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THE MACO:> WEEKLY TELEGRAPHt TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
“DOC” WHIN'S SECREr.
HE DECLARt"^ XIM -Kl.“ .'Q BE A SON
OF Fill..11* M JEW,
Bern Boon
and Pn*
f. v lli, Marriage,
. .1 •• it. WiUii.'a to
A dm — Tim Full
iilcutara uf t!i, Ca «. •
Pkhvii.kvcs, B. I, December 1. Un
able to Uir ihe strain aov longer, “Doc”
Wilson "is morning, broken ilonu in
health inil weeping like a child, told the
great ecn-t which h«s existed between him
and P. L. llocn, of Worcester, for so many
years. The storv was told in the presence
of four repot lolo citizens, who have tar
nished it to the press. "X am looked
on as a blaokmailer," he said,
“and those who believe .1 have
been bleeding that old man, hold me in aa
much contempt as a yellow dog; bnt I will
stand it no longer. I am more sinned
pgainst than sinning, and now the truth
shall Ibe known. My name is not Wilson,
nor am I the son of Jonas Wilson. My
father is the man who is sconcing me of
blackmail, and my name is Levi Moen,
the law f nl son of F. L. Moen, of Worces
ter. Wilson then went on to tell the story
of his birth, and the wrong done him by
bis father. His story is that he is the son
of Moen’s first wife, and that he was
bora a few months after marriage. Moen,
being a deacon and professedly a high-
toned Christian, did not wish to face the
scandal of snoh an early birth for his first
born; so a bargain was made with one
Jonas Wilson, of Danielsonville, Conn., a
st ige driver, by which the babe was trans
ferred to tbe latter’s caro, and was brought
up as a son of Wilson, The boy lived and
toiled in the hnmble sphere to whioh be
says Moen consigned him, and it was not
until he was a yonng man grown up that
he learned the secret of his britb. For
that secret he was indebted to the religions
remorse of his supposed father, Jonas
Wilson, who, being on his death bed, and
not cariog to pass the portals with the bnr.
den on his soul, drew the lad toward him
and told him who he was. After Wilson
died, the yonng fellow set off for Worcester
to meet his father face to face. Their first
meeting, Wilson says, was exaotlv as hr s
been described. He did meet Moen on
that particular morning, and after observ.
ing the signs of wealth and lnxury that
abounded, he demanded of Moen some
reputation for the wrong done to ono who
ahonld be heir to alL Moen at first refused
to acknowledge the lad, and would have
driven him forth, but the boy faced his'
millionaire parent defiantly, and upbraiding
him for the wrung done bis mother and
himself. He said: "I will force yon to ac
knowledge me, and the world shall know
yon for what yon are.” Then Doc says the
banker deacon became alarmed and gave him
SUM. By appointment he mrt Moen next
day and consented to shield hla unnntnr.il
father from shame. The father had in the
meantime married again, after the death of
“Duo's" mother, and had married into a
family which would have scorned Moen
had they known of the scandal. Then,
according to Wilson'* story, the Wilsons,
who knew the secret of his parontage, see
ing “Duo" had money, and knowing it enme
from Moen, began to urge claims on him.
Their demands increased, and to satisfy them
he had to apply lo Moen for money, and in
that way mnch of the snm received from
the banker waa spent. Wilson says that
these demands on him grew so exorbitant
that he waa almost impoverished by them.
The Engley suite were settled, he said, at
Moen's suggestion, and with Moen’s tni.ney,
because the latter feared his relationship
to Wilson would come out some way
in the trial. Wilson has letters
which he says were written by
Moen, acknowledging the relationship and
celling him "Dear son." Theso letters,
Wilson produced to-day.
He says he is the injured one, as, instead
of being reared as a gentlemanaud brought
up amid the luxury, which his father's
wealth could purchase, ho was set adrift
and reared as a peasant boy without any
education and without any of the refine
menta of life, which wonld have been bis,
had his cruel parent done right. Wilson
save be can no longer eudnre tho calamities
wnta which he Is assailed, and that his c< u-
fession of the secret is true in every re
spect
WOES DENIES THE STOUT.
The announcement from Providenoe this
evening that Doc. Wilson had lifted 'he
veil from tbe great mystery caused a tre
mendous sensation. The bulletin hoards
were enrrounded far into tbe night by
crowds who drank in the brief sketch with
open-mouthed wonder. Tue million.
Eire manufacturer was at a prayer
meeting when the announcement reached
this city, and reporters gathered at the door
of tbe Union Church to weyley him vbun
ho came forth. One of them ebowed Moen
a copy of a Providence paper containing
the story, aud proceeded to interview him
on the subject, but bo wonld say nothing,
aside from tbe statement that “Doo'a”
story Was a lie. With difficulty he
Escaped tho reporters and proceeded to
his residence. Reporters called on him
there at 9 o'clock. His son Phil came to
the door with him. for he never goes to the
door alone. He waa cool and collected, as
though he hail been called to tbe door on
business of the simplest kind. When ask
ed about the statement made by Wilson
to-day, that ha was his father, Moen said,
“It is a lie, a downright lie." He then
said: “My counsel has advised me not to
talk with any newspaper men on the subject;
so yon will excuse if I decline to be inter
visaed further. Bnt yon ran see that he is
nearing the end of his rope. Just tre how
desperate the man is, getting np such a
s'-ory as that ” Moen declined to state any
thing farther.
