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^SLAUGHTER. -K <>p THU RAOCLIFP Ml'AUER I8IU AT Pi'AHROY. i i Suita* Lsg&i Custou .0 t&« - ry tf Easiarti Oftw - Senxkr Vtor •n: PlM for the Dsfenn - G*a GreMWf j fUfi'y mrsto. gtt i to ifte Rutiter. , O., ltecemher 26.—This even ,• id the vrt»e of the State ol Ohio H. Kidclifl. came into Coart . r i ct of manslaughter, and Judge eatenced the prisoner to fourteen |t, Ltioeiaent in the penitentiary, hot was the least that coold have i.deitd. except, of coats*, a verdict .niltv, out of live possible findings try Toe verdicts from which the - men were at liberty to make a se wers First, guity as charged; u Docent, charged; third, inno w:; o»ane fjurtb, guilty of mntder in t -r ad degree, but not as charged, aud t nuilty as charged, but guilty ot &1 tighter. . choee the last, as has been suited, decision of the jury, and the seu uposed by the Court, were heard by , room packed to its greatest limits, K.; .. used what has been by all odds tbs f-.-vst criminal trial ever known in y ciunty. Aside from the interest :3 toe nse, the fact that the prisoner .eft tided by ex-l'otud Statts 'eoator Voothee*. of Indiana, and t among his prosecutors whs ,M General C H. Grrsvtnor, tended to enhance the public itterest in the case, sail from the o« ginning to the end the at tendance has beep very large and the ex i t»ment great. The crime lor which Kad ,; fi was indicted, tried and convicted was the killing tf his brother-in law. Lewis l> Colt rill, some months ago. Tne detense made l.VSA.N'm THKIK CHIRK « *8H, ,ad •nccewded in showing that there was • strain of mental disease id the umily, 48.1 it is chit d i owing to this that the ver dict was as light as it was. Vltboogb yesterday was Christmas, l' it did not adjonro. and ihe day was ,, K ver to the argument* of counsel, n soot) as the court was declared in see • . in the morning SeDntor Voorhees arose to .igtn the closing argument lor the de v , and every onehent forward to listeu. gan y appealing to the jnry to en wtsm a spirit ot > harity and forbearance. -aid that vengeance was not their prov .Ibnt that of the Creator. He claimed : , tinder the evidence they could nnt d Kadcliff to the gallows or Peniten t .tv, hot rather to some sostitntioo, some man* asylmn liadcliff was at 'he time ol the ki ..-ig not in a mental condition to commit murder Mntder was not a mere mechanical act t had to be wvompumd by inought and malice. Tile Senator sp )ke of the derision and scorn cow aMached to ti.e plea of insanity, but said that it could j i he so uncommon, as there »*e to-day four •real institutions in Ohio for the rare ol the lick ia mind in which are 3,500 pi treats. Mental nnsouodniss once in the blood, is capable of being trie-muted from generation to generation. He > mi pared ktdcMTs parentage to a poisoned spring. the old man had been wrong for seven teen years.” At this teference the pria oner i i KSrr INTO TKAK' ,md sobbed convnlsivJy for several ruin ates. "Von saw the old man on the stand, sitting there holding hi-' head, acarc»ly able to give an answer. Yon know that two of his sisters went .osaoe. V) **n t tbe poi-on spreading very fast'' So forbear to lav yonr bands in jadgment on the poor yoang man who is .leecended from soeh a spring as that He ‘'tight school and was bright and h*d his «»p* and downs as others Jo. He went to Missouri and Kansas and then came back home. All at once be received a great shock. He ~ae told bylhis sister, Mrs. Cottrill, of the ruel, beastly, uotuauly, inhuman treat i .-nt -he had received from the hands of her hn*hand.” nator teen piin'ed Cottrill in tbe black?- ".oiditg him np as a wife beater, a wife i-ker, a wire dehaneber. “I never * he continued, “so dark, so damnai< .» monster. They say he was v \ > (.AMS MAN. Thak was a , ishiy be shared with the beasts of ib*- How despicable was bis attempt to force his wife into adnltery. I>o you wouder tbs' when the defendant oand that ihis motwter had tried to force bis wife, the defendant s lister, to this i.nnelees, unspeakable shame that he lost bis reason ’ He found also that this beast beg pardon—I mean of the beaste —that tottrill bad got all her property on*, of his sister's hands. That yonng inaa there found not only that his sister bad been debased, beaten, kicked, bnt panpervsd, «npped. Yet this is nothing, they say, hi unbalance his mind. Why, she conld * te a bistorv of her lile while Cottrill was her husband, and Rive it no better title than seven year* in hell. Kadclitl. as soon as he fonad oot all this, went to h.s iter s rescue and took her from ;ae t>ee ►. When Cottnll foand that his an* was about to bring proceedings for div irce, was about to open the closet door and -how the skeleton, he tried to make c, with her, went to her and bagged and k «rd her, and wept over her, lying in her 'his dead game man cried. So do ■ roci diies cry. He was alarmed for fear that the public should learn of his cruel xnd brutai treatment. Those words are in tins 9 ir.etuent that he then signed when he n icaowledged * very thing she alleged against him. They say it was a compro m.se, »nd that he was glad to sign it in nip: to set are peace. Why, there was *•• og in the writing as hal as he had Before 1 lead this paper I did not kiieve m TciTAI DEPRAVITY, it're Presbyterians are right. I now e -veiuit. If this paper doesn't show totai depravitv, ibea I don’t know what tei In- -.‘ene of the killing was then re r*r- l Forbearance had ceased to be a ' and delay meant death, liadclill 'errortti, as was shown by his cry •f "Take him awaj Take him away!” after th* rirat shot. He ridiculed the story ;Aat ittrill had left hi* pistol at home, *»1 *.*id that, if he had, K»dcliff had to believe, because oi his threats, :-»t Cottnll was armed The law ol self* .rise* here like Pike's Peak from p-aiaa. C.ittrill thrust himself upon tele ■), tor less than an hour before he ^pn-ed him in sate’y. If Cottrill had * fade! alone he would not then have •** c;a death. Ut eoator then took up Kadclifl’s ^‘^•:-ofiem statement and dissected it. be reached the part where it stated Cottrill, the dying man, had been ■*<1 that tf-niclut intended to kill him, the Sfajirr sprang forward, and, with his •*0’i r. .and every motion expressing iy. exclaimed: “And that’s a man 1 •'• r kcew iu my life, and to whom I »« ir -po„e jn my life'" It was with ~ ui;y that he wss (^Dieted. '•BUSY KNOB'S ABi.t MINT. ■o-ral (.rosveuer then arose and began “ ’argument by expree mg surprise that **■“ rid have heard au argument from so ■(rMt s man as Senator Voorbeee upholding *°*r» and promiscaoQ* murder as a rem r private wrongs. The Senator had !