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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-07
DIED IN DEsr1TUrIoN.
Miss Lord Leaves Her Money to Mrs.
Dewitt Talmage-Pecuhar VIII.


Somersworth, N. H, Sept 4.-Early in
July Mayor Wells received letter from
Brooklyn making inquiry about Elizabeth
Fl. w. Lord, who had died in that city.
The letter stated that during the last
days of her sickness she'was in a desti-
tute condition and would have starved
but FOR neighbors. In her delirium she
spoke of Great Falls, village in this
state. and thus, coupled with finding of
copies OF Great Falls papers in her house,
led TO the inquiry TO Mayor Wells.
II mas been learned that Miss Lord was
daughter of Hannah Lord, a former
resident of Somersworth, and had rela-
tives IN South Berwick, Me, and Law
renee. Mass Ii has also been learned
that she died with $4,000 in savings
banks here. Miss Lord left her property
by VIII 10 Mrs. r. Dewitt Talmage, wife
OF the eminent Brooklyn preacher. 1t is
not known that she was acquainted per-
sonally with Mrs. Talmage. Her rela-
uves. Mrs. Ford Of South Berwick, and
nor sister OF Lawrence, propose to contest
the will
On learning Of her death the relatives
desired 10 have q regular funeral but her
VIII provided that the remains should not
bee inferred until after the document had
beeu probatcd, which will be some time
next month. From this it is inferred that
Miss Lord did not wish her relatives 10
attend her funeral under any misappre.
henslon as 10 who would get her money.
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CHAINED UP FOR Is YEARS.
Pitiable Condition of an Insane Son
Imprisoned in a Hut.


Greensburg, Pa, sept. t. Complaint
has been made to the state board of char
tiles and to Humane Agent Dorente of
Pittsburg of the confinement. i'm an out
building, of a 30-year-old son Of Reuben
Harold, a farmer here.
Farmer Harold admits the truth of the
charge, and says his son is insane and il
confined in a comfortable shed. fastened
with chain attached TO an iron ring
around his ankle.
Mr. Harold says that when his son
first became insane, is years ago, he was
confined in an asylum, but begged so nit
cously 10 be taken home that the father
acquicsced, and since then the delnented
man has lived in his present hut.
The son S hallucinati0n is that some one
Is trying TO abduct him, aud he resents
any intrusion of strangers by attempts To
do them violence He is entirely nude.
refusing 10 wear clothing.
The complaint is that the crazy mans
condition is Objectionable 10 the extreme.
and that he should be- properly cared for.
Another son Of Harrold's was recently
sent 70 DiNmout insane asylum, near
Pittsburg.
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he had been shot three times One bullet en-
tered the right leg above the knee an came
ont near the knee cap. Another bullet -trIt x
Moore IN the same leg and embedded itself
thigh the bullet coming olt on the opposite
side. They are flesh wounds.
Columbus Euquirer-Sun. John Hen Tersau.
the l3year-olu son of Judge Henderson. WA.
badly bitten by large rattlo>aase Tuesday
morulnE. About "a o. clock, while oIt walk
ing near the Garrard place. uu Past High
lands together with several Of ms gDmUII-
ions he felt some thing sting his foot sup
posing 10 10 have been hriar. or something
OF that sort. he paid no attention TO IT,.
They Werh making their way IN single Bile.
John Henderson was in front, next came t"O
little barefoot boys and little girl a mo-
meni latec he was startled by hearing the
little girl cry out in evident alarm. and
looked around in time 10 see a large rattle
snake strike her upon the foot. which luckily
was protected by stout shoe. Running
back, he succeeded in killing the snake be
lore 10 had done any further damage. Then
it occurred to him thar this same snake had
bitten him and thus caused the
sensation he had felt "a snort time before. so
taking q ring from his pocket ne tied 10
tightly around his leg lust above the bitten
spot which was now rapidly becoming
swollen. IN order TO prevent the poison from
circulating upward into the body and hurried
on in the direction of his home. Some dis
lance down the road he came up with
farmer who, upon learning the trouble. gave
him some tobacco which he instructed him
TO chew and swallow. as he considered 10
Dlendld auudOte IhercupOn John FASTENED
on home, and arrived with "a Lee very badly
swollen and himself iu a very serious cundi-
tion. Physicians worked hard on Che little
fellow. whose condition By this time had be-
come somewhat alarming He was thoroughly
dTugged with whisky The time houorcd
custom OF applying newly killed chicken to
a snake bite was used also. He was soon out
of danger.
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Naratcs the rattlesnake with his rattle
Sensible people take alarm 40 the chill which
ushers NO rhils and fever 70 they don't
kno" they should, that Hostetter's stomach
bl,ters Is the prevonter ana remedy Nor
should they forget that &c remedies dyspepsia
lNef complaints. nervousness, sleeplessuess
aug 4thl.iy, and Is a general tonic without
CQual-ad,
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emperor William of Germany

