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y y----TXT --MANNING 5. C. iEDNE5DAY, 3i5bI595. NO._6 WORK OF A FIEND. Two Women Killed With Poisoned Candy. SENT THROUGH THE MAIL. One of the Most Heinous Crimes Ever Committed by a Dev il in Human Form. With some design that no body will tell, a tigerish woman in San Franeisco murdered two women in Dover, Del., this last week. attempted the death of a baby girl and almost killed five other people, none of whom was known to her. The hand of jealousy or veineane" or pure malice, reached from ocean t<> ocean to deal a hideous death to Ilrs. J. P. Dunning, the daughter of ex Congressman Pennington and her child. The child escaped, but Mrs. Dunning's sister. Mrs. J. D. Deane, died with her and her brother, her niece and three young women friends also ate of the poisoned sweets that were sent. Ztised as a friendly gift, with a forged iies sage of love, and came very near to death indeed. It was not ouly against Mrs. Dun ning that the murderess directed her efforts. She wanted the baby girl dead as -well. "With love for yourself and baby, from Mrs. C.," the note in the death package read. What more natu ral than that the mother. opening the unexpected present and reading the kindly message, would call to the child and give her a morsel of the sweets? Why anybody should send death to a young, amiable, home-loving woman. whose interests were only in her hus band, baby, father and the friends who weie theirs as well as hers; who only touched the outer world in a social cir cle the reverse of sensational, is an ab solute mystery. Why the murderess should plot to kill an infant lies as deep. It was a hideous vengeance on one who had never harmed a soul. All the authorities have to guide them, unless somebody speaks, to the awful crimi nal is a simple white pasteboard box, a bonbon box, and so designated by a broad, diagonal gold lettered label across the top. There is nothing to tell what confectioner's it came from. Such glazed white boxes are kept in stock by nearly all of them. The box was wrapped in ordinary ma nila paper-not confectioners' wrapping paper. On this the address was writ ten twice. Delaware was misspelled "Deleware." It bore for postage four five-cent stamps and a two-cent stamp, which were cancelled by a blur that miissed most of them. The writing of the address was cramped and apparent ly disguised, though obviously a wom an's. It differed from the writing on the note inside. The postmark "San Francisco" is blurred, but it can be made out. Small details these, and maybe tedi ous, but no circumstance is unimport ant in a case like this, and in these de tails there is to be read the story of the crime, and a wonderful, if horrid, tale it is. There were two kinds of candy in the box. The lower layers were fine chocolate, bonbons, etc., packed in professional style, evidently just as the box was sold. The top layer was of thin, irregular blocks of soft chocolate candy, home-made beyond a doubt-just the sort that girls make on a kitchen stove instead of taffy. This candy was laid in loosely. It was the poisoned part, as analysis subsequently .showed. On top of this was a new handker -chief, common, plain white, with the price mark, twenty-five cents, still in -one corner. It was either meant as a ~gift for the child or as packing to keep -the candy in place. On top of all "ea -the note, written in lead pencil on a bit of common white ruled paper. The handwriting is small and jerky and ob 'viously femine. While differing in its .eharacteristics from the address, it may still have been written by the same person. It is easy to see what the mur <deress's process was. Analyze it and look on this appalling picture. When she had determined to kill Xrs. Dunning and the little one she purchased a box of candy. She doubt less knew enough of Mrs. D~unnmg~ s taste to select candies to suit it. She knew enough to sign her note Mrs. C., for Mrs. Dunning had two dear friends with that initial-Mrs. Corbal ly, of San Francisco, and Mrs. Craven. -of New Jersey-both of whom are in the East now. It is son~etime since *Mrs. Dunning left San Francisco, though her husband remained there longer. The murderess brought the candy homne and took out the top layer. She ate some-no woman could resist a bit -of bravado like that-and then plrepar ed the poisoned chocolate. Fancy the deliberateness of it. Making candy is no momentary enterprise. She stood over the stove and cooked the choco late and poured in the arsenic and stir red it uip. She watched it~ up to the proper moment, for candy must not be cooked to long, and this had to be pala table. She poured it into a plate and set it aside to cool--no short wait. Such was the package that reached the home of ex-Congressman Penning ton at Dover by the evening mail of August 9. Mrs. Dunning tore off the wrapper. remarking to her friends and relatives: "This comes from a friend in San Francisco." The little party were on the porch of Mr. Pennington's house. Mrs. D~unning noted the enclosure with interest. as she passed the candy around. "I know a lady of that initial in San Francisco,"' she said. 'but Im sur prised that she should send mec any candy. Her father joined thc groui oni the porch. "Look here, father.