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TNT ) A TV" A PK.Ii \ 2oT IH W PAGES. 5 COUNT VON MOLTKE'S ' DEATH. All Germany Sorrows Over the Domho of the Great Field Marshall BERLIN IN THE GARB OF MOURNING , Extended Hkctoli or tlio Wo mid Achievement * uf tlio Great Sol di cr AVrltlttii l y General JnnicH Grnut Wilson , Biiui.iv , April 85. The death of Count von Moltko was not generally known until the was published In the morning papers. It cans'd deep and universal sorrow. The empress vlsltod the doatn chamber this morning imd Inld a magnificent wronth of roses upon the bed whom the great general lay. Splendid offering * are arriving from till parts of Germany. Great crowd * of people , respectful and lympntlictic , surround the count's icsldonco nnd throng the streets , Mnny stores nro closed nnd nil over the city people nro com mencing to display emblems of mourning. The rolchstng nhd 1'russtnn dlot have both adjourned until Monday out of respect to the dead soldier. The emperor has summoned nil the princes and crowned heads of the differ ent German states to attend the funeral , which will tnka place Thursday next , anil which will bo attended by imposing military coramonlcs , Field Mnrslml Von Molllce'H Cnrror. The following sketch by General James Grant Wilson , which appeared In the last December number of the Cosmopolitan mug- nilno , covers the remarkable career of the greatest German captain of our time : Holtmith Karl Hernhard vonMoltUo , who has Just claims on Immortality , was as unknown nt sixty-four to the world in general as was the lint commander of the army of the Pol- tomnc when , In 18(11 ( , ho roentcred the United Statei service. Like Lord Clyde , the illus trious German strategist had long to wait fern n Held on which to display his generalship , but lllfi ) the patient Scotchman , secure in the possession of consummate military genius , iio quietly bided his timo. ItcamoinlMtt when hu defeated Denmark , In IMiO when the star of Austria sank on the lost Hold of Sn- dowa. in 1870 when the mastorlv cninblnn- tlons crushed Napoleon III. and fair France , oven ns Prussia had been crushed by the llttlo Contain at Auorstndt nnd Jeim In the sixth year of the present century. Von Moltko was born at Parchlm , In the grand duchy of Mecklenburg Schworln , Oc i tober 'JO , 1800. but a few weeks later than his k friend George Bancroft. Ills birthplace Is still to be scon in the Hinnll walled town of souio six thousand or seven thousand inhab 1i * itants , nnd is pleasantly situated on the banlcs of the Elbe , lie Is descended , like Mnrshbl Blucher. from n distinguished Lau- ) Ish familv , and his father , a former ofllcor of the Mallendorf regiment , possessed the estate - tate of Grcnltz. In his twcltth year Hoi- muth was sent to Copenhagen to bo educated for the army. In 1H11 ho becamu a "land cadet" and commenced service with the small annual pay of 50 Danish rcichsthalors. Shortly afterward , nowovor , ho was admitted in the privileged ranks of the so-called "pago cadets , " when Ills pay was advanced to the sum of ! ! 00 tbalera of the Danish mint from the court treasury , and the nioro valuable privilege of receiving a higher scientific education. Five years later ho was appointed to a lieuten ancy In the Oldenburg ivglment , and In 1822 (10 ( obtained permission with several com panies to engage for a tlrno in foreign service. vVo may now smllo at the minister of war who , when Moltko left the army , reported to the King , 4Tho departure of Captain Moltko will not DO a great loss to the Danish army. " Ho was very poor , and when the permission was granted ho begged at the same time to bo allowed three months' pay as "travel money , " but Frederick VI. thought that ho bad done enough for the young ofllccr and replied that no funds could bo advanced to those seeking foreign service. Moltko in his written application to the king , which is to hu seen at Copenhagen , in ado ilio now memorable pledge : "If his majesty will concede my request I trust that I ahull acquire such knowledge and capacity in the Prussian service as shall enable mo to repay the king and Denmark. " Another strnngo instance In the irony of history. Hud the young captain's request been granted for the paltry sum of ? 