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, 1879-05-02
COL. .TIrESSEN.

4 TRIBUNE reporter hustled over to Col.
Juesscn's oillco shortly after the shooting.
What With tic nervousness Incident to tl,e cx-
ct events ,"suusa 'a' ", "'.s ,o1 .s ooo'el na
recently passeo' past o, mh!en .., US WA ",m al'
Of which he saw" and what with being badg~
S'sa to sy sef,as 1v VS. 4r, easS @
,,nnsIdrriu,- lin l,or,u- tn wh,ch he was sub.
]ectca, ptiaolc ssate' iAh iht"uHE ma.l
succeeded IN IataeS!nE nm from a5 s surround r. .
III. sinmtIn, was done. u,,d reoueatrtl him
49, .'',ar, % ,,n.o h,,r ,vha, la ,,o1 s,ts,c,cnt,v
lo 'lp"ss a.1to u"''' wv. 10 a.. .'au su.s'o"s'5
directly lending up to md at, aEentant upo!n, te
attcniptnd assasa'llatsoft' Go' JucRseh w1sli1g,
died nway, uni Gnyo the reporter tlIc following
timoay ~ thu Ease of iiobert ys. Weber nlld
,Iueeari', IN ttn q, oeo Of Mr; dr!ilsnt Notary
rnb!'s, isnom v Bryan bloek; I'M: as t!le casu
m'ss Of enforcing her blackmall opcratio,'s. I
notiee! yesterday TINT every once 10 wtii!o sho
Slipped 'er hanta under her shawl, as Il feel
!ng tor something in hGr posket;
Sa1eu us9 ha 'at sue MGu s3 . a ataSx t.s o
concluded for tho day, am no we're about
leaving tue oflcc,-it was nGa: IT. ! o'clock'Esi9
ran alter him Into tl1u hnll liko inry, out
I'An -. 80 ~'A F.i."1
laughed ut him, UNI! lc sl'tpea bchlno tl'9
elevator to shield hinsell from tt.o supposea
shot. Tho taking OF tfl1 testimony was 10 ~
witness to bo examined ~ behalf of tue prose-
cutt0n. st!l1 tearlAE that sho might make
an uttack on SIR. Wcoor, ! desired
him 10, renlnin nt ny oi'lco
until had finished her cEoss-ux4ninat!of,
wLen wo would eomu ogur hero with Notary
md examine hItn. bllc, OF coutac, would lave
= rfgtit3to be present. lie readily asschted to
possible Injury tu Nr. Weber OIL tic past VI this
woman, ! won't with bin, after dinner, to Pink
crtuu's ofllce and engaged dctecttyo there to
con,e to NY oll!ce as,l stt by MIR. Wobor, ana
! keep constant witch OF this woman, ul 10 seixo
| Ler the ycry motnaut Bho attempted to pull q
ptstul or Illade u threat to .uss ono, nna
, 1879-05-02
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present atou1eF 'ssue u u'e peop'7 WHICH wiz
o7efahado" the oethoefa.'e nasco resulting
'Fon ,, tnO soto W '"o A!1nS p'".
Rsathfne OF actl''E o"
Ihh Skto @1esAoe
bY voting "'thoat ueoate. fet the usual per
alesloh 10 pr'ht speecAes Oil 4caVc was Pfanied,
ahd t'e Coa7Ftt3io"ds 1fteoFa VIII bo 1uls Tor
, 1879-05-02
HYMENEAk
dpAcsd1 ptlpdfch to 1At 1ft5uH&

TEKltA HAu1H, Iud., May 1.-At o'clock
this evening Mr.. Max lioperc, rcs!dcnt member
Of, thu !asgs dry-goods house of uubcFg, Root
& Co., mud Allss bertha koopa'au woro united
n marriage At the residence OF tho brlae's par-
ents on North Sixth street, the Rey. ]. N.
Beard, Of tic CunteuarY Methodist Church,
performing tho wedding servicea III the presence
Of uouu but tic lusnlly relatives aEtl few lntl-
p,uto friends. After partaktng ot pranl we'd.
uil,g-fcast, thu wetldtl couple took tho cars for
ChtcagD 10 bp atspnt several wesks around tic
rurll,orll lakes. Tile fair bride IL highly accom-
plIshed asld yery prominent IN society circles.
, 1879-05-02