Carious Instance cl a Burgles! Oversight
Which Resulted Fatally.
San Francisco, Cal., Novembtr 28.—P.
J. Wallrath di<d to-day. He la a vie. mi of
one of tho meat extraordinary inatanc.-. ot
surgical oversight cn record. T*u day-
ago Wallrath, a wood turner, waa I rongm
to the citv receiving hospital bleeding from
a eat about an inch long on the right si <e
of bis nose, the police surgeon washed the
wound and put in a couple of stides arid
sent the man to bis home, three mile* off.
A week sf ter a doctor was called in, when
the following remarkable condition of af-
fslr* waa dis.nrered. Partial paralysis had
come on; ur>i 'illation was gone, and Ibe
left eye *■* pro. rod ing from the socket.
This, ou solution, was removeil. and
there behind r was found a piece of at cl
three and a half inches lung, cine m. h wide
and a quarter inch thick. It hud split the
back part of tbe eye, destroyed <lre
Tbe Attorney-General Htlei an Oflice-
-Seeker It .treat In Disorder.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Attorney-General Cassidy, who is not
here, of coarse, to learn whioh of the faith
ful in tbit city would display the least per
nicious activity as successor to United
States District Attorney Stone, Is a quite
unobtrusive mao, apparently, and is prob
ably less inclined to take “ghonlish glee”
in doing anything than any other man in
the State Bnt snch men usually have a
current of humor (lowing deeply and si
lently in their being, which comes to the
snrfsee when least expected. It is related
that at one time he was annoyed very mnch
by people soliciting his influence in se
curing favors at the State capital. His pa
tience was tried beyond further endurance
one morniDg and he resolved to resort to a
piece of strategy that would possibly sup
press the people who troubled him. A
man soon afterwards entered his office and,
introducing himself, said:
“Mr. Cassidy. I believe that if I can se
cure the favor of your influence—" gj
“What favor?” interrupted Mr. Cassidy,
staring at the man.
There is a vaoanoy up at the capitol—”
'What eapitol? ’ Mr. Cassidy again in
terrupted.
'Why,” ejaculated the man. catching his
breathe, “the State capitol—”
“What State?"
By this time the cnller's eyes were begin
ning to bulge ont on his cheeks, aud his
astonishment was increased by the wild
stare of Mr. Cassidy.
Yon misapprehend me, I guess," he
began, and he shifted bis chair clostr.
“What guess?"
“1 guess you are crazy,” said the man,
warming up, “aud I'll not trouble yon.
Good morning."
i! Wu«t morning?" whispered Mr. Cas
sidy, oa if his energies were completely ex
hausted.
'You go to the d—1, will you ? I guess
you haven’t got any influence, anyhow.”
“What—"
But the man slammed tbe door after him
and didn't hear the roar of laughter that
followed his departure.
HOW CASSIDY DID IT.
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
A RACE OK PIGMIES.
DEBATE ON THE BUDGET IN THE
GEBMAN REICHSTAG.
11IEY MIGHT MAKE MONEY
Rears of American Competition Caused by
the Weight of German Taxation—
Negotiations With the Vatican
—A Prize Right Off.
The Acropolis of To-day.
Corablll Magazine.
From tho head of Eolns street 1 caught
my fir.t glimpse of the Acropolis. I had
wandered about as far from it as vas possi
ble without leaviog the city. Telescoped
by this busy thoroughfare of shops, where
everything under the sun may be bought-or
sold, and a retuurkable number if the lan
guages carrent among human beings heard,
there stood forth the sides of a black rock,
on the summit of which were some great
pillats, with the da} light shining through
their interstices. And stra'ghtway I
pushed past the venders of pink aud purplo
eggs by the thousand, who have a special
mark in this Eolns street; past the two or
three brown squab churches which modest
ly offer tbe o-Ullties of theirarcbitectnreand
contest to 'll" gnzi of the strange*; pasta
wilderness of marble fragments, broken
columns, bits of moulding, capit ds, etc,
within an inelosure which in old times
echoed to the footfalls of tbe Stoic philoso
phers; pest the massive portiot of the old
Agora, wherein Eukroies, the Tope seller,
Kleoti, the leather seller, Iiysiklea, tho
sheep seller, and Hyperbolus, the lamp-
maker, huckstered aud prattled in those
post lhriclrau days when the fatue of Ath
ens was bnt just tarnishing at the hands ol
these unscrupulous demagoges; pest tbe
grace ful little tower of the winds, on which
two thousand years ngo, these puffing ser
vitors of King Entire were repre.seuted in
«lr<i-rf(i«co as wo -se«i them to-day—until,
after u steep and tortuous climb through
some brief unsavory slums, X find
all further progress stopped by the root
of the Acropolis itself, end the ineff
able litter of cabbage stalks, offal, oyster
shells, old boots, huts and woiiI.Icm rags
which nowadays stand for tbe offering of
Athens at the shiina of its most splendid
relic! One bolds one's nose aud gropes
hither aud tbi'lier for n track that wonld
not frighteu a goat. These rt f nse scopes on
the notth aid pit the Acropolis are a se.iu.1a*
Ions d'kligurement of tee ancient site.
