THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
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LET) A DOUBLK LIFE.
A CURIOUS CASE WHICH IS EX
CITING ENGLAND.
Wt (lip Hitkt of I'ortl.inil AUu T. ('.
Ilrtu'i'.'--Urii( c'n lixciiihiut lit l.nj
t'liilin In Hit' Dukfilinii 'I In i'i ret
I'aiH.iuiMtuji
NE or tho mo.: In
toicstlng lawsuits
that English courts
have ever luiil to
do.il with Is now In
prom ess In Eng
hunt, nnd will In
nil piob.ililllt.v bo
fought fiont couit
to com t. consum
ing in-limp1 years
of time anil mil-
Ions of money. Tim great dukedom
of Portland, with an Income of Jl.fiOO.
000 a year. I- the subject of dispute, and
the allegations made by the plaintiff. If
sustained, will leveal the most extra
ordinary Hr. .lel-.yll and Mr Hyde ex
istence that has ever (ome to light.
The duke of Poitland. whoso alleged
double life I now to be Investigated.
was the second ilehest per In Eng
land, nnd It Is dalnied that besides
hla life as an eccentric unmatricd no
bleman, he also had an existence as a
London shopkeeper, with a wife and
family.
Thomas Charles Druce was the nam?
of the shopkeeper who Is declined to
have been none other than the duke of
Portland, and It Is his daughtei -In-law,
Mrs. Anna Maria Dtuee, who has In
stigated the present action. Mrs.
Druce lias made an application
to cxhunio the alleged body of
her late father-in-law fiom a vault
in Hlghgato eenmtiey. and this appli
cation Is a first step In her attempt to
prove that the said Thomas Charles
Druce, the well-known Haker stioot
furniture man, win no other than the
fifth duke of Portland.
Mrs. Druee's story, of which she has
alrendy produced a remarkable con
firmation, is that the duke led a double
life, each part of which was strangely
and almost incredibly distinct. She
says he lived In London as a shopkeep
er named Druce, and a married man.
Ho lived on his vast estates as a duke
nnd a bachelor He pietended to die
ns Druce in ISGt. His daughter-in-law
alleges that only a roll of lead
will be found in his coffin. He died as
the duke In IS"). There Is no doubt
that the duke died then. The result
of proving that Charles Thomas Diuce
was the tilth duke of Portland would
be to transfer the dukedom and the
enoimouH estates to the son of Mrs.
Druce. Sidney (ieorge Druce. a poor
sailor of 22, now in Australia. The
present duke of Portland, who would
bo ousted from his position. Is one of
the most conspicuous noblemen In
England. He holds the office of mas
ter of the horse, the greatest In the
queen's household. He has won the
Derby twice. He was a direct cousin
of the fifth duke, whom he succeeded.
Most extraordinary points of resem
blance have been pioved between the
late Thomas Charles Druce and the
fifth duke of Portland. Druce had n
secret entrance to his shop, the Baker
street bazaar, and a system of sub
terranean passages under It. The Into
duke undermined his estate, Wellmek
abbey, with miles of Mibteirnncan pas
sages, having many exits, by means of
which he could hide his movement.
With vast wealth and great power and
no Intimates, the late duke of Portland
was in a position to conceal his move
ments nnd surround himself with ms.
tery. Nobody on the estate or In the
house was permitted to speak to him
without first being spoken to. He had
issued 01 dors that nobodv was to rec
ognize, his piesencc by a courtesy, a
TUB DUKB OP PORTLAND.
salute or even by a glance. If tho duke
of Portland were walking nbout the
country and ho met one of his tenants
or employes the lattnr would bo In
stantly dismissed from the neighbor
hood If ho manifested any knowledgo
of tho presence of tho duke. Since the
opening of the trial it has beon dis
covered that tho premises In Hakor
strcrt contain many of tho features
which tho duke of Portland Introduc
ed Into Welberk Abbey. Tho duke
was chlotly known for what was called
his "mama" for uiulorgiound tunnel
On? or two members of his family had
seen nn enormous underground dining
room which ho had built nt Welbeck
Abbey, ns well uo a dtavvlug loom, sit
ting room, and huge ait galleries, the
decorntlon of which, ho said, occupied
nearly all his time. It ha3 now beon
discoveicd that the duke of Portlnnd
had a rule In his household to the
effect that when lm dlsappeaied under
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ground Into llmse "imrmoiiii tlmmbers,
upon which he had spent over a mil
lion and a half dollars, no sen ant was
tinder an circumstances allowed In j
follow him Moie exiiaordtnaiy even '
than these subtciraiman rooms was a i
walk or road over six miles long, all
undergtound. and built bv tin duke of
Portland underneath his cu-ite. This
annul tig tunnel which alone cost near
ly a million dollars was long legaided
as a fad or amusement of his grace.
