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VOL, XL M fl!GGAR_ ACQUITTED Dr. Hendrick and Justice Stanton Are Found Guilty. JURY'S REMARKABLE VERDICT It !># ? 'arc Th*?t thaTwii M??u Conspired tn tiol the fortune of Henry ^1. Hennett, l!ut That the Wnmnn Itldn't?' We I?ld Kichi ?v Her," Snv .Jurors?Coayicted M?*? Hope For a New Trliil. I'l l i old. N. J.?IJy nn odd turn of Now Jersey jnstiee Laura Blpsar. the not re - - ^aiucd freedom and a fortune in t!n> twinkling of nn eye. Dr. C. C. lleiuh !; and Connor JusUew of the IVacc Samuel Stanton. who woro accused with her of conspiring to fraudutoii;i *, ur.in tlio entire estate of the, Ian- lt'iiry M. Bennett, by swearing ill i. >! ..? was married to tlie dead million:: and that a posthumous child Was i. were both declared guilty. Members of the jury, when asked how they came to acquit Miss Bijicar and yet declare the wo men guilty, shrugged their shoulders and said: "That woman's entitled to all she'll ever get from the old man's estate. AYo did what was right by her. that's all." <?>iic?ilotted further ns to their process of reasoniui? the jurors refused to answer; They simply lifted their eyebrows. shrugged their shoulders and looked wise. "The verdict will lie a popular one in New Jersey." said one or the jurors. "Any verdict that gives a woman lier just dues goes in New Jersey, ami that's all there is to It." llendrjuk and Stanton will appeal their eases to the .Supremo Court of New .Tersej*. They say there will he j no difficulty in setting aside (lie verdict. Lnur.. Blggar can never he tried again on the charge, and she says she j will leave no stone unturned to help II end rick anil Stanton out of their trouble By the verdict acquitting her : the actress is left in this position: She is tiie chief legatee under the will i of old man Bennett and will get. It is I estimated, about $172,000. this being ' sixi\ per cent, of the available wealth of the old tuan after all debts are paid. Siie will receive an annuity of SI $00 for live years before the estate Is divided She will receive $1000 from the rotate iimned'.'uelv by a special pro\ isiott of the will. llendriek and Stanton took the verdict coolly, as did Miss Biggnr. hut a stir was caused by Mr>. llondriel:. who sobbed bitterly and fainted. She was carried to an anteroom, where she revival. an.i later was taken to a hotel. Before entering a carriage Mrs. TTon, drick askerl permission to see her litishand, and embraced him affectionately. Miss Biggar was greatly afforded at the sight of the woman's grief, and did all she coiihl to comfort her. In fact the former actress seemed more concerned at tie fate of the other two defendants than she was pleased at her own release. "The future Is absolutely hi a ok for inc." said Miss Biggar. before leaving the courtroom with her counsel. "I have no plans whatever, and probably will remain Indefinitely in tlie hotel here where I am staying. In fact, I have no other place to go and my life is broken." The jury. it. Is understood, was nine to three for the acquittal of the woman from the first ballot to tlie time it was decided to ask the court for instructions. Then, it is said, tlie obstinate three agreed to acquit iter, providing the other two could be convicted. The Judge so ruled, and thus the verdict was returned. HEROES OF THE "POISON SQUAD." A T*li> Athlnto Among; tli* Govrrmnnnl'il Free lionrdtri. Washington. P. C.?The names of l?r. Wiley's "poison squad" have at last been made public. "It is a roll of honor." declared Pr. Wiley, "and future generations will rise up and declare these men blessed when the true value of their services arc known." Included among the official hoarders are B. J. Teasdnle, once the famous loo-.vard runner of Yale. The others are John P. Kldridge. known among his colleagues as the "fat man," and "Big John:" E. P., Dudley, of North Carolina, the "thin private;" Eugene It. McCarthy, of Pennsylvania: .1. K. Clifford, of New York: W. .T. Jordan. J. 1/. Weber. F. Norton. T. E. Smith, c. Orton and Messrs. Freeman and 1 m hois. RCBBERS AIDED BY POLICEMAN. Iff in Convicted of Participating In Villi Uniform In the Crime. Chicago.?Policeman Patrick Malioncy \\a? found guilty and Daniel CurI'M it ?>t ._?? 