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    KREBS "THE SLASHER"
PECULIAR MANIA OF A YOUNG
CERMAN.
He Was the Terror to Well Gowned
Women Case Without Parallel
In Mental Disorders.
Washington, D. C While it resulted
in the ruin of himself and ihe cosily
tow.ru of hundreds of women, the
American career or Max Krebs, the
young'Jerman deported from this coun
try recently, contributed to the t lassiii
cation of human degenerates a type ss
anicjue as It is pitiable. Kr bs was born
in Saxony twenty-three years ago. In
consistent with a talent f r music and
an intemperate imagination was his
early developed aptitude for higher
ma the ma '.its, which led him to a study
of architecture and engineering in the
Tec nicker college, Berlin. After a Ions
course of six years in these branches,
he claims to have pursued music at the
Court Theater, Berlin, u truer the in
struction of Schumann. He nion be
came rroficierrt both upon piano and
violin, but his talent was not sueh as
toIead to a professional career. The
few remaining years found the young
man working in Germany as architect
and fngineer.
In the latter part of 1SS7 Krebs is
seized with ambition to seek fortune in
the New World. He arrived in New
York. October 22, of that year, and on
shipboard he made the acquaintance of
another young- German, Paul Bauer,
an intimate friendship immediately
springing up between tiie two. Kreb1
was first employed in a zither factory,
then as private secretary to his em
ployer. Later he was employed by a
-Miss Witmore, a wealthy woman of the
metropolis, to draw plans for a cost!
stable upon her Long Island estate. At
another time he worked as a comni
bartender. This descent was the result
of a pesiste-nt determination to remain
in America. During- the weeks of idle
ness, which punctuated his brief peri
ods of employment, he received various
sums from home, in one instance, according-
to Bauer, ll.Gptt through a New
1'ork banking house. Jiis family plead
ed with him to return, and offered to
set him up in business if he w ould, but
their letters were of i.o avail.
EVIL. GENIUS OVERTOOK HIM.
Although suffering all these months
from a latent form of his affliction, tht
evil genius, hovering nearer and near
er, appears to have overpowered him
for the first time in Dei ember. JKl'S. He
was out of work. Pretty vonien were
swarming the department stores in
their new winter tailor-made gowns.
Idleness fostered his worst im puis'-s.
At Twenty-third and Madison avenu
he was arrested upon the unheard-of
charge of cutting a woman's dress. He
indignantly denied his guilt, but lan
guished in a cell for two weeks. Upon
announcing the verdict of acquittal tin
foreman of the jury made a long state
ment, in effect that the young German
had been deeply wronged, and subse.
quently secured for him employment in
the architectural office of Charles Hall.
But Krebs was subsequently arrested
on the charge of having his hand in
a woman's pocket, was tried and ac
quitted a second time. This jury, like
the first, could not believe that tin
young Jekyll with re-fined bearing and
more than ordinary education could
transform himself into a Hde capable
of such degeneracy. F.ven his boon
companion, Bauer, could not suspect
such a duality. Hut Hauer, while stii!
loyal to his chum, had a slowing im
pulse to avoid him. He he-gen to regard
his as eccentric, as nurturing idejais
mounting to an unnatural loftiness. On
one cold and blustery day Krebs aston
ished his chum by dotting all of his
clothing and jumping into the Hudson.
The two hair-breadth esuts from a
term in the penitentiary did not warn
Krebs that a longer career in New
York must be fraught with petit. H;
remained until June l." last, on that
day he went to Philadelphia to i em tin
three months. He was there during
the Grand Army em -ampmcnt, when
the papers were filled wi-h daily ac
counts of the mysterious vandalism of
scores of elegant dresses. The studi
ously appearing Krebs mingled with
the thickest of the crowds, bis pen
knife always open in his pocket, as he
carried it in New York. In Lit Bros.'
store, on Market street, he excited sus
picion by advancing his hand toward
a woman's dress, was arrested fot
pocket picking, but again acquitted
from lack of evidence. The Incident
was similar to that of his second New
"York arrest, but not yet was he sus
pected of his true motive.
HIS WASHINGTON KXPLOITS.
On September IS Krebs returned to
New York for ten days, after which
he came to Washington, in whose en
virons his friend Bur held v. position
In connection with a young Indies' sr-ni-Inary.
Krebs found employment as a
waiter in two lunchrooms, but soon
bettered himself, pecuniarily, by a sit
uation as bartender in the Saengcr
bund, a German organization. His ob
ject in moving about from city to city
was alleged to be a eU-site for gaining
an insight into varying phases of
American life.
Immediately upon his arrival here
Krebs, as later proved by his own,
confession, purchased a sharp knif".
but. unlike a man of truly criminal in-i
utinct, he failed to exchange his name
for an alias. During October, Novem
ber and December he worked steadily
at his trade, but his mania was fast
crowing to its maximum. Day alter
day the papers reported gown upon
gown destroyed upon me s-.reei ami in
nubile nlaces. Kvery suspicion, every
theory of the authorities, went wide of
the proper mark. The vanciat was sup
posed to be a woman, rather than a
man- One theorist had her suffering
of a mania of acute envy of the fine
apparel of her sex. According to an
other she had been given cause to heai
a grudge against the woman's tailoring
trade. Then, agajn, the despoller was
believed to be a man or woman of
anarchistic tendencies, imbued with a
chronic envy of the rich and prospermia-
While much peculation was rife the
Vandal was reaping bis harvest Still,
tuilike a. veritable criminal, he was not
prompted to leave town In search of
greener field.
