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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-4-16, Page 6STABBED TO DEATH BUIlday TragedyIld011 TQW11831ip1 FATAL. ENDING OF A QUARRElp letteeell TWO EMployeeS Of the Oeary Tartan Details or the Shocking Anair—Oharles Hodges Deals Ben. Hubbard a Deadly Blow With a dhelt-knife—The Former Lodged in Claims Self. eence—Story of the Constable Who Arrested Him. D—n him, hes only fazing !" But suoh was, unfortunately, not the Ben. Hubbard lay, with his faoe in a Irozen manure heap, dead. lilunday afternoon about 4 °betook a terrible Affair °oared on the farm of Mr. John Geary, on the sixth oonteeesion of London township, as a result of which one -Than met a sudden death, and a fellow - laborer stands charged with the crime of murder, Chas. Hodges and Benjamin Hubbard live near eaoh other on Gearynt farm, and have done so for a long thane. Hodges is a sort of " boss" around the place, it ap- pears, and has control of the raillehonee, where all the milk received from the 125 - odd cows on the farm was taken to be ntrained. Hubbard was also connected with the dairy department of the farm work. About a year ago, so it is alleged, the two men had a quarrel, sines whioh time they have rarely spoken to each other, and never in a friendly spirit, until yester- day, when the trouble broke out carob. THE Dinsons's STORY. Hubbard went into the barn about half an hour before the fatal fight to get some liniment to apply to the leg of one of the horses, and in doing so had outteion tepees Hodges, who was seated on a box near by. "He called me a whole lot of very bad names, the worst be could think cf," Hodges told a Free Press reporter, "but I iook no notice of him, and said, ' Go on about your bueinesse He then went on and I saw no more of him until about half an hour afterwards, when I Was in the milk -house, and I saw him come running up the steps as though he was in a hurry. 1 was near the door when he came in, and turned my back away from him, and moved On so that he °mad come in, boanse I thought he was earning for a row." " You — old -- —, put me out," he says to me. "1 have nothing to do with putting you out," I said to him. "1 had a dipper about two feet long, with a two -groat bowl On the end of it, when he came in, but I put it down into one of the milk cans. After he celled me the bad names be rushed at me and grabbed me by the whiekers, and in his other hand he had the dipper. He then tried to shove me out of the door llsokwards, on to the hard, frozen ground, down the five or six steps, and with that I grabbed hold of his whiekers and managed to shove him avvey. He wasn't nearly as powerful a man as I thought he WALL I says to him' * Now, leave me alone, Hub- bard.' But he didn't." "And did you hit him 2" "Yee. I hit him with my fiat about here," Hodges replied, placing his band near his heart. "And then he walked down the steps!, and when he reached the bottom he fell with his face downwards into the dung heap. Iffy wife heard the row. I went down the steps, but did not go near Hubbard. His wife was standing over him, giving him some oemphor or something, and when she saw me she says, 4 Don't come near him,' and I went away. 1 did not know he was dead when they picked him up." "Did you have a knife with yon 2" "No. I did not." " And had Bubbard, do you know ?" "Not as I know of." Further, the prieoner said he believed it 'WAS a case where either himself or his opponent would have been seriously hurt. A DOCTOR STIMItONED.. The first news of the conflict and its sad Ending was telephoned to Dr. Hutchinson, of this city, who immediately drove out, but when he reached the place the men was dead. The dootor made an examine. Von of the body and found that Hubbard had been stabbed about an inch below the heart, the cut being over an inch in length. The wound appeared to have been nestle by an ordinary jeek-knife, and the blade had either entered the bore or out some of the large vessels near it. D. Hutchinson returned to the city about 7.30. TEE DETECTIVE'S STORY. Detective Green/on and a constable drove nut to the scene of the 'murder about half an hour afterwards. In conversation with a reporter Graham said he found the prisoner at his house, dressed in his old working clothes, and with his long benne on. He was talking to his family in a very easy mood when the aeon entered, and on seeing them he said, with a smile "Oh, I thought you were coming. This is a bad job, but it was all self-defence." "Where is your knife? 