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Oseettisll Ameeoan Journa0
' • It was only in a recent number that we
smiloaced in these column:Id that Mrs.
Gordon 'Bailie, the champion of the $ige
erofters,who eighteen months ago. left for
licustralia and New, Zealand to negotiate
for the establishment of Scotch village
/Wring settlements there, had now returned
to•Sciotlanathat she had sequined -large
• Seaboard; tract a in both Tasmania and
•Australia, andlinat she was confident the
British Government would amid ' her in
transferring the crofters to these new
homes. The faot Will scarcely be credited
• that ehe turns out to be one of the greatest
impostors and ..adventuresses that ever
• lived, and numbers among her dupes people
a almost ell ranks and classes, including
•'etren the famensEmerittisProfessorBlackie,
of Edinburgh.- That she -really was in•
Australia about a year ago, and entered
upon negotiations for the. Purchase of
• largeittriots• of land, 'maybe said to be the
only thing true of the woman and her:
. _
dory. •
• Mre. Gordon Bernie is not 'a wealthy;
large proprietress of land in Skye and oleo -
where in Scotland, who can lay geed claim
.to being a "daughter of thoEarl oftforay,"
and in her own right " Countess of Moray."
She is the. daughter of a Dundetrwasher-
woman, and was by her gPertni the, nano of
Mary--Ann,:Brucie Sutherland.: :MarY,thow-
ever early. proved she had -it stailabove
• • washing. Shipieked up some education,
and prior to 1869 was engaged as ' an even-
ing teacher in ihe Model.Lodging-hotise. of
Dundee. Then Mary proceeded to London.
•. 'There She SOrnehow tonna the ways ana.
,means for .travelling the Continent atm,
• ing the;next three,yeexs„and even went -as-
- • tar as Rome, In September -1872 Mary re,
• :,•atirited to Dtuidee,bfit delittited her intither'
• • humbte abode, and took up her quarters in
' a temperance' hotel. After staying there
abont a month she took WhitefiglaCottage,
fit•lfatitthliMillittalkO4atalrOasnas
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'47rThe cataggrelinifibitheraliethe
. ,
the tradesmen. They were not the only
• .tifieniary defrauded and The
• result was that. Mary, in December, 1872,
was tried on numerous' charges of fraud,
found and sentenced to nine months'
• imptisonhaint, jevieller Was, taken in
• to the tune of £200- and 'three prominent
eirizene ;contributed liberally to ..Mary's.
echenie for establishingAchoolsin, Switz-
erland.". /Were disoharging her •::froin
prieen the offidials hadMity'a photograph
taken. and it leaves no 'doubt of Mary and
Mrs. 'Gtirden -Bernie being :one and the
sampindiVianal, • ' • '
•' On leaving Dundee priisnyi., Mary% again
hiedeff,teilondon. 'Her:doing-a there for
three years have not Yet ,,been traced.' In
• 1816, however,the was :discovered tenting
anestallislinient at Beattocli,
shire, under the aristocratic name:of "Miss
Annie- Ogilvie Btu*" While there the
tietireiZed large ntnnbere of lEditibingh
. • traaPiniteii, • besides t
there a gentleman of the 'prelim,whose as.
. qualOtahceehip she .afterwards utilised . to
m .on returning t� the: inettopefis.
e-lit•that !gentleman's company it ".a.
theatre in Edinburgh ihe became enamored.
