the results rat
ified by the two Houses, yet all but the
controverted points are open to .inspection,
and may be examined in the printed bill*
before conferee* are appointed, white prog
ram npon controverted point, fa diiil/ae*
forth in the Congresuonol Record. The
President may therefore do es his predeces
sors have done-keep up with the current
proceedings and be ready with his Rpprov-
ll or veto almost as soon s. completed
measures can be examined and enrolled.
IIow tlio Southern Improvements Ar.
Made.
Tbs Lou! dsns Stats I^Usfybsbtalo^strBckJ
ssS isss Jte,
.UleddUIn Us rend foe vroweung is. nonrn^
Meta phi. river bueL-Miot
• murder comes from near Jasper,
jLTi*e n . or “only. Two negroes named
•colt. b * Pom Hayes, got into . dif-
•**» » quarrel between their wives.
*t»n\iMf cb * a Hicks with a razor, where-
tet II C ** dr,w * farii* pruning knife and
•adX?**’ ‘•otnmencing at the jugular vein
jittering n. jj a tliea cut Hsyc. “
*• much a* though he had bt-n
TU „« c ? lUn K up an animal for market,
wudtier escaped.
^“•■old that a man and his wife ist
***• Tb“» - Dd -* < i°* It * r . ot . food P” y* aSay-ttSTi*. && The! uheresbouti of the young marrie-l I greal lo-w.
If 0011 too “ nch to - liu^Sd tt io ta, rend tor Vi* oonple is unknown, except to the parculsof moieoftexx beaten, although they ei.-r<
J «iSw“~ f v ; ^ -‘ttelride. I jurtsa modipreontion a* the life men.
Two of the Watchers Killed and Haifa Doz
en Other. Mado Iu.en.ible.
Ottawa, July 28.—Doting a terrific tb na
iler storm which passed over this district
last night an sppalliug tragedy was enacted
in a cottage belonging to Joseph Godcrran, t
about eight miles from here. Uodermn’s
aunt had died the previous day, and last
night several friends assembled to console
tho bereaved relatives. Lamentations gave
way to hilarity, which seems to have driven
away all thoughts of the stoim which was
raging ontside. While the mirth was at its
height a bolt of lightning descended the
chimney, and, striking the coffin which was
near the fireplace, broke it open. Two
young men, Eugene Garean and Francis X.
Danvin, were instantly killed.
The electrie fluid mado a circuit of the
chamber, causing tho half dozen other occn
punts of the room to faint with tho shock.
It was many hoar* before any of them re
covered, and consequently it was not nntil
lute this afternoon that the particulars of
the tragedy became known.
Secretary Ttioiiip.oo’a Heady Wit.
Foom the Wuhlnrton Poet July 20.
■Law Clerk Anatett, of the Supervising
Architect’s office of tho Treasury Depart
ment, is authority for tbs following story:
Governor Thompson, the new assistant sec
retary, who succeeded the Hon. William E.
SmiiU in that position, has been tocmeuted
by a large number of office-seekers sines he
assumed charge of the appointing power.
He has already learned to dlstioguiah the
profeaaional place-hunter. A great propor
tion of those who come to bim are,
of ronrse, those who have applied
to his predecessor and are still
waiting. Their unquenchable de
sire to serve their country and them
selves in the Treasury Department leads
them to attempt a little imposition npon
Governor Thompson. Every day someone
of them prefaces bis or her application with
the statement: “Your predecessor, Ur.
Smith, promised that I should have a posi
tion on snch and sneb a day,” naming al
most the hour when they were to receive
their appointment. This little trick of
theirs was related to Mr. Smith when be
visited the department teat week, and, call
log npon Governor Thompson a few min
utes later, he remarked, good-naturedly
“If you believe all the stories offleu-seekers
tell you about me, you must believe me to
be the greatest economizer of truth on
earth.” "Ob, no,” replied the Governor,
quickly, “I don’t believe that, bnt I am
beginning to think you th. most pfataWa
man in America."
THE PRIEST WHO URUKE HIS VOWS
Happy SniDfiwhere With the Hri<l«* Who
W»» HU Sweetheart In the Ola Da>«.