WAaIitN0roN. u. t., May f.-Conft1cration
rms resumed Of the bill 10 prevent tie introiuc
ton uf contagious Or Infectious diseases into the
Unstct. atatcs.
Atr. Maxey, from the Committee on Post
Offices nnl post-Roads, reported hill 10 TX
tend tic ttno for II sueeIal poatnl service under
the service Of contracts obtained By alyestise-
nlcnt. lie said n communication from tue
pobsmastcr-Gcneral showed m cxtecncy that
should be met nt once, md, therefore, hc would
call IN the hill at an carly DAY.
atr. Bel! offered tho following resolution,
which was agreed to:
Rt.olr>a. That the Secretary OF the Treasury bo
directed 10 inform tic Senate Ut tho amounts dae
sn1 uneolisStfd n.y. net Sec: y act Of Ang;
revenue from imports to nay !ntereat IN tho paaic
debit ard for other purposes. and to state reasons,
II my ex!st. why thu same haYt not been collected
ugreeably to the provisions Of sa!a act.
Tho Senate resumed consideration Of the bill
TO pruycnt the introduction Of contagious or
infectious diseases Into the United States.
Mt. nnsris, Chn!rn:au Of TUG sc!cs. Commit
tee OH tue subject, explained the object Of the
bill was to regulate commerce with foreign ta-
ttuns so Us to prevent the importation into the
| United Stutcs OF contagious or infectious dis
eases. ND to 60 regulate c.'tnnercc among ue
several States ~ to prevent tue tnportatfcM ot
such diseases frl1l one statc Into another This
was thc precise and only ohjcct of the bill. 1Ie
defended tue constttutfonallty Of tllc measure
ami UhtlUectl tllc Tecol!1ll''t'HeHto ot lHu uuI
Mr.. Voorhees, rose t., nolec little 0ct.stoua
newspaper lttefature-n thing he s.ldom Oil.
liz said IN papcr known n The National Ie1,ua-
ttcIn there nppcarcd hh article THIS 1nnfillnE
headed "a Day Of Democratic bcmosalizatun."
| tn which description of what WAS alleged to
have been satd In tho Democratic cauc!s' YES
terdav was Etyct, nt'd q sDy:ch naus Tor him
and put into his mouth, Mr. Voorhees, read
that pnrt OF the article FsletFS 70 lhhelf, n1ltl
| then said, Inasmuct ns llc WAs not in thu cau-
Gus mud had iot heard Of It. not having received
his notice to attend, tic accuracy nnu truth!ui-
ness OF the writer "nnin no appreciated.
, 1879-05-02
Mrs. Roberts story, Of the Itcla-
tions Between Her and
Weber.
Her Present Expressions OF Keen
Regret at Having Shot
Him. -
Her Sorrow for Her Dead
Child---Evidcnces OF
Insanity.
Some Of Her Former Extravagauoea
Hoca11od to Mind.