f one of the Wore' called "Knight Aston,"
and' toot hurried back te:London With the
avowed :purtatie of .going.en the etageno ::as
to meet him, • Ere leaving, • however, she
get., a letter of introduction from the
Edinburgh journalist to a friend of his, • an
'editor ota London paper. On arriving in
.. „London she astounded the editor by solicit-
• . , . • ing,hiaptactical tiseittenCe in purchasing a
•, newspaper, assuring' Jilin that: her Meant
were' ample brit nothing came of this pro-
posal beyond smiting the editor sae war*
_friend, Mies Bruce tition took a grand house
.in 'St. Jaineci' Terrace, Regent Park, *Web'
she lavishly furnished it the expense cif the
tradesmen. •, .• '
. Though the parish register of Marylebone
thoWs that Annie, Ogilvie Bruce was on 1st
. November, 1876, married: to Thomas
' Whyte, 'alias. Knight Aston, shedid not
• .:•adopt her husband's plebeiantianns. but
: continued to be known as Miss Annie
Ogilvie. Bruce. that Mune' she
,:figured at the Mansion Hentertondoni.in
-• • connection; With a charge against One Kate•
conspiring to defraud a niunberof
• merchants. "One silk mercer' had been
' 'taken in to • the: extent • ef £00,' while
atiother had supplied. baby linen to the
•-value Of £47 10s: At this crisis a friend of
• Mies Bruce's was 'solicited to relieve her;
• • but he replied that he had .'alietiay'' parted
• with £5,000, and that was , as i much' as he
could see' his way' to part within twelve
; Months. At this inquiry' at the Mansioii
House lilicsaBreee potted as the daughter of
• an Eat'. Sate Miller get Out on bail and
nothing:farther-lase been traced Of the RaSeg
• The next heard Of Mies Brace appeargi in
• anSiotia inquiries in the LOhdon . Trade
Protection Circular of Jantutry, '18'64; for
• ,*4 Mite Bruce," "Mrs. White," and "V.
•'Henry" alias +‘ Toler"-:--:the.lstter turning
•• mit to have been, her Secretary in ordering
most Of the goods, • 'Iri 1865 Mita ' Brace
: again vieited Edinburgh, Where she had her
portrait' taken in, grand style, and the
account for it is still unpaid. ,
M.itfift, Bruce's next public 'appearance, , SO
far as traced, Wats " tit ,41 faro. Gordon
Baillie, the crofters' champion." She did
n ot, however, Bail to Australia under that
n anie, nor'' yet as, Mr's: Whyte. ' She was
accompanied by a " gentlernattlYlooking"
•-Man, and the two booked as second -cabin
passengers,' giving the halted of "Mei and
• Mks: Matthews." On landing Mr, Matthew's
'beeitme "Mr. Frost," and Mrs, Matthewe
,titatted it at "Mrd. Gordon Baillio, the
crofters' 'friend." ,'Iler °areaduring her
• Year's sojourn in Australia is too long a
•• .sale. , Suffice it to .nay thatshethere' suc-
ceeded in imposing on Bishop Sandford, of
• Tasmania, and Convinced •hini that she
•, Was -the veritable Mrs. Gordon Baillie, and
an old friend Of his •family. Bev. )10t.
Oanierott Lees also. Ind her there, bta he
was fee fen:1112meg cOntiinc4ituaextikeinied
,
his tIntibtd to the blithely% who, .hotleyet,
succeeded in it least allencin'g the worthy
doctor; and eel Mrs. Gordon ,Baillie Was
permitted to enter into negetiationefot the
, purchase of large trapte Of knelt to form
crofter, Villages. Ilegatcling these negotia-
t
tionek:however„ nothing very :definite is as
yet known.
The neAt.he,4;4 of Mrs. Gorden
ison her ret4r4 to Etigland„ when the
Pali..?4704 OoSette, of 1:London,„ on ,9th
jannarylast„ Ander the heading Of "How
to help the, _Otoftere,"-publiebea an inter-
view with'herp.tnolgaing a lengaccount of •
her work on the etoftete. behalf, and 1.40r.
own liken*. Next the.- ectine" finotte.
announced that that Mrs. Gotaen..Baillio had
gone to Scotlena. On her :mission of mercy
tOlhe, crofters, and had lirsited. Ediiihnrgh
in. •.paming,„ The, wealthy, large -landed
proprietress, Mr. Gordon- Raillie,,• really
then •wont 'item London to, -Edinlnirgli,
travelling as a: third...claws, passenger, and
the gentlemanly. -looking" Man ta.W her
•AtEdinburgh•alieftalled on Professdr
Blackie, , and .aetnally • . olea, with him, •
presenting hiin on tbe. :occasion . with 'tt
grana lianqtiet„ priced at a 'sovereign..Xrom
'the Profetitor She get. ca. letter 4 intro-
duction tOtheLoraPtovest; :044, through
binl got adinitted.,--to and saw the
Clash -
more :crofter women, imprisoned in Palton.
