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WHY SHOT IN RIOT 6,000 FIGHT POLICE IN FRONT OF MILL AT YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. MOB BURNS TEN BUILDINGS Strikers Apply Torch to Eight Struo tures in Business District and De stroy Two Factories Stores Are Looted Troops Restore Order. VmiHitalAH-n 1 Tntl 1A If mi r I persons woro shot dead and 19 wounded, four probably fatally, ono of them u woman, when n mob of tf.OOO, mostly foreigners, battled with prlvato pollco nt tho plant of the Youngstown Shoot and Tubo Works In i East Youngstown and looted and burned a groatcr part of tho city last evening. Looting followed tho attacks on business buildings and all tho liquor In ono saloon was passed among tho mob. Sheriff J. C. Umstcad requested that Btato 'troops bo sent. Ills mcs Bago to Governor Wlllla said: "Lives aro being taken and wo aro helpless in trying to copo with tho situation." Tho estimated lire loss is moro than $300,000. Threo rcglmonts of itho Ohio Stato Guard finally restored ardor. They wero sent by Governor Willis. Tho local companies of tho gJard woro not called upon to tako part In tho strike troublo. Shoriff TJmstoad, who with Briga dier General Speaks and other Nation al Guard officers wont to East Youngs town, waB attacked by a mob. Iled popper was thrown In tlio suorm a eyes and ho was badly bcaton. Tho llro companies which attempted to check tho lames In tho East Youngstown business district woro beaten off by tho mob. Many shots woro llred, but tho firemen got back safely to Youngstown. All of tho nineteen Injured porsons woro taken to hospitals hero. Tho troublo started early In tho ovening, when tho day shift, among whom wore Bald to bo a number of strike-breakers, left work. Tho mob, composed of both men and women, formed at tho entrance to tho mills and hooted nnd Jeered as tho work ers loft tho plunt. A number of tho workers wero stoned and bcaton. Tho prlvato pollco forco of tho mill was lined up on n bridge across tho rlvor leading to tho main works of plant Somcono In tho crowd throw a Btono which struck ono of tho mill guards. Immediately soveral of tho guards drow their rovolvors and fired to frighten tho crowd. Then tho real troublo Btartcd. Ito volvers wero produced by rnon In tho crowd and answering shots woro sent baak. Tho guards nnBwercd by fir ing Into tho crowd. Mon nnd womon, wounded, fell amid tho rain of bullets. Finally tho crowd fdll back nnd vontcd Its fury by applying tho torch to buildings In tho neighborhood. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Eotrolt, Mich., Jail. G. Henry Fold loader of tho pcaco mission to Tho Uaguo, roturnod to Detroit. IIo avoid cd a delegation of citizens who had planned to welcomo .him homo and present to him a floral piece in rocog- nltlon of his pcaco efforts. Now York, Jan. 7. Announcement that Col. Theodoro Itoosovolt will Btatr on February 15 on a. trip to .tho Wost Indies, from which ho will not return until April 1, was mado hero, IIo will bo acoompanlod by Mrs Itoosovolt. Now York, Jan. 10. In that part of BtJgluni still frco from German occu patlon, thoro aro 200,000 residents and rofugocs. All depend on charity, says Chevalier AloyB Van do Vyvoro, Uol glan minister of finance). MuBkogco, Okla., Jan. 10. Tho To as special, fastest train on thp Mis Bourl. Kansas & ToxaB between St Louis and Texas points, went Into tho ditch noar Rontlcsvillo. A dispatch from DallaB declares no ono was hurt, Washington, Jan. 10. Tho proposal of tho Chicago & Alton to cancel Joint rates on coal from Toluca, 111., to points In Wisconsin, Iowa and Mlnno BOta, was declared not justified by tho Interstate commorco commission. Now York, Jan. 7. Congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois, Indicted on charges of conspiring to fomont strikes In munitions plants, surren dored hero on Wodnosday and was ar raigned. IIo plendod not guilty and was roleascd In $5,000 ball. Fodoral Judgo Clayton granted Mr. Buchanan until January 20 to change his ploa Ho 8a Id ho know of no movement to restrain trade. Big Revolt In China. Poking. Jan. 10. Practically tho on tiro provinco of Yunnan Is now In ro' volt. Communication with Yunnnn has been entirely Interrupted for tw days, Tho robels aro reported number nearly 50,000. to Sees War Between Sexes. London, Jan. 10. Warfare bctwoo tho soxes biicIi aB has been unknown Blnco tho days of tho mythological amazoitB Is predicted for England after tho war by Prof. Marlon PhllllpB, D, Hc of this clt). WHERE NEXT GREAT Pmil Hill 600 Sketch map of Salonikl and tho sIiowb tho probable first lino of defense hills Is given In fcot. ASKS FACTS ON LINER PRESIDENT PROMISES FULL IN QUIRY ON SINKING OF PERSIA. 