GERONIMO 18 OUT OF THUS WAT.
Now Come Rnmor * of Indian Trou
ble * Outside c > / Arizona.
Washington special : Nothing is known
at the war department or Indian bureau
of the alleged outbreak of trouble between
the Indians on the Great Blackfect reserva
tion , in southern Montana , of which ru
mors and specific accounts have roachcc
the western press. This reservation has
the greatest number of fragments of tribes
of any reservation in the United States
It comprises an area of 33,830 square
miles , or nearly as largo as tho state o
Ohio , and contains 23.051,200 acres
Upon it are three agencies the Blackfeot
at which are gathered remains of the Black
feet blood , and Piegan tribes ; Fort Peck
agency , the rendezvous of the Assinaboine
' Brule , San tee , Leon , Uncpmpabgre unc
Yankton Sioux , and Fort Belknnp agency
about which aro gathered Gros Ventro , As
flinabnine and a few river Crows. None o
these Indians have any great love for each
other , and if the bands from the diffcren
agencies run across one another somebody
generally loses a scalp. Information has
been received here from time to time o
brawls and drunken fights , but none as se
rious as the last reported outbreak. It is
feared that these Indians , especially the
Blackfeet and Gros Ventre. who are espo
cially aggressive , are preparing to go upon
the war path against their neighbors ant
thefe * whites in northern Montana this
fall. The "war" could nob be very formid
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in P able , as there are not over 7,000 Indians
of all tribes on the reservation , but it coulc
be made very unpleiisant around the agen
cies and for isolated whites until the mil
itary forces could be gotten into motion.
Assistant Adjutant General Kelton sail
yesterday : "We have three regiments of in
fantry and two of cavalry about tho reser
vation , and I think if any outbreak wero to
occur it could be handled without any greal
difficulty. "
f V SITUATION IN ARIZONA.
It is believed at the war department thai
the capture of Gcnonimo has practically
put an end to Indian hostilities in thai
country. An army officer talking with a
reporter to-day saidthatit depended upon
the conduct of tho whites and how the In
dians are treated by tho agents on tho
agencies whether there would be any further
trouble. If the Indians were treated pro
* * , perly they would probably all remain quiet.
' The capture of Geronimo clears Arizona ol
hostilities. The Indians most likely to give
trouble now are tho Uncompahgres , in the
mountains of Colorado , and those in tho
wilds of Washington terriory. These aro
not particularly savage , but they are in re
gions where it is easy for them to hide
away , and they are liable to plunder. Ono
trouble , he eavs , is that the whites are too
aggressive. They try to take advantage of
the Indians and to bully them. No dis
patches u ere received from General Miles
this morning and nothing can yet be learned
as to nhat will probably be done with
Geronimo and his band now that they aro
captured.
GERONIMO ORDERED HELD.
San Francisco dispatch : General 0. O.
Howard , commander of the division of the
Pacific , received a dispatch from Lieutenant
General Sheridan to-day directing that the
Apache and Warm Spring tribes be sent
immediately to Forfc Marion , Fla. , with the
exception of Geronimo and other Apaches
recently captured. All the latter Avill be
taken to Fort Bowie , where they will be
confined under close guard until the gov
ernment shall determine what shall be dono
with them. It is understood , however ,
that Geronimo and other hostiles will be
tried by a military commission at that
place. They will not be turned over to the
civil authorities , as the district attorney
claims to be unable to procure positive
evidence. General Howard gives it as his
opinion that to save their necks some ol
the hostiles will turn state's evidence , as
was the case with tho Modoc marauders.
The Apaches at Fort Apache will start to
morrow for their new home.
GEXERAZ FEITS A2TD XOTES.
The democrats carried the election in
Arkansas.
The New York emigration committee are
allowing moneyed Mormons to land.
Charleston. Knights of Labor have in
creased the scale of prices 50 cents per day.
The earthquake death record at Charles
ton was : While , 11 ; colored , 27 ; total , 38.
Bernardino Bondelli , the Italian philolo
gist and antiquarian , is dead. Ho was 82
years old.
Mrs. H. P. Ransom , of Lexington , Ky. ,
will sue the Globe-Democrat and Cincinnati
Enquirer for slander.
Supervisors Larkin , Gallaher and Car
roll , of Brooklyn , are held for attempting
to defraud Kings county.
The lord mayor of London has opened a
s
fund for the relief of the sufferers by the re
cent earthquake in Charleston.
The city of Pittsburghas obtained § 400- ,
000 from Dr. David Hostetter as security
for Contractor Andrew Hartapel.
