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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
WHO KILLED KING?
A Law Student Murdered on a New
Haven Street.
A WOMAN IN THE CASE.
The Dead Man Is Said TO Have wronged
Her, and Her Irate Uncle Is
Thought by Some TO Have
Done the Shooting.

NEW HAVEN, Dec. 1.-Who killed John
b. Kmgs
He was shot ON the street in front Of the
saloon Of Henry Donovan, corner Charles
AMI Oh chard streets, about o'clock Thurs
day es ening.
The affair is without parallel in the his
tory OF New Haven crimes, with the excep
tion of the savage butchery ON Prince street
about swenty years ago, when mans throa.
was cut and the man left to die His mur
derer was never discovered
So far the police have been unable TO gel
any positive clew as to the person who die
the shooting
King moved in good society in New HaveH
and foT a time was employed as a drummei
for Leighton g. Co, of this city.
Whils in, Waterbury he met Miss Susie
Meehan, the daughter of Edward Meehan
the superintendent of the office of the Singer
Sewing Machine company in this city.
Miss Meehan is a handsome young lady.
and h9s spent most of her life in Water
bury convent She met King at Water
bury while he was on a business trip.
An acquaintance sprang up, which gradu
ally ripened into warm friendship One oi
the rules Of the convent is that no young
lady shall carry on q correspondence without
the consent of her parents This put
damrer on Kings wooing, but when Miss
Meehan returned TO this city he renewed his
attentions to the young lady
Upon her return to New Haven Miss Nee
han went to live with the family of Mr. 10
seph Prsck, a wealthy relative residing OF
Orchard street.
In the meantime King entered the Office Of
Prentice w. Chase, of this city, as a law
student
On Thursday of last week Mrs. Preck anc
Miss Mehan called on King. The young lady
is soon to become mother, and she entreatec
King to marry her and save her from dis
grace.
A sensational scene followed in which
King ordered both women out of the Office.
Mr.. Preck has been out of town, and the
first he knew of the delicate condition Of biz
niece was when he returned to the city only
few days ago.
He is a man of very quick temper ano
the police are of the opinion that he is the
one who did the shooting although no posi-
tive proof of this fact had been established
Preck is nowhere TO be found, and the fact
that he left town suddenly tends Il
strengthen the theory that he is the mar
who is cognizant of the murder
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Frolicsoma NatnraI fsas.

WABASH, Ind, Dec. Natural gas
played number of pranks here Thanksgiving
day. John Miller, young lad, set fire 70
the gas at the cut off gate and was thrown
wrapped in flame, twenty feet If he had
fallen ON the gate he would have been
cooked As it wss he escaped with slight in
juries. Soon after this accident the calking
was blown out of joint near the river and
the explosion which followed caused a panic
among the residents in the vicinity. Several
other accidents, all Of a minor nature. oc-
CURED during the afternoon.
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Murder and Suicide.

NEVADA, Mo- Dec 1.--Godfrey Korbe,
school teacher, and Miss Ella Ray, daughter
of a widow lady with whom Korbe boarded,
started for their home, eight miles south Of
here, in a buggy. Late at night Korbe
reached the Ray dwelling alone and said Miss
Ella had been taken from him forcibly by q
couple of strangers while on their way home.
An hour later he took poison and died in con
vulsions. The young lady's brother found
the body of his sister about two miles from
the house. Her face and neck were scratched
and bloody, and there were other evidences
of a desperate struggle Korbes gloves and
handkerchief were found near the spot where
the body was found, and these facts, taken In
connection with his suicide leave no doubt
that he was the murderer. 1t is believed the
girl died while resisting an attempt at Grim
ina assault
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They Know who rhrew the nomb.

CHICAGO, Dec. Judge Grinnel was
seen and was asked what hs thought
of the statement of Chleboun in his testi-
mony to the effect that Hronek had told him
that he had thrown the bomb at the Hay.
market massacre. He did not throw
it, said the Judge ''Schnaubelt is the
man that threw that bomb, and no one
else. have had hundreds of letters from
different persons, all claiming to have
thrown the bomb. In regard to that
statement, however, knew of that last sum.
mer. Hronek might have told Chleboun
that he had thrown the bomb, but it wa.
said merely for the sake of little cheap no.
toriety." The judge spoke jocularly of and
gave not the least credence to the matter.
Capt. Schaak was seen by a reporter yes.
terday evening and asked if he had any
faith in Hronek's alleged statement that he
had thrown the bomb at the Haymarket
do not. We have proved who threw
that bomb. Schnaubeit threw that bomb,
and we shall do nothing in the matter until
he comes back
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FIRE BUGS AT WORK.
A House la PlainfleId. N. j., Killed and
Destroyed by an Inccndiary Fire--The
Residents Badly Frightened.

