Nebraska Newspapers

    THE HKD CLOUD CHIIW.
LI -.,
THOKN IS SENTENCED.
TO BE PUT TO DEATH BY
ELECTRICITY.
"Hie Murderer Annncnt I tin (netluin of
tlio tuilcd AYItliont it tremor luiprt-.
lire Word tit tlio Court In I'nMliig
honlence.
New Yoiik, Dcjc. A. When Martin
l'liorn, convicted on Monday of tlio
uurderof William (Jiildetisuppe, was
brought Into court Iti Lout; island city
to-day for sentence, lie wnllfod as
briskly between two officers as ln hud
lono upon tlic days when he w:rs on
trial. lie preserved the name linpcr
Ufrbahle expression that lie liad worn
it every crisis during Hie. trial.
When, ni a preliminary to tlie pass
tig of the sentuuee of deatli, Justleo
Maddox intt the customary questions
lo Thorn, he responded promptly, col
eetcdly and without outward cvl
tencos of emotion. "My truo name,"
mid he. "is Torceswlslsoy. I was
oorn in Germany and am .1.1 years (.Id.
I am a barber and havo never been in
lull before. I was brought up lit tho
ollglous belief of tho Koman Catholic
hnrch. I can read and write. My
'atlicr is living. I nm-not married."
Then Judgo Mnddo-c proscodod to
avi sentence. He said, "Thorn, you
.vcro indicted, charged with having
.ircmcriltntedly and deliberately de
ilgncd and caused tho death of Will
- am Gulden) nppe. You huvo had a
'air trial, in t u course of which you
lavo been defended by tho ablest and
Host astute counsel. They could not
havo dono more for you. Kory ef
fort vm made by them for you. After
.hat tho jury found you guilty of
uurder in tho lint degreo nnd
lie punisbmont for that Is death.
Reflect upon it. Rcllect upon
ho death vof him whom you
dew. It Is tlio duty of tlio court to
tlx a tluio for tho e.xeeution
the law pronounced the punishment.
1 shall givo you a reasonable time
-tho law permits mo to do that.
It is neediest for mo to stato anything
touching the facts in tlio case, moro
than to any that tho evidence justitles
tho verdict. Tlio judgement of tho
ourt is that you shall bo talten thence
to tho stato prison at Slug King within
i rcasonablo tlmo and that there you
thall bo executed In the form pre
scribed by law in tho week beglislng
January 10, IBO-l."
Thorn listened without moving a
musclo and when ths judgo had fin
ished ho inclined Ills head slightly
forward, as if bowing to tho court.
Tho prisoner's lawyers then handed
up an ntlldavlt applying for an ap
peal. Justice Maddox took the
luvlt and will pass on it later
uffi-
Mrs. Nack Nut to lie llaueil.
Xr.w Yoiik, Dec. 4. Although Dis
trict Attorney Youngs solemnly as
urod the jury in Martin Thorn's trial
that tho stato held Mrs. Nack equally
uilty with Thorn, ho now nunouuees
that ho will accept u plea of truilty of
iiiurdor in tho second degreo or man
slaughter in tho Drst with twenty
years In tho penitentiary.
CRISPI TO BE" TRIED
Rx-I'romlor ot Ituljr Matt Aiuwer
tn
SorloiM Charge.
Hour:, Dee. 4. Yesterday tlio cham
ber of deputies nppolntcd a commis
sion of five to Inquire Into the charges
against SlgnoT Francesco Crispl, for
mer premier, In connection with the
Hank of Naples scandals ami the al
leged liberal traffic In decorations.
The special commission was ap
pointed after an Impressive spoccli by
tilgnor Crispl, in which ho declared
that ho desired the most ample nnd
oomploto discussion ot tho whole ques
tion, and did not dread tho light,
which, ho said, could reveal nothing
against him.
"I am tho victim of calumny," ho
asserted, "and should havo brought
suit njainst my calumniators if tlio
matter had not been referred to tho
chamber."