'Nation's Executive Taking Every Means Posslblo to Obtain Informa tion on Torpedoing of Vessel. Washington, Jan. C. Official an nouncement that tho government will net in tho mowost phaso of tho oubma rlno crisis brought on by tho sinking of tho Persia was mado at tho Whito Houso on Tuesday nftor President Wilson's arrival from Hot Springs, Va. Secretary Tumulty Issued this Btato- mont for tho president: "Tho prcsldont nnd tho secretary of state aro taking every means posslblo to obtain tho full facta In this gravo matter nnd will act as booh as tho Information la obtained." In tho nbsenco of detailed and spe cific Information on which to baso tho noxt step, President Wilson cancolcd tho cabinet meeting which was to hnvo been hold, but conferred with Chair man Stono and somo members of tho sonato foreign relations committee. For tho first tlmo since forolgn rela tions boenmo dollcato during tho war Prcsldont Wilson conferred with tho loaders of tho congressional commit- tooa which deal with tho subject. Thla action met tho approbation of many senators and roprosontntlvcs, who have been contending that In such a serious situation as tho present prom ises to becomo congross should bo con sulted In any movoa which may In volvo tho country In measures short of war. Tho administration Is depending largely on tho Inquiries which Ambas sador J'enllold has been Instructed to make at Vienna nnd that which con suls aro gathering olsowhoro, to estab lish tho nationality of tho submarlno which is said to havo sunk tho PorBla nnd to dovolap tho facts In tho caso gonorally. BRITISH RECRUITS CALLED .Four Groups of Lord Derby's Men Called Up 2,829,263 Heod Their Country's Summons. jjonuon, Jnn. o. uiiicial announce ment of tho resignation of Sir John Simon as secretary of stato for homo affairs wns mado In tho houso of com mons by Premier Asqulth on Tuesday, A government proclamation was is Bucd, calling up the sixth, Bovonth, eighth nnd ninth groups of rccrultB who enrolled under Lord Derby's ro cruttlng Bchomo. Tho mon will begin roportlng for aervlco on February 8, Of 5,011,141 mon of military ngo In tho United Kingdom, only 2,829,2G3 en listed during tho Lord Derby rocrult inp campaign, It was announced. Tho figures show that 1,150,000 unmarried men and 1,G70,2C3 married men pro sentcd thomBolvos for service FIRE IN U. S. BUILDING Flames Cause $2,000 Damage In State, War nnd Navy Structure at Washington. wasnington, Jan. i. tnro on Wednesday night caused $2,000 dam ngo In tho bnBemont of tho Btnte, war and navy building. Stories of iuceu dinrlam woro circulated, but olllclnls Bald, nftor Investigation, spontaneous combustion generated In n pile of old rags, started tho blazo. Prlcoless pa pors, Including tho original copleu of tho Declaration of Indopondenco nnd tho Constitution, nro stored In tho building. It Is soparatcd from tho Whlto Houso by only n narrow street, Mrs. Bryant Gets Children. Chicago, Jan. 10. Mrs. Harold J Ilryant was awarded custody of tho two children of hor marrlago with Charles W. Glllett, by Judgo F. A Smith following tho hearing of Gil lotjs suit for tho children. Canada's Quota Full, Ottawa, Out., Jan. 10. Lord Derby's rocrultlng plun will not bo applied In Canada. (Ion. Sir Sam Hughes do clared tho preBont systom will provldo tho half-million troops which will con stltuto tho Canadian quota. I icon.'