200 , it iff 'probable that ho never would have become Held marshal of Prussia and chief of the general stall of the army. It is n very curious nnd not uninteresting speculation ns to what Issue might huvo resulted from the Schloswig- liolstcln conflict when Denmark was do- JUUIUU , 11 JUUllKU II11U UCUI1 UI1 U1U UII1UI aide ; nnd had the greatest strategist of tbo ngo remained in the service of that llttlo state In which ho began his career as n soldier and lu whloh ho also proposed to end it , would there have been n Sndown In 1S ( > 0 and Sedan in 1870 , nnd might not Napoleons still have been emperors of Franco ! Entering the Prussian army in the autumn of 18 3 as second lieutenant in the Eighth .infantry , Moltko at tlio same time studied in the military academy. Thrown entirely on Uls own slender resources , the young ofllcer early exhibited that spirit of self- reliance which prepared him for the future struggles nnd energetic career through which ho was destined to pass. Spending seine time in the school of division at-Wankfort-on-tho-Odcr , ho was , after ten yours of arduous studies nnd labors , made a member of the general stall , and in 183:1 : was advanced to the grade of ftret lieutenant. Two years later lie wont to Constantinople nnd Mnlimud II. , conceiving a high regard for his ability , the Puisslan military author ities permitted Moltko , then n captain , to servo the sultan In Improving Iho fortifica tions of Turkish cities and In the war ngainst the Kurds nnd against Egypt , In Egypt General d'Hnutuoul , who died in Franco In Juno , Ib'JO ' , was pitted ngulnst Moltko nnd beat him , Tlio latter was the virtual commander of the Turkish nrmy nt Noslb , as was General d'Hnutpoul , then n captain of the Egyptian nrmy , of which Ibraham Paslin was the nominal chief. The Turks were routed owing to tlio skill of Captain d'Hautpoul in occupying as ho did the position dominating the roua to Aleppo. The intervention of Kuropo nlono saved Constanlluoplo from being entered b.v the Egyptian nrmy after the defeat of the Turks at Nosib. General d'Hautpoul was sent to Versailles In ls > 71 to negotiate an ar mistice uml mot there his old fee Von Moltko , hut refused to sign until informed about Gen I eral Bourbahl'a army. General Vnlden then took lilt place and signed , nnd Bourbakl , to nvold bohiR captured , was compelled to re treat Into Switzerland. After being deco rated by Mnhmud for distinguished services rendered nt the battle of Hlsill. Captain Moltko was recalled nnd assigned to Ire general staff of the Fourth army corps. In 1843 ho was advanced to the rank of nnijor , nnd thrco years inter ho published n n Interesting narrative of his sojourn in Turkey. During the same year , 1845 , ho was appointed adjutant to Prince Houry of Prus sia. sia.After After the prince's death , in 1817 , Major Moltko was engaged on the Hnlne , nnd in the year following was assigned to the grand general stall. In 1810 no was promoted meted to be chief of staff of thu Fourth army corps nt Magdeburg , and six years later iio becamoadjutant to the crown prince and accompanied him to England. Advanced to the rank of chief of staff of the Prussian nrmy in 1S38 , ho was in thoyear following created n lieutenant general. Present In the Austrian headquarters at the time of the Austro-Itaiinn war , upon the termination of hostilities ho entered energetically upon tlio development , to the fullest extent , of the capacities of the Prus sian general atalT and the Prussian nrmy. Tno war against Denmark having been declared , Moltko planned the cam paign nnd gave to Its execution his personal assistance , contributing the same skill and experience In the moro important war of ISM. The brilliant plan of the Bohemian campaign was also his. Leading ntjtno battle of Koniggrntz or Sadown , ho also planned the advance of the Prussian columns agalnsl Olmutz nnd Vienna , and the armistice and preliminaries of peace which soon followed his great victory nt Sudowu wcro negotiated bv him. For thcso eminent services General von Moltko was rewarded by King William , who accompanied him In the Austrian cam- palgn , with the order of the Black Englo , n national donation nnd tbo colonelcy of the Celborg or Second Pomeranian regiment. 