The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, May 05, 1904, Image 1
CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDl
VOL. I. NO. 14.
Y. MAY 5, 1904.
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Washington, D. C (Special). ? The
attorney general has received cable
grams from Messrs. Day and Russell,
who went to Paris as his representa
tive to conduct the closing negotia
tions for the Panama canal property,
to the effect that the deeds of the
property, archives and all other papers
and documents which will belong to
the United States under the transfer
have already been turned ov?r to
them and that the purchase price of
$40,000,000 has been advanced to the
canal company by a Paris syndicate of
bankers. This syndicate, it is under
stood, offers to pay over the money
with a view to expediting the con
summation of the sale on the assur
ance of the attorney general that the
draft of the syndicate on he United
States for the $40,000,000 would be
honored on presentation at the treas
ury at Washington.
At the time the money was paid
over to the canal company in Paris,
iMaj. Mark Brooke, of the engineer
corps of the army, now in Colon,
was authorized to formally receive
the property on the isthmus in the
name of the United States. Whether
this transfer has actually been made
by the Republic of Panama the de
partment of justice has not yet been
advised. hut it is assumed it will be
made within a day or two. Messrs.
Day and Russell are expected to re
turn to Washington withing the next
ten days and will bring with them the
title deeds of the canal property.
Though sympathizing with the ef
forts of the European holders of Co
lombian bonds to induce the new state
of Panama to assume some share of
the foreign indebtedness of Colom
bia, the state department has made
no move in that matter since the re
tirement from Washington of M.
Bunau-Varilla, the Panaman minister.
Before the minister left Washing
ton, Secretary Hay took occasion to
impress upon him the fact that con
siderations of equity should move
Panama to an assumption of some
part of the national debt, but the
minister was not particularly im
pressed and no effort was made to
bring pressure to bear on the new
government. The attempt to delay
the payment of the $10,000,000 to
Panama by the presentation of the
old Colon fire claims probably will
not receive the indorsement of the
department.
Paris. (By Cable). ? The case of
Colombia against the Panama Canal
ColV.pany, involving the former's right
to hold 50.000 shares of stock, was
again postponed for another fortnight.
THREE LIVES LOST IN FIRE.
Fatalities Attending Burning of a Soap Factory
in New York.
New York, (Special). ? Throe lives
were lost and property valued at $200,
000 w;is destroyed in a fire at the John
Stanley soap works here. The dead,
all of whom were firemen, are:
Thomas Madigan.
James Crean.
' Hugo Arigone.
Madigan and Crean were buried
under tons of debris when the walls
of the building fell, and it was many
hours before their bodies were re
covered. Arigone, who was caught
in the same crash, was still alive when
released, but was So badly injured
that he died at a hospital several
hours later.
Many other firemen who had been
called out by the four alarms had nar
row escapes during the progress of
the fire, one great source of danger
being the frequent _ explosions of
chemicals in the building.
Besides the soap plant the Dunbar
Jlox and Lumber Company's lumber
yards, adjoining, were badly damaged.
Scorpoio la Slipper.
Minneapolis, Minn.,( Special). ?
(Miss Mabel Lane was bitten by a
large black scorpion at her home,
near Minnetonka Lake. Despite the
pain of the sting. Miss Lane seized a
pair of hair curlers, wrenched the
acorpion from her finger and placed
It in alcohol. Then she telephoned
lor a physician. Dr. Miles, of F.xcel
?ior, arrived at the Lane residence
and prescribed opiates to relieve the
Cain, lie permitted the wound to
Iced freely and Miss Lane is recover
ing. Miss Lane, who had been in
Cuba for three months, returned home
on Sunday morning. She unpacked
her trunk on Monday and removed a
number of articles, including a pair
of house slippers. It was in one
of these that the scorpion had been
brought over. 1
B. k 0. UcMotlri Eipklii.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). ? Engine
No. 2220, of the Baltimore and Ohio
(Railroad, east-bound, exploded while
passing Tenth street, Braddock.
(Three men w^rc fatally injured, three
others dangerously liurt and five
(buildings were wrecked. Two of the
.bouses caught fire and were des
troyed. The cause of the explosion
Ams not been ascertained.
WIN OatiWat St Loate.
