Show GENER D R NEWS by telegraph to the NEWS cal april 14 michael micha keefe the wife murderer Baur mur deret derel who was to be hanged banged tomorrow to morrow cut his throat with a pocket bocket knife this morning he resister resi resisted steg the efforts of the doctor to dress the wound and died this afternoon springfield ill 14 the annual lincoln exercises will be held in hiie the hall of representatives tomorrow the deepest interest la is be log ing manifested in the me approaching exercises fre aises in honor of the martyr president on account of the revelations which are expected to be made frela tive to the disposition of the body of president lincoln after the att attempt t made in 1876 to steal the body from elp lie sarcophagus under the tb linco lincoln n montt laona ment in which it was placed an kad dress will be made by clinton L conkling one of the members of the lincoln guard of honor he will say on the night of november ath 1876 mullins and hughes two chicago thieves made an unsuccessful attempt to steal steal the body of the late PRESIDENT LINCOLN from the marble sarcophagus in which it was enclosed and which was exposed to the view of visitors through an iron grating on the north side of the monument it was forced open and the coffin was taken out out but at this point the robbers were interfered with by certain persons secreted in the monument who had received information that the robbery was to be attempted and abandoned their strange booty since that time the public mind ihas been beeanna in A of uncertainty as to the real resting place of the dead martyrs body a report having gone out that it was not returned to the sarcophagus after the ATTEMPTED ROBBERY all mystery that has attached to the matter is now cleared away it ap pears ears that the body was replaced in rhe the sarcophagus and remained there for or about a week the of the association bo bolever now wever ver felt that it was insecure and was subsequently removed to a place of greater safety squally ally the lincoln guard of honor which is composed of some of our best known ald most highly respected citi zons was organized and one of the duties of this association has been to k SACREDLY GUARD the body of the dead president during daring the mouth month of November 1875 1876 members of the guard with rith their own hands prepared the vault within the monument tor for the body an excavation was made in the earth about thirty feet south of the abe and the body was safely deposited therein herein and thy the mouth of the excavation was closed the atmosphere at the point where the abe the excavation was made was almost stifling and work was prosecuted at different times during the stillness of tile the night with iso human eye to witness it save those who were assisting in the labor of love two days after the funeral of NIBS MRS LINCOLN in july 1882 her bodet was taken by the guard and laid beside her husband the members bound themselves by the solemnity of an oath not to revea reveal bf what had been done until the proper time should arrive to do so and that time has now arrived yesterday both these bodies were ere taken by the lincoln guard of honor in the presence of the monument association and placed in the new receptacle prepared for them during the week this receptacle acle is in the earth near where the sarcophagus has so long stood athas it has a bottom of twelve inches of cement and has double walls of brick the bodies have been placed in their final resting place ana cemented over and this will in time become as solid as rock after this work had been co completed m eted the bodies were formally tur turned e pd over by the guard of the monument association and were accepted by it before being finally entombed the body of lincoln was opened and identified the hair bair and whiskers have fallen off and the abe face is very black the contour is how ever stul still perfect and the face to is said to S hongly of the bronze on the nw now YORK I 1 A april ril 14 the time convention of railroad railroad superintendents and maD managers agers concluded its session this after afternoon the new code which wasi provisionally adopted six months ago was brought up agate agata and adopted and will be put u t in operation las as soon as practicable B by y this code a uniform system ot signals by lamps whistles and other methods is a established for all roads represented at the convention nearly all tile the roads were represented uniform methods and regulations tor for timing and starting trains rules for running trains on single tracks traces for switching code an and sidetracking aching are included in the code the general latent intent of th new code is to insure safety to passengers and freight A plan for a system of telegraphic signals was also introduced and provisionally adopted it will come up at the october session LONDON april 14 the language chamberlain in speaking at the meetings in ayr has incited the irish against hini him and he has received numerous letters barnin warning him that he be will not leave scotland live alive speaking to an assemblage of 2500 persons chamberlain said the opponents of the crimes bill haye made ou an outcry against the ie repression of liberty to do what to commit theft to ruin roin industrious dust rious men to outrage women