Show re LATE the singular affair occur ing in berlin A W W MURDERS HIS faglier le Is to death his si take the Matter to heart and suicide the son Is finally lle special lo 10 the ENQUIRER BERLIN dec 23 at Debre czin a louiie man named lorica lo who sometime ago murdered ins father was sentenced to death his bister and mother look his fate so much to heart that the hister killed the mother with her con bent and then committed suicide as neither would survive alie shame of seeing their relative hung when the youth wahn formed of this ho repeatedly declared that lie to die as soon aa possible hut today to day lie was told that it biad pleased alie emperor to grant him a that his sentence had been commuted to imprisonment for life he appeared pained alien alib announcement of the emperors action was made known to him tho authorities fear hb will commit suicide HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CONGRESS special to the ENQUIRER BALTIMORE dec 23 jo john gilmary is writing a history of the catholic congress recently held in this city cardinal gibbons will contribute the introduction to the hook TO CELEBRATE THE BATTLE OF ORLEANS special to the ENQUIRE louisville dec 23 ex governor proctor has accepted an invitation to address the andrew jackson league of chicago on the anniversary of the battle of new orleans the orator who made duluth famous will it is understood greveive an ovation at chicago CHARLES HAir PLAYING IN CHICAGO special to the ENQUIRER CHICAGO dec 23 diaries wyndham dham and his london lyceum company will begin their engagement at to opening with the candidate by justin huntley mccarthy alie play was one of hams greatest london successes A NEWSPAPER celebration special to the ENQUIRER manchester N II 11 dec 23 the tn m celebration of the publication li of the first newspaper in this city was mi occasion fraught deep interest to many alie aal air was participated in by of the newspapers printers and publishers of the city and including many representative men who have at one time or another dabbled in llie allurements allure ments of journalism LOVED BY THE IRISH PEOPLE special to the ENQUIRER DUBLIN dec 23 A present of great value and indicative of the kindly feeling of the irish race to the grand old man will bo presented to henry gladstone on the occasion of his marriage to miss steward kendel which will take place towards alie close of next month A popular subscription is being solicited by the leaders of the people for alie of a gift which will be entirely of irilli workmanship mc NEW TO GO unpunished special to the ENQUIRER YORK dec 23 it is quite probable that the indictments against the untried aldermanic will le stricken from alie docket this week since the jury failed to convict cheary col fellows has become convinced that it is a waste of time and money to un the prosecution of those now under indictment baoy of the witnesses have belt alie city since the trial of jehne and the memories of those alio have remained have failed in a manner to cause col to grieve but yet their friends are not at all alarmed about their menial condition SKIPPED IN kiei TIGHTS special to the PARIS dec 23 an actress disappeared last night from alie footlights of alic non dantas theatre the fair is adlle cierny who played in the kingdom of man she was carried off voluntarily by ono of bior numerous admirers she left while the play was being presented to a fashionable gandionco andi when alio curtain went down after alie first act she repaired arrayed in all her tights hp anIes and general golden glory to her dressing room where alic enveloped herself in ft cloak and vanished the elopement lias something of a sensation the man in the cabe is a distinguished journalist alio holds a prominent and lucrative domce from the government THE RECENT LONDON special to the LONDON dec 23 it is reported that air the commissioner of police has accepted a foreign appointment and that ho will retire from his office before parliament convenes no reason is assigned for aliis change either by fmunro or the government but nevertheless every one seems to be fully aware of it there is no doubt but the west end scandal the revelation of which has shocked the country is prim airey airly responsible for it munro had determined ter mined to arrest ami prosecute the Ya ityS offenders but he was held by alio home secretary in the meantime the principal offenders escaped to the continent where they are now hiding from the public gaze an exposure of the scandal is promised in parliament bv labouchere Labouch cre who has been accumulating evidence regarding the criminals and the government lias attempted to his guns by shifting alio responsibility for thy of the offenders from alic shoulders of home secretary matthews to those of the monto who w ill be out of the country and who if he wishes to continue in alio enjoyment of alic sinecure provided for igini will not defend himself almost over day adds to the popular knowledge of alic distinguished involved in alic blackest scandal with which london lias had to deal for many years two men of high social standing were arrested by inspector aberline today to day in connection with this unspeakable scandal they were not brought before the magistrate publicly but as the inspector was seen in alic private room of eliat official it is thought the case was tried privately HES GOT THE DROP W special to the washington D C dec 23 jhb journalists 0 washington are up in arms against congressman amps cum buish although alio genial congressman as a journalist himself andis gen his colleagues the newspapers anro determined toJ iwago a bitter and unrelenting war against lam cimmings is the special n washington of tho new York Swi with which journal lio lias been a great many years and 0 3 a TS 3 ill addition writes for a syndicate of pa acra of more or less importance his position aa congressman affords him privileges and facilities for obtaining news not enjoyed by the men and hence their opposition to hiim the great trouble with the journalists is how they can obtain the news of important events as early and as reliably as cummings does 0 courno they cannot all become congressmen and cummings cannot be very easily deprived of his rights and liivi issei as a member of the house thia matter has been frequently debated at the press club but no one lias been able to suggest any means of relief