! Portland, Ore. (Special). ? Governor
Brady of Alaska has reached Portland
from Sitka. The purpose of his com
ing at this time is to confer with
Lewis and Clark management con- ,
ceming the Alaskan exhibit in 1905.
<The Governor declares that the ex
hibit which his territory will make
.fiere next year will exceed by far
;ftbat at St. Louis, which is itself the
^fcmMMilaborata ever attempted by the
, HEWS0SMKT MM.
At Albm (N. Y.) 30 dljr eotehes
and several Jining and one private
cars were destroyed in a fire which
burned the coach shop of the West
Albany shops of the New York Cen
tral Railroad, entailing a loss of be
tween $100,000 and $150,000.
In New York John Kendrick Bangs
and Miss Mary Blakney were married
in All Angels' Church. Miss Daisy
King was the maid of honor* and
John Kendrick Bangs, Jr., acted as
best man for his father.
All arrangements have been com
pleted by which President Roosevelt
in Washington will touch a button
that will start all the machinery at
the Exposition at St. Louis on open
ing day.
Baltimore and Ohio engine No. 2220
exploded at Braddock (Pa.) at 5.10.
Three men are dying, three more
seriously injured, and five houses,
more or less, seriously wrecked.
Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, of Balti
more, is presiding over the National
Municipal League, which is meeting
in Chicago.
The Rev. Mother Genevieve Gran
ger, mother superior of the Convent
of Mercy in Chicago, is dead, aged
71 years.
Owen Wister, the novelist, is ill in
Philadelphia Hospital, having under
gone an operation for appendicitis.
The S.enate and House conferees
agreed upon items in the Sundry Civil
Appropriation Bill.
Three lives were lost by the burn
ing of a soap factory in New York.
All grades of refined sugar were
advanced 5 cents 100 pounds.
General Grant's Birthday was cele
brated at Galena, 111.
Michael Davitt sailed from New
York for home.
The New York hanking interests
which will transfer the $40,000,000 of
United States government money to
the Panama Canal Company of France
state that all arrangements for pay
ment have not yet been completed.
It is believed, however, that from $20,
000,000 to $30,000,000 gold will be
shipped to Paris.
Frank McNamara pleaded guilty in
Brooklyn to the charge of killing
Capt. George R. Jennings, president
of the Jennings Adjustable Shade
Company, in Brooklyn.
A woman disguised as a nun hand
ed money to one of the Welland Ca-"
nal dynamiters in the Kingston (Ont.)
Penitentiary to be used to bribe the
guards. ,
The Tulane Medical College, in Lou
isiana, will get the bulk of the es
tate of the late A. C. Hutchinson, who
was president of the Louisiana and
Texas Railroad.
Rev. Victor Garav, of the Polish
Catholic church at Snowshoe, Pa.,
was arrested on the charge of beating
Andrew Sosko, a boy, to death.
The steamship Ilaverford brought
to Philadelphia the captain and crew
of the French barkentinc Union,
which was wrecked.
A chauffeur trying Edwin Gould's
new automobile ran it into a pile of
building material, killing one man and
injuring three.
^ George ?Holcoinbe was killed and
Capt. K. T. Breese injured as the re
sult of an automobile accident in
Trenton, N. J.
Judge Charles II. Simonton, of the
Federal circuit that includes Maryland
died in a hospital in Philadelphia.
A chip of wood cut from the door
post of the Page residence bearing the
bloody finger-prints of the murderer
is believed to be the most important
bit of evidence against Charles L.
Tucker, held in Waltham, Mass., 011
the charge of murdering Miss Mabel
Page.
James J. Jeffries, the champion
heavyweight pugilist, was married at
Oakland, Cal., to Miss Freda Meyer,
ot New York city. The couple left
for Harbin Springs, where Jeffries will
train for his coming tight with Mon
roe.
The interior of the four-story build
ing of the Victor Talking Machine
Company, in Camden, N. J., was
gutted by fire, the loss being estimated
at $500, obo,
Ex-State Senator Henry S. Little,
a prominent New Jersey financier,
railroad man and Democratic leader,
died at his apartments, in Trenton,
N. J.
The factory of the Empire Furniture
Company, at Jamestown, N. Y.f was
destroyed by lire. Loss, $100,000; in
surance, $(>5,000.
Foreign.
