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The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21
ATTEMPTED WlFE-MURDER.

Charles r. Hamilton, Of Savarah, Ga
Break' IA Razor o. His Wife's Wind. Pipe
In an Attempt to Murder Her.
ATLANTA, Ga, March 1G.-Yesterday
morning Charles F. Hamilton, OF Savan-
nah, made a 1lirirderdus assault on his
wife at the Kimball House. Mrs: Hamil:
ton is stylish blonde, aged twenty Ave.
Hamilton is a handsome man of thirty.
Mrs. Hamilton reached Atlanta Thursday
from New Orleans, where she has rela-
tiyes. She was accompanied by her six
year-old son, and took a room on the
sixth floor OF the kimball House. Tess
terday morning she was followed by Haai-
ilton, who went at once to her room.
Hamilton says he found a man there, aad
when he demanded his son the mpn and
Mrs. Hamilton made fun Of him. Ie
thereupon drew d razor and eut at his
wife's throat, inficting a four inch wnia
that reached to within aquarter Of an inch
of the jugular vein. The razor struck the
wind-pipe, and piece an iuch long was
broken from the blade. The boy says
his father Kissed his mother, but she
cursed him, and then a quarrel arose, and
the cutting occurred.
Hamilton gave the alarm Immediately,
and made no effort to evade arrest. He is
now in Jail. Unless suppuration or blood
poisoning takes place, the woman will re.
cover, The hotel people deny that there
was any man in the room.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21
MILLIONAIRE SENATORS.
Only Nine Fourteen Years Ago, But Nov
There Are Nineteen.

Only Nine Fourteen Years Ago, But Now
There Are Nine teen.
saw man add up to-day the fort
unes of the members of the Senate.
Of course, no other earthly thing is as
hard to find out as how rich a man is.
He himself very seldom knows, and the
human Imagination is weak. indeed,
when it contemplates big aggrega-
ton of dollars. Most OF the people in
this country can not understand the
sensation of owning 500 in lump.
1t used to be common saying that A.
r. Stewart was worth a hundred mill
ions, but l believe his estate, after
death, amounted only to $50. 600.
There is a member OF Congress from
Massachusetts, whose close friends
range from $4,000 900 to $25O,0oo in
estimating his wealth. But on the
basis of popular guesses the figures OF
Senatorial wealth that ] saw to-day
footed up slss. .oOo,o According to
this calculation there are, counting
Vice-President Morton. nineteen mill
ionaires in the Senate, which number
is thiId of the total membership
When Zachariah Chandler came to the
Senate just before the war, | have
heard that he could not find another
millionaire in the chamber. Only
fourteen years ago there were but nine
millionaires il the Senate
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21
THE CORN SUPPLY.

what is shown by the Agricultural De-
partmcnt's E'gure' In Regard to the
Corn supply of the Country.
BALTIMORE, Nd, MARCH 1G.-The Journ =
al of Commerc ce comments on the pOssi-
BILE corn supply, as furnished by the
Agricultural Department, az follows!
The old crop on hand November /, 1887,
10000 00); to which add crop of 1SSS, l..
9SS 100000, the total available is 2, 1873, ,000,I
900, and now deduct the export since No.
vember l, which is p, $40, 900, and also the
amount on hand March 1, which is given
as 7S7,Oo0,00J, making a total Of S12,60),-
900 to be deducted, which make the coma
sumption in four months, according to de.
partment estimates. 1,326, 400, 900, and then
says: This rate of consumption seems
ridiculous when compared with requires
ments in former years, even allowing
only sc, ,000,0 900 bushels of old corn to have
been on hand at the commencement of
the harvest, instead of 15O,0J)0,0)0 BUSH
els, as we assumed. Is it not asking too
much to believe in such figures? If true,
and consumption continues proportion
ately during the next eight months, how
shall we be fed unless We import from the
Black Sea or La Plata;"
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21
MILITARY TRIBUNALS.
BoW dehetsl and Garri son Courts-Marti'
Afk CBhdhgtsd,