- said M1rs. Dunning, "what a nice present I ha r received. and I don't know who sent Sever people partook of the candiec. They were Mrs. Da)nning, Mrs. Deane. their brother, Hlenry Penumngton: Mis, ~Leola lDean, Miss Ethel Millington. "Miss Ethel Clark and Miss JTosephm<i JBateman. Very soon every one ef then was violently ill. Henry Penningtor collapsed on the piazza. The unnmi. takable symptoms of arsenic poisoni were present in all the cases. Mrs Thinning and Mrs. Dean died on Aug 2- Th othms who had not eaten a: freely of the candies. struggled pack to health, but for hours their recovery was IoSt doubtful. The character of the vietiis imakes the problem of motive insoluble. Con ceive anybody s' ding your wife or is ter a box of candy impregnated with deadly poison. ' It is diabolical: U.ntil the chemical analysis of the candy there were theories of ptomnaines or the en eration of permanganate of potash from the -elatine and the bitter almond ia voring the candy. But the chemist prov ed by his first test that murder had been done. Before the Coroner's jury. Dr. Wolfo. of the Delaware Agriculture College. made this statement: [1 received today from Dr. Bishop a lbx containing portion of candy sup posed to have been eaten by M1rs. 1ary Elizabeth Dunning and Mrs. J. 1). Deane and several others for analysis. From descriptions of symptoms I sus pected the presence of arsenic in the candy. MIy investigation was directed exclusively to the detection of that poison as near as possible. In the ap plication of the usual teszs I found my suspicions were correct, and that the candy contained a very large quantity of arsenic, and I found pieces of arsenic as large as peas. A fatal dose is from two to three grains, and I found in three honbons from ten to twelve grains, enough to kill four persons. It re quires a prescription to purchase arsenic, but you could buy rough on rats with a little coloring, which is the same." The Dunnings are from San Francisco. Mr. J. P. Dunning was a newspaper re porter in San Francisco before the hur ricane at Samoa that wrecked the Ger man and American fleets made him a famous correspondent. In af,: years he was the Western manager the As sociated Press. When the death freighted box crossed the continent and struck his wife and his wife's sister to death he was in Porto Rico man aging the war staff for the great news gathering association. He was sent for quick. It was this man's wife the candy was sent to kill: that Irs. J. D. Deane should have been murdered with her was accidental. Ihe murderess had no care whom she killed else than the chosen victims. If somebody tells, or the husband can guess or the detectives trace the crime to her and the woman is ever brought to trial, there will be a prisoner at the bar of a more remarkable sort than has faced accusers in the day of any of us. Such monsters as she are prodigies even in the ranks of murder ers. 3Mrs. D. A. Botkin, with whom the poisoned woman's husband was inti mate, has been arrested' in San Francis co charged with sending the candy. Dunning who was with the army in Porto Rico as correspondent, upon his arrival in New York admitted that it was his' habit to write love letters to the Botkin woman. Sensational de velopments are looked for when Dun ning's letters to the woman are made public. THE PEACE CQMMTSSION. The Members are Getting Ready to Go to Paris. Secretary Day announced Friday af ternioon that the members of the peace commission had been chosen, and that they had all accepted. Official an nouncement will follow. The comimis sion is made up as follows: Secretary of State Day, Senators C. K. Davis of MIinnesota and Win. P. Frye of Maine, Hon. Whitelaw Reid of New York and Justice White of the supreme court. The membership of the commission being completed, Secretary Day ar' ranged to leave for Canton in order to make his personal preparations for the trip to Paris. He will be accompanied abroad by M1rs. Day, who has entirely recovered from her recent illness. The secretary has already shipped to Can ton a number of his personal effects, in [a'nticipation of his early retirement from the head of the state department. The following attaches of the com mission have been selected, and will be appointed by the President: John secretary of state of the commission, 3MacArthur of New York, to be assist ant secretary. 3Mr. MIacArthur was formerly secretary of the United States legation at M1adrid, and is now on special duty at the state department. lIe has hind considerable experience in work of a diplomatic nature. These appointments were'decided on by the President Friday morning. The First to Arrive. The steamer Alicante with the first shipment of Spanish prisoners from Santiago arrived at Carruna, Spain on Wednesday. Enormous crowds gather ed on the quays, but were not allowed to get near the vessel for fear of the yellow fever contagion. All the mili tary and civil authorities were present. The queen regent sent a message to the troops on board the Alicante, congratu lating them upon their conduct in the field and saying that she proposed to be the first to welcome them home. The reading of the dispatch was received with great enthusism. The disembark ing is now in progress. There was no yellow fever on board, though 60) died of other diseases during the voyage. The True Cause. The Springfield Republican says: "Overproduction of pr'int cloths is again a source of worriiment to the mill muana gers of Fall River. Plans for curtail ment of output arc under consideration. and it is seriously proposod to pool $1-. 00,000J worth of the accumulated stock to be held out of the markets until the price improve. Would it not be better for New Englandto drop upon the fact that there is no overproduction, that it is underconsumption that is the matter, and move on lines to enable workers to have a little money to pay for print cots?