MERCHANT AS A BURGLAR.
rtis ICllllii; ot no Ioit.i llmlnei Mn
Daring it J'.obberj Cuuirt nn Kxpoaa.
HKM.IS Plains, Iowa, Dse. 4. A. U
Sibley, a merchant of Shofllcld, lown,
reputed to be worth S40,0:)0, was shot
dead wlillo robbing tho storo of an
other merchant. In tho safe In his
privnto room woro found many dia
mond rings, gold bracelets 'anil juw
ulry of every description, Including
seventeen gold watches. Dry goods
that had been stolen by Sibley were,
Identified by merchants. Jonas Settles
dinger of Hampton identified cloth
ing stolen from n cur in tlio railroad
yards at Hampton and for which tlio
raUroad company had settled. Mr.
Hobble of Hampton found bicycles
which woro stolen from him.
Not it I'eruvlu'i "Outraga."
Washington-, Deo. 4. April 2U Erallo
Tlark, consular agent at Puirn, Peru,
tvas ousted from tlio house there, used
oolow as tho United States consular
fllco and nhovo as a residence. It wan
tatod at tho tlmo that tho consulate
ad been Backed, tho house plundered
tnd an indignity put upon this govern
ment through its representative.
Hark has baon called upon to resign,
OoTBrnianat Uj Uur Hini raotflo.
Washington, Dec. 4. The govern
ment bus fully decldec to qualify as a
bidder at tho sr.lo of the Kansas Pa
clllo railroad on December 10 next, In
case of tl'o falluro of tho reorganiza
tion committee to guarnntoe to tlio
government what is regarded as a fair
and just flgura for Its lntcrost, which
Is 913,000,ouo.
Harrl Oppotrt Auuexatlnn.
Washinqton, D.'o. 4. Senator Har
ris of Kansus announced to-day that
no was opposed to Hawaiian annexa
tion, Ho huii heretofore been undo-tided.
MOTHER M'KINLEY DYING.
Tlio President Arrive- .tint In 'limn IX
celvr tit l.ml timeline;.
Canton, Ohto.Dcc. I. At 8:.V. o'clock
the President renched Canton, nnd
found that his mother was still alive,
but was sinking steadily, and was
near tho end of life.
Upon his arrival at the home of his
mother President MeKlnlcy ontored
tho sick room ami knelt by tho bed
side. As the President knelt at his moth
er's bedside his. sister Helen announced
his arrival by saying: "Here, mother,
Is William. If you recognlo him hold
up your hand." Mrs. Melvlnlcy did
r.ilsu her loft hand tdlghtly, and tho
family believe it was in recognition of
her son. Ho grasped her hand fondly
and says ho seemed to feel a slight
pressure from the mother' effort to
rotiirn his greeting.
'The plans of the President nro to
remain tiero until 'i o'clock to-morrow,
when, unless tho worst shall como or
be very near, ho will return to Wash
ington to look after some of the offi
cial business, which made it almost
impossible for htm to leave thu capital
ut the time.
The President remained almost con
stantly by his mother's bedside. As
the tiny wore on the invalid remained
apparently in tho same condition as
at early morning. She was uncon
scious, showed no evidence of suffering
and seemed to bo passing quietly Into
the sleep of death. Thorn was no en
couragement given to tlio family by
vho attending physician, Dr. Phillips,
who seriously doubted whether tho
patient would survive tho day Ho
feared that tho end was very near, but
aid there was a possibility of her
lingering for several days. Of her
four living children threo were at tho
bedside tills morning. Mrs. A. IS.
Duncan of Cleveland, who had been
visiting her daughter 'at a Chicago
school, arrived at 1;30 o'clock.
ELOPED WITH A MULATTO.
A MlMourl Jlrl Snnpmcil to Ilitfo Joined
liar Futlior'i Cochinn.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Dec. 4. Undoubt
edly the most sensational society scan
dal that 1ms comu to light in Western
Missouri in recent yoars is tlio elope
ment ot Miss Katu Noal, daughter of
Dr. L. C. Is'enl of Sweet Springs, Mo.,
with .loo C Johnson, mulatto, formerly
,i coachman for the young woman's
father. Miss Neal comes from one
.if tho best families in the state.