1 -?f* ..... , u-u \-MM.UM, Mill jilllll,! HI liuifiInry by a jury. Hngermunu's jewelry store was robbed of goods Worth $10.o?>u. Jam?s Clark and an accomplice were convicted of the crime ami served terms in the penitentiary. i'pon liis "dense Clark told a story 1<. the State's Attorney which resulted in the arrest of Curran, a saloonkeeper, and Ma honey, a policeman, well known and respected among his fellows. Clark testified that Ma honey JLn fall uniform stood guard while tLv'jcrWelvy siorc was being looted. Cattle I>yinsr Oat Went. Thousands of cattle are starving on the range in Northwestern Colorado. It is impossible to get feed to them, and equally impossible to drive tlicm !t>tn suitable winter quarters. * - , P*-\T fe Tj n W. j*f* j>'fi N V M v> JL v JL FOl A KIND ACT REWARDED Girl Bookkeeper Gots $40,003 From Stranger She Befriended. ShivNrvfr Had Any Idou That the Plainly* I DrpHHeil, Kldetl; Man on u Train Would Send Her Motejr. Milwaukee, Wis.?For an .net of kindness performed three years ago Miss Anna Marion Yonkers. bookkeeper at the White Swan Laundry, In this elty, lias suddenly become rich. A draft for S40.000 came to her a few days ago from Charles W. Johnson, of Chicago, whom tlie girl lias seen only once in her life, when she took him for a poor man and was kind to him. So'little docs Miss Yonkers know of i her "benefactor that slie does not know j his business or family connections. She ; believes, however, that ho is a retired I merchant. She has received only three* letters from him since the incident i which resulted in tin* gift. tt was in July, !!)< >. while en a trip to Savannah. 111., to visit the family of I Charles Jensen, that Miss Yonkers i boarded a train at Lacrosse. When tin* train reached Stoddard. WTs.. site noticed an elderly num. dressed plainly. 1 mount the steps of the ear. Where J he entered the door of the conch she | saw that he carried, in addition to his I grip, a can. and a glance at him told . ist'r liKii up was nor won. Ho appeared lor a moment as though ho was about to faint. Miss Yonkers. who was .mly a ftnv foot distant, ran to his side ami offered assistance. She helped him to the doutde sent where she had been sitting, and placed his grip at his side, then she wont to the other end of the car and brought him a glass of water and in many ways | made him comfortable. After a time i the man seemed to get stronger and they talked. Tito stranger said he was in ill health I and was going to Chicago. He asked i about her life and plans and took her I name and address, and said be would | write and tell her if he arrived In Chicago without mishap. I Six months^later lie wrote her a lotl tor and two or three other letters | passed between them. Shortly before I mi- mr.|ri in i iic ;;ii i. iinwcvrr, .Miss | Yonkers received :i postal card from him which conveyed the news that she might expect n surprise. She thought, little of it. however, although wondering what if meant. When she recelvi d tlie draft she could hardly realize the truth of it. HOME GIVEN TO MASONS. XV. I.. Kit;inn Mal;.? Sl.OOO.OOO <ilft For Tlictr Orphan Ilnuciilrii. | Philadelphia.? As a Christmas gift to the Masonic fraternity William 1.. PIkins announced his intention to estaiilish a home for the ornhan daughters ! of Masons. The gift, which is expected to amount to $1,000,000. is the largest ever made to any fraternal organization in the world, and the Institution, which Mr. Elkins purposes to found and endow, will he without r. counterpart anywhere. Announcement of Mr. Plkins's plan was made at the Masonic Flume of Pennsylvania. North P.road stvoot. by i General Louis Wagner, a Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania. The occasion was the annual dinner tc the residents | of the home. General Wagner presided ; nf the meeting, which wa; held in the I chapel. The plans provided for a Central Ad: ministration ltnilding. three stories i high, and dormitories to the north and ! south, connected by wings with the ! central building. The contractors will i i>1-1,ui miiK i?y April i, J'.iu.s. / A resolution was passed by the P.onnl of Managers accepting Mr. Elkins's sift, and expressing a wish tliai he ; id it? 1) t soon recover from his illness. FOUR BURNED TO DEATH. Firf Kill) Sleeping Children of .Tnliii* Kins *t Pl?rfffl?l(l, N. Y. Ma