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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-04
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, October 4.-Itis reported tha
the crops have failed and faminine pre-
walls in some parts of Hungary.
EGYPT.
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BY TELEGRAPH
EXECUTION OF THE MoDocs
JAcK AND THREE OTHERS HANGED
BAnucHo AND sLoLuk RErRlEvED

: JACKSONVILLE, October 3.-The cor
respondent of the Associated Press left
Fort klamath this morning atsi11:30, and
by hard riding arrived here late this eve
ning with the following report oil the execu-
tien of Captain Jack and his band:
y Boston Charlie and Black Jim were led
on the scaffold first, and Schonchin next.
They trod on it with apparent indifference,
having evidently resolved to die as bravely
as they had lived. Captain Jack went
easily up the stairway, but looked wretched
and miserable. The inanacles had been
struck OIL, but their arms were securely
pinioned with cords. q
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ALEXANDRIA, October A financial
panic is prevailing here.
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AMUSEMENTS. % als p
VIRGINIA OPERA-HOUSE.
RETURN FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY Il
of the Incompatible Protean Artistic,
MISS FANNY HERRING, "a i''s. ,y
4, ;,,
ADJUSTMENTS.

Ms JACK sHEPPARD; s4. ssFd
IDLENESS THE ROAD TO CRIME.
This striking and thrilling drama has been
produced by Miss HERRING in New York over
500 times, and will be presented with a
POWERFUL CAST OF CHARACTERS,
Parquette, 20 cents; Gallery, so cents Re-
served seats and orchestra chairs, 81. Seats Sc
cured at Campbell Co.'S, 0pera-House.
GEORGE w. REED, Il
Sc Alt Business Manager.
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THE ORDERS OF EXECUTION READ.

At precisely 9.45 a. M, the interpreters,
Captain Q. G. Applegate and David Hill,
explained to the prisoners the nature Of the
orders to be read to them by the adjutant,
and at ten o'clock Adiutant Kingsbury
read the order promulgating the sentence Of
the commission, and the Presidents order
thereon, with the orders of the secretary of
war, the department commander, in the
premises. 4ht@
VAC During the reading, which occupied ten
minutes, the pinioned victims were seated
on the platform Of the scalfold with their
feet on the drop, listening anxiously, bat
of course understanding not word of it.
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THE FATAL NOosEs

THE FATAL NOUSEGo
were placed around their necks under
the direction of Captain Hoge. 1t was
necessary to, cut, Of little of Captain
Jacks long hair which was in the way of
the rope. Captain Hogc then bid farewell
to the prisoners, and the black caps were
placed over the heads of all the culprits.
- At 1920 they stood on the drop and the
rope was cut by an assistant at signal
made with Captain, Hoge's handkerchief.
The bodies swung round and round, Jack
and Jim apparently dying easily, but
Boston and Schonchin
TERRIBLE COMMISSIONS.
. The two latter repeatedly drew up their
legs, but the two others seemed to die
almost instantly, : At 1928 their pulses
were felt by Captain Hoge, and as this
is being written, they are swinging lifelcss
in mid-air.
As the drop fell with terribly, deadly
thud, four poor wretched human beings
fell into eternity, and half smothered cry
Of horror went up from the crowd of over
five hundred klamath Indians, who wit
messed the awful spectacle.
WALLS OF DEEP AND BITTER ANGUISH
went up from. the stockade, where the wives
and children of the poor fellows had fair
view of the scaffold. The coffins, six in
number, had been placed directly in rear
of the gallows, two Of them destined to be
unoccupied, as the order committing the
sentence of Barucho and Sioux only ar
rived at 1890 last evening, and prepara-
tions had been made for their execution
with the others.
AN APPLICATION REFUSED.
An application was made this morning
to General Wheaton by the sheriffof jack
son county, Oregon, for the custody ofthe
Indians indicted by the grand jury of that
county, but it was refused.
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THE TWO RETRIEVED PRISONERS,
Barucho and Sioux, yet stood on tho
ground in front Of the scaffold, shackled
and under guard, and at the conclusion of
the reading of the first orders the adjutant
read the communication in their case, and
the poor fellows were taken back 10 the
stockade, evidently rejoiced at not accom-
panying the others to the "happy hunting
grounds" 50 90 ype
The chaplain then offered an earnest
and fervent prayer for the souls of the
condemned, which was listened to atten-
lively, after which, at 1915 O'Clock,
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The meeting was a grand success.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-11
Il the secret service Ia League with the
CounterleLter.l