Are CUHdhttsd
The Articles Of War" provide f6f
the trial by courts-martial Of all per-
sons under the control Of the military
authorities of the country TH5 frfay be
accused OF osenses committed against
the regulations and laws enacted for
the government OF the armies OF the
United .Ststea Unlike the practice in
civil life, the Ccr'tired powers OF both
judge and jury are vested hi tp5 officers
composing a court-martial, they delij-
Grating upon the evidence OF the wit
t,esses, determining as to the guilt or
innocence Of the defendants, and pass
Ing sentence upon cutprits. An officer
Is appointed as Judge-Adv66ate, whose
duties are to conduct the prosecution
as we'll as TO act as counsel for the ac-
cused when the latter has NO lagal ad
wiser OF his own, and to object to any
9destscns that might lead to an answer
on the part Of tlte defendant tending to
criminate himself.
So-called general courts-martial are
ment of important cases and for the
trial of commissioned officers, and may
be appointed ty any general officer
commanding separate army or de-
partment. Such court consists Of
thirteen members, unless the exigen-
cies of the service prevent the assem-
bling OF that number u officers; but In
no case may u general court have less
than five members.
Garrison and regimental courts-mar-
tial, having three members, are ap-
pointed by the commanding officer Of
any post or regiment, and are con-
vened for the trial OF minor offenses on
the part OF any Of the enlisted tf1en
forming the command. AS the law
now stands even the slightest infringe
ment OF the rules of discipline calls for
action by a court-martial. and such
petty breaches Of good conduct, as alb
sence from roll-call or from quarters
after taps" slovenly or untidy dress,
quarrelsome or abusive language to
comrades or non-commissioned officers,
ETC., the penalty for which is usually
the imposition OF slight fine to be
stopped from the soldiers pay, nre
treated with all the form and core
mOny of trials for grave offenses. The
sworn testimony of the witnesses, ac-
eording to the rules of evidence, must
be reduced to writing. and n report
made of the proceedings in each case.
as the regulations prohibit the execu-
tion of any sentences by a court-mar-
tial until It's action is confirmed by tho
officer ordering the court. When the
fact is taken into consideration that,
according to the report Of Colonel
Licber, Acting Judge-Advocate-Gen-
eral, there were 10,447 trials before
garrison courts during the past year in
an army the total peace footing of
which is limited by law to a. >force Of
but 25, 900 men, it would seem that a
system less cumbersome and less irk-
some to both officer and men might be
devised by which petty violations OF
regulations could be punished sum-
marily without injustice to the SOL
dier.-Harper's Weekly.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21
Panic In a Theater.

WHEELING, w. Va, March 16.-Duriug
the performance of "Uncle Toms Cabin
in Lafayette Hall at Martins Ferry last
night large kerosene lamp which was
pendant from the center OF the ceiling,
fell into one of the aisles and exploded.
The people made a rush for the main
doors, but they were nailed, the SIDE
doors having been used tor entrance.
Mrs. Clark Moore tainted, and was badly
injured by being trampled upon. Finally
the main doors were broken down from
the outside, and the building was soon
emptied. With the exception or MIS-
Moore there were none seriously hurt.
The fire was extinguished before much
damage was done.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21
THE EUROPEAN MISSIONS.

Warner Miller Said to be PRECEDENT Har-
rlson'5 Choice for England-Wh.teIaw
Reid, Murat Halstead and John G. New
Down for Other Posts.
New YORK, March 15.-A Washington
special to the Mail and Express says:
The man the President has in mind for
the English mission Is Warner Miller, os
New York. This explains his objection
to Whitelaw Reid for that post and his
desire to give the New York editor any
other court. The situation Is such
that Whitelaw Reid may decline
to go abroad in any capacity,
claiming the English mission or nothing.
Murat Halstead is pretty sure to get the
German mission. France is held open
for Mr.. Reid or he can have Germany if
he says so, and Mr.. Halstead will get
France. John C. New is to go to Austria.
The adjournment of the Senate until
Monday has upset thousand calcula-
tions, and made those nervous who sup
posed yesterday that their men would go
In to-day.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21
is IT TASCOTT?
A Mau Arrested in British Columbia on
Suspicion that He Is Willie Tascott.

Suspicion that He Is Willie Tascott.
VICTORIA, B. c., March 15.-A man sup
posed to answer the description OF Tas-
colt, the murderer of Millionaire Smell,
of Chicago, has been arrested at Nanai-
mo. He gave his name as Charles
Palmer. He arrived on the noon train
yesterday, and his suspicious actions
RI once drew the attention of the officers.
He engaged q boatman to row him to
GibrIola Island, telling the latter he was
hunted and wanted to escape from his
pursuers A storm coming up, the voy-
age was not made, and Palmer then Of
fered liveryman twenty dollars TO drive
him out of town as far as possible. While
preparing to leave, Palmer was arrested.
He shows indications of insanity.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

THE police of Berlin and Paris have re-
Gently been actively engaged in hunting
down the leaders of the Anarchists in
their respective cities, with the result of
making several very important arrests in
the one and causing many blatant agita-
tors of violent measures b dee for safety
from the other.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