State Veterinarian Casnell of Illinois has
decided that the disease which caused the
death ol ten or twelve cows near Decaturia
Texas fever. It was brought to"Decaturby
a herd of Cherokee cattle. They have been
isolated and no further spread of the fever
is expected.
Sioux City special : Another new rail
road project was made public here to-day.
This is an air line from Sioux City to Den
ver , tapping the great cattle ranges of
Nebraska and Colorado. The. proposed
road will cross the Union Pacific at North
Platte and induce the building of a bridge
.here across the Missouri.
Bulgarian notables have joined in a peti
tion to the czar. They ask whetherRussia
will allow the national assembly to elect a
successor to Alexander , and whether Rus
sia will grant Bulgaria a loan. If their
demands are not acceded to the notables
intend to oppose the departure of Alexan
der.
der.The
The Neue Freie Presse , in a leading edito
rial on the Bulgarian situation , hints that
Austria's action will be taken independent
ly of Germany , and says : "Everybody
is speaking of the impending occupation of
Bulgaria by Russia. Perhaps it is not BO
near as is generally believed. Austria has
not spoken yet. "
At a mass meeting of Knights ol Labor held
to-night the following rate of wages for
mechanics and laborers tvas agreed to , a raise
-of 50 cants having been made in each class :
Bricklayers , first class , $3.50 , second class , S3 ;
carpenters ; first classl-T , second , § 3.50 and
$3 ; tinners , $2.50 and § 3 ; laborers , 51.50 and
$2.
$2.The A'eics and Courier will publish to-mor
row interviews with a number of prominent
business men , all indicating a remarkable
decree of hopefulness as to the business out
look in this city.
/ - " It has been officially announced that the
suspicions deaths In Netv Orleans hut week
&
were caused by yellow fever.
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IMPORTANT TO MAST FAK3IES8.
Dtsrcyard of tfie Atlantic and Pacific for
an Act of Congress.
Washington special : A decision by the
commissioner of the general land office is
made publicwhich may prove of very great
importance to many farmers in tho west
It is upon the homestead claim of Danie
Z. Rogers who tookupa small tract of lane
along tho line of tho St. Louis & San Fran
cisco railroad , but has neverbeen able to
perfect a patent. The trouble is that the
congressional land grants to the South Pa
cific and its successors , the Atlantic & Paci
fic railroad 'of Missouri , conflict with tho
claim of Rogers. Congress first made a
grant o ! the evon numbered sections along
the line of the South Pacific from Franklin
to the Mseouri state line six miles deep.
Subsequently a charter was granted to the
Atlantic & Pacific from Springfield to tho
Pacific coast , giving them the odd num
bered sections for a strip ten miles deep ,
with a provision that this grant should bo
diminished by the amount already granted
to the South Pacific. The condition wai
ignored and the Atlantic & Pacific located
all its land between Springfield and tho
state land without regard to the previous
locations made by the South Pacific. Ir
this way the entire strip on both sides ol
the track , including both odd and evon
numbered sections , was taken up. Tho
Rogers claim was located upon one of the
odd numbered sections , for which tho gov
ernment has given the Atlantic & Pacific
railroad a patent.
The decision of the land office is to the
effect that patents for tho odd numbered
sections were issued in direct violation o !
law , and are therefore void. Upon this
ground the claim of If r. Rogers is sustained.
This would be unimportant in itself , but
the principle involved in thisdecision o ! the
land office necessarily affects'all the land
illegally located by the Atlantic & Pacific
railroad , for which patents have boon
issued. This is stated to aggregate 100- ,
000 acres , and it is believed all the land
has passed out of the hands of the railroad
company to innocent purchasers for a val
uable consideration. As is well known the
land is thickly populated and expensive
improvements have been made.
The decision means that all these people
aro occupying land which really belongs to
the government , so that tho effect of the
decision would be much more severe to
them than to the railroad company. A
similar case , presented in the case of a
man named West , who holda about eighty
acres , was decided by Commissioner Sparks
about two mouths ago. In this decision
he took the same view as has been taken
by Assistant Commissioner Stockslager as
announced to-day. While there is ap-
paiently no reason to question the strict
legality of the view taken by the land
ollice , the grievous complications such a
decision would cause were so apparent to
Assistant Secretary Hawins when the case
came up to him on appeal that the matter
was at once presented by him to Secretary
Lamar , and the case has been hung up. It
is altogether improbable that any decision
will be made by Mr. Lamar , and he will
piobably refer the matter to congress when
it meets. To sustain tho decision of tho
land oliice would be in effect to throw all
tlio land open to homestead and pre-emp
tion claims , and Secretary Lamar will
probably ask congress to pass a bill con
firming the title of the settlers who are on
the land , nndauthorizingsuittobebrousht
against the railroad company.