The British Admirality has been
advised of the capture of I Utg on the
coast of Somaliland, from the Der
vishes. by a landing force from the
British Warship.
The Hungarian government threat
ens to regard the proposed action of
the United States on account of the
Hungarian subsidy of the Cunard line,
as an unfriendly act.
Advices from German South West
Africa indicate that Major Von Glase
napp's column has been ? rendered
feeble by death from wounds and
sickness.
J. Pierpont Morgan has arrived in
Paris. It is believed he may arrange
the transfer of the $40,000,000 for the
1'anama Canal properties.
Mr. Watson, the labor leader at
Melbourne, Australia, has formed a
cabinet, with himself as premier and
treasurer. All but one of the mem
bers belong to the Labor party.
The Chinese cruiser Hai Tien, which
struck the rocks at Magics Point, 60
miles southeast of Shanghai, is a
total loss.
About 200 houses of the town of
Bttczacz, Austria, were destroyed by a
fire April 25-26. Some 3,000 of the in
habitants arc homeless.
King Edward, Queen Alejfclmdra and
their suits landed at Kingstown, Ire
land, and were given a splendid re
ception.
The governor of German Southwest
Africa reports that typhus has broken
out among the German ?roo"?.
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Liao Yang, (By Cable). ? Between
Tuesday night and Wednesday morn
ing the Japanese forced a passage of
the Valu. two companies crossing be
tween Tohangdjiou and Siaoppous
sikhe.
Heavy firing was heard near Ta
tung Kau, in which it is believed
the Japanese maJe a feint in order
to distract attention from the real
point of passage.
So far no bridge spans the river.
It is believed the Russian fire suc
ceeded in destroying the floating
parts of the Japanese bridges.
Czar's Itpirtl Withheld.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). ? The
censors' committee did not give out
the dispatches received regarding the
movements of the Japanese across
the Yalu river. It was intimated that
information had been received thai
the Japanese had crossed the river,
but this was accompanied by a state
ment that the success of the enemy
should in no sense be regarded .as
an important victory, the Russians
having no intention of vigorously eon
testing the passage, their plan being
to annoy the enemy as much as pos
sible.
It is evident from the dispatches
received here that, in order to render
a crossng feasible, the Japanese made
a feint- on Tatung Kau, while the
troops actually crossed some miles up
the river near Tchangdjiou. Two
companies were first thrown into
Manchuria and unquestionably en
trenched, and immediately undc
cover of their guns reinforcements
crossed.
It is regarded as probable that
when these troops arc in sufficient
numbers they will march along the
Manchurian bank of the Yalu in the
direction on Antung, near which lies
the road on which the advance can
continue to Feng Hoang Tchang,
where the first determined stand of
the Russians will be made.
No report has been received here,
official or otherwise, showing casual
ties on either side.
Advices from Mukden indicate that
the Russians have completed the con
centration of their forces on the Muk
den-Liao- Yang- Yalu and Munkden
Niuclnvang lines. Forty thousand
men arc occupying fortified positions
along the Yalu river and 20,000 are
posted at Taku-Shan, at the head of
Korea bay, where the Japanese have
threatened to make a landing.
The Russians also occupy the banks
of the Tuinen river from the Russo
Korean frontier to Lake Tai-Tji
(Paik-Tou-San), on the Manchu- Ko
rean frontier, near the source of
the Yalu. Detachments of Russian
cavalry and light artillery hold the
towns of Kio-Lin, Musan and Zundu
yan, along the river, and points on the
east coast of Korea offering facilities
for landings.
Saak With Traaaparta.
Paris, (By Cable). ? The St. Peters
bury correspondent of the Matin says:
"I learn from a sure source that the
Vladivostok squadron sank four
Japanese transports which were con
veyng 4,000 men."
To Destroy the Alexaader III.
Cronstadt, (By Cable^ ? A sensa
tional story is afloat here of an at
tempt to destroy the battleship Alex
ander III. According to the report
a sailor saw a stranger, wearing the
uniform of an officer, going down into
the engine room of the battleship, fol
lowed him and saw the stranger at
tach something conncctcd with a wire
to the dynamos.
After the stranger left the sailor
examined the attachment and found it
to be a bomb. The sailor at once
cut the wires, ran up on deck to tell
what had happened and found that
the stranger had handed himself.