Thanks to generations of l>.zy householders
in this psrt of tlie city, and to the no less
lazy excavators on the plateau of the Acrop
olis itself, what was orig'n.hy a 6tirdy pre
cipice of nearly a hundred and fifty net at
a boned is now nothing of the kind. Thou
sands of loada of rubbish cast pell-mell
over tho brow of the rook have altered tbe
level of its base, and theso Greek and Turk
ish householders may bo said to have fere
til 1 zed the accumulation of marble frag
ment* and virgin soil with tb« rubbish of
their own cstaMishmonta. it is a pity, and
an evil only belt retue liable by repressive
action now. Unfortunately evt n this inhi
bition is wanting, and while King George
is tranquilly btii.ging to the light statue
after statue on the top of the rook, tbe rock
itself is being spoiled aud insulted every
bonr of the day. To c.mpletc ita degra
dation but little is now needed. Lot the
minister of pnblio works street the slope
with Paris cement or artificial ice, ent steps
here and there in it, and dedicate tho whole
expunro to tbe merrymakers of the city, os
a public tobogganing ground.
Berlin, November 30.—The Reiohstag
to-day commenced debate on the bndget.
Herr Jacoby, Secretary of State for the im
perial treasury, in the coarse of a long
statement concerning the estimates, con
tended that in view of the opposition to the
taxation bids recently submitted, the gov
ernment had no other way to meet expen
ditures than by increasing the matriculnr
contributions of tbe States forming the
empire. Referiing to tho currency he
stated that the treasury bad disposed of a
quantity of bar silver to the Egyptian gov
ernment. Egyptian coins were being made in
the Berlin mint and without prejudice to
the Attitude of tbe German government on
the currency question. Both silver bars
and the pieces had boen supplied at tbe re
quest of Egypt.
Herr Itickert, Progressist, attacked the
government for its tondenoy to swell in
stead of decrease the outlay. The gov
ernment, he said, had rednoed its debt oue-
half, and this was a factor to be considered
with regard to American competition in the
markets of the world.
The German government's negotiations
with the Vatican continne unceasingly, and
they have been especially active during the
last few days. It is reported that a settle
ment on the basis of a complete enterUe will
soon be reached.
Germau, Italian, French and Swiss dele
gate* will take part in a convention of So.
delists and Anarchists to be held ut Chi.ux
de Fords, Switzerland, early in December.
Prince Krapotkine will preside.
Fifty-four members of the Centre will
support in tbe Reichstag the bill for tbe
suppression of duelling, especially what is
known as tho Amerioan method.
Europe wonld soon see what the result
would be if the debts of its various 8tateg
continued in such enormous proportions aa
compared with the debts of the United
States.
Minister Van Sobolts, replying on behalf
of the government, said that any man who
asserted that Germany waa nnable to afford
the money required to insure her safety
stated an untruth.
Herr Ton Benda regretted that the gov
ernment had brought forth fresh proposals
to tax really taxable articles, snoh as
brandy. He felt sure Germany would
make any sacrifices that might be necessary
for her security.
Police statistics on the operation of the
anti-Sooiahst law from May to August show
that out of 150 requests to sanction meet
ings 124 were refused, and that ten pro
fessed Socialists were expelled from Berlin,
making a total of 122 ex pnlsious since the
passing of the law in 1878.
AN AMERICAN BADLY TREATED.
11-nvy Irvlrcnml the frincenf Wales,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Not long ago the Prince at Wale* sent
Mr. Brnrv Irving, the actor, s note through
his a*creiary, notifying him that his royal
Higbtirs-i would breakfast with him at a
day an.l hour specified. Accompanying
this notification «as a list of persona Mr.
Irving was to invite to meet the Prince. At
once the actor signified the delight which
this evi lento of the royal favor had given
him *nd begged permts-ion hi add two
guest*, whom be Pa ced, to those named
by tbe Prion*. The *ns war «r*« s prompt
negative. Mr. Irv.og could only invite to
his own breakfast in hi* own Louse the
person* whose name* 1,-d be. u furnished
him by his self-invited guest. Then Mr.
Irving wrote again. Heb*»i>t.ght the royal
cleinenrv. He vtotiin.i «» reason tbe
eras. Ho said that > hen h" wax in America
ho had received s.giuil kin I>..•>» aud hospi
talit.v from the indivv’-ualH mentioned;
that they bad just arrived In Lonoon, and
that t,e knew not how to explain their tx-
■ lesion to them if they were to be exelnded
from snch an occasion. Then hi* royal
Highers* relented, and graciously consented
that Mr. Irving might ask his twoAmeric n
fri-ndg lo bis own table.
This is a perfectly true story, and one
entirely characteristic of tbe social system
of England. If the Euglish like it, tbst u
their affair. If there are American* who
like it, that ia their affair.
A Panama Railroad Conductor Who May
Have to bn Protected by Gunboats.