OKAIX IX THE NORTU1FJBST.
Minneapolis special : The receipts o !
wheat are now very heavy from first hands
in Dakota , but , considering the big yield ,
light in Minnesota. Thenumber of cars on
side track in Minneapolis increased from
350 Friday to 557 to-day. Receipts here
have grown from about 125 cars a day a
week ago to 398 cars to-day. Still Duluth
is ahead with 500 cars to-day , and an av
erage of some 300 cars a clay all of last
week. The reason of the large receipts in
Duluth are partially because the Duluth re
ceipts are in larger proportion from Da
kota than the Minneapolis receipts , while
Minneapolis gets the larger proportion of
the Minnesota crop. In addition prices
have been relatively higher in Duluth. The
situation was similar a year ago , Duluth
leading off early with a heavy movement" ,
with Minneapolis coming on the home
stretch. Cargill Brothers , who operate a
line of 45 houses on the Manitoba , road say
that five houses oub of 45 on their line is
full and closed. At one station 65,000
bushels have been received already , while
the total receipts at the same station last
year was only 125,000 bushels. Over half
a million bushels have been marketed at
the company's elevators already on this
crop. A. B. Robbins of the Northwestern
Elevator company reports their elevators
full and iv orking from hand to mouth to
make room for arriving grain. The Mani
toba company is reported short of cars
and unable to handle the wheat furnished ,
and grain men are anticipating a continued
scarcity of handling facilities. Ib is said
that Minnesota wheat is held and that
nearly all receipts up to the present time
have been Dakota. A prominent commis
sion man yesterday bought about fifty cars
for outside parties , understood to bo Mil
waukee millers , and it is claimed that the
dissatisfaction with the transit arrange
ment , has made a twenty-five cent rate
[ rora James river points to Milwaukee and
Chicago , against twenty-three for Minne
apolis.
A SHORT XZEIO OF CORTf.
The Chicago Farmers' Review in this
week's issue prints the following crop sum
mary :
The frosb which prevailed throughout a
jortion of the corn belt during one night of
; he last week causes very little damage to
growing corn. Reports indicate that while
; he drouth and continued hot weather ueri-
ously injured the general prospects of corn ,
t also accelerated the ripening of grain ,
and in sections of Missouri , Kansas , Iowa
and Minnesota a portion of the crop has
sufficiently matured to bo beyond a danger
rom the frosts. Reports indicate that , as
a whole , the corn ciop will bo out of the
vay of frost within fifteen days , if not at-
; acked prior to then , and a large propor-
ion of the crop cannot be seriously menaced
even now.
The general prospects for the output of
corn showno marked improvement. The
enor of the reports from all the states ex
cept Ohio , Indiana , Michigan and Minne
sota continue to predicate a short crop ,
n the four states named the prospects
continue favorable for a full average yield ,
vhile the majority of the counties estimate
.he yield at from 45 to G5 per cent. Re-
) orts from one-half of the counties would
ndicate a general average of 62 per cent ,
leporte from one-half of the counties
would indicate a general average of 62 per
ent. Twenty-six Ohio counties estimate
an average of 61 per cent. Kansas , Mis-
ouri and Wisconsin give promise of about
one-half the usual yield.
The reports indicate that the pastures
are rapidly drying up , though in portions
) f Illinois and Iowa late rains have served
o renew the gross somewhat. Early
ilanted potatoes are generally Rood , but
'he ' late planted are poor and in many dis-
: ricts a flat failure. Hogs are generally re
ported healthy with only scattering re-
torts as yet o ! cholera.
SEARCnUfG FOR I.OST TREASURE.
A Doctor Tooklng for JITonejJJuried Near
yeto Orleans.
Now Orleans dispatch : Dr. George J.
Adams of Massachusetts was arrested hero
to-day charged with embezzlement by a
number of persons wliom he defrauded out
of money to search for hidden treasure.
Adams claims to havo been a practising
physician in Massachusetta. When tho
war broke out lie joined company A ,
Twelfth Massachusetts volunteers , which
were a portion of thecommand which came
with Butler to New Orleans. In a foraging
expedition three soldiers of tho regiment
entered a dwelling on the Magnolia planta
tion , twenty miles above New Orleans , on
the right bank of the river , and carried off
some § 30,000 in gold and silver. One
thousand eight hundred dollars of it was
in silver half dollars , $1,000 in dollars , and
the rest in gold. Being afraid to enter tho
city with BO much money , on reaching a
pecan grove , about half a mile from tho
locks at tho company's canal opposite
Greenville , or rather the upper end of tho
exposition grounds , they selected a tree ,
prominent for its size and some peculiari
ties about appearance which made it con
spicuous. At the foot of this tree they
buried the money and took bearings , ono
of tho party being a civil engineer. Each of
the three men wero furnished with a copvof
this and the marauders returned to New
Orleans , intending to return after tho war
and recover the money.
