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POLITICAL MURDERS IN RUSSIA INSTIGATED BY SPIES HEM • poMieal killing hap pnan In Bant*, took lor the •EMM promcatear This nsstn im fairly J ta <IM. yet M has ractylloas Thart are contradictions and sinister patties. Things Eaattta are Wpay t fttrtap from the moral as sraM as slhar Maadpmats Ear latest example, take the slaylag of Premier Stolypia Who kitted tiia. and for arhat purpose? The w is aat as option* as aa A mer it oc Id assume Amaaiagly enough. «•« tnt-sla. licgnC was claimed hath hy the gottnartt and by the reto*utlathu "tie was a cog in oar machine who went wrong. " assert the pubea “He was a rewatutioaist who tei«d oar srders." say the disciples mt terrorism j It raguiras thoaght ta appreciate 'he ta-eanai at the dMetcnm which the wnaatioa presents. especially oa the “da mt the petit* The odi rials Hod ■ a shads prwterahir to take the wroag eng stew. and assert that Bo grwf had a regular permit to enter the (tenter. and used s reroirer sup l»Md hy the authorities It Is lest tajarfcM. ta the poise* ta taka this slew 'has to admit that they were «M wilted hy (he enemy, aad that ter torlMi Is ha wwreeaafal ascendancy. | There to aa lacreatiac rod la Boa aia. Belli by the arch betrayer AseB. »*> helped ta kill a greed duke aad a ai»t *rr ah tie ta (vwianl eo r. »' «r«b%aaaa j«raoat a bo awy ; l- »rlr I ;te or te r* lislu or aortas* •- 1 t «sair*,:.es mt rerclutKKi hceat prepo arar. “merit rtewprfcer " tMirp eel ipy resoltiUoaary spy - j «•<« ares to be uayl* te aw ehnsi a.-i s. it ca a« -aatly krtrtel sad ua- * Otrmmd tint the *tctioeary defim teua* d» art aatUly ae ispartlai Sn ; t«ia« there are rathe* la the pbe *• * <*■ •** ewabed b> the defiat'too* . s* 'vamiettutuela are eith the diet toe ry Uke the police, (hey do rot be *•**• *• * aoab. they asperate rbe thee* Iras the coats otth a clear * -at Bae They espial* soet elaborate ly 'bat a bey le a eheep aad a goat Is ! a Coat Nevrrthddoas. a sorrey H cold j •***• shoot tUi there arc ooolly guatt I ahd gestlph eborp Aset. Oapoa. Pe iro«. BegroB. they harked oa both •e&SMdhelped aad hart both side, ddBeatfy la pMrlag <besa ^7--r'-r^rtQ/T+^ ^ tnaay leaders of the revolutionary ! movement disapprove of any revolu tionist «ntcring the service of the po lice. **otne new light on the spy problem in general and the Azeff case in par ticular *a» given by l^eonid Menschik o«. late senior assistant to the chief of the Third section at St Petersburg. : Mr. Menschikoff is the original ex- ! poser ot the terrific Azeff and has supplied evidence against lesser stars of the inferno of provocation. A boy of sixteen in a technical high school at Moscow. Iieonid 4 Menschi kcff was arrested for belonging to a revolutionary circle. He was betrayed by a fellow member of the circle. Zu batoff. who became an eminent pro vocateur and chief of police at St Pe ursburg The young student spent a "W months Id jail. Then he entered the police service, rot as a spy, but aa a kind of clerk or lower official. lie determined to learn the system and the personnel and to obtain docu ments for the benefit of the revolution ist*. Mr. Mecscalkoff saw in the secret ; records that there were thr. j extreme- ! Ij able agents provocateur In the Third Section One was named Ras kin. another Vlsogrmdoff, another Vaiuyskl These men were in the in- j most continence of the terrorists. They knew beforehand all the big plots, even the tlayln* of Minister Plehve and Grand Duke Sergius This trinity ! "■ talent, strange to say. focussed grad ually into one personage—a master traitor mhos-e nagp»* has removed con alrrable stigma from that of Judas 'o the ta Eds of several million peo (de. Mr Menschikoh. regardless of dan cer to himself and his plans, fell com pelled t write an anonymous letter to a member of the revolutionary central committee. Informing him that a great terrorist leader was a police spy. The committee member was asked to •«!! no one except five of his fellows, but in h.s as onishiuent he showed the ictlrr to Eugene Azeff. who was known *o him by another name, and 1 said: -Who la AzeffT “I am Azeff." calmly replied the arch spy "But there Is a mistake. The ; guilty man Is Tataroff" Tatanff. also mentioned in the let ter. was In fact a police agent. He was a -andidate for the inner circle of terrorism, sent forward by bia em ployers lor the purpose of checking up Ike activities of Aseff. whose splen did vtUanles had no supervision. Ta taroff tried to save himself ty accus ing his eminent colleague, though he had no personal knowledge of AzefTs police position A revolutionary tri bunal tried Tataroff, condemned him «o deata and bad him shot in 1906. Before be was killed, however. Ta taroff denounced Azeff to the police as being uks.iyal and engage*, lb terror istic work Azeff was arrested by General Grass!moff. chief of police, and threatened with exposure of bln double role, whereupon be made a wholesale betrayal of revolutionists whom be bad perhaps not intended to betray. Several hundred were arrest ed, exiled.