-Augusta Chronicle. All Three Were Xilled. A horrible accident occurred Wed neda n the Atlantic Coast Line raihaiy. at 'a erossing known as Gross ma'si short distance from Petersburg~ Va. r J. P. Condrey, a prosperous farmer of lhete ~r ihi couinty' was re turnn hme wih hi- Wife' andi little s~on in~ a hul n we he. reac'hied the beam unaa Aal an . rri.i thec party upon the traa~ in frat .: thl' e al train from Richno nd to Peter-burg. All the occupants of the buggy were in MACKEY"S \\ YES. One of the Old Rascals Victims Talks. WON HER BY PERSISTENCE. During Mackey's Absence the Wronged Woman Relates Her Sad Story and Then Flies With Him to New Jersey. The following excellent story which appeared in the New York World of Wednesday. containing an interview with the judge as to how he proposes to et out of hiz iatriionial tangles involving a charge of bigamy. and an interview with his beautiful, but now sad bride No. 2. in which she tells how she came to marry the aged rascal. will be read with deep interest by the peo ple of this section. It was 11 o'clock Thursday forenoon and Judge Thomas Jefferson 31ackey. the aged galant who has devoted his life to captivating fair women. was still sleeping in the first parlor. back in the furnished room house of Mrs. Daisy Catharine, near the northwest corner of Twenty-third street and Sev enth avenue. The folding doors parted. A tall girl clad in a white flowing robe. a god dess in face and tigure. extending a partially bared arm to steady herself, appeared in the frame. Her voice trem bled when she spoke. When told that a World reporter wished to see him the judge replied from the interior, in a well modulated voice: "Tell him I can't see him. I must have my breakfast first. It may not be a reporter at all, but some one who has come to arrest me. 'What is it, Mr. Mackey? What is the trouble?- inquired the girl, in frightened tones. When he emerged the judge w.re a Prince Albert suit with checked trous ers. He does not show his 69 years. The hair, bushy eyebrows, clipped mus tache and goatee are a yellowish grey. "It is false that I have kept my wife a prisoner," he said. dramatically. "Katharine. come out here and deny it." When his wife refused to come the judge tore his hair. The landlady's daughter induced him to be quiet. "I have come to this city to have my mar riage to 'Mrs. Sarah Lenore (Curtis) Mackey annulled within 60 days." con tinued the judge in jury tones. "These newspapers which have re ferred to me as a fugitive from justice shall answer in a court of law. On the date of my marriage with Miss Curtis she was the lawful wife of another. This action, of course, should have preceded my marriage to Miss Porter field, and I so intended, but the pecu liar circumstances that surrounded me had the effect of temporarily clouding my judgment, and my devotion to her led me to run the terrible risk of incur ring a pro.seeution for the alleged crime of bigamy. "I shall prove by competent testi mony of credible witnesses that not withstanding my marriage of ( 891, the same not being a lawful maarita.l con tract, I was legally free to marry 3Miss Porterfield on July 19. 'In my trunk I have a letter in which M1rs. Curtis 3Mackey confesses that she had a husband living when I married her. I had intended to wait four months before marrying Mi1ss Por terfield, in order that I might have this first marriage made null, but 31iss Por terfield's relatives wished the marriage to take place. "This child led a pure, noble life, and all our relations had been honora ble, such as should be those of a lover and his sweetheart. Katharine. tell the gentleman if you did not know I had been married before. and if you have been kept a prisoner here. "Yes, I knew there was a woman who called herself the wife of Judge 1ackey when I married him," an swered the girl timidly. "It isn't true that I have been kept a prisoner here." Every action and word of the young woman was controlled by the spell cast by the judge's fierce glances. When he is with her this cavalier of an ancient South Carolina.family, with a trail of intrigues running through his career. rules her. This Philadelphia landlady," contiu ued the girl, heeding a nod from her lord, "fixed up all this stuff about me. because she saw me smoki'ng one tiny cigarette by the window." YorN. WIFE'S SAD) STORY. Mrs. Katharine S. Porterfield MIack y has a perfect figure. She is tall but not awkward. The complexion is olive. the face an oval, the eyebrows are deli cately traced in black, the eyes are large and dark, the nose is straight, the upper lip wide. but becoming. 11cr features harmonize. The hair is brown and straight, and not fretted with curl ing form. The game was becoming too hot for the judge. He is in mortal fear lest Col. Geo. A. Porterfield, cashier of the bank of Charleston. W. Va., shall have him prosecuted for bigamy. He rushed away from the West Twenty-third street house when he believed the reporter had gone, telling his wife he would send directions as to the destination of their belongings and a cab for her. The street door had no more than closed upon the judge, when his lovely wife sent for the World reporter. "Oh. how I have longed, since we came in this house last Friday. for some one to whom I could confide my sor row!"' bea this tall. sad-eyed girl. "First, read this letter from my fath The epistle, in a little blue envelope. bore a dozen postmarks and can cella ions. - 'My father does not know where I am. H is letters follow me around.' she explained. This is the communication, dated at Charlestown. W. V.: "31y Dear Child: It is Sunday after Inoon and I am all alone with my. grief. Your mother and sister M1ary have gone to the springs to seek a change of air and some recreation fron their terrible sorrow. I fear greatly for your future hap piness with the ian whom' we thlought you married. The in'lise ,-!hoping