His two companions were killed and
Adams WHS desperately wounded soon
after. Adams was taken to a southern
hospital aud left it paralyzed and perfectly
helpless. "When he recovered the use of his
limbs , only a month ago , ho returned to
New Orleans and at once began to search
for his treasure. He found , to his dismay ,
that all the older pecan trees had been cut
down and only young ones left , and was ,
consequently , unablo to recognize tho treo
under which the treasure" was buried. Ho
devoted himself , however , for three weeks ,
to delving for it. A few days ago he took
several other parties into partnership with
him , who advanced a better outfit for sur
veying the land and digging for the buried
money , but as he has succeeded in unearth
ing no treasure his partners had him arrest
ed to-day.
AN IMPROVEMENT NOTED.
September Report of the Department of
Agriculture.
The September report of the department
of agriculture showed a better yield ol
spring wheat than was expected a month
ago. There has been an improvement in
the northern belt of Wisconsin , Minnesota
and Dakota. In Nebraska there has been
a decline , and in Iowa but little change.
The general average is 84 , an increase of
four points. The average yield of the
crops , so far as the results of threshing aro
reported , exceed eleven bushels , and may
reach eleven and a half bushels per acre.
Threshing of winter wheat iu the Ohio val
ley gives better returns than expected at
harvest , and there is some improvement in
Missouri and Kansas. In the middle and
eastern states the percentages of July are
not materially changed. In the south the
harvest was disappointing , and rains in
jured the product in shock. Returns indi
cate an average yield of about twelve and
a half bushels per acre. The entire wheat
product will apparently exceed that of last
year by 80,000,000to 90000,000 bushels.
The exact determination of the area har
vested and the result of threshing are easily
equivalent to a variation of at least 2 per
rent. The crop has declined from 81 in
August to 77. In the states of the prin
cipal production the status is as follows :
Kentucky , from .87 in August to .90 in
September ; Ohio , .88 to 89 ; Michigan , .80
in northern returns ; Indiana , .91 to .92 ;
Illinois declines from .77 to .72 ; Missouri ,
from .75 to .62 ; Kansas , .72 to .62 ; Ne-
'braska , .76 to .68 ; Iowa , .73 to .67. The
loss westof Indiana was caused by drought.
In the south Atlantic states there has been
no improvement. On the gulf const there
is a slight improvement , oxcept in Texas ,
where the droughts has reduced the condi
tion of tho present crop prospect , with no
further decline it is 14 per cent more than
last j'ear and indicates over twenty-one
bushels per acre , or nearly sixteen hundred
million bushels.
HE KTLT.ED HIS WIFE.
d. Woman Shot , Keiny Mistaken for
ylar.
Word comes from Carlinville , 111. , ol a
terrible tragedy which occurred there on the
5th at the residence o ! J. B. Willoughby.
Two burglars entered the room of Mr. and
Mrs. Willoughby and while searching the
room they awakened Willoughby. Both
thieves immediately attacked him and
struck him over the head with a revolver.
He seized the revolver and succeeded in
wrenching it away. Tho room was pitch
dark , and in the struggle Mrs. Willoughby
was knocked down and beaten. Her
screams almost maddened her husband ,
and as soon as he secured the revolver he
turned it in the direction he supposed the
burglars were standing , and fired five shotn.
One of tho men dropped , but immediately
arose and both jumped through a windovr
and made their escape. The husband then
lighted a lamp and was horrified to dis
cover the body of his wife lying on the floor
with a stream ol blood flowing from her left
side. Her white night garments were sat
urated with her life blood and the room
looked more like a slaughter house than
anything else. A physician was called and
pronounced Mrs. Willoughby's wound fatal.
She was accidentally shot by her husband
v , hile he was firing at burglars. The bullet
passed through her body , and death will re
sult. One of the burglars was shot as he
lefb a bloody trail for some distance
Neither has been arrested.
SUCCESS THAT IS PLEASING.
Washington dispatch : The treasury offi
cials are pleased with the success that has
thus far attended their invitations to hold
ers of 3 per cent bonds to surrender them
for redemption. Of the SIO.000,000 in
cluded in the new form of call , about
$1,000,000 have been presented for re
demption. The purpose of the new de
parture was to obtain bonds for redemp
tion from individuals and corporations
willing to convert them into cash to use in
nore profitable improvements , and thus
obviate the necessity for ealling bonds held
by national banks , thereby forcing a sur-
ender of national bank currency. The
jonds redeemed under the treasury invita
tion were surrendered by parties other than
national banks. It is now expected that
the entire $10,000,000 n-ill be surrendered
within tho time specified , but whatever
amount is thus presented will Have the
bonds of the banks to that extent. It is
> roposed to continue this policy of invit-
ne the surrender of 3 per cent bonds , and
t is probable that a rule will be adopted
under which holders of such bonds may
present them at any time and have them
redeemed with accrued interest to the day
of redemption.