lone. N. Y.?Pour persons were ; burued to death in the house of Julius King, at Piorcefield. a prominent pulp and paper manufacturing town in the Adlrondacks a few miles south of Tuppor Lake. The Are had gained such headway before It was discovered that Mrs. M. J. McGovern, King's eldest daughter, and her three children, who were sleeping on the lower floor, were not able to get out, and all were burned to death. One of the children, whose body was found close to a window, evidently had made an effort to escape. King and his wife, with a few boarders on an upper floor, escaped by jumping out of the windows. It is iiot known how the tire started. FARMER MURDERED AT NICHT. Stranger in Hla Cellar Shot film and Flee*, Leaving No Clue. Lancaster, Pa.?Christian C. Ratick, aged twenty-live years, a farmer, residing witli his father, P.cnjiunin llanek. near Paradise, this county, was murdered. As lie was returning from tlio hennery to the house ho noticed the cellar door of the house was open. lie (llni.I.nll to >- * . ... rv.< ?/ > ixn: ll, <11111 118 111* IIIU SI) saw a man in the eollnr. Wilhout a word the stranger shot him in the abdomen with a revolver ami then tied. Rauok fell, bnt. recovering himself, staggered into the bouse, where* his aged mother lay dying from apoplexy. Two hours later he died. The murderer left no clue to his identity. Snow had obliterated his footprints by the time pursuit began. Gait Swrspi RrltUh Count*. A severe gale swept the north coasts of the United Kingdom, and enused eonslderable damage to shipping and water-front property on the Clyde and the Tyne ^ "i /|"T1 tiT MILL, S. C? WEDNE i ACCEPT HAGUE TRIBUNALI ! Fresident Roosevelt Not to Arbitrate the Venezuelan Controversy. WE WILL NOT GUARANTEE AWARD IT I Thr I'rellmltmry Protocol Will Ital<r tl>? ' HlocHmlo nnd Itfiloro tl?? Captured Vcki??!? to Cimtro, unit tlie Mniliin VI- | vctitll Will Then Itr Arranged?'Ttia Cahijict I>?*cidrs to Tlinnk the Powers. Washington. P. ('. I>y agreement of nil ihe parties iutorestetl the Venezuelnn controversy is to ho submitted to i The Iltttruo tribunal for settlenienr. I Tint- President Itooseveli has escaped , I the certainly thankless and possibly , embarrassing tttsk of arbitrator. | While the aerccnient of the allied Powers and of Venezuela to have the ' matter pro to The limine court is prnc| tleally tlnnl. It Is understood that <Jer-j many, at least, demands a small pre- . limiiiary payment from Venezuela, and j ; Venezuela, ?>ti the other hand, asks i that before arbitration shall begin the , blockade shall he raised and tiie Vowzuclati gunboats restored to her. I <" 1 these conditions shall be insisted niton, there is little doubt that they will be ! met, and that speedy and final arbitrai tlon will ensue. ' The principal difficulty that hnd to he overcome l?.v tills rjovornnient. in indue ins the allied Powers to submit the matter to The Hague court instead of to President Roosevelt was due to the , insistent intimation by the allies that if i they should accept arbitration at our , request we ought to guarantee tlutt th? : , Venezuelan (lovernnient should meet her obligations according to Iho deci- < sion of The Hague court. This the ; United States litis steadily declined to j do.'though it lias offered to use its good : offices as far as possible to induce j Venezuela to meet the award. In the end this Clovernmeiu has carried its point, nnd it will have the satisfaction , j of seeing the matter arbitrated at The Hague without standing as bondsman or guarantor for tlie South American Republic. Secretary ITav received messnges < from (treat Britain, tier many and Italy j saying that the.v would accent the arbitration of The Hague court if an agree* tnent could he reached with Venezuela ( regarding the preliminaries. There is little dotiht that tliis can lie done. Venezuela will have to make some sort of analogy to tferinany for the insult to the Herman Legation, and will have t* make a sninll money payment, and I then the captured Venezuelan shins will l?e restored and the blockade will i be raised. This will ho agreed upon n a preliminary protocol. When it shall , liave been carried into effect, a second ! protocol containing the terms ami com ; dilirms of arbitral ion. and a modus Vivendi fo last until after tile arbitration! 