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Morse Dry Goods Co. no mention of the name of the illustrious soldier , although the Men of the Time , in the edition of IbtiS , include * the name of 1m cousin , Comto ao Moltko , a Danish statesman horn in 17S5 , who held the post of minister of finance under Christian V1I1 , and who oxer- clsod vast influence under that monarch , Hut while the successful strategist was nn- known to ttm world nt large , and glittering names were dazzling for the hour , ho was porlecting , with all the conscientious zeul of a hard and practical student , those plans of war and strategy which his prescience - science told him were to place Prussia In the front rank of military powers nnd rcstoro tno Gorman empire , Having long foreseen the probable contingency - gency of n war with Franco , ho was prepared with his plans when it began in 1870 , and Prussia was destined under his leadership , after an interval of six decades nnd under moro than ordinary circumstances , to invndo Franco , and ever the very battle grounds on which so many of the signal defeats of tholi fathers had been encountered , to achieve vic tories only paralleled by those gained on them by the llrst Napoleon. Surh nro the retributions ol history as well as Its analogies I Thcro is what appears to bo a well au thenticated nnerdoto that tno very day before - fore Moltko's departure for the sent of war n diplomat met him In the Wilhelmstrnsso of Ilorllu nnd addressed him nnologoticallv , fearing to intrude upon his busy thoughts and preparations , hut , "Oh , " said the old soldier , "I have nothing to do I" And nn American general who called upon blm nt Versailles during the siege of Paris and on the very day that a strong sortie was ox- tMictod. found him calmly reading a now Encllsh novel 1 The Emperor Napoleon III declared wnr against Prussia July 15. 1870. Nominally commanded by King William , but under the controlling spirit of Von Moltko , the Gorman armies crossed the frontiers early in August. Kuropo and Amer ica looked on breathless with expec tation at the gathering of hosts destined so soon to mar the fair face of Franco hun dreds oi thousands of men , "All furnished , all In arms , All plumed HUe ostriches that with the wind Unted , like eagles having lately bathed ; Glittering in golden coots , like imnuos ; As full of spirit us the month of May , As gorgeous as the sun at midsummer. " Encountering Marshal MaoMahon at Worth , August 0 , they obtained n signal vic tory. The effect of this rovcrao on the French was of the most disheartening char acter. Napoleon's efforts at consolation In his brief dispatch to the empress that the marshal had "lost n battle , " but urging forti tude nnd sacrifices under dlltlcultlo , will bo most vividly brought to mind when wo re member that four years later Mao.Malion hold the reins of a republican government in Franco , that the empire was dead with the unfortunatn emperor , who now sleeps on Knglish soil , his only son by his slilol Uap- idly following the disaster nt Worth came the defeat of naiaino in the sanguinary bat tlo of Gravolotto , fought near Motz August 14 and IS. Shutting himself nnd his army in Motz , llazaino was besieged - sieged by Prince Frederick Charles , while MaoMahon with his retreating columns was hotly pursued by Moltko and the crown prlnco toward Chalons. After collecting a largo army there Mac- Mnhon marched northward toward the valley of the Mouse. Wbon Wellington nt Sala manca saw Marmont's circuitous move ho is said to have exclaimed , "Now 1 have him I" Whatever the silent Moltko said or whether ho niado any ronmrn on the subject when Informed of MacMahon's march , ho must have felt that ho was cer tain ot his gnmo , for ho had not waited till then to guard too northern passage. "A general , " says the Archduke Charles , "must suppose that his opponent will do against him whatever ho ought to do. " MiioMa- lion's movement was ono of the possibilities that Moltko had provided against. Then came for the French the final caUistropha of ttio war. Tbo Gorman army , amounting GLOVE DEPARTMENT. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S M THREAD GLOVE 5c a Pair. Assorted colors , slate , wine , brown , otc ; . , worth up to 2oo. LADIES' BLACK LISLE THREAD GLOVESl , 25c a Pair. 60 do/.on fast dye , brilliant lisle , worth Hoc n pair. LADIES' COLORED I'LUfi ' 01LII UL 25c a Pair. 