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Evening journal., 1889-01-21

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2i-A terrible tragedy,
resulting in the lynching Of an old farmer
named Henry Thomas, is reported from the
little village Of Bolar, in Mercer county,
this state, the particulars of which are given
as follows; On Wednesday night last Mr..
Thomas having discovered that two Of his
four daughters had eloped with Charles and
Samuel HAsbourn, gave chase, and overtak-
ing the party shot ami killed both the Has
bourn boys and wounded one Of his daugh-
ters, who has since died. On returning 10
his home with the two girls Thomas found
that the other two daughters had likewise
eloped with Thomas Allison and Edward
6reason. Leaving the girls he had with
him, Thomain started in pursuit Of the
others, whom he overlook and secured the
girls without conflict, and when near his
nome he was taken prisoner by a mob Of per-
sons and hanged from the linab Of tree.
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nent and understanding between treaty
powers, but inform the representatives Of the
German and British governments OF your
readiness to cooperate IN causing oil treaty
lights 70 be resi- cted, and in restoring pnaes
and order ON r..e basis Of a recognition Of
Samoa's right TO independence. Endeavor TO
prevent extreme measures against the Sa-
means end TO bring about a peaceful settle
ment'n
As to what may happen when Admiral
Kimberly comes up alongside the German
men of war in the waters Of Samoa Secretary
Bayard is not willing 10 say, further than
that he has no doubt the admiral will carry
out his instructions 10 the letter.
The conduct Of the state department is
severely criticised as lacking in iirmness and
vigor, and the outcome is likely TO be some
free expression Of the sense Of both houses Of
| congress
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sto.e RalIrond Ronds.

NEW York, Jan. 21.-William L. Wythe
formerly managing clerk Of the brokerage
firm Of w. +. Lawson g. Co, 40 Exchange
place, was arraigned at the Tombs police
court, charged with stealing s., 700 Of bonds
Of the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad
from the firm last September. Wythe re-
fused to make a statement, and was admitted
to bail in the sum of $4,000 Members Of
the firm state that Wythe also embezzled
about $1,000 in cash, aud that this is the
whole extent of the defalcation.
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killed by His EIoping wife.

CHEYENNE, Wy. T., Jan 2l.-Mrs. Alice
Bloodgood. the wife of the foreman of he
Hams Fork mines, elopcd with Jack Cush-
ing, Pittsburg prize fighter. They started
on horseback for the railroad station, thirty
miles distant, bnt were overtaken by Blood.
good and his friends, when Mrs Blcodgood
shot her husband twice killing MIN, and
Gushing fred on and wounded two Of his
parsuers. The eloping couple have SO far
escaped arrest, though the sheriff and a posse
are in pursuit.
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A Charitable Verdict.

MIDDLETowN, N. Y, Jan. 2L-The YER
Dict of the coroner's inquest in the case Of
AIRS. Dora Geer, living near Hancock, who
killed her infant child and then took her own
l:s, charitably declares that the deed was
GONE while she was laboring under temporary
alteration Of the mind, though there was,
in fact, no testimony of any previous symp-
toms of insanity. The evidence showed it to
have been, in deliberation and method, one
OF the most remarkable crimes ever perpe-
trated in the region. Mrs. Geer was only q
wears old
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FATALITIES OF A DAY.
TWENTY Workmen Killed by =
Failing Bridge.
FIGHTS WITH A TEXAS MOB.
They Attempt TO Take six Prisoners for
Lynching Purposes, and Battle TO
Death FolIows--An Avenging Father
Lynched-other Fatalities.

