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Aaotfcer 4mia of wraith has van
ished ia the collapse of the Franklin
Syndicate of Brooklyn, and the hunt
for it* sponsors. William F Miller. Its
head, asd Cacti Leslie press promoter
and secretary.
The syndicate began lend tie * n a
poor quarter of Brooklyn two years
ago as a basking institution agree;ag
to pay depositors Id per cent a week
for the use of their money or 521* p»-r
cent a year. The concern gave out that
I* was able to do this by inside advices
la the stork market and the making of
mill tons by the rise in listed seruritbv.
This weat cm quietly for nearly two
years sad Id per cent was paid deposi
tors as per agreement. About two
months ago the syndicate advertised
widely and a golden shower of unceas
ing volume found its way to the > offers
of what has been aptly termed the divi
dend mill. One day fll.ddd was taken
la asd la all tone $!.••'*» Wid was re
WILLIAM F. MILLER
reived across its counters. The bank
ing bouse soon became the busiest
{dace tn Brooklyn and a email army of
durka. bookkeepers and typewriters
were —gaged in its service. The New
York bankers of standing refused to
have anything to do with the business
offered by the syndicate, because the
officers were certain it was a swindle.
The patrons were scattered all over \
the country while nearly every police
man.fireman.domestic or school-teacher
in Brooklyn were entrapjied into the
device. Mr. Miller, who joined the
Presbyterian congregation of I>r Mere
dith. of that city, was expelled, made
havoc with Its members and the pas
tor complained to the police that he
was ruining pretty nearly all the young
men of his congregation by his Monte
Cristo scheme.
For a long time the authorities had
an eye upon the prime mover* of the
syndicate, and finally determined to
Horn up the place and arrest the pro
moter*. Miller and Leslie, forewarned
of this act!— disappeared A war
rant was is*Hi11 charging the promoter*
with conspiracy to obtain money by
fraudulent repress n tat ions The fed
eral government also wants them for
failing to place revenue stamps on re
ceipts for deposits.
So ends the Get Rich Quirk syndi
cate which has defrauded tens of thou
sands and given renewed meaning to i
the —w that **a foo. and his money is
ms parted.** For days the two weeks
before its dose a long line of deposi
tors awaited their turn in the street
to give a? their mosey and get 10 per
rent for it. and one day the line was
2M f—t long and required several po
licemen to keep it from becoming a
Miller Is described m Napoleonic in '
scheming, of fascinating address when
it pays to be so. but frigid when he is
displeased with conditions or persons.
It la belie red he and labile have at
least IlM.tM as the result of their
kaavary in this deal In every instance
Miller paid the 10 p* r cent a week on
deposits, jus? as he a?reed. ami never
failed to return the principal when he
was asked to do so. He simply paid
the interest out of the deposits which
poured in upon him. and so long as
these deposits came In sufficient quan
tities he would have been able to do
this and still retain large amounts,
ritimately, of course, he was destined
to i-oni • to the end of his rope, and the
numl» r of victims is simply less than
if he had been permitted lo go on for
a time longer.
Hi* Insult* Toptj-Turvj.
From the London Daily News: At
.m inquest held at Mile-end some re
ma'liable evidence was given by Dr.
John Harley, who had conducted a
post-mortem examination on the body
of a dock laborer. Dr. Harley found
on examination that both the lungs
we:* transposed, the right lieing where
the lift ought to be. and the left where
the right should have been found. The
it-iit. instead of being on the left side
if the body, inclined greatly to the
right. He found the spleen in exactly
the w rong position it should have been,
while the bowels ami stomach were
completely transposed. The li\or was
on the wrong side, and both kidneys
we:* in their wrong positions. In fact,
every organ in the man’s body was
transposed. The Coroner—This is a
very singular history; a remarkable
tine. The Doctor- Yes. it is. sir. It is
a re urd ease, and one of t lie greatest
intere>i t » rargery. The Coroner—It
s enis that ail the organs in the body
were in their wrong plates. How did
that affect his death? The Doctor—
Not in the least. As 1 said, the case is
a most remarkable one. full of medical
int* rest, and l am carefully watching
it.
