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THE WORLD: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1893,r«nty-fotir hour* after wo w«re foWfid toKindon him, and T do not believe tho Btory at ho )mi boon found alive. No one tho world would bo happier than I know that guch was tho case, but,I ?lt;ajr, I ran hardly see how Ik possible. An for the statement of tho trap-‘rt Ben Keely, I do not think it la worth isfrorlng. He is, I understand* suing Gen. irlin for the reward offered for tho return of e party, although hc.wa* among tlio revetted irty. As to his other charges, 1 do not bo-3Y0 they arc worth considering.FAMILIES FEARED THE SCANDAL.) th« Rawaon Divoroe* Ca*a I* Dismissed j but May Come Up at Chicago.(SperUl to Tba World.)ATLANTA, (la., Dec, 10.-The Rawson vorce case has been dismissed, It ts said the ml lies of the hushaud and wife brought this out to prevent disclosures being made here, here all concerned are well known. It is so paid the ease will be reopensd in Chicago, here tho husband will be allowed to secure a .vorco without contest,Mrs. Ada J. ilawtson, the plaintiff, was Miss LCkson, daughter of ex-Chief Justico Jack* in, and connected with some of the oldest an«l oct aristocratic families of tho stale. Kidney Hawson, the defendant, Is the son of the te Col. Rawson, whoso estate was worth wwlv $l,OUO,UlXt. His family is of the bust, niully.The marriage took place in chlcigo. Miss '.(usoti goinff there without giving her family :t!ec of her purpose. The young people had con attached to each other for years, but niUK Kawson was of a wild deposition, and ie marriage was strenuously opposed. For a ?ar previous lo the day he married Mbs tctaon in Chicago he had been on probation, lie erjuplc came back to Atlanta, and then unt to Jacksonville, PI a. There the ynune ife gave birth to a child, which the husband iimdinted und deserted.Mr. Ilnwfon intended to file a WU for divorce, pliably naming a co-respondent, but Mr?, awson' s attorney got ahead of Mm and filed a11 for her, alleging cruelty and desertion, he family feeling has been very hitler,i BILLY MURPHY ^KNOCKED OUT.a Attempted to Whip the Roferee but Tailed—Dixon Given the Decision.(Special to The World.)FATER90N, Dec. 10.—A four-round glove mtest between Champion George Dixon and iiBtrnlJan lillly Murphy at tho Peoples Thea-a to-night ended in a sensational manner, umhy was knocked out in tho third round Mhe referee. James Stoddard. The content itwcuu Murpliy and Dixon was the outcome a ehallenue issued by Murphy on Thursday ht when Dixon1 a vaudeville troupe opened three days' engagement at the People's Centre. Manager Tom U’Kourko, an usual, nt-sl from the platform that Dixon was tho alher- weight clmmpon of the world and was udy to meet any one In his class.“That’s Just what I want!” shouted urphy, who was in the audience. ManagerIN THE '5INOW-DRIFT5, BITTBR ROOT; klN* . ■1 Kourko agreed to give him $50 if he bested ixon in four rounds. Tho contort was ar* nred for to-night and tho tlieatro was Lcked to the doors. Stoddard was aelectcd tun tho audience to referee.He is employed iis manager for the PjibsoIq j •ring Jlrewery. Everyliody know him and n out of approval went up when he climbed on estate. .TackGarrnbriLtit, of this city, wua louteu as timekeeper for Murphy and liltain e for Dixou. Tom O'Rourke and Prof, cL Lvneh were In Dixon’s corner, nnd •orgo sirl dons and James Uurko handled the onge for Murphy.Tho eohirelt;i lad had the best of the first und. Murphy started with a rush in the roud and liinded a heavy one on Dixon's w, but tho colored boy gave a return blow of ua.1 forue. The men mixed matters pretty )tly.Frequent clinches oecuAed, and the refereo wobllged lo separate thoni before any harm suited. Tliii interference did not seem easing to Murphy. Tho men fought hammer id tongs in the third round, Dixon doing the istwork.Referee Stoddard went between them to maud that they break away. Murphy bwtnijg s right in his lace. Btoddnrd walt; enraged,J struck at the pugilist right and left and ;t IiIh no*c and mouth, knocking him under e ropes,The house was in an uproar, but trouble was crtlt;Kl by I ho presence of Oupt. Jtim.vm and a uad of police, who ordered that the contest brought lo mi und. Ktoddarrl awarded the ;ht to Dixon amid scenes of wild disorder.BROKS IN THE OHURGH WINDOW.Irihenbuum Hurled ft Cobblestone Through It as tho Sorvlco Began.Jacob Klrshcnbaum, a shoemaker, hurled a Milestone through one of tho windows of the .llo Iiaptist chaicl at Gouvcrnenr and Madf* ii streets yesterday jubt as Missionary Henry eliteukteln, a llcbrewjconvort to tho baptist (nomination, was beginning tho morning rvlce. Klrshcnbaum wus arrested.He claims that ho was induced to becomefa Riverton the representation that lie would bo lucatcd and receive financial support until ho cei graduated as a missionary, but tho promts were broken, lie had become desperate rra hunger when ho threw tho etone.Tho missionary denies that he made any ■onitjes to Kirshenbaum. lie Hays that the ■Isonur proflered himself as a convert and re*-lived money from time to time until it wasIt Delights Philadelphia V«terans as It Did in War Days.SUE WAS THE VIVANDIERE OP COLLTS'S ZOUAVES D'AFFtlQUEL$1,G00 STOTyBN PROM HER BOOTLEG.(Special to Thlt;* Wortt!.)PIT TI j A Jj PHI A, Dec. 1G.