The highest peak oo the Wand of Galita ,
off Tunis , Is in a state of eruption. It has
been supposed to be extinct
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JUDGE ZUBIA'S DECISION.
Why tho Mclcan Jurist Held Cutting
ns Guilty of n Crime.
Crrr OP MEXICO , Aug. 13. The Eiario , the
ofllcJal government organ , to-day contains Im
portant documents regarding thcCuttingcasc ,
including the lull text of the decision of
Judge Zubia at Paso Del Norte , which show
dearly and unmistakably that the court held
Cutting for a crime begun on Mexican soil ,
and continued simultaneously in Texas ami
Jlexteo. This puts a new phase on the case ,
as it shows Judge Zubla regarded the case as
one continuous act. In passing sentence on
Cutting , the judge said the batis of the crimi
nal proceeding against the defendant was the
first proof before him that he had committed
an offense classed as a crime by the law , the
evidence of which was afforded beyond dis
pute , by a publication which app-ared In 1
CetttiiieUa. on June 6 last , a paper published on
Mexican soil ; secondly , that although it WHS
true there was on act of conciliation which
would have satisfied the offended party had it
been complied with , it was also true this act
of conciliation was not fulfilled and , there
fore , the crime still stood ; third ,
proof of lack of compliance with the
aim of conciliation is found in a communica
tion printed by Cutting in the El Paso Sunday
Herald in which he renewed his defamatory
charges acaiust Medina , and at the same time
published an article in - Y CeiUhiella on Mexi
can soil , in which he suppressed the capital
letters and put the name of Medina in
microscopic type in order to make its reading
d.llicult ; fourth , the renewal of the charges
did not constitute a new offense but was con
firmation of previous charges ; fifth , this being
so the criminal responsibility of Cutting arose
from the publication in El C&ittiiella , which
was renewed iu a Texas l > aper , his renewal or
ratification not constituting a new crime
which should be punished with a different
penalty than that which corresponded to the
first publication.
The judge further says : "Even supposing
without conceding it , that the crime of de
famation had bee"n committed in Texas , the
fact that Cutting had in Paso del Norte copies
of the El Paso Suwiay Herald of which
Medina complained , and which were by order
of the court seized , on the premises of Cut
ting on Mexican soil , constitutes properly a
consummation of the crime accot ding to the
penal code. "
Judge Zubia lays special emphasis on the
fact that Cutting actually circulated on Mex
ican soil his renewal of the libel published iu
Texas , and declares that were the case revers
ed he would be punishable under the present
code in Texas.
A. P. Gushing , an American lawyer , sums
upZubia's decision thus : Cutting was con
victed of a repetition of the libel first pub
lished in Mexico and reprinted more virufeut-
1 > in Texas , which he then brought over and
distributed in Mexico and it was the distribu
tion iu Mexico of the second libel and not the
printing of the same in Texas for which he
was convicted , the libel having been read by
three or more persons , as required by the
statutes of the state of Chihuahua. Cutting
pleaded in bar to the jurisdiction of the Mexi
can court that the paper had been printed iu
Texas. He did not , however , deny that the
paper had been circulated on the Mexican
side , which was a fact , numerous copies hav
ing been seized there by order of the court
This aspect of the case takes away the phase
Of a conflict of law of the two countries. The
publication of a full text of Judge Zubias'
decision is regarded here as putting the case
out of international controversy.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CHARLESTON.
Catholics Culled on A Good Sum from New
1'or/- ,
Baltimore special : Copies of the follow
ing circular letter have been sent to all pas
tors o ! the Catholic churches in province ol
Baltimore : Rev. and Dear Sir : In this hour
ol distiess the stricken city of Charleston
appeals to our pity and our practical char
ity. We cannot better convey to you the
end story of her needs than by quoting the
\i ords of a telegram received from the Rt.
Rev. Bishop Northrop :
"Everything wrecked. Churches , con
vents , schools and residences are totally
destroyed. The ruin is impossible to de
scribe. Sisters , priests and orphans are
camping out. Wo need all the assistance
we can get. "
It is our bountlen duty to come forward
promptly to the succor of the victims of
this terrible calamity , to assist those whose
miseries are so great and whose wants are
so pressing. A collection will therefore be
taken up the last Sunday of September
(2Gth ( jiist. ) , in the churches of the arch
diocese , for the relief of the sufferers.
