Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-18

An Iowa Widow EAlpe VI.
REVELATIONS WHICH HAVE STARTLED sorTHEhs


special TO the New York World from Atlanta.
Ga, september IL, says:-A suit for dIyoiVe which
has been commenced here by Mrs. swan has
brought TO the surface the pprticuars OF en OUT
rageous plot, in which the plantin A the legal
proceedings was the Innocent victim. "A rs Sloan
before her recent marriage Mir. Belts, an at
uactlye and wealthy young Wi low living II iowa.
Sloan. upon making her acquali sance repreA enteo
himself as wldower with gI pwn-up dauAh Ahtef,
whom he presente TO the lady. tIe then prA sed
his suit, profesed The most ardent affection for h9
widow and nnaIy gained her ,sonsent TO msa0
HIM.
The wedding took place two months ago an4
soon after Mr. and Mrs Sloan came 20 this city and
took up their residence here. Slo sn took posses-
sion OF MS wife's estate and soon after settling
down with his wife brought the your ~ lady, whom
he had represented his daughter tito the house.
She Is decidedly pretty girl ba unli BE her alleged
father. Mrs. Soans suspicious TO the relations
existing between the alleged father ind daughter
were first aroused by their over-aec sionate man
ner toward each ether and she then Sok steps 70
ascertain the truth. Tie result. OF h, y watching
was TO discover that her husband had introduced
into his own household young wDms n Who was
not his daughter and with whom he mai etained re.
latlons OF Intimacy. Mrs sloan upun ablishing
the fact OF their guilt summoned the 8 srl TO heS
room aud In the presence OF her hu: ,band de.
them both from the house. IL has since been as
certained that Sloan is an adventuEer, An he viii
Doubtless orer no opposition 10 the gram ing OF .
divorce. The developments growing out OF the
scandalouS affair have excited The fvees inter.
thy is ' for Mrs. soan xho @ has oee
the dupe OF designing villain
HELD FOR RANsoM-A telegram TO the New
YORK Herald from Chattanooga, Tenn, September
II, says: Mrs John Neal, OF Huntsville. Ala, waa
IN The city to-day making further inquiry regard.
ing her son, VINO so myster1ously disappeared some
tour months ago. lie was confidential clerk of
Miss 81. Pierre, OF Washington, u lady who In.
vest d $4,000 In this vicinity. All his accounts
are straight and he had no money with bin.
Nearly IS. 600 been spent In the search for him
the leading detectives being employed, and every
river ard guich IN the neig ghborhood or Anderson
Tenn, where he was lost sight OF, have been caro-.
FULLY Inspected. IL is thought that be Ii befne
he'd for ransom, II being known that Miss St Pierre
Is very wealthy.
THE RIFLE TEAM OF THE MISSOURI Dryrsloy-
The contest Tor places on The division or the Ms.
souri, team TO contest for the places on the army
r1e team closed yesterday. In this contest there
were sixteen men, four from each depa rtInent Tb0
following shows the marAsmen as they stand e
division contestants. with their department and
aggregate scores Tor the two best days the lasa
man being the alternate: Lieut.. Clay, 10th tnfan-
try, Missouri, $50; Lieut. Merriam, lih infaptry
Platte, ia; Corp. WolIord, 18Th infantry Texar
l73; Capt Rogers, I3th Infantry. Missouri, ia:
Lieut. Day, 9th cavalry, Missouri, l69 Sergt Chan.
lain. 7th infantry, Platte, l67; Lieut. Jones, lOth
cavalry, Texas, lea
VIOLATIONS OF TIE CHINESE LAVA tcleQrnm
from Portland, Oregon, september 18th SAYS: U
appears that the constant violation OF the Chimes
restrcilon law cannot De prevented, though United
States custom officials are exercising ali due Md
lance. The smuggling OF Chinese men and women
across the border from British Columbia goes righ6
UItsalady from British Columbia There is N
organization running Cinnamon across the lin
regularly Dear W MhaJc0m and Semiahmoo Th0
Captain OF one OF the steamers says he has been
secretly offered by Chnamen $50 each for wosnen
and so each for men for bringing them over smr.
repttiously 10 the American side Thirty moya
principally women, have just been smugged nvcS
70 Port Gambia