The crew of the Alexander III., it'
is added, were instructed not to speak
of the occurence, and it is said that
the stranger was a madman or a mem
ber of some revolutionary organiza
tion to whose lot it had fallen to blow
up the Alexander III.
New Wllhthe Tarfcs.
Constantinople. (By Cable). ? It is
stated that four American officers who
arc among the crew which navigated
the Turkish cruiser Abdul Mcdjid
from the Cramp's yard, in Philadel
phia, to Turkey have signed con
tracts to ioin the Turkish Navy. Cap
tain Buckman, one of the four of
ficers, has been made a Turkish vice
admiral and given command of the
Abdul Medjid.
Killed By Pan Dawa Shaft.
Johannesburg, (By Cable). ? The
collapse of a cage in the Robinson
mine precipitated forty-three natives
2,000 feet to the bottom.
All were killed. The bottom ot
the shaft is a quagmire of human
remains.
Mlaers Threatened By Fire.
Scranton, Pa., (Special). ? The large
breaker of the Scranton Coal Com
piny in Pinebrook. near the central
part of the city, was totally destroyed
i?y fire. The flames were discovered
about noon issuing from the top of
the structure and immediately the
fire ^companies responded to the alarm
and 1 kept the flames well within
bounds. The greatest excitement pre
vailed for a time among the relatives
of the 4tx> men and boys who were at
workj in the mines and whose fate
was ^ot known.
UVE WA9DMM AFFADBL
Mm
President Ruwe^h has removed
Major Albert M. Anderson, Indian
Agent in the chtrgi of the Colville
Reservation in y/aslrington State, as
a result of an investigation of gross
irregularities in his administration of
agency affairs. Spicial Agent Mc
Nicholls, of the Indian Bureau, has
been placed in cham'
The investigation Ms been In prog
ress several weckijvr Mr. McNicn
oils and Inspector Nessler. It was
alleged that there had been a falsi
fication of Major Anderson's vouch
ors, a padding of the rolls of the
Colville Agency, sffbmission of ex
pense accounts tor Mvices never ren
dered and other iSractions of the
law. Major Anderson was given 10
days in which to answer the charges
and he attributed the matters com
plained of to a clerk In the agency who,
however, it is charged, has disappeared
on a leave of absence for oo days
granted him by Major Anderson.
Canton as.
While a complete agreement on the
postoffice appropriation bill has not
yet been reached by the conference
committee, the Senate conferees have
decided to accept the House provis
rn?.irCia.ting t0 and duti? of|
siSJJ. ?r*uMrT,'2l This fixes the
salaries of the earners at $720 a vear
1 1 . Prohibits them from doing any
bus.ncs. outside of their work "or
government.
The Senate authorized the carriers
? a,so ?t as agent, for newsjape"
Pfr|odicals. The House con
s have stood oat firmly against
this provision.
Beef Trast la^airy.
Representative Gaines, of Tennes
see, introduced a resolution calling
upon the attorney general to inform
the House at this session why he has
rot moved to advance the beef trust
UnitJl" ?Ihf StIPreme Court of the
rT.lki ? Sta,cs? as ?fe of recognized
Mhhe rnteres,. just >1 the merger ease
M?tutedV1^ ? T ""''y he h" not 'n
th? j.t ?I""?' proceedings against
It lUn l!"' Ln ,he b?f "rust case!
? hi! f v kr what '"formation he has
Snction beeftrust. '? violating the in
juncti?n agam st it and what infor
S showe?JfV au #ho*in* or tending
??...? ai ihtre ls another beef
trust engaged in interstate commerce
n violation of the antitrust law
HaltTs Coffee Dily.
Under date of March 7, 1904, Vice
Consul-General J. B. Torres, of Port
au Prince, Haiti, reports to the De
partment of Commerce and Labor
of' the HahT^t ex.trt*o?-air.ary session
??; "cro^r,i vrj &
SfToVpic^:" ,hc
neT,\CJ,rr,0l!f ex?,ort duty was $?
per 100 pounds, and the export of
sessioif 1>r,?!,ihrd- The
iliiVv Iln 1 I-egislature fixed the
,,"?y?ds v,,ac ?' * 0" "OO
Medals for Volanleers of *63.