*""t that he had appeared in murder casee 9 irteen States, and be wondered bow dead men lay along his track, vie thus of his arguments. “He considers his - |yrt h as an appeal to the bludgeon and pistol. My dmv is to present the cnee fairly and jnstly and to argne fairly and jnstly. There is uo glory m this cast for me if I win or lose, and I will not try to gain any by such a tic klv array of sentiment. This man KadclifT '8 a most gniltv man, if I have ever seen one, and if be is acquitted there will be no farther need of legal proceedings in this State. The defense has made a tirade of fon! abase—fonl in the language used, foal in the spirit manifested, in order to show that Cittnll was the foolest man in the State. Yet wbat have they shown to prove that Davis Cottrill ever did to that wife of his wbat they ea)' There is not even a single word to prove that he ever strnck his wife. It is A TALK OF WOE Given sunply to show what had operated od KadclifTs mind. The defense on the ground of tusanity is a fraud, and thank God, we have it in writing and in Court. The distinguished orator from Indiana appealed to the jury on tbe sen'imeatal put of their composition. I wish 1 could make snch a sentimental ape oh, but I can not do so for two reasons. I am not clrqaent enough, and, secondly, because l have too much conscience.” The Gen e at derided the idea extended by tbe defense that Ktdcliff had a right to determine that the time f ir Cottrill to die had come and that the neighborhcod would be beuefitted by his death. He wanted to know the state of society in Columbia Township if Cottrill bad been allowed to beat and abase his wife lor eight yeera, as was alleged. He claimed that the story of the wife whs i«Is*, and drew a despicable picture of her coming to court to swear against and I blacken the character of her dead husband and degrade and poison the latnre of her children, All her tear* were crocodile tt-ars and a part of a scheme for murder. “Her story was a lie, AS FAI.SK AS HKLL.” Tin -t heme was not organized in the mind of an irsaue person, but in tbe mind of a natural barn uncommon criminal. He said that the pleas of insanity and •* f-de'eam collided and destroyed self delease. He told the story of the killing, taking the testimony of the three witnesses wiio saw it, and explained it by a plat of the room, which was tacked to the floor, giving the full dimensions. Tbe General was particularly tloquenf. and made every oue of his words count. He alleged that Ksddiff had trumped up the charge of ar <on so as to get Cottrill in Pomeroy, so that ae could not testify against him before tie grand jory at McArthur in three charges ngaicst him Kadclifl> there, two ot which would have sent him to the Penitentiary, ous of which wes for robbing a girl he had betrayed. Yet the d« tense claimed that ■'this virtuous man” was shocked when be heard his sister’s story of her alleged wroegs. He had lost bis case against Cot ltiil and was mad, he had played bis last card and lost. Toe pit be had dog for others wa» open before bun, and the door of tbe Penitentiary stood ready to let him ihrongh, aod it would have been better for bitn bad it closed behind him. A CATHOLIC EVENT. Witree Will It* Conferred on Three Priests. A l.feat tiathetioK .'. Pa Misn\, December 2t>.—Great ciowds of Catholics arrived in St. Paul from all over tbe northwest, drawu here by tbe coescration sermon which will be solemnized at the fatuedral to morrow. There will be up wards of :t00 priests and bishops in at teadance. Tbe event will be notable in several respects, paiticalarly because it ia the second time that three bishops have been consecrated together in tbe United States and the first time in the history of the church that three have been from one dioctse. The cere mony wiil be conducted by Archbishop Grace, and Bishop Marty and the priests on whom the mitres will hi conferred arc The Rev. John Shan lev, of St. Paul; lbeRc\. James McGol lick, of tbe Cborch of the Immaculate Conception, Minneapolis, and Rev. Joseph H. Cotter, of Winona. A i.l.KN W. TUUBMA>-4 VIKWS OulheObm Senatorial Couteet— Hi ice anil Thomnv Shoulil II stirs. Columbus, O., December 2t5.—Allen W. Thurman was asked by a reporter to state hi* view* of the Ohio Senatorial situation. Said he: “I have expressed my sentiments before andeinnot say much additional. I am heartily opposed to the detestable system of ward politics, an aggravation of which characterizes the present contest. It is not ODly belittling to the party, bnt it threatens the fntnre welfare. I am as much opposed to Thomas as to Brice, and I think that if nt.ieroi these gentlemen had the party’s ■access at heart he would withdraw from the contest." “Do you anticipate that either Brice or Thomas will be elected?” “Of coarse, in view of the present situa tion, I cannot express an opinion as to the result with any degree of certainty. I think that there is much doubt ahont the election of either of these men.” “In the event of the defeat of Brice and Thomas, who do you think would be ccosen?" “The result yon speak of would throw the race open to a dozen meu, and it would be impossible to make any prediction.’ “Do you think any of the Colnmbns statesmen wsnld have a good chance of being elected?” “No, I do not. It is my opinion that J. F Lawrence or T. Neal wonld have the brightest prospects.” One of the Columbus managers of Col. Brice's inlereets said to day, when asked ahont the Senatorial prospects “Brice will be nominated on the second ballot. We are reasonably sure of that, bnt will uive out no figures, as experience has taught us that it is not ad I vitable to do so. The plan, as pursued by Cbaiiman Neal in the late campaign, of announcing no figures, proved a good one, by which we will profit. We expect the contest to he pretty close, bnt have no fears about car rying the election for Brice." Death ot Aunle L, DtBulii, Sf/fdai Ttucrim to tts KtcuLe* Barnksvilj.k. Ohio, December 26 — Miss Annie L DeBois was found dead in bed this morning, at the residence of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary C rawford. The deemed was on htr way to her home in Bristow, Iowa, frona a visit with friends at Bloomfield, Ohio, and while spending a few days with rtluttvefl h*r0, wuh tnKGO sick. She was twenty-six years of age, the daughter of James G. and Mary DeBois. of Bristow, Iowa, and a niece ol Joseph DeBois, of the Belmont Iron Works, of Wheeling. Heart disease is given as the cause of death. KittlbarK Aotor Dead. Pi rrsBi bo, December ‘26.—John O’Con ner, Pittsburg’s favorite comedian, died very suddenly yesterday, while sitting in a chair at a neighbor’s bouse. He was a glassblower by trade, and was born on the Sontbside, aged 35. H.e foueral takes place to-day. Ijaadrnplete for a Christmas Gift. Mays Landing, N. J., December 26.