Nkw York, November 28.—A gentleman
who just arrived from Panama gives the
following account ot the recent trouble oc
casioned by tho shooting of a native by
Conductor Fey, of the Panama railroad
“Foy was a conductor of the Ptnama rail,
road. On October 20th a native boarded
the train to go to A pinwsll. The fare to a
resident for 'his bt-.anco is thiity cent-
bnt he g.ive the o »nduet--.r n.n cents. Tue
full fare wns demanded, but the pasMbgrr
told the conductor be would get no more.
Foy reached up to pull the bell lone, when
the. native drew a savage looking dirk
aud made a piss ut the conductor, vhc
sprang back drew his revolver and sent a
bulle'. through his assailant's head On
arriving ut Aspinwall Foy gave himself np
and was taken to the jail, which was a hut
built over a swamp of green, stagnant
water. He was confined in one of the iron
eages whioh the jail contained.
“The railroad company offered any
amount of I ail for the liberation of the
prisoner, but Ccspedes, the chief of police,
who has in a high d. gree the dative con
tempt for Americans, said that the man
should remain where he was. Then the
company brought matters to a crisis by
refusing to move a train nntil the man hod
been pnt in decent quarters. For
three days not a train went ont from either
Atpinwall or Colon at one end, nor from
Panama at the other. AU this time the e
bod been no examination, although the
ease was as clear aa could be that the con
ductor acted in self-defense. The railroad
men were preparing to take Foy away trom
the death hole by force, bnt they were dis
suaded by the superintendent. On tbe af
ternoon of the third day Ceapedes promised
that Foy ahonld lie conducted into town
the next day. At 6:30 tbe railrord ineu
were at their posts ready to start out trains
aa soou aa their man appeared. It was
noon before Foy appeared under guard of
fifty soldiers.
“The trial waa aet down for November
26, bnt it is not likely that it will ukeplaee
for some days. The railroad company bos
asked Iheinteifurenoj of the government.
The mi'1-of-wcr Adams luu arrived at
Panama, and two more vessels were ex
pected st Colon when we left. We.
one off the Cuban ooast on its way‘to the
isthmna."
Wonderful Discovery Usds In tbe Moun
tains of Arizona.
Correspondence San Francisco Call.
It msy be that Dean Swift was inspired
to write Gulliver's immortal travels by
legends and traditions brought from Amer
ica to England by adventurers of the
Raleigh and Gilbert school, it appearing
from a recent discovery that a pigmy race
at one time lived and died upon tnis conti
nent. The discovery Bpoken of is that of a
traveler in tbe region of the Grand Canon
of tbe Colorado nver, in Northwestern Ar
izona.
This traveler is at present visiting Chey
enne, and from him your correspondent
obtains particulars of his singular “find.”
The gentleman is a veteran traveler and has
grown gray in the climate of many regions,
but says that he never expetience a more
genuine surprise than when ho came upon
the traces which establish beyond all ques
tion tho existence, in the obscurity of long-
past ages, of a lilUpntian race in the wilds
of Arizona.
Tbe adventurous narrator had been wan
dering for some time in the Arizona moun
tains, ii unting, fishing and 'exploring. He
oame at last to that portion of the terrible
ohasm of tbe Colorado now known as the
Marble Canon. Here, seduced by the wild
and grand beauty of the surroundings, he
pitched bis adventurous camp for some
time. One day while on the trail of a ueer
he noticed some singular indentations in
a lofty marblo cliff that overhung
the chasm. These indentations presented
snch a curious nppearanceto the naked eye
that he ceased the pursuit of bis game to
examine them through his field-glasses.
What was bis astonish meut when the glasses
revealed regular paths in tho face of the
solid maible. These paths, though deep,
were very narrow, having more the look of
trenches. All thought of his deer now for
jotten, the hunter turned his eager atten.
tionto tho investigation of his singular
disoovery.
He bad noticed that the paths or branches
all tended toward a deep recess situated
high upon the face of the cliff. Accord
ingly he began the ascent of the cliff from
the land side, and after an hour's severe
toil stood upon the summit of the dizzy
eminence. He had marked well the position
of the recess in the face of the cliff, and
was delighted to find that the descent
from tbe Bummit was less perpendicular
in the direction of the locality he
sought than elsewhere. He conld even
discern a species of platform which seemed
to be situated exactly at the month of
the recess. Scrambling brrek by the way
he had ascended, he proceeded to his camp,
and returned with a long and stout rope.
Fastening this to the trank of a storm-
beaten pine, which stood upon the summit
of the cliff, he carefully knotted it at dis
tances of twelve to fifteen inches, lowered
it over the edge of the precipice, and
trusted himself to its strength. Hand
under hand be went, swinging over the
dizzy and perilous depths of the terrific
Marblo Canon. At la-t his toot
touched the rocky platfotm in front
of tho recess, and bo found him
self at his goal. And cow a
ngnlar sight presented itself. Is front of
him was a miniature dwelling imbedded in
the recess. The dwelling was perfect in all
ils appointments, though those appoint
ments were of tbe tn-iest kind. It hod
certainly b*cn fashioned by human bauds,
and those hands, though small, had evi
dently been indastiions and guided by in
telligence. Tbe marble dwelling boasted
doors scarcely fifteen inches in height, and
the tiny windows wbioh lighted up the
rroDt were scarcely the span of a baby
hand. These doors noil windows were
nothing more than holes in the walla
f the dwelling, and through them the va
ens apartments eonld be seen. There
were accommodations apparently for some
eight or ten little persons, aud scattered
about were many utensils of use and orna
ment. These things were fashioned from
the clear veined marble, and bore tlie look
cf children's toys rather Uisn the household
goods of the grown folk. The paths which
converged to the entrance of the dwelling
from all parts of the cliff, were some ten or
twelve inches in depth, and most have been
out with enormous labor by men whose
stature could not have exceeded a foot.
