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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-10-13


The man who would rather be right than
President is dead. He was lonesome long
before he died. - Columbus (Ga., } Enquirer
The Enquirer makes mistake. The
author of hat declaration was Henry Clay,
and there are many Democrats. to say no
thing of the members of his own party, that
idolized him, who honored him for his
honest aud truthful choice. ''Harry of the
West was never lonesome, on the other
hand his company was more sought after
than any other politician. As demoralised
as politics and politicians have become in
the present day there are in both parties
numbers OF true and patriotic men, North and
South, who can honestly say with Mr.. Clay,
II had rather be right tn an President
DanriHe Register.
New TRIAL REFUSED. understand
that Judge Mclaughlin, of the Circuit
Court, TO whom application was made by
the counsel of VIM, Finchum. for new
trial, has refused to grant it. and unless the
case is taken to the Court of Appeals, which
is very unlikely, or the Governor extends
Executive clemency, he will be hanged on.
November 9th neyt according to his SEN
tenes. -Roekmghdn Register:
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DEATH OF MRS. REBECcA PRoPEs-A BEAR
HUNr-LITHIA sPaING-DRoUGHT-REr
OF MRS. A. ]. sILLTNG-REv. A. 8. HANBACK,
PERSONAL NOTICES DIPHTHERIA HOG
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Or N. A. DA u PH1N,
Washington, d. G..
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NEWTON ARGENBRIGHT. Crk.
Effinger & Craig, %. octl3-lm
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AS Executor of VIM. Guthrie, will offer for
sale at public auction, on
Tuesday, the 1871 day OF October, 1885.
at 10 o'clock A. NJ
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Louisiana State Lottery Compal

LOuIS1anA State LOlCery COmPdHy'
We do hereby certify that a0e superu,se the are
engagements for all the Monthly and QudT7eTty
trainings Of The Loutsidnd State Lottery Co1nPd-
~. ana person manage and control the Drdv.
tngs themselves. and that the same are conducteG
o,sn honesty, fairness, and in good Jdtth totodTd
Ie parties, and authorize the Company 70 use
ms certificate, nth c-simiies of our signatures
Mtdched, in its adrertfaezueuta.n
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
LAC0NICs BY LIGHTNING.

Partly estimated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
THE NATIONS MILITIA.
The Citizen Soldiery Invited to Meet in
Washington to Compete for
Prizes.
Some of the Measures Congress is Liable
to Wrestle With the Present
Week.
Herberrs Bill to Enable Ex-Confed-
crates to Bear Arms for
the Union.
Senator Spooner's Chances for the
Chairman5hip of .the Senate
Claims Committee.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-CitiZenS of
Washington having subscribed guarantee
fund of $50, 900 to insure the payment of
the prizes and expenditures for national
drill and encampnlent, the executive COM
mittee has now given notice that such drill
and encampment will be given in Washing
ton on the 23d OF May, and will end on
Decoration day, May 80. The entries will
be open to the regularly ly-organized volun-
teer militia of the United States for COM
petition as regiments, battaliOns or COM
panies in infantry, artillery, cavalry and
Zouave tactics, aud also to regularly-Organ-
lied corps of cadets from military or uni
versity schools. The prizes offered for
competition aggregate $50. 500, of which
So 500 will be distributed among the
best five companies of infantry,
as follows: First prize $4,000. second
50. 500. third 81, 500. fourth $1,000, fifth
$500. The object of this national drill is
first, as all incentive to advancement and
proficiency in the science of arms of the Cit
zen SOldlery of the union through friendly
competition on the common ground of our
national capital, and second, the massing of
the representative men comprised III the
volunteer organizations in the fraternal as
sociationS OF camp where they may better
appreciate each other AMI learn mutual rell-
ance should the national reserve ever be
called to stand shoulder to shoulder in de-
Tense of the common country. Command
ers. regiments, battaliOns and companies of
all arms are invited TO correspond with tue
committee. 7. c. Delson is managing sec
retarY.
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BUT COULDN'T GET HsTCHED.