1 is over and the award settled, will be signed hy representatives of all tlie Powers eoneerned. Tlius. further ho?, tilitit^ are prevented and a jieaei fnl ] settlement is assured as the result of | the peacemaking efforts of tiiis GovernI nicnt. The State Department takes th ground that the details of the agreement. must he made ptiblle. if at all. by tlie Powers eoneerned: that it eould not publish them without discourtesy, sinee tills Government is not eoneorm 1 in the matter save as a ehannel of , eommunieation. lint it is intimated' i that rare lias been taken to prevent tbe inelusion of tlie Monroe dor-trine in the matters to bo arbitrated. This Government is unwilling to liavo ;ln> | famous Auieriean policy judged. even Incidentally. by a court largely com posed of representatives of monarchieal powers, and it is satisfied that in the arbitration Tlie Hague court will have no opportunity to one*Hon or ti: render an opinion regarding that doe- | iruiL'. In their notes. which wore laid lie ' fore the Cabinet meeting l?y Seeretarv i Hay. the allied Powers are understood j to have r<'peateil I hat they would rath-! er have President Roosevelt act as a: hitrator, but added that they *vert welling to accept the arbitration ?> j The Hague court if he were disinclined to neeppt. Secretary liny Is preparing i a note expressing the gratification ol j this Government over the fact that tie ; matter will go to Tli?? Hague. GRAVE-PORTERS' PLOT. I It I* Snld Tlicy Intended to itfal f5?*n ernl Hnrrlxop's Body. Tr.diiinapolls.. Tnd. There has b a story afloat here that the grnv rob ! be.-s now under arrest wete tn a e. ; sniraey to stoat former President Har j risen's body the night after he wn?! hurled. The oh Sept was to hold tlu ; body for n reward. General Harrison left a request that Ids grave ho sealed beyond the pass' j liillty of desecration. .He had In mind t the stealing of his own father's hody j "which he afterward fnntui tn ? fi, nail mod if a 1 college. His grave was covered with n stone slab of at least u ton weight. SAVACF.S K'LL ATKINSON. A r>ritlili Ren Captain SHrrineed to Rupnr. ( ntitlon. Vietorin. Tt. O.?Captain TTonry Astrios Atkinson, of tlio British recruiting schooner Idly, was killed by natives of Mnllicolo Island, In the New Hebrides. 1 The schooner was taking home natives. who had been employed in New Caledonia by French planters. One bound to Malllcolo died wlien near there, and Captain Atkinson decided 1 to bury the body ashore. When he landed he was killed, and two of his crew were wounded. The superstitious natives believed ] they must kill the whites to prevent further deaths. r ir ^ > ??/ :SL>AY, 1)E('KMI5KII : .NEWS OF^THE WEEK ?;<>-- .'X WASHIS(iTOS ITEMS. Internal revenue collections for November were $19.28i>,P?-"V7. :i decrease from the previous year of The (Government aeeeptetl the thirtyknot torpedo boat Wilkes built in New York City. President Roosevelt received the delegates attending the biennial convention of the Sigma Alnhn F.psilon Fraternity. in session at Washington. If -was nrnounood at the W:iv Department that t Ion oral Chaffee will heoomo Tdoiitenant-CIenoral of iho Army when fScneral Young retire-;. Tho funoral <<f Mrs. T". F. flrant tr plaoo In Washington. attended be tho President ami a large nnmher of ?: til rials. OCK APOPTI II IST.ANnl. Tho roooptlon of \dmirnl Powov on his arrival at Fan Juan. P. p.. wiw a tremendous siteee s. Tho narnde wliVh ho loci with tho naval nflhvrs was an Imposing spent nolo. Thoro was an Immense ?"vnw<! of spectators. Tho tlnvorpor :;avc a hall in honor of tho Admiral It Is stated that the province* of Carlto. llatangas and Tayahas in tho Philippines will ho winced nndor military control hooauso of tho difficulties of tho Civil (lovcrnnicnt with tho ladronos. Natives of iho Tsland of Pauny. P. T . have raisod funds to send to ltnstnn to aid In tho prosecution of tho oaso of Father Augustin. killo.l l?y 1 lie water oure. nonmir. Tim Inr'ifilfi Imnt ilpstmvor Wni'itmi now :it Norfolk Navy Yard. was oilier ed in commission. Robbers relieved the State Rank at Webber. Kan., of $1500 cash ami escaped. fleneral Creene. tlie new Police Commissioner of New Yolk City, has retained the present deputies. Willie seeking food or shelter