1' asked the detec- tive. "1 have no knife," Hodges replied, and after searching him without MOMS, a jack,knifewas found in a tin box on a shelf, and this was brought in by Graham, who lodged hie prisoner an the jail about 11 °Wreck, after a warrant charging him with murder had been made out by Squire Jarvie. To a reporter Deteotive Graham said the prisoner told him the fight between himself and the deceased was h case of the best man winning. " I would have been in his place now if 1 had not struck first," Hodges told Graham. The deceased's little girl and boy, the latter aged about 12 years, were ai thebern when the lint quarrel yesterday tolik piece, and the boy says he sew the peisonet take .out a knife and open it, and then put it back in bis pocket, ming he would de- fend himeelt if Hubbard came near him agdin. The boy also SAW ilia father fall but did not 000 the fight. He immediately gave the &berm, and very soon a large orowd of the employees on the place aseerabled and the decesteed Was (tarried into the house. Word was then sent to Geary's hotue, about a mile away, and Dr. Hatobineon telephoned for, 51re. trubberd, wife of the mutdered man, tekee the awful affair yang neat Detective Graham nye she tend him ' that bout el year ago Hodges threatened to let the eotraila Out of a man named William Onstin, who wee also an eraployee en the (leery farm, the pain having bad a goitre! Hodgesi Gaya the Whole diffioultyhati been that he heti been too plain With the Men *Mond the place as regarded the milk over 'Oath he had control. HO loteied very earpfulty after his employeeet intermit% Ana Allowed no one to tithe away Milk, end OS a consequence he hes boome unpopular among the raen. The victim et the tragedy Was aged about 40 yowl, end leavee a wife and SeVg- nil children. Hodges is eleo married, end has one child, about 10 year ow, The nehloner is aged about 65, and is a medium- inzed man, of the ordinary Lam laborer stamp. He ppears to he respeotable and intelligent.' as night he did not peem to thoroughly realize the terrible position in whittle he hae placed himself, and takes the whole affair quite coolly. IS IT THE WELTON USED? The knife wlaiola Detective anthem pane he gemmed at the prisoner's house ie a two. bladed Peek knife. The larger blade is sharp, and would easily have gone through the two Aires and vest evlaioh Hubbard had on when he received the fatal stela. If the knife in the detective's posseesion is the one with which the crime was committed it had either been washed afterward or wiped off in the flannel shirts when being withdrawn from the wound. To the naked eye, however, there were what appeared to be several email blood stains on both blades of the knife, and also on tlae handle. The wound Wolf bled very little, the thirte being only slightly stained. AN INQUEST. Coroner Flock has ordered an inquest to be held and the jury will be empanelled to- day. A London despatch says: Dm. Hutthin- eon, Wangle and Payne made a pot. mortem examination in the ease of Benj. min Hubbard, who is alleged to have been fatally stabbed by Chaleele Hodges on Sun- day lest on Geary ' farm, London township, The doctors found then the knife bed penetrated the oartilege in the left side of the body and reaohed the heart, orawirg death. The inquest will be reamed Thursday afternoon. The remains will be buried Wednesday afternoon in the cemetery near Thorndale. Hubbard leaves a widow and six children. The prisoner Hodges persistently declares his innocence. 011e&SED BY WOLVES. Settlers Flee from Packs of the Hungry Brutes—Some Narrow Hseapes. A Selkirk despatch says: Mr. Noon, of Bad Throat, shot at his door the other day a wolf weighing 150 pounds. It stood 33e inches high and measured 5 feet 10e inches from nose to root of tail, and the tail was 16 inches long. Mr. Neeson says it is the largest wolf he ever saw. ,Several of theee animals have been vieiting the neighbors' houses and killing their dogs. Three doge were eaten ma on the river in one day. Mr. Quesnel B&W three very large wolves while going down to English River. They came within 50 feet of his eleiela, and the oxen were so frightened they ren -away, tearing the sleigh to pieces, and he had to mount an oxbeck. A report from Sand River nye that eix wolves attacked Mr. Norbert and followed him two miles. He says they kept within 100 fest of him all the way, and he was so frightened that his hair actually lifted his cap off hie head. He add he knew of two hunters being kept up in a balsam tree two days by 16 wolves at the foot of the tree. It appeare they dropped their gone in order to get out of the way of the wolves. They managed to kill four some way and thereat ate the dead ones. .A.t Rioe River a pack of wolves was seen a few days ago. Two young lads were oat getting wood with a dog and sleigh. While going to the house one wolf came along and ate the dog out of the Minos. The two boys escaped wbile his wet/ship was engaged at his meal. There leave been about 75 seen