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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

Court met yesterday morning at 10
o'clock The session was devoted entirely
to trials. The unfinished case of ''the two
Johns" Brown and Adams, was taken up
and further testimony given. Among the
witnesses, beside Joseph H. GreenInan,
were Detective Jones and Detective
Joseph Rue of Philadelphia. The evil
dence showed that the accused are profess
SIGNALS in the light-fngered art. Brown,
according to Rue's testimony, was James
McGlue, well-known confidence man
and bunco-steerer of New York, and
Adams had number of aliases, under
which he acquired the reputation of an
expert hotel thief, well-known to the
police of Philadelphia and Washington.
Mr.. Rue said if the prisoners escaped
this charge he had warrant for their
arrest for offenses committed in Philadel-
phia.
The jury retired at lilo o'clock, and
| at II. 40 returned with verdict of guilty
The case of Sewell Starkey. the well
known eolored crook, was then taken up
Starkey is charged with having burglar
lied the house of Frank H. Thomas, a
SOL Franklin street, this city, on the 29tl
of February, 1884, and stolen quantit.
of silverware. Thomas Davis, ESD, APP
peared for the State, and Walter Bacon
ESQ.,. for the defense. A number of wit
nesses were examined, and the case wa
given to the jury at 12.45 o'clock.
Brown and Adams, the train robbers
were each sentenced to pay $40 restitution
money and costs. receive 20 lashes o.
Saturday next, and be imprisoned on
year. The prisoners visibly WINGED unde
the severity of their penalty, and thei
countenances indicated a mental wis
that they had passed Wilmington by i
the course of their thievish operations.
Edward B. Stanley, indicted for tn
, larceny of valise, shirt and pants, Will
drew his plea of not guilty Mt yesterday
session and pleaded guilty, at the san
, time throwing himself upon the mercy
the court.
, Sentence was deferred in order to 81.
: him an opportunity of producing WI
a nesses to prove previous good characte
0 so ms to make him entitled to judici
f clemency. ....-,
q At 1.05 o'clock court tooka recess uni
!, Q O'Clock, with the Starkey jury still gu
Il | -
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

Register Grubb has granted letters tes-
tornnnicrv m thn estate of John Pnnlsnn
Armstrong. deceased. Christine hundred,
10 Samuel A. jackson, executor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

Jury trinl on the charge OF prehkinB
into the house of William Nichols, colored,
and stealing watch, chain, vest and
shirt. Thomas Davis, Esq, for the State
and Charles M. Curtis, ESD, for the de-
TENSE.
William Nichols and his wife, Sallie,
testified to the house being robbed, and
Sallie Nichols said she saw Byard
Boone the same afternoon with her hus-
bands vest, watch and chain. Officer
Marques testified to arresting Boone and
recovering the stolen articles. Boone
confessed the larceny to him.
The case was submitted without argu-
ment, and the jury, at ~ O'Clock retired.
After n deliberation of Is minutes YER
dict OF guilty was rendered. Boone was
sentenced TO pay $17. so restitution money
and costs of prosecution, stand one houi
In the pillory, receive 20 lushes md on,
year's imprisonment
elijah Benson, colored, was allowed Il
Withdraw his plea of not guilty to an i'll
dictment of assault and battery OIL
Andrew Harris, with intent to kill, and Il
enter plea of guilty to a charge o
assault and battery only. He wa
sentenced TO pay fine of $50, with costs
and be imprisoned six months. THAN
Won, sir,n said Elijah, and he left tn
court room grinning with evident pleasur
ut the extent of his sentence. -.
At12.O5 o'clock the jury came in wit
several true bills and was discharged unit
8 o'clock, p. m.
james Williams was arraigned on
charge of burglariously entering the stoi
of Edward Il. Kemp, in New Oastle, Q
the night of April 4th, and stealing ]
loaded gun shells valued at four cen
each, pistol valued ut $11, powd'
flask valued at $1.25, shot pouch value
al rs cents and "a table spoons valued
40 cents each. He pleaded guilty to I'll
burglary but not guilty to the larceny.
John Adams and John Brown we
arraigned on charge of stealing pockSe
book containing three cents, from Ali
Reeder, on passenger car on the r.,
q b. railroad, and pleaded not guilty
At 1850 O'Clock court adjourned uni
8 O'CLOCK, ". m
.Caur, mt nj 3 O'Clock. Austin Ia
rinstou, Es,l., counsel for james Wliin'h
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
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WILMINGTON, May 1s.-Quotod 10y the William
Leu Il Son Company:
Wheat, Longberry, new, sl.0S.
Corn. Soc.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
ARTHUR GAINSFORD,S GOLD.