*shot or hanged. Janies Persitz, late an official In the Russian secret police, now in New York engaged in writing his memoirs, gave an account of his adventures as a spy among terrorists. "One society which I joined in the course o. my duty provided me with an experience which I shall never forget. By the fierceness of my declarations and the enegry I d'splayed l rose un til I was selected to carry out a des perate deed involving the murder of a number of prominent officials. Need less to say, the plot was communicat ed by me to tbe officials of the secret police Communication with them was, of course, extremely dangerous. 1 took the greatest possible care to cover up the traces of my handiwork, but nevertheless the anarchist police outwitted me and secured incontro vertible evidence that I was a police spy. Their method of doing this was interesting. "The chief of the society wrote out the details of an attempt to be made on a certain high official. At a time when only the leader and I were in the room he made some excuse for leav ing me alone for a few momenta In my eagerness to fulfill my duty I rap idly searched over the papers he had left, noting the place and the date when the scheme was to be put into execution. Shortly afterward the an archist chief returned and pocketed the documents. "On the fateful night the chief in formed me that the attempt had been postponed. As I afterward found out, some members of the anarchist police sent to survey the neighborhood had detected signs of the watching officials and realized that their plans had been divulged to the police by some traitor. Slncfe the chief of the anarchists and myself were the only two people who had any knowledge of the intendd outrag—which, of course, was simply a sham affair prepared to trap me. I was immediately known to them in my true light as a police spy.” After this, Mr. Persitz says, he was decoyed to a lonely wood near Mos cow, bound hand and foot by the ter rorists and ordered to confess. “At first, rendered desperate by my peril. I stoutly refused to admit my guilt, shouting frantically. ‘I deny It al!!* But. with many curses and blows, they told me that 1 was already con victed. They ordered me to divulge to them the secrets of the political police. This, however, I refused to do. My captors then held a consulta tion and decided to follow the methods of the inquisition and wring from me by torture the particulars they were seeking. *. . . Pins were forced in to all parts of my body, each tormen tor apparently vying with the others to discover a place which would pro duce the most excruciating pain. The lash was applied in addition to the pins. Then the captors, consid ering it vain to gain any information, discussed methods of kilting the trai tor. A handsome young Polish Jew ess, says the narrator came forward and exclaimed: “ ‘I have an excellent Idea. All the deaths you suggest are too quick. He is tied; let us lay him on the railway. The Petersburg express will shortly be due, and the cus will hare the pleasure of lying helpless while he bees the train coining nearer and near er. It will give him time to think over his treachery.’ “The suggestion was heartily ap proved. With many a curse and blow I was pn mptly carried off and laid across the rails of the Moscow-Peters burg railway, being tied face upper most to the rails by the ropes that bound my hands behind my back. After having brutally kicked me almost into insensibility and wished me a sarcastic ‘goodby,’ my onetime fellow anarch ists disappeared in the gathering dark ness of the night. . . . “Slowly the minutes passed away, and, at last, to my horror, I heard the rumble of the approaching train. Never shall I forget the unspeakable terror o. that moment. Nerve racking though the period of suspense had been, it was as nothing to this. Pres ently the rumble grew to a roar, and, turning my head, 1 saw the lights of the express approaching. Then 1 think 1 lost ail control of myseif. In a fren zy of fear I redoubled _ my efforts to escape, flinging myself this way and tha*. Larger and larger grew those glaring orbs of light, nearer and near er came the ponderous wheels. I real ized that I bad but a few moments more t live. Making an effort. I man aged to lie calmly for a brief second or two; theu 1 braced feet and shoul ders and heaved upward with all my remaining strength. “The cord parted. With one wild scream of excitement I rolled between the rails. I remember a deafening, thunderous roar and the approach of a hot blast, such as cornea from the opening of an enormous furnace door. Then everything went red, and I lapsed into insensibility." Mr. Persitz says he woke up In a hospital three months lat£r. having been delirous all that time. On ac count of the affair he was rewarded with MOO "gratification money.” an in crease of salary and a six months' va cation. which he spent mostly In Italy. WHO GAME IN VENEZUELA kin a Jaguar, a species of the tiger family. "The Jaguar is probably ore or the moat powerful members of the cat family. He has tremendous strength •a his forelegs, and with a stroke of his paw caa kill an oi1 There are all varieties of the wildcat family la Ven —*a. and they can be round almost any place la the country outside or the deles. "Everyone knows of course that i eC all varieties of the parrot bo found of different them la the me rest in and wings beautiful bird ay in pain and a Is that while country. The anaconda la another huge reptile that la met frequently. Deer abound In Venezuela and are of ] all kinds.” " “Stint- and “Stunt." Stint la a good word as a noun. Aa a verb It means something not quite ao pleasing Do not confound It-with stunt. however. A stunt le *—rs**ft quite useless. It la the horseplay of the mountebank, and has nothing ta common with honest, prod active labor. A stint la the warning to the wlao fh»f something demands 4o ho accom pli shed; a goad to the taggaid that time ts-on the wing.—Atlantic. New Life-Preserver. A new life preserver, which baa baas successfully triad, may bo introduced Into the German navy, writes the American consul tram Brunswick. The apparatus, which weighs IV4 pounds, consists of two awlmtniag «—» hooad together by straps The cosb tons Ue upon the breast Sad bock. The apparatus la provided with a small taunp fid by a battery. FIRST PUBLIC AUTOMOBILE TRAIN ACROSS CONTINENT THIS photograph stows the start, from Fifth avenue. New York, of the first public automobile train across the American continent. The train comprises five seven-passenger touring cars and one motor truck carry ing repair outfits. It is expected to make the trip to Los Angeles, some four thousand miles, in abo.it two months. The governors of the various states through which the tourists will pass will give them official recep tions. END OF OLD GARDEN 4 Horse Show Last in the Famous Old Structure. Foreign Army Officers to Compete With Those of Our Eetabliehment in Riding Ctassee—$40,000 Worth of Prize*. New York.—New York’s twenty-sev enth annual horse show, which opens November 18, will have more than usual significance, for It will be the last of these famous gatherings to be held In Madison Square Garden. The abandonment of this famous building marks the passing of many things written intimately Into the history of the city, but especially its loss will be felt by the thousands wbo for years have thronged its arena at the horse shows. While a home can be found for the show, it will take some of the older patrons a long time to accustom themselves to new sur roundings. For a sentimental reason, tf for no other, the management of the Na tional Horse Show of America. Lim ited, has planned to make the show of November 18-25 more brilliant than any of its predecessors in order that the farewell to the old home literal ly may be made In a blaze of glory. Plans to this end have been under way for months, and as the day for the opening approaches It becomes more and more evident that they will succeed. One feature that will contribute largely to the success of the coming event is the imposing array of prizes, their total value being $40,000. Among those who have individually and joint 1 ly offered cups and cash prizes are Al fred G. Vanderbilt, president of the association; J. W. Harriman, Robert A. Fairbain and Frederick M. Davies, aa well os various societies including the English Hackney society and the International Horse Show of London. Several trophies which must be woo two or three times in order to be retained by the winner probably will j be