LAW FINALLY OOT HIM.
But not until after the police had a
record of more than twenty-fire dresses
cut and ruined did Krebs fall Into the
tends of the law. Mr. M. O. Chance,
wife of the chief clerk to the fourth
wwlataat postmaster genera1, while
toartftnf crowded avenue car on
C&rtetmM i1it, felt a decided tug
gto at hef 4rtM and Informed her
hmltil. who Immediately charged
tarito with an attempt to repeat the
act of the now f,tmu "Ja-k the
Hlajthe-r ' A tolievninri ' r.ii.-d It an il
ihe young li-nmn i "fused t ci ait
the story. locs,te h- htrp-reei to kn i
the ai'-usfj am! t.H 1 coupe',. cei- in I'.:
charact-t. Yi l Kr l, as whs a.;-i-waid
confessed, hJ th- . n kmie in
his pocket all the v. hi:.-. Still the
Chance cou.d n t be cc;v ince 1 t!:a'.
the.r s uspii inns were miscm-iti .1, arei
the suspect nak finally ai rested. exem.
ined and lib-rated on bond, p r. liu,
further ir.vestigati n. He returned t
the bar of the Saeriecrbund and was
congratulating himself upon the la- k of
evidi-nc" which would assure him an
other narrow escape, when the supei.n
tendent of police received the re' or of
the New York police dep u in, cut, qu il
ing evidence in the two trials in mat
city. The r.aiiK- of the New York cul
prit was the same Max Kiebs.
Krebs surrendered hniis-lt to th" au
thorities and made a remarkable con
fession. He ernph-ilio-tlly protested Mi
innocence of the t u chat g-s of p n kei
picking, but admitted til the m..- of
drees cutting in New York. Philadel
phia and Washington. With his opm
knife he said he sashe-cl rath-r t;iat
cut the garments. In this city he use!
his new knife f'rst c i the day of Dew
ey's sword rcs ntatioti. w hen all the
business streets weie packed and jam
med. Jt "was his impii's-, he sil J, to
select only well-dres. el t mn n of
comely appearance. He continued his
destructive trade at niati'iet s. in de
partment s totes and on crowded street
cars. Ijih assault with his knife
would be accompanied by a peculiar
mental exaltation, foliow-d always by
violent attacks of headache and dizzi
ness. Temporary relief from this dis
comfiture would be sought in a renewal
of the mist hb-f. although he realized
that the pain would return wish mani
fold intensity. At times it was abso
lutely necessary for him lo commit
four or five depreciations a day. He
realized that he was helpless in his
affliction and that he had degenerated
into a maniac who needed itiedb-al at
tention. MANIAC INSTEAD OF CRIMINAL.
When Krehs was brought to trial on
it charge of destroying private pr p
erty he pleaded guilty, hut medical evi
dence upon his peculiar fen-m of insan
ity was in t reduced be for- sentenced
was passed. M'-anwhi!-- the :- man
embassy wiiy re.jues:' ! to as-ert.-iin
whether the parents of the unfortunate
young man deslied to have- him re
turned to his home, ii;heris, Kiebs
would have been sent l-i an asjlum
lather than to the penitentiary. By
his friends at the Sacr'gerbuR'l his per
iod of incarceration was itmdf a plctis
ant as possibl". They fiimi-'hed him
with comfortable bedding and an abun
dance of cigars, be' r ai.d food.
The expert testimony which S3V"d
Krebs from the fate of . eommon
criminal was sio-h as to prove hirn a
victim of a stianire inetilal malady,
with one predominant ejem ut found in
several celebrated ess . It was thif
same element which was believed t
account for the thirteen murders of
"Jack the Ripper." But happily for
Krebs this predominating lemenl
sought its gratification in the destruc
tion of the apparel rathr than of lite
FOUGHT OIL TRUST:
NOW THEY DESPAIR.
The people of I'ayonne u) along the
north shore of Stat'-n island have come
to their wits end in their struggle
against the nuisances maintained at
Constable's Hook by the Standard Oil
trust. The Jersey folk have appealed
to the cogrts and even to their state
board of health in vain. Now they ask
for a practical suggestion from the pub
lic at large to enatd" them to compel
the oil monopoly to t their light
to live.
The refineries fit Constable's Hook
cov-r several square miles. One-1 hire
of the world's supply of petroleum is ie-
lined there. Neighboring factories pro
ducing chemicals add to the. air poison
ing fumes of the oil works. When t--e
wind is southerly B;yoni:e has to close
its windows. Where the smoke of the
Hook toui hes. vegetation with'-rs. Tbt
lawr.s and flowers ar stifled in Bay
onne. The beautiful trees which once
arcaded the fine roads from Tonipkitis
ville to lvrt Ric limotid ate well-nigh
ruined.