The House committee on military
affairs authorized a favorable report
on a bill appropriating $5,000 for med
als of honor to the volunteers who
|fn S?H6t i? {'rcsi<lcnt Lincoln's call
?' 1H6.? and who served without nav
The medals will RO to ab . S
persons in the states of New VoT
Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Qeveroer Hnt'i Saccesso :
President Roosevelt sent to the
'ate the nomination of Judge Beak
nian Winthrop, of the Court of First
Instance, Philippine Islands, to suc
m?C<i Hunt as Governor of
the Island of Porto Rico. Judge Win
throp is from New York.
A Sit, MO WarClaln.
RepresentalWe ]. W. Denny ha, in
troduced a h.ll for an appropriation
o'rf'0-00? ?' ",c r'U'< of Dennis
on account l c?unty, Virginia,
? ?c,count of damages caused by Fed
eral troops in the Civil War.
Coo|reiilooal and Departments.
fice'letor "r 1},<^>s,evclt "ominatej J?s
Coui nf .?? ,IVchard' of the Supreme
hr Uni? I C Dl8,n.ct of Columbia, to
be United States circuit judge of the
I ourth circuit in succession to the late
Charles , I. Simonton T| c
N!arvland'rC"lw ".',ch,d,t' ?'? state, of
Carnhn. V N?r"' Carolina. South
Carolina, Virginia and West Vitirinia
the appoi,,,ec >>ad
states sclectcd {ro'? one of these
The sundry Civil Bill agreed t.nm,
aaplazan fo^T^T* ?f ^OO'000 for
piaza for the Baltimore Custom
house, and $171 .Ooo to cover the
fi?ragTho thC bui,?,in* ?>y the recent
* ? sum of $100,000 is an
rem yeaCrd f?r Work durin? cur
ej}* a ^arty vote of 169 f0 t2=
-
surned consideration of the Shipping
Si.n.fVlaih 8hfrlff . <"??fied before the
* Investigating Committee that
two of Apostle Taylor's wives are
*?er??w as domestics in t,JC ,|01|HCs
wnere two other wives live
rcpon oiT'the Vt;,1,',' ^ ' AcaTe"^"^"
reoort on" Vu to t.hc conference
the last of Acadtn'y Bill,
,ast ?f lh? supply measures.
The Senate committee investigating
?kinimf? i"c """" > "so?."!!?
asking for permission to visit IJtan
mony.""mm" '? '?k? '""k" t?Ji"
The proceedings in the Housr
enlivened by a speech by Mr Dalzell
in which hc repeated his charge that
Mr. Bourke Cockran had been oaf
for his services in the McKinley cam
pa.gn of 1896. Mr. Cochran demanded
mvesturation. ucmanaed
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Chicago (Special). ? John K. Co^en
former president of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, died here at the resi
dence of his sister, Mrs. A. H. Seelye,
in Chicago.
Mr. Cowen had been ill for over
four months with heart trouble,, and
for sometime his illness was expected
to have a fatal termination, although
the end came suddenly.
John K. Cowen was one of the most
distinguished lawyers in the United
States, and made his influence felt
wherever he had occasion to appear
either as an attorney or railroad ex
pert. In every position he filled his
power was made manifest. He was
best known to the country as receiver
and afterwards president of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad during the
most critical periods of the road's ex
istence. He raised the road from the
depths of bankruptcy to one of the
most prosperous lines on the Atlantic
Seaboard. It was his intense applica
tion and his whole-souled, strenuous
devotion to this work that converted
the man of strong and powerful phy
sique into an invalid for the biflancc
of his life.
In the Baltimore public he was best
known as a skillful campaigner and
eloquent public speaker during the
reform campaigns between the years
1882 and 1895. He made his first ap
pearance a$ a political speaker in
what was known as the new judge
campaign of 1882. but it was not until
1885 that he became a political leader
and recognised champion of the re
form cause. In the fall of that year
he nominated, at the Concordia Opera
House, by a speech that those who
heard it will never forget, Judge
George W. Brown for mayor of Bal
timore. In the succeeding campaign
his ringing voice was heard on the
hustings in behalf of reform. In 1894
he acepted the Democratic nomina
tion for Congress and was elected.
He was an ardent champion of Mc
Kinley in 1896, and again in 1900,
and planned the great McKinley dem
onstration at Music Hall in 1900 ? the
Saturday before the election.
