Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1885, Page 3

ws | & @ DONOVAN Ross.s ASSAILANT. "hat ts Known jure. Dudiey in E he mpted to kill O'Donovan her name as Yeult land as Lucille she attempted to " by taking from the hospital in rest she again at- “he woman who att hea in New York, Mey, was known in E ley. Poa, When Laon and placed tetted tw Feleed {1 theropre: theome Secret havembarked for Ne’ re! ili Rossa. Capt. hém has been removed from the Chambers stret tothe New York hospital. He did not feesafe in the tormer hospital, owing to the Butber of dynamiters who came to see O'Don- a illiams, superintendent of the Haywards nsane Asvium, in Sussex, England, said ds of the asylum show ntered as a criminal pa- i ng attempted sui- administering y train travel- D. Eeath 1 yesprday: that Mrs. Dudley was sent in Septer ina rai ing from London to Brizhton here nearly tw Wescribed technics oral insanity ouths of her det ibited symptous he had frequent and vir ighborin: she had he came in contact bout six months she bee jet to the de nd parexysms, and she fadually b d. “In August. 1884, she peared to restored, and was delivered ther triengs.” After Mrs Dud » she joined the Qeen Charlotte’ « Institute, and soon clever and bie nurse. i ling but a short time, hoever, when auother attespt at suicide cased her to be bronzht asa patient to Londom hopital in White After her recoy- er:she was e arse. and be- eaie very of charity known as er Charlotte sal yestes { became very fond of Mrs. Dudl reily a lovable dispo yoed Catholic. Shi She Was a de- emed to be well con- neted, althouch I have heard that she was th natural danzhter of a French nobleman, ani that she had lived with a French officer, brwhom she had two ehildren, who died in in- facy. Howtrae those stories are I don't kow. Mrs Dudley always said that she had ben married, and had lost her husband and tro children by death. She always carried wth her portraits of her children, locks of their hair, which was silky and golden, and the Ittle shoes and stockings which they had last vorn. a ee A Party to the Rescue. THE TERRIBLE SUPFEP S OF A FAMILY ON AN ICE-BOUND ISLAND. A special to the Baltimore American from Port Depesit, Md.. February 8, says: Reports have been cnrrent in Port Deposit for several days as to the pitiable condition of the Roberts family, who are the sole inhabitants of a small island in the Susquehanna, haif a mile north of here and an equal distance from tie Harford and Cecil shores. All their means of communi- tation, except by signafiing. had been cut off by the gorged and packed ice, which completely surround: and $ their habitation. It kx oberts was very ill, and n signals made by Mr. ast that sne had died. It one of their tive children that the situation of the in every way deplorable. f the whole family survivors with every the jen the final breal rd Boynton, EP. Frist and John Doanelly, whodetermined to hazard the passaze over the ‘hills ar of massed Ice which intervenes ts » Cecil shore and the island. Th . each armed with a long pole, aad » and perilous Jour- ney over the ru frozen surface. reached the island in sate They found th: Mrs. Roberts was not d she bad recently been con- ajfined, and was very ill: that. unattended as fhe was by any one bit her husband and small ‘children, her sitferings had been great. Neither were any of their children dead, but their horse and doz had died. and the whole family had en- dured great hardship and privation. Dr. Shure rendered Mrs. Koberts much needed médical at- tention, and when the party returned Mr. Rob- erts accompanied them. in order to secure medi- eines and provisions. of wnich they stood greatly in need. Should Mrs. Roberts recover suffi- ciently an attempt will be made to remove the family from their dangerous and ice-bound sur- roundings. ——_—_—__--______ “ Blood is Thicker Than Water.” A LONDON PAPER ADVOCATING AN ALLIANCE BE- TWEEN THIS COUNTRY AND GREAT BRITAIN. The leader in last evening's Pall Mail Gazetle advocating a political alliance between the Em- pire of Great Britain and the Republic of the United States of America attracted much atten- tion in London. The American Republic, the Gazette says, 13 now at last beginning to have a foreign policy. Tie doctrine of complete iso! tion so long maintained by American statesmen has perished. Minister Kasson’s presence and activity at the Berlin conference on the Congo question must be taken as a portent of things to come. America will continue to exert a @reat and increasing influence in the work of pacifying Afri The Republic will ere long claim admittance into the European areopagus whenever dealing with questions pertaining to Interests outside the boundaries of the European Continent. England's duty, therefore, the Gazette contends, isto make the most of this great fact. Blood 4s thicker than water. Tne United States is England's natural ally. After the tederation of the British Empire there will remain for British statemen no task comparable in importance to that of the conclusion of an alliance between Great Britain and the Great Republic which has sprang from England's loins. This alliance. the article concludes, will be as close and useful to thetwo great English speaking peoples as that between Austria and Germany. +e- Special Train Buyers. MEN WHO WOULD RATHER Pay €100 THAN WaT IS A DEPOT. ‘From the Philadelphia Times. Two handsomely dressed men got out of a hack at the Broad street station about midnight Jast night and hurried up stairs. One of them looked at the big electric clock and said: “We're too lale. Itold you so.” They hur- Fied to the ate and learned that the 12:01 train had been gone four minutes. After a few min- Utes’ consultation they went into the station Znaster’s office and enzaged a special train for New York, One of them planked down $100, @n engine and car were telephoned for from West Philadelphia, and in half an hour the two men were on their way to New York. On the train-sheet the special was marked “Second No. 12,” and the wires sent the news from block sta- tion to station that an extra, known as second No. 12, was following in the wake of the owl trai pecial trains are often bought,” sald an oMcial of the road. ‘They are often ordered from the Jersey City end. When Freddie Gebhard was following Langtry around the country he frequently got a special train. President Ar- thur’s son Allan, wim is at Princeton, got a spe- cial at Jersey City one night in order to be on time for his class the next morning.” Tae Boxe Ixvesrer of the country is an im- Portant one. The four feet of an ordinary ox Will make a pint of neatsfoot off. Not a bone of any animal is thrown away. Many cattle shin bones are shipped to Europe for the mak- ing of knife handles, where they bring $40 per ton. The thich bones are the most valuable, being worth 80 per ton for cutting into tooth- brush hanifles. The fore-leg bones are worth ‘50 per ten, and are made into collar buttons, 1 handles and jewelry, though sheep’s are the staple for parasol handles. The Popeeal = the bones are hoy be moe vs giue, the dust which comes from sai the bones is fed to cattle and poultry, and all bones (pene ne eS used refining the sugar we are made into eee aauede to help enrich Kr aay waste, it is the story of the 1s lost ex: the squeal. bas The ARKANSAS ELOQUENCE. The Speech of Baker, of Benton, in Changing from Berrry to Jones. Legislative Report of the Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette. Mr. Baker, of Benton, when his name was Teached, rose to his feet and sald: “Mr. Presi- dent, J cast my first vote in this senatorial con- test for Gov. James H. Berry, and I have con- | tinged to do so up to the present time. I know him, and I like him. He is a good man, and well qualified to fill the office; an honored citi- zen, a brave soidier, and an able statesman, he is high In the esteem of the public. I am a rough man myself—a man from the mountalns—and I am one of those men who stick by thelr friends; I tick by my friends when they deserve it,when they are able and well qualified, until they fall, and even then I'll not desert them; 1 am like Collins’ ‘sheep;’ when they fall I fall with them. Thated to see Gov. Berry withdraw from the fileid, but when I saw it must be I looked about me and took the thing under consideratioh and thought on it. Ithought long and carefully over it. and J slept with it. (Laughter.) Isaw I must cast my vote for some one else, and I must make a chuice of the other candidates. I'l teli you bow I did it. 1 looked over the field. Ihave met the other two, and I had studied them. I met the Hon. Poindexter Dunn ahd J sawin him many good points. I sawa fine head on him (I greatly admire a fine been and Isawin hima great coming man. But I tell you what didthe work forme. I met Mrs. Jones—the wife of the Hon. James K. Jones— and that settied it. This is how it was. I met her and I went and called on her—yea, I did. The room was tull of beautiful women. I didn't hardly know what to do, but she sat by the piano and | asked ner to play a little tune on it for me [langhter]—4 asked her that very thing —asked her if she could play ‘Mv Old Cabin Home.’ She said she wouid if | would sing averse of it, and I said I'dtry. (Cries, ‘sing it now, let’s hear it."] You wait. I said I would, and she touched up the piano, hit the very keynote of the piece—the tune I know and love best on earth. It rang and echoed about the room. ‘The place was full of women, and pretty women, too. [Applause.] And among them I saw iss Roane, the daughter of old Goy, Roane, the lady of whom Mr. Me- Millan spoke so beautifully a while ago. They r led around, and right there I stood and 1 the verse. [Cries of ‘sing—sing—give us “] All it, gentlemen, to accommo- you I'll sing it,” and, clearing his throat, tleman from: Benton struck up a bear- tone solo aud sang: : “We'll hunt no more the Ln the noo! ‘We'll leave the canon all So dry ; We'll drink no more of the viear crystal brook, So, my log cabin home, good-bye.” As the “good-bye” floated up among the cob- webs in the dome of the hall the densely packed throng burst into cheers and shouts, a tornado of applause shaking the ol house, while bursts of lauchter broke out like thunderbolts, and hand-clappings sounded like hail among the can- fusion. At leagth the orator succeeded in get- ting silence again.after bowing and gesticulating several minutes, and said: ‘*Hold on—wait and ‘hear the chorus,” and then he sang THE CHORUS. “We'll mind ne more, but play. I never shall forget That log cabin home— ‘That log cabin home far away.” Again the storm broke forth, and it was sev- eral minutes before he could proceed. When a Tull came be continued: ‘Well, those ladies crowded around me, and when Mrs. Jones stopped Playing Iseized her hand and I said: ‘Madam, Tam ia love with you.’ [Shouts.] Yes, 1 told her I had fallen in love with her, and she said she wished I'd fall in love with herhus- band as well. She treated me nice—they all did, too. Now, 1 am arcugh old man, but Jadies have great attractions for the old mowftain boomers. I know I de [cheers], and } never forgot that visit. They looked so.sweet and nice I wanted to hugthemall. When I met Mr. Jones I looked at him closely, and saw in him a man I’couki well support. He hada big head, too—a head like a washtub, eyes setaway back in and a deep thinking look in them, and so, with all this to think of after looking well about me, after considering the matter well, after sleeping with it, I have concluded to vote for the Hon. James K. Jones.” [Cheers, long and loud.} or —_____ A LETTER ATTRIBUTED TO MR, FOLGER. The Alleged Missive to Hugh Hastings Not Found—Capt. Lewis’ Opinion. A Geneva, New York, special tothe N. Y. Tribune, February Sth, says: There has been ™much discussion here to-day concerning the let- ter said to have been written by Secretary Fol- ger to Hugh Hastings, in which he gave some important information in relation to his can- vass for goverfior in 1882. The general im- pression is that Mr. Folger did write such a let- ter, and that Senator Conkling knows its con- tents. Capt. Joseph Lewis, however, who was @ most intimate friend of Mr. Folger, and was with him coustdatly in his last hours. said to- night that while he had conversed with Mr. Fol- ger many times as to the state campaign of 1882, he never heard him say anything about having put on paper any facts Jn relation to that contest. He not believe that the Secretary wrote any more than gn ordinary let- terto Hugh Hastings, and he does not Delieve that it was ever returned to him. Captain Lewis has accurate knowledge as to what papers and documents of public and private importance were left by Mr. Folger. He says that if such a letter as Conkling has hinted at and Mr. Griffen described was among the effects of the Secre- tary, he would know of it and is positive that Mr. Folger would have referred to it in his long Ulness. S. H. Verplanck, of Geneva, who has charge of all the papers of Mr. Folger, could not be found here to-night, but his private secretary says that Mr. Verpianck has not found the letter referred to, although he has examined nearly all the papers in his possession carefully. He is of the opinion that if the Secretary did write sucha letter it is now in New York. What Is a Mahdi} From the New York Herald Mahdi, or Mahadi, as D’Herbelot spells it, is an ancient title in the Moslem world which t first signified simply director of the talthful. But in the course of Moslem history, and especi- ally Moslem