Her father, who is a practicing pliyst
:!an at Sweet Spring!), owns three
largo farms in that vicinity and is
part owner in thu Sweet Springs bank.
The girl was carefully reared, was
graduated ut a rMethodlst scmluury
and was given everything that heart
could desiro. Tho only possible ex
planation ot her strango conduct U
that sho is addicted to the use of mor
phine. Possibly wlillo under tho in
fluence ot tho drug sho va. talten ad
vantage of by the nogro.
MARTI AL' LAW iNPRAGUE
TivcIto Thousand roldluri In tlio ISulio
mlau Cupllal to Hupprctt HUorder.
PitAQUi:, Dec. 4. Martial law ha.
been proclaimed here, as well r.s in
tho Judlclnl ilisttlctsof Karolencmthal,
Sickow, Weinberg and Smluhow, as s
result of recent riots
There have been serious collision
between tho polios and largo mobs in
tho Sinythowaud Xlzchou suburbs of
the olty.
As a further Indication of tlio grav
ity of tlio situation, troops to tho nnrn
bcr of li ',000, equipped with ammuni
tion nnd other phnraphcrnnlla, us fni
n campaign, huvo bceu engaged iu
Suppressing tho riots.
Further troops are being drafted
into Prague from Vienna nnd else
where, and to-day there will bo at
loast 12,000 soldiers in tho city and ir
its Immediate suburbs.
GERMANY'S DEMANDS.
China Called Upon to Vay Indemnities
und UItb Up tlio Relied Ncotlon.
London, Dec. . The demands mndo
oy (Jormany upon China nro tho ills
:ovcry and punishment by death of
tho murderers of tho missionaries,
Nieso and Homnle, tho punishment of
tho implicated officials, including tho
governor of tho proviuco of Shang
Tung, tho reconstruction of the mis
ilonary buildings, tho paymont of an
ndomnlty of 030,000 taels to tho rela
tives of ,tlio victims, tlio payment ot a
icnvy indemnity to cover tlio expenses
jf the (lerinan naval expedition and
tho maintenance of (lerinan forco nt
ICIao Cliou bay, tlio railroad monopoly
sf the Shang Tung province nnd tho
occupation of Klao Cliou bay as a
Ilerman -coallntr station.
, Vtolrtt Affitlmt Atoltenns.
Por.Tr.AND, Ore., Dec. 4. A petition
to President MoKinloy protesting
ugaiust the appointment of Attorney
Qenoral Mekunna as justice of tho
United States supremo court has been
signed hero by two federal judges and
a largo number of the loading attor
neys of Portland. Tho potitlon says;
"Tho concensus of opinion has been,
and is, that Judgo McKenua is not,
either by natural gifts, acquired
learning, or decision of character,
qualified for any judicial place of Im
portance, lunch less for the hlghcs'
placo in tlio Innd '
IlUraarok Attack America.
Bp.iim.v, Doc. 4. Tho organ of Prince
Bismarck, tho Hamburger Nachrlch
ten, commenting upon tho alleged in
tention of tho United States to inter
fere In Haytl, says: "Wo deem It a
political necessity to oppose this
American arrogance often nnd em
phatically and certainly when direct
ed against Gormany. Of couraa no
bo.ly in Qermnny dreams of annexing
Haytl, but wo liopo to induce tho gov
ernmentto cnorgotlaally demand Xhn
necessary satisfaction, In tlio shapo ot
damages, and to enforce thla by prop
er means."
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
CUHHENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE STAGE.
"A Wuril of Fr.-uir" tint .Muitu i Do
rltlml Mirr -'I hr Work of Oriiiiiit
tltlng Norl dors .Merrily On "A
Colt ot Mum Color."
LAW & Erltingcr'n
"A W n r d of
1'r.uiec" has made
a fine success and
once moio brought
Into fuuirablo
prominence those
well-known play
ers, Juneph E.