It is not possible to live in health and
comfort w ithin reach of th tainted va
pors from Mr. Rockefeller's million
making plant. Bayonne offii-i.-l! of or
ganizations have tail-ed the matter over
amicably w ith the trust officials in tin
hope that fair-spoken argument would
succeed where appeal to the trust-influenced
city (oun- il has failtd. The re
finers first protested that there was nc
smoke, and then promised to stop th
nuisance. But the smoke is thicket
and more poisonous than ever.
A MATHEMATICAL .MYSTERY.
Here is a puzzle problem which pnj
one can work out, but the question
which is puzzling those v.-ho have
studied it Is why any combination of
figures will invariably work out to give
the result.
The problem Is to take any s"t of fig
ures, say fix;,6.'3.i:;. and itdd their.
together. Erom the total subtract th
uni. Then add the iie- jo-t together
with the exception of one figure, which
you mark out. Any person ho neves
saw Hie figures can tell you th figure
you marked out if he Is given the um
of the last addition, by subtracting this
sum from the next highest miKiple
of J.
Tor example, fake th number men
tioned. nsT.s.'.i.o!. ;xSx7x-'.-",x ii)?:'jS
t:t. 3s7.6.",:;.jis 4r ?HT.t,.'.:i,ofi:i. The sum
of this latter number, leaving out the
figure fl is Z'.i. The next multiple of 'j
higher than 2S is 4", and the differe nce
is 6, the number marked out. The same
result will occur if 1 should be marked
out. The sum would tli-n be IT and the
difference ft ween that and 4.1 Is 3. The
only exception to t litis rub? Is when the
last figut" in the number M a cipher.
Who can explain the problem?
HORKK UK LP IX WAR TI.MF.
Here are two ar.eedoles of the horse
In war times. An Fnglislt officer was
crossing a battlefield two da after a
battle when a horse came up and laid
its head on his arm. The otlic er pushed
the horse away, but it returned and re
peated the caress. Then the ofliccr no
ticed a blood-stain upon his arm, and,
looking more closely, wiw that the
horse's under Jaw had been shot away.
Probably the horse, taught In drill
for years to fee safe amid clanging
steel and burning gunpowd -r, was con
fident that the oflieer rould cure Its
hurt; instead, he, of co irs , tailed to
one of his men to shoot the poor beast.
In the recent frontier war ir Tirltlsh
India, an officer was hit and fell from
him horse. The horse, flndin-' presently
that his rider was irone, left his com
panions and returned In the face of the
firina; to his master's ride. The oflieer
was able to remount and succeeded in
escaping.
It Is significant of the g, iwth of hu
mane sentiment In modern time that
a special horse ambulance service for
war use It seriously proposed In F,nd-land.
CROIIJE'S SURRENDER.
-LION OF SOUTH AFRICA'
LAST CONQUERED.
IS AT
Forty Thousand British Compel
3,000 Boers to Surrender After
a Week's Fighting.
London, Feb. 27. The war office has
published the following from Roberts:
I'uardeberg, Feb. 27.-7:45 a. m. Gen
eral Cror.J; and all of his force capitu
lated unconditionally at daylight and Is
now a prisoner in my camp. Tha
strength of his force will b? communi
cated later. I hope- that h-r majesty's
govertmiei.t will consider this event
eatisfaet- ry, occurring as it docs on the
anniversary of Majuba.
I.or.lon, Feb. 2v The war d -partmetit
has r-:-ceivel the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
'Tuaidcbcrg. 11 o'cli k Tu-sd-iy morn
ing. From information furnished daily
to ne- by the inteiii;:i department il
became appatent that Oeceml Cronje's
fotce v. as lu'Oinlng mor- depressed and
that the discontent of the troips and
the discord arnorg the leaders w.re
ranjdly increasing. This feeling was
doubtless a emulated by the disap
pointment laused vhen the Boer re
infoicemepts which tried to relieve
Ueiierul Cronje were dei.-at-d on Feb
ruary Ti.
"I lesolved. therefore, to biirig pres
sure to bear upon the enemy. Each
night the trenches were pu-lied for
ward toward the enc iny's laager so as
to gradually contract his po-kion. and
at the same liiii- I bor.tbaided it heav
ily with artillery, which viis ytsteioay
mat'i-iaily aided by the inriv.il of four
six-hub hoc. itz-rs, winch I hud or
dered up from !,- Aar. In c:uiynig
out th'e - iiiensurcs a i.iplive baliooa
f,ae gn at assistance by keeping us in
formed of the diiM!!oiis ami move
ments of ti.e cr.emy. At Z a. 111. tod iv
a lie st dashing edvance w ,is made by
tl'.e Cat.adian i '-giiner.t end s uce .;!,
ginecis, suppo:tcd by ihe Kit si Oordoii
Highiaucic! s and Second Miiopsliir--s,
reiciltn-g in our gaining a jxiint s.n-n:
6' yan.ie n-r r lh" enemy aiel witilin
about- eighty yards of ,ls ft-nches,
where our men fnin-ti' lo d tliemselve
and maintained their positions ttnlil
moining, a galln.it deed worthy of our
colonial coroiades and V..J-: -h, I am glad
to say, wi-s att- ndvl by i. omt arat i ely
slight loss.
"This apparently clinched matters. for
at daylight today, a I. -tier signed by
(iencral Cronj-. in v.hi-h In1 stated tlut
he surrendtred unconditionally, was
brought to ur outposts under a flag cf
truce.