is having crown made for himself, and is most
anxious to obtain to be set therein the new Cape da
mond weighing gu carats, valuable than the IA
nous KOhInoor, and believed to be
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COUPON OFFERS.
Five Million Dollars

is about the which the Treasury of Germany will
probably be shortly called upon to pay to gratifv the
towering ambition Of the ruling Monarch of the Empire
It seems that
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UNIVERSITY SCHOOL,

Petersburg. Va. The SOth annual session Of
this School for Boys begins Oct. /. Thorough
preparation for Univ. Of Va, U. s. Military
and Naval Academies leading Engineering
schools and Colleges. For catalogue address
w. GORDON MCCABE, Head Master
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Prepares for Govern
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verSitleS 81 Business.
For cat 'lCgUes address
Maj. r. A. MCINTYRE,
Bethel Academy p. O.
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LIE RANPOkPH HARRISON

Boarding and Day School for Girls reopens
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preparation. REGULAR and elective courses.
MRS. JANE RANDOLPH HARRISON RAN
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References; Gen Henry r. jackson, Gen.
AleNander R. LaMtOn.
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The evening world., 1894-06-04
STRIKE ON A PALACE.
Men Opposed to Commodore Ger
rvs Foreign Marble Work.
Backed by the Building Trades
Conference Of New York.
Mechanics OF All Kinds Lay Down
Their Tools simultaneously.

Forty-nine men working on x-Com-
modore Elbridge T. Gerry's new palace,
at Fifth avenue and Sixty-frst street.
struck at s o'clock this morning. The
reason for the strike Is the Importation
from Paris of the marble for the a
telpieces.
Under a rule of the trades unions OF
New York, enacted June / last, no MEM
Der OF the organizations is allowed to
work on any building in the construc-
ton of which foreign or convict labor in
any shape is employed. To-day's strike
is the first one under the new rule.
Michae J. McGill. Walking Delegate
of the Marble-Polishers Union, told an
Evening world' reporter this morning
that the contractor had been notified
several times that II the foreign marble
II ornamental iron-work was not re-
moved from the premises a strike would
be ordered.
"Mr. Gerry. too he added. twas
aware that these materials were Of
foreign make, inc in view Of the fact
that he is such a stanch American
and is known to be opposed to for
eigners, 1t seems strange that he should
approve of the use OF foreign made
marble work for the house"
Up to noon no representative of the
contractor had appeared.
The strike was ordered last Friday
night by the Board OF Walking Dele
gates. There were three %non-union
Frenchmen working on the ornamental
iron work on the outside of the build
ing this morning. The strikers did not
modest them.
The Building Trades Conference Of
New York has ordered n mass-meeting
for June 25 at Cooper Union to enounce
owners and architects employing for
eign labor.
or the strikers. twenty are carpenters.
FIVE plumbers. five tile-layers and help
ers. two plasterers. eight painters n
nine wiremen.
The evening world., 1894-06-04
VERDICT SET ASIDE.
Mrs. Pollock Was Awarded Dam
ages of $97,5O0,
Sued Her Father-in-law for $780,
900 for Alienation.
She Was . Servant in Her Young
Husbands Family.

