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I DEI Electricity Did Its Work at Sing Sing Without a Hitch, FIRST WOMAN ELECTROCUTED Two Woman Attended tb Murder In th Death Clmmber -Heitrl Us.d Hasting Within On Mlnot IIr Step daughter'. Harder Her Crlai. Bimo Smo, N. Y., March 81-Mrs. Martha J'lac died in the electric chair at 11 o'clock tbU morning for the murder of hor stepdaughter Ida. bhe went calmly to the chair, leaning on Wardou tiagt't arm. liar eye were cloned and she teemed nulthor to see nor bear. fcihe murmured a prayer. Two women attended her one a prison attendant, the other a physi cian. Death was instantaneous, Mrs. J'lao it the firat woman to die in the electrlo chair, The witnesse entered the death chamber at exactly 10:45 o'clock, Five minutes later Warden Hugo left the lioua for Mr, Dace's room. lie re mained away eight minutes, during which time a keeper outsld. the corri dor earn into the death chamber and called out another keeper. It was feared then that Mrs. Mae had broken down and would have to be ai rted to the chair, Nothing of that kind, however, had occurred, A moment or two before 11 o'clock there was the shuffling of feet down the hall and the death march wan end ed, Mm. l'laee'a face was pallid, Hhe breathed in gasps. Her eye were closed, but the bore herself eteudlly nd aeemed to almost pick her way across the ahort apace that separated her from death, The warden was pale and the women with Mrs. llace, following behind, helped to assist her to th chair. She at down and said, "Uod help me," , IN A DHESS OF J! LACK. She was dressed in black, the suit Ihat she had made herself a plain gown, which was lifted quickly to the knee, bhe wore black stockings and low tan shoos. The woman attendant stood 'before her, The physician adjusted the electrode to her bared leg, while the prUon attendant stood with skirts outspread The electrode was fastened in a moment; another was placed over her thick light hair, turning gray, a mall circle of which had been clipped away. The straps were adjusted over her face and a pud over the forehead, Only her mouth was visible, Not an Instant was lost in throwing lown the lever. In her hand Mrs, 1'lace carried a prayer book, and when the shock came she gripped it tightly, The other hand held fat to the chair handle. The woman's mouth merely closed; the face became a trifle livid, Her heart ceased to beat within a min ute. The first shock lasted four seconds! The voltage was 1,100, It was then reduced to 200 for fifty-six seconds. A second shock was given, IIEE LAST DAY. , Yesterday at noon Warden Sage de cided again to notify Mra Place of the day of her death, and to tell her that she must be ready. Mrs, Place met him in her quiet' way, and be said: "I have come, Mrs. Place, ao that there will be no mistake; so that there will bo no misunderstanding, and to explain to you that you are to be ready on Monday morning at 11 o'clock." The woman looked at htm and aaid almply; "I will be ready; I will put my trust in Uod." After be left her, Mra Place erled a little, but bore up well She had un derstood, she said, that ahe must die. Mra. Plaro still occupied the room she had tenanted since the day she was brought here. It la the room in which Marie Karbarle, the Italian girl, spent her prison days, upon the top floor of the old building that served in years past as a hospital. Everything postlul to give Mrs. Place comfort and courage the warden and his wife and his daughters did. Mrs. Page was with her several times each day, Yrslerdsy afteruoon the warden's wife spent an hour reading to the condemned woman from the lllble, aud Mrs. Piaue hrtif ueuupled au hour or two In reading tracts that had been aeiit to her. In the evening the Iter. Dr. Cola of Youkera eaiue to her, A Her his d partur Mrs. liar