His purse as well as his time were
always at the service of the Reform
l.eague in its work for the exposure
of political rascality in the way of
ballot-box stuffing and illegal regis
tration.
COLOR PUT INTO HIS EYE.
Boiton Specialists Paint Man's Iris With
India Ink.
Philadelphia, (Spccial). ? A dispatch
to the Public Ledger from Boston
says:
"An operation which took place at
the Eye and Kar Infirmary in this
city seems to indicate that the color of
the human eye can he changed by
the use of needles.
"The surgeons were Dr. Ilenry II.
Haskell and Dr. Ilcffcrman and the
patient was a young man who has
been suffering for some time with an
affection which partially distroyed the
color of his eye, but only in the
slightest degree affected its sight.
"The iris contained a white streak
almost its entire width. Two drops
of a 2 per cent, solution of cocaine
were put under the eyelid in prepara
tion for the operation. The instru
ments used consisted of five ordinary
cambric needles. These were applied
to the cornea, making a large number
of holes of the tiniest size. Minute
quantities of India ink, previously
shaded to match the iris as nearly as
possible, were rubbed into the cornea |
with the finger, an. I In this manner
worked into cach of the holes made
by the needle points. j
"The physicians say the operation
was completely successful."
TORNADO LRAVES DEATH AND RUIN.
Nearly a Score ot Lives Lost in Indian
Territory. %
Pryor Creek, I. T., (Special). ? Six '
persons were killed by a tornado
which swept through the country
about four miles south of here.
Reports have been received that a
number of others were injured, but
names of only two are known. j
The storm started near Chowteau, on '
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road I
eight miles from here, and swerved
to the northeast, cutting a path from j
one-half to a inile wide aiui about -?o ,
miles long.
The Abbott home was demolished I
and the four members of the family !
instantly killed.
The storm then struck the Dealy j
home, blowing it to pieces, killing the |
young son and probably fatally in
juring the father. |
Three Injured In Storo.
McPherson, Kansas, (Spccial). ? A
severe tornado struck McPherson,!
demolishing six residences and cam- ]
ing more or less damage to other pro- j
perty. Three persons were injure I, i
one seriously. Much damage was
done in the country north of here.
Serious Flood at Port Scott.
Fort Scott, Kan., (Special). ? Fort
Scott i? experienceing the most serious
tlood in its history. Martnaton river
and Mill Creek, which runs into the
former stream here, have risen ten
feet in the past twenty four hours,
the result of heavy rains. Several
hundreds of persons have been res
cued in boats. As far as known
no lives have been lost. The esti
mated loss to live stock drowned and
orooertv damaged is $100,000.
GAMUN BANHTS IAMEI.
IH?mr, WW TiM SAMt, Vm Canted
? ii lafct
Chicago, (Special). ? Peter Nieder^
meyer, Gustav Marx and Harvey
Vandine, the notorious car-barn ban*
dits and confesed murderers of eight
men, were hanged here separately
Friday.
Niedermejrer, whqwas hanged first,
had to be carried to the scaffold be
cauafe of his desperate attempt at
suicide last Monday. Straps were
placed over * his ankles and just
above his knees. He was then placed
on a truck and wheeled to one of
the lower floors of the jail, after which
he was 'carried to the scaffold and
placed in a chair on the trap. He
wore a red rose, but no coat. He^was
not asked the customary question if
he had anything to say, and the rope
was quickly placed about his neck.
He instinctively settled his neck into
the noose and the trap was sprung
at 10.35 A. M.. The physicians an
nounced that his neck had been
broken.
During the reading of the death
warrant Niedcrmeyer snatched the
paper from the chief deputy's hand
and placed it in a pocket, lie made
angry remarks at this time, and. once
or twice, when he was being taken to
the scaffold.
Shortly after 11 o'clock Marx was (
led to the scaffold, neatly dtessed
and with a white rose, which had been
given him by his small sistfr the night
before. He was pale, hut his couragc
never left him. He made no state
ment. Two priests* of the Roman
Catholic Church, of which Marx had
become a member, accompanied him
to the gallows. He repeated the lit
any with them, kissed a cricifix, after
which the jailer adjusted the ntx>se,
and sprang. the trap at 11.17. 11c was
pronounced dead at 1 1. 34, his neck
having been broken
The hanging of Vandine occurred
at 11.55, and was without particular
incident. The priests accompanied
him and, he, too. wore a white i*>sc.