-The battlc-acarrnd veterans of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, better known as the Collls Zouaves d’Afrlque,” took a back seat at the nnnunl reunion and banciuct of their association at jMaennerehor Hall ^^^lt;'lt;lnesday niff lit to make way for ‘‘French Mary/* the vivniidlere of thctr regiment.Corporal James Tanner, ex-Peneion Commissioner; Col. James C. IUddle, of Gen. Afeade’» staff; Gen. Charles Lelper, of the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, were there, but there was but one name lo conjure the old soldiers with, and that name was “Mary.Whenever one found nmon^ the 160 people present a big group of excited veterans, aH talking and gesticulating at once and peering eagerly over each other's shoulders at some object In the centre of tho group, that object was Mary Tebc, tho vivandlere of the regiment.Ily her side was her old vivandlerewhiskey keg, on her breast the “KearnyCro.Hs” conferred Ujian her Jitst after thebattle of Fredericksburg, and in her hand a stout cane, for Mary used to go to the front with the balance of tho regiment and received a bullet In her ankle at Frederlcksbutg.Huh, boys. Mary very glad to see you. i tells you (turning to an officer) the sight nf all them boys make Mary young' again. I couldn’t walk when I come here. Now sc*o me,”And the veteran in petticoats, with a soMlor stride, head erect und eyes front, trudged to nnd I’ro before an admiring group,Ho yon know me, Mary?” queried a veteran, peering over another's shoulder.“Know you?” said Mary. “Open ranks there ho [ see him, Jlend up, so them light will shine on you. Ho. J know you; so does my whiskey keg. Why you not pay mo those washing? But I like you. boys; all of you very good boys.After all the old soldiers had shaken hands with Mary and asked if she remembered the time aome other fellow elole her tobacco and had received a hearty thump on the back from her work-hardened hand, and chuckled In itnlHon with hrr soldierly guffaw, Mary made fin announcement.Hoys/1 she said. “I'm glad to see you very much, but I’m hungry.”This was a signal for Gen. C- IT. T. Collls to offer his arm and parade with the heroine of the evening to the head of the banquet table. Once there she relinquished her cane, cloak, knapsaek and other portables, but planted her keg, ihough empty, square on the table before her. Many a Jolly old soldier noticed this action with a reminiscent twinkle In his eye.After dinner Gen, ColHs and Corporal Tanner talked, and £.ulkt:d eloquently, but every one held Ills breath and waited lor Mary.“WeJJ, boys, I can’t talk very much, I like you. You used to treat me well. I wish you would eome to Pittsburg next year and see me.”A voice: “Mary, tap the keg.”Mary: “Yes, that what you always been saying—(regretfully)—and now it's empty,M, i.1 he said that when she died her little vtvandicre whiskey keg would go to the One Hundred and Fourteenth men, and nobody else.”Mary wus born In Alsace, Aug. 20, 1831 She married Bernardo Tebe, a German, and came to this country In 1853. When but a girl the revolution In Paris broke out, and during its progress she had her flrnt sight of fighting and bloodshed. Sh married Tebe in Paris and went with him to London. When the Crimean war broke out Tebe enlisted and she went through it with him. Then they came to Philadelphia, where Tebe act Up a tailor shop.The call for troops at the outbreak nf the rebellion again stirred Mary's val-orouK heart, and, ni:ilcbiu- hftr«elf a vt ■ vnndlere’H uniform, she joined the regiment in which her husband had enlisted, the Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. Mary carried a stock of soiall supolles and her little keg of liquor, and in this way earned no nmall amount. In addition to the regular soldier's pay 25 cents a day was given her for services in the hospital. By industry she had managed to save JI.GQO. which she kept In her boot. Her husband told tills fact, and one morning when Mary awoke she I'ound the boot slit up the leg and the money gone. This act disgusted her with army life, and though Gen. McClellan requested her not to leave the army, she did so, and reached Philadelphia with but T13 la her pocket.Shortly after her arrival, Charles Tt. T, Collis, who was organizing the Zouaves d'Afrlque, heard of her groat worth, and after much pornu;tslon she consented to Join his regiment.Over a year later the Zouaves and the Twenty-seventh Ucglrnenl were thrown into close contact, and on llie second morning of the battle of Gettysburg a man usked for Mary Tebe, and re-ounsied her to follow him to the wheat Held, whero it dying man wanted to see her. There she found Tebe dying of wounds. 8ho was Just In time to see him die.fcJhe continued with the One Hundred and Fourteenth Hegimcnt, or Zouaves, and before tho war was out fell in love with a handsome Maryland orderly, TUehnrd T.eonurd. fche was married to him at Culpeper. The rebels were making- an atUncfc upon the place, and the ceremony was Interrupted, so that no marriage certltlcato was made out, but they were afterwards married again.Detddes two medals and her little keg, she has a silver cup she prizes highly, presented to her by JJeut.-Col. Cavada, inscribed: To Marie, for bravery ahawn on tho field of battle.
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