The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 27, 1908, Image 2
ill CO. FAIL
_ OWING $1,250,000
inability to Sell Spot Cotton
Causes Bankruotcv.
INMAN'S WIDOW WITHDREW
J. R. Gray, Owner of Atlanta Journal,
One of the Partners in This
Well Known Finn of Augusta '
(Ga.) Brokers?May Resume.
Atlanta, Ga.?The firm of Inman
& Co., cotton brokers of Augusta,
with wide connections, went into the
hands of a receiver. The liabilities !
are said to be about 51.250,000, and '
the assets in excess of that amount, i
The long-continued depression in the I
cotton market and consequent failure .
of the firm to dispose of its spot cot- \
ton, Is given as the cause of the faili
ure.
Walker P. Inman was formerly j
head of the firm. After his death ,
last November his widow withdrew
from it. The sole members of the ,
present firm are James F. McGowan, .
of Augusta, and James R. Gray, own- j
or and editor of the Atlanta Journal. ,
Mr. Gray is a son-in-law of the late [
Mr. Inman.
The petition in involuntary bankruptcy
was filed in the United States j
Court by attorneys for the Atlantic (
Compress Company, the Gulf Com- ,
press Company, J. C. Evans and C. (
R. Sims, creditors for sums ranging (
from $500 to $11,000. T. W. Barrett,
Jr., of Augusta, was made re- ,
ceiver. ?
Mr. Gray explained that the firm
had prevailed upon the creditors to j
hr>id off until every possible means e
was exhausted. The firm was ready j
to co-operate for an economical ad- j
ministration of its affairs. ,
Mr. Inman always indorsed liber- (
ally for this firm, and lent it the full ,
st ~ngth of his great credit. His
rleath last November has rendered it (
impossible for the firm to have the <
benefit of this powerful assistance. (
There has been no speculation on the
part of the firm or either member, .
and the embarrassment grows solely )
out of the depression in the cotton ,
market and cotton contracts for act- "
ual delivery to the mills and consum- ,
ers. The mills have practically quit
buying cotton, and have left the firm ,
In a position where they have been ,
unable to dispose of their enormous
holdings at anythinglike a fair figure.
It is believed that with economical
handling of the assets the creditors J
will be paid in full. It is difficult to .
say just how the firm stands, as the 1
fluctuations in the market affect the
assets. (
F. A. Tcole is the manager of the |
N'ew York office of Inman & Co. in !
the Cotton Exchange Building. He ,
3aid that he knew nothing regarding
the bringing of bankruptcy proceedings,
and that he had had no advices
on the subject up to the time he left
the office for the day. Being told 1
that the advices from the South gave
the inability of the firm to realize on
its spot cotton as the chief reason for
, the firm's embarrassment, Mr. Toole
said that from what he knew of the
situation he would regard that as the
only reason for the failure.
The name of Inman has been prom- ,
Inently identified with the spot cotton '
market for nearly half a century.
DEFICIT NOW $51,644,615.
Loss From Last Year Likely to Reach
$125,000,000.
Washington, D. C.?The statement
of the Government for April, 1908,
shows the total receipts to have been
543,919,321, and the expenditures
$59,888,784. leaving a deficit for the
month of nearly $16,000,000, and a ,
deficit for the ten months of the present
fiscal year of $51,644,615, as
against a surplus for the correspond- ;
Ing period last year of $96,475,751.
TV* a etofarionf cfonvr'c fVmf Hlirimr
these last ten months there has been j
a falling off in the receipts of $41,397,562
and an increase in expenditures
of $66,722,804, making a difference
in the condition of the Treasury
of $108,120,366. This amount is
likely to be increased to $125,000,000 ,
l>y the close cf the fiscal year.
AFGHANS INVADE INDIA.
Attack in Kliybcr Pass?Large Forccs
Moving South.
London.?India is a source of con
siderable uneasiness to the British
Government at present. The difficulty
with the Mohammeds seemed on the
eve of settlement when a new danger
threatened, in an attempt made by a
large Afghan force, numbering from
13.000 to 20,000, which crossed the
border, moved south, divided into
two bodies and attempted to seize the
blockhouses in Khyber Pass near j
Laud'-Khotal. The attacks were re-;
puiied with trifling casualties.
Boundary Treaty Ratified.
The Canadian international bounJ*
J mm ?~ ~ ^ ^ ,1 K,* V U ~
Clary U'Caiy ?aa i atmcu u?> me cicuate
in executive session, at Washington,
D. C. It provides for a more
complete definition and demarcation
of the boundary between the United
States and Canada, but does not
change the existing line.
Prince 'William Married.
Prince William o! Sweden and !
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlona of Russia
were married at Tsarskoe-Selo.