history In Africa, {it came to have another signification related toan accepted prophecy of Mohammed. It necessarily refers tothe African part of Arabic history. By this secondary significance of the word the Mahadi is acertain ancient leader come again. His appearance Is the ‘second adveat” of a prophet who lived in the old days and who in ali the meantime has been with the immortals. Mo- hammed, the twelfth Imam, and the twelfth in descent from All, is the real orignal. He ‘ts the Mahadi who comes in every now and then. He was hidden from the world at an early age and communed only with his disciples through his lifetime, and finally did abt die, bat “went up,” with the fixed intention of returning to revive the glories of Mosiem. As in the Christian theory, and even in the history of several monarchies, this legend of a prince who Is to return has afforded a fa vorite pretext for ne end of impostors, so it did ia Islam. The most famous of these in past was Abulcassem Mohammed Ben Abdallah, the founder of the Fatimite dynasty in Africa, Mo- hammed had propheried that in three hundred years the sun would rise the west, and as ‘Abuicassems’ glory was in 296 of the Hefira, it was held that the prophecy referred to him, and since then the idea of the Mahadi bas commonly had relation to a revival of the glories of Islam in that western World of Moslemism, the prov- inces of Africa held by the Arabs. ro A Crematorium for Boston. Atthe meeting of the proprietors of Mount Aubufh Cemetery, in Boston, Monday, a resoln- tion was adopted instructing the trustee to con- sider the propriety of establishing in the ceme- tery & crematorium, or adopting any other method of taking care of the ‘so that sani- tary laws shall not be violated. rizely ‘Tue B. & 0. AND THE Jensex CenTRaL.—The Philadelphia Record published the statement GORDON’S YEAR IN KHARTOUM. * Am Interesting Retrospect. WHY HE WENT THERE AND HOW HE DEFENDED HIMSELF. General Gordon left London for Khartoum on the fSth of January, 1884. On the Sth of Janu- ary, 1884, The Times was able to announce that General Gordon had accepted a commission from the King of the Belgians to proceed as his repre- sentative to the Congo. At that time General Gordon was in Brussels, and he did not arrive in England until some days later. On Tuesday, the 15th, he arrived in town from Southampton, and had his memorable interview with Lord Wolse- ley at the War Office, when he expressed himself in sanguine terms as to the ease with which the difficulties in the Soudan might be overcome. The official despatches inform us that immedi- ately after this interview Lord Granville tele- graphed to Sir Evelyn Baring that he had heard “indirectly that Gordon is ready to go straight to Suakim.” On the morning of tne following day General Gordon lett London for Brussels. It is unnessary to recall how General Gordon returned post haste from Brussels, how he re- ceived his instructions, how he spent much of that day in finding Colonel Stewart, and how in the evening of the same day that he arrived from Belgium he left with his late brave com- panion for the Soudan, One week later he reached Cairo, and on the 18th of February, ex- actly one month after kis departure from Lon- don, te entered Khartoum, where he was re- ceived ‘‘with wonderful demonstration of wel- come on the part of the population.” While at sea, between Brindisi and Port Said, General Gordon drew up a memorandum in which he stated that ‘Her Majesty’s Government have decided to send me to the Soudan to ar- range for the evacuation of these countries and the safe removal of the Egyptian employes and troops,” as they “have come to the irrevocable decision oot to incur the very onerous duty of securing to the peoples of the Soudan a just fu- ture government.” The only other passage which need be quoted trom this memorandumis the following: ‘I can therefore only say that having in view this decision, and seeing the dif- ficuity of asking Her Majesty's Government to give a decision or direction as to what should be done in certain cases, I will carry out the evacuation as far as possivle according to their wish to the best of my ability, and with avoid- ance, as far as possible, of all fighting. I would, however, hope that Her Majesty’s Government will give me their support and consideration should I be unable to fulfil all their expecta- tions.” On the very day of his arrival at Khar- toum General Gordon sent a telegraphic dis- patch recommending that Zebehr should be given a commission of government, and stating that “to withdraw witnout being able to place a successor in my seat would be the signal for general anarchy throughout the country, which, though all Egyptian element were with- drawn, would be a inisfortune and inhuman.” The popular enthusiasm with which General Gordon's arrival was greeted increased when his first acts became known. The day after his ar- rival he was employed in liberating prisoners, in burolng the records of debt, and in removing the white garrison to Berber. As our corres- pondent Mr. Power tersely expressed it, G: don is giving the people more tian they ex- pected from the Mahdi;” and it is impossible to doubt that but for the confidence and feeling of gratitude thus created in the minds of the ponu- lation the long and successful defense of Khar- toum would never have been possible. On the 27th of February General Gordon 1s- sued a proclamation to the inhabitants of the Soudan stating that he would be compelled to use severe measures ayainst those who did not desist from rebellion, and also that “British troops are now on their way, and in a few days will reach Kabrtoum.” But still more important and significant were his official dispatches to Sir Evelyn Baring of the same date, following up one of the 26th of February, in which he said— “If Egypt is to be quiet Mahdi must be smasked up. * © * Trepeat that evacuation is possi- ble, but you will feel effect in Egypt, and will be forced to enter into a far more serious affair in order to guard Egypt. At present it would be comparatively easy to destroy Mahdi.” But above all he insisted on the necessity of sending Zebehr without delay to co-vperate with him, and Colonel Stewart, who was a man of grea’ independence, heartily agreed with him as to the advisability of this measure. General Gordon, on the 27th and 28th of Feb- ruary, wrote still more emphatically on the pol- iey that, in his opinion, could alone be pursued, and, to quote Mr. Gladstone's words, he spoke as ‘the man who knew the Soudan better than any ane else :” «Evacuation of the Soudan Is impossible until the government asserts it authority, and | mean by ‘evacuation’ the removal of all Egyptian employes who form the machinery of govern- ment, and not the