Show B BY A r T TELEe telegraph ei L IE G raph SAPH it AMERICAN philadelphia 17 A well 7 known wealthy married I 1 anan m nuy aus named john L katen raten wa was wal before the magistrate today to day charged with a fiendish assault on miss misa pemberton it appears that kates seduced her when she was about 15 years old and she claims that he ham ban held her bar in a life of somi semi slav ery eyer since pince recently she attended a picnic without his permission e ini int ision islon and when she returned bo he charged her with infidelity knocked her liar down beat heat her I 1 in a manner and then tore all the clothes roff goff oft her person and after pouring burning fluids over her lier sot set fire firo to her and endeavored to burn her alive the interference of some people in the house prevented the consummation of his design on friday evening last he whipped her in a brutal manner and swore that he would disfigure her so that she would never be able to go out great emonts efforts have been made by interested parties to heep keep the details of the atair affair froin from the public kates was held in 2200 ball nor for his appe appearance artince in court ST louis LOOTS 17 A special from benton denton franklin county illinois says that for some time past a body of men disguised in ku klux style stylo have been traveling over the coun I 1 oplin g peaceable citizen sand compelling them ito perform any act they dictated up to this time in williamson and franklin counties the citizens have tamely submitted to these outrages yesterday J B maddox one of the county commissioners received information that some of these marauders would visit his house and whip him for not obeying the orders they had given him maddox informed the sheri sheriff fr J T mason y who summoned twenty men who secreted themselves at maddox house well armed about two last night the fourteen in number made their alpean appearance nce nee on horseback disguised in white robes high white hats and masked maske daud dand and nud aud armed with shot guns and pistols the sheriff stepped out when they came to the house and ordered them to surrender the leader of the band fired at the tue sheriff missing him T the tho he sheriff and posse then ordered them to ha halt hait it when the band shot and then wheeled and attempted to escape the posse possel fired and one man was mortally wounded and five others injured but all succeeded in getting away except the man who was fatally hurt the names of the others were revealed by the tho wounded man who was captured and the sheriff and posse are after them ato day great excitement prevails ro valls valis and the citizens are iet Net determined determined to rid the country of these midnight maraud marauders eis A meeting was held by citizens today at which resolutions were wore adopted and active measures are being taken to bring the outlaws to justice these desperadoes are aro said to be some strong in this county governor beveridge has sent stand of arms A military company is being formed and a bloody result may be expected NIAGARA FALLS FAL LS 17 the body of ethelbert parsons Par sons sous who was drowned drowsed at the cave of the winds on the oth was recovered from the whirlpool today to day sr ST josepn JOSEPH mb mo 37 17 A frightful accident occurred about 10 loam am on the st louis rand faud st joseph yoseph branch of the st L K C and northern IL it As tho the train parsing over some trestle work miles south gouth of gower station clinton county the structure gave way and precipitated mail and express and two passenger cars care a distance of twenty feet were or on train rain over forty of whom were welo inured the only one killed hilled was a man nan supposed to be E J anglina or st louis several others aro are to die from their injuries uries urles N Y 1 17 T this his afternoon gibson assistant superintendent perin of tho the newburg waterworks water works attempted to shoot alfred aifred post a prominent resident of this city and president of the highland national bank of newburg ho he fired two shots without e effect c when i he be was arrested and I 1 locked socked ocke ta up gibsons gibbons Gib sons wife has left lefft him bim and he charges that post induced her to leave ST sr PAUL minn IT 17 information lon has been received that at a recent conference in new york between bettien the chief officers of the st paul and pacific B R II 11 and a committee attee of the dutch bondholders bond boud holders an agreement was arrived at by virtue of which all pending litigation is withdraw with withdrawn dra wn for a ear and lif if tho the agreement ia Is hati iati ratified fled fied by the principals iu in holland two ul uncompleted c om portions of the liuo line will be pushed forward to completion in time to save the tho land grant giving direct connection from st paul with the N 13 B R bat brainerd and with the canadian road now building from fort garry carry to pembina chicago iza 17 A dispatch from whitehall mleh mich announces that the body of N S grimwood the journal reporter who went with prof donaldson in a five weeks ago lias has been found near that place READING BEADING pa Is 17 this afternoon r the wife of captain singer accompanied by her three children childred two girls anda and a boy aged respectively nine bik six and three walked up ili the tow path of the union canal and when three miles north of the city she threw tho the children into the water and then walked in hers elfand kil kii all ill were drowned NEW orleans On LEiNs 27 Es ex gover nor john B veiler velier oller of california died today to day of smallpox SAN SAX FRANCISCO IT 17 thirteen of the crew crow of the british ship bremen days from liverpool died on the passage of scurvy three died yesterday in sight of the port and all the rest are helpless the ship wis was towed inside this after noon NEW YORK IS 18 mr duncan ot the suspended firm of duncan sherman co has issued a circular to the creditors proposing to pay play 33 13 1 3 cents on the dollar in full settlement of the indebtedness of the firm eight and one third per cent on or before november 27 1875 five per cent may 27 1876 five per cent nov 27 1876 five per cent may 27 1877 and ten per cent nov 27 with interest at seven per pen percent cent per annum until paid or as much sooner as the assets shall bo realized and divided the excess of assets over the percentage is also given to the ere creditors but the assets are to be placed in the hands of mr duncan under the control of a committee private dispatches received in this city announce the death by assassination of senor gabriel garcia moreno president of the republic of ecuador the inte into intelligence was brought by a specia special courier from the capital to the pacific coast and thence by packet to panama canami and by cable to thib this city general butler was invited to address a public meeting under the auspices of the legal tender club clui of this city but other engagements making it impossible for him to be pre present sento the general writes lii lil 1 I am unable to comprehend or appreciate and much less to admire that system of government finances which has so wrought upon the business and production of the country that even two millions of workingmen and women who desire productive employment have haac not had it for the last two years and by which the production which they would have added tc the wealth of the tho country during durant that time is lost assuming tha thai each one in that number skilled skille and unskilled could have averaged average two dollars per day for the working days of the past year then wee wel have lost one billion two hundred million or about equal to half thi til national debt by their enforce cu dorcel forceL idleness to say nothing of the loss lose of the morals of the tho working mer and women how long iong men ii 11 active business and property hold ors era and holders of those kinds 0 property which are open to the ta rat gat gatherer brer will permit a system 0 financial administration to go oi 01 by which their property shall pre predate clato clate 33 per cent in its value while the owners of property as notes mortgage mortgages si and bonds which i are untaxed because no open pen to the tax gatherer have thel property appreciate 3 and taxa taxation fion flon is a problem which th good sense of the people of thi country will solve the coming pre election A dispatch today to day from london states that the market is unsteady on account of disquieting new now from Herze herzegovina govina the theory i that the spreading of the insurrect indurre in surre tion may complicate russia am an while ame Amo american amerlean rican securities contina strong english consuls and horn values are depressed N Y T isa 18 A breal occurred to day on the erie rai way vay may three miles east of the S bw que hanna anna anda depot which will requa several days to repair it was cause by the breaking away of am a mi dam dain some distance above the rai way the waters rushing down all an tearing I 1 away about fe feet ot of tl embankment OMAHA omaira IS 18 the tho union jacif railroad company yesterday bega suits in the U B S district coul against nine more counties of til th state to restrain them from tl tf collection of taxes for 1871 tenn tonn 18 TL lion hon D tel key of this city 11 been ap pointed appointed by the governor 1 mi fill the vacancy in the US senat senai caused by the death of andre johnson |