around here, and they are very large. RIVAL RELIGIOUS EDITORS Balmy Very Hard Words and Then Go to Law to Nettle the Trouble. A Dello, Tex., despatch says: The grand jury has returned two indictments for criminal libel againet Rev. Robert T. Hanke, a noted Baptist divine, and editor of the Western Baptist. He is charged with libelling Roe. E. B. Hardy, L. R. Soroggs, S. R. Grant and A. Xi. Johnson, all prominent pew:there of the faith. The offence consists in having charged in his paper that the divines were paid scandal- mongers of the Texas Baptist and Herald and" notorious liars." The indictments are the outcome of a bitter newspaper war between the Western Baptist and the Texas Baptist and Herald. The moused parson deolares he will prove the allegations made are true when the °see goes to trial. The legal contest bids fair to become most sensationel. Rev. Hanks is one of the most eloquent preaohere and forcible writers in Texas. COLLISION ON THE ERIE. Three Men Killed and twenty Cars Smashed to :a A epeeist from Hornellevile rays: Erie tontine 88 and 81 met in a head end collision two miles east of Hinesdale about 4 o'clock this morning. Fireman Morris and Brake- men Fred. Moore and John Conroy were killed. Engineer (testis was elightly injured. The cause of the wreck, as near as on be ascertained, was oareleseness on the part of the crew on train 88. They left Hineedele without orders, and had gone but a little way when the collision occurred. The passenger trains have all been sent around by the Buffalo division. The offieials of the road Are at the wreck, and doing all that is possible to get the twenty oars which were deetroyed out of the way. Both enginee are a total wreak. A Tug Swamped and the Crew Lost. A Cleveland despatola cesys : The tng Tempeet, owned here, went te the bottom of Lake Erie yeaterday afternoon near the entrance of the harbor. Howord Loomis, engineer; Wilhiam Hughee, fireman, and Harry Hershey, raftemen, were in the engine room and went down with the Wee. Ceptairt John Murray and a raftsmen escaped. The tug was towing a a raft of logs from the shove west of the city, and as she tnrned to enter the river was ought in the trough of the gee and overturned. She clank like a stone. Attempted Suicide in the Dock. A Denver despatch says : Thee. Heffner, who has been on trial here for killing a Chinaman, John Lao, was brought into court Bele morning to hear the verdiot of the jury, which had been out sinoe laet evening, When the verdiot " murder in the eecond degree "was read he was seen taise a Droll viel to hie month and Owallove the contents. Physioiens were immediately called hi, and by the use of &atomise% pump seved the prisoner's life. The via/ con- tained enema. How the prisoner procured le is not known. The Queen of Spirt is gala to be labor ing twitter a mania or hallucination that she will some day 00/Tte to waot, and she is thereforeleyiug away every penny she den rake and eorape. Elbe even bortowe email (mins of the pewee about the place and forgets to ropey them, and the other day she welt caught editing 14 paire of her old Oboes fot 4 cote a pelr, VERDIO'r IltiANSItAtUGRTER., Murray, Who Mew Rowe, Near Otratbroe, Rereanded for Eentence. BECODIMUIDED TO MEROY. A Eltrathroy despatch eye: The melee der case of the Qatwie vet. Robot Murree was taken up by the Court on Saturday. The prieouer on being brought into the court room twitted hieneelf in a oorner of the prieopers' Ina, and leanieg his head on bis left hand watched the proceedings, although not with any great keennees. The court room was crowded long before the jury was sworn, and when the oaee was (mewed the etoore on the side evere looked to prevent lurther crowding. Several ladiee were peewee, and carefully wetobed the mite during the entire dey. Among Ahem were the wife and mother -in law of the prisoner. Mrs. Murray was dreseed in black, and was heavily veiled. In company with her mother elle eat at the treble with the oreatuel for the defence, and lama the jury -box throughout the weaken Mr. E, Meredith, as ccuusel for the prisoner, enemised freely hiu right of challenging, and rejected nineteen of the panel. Mr, Colin MoDougail, Q. C., for she Crown, reviewed the oiroureetenees of the oai pe as brought out at the coroner's in. quest and which have been given. He dwelt upon the feat that the ptieoner had been abueive to the decenteed previous to the as- sault. That there was plenty of time for pre- meditaiion, be said, was evident from the circumstance that the prieoner had firm been abusive and then had left his wife end went in search of the club with -which it was alleged the murderous deed had been committed. To bring in a verdict of metnelaughter the speaker pointed out that the jury would heve to deal