evs me a great m1:1 cy s:adiI hourS: 'It is such a sorrow ti u, to know that you eannot return to us azam . Then was piroduced a copy of :a lin typewritten statement attested by tclilpts n exaplanation to hier father of the e circunstances surrounding the marriage of Judge Maekcy. to Miss Sarali Lnorc (urtis Mackey. -daughter of forni Judig-e Curtis. of Stamford. at the t. Paul's Methodist church in East Fiftv-tifth strect. as told in the World Wedne-day. The legallooking document 41" flve pagers also purports to show how kl:' jutge is to secure the annulment of his 1erri-e with Miiss Curtis, with whom he has lived at No. 226 West One iluindred and Fourteenth street. -Of course I did not write this of my own volition. The judge dictated all of it to me. Ie made me write it," said the unhappy girl. I have longed for somebody to bare imy heart to, I will tell the whole truth. It is not true that 1 knew Judge M)ack ey was already a married man when I was bound to him. While I was board ing in Washington last June lie came to live at the same house. Ile began to pay court to me at once. Ile was the most devoted lover I ever saw. Judge Mlackey ias spent his life in devotions to women. Ile knows how to captivate theni.' "NWithout interruption he sent me flowers. eandies. books. pictures. every thing. Ile asked me to marry him. I didn't accept at first. 1Ie wrote to my father. and then accompanied me home. Ile was more constant in pressing his suit than before. "I remember one little episode in our courtship that was a nightmare to me. It should have been a warning. We were out for a walk. The judge knew that I was already engaged to Alexan der Spottswsod. of the Virginia Spotts woods. famous in the "Golden Horse Inn. "le wanted to give me four months' probation to see if I truly loved him, and was not thinking of Mr. Spotts wood, the judge said. I chaffed him about this and hinted that he, too, might have another sweetheart, per haps a wife, in his thoughts. He flushed and exploded with anger. 'What do you suspect me? I swear that I never had a wife before,' he exclaimed dramatically. "After two weeks my mother said that either I must marry Judge Mackey or that he must leave 'Cassilis,' our home in Charlestown. My sister, Mrs. Washington. said: 'Why don't you marry the judge, Katharine, or let him go?' So I gave up Mr. Spottswood. He was a college student. He is now in San Francisco. I loved Mr. Spotts wood. I never loved Judge Mackey. He has won me through perseverance, importunity. He was so desperately in love with me that my mo'hcr -actually pitied him. "I consented at last and we were quietly married at my fathcr's com fortable home. Then we went to Wash ington for three days. We went to call at Miss Bell's in Vermont avenue, where we had formerly boarded. Miss Bell stretched out her hand and drew ic near her to say something nice by way of congratulation. -31y husband was furious. 'Con ratulations: what for?' lie demanded. Why. oI your marriage, of course,' re p!ied Miss Bell. 'It is all in The Post.' -We don't want any congratula tions.' retorted Judge M1ackey. dAfter reading the account of our wedingr in The Post he said he ob jeeted to M1iss Bell's congratulations onl the assu:nption thlat I was the one who was not to he congratulated. "'Since then it has been stop and fly, ever on the wing, east, west. The judge appears to have plenty of money. I do not know where he gets it. rie told mc and my father that before he was miaried he was worth $100,000. We believed hinm. "From Washlington we came to New York and stopped at tile H-offman house. One nighlt while we were there my husband came in and very affec tionately put his arm around my neck. 'Darling, I have something horrible to wisper to you. You must be very brave.' he said. 'There is a woman in this city who calls herself my wife. and to whlom I was married in 1891.' "I turned pale to the very lips. .1 needed wine, and the judge gave it to me. He has never been away from me an hour since we were married. "I am a prisoner in the sense that the judge never permits me to leave him. "Oh. God!" exclaimed tile girl with a chiild's face and heart. "I am the most unhappy woman on earth. W~hat shlali I do? And yet I feel that I owe a duty to my husband. Sometimes I think he wants to be kind to me. In all this big city I have only two friends. One is my brother. The other is young MIr. Dc Herburn ,Washing ton, whom I used to know in the old days."' Continuing with the narrative of their wandorings. MIrs. M1ackey said that from tile Hoffman house they went to a boarding house on the cast side known as the Forman nlouse. Then thley jumped Pittsburg, where she passed one o:! the unhappiest weeks. in her life. Then it was a week in Chicago. after which they went to No. 510 Franklin street, Philadelphia, as told in Wednesday's World. 431y husband is jealous of me. H~e is afraid that I will go to my brother in Northport. The judge tears up my let ters and permits me to write only to certain people. It is not hypnotism thlat hlolds me in my husband's grasp. As I said, he won because he was per sstent. At this point an expressman arrived with a note from the judge command ing MIrs. MIackey to pack their trunks. jumpi into a cab and meet him at the WAes TIwenty-thlird street ferry at 1 p. m.. to go to New .Jersey. Good-hy." said the sad girl. "I have 1 bared myl heart. I have told tile In less thlan three-quarters of an hour. the limit which the judge had iv'en her the beautiful 3Mrs. M1ackey No. 2 hiad comlpleted the task of filling three trunks inl tile West Twenty-third wit ing cab. the door' slanuled, and the mate of a hunted bird was oft again with the wreck of hetr young life. Want to Return Rome. AolunteIr 1rna : the Ch~ll t ilt T imes (lt thle waringI) v,\ t bey de Cuba or Prto R ico are ufileerI who arc drain .: 1 d (hu 5l ariels, and1 not the rivate soldiers. THE COTTON YIELD. Convention Will Likely be Held on an Important Matter. A LETTER FROM YOUMANS. Southern Planters have a Plan Which is Said to be the Only One That Can Save Them from Impending Disaster. The following letter from Mr. L. W. Youmans to the press of the State ex plains itself: Fairfax, S. C., Aug. 22. 