had no consolation but her bible. With her In Iter room all night was Mra, t'alhryn I null ray, one uf the matron. All night she sal b.l4 her lit a chair, and never fr a utotttont did she trust the euu4mtted Wumaa to hertelf, Mrs. Plate gut up several time and luukett fruut her window at the storm that was howling o the lludsun, UUUINU 1IKK MHIH Enrly to-day the fallowing wflWial statement n g I vest out la the r dn a "lb Matron repurta thai Mr P1ee did not lie 4w until half Hl two and the did so without rvwuvlnf her elwthtn tthe th lrt wl .tU u'fKwa, the erly part tt the wight we pnt H n4iaff her bible. In Mm reed I. aad la wnvrnliwn with her atUnJant. "A ueU f tiM srwr tti4f haeue ahe kalt with her atUnUal and r4 an la fnl um. I4 thi tMatalag a4 ate rnaft with ipntfiUh. M I'l" ay ant anuiU p srty ar U f tt Vrvih., hu (Urretsaa f Xw fiatnMt, N I Ihat Mrra4 whn the brother with let af4j aa had aw nMna la lUewktya and at n N.nsib lean, Ttbf the amount to tlst A Hm ptt ar t I give I to Mr. Uwntsn'i daiuhtef ih ah4 Ward f ytr4y to s that all her wishes In these matters b carried out. MURDER OF HER DAUGHTER. Mrs. Place killed her stepdaughter, Ida Place, at their home, 008 Hancock street, Brooklyn, February 7, 1605. The girl was 2Si years old. A doubl murder had been planned by the wo man. She killed her stepdaughtei when the girl was taking an after noon nap, splitting her skull with an axe, and pouring vitriol on her face. The same evening the woman lay in wait for her husband, William W. Place, in the darkened hallway of the house, and when ho entered she struck him in the face with the axe, and In flicted a serious wound. He got out side the front door and alarmed tlx neighbors before he became uncon scious. When the police and neigh bors entered the house they found Mrs. Place in a bedroom in which gai was escaping. She was shamming un consciousness, Mr, Place recovered consciousness, and said his wife had tried to murder him. The woman was arrested, after they both had been taken to a hospital, The motive for the woman's crime was Jealousy of hor stepdaughter. Place's first wlfo died six or seven years ago, and about eighteen months afterward he engaged the woman who became his second wife, to act as his house keeper, ller maiden name was Oar retson, but she had been married to a man named Savacoll, now dead. , As long as she was housekeeper It is said he was extremely kind to Place's daughter Ida, but she became quite a different person when Place mar rled her. Uer ungovernable temper led to frequent quarrels with Ida, and Mrs, Place was embittered because hor husband took the young woman's part. Another cause of family blck' erlng was Place's refusal to have hit wife's adopted son live with them. The woman was much inferior to her husband and step-daughter in educa tlon and social qualities, and many friends of Mr. Place had cut his ac quaintance on account of bis marriage. Miss Place was popular with the fam ilies In the neighborhood and this also made the step-mother Jealous, Mrs, Place's story of the crime was that she had thrown sulphurlo acid in her step-daughter's face during one of their quarrels, and then got the ax to defend herself from an attack by her daughter. It came out during ber trial that she had made prepara tions for flight and had written to hor brother that she would go to him. APPEALS TO THE GOVERNOR. Mrs. Place was tried before Judge llurd in Brooklyn last summer and was found guilty of murder in the first degree. The case was carried to the court of appeals, but tho conviction was afiirmed and she was sentenced to death. Governor Iloosovelt was then petitioned to exercise clemency on the plea that Mrs, Place was insane at the time the crime was committed, and he appointed Dr. Dana and Dr, Polk of New York city to report