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Mrs. Dauphin, a Wealthy New Orleans
Woman, Charged With Pf'iry.
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New Orleana, La.?Tb? Grand Jury
a few daya ago announced an Indictment
In blank for perjury. Now It (a
announced that the indictment waa
against Mrs. Roaa La Bra ache
Dauphtn. widow of Maximilian
Dauphin, for manj years President of
the Louiaiana State Lottery, and that
It waa not made public In order to en
able the District Attorney to get the
necessary requisition papers from Goternor
Heard and arrest Mrs. Daupbln.
wbo is said to be 1U In or-near New
York.
The Indictment Is tbe rtcolt of one
of tbe most bitter and sensational cases
ever tried in Louisiana. Mrs. Daupbln.
born Bosa La Brancbe. is of au old
Creole family, and Is worth $500,000 or
more Daupbln. wbo was President
of tbe Louisiana Lottery Company.
J1~l '? n? am mnnAifd to be
^IICM Ul 1UV4. A?v ??? -to
good circumstances, bat not
wealthy, and bis estate was Inventoried
at $100,000, bis widow and a
friend being executors. There were
other heirs. Including Dauphin's
mother.
The estate was settled up. and the
widow, as legatee, came into possession
of the rest of the property, after
the other heirs were paid. Eleven years
after the settlement, among the effects
of Judge Porebe, an ex-Justice of the
Louisiana Supreme Court, who bad
been Mrs. Dauphin's lawyer in the
probate case, an old and badly worn
paper was found, giving a uk or a
large number of bonds which apparently
formed ? part of the Dauphin
aatate, but which bad not figured in the
Inventory.
Mm Dauphiu was called on to explain.
She failed to appear before a
Louisiana court on the ground of Ul
health and nervousness; but piece bj
piece, the trouble, buried for eleven
years, was brought to light, and from a
single fossil bone the whole animal
was reconstructed. Dsnphln had never
possessed a bank sccount He kept his
money and securities In a box in his
room, and was u much wealthier man
than many supposed. Prom that box
his widow. It is charged, had stolen
from the estate and secreted 9214.000
la gilt-cdgea securities mna wwu m
cash. la order to cover up ber work
abe sold the bonds, invested and reinvested
the money la aew securities so
that no trace could be found of it following
the example of ber husband ia >
keeptag no bank account, but having
frequently $100,000 la cash with her.
8bc proved a good speculator and in- <
creased her fortune.
By diligent Investigation Judge Lazarus,
counsel for the belrs. succeeded
fn tracing every bond for more than
twelve year* past la to Dapphin's
bands, then into Mrs. Dauphin's possession,
where they bad no right to be,
and Anally to the present holders. The 1
case was so clearly proved that the '
court awarded Judgment against Mrs.
Dauphin for $388,006, the entire
amount. Her handsome home here
was seised, only to find that she bad
removed everything of value. The mat- ,
ter waa laid before the Grand Jury,
and the result was an Indictment for
perjury In the case, delivered before
a commissioner in Mississippi. Mrs.
^ Dauphin will be brought back to New 1
Orleans for trlsl. 1
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FALL IN BEEF PRICES. <
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0IISM lit CMUs la Imms Cttj Willi Tww |
asi Thn* Oats Lmi r?ud.
Kansas Ulty. MO.?xne lutfrneni i
Dide by the packers and cattlemen
, aoine time ago that the price of beef i
to the consumers would be con*
sklerably lower as soon aa the grassfed
cattle' ctlDe lo Is now verified, t
' Wlibln the last ten days the price of
toef to the Kansas Cltj consumers haa i
fallen two and three cents a ponnd. i
That redaction has been coincident
with the rise In the receipts of cattle
nt the Kanaaa City stock yards from
12,000 n day to more than 20.000 a
* day.
The cheap new corn haa not been la
existence Ion* enough to be transformed
Into beef, and not until the
holidays wlU the heavy beef be
cheaper.
"OLD NANCE'* OSCEOLA DEAD.
Fort Myers, Fls.? Bill Brown.** a
Seminole brave, arrived this week from
the Big Cypress with his eight-ln-hand
team of oxen, after a supply of merchandise
for the Indians. He brought
In 306 'gator hides.
Bill-brings the news of the death of
"Old Nance." widow of the famoua old
?hlef. Osceola. "Old Nance" was about
eighty-four years old, and became blind '
four years ago. Seven children survive
her and Chief Osceola. They are Charlie,
Tommle. Jimmle, Billie and Johnnie
Oaceola, and Lucie Osceola, and "Little
Nance." the sqnaw of Billie Conapatchee.
liwlt agslssf Blag late. |
Revolt against ring rule in Bast Orange,
N. J., haa been begun by the formation
of a citizens' union.
KM RM M kr DtHiM Ul(*.
lira. Mars If. Raiferty. daughterte-lnw
of Gilbert T. Rafferty. the Pittsburg
coke king, now a resident of
H9W iw?, wuu m ouuiufci uviur yu i?r
St Lawrence, baa sued John Harold
- Hay den, of New York, for $25,000 damages
for alienation of her husbsnd's
a (fections.
Awtfcwr atspMttiM.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition hi
Portland. Ore., will be located at the
foot of Willle.mette place, in the northern
part of the elty.
firmmt HwkltktntCMp.
n?l *-?-?
Iflt; uui'?ici(ci i j uup ot cujun
Countjr. Pennsylvania, In the season
just closing aggregated 15,000 bushels.
The shipment from Benfer, at the foot
of Shade Mountain, baa reached 1000
bushels, and that at MeClture aost
6000 bushels. The sv<>rage prk*. >ald
pickers tras about seven and a half
cents a quart, which would bring to
the pickers about 98000. This la the
largest crop known In many years,
" A twit 1000 diamond workers In Ajb*
sterdam. Holland, are oat of work.
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MAINE STILL REPUBLICAN
Democrats Make Slight Gains in
Pine Tree State Election.
B*p?Mlcas K?pr?MBltHTM Am fU?-Elect
4 ?jr tht Viul X^ritln-CMlMti
OwrrnhlMtkM Law Bihrewl.
Portland. Me.?Democratic Rains aac
a rebuff to the prohibitory law enforce
m<*nt aonllnipnr in vmnil rauntiiH
were features of the State election
Governor John F. Hill lias been re
elected bj approximately 25.QOO plu
rallty. 'Two years ago his plurality
was 34.132, and In tbe last off year the
Republican plurality on tne head of tbc
ticket waa 24.T6U.
In tbe counties where the prohibitory
enforcement Issue figured a heavy voti
waa polled, bnt lu other sectlona of tbe
State, notably Representative Little
field's district, less interest than usual
was manifested In tbe election.
Republicans and Democrats both auf
ferejl losses from 1900, the returns
from 200 cities and towns showing
fourteen per cent, decrease for The
former and twelve per cent, for the latter.
as compared with tbe gubernatorial
vote of two years ago. These places
gave for Governor, Hill. Republican,
34.051, and Gould, Democrat, 20,'Afl.
The same towns two years ago gave
Hill, Republican. 30,020. and Lord.
Democrat, 22,272.
All fonr Republican Representatives
?Amos L. Allen, of San ford, in the
First District; Charles K. Llttleflcld, of
Rockland, in the Second; Edwin C.
Burleigh, of Augusta, in the Third, and
Llewellyn Powers, of Uoulton. in the
Fourth?are re-elected by the usual
pluralities, their rote running close to
that for Governor. Incomplete figures
show that Representative Llttleflcld
has made the best run of all
The test of the prohibitory law will
shift next January from Androscoggin
to Cumberland County. The Rev. Almon
8. Blabce. of Brunswick, whom
the prohibitionists of Cumberland
County desired to elect as successor to
the late Sheriff Pearson, was defeated
by about 2000 plurality. His defeat la
regarded as a serious blow at the law.
Androscoggin County elected as
8herlff a radical temperance man, the
Rev. Charles S. Cummlngs, by a plurality
of 575.
P Unrlnn Slmnunn f'hulrmnn nf lh?
State Republican Committee, at Bangor.
estimate* that the Republicans
have carried the State by 25,000.
Chairman Simpson sent a message
to the President saying: "Maine has
gone Republican, as it once went for
Governor Cent. We hare carried the
State by a plurality of 25,000. Have
elected the entire delegation in Congress
by a large majority. Have
chosen every Senator, with one exception.
and nearly, if not quite, fourfifths
of the Legislature. The Tine
Tree State indorses your administra
iioD wiin no uncertain voice.
George F. Hughes, Chairman of the
Btate Democratic Committee, gave out
this statement:
"Incomplete returns show a gain of
several members in the House of Representatives
for the Democrats. A
complete victory In Knox County, the
election of a Sheriff in Cumberland,
the largest county la the 8tate, and
Democratic victories in the cities of
Waterville and Lowiston indicate that
the Democratic vote for State candl*
dates is close to that of the last Presidential
year, and will show a gain over
that of the last election of more than
10.000."
400SEVELT FOR ORGANIZED LABOR.
rtmaM Hak" lb* PrMldrat Vtabor
f Tkalr OrfuiMtlM.
Chattanooga. Tenn.?President Rooserelt
was elected an honorary member
if the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
He attended the executive session
of the order in the morning, walking
from the hotel to the auditorium,
i distance of a few blocks, escorted
by Grand Matter Sargent, a committee
Df the Brotherhood and a detachment
of Troop B, State Guard.
The Brotherhood first held lta executive
session, which the President attended.
Acting Grand Master Hannahan
welcomed the President, saying
that his attendance at the convention
would do good to organised labor, not
anlj In this country, bat in Canada and
other countries as well.
The* President returned his thanks
for tbe welcome and Mid be was glad
to be with tbe Brotherhood. He
said tbe Firemen's Brotherhood waa
the result which naturally comes from
tbe application of tbe principle of
common sense to their work. He said
that organised labor never had made
an unreasonable request of blm and
that if It had he would have denied It.
In speaking of the appointment of
Grand Master Sargent of the Brotherhood
to the Commissioner-General of
Immigration, the President said It waa
one of tbe most satisfactory appointincnts
to him and to the public be had
ever made, that Mr. Sargent has a
hard body and not a soft head.
Dropped Dead la Church.
John Dooley, a clerk in tbe employ
of rhe Carnegie Company, led the meeting
of the Christian Endeavor Society
in the First Presbyterian Church at
Braddock. l'a.. Sunday. Nearly 200
young folks were present. Mr. Dooley
had delivered an exhortation, led in
tbe singing of "Some Sweet Morning,"
and dropped dead in tbe church at tbe
end of tbe bymn.
Stock of Gold.
TllPrp || mnro rrnlrl In Hi? TTnl?*/1
"State* Treasury than bai been there
before at any one time.
?t? Troop* ! CmI RcrIob.
After a dnjr of rioting and violence
to Luxerur County. Pennsylvania. the
SberifT visited Governor Stone In Harrlsburg.
and as a result a strong force
of Infantry and caTalry was made
ready to be moved from Shenandoab
to Wilkesbarre to protect nn effort to
reopen the Maltby colliery, where SIsani
Costellor was shot dead.
Water "apply PolMMd.
An Arsenical spring mixing with thr
water supply killed thirty people in
Mapimi. Mexico.
Later World.
Decatur (111.) leather workers have
organized.
Roanoke (Va.) printers hare secured
a nine-hour day.
A strike has occurred in the Gorern
ment arsenal at Taranto, Italy.
City Councils at Council Bluffs, Iowa
have granted an eight-hour day on all
city work.
uniy union moo wm oe empioyeu 01
work of public building at Wert So
perior. Wis.
JackaonrlUe. FJa.. labor organlsa
tiona will shortly agitate an eight
b?ar-?4aj moTemrnt.
.. Li -x: . ,
; - - r A'i
wars imp ended
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The President Praises the South For
Its Industrial Progress.
GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM
i
Crowd* Cmm oat ta Km Him at Maaj
I 8tatl*aa_Dw?Ua m tha ' Mar* of
Tra* Xjuriculm-PolaU Oat That
ScetleDkl DIAmmm Arm Trivial at
PratNUlatarai to OyiHr Bay.
' Ashevtlle. N. C.?No more delightful
f ending for the President's tour to the
f South could have been devised than
his visit to Asheville. The plsces of
> honor in the procession which escorted
the President through the citj. and on
the platform from which be spoke,
' were occupied by Confederate veterans?men
bowed down with years and
! wearing on their faces traces of that
despondency which must come to the
loser in a mighty struggle.
After the city meeting vu over the
1 President went out to George Vanderbilt'B
great estate at Biltmore
One of the largest crowds encountered
on the run from Ashertlle was at
Hickory. The short speech hq mad?' at
that place was enthusiastically receive.
He said In part:
1 "Traveling to^lay through North Carolina
and yesterday through Tennessee
I have been struck by the evidences of
Industrial growth of which this town
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Is itseir an example. me louunrun
1 awakening of the South, of which
> there hare been 10 many evidence*
during the last few years. is a feature
1 fraught with great benefit to the South
and to the entire country. Because,
remember, my fellow-citlxens, we are
going to go up or down together.
Some of us will feel the good times
more than others, some less, but we
all feel the good times somewhat, and
when bad times com* we will all be
i put back. Bad times do not stop at
Stato lines, and the Industrial awakeni
Ing of the South, which Is going on,
and which I believe will go on with
i ever increasing rapidity, means good
fortune not merely for the South, but
for all the American people.
"An/1 an m* fellow-Citizenfl. I bail
your Industrial growth. I hail the
manifestations I see here in this State,
and which I saw yesterday In Tennessee;
the manifestations of the rapid approach
of the peorlod ot tremendous
Industrial derelopmenta In the South.
I bat) It for the sake of the Sooth, and
I hall It for the sake of the nation." I
8alisbu?y, N. C. ? President Roosprelt.
left on the train for Washington,
after maktug speeches at Ashevllle. Old
Fort, Cotinclley Springs. Hickory,
StaiesvlUe and at this place.
"My forefathers." he said, "fought
nnder Marion. My forefathers fonght
with the Georgia and South Carolina
troops, who Battled throughout dark
dsya when Coniwallls and the Red
Dragoons of ' Tarfcton overran the
Southern 8tates. They were present
at King's Mountain, at the Cowpens.
and they saw the final triumph when
the men In blue and buff who followed
Greene wrested victory out of defeat,
and when at last the flag of thirteen
States waved without a rival along
the coast and along the foothills or the
mountains.
"It is a mighty good thing for any
American to meet his fellow Americans
of different parts of the country
in order that be may realize how trivial
are the points of unllkeness and bow
essential are tbe points of likeness. A
good American Is a good American. and
I don't care a snap of my finger whether
be comes from the North or the
South or the East or the West. If he
is a straight and decent man I am for
blm. and If be Is not I am not.
"We never ran succeed in making
this country wbst it can and shall be
ma<V until we work together, not as
Northerners or Southerners. Easterners
oi westerners. not as employe ur miployer,
townsmen or countrymen, rapItnllsts
or wageworkers, but primarily
as American citlxens. to whom th?>
right of brotherly friendship and comradeship
with all other decent American
citizens comes as the first and
greatest of privileges."
When the President reached Washington
he had traveled 106ft miles since
be left there pn Friday evening. He
went at once from Washington to Oyster
Bay.
tela of Dsaltk IiUadi AmNd.
Complete return* of the election* in
Denmark by the elector* of members
of the Landsthlng (upper house), ahow
large ministerial gains, Insuring the
Government a majority In the Landsthing
and the ratification of the treaty
providing for tbe cession of the Danish
West Indies to tbe United States. The
Landstbing meets in October.
flu to Carb Treats.
8enator Morgan, of Alabama, nrg?*
1 the taxation of trusts to deprive tliem
of their evil powers.
Praaiiaaat PaapU.
- General De Wet kept a diary during
tbc South African war, and be is wrnI
log a book about It.
David B. 11*1 ban. It is Raid, entirely
. abandoned the committal of speeches
to memory and always reads his public
addresses.
I John W. Abercrotnbie, a native or
Alabama. and relatively a young roan.
, has been elected to the presidency of
the State University.
Sir Frederick Treves, King Edward's
physician, gained bis vaat experience
In surgery by doctoring Injured men
tn tb? North S*a flabln* >mU
Bk?itfirHmjttiJe >??- ' - . . . . ^
WEATHER CROP REPORT
Corns Advance to Maturity Causes
Great Satisfaction
Wheat Thraslilac *?* hfwrtU Pr?
trtM ? Cattai'l Conditio* la All
That Cm ? Kipwtod.
Washington, D. C.-Following is tb?
Agricultural Departments weekly
summary of crop conditions:
Although the week wa? cool in ttie
central valleya and lake regions, with
more than the average rain/all In portions
of the upper Mississippi Valley,
maturing crops hare made generally
favorable, though not rnpid, advancement.
The greater part of Texas, iu
which State severe drought prevailed
at the close of the previous week, has
received abundant rainfall, and
drought conditions in the middle Atlantic
coast districts have also been largely
relieved, but the Interior and middle
Atlantic States. Ohio Valley and por(tions
of the lower lakereglonand South
Atlantic States continue to need rain.
T.i<riit tfk hpavv frosts w?re very gen
eral In the Northern district*, from
Montana to New England, and the middle
Atlantic States, from the 3d to the
Gtb. with hut slight injury. Rain is
much needed in Washington and Oregon.
but otherwise the general conditions
on the Pacific coast were favor*
able.
Notwithstanding the prevalence of
low temperatures throughout the corn
belt and copious rainfalls in portions
of the upper Mississippi Valley, the
corn crop has taadc very satisfactory
advancement toward maturity, and
wholly escaped injury In tbe States
eastward of the Mississippi River from
frosts occurring on the 4th and 5tb.
with but slight Injury In tbe States to
the westward. Tbe bulk of tbe corn
crop in Missouri and Knnsns and much
of the early planted in Nebraska and
the States of the Ohio Valley jre now
safe. Id Iowa, where corn has ripened
very slowly, two-thirds of the crop will
probably bo safe by September 20 and
the balance will require ten days longer.
The thrashing of spring wheat, al
PUTS MORGAN IN THE SHADE.
?Minneapolis Journal.
though further retarded, has made
more favorable progress thau in the
previous weeks.
Texas and a large part of the central
and eastern districts of the cotton
belt bare received .abundant rainfall
during tbe week, but it is doubtful
wbetber the beneficial effect* of these
rains to late cotton will offset the inJury
done to tbe open staple. Cotton
has opened more rapidly than It could
be picked. In portions of tbe central
and eastern districts many fields are
already nearly cleaned, and tbe reports
generally indicate that the crop will be
gathered much earlier than usual.
KILLED BY FAITHLESS WIFE.
Mr*. O'Xalll May* Her Butead ud H?r?
Mlf la New York CU7.
New York City. - The killing of
Churls O'Neill, lanitor of the Fruit
Exchange building, bj bin wife, and
the subsequent suicide of tbe woman,
wan tbe result of a confession of Infldelity
which Mrs. O'Neill made to her
husband two weeks ago. The tragedy
followed tbe first meeting of the two
in their own home since Mrs. O'Neill
made her confession.
It came after O'Neill, in n fit of jealous
rage. had placed the muzxle of an
unloaded revolver at his wife's head
and threatened to kill her. Tbe woman
didn't know that the pistol was unloaded,
and invited her husband to shoot.
Instead, he dropped tbe pistol declaring
that be couldn't hurt a woman be
loved as he did her.
She rushed from the room, secured a
nlatol fiom a neighboring office, came
hack, shot her hushand twice in the
breast and then blew her own brains
out.
Mr*. B. P. J?huoa Suicide.
Mrs. E. P. Johnson, a well-knowt.
woman suffragist. committed suicide
at her home at St. Louis. Insanity,
wbicb is supposed to have resulted
from tbe bite of a mad pet doog. is believed
to have led to the suicide.
Shot Wife to Death.
Herbert E. Hoi brook sbot and killed
his wife at their home In Wilton. Me.
He immediately gave himself Into the
custody of the town constable. Hoi
brook it thirty yearn of aj?<\ Family
troubles are suppoaed to have caused
tbe tragedy.
Awful DnakU Crime.
Craxed by jealousy Frank Goebel
called at Mrs. Annie Wellbenk's home
in Brooklyn, asked her to marry him
uud when she refused killed Iter and
cnnimltlod atilnlrln
Minor Montloa.
There are 373,342 dogs in Bnvarl*
ou which taxes are paid?one to every
Ni.5 of the population.
In Switzerland 1271 hotels. having
an aggregate of 1)2.333 bed*. were got
ready this season for tbe accommodation
of tourists.
After eating every green thing In
the neighborhood, swarms of locusts
have taken possession of all tbe bouses
in two Algerian villages.
In the Yukon territory debts are
generally liquidated with merchantable
(cleaned) gold dust, which la
worth on ao averaae Sl(l nex nunc*
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1st mm? unnnifp mid
Ul. LUUIU UUUULLII I LLLl
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Full Confession by J. K. Murrell, ?
Member of the "Combine."
NINETEEN PLOT TO BETRAY Cm
(Ten Kipowi Conipiraij to Pm St
LobIi PnMhiM Bill Far Tt?wad?.
Six Anvatcd at Oace 6 bock lag At
.Umpt to Rob St. LnU mt Talubli I
TruiHrtaliM PrUII*(M. <
8t Louis. Mo. ? A sensation wni 1
caused by the issuance of bencb war
rants for the arrest of eighteen mem- *
bers and former members of the Houne (
of Delegates on the confession of Del- j
egate J. K. Murrell, who fled to Mexico
last spring after being indicted for {
bribery by the December Grand Jury .
In connection with the alleged boodlinc t
operations of the Municipal Assembly, 1
In relation to the granting of street '
railroad franchises, and who unexpect- ]
edly returned to the city through the
efforts of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
and surrendered. Murrell is now in j
the custody of Circuit Attorney Folk. ;
and will. It Is stated, receive immunity (
from punishment for turning State'* ,
evidence.
The following are the names of the |
alleged "comnine' inemoers ror wnom bench
warrants were Issued, charging
bribery and perjury In connection with
suburban street railway and other legislation:
E. E. Murrell. John H. Schnottier.
Charles P. Kelly, T. A. Albright,
George F. Robertson. Louis Decker,
John Helms, Charles A. Cutke. Adolph
Madera. H. A. Faulkner. Julius Lch
mpnn, Edmund Berscb. Otto Schumacher.
John A. Sheridan. Charles J.
Denny. William Tamblyn, J. J. Hannigan
and Emile Hartman.
When John K. Murrell was first indicted
be stated that If he had to go to
prison he would nee to it that elghtecu
other members of the House accotunnnloH
him I nfrnr ha il-n< nn
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bond in $5000. bis brother being bin
surety. He then fled to Mexico. Murrell
wan the custodian of one of the
keys of the box in the safety deposit
vaults which contained $75,000, placed
there to pay members of the House of
Delegate* for their votes on the Suburban
Franchise bill.
Murrell promise* that he will do nil
In his power to bring out the whole
truth ai trial. In bis confession he
said:
"I could no longer stand the agony I
endured as a fugitive from justice and
the wrongs done me by those just an
guilty as I, who made me their catspaw.
"I held the key to the box in the Lincoln
Trust Company vaults containing
the $75,000 brilx* money to go to the
House of Delegates upon the passage
of tho Suburban bill. This nionev was
put up to buy I he vote* of the eomblna- i
tion. that price having been agreed 1
upon. 1
"The combination of tbe House of j
Delegate* was composed of nineteen
men. a* proved by the State In the Leb- 3
mann and Faulkner cases. They held i
frequent meetings In a room adjoining ]
the House chamber, where most of the '
scheme* to get money for votes were I
concocted..
"When the suburban franchise came '
up I was selected to negotiate with
Philip Stock, representative of the Suburban
Railway, a* to the price we
could get for our vote* upon the pa**age
of the bill. I reported tbe various e
negotiation* to the meeting* and was t
Instructed by the combination what to t
do. I
"When the price was agreed on they 1
designated me a* tbe person to hold the c
key to the box containing tb? $75,000 a
which we were to get when the bill 1
was passed and signed by the Mayor, c
The deposit of the money, the amount
and tbe condition* were duly reported
by me at the meeting.
"The purpose of the combination wag
to control legislation and sell votea for
the benefit of the members. Shortly
before tbe Suburban bill came up each
member of tbe combination, at a meeting
arranged for that purpose at Julius
Lehmann's bou*e. received $2500 for
bis vote on the lighting bill. I was
present and saw tbe money paid to the
various persons. Those are only two
Instances* but there are others, evidence
of which I* In tbe possession of
the Circuit Attorney.
"We do not look upon what we did
as a serious crime, as It had gone on so
long without Interruption that It was
not regarded by those who participated
In It as morally wrong.
"Julius Lehmann. Edmund Bersch and
John Helms acted as coachers or drill '
masters for the witnesses who were to
appear before tbe Grand Jury, though
it appeara they were not very succeas- t
ful." t
ALONZO WHITgMAW A PRkACHER. J
n>? P*liU?laa, Lavftr ud P?nn?r Swln- 1
dler la N?w Rolt.
Rochester. N. Y.?Alonzo J. White- ?
man. prince of bank swindlers, who for <
the last twenty years has occupied a
cell in almost every jail In the country,
has turned Methodist minister, and
now fills the pulpits of eountry
churches throughout Livingston County
as supply.
Last Sunday Whiteman preached In
the M. E. Church at Byentvllle. choosing
as his text. "Judge not lest ye he
judged." Ho has considerable oratorical
ability and preached for an hour
without a break, leading the singing
and reading the Scripture lesson. lie
also spoke before the Sunday-school.
L*ctnr* Tanr of Rt*r 0?a?rala.
Boer generals expect their lecturing
tour in America will last six months.
Girl Brlrt* Klll*d fl?rs?lf.
Mrs. Gertrude Miller, sixteen years f
Jia, commmi'ii nuicmr hi iiiuuumiu,
Y.. bj shooting. Her husband went
away, promising to return, but did not
arrive. Tb? wife made up her mind
she had been deserted. She bad been
married only a week.
KmII of Long Kraaeh Gambling.
By imposing tines on men recently
Indicted for gambling at I/ong Branch.
N. J.. Judge Fort, at Freehold, sounded J
the death sentence of gambling at the '
resort.
The Sporting Worlu.
W. K. Vanderbilt's horse Constanzia J
ran third for the Deuxieme Criterium.
at Longchamp. France.
Titum. America's amateur champion
with tlio oars. i? coins to llvnley next
year to try again for the Diamond
Sculls. '
W. A. I~-irned. the holder. defeated
R. F. Doherty. the challenger, for the
national tennis championship, at New- *
port, R. I. r
Unbeaten to Atlanta. fSa.. by the
swiftest cyclist*, the latest proposition 1
la to match Bobby Walth?or ngaiost 1
manioc horse?.
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INFANTS' SCOURGE FOUND
Difoorery of the Germ That Carries
OS Thousands of Babies.
l?Nll of iNMNkH B?orM M
la hapartiaw Oalj to That ot
tkaTibtrtilMia Bacilli.
Baltimore, Md.?The wealth of John
D. Rockefeller and the grief be felt
over the death of bis little grandson.
"Jack" McCortnlck, bare combined to
lire to science one of the greatest discoveries
since Koch,found the germ of
tuberculosis.
The germ which causes the disease
commonly known as rammer complaint
has been discovered and the first authoritative
announcement la n6w made
by Mr. Rockefeller's chosen agent.
When little "Jack" died two years
igo the multi-millionaire's heart was
wrung with the most poignant grief.
When he came back from the grave in
the Dell near Tarrytown Mr. Rockefeller
reflected as to how be might use
some of his wealth to save other people's
lored children from the maladj
which had caused so many tiny mounds
to rise In Innumerable graveyards.
Leg* than a month after the death of
the child Mr. Rockefeller had put the
machinery of science into motion to
liscover the cause of the disorders so
Fatal to Infants.
He announced a fund of $200,000 to
be devoted to research and asked Dr.
William h. Welch, of this c'.ty, one of
the most distinguished pathologists In
the world, to conduct the inquiry.
Mr. Rockefeller declared thpt If the
ram of money set aside should prove
Insufficient he was prepared to make
iny required addition.
By authority of Dr. Welch at the
Fohns Hopkins Hospital, the first announcement
ia made that discovery sec
9Dd to none tnar nave neen maae id
the last century. Is a fact.
Now the great pathologist and bis
corps of aides will bend tbeir energies
to tbe discovery of tbe drug or serum
which will destroy the germs they bare
liscovered.
Tbe investigation, which has been
?rowned with success, has been contacted
throughout the summer at tbe
laboratory of the Thomas Wilson Sanitarium
for Children at Mount Wilson,
In Baltimore County.
Between 300 and 400 children suffering
from Intestinal disorders are always
to be found at this sanitarium
luring the summer months. There
Dr. Welch stationed two students, in
whom he has taken great interest by
reason of their Intelligent devotions to
iacteriology and microscopy.
One of them was Charles W. Duvall,
>f Annapolis, Md.. who will gain bis
legree at the University of Pennsylvania
Medical School next year. Tbe
ither was Victor H. Bassett. of Aledo,
[11.. a student at tbe Johns Hopkins
Kedlcal School. Their discovery Is announced
as the first victory fcr the
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Retearch.
But Dr. Welch does not hesitate
to give tbe young men full, credit
for tbe actual finding of the specific organism.
Mr. Bassett. who had devoted several
rears to microscopy, has the honor of
actually discovering the germ that Mr.
Rockefeller seeks that he may destroy,
ro Mr. Duval Is tbe credit due of isoating
tbe organism.
HO DISCHARGES FOR NAVY MEN.
>rd?r Sara Th?y *o?t Vrn Oat thm
Term of EallitBtit.
Washington, D. C.?Many younc men
mlisted In the Navy and Marine Corp*
luring the Spanish War In the expect;*ion
of seeing activc service. The terninatlon
of the war brought dlssatlsaction
and disappointment to this
:lau and efforts through Congressmen
tnd other persons of influence have
>een continuous to have them discharged.
Some time ago the President issued
in order directing that the enlisted
nen of the Navy and Marine Corps
ihould not be discharged prior to com>Ietion
of the term of enlistment uness
for undeslrablllty. inaptitude.
>hyslcal or mental disability, or unfit*
jess. The provisions are broad enongh.
t la believed, to cover all wortny case*.
>ut the order also provides that tlie
ecommendation for buch discharges
oast be made by the Immediate comnandlng
officer under whom the man
naj be serving. An additional check
a contained In the final clause, that
ipplicatloas reaching the department
n any waj except through the comnandlng
officers most, without exceplcn,
be disregarded.
RELIGIOUS SECTS DANCER.
)*tkkabohit Maklif No Froporotloaa
For Wlitor Ovlac to Tkolr Boll?fa.
Winnipeg, Manitoba.?Advices were
ecelved here bj an official to the effect
that the Dominion Government
ivlll Interfere In the case of the Dou[hobobrs,
who are suffering from a reigious
mania.
The foreigners are making no provilion
for the winter. Five thousand
ire now affected and tbe mania is
ipreauing. incy nave uim-biucu mc
Me of home* and cattle, saying they
ire gods, and have let them run wild
>n the prclrle.
They will not eat the flesh of any
inimal. and live on bread, water and a
'ew vegetable?. A few weeks ago
hey derided not to wear leather shr>es
r woolen clothing, following their
itrangc beliefs. It is feared that
bousanda will suffer if the mania I
loes not abate or the Government i
Iocs not act soon in some way.
The Doukhobohrs exiled themselves i
'rom Russia because their principal I
enent forbids war and conflict In any <
a use. I
Landslide Kills TOO la Traatcairulk.
Correspondence received at Vienna
'rom Tlflis. Transcancasia, Russia. 1
fives a graphic account of a dlsanter 1
vhlch occurred recenlly. when, as the 1
esult of a l?*idsllde supposed to have
>een due to seismic disturbance*, no me
wenty villages were destroyed and
learly 700 persons were killed. 1
War Gam* la Germany.
The German autumn army manou- (
rren were held, about 92,000 tro<?p? (
)cing employed.
Maway (<l?aninc*
A new cutter for King Edward. deligned
by Watson, will be built ou the
2lyde.
Eight samples of lemonade analyzed
it Leeds. England. have been found to I
nntnin lend uoison. |
Two torpedo boat* of the Imperial
jennan Navy will always be stationed i
n future on the Rhine. I
The ?nga<ement between Arrbdueb ss
Marie and Prince Siegfried of Ba- i
raria baa been broken. ,
Orders have been issued for the disnlsaal
of 8000 workpeople employed in 1
be French military factories. I
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HAITIAN REBEL WM
German Warship Panther Fires on th?
Crete-a-Pierrot
REVENGE FOR SEIZING POWDER
Adalnl KlUIck. Hurt of Haiti's riMi.
WW Hw?i, Ttfl? For fmUwti
BU ?t?md Btmbvrt Aatrtau
PmImI ?d-C? flaaafd War Multtit
Bhlpytd kfPMtUloul OonrUMit
Cape Haltien. Haiti. ? The gunboat
Crete-a-Pierrot, wblcb was supporting
the cause of General Flrmln, leader of
the revolution, baa been sank by the
German cruiser Panther at the entrance
to the roadstead at Gonalrea.
The Crete-a-Plerrot recently stopped
the German merchant steamer Markomannia
at the entrance of Cape Haitian
and confiscated the arms and munitions
of war she bad among ber
iHiP#n
The Panther left Port au Prince oa
Friday, and proceeded to Uoualvea.
The Commander of the Panther tent
a boafa crew a 1 ward the Flrmlniat
gunboat and Informed Admiral Klllick
that be had live minute* in which to
remove hia crew and Kurrender. The
Flrminlst Admiral asked for fifteen,
and thia request wan granted upon
condition that the arms and amrnunl*
tion on board the Crete-a-Pierrot
should be abandoned when the men*
left her.
The sailors left :he Crete-a-Plerrot In
a nurry, toa wueii lae uuie iuiui u?u
expired, the Panther sent an offlcef
and twenty men to take possession of
the prize. Juat before running alongside.
flames burst from the porthole*
and batchas of the Flrminist gunboat,
her crew having tired her before they
put off for the shore.
The Panther signalled her boat to return.
and opened tire upon the Cretea-Plerrot.
Thirty shots were fired at
the burning vessel and in a short time
she sank.
WASHINGTON'S VIEW OP limit
No Complications Are Feared mm th? M?
rot Doctilos I* Not lanlrtd.
Washli^jton. D. C.?No complications
between this Government and Germany.
In the opinion of such offlclala
as could be seen here, will ensue from
the sinking of the insurgent Haitian
craft by the German gunboat Panther.
The Monroe Doctrine is in no way In
volved Id this incident
Aj the insurrectionists whom Killick
represented bare not obtained helliger
ent right* from any nation and as th?
port had not been blockaded, the Cretea-Pierrot
bad no rlijbt, in the opinion
of diplomats, to search the German
craft for contraband of war. The impression
seems to prevail that the German
captain took the proper view of
the situation when he looked on Klllick's
vessel as a pirate and destroyed
It for interfering with German commerce.
This act, it is regarded here, was la
no way an act of aggression on Ger?
raany's part on Haiti or its Govern
IllfUl, Iur, 1U lue mm |?uivv, mg |>IU<W
tonal Government is not responsible for
acts of the insurgents.
HUtory of the Revolution.
Tbe present revolution In Haiti started
in May last when President Sam
was forced to resigu. 8am fled from
the country on a French steamer.
Meanwhfle various candidates for tb?
Presidency arose. A provisional Government
was established by tbe Loyalists
at Port au Prince, and this wai
recognised by tbe consular representatives
of the Powers. Tbe Flrmlmsts or
ganized their Government at Gonaiva*
Since May tbfc fighting has gone on. tb?
revolutionists being under General Firmln
on land and represented on the sea
by Admiral Kftllck with tbe gunboat
Crete-a-Plerrot
Tbe German merchant steamer Mar
komannla was seised by Admiral KU*
lick, of the Haitian revolutionary
forces on 8eptemiM*r 2. She was approacblng
Cape Hnitinn with a cargo
of arms and ammunition ror tne provisional
Government when atv vai
topped bj Admiral Killlok with tht
gunboat Crete-a-Piprrot. He took tbe??
supplies and then allowed the ateamex
to proceed.
Tbla action aroused public sentiment
In Germany. On Sunday morning th*
Cologne Gaiette. in an inspired artlcla
on tbe situation lu Haiti, said that the
seizure of tbe tfitinirioos on tbe Markomannla
waa piracy, and that when
tbe Pantber arrlred on tbe acene It
waiiM Im> nprpyci rv to make short
work of tbe Haitian.
CHICAGO MURDER CLEARED UP.
BarthoMa, Slayer of Mother and SwmIi
heart, a jtnldd*.
Chicago.?William J. Bartholin. ?e?
rimed of tbe murder of hi* mother.
Mrs. Anna B. Bartholin, whose body
was found buried in the cellar of their
home on August ! . and charged also
with killing his sweetheart. Miss Minnie
Mitchell, was found dead in a flax
field near Lowtln*r. Iowa. He had
committed sulfide h.v blowing out his
brains.
In a pocket of hi* ?*oat. which lay beside
him. was a confession describing
In detail how he had strangled his
mother and then shot his sweetheart.
The appearance of the double murderer
indicated that he had slept in
the open for several days. He appeared
emaciated, as If be had not bad suf*
XHro Ctivlet Boarnt by X?fr?.
At Shelbyville. Ky . Fisher Milton.
negro convicted of vagrancy. wan Hold
under tbe contract *ystero for twelve
month* at public auction to I>avid
Murphy, a negro farmer. Murphy bid
*20 for the prisoner. and stated that hp
was not governed i,y ^ntlraent, but
iMialncM only.
Maid to Ha a Filibuster.
The steamer Mni?! of Pntuca left Balliniore.
it was said, ou u filibustering
rrip with a cargo of ritl ?* and aminunilion
for the Colombian Insurgent*.
Til* National (iimr. S
The Pittxluirs < *ln 1 lia* re signed S
Klrnt Baseman Kranstield for two
rear* n
Seybold. with tliirlt^n homo rmw to fl|
liis credit. tends the American I.oague ?
In that respect. ffij
i no t men kit .Minonni ? iuu ?
has algnod Cntohor Thomas IJ.iuh. of I
(ho Montro.il Club.
In Cincinnati th??y regard "Si" Soy- K
mour ns th?' grontost ccntro fioldor h
Once I'op Cork hill's day. gfl
Lachauco Is doing groat work for S
Koaton. Ho licldom hus an error nnd H
li.'i hitting :s of the first order. Xj