4 New York paper says counterfeit fifty
cent notes. ten dollar notes and fifty dollar
notes have been in circulation for years and
arc 50 nicely executed rs 10 be almost be-
yond detection. Il says:
They are such exact limitations of the gen
uine that the assistant treasurer in New
York was unable to decide whether they
were counterfeits or NOT and forwarded
them 70 the Treasury Department, where it
required a whole days examination by two
experts 10 point out few minor defects,
which Of course were corrected by the
countcrfeiters as soon as they were made
public. All the efforts of the secret ser
vice division 10 capture the plates on which
the counterfeit notes were printed or to
cause the arrest of a single professional
Coanterfeiter have signally failed.
But just now cry Is raised, and the Adj
minlstration newspapers simultaneously
publish glowing account OF raids on coun-
teTfeiters in North Carolina and Tennessee.
This IS only ruse 10 deceive the public
and create the impression that the govern
ment officers are breaking up, root and
branch all counterfeiting. A more trans
parent fraud was never attempted ON the
public. That there has been some counter
felt money showed" in the mountains of
Tennessee and North Carolina is quite
probable, but it is miserably executed, poor
Autographed stuff The principal business
in this locality has been the counterfeiting
of internal revenue stamps for tobacco and
distilled spirits Nearly all of this has been
done by photography. Not single plate
will be captured in all these raids. and If
there is single conviction Of the sixty al
legged counterfeiters arrested, it will be by
subOrned testimony
Something like $500, 600 are annually OK
pended in the secret service, and of course
there must be great noise made occasion
ally IN the newspapers about its efficiency.
During the present administration, this
branch of public service has been prosti-
tuted 20 political uses, and the only work it
has ever done has been outside of its legiti-
mate functions. When the most noted and
accomplished counterfeiters in the world
daily lounge in the streets within sight al
most of the headquarters of the secret ser
vice division in New York, and are unmo-
Tested, the public should cease to regard as
of any importance the periodical newspaper
accounts of raids on cOunterfciters made in
obscure out-of-the-way places where an ac-
complished and dangerous rascal is never
seen.
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Of the deceased from being hungry Tor a
month These articles and the coffin re-
NAMED on the sidewalk until late the next
forenoon, surrounded By paid mOHrners,
who seemed to be carrying ON lively com
petition in the matter Of giving full value
for the money received. At the cemetery
after the coffin had been lowered, hired
mourners and the two children Of the de-
ceased walked round the grave once, while
the husband remained standing silently by
Then vessels containing food were put IN
the grave at the head and foot Of the coffin,
followed bya small quantity Of earth. Next
to be put in were live chickens and ducks,
and these were promptly covered with
earth. The grave having been filled up,
brandy and whisky were sprinlIled upon II
in a liberal manner, while pigs head, roast
chicken, boiled rice, oranges, nuts, candy,
ETC., were laid upon the mound.
The ceremony being concluded, tie
Chinese returned home in their carriages,
while some Christian boys, who had been
watching the proceedings, gathered up the
fruit, candy, etc, and likewise left FOL
home.
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year, aud afterwaTd Kept up the acquaint-
ance. Mrs. Dunn, living across the street,
and few Others, occasionally visited them.
but thcy seldom made or received calls. In
the directory his name was recorded as
George Walker" He purchased the
house. and lived there with his companion
NATL bis death. On the morning OF March
:, 1872, Geo Walker; few acquaintance
saw with asnazement the announcement that
George Hardin had died at No -, Cornelig
street, and soon after the funeral they heard
with increased wOndefment that their old
friend, Mrs. Walker, who had lived so sim
ply and plainly among them for 90 many
years, had applied for letters Of administers
ton on the estate of George Hardin, which
consisted mainly Of personal property worth
50, 600 600. The administrators in sUch
cases are forced 10 give bonds for double
the value OF the personal estate; but rs this
was out of the question. the Surrogate
placed the securities in the hands of the
! United States Trust Company, and then
granted the letters Of administration At
this juncture six nephews of Mr. Hardin,
residing in Belfast, interposed claim that
the lady was Mrs. Walker and not Mrs
Hardin-his mistress, and not his wife As
Mr.. Hardin had left no viii, one-half of ms
estate belonged to this lady, If she was his
wife. There have been several sessions of
/ the Surrogate's Court in this case, and addi-
tional testimony viii be offered to-day.
The contestants, through Burrill. Davis &
Burrill, are attempting to show that It was
not a legal marriage; the lady, through
Robert III. COrbett and the Hon John X.
Porter, maintains that it was.
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spanish Outrages on FreemasOns,
From the Brooklyn Argus.I