won permanently during the com ; ing show. Among these is the $500 < gold cup for the best mare or gelding sired by a stallion registered in the English Hackney Stud book. The cup is one offered by the English Hackney society and must be won three times to be retained. Both J. W. Harriman and Judge Moore hare two “legs" on the trophy and one of them will prob ably win H for all time next month. Judge Moore and Fairmont Farms ] each has a leg on the $600 cup of- ! fered by Jay F. Carlisle for park ; teams In all there are 152 classes shown, i the most of them being the same as last year. An entirely new class is that for delivery wagon outfits In actual service to be shown In single harness. The prizes for this class were donated by Frederick M. Davies. Of the total number of classes 26 are to be judged as breeding stock. But what wilt add as much as any thing else to the spectacular features of the show will be the array of for eign army officers who will compete with ^he officers of our own army. Chief interest will center on Lieut. C. F. Walwyn of the Royal Horse Artil lery of England, who last year won the Canadian Challenge cup donated by Adam Beck of Toronto He wi!\ defend the trophy this year on Thq Nut. the same horse that he rode bo successfully when here before. Lord Decies. who married Miss Vivian Gould last spring, will be one of tbe British team. LANDSCAPE iNSIDE OF A HAT Paris Art Dealer Tells Story of Corot and He Has Headgear to Prove It —Was an Accident. Pars.—The old story >t a picture; painted by a master as the result of an accident has been revived by a t-arls art dealer, wbe says he has a Corot painted in a hat. The hat in question Is of felt and. bears the Btamp "Pinaud et Armour.' 89 Rue de Richelieu. Fouraisseurs des Cburs Etrangeres.” This story is told of how Corot came, to paint one of his landscapes on the' inside of tbe hat: ' One day a visitor called on Corot at his studio, and. sit-, tir.g on a comfortable chair, placed his hat on a stool near the artist's easel. Corot, who never stopped working while chatting with callers, accident ally dropped a paint-laden brash into the bat The friend exclaimed: “I bought it this »-er.* afternoon, and now you have ruined it!" "Not quite " replied Corot "Wait a little and perhaps you will be glad of the accident" He thereupon placed the hat on the table and began work ing around the blotch his brush had caused on the silk lining. In less than twenty minutes a landscape with trees, still water, an old tower in the background, and a clouded sky of blue which was formed by the original color of tne lining, covered the entire inside of the top of the crown. ASKS PRISONER BE STRIPPED Man Who Finds Stolen Clothes Wants to Wear Them Home—Suggests Barrel for the Thief New York.—John Dougherty report ed to the police of the East Thirty fifth street station two weeks ago that a new suit of his clothes had been stolen from his office at - East Forty second street, but, having got no re sults, ,J»e decided to do his own de tective work. Passing the corner of Twentieth street and Second avenue Dougherty met a tall man wearing a suit exactly like the stolen one. The clothes much too small for the wearer. Dough erty approached him and said: “You have on my clothes. Take ’em off." The man ran Dougherty followed, and after a chase of three blocks over hauled the fugitive. In the station house the man said he was Edward Marsh, an aviator, living at Mills ho tel, No. 3. He added: "These are my clothes, hut I have grown a lot In two weeks, and the clothes couldn't keep pace with me." Dougherty said he bad a'scapular and a small horseshoe In an inside pocket of the coat. The scapular and horseshoe were found. Then Dough erty demanded bis clothes, explaining he wanted to wear them today. "But what will the prisoner wear to court?' Lieutenant Burk asked. •'Get him a barrel." said Dougherty. *'t don't care whether It tits or not." Marsh was locked up, charged with grand larceny. Dougherty was told he could get his clothes aTter the prisoner had been arraigned In police court UNIQUE TRIP OF A BOTTLE | -— *-l Latter Make* Journey From New York to Ireland and Thence Bock to I to Author in Chicago. Chicago.—From New York city to Erta’a ialo In a bottle was the Jour nuy of s letter wblcb returned to Its author. Fred J. Butler. 