Thereafter • 'oe. as a ,she•
appealed to the, women. of .Scotland, "and
More ..partioniarly. to • those:. women -.Who,
knew What it to baa mother With a young
child. at. herbteasts, to ab their best to see.
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THEIR WAS A. GIRL.,
Extraordinary Confession: of a KaltOarl
' School Teacher After Al blertUr.
Xallatts citY'desPatch Sari For some
weeks byirglariei had -been frequent . at CO-
lumbils and other points in eouthern Xan,
sas. Last. Friday night :the .safe, in the
railway depot at that place, was blown
'open. The next night the Sheriff and Con -
Stable David Gordon set to work to watch
the hens° of suspected persons. Saturday
morning Gordon's dead: body, riddled with
buckshot, was found near the hots* Of .a
family named Blalock. The ilentlitiOn of
the shrubbery showed that the shote were
fired- from the Blalock yard, and the father,
mother and daughters Were arrested, but
the boys had Sunday it was
announced Clara Blalock, the eldest daugh-
• ter, had eonfemed everything. The girl, a
.handsome brunette • 20 years Of age, had
graduated at the head Of her 'eked at the
COlumlaus High ,Sohool last spring and
been- appointed ,a teacher in the First
IVO'rd School' last, autumn, " She had
the • respect of all _classes and was
regarded as one Of. the roost pro-
mising young • girl( in ' thq. ';'!tewn.•
,TIserefore. the surprise was the greater
when she csinfessedc.• that she sati her
.
that the sentence passed. upon . these most . brothers John and, ',Kamm gettheir guns,
unfortunate women, if it cannot be revoked, ideal froth the Wag' the shrubbery,
will at least be considerably. shortened." where Willianatook careful aim and /um-
Edinl3ursh she resided in first-class dered the constable in cold. bleed. When
private lodgings,:. hired a Carriage and pair, the 13°Y9 returned to the hens° she and her
and also a lady arnanneneis,blitthe hounds mother fixed them nI1 or escape, and Made
of the la* were On her track atia she had arrangements to supply them with ,food
abruptly to end her visit. Ere leaving she and ammunition until they Oottle safely
appears to have paid all her bills; except return; All this was tom in the ponied
that for •the I'rofessor's bouquet, and a Matter-of-fact way, Search of the Blalock
balance due her amanuensis. returning b°48.3 *lis Made • Sunday, and secret
she again travelled third-class, and on recess under the reef Was found, 111 •PAMCIA
MiatIbil4 London the. gentlemanly -look- 'ore manner of stolen gtiedsiinalriding
big!" man was waiting to welcome her., a mail Sack, chickens, salted in(' a :barrel,
. and jewellery. There Was d a
A.''fageinated. journalistic 'correspondent
of the .Pali Man, writing 'from Liverpool •box containing a :vast amount of frerl-:
ahont this lady as she • appeared about 1873 Pendence;showing that Clara Blalock, VI
in thaVtolerably wicked', city, breaks out in Atiadbery WAS secretary and treasurer of an
the following gushingly charitable strains: extensive gang Of burglare,anclehe received
"•200. GordoftBailhe was then a chat*, and divided the spoils at 'well ae arranged
ing Miss Sutherland Bruce, Who • was full 'ManY Of the details, .. She was then
-of-a-echemelor-getthig-up-L-a-,..girla"-school- _searched, and letters were ,found sevied in
in 'Rome Protestant principlis: Her
project -did not •seern----unressonable„-and
Miss, Sutherland Bruce seemed, by her
earnestness and, tweet, Manners, a sinte.131e
paron to undertake .it, ,although the ex-
ftildlY-.:-.11a1-13.&`&72a--1.1-tralItifift;Ottntflallito ,
deep, tiaslicat tyhtf,VgratelitrfigurvadSWeetc
voice,- and gentle„, sympathetic manners.