PLAINFIELD. n. j., Dec. las the re-
suit of an ineendiary fire the fine residence
of Mrs Julia Beck. in East Front street, is
today mass of smoking ruins
Mrs Beck, wealthy widow, went with
her daughter to Brooklyn TO spend Thanks
giving day. They closed up their pretty
house, not dreaming there was any danger in
leaving it unoccupied
At o'clock Friday morning flames burst
forth from the house, and become the fire de
partmeAt could do any effective work the
building was totally destroyed, together with
its contents.
While the fire was under way the firemen
discovered that the back door was open
/. This is further evidence that the house was
robbed and then set on fire by an incendiary
and thief to cover up his tracks
The house was handsome and was elegantly
furnished. Mrs. Beck and her daughter have
lost their entire wardrobe with the excep.
tion of what they wore away with them,
Two valuable hunting dogs were left in the
house and were burned to death. The total
damage is estimated at 900
The theory is that the thief gave the dogs
poisoned meat before attempting the robbery.
There have been many mysterious fires of
late, and the Old apprehension about fire bugs
is again being felt.
When Louis and Horace Van Nest were
sent to state prison some months ago the
residents felt easier They thought they had
got rid of the fire bugs. Then came Willie
Van Nest, tho young brother of tho two
other fire bugs. He set fire to the laundry
where he worked and was finally detected
and punished. He is now in reformatory.
The feeling is that there still exists little
band of these criminals, and an unceasing
effort is being made TO find them out and
punish them.
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oueer ideas of the colored people.

COLUMBIA, s, G., Dec. 1--Colorei farm
tenants in various parts of the state have
become imbued with the idea that they will
not be required to pay their rents now that
Gen. Harrison has been elected president
and many of them are squandering Their
hard earned money in the purchase OF
musical instruments and other luxuries. In
Orangeburg county and other sections some
of the colored small farmers are turning out
their stock to Craze at large as they think
that President-elect Harrison will wipe the
fence law out of existence when he goes into
offifa
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a Prescrlptlon Wara Pool.

PITTsBURG, Dec. The prescription
ware and flint bottle manufacturers are
working to get up asyndicate or pool similar
to that Of the window glass manufacturers.
At meeting held in Cincinnati last week
the project was broached, but several Pitts.
burg bottle makers objected and the pool
was not arranged. 1t is probable that
meeting viii be held in this city ON Dec. to
make another attempt. The prescription
ware producers have an association and q
price list now, but owing to lax arrangement
they are openly disregarded
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+: w AsHMGToN, Dec /. Il Congressman
Mills says he does not know what the presi-
dents annual message will contain, or what
its tone on the subject of tariff reform will
be. He adds: II do know that his tariff mes
sage of last December was by 70 means bad
politics We-had carried the country on it
before the Doodle devil made his appearance
On the tariff issue the Democrats carried
everything. 1t was Doodle that beat us. It
was felt In every congressional district. /
felt it in mine.n
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POSNERS 8
Ladies We acoazt uou

Ladies. We acdnt your
trade. II you are situated
so that you can come to the
city and deal aotth as in
person, 10 so. If not, send
as your orders. We prom
use TO not only tredty0u aoel',
but TO Ser0e you aoell-to SeU
you tie best goods TOR the
least money, and TO make
eoery sale gi0e tie fullest
satisfaction. Remember
that oar store as the only one
Of its lind IN tie aohoLe
South. 1t coCeTs a Su2e1f-
cial area Of 81 acres ip the
aggregate, has 80, 600 square
feet Of saleSroone, and Is de-
ooteJ TO 60 distinct and sep.
ardte departments. You
can ask us. for anything y0u
aooaat, in any line Of goods
SOtU l1 any a1uThet, ana De
Sure cf getting it 10 IN
duce you 10 trade aoith as,
zoe agree to send all par
chdSes Of $5 aud ooer 10 any
point aoithin 200 miles Of
Baltimore free OF all trans
pOrtdti0n charges. AlSo,
zoe aoiU cheer7ully Sea7 sam
pies and prices Of goods
eohe1a requested, ADDRESS
P0Sner Bros 215, 217, 219
Lexington ST., Baltimore,
Nd. n5 2m
POSNERS 8
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01

OURAYsvHLE, KY, Dec. LA dapper
young man who appeared in this neighbor-
hood about two months ago and gave his
name as Dickinson has been arrested and
lodged In jail at Frenchburg on suspicion of
being Tascott, the murderer Of Millionaire
Smell OF Chicago. The prisoner win not talk
Of say who he Is or whence he came. French
burg Is long distance from telegraph sta
ton and the news is brought by messenger.
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A Roller skater Badly Hurt.