H. H. Rogers Asks Damages.
H. II. Rogers filed his answer to
the Government's suit to dissolve the
Union Pacific merger at Salt Lake,
Utah, denying unlawful combination
and asking for damages for the harm
done to his name by suing him, and
his costs.
Yanderbilt's Coach Cheered.
A. G. Vauderbilt and his coach
Venture were heartily cheered all the
way from London to Brighton, Eng- '
land.
Uphold Let-Us-Alonc Policy.
New York City merchants and
financiers unanimously upheld the
' let-us-alone" policy of the National
Prosperity Association's campaign,
urged optimism in business and predicted
that a new era of good times
is at hand.
Rig Autos in Contest.
I-"my neavyweignc auiomuuues ui
aH classes left Paris for a month's
tour of France. They are engaging
in an industrial competition under
Ifcc patronage of the Ministry of War.
MOOT OF Mil
Justice Will Hear Slayer's Side in
Poughkeepsie.
Meantime White's Murderer Rests in
Very Snug ijuaners in uiu
Dutchess County Jail.
Poughkepsie. N. Y.?The hearing
on the writ of habeas corpus sued out
for the purpose of getting Harry K.
Thaw out of the Asylum for Criminal
Insane at Matteawan was begun here,
and almost as soon as begun was adjourned
for a week in order to give
District Attorney Jerome a chance to
get into the case in person. Assistant
District Attorney Garvan represented
Mr. Jerome and stated that he was on
hand for the purpose, if possible, of
getting the hearing switched to New
York County. District Attorney
Mack, of Dutchess County, helped Mr.
Garvan argue for a relegation to New
York, and James G. Graham, Thaw's
new counsel, opposed their motion
with vehemence on the frank ground
that he didn't want any more Centre
street justice for his client.
Ultimately the bone of contention
svas divided by Justice Morschauser
2? fn Vow VnrV and
xgieeius iu su uwnn .-.v,.. - ?. ~ ??
hear the witnesses on Mr. Jerome's
side of the case and in the meantime
sit in Poughkeeepsie and hear Thaw's
witnesses.
Thaw, in a neat new suit and lookins
as fit as an athlete, sat In the
:ourt room and chatted cheerfully
tvith his counsel and friends. None
3f his immediate relatives was in
court.
Mr. Garvan said the hearing on the
svrit would take a month and cost
530,000, if not more. Not only, he
said, would that be a stiff figure for
Dutchess County which, he understood,
only had about $10,000 a year
:o disburse on court and jury charges,
Dut moreover if the court let this proceeding
get before it there would be
:stablished a bad and expensive precelent.
"We expect to send commissions
:o Pittsburg, Paris, Rome, Monte
Darlo and London. It will cost a lot
5f money," said Mr. Garvan.
"Mr. Graham," said the Justice,
'how about hearing Mr. Jerome's witnesses
in New York? I have to have
your consent. I'll hear all your side
up here, and go down to New York
ifterward. Do you agree.'"
Mr. Graham agreed, and Mr. Garran
asked an adjournment, so that
VIr. Jerome could be on hand. He got
it and the day's proceedings closed.
Thaw was taken upstairs to Sheriff
Robert W. Chanler's official apartments
in charge of Deputy Sheriff
Townsend. The apartments have all
the comforts of home, including twin
beds for Thaw and Townsend, a por:elain
bath and a punching bag. Thaw
grinned when he saw the place and
said it would do nicely for the short
time that he believes he will have to
remain a prisoner. * ^
375,770 FREIGHT CAES IDLE.
Surplus Reaches Greatest Total in
History of Railroads.
Chicago.?A startling decline in
railroad traffic in April is shown in
the bi-weekly statement of car surpluses
and shortages issued by the
the Car Efficiency Committee of the
American Railway Association. The
statement, which is regarded as an excellent
business barometer, portrays
conditions up to April 15 on 153 railroads
of the. United States and Canada.
During the fortnight following
April 1 the number of idle cars suddenly
mounted frotn 307,507to 375,770,
the greatest total in the history
of American railroads. The figures
bear out the statements of railroad
men that during the month of April
business conditions have been at a
inwpr ehb than at anv time durins
the panic. The highest previous surplus
figure was on February 5, when
it reached what was then considered
the immense total of 343,928.
SIX RAILROADS FIXED .<513,130.
Landis Imposes Penalties at Chicago
For Violation of Law.
Chicago. ? In ninety-five cases
brought by the Government against
six railroad companies, charging violation
of the twenty-eight-hour' law
for the transportation of cattle,
Judge Landis in the United States
District Court imposed fines aggregating:
$13,150.
The railroads fined were as follows;
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
forty-five cases, $6550; Chicago
and Northwestern, twenty-six cases,
$3(500; Illinois Central, nine cases,
$1100; Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul, seven cases, $350; Atchison',
Topeka and Santa Fe, six cases, S750,
and the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy, two cases, $200.
