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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26


The senate votes 50 1Eeks Ratile aas At
tinony IN ths Jadse Woods cass-zc y
Senators wotea
WAsHINGroN, March re- I'm tho rerv
ate executive session yesterday theirs
was a renewal Of the discussion which
had been heard during ths recent en-
ecutive sessions upon tlAe PROPOSE en
70 acqnaint the public with the nature
Of the charges made against Judge
Woods and the feelings of ihe senate
while considering the uomfneSion
Finally It was decided that the lestis
mony taken By the judiciary commit
tee ia the course of the investigation
should be made public e well aa the
vote by which the nomination WAS con
firmed. The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Allen, Allison, Chand~
Ter, Davis, Dawes Dixon. Dolph, Gal-
linger, Hale, Hanabropgh, Hawley,
Higgins, Hiscoelk, Hoar, McMilien.
Manderson, Mitchell, Paddock, Proctor,
Sanderaon, Sawyer. Sherman, Shoups
Squire and Stockbridge-25
Nays-Messrs. Bates, Berry, Black
burn, BIodgett Call, C0eSrell. Coke
Daniel, Faulkner, George, Gibson,
Harrison, Jones, Of Arkansas; Kyle,
Morgan, Palmer, Pasco, PETER. Pughs
Ransom, Turpie, Villas, Voorhees,
Walthall-94
The pairs were Measrs Aldrich and
and Hill, Cameron and Butler, Carey
and Kirby, Casey and Vest. Cullom and
Gray, Dubois and Gibson of Louisiana.
FELTON, and Brice, Frye and Gorman,
Morrill, and Carlisle, Platt and Bar
bour Power and White, Quay and Nc
Pherson. Stanford and Vance, Teller
and Chiffon, Warren and Gordon, VIII
son and CoIquitt, Wolcott and Kenna-
It appears that five senators. all re-
publicans, were absent and impaired.
They are Messrz Jones, Of Nevadas
Perkins. Pettigrew, Stewart and
Washburn. It IS explained that the
vote was taken an hour earlier than
was expected, SO that some Of the
seniors who were attending to de-
partmental business returned to the
capital too late to vote.
The testimony taken by the Judiciary
committee relative to the nomination
of Judge Woods makes . volume Of 12b
printed pages, including exhibits.
The exhibits are made mp Of the rec-
ords Of the court in the trials OF bribery
cases, the opinion Of the supreme court
in the same cases, Judge Woods card
to the public defending his interpreta~
ton Of the law in the Dudley case
Justice Harlan in approval Of Judge
Woods ruling, a letter from Judge Nj
book to show that Judge Woods Sec
ond charge was not an afterthought,
ex-senator McDonald's criticism Of
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AM ENoLlsH REMpER.
EoFriblo Discoveries Made In IAvsrpooI-A
Parallel to the Bender Gaso-was It Jack

Horrible Discoveries Made In Iiysrpool-A
Parallel to the Bender Case-was It Jack
the RlPper9
LIVERPOOL, March 17.-Some time
ago woman and her children who
formerly lived at Rain Hill, part Of
Liverpool, disappeared. At Melbourne,
Australia, a man named Williams was
arrested later charged with numbering
woman there. He was from here,
and investigation was at once
set on foot here. The police to-
day went to the house formerly
occupied by the persons in question,
lifted hearthstone from its place and
after half hours digging discovered
the body of the missing woman This
was lifted from its resting place, and
Immediately beneath it were found the
bodies Of two children. The murderer
had made liberal use of chloride of
lime to destroy the bodies of his vic
Tins, and his object had been in q
measure attained.
After the three bodies were taken
out the police continued their digging,
it being rumored that the bodies of
other women who had visited Williams
were missing. Soon the bodies of two
other children were found
The further the affair is investigated
the stronger grows the belief that Will
liams is none other than the world
known 'Jaclk-the-Ripper." While a
resident of Liverpool he made frequent
visits to London. The police have
traced his movements between the two
places, aud it has been found that his
visits to London corresponded with the
times that the unfortunate women in
the Whitechapel district were found
with their throats cut and their bodies
mutilated.
A description given to the police of
the appearance of the men seen in the
company of several of the unfortunate
women whose bodies were subsequent
ly found lying in pools of blood in the
streets of Whitechapel tallies exactly
with the appearance of Williams as
given by the people in Liverpool who
were well acquainted with him
The brutality of the murder suggests
the ferocity of Jack the Ripper"
The work Of concealing the bodies
was carried out carefully. After a
deep hole had been dug, the bodies of
the woman and two of the children
were thrown in and cement was poured
upon them. The bodies of the two
other children were thrown in and
more cement was poured into the hole.
Next the flagstones were laid over the
top of the hole and finally over all was
applied layer of cement extending
over the entire kitchen.
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CATTLE FROZEN TO DEATH.