departure of sick, &c., who be considered to have gone from here.” While General Gordon was sending almost daily expressions of his views as to the only way of carrying ut the policy of eventual evacua- tion, It was also becoming clear to him that he would very soon be cut off from the rest of Egypt. His first remark on this subject was to express “the conviction that I shall be caught in Khartoum,” and on the $d of March he wrote: “Even if | was mean enongh to escape I have no power to do so.” The accuracy of this fore- cast was speedily demonstrated. Within a few ays communicatigns with Khartoum were in- terrapted, a0d although subsequently restored for a time, the rising of the riparian tribes ren- dered the receipt and dispatch of messages exceedingly uncertain. On the 8th of April, however, Genera] Gorden suceeeded in getting a met e through to Sir Evelyn Baring. Eight days later, on the 16th of April, he wrote the last ase $ecelved trom Khartoum for a period of many months. The complete investment or siege of Khartoum may be considered as having commenced onthis date, but before General Gordon was cut off from the outer world he had been able to ex- press in the plainest terms three things. Only one was personal, aud that was that the govern- ment had rejeoted all his prororals and prao- tically abandoned him. Immediately on his arrival at Khartoum he had perceived that the evacuation of the Soudan with security to the garrison and officials and with honor to England and Egypt, must necessarily be a work of some time, and in the next place he declared it to be only feasible if the government took certain measures in support of him, which, If they ap- peared too extreme at the time to Mr. Gladstone, were absolutely insignificant in comparison with the vast and costly expedition which the Prime Minister has been ultimately compelled to sanc- tion. When General Gordon first began to per- ceive that he would get no material help from his government, he made several propositions which would, if adopted, relieve them from fur- ther responsibility, and at the same time enable him to take take steps to restore some sense of order and authority inthe Soudan. One was to make an appeal to international philanthrophy, and by employing Turkish troops smash the Mahdi. Another was that he should steam up the Nile, and, taking Bahr Gazelle and the Equatorial Province in the name of the King of the Belgians, join hands with Mr. Stanley, or whoever else might represent the King, on the Congo. But in all these schemes he alone was to run the risk, Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, and the other Europeans were to be first put in @ place of safety, and General Gordon would carry out the adventure single-handed and alone. In October dispatches. were received from General Gordon. these General Gordon gave details of the siege, and also stated what his intentions were with rej to the future. The most important part of these letters wére the latest messages In point of date. On the 17th of September he stated that he had already sent Lite Pasha, Mr. Power, and the French con- with repuee troops and Bashi-Bazouke to ages | retake Berber, and that he hoped at any moment to hear that they had m 5 The first half of the siege of Khartoum closed with the departufe of Colonel Stewart and Mr. Power. For five months General Gordon de- riyed the comfort and assistance of their pres- ence, but for the last four months he has been alone. In eer hs eee Siseetches he ex- pressed his indignation at the treatment he had received: ‘‘Was it mght that I should have been sent to Khaytoum with only seven tollowers after the destruction of Hicks’ army, and no at- tention paid to me till communications were cut?” And again: “You ask me to ‘state cause and intention in staying at Khartoum, knowing government Means to abandon Sou- dan,’ and in answer I say | stay at Khartoum be- cause Arabs have shut us up and will not let us out.” General Gordon's magnanimity in send- ing away his colleagues cannot be overpraised, for it was well known that the danger at Khartoum would comein the late autumnand winter, when the crops were gathered in and the Mahdi could get his followers to move to a distance from Siete eee In October It was officially compu Gordon's pro- bored last until November, but owing to the skilfal manner in which he atilized his steamers in drawing supplies from Sennaar, and even down the river from the neighborhood of Bhendy, he was, at the time of his last m 2, ‘the 14th of December, well povvisisned, tly capable, without any e: ald a ‘of maning Successful head against the = ‘the Mahdi’s progress for an indefinite The month of November, which was intro- duced by unfavorable trom source, of the of Khartoum and the death of General jn, was marked by the reeeres Sere more decidedly hopeful don's letter of the of November showed that ‘ane proven is rp hana vy pogo ho had the cause of the to attach themselves to him. The messenger who brought the letter declared that on receiving news of Lord Wolsely’s expedition General Gordon had caused the town to be illu- minated. He also stated that there was plenty of food, that corn was cheap, and that “ General Gordon was very powerful, and believed in by every man in Khartoum.” Another messenger affirmed that he was making his own powder, that he had tweive steamers, and that the people were beginning to think his rale preferable to that of the Mahdi. On New Year's day the last Message was received from hin, to the effect— *Knartoum all right, December 14;" and the bearer reported that he still had cigarettes, which are as inseparable companions of General Gor- don as the Bible, Thomas 4 Kempis, and Stan- ford’s maps of some of the dark places of the earth. The latter message, received on the 11th of January, seems to be only a duplicate of that which arrived ten days before. More than one message or rumor of a less reliable character got through, but some of the statements were of so characteristic a nature as to suggest that they rested on a truthful foundation—as for in- stance, the story that the Mahdi having sum- moned Khartoum to surrender, General Gordon replied, ‘Not for twelve years;” and again that he told the Mahdi, if he hada divine mission to dry up the waters of the Nile. Such isthe story of the siege of Khartoum, told briefly, and, so far as possible, in the words of its chief actors. For nine months the In- vestment has been complete, and the siege may be said to date almost from the time of General Gordon's arrival. Ashe himself puts it, his party numberedseven, and he had the command of £2,000 only. With these resources he had to hold Khartoum, which Colonel Coetlogon de- clared indefensible, and to restore some degree of confidence to the