Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1887, Page 3

TELBGRAMS 70 THE STAR —_—-— Cremation ta St. Louis. TER PInsT FURNACE FSTAMLISHED TO BE OPENED TOMO BUSINESS BOON. Sr. Lovrs, Dec. 1.—The crematory buliding of the Missourt Cremation Soctety Is finisned, and the managers are now Waiting for the furnace to ar- rive and be tested. The furnace is the patent of ‘aiseppe Vintni, of Milan, Italy, and itis in use a most of the Tiallam crematori-s, as well asin Piuffio and New York. It will arrive and be set tip in the crematory here within the next few yreeks, and after a few experiments with otner matter than tae corpses of human beings, the soriety will formally commence operations My Durning the body of Albert Todd, wich now Wes in & mansoleum waiting for the completion of the crematory, having been willed by him be-" fore he died to Ue uses of tne society. The site upon Which the crematory has been built was ob- tained by the soclety only after much trouble. A reat deal of popular prejudice bad Wo be overcome, and a fcht "as made against every bill the soci- ety introduced in the municipal assembly to locate the crematory by the peope who owned property in the neighborhood where 1t Was proposed to establish the furnace. Finally the ¥ succeeded in Duying five acres of land near the corner of Subiette und Arsenal streets, iar out in the suburbs and apart from any build- ing egcept the Insane Asylum, which i within & few hundred yards. The crematory has been Duilt there. It ts surrounded by an ornamental fence, and tres will be plaated in the inclosure. ‘The cost of the land and crematory when com- Pleted will be about $15,000. The sactety has not Yet determ ned upon the price it will charge fo ‘cremation, but it will be between §25 and $50. Stock in the soctety sells at $25 a shafe, and there are over three hundred shareholders mow. A sharehoider Is not entitied Wo cremation himself free of charge, nor does he obligate himseif, in joining the society, to allow his body to be cre- Iated. The present sharehoiders, who are the f advocates of cremat on in Missouri, be- e that within a short time after the cremaiory has been in use the stock will assume a general ‘commerciai Value and Will become a good Dusiness Jnvestment. ay Sacrificed to the Great Spirit. THREE SEAUTIFCL CHIPPEWA GINLS KILLED AC- COMDING TO AN OLD CUsTOM. Deters, Mixw., Dec. 1.—A Duluth pine-land ex- plorer receatly returned from a trip through Northern Michigan and Wisconsin reports a curious custom among the Indians which has Deen recently resurrected, Walle at a place called Birteatserus, meaning “D-ing where Cari- dou die,” near Portage Lake, he came across the entirely nude bodies of three Indian girls hanging lifeless from the branches of a tree. The indian guide and buater thea told bim a remarkable Story of the events in connection with these Young squaws. The Indians of Burteatserua, fear- ing removal to White Earth Re-ervation, decided to try and evoke the biewsin, and ald of the Great Spirit, and revived the old cus.om Which has long been “forgosten. Three of the prettiest Indian girls in the band of Chippewas Were then invited toa feast, and, after receiving the attentions and decoration of all assembled, were Invited to par- take of a draught of liquid wnich had been pre- pared by the wedicine “man of the tribe, without any Knowledge of the deadly nature of the liquid they drank, nd, in afew minutes, were beyond human assistance, For three days and nights the Indians then held a weird and exeit.ng ser- vice over the corpses, and then burned them with i ceremony. Indian Agent Gregory ing the affair, and itis extremely {something will ne to pun Pie murde ersoc these fonocent victims of an Od ‘and barbarous custom. eae iia Why a Boy Committed Suicide. Parkensacna, W. Va., Dec. 1.—Last night Davia Hull, aged fifteen years, died at Guysville from the effect of a shot supposed to have been In- Micted with suicidal Intent. His mother is a widow, and David was her only support. He oiten compliined of waat be had to do, and ‘especially objected to driving the cows to pasture. He had Deen heard to say that he would kill himself be- fore he would doit much longer. Sunday night he Was sent with the cows, and some hours afier his mother found him lying by the roadside with a Dullet-aole in his head and a toy revolver by his side. tee A Great Scason for Lake Fishermen. Saxpusxy, Onro, Dec. L—Pound-boats and the steamers continue to come in with enormous catehes of fish, chiefly herring. Some days the lift amounts to 150 tons. It 1s one of the best sea- sons that fishermen have ever experienced, and they will keep the twine in the water untit the Jast uit can bemade. ‘The white-fish being caught are tue finest for years. It 1s estimated that tue Profits of two of the leading fsh-houses will ag- reyate $100,000 on this season's business. Their employes are paid $12 to $25 per week. ‘There are seven steamers, many tugs and almost tnaume- Fable pound-boats engaged in the fisheries here. A Runaway Boy’s Return. Aubany, N. Y., Dee. 1—Five years ago a fifteen- year-old son of aGerman farmer named Arthur, residing at Siiadac, disappeared from his home under wyst rious circumstances. When last seen ue Was in company with a fanner named Pbilip Carner. Carner claimed that the boy Jumped out of his Wagon and ran away to esc pe punishment for being nome late. Lis Story Was not believed, and suspicion Was Curued toward him as beng tue murderer of the iad. This Was strengthened by subsequentiy lindlag a lot of bones buried under is barn, and upon these grounds he was arrested and tried. The bones turued out to be those of « calf, and, a5 n0 otWer evidence could be obtained, he Was released. A few days ago young Arthur suddenly appeared in Troy wi ha romantic story Of a life of five years in the mines of Leadville, col Kdiden im ‘Trees. STRANGE OBJECTS DISCOVERED IN CAVITIES OF GROWING TIMBER, Chambers’ Journal says: Some