On the 14th, the Lower House of the
Connecticut Legislature passed the Sem
ate bill prohibiting the use of tobacco for
smoking by miners under sixteen years
of age. The bill was amended SO as to
make the delivery Of tobacco to a miner a
crime, as well as the sale of it.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

IN the Hartford Comm police court
Alex. Theur and Amos z. Risley, engi-
neers at the late Park Central Hotel,
charged with manslaughter in causing the
explosion of the boiler by negligence,
were, on the 18th, held for the Superior
Court in bonds of 81, 800 each.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

DR.. KARL PETERS started from Alexan-
dria, Egypt, for Alden, on the nth, on his
way to take charge of the Emin Bey re-
lief expedition,
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

The Silesian Diet has voted to appro-
pirate the sum of 200, 900 marks for the pur-
pose Of erecting q monument of Emperor
William /. at Breslau
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

THR interposition of Ex-King Milan of
Servia prevented q duel between NJ.
Mihiokovic, chief-of- staff, and NJ. Bell
markovic, one Of the regents.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

GREAT rain-storms have ragged in Cali
fornia recently, the rainfall for twenty
four hours ended at noon on the 18th be-
ing 90 inches, the heaviest ever known
fbara
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

THE issue IF standard silver dollars
frcm the mints for the week ended the 9th
amounted to 81 ,jS7. The issue during
the corresponding week of last year was
89I Dol.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

SCHUYLER MOSES, the oldest Free Ma
son in the State of New York, and the
oldest pioneer of Rochester, died, ON the
18th, aged ninety. He had been a Mason
sixty eight years.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

THE Rhode Island Senate passed, on the
18th, the Ballot Reform hill, amended SO
as to take effect June, 1889, instead Of
April 1889,
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

ALDAcE F. WALKER has finally accept
ed the chairmanship Of the Inter State
Commerce Railway Association.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21
Is 1t Genuine 2

Probably thousands OF people in this sec.
tion of country, and this section is no eX-
ception to any other in this respect in the
United States, have read the report said to
have been written by Prof S. A. baltimore,
Phi D., LII D., Analyst of Foods and MedI-
cines, New York State Board of Health and
Professor of Chemistry in the Rochester,
n Y, University, stating tnat all of the
Safe Remedies manufactured by Il. Ii.
Warner & Co. were pure and wholesome,
nor did any Of them contain any mercury or
deleterious substance. To shorten the con-
troversy, however, we will give Prot. Latti-
more's report entire:
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER,
CHEMICAL LABORATORY.
Mr.. II. II. Warner has placed in my pos
session the formule OF several medicines
manufactured and sold under the general
designation Of "Warner's Safe Remedies"
l have investigated the processes of manu-
facture which are conducted with extreme
care and according to the best methods.
have taken from the Laboratory samples Of
ali the articles used in the preparation of
these medicines, Rs well as the several med
icines in which they enter. have also pur
chased from different druggists in this city
warmers Safe Remedies" and upon criti-
cal examination / find them all entirely free
from mercury and from poisonous and dele
teriOLs substances.
s. A LATTIMoRE, Phi. D., LII. d.
Analyst Of Foods and Medicines, New York
State Board Of Health, Professor of Chem
istry, University of Rochester, N. Y.
We can not think that a frm of the stand
ing of H. H. Warner & Co. would dare pub
lsh such statement if it were untrue, and
we now have that firms authority to say TO
our readers that it is absolutely and un-
aualifedly true in every particular.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

ex-senator PLATT's son has entered
General Tracy's law firm in New York
City.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

THE first sign of the inevitable return Of
Queen Natalie to Belgrade as the result of
her late husbands desertion Of the throne
and her sons accession thereto is visi-
BILE in the report that meeting is being
arranged between the mother and son
on the frontier.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

QUEEN VICTORIA will shortly 60 10 san
Sebastian to pay a visit to the cemetery
whore lie the British )lGitrS who fell in
the Peninsuar war In the British conquest
Of that place in 1913.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

ADMIRAL JOHN LEE DAVIS, aged sixty
four, retired naval officer, died at the
Ebbitt House, Washington, on the 18TH
of pneumonia. Admiral Davis entered
the navy in 1S41, and was in command of
the Asiatic squadron when he was retired
two years ago.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

MAYOR GRANT of New York will head
the reception committee which will. go
down the bay on tug to meet the
Adriatic, which brings back the Chicago
and Ail-America base ball clubs from
their tour around the world.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