loyal party, then oppressed witb a sense of the magnitude of Hicks Pasha’s defeat, and also of the Mabdi’s power. He suc- ceeded, in a@ manner which can only be called unexampled, in what seemed a hopeless task. When the hour of greatest peril came he did everything he could to save his companions, and he nearly succeeded; and when the whole burden of the defence fell upon him, and the Mahdi's followers were most active around him, then his efforts redoubled, and Khartoum was better provisioned and held more defiantly at the close of the year than it had been at any time during its course. General Gordon’s conduct may well excite the admiration of his country- men, for even In the brillant annals of English courage and fortitude there is nothing to rank with the defence of Khartoum. The defence ot Kars in a large way, the bolding of “the small house at Arrah” in @ small way, were each magnificent achievements; but their garri- sons were composed of brave men, Just like those at Rorke’s Drit.: Eldred Pottinger’s de- fence of Herat can alone be compared to it, but the Afghans were brave and could fight like tigers. General Gordon's men were cowed, if not cowards; and for nearly the last five months be has been alone—one brave man In the midat of an unwarlike or unnerved garrison. Yet he has met theenemy at exery potnk and vanquished him. What was written of him in the summer has been verified to the letter,—‘*While every- where else there has been retreat and recriml- nation, he has held, and more than held. his own.” Twelve months have run round since his departure, and he is still standing tirm at the post of duty. Not a helping hand has yet reached hiin, although the succour tardily sent is now close to him; and perhaps at no other time will his service be more heartily appreciated or more loudly extolled than new, on the anni- versary of his accepting a perilous mission, when the fame of hig defence of Khartoum is ali bis own, and before the magnitude of his exploit has in any sense been dimmed by the popular applause that will necessarily be bestowed on the many brave soldiers who have now almost, reehed the goal of their long labors.—Zondon imes. —_—__-+-—____ Stanley Huntley’s huck. THE AUTHOR OF THE “‘SPOOPENDYKE” PAPERS BE- COMES CHIEF OF THE SIOUX. A dispatch from Standing Rock Indian Agency, Dakota, conveys the interesting intelligence that Stanley Huntley, author of the famous “Spoopendyke” papers, at one time connected with the Dakota press, later of Washington and now of Brooklyn, through the recent death of Young Antelope, becomes.chief of the Peton na- tion of Indians. The manner in which the imag- inative young Journalist becomes chief of all the Sioux tribes, the dispatch naively declares, “sounds like a fable.” The foundation of Hunt- ley’s future greatness, It seems, was laid during his campaign in northern Montana some years when the United States troops were in pur- suit of Sitting Bull, and when Huntley per- formed the remarkable teat of interviewIng the Sioux chief at a distance ot several hundred miles, without the aid of atelephone. Tired of scouring the plains, Huntley crossed the border and became the gueat of Major Walsh at Wood Mountain, in British Northwest Territory. Here, camped around the Major's post, were old men aud squaws, among whom were Little Knife, hereditary chlettain of the Tetons, who was too old for war and buffafo nails. Little Kuife in- jured his leg, and the medicine men failed to give him any relief, and the old chief was given up to die. Huntley, with a newspaper man’s extensive knowledge, bound the wound with leaves and oil, and Little Knife recovered. Huntley was adopted, and last fall when Sitting Bull and bis troupe were East an adopted alater of Huntley’s was with them and recognized Huntley. Little Knife had two oy, Mountain Bull and Young Antelape. The former was killed some time ago, and now by Antelepe’s death Huntley becomes chief as a male relation by adoption, this tie being ag strong ag blood among the Indians. Huntley's Indian name Is Waukpey Wankan, or holy leat. —__—_—_—$_e-_____ A Wayward Youth’s Suicide. Constable Ludwig Emmerich, of Baltimore county, founda young man lying by the road- side near Harman’s bridge, in an unconscious condition, about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He was bleeding trom a wound in the left tem- ple, near the ear. By his side was small re- volver, of the “Defender” pattern. One cham- ber was empty. Papers in the pocket of the wounded man showed that he was John Henry Harbourne, ot No, 189 Burgundy street. Con- stable Emmerich placed the’ man in a wagon and brought him to the southern station, and thence to hishome. Dr. Blake was summoned, who said the ball had penetrated the brain, and he could give no hope of recovery.. The father and mother of the young maa were overcome with grief. The former stated that he and his son had had some words In the morning. It ‘was stated by those who knew both tather and son that the life led by the latter was not pleas- ing to the father, who had frequently remon- strated with him and tried to induce him to be steadier in his ways. The young man, who is 21 years of age, led a somewhat careless and purposeless life. Ina littie pass-book found in young Harbourne’s pocket the folowing words were written under date of January 5, 1885: ‘Dear Father: You this morning accused me of going in Hunt’s, but you will not have to again for J guess you hear some terble news do you rember 2 years ago, when you beat me with that sticke and you let the mark in the stair door { dont guess you will have to do it again for hoping you find this vou will not be hurt you. have called me all the lires and cursed me till ——have no such so good mee the world hop- ing to meet in the next wor! “Yors respeciay ‘Jouw Henny HARBOURNE, fo, 189 Burgundy sttreet.” ‘The Bostop Young Woman. Boston Letter to the Kansas City Times, It is a great mistake to imagine that specta- cles, Pluto bine veils, and low heels are the characteristics of Boston women now. No. such thing; they are weak solutions of French coquetry in rectangularmolds. For the women here are so thin! But the upper and lower do notinclude them all. I wish I could trust my ge to picture for you eome one or more of the oston girls one sees Qn Commonwealth avenue or Beacon street of a pleasant mn. The} are not to be equal And remember that am impartial enough, for Boston girls are not my preference as arule. Not’ women of marvelous complexions; not Baltt- more, with its women of rounded figures and dark eyes and hair; not New Yerk, with its women of graceful carriage and easy uncon- ee lee one of these can show you the type of a tiful Boston girl. She has that hait that looks as though it were and