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The crowning point of those disasters , almost un precedented in military history , was the sur render of Motz by Baznino with an army of 170,000 men , inrludlng three French marshals and the Imperial guard , seine 10,000 strong which , according to Cambronno , "dies , but never surrenders I" without doubt the act of a coward or a traitor. The spectacle of sued a vast body of well-seasoned soldiers , the flower of the French army , hold captive for three months by n force of onlyono-tourtn greater , nnd then surrendering without strik ing a single bio A- for freedom , is certainly now in the annals of modern warfare. At the clo o of 187i ; Marshal Bazaino was Justly condemned by a French military tri bunal to bo reduced to the ranks and shot. His scntcnco was commuted by his friend and former companion In arms , Presi dent MncMahon to twenty years' im prisonment on the island of Sto Mar- guerito. Honor is elevated to the presidency of Franco , while dishonor in disgrace is sen tenced to degradation nnd death I As will bo remembered , Bazaino , after a brief captivity , effected his escape and scttlod In Spain , where the writer saw him in 18SJ , and where ho has since died. In March 188U wo visltod his island prison and that of the Man in the Iron Mask , and fool perfectly satisfied that the ox-marshal was permitted to roach the boat In which his faithful Mexican wife waltod for him. The French wcro outnumbered nnd out generaled by the Germans in all the great battles of the war , and to the genius of Von Moltko In directing the movements of the armies is to bo principally ascribed their victories. The siege of Paris was main tained with constancy nnd courage. Com manded by General Pnladlno ? , the army of the Loirn doloatod Bavarian Von der Tnnn near Orleans , but falling to move promptly on Paris ns ho should have done after Ids victory , ho throw nwny the only op portunity that the French over pos sessed of effoctunlly raising the slego. Subsequently Paladlnos was defeated in sev eral engagements. A vigorous sortie from Paris was made November 29 , continuing during the day following ; but the accession to the besieging force by the addition of a portion of the nrmy of the "Hod Princo" mndo further rrslstnneo almost hopeless. As food became scarce the cry of icslstanco a 1'outrancu ceased nnd thu famous siui-'i' fro long terminated by the sur- rend of the city January S $ , 1S71. All- i baron for his great services , Molti. lv..s created n count on his sovnn- tloth uirthdny , and in September ho was advanced to the chief marabalship , again receiving n national dotation. Added to the honors from ids own sovereign and nation the illustrious soldier was the recipient of many other distinctions. Including the order of St. Gcorgo from the late czar , the highest military order of Hussla. Carlyle concluded a letter on the "Latter Stage of the French-German Wnr of 1870- 71 , " in tueso words : "That noble , patient , doon , pious and solid Germany should at least bo welded into n nation and become como the quern of the continent instead of vaporing , vainglorious , ccstulating , quar > rolsouie , restless and ovor-sonsltlvo Franco , socms to mo the hopufullnst public fact that has occurred In my timo. 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Cut with nil his conius , with nil his able sub ordinates and with the magnificent disci plined devotion of the German the army , would deliberately planned " programme of "Vntor Moltko , ' ' as ho is familiarly called , have boon attended with the sumo sur- tjrislnR successes had he , in nlnco of lighting against second rate generals sometimes against the very worst fallen in with such a soldier ns Franco possessed in the days of Anstorlitzl It bo may rea sonably questioned If there would have boon n bedun had thu thoughtful strategist boon pitted neainst the llgntning-llko conception , so invaluable in warfare , which the lirst Napoleon would have brought to the strug gle. In sucti a case it may bo safely as sumed that there would have boon no sur render at McU , no loss of Alsaro and Lorraine , nnd tnat the campaign would hnvo heon conducted on German soil , nnd in llou of lingering on the loft bank oT the Khlno in the helpless manner of the captains of 1870 , his own victorious banners would have been soon on the roan to Berlin. General Sherman has kindly favored the writer with his impressions of "Marshal Von Moltko , whom ho mot during his visit to Kuropo soon after tlio close of the Franco- German war : "I saw him twice , llrst In his room , at perfect case , in n sort of n military negligee drosswhen ho reminded mo of many a Gorman doctor or professor that I met in this country. Ho is rather slender , not very