to him on this point. They informed ths governor that the woman was sane when she killed hor stepdaughter and was sane now. Thi destroyed her last hope of life, and Wednesday Gov ernor lLoosevelt announced his refusal to interfere, accompanying it with a memorandum in which he said: "There is no question of the wo man's guilt and no question of hei sanity. All that remains is the ques tion as to whether I should be justified in interfering to save a murderess on the ground of her sax when no justi fication would exist to interfere on behalf of a murderer. This mur der was one of peculiar delib eration and atrocity. To interferi with the courts of the law In this ease could be justified only on the ground that never hereafter, undet any circumstances, should capital pun ishment be ' inflicted upon any mur deress, even though the victim wai herself a woman, and even though that victim's torture preceded her death," Capiat Neatl Under Arrest Sah Fkancisco, March 21. Captain Neall of the Fourth cavalry, who dis appeared recently, leaving his finan cial affairs in a bad way, has returned from Mexico, lie reported to-day al the Presidio and was immediately placed under arrest, , It la stated that the shortage in his avount has been made good and he may escape with mre reprimand, The Halle f Reaeue far SIL Pont Sams March IL The United Hint supply ship Nolle f arrived hwr yesterday on her way to Manila. The itellrf pawed out at Handy ltook March t, Xhe rsrried a hospital corps of ISO men and seven women, and med ical aupp'.Us for ti.two men far a year, MR, SHERMAN NOT SO WELL Tee llaeiars ter4 U the ft MriMlfl ra4tttMt. Kivesrux. JamaWa, Mareh ft Ths condition of es-iretary John fher man, who Is a paetengwr o board the Anwriea line steamer Parts, Is not fvurabl lie is W4h weaker aai the dotirt are dUoouragedk Re l"e tm wtatMt ! JsrsfMu ('Iff, U, Martfh It,- Ttlbhlea but to repeat the law wfci etlr (sea the apptMetweat of an In spete of etrlae by ertl eua!ti was eegrud tv the tl n the sirth wf Trt Vale's awtMU that the Uatur d!r satpaxats tit SMbtne aad often twfutlt fottee ineiiMtS to be s44 . t, w n , Nmm. Kaasti tiff, M. Mrvh n- tVl- est Jawteo U Aharasthv, ridal of the Arofaatky orttr fowtMtay, haa ffefod to give twwel the taildla ot n WunM foe tho Yeaag Wwwea a Cht Utlan nMwotatlon U thtt elly It aonti one will eiv awUaaU ot fftonad whlh Vo eteet tM eliding.. POPULIST FIELD DAY (Continued from page 1.) State. II the present State officers who bold passes were influenced by those posites it would have been easy for them to have overlooked that clause in the decree aud thus leave .the railroads Bflcure In a rigbt worth to them one hundred times more than even Mr. Licbty's idea of the value of the passes received during, the last two years by the Auditor's oflioe. But tbfj did not overlook if, but on tbe ooutrary they m'cured tbe elimination of It aud thus re stored to the people of tbe State the riyht to regulate freight ratee. The Board ol Transportation under the law which now governs it is entirely powerless to make any valid order- or grant any relief against railroads. uolts a complaint has first been filed. During the pant two years many complaints have been filed aud everyone baa been sustained by tbe Board aud the relit t prayed for therein granted. Thus did the Board do all tbe law empowered It to do aud if it has not done more tbe fault is not with the Board but with the Legislature in not giving it tbeneces eary power. From tbe foregoing does tbe record of tbe Board show that the members thereof have bran Influenced by their pauses or have neglected their duty to tbe people in any way whatever? Certainly not? Why then, did not tbe Committee so state? Why present the I ti ii hb of toe question wblcb appears to condemn and neeject to present tbe one