Iynched-Other Fatalities.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan 2i-The difficult
ties between the bridge contractors at Potts
VILE, Kan, and the Louisville, St. Louis
and Texas railroad had a tragic termination
yesterday afternoon at o'clock, when the
draw broke in two, precipitatng forty en-
ployes into tho river, More than one-half Of
whom were drowned before assistance could
reach them.
Since the completion Of the bridge about
ten days ago there has been trouble between
the contractors ana the road as 20 the terms
of payment for the work. Last week the
irst Louisville, St. Louis and Texas train
advertised that il would make its maiden
trip 70 Henderson, but when il reached
Spottsvile il found the draw thrown open
by order Of the contractors aud the train
couldn't pass. The railroad authorities at
once appealed to the courts al Henderson,
and an injunction was granted against
further interference with the traffic Of the
road until the case had been decided
Forty men, acting under instructions from
! Tie contractors, gathered upon the draw and
! placed on each end of II a number OF heavy
rails, intending to obstruct the train in this
way and not violate the courts instructions
by opening the draw
just before o'clock the packet Gen.
Dawes, bound for this city, whistled for the
draw 10 be opened that it might pass
through. There was prompt response, and
while oil Of the contractors men were still
standing upon 1t the ponderous draw swang
open and the steamer passed into the OPEN
ing, but just os she got through the draw
broke in two Immediately over the center Of
the pier, upon which it rested, and both
wings, with their weight OF iron and human
beings, fell forty feet aud in an instant sank
beneath the surface amid wild shrieks from
the doomed workmen.
Many Of the unfortunates had their limbs
and neeks broken before the draw reached
the water, and all were thrown downward
upon the iron track and beams, or entangled
in tho debris were borne beneath the water.
The passengers on the steamer saw three men
crushed by an immense beam just as 1t broke,
one being transtixed upon an iron spur. IN
falling tho draw only missed the steamer q
few feet, and came near capsizing il In the
water. Where the structure sunk the water
is thirty feet deep.
About eighteen were taken out, whict
were all that could be found. No names o
the dead could be obtained.
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FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

The Opposition 20 Gen. Bouianger's Cam
dldaey aud Other Gossip of General
Interest from over the Ocean.
PARIS, Jan. 2l.-Although the chances OF
Gen. Boulanger's election TO the chamber Of
deputies from the Department Of the Seine
next Sunday are infinitely better than those
of any other candidate, they are much less
favorable than they were few days ago.
The Patriotic League will give him its unani-
nous support, but the actions Of the Free
Mnsons and the trades unions in resolving to
oppose him win draw from him great many
votes which have hitherto been regarded as
certain 20 be cast for him. The independent
Conservatives have nominated NJ Etienne
Lamy, formerly a deputy for the Depart
ment Of Jura, ana IL IS expected that hi.
candidacy will help Boulanger somewhat by
drawing votes away from NJ Jacques
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HARTFORD, Jan. 2l.-The marriage Of
Miss Ellen B. Sin, daughter OF United States
District Attorney George G. Sill, of this
city, with Hubert K. Wood, of Garden City,
Kan, viii occur here Wednesday, and viii
be notable society event. Mr. WOOD. tha
bridegroom, is grandson Of the late George
WOOD, OF New York city, who was a PROM
inent lawyer. His father was in the
United States naval service He has an
gsgei In the banking bcsinez at Garden
City. -
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LoUisvnLi, Jan. 2l-Near Jeffersonvipe
ON Friday Miss Nora Cain shot and probably
fatally wounded John Alstoll n cooper, who
mad persisted in paying her attention
against her will. As he was talking to her
she stood with her hands under her apron.
suddenly she let fall the apron, and, present
ing revolver, hred. She is in jail in de
fault of bail
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. q. "A colored
woman, Rachel Henry, was arrested at
Knoxville, charged with roasting baby.
A neighbor passing her house smeled burn
ing flesh, and rushed in On a bed Of burn
ing Goals lay an infant roasting to death and
alone in room. The Henry woman claims
it was an accident, but the proof against her
Is strong
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DUBLIN, Jan. 21.-Messrs. Hariand &
Wolf, the Belfast shipbuilders, who have
just completed the White Star steamship
Teutonic, express their belief that she will
prove 70 be the fastest vessel afioat. The
greatest possible pains were taken in her con
strnction, and her lines were altered several
times in the effort 10 render them perfect
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rcll pend In Church.

NEW HAVEN, Jan. 2i-Mrs Jarlia b.
Graves, Of Middletown, while attending SER
vices at the Second Uniyersalst church. this
city, uttered a shrek and feH dead in the
arms Of her nephew, George L. Gray. There
was much excitement among the congrega-
tion, and a panic was narrowly averted.
The pastor at once closed the service
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BERLIN, Jan. 2l.-At the festival Of the
Order Of the Red Eagle the emperor con-
fegred a second decoration, with oak foliage
upon Count Arco-Valley, the German minis
ter at Washington a similar decoration.
with ribands, upon Mr. Feigel, the German
consul general at New York, and Herr
Kraetke, the administrator of New Guinea;
and fourth class decorations upon Herren
Goering, Pelldram and Krull, German con
suls In southwest Africa and at Sydney and
Wellington respectively.
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Iron pInnt Damaced by rIrc.