Joseph riarlton. an need prospector, perished In the storm near Isle. Col. While playing Santa Clans. Forest Hale, a fifteen-year-old hoy. was fatally lturmd in the Salvation Army barracks at Hamilton. O. Having forced Fd Cay. of Mathews, fin., to force open his safe aa unknown man killed tiim and took SlllOn in en '? with which he escaped, leaving no elm-. Daniel C. Movnihar. former captain n?" pollee. was acquitted at New York ntfv l?v a birr of a charge of accepting bribes! While Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Williams were dining at the Westminster Itotel. T.os Angeles, Cnl.. thieves took StHHiO worth of jewelry from their room. James Kihlco, aged 1'12 years, and supposed to have been the oldest resident of Illinois, died at Danville. 111. Two hundred passengers, an entire tralnlond. were injured in a wreck in Illinois. None were killed. V..*.. ? to? ? ? i, <-i>miTuiiiiii; iiiirnicr In Buffalo Bill's WIM West Show, died at Long Bra null. N. .T. Charged with embezzling $10,100 as receiver of the T inn Model Laundry Company. C. L. Shaw was arrested at Cleveland, Ohio. Fire Chief Croker was ofrielnlly declareil out of the New York Fire Department and Charles 1>. Pnrroy installed in the olliee. The body of Mrs. Ulysses S. (irant was laid in a sarcophagus beside that of her husband in the tomli at Riverside Park, New York City. Four masked ne . wlto attempted to dynamite the safe in the bank al White Itlver, Ind.. were scared away before accomplishing their purpose. The Congressional seat iteld l>v J. .T. r.utler. Twelfth Missouri District, will be contested by George P. Reynolds. At a dinner of bankers in Chicago Secretary Shaw made a speech advocating a credit currency, protected by a tax on the circulation issued by banks. FOItKIGX. The Rod Cross Society at St. Petersburg is sending relief to the earthquake sufferers nt Audijan. Minister P.owcn. nt Caracas. Yeneznol i.v.ms .-nubhed by the grand dames i of the Von Pilgrim-lkiitazzi set. 'Ill" Red 1> Pino steamer Caracas en- ] te:vd the port of La Cuayrn, Venc-j ji. niter sitgnt opposition. Vs.ink Kim borough, nu Atnoricau nri; ill .! in London from pneumonia.. Tlio e: ikiptake shocks at Antlijnn, Turk stan. continue. Railway trafllc was intemnded and damage estimated at niillions (lone. \ boat race between crows of the Mas-:trh"sctis and the Alnhania. at Port of Spain, Trinidad, for a purse of ;.1" ). j-c: ul.e i in a ti?. <' istiras in Knglund was marked by a return of the splril of festivity and lio- pit.i iy which had heen lacking during the Boer war. Secretary and Mrs. Chamberlain arrived :.t Durban. South Africa, and were received with enthusiasm. Mr. Chamberlain's spcech.es were notable for their strong tone of conciliation. Premier Balfour was coniined to his bed at his Scotch homo with an attack of inthtenza. 'fite Paris police seized the papers of Jean de La Marre, the explorer ami manager of a Klondike mining company. which is capitalized at about $8.1)00,000. De La Marre is suspected of Irregular proceedings. It Is reported that Iladda Mullah, who frequently made trouble for EugInud lu Afghanistan, died and was buried. The Mullah Snfi Salilb succeeded him. > ENGLAND'S PRIMATE DEAD Archbishop o; Canterbury ihid *>ort 11! Tor Some Time. Ill* Cnllutiti* :it King IMtvuiiC* ('iironn* tiou II U iiriilni; nl" III* 1'inl ? I lii^r Kvenl* til 111* LIIV. Loudon.-Tlu- Mii?l I *? v. Kredrriek Temple, Arehbi-diop of Cantor. iny .ttul Primate of all Kuglaiid, who had boon ill for sotin tiiin pa?-t, is ?!? :?<!. The .\rcnoisflop passed n\>.'\ ji.'jirr 1 ! i v ill j the preseilee of his wife anil i \\. nils I Ills ill \v:is e\peeled for mii e days. Tlic l'rininte died of old aj;o. The pa Miotic scene in Westminster A'liioy :it i ilu> coronation of Kin-; iaiward \??s j one of the earlier indications of Ids 1 tailinu: strength. Then eanie the eol /?