military In his form , about six foot , or a llttlo loss in height , wears a wig , nnd his face is clean shaven and smootlior than tUe photo graphs represent him. His complexion is quite fair , and unless you know him to bo a man of fame ho would not attract your atten tion In a crowd. I next saw him'in uniform nt a dinner party , when ho wore a military frock co.U buttoned up to the throat , with ono or two orders on 111) broast. Ills face was the same , calm nnd thoughtful , and his speech slow and measured. Iio remarked that ho could wrlto and read Engllsti lluontly , but In speaking was not confidant that ho always convoyed his exact meaning , llo is well preserved nnd of'good ' habits nnd easy temper. Ills fana ( , < is well earned , derived from a largo experience I in the cast , iri Turkey , in Asia ' and lu Europe. HoliU n close observer of ! men nnd things , nqd. n hard student of ' geography , statistics and''facts. Ills value In war was the rapid divination of the purpose of hU enemy nnd hlal'nccurate ' knowledge of all the data that enabled him to innko the wonderful concentrations by convenient lines 'tliat ' marked the campaign of Koniggrata and Sedan. The movements preceding , the battle of Koniit- pratz were his , and they form as good n model for study ns any battle of the century. " General fahorldan , In dtprblng } ! his departure from Versailles at tbo close of the war early In 1871 , says : "Ofcnoral von Moltko was , 03 usual , ( Jiitot nnd reserved , betraying not thoi.qlightost | conscious ness of his great . ability nor the least Indication of pridir on account of his mighty work. I say thW advisedly , for it is an undoubted fact that it was his marvellous mind that perfected the military uystcm by which 800,000 men wcro mobilized with un paralleled celerity and moved with such cer tainty of combination that , in n campaign of seven months , the military poxvor of Franco was destroyed nnd her vast resources seriously crippled , " After lie i ML' the unsuccessful candidate of tlio conservatives of Berlin , Count Moltko was in January 1ST I , elected by another constituency to the Ger man parliament , of which ho has ever slnco boon n member. There , as well as In the old omporor's cabinet , the chief captain of the omjilro , who concerns himself only with the strictly military side of political problems , advocated the idea that "between state and state thcro is no arbiter but power. 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No one of them can bo shattered In ono or two campaigns so com pletely as to confess itself beaten nnd to con clude peace on hard terms , oi- not to recover in a year or two and renew the conflict. It may be a seven years' war ; it may bo a thirty years' ' war. Woo to him that sots lira to Europe ! What is wanted is a strong govern ment to resist ponulur impulse and passion. For a long time past only the sword has kept the sword in its shoalb , " concluded the count. Before the close of 1831 the Gorman general staff , of which Von Moltko was then the chief , completed its valuable history of the Franco-Gorman war , In twenty volumes or parts , embracing plans nnd maps of im portant battles mid battle Holds. It is no secret that the count devoted much time to the preparation of this monumental work , in which the story of the struggle Is chronicled witn irreproachable accuracy and admirable impartiality. Many of its most luminous chnutors , including the masterly introduc tion to the concluding volntno , are the pro duction of his own pen. The field marshal has two residences. Ho has a home for life in the stalT palace on the Konigs Platz of licrlln. His apartment * have n southern exposure and look outupuntho recently eroded Column of Victory , which chielly commemorates hit own triumphs over the Austrian * nnd French. In This huge brick building , occupying nn entire square , also resides Count Wnldorseo ami his A inert- can wife , together with many staff oflliors : , Moltko's summer homo is in Silesia near Schwcidnlt/ , where ho possesses n handsome estate at Krclsau. Hero ho buried his En glish wife , who died on Christmas day , IbiH , nnd who , judging by her portrait taken Just before her marriage , was a line specimen of a beautiful British girl of twenty. His favorite seat is under the shadow of the giant oak of his park commanding a view of her mausoleum ami the distant hills of the Eulcngoblrgo , Like tlui