Please read this letter on the Sunday fol
lowing its receipt , and on the clay of the
collection , and e.xhort the members of your
flock to give willingly and generously. We
trust th.it each of our faithful children will
be mindful of the injunction of holy writ ,
"If thou hast much yivc abundantly , if
thou have little , take caie even to bestow
willingly. " Pleat > e .send the proceeds of the
collection to the chancellor of the arch
diocese. Very Faithfully yours in Christ ,
JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS ,
Archbishop of Baltimore.
Of A. HAD CONDITION.
CHARLESTON , S. CSept. . 9. A sharp out
harmless shock of earthquake occurred be
tween 1 and 2 o'clock this morning , but the
city is quiet to-day. Shelter has been pretty
well provided for all the homeless , but the ex
pected rains will cause much suffering. Ra
tions are being issued to all persons who are
recommended by any reputable citizen.
Charleston will also furnish rations in the
game way to destitute persons at Summerville
and Mount Pleasant ,
Mayor Courtenay to-day issued a second
addrees to the people , in which he says that
he can testify to the large damage throughout
the whole ex'tent of the city , and that it can
be truthfully said o the community as a whole
that their moral courage and heroism were
equal to their great dicaster. He shows in
brief what was accomplished in the midst of
the crisis , and mentions particularly the devo
tion to duty of the firemen of the city , the
" '
constancy "of the police force , the fide'litj of
the telegraph operators and the zeal and
courage of the municipal medical corps and
private physicians of the city. In conclusion
be offers the following advice for the best in
terests of the people :
At Wie end of sixty days we must surely expect
ooW weather ami I am alarmed nt the consequences
to follow the ue of tents and frail ste'ters In our
streets ami public cua > s , which must lead surely to
sicklies , ana calamity. I returned this day to occupy
ttve antajured part of my brick house , and In all such
cases where ictnrn to their homes Is po < 8lule , I
earnestly Invoke the Immediate and united action ,
of all my fellow citizens. Where Immediate return
la impoorilnle by reatou of the dauzcrous condition of
the home. I recommend a temporary refuge In tbe
Interior of the state or elsewhere.
\NO \ MORE EVICTIONS.
DUBLIN , Sept. 9. The troops engaged in the
Woodford evictions on their return to the
barracks atBlrr protested against the work of
forcibly putting helpless , infirm and starving
people out of shelter into the roadway and
declared they would in future refuse to per
form such an obnoxious duty. No effort on
the part of their superior pflicers could quiet
the determined indignation of the soldiers ,
twenty of whom were placed under ai re t oa
a charge of mutiny.
AN AMERICAN IMPRISONED.
LONDON , Sept. 9. An American citizen
named Perdicaris , resident in Tangier has
been fined and imprisoned by the American
asul for offering armed resistance to native
officials , aud officials from the American cou-
Hilate who were endeavoring to enter his house
to arrest a moor accused of extortion by the
consulate.
The commissioners of immigration at Castle
Garden , having been sternly criticised for ad
mitting polygamists , have decided to recog
nize no more Mormon ship-loads , but deal
only with individual immigrants.
REV. JAMES BEECHER.
A Description of His Hermit "Life
and Ilorailt Home In tho Cats-
kill Mountain Region.
The suicide of Her. James Beecher ,
writes Halston in The New York Times ,
ends an extremely uniquo career. Six
or eight years ago I inot him away up
in tho Catskill Mountain region ; he
had built him a homo there in the
depths of the backwoods and was liv
ing the life of a hermit. Once ho was
a power in his church , an ornament ol
the pulpit , noted less than , but much
akin in eloquence to his half brother ,
Henry Ward Beccher. Ho was the
pastor of the First Congregational
church of Poughkeepsie at the time
when the accusations against his broth
er , of the Plymouth church , began to
be bruited about. Before Henry Ward
was called to court James is said to
have sought him at his Westchester
county home with a result that was
not inspiriting to the visitor. Ho re
turned to Poug'hkeepsio to lock himself
in his study , and for days he refused
absolutely to sec even his staunchest
personal friends. When ho did come
forth to tho world again it was as a
changed man ; geniality , sunny nature ,
jollity had given way to a manner that
was curt and a disposition that had a
large proportion of sadness in it. His
church offered him a vacation ; he quit
it for good. He went to the Ulster
Catskills and built with his own hands
in the Hardonburg forest the home
where I found him.