Nxw York, July 20.—The persistent
declaration of the Rev. Father William J.
Sherman, of the Church of Visitation, in
Red Hook, Brooklyn, that he was not mar
riep to pretty TUlie McCoy, whom he court
ed before he became a priest, bad remoted
ail donbt from the minds of bis parents.
But the record of tho marriage painted
yesterday convinced them that he bad
deceived them. Everybody in Red
Hook, where the yonng print
was very popular, tread the story and
talked about it The Rev. William J. Lane’s
doubts as to tbe marriage were removed by
it. He said the report that Father Sherman
had officiated at tho chnrch since he vio
lated his vows was not trae. He had been
on a vacation for nearly a month.
Bishop Laugbtin said that be h id not re-
reived even a hint of Father Sherman's
marriage until tho reporte r ha-1 told bim
abont it. lie then went into the library
and began wading the mewl of tho mar
riage. He expressed great sorp-iso over
the conduct of tbe young priest. In answer
to the qne-tion a* to what the church wunld
do about the matter, the Bishop eaid that
would be determined after an investigation
bad been made by the proper ecdttieilicel
authorities.
T1IE NEW ENGLISH CABINET.
INSURANCE SCHEMES.
Methods Employi-l to Get Money from the |
I iiburn ii cu Com pun lex.
London, July 29.-The following ap
pointments are officially annonneed:
Secretary for foreign affairs, Enrl of Id-
dloalalgh: ehief secretary for Ireland, Sir
The experience of lifo insurance men I \Uttael llicks-lleacb; chancellor of tbo ex-
with people who endeavor to collect tteir ‘*«l uer . 1-ordlUmlolphChurchill, who, by
insurance withont dying is exceedingly in- virt ? e bl ? appointment, becomes tho rec-
teresting, inasmuch na.it brings into p Uy ognlzed teader of the Conservative party in
schemes that would «lo credit to tho most th o House of Commons; secretary
ingenious writer of fiction. ° l ™ r * . W B“‘ : Honorable W. H. Smith;
The recent avsemblsge of insurance men , “ rJ ol . “jo admiralty. Lord George
il. V ... on fart! l '"' t ^ 'V','""
of <xperiences, and at the banquet, after !!**5 b 2 r i’ »* c . C if etal 2 r . Pn<R *> Rt- , Run -
!-• wiuo sad walnuts wore on Iradsrick Arthur btanley; prune minister
many interesting and queer things Io rd of tbC treasury Marquis of
were told. At every ono of ttttebnre; lord lieutenant of Ireland, Mar-
the etories were true nnd taken from actual 1 uls °. , 1 Londonderry; lord president of the
every day life, they were inveatod with more “ a “ oil - 1 V “ C0 , aD * Cranbrook; president of
interest, especially when each one contained {£• *? oari * ■f at '*' tte fit, lion. Edward
a moral to tTproiltcd by by all engaged in Stanhope; first commissioner of public
the business * works, Rt Hon. David I’lankstt; postmas-
Sald ono agent: “A short while »go a lady ta k r -K an 1 e 1 ral . R 0 /’ 1 , J ® lin I Uau ?"?: lor ' 1
from a oounty not far away made her chancellor of Irelond Lord A.hbonrno;
appearance at the office of my company and ' ,0 “° Kecretary, Mr. Henry Matthews A.
sild she wss Mrs. John Smith. This was £ 8oo ‘ U ° d ' Kt , Uo “; Ar ‘ hDr
not tho name, of conrae, but will answerfor P*»oor; l'oetmuter-General, lit Hon.
the purpose. She said her husband wss I j* eD ,7 C* 0 , 11 . I ark ". ChsnreUor^ of
.lead, ami that on his death-bed ho told her tk ® "jft °* T*ncaster, Lord John Man-
tbst he had a policy for *5,900 iu my com- ners; Patronage Secretary to the Treaanry
pany. She trad looked everywhere for the i r : A - Ake ” Attorney^leneral
policy, hot, tailing to findiC had made up 2” r ?. land ! Ki B h ‘Hom HughHolmee,y C.;
her mind that it was lost I looked over I Holicitor-Oeneral of Ireland, Mr. John
tho books, and snre enough John Hmitb, of I m .