Another horrible chapter in the story of
Spanish crime is made public. 1t relates to
the horrible indignities heaped upon Free
masons and their families by the monsters
who have misruled Cuba in the name and by
the authority of the Spanish government.
1t seems that about four years ago the Span
ish authorities arrested the members of the
Grand Lodge of Santiago de Cuba. The
brethren were denied trial, and the day
following their arrest were conveyed to a
lonely neighborhood outside the city and
put to death. This was but the beginning
of a series of horrible outraees that have
continued almost without intermission for
the past four years. Every man found to be
a Freemason has been shot or banished to
Spanish penitentiaries in Africa. The rec
ord of prosecutions to which the Free
masons have been subjected is now fifty eli
NAKED On the night of the seventh of
November, after the volunteers had con
Guided the slaughter of the crew of the
Virginius, their thirst for blood was such
that they attacked the wives of murdered
Freemasons abusing the defenseless females
and putting four of them to death. The
story seems too horrible to be credited, but
unfortunately it is true.
We are not surprised to know that the
Freemasons of this section are aroused to
indignation by the intelligence of the out
RACES above chronicled. Right Worshipful
Ellwood L. Thorne, Deputy Grand Master
of this State, has already united with large
number of prominent officers and brethren
in petition to the Master, Warden, and
brethren of the different lodges in this juris-
diction The petition briefly recites the
crimes above mentioned, and concludes in
these words 'In the name of humanity,
and in obedience to our sense of justice, we
ask you to forward the enclosed document,
signed by your off GERS and under the seal of
the lodge, to the Most Worshipful Grand
Master Of Masons of this State, Christopher
| G. Fox, requesting him to call an emergent
session of the Grand Lodge, to take such
action thereon as they in their wisdom may
see fit.
Prominent Freemasons of Brooklyn, with
whom reporter conversed, state that the
recent indignities are of such revolving
nature that the fraternity would be false to
its fundamental professions if it neglected
to express its sense of these Spanish bar
barities, or failed to take action looking to
the protection Of prosecuted brethren and
their families. 1t is believed that Grand
Master Fox win call the emergent session
promptly. The whole civilized world Will
sanction the efforts of the Freemasons of
this country TO bring to justice the fiends
whose inhuman atrocities are chronicled
above
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suicide and Life Insurance.


