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10 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^ .