with the foot that the prisoner had a deadly weapon in his hand and had time to think over what he bad afterwards committed. The evi- dence of the witnessee was thennaken and at 5 p. m. His Lordehip adjourned the court. The addreeses of Moen. Mc- Dougall, Q. C., for the Crown, and E. Meredith, Q. C., for the prisoner, were lengthy and elegnent. Justice Falcon - bridge charged we jury at considerable length. The jury were out for over two hours and returned with a verdict of man. elerighter with a strong recommendation to aunty, which, in reply to His Lordship, the foreman said was asked for because Murray had been provoked *frequently by the deceased. Murray will be sentenced at the close of the court. WHAT 11E WANT<i POR HIS LAST ELEA L. -- A N egroWho Will Hang To -day Chats on Hie Diet and Crime. An Annapolis, Md., despatch says: Neither respite nor commutation oE sen- tence is now expected in the oase of Ernest Forbes (catered), who is under sentence to be hanged for an assault upon Berths Phipps, committed lest fall. He joine in prayere daily with a colored praying band, and eeerns pleased with the notoriety he has obtained and with the vieits of the morbid road culotte people who call upon him. He was interviewed to -day and asked: "Are you ready to die, Forbes ?" "Yee, cab, I'se ready to go, but I hope dey won't hang me 'fore 12 o'olock. wants miff time to put in 0 good square meal." "What do you want for your lastmeal ?" "Well, laces, I has asked for s nice dish ob ham an' eggs, an' a good cigar. ree fond ob a good make." "What do you eat now ?'' " Pies, hoes—mince pies, all dee I want. Po fond of pies an' candy noieedeel is." And he grinned at the jailer. "What do you find to occupy your time now ?" " lerayine boss, prayin'. 1 prays &litany an' I knows I'll go to heben after it's all ober." " What made you commit ouch a crime 2" "De debbil, boss. He done drove me to jt" " Have you seen the gallows yet ?" "X°, sah—this morning. It /oaks strong nuff ; but dere's only one thing Ilse Iraid of, and dat is my claiiw will strike going through de trap. How deep's dat fall, Mr. Gray ?" "Only four feet," replied the Warden. " Well, dat's a good bit. (Grinning.) I hope it doan pull my bra off." " Don't 3 ou think you ought to die?" " Ye, boo, I guess so; dat MOS a bad job I done; but, 'fore God, boss, I • couldn't help it. De debbil made mwdo ie." HE WANTED HIS CHILD, But It is Being Cared For to Sentare It Against Poisoning. A Chicago despatch clays : Edward McMahon created a sensational scene by rushing into St. Vincent Asylum on Friday night and demanding his 4,yeer-old son. The infant is heir to $18,000, and bag become the subject of a bitter feudbetween the father and his relatives, who are die - pleased with him for remarrying to a divorced woman. The baby has been suf. fering of late from systematic arsenical poiconing, and earth party to the fend accuses the other of contemplating murder for the sake of the inheritanoe. Tete child has been in the asylum only s few days, having been placed there on the advice of Probate Judge Kohloat when evidence of the poisoning was laid before him. McMahon did not secure possession of the child, notwithstanding frantic efforte on his part. Instead the Slaters of St. Vin. cent's called tele police and had the man forcibly ejected from the asylum. The McMahon family is a wealthy one, and the case in its various pbeees has excited ranch interest. Bill, the Temporizer. A New York despatch says: A free trade mate meetiug was held at Cooper 17nion to -night. Congressman , Jerry Simpson, o Mateo, made a free trade specula. Letters from Congressmen Springer and Breokenridge f Arkansas, Henry George, Governor DAVIS, of Rhode Island, Devicl A. Wells and °there were read. Chairman Louie F. Post said there was but one letter agsiest free trade, and that was from Governor Hill. The their. man then read the letter, which WAS die. approved by the audience. Governor Hill paid that a free teed° agitation at this titian Would delay the cause of tariff reform. Any woman ought to be able to melee herself a hat in these days, when Only the foundation need be stiff and moth. A twist and a pull and a tack will matte plush or fettle assume weertible form. Bishop Rather, whom the Pope had made Arehhiehop of the Diocese of Mil. wankee, is a native of Upper Austria, and s 46 years old. He is a Jeanie, and has load in the United States ohm 186e. " Patten—Hee Thompson married leis typewriter yet? Van Lea—to; he was oing to, When his cook threatened to leave. Pertmen—What bad that to do With it? Van Lea—Nothing, only he Married the cook 1 PARN4LI, IN THE PARK. He Speaks Amid Ories of " Kill Him 1" 31100NLIGWEERS GO TO JAIL. A Dublin cable ergs Notwithetandibg a steady downpour of wain, fully 