Whiting and Mlsn
Una Aboil. The
hurolnn of this play
;l a ('un.alli Tho term In strange to
most readers, no doubt, but wuh ouch
well-known In New Orleans, and In
still understood there. It was applied
long ugo to girls banished ftoin Franco
to Louisiana. These canities wero
outcast!, comnionly from the icform
utory institutions. Tlin nuthots, Frank
lln Kyles nnd Eugene Prcnbry, havo
Insti-nd created thu character of an In
nocent victim to tlio system of banish
ment. They Introduced her at first
tn n pupil nt a convent Hchnnl In
Havre, whoie nlie Is known an "an or
phan of tho revolution," her father
having been sentenced to tho guillo
tine as nn aristocrat. She Is taken by
military force from this quiet and puro
life, thrust Into a gang of crsmtte as
one of their kind, and sent to New
Oilcans, the fato of n cassiUto being
designed for her by a relntUo who
would theicby obtain for himself Un
title and estates belonging to her fam
ily. Pour nets aro devoted to tho vi
cissitudes nnd ndventures of this girl
in New Orleans. Her father, whom
she believes dead, is there In quest of
her, and tlio plotter against her Is act
ive for her dojtiuctlon while Iilu two
sons, half-brothers, are her rival lov
ers. Many novels will ho dramatized this
neapon, but not one of thorn will awak
en any deeper Interest In the minds of
(dtirnted reading peoplo than "Vanity
Fair," In which Mrs. Minnie Mnddern
Kisdie is to appear. There nro three
GEORGIA
or four playa In "Vanity Fair," but
tlio dramatic form AVhlch Mm. Floke
will uso la to deal with tho rijn and
progress and subsequent fall ot Docky
Sharp. Tlio play ia to open with a
prologue, which shows Dccky nt MIbb
Plnkcrton'a school nt tho moment
whero the parting ot tho ways ot Ufa
lies before her. Sho can choo.ie either
road, hut cliciirmtanccn and her own
ambition, combined with her relations
with Miss Plnkerton and the forco ot
curly associations, lead hor to choose
the one which'brings her eventually to
displace. Aftor tho prologue we boo
her at tho homo of tho Sedleya in Rub
bcll square Tho act closos with tho
ruin ot tho Sodloy family and tho or
dering of the troop to Brussels.
Tho second act shows all tho char
acters nt tho historic hall of the Duch
ess of Richmond. Tho next net shown
the homo of tho Rawdon Crawleya, In
Curzon ntreet, nnd of course closet
with tho great scene nno of tho most
drnmntlc in the vholo range of modern
English fictionin which Rawdon
Crnwloy comes homo and finds his
wife with tho marquis of Steyne, The
first of tho two Bcenes In tho rest net
shows Dccky in lodgings with tho Gor
man students, and tho second repre
sents tho gambling hall at Pumper
nickel. Thus, aa In "Rcau Drumine!,"
tho play closes with a picture of Its
chief actor ending a brilliant caroor in
miserable state.
I Tho continued bucccss of "Socrot
jServJco" makes tlio publication of n
portrait ot William Gillette of Inter
est. Mr. Glllo'.to never did bettor work
as dramatist c; actor thau in this faBcl-
1 ' 'yf
natlng play of tlio war. It was n dar
ing idea to uuiko the hero a spy (J
Nut them soldier In Confederate lines)
but Mr. Gillette accomplishes thfi font
eo successfully in his story and In lilt
acting that prejudice, for once, is over
come. In tho telegraph scene, In tin
third net, whore ho Is fending a falsi
dispatch, which will ruin the people
whoso hosqiltullty ho has enjoyed
tlio people of tho woman lie loves
tho tension h so great that the au
dience rowa faltly bc.Hhlo Itself with
excitement. Tho coolness with wlilcr
Mr. Glllotto onirics tlili scene in al
most woudctful. Shot in otio hand, h(
calmly proceeds- to send Ills messaiu
with the other, smoking ills cigar tin
while. Tho "Secret Sen Ice" companj
is n flue one. Taken all in all tho pla
and players are something for tin
American theater to lie proud of.