historian Han- croft , the count devotes much time utid alien- tiou to the cultivation of his rous. The marshal U n good walker , still mounts his horse , seldom smokes , snulT being the form In whloh , llko his greatest hero , Fred erick the Great , ho prefers tobacco , and ho Is usually nn exceedingly moderate cater anil drinker. Whether In city or country the old soldier enjoys his evening gnmoof whist with his nephew , Major von Moltke , and other friends , and oven during the French campaign of 1870-71 ho was accustomed to have his game of cards when pos sible , and his adjutant , Colonel do Claer , was compelled to provide suitable players. Ho U also very fond of music , and nightly expects his nlcco and his visitors to plav or sing for him Iwforo ho retires to his private apartments. Somotliiun , but very rarely since passing the fouwcoro milestone , docs Moltko permit his early hours for re tirement to bo interrupted , Perhaps the latest of tho-to occasion1) was when ho at tended the banquet and ball crivon in March last by the emperor whim the prinuo of Wales visited Berlin and when , but a few weeks before his ninetieth birthday was celebrated in Germany and America , the count received a visit at Krclsau from the young emperor and his successor , Count Wnldorsoo. It may bo safely assorted that no un crowned captain of the nineteenth century possibly of all the centuries with the slnglo exception of England's "Iron Duke , " has received such honors as wore rendered to Field Marshal von Moltko in Berlin on his ninetieth birthday , Never before were such honors paid to u Gorman subject. By rcijuost of the emperor ho was accompanied from Kreisau to tbo capital by Count vVnldi'rsoo on Thursday , October lit , 1SOO , being heartily cheered by thousands upon thousand ? ns they drove from the rail- wny station to his Berlin residence. Through out Friday nnd Saturday the old soldier was overwhelmed with written and telegraphic congratulations from crowned heads and grand dukes and by uerman societies of the old nud now world. Saturday was mndo n military and gen eral holiday throughout the em pire , and lu the evening thcro was an impos ing torchlight procession in which many thou sands took p.irt. On the Mill the city was en fete. In the morning , in the presence of the emperor , the marshals and poncrals of the nrmy. the German guards and cuir.issior * , some twenty thousand strong , with their his toric colors , paraded before llio veteran , who stood bareheaded on his balcony. Thu colors were then carried into his house. Then all the notabilities , including Bismarck's suc cessor , Chancellor von Caprivl , nnd an Aus trian delegation carrying nn autograph letter - tor from the Emperor Frnnois Joseph , assembled in the great hall , where they were greeted by llio Em peror William. Count von Moltko , ac companied by Count Waldonco nnd the general staff , then entered , nnd there was n hearty and universal offering of congratula tions to the celebrated captain. In the nftor- noon deputations were received from tlio principal places of Germany , presenting to the count the freedom of their respective cit ies. The emperor and thu city of Cologne sent field marshal's batons of gold nnd sil ver , whllo Mecklenburg proiontud nsnm of money with which to piircluiHo the liouso nt Purchlni in which the hero was born , at the same time placing 100,001) ) marks at his dis posal to endow It ns a hoipit'il. ' In the evening n banquet was given in his honor at the Potsdam palaco. The king of Saxony was seated at Von Molt ko's right , and on his left sat the Hmprcss Augusta Victoria. The young emperor was seated dlrecly opposite , and , touching ttio mar-dial's glass with his own , called upon the august assemblage to drink to his health and happiness , And so closed llio unique celebration of the count's nine tieth birthday the birthday of nn illustrious soldier without nmbllioii or vanity , and Iron from Ural envy which usually follows great ness like a shadow. May wo not bo permitted to apply to Von Moltko\vlio , , like Washington , Is left chiidloss that his country may call him ' 'Father , " the lines addressed by the gicatcst of living singers to thu illustrious Wellington ) "Foromost captain of his time , In his simplicity sublime. " Clean Up. As the good housewife proceeds to cleansu nnd rcnovato the family domicile , removing the winter's accumulations of dust and im purities nt