/a ! itiml ! , ,t .V'-.v i '^7^1 I I ' I A i ar,cMbisHo^ of ^ canterbury j lapse in the House of I.ords at 111* end j of a vigorous speeeli in support of the Education bill. lli? hail not loft liis i bed since. lit* avill bo buried at Can- , j terluiry. The Bishop of Winchester ' I is considered likely to be his buecessor. The Most Itev. anil Itight Honorable ; IPfederick Temple was born in I S'Jl. lie was edueab'il in the grammar school at Tiverton and at lialliol College, Oxford, taking his degree of It. \. In 1S4'J. in IStiO Mr. <llttdslone nominated him to lie It is hop of Kxeler. a position to which he was elected despite opposition. fn ISsTi he was appointed Hi: hop of London, and in j IS'.MS was made 1'ritnale of all I'.nglatid. In 1ST'*. I?r Temple married Beatrice l.ascclles. lie hail two sons, Frederick | Charles, twenty three years old. and William, twenty-one years old. The Archbishop in IStid published the first of the seven "Fssavs and lJe| views." which canned nineli coinment. In ISf.l he published "Sermons Preached in Kigley Chanel, bSnti-ijU." EARTHQUAKE DISASTER GROWS. lrf?r? '1 but sit?< of Amlijuii, Uiinituii Turki'.lnn, Muy Sub?bl?'. Ashkabad, Russian Tnrkesbin. The : worst of tlie earlier reports of the vcP'tt'l llullnl'" ,li_ ? ??.. * " I? . ....p.uiu- Hi -\ll? I I.I: I U Underestimate the loss of lift*. A telegram from tin- scone of tlio cntastroplie | pins tlx> number of victims in the na ' tlvc quarter of the town al lomi. The State Treasury, containing .".uoO,. ' M(H) rul?les, is in the ruins, and excavaj tions lo gel tlie money are carried on \ ! under the supervision of a strong > | cordon of police. The water in the j wells has disappeared and a general ; subsidence of the she of tin- town j is feared. j The shocks com inne with increasing violence. The Russian population is camping at the railroad station, where i . r?00 cars are placed at tile disposal of j I tlie populace. The local government | j officials are quartered in cars. Sheds .for the destitute are being built. Free* j soup kitchens have been started, and | officials arc aiding the departure of ! the inhabitants by distributing food. I money and free railroad tickets. HOME-COMING BROTHER SHOT. 1 lie Win TnI(?iii For it Kuriclar and Killed l?y Itrother*. Ilrnntforil. tint. Wesley Watson, of Iietrolt. was shot and instantly killed | by ids brother Samuel at Middleport. 1 aliout twelve miles from tliis city, i I Samuel and James Watson ran tlie | farm near Middleport. and tlie third brother. Wesley, lived in Iictrnit. The I latter came home unexpectedly at night, h is supposed to snend ilie Christmas holidays. His brothers. | both men over tliirtv years old. heard him approaching the house. They were recently attacked by burglars, and feared that they were about to repeat the experience. They ran up stairs, an,, getting out of a window, went to the house of a neighbor, where they spent the night. 1 They returned in the rooming armed with a shotgun. Wesley had gone info the house and finding no one there, went to bed. When hist brothers open"d the door he raised himself in the bed. i Thcv aimed the shotgun, and the eonI tents lodged in Wesley's face, killing him instantly. j ATTEMPT TO WRECK CATHEDRAL. Srrap-Irou llmnli Ksntoitc) at Fiitranrn j of St. Peter's, flonrvn. Geneva. Switzerland.?A dynamite bomb was exploded at the entrance of St. Peter's Cathedral. Tho doorway was damaged, but not seriously. The otitrace is supposed to have been perpetrated by nn Anarchist. The bomb was filled witti scrap-Iron. The clumsy manner in which the lionib was placed saved the Cathedral from serious damage. Windows of neighboring houses were shattered, and an I inmate of nn adjacent house was thrown out of bed. - xj "? [/ O no. n. DYING FROM STARVATION Famished Finns Eat Food That Hungry Horses Reject. Knlnn Ktiln dir Crop* ?n<l Cut OIT tin supply ?i ruji?MHlior.f '.*) 15* >'Xi?rn<l??<J For K?llcf. SI. Petersburg. Russia.?Before the spring thousands of Finlaiulors will have died of starvation. Thousands are now living upon bread in ado from utiripe rye ami barley, wliieb hungry liorsoa refuse to oat. Thousands are living upon broad baked from the barley husks and straw, llotwooii 100,000 and ."iOO.OOO persons are literally starving at present. Refore the spring. unless tlovcrninent relief is adequate, a threat pro|?ortion of those will have died. In ist',7. when the orops failed, ill'' famine was not as bad. anil 100.000 persons died of starvation. This year, in addition to the failure of the erops the rains have spoiled the tisliirijr. So i'oinplete Is (lie devastation that thousands of birds have starved to death, unable to tind snllirient to sustain life. The