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BROKE HER SHAFT At SEA.
The Lord Londonderry Towed Into 81.
Johns by the MsrvIand.

Sohhs by tne mnrsinuu.
ST. JoHSs, N. F.. Oct. lathe British
steamship Lord Londonderry. which sailed
from Belfast on Sept. 20. via Penarth
Oct. 1, for baltimore. in ballast, was
towed into this port to-day by the Brit
ish steamship Maryland. from London Sept.
FL. via Swansea, Oct. /. for Baltimore. with q
general cargo. On last Sunday the tail OF the
Lord Londonderry's shaft broke in the tube,
while the steamer was of the outer edge Of the
banks. The accident occurred while the
weather was calm, although she had passed
through succession Of storms previous to the
break down.
The disabled steamer signalled the Maryland
tho next day and was taken In tow by her.
Much difficulty being experienced in bringing the
Lord Londonderry to port. Five time. the vessels
parted during q heavy gale which prevailed
on Wednesday night. The Londonderry. being
unmanageable, ran into the Maryland, striking
mast, and stove in three Of her plates, making .
hole just below the bulwarks. The shock of
the collision threw down several OF the Mary
lands crew. one man having his shoulder DIS
When tho signal man saw the steamers COM
ing slowly into port he concluded that the Lon
donderry was q Cunarder, owing To her having
black and red funnel. The two steamers were
fog bound of the harbor two days waiting an
TSs Lonaondsrry y' c.nno. procure q new shaft
here, and must await the arrival of one from
England before she can proceed. This will
The Maryland win proceed al once for Baiti.
sustained insufficient TO cause repairs Al this
the Lord Londonderry has none
The Lord Londonderry Is owned by the Irish
ship owners os Company on Gimi,ed Of Belfast and
by the Atlantic Transport Company Nimited)
OF London. and is Of 2, 40 tons burden
The sun., 1894-10-14

a mdayit Fron the haz whs Says she
Urged Him co Hob the STATE.

TOPEKA. Kan. Oct. l3.--The Republican State
Central Committee to-day made public the an
dayit Of T. L. Dixon aud his wife. superinten-
dent and mAtrOn OF the state Asy-
lum for the Deaf and Dumb in
olathe, in which Mrs. Mary Lease, who
was President of the State Board OF Charities,
is accused OF advising them TO steal from the
State and give her some OF the stealings- They
also charge that the Board appropriated sum
eient money to defray the expenses Of its mem
bers to tho Worlds Fair. After telling how
Mrs. Lease volunteered TO obtain the places.
which they Afterward secured, Dixon and his
wife say that on the evening ON which they were
installed. Mrs Lease called upon them and =, SslS:
money. Now pay yourself from the Income OF
the institution and charge it 70 nlsinis,nSSnes i,l
10 do viii be 20 make your books agree with ths
The answer was, according 70 the afidayit;
Il can't do that; l never had that kind OF
' Mrs. Lease is then said TO have remarked;
vera Poliss Judae Jd II WIchits. Now. youitsks
care OF yourself Don't be foolish. They are
all doing it. from the Governor down; no worse
for you than others"
DfxOn's afidRyit then says; -
The next time she apP6oashhen nnnsv me 10 10 bny
me a farm. but not omit enough 70 BUY heL
farm, then repeated my former answer thAsi
osr Then en- she I Went Went into statement as TO What
the board OF Charities did after they eonelgasdd
t% I" 90 % SOi the WOrds Fair and ala Ros want e
would take $50 each 70 take the round trip and
Isl %shs sit ssid they ordered the steward % make
up a voucher for maintenance and repairs, anu
20 the Fair. This, she said. vas done a me me
insane asylum. Topeka. Kan shs ainr'neo fnat az
wSh SSli We Sotifsd IN tie Governor in due time. bui
he ignored our statement.
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would be able to identify some of them. The
passengers were badly ratified, though no efforts
were made TO rob them. They busted them
selves for twenty minutes In hiding their money
and jewelry in all surts OF curious places, under
their berths, In their shoes and in corners Of the
the embRnkment beside the track while the ex-
press car was being robbed, but were well
guarded by revolvers. Several Of the robbers
were in facetious moods. and "jollied " the pas
sengers.
The officers of the Adams Express Company
rad yesterday that It would he impossible TO
tell how much money was stolen until returns
could be secured by telegraph from dozen
said that the amount was large, but II would
not reach SlSO.O0O. rs had been reported. As
all way bills were taken, IL was not possible TO
make even an approximate estimate. From
conversations with different officers IL was gath
cred that the sum taken was between 81 10000
and SIS .000 II IL believed that more definite
Information will he obtannble by Monday.
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THRoWN FROM HER BICYCLE.
4 YeunG Brookiya Artist IaIared In . Gel.
Iision In Prospect Park.