1407 Republic building. Chicago. With a party of friends. Mr. Butler want nfnyH last November. They tram New York and when two • days out Inclosed the note In a bottle and tossed it overboard. For nearly ton months the glass-encased message was washed by the waves Then it area found by P. I* MaoHale of AUie brack, . County Galway. Ire land. TT In • lawtr to tbo Chicagoan Mr. "In compliance with your request, i beg to lactose your note—found at Sbyne Head. U degrees 40 minutes north and 10 degreee 4 minutes waa» and remain, yours faithfully. Tbs letter found was only a brief note, as follows: v “To Whom it May Concern—The Under of this note la requested to write to the Moose club, 56 State street. Chicago. 111., care of Fred But tler." The letter was dropped overboard from an Atlantic User on November 6 and the reply, inclosing the original, was dated August 24. The original note was darkly stained, the cork of the bottle probably having leaked dur ing Its ten months at sea. Mr. Butler is wondering whether he will ever receive two other notes thrown overboard In bottles at the same time as the one Just returned. With one of the letters he says be in closed a flve-dollar bill. With the oth er be says be sent a check for $100. payable at a Washington (D. C) bank. Neither has been heard from yet and payment has not been demanded on the check. _ • Ceolnsss In Extremity. “Do you think be would be cool in time of danger r “1 think hlajieei would.” NATiVE WOODS TO BE USED Building by Government of Insular i Lumber Yard at Manila Means End of Importation of Lumber. Manila.—The exclusive use of lum ber groan in the Philippine islands in the construction of all buildings erected by the government will follow the completion of the lumber yard to be built near the quartermaster's reservation by the bureau of supply. This was the statement made by Major Shields, chief of the bureau of supply. Imported lumber has been usea to a great extent in the past ow ing to the inability of native lumber growers to supply the demand tor seasoned wood. The government pro poses to buy up the entire wood sup ply of the islands as soon as it is taken from the tree, and store It In the new lumber yard until it has be come properly seasoned. f or tae nrst three months follow- t lng the completion of the yard, it was stated, the supply of native wood on hand which had become seasoned dur ing the construction of the sheds, would run short of the demand of the government for timber, and Imported woods would be put into use. Fol lowing this period, however, native materials will be used exclusively, as the lumber yard, which will have a capacity of over 4.000.000 hoard feet, will be Oiled at all times with timber tn the process of seasoning. The construction of the new lumber yard awaits only a final decision on Its site. Plans are in the hands of the governor general, however, for Its location adjacent to the quartermas I ter'a reservation. Upon the approval af the plans work will be began Im mediately. More than a dozen sheds will be constructed 40 meters long and with a width of 16 meters. They will season from 15 to 20 varieties of native-grown woods of the first and second group, which will be held in the yard* until their construction qualities are the equal of those of the best imported materials. LITTLE SPARROWS ON DRUNK Drunken Birds Bicker and Wrangle Be#ore Flying Off on Wings * Noticeably Unsteady. Des Moines, la.—The tipsy antics of. two sparrows unexpectedly offered di version to the officers of the city health department the other day. Secretary James Morgan unwitting ly destroyed the peaceful tranquility of the sparrows’ conjugal bliss by pouring alcohol upon a big and fat grasshopper which paused in Its aerial pilgrimage upon the windowsill of the city physician's office. Amazed by the unexpected deluge of the stimulant, the grasshopper jumped to an adjoining shed, where it was pounced upon by Mr. and Mrs. English sparrow. After gorging themselves with the Insect the pair began to bicker and wrangle in truly drunken fashion. For several minutes the ornithological orgy held the spectators spellbound, but at last the soused sparrows staggered away on unsteady wings. MRS. WILEY’S “IDEAL HOME” Wife of <Sovemment’s Pure Food Ad, vocate Talks of the Service Re quired of Husband and Mate. New York.