The General Term of the Court Of
Common Pleas, to-day reversed the 1udg-
ment in the case Of Ellen Pollock. who
some time ago recovered a verdict for
S37. 500 against her father-in-law. Col.
Alexander Pollock. the wealthy ship
of. and Judges DAILY and Bookstaver
affections.
The opinion Ia written by Judge Bisch-
Off. and Judges Daily and Boobstaver
concur In ordering a new trial.
Judge Bischoff says there Is nc evil
dence In the case to warrant n YER
dict. and Judge Days opinion is that
even II there Is such evidence there Is
of damages.
The Pollock case attracted great at
tention a year ago. Mrs. Ellen Pollock,
wife Of young Edward Z. Pollock,
brought suit against her father-in-law.
Col. Alexander Pollock, for $4,000 dam
ages for the alienation Of her husbands
affections. The case was tried before
Judge Pryor a jury in the Court of
Common Pleas, and when a verdict for
$37. 500 in favor of the young, wife was
rendered the large audience burst into
a demonstration Of approval, such as Is
seldom seen in a courtroom. They
cheered and applauded, and it was with
diMculty that order was restored.
In 1887, Mrs. Pollock. Edwards mother,
engaged Ellen Mahony as her maid, She
was a remarkably pretty girl, and had
not been in the house long before gossip
concerning young Edwards attentions
to her was heard. He was then seven
teen years old.
The swell set Of Nyack. where the Pol
lock family residence was situated, won
dered what 1t all meant. when one day
a marriage notice appeared In the, New
York papers announcing that Edward
Pollock and Ellen Mallory had been
married by a priest In Brooklyn. This
was peculiarly embarrassing. as young
Pollock was supposed by TO
be engaged to a New YORK society belle,
housekeeping In Harlem. A child was
born, and several months later Pollock
left his wife n took up his residence
at Sioux Falls, 8. p. where ne began
ton. Before the case came to trial
another child was born.
Mrs. Pollock introduced evidence that
he deserted her. She also disproved MS
Of the second. child, but he secured his
Mrs. Pollock then returned to New
York and began the proceedings against
her fat dna es1rs. phe ire W srlai mf Ed.
ward Pollock was put on the stand, and
swore that his father a not influence
ed him in any way against her, and
then astonished every one by announc-
South Dakota in the person OF Miss
sent there to attend the divorce case, ,
Col. Pollock acknowledged that he had
furnished the funds for the Sout dsp pa
that he had counselled his son to leave
his wife. During the progress or the
case the young wife tainted twice when
her character was attacked.
The evening world., 1894-06-04
IS MISS M'ALL|s7ER TO WE'D?
Her Father. the Society Oracle, Is
Very Non%-Committal
Clubman George Barclay Ward, the
Reported Happy Man.

There is reason for believing that Miss
Louise McAllister. daughter Of Ward
McAllister, the leader OF New York;
aristocratlc 400. Is engaged to be
married. and that the fortunate gentle
man is George Barclay Ward, the
wealthy clubman. who several years ago
was divorced from his wife. formerly
Miss DE Pau.
The engagement cannot be officially an
nounced. however. for Mr.. McAllister.
when seen by a reporter OF The Even
ing World" to-day. neither denied nor
confirmed the rumor, and said that Miss
McAllister would not be interviewed rel
alive to the matter.
Now. now; really, don't you know. I
can't deny nor confirm the story that
Miss Louise Is engaged to Mr.. ward
said the society oracle, and, don't you
know, that It Is an old tale twice told.
and really, women are SO iiekie concern
Mr.. Ward comes from an old New
York family-the Barclays-and has a
large property left him by his father
and mother, both Of whom are dead.
He Is n member OF the New York
Yacht Club and several other prominent
clubs. =,
Mr.. McAllister said that Mr.. Ward
lived in a fine residence near oyster
Bay, and admitted that he was erecting
a new HON not far away from there:
Mr.. Ward has three children. the
eldest a girl OF sixteen. The others are
boys, fifteen and twelve years old. re-
spectively.
Mr.. Wards first wife, after separating
from him, married again and went to
Europe. where she dice not long ago.
The evening world., 1894-06-04
OLD WELL EXPOSED.
One IN h Bowery Disclosed by
the Caying of n Flagstone.