The Losses the Western and Southwest.
ern Ranges Said Co Have Been Heavy.
FoRT WORTH. Tex, March 10-The
severe snow and windstorm which
has ragged for several days past over
the Rocky mountain country, from
Wyoming to Central Texas. has been
exceedingly severe upon live stock.
In southern Colorado the loss TO
cattle and sheep will be
very great, while thousands have
frozen to death in New Mexico and
Northern Texas 1t is estimated that
90, ,O0O cattle have perished along the
line Of the Denver, Texas & Gulf road
between Trinidad and Fort Worth dur
ing the past week, and as many more
north and east of Trinidad.
The storm, however. has been the
salvation Of the wheat cropin northern
Texas; the crop looks finer than at any
time for several yeaIs and gives prom-
ise Of producing larger yield than
last year.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26
A FAMILY POISONED.
one Of the Members under Arrest FOR the
Crime


one Of the Members Under Arrest FOR the
Crime.
NASHVILLE March 1a.-Mrs Mel
rose, her daughters Minnie, Katie and
Matte and her eldest son David, be-
came violently sick after drinking cof-
fee containing arsenic. Robert Melrose.
the younger son, drank bnt little coffee
and it is a disputed question as to
whether he drank any. He complained
of being sick and drinking some
salt and water vomited freely. Yester-
day morning Miss Matte and Miss
Katie, aged is and II respectively.
died. David and his mother are very
i'll but may recover. Robert is quite
sick, it is thought from drinking a
small quantity of the coffee. Tho cir
cumstances surrounding the case
seemed to point to the guilt Of Robert
and he is now under arrest to await
the inquest.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26
rnE LLvEapooL sENpER.
Desniag. Alias williams, the Idverpoeg
VILE Murderer, Arrested in Australia

Desning. Aiias Williams, the Idverpooz
VILE Murderer, Arrested in Australia
Fears Of Iynchlugs
FEBrH, Australia, March 19.--Deen-
ing, who is accused of having muir
dered his wife and four children IA En-
gland. was Brought to the city yester.
day by cficerS going TO Melbourne.
where court proceedings will be taken
against him The prisoner was strongly
guarded and every precantion taken
by the authorities to prevent him from
attempting TO make his escape and to
guard against his being attacked BY
the excited people, fears being enter
tanned of dangerous outbreak Of pop
ular feeling against the murderer.
The railroad station was jammed with
great crowd Of persons when the
train bearing the prisoner and his
guards reached the city
As soon as the cars came to stand
still the crowd, which had been pa
tiently waiting at the station for a long
time, made an exciting rush toward
the car which the Deening party occu-
pied for the purpose of catching a
glimpse of the now famous Grim
inal. The constables who had
charge of the prisoner at once
hurried Deening from the train to
vehicle which had been held in readi-
ness to convey him to the jail. Ayell-
ing, hooting mob of men and boys
started after the carriage. but the.
driver whipped up his horses and soon
outran his pursuers aud in a shorttime
had safely landed Deening in the iusti-
tuition where he will remain for few
days until the formal magisteriul in
quiry is held and he is remanded.
The detectives who hunted the pris-
oner down were interviewed after their
arrival here. They said that when
Deening was arrested and was ques-
toned about the terrible charges made
against him, he affirmed his complete
innocence of the crimes. He gave his
name as Swanston, and declared that
he had no knowledge of the man known
as Williams. He said that he was a
resident of Windsor.
The detectives also gave the infor-
nation that the prisoner had tainted
twice during the journey but that
otherwise he appeared to be in a cheer
full frame of mind. He was volnble
and was very willing to talk about the
murders attributed to him. He seemed
to be confident that when the proper
time came he would be able to prove
his innocence. The police claim to pos
sess prove of his Identification. They
seized some OF his goods and among
other things which fell into their hands
were batch Of letters and basket
containing female clothing.
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Entertalned - ths pr.aldsns.

washington, March l0.--The presi-
dent and Mrs. Harrison entertained
the following persons at dinner yester-
day: Senator Allison, Senator and
Mrs. Squire, Senator and Mrs. Casey,
Senator and Mrs. Warren. Senator
White, Senator aud Mrs. Perkins. Rep.
resentative johnson, Representative
and Mrs Storer, General and Mrs
Flagler, Commodore aud Mrs. Folger,
Assistant Secretary Of State Wharton
and Mrs. Wharton. Gen John G. ParIe
and Mrs. Parle, Hon. Shellabar4er
and Mrs. Shellabarger, and Hon. James
NJ Tyner and wife
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26
AIIsCELLANEOUs.