A. SUCCESSFUL SHOT.
Tie 61iarp crack Of the revolver Is hcard full
often In Chicago now.a-slays, and homicide fol-
lows homicide With startllnE rapIdI.y. Ycstcr-
ilay afternoon tile city was furnished with
unothcr sensational tragedy, the within In this
casu bctng d prominent business 1nun und
capitalist. and thu person who committed the
deed woman. The case Ia almost "a Bensa-
tional as any OF It's Immediate predecessors, and
tle developments arc startling. Men, boys,
a,i even children having loarncd that II you
Do'ut loaded aud cooked revolver ut q man
md pull the trigger the bullet Will find rest
ing-place in all probability III some part Of Ills
anatomy, :he women Eava begun to take I
hand at taEg.t practice.
The facts d to tho shooting arc, in brtcf, a.
follows. About ialf-pnst o'clock yesterday
ufternoon hura wero present In The Office of
Jucsson &; Anderson, Room, 2i Times Building.
Col. Ed Juesseh, Theodore Weber, dctoctlye
Robert. Weber was formerly Il partner with
hts brother, George Weber, tn tho Wholesale
hoos n,a,l shoe hnstocss. md has lntcly acquitted
| solne n,totietv iu connection With tic Greene
!aunl.Gcftnun Nut!onnl Bunk investigation. VT.
| Shatfner WIS lust entering the room when Mrs.
Hubert, WHO was standing. Immediately opposite
Weber. drew pistol troln her pocket and fired
large casyehulr aml tic bullet entered ills as'-
| domen. The shooting WIS Adne 10 quietly that
uonc Of those present ha1 time to nnticipntc or
Ereyent 1t. LII an instant nll was confusion.
ran GU. for doctor. ulu Atr. Wohcr iel back
III l,la ctiair snortalty wounded. The woman
waa taken to tlr Artnory polire- Station, alld
Mr.. Weber wAa conveyed To Ills home, No: aT4
North LaSallu STREET, where hc ltes III dying
condition, 1t bcs,g doubtful whether lie will live
thrnlpb tn41AY.
, 1879-05-02
LOUISIANA,
THE DEMOCRATS PROCEED TO orEN AN OLD
Snnr

TIE DEMOCRATS FNOCEED TO orEH AN OLD
SORE.
Hptrtal Dttp1ch 10 tbs Tribune.
WARRINGTON, D. C., May 1.-The movement
to order another Louisiana investigating COM
mittee, WHICH shall bo m imitation of tic Pot
ter Committee, Is lic result In part Of Demo.
crattc spite ut tho vnto 1nrssagc, and In part Of
tic Democratic extremity, Senator Kellogg
and other Republicans tonight take tho ground
that tho Southern Senators hare decided that
It Is csscnt!nl for thctn In order to
control the Senate after 1880 to have
thrty-two Senatorial votes from tho South
solid. Then. with the four Which they may
hare from tic North, 1t would only bc necessary
to gain three tnnrc to secure n majority of
thlrty-nlnc votes. The remaining three 1t Is
believed to be tllc Democrats purpose to secure
NJ MAKING FICTITIOUS CONTESTS
In cascs Of Senators to be elected herenftcE and
to compel The properly elected Senators to
stand astdo when the titno roncs for
swearing them tn, 50 their votes shall
at lcnst 10 nulliaed until tlae cases
Of contest can be decided. Tho Democrats,
moreover, It Is understood, arc actuated BY tho
beliuf tllat ruylyal Of tho Louisiana story will
annoy the Administration, and that the inyestt-
CATION will bu sort Of net 10 be hold over the
President In case lle maintains SO rcsolutc an
Independence as 10 threaten llu accomplishment
ot Democratic purposes. This report fron, the
Elections Committee tonight was
4 CoMPLKrE tUArntsK
to the Republican members Of that Cummlttcc,
as well as to every Republican Senator. Senator
Kellogg alone had expected 1t. 1t appears tl,ut
there WAS Il ,llsot'ilg Ut the Senate Elections
Committee caea 1nyater.uusly, II called ut a!l,
yesterday, at Which no Republican member
tfE.tP
, 1879-05-02
Electoral vote Of any State in which 1t could be
shown