that county, held a polioy lor that amount. Rovdon, July 29. Tho Times f«re that
I told tbo l»vly to hnng me her affidavit ss lhe , n ' w cab ‘“‘ t *• not altoge her all that
to the low, with proof of death, elo., and “ u “ ^ wiab »*l “ “>« interest*
tho imlioy would be paid. Very Bute more of * t ~f i J goremment srnl hsrmonions oo-
wss thought about tlie matter until a few I oporetion. It *»J». ^ b<, .U btru ,' nioDi »fa
dsy s ufter, when a man wulked into tbo office. I, Londonderry will don b Uses lie exposed
andintrmiucing himself as John Smith, said ^ **■• 1 , n I v » c .‘ T " ° f . the NatlonslUU Sir
he wanted to ,5c his pohey. After looking “«*“» «icks-Uesch must show more force
w iL -Aid VI1 desd and cuxrocter and stMulincM of parpote than
uuunt, iw.tYhoughts were that he was '‘ abaa '»« UU In or-fer to grapple
an impostor, and that he had fonnd the I f,^ 00< i*L uR f r would
lost policy and wai trying to realize some- J*f ve *f? eI1 YJ tle . r - ^ ,0 ! b , (or bl * P“f*f 10,1
thing on it. Bnt when 1 told him of Mrs. h 1 1 . m " Jf > ,. if 11 , baa Wn possiblo to
Smith’s application for tho insurance mon- i,;°* . *5? /,9 r , ' x)r '* Itandolpb
»y, her proofs of death, eto., he lost no time £ b U® b tt “bsottUte and
in proving himself all right in every sense raaln ro. He will bare a difficult and ardn-
of the wor.L His name was John Smith, ona P? rt , to P U J- and ba * 1U «ncounter
and to him was issued a five thousand “nch jealousy. Hm promoUon, however,
dollar policy; bnt who was Mis. John £ ,,re * f 1 *®. 10 * new bo P e of »"gorous enot
Smith ? I went to work at onco to uuravel C 9S{‘* r 7, at l , ■?; .. „
the mystery that was about to cover up tho .. Tb “ 1 »> SIa ' 1 O jzette, commanling on
osse, and 1 soon found that a John Smith f?- nd ? nde P? ‘ a ' , . l> ° 1 alm r eat ’
hs-1 died, jnst as claimed by the widow, hnt * a J. a tba * l “ l87 , 8 h® d el«ted the Lib
it wss certain that he did not have a policy f™ 1 cand „ ida ‘« ■“ «>® ^ ,un '?. ,? ow “
in my com[uiny. Bnt for John Smith's Bp- - b J coquetting with the National-
pearance ii thi office with his policy, the ’ ta and .B^S, ttf m nnderatand
Udy would have received her five thousand thathebadno otl i® clitm lo ;npi»»ing a
dollars. The lady has made no tnovement covering a proposed inauiry into
further effort to obtain the money. It is U b ® men . ,a ° f , tb ® , Iriab demand for borne
evident that she did not intend to commit Hr** favored the new land law.
track of the sleeper and hugged dose to the
wheels. I got twenty minutes' breathing
S|" ’I -it ('i- tliti* jin 1 t'll'ti th<* tram hi «rt«tl
and "l" d al-up' I .r .n tin .• l.un ir.-.i itnl. M
nntil Alliance was reached, where I had to
look sharp again for the inspectors. Again
I was Bucci-hrefill. Tho train again pullrd
out, gradually got ap speed to nearly a mile
a minute, runnded tho carres, hoiij- times
almost throwing mo under tbo vhevls,
siMudini* s rel.iw iug up a 1 iti 1* . anti i gain
sxicming to fairlv fiy over the tracks ss we
started with sti 1 greater speed down t ne of
tlif lit ,ivy-'nidt s on tliis piuI t.f tin • •. • ■ I. I
could see nothing, the dust was t>o thick I
could hardly breathe, and I had to ki-p my
eyes closed or I would have boon blinded.