—“The perfect home does not consist of a husband and wife with the equipment of a house in which one has all the responsibility and the other does nothing, whether that one be the man or the woman, but in the perfect home each renders service to the best of his ability." This Is the ideal of marriage and, the home which Mrs. Anna Kelton Wiley, bride of the chief of the Unit ed States bureau of chemistry, pre sented to the domestic science con gress at the pure rood show in Madis on square garden. She praised the work of clubwomen for the enforcement of the pure food1 law, and urged all to Insist on proper1 weights by keeping standard scales at home. Get the Habit. Telling the truth may become a matter of habit. Howmjojn Methodists Unveil Tablet to Early Western Minister. # ftoek River Conference Erects Stone to Memory of Man Who Organized First Methodist Church i* Illinois, Chicago.—The memory of Jesse Walker, the “Daniel Boone” of Meth odism, organizer of the Methodist church in Illinois and first Methodist pastor in Chicago, was honored in a monument erected to him and his wife by the Methodist Episcopal church and the Methodist Episcopal church, south, at Plainfield, this state, recently. The monument was formally pre sented by Rev. \V. M. Ewing of Plainfield, pastor of the Methodist church of that village. Master Everett Davis Weese, a great-great-grandson of Jesse Walker, unveiled the monu ment. The acceptance of the monu ment in behalf of the conference was made by Bishop J. H. Hamilton. The final chord of good feeling was touched by Bishop E. R. Hendrix of the Methodist church. South, who made the address. Jesse 'Walker was born in Vlr | ginia in 1766 and be was a pioneer preacher in Missouri and Illiaois dur ; ing the first third of the last century After he had started the Chicago church, which was one of the land marks of the city for yearB. and after he had served as the first presiding elder in Illinois he went to St. Louis, where he continued his work. He died In Plainfield in 1835. The monument is of Vermont gran j ite. six feet high and occupies a con ■ spicuous place in the little cemetery. It was paid for by subscriptions of the mmebers of the conference. Jesse 'Walker was a pioneer in every sense of the word and his was a strik ing personality of the church militant. Whenever a virgin field with especial ! difficulties was to be entered, he was he man the bisbopa of his church :fcose for the work. His natural vigor was almost su perhuman. He did not appear to re quire food and rest as did other men. Monument to Jesse Walker. No day's Journey was long enough to wear him out and no fare too poor for him to live upon. He was a native of Virginia, Join ng the western conference in 1892. He was sent to Red River, Tenn. In ais first year’s work be gave Peter Cartwright, the famous circuit rider, his license to preach. la 1805 be was transferred to Illi nois, the entire state being his par ish. He made a tour of the state on horseback and reported 218 conver sions in the first year. Then be went to St. Louis, where he made friends. At the end of his first year he had or ganized a church of 70 members and a Sunday schooL Two years later this church was strong enough to entertain its con ference. The pioneer then went to Chicago and preached the first Meth adist sermon ever beard there He also established the first Methodist church at Fort Clark, now Peoria. FARMER KILLED BY MACHINE Swiftly Revolving Knives of an Ensil age Chopper Cut Him to Pieces. SL Joseph, Mo.—Drawn upon the ;'ast revolving knives of an ensilage cutter on his place near here, Andrew Lendey. a young farmer, met a horri ble death. His right arm was first levered at the shoulder. In his strug gles to free himself his entire left aide, including the was torn off. The cutter L^d nearly finished its work of preparing fodder for the Lendey silo. Lendey sought to get a piece of cornstalk from the machin ery in the knife box. The operators ~“ af the cutter heard his screams, but were unable to stop the engine in time. The victim is survived by a wife, a bride of a year. Dead Babe in a Box. Holland. Mich.—Two boys, Albert Martin and Willie Oostehout, made the gruesome discovery of a box contain ing the body of a newly-born baby gtrl while playing on the banks of Tannery Creek. The body was wrap ped In pieces of clpth and linger marks on Its throat Indicated that the child was choked to death. Funeral Songs for Horse. New Philadelphia, O.—The members of the family of Theodore Peters were so affected when the old family horse was laid at rest that Theron Peters Sang "Nearer, My God. to Thee" and "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." Has Read Bible 260 Times. Ithaca, N. Y.—Mrs. Sarah Harty oi Ithaca, now 96 years old. has com pleted reading the Bible through for < the two hundred and sixtieth time. Mrs. Harty is the sole survivor of a family of eight and has outlived bar Husband and two sons.