She was eoberly. but Moat, becioiningly'
dressed. I. rectillect -thinking her bonnet
was perfection for a Pretty Woman bent on
a philanthropic miesien. She inade‘a round
of visits tolcertain rich and generous ,iner-
chants of Liverpool, and. . she won ell
to a belief in her purpose se far as to collect with a husband and three children. For
a considerable, probably. a large . sum of some time, on account of prolonged physi.
money:, She was the guest of relatives 9f. oat infirmities she had • becleme yer much
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her dress „giving the Ideation of several
.stiden_horists ant1,411ifig, her tkpeOd for the Municipal powers which you have
them. The same day the boys Were at, *Piked at. thew diePesal' •
rested: while hiding, in the garret of a 'The measures which you have passed
relating to our educational institutions, to
school -Other Members of the ftng
41934thIllj491P0,4gatd. Stilikettit laws
ONTARIO •LEGISLATURE.
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PALT4MENT HOUSE, TSROETO, March 231,
afternoon. -The Ontario Legislature was
prorogued at 3 o'clock thie, afternoon'
Thera was all entire :absence: int MilitarY
display •except the guard Of honor from the
School of Infantry. Lieut. -Governor
Campbell delivered the following
• •SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
Gentlemen of thetesislative Asseillb4 ; ,
• In relieving.you from further -attendance
upon your legislative antics, I desire to ex.
press my appreciation of the diligence and
zeal with . which you have applied your -
pelves to the business of 'the. mission new
about to close. ,•
I trust that experience will show the wis-
dom of the Bill which you have passed for
giving (with few exceptions) ,to every male
citizen , who is 21 years •ef. age, and a
resident of • the Province • for a 'specified
time; a Vote for the electien"of Members of
this Assembly. .•
I have noted with-mrtch SatisfactiOn the
Bill which Y'on have passed for the (dosing
of shops and for the -limitation of the hours
of labor therein by children and young.
persons. .1 am sure that :the powers
conferred „upon- municipalities ,__by_thie.
Bill will, if carefully exercised, promote
the physical health and 'the nioral and
mental ainprovement of Many .whose daily
tasks, , unduly prolonged, deprive them of
'needed rest and relaxation; -
I am much gratified with the measures
which you. have adopted for the more con,
venient and efficient adminietration' of
justice in Manitoulin and the adjacent
Wands, and in the districts of 'Muskoka
and Parry, Senna. As the settlements
in the districts ef' Muskoka and
Parry Sound now cover nearly, the
whole:ate& ottliese districts" their future
• evelopment, Celt. best -pi's:Minted by
nthans.of the ordinary municipatinaohinery
which,in the. older portions of the Pro-
vince, has been found so useful to all classes
of the community; and Lehall be. glad to
learn before long that the inhabitants of
these districts have availed tlsenaseliee of
wraCIPSIEBERBEYEE'iclOgkPIL
VP" ni f; k HClothes An o an oa Her in
Coal (Mend. Iferselton Fire.
A Parkersburg; Wt Ya., deepatch says:
Information reached. here today of the
terrible suicide of Mrs. Joseph parker, near
Ste*artatown, She was a young woman;
•,my own near Liverpool during part of the
tithe..Bhe gave, the the very faintest indica-
tion of Some heart sorrow she had had; the
tears came into lier eyes, but she checked
them as she allude to it in a gad low
voice. • On : leaving sho. gave an address in. Leaving her infant . with a servant, she re -
London; Where 'she was not -,:known. She -paireciLtwastablealia-taturatea_:hersloth--
soon wrote tome. from London that she
baci changed her London address 'aria was
staiting'for Tradespeople
in Liv-
erpool :then began to write to me, to know
phere,she was to be • found, tie slie•had.left
debts .,,nnpaid; ''Among other things ehe
had purchased a gorgeous sealskin: Cloak,
worth' perhaps £20 or 230. The next
heard was that 'she,. had been . seen by
-friend of mine: dtitang about in a
pretty -pony carriage, which, with these:id,
skin cloak, .she was enjoyingsp the eXpenie
of the kind ' Liverpool' metobants.'-' NrO
mho& was ever started.. It is difficult to
tat the charming creature aovhi • as wholly
a swindler, .She seems to be one of those
strange creatures Who 'appeared now and
again society, born With a tide for in-
trigue and robbery, and probably, through
an absence of all moral sense, hardly . able'
to know Oath from falsehoo&P
depressed in mind, and at. times reqtur
close watching to prevent her from doing
violence. to herself. Yesterday she took
'adaa,ntage of her husband's absence to kill
herself in the: following manner':
A paralyzed Bridegroom.