2,000 persons assembled in Phataix Park to -day to aseist in the demonstration of the Amnesty Apareiation and pretest againet the continued imprisonment teed alleged inhuman trestenent ot Irish and Irieln American politioal prionere by tlae British. Government. After speechee ,had been made by Mr, Roney, 14r. Parnell and others resolutioee wore weed calling upon Ieishmen at home and abroad to put forth every effort to emir& tho release of their friends, and demanding that the Government hasten the unconditional surrender of the prieenters, Mr, Parnell's apeoh was tirade against the Liberals, whom be accused of alwaye wahine political prisoners, while the Conservatives released them. The same thing might occur again and John Daly and others convioted or perjury during the Liberate' tenure of office be liberated by the Conservative Government. "Why," he asked, "did not Mr. Gladstone release these prisonera in 1886? He (Gladstone did not hesitate to stoop to aseertain the opinion of dynaruitera in Ai:nitric:a ae to whether they woold accept his Home Rule bill of that year, and even went so far as to receive some of these people 10 Hewer. den, Why cid not be release the prisoners at that time 7" Here a voice exclaimed "Why did not you make conditions," while oriels of "Kill him I " "Lynch hira I" were heard. In reply to his question Mr. Parnell de- clared that, the Irish party never made con- ditions with the Government. The prison- ers, he said, would rather rt in jail than accept anything but their unconditional release. A Cork cable eaYtt : At the Aaeizes here today John Foley was sentenced to seven yore' penal servitude for having in his possession a quentity of exploeives. A Tipperary cable says: At the Tip perary Assize e to.day Michael Hanley was sentenced to eighteen menthe' hard labor, and Michael Senders to a yea's hard labor for posting boycotting notices. Two roan named Meynahan and Readon were each sentenced to ten years' panel servitude for "moonlighting:" A man named Flynn and another named Kelleher were each untamed to seven years' penal selvitude for the mine offence. AUSTRALIAN FEDERA.TION. -- Composition of the Federal wartiamen —Sessional Allowance. A Sydney cable says: The Federation Convention, sitting in committee, yester. day, wee occupied all day in discussing the question of the powers of the Senate with regard to money bins. The OlalIfie, as amended, was.then passed in the followieg form: "The Federal Parliament is to omelet of a Senate and a House of Repre- sentatives, the former consisting ot an equal number of members from each colony, to be selected by a system which shell provide for the periodioal retirement of one-third of the rnembersethereby sour- ing to the body itself a perpetual existence, combined with definite responsibility to tbe electors. The House of Representatives to be elected by district] formed on a popula- tion ,baeis, and to possess the sole power of originating all bills appropriating a revenue or imposing taxation. The Australian Federation Convention had adopted the ptovisions of the consti- tution regulating the powers of the Peelle - markt and fixing the payment of members at £500 yearly, end also the provision that all appropriation and taxation bills must originate in the Home of Representatives. , SHE HANGED HERSELF. After Three Attempts an Abused Young Wife Ends her Life. A Fredericton, N. B„ despatch says: A startling event occurred in a house on Regent street at an early hour this morn- ing. Patriek Murphy, a laborer, having had some words with bis wife, left the houee. Returning, ebortly, after 8 ondook he called hie wire, but not finding her he ace:tended to her room. The unfortunate woman had hanged herself. She had twisted e small ,piece of her child's drees around her neck, and fastening it to a hook in the wall had puebed aside the box on which her feet reeted. The husband im- mediately cut her down, but life had departed. Coroner Coulthard and a jury viewed the body, and will hold an inquest this evening. Some nopleasant facts about the husband were elleited from neighbors respecting the unfortunate affair. It is said he frequently struck his wife, and that the deceased made three previous attempts on her life in consequence. Se was 21 yore of age and leavee one child ONLY SIX YE 4)19 OLD, TOO. A Sick Boy at Syracuse, N. Y" Attempted A Syracuse, N. Y„ despatch saye : Mason Woodard, aged 6 yore, who resides with his father at Central Square, near lure, tried to comrait unioide by hanging Wednee- day afternoon. The lad procured a rope about eight feet long and made te slipping noose which he put around his neck. He then climbed a tree and tied the end of the rope to a limb. He swung himself off, but when the rope tightened about his