— A German woman, a tenant of Col. Mc Kee, ol McKee City, four miles from here, gave birth to four children yesterday. All bat one of them are Urge and healthy, and the mother ie doing well. THE GEORGIA RACKET. THK ORIGIN OF THK TROUBLE AT JESdl'P, GEORGIA. Negro Outlaws Murdered an Officer and Others and Were Pursued Into a Swamp—Con siderable Excitement for a While— A Case of Revenge. 8AVANNAH, Ga , December 26.—The trouble at Jessup, yesterday, began at 10 a. iu., when Chief Marshal Leggett and assistants attempted to arrest Bob Brewer, the notorious negro outlaw and fugitive. Brewer raised his gun to his shoulder and deliberately shot down Assistant Marshal Barnhill, killing him instantly. The Chief Marshal then fired on Brewer, but missed him. Brewer returned the fire and shot Leggett through both legs. Brewer and his crowd of ten or twelve men then tied to McMillan swamp, a few yards away. The report of the guns threw the town into a whirlwind of sxcitement, and the negroes were followed into the swamp by several citizens. Among them were Wm. Wood, a carpenter, and his son, Wm. Wood. The negroes DODGEI) INTO THE SWAMP, aud when yonng Wood ran in behind them, Brewer rose np and shot him through the head, killing him instantly, and shot Wood’s father in the face. Accomplishing this much the negroes ran further into the swamp. The news of the death of yonng Wood spread like wildfire over the town, confusion reigned for a time and Je*snp seemed to be in the hands of a violent mob. Mayor Hopps called a meeting, and arrangements were made to protect the town. Seventy-five armed men were gathered in a few minutes and followed Brewer and his par ty a distance into the swamp. Brewer is thoroughly familiar with the ground, having been skulking around and hiding there, and banting for a number of mouths. Brewer had threatened the life of Assistant Marshall Barnhill, since the of ficers killed one of Brewer’s pa's a few weeks ago. Yesterday was Brewer’s chance and he took advantage of the opportunity when the assistant officer came nnarmed to the side of Chief Marshal Leggatt, who was making the arrest THK IN3T1OAT0K News reached the authorities that J. W. Ryan, a white man living there, was the instigator of the affray. A posse was sent to his bonee to arrest him, bat Ryan had made his escape. The men are on the lookout for him. Henry Anderson, one of the guards put over Ryan’s house, was ac cidentally shot and killed by one of hie own party. Another negro was shot while coming ont of the swamp, bnt not fatally hart. At about 3 o’clock this morning a party of unknown men attacked the jail at Jes sup, driving away the guards. Ia a few minutes the doors were battered in nod four men went inside and shot and killed Peter Johnson and Bill Hoppe, who were concerned in the riots. The Georgia Hussars, dismounted, the company ordered to the scene ot the trouble by the Governor, returned to this city this afternoon. The Brunswick com pany was retained on duty by the Mayor. 1’be returned soldiers reported the trouble over. There is sTILl. OKKAT EXCITEMENT throughout the country around Jes«np, but affairs will doubtless quiet down in a few days. It is the region of turpentine distilleries and saw mills. The Jeesop trouble is apt to disorganize labor for some time to come. The most reliable informotion is that ten people have been killed at Jessup, namely: Barnhill and Woods by Brewer, Anderson accidentally (white), and Johnson and Hops in jail, and F. Street (colored), and two whites and two negroes whose names are not given. The Morning Aiwa special from Jessup to-night says everything ia qniet there and a company of forty citizens has been or ganized to gnard the town against in vasion. TROUBLE KXPE(’TEl). A l ight Between Nri;roea at it I’ollceinen lu Tennessee Likely to Result In a Riot. Nashville, Trnn., December 26.—At a late boor last night tbere was a conflict at Clarksville between officers and a color ed mob, two members of which were shot, one being fatally and the other seriously wounded. Grave fears ol a riot are enter tained. Frank Morrison, a special policeman, attempted to arrest Bob McCntcheon, col ored, when other negroes interfered. Sev eral policemen came to the assistance of Morrison, whereupon Joe Foeraan, colored, assaulted Chief of Police Stafford with a stick., striking him over the head. The officers drew their revolvers and tired. One bullet struck Joa Meredith, colored, in the back. He will die. Foeman tried to escape, but he was pursued by the Chief, who shot him in the stomach. He will recover. The renorts of the revolvers drew an im mense crowd of negroes to the scene, and Chief of Police Stafford had to be taken to jail for safety. The excitement rapidly increased and a large number of extra officers were sworn in to keep the peace. The Clarksville City linards were called out and lodged in the Court Honse, where they were in readiness to respond to a call. Hu Riot. Mai on, Ga., December 26.—The report of a riot at Bamesville is erroneous. It arose from the nnprovokrd murder of a negro of excellent character by four drunken white men who met him on the railroad track. The authorities are doing their best to arrest the murderers, who were strangers in the community. Another ofOllapj’a Victims. St. Loi'ta, December 26 —Agnes Anson, the second victim of the frenzy of Caspar Clispy, died last nfghL Clispy, a young mechanic cf revengeful disposition, had been paying attention to Mary Anson and fancied himself an accepted suitor. Kn more affecting Cliepy’s character reached the ears of John Anson, the girl s lather, and he denied Clispy the hou«e. On De cember 7 he entered the basement where the family were at breakfast, killed John Anson, shot Mary, his sweetheart, and Agnes, the latter’s wound proving fatal iast night. He then put three ballets into his own brain, dying on the spot. Agnes Anson was a lovely girl of seventeen. Wasn't a Joke, Ttiongh. Tacoma, Wash, December 26 —Jack Farrell, the Brooklyn lightweight, was whipped last night by William Higgs, of St. Panl The fight lasted three rounds. Farrell seemed to take the mill as a joke at first and looked as though he expected an easy victory. Higgs dealt Farrell three blows over the heart in rapid succession in the third round, and the Brooklyn man went to the grass. He had to be helped from the room. But Feu Miner* Left. Pittsbcbu, December 26.