Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PZ\'- TENGLAND'S JOY ? TURNED TO WOE= ol : C Calamity Vbicb Caused Post- 5 DoociMot of Kim Edvard ? ' YIL's Coronation a Great Stock to the World. " tj , fa UNDERWENT AN OPERATION I ct oi Little Attention Had Been Paid to Rumors of Ruler's Illness and Official Announcement Was Like a Thunderclap. p* e\ oj London.?On the day following the w operation upon Kins Edward the i?njaicians In attendance at Buckingham tjj Palace isaued the following bulb'tins. Ik The amended bulletin, which was is- t,( . . w _ _ re suea aner 11 ociock p. in.. iunru. ^ "The King continue)* to make satinfactory progress. He slept Home hoars m 9 UrnI l-W^ flHflBn KING EDWA f during the day. He complains very lit- ci tie of discomfort and Is more cheerful. ?I The wound Is doing well." Qj The bulletin Issued at 10.30 a. m. was m u' as follows: d "His Majesty was very restless and d? had no sleep during the early part of vj the night. He obtained some sleep, al however, after 1 o'clock this morning, di is free from pain, and no untoward c* symptoms presented themselves. Con- w idering all circumstances. His Majesty may be said to be progressing satis- to fsctorlly." b< The following bulletin was issued at h 2 p. m.: w "The King passed a comfortable morning and his condition so far is w satisfactory." . w The following bulletin was issued at H 6.30 p. m.: ti "His Majesty passed a fairly com- r< ronaoie uay. nix general mrt-UKm If wan well maintained. ami there are no o| symptoms causing special anxiety." ? The following bulletin was posted at 8] Buckingham Palace ut 10.52 p. m.: "The King continues to make satin- pi factory progress." t> The private secretary of King E<1- n ward. Sir Francis Knollys. said at T.15 s< p. m. that His Majesty continued to tr Improve, and that everything wan d going on satisfactorily. u At 7.45 p. m.. prior to adjournment of the Hou>e of Common* for dinner. A. d J. Balfour, the Government leader, an- w nonnced that the Kin? was free from a pain, and that his progress was satis- n factory. t< tl London ?With dramatic sudden- T nets the King of Englaud was it stricken down on the eve of ? his coronation. The tragic inter- t< ruption came at noon on Tuesday. w when It was announced at Bucking- o bam Palace that the King's physicians bad decided that an operation for perl- d typhlitis or appendicitis was lmmcdi- J ately necessary. This operation was Praald?at Oivn > Soldier His Life. Print* Girth Shores, of TtOOD K, Ninth Cavalry, who was convicted on o the charge of desertion by a court-mar- o tial In the Philippines and sentenced i> to death, had his sentence commuted t by President Roosevelt to iuiprfoon- 1 ment for three year*. t MUatr Oortraor of the Tnainal. 7 Lord Milner, who was British High Commissioner in South Africa, took the oatb as Governor of the Trausvaal at Pretoria in the presence of a large as- I semblage of people. i Sporting BMTltM*. W. C. Whitney has paid $21,000 and 917,000 respectively for two Watercress I, yearlings. a d.I? Lin ? JLUC Uiauu A A iJk uc * tttil, HV44U ^nv,- % 000. has been won by M. de Alary's Klsil Kourgan. j An association has Llou foriucd for I tbe parpose of building a direct highway between New York City and Chi- c ?UO. a August Belmont has decided to name his $23,000 yearling, who is a half- ] sister to the great Hamburg, Lady t * Gallantry. i , . i . ? J? - fti- . * lUtfii bn ?rformed at 2 o'clock p. m.. and was Ighly successful from a surgical point f view. After the King awakened otu the effects of chloroform be fell deep, and at midnight was resting ' mifortnbly The first news of the renewed illness f the Kins came from the House of ounaon*. where at noon various court Mcials gave an intimation that the Tangements for Thursday would betr )?e suspended forthwith, as the coroition would be postponed indefinitely i account of the indi*i>osltlon of his ajesty. At 12:30 p. m. 81r Francis Knollys, rlvate Secretary, made public the blowing bulletin: "The King Is suffering from pcriThlitia. His condition was so satisictory