The majority of the fines were imposed
on pleas of guilty, but in all
cases Chicago and Northwestern
pleaded not guilty.
Senator Bailey's Majority 20.000.
Almost complete returns from the
State Democratic primaries of Texas
give Senator J. W. Bailey and his associates
on tjie ticket as delegates to
the Democratic National Convention
a majority of from 18,000 to 20,000.
The total vote was 213,972.
congress Appropriates a isunon.
Appropriations by Congress in the
present session will exceed $1,000,000,000,
and the Treasury deficit for
the fiscal year is estimated at ?50,000,000.
.
Medical Hero Pensioned.
Dr. Hall Edwards, of Birmingham,
England, who lost an arm in the
course of his researches into the Xrav,
but who is the discoverer of a
successful method-of X-ray treatment
for cancer, has been given a civil service
pension of $GOO a year.
Forecast For Bryan.
The New York Herald's forecast of
the Democratic Presidential situation
gives W. J. Bryan C76 votes, or four
more than necessary to nominate.
HUIC3 VII lilt JL?J?UIVUU.
Sammy Leever and "Chick" Fraser,
two old pitchers, started the season
with a shut out each.
Pitcher Mathewson, of the New
York Nationals, looks to he as good as
he ever was in his career as a pitcher.
McQuillin. of the Philadelphia Nationals.
is a right-handed pitcher, tut
is developing a very puzzling crossfire.
Williams, who was traded hy New
York to St. Louis, has batted in mora
runs for the St. Louis American Club
than any player of the team.
RETURNING (
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?A "Let Us Alone" cartoon 1
ORIGIN OF "LET US
The "Let Us Alone" Socie
St. Louis recently, is a direct
F. Yoakum, chairman of the B
Louis and San Francisco lir
eludes many of the most pror
Louis, E. C. Simmons being a
two months Mr. Yoakum has :
necessity of inaugurating w!
Alone" policy, in order to rest
mercial world and to prevent
Iural developments of the reso
West and Southwest.
REMARKABLE SPREAD OF THE
AND "1
! Slogan Proposed ly Railroad M
and Promoters Are Delighted
ness For a "Fair Deal, Suns
St. Louis, Mo.?The most hopeful i
| sign of an improvement soon to come s
j in the condition of business is the for- .
mation of the National Prosperity As- i
60ciation of St. Louis, with its slogan, t
"Let us alone," and its platform, ]
'Give us a rest and sunshine.-" j
Numerous organizations through- ]
out the country have taken up the ,
I matter, and already the outlook is ]
I brighter. ]
All thinking men agree that the j
! two greatest curses in this country ,
1 are the politicians and the yellow .
j journals, and any association formed j
to combat the harm they have done
| and are doing can but result in good (
! for the country. ]
j The National Prosperity Associaj
tion of St. Louis was organized, fol- ]
I lowing an address of B. F. Yoakum, chairman
of the Executive Board of |
j the Rock Island-'Frisco railroads be- j
| fore the St. Louis Trade Club. His
I "Let us alone" suggestion was taken i
up by the business organizations, and ;
a "Give us a rest and sunshine" cam- ]
.paign planned, under the National <
Prosperity Association. ?
The purpose of the organization \
Is to inaugurate a national movement ]
for the restoration of confidence, and i
' a general revival of commercial and j
< industrial ill'liviljr. 1 lie [Iiauuim,
! adopted unanimously by the leaders
j of the movement, is?To keep the
dinner pail full, to keep the pay car
! going, to keep the factory busy, to
I keep the workmen employed, to keep
I the present wages up.
! The idea spread like wildfire
j throughout the country, and to aid in
| the dissemination of the cheer the
Executive Committee had printed
j 1,000,000 copies of the platform.
: These, with letters, were sent to
! every business, labor and civia organization
in the United States.
Through all the avenues of public;
ity the "give us a rest" declaration
I has circulated rapidly and effectually,
| reaching hamlets on thecountry cross
| roads and settlements on the inter'
national boundaries, and from all
! parts of the United States are coming
spontaneous responses. <
' AfAmnnf 5 c? nnn' fir ,
X 11^ IliU T to iu.1 Utjuiiu ;
| the period of an exchange of greet|
ings and assurances, and there are <
numerous tangible evidences that it t
will lead soon into an actual national ]
assertion against pernicious agita- (
tion. The "fair deal, sunshine and l
square meal" principle is ecpressed 1
1 in all the letters received, and the i
| officers of the association are aston- <
! ished at the number and tone of leti
ters from corporations and individ- i
! uals in distant parts of the country. j
Merchants, railroad men, bankers, ]
i brokers and men conducting every !
j other sort of business joined in the 1
j new slogan, "let us alone," sounded j
against the indiscriminate flaying of j
corporate interests.