Col. Judson ( Ned Buntline ) was one
of the self-exiled preacher's friends ,
and it was largely through the inlluenco
of a letter that Buntline wrote me that
I managed to find time on a short va
cation to hunt up "the genius" Bunt-
line's title for him. I found him one
of the most entertaining of men ; a little
careless of the world's doings , but full
of pleasing anecdote and reminiscence.
I am tempted to copy an extract from
the letter with which Ned Buntline first
interested me in James Bcecher. It
has a double interest now its descrip
tion of the hermit home and hermit life
of the erst prominent priest , and tho
fact that it is a bit of work of Ned Bunt-
line , who so lately lay down his pen
forever , work that Ned Buntliue dashed
off to a friendly correspondent Bunt-
line in undress , if you please. This is
the way the letter ran :
. . . "His track of land is densely
wooded and covers an area a little more
than a mile square , but Hardenburg
land , according to the Ulster county
tax roll , is not the costilest in the
world , [ its average value bjingG3 cents
an acre , ] and this tract would not
have been over cheap at the price of a
dozen trade dollars. A beautiful lake
of good size occupies a portion of the
property , and there is in all the Cat-
skill range no scenery more pleasingly
. 'Beecher's Lake the
picturesque. , na
tives call it , and on one of the mountain
cliffs commanding a line view of it the
preacher built for himself his home , do
ing all the work himself. It is a story-
aud-half structure , plain , neat , and
comfortable. At the time of its erec
tion there was no wagon road within
half a dozen miles , the nearest hamlet
and postoffice were ten miles distant ,
while it was about three times the lat
ter distance to the first railroad station.
He finished his house before winter
really set in , and there till spring lie
lived a life of thorough solitude. He
had no neighbors , and aside from his
faith and his thoughts he knew no com
panionship but such as was given by
the winter storms and the night cries
of the mountain wild beasts , iiis wife
and daughter were not with him yet.
They were not to come till spring time ,
though meanwhile they were faithful
correspondents , and when the little
hamlet of Ttirnwood received its week
ly budget of mail matter Jamos Bocch-
er was always among the fortunates.
Everv Friday he tramped ten miles
through the snow for this favor. With
June came Mrs. Beecher and the little
daughter to the Beccher lake homo.
There all three have since remained
there the elder ones are likely to re
main so long as life shall last They
have cut clear from the world and for
good. They seem content and even
happy in the forest , and there is every
reason to believe that there is no earth
ly inducement which could induce
James Beecher to enter ag in on his
old-time career.
"The few neighbors who have gath
ered about his lake fully appreciate
him , " so Ned Buntline's letter ran
on. "He is 'queer , ' they admit , but
for all that they love him. They are
hardy , rough , unlearned mountaineers
big-hearted as they are uncouth.
Mrs. Beecher they almost worship.
She enlisted herself for their advance
ment , and established what had hither
to been unknown , a school. It is a
free school in spirit and in truth. Mrs.
Buecher teaches , and is allowed each
year for the service about $50 from the
state fund ; to th s amount slio annually
addsS100 on her own account , money
sacredly set apart for books and clothes
for the boys and girls of her backwoods
friends. "
Mr. Beecher used to preach to the
natives in his school-house on every
Sabbath day , and the country for miles
around turned out tp listen to his
teaching ? . For years he never missed
but one Sunday , and the way he hap-
penud to m ss that single appointment
Ejives the text for a good story. When
he first moved into the wilds he kept
the run of time by cutting a notch into
a stick as each day went by. Of course
this required a good deal of care but
Mr. Beccher was sure that he was care
ful. One morning ho started for his
school-house to preach his usual Sun
day sermon , and whim he came to the
cabin of one of the most devout mem
bers of his flock found the housewife
liard at work over her washtubs. The
shocked man of God promptly , and
somewhat energetic.illy , probably , re
proved her for tier open desecration of
; he Sabbath. The woman rubbed her
eye ; ? , and scrutinized him half sus-
oiciously , to break out finally :
' La. Air. Beecher. this an't Sundav ;
it's Monday. "
And she convinced him that she was
right , whereupon he ejaculated :
"Then I'm the culprit , for I never
did a bigger day's work in my life than
yesterday. " He had misled one notch
ix that almanac stick.
WOMEN DON'T OWN BABIES.
A Startling : Kit or Information for
tho Mothers of tho JLand.
Millions of mothers all over tho
United States gather their little ones
around thorn , never dreaming that by
tho law they havo no right to these
children. They do not know that tho
sole legal right to tho children rests
with the father in all except three of
the states. Most men do not know it.
A majority of fathers , if they did know
it , would never assert their right as
against the mother. But now and then
a father who is as bad as tho law
knows his legal rights and assumes
them.
Not long ago , within a short ride of
Boston by rail , lived a young man and his
wife and their 7-month-old .