wbicti shows there is no just ground for condemnation? : I have said that with one exception there waa no evidence to show that pesses bad ever been solicited by a State nttloer, Samuel Lichty appeared before tbe Committee aud told it a loug story about tbe number of passes solicited by tbe Auditor and the judges of tbe courts. Tbe testimony is abstracted and iriven a prominent pluoe In tbe report of tho majority, it la a concoction ot lact. heusay and imagination. All he says about tbe judges is mere hearsay, it is a purported conversation bad with Mr, J. If. Ager. Mr. Ager appeared before the Committee afterwards and denied in to-to as wholly false tbe material parte thereof. Tbe majority forgot to eay a word about this in its report. This hon orable body is entitled to know in the report of the Committee tbat Lichtj'e testimony in that regara wa not oniy challenged but flatly denied. Tbe only testimony which Lichty gave tbat would be admissible iu a court of justice was with respect to what he learned from Mr. Cornell at the latter' fireside com municated to bim a a friend while be whs vwitintr as Mr. Cornell's truest. How much tbe testimony of such a witness is worth this body must determine. Mr. Licbty further said that tbe amount of tree mileage which tbe Audttor's oflioe received during tbe to years he waa in tbat office was worth 120,000.00. How be learned this and wbv he did not de nounce it before be was discharged be did not tell tbe Committee. Has such testimony any probative value? 20, 000,00 in paMses would permit one man to travel 0(50,006 miles a three cents a mile. Travelling on a train running at tbe rate of thirty miles an hour running twenty-four hours a day and running every day In the year Sundays included it would require one man two and a bait years in which to use up tbe mileage. Or it would require two men fifteen months to dispose of the passes, or four men 4even end a half months to perform the mme task. This shows tbe absurdity of tbe statement and in showing It enables (be inquiring mind to judge ol tbe re liableness of tbe balance of his testi mony, Tbe resolution authorised tbe Com mittee to extend tbeir Investigation to all State officers. Tbe J odgee and Com missioners of the Supreme Court are State officers. I requested a subpoena for those gentlemen uot only because my duty as a member of tbe Committee to do so but also because I deemed it due to tbem that they should be given an opportunity to meet very eerious charges made by Mr. Licbty against tbeir characters as public officials but I was denied tbe subpoena and tbe judges and commissioners are permitted to re main under tbe cloud, if any, created by the teetimnny ol Mr. Lichty. Conclusions in the whole matter. 1. The prexent State officiors have not ridden on pisses and charged tbe State tor mileage. 2. Tbe present State oflioiers have not solicited passes from the railroad com panies and such paNsee as tbey bavs were delivered to thwui witbout request or condition expressed or implied lu ac cordance with a long standing custom. a. Ibe preeeut State oltioera have need their passes for tbe benefit of the State aud thus saved the tax payers thousandeot dollars and they have not used thnm except to a very inconsider able exfe-nt for thir own benefit the State and not the ofllwra is obligated to the railroad fur tbe puern delivered. 