THE Nihilist committee of st. Peters
burg has issued secret circular an
nouncing that the apparent inactivity of
the Nihilist leaders is merely blind, in
tended to lull the authorities into false
sense of security.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

THE Amccr Of AfGhanistan denies that
he has any designs against Russia. He
declares that his enemies, wishing to en-
broil England, Af%hanistan and Russi;,
originated the report,
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

LORD COMPTON (Gladstonian) was elect
ed to Parliament from the Barnsley div.
sion of Yorkshire, England on the 18th,
receiving 6, ,232 votes against 8, 7Sl cast for
B. c. Vernon Wentworth, the Conserv-
ative candidate.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

LATE Samoan dispatches received at
Auckland, New Zealand, show that there
is no basis for the rumOrs of the naval
battle that was said to have been fought
between the German and American war
vessels,
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

TRAIN -wRECKERs tore up the track OF
the Transcaspian railway in Russia, caus-
ing a frightful accident to passenger
train, on the 10th. Fifty persons were
killed and injured. The wreckers were
CAPTURED,
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

H. who foresees calamities suffers them
tw.ce over.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

LORD LoNeDAtE has arrived at that
point in the Arctic Circle known as the
Ramparts, which is the last outpost of the
Hudson Bay Company. He and his party
are reported we'll, and his lordship Is in
fne sDirits
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

formerly Of Waterbury, Conn, who, for
twenty-one years, has bcaa supposed to
be dead, but who Is now wealthy resi-
dent of Victoria Australia.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

THE schooner Ellen, which recently left
San Diego, Cal, for the new gold fields at
Ensenada, with eight tons of provisions
and seventy-six miners on board went on
the beach few miles north of Ensenada,
and broke ND
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

NINCEN2o VILETTn, an accomplice Of
"Red- Nosed Mike" in the murder Of Pay
master Mcclure and Contractor Flanni-
gan, has been captured i'll Italy, and II 900
of the stolen money recovered.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

IT is reported that the secrets Of the
Patriotic League were betrayed to the
French Government By a leading officer
of the organiz ltion. The name of the
traitor has not as yet been divulged.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

OWING to the illness of Mrs, To#nshend
and her daughter, it was determined to
postpone the taking of the remains of
Representative TOwnshend to Illinois.
His funeral took place in Washington on
the 18th,
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-21

THE Mexican Government has amended
the concession granted TO Captain j. B.
Eads for a ship railroad, by guaranteeing
earnings to the extent of five per cent. in
terest on sixty million dollars Of stock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-16
A PICNIC AT ROCK POINT.
500 of the East Liberty Basket Social Party
Spend nm Enjoyable Day-Games, Danc-
ing, and Music

500 of the East Liberty Basket Social Party
Spend nm Enjoyable Day-Games, Danc-
ing, and Music,
Nver have the rugged, projecting rocks
of Rock Point been favored with more
genteel and orderly crowd than left East
Liberty depot yesterday. The people ap-
peared to be bent on making the most of the
day. The train left promptly at 8 A. M,
with fully 500 people on board, and landed
them at Rock Point at 10.
The picnic was in charge of G. W. Berlin
and j. j. Bradley, and these gentlemen
demonstrated that they could ably handle
the picnic problem. There were various
sports, such as baseball, lawn tennis,
croquet and quoits. All the sports were
we'll patronized, but lawn tennis was the
leading game.
At IL o'clock regular stampede was
made to gain the most sequestered spots to
open up the well-flled baskets the ladies
had made up. Dinner over, a rush
was made for the dancing platforms,
where the First Royal Band disooursed the
sweetest of dance music. The platform was
filled with dancers from the time the first
strain of music sounded until night cur
tanned around and gave the warning for
home.
When the party arrived back at East
Liberty at 1880 P. M. no jaded face or
weary gait could be seen. Everybody was
in the highe:t flush of enjoyment, and spoke
warmly of the days pleasure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-16
HE KNEW THEM WELL.
A Beaver Falls Citizen Tells Anecdotes Of
Terry nnd Broderick, the. e.Duelisfs-Poli.