Life insurance policies usually contain u
clause providing that if the insured shall
die by his own hand, the policy shall be-
come void. An important case upon this
subject has Just been concluded in the
United States Circuit Court of Iowa Chas.
/. Hogan, whose life was insured by New
York company, killed himself in 1871, and
the,company declined to pay, on the ground
that Hogan had died by his own hand,
within the meaning of the exception stated
in the policy. Hogan's administrator con-
sequently brought suit, admitting the sui
eide, but declaring that the act had been
committed while Hogan was temporarily
insane" Upon the insanity issue the trial
took place before Il jury, there being first
excluded from the jury box, however, all
jurors who had ''the preconceived opinion
that a man was conclusively insane merely
because he committed suicide" Upon the
side of the administrator evidence was pro-
duced to show that Hogan had in the latter
part of his life, changed from an affection
ate husband and father to one who was irri-
table and morose; that he complained of
pains in the head; treated his wife and
children harshly, but afterwards denied all
remembrance of such conduct: and that,
III tliCI plAAAOll VI oCNbAdl ply olOldilo, VIM
testified as experts, he was really insane
Upon the side of the insurance company,
this charge in his conduct was admitted,
but they declared that it was produced by
different cause than insanity They
showed that his family relations were un-
pleasant; that he got into severe pecuniary
embarrassment; was defaultcr to the eX-
press company by which he was employed,
and had embezzled a $500 money package,
which the company was engaged just before
his death in tracing out. Exposure being
imminent, he tried to borrow the money ne
cessary to make good his deficit, and finally
the superintendent of the express company
unexpectedly appeared in Hogan's office to
investigate his accounts. and on the same
day Hogan shot himself. The jury, after
an hours deliberation, gave a verdict for
the insurance company, and declared, in a
special finding, that Hogan voluntarily took
his own life A motion subsequently made
for new trial was overruled. This case
has an important bearing upon Reinsurance
in connection with suicide.
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One of the marvels Of metropolitan life Is
a case now on trial in the Surrogate Court
in New York 1t Is the history of an I'M
porter, who, during twenty years, earned
two millions and an honorable reputation,
and moved day by day among his business
acquaintance as q wealthy bachelor, and
yet night after night west to his home IN an
obscure quarter of the city to meet lady
who claimed and was acknowledged to be
his wife, and a few neighbors who knew
him under an assumed meme, and never
dreamed that he was millionaire. George
Hardin was born in the early part of this
century near Belfast, Ireland, and came TO
this country in his tventy-iirst year. He
established himself In business in this city
rs an importer Of Irish linens, and subse-
ouently became the agent of \ Belfast
house. Doing business alternately in VII
liam. Pine. Broad and Liberty streets, nc
nrosnered and grew rich Those who had
husiness dealings with him knew nothing Of
his private hfe: his chosen comrades IN so
cial life had no knowledge Of his business
relations. He was reticent, retiring, frugal,
almost penurious. his business acquaintance
sppposed that he was a rich old bachelor,
and few Of them knew where he lived lie
finally retired from the importing business,
aud increased his fortune by buying com
mercial paper and making Investments IN
safe securities. His circle Of Acquaintance
was very large, and he was vel known by
/ leading Irish residents. and yet Tor nearly
TWENTY-FIVE years he lived as a married man,
under an assumed name, Ia an obscure street
IN the Ninth ward.
In 1913 a gentleman iifly years old, and d
lady twenty years younger, leased q PLAIN
tu.o-storr house IN Comelia street. Hi.
landlord and his ncighbors knew them a:
Z Nr. ana Mrs. Walker. a young man
named Searlcs. with his wife and two boys,
occupied the second floor Of the house 10
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course Ct the disease. The only known
treatments merely tend to alleviate the pain.
and lengthcn in reality the lingering attack.
La few months the skin became thickened
and black, and looked exactly Ike the hide
Of an elephant. The patient was enabled 10
walk with n little difficulty for the first year
OF his attack, but after that the limb had
sweiled 10 such proportions as 10 prevent
lOcOmotion of any kind, and nc had to stay
prisoner in his house. After years IN
tense suffering, Mr.. Perry died from sheer
exhaustion-the usual manner IN such cases
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A GREAT part Of Europe lives in constant
peril of deluge. The rise lately of the
Neva and the inundation of st. Petersburg,
WIS only one type Of what might happen at
any time to the whole of Holland, and does
occur every year in portions of France and
Italy. In Holland, leak may be sprung az
any moment in the great ocean dykes Of
sand wattled with the roots of treeS and
grass. A spring tide driven by northwest
winds has more than once brought on
serious danger, and sometimes in the dark
ness Of the night, in spite of the vigilance
which constantly guards these barriers, an
attack all along the line by the wind and
waves. may send the ocean boiling and
roaring over the richest farms IN the world.
and fair cities, and dreaming country
houses. The great rivers. too are almost as
dangerous rs the ocean. Every year the
rain-fail and the melting SHOWS from Switz-
eTland aid Germany come pouring down
upon the fats Of Holland. Here the slug
gish mass slowly drags itself between costly
embankments 70 the sea. At Ratwyk, the
Rhine is positively lifted ont 81 Holland lis
powerful machinery In France floods are
81 perpetual occurrence. and appear 70 have
become more disastrous Of late years. The
Rhine and the l.olre are utterly Unmanagea-
bic. OF other rivers. tic Elbe. and Danube,
tie 20. the Tagus, and even the Rhine and
the GuadalquivcI. arc &c TIMES tremendous
agents Of devastation.
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a ChiId.BrIde Of HIIssourl.