1> uppruri'ii with Ills Wife-* Stepmother
G*«.rge Payne, a prosperous farmer
..f Wild Cat Creek. W. Va.. has disap
l< ti»<\ with his wife's stepmother, and
all efforts to lot ate the pair are futile.
pa> ne came several months ago with
hi.-, family lrom Ohio. His father-in
law. Sylvester Johnston, who is 70
years of age, lived with him. and four
we*-ks ago wedded Miss Ella Owens, a
handsome young woman, though
Payne ami his wife strenuously ob
j. ted. The Payne eouple even re
1 iis* d to re. jive the elderly groom and
h.s bride. But matters were arranged
.mi- ably at last and the newly wedded
pair spent their honeymoon in the
Payne household. But there was much
surprise when Mr. Johnston discovered
that his w :f« was gone and Mrs. Payne
found that her husband was missing.
Art investigation showed that the two
had left in the night.
tjurrr Town in Month Carolina.
The tow n of Pelzer, S. C.. is perhaps
the queerest municipality iu the Unit
ed States. It has 7,000 inhabitants,and
*very foot of land is owned and con
trolled by a Southern cotton mill cor
poration. With all its large population
th** town has no policemen. There is
no mayor.no city council or aldermanic
board, and no organized government of
any sort. Lawyers are not permitted
to live w ithin the town's limits. There
is not a colored person in the town,
though some few reside on the out
skirts. Capt. Smythe is the moving
spirit of the enterprise. He is the head
of the mill corporation, and his word is
law in the town, fie is known person
ally by the 7.000 inhabitants, and they
love him as if he were their father.
There are no saloons, blind tigers or
cigarettes, only a few doctors and one
photographer.
Mexico'* Uimhllnc Monopoly.
Don Felipe Martel, the famous gam
bling house proprietor of the City of
Mexico, had made a fortune in the busi
ness liefore the government decided to
abolish gambling houses by levying on
them a license tax of $1,000 a day. One
by one the ^gambling houses closed,
and when the field was clear Don Fe
ll j»e Martel approached the authorities
wan $1,000 in cash and demanded a
day's license. In a few hours his place
was thronged. At a single stroke he
had won the patronage of Mexico and
his doors have never been closed since.
The daily outlay of $1,000 is not missed
from the dally revenue of thousands.
Out of every three persons struck by
lightning two recover.
TRAVELING PART OF TOWN.
TRA* CLING PART OF SEATTLE.
Herewith is s pa-1are of s portion of
the suburbs of Seattle. Wash., "on its
way from Rainier Heights to I-ake
Washington." These are but a few out
of M or M structures, si! of which are
similarly "on the move." their average
rate of travel being about 2Vi inches
per day. A sect km assay square mifts
In area has been "moving to the front"
of the lake shore few nearly three years
pauL A large sawmill on the shore of
the lake Is hstag steadily pushed out
and submerged in its waters; while
several very handsome residences and
a large church are on the verge of de
struction on the heights above; por
tions of their gardens and such odd
trifles as coach houses and other out
buildings have already broken away
and become part of the chaotic jumble
below. The process is so gradual, how
ever. that no cne seems seriously to
trouble until it becomes no longer pos
sible to hold the furniture in position.
WOES OF INNOCENT.
PATHETIC STORIES OF UNFOR
TUNATE VICTIMS.
Wrongfully Convicted on Circumatantial
Evidence—instances in Which the In
nocent Suffered Even the Extreme
Penalty for liicom milled Crimes.
Circumstantial evidence and the pos
sibility of wrongful conviction thereon
are topics never lacking in interest
among: lawyers.
One of the most remarkable of
wrongful convictions came to light in
Boone county. Mo., in 1893. Seven
years earlier George Watkins, with his
young wife, removed from Kansas to
Missouri, settling as tenants on a plan
tation owned by Andrew Hedgepeth.
Hedgepeth remained on the plantation
and soon fell in love with Mrs. Wat
kins, who encouraged his attentions
openly. Desperate jealousy took pos
session of Watkins and several quar
rels over the woman occurred between
the two men. One day, having patched
up their differences, apparently, Wat
kins and Hedgepeth went to the county
seat together in a wagon. Hedgepeth
returned alone, saying he did not
know what had become of Watkins. A
few believed Hedgepeth’s story, but
most of his neighbors scouted it, es
pecially as Watkins’ overcoat, in the
pocket of which were his gloves, pipe
and wallet, was found in the wagon
where Watkins had left it. Worse yet,
there was a bloody hatchet in the
wagon. Hedgepeth’s arrest and trial
for murder followed. He seemed
nervous and unstrung while the chain
of circumstantial evidence was being
forged against him, but insisted upon
being sworn. On the stand he admit
ted frequent quarrels with Watkins
about the latter’s wife, and also said
that they had quarreled over her on
the day they went to the county seat.