"in my reply I told General Cronje he
must present hims-df at my camp sml
that ins forces must come out of their
laager after laying down their aims.
By 7 a. m. 1 received General Cronj -and
dispatched a telegram to you an
nouncing the fa't. In the course of
conversation he asked for kind treat
ment at our hands and also that his
wife, grandson, ptivute secretary, adju
tant and servants might accompany
him wherever he might be sent. I re
assured him and told him his requests
would be com lied with. I Informed
him that a general officer would be
sent with him to Capetown, to erisui"
his being treated with proper respect
en route. He will strut this afternoon
under charge of Major General I'e-tiy-man,
who will hnml him over to the
general commanding at Capetown.
"The prisoners, who number about
S.Wt, will l- forced into commandoes
under our own officers. They will also
leave he-re today, reaching the Modd-r
rived tomorrow, when they will be rail
ed to Capetown in detachments."
The above dispatch was read in bo'.h
the house of lords and the house of
commons today. The reference to the
Canadians evoked immense and pro
longed cheering.
Mr. A. J. Balfour, the government
leader in the house of commons, said he
had no information relative to the Boer
guns.
Twenty-nine Transvaal oflieers were
captured and eighteen Free State offi
cers were made prisoners.
The guns captured from the Trans
vaal forces weie three 75-centimeter
Krupps. one fi-pounder anej one Maxim
gun. From the Free Staters the Brit
ish captured one 7.1-cc ntimeter Krupp
and one Maxim gun.
DESCRIPTION OF CEN. CRONJE.
The Boer Ceneral Conquered
Lord Roberts.
New York, Feb. 27. Here Is a
By
de-
scrlptlon of Genera! Cronje. the Boer
general w!ie surieiielereil t-. General
Roberts today in Orange Free State,
us given by Jlonlngu White, the Boer
representative in the Bulled States:
"General Cronje is about fill yeais old.
He has never hael any school military
training. In times of peae-e lie Is very
shy and simple-. He is careless about
his dress. His e-oal is always but
toned. "Ge-neral Cronje is intensely religious.
Cntil four years ago h- was a farme r.
He was then made superintend -nt of
the native In Orange Fp-e Stat. In
time er war the man's whole natuie ap
pears to change.
"His ininei works like a flash. In
battle he Ik all over Ihe held directing
and encouraging his men. G -nerai
Cronje- beo.-eme prominent in the upris
ing of lWi-SI.
"Genera! Cronje's later fime rests
on the Jameson raid. Jt was Cronje
who a ranged the trap 1 nl ' which
Jameson walked. Jf.. chose the place
and personally directed the men. lie
has the unning of a fox.
THK OFFICERS CAITCRFH.
London. Feb. . The odlcers cap
tured by Oe-ncral Robe rts, besides Gen
eral I'let Cronj'-, Include the following
well known commanders: Chief Com
mandant M. J. WolvenniB, a member
of the Volksraad; Field Cornet Frux, a
Scandinavian; Major Albree-ht. the fa
mous German artilleryman; Major Von
LeVVItz, the distinguished German ofll
:er responsible for the most splendid
smglneerlng" works of the Boers since
the eommecement of the war.
EFFECT ON STOCK KXCHANGK.
London, Feb. 27. Business tn the
stock exchange was buoyant, but this
was not maintained, as the surrender
of General Cronje had been anticipated.
The French proved to be sellers on a
small scale. Consols were dull on sllft
contangoes. There was considerable
business done on bull account.
WEF.K AGO SUNDAY.
London, Feb. 27. The war office hat
issued a list of 721 noncommissioned of
ficers and men wounded In the fighting
st Paardeberg Hunday, February 1, In
cluding ti Canadians and 273 Highlanders,
DETAILS OF CRONE'S SURRENDER.
How Roberts Received the Boers'
Surrender.
l'a.iid'-'nerg c-peclal i -M.iJ.!ba day
. a. in. The F.ii'ish i amp was aak-t-nel
by the con'.'nucl rat lie cf nflf
hi - ft eiayhicuk and th1 news arrived
that the L'ara-iiatis while building a
tiench fiuiie -lo-c to the enemy, were
fu.sil.id-d at a tjii'-e of fifty yanls. The
('amnions ga'lantly woike-d foiwaid
and occupied the edgt? of the trenches
along the ilv.-r, erattely enfilading the
B H-r..
This move
riiit was followed by
lire, ex'-ept an occa
ot. J-uddciily a ri-ui-n
Ihe crest of a hill
tl-ig and burst Into
announcing the sur-
;i eersa'ion of th
"i uial solitary mi
merit stationed e
lciveied a w hit
e beers, thus firt
r nder of (J. n, ral ( i
Shortly att jHa'.l
i note reae bed
Lend Roberts hi trams ttdir ga cf the
r. - r.-' irRrondi'.ieiiial sui -render. Gen-
al I'l-ttyman sent to ac-e-pt the
l-i rci:iei At ail lit 7 o'clock H small
ip cf men appeared In the distanc e
s'ii-g ih plain towarri heaefeiiiartei s.
r h-lris apnii-ed of General!.,, ..." 7. . , ,
Ci
to
nj-'s approach, .,1 i-ob.-lts went
the fioiit in h.- mod. ft cart in
M hie 1
he sleeps and oedeie d a guard
of tee a in! 1 r: s tei li.-e up. A group
of ho.seir.en t!-n approached, oa
l iei-eral I'l- tlyrnur-i s tight lode en el-il--rly
pniri e i:id i.i ;i tough, short v. r-i-i-itt.
a hia'i-)iiimme-i hat. ordinary
lie-i -i troi;se:.s and .eroivn sho' s. It
was ii;e lvd.i'jh a t,l-- Creiiij-. His fac 5
ks but neel atn:cst black Hrcl his curly
be ml ting--1 with gray.