Hut now that It I claimed that the
duke of Poitland was In reality leading
a double life. It Is seen that this under
ground passage leading fiom Wetback
Abbey ma j have been In fact an In
genious device to enable hliu to dis
appear from the country wheie he was
known as the duke of Portland, and
come up to London a Diuce. tlm shop
keeper. The tunnel inns completely
under the estate, and with Its various
blanches open? on several country
loads widely separated All these op
enings. It has now been found, are
close to rallwa.v stations, affording
easy access to London about two hour-,
away. In this way It would have hi en
quite possible for the duke of Poitland
to descend Into one of the subtoiiane
an chainbeis of Welbeck Abbey after
lrivlng had his breakfast there, and to
have come up to London without pass
ing over his estate, and without being
seen to leave the bourn. Old servants
who have now been examined say that
It was a very frequent occurrence for
tlm duke of Pot Hand thus to disappear
and stay awa for twenty-four or thlr-
THOMAS CHARLES DRUCE
ty-slx hours. While the duke was
commonly regarded as being crazy up
on this one paitlcular point of under
ground construction ami existence, he
was a notoriously good business man
In all that i elated to the management
of his vnst properties. The Poitland
reveuuea enormously Increased under
his shrewd management, and he left
the estate in splendid condition, yield
ing a levenuc of over $l,r00,000 a year.
The other side of the duke's life, ac
cording to tho allegations, was seen In
the Haker stieet bazaar, the shop
founded by Thomas Chnrles Druce,
now said to be the fifth duke of Port
land. It Is still in existence. If is an
extensive and valuable pioperty, with
a well-established patronage among
the wealthy residents of the West Bud.
At the piesent time it belongs to a
wealthy politician of some prominence.
Since the litigation began, which now
threatens the title and estates of the
piesent duke of Portland, an examina
tion has been made of tlm undergiound
regions of tlm Haker street bazaar.
This has disclosed the extraordinary
fact that the place Is honeycombed
with tunnels and trap doors and mys
terious passages. Here have been
found every means to enable a tn.n
having control of the premises to leave
and enter without anybody knowing
it.
One former assistant manager at the
Haker street bazaar has told how
Druce rarely entered the shop during
the busy hours of tlm day when fash
ionable people weie likely to be pres
ent He kept himself secreted In a
room at the back, having double doois
with a passage leading Into tho cellar.
No employe of the shop was nllowed
to enter this room unless Invited to do
so by Druce. Nobody In the shop could
tell whether Druce was In tho room or
not. and had no means of finding out,
and would have been dismissed for
knocking at the door or disturbing
him. These rulrt, were rlgoiously en
forced. Hut in order thnt business
matters should be settled authoritative
ly Druce would from tlmo to time
notify his chief managers of the hours
and d'iys when he might be expected,
and they had to wait for him In an
outside room.
The coffin In tlm Hlghgato cemetery,
which will probably be opened in u
fow weeks to see whether It contains a
roll of lead or u skeleton, Is that of
Diuce. the shopkeeper who lived at
Mill Hill. Homlon. and died Dec. 8,
18(5-1. ns the coffin plate says. "In his
seventy-first year." Among the proofs
which Mrs. Diuce will produce In court
In older to support her claims, are
documents going to show that Druco,
when preparing for his alleged death,
turned over to himself as the duke of
Portland a certain piece of property
valued at $t."J0,000. It was as a result
of years of labor on the part of Mrs.