Our adventurer, after oonclndiog his ob
servations, grasped bis rope, and after a
perilous aaeeut, again stood upon the sum
mit of the mighty cliff in whose face the
pigmy raco ot old bad hollowed and hewn
their dwelling-place. Who theso little folk
were, how they lived and liow they died,
are secrets batted forever in tbe mighty
tombs of the past. They may have died
one by one in the conrse of nature or the
race, like llieir prototypes of old, may have
been raided and devoured collectively by
cranes, a great number of which bird* fre
quent tbe Reality.
IS WHY SOCIALIST MORGAN OP-
POSES CO-OPERATION.
Us Wants Workingmen to Remain Poor,
So that They Will Hate Capitalists—
People Will Buy Where they
Boy Cheapest.
Chicago, November 29.—The gentlemen
who are trying to organize a Kniguts of La
bor co-operative packing company appear
to be having a hard time of it from outside
influence and opposition. Leading men in
the yards favor the scheme and have offered
to pay for their share of the stock at once,
bur so fur no money bos been paid into tho
commission for incorporation. The oppo
sition feeling comes from the antagonistic
Socialistic element, who are not in the trade
themselves, and who think it will have a
bad effect on universal co-operation, thongh
not less than 500 wage workers can hold
stock.
At a meeting of tbe English speaking
Socialists yesterday, Morgan, ono of tbe
principal opponents of the oo operative
scheme, read a paper on the subject. He
held that the scheme should be opposed
as it would benefit, if successful,
but few men—tho stockhold
ers. In due time they would acquire some
wealth, and thus adopt monopolistic tenden
cies. The scheme was simply the co-oper
ation of individuals to gain money. When
these men became wealthy or got any
money, they would lose their interest in
wage-workers, and thus be a bar to uni
versal co-operation or Socialism to tbe State.
Again the scheme was not feasible, as the
wealthy packers wonld crush them out by
selling at lower figures than they conld pos
sibly afford, aud, with the selfish nature of
mau, the public, wage workers included,
would buy where it could get meat cheap
est.
The chairman called for debate on tho
question, and only one man spoke Cor it.
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Of tho Adoption at ,tl.o Constitution—Steps
Taken In Phlla<i«lphln.
PHILAPKLI'IIIA, November 29.—The com
mittee of citizens on the ceutenninl annt
versary of the promulgation of tbe consti
tution of the United States met in the Cen
tennial Hotel to begin arrangements for r.n
appropriate celebration of that event. The
celebration w-ll occur September 11, 1887.
It will be a national one, and conducted on
a scale of appropriate magnitude. It will
includo all the States iu the Union. Ou
December 2d next a committee
of delegates from the thirteen original
Slates will meet in this city for the purpose
of deciding upon the programme of events
whioh will figure in the centennial cel. ' rs-
tiou. The meeting on that day will be
held in the Continental Hotel. These stop*
will he taken io pursuance of a resolution
passed i.t h me. ting t.r thirteen Governoisin
hall in this city in September lust.
Hampton L. Carson, secretary of the ss-
sociati. ti, said there would be twenty dele
gates in tbe city D.icemket 2d. In order to
properly entertain them the meeting ap
pointed a committee. It was announced
that a joint committee of the council had
adopted a resolution to defray the expense
of delegates and other*ise provide for their
oomfort daring their stay.
A COUNTY SKAT WAR.
A Dakota Mob Takes Possession of a Coun
ty's Archives.
CnicAGO, November 29.—A special to tbe
Times from Fargo, Dak., saya; At a late
eleotion the town Lamoure aoonred a small
majority in favor of removing the county
seat from its location ut the nval town of
Grand Rapids to Lamoure. A few nlgbta
later, iu pursuance of tho nsnal practice
ia such cases, a mob went to capture the
county records by forco. They found the
eourt house in possession of the sheriff and
a possee of twenty armed men, but tho lut-
ter fled before the fierce assault and the
doors were beaten down and the
archives raptnred. This was done, know
ing that United States Judge Francis, of
that district* had guarantied au injunction
[entraining the removal, which had not
beeu served.
It is learned now Ihat Judge Francis re-
gards the Litnonre u. it, us in cimtftn.pt of
court, and.gives th-iu leu days lo get tue
records i.uck lo Grand Rapids and purge
the11."*-■ v.-h of contempt If- re'uses to
AN ANauc ™^TK^-
•ft^VaSSsSfra.
deuce of his crime, shows
made preparations to blow it un* l* 4 a '*°
mng a fuse from the upper floor'i,p y rua '
of powder below. His taUntra. _ » keg
dently to blow himself np and 1,7** eT *'
Kerner, in his confession, savs- .«
wife came home between 3 and 4 oVin.t, lly
Saturday afternoon, audl asked h«£v 011
she had been. She said ‘in my skfn
made me angry. I then demand* £,
where
got
she
into
been.