—Lynch Coal Works, on the Yongh, at McKeesport, and Brown’s No. 1 mines, on the same stream at Boston, have both resumed at the three-cent rate. The men are delight ed with the advance. However, only a tew miners are left to operate the mines, j A GLOOMY OUTLOOK. Kochester Shoemakers and Tbetr Employ ers Uunabla to Agree. Rochester, N. Y , December 20.—The prices forming the scale of wages under which the shoemakers in this city have worked for the last year will become in operative after January 1. A new scale mnst be fixed, and the ontlook for an agreement is gloomy. There are about 30 large factories in this city, and the industry gives employment to more than 5.0W0 men, womeu and boys. Two years ago a difference in the scale and the methods in vogue in some of the shops caused a ttrike which affected every fac toiy except two and lasted nearly four months. After a dczm conferences be tween committees representing the manu facturers and unions, an agreement was reached, concessions being made on both sides. Last January the operatives de manded and obtained an increase in the prices of certain kinds of work, Bod now the manufacturers say that nnlefs these prices are cut down considerably they might as well go cut of the business. Rochester has bad a monopoly in the West ou several grades of ladies’ shoes The manufacturers say that Eastern facto ries have obtained this trade, because the Eastern operatives are working on a much lower scale and can undersell Rochester. Several meetings of the Mannfac.urers’ Association have been held, and, althongb they were secret, it has been learned that the members have decided on a general shut-down for a year, if necessary, unless the employes will consent to redactions. The employes feel that they should have an increase over the scale at prosent in op eration and say that they will not work at any redaction. Committees from both sides have met this week, but have reached no understanding. A Itusn KOU MBKltTY. rrliuDiim Make a Hold Attempt to Over whelm the Jailor. Special Telegram to the Register. Wbllshubg, W. Va., December 26.— Wlmt came near being a snoeessful at tempt to break j ail occurred here last night about 9 o’clock. The jailor, Mr. Peter Cheek, was called to the jail aud the pris oners requested that he bring a pitcher of water from a well some distance away. When be returned the lights were all ont and the prisoners claimed they were all in bed, and on his opening the door, yonng Devore, cociined for felony, made a des perate assault npon the j ailor with a shoved which would have proved fatal had it been a law seconds later. Mr. Cheek pulled his revolver and tired at his assailants twice bnt missed them in the darkness. Yonng Devore dropped to the floor to escape the bullets. The prisoners were all caged by Sheriff Curtis, and in searching them n large and dangerous kiife was fonnd on one of the persons. It will be some time before they get the privileges of yesterday again, as the shetiff had treated them to a tine dinner aud allowed some of their friends to see them. They took advantage of the noise to ent tbe locks on their cages with a small saw made from the blade of a case knife. The yonng colored man charged with honse stealing was committed in default of $1,500 bai'._ _ A HKOBGAM/KD RAII.KOAD. The Kaltlinure aud Ohio Southwestern Has linen l’ut on a Solid Haste, Cincinnati, December 26.—The plans for tbe reorganization of the Circinnati. Baltimore and Washington Railroad are completed. A temporary directory has been agreed upon. Tbe capital stock is to be $5,000,000. The company will be known as the Baltimore and Ohio South western. With the initials B. O. S., it will doubtless soon be known as the “Boss” railroad, inasmuch as nicknames are often more convenient than the real names of railroads. It will be operated as a division of tbe Baltimore and Ohio, which owns a controlling interest in the etcck. General Orland Smith is to be President, and Captain W. W. Peabody will be Vice President and General Superintendent. Captain Peabody for a long time held a similar position on the road, and his return will be a pleasure to all old employes. Mr. J. H Stewart, the present General Manager, has tendered his resignation, hut it has not yet been accepted. The reor ganization goes into effect January 1, •y A Storm »t Pittsburg, PITTSBURG, December 26—t^aite a heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning and high winds passed over this section this morning. The Btorm was of short duration, bat considerable damage was done by the wind. Small trees, fences and ont houses were blown down and the telegraph service north and south badly crippled by the prostration of the wires. To-night, however, Chief Bender, of the Western Union, reports the wires in good shape again. The mercury is rapidly fall ing and cold weather is expected to-mor row. ______ The Storm In New Y ork. Nkw York, December 2<i.—A strong wind visited this city and vicinity this afternoon. In the npper part of the city the storm was accompanied by thunder and lightning. In Brooklvu a three-story frame building in the course of erection was blown down and three carpenters were buried in the rains. They were Bil res cued alive but badly injured. Several other accidents are reported but none seri ous. Struck a Horse. Bai.timork, Mi), December 26.—The Chicago express on tne Baltimore and Ohio railroad struck a horse this afternoon near Dickerson Station, Md. The engine was overturned, and Amo* Rsed, the engineer, was killed, and T. J. Harrison, the fire men, badly injured. CONDENSED TELEGRAMS, At Omaha, Neb., three children of Mrs. Lena Schipp were burned to death while the mother was absent. The City Solicitor of Philadelphia offi cially decided that the eigbt-honr law is applicable to the departments under the control of the city government. Col. Robert J. Stevens, United States Consul at Victoria, B. C., died suddenly, yesterday. At Greensbnrg. Pa , on Christmas night a number of Swedes and Hungarians em ployed at the Crabtree mines got drunk and indulged in a fight. A Hungarian, named Givskey. was fatally stabbed, and another severely hurt. The murderer es caped. At Johnstown, Pa., Ttomas Ellis was fatally stabbed by George Nagle, colored, daring a fight at a ball on Christmas eve. Nagle is under arrest. Mother Aloysia, for many years the Mother Superior of the 8isters of Charity, died at the St. Joseph’s Academy, at Greeneburg, Pa., of typhoid fever. She was 52 years of age. Two hundred and seventy-one immi grants landed in New York yesterday. The death is announced from Philadel phia, of Cbas. W. Sharpless, of the well known dry goods firm, Sharpless Bros., of that city. Ex-President Cleveland has been ap pointed referee in place of the late Judge Van Forest in the actions brought against New York city by property owners to re cover damages for filling along the Hudson n Another clerk in the Buffalo postoffice has been arrested for robbing the mails. He is a yonng married man named Ed ward F. Bapet. He confessed. RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. Number of Line* Be lit Daring the Veer the MuftllfHt Since 188ft. New York, December 26.