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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-03-29

The saddest of romantic plays is Shakes
pears's Romeo and Juliet. Yet there has
never been play that has appealed more
strongly or more imperstively to human sym
pathy. Miss Margaret Msther has chosen to
create an ideal Juliet that demands the full
est share Of all the best sentiments of admir-
alton, sympathy and love. The girlish Juliet
Of Shakespeare with little distinction save
that she lived under the shadowy infiuen ce
ofa mighty hate for rival house has called
for creation Of mingled constancy and way
wardness. What critics have said anything
Of Miss Mather's acting have been decided
In their conclusions. 1t is sign of even ex-
traordinary belief or uncultivated genius, or
both. Miss Mather has been called the
greatest Juliet in the world. Says the Chica
60 Inter Ocean: 1--WE believe that Miss
Mather can make more of Juliet than any
actress we have seen for years. She il
capable of far surprising the late Miss Neil
son, not only for winsome manners. ricl
voice and gentleness of grace so eminent!
the qualities of the charming Nelson but sh,
has what the charming Nelson had not-fir'
and passion, intensity and energy" Their
viii be an overlooking house in this city to
hight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
A BIG SCHEME.
A New York Lawyer Attempts to Make His
Fortune at One SwoOp.

NEW YORK, April 20.-Abram suydam was ar
rested last evening, on a charge of swindling
John NJ. Flagg out of $4,000 by means of
fraudulent real estate TRANSACTION. The police
profess to know nothing of the details of the
alleged swindle, but say that If its character
had not been prematurely discovered Suyd am
would have succeeded in obtaining $500, 900.
They also say he has before figured in similar
frauds, and was taken from this city to Chi
eago three years ago to answer to charge of
perjury,
1t seems the intended swnde was of gigan-
tic proportions. and might have been successful
but for an inquisitiVe Scotchman. In the win
ter Of 1882, Ellis Hansen, of Nova Scotia, came
to this city. Here he met James Madison Flagg,
of Chicago, who represented that he was the
owner of 100000 acres of land, rich in minerals
and timber, IN southwestern Virginia. Flagg
suggested the formation of a syndicate for
the purpose of buying the land, the
price asked being S450,000. A syndicate
was FORMED, with capt. Albert r. cunningham,
OF Glasgow, Scotland, and several English noble
men ana capitalists. Abstracts of title deeds,
duly attested by proper officers and sealed, were
given to Hansen, and in February he went to
Edinburgh, where he consulted solicitors as to
the best method of investigating the value of
the property 1t was determined to examine
the records and Hansen, his solicitor, d. Forbes
Dallas and Marcus Robinson, timber merchants,
came TO this city, arriving on March %. In the
meantime captain CuhnlnSnaiE nau palu Flagg
$4,000 for the syndicate, as the first installment
of purchase money. Search OF the
Virginia Virginia, records Sc,Hs showed that the
than Flagg, and the signatures of the county Of
acals had been forged. Suydam had made the
abstracts for Flagg, for which he received ST. 500
Suydam, when questioned, said the search had
been made by Coney Gibson, of Virginia, but
who, or what, or where he was he could not say.
AS the body of the abstracts was in Suydams
handwriting, it WAS decided to arrest him, and
he accordingly taken into custody. He has
been arrested once in Chicago for perjury, and
once in this city for the same crime flagg dis
claims any criminal intention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
STATESMAN ROCK.
A Scene of Excitement in the Bar Room of
the Leland Hotel.

Springfield Special, 10Th.
At IL O'Clock tonight the bar of the Leland
Hotel was wild scene of excitement. The
notorious Rock was there, about whom so much
of interest and Importance is just how attached
III legislative circles. The bar-room was filed
with members of both houses. COMMITTEES clerks
and spittoon artists. A local sporting man had
gained the attention of Rock. and also free ac-
cess to his ear. At the south entrance cab
stood in waiting. The local sport said to Rock:
EDO you want to go with met" Rock said he
did, and they started for the door. The crowd
of drunken members of both political parties
rushed after them. ''Stand back" said the local
sport, "or will give you game" A bulldog was
on his hip, and, knowing how willing he was TO
Gratis nor Republicans seemed to know
The south door of the hotel was
locked and at once poor Rock was hurried up
stairs, followed by bowling mob. The hotel is
being watched on AL sides, to where and
when he makes his egress. Both parties are ex-
pressing their disgust this evening, and are com
ing TO realize the fact that the affairs of the last
few days, in reference to this Bradwel McNally
election contest, have been most disgraceful.
When the crowd disperses Rock will be taken
away, and IL is believed that he will not be
the d0Or of the House tomorrow, and probably
not for several days to come. The impression
obtains that the parties most benefited by this
contest are those who are interested in the
salOOna
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
Brief Mention.


