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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-18
CURTIN AND MEREDITH.
An AneCdO;e OF the War Governor and IiIs
Legal Adviser.

Philadelphia Evening Call.
w. L. Hensel, of the Lancaster INTEL.
LIGESCER, relates the following interesting
remniscence of the war when the late
Hon. William VI. Meredith was attorney
general OF the state of Pennsylvania under
the administration of Governor Curtin :
Mr.. Meredith was very much disiu-
cllned to inquire into aud decide upon
the application for pardon which
under the old regulations made such
demands upon tho timo aud attention
of the governor. Governor CurUin's legal
adviser was greatly ayerse to this business,
and he had To be exempted from IL. Upon
one occasion-it will be easily remem bered
in the western part OF the state-a soldier
who had gone TO the war came back to
find that a preacher had led his wife
astray. He announced that he would Kill
the viOlatOr of his family, and when the
offending preacher crossed his path the
threat was executed. The offender was
tried, convicted of premeditated murder
and sentenced to be hanged. All other
relief failing, pardon was applied for TO
the governor.
1t happened that on tho evening set for
the hearing of the case Governor Curtin
received word of battle and, after his
custom, he desired to 90 to the front and
look after PenDsylvania's wounded. The
pardon case, and consideration for the
counsel coming on to argue it. claimed his
presence at Harrisburg. Hesitating be-
tween his conflicting duties, no reluctantly
asked his attorney general to depart from
his rule and hear the case. Mr.. Meredith,
under the circumstances, consented, but
as the governor was about to leave him,
said with much gravity "But my dear
governor, before you go, when am asked
TO act as proxy for mau, | would prefer
to know what my principal would do ia
the matter" "Oh," reioined Curtin,
"you would, would you Well, then, ri
tell you, l would pardon him."
II is related by one of the counsel in the
case that the prisoners attorneys know.
ing Meredith's bent of mind, were much
disappointed to lind that he was to hear
their plea, and regarded with great appre
hensiOn the apparent GOODNESS with which
he listened to their argument. At one
stage no interrupted IL with tho significant
query: docs it appear that tho defendant
had prev iously proclaimed his purpose to
kill the mani" 1t could not be denied, as
it SO appeared from the evidence of record,
and when they assented to il the counsel
for the prisoner felt that the legal mind of
Meredith would find in this circumstance
pregnant proof of premedtation. What
was their relief whom the man spoke forth
instead OF the lawyer and judge, and Mr..
Meredith said: "1AGR IthiRk the preacher
should haze kept out Of his Wdy"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-18
PERSONAL.

GENERiL CULLIs offered Sitting Boil SO
FOR bis chiefs pipe, bu, the speculative
savage ran tho market up to $50.
EHGIEEER MELVILLE has volunteered
10 20 on a relief expedition in search of
Lieutenant Greely'S party wAich has been
lost in the Arctic regions.
CULOSELJ. AUcusFs PACE prominent
aud wealthy lawyer OF Milford died yes.
terday, aged forty nine years, from tumor
of the liver.
EDWARD SOLOMON has written i comic
opera called PcahoHtas, which is to be
brought out in London next month with
Lillian Russell in the titlC role.
CHARLES r. KING, of lIardfCri, a man
Of seventy, has IN his life mastered twenty
two distinct trades aud lrls made himself
u first class workman at each Ot thom.
BIsMAECK's weight, taken at Kissingen,
during recent years, varied thus 1874,
2O7 ID. (Germau) 1876, 2l0 10. 1877,
230 lb. 1873, 243 ID. 1879, li7 10. ; 1880,
237 h. 1882, 232 ID. 1888, 2y2 10.
RALrH WALDO EMERsoN, says Of Ed
ward Everett: "Hc had nothing in com
mon with vulgarity and indrmity, but,
speaking, walking, sitting was as much
alOof and uncommon a. star"
~
York reporter yesterday that no believed
electrical propulsion by water to be an idle
dream. 1t is impraGticable, though not
impossible" he said; land tue Tarrow
launch can never be put to every day use. "
QUEEN VICTORIA is spending money
layishly to keep green the memory Of
John Brown, but Prince Albert's statutes
are rather neglected. One at Perth is
bruised and battered by stones which have
been llung at it, aud tho nose has beer
broken of.
SIR CHARLES WOLsELEY and Lady VOL
s9ly, nee Murphy, arrived in New York
from England yesterday. They will make
tour through the states, their objective
point being San Francisco. Sir Charles
NJ. WoIseey was married on July 10, in the
pro cathedral at Kensigton to Miss Anita
Theresa Murphy, daughter of Mr.. d. T,
Murphy, the millionaire Of San Francisco.
The ceremony was performed by Cardinal
Manning. Among those present was Mr.
Lowell the American minister The pope
sent his blessings to the welded pair.
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TERRIBLE OUTRAGE.
F,ttcen Tuflans IN W. va Assault uim
pscadiuily-Sons News of the
Day Condensed

