Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 31, 1902, Image 1
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.
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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 >- *
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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
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tiT MILL, S. C? WEDNE
i ACCEPT HAGUE TRIBUNALI
! Fresident Roosevelt Not to Arbitrate
the Venezuelan Controversy.
WE WILL NOT GUARANTEE AWARD
IT
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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.
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:SL>AY, 1)E('KMI5KII :
.NEWS OF^THE WEEK
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.