Druco to potion uto tho mystery of tho
dlsappenranco of this property that
she discovered ns lm claimed thnt her
husband' fathei was the duke of Port
land. A period of firteen years Intervened
betwei irthe nllegfd death of Druce, tho
shopkeeper, and '.lie genuine death of
tho fifth duko of Portland. During
thl? tlmo MrJ. Druco U prop-ired to
j shew that Druet. the fihopkejx r, vas
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Ccveral times peon and Identified by hlj
fuimer employes
It Is Just here that tlm rdiurkahlo
story told li this woman meets with
several startling pinofs whlih havo
nlteady made a decided iiupteslon up
on the Judicial mind In England. It ts
well known that one of the most dif
ficult things to secure In the 1'nlted
Kingdom Is authorization fiom a court
to open a giave ot coffin I'pon tho
mere statement of Mrs Druco that tho
rollln In the Highgato cemetery did
not enclose the body It was alleged to
contain, she never could hive secured
the uuthoilatlon which was gi anted
last week by the ilmncellor of the
diocese of London to open It
Mis. DriK e applied thiough her at
torneys to the bishop of London for
pei mission to open Ibis (olllii alleging
that it did not contain Hie hodv of
Druce, but Instead a roll of le-ul The
bishop of London turned the matter
over to Dr Tilstaiu. the chancellor of
the diocese, who, sitting In the consis
tory court In the Wellington eh ipel of
St. Paul's cathedial, heard the argu
ment. Dr. Tiistnm stated that permission to
open the rollln could not be granted
without the will ton consent of the
owner of the tomb. This Mis. Diuce's
atlorne.vs admitted had not been se
emed. These attorneys, however,
pointed out to the chancellor that con
traiy to the law of Bnglaud ami to atl
cintom and practice, no physician had
ever certified to the death of Druce.
the shopkeeper. The death certificate
produced In couit showed that the law
had not been compiled with, the space
provided for the slgnatuie of tlm at
tending physician never having been
filled In. Dr. Tilstam at once admit
ted that this was an extiaordlnary. If
not a suspicious circumstance. It was
shown by the attorneys of Mrs. Drim"
that many other stiange facta attended
the strange burial. I'pon these facts
Urn chancellor of tlm diocese granted
permission to open the coffin. Theie
tipon a wholly unexpecte l and quite io
niarkable feature of this case was de
veloped. The Diuce tomb In Hlghgato
cemetery belongs, It seems, to Herbert
Diuce. a son of the Haker stteot shop
keeper, and his principal legatee. This
Herbert Druce Is a wealthy man, liv
ing near London. Although It might
appear that his Interest would be to
open the grave and In every way to
Btiengthen the case of Mrs. Druce to
show that his father was the duke of
Poitland. yet ho Is at the present tlmo
exhausting every effort In an attempt
to prevent examination of tlm coffin.
I nder English law he Is Illegitimate,
and there Is nothing for him to gain
by it.
The plan of Mrs. Druco is first to se
cure tlie digging open of the Druce
grave before attempting to make good
the claims of her son to the title of the
duke of Portland. At the piesent time
Mrs. Druce, through her attorneys, bin
been authorized to make an examina
tion of tho coffin, but she has been tem
porarily stopped fiom doing so by i
technical objection on the pait of the
other side. This loqulred the consent
of her son. That consent was secured
by cable. Hut Urn opposing counsel at
once objected to a cabled consent being
accepted In court, and Insisted that the
young man himself should either ap
pear In court In person or send his
written consent duly certified from
Austialla. The son will arrive in a
few weeks with all his documents. In
the mennwhllo the grave Is being
watched, and lawyers on behalf of Mrs.
Druce aio making every effort so that
the grave may be opened as soon iw
possible.
WEDDINGS IN HUNGARY.
Often when the Magyar youth goes
wooing ho first sends a woman friend
to the house of his loved one to In
quire If his suit be wolcomo. and If ho
receives an Invitation to call, he loses
no time In accepting It, but Is accom
panied by n "spcak-for" man, who Is
even more gayly attired than the lov-r
and who glibly pays compliments to the
bride's parents and urges the suit of
his friend, delivering an oration won
derful In words and phrases. 'He begs
tho patents' consent to the betrothal of
HUNGARIAN WIFB AND MAIDEN.
their daughter and his friend, and
then the girl's mother brings her in
She wenis gala dross and Is neither h!i
nor bold, but maintains her dignity.
