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The Exeter Advocate, 1892-1-14, Page 6ALARM AT DUBLIN CASTLE. The. 111101 44 Office Wrecked by a Dynamite Explosion. WAS I7,' DON + BY FENIANS ? A Dublin cable says : The financial office of Dublin Castle has been wrecked by an explo'don. The disaster is said to have been, caneed by dynamite, and the Fenian party, as usual, is credited with bringing about the explosion. The authorities and others who know the facts display much s'eticenoe in furnishing information regard. ing the explosion, but the latest details that can be learned show that the affair has ovary appearance of being the act of some seaiscreant or miscreants seeking re- venge or personal or political rea sons. It is known now that the +=•plosion occurred in the cellar. It has not as yet been ascertained what the: ex. plosive was, but it is believed that the police have knowledge that it was either dynamite or nitro-glycerine. The damage to the castle is very great. The ceilings of the two floors above the cellar were blown to pieces, the heavy beams in some places being torn into splinters. The fur- niture in the office beneath the Privy -Council Chamber was completely smashed and destroyed. It was a fortunate thing that the workmen employed in making the improvements had quit work and were assay to their dinner. The clerk in charge of the office was also absent at the time the explosion occurred. Had it been other. wise there is no doubt there would have been serious loss of life. The affair has created consternation among the people living in and employed about the oastle. The Earl of Zetland late in the afternoon visited the scene and expressed surprise at the terrific energy of the explosion. He also expressed pleasure that nobody had lost his life. .As soon as the authorities were satisfied that the explosion was not an acci- -dent, they telegraphed to London summon- ing to their assistance Col. V. D. Majendie, her Majesty's chief inspector of explosives. -six Charles .Alexander Cameron, inspector of explosives in this city, declares from his investigation that the explosion was caused by a large quantity of gun cotton. It is evident that it was the intention of the author or authors of the explosion to destroy the Privy Council chamber. .A meeting of the Privy Council was to have been held to -night, and it is supposed that the miscreants made some miscalcula- tion in their arrangements for fixing the ex- plosion. This was a very fortunate clatter for the Privy Council, for if the explosion had taken place when the body was in ses- .ateenet 7.$131(3 uaYe nteulted iii widespread ) his of life. Of course there are lid raieans of determining how the explosion was fixed, as everything in the cellar was blown to atoms, but it is hoped Col. Majendie will be able to determine what articles were used. This once decided beyond doubt might fur- nish to. the police a clue as to the perpetra- tors of the outrage. Frederick J. Cullinan, one of the principal clerks in the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, had a narrow escape from meeting instant death by the explosion. The castle officials state that after the 11-st feeling of alarm had passed away the consequences of the explosion were found to be less serious than they had feared. An expenditure of a few pounds, they say, will repair the damage. The Privy Council met as usual after the explosion. Chief of Police Mallon says the force of the explosion was exerted chiefly in an outward direction, and that it was probably an explosion of gas. A BRUTAL MURDER. "Toughs Rob and Murder a Blah and Throw the Body into a River. A New 'leek despatch says : A brutal murder, the sole incentive to which was robbery, was committed in Harlem this morning. The victim, evidently a laborer, still remains unidentified. About two o'clock the murdered man was standing on the corner of Second avenue and 129th street, intoxicated. Two men, John Reilly, alias "Pop" Reilly, aged 26 years, and Ed- ward Dooley, aged 23, known thieves, were seen to speak to the murdered man. Dooley accosted him, but the man made no reply, and the former struck him on the face, knocking him down. Reilly lent a hand in the assault, and both pounded their victim. The victim managed to regain his feet and staggered across the street. His assailants followed and again beat him. Reilly made a systematic search of the man's pockets in response to Dooley's command to " go through him." Then they led their victim to the river front and placed him where he would fall into the water. One Harry C. Turner witnessed the murder and notified an officer. The body was found floating in the river. The murderers were arrested. BUiRGLARS' DIABOLICAL WORK. An Old Man Murdered and a Little Citrus Mead Crushed. A Bay City, Mich.despatch says : An- other awful murder has been added to the black list of this county. Last night Joseph