NILES, o., Jan. 2l.-Tho plant Of the
Thomas Furnace company was damaged by
fire to the amount OF $4,000. The hosting
and stock houses, with machinery, were de-
stroyed; also several railroad cars. fnsur-
ance, $4,000 More than 100 men are thrown
out of employment
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IERLIs, Jan. 2i-Frofessor Mendel, the
eminent psychologist Of the Berlin univer-
Sly, spent several hours Ia an examination
OF Professor Jeffcken. The latter's friends
deny that there was any necessity for sub
jacting him to the ordeal, or that there ex-
lists any reason why he SHOULD be placed
under tutelage
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Rahhinr the pnstnmns.

BELvIDERE. N. j., Jan. 21.-In the last
few nights burglars in Hunterdon county
robbed several places, including the post
Office AT the latter place they blex open the
safe and secured postage stamps amounting
70 $40. They also entered Samuel Streets
store, from which they stole Runds 70 the
value et about 600 end slVe ~ eas-4
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LAcLEDE, Mo-, Jan. 2l.--Mrs. Malinda
Hall, a widow, and four small children were
murdered Saturday night by the woman's
cousin, Joseph Howe, a school teacher Howe
set fire 10 the residence and his victims were
burned 20 death. The murderer was tracked
in the snow to Brookheld and arrested and
VIII likely bo lynched.
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rntnl rlre nt snnth Nnrmnll.

SOUTH NoRwALK, Conn, Jan. 2l.-Enos
Kelloggs barn was burned yesterday, and
Frank Taylor, carpenter, who slept IN the
building, was burned TO death. A pair Of
oxen We're also burned, Loss, $1,000
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An Alleged "Jack. the R,pn.r. y

NEW HAVEN, Jan. 2L-F. r. Harrison,
who has been arrested as boarding hease
beat, is accused OF being the person who has
cent to various citizens letters signed "Jaek
tic Ripper threatening to kill disreputabls
women Writing found on his person TO
semhles that in the letters Harrison claims
ts be N:g ysssk dstssalYs
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stahhed hr the n1arnr.

cHARLEsroS, S. C.. Jan. q. --At Laureus
J. 1. NJ. Irby, member of the lesn la;ure.
and MaCxti ate W. f. stoddnI1 "a iiss
fight over spIopossiiCn u rrn0,s 'odGard
from .t-z- - -sE.~-s -------e .-----sl
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Later lrby and his brother, mayor Of the
town, again approached Stoddnrd, who struck
the mayor. lhe mayor then cut Stoddard
severely with "A knife, and Stoddart stabbed
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PUBLIC SALES.

DUBLlC SALE OF THE FIXTURES or a
II First Glass fDrug Store, will be sold at
Public Sale. at No. 233 Market street, VIII
January 25 1859, at . O'Clock, as follows: A
ine Soda Apparatus, 3 Copper Soda Fountains,
/ fine show Cases, Scales, Ice Shave, l Milk
shake and all the wall fixtures. The above
goods will be positively sold. as the store has
een rented for other kind Of business The
goods are all in good order, only being in use a
hort time. Can be seen at any time before
ale.
L. GRANT DENNISON.
!. ". Stidham q Son, Auctioneers.
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NOTICES.


NOTlCE.-THE WILMINGTON FAIR
~ The annual meeting of the Peninsula
Agricultural and Pathological Association for
the purpose of electing eleven directors for
the ensuing year, viii be neld at the rooms of
Builders Exchange. No. Gl5 Market street.
second floor, Wilmington. Del, on Saturday,
January 20, at , O'Clock p. m.
7. y. BROWN. Secretary.
COUNTY TAXPAYERS. TAKE NOTICE.
Alhat the time has arrived for US to make set
tlement in full with the county, and all taxes
not paid by January 2, We wild publish the
names OF those not paid by that time, and
proceed TO collect by levy with eests.
JOHN II. DICKEY.
Collector First District.
PATRICK NEARY,
Collector Second District.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ application to increase the capital stock
of THE Wilmington Dental Manufacturing
Company" will be made before Hon. l. G.
Grubb, Associate Judge, &c. at Chambers, on
Saturday, January 26, 1859, at 10a n.
HOFFECkER 4 HOFfECkER,
Attorneys for Company.
January II. 1889.
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.ASSAILED BY GERMANS.
lndignities to American Citi-
zenS at Samoa.
CONGRESS- MAY TAKE A HAND.