.. - - JK MARSHY A -LSALONIKI :. THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. FIGHT MAY OCCUR Ajvdth $ Pdulbaba. Hill ' 13000 surrounding region. Tho dotted lino of tho allied forces. Tho height of tho AGAINST DRAFT BILL JOHN REDMOND STARTS FIGHT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. Declares Irish Party Will Not Support Conscription Measure Kitchener In Plea for Action. London, Jan. 7. Opposition so vio lent as to menaco seriously tho pas sago of tho newly-completed BrltlBh conscription bill dovclopod In tho houso of commons on Wednesday when John Redmond declared the Irish party would not support tho gov ernment's bill for compulsory military sorvlco, oven though Premier Asqulth had exempted Iroland in tho bill to win support. Premier Asqulth introduced tho bill for conscription of certain classes of unmarried men. In offering the hill the prime minis ter declared that the government does not plan to draft Into service at this tlmo nil men of military age. Under the terms of tho bill all males between tho ages of eighteen and forty-ono who nro bachelors or widowers without children dependent on them nro llablo for military sorv' Ico. Spcnklng strongly in favor of con scrlptlon, Earl Kitchener, secretary for war, insisted beforo tho houso of lords that tho proposed measuro should not bo considered a menaco to tho continuation of tho voluntary system In tho future. Dcforo tho conscription fight dovel oped the houso passed a bill designed to facilitate tho output of munitions TWO HUNDRED ON LINER DIE Italian Steamer Blown Up by a Mine Montenegrin Recrult3 Are Victims. Paris, Jan. 10. Tho Montenegrin consulato issuod a statement to tho effoct that an Italian steamer from nrlndlsl with 425 Montenegrin rdcrults from tho United States and several hundred tons of foodstuffs ran into a mino near San Juan do Medua and was sunk. Two hundred of tho pas songors perlshod. Washington, Jan. 10, Official circles aro Inclined to believe it was a Ger man, not an Austrian, submarine that sank tho P. and O. liner Persia and sont nbout 300 passengers and crew to their death. An incidental clause In a note loft by Count von Hornstorft at tho stato department In n final effort to settle tho Lusltanla controversy and tho gen oral question of submarlno warfare may chango entirely tho nttltudo of tho United States toward Austria and flhlft tho negotiations caused by tho latest series of sea horrors, back to Berlin. MANY DIE ON RIVER BOAT Steamer Turns Turtle Near Parkers burg, W. Va., and More Than Score of Persons Lose Lives. GnlllpollB, O., Jan., 7. Itoports re colvod hero said that moro than twon ly porsons woro drowned when tho Btoamor Kanawha capsized in the Ohio rlvor near Purkeraburg, W. Va on wodnosday. Of tho slxty-fivo porsons on board tho steamer only fifteen had been ac counted for, It was said, i i .i i i ... jl ib uuciuruu mo accident was caused when tho Kanawha Btruck a plor at Dam No. 20, sinking In thirty icot or water. uno hoat wns owned by tho Ka nawhn Packet company of Parkers burg. Editor C. W. Knapp Dies. now vorit, Jan. 8. Charles W Knnpp, aged slxty-nlno, treasurer o tho Now York Tlmos nnd formerly ed ltor and publisher of tho St. Louis Uo public, died suddenly In tho Times of. llco from heart dlsenso. Vesuvius Is Active. London, Jan. 8. An Exchange Tolo graph dispatch from Romo says that I'rofossor Maladra, government ob sorvor at Mount VcbuvIus, announced tho volcano has boon In active orup tion since Monday. JKJ GdktiiU- .'1800 NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. BARES WAR TRAGEDY GENERAL HAMILTON TELLS OF GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN FAILURE. REGIMENTS ARE WIPED OUT J Commander In Chief of Allied Troops Says Men Fought Llko Beasts, Dropping Arms to Choke Each Other. London. Jan. S. Tragedies, disap pointments nnd heroism of the Brit ish, tho fnnatlcal bravery of tho Turks, fiat disagreement over tho withdrawal from tho upper positions on Galllpoli peninsula between Gon. Ian Hamilton and Lord Kitch ener all nro told in a report of Gen. Sir Inn Hamilton, disclosed to tho world's view In tho Olllcial Gazette on Thursday. Despite his recall, General Hamilton tells of tho bravery of his troops and tho efforts Great Britain Is making In tho fact of a storm of criticism. Ho ascribes falluro of tho campaign at Anzac covo and Salva bay to tho fact that tho allied forces thcro consisted largely of untried troops undor gen erals Inexperienced In tho new war- faro and partly through tho falluro of tho water supply. Tho sufferings of tho troops for lack of water make painful reading. Tho most stirring passages of tho document describe tho Ill-fated land ing at Suvla hay and Anzac early In AugUBt. This operation began on August 6, tho report sayB. Tho climax was rcuched at daybreak on tho 10th, when the Turks mado a grand attack from tho summit of Chunnuk Balr hill upon a short front held by two battalions of tho Sixth North Lanca shire