TUT 1"oora hAn "kEH USED
auEns 1nc ca,ala'af Ut a. .'e polls !" '"e ioFth-
e'n'n't Efeh'ueh'l"' etes.'o"'
II Is 'ntehoed to'hieht mat The Democrats III
each House shall meet In caucus early Ia the
day. anl con'ider the report to 10 submitted
from the JoInt Caucus COMMITTEE, and tl'nt IN
1he evening thero snail 10 joint CAUCUS OF
tho two Houses for tic confederation Of all
qucstlohs now d'stFactlilE the party.
THIS programme 1t Will DO seen. Is
courLE1E SURRENDER
Of all tho points III controversy between the
Democrats md Republicans. The latter have
never advocated tile use Of tfooDs at the polls,
and the President has shown tha; the passacc Of
IA" no" lofh'ua!hg theif use III elections Is u
inefe brutum 1utmen' since " an net passed
last year' nnd signed ny rFes'dent Hayos' It is
no" unlawful 10 mako suen nso Of soldiers. The
Republicans aec!afoa that INC Democrats
never should forbid tho United States Gov
crnmene by Its civil officers armed with
nower to pcrform their dut,es In hc nrc..
~ a. tbn n,,1,a d. n, or~,, ,,s..ta.s
s,,, a., 1,o,aoo-... t,vo .nr.n, -. ,u,., .s' s
% tn vto1S .,n. notr, rhe Renvh1t..a, "!
w 'ieiu .''at po'"s' 4"s "ePeo'eans ucuo"hccu
M revolutionary the DemocFats' attempt to
c0erco the President Into the approval Of d
measure to which liz was opposed by threat to
,r,tbhot, t,,o on,ronrf,t,on, mn, tt,o 1,on,oa.a.
,'snn ata.%ona1 :, ria .,,s-n.,,a. - no.
nave aoanaoneu u; lne sussemae1 ot INC
been made.
THE JOINT MHgrixa.
10 the tr<s.era As.oetate4 Prus.
w4su1snrnn. n. e.. NAV f.-rhc tva finn.
mAoA"u1uH. .:,...,- ~ ,' ."o Ho.''.
mlttces appo'nteu feepect"e'y ny Tue House
and Ecnate Democratic caucuses to report whit
course Of action should be adopted iu yiow Of
tho Presidential yc,ocs, past and prospective,
, 1879-05-02

4DSc3Al Wsp0teh 10 7hs TFdtuHe,
FoNn pu Lao, Wis, May 1.-The acreage Of
wheat IL larger In tl.fa county than for soma
ycura, aud the growing crops noyct iookel bet
ter ut this seasou ol tie year than now.
, 1879-05-02

nays, ITO, not tile necessary two-tl!rds In lie
affirmative. Il wns strictly party vutu. Only
three Of tho Nreenbackcrs voted for the bill,
ullst nfilo agninat It.
Following is the vote In detail:
, 1879-05-02

The following members wer0 paired: bouck,
Stone, Lay, Dick. Cook, Henderson, Clatly,
sapp, Dayts IN. c., Merttn IN. C.), F. Wood
N. " Ketchau,, .Goode, .Lorlng. ,Ballou. Nc.
Slahon, BARLOW, Morse, Hayes, Phelps. Orsh.
Wilson. Prize, Hull, Miller, Martin DeI.) Bach
man, Dwight, Ryon, Ilunton, Crowley, fucker,
Lnp!,am, kcnua, Camp. Muroy, Neal, Finley,
Ca!kins, D!uunt, McCook, Bailey. Lounsbery,
Barter, Ilatch, Dslner, Nichols, Russell IN. CD
md DIau1.
, 1879-05-02
'RlCE Fllgs;; s;;CENTs.
FATAL.

FATAL. J
A Woman Whose Pistol
Didn't Catch in Her
Handkerchief.
Theodore B. Weber Shot and
Mortal1y Wounded by
Mrs. Robert, :,
How They Met, and How
tile Shooting Was
Done.
Statements Of Eye-Witnesses
IAN Useless Detective
Officer.
The Lawsuit Which Was
the Preface to the
Murder.>
= -:
-. ~ -
Mrs. Roberts Story Of the Rcla-
tions Between Her and
Weber. :
Her Present Expressions Of Keen .
Regret at Having Shot
Him.
Her Sorrow for. Her Dead
Child---Evidences OF
Insanity.
Some of Her Former Ertray1ranoa1
, 1879-05-02
A DISTRESSING COUGH.