A large flagstone over an old well I'M
der the sidewalk in front Of 22 Bowery.
sank out OF sight shortly before noon to-
day.
A passerby had Just stepped on 1t
when he felt 1t sinking. He yelled. n
some one grabbed him and pulled him
aside. The stone was heard to splash
into the water when 1t struck bottom.
The well is about 100 feet deep and is
one of many that are situated along the
Bowery. They are covered with boards
on which the tagging Of the sidewalk
is placed.
A fence was built about tho hole in
which the fagstone fell. and a couple OF
policemen were put on guard at the spot
to warn pedestrians of the danger Turk
ing there.
The walled sides of the we'll are easily
discernable, Notwithstanding the ac-
cumulated dust of years.
Police Inspector Williams says he re-
members the well since childhood. Forty
years ago a pump and trough stood over
It, and many a time, the Inspector says.
has he sat on the edge of II and let his
feet hang In the water.
The fiagstone, which went tumbling
into the well, was four feet long and
about thirty inches wide, and was near
the curb. where thousands OF people
pass daily.
The heavy rain of this morning Is
supposed to have had something to do
with the affair.
The evening world., 1894-06-04
BEATEN and ROBBED.
Widow Furey Horribly Abused
by Three Men.
Choked and Kicked and q Lamp
Broken on Her Body.
One of Her Alleged Assailants Caught,
but the Others Have Fled.

ELIZABETH. N. j., u 4-Thomas
Shelly was arrested this morning charged
with being one Of three men who on
Saturday light broke into the house Of
Mrs. Furey. a widow. and after assault
ing her, fled with sl1. which she had
concealed II, the bosom of her dress.
The Outrage was a particularly afro
cious one. Mrs. Furey, who Is forty
years old. lives with her two children at
the corner of Terrill and North avenues.
on the outskirts OF the city.
She was alone Saturday evening when
the three men broke into the house.
After assaIlting her. they choked her
until she told where her money was
concealed. Two OF the men then held
her. while the third tore open her dress
and secured the bills.
Then as she lay PROSTATE on the floor,
the brutes kicked her several times In
the side and smashed a lamp on her
body.
They then proceeded to break most Of
the furniture In the house. after which
they ran away.
Mrs. Furey's children went home and
found their mother lying bleeding and
unconscious on the floor. When she re-
vived she was able to tell the names Of
her assnilants.
A physician was called, and he found
the victim had been treated in a most
diabolical I'M
The news OF the affair caused intense
Indignation In Fanwood, n efforts
were made to capture the ~scoundrels.
Shelly's alleged companions were Will
lam Adams and George Shay. both un-
married. All three are worthless char
acters. who nav not been known to do
any work for n long time.
Shelly Is married and is forty-five
years old. but his wife has had to work
hard to support him for some years.
He claims all the part he took In the
dastardly outrage was to rob the vic
tim.
He was taken before Justice Charles
*. Moore. of Fanwood. who committed
him in default OF 81 1000 bail. Adams and
Shay have fed. but warrants are out
for their arrest, and the police eXpect to
capture them in a day or so.
The evening world., 1894-06-04
BULL HILL SK|RM|SH,
Miners Scouts Engage with a
Party of Deputies,
Two More Prisoners Taken as
Hostages by the Strikers.
Preparations for War-Arms and
Ammunition from Chicago.
(Dy Associated Press.)