Lomnitz was found in his house on Fifteenth street with his head crushed in, and other marks of violence about his body. In the adjoining room was found his 5 -year-old child with the side of her face crushed by some blunt weapon, evidently a hammer. The dead man's wife left home about 8 dock and went down town. She returned shortly after 9 and found the doors of the house all open. She went into the kitchen, lighted a lamp, and a horrible sight met her eyes. On the floor in a pool of blood lay the dead body of , her husband. A search -revealed the little girl in the adjoining neem on the bed unconscious, blood stream- "ing from a ghastly wound on the face. In another room was found another child sleep- ing. Evidences of a fearful struggle were visible in the kitchen, chairs overturned and other furniture displaced. In the front. room was a bureau with one drawer pried open, from which $85 had been taken. The murderer evidently entered at the front door, and was detected while trying to open the bureau. A PURSE FOJt DR. McGLYNII. a#111 Old Parishioners Blake a Substantial Christmas Gift. A New York despatch eve : It is the custom each Christmas for the Rev. Dr. McGlynn's former parishioners to present diini with a purse, On Christmas Eve Dr. McGlynn met Dr. Henry Carey by appoint- ment, and Dr. Carey presented to 'Dr. Me - Glynn this year's offering, amounting to .$1,989.60. This is larger by several hundred dollars than any parse presented to bins in former years. Herbert Bismarck has Iatelyattrected the attention of the European public by a too free indulgence in the flowing bowl. —Nott is the time to select your New ''oar's swear -off and to make sure to get oue that will !stick. Harry Meagan: is only 2& years of age and yet he has patented an indention for whfeh $$500,009 capital is now being invested in Chicago. SHE WAS A PRETTY PIRATE And She Took the Roubles of the Russian.. A CHICAGO WOMAN'S EMBRACE. A Chioago despatch says : Vice -Admiral Paul de Nezienoff, of the royal Russian navy, friend of the Czar and commander of the Russian fleet in Chinese waters, will remember his present visit to Chicago for some time. Notwithstand- ing Admiral Nezieuoff's known skill and ability as a strategist, some trim, clipper -built Clark street craft hauled up close under his port quarter about 11 o'clock last night, and lightered his cargo of valuables in artistic style, This is in the vernacular of the sea. In other words, the doughty sea warrior had his pockets picked, and every rouble he owned was taken. His watch, purse, letter of credit, letters of introduction, official credentials, railroad and steamship ticket to Paris, and even the checks for his luggage were deftly abstracted by a girl in white, who leaned half fondly against him in the throng emerging from the Chicago Opera House. In consequence the admiral and his flag officer, Count Klador, are "marooned" at the Palmer House till they can obtain a fresh supply of cash from Russia. Admiral Paul de Nezieuoff and Flag Officer Count Klador are on their way home to Russia. For the last three years the admiral has been in command of the Russian aquadron in Chinese waters. The admiral lost over $2,000, not counting the letter of credit, on which payment has been stopped. The railroad companies have been notified to arrest any person presenting the baggage checks. The admiral's story is that after leaving the theatre a fine-looking woman crowded up against him several times. He took hold of her to protect her trout the pushing throng, and she clung to him with an affection that somewhat surprised and at the same time flattered him. A bright glance and a win- ning smile thanked the tall, portly gentle- man for extending his strong right arm and holding the crowd at bay. By mere chance he put his hand in his trousers pocket and found it empty and flat, whereas before it had swelled outward like the sail of his own flagship before a spanking breeze. Be had been robbed, that was plain, but by whom ? Then he remembered the womanwhoseemed to be trying to make progress through the jostling mass. He swore a mighty Musco- vite oath, borrowed a few kopecks from hia flag officer and called in the police. RAILWAY MEN FIG1lT. Strikers Attack and teat Non -Union Com- petitors. A Little Rock, Ark., despatch says : A car -load composed of some forty telegraph operators, machinists and brakesmen was attacked this morning by several hundred men, mostly railway employees, at Argenta. The men were en route from Indianapolis and Louisville to relieve the strike of the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass Railway. At 10.30 this morning a crowd of several hundred men,, chiefly railway employees, were at the Fort Smith and .Around Moun- tain crossing when the " Cannon Ball " from St. Louis steamed in. No sooner had the train arrived when a burly man cried out to the crowd, " Cut the hose and we'll