The Unsuccessful Attempt of an
Indian 70 Marry a BroOk,yn Girl.
NEW YORK, Dec. IA carriage rolled
up to Judge Weeds residence in Jersey
City and richly-dressed young girl stepped
from it, assisted by tawney-complexion
young man in dress suit of black and a
white tie. They entered the house and
told the judge that they were Cloud Foot,
an Indian of the Wild West show, and
Annette Copeland, of DeKalb ave-
nue.. Brooklyn. Cloud Foot was
twenty eight and the girl seventeen.
The judge questioned them, and from
what they said it appears that the girl, who
is very pretty saw the Indian last summer
at Staten Island when Buffalo Bill had his
troupe there. She fell in love with him
and he with her. While the show was
there she went to the ground nearly
every day. The season ended and he left
for the West. but as soon as he arrived at
Madison Square garden. few weeks ago,
their frequent meetings were resumed.
They decided to elope. Several clergymen
in New York were asked to marry them,
but all refused because of the girls age.
Tired of refusals in this city, they went to
Jersey City. Judge Weed refused to marry
them. Cloud Foot offered him $50 if he
would perform the ceremony, but the Judge
would not change his mind. Cloud Foot
and she then entered the carriage, were
driven to the ferry and crossed to this city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
COMMITTEE CHATTER.
Senator SpOomer Likely 10 Get
Chairmanship


Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. Dec. IL. - Senator
Spooner is likely to have the craftsmanship
OF the senate committee on claims. The
q ath of Pike, of New Hampshire. makes
H0ar, of Massachusetts. eligible for this
craftsmanship, but Hoar has the chairman
ship of the committee on elections. DOlph,
or Oregon, comes next but he has the coast
defense committee. He is debating which
charmanShip to take. Coast defenSeS is
national committee, and the Pacific people
want him to keep it for the good it will do
them in the way of appropriations. Dolph,
however, is angry because the senate year
ago last March would not make his regu-
lar committee, with an annual clerkshp,
and allow it to sit during the summer.
He is one of the best-informed men in the
senate on coast defenceS, anu would. if
he stood at the head of the commission,
follow out to the letter Mr.. Tilden's advice
on this important subject. He believes the
Republican party ought TO take this as an
issue and forestall the Democratic free
traders by using the surplus for defenses.
Pacific coast Republicans say they are
going to have place on the national ticket
next time. and Dolph is likely to be the
man. especially if he can succeed in getting
his proposed policy of coast defense
adopted. DOlph is tall. handsome man,
who speaks well and who works night and
day. Senator Spooner is next to him and
claims the commission in seniority and
would make very good chairman if the
place should devolve upon him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
TEN SILVER WATCHES.
Three Gold Watches, Five Rsvolvers, a
Gold Ring and S105 Taken
From a Train
On Which There Was $4,000 in Money,
$4,000 in Diamonds and
Other Valuables.
The Property Concealed by the Ladies
ana the Verdant Highway
men Outwitted.
Three Maryland Negroes Kill an Old
Woman and Sell Her Body for
Fifteen Dollars.

ST. LOUIS, No., Dec. 12.-Particulars
of the train robbery yesterday near Belle
vue Station, Tex, are that three robbers,
who were unmaSked and made no effort at
concealment, arrived at the water-tank a
few minutes before the train. When the
train arrived one of the robbers, with a
drawn pistol, ordered Engineer Ayers and
his fireman and Mellont, another engineer.
who was riding in the cab. to alight, which
they did. The robber then marched them
thirty feet from the train and went through
them taking all the valuableS they had.
While this was going on the other two
men went through the train. 1t appears
that one of the passengers in the rear car,
who was looking out of the window and
saw the operation with the trainmen.
divining the situation, went into the for
ward cars, notified the other passengers of
what was going on and told them to secrete
their money. This they did i'll various
ways. giving most of it and their diamonds
to several ladies aboard. Miss Kate Haas
of Fort Worth, took charge of $4,000 and
other valuables. Mrs. Chambers, of Potts
dam. n. Y, received So, 900 and some dia-
monds, and Mrs. Wittick, OF Carthage,
Mo-, took her husbands gold watch and
several hundred dollars. Mrs. Wittick was
GREATLY INCENsED
at the proceedings. and boldly stood up in
the car and asked If forty men were going
to tamely submit to such an outrage at the
hands of two highwaymen. About SIP, 900
in money and 81. 600 worth of diamonds
and other valuables were left by the rob-
bers in their haste to get through the train
and because they did not search the ladies.
They were evidently novices at the busi-
ness. and went away with the paltry sum
of $105, three gold watches, ten silver
watches, five reyelvers and one gold ring
The robbers left the train at
the rear end of the sleeper, mounted
horses standing near by, and
rode rapidly away. The train was then
hurried on to Bellevue, where kilograms
were sent to Supt. Frost at Fort
Worth, who Immediately replied, offering
$3.50 reward for each robber, and in less
than an hour five posses of officers and
citizens were in pursuit Sheriff Mclean
says he knows the robbers and has no doubt
of his ability to capture them. Supt.
Connors was on the train. having in charge
two deSerters, with guard of five soldiers,
of the Fifth United States infantry.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
DELANEY TURNED OVER.
The President said to be Disguised
With the Ex.District Attorney.
Special to the Globe.

SpeCldl I'd INC OiOD6.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-Nothing has
yet been done. and probably nothing will
be done for some time, in the matter OF
District Attorney Delaney, who was sus-
pended from his Office On the 1st of Octo-
Der for disobedience of the civil-seryice
rules in prosecuting his campaign for Gen.
Bragg's seat in the house. Gen. Bragg has
had an understanding with the president
with regard to the case, and nothing will be
done until the president RECEIVERS from his
Illness Affidavits have been filed to show
that Mr.. Delaney was not attending to his
business from June up to the time he was
suspended. and that his visits to
the district attorneys Office were
fewer and farther between than
angels visits. Col. Villas, while he
would like to help Delaney all he could,
now that he is in tight place. after having
himself been somewhat severely criticised
for his speech at Milwaukee in connection
with the suspension of District Attorney
Benton of Missouri, has found it difficult to
convince the president that Deianey'S case
was not such gross violation of the law
as to merit the penalty inflicted However,
the president seems pretty well convinced
and pretty well satisfied that Delaneys case
was far worse than any similar one. He
was himself candidate for office, and de-
liberately neglected the duties of his official
position to secure the nomination, and then
engaged desperately in the campaign for
election under circumstances which have
very materially weakened his party in Wis
consin. All this it is reported on good
authority, has very much disgusted the
president with Delaney and his friends.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
An AFHICANIN HIDING.
why Do Army shoes Cost SO Much
More than Formerly!
Special to the Globe


WASHINGTON, Dec 12.-One of the
targets that will draw fire this winter from
the house military committee is the army
prison at Fort Leavenworth. By an adr0it
jdgglery in the appropriation bills last year
provisions were inserted in the civil sundry
bill which dove-taiied into appropriations
made in the army appropriation bill in such
way as to make this military prison a
good deal of a job. The prisoners
there are now employed in making
shoes for the army and Gen.
Miles says that the shoes are good for moth
ing; that for several months past his troops
have been almost barefoot because of the
poor leather and poor workmanship put
into these army prison shoes. At the same
time the prison is a pet thing of Adjutant
General Drum. and his pet protege, Col.
Barr, is in charge of it. When the crti-
cism of the prison made it necessary, re-
Gently. an investigation was ordered and
Gen. Drum, Gen. Terry and Col. Barr con-
stituted board of inquiry to
report uponO the condition of
the prison. Gen. Bragg, chairman
of the house military committee, rather
looks upon this report as something like
the Dutch taking Holland, and does not
propose to be satisfied with it. He finds
that where the government few years ago
paid but $50, 00s year to shoe the army.
now over $500, 900 is expended, and serious
complaints are made about the character of
the shoes furnished. The increased eX-
pense is due to the way in which the shoes
are made. Insufficient machinery, incom-
petent supervision of labor. and the added
fact that while leather for the
army shoes made at Fort Lesvenworth
used to be bought in New York. after ad-
vertisement fer the lowest bids, these pur-
chases are now made at the prison. and the
number of bidders has been very much
diminished. New York leather merchants
are not willing to snip samples of their
leather out to Kansas and take chances of
success in making their bids. Under this
arrangement Western leather merchants
have decided advantage over bidders in
the East the result of which is that the
government pays about three times as much
for shoes for the army as it used to pay.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
IN THE BADGER STATE.
Four Citizens of Eau Clare County Said
to Desire to Represent the
Eighth District.
The President Understood to Be Not at
all Likely to Reinstate MIR.
Delaney.
in the Brickmakiug
Business.
Wisconsin Wants Indemnity For
SWAMI Lands Sold By the
Government
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
EAU CLAIRE, Dec 12.-Gov Rusk, after
the funeral of Congressman Price at Black
River Falls said in response to question,
that the proclamation ordering an election
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Mr.. Price would be issued ON Monda y.
The election will probably be held on some
day of the week before the convening Of
the legislature, but may possibly occur the
week after This arrangement would place
it on the first or the third Tuesday in Jam
uary, as the legislature meets the 14th prOx.
1t will probably be the first Tuesday. The
election will be for both the unexpired por-
tlOn OF the present term and the term be-
ginning March 4, 1887. The dates of the
nominating conventions have not been fixed
upon, but it is surmised that the Republi-
can convention will be held the 21st of this
month. The Democracy will. in all proba-
bility, nominate, though there has been
some talk to the contrary, and the Prohibi-
tiOniStS Will doubtless place man in the
field. The Republicans here have been
talking this week about
FOUR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY MEN
for the nomination for congress-M. Griffin,
George B. Shaw and j. G. Thorp. of Eau
Claire, and Ira B. Bradford, of Augusta.
AS the situation appears now, as analyzed
by competent observers, Mr.. Griffin seems
to be in the lead. Mr.. Shaw and Mr.. Brad
ford, however, both have strong follow
ing, while Mr.. Thorp is looked upon as
least likely to be chosen. His advanced
age, "A, would doubtless exclude him from
reelection. and the Republicans of this
county desire that Eau Claire retain the
congressman if it once gets the honor.
Were Mr.. Thorp nominated and elected he
would, it is urged only regard the honor as
an ornamental appendage, as he is mill
ionaire and of little experience in politics;
while, at the expiration of his term, as he
could not be reelected, the other counties
would, with much show of reason. demand
that his successor be chosen from some
other county beside Eau Claire. There is a
determination among the Republicans here
to make every effort to unite On some solid
Eau Claire county man-Griffin, Bradford
or Shaw-and avoid rivalries if it be posi-
h1a
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CAPEL M ALIGNED.
The fTonsignOr will Institute Libel
Suits.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.-MOnsIgnor
CapeI has issued the following statement
regarding certain articles published respect
ing him in the Eastern States and England:
To the public: After two months of diligent
investigation, aided by disclosures made
under premptOry orders from representatives
of New York journal, | have been able to
trace the author OF the SlanderouS stories cir
cuiated concerning me. in the Eastern press,
by careful comparison, it being found that
reports published in certain papers were
identical and originated at the same source.
The reporter, it is said, furnished the discov-
cry to the editor of the Argonaut, a
newspaper published in this city.
and which is rabid hater of
the pope and has persistently INDUCED in per-
sonalitie5 concerning me. This editor lately
announced that l had become a Protestant
and at a subsequent period he invited those
who desired to know my address to call at the
ArgOnaut Office, and also referred them to
distinguished attorney of sacramento for
my manner of life. Profiting by this offer of in
formation the reporter succeeded in learning
that ii was the Argouaut which supplied the
news published concerning me in the New
York, Chicago and Philadelphia papers, and
that the Sacramento attorney furnished ad-
ditional news concerning me to
one New York journal and
which l, in a telegram addressed to the latter
paper, characterized as q tissue Of falsehoods
and whe elm journal was made cats
paw to persecute an honorable American lady
and thwart her claims in pending litigations.
1t now transpires that the Sacramento attor
ney is uone other than the opposing council
in her suit. Honor and justice to perse-
cuted lady of irreprodchabe character.
loved and respected by her neighbors and all
who know her, as well as a duty to my church
and myself, will oblige me to take action.
simultaneously shall we prosecute the
authors here in California and the publisher
of the vile statements in the East. L may
add that Mr. Valensn, the husba d of the
lady referred to, reiterates most emphatically
that he never circulated any story rejecting
on his wife and myself. T. J. CAPEL.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
A Maryland Negro Kills AN Old
Woman in Order to Sell Her
EndV.