—Thie week’s edi'ion of the Engineering Ninas will say: The list of new railway lines constrncted during 1889, which we present with this issue, shows that the total addition to the main track railway mileage of the United States will vary very little fiom an even 5,000 milep. This is the smallest con struction record in any one year since 1885, when the total increase was bnt 3,588 miles. The construction in the in ter vening years has been: In 1886—8,471 roiled; in 1887-12,668; in 1888-7,284 miles. The bnlk of this year’s constrnction has been done in the Sontb. Over 2,000 miles of the new lines reported to ns he south of the latitude of Cincinnati and east of the Mississippi river. Washington, however, has bed the greatest increase in railways of any single State, 353 miles having been hnilt there in 1889. Georgia comes next, wicb 315 miles, and then follow North Carolina, with 279 miles; Texas, with 270 miles, and Mississippi, with 212 miles. Sixteen other States report between 100 aud 200 miles, and in Vermont, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada uo new track laying has been reported. Very few long lines have been bnilt this season, bnt there has been a great number of short branches and extensions, especial ly in the East. The total nninber of sep arate lines on which track was laid during the year was 253. This woik was done by 197 different companies. The average length of the extension was almost exactly 19j miles. In Canada, during 1889, 753 miles of track were laid, and in Mexico the construction amounted to 369 miles. DOMESTIC TKOL'HLKS Why I)r. Monro* Shot III* Wile and Coin wltted Suicide Rock Rapids, Ia., December26 — Far ther particulars as to the tragedy at Larch wood, 10 miles from here, in which Dr. Abel Monroe shot his wife and then killed himself, go to show that domestic difficulties had caused the pair to sepa rate, the wife keeping tho 5 year-old son. An action for divorce was pending, brought by the Doctor, who accused his wife of infidelity. On Tuesday MuDroe was arrested for threatening to kill a mer chant named Miller, who bad sued him for debt, but after bis anger had cooled he was allowed his freedom. Ho went to his wife’s lionse, accused her of being nntrue, and finally got angry and told her to “prepare to meet her God.” At the same time he drew a revolver and fired, the ball m'siing her. Hbe ran into the bedroom where her sou was sleeping, and Monroe followed, placed the revolver to her breast and sent a ball throngh her lung. She then ran out-doors and he fired two more shots withont effect. Mr.nroe watched his wife till she fell, and then went back into the house, walk ed up to a looking-glass, and taking a phy sician’s lancet Irorn his pocket, cut a gash not over an inch long, severing the jagnlar vein, and dying almoss instantly. The wife may recover. “BLOCKS OK FIVE.” Propose(1 Inv<*ligatlon of ilie 1 allure to Arraet Col. Dudley. Indianapolis, December 2G —Con gressman Bynum has written a letter re plying to District Attorney Chambers’ re quest that an investigation be made of his ..ctio- anu tao con.-eo o: ms preuecut-aor in office relative to the failure to bring Col. Dudley to trial for the alleged writing of the “Blocks of Five” letter. Mr. Bynnm says be will bring the mat ter before Congress, and has little doubt that in view of the District Attorney’s re quest the investigation will be ordered. He concludes the letter by saying: “I will so frame the proposed resolution as to as certain whether your predecessors were over-zealons in the performance of their duties, as well as whether yon haveduring yonr incumbency shitlded persons legally charged with crime.” INTO LIQUIDATION. Tli* Pittsburg Southern Coal Company Ha* Done Up Pittsburg, December 2G The Pitts burg Southern Coal Co., the syndicate of large river coal operators of this city, which was formed three years ago with a capital stock of $1,000,000, will go into liquidation at once and the thirteen firms comprising the company will hereafter do business on their own account The trouble has been brewing for seme mont hs, and is principally due to the fact that some of the members of tbe com pany acted in bad fasth iu selling coal in oppoeition to the company. Judge Seney and Ilie Ohio Senatoruhtp. Washington, December 2G. — Judge Seney, member of Congress from Tiffio, 0 , and candidate for UnitedJStates Senator, left for home yesterday. He will remain in Ohio until after the Senatorial election, Bnd goes to Columbus to look after his canvass in person. No Congressman is more highly esteemed in Washington than Judge Seney, but his success in his Sen atorial aspirations is doubtful, as he is a poor man. Millionaire Brice has a decided lead, and Judge Seney, before be left, ad mitted that he was very strong. G. B. Perkias, the Pittsburg detective, is here consulting with Treasury officials concerning the Silcott case and other mat ters. A Sad Death. 5peeiit Telegram to the Register. Wicston, W. Va., December 26.—I/ttie Ony Davis, who was accidentally shot by Karl E. Konst, Christmas day, died last night about nine o’clock. This is one o( the saddest deaths witnessed in this com munity for some time. It tried men’s hearts who have witnessed bloody scenes on the battle field to withstand the pityirg moans of the child, conpled with the heart rend ing appeals of the child’s parents. It has thrown a gloom over the eutire com munity. The faneral will take place at 10:30 to-morrow. Oil Market Depreseed, PlTTSBUBO, December 26.—The rest of yesterday, which the oil brokers oil en joyed, had rather a depressing effect on the market, the range of the day being only J of » cent. The feeling all over the coun try is decidedly weak and slow with the exception that New York seemed to want to l ay cash oil. Not more than 20,000 barrels changed hands at this point to-day. The opening was 103, the lowest the same, and the highest and noon close was at 103i The New York Dry Goods Market. Naw York, December 56.—Following the Christmas holiday the dry goods trade was featureless. Demand was restricted to unall transactions, by mail or by per sonal selection. Agents were delivering many goods on previous sales and stocks of staple as well as patterned fabrics con tinued in an unusually good condition and under firm tone, althongh some articles kintred to print cloths are leas firm, in sympathy with the print cloth market. There was no change in prices. la It I'oaalbltJ Bbthlkhkm, Pa., December 26.