1898. You have. I presume. noted Mr. Henry Neill's estimate of the present cotton crop, rangingbetween 10.3500,000 and 12,00OOU bales. It was the con sensus of opinion among leading cotton growers from all sections of the South at a meeting in Memphis, Tenn., from which I have just returned, that Mr. Neill's estimate was about correct. At this date last year cotton was quoted in New York at 8 1-3c. Before the 1st of November, without any suspicion that the crop would approximate anything like such extensive figures as 11,000, 000 bales, cotton had declined over two cents per pound. Cotton is now quoted in New York at 5 3-4c, with an estima ted surplus on hand of 1,500,000 bales greater than at this time last year, to be supplemented by a crop of equal if not greater magnitude than the crop of last year. Should this enormous volume of cot ton be hurriedly thrown on the market already glutted with an over supply, it would be hard to predict how low prices would be forced. It would seem not at all improbable for it to touch 4c. If the plan of the Cotton Growers' Union could be put in operation it would in sure 6c, net for every pound of cotton regulated by it. The difference be tween 4c. and 6e. in 10,000,000 bales would be $100,000,000-a stake suffici ent, it seems to me, to interest the en tire South. With almost every south ern interest more or less interwoven with the interest of the cotton growers it does seem to me that they might combine with the cotton growers in this effort to consummate a policy that promises such great benefit to our sec tion. I enclose you a copy of a letter writ ten to the Hon. J. C. Wilborn, presi dent of the State organization, which will give you an outline of the plan and more fully acquaint you with the situation. I earnestly solicit the pow erful influence of the press ip awaken ing the cotton growers to a just appre ciation of the importance of the under taking. Very sincerely, L. W. Youmans. The following letter on the vitally important subject of the handling of this year's cotton crop has been re ceived by the president of the South Carolina Cotton Growers association: Fairfax, Aug. 22, 1898. Ilon. J. C. Wilborn, Yorkville, S. C. My Dear Sir: I have just returned from Memphis, Tenn., where.I have been as the vice-president for South Carolina to attend a neeting of the ex ecutive committee of the American Cotton Growers Protection association. At this meeting, after electing Col. Maxwell, of Louisiana, president to succeed the late H~on. Hecctor, D. Lane, deceased, and after simplifying the title of the organization by changing it to that of the National Cotton Growers Union, it was determined by the presi dent and vice-presidents to inaugurate a vigorous policy on the part of the cotton growers of the South to meet the requirements of the present threaten ing exigency of lower prices and im pending ruin. From the best informed and most re liable sources of information, the com mittee unanimously arrived at the con clusion that the present crop would fully equal, if not exceed the last, and. if rapidly thrown upon the miarket. would in all probability sell far below 5 cents. In vie of the fact that tihe cotton growers have the present crop of from ten to twelve million bales now in hand. while manufacturers and spca lators have only about three million bales, if that, and that if the cotton growers would withhold the present crop from the market for 90) days, say till December 1st, the world would be bare of cotton and at the mercy of the cotton growers for their supply, it was determined to effect a thorough and complete organization of the cotton growers beginning with the smallest geographical sub-division with a view of holding the present crop and ;follow ing up this line of action through the medium of township clubs, by enrolling all land holders in a contract to reduce next year's acreage one-half. It is manifestly clear that such a line of proceeding would place tile cotton growers in command of the situation and change the outlook from one of bankruptcy and ruin to one of profit and competency. It further seems that an effort in this line would meet with the aid and ap proval of almost every business interest in the south. Well knowing that the prineiple ob stacle to the accomplishment of this undertaking would consist in the ma turing obligations of the cotton growers incurred in the production of the crop, a special committee has been arranged for. consisting of one member from each State, to confer withl capitalists and provide the necessary funds to take up these liens and carry tile cotton until such tinme as it can be disp osed of at fair Udro instructions from the execu tive comlmittee of the National Cotton Growers Union, with a view of placing South Carolina in a position to carry out these propositions, I now call upon you as tile president of the organization in this State to call a convention to mleet in Columbia at the earliest possi ble day. Pleaseguse stuch diligence as will secure a full representation from each county in the State. Shouldl our State act with promlptness and1 dec(ion. it would in all probabiiility