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SORT or NAPOLEON OF FINANCE
EN-COuDsslior Crawl iIypnotized Cash
Ter and Squanders Thousands.

EN-COuDselior Crawl Hypnotiled "a Cash
Ter and Squanders Thousands.
BALTIMORE, MD, Jan. Ex-Counsellor
II. Webster Crawls has succeeded in max
ing "A reputation as a sort Of local Napoleon
Of Finance" by series OF iDgenius trans
actions. Mr. Crawls has been extensively
engaged IN land speculatiOns, and failed
several months ago, owing several hundred
thousand dollars. On Monday afternoon
at a meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Franklin bank, il was learned from Presi-
dent Baker that Crawl had OyeTdrawn his
account on that bank upward Of 100000.
further than this, the bank holds Mr..
CraWPs paper 10 an extent 10 increase his
Indebtedness TO the bank 10 $ll.JOO Presi-
dent Baker said Crawl was enabled 10 over
draw his account through the incapacity
and uHtrust worth ness Ot Cashier Gardner,
who had been dismissed.
Mr.. Baker, in reply 10 question as t0
whether he thought Gardneg had made any
thing out Of the t,ahsacti0us, replied that
he Thought not, but be could not account fOr
the cashiers act on except on the ground
that Crawl had hypnutized him. Whsl
Crawl did with the money he picked Wy
around town Is a mystery % tEose who
know him. lie borrowed Tight aud lett.
subscribed iOg stOck, gave his note for IT,
ana .heh nypO,hecated it; morigaged the
same property twice. and. in fact, wher-
ever he could pick up dollar be did 50. and
hat was the last seen Of II. Crawl 10 IN
Roanoke, Va.
6lrlner was q Sunday ay-schoOl superin
tendeLt snd Crawl was pillar Of IN,
. church,
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~ hcAEl MINI Al LAsr.



farncll and hcDAtth Hoih To "'s'E'
aud Sc" Leader H'''''"'
LONDON. Jan. 1.-A telegram ha
..., r.r.iy,l from Buloruc ciYiU
-...,.,.... o.r.,d ~,,,o,
H' "N'i7 "' ''''''"-
.E paracu and O'ir.au and con
urred DOB ly he other mti"o.'s 4i IL.
Irish party present ai f.u-n-nc. Ju-iN
ue,uiut is t0 resign the thaIman~iii
IrJ meeting of 800 tls members oi iI
H-h Parliamentary iHr' including tu
u.Iit,- and anti-lalueili.- De- lo hr talIDi
which mooiiuc I'll ne" chairman viii "'
l.ct,d. Nr. Parnod ANA Mi. uaIiih-'''
I ye agreed in len .i. "l l-.'NN' 'i'.' "
.D..r Huowe.- to e'e 'lini-i -u,l"i.,. D.
N1'm7'e'ei 'u' l..j''',l ~ lt,s,"o i,n"
n.,.,.o,, .,..,, ',''' ',ni Nr. o.gn,n.
,....,.,.,.,,,.,.,.,.
M'AFIHn ~ i'Vi'I' d '.'''.'-''''-''
Iac Mccarthy lies htid to"l .Irn.
'he National L.'' i"l N'"'
I'D discuss lAe sllA'''," p...i''....
H.n 'l 'n. ''i,'' ,ir. ,1.r,i..rs ,l.-4,.
.'-..r.l. d le proposed settlement a- salts
...frr, and t.o sentiment was cNlrc-
t.'...,...I h,.u, tear that lhe McCm
.,.t.- ,yniId takc any action tending q
.,.sl.u ..a alliance between the Irish au,
cI.d.foni.,u palti.-.
..,'. ,.,...,,.. r,,,t or DllTo,
'A"i" ~ "' ''''
LONDON. Jan. l.- 10 ie learned lutl lh
result oftH- Boulo-ue conference was iha
SIT. O'Brieu. at his own enucait, wa
empowered to ask Mr.. Nice artny iofeure DO
.yor oi Mr. Dillon. Mr. O'Brien agree
however. that 4 it were pref .Ted that N'
umself should serve, Doe would DOS Mi
O'Efieu and SIR. Mccarthy viii have am In
.erIew at Rou.o-uc tomorrow, Whe.
10 is expected that @ final setilemnh
.rthe matter viii bcraqched, subject % Mt
/ Glad,t0me's secret approval. me f"ihei
te- are pledged 90 abandon Mt
Parncli h ne prove ,. '"s...D,', ,',,'..',,,,o,
CARRYING '''' "'' l''.. ..'...,..i.
SIX. "liAoN "lLLlN''
Mr.. pl on has cahlod bis approval of Oh
/ nlau mr Mr.. rarGell> temporary relircm Do
/ and the election of Mr.. o. Ericu ms Chairman
.f tbe Parliamentary party. Negotiation
are now 20 follow with Mr. Mc~"f'hy lo
I his consent o. the arrangements
ruF CoNFEnENCE SATISFACTORY.
p.,.,..>r Ham The Irish leader
i''' ,f'-' ,,,f.,,.c0 hone have issue,
/ tIe9rm. ,''.,l.1 "' ,,' .,'t.o,.r+ in makes th
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-08
COMMANDER REFERS RELIEF.
= -scrctafy Tracy Gives Publicity to His
Co. re- poudenee IN the Matter.