I.i id Huberts walked to and fro In
from of the carl until the Boer gen
eral arirve.l. when the British enm-er.nnd-r-
a ivanr-d gtaVcly and kindly
s.i luted th- i:oi-r corcnuimier. He then
mo::ij!t-d e;. n,ral '"jonje to a seat in a
l.;;ir which had le-'-n brought f- r id"
?o eeui; mo lat ion and the lv.o eiflicers
i envei--.il through an interpreter.
Cr.rje'; fai e v. as absolutely lmpa.0.-
:-ive. .xl
fie-ilcgy.
i iling iu signs of his inner
le
Id !1
V.lie
the :
cherts
n Gen:,
l-id m
ias e nrro'jriele el by1 his
'.i! i'r- ttynni;. address,
ir-dinl. sai-i:
'I- r,je. si:-."
..-it tone l:er his hat in
nl
flint ' i-
e orr-reirj n?i.. -i 1
and Lord R
The w;i.-l c
i leird Robe
icok bare!s
rts salute, l ,n re
eop t h-n clismeiur.t
;s stcpp-el forward
i;h the B ocr com
el
ma!" a :
first saint
ai.ijUislnd
ri'lint eh-fcnse
uion e.f i,o. ;
Boer h-adcr.
sir,
b.-Hf
VISIT TO GEN. CRONJE'S CAMP.
Correspondent's Description of the
War SceneTs.
j.oiii'ein. c;,ei ia i . i m a tedegram
from I'aartb-b.-rg. 1 luuary 27. a staff
.-o; ri e-pondc lit says:
".'n my fitst vLit to Ge-tu-iul Crejiije's
.auii I was a-lmitted inside even before-
the British g.uatd. At -ver' ter
paces 1 came upon the gwoilen carcass's
of homes or mules tainting the air. It
seems Impiesslide that thousands coubi
have en. lined turh a frightful stench.
The live r rc'inks w ere honeyenmbe ej
with tieuc.-.ie s. sum r.- jiad never before
be-en seen in warfare. These were re
Kliy unde-rgrouiid dwellings. Fniess a
shell w.-re te drop straight down Into
the opening it weuild not reach the In
terior. Flat trajectory projectiles would
be bound to fail to leurii them.
"The- Bo-is v.ere lying or silling on
the glome). Their faces we-re haggard
and wan. They mid there was not a
drop spirits In the laager. V. .-;-v
countenance sho-.ie,l joy at the ce
the dreadful siege. Some of tlunn
hiui-.he-d and said they hoped they
would soon jrei whisky.
"Nearly all th Free Ktalers sicike
Fiigllsh, but the-te was not a word
about fighting for liberty, the only ex
pressions beins; those e.f joy over their
present deliverance. One man, shaking
his first In the direction of General
Cronje. s:iid: 'That man deserves to be
shot .'
"Net a woman or child In th" ' amp
had been hurt, except cmo girl, who
showed tin injured finger tin. There-
were heartrending partings between
several men and their wives, and many
of tin- we.rneii crleel bhtcrly. s-'eveifil
youths e.f ficm l(i to Is years of ags
were In the camp.
"The Transvaalers appeared to have
lost their feet me-r truculene e."
A dispatch to the Daily Mall from
I'leter's nation, dated Sunday, Febru
ary V-, and describing the twelve days'
continuous fighting of which the at
tack upon Railway hill by the Knyal
Inniskllllng Fusileers was one of thf
supreme moments, says:
"The Innlskillings Joined the columt
with twenty-four officers. They have
five left. That lel, the tale. No map,
no penned account can give an Idea ol
the dlftlrultle of these hjl'.s and ridges.
V. hie h succeed each othe r like waves of
a heavy sea. one giving way only to
anot her.
"Koch can "be enfiladed, and until out
Is taken It is impossible even v.lth in
keenest scouting to know what fortunes
lie beyond il. The military problem
chances as the column Hdvanci-s. each
kopje refusing (o give up it secret un
til the advancing troops have touched
Its crest.
"To ndel to the difliculty. the tropic al
rainy season set In today. For twelve
hours the uniforms clung to the men
like wet seawec-.l. .Mud caught them
unde r foot. Mists closed dow n and S'hu!
out the position of the enemy. This
discomfort Is borne by all alike.
"General Holier unet his staff ate vir
tually living the private's lire. There;
has n'it been a tent to cover the corn
rnaii'ling generals. They eat from their
knees and with their shoulders against
the rocks, and they sleep where they
can. Field woik is carried on under
transport wagons, and hh there nr- tied
built rain proof, liny streams of water
pour down and blot the official recoids."