Miss Ogburn, a minneapolis Girl.
Gives Up the Contest For 1t.
Special to the Globe.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 13.-What promised a
short time ago to be big sensation in So
ciety and legal circles here, and had already
attracted much attention in other cities,
collapsed completely yesterday. Some
weeks ago it was announced that Arthur
Gainsfield, a rich carriage manufacturer,
had died suddenly in Europe, and that his
companion there was one May Pearl Og-
burn, who had formerly been member Of
the demi-monde here. Then came stories
that the woman claimed she had been
married to Gainsford and had retained
S. l.. NJ. Barlow of New York as
her attorney, declaring she intended
lighting for her place as Gainsford's wife
and her rights as his widow. AS he occu-
pied high place, 10th in society and busi-
ness circles, it was expected that great
sensation was ahead. Yesterday the woman
arrived in Cincinnati. Yesterday afternoon
she called on Governor-elect Foraker, who
was Gainsford's lawyer, and gave him
Gainsford's keys to his safe-deposit vault,
ETC., with the remark that she had no claim
on his estate whatever, but it was his dying
request that she deliver the keys to Judge
Foraker. After her visit to Foraker, Miss
Ogborn, with her sister, visited the house
of ill-repute of which she was formerly an
inmate and made arrangements to return
there as boarder after short visit to her
parents at Minneapolis, for which place she
left last night
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
HONORING HENDRICKS.
A Monument to be Erected to Hi
Memory.

NIemeEEs
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 13.-The
committee having in charge the Hendricks
monument fund have issued the following
appeal:
The distinction which was achieved by the
late Thomas A. Hendricks as governor of In
diana as it's representative in the senate and
house of representatives of the United States,
and as vice president, his eminence as
statesman and jurist, his conscientious
fidelity to every trust that was committed to
him, the high character that was infused in
his discharge of every duty, and the spotless
integrity of his life entitle him to some per-
manent and substantial acknowledgment of
also be an evidence to posterity of
the affectiopate regard in which he
was, and still is, held by his coun-
trymen. In order that his name and
service may be appropriately commemorated,
and that the esteem in which he was person
ally held may have an opportunity for its e1-
preston, an association has been organized
and incorporated under the name of The
Hendricks Monument association, which has
for its object the erection of a monument to
his memory. Its officers and members OF
both political parties invite the cooperation
not only of those who approved the means
whereby he sought the good Of his country,
but equally of those who in other ways, and
through different methods and instrumentali-
ties labored for q common end. They invite
the cooperation OF every lover of personal
and official probity, of every acquaintance,
every admfrer and friend of the illustrious
dead. Contributions may be sent to Mr..
Francis NJ. Churchman, treasurer, at In
6ianapolis, and receipt thereof will be
promptly announced through the 1ndianapO-
lis newspapers, as well as by mail
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
An Onninous Outlook.

PITTsBURG, Dec. 12.-No further dis
turbance has occurred at the Pine Run and
Aliquippa mines since the attack on Thurs
day. The strikers have kept at safe dis
tance, and the working miners have not
been interfered with. A miner named
Beatty was arrested at Coal valley this
morning for participating in the riot. The
situation is still very grave. The residents
along the river are thoroughly alarmed.
Grand Master Workman Powderly of the
Knights of Labor will probably be here on
Monday to investigate the mining troubles
on the river and endeavor to effect COM
promise. The Knights are reported to be
in favor of arbitration, but, as the Oper-
ators say they will not recognize the organi-
Zation, nor Mr.. POwderly, in his official Ca
pacity, it is not likely that any settlement
will be reached in that direction. The strike
has now lasted four months, and as
there was very little coal mined during the
summer, many of the miners have not
earned dollar for twenty-five weeks. Bus
mess along the Monongahela valley is pros
trated. Several storekeepers have been
compelled to quit business, and others are
on the verge of bankruptcy. The outlook
for the coming week is by no means bright,
though there has been no violence since the
Pine Run riot, yet there is a feeling of un-
certainty as to what may happen. People
living near the mines are in a state of
uneasiness little short of terror. and the
coal men are afraid that the rioters will
burn down their coal teppees and destroy
their property, and those connected in any
way with the operators fear that vengeance
will be wreaked on them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
WORK OF CONGRESS.
What the Two Houses Will Proba-
DO This Week