Z. u. Mead, o 1yesteryelt.sv.. brighton. Staten
So,gh ytosatls and soasa1'01sy @ fsE @ ,1ont Matmy
nlord me relief until tried nenson's capcnc porots
Plaster applied 0nt orr tte brcast honn at night.
In tho morning 10th cough mud soreness weta Eo1c.h
, 1879-05-02
WH00PING COUGH,

Jacob Coleman. % Oo1dsat.,. New, YORK; rororta
of ny cl'1scm wsre r atsaeSea Tif wh?nn
ctne Porous Plaster on two Of them. They weso RI
eYe1 In 1ess than enc hour. Then tried It UA tho 0the
two with like result" "
, 1879-05-02
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THE Treasury Department to-day bcTnn the
payment VI tho nnarterly Interest ot, the 8 per
cent funded loan OF 1881, ,-abont 81, 0,317, ,000.
, 1879-05-02
POROUS PLASTER.
ITS REMARKABLE VIRTUE

8. T. Hancock, d citizen Of nchnend, W.: "IIad
been sufferer from dtaeaseA kdncys for twenty yeas:
relief IN fey hours and ~ fow days was perfectly
we'll. Feel like now man."
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-09
The Milky Way.

The Milky Way is at this season one of the
most conspicuous and beautiful objects in the
sky. 1t streams across the eastern heavens,
the centre rising toward the zenith as the
hours go by An attentive observation with
the unassisted eye will reveal many interesting
features, and help to dissipate the notion that
nobody can study the great phenomena of the
universe who does not live in an observatory
Let the observer select commanding stand
point little after moon-setting on any bright
night. He will see the Milky Way winding
across the sky from northeast to south. Look
ing toward the northerly end he will see five
bright stars shaped something like the letter
w standing on end. This is Cassiopeia. A
little below appears patch of light no bigger
than mans hand, but perceptibly brighter
than other portions of the Milky Way. That
is the celebrated sword hand of Perseus Turn
telescope magnifying not more than fifty
dlameters on this spot of light, and glorious
multitude of minute stars, clustered like
golden bees about two nuclei, almost
dazzles the eye. Proctor says no tele-
scope has yet revealed the full glories Of
Chi Persei which is the astronomical name of
this congregation of suns.
Threading it's way upward through the
bright stars of Cassiopeia, the Milky Way ap-
pears very brilliant, and the telescope catches
many beautiful clusters, and broad fields of
"star dust" But when it reaches the con-
stellation of the Northern Cross, which is
readily recognized, the stream broadens and
glows with a milky light that seems to illumine
that whole region of the sky. Right in the
midst of this bright portion appears great
black gap, like a rent in curtain, where
hardly star is to be seen. This is called the
''Coal Sack"
A little above the stream of the Milky Way
and almost directly overhead, is star that at
this point invariably attracts the eye. 1t is
Vega, a queenly star, to which some astrono-
mers concede the fourth rank among the lead
ers of the armament, although the Herschels
regarded her as Outranked by the brilliant
Arcturus, which may be seen sinking toward
the west.
Farther towards the south the Milky Way
again grows very bright in the constellation
Aquilla, which is recognized by the bright star
Affair." closely attended on either side by a
smaller star. Near the horizon it spreads out
and breaks up into broad flakes Of light as it
passes through Scorpio and Sagittarius, giving
a wonderful brilliancy to the southern heavens:
Here some of the finest clusters are found, and
hours may be spent in sweeping one after
another with the telescope, each revealing
some new and beautiful feature.
Just before it dips behind the southern hori-
zon, the Milky Way envelops Antares, the
"Sirius of Red Stars with his train of attend
ants. In this neighborhood the Way shines
very brilliantly, and not far south of the point
of disappearance it attains its greatest splen-
dor.-N. Y. Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-09
Recent Publications.
The New Longfellow.