woodcutters in ‘the forest of Drommling made a very strange dis- covery. They begua to fell a venerable oak, Wale thes sou found to be quite hollow. Being aif decayed, it speedily came tothe ground wiih a crash,disclosing a skeleton in excellent, preserva- tion; even the boots, which came above the knees, were . By its side were a powderhorn, a porcelaia pipe-bow! and a sliver watel. ‘Ine weth Were periect. It would seem to be the skeleton of a Josh between ULILY und lorty Fears Of age. It 1s >ojectured that, whive eugaged in bu..ung, he abed the tree "for some purpose and silpped into the hollow trunk, from wuleb there was ho release. anil be probably died of starvation. Another mystery Was found im the heart Of an From 2 tree of this Kind & large block, guteen inches ia diameter, that had king about in various yards and wood. sheds, Was split up lately, and in it was found n adger-how about three-fourths of ag inca im wing & bunch of Auman hatr doue up f printed paper. bair was near Of the biock and fastened in with a pi Ic Was appareauy put in when the Report of a Committee of the Phile- different parts of the world testifies to the neces- sity for some one simple form of discourse which coud be of general adop tes. {mony to the same effect 1s the now fre- quently and loudly expressed, for a uniform ter- minology 1m the selences. For many years it as veeu urged, Doth fn this country and in Burepe, that the Beologisms (new terms) required by selences be dertved, according to a uniform pla from the Greek, and that those heretofore obtat from Greek or ‘Latin be brougiut Into one general form. There 1s no practical difficulty about this, except th .t which arises from the Chauvinisin of some nations, which are blinded by egotism or harrow notions to the welfare of the whole. No- where is this Chauvinism more manifest than ta Germany, a country once noted for 11s cosmopoll- tan sympathies. Its medical teachers, tor exam- Order to substitute in their place long, awkward, and inharmontous Teutonic compounds. No effort at a uniform tnternauional scientific termi: ‘ean be successful if the learned in each nation governed by national one tongue only, in addition, Of course, to that Which its members learn in Infancy, a tonue fa- eile to acquire, and adaptable vo’ their pecultar wants, Uine is not far off when one system of weights, m asures, and colnage, one division of Ume, one plan of electrical measurement, one code of thternational law, one mode of quarantine and sanitation, one costume, will prevail throughout the civilized world, and along with this untheation of action must and will come & unification of speech. It 1s not only desirable, it is certain to arrive, and as beings of intelligent Self-consciousness, looking before as well as aiter, it becomes us to employ Our fucuities to direct thé course of events so that this one universal lan- guage be nov left to blind chance, but be framed and adopted of deliberate choice and with wisest consideration. health, Tuesday afternoon, a communication was received from a man signing himself “ Alfred D. Green, No. 327 east 17th street, New York city,” asking permission to come to Philade.phia and cure the leprosy patients. He say: am not seeking elther notoriety, fame, or wealth, but it 4s my belief that [can cure Mrs Mirande and her daugnter, and will go under your authority to the pest-house, live there, and Wait upon them as a servant. ‘Although 1 generally use and follow homeopathic practice, I naught that 1s useful. 1 don’t know either of the afilicted persons. If this proposition Is acceptable send me word by letter or telegraph, and I will go to Philadesputa, wait upon the sick lepers, and heal them.” He concluded by quoting various portions of the Bible vo show that “tne Lind, when year-old James Prentice rode into Philadelphia on Monday on @ Peonsylvania Raliroad freight train and appiied to Lieut. Francis, of the Schuylkili Harbor Poitce, for passage to Baltimore. Accord- Ing to the boy's story he has had an eventful career. His first recollection of life was as the Uce, who lived on the Red Kiver, Indian ‘Territory. ‘The cutef died, and last Februafy the lad left the Uribe and went with Wallace’s circus. Working his Way by feeding the horses, he came to Hauuli- ton, N. ¥., where he took a position in a store. Soon afterward he went to Jarvis, where he met & Dr. A.J. Mills. The latter advised him vo go to Baltimore and get work in Jno. J. Clark's stock- Yard. After enduring many hardships the little feilow reached Philudeiphia. He spoke Enzlish very Well, aud explained this by saylug that he had attended tue Baptist Missionary School in the ‘Verritory since he was five years oid. ‘The police detained him to await a further investigation. He says he knows nothing of his parents, — tor A HUNGARIAN NAMED PAWLVIK ARRESTED AS THE lodged in Jail, at Norristown, Pa., on the charge of murdering a countryman named Frank Gresko, near Potistown, last Thursday evening. Gresko ‘Was employed at the Pottstown Bridge Works and eleven boarders. Five months ago he was married { one of his countrywomen. Kecently Gresko ve- came Jealous and bad frequent quarrels with his wife. Last Friday morning the dead body of Gresko was found near the borough limits along the tracks of tae Pennsylvania Kalleoad. AU tirst it was thought that Gresko Rad been accidentally struck by a passing traln, DUL a post-mortem ex amination proved that ht Tuere were six buliet-holes im the _ bod, A careful investigation by the coroner's Jur; assisucd by District Attorney Wanger, polated Pawiyik as ue guuty party. Ou the nigut of the wourder he inquired for Gresko at Becitel’s Hotel, and then started in company with a fellow-Hun- arian in the direction 1a which Gresko Was said to wave gone. ‘The coroner's Jury mpilcated Paw lyik in an empty six-chumbered 3s-caliber revolver was found in his possession. At the preliminary hear- jug ue Was unable to account fully for his Wuere- avouls