and the Fifth Wiltshire regi ments, which General Hamilton de scribes as weakened in numbers though not In spirit. "First, our mon woro shelled by ovory enemy gun," ho says, "thon as saulted by a huge column consisting of no less than a full division plus threo battalions. "The ponderous mass of tho enemy swept over the crest and swarmed round tho Hampshlrcs and General Baldwin's brigado had to give ground and wero only extricated with great difficulty and very heavy losses. Now It was our turn. As succes sive solid lines of Turks topped tho crest of the ridge, gaps wero torn through their formation and an Iron rain fell on them aa thoy tried to re form In the gullies. "Not hero only did tho Turks nay dearly for their recapture of tho vital crest. "Enormous losses woro Inflicted and of tho swarms which had onco fairly crossed tho crest lino only a handful ever straggled back to their own side of Chunnuk nair." "At tho same time strong forces of tho enemy wero hurled against tho spurs to tho northeast, whore thoro arose a conflict so deadly that it may no considered tho climax of four days' fighting for tho ridge. 'Portions of our lino were pierced nnd tho troops were driven completely down tho hill. At tho foot of tho hill tho men who wero supervising tho transport of food and water wero ral lied by Staff Captain Street. Unhesl taungiy tlioy followed him back. whero they plunged again Into tho nldst of that scries of struggles In which generals fought In tho ranks ana men dropped their scientific weapons and caught ono another by tno tnroat. FREAR FIGHTS PORK BARREL Wisconsin Representative Attacks Ef fort to Put Through Big Rivers and Harbors Appropriation. wnsnmgton, Jan. 8. Pork bnrrol river and harbor appropriations wero denounced in vigorous terms by Rep rescntativo Frear of Wisconsin, who resumed his fight In tho houso against waterway improvement legislation. Ho particularly attacked tho effort to put through tho present session of congress river and harbors appropria tions aggregating about $46,000,000. "Tho country has no waterway pol icy present nor prospective," said Rep resentative Frear, "but only a politi cal pork barrel steered by a power ful lobby, now actively at work In Washington; n lobby that causes us to waste many millions of dollars of public funds annually on useless or prlvato projects, somo of which aro not even distantly related to com morco or navigation." Liner's Passengers Landed. Now York, Jnn. 10. Following a voy ago as thrilling as any In tho momory of vetoran mariners, 177 passengers of tho crippled and abandoned Grook liner Thessalonlkl, and two of Its crow, arrived hero on tho steamship Patrls. Cigarettes for Soldiers. Savannah, (Jn.. Jan. 10. Twelvo car loads of cigarettes aro hero awaiting shipment to England for British sol diers nt tho front. Thoy wero shipped from Richmond, Vn., nnd will bo sent tc Llvorpool on a British steamship. $300,000 Paper Money Burns. Cincinnati, Jan. 10. Tho pollco woro told $300,000 In papor money was de stroyed In llro that loveled tho Adams Express company's gcnoral ofQco and warehouse on Friday. Tho flro startod from crossed electric wires. CONDENSED HEWS OF INTERE6T TO ALL. A barn, together with ten horses, much vnluublo harness and a lnrgo quantity of hay, was destroyed by fire on tho John Belrmun farm, near Lind say. The loss amounted to over J.500. John Bragg, mayor of Haldrege, died from the effects of a wound In the faco which ho received while hunting. The accident occurred as ho was crossing a fence, pulling a gun after hlni. Robbers broke Into tho Guy Butler drug store at Holbrook recently nnd stolo fifty-two rings, eleven watch chains, threo watches and" somo cuff buttons. Tho loss is estimated at over $200. At a meeting of the members of tho MIdstato Poultry association nt Kearney, II was decided to erect a building nt tho Buffalo county fair grounds for the display of tho annual fair exhibits. Steadily Increasing activity was dlsplnyed at Lincoln by Dan Cupid during 1915, when 995 marriage licenses were Issued as against 925 In 1914. Tho birth record was about tho same as in 1914. Tho Nebraska association of Title Men will hold their annual convention In Fremont, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 25 and 26. W. W. Barney Is head of tho association A very large delegation is anticipated. Joseph