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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06
Mrs. LincoIn's Pension.

In sorting over some old papers the
other day Col Walter French. the file
clerk of the ma tional house of represent
atives. who is noted for his antiquarian
lore. discovered the following interesting
letter from the widow of Abraham Lin
coin:
ITO the Honorable Speaker Of the House
of Representatives:
Sir herewith most respectfully pre-
sent TO the honorable house of represent
atives an application for a pension. I
am widow Of president of the United
states whose life was sacrificed in his
country's service. That sad calamity has
very greatly impairtd my health, and by
the advice Of my physician l have come
over to Germany to try the mineral
waters, and during the winter to go to
Italy. But my financial means do not
permit me to take advantage of the
urgent advice given me. nor can l live
in a style becoming the widow of the
chief magistrate of a great nation. al
though live as economically as / posi-
bly, can. In consideration of the great
services my dearly beloved husband has
rendered to the United States and of the
fearful loss l have sustained by his I'M
timely death-his martyrdom, l may say
i respectfully submit to your honorabl
body this petition, hoping that a yearly
pension may be granted me. so that 1
may nave lSSS pGCullldIy care i
most respectfully,
MRS. A. LINCOLN.
Frankfort, Germany"
The letter is on an ordinary sheet of
note paper and covers three sides, which
are heavily bordered with black The
communication is undater. but the in
dorsement on the back shows that it was
referred by the speaker to the committee
on invalid pensions on Jan. 26, 1869. Con-
gress acted in the matter with great de-
liberation, a great deal more so than IL
would today in a similar case. and it
was not until July IA, 1870, almost eigh-
teen months after the receipt Of the peti-
ton, that the act was approved giving
Mrs. Lincoln a pension of $4,000 a year
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
TELEGRAPHIC BREVlTIEN.

BY the swapping Of boat. loaded
with persons crossing the lake at Tin.
xuntezan, Mexico, on Monday. -iy
young women were drowned.
Secret meetings among the mcn.
ploycd Of Indianapolis have been held
for several days and it is believed that
a large number of idle men will 90 to
Masilon to join the industrial army.
The stage running between Bowie
and Solomonville, Ariz., was held up
near Solomonville last night By two
masked men. The mail sacks were
robbed of$350 and the passengere re.
lieved of the same amount.
James Prince, a well-known horse
owner of Kansas City, died Monday
under suspicious Circumstance. and
his wife and jockey named Walter
Stewart are in Jail. 1t is ALLEGED they
gave Prince dose of poison in some
whiskey.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
The Southern Storms.

The cyclone which caused so much
loss of life and property in Texas on
Sunday was followed on Monday by a
tornado which added to the damage.
Several lives were lost. These distur-
Dances were developments in a great
storm from the gulf which brought an
almost unprecedented heavy rainfall
over the States of Texas, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi and portions of
Tennessee and Kentucky.
The damage to property in the Mis-
sissippi Valley by the storms and floods
during the past forty-eight hours is
beyond calculation. Bridges have been
washed away, houses wrecked, railroad
tracks displaced, farm land has been
fiattened out, especially in the bottoms,
and crops have been delayed, where
before prospect for an early and highly
favorable season for farmers and
planters was anticipated.
The storm in Arkansas was accom-
panied by high winds, and more
damage was done in that State than in
Tennessee. A dispatch from Helena,
Ark, says that cyclone struck that
place about sunset Monday night, I'M
roofing houses, uprooting trees. blowing
down fences, splintering telegraph
poles, and doing other damage.
A dispatch from Chattanooga says
the tail Of tie cyclone struck that place
and wrecked number Of buildings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

they knew he had married her. Maj.
Shelby said that Col. Breckenridge on
Monday, two days after his marriage,
went to the Hoffman House, where he
had registered, to get some clothes.
He found on arriving there that Miss
Pollard had registered at the hotel as
his daughter, and had secured room
communicating with his. When he
entered his room the plaintiff advanced
from the adjoining room with pistol
in her hand pointed at him and at
tempted to shoot him. He saved his
life by shutting the door quickly, and
later obtaining possession of the pistol.
Major Shelby asserted that Miss Pol
lard visited designation houses with
other persons than the defendant, and
that she maintained some sort of init
mate relations with Mr.. Rhodes, Mr..
Rossell and Prof. Obermeyer.
At the conclusion of Major Shelby's
argument Sister Agnes Regina Brown,
of st. Joseph's Founding Asylum, at
Norwood, near Cincinnati, took the
stand for the defense.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
T0-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
New Jersey Senatorial Comics


TRENTON, n. j., Mar. 2l-Tbo
supreme court chamber was throposd
this morning to hear the courts dccis
ion in the Senatorial case. Chic,
Justice Beasley read the opinion. Tia
first point in the controversy, whetbsr
the court had jurisdiction in the casa
was decided in the affirmative n.
contention Of encouragement Stockton
that the Senate is continuous bodr
was brushed aside by the court as NO.
also the contention that the hold.ov.r
Senators held the exclusive and sb,o
lutte power to pass upon the creiep,ial,
of the newly elected Senators Tho
court in conclusion held the title %
Robert Adrain, president OF the demo
cratic Senate, was invalid and tba, -ba
title of Maurice A. Rogers, president of
the republican Senate must be regard.
ed as constitutional aud valid. The
organization of the republican Senate
was upheld. All the justices of The
court except Justice Abbott concurred
in the opinion of the chief Justice
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAR. 81, 1884.
In ORDER to raise enough revenue for

IN ORDER to raise enough revenue for
the necessary expenses of the govern
ment there must be tax upon either
sugar or surplus incomes. There can
be no hesitancy in making choice, in
country III which poor mans vote Is
as effective as that of his rich neighbor
Sugar is prime necessary of life, from
birth to death, and as the ratio OF rich
to poor people is as one TO a hundred,
nearly all the tax on it is exacted from
the latter. who can least afford to bear
it. On the contrary, an income tax
would be paid only by the former, but
thew could best afford to bear it, and to
pay it would subject them to no trouble
or inconvenience, and would not even
deprive them of single luxury. The
democratic party is in a bad enough
way already, but lift shall fail to lay an
income tax, by which those whose wealth
has been made and is secured by
government, shall pay their share ofthe
expenses thereof, it may as we'll hang
its harp on the willow tree.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The democratic State convention OF
Rhode Island yesterday nominated the
old ticket, with David S. Baker for
Governor.
1t is reported that the Hatfeld-Mc-
Coy feud has broken out again on the
West Virginia-Kentucky border and
that two of the Hatfelds have been
killed. There can't be many more
left.
The desk at which Gems. Grant and
Lee signed the articles of surrender at
Appomattox Court House was sold last
week for 81 500 to a lady living abroad.
1t was the property Of former resi-
dent of Warrenton.
Richard Want, colored, aged ten years,
of Abbeville, Ala, is charged with kill
ing two little companions because they
refused to give him their biscuits and
marbles. a month ago he chopped his
little sisters fingers off.
Harry T. Burleigh, young colored
man, who is pupil at the National
Conservatory of Music, is the baritone
soloist of st. George S Church, New
York, and is the first negro member of
a vested choir of any white parish i'll
the world.
Further examination of the body of
Susie Martin, part of whose body was
found in cellar, in New York Mon
day night, shows that the girl had been
stabbed as we'll as having her head and
arms cut off and her body cut in two.
There is no clew to the murderer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

The SAME people who oppose the re-
establishment OF the whipping post, OBJ
jet to the employment of penitentiary
convicts in the work of cleaning UP the
Capitol Square at Richmond, for the as
signed reason that the sight of their
striped clothing otlends the eyes of
northern visitors. AS Virginia was so
poor that she had to repudiate a large
share of her public debt, she cannot
afford to keep her negro convicts in
idleness, and go to the expense of hir-
ing people to do their work. Then,
too no man who wants to settle in Vir-
ginia will be deferred from doing so by
such evidence of economy as that re-
ferred to.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

COLONEL ROBERT INGERsoLL is not
only in favor of annexing the Sand
wich Islands, but also Canada, the Ber-
mudas, the West Indies and the BAHIA
mas, upon the ground that "they all
belong to this continent" For like
reason ne should desire to take in
Mexico and all the land down to the
Isthmus of Panama. No pent up Utica
contracts the Colonel's annexation de-
sres; they include the whole continent.
But the Colonel would not only take
the land of foreign nations away from
them, but their religions also, and give
them nothing in exchange for either
but ''the flag
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
4 Rush for Life.


New YORK, Mar. plat O'Clock
this morning fire was discovered in q
big six story tenement house at ;.
Huburt street, In the rush that fol-
lowed IS persons were injured bu.none
seriously. At one time there wis a
mass of humanity packed into the mar
row Railways and had it not been for
the prompt action Of the po.ce and
firemen who dragged the people on.
many women and children woud Lave
been trampled TO death or suiloratel.
Scores were carried down the afe rs.
capeS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
Kossuth Dead.

Louis Kossuth, the distinguished
Hungarian patriot. died in Turin. Italy
last evening, aged 90 years He hai
been gradually failing for several weeks
past, and his friends had made lat
effort to have his citizenship restored
by the Hungarian Unterhaus. bnt the
bill was recently postponed until after
the Easter holidays Kossuth hadTe.
fused to accept amnesty for his parlii.
patton in the revolution of ISIS He
hal outlived all of his contemplate;
and all who were associated with bin
In his brilliant, but abortive, campaign
for the freedom Of Hungary. In the
death of Kossuth Hungary loses a de-
voted son, the most effective and g.
nous leader she has ever had. 4, Is IN
directly due to his efforts that she's
now possessed in her own name Of soIl
rights and privileges under the dual
system of empire known as Austria.
Hungary. His early championship
her claim to something better than Oh
scure and servile subsection 10 ile
Hapsburg dynasty gave rise to- an inie-
pendent spirit that, at last aided y
the results of the military campaigns o;
1859 and 1866, secured a substantial
triumph in the acquisition Of large
measure OF autonomy The dual y
TEN, looking to an equal share ID il9
imperial government, was InauglTa,y'
after the disastrous campaign OF 'al'
own solely upon the rcsolute a.tI'l5'
and demand of the Hungaraa- ia!.r
full to the aspirations for independ,ea1.i'
which Kossuth first started, and |lsI
were fully developed under bis sul''
ance.
For many years past he bad .iyeaa
complete retirement, his namr o'5
having been occasionally nen.ioaea. +
some newspaper paragraph. lie '''-s
this country in 1871.
Lajos Oouis) Kossuth was ooIl =
Monok, Zemplin, Hungary A?il.7
1902. His father was a ,Ia'lC lg.
man, a small Landowner, and q lA':.,
and gave his son a cla-sca eaHl@.e
at the Lutheran College OF earo'l',.asi
The body of Kossuth vii! be mr. mr.
in Pesth, with that Of biz dau- -,s,r
Edmond de Amicis, the ltaaan a y. he
will deliver a funeral Grafton u n@
name of Italy. The ob-eqoie' "I KS
imposing and will be ATTENDED! .
great gathering of llunsaFIai'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

a NAN in Alabama. who wants the
public debt increased by the issue Of
bonds of small denominations for popu-
lar investment, writes that such bonds
would be taken by "thc colored race,
who have no confidence in southern
banks or in securities of southern
States and counties, but the utmost in
any thing offered by the government"
The writer referred to must not only
be a northern man and a South hater,
but also very Uniformed The Freed
mans bank was government institu-
ton, but it robbed the poor negroes of
the South so Internationally that it
will ever remain with them as horri-
bic memory, and will deter them from
ever again putting their money in
schemes having the government behind
them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

III reply to question in the House
of Commons on Monday the Secretary
of the Admiralty stated that England
had not launched any battle ships in
1898, while France had launched battle
ships with an aggregate tonnage of 90
929 Russia 1890 and the United
States $4,000. Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, the government leader in
the House, yesterday in speaking of a
suggestion by the secretary of the In
ternational Arbitration League, that
England take the initiative in propos-
ing to the other powers reduction of
ornaments, said that the supremacy of
the British navy was the greatest ele-
ment in the preservation of peace.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
RACE CONFLICT FEARED.-H. G. Bouldin,

RACE CONFLICT FEARED.-H. G. Bouldin,
wealthy planter, last year purchased several
large bodies of land in Matagorda county,
Tex On this land negroes woro imported
from Alabama and were colonized Failing
to do their work. Bouldin reprimanded them
Late T. Yesterday mob of fifty negroes went to
his house and shot him TO death Only one
white man resides within miles of Bouldin's
place He soon organized aposse. They first
secured the dead mans remains and sent them
under escort to the railroad station for ship
ment to Chapel Hill. Constable Heart, of
Wharton, raised posse, and reported last
night that sixteen of tho mob had been cap
turcd and lodged in Matagorda. Excitement
is intense and a race conflict may occur, as
there is every indication that the Matagorda
jail will be stormcd and the asSassins taken
out and put to death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

THE Baltimore SIN says: "The wo-
man who assumes all domestic respon-
sibilities contributes to the financial
interests of the home. The one who
aims to enlist her husbands sympathies
by imposing upon him domestic duties
drains the family purse to an unlimited
extent" This is gospel truth, and if
the San were as right on civil service,
tariff and income tax as it is on house,
hold economy, it would not have so
much fault to find with the recognized
leader of the democratic party in its
State-Senator German.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
Foreign News.

TURIN, March 2l.--The municipal
council has offered to provide suitable
tomb for the burial OF Louis Kossutb
in this city, and to accompany tie in.
terment with appropriate honors Mr..
Wayne MacVeish, American Am5ass,.
dor to Italy, has intimated TO The family
Of Kossuth that the Uni;ed states will
be officially represented at the funeral
1t is stated that the remains of Kos.
suth's wife and daughter, who were
buried in Genoa, will be exhumcd and
removed to Pesth, where, it is new
stated, the Hungarian patriot will be
buried.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

THOUGH THE new tariff bill was re-
ported to the Senate yesterday, it will
not be taken up for consideration by
that body until the second day of April.
Why the delay? Every Senator is
familiar with Its provisions and has al
ready determined how he will vote on
it : but even if that were not so, two
days. instead of two weeks, would be
ample time for the most stupid of them
to read it and make up their minds
how to vote when it shall be put on its
passage. But procrastination is to be
the order of the day on the tariff, and
has been since last March, and that,
too though the democrats carried the
country last year on the promise that
il should be reformed at the earliest
possible moment. 1t really seems as If
many of those who made that promise
were ANYTHING else than sincere.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

AT Hampton the contested election
case of John Booker against L. G.
Donohoe was finally decided in the
Circuit Court Saturday by Judge Gun
ter, who affirmed the decision of the
County Court that John Booker was
entitled to the Office of county clerk.
1t was also decided that the county is
entitled to two clerks, and L. G. Dono-
hoe was appointed clerk of the Circuit
Court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21
Court Of Appeals lc-icralaS.

Coleman against Conmoi"'''
Fully argued and submitte4' m AZ.
Bunch against Commoh"e''''"
gued and submitted. ,rr'fio:.
Witt Biedler & Co., agaIils. "''
Submitted. -. sub
mitted. Ind sai
Lewis against BerryyilIe i I.,i,'.j
Improvement Company 9ao, ,,rra.5.
Robertson against Common"
Argued and continued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

Officers and men Of the police force,
especially night-watchmen who have to
run the gauntlet of the damp, chilly air
every night, will please take notice that
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, the great
cough cure, is just suited to their needs,
Its perfect adoption to the cure of all
diseases of the head and chest makes it
indispensable to them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

Yon Lee, Chinaman, was arrested
in st. Louis, Mo-, yesterday for having
hired Sam Sing to kill a fellow China
man named Sim Pean. Five dollars
was paid down to bind the bargain and
s45 more was to be paid when the
job was completed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

Ifyou are afflicted with los ~, u J ,aia:
tite, nausea, and vomiting ., dun. aaaj
and numbness in the Part- NJ f.Iy CO..
feverish symptoms you may 7 P,In'b,or5.
lecture that you have goHl. nor d.
with thoroughly with 7al ,5 vol VII
the great pain-destroyef' ; l',. ajci-.
experience the greatest relief
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-21

TO-DAY > PROCEEDlNGS.
When Miss Pollard took the stand
this morning Mr.. Butterworth's first
question was whether she had the con-
tract with Rhodes by which he agreed
to pay for her education on condition
that She should marry him or pay him
back. Miss Pollard declared that she
gave it to Mr.. Rhodes and that it was
never settled. Mr.. Rhodes did not pay
nearly so much money for her as he
said he would pay, but what he did
pay, about 50, 500 she was never able
to pay back. II never did have any
money to pay anybody anything" said
Miss Pollard.
"Did Mrs. Logan formerly DIR. Mary
Street, Of Cincinnati, recognize you
when her deposition was taken?' was
the next question.
"Not when | was introduced to her, "
said Miss Pollard "but she would
have done so if she had had an oppor-
tunity on the redirect examination, and
she certainly was ready to say that the
picture of Col. Breckenridge was the
picture OF une maH WHO Cdllcu W see
me in 1885 at her house."
Maj. Butterworth asked few un-
important questions about Miss Pol
lard's visit to Mrs. Logan's house, and
then wanted to know what were the
facts about her adoption of the name
Breckenridge.
"Mr. Breckenridge told me to adopt
the name. We talked it over together
while I was at the convent here in the
summer of 1855, and 1 had the cards en-
graved as ne suggested-Madeline
Breckenridge Pollard"
After short conference Maj. Shelby,
Col. Breckinridg law partner, began
the opening statement of the defense to
the jury, which had been reserved
when the trial opened.
"While this case technically rests, "
said Maj. Shelby, ION the charge of
breach of promise of marriage. other
considerations enter into it and affect
it strongly Then he told of the COM
plant and the defendants answer, and
said
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1894-07-21
Dicks Mul=en-Ol.

Cette medicine est faite. dune,
plante qu'on appelle Mullen, 81,
eonnue pour ses proprietes curatives
MULLEN OIL guerit les coupures, les.
plates. les foulures, ct toutes sortes de
douleurs, les crampes, les coliapes,,
naladic d'esto,nac etc.
Procurez-vous un echantillon de,
cetfe8 8fameuse medicine qui ne vouss
coutera rieu chez Mos Brothers AQ,.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1894-07-21

Quoique le temps etait fort mcna-'
cant, Ia ftte du IA de Juliet etc ce-
lebree a Lafayette avec grand success:
A neuf heures du matin, la procession
composee des enfants des ecoles publi-
ques ct autres est partie de Ia Maisoni
de Cour. Les enfants avaient pris
place dams des wagons, portant des.
bannieres, ct des drapeaux aux cou-
leurs franchises ct americaines.. Une
Wngtaine de ces chars Sc suivaient ct
etaient precedts dune fanfare compo-~
see des membres du Patin Band ct
Broussard's band qui avaient prs
place dams un wagon splendidemeht
decore. lie d66le 6tait ravissant ct
des cris de joie Sc lancaient tout mo-
ment par ces enfants qui ne sc posse
daient plus tellement lis etaient en-.
| thousiasm6s.
Apres avoir parcouru les diffkren.
tes rues, la procession ssest rendue 4
la source Beau-Sejour, situ6e d un
mile de Lafayette ct appartenant au :.
Major j. s. Eouton.
Pour cette occasion lie major Mou--.
ton await pris toutes les dispositions
uecessaires pour bien recevoir les vi
siteurs, il await aussi fait construire
toutes sortes de jeux, ct il va sans di-
re que les h6tes de cette journee sen
sont dcnnes 4 cuur-joie. Sur lem
placement etaient installes plusieurs
tables remplies de gateaux eide fruits,
aussi des tables portant les differences D
viandes qui etaient vendues i 10 sous !.
lie lunch. Les p'ate-formes 6taient.
pavoises de drapeaux ct durant la !.
journee deux brass bands qui avaient
gracieusement prete leur conconrs ont /.
etc tres prodigues de jolies morceaux :.
de musique. L'entrain ma pas cesss
de regner durant cette f6te don't &c
souviendront longtemps les enfants
qui y ont pris part ainsi que les autres,
personnes.
LIE bal commence & 7 heures ct
he s'est termine que vers les IL heu-
res. LIE feu d'arti6ce etc tire ! 8
heures.
Cette fete await etc donnee au b6n6-
flee de Pecole publique ct le montars
des recettes brutes s'est 6leve d ID sotiis
me de $3.50 environ.
Nous sommes prizes par le comit6 do
cette fete de remercief les personnes
suivantes
Les DANES ct les messienrs qui ont
81 courageusement rempli Ia tache qui,
leur avait etc imposee en- s'occupant
des tables ct a la preparation des NETS.
lie major J. S. Mouton pour avoir
donne rhsage de remplacement ct des.
travanx quill a fait faire pour ID cir.
constance.
Le Professeur Alex. Meaux, pour
avoir fourni un grand contingent de-
leves de son ecole.
Les Broussardville. Patin ct Brous-
sald's brass band pour leur gen6reux
les personnes qni ont four.
nj les glacieres, les drapeaux, les lam
pes ct les decorations, les.
moyens de transport, ct en- g;n6ral Z
tous ceux qui ont contribute 4 cette.
rejouissance.