A Maryland Negro Kills an Old
Woman in Order To Sell Her
EOdy.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.-Early Friday
evening negro man brought to the Mary
land university, on Lombard street. the
body of a white woman and left it with
Anderson Perry, the colored janitor, say
ing he would call again for SIS, the price
agreed upon. The body was taken to be
prepared for keeping until needed for dis
section, but it was found that the head was
horribly crushed and there were two
wounds on the left breast. The police
were at once notified. Yesterday at post
mortem examination made by physicians it
was stated positively the wounds were
made after death, leaving the inference that
it was simply case of bodY-snatching and
that the work had been done by novice.
To-day, however, the body was identified
as that Of Emily Brocon, a woman
60 years old, who for the past six months
had been boarding with cOlorcd family i'll
the western section of the city. She was
of diSSipated habits and lived by begging.
She was at her home three hours before the
dead body was brought to the university.
and it is now evident she was brutalIy mur-
dered for the price her body would bring OH
dssecting table. Perry. the janitor, who
received the body, denies he ever saw the
woman, but he is known to have been a
boarder at the same house, and to have
eaten breakfast with her on the morning of
the murder. He was to-day arrested as an
accessory.
Late tonight John Ross and Albert
Hawkins, both colored were arrested and
confessed they killed the woman at the in
stlgation of Janitor Perry. Ross smashed
her head with brick and Hawkins held
her and stabbed her throug gh the heart.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
a oueer Comoromise.

LOUISVILLE. KY. Dec. IA Courier
Journal special says: The talk of Hop
knsville, KY, is the reported cOmpro-
mise by the attorneys of James A.
Wallace's defalcation of $50. 600
from the Bank of Hopkinsville.
Wallace was cashier, and is said to have
lost the bulk of the money in wheat specu-
latiOns. On Jan. 1. 1884, he took about
Sl4. 900 and disappeared and large reward
has been standing for his capture. The
terms of the compromise are the payment of
SIG. 800 to the bank, the suretieS and Wal
lace being released from civil prosecution.
An effort will be made to secure pardon
for Wallace. that he may be exempt from
criminal prosecution. Wallace was prom
inent church member.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
SEVENTEEN GIRLS DISCHARGED
Italian Chorus and Ballet Girls
Bounced By the National Opera
Company.

CHICAGO. Dec. 12.-Seventeen Italian
girls, until to-day members of the National
Opera company, were, this evening, forced
to take train for New York under the
threat that they would otherwise be left
here helpless. They were engaged
at Milan, Italy, less than there
months ago, and none of the seventeen
understands word of English. One of
them is very i'll. The girls claim that they
were discharged last night without a word
of warning, and that although incOmpe
tence is the alleged caused. the real reason
is that the company has not drawn as
large houses as was expected. especially in
Chicago. The discharge. it is claimed, is
breach of contract. According to one of
Che seventeen. they were engaged at Milan
by an agent of the company as ballet
and chorus girls. at $40 a week
for the season of twenty-six
weeks. They received S92 in advance. and
last night, on being discharged, were paid
SO. half of the coming weeks salary. In
an interview tonight Manager Locke de-
MED that the girls were engaged for twen-
ty-siX weeks unless they proved competent.
This the girls had not done. and the COM
pany's sole object being to improve the
standard of opera in America, they were,
after careful consideration, discharged.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
After the Gas 0nlpanies.

Special TO the GIODe.
WASHINGTON. Doc. Ex-senator Van
Wyck, of Nebraska. is the only man in
congress who takes really active interest
in affairs which concern the District of Col
umbia alone. He is now after our gas
companies. hammer and tongs. and will
give them no rest until something is done
for the relief of this people, both as to the
quality ond price of gas. Other senators
and members have their gas free during
their residence in Washington. but Van
Wyck is a professional anti-monopolist and
scornS the seductive influence of paid-up
gas bills. Notwithstanding his eccentrici-
ties he is popular in this city and is
regarded as an exceptionally honest man.