drop the car out." A " hundred men rushed to do his bidding, the hose was cut, and the car con- taining the " scabs " with another sleeper in the rear were cut out. When the train started for Little Rock, the mob having neglected to cut the bell -cord, the engineer's bell rang and he stopped the train. By this time all the engine whistles in the yard began to blow, and it seemed that bedlam had broken loose. A hundred men rushed into the fatal sleeper, driving the occupants from the car and into the swamps a hundred feet beyond. Most of them were driven into a pond, through which theyfloundered, followed by their infuriated pursuers. The sleepers were recoupled to the train and it crossed the river into Little Rock, where another crowd of men boarded the car, and with knives cut to pieces all the baggage of the unfortunate " scabs," tossing it through the car window into the yards. J. C. Littlefied, who was in charge of the party of scabs, and several of his com- panions who escaped the mob, having taken refuge in the rear sleeper, took the train for Texas, while the other members of the party are hidden in the swamps awai"ting an opportunity to escape. The railroad authorities are enraged at this action of their employees" The various labor railroad unions are strong in their sympathy for their striking brothers in Texas, and it is fortunate that none of the party sent to take their places received any serious injury. IT LOOKS LIKE MURDER. A Child Shot Lest She Might Expose a Gang of Criminals. A Cincinnati despatch says : On Decem- ber 16th Minnie Curtis, aged 4 years, was shot and killed at the house of her mother, near Williamsburg, Clermont county, Ohio. It was then supposed to be a case of acci- dental shooting. On Friday old Mrs. Graves, who lived alone in Williamsburg, was found dead in her bed, her body having been gnawed by rats. Yesterday George Snyder and 0. Ralyman, hucksters, who lived in Williamsburg, were arrested. Both confessed the guilt of several burglaries in that vicinity. Their relations with Mrs. Graves and the Curtis family have given rise to the suspicion that little Minnie Cur- tis and Mrs. Graves were murdered, and that they were the murderers. The sup- posed motive is that the child spoke inno- cently about goods they had stolen, and that Mrs. Graves knew too much about their crimes for personal safety. Perished fit the Snow. A Carson, Nev., despatch says : Snow at the Summit is from 6 to 14 feet deep on a level. Two Italians left Bijou a week ago for a wood camp, a distance of six miles. They have not been heard of since and are supposed to be lost. A heavy storm is raging and search for them is prevented. Richard Herz and John Slougtess left last Monday in search of the Kline party, sup- posed to be lost in, snow between Placerville and Lake Valley. Nothing has been heard from them since. This makes nine men lost in the snow, with the storm still raging. Ass Insulted Alderman. Contractor—Did you offer that aldermnan $500, as I directed ? Secretary—Yes, sir. "How did he act?" "He looked insulted." " What dict he say ?" '0 He said I ought to be in the peniten- tiary. r'What did hedo?" "Ho took the money. "•—.New York Prays. Sl7 Dog. He- I never.can understand you ; but T auppoee that's natural. She -Why I e ---Well, I. suppose it's imps rsible for a pretty girl to be plain. (MOBS, THE WIMPY POISONER, The Jury Pind Him Guilty of Millin!, Barnaby. TUE VERIMCT A SURPRISE. A Denver, Col., despatch says: Yester- day morning in the Graves case Judge Furman resumed. He said : "1 appre" ciate the anxidty of the court and yourself to get through with the ease, and will con. dense my remarks as closely as possible. I am going to refresh your memory, not from my memory, but from the record. Conrad denied positively that he had said to Dr, Graves that if be eould go back to his family and explain everything would be all right. Hanscomb admitted that he did say this. Conrad denied that he and Graves had quarrelled. Hanscomb admitted that he thought Graves had loud and stormy words with Conrad on one of the nights, Does not this sustain Dr. Graves ? I would like to talk about thirty minutes on the guardian letter, but I have not time. If Dr. Graves did misrepresent about the guardian letter, it was not to hang anyone, but to curb Mrs. Barnaby's extravagance, they say that Dr. Graves' motive was t a be made executor without bonds. They prove by John Conrad that Dr. Graves told him that he said he thought Mr.. Barnaby had rembmbered Mr, Conrad's children in the will, but he did not know what amount he was left himself. Yet they say he had a motive because he had himself made sole executor. He did not know he was made sole executor until John Conrad told him." When Judge Furman concluded his argu ment Prosecuting .Attorney Stevens began the closing speech in the case. Mr. Stevens showed by testimony given by the doctor that Graves