With one accord they agreed that j
1 it is time to put a stop to the destruc- I
j tion of economic stability that such a <
1 policy caused. I
The most encouraging messages in <
I the mass received were from New ;
I York, Chicago and Kansas City. The 1
i idea seems to have taken hold almost <
I instantly in the East and Middle '
j West. i
Assurances of zealous support were 1
i Women Janitors For Yale?The 1
Middle-Aged Receive Preference.
New Haven, Conn.?Under the
heading, "A Startling Innovation," 1
the Yale News announces that women i
janitors will be gradually installed in I
, the Yale dormitories. s
The experiment will first be made (
in Vanderbilt Hall. Bursar Osborn, <
of the University, said that young <
women need not apply for the jobs, I
and that middle-aged women with I
[ families who have been thrown on 1
their own resources would receive the '
preference. 1
The World of Sport.
There is no lack of good boy jockeys
' lo the riding this season.
Gulch lost $25 by failing to throw
Henry Ordemann in fifteen minutes 1
| at xvnuucapui 10.
Swarthmore College defeated Le- 1
high University at lacrosse by a score
of nine goals to four.
Fred HerreshofT captured the low- <
scored prize in the annual spring golf :
tournament at Lakewood. i
It will be a shame to tell what the
Western athletes will do with some <
of the Eastern cracks at the Olympic i
try-outs. i
ZONFSDEINCE. [
\
jy Davenport, in the New York Mail.
ALONE" SLOGAN.
ty, which was organized in
outgrowth of efforts by B.
oard of Directors of the St.
les. The organization inninent
business men of St.
t its head. Within the last
spoken several times on the
hat he termed a "Let Us
:ore confidence in the coma
serious check to the natiurces
of the country in the
"GIVE US A REST" !
LET US ALONE" MOVEMENT!
;
[an Catches on Like Wildfire
?A Campaign of Cheerful- j
hine and a Square Meal.*' ! a]
eceived from the Business Men's As- I e
sociation, Danbury, Conn.; the Com- j u
nercial Club, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; | d
:he Board of Trade, Little Rock, i h
\rk.; the Business Men's League, St. w,
Joseph, Mo.; the Commercial Club, b
Brookfield, Mo.; the St. Louis Credit | 2
VIen's Association; theBusiness Men's
League, Little Rock, Ark.; the Busi- j b
less Men's League, Helena, Ark.; the j y.
Business Men's Association, Sedalia, j a
VIo.; the Retail Merchants' Associa- ! n
lion, East St. Louis, III.;- the Busi- j n
less Men's Club, Memphis, Tenn., \ t
md the Commercial Club, East St. j G
Louis, 111. b
Thousands of letters came from d
corporations in different cities of the : it
East, North, South and West. ! t(
The Business Men's Association of | y,
Danbury, Conn., was the first organi- ! a
jation of any of the fmaller cities in | n
;he East to officially express its ap- o
proval of the movement. T
That general business conditions b
ire improving all along the line was h
ilso the unanimous-opinion of these ti
raen, who are in close touch with all
sections. j tl
"TVio crrriTvino' wpalfh flf the OOUn- i 11
:ry will not permit business to re- g
nain stagnant for any length of d
:ime," they said. "If the crops are c
;ood, and at present there is every i
ndication they will be, there is likely n
:o be a business revival that will sur- g
pass anything of the kind the country b
aas ever experienced. | f;
"That the people have more money j
:han they ever had before is demon- i f;
jtrated by the fact that there is about j h
5160,000,000 more gold in the coun- j tl
:ry at this date than there was six | ti
nonths ago." s
Last fall more than $100,000,000 j n
>f gold was imported from Europe , tl
Since then only about $6,000,000 has n
)een exported. In the meantime the ! j<
nines in this country have been pro- j y
lucing more than $10,000,000 a p
nonth. ' d
Statistics also show that as far j ^
Dack as last January there was in cir- j $
iulation in this country $191,000,000 i
_ -i 1 il nrnn ' O
more actual money man lucic wao uu ,
:he corresponding date in 1907 and t]
M13.000.000 more than on the corre- | t<
;ponding date in 1906. ; b
Bankers also pointed out that proof ,
the general improvement in the ti
situation was contained in the re- | p
)orts of commercial houses regarding i ]j
collections and in the resumption of I ti
>uying by merchants in the interior. ! fi
[Jnder such conditions, they declared j b
there must be a gradual resumption G
af mills all through the country. | g
But the "let tis alone'" theory will
tvork more harm than good, accord- j lj
ing to some of the statements, if a , a
proper check is not kept on the specu- ' t
ator. He is the man, it is explained, i y
ivho has worked much of the harm ti
mil will work more if he is not taken b
in hand. e:
Many of the responses are coming c
in. by mail, owing to the necessity of i
formal action by the various business j c
ireanizations. but the mass of tele- j b
grains and letters from all over the o
country received daily indicate be- T
yond any doubt that the National v
Prosperity Association is- producing l;
substantial benefits, and that the 1:
'fair deal, sunshine and square l<
meal" platform has touched a sympa- n
thetic chord. p
Ex-Senator Chandler Frames the
Fight on Secretary Taft. _
Washington. D. C.?Former Sena- ft
tor William E. Chandler, whose re- h
sourceful tactics secured to Ruther- tl
'ord B. Hayes the Presidency, has as- a
jiinied charge of the tactical campaign d
if the allies opposing the nomination d
>f A month ago Mr h
CI". jlci was one of the intimates at d
the White House, and acted as go- S(
between for the President and the d
Democratic Senators on the Rate bill. "
Then came the controversy in which s<
the President scored Chandler. e:
Stub Ends of News.