The father blesses the two and they
drink from n loving cup. They have
i cached the second stage of courtship,
but they nro not bound to one another
till tho "kissing feast." Until then
they take each other on probation, as
It were, nnd may withdraw without the
least discourtesy to ono another, hut
after tho feast, when they publicly kiss
one nnother, there Is no drawing back.
Hefore this feast tliw lover sends a
friend agnln to tho girl's houso to know
If alio will teally m airy him. Great
ceremonies nttend tho wedding, and
tho Sunday after tho wedding day.vvhen
tlmro Is a great feast nt tho homo of
the brldegioom, theie Is n.slmllnr foast
mid dance at the old home of tho
bride.
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NOTKSOPTIimVIIKKI;.
MATTEHS Ol" INTEREST TO O V
OTEES OF THE UICYCLE.
A r.iritii'r't Sound Vlr on tin t.niiil
Itiuil ljui'l Ion VVh) spiilir 1'iiHt
Clri iilmloii li l.lfn -l'iiiiilurll of the
A I'liriuri'i iiincl Vli'itt,
friy in HI; time l.i np-
lr ptoiiblng In the
11 c until iv t o w n s
Jl when the "city
fathei s" t h e roof
and the h I I 0 e t
commissioner drive
about and Inspect
the c.uiditlon of
the mads, but they
wait until mild
weather makes tb
undertaking agiceable. and the roads
are wni ii down Into some sort of fair
condition The object-lessons ulToi ti
ed In the winter and spilng months aio
avoided, and contemplated tepalis ate
based upon the conditions that obtain
after Hie ftost Is out anil the loads
have settled The go-as vou-please
methods that have been keeping the
roads bad for contniles will be lepeat
nl, nnd the fast ami-loose custom of In
efficient "wot king out" of taxes and
plow lag up tlmioadway will be contin
ued. A Tanner" In centr.il New York
writes to a local paper piotestlng
ngalnst this "Given an unilinlimil
clay soil," he says. "In the season of
alternate freezing and thawing, ami If
theie Is much travel there fiequontly
arise, a condition well deseivlng Dan
te's line. "All hope abandon ye who
entet here.' As a farmer we welcome
anything that gives lellef. that In an
way makes bad loads better.
"If bicycle paths tend that way. give
us more of them. If, as the Hlgble
Arnistrong law. there Is nn offer of
state and county aid, we welcome that.
He It always lemembered. every bad
road Is not only a hlndiance and bur
den to propei ty. but a direct and posi
tive damage to adjoining property. It
don't take so temarkable u bail piece of
road to knock off t' per acre from the
salable value of adjacent farms,
"Such roads exist as a menace and
a proscription. People will go some
distance around rather than travel ov
er them. They cast an odium on the
community where they exist. They
nre nn Indication of shlftlessness, of
lnck of enterprise, and to n greater
or less degree of the lack of good
farming. To grow crops Is not all
there Is of farming. Farm products
must be hauled to market, and that too
often in the exact time of ear when
roads are at their worst.
"This is one point which, at the risk
of repetition, we must emphasize: No
person or class has so Immediate and
vital an Interest In good roads as has
the fanner. The average bicycler
hasn't a quaiter the amount Involved
lu good roads Impiovenmnl ns has the
avciage fanner."
Why .Spoken ltiint.
Broaching the question of rustj
,pokes has brought forth many tales
if the experience of riders who have
stiffeiod as No. 17.5,1577 did, and nil
agree that there Is room for Improve
ment In finishing and nickeling these
Importnnt parts, even on many other
wise well-finished machines. No. i7l.
StitJ snys that he has talked with sev
eral nickel platers on the subject, nnd
tlmy agree In saying that the work can
be done so as to practically oveiconm
the difficulty, and No. 20,022 suggests
that If spokes were heavily plated on
copper before they were nickeled, there
would be little dnnger of rusting. Dif
ferent riders also recommend vnrlous
pioparntlons for tlm prevention of rust.
llrlt'k fur Country lliinrfa.