Cllne Is In a hospital in Lincoln,, with two feet badly frozen, facing amputation of both. Cllne said tho marshal of Ravenna drovo him out of town and he had to walk twenty miles In tho snow William Osterman, owner of the Dexter hotel at Fremont, recently gutted by fire, announced to the Commercial club a plan of remodeling the building on a largo scale intended to give Fremont a 100-room hotel. A plan is being worked out nt Te- cumseh whereby there will bo a summer race meet at Auburn. The proposition is to havo a circuit of six towns and hold a meet in June and tho early part of July of the coming year. Twenty-three cases of smallpox wero reported to the Wymore board of health Inst week. A rigid quaran tine is being enforced nnd the mov ing picture shows, billiard nnd pool halls, churches nnd schools have been closed. Commercial interests at Beatrice aro hoping that the Missouri Pacific can be induced to build to that town from Virginia, during the coming sea son, and a director of tho road is quoted as snying that the construction should be started during the new year. For the first time in its history the state of Nebraska lias become heir of an Omaha man. It will inherit the $2,000 estate of the late Karl Mauch, as the result of a decision by County Judgo Crawford that the dead man left no legal heirs. Mauch died, with out leaving a will. Tho County Board of Supervisors of Dodge county have refused to accept the offer of the nineteen insurance companies holding policies of tho county court house, which recently was destroyed, by fire at Fremont. Tho adjusters offer to settle for $35,000. The county asks $17,000. Tho first filings for the primaries to be hold noxt April were made in Gago county when a petition was filed ask ing that tho names of G. W. Steln- meyor and D. S. Dalby be placed on the ballot as candidates for tho re publican nominntlons for members of tho lower branch of the legislature from tho Thirty-first representative district. Tho Nemaha County Republican nnd tho Auburn Granger have been consolidated. R. E. Cunningham pur chased the interests of his partner, Mr. Do Wolf, in tho Republican, and later mado a deal with J. II. Dundas, whereby lie becamo the owner of tho Granger. Mr. Dundas retires from the Auburn nowspaper field after thirty years of active service. Tho salo of tho Lincoln Western leaguo baseball club by Hugh L. Jones to tho Lincoln Baseball and Amusement Co., a stoclc company, was completed last week. Tho salo prlco of the club was announced at $12,500. Gcorgo R. Stono, formerly a big leoguo player, now a banker at Coleridge, is tho new president of tho club. William (Ducky) Holmes, man ager of the Lincoln club In 190(1 and 1907, will manago tho team. A small, carefully mado black cof fin was left on tho porch of the homo of Mrs. F. E. Brown of Fremont re cently. Tho coffin contained Mrs, Brown's namo in red ink. It had ben constructed in n Bkilful manner nnd covered with black enamel. It wnu turned over to tho county sheriff who claims to havo found evidence indlcat Ing who tho sender Is. Mrs. Brown has been very 111 for somo tlmo and tho Incident Is looked upon with ex tremo gravity by relatives. Eloven thousand dollnrs in old so curlties were unenrthed at tho homo of Peter Bradenborger, an aged ro cluso, who died on ins tarm near Lincoln n fow days ago. No holrs are known, but efforts aro being mado to locate relatives of the dead man The Nobraska City council has re fused to pay tho blllu of tho water nnd light company until tho latter pays Its occupation tax, which lias been delinquent for tho past sov eral months and amounts to nearly $700, It is thought a lawsuit may bo the result of tho controversy. t iifi ii r.n noo shorn are bPinfT wintered this m'ufion in the vicinity of Slielton. Arrnnllnir to renorts of health au thorities there arc over 100 cases ot carlet fever In Oninnn. Herb Stillwell, Otoe county farmer, oporta the Iosb of eighteen head ot cnttle by somo unknown disease. Over four hundred young furmors are taking a abort course in agricul ture at the Wayno Stato Normal. Herbert Howe, son of tho Into Church Ilowo, bus been elected head of the First National bank of Auburn. Tho town of Ravenna has a new- auto regulation which requires cars to be parked in tho center of tho street. W. A. Overhnge and W. W. Moore havo purchased tho