While we were in the court house in Linn
last week, listening to the testimony in the
case of the State VS.. Lade, for abandoning
his wife and children, a little girl was in
trOduced as q witness. In manner land
general appearance she was simply child,
and we readily thought ought, on account OF
her YOUTH have been spared the ordeal to
which witnesses in a court of justice are
generally subjected. The first question
asked by the attorney was:
''Are you married LADY,"
Our establishment can be better imag-
ined than described, when she promptly re-
piled:
Eyes, sir
GLOW long have you been married?" ask
ed the lawyer
'About two years"
''And how old are you now?p
Il Will he thirteen in December"
In reply to other question:, she stated
that she and her husband had not lived to
gcther since their marriage, and that she
was induced to marry through the threats
of her father who had some mercenary OBJ
ject in view.
After the adjournment of the court We
sought an interview with the young lady
and her mother in order to ascertain. the par
ticulars of this extraordinary marriage
The maiden name of this child-bride wa:
Christina Lade. She was born in this
country December 3, 1860, and was married
to Michael Frankewich (aged 19), January
1, 1872, being at the time of her marriage
only few days over eleven years of age.
She stated to US that her father, by threats
of punishment in case of refusal, compelled
her to consent to this untimely union, bid
ding her under severe penalties to tell the
justice that she was over fourteen years old
- Ch0mois Lauder.
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rue moral. OF tho Ear.

The Stokes trial has developed some Gu
rious conduct at the bar. Judge Davis,
who presided at the trial, did himself much
honor by his charge to the jury, and he was
manifestly convinced of the prisoners guilt.
But Mr. Trcmaine, the prisoners counsel, is
brought under the lash for his extraordi-
nary language subsequent to the virtual ac-
quittal. lie is thus reported
"A great victory said a gentlemen to
Mr.. Tremaine.
"a great, great victory" answered Mr..
Trcmaine, with emphasis.
a great victory for Mr.. Tremaine, under
the peculiar circumstances, meant dlsas-
trous overthrow of justice. The Baltimore
Gazette has an appropriate comment upon
this distortion OF the statute law and out
rage against equity.
''To the mere technical lawyer, caring moth
ing but for his client, seeing, according to
Lord Brougham's axiom, nothing but ms
client, right or wrong, it was great, great
victory
$50 in civil matters David Dudley Field
upheld Gould and Fisk in all their rascali-
ties, and justified himself to his conscience.
New York City has changed its judges and
obtained after much trouble and hard
| fight, very good substitutes; if she could
change some of her lawyers, it would be
the better for.h her; if she could also wipe out
some Of her juries, it would he the best OF
ALL"
A part of Mr.. Tremaine's great victory
has appeared in the appropriate sequel. We
now learn by telegraph that the jury were
tempered with by officers of the law, and
that these men who were sworn to do Justice
were permitted to roam the streets of New
York without restriction.
Such victories as that of Mr. Tremaine
corrupt the very foundations of society, and
like the triumphs of Pyrrhus over the Ro-
mans-a few more such and the legal fra
ternity who eountenance them will be NOR
ally undonc. augusta Constitmionlist.