The use of brick for country mads
was refeired to In the L. A. W. IIul
leiln last summer, and an experiment
made at Monmouth, III., was spoken of,
Tho road In question was made of a
single course of vitrified brick set on
edge, laid on sand, seven foot vilc
between curbs of oak plank with bor
d rs of broken stone to a distance of
two feet on each side. It Is shown In
the accompanying picture by II, H.
SAMPLB OF GOOD ROAD.
Garrison, who says thnt "two miles of
them nre now In, and thoy are much
better than macadam." There nro also
ton miles of brick In tho city, mid more
Is to bo laid dining the coming sea
son in both city and country.
C'lctlliitloii Is 1,1 fc,
Tlm roads and highways of a civil
division areas the veins ami arteries of
tho human system, snys tho Suffern
Independent. Life and health, that Is,
business and prosperity, of ench part
can bo had and secured only by tho
freest circulation, nnd the conduits
must not bo nllowed to clog. While
the limb would wither If the circula
tion was Interiupted, the heart would
also suffer. Whero would the proud
city of New York bo without her mag
nificent railways, nnd what would have
bren her condition if tho great bllzzaid
of 1SS3 had continued a month?
Tho villago with Its paved streets
and llngged walks may say. "let tho
farmer build his roads, ho Is tho party
benefited, ' Tho loid of the manor who
surrounds his grounds with a high wall
and morass, and then beautifies lit.
place for his own enjoyment and bene
fit, may bo wise If he has within him
self all ln leqiilros to satisfy his needs.
The village wiili h has placed Its sheet-.
In perfect condition mid hns ne,?lo-ied
the hlghwa.vs leading tlmieto. has ,ir
iiinged. like the lord of the manor, tc
live In seclusion.
Has the village all ll ic'intro-V Do.m
It depend upon an.v thing or anybody
for Its existence, giowth ami prospeil
t.v .' Is It not. In fact, most dependent ?
Does not evoiy village depend upon
the extent of the accessible area of
which li Hi,, center ami metropolis,
ami the prospoiitj of thnt aiea
The village innot shift tlm but den
upon the fanner, nor the fanner upon
his lit other fainiei. Each Is Intel est
ed. ami the eontlgullv of the highway
Is but an Incident Suppose the Brie
railroad weie abandoned: whose loss
would be the gnater, thai of the farm
er living within one half mile, or tho
one a mile dlHtanl?
lor C.K'Iiiiiii'Ii'I AilJiiHtiui'iit.
Anieilcan c.vclonieleis at" largely
used abroad, but some tllllli nlt.v Is
loittid In adjusting tlmm to many ICug
llsh niachlneii on account of the very
narrow space on them between tlm
fiont fork-side ami wheel-hub. A
longer binckel would lalse the Instill
iiient higher ami give more loom for
pioper adjustment, or a clip by which
the cyclometer could be attached to
the fotk-slde at any point would give
the same lesult. Some such method Is
ncceHsar". In the case of very close
built machines,
'I he 'I Iryi li.
On good toads, and nutlet aveiag'
conditions, the trlc.vcle Is very neatly
as easy to propel and almost as fast
as a blc.vcle. Of i nurse the miM ap
pioved pattern lilted with pneumatics
Is meant. Up hills the lileycie som
limes allows an advantage, f'.r its mote
stable base allows of a fuller applied
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THE TRICYCLE.
(ion of power by most ildeis. and its
slightly lower gear Is helpful. It Is
only when the io.nl Is too tough to
allow the use of a thrce-ttuck machine;
when high head-winds aie encounter
ed, or very high speed Isdesuod that It
Is actually Infeilor lo the two-wheeler.
On the other hand, the superior stabili
ty of the tricycle makes II a gieat con
venience for many riders, and a vast
advantage for very heavy persons and
those who for other reasons do no
caie to ride bicycles.