on Saturday that It was hoped tat with care his Majesty would be i >le to go through the ceremony. On onday evening a recrudescence beime manifest, rendering a surgical leration necessary to-day. -LISTER. "THOMAS SMITH. "LAKING. THOMAS BARLOW. "TREVES/* At 12.46 p. m. the following bulletin as posted at the Palace: "The operation has been successfully >rformed. A large abscess has beeu acuated. The King has borne the teratlon well and Is In a satisfactory edition." King Edward bad been suffering se rely for ten days, but It was not unI Monday night that his physicians came convinced that the Inflamma?n of the right abdominal region had suited in suppuration and the forma>n of an abscess. The diagnosis was confirmed in the orning by other doctors, who were RD VII. tiled in consultation, and a speedy aeration was considered Imperative. Sir Frederick Treves, who was called ;x>n to perform the operation. Is the ost famous English surgeon In this ass of cases. His work Is officially scribed as successful. This is a igue term, which applies equally to 1 properly conducted operations these ?ys. It really signifies nothing ex- i pt that the surgeon did his work ell After the operation the King asked ? see the Prince of Wales, who had *n anxiously waiting in the palace, is grandchildren from York House err driven to the palace. Queen Alexandra has borne the strain Ith the bravest spirit. She was alays fearful of what might happen, er Majesty took part in the festivity at Ascot and elsewhere, without sealing any sign of her Inward anxty. and when she was told that an Iteration was imperative, and that the ironation would have to be postponed, le quiety answered: "Have 1 not felt that this would bapen'?" anil asked, "How does the King ear it?" Upon receiving an assuring 'ply. Queen Alexandra exerted her>lf to appear cheerful and to devise leans to lessen the King's grief and isapiK)lntment. although she evidently as greatly distressed. When the King was informed of the pctsion he received the intelligence ith extraordinary calm and with an bsolute sense of reliance on the Judg>ent of those around him. He seemed > those al>out him to have no fear of le suffering he was about to uudergo. he main idea in his mind was infinite, expressible regret for what he knew ould prove a bitter disappointment j the people. Indeed, bis tirst words rhen told that a serious operation was bllgutory are said to have been: "Operation or no operation. I won't isappolnt the people. I must go to the ibbey." King Edward was a victim of superCkaotera ta th* Philippine*. NIb?K imiirloin astlfliora hurt <1I<h1 f cholera since the disease first broke >ut in the Philippines. Owing to the acrease of cholera the health autborlles are enforcing stringent regulations, "he total oaces and of deaths from he epidemic are as follows: Manila, 330 cases and 1230 deaths; provinces, 300 cases and 5440 deaths. Life Sentence For Killing Wife. A life sentence was given Charles 2. Shepard. of Portland. Ind.. for killDg bis wife. rromlMBt People. rhe condition of the Queen of Hoi:tnd is steadily improving. General Kussell A. Alger has gone o California for his health. It Is believed that Prince Ferdinand s soon to assume the title of Kiug of iulgaria. Rear-Admiral O'Neill, U. S. N., baa aude ao inspection or tbe cbiuE uavai iriuanient works of Germany. Pope Leo will preseut President loost'velt mosaics of St. Peter's nod be Vatican wade at the Vatican workU ? stltion, worry and unusual exertion. An old prophecy that be should re'gn bat should never be crowned seemed of late to har?? preyed upon his mlnil. rhe King was really rery superstition*, and the Idea possessed him that the old phrase "Queen's weather" would give plnce to "the reijm of King Edward the rainy." Sir Francis Laklnp. who was in close attendance upon him. feared that this superstitious nervous ness was a symptom of nervous collapse. He therefore warned the King not to undertake the arduous program at Alderahot on June 17> and 10. hut the King, however, persisted In sticking to the program. It was really