was aware some time before Mrs. Barnaby's death that he had beeu ap- pointed sole executor, withcat bonds, of her will. Stevens said that although the de- fence had brought forward witnesses to prove that the contents of the bottle had been tampered with while it was in the buggy in the livery stable aver night, none of the counsel on the other side had referred to this in the speeches. The defence was based entirely on the fact that the contents of the bottle had been changed, however. It was 4 o'clock when Attorney Stevens closed his argument, and the jury were then allowed to retire to prepare their verdict. Dr. Graves during the trial had been out on bonds, but as soon as the jury retired he was taken into custody. At 10.15 p. m. the jary returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Dr. Graves was sitting behind his at- torney, Judge Furman, and as the verdict was read he gave a violent start, almost leaping from his chair. The perspiration instantly started and great drops of sweat dropped from his forehead. He then covered his face with his bands and was silent. His attorney, Judge Furman, took the verdict almost equally as hard and actually shed tears. The Judge asked Mr. Furman if he de- sired the jury polled, and the latter savagely replied " No," but he made a motion for a new trial for Dr. Graves. When Dr. Graves was asked what In" thought of the verdict, he replied by re- peatedly saying that it was a great shock and surprise to him. •The judge, rising, then ordered two bailiffs to convey Dr. Graves to the County Jail. As the men grasped the doctor by the arm, preparatory to removing him, he started violently and in a dazed way said, " Are you going to take me to jail so soon ?" The deputies granted him a short time, and he employed it in whispering to Judge Fur- man. Col. Ballou was present, but had nothing to say. Judge Macon, of counsel for the defence, was too ill to appear. At 10 o'clock the bailiffs took Dr. Graves to a carriage, and he was driven to the jail. Col. Ballon and Judge Furman accom- panied him. Mrs. Graves and the doctor's aged mother were not present in court when the verdict was rendered, but afterwards went to the jail to see the doctor. They were greatly affected by the news, and the doctor's mother is said to have fainted when it reached her. A HORRIBLE CRIME. Harman Pleads Connpcl a Husband to See His Wife Outraged. A New York despatch says : Seldom within the annals of u New York Police Court has there been such a revolting case heard as in the Yorkville court to -day. Wm. Parell, 21 years old, who lives with his newly -wedded wife Mary, aged 19, at 608 West 54th street, told the court that they were awakened at 2 o'clock this morn- ing by some one breaking into their apart- ments. On the instant seven young toughs rushed into their bedroom, pulled him out of bed, and threatened him with death if he made an outcry. He broke away from them, however, and ran oat into the street in his night-dress, shouting for help. Hearing screams from his wife's room, he rushed back to her assistance, only to find her struggling in the embrace of the thugs. Before he could reach hler side,however, he was seized by several of the others, who held him and compelled him to witness a sight that cannot be described in words, as one after another of the young scoundrels ravished his wife. The poor young woman fought desperately, but her assailants beat her into insensibility and accomplished their purpose. Policeman Grinnon, of the West 47th street station, now entered the house, when the ruffians fled, all escaping but one, whom the officer succeeded in capturing" He proved to be Richard Kane, twenty years old, of No. 760 lith avenue. The officer then rang for au ambulance from the Presbyterian Hospital. On its arrival the surgeon who accompanied it said the young woman was very badly injured, besides suffering greatly from nervous prostration. She declined to go to the hospital and was attended at her home. She has been in an exceedingly critical condition all day. Justice Ryan committed Kane for exam- ination on Wednesday next" His six ac- complices are not yet known, but the police are actively engaged in hunting for them, and express the belief that alt of themwill be under arrest before thee day set for Kane's examination. Damages for an Injured Back, A Bethlehem, Pa., despatch says : Four years ago George Heratine, of Bethlehem, received injuries on a Lehigh Valley pas- senger train, which developed into " rail. way spine." Ile sued the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and seemed a verdiet giving him $19,800 damages. Counsel for the, company asked for a new trial this morning, and the court stated that unless Heratine accepts $13,000 in lieu of the verdict giving him $19,800 a new trial will be granted. The railroad company is greatly opposed to paying the damages rendered, as it would