Miss Mauds Purdy tho twenty-year-old
daughter OF DIR. Charles g. Purdy Of 11s Quincy
street. Brooklyn, was severely injured on Friday
night In a bicycle collision In Prospect Park.
She was accompanied in her ride through the
park by Mrs. Simpson OF 90 Pulaski street.
They were passing the wall on tho north side OF
the lake on their return trip when the accident
occurred, young man who was riding in the
opposite direction at a rapid gait swerved TO tho
left, and his wheel crashed with great force into
that ridden by Miss Purdy.
Both riders were knocked from their wheels
Miss Purdy alightIng on her head. The other
rider, Mr.. Strasburg OF l3l Reid avenue. escaped
with severe shaking up, Joseph Sinnott. q
broker of 2l2 Sterling place, who was passing at
the time, picked up the injured woman and
placed her on the grass with his coat under her
head for pillow II WAS with much difficulty
that he restored her 10 consciousness. Young
StrasburR Il Is said. moved OF after giving his
name without waiting 10 learn the result OF the
accident. Several sympath thetic wheelmen, how
ever, who were passing volunteered their sery-
ices. and q carriage being secured, Miss Purdy
was wrapped In dozen coats and taken home
In the care OF Mr.. Sinnott.
She had received a severe scalp wound and
was suffering from a slight conclusion OF tho
brain. She had lApses Of uncOnsciOusness yes
terday, but her father was hopeful that she
would recover. Miss Purdy who Is an artist OF
much promise and merit, 10 a teacher In the
Eostrand Avenue NJ. Y. Sunday school She is
an experienced blcyclist and never had a mis-
hap before.
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MrSrERToUs EXPLOSION.
The Front or = winiamsbrrgh Hous'
Blown Out.

An explosion blew out the front Of the two
story and basement brick house at 229 Have
meyer street, WilliamsburRh, Just before
O'Clock last night Only Mrs. Jennie Isher.
whose husband, Morris, is a tailor and her two
year-old child were in the house at the time.
The lshers occupied the first floor and base
ment. The second floor was occupied by family
Of the name Of Peters, who were all absent The
Rev. w. Wrage, who was passing the house
when the explosion occurred. narrowly escaped
being struck by the flying bricks The explosion
was followed by FIRE, and in less than minute
the parlor and second floors were burning. The
hremen soon cxtinguished the fire.
Some one told them that Mrs. Isher and her
child had not esceped, but Just as q search was
being made for them they were found In Wal
ters's liquor store. at 271 Broadway. Mrs. Isher
snid that after the explosion she ran into the
yard and she and her child were lifted over the
fence into walterss yard by VIM. Walters and
William Weaver. When the police questioned
from the basement to ilght' a lamp. mp. As she
opened the parlor door the explosion occurred
and she ran down after her child and escaped to
Afterward Mrs. Isher said she thought she
saw man going out Of the front door when she
went up to the parlor. Policeman Benson Of the
Bedford avenue station was on the sidewalk OPP
posite the house five minutes before the explo-
sion, He said he was sure he saw two men look
ing like Jews coming out of the house Just as he
started to walk away.
When the fire was over. an old man named De
GuRde. who has a cigarette and stationery store
at 205 Broadway, took Mrs Isher to his home,
where he refused to allow her to talk to any
body. He said the matter didn't concern tho
public. Fire Marshal Brymer was notified last
night, ana he will make an investigation to-day.
The police do not believe that the explosion was
caused by RaS. II was In many respects similar
to the one which blew out the side wall OF q new
tenement fiat ia South Third, near keap street,
several months ago. AT that time Fire Marshal
Lewis gave ~ MS his opinion that a powerful
explosive had blown out the wall. The lsher
house was damaged $1,000. The Ishers, IL II
said are not insured.
The sun., 1894-10-14
BRECKINRIDoE rs BITTER.
Owens's Fraeads Alarmsd at . Speech Mad
Yesterday In the District.