The associated coal operators at Braidwood,
having announced reduction of five cents
per ton on all coal mined in that district, the
miners declare they will not submit to the cut,
and a strike seems likely 10 follow.
At Bunker Hill, on Wednesday, Mrs. Margaret
Behrens, demented creature, proceeded to her
late home, now occupied by the family of p T.
Soper. and savagely assaulted Mrs. S. She was
taken Immediately to the county poor-farm.
The funeral of the late Judge E. Y. Rice took
place from the Presbyterian Church at Hills
boro, on Wednesday afternoon. The eulogy
was pronounced by Hon. John NJ. Palmer, OF
Springfield, with whom Judge Rice studied law.
sneak-thief Obtained entrance into the ticket
office at the Jacksonville & Southwestern depot
at Litchfield on Wednesday, and rified the money
envelope containing a remittance for headquar-
tiers.
Lewis Severt, a well-to-do farmer. living in the
town OF Manchester, committed suicide early
Wednesday morning by cutting his throat from
ear TO ear. He had been IN an asylum, and was
released as cured year ago last December. His
father and brother also suicided by the same
means.
j. e. Schraeder, whose laundry was destroy ed
by fire at Peoria, on Monday night, has been ar
rested for firing the building The police are
endeavoring to find a supposed female accom-
plice, who, on the evening of the fire, had re-
moved her clothing from the house, and has
since left the town.
Adam BebInger, farmer living near Paxton,
attempted suicide on Wednesday, by cutting his
throat. He made arrangements to hang himself
in the barn, but his plans were frustrated, after
which he went out to sow oats, and laid down
under wagon, where he took large-bladed
pocket-knife and cut two gashes in his throat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
Minor Notes.

Burglars are operating extensively in Orange
county.
The Republicans of Jefferson vile are making
arrangements to start a daily paper.
An Elkhart county man claims TO have made
2,400 pounds of maple sugar this season.
improvements to the amount of 100000 are
being made at Rushvie in residence property.
Colonel J. B. Scott, the veteran Republican
journalist of Delphi, has been nominated for
mayor.
A Mrs. Scott living in the north part of Car
roll county. died Wednesday at the advanced age
of ninety-three.
or three worthless checks upon the merchants
of Vncennes He has disappeared.
newlyborn infant was found in well on
william Adamss farm, near Rockville, yester
day. good deal OF mystery surrounds the
affair
Rev. f. Hall, pastor of the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church, of Washington, died suddenly
on Wednesday night of paralysis of the heart.
He was sixty-eight years old.
John Montgomery, Waterman at the Ohio
Falls CarworKs, Jetfersonville, met a mad dog
at the door Of the works on Thursday, and killed
HIM just as he was about to bite workman.
New Albany Ledger, 10Th: "The Louisville
Plate Gass-worlks to be abandoned It is
not certain that anything more than the ma.
chlnery of these works will be removed to this
city by Mr.. DePauw."
On Wednesday, near switz City, on the Bed
ford q Bloomfield railroad, lad about fourteen
years of age, named James Cole, was run over
by a train east and one of his legs crushed to
such an extent that amputation was necessary.
william Anderson was arrested in Jay county,
on Wednesday on the charge of bastarday. He
is charged with the seduction of Mary Gill; of
Warren, and afterward married her sister.
similar charge was brought against him some
time since.
The Hamilton County Medical Association has
expelled DR.. w. H. Cyrus The charge made
against him was knowingly, perslstently and in
uentonally violating the code of medical ethics
established by the American Medical Assocla-
ton, in consulting with Mrs. DR.. J. +. Hobson, of
the Eclectic School of Medicine.
Adam Hanna, late trustee OF Greencastle town.
Ship reported to have taken receipts for
moneys paid by him trustee, and then altered
raised Them to larger sums, so that in his set
Element with the county commissioners he was
credited with more than he had paid. Some
thirty or forty receipts of this kind have already
been discovered, and it is thought that others
will yet see the light.
The members of the Tippecanoe county bar,
irrespective of party, have united to urge tine
appointment of Judge David P. Vnton to the
vacancy In the United States District Court of
Indiana, caused by the resignation of Judge ".
@. Gresham Judge Yinton has been in continu-
GUS service as judge tor twenty-five years-six
times elected and twice appointed. He is a
in whom everybody has unbounded confidence.
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The Queens Loneliness.