-.c,etafy Tracy Gives Publicity to His
Co. re- poudenee IN the Matter.
WASHINGTON. u. c., Jan. The Navy
D.partmcnt to day gave out The official cor
r.sporl,nce between Secretary Tracy and
Commander Reiter, United states Navy. n
regard 10 tine killing Of General BlrIuuiia.
ON board the steamer Acapulco, bN the OH
.,rsnf tbp Guatrmalan Government. Com
paudrr Reiter in his letter says he haC
notbin. 90 Do with the matter, that he lolo
CAPTAIN Pitts, Of ihe Acapulco, that DE
(R.itrrl wac NOT Uuder iIe orders ol ihe
United states Minister, aud thar u Ee were
.4lled upln he would consider 10 his dutl
to satisfy himself N the night of the Gu1te-
palau GDNt trnneui to make Joe arrest, aud
be 4. .clned 10 give Pitts any order % sur
r.rd.r Barruudil. Keiter further says
maj ON bi. ,isil TO the Acapulco he did not
see BlrTuudia.
I'm hi, reply. under date of December 3ist,
Secretary lrlc} goes over tue whole erOul a.,
ana g,e, the reasons for the action of the
D.r,rtneuf i'm relieving Reltcr OF his COM
maud. The secretary saAs' in inc OPINION
fthe Department. liercrs conduct upon
hlsOWn showing is d, serving ol uuqualihtd
reusure aud ihut his situation as comman-
der of ID force OF public vessels ol the United
States ia "a territory recently lne sceie ~
no.tilities IL was Reiter's duty 10 have
..i,en cocntenance and support % the Cap
tain oi The Acapulco and protection TO
Ill ON board. secretary Tracy says
,,ot hni faw cases ever occurred IN
th~ history of tae United states navy Where
, commanding officer 80 completely aban-
4 ,p.d the responsibilities Of his POSITION as
Renter did on this occasion. For these
reasons the Department, the secretary says,
mas been constrained 70 relieve Reiler %
his command aud order his return 70 the
United states.
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BERGEN POINT. \. J., Jan. I.-flre In q
densely populated Hungarian tenement
section OF Bayoeue last nignt leit nearly
one thousand Hungarians homeless. The
persons deprived OF their homes had been
1uartered IN the double wooden buildings,
which were entirely destroYeq. The loss on
the buildings is about S30,OO0, and 10 par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The thousand persons lived In the build
ings like animals, existing mainly on rye
bread and stale beer. They insisted upon
staying In the bugning houses and saving
their property, and the police had 10 drive
them out by force. No one was injured,
hut their wefp many narrow escapes. The
Hungarians lost nearly everything they
Dossessed.
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slR doHN THOMPSON.
Tho Canadian Nini,ter Of Justice on ih'
Brlr Bg sea Dispute.