—Two young men, John P. Jonea and William H. Palmer, of Bangor, Pa., were found dead in a room at the Pacific Hotel here this morning. They had blown ont the gas i beiore retiring and were asphyxiated. THE TARIFF AGAIN. IRON AND COAL MBX HBFORK TUB WAYS AND MBANS COMMITTKB Prominent Mine Operators Give Their Views of What Onght and Ought Not to Be Done to the Tariff Affecting Their Interests— Lengthy Hearings Washington, December 26.—The first series of tbe tariff hearings mapped ont by tbe Hcnee Committee on Ways and Means was he'd this morning—gentlemen inter ested in metals, ores and coal being per mitted to give their views. George H Ely, President of the Western Iron Ore Association, which was organized eight years ago, spoke in favor of the re tention of dnty on iron ore. The duty of 75 cents a ton bad been beneficent and sat mfactory. It had promoted tbe iron and s'.etl interests of tbe United States in a re markable degree. As an instance of this beneficient effect, Mr. Eiy cited the piodnction of the Gogebic district, which bad increased from 1 000 tons in 1884 to 14,000 toes daring ten months of 1881), and of tbe Minnesota district, wnicb had increased largely with in the same dates. In 1886 the total pro dnetion of American mints had been 10, 000,000 tons, while tbe estimated produc tion for 1889 wbs between 14,000,000 and 15,000,000. THK qUKSTION OK DUTY, he said, was a question of wages. In tbe Spanish mines (be boors of labor were 72 hoars a week; in the Lake Superior re gion the honrs were 55 a week. In Spain the wages of drillers and miners were 61) to 72 cents a day, and of common labor ers .‘!6 to 50 cents. In tbe Lake Superior mines tbe wages for drillers and miners were $2 25 to $2.75 a day, and for labor trs$l(J0to$2 He believed in the pro tection of American labor and in keeping up the rate of wages to American work men. lledid not ask for any increase of doty, bat be earnestly urged the reten tion of the present rate. The duty had operated to make np part of the difference beewcen tbe wages at home and abroad. If the duty was high enough to make a full equivalent to this difference, it would be at lease $1.50 a ton. George Toby, of Maseachntte, addressed tbe committee in favor of the free impor tation of iron ore and coal. After recess the committee beard state ments from V. K. Moore and Powell Stsckhonse, of Michigan, and the ques tions directed to them by members of tbe committee weie intended to draw from them information as to the amount of labor and of capital contained IN A TON OK IRON ORK. Their responses, however, were no more satisfactory than those wade by tbe gen tlemen on the stand before the recess, all declaring their inability to give a correct answer owing to the variety of different mines. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, ad vocated a reduction of the dnty on coal, bat maintained that a proviso should be added to the law declariug that the re duced datv shoo'd apply only to the pro ducts of sach foreign coantries as did not urge an abolition of tariff, but that it sbonld be fixed at a rate which would cover the difference of wages in the United States and Canada. Charles F. Mayer, President of the Con solidated Coal company of Maryland, read a oarwir unaiwat unp «Uowm“ •• the existing rate of duty on coal. To re duce the rate, be held, wonld effect a re duction in wages and wonld also destroy tbe coasting trade of the United States. Ho did not ask that the rate should be in creased, although the jnst duty wonld be $1.25 a ton. He did not want to pot tbe American laborer down on tbe same plane hs the British laborer; a redaction ot the rate of duty won id have that effect. Joseph P. Butler of Ohio, a manufac turer of pig iron, protested againet any redaction of dnty on that article. St ele ments were made by W. S. Morris and Joseph Wharton, descriptive of the besse mer and ha-ic methods of producing steel. Mr Orcar Reed, representing the New ark, N. J., smelting works, and L. A. Holden, of Cleveland, 0., took opposite views of the lead ora tariff. Hon. ifosea Townsend, of Colorado, protested against the finding of the Secretary of the Treas ury as unfair to the mine owners and miners of the west. Hon. Mr. BartoD, of Nevada, said the people of his region, irrespective of poli tics, or of partisans, were high tariff men so far as lead was concerned, and he ar gued in support of the resolution recently offered by him in the Honse, requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to modify his lead credecisioa. Adjourned till 10 o’clock to-morrow. A BOOM Kit ANG. The Republican Monopoly TatItVScheme not Working Well. Special Telegram to the Register. Washington, December 20.—The Ways and Means Committee so far are not de veloping any material to sustain the Re publican theory of extreme protection. On the contrary it is made manifest that since the hearings in the last Coogress, there has been a marked advance of senti ment in favor of free raw material. The open bearings, from which the Republi cans hoped to derive party advantage, will prove a boomerang. Pensions—Original invalid, Richard H. Arnold, of Piedmont; increase, Jos. T. Barns, of Collegeville; re-issne, Jas. Staf ford of Parkersburg; Mexican widows, Teresa, widow of Andrew Grnbb, of Wheeling. RANDALL'S CONDITION. HI* Recovery, Though Necesrarlljr Blow, I* Certain. Washington, December 26 —Charles 0. Lancaster, Mr. Randall’s son-in-law, characterizes recent reports regarding Mr. Randall’s health as wholly unwarranted by the facts. He paja that Mr. Randall’s recovery, while necessarily slow, is at least certain. Mr. Randall, he said, had been a very sick man. He added, however, that there had been no time daring the past sixteen months that Mr. Randall could not have been wholly restored to health had he abstained from work and given himself a long rest, as Senator Sherman and other gentlemen prominent in public life did. His failure to do this since his illness began bad greatly retarded his re covery. Mr. Randall is suffering from an aggravated attack of hemorrhoids, and not cancer, as has been erroneously stated. Mr. Randali’s malady makes it difficult for him to occupy a sitting position. He therefore spends as much time as possible in bed, not necessarily because he is ill, bat to gain strength, and for the farther reason that no good end can be accom plished by his moving about. Benjamin Qoea Gunning. Washington, December26.