CRIPPLE CREEK. Col. June "A
skirmish took place to-day, near Mid
land toll-gate, between three miners and
five deputies who were sent out from the
main body at Divide as pickets. Several
shots were fired on both sides. Jack
David. n miner. was shot in the arm.
and a deputy was seriously wounded.
The deputies were forced to retreat.
Besides taking Henry Il. Woods.
President OF the Victor oTwnsite Com
pany. into custody. the strikers last
night seized Clarence o. Finch, County
superintendent of Schools. and d. f.
Watkins, a Colorado Springs school
teacher. and they are now held prisoners
on Bull Hill as hostages for President
Calderwood or any other miners who
may be arrested.
John Shorten. editor of the Cripple
Creek Herald. organ OF the miners
union. has been arrested by the depu-
ties.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. June A.
Preparations for war are going rapidly
forward here. arms and ammunition
coming In daily. One hundred thousand
rounds Of ammunition. shipped from
Chicago Saturday, arrived to-day. Rifles
and revolvers are coming in. II fur
Their shipments are expected from Chi
cago Tomorrow.
The evening world., 1894-06-04
ANOTHER STORM TONIGHT.
sevcnteen-Hnndredths OF an Inch
of Rain Fell This Morning.

"The thunderstorm early this morn
ing. was the fiercest OF the season." re-
marked Weather Prophet L. b.. Dunn
this morning. THE quantity OF rain
that fell during the three-quarters OF an
hour the storm lasted was II OF an
inch. n tremendous amount for so brief
n period.
State and the New England States this
morning. but elsewhere It was general
ly fair, with the exception. OF South
Dakota. where n little ain fell.
THE weather to-day. up. to early
evening, will be generally fair. hui af-
ter that New Workers. who expect TO
spend the evening and night away from
home had better take their lightning
rods and maCkintoshes with them. for
thunder showers may be looked for.
"To-morrow II will be generally fair
and slightly cooler"
The temperature this morning at 5
o'clock was G degrees. II the same
time, there was 70 per cent, OF humidity
in the atmosphere. The highest point
touched by the mercury was at Key
West. Fla. where II registered 80 de-
Rrees. and the lowest was at Alpha.
Mich. Al degrees.
The evening world., 1894-06-04
MRs.F|7zGERALD COMMITTED
Judge Oowing Sends Her to the
Middletown Asylum.
Her Friends Predict that She VIII
BE Speedily Released.

Judge .Cowing decided this afternoon
Ito commit Mrs. Catherine NJ. Fitzgerald,
who while insane shot n killed Mrs.
Carrie Pearsall. to the State Hospital for
tn Insane at Middletown.
Frederick B. House, of Friend &
House, counsel for Mrs. Fitzgerald. OPP
posed this action, moving for her dis
charge on the ground that the jury had
her present mental condition.
Mr.. House cited the case OF John ]:
Scennell, VINO. on being acquitted of
murder on he ground that he was in
sane at the time of the shooting, was
discharged. and was afterwards sent to
Judge Cowing called attention to the
statute. which, he said. left him nc
Under that law I must commit hel
to an asylum, not as a punishment, blu
thorities at the asylum will not detair
her twenty-four hours" said Judge Cow
nj hope her sanity has been restore
and that she may never suffer another
to take the responsibility of turning hel
free. I am not a medical expert. I will
send her to Middletown.. and II you
would like to get a writ OF habea
corpus from some Supreme Court Judge.
! Will hold the papers. TIL. Wednesday to
give you an opportunity"
Ers. Fitzgerald was brought from the
Tombs by Deputy Sheriff brown.
She showed no emotion. and went back
to the Tombs without comment
Is anticipated. Her friends are confident
that the medical men at Middletown will
give her her freedom Immediately, pro-
nouncing her entirely recovered