establish a precedent in like eases. —" It is more blessed to give than to re- ceive," but there are many excellent things to be said in favor of receiving. A Bank of England :B5 note weighs one. twenty-third of an ounce. • BRITAIN'S =TERM' IN X01/0000, Tangier gibes in Open Revolt Agains the Suiten. xT wits NOT cis. luUbUU Coe *a Ottleials 'watching rm. t Dynamite Sus»ects. A Dublin cable says : Since the ex- plosion in Dublin Castle on Thursday last the police have been extraordinarily vigilant in watching for suspected dyne - miters. Of course it is by no means certain that the castle explosion was attributable to that class of individuals ; in fact it is bo coming the general opinion that the whole affair was due either to natural causes or to the desire of the workmen employed about the castle to obtain a holiday which' their masters bad refused to grant them. The customs officers, too, had developed extra activity in searching the effects of passengers landing at Queenstown from the transatlantic steamers. They have always made it a point to seize under the law any arms or ammunition brought into the country by either residents or foreigners, but since 'T'hursday's affair they are stricter than ever in their examin- ations of passengera' luggage. The first person to fall a victim to the customs officials' newly awakened ardor for the safety of the country is Mr. Thomas Ryan, an army pensioner on the lists of the United States, who was a passenger on the Cunard steamer Etruria, which arrived at Queens- town, and his foot had no aooner touched Irish soil than he was taken into custody on the charge of concealing a loaded revolver and a aupply of ammunition for that weapon. No outsiders are allowed in Dublin Castle to -day and it is a very bard matter to obtain accurate information as to the result of the investigation which is being carried on by the authorities to ascertain the exact nature of the explosion. The thory of an explosion of gas was effect- ually disposed of to -day. The gentlemen who are conducting the investigation iu examining the beams supporting the floor directly over the cellar where the explosion occurred found that a number of small pieces of metal had been deeply imbedded in the timbers. This is evidence beyond question that the explosive, whatever it may have been, was inclosed in a metal case. The investigation is still going on, and the police hope that it will reveal some clue that will lead to the detection of the perpetrators of the outrage. WAR VESSELS POI. CAPE JUILY. A Gibraltar cable says : Advices received here from Tangier, the diplomatic capital of Morocco, report a serious atate of affairs in the 'vicinity of that city. No explanation is wen of the trouble, but it is said that the tribes he the neighborhood of 'Tangier are in open rebellion against Mulai El Hassan, the Sultan of 1llorooco. Matters in Morocco have been in a turbulent condition for some time past. In November last news reached Tangier from Fez, the principal city of the country and its real capital, that all the Moroccan Ministers and court had been dismissed in disgrace. Among the fallen was Mulai Isrnain, the Sultan's favorite brother. He for several years held the Kbalfiaish of his brother, that is to say, that he formed a sort of Supreme Court of Appeal, to whom all cases already decided by the local Government could be referred. L+x. cepting the Sultan and the various heads of the Shereefian families, the Khalfia was the only man from whom the nobility thought they could accept judgment -with- out derogation. No reason was known for his disgrace, but it was the result of a court intrigue. He had many friends among the upper classes and among the tribesmen, and it may be that his dismissal is the cause of the present trouble, It was said by some of the natives at the time of his exile from Fez that Mulai remain was the instigator of a plot to depose his brother and to take the throne himself. This affords basis for a conjecture that the rebellion now in pro- gress in the vicinity of Tangier may perhaps be an attempt to carry out the plans of the alleged conspirators. However the case may be, the fact re- mains that the British authorities are taking prompt and energetic steps to pro- tect British interests in Morocco. One of the important points in that country in possession of the British is Cape Juby. It was reported some time since that the British had determined to abandon this place, but it was later stated that they had no intention of doiug so. On the contrary, it was declared that they were actively engaged in fortifying the station and were about to establish a governor's residence, with the object of improving the trade re- lations with the desert tribes. It was added, moreover, that when the French occupied the Touat Oasis, the possession of which is disputed by the Sultan, the trade of Insaleh would be transferred to Cape