But he averred, with seeming sincerity,
that he had not harmed Watkins, who
had declared his purpose to leave the
country rather than endure the ex
isting situation. It is probable that
Hedgepeth would have been declared
guilty, anyway, but probability was
rendered certainty when Mrs. Watkins
went on the stand. For, in a tit of ap
parent remorse, she swore that she and
Hedgepeth had conspired to murder
Watkins, and she apparently believed
Hedgepeth guilty, though she denied
knowledge of the crime in detail. Be
ing convicted. Hedgepeth appealed and
got a new trial, which resulted in a
second conviction. In due time he was
hanged, and soon afterward Mrs. Wat
kins died of real remorse. Six months
later the lawyer who had defended
Hedgepeth found Watkins alive and
well among friends in his old Kansas
home, where he had been living quiet
ly ever since the day he went to mar
ket with Hedgepeth.
Scarcely less remarkable, though it
did not culminate in an execution, was
the case of John 1). Cochran of Illinois,
who was convicted in the Wabash
county court of murdering John Buch
enberger. Buchenberger went from
Evansville to Mount Carmel on Oct.
11, 18S8. On the 15th he bought a re
volver. Next day, having been seen
with Cochran meanwhile, he was found
dying under a lumber shed, his revol
ver near by, with one empty cartridge
chamber. Cochran was arrested, and
a tissue of circumstantial evidence.fur
nished mostly by Charles Reese, who
had served a term for horse stealing,
was woven about the prisoner. The
trial attracted attention throughout the
middle west, Cochran’s defense being
a complete denial. His attorney sought
to prove that Buchenberger committed
suicide, but could not prove it, and
Cochran, being convicted, was sent to
the penitentiary for life. In 1892 it
was learned that on the day after
Bucheuberger’s death his wife, living
at Evansville, had received a letter
written by him on the day before the
supposed murder, saying that he was
about to depart from the world of mor
tals to dwell with his Heavenly Father,
adding that his body would be found
exactly where it was found. Singular
ly enough, though no pains were taken
to conceal the existence of this letter,
Cochran’s counsel never heard of it.
When Cochran’s friends learned about
it they lost no time in laying the case
before Governor Fifer, and he par
doned the imprisoned man without de
lay.
A singular case of erroneous convic
tion on circumstantial evidence was
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JOHN D. COCHRAN,
that of John Baxwell, a merchant of
Gibraltar, in 1841. Baxwell was a
Catholic, and he had a pretty 17-year
old daughter of the unusual name of
Eleiza. William Katt, a Lutheran,
fell in love with her, but Baxwell de
clined that the pair should not be al
lowed to wed, going so far as to cav
he would kill her rather than permit
the marriage. A few days later she
disappeared. Naturally Baxwell was
arrested and tried. Katt was the chief
witness for the prosecution, and he
swore to Baxwell’s threat of murder.
Katt’s testimony wras reinforced by
other testimony that loud cries had
been heard from a cave near the Bax
weil house on the day of the girl's
disappearance; also by the fact that
torn pieces of her clothing, with a lock
of her hair, clotted with blood, were
found in the cave. The verdict was
“guilty,” despite Baxwell’s protest of
Innocence. On the day set for his
execution Katt was among the specta
tors. As Baxwell ascended the scaf
fold he called Katt to him, and, extend
I
Ing his hand, declared that he forgave
the young man for swearing his life
away. Immediately Katt became ex
cited, ana. just as the drop was about
to fall, sprang forward with a wild
cry. “Stop!” he called. “Baxw'ell is
innocent. I am the only guilty man
here!” This prevented the execution
and the officials rushed to the aid of
Baxw'ell. He had fallen in a faint, ap
parently. but in reality he was dead
from pure fright. Katt then explained
that the girl was alive and well, adding
that he had abducted and secreted her.