—The Presi dent left Washington this afternoon on a dock hunting expedition to the lower Po tomec, and expects to be away until Satur day. He was accompanied by Mr. Bate man, Senators Edmunds and Hawley, Jac tice Gray, of the Supreme Coart end Mr, J. W. Tbompeon, a banker of this city. Pension Appropriation Bill. Washington, D. G , December 26 — Representative Morrow says that the Pen sion Appropriation bill will aggregate $97,000,000, which is $17,000,000 in excess of any previous pension appropriations. Eight millions will go to supplying a deficit incurred by Tanner’s record cases. LITTLE HOPE Of Recovering the Hurl'd Minor*—Prob ■ lil| 1!) Men Hur'ed. San Andbkas, Cai.a , Dtcembertltf.— Tbe latest news from tbe Angelos mine disaster states that at least 17 and probably 19 men are bnried in tbe mine. There are little hopes of ever recovering tbe bodies. Tbe miners are now at work taking oat ore, and the wcrk of developing the mine will probably he resnmed very soon. One of the miners reports seeing a dead body among tbe timbers, fearfully mangled, hot signs of caving drove him from the ecene, and in a few moments tbe surface sank. The pit in tbe surface is about one hnndred feet long, twenty feet wide, and nearly seventy feet deep. BEHRINGS SEA DIFFICULTY. Hie Mali N<>i Worth Ouitrri-llng About. London, December ‘id.—The Glolx'n editorials on tbe coarse to be panned in tbe Rebrings Sea difficulty have created anew a languid interest in the matter here, but few, however, except those who have made tbe Canadian question a stody, re garding it of any importance. Tbe general opinion is that all tbe seals in tbe Pacific are not worth qnarreling about with the United Hates, bat there is still a desire to do justice to the Dominion if it should prove true that her maritime interests have lieen abased. FRENCH CANADIANS. Tim Home Government Will Make No ComeHiioiii. London, December 26.—On the ques tion of the ill feeling between the Cana dian French aid the English speaking colonists, it may be taken as settled that the home Government’s mind is made np once for all. It is as steadily bent on Anglicizing the Dominion as Emperor William is determined to make his cap tured provinces German in fact as well as in name. The encroachment will he grad ual, hot steady, and it will not he long be fore the English language will he the only one recognized in the elatnte hooks and court proceedings of all descriptions. The French Canadians will be en couraged to emigrate, aod auy inclination they may manifest to make themselves disagreeable to the authorities will be promptly and firmly repressed. An ink ling of this determination must have reached France, for the majority of the jonrnals there are very bitter against England for her tyranical policy toward all under her sway abroad. Stanley is incidentally the snbjsct of a great deal of abase, and the Debut*contrasts the “mild” coarse pursued by France in Africa with the hrntal methods cl other nations, which will canse those who recall the deeds of Pelissier and Pageant! in Algeria to smile. WILL FIGHT FAIR. t'uKlllflt Slavin’* Keii|>oi)0« to tlio London l*fdt« au Club. Iain don, December 26.—Slavic, the Anstralian pugilist, has written a letter in reply to the one sent him by the Pelican Club, in which the cluh stater! that it had decided to recognize him ns champion of England, and expressed sympathy with him for the disgraceful manner in which he was treated by ronghs during his re cent tight with Jem Smith. In his letter, Slavin thanks the clnb, for the stand it has taken in the matter, and declares that he intends now, as be always intended, to en ueavui to nm nuy nglu 111 wiilcli Us is a contestant in a fair manner. The ejueen’s Weak t'olut. Iain DON, December 26 —The English Radical naptrs of the lower cless take a malicious pleasure in asking if the i^neen’s heart will open sufficiently to dower her granddaughter, the Princess Alice, of Hcs-e, with what might he called a snm at all generous upon the approaching nuptials of the letter to the Czirewitcb. The father of the grcom will, of course, do thiugs in the most magnificent style, and the roctlict between ingrained econ omy and a desire not to appear shabby, on the part of Her Msjestv, will be a most curious and interesting spectacle. Will Not Lecture In Thl* Country. London, December 26.—Gen. Koolan ger denies the report that he has been en gaged to deliver a coarse of lectures in the United States. He says he never thought of going on a lecturing tour to that country. N t ti I lint« la a t'nlvnr.lty. St. Pktkrsbcru, December 26.—The University at Odessa has been closed, ow ing to the discovery of the fact that a num ber of the students were Nihilists and were actively engaged in spreading their propa ganda. Complicated with Pneumonia. Paris, December 26 —The epidemic baa assumed a graver ivpe, and many cases are now complicated with pneu monia. Th«- Itelglftii *■* rlkn S|»r«‘A(lliig‘ BRISSKI.LS, December 26 —The strike of the coal miners in the Charelroi district is spreading. The strikers now nnmb.tr 10,400. lllg IJatuirgH of the Penney. Philadelphia, December 26—The statement of the bosincss of ail lines of the Pennsylvania railroad company east of Pittsburg and Erie fjr November, 18^9, as compared with the same month in 1888, shows: Au increase in gross earnings ol $631,916, an increase in expenses $370, 931, an increaeein net earniugiof $261,012. The eleven months ol 1889 as compared with lbs same peiiod cl 1888 show an increase in gross earnings of £2, 655 165; an increase in expsnses of $1,546, 862, an increase in net earnings of $1,108, 32.3. All lines west of Pittsnorg and Erie, for the eleven months of 1889 show a snrplns over all liabilities of $-21,124, be ing a gain, as compared with the same period of 1888, of $1,071,558. Married the Man ol Her Choice, Chattanooga, Tknn , December 26.— William Graham, of Cartersville, Ga., stenographer of the Cherokee Judiciary Circoit, sod Anna Jones were married to night. The bride is 17 years old, and is a danghter of Rev. Sam Jones. The parents opposed the marriag*-. Hlg Railroad Warhoat*. Los Axuei.es, Cal , December 26.