Show STARTLING EVIDENCE A feciale WITNESS FAINTS IN TUB COURT ROOM daccio round be blood spots of lord 1 l he larn 11 LONDON nov ag the proceedings before commission today to day were made interesting by the appearance pe arance on the witness stand of lady whose husband was murdered at claybar Cla abar county galway lady testified as to the friendly feeling that existed between her husband and his tenants on the Ebe rhall estates at claybar until the land league began to hold there in i 1880 her husband obtained a writ of ejectment against a tenant in tho following september while the witness was in scotland her husband was shot she went to ireland to attend the funeral she heard that the men had refused to assist in patting the coffin in the hearse witness left Ebe rhall in october while on her way to the steamer tho people laughed and hooted at her A stone was thrown at her 8 year old son her husband received threatening notices only after the league meetings had been held sir charles jussely Bus selY counsel for tho Pamel lites was proceeding to the cross examination of lady counte morres upon the exact dates of the league meetings alluded to when the witness fainted and would have fallen to the floor had not the court officer caught her sir charles thereupon intimated that he would not proceed in the cross examination constable drummond of claybar testified that during the inquiry into the murder of lord he could not get any assistance from the people after the formation of the land league he noticed a decided change in the manner of the people towards the landlords on cross examination ho attributed tho hostility of the people toward lord partly to his conduct as magistrate and partly to his attitude on the land question davitt then cross examined the witness and elicited the statement that lord led the people to believe he hrad secret communications with the dublin castle authorities sergeant oconnor testified ho saw a number of men with their hands joined dancing around some marks of blood on the spot where lord was murdered sir henry james of the times counsel announced that he now proposed to give evidence in relation to the outrages committed in county kerry sir charles bussell protested he said it was very difficult to follow the case if the prosecutors moved from one county to another without evidence connecting the outrages with the persons accused presiding justice hannan agreed with sir charles tho commission could follow tho evidence by the method in which it was proposed to give it only with enormous difficulty but when assured by counsel that there was no other means to shorten tho case than the course proposed the court was bound to assent sir charles bussell thereupon said warmly all I 1 can do then is to protest against the course which certainly will not conduce to the inquiry pat sullivan a farmer of county kerry was then examined ho said in june 1884 a man came to his door called him out and shot him aitor h recovered from the wound he was called upon to attend a of the league where ho was asked to let a particular tenant off with a reduction of rent ho gave his assent cross examined the witness said he did not connect the shooting with any member of the league at the meeting ho attended anyway sullivan was then examined reexamined re by attorney general webster who asked since you came here today to day have you spoken to either of the harrington timothy harrington rising from his place said 1 I never remember having seen the witnesses before edward harrington seated on the bench behind also arose and exclaimed this is an unfair imputation I 1 never have seen the man before today to day it is hard to have our names thus dragged in justice hannan addressing timothy harrington said this proceeding is quite irregular you ought to know you cannot take part in a case both as counsel and witness harrington replied 1 I did not appear as n witness hannan you cannoot interfere at all harrington the attorney general mentioned my name and 1 must request you to afford me the protection of tho court hannan let the court adjourn wo must maintain decorum the judges left the bench hurriedly amid a scene of great excitement counsel for both sides remained in their places harrington consulted with the counsel for the defense the judges were absent ten minutes when they resumed their places harrington said he had not meant any disrespect to the court hannan responded all persons aliko must obey the decisions deci sons of the court lam glad to receive your statement tho taking of evidence was resumed giles apay kerry man testified that a disguised man came to his house blindfolded his wife and cut off one of his ears tho court then adjourned an E GUAYAQUIL nov 16 A very heavy chock of earthquake was experienced hero today to day at p m the people rushed from their houses thoroughly panic mine llund reu all ft nu honri BOMBAY nov ac tho coasting steamer victoria which left cutch india for bombay with natives on board is a week overdue it is supposed sha foundered in a and that all hands were lost the marde Mn rde CHICAGO nov 16 A sensational story was sprinted this morning from elgin dimois tending to connect a crazy man named george hatchin son a former patient at the elgin hospital for the insane with tho london butcheries but cheries which have horrified the world the story was to the effect that hutchin escaped from the elgin hospital had been recaptured and sent to the kankakee hospital and escaping from there had come to chicago to murder a woman of the class to which belonged the victims of the choel ha was again