NASIINGToN, Dec. 13.-Four hundred
and seventy bills and nine joint resolutions
nave been introduced in the senate. but
oniy two committees have vet held their
irSt meeting and no measures have been
reported back to the senate and no calendar
has therefore been made. Beyond the
probable discussion and possible passage of
the presidential succession bill, to be re-
ported on Monday, and the adoption of Mr..
Frye's resolution embodying code of joint
rules, no program for legislature business
during the week can be indicated. Four
hundred and fifty-six nominations have
been sent to the senate and many of them
will probably be reported at the first execu-
tive session. A considerable portion of the
latter half of the week is likely to be spent
with closed doors. Although the committee
on rules of the house have completed its
labor of formulating a new code of rules for
the government of the house and will sub
nit its report tomorrow, it is not thought
probable that the discussion will then be
begun. 1t is then expected that the debate
will be postponed until Tuesday in order
that members may have an opportunity to
see the proposed revision in print. There
is desire OH the part of many members TO
have call of the states On Monday for the
introduction of bills for reference to
THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE,
when appointed, and, in Difference to this
decision, it was informally urged by the
members of the committee on rules yester-
day to make no opposition to such call.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
A REBEL GUERRILLA.
MARK Twain Charged With Fight
ing for the Lost Cause.

MARK Twain Charged With Fight
ing for the Lost Cause.
Special to the Globe.
New YORK, Dec. 13.-Gossips in the lit
erary world have new topic of interest at
present. Discussion of Mark Twain is
raised by the disclosure of the fact hereto
fore not generally known that he was a
rebel guerrilla in Missouri early in the civil
war. It was understood that the point was
being made against him by Union veterans
in their canvassing for war history issued
in opposition to the Grant work, of which
Twain is publisher. The account by the
humorist Of his campaign, just published in
the Century, seeks to turn the thing into
ridicule and to make it out mere
holiday escapade of boys with no
seriousness of intention or consequence
on the part of the seventy-five members of
the company, but Twain was then % years
old, and the band of which he was lieu
tenant did some quiet, wicked marauding.
The killing of the non-combatant stranger,
narrated in his article incidentally, is said
by his enemies to have been susceptible of a
different construction. On his behalf it is
urged that all innuendoes as to this dark
passage in his career arise from the busi-
ness rivalry of YEARBOOK publishers. jealous
of the fortune which he has made out of
Grants memoirs. Last years lecture
trouble with George W. Gable is revived,
and some of the surmises mix the New Or
leans novelist up in the matter as having
somehow or other rendered it advisable for
Twain to put forth humorous version of
his war adventure
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
London the Scene Of Terrible Conha-
grafton, in Which Many Persons
Lose Their Lives.
Revolving Story From Massachusetts, Of
the Starvation Of Paupers to Get
Rid of Them.
Downs, the Notorious Boston Preach
er, Claims Butler and Conk11ng
are His Lawyers.
A Brace of West Virginia Ministers
Engage in Fight--A Large Fire
in Porkopolfs.
Roasted Alive.