hisses mingled with cheers 1 what are you are hissing at the crimes or the punish here a man rising and mena menacing eing chamberlain prid end it to is NOT characteristic of the irish to outrage women an attempt was made to turn the man out oat but bat mr chamberlain cried out oat leave him alone then he continued contina e d do you went want instances im of insults offered to women cheers and cries oi of outrage you slander the irish I 1 did not mean the grossest outrage of all but I 1 alluded to personal viole gae and insults hisses and cheers I 1 referred to cases like that thai of cf the carter family where the lives ot of the widow and the daughters of ef the war murdered dered man were made intolerable like that of the widow of another murdered man byers who while accompanying the DEAD BODY of her husband was wa steered jeered and hooted along the street here the speaker was wae interrupted by cries of watch yourself 1 hisses and general disorder 1 I 1 am stating facts to which even my opponents might listen to in silence and shame when I 1 refer to assassinations a man here says take care of yourself harthe has the time come when we are not to discuss political matters in this country without being threatened with assassination great cheering 1 this is the spirit of parties in convention in C chicago I 1 am sorry to know that they have an any representatives natives in scotland 91 sax SAW FRANCISCO alrh lt 1 alexander Goldenson Golden soo coa convicted of the murder of mamie kelly was refused a now new trial today to day and sentenced to be hanged june I 1 BOSTON april 14 the herald bw ald states that mrs sarah E U howe of womans comans bank fame has absconded with of the depo depositors money ever s since ince her release from confinement on tile the charge of swindling depositors in her bank she has combined the business of receiving deposits of money from women paying or promising to pay ab an exceeding rate ot interest thereon A lady from augusta maine called at mrs howes house bouse last evening for the purpose of collecting interest on a sum of money deposited with her she was told by a man who came to the door that mrs howe had bad ek dipped aad taken with her A w warrant arrant has been issued for mrs howes bowels arrest and the police are searching for her SAN FRANCISCO april 14 T H Good mathe aAb the general passenger pas seager agent of the central pacific railroad has notified J G mccall the pacific coast agent of the erie brie railway that the central pacific would no longer allow him to send emigrant excursions east over its road the reason assigned for its action is that the extra accommodations provided for these excursion ests was in contravention of the interstate comi commerce nerce law which prohibits undue reference preference or advantage to any person ST louis locia april 14 the awards of contracts for auppl ing beef to various indian agencies was made by the indian commissioners this afternoon atter noon the bids range from 5 to 15 per cent lower than those of last year obien arill result in a saving of fully to the government april la 14 buena vista special to the anver denver Be republican publican A rock slide opu occurred in a deep cut on the work of avner higbie bernard on the midland fid grade near this place in which mr bernard was badly injured and several men killed the full extent of the disaster cannot be learned at this instant doctors mattoon and laubman have gone out oat to work it is sate sale to say that eight or ten men have lost their lives and several others have been more or less injured indianapolis april 14 something of a sensation was developed today to day in connection wita the frauds alleged to have been committed at the last election under the ruling of judge gresham the prosecution were forced to transfer the cases to the state courts and the grad jury ury of the criminal court has been taking evidence in the matter the jury drawn to serve six months consists of six members and is equally divided politically today to day th the republican members sent a letter to the judge judee in which they stated that there was ample evidence to warrant the finding of indictments in the ELECTION FRAUD CASES but that such a result was prevented by the the otner members of the jury to take action in concluding the three members asked to be excused from further service on the jury judge irwin on receipt of the letter considerable indignation expressed and said that the facts stated dev developed elorea something entirely new in ia crim nal jurisprudence prudence uris he further said that the letter would be filed for consideration at the beginning of the next term of court but took no BO further action TOLEDO april 14 this afternoon edward W woody cody night flight distributing clerk at the post office was arrested by deputy united states marshal breed bree for robbing the mails cody is an unmarried man managed aged about 37 and has been in the postoffice post office about five years the only letters he abstracted were those addressed to the blade newspaper he was caught by means of decoy letters the blade first noticed the loss last november and estimates the lings since then at between and ta toffic ST lowis louis april 15 dantel daniel jewell who shot and killed his wife in december bt 1884 because she