- - baby. Ap
parently they were at peace and pros
perous. One day tho husband told his
wife at noon that a certain family had
sent her an earnest invitation to spend
tho afternoon. Tho wife said she "had
too many things to do that day to go
to visit. " But the husb.ind said : "You
ought to go when they send for you.
I will take care of the baby. " Thus
urged tho wife made ready and went.
A G o'clock she came home. Tho
house was locked , husband and baby
gone. There was no letter to explain
tho sudden and unexpected absence.
Tho neighbors knew nothing. Over
whelmed with grief and heartache for
her nursing baby , the poor mother con-
consulted a lawyer. By his advice sho
forced an entrance to the house. How
empty and desolate it seemed ! It was evi
dent that the husband had exorcised
his legal right and taken tho child
where he pleased. All the neighbors
sympathized with the wife. Men said
that "if the wretch ever returned ho
would deserve to be tarred and feather
ed. " Execration was loud , deep , and
abundant , but one quiet woman who
knew the law said : "He is only as
bad as tho law which allows him tho
sole right to the child. " But every
man said there was no such law. It
was only after reference to the statutes
they could admit that here in Massa
chusetts a married father has a right to
rob his wife of her children , and that
men who were so cruel , mean , and
dastardly wero only as bad as the law.
There was but one opinion of the law
and of the man. But that could not
restore the lender helpless babe to its
mother. If others could sleep or rest ,
there was neither sleep nor rest for her.
The parents of this husband lived in
Canada. It was most likely he had
taken the child to them. She had been
to their home and knew how to find it.
Making such arrangements as wero
possible , she started "for Canada. Tho
same night the husband returned. Not
finding his wife , he surm-sed that sho
had gone for the child. He had carried
it to hs parents. He telegraphed them
to take the child away and hide it.
This they did. When the young moth
er appeared at the door of the parents
of her husband , with this measure
less grief in her heart , his moth
er met her at the door. One would
suppose that the heart of tho old
mother would have melted in sympathy
for this grief-stricken young one. But
not sc. She sympathized with her son.
It can not now be told how it was
managed , but she found the little one
in a hot attic , evidently not having
been even washed since it left home ,
and she too'c ' it to her own father's
house , where she is to-day in dread of
what may happe.i to ht r an-1 to it.
The brother of tli's crujl father took
his child a few years ago away from its
mother. Her relatives guvo him § 700
to bring it back. It is supposed that
this man hoped to make money by a
similar torture of of li s wife.
There was a givat deal of indigna
tion , both among men and women , in
the ca < e quoted above. But what does
it avail ? It is evident that there is
need of women to help men make laws
that will protect women and children.
But the icpresentaUva from the town
where all this happened voted against
womanuft"rage in the Massachusetts
legislature last winter. It is to bo
hoped that the voters there will see to
it that he does not have the opportunity
to do so again. Meantime the reproach
of all good citizens , men and women ,
should be so poured out upon men who
wrong mothers and little children that
they will fiee as other thieves and rob
bers flee before honest people. Lucy
Stone , in JJoslo-i Globe.
Little Drops.
In Limestone , Ivy. , the water is so
iard that the inhabitants use plates of
it for window-grass.
The drought in Arizona is so severe
; hat the water in a mint julep rustles
ike a bunch of dried leaves.
It is so dry in Wheeler County , Tex. ,
that the people have to sprinkle the
water before it is wet enough to drink.
The drinking water in Philadelphia
n summer is so thick that it is custom-
nry to slice it up with a knife and serve
t with ice.
There is a stream in North Carolina
so clear that a stranger walked right
nto it and was drowned before he
cnew the stream was there.
The ducks which frequent a water
course in the drought section of Mis-
L-sippi havo been laying hard-boiled
"
eggs for the last three"weeks. . *
The intense dry weather in Sangamon
county , 111. , has made it poss.blc for the
citizen to wipe their hands and faces on
a sheet of water. Wubfcngtoii Critic.
A Wayward Father.
"What is the matter , Johnny ? " ask
ed a Texas widower of his little son.
"You are not acting right , father.
You are not behaving as a father
should. You have secrets. "
What have I done. Johnnv ? "
"You have engaged yourself to Miss
Jones , without consulting me. I had
already picked out a wife for you , but
as you make your bed so you must lie
n it. All I can say is that a wayward
ather is apt to make a bad husband. "
1'exas Sif lings.
Thought it Was a Goat Fight.
"This honest butter fight has keen a
ong one , hasn't it ? " she asked
"Yes. indeed , and both sides have
spent lots of money. "
"Sav. John , which o-oat whipped ? "
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Tid'lttis. !
