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NEW-YORK?
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1897.-TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
A MILK TRUST FORMED.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FILED IN
NEW-JF.RSEY.
DAIRY rROnVCTS TO BE fDLI_EC*T*ED ANT? DIS
TRiiit?::r> ?ti-sthmaticai-LT?the frojkt
ork or the ?con?ct:rn say PUCKS
will be i?wrnr:D.
Trenton, N. J., Pec. 21.?Artl'-les of Incor
poraticn of th. rann and Dairy Product Com?
pany, with an authorized capital of |15,000,000,
wer? fi led with the Secretary of St ate t??-day. :
The company 1? authorized to d?a! in butter, j
cheese, eggn, milk, vegetables, poultry and other
foods Th? priiii ipal place of business will he
In Jersey City. The company win have
14.000.000 of preferred stook and ?1-1.000.000 of
common at?.ok.
The Incorporating stockholder? are John B.
Bll-imsifllild ai d Henry C. Everdell, of Hrook
lyn: Samuel li. Lawrence and Francia 13.
Lowery, of New-York City, and Burnham C.
fitlckney. of Elizabeth, N. J.
The company 1? the result of the negotiations
which have bean under way for several months
looking towerd the formation of a "milk trust"
Tho capital for the formation Is said to have
come largely from abroad, principally from Lon?
don, and the remainder was subscribed In N'ew ?
York. It Is Intended to Introduce an entirely
ne? system of supplying milk to New-York and
Brooklyn and nearby places. Arrangement-?
have been oompleted whereby farmers wh?> have
|..?.-n supplying Isolated creameries will ship
direct to the trust Borne of the creameries In
this State and through the mllk-produclng belt
In New-York State will be turned Into d.pots
for the trust. The milk of small farms will bo
delivered to these depots and forwarded. In
other places, where the produce-s are in busi?
ness 00 a sufficiently large scale, the milk will
be shipped direct from the farm to the depots ?
In Jersey City and Hoboken, and thenoe di*- i
trlbuted to the customers In New-York.
WU__ THE PRICE BE REDUCEDT
It la cfe_!med for the trust that thare Is no In?
tention of increasing the price of milk to the
consumer, but, on the other hand, there Is like?
ly to be a re luetl'?n in th? price, while at the
same time the milk will be better than the aver?
age now served in New-York, and the iru.t CSD
pap more to the farmers than the isolated
creameries now pay.
A member of the trust to-day said that this
result will be reached In this way: There ur
now 3?>me four thousand wagons delivering milk
in New-York City proper. There four thousand
wagons require that number of drivers, and on
SOBAS of them the driver h.i** a h? lper. The !
routes of thtse sellers of mlik cr>ss and r-*cro.;p. ?
and it Is rot uncommon for a SCOTS of rn .kmen I
to serve milk on a single city block. The trust 1
flizures that It can give a Letter service than is
now furnished by these Independent milkmen ,
with less than one thousand wagons. The city
CM! be laid out Into routes, and properly cov- |
ered by a thousand wagons where the four thou- I
r_nd are now employed. There will be In tho j
cltl, as Is now planned, a serle? of central sta?
tions, to which the milk will be br??tight direct
from the receiving stations. From these central
Stations in the city the wagons are to radiate
through the city.
Mlik under the existing conditions Is now sold
In New-York at from three to eight cents a
quart, an RveraK" price of six cents a ouart, de
Hvered. It Is estimated that milk ran be re
tailed la any part of the city for f? ur cents.
The saving In the raductlon of the number of
rs will allow tnls and leave a maiKin far
greater than can now be hoped for by ihose In i
he business. There will be enough profit to
-.lable the trust to handle the milk from the
( ?w to the consumer under the latest hyplenic ]
principles. It will permit the trust to keep a
.1 watch upon every farm from wh
Mil! draw a portion of Its supply, and It will
enable It to pay the farmer more for his product.
When this is done the trust can insist that the
quality Of the product shall t.e better.
FARMERS TO BE INSTRUCTED.
One thing that the managers of the trust j
propose to look after Is the Instruction of the
farmers. The idea Is to make him a part of
the business. They say that at present the
only question with the farmer Is how he can
ke?p nls stock on the least money and produce
sufficient milk to give him a ?profit. As to
uality of the ini.k the farmer ?ares noth?
ing, so long as It i nsaea th?- m ik Insp?
The tr it's Idea is thai the farmer '?hall learn
that proper fe.-ding will produce milk whli h
will n .t only .fand no chance of b? ing con?
demned, but which will bring him a Letter price
and better returns in other ws
The practice of gro? ere and others selling
milk, it Is understood, will nol be encouraged
?uh-stati ?ns where dairy products may be pur
will be established, and In them the
g.,ods handled will be look-d nit.-r With the sai <?
scientific care that they ?a 111 be at the main
?tatlona
-?