I'rei Helix cry llrpriiiN on Ito.iiN,
To promote the business, social ami
educational Intel ests of the people are
the objects of the road Inquiry bureau
and the postofllce department of the
government. Having these things In
view, they deslie to exte:.il the s.vstem
of fiee i itral postal delivery, and will
test it under all conditions. Routes
have been selected In Now Jot soy nnd
Pennsylvania over stone, gravel, clay
and dirt roads, and the results in each
case will be carefully noted. It is ob
vious that they must prove most ,atls
factory whero the work can bo done
most rapidly and legularly In nil
weathers that Is. on the best roads.
In considering this question, E. G.
Harrison, the government road expert
says, "tho advantages of delivering let
ters to factories and other Industrial
establishments, paitlculaiiy where
largo numbers aie emplojed, need not
be dwelt upon. The mnlls left at pub
lic schools can be distributed to u
gioat number of families through the
pupils living remote from postolllce
nnd carrier routes. Letters hi ought
to the nearest school for mailing can
be collected by the rural letter carrier
to the nearest postolllce for mailing.
Teachers can use these letters as ob
ject lessons In giving suggestions and
Instruction In tegard to proper, plain
and neat addtcslng, etc. In schools re
mote from postofllccn, the teachers
might, with advantage, be made stamp
agon's, and in this way families far
away from poslolllccs can bo supplied
with stamps, stamped envelopes nnd
postal cnnls. This will promote letter-writing
and use of mnlls, and will
Insure more tegular school attend
ance." The rural districts are anxious
for free postal dellvory. They need It.
It will come with good roads nnd be a
piactlcal advantage which they vvilj
realize and appreciate.
Tit Cure 8hlt.MIi,
It will bring Joy to tlm hearts 01
English riders to know that "side-slip"
can bo obvinted and nasty falls pre
vented by tho use of a now composi
tion, which Is to be fed on the suifaco
of the tiro lu some Ingenious way ns
required, something as a railway en
gineer uses tho sandboxes on his lo
comotive. When this peculiar ma
terial Is fed on the tire, tho momen
tary pressure of n rollei attached to
tho brake Is said to roughen the tionrt
and mnko It non-slipping ns well ur
puncture-proof.
I,'ni'iiiiil Axles uith Whli) Tire.
Wldo tires nro not only good things,
but their value Is much Increased If
they aro used on axles of different
lengths, so that four distinct tracks nro
made by tho wheels Instead of two, A
concorn In centrnl New York does
much heavy hauling with four-Inch
front nnd flvo-lnch rear tiros, and rear
axles fifteen Inches longer than tho
front ones. It carries four and flvo
ton londs, and keeps tho road surf."
good and smooth.
LYNCHED BY A KANSAS MOB.
J. m, llrclirr Hiiiiri-iI In the Ptitillr Mqunrn
nt (Irrnt Iteiiil,
Oiu.vr llr.Mi, Kim., .lime r,.-.Tohn
M. Ileeker. the brutal murderer of
'Myrtle llulTmelster, was t.ikon bv a
crowd nf lutllgimnt citizens fiom the
sheriff here at S o clock last night,
after u bitter light, and hanged to j.
tiee lu the court hoiisn square, l'ully
l.tioo people vvitiioviod the 1iiinglng
mid a hundred or more took part in tho
bitter light between the sheriff nnd
deputies and the mob. The contest be
tween the sheriff ami the crowd, which
had determined to bang Ileeker, lasted
In one way or iinot her for more than
an hour, ami was one of the most ex
citing occurrences ever witnessed in
this section of the state.
The prisoner himself assisted the
Midi IV anil fought with desperation
after lit recognleil that his possession
by the mob meant his suspension from
n limb, Hefore Ileeker hail surren
dered he was beaten into insensibility
by n small mob, which was cheered on
tti its work- by hundreds of people,
who had assembled lu the long drawn
out light. Even after the prisoner
bail been banged the nioli retained
possession of tlu town and refused lo
permit any one to cut him down until
they were sure thnt life was extinct.
It was S, o'ol ek when the noose was
put around Mocker's neck, ami at 8:1."
tho crowd decided that life was ex
tinct anil rapidly melted away. Pub
lie sentiment is altogether with tho
mob and no convictions arc likely to
follow.
On April H, in broad daylight, eight
miles southeast of here, Ileeker shot
down, in eohl blood, Miss Myrtle Huff
mclstcr, aged !., the daughter of n
prominent fanner, because Mio. would
not marry him. Ho was about .'() year
old and was working for her fnthur.
