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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

BRrDGEToN, N. J., Oct. cs.-The harrow.
ing story told by farmer John Sickler to
the effect that he had murdered one OF
four robbers who attacked him on lonely
road turns out to be fabrication of a
mind clouded by liquor. Sickler's story
was that the men set upon him and robbed
him of $50, and were attempting to crawl
out of his wagon when he seized Ratchet
which was lying in the bottom Of the
wagon and buried it In the skull of one Of
the men, instantly killing him. The po-
lice department investigated the story and
found it to be absolutely without founda-
ton, whereupon Sickler confessed that he
had invented 1t. Mayor Apologize sent
him to the county jail as a ''drunk'' in pun
ishment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-Rev. L. De witt
Talmage preached his initia. sermon as
co-pastor Of the First Presbyterian church
last night. The crowd was an immense
one, and 1T Is safe to say that had Conven-
tion hall, the largest public place of gath
ering in the city, been used for the pur-
pose 1t would not have been large enough
70 accommodate the number that went to
policemen were on hand to keep the peo-
pie In order, and two ladies' who were in
the church tainted and had TO be carried
out. DIR. Talmage occupied the pulpit
alone, and Rev. Byron Sunderland, the
regular pastor of the church, took seat
In the audience
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

'TINOH bALE-A special bargain. A corner
Il property In perfect order, with all mod
krn improvements must be seen 10 be appTe-
piefcu. clear of all incuinberance, owner will
Take hrst mortgage to suit purchaser, o
looms and bath. Papere1 throughout and
an exec lopt heater. could be converted into
drug store. with little expense good loca-
tion. no opposition. dlrS man look to your
interest and snve a thousand collars II has
been done Apply TO Charles w, Gooding.
9Th and Madison Btrreta a23.tf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28
JUMPED TO his DEATH
Foolhardy Act Of Patrick King
Callahan, Bridge Jumper.
APLuSaE OF TWO HUNDRED FEET.
Suffered Iaeeration which was sewed
Up by Surgeons. and fingered In Terri
bio Agoay for Several Hours-Thirty
People Witnessed the Feat.

Suffered . lAceration Which Was BeWed
Up by Surgeons. and fingered i'm Terri
bie Asony for Several Hours--rhirty
People Witnessed the Feat.
PoUaHKEKrsrE, N. Y, Oct. 2s.-Patrick
King Callahan, 80 years-old, who lived In
New York, jumped from the top of the
Poughkeepsie bridge into the river yester-
day. The distance Is 212 feet. At least
thirty people saw Callahans exhibition of
nerve. The bridge jumper was seriously
injured, and may pay for the dare devil
experiment with his life. After the jump
he came to the surface moaning as II In
great pain, and struck out for one of the
boats In waiting, the occupants of which
picked him up and took him ashore. Dur
ing the day Callahan failed rapidly, and
Drs. Marlll and Sheedy were called. They
found him suffering from hemorrhages,
caused by serious liberation Of the per
tneum. extending into the bowels They
gave him hyp0dermic injections and sewed
up the wound. Callahan, who had been
taken to Beans hotel, fingered In great
agony until lies last night, when death
came to his relief
Callahan and his backers, John 2. Eek
hart and William Lloyd, Of New York, ao-
companied by dozen sporting men and
reporters, arrived at Highland on a morn
in@train, and were met by several Pough-
keepsie sports, the representative of the
Associated Press and other newspaper
men. Callahan, accompanied by four Of
his party, climbed up the mountainside to
the entrance Of the bridge, where they
eluded the Waterman by telling him TINT
they belonged to party Of painters who
are engaged in painting the bridge.
They passed out to q point within 175
feet Of the west shore, where Callahan pre-
pared to jump. He wore a pair of black
trousers and . navy blue wooden shirt over
a suit Of ordinary Undertaking and wore
heavy leather shoes. His associates
strapped cork lacked or life presefver
around his waist and attached an inflated
beef bladder to each of his shoulders.
These were calculated to keep him erect
in falling. Without n sign of fear Callahan
clamored over the railing and hung from
the edge Of the footpath by bis hands. As
he neared the water his legs separated and
he struck with noise that sounded like
the report Of gun.
Callahan claimed to have jumped from
the brooklyn bridge on July 81 last and
from the Black Friars bridge, in London,
seven years ago. Had he lived he would
have claimed the championship of the
world He did not do his fatal act on .
wager, he said.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

GREENvILLE, o., Oct. es.-Rev. @. w.
Hoeffer, the Republican candidate for the
Legislature. charged with offering the Dem
ocratic executive to vote for O Democrat
for senator II they would give him 81 500
for election purposes, appeared In the pull
pit to preach yesterday. After announc-
ing that he had taken powder which q
boy brought him at midnight, supposing
1t to be from his family physician, he fell
back fainting into a chair creating the
greatest confusion. To all questions he
responded: my lips are glued" He was
taken to his home, where admission is de-
MED all cllera
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28
flAMes Al a Morsp COLLEGE.


The University OF virginia Loses $500, 900
BIZ Connagratfon.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, OCT. u.s. Tho
University of Virginia suffered great
loss from fire yesterday. The local fire
department was unable to cope with the
flames, and assistance was obtained from
Staunton and Lynchburg, which, how
ever, arrived too late TO save the public hall
and the rotunda. The fire started in the
former building and large quantity of
dynamite was used on the portico between
the rotunda and the public hall, but be-
yond displacing the large pillars nothing
was accomplished. Attention was then
given to the buildings known as "Old
Chapel" and reading room. These were
blown up and the debris saturated with
water, and the fire thereby was confined
to the hall and rotunda. The library, con-
tanning about $4,000 worth of books,
statues, paintings, etc., was In the ro-
tunda. An effort to save these resulted in
getting out Jefferson's statue and possibly
three fourths of the books. Everything
else was burned. The total loss is esti-
mated at not less than $500, 600.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

UNIoNTowN, Pa, Oct. 2s.-Diphtheria
and fever is prevalent at this place and
other smaller towns In Fayette county to
an alarming extent. The death rate is I'M
precedented in years and the health au-
thorities are doing little or nothing to pre-
vent the spread Of the disease. In the last
three months the mortality Of the town
has footed up to about 900, and three
fourths of these deaths have been caused
by diphtheria and fever. At several points
In the coke regions diphtheria is epidemic
and Is carrying Off large numbers Of chill
drar.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28
NOTED RorANlsr DEAD.
Robert brown. VINO HAD Travelled Al
Over the world.

Over the werHd.
LONDON, Oct. es.--Dr, Robert Brown is
dead. Dr. Brown was born at Carnpster,
Caithness, March %, I84a He was edu-
Gated at tho University Of Edinburgh and
In the European universities. Between
1858, 1883 and 1867 he travelled for scientific
purposes In many of the least known parts
of America and some of the Pacific islands,
the West Indies and Venezuela, Alaska
and Behring sea coast and Greenland.
He was honorary or ordinary member of
many learned societies in England, in
America and on the continent, OF many Of
which he was an officer. His name has
been attached to various species of plants.
He wrote wholly or conformity about thirty
volumes and large number Of scientific
memoirs, and nearly 1000 articles in re-
views in various languages.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

LONDON Oct. 2s.-The trial of Count
Emich, of Alt Leiaingen, Westerburg,
who was charged with Olga Bauernfeind
with having induced Lizette Schweisofer,
young girl, to come from Germany and
with keeping her for improper purposes,
resulted in verdict of guilty. The count
was sentenced to two years imprison-
ment at hard labor. The woman, Olga
Bauernfejnd, was sentenced to prison for
eighteen months. Gailem, an accomplice,
got six months imprisonment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-Edgar Gibbs Muir
ply met with serious accident last night
at his home In Hollywood, Long Branch,
that In all probability will end his days as
the foremost amateur pigeon shoot In
America While engaged In cleaning his
bicycle his trigger finger became caught
between the chain and cog as it was being
rapidly rovolved by his brother, and the
first joint of the finger was cut of as
clearly as II 1t had been done with q
ola
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

Beechams pills are fok
biliousness, bilious headache
dyspepsia. heartburn. torpid
livef. dizziness. sick head.
ache. bad taste in the mouth.
coated tongue. loss of appe-
tite. sallow skin, when caused
by constipation and consti-,
patton is the most frequent
cause of all of them.
Book free; pills 25c. At
drugstores,o or write BIZ. ALLEN
Co..36s Canal ST. New York.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

BRIDGEToN, N. j., Oct. 2s.-A second Mt
tempt within week at Jail breaking was
frustrated by the jail warden, George Wat
kins. Walter Sheppard, charged with
stealing bicyolss. 1anaged to secrete a
broken saw blade about his person when
he was committed a few days ago, and had
sawed nearly in half an iron bar in a win
dow and another in his cell door. SasRe
cards dropped through the window 30 a
confederate, who did not show wa aKr
posed the plot.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

BERLIN, Oct. ga Liam named Dali
dorf, an attendant in the Municipal Asy-
lum for the Insane, has been arrested for
having In his possession q box belonging
to the Pathological Institute of the Griefs-
wald university, which was found to con-
tain q number of human hearts and liyers.
Tho contents Of the box weigh fifty
pounds. 1t is alleged that these organs
were stolen from the bodies of inmates of
the asylum which had been shipped to
friends or relatives abroad
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Dot. as.-The father
in-law of Loyine II. Laub, an old man
named Treble, has been i'll for some time,
and Laub, who is a firm believer in witch
craft, called in witch DOCTOR from
Reading to attend him. At picnic re-
Gently Laub publicly announced that
George Winch, a neighbor, had bewitched
the old man, and now Winch has brought
suit against Laub for defamation of char
aoter, claiming 5000 damages. All are
residents of Shoemakersville.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

CHICAGO, Oct. es.-Edna Schmidt, the
beautiful ls-year-old daughter of K. g.
Schmidt, the wealthy brewer, Sedgwick
street and Webster avenue, has set the
tongues Of North Siders TO wagging by
clipping with her papa's discharged coach
man. VAIL, the coachman in question.
is a fair and handsome young German, rs
years of age. Mr.. Schmidt says his
daughter has s2, 400 of her own, to which
she is welcome, but that she can have
nothing from him
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

WASHINGTON, Oct 2s.-In addition to
the resignation of Francis ]. Kieckhoefer,
the chief of the bureau Of accounts in the
state department, at the request Of Score
tary Olney, the secretary also requested
and received the resignation of Edward
Haywood, the chief bookkeeper of the
bureau These changes are the results of
the discovery of alleged irregularities in
the accounts Of the bureau, which have
been under Investigation for some time.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28.-The Mer-
chants Exchange announces that no in
formation has been received from the over
due vessels bound from this city to foreign
ports. While there is still hope of hearing
from the Lord Spencer, which left hero 900
days ago for Queenstown, it is not believed
that the Star Of Austria, bound to Queens
town, and tho Earl Of Hopetoun for AIDE
laide, viii ever BIO heard from again,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28
Address Wilmington. De
DEGIsTER'S ORDER
II REGIETER'S OFFICE.
NEW OAsTLE COUNTY, DEL,

y
September Seth. ISM
Upon the application OF Samuel u Isiddse
AtHai,ministratoE of samuel Biddie late Of
4 Is ordered and directed by ,he Regis tsas
granting OF Letters OF Admin istfation pou
the estate of tile deceased. with the date OF
granting thereof, by causing advertisements
TO be posted within forty days from tie daf9
OF such letters IN six of the most public plao8s
OF the county of New Castle. requiring ala
persons having demands against fEa estate
to present tho same abide by act Of
Assembly in such case made and providodss
and also cause the same TO DO inser. cd withT
In the same period In the DAILY REPufsr-T@
CAN. newspaper puolishei In Wilmington.
Del, and to be continued there. n TIRES
weeks. (e o. d.
-, Given under the baud and seal OF
1 "a. \ office of the Register aforesaid
- Wilmington. In New Castle CcUutT
aforesaid, the day and year above written
J. WILKINS COOCH. Rekister.
NOTICE-Notine is hereby given tn at let tora
OF Administration were In due form of Law
granted unto the uuderstg n ID on tho goth day
OF September A. D.. 1893, and that all persons
having claims against tho estate of tho de-
ceased must present tho same duly attic stcd-
to the said Admin 81 rRtor or before the 28tn
day OF september 1895. abide the Acr
OF Assembly In such case made and provided
SAMUEL g. BlDDLE Admin istrator.
Address. s24 Washington street. Whining
ton Del.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. as.-The trial of Fl.
Fl. Holmes, for the murder of b. f. Pite-
eel was called this morning before Judge
Arnold There are a number of witnesses
present from outside of the city, and Mrs.
Pitezel and her daughter, Dessa, will DO
called by the prosecution. The trial prom
Uses to be one of the most celebrated crimi-
nal case in the histary of Philadelphi, and
in order to avoid the overcrowding of the
court room, orders have been issued to
allow no one in its confines except those
directly associated with the case.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

wfLLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Oct. 2s.-The forest
fires in this section are still raging. Beech
Creek trains are passing through volumes
of smoke SO dense that IL Is impossible to
see ten feet ahead of the engine In the
Clearfeld and Patton regions the fire il
also raging, and at Englishtown, this
county, q force Of men are fighting the
flames. The log and bark jobbers have
suffered heavy losses. Small fires are
burning at Colmam Station and Tim
Gray's Run.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

NEW Castle County. ss.. The State OF Della
In ware. to the Sheriff of NewCastieG oun-
ty, Greeting:
Where as Susan Ann SPARKS. by a petition
to the Judges OF our Superior Court. hled IN
the office of the ProthoDotary of said Court
In and for New Castle County, for the cause
OF omplaint therein alleged, h as made appll.
cation to our said Judges that a decree may
be pronounced dissolving the marriage exist
ing between the petitioner and DOdo Clayton
SPARKS.
We. Therefore. command you. as you were
heretofore commanded. that you summon
Dodo Clayton Sparks. that lie be and appear
before the Judges OF Our said court at the
next term thereof TO be held at Whining ton,
on Monday. the 18th day of November. next.
to answer the allegations OF the said petition
er, susan Ann sparks according TO the Act OF
Assembly In such case made and provided,
and also to do and receive what the Court
shall then and there consider concerning him
In this behalf as TO the Court shall seem meet
and consistent with the provisions of
the said Act OF Assembly And have you
then there this writ. Witness, the honorable
Charles ID. Lore, Esquire, at wilmington, the
10th day OF September. A D., 1885, Issued
September 10Th. Isg p
VICTOR b. WOoLLEY, Parliamentary.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

PARIS, Oct 2S.-At the conclusion of the
animated debate in the chamber of depu-
ties on Saturday, in which NJ. Camaux
attempted to strike NJ. Jurez, who had at
tackled the government for declining to
intervene and arbitrate the labor dispute
with the socialists at the Camaux Glass
works, the minister Of the interior pre-
vailed upon the manager of the Camaux
Glass works to rekindle his furnaces and
TO provide work for several hundred men.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2s.- Mary Robuski,
aged 80, and Annie Deciski, aged 85, both
married, were burned to death by fire last
night in their home near Winans, ten
miles from this city. The women. whose
husbands were away from home, were
asleep in the second story of the building,
a small frame residence, which caught
fire from the kitchen stove, and were
burned to a crisp before aid could reach
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28
Armenian Attack Wor.htper..

CoNsTANTINoPLR, Oct. 2s.-The governor
of Bitlis has telegraphed to the porte that
armed Armenians attacked the mosques
when the Mussulmans assembled for Fri
days prayers The latter were unarmed
and were obliged to defend themselves
with stones and sticks. The troops and
the gendarmes were ordered out to restore
order. Many were killed and wounded on
hafh aldaa
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28
Death of Ambassador Eustis, wife.

PARIS Oct. 2s.-Mrs. James B. Eustis,
wife of United States Ambassador James
b. Eustis, died suddenly at Rotoath, Ire
land, of heart failure. She had been i'll
for only few days. Mrs. Eustis, at the
time of her death, was visiting at the coun-
try residence Of her nephew. William
Eustis.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

ALLIANCE, o. Oct 2s.-Clarence Mather,
20 years Of age, was driving to his home,
two miles north of Alliance, late at night
when two masked highwaymen appeared
at his horses head and tried to knock the
animal down with dub The horse
turned short about and plunged through
a fence. dragging the buggy with him.
The robbers opened fro at Mather; who
emptied his revolver at them. The fusil-
lade woke the neig lbors, who pursued the
robbers, but lost track of them in the
yyoOda
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

HoNEsDALE, Pa, Oct. 2s.-George Stott
and three others attempted to capture
three burglars who had entered James
Millham's store in Hawley. Suddenly six
shots were fired, and the burglars jumped
and ran, leaving Stott lying dead on the
ground. A tramp is under arrest on sus-
picion at this place, and two others were
arrested on the line Of the Erie and Wy
oming railroad
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

PERRY, o. T., Oct. 2s.-A AesszsSe4ve
prairie fire ragged for five hours yesterday
east Of here Many thousands of bushels
of corn and many tons of hay and vast
fields of kafiir corn were destroyed A
number Of farm houses are reported oon-
stunned and it Is also reported that two In
dian children were fatally burned. Many
people had narrow escapes. The wind was
very high and hundreds of whites aud In
dams turned out to fight the fire.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28
Fol- Dead in the Pulpit.

YORK, Pa, Oct. 2s.-Samuel Meyers, a
Dunkard farmer who had been selected to
preach a sermon at the Dunkard Valley
meeting house yesterday, announced his
oext and then fell dead In the pulpit He
had never been selected before and It is
believed his nervousness over the attempt
KILLED him.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28
EGISTER's oRDEn
III RB3ISrEk'S OFFICk
NEW CASTLE CoUnTv. Dat.

Oet- 3d. - 70. n
Upon the application. OF Security Trurs a
Il. w alker late ofWill atngton Hid. in said cox1Es
~. deceased. 1t IL ordered and directed by t1n
Register that tho administrators aforesaid
give notice OF granting OF Letters OF Adutfn-
Istrntion upon the estate OF the docca<
with the dale of granting thereof. by cau9H
ing advertisements to be posted within forty
days from the date OF such letters tn ak OF
the most public places of the county or Mow
Castle. requiring ali pei sons having demanda
against the estate to present the same. 90
abide by an act OF Assembly In such ca81
made and provided; and also cause the sam .
70 be inserted within the same period IN shs
therein three weeks (e o. a.
-, Given under the hand and Seat OF
4 SIS 7 Onice OF the Register aforesaid ae
-, Whnington. In New Castle County
aforesaid. the day and year above written
]. WILKINS COOCH. Register.
NoT1CE-Notice 10 hereby given that loo
tiers of Administration were IN due form of
law granted unto the undersigned. on ths
srd day OF October A. d, 1895. and thn1
all persons having claims against the estate
OF the deceased must present the same. daily
attested. TO the said Administrators. ON OF
before the 3rd day OF October 1895.
abide the Act OF Assembly In such case MAIDS
Security trust & Safe Deposit Company
Administrator
Address Wilmington. Del. %
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

PARIS, Oct. "a The treaty between
France and Madagascar has been pub
lished. The queen accepts the protectorate
of France. Tho latter represents NADIA
gascar in all foreign relations, questions
concerning foreigners will be In the hands
of the French resident general, and the re-
public undertakes to defend Madagascar
against all dangers,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

READING, Pa, Dot. 2S,-The jury in the
case of Miss Theresa Kareher against
Joseph Neff awarded the plaintiff 81 ,b4a
damages for breach of promise Of mar
riage. The couple came to America over
.twenty-one years ago and tho plaintiff al
legged that the promise of marriage was
made In Germany and renewed from time
TO time ever since.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

STRoUDsBUBe, Pa, Oct. es.-A man
supposed to be Hauseman, the man who
ON Oct. killed Squire Newburger and
badly wounded Constable Quick at Taf-
ton, is under arrest at Marshall's Greek,
near here. Tho man is German, and
looks much like the pictures of the muir
terer scattered throughout this section.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

wLKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. %. = Five
dwelling houses at Sugar Notch were de-
stroyed by fire early yesterday morning.
Some of tho inmates had to make their
escape in their night clothing The fire is
believed to be the work of an incendiary
who on several different occasions at
tempted to set fire to buildings in the
town.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28
A Youthful Desperado.

READING, Pa, Oct. es.-John RAIDER
aged 10 years, who was recently released
from the house Of refuge, shot William
Swartz, aged is, with a revolver, Satur-
day night. Swartz is In critical condi-
tion. Tho shooting was without proYoca-
ton. RAIDER was arrested.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-10-28

LAMBERrvILLE, N. J., Oct es.-william
Crate. aged 10 years, of Allentown, Pa,
was drowned in the canal at New Hope,
opposite this city. He went up on a canal
bridge to drop down on a canal boat. He
missed tho boat and fell in the water.