Leek be yelled the beet he could. Hie father heard bine and out him down. The obild will recover. The boy hes not been in good health, and opt he did not commit the AO in play or by accident. Men Fight with sbotguns. ' A Maynard, Ko ., despatch says: Mil- ton Ownby and Tom Kirby, twe prominent citizens, settled an old fend here today with shoteune. They had agreed to have a duel the first tidal they should meet. They met in a store and fired simultaneously. Kirby'e bead was blown off, while Ownby was seriously wounded. Kirby was an ex - member of the LegielatuTa. --It Wilmington, Del., yeeterday, Mies Ellen Bayard, youngest daughter of ehe ex.Secretary of State, wise married to Count R. A. Levenhaupt in the presence of about 100 gueets, Tie° hippy °duple went at MIN to their Wilmington home, dispena. ing with a bridal tour. When a man begins by saying, " To tell *he truth," you may be pretty were he is going to tell a lie. The Italian navy has ten inammoth thins of war, the 'argot of which is the Italia, 13,808 tone, with 18,000 horse. power eriginee. A part of• her armament °omelette font 1004t00 guns. Pardue, the fannotte singer of tsoulangism has refriiied 00 oirai of 30A0 h.noa month to eing at Berne. He replied : Magnifieent offer in the case of any ogler country, bat in tlerlin—never 1" AN AVALANOEE OF SNOW' Sweeps Down. Upon a Home From a New- fouudlaud, Oliff Niue Parsons Burled awl natty Blued and entangled Beyond Recognition— Digging Out the Dead. A Halifax, N, S., dose:111,Mb eaye : At St. Anthony, leflti, an evelaothe of snow swept down from a high olig and buried under ite enormoue weight the house of Levy Andrew, about 60 or 70 feet from the foot of the cliff. Nine pereoun were in the hones at the time of the oocident, five in the bat and four in the kitchen. Mrs. Andrews was going out in the porch at the tirne, and eix days after her Melees body was found under 14 feet of snove. The bead Was smashed in and her neck and arms Moken. The elclest daughter was discovered lying morose the above, rigid in death and the stove was emathed in atoms. One of the sone died from his inj aria. At the time of the terrible affair George Reid was up in the left fixing a trap and is un- able to lift his arms to hie head. One of the girls rescued had her leg broken and enffered considerable pain. 11 was an awful eight to behold the diefigured bodies and the house broken rap like eo much tin- der wood. DEATH OF BARNUM,. The Proprietor of the Greatest Show on Forth a Victim of La Grippe. A Bridgeport, Ct., despatch says Phineas T. Barnum, the prince of show- men, died last night. The immediate oaten cause of his death was la, grippe, from which he had been suffering for some days pest. 21r. Barnum was born at Bethel, Conn., July 5th, 1810, his father being an innkeeper. When 19 years of age Barnum became editor of the Herald of Freedom, published in Danbury, Conn. In 1835 he made his firet venture in the show line by exhibiting a colored woman named Joyce Heath as the nurse of George Washington. The receipts mon amouuted to 01,500 a week. He continued in the show business with varying omen until 1842, when his discovery and exhibition of Charles S. Stratton, known as "Tom Thumb," brought the great showman into world- wide repute. Barnum was the originator of the far-famed "woolly horse. He brought Jenny Lind to America in 1850, and the receipts for this venture amounted to V00,000. Since then he has been the best known showman in the world. He was a writer of no mean ability and 0011- tributed letters to tbe press as recently as last week. Among his published works are "The Humbugs et the World," among whom, he proudly boastea, he was the greateee. The American nation pointed to Phinems T. as one of the grandest products oi the country. He leaves many imitators, but there never was but one Barnum. Mr. Barnum died at 622 o'clock in the presence of his grief-stricken family. Dur- ing Mr. Barnuna's illness, which began 21 weeks ago last Friday, there were frequent iductuasions in hie condition, from each of which he rallied, although in each instance with elightly lower vitality. He seemed to realize he could not live much longer and spoke of the approaching end with calm- ness. Barnnra wished his funeral to be private and unostentatious. He directed that the interment should be in the Moun- tain Grove Cemetery, where several yeera ago be erected a monument. The funeral will be conduoted by, the Rev. L. B. Either Friday aft ernoon in the North Congregational Church. Mr. Bar- num had an intenee h orror of embalming or of having his body placed on ice after death. The remeine will be therefore kept in e dark, cool room in the house. The body will than be enolosed in a hermetically eeeled metallic casket. THEY DIED