Juby. A British gunboat has already started from Gibraltar to protectthe British residents at that place, and the battleship Thunderer is preparing to follow the gun- boat. The Thunderer is a twin-screw, iron -turret ship, armor -plated, of 9,300 tons and 7,000 horse -power. She mounts four guns. A CRANIUM TILE NIGHT. A Pilot's Story ofthe Collision orate Noord• laud and Childwell. A London cable says : Pilot Laming, of the barque Childwell, which was run down last night by the steamer Noordland, says : " The night was clear, and a strong wind was blowing. I saw the steamer's lights fifteen minutes before the collision. Sud- denly the steamer starboarded her helm, apparently intending to cross our bows. I saw that a collision was inevitable, and with the captain shouted a warning to the crew. Before they got up the steamer struck us between the mainmast and the foremast, on the port side, and cut through to within six feet of the starboard side. She struck with such force that the Childwell was heeled completely over. It was an awful crash, and the sight was a fearful one. The masts and rigging fell on the steamer's deck, and she backed astern, carrying the masts with her. The Childwell quickly filled and sank within two minutes atter the collision. The sea was high at the time, and there was no chance to lower the boats. It was low tide, but only part of the mizzen -mast and the end of the bowsprit were above the water. Nine of us climbed into the mizzen rigging. Of the fifteen drowned twelve perished on the ship, as they could hardly have had time to come to the deck. The three others clung to the end of the bowsprit for two hours until the rising water washed them off" It was dreadful to hear their cries for assistance, knowing that we were unable to assist them. It is not true that the steamer departed. She stood by for an hour and lowered two boats, which, how- ever, failed to reach us owing to the rough sea. It must have been heartrending to the men on the bowsprit to see the boats return and the steamer depart. I think they at least might have been reached. We then had little hope of rescue, fearing that the rising tide would cover us. After being four hours lashed to the mizzen -mast in the bitter cold, we were overjoyed to see the lights of the steamer Ipswich. We shouted our hardest, and succeeded in attracting at- tention. We suffered much from exposure.' A DES1'ElLATi•" GANG. An Arkansas Blob of Incendiaries That Terrorized as Town. A Pine Bluff, Ark., despatch says : Lin- wood, a village twelve miles from here, is in a ferment of excitement caused by the work of a mob of a dozen negroes, led by a white man named Purrier. It appears that this band has been terrorizing the town for some time. Its members have been circu- lating petitions for the removal of the rail- way station some distance south of its present location, but they were strongly opposed by Dr. Began, a well-to-do citizen. In revenge the desperadoes visited the doctor's gin and set it on fire, burning it to the ground. They then fired the depot, and proceeded through the streets, firing their Winchesters in the houses as they passed along with a view to keeping the villagers indoors. The .depot was totally destroyed. The sl eriff immediately organ- ized a posse, and at last accounts had lodged Purrier and three of his gang in jail. A horrible Business. A Chicago despatch says : Mrs. Annie Hanson has been arrested on a charge of manslaughter, it having been discovered that she keeps a baby farm on Calumet avenue. Six babies are known to have been taken to her house during the last five months, while five dead little ones have been found within a half mile of her place. The police claim to have a' chain of evidence that will be sufficient to convict her of many crimes, —Teachers who have failed ab the recent examinations at the School of Pedagogy,and who were teaching on a permit, cannot be employed as legally qualified High School assistant mestere. —" I trust you will not be shocked, madam ; your husband is shot, and they are bringing him home on a shutter," "I have had a premonition of this; lie was half shot when he left horse," The debtor may have the consolation of knowing that those 19 always somebody thinking of him. A CRIMINAL'S STRATEGY. After Murdering Isis Victim He Reports the Crime to the Police. A New York despatch says : Youn-' Harry Turner, who reported to the police on Friday that he had seen Reilly and Dooley murder the unknown man, was locked up as a witness. On Friday night a reporter called to interview him, when the shocked and surprised everybody by confess- ing to the killing himself. He inet the stranger at the foot of the Harlem bridge stairway, he said, and assaulted him. After beating him to unconsciousness he was frightened away by a couple of passers-by. When he returned to rifle the man's pockets, he found that he had regained consciousness, and