arrested BO goes the story and returned to kankakee hospital from which he afterward escaped having now been four years at large detectives tec tives at the chicago police department have no knowledge of tha perpetration pet ration of such a crime such as the one described and have no record or photograph of a man named george hutchinson tenant elliot when seen this morning said 1 I donic think there can be anything in the story I 1 do not remember such a case or any record of it there is no picture in the rogues gallery to my knowledge of any man named george hutchinson and 1 never heard of any murder under aba cir cum stances named however if there is any truth in the story it might prove a good clue to the identity of the murderer we will look it up baut of jian ill jor xin 11 NEW nov 16 between two and three hundred able bodied men mysteriously skipped from the city yesterday the general impression is they have gone to hayti and will assume the role of fighting men thursday morning gangs of men with baggage over their shoulders were seen in the west end of greenwhich street their faces set for pier I 1 north river where a small steamer was anchored silently the men boarded the steamer and were taken down the bay A few of the men told their companions they were bound for central america but would not state the nature of their business four of the men are greenhorne greenhorns green horns and a prominent man who knows them says when thoy were about to ecart they were asked whore they ware going and could get no satisfactory an awer suddenly it struck me they were being shipped to hayti and they all replied south america they however refused to say what they were hired for by whom or what wages meders messenger co of maidon lane received the following letter from the captain of one of their vessels at port an prince today to day and in view of the serious nature of the communication they havo forwarded it to the state department at washington with the request that minister bayard order another gunboat down to hayti at once the northern ports are all blocked in open violation of the international law and the wildest disorder prevails at port au prince general telemaque Tele maqua was badly assassinated sina ted vero it not for this he would not have baen elected and thero is no doubt that ho would have served the people faithfully i port au prince petit geogan leogan er jeremie aux cayes and Mira goane alone are in favor of general legi time the rest of the country having declared for general hippolyte alie cabinet NEW nov ag special dispatch to tribune london cable the cabinet is somewhat nonplussed nonplus sed the grand old man whom the conservatives serva tives and unionists affect to despise has a fresh move which has surprised the ministry this is glad stones announcement last night that if the government as they threatened present a bill on monday embodying a demand for a vote of additional dit ional for the ex of the ashbourne act he will move an amendment embodying an alternative arrears scheme this clever move took the ministerial bench quito unawares it was expected then that the motion would be met by opposition ia the shape of a direct negative of the governments ern ments motion this would have j enabled the cabinet debaters to use the argument that gladstone was again opposing a measure designed for the benefit of the irish tenants merely because it was proposed by the government Glad stones demand thus presented for the same treatment for ireland as has been eminently successful in scotland is turning the flank in a most unexpected fashion urgent whips will be issued for a division on this amendment which it is expected will be taken on tuesday night the influence of lord randolph churchill is strikingly in the decision of the government unexpectedly announced last night by smith to drop the project to create a minister of agriculture churchill intimated his intention to move the rejection of this plan to thia is believed to be due the cabinet action the idaho nov 16 spec 1 ial to tribune the canvas of ham countes Coun tys votes give dubois 18 majority out of ballots the anti morman ticket is elected except five counting the mormon vote amport is elected for the legislature by majority 0 B wheeler treasurer by plurality woodin sheriff by 93 genter assessor and collector 74 carter commissioner 52 king commissioner these will be contested wheeler choso whoso plurality is greater than the mormon vote but throwing out the mormon votes will the others and give the full ticket to tha anti mormon except the the cormons mormons cast 12 votes at chesterfield ter field market lake 11 gentile valley soda springs and other places cast some mormon votes the anti mormon party wi I 1 leave no stone unturned in thi endeavor to defeat the mormon hierarchy getting control of the county offices the ro to be prosecuted for perjury in taking the test oath dubois is here to remain till the contest is thoroughly organized EL W smith of ogden is employed iu the case similar contests are to be made in cassia and bear aaice counties the withdrawal from the church for voting purposes with the largo colonization of cormons mormons in bingham county has aroused the anti here who will push the contests ALBION idaho nov 14 special to tribune the revised official count gives hawley 12 majority the nati cormons mormons elect assemblyman auditor and recorder assessor and collector treasurer surveyor and two commissioners the democrats elect probate judge sheriff district attorney county school superintendent coroner end one commissioner Commissi onen |