At first it was the intention of
Sheriff Barrett to hang the trio sim
ultaneously on one scaffold, as the
Anarchists were executed some years
ago. The plan, however, was aban
doned, mainly on account of Nieder
meyer's attempt at suicide, which
made it advisable that he be hanged
alone.
Attorneys for Vandine were trying
to sec the Governor, to obtain a stay
of execution for the bandit, Jailoi
I Whitman said, an<J that was why
i consent was given to hang Vandine
I last.
Marx and Vandine, who joined thfl
Catholic Church recently, spent their
last hours in reading, writing and
praying, several nuns and priests be
ing constantly with them.
Niedcrmeyer continued to reject all
spiritual advice, and it seemed that
he would carry out his idea of dying
an atheist.
When the last death watch was
placed before his cell for the night
Niedcrmeyer shook hands with the
guard who was leaving, and said that
he had been a "good guard," inas
much as he had planned to trick him
a number of times, but had been un
able to do so.
A large crowd assembled at the
jail preceding the hour of execution
and sought admission, but were turned
away. Only a limited number, provid
ed by law, were allowed in the jail
lo witness the execution of the ban
dits.
AN ANARCHIST PLOT.
Attorney Alleges That Syrians Have Banded
Together.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). ? Attorney
N. A. Shibley, of New York, made a
| startling statement in the Central Po
lice Station, where eight Syrians who
had been arrested for riot were being
tried.
Mr. Shibley arrived late from New
York and asked for a postponement of
the hearing, but this was refused. He
then stated that an anarchistic so
ciety under the guise of a benevolent
society had been organized there and
that they had put their priest, Rev.
Mr. Korkcmas, in jail. Many of their
countrymen of good character, lie said
were forced to lice from New York
because they were opposed to the
society, and members of the organiza
tion had threatened to torture the
wives and mothers of their cncmiea
in true oriental fashion.
Mr. Shibley said that he had about
a dozen witnescs to show before the
proper tribunal that this was true.
The men were ordered to forfeit $15
or to serve twenty days in jail.
PACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.
The word Niagara means thunder
water.
A little over 12 per cent, of milk is
solid matter.
Trades unions have existed in China
for 4.000 years.
A Russian is not of age until he is
twenty-six.
'The penguin's wings arc useful only
under water.
A woman 5 feet 5 inches high
should weigh 142 pounds.
Mexico produces about 48,000,000
pounds of cotton annually.
Primary agricultural schools are
now established in twelve cities of
Saxony.
In Japan state socialism is favored
by the government and taught in the
colleges.
The cost of the Spanish- American
War was $,150,000,000; that of the Bcor
War, $1,400,000,000.
The opal is the only gem which
cannot be counterfeited. Its delicate
tints cannot be reproduced.
The Filipinos eat large quantities
of dried grasshoppers, and also pre
pare them in confections.
A Japanese eats on the average one
pound of rice per day.
Germany is dependent on foreign
countries for 25 per cent, of all the
foodstuffs necessary for her people.
The Standard Oil Company and the
American Tobacco Company control
the products of Japan in their respcc-.
tiv* lines.
STRtfiffiLE WITH MANIAC
trOns RjM it Baffcaess m a
pital IM.
?AITf BE CMfEl DTTt SUBMISSION.
Ca^t- CM, af New Ywk Pin Btyrt? I.
aa< Tw? Firtan Risk TMr Urn ta Sm
? Mm WW Becaac Sallwfy Dwcrtrt
Desperate Strnffle Elffcty Fed Frea Ite
Qraaatf aa a Ledge 12 laefces Wide.
New Ycirk. (Special). ? Captain
Clark, of the New York fire depart
ment, and two firemen engaged in a
desperate struggle with a maniac be
fore daylight on a 12-inch ledge which
forms the base of the mansard rool
of the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hos
pital, in this city. The ledge is 80
feet above the ground, and the man
Ihey risked their lives to rescue from
his perilous position? was powerful
?nd fought viciously; but he was
finally forced through a window into
the hospital, where several policemen
took up the struggle and subducJ
bim.