BRIDGEPoRT, Conn, Dec. Miss Lottie
Goodman, daughter of the late Capt. Good
man, was severely injured while skating ir
the dancing carnival at the Gem rink. Mis-
Goodman is an accomplished roller skater
but during some difficult evolutions in tims
to music she slipped and fell She was car
Iied-out unconscious. Physicians were sum
moned, and after one hour and eight nainutes
she showed signs Of resuscitation. The acci
dent caused great commotion among tho
sz,ectatorS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
Boden Norsted II Thirtx Ronnda.

ALBANY, Dec. 1.-The fight between
Boden and Bill Gabig for 500 a side and
gate receipts took place in road house or
the Sand Greek road, three miles above Al
bany. The fight lasted thirty rounds; tims
u fighting, In Som. Boden was seconded by
Sieye Brodie and Gabig by James Connors
The referee was John Burns, Of Albany.
Boden lost the fight by fouling in the thir
tieth round.
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TpPEKA, Kan; Dec 1.-R. Hinton, late
postmaster at White Church, is missing.
His accounts with the government are 50
badly mixed, it is said, that his bondsnen
Tear they win be called upon to make up q
deficiency. Several. suits against Hinton
were begun Monday By men who had IN
dorsed his notes.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01

GALENA, Ills, Dec. Additional life
has been infused into the lead mining in
dustry of this section, and many mines in
east and west Galena, Rice, Vinegar Hill,
Rawllns and other townships, which had
been abandoned, .aEe now being worked and
large quantities Of ore are being raised daily.
The recent collapse of the lead trust and the
natteTing prospects for an early rise IN the
price Of mineral are the incentives for the IN
creased activity.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1.-The Morgan club
rooms in the west end were blown lid BIZ gas
and Henry Graham and Joseph Everett
badly burned and injured A gas jet in the
cellar allowed gas to escape until the cellar
was full. Then Graham started down.
match in hand. The explosion destroyed one
sidesof the building and hurled Graham and
Everett "a bartender) fifty feet away. The
bar reading room and other rooms were de-
sffovad
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
Barker, the Checker PIaver.

BosToN, Dec. 1.-charles Barker, the
American champion checker player, sails
from New York on Saturday for Spenny-
moor, England, where he is to play James
Smith match for 81 900 and the champion
ship Of the world He says that whether he
wins or loses he shall challenge all expert
players in Great Britain to matches for eos
upward and shall remain abroad as long as
he can secure match.
a~1zr = x4E4f - .zkeolane.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
ANNAPOLIS MD. SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER /. 1885,


We will insert I'm this column advertis"
ments of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
Found, &C., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK. or less. for go Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
Wanted a Situation

by an industrious, white WOMAN, either
as Cook. Chamber Maid or general house du-
ties. A good home more an object than wages
Address rs. q. r." EVENING CAPITAL. NO
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FOR SALE

A large size self feeder STOVE of improv-
cd make. Will sell cheap. Apply at this Of
fee. o23tf
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30 FOR RENT.
Glen Burnfc Town Lots
0n Light street Road,

Now ready for sale, cheap; quarterly
tickets about cents per trip to Baltimore
by Short Line Railroad; fine shelled drive
road to city; healthful location; part Offer
ed on monthly installments; title in fee
simple; no ground rents nor city taxes;
lots large, on wide avenues; every man
may procure home with city advantages
and country comforts.
For full particulars, plat aud prices,
apply to
MELVIN s. MANCHA, Annapolis.
Branch Offlce-10 Light ST., up lstairs.
Baltimore, Md. n3C
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01

Came TO the premises OF the undersigned
six COWS. which the owner can have By psov-
HAWKINS, Primrose" End district. A. A
County. MA W
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FOR SALE OR RENT

The HOUSE now occupies by Mr. volance
on Main street. Possession given ID &C. l. 1888.
Apply TO JAMES MUNROE. n24
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FOR RENT.