Illinois Democrats instructed (ot
Bryan. N
Secretary Tfift will take a three B
weeks' trip to Panr*na
A Norwegin* volition is
to hri held tl. '.lung b.ii.:mcr at I3
r.*o" 'hjeni.
Suit for nearly i.\o millions was h
?ntered against H. H. Rogers, G. A. o
Burt and A. C. Bedford by a Virgin- o
ian.
Senator Bulkeley, of Connecticut, S
defended the negro soldiers dis- c
missed on account of the Brownsville si
affray. . si
r
IODIES OF FIVE SLAIN
UNEARTHED IN YARD
ndiana Woman Lured Men to j
noath hu "flrie " Fnr Hiichanrt !
UWUkll VJ nuv* I VI MUWUMIHII
IRS.^ GUNNESS A BORGIA
[ystcry in Murders at La Porte?Rc? '
mains of Victims Dug Up on l
Premises Where Woman and
Three Children Perished.
i
tl DEATHS LAID CLOSE
TO MRS. GUNNESS' DOOR.
I
Following are those closely as- *
sociated with Mrs. Gunness, of
whose deaths she is believed to 1
have had knowledge:
Heldgren, Andrew, 40 years old, 1
bachelor. Aberdeen. S. D.. ''
suitor for Mrs. Gunness' hand, ''
who came to La Porte in Jan- 1
uary and disappeared one '
month later after loaning the 1
woman $1500. '
Gunness, Miss .Jennie Olson, 16
years old. adopted daughter of
Mrs. Gunness; disappeared in
September. 1906, ostensibly to !
attend school at Los Angeles.
Man, believed by Sheriff Smulzer
to have been an admirer of the '
woman.
Boy, apparently 8 years old; mu- '
tilated body in gunny sack. i :
Girl, about 7 years old; mutilated
body in gunny sack. "
Gunness, Joseph, husband of j
Mrs. Gunness, whose death at
La Porte four years ago had 1
always remained a mystery.
Sorensen, Albert, woman's first
husband, who died under mysterious
circumstances in Chi- j j
cago eight years ago. i ;
Gur.ness, Mrs. Belle, believed to
have been burned to death in j 1
fire which destroyed her home
one week ago.
Sorensen, Myrtle, 11 years old, '
oldest daughter of Mrs. Gun
AU V 4. A. ~ m AxtnU !
XJtibb, luuugui lu udve [icusucu
in the fire. I ,
Sorensen, Lucy, 9 years old, also
beHeved to have been a victim
of the fire. j 1
Gunness, Philip, 5 years old,
youngest child, said to have j ]
have been killed in the fire.
j i
La Porte, Ind.?One of the most j
hocking murder mysteries ever unarthed
came to light when the bodjs
of five persons, all of them uiurered,
were found in the yard of the
ome of Mrs. Bella Gunness, who, (
'ith three of her children, was |
urned to death on the night of April j ,
s- I;
So far only two of the bodies have ; ^
een identified. These are Andrew j (
feldgren, who came to this city from | (
.berdeen, S. D., to marry Mrs. Gun- I (
ess, whose acquaintance he had ! ,
lade through a matrimonial bureau. ; 1
"hf> nther is that of Jennie Olson I
runness, a Chicago girl, who had j .
een adopted by Mrs. Gunness. She ,
isappeared in September, 1906, and ' J
: was said had gone to Los Angeles (
3 attend school. The other bodies ,
rere those of a man and two children,
pparently twelve years old. So
lany bones are missing that the sex (
? the children cannot be determined. ,
'he body of Heldgren was dismem- J
ered, and the arms, legs, trunk and
ead were buried in different parts of j
tie yard. ' !