ou the mghtof the murder and repeatedly contradicted Luinveif. The revolver gave evidence of having been but recently discharged. Mrs. Gre-ko aud her brother, Joan Bock, were com- initted to Jail as important witnesses. District Attorney Wanger fee.s sure that he has found tue gully pariy. tree Was quite suali, a the Uree had grown over the plug to the taickuess of avout four inches, ‘With the gram perfecuy smooth and straigat. A Batural cuflusity Was shown in a Umber mer- Cuant’s workshop. This was tue nest and skeleton Of a bird inate dded tm 4 pieve of beech. ‘The timber Seemed quite souud ail round the cavity, and there as no sign of any aperture into it; but tue um. Ver Leing sawed up tue nest with tue bird sitting Upon it Was found. The hest appeared to be Dallt ¥ith mud, und the Dirs resembied a titmouse. ably at tye lopping of a brageh a cavity was, formed and the outside sub-equeuuy grown over; Dat bow the Dird Was luciosed seems difficult to ia (ae centre Of a log of Honduras mahogany the fa" reveateds large piece of honeycomb. The fuer’ tir tac celts was hard, ana : ie appearance. of a muamny. bees Were inerusted in the Wax. fgany was Deing cut in veucers “rua his attesuou, Waser, tiaeted by tae of aremarkable and Srining. proto of er Suajewy ina Raut, tn toe wood. The likeness Was >0 (rue (aat ali who saw M acknowledged the resewbance, Had this Earteaty ou.y been ‘Gacovered in at present Your Se migat nave nai jubuccmahinany haded to tas Be Ver-eudihy List OF arucies so discinyurned, 30 offen Lave toads Leen wad lac.osed in solid Woates (nat ik os net nay 0 read in & Scouse: sper that a servant, whise Breaking a large pace EeBscl or, the the, was started ts edt ig tne evmier of the biock's Tul-growa, toud, when spe ared to be in exeeieat ealth and spirtua A ss common dimcuvery Was made ta Birseuead, A geatiruses there was. preseated wit a cows tomy lich appeared to be perfece in every Respect. Auter the tongue was bated bo atscoweeed 1 plece of sandstowe tao Sith Sada quarts ot Au O14 Siave’s Suit, AN AGED NEGRO WOMAN WHO WANTS PAY FOR SER- VICK > IN PAST YEAKS. Judge Hare's court ia Phisadeipuia Tuesday, says the Puiladeiphia North American, presented the appeorance of a colored people's meeting house, 30 Fp and solemn were the faces of tue large num- bee wens of African descent, as they sat aud Patient.y listened to the evidence in a sust brought by anold Maryland slave against her mistress to Tecover for tue serviees of berself and daughter. her Dunbar, with a face as black as evony, Suid sue had been borma slave in the Derringer fam: ‘My io Maryland, aad had lived With them for tne Eny-odd years ol Ler life, up tO April of List Year, Ween the war ended she cam. 10 Philade.pnia Hit dirs Hester Leas Derringer and had served that lady faituraily woul she left the Spruce-street Fesidence. Esther says Mrs. Derriuger, tour years ago, prowised Lo pay her $h50 per week for her Services henceforth. Up to thub Ume she bad re- ceived notulog but her board and clothing, inciul- Jog that of ber daughver Nota, aged sevenieen, a pretty, Ught-colored girl, why ‘acted a chamber dnaid. "Mes. Decrunger never paid ne money, and Escher lett ber witu deverminalloa Of looking alter Lerselt. M04 - ays lived with Iber Chi.dten were Uorn on une place t teil now many ci HOW HIS FAMOUS RIGHT PUT A RUFPIAN TO SLEEP says: John Lawrence Suilivan, who has conquered this land as even the best-advertised Briton never conquered America, 18 back once more in London, He arrived Sunday night and began almost at once by making himself useful to society. Certain little streets off te leading thoroughfares are in- fesved by men Who veg, relying upon their size and general flerceness rétuer Luan upon any melt ing tale of misery to draw contributions. Tnese ten make Uncomfortable the ives of timid Lon- douers who have to be out wate at night. About 1 o’ciock Monday morning, Sullivan, with his backer, ‘questey in surly tones the loan of a pound, Sulll- beggars kindly, saying: THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, sophical Society on Volapuk. A committee of the American Philosophical S0- clety was appointed last October to examine into the scientific value of Volapuk, the new universal language, and the report will be submitted at the meeting of the society to-morrow. In the vastly increased rapidity of interchange of thought in modern times, the report says that some general medium of fntercommuntcation would be wel- come is uquestioned. Wherever there are close commercial relations between nations speaking different tongues such media are sure to arise from the necessities of daily life. Thus the Lingua Franca in the Mediterranean and “pigeon English” in the Chinese ports are dialects which have sprung out ef the urgency of business needs. ‘These mixed languages are called “jargons,” and have a very high interest to the scientific linguist as illustrating the —— of the evolution of human speech. T! of marked type, and illustrates what was stated by W. von Humboldt early in this century, that from such crossings and minglings of tongues are developed the most sinewy and tus jue ex- ampies of human language. Thi tion shows that in adopting or framing a universal Language we need not hesitate to mold it from quite Engitsh language is a Jargon verse linguistic sources, The presence of a number of these jargons in tion. Another and higher le, have of Late studiously dismissed the terms of iheir scence derived from the Latin and Greek, in 2 ions, The commercial and traveling world demands He Wants to Cure Leprosy. BOARD. At the meeting of the Philadelphia board of nevertheless reject, Bethany, lived in tae house of a leper.” : vo wemenes ‘OVER THE COUNTRY. After a tramp from the Indian Territory thirteen- cuild of a Creek Indian chief, named Pren- ‘The Gresko Murder. MUKDERER. Jno. Pawlyik, a young Hungarian, was Tuesday zept a boarding house for Hungarians. He nad e had been mu.dered. ie crime, and