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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
BEN BUTTERWORTH BEGINS
The Case May Not Reach the Jury Until
Next Week.

WASHINGTON, April 12.-The local de
mand for oratory was largely satisfied yes
tcrday by the finish OF Colonel Phil
Thompson ) speech in the Pollard Breck-
inridge trial and the beginning of plea
by Major Ben Butterworth, another ex-
member of congress. Beginning is SAID
advisadly, for although Major ButteI
worth talked more than half of the day
he progressed no further than the first re
lations between his client and Madeline
Pollard. back in 1881 His whole argu-
ment was devoted to the point that the
young woman had not been the pure and
unSophisticated girl a. II when the silver
haired colonel met her that she had rep
resented herself to be. 1t was q strong
display of oratory. His speech was free
from the vulgarities which Colonel
Thompson dealt in, probably Was as clean
a presentation Of such case as could
have been made, and was proportionately
well received by his audience,
There was an interesting incident dur
ing the morning when Judge Bradley car
rled into execution the threat he has sew
eral times made of clearing the room Of
spectators, Mr., Butterworth had been
painting glowingly the virtues OF h.>
client, whose friendship he had enjoJ ed
for many years, and was declaring dra.
matically that no man to whom Ben But
terworth had been friend In his prosper
Gus days would be deserted by him in ad
versity, when several men bro2e into ap
plause.
The Judge Immediately ordered all who
were not members of the bar to leave tie
court room. Only a small proportion OF
lie spectators removed themselves In re,
sponse to this order. Soon afterward the
judge again took hand in the case ad.
monishing Mr. Butterworth to confine
himself to the evidence in the trial when
the speaker was rclHtiug the comments
that were being made by the public on the
appearance ofthe principals In court II
is probable that Mr.. Butterworth will con.
sumo all Of today in rounding ont mis-
plea, and Judge Jere Wilson is expected
to occupy not less than two days in his
closing speech. In this event the case may
not reach the jury until next week.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
IN NEW YORK STATE.


BUFFALO, April 1e.-Snow fell here with
out cessation for over twenty-four hours.
1t is wet and heavy, loading trees and
wires as heavy us they will hold. All
communication by wire is difficult. Tele-
graph, telephone, electric light and police
signal wires above ground are more or
less broken, clogged and crossed 1t is
impossible to learn how great is the extent
of the storm in this territory, but from
scattering services at hand the snowfall
seems to be general at this end of the
state. and to extend beyond Rochester.
The storm has brought employment to
hundreds of men at clearing the streets
and railroads.
A special from Greenpont, /. l., says:
Tho iiercest storm experienced here in
years IS raging. The wind Is blowing at
the velocity Of over forty miles an hour,
and it Is showing and raining alternately.
There is great damage to shipping along
the coast. The new oyster schooner Ne
yada has been driven ashore here. She is
heavily loaded with seed oysters, and with
cut a doubt will become Il total wreck, as
she is pounding herself to pieces on the
70, ks. The lumber sloop John Morgan
parted her cables, and in less than ten
minutes was total wreck. Trees were
uprooted In different parts Of the village.
AT jamestown the storm, while un-
usually severe for the season, has done
comparatively little damage No trouble
has been experienced with local telegraph
and telephones Snow fell to depth of
seven inches, but rapidly melted away
Southern Chautauqua only caught the
edge Of the storm.
AT Iockport the snow storm is reported
the seyerest of the season. Country roads
are reported impossible. Great damage
has been done to fruit trees throughout
the country, and the crops will suffer
seriously
At Elmira two feet Of snow fell. Rail-
road traffic is considerably delayed and
some of the electric surface railroads arc
blocked and others badly crippled,
AT Middletown snow began falling at
1:3o Wednesday morning and continued
until midnight
AT Olean, although much of the snow
fall has melted, nearly two feet lie on
level.
AT Poughkeepsie the storm reached the
proportions of small blizzard. Over q
foot of snow has fallen.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

CHICAGO, April 12.-Pursuant to the de
cision of the Central Building league and
a majority of the leading builders of
Chicago the lockout of all the employees
engaged in the building trades began this
morning at O'Clock. No man affiliated
with a trades union will be taken back to
work until general agreement is reached
that they will consent TO an arbitration of
all differences growing out of the sched-
ules which the bosses have refused to
sign. Representatives Of both sides say
that long fight, and one in which the
building trades allied industries will re-
main practically at a standstill, is i'm
minent Others declare that the lockout
will last until Saturday night, but not
much longer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

Mr.. John Clark. of the we'll known firm
of thread manufacturers, OF Paisley, Scot
land, is dead.
The general elections In Holland have
resulted in the defeat of the government
: large majority.
The house of Judge de Payx, at Parisl
was partially destroyed by bomb the
Supposed work of anarchists.
The pilgrims from Madrid to Rome, In
cludiug many distinguished churehmen
were saved from the fury of a mob In Va
lencia by a strong force of troops.
Princess Bismarck yesterday celebrated
In quiet manner the seventeen anniyer-
sary Of her birth. Emperor William sent
as bil1 hday gift valuable birchwood
easel.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

GALEsvHLE, Tex, April 12-People In
this locality are terribly wrought up over
the hanging of Ed Cash by mob. The
crime was most cruelty executed, the VIC
tim being dragged out of his home in tho
presence OF his invalid wife and strung to
tree but a few yards from the house Not
satisfied with this the mob riddled this
lifeless body with bullets, while the
woman prayed for the deliverance OF her
husband. The murderers have not YET
been captured Mrs. Cash, who was mar
ried but year, is moment#rily expected
to die. What prompted the murder is un,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
martl anu ,.nsrra again chosen.

NEW YORK, April 12. The Cuban revo-
iutionary party las been holding an cleo
tion during the last two days to choose
the only two elective officers of the organ
izaticn-delegate (which is another name
for presidentl and treasurer. The election
II ny be said TO have been only a form, a.
but ons candidate for each office whs Ia
the field. They were Jose Marti for dele-
gate and Benjamin j. Guerra for treas
urer. Both gentlemen are residents OF
New York, and they have held the same
offices for the last two years. The Cuban
patriots point with pride to the unan-
unity shown within their ranks.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
THE DAMAGE IN PENssyLvAs1A
Esars of Sudden Thaw and a Disastrous
Flood.

&ehrb OF u euuuen IhaW and u Disastrous
Flood.
HARRISBURG, April 12.-The greatest
April snow storm in thirty years has COW
cred the city streets and country roads to
the depth of nearly two feet. Snow fell
almost continuously for twenty-eight
hours Telephone, telegraph and other
overheard wires are down in all parts of
the city, aud the service of the Western
Union and Postal lines east and west was
considerably interrupted Thousands of
trees have broken under their weight of
snow, and the highway commissioner was
compelled TO clear Front street OF the bar
riers of broken trees and branches, a large
force of axmen being employed. Capitol
park resembled Wilderness tho broken
trees and wires combining to produce
weird effect. Several horses and pedes-
tfians were severely shocked by live wires
trailing upon the ground.
Lancaster reports the two days snow
storm as tbs worst of the season. Electric
light, trolley, fire alarm, telephone and
telegraph wires are all down and in an In
ektrieHble tangle, and reports of horses
being shocked by tramping on tho pros
trated wires are numerous, A man who
attempted to assist n horse received a
shoek which rendered him unconscious.
Reading reports the heaviest April snow
storm for fifty years All railroad traffic
IA delayed, All roads are badly drifted,
and many thoroughfares are closed en-
tirely, On Broad mountain the snow is
twenty-five inches deep, on the Blue
mountain twenty inches and throughout
the Sohuylkill valley fifteen to twenty
two inches.
Az William8port there is two feet OF
Hnow op che ground, and the destruction
Of electric light and telegraph wires is the
most disastrous of the season. The snow
Is of the heavy, wet variety, and num-
ber Of roofs have fallen in under the
weight OF it. A sudden thaw will proba-
bly, result In disastrous flood.
At Lock Haven the storm Is the heaviest
Of the present season. 1t has lasted thirty
hours, and the snow is two feet deep.
Lumbermen, who have been anticipating
tho reopening of the rafting season, will
be delayed for several weeks by reason of
tho melting snow causing rise in the
river.
One Of the most severe snow storms Of
the season visited Scranton yesterday, and
ragged all day, 1t stopped all travel by
rail and trolley lines and made the streets
of the city practically impossible. Snow
fall to the depth Of sixteen inches.
At Bellsfonte nearly three feet of snow
has fallen, part of which has melted, ieay-
ing two feet of snow on the ground A
great food is feared
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

WAsHtNGroN, April l2--The sailing or
ders and instructions of the commanders
of the ships on the seul patrol were COM
pletod by the navy department and sub
nsittad to the secretary Of state for his APP
proval. So far they are Kept secret, buT
the general tenor of the instructions, it is
understood, require the naval officers to
seize any vessel found engaged in sealing
north of the 95th degree of latitude and
east of the 1sOth meridian after May aud
before Aug. |. The presence on board of
sealing apparatus will be regfrded as suf-
ticient proof of the character of the vessel
to warrant her seizure.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
- - :
che Jersey Elections.

JERSEY CITY. April u The report Of
the New Jersey elections caused great re-
joicing among the Republicans In New
ark the Democrats Will retain control of
the common council. In Clinton and Irv.
ington townships the entire Republican
ticket was elected. In Milburn the Re-
publicans now have control Caldwell
went Republican foi the first time in its
history. The same thing occurred in
Verona. The Republicans carried Perth
Amhny, Mont Clair East Orange Lam.
bertsile and Camden. The Democrats
carried New Brunswick, Bordentown and
l.lritrnStrr
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

Might do her heap o. good t. come
down a few pegs. If fiat.en he IN
out, that will make yo' SineraiI'
'T reckon.''
'And yo'il ride around or critter
nd war cooked hat;"
YES"
"And buy me two new kaliker
dresses, bonnet, par of shoes, =.
al
"Yo'll jest be richness and wealth and
look like aqueen!" said Ike as she hesi-
tated.
.'Then I'll do it If hev to walk
through FIRE, and p'raps 1 II ride around
on critter tooi'
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
"Shoo, hom non talk!,,'


Ike. "If | never git to be a gineral,
it's he un's fault. If l git killed or
eaptur'd, it's tho same. Duke Wyle
would make me sergeant tomorrer but
fur that tud blasted Yank!'
"Then if yo' doan' pay him out |
wili.75 exclaimed Mrs. Baxter as she
r8se up with look of determination on
her face.
That's what Ike was waiting to hear.
He was now ready to develop the little
pan sketched out in Captain Wylefs
tut before leaving camp.
I reckon yo' kin doit better n we all
vo' want to try, he finally said.
:" 10 know them stuck up Pereys in
town. of co ser
"Of 60 sc.
He un : in luv with The gal.
81 heard that Yesterday.
'slf we all could brek il mp, it would
flatten he un out. jest think OF a south
ern gal lusin reg lar Yankee spy, and
probably goin to marry him, when she
could hev Duke WHle!'
"Shoo, how you talll''
And il we all could flatten him out
I'a soon be a gineral and prance around
on hoss, - continued Ike. "Drat him,
but ne talked about yo' to Gineral jack
son, and that Is what hurts mo mo- than
t'0ther."
How kin / Hatten him oHt2" she
asi, a, ready to begin work at once,
Ike slowly lighted his pipe and sat
down on the doorstep and made room
tor her beside him. He kept her wait
ing for another minute and then unfold
ets ais plan. She listened patiently until
he was through and then pointed out
tho obstacles here and there. He re,
yiowed the case and NAplained how ev-
EIything was to be oyerSAane.e Although
mn ignorant woman, shssAhad a good
deal of natural shrewdness i'll her COM
position, and after the plan had been
gone over in detail for the third or
fourth time she said:
''I'll try it anyhow. hev allus dun
hated Yanks like pi2en, and that Per-
cy gal is lest teo stuck up tur anythingl
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

MILWAUKEE, April 1a,-The members of
the jenkins investigation committee left
the city yesterday. From the expressions
of the members of the committee it is not
believed that there will be two reports.
Attorney Harper, representing the labor
chiefs, is making arrangements for an ap-
peal from Judge jenkins decision to the
circuit court of appeals, and from there it
Is believed that 1t will be carried to the
United Stntes supreme court.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
fro Bg CONTINUED. /


t'''1 n VIII ~
MADRID, April 12.-No event Of greater
political interest has occurred in Madrid
in many years than the formal withdrawal
OF Emilio CASTELAR, from the Republican
gronp in the Gortes and his alliance with
the Monarchists. The scene in the Gortes
when the announcement OF Senior Cas-
tolar's secession from the Republicans was
Nude was one Of great excitement, which
was intensified by the announcement of
several other Republicans of their inten-
tion to follow Senor CASTELAR, into the
Monarehist ranks.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

HARTFORD CITY. Ind, April la,-Tn
freight train wreck A, Benthin, brake
man, was instantly killed, the fireman, j.
W. Tucker, had both legs broken, AL
Phillips, brakeman, was injured so that
he died soon after, and two tramps were
seriously injured Tho engineer thought
he was on the main track when he was on
a switch and ran the train OFT the eud 68
the switch down an embankment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
MANY rsrm. in IN, shertrrs Hand.

WEST CHESTER. Pa, April l9. = The
financial depression among the Chester
county farmers was never worse than it is
just at present. Sheriff Ingram has nm
nounced his quarterly sale, and he has a
score OF properties, nearly all OF which are
farms, on his list Since announcing the
list he has seized half dozen more prop
critics, all farms.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

WASHINGTON, April IL Secretary of
War Daniel 5. Lamont arrived home from
tour of the southern and western mill
tnrp nIIsta
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

AS wllkesparre over two feet of snow
ELL. The storm continued until p. M,
and railroad and street car traffic was
slightly delayed
- Wellsboro a driving snow storm
ragged for twenty four hours and the snow
ii 2ow eighteen inches deep.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

Acquiring and Possessing strength.
In childhood we study mathematics
and languages to strengthen our mind,
When we get older, our mind is go strong
that these things are driven entirely Dub
Of it.--Bogton Transcript.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
Cremated with Her Babe,

FARGO, N. D., April le.-Mrs. Lewis
Larson and her 1-year-old baby, at Wild
Rice, twelve miles south, were burned to
death yesterday. The indications are that
the baby's dress caught fire from the stove
and the mother was enveloped by the
flames in endeayoring to eXtingnish them.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

WAsntSGToN. April 12.-Ay the retire
ment of Rear Admiral Benham Commo-
dore Ramsay becomes rear admiral. He
has been for the past five years chief of
the navigation bureau of the navy depart
ment, and today he was the recipient of
many congratulations.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

ATLANTA, Ga, April 19-Sarah Carter,
q hrxom young country woman, threw
herself in front of a Central railroad pas
senger train at Mcpherson barracks and
was killed. Her lover, Louis Norwood, a
private soldier, had deserted her and gone
to Baltimore,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

WlLKEsBARRE, Pa, April 9,-Smallpox
has appeared in the village of Teasedale,
this county. There are eight well devel-
oped cases, and the state board of health
has been notified The disease is supposed
to have been brought from Danvllle.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

CHICAGO, April ia sand train on the
Northern Pacific was thrown from the
track by running over horse. William
Andrews and James Donohue, brakemen
were Instantly killad
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

BERLIN, April i2.-It is reported that
Herr Lcse, chancellor OF the German col
ony in the Cameroons, who was RESPONSE
Bile for the fioggngs inflicted on native
women, has been recalled by the govern
ment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
THE ENGAGEMENT BROKEN OFF.
Miss Tyler VIII Not Wed Howard Gould,
the Young millionaire.

New YORK, April l2-Ihe engagement
between Miss Odt tie Tyler, the actress,
and Howard Gould, the son of the fam
ous financier, Is reported TO he broken OFF.
1t is supposed that Miss Tyler, for reasons
of personal import has changed her mind
and reconsidered her deta animation to wed
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

W lsHlNGToN, April 12,--The MeGarra-
han claim has been ordered fayorably re-
ported By the house committee on land
claims,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12

-NuGGETS OE NEMs

Clearing; cold north winds, but slight
rise i'll temperature.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-05-04
l-- 49, Co.,.
The Sting of the Nettle.

The leaf and stem of a nettle are lit
orally clothed with erect hollow hairs.
If one Of these hairs is viewed under a
microscope, it will be seen that it's free
end, after tapering to a very fine degree
Of slimness, finishes as a little knob,
while in the other direction, after grad
ually becoming more robust, it suddenly
expands into "a large bulb, corresponding
with the poison gland Of the adder.
The point of the hair is very brittle,
and contact with our skin causes the end
to snap off, leaving a hollow needle point
which readily pierces our cuticle, and
pressing upon the bulb at the other end
the poison is forced through the central
channel and infames our blood. The
tender handed who stroke the nettle are
stung for their pains, because their gen.
tleness has only served to break the brit
tie points and rendering them fit for
piercing, but the rough handed break
the hairs at their thickest parts, where
they are too stout to prick.-Good
Words.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-05-04
What a First Class Fare Means.

There are some people who imagine
that wealth entities them to privileges
not accorded to the general public and
exempts them from obligations and rules
that others are disposed to obey. An Incl
dent which occurred on one of our ocean
steamers conveys wholesome lesson to
the purse proud contemners of the rights
of the majority. A family of unlimited
wealth had secured the best accommo-
dalton the steamer afforded.
The gentleman and his wife kept them
selves secluded most of the time, but the
children were allowed to run wild over
the steamer until they became such in-
tolerable nuisances that the captain was
spoken to, and he gave the youngsters
severe reprimand. This reused the in
dignation of the mother, who remarked
to the captain that as she paid first class
fare she thought she was entitled to
first class privileges.
"Madan,' . said the captain, ''first class
fare means first class conduct" There
was no further protest.-London Tit
Bits.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-05-04
A Long Sleep.

The longest continuous cataleptic
sleep known to medical science was re-
ported from Germany in the spring Of
1892; the patient-a Silesian miner
having rem aimed absolutely unconscious
for period of u months. The doc
tors in attendance could not report any
thing in the way of symptoms which
would suggest that there was something
out of the ordinary in the mans slum-
bers, excepting a complete rigidity of
the limbs. One popularity which was
much commented upon was that the
hair grew naturally during the whole Of
the extended nap, but his beard remain
ed perfectly stationary and lifeless.
Louis Republic.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-05-04
"Boil Down" Everything!

The taste for short stories, in place of
the ancient three volume novel, has been
cultivated even in conservative England
and has become so widespread in the
United States that very few periodicals
which deal in fiction at all are without
their stories begun and finished in a sin
gle issue. The talent required to pro-
duce fascinating and successful fiction
in this narrow compass is q peculiar one,
and while there are numerous failures
there are also surprising number of
successes. Well written, descriptive ar
ticles, too, are in demand, and special
cravings for personal gossip and lively
sketches of notable living characters are
manifest. That perennial interest which
mankind and womankind evince in ev-
cry individual whose name, for whatev-
er reason, has become familiar supplies
a basis for an inexhaustible series of
light photographic articles,-New York