Messrs. Houghton & Osgood send to the
PRESS the eight numbers, already published,
of their new and elegant edition of Mr.. Long
fellows poems. 1t is pleasant testimony to
the appreciative affection felt by the public for
the poet, that edition after edition, varying in
style and expense from pocket size to large and
fully illustrated quarto, is prepared, rapidly
sold, and new ones called for with such empha-
sis that the publishers, busy with the crowds of
new publications that throng the book market,
find their great profit as we'll as pleasure in
issuing this rich and lavshly designed edition
of Mr.. Longfellow's Poems. A long list of the
best American artists have designed the illus
trations for this work-over five hundred in
number-thus uniting in the tribute which
this publication offers to Mr.. Longfellow.
First and chief of these illustrations stands Mr.
William E. Marshall's admirable steel engrav-
ing after photograph, a fine and spirited like
ness of Mr.. Longfellow. Thc vignettes and
sub-titles are drawn by Mr.. L. F. Ipsen, whose
work was especially effective in the holiday
edition of the Skeleton in Armor, published
two years since. The thick creamy paper, it
may be noted, is made at Cumberland Mills;
anu 10 oiiooth ICCCiFSo io"uhy
every line of the engraver's work. The Illus
trations, of course, vary in merit; some of the
figures and other designs, purely the result OF
the artists Interpretation in fancy of the poets
words, are graceful, effective and finely exc
cuted. Here and there, naturally enough, is
to be found one that is inadequate-but as
whole the illustrations may fairly be ranked at
a very high degree of merit. A notable trait
in the general good design of the work is, that
important and suitable points for illustration
have everywhere been chosen and the read
er's ideal is not broken against prosaic render
ing of intangible things-as has frequently
been the case in recent holiday editions of vari-
GUS poetical works. The landscape views are
copied from nature, and will be recognized
with pleasure by readers familiar with the
scenes.
OF one, at least, of these, a word may be
said here GrandprG-as remembrance sees II
looking back, over two seasons that soften the
picture with the summer haze that lies over
the Maritime Provinces-Grandpre, to wmch
the road leads winding down slow slopes,
great old willows by the waysds. Wherever
a line of these willows is found, they say,
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-09
Boston journal.
A Candidate with a Treacherous

Mr. Joseph l.. Smith, the Greenback candi-
date for Governor in Maine, if he had been
prudent would have waited until he had seen
the Journal correspondence before making SO
emphatic a denial as he did to the representa-
tives of the Herald and the Globe, who appear
to be hunting the Pine Tree State in pairs in
the interest of the Greenback-Democraticc COM
bination. 1t is possible that these gentlemen
have, in their zeal in behalf of the compro-
missed Greenback standard-bearer, made his
denial rather more emphatic than Mr.. Smith
could have wished when all the facts shall
be freshly brought to his mind. Before MAX
ing denial such as is attributed to him he
should have taken an hour in which to careful
ly review every move which he has made to
reach the Chief Magistracy of Maine. By neg
lecting to do this Mr.. Smith has placed him
self in the most awkward position that can be
conceived for man who is candidate for the
highest office which the people of State can
confer.
The truth is that Mr.. Smith takes the stand
as witness against himself. 1t is not ques-
tion of veracity between him and another man
as to words spoken. Mr.. Smith has simply un-
dertaken to deny his own handwriting He
says that he has never written a letter in any
way compromising his party. A letter in a
handwriting known to be his, and to which
are appended the initials ~. L. 81 confronts
him.
Will the people of Maine accept the verbal
denial of Mr.. Smith of his own handwriting?
In view of this denial it is altogether probable
that every voter will have placed within his
reach facsimile of that letter which will en-
able every man to judge for himself.
Mr.. Smiths talk of forgery is puerile. Forge
ry is a crime, and forgery of this sort can be
traced by grand jury and the guilty parties
brought to Justice 1t is not a forgery. Mr..
joseph l.. Smith wrote that letter as a bid for
Republican support. He is not the first politi-
cal intriguer who has been exposed by letter,
but he is the first in our recollection who has
been so foolish as to deny the treachery with
which his letter brands him. If the Greenback
managers allow Mr.. Smith to be their candi-
date after these revelations, they share his dis
grace, for disgrace it is