W®
Fhe matter, and I got exoittdwith raeo* 1 ?.* 1
was sitting on a ohnir. I grabbed hAuM
her throat with both hands and w of
choking her. I was standing byheMdl?
or nearly so. when I had holdol h et n«k’
I don't know how long I c h 0 uj
h»»r t*»« »r uttorflejn. It U oue f the tit-
tere-t of the cuuuty Heat tt^hla for which
DaIcoi* ia Doted, aod there in dnoger of
farther violence.
Tarribv Fotoof Mcuooi I toy*.
1 eadixo. Pa , December 1.—G*or#o Set-
. n>*n >iod Janie* Mtidere, eged 12 And 14
nerve, cat the bonee about tbe veil of trio ; ymra, reapectivtly, absented th3mn*lve«
ptute and pierced the brain fi-r an loch and t from tcbool yesterday and b*irg afraid of
• half. The city aorgeou'a^ ttitebe* wire! p‘ii»Lment from their parent*, did not go
removed and tbe ateel »i'Ur»tn. It: horn , >mt cr&eltd between two hot of me
proved to be one of the knitce of ebi**}it! it the Henry ('lay furnace, where they were
trom the grooving umLiul which Wa!»*h j »*>f7«>j:.ted and burned almost beyond rec-
nad been attending. It waa too late ll>n. munition. Their bodies were not foand nn
nowever, and the petient died early tbit, til Lite tbi« afternoon.
morning,
1 It Drova the Agent Crasy.
Port JenU Otsetle.
The other day a man stepped up to tho
v>jiiow i.t Pori Jerviaendanked: "Widtbia
Want An Anurous Prince.
I*noon, November m.—The Stand.*-.t
says ill. strir.usly piDpoae-t a'. Sofia lo
nem nara > n American aa candidate for Uia; train coming nor leva before the on. go-
Salganoii inroM. I in a next?”
FOOLHARDY MIL LYNCH
Galvistox, Tex , November 28.—A ter
rible powder explosion occurred lure this
morning, reaniung iu the h-'-irihlc death of
Joseph O. Lynch, of Nsw Yutk, traveling
agent for tbe Hazud Powder Company, of
that city. Mr. Lyncb, after negotia'ieg s
sale of u large quantity of powner, dioeov
eted i.iiietecu ..imaged k ps, the couteul*
of which had become lumpy ou account
of moiatnre. Be Itft the damaged
powder in Brawn's mturez until
this morning, when he visited the magazine
in company with ! times* A Draw, au em
ploye of Brown, for tUe purpose of destroy-
itg tbe c.ni.ged powder. Tkej cure d th-
nineteen kegs shout fifty yard, fiotu the
magazine to the bank of tbe b.jnu I.vn'h
knocked in tbe head, of three or funr keg*,
examined the contents sad piled the powder
on top of the op-ned keg*. As h» look a
match from bis pocket Drew protested
against hi* lightiog Gt0 pounds of powder
without making a trail or lighting a slow
fnse. Lyncb replied that he wonld touch it
off, whereupon Drew became alarmed and
■an at the top of hti speed.
He had scarcely proc.-e.led five hundred
feet when be beard a terrifio ei plosion, and
at tbe same time was thrown violantly on
his face: Turning over quickly. Drew
looked toward th* spot who e b* had left
Lyncb, and saw him spinning around like
a top abont thirty feat in the air, hi* dothoa
and hair all ablaze. Ljncb fell nearly 1UO
feet from where he went np. When Drew
reached him life was extinct, and every
particle of clothing and hair bad bee»
burned from the anfortnnate man's body.
Lynch'* remal". await order* from Ids
family in Now York.
A Novtl Experiment iu Well-Uoriuc.
Dispatches from SL Angustlne, Fla., con
corning a novi 1 experiment in well-boring
about to be tried there in connection with
the new Ponce de Leon Hotel arc published.
It ia expected that by sinking cn artesian
well to a certain depth there will be reaehtd
a stream of water hot enough to heat build
ings, pure enough to be need for domestic
purposes, and powerful enough to run
uiacninery or tn ascend to the upper stories
of dwellings. There is a flavor of ronianc -
in i very thing that cornea from Florida, hot
this latest story snri *s c e* all its pr.de-
oesaors.f or it has the i ppearoncoof a modi rn
variation cf one of tbe oldest aa well as the
prettiest stories in Amiriean history —tbe
story of Ponee de Leon end tbe fountain of
youth. It was Dearly UK) years ago that
this ancient explorer landed upon the pres
ent site of St. Augustine sod thought he
had discovered the wonderful spring tu vide
whose water* hen'll if ul nnident picked
golden fruit f r weary pilgrims .si guv;
them to drink of tbe nectar which was n
sure restorer of youth. But 1‘ohes soon
found that the water had no ntnisnal attri
butes, while tbe beaut fol maidens that lie
expected to see were i n'y aged snd wiiukl. d
Indira squaws. Per* *v* the fonnUin for
which the modem de I-ecus ere *# eking
will be less of a myth. -New Yjik Commer
cial Advertis* r.