ha:ve a mlost happy eifee on aillh thle a matter of vital consequecnce to the en Itire cotton helt and to' implrtanht t1 hr ok a nyV unnuecessar' delay While I haetoght proper~ to give you an ouln fthe commiit tee' plain of pro ecedure. it was thought bes t by the committee not to make it public just yet. Yours very sincerely. L. W Youmans. CAUGHT BY A SHARK. The Narrow Escape of a Young Man of New York. A monster shark in Prince's bay op nued and closed his jaws on Charles Boone., a visitor at Father Drumgoole's home at Mount Loretta. Staten Island. Thursday afternoon. Almost by a miracle Boone escaped instant death. Boone is in Smith infirmary now, with horrible lacerations in his right thigh. The sergeons say that he will survive his wounds uuless septic poisoning sets in. Boone, who is a good swimmer and very fond of the water, went in bath ing off a small wharf. which is built out into the bay at the lower end of Staten Island. Charles White. a young man of his own age, was in the water with him. White had swam ashore ard was standing on the edge of the wharf when Boone began leisurely swimming in. There was a sudden rush beneath the swimmer. a mighty force that seemed to lift him up as on a huge wave, the gleam of a white belly, one glimpse of a monster jaw. with shin ing white teeth, and then Boone felt a savage pull at his right leg. He was near the wharf, and the big fish had pushed him still nearer. He grasped a timber and swung himself clear of the water. and White grabbed him. Boone when pulled on to the wharf looked at once behind him, bnt the monster disappeared as he looked. White had seen the encounter and he began to question his companions at once. "It was a shark." said Boone. "I saw him. I guess he's nipped me." He tried to stand up and nearly collapsed3 As he sank fainting to the ground White saw blood all over his tiiigh. The sea watei had restrained its flow and the shock had come to Boone all at once when he had reached a place of safety. The huge monster had evi dently opened his mouth and taken one snap at the swimmer's leg, but luckily had not closed his great jaws. The mark of the bite was clearly defined. On the inside of Boone's right thigh was a cut fourteen inches long that lookid as if it had been made with a knife. A great flap of flesh had been taken out. On the outside of the leg there were the marks of twenty teeth in a long row. Each tooth had pressed into the flesh from half an inch to an inch in depth. Blood flowed from every cut. There was also a lateral tear of the flesh, corresponding in length to the vicious imprint of the shark's teeth and parrallel to it. Boone had lost a great quantity f blood. HE WAS TOO SMART. In Trying to Teach His Wife a Lesson, He Learned One. "My wife has a disagreeable habit of leaving her pocketbook in exposed places," said the man who was telling the story. "I have cautioned her more than once that she would lose it if she wasn't more careful. "I came down with her the other morning, and the first thing she did af ter boarding the car was to deposit her purse upon the car seat, while she re lieved herself of the terrible suspicion that her hat wasn't on straight. A movement of her arms kncked the pursc on the floor, where it remained until I picked it up. "I rescued that purse no less than a dozen times before we reached the bar gain counter that was the goal of my wife's ambition. "Events around a bargain counter occur with kaleidoscopic swiftness, and I soon found myself the sole guardian of my wife's purse, which lay before me on the counter where it had been deserted by her in a mad rush for the other end of the counter. "To teach her a lessou I emptied the contents of the purse in my pocket and retreated to the edge of the crowd to await developments. "Lt wasn't long before my wife crowd ed her way out, triump~hantly holding aloft a twenty-five cent cream jar that she had succeeded in buying for forty nine cents. "'I didn't know that they charged things here.' I began, feebly. 'They don't, she answered. 'I have money left for three ice cream sodas and a strip of car tickets.' And she exhibited the contents of her purse to prove her as'srtion. "I nearly fainted when it dawned upon me that I had taken the contents from a purse belonging to some other woman. "I have no desire to retain possession, and if the woman who lost seventy nine cents a postage stamp. three hair pins and a recipe for making angel food will call at my office she may have her property.'"-Detroit Free Press. The First to Muster Out. The adjutant general issued a bulletin Wednesday afternoon saying that orders had been given for mustering out the following named organizations: First Vermont voluntec& ~infantry, First Maine volunteer infantry. :Fifty-second Iowa volunteer infantry, Sixth Pennsyl vania volunteer infantry. Fifth Mary land volunteer infantry, battalion Ohio light artillery, Second New York vol unteer infantry. First .llinois volun teer infantry. one Hundred and Fifty seventh Indiana volunteer infantry. Batteries A and B, Georgia light artil lery. Twenty-eighth Indiana volunteer li;ht battery. Troops A and B. New York volunteer cavalry. G~overnor's troop of Phliladelphia. Other orders to muster out tr" ops will be an nounced as soon as definite decisions are reach ed. _ _ _ _ _ _ Will be Brought Home. The soliers and sailors who died in Cuba will eventually be given graves in their native land. Gen. Shafter mark ed the graves of those who fell in battle with a s iple pic~e of wood, but lhe aterwards received orders to mark them in the futuire with stone. so there wvill be no mistake as to the identity of each one. The dead soldiers will be broughit home ani their bodies sent to their families. Hie Never Finished. 