TOGETHER. Pathetic Suicide or Two Weak and Despondent Women. A Santa Fe, N. M., despetoh saye De- tails of an Doter Sunday tragedy at White Oaks, N. M., reached here yesterday, the affair being a eouble enioide, in which two young women, formerly ot Liberty, Mo., were the principals. The tannest of the women were Mrs. Howard DoylWand Miss Jessie Ridgley. Mrs. Doyle had been seem - rated from her husband, and had made a confidante of Mies Ridgley. Ibis thought Mrs. Doyle was despondent and prevailed upon Miss Ridgley to commit suicide at the nixie time. The bodiesof the women were found in a lonely part of the town. Over the heart of each was a bullet hole. They were ()loped in each other's arms and between them was a revolver, which usually had a place on the mantel in Mies Ridgley's bedroom. Their bate hung on a poet near by, and their cloaks had been neatly folded and placed as head reete. To each cloak were pinned notes to various friends. One letter exprened the desire that they should be buried in the cisme grave. None of the letters gave the reason for the aet, only "death is sweet and we prefer it to life." THEY PLAYED B ARBEE. TWO Children Frightfully Heat a Baby With a Razor. A Washington, N. J., despatch opt : Mre. James MaoNerney, of Karreville, left her three ohildren, aged 9, 7 and 2e, the emingest a girl, at home while she went to the store yesterday. Mao she returned she found tbe baby lyieg 013 the floor in the kitchen covered with blood. A razor was by ite eicie. The child was not dead, though she wale very weak from the loss of blood. Her little face was one mass of cuts and on the neok was a huge gash that barely missed the jugular vein. The other children were not to be found for a long while. They were finally diecovered in e. closet feat asleep, their little hands covered With blood. They explideei to their mother that they bad btenplaying barber with the -baby, who would not keep and mo wee ent. Tney became frightened at the bleed and hid then:metered. He Sot Low and Killed the Bridegroom. A Rahway, N. J., despatch says: Anton Henry was married at East Rahway bast evening. In the tease of the fec3tivitiee the bride and groom etarted for their carriage to take the train for their honeymoon trip. There WhEi cheering, and Henry Mentz, a friend of the groom, fired a salute with revolver. lie fired too low and the bell struck Henry in the ,bead, killing him almost instantly. The bride fainted, and the merrymakers stood for an instant etunned. In half an hour the young wife had gained coneolonenese, Metz was arrested. —Here is an illustration of true HindO politeneett from Lady Dufferires journal: A judge who was it very bad shot bad been ont for a day's sport, and en hie return the Man who went, out withhim wad asked: it Well; how did the judp) eboot iO.clay 2" *1 Ob." he replied, "the judge drat beetith fullyf IntOod was very ntereiful to the birds:" DOPTQA MIME TO,M9, ovorn, Dr. Cox. or Detroit, on trial for Criminally operating on a Leamington Girl. A. Detroit deepatoh 053,0; The trial 0 Dr. Wm. G. COx, ()barged with having per- formed a ()enamel operation last janitor, upon Bertha 0oultis, the 10 year.ollI out of Leemington, Ont., begeu in the Re- oorder'e Coate thin utornime. It is charged that John T. Minnis, a prominent citizen of Leamington, in whose house Bertha Coultis had worked as a domestic, ruined the child,and that upon perceiving her condition be came to Detroit last September end perfected arrengements to conceal his identity. On Jauriary 3rd Bertha arrived here, having been given $4, by Minnie for experesee and $50 to pay the doctor. 11 18 alleged she wag aeiven to the house of Mrs. Mary Bagehaw, Noble street, and eubsequently the same day was taken by Mrs. Bagshaw to Dr. Cox's office, where an operation was perfortned. Tlae child was very ill at Mr. Bagshaw's for several days. Her disapt peerance from Leamington became known and officers aimed her to Mee. Bagshaw's. She was removed to her home. According to the complaint, Berthe's child was born January 5th and burned by Mrs. Bagshaw. After giving a brief outline of the case, the prosecuting attorney celled Bertha Coultis. The eleuder girl arose and went to the witness stand. It was a plated story phe had to tell. Her mother had sent her out to weak for John Minnis, a Leamington miller, because they were poor. There followed her ruin by Minnie last none, the subsequent arrangement tee, kill her child which Minnie mode and the commission of the murderous act, The young witnesu said plainly enough it was Dr. Cox who had committed the crime for which he was being tried, and when asked if she saw tlae doctor in the room she pointed him out, This is not the first time Dr. COX has been placed on trial for criminal malpractice, but hitherto he ham eseaped oonviotion. HORRIBLE MURDER AT WiSHAW. -- Husband Found Dragging Ills Dead, Wife Along the Public Highway., A horrible case of wife murder occurred on Saturday night, the 15th tilt., near Wiehaw, Lanarkshire. 