INDIANS Burn THE OOURTBOUBBB.
THVT HOPS in rms way TO DEBTRO. nu. i
ORM AND AVOID PATINO THEIR DEBTS,
C.iicnpo. De-. 21? A Afspatoh t> "The Times-Her?
ald" fr .m Wichita. Kan., save: "1 ? ? lion has
Ived at the ofl ? I th< I'nlted
_ ? : ,- South IteAlesier, Ind. T.. to the ef. I
? i - '??:.. . | has
. ;? .-.?piracy to burn th? Ur ? 1 .-? i
- ' ?hi??i court
buildings in the Indian Territory.
'The burning of :..?? I'nlted States curthous. at
Ardmot>; the o'her day. with a.l Its records, Is
a first atterai t to
plot. The !: .....ns are is i i ? be growing mors
. , :.. -h?-?, as upon tn-it day
,i. .,: their tribal ciiirtn ar? abolished and
Federal u lave : ill lurli llctbn :n lltti
affe'-Mng the Inlians. Under the Ii lian law one
not su?- another for debt
_r- vast numbers o? noie: held ?v shrewd
Indian-- t.?. nsl their less provident brethren, now
on ??> -t. ?le, which ean ? sn?-?l on ar 1 ??. t< ;
as soon as tn* Ir.dian? rams In ? I ?
'.avr. It will ruin many ihousai Ii ol India.
have i.. re'.u?/.ire b? en considered wi ? ,viy. end It is
the ?_!_?on'.tnt of ilie di thoughl
?o be resp - alble for I hi plot to iui n
recordi and imped?, as far as po the I II
tration of Jjstif-e in tlie LTnltod State? courts. De?
tectives ar?j watchiriK the movements of the ?_*
pected Indians."
-o-?
SHOT ASI) KILLED BIS STEPDAUGHTER.
-RI__? Or A rOHMEJK ME'MBi'll <>K THR I'ENNSYI.
VANIA LMGUSLATI-'UI
Wllkssbarre. Penn., Dec. 111. James Grlner. pro?
prietor of the Pullman Hotel at Duiyes, shot and
kliied ??.s stepdaughter, Caroline Bhafer, at noon
to-day. They had q_arr?*!l<? i ovr money matters,
Griner jf?-vt nlmne.f ir, at once, an.! wai bi ... I
to the wiikesbirrre jai: He wai formerly s mem?
ber of the L-r/i-lature. representing wiikf-f-bar-o
In th? House or Repreuenu.lve. In 1896. Win
?erm expired he went to Duryea. where he pur?
chased a hoteL
I'RJNCBSS DI CARINI SADLY THE ATE I).
IJCPK'SONED WITH HER I1UND IMfdHTER F?Jlt
THE I_AJBT FIVI TEARS ?T HER TRUgTEg.
Palermo, Deo. 2L?"Il Oui litre Delia Inola" tells
i shocking story of the Ill-treat:n?nt of Prlnesss ?11
'arinl, who U separated from her husband. 1
hat, with her blind daughter, sh.- ?.an been shul
1? for the-last five years by her trustee, and has
?r.ly lust succeeded la ?ending u leurr (o the po Ice
??veallng th?i tact of her lmprisor munt. Th? pol ce
.uve Uberat?-d the Prlucess, and the trustee h.is
en arrested.
FIVE KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
T.orrdon, T)"c. 21.?The man?,fr?-.r of Mo; r*| ? ,r
1 stlllary at Hull and fonr of tin- tmploye? wen
il'i by an explosion In tbe works tnls evening.
-?>
Christmas w?r>?-k will be enjoyable If you ii??\? a
?tito of Ballantine's India Fue Ale. (Jrder from
Acktr. Mtrrall & Con.lit; Park & Tilford; It >i ?ri
C.rey. AS3 irth ave.; Ma? y & J?-nkiii_, .7 Liberty st.;
G. Facclnl, 710 7tn aw.?Advt.
ENGLAND AM) JAPAN IN CONCERT.
THE BRITISH SQUADRON To MAKE A DEM?
ONSTRATION AS A PROTE8T AGAINST
THE PARTITION OF CHINA.
London. Dec. '2.2? According to a dispatch
from Shanghai, tha Hritish aquadroo will mak?;
a dem.'nstrati'n at Che-Foo, on the north coast
of th<- Fhnn-Tung Pr'.montory. as a warning, It
Is supposed, that Great Uritaln Intends to op
??- -?? the division of China without consulting
hir-r.