'No'" she ' saidl. --you are nt su. hi :a mian as I w oud 1:ave tltindht of 'llo' sing for mny husband. ''Tlhat na V be,'~ lie repiled. but I thoughnt, seein that you had got beyond the pint whecre choosing was possible. that you might consent to" . lBut lie never Ln STRIKING MINERS. Negroes Are Working in Their iPlace Under Guard. Sheriff Coburn assembled 125 depu ties at the city hall Wednesday at Pana Ill., swore all in and gave them instrue tions to reasseible armed with Win ehesters and meet a number of negroes expected to arrive from Alabama to work here in the coal mines. Ten negroes arrived in Pana Tuesday nizht to take the places of white miners at Pana who have been on a strike for several months. The negroes were escorted to the city limits by a conven tion of miners and induced to leave town. The strikers are being reinfor ed by union miners from over the state. The strikers Wednesday assembled near the Illinois Central railway tracks in large bodies awaiting the arrival of ne groes. During the day a special train arrived in Pana from Birmingham. Ala.. witn 200 negroes. The train was rushed through the city to the Sprinr side coal mine. outside the city limi where the negroes were unloaded under the guard of d ,y sheriffs. Several hunKned miners were at the union depot to meet the negroes and talk with them. but were unable to do so. All the grounds at the Springside mine are under heavy guard. and no citizens are permitted to pass the lines. The strike leaders have requested Gov ernor Tanner to take action regarding the mining efficiency of the negroes. and he has answered that he will send inspectors to examine the men. SUPPLIES GETTING TO HABANA. Several Ships have Arrived. Blanco Having Americans Cared For. A dispatch from Havana says Wed nesday morning the American schooner B. Frank Neally, arrived from Key West with 20 passengers and a cargo of provisions. The French steamer Roger from Barcelona, and the Mexican and Vera Cruz, all with provisions, also arrived. Friday the coasting steamer line from Batabano, on the coast, to Santiago, was re-established. The vessels will carry mail, cargo and passengers to Santiago. The commanding general in the Sane ti Spiritus district reports that two American soldiers of the column opera ting with Gomez have presented them selves to him, being ill. They were immediately sent to the hospital. News has been received that Lieut. Johnstone has also arrived at Sancti Siritus. Gen. Blanco has ordered that all Americans who present themselves be well received, that assistance be given them, and that they be treated with all consideration. The sick at the hospi tals. Gen. Blanco's order says. must be treated with solicitude and kind ness. The colonial government has decided. with reference to custom house duties that merchandise from Santiago and other ports occupied by American forces be considered foreign merchandise. NATIVES CAUSE TROUBLE. One of Our Soldier Killed in a Riot at Manila. There has been a serious clash at Manila between the United State soldi ers and the insurgents. A riot resulted in one soldier killed and another seri ously wounded. George Hudson, a member of the Utah lattery, bcame in volved in a dispute with a native shop keeper. Fearing trouble he fired his revolver to attract the attention of his fellow-sailors. A great crowd of na tives ran to the scene of disturbance and immediately began fi'ring revolvers kill ing Hudson and wounding Corporal Wnm. Anderson same battery, also hur ried to assistance. A detachment of the fourth cavalry was called out to dis perse the crowd which slowly retreated continucing emptying revolvers but without further damage. Some night soldier on guard duty saw a large body of natives stripping the wreck of a gun boat in Caito Bay. A boat with an armed -force put out from the shore. The Soldiers hailed the natives who failed to respond. A volley was fired. killing one native and wounding another. .Auinaldo denies any connection with the affairs. -.These fights show the sul len disposition of the natives. It is feared that frequent, bitter uprisings will follow. A Street Car Struck. In Pittsburg, Pa., Thursday, during~ a heavy thunder storm, lightning struck a street car on the Second ave nue line as it was passing Greenwood avenue, killing B. S. Fear, aged sixty two, a well-known business man of Harlemwood. Injured-Mrs. Sarah Munyall, skull fractured and hurt in ternally, will probably die, Eugene Munyall, her son. badly cut about the head; David Thomas, head and arm cut and bruised; unknown foreigner, foot crushed; James A. Butler, shocked. The passengers were panic stricken and made frantic efforts to escape. Mr. Fear, in jumping, alighted on his head, crushing his skull.' All the injured re ceived their hurts in attempting to jump before the car came to a stand still. ____________ To Clean Cooking Utensils. Old porcelain-lined pots are made white with soda or borax, or with a weak solution of potash. and then wash well. The best way to clean polished iron spid ers is with vinegar from pickle for these purpose. To a pint of vinegar add handful of salt, and let the mixture boil in the spider for about half an hour. Rob1 every portion of the inside of the iron with a cloth dipped ini the sah an vinegar. This will touch lie edge be yond where the boilin'mixture reaces.~ Finally scour the iron thoroughly af e this with any good sand~ =o)p r with sandl and soap. The most bla~cend spider will shine like anew~ on. A Mule's Luh mules into te yard. A.. theciie were udfin:: th1 . 