4, The otlleers by mnt-pting ui rum the railroads were not thereby in flueticed even in the leant to neglect tbeir duty to tbe people with rct to the railroads nou tbe railroads have nt all tiuiee been tHitiilkd by thin officers to prrtorni Ibe lull measure of tbeir duty to tbe ople so Inr ne It was in tbe oer of lb tittteer to so eoittjwt thut. ft. Th Committee should baveeaquired hHeer toe ei ritateotnrvr who Mrvtj with tiowraor Hokotuh had rtdln on mim on those ot ouoae for nbkh milentte wna t-kargml by them, aad the I oatuittteo la Inilmg to mak such na in veJry UiM to trlorrtt It whole duty. . The lomioiitee hoM any Inquir ed whether or not tbe Jttugve aad mUetoitero ol Ih Heprewn t our I travel ! ob p4 aad raMged tbe It tat to ail T, Is toaolutUm ( lad that th char made on the I n td thin eonee to th rVi that ih prwwitt Htnle otflMts aerad mlWn tor rU made on tMan, ahaa ettaree fend to. the np pittmnt id the t wauiie, t nhwiiy sells. 17EGIVE ATJYLADY 4 mii. hi i tut wli M Nlhof) tie no4tn then looa, A SOLID GOLD WATCH. FREE We mIU i' r- a ht (tM,' i Mil to gt WO I -te'd M " , It UtMt WM t sd lr t (! t k'l hka, m4 m !, M a ft no oe W t4 Wg to tit fwffc mm iiiMMtat U( SwMk, mm H ! i4i . m4m, Wm lfWFaBiCn,f lbV) B, )Uson, nUan Astonishing The Nations! That has always been the way with the AcCormlck. Always New! Always in FYontl Always Leading I I he most AVodcrn of all Equally at I m.m ' IT. F f Always the same. Always efficient, ruy a Mccormick buy a Mccormick roDDc:u situnuuuu. svcsvvm. BUY A McCORAICK BUY A McCORAVICK BUY A ttcCOMfMICK P.I1V A Mrmnnru BINUCR. THE FARMERS' GROCERY CO. ' Offers Special Low Prices to Readers of This Paper. WRITE, SAYING YOU SAW THIS AD IN THE INDEPENDENT, AND WE WILL DELIVER ANY ONE OFTHE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS TO YOUR RAILROAD STATION FOR $5.00. Special Combination No. 179. COMBINATION NO. 169. 4Ot1rtanuIated8Ugar..$1.00 40 lb., best Granulated. ngar..$l. DO 2 lbs Mocha and Java Coffee 50C aB bar, Soflp $1.00 2 lbs fancy evaporated A, r ot. 25C g ,bfc BMBg gOC 1 lb. fancy evaporated Peache.....5UC 4 ,b, oUolc. ET8porfttod reache...50O 4lb.CboiceUaisln. 50C Tea 5Qq 4 lb. Choice California Prune. 50C 8pkgib8,k y9Mt Cflke 25C 2 lb. best Baking Powder 50C X large box be,t Mateh8B 25C lib pure Pepper 25C 1bpure p,, 250 2 lb. best Tea SI. 00 ,..,, . OR All the above delivered to any (C AA It. R. station iu Neb. for,.....)9.UU Special Combination No. 189. 40 lbs best floe Qrano- 0i A A lated Sugar ............11 UU 25 bar. Laundry Soap $ 1.00 5 lb. extra good routed coffeti) 1 .00 1 lb beat nncolored Japan tea...... 50c RAa 2ib.be.tDaking rowder............0UC - JOc lbbeetainger 6dj 1 lb best Pepper., All tbe above packed se curely and delivered free at 0fL A A your railroad station for V v.UU THE FARMERS' GROCERY CO. 226 to 240 North Tenth Street, Cures without Pain One of the best features of the 'ii.. Rjgg Pile Cure... Tbe IHg-ffe Pile Cure curwi all forma ol Piles witbout one particle of pain. Tble UrwirabW point la not obtained by the ue of injurioue o platen, wblcb elutply humIj nu4 Wlen the. Ih v ot th (tarts and make matter nor la tbe onf tun, but It is dun nolely by its r mnrkable healing aad aoaihle. tff'cta, and while it tho given Immediate relief, at th aatwn time the tlina Is aol .rely rhrk4 bat a rndknl eur I rap idly areuia (ltbl. The (tint w vnal to make cl-r la that nil thin I done without a particle 4 pain. Tble (net hi on great reneo. why Ih Pit Cam is a pupntar. Irim 5(J f-ns f Ui. RIGGS PHARMACY- CO.. Lincoln, Nb, I'aJ. Teak 0,t IU, Nurthnvel Itta ith n4 UHl. DR. O.C. REYNOLDS, SURGEON. ih. rv-a m a ue, llBCOIa, hll When mtwrring aJvrrtU mentt mention ImUpenilmt. WAN1IDhv tiltkn stUWit t trnv4 K the ,SM4I (enra4 Ml tj Machines! home In Oriental wheat fields nOW'Ull. , CORN I1AHVCSTUM. RAKC. i'imiwiwvm ss sww ! ensl IsF BF One-balf lb pore Ginger,,., 25c 25c All the above delivered to any ft C A A U. R. station In Nebraska for..alUU Remit by draft, CXprCSS Of monY order. " . Special prices only to people who say they read this paper. S&gffiK ENT. The best high grade Flour made, per sack 90o uood Flour, per .ack..., 1 lb can Baking Powder Good Flour, per ack........,...............75o ........I... Bo The Bock Island pinylnc cards are uie nuckent you ever ftaadXixl. Om pnek wilt b sent by mail en reonipt of IS ennta. Money order or draft for SO nt or earn in ntacapn vriU sofw tour packs. They vriu U an&t by n pre, Miargvn prrMMd. Addrenn, - JOHN HKBAHTIAN, O. P. A Vuiamgo, Boek Ilan4 A Pnelfln M y, UbJcngn. Vesta. NebM Nov. SO. Th XeHnwha Imlepmlent, Uneoln, .xt,lfnr Mri J Mr on f yow hnbiiMleftt rieertog maohinen la my family ami flext it satisfactory In Vr KHY way. llav It la us n year ami tounit o fault In any way. Tout. rptruUy, JOS URRli, . Vent. Jleb. A tool fitici tol.y (lotllif Utlt 1. 1. Nlit Clothlif Stort, We lav a veri la hUh arnJ rh-kUWr binno. tkn on adwrllaa. aad a lav ao tar th intMiant, will put a nib un It that nUI Inaar. It anls in a very elorl Mom. TVn Is.traiMnl Ii maJ by the KkUWf 1'una la, (4 ttrm tL. and tnrrtf nlth It a fnratt Utt If fent. It M a ).hW innrt J (kyue t4 V aiast tnk, UbfHtaa, len nn llif4 w taten, ntrae; ben seal, dwnhht r tttiM aetk., ItMitun tall IhM nlth M eMini M eV thttr wMtk t4 th witrjeet. ttii enrfin w 4nter nn4 !). In i Mary n44M kv. lUMtly Iehe4 a4 Is tun. telle wnrmnt-4 K It fenm. 1M twtrMnt t In tfcim t vn tw rn by nay n Jii nt tilniik T miabst rtntt pwttl a tnna I l n usN h th n l.e- n4 nnnnttt n It t, hn WtW t l tt k tUX. tas a ne't stnr4 awl. !' a M f too a.4 H3i I. th and American Dralrle lands. 8 lbs Laundry Starch. Mtfe 5 lb Corn Btarob,..,...,,,,...,, 26. 6 lbs Clioloe Raisins.. 25e 6 lb. Prune......;.......... .....25e 8 Ih Evaporated Peacbes 2S. All Package Coffee...... 10e Lotti.' Lye, 4 can.... 16V) Battle Ai Tobacco, per lb 28 1-lb bag Smoking Tobacco., 16e Radical Redactions Fin. quality fin. Muslin 66 Fine Quality Bleached Muslin..... 4g. Pepperell 8-4 Unbleached Sbeetlng.,,1 4 Pepperell 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, ..'.IS. Good Standard Print....... B)ffi Putnam'. Red Print, guaranteed ; fast color. .......,... 4o Finest quality In Gingham, cbeek or fancy...,. ........,........,.,.., , 6. Heavy Maraeille. Bed Quilt in beau : tiful pattern., only.......,......,......88e Plato whit. Cotton Towel., with . fringe, good .Is., per palr,..........15 Honey Combed Towels, red border, and fringe .......................lOe Heavy Bleached Honey Combed Cotton Towels, with Irlnge, .Mb 10c Heavy Linen Dnbleached Towei red border and fringe, each...lt Heavy Union Linen Towel, fringe and border........... . So Fin. qnality Crash, In bio. and red check., only........ 4. Fine quality ail Linen Brown Crash, 5c A superior qnality fine Brown Table Damask, only...................... 28e Lincoln, Nebraska. HOW IT COMPARES. Cerintr, Neb.. Feb., 1, ISM, Nebraska Independent. Iimxln,Neb. Pear Sirs I purchased from jou or ihroufh your tper, teat September, one ot th maehinea you recommended in your paprr called the Jndepend eut. i ttever nxived th. tea yean warranty nith it aa th paper ntamd. t wauld tik fur you to a that '.hey make thi. all right or explain, why tbey wont, aa 1 ae they have sent th warranty ta othern. 1 tik. th tonchlo nleadlu, it thn (uod work. If 1 had th namuty they rvvumiueiui th machine, I think them la at least two of my neighbor that wunhl purchase) a aiarhian ef yen a they feavn ri4 the Mnirer ami thourht tt ao wurU the Btnaey they akJ fur Ik Hop ta bear inm yott aotta ta rxar4 to this. I remain. Truly AtUM if. onus. CB.Rii?aTS 141S.12th St Teeth stiMt4 witkunt pnia, rlnia i'ilib, tlol4 t'raae aa4 ltribjn .at I. tin n4ninttr4 hr h Ctlslea trt i4 tU. tc4 Tret a, X Att wurl wrtnal4L ' ft vm' i v, Lincoln Nefcrasha SAVE v ttni4 ii ins rsM iaa thrvnah n4ettMnel n4 9 IVVi po ' nns nan ft trt at hnr.aia. Tat is a C; i anj w tatn4 lu sell It Kr tJjV, II f am ant thieli. 4 l.f f . piaae) na. tni yotim.it tela bt wJ an. t h ttWf tt ttn, A.teeent itlryna4a iMiltiyj.lJawiKhfh In