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T* iiilSHi: I . j Evidence That A!!entown Girl Was Slain in Own Home. BROTHER AND FIANCE ARRESTED ! i i Cirt's Skull Crushed l?y Kuftians?Mother i Discovers Body of I'retty Silk Weaver, ' Mabel Bcclitel, Where Sliiyei* Left It t in the Alleyway in Allcutoirn, l'a.Bullet Id Her llrain. 1 * i Allentown, Pa.?Concealed in a p:is- ( sagewny adjoining lier home tho body of Mabel H. Bechtel, a pretty silk weaver, eighteen years old. was found by her mother. The bead was crushed its if struck by a blunt instrument and 1 had a bullet through the brain. I Ar the ghastly discovery the girl's mother realized the purpose of the 1 visit to her home during the night of j two strange men, who evidently had 1 carried the body to the place where it | .was found. The girl was a great favorite among ') her friends, and was engaged to be i married to Alfred Eckstein, a cigar op- ' mm tor. emnloved in Allentown.* David Weisenberger was his rival. The last i time the girl was seen alive she was in company with Weisenberger, with i whom she went out driving. I On Monday morning Weisenberger railed at the Bechtel homo and asked : Mabel to go for a drive. That was the l last time Mrs. Bechtel saw her duugh- < ter. alive. As the girl did not return in t the evening her mother retired early I without waiting for her. I During the night she heard the sound < of- a carriage within a short distance of her house. She arose and saw from :i window two men alight from the carriage and carry out a bundle which i ihey placed in the entrance to the alley. She thought nothing of the occur- i rence until morning, when she found i her daughter's shoes, hat and coat in 1 the dining room, but no trace of the ; jrfri. She searched the house, and. di- i rected by the incident of the previous uight, looked iii the entrance to tiie alley. There she saw the body of her mur- I ilered daughter. Dreadful as was the < .sight, she retaiued her presence of i mind, and informed her neighbors and I the police. The police discovered what they re- * gard as almost conclusive evidence ; ' that the girl was killed in her own | home. This evidence was in the shape i of blood stains found on the wall and floor of a room sometimes occupied i by the girl, and of a small hatchet | with' the handle broken in a bureau in i the garret. On the hatchet were some i stains which the police believe are ] blood stains. I The police arrested on suspicion Alfred Eckstein, the girl's lover, and her brother. Tom Beehtel. They were held , in $1000 bail at police headquarters. 1 ? Both have asserted that they know uothing about the crime, as have the entire Beehtel family, all the members . >)f which have been submitted to the ( "sweating process" at various times. , David Weisenberg. the cigar salesman , who gave himself up to the New York , police, has been practically eliminated j from the mystery. His alibi seemed , * to be perfect, and he had no truble in | getting $1000 bail. , THREE DIE PLAYING WITH FIRE. \ Children Fascinatod by Flames In Diver* ] Ways. ( Pottsville, Pa.?While Mrs. William < , Bernheiser's back was turned for a mo- ] ment, Mary, her sis-year-old daughter, 1 poked a stick into the grate of the kit- < ~ ?"'i ??nn* If flnniln??. CUt?lI MUVC UUU tuiuuivii <v *?7, . calling attention to her pretty light. < Her clothing caught fire and in a few ; minutes she was a blackened corpse. The mother was seriously burned while trying to save her daughter. Allentown, Pa.?Annie, the five-yearold daughter of Mr. aiul Mrs. Charles Heil. of Standard, was burned to death , v j at her home. Annie got her father's ] yipe and.tried to imitate him in lighting j it. The match set fire to her clothes j and the little girl rushed out of the ] house and along a lane to a field, -where ( her parents were working. Before she , got there she foil exhausted, and bp fore , her parents could reach she hud b?en j burned to a crisp. < Pittston, Pa.?Lewis ttroppin, five j years old. took matches from home in , m A /-? enmo j Jr'ittsion JLOYVHSIliy Him uic iu 4 - dry leaves. Ilis clothing became iguitecl from the flames and he was fatally burned. SHOT AND KILLED HIS SISTER. Each Playfully Polnteri a Gnn at the Other and One Happened to Be Loaded. Ogdensburg, N. Y. ? Flora Porter, i fifteen years of age, while handling an 1 air gun at Waldeu, playfully pointed it < in tiie direction of her brother, exclaim- i ins: "I will shoot you." . < A :oaded rifle, the property of a hirel ,? man ic the family, was res Sing against i the house near by. and the boy, catch- I Ing tlie. spirit of his sister's fun. s?Mz??l ! the weapon, and. pointing at his sis'.er, : answered, "I will shoot you. too!" i As he spoke the rifle was accidentally < discharged, the bullet entering the body i of the girl, killing her instantly. i John E. Kasgell Dead. j John E. Russell died at his home in Leicester, Mass., of heart disease. John E. Russell was born at Greenfield. Franklin County, Mass., in 1834. wncn ; Mr. Cleveland was elected first to fill , the Presidency he declined successively ( the portfolios of Secretary of War and 1 the Secretary of the Navy. He was { twice the candidate of the Democratic ( party for Governor, but was defeated. A Eecord Celery Crop. ? Kalamazoo, Mich., the centre of the great celery growing region of this < country, expects to ship not less than 1 7,000,000 bunches of celery, which will 1 have a value of $1,000,000. This celery is grown on 5000 acres of reclaimed swamp land, which is worth as high as $800 an acre. The crop of 190U is 1 th<2 largest on record. Already this year America has skipped 80,000 tons of agricultural iu>plements iuto Russia. Newsy Brevities. A heavy fall of snow is reported in - .W estern Minnesota. A Central Trades Council bas been formed at lloauiair, Wash. The Rov. Dr. Pentecost appealed for a $100,000 fund to build a Presbyterian Church at Manila. Emperor William of Germany will erect a monument to the memory of i Krupp, the gunmaker. ; The Zeigler North Pole expedition ' failed to reach Franz Josef Land, and another attempt will be made in thei* DOGSRUN DOWN SUSPECT Jag-gers Arrested and Charged With Shooting- Mrs. Bevans. Lmchkisr Foiled by New Jersey Sheriff? Mad Dash Over Mountains to Save Prisoner'^ rife?Safe In Jail. Port .Tcrvis, X. Y. ? Sheriff Andress mid Deputy Sheriff Thompson arrested George .Taggers, whom the authorities have had under suspicion for several days in connection with the murder of Mrs. Victor E. Be vans and the shooting of her husband at their home near Be vans. X. J. Jaggers was at his home at the time of the arrest. He was taken to the jail at Newton, the county seat of Sussex, after a mad dash over the mountains. It was to Jaggers' house that the bloodhounds led the chase. The Sheriff, Prosecutor Huston and several other eounty officials held a long conference [it Newton, and ii is supposed that the arrest was decided upon at that time. The arrest was made quietly, and the prisoner was at once taken from the neighborhood in a carriage, carefully guarded. Feeling against the suspect ran high, and the neighbors of the wounded fanner and his dead wife cvere becoming more and more restless ind impatient at the delay. It is said that Mr. Bevans had asked the Sheriff to refraiu from making* an arrest if possible until after the funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Bevans was held it the Bevans home. It was well attended. The farmhouse was not large ?nough to hold the people, and many stood outdoors. .Taggers' absence attracted much attention. He said later ? - ^ ?- - l.l-? An n n mill ut* was ujiuiiit* iu inciiu vii u^. . ount of his wife's illness. Mr. Bcvans is recovering from his wounds, .and though still weak, rose from his bed for the first time. lie sat in a chair throughout the service. Taggers lived near Ilainsville. about a mile and a half from the place of the murder. He has been in this neighborhood only a short time. He was one if the first at the Bevans home the morning after the murder was committed. It is supposed the motive for the crime was robbery. Jaggers broke iowu and wept when the Sheriff placed liim under arrest, but he soon recovered his composure and refused to answer any questions except to maintain liis innocence. The Sheriff alleges that he is in possession of facts in connection with Jaggers' career, before he moved into Jlis quiet farming community, that n ill count heavily against him. A crowd of fully a thousand gathore/I ibont the Jail in Newton when the prisoner arrived. Twenty armed men formed a cordon around the carriage xmtaining him. and escorted It to the lail. There was considerable disorder, jut no outbreak. PATRICK LOSES RICE MILLIONS. JYill Creed by Condemned Murderer Held to Be Forgery. Albany, N. Y.?The Court of Appeals jlaced a final negative upon the at:empts of Lawyer Albert T. Patrick to >btain the vast fortune of the deceased Billionaire, William M. Rice, for whose uurder he was nnder sentence of death n Sing Sing Prison, by affirming the iecision of the lower courts, which !hrew out as a forgery the alleged will )f Mr. Rice, wbieh Patrick urged as superseding that admitted to probate. The will of Mr. Rice, thus sustained, makes no mention of Patrick, the bulk )f the estate, estimated at $4,000,000 )r more, being bequeathed to the proposed "William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Sci?nce and Art," of Houston, Texas. The next stage in the extraordinary ^ase will be the argument of Patrick's ippeal from the conviction of murder. DOWIE REALIZES HIS DEFEAT. ? - xr U]| Prophet Prepares ro yuii ncn *v*??-? Followers Disheartened. New York City.?No definite action tvas decided upon at the meeting held 5y John Alexander Dovvie and his cabinet to determine whether the crusade for the regeneration of the city had Deen a failure. After the meeting one )f Dowie's overseers announced that 110 decision had been reached as to whether the "restoration host" would immediately take a quiet exit from New York. Every action and work )f the "prophet" indicates that he realizes that he has met defeat. Companies )f Dowieites continue their proselyting tours in the city with at least one outivard appearance of courage. Most of them individually, however, are declared to be sick of the entire visitation. / , American X'ootwear in Favor Abroad. The United States Consul at Vienna * ** A *? Sit makes a report 01 me esuiunsnmcui m that city of a store for the sole purpose dealing in American footwear. The subject of the introduction of American shoes in Europe has attracted a Treat deal of attention lately, for the reason that such strong efforts have l)eeu made to keep them out. American shoes have been sold in Vienna for several years with rapidly increasing sales, but they have been handled by dealers and sold side by side with the domestic goods. The opening of this store is particularly significant for the reason that shoemaking is one of the great Austrian industries. "Popcorn King" Makes Big Sale. John Fmley. of Alexandria, Ind., who is known as the "Popcorn King," made recently the largest Sale of the burst cereal that has ever been recorded, and the sale was made by telephone. Chicagoans were the purchasers, and 30,X)0 pounds were sold, to be delivered it once. J Prosperity Depends on Present Crisis. Controller Ridgeley told the American Bankers' Association that prosperity will continue if the present situation is calmly and courageously met. "Western Butcher Trust Abandoned. The proposed trust of Western retail butchers has been abandoned as impracticable. Admits Land Frauds. Pec-rotary Hitchcock admitted that there had been extensive land frauds in the West, but said the reports had been greatly exaggerated. The Sporting World. Jeffries says he thiuks very well of a trip to Australia. E. It. Thomas is planning an invasion of the English turf. Dick Welles is the speediest thoroughbred of the year. The Boston baseball players each got ?I1S2.34 for winning the championship. Athletic relations have been resumed between Lawrenceville School and Andover Academy. The Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association is planning to send a challence to Oxford and Cambridge. cm cf ei cm Federal Courts Have jurisdiction. Supreme Court Declares. CANALBOATS SAME AS SHIPS F->m- Dissonting Justices Declare (ho I*o6ition an Undue expansion of Federal Authority ? Sweeping Decision Which Vests Sapervlslon of Inland Waterways in the National Government. Washington. D. C. ? The Supreme Court, by a divided bench, hns declared that the Erie Canal, although built by the State of New York, n;?l wholly within its borders, is under the maritime jurisdiction of the Federal Government. Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Harlan, Brewer and recKuani dissented. The controversy arose over repairs to a canalboat. The owner, Mrs. Clar.i Perry, in the suit brought to enforce the lien contended that the New York statute under which ii' was brought was an infringement upon the Adiu'ralty jurisdiction of the Federal Government over the navigable w iters of tiie United States, and that the Hen therefore could not be enforce!. The Supreme Court of New York denied this contention and upheld the statute, whereupon Mrs. Perry :tp- > pealed to the Supreme Court of the United States on constitutional rounds. The opinion of the court was delivered by Justice Brown. The argumrnt that the jurisdiction of the Government did not apply to artificial waterways. lie said, had been decided in several cases, both in this country and Canada. There was no question, he asserted, as to the Federal jurisdiction over the great lakes and it would be ridiculous to deny its jurisdiction over, for instance, the St. Clair Canal, which connected two of the lakes- and was but a mile long, solely on the ground that it was an artificial waterway. As to the contention that maritime jurisdiction did not apply to canal boats Justice Erown said the means of propulsion was not material, it having already been decided by the Supreme Court that it applied to all kinds of vessels except rowboats. which were not included. That the boats on the Erie Canal were drawn by horses did not matter, for the enlargement o,f the canal was in contemplation, when they would be propelled by steam, and it would, or course, De rume to noiu cuai jurisdiction did rot nppl.v now and then change that decision. The dissenting opinion was delivered by Justice Brewer. Until 1S40 the Supreme Court had held, he said, that Federal maritime jurisdiction extended only to tide water. With the use of steam, however, the limits of navigation were extended to include the waters which could by that means be reached by ocean vessels. The decision in this case extended it further, so that it included not only ocean commerce. for which it was intended, but also took possession of all the inland navigation upon waters connected in any way with the ocean, including waters wholly within the boundaries of a Stnte. The Erie Canal, said Justice Brewer, was built and owned by the State of New York, and the Federal Government conld not. of course, interfere to restrict the size of the canal, the depth of its water or the construction of bridges, and how. then, conld it interfere in a case like that at bar? In his opinion the grant to the nation's Government over Admiralty and maritime matters was.in furtherance of commerce between the United States and foreign nations and designevl to secure uniformity in respect thereto, and did not extend the contracts made in respect to vessels which were incapacitated from foreign commerce designed and used exclusively for all local traffic within a State. MS3 COSTS A COUNTY S50C0. Heir* of C. W. Mitchell, T-jmchetl in Urbana, Ohio, in 1897, Get That Sum. Chicago.?The proceeds of the first | rerdict under tiie now uuio law mating a county liable to damages to the estate of a person who is killed by a mob within the county have, been distributed to heirs in Cook County. The beneficiaries are Mrs. Lillian Brown and Mrs. Daisy Paine, of this city, sisters of Charlcn W. Mitchell, who was lynched at Urbaua, Champaign County, Ohio, on June 4, 1897. Each secures one-fourth of the damages of $5000. The remainder is given to two Ohio heirs by the courts of that State. Admir.*\l Howies Quit6 N'avyi Rear-Admiral Francis T. Bowles, Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Ilepair, has resigned from the | Navy to become President of the Fore River Engine and Shipbuilding Company. of Quincy, Mass. Constructor W. L. Capps was selected to succeed him. New Counterfeit Note Discovered. The United States Secret Service has unnmiiidiui tlin rlisortvprv nf a new five dollar counterfeit note on the First National Bank of Lynn, Mass. It is a photographic production and identical with the one discovered on the Miller's River National Bank of Athol, Mass., a few days ago. I French Bark Lost. The French bark Savoyard, of St. Malo, laden with salt, has been wrecked in the Bay of Audierne. Thirty-one members of the crew, the ( wife of the captain and four other women were drowned. % Cripple Geta Cli?ck For #35,000. Albert Wadley. a New York florist, living at White Plains, who sued the New York Central Company for$100.000 damages for injuries lie received in the Park avenue tunnel wreck, has sntHnii with the corDor.ition for $35,000. Mr. YVadley will be a cripple for life. Defenses Half Completed. General Georse L. Gillespie. chief of army engineers, in his annual report says the United States seacoast dt> fenses are about half completed. Minor Mention. The price of silver has again advanced. Canadians chare under the Alaskan boundary decision. The French sardine crop for the year is a failure. An alliance between France and rtaly is talked of in official circles in Rome. Six nf {lie largest toothpick plants in the country have formed a merger. Pressed for money to cover bets lost >n the races, Albert Joerndt, a letter . nrrier at Chicago, III., is under arrest for thieving from the mails. i . .. . v . ' i ARMENIAN LEADER "SLAIN London Excited by Development of Revolutionaries' Feud. Sn<r?tel SagounJ. Revolutionary Leader/ the Victim?Sl:iyer Fro:n America, lf:i<l Lived iu Sew York. London. En?.?Sagetel Sagouui, President of the Armenian refugee society of London, and a wc-ll-known revolutionary leader, was murdered at Nunhead, a suburb of London. As he was entering the gate of the garden at taclied to liis residence a man rushed across the road and fired three pistol shots at him at close range. Two of the bullets took effect. Sagouni drew a revolver, intending to defend himself, but before he could use it his assailant fired a fourth shot, which struck the heart, whereupon Sagouni fell dead. The murderer fled, leaving a felt bat and a revolver. Both of these articles ' had marks showing that they had been purchased in New York. The crime is believed to bp a sequel of differences that have existed among the Armenian refugees residing in London for the past four years. These ref? ttgees are divided into two factions, the Hantcbagists and the Alfarists. After their original dispute these factions became reconciled, but in October, 1902, the Alfarists collected ?20,000 in the United States and the quarrel between the factions was renewed. me iienicnnsisis uccuspu iue jviiulIsts of appropriating'tbe money to their own use. As a result of the ill feeling^ engendered by this charge a member of the Alfarist faction recently stabbed a Hentchaglst on a street at Lausanne, Switzerland. Sagouni was sent to Switzerland to investigate this crime, and while returning to England on a Channel packet he met a man who answered the description of the Hentcha?ist assailant. In a recent report on this affair Sagouni described this assailant. This? description tallies with that of the man who shot him. The Hentcliagists take their name from hentchak, meaning tocsin, the name given to the newspaper they publish. The Alfarists get their title from the prominent Russian revolutionary leader Alfar, who is said to have his headquarters iu New York. Armenians in New York City profess complete ignorance of the factional squabbles among their countrymen in London, which are supposed to have led up to the murder of Sagouni. The Armenian colony is not large in New York. One of its members has said that there were less than 3000 Armenians in Greater New York and the neighbor ingTfew Jersey cities. GAMBLING LEADS TO THEFT. Directly Responsible For 3213 of 4153 Cases Recorded This Year. Chicago, 111.?It is believed that the race tracks and poolrooms are responsible for the many embezzlements and larcenies daily reported to the police and the detective agencies. An investigation of the records of the year show that many of the smaller thefts are traceable directly to attempts to pick winning horses. , Embezzlers of the ' larger sums, as a general rule, are gamblers in stock*. The heaviest bettors in the racing ring are professional gamblers.. Here is the record: Embezzlements in the United States recorded, since January 1, 1003. 4152. Chief causes?Gambling, 3212; high living, 3450; extravagant wives. 1875.Embezzlements in Chicago since Jannary 1, 114. Charged to gambling. 103. That hundreds of embezzlements are caused by betting on horse races is admitted, but the police declare that not one in n hundred is ever prose culed. The big firms say they cannot afford to prosecute employes who steal small sums. They discharge the dishonest man and bend their efforts toward keeping the others honest. Many firms employ detectives who watch their men and any one seen betting 011 races is discharged before the necessity or the opportunity to steal presents itself. MRS. BURDICK CETS PROPERTY. _ Decision Renders Void Provisions of Murdered Man's Will. Buffalo. N. Y.?Surrogate Marcus handed down a decision by which the widow of Edwin L. Bur dick will gain full control of the property left by her husband. Under the terms of the will drawn up by Burdick a short time before he was murdered, his three children were to j be placed in the hands of three guard- { ians, and his estate was to be managed j by four executors for the benefit of the children. This clause of the will was decided in Mrs. Burdick's favor. By the decision the most important clause in the instrument, cutting off Mrs. Burdick without a cent, is declared void. $50,000 FOR WRECK VICTIM. Woman Oet# Kcr?rd VerdicP Acalnst the Now York Central. White Plains, N. Y.?The trial of the suit of Catherine Redriy, of Yonkers, against'the New York Central Railroad for ?100,0CD damages ended before Supreme Court Judge Gaynor and a Jury In a verdict for $50,000 against the railroad company. Mrs. Reddy was carried into court on a chair by attendants. She was badly injured in a wreck on the New York Central at Fancher, a town near *TI 11M tNjaguru jc mis. The verdict is said tp be the largest ever rendered in this State to a woraaD for railroad injuries. Charles T. Saxton Dead. Charles Terry Saxton, of Clyde, former Lieutenant-Governor of New York State and Judge of the Court of Claims, tlied in the City Hospital, Rochester, N. Y.. from what the physicians describe as an incurable organic disease, lie was born in Clyde, N. Y., July 25, 1S4G. Successful Itebelllon in San Domingo. Rebels captured after sharp fighting the town of Santiago, in San Domingo. The revolutionary movement io favor of Jimenes is spreading. Shot at President Diaz. While President Diaz of Mexico was attending a festival at Guanjuato a man jumped from the erowd and fired Jive times at him. None of the shots took effect. The assailant was captured. He gave his name as Elias Tuscano, and declared that he did not intend to harm the President, but was carried away with enthusiasm and ad' j miration. PcMtofHc? Robbery In Michigan. The postoffiee at Escanaba. Mich., wan robbod and the safe was dynamited. About $1000 in stamps and cash was taken. The robbers escaped. ' ITSlii - I i. L, Blair, Counsel For World's Fair, Charged With Embezzling. FORGED NOTES FOR $400,000 Faces Serious Charges?Son of the Noted Missouri General Falls In a Fit and ( Collapses While Making Emphatic Denial?One-Time Employe in Role of Accuser. ( Sf. Louis, Mo. ? Overwhelmed by J charges that have been laid before the < Grand Jurj*. naming him as a forger, an embezzler, a robber of his relatives ' and a man who has led a double life of startling depravity, Attorney James L. Blair, one of the most prominent i men of St. Louis, fell unconscious and < frothing at the mouth while talking to 1 'reporters, in a most serious state of ? collapse. "Judge" Blair, as he is known, was I until recently counsel for and a direc- 1 tor of the World's Fair, and one of Lhe ' most prominent men identified with ] that national enterprise. Rumors af- I fecting his integrity caused him to re* 1 sign, but not until revelations of his alleged ^.enormous thefts were made I public. The story of Blair's alleged Jekyl i and Hyde existence was told to the 1 Grand Jury by James T. Roberts, who 1 was formerly a confidential associate J of Blair. In the long list of charges ' are assertions that Blair had victim- i ized Dick Brothers & Co., bankers, of Philadelphia, his relatives, to the ex- 1 tent of $340,000, and that he had sto- ' len $63,000 from the funds of the Blow estate. ? ] The startling accusations against 1 Blair have caused a tremendous sensa- i tion in St. Louis, where he was regard- 1 oH na n mnn nf tlio hichosf ilitf>critv and lofty purpose. He was the idol of i a certain reform element and a favor- ' ite lecturer before Y.'M. C. A. meeN ings, his favorite subject being "Business Integrity." The charges made before the Grand Jury recite that while Blair was making these lectures he was planning deeds of trust, embezzling trust funds, robbing his friends and relatives fcnd breaking promises to reform. Blair has always been one of the most strenuous fighters for the betterment of municipal conditions. He raised a fund of $15,000 to aid Circuit Attorney Folk in his boodle prosecutions. His wife is President of . the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Fair. President of the Morning Choral and the Women's Club, and otherwise a social and musical leader: They have lived for several years In an elaborate house at Kirkwood, a suburb and have entertairted extensively. KODerts says tnat ne nrst discovered 11 irregularities in Blair's business through an account of about $2000 1 with Miss Blanchard. a client of Dick 1 Bnfthers & Co., in Philadelphia. Roberts says that his first opportu- ! nity to investigate other branches of , business transacted for the Dick firm i came when, in a search for other pa- i pers in Blair's safe, a bundle of envel- ( opes came into his possession. The en- t velopes. Roberts declares, bore the names of persons supposed to have I borrowed money from Dick Brothers & Co. In the envelopes, he says, he found cancelled interest notes, portions of certificates of title and correspondence. t Investigation convinced Roberts, he < declared, that the loans were fictitious. * the certificates of title spurious anil 1 the notarial and Recorder's seal forged. I It is stated that the embezzlements < have been going on for ten years, and 1 that the money was used to pay inter- s est on forged notes, premiums on life 1 insurance policies and for extravagant i living. Mr. Blair is the son of the 1' Frank * P. Blair, one of the greatest u jost ' highly honored citizens Missouri ever ? produced. His public work has always t appeared to be of the highest charac- I ter. In the political reformations 1 which uave been going on in St. Louis he was an important figure. t t A NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR. i Sir Xlortlmer Darand Sncceeds Sir Mlcliael j Herbert. London.?Sir Henry Mortimer Dur- . and has been appointed British Ambas- t sador to the United States to succeed the late Sir Michael Herbert, nis appointment astonishes diplomatic circles. since Sir Mortimer, as he is called, i having drooped the Henry, is not a Foreign Office man. He was imported into the diplomatic j service from the Indian civil service, ? where he attained a high position. Sir \ Mortimer was a protege of the late j Lord Salisbury, whose exalted opinion of his diplomatic skill was based on his , conduct with Russia in the delicate , matter of the Afghan' boundary delim- > itation. I His father was an eminent general ( In India, but Durand has none of the ( social pull which tells so largely in de- , termining big diplomatic appointments. { He has orten expressed a great liking J for Americans. He has a wife and ] daughter. Copper Min<>s Shut Doxrn. By a decision of a Montana district ! court the Amalgamated Copper Com- 1 pany is prevented from collecting dividends from the Boston and Montana and the Tarrott mining companies, which the Amalgamated owns. The ^ holding company at once ordered all its 1 mines and smelters in Montana shut f down, throwing 12,000 men out of em- 1 ployment KIm 1 ra Reformatory Head Ont. ] Dr. Frank W. Robertson has resigned j the office of Superintendent of the i State Reformatory in Elmira, N. Y. c Ran 130 Miles an Hoar. An electric car in the high-speed experiments held on the Narienfelde- n Zossen line, nt Berlin. Germany, at- r tained the speed of 130 2-5 miles per t hour. The last previous record was t 127 miles, but tin? engineers say they t hope to attain a speed of 140 miles r - ' hour. "Mother" Stewart Dead. j' "Mother" Stewart, a noted temprv- s ance crusader and one of the orsr.-tniz- ! ers of the W. C. T. U., is dead at Chi- li cago. \ Clarence IT. Leonard, who ten days Ago left East Orange. X. J., with $10,- I D75 of his employer's funds and eloped with his sweetheart. Katharine Miller. ^ was arrested at Vancouver, British j, Columbia, with the girl, whom he had married. Leonard had $4000, while , the girl carried five $1000-bills. They . were registered under the name of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Fay. Indictments AK?i?st Beavers Vacated. t Four of the live indictments against George W. Beavers, alleging complicity r In postal frauds, were vacate^ by r fudge Holt ia the Federal Court- i - ' A : ' t SHOT THROUGH A WINDOW :?.rmers Wife Killed ana Husband Wounded Near Fort Jervis. H iiir.rnncrinna 'Havino Ttri?r? U.'maAll to Telephone and Kings Until He Drops Senseless? Xelghbors Eirsh to Aid. Tort Jervis, X. Y.~Tiie country for miles around Sevan?, X. Y., is thoroughly excited over the murder of Mr.?. Victor Bevans ?ind the wounding of her husband at their home, and hundreds of persons have arrived at the house offering assistance to the stricken family. At the time they were shot, about 5) j'clock p. m.. Mr. aud Mrs. Bevans sat by the kitchen fire, in a direct line with the window, the husband with an arm over the back of a chair and his back toward the fire. Two charge.; came through the window pane and lodged in Mr. Bevan's arm and face md in his wife's head and shoulders. Mrs. Bevans died next morning, but lier husband is improving. There is no known motive for the deed. Mr. Eevans had no enemies. He Is a thrifty, prosperous farmer and a member of a family of 150 years' standing in the , sralley. Bloodhounds were put on the tracks leading from tiie House, lne dogs followed the tracks by a circuitous route to the house of a certain man and thence direct back to the Bevans liouse. This man is under suspicion, is his reputation is said to be not of the best and he has appeared much gitated since the murder. It is believed that the murderer fired from a rest, as both of hi3 victims were hit in exactly the same place. The window glass was broken in two places in such a manner as to indicate that the gun was swept from left to right. Both holes in the glass are on the 6ame level. Woven into the tragedy of the lonely orianor house when Bevans and his' wife were shot by the assassin lurking n the darkness outside their home, is :h*? prtrnnrrHnnrv n.irt nlnvprt hv the telephone which silently notified the leighbors, miles away, of the horrid ict in the Bevans home. His wife dying, himself nearly unconscious, Bevans stasrgered to the sarty 'phone, used jointly by fifteen 'amiHes, scattered for miles around. Dne turn of the crank rang the bell n every house. With the last ebbing effort of strength. Bevans twisted the handle nadly and shouted into the transliitter. Then he sank down and the receiver was left dangling. Alarmed by the furious ring, fifteen people sprang to the 'phone and heard, ind acted at once. * Strange and fearful sounds came from the Bevans telephone. The people far away knew only that a tragedy jad occurred. When they arrived at the hous6 there was little they could do. Mrs. Bevans was dead and her husband was wounded, but nof dangerously so. Mr. Bevans. who was unable to speak, wrote on a piece of paper that Iip had io idea who the man was. The Sheriff md a posse searched the neighboring oontry for the man. but liave nothing o guide them in their hunt. DISASTER IN NEW YORK TUNNEL [Tie Worst Accident That Hah Happened In Bapid Transit Subway. New York City.?In the worst aceilent that has occurred in the building )f the rapid transit tunnel ten men, nost of them Italian laborers, were tilled by a cave-in following a blast. Hany tons of rock fell in in a length >f thirty feet, about two blocks below vhere the tunnel comes out on the surface level at the junction of Nagle, 31eventh and Speedway avenues, just lorth of Fort George. Work has been going on night and ! lay on this section,, which Contractor McDonald recently took over from Subcontractor McCabe. A night shift of wenty men was at work at a lieaaing >ushing the tunnel south, the bore laving been begun at the north end. * i According to one of the men. a light )Iast was set off to displace a few tons >f rock. Nearly fifteen minutes after-, vard the top and sides of the tunnel ell in for a distane of about thirty 'eet to the north of the heading, buryng the workmen and almost com)letely blocking the way of escape to he north. KILLED BOYS TO SPITE WIFE. Indiana Father Telia r He Gave the Little Fallows Candy to Go With Hliu. Marion, Ind.?Jesse McClure, ^ farmland, murdered his two sons, aged five tud seven, and left their bodies in a 'ence corner. McClure then drove rapdly to this city and gave himself up. McClure lived near Frankton. His svife left liim a year ago and returned kvith iier children to her father's home. McClure found the children playing in lie front yard and induced them with >andy to take a ride with hbn. He Irove a mile up the road and then earned the children to a fence corner and shot them with a revolver. The older >ue was found dead a few minutes ater and the younger was dying with i piece of the candy in his mouth. McClure told the jail turnkey that hq cilled the children because his wife lad left him and refused to see him. Koted Hawaiian Head. Robert Wilcox. ex-Congressional Delegate from Hawaii, and the first nan of the Hawaiian race to occupy a ieat in the American Congress, died at Elonolulu of consumption. He was jorn in Honuaula, Island of Maui, one >f the Hawaiian group. February 16, L800. His father was a native of Newtort. R. I., and liis mother was a pure rntive of Maul, who was a descendant >f a brother of King Kaulahea. Divorce m Menace to Society. Bishop Doane. of Albany, X. Y.. in in address in Washington. P. C.. delared that the increase of divorce in iio T-nitPrt States had become a serious hrcat to social stability in tliis co-.m iy. Work on 'Warships'Delayed. Rear-Admiral Bowles in bis annual eport to the Secretary of the Xavv ays the work on the new warships has >een unsatisfactory, the delny being Uie chiefly to strikes. There are -o'.' esscls fit for service. Kent of the Toilers. There are about 12,000 union men in )anville, III. First-class boat builder3 in China are mid $15 a nion^h, also food and lodges. The Picture Frame Makers of New .'ork City have secured a nine-hour ay. Labor Unions at Niagara Falls, N. n-ArHnor liar/1 fn nropl" n Ifihnr emple. Chinese coasting steamers pay fireueii from $14 to $22 a month, and seaiicn from $12 to ?20, tbe men furnish 2 their ovva food. " ~ " ^ 'W 1 English Fish Story. / J9 A circumstantial fish stort tfji'd by W the London Daily News. TTO'fcaptaln of the steamer Benalder, of Leith, on a voyage to China, threw a bundle or -a old letters Overboard In the MeJiter- .$j ranean. Some Spanish fishermen of ' Aguilas, near Cartageua, later caught a large fish, and on opening It found a bundle of letters inside. They took M this to the Mayor, who managed to jfl decipher in one the name and address of the superintendent of the steamship line in London, and thus to restore the letters to their owner.. yfgHfftrtvaiWi... ( Jtjad troughs fm "I had a btd cough for six weeks and could And do relief until I tried Ayer's Cherrr Pectoral. Only one-fourth of tne bottle jfjj cured me/' 3 L. Hawn, Ncwington, Out M Neglected coldsalways M lead to something serious. IJm nicy tun iinu wuiuufv bronchitis, pneumonia, J! asthma, or consumption. Don't wait, but take || Oyer's Cherry Pectoral . ;|j just as soon as your cough ! M begins. A few doses will || cure you then. fl Three sizes: 25c., 5fc., $1. All Con?alt joar doctor. If be 1*7* tain St. S then do at he says. It he tells yon not " to take it, then don't take it. He knows.'Lea re it with him. We are willing. * J. C. AY EH CO., Lowell, KM. ' -.yM I^D ft D Q'V NEW DI8CQVBHY; liKUr O * qnick ntlie'apdeoraa wiislv:-Jl euN. Book oi testimonial* and 1O days' Ulalmssl , a| Ifrn. Dr. . K. BUimnQHIa jM Americans. Among the ancient peoples none were more curious than the Americans. Wm Their god was Noise. l The worship of Noise was very sinil* lar to the worship of Moloch, practiced.. ^ in still more remote times, for both j consisted mostly in the sacrifice oi jk ehildren. Jflj Beginning each year with the sum-^B mer solstice, it was- the custom of the 8 || American children to-maim themselves in honor of the god Noise.. Some enthusiasts carried the orgy to .jfl such lengths that they died. This was called Tetanus. r There were . Americans who did not; JS believe in the gpd Noise; as there were steptics and Infidels In all ages.?Detrolt Free Press. JSb 1 The average depth of the ocean about two miles. N.Y.?44 FITS permanently coral. No fits or nervoo?> J?| ness after 13ret day's use of Dr. Kline's Great JHB Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatlM>tre? JH Dr.R.H. KuwE.Ltd., 931 ArchSt., Pliilx, Pa. | The Oldest Ferry. . SB Perhaps the oldest ferry in the world Ira Is, the cross-channel service from Oa: la is to Dover. It has been In exist* J ence for more thau twenty centuries,. and the vessels which have been en-^p* gaged In it include Vevery variety shipping, from Caesar's high-peaked^H galleys, propelled by banks of oars, toBB the new turbine steamer. 99fl Catarrh Cannot Be Cared With local applications as they Yeach the seat of the disease. .Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and In order ^ to cure It you must take internal remedies. 1 Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and I nets directly on the blood and mucous surface 1 Hall's Catarrh Care is not a quack medicine, fl It was prescribed by one of the best pbyaf- Jfl clans in this country for years, and is a lognlar prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the bast blood purifiers, acting directly oil the mneous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces s^ch V wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send jfl for testimonials, free. 9 % F. J. Chexet & Co., Props., Toledo, G. 1 ... Sold by druggists, price, 75c. Hall'8 Family Pills are the best. . , - ' The growth of. the nails is -mora 1 rapid in children than in adults, and slowest In the nged. It goes on mora rapidly in summer than in winter.' Mrs. Leland Stanford is said to carrj '/ a larger amount of insurance than any I nHioi" iTAninn In f-hn wnrM FTpp noli cies amount to more than $1,000,000. . . I Mrs Winslo w's Soothing Syr a p for ehildgsa I teelbln p, bof tec, the nums, reduces in fl am ma- <1 tion.bliays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle N I France has a jour~al specially devoted to the question of seasickness. ? ] 4o not believe Piso's Core for Ooasump* 1 tlonhasancquuUor coughs and colds?Jon I 1.Boyeb,Trinity;tyring, Ind? Feb. 15,1900. , E V: / T'e world's hop crop of 1902 vai 153,- I I 840, ,00 pounds. I 1'ut.nam Fadeless Dyes cost bat 10: fl cents per package. ^ H Thief Cleverness. HI A magistrate's clerk has been known ,H to have his tie pin stolen while in jjH court, and one in Birmingham a few years ago lost liis coat in the sagieJ|H %way; but a more remarkable exa?r(pIe]MH perhaps, of a thief's c^awo^ss under V the very eyes of the^police was that of y the burglar at Clerkenwell, who man- fl aged to conceal two diamond rings jflj while the police were searching bim, ? fl and passed one of them tp his wife itf IB the cell while the police were loofeJ. M ing on. The rings were- under bia B tongue, and one of them passed from m his mouth to his wife's when he w?*i H kissing her good-bye. , H A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT. Kev. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 57 Sixth H street. Fond Du Lac, Wis., Presby- ?3 terian clergyman, says: "I had at tacks of kidney disor- 28 ders which kept me in 8 ^ ,^3js the house for days at a M time, unable to do any- H jaJaMaHaP tiling. What I suffered < Bj can hardly be told. 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