The DAIRY FARM, occupied by Mr.. Beard
more at Horn Point, or Eastport, Possession
given August, 1889. Apply TO
o29tf JULIAN BREWE Err, Agent.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
TATTOOING
WANTED.

Done by ED. DELEoN. All old work cover
cred. III Randall street. Ii22w
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-28
ing towns, q loyal band OF citizens still
remain end q considerable trade is yet
done with the farmers of the fertile
country about.
/. AmeIie Denies 1t,


New York, Sept. 24-Mrs. Amelie
Rives.C hanler, anshoress OF "The
Quick or the Dead,'' arrived in
this CITY with her husband, John A.
Chanler, last night. Referring to the
story in which she was recently repre-
sented as having been confirmed at her
home by the bishop instead of with the
class at the church because OF her Eek.
clusiveness" and her desire not to mingle
with the "comman herd" Mrs. ChanIer
said to-day: ] am going to have an OPP
portunity to contradict that absurd
story. The facts OF the matter are these:
| intended to be confirmed with the
| class at the church, but / was ill at the
time, and the bishop said that il l could
not go to the church, which is three
miles from our house, he would confirm
me at home, so the next next day I WAS
assisted down stairs end was confirmed.
That was ali there Was u liz, IL Q ,ly
to questions regarding her plans for her
literary work, Mrs. Ohanler said: 81
am not writing anything at present,
have just finished o story which is TO be
published at once, and am o Yest1na
q little. / don't know when / shall be-
gin again, though, Of course, I shall no,
give up my work. / shall begin agar
probably shis fall. We shall rerdsin Il
my home in Virginia until December
when we sail for Europe in time to spend
Christmas in England. We shall the,
go to Paris for the winter. where I shal
probably study painting end Graw.n,
under some good teacher
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-28
The President sli,l in a Hole,

Chicago Tribune: The president is
still IN the hole which he digged for the
republicans and unless he can pull him
self out by his boot straps, he will have
to remain there. The reasons why China
refused to ratify the treaty, which the
administration declines to make public,
have at last leaked out. 1t now turns
out that had not the cficious Scott
rushed his bill through with such IN.
seemly haste the Chinese government
wonld have ratified the treaty, but when
the Chinese minister cabled that the
house had passed the tresty and SUBJ
'sequently that ii had gone through the
senate also, no other resource was LETT
that government but to reject il.
This leaves the president still in the
hole. Ii he fails to sign the bill the
situations reyerts to the old and unde.
sirsble order Of things. II he signs i.
he convicts bis administration OF ali un-
friendly act towards a foreign govern
ment, involving a breach OF courtesy
which Is tantamount to an insult, and
| all the more an insult because we were
on terms of cordial intercourse at the
| time it occurred.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-28
Ordwav,s .sreat Eeailure.

. uJ "Ao1
Nine miles north of Aberdeen, upon
the Northwestern railway, ia situated
the historic hamlet of Ordway. Named
after the famous Gov. Ordwsy. it was at
one time, before the location OF the
at Bismarck. the greatest pros
pective city OF Dakota. Land for several
miles about the town Was bought, and
is still held by a Chicago syndicate, Who
at the time had the best OF reasons for
believing that the town would be the
Large prices were paid for real estate,
and for q time the paper city -four
ished. Aberdeen, an insignificant juno
ton town, was hardly mentioned then.
Rumor had it that things were 'fxed,"
and that Ordway wes sure to secur the
capital. The causes which defeated the
scheme and epgulfed at least 9 part OF
the fortunes OF it's projectors, are nu-
msrous and could only be embodied IN
an extended review OF the decline sno
fell OF Ordway, interesting history for
which material abounds. But to one
femiliar with the gigantic enterprise ant
the dazzling future S)rdway once seemed
to have she Ordway Of to-day Is
Palmyra wanting ven ruins aud broker
cesumns,
Yet Ordway is q pleasant prairie town
The elm, deep in its green banks, almos
encircles the village, the site is high. ans
the Surroundings pleasant. Will,
many OF those who moe laughed at th'
prices offered by sanguine ~rtrangers 10
corner lots have since departed leavIn
their valuable holdings in tls talons Q
the tax-title buyer. while one by on
dwellings, and business houses have bee
moved INFO she country On TO neighbol
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-28
THE cOslEe CONFERENCE.
Gathering ofthe Method SITS of Dakota
in Nanktun Next Month,