It is believed by the authorities , j
hat Guy Lamphere, who has been I ,
nder arrest since the burning of the- |
runness home on the charge of murering
Mrs. Gunness and her family, \
lii 3 4.U~ TT?1 A I '
umiJiiimu me nciu^icu tnuic. | ,
,amphere is a carpenter, and the i ,
lanner in which the body of Held- | .
ren was dismembered leads to the l j
elief that it was done by some one ! (
amiliar with the use of a saw. j {
That Mrs. Gunness, a handsome, j (
ascinating woman, poisoned her first ?
usband, Albert Sorensen, in Chicago | |
here is no doubt now. Then she en- j (
iced men to her by advertising that (
he would marry "a gentleman of ,
leans." Once having enthralled
hem by her charms she robbed and
lurdered them. Three of the bod?s
found in her proprietory grave- ,
ard are those of men; one has been k
ositively identified as that of Anrew
Heldgren, of Aberdeen, S. Dak.,
rho was worth between $40,000 and j
50,000. - . I
Two bodies are those of women, i
if them one, Jennie Olson Gunness, i
tie adopted daughter, certainly knew j ;
jo much for the safety of this blue- i
earded lady. , ] (
Thousands of persons tramped j 1
hrough the rain to the Gunness I j
lace. Scores of men reinforced the I
iborers whom Sheriff Smulzer hired i J
3 dig up the yard. There is a dread- | \
ill probability that more bodies will , I
e found, for it is certain that Mrs. |
l-unness was as deliberate as a Bor- I i
ia and infinitely more cruel. j \
The cellar of her home where she j j
ived for four years, which is now in ! t
shes, will be excavated. She had I 1
he cellar paved with cement two | [
ears ago. ajid she jealously guarded ! s
be cellar when this improvement was j i
eing made. State's Attorney Smith j
xpressed the belief that the cement 1
overs a tomb.
That her murderous career was I |
at suddenly short seems to be proved
y letters to her from Carl Peterson,
f Waupaca, Wis., which were found,
'hey were corresponding "with a ?
iew to matrimony." Peterson, plain* [
f a frank, honest man, wrote candid- ^
f that he was much pleased with her ]
;tters, but feared he had not as much 1
loney as she wished her husband to i ?
ossess. Had ho been richer?. ' c
A week ago a fire, then?and nov>
-believed to be incendiary,destroyed ^
[rs. Gunness' house. Ten hours
iter she and her three children, Myre.
eleven years; Lucy, nine years,
nd Philip, five years, were found ]
ead in the ruins. A Dante could not 1
escribe, a Dore could not picture the f
orrors this woman must have en- t
ured to save her children and her- t
slf. She was devoted to her chilren;
that she was widel> praised as t
a good mother" tended to divert j t
jme of the suspicions that have aris- i f
a since her residence here.
I1
About Anted People. ^
Former United States Senator J. i
r. Camden, of West Virginia, died in j j
altimore.
Karon Hayashi, Japanese Minister ;
) China, has beenordered home from
ekin, and will be sent to Rome.
Dr. Harold P. Ernst, of Harvard, i !
as been elected the new presldcut |
f the American Association of Palh
lu^iaio ami uacici ta.
Lord Rayleigli (John William
truttj has been elected lord chan- .
ellor of Cambridge University la j
accession to the late Duke of Devou* \
ti're j
S
FLEET ill SAMBO Biff"
Evans on the Bridge as Ships j
Enter Golden Gate.
Great Voyage of 11,000 Miles Ends 1
With liooni of Hands Play- I
ing .and Thousands Cheering.
San Francisco.?"Welcome," in letters
fifty feet high, greeted the Atlantic
battleship fleet, as it steamed
through the portals of the (iolden
Gate into the harbor of the new city
of San Francisco, but the real welcome
which will be shown during the
next ten days of festivies and pageantry
can never be measured, all loyal
Californians say.
The railroads brought 300,000 people
into the city, but the multitude that
crowded every hilltop, every cliff
about the bay, every building, hill 1
and portion of the city that afforded I
a glimpse of the fleet steaming in |
at noon, no man is bold enough to
sstimate. More people came into the I
:ity than left it during the terror
and homeless days following the fire.
Hundreds of thousands of flags and
the cheers from a tremendous multitude
vied with the booming of cannon '
as the national salute of twenty-one
suns was given at the Presidio and 1
the tooting of whistles from factory
and steamboat when the fleet threada
_ ? it U IV. V.o*.
ga us way lurougu me tiu>?ucu u<?bor
and steamed into anchorage formation.
The battleships having the light
of line, were first to let their anchors
go. The sixteen veterans of the Atlantic
fleet, augmented by two battleships
recruited here for the remainder
of the trip around the world?the
Nebraska and Wisconsin?occupy the
two inside lines of the four columns
of ships now in the harbor. The
armored cruisers of the Pacific fleet
have the lines nearest the Oakland
shore, while the little black destroyers
of both the Atlantic and Pacific
fleets are berthed close in toward the
San Francisco waterfront.
