The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-25
ST. LOUIS.
Arrested for Stealing CIolhIng...
Murder and Suicides Decision In
the Kate CLARK Case.

sT. LOUIS, August 23.-ChArles ManSe
, said to represent Lowens county, in thI
Mississippi Legislature was arrested herr
yesterday for stealing lot OF clothing
, from room in.the Laclide hotel.
A gentleman Just from Indian Territory
says the Kiowa chief Satanta, and Big
Tree had arrived at Fort Gibson, where
J they will remain until the meeting of the
! the grand council Of the KIOWas and
Comanches In October, when they will
be taken to Fort Sill and be formally re-
leased from captivity.
A dispatch from PaysOn, Illinois, says
that on Friday Of last week, John Han.
cock, living four miles from Payson, was
discovered hanging by his neck from the
upper window Of his house bya gentle.
man passing by. He was dead. On en-
tering the house Mrs. Hancock was found
lying on two chairs with terrible wound
In her head, from which brains and blood
were oOzipg, Tho lady lived three days,
but did not return 10 consciousness, No
explanation Of the matter could be obtain.
ed, butIt Is supposed that Hancock, who
for Bome time had shown symptoms Of
arrangement, had struck his wife with !
hammer, one being found near her Gov.
cred with blood and hair, and then hung
himself. Hancock was respected citi-
zen Of thirty years standing, and about
sixty years old,
The mortusry report Of health this
week shows the total number OF deaths to
be 1903; cholera 0, cholera morbus %,
cholera inlAntum %
Mr.. McMahon Of the Kentucky Stone
Bridge Company OF Pittsburgh and super.
intendent OF the erection OF the super
structure Of the bridge at this place fell
from the scafold last evening and received
severe internal injuries.
81 It. Is now. definitely stated that Of the
Old Board OF Directors Of i'the 81. Louis
Mutal Life Insurance Company only
John HOman has refused 10 resign In IA
vor Of the ueR board recently elected.
About i o'clock this afternoon James
Slattely;7a wotkmen on the bridge iell
from the western abutment, distance fifty
feet, into the river, striking piece Of
timber IN the decent. He was rescued
from the water, but died almost instantly
nom internal Injuries. 'i''
Judge Colvin OF the court OF criminal
correction today rendered o decision in
the case ots9, a. RhSf 49, S,.' --,LioL ,',"I
-, Hs.plnK H DaWuy mousse Wnicn was
argued last Saturday aud In which was
involved question oil constitutiOnality Of
the sociai evil, ordinance now in force.
Here thesjudge decides that tho provis..
ions Oi this ordinance are detrimentically
oppose TO the State law under which this
prosecution Is had, and that the amend
mept to the city charter permitting the
City Council to regulate prostitution was
q special act applying only to ST. Louis
aud therefore unconstitutional In as much
as hatinstrument provides that the gen
eral assembly shah pSss rospecial law in
any case which the provision can be
uisdc by tlie general law.
The Judge says further that it is spe-
eial lay 10 its application 20 but one-sex,
aud mol 10 both sexes In this It Is against
.the spirit OF the bill Of rights. The laws
Should operate uniformly. The OHenses
charged in the information could not bell
ihe other sex were not parlicipatoTs inn
it is uninst and unfair, that Of the parties
Id Tho ojlense bnG should he required 10
conform 70 multitudinOus. and. grigvous
and 'hurdensome regulations, while the
pthCr party llOes not even receive tacit
recognition. This subject cannot be ren.
idered leE q crime by our humane leglsla.
zion than it nCtually ID. No law but the
universal law Of compensation can regu-
late 1t. My views Of this matter are that
1hs world ito TeRulAte,g 10 Tue connection
10 which they appear Ii the charter, are
not consistent with any law Of this State,
and have received a construction alto.
gelher too broad; that they do not justify
The passage OF the ordinance relied upon
by tho. defendant. lfsuCh q meaning Of
The words Ito regulate" as understood by
lthe City Council, be the true meaning, /
say then the General Assembly exceeded
their constitutional powers when they
made the grant, because no such power
exists In the constitution.
|, Kate Clark was fined 800, aud Lizzie
SRYille, who wag also defendant In the
case, the same amount. Motion will be
made for new trial, and II refused an ap.
peal will be made TO the Supreme Court.
ST. LOUIS, August GA special dis.
patch from Lawrence, Kas., dated August
81. has gained circulation In papers out.
side of that State, and which purpOrts
TO give an account OF an attempt 10 throw
train on the Missouri Pacific Railroad
from the track, four miles east oi Holden,
BIO, the boarding of tho train by band
of ruiIisns with the evident design Of rob.
blng the passengers; and the subsequent
killing Of one and Wounding Of another
ol the dcsperadoes at Holden, is pro-
nounced by tho officers Of the railroad
company here TO be utterly false, that tho
entire story Is made, OF whole cloth. The
conductor Oi the train mentioned says
nothing Of the kind occurred. either that
evening or on any other OCCASION and
that tho story Is base fabrication from
beginning 10 end.
ST. LOUIS, August 24,-The report pro.
walls here that Robert f. Carr, President
Of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, will be
made managing director ofthe Atlantic q
Pacific Railroad, and the interests ot these
two roads are TO be consolidated. i
Michael Connolly was run over and
killed by o train on the Poplar street
track last night. He was drunk aud had
evidently laid down on the track,
VIM. ]. Lewis, President OF the St.
Louis Life Insurance Company has issued
an address to the policy holders OF that
Company, In which he says that the new
directory will proceed at once 10 ascer-
tain the condition Of the Company In de.
tail, TO determine It's wants, TO rectlIy
what errors may have been committed, to
institute an economical administration In
It's business, and In all things to place lis
af1Airs in plain showing before all parties
interested.
Sheriff Law, Of Galloway county, who
was so seriously wounded by tho mob that
lynchGd Peter Kessler, died yesterday