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Evidence That A!!entown Girl Was
Slain in Own Home.
BROTHER AND FIANCE ARRESTED !
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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American X'ootwear in Favor Abroad.
The United States Consul at Vienna
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Collapses While Making Emphatic
Denial?One-Time Employe in Role of
Accuser.
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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
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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
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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 $12 to ?20, tbe men furnish 2
their ovva food.
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English Fish Story. / J9
A circumstantial fish stort tfji'd by W
the London Daily News. TTO'fcaptaln
of the steamer Benalder, of Leith, on
a voyage to China, threw a bundle or -a
old letters Overboard In the MeJiter- .$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. '~K
Complications set In,
'BPtBI tlie particulars ef flfl
%vLlicl1 1 wil1 Pleased M[
to give in a . personal
interview to any one M
who requires informa- B8
tion. This I can con- HI
scientiously say, Doan'a B
Kidney Pills caused a HE
general improvement" ^8
1 in my health. They BW
brought great relief by lessening the nH
paiu and correcting tbo action of tho BB
kidney secretions."
Tlmii'e TClilnor Pills f,ir c?lo he nil
dealers. Trice. 50 cents. FosterVurn
Co., Buffalo, N, \\
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