sun- forehead, with the hair brushed off it, back and well-turned shoulders of an gr ‘and fthe nervous Pliant movement ion of an athlete; she- rides and pls swims and shoot som: and with her @ fresh air of makes one’s eyes brighten and the sight of health so charming!, there is no nonsense and no m make-up. these. f THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, EEERVARY 7, 1885-DOUBLE SHEET. Wense Makes a Confession. A MAN WHO HAS KILLED TWELVE HUMAN BEINGS. A telegram from Wheeling, Feb. 2, says: The arrest of Wease has cleared up the mystery of eleven mysterious disappearances, and Wease is now known to be the murderer of twelve hu- man being, he having confessed the murder of Ault, for which he was arrested. The story is | detailed in a dispatch to“‘The Register.” The | Wease family for generations has been a hard | one, although the member under arrest now | was considered the best. He and his family narrowly escaped death at the hands of his father, “Old Bill Wease,” who locked them in their log-cabin and then set fire to it. after this, in the course of a fight, the old man killed his brother. He wasarrested and declared that he would never go to the jail alive. As he was on his way to Moorefield, he sprang from his guards, dashed into the Potomac and drowned himself. “Lye,” the son, then became the leader of a gang of thieves who ravaged the country, though he was never caught at it. Early in 1861 Philip Yokum, a simple-minded man, in the vicinity of Petersburg, disappeared In October Ault was found dead in the roa Wease was arrested and released. Five op six mysterious disappearances followed when one day dogs belonging tu the vicinity carried to thelr kennels several fragments of human bod- jes. Search was made, and at the toot of “The Leap,” a precipice 200 feet high, in a lonety spot, portions of seven bodies were found. It was not suspected that Wease was in any way connected with the death of these people. The next disappearance was that of Henry Ceffmat y county, Virginia. The mystery o! his death Is now solved after a lapse of twenty- four years. Inali, eleven human beings were thrown ever “The Leap,” which is on the road to ‘Howard's Lick,” a well-known summer resort prior to the war. It is now so long ago that the people ot the neighborhood have changed, and it will require several days to get a correct list of Wease’s vic- tims, as he refuses to give the names of more thansix, including Ault. He says that he met Ault in the road, and, remarking that he had * killed one hog that day and would kill another,” shot him dead. Coffman, who had been under sen- tence of death at the hands of Wease and two contederates, whose names he does not give, was caught on his way to Howard's Lick and taken to The Leap,” where, while praying. he was shoved off. No one went to see if the fatal plunge produced instant death or how long he lived. This was the case with the others killed there. When the close of the war made it neces- sary for Wease to change his residence he went to Virginia, and remained unknown and unheard of until his return to Grant county, one yearago. Tremendous excitement exists over these reve- lations. Wease cannot live long, on account of age and disease. Eloped with a Farm Hand. 4N ERRING WIFE SENT AWAY WITH HER HUSBAND'S BLESSING. A somewhat new thing jn the elopement line 1s Teported from Darlingtof, Moxtgomery county, Ind. Last Wednesday a fellow from Virginia, known a8 Major Tomlinson, left with the wife of Harvey Shauver, a prosperous young farmer living five miles north of that place, Mr. Shauver and wife were thought to be Living happlly, with three Deautiful Lisle chitdren, Mr. Bhauver’s suspicions were aroi by one of the littie fellows teli him that the major, who was a farm hand, ma and ma kissed major.” Mr. Shauver took his Wife to task for such action. She aid not deny it, and also stated that she would kiss him just when she pleased. Mr. Sbauver chastised her for hor Conduct, and paid the major off, telling him that he would give him until Wedgesday to leave. ‘This seemed to raige the ire of Mrs. Shauver, and she quickly gave her husband to understand that she would go with the Gischarged man. Mir. Skauver knelt in prayer, and prayed long and ferventiy that such thobght Bhould not be entertained by his wife, byt his prayers would not soften or change her heart, Shauver gave her all ber belong- ings, and the baby, a beautiful boy two years old; he belped her into the sleigh, tucked the wraps close around her, and, with tears almost streaming from his eyes, kissed her ang the child good-bye, telling her that he oped and prayed she would be satisfied with her iil-judged undertaking. The couple stated that they were going to Oregon. Salem’s Big Sensation. & PROMINENT MAN'S WIDOW INDICTED FOR HIS MURDER YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH. Salem, /25s.,has a sensation of the livellest kina in the arrest Monday of Sarah P. Proctor for the murder of her husband, George K.,1in July, 1852. | Mr. Proctor wasa prominent busimess man, being the manager of the Salem Produce Exchange asso- ciation and chief owner of the Salem Steamboat company. He was found in the cellar of his house, dying. ‘A neighbor named Buffum was called to the house, and in the cellar he found Mrs. Proctor holding up her husband's head and endeavoring to ft bim from the und. He appeared to be un- conscious and his left side was paralyzed. He was laid upon a lounge in the sittiug room. Upon tak- ing off Mr. Proctor’s collar a quantity of blood was found upon the inside and blood was found upon the hair, while a small hole or scratoh was €iscov- ered at about two inches from the left ear on the back of the head. Mra Proctor, who appeared very calm and cool, sald: “He ‘must have got burt,” and remarked that Mr. Proctor probably wruck the back of bis bead against a nail Upon one of the ash-barrels, near which he ees ur. tone ae tor out the day. ation was to tne = Hy ‘tch on the page ofthe nese. ad aid not eed, Mrs. Proctor’s explanation was readily poy ie Mr, Proctor died that as every one ved, from Paralysis. Two days afterward: on Saturday Bennie Cleaves, a itis pepper of Mrs. Tohd behind the buik- pe a he ee revolver, He toek it to fs aunt. Six cham were loaded and one a1s- was sis charged. Tbe purchaser or the owner of the pistol has never vered, though it has ben in ‘the hands of the poitce for dearly three ye; It -aTa, was ae at @ dist of almost thirty feet from where Afr, Proctor’s body was found. Mrs. Proctor said nothing of the pistol apparently tll Sunday Sigs apie her father-in-law was b . Bat enue and then ghe casually re id a pistol under the cellar stairs and she was a deal troubled about it” The old em) sald quickly: *¢ co Mrs. tors ‘was addressed