A Fr <Mftii lui't'frnt.
From the UhuiimUo (Fim.) CroKtitmiAn
we learn that Mra fhsreie e.vam. of Paiatka,
Fla , tbe mother of >i iittle four-weeks-old
baby, waa horrified U n days ago on g iwg
i' to her room, wh. re her child had Lee
left asleep about five minutes Indore, Li
see some of the white rats, pets of the
home, eating the free nt tlw child.
Her scream* soon brought all the in-
male* of tbe Pntnam House cottage,
where she residia, to her room, when
it wss discovered tbst the child h id b >-n
severely bitten about tbe (see by the rets,
and probably the left eye of the little otu
totally destroyed. Mrs. Karas says th.it
rata were drinking the blood, which was
flowing from th* wonnd* when she, ntere.t
tbe room. Th* cheek, lip*, tonga-' and
note of tbe child were httreo, and when
first seen Its face was covered with blood.
Tbe child wss quietly sleep ng Wednesday
afternoon, bnt no one knows what will be
the nanlt of the wonnd* it rtceivtd.
The CathulJe Church a-'d th* Haights.
Most*sal. November 30.—The Superior
of ibe Oblate Father* ha* annotmeed that no
her, bnt when
the chair to
her np
dark, a
spilled on tne carp t t r ami'fiTme U on l “the°Ul I
1 got down on my knees and placed ih;
lamp on the floor, partly
the bed, some of P tL
clothing hung right
the lamp. I then rushed down stain i?
tending to go for a doctor. I thought n.,
haps he might bring her back to lifl'
When on Penn street I heard five bcU«'
and saw people running totrani
my neighborhood. I then thought of
where I pnt the lamp in my exeitsmsM
and knew the fire was at my house snii
my wife being burned np. The tSDort
that I strangled my father in Germanv is >
lie. I had trouble with him, but I did
not lay violent hands on him. Mv wif«
and I didn't live happily for a long U B “
I dtdn t mean to kill ber when I took kold
of her, and I was terribly shocked when I
found I bad choked ber to death.
LAWLESSNESS IN LOUISIANA.
A .Just tea ot the IN.no MurcDr.il sod HI.
Bouse Burned—Negroes Beaten.
New OnLKAXs, November 3U —A special
to the Picayune from Lake Providence, Li
says: “S. Wilowski, representative ’from
West Carroll parish, came here this evening
and reported having been waylaid in his
parish by a gang of outlaws numbering
abont ton persons. He was accompanied
by two friends. He expressed himself t$
foitunate iu escaping by taking to the
woods.
Ho further reported that Bt shoot
ton o’cl ck last night, his book-keeper,
Mejor John McKay, u justice of the peace’
was shot aud killed at his borne, about
four miles from Caledonia, together with
his eook. His dwelling was set on fire
and both bodies were consumed. AVilov-
ski has large business interests iu West
Carroll parish, where be has lived a great
many years and brought up his
family, and whom he was compelled
to leave behind in order that it
might escape.
The murderers ot McKay will no doubt
be tally identified, because they stopped s
team of Wilowski retnrning home from A.d>-
Ion yesterday about noon, when it bid
traversed half the distanece, and brat tbe
driver mercilessly. The three colored u
who had charge of the wigos
know the men, but only ono of thra
has returned, and he is in town «itb Wit
owski. It is Wilowski's custom to go to
Ashton every Sunday to meet the picket.
For some reason he did not go yesterday.
The la wless gang were thus disappointed
in not meeting him.
Maj. McKay waa much respected by enrj
one.
FIRE »T MONTGO *1BRY.
Several Firemen Burt aud 130,000 Lou Is
Slimey—The lusuraece.
Moktoomsey, Ala., November 2.1.—A
fire broke out a little before 2 o'clock this
afternoon in the cellar of 1*. J. Ander-cn'i
store, in tho wholesale bl .ck un Commerce
street. Hi* stock consisted of paints, oils,
sashes and blin Is, on four floors, and vu
totally destroyed in spite of lbs prompt ac
tion of tho Hr.' department. Good ti'*
walls aud msgnid:vnt ser\Ice of the 'u -
water works kept be ft.e out
adjoining store:', except the ro t
and third floor of U. W. Coots
whole *!» grocery store. . Coasid.rebit
dsnugs «t .lone by water. Tlie total loo
is about 330,000. Anderson’s loss ou steel
and bnildinga U complete, as be bn ra
insurance. Other losses are paitlj covered
by insurance.
Considerable damage was done by *sk>
to Cook A Co.’a store. The fire did not p
beyond the top floor of that establishment
Two colored firemen, Ed King ana ut
Thomas were injured by falling from ml'
ders, King seriously Jala* Msoonlwhitta
voluutoer, also Ml and had a rib broW-
Jim Duvall, cokucJ. volunteer fell ***
was badly bruised. W. Ji. "'“iting
valid who roome.l on the top flour “• •' ,i '
ders.ra building had a narrow escape col
iuc down thr. ugh dense smoke C.«*
loss alone is covered by a four thuUisiw
dollar insurance policy.
THE NKW OhUIBERS.
FRAUD BY BANK OFFICER-'.