refused to live with him was hanged banged in the jail ail yard at 7 this morning CHICAGO april 15 A panic was created among the inmates of the county jail shortly before 1030 this la morning orning by the kaow knowledge ledge imbat a fire ake was wa in progress in the isaae department of the jail ail an insane man who had been ineAr incarcerated last week had by smoke by means of firing his bed clothing and the seq smoke ke quickly permeated the jail c cori 0 r irs a the alarm was wa sounded and a luffer ear of eu en sines were fr wyss i but the lire fire was extinguished by t tuf jail apparatus pa ratus no one injured the loss was light AMSTERDAM april 15 forty flye five hundred students last fast night serenaded king william ond and royal family who have renis remained ined here sines the recent toyal royal birthday festivities the hotel tin jin the centre of the city which was crowded with guests who came here to join in ia the festivities in honor of the kings kinds birthday caught lire fire last night and was entirely destroyed st four of the inmates were killed and several sustained injuries of a 4 more or less severe character ST JOHNS N F A aril at 15 A terrific gale raged alu alone t afie e west coast of this island on oa tuesday tuesday and wednesday causing serious loss of life and great geat destruction of A property near A rose ose ra ranch rich two barks andi skiffs went want down at their moorings and five men were drowned grave fears are entertained for we me safety of tour four schooners ners and a large boat RALEIGH N C april 15 parties of mormon missionaries who have been at work at ac the mountains near lave have georgia been babit badly beaten and nd driven into mo april ll A last night the prisoners in jail here acre escaped among the prisoners was J W west convicted of murder and sen sent tWeed need to twenty five years in the penitentiary LON LONDON iDoN april 15 the miners at northumberland decided decide d by a vote of 1400 to to continue the strike april 16 15 the wholesale druit drug store of chas chaa baumbach co was burned today to day ll 11 LASS insurance the ti h firo fire was cause caused I 1 by the explosion of a varnish barrel rudolph rudo I 1 ph seabel a clerk was fatally injure d dby by the explosion DOVER N H april 16 the areat e est a t fire re dover dever h has as ever experienced occurred this afternoon in the print works it will involve a loss of nearly and will throw over over operatives out of employment RANGOON april 15 16 half I 1 the town of begu fifty efty eight miles of rangoon was destroyed by afire presumable incendiary the extensive plot among the inhabitants of upper burmah and the dacoits ito burn tile the towns massacre the europeans and proclaim a new king has been frustrated by the police and the loyal B burmese r who after three days figh ca captured aured the leaders maine april 15 A large fire is in progress at Kenne kennebunk bunk port half the business section of the town has been consumed the badde ford fire engines have been telegraphed for SALEM mass april 15 A large fire is raging at the new england brick works at davenport but particulars cannot be given owing to them the distance from the telegraph office there is no way of obtaining any idea of tile the extent of the fire or the damage tonight ni ht AT ST CLAIRES VILLE ohio april 15 i A storm was felt here at 1 pm in it appeared to be traveling from the west and was in the shape of a funnel shaped mass of cloud resembling embling rem in appearance dense black smoke the cone was downward and it could be plainly traced over its track by the destruction st it left houses were demolished and trees snapped off like pipe stems horses and cattle were prostrated and carried bodily hundreds 0 of f yards by the gale the sky was darkened with clouds of flying debris the storm L and its effects showed all the distinguishing characteristics of west 1 ern cyclones inq it FIRST STRUCK two new brick houses belonging to col paxton and judge cochran Coch raa west of town and a frame house belonging i to a man named coleman all tareal were completely demolished and the furniture and portions of the roof and walls scattered along the track of the cyclone clear to the end of town a mile distant ajl aj large mansion at the corner of marietta and main streets was cut off clean at the second floor and the walls and roof scatter scattered edin in fragments the first national bank block and C thrall lions bona dry goods store were almost swept from their sites only oily a portion of ane lower walte walls being left standing the dwellings and business bloc bleab of T H patterson druggist george jepson grocer hocur and M james patterson dry goods bolls had bad their upper walls and ana roof WV OFF and the lower part of the houses honses badly damaged by lallias lalling bricks and timbers the Nat national iopal hotel mrs evans large brick residence and probably forty other houses were less seriously erious ly damaged no casualties to persons are reported the funnel shaped cloud having been seen approaching in time for fa families millis to take refuge in their cellars benjamin fine old brick pj 01 town wa totally de polished moli shed likewise the up united cited presbyterian church a large bri brick A 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