It was the ride of my life, and I tuu thank
ful that at last it is over.”
dli" iiurr.tti'in nf thi* thrilling i*xp« • Vnco
waa listened to by tho spectator*, who stood
by in breathh s surprise. A subscription
was started by tbo passengers which n» tied
tho yonng man quito a handsome sum, end
after a hearty breakfast hew.;- started on
his wav to Washington in aFalla au car.
Though th»’ tli-tiuipf hetwet-u Pittsburg and
Fort Wavne is 320 miles, tho limit® * I ti-
prt sre milk. H but four st«»p.» w l .-.v* mges
tliirly-six to forty miles au hour, ofu n at
taining a speed of fifty miles. It is said
that on Homo of tho straight pieces of track
it has been known to run at tho rut* ot a
milo oach minute.
it looks upon
a man to the Irish
misted probubly by some I TJ 10 Waxette says I
...o,™, utr htubani” the appoinment of sneb
Said another agent: "Not long ago, in 1 vloeroyalty by the Conservative Premier as
.other State, a man whom I will call “n «et itianq-i. ionK for the Dinh people
Ho hail a policy in Dcdun, July 29.—Tho Freaman s Jonr-
ten thousand dollar* [, , ?*J a . .tho appointmi-nt of
As soon s. I read tl
of the affair, I „ u,w, , , , —
to the town in which he lived and quietly i°. b ® chitf secretary,U ominous of coercion,
investigated tho case. I fonnd that among I r ubmer > b ® prepared for this. Loy-
the lynchers was tbo son of tho lynched alu,t 4 c,rc 'e« •« delighted over tbo appoint
man, amt he waa the beneficiary. It was an H 1 *®* of Lord Londonderry to bo loril
extraordinary esse, in which the father met | luul cnaut.
his death at the bauds of a mob. I secured
the ailidavits of the prominent ministers of
the place, a» well as of the bent [ 1 n,te<i ,rr J l
merchants, who testified
ion's presence in the mon. I returned home
IKKL&ctDVi Nr.W Y1UEROY.
Writ®* Up the New I,
ruaiil'r. l'tdlyrtc.
Dublin, July 20.—United Ireland to-day
and quietly awaited developments. In due I J*; ***S 4ruce with the lan llortl
time the attorney for young Jones came , people have not the
and presented his claim. Tbe policy reads intention to ehtrange the Luglinh
very plain as to death for any known viola- mMBa> * H would be impossible to produce
tion of law, and payment wsh therefore re- a more eloquent example of tho policy of
fused. The attorney stormed and threat-1 JMMmng English rale down Irish throaU
lened suit. He said he would sue us in 1 {^n is afforded iu tlio Mirquis of Sal is
the town in which Jones lived, but os SJ 11 /* appointment as Irisn viceroy the
|ve had no agent there, he was told to ^ Iar 'low of Londonderry, inheriting, as he
go ahead. I hinted to him that the son bloo ‘ l 811,1 name of the cutthroat
was in the mob which lynched his father. ,lU(1 hideous Castlereagli
This he denied, and t.aid he could prove an
alibi. I then intimated to him that I hail
all the evidence necessary cn that point, I to-day thaHn her
and then he wilted. His next offer was to Woodford split th<
take $100 for the policy, and then 1 listened | h-r fore l
to him*." I —
Others followed with similar experien
and in needy every instance something I LI
happened at tbe proper time to prevent any into th
fire inut.ran
THE GATE CITY SAVED.
anil Laid Up fo
Boston, July 26.—Tho steamer Gate
1 i'ty.