'enema Tobin (aged 34), miner, Cleland, and Mergaret, Nugent (aged 25), knis wife, had been in, Wiehew making purehates. Between ten. and eleven o'clock Tobin was met by two, men in The Ride (a narrow footpath). He was then dragging his wife along theground„, and when the mon approached hien he. asked them to help him lift her as she was drunk. They were proceeding to do so when they discovered that the was dead; shad that her face was bettered almost beyond recognition. Ore of the men at once hastened off to inform the polio, while the other remained and endeavored to detain Tobin, but he struggled with him, drew a knife and threatened to do for him. So Tobin escaped, but was efterwarde found by the polio near No. 2 Spindleside Pit, Cleland, hiding under the fire -box near the engine -house, and was taken into cue - body. On the doctor exemining the body of. the wife he found several deep indentation in her forehead, three of her teeth knocked one, and two deep wounds on the lower part of her body—all evidently the result of forceful kioke. The wall, too, for several yerde near the scene of the tragedy, bore traces of blood end hair, as if the nnfortu- nate woman's head had been dragged along, it. Tobin was only slightly under the in - &wince of liquor, and on being apprehended: he denied all knowledge of the ffair. ' IS PA.RNELL MARRIED 7 The Story That Ile Has Wedded An*. 04:thin's Daughter'Discred heti. A London oble says: The lady to whom Mr. Parnell is said to have been privateiy married since the O'Shea divorce enit is the eideet daughter of hire. O'Shea. The extreme privaoy with which the ceremony was performed is attributed to the [(lathed the young lady ig a ward in Chancery. Although she is 21 years of age, the marriage could not be lawful/3, eolonenized withone the oonsent of the court, and by, his notion Mr. Parnell lays lairoself open to. prosecution. Several Parnellite enembere, of the House of Commons effect to believe; although they deny any knowledge of the Mote, that Mr. Parnell never had unlawful commerce with Mrs. O'Sbee, and that hie secret visit to the home of O'Shea was n:.ade for the pnrposa of moth% the daughter, whom be married with the corsent of her mother, but unknown to her father. Other Parnellites, who are supposed to know the truth of the matter, when questioned in, regard to the marriage, declared their ignorance of the whole effair. Capt. O'Shert's friends treat the etory as a stupid, canard. THE PROPHECY FULFILLED, But the Prophet is Missing and meMIO",117e. A rouses huspicion. The San Francisco Examiner, speaking of the death of Cell Deane, the well-known stock broker, at Oakland on Friday D ight, stripe : On March 30th Kerl Vogt subscribed to a long document before a notary public reciting that he (Vogt) had been instructed, by Providence to invest a thousand dollen in mining stooks on March 14tb, and ,that the said atooks were to return him the sum 01 $3,750. The value of stocks deprecieted, however, and Vogt, who had obly mode a part payment on the stock, was sold out. He demanded that Deane pay Min the amount he (Vogt) should have made on the investment. On Dean's refusal Vogt drew up documents declaring it the will of Providence thee Deane should die a "natural but judicial death at midday,, Friday, April 3rd." On Friday about noon Dome was taken ill with violent, hemorrhage of tne stomach, and died late the same night. Vogt is iniesing. Deena is stated to have been a relative of the late Isaac Butt, M. P., prominent in the Triele, Home Rale movernent. Natural Gas Explosion, A Braddock, Pte., despatch says: At 4, dile:look this morning an explosion of natural gas occurred in a row of frame homes on Irwin alley, near Thirteenth street, owned by Jno. Reader. One house, was badly wreaked, and eleven men were terribly burned. Tbe phyeinians say the& four of them have reoeivc-d fatal injutiee. All of the men are Hungarians, and, with one exception, have families in the Old - Country. He Had Provided for ghat Jack Meadows—I want a plain ring. Jeweller—Would yen like a Ailed one 2 Jack Meadows—No. Give me an empty one. I know a girl that will tilljit exactly to my notion. The doctors of Berlin have agreed that in future their coachmen shall wear white bets, so that the doeter's earriag,e Meg elevens be immediately distinguished and the public enebled to summon mediae) aid from the streets in urgent dame. London's street accidents ftom fres* dtiving have emitted the enggeation that no driver be allowed under -18 yeare 02 age.