Yesterday In the District.
LEXINGTON. Oct. 13.-Col. Breckinridge de-
livered . bitter speech at Harper's Ferry this
afternoon, and opened the wounds which were
made In Kentucky Democracy by the fierce and
vindictive campaign just closed. ..,
10 Is thought by some Of the more liberal
minded Of w. @. owens's friends that . few
more speeches by Col, Breckinridge like the one
to-day will elect Judge George Denny, the Re
publican candidate for Congress from this
district
The Republicans are Jubllant over the speech,
as they contend that Breckinridge's refusal 10
bury the hatchet will defeat Owens. On the
other hand, many of the friends OF Owens de-
clare their man is in no danger OF being beaten.
here last night that nothing could defeat owens,
and that the latter had absolutely no need OF
The concluding sentences Of Breckinridge's
He said;
me nor am disquieted thereby. There Is work
somewhere. and 1t will come 10 me at the
l4p Influence % that your friendship creates, to be
worthy of your confidence, to justify your
frisndshg All yog need no promise that vii
pull iSi Himself isosether Tor another and parsr
SasSer %aS anS seArf% for God may 0fs he be told
the simplest language the story OF your friend
snp ,1s md me- rs aaa Mho are fui Srotbsqs and
sisters 10 Him who was touched with the sense
of our own infirmities.'
"You have been derided as the only county
that could be controlled by such motives. Fay
ette and Bourbon ask To stand by you. Thou
sands in the other counties hasten tn share any
condemnation you may receive, and In their
name present this banner bearing the efigy
OF defeated man upon whose head has
beaten pitiless storm. and bid you receive II as
evidence that they applaud your act, and In the
sight OF the world avouch that IL was such an
act that all Democrats could approve and brave
Christian men emulate. They bid you keep
IL until the day comes TO unfurl It. for they
know that that day will come, the day OF bet
ter and purer political methods OF kinder and
more charitable brotherhood. OF franker and
more truthful utterances Of courteous aud re-
spectful discussion. when mendacity will not
assume the role OF political argument nor hy-
pOcrisy be accepted as Christianity"
The sun., 1894-10-14
EIsstrssIty's Freaks Ia a. Ash Gas.

Three badly strung electrir-light wires burned
out during the rain Just after noon yesterday
near the corner OF Market and Broad streets,
Newark and fell V the street. One OF them
fell upnn the hack al q horse which was pro-
tected by : pisce Of canvas, hnd ElauCea "a an
ash can In the gutter. The horse : = enough ~ &
shock 20 make MN r 'n way but lac was quick
ly caught and led ont Of danger.
The metal ash can contained lot OF stale
Ecraps from q neiEhbornR restaurant End some
rain water. The end Of the wire slid down the
i7zide OF the can and Get the water bnbbling,
While the can emitted 4 sound like the blowing
OF a tin bora. A nnenaan hnAlly df.RcLsd ths
HLEa.
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sUsPEssIoS FOR BREoKINRIDsE.
His Church Accepts HIS Psniteaee a. Gems
ias, bat Gives soas PunishasA.

PARIS, KY, Oct. l3.-The Rev. Charles 7.
Thompson. pastor OF Mount Horeb Presbyterian
Church. in Fayetts county, read publicly on last
Sunday the action Of the church concerning
Col w. @. p. BrsckinridRs. who had made a
confession OF his guilt, and asked ths prayers
and love OF his brethren in leading Christian
life.
The unanimous decision OF the Officers was
that while accepting his repentance sincere
and heartfelt. the great publicity of the sin de-
manded some public action. He was suspended,
therefore, from the sacramento until Feb. 1,
1895.
The law OF the Book Of Church Orders, para
graph 1853, Is:
."behnits suspension Is administered when the
credit OF religion, the honor OF Christ, and tho
good OF the offender demand Il, even though ne
may have given satisfaction To the court"
The sun., 1894-10-14

Lambert UsAbIs % Protest HImssIr Essa
With the Head OF = Hat.

Albert Lambert. an aged negro, was arrested
on Friday night after he had torn up most of the
flooring In his apartments at Asa Baltic street,
Brooklyn, and ripDed on much OF the plaster
from the walls.
The mischief was done while he was searching
for witches that he supposed were haunting
him. lie had matches, toothpicEs, and a 81 bill
with miscellaneous lot OF stun such as bones
stones. pieces Of wood rags. and the head OF a
dead rat In his breast he had two reyolyers.
His wife said he had been searching for
witches for several days. The owner OF the
house says Il will take 800 or more 10 repair
the damage caused by the search. Lambert was
sent 10 jail pending an examination as 10 his
sanity.
The sun., 1894-10-14
MANY ANN EHRGoTI JILrED.
she wants $4,000 frOA George I4AnsssksF
for BrsAeh OF PrOniss.

A suit Of Mary Ann Ehrgott of Behrins Av-
snue, West Hoboken, 90 recover $4,000 from
George Lausecker for breach OF promise. was
tried yesterday in the Circuit Court in Jersey
City.
The plaintiff testified that she was employed
a a servant In Lausecker's house before the
death of his wife, v hich occurred on May .,
1891, At that time the family was living at
i 2O5 Stewart avenue West HObOken.
After his wife's death Lausecker begged the
plaintif 10 remain In the house and promised
10 marry her. A few weeks afterward he wanted
her 10 marry him, but she put Il on because Il
Was too soon after the death Of his wife.
In MAY last she asked him 10 fulfil his promise
but he refused. She knew that he had been pay
ing attention 70 some other woman. and she
spoke 10 him abOutit He admitted that he had,
and exclaimed;
SYes, and / will marry that woman II the
devil stood before me and she had ten children"
The name OF the other woman was not men-
toned. The plaintiffs mother and Kate Hook
man testified that LAuseeker had promised To
marry the plaintiff
En-Judge Hoffman, counsel for the defendant
moY a 10 throw the case out OF court on the
ground that no contract had been proved.
Justice LlpplncOtt reserved decision until
Monday.
-O-POEs." Il A ~. -OdsAa."
usssssilsl n quality, nallA, sEd fesla.~GiS.3-
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AMBASSADOR BAYARD ARRIvEs.
Has = Month 60 spend at Home-Not Up on
New York state Politics.

Thomas f. Bayard, United States Ambassador
TO Great Britain, arrived yesterday on tho
steamship Paris, accompanied by Miss Florence
Bayard and by his married daughter, Mrs s. ID.
Warren, and her four children.
Mr.. Bsyard refused To discuss politics but con-
tradicted the rumor that Willard salisbury was
20 succeed him, aud that he WAs 10 enter the
Senate. While in England Mr.. Bayard dis
eussed freely the question OF the salary OF his
once, but he would say nothing yesterday. His
answer to the question what he thought Of New
York State politics was: / have never had the
PresumPtion 70 pretend TO understand New York
State politics."
The party left for Delaware last night. Mr..
ayard will be In America about month.
The sun., 1894-10-14
Howara maa . rsII-.. P.ss.

CHICAGO, Oct. lathe railroad passes which
were stolen from Vice President Howard Of the
A. r. 4. were recovered late last night Among
them was an annual pass issued 10 Howard by
the Pullman Company several months before
the rree. railway strike.
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sAK FRANCIsoO. Oct. I3.-JudEs Wallace ~
day sentenced John joy 10 life imprsonm'lt
under the HAbitual Criminal act JOY robbed
a man ofSJ
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.a4.s ssi; Sysss;. s:I sss:f sss:sEIs i PIE z %' ''
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An interesting fact in connection with the
robbery is that the messengers were practically
unarmed. Their revolvers were not within
reach when wanted. Years ago the Adams Ex-
press Company ordered their messengers TO
carry revolvers In belt while on duty, but tho
order long ago became dead letter. All of the
cars OF the Wells. Fargo Company are furnished
with rifles and revolvers ready for instant use.
1t was said yesterday at the Pinkerton office In
Exchange place that the case was in charge Of
the PHILADELPHIA branch.
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-OzROEs." ~ A. VI. @OdsAa.p
Ths nov collar. Ths new ca {.
UasQuallel u q1alltyt nnt4h AID 1oELn--Adu.r
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-18
Teach Children to GargIe.

A physician in q paper on diph-
liberia urges upon parents the i'm
pOrtance of teaching children to gar
gle at an early age, and mentions the
fact that during an epidemic of the
disease IN his city, he taught his
baby girl, only a little more than =
years old, to gargle DIS well as her g.
year-old brother, and kept up the
practice regularly three time a day
throughout the prevalence of the dis
ease. This is one of the small points
in keeping with the tendency OF the
age, which is towards preparation
and prevention rather than relief.
None. perhaps, except physicians and
obstinate and spoiled children make
Of themselves in cases Of illness. and
the helpless mother who stands by
with her dcspairing ''he won't take
it. and l can't make him." adds to
the hopeleSsness Of the situation. A
child who is old enough to under
stand what is said to him is not too
young to learn that he must do his
share IN the fight for recovery when
sickness asSails him.
The same paper states that it is Il
noticeable fact that much larger
number Of girls have diphtheria than
boys, aScribing as a probable aust
that girls spend more time in doors
than boys, which should be another
note Of warning to mothers, and
cause them uftener to turn the girls
out of doors after school hours than
is done. These hints are very timely
ana should be put in practice by all
mothers.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-18
in Time.

1t was the policy of the pioneers,
says the chronicler of West Virginia
history, to cultivate as far as practi.
cal the friendship Of the numerous
tribes OF Indians on the we st side Of
the Ohio River. AS a natural cOnse
quence OF hOspitalitieS repeatedly eX-
tended to the Mlngoes and Wyan-
dottes, a feeling OF goodwill existed
in many instances between these
tribes and the whites. In the s
of the Zane brothers and the Wyan.
dottes. this friendlinesS was increased
by the adoption OF Isaac Zane by the
tribe, and his residence among them.
Among the personal friends Of Jon.
athan Zane was a WyandOtte warrior
of great size and courage, known as
Captain Jack.
one evening about bedtime Mr..
Zane and his wife were surprised by
an unexpected call from Captain
Jack. Mr.. Zane, as Was her. custom.
cooked vcnison and prepared a sup
per, but when the Indian was invit.
ed to cat, he refused and sat in grim
silence.
This unusual behavior forebOded i'll,
and aroused the most serious fears in
the minds of the Zanes. Had they
offended the Indian, and had he ono
at ina late hour to do them harm?
Mr.. Zane moved neal to his rifle,
and with a glance of the eye intimat-
ed to his wife to have the butcher
knife ready to aid in defending them.
selves.
Meantime, CAPTAIN Jack sat gazing
into the fire for a full half-hOur,
speeches. and mOtionless. AT length
he rose from his seat, and fixing his
keen eyes upon Mr.. Zane, he said:
brother, / eat salt in your house
many time, and many time you give
me blanket to make me warm. In
dian don't forget. You my brother.
l come t. tell you be killed before
morning. Indians come soon. L eat
now"
He sat down, ate a few hurried
mouthfuls of yenison, asked for the
pipe, took a few whiffs, and then ex-
claimed, go. Go to fort, quick"
and went hurriedly away.
Mr.. Zane and his wife seized such
things as were within easy grasp, and
ran with all speed toward the fort.
They were one too soon, for scarcely
were they half a mile on their way
when, looking back, they saw their
cabin in flames. But for Captain
Jacks timely warning, they would no
doubt have lost their lives.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-18
History of a Bank Note.

Bank notes have curious histories
attached to them in the way Of hu-
man comedy, tragedy, and melo-
drama, says the New York Home Jour
nal. a collector ut Paris of such
curiosities got hold, some years ago,
of a e5 Bank of England note which
had somewhat Of Il tragic interest
connected with it some sixty odd
years ago the cashier Of a Liverpool
mer liant had received in tender for
a business payment a Bank Of En-
gland note which he hell up to the
scrutiny Of the light, So Is TO make
sure of its gc%nuineneSs. lie observed
some partially indistinct red marks
or words traced out on the frOnG of
the note beside the lettering and on
the margin. Curiosity tempted him
to try tC decipher the words so in
scribcd. With great difficulty, SO
family written were they and so
much Obliteratcd, the words were
found to form the following sentence:
"If this note should fall into the
hands of John Dean of LOnghill,
near Carlisle, he will learn thereby
that his brother is langui,hing a pris-
Oner at Algiers. MI. Dean, on being
shown the note, lost no time in ask
ing the government OF the Dey to
make intcrceSsions for his brothers
freedom. 1t appeared that for eleven
long years the latter had been a slave
to the Dey OF Algiers, and that his
family and relatives believed him to
be dead. With a piece OF wood he
had traced in his own blood on the
bank note the message which was to
procure his release. The government
aided the efforts of his brother to set
him free, this being accomplished
on payment of a ransom to the Dey.
Unfortunately the captive did not
long enjoy his liberty, his bodily suf-
ferings while working as a slave in
Algiers having undermined his con-
stitutiOn.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-18

way in search. of other fields. About
two month later l returned. to Con-
federate gulch and found IA siX-mule
team and q wagon behind it contain
ing two tons OF gold taken from a
portiOn'Of the bar those men wanted
to sell me for 800. The team was
ready to start for Fort Benton with
the gold and was surrounded by thirty
armed men, who were to guard the
metal on the way. After l refu.cd
to purchase the ground the men con
cluded to work it themselves and
from a space Of 100 feet square had
taken the two tons of gold. l have
not seen the expert since then
Butte Miner.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-18
Utilizing the Texts.

A house in Philadelphia formerly
occupied 10y Il Gospel mission is now
tenated by a shoemaker, who has
turned the former character Of the
place and the signs still: remaining on
the walls and windows To queer ad-
vcrtiSing account. one sign, q sam
pie Of all, reads: 'CObblcr'S Mission.
SOles sd Ell and heels repaired"
This S~acrilegious transformation is
paralleled in the case Of a chapel in
Brooklyn, recently torn down to
make way for street Improvements.
1t was occupied for a few weeks be-
fore its demolition by a heap cloth
ing concern, and one Of the notices,
chiseled in marble over the main en-
trance, was altered by the addition
Of a word: "COme trade with us
and we will do YOU good ".-New
York Sun.