to her oldest Sauguier Lily, ahd shesaid: “Lily, perhaps I had better nog have sald anything about that.” ‘The funeral was arranged for that afternoon at 4:90 o'clock. The » Whe engaged in u @ hair of the deceased, having heard of the pi wok occasion to probe the scratch in the back of the head, and discovered that the wound was a deep one, ing Opinto the head. He netted the {Modical examiner. There as a Consultation wr tev. Dr. Bolles, pastor of the Universalist church, where the funeral was totake place that afternoon, and immediately at the close of the services the Vody was removed to the under- Fooms Where an autopsy was held. The missiag pistol ball was found i against the frontal bone, having entered at @he base of the brain and traversed the center of that organ. It itted; that Mr. Proetor must have dropped in his tracks instantly, paralyzed; that t was impossible for him to have fred une shot himself, or to have thrown the pistol from KITTY REID'S BEVENGE, Shooting Her Hetrayer who Refused to Keep his Promise to Marry Her. A telegram from Sharpsville, Pa., Feb. 5, says For a year past, Edward Schell, a promin young man of this place, has been paying atten. tions to Kitty Reid, a young woman of respect- able parentage, and one who was well thought of. Some time ago a coldness sprang up be- tween them, and he ceased his visits. Last night as Schell, in company with his mother, was on his way home from the United Presby- terian Church, Miss Reid stepped in front of him and shot him in the left side, the ball glancing off one of his ribs and making a serious, but not necessarily fatal wound. Mrs. Scheil seized the young woman and grasped the pistol in thae to receive the hammer on_her hand, thus pre- venting the second shot. Schell arose and aiso grasped the young woman and took the pistol, which was 22-calibre, from her. He then fell back to the ground and was carried to bis home, Miss Reid was taken to the lockup, where she was interviewed this afternoon. She said : “Schell became acquainted with me in June, 1883, and he went with me until 1884. He would be at our house three times a week during this time, and his whole alm seemed to be to accomplish one purpose, for which on one occa- sion he tried to get me to take some wine, but I refused. At another time, while on the way to church, in February, 1854, he gave me candy which wasdrugged. "It had such an effect that he succeeded in accomplishing his purpose. I told him then that if he would not marry me within a year I would kill Bim, and tuat is what I tried to do last night.” Miss Reid has secured bondsmen, and says she will give Schell one more chance to make good his promise. Schell was resting easy to- day, but his condition is regarded as dangerous, AN AGED LOTHARIO’S SUICIDE. He Kills Himself Three Weeks After oping With His Employer's Young ie. John Smith, of Palmyra, N. ¥., aged sixty- five years. who had been living at a hotel in Canastota for three weeks, on Thursday morn- Ing bought a rope in the village and walked three miles to the furm of Sanford Hubbard. On arriving at the farmer's honse he was asked to take breakfast, but deciined on the plea that he was not hungry. He disappeared from the house, and at ¥ o'clock Mr. Hubbard found him hanging from a beam in his bara. ith was his u. the hero of an odd romance, and las ende days in the midst of an unusual honey He was until recently employed by Mr. Hi Q prosperous y farm iving near Weed cuit. Mrs. Highley, althoug port, Cayuga . h only twent\-five years old, looked with favor on the old laborer, and on January 24 she aban- doned her husband and home and departed with Smith. It was supposec that they had cone to Rome, but Thursday's tragedy revealed their Whereabouts, and leaves the erring wife a Goubie cause fer repentance. HEIR TO AN RUpO™, A Village Blacksmith F: Large Estate in Ei A special from Snow Hill, Md., says that Will- iam Teliffe, the village blacksmith of Stockton, in Worcester county, has fallen heir to an earl- dom ip England and an estate valued at 2,000,- 000. He came to this country whena lad. His father married a blackemith’s dauchter, and was refused recegniticu by his parents. The father went to London, and there learned the trade of blacksmithing of his wife's father. He. had some trouble with the trade union and came to America, leaving his wife and little son behind. They followed soon after and tried to find him, but failing in this, settled in New Jersey. There the son grew up, and meeting a young lady of Worcester county, fell in love with her. They were married ard settled at Stockton, where they have lived ever since. The news of his good fortuuc reached him a shert time ago when his signature was asked to a suspicious-looking document. He refused to sizn it, and found ou afterwards that the document was a transfer of all his rights to the Icliife property in England. He now has the proper papers in his possession and will soon be in undisputed possession of the property. It was all left to him by his grand- father's will. 9 Going 1,000 Miles to See His Child. HIS DIVORCED WIFE FINALLY OFFERING TO LET HIM SKE IT TEN MINUTES FOR $100, A telegram to the New York Sun from Atlanta, February. 4, says: Eight years ago W. E. Harris wedded one of the best-known young ladies of Utica, N. Y., aud went to housekeeping on a fash- tonable street of that city. Their bMSS was sup- posed to be ideal until after the birth of the frst Heir to a gland. baby, when the left her husband, taking the chid with her sub: tly igarned that she. had obtained a diverce an married Riley Ross. ‘Yesterday @ st man at the deor of Riley Ross, who nes since pects acitizen of this, chy. Therap was answered Mrs. thew her hand to ber forehead and: God.” as her eyes beh-ld her vermner bustand. “T want to seé my child,” be “No, no,” she ec: “that cannotba. He mks Ms. Ross i bis father,” “ T bave come a thousand miles to see him, and 2 ill,” persisted Harris, willy Just then a if policeman came to Mrs. Ross’ aid and led the (a.her away, The exoitement ese sopm the matter became town talk ‘he father returped and again demanded tosee his child. He was van told that 100 he could see the child ten mlnntes, provided he did not disclose his idenusy, and Lawyer Browa was present to en- force the (erms. “You cannot mgke money out of heartstrings,” said the father ly, “but I will see the child.” To-night, with compressed lips und pale face, he walking up and down the sidewalk in front of wyer Brown's residence. A policeman ts wateh- ing him. A Camping Iucendiary. USING MESTERIOUS LIQUID AND ELUDING DBTEC- Tives. At the time of the great lumber fires in Cleve- land, Obio, some weeks age, it was generally be- Meved that an organized attempt was being made by somebody to burn she