Day Condensed.
Intelligence reached Wheeling W. Va
on Monday, Of a terribln outrage pcrpetra.
ted upon Master Samuel PAUL, a fourteen
year old son of the late Judge PAUL, Of
the West Virginia supreme court, at MingO
junction, eighteen miles north Of that city
on the Cleveland y pttsburg road, on
Saturday night or Sunday morning.
Between II aud l2 O'clock Saturday
night young PAUL and a negro servant
started to walk from Stvublnyillo 10 Brill
liant, O., TO take the ferry boat homo to
Wclsburg. They hal como as far rs
MinCo, where they wCgo set upon by party
Of fifteen ruthaus, who at once bCgau
assaultiug both the boy and his attendant.
The boy was struck several times in the
face bY one or two of the ruillns They
then turned their attention 10 the negro,
and one OF them, producing revolver,
| snapped It three times in tho face of the
| trembling and almost parnlylsd man, who
begged for mercy. the boy took
! advantage Of the diversion aud ran
toward the iuntiOG iron works where
| he took refuge. There. however, he
! found he was not safe, for his pursuers
soou followed him, aud the watchman ON
| duty being no match for the mob, they
| took possession Of the works aud placed
| their prisoner in close confinement, The
agony OF the boy was something terrible,
his captOrS keeping him tightly bound aud
! threatening him continuously with the
| bluooy Vengeance they intended to take
when morning dawucd. In the meantime
| the negro servant ma je his escape, fol-
| lowing the river bank until ho came 10 .
| point opposite WcIlSburG, whore he swan
across aud gave the alarm. lie arrived at
! WellSburg IN au eXhau>tci condition, the
/ mob haSIug knocked him down, kicked
/ nd beat him numerically about the head
| a9d body. As soon rs the negro Arrived y
party was organized headed by young
, Paulrs brother, and started for Mugo
! mill, where thr captive Was found more
| dead than alive. the mob having left him
| AT daylight, making their escape. Young
| PnuN's hair had turned quite gray during
| the night, aud his friends fear his mind is
affected. He was seriously injured from
| the blows received. The cause of the
| outrageous trca, ment he received is uu-
! known.
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Detectives aud Experts.

For couple of weeks the good people
of Stratford, Connecticut, and vicinity,
aud many others in all parts of the
country whose fancy runs towards in.
terest in the romance and mystery of
crime, have been excited over the mur-
der Of a woman named Rose Amber.
The motives which led to the killing are
as yet not fully disclosed and the theories
OF the crime vary with the suspicion as
TO the identity Of her murderer. AS
usual, the detectives are ferrile in
their resources and already three or
four different persons have been
suspected of the crime, but the
officers who were on their track
have come out the same hole that they
went In. A negro who was the first
object of suspicion because of his fidelity
TO the dead woman, for having once
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TOIiEtGS MATrERS.
. he War In IOuVuin-Ihe rTCuCh Await
Irs Reinforcement.

Irs reinforcement.
Tho French government has Withdrawn
it's "rders 10 Construct river gunbUats for
service in TouquIu, which had recently
been given TO English firms, ou account OF
inability to agree upon the terms Of the
contract. NJ. Waddington had au inter
view with NJ. Ferry to day, lasting au hour
anh half, during which he recounted the
conversation which he had with the Mar
quis Tseng at Walmer Castle.
The NattORdl states that tho Marquis
Tscng is treating direct with Prime Min
ister Ferry aud that VI. Washington,
French am mbassadOr to London, is assisting
in the negotiations.
General Bouet has arrived at Hong Kong
from Ha MOI. WarlIke operations in Ton
qutn have been suspended until the arrival
vi Teinforcements from France.
Irish National League Meetings,
There was mass meeting of the Iris !
national league at Carrick Shannon.
ireland, on Sunday. at which over 80 900
persons were present Mr.. Thomas Power
O'ConnOr, member of Parliament for Gal
way delivered stirring speech in favor OF
home rule for Ireland. The meeting
adopted resolutions declaring that the
Irish national league will never cease its
| offerts until native Irish Parliament is
established. A large meeting of the league
was also held at Mallow, at which Wm
OBrien, NJ. F., editor OF the United Ire.
| ldnd, made an address. lie urged his
hearers to perseyers in their determination
To win the independence of Ireland from
England's doniniuD,b by peaceful means, il
| possible, but TO win at all hazards.
The French Cabinet.
1t is announced that Prince Minister
| Ferry will take charge of the department
Of foreign affairs during the absence of NJ.
| Challemel LacOur.
A dispatch to the Exchange telegraph
company at London from Paris says the
rumors of dissensiou in the French cibi
net have been renewed and it is thought
they will result in the retirement of NJ.
Challemel Lacour.
a Proposed Turko herman Alliance.
A dispatch TO a London local news
| agency from Vienna states that tho Porte
has instructed Said Pacha, the Turkish
| ambassador at Berlin, 10 sound tho Cor
men government respecting Turko Ger
man lance, Turkey, in the event of war
between Germany aud French, undertaking
to mako diversions upon tho Freuch in
Tunis and Algeria.
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NAliROw ESCAPE.