There is something very touching and
motherlike in the frankness with which the
Queen, through the court circular, asks her
people to sympathize in the grief she feels
for the loss of devoted attendant. We
wonder how many Of her subjects ever reflect
on the pathetic element in the Queens pres
ent position. There is no one living who
could address her by her Christian name; or,
indeed, on any terms of equality, while ali
her children but one are married. scattered,
immersed in business and households
of their own. 1t is a lonely peak to sit on, at
the top of the world, and as age draws on the
sovereign, who already has reigned so long
that men passing middle age have consciously
known no other, must feel this more and
more painfully, with a sadness which the
movement of the world does not diminish.
We are no devotees of monarchy, grayely
holding self-government to be more educatiye
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
An Intoxicated Utica Man Murders
His Wife and Child.
Suicide of an Evansville Man-Youthful Mail
Robbers-Strike at DanviIle, Ill.
Other News.
INDIANA.
A Drunken Man Murders His Wife and Child
at Utica.

A Drunken Man Murders His Wife and Child
at Utica.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, April 20.-About L o'clock yester-
day afternoon, jeremiah Lewis, fireman at
Speeds ime-kiln at Utica, and who is Of iDtem-
perate habits, went to his home while lntoxi-
Gated and demanded the reason why his dinner
was not ready His wife replied that dinner
was waiting for him. He called her a liar, and
struck at her with a piece of wood. Missing his
aim, the blow fell upon his one-yearold baby,
killing tinstautly, in the presence of its Mortified
mother Then, in his drunken frenzy. and proba-
bly, maddened at the bloody work of his hands,
he rushed outside of the house, returning mo-
ment afterward armed with an az, with which
he dealt his wife fearful blow just back of and
above the right ear, infictiDg a mortal wound.
Surprising her Dead he walked out of doors, and
soon thereafter was arrested by local officers,
who, at last advices. were beset by the excited
populace demanding his release that they might
hang him. One account said he had started to
Jeffersonville in custody of fifteen armed Of
ficials, there being no Jail at Utica, which vii
lage is about midway between Madison and
Louisville. There is no Geographic communica-
ton.
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JEWS AND IRISH.
Difference in Avenging the Outrages They
Both Suffer.

Judge Noah Davis, of New York
''Your president in introducing me, al
luded to my speech from this platform last
wear on the prosecutions of the Jews in
Russia l have often thought of the terri
BILE prosecutions l spoke of then, but they
have never occurred to me more strongly
than in the last few days. and l will tell you
why. Less than year ago your co-rellgion-
lists and countrymen in Russia had inflicted
upon them one of the most cruel and I'M
provoked prosecutions of modern times. 1t
is needless to describe it, its terrible crimes
and barbarities, its cold-blooded murders are
still fresh in your minds, Yet there is not in
the whole world, so far as l know any soci-
ETY. of Jews organized to revenge those
crimes. Not a single Russian official has
been since killed by a Jew, nor even had his
life threatened by one. All your sufferings
have been borne maufully, heroically and
silently, and You have tried only legal
means for lettering your Russian country
men.
Contrast this conduct with that of that
society of fiends who now disgrace our
shores, and speak of them to you because
it is your duty as American citizens to frown
down Eand denounce all their detestable
crimes tell you the time has come when
we must speak out on this subject. If not
legally, we are morally responsible for
all the dynamite that Is sent to En-
land, for it is all sent by American
money. Suppose man standing one inch
this side of the border line between the
United States and Canada were to fire shot
that would blow up Canadian town. Would
we not be detested by every one if we al
lowed such a wretch to remain amongst us?
Or suppose it were possible for a man to
stand in America and by means of the At
lantic cable cause a dynamite explosion in
London. What would be said of us if we
permitted the man who touched the spring
of that cable to live in New York city? And
though we are not as legally we are every
way as morally responsible for harboring the
vampires and assassins that now disgrace
New York as we would be five retained that
man, and l tell you, we and all respectable
citizens should make it so warm; by our I'M
ceasing denunciation, for these Irish vam-
pires that they can no longer hide their
cowardly carcasses behind the American
constitution"
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Notes and Personalities.