Aig'-rnon fwlncburne has a pu'-tn In
Ihe Times this morning, uneler the cap
tion, "The Turning of tiie Tide," o
which the lust six lines are:
"The winter day that withered hont
and prid
Hhlnes now trluiiiphant In the turning. !
tide,
Thut set once more our trust In free,
dom free;
That leave a ruthles sand a truthless
foe,
And si Ihopes that hailed his rausr
laid low.
And Kngland's name a light on lane)
and sea,"
IH'B QUENCHED IN BLOOD.
Hlueflcld, W. Va. (Sperlai.)-Joseph
Rlean, a farmer living six miles north
of this place, killed his daughter and
Albert Marsh, her lover, and then, kill
ed himself.
Glean had forbidden Marsh to call or
Ills daughter, and finding him In the
parlor, ordered him to leave. Upon
Marshs refusal Glean fired a shot al
him with a shotgun. Kllen Clean sprang
In front of her lover and rscelved the
charge In her throat, dying Instantly.
The second shot killed Marsh, Glean
then cut hi own throat,
THE BOA WOKE UP.
STORY OF KING CEORCE, OF THE
CHICACO ZOO.
He Woke Up, Swallowed Rabbits,
Chickens and Rats and Went
To Sleep forThree Months,
Chicago, III. King George, the great
beia constrictor in the Zeo here, has
Just taken his semi-annual dinner.
King Geoige is an object of great
public interest, and so is his dinner, but
the public was not admitted to the
ceie-miiny for very excellent reasons.
King George is verv temperate In his
Bnn..ii.. i..n t. nmci ii-.ce iu-e fond
"... .. . ,
,v'"1 1 ,r"" " aining eieau.
J'-nn e.. .-notiutt, prcftiieiu ot me 1111-
I nois Humane society, dec lares that he
in .to,, eh,. r.,..,unr. r,t i.-i c-..,,,... .r.
o. nu i a.nmms.
King George came out of his long
t sleep for a wl.i'e on Fiidav and indi
cated by his actions that he would
like to have bis semi-annual feast. He
was restless and hungry, and it was
dec iilcd not to rpoil bis temper eer en
danger his digestion by kee ping him In
suspense. The keeper consulted with
the officials of the park, and were au
thorized to prepare a n.eal for Geoige,
to be served on Saturday evening. Se v
eral weeks ago il was announced that
George was to b feel live chickens and
live rats. This tirot.osecf fe-c-elinir raised
consbk-rable of a war. so Saturday's
feast was pie-pcred with the greatest!
secrecy. ' I
The nnal was served afeiut 8 o'clock
Faturday evening, l-ing after everybody
bad been c leare-d from the animal ijuar-
lers. His boaship wus sufliciently wide ;
awake all day Saturday to appreciate I
the feast that his keepers were making
ready to serve him, ami h- inanifeste I j
considerable nnte-pran li.ll delight j
About t o'clock the keepers appeared '
with smal huge s, boxes and imps eon- j
la. II, K die S-V'-l.l coulees pie Hli-'C or. ,li;,,.o
. . ..... . . ... iiiirnoied Ang h-Am' rii-.m alliance.
cHp,ure ..r u.e m.-ai. j ne .oxes ,a,.i
latoi'iu .iit'j c;iei e on cue ji ooj,
chickens as tiny v.i-H- carried in. Tiie,
' , ' k .
ti. ii. ;..,.,..;.,.! .. ,.'
cleris CCilrioi; lio i lioi. e I. Ill .ei-.-r In
get a c har:ee. at any or everything on '
the lee. as bill of fare
King Geoige was not particularly
demonstrative, but he seemed to b"
happy. The e-xpre-ssjori of Jos eyes was
ii I. out like- that which comes over the
faie of a hungry man as th" waiter
places the soup in front of him.
The kt-e-pcrs Uti ii he-d George's bcily
out so that lie- might not Impair his di
gestion by tying himself up while eat
ing'. One eif the-ni the n gave him a large
rat as an app-fizer. cieorges head went
In the direction in which the rat scam
pered, and It eiisnppeareel.
A chicken was the next dish on the
bill of fare. The plump bird was shot
Into the cage. George eyed him cage-fly
anil pleasantly for a second, and then
his head went out swiftly and that
chicken was eloomcd never to see an
other spring. The great snake's Jaws
shut down on the chicken's head with
a crushing, slb-nt fori-e-.
Having once seized Its prey, the boa
Slowly coiled its long body about the
chic ken, pressing its wings close to its i
sid.-s and its legs against Its breast. It
took the- snake some little time to ar-ranr-'e
th" limbs urn! wings of the bird
to Ik own satisfaction befoie releas
ing ii from Its coll.
Tiie next operation on the part of the
boa was lo begin to swallow the c hick
en, taking it into Its Jaws head tirst.
The first attempt was not a success,
am! the boa displayed bad table man
ners by spitting out that part of its
prey ii hail nlre-ady taken into its
mouth. H" tejok the c hie k ii Inl'i his
coils eime more-, scj-jei-zcil it into a bet
ter lit one- could In nr the is.nes crack-
and went on with his meal. The jaux
of the big serpent Old not seem of suf
fie ie-nt capac ity lo take in the fat body
of the fowl, but slowly and surely It
took in the chicken tun 1 1 nothing but
th'- mil feathers were protruding.