rhe Flag of Our Union Torn Down and
American Citizens Arrested in Neutral
waters-omcers of a British Vessel Also
Shot At-The VandaIia Sails.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-06
THE LATEST TELECRAMS.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

M.F. TUPPER. the well-known English
poet and prose, writer is dead.
AT the opening of congress ON Monday,
Reed, of Maine. was elected speaker of
the house and Edward Mcpherson clerk.
THE November corner in corn culmlnat-
ed on change Saturday morning by the
heavy short sellers settling at 50 and 80
cents per bushel. The price then dropped
back to its natural place at 32 cents at the
close.
Ina little town of Schleswig- HoIstein
there is a tax exemption for dogs that
sleep with their masters and mlstresses
and so preserve them from gOut, rheuma-
tism and like pains.
THE Canadian Minister of Agriculture
has rendered a decision sustaining the
Edison incandesoent lamp patent in a suit
brought by the Royal Electric Company,
of Canada
WHEN Dom Pedro, of Brazil, lay sick
unto death in Italy, not very long ago, he
told his nurse one morning that he had
had drea- AN old man came to me, )"
said Dom Pelro ''and in most earnest way
informed me that | should lose my
crown before lost my life. "
WICHITA, Kas.-Ald. Stone promi-
nent politician and business man of this
city who disappeared mysteriOusly some
time ago, has been found by has son near
Fort Scott, Kas Mr.. Stone has been in
ill-health for some time and it now ap-
pears that he became suddenly insane and
wandered away For the last three months
he had led the life Of tramp and his son
traced his movements from here to Fort
Scott, where he was found in a pltlable
condition He was insane. poorly clad
and without money
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-06
The Success of The Mexican President.

The three men who have most decidedly
and most benehcially moulded the affairs
OF Mexico have been: Hidalgo. who led the
revolt against Spain: ,juareZ, who led the
movement that eliminated in the establish
ment of a liberal constitutional republic:
and Diaz, who has made this constitution
al republic practical working success.
Any student of history will understand
that in this scheme of work Diaz has per-
formed the most difficult part Hidalgo
and ,Iuarez had to operate with. and at the
same time hti to sustain, an excited
popular sentiment that needed only direct
ION in order to accomplish the work in
hand, for each was leader in a profoundly
popular cause. In the case of Diaz pre-
clSely the reverse of this encouraging
condition of affairs has obtained His
work has been the more difficult one of
soothing people excited by more than
| half a century of civil warfare, of establish
ing wholesome but irksome restraints, by
enforcing obedience to laws which to a
considerable portion of the younger men
of Mexico practically were unknown. and
at the same time he has been forced to solve
| problem in political finance that man
| bred statesman and fnancier, still more
| a man bred simply Il soldier. very well
might have regarded as hopelessly insolu-
| BILE. A great part of this most difficult
| task. with the assistance of the able men
whom he has drawn around him as coun-
| sellors, he already has accomplished, and
| what remains to be done almost will come
! of itself from the sheer momentum of the
| reforms which he has set in motion and
| from the long continued period during
which he has secured to the country the
| blessing of profound peace. For the first
| time since the revolt of 1910 the men of
! Mexico now between thirty and forty years
of age-the class that being fullest of
mental and physical energy. is the actual
motive power in all eountries-have had
| no opportunity to vent their energies in
| other than peaceful ways, and so have
| acquired substantial interests. the desire to
| protect which is the best possible guarantee
| against further civil war. This whole
some diversion of the energies of the country
into channels of productive industry-at
once leading TO and stimulated by the con-
| struction of an extended system of railway
that has developed abundant resources of
wealth heretofore latent, and that at the
| same time has consolidated many scatter
ed communicating resulted In giving to
| the republic a moral and financial stability
and a national strength such as 1t never
until now has enjoyed A
JANvIER, in Harper's Magazine for
| November
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-06
CABLE FLASHES.

PRESIDENT DIAz, of Mexico is incapaci-
tated for duty by illness.
TnE Cambrian flannel factory at Llani-
dloes. Wales, has been destroyed by fire;
loss, $50 900.
The Brazilian steamer Alagoas, having
ex-EmperOr Pedro on board, has reached st.
Vincent, Cape de Verd Islands and will
proceed for Lisbon The dethroned po-
tentate i'll reply to inquiries, said he had
been treated with great kindness on the
voyage.
LONDON Mr.. Gladstone has been in
formed that at the next election for mem
bcrs of Parliament UniOnist candidate
will contest the seat for Midlothian for
which at the last election, Mr. Gladstone
was returned without opposition. In
reply, Mr. Gladstone said Opponent
no opponent have the utmost confidence
IN the electors of Midlothian.
LIsBoN.-The newspapers of all parties
here concur in denouncing Portuguese
claims in Africa The papers insist that
the government support Portugals rights
to the whole of the Xambesi territory, in
Guiding the land claimed by the British
South Africa company The accusations
TO the effect that Portugal has protected
the slave-traders are denied, and docu-
ments have been sent to the anti-Savery
conference at Brussels showing that Portu-
gal was the first European power to abol-
ish slavery.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-06
ITO be continued
The Silkworm's job Gone.
New York Herald.

If Moussa Effendi Khouri is right, the
value of the silkworms will soon be very
much deprecated This gentleman is a
Syrian and native ofBeprout. For years
he has been trying to manufacture silk
without the aid Of silkworms, and now he
claims that he has succeeded. He has
patented his invention in the east aud in
all the countries of Europe. In this coun-
try he has also filed an application for a
patent.
After studying for long time the man
ner in which silkworms do their work
Moussa Effendi Khouri came to the con-
cIusion that quite fine silk could be made
out of the twigs and bark of the mulberry
tree as is made at present from the leaves.
Hetherefore experimental with the bark
and twigs. discarding the services Of the
WORMS altogether, and after years Of labor
he succeeded In producing a silk which
has been pronounced by European experts
to be no whit inferior to the article manu-
factured by silkworms.
In appreciation of Moussa Efendi
Khouri's s devotion to science the Turkish
government has granted him certa--4 rie..ts
over all the mulberry trees in the sultan's
dominions 80 long as ! have enough
mulbury trees says Khouri, Il can pro-
duce silk at less than half what it costs
when produced BY the silkworms.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-06
GRIMM AL.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-Charles Berlors. aged
Ii. asked his mother for some money. She
refused him. He went after his fathers
rifle, returned to his mother, and blew her
brains out.
ST. THoMAs. 0nt.-Henry Weaver, who
wrecked a Michigan Central train at
Steubenville, pleaded guilty ON Saturday
apJwas sentenced 10 seven years imprfson-
lnent
w. II. HARVEY. who shot his wife and
two daughters last March. was hanged at
Guelph. Ontario. Friday morning.
Trough had management the execution
was a horribly revolving spectacle, the
murderer being slowly strangled to death,
ALDERMEN Callen. Dougherty and Ma
neese. and Detectives Bauder. Doyle,
Nagle and Bendea, of PittSburg. con-
victed of conspiracy TO defraud in accept
ing brihes to settle illegal LIQUOR selling
cases, has been sentenced TO two terms
of imprisonment ranging from six
months TO three years.
TuE Redding and Weaverville stage was
robbed few miles from Redding. Cal, on
Thursday night by highwayman, who
compelled the driver to throw out Wells.
Fargo 4 Co. 5 treasure box and the mail
pouches There was but little money In
the express box. but the robbers secured
considerable registered mail.
NEW YoRK.-The grand jury appeared
before Recorder Spyth at LIS Wednes-
day afternoon. and presented among othe,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-06
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

TuE fire at Lynn, Mass, on Tuesday was
one of the most destructive on the record.
THE Citizens State Bank of York, Neb.
and I. T. McConaughty, It's cashier and a
prominent merchant, have made assign
ments for the benefit of creditors.
AT El!iottville. Va, four little girls
children of Hugh Dunn, found a keg OF
powder and in some way set it off. All
four were blown to pieces. The mother
has gone crazy.
A PORTION of Buford county, n. c. was
visited by Thanksgiving cyclone and
great damage resulted. Eight persons are
reported killed and large number serious
ly injured.
BALTIMORE MIR. Andrew Banks,
Baltimore county, ex-member of the lIegis-
lature has applied to the Circuit court of the
county for the benefit of the insovent laws.
Liabilities between Sl50,00 and $3.50, 900.
The assets are estimated at 100000 and
consist largely of real estate in Baltimore
county and Michigan.