The little vessels .looked mere
specks alongside the immense fighting
machines of the Connecticut type.
The Connecticut swung past the Cliff
House site first with the torpedo boat
destroyer Whipple abreast. The Conaecticut
and Whipple are the flagships
of their divisions, the big battleship
being the floating home of Rear-Ad
mirai nomey v. nivajua, wuuc mc i
smaller vessel is the flagship of the )
torpedo boat destroyer flotilla.
The nineteen battleships, six torpedo
boat destroyers, one hospital
ship and one or two transports took
exactly one hour and a half from
their anchorage ground near the
lightship until the Connecticut was
abreast of the outer wail3 of the
Golden Gate. As the ships swept
through the channel near the Gate
sheering broke forth from the multitudes
and it was carried along by the
thousands of voices clear to the Presidio.
Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans,
commander-in-chief of the Atlantic
fleet and just now in command of the
assembled ships of both oceans, stood 1
on the after bridge of the Connecticut,
as the famous flagship led the
svay through the harbor gate.
No sooner had the ships reached
their final anchorage than a commit
tee boat carrying Mayor Taylor, of
San Francisco, and member of the 1
official reception committee, includ- '
ing James D. Phelan, the chairman, i
put off, officially to welcome Admiral i
Evans and the officers and men of i
the fleet to San Francisco. The cere- (
monies aboard the Connecticut were ,
brief and informal. j
Admiral Evans rode a part of the
iistance in the naval and military pa- I
rade through the streets of the city, i
svhen 8000 bluejackets and marines, I
3000 soldiers of the regular army and \
many civic and military bodies were ,
In line, but further than this he will
not take an active part in the celebra- , ,
tion.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf on j 1
board his reviewing ship, the York- | I
Lown, saw the entry of the magnifi- ' I
:ent line of fighting vessels from just f '
ivithin the harbor gates.
SUICIDE TO EVADE POSSE.
stormed by Troops, Ohio Murderer
Kills Himself.
Washington Court House, Ohio.?
\fter a company of State militia had j ,
jeen ordered to capture Bert Deva- j
ley, who barricaded himself in a barn
ifter having slain two persons, pos- j
iibly a third, and fatally wounded ;
mother, Devaney committed sui- ! j
:ide. Devaney's first victim was i
-ida Bird, a mulatto, twenty-two ! '
rears old, whom he shot to death in
ier Ijome. Her mother, who attempt- i
?d to save the girl, was fatally ! 1
vounded. The cause of this shooting '
s supposed to have been jealousy.
After the shooting Devaney fled | j
md took refuge from a crowd which j <
vas following him in the barn of j (
>ilas Shackelford. The owner enered
the barn and ordered him to j
eave and he was shot down. Com- [
iany M, Fourth Regiment, O. N. G., j
itormed the barn. They found Dev- |
iney inside dead.
1
SUCCESSFUL TEST OF AIRSHIP. I
I '
*! ?t- - " il-- TM? I? Vnir I I
ii riyni urumcrs nj 111 lui-u .n."
Aeroplane.
Manteo, N. C.?Wright Brothers. !
leronauts. now at Kill Devil Hill,
nade a flight in their new aeroplane.
The machine under control traveled
L000 feet. The flight was for the
jurpose of testing a new steering i
tear. The elevation of the machine I
lid not reach more than twenty feet.
SHOT BY A GIRL SUICIDE.
Han She Never Met Fatally Wounded '
at Montpelier, Vt.
Montpelier, Vt. ? Miss Christina j
3au, a young woman supposed to |
lave been insane, shot and probably i
atally injured Louis Neveaux, a ho;el
clerk, on the principal street of J
he city and then killed herself. j
Npvmhy told the officials of Hea- | ,
;on Hospital, where he was removed, j 1
hat he had never seen Miss Ban be- j '
'ore. and that he could not account j *
.'or the tragedy. | 1
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TROOPS GUARD OHIO TOBACCO, i
j I
Militia Called Out to Halt the Work I
of Night Riders From Kentucky. j]
Columbus, Ohio.?Adjutant Critcb- I
ield decided to send two troops of
he National Guard to Brown and | 1
Clermont Counties, in the hurley ro- ! 1
jacco district of Ohio, along the Ohio I 1
ftiver. to prevent the outrages by
ventucky night riders.
The troops will deploy between Hig- J
;insport and Aberdeen, where to- |'
jaeco beds nave been torn up aim |
varehouses burned nearly every night j I
lor two weeks. ?
The
General Demand
af the "Well-Informed of the World has
alwayo been for a simple, pleasant and
sfficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
janction for family use because its component
parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its exicllent
combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
Dn the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine?manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
$35,000 NEEDED
TO INSTALL'
$25,000 Worth of Machinery,
WHICH HAS BEEN PAID 708,
nnil to Operate a .Moat ProdncllTeiJoId Mlno
situated In one of (he richest (toll
and silver fields In the world.
$50,000 Already Expended on the Property.
Returns from Investment assured within nino
nontha. Proport^convenient to railroad and large
imelters. Every facility for expediting matters aC
land. Most reliable parties In control. Property
will stand closest Investigation. Mine on same vela
oroduclipr $300,000 yearly. Will (?lve one-third of
mtfre stock of company and representation on
loard of directors. Address
G. LENOX CURTIS,
17 E. 45th St., New York City
BUILD VOI R OWN HOME. fJ*? beautiful
sri concrete blocks. Make them youru>if
\Vi> furnish the best, fastest
fmd slmplcHt machine for ontjr
Cash with order. D?I
|pvyipy tailed IrL-ttrucMonnconiplete. Semi
3^ for free catalog and explanation,
die Pettyjohn Co., 661 No. 6th St.. Terre Haute, Ind.
Longest Railway Tangent.
The longest railway tangent in the
world iz said to be on the line of the
Buenos Ayres and Pacific Railway,
in the Argentine Republic. It la
205% miles long and is on the main
line between miles 158 and 362%
from Buenos Ayres. The straight
stretch of track was formerly broken
by reverse curves forming a detour
from Lake Soria; the longer portion
was then 175 miles and was even
then the world's record.
Newton's Apple.
Voltaire Is the authority for the
nrsNll ? "? Art/1 nf A O hrtll f tllO Q H
wCll-ivuu??u auck/uuii; uuv/ui. ?.??>, v.r
pie. He had his information from
Newton's favorite niece, Catherine
Btrton. How much truth there Is la
the story will probably never he
known. It is plausible and by no
means improbable. It is certain that
tradition marlzed a tree in a garden
it Woolsthrope, where Newton spent
i part of the summer of 1666. This
tree stood until 1820, when, owing to
iecay, it was out down.?New York
American.
Warning to America.
The figures recently given by the
Central News as to the number of
suicides in the United States form a
remarkable commentary upon the unlatural
"hustling" life which threatens
to become characteristic of the
trans-Atlantic people. During the
last twelve months 10,782 people
have taken their lives. It is an appalling
figure, exceeding that of the
number of convicted criminals over
the same area. No sermon could better
point the moral that the trans
_ r iu - lifn ia
gresaiuii ui iue law ui uci tuuo iuo u
paid for by the heaviest penalty. On
this side of the water men and women
are suffering in an increasing degree
from "nerves," and this is due largely
to the growing pressure of life.
The melancholy figures quoted regarding
America should serve as a
douche to fevered Englishmen whose
lives are one continued rush. The
preaching of the "simple life," which
was so fashionable a few years ago,
is now no longer heard. It needs reviving,
and, above all, practicing.?
The Christian, London, England.
Dies on Eve of Fortune.
A legacy of $50,000 was devised by
i London merchant to Mr. George Elmy,
a clerk who had been in his employ
for forty years. On the eve of
fortune the good and faithful servant
dfed suddenly of heart disease.
' \
The Society for the Protection of
Children in England against the
:ruelty of parents and others receives
uver 40,000 complaints a year.
FRIENDS HELP
St. Paul Park Incident.
"After drinking coffee for breakCast
I always felt languid and dull,
having no ambition to get to my
morning duties. Then in about an
hour or so a weak, nervous derangement
of the heart and stomach would
:ome over me with such force I would
frequently have to lie down.
"At other time.3 I had severe headiches;
stomach finally became affected
and digestion so impaired that I
liad serious chronic dyspepsia and
:onstipation. A lady, for many years
State President of the W. C. T. U.,
old me she had been greatly bene
ited by quitting coffee and using Pos;um
Food Coffee; she was troubled
tor years with asthma. She said it
ivas no cross to quit coffee when she
ound she could have as delicious an
irticle as Postum.
"Another lady, who had been troujled
with chronic dyspepsia for years,
fo?nd immediate relief on ceasing
:ofTee and beginning Postum twice a
lay. She was wholly cured. Still
mother friend told nie that Postum
food Ccffee was a godsend to her, her
aeart trouble having been relieved
ifter leaving off coffee and taking on
Postum.
"So many such cases came to my
lotice that I concluded coffee was the
:ause of my trouble and I quit and
:ook up Postum. I am more than
pleased to say that my days of troujle
have disappeared. I am well and
happy." "There's a Reason." Read
'The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs.
Ever read tlie above letter? A new
3ne appears from time to time. They
ire genuine, true ?nd full of human
Interest.