The cries in the cave, me blood-stained
lock of hair and the pieces of her
clothing had been “planted” to cover
up the elopement, and out of revenge
against Baxwell. The authorities
locked up Katt, and the girl w’as sent
to a convent.
Russell Colvin was a farm laborer
who married the daughter of Barney
Boorn, at Manchester, Vt., and for
years thereafter lived with the Boorn
family, which included twro sons, Jesse
and Stephen. No love was lost be
tween the sons and the son-in-law', and i
Colvin finally disappeared, after a par
ticularly violent quarrel between the
three.
From the first the Boorn brothers
were suspected of having made way
with Colvin, but it wras years before
there was anything more than suspi
cion. Then a hat, recognized as Col
UU.,
ANDREW HEDGEPETH,
vin's, was found. An old stump over
turned, disclosed the skeleton of a
man. It was remembered that the
Boorn boys had boasted that they had
put Colvin “where potatoes wouldn't
freeze. The result was the immediate
arrest of Jesse at the old place and a
search for Stephen, who had left the
state. In time he was found and
brought back. In spite of the lack of
positive evidence the Booms were be
lieved by their neighbors to be guilty,
and this feeling ran so high that their
parents were expelled from the church,
while the father was held as being
accessory to the murder. At the trial
Jesse testified that, although he had
taken no part in the murder, Stephen
had confessed it to him, and, to crown
all, evidently in the hope of a lenient
treatment from the jury, Stephen
owned up on the stand, going into
minute particulars concerning the
bloody deed. Notwithstanding their
confessions, Jesse and Stephen were
sentenced to be hanged, whereupon
they changed front completely, pro
tested innocence, and urged their coun
sel to save them at all hazards.
The legislature commuted Jesse’s
sentence to life imprisonment, but
would not interfere to save Stephen.
As a last resort Stephen’s lawyer, who
like every one else believed him guilty,
put an advertisement in the Rutland
(Vt.) Herald setting forth the facts
and calling upon Colvin to declare him
self if still living. The advertisement
was copied in a New York paper and
met the eye of Colvin himself, who
was alive and well at Dover, N. J.,
where he was employed by a resident
farmer. He went to Manchester in
time to save Stephen Boorn from the
gallows, and then Jesse was released
from the penitentiary.
A
Vendettas of the Present.
From the New York World: It Is
through lack of information that the
vendetta is referred to today as an in
stitution of the past. Vendettas—
blood feuds—exist today not only in
Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, but in
Kentucky and other of the southern
and western states, and also at times
in England. Ireland and France, Italy
and the east. It has happened recent
ly that an Albanian whose relative had
been killed by a Turkish vizier shot
the vizier’s son—which is at least a
partial exemplification of the vendet
ta. In Arabia the system is today in
full operation, a fact which is so well
understood that offenses sufficient to
start a train of killings are rarely com
mitted, and a considerable degree of
order is thereby preserved. As it is
generally understood the vendetta
originated in the following practice:
An assassin was never allowed to es
cape. The responsibility of punish
ment was assumed by the nearest
blood relations of his victim. There
must be blood for blood, a death for a
death.
Th-8 Green Isle’* Moving: Plncnshion.
Miss Hanna Reardon, aged 19 years,
a girl who came to Chicago from Ire
land three months ago, is having a re
markable experience. Soon after her
arrival she had a sore finger, from
which a physician removed a needle.
Since then she has made frequent trips
to his office and there have so far been
extracted from different portions of the
girl’s body 87 needles and pieces of
needles. A radiograph is to be taken
of this animated pincushion for the
purpose of locating whatever supply
may be on hand. Hanna thinks she
must have swallowed the needles while
in a home in Kilkenny, where she was
in the habit of putting needles in her
mouth. Two more needels were dis
covered the other day.
The Cow Tree.
Cow-tree is found in the mountains
of South and Central America, and is
an evergreen. Its sap almost exactly
resembles milk, and flows copiously
from wounds made in the bark. It was
first brought to the notice of Euro
peans by Alexander von Humboldt.
The natives of the country where the
tree is found are in the habit of drink
ing freely of the milk, and find it both
palatable and nourishing.
KILLED THE BANDITS
A STORY OF CAMPAIGN IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
American Soldiers Attack and Destroy
a Robbers’ Village in the Island of
Jiegros—A Description That Reads
Like Fiction.