It is reported there that Russia has offered
China a loan to pay off the indemnity of the
war with Japan, and it Is believed, says? the dis?
patch, that Japan and England an- acting In
con? : t to jr.>serve China from dlclntoarratlon.
Favoring the Idea of a protectorate over ?T'entrai
China, with a capital at Nanking.
It Is rumoi'-d, also, the dispatch alleges, that
n ?arge Russian military force is coming over
'_/ 1 from Liberia.
A German-China** Commission has hesn ar?
ranged, according to a dispatch fr.>m Shanghai
to "The Dally Mall," to settle the boundaries
of the occupied district at Kiao-Chau, it la evi?
dent, therefore, that the occupation will be per?
manent. The same dispatch says It is rumored
in Shanghai that the TiritIah intend to occupy
Ta-llen-wan, south of Pert Arthur, in order to
guard the Uu'.f of Pe chl-11.
"The Dally Mall's" correspondent at Tokio
reports that there 1b no excitement thai* over
the news from Port Arthur. The press Is calm
and the public Is Indifferent.
RUSSIA AND CHINA.
THE THIX'HY THAT THE OCCUPATION OV BORT
ARTHl'H WAS A HnQtEt, TO THE
DAPHNVI VISIT.
Bi-rlln, Dec, 21.?The "Cologne Gazette" insists
upon the accuracy of Its statement yesterday
that the Russian occupation of Port Arthur
was connected with the visit th. r* 0? the Iiritlsh
warship Daphne about a week ag. ?. Ai? a proof
!: in.mts out that there were iit-.tuer RUMlan
ships nor a Russian oonsul at Port Arthur at
the lims the Daphti? visited the harbor, and it
argues that Russia could only have learned of
the visit through China's complaint.
The "Cologne Gazette" embarrassed the Gov?
ernment to-dxy by declaring that the other
Power* v*.nia Boon follow the example of Qer?
and Russia, n.?w that the partition of
China had actually begun. <>th?r newspaper*
bave ?pressed oplniona In a similar vein.
It baa i"? n hinted that Prince Henrjr'a dcstl
natlon la another point than Klao-Chau, nnd
that h<- will receive the supreme command In
the China seaa.
Th-> "Norddeutsche Allegerr.e'.n?' Zeitung" has
ened t.. Issue a denial of th?-?** aasumptiona, de?
claring that they were not watranifd by the
facts.
The Paris corresprindent of the "Cologne (laset to" '
. * l] -1 his paper yesterday that a week ,i^ ,
In splta il the protests of the ''hin??-?, th? British
warship Daphne entered the, inner barbor at Port
Arthur presumably to ascertain wheihsr or no:
thsr? wer? Russian Bhlps there
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RUSSIA BTJTINO SUPPLIES LIBERALLT.
Ban Francisco. P?c. 21?In mercantile circles lr?
8an Francia?** much attention I? paid to news from
the new Orient. The tnteUlgenoe that a Ruaelaa
fleet ha? oc-*ip'*?l Port Arthur, following so closely
on the now? thai Ru?bIb bad obtained a Arm ?trip
pn Corea, leads to the belief that activa hostilities
i.etw-en the Mikado end the Czar i-iir.rro? long be
deferr? 1. It is regarded a? algnlflcant that sK?-t>ta
of the Russian Kmplre baVB r- :.'.- mads BS1
?Ive p-:r rVixe?, of arri.y BOPpHS* In tin United P'ure?
Tor the garrison at Vied? ?stock a rev* da
eable messages from Vladlvoetoek, via Ht. Peters?
burg, were received la thli city, Inviting ?ever?!
i on an inune ? r, ntlty of proi
The merchant? hen enl Ipate a great ilenu.r
BUppliei to maintain the fleets nnd armies no*
risvmLi'.Ing In the Orient.
THK JEAN HART ORDERED TO CHINA
London. r>'*- 21. -A dispatch from Rrest ?ays ?he
I'r- r. h cruiser J.-an Hart ha? been ordered to pro?
ceed immediately t.? rMna.
The Jean Bart Im rated as a ?e*nn1-f*ia*4s T';i??r
Bbe is of over 4.'?'? ton? displacement, is ?i* toot
long, has 4X feet I? to, and her estimated apead !? II
; ? Bht y-^g nn armored deck four In hea In
thickness, mo inti * .r 11-Inch <i ?'? rk-flrti i ?*; ?:??. Bl?
: g una fourteen 2.--Inch gun??, and naa til
?rum of smaller calibre. He.- crew numhen
men.
PILLING A GAP IN GBRMANTB NAVT.