When be Was arrested t0-day ns Sullivan Knocks Him Out. IN A LONDON GUTTER, A London cabie special to the New York Sun ips W «8 golug howe from the Peilcad wdgings ia Huriey street. Two men, very big out evideouy with ltue judzment, re. Van recognized tue wild spectes of tootpad and Walked oa. One of the teilows then began pulling ‘at his arm, walle the other opened up a wonderiul current of East Eud protanicy.. Suillvan revorved In a style Unat leit the East Eud out of sight, and Unrew the e.d of his lighied cigar in the face of the larger of the men, Philips meanwhile, Who was, as may be imag- ined, little wutsturved, auvised’ the tareatening “yake my advice aud get out, That man’il kill you. ‘The advice was wasted, and the wi ooney Sunes cums oeeee man a tlgater Was near, offered in cuvice cockney to figut the champion ot tue worid tor a sanguinary (dnner, Walch Means twelve cents In about @ second he found out what Ryan and other g.cat men have learaed . bout Sul- livau's right, aud In the language of the ming he Was asleep iu a yutter. ‘The vwer spurious beggar waited just long euough vo hear a young sprig from tue Pelican Club exclaim, “well done, Sullic Van,” and thea Wilu ab Oth (hat expressed ‘wsion- tsuubent he made a record asa runner, ‘The po- Heewan Who had charge of that part of the town Was affable, ie recognized the ‘great man, ad- Vised Suullvan to give an assumed natne and ad- dress, as it might inake trouble it he shuld prove Lo wave Killed tue cove, sald he recoguized tue cove asa “Dad “ua” aud “desperate "un,” and lugged ‘hun off lo have coid Water Uuraed ou hun, ‘see _ VALUABLE PaINTINGS SAID TO ne STOLEX.—In the Unterhaus, at yesub yesveruay, Deputy Polony sked as (6 the truun of tue report, that vaiuabie pictures by Kapuael, Rembranut, and others were fusing from tue Esteruazy gallery, and. that aptiquides irom the national ‘iuseum bad beeu All uhrough the night he was delirious and he did not obtain any sleep. Yesterday morning be was seized with violent convulsions At one time he fell to singing, while a little later he whistied. In his delirlum he was happy. Occasionally he asked the visitor to step in, but he declined. She then called Miss Manon, who thre her shoulders and ran down stairs, As she opened the door the man outside ste to the sidewalk. The next fearml shriek and cried out, *‘O! ‘Then the poe heard of glass sidewalk somebody running ‘he street. The unknown stranger had thrown tumbler of vitriol in the dashing the glass on the cape. “Miss Mahon’s face, hands and neck were ter- ribly burned. ‘Tue wails'and carpet in the entry ‘Were also burned by the fluid. ‘The assault ts fullof mystery. the stranger looked like a woman, but may have an dressed in a rubber coat and wearing rubber boots, Te police have found that an ua- known man bought some vitriol at Underhill's store in the afternoon. Miss Mahon 1s held tn hign esteem and says she did not Know the had an enemy in the world. Dr. Coliins says he cannot tell until the band: are Temoved whether the girl will be totaly b 000 Firing Great Guns. ‘THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON'S TARGET PRACTICE IN GAKDINER'S BAY. ‘The North Auantic squadron, now anchored in Gardiner’s Bey, devoted all day Tuesday to tar- get practice with great guns, The New York Herald says: A high wind and rough sea inter- fered to a certain extent with the planting of tar- IY part of the forenoon, and it Was half-past 10 o'clock before the first fired frow the main deck of the Ricumor Vessels are anchored in a line, bearing north nortb- east and south southwest, about a mile to the ‘ht-house, in open order. In the ship remained at anchor, the and Galena firing at fixed’ tar- gets at 900 yards’ range. The high powered guns Of the Auanta Were tried at 1, Each shot was carefully watched by observers Stationed aloft on the different vessels and in boats Atright angle of tue iine of fire. Ver medal will be presented to the champion marks- man in the day's practice. coe Five Men Killed CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER AN IMMENSE MASS OF EARTH AND KOCK. John Buckner, an American, a Frenchman ,and three Hunzarians, whose names are unknown, were killed by a fall of rock at the Hummelstown, Pa,, Drown-stone quarry Tuesday afternoon. John Boyer was s-vereiy injured. The men were work- ing at adangerous place where they had been undermining, and without a moment's warning the ‘whole mass of earth and rocks descended upon hem, covering them to a depth of 50 tet. Bould- ng inany Lons tumb.ed in among them. ht engine used in hotstin fell in. Boyer was vuried under 1 and earth, and after two hours’ hard work he was Tescued ahd found to have sustained only a frac- ‘and several severe bruises. ‘wedged above him, thus sav- ———— Visiting Granvs Tomb. MUS, GRANT'S REGULAR VISITS AND Cal PLOWEHS THAT ARE SENT THITHER. Mra Grant, says the New York Star, isa con- ‘stant visitor at the tomo of her late husband in Kiversige Park, and always brings a handsome Douquet of flowers to puton the casket. There was a handsome, large floral piece on the casket yesterday, which the guard on duty said Mrs. Grant had put there Thanksgiving Day. comes here about 11 o,clock every Sunday mora- ing when the weather (s pleasant, and some Ume arrang! round the casket. flowers and floral pleces Thanksgiving Day from unknown friends to be put in and around the tomb. Mrs. Grant chooses the early morning to Visit the tomb to avold the crowd which arrives about 3 o'clock tn the afternoon. “It is surprising, “how few peopl », even ol who meet Mr’. Grant, recogpize her as the wife of the famous general. "Although the majority of the visitors are strangers in the city tere are still a large number o: New Yorkers who do not forget to pay the great geueral’s last restiny a visit once in a whil .” ‘The guards on noi have a pleasant tine of it, as It 1s about as cold a place as there is around has a clean sweep for about a mile across the Hud- | ‘son. The cold weather does not seem Uo keep the Visitors away, for Ubere are Just a8 many as there were @ year ago. inute the girl gave I's face and then after icks had made his es ‘The servant says gets during the e: eastward of une day's practice e: Richmond, Oss Yards’ range. ‘Yhe usual stl- the stone also Soe is le, wo large rocks ing his ie. ch,” added the guard, résidents of New York, Harlem. ‘The wind ined by H's Mistress. ‘THE STORY A MEMBER OP PARLIAMENT TOLD IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. Mr. Wm. Copeland Borlase, formerly member of parliament for the St. Austell division of Cornwall and under-secretary of the local government board, was examined yesterday in the London His llabilities amount to He traced a part bankruptcy court. £42,653 and his assets to £6,3 of his embarrassment to his relations with his mistress, Madame de Quiros, whom he allowed a fixed income of £25 a week. "At first the Were inade Willingly, but subsequently the money was extorted from him, the woman following him to France, Spain, and finally to Wales, where he rotection Against her Phe last £500 he gave to obtain police iter was paid In'Tratulgae Squares. She was Base er Was, in Trafalgar Square. was ing in a cab when she saw him, und, stoppl cab, made him get in and go with hr toa and get the money. Se accused him of deeds he had never committed and on one occasion, at 2 O'clock in the morning, forced her way into his wite’s bedroom and told’her of her relati ns with Mr. Borlase. Since that time, he said, hls life had bh he owed br THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C.. ‘THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1887-SIX PAGES. “Tr Ar Fisr You Dorr Svocezp | Movzstr al fr i FLY HE tn Fy geeks nis n excited botn eke tor redress, vember, was begun at Port Tobacco, Md., Mon- day. The testimony of John Wingate, a cousin of the accused, showed that the latter day witness Was in a fleld with accused, fixing @ fence, and Coombs drove up with a load of cra. ‘When he began to unload a dispute arose between him and the defendant as to the tally of the corn. ‘Witness told the men to stop thelr talking, Walch they did, and he then leaned over to drive’ ball. AS he did so a pistol shot was heard, and on 1ook- ing up he saw the smoking woapon in his cousin's hand. Coombs fell dead in a few minutes, Ac cused said that he did not care, On cross-exami- nation it was Drought out that the defendant was under the influence of Mquor both on the morning Of the killing and aiso at the time of ube inquest. ‘Other testimony showed that the defendant had given himseif up to a justice of the peace after the Shooting; that when he was turned over to an- other mun for safe keeping he continued to drink from a bottle in his pocket, and when taken to the ‘scene of the killing he began to stamp on the body, which had not yet been removed, cursing and abusing the deceased man; that He claimed selt- defense as an excuse for shoo.ing. The prisoner testitied to substantially tue saine facts concern- ing tae shooting as his ‘cousin, adding that when he shot, Combs had put his hand benind him and he thought that he was jag to shoot. In rebut- tal, a son of the di who was present at the shooting, testified that his father’s were at h.s side When Wingate drew his pistol, Another son, also present, corroborated tunis evidence. When the court met again yesterday morning the State's attorney ab bis argunent. The gen- eral impression in Port Tobacco is Ubat the pris- oner will be convicted ot murder in the second de- A Modern Blue Beard. A SUICIDE’S CONFESSION OF TERRIBLE CRIMES LAID TO HIM. A Columbia, 8 C., special says Stephney Batley murdered his wife about two weeks ago and burned her body in the furnace of a saw mill. Upon being arrested he cut his throat. He died from the effects of his wounds yesteraay in the Berkley County jail, A feyhours before his death Batley made the following confession to the jailer: “My name 1s Stephney Bailey, I arn about sevent years old. I have been married three times: killed my first wife with acivn. Her name was Catherine, 1 buried her in the garden, and atter a while it was found out and the people dug her up and buried her in the graveyard. She had six children for me. My wecond wife's name was Mary. Ikiled ber with a brick by hitting her in the head, Iwill not tell wuat I did with her body. Sue nad one chiid tor me—a doy. His name 13 Sabey. I don’t know where he is, My third wife's ame Was Sallic, She Was unfaithful to me for a ng tne. I told the man to stop, but he would ‘Ot, and kept up his intimacy witu her. My wite and I had not been on terms for three or four weeks, That day I laid in wait for her in a foot- path, and as she came along I hit her in the head with’ an axe; killed ner, and dragged her into the bushes untii that night. ‘Tuen I sent my boy to the yard for a wheelbarrow, and when he came I sent him back to the house, ‘Then I put \ue body in the wh: elbarrow and carried it about amile and put it in tue furnace, At sunrise I started the fire, and about or 9 o'clock it was found out. Salile had seven children for me.” Bailey evinced no repentance for his murders, and 80 hardened was he that he had forgotten the details and dates of his former butcheries, sas — Anarchists Looked After. INDICTMENTS REINSTATED AND REPRESSIVE MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED IF NECESSAR' A Chicago dispatch to the New York Herald says: Twenty-two anarchists were indicted for conspiracy to murder by the June grand jury of 1886. ‘Those indicted were: Christ. Spies, brother ot August; Oscar W. Neebe, now in Joliet; Ru- dolph Schnaubelt, the bomb thrower; Wm. Seli- ger, at whose house Lingg made the bombs; Win. 8. Snyder, Jno. Opel, Thos. Brown, Anton Hirsch: berger, Lorenz Herinann, Victor Clermont, Bern- hardt Schrader, Gustave Waller, now in Hambur Germany, the ‘informer whose’ test al materiaily 1n convicting the eight