The story of one of the most thrill
ing episodes of the war in the Philip
pines is graphically told in a report
just received at the war department
from Capt. B. F. Byrne, of the Sixth
United States infantry, who command
ed the American forces in La Carlota
district, island of Negros. In command
of 105 men, Capt. Byrne marched
against a band, 400 strong, and found
them in their mountain fastness.
The battle that followed was largely a
hand-to-hand conflict, in which
clubbed guns and bolos were used with
effect. When it was over the bodies
of the robbers lay thick on the field,
while Byrne had only one man killed
and wounded. This band of robbers
had been the terror of Negros for
years. Capt. Byrne practically annihi
lated it, and in recognition of his serv
ices he was made lieutenant-colonel of
the Fortieth regiment, United States
volunteers.
ai s p. m. on July 1< the coiumn
under Capt. Byrne started from Ponte
vadra on a 15-mile night march to the
bandits’ stronghold. The rain came
down in torrents, turning the road
into a quagmire. After going six or
seven miles the column left the road
and made its way with difficulty, rice
fields waist deep in water being en
countered, to the foothills of the
mountains. Ordinary rivulets had be
come mad torrents by this time and
the difficulties increased. It was neces
sary to follow the bed of a stream in
water waist deep, to climb over big
boujders and to traverse a jungle.
At 3 a. m. the base of the mountain,
where the bandits had their fort, was
reached. An hour was spent in break
fasting and resting. At 4 o’clock the
ascent of the mountain was begun. It
was steep at first and then became al
most perpendicular. Foot by foot the
men worked their way up. Twenty
yards from the summit the column was
halted, while Capt. Byrne. Lieut. Nes
bitt and some men went forward to re
connoitre. What followed is given in
Capt. Byrne’s own words: “We
climbed to the top of the hill, and look
ing cautiously over were astonished
to find one of their block houses and
observation towers not over 15 or 20
yards away. Some of the bandits were
cooking breakfast in perfect ignorance
of our presence. We instantly rushed
upon them, and before those in and
around the house had realized what
happened, seven out of the nine had
been shot down not far from the house.
Two escaped, zigzagging so quickly in
their marvelously rapid flight that they
could not be hit before reaching some
high grass, into which they fell, as is
their custom, and disappeared as
quickly as would a snake. Knowing
that our presence was now discovered,
we ran back and I rushed Lieut. Nes
bitt forward with 20 men who, hear
ing the firing, had struggled to the top
of the hill. The lieutenant went for
ward, with his men deployed as skir
mishers, in the direction of the fleeing
bandits, to attack anything he found,
as it was thought that the main body
would be found in the direction the
bandits had fled. I remained back for
awhile and sent the men. as fast as
they could be gotten up the hill, to
join the advance line. I soon heard
continuous firing in the direction
Lieut. Nesbitt had taken, and leaving
Sergt. Maj. Bennett to gather up the
remainder of the men, I started in the
direction of the firing. I had pro
ceeded but a few hundred yards when
I came in plain view of the viliage,
about 300 yards distant. It was an
ideal place for a bandit stronghold, de
fended by blockhouses and stockade,
neither bullet proof, against any en
emy that might be expected, except on
the side of the mountain where it was
not expected apparently that an enemy
would appear.
"When 1 first sighted the town it
was filled with seemingly crazy men.
It reminded me of an anthill just
stirred up with a stick. They were
running in every direction, not leaving
the town, but charging back and forth
in wild confusion. Horses were run
ning around loose among the men,
some saddled and in all stages of prep
THE KILLING OF THE BANDIT
CHIEF.
aration for mounting. I found that
Lieut. Nesbitt had taken a very ad
vantageous position, which afforded
him the opportunity to both fire into
the confused mass of bandits with ter
rible effect and at the same time to
cut off their escape to Salupitan by
the only trail in that direction. Sergt.
Bennett soon arrived with the remain
der of the men who were able to trav
el, making in all 55 tired men for the
work ahead, the remainder being too
much exhausted to join the command.
I sent Sergt. Bennett to the right to
fire into the village, also at the same
time to be so posted that he could cut
off their escape to the hills on that
side and cover the road to the valley.
I remained between the detachments
with Trumpeter Steele, of Company K.