which ran ashore on Naushon ULud July
16th cam© slowly up the harbor this norn-
iii ; uri'ii r i.. i wan steai'i nntl convoy»tl by
tho tugs Steam King and Confidence' The
huge canvas boot under htr bow worked to
perfection, and bat Ultla effort was re-
'I mi. I t.. bff|t l.t r fr* •• t f water. X . Mio
would think, to look at her, that
Bho cam© ho near laying her
bones on tbe hlioro of Vineyard
Sound, ah only a slight can vim patch on tho
ht.irb-mnl bow in vif-ibl- abti\t* llie water’s
edge. Bho was docked about G o’clock, and
tii. work of tli-.lmrj.iiig lu r «-urg** v/.w at
oiii't* le giiii, ltm tboU’dit that Hh< f.m bo
entirely repaired in about two weeks, al
though when her bottom i» txpoaed it may
bo found that her iojuries are more h« riouH
that supposed. The principal dan ig< ap
pears to bo dire tlv under the fir-room,
whore a great boulder forerd ts way
through tho plates. Tho rush of water
through tin* link wim hto|ip<d l»y *. .vmg a
dozen blankets together, and wodpinc them
down. Tho Ktarboard Htrenk is badly t«>rn,
and her fore foot is twisted, about 2b ft <-1 of
hor keel forward being gone.
'I In i* i. . I - .. <• iiirej.it r.d h* in • r:* 1 ♦ ■ r—
standing concerning tin removal
Gate City from tho rocks at Neu.d
tho whole affair haw severtd tingv
tures. As telegraphed sovtral ifayH
the Gate City woh abandom M by tiif o
to tbo underwriters, bnt tho latter wu
willing to act in tho absence of inntrui
from tho European companies, the I
insurers. An arrangement was accor.
entered into between tho owners, r
writers, and Boston Towboat Corn puny to
HHYf tiif -tf.tr:.. r i.r.tl r uh.u in kinivu an
tho “sue, labor, and travel clans.9” in the
RdU-y, 111: t*»wb.il * t mj any t,, r*..iv»i
aalfage according to the value of tho wre k.
\i a hmtt’T ftjfa'-L tin) towboat t‘oii.|'iiny
had an extremely soft hnap, and v* ill be
entitled to a nice little plum wh> u the
matter is settled.
The Water Treatment.
From the London Lancet
Borne of the Paris physician* warmly 1 ■ <•-
oinim-ml th* tri-atim ni of obf-nity \,y tho
administration of sea w it. r, combine*! with
a reaidencu at tbe seaside. It in urg* I that
seawater, Uk* n internally, acts lik-* din-
r*-tic and purgiti..* ^,tl:.* n-umrkah!*- f i t
being that the diuretic effect meri-.tM •* wh* n
the purgative diminishes. The water in to
boobtained, when possible, from some depth
and far frotn the nhoro b* ing then 1* tt to
settle for six to twelve hours .m l filtered.
It is to be taken three times a day in do-»?s
of a Hiuall tumblerful or iu half that quan
tity at a time with fresh water or milk.
>( Dm
ti,| md
»«o,
*y
(io«« Lame*
A Saratoga t-pecial su}s: It baa leakedout
:e of Satorday ML
:ond tendon of one of
, and has turned np lame. The
mouH mare that hUkhI in the head of
string's m the Saratoga nta-
never run again, anil will now go
atnil This will pro%e deprriaing
wh t*> thouaandn of per-ionire who alwa\h
Uid their money on the aujicrb b**aat,
matter ogainiit whom she wpitted.
A WiMhlu|ton rtiKrliii’R Htory.
From tho Deo Molnos Leader, July Xi.
A funny story was lately brought buck by
a pilgrim to Washington/ Hepburn r*u ie-
m-i.U the Eighth h-wu dintiict, and Gfiier*il
Wheeler the Kighih Alabama. Both were
'•uv.ilrv otlic* rh tluiing th- lute iinpl«*ai>anl-
ness, Wheeler as a Eientenant-Gen* ral .md
Hepburn as a Lieutenant-Colonel. Lut
winter both found their fences badly down.
All th« re-t wirit !•)• I..’. * l*d loan attempt at
mutual consolation, during wbn fi it wiu«
Hgreftl that t!-*;- would g* t up a big row in
Congress over the late war, and thus mik»
themselvas again solid wi h their renpi-ctive
eonstituenci®-. Tbit, ii i-. said, u^cour ts
for whit wss meant t** h*«vu a trem* n ’ jh
effect, but was understood between the two
worthiesa« 1 -mg strictly f 'ickwit-kian.
h*U tetter cocuutu