1 n of the male ,lel g.m. vet most territie brav.Th ith fellow hiad neve h' 11ard Ine frihtful oundsL before. an. Umil scred.r -ere~ninr inoth Us. Th next -lay. the inuiles were g'o near. and when ase the reason. hei replied. "Ie so' 'aid Uncle David' mule wi lain atn mc acaini UNIQUE DOCUMENT. Congrauat:ry Farewell Address From Spaniards. ADDRESED TO OUR SOLDIERS The President Was impressed by the Remarkable Document and Made it Public at Once. A document entirely unique in the annals of warfare was cabled last week to the war department by Gen. Shafter. It is in the form of a congratulatory farewell address issued to the soldiers of the American army by Pedro de Castillo, a private Spanish soldier, on behalf of 11.001) Spanish soldiers. No similar document perhaps was ever be fore issued to a victorious army by a vanquished enemy. The President was much impressed by the address. and after reading it carefully, authorized its publication. Following is the text of the address. as cabled by Gen. Shafter: Santiago, Aug. 22. 1898. H. C. Corbin, Adjutant General, U. S. A.. Washington: The following address has just been received from the soldiers now em barking for Spain; To Maj. Gen. Shafter.-commanding the American army in Cuba. Sir: The Spanish soldiers who ca pitulated in this place on the 16th of July last, recognizing your high and just position, pray that through you all the courageous and noble soldiers under your command may receive our good wishes and farewell which we send them on embarking for our beloved Spain. For this favor, which we have no doubt you will grant, you will gain the everlasting gratitude and considera tion of 11,000 Spanish soldiers who are your most humble servants Pedro Lopez de Oastillo, Private of Infantry. Also the following letter addressed to the soldiers of the American army: Soldiers of the American Army: We would not be fulfilling our duty as well-born men, in whose breasts there live gratitute and courtesy, should we embark for our beloved Spain with out sending to you our most cordial and sincere good wishes and farewell. We fought you with ardor, with all of our strength, endeavoring to gain the vic tory, but without the slightest rancor or bate toward the American nation. We have been vanquished by you (so our generals and chiefs judged in sign ing the capitulation), but our surrender and the bloody battles preceding it have left in our souls no place for resentment against the men who fought so nobly and vnliantly. You fought and acted in compliance with the same call of duty as we, for we all represent the power of our respective states. You fought us as men, face to face. and with great courage, as before stated, a quality which wQ had uot met with during the three years we have car ried on this war against a people with out religion, without morals, without conscience and of doubtful origin, who ould not confront the enemy, but hidden, spot their noble victims from ambush and then immediately fied. This was the kind of warfare we had to sustain in this unfortunate land. You have complied exactly with all the laws and usages of war as recognized by' the armies of the most civilized nations of the world; have given honorable burial to the dead and the vanquished; have cured their wounded with great human ity; have respected and cared for your p~risoners and their comfort and to ns. whose condition was terrible, you have given freely of food, of- your istock of medicines and you have honored us with distinction and courtesy, for, after the fighting, the two armies mingled with the greatest harmony. With this high sentiment of appreciation from us all, there remains but to express our farewell. and with the greatest sincerity we wish you all happiness and health in this land which no longer belong to our dear Spain. but will be yours, who have conquered by force and watered it with your blood as your conscience called for under the demand of civilization and humanity, but the descendants of the Congo and the Guinea mingled with the blood of unscrupulous Spanish and of traitors and adventurers; these peo ple are notable to exercise or enjoy their liberty, for they swill find it a burden to comply with the laws which govern civilized communities. From 11,000 Spanish soldiers. *Pedro Lopez de Castillo. Soldier of Infantry. Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 21st. 1898. Shafter, *Major General. A Wealthy Vagrant. A man named Peter Cunningham, was recently arrested for vagrancy in San Francisco. Cunningham is one of the most remarkable vagrants that has ever come under the notice of the po lice. It was shown in court that he had deposited in local banks $52,000, and yet the old man has for years made it his habit daily to visit down town saloons and restaurants to pick from ashbarrels food sufficient to keep him alive. On the night of Aug. 16 Cun ningham was arrested by Policeman Thomas Langford for vagrancy. lie was searched at the station house, and his pockets and coat linings produced a whole basketful of discarded bread. eakes. pies. mcat. vegetables, tooth picks. :ins. needles and papers. Murdered a Candidate. The lion. Thomas M. Adams. Demno ratic nomnene for the legislatuire. was assassinatedi Wedinaday n..ght at G illis. (hattahoochee county. He I haid just tinished spe a'n and' was stA inr in the crowd.'who were li tctni:e ti WVm. Bazley.I hi Poul't glnn lagley. wh wasmerpsb e tt Dais, nerro co teacher.' and als a Dem'.ocrat. lh pltform and knocked D~avis dow" . A'ienral nht was 1ree:,:tate'I'.;' se ma shots were ied. dams. wa \tnl killd Onie sh., emeei temple a'nd onec his Declares 'or Bryan. Then Ohio Democratic State Con .en in. whiebi mnet in Dahytin. Oia. a week. declared for Bryan for President