Dantalc, Dec. 21 Admiral vor: H'?!'mar, In ehrist
new Herman cruiser Vi?eta t ?da..
???y |s ship i ' ' pere*ptlb s ?rnp In
? -.1 navy. The name awakes tha m?
of the vanished glory of past power, bul both -.f
theae, whl? h have been long and sorely missed,
have uprisen afresh with the n?-w Kmplre. The
powerfully mm- the Emperor and the
Empire, either for ..fr? n i or defen?ce."
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NO DEVELOPMENTS AT KIAO-CHAU.
Bhanghal, Deo. 31. -The Qerman Admiral rom
mai .: g Klao-Chau Hay refuses to ndrnit BOWS?
pa] r n, i. within the <;?-f]nnn lines
There hav? ??-. ? ?f rther developments at Klao
Chnu. All Ib quiet ther*
BIO FAILVBB IS MELBOURNE.
C H. JAMBA RtTINKD BT TUB Bt'BBlIMQ OP Tin:
I,AM. BOOM UABIUTIEfl 14.200.004
London, Dec. 21 A dispatch from Mellvni?n?,
V torta, Baya that C, H. Jam?* has failed for
i*. -" Th?! cause -.f hl-? trouble? i?. Bald to he n.?
bursting ?.f il..- lard boom.
\EABB RARING TBOUBLE AT TBIPOhi.
Bl im: .i'NIi'li BT TTRKIRH TRfJOPfl OUTBID? Til ro
GATES OF THE TOWN DISTURBANCSi
KUBWHBJtM
Tripoli, Dee. IS (delay? i In transmission).?
Several thousand Arabs who had b.-en d-:non
Btratlng outside the gates of thla place have
?- n !Urround?t-d by Turkish troops. Th?? shops
"f the city are closed, and th. Ar.ih agitation
agalnsi the Government is Increasing.
There w? rt- disturbances on December 17 at
Amrus, near here, ah the houses Inhabited by
II ews were pillaged. Thirty of the rioters
...??? u?-? Bted by the troops
London, Dec. 21. A dispatch from Vienna nay?
that the Aral?? niong the Persian <;uif, notably
a: Basrah, Kurnah and El Kallf, have revoit? ?1,
and 'hat troops are on th' lr way there.
COA M LOFS ER AL 08B0RNE IS DANGER.
A M'N OP THE LATB I'M. RJELMBOLD ARRESTED
K??i: Tiii-KA I'KM.Nii TO SHOOT HIM.
London, Dec. XL Ohsrtse HelmboM, son of tha
hue Dr. HelmboM, of New-York City, the well?
kn urn patMit-medlelne proprietor, has been areated
and i i -, ilting fi'ii at the How-st. police station
??ir -hf chargi '.f threatening to kill United States
' !ei f ti) < ??borne,
luirlnn the last tMr? .? WBSkB he bad be-n li.niir.
Ing the United state.*? Conaulate, ahabbtly dressed,
an'i demanding money. 1I-- told a story ?if tho
selsuro of (?is ?lothes and offeotB by the Berlin
coistil for debt, and declared thai Mr Oab ri.e
wan responsible fur tn<* salsur*.
lli-iiri' .1 1 ... - ai.n* i*.i .1:.,.'.; "unite t.'irrt last I-*rM,i>*
Mr. Oaborna ordered him to leavs tho premise*.
Thereupon HelmboM b?casse violently savaged an?i
shouted: "L>- you, I'll oom? baca and shoot
you." He returned y<-s't*r?lay and repeated his
ihrt*at. Mr.'Qeberne, remewbaftogthe renies caaa,
BUBun '?'? '? t pell ? i'. ? ? .nd bad him arrestad,
'lilt- phyMclanj think llelmbold maane. fI? ha*
:;,..- i,:,! i, r'ni? hi i, i.iftn "? r. nl years, living
well when bl I ?>?? . ? ind in d< sp
. .. v-iry between remlttana it le auppoeed
ti.a.1 ?he Berlin adventure? h?- deeertbee art- lmasr
Inury.
An attt : 111. t has been made t.i keep the aiiaix
secret for the sake of llelmbold'? family.
JOSIAH QUINCT RE-KLECTL
BOSTON GOES DEMOCRATIC BY ABO
FOUR THOUSAND.
THE ItF-PfBIJCAN CANDIDATg FOR OOV-M
?CARRIED IT I_-.ST MONTH ?U9SS THAI
THREE THOUSAND VOTKS ]?OR
THE HRTANITE.