King George's eyes rolled as If in
pain, or at b ast in disappointment over
the task he had unde rtaken. He gulped
ami twisted, and the chicken, nr part
of him, vim Jeiked buck half a foot
nearer to the boa's tail. .Many of the
feathers were still slicking out from he.
twecn the Jaws, and George s.-emee to
be in need of a toothpic k, until one
of the keepers leached his hand into
tiie cage and pulled the feathets out of
the mouth of the snake, who se'-med
greatly relieved by the operation. King
George went on with his swallowing
act. and by a series of great and mas
terflu gulps finally got the chb k'-n set
tled Jo a point inside, about two feet
from the- tip of his tail. Then the pink
of imxii ty vanished from bis eyes, anil
ids e xpression lice ami- one- e.f placid
cont fitment. He Ii ke el his c hops and
blink' d his eyes.
After a biie-f rest the snake made it
knejttii to I he man w ho had relieved
him of the feathers, by sonic- sign not
jnderstejoil by any one e Is", that he whs
ready for the next course and that he
hud enjoyed chicken enough.
A rabbit uas ne xt on tin- bill. George
put bunny beyond the possibility of en
during any prolonged pain by one snap
of his Jaws, took him into his close
?mbraze, squeezed him Into shripe for
the route be bud lo travel, and soon
hael him gulped ebiwri to comfortable
iltiurti-is Just in front of the c hie Ice-n.
Then the bon blocked the passage by
cv.allosving a lat with the great-st of
ease.
King George cast ren e(i';er, longing
Elaine al the re-nnilmng eiislns. bill,
b' ing a boa of gejoel judgment, he In
die aieel in the kee pers that he hud eat
en enough, rolled himself up eimfoi-t-ably.
laid his heail on ills shoulder, und
went off to fle-cp ,irain. fine could tell
easily enough where th diffeeint
courses had been stored away, as tln-ir
shapes wire clear! v Indicated by the
distension of the- snake's body.
(several other snakes woke long
enough to learn that King George was
enjoying a treat, mid they looked sort
of envious, especially Ihe little twelve
foot leeia. who Is not yet of sufficient
age to wrestle with anything greater
than a canary bird or a mouse. Bui
mine made any particular demonstra
tion. John G. h'hortall. president of the Hu
mane society, said:
"If my memory serves me rlchliy,
when 1 sent a letter to President Wle-k-ershnm
of the park board, protesting
against the feeding of live chickens to
the boa, received one In reply, saying
nothing of Ihe kind had been or woubl
be deitie.
"In the absence of the names of the
witnesses I am not able to say what
will be done. The witnesses will be able
to give Information as to whether any
cruelty was practiced on the chickens,
If the birds terc killed instantly there!
Is no occasion for action by the society.
But If their agony was prolonged, thai
Is a different matter. I will say thai
an Investigation will be made Into Ihe
matter,"
IMPORT! HO CATTLEMEM.
ICovernon Protest Against the Bill
Before congress.
Lincoln. Neb.-Kpeclal.)-Iovernor
W. A. Toynter Is home from his trip t
Washington, f.-cling much encourage!
over the political outlook as sized up
at the national c apital
While In Washington Governor peiyn
ter met with the governors of seven
other western arid or remi-arid states
for the purpose or taking some action
toward registering tneir opposition to
the bill now befoie congress providing
that government grazing lands shall b
leased in unlimited quantities to Ihe
highest bidders. The governors of Ari
zona. Montana, Idaho, l lah. Wyoming.
outh Dakota. Colorado and Nebraska
participated in the conference.
The result of the meeting was that a
memorial was drawn. te be presented to
'-nnurvss. nravliig that action "1 the
bill bv that body be deferred until after
April IS. On that elate a meeting will
be held at if alt Lake City, to be attend
ed bv the governors of the stales al
ready nans d. and, in addition. I y those
of Kansas. North D.ikola. Texas. Nc
Mexico and Washington, where the bill
will be thoroughly examined and dis
cussed, and the interests cf the sev
eral f.nie in.jde clear in a statement to
i congress.
"i regard this matter ai or great im
portance," salel Governor I'cynter. "If
the bill to which objeetlon is made
rdiould become a law the result would
be that all the available grazing land
In this great sec tion of country would
be gobbled up by the great e-attle syndi
cates In enormous tracts, to the exclu
sion of the small ranchmen and grur.-
I frs
A further coliseeitn-ne e wourei rye
discourage immigration, as thercj
would be me land le ft f..r ae dual settle
ment." On the political situation Governor
Bovnter sa,d:
"All Indications at Washington lead
one irieslstibly lo the conclusion that
Bryan is daily receiving great acces
sions of strength. Tills is largely on ac
count of the inlniirilstratlon's foreign
policy, which Is highly unpopular, even
among republicans. The- 1 lay-I'aunee-
fote treaty, the .Macrum scandal, th
the
, ,,,.,, ,,,co
i.ronosed tariff aamn i-u'-ri'i nit
all are putting In administration very
muc h on the defensive and constantly
I lo-lng it valuable supporfl-
-i tain-d with
sc en es c f men w no
I Were
ge.ld
de-rnocrats, f onltiitie-d the
I governor, anil opposcei ttryan miu-ny
In lliC. Many of tl.em are still op
poseel to making him the nominee for
the preslilency. But, to n man, they
will support him with all the vigor
possible after h" is nominated. Jt In
liot that they love Bryan meire, but
.M' Kiniey less.