Schuyler Sun. b Ralston Mooro will continuo as local editor. The record for moisture precipita tion at Beatrico last year was 35.9' inches, or 12 inches moro than in? 1914. A. L. Cavlnoss, secretary of tho Stnto Normal board, has been elected, superintendent of the public schools of Kearney. Tho Blair National bank lias sur rendered its federal charter and rein corporated ns a stato institution. Thcro is no chango in officers. York county's treasurer lias issued' more than 600 automobile licenses during the year 1915, giving York county third place in the stnte. V. B. Rogers of Giltner lias pur chased the Gibbon Reporter from R A. St. John. Mr. St. John expects to engage in the banking business. penny lunch, consisting of soup, vegetables and bread, is being pro vided for Omaha school children by a woman's organization of tho city, l S. C. Webber sold 40 acres of pas turo land two miles northwest ot Schuyler recently to Jim Pavllcek, for $150 an acre. The land is not fenced. Five thousand bushels of grain were consumed when fire completely destroyed tho Babbs grain elevator at Beatrice. Tho loss will aggregate $7,000. Nearly ono hundred guests were driven into the frigid night air thinly clad when fire destroyed The Grand hotel at Arlington. The loss is esti mated at $20,000. Nebraska City movies have been notified that there will be no moro vaudeville there because of the fall uro of that particular feature to mako good on the clrcuiL Tho dates for the annual tourna ment of the State Bowling association, have been set for the week beginning: April 3, at Lincoln. Lincoln had the meeting last year. A new milk Inspection ordinance) lias just gone into effect at Beatrice. The ordinance provides for testing: dairy cows, as well as their milk. Dairymen have offered no objections. The annual report of the Beatrice Y. M. C. A. for the year 1915 shows that the attendance at tho various department meetings for the year was 32,736, a llatterlng increase over1 tho- previous year. Union evangelistic services are be ing held in the huge tabernacle just completed for that purpose at Paw nee City. The services commenced Now Year's evening and will continuo through the month of January. Tho ' tabernacle has a seating capacity o over 1,200. The Rev. Fletcher L. Whnrtonr pioneer Methodist minister of Lin coln, received a substantial New Year's gift from business men of that city. He was given a canceled mort gage on his homo for $3,500 and $220 in gold, or $3,720 in all. Charles Olson, 32, a young farmer residing two nnd one-half miles north west of Cedar Bluffs slipped under a, trnctor engino which he was taking, to his homo and was fatally injured. IIo lived but a fow hours. His skull was fractured and lower limbs crushed. Edgar Howard, editor of tho Colum bus Telegram, Is confined to his homo with scalp wounds, a wrenched back nnd possibly internal injuries re ceived New Year's night when an au tomobile, traveling at high speed,, struck him as ho was walking on tho street in Columbus. F. H. Bnrclay of Pawnee nnd C. C. Westcott of Plattsmouth, president and secretary of the Nebraska Retail Clothiers' association, woro in Omaha last week arranging for tho first con vention of the organization, to bo held in the metropolis February 15 and 16. Tho association was organ Ized last March and a delegation of; several hundred is expected. Hog breeders of Johnson county and the northorn half of Gago county nre pleased with the work tho gov ornment is doing at tho Tecumseh stntlon In its efforts at eradicating hog cholera. Since April 1, 1914, tho work lias been carried on under tho direction of Dr. S. E. Cosford and four assistants, government veterinarians. Tho result has been the reducing oC tho loss In 1915 to approximately 1,000 head of hogs, or hut one-sixth tho loss of tho year before the work was begun. A number of cases of smallpox; having developed at Wymore, a moot Ing or tho mayor nnd city council nnd the physicians of tho city was hold Inst week for the purpose of consider. Ing plans to prevent the spreading of tho disease. Bob Foster, a barber of Kearney, died at his homo suddenly, the drnth having about it an air of mystery. It is bclloved lie consumed n quantity of hair tonic or otherwise swallowed tho poison by mistake. When found by tho physician ho wns In a delirium from which ho never recovered.