WASHINGTON, April 20.-The Secretary of the
Treasury has rejected the offer of a com promise
in the case of Cuendet, the st. Louis jeweler
He had directed that the money already received
from Cuendet be restored, pending hearing of
the suit against him.
About half of the 700 recruits mentioned yes
terday as being now en- route for regiments in
the Indian country are destined for the depart
ment of the Columbia
The restoration to the public domain of part of
the reservation occupied by Chief Mosess band,
In Washington Territory, has created much dis
satisfaction among the band, ana their threat
ening murmurs have reached Washington.
Secretary Chandler telegraphs to the Navy
Department that he will be IN Washington on
Wednesday next.
The National Academy of Science closed its
session this afternoon adiourning until Nov. 13
next, when a session will be held for purely sci
entihc purposes at Yale College.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
LADY MACBETH AND JEzEBEL.
"A Clergyman Who Thinks Shakespeare Boz
rowed His Characters from the Bible.

Clergyman Who Thinks Shakespeare Bor-
rowed His Characters from the Bible.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
II think Mr.. Robert Ingersoll is decidedly
wrong in his statement that ministers are not
conversant with Shakspeares works" said
the venerable Rev. Richard Lee, D. D. yes
terday afternoon. 81 do not know that they
are generally, but think the majority of them
are. l know that, without Boosting, could
reproduce from memory at least one of his
works if all the copies were destroyed"
ITO what one do you referH
read that so often. both in Shakespeare's
works and in the Bible, that it would be no
trouble at all TO me to rewrite it"
What do you mean when you say in the
BibleP {"
Exactly what said. You will find the
OF Kings: Jezebel In the Bible is Lady Mac
beth in the play. She it was that stirred up
her husband to do all the deviltry he did.
Then take Hazael, servant to the King.
Under the influence of his wife, Jezebel, he
plots to kill his master and become King of
Syria in his stead. This plot is successful
and Hazael in crowned king. This character
exactly fits that of Macbeth The minor
characters can also be found in the Bible. OF
course, Shakespeare has altered the words,
but the plot and characters are to be found
there. DIR. Halsey, in his lectures on Shak-
speare at Princeton College, stated that
Shakspeare's regular practice was to study
the Bible seven hours day. There were not
so many bibles in his time as there are now,
but although very costly, he had one, and
made daily practice OF studying it. Where
DIR. Halsey got his information l do not
know, but presume he is correct"
Though Shakespeare was undoubtedly
great man, think he is considerably over
rated, so far as his originality is concerned.
l think he was not endowed with the genius
of originality, but rather with the genius of
arranging the writings of those gone before,
and rewriting them in an attractive STYLE"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
A. HISTORICAL WEAPON.
The Pistol that Preserved the Life of Mar
tin Luther one Occasion.
Louisville Commercial.