Our fire was vigorously replied to by
a party of about 15 riflemen located be
hind woodpiles in the village. Short
ly after we opened fire the village
seemed to be deserted with the same
suddenness that it had but a short
time before been swarming with men,
the riflemen alone remaining at their
posts. They did not, however, leave
the place but much to my surprise
went into the houses, which afforded
no protection except to screen them
from view, and stranger still, the dead
ly fire of our men could not dislodge
them, as volley after volley failed to
bring any of them out. It occurred to
me then that at this rate our supply
of ammunition would become exhaust
ed and the village still remain in pos
session possibly of a considerable force
of the enemy, so I concluded they
would have to be attacked at close
quarters and poked out of the houses.”
As speedily as possible Capt. Byrne
drew enough of his men together to
make the attack. There were about 20
in the party. “They were gotten into
skirmish order,” says Capt. Byrne,
“and took the position of center skir
misher of the party and directed Trum
peter Steele to sound the charge, tell
ing the men at the last note I was
going forward and expected them to go
with me. At the last note of the trum
pet we sprang up over the bank into
the village. A few men were a little
slow, but soon sprang into place. Two
fell down behind a log, but on being
A SLAUGHTER OF BANDITS,
shouted at, got up and joined the line, j
All had now recovered their self-pos- !
session and would have gone any- !
where. The bandits fell back across
the village with our men still after
them. Then they became panic strick
en and dispersed, fleeing down the hill,
while our men poured a deadly fire into
them at close range as long as they
were in sight.
“Lieut. Nesbitt, who had witnessed
our predicament from the hill, had
started with all haste for the village
and arrived shortly after the bandits
had disappeared in the woods. He
continued the pursuit so long as they
could be found. They had scattered
in every direction and quite a number
were killed by his men. A notable In
cident of the fight, and one of great
importance as affecting the peace and
quiet of this vicinity, was the killing
of the chief of the band, a tall, hand
some man, who looked like a Spaniard.
He died as hard as he fought. When
pierced by two bullets through the
breast he fell from his horse, rolled,
plunged and scrambled over the ground
like a chicken when beheaded. Of all
the bandits killed I did not see a wound
ed man except in the struggle of death
on the field. They always got away
to die off the battlefield. They would j
hop, scramble, roll or drag themselves
until picked up by some comrade, who
would run and carry another man with j
comparative ease.”
SINGLE-HANDED HOLD-UP.
A Masked Man Cows Express Messengers
and Collars Cash.
An unknown white masked man
robbed a Southern Express company
car near Branchville, S. C., on the
Southern railway, the other night. The
train had just left the station when
Messengers Ramey and Rhodes were
covered with two revolvers held in the
hands of the robber. One messenger
was made to stand with his hands over
his head and the other was commanded
to hand over the money packages from
the safe. Seventeen hundred dollars
were secured and the robber, after
warning the messengers not to put a
foot outside of the car until the train
had got under headway again, pulled
the bell cord and jumped off as the
train slow’ed up. The conductor saw
the robber escaping alongside the
track, but thinking him a tramp, sig
nalled the engineer ahead. When the
train got under headway the messen
gers came out and told their story. The
car was a combination baggage and
express car, and the door had been
opened to permit the conductor to
reach the baggage section, which was
on the forward end of the car. It was
by reason of this fact that the robber
was enabled to enter the car. One
of the safes which escaped the robber’s
notice contained SS.OOO.
Great FrisoA at Cape Town.
One of the most interesting plaees in
Cape Town, the headquarters of En
glish authority in South Africa, is
the great prison, in which almost every
nation in the world has its representa
tive. On its rolls are more than 1,000
convicts. There are American miners,
sons of English aristocracy, French
men. Germans, Italians and Russians,
to say nothing of the large number of
Kaffirs and other African natives. The
least intelligent of the prisoners and
those who are sentenced for life have
been employed on the great fortifica
tions which form the defenses of Cape
Town. Prisoners who are not em
ployed on the public works are leased
to the farmers of Cape Colony, who
pay from 35 to 60 cents apiece for each
man, in addition to food and shelter,
the government furnishing guards and
clothing. On the hillside, overlooking
Cape Town, tier upon tier of modern
guns are in place. Each of them is
connected by wire with the fort, and
all can be fired at one time, if desired,
by the pressure of an electric button.