men who were tle1;, Hermann Muenzenberg, Otto Schuman, Win, Schubert, Jno. Tuteler, Wa, Hagemann, Pete? Huber, Ernest’ dueber, and’ a man named Green- wald, These idictisents were reinstated at the suggestion of Chief Ebersold at a secret session of ‘the court held late in the afternoon, just before the bauging, and put for service into the hands of cen- Wal'station detectives, who are ‘watching “ane movements of the suspected men. ‘The detectives Were instructed to arrest the men on the slightest indication of violence or organization agains, the been a misery to him.” Althoug! nothing, she still pretended to have claims against him. At this point the examination was ad- jJourned. Tue case ts exciting much interest. Struggle with a Maniac, ‘A NEGRO BECOMES INSANE IN THE NEW YORK UXION LEAGUE CLUB HOUSE. Ap exciting struggle took place in New York last night between @ raving maniac named Fred- erick Drummond, a powerful negro, and Rounds. man Cariey, of Capt. Reiliy’s precinct. ‘The negro has for a long time been a walter at the Union League Club, but has recently shown signs of in- sanity. Last night he became violently insane and tore around the house imagining that he had red-hot stove inside of him. A hatchet was indy, And this he seized, and with it molish the furniture. Houndsm: his cries and rugued into the negro's rooms, He His tngers, aind, getting it Yetween’ his. tacts, ground at it like’a. demon. “The oicer and thé Thadman rolled over and over on the floor, and fon of the hatchet, which Just aa the oMicer was becom: int Stas antaneass ‘ne negro was taken to Bellevue tal and placed in a straight-Jacket, seo A Youno Inism Visror's Sap Fare.—For three days peopie at Milton and elsewhere ver front in that vicluity greatly exercised over What was called the myste- arrived in Milton a weel to visit his cousins there. The body of the you Team visitor wae found in the Hudson River, ‘Tuesday, and an investiga. ‘tun as to the cause of his death is being made. odnsnvorecenrtn> bs jug, exhai assistance prying open the Sands’ dock, Milton, authorities, Mad for Morphia, ‘answered, and the note, written on a prescription blank belonging to Dr. N. M. Shaffer, of No. 31 ‘West 36th street, was handed toa servant with a set 44 eta FS dt Fepiuiced With Worthless imitations. Herr Tretor miuister of art, sald be Deileved tbat the ‘Was bot true, but he promised to make inqu.ry. Mx. Grawam HeLp ¥OK —Mr. ea ‘Tatat.—Mr. Graham, i le i 5 i 5 ee he Hi readers will exclaim very the ‘every Righest tree. Don’t lok at the ridiculous and mirth- Provoking, but at the great moral lesson it teaches. ther. Ths bee, Rooms, situated on the Third Floor, and cannot | without rendering as cuutvaleut bat, "nce 7O™ Bere ‘roe ~ find exactly whet you want, or cannot match ‘scertain sample; so don’t feel discouraged but call Dress French. ‘again, as wo have always large variety of Remnanta, tt ide wrige pecan str ek consisting of every branch in the dry goods trade. Hieores with tiny otic in siogant in LIST OF BARGAINS FOR TmIs THURSDAY AND | "ST7{0 i Seana fr (then, ‘Holiday Presents, consisting of Photograph and Auto- a i= 4 ia virtue of a deed of value, in order to makes clean swoep of the articles ‘deing left over from last season. one yard wide, including many high colors, suitable for dresses, wrappers, &c., consisting of the latest fall etieiton Overcoats, heavy weight, strictly all shades, only 10c. per yard; regular price 15. "Fier Jackets for men to be continued. and Nottingham Curtain Laces, regardless of cost. styles, at 6X. per vard; regular value 10c. pemen! ease oY chester Velutinas, in different fashionable shades, always has been our rule to clove out the rematnderot | Tr Is ‘any item regardless of its cost and value. Blanket, and Spread Department. Not having enough ‘spacoin our advertising column, will mention only & few of them: 87H. 90e. ‘tractions, an unlimited supply of the best pro- ductions, in beautiful designs, at the lowest prices. JAMES H. RICHARDS, Trustees. wi 4 ‘ —- aoe =: ‘TRY, TRY a@aIn!” Is not accounted § virtue in matters of business. FINE SIX-YRAR-OLD BAY HO Conductor. will be sold 02. SATURDAY MOK — i iG, a ™ vED ‘This fs an old school proverb, and many of your tyes ase crane Jaatly undervalued | {5G at the suction rooms, EOE sis | PaaS + Ey DOWLING, Auctioneer. StRRET SO ov iv ‘ON Le! SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE] Socihiast. scive to-day will be. as AND EFFECTS Po ld Pee ee eed Oe eM ‘oose in gt Handsome Cham! cars. vous Fadl DER Many of you ladies call at our well-known Remnant only may’ get you a Cooking sind Heating fronting 32 “OHESTNUT!" If 80, it is the best of its kind, and derived from the tochee on Tetreet. and’ fect 20 ‘vente, improved by two Frame Eras as ‘FRIDAY. egerinents cannot A large assortment of Fancy Articles, suitable for 1115 © STREET SOUTHEAST. D, 1884, and recorded ou graph Albums, Candlesticks, Whisk-bolders, Plush for similar Washinton, BO Pedestals, Fancy Bores, &c., at half their regular when we | oF coh DUNCANSON BROS. Anctiousern, So. EW-THE ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPONED on siacclresteche nea oem cat | Sagighek peat c y 5 ‘A new lotof Cashmere and Serge Remnants, fully Sheopsvelt “Toucan have Pour me a Melton Overccata, mediun weight, strictly all 7, wy one dated Fe Set ia, the former In liber STR" fer ter in Mbver 1164. fol 3. et seq. the ree juest of the Lies secured (! ee ‘Sher fi FS ae ene ed as in Thomas and Perry 4 Tiion of Ue worth half of sauare IKI, routing £2 foot FREE headed by a depth of 125 teet tos Ee ry Cass Overcosta, worth @10; yr. (Our Great and Successful Reduction Sele of Cardigan oa aromas one Rae” Ben VIOTOR E ADLER'S ‘Ten Per Cent Clothing House, ‘A Rew invoice of Checked Nainsook in different | 97 804 920 7th ot. nw.,corner Massachusetts ave. cul Eges: Several hundred remnants of Fancy Drapery, Scrim, F ie t 4 i 3 F i fi i About 10 pieces of Brocade, Striped and Dotted Man- ee i only 25c. per yard; regular value @1 and 81.25. 