average grain crop gathered hi Finland is valued at SdO.OOO.OOO. The estimated value of the 10011 ernp is $20,000,000. While this loss is distributed throughout Finland, it is almost total in the northern third of the eonntry. where are the proviuees of Flealiorg. Kuopie. Vasa, St. Michael and portions of Viborg. Teas and beans generally have failed and the potato erop has not been gathered. The bay has rotted or hern swept away by floods. The disaster is due to the late spring, the nearly continuous chilly rains and tile early frost, which was recorded on August 10. In the north there have been only half a dozen days when It did not rain. The present crop failure is the worst that has been experienced for the last fifty years. It Is hoped, however, that better methods of communication will facilitate the work of relief and avoid wholesale deaths by hunger and typhus. i iii-ri- ait> an iota nnout r?(H) parishes In Finland. <?no hundred and ninotyfour <>r those parishes are now nearly dosthute. The Agricultural Hoard has received reports from 1 10 of (he 10-1 parish, s. showing that 10(1 have food supplies to sutHeo them until Christmas only. The ntiripo rye and barley which the people are forced to n make a hitter bread, while the bread baked front barley husks and straw, mixed with a 1 it t!" Pour, contains little nutrition and is extremely unwholesome. Count HohrlokolT. the Covernor flenp'-al of Finland, foreseeing the famine, i-tied an appeal for help from llussia. ,\ voluntary relief cotninitlet was organized by Finland, rs. with branches throughout the country. The Angloinierlenn Church here is aidh.tr this committee. The Senate has tlecld. d to spend ?:-7.-.onn oil public works itt Finland to relieve the suffering, and has appropriated ?7><t0.0n() for grain to he sold to the people at cost, llesith s this S7o,l?(in will he expended in encouraging pottage Indus;ries. ' 'lie provinces and certain cities of Finland have voted for relief work* i. -'iu-y amounting lit nil to S.100.000. The voluntary relief committee has f ceivrd S12.".000. bin it is understood tlint nil tIlls sum has been already expended. The Kussian < Joverniiieiit lias drawn up a eruiiprelionslve plan l'or f ceding the people vybo are starving as a result of crop failure, and of relieving the distress wldeli Is at present widespread throughout ten governments of Europe;1 n Uussi.ui and some districts of Siberia. Tile sum of $.'5.Til,."00 already lias been expended In relief work, hut further grtat sums will be necessary to support the populace of the alllieted districts iind enntile tlteni to resume fanning in the spring. SIffpinc Sickness Sprcmlo. The School of Tropical Medicine has jtbi issued a report on the sleeping sickness, wlileh is now devastating rganiln, Africa. Though it was discovered only a few years ago it is computed that the disease lias already killed from 20.000 to 110.000 people, and is spreading to new areas with increasing virulence. Its extension to the north will l?e of the greatest menace to Egypt. The only scheme yet devised for the prevention of the spread of the disease is the isolation of new eases. Nfwlr Mnrrlnl, Killw Herself. Mrs. Carrie Iicmars, known as one of the handsomest women In Toledo, Ohio, n few days ago was married to C. D. Smith, of Clyde, N. Y. Two days later she was found dead in a room In the 1'nion Station. She had committed suicide by shooting. A revolver was at h r side, also a note telling where her relatives could he found. In one of ln r stockings were S2-"0 and her marriage certificate. No motive is knowu for lier act. AmircliNt Sliootn AnnrcliiAt. Miss Voltnlrlne Le Cleyre, an Anarchist and teacher ol' languages at Philadelphia. I'a., was shot and mortally wounded by Herman Ilelseher. a former pupil. Ilclseher is in custody: When arrested lielscher's only explanation was, "We were sweethearts, slip and I. She broke my heart and deserved to he killed." The shooting occurred on tlm street In broad daylight. n?d was witnessed by a score of persons. City to I'arcti.tsn Old l.tindmark. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment of New York City has approved the plan for the purchase of Ifrnunce's tavern, one of the city's historical landmarks, which was v??d Washington as a headquarters.