cummings pretends not to be aware of the feeling against his privileges which prevails among the newspaper men lie treats his fellow journalists with the utmost courtesy and ives them news which he does not want there are many members of the house wha would strain a point to give all newspaper men the facilities that cum einings possesses for they haqq to see a congressman daily take a seat in their midst sharpen his pencils and prepare to note their works and actions special to CITY mo dec 20 an inquest was held at the epperson farm in cairaway county today to day over the dead body of julius hofer the young german who was and instantly killed yesterday by miss louisa apperson lp person tho testimony at the trial showed the facts to have been entirely different from the story told by the brother of the deceased last night the girls testimony abo s that she was the victim of a most brutal assault on the part of her story is to the effect that yesterday morning the deceased used language toward her which impeached her cliar acter her faglier and mother were absent at the time she hadbo rely upon herself she called a liar and told him alic would kill him if alie language was repeated he went to the fields with the other hands but returned ahead of them a few minutes and entering the honse repeated the offensive language used in the morning she ordered him out of the aliouse but in place of leaving he made a criminal assault upon her she fought like a demon and tried to scream hut clofer choked her she still fought and clofer thinking eliat the other hands were approaching released her tom williams a colored fiand camo to the house and tho girl said did you not come when I 1 called williams answered did not hear you what was alie matter 0 O said the girl 1 wanted you to take that dutchman away from the house he treated me awfully and I 1 will hill him if le was the last dutchman on earth after this conversation the eirl went into the old house a new house is being built all of which is not yet in use and returned a minute later with a as caliber smith wesson pistol in her hand in the mean time hole his brother and a negro hand had seated themselves at the table williams seeing the pistol in tho puts hand tried to stop lier but was too stepped close to cutting a piece of and before he was aware of her presence shot him just above the right car his brother joseph clofer who was sitting at the table sprang to hid foot so alie girl and williams say and tried to strike her with a chair but williams interfered alie girl then went into the old building threw the on the bed and fainted hofer was killed so dead that he did not fall out of his chair but remained at the table a grim sentinel of the unfinished meat the body remained in eliat position until taken away by the coroner today the testimony of williams and in fact all who witnessed alie tragedy is substantially the same in regard to the shooting and the statements made by the two corroborates the girls evidence in all they witnessed jr tha coroners jury was composed of farmers after a careful examination the jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide and consequently the girl waa not held the prosecuting attorney aas satisfied with alie verdict the young lady is suffering greaty from nervous prostration and lias not left her room since alie shooting joseppi hofer brother of the dead man returned to this city today to day and sent a coffin for the corpse he is still greatly excited and claims to be afraid to go back across the river giving as a reason that he thinks the people would kill him he talked about the shooting all day and his story is substantially what was repeated last night he said however that alie language which caused the girl to kill his brother was of such a nature as attacked her clia and this lie avers was the sole cause of the friends and relatives of the dead man left this morning with a coffin and returned tonight to night the body which will be taken to miles from here for burial joseph hofer was in nowise connected with bif brother in the assault upon miss apperson GORILLA BULL DOG colinan COli nAT special to the ENQUIRER FT ind dec 20 buc most bin gular and at alie sam time one of the most fiercest and of combats occurred in alio woods near van wort 0 twenty five miles cast of ft wayna at 3 aliis morning it was a battle to alie finish between an imported thoroughbred englich hull dog and a young african gorilla the dog was a splendid animal weighing about 10 pounds and alie gorilla a sav age looking beast of 80 pounds weight with a record of having killed two big mustangs alie fight was for a side additional offered by alie owner of the gorilla and taken by alio owner of the dog eliat the dog would not get out of the battle alive the ferocious animals were put into an u re 12 feet square and 8 feet high built of 3 inch oak strips closed at tho top the pen was surrounded by a crowd of tough sports from cincinnati and ft vayne A chicago man bield alie and acted as referee the fight was to be continued until one of alio animals wag killed instantly upon touching the bottom of the pit alie two brutes rushed furiously at cadi other the dog was strong and game but no match for the gorilla his teeth seemed to have no on the go rillias tough liidi in less than one minute alie gorilla had caught alie dog ill powerful embrace and sunk his repeatedly into ids spine and flanks alie blood hew in streams be spattering alie ugly mugs of the crowd that feared over alio top of alie pen in less than two minutes alie owner of the dog threw up sponge but it was evident alie dog was already dead alie wound at flora avenue a few blocks further on one of alie liand wheels of alie carnage came off throwing alie two ladica out sirs head struck alie pavement her skull being fractured at alie bafia she died in twenty minutes and a few minutes before her husband arrived mrs logan s right leg was fractured and the left injured perhaps broken alio physicians could positively upon alie examination mrs daughter of mr J A alart of cedar rapids la where slie was married hiie ca nieto this city five yea ia ago with her husban dand resided at 1309 biar rison street kaj rn BY ann EXPLOSION OF A SHELL special to the ST dc 20 A shell exploded exl oded in alia arsenal at benr st loussia ll to ilav reaal re oal and demol four persons were killed and icv injured |