3 ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPONED TO It may seem strange to you that such remarkable , TUESDAY. DECEMBER ‘sri Tons came hour stherwice reduction can be made with proper reason, but it a1 GEO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, | defaulting purchaser $100 tenn tee aie LING on Rican! Moka Ss BLN aeons | aaoece, Ute U. SPLENDID PAI Sa IORSES AND MOUNTE! ‘Ess = ye SILVER MOUNTED HARN! iB THIS EVEND: Ruusoxaszz scieee of ole Several thousand dozen of Men's Suspenders, equal im elasticity and style to any 25c. suspender in the On SATURDAY, DECEMBER THI'D, 1887, at GOOD CHANCE FoR market, at 140. per pair. "To suppose that a firm whose experience in FLYE O'CLOCK, in tront Cpe male oame CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Aspocial lot of Writing Paper, Envelopes, and Canis | business covers years of success can and will out jbelonging to a private PAWNBKO Eis AUCTION SALE. 3 ry A bok otus te aeuAt and should command | 1 will sell. for K. Selinger, at 1007 7h at half value, Ieeatea at 719 MARKET SPACE, COR 8TH Fiven to parties who waut-to et: | REVER BAT, afucet guste t Diemionde ‘Wehave many exceptional bargains in our Comfort, ST. N. W. n30-3¢ Metal Watches, ‘solid Gala hans sete of Jewelry poe ted w THREE-STORY BRICK EO. W. 87! USTEES’ SALE OF DWELLING, NO. 508 SIXT STREET SOUTH CROWDED SHELVES AND COUNTERS. This sale will continue up to Deceiber Oth, ti cluded. every nicht, at + p.m. its taken On goods and will bold A lotof Honeycomb Spreads at 60c. ; regular value chief and Alotof Marveition Quilts at 65e.; generally slat | — yerice bento ait yegntkerchlet and _M. FOLEY, Auctioneer. JOSEPH K. SREEMAN, To-moRnow. ‘We have just opened a line of Fancy Plush Laprobes, UNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers. ] WALTER B. WILLIAMS & 00. Auctioneers Five cases of o ” of the best “Allen Furniture Print,” suit- WE OFFER able for comforts and other purposes, at 6c. per yard; ‘KUSTEES’ SALE OF SIXTEEN BUILDING LO’ SALE OF LOTS ON K STRERT, SIXT! SEVE! regular value 8c. NEAR TERMINUS OF COLUMBIA EAILHOAD, ad iNagtanwess A superb collection of UMBRELLAS for Ladies By virtue of a deed of trust, duly recorded in Day NEXT, DECEMBER SECOND, at, — andGentlemen. Nothing but the very best Liber No, 1258) folie'7ib et neq, one ot the land P. M.. we shall offer for sale records of the District of Coliimbia, and_at th the owner the following lots ‘in Square BO7, ONE PRICE, WITHOUT EXCEPTION. articles find their way into our house. In silk — | Poduest of the party secured thereby: ciailure namely | Lots 46. 60. 61. each fropting 20 feet’ ou we have them from $2.50 to the best. Elegant | bee made in tie payment of oue note of 1.100 and | Steet, Lot 67 at comet of K and 7th streets mordb- line of very handsome Handles in Gold and Interest) we will se. in front of the preuitses, vn | *est) Lots 28 and 20 on 1 street Lot 8 on Gth street, Silver, Gloria Silk, so very popular, we show = ONDA DECPEBER TWxISTH. vote a feat | sion grades will be sold free from encumbrance, Kondaricleaslow ae 1.36; better grades a4 | Seate siunio inthe County uf Washington District of Oue-tllrd can "balance ome aad two Fears, sa enero) Sood und geomioce known end dindesebied i once WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO. Aucta = anm! twenty, Gh vey. |) ———_—_———_——————_== ro A twenty LADIES’ GOODs. 5) . a. € it's eub- At prices that will make it tempting to buy | division of block numb red twenty-eight. to) of Job them. Black Silks are always wanted; but the Barnard, ~ Trustee. W.,H. Casctt end Cotesia Rail- NN Wer Special Bargains we are now offering are not — | Sutfed “1 of gp tract of land, 4 ed ee 49 a call ' always to be found. See the prices—€1, $1.25 County 3 : Skee kee, - and $1.50. They are certainly s marvel of — | “Governor Shepherd,” paxe 145, Mi x NNEeek ike genuine cheapness, TRIMMED HATS, 230420 422 424, 426, 7th at., 417, 419 8th at, WORSTED TOBOGGANS, And OSTRICH TIPS. Our HOLIDAY GOODS age arriving daily. Tae Gaearesr Banoaxs —_— BSR: one pote of Ever offered in this city are shown now at theGrest | 226 719 MARKET SPACE, Se en Gee he Closing-Out Sale of former prices, which were EVERY ARTICLE MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES ae ths gatome 700. TO $1.49, “. Ki 108) go. DEAR, ComrU AND| gILK AND DERBY HATS. yl 138" Tal INENS ERE Ue REA AOU HEBENG 20 ITEM 1.—A line of STYLISH TRIMMED HATS. Qiderent styles) in ELT. SILK. BEAN yy ¥ NB WEN with interert pay 2 ~ Terms: Theamount of the iudebiedness secured by | HAT’ dark green inety pak ™ ‘this trust and expenses f sale aud taxes cash. balance " EG. DAVIR, im one year, note to bear interest from date of aale and | “It wouit te ae iealine to ha cibe them ail. 20 be accured by deed of trust, or all cash, at option of P or CLOTHING Purchaser. Terme to be couplied with in ten aay, | for'gp ak. “Wnty ure goods uch ee ven ete oe 86 for. Otherwise resale at risk and cost of defaulting ‘pur - ‘Gott 2—15 doz WORSTED TOBOGGAN py tp 50 | Rand made, desirable color. In plains oy Ay- 4 uci, BC. wt pure vat 0 | bine, pink, white, Kc. In stripes, DOWD aud Serus “pubdads GEORGE 1 REPE | Bige‘and red Diack am white, Suen CHURCe SE HEWN PST soc. = . goods which sold for 3c. and #1 = OAK HALL, Bo COR. 10TH AND F STREETS, UNCANSON BROB., Auctioneers. RUSTEES’ SALE OF THREE-STORY BRICK 500 suits for boys 4 to 15 years, knee pants, will be | sold st just on -half of former Axoruze rex WELLING ON ELEVENTH STREEI, BE. | ib8 jue seuafor sores oe aa = ae FREENG AND H STKEETS NORTHWEST, af | at one-half of formar prison motwitisisating they FOR ‘ALK ABOUT. Sieape eld! tae tment peice atau ct May AD ibe and econ tm ier JO nitha, in Beck, Fro rane ae Bidet sea of the land rocorda for the District jumbia, and uest o' arasce ae. Ti gauped thereby, we will oer {oF sale at publica to was: 4 A $20 Overcoat for 814. iB Front of