RECENTLY the wife of j. w. Attaway,
of Miller county, Tex, became the
mother of four fine daugsers Alta
way is about "a years of age and has
been married about thirteen months.
He weighs about 135 pounds. His wife
is about 81 years old and weighs 12s
pounds.
A SUCCESSFUL test <s' gianofiber cell
lulose as backing Tor armor took
place at the Indian head proving sta
ton recently under the direction of a
board of navy officers.
SENATOR CAREY's bill, fixing the
price of lands entered under the desert
land laws at SL25 per acre, whether
outside or included in railroad grant
has been reported favorably by the
committee on public lands
The offers of silver to the treasury
department on the 10th aggregated
472,O00 ounces. The amount purchased
was $50, 600 ounces at prices ranging
from so. 9o5O to so 9O55.
In the municipal court of Providence,
r, l., the inventory of the estate Of
Josephine A. Barnaby. amounting to
S75. l2L 10, was accepted.
THOMAS f. INGoLDsBY. aged so,
father-in-law of Congressman o'Neal,
of Massachusetts,, committed suicide
the other day in Boston by cutting his
wrists and throat with razor Tenn
porary insanity from the grip was the
cause.
SIX tuberculosis Jersey cattle out OF
q herd of seventy-nine valued at $50, 0O0,
were killed and dissected in Philadel-
phia recently.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26

MAX STRAKosCH, who died recently,
came to America in 1858 in response to
an invitation from his brother Maurice,
who was then conducting musical en-
terprises in the United States In 1865
he managed his first season of Italian
opera at the old Academy of Music in
New York. Teresa Parodi was then
his prima donna and his brother Mau-
rice was the musical conductor In
1853 he became the agent of Adelina
Patti, accompanying her on her tour to
New Orleans and Havana. In 1861 the
young manager brought out Carlotta
Patti His concert troupe then COM
prised such artists as Mile. Cordier
Brignoli, Carlo Patti, brother of Ade-
lima Patti the great pianist Gottschalk
and others Four years later after
parting from Jacob Grau, Max formed
his first Italian opera company Ghioni,
Cauissa, Erraui Maccaferri. Parepa-
Rosa and Brignoli were members Of
the troupe Francesca Rosa was the
conductor. In 1863 he introduced Clara
Louise Kellogg to the American public
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26
sEAIs ZOE REPoRTERs.
The National Republican COMMITTEES Are
ranging For Newspaper Men.

The National Republican COMMITTEES Are
ranging For Newspaper Men.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March lo. The
national republican committee has
passed upon the matter of furnishing
newspaper men with seats on the con-
vention hall stage, and the number Is
limited to 22A The press com-
mittee has received applications for
$50 seats, but thought that
perhaps $40 would be sufficient.
There is a difference of about 100. The
national committee has complete iuris-
diction ih this matter It is probable
that a compromise will be effected.
however, aud something like SEQ seats
be provided for active newspaper
workers. De Lancy aud Cook the con-
tractors, yesterday began operations
at the exposition building. It is
thought the work will require at least
six weeks time.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26

GRAND DUKE LUDWIG w., who died
recently, was the nephew of his prede-
cessor on the throne of Hesse Darm.
stadt He was born on September 12,
1887, and he married, in 1862, the Prin-
cess Alice, second daughter of Queen
Victoria. She died six years later,
after bearing him five daughters and
one son, the present grand duke In
the war of 1866 he commanded brigade
in the Hessian contingent, and in
1901 the Twenty-fifth infantry divis-
ion of the Ninth army corps. He dis
tinguished himself by his bravery at
Gravelotte and in the fighting on the
Loire. He became heir to the throne
by the death of his father, Prince Karl
of Hesse, in March, 1877, and three
months later upon the death of his
uncle. Grand Duke Ludwig Ill, he as
cended to the throne.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26
THAYER's CASE DISMISSED.
It is Thought This VIII Practically End the
GOvernOrship Contest.