There is considerable wltl (llalngut
In Madeleine l.ucotte H ley's comedy
but llttbj ele. Tho author Is a elevei
,ii jJ2i T''r
IWPilM,llirili!lllllM x
-nimili!lTfnHmurrri'w- .s-
WIM.IAM OIU.KTTK.
(In tho Telegraph Scone.)
woman, but she Is trying to do !uc
much, llrlglit linett do not make n
play: otio or two situations are neces
sary. As they aro eliminated from
"A Coat of Many Colors," it cannot l;
called u .successful production. The
namo is awkward In tho first place
and no much depends on tho title of u
play. Tlio "horo" If a comedy maj
bo said to havo n horo is played by
Herbert Kolcey, nnd la a. most excm-
CAINE.
pinry young man, on whom, however,
aro Bhlfted nil tho adventures of hla
brother bocauso thoy happen to have
the snmo initials. Complications ol
tho most absurd kind enBiio on this
account, nnd a uorlous Interest Is awl:
waidly brought in. The rnphllty with
which Mrs. Ryley changes from farce
to miner earnest 1b remarkable, nnd not
In tho best tasto. Her play locks sym
metry and ni Untie unity, Just an it
lacks Bltuatloiifi, and sometimes it i
hnrd work to know whothor alio In
tends it for n farce or a 'serious drama.
Herbert K61coy nnd Efflo Shannon In
tho leading parta do na well as po3il
bio, but they nre not Btara, despite the
'fact that tills is their "own" com
pany. I'arls has Intcly eoen for tho first
time Hulwer's "Richelieu," which tho
Odcon thentor presented to an nnen
thuslastlc gathering. Tho critics re
fiifio to accept tho brondly drawn por
trait of tho .famous ecclesiastic on tho
ground that it la too untruthful even
for tho stuse. But the French trans
lator had transferred the English
speech Into diction which Is said to
i-ive pleased tlio public by its poetic
form.
When Vcrdl was Invited, some timo
ago, to unveil the Donizetti monument
at Uprgnmo, ho declined on the ground
of his old ago and hla aversion to ap
pearing In public. There was nothing
ungracious In thla refusal; some years
ago ho refused oven to sanction a Ju
blleo In honor of hla own fifty years'
nctlvlty an a composer, though his ad
mirera Wed hard to porsuaJo him
Vim SAIM CKACKKt.S.
1'HE NEW UUHOLAR
MODEHN TOOLS.
USES
Hat l.lttle IMp for the Cliiuny illmmy
of Y (llili-n 'riiiif l-rw Clrvrr llMt
ciilt iht llprriitn In V.nrirr) Clllrn
llrltrn Out j Dlri'trlc Alurmt.
WP-lo-dato burulnrs
111 'Ml use tools that urc
r"w Jl uiodeln In the line
of modern imon
tlann. The vulgar
Jimmy need no
longer he applied
to the safe doer. It
Is easier to drill a
hole large enough
.--ii-isMMi for an arm to he
slipped through.
At Marseilles recently n ery "neat"
hank lohbery took placo, In which the
Improved burglar drill was used. The
srncksmen drilled a hole one or two
Inches in diameter by means of a
linndbrace, at tho leel of tho lock,
mil afterward tupped the hole fc that
there might ho hcrowed Into It ti
Uncalled rod provided wttli n hntidlo
nt its extremity. The drill, properly
bo called, consisted of a steel plate
ring provided with saw teeth nt one
of its edges. This ring was held by n
trnnsverse rod, to which wan llxed a
vertical lever and it bridge. Tho
threaded rod, which wns first screwed
Into tho door, served ih an axis of
rotation. Upon this nxls wan llxed the
drill, nnd It only sufficed to maneuver
thu lever in order to cause tho saw
teeth to blto the plate of the safe. Af
ter a short period ot silent work n disk
wan detached and camo out with tho
tool. The fafe then no longor offered
any resistance to tlio burglar.