the. Rromiace, on SATURDAY, Ey Mats OVERCOATS ‘A 616 Overcoat for $12. O'CLOCK P.M., the following real w ane = ‘A 812 Overcost for @8, Promiocs, located in ‘the city of Washington. D. > sath ate Oe ae a fhe entire south balf of the north half of tot mumbered | "30 TTR, 6TH AxD DsTe. ver, Corkscrew, Kersey, Taare nismabered three hundred end Chinchilla, ineh the celebrated Montagpac, in, ‘A 825 Corkscrew Suit for $20. yurteet i¢ Sacks, 8 . | fourteen im equare mi bun: ine: | auto and Blom al mes the lowest in the | A $18 All-woot Suit, either Cutaway or Sack, for 913. | tecu, having a front fourteen feet and ine clos ¢ y. ‘A €20 Prince Albert Suit for @15, aud all otner grades | Pi her with the improvements thereon, Dawe pil titention is called to our etin-Lined Full | “ "st proportionate low prices, ‘Terms of sale: One fourth of the purchase money in ‘OLD PAINT, FRENCH TISSUE AND FANCY JI Paper, Japanese Pot Pourr, Mats for Scent Bag. Tieturen, Tree Toye, Frouch Tram Ec“'ine naif can never boii 3 Sat SOULDe : $21'0th at, near Pea. ave, For Boys from 13 to 18 years old, Overcoats at $4.50, | cash, aud the residue in equal paywents, in six, twelve > —— PANTR eh50, 60.0. up oul, Hiatt agiaeneene ott | Fenong Dare Sunrins Suit from $5 to $15, which we guarantee to be worth | of trust on the premises sold, or all cash. at ARE THE BEST IN THE yr ry articles of apparel for men and from 25 to 40 per cent more than we are asking for Fie eg ey Mapufectured by A. H. Brinkmann & Co. ahead of any and all ‘in the city as to them. Purchaser 08 sale. ancing, ara ae rere . EE Styles, amortmucnt 01 izen, and, | Children’s Suits, €2.50, 83, 84, up to $10. Sc. at porchaser’s SOF. soM, . PeeNcu STYLE DupssES AND WRAPS, ut not Least, prices. Overcoats at $2.50, $3, $3.50, and $4, up to $8. 228d Li JOHNSON, Trustees, POrIADAME A, LEPRA’ UNCANI ee ak 830 N. Howard st., Baltimore, LEASE AND FIXTURES FOR SALE. yer ease D 507 117TH ST. NW, HAS REMOVED MONT AVENUE NORTHWEST. Yrraces, Hoforin Waista, French Corsets ano Bastien: 2 H n By virtue of a deed of, trust dated November cca painnsenanatinatiainetnmnineaihs E THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING 00. wand recorded, in Liber “No. 764, LE MS. ; EAR, PASE LE x cues rnant aves, | Seis eeena ee Set | Me ORs. (lm scares oo AK ce OH BSS 7] Zthand Gate party secured thereby, deiault "ving, bey made ME FRENCH HAIR. eeane" Payment ‘described, SO 226 COR. TENTH AND F 8T8. af public suction, in front of the prem: tla Jection in SHELL, AMBER, an@ DULZ = — Fors: Hats: Fors: NAMDAY THE SEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBEIX. | SePORR MESES, — C Oo . 188 ulithat |“ Hair Dressed and Banes Shingled. __n1.9-1m* /ONTINUATION r Ovr Grear District, of | Co- DRS, R2tcCAFFERTY. 1009 GUT. w. BAS SEAL SKIN SACQUES FROM ¢125. UP. Known “as lot. No. twenty-aix (26), in J, | {VM the Istost styles of Botimet and Hat Prames; SEAL "ROM $90 UP. fuswell Barr's recorded subdivision of square No. three | Bleaching and ine tee smi whole SHOULDERCAPES.IX BEAVER, NUTRIA, | hundred and Bityceignt Cio "segthnine on the tine of | Seand Fetail manufacturer this side Se AND OTHER FURS. COLLARS IN BEAVER, | Seupeatd fm tive northeast corner of said agus SALE AA EE mat £4 fas Ee ond NUTRIA, MONKEY, AND OTHER FURS. Funniog thence southeast ‘alone sald street OF DRY GOODS, TRIMMINGS, 4c. BOAS, 3 YDS. LONG. IN BEAVER, NUTRIA, twenty-five (25) feet, thence southwestwardly at right LYRA: BAER AUD OTHER BUS. ios with auld ‘street sixty-one (G1) feet nine () MUFFS, IN BEAVEX, OTTER, NUTRIA — | (2p HCNS {35 Toot alley, thence north alone sek SEAL. LYNX, AND OTHER FURS, itiey Swrentgraves25y fect t RUSSIAN HAS MUYPA, 42 ina direct line fifty-six (SU) feet and three (3) imches AT REDUCED RATES, SILKS AND DRESS GOODS OF ALL KINDS. vP. : LTA eT y GUEY, AM gChEAM OB LADIES SEAL CAPS, GLOVES, AND FUR | “ernie of sales Ewit hundred dollars in cash, DERDOWNS GOTOR cone AT Oh WRISTLETTS. and the balance in six and RENCH FLANNELS, Sc, SELL HIGHER FUR TRIMMINGS OF ALL KINDS. YY WHERE™ DETACHABLE FUR COLLARS AND CUFFS IN MOST ALL SHADER f FOR GENT'S OVEROOATS. so REW Lt ihe peas GENTS FUR CAPS, GLOVES, AND MUF- VETS, 84c., $1, $1.35 91.50,| FLERS, BOYS’ SEAL SKIN CAPS FROM $1 TO ¢5. CARRIAGE ROBES AND COACHMAN CAPES. HEAVY CLOTH CAPS FOR GENTS AND Boys. CR HARE: RAGOOON AND BLUE GENTS DRESS SILK HATS, 85,96 AND 98. SOFT AND STIFF HATS, IN ALL THELAT- ovine ght UNDERWEAR FOR wal =i EST STYLES, AT $1, $1.50, 82, 82.50, 63, ANDS, ID GLO’ ERED TEP Fron gue 63.50, $4, AND 95. NER « « HOOK FOSTER PATENT, ‘730. s as Cag a GOLD AND SILVER HANDLES FROM $2.50 L$ ANTED. BEVERY PAIR THAT fies YAR Fak | UP. ING OUT HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF CANES. ‘TRESS & CO.'S CELEBRATED ENGLISH iT ¢ DENT’S LONDON DRESS KID GLOVES. JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, “BEHREND'S BALTIMO! 25-3m ane nw. Avxoruer svrrty OF SEAL SKIN GARMENTA $225, 8250. ‘We have a large stock to select from of the above Pigeetby bat Dies cad senses" Annus me Soe | SSS 1201 Penn. avenue, Cor. 12th st Established 1830. a1-Sm Beal-akin Sacques $125, €140, €160, $175 $200, Beal-skin Jackets $100, $120, 9150, ae Visites: $165, 9175, Plush garments the duplicates of the above at low STYLES ARE NOT BETTER, AXD Coschmen's Capes, Mufflers, end Gloves. PRICES AS LOW FOR SAME CLASs OP Carriage Robes. GOODS A8 CAN BE FOUND, WE DO NOE Bole agents for Dunlap’s New York hate. paaroen ime, sine Bar es a) sr siteaeaae aieccan Eee = eo Se unm Wg In selecting s Heating Stove st wil! be ‘eet to inspect our immense assortment, GT. Ken a Fixer Tux Burren 41407H GT... - Eatabtished in 1830. BALL. STOOK GEO, M. OYSTER & CO. W. & JENKS & 00, Coorme Br Gus we, re ot eer A full tine of EES rep GSS COOKING STOVES Office: MARBLE BUILDING, Pa. eve. and 9th ot. n.w. SE ann (EERE ‘Where we receive daily’ Halt, MEW TORK, ry Ty ‘CREAMERY. ‘MEW YORK, PENNA. ‘WESTERN DAIRY ‘NEW YORE STATE ae anes. Bz. Se. be p.3 any +P" 4