town. but no clue could be found to unravel the mystery. The Cleveland Police belng weak or ineMcient the board of trade took steps On ts@wn account, and what it dis- covered ls not yet even known to the Cleveland Police or public. ‘The board set aside $3,000 for the Purpose of tnding the gulity parties. A Pinkerton Captain was brought froin Chicago at $25 per day, and brought six detectives, who worked for some Weeks without being discovered by the Cleveland Police. One of them was at ene time under, on ‘Where be was found, and that the man with that shot in brain, could not have put the pistol aa the stairs and then gone back to where he For nearly three years the police have beep gath- ering bits of evidence, which, on Monday, resulted in the indictment of the widow by the grand jury. It is known that Mr. and Mrs. Proctor did not live ‘bay and that the wife had made various a =H Spe her husband. ae Bitar _ runette Of very prepossessing exterior. She 1s, apparently, ® Woman Of great strength of purpose sha devermined wil}, and bas that reputation atnong those with whom she has been tntimate. ‘These characteristics are very strongly marked in There is evidence that there Were frequent altercations between herself and ee Proctor but her Reunited A Cohoes special, February 34, says: Twenty years ago there settled on a farm in the village of Crescent, Saratoga county, a newly-married couple, one Jamea Odell and wife. They didnot Ive happily togetner,and after the birth of achild the husband and wife mutually agreed to sepa- rate. The mother took the child, and went to Troy to live. About a year the daughter ‘was martied toJohn Fiypn, of arg. In ved toTroy. Recently ir. inten into joe which rivers suddenly and eit eee ee eee aoe ee seen Comansod the ‘urveader at | tue root of tae inne, duct, Raving at sae Point Sie aa Gee cero toes | Sulfa Rete apera fear at See Sette es | eee ee es re of the Proton warrant charge of suspicion, and some trouble “was had fh im clear “without, confession sas to ly watched with ‘im in the act, but he in and left the city. and Sketch of Lord Wolseley. Lord Wolseley, commander-in-chief of the British made a major-general and knight Bath. succesied Lord Chelmsford as com- in ee King Coveway to sul In 188% he wasappolnted to © command of tne ee it, and ‘ver a short ,but end to the Arabi Pasha. In a private letter from Gen. Wi as MIGHT aT ” poOoR! What Kentnckiany Have to Say on a Subject that is Now Lips. SOME PORCH (exineton, Kentucky, Press.) For several years past one of those remarkable Products which genius and modern inventive skill brought to the notice of the world has claimed un- divided attent Tt has also, with its marvelous popularity, reached the confdence of tue people of this section, A member of the editorial staff of this paper met with Mr. John T. Bruce, of this city, well known as being connected with the United States Kevenue Collector's office, who pata: “For about seven years I suffered terribly with Theumatism in my right ankie, whigh most of the time was swoollen Co Lwo or three times tts natural size, and was so painful at times that I could not put my foot tothe ground I tried nearly every: thing without obtaining relief, and about six Weeks ago Iconciuded to try St. Jacobs Of 1 made an application at ten o'clock in the morning And two other applications shortly afterwards, 4nd at three o'clock the pain Was gone entirely and has never returned. The swelling also disappeared ina day or Do and has not returned. Those three applications are all I have ever mada, and I believe they have cured me permanently, but I keep St. Jacobs Oli in my room all the time to be Teady in case of emergency, and wouldn't be wita- out it for any consideration.” Few horsemen are better or more favorably known Uiroughout tue United States than Messrs acy & Wilson, of thiscity. Their immense sare known as “Horsemen's Headquarters,’ ey are among the success"ul breeders of trot ting and thoroughbred stock of the Biue Grass re- gions. These gentiemen say: “We have found St. Jacobs Ol very useful for borh man and horsa The article has our full endorsement. We are willing our recommendation of it should be given the Widest punitelty.” In the further pursuit of tnformation to verity the universal praise of this great remedy, which seems to be on everybody's lips, Hon. W. B. Hoke, Judge of Jefferson County Court, sald: “My family bave used St Jacobs OM with skenal success Itgare entire satistaction, We always bave a bottle in the house.” in like manner, men of like eminence freely gare their testimony and Hou. James Harlan, Ex-Vice Chancelior of Louisville, and brother of Justice Harlan, of the United es Supreme Court, and one of the great legal minds of Kentucky, 18 a be- a lever In the virtues Of St. Jacobs Oll, and speaks enthusiasticauy of ft, “Every famfly should have he says, “and it should be on every mantel- Luse tt. and know full well whereof I speak in pronouncing it a most extraerdinary cure for all that 15 claimed by tts proprietors.” Whats good for min Is good for beast, ts tur ther strongly exemplified by the statement of Mr. RS. Withers, of General Wm. T. Withers, of Fairlawn stock farm, of this city, the renowned breeder of centiemen’s roadsters and fas{ trotters, and whose name and fame extend aly over the world. Mr. Withers says: “I have such confidence In St, Jacobs Oli, the great pain-cure, that I use tt on everythIng—myself, my horses, my men and everybody. For all kinds of aches an@ pains I believe in its sovereignty as a cure.” The leading papers of the country are full of Praise of this wonderfm specific, among which the Louisville Courier-Journal has devoted wide space to special cures by St. Jacobs Oli, and to descrip- Uons of its exbibitton at Me Southern Exposition, recently held there, AC this exposition 1 wi awarded a maguificent gold medal, the Orst and only gold medai awarded to a proprietary meal- cline In Guis country. I. has received like honors at the great Internationa! Expositions abroad, and the local Fairs tn the different states, The expressions of the general sentiment of the People were so unanimously in favor of the excel lence of this wonderful pain cure that it 1s made the subject of a report to this paper tn the inters Sacarrice INOV ERCOATS AND SUITS, Overcoate at $5, formerly $10. (Overcoata at $6, formerly $12, Overcoata at @7.50, formerly $15, ‘Overcoats at @10, formerly $20, Overcoats at $18.50, formerly 827, Suite at €6.50, formerly S18. Suita at $7.50, formerly B16, Suite at $10, formerly $20. Suite et $12, formerly G24. Buits at 15, formerly 630. Pants at half price. Boys’ Buits and Overcoats at half-price, st the MI FIT sTOBE, 30 CORNER 10rz AND F STREETS. 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