against the physicians' advice that the King returned to I.ondon on Monday. His reason for insisting was that such a radical change in the plans would cause alarm among the people. An extraordinary number of the Official Gazette contained the following announcement from the Duke of Norfolk . the Earl Marshal: "I have to announce that the solemnity of the coronation of their Majesties has been postponed to a date hereafter to be determined. "NORFOLK." Lord Salisbury announced that the naval review, which wns to have been held on Saturday, was postponed. There is no previous Instance where the coronation of the monarch was postponed except in the case of Edward V.. who was never crowned. The Kins expressed a desire to the Lord Major that the dinner to half a million poor of London shoald not be postponed. Indescribable dismay swept ovci London on t)ie announcement of th< King's condition. The news seemed to have reached the people before the newsboys appeared on the streets witfc extra editions of the evening papers shouting. "Coronation postponed!" Endless thousands of holiday maker* and sightseers from all countries whe were going over the route to be fol lowed by the coronation procession were dumbfounded. They continued od their journey in a mechanical way. and then the crowds seemed to dwludlc away. When first the news of the serioui condition of the King reached the cltj every one was Incredulous until n serv. ant of the Lord Mayor appeared and posted a placard on the wall of thi Mansion House announcing the post ponement of the coronation ceremonies The news was received in dead silence only broken by shouts to the police su perintendent standing near the pla card. "Read It; read it!" Then every one asked how It would affect various aspects of the corona tlon arrangements, the stands and re freshment contractors and the city hoi idays. A kimlof panicset in. stockbrok ers rushing back to the Exchange t< watch the markets. The telephone and leiegrapo sjsiem was paru lyaed. One dry goods agent endeavor Ing vainly to wire north to prepare foi mourning, reported that a corner lr crepe had already been formed. Th? stands were l>esleged by persons <le manding their money back in vain. As the news of the King's condltioc spread among the great crowds in th< streets It was noticed In many place* that the women broke down aud wept. The work of demolishing the stands and all the paraphernalia prepared fot the coronation pageant was In full swing during the latter part of the afternoon. Hundreds of workmen, who in the morning were engaged in putting finishing touches on the various Jobs, were at work tearing down all that has taken weeks to accomplish. The barriers In the street were being removed, the barricades merchants had constructed to safeguard their shop windows were rapidly disappearing, vans filled with garlands and multicolored bunting stripped from masts and house fronts lined the streets, and London promised soon to resume Its usual dullness. The loss of the insurance companies will be heavy, as great numbers of commercial companies and private individuals had taken out policies to cover them from the loss of the receipts from stands and the cost of decorations In the event of the coronation rtrrcuxuuj iiui ?nxurnuK> " iirre ojitv" ulators and householders did not take such precautious the looses will iu many cases mean an approach to baunruptcy. Boonnlt Sand* Rnapithjr. Washington, D. C.?Just before hfc left for Boston President Roosevelt sent this message: "To His Majesty, Edward VII.. London: "I ask your Majesty to accept my sincere assurance of sympathy and wishes for speedy convalescence. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Perityphlitis and App?odIHtla. King Edward was said to have perltyphlitis. That to the old name for appendicitis In this country, and is still used in England to describe both appendicitis and perityphlitis proper. Th?