he again assaulted him. This time, after a fierce and long struggle, in the course of which both 'sorties gravi- tated down the dock to the river's edge, Turner got the upper hand and threw the man into the water. Then, to clear himself of any possible suspicion, he told the story related to the officer. Turner is an old offender, and is known to the police as a thief, but he was never thought to be such a deep-dyed villain. VINDICTIVE TO TIIE LAST. ACondemned Murderer Tries to Hill His Jailer—fells Execution. A Chattanooga despatch says : Jesse Frierson was hanged yesterday afternoon for the murder of Officer Musgrove. Frier- son was tractable until Friday night, when he made a desperate attempt to take the life of his jailer. Jailer Holt was passing through the apartment where Frierson was located. He had gone after him to remove him to a place where the death watch could guard him, when the murderer, who was a powerful negro, grasped the officer by the throat and a terrible struggle followed. The murderer was aiming to get the jailer's re- volver. When assistance finally reached the jailer, his face was livid and he was almo'at dead. The jailer's assistant knocked Frier- son senseless with the butt end cf a revolver. He took nothing but a glass of whiskey yesterday morning, and when on the scaf- fold he was asked if he had anything to say, he replied that he had not, adding an oath to the negative. He murdered Officer Mus- grove on June llth, 1890. A RELIGIOUS MANIAC Slashes els Wife's Throat With a Keen Razor. A Greenville, Mich., despatch says : James Taylor, a resident of this city, while in a fit of insanity yesterday attempted to murder his wife by slashing her throat with a razor. He cut a deep gash in the back of her neck at the base of her skull- The chances of her recovery are slight. Sixteen years ago Taylor went insane upon the subject of religion and was confined in an asylum for three months. Since his release he has sbown no signs of insanity until about a week ago, when he purchased a religious book entitled " Millenium Dawn," a perusal of which worked him into a frenzy, with the above result. MURDER. CON-PEWS/1, He Surrenders. Ciminas ilalf the Reward and Becomes a Maniac. A Denver, Col,, despatch says : A man named Damarcipt surrenderedhimselfto the police here on Friday, saying that two years ago he had killed Mr.. and Mrs. Greenwood, at Colfax, Cal., for the purpose of robbery. He said there was a $5,000 reward offered for his arrest, and requested that the police give his son William half the amount, us be was in great want. After his surrender the man went violently insane. A telegram to the chief of police at San Francisco elicited the reply that the man's story was correct, and that he is wanted in .California for the murder, Ilse Scattered Them. Wife, in a whisper—1 wish your friends would go. Husband—So do I. Wife --Can't you give them a hint? Husband—Yes, dear. Watch and see them scatter. (To friends) Here, boys, try some of these cigars my wife gave me as a Christmas gift. Friends immediately take their departure, with many apologies for having to leave so early. ST. Lotus is to build an electric railway on the. Siemens-Holske plan. What is calleda." the conduit method" of conducting the electric current is used in this system. The rail on one aide is double, with an aper- ture through which connection is madewith conductors in the conduit beneath. The other rail is an ordinary rail. The motor is carried beneath the car, and is geared so as to drive one axle of the wheels upon which the car rests. The great' advan- tage of this system is that it does away with poles and overhead wires, though this is effected at a slightly increased cost tf .plains;. , - SIf) ERSTlT1ON WON. A an Who Deprived:0111.1117self of A11 the Conwfortrf 'e. I was walking with Jonoa the other day when be suddenly stopped, said a Detroit Free Press reporter. " F'or heaven "s sake !" he exclaimed, with a wild face, " why . didn't you keep me from doing that ?" Doiug what ?" I asked in complete astonishment" " Why, from walking under that ladder ! It's the most unlucky thing in the world to walk under a ladder." " Nonsense 1" I declared, and Jones ooked grieved, but held his peace. That very night at supper Jones spilled his salt, and he cast at me a look of dismay that would have been comical but for the mental anguish it expressed. In the neighborhood of 12 that very night I was awakened by Jones—we were bachelor friends, and occupied the same room- " What's the matter ?"