LONDON, Dec. 13.-At Plymouth to-day
a tenement house on Love street, in low
and squalid neighborhood. took fire and
terrible calamity resulted. The flames
burned rapidly and fiercely. and when at
last subdued, twelve calcined human bodies
were found among the ruins. Two others
are missing, and in all probability they,
too, have been burnt to death. One unfor-
tunate victim was smashed to pieces by
jumping from high window to the street.
Several of the occupants of the building, in
their fright, forgot the fire escapes, and.
throwing bedding to the pavement forty
feet below, jumped from the windows. A
number of these had legs and arms broken
by the fearful leap. A narrowing incident
of the calamity was the appearance OF a
youth named Bickford, who, with his little
sister on one arm, hung suspended from the
window by the other for some minutes till
the flames surrounded him and caused him
to lose his hold and fall to the ground. lie
had both legs fractured. The child was
also severely injured. The intensity of the
flames gave the building the appearance OF
furnace, but this did not deter the fire
men. many of whom entered the house and
by heroic struggle succeeded in rescuing
several persOnS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
Representative Townshend Has a Prom
Using Substitute for the Present Plan of
Governing the Indian.
Our Navy Among the Best in the World
According to Commissioner
Patten.
The Senate Has 47O Bills, A56 Nom
nations and Frye's Joint Rules
to Wrestle With.
The House VIII Take the Rules To-
day and Afterwards Cohsioer
Holiday Adjournment.
healing with the Red Man.

Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-COngressman
Townshend of Illinois has prepared and will
introduce Tomorrow if opportunity is Of
fered a bill which is intended to inaugurate
q new system of dealing with Indians. Mr..
Townshend has been studying the problem
for four or five years, and has acquainted
himself with the results of recent researches
of Judge Holman and with the inveStiga-
tions of othere, and has studied treaties be-
tween the United States and the tribes now
in Indian Territory. His bill will provide
for the establishment of a territorial
form of government in the Indian Territory,
with a governor appointed by the president
and a legislature elected by the votes OF all
the male residents of the territory over 20
years old. He provides for judicial sys-
TEN similar to that III other territories, but
limits jury service to the Indians who pay
taxes and other citizens of the United
States This government will entirely
supercede the tribal governments of the five
civilized tribes and the agency government
of the reservation Indians in the terri
tory. The bill will also provide
for allotments of lands to Indians
in severalty, the lands so allotted being in
alienable for twenty-five years All the
land left over after this allotment is to be
sold by the government to anybody black,
white or red-who wants to settle on land
the proceeds of the sale are to constitute
trust fund for the education OF the Indians.
The operations of this bill are limited to
Indian territory, but its principles Mr..
ToWnShend wishes to see applied TO In
dians elsewhere, as may be found to be
practicable
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
A Syndicate Iefense,

Boston, Mass, Dec. 13.-Rev. W. W.
Downs, against whom an Indictment was
found Yesterday by the grand jury for
adultery, preached to a large audience this
evening in Mechanics hall. At the close
of his remarks he introduced Hon. Marcus
P. Norton, who made the statement that a
syndicate of Boston lawyers had been
formed for the defense of Downs in his
forthcoming trial and that the active coun-
sci for the defense would be Hon. Roscoe
Conkling and Gen. B. f. Butler. MI. Norton
bitterly denounced the grand jury's action
as having been brought about by fraud and
perjury, and delivered TRADE against the
churches. He said it was now intended
to uncover the volcanoes of corruption in
two places, called churches, in this city,
and the result would be the greatest sensa-
ton ever known in its history. 1t may be
stated that Mr.. Norton has been recently
under treatment in an insane asylum, hay-
ing been victim to the opium habit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14

There are, however, members of
fine house who express an inten-
ton to oppose the introduction of
bills until the house shall have
finally determined, by vote on the Morri-
son code, the jurisdiction of the various
committees and who hold that it would be
useless to inundate the speakers table with
a flood of bills until some proper outlet is
provided for them. AS the house is not
governed at present by any different sys-
TEN of rules, these members contend that it
will require unanimous consent to order a
call, and assert that this cannot be obtained.
The discussion of the rules will consume the
remainder of the week, and the contest over
the scheme to distribute the labor of the ap-
propriations committee promises to be sharp
and interesting. There is talk of an ad-
jOurnment for the holiday recess before the
end of the week, but no definite action has
been arranged, and it is probable that the
adjournment will not be reached until the
week following.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
wagner Cars Substituted.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. arrangements have
been closed between the New York Central
Sleeping Car company and General Manager
Talmadge, by which, from and after to-
morrow, the 14th inst, all Pullman and
Mann sleeping cars will be withdrawn from
the Wabash railroad and Wagner cars sub
stituted therefor. In consideration of this
the Vanderbilt roads are to be used for the
New York and Boston connection Of the
Wabash, both from st. Louis and Chicago.
The through sleeping car service will be put
on from both points. That from ST. Louis
to New York will be from Toledo via the
Michigan Southern and New York Central,
and that from St. Louis to Boston via De-
troit, the Great Western of Canada, West
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14