Struck Another Klondike.
“Did you know that Jimcox had re
turned from the Klondike?” “Yes.”
“He made a big strike, I guess.” “Why
do you think so?” “I met him out at
one of the gardens. He was blowing
the boys off to a good time, and was
telling them some great stories about
the country up there.” “Oh! Then
you must have run across him just
after I had been fool enough to let him
hdKre $5 with which t» & new start
in life.”
LIBERAL NOBLEMAN.
MARQUIS WHO IS CARRYING
OUT GOOD WORK.
Spending His Fortune for the HeneUt
of His Fellow Men—He Is Typical of
the Heal Britisher Having No Selfish
Aims Nor tlreed to Appease.
The Marquis or Bute Is one or Scot
land's noblemen with a personality all
his own. Born in 1S4S, he succeeded
to the title and estates when he was
one year old and was under tutors—
the late Earl of Beaconsfield was one
of them—until he came of age. He
has great wealth,acquired for the most
part from the mines and lands at
Cardiff. It shows his interest in muni
cipal institutions that he was mayor
of Cardiff in 1890 and 1891. and that lie
also paid the town of Rothlesay, in
the island of Bute—which he owns and
from which he takes his title—the
compliment of becoming its provost in
1896 and 1897.
An accomplished and enthusiastic
antiquarian. Lord Bute has found an
outlet for his great wealth in restoring
ancient, historic buildings, among the
most interesting being that of Falk
land palace, in Fife, an old residence
MARQUIS OF BUTE,
of the kings of Scotland, which he pur
chased a few years ago, and in the ap
pearance of which he has made a great
ehange. At Montstuart, in the island
of Bute, he built some years ago a
magnificent house in the gothic style
of architecture, which cost a good deal
over £100,000. It is a marvel in it3
way, with its inner staircase and great
balconied hall composed of beautiful
Italian marbles.
Now his latest building work, which
has just been begun, is a small private
chapel in connection with Montstuart
House. This is to cost £40,000. It
will be fitted up in the most gorgeous
manner for the celebration of worship.
Colored marbles, for the decoration of
the chancel, the walls and the pas
sages, will be freely employed, and in
the plans it looks as if this chape!
would be one of the handsomest of the
kind in Scotland.
Unfortunately the marquis is not in
good health. A man of fleshy form and
of considerable bulk, he suffers from
eczema, which lately has been very
troublesome, and it was also reported
that he had had a slight attack of
paralysis. His condition not long since
was very critical, but he is now get
ting better, though still far from well.
The best wishes of his countrymen are
for his recovery, for he is a nobleman
who has adorned his station and has
done great good with the wealth he
possesses.
CORRESPONDENT LOSES ARM.
E. F. Knight, the war correspondent
who lost an arm in the battle at Bel
mont. has packed much adventure into
a compartively short life. Born in the
north of France, he tried hard to en
list in the French army when the Ger
mans were closing in around Paris.
The next year he succeeded, in spite of
his youth, in getting into the army,
and served as a volunteer in Algeria
against the revolting Arabs; that over
Mr. Knight took to yachting. He has
several times crossed the Atlantic in
a small cutter, and has thoroughly ex
plored the Baltic sea in a tiny pleas
ure boat. As a correspondent he has
followed several campaigns in Africa.
He represented the London Times dur
E. F. KNIGHT.
ing the Graeco-Turkisli war, and was
one of the few men to get into Ha
vana last year after the blockade was
established. Desiring to foilow the
progress of the war from the side of
the Spaniards he was told when he
reached this country that it was im
possible to get into the capital of
Cuba. Nothing daunted, he hired the
captain of a sailboat to take him with
in a few miles of Havana, and there
cast him adrift in a rowboat. A storm
coming up, the boat was overturned,
but Mr. Knight clung to the keel until
he was picked up the next morning by
a Spanish patrol. He was one of the
four correspondents allowed to accom
pany the present British expedition to
the relief of Kimberley.
Advice Heard Too late.
Mrs. Cross—O. you needn't talk. You
were crazy to have me. Mr. Cross—
That’s what everybody says.—Stray
Stories.
When a man is getting married in
a church he feels about the same as if
he was being stuffed and put in a glass
ease.