Th . l'.ealdfcut and Lwui.r of a Bank Held
.n »jo.ooo Kail.
PniLuiEirma November 29.—Ex Presi
deot Win. H. ibst and Cashier Hy Siitz, of
the First Natiouaj Il .uk of Glen Rock, York
county, were li-hl to $5U.(K)0 hail e eh this
evening Ly Uuiet States C tmui.a. icner
Edmonds, i- auswer the charge of emhez
..tan,.... i' nc testimony she w ed that notes
p tu 350,000, most of which sere
dun t. iu iavor of Herbst, wore disc-noted
ut ibe hank by the cashier, without the
k; o i lfdge or con«e-t of the board of eiree
t.rs. Herts* ..It ite.l b.i), hut Seitz
*v.. * ut lu - to secure Dowlsuien, aud
w.l.t ... j.il. J. and \Vm. Herbs*,
sous ot Win. Herbst, were arr-ettd at B d*t
more on the soma charge, and will be given
a bearing Decimber 3.
Among the wituesies was Expert Ac-
couutabl Nation iel Seitz, of Washington, a
nephew of the coahter. He hstitied to.t
he was employ ed to examine the books of
the Glen Rock Bonk aftet its failure. Tbe
fltst^overdraft he found amounted to
611,687, ou h iiuie iliUu November 26,
1886, an.l signed Wni. Herbst A Son*. 11017 BOO "ante* Km 3 (ia-Bsin*^'
tf!nm“ tir * » luon »‘ involved ia abont cramp A Hons, ot Philadelphia, *»»!.**£
Bids Accepted fur th* Coestrsztios •'
Three of the New Vcsssls.
WasiuxoTox, November 29—'Th* S** -
tary of the Nsvy to day *CC*P«_“*J,^
Vast, advertisement Treaded “A Watch Knight of Labor wl'l be allowed to partake
Fr**," elsewhere in this issue. of the *
350,00.',
killed bv a sheriff
A Horse Thl I M.k.. a Hreek r .v I. b rtj
M'ttlU Sno| l>**i*(l.
St. Louis, NeveiuKr 29.-A special from
boihi'gtu'. J . it. n Un, says: Lrepo ,•
Sheriff N~!e„.,, of Union Star, Mo, 8...nr-
i*y M».: t. lirii iu »rrr*tni): 4*!»;» n Hoyie.
who »l ice bor»f* iu On* vicinity
;V“ l * Ur "*1 *' u with teoi to
MuryviUr, wbrn* Le tetended t,. him
•Q jvl. \t .VIhiiImh 1 he fee a m ^ .
Unit n criMil vuii. wni mu to ,yi ub nw * t xyec''»*d the iujxiujuu *
pim ricr. he car. laded to .M-|*»0|3rtalion U*». the SjmUry ^
»»• piixaiof-r io ihi« i>Uee. ' Mr to accept iheu Hi. Iw •* * \
K t «f! th* ti
■* I* ih»* am
jng ti> tb* •bun Ine |*ri*o
Cramp A Hoop, of Philadelphia,
000; gunboat No. 8. tba Oolambi*
Works and Dry Dock Company, of l»“
more, at .247,109. In the <*« “W,,
So. 1, no decision bsa yet been R** ■—
between the bil o Reeder & ^°ns, ,
tirnore, who propose to.construct
**I arc coding t- th* jMj]
went, unit th- htd of Cramp A
dr phla, whose prepeasl “ n !i“f c vO
he construction of eng.' >*
the construction ot eng>' » *“■• (k ,,
•bwigo. Although the l ">••«* Iron uJ c u
of Han Francis , pot to t « lore ‘ j .
Or-,Mo. 1 (out New"'-)
ibe
fi ring MV mjra place. -IX xi swrie i—»!■ — —I, . ,L
They g, t .(! thr train el.o it refer tile matter to Cviigt*** wi ..
two units fr >ni th- station, and w»re t«a- 1 meat of the fact*, end rK '" m “‘T' ..(erai* 1
ing to tbe jail * bun tee pri. 1*1, r made a! *1 proprialion for the cm *•*■ el —user
break for bra,,,, rua ,tar.,4on. t *ro fir ' No. 1 « intrewsO, or thatUp 8^ oM ,
Jhe road. II- Wri call'd upoo t • halt, out be ao.h 'nzo! lo bu ld the ver>
he pstsirtc in fligh , „ud the deputy ilrew | tbe nevj yar.lre
»r-v , v«Y aulal.n: im through th. brain, . NKiiull l.YfCfl!' 1 ’'
V •:-«*. OpJ M. Person A r
CuASLkaTON. 8. U., , ***“)*aiii*d Jiiff
Robinson, colored, »b» • * . In * peB
Lizzie Bowie wiih criu.lt*> M 1st]
lie rood Monday morning.*-***b
night, Miss Bowie t* r
e*re found Riterw whten go* to prove
tnereu au orgwoirel band of horse thi. v.xi
operaUna in noutbweet Missouri and n .ura-
era Iowa
Breh- Thioagh th. Ice.
IiiKurasinn, December l.-L**t nigh*
v “V cuuuty. iury |*
thr Titrk ICW 0D * and broLo of » crowd
gn * i fcAtcd and
ofmKto«atowj5^ .