Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, March 08, 1900, Image 6
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.