The maniac was Robert Ilindman,
Hrho had been admitted to the hos
pital a week ago to prepare for an
peration for the removal of a swel
ng in the ear. He showed no sign
>f mental disturbance until Saturday
pight, when he suddenly became
Bianiacal. Sometime after midnight
he escaped from his room to the nar
row ledge, carrying with hint a heavy
pitcher with which he threatened the
turses and policemen, who appeared
it the window to induce him to return.
Ks it was impossible to get behind the
lesperate man from inside the lios
?ital the fire department was at last
Appealed to.
A 76-foot extension ladder was
rautiously raised and in the dark
(lindmanu's attention was not at
:racted by it. Captain Clark, refused
:?? assign any of his men to so danger
ftnd unusual task, ami went up him
self, followed by Firemen Jeremiah
Scanlon and Henry W. Kimley.
Hindman had just thrown the
pitcher through the window where the
policemen were holding liis attention,
iv hen Clark crept up behind, seized
the man by the throat and choked
Intn while his companions grasped
fliy. legs. Though taken by surprise,
Ilindman fought back desperately. He
kvas cut by broken glass when hi*
raptors Anally dargged him to tho
a- in do w and thrust him through.
MINISTER SENT UP FOR BIQAMY.
Rev. J. B. Taylor Begin His Four- Year
Term la Prison.
Dcs Moines, la., (Special).? Smiling
I simultation of indifference and vow
ing tliet he would become the lawful
lusband of the prosecutrix, the Rev.
I. IJ. Taylor, handsome and debonair,
was sentenced by Judge Scott at
sigourney to four years' imprisonment
for bigamy.
When sentence had been prnnouno
rd Taylor laughingly remarked to the
vhcriff: "Glad it's all over; let's go."
Taylor is only 26 years old. brilliant
?ud magnetic, and one of the most
promising evangelists ever in the em
ploy of the Methodist Church in Iowa,
victim was Florence Graves, the belle
of Martiusburg, one of the cities in
which he conducted a series of meet
ings. The greatest shock occasioned
by Taylor's downfall was to the
bishops of his church and to President
llanchcr, of Iowa Wesleyan Uni
versity, Mount Pleasant, whose prote
ge Taylor was. It was impossible
for them to believe him guilty of such
perfidy. > ,
One little woman was not greatly
surprised, however. She was Mrs.
Taylor No. 1, who was eking out a
living for herself and child in Wil
mington, Del., ignorant of the where
about of her husband. v.
Miss Graves is now rearing their
two children and says she will marry
Taylor as soon as lie has completed
his sentence, provided a legal sepa
ration from wife No. 1 may be had.
She was a reluctant witness at the
trial, and the prosecution of Taylor
was pushed by her father over her pro
test.
Wants An Indiaa Wife.
Muskogee, I. T., (Special). ? Orlan
do Hand, a farmer, who lives at
Hridgchampton. L. 1. says he is 6c
years old, that he Is a hustler and last
year raised 10,000 bushels of Irish po
tatoes, 3000 bushels turnips, 100c
bushels of corn and keeps twenty
cows. He says he has been post
master and does not drink, swear or
smoke. He wants the Indian ofticial.?*
to send him names of two or three
likely Indian maidens and give his let
ter to one who will answer it. He
says above all things he wants a worn
an who will love him and make him
happy.
Spnrns a Portaae.
Omaha, Neb., (Special). ? James
Doyle,, an aged man of this city
has a fortune awaiting him at Dixon.
III., but he declares he df?cs not
wish it and will not go there to claim
it. "I don't want to be bothered about
this fortune," he said impatiently
when informed that a relative had
died at Dixon and left him sole heir
to a large estate. "I don't want any
more money. I've always got along
without riches, and I'm too old to be
gin to worry about them now. I
would not go across the street for
$100,000. I certainly am not going
several hunded miles for it."
Baslaeas Blocks la Ralas.
Fairland, I. T., (Special). ? Half %
dozen business blocks were destroyed
by a tornado that swept through here
killing seven person* outright and
injuring a number of others. Three
of the injured will die. It is estimated
that the tornado caused property dam
age to the extent of $10,000. I "our
miles south of here the tornado wa-<
even more severe. Farmhouses and
barno were completely demolished and
farm stock was killed.