•said L " Don't you hear it ?" asked Jones in per - feat agony, with the point of his peaked nightcap nodding over his face in the most dejected manner imaginable. At that moment I did hear it—a long, unearthly howl from a neighbor's dog. M own blood chilled for an instant, and then shook off the feeling immediately. " What of it ?" I asked pettishly. What of it ?" repeated Jones reproach- fully, " Why, it's one of the worst signs in the aorld. Somebody's going to die." " Mr. Jones, I'ni sorry indeed to be the bearer of bad news, but—" Jones turned white ;and fell against the fence . "But what ?" he gasped. „ fug` Well, your grandmotherdied this morn " There," sighed "Jones, turning to me, " what did I tell you, Snifkins? Those signs we were talking about can be de- pended on every time." " And left you $10,000," continued De Smith" "You owe me the cigars my boy," said I calmly as Jones braced himself up. " Wait. Did she leave any one else any- thing ?" she remembered your cousin, Ned Huston, by a cool $50,000." " Good luck, eh ?" said Jones, turning to me once more ; " I've been looking for- ward to that $50,000 for the last ten years, and here's what 1 get. That's a blow be- kins.tween" the ribs, old fel. There's a cigar store. Come in, De Smith. It's on Snif- " The whole neighborhood hears that dog," I returned, " and I can't see why the dickens you want to worry about all crea- tion. Go to sleep and be sensible." " I can't go to sleep. I'm so nervous and fidgety. I'm going to have some bad luck, now you see." " Look here ! I'll bet you the cigars you have a run of good luck inside of twenty - fours hours." " I'll just take that bet," said Jones in a hopeless voice, and I turned over and went to sleep, while he walked the room all night" The next morning at breakfast Jones dropped his knife. Later on he tipped over his salt again. Then he fell down the steps as we; started away, and $pally tore his coat on a protruding nail in the gate. I've had unlucky signs enough to over- whelm me—there 1 did you see that cross- eyed man pass us ? That means calamity, calamity," he groaned. On the next corner we met De Smith, a solicitor. Two of a Hind. There was a fire in the Jones house on Cass avenue the other day, and Mr: Jones ran out and turned in an alarm, says the New York Tribune. " Now, be calm," he said to the excited members of his family; " do things system- atically and nothing will be lost. Maria, where are the keys ?" "I don't know anything about your keys, Mr. Jones. I have enough to do to attend to my own things. Where's my other par- asol ?" " Parasol ? Good heavens ! Talking about a parasol at such a time as this. Where are my keys ? Why don't the fire department come ? Whew 1 I shall be strangled by the smoke." The engines arrived and the fire—which" was a pitiful little affair—was put out and• quiet was restored to the Jones homestead. Then Maria asked : " Did you find the keys, Jeptha ?" "I did. There is nothing like having a• place for everything and everything in its place. Those keys represent five trunks that are stored in this attic, filled with valuables." "And you saved the keys?" " Certainly. They were easier to handier than the trunks." - " Well," said Mrs. Jones, drawing a long breath, " for cool-headed calculation that• does beat all. What good would the - keys have been if the trunks had been. burned ?" " Maria," said Jones humbly, " I never thought of that. I—I'm afraid I lost my head." And he said not a word about the two parasols which she rescued from the flames. Stick to the Tat Men: Going up in the train the other day, re- marks the New York Press, a girl was over- heard to say : " The first thing to do is to pick out a good, fat man—" It sounded cannibalistic, and someone listened. " He will make his way through the crowd, and you slip along before they can close in behind him, and you can always got. out safely, even at Fifty-ninth street." After a pause she continued : " And nice, fat men always take me across the meet. they don't always know it, but that does not matter. I follow theni as closely as possible, and never get rain over. The truck drivers pull up and swear at them, and in the meantime I reach the sidewalk," Dora—Why do you call Jake a " corker" ? Cora—Because every time I draw him out he "pops. A prominent Brazilian in Paris is quoted as saying in reference to Dom Pedro : " We might all have loved him, for he was a good fellow, if only he had not conceived the atrauge fancy of wishing to govern us." Thr Czar has conferred on the Czarina the Marie cross of honor , as a reward for her charitable work. He is evidently a man who likes to have peace and quietness M his family. The motto below the crest of the Maraluie of Ailesburys—the spendthrift Lord who has secured permission to well Savernake forest, part of his ancestral estate—is " We have been." Sir Edwin Arnold says that after he had dictated to Lady Arnold the opening lines of " The Light of Asia," his wife said : " What is this ?" and he answered : " It is the beginnipg ,of a great poem." —London proposes to bave an exhibition neat year of novel character, which is being promoted by the Fruiters' Company. It will oonsiet of a show of fruit from the principal foreign countries aerving the Eng. Diasli toarket,