A Beaver Falls Citizen Tells Anecdotes of
Terry and Brodericl, the e.Duelisfs-Poli-
tics His Ladder.
J, E. Emerson, of Beaver Falls, stated
Yesterday to a DISPATCH reporter that he
saw Judge Terry and Broderick before
Judge Coon in San Francisco the day before
their famous duel. He knew then where
the duel was to take place. 1t was about 10
miles from San Francisco. The owners OF
wagons were charging IS apiece to carry
those who desired to 60 to the dueiing
ground. ..
"Colonel Baker, who was killed at Balls
Bluff during the war;" said Mr.. Emerson,
"told me of calling on Broderick after he
was injured in the duel. Broderick and
his brother we're left waits in New York;
they commenced life there by selling news
papers. They afterward became orators and
statesmen.
''Terry was just released on bail last win
ter when 1 was there. During the bucn-
anan campaign Terry was up before the
Vigilance Committee, before be fought the
Broderick duel, and, ii his man had died,
Terry would have been hanged, and the
country would have been spared the sensa-
ton OF the last few days.
"You want to know how on earth Terry
ever managed to climb to such eminence on
the Pacific slope? Bless you, it was by the
political route, pure and simple. There were
times when politicians could do or get al
most anything they pleased in California;
and Terry, you see, was one Of them"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-16
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
Office of the City Clerk of che city of Sterling.
Illinois, for furnishing materials and doing the
work of constructing portion of the Avenue
"B" sewer system, and connections and appur-
tenances thereto. The work will comprise, ap-
proximately, the following:
1000 lineal feet of 4S-inch brick sewer; 5000
lineal feet of pipe sewer from in. to Pain. in
diameter. together with the catch basins, man
shown IN plans.
The bids for furnishing pipe, and for the best
Akron cement. to be made separately. The
whole of the work to be completed not later
than Nov. ], 1S8y. Plans and specifications
may be seen at the office OF the City Clerk.
All bids must be in the hands of the City
Clerk, j. +. Barrett on or before August 10.
1889.
The Council reserves the right to reject any
By order of Com. on Streets and AusyA
aul1-22D
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-16
MERIT ACKNOWLEDGED.
A Monument Erected to n Faithful Dog By
His Youthful Friends.

his Outu1ul Er1end9-
Alderman Porter, Yesterday, fined Jacob
Wllbert, of Skunk Ho low, $40 for cruelty
to a dog, Mrs. Mary, Barrett, prosecutrix.
The testimony was that Wilbert had ar
ranged a match between savage bulldog,
his own property, and a fine Newfoundland
belonging to Mrs. Barrett. The Newfound-
land didn't wan to fight, but when forced,
got away with the bulldog in short order.
The evidence showed Wilbert had stabbed
Mrs. Bsrrett's dog several times with a
carving knife, injuring him SO that he
died. ,--'
Major was the name of Mrs. Barrett's
dog, and he had endeared himself to the
neigh borhood by his kindness and watch
full care of the infantile population, once,
during a freshet in the creek, saving the
life of a child that had fallen in and was
being carried off by the torrent. The
children got coffin for Major and had him
inferred, amid much solemnity and sorrow,
on the hillside, and after covering the
grave with flowers. They then raised a
subscription and purchased tombstone
and had Majors name inscribed on it,
along with an enumeration of his virtues
and services.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-16
THE BREWERS FAVORED.
Express Rates Are Lower fpr Beer and Ale
Than for Merchandise.

On August 1, the American Express
Company put into operation a series of
rates on beer, ale, pop, soda and mineral
waters, making lower tariff on these arti-
cles than on merchandise. Where the rate
on merchandise for 100 pounds is 40 cents
it is 80 cents on beer; 60 cents on merchan-
disc, 40 cents on beer, and 81 so cents on
merchandise, 81 so cents on beer. When
the rate is higher than 81 so the agent is
instructed to apply to headquarters for
special rates.
81 see the beer makers object to the
present express rates, as excessive, and on
the ground tnat they are Discrimination"
said NJ. E. valiant, of the American Ex-
press, ''but the trouble is the beer manu-
facturers want freight rates which we can't
afford. We have to pay the railroads. for
the use of their baggage cars, and the
brewers should paw us"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-16
OTHER RAILWAYS CHARTERED.
The Birmingham Road Now Ready for Ii
Remodeling.

The new Birmingham and Pittsburg
Traction Railway was chartered yesterday
by the Governor. Work will be COM
menced on the line at once. A charter was
also granted the Glenshaw Street Railway
Company, with capital of $50, 900. This
line begins in Millvale, at the intersection
of Bridge street and the Allegheny and
Butler plank road, thence along said road
through Millvale, the township of Saler,
borough of Etna, to village of Glensboro.
The officers are: Jacob T. Keil, of Pitts
burg, President; P. w. Siebert. of Pitts
burg, c. Van Buren, Jr., Millvale; Arthur
Kennedy, Allegheny City, and Gen. Will
liams, Pittsburg, directors.