A recent despatch from ,Bethei, Xy.,•
says : Two years , ago Calvin Stowers,
whose wifebad . been expected tti die with
ing with 'coal oil, Then she lighted a match
and. tetbereelf4oh,fite. Thepainappar-,
may' Matched her 16 her eencces. few
minutes , afterward she 'eanie, ficnia the
blinding on fire from head to'.foot. ' The
servant, who was stilt holding the child,
rushed up to save her, but the woman beat
her of with one • hand and With thOother
made frantiif. offoits to olasp'her in:Stitt°
her arms. • .:The eervant threw down. the
child and endeavored to innothertheflarnes,
when the. Women ran away. Two men
came to the, rescue, and • she :was secured;
With nearly 8,11 her olotbing, burned off and
her body horriblyscorolied. Her,-hairWae
burned off and her face presented a tetril3le
a.ppeatelice, one , eye being cloaca]. When.
medical aid reached 'her , she ,was more
.crazed than ever, and resisted all efforts to
ease her . pain. •: She died a terrible disath.
in a few hours. The men who pursued her
were burned in their effortcs to smother the
flames. Her husband did not reach home
till shortly -before she' died, and IS over -
mane with grief. • • •
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pulmonary disease for several months; was GROSS., BitIITALITY.
called to her bedside to say farewell. She—.
placed a small iron ring that she had -.:•.
,..s. Father Punishes tile Son With a moil-
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ordered made' for the purpose' on theRot Poker.. third :•' ' - ' '
finger ofA,Detroit despatch says: Humane Agent
that
left hand, and extorted an oath • •
that he would never marry again. Then .Vhaf is investigating's case Of extraordin-
sl2e died contentedly, ,saying that if hearY and extreme Cruelty at 165 Harrison.
broke his Word she would' haunt and ruin avenhe... . It is that of George Woltemuth,
his life. iteciently, he was , ro,arried to a brakeman. His wife says that he has
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Emma Briekel, .girl to whom he waii.en- repeatedly punished' his 3 -year" -old boy in
an unusually 'harsh manner, • but, that last
Sunday, on &provocation which is liable to
()Our with any •child of that age, he burned
the child with a hot poker, se tliat bis.back,
s-a-na-legcs are blistered. The child his
gaged. before :hie marriage, hue they had
dicsagteed. The ceremony was a nrivate
-one, onli, a few friends witnessing this rites.
The bride took the ring from hit finger,
-saying it was superstitions torogFdaWis1r
BO selfish.' Within two hours' following the
bridegroom's left; side was paralyzed,
strangely enough 'beginning in the 'finger
that had Worn ' the fatal 'ring. A charm -
worker ha the neighborhood declared that
nothing wonla ^:restore strength to the
limbs but the wearing of 'the ring. This, it
was discovered; could not be restored to its
place, being inn& too small, whereas it had
been before amply large. The bridegroom
is terror-stricken, and has apparently lost
interest in his young wife. Stowers is a
frugal, intelligent 'farmer, well known and
liked, as is nag his wifooyho is an in-
dustrious wonian, respected for her good
common sense. • • .
Ten Thousand Dollars for a Tooth. "
heeniake21.awaybiends4.-the,famill_
to Spiingwells for safety, and the .matter
will be laid before ,William A. Wore, the
attorney of the Socilety for the Proventien
of Cruelty tothildren, and the brute will
be -prosecuted. , • • • •
New Yorkielegram says:' A Swedish -
sailor named Vrank,Exigniare wants $10,000
damages trona Dr.David B. . Skinner,' a
Brooklyn dentist. 'The trial wet begun
yeaterdarbefore justice Cullen and a jttry,
in the Circuit Glatt of Kings County. " •
Enginan 'alleges that he went to Dr.
Skinner's office to have a toOth• pulled and
his assistant broke the inelat, ..Setiont in-
flammatory troubles resulted and the
plaintiff had to go ton hospital where he
remained, a hang time undertreatment. ' A
surgical operation entailing the lase of a
.part of: the right jawbone mat necestary,:
and for this lose, the physical pain he en -
tithed and his mental anguish he wants
$10,000: :
'A, curious phase Of the suit is Dr. Skin-
ner's emphatic aesertion that Enaman is
'mistaken in the man -in -other Words, that
the Operation was...not-performed in his
office. '
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The heavieSt snowstorm of tho,fteag4oii is
raging in Wales and Weet of Scotland,
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roN-Pe, to t esecitive au Oriti-
Provincial affairs, and to variont .other.
subjects, will, 1 haye no doubt, subserve
the public. interest and facilitate the ends
which these measures were:designed topro.
• The 'large number; of important private
Bills which you have passed, for purposes
not provided for by the General Laws,
manifest the ever-increasing needs Of an
soave
I observe with interest' that the 'resoltt.
tions adopted at the Inter -Provincial Con-
ference held in Quebec inOctobet last have
met with your approval. While it is • not
'desirable that conttitutional changes
should- experience
, that they are , neces-
sary,' it is', - unqn-eatiblinbly-7-yonr.
!privilege to advise such 'finsencimente
so in your judgment ire in harmony. With
the,federal character of the constitution,
and are at the mune time citioulated to re-
move friction between the Province and the
Dominion. ' •
YOnr•propersal to W4ttire, by Royal Com-
mission, into the extent of : our mineral
resources and the lit* mearte for promot-
ing their development, is a ' movement of
which r heartily approve. 1 trust that the
incptity will result in the introduction of
new capitol into the Province, and the
establishinent of proisperonstettlements in
districts' at present 'unotanipied.
,
I have assented with pleasureto the
Bill for the appointment , of a Minister of
Agriculture. •The large export Of , farm,
products , and' t130 almost illimitable extent
to which the toil may 'be • made crto
Contribute to, the wealth of •the country,
amply Instify the Meat energetic. efforts en
the part of the Legislature as Well as a
liberal expenditure of public funds to pro-
mote the development of the agricultural
resources of the Province, , •
Ithank you for the liberal appropria,
tons which you have made for the, public
service. The supplies' -.which you ' have
granted will be expended with care and•iri
the public interest.
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' A Pastor Weeps, for his :
. . .
A. :Beaten despatch. says : Rev. W. W.
Downs preached a queer faneral sermon in
Paine Memorial Hall yesterday, being no
lead than a long etilOgyon two of hitt:pot
dogs *lid dropped off in a rather suspicious
manner. . Mr. Downs said "'I 'come to
day to preach the funeral •Esermon of twa.
dear, verydear; friends of mine. Those
tWo faithful friends were my favorite getter
dogs, Diana Placa, who werepoisoned in
ray.back yard by .seihe miscreant yeater-
ay. When 1 left home they followed. me
to the gate. When returned, they were
cold and stiff:in death, 1 wept, • I was not.
ashamedto weep," He then' delivered a
long eulogy on his canine friends. When.
Ile was done about one-thirci.of his andienee
Was crying' while the test ensile& • .
-.A.a Aged but Active Prelate. ,
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A St, John, X. II., despatch says: The
Metropolitan will attend the Pan -Anglican
Council in SHOO.. His son, Osman Medley,
61. Sussex, will accothpany him as dedre-
tary. Bishep-Medley is Saidto be the oldest
Working bishop in the world., but he heath
his 84 year's as lightly as many bear • three -
mete, Ile has had charge of this diocese
fortpthree years. • .. • . •
It is said Wet The repult of tho visit Of
the Xing of Itottnania to Vienna isa deti.
nite treaty under which 'Austria pledges
herself to resist any violation of Itoninanian
territoty, , •
A110kG TfIlk OtitiniANS.
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press Attacks 'on:pr. Mackenzie--HistreCiof
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• A Berlin cable says: Dr.. Mackenzie, in
a letter to a prominent physician of Stettin,
saysWhat you heard of my conduct in
reference to the performance of the opera-
tion of tracheotomy upon Emperor Freder.
ickat Sari Remo was Unt-ttid,
the' patient's pulse and was the first to con-
gratulate Dr. Bramann upon the success of
the operation. As the operation was per-
formed st• •myurgent request, it is self-
-evident that I cannot •mako :a remark
minimizing itsireportance.';' • '
A cartoon hatted by, the newspaper called
thd Pelt excites Pinch comment. It repro -
Ciente the Crown Prince trying to climb on
'the throne, sword in hand, the army behind:
him. The invalid Emperor !stands en the
throne, pushing his ten back, remarking
Not ,yet." The. people ate hissing this on
the, streets and showing their sympathy
with -the Crown Prince. • ,
The attacks of the Berlin press hp:US Dr.
Mackenzie hale become "so persistent- and
virulent that surprise is expressed -on -all
sides that the anthotities have not resorted
to prosecution of the Offenders. Had any
German' been Bo Shamefully abided by the
newspapers of capital, the offending'
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Arrest of a Han With Seven 7.Aving Wives
and Twenty Bogus Diplomas, •
A Findlay; Ohio, despatch nye Sheriff -
Osseo tonight arrested and lodged in jail
Dr; J. M. Chaplin on a charge :of bigamy do
preferred against hirobY seventh living •
wife; a lady from Greenville, Ina. An in-
vestigation olthe Doctor's record now in
the halide of the prosecuting attorney, of •
Weed county stamps him as being /the .
ohanipion bigamist and rascal Of the age,
49, has been the husband of ten different
women, seven of whom are still living, and
froin dot one of whom was he ever divorced. -
The Doctor came to this city about two
-months ago, and hanging out his shingle,.
began the practice of medicine. It was •
noticed he did but little in thie line, and •
about three weeks ago he was married '
Mrs. Laura Freberger, a widow
North Baltimore, who had over $1 ,
in ready moneY in her Own right, besialse
valuable property. •
The announcement- of the marriage.
reached one of his wives living at Green-
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ville, Ind., to -whom he was married last
August, and two months later 'abandoned •.,
after securing* Whit money she possessed.
Since that time . this woman has devoted
herself to running clown the doctor's his-
tory, with the startling result that-- she
foundtlaat he had a wife living at F,resno„
Cal.; one at Russellville, one at Medi -
Boni Wis.; one at East St Louis, Ill, and
another in Connecticut, besides herself, fiot
counting the latest victim, the widow above
named. Armed with lettere from each of
these ladies and docunients proving their
claims as the lawful wives of the gay de-
ceiver, she came here, and', laying her •
proofs bisfore the preseoutini tattorney,
swore out a warrant for Chaplin's arrest,
and he was soon in, custody. Certificated
of marriage to three women -on in Main,
one -in Pennsylvania.and another in Michi-
gan -were found in his trunk, thus- swell-
ing the total number of his marriages to
ten; Whether • thetas. last named are yet
alive -is not known. , •
About twenty bogus medical 'diplomas
were also found, indicating that he had
been pracitising medicine . under various
names,. the moat', freqtient used being Dr.
Orin L. Barton. Chaplin is about 40 years •••
old, dresses well, is of dirk complexion and
well built, and has a plausible way about
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have been made tonight.
- later despatch says:- Chaplin . says: --
tonight he will stand no trial at Which all.
the women be has deceived will appear as
witneises; but ..will plead guilty and have •
it over as soon as possible. •
"The prosecuting attorney received 'A •tele-
gram this morning from Seattle, W. T.,
signed by Laura' E. Chaplin, to the effect
that she 17?at one of tlie aoCtor's.wities,:and '
that, accompanied by her father, would,
start at- once for • Findlay: to testify '
against the Man .who had deceived and
deserted her; and had • robbed her of $90%.
the accumulations Of years. as a nnisio
teacher. If this .woman's atory• proves true
,she-will-W-£12737.151flifiiitliu known victim of.-.--
,tliecbctor'a wives.. •
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CONCERN/NG POPE LEO. '
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"Clad in a Rube of Scarlet Velvet That
Weighed Heav160' Upon .
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iew of the recent despatchfrom.Rome
with respect to the marked feebleness Of
the Roman Pontiff the following •extract
fronis private letter printed in the Boston
ildreoiser will have special and timely in-
terest :'• • ,
It Was at the canoniiatiolt of saints. The
Pope CliMa in a golden &sit; carried on
fotu‘ien's shoulders. Betide him were
the -sliperb ostrich fans and banners un-
furled. -.When he had taken his seat on the
throne the Cardinals knelt before Aim and ,
kissedhis hand, and when he raised his
hand right and left to give his bleating the
ciowd, fell On their knees. It was a magni-
ficent sight. The Ambassaderswetelin full
dress. Tho Hungarian wore a ruby velvet
cloak with priceless fur. The Duke or.:
•Norfolk, who had mine With a'letter to the
Pope. from Queen Victoria, was in scarlet
and gold, With the garter.Many of them •
were blazing with orders On their breasts
of ,diaraonds,but all were eclipsed by the ..
Pope's robe of scarlet velvet, eo heavy Ottla
embroidery that he could not , standin it,
and had to be held lip by attendante, He
was dressed underneath in white silk. He
looked weary and sick, almost too feeble t
raise .12,18 hand to give the bleating.,
!you neveraw anything to fine as thell
°nerds; in their red •and , yellow suits. -
designed by Michael Angelo himself -and '
white plumes ; her. the cardinals in . their
'scarlet caps and violet robes, with immense
trains; nor theoOkithope," in their tunics
and exquisite lace; nor the coritt chamber -
Who looked at if they had just •
stepped tint of a picture frame, in black
•velvet and long hose; -with ruffs around
their necks and gold dliaineon
breasts. •'•
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One Eye Put Out by an. English Sparrow.
All °Mahe', Neb., despatchtays :; Barton, .
M. Mille; a travelling:salesman in the SIM -
ploy of Johnson,
'Reeves & Co., of Lynn,
Mass.ohet Witha peculiar and painful act .
cident this. morning. Mr. Mills aligAted
from a carriage at,the railroad' station en-
trance and proceeded to walk around- 10
depot to go to the baggage -room. Just as •,
reached the southwest COATISP ROFridtb ng
strnak bhp feisty in the eye ' and knocked
him down. The cause of his mishap was
•an English sparrow. The bat& the bird
penetrated the, eyeball and the' tinfottnnato
man' will lose the 'eye. The 'bird was '
picked up dead aria one Of its oyes Was
°kited, eo it is evident that it dial-not-seis"
editors would have founathemselvea hi the the genOS rMills wag elose te
elclutcheses Of the latit. in short order. The the Welltleman, M.
savage articlealitirled at Dr. Mackenzie do
him no harm, but they undoubtcdly do
serve to intensify the already bitterhatred
of the people toward the•Einpress,• and We
fact furnishers the strongest reason why the
authorities elionlcl prevent their futther.
publication? - • ' • ,
Rev., Ti '11. Brown, " of Comber, :has been
appointed Chaplain, to the Bishop oI Euron.
ILo will begin his !Idles atter Easter.
The entailed of Rev,, Stortehonse, the
alleged' blackmailerl who failed to ptitsn an
appeltrande on Friday. at Stratlirey,' are
n6v, MeSars. McDonagh and Middleton.
They ham little expectation that Mr. Stone:
hiniee will return and are now liable for the
po,yoim4; of. $200, (lob • °booked, •
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The "namesler stoney in the langnage of'
the Ogallalla Sioux are interetting. Gold
is mules-AO:tip White •
iron ;" silver is inacies-ektt-ske, or " whita
iron,'.' and.greenbacks are niinne.heapi-
mases,ska; or " paper that talks White
iron."
A carele'stiatiner•on Saturday ton into a
buggy driven by Mrs. D. H. Tome t, it
Minden, upsetting theyehiele and thr 'wing
the lady out. The follow 'drove on without •
stopping to see what lie had done. For;
ttinately the lady was Uninjured, but het
horse took fright and not only smashed:the •
carriage to whichit.Wars attached, but aii, ,
rooral zed two ether rige befoto,it Could he ,
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