After firing live shots Into her body,
until satisfied she was dead, bu went
to the barn, set it on lire, and ran
i way.
The father was nvvny nnd only tho
mother was at home. Myrtle was out
doors hitching up her favorite horse to
u buggy to go riding At the first shot
tdie run to the hotisc and got into her
inother'n arms, but Heelccr follow A!
her and tho last shots fired Into her
body in her mother's arms. Ho vvus
captured four days later near St. John
and taken up ty Hie Hutchinson jail to
avoid an expected mob. lie bus been
lu tlm Hutciiinson jail ever since.
He belonged to a good family at Ma
rlon, 111., anil bail Influential' friends
vv bo vv ore looking after bis ease. They
were hopeful of getting him off upon
the plea of insanity, nnd this tho
friends of Miss HurTiticistcr determined
they should never do.
TO RETIRE SIX ADMIRALS.
A co Will Mnka Many Chungr In tti
Nmy In a IV Month).
Wasiiinoio.v, Juno. in. Acting- Ad
miral William T. Sampson, command
ing the naval forces operating in tlm
West Indies, whose actual rank in the
navy is that of captain, will become a
commodrc on July .1, by the statutory
retirement of Roar Admiral William A.
Klrkland, commandant of the Mnro
Islnnd navy yard, who is now the rauk
ing officer of the navy.
In addition to Admiral Klrlclnntl,
five other admirals will retire during
the next few- months by operation of
law on nccount of age. They are Ad
miral Joseph N. Miller, commanding
tin: Pacific station; Admiral Montgom
ery Slcard, president of tho war board;
Admiral E. O. Matthews, president of
tho examining anil retiring board;
Admiral F. S. Jinnee, commanding the
New lorlcnavy yard, anil Admiral C.
S. Norton, commanding tho Washing
ton navy yard. With the exception of
Admiral Miller, all of these officers are
likely to lie retained in their present
places nftcr their retirement during
the contiuunnce of tho war with Spain
because, of this non-availability of of
ficers on the active list to take their
places.
I
SIDE.
M0NT0J0
TELLS HIS
Hnrceil
lo Vro llnme-Muilu Tnriiriloe
lu
tho Iluttlu of Manila.
Londo.v, Juno l.'i. The Loudon
Times this morning1 gives space to a
two column account of tho battle of
Manila, Including Admiral Montojo's
vcrMon of the destruction of his fleet.
It contains nothing beyond what has
already been cabled to tho United
States except the statement of Admir
al .Montojo that Jjc Intended to fight at
Subie, but on" finding that It vvoulr
take at least a month to put Subic In n
proper state of defense, bo was
obliged to return to Cavite. lie blames
the Madrid government for the dis
aster, declaring that hu had constantly
Hindi! requisitions for ships nnd tor
pedoes, but nothing came. As u' mat
ter of fact ho bail, ho sayH, no tor
pedoes except such as he constructed
himself with bad material.
ARMOUR BUYSLEITER'S WHEAT
About .-,(no,000 Miiihi-M Taken liy tho
IIlK CIiIchko Pucker.
Ciiicaoo, June 15. -P. D. Armour
to-day bought nil of Joseph Loltor's
cash wheat In tho Northwest, amount
ing to 4,000,01)0 or 5.0011,000 bushels.
.Seml-authorltative information Is al,o
obtained that Armour will take uj all
of Letter's wheat.
I'mir lotvn Ho) Drotvni'il.
OnpjiWA, Iowa, June 15. Johnnie
Whltaker, Brvvln Wilson, Kay Lector
and Fred Jopseu nro dead as the result
of youthful snort on a pond with ton
feet of water. The boys wore on a
raft which eapsls-ed. None could swim
and all sank before help arrived.
To Try to Jinn the lllnrkuilo.
KiNnHTorv.Jamalca, Juno 15. Despite
Consul Dent's protest tho government
will allow Mie Purlsslml C'oncepolon to
loaU supplies and provisions for a Cu
ban port. She Is de.stiuctl for Havana
by way of Uatabauou.
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