Gathering 0fthe Method SITS of Dakota
/ in NanktUn Next Month,
The Dakota annual conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal church meets in
this city Oct. 10Th. The follosing will
be the general programme. Many of the
clergy will arrive on the evening of the
9th in order TO be present at the exami-
nation of candidates which takes place
on the 10th.
Wednesdhy-sn examination of candl.
dates for the ministry.
Wednesday evening-Reception of the
bishop and clergy.
} Thursday g. m--Conference business;
p. m. preaching.
Thursday evenings. s. union, Rev.
j. P. Aarlbut, d. d. being the principal
speaker.
Friday q. m.-Oonference business; 2
p. m. preaching; 4 p. m. address by Mrs..
DR.. Hall, W. O, T. U; evening, Freed
mans Aid, Rev. Geo. Gray, ID. d, OF At.
lsnta, Georgia.
SpSuiahJ q, ~ bucAlCccs Z
p. m. preaching; 4 p. m woman's foreign
missionary society evening, church ex-
tension, Rev. VIM. Spencer d. D., oil
Philadelphia.
Sunday-Preachipg and ordination OF
the candidates for the ministry.
Monday a. m.-Reading the appoint.
ments for the NEXT wear.
In addition to the l40 delegates and
the general agents named above. it is ex'
pected that q number of noted ministers
will be present-probably DR.. Edwards
of Chicago, DIR. Ridgeway, OF Evanston
and Bishop VIM. Taylor, the missionary
bishop to Africa. This meeting will
bring to Yapkton persons from every
town In south Dakota, as the work O.
the Methodist church for the coming
year will be arranged at this session
Among the important questions thu
will be discussed will be the conferences
university that was burned last winter. 4
number OF places ara asking that thi
school be moved from Mitchell ant
propositions to that end will be made b,
Sioux Falls and other places.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-28
dent corn make g bushei-seventy
pounde-an average of nearly q pound
and a half to an ear. These two va
riaties cannot be improYod upon
pEHsnraY.


r.. 4. Sargent, of the Herald, went to
Mitchell to-day.
j. w. Tiffany, OF Lancaster, Wiscon-
ain, is in the city.
Jacob Seibert visited Sioux City and
returned yesterday.
Isaac Piles and wife went to see the
corn palace to day.
Geo. b. Redield, of Watertown, spent
last night in Yankton.
Lon Stone returned from corn palacing
in Sioux City lest night.
r. W, Burns is confined to his home
to-day by q severe cold.
W. e. Peak and wife, were guests at
the Merchants last night.
d. j. Burns and wife. of Minneapolis,
are g u SITS at the Morrison.
Robt. L. COX went to Sioux City to-
day to see the corn palace.
l. w. Foster and wife, of Sioux Falls,
spent last night in Yankton.
General w. 81. FL. Beadle and II. B.
Wynn returned from the east to-day.
Muses. Bessie and Mabel Richardson
are home from o visit in Pennsylvania.
Il. ID Skinner, of Poncs, Nebraska,
was a guest at the Merchants last night.
Miss Bell Gardner, OF Bon Homme
county, went to Sioux City this morn.
ing.
W. 8. Scougal and wife and MISS
Alexina Wilson did the corn palace to.
day.
FL. Kelliugton and wife, OF Name.
field, Ohio, were strangers in Ysnktor
yesterday.
John P. Brennan went through the
corn palace yesterday and returned &c
Ysnkto1 upharmede
Mrs. l.. ID. Palmer and daughters
Miss Lou and Becky, reached home
from the east to-day.
j. b. Pattee. TIE hospital contractor
is lying seriously ill with a kidney di'
sesse at the hospital.
Walter A. BurlelRh, ir., wife and so,
left Yankton this morning for Seattle
Washington territory, there to reside.
Mrs. Mark M. Palmer, of Omaha. ar
! rived this forenoon for o visit with he
parents, Governor and Mrs. A, j. Faulk
Gilbert H. Stevenson, secretary O
y the Dakota Masonic aid association, re
TUNED last night from an extended SO
Ijoura in north Dakota.
j. H. O. Young left for Deadwood thi
afternoon. His chief, Captain ID. W
Maratta, vent to Sioux City this morn
8 ing and will meet MIR. Young and 90 o
to Deadwood to night to be present at
term of supreme court.
M. II. Day and wife passed throug
Yankton to-day enroute for Rapid OFT,
The last Of their household effects hav
been consigned to Rapid ana the younge
) ' members OF the family are already ther
J and Mr.. Day and family may nov /
said to be in fact residents of Rspi
: city.