Boston, Dec. 21. Mayor Joslah Qulncy \
re-elected to-day by a decreased plurality 0
ex-Mayor Edwin T'r-ton Curtis, his opponent
two years ago, and the city, which went
publican at the State election last m??nth,
ngaln Domocratl<* by about four thousand. '
attempt to split th?* Democratic party In
city by vigorous work on the part of Thm
Rlley, runlng as a Bryan Democrat, pro
futile. Ills raill's were crowded and his at
enees apparently enthusiastic, but less tl
three thousand voters supported him at
polls.
Notwithstanding the strong effort which *.
made by the Republicans to get out a her
vote In the suburban and Back Bay wai
which usually give heavy Republican maj?
ties, Mayor Qulncy mode great gains over
vote for Williams at the State election, wl
In some cases there was a decided falling off
the Republican vote. On the other hand,
usually strong Democratic wards, where
registration for this election ha* been hea
did not show any special gains for the Den
crailc (sandldate, and In some cases th?*re wai
decrease.
The surprise of the election was undouhte?
the small vote for Rlley. Even in the wai
where he made his greatest efforts few ?a?
found In his support at the polla In his o'
pre? i ne t he received only two vot?*s.
With su-h a splilted campaign and the grei
est registration In the history of the ?rlty, U a
generally supposed a rornarkably h?avy v<
would be cast. It was therefore disappoint)
to the Republicans to find that the total vc
was ?mly a little over that of two years ri
when the registration wan 91.481 to 108,480
the present election. In the former contest 1
twe?*n Qulney and Curtis H4 ?,er cent of t
reg ?)ration voted. Ixsss than if? per cent w
?poll? 1 ? ? lay
The total ?. tie for Mayor, with on?* pr??oir:
missing, Is as f. i1 ????-: Qulncy, ? i".? 7??T; curt
35,741; Rlley, 2,885; Gold tetn, Bo? all?t, 77V..
Jo?lah Qulncy, a de?cend?nt of the well-knoi
Q'ilt-.rv family. was l">rn in Qulney, Mass., Ocl
her 15 IM He nm educated at A'Umi Acaden
and Harvard Hol leg? ar-.d was graduated ?
honors In the clan- of 'SO Fvir years !n'??r he W
gr.vluated from the Harvard U*?- School and a
mltterl to th* bar Mid political <*ar*?*r b?'K??n wl
the secretarysl :p ?if tbe Massachusetts Tariff R
form League Though originally a i:? , .
ne. ame m?. Independent In MM, opi
ele?*(lon of Pia'.-.e si ?1 Logan In ??? I
he was ?le-t?d to th? Ho :?n ot Representative?
Msssachusetta In i*?S*t he w ?? ..
I'omo-rarlo Htate Committee, servir?/ ??( Its ?>.?. r
tary In 1*?? he *-?-n nude .-halrman of ths E
?entire Cenunltt( Ii iWi, .->.airman of the sta
Committee, il?. ?s*i a delegate le th? Nation
convention which nominated Cleveland an I Itere
?on Subsequently, a?i member of lbs Den ? i >'
National Con.? ? id rg( M e Literal
'.;... ? Assists
- .?,-?? ui ?.?-r i ;. ? h im in
ici tjr only all months Retun
? ? . ??...?.?,?
; ? . - io be was elected !
Boston over Edwin I i*ton Curtis, wh
i?*a,t_d ar.iln >?? Itel lav
?
DSMOC-SATIC TJCTORT IN MKIUDSN.
V?r1?"en, ?"?un , I??.- tl Tha ?-t?v ?'.??-Mon he'
here to-day resultad In s De? ?ers ? f, Am<
lees, the D?mocratie candidats for Mayor, tefes
Ina his Republl en opponent. Ar1? I.
about three hundred and fifty majority I??-m
cratlc Aid ' ? ? ? I ?
thr? e or tha t'. i a erde
DECLINES To RECEIVE TAMMANY BONBl
KHormeh baptist imnsTSR refuses to a.
r-gpT a ?".irr i-r.. _: ntr. : i
X),? Rev. Qottlob Tetser. pastor of the Be I lei
man Baptist Cburob, No ?Wi Weei forty I
::** rofrir??* ttM MHU? Of T < ?*,- '
campaign fund which ??' offered to
When ?ven by a reporter last night he ref ?? ?" I
!'?* isa .'- ?i tl n In declining t?. .? >pt s ri: fn
i ?
Mr T ier is the ?
i , ..-. ?? ? i
?. ?? of M ?? i:- .? ? v. i | ,
Ran ?
. , ,'? '. .... Tammai I r J
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RIO FIFE IN SANSAS CITY.
Tilt. AUDITORIUM AND M'DITORIt'M I"Trt, M:
- ? ?TED AