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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 26 May 1886, p. 2

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' < / V PirELLER WAS KILLED of •too has not ciiimt of flu U ration one-teatitof controlled by vaMt "lo'Swome a ••ycorpo !• wjned or ve the dsht to A Suttenoo of Viae Yean Month? Imposed on Maxwell Matalu that He Fatally •V* • -Chloroformed Hl« Friend If Accident. Pour ChiIdrer* and One Oid Man Burnod to ff|ath;|ti a Houte it Akron. Ohio. njjNoro. JBoIOSli3Wf» acquire real of the Uni in any Of the Territories Toe Accused, in a Freniy, Takes to Drink THE mws wmmsm life .intense excitement at Portland, Jte.,over the seisare of the schooner Ells H, Doughty by 'the Canadian authorities. The Fish Exchange adopted resolutions de- that the United States should pro- claimnon-intercourse with Canada in all matters pertaining to fisheries; asking the National Government to send armed cruis- <ON into Canadian waters to protect Ameri­ can vessels; and calling upon Congress to take such action as will pro- ' teat Americans from the seizure of their property while in the act of trade by the -ooloniai Government, and to demand an Immediate release of the vessels under •eizure. This resolution was also adopted: "Resolved, That if our Government re­ fuses to send immediately armed vessels to -protect our vessels, we deem it expedient to «tm and equip our vessels for their protec­ tion." A fishing schooner left Portland for the Ashing grounds, fully armed. *, THE New York Central and Hudson JRiver Railroad Company's report for the PM.ITICAL, blicans have nnwilnateif John Daleel for Congress from the Twenty- second District of Pennsylvania, and Thomas M. Bayne from the Twenty- third District. The Democrats of the Thirteenth Illinois District renom­ inated William M. Springer The Iowa State Democratic Convention will be held at Des Moines, June 30 A Cincinnati special to the Chicago Time* says "a movement has been eet on foot in Covington, across the river, the home of Speaker Carlisle, which means the retire­ ment of that statesman from public life if it succeeds. It all came about through his selection of a postmaster to succeed the Republican incumbent, Capt. Michie." A MEMBER of the Knights of Labor made the statement to a Cleveland reporter, the other day, that James G. Blaine was an ac­ tive member of Powderly's organization. "That fact," he continued, "has only re­ cently crept out, and many of the order knew nothing of it until it was announced in the Journal of United Labor, published tinder the auspices of the Ex­ ecutive Board in Philadelphia, and never •qnarter ending March 31 shows that the earnings aggregated $7,342,200 and j to any one not a member of the order, jerating expenses $4,765,361. First Mr. Blame is a member of a local assembly in Augusta, Me., his home. You know that only two classes of men are barred from our order, lawyers and saloon-keepers. Mr. Blaine is by profession a journalist. How long he has Deen within the pale of the order I do not know." the operating expenses charges of $1,926,000 left profits of $659, 839, somewhat less than three-fourths of 1 per cent, on the stock, while a 1 per «eirt. dividend ($894,283) was paid. The accounts, therefore, disclose a de­ ficit for the quarter of $234,443.... Henry W, Jaehne, the New York Alderman convicted of bribery in connection with the Broadway Surface Railroad, was sentenced by Judge Barrett to nine years and ten months in the penitentiary. A stay of pro­ ceedings was -subsequently granted by Jtdge Daniels... .Mrs. Pendleton, wife of the American Minister to Germany, was killed in Central , Park, New York, by being thrown from her carriage.... Colonel John B. Folsom. grandfather of the fiancee of President Cleveland, died at lis home in Folsomdale, N. Y... .Arthur QoaiUay, a noted American marine painter, has just ended his days in New York.... Louie Willet alias Charles Crosby was for murder at Kingston, N. Y„ THE iTEflT. "WiiiiiiAM WEBEB, a Chicago anarchist, Mltw soliciting funds in Cincinnati to aid the wounded socialists, informs a corre- mondent of the Chicago Times that after toe outbreak at the McCormick factory it •was resolved to prepare twenty bombs for the Havmarket meeting, and that he knows that they were distributed to members of his socialistic group Brooks, alias Max­ well, on trial at St. Louis for the murder of Preller, has confessed that THE Illinois Republican Campaign Com­ mittee met in Chicago and designated Sept. 1 as the time and Springfield as the place for holding the next State Conven­ tion. .. .Nat D. Wallace, Democrat, has been elected to Congress from the Second Louisiana District, to succeed the late Michael Hahn.... The Democrats of the Second Indiana District nominated John H. O'Neall for Congress The Governor of New York has signed the bill permitting women to practice law. have decided to to tifce litHfis of thafr order throughout the world for fundi to oppose bOmande. .. .The Marine Hospital Bureau at Washington has received , reports showing that cholera in a Tiflfell form has appeared in the village* of Bretagne, France, where fishermen assemble in large num­ bers in the spring time and live together under unfavorable conditions. Marseilles is also said to be in a deplorable sanitary condition, and the mortality record for the first three months of the present year is greater than few any preceding year^ being at the rate of 48 per 1,000 population. Cholera is reported to have made its ap­ pearance in that city. THE recent announcement by Ward & Payne, tool-makers of Sheffield, England, that if their employes refuse to accept a re­ duction they will be compelled to employ Germans at the reduced rates in order to compete with German manufacturers, has resulted in a riot. A large mob of strikers gathered in the neighborhood of the manu­ factory and threatened with personal vio­ lence all the German passers-by who were believed to have secured employment with the firm. The rioters afterward attacked the factory buildings, smashing the win­ dows with stones and doing much other damage. & Preller died while he was performing an operation of a secret nature on him; that , ;1 v .. . he (Maxwell) became frantic at the sight, laborers made settlements with the builders IXHNJSTItKAl* NOTES THE boot and shoe manufacturers. of Chicago have decided to return to the ten- hour system... .The planing mill owners of Chicago rejected the proposition of the striking box makers to return to work at eight hours per day for eight hours' pay.... Among the industries most seriously in­ jured by the labor strikes is the building trade, both at the East and West. In Bos­ ton, it is said that of $3,000,000 awaiting investment this year in building operations during the coming summer, more than $1,500,000 has been withdrawn, owing to the timidity of invest­ ors, in consequence of a prospective the labor troubles. ; the mechanics and Erolongation of i New York, and that the stripping of the body and other acts were performed while he was in a par­ tially demented condition from the excite­ ment and the use of intoxicants... .By an explosion of gasoline in a theater ait Wells- ville, Ohio, seventeen persons were serious­ ly burned. Three of them are not likely to recover. •AFTER a long discussion of the growth Hbd spread of anarchistic ideas and doc­ trines the St. Louis Police Board has adopted a resolution instructing the Chief of Police to disperse all unlawful aemblages of anarchists at which re- j corresponding benefit. ,X-MI" - astance of the law is advocated, and arrest any and all violators of the law uttering Incendiary speeches or inciting to riot.... The House of Mrs. Mary Mooney, a wid­ ow, living near Akron, Ohio, was destroyed by fire, and four small children of the wid­ ow--Thomas, aged 12; Julia, aged 10; Nel­ lie, aged 7, and Lawrence, aged 4--were burned to death. Lawrence Mooney, an aged uncle of the children, was fatally trained when trying to rescue them. Mrs. Mooney, her babe, and two grown-up children escaped, but were all more or less injured. It is feared Mrs. Mooney will lose her reason.... The deputies who did the fatal firing at East St. Louis have been released from custody, the Grand Jury, after a careful investigation, failing to indict them.... Chicago detectives captured a Prussian named Frankel for having in his possession what are alleged to be forged stocks and bonds of the face value of $500,000. 'FSA TOMBSTONE (Arizona) special says: "The number of persons murdered by Apaches within gunshot " of Nogales, Arizona, during the last four weeks nove foots up f^-ty-two. The size of raiding bands and their boldness leave no doubt that they have been recruited from the dia- tfcarged scouts." THE SOUTH. • GEK. JOHN L. LEWIS, one of the most noted citizens of New Orleans, has just died, in his eighty-sixth year. He served as a courier for Gen. Jackson in the battle With the British forces. He was three times Sheriff of the parish and once Mayor of the city. He was Major General of the forces of Louisiana in the Con­ federate army when sixty-one years of age... .Dan and Lon Mann murdered Mar- anal Campbell and wounded Officer Mc­ Cormick, at Bartow, Fla. The murderers Here arrested and jailed. Subsequently a «towd of two hundred men surrounded the jail, disarmed the Sheriff, secured the keys, and took the prisoners to a tree near bv. While stringing Dan Mann up Lon got loose and ran. He was promptly wing«<2 and strung up to the same limb. IN a fight at Martinsville, Va., J. K. l^ rry was killed, and the latters brother*, Colonel P. D. Spencer, three other whii-a Snen, %nd two negroes probably mortally frounded. WABHiafCTOM. THB total values of the exports of be^f #nd pork products during the six months ended April 30, 1886, were $37,839,191, against $47,740,183 for the same time in ' J885; and the values of the exports of dairy !" tftoducte for the six months ended April 30, | 1880, were $10,281,185, as compared with ||r -fl4,Ws<il9 during the same time in 1885. ' ...-I>. T. Patterson, a son-in-law of the late President Johnson, has been appointed V , * postmaster at Home, Tennessee, at $240 m ****«*• KFR/ As BEPOBTED from the sub-committee to the full Committee on Appropriations of the House, the legislative, executive, and A,h judicial appropriation bill makes a total . , appropriation for the next fiscal year of *$20,710,877. The appropriation for the current year was $21,371,605, and the •2M0M75,OR ^ NCXT 3'EAR NEGATE TBE Senate Pensions Committee has de- cided to report unfavorably the Mexican \ pensions bill as passed bythe House, and ADDITIONAL NEWS. BBADSTBEET'S JOURNAL, in its review of the labor troubles, says: "The grand total of industrial strikers for all reasons be­ tween April 24 and May 14 was about 250,000. The decline from that date to Monday last was marked, the aggregate on May 17 not exceeding 80,000 strikers for all causes. The report of strikes from cities and districts named on May 21 showed another heavy decline, owing in part to defeats of remaining agitators for eight hours at Chicago and the practical failure of the bituminous coal strikers. The total number on strike May 22 was 47,625. The totals presented during several weeks past naturally suggest an attempt to obtain an approximation as to the loss resulting. The totals suggest that quite $3,000,000 of wages have been sacrificed by 250,000 strikers within three weeks, causing a loss of cer­ tainly not less than $2,500,000 to em­ ployers from interruptions to business." Further than this, bradstreet's accounts for $4,400,000 losses in deferred or can­ celed miscellaneous and industrial con­ tracts, which reach into the future; and, last of all, for $20,400,000 worth of build­ ing contracts The business failures oc­ curring throughout the country during the week numbered for the United States 147, and for Canada 20, as compared with a total of 176 the preceding week and 192 the week previous to that. Business casual­ ties seem to be steadily decreasing in num­ ber throughout the country The strik­ ing employes of the Michigan Car Com­ pany of Detroit voted to return to work at the old terms.... The strike of the journey­ men plumbers, which has been in progress at Buffalo for three weeks, was declared off on Friday. The men will resume work at the old rates. A MILWAUKEE dispatch states that "the local authorities have arrested Anton Palms, President of the Carpenters' Union, as one of the anarchists who incited the recent riots. The floor of Palms' kitchen was' torn up, and beneath it was found a large quantity of ammunition, rifles, and other arms. The most important discovery, however, was a package of letters which are said to contain evidence that Herr Most and Spies were in conspiracy with local anarchists. The police refuse to divulge particulars." PETEB L. OTTO was executed at Buffalo for tne murder of his wife, James Reyn­ olds at Sidney, Neb., for dispatching James Ralston and son, Lee Barnes at Dover, Ark., for killing Charles Holman, and Louis Kilquane (colored) at Henderson- vile, N. C., for the murder of Mattie Henderson A motion that the well-being of the people would be enhanced by the removal of th@ import duties on flour, meal, corn, wheat, and coal was negatived in the Dominion Parliament--119 to 47.... The official re­ port of. the Canadian Minister of Militia shows that the total cost of the half-breed rebellion was,$4,700,000 and the casualties twenty-six men killed and 206 wound d. IT is reported that a mob visited the honse of Martin Irons, at Sedalia, Mo., for the purpose of notifying him to leave the city; but he had been warned of the in­ tended visit, passed the night at the house of a friend, and left for parts unknown. THB House bill establishing life-saving sta­ tions at the following points was concurred in by the Senate on tbe '21st of May: Plum Island, Lake Michigan; South Monitou Island, Lake Michigan: Chicago, 111.; Bois Blanc Island, Straits of Mackinaw; Dulutb, Lake Superior; Point Adams, Oregon ; between Points Reyes and Diable, California; between Point San Jose and Point Lobos, Cali­ fornia, and on Lake Ontario, New York, at or near the mouth of the Niugara River. Tbe Senate insisted upon its amendment to tbo postoffice appropriation bill for the benefit of tha Pacific Mail Company, and appointed a committee of conference. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate. Hughes East, of Indiana, to be Register of tbe Land Office at Yankton, Dakota. First Lieut.Pan C. Kingman, to be Captain Corps of Engineers. Second Lieut. H. E. Water man, to be First Lieu­ tenant Tenth Corps of Engineers. Charles F. Marou, of Virginia, to be Assistant Surgeon in tb3 army with the rank of First Lieutenant. The Houte passed the bill prohibing the im­ portation of mackerel during tlie spawning sea­ son. Among a number of private bills passed by the House was one removing the charge of desertion from the record of Franklin Thornp- _ son, alias S. E. E. Seelye. ThiB is the case of a who have "struck are not numerous. Tweive ! in advance, no strike has occurred, and con­ sequently the depression in the trade there is not nearly so great as in other cities. In Chicago,the builders, previous to the strikefe, generally refused to enter into large con­ tracts until they could fully determine what would be the outcome of the then antici- Eated labor troubles, including the eight-our movement. The result has been that a very large amount of capital which would have been invested in building ha6 been held back, and, as a consequence, both the general trade and labor markets have been most seriously injured, with no material OFFICIALS of the coal companies say trade is extremely dull The packers of Chicago have decided to return to the ten- hour system next month on account of competition at all Western points'... .An association of textile manufacturers has been forme^ at Philadelphia, embracing nearly all the prominent firms. Over one hundred and fifty of the wealthiest pro­ ducers of the city and surrounding country, representing, it is estimated, $150,000,000 capital, were present at the meeting. The objects of the association are stated to be "the establishment of fair and uniform wages, the prevention of strikes, the settle­ ment of differences between employers and operatives, and the protection of the mem­ bers from worthless and incompetent oper­ atives. The members are mutually pledged to one another incase of strikes or demands for advanced wages by their employes, and should a strike occur in any one factory the mills of all Mill be summarily closed until the strike is settled satisfactorily to the em­ ployer in whose mill it occurs." THE strike of the Chicago lumber* shovers is at an end, the men having re­ sumed work at the old basis of time and pay Seven hundred tailors of Pitts­ burgh have struck for an advance in wages. .... A new coke syndicate, backed by in­ dependent operators and by Baltimore and Pittsburgh capitalists, is being formed to fight the old organization... .The St. Louis furniture manufacturers who granted an eight-hour day to their employes, recently resolved to return to ten hours, on the ground that they are unable to compete with manufacturers of other cities whose employes work ten hours. All the safe and lock workers of Cincinnati re­ turned to work upon a compromise which grants nearly 10 per cent, to the workmen. The furniture men are the only ones now holding out in large numbers. Some of them are returning. The planing-mill men ^M^Awftals the |«djr % ' •' i'- a Trunk ' -i Reading (Pa.) cigar manufacturers have ' surrendered to the union. None of the ! city factories has been able to resume j work with non-union men. Over seven i hundred men are still idle on account of the strike. regiment as Identity. a soldier without disclosing her THE MARKETS. fiE^IEBAL. THE cod-fishing schooner Ellen M. Doughty, of Portland, Me., was seized at Englishtown, St. Ann's, C. B., for buying bait on a permit from the Portland Custom House. The firm at once notified Secre­ tary Bayard and Senator Frye. There is tremendous excitement at Port­ land over this second seizure, and every­ body is eager for retaliation. The fishing schooner David J. Adams was pounced upon by the Britishers only a few days be­ fore the seizure of the Doughty... .The vis­ ible supply of wheat and corn is. respective­ ly, 3'J,55K),730 and 9,817,8f»l bushels. Since last report wheat decreased 2,356,801 bush­ els, and corn has been reduced 805,042 bushels. ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS, of Baltimore, has received official notification from the Papal Secretary of State of his elevation to the Cardinalate. OFFICIAL advices have been received at Quebec thai Archbishop Tascherean has been made a Cardinal Thomas J. Pot­ ter, Vice President of the Burlington Road, who once refused offers of $30,IKMj per an­ num from both the Union and Northern Pacific Companies, has been tendered by the Vanderbilts the Presidency of tbe Bee to substitute the Senate bill of the last I Line at a salary of $25,000 for five Congress. This bill only pensions those | yearB- who actually served fourteen days or more, r ' or their widows, and Jjives pensions to none below the age of C2 unless actually dis­ abled. REPRESENTATIVE PAYSOH, in his report on the bill to prevent aliens from acquiring real estate in the Territories of the United States, says that 20,747,000 acres of land are held by foreigners. Among the largest holders are the Marquis of Tweedale, Sir ^ Edward Reed, and the Holland Company, each possessing millions of acres. The bill recommends the repeal of such laws as render possible the acquisition of gnat ' FOKEItiX MR. GLADSTONE in the House of Com­ mons on the 18th inst. moved that the House devote four nights out of the five given to parliamentary business every week to the debate on the home-rule bill'. The Premier's proposal produced a sensation, as it had come to be generally believed that the Government had alxint given up hope of carrying their measure, and would bring on the crisis as soon as possible. After a long and warm discussion tbe motion was carried. MEW YORK. BEEVES Hons WHEAT--No. 1 White No. 2 Red COBN--No. 2 OATS--Western PORK--Mess CHICAGO. BBKVES--Choice to Prime Steers Good Shipping. Common HOGS -- Shipping Grades FLoua--Extra Spring WHEAT-NO. 2 Spring.... CoitN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BUTTEB-Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new Skiuiuied Flats EGGS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu POKK-- Mess MILWAUKEE. WtiEAT-Cash. CORN--No. 2 OATH--No. 2 BYE -No. 1 I'oltR-New Mess. TOLEDO* WHEAT--No. 2 Co a*-No. 2 OATS--No. «.,* ; i....... ST. LOT Ilk . WHEAT--No. 2 ITETF COBN-- Mixed .. ... .v, OATS-- Miped. PORK--New |iwi ... CINCINNATI. WBEAT--NO. 2 Red. CORK--No. 2 . . . . . . ; OATS--No. 2 POUR--Mess ;..... LIVE HOOH DEilioiT. BEEP CATTLB HOOH SHEEP WHEAT--No. L white Co it N--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 INDIANAPOLIS. BEEP CATTLE HOOK WH EAT - No.' A Red*.' WW" * * * * COBM--No. * OATS-MO. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best. Fair Common Boos. Sues* BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hart CORK--Yellow. *... CATTLE. 9S.00 4.50 .91 .HG', .47 9.25 5.7.) 5.00 4.50 4.00 4.S0 .74 .35 .10 .14 0.7.5 l'4l 5.00 © .92 .«• .87 i") .46 @ .40 9.73 5.50 «$ 5.50 «*1 5.00 ® 4.50 it<<: 5.oo .74' va <2. .10 % ,0u & M .40 8.50 .70 .35 .29 .00 8.50 • JKi .37 .32 ' .77 .28 9.00 .84 .»1 e.2~> 4.00 4.0) 8.50 S.V5 .81 .30 .'Si 3.50 Si.75 2.2.1 .79 .31 .30 .29), .17 .15 .12 .07 .10 .50 Ct 9.00 .70'. igl .37 ifU .30 <$ .08 •S 9.10 6.50 4.75 4.00 4.25 3.00 .83 .3J 6.00 « .65 .39 & .- a a .77 >a t* . a & .30 & 9.50 & .85 (9 .38 & .33 & 9.75 ,(S 4.50 @ 5.50 & 5.C0 rt 4.2; & .82 & .38 & .36 @ 5.75 & 4.25 @ 4.21 & .81 <§ .35 & M & 8.00 @ 5.25 & 4.50 & 4.75 & 8.00 & M » .40 & 0M [*it. Louis dispatch.! St Louis newspapers print a statement made by M. Brooks, alias Maxwell, now on trial for the murder of C. Arthur Prel­ ler, which will constitute his only defense, and which will be urged by his attorney* in the trial. In a word, he will confess to killing Preller by accident, while acting as his physician, and that, being excited and frightened, he concealed, instead of making known the fact of death. He declares he has always wanted to tell the facts, and only refrained by advice of his attorneys. The following is Brooks' statement: "Mr. Preller was suffering from an acute malady, for which I had previously pre­ scribed, mixing the medicine myself from the bottles in the medicine chest I cairied with me; but his idlment had reached a stage when it was necessary for me to perform an operation." Brooks "then tells of the pur­ chase of chloroform, which was spilled in the sink on Sunday afternoon while he was washing the instruments preparatory to the operations; of his going to ternow's drug­ store and buying more, denying incident­ ally the statements that he there showed evidences of hurry and excitement, and continues: "About 5 p. m. we began the operation. I administered the chloroform in the usual way, holding a saturated cloth to the nose. Mr. Preller passed through the first stage all right. It took several minutes, I don't know exactly how long. Then he entered the second stage, and here the terrible re­ sult came. I discovered, too late, that he was dying. Imagine my honor when this fact dawned upon me. I was wild with fright, but had presence of mind enough to cut the shirt and undershirt from the body, aud, getting a wet towel, I beat him around the neck and shoulders for a half hour or more. I did not give up until I was ready to drop from exhaustion, and my efforts were not relaxed until he had been dead some time. All the clothes he had on at the time were his shirt and undershirt; he had stripped for the operation. What did I do when I saw my friend was dead? What could I do? I didn't know what to do ex­ cept drink, and I drank freely. I drank everything I could get--wine, whisky, everything. What were my thoughts? I had not any. All I remember, that I drew on a pair of drawers--the first thing that fell into my hands--and put the body into my tiunk, from which I had removed everything. I put it in the trunk an hour after Preller's death. What was done be­ sides this I have no recollection of. Liquor and consternation had possession of me, and I knew only that my feelings were those of the utmost horror. I remain­ ed in my room that night--the same room in which the remains were--and it would be a lie for me to say I slept, for I did not, and I was glad when morning came. What I did after leaving my room you know, for it has all been printed." He says he supposed the post-mortem, when the body was found, would disclose the nature of the operation and the cause of death. According to his own story the cut­ ting off of Preller's mustache, the inscrip­ tion about "traitor" found in the trunk, and all the other queer incidentals cgnnected with the tragedy are to be attributed to his liquor and fear-crazed condition after the fatality. ! • HOT SOUTHERN BLOOD. Terrible Segptl tjo the Publicatitm and mtion of an Anonymotit Circular. IMartinsville (Va.) telegram,} No greater tragedy has occttred ill Vir­ ginia in a decade than that which fills this town with gloom and excitement. In a fight on a crowded street many shots were fired, and as a result Jacob Terry, a young farmer, is dead, and the life-blood of his two brothers, J. K. Terry and Benjamin Terry, is fast ebbing away. Colonel P. D. Spencer, a prominent business man and manufacturer; Tarlton Brown, proprietor of Brown's tobacco warehouse; B. L. Jones, a saloon-keeper; R. L. Gregory, a hotel- clerk, and Sandy Martin, a negro, are all dangerously wounded. All the parties are prominent in the business life of this place and well known in Southern Virginia. The affair was due to the posting of an anonymous circular seriously reflecting on W. K. Terry, a young business man, and his father, the late William Terry, a promi­ nent citizen. Yesterday morning Teny telegraphed for his two brothers, J. K. ana Benjamin, living at Aiken Station, twenty miles away. They arrived at 1 p. m., ana after a brief consultation went to the print­ ing office and demanded the author of the card. The printer told them it was Col. P. D. Spencer, a member of the town board, and one of the leading business men. • Last evening, soon after the tobacco fac­ tory had closed for the day and the streets were tilled with operatives returning from their work, the Terry brothers started in the direction of Spencer's factory. When about half way they were met by Spencer, with his brother and several fiiends. W. K. Terry addressed a few words to Spencer; who told him not to shoot. Just then some one fired a pistol and precipitated the fight. Forty 6hots were fired. W. K. Terry was shot from the roar, the ball en­ tering near his spine and lodging in his right breast. Jacob Terry was shot through the abdomen and fell dead. Benjamin Terry was shot through the neck and in the body. Spencer was shot in the hip, and his business partner, Tarlton Brown, re­ ceived two balls in the groin. Gregory and Martin were hit by stray balls. The Terrys are well known, and occupy a high social position. None of them is married. All the business houses in Mar* tins ville are closed to-day. DYNAMITE FOR A JUDGE. Opponents of the Scott Law Blow Up a Canadian JTT»tlce*« HOQM and Office. [Orangeville (Ont.) dispatch.] Two more dynamite explosions occurred here last night, one at the office and the other at the residence of Police Magis­ trate Monroe. The office was completely wrecked, and the adjoining property was somewhat damaged. The house was badly damaged, bnt fortunately no lives were lost. The indignation of the citizens is very great, as this in the third and most destructive explosion since the initiation of the Scott act. The cause of the outrage is the action of Magistrate Monroe in strictly enforcing the temperance law. Although large rewards have been offered for in­ formation regarding the perpetration of the first two explosions, no one has been ar­ rested in connection with the crimes. lNewTork«pealat] EF-Alderman Henry W. Jaehne, victed of biibery in connection with the Broadway franchise steal, has beeh sen­ tenced by Judge Barrett to serve nine years end tfiti months in State Prison. Jaehne was palp and his eyes bad a weary look when he stood up to receive his sen­ tence. In reply to the clerk he said that he was 36 years old, and a jeweler by trade, tie made no reply when asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not bs pronounced. In passing sentence Judge Barrett 6a'd that it was humiliating that a man who was selected to public office in this city should have so heinously betrayed his trust as the prisoner had. "I could not be unmoved at the spectacle of your weeping wife and broken-hearted mother," continued the court; "but the Bad- dest thing of all about your case is the doubt which pervaded many good and hon­ est minds of your conviction. There was not a doubt of your guilt. It was uni­ versally conceded when the evidence was in that the case against you was clear, con­ vincing, and overwhelming. There was no doubt of your guilt, but tiiera was a doubt concerning the chances of convicting you. "The first doubt seems to have arisen from lack of faith in the efficiency of our jury system, the zeal of our pnblic prose­ cutor, and the efficiency of our police. These doubts will be dispelled by you* conviction. It teaches an important lesson. The majority of people in public life have have not their price. Let me again say at this point that your offense was not tech­ nical bribery, bnt a stupendous bribery for the furtherance of a stupendous trans­ action. "Have the people of this city ceased to remember the fate of Tweed, of Genet, of Connolly, of Fish, and of Ward? The peo­ ple are not all honey-combed with corrup­ tion. According to the testimony in youf case the two only honest men in the board were sneered at by you as dudes. Our worthy Sheriff--Grant--refused the prof­ fered bribe, and it is entirely immaterial, as was suggested, whether they expected the reward--Grant to run for Mayor and O'Con­ nor for Governor." Jaehne's counsel made application to Judge Daniel# for a stay of proceedings and it was denied. Jaehne has been taken to Sing Sing. KILLED BY A RUNAWAY. Terrible ancl Fatal Aocident to the Wife of the Hon. George H. Pen dleton. [New York telegram.l Un> Alice Key Pendleton, wife Oi the Hon. George H. Pendleton of Ohio, United States Minister to Germany, was instantly killed in Central Park, and her daughter, Jennie Frances Pendleton, aged 22 years, seriously injured. The ladies were riding in an open victoria behind a high-spirited horse. While on the main drive the horse became unmanageable and ran away, pull­ ing the driver over the dashboard. Mrs. Pendleton jumped from the carriage and' struck on her head, while Miss Pendleton followed and was knocked unconscious. A park policeman ran up an instant later to find Mrs. Pendleton dead and Mise Pendleton apparently dying. On being re­ moved to the hospital the young lady re­ vived and-may possibly recover. The body of Mrs. Pendleton was taken to the men­ agerie building, and was identified several hours later by Frank K. Pendleton, her son, a well-known lawyer of this city, who had begun a search for his mother and sis­ ter, having become alarmed at their pro­ longed absence. Mrs. Pendletoa and daughter arrived here from Boston two months ago to nume 4te wife of Frank Pendleton. At the in­ quest the Coroner's jury exonerated the driver. Mrs. Pendleton was 61 years of age, and wa8 married to Minister Pendleton in 1843. She was Miss Alice Key, a daughter of Francis Scott Key, the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner," and a sister of Philip Barton Key, who was killed by Gen. Sickles. , . FIRE IN A THEATER, B*w»l Persons Severely Bturned. [Columbus (O.) dispatch.] A lire broke out in the stage scenery while "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was being presented at Westerville, this county, last night wild scene of confusion followed. The list of burned and injured is as follows: Mrs. W. Harry, C. H. Matthews, Willie Frazier, William Knox, wife, and child; L. Clonse, A. J. Delamater, Walter Isher, Willie Haynes, Ida Markley, Mrs. Adams, an actress. Harry Evans is probably fatally injured. The fire was extinguished without lose to the building. • * if A TEXAS DUEL. r. Carroll Got His Work In on the Pad- gettii, and Was Willing: to Die. [Canton (Texas) dispatch.] At the close of some litigation here be­ tween the Padgetts and Carrolls, two fami­ lies residing near Grand Saline, Van Zant County, between whom there has been a feud of long standing J. M. Carroll got into an altercation with W. J. Padgett and his sons Robert and James. Only bitter and violent words passed, until the Pad­ getts moved off to their horses. Carroll took his breech-loading shotgun and stepped out in front of the Padgetts, cursing them and saying that they did not have the nerve to use their guns. Bob Padgett instantly raised his gun, took deliberate aim, and fired. Then commenced an impromptu duel be­ tween tha two, men. Padgett's first shot, which contained twelve buckshot, took ef­ fect in Carroll's right lung and the upper part of his stomach. Carroll's return shot took effect in Padgett's right and left lung and left arm. Carroll's second shot shat­ tered Padgett's arm from the elbow down­ ward. Padgett, with his left arm horribly mangled aud bleeding by his side, raised bis gun with his right and poured the con­ tents of his second barrel into Carroll's neck and shoulders -when the latter had turned to reload his piece. The Padgetts then rode off. Carroll, who was felled to the ground by the buckshot received in his neck, raised himself and fired both barrels at his retreat­ ing enemies, killing one of their horses. Carroll then fell ag<vin, and, saying: "Well, boys, l gbt my work in on them all right, and I am willing to die," gave a gasp and was dead. Bob Padgett was carried home by his father and brother, and cannot live. It is thought that sevaral others will fall victims Jo this deadly feud before it is settled. Freaks of the Ohio Cyclone. v [Culled from Ohio papers.] Mr. Curtis ^fall, Jr., of Neptune, reports that he saw straws that were blown.into old oak trees. Feathers were stripped from chickens on one farm as clean as though the fowls had been prepared by a cook for the pot. It was about a half mile wide, and it twisted immense trees off at the ground as though they were pipe-stems. It cut crops of grain and grass off as clean as a mow­ ing-machine, and in instances stripped trees of bark as a hungry Italian would peel a banana. At the honse of John Reese the hired tnan was floated in a mattress several hun­ dred feet by the wind. He was injured, bnt not seriously. George Fox's" wagon was carried a half mile. The tires on two wheels were each cut in two as with some sharp instrument, and each partly straightened in exactly the same shape. At John Grimm's dishes were carried and driven into stumps so that they could not be pulled out. There was nothing left on Mr. Bt eant's premises--not even a collar. The family escaped alive from the cellar. There were six horses ha the barn. The building wae liftbd up and blown away, leaving the dum- founded animals to stand there exposed to the storm, but otherwise not injured. • Ukron(Ohio)special) V; ' fror ttiWyear* past the wido# of ftomas Mooney has lived in a little frame oottage on the hillside one mile north of this city. A forty-acre plot of land gave Mrs. Moo­ ney and hrr seven fatherless children a meager livelihood. Last evening the widow retired in an np-stairs room with her five children, the eldest twelve years of age and the youngest a babe in arms. In an­ other room slept her grown-up children, Lizzie and Patrick, while in the attic was her brother-in-law, Lawrence Mooney, en old man of 60 yean. About midnight Mrs. Mooney awoke and discovered her small bed-chamber filled with smoke. She rose hastily, seized her babe in her arms, and cried to the fright­ ened children who were now awake: "Fol­ low me; follow your mother." She made an effort to escape by the stairway, but the flames and smoke rushing up from below stifled her, and she returned and jumped from the window with the babe still cling­ ing to her breast. In the meanwhile the flre, which had originated from a defective flue in the kitchen, enveloped the little building in flames. The two grown chil­ dren and the aged man escaped with diffi­ culty. When they reached the open air the heartrending cries of the four little ones in the room above were heard, and the old man rushed into the burning dwelling to save them. The flames drove him back, but not until he was frightfully burned. The house was rapidly consumed, and the cries of the four children became f aintar and fainter, and, at last, as the fire broke from every window, their crifee ceased, and all was still. This morning all that remains of the four children consists of a tub full of bones and masses of burned flesh. Lawrence Mooney, the old man who so heroically endeavored to save the children, lies at the point of death. His flesh hangs in shreds upon his body, while the blood is oozing from his finger-tips; his eyesight is gone, and his gray beard is singed to a bright yellow. His sufferings are terrible. He cannot possibly recover, DAVID DAVI$> • - -------- -e>. "'w Ex-Justice of the Snpreme Court and Ex>IJnlted States Senator. The venerable Judge David Davis has recently been suffering from malignant carbuncle, BO that death was at one time expected. We are glad to learn, however, that he is recovering, with a prospect of complete restoration to healtlu David Davis was born in Cecil Connty, on the eastern shore of Maryland, on March 9, 1815. His family was of Welsh extraction, and had first settled in that region early in the last century. He was an only child. He received his educational training at Kenyon College, Ohio, where he graduated in 1832. From college he went directly to the Harvard Law Sc hool, and as soon as he finished the course there removed to the West and settled in Bloom- ington. 111., where he was admitted to the bar in 1835, and commenced at once the practice of his pro­ fession. He was soon brought into public life, and as early as 1814 was elected a Representative in the State Legislature. In 1847 he was a delegate to the Constitu­ tional Convention, and a year later was elected a Judge of one of the Circuit Courts of Illinois. 31iis office he held by repeated elections until he finally resigned it in 1862, when be was appointed by President Lin­ coln a Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. He remained on the Sn- preme Bench until March 5, 1877, when he resigned to take his 6eat in the United States Senate, to which office he had been elected by the Democrats and Independents in the Illinois Legislature. PENSIONS; Provisions of the Bill Passed by the Sen­ ate--A Sweeping Measure. The full text of the pension bill recently passed by the United States %ji£te, and now pending before the House, is aft fel­ lows: Be it enacted, etc.. That every person specified in the several clauses enumerated in Section 4693 of the Revised Statutes ot the United States and the amendments thereto, who served in the military or naval service, as mentioned in said section, for tne period of three montho during the war of the rebellion, and has an honorable discharge therefrom, and who is or shall become disabled from any cause not t^ie result of his own fault, and shall also be dependent upon his own exertions for support, or upon the contribu­ tions of others not legally bound thereto, shall, upon making due proof of the facts, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the proper authority, be placed upon the list of pentiionerH of "the United States, nnd be entitled to receive a pension during the con­ tinuance of such disability aud dependence at a rate proportionate to the degree of such disa­ bility : and such pension shall commence at the date of filing on application thereof. The highest rate of pension granted under this section, which shall be for total incapacity to perform any manual labor, shall be 824 per month, which is hereby made divisible upon that basis for any less degree of disability; provided, that no person entitled to or receiving an invalid pension under existing laws, or such as may be hereafter enacted, granting pensions for disabilities contracted in the mili­ tary ' or naval service of the United States, and in line of duty, greater than that provided for herein, shall receive the bene­ fits of this act; but any applicant for such inva­ lid pension having an application therefor pend­ ing, or who shall hereafter file his application for such pension, may, by a declaration over his signature, at any time elect to prosecute said claim under this act, or under the general laws, and his pension, when allowed, if prosecuted under this act, shall c nnmence from the date of sveh election ; provided, further, that no pen­ sion paid under any law hereafter shall be rated at leas than 84 per month. SKC. 2. That in considering the claims of de­ pendent parents, the fact nnd cause of dentLi, and the fact that the s ildier leit no widow or minor children having been shown as required by law, it shall be necessary only to show by competent and sufficient evidence that such de­ pendent parent is without other present means of comfortable support than his or her own manual labor, cr the contributions of others not legally bound for his or her support; aud such as may be found to be entitled to ?8 a month under existing laws as modified by this section •hall receive in lieu thereof $12 a month from and after the approval of this act. Nr.c. S. That in all appli 'ations under the gen­ eral pension laws, including this act, where it appears bv record evidence that the applicant wus regularly enlisted and mustered into the service, that fact shall be conclusive evidence of soundness at the time oi his enlistment ex­ cept in case of fraud. KKO. 4. -That no person shall be entitled to more than one pension at the same time under any or all laws of the 1'nited States, whether such pension shall have been already obtained or dull be hereafter obtained, unless the act under which each pension is claimed shall •perl*"* so decJ«""» lens, aa?*fahteafo might" be' national banks with greaier economy and mucb less ritit than imder tlM present system. Tbe BENATVWAANOT T TMilnn SENATOR Fan's bill authorising retaliatfoitor- the recent action of tbe Dominion of Canada In excluding United States vessels from eertain priT^£wUL<]!"*i1"1»--•» P<»eed <fcs *enH on the 17th task The Senate confirmed the inatton of Mrs. Thompson, Postmistreaa I* Louisville, Ky., afUr Mbatiiijr over lt fctt f hour. Senator Bfeekbani made a- teS •peach against oonfirwatton, but aectiii only five negative rotee besides his mnT XH® HAIIU **•*• ̂ J 4>HA NTOANT _ pri The House passed the urgent daftdeaey apprec­ iation bill, and by a vote of 90S to 8 tbe Senate- providing fa- " - - coholic dxlnks . feeta upon the human the publio schools of tbe District of Columbia, and in the Naval Aeademies and Indian and ct«wm* in the Territories of tbe United States. Mg. Boutelle introduced in the House a bill appro-, priating *"<0,000 for the erection in Washington ̂ of a bronze monument to the late Edwin . ' Stanton. THE pension bill was laid before tbe Senate and discussed on the 18th inst. Senator Coke ' addressed the Senate In support of the labor arbitration bill. Mr. Logan gave notice tbat be. would offer a substitute for the House atbUr ̂ • tlon bill. The Senate confirmed the aoiuinatt0Mh of Oen. Bosecrans as Register of the Treaanrv ̂- In the House Mr. Blount (<3a.), from the Com~ mittee on PoetofDces and Fost Boads. reported! back the postoffice appropriation Mil, with Sen* ate amendments, and, ifchaanng been referred to- tbe committee of tha xtftole, the House went, into committee for the purpose of considering the amendments. Mr., BlOiuit confined his re­ marks to thatelanse which is known as the "subsidy amendment," and made an argument*, in opposition to it. THE pension bill, which makes the minimum - allowance four dollars par month, and grants a. pension to every honorably discharged soldier "who is or shall become disabled from any eaut& not the result of his own fault," passed the Sen­ ate on the 19th of May by a'vote of 34 to 14. Mr. Logan presented in the Senate a substitute for the labor-arbitration bill which recentlyv passed the House. It provides for tbo at point*- ment by the President of a commission of arbi*» : tration, to cousiut of five members, ono from the, Democratic organization, one from tin Kepubli- can organization, one who is not recognised as a. member of either of the two parties, 0110 thor­ oughly acquainted with railroad management, but who is in no way financially interested in. any railroad or transportation company, and one whole identified with and thoroughly under­ stands the conditions of laboring people. Tbe President sent the following nomi­ nations to the Senate? Register of tbe land office at Olympia, W. T., John Y. Ostrander. Postmasters--Williams Furlong, at Frecport, l'a.; Daniel Mc-. Carthy, at Braddock, Pa.; James P. Moran, Jr., at Waukegan, 111.; James B. Looney, at Han­ cock, Micti.; William M. Green, at West Bay City, Mich.; Silas C. Bennett, at Georgetown* Col.; Anton Klaus, at James own, D. T. In the House, a bill was reported from tbe committee' on the electoral count, proposing a constitrtional» amendment creating and defining the office at' second \1ce president. It provides that in case of the removal by death or otherwise of both the President and Vice President the office cf President shall devolve upon the Second Vice • President, who Bhall be voied for in distinct bal­ lots by the Electoral College. In case of the death or removal of the Vice President from office, or' when he exercises thrj office of President, thei Second Vice President shall be the President of the Senate, and Bhal; so act, but he shall have- no vote unless the Senate is equally divided. A BILL which authorizes the Cheyonno and Noit lern Railway Company to build a road across the Fort Laramie and Fort Russell mili­ tary reservation passed the Senate May 2 The Senate also passed a hill to permit the Baltf- more and Ohio Rood to build u bridge fiorn the Jers3y shore to Staten Island, to give it accfsi to the port of New York. The House of Rej r J- . Sentutives, by a vote of 178 to 60, refused to con- - cur in the Senate amendment to the postofficei appropriation bill giving SFSOJ.OJO for foreign: mail service, 111. inly for the benefit ot the Pa­ cific Mail Steamship Company. r: ft Scene on the Chicago Board of Trade. "But ~what is going on here?" the* visitor asks. Gathered in circles or hurrying across the floor in all direc­ tions he behold* hundreds and htm» dreds of men eagerly intent upon the pursuit of some individual yet common object. The different groups are close­ ly huddled together, like sheep in an inclosure, and each man is shouting tc> his associates at the top of his voic?* and accompanying his words with fran­ tic gesticulations and flushed, excited, features. "Is this a veritable 'Bedlam let loose?'" the visitor queries in amazement, "and are all these men crazy?" Very far from it. The cause* of this excitement and of the rapid movements is the simple fact that thousands of dollars are nere changing* hands every minute. The incessant; click of a hundred telegraph instru­ ments is conveying the knowledge of these hurried transactions to all parts of the commercial world. The East; and the West, the North and the South are alike interested • in the information, thus imparted, while grave and solid grain and provision merchants in Liver-' pool, London, Antwerp, and Faris- eagerly s an the reports of ea--h day's doings. And thus the harnessed light­ ning of two continents is kept busy scattering abroad the facts and figures Erodured in this apparently insane ubbub. On either side of the hall,', fnd without the line of trading pits,! are rows of marble-topped tables, on > which are deposited sample bags of grain, and around these cluster buyers';1 and exporters, examining the goods and determining upon the price of exchange. Market quotations from all the large M$de centers of America and Europe are received during the trading hours, and are at once posted on conveniently arranged blackboards. Tliewheit pit . usually attracts the largest crowd, the, - provision pit comes next, and the corn and oat trade bring up the rear, except in times of special activity, when this regular 9rder of things is liable to be reversed! In the four corners of the hall are small separate rooms for speoial purposes, and on two sides are galleries, from which astonished spec­ tators look down with feelings of won­ derment upon the turbulent and noisy scene below. As a whole, the scene is truly a strange and significant one, and the casual visitor Usually turns away from it with brain and heart tossed by oon dieting and unwonted emotions and reflections.--J- P. Bates, in the Cur­ rent. Pack the Longs with Air. Deep breathing and holding of th8f breath is an item of importance. Per­ sons of weak vitality find an un­ interrupted succession of deep and rapid respiration so distressing that they are discouraged from persevering * in the exercise. Let snchpersons take into the lungs as much air as they can at a breath and hold it as long as they can, and they will find a grateful setose of relief in the whole abdominal region. Practice will increase abilitv to hold the breath and capac ty of the lungs. After a time the art may be learned of packing the lungs. This is done by taking and holding the long breath and then forcing more air down the trachu? by swallows of air. The opera­ tion may be described by that of a fish's moutli in water. To those who have never learned, it will be surprising to what extent the lungs may be packed.. Caution at first is needful, but later;* pra tice will warrant large use of the treatment. The whole thorae'e and; abdominal cavitieB will receive im-" mediate benefit, and continuance a£d|g£ temperance in eating, good air, and I right exercise, will bring welcome Im­ provement.--Herald of Health. 1 j - . . . . itorWiV't' ;

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