— The heavy rains of the last few days continued this morning. All the trains from the Northea-t and South now are cut Off, and the damage to the tracks is very great. The Santa Fe officials estimate that the loss on that line will reach two hun dred thonsand dollars, and the loss on Southern Pacific lines will reach one hun dred and fifty thonsand. Reached the Bocklet Denver, Col., December 26 —The Russian influenza has reached the Rocky mountains. Three-foortbs of the citizens of Denver are suffering from it. Reports from Cheyenne are to the effect that that city What's better for a wound than Salva tion Oil? Echo answers: "Wbat.M We answer “Nothing ” “So say we all of ns, so say we all 1” Only 25 cents. A poor unfortunate in Milwaukee is said to have sneezed himself to death. Alee! poor creature, living in the light of the nineteenth century and never heard of Dr. Ball’s Cough 8yrup. Well, this is more than Egyptian darknees' ALL NEWSPAPER LIES THE STORIES OFTHK NEW GOVERNMENT'S TROUBLES BEN IBB. Rny Barbca Writes a Telegram to the Brazilian Minister at Washington—The Government in Full Control of the Situation—Fon seca's Illness Eiasrgerated. WA8HIITUTON, D. C., December 20.— A reporter of the Associated Frees was shown the following telegram received by the Brazilian Minister today: Kto db Janeiro, December 2(5. 7b the Brazilian 3Iini*ttr, Waeliingto* From telegrams we learn that, uofortn nately, there is no speculation from news mongers against ns, which is not credited in Europe, io spits of all our warnings against this sort of conspiracy. Reports about mutiny of corps of artillery are false; only rnutiuy of few soldiers, immediately repressed. This circumstance increases confidence in the Government, which shows itself strongly prepared with prompt and decisive means to pul down any disturbance of public order. The aggregation of General Fonseca’s illness is not true; on the con trary, he is recovering speedily from his former complaints. The Assistant Doctor believes bis re covery to be certain. At any rate the fate of the revolution now accepted by the whole country does not depend on the contingency of one man’s life, however precious it may ire. In the army itself the revolution can rely on other chiefs of great prestige, and no less devoted to the cause. All the dif ferent political parlies have pt|>onsed with enthusiasm the term fixed (Novem ber 15, 18901, for tbemeeHog of the con stitutional assembly. By this act the sta bility of the republic is insured. Beware of newsmongers. |Signed] RlJY Bariwua. A Decree Isaueil. Rio Janeiro, December 2ti —The gov ernment has issued a decree providing that all persona found endeavoring to cor rupt the allegiance of the toldiers, or con triving or proposing any measure for active opposition to the Republic shall be tried by a military tribunal. An opposition journal was suspended on Tuesday. BRAZILIANS ANXIOUS. Watcbluic Die News From Their Native Country. Washington, December 2»J —Brazil ians in the United States are watehiDg will grave concern the news from their native country. While they do not appear to be at all anxious for a restoration of the Empire, it is evident that many of them look for troubles of a sort suggested hy the recent diet)meting dispatches concerning disturb ance# in the provinces. The reluctance ot some of the most prominent men of liberal opinion to give tbeir adhesion to the Government of De Fonseca, is teken as an indication that these men have intimated that it will be advisable to ascertain whether the new au thorities wilt be entitled to general confi dence, or whether they have undertaken something that they are not broad enongb and strong enough to carry out. A most significant thing in the estima ti( n of well informed persons was the re fusal of Don Jose Matiano, in Pernambu co, to accept the Governorship of Pernam buco. Mariano is described as a man of immense intlaence in a province that hue interests almost absolute1*' apart from those of the southern provinces. Among the aristocratic faiuilira of Pernambuco, as well bb with the masses in that city, Mar iano is a man whose judgment is as thor oughly respected and followed as bis read intss to fight, if necessary, is acknowl edged. The people of Peramhnco read tbeir own papers and care nothing for what is said by those of the other sections of Brazil. The city is tho commercial and financial metropolis of the North. There is hr pi among the Brazilians that a better disposition toward the Republic may be mauitested, but there is a plain mistrust of the ability of the Rio adminis tration to give assurances that will be ac ceptable. There is no tear of intervention by Germany or any other Karopenn Gov ernment. Even if Germany dared to ex pose herself at home by undertaking any important foreign enterprise of that sort, it is believed that a hostile demonstration against Brazil would bring all the prov ince* together and develop a nnity ofjthe Sooth American republics that would he astonishing and perhaps nnprolitable, Pi all foreign nations interested in Brazilian affairs. A dispatch from New York says: Sen bor Joao ltibsria Fielsbi who bos just ar rived here, says that Dorn Pedro has shown signs of mental aberration since reaching Lisbon. Ad Imperial Shoot log Parly. ' l.muhm World. The Emperor William’s hhooting party at the famous Letzlingen forests in Han over was a great success, a* in two dnvs 150 stags, 374 deer, and .37 wild hoars were killed. These vest forests, which swiirru with game, are rarely visited on more than four days in the year. Prince Albrecht of Prussia, (the Prince itegent of Bruns wick), Pnme Frederick I.scpild, the Dnke of Aogustenburg, the Princo of Lippe Detmold, and the hereditary Prince ot Anholt-Desaan accornpenied the Emperor, who retained to Berlin for one day and then proceeded to Liehenberg for an elk boot on the east Prussian estate of Count Ealenherg, and from there he went to visit Prince Pleas io .Silesia, where there was a great battne in his honor, and an immense hag of deer, hares, and pheasants was obtained. Hetiutd strange. Chicago Tribune. Willie—That’s an awlal pretty doll of yonrs, Grscie I wonder what’s the rea son they always make dolls to look like little gills. Grscie—’Cause girle are prettier than boys. “1 know it, hnt it seems to me mighty strange they don’t make a boy doll eome times. Now this one of yonrs can roll its eyee up and down, and sort of talk, yon know, Grscie, and—” “And call oat papa’ when yon rqueeae it.” “Yes, that’s what makes it seem so strange. Girls don’t do that, yon know.” Wbj Are Hotel Cooks Ho Often Fit.’ Philadelphia Presi. “Did yon ever wonder why most cooks are fleshy?” asked the chef of a well-known hotel. “Well, I have a theory that is held by many people to he correct. Their nnnsnal amount of flesh is nndonbtedly doe to the absorption through the nostrils, month and pores of the skin of the aroma, or whatever yon call it, cf food which is being cookerl. The man or woman who, day after day, lives in an atmosphere per meated with savory odors of cooking food soon begins to get fleshy. Think this over and yon will agree with me.” Po/itONl’s Complexion Powder produces a soft and beantilnl skin; it combines every element of beaaty and parity.