this particular season , so uhnuld every intelligent person cleanse and renovate their internal person , nnd maku it n heath fill habitation , for it's tlio homo of the souU There is nothing that will so quickly nnd of- fcctlvelv accomplish this as u dcuo of St. Pat rick Pills. They not only physic , but clem tbo befogged mind and clo.inso and renovate the whole system , making ono feel bran now. A The register of deeds Is recording mortgage that will not him SIH.50 in fees. It consists of thirty-nlnu chuoly printed papos. The mortgage Is given by the Now York bis cult company to the Central Trust company of Now York , to secure the payment of 91,500,000 longtime bonds , The property covered Includes the cracker factories lu Cambridge , Milton und New- CARPET DEPARTMENT. HASSOCKS 35c. 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Morse Dry Goods Co. bury port , Mass. : Grand Hnplds , Mich. ; Now York city , Chicaeo , Hartford , Conn. ; Coilnr Kapldt , in. , and Denver and the McClurg company In Ornnlm , or in other words , nil of tlio factories in the biscuit company trust. Dr. Blrnov cures catarrh. Boo bld'jf. HOW IT HAl'l'ISMCI ) . Coroner's Inquiry Into tlio KatuI Sewer 'J ronuli Accl.lont. Tlio Inquast to determine the causa of the luath of Charles Holmes nnd Frank Nelson , tilled by the caving in of thu sewer Friday , was hold yesterday afternoon. A. PotoMon , a laborer , stated that ho was working on the scaffold wnen the sldo of thu trench guvo wiiy and was nearly covered with dirt , out got out unhurt. Thrco men mil quit work at noon because tnuy were afraid of a cave in. llo did not know thu names of the men. C. E. Lurstoa said ho did not know any thing about tlio number of brncob used. A. Swansun tusttllcd that hu was working on thu bank and was covered with earth up lo his neck , but scon got out. The luulc had c.ivod n llttlo in places dur ing the foronom : and hu had asked the fore man to have moro bracoi put in. Sullivan refused to put in braces until the ditch hud been dug to n depth of eight feet. Witness was afraid to work In the ditch because the soil was .so soft. John Moody , another laborer , stated ho had quit work Friday morning because no braces had ( icon put in. Ho Bald it was cus tomary to have brucos every suvon or eight foot when digging in such aoft dirt. Charles Adolph.son was working at the bet tom of the ditch , about oluhteua feet from where Nelson was. when thu slide occurred. Hu escaped nnd helped to dig the men out. Several of the men nad spoken to him about the danger of a cave. Several ether laborers were placed on the stand but their testimony was substantin ly asthonbovi ) . It was u bard matter to ox- nmino some of the witnesses as all of the laborers were Swedes and the examination had to ho conducted through nn intcrprolu r. 11. Sullivan , the foreman of thu gang , nas .stan. . lint , ' on the bank of thu ditch uhon the nccldent occurred. The trench was about twelve feet deep and was braced ton Him bottom with two sets of bracos. Ho Imd taken the UHiial precautions to prevent an accidunt. Owing to the soft nnturo of tbo ground nt that pmco hu had placed braces ami uprights closer together than was customary. Jumfti Jensen , thu boss of the gang , work ing about a block away , Hinted that llioru Imd boon no neglect on any part of the work to put in ttm proper .supports. C. A. Mostlcr , thu superintendent of the work , stiiteJ that braces had boon put in at the proper time all along thu line of thu ditch. For UOO feet on both sides of the accl- dent lop and bottom braces six or seven feet apart had been put in , Frank Kcovos , the contractor , had pissed along the linn of the ditch in thu morninu and know that HOUIU extra precautions had boon taken on account of thu nnturo of thu soil. Hu ihought the uccldenl had Ix-ou caused by tin.1 water from the cesspool seep ing through and softening tlio ground. The Jury roliirnod n verdict to the effect thut the men came tn their death by an tin- avoidable accident for which no ono was to blamu. The funeral of the unfortunate men will take placa loday at llurkctt'.i ' undertaking rooms. Interment will be made in Forest Lawn cemetery , _ Up. There is n prodigious number of persons who feel very much down ui the hcul Jusl now. Ail they really need is u dose of St. Patrick's PUN to clenso and renovate thuii system. It would do them morn good thun a dollar bettlo of uuy blood purifyer. For by