How AN lmish Family was Nearly KIlied.
There was an Amish meeting ia the vi
cinity of Bird in Hand yesterday, and
about 2:40 p. m several of the teams re.
turning from il were crossing the railroad
southwark on the public road just this side
of the Bird in Hand station, just as tho
Johnstown express approached. The
people who were driving and those who
were at tho station waiting
for the train say the engineer
neglected to whistle as his duty required.
At any rate, the train nearly struck the
wagon Of Christian Lapp. who was accom-
panied by three women. His horse
frightened, turned quickly, broke the
wagon, got away and ran down
the road to another crossing, which
he went over about 90 feet ahead of the
train. Neither man, woman nor beast
was hurt the wagon was wrecked and
when tho train stopped there was good
deal of indignation vented upon the engi-
neor and conductor by the bystanders, but
the passengers congratulated themselves
that they had escaped the chances of two
serious accidents almost within tho dis
taucO of fuTlong.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-18
CUSDEN>ED SOIEs,
a M,.eoll.neou. ss.ort,nsn, OF Late Eve

a MisoeIlnDeous Assortment OF Late Events.
Early Monday morning Jos. Koons' Jew.
clry mandatory, on North Third street
Philadelphia, was entered by burglars, the
safe broken open and ieWelry of the esti-
mated value Of s. 600 stolen. The burglars
also gained entrance 10 the jGwery store
of W. F. Kercher, and bored two holes in
the safe, bat were probably frightened off
by the approaching daylight.
The Pennsylvania bicycle club in Phila
delphid adopted resolution last evening
requesting the committee appointed at the
meeting OF the state division of the League
Of American wheelmen, 20 reconsider the
division restricting the parade on the 20Lh
INST. to the members of the league only.
y meeting Of the unattached riders will 6e
| called.
| The executive committee of the German
American bicentennial association, in
| Philadelphia, last evening adopted a pro
gTamme for the vocal and instrumental
concert, to be held on October 6 En-
couraging reports were received from
trades and societies intending to partici-
pate IN the parade on October Sth.
| Herman katt, liquor dealer of Brook.
lyn, has begun suit against the Rev. DIR.
John ID. Wells, a Presbyterian minister,
Tor alleged libel, claiming g. 900 damages,
hatt asserts that Wells published a circu
lar rejecting upon his character
Judge DonOhue, in New York, yester.
day annulled the marriage of William Turk
to Amelia NJ. Salmon, Turk having alleged
that he was compelled tomarry the girl by
threats from her father and brother that
they would shoot him if he refused.
| The first through frOight train from
Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon,
over the Northern Pacific railroad, started
yesterday afternoon via the Eastern.
Albany and Northwestern railroads, Ii
consisted OF ten cars of canned corn.
Advices from Honolulu state that the
Hawaiian minister of foreign affairs
without notifying the foreign represen
tatlyes, sent formal protest by the last
mail to London, Paris and Washington
against annexation by alien or colonial
powers In tho Pacific ocean"
From August 3, 1882, to June 80, 1883.
there arrived at Boston 50, O50 immigrants
OF whom g. $50 were assisted, aud of the
latter ], 323 remained in Massachusetts,.
/ Cadet Il. B. Bird, OF Wisconsin,, charged
with hazing, has been dismissed from the
naval academy.
Political Points
Democratic primaries we're held yester-
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-18
FEATURES OF THE State PRESS,

FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS,
The Norrstowu Times rings the changes
on tho necessity Of having able teachers in
the primary schools.
The Otl City Durjck has douucd new
suit uI tyo that adds much to itS appear
anco rs newspaper.
There is altoGcthcr too much absentee.
ism from oilica at Washington, both in
high aud low Positions says the West
Chester R'PHbhtaa.
In tho change from Camoronism to
Cooperism the Altoona Times thinks tho
last state oi tho pennsylvania Republicans
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-18
YELLOW rENrKIN mENIvu.
The CIty OF Guaymss fHniC SITiCken sud the
sick Beiug buried AINe,

The Iity Of GuaymAs faniC StfiCken hud inc
sick being Buried AiiNe'
II is nov clearly established that the dis
ease raging at Guaymas Mexico, is yellow
fever. All who can are fleeing from the city.
The medical corps is being reIutOlced as
rapidly rs possible. Twelve members Of !
LACEY arrived opera troupe have died.
Eighteen deaths were reported Monday
aud there were many others which were
not reported. The streets are almost de
serted. the only sounds heard being the
rumbHng Of the dead cart. The board Of
health has issued orders that the dead
shall Oc immediately removed and buried.
\ party OF twelve Americans, who had
fled from Guaymas, arrived at san Fran.
cl.cp Monday night. They said the people
were leaving the city by hundreds. There
was hardly a house but contained some
yc,ims of yellow fever. The authorities
had given over the work of burying the
dead to hired Indians, who went from
house to house, carrying the bodies Of
those they supposed 70 be dead or dying
The bodies were buried 80 rapidly that
mistakes were made and many were put
UudcT ground while still living This was
mainly due to the disease, which at =
favorable turning point leaves tho patient
ia COmatoSe state, mistaken by the
Indian uudeTtakcrs for death. Tho whole
city was panic stricken. The merchants
lad closed their stores aud nailed up the
DOORS and all the restaurants were closed
There was no assistance Obtaiuablc. Re
ports from lIeTmOslllu state that the fever
Is raging there. At MaZatiau lis rayages
are even more irigLtfuI than at Guaymas.
All who eau are leaving for the mountains,
carr ing OIL what bedding they can pack
aud 4 little food
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ter. Macs
Junius Bu,us Booth died at ITO
| o'clock Monday night at Manchester
| Mass. His disease had been inflammation
of tne bladder, which for two years has
affected him SO that he has been unable to
make any engagements. His last appear
| auce was in BARLEY Cam bell play of the
Galley slave" Since his enforced Te
tlremcnt from the stage be has lived quiet
ly at Manchester at the Mlscouoma house
famous resort, OF which he was the
principal owner. For about ten days he
has been failing rapidly, and since the
llth he has been in a cOwatJso condition,
| unconscious, aud partaking of nothing,
except on Friday last, when spoonful Of
stimuaut was given him. His vitality
has been wonderful. and lt has been eX-
pccted from day to day that he would
breathe his last at any hour On Friday
his brother Joseph, = stock broker at
Jersey City, visited him for few hours,
aud on Saturday his brother Edwin came
TO see him. lie was Of course unaware OF
their presence, and they left him, feeling
sure that they wouid never more see him
alive. His wife, Mrs AguCs Booth, can
celIed her professional engagements and
came % Manchester 70 be wlrh him ~ tho
end. Iii, theatrical manager, John b,
SchOcttcl, has been uu haud for several
days, as have his two sons, aged fifteen
and eight.
MIR. Booth was born in Charleston, y. G.
in 1921. and made his stage debut in Pitts
burg when only thirteen years of age as
| Iresss! in Richard tue III, lie appeared
in New York in 1851 at the old Bowery
| The same year he married Miss De Bar,
an actress from Dublin. From her he soon
separated and married Miss Harrietta Mace
also an actress well known to former lre-
quenters Of the O.d National theatre in
Boston. With her he had one daughter
Myram. The same year he went 10 Cali
iornIa, where lie made his greatest stage
success, aud where he Tpuaidcd till 1861,
his wife dying there 10 1859. In 1867 be
became manager of the Boston theatre,
which position he held until 1873, when he
retired, aud has since played only OCCa-
sioual engagements. His summers have
been passed in the management of his hotel.
During bis management Of tho Boston
theatre, he frequently app,a-,l IN lead
ing roles of the old heroic school La 1867
he married Agnes Perry, then leading lady
| OF the Boston theatre, widow of au actor
named Harry L. Perry, and by her had
four sons, two of whom survive him. The
other two are buried at Manchester and
MIR. Booths often expressed wish has been
| that his remains might rest beside them
lie was man Of powerful physique,
| commanding presence and strong, intense
countcnauce, much resembling his father.
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NEWS SENSATIONS.
An uSLuuNy rnys,u,AS raua.nuu.
Tarriuic IlaNages ~ Ieiiow rover ~ M'N'oo'
--Tuo Irorch CabiuCt--N rrnr"'od
TurHu.UcvmHn NIuanCn.

rho IrcrCh CAbiuct--N ITup"'od
TurRu.U,vman NinanC".
The wife of W. +. Matthias died in
Williamsburg, New York, yesterday aud
the attending physician was instantly set
upnu by tho husband aud thrashcd. n
m,u Who was attracted 10y the noise rushed
in. II, SAYS IL found DR.. BcardScy IN
the floor and MIR. Matthias at him. Mira
Matthias lay back, dead, IN her chair.
had seen her alive u fcw minutes before
and she had been about tho house duing
| the day Mr.. Matthias was nearly insane.
| finally succeeded iu pulling him oil aud
DIR. BCardslcy mado his escape
DIR. Beardslcy asked COroucr Keller for
an autopsy on the body of Mrs Matthias
IIc depGsed that he had beou charged with
her murder by Mr.. Matthias aud had been
uutragcOusly assaulted. lie says that when
no was summoned he found Mrs. Matthias
! bOlstered up in chair, apparently suffer
| iug from hCpiRI. "Sho was breathing
| rapidly and with apparent difficulty, aud
| her pulse WAS l3j pCr minute. Instant
| stimulation Of some sort was necessary
and gave the safest aud most effective
| remedy in such cases, aromatic spirits OF
ammonia. gave her first a haltspoontul
aud soon a'tcrward, as abe didn' t get relief,
| gave her thirty drops more. She had
swallowed part of IT when she Tell hack
dead in my arms. recognized At once
| that there had been heart troublc and that
| the medicine which had given had not
effected the result. Did | call you here
to murder my wife, Mr., Matthias sand,
| and he spraug upon mo and assaulted me
dcrCrly in the face and upon the head. Ii
was wholly unexpected and | made no de e.
fcnsc. Then ho throw me to the floor,
kicked me and fairly skinned my back, llo
is a stout German and | am confident he
| would have killed me II he had hai u
weapon handy or II the man had not come
nm ND lminrInrIl "
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MAItIIS Luther.
aoIi0a oi tho fresby tsrian hsinistsriai AssO
ciaItOn Relative to the Anniversary.

ACIi0a ot the Presbyterian Iva inistsrial AssO
ciaItOn Relative to the Anniversary.
The Presbyterian ministerial association
met yesterday in the Assembly room OF the
board of publication, No. 1884 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia. Rev. DIR. s. W.
Dana occupied the chair Rev. j. Henry
Sharpe, secretary.
After the opening devotional exercises
the following resolution offered by Rev.
w. T. Breed, ID. d., was adopted by the
association.
"WHEREAs, The approaching four hun.
Gredth anniversary of the birth of Luther,
on Saturday, the 10th of November next,
is calling the attention of tho civilized
world to the great reformation
'ReSolUed, That in the Judgment Of this
association it would be of service TO the
cause of truth aud righteousness if the
ministers of our church would take the
occasion of this anniversary to preach from
the pulpit in appropriate discourses the
chief features OF that great life giving
movement, aud chief characteristics OF
Martin Luther, its great leader aud organ
izer."
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Accident "a, Tns Tnir.

Yesterday afternoon a trial was being
made OF some heavy road engines at the
fair counds to which u number Of heavy
wagons were hitched aud they were filled
with boys. la the lot was Milton Guinter
aged IL years residing at 403 West King
street. While the wagon on which no was
riding was in motion he fell of and ono
of the front wheels passed over him. Ho
was picked upand taken 10 his home where
Dr. J. 4. Davis, attended him. 1t was
found that no bones were broken but he
is very badly bruised and is confined to bed
to-day.
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Major McGrath, Of the U, =. sscret ser
vice, reports that unknOwn persons have
recently passed worthless bills upon trades.
men in Boston. "These bills arc headed
Irish Republic and purport to be signed
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hy John OMahouey, agcut for the Irish
republic. and Is. Drawhllian, +. 4. +. II
(probably standing for Financial Secretary
Fonian brotherhood } They arc dated
March l7th, 1866 aud promise six months
after the ackuowlodg dgmnut uf the Irish
republic to pay tho hcarer five dollars.
Tho bills would readily be takcn for 80
lnitcd NlAleA tICnsnTY nOlcHN
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OVER 80, 900 persons were present at
the mass meeting of the Irish National
League a. CarIick. on shannon, on sun
day. The vastness OF the gathering proves
the deep interest that the common people
are taking in the cause OF Irish iudepeud
ence, and their peaceful agitation OF the
subject AT monster mass meetings is much
to be commended. The mistakes of the
past have warned those of the present that
only in this manner can Irish autonomy
be secured.