DEMING, N. NJ. Dec. 13.-A courier ar
rived at Silver City last night with infor-
nation that Capt. Fountain of Troop G
of the Eighth cavalry, and his scouts, had
surprised the hostiles on the 9th at Lilies
cabin, three miles southeast of Papinoes.
The hostiies had murdered Lille
and an old man named Prior, and
had just set fire to Lilies cabin
when the troops came upon them.
The troops charged and had lively fight,
wounding several Indians, and it is believed
killing two. They captured fourteen In
dian horses, one mule and ali their supplies
of beef, flour and blankets, The Indians
dispersed in every direction. The noun
tains are covered with snow, and the
weather is very cold. 1t is believed that
the hostiles ARE endeavoring to reach
Mexico, where they will seek winter quar-
forS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
KILLING THEM BY INCHES.
Massachusetts Paupers Said to BE
Starved TO Get Rid of Them.


Special to the Globe.
RUSSELL, Mass, Dec. 13.-FOr many
months thrre have been rumors aaoat OF
cruel treatment of town paupers by Keeper
Chapman, who has for three years bid OFT
the towns poor at an average OF about S75
a year for each pauper. The selectmen
have persstently denied the rumors. Two
officers of the state board of health, lunacy
and charity have just completed an investi-
CATION. Some of the details Of
their report are too revolving
for publication. The inspectors
found filth Astounding and stenches too
loathsome for human endurance. Not
few of the inmates had for beds nothing
but pile of husks upon the floor and for
covering only old clothing. Upon such a
bed an aged man named Thompson died
without attention. The food provided here
was uncooked corn meal mixed with water.
Starvation, rather than disease or old age,
hastened his death. It is alleged that in
his last moments he called for water to
cool his parched lips, but, though his
cries were heard by passers-by, none went
to his aid. Not long ago another inmate,
once property-owner of the town, died
similarly of terrible disease. One man, a
school teacher and public lecturer, after
enduring assaults and hunger, finally ran
away. The general care of the paupers
was found to be on par with that given in
the above-described cases. The selectmen
are charged with trying to kill off paupers
to get rid of them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
A LIFE FOR A LIFE.
A Startling Compact Among Penn.
sylvania Miners.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Dec. 13.-The Com
mercial Gazette will publish tomorrow a
lengthy communication from James Briggs.
miner employed at the Alliquippa mines
of Lynn & Co., in which he makes the
startling statement that as an out
come of last weeks riots at
Pin Run the working members have
organized for the purpose of defending
themselves against future attacks of the
strikers. He says they have sworn fam
lily compact binding life for life, if any
of the number falls while going to work.
Having always lived honest, honorable
lives, and been good citizens, they will not
be shot down without revenge. The letter
defends the working miners and asserts
that few persons not located near the Mo
nongahela valley have any idea Of the ter
rorizing threats or intimidations used
toward those refusing to join the strike.
To-day being Sunday all was quiet along
the river
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14
Preachers Fight.
Special to the Globe.

Special TO the GLOBE.
WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. 13. - Friday
evening a terrible encounter occurred at
Buchanan, the county seat of Ipsher county.
between two preachers, Benjamin Myers
and George Cooper. Myers is colored
man and is pastor of the Simpson Metho-
dist Episcopal chapel, while Cooper IS an
Indian convert and is reported to have been
raised a cannibal. He had been holding
services in town, and, the jealousy of Rev.
Myers being excited, the latter denounced
Cooper from his pulpit. Cooper sought
Myers at the latter's room and a terrible
struggle ensued between the two men, in
the course of which Cooper's lower lip was
torn off. Both men were arrested and held
for the grand iury.