"Tho reason Fafes aro not ornrhod
In Chicago ami other largo cltlen ns
they onco were," Haiti William Plnk
orton the other day, "Is because wo
havo made It very unprofitable for tho
snfe crackers to attempt n Job. Three
fourths ot the paten and vaults In the
business districts of Chicago nro con
nected by electric wlrcn with tho office
of n proteetlvo company nnd tho In
stant one ot these safes in tampered
with nn alarm bell rings in tho office
whero a dozen men aro on duty wait
ing for such nn occurence. No boll
rings whero the safe Is. Tliero la
nothing to disturb tho burglar, and If
ho keeps on with his work wo nro
very likely to catch him lu tho net,
an lias been dono half a dozen times.
Now, tho export safe crackers all
know this and for that reason they
give Chicago a wldo borth. Add tn the
protection ot electricity tho fact that
the buildings aro all guarded by
watchmen und that the police are
quite numerous In tho business dis
trict at night and you will aro tho
safe cracker has not tho show ho used
to havo. Tho principal snfeguard,
howovcr, in electricity. No mnttcr
how conscientiously n watchman
might mnkn his rounds It might bo
poxslhlc fur n couple of handy men to
get into n storo nnd do a Job between
trips wlillo tho watchman wan in nomc
other part of the block. Uut when
tlio snfo in connected with a burginr
alarm, as tho mnjorlty of thorn nrc,
the f-ateljlowcr linn no chance in tlio
world. Ho nttempts to horo tho door
or to knock off tho combination knob
and Instantly a big bell hcglnn to ring
blcnkn nwny and contlnuea to ring un
til nnmconc gctn to that safe. Ah for
tho safes- in grocery stores and other
places away from tho downtown dis
trict, thoy don't have enough In them
to pay for tho troublo and risk of got
tlng into them. Those small shop
keepers usually hurry downtown and
A NEAT BIT OF WORK.
mako a doposlt as soon ns they get n
couple of hundred dollars, and a good
Bafo cracker (toes not want to spond
his timo and wear out his tools bor
ing Into a nafo for $20 or ?30. It la no
troublo t) get into the uverngc fire
proof safe. An amateur can do it. Ot
courao, with a burglar-proof bank safe
or vault it taken nitro glycerin, but
the people who put their faith in safca
would bo surprised to see how easily
they can bo broken open. For all
these reasons the snfeblowors have
taken to the country and tho small
cities, nnd tbore in moro safeblowing
thero now than there over whb. Post
ofilces nnd banks and large stores In
the little towns may bo robbed with
Impunity, for, In tho first place, tho
police there do not know tho safo
crackers by algal, nnd thoy aro leas
liable to arrest ou mnklng tholr ap
pearnnce In town than they would bo
In Chicago. Then the safes havo no
j electrical attachments, tlio police aro
scarce and the burglars can work with
out molestntion and get nwny. That
Is what has becomo of the safoblow
era and that la why Chicago la free
from them."
Bomo of tho cleverest men tho pollca
authorities of the country havo to deal
with aro the sntoblowors and hank
workers. Many of thorn aro not, more
'''ft Vmi
burglars; tlioy aro men of brains andi
skill, good appearance and addrosn.l
Tlio largo amounts of monoy they bo
ctirr enables noino of tho high roilom
lo dress well and llvo In Htylo, nlthoiigh
the ordinary cheap Biifeblowcr apondn
hlfi money im fait an lie gets It.
MaNlmllllau Shluhitrn In one of tho
most famous bank robbers tho conn
try ever nnw and ho has also n crimi
nal record In Europe, tin 1.4 a man
of much polish and a lltu-nt linguist
mill finds no dtlllrulty lu makluit hla
way in circles fnr above those In
which tho ordluaiy thief moves. Kor
this leiinon It Is oUiotuoty illlllciilt for
the police to capture him, an ho hi ad
vised of their movements, but ho ha.i
dono time and bin picture Is In overy
rogues' gnllory In thin country nnd
Euiope.
MUHDlintJD HIG FATHMR.
IMiii-liliniii Mm! Iiy 1IU He". Wlmiu ll
llnd Ordered to f,m.