OTTAWA, ONT. Jan. Sir John Thomp-
son. Minister OF Justice, in ah interview on
,he subject Of Secretary BIaiuGs reply To-
Lord Salisbury says that in the case of Cey-
Due u.arl fisheries. which Mr.. Blaine cites
tue jurisdiction exercised bF England l~
simply f0 prohibit injurious op ralors g.
fhls. u,hDuDs hl British subjects. NO ai-
tempt has been made g. exclude foreigner
frDu the pearl i-htric, or % restrain then
operators. REGARDING Mr. Blaine's c1ntcu-
n 90 as regards So Hel ma, the Minister %.
Justice SAYS tnatit Viii Dee for Mr. Blaine o.
enforce this contention in the face o.
ihe fact Chat Dwight Foster. who
-lnducted the case for the bniiei
~ tes before tho Halifax Commissioner.
ldp DO strong point that the preiensioi
q an maritime couu,riD- at that time Coulo
not te cited dt The present day, as dcinin-
fla bounds of international law as rt CARDS
marine jurisdiction. Great Britain hdt
pocn for years asserting sovereignty oND
lll the seas surrounding tne British Islands
ul sh had claimed, with thH dcque-crnc
.f both France aud spain, all the bank fish
rIes Within sixty miles oi the const 90.
Newfoundland and tae whole Gulf oi 81
Lawrence. s0 Chat even it tine question 'I
81 Helena Wa~urt entirely ceptoual anD
lue result of a compact in Russia to ,
period which can't be cited as a precedcn
u modern international Jaw.
ON being asked what hc thought OF tht
question which Mr. Blaine desires O. sui
mit tO arbitration. SIR John Thompson i'
piled: "Ihrt are all involved in The rDitf
eucc which Lord Salisbury proposed. w .'
we're the ri-1ts exercised 10y Russia o.
B,hring How far Were they conceded D.
Great Britain: Was BD hiring sea include
lu fhp pacIfe Ocean and SD ON. Mr.. Blaine
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MONROEVILLE. ALA, Jan. Monday
evening Frauk liixon and John Ross be
came engaged in quarrel and commenced
firing al each other. Dan Ross came 70
the assistance oi h.s brother, and also be-
gan firing. When the smoke oi ihe haule
cleared away John Ross was found snoI
througb tle heart. Dan Ross was still
ALIKE. but dangerously wounded. Nixon
mad two bullet holes Ia bis body, The din
Guilty grew ont Of an old quarrel about the
killing OF dog belonging 10 tho Ross
brothers.
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ASHLAND.
Bi,I op HargrcVe breaches an Able ser
mon The Weather.

ASHLAND, VA, Jan. bishop ii. n.
Hargrove preached last night IN tue Dun
can Memoria chapel to large congrega-
ton. Ills sermon was from the subject OF
the cursed fix tree. Though an Ott-used
text, the Bishop invested ii with new lntrr.
est. departing somewhat from the Oit-trOd
path OF thought. This morning he opened
ihe college days with prayer in the chapel.
The Bishop read first psalm. ~ man, sald
he, .sis the product of the company he keeps
and Of his c0unselors. Young gentlemen
YOU are fortunate in your counselors.' lie
ursed upon their attention the great text
book OF life, the Bible. The Bishop arrived
Yesterday. aud WAS the guest OF DR.. y. IT,
Brown. Dr. ". ". Smith has spent sew
eral days in Ashland.
The cold weather continues. The present
speli offers a line opportunity ior an ice
crop. Some ice aas been gathered already
here.
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CLEVELAND COUNTY. NC.
Sew cotton iac."r, ~ Churoh ,sr,icc-
Charged With HuIl.iais.

Charged With buil-iaiy.
SHELBY. Nc, Jan. g. special. -Cle,e-
liud county is o baye another cotton fac
tory. Yesterday Mes-rs. D n. Baker, OF
shelby: A. r. Rudisii. of Kings Mountain:
aud Z. {. Beam and Rudisill x A1trh0lJ
Il CherryyIlle. purchased the old paper-mill
property on BuaalO creek. about i've mites
rom shelby. This II one Oi the finest
water powers ia the country, and can he
utilized with but II very small cOs'. Tho
members Of tle hrm viii meet in few days
10 complete their plan-.
Rev. Thomas j. Eskridge Of JOnes sD0nU.
Tenn. conductedeeryicos Ia the Methodist
church on sunday. Mr. Eskridgo IS "a -on
Of Mr.. W. II. Eskridge, Of this plare, aud
as "A consequence "A large number Oi hi, Ola
friends turned out % hear him. Although
he has been preaching but little overs year.
Mr.. Eskrdge delivered Two eloquent ser-
nous, aud was highly COupiimentcd 10y an
who neard him.
Enoch Wehman. a Woil-tO-d0 farmer liy-
ing near CnerryNille, was robbed OF about
$500 one day last week. During The ALB
sence OF the family some one entered the
house by cutting "a hole m the nlor, ana,
breaking open a bureau-drtw'r, secured
the money and departed.
\ young Nuitt ihhNs -ifiH- Au' NAht| "i
j. L. Hart, was brought % jail last nishs
by an oilicer from Polk county. charged
with breaking into the express oiiice az
MoOreboro ON the nj ght Of December - aud
stealing about 500 worth OF express. Hart
refuses 10 give aEy account OF himself
The pupils 0l the Shelby feinaie College
gave a delightful entertainment lasl Thur
| DAY night in Tive college chapel. Despite
the iuclement woaiher quite crowd wa@
present, and all were amply repaid for
having the elements by the charming prp-
gramme rendered. The chapel was bcsutl-
fully and tasteIully decorated with ever
greens end appropriate moit0es. BY request,
the entertainment was repeated % Friday
night, afler which the young people re-
solved themselves into sociabie aud made
a merry time Of II.
During the month Of December thirty
three marriage Licenses We're Issued by tne
REGISTER OF Deeds.
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LEGISLATURE Q ORGANIZED.
NORTH CAROLINA LAWMkKe RS
BEGIN THEIR LA5ORS.