> slight difference between the two may be briefly and plainly put thus: Appendicitis is an inflammation involving the vermiform appendix. This inflammation may spread to the peritoneum. which is the membrane lining the abdomen and investing the viscera, and which consequently is attached to the vermiform appendix. Perityphlitis is inflammation of the caecum, which is the beginning of the large tnrestine, unci or tii?> connective tissue tiehind the caecum. This Inflammation muy also spread to the peritoneum. And it may. too. and usually does, extend to the vermiform api>endlx. So that if you are not a surgeon it is enough to know that perltyphitis us ually involves the vermiform appendix, while appendicitis need not Involve the caecum. It would be more confusing to describe the different forms of appendicitis and perityphlitis. ProfMMr Killed by n Wagon. Professor John C. Johnson, membci of the faculty of the Wisconsin Stnt? University at Madison, Mich., was in stantly killed near Pier Cove by fallinv from a load of goods he was moviug u his summer cottage. A wheel of tin wagon crushed his head. He leaves : wife and three childreu. H? Killed Hb Mother-In Utr. News reached Frankfort. Ky.. fron Warren County that Mays Harnett hat killed his mother-in-law by blrikiug he] with a stove lid. Nawajr UI?Minga One thuusaud miles of the now* Pa citlc cable is completed at Loudon. Famine is causing great misery am many deaths In several districts ol Korea. The Yaqui Indians are causing mud trouble In the vicinity of Hermoslllo Mexico. Government departments are to b< closed at 3 p. m. Saturdays in Jul: and August. Loug Island farmers have declaret war on the automobile chauffeurs 01 millionaires. PRESIDENT MADE AN LL.O. Roosevelt Attends the Commencement at Harvard. HAY ALSO RECEIVES A DEGREE Tha President, In Rla Speach, Dafeada ] tha Troop* la the Philippine*? Ha | BtMowi High Praise on >Mt, Tift and , Wood, Eapadally Commanding tha j UtUr'i Sarrleae la Caba. , Cambridge. Mas*. ? Commencement 1 at Harvard University. always an < event which brings together a distin- j guished gathering, was of unusual in* j tereat this year because of the pres-. encv of the President of the < - 1 I ( United stntet), niwuuna graduate of Harvard, class of 1880. who was to receive the honorary degree of LL.D. from the university. By immemorial custom the Governor of the Commonwealth is an honored guest of Harvard each year, and the Chief Executive of the Commonwealth, with all the dignity of a military escort came to the university attending President Roosevelt, and the President and the Governor were received with the greatest distinction. The program of commencement day was similar to that of other years. There were the commencement exercises In Sander's Theatre, with the conferring of honorary degrees at 10 a. m.. the commencement dinner of the alumni and Invited guests in Memorial Hall at 2.30 p. m.. and In the afternoon the reunions of classes. At 10 o'clock, preceded bj the sen lot clrss and the graduate marshal. Presi dent Eliot, led the procession to San der's Theatre. There were six com mencement speakers. After these speeches the honorary deirrees were conferred by President i Eliot. That of LL.D.. was copferred i not only on President Roosevelt, but j a ?DmmI .1 8 "thf i IM1 OttlClui; iiuj, uvo^i most successful diplomat now living." i The banquet was held in Memorial j Hall at 2.30 o'clock. John D. Long ' presided and introduced the speakers. ; Toasts were responded to by President Eliot. Governor Crane. President Roosevelt. Secretary Hay. Professor , Alexander Agassiz and Malcolm Don aid. Mr. Roosevelt said: "President Eliot spoke of the service , performed by the college graduate to | the State. It was my great good for < tune, five years ago. to serve uudet | your president, then Secretary of the | Navy, former Governor Long, and by ( a strange turn of the wheel of fate he ( served In my Cabinet ns long as he , would consent to serve, and then I had to replace blm by another Harvard , man. ( "I want to speak of three other col ( lege graduates because of the service . they have doue the public. ( "I want to speak of a graduate of Hamilton College. Elihu Root; of a graduate of Yale College. Governor Taft. and of a fellow Harvard man, , Leonard Wood?men who did things. When in England they g?t a man to do what Lord Cromer did in Egypt; when a man returns ns Lord Kitchener will return from South Africa, they give him a peerage aud a great sum of money. Our Cromers. our men of that otamp come back to the country, and if they are fortunate they go back to private life with the privilege of taking up what they can And of the string* left loose when they sundered tbelr old connections. And If they are unfortunate they are accused of rnuladverslon In office? not an accusation that hurts them, but an accusation that brands with Infamy ever}* man who 1 makes It. and that reflects but ill on the country in which It is made." The President talked in a similat high vein of praise of Judge Taft and Secretary Root, dwelling on the personal sacrifice* they bad made in order to serve the nation. President Roosevelt at a dinner of the Algonquin Club, made a spirited defense of American soldiers in the Philippines. His hosts were war veterans of various societies. Mr. Roosevelt said: "There has been a good deal of crltl cisrn, and some of it of an exceedingly Intemperate kind, about the actions of the Army In the Philippines. Within the last fortnight there bus been au appalling outrage committed iu the Philippine Islands. Pour men were captured and put to death by torture. You have beard little of it. and the reason is because those four men wore the uniform of the United States. For that deed, if it Ik possible to exact punishment. punisument will be exacted. "But let tbe other side of the racdal be kept In view a.so. Let It be remembered that of all forms of cruelty, the worst is tbe weakness which hesitates to us? a proper severity wht-u a , proper severity is Deeded. 'Teace tas almost come in the Philippines, l>ecause the officers and enlisted men wearing tbe National uniform i have gone al>out their duty, heeding tbe foe in front as little as they heeded the advancement of thos?- who should have knowu letter behind. "It has gone forward until now throughout the Pnlllppine Islands there is a condition of greater pcz.ce than has obtained iu them from the time when the keels of Spanish ships tirst furrowed the waters of Manila Bay , until tbe preseut moments. "And more than that, remember that the Army has conquered not to bring ! military rule, but in order that the sphere of civil government should be constantly expended at tbe expense of military rule." Plana For a Great Part. r Fortress Monroe, overlooking hi* i toric Hampton Koads, Va., is to be made tbe greatest "show port" iu the i world. The tioverunieut proposes to 1 xiM>n<l SlO.(MN).fNM) to caiTV ODt tbe ? project, and Congress will be asked to I make the appropriation as soon as possible. Olrl UIm FMfti Nightmare. i Frightened by nightman . from which I she had always suffered. Mary Henc drickson. sixteen years old, of Brooklyn. X Y? is dead. American* In Frliou Ctiupt. Twenty-live Amerlcin citizens at least are auioug the Boer prisoners held by the British. They will nut be 1 set free until other prisoners are libr .-rated. The State Department is prepared to nee that they are not obliged i tu relinquish their allegiance. Dtniih lalea Treaty fcucided. ? The protocol providing lor the ex? j tension for one year of the time for the ratification of the treaty with Den mark for the sale of the Danisfl West t India Islands to the United States has been ratified. KING TO LOOK FOR A BRIDE Spanish Monaroh Will Make a Tour of the European Capitals. It U Inp?ratlT? That H? Starry a Prla. mm of Good Stock ? HI* Choico Limited. London.?It has been arranged that King Alfonso of Spain shall make a tour of the European capitals next spring, mainly for the purpose of making the acquaintance of princesses eligible matrimonially. The young King's frail physique, which has long caused anxiety, makes It Imperative, for the good of his dynasty, that be shall mate with a robust princess, of sound and healthy stock. These qualifications are by no means common among the reigning families jf Europe. The best princesses physically are the Bourbons; but these, of course, are relatives of Alfonso, and his rodfather, the Pope, is unalterably op posed to any such Intermarriages. In this matter the Pope's views will prevail over all others. There are marriageable princesses galore in the Imperial house of Austria; nut. unhappily, that house Is notorious Tor the number of its consumptives. The royal bouse of Bavaria can show at least half a dozen princesses worthy In rank and suited in religion to wed Alfonso; but this particular family Is well known to be neurotic and anaemic. In view of these and other circumstances it would not be very surprising if. after all. Alfonso should take i wife from some robust branch of the Spanish aristocracy. But. in any event, bis Majesty will be allowed a preliminary look around. FARMER'S DAUGHTER AS PRIZE. Was by Bwmtw Who Outstripped All Cms pad tors. Wichita. Kan.?Farmer James Woolsey has succeeded in having his 500acre wheat field cut before the yellow grain grew musty, but It cost him bis daughter. He gave her as a prize to the young harvester doing the greatest amount of work in a specified time. Willis Rodway, a young mechanic from Illinois, won, and he and Anna Woolsey were married at Pratt. The Woolsey farm Is one of tbe largest in Pratt County, and the scarcity ot harvest workers in that section weighed heavily upon the farmer's mind. His wheat grew dead ripe and there was no one to help him cut It Then he devised upon offering as a bride to the harvest workers his nineteen-year-old daughter. She was ac dutiful as good looking. The men came by the score. She was given the privilege of rejecting any of the contestants she personally disliked, and many were thus ruled out The contest was spirited. It lasted three days, during which time Rodway working ten hours a day, cut 100 acres and wore out three good teams. 0IE0 FACINC MOB'S BULLETS Slayer of City Muribal Defended Him tell In a Houm For lloara. Sioux City. Iowa.?City ilarshal Swearingeu. of Jefferson, was shot and Instantly killed by S. M. Sbipuian, whom he sought to arrest. Shipuiac was killed by a mob. The trouble originated with two boy? on the way to a circus. They made some Jeering remark about Shlpinan who threw stones at them. They swore out warrants for his arrest and ttu city marshal visited Shlpoian's bouse to serve them. In response to his knock Sblpmai fired twice, killing Swearlugen instant ly. A mob surrounded Sbipman's bouse The bouse was riddled literally witl bullet*, and Sbipman killed after b< had kept the crowd at bay for severa hours. 80,000 MADE UP BOER ARMY. British litlmaU* When Wmr Be*mn Wen Many Thousand Short. London.?Since the proclamation o of peace In South Africa more thai 18.000 Boers have come in to surrende: in the British lines. Them*, with 40.0W prisoners in the camps and with rejen captures und the num!?er known t< have been killed, bring the total of tlx Boer forces at the beginning of th? war to at least 80.000. The Government's estimate was orlg inally 50.000. The last estimate mad< by Mr. Brodrlck. the Minister of War however, fell still further short of tin truth. Wbeu peace was proclaims Lord Kitchener's weekly reports o captures totalled over 0000 since Mr Brodrlck had estimated that only 10. 000 were left iu the held. If he ha< been correct, there would have heel only 330 Boers left to surrender afte the proclamation of i?eace. As a mat ter of fact, 18.400 have already come in WOMAN DEFAULTER A SUICIDE. Poilmlilrtti at Proapact, Vt? Hangs Har alf When About to B? Found Oat. Richmond. Va.?Mrs. E. A. Scott postmistress at Prospect, Va.. com mitted suicide at her home by tyinj one end of a rope around her neck, tIn other to the banisters aud jumpinj over. She left a note to her huslmnd say ing she was several hundred dollar short in her accounts at the office which she wished him to pay. and sav< her bondstuen. The appearance of j postotfkv inspector was the cause o ha. UllUI.I.. Ul| OUIV.IUr, Mrs. Scott wax Miss Buttle St. Claii She wdm tit one time quite wealthy, bi her fortuue hud beeu lout since he marriage. Hign Record Price For Cattle. The highest price for beef cattle ii the history of Kansas City. Mo., wai paid a few days ago. A carload o steers, averaging pounds, broUtfh $7.80 [wr loo pouuds. Deducting ship pitiK expenses, the cattle netted 114.4' u head. Portugal Will Not Code or Leaee. It is officially denied that the I'ortu gucse Government contemplates th cession or lease of any |>ortion of Mo zambiqite (Portuguese East Africai t< Great Britain. Labor World. Pinning mill men are still on strik at Port laud. Ore. Mason tenders at Leominster. Mass. have struck for higher wages. Kansas mine workers have prepare) a new scale, duo to dissatisfaction ove last year'.i contract. Painters and decorators, at Rami! ton. Can., have been granted au iti crease in wages without strike. The Journeymen bakers at Glei Kflllx, iS. 1., liavv orgauizcu sua a; upplicatluu has bc.u muiie (or u cliui tcr. ^ REMARKABLE CONFESSION Nurse Jane Toppan Confesses to Poisoning Thirty-one Patients. MURDER HER RULING PASSION *ho Kak*i tho OreNfjIni Bout Th*t la Wo Cm* Old the Doctors Sua poet Othor Thoa Xitanl Cmmi U?d Korphtui ad A tropin*?Llttl? Coactratd Ovor tdfm Sentcoco to u Aaylnm. Barnstable. Maes.?"Not guilty by - M * ? ? ? rcusuu ok lusmiiiy, was iuc rendered by the Jury which heard the evidence against Jane Toppan. the pro-fennioiial nurse accused of the murder of Mrs. Mary D. Glbbs. of Cataumet by administering poisonous drugs last August. The verdict was brought in after a brief consideration of the testimony. and Judge Braley ordered that Miss Toppan be committed to the Taun, ton I.isane Asylum for the remainder ; of her life. > Although under indictment for cans Ing the deaths of Alden P. Davis, hi# wife and their daughter, Mrs. Mary D. Glbbs. of Cataumet Miss Toppan was tried only on the charge of killing the latter. It was In consequence of the opinion of Dr. Henry R. Stedmnn. the alienist, that the accused woman was not in a mental condition to tie respon slble. that she was adjudged Insane. Suspected of the death of eleven per sons. Miss Jane Toppan has confessed that she has killeil during'her career as a professional nurse no less than thirty-one human beings. This statement was made to Judge Fred M. Blzby. of Brockton, senior counsel at the trial. Judge Blzby said 1 also that Miss Toppan had admitted that she had set flres and committed . other serious acts. 3he salu she could not help committing the crimes. She argued, moreovev. that she,was not i insane. She said she knew she was i doing wrong when she administered poison to her victims, and she asked Judge Blxby bow, under such circurastances. she could be of unsound mind. Morphine was Miss Topj.an's agency for producing deatb. Many of ber victims were unsuspecting and most In> tlmate friends; oth.rs were the patient* of reputable physicians who emi ployed ber on account of accomplish J 1 ments as a nurse. Miss Toppan was so j expert in her knowledge of how to | employ drugs aud poisons that she ! was able to escape detection for years, j , It is Miss Toppan's gratifying boast , that Id no instance did the doctors | ; suspect that deatb was otner than the i result of natural cantos. In the detailed stcry as told to Judge ! , Blxby Miss Toppan did not enumerate ! i her many victims, although she did ad- j mit the Killing of Mrs. Gibbs. Mrs. | Harry Gordon, of Chicago, and Alden j P. Davis, all of whom died at Catau- > met last summer. Miss Toppan was j indicted last December for these three murders, the State electing to try her r on'the Gibbs count. In good spirits and apparently but I little concerned over the fact that she L was bound for an Insane hospital, to i which she bad been committed for the j [ rest of ber life, Miss Toppan was taken from Barnstable Jail to tbe Taunton , Insane Hospital. BRUTAL MURDER BY FARMER. FlrW Third Shot Into Son-la-Law, Who Wm Vying. Richmond, Va. ? Wesley Hicks, a , Louisa farmer, shot and killed Miltou . Bourne, tbe husband of his only daugb ter, when tbe young man went for hi* | mute. which had strayed Into tbe farm , of the father-in-law. Tbe men bad j quarreiea recently aoout a trivial mat ter. Hicks, seeing Bourne coming loaded bis gun with buckshot and ordered him away. As Bourue turned to go Hicks shot i him down, went to bim. and. aftei kicking him several times, emptied tbr ( | other load of shot Into his body. Bourn; i i crawled Into a near-by bouse, and r | Hicks, having reloaded his guu. fol D lowed the blood trail and tired a third t | load Into the dying man. who soob exB | pired. Hicks is in tbe Louisa jail, i I HER SENTENCE AS A MAN ENDS. j Lena Martin. J?ant to Prison as Bart, R?'* j IraMd br OoTeraor 8atac?. e | Lincoln. Neb.?Governor Savage has ' released from the State Penitentiary . tbe girl ena Martin. sentenced then* . ; under tbe name of Bert Martin, undet the belief that she was a man. The [ ' discovery of her sex was not made un { til after she had been an Inmate fot : j nearly a year. i For several years previous the girl i bad masqueraded as a man. aud had " j eloj?ed with a farmer's daughter. Tbit '* ! woman showed up at the trial on th< I charge of horse stealing with a bab# | in her arras. Tbe (Jovernor commuted the senteuce out of pity for Ihe glrl*> 1 condition. i Cavalryman Who War* Murdered. "I In reply to a cablegram to Geueral ? Chaffee, to cable the names of the men i! of Troop M. Fifth Cavalry, who were 9 i captured May 30. near Morong, and t murdered June 1. the War Department. - ; at Washington, is advised that Sers ; grant Lewis Steward. Corporal Wil' i liarn J. Black. Corporal Ldmond J. Fin J negun. Trumpeter Charles W. Davis 1 and Private Patrick Carr were uiur* j dered. . j MIImt Take* Another Oath. t Lord Miiner has taken the oath ot r 1 office at Bloomfontein as Governor of ! the Orauge Kiver Colony. arbart'a foat Only Temporary. j j The London Daily Mail says the idea s prevails that Michael Henry Herbert f ; will not long occupy the post of British t : Ambassador to the United States, but . ! that lie will be transferred to Paris r ! wiieu Sir Edmund J. MoDsou, tbe pre* ! eut British Ambassador there, retires. Uenutii Torpctlo Boat Mink. ' I A British steamer ran down and L' ' 5ii.ik Torpedo Boat No. 41'. of the tier" : nun Navy, at the mouth of tUc Kibe. u The commander of the torpedo i?oaf uUd three of her crew are missing. Creating a National I'nrrit ltr??rve. e t 'i'lie Uuited States Senate has passed I a i>ill creating a Xuiioual forest re servo iu the Souiheru Appalachian ! Muiuitaius. Tli?* lirst bill provider I | fur the purchase of 4.inmi.u?*j acres in r ; the Southern Appalachian systeui at a i cost liot to exceed $11MMn),UMU. The Secretary of Agriculture Is to depilate tbe lauds to Ih- purchased, aud is l" to take measures to preserve tbe bardwood forests which they bear, a D , Waiarville. Me., Centennial. I The ceuteuulal auuiversary of WatI rville, Me., was celebrated. TIC rarTit. Man la eo prone to err that be ihoultf reflect a little before drawing atten? tion to tbe mistakes of others. A pro? feasor who prided himself on bis cor* rtct English beard his wife remark: "I Intended to tell Jane to bring fl fresh bncket of water.** "Ton doubtless mean a bucket of fresh water." corrected the professors "I wish you woald pay some little attention to your rhetoric." A. few moments"later be said: "My dear, that picture would show to better advantage if you were to bang it over the clock." "Ah,** she replied, "you doubtless mean If I were to hang it above tbe clock. If I were to bang it over tbe clock, we could not tell the time. I wish you would be more careful with your rhetoric, my dear." And tbe learned professor became all at once very interested in bis book.? Chicago Journal. \ In Turkey red hair Is counted a great beauty, and the women dye their hair that tint H. H. Gasnr's 8o*a, of Atlanta, O*., art the only successful Dropsy Specialists ia tho world. See their liberal otfer in advertise* ment in another column of this paper. 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