"This same Ihing is true among re
publicans. Huch men ns Boutwell of
Massachusetts, former secretary of the
treasury; ex-Senator Henderson, Carl
Se hurz. Andrew Carn'-gle and many
others of e'lual importance will bitterly
oppose M'-Klnleys election on the
ground that It means Imperialism."
Governor Boynter said that he did not
find among democratic leaders any
such unanimous sent in favor of Judg
Caldwell of Arkansas for vice president
as Senator Allen's Seech before the
populist national committee would lc.t
one to believe exists.
LONG LIST OF SOLDIER DEAD.
Cen. Otis Sends In a Report of
Deaths in Philippines.
Washington. D. C.-(.cpeclaI.) The
car departme nt has received from Cen.
eial Otis- the fedlowlng lid of death
that have occurred among our military
forces in the Philippines:
Manil.i. Feb. 17. Deaths, accidental.
November 7. William K. Brace, com
pany H. Tl.it ty-fourth infantry, explo
sion of gun cotton; suicide, February K
George N Knox, company D, fslxth
artillery: February 2. John C. Hudson,
company G. Twenty-third Infantry; He
' ember 19. Herman Rogers, company I,
Thirty ninth infantry; Rio Han Juan,
varieiia. December L'3. Krnest W, fihoort
rraker. company );. Fourth cavalry:
lie-c-embe-r :!. Jjeroy Watkins, corporal,
eimpany F, Twenty-fourth infantrv;
January 16. Henry W. Couch, company
!'. Thirty-third Infantry; February lit,
Luther M. Rauss. company M, Thirty
second Infantry; January 1.1, Frank Al.
llalild.iy, company F. Thirty-feiurth In
fantry; January K. L. Iteming, cor
poral, company O .Thirty-fourth In
fantry; January II. Waiter fi. Hemphill,
company I, Thlrtyfi-ist Infantry; Feb
ruary 5. Le-onidas F. Walker, corporal,
company K, Thirty-fourth Infantry;
company K. Thirty-fourth infantry; fe
ver, malaria. February Pi, Warren
Coyle, company I. Fourth cavalry;
February 7. l-ldwin S. Iirkln, company
I). Sixteenth Infantry ; February 20, lie.
Witt C. Hyatt, company K, Forty-first
infantty; Fcbiuuiy Richard Richards,
company F. Tbn ty-fom t h infantry, ty
phoid. January Hi. Fled Armstrong?
company K. Twenty-fifth Infantiy;,'
February 1ft. Charles F. Fair, company
F, Fourt'eth Infantry; February 21.
George iv Williams, company H.
Infantry; February T:. Klrn'-r F. Price,
company .' Fourth cavalry; February
ill, John S. N'.-y, eomniiny H. Ninth In-
if.intrj; February 2, John W. Payee.
company K. Thirty-fourth Infantry;
dysentery, February 7, Henry J. Jli-Dob-,
company D, Thirteenth Infantrv;
February li. William G. Samuels, com
pany F. Twelfth Infantry; February 2',
W illiam F. Spllker, serge-ant, company
B. Thirty-fourth infantry; Clarence A.
Thompson, company H. Thirty-fourth
Infantry; pneumonia , February J",
Stephen Hall, coi poral. company i).
Ninth infantry; Februiny 20, F.verelt
T. Chit, company (J, Forty-third In
fuiifiy; nephritis. January To, John
ijief'ler, company F. Third cavalry;
1'eb'Uary 13, I.cvls W. Hlils. romtianv
i.
. Thirty-sec. oiicj Infantry; appendicitis,
'ebruary 7, Fred M. Dublcy; company
j. Fourth Infantry- senticemia. Fehin.
iM-uiiiaiy i, ri.ei ,vi. ijuuicy; company
i,, n unn iniau rv: sc nilc-einln l-Vh.i..
iry I'.'. Renne-y Hutnphrejs, company
A, Thirty-ninth Infantry; February u,
Richard T. Frank, company C, Thlrei
infantry; Rubeola, January 1, Fred Ii
liy. Thirty-fourth Infantry; organlo
heart disease, Fe bruary 2 Henry Ra
ton, company H, Twenty-fourth Infan
try; c-i-r.hro spinal nienengtils, Febru
sry 6, Bert W. Ilayelen, company H.
Thirty-foul th Infantry. .
WILLIAM WATSON'S LATK3T Win t
POEM. ' ,
Iindon, Feb. 2".-Williarn Wats
Lngland's foremost poet, has wrltti'l
two brief but touching verss on war
entitled, "Past and Present," whlck
l.a,-a provoked torrents of Jingo Indig
nation. They are:
When lofly Kjuiin came towering up the
seas,
nils little stubborn land to daunt ami
quell,
The winds of heaven were) our auxil
iaries.. And smote her that she fell.
Ah! not today Is nature on our side'
The mountain and the river is r.'ur
tat;
And nature with the heart of man nlll-a
Ii hard to overthrow.