Thouinfl l-'lannelly nhot and killed
bin father, Patrick Flaunolly. ono of
Mm most rcsneetcd citizens of Redwood
City, Cnl., tho other night brcnuao ho
had been ordered from n ranch for dln
legardlng the old man's wlslien. Tho
crime was committed In tlio elder
l'lnnnelly'n home, wlilcn tho non hud
evidently entered with the intent of.
doing murder. Tho crime aroused tho
people of Redwood City to a high
state of ocltemcnt. Posses woro formed
to pursue tho parricide, nnd ho wnn
finally located nt tlio ranch ho had
been ordeied to leave. When called
upon to surrender young Flannolly
opened lire on Sheriff McEvoy, of San
Mateo nuiiity, nnd several of hla dep
uties, one bullet taking effect In tho
sheriff's left arm. The volley wan rc
THOMAS FLANNELLY.
turned, nnd tho murderer was wounded
novoral times. He then surrendered,
and Is now under a surgeon's care.
Knlvet Their Wonponn.
Arthur Ferg"Hon nnd Walter Price,
young men living nt Jasper, Tenn.,
qunrreled over a caBtlgntlon given by
Prlro to n younger brother of Fergu
son. Hot words followed, nnd thoy
agreed to fight It out. They repaired to
a swamp near by on which there waa a
piece of dry land, und, without wit
nessed, they fought n duel. They were
both armed with knives, und tho fight
wna bloody nnd desperate. Finally
young Prlco panic to tho ground from
loss of blood and n wound In tlio aplno
which had parnlyzcd him. Ferguson
was bleeding from a dozen wounds.
Prleo hnd tlio sutna number. Ferguson
reported tlio matter, und tho wounded
man was taken to hla homo and two
phyolclann called. They pronounced
his Injuries fatal. Ferguson wan ar
rested, but was released, on n 3,000
bond. Both young men aro woll con
nected nnd highly esteemed in tlio
community.
Killed Hrlf and Ilor.
The bodies ot a woman nbout thirty
yearn old nnd n boy ot eight wcro d in
covered In a room on the second floor
of the Windsor House in Syracuao tho
other day by Mm. Cnthorlno Rockefel
ler, tho proprietress On tho dresser waa
a bottle labeled "Carbolic Acid" and
another partly filled with whisky pur
chased ot n Syracuse drugglut. Tho
woman's faco and arnm wero covered
with burns, hut tho boy'n faco waa tin
marked. Ho had evidently taken tho
ncld unsuspectingly. Tho woman ap
pears to huvo been at great palna to
conceal her idoutlty. A search of tho
clothing revealed n crumpled scrap of
paper bearing tho namo "Bcsslo La
Grange, 535 Mutnford at," written in ft
womau'a hand.
Clronin 70, Itrldo 'i
Joo Davis nnd Mina Hollo Whlttakcr
woro married at Deor Lick, Ky., lost
woek. Davis Is past 70 yearn old, and
his brldo Is only 12. Tho bride and
groom represent extromca of age,
greater, perhaps, than In any wedding
on record. According to stories told
by tho frlonds ot the couplo Davis
loved MIsn Whlttaker's grandmothor.
but could not marry hor. Ho transfer
red his nffectlona to hor granddaugh
ter, and aftor n courtship which has
lasted ever nlnco tho girl was C years
old, married her. Miss Whlttakcr loves
tho old man, who Is highly respected,
and will Inherit hla entire eatato upon
bis daath.
MiirrUd III Motli- Maid.
Catholic, nodal clrcleu on Jersey City
Heights wero somewhat surprised the
other day by tho announcement that
Francis J. Cullum, son ot a wealthy
coal dcalor, and Miss Catherine GUI, a
housemaid in bin mother's sorvicc.
woro married on Aug, 15. Mra. Cullum
said that hor son's wifo was consid
ered a companion, nnd alio was greatly
pleated with hor bou'o choice.
Tho. British cinplro seems to doublt
Its population In Europo every 65
years; in tho colonics overy 25 years.