1t is Thought This VIII Practically End the
GOvernOrship Contest.
LINCOLN, Neb, March 1.-THE su-
preme court yesterday morning called
up the case of the state ex REX, Thayer
against James E. Boyd, and on motion
of Gov. Boyd's counsel sustained judg-
ment and dismissed the case at Thayer's
costs This practically ends the case.
The court might allow it to be rein
stated, but no steps have been taken in
the matter of applying for such pro-
cedure and mono are likely to be taken.
Thayer says his Texas interests oc-
cupy all his time. In the event that
the case was agaiu taken up Gov.
Boyd would continue to act, and it
would be impossible to secure a de-
cision before his term of office expires.
This removes the greatest induce
ment Thayer could have for continuing
the fight. The republican politicians
are averse to keeping the fight up, and
Tbayer can hardly go on without their
of6 anA a--AL-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26

A REMARKABLE family lives in Morris
county, New Jersey. 1t is composed of
the children of L. Sliker aud Mehita.
bel Swayne, who were married in 17es
at Pleasant Grove, Morris county.
Fifteen children were born to this
union and of these the survivors are:
Anna, 90 years and o months; James,
s5 years and months; Delilah, SO years
and months; Isaac, n years aud II
months; Catharina, 73 years and 8
months; Loisa, SO years and Z months;
Matthew, 67 years and 8 months; Me.
hitabel, 65 years and months. This
is an aggregate of over 76 years and 9
months for eight living brothers and
sisters.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26

The Philadelphia & Reading Rail.
road Co. has completed locomotive,
the like of which has never been put
on railroad before. Its appearance
is odd and attracts great deal of at.
tedtion. The locomotive, tank and
place to carry coal are together, there
being no tender attached by coupling
The locomotive proper is smaller than
the regulation size of large class loco.
motives, but with the tank it is longer.
1t weighs about 100000 pounds. The
locomotive has six drivers" The
front truck has two wheels and the
rear truck, on which the tank rests,
has six. 1t is a compound engine, and
II it proves a success more will be built.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26
ST HAssAN BEN ALI the Moorish chic

81 HAssAN BEN ALI, the Moorish chief
who left New York last summer to
collect rare exhibits from the African
wilds for the worlds fair, has com.
municated with N. ]. Riberly, of the
federal immigration bureau. The ex-
plorer states that he has arrived at Fez
When at the court of Moulay Hassan,
the sultan, he succeeded in creating a
most profound impression and enlisting
the sympathies and all of the sultan
mainly by means of an Edison phono-
graph, which he caused to play yankee
Doodle" Down on the Suwanee
River" and to deliver fourth of July
spread-eagle grafton The sultan and
court believed that he controlled spirits
and furnished him with special escort
for his expedition.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26

VIENNA, March 17.-The emperor has
confirmed the sentence of death upon
Franz Schneider, whose crime of de-
coying servant girls to his home in the
suburbs of Vienna and then, with the
aid of his wife, Rosaline. outragiug
and numbering them, caused such
sensation a short time ago. Both
Schneider and his wife were convicted
and condemned to death, but the em-
peror, who has strong dislike to cap
ital punishment-not woman having
been hanged in the empire since 1908
following his usual course, commuted
Mrs. Schneider's sentence to penal SER
vik.,de for life
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26
Enwllsh News About tho Emperor.

LONDON, March 1.-THE London
World asserts that the malady Of the
kaiser's ear is getting worse, and is at
tended by frequent paroxysms and ex-
cruciating pain. It is said that the
malady is incurable, and that the most
serious results may be expected The
World says that the kaiser's recent ex-
travagances and aberrations are at
trihuted to the effect of the disease on
his brain. The kaiser is said to have
ordered the discontinuance Of the inn
perial subscription to the paper Lon.
don Punch because il has contained
several illusions Of dist8stefal chars
aeter TO his recent course.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26

FIVE hundred grand army men at
tending the state eDcampment at
Fresno, Cal, indulged in jack rabbit
roundup. When within Eve miles Of
the corral the two wings formed a
circle and closed in on the game.
Twenty-Five thousand is the number
bagged and of these 5000 were simply
trsmpled to death as the final rush
was made. The slaughter of the ami.
mails was sickening, the clubs spatter.
ing blood and brains over every body
for an hour
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26
PRoDoINa JoHNNY RuLL.

The President Anxious TO Know the Inten"
tiOn of the British Government.
WASHINGTON, March 17.--Acting Sec
retary Wharton has been instructed to
inform Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British minister, that the president de-
sires to know at as early a date as
possible the intention of the
British government with regard
to the proposed renewal of the
modus vivendi of last year for
the preservation of the seal fisheries,
pending the settlement by arbitration
of the question of the jurlsdictional
rights of the United States in Behring
sea. The British minister was re.
quested to call Lord Salisbury's atten-
ton to Mr.. Wharton's note Of the Sth
instant insisting on the necessity
of the modus viveudi, with the
suggestion that the President
would like to have response as soon
as possible in order that he might act
understandingly in the matter. The
presidents desire for speedy action ID
said to be due to the fact that 1t Is es-
sential that he should know whether
Great Britain will cooperate in keeping
the sealers out of Behring sea,
as otherwise, the execution of
that duty falling solely on
the United States, will necessitate
the making of arrangements that can
scarcely be effective unless completed
at an early day, The character of the
instructions to our naval and revenue
vessels designed for duty in Behring
sea this season will depend almost al.
together on the attitude to be assumed
by Great Britain, and as the vessels
will have to be in the vicinity of the
sea by May /, it will be seen that there
is very little time to spare In preparing.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26
SILVER ABROAD.
Secretary Foster Tells Of the Feeling In
England.

Secretary Foster Tells Of the Feeling In
England.
New YoRK, March 19.-Eecretary
Foster, in reply to an inquiry as TO his
visit to London and the people he met,
said: ''It will be understood that Ibid
not 60 abroad in an official capacity,
but for the benefit of my health. It
YVES my intention to go on to Bremen,
but ON my arrival at Southampton the
plans were changed and went
to London. 1 find that the silver
question is one of the prinei-
pal topics Of conversation in En-
gland. / also note that there Is an in
creasing sentiment in favor of bimetal-
ism. This sentiment however, finds
slow growth among the bankers and
brokers Of Lombard street. which COR
responds with our Wall street They
are generally opposed to change
hope that an international conference
on silver will be arranged. II is to-
day the burning question in England "
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26

RAILROAD building in Japan has in
creased with wonderful rapidity in
recent years, In 1872 there were onlv
eighteen English miles, while now
there are 1, AS miles The government
owns $40 miles of it, while the remain
der is divided between eleven corpora.
tions The building of all roads is un-
der government supervision.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-26

In Germany the wages paid railroad
officials and employees is quite different
from what the American railroader
gets The presidents get 50, 500 per
year; telegraph inspectors (there are
only eighteen of them) get from $3.50 to
$1,000; auditors, $500 to $500; official
clerks $3.50 to 1915; drivers and the elec.
trio machinists, $500 to $500, and stokers,
$5 to Sc per week.
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CONDENSED TELEoRAMs

A DISPATCH from Rio de Janeiro st
that during the last fortnight u
were T75 deaths from yellow fever IT,
The crews of twenty-three steal
have been attacked by the disease.
THE tobacco factory of Ligget
Myers, at st. Louis, was damage.
are on the 18th to the extent of &
900.
The Emma Juch Opera COMPANY,
arrived at Ell Psso after making a
Of Mexico under financial distress. I.
The receipts from internal rev
during the first eight months OF
fiscal year ending June 80, 1893, :
S1OO, ,667, 1888, an increase of safe
over receipts during correspoI
period of last year.
AT Minneapolis, Mimi, May Al
took dose of medicine to hide the
dence of her sin and died from
effects. E
THE English press is very bitt9
its comments on Home Secretary \
thews, for allowing the two poacha
be executed. Il
LEE HEFFLIN and Joseph Dye, &
last fall, murdered the Kines ia
were on the 18th lynched near G;
Vile, Virginia. The men were to-
been hanged on the 18th, but sta
proceedings had been secured.
RECENT heavy disbursements hav
duced the treasury balance to 500,
s25, of which $1s,611, 2o1 is on del
with National banks and S15, ,225, ,Ot
in subsidiary and minor coin.
AT Burlington, Ia, large and
tiful meteor flashed across the mort,
sky on the 18th, filling the hea
with light and leaving a strong 81
ling trail. 1t burst into fragments
the earth's surface.
The severe snow and wind which
been raging over the Rocky Mour
country from Wyoming to Central Tt
has been exceedingly severe ON
stock. In Southern Colorado the 10
cattle and sheep will be- very q
while thousands have frozen to deaf
Mexico and Northern Texas.
The March report Of the Departr
Of Agriculture shows that the
duetion of cotton Of the world exc
the consumption more than 1,5Ol
bales in 1890, and further greatly
larqes the excess in 1891, gluttine
markets, increasing visible stocks
! ing the past year more than HOO
bOles.