LOUISVILLE NOmInercial.
Mrs. Rosie Rettig has in her possession a
very peculiar and old-shaped pistol, which
was owned by feudal lord during the
Middle Ages and which was the instrument
employed to save Martin Lutber's life after
his release from Imprisonment at Worms
The pistol was originally the property of
Francis of Lirkingen, a brave knight who
fourished in Rhenish, Bavaria The weapon
has been in the Rettig family for upward
of three hundred years, and many remins-
cences in connection with the re-
markable weapon have been trans
mitted TO the present generation. One
story is that rich nobleman, who counted
his retainers by the hundreds was the father
of beautiful daughter. While the Baron
was absent from the castle one day, band
of condottiori, who were struggling through
the country, besieged the place and led the
young woman away in captivity. To regain
his lost daughter the rich nobleman offered
her hand in marriage and the finest piece of
firearms that could then be made. A num-
Der of vaorous young knights essayed the
task, and, after two years diligent searching,
Sir Francis of Lirkingen found the maiden
and returned her to her parents. Soon after
they were joined in wedlock and the pistol
which Mrs. Rettig now possesses is said to be
the weapon presented to knight Francis on
that occasion. 1t is a magnificent piece of
workmanship. The stock is made of hard
wood, tipped with brass and ivory, and sur
mounted in several places with gold. On
each side of the barrel some delicate carving
is displayed. Near the point Of the barrel is
a complete representation of the chase, and
toward the center Of the weapon a chariot
battle is represented. Three personages
famous in Latin mythology-Jupter, Juno
and Minerva-are depicted on the stock
Near the base of the handle is a kind of
octagonal design. in the lower end of which
is carved the pale horse-Death. No one has
been able to discharge the pistol since it
came into the possession of the Rettig
family. The hammer works with a spring
on the outside of the BARREL. and this
connects with another steel spring on the
handle. Thechammer is constructed with an
opening made to hold the flint, A small
tube connects with the powder-pan, and this
is about all that car be said of the pistol ex-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
Men Who Fell at Seven Pines.

RICHMOND, Va, April 20.-The statement is
made that, in preparing land for cultivation,
farmers living near the battlefield of Seven
Pines have recently unearthed large numbers of
skeletons of Confederates who fell IN the bloody
conflict 1t is said that thirty-fiye of tines skele-
tons have beee dug up. In some instances these
skeletons were whole; numbers of them are
A. npOu them Years ago the bodies of Federal
soldiers who fell in the battle of Seven Pines
were disinterred and placed in the National
Cemetery hard by There is little doubt that in
m any instances, where they could not be identi-
fed, the remains of Confederates were included
with those whom they had opposed in bloody
strife on that historic field.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
A Merchants Game Blocked.

ST. LOUIS, April 20.--At the instance of sew
eral wholesale firms here, attachment suits were
filed and levies made on goods shipped to this
city by Isaac Trepp, dry goods merchant at Cen
tralia and Hot Springs. Forty of goods
in the hands of the American K press Com pany
were attached, aud about three tons weight on
the cars. The attaching creditors discovered
that goods were being shipped In large quanti-
ties to auction-houses here and elsewhere, hence
theaq mi
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
General shaclelford and tho Judgeship.


EVANSVILLE, Anrl 20.-General Shackelford,
whose name has been mentioned in connection
with the appointment of Judge of the Federal
Court, in place of Judge Gresham, who recently
accepted the office of Postmaster-general,h has
decided not to be a candidate for the office, and
has announced n preference Mr. Daniel b.
Kumler, a distingnished lawyer of this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
Opposed to Changing the Rivers.

VIcKsBURG, April 2O.-The commissioners of
the Fifth levee district OF Louisiana, in a meet
ing to-day, resolved.
ave regard the plan of closing the mouth of
the Atchafalaya ds one that would result in
great detriment to large portion of district,
and indeed to almost insure annual oyerf1ows
and eventual ruin to that portion of the district
lying along this bayou and stream. We, there
fore, hereby indorse the present plans of the
Mississippi river commission for the treatment
OF the mouths of the Atchafalaya and Red riv-
ers, and respectfully recommend that work he
commenced there as soon practicable"
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cept that its caliber is a forty-two bore. As
it stands, the pistol is beautiful piece of
workmanship. Repeated efforts have recently
been made to purchase the weapon for exhi-
bition in the Berlin museum, and short
time ago the instrument was photographed
by an Eastern artist and sent to Germany.
Mrs, Rettig values it's possession beyond
price. The pistol is indeed a rare specimen
of the firing-a arms used by the noblemen dur
ing the middle ages
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
old Exposition Buildinr Sold.

LOUISVILLE, April 2O.-At the sale OF the eff
feets of the old Louisville Industrial Exposition
Company, held here to-day, the building was
purchased by John Cailaghan, prominent
wholesale liquor dealer of this city, who VIII at
once have IL changed into a hotel for aecummo-
for the new custom house. but the treasury Off
Gals to-day gave consent for the building to re-
main until January, 1884.