Warm Contest For the speak~rship or
the HDusr-rhe Alliance Element show
rhsic strsneth-Dsicgaie Bnsn Dls-
likes His Seat-Mr. Cameron. Funeral.
RALEIGH. y. C., Jan. 7.-lspecial.
The Ge. eral Assembly of North Carolina
tor 1891 convened to-day at noon. An the
members but two Senators were in ther
seats. The senate was called 20 order by
LieutenantGoyesnor Holt. who adninis-
tered the oath Of Office 10 all the senators.
That body was then fully organized by the
election Of Il. NJ. FREEMAN. OF Ashesille, az
chief clerk; George Z. Pell, Of Forsyth,
reading clerk; John II. Hennant, OF Jon
ston, doorkeeper, and Mike BRADSHAW, f
Randolph, engrossing clerk.
HOUSE ORGANIZED.
The House was called TO order by Mr.. T..
B. Womsck, chief clerk Of the last House.
Judge r. ". Winston, who II mere holding
Wake Superior Court, was invited 10 ad-
minister the Oaths u the officers aud mola-
bcrs, and performed that ceremony. r..
Dcughton, the caucus nomine, of last nigh.
was sworn in a. Speaker. The following
officers were then elected: j. NJ. Brown, ol
stanley, chief clerk; H. \. Latham, 0t
Beaufort. reading clerk; II l.. King. OF
Onslow, d0orkoeper; and \. VI. Hayes. 20
swain, Cngrossing clerk. All the officers
elected today were nominees Of the Demo-
cratic caucu 'es.
CLOSE sPEAkERSHIp FIGHT.
The caucus OF the House members held
last night remained IN session til o'clock
this morning.
Hon. Thomas II. sutton who was defeated
by Daughton for >prakcr,hip, placed
Dauehton in nomination in nm eloquent
speech to-day when the House met.
There has been much talk to-day about
the exciting scene which occurred In the
House caucus last night during the contest
for Speakership.
ALLIANCE ELEMENT ro riIE FRONT.
The Alliance showed that IA meant to take
matters in hand when Hon. Harry skinner.
OF Pitt, who was the originator ot the SUBJ
Treasury bill. made aNigor0us attack on
Hon. Thomas II. sutton, stating that be- had
opposed The consideration pt tine Sub. Treas
ury bill in .e state Democratic IOn,oaton
in AUGUST. nd appealed ,o the Alliance
men % vote .- tinst sutton flr Speaker.
sutton replied that DEE merely moved tors-
fer the bin 10 the committee as was always
done.
CAUSED nG~ DEFEAT.
Skinnor's attack. however. rO iltoi joe
~uiion's defeat ON the ucNf ballot Much
feeling has been created p, Oh. nsiIOnt.
tul skinner bus hreu severely c.iil.i,el fn-
iay hy those who think DO ta- uul lua tuc
ld place igrhim to bring chirgs. against
~utton'- record.
DIDN'T Lhr ills NEounOR~.
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RElosVlLLE
lnduslTial Enterpris' - ChastiY H.nd-
Rsid.ylls Cotton Miii..

Rsid.ybIs Cotton Mili..
REIDsyILpS, y. c., Jan. g. special. -
The Reia,Nille Fertilizer Works will begin
operations in few days. Ihis is new
industry in our town, and ore that Is bopft
will keep a good amount Ot money IN tnr
home market They expect 70 supply .
rood norton OF this aud uei shhOrng states
with their product. 10 is a. strong, " noe
stronger than any commercial enterprise
ever organized ln thi, community, meriuuS
a rating OF at least siO1nn.
J. II. Walker & Co., large roller uour
mi.lers, Who were burned CUT s,ine time
ago. are almost ready % begin n. rroiiOos
again and on more extensive Plan ihsn
ever. The building has been completed
and the machinery is being pat m.
Mr.. Turner smith, y0uns farmer living
a mile south OF the city " bile walking in ile
woods near an old luryiue efounu, chunctR
90 see tqueer mound. resembling a crave,
and ran bis walking ,tlck into it. Sinking
some fhiAg hard. Ae made an cAcsN ltiOH, f,
and a discovered paste board box contain
ing the body VI an iniagi, Supposed 10 D.
white. TIE box bad express labels pasted
on IL, aud was rected to a uegio woman
named Mary blackwell. Dir. smith uciihed
Police U.5cer Grafton, who inquired 20 the
express tlh 't Nbeh l"' IVA w NN''t
: and found that IL came just before christ
mas but the weight. as shown by toe cN-
pre.s book, was too light ior u % have had
an infaut in II, So IL IL evident hat the body
vas nut In II here. No such psrson a.
Nary blackwell (cOlored) can BE- DuDf.
The stoe khOlders uf he keidssiliS Cotton
Mil. met to-day. but adjourn "a 10 meet
again on Thursday. Il is lhcdsAt that they
4! will not declare a disideof, on account ~
the large additions tssb ihey have zone 10
the expense Il the psst wear.
The i0wp is all up ana taking about tue
bul slgned by PrssiGent iiarrison last We, X
a,,p' OBJ iating money Dr Government
InIliing In Noltls,llle. This is something
rat 10 badly leodcd as tn postsidce aEd
and revenue department are occupying
eramped quarters, and pntei states od,-
Ger, are living Ia reatsd Offices
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-08
PETERSBURG.
Marriage Of Mr.. McClevy and Miss Will
son-0iher News

son-Oiher News
PETERSBURG, VA, Jan. Especial r.
Quite large number pf the friends Of the
contracting parties were at It. Paufs Epis
copsl church this morning at 10 o'clock Ia
witness the marriage Of Sir. James III.
| McClevy and Miss Adelena Wilson, Of this
city, The bride enterel the church by
leaning on the arm OF her uncle, Captain
y. NJ. Osborne, and was met al the
altar by the groom accompanied by his
best man. Mr.. Alex. DOnnan, Jr
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed in an impressive manner by the
Rector Rev. {. X. Iiaines. The following
yOung gentlemen acted as ushers X. W.
De IaVen, W. W. DOnnan, +. o. McCtbe,
and Pat Patterson. The bridal pr SCENTS
were very numerous and costly. Among
the presents received by the bride was iOur
hundred dollars in gold. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Clevy left on an extended bridal tour South,
and will be gone for about three months.
The Executive Committee Of the Central
Lunatic Asylum, consisting Of Robert
Gillian, OF Petersburg; Julius strauss, OF
Richmond, and c. r. Nichols, of Louisa
county, met at the asylum to-day and tran
sacted routine business. Contracts were
awarded to different parties for furnishing
the asylum with supplies for the next
three months. The committee ordered the
payment Of sundry bills amounting in the
neighbOrhOOd Of 5000.
Yesterday morning Messrs. John +.
WHIT. Mr.. Cooper and j. +. Phillips. Of the
firm of John +. White a Co.. New York, were
lender, agent, and Mr. Alexander Hamilton,
here, and, in company with Mr. David Cal
counselor for the Etterick and MatOaca
Cotton Manufacturing companies, made an
inspection OF the two companies. The WIS.,
itors were much pleased with what they
saw. and 80 expressed themselves.
1t is reported here to-day that General
Malone may probably be made president OF
the Atlantic and Dinyille railroad. It is
said that should General Malone become
president Of the company the road will, in
all probability, be extended to Bristol. Ii
IS stated that during the past two weeks
General Malone has maze two special
trips over the entire line Of the road.
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LEXINGTON.
farringe of Miss Cochran and Mr. Har
man, OF Glasgow.


LEXINGTON, VA, Jan. Special. r.
one Of the m st beautiful marriages Of the
season occurred here today, when Miss
,n-o Cochran. Of Lexington, was led 10 the
altar bv Mr. Arthur {. Ilarnan, formerly oi
Richmond. but now a prominent real estate
AGENT of Glasgow. The ceremony, when
wa. performed by Rev. j. W. walker, the
brides guardian, took place IN the old
PRESBYTERIAN church. which was beautiful
iy aud profusc!y decorated Win elersreehs
and brilliantly lighted Dy thousand can
lies, which shed their lustre ON a. fair a
,alaXv of beauty a. ever grdced any simi-
lar occasion. The bridesmaid and grooms-
man. who were elegantly attired IN
evening dress. were as follows: Miss jamie
White. of Lexington. and Mr.. II. Mcclure.
nl Glasgow; Miss Christine llannan, OF
-taunt0n. and Mr. !. L. Sterrett, OF LeXing-
on. Miss Nellie llWman, Of Staunton, ana
MIR Grpenlea ID. Letcher. OF HOckbrldge;
Miss Kittic Barclay, Of Lexington, and
David Funsten, Esq. Of Glasgow; Miss
Nellie Cameron. OF >tauni0n, and Colonel
W. ID. Bethel. Of Danylle; Miss Rose Cam
eron. of Augusta, and Captain &. Is. Ialla-
ferro: Miss Anne Cochran. of Slaunton and
Nr.J. VI. Read. Of New York; Miss Susie
Cochran. of StauuiOn, and Mr.. Il. l.. :.
Watson. Of Danyille, Va; Miss Augusta
Uarman. Of StauntOn, and Mr.. ID. ii.
~hauks Ir.. Of Glasgow, who was the
gro0mis hesi man. Aiier the ceremony an
,.l1hnrate reception was gwen IN honor OF
r,e newly married couple In the spacious
p1rlnr- of the Irvine Hotel. MI. and Mrs.
uarmnn len tonight by the Chesapeake
and Ohio route ON an extended tour North.
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have no reason to complain Of iis noble
landlord. Indeed it is stated that Baron
Hirsch intends - heap Goals Of hre
upou the heads Of bis late opponents
by granting them long-tcm lease OF ihe.r
ycr, desirable premises looking out upon
the Place dc Ia Concorde. which, Win iiS
famous fountains. its superb statue oi tam
Nctia. and its distant view OF the corps
Lcgisiaui across the seine IS one ol tne
finest sites in Europe. The present rent is
5000 francs (SlG.0oD. With the purchase
money. conveyance duty, and notarial regis
traiion fees the club has cost the baron
100000 francs 900 010).
or course the baron viii. at an early
meeting Of tie club, be elected a member.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-08
IIErIENANr CASEY NuLEp.
Tie MEDICINE MAN. ="
ui, Gho,t @Pirit'. Fake Caused the Battle
ia hich 500 tndisn. Were Killed

30, Nho.t spirits Fake Caused the Battle
in Nhich 500 indians Were Killed
WASHINGTON. -. c., Jan. The Com
missioner of Indian affairs this morning ro-
ceiyes the official report Of indian Agent
Royer, dated Pine Ridge Agency, Decem-
Der 3lst in regard 10 the battle on
Wounded Knee Creek in which 800 Indians
were killed and wounded. The agent SAYS
that Big Root ana his band surrendered 10
Major Whiteside, and while they were dis
armmg them an Indian known as the
Medicine Man' rose from his seat and
began 10 cry out, xiii the soldiers, their
bullets will not have any effect on
our ghost shirts at the same time stoop.ng
10 the ground and picking mp handsml OF
dirt, throwing 1t up In tne air, and after a
short performance OF perhaps two minutes
he fred his q n IN the direction Of the mill
tary, which started .he war that resulted IN
the Killing Of Captain Wallace and twenty
tive soldiers.
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MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Horrible story of How Negro
Preacher Msrdered a Woman.

A Horrible story of How Negro
Preacher Mardered a Woman.
TOLEDO. o., Jan. IA special to the Bee
from Springfield, Ohio, tells the following
terrible story of murder, criminal sexual
relations and suicide: Ia 1856. Elder j. NJ.
Clark, c0lored. pastor Of the Baptist church
in Dayton, and Carrie Moss (nOw his wifr)
murdered Clark's first wife at yellow
springs, Ohio. She was given soaked par
Tor matches. boiled d0g-buttOn, Rough ON
Rats. and. these failing, arsenic and quick
silver in pie, from which the woman
died tho body WAS so swollen that
it was with difficulty got into a
coffin, hut as the husband was
a minister no suspicion was aroused.
The woman Moss was then living IN Grim.
inal intimacy with one Taylor white, and
the latter's daughter Eltle assisted in the
murder. The girl File became too intl-
mate With one DR.. Ste,nberger, who got her
money. some $3.50. away from her by wor-
rying her. Monday she suicided alter tell
ing the story Of the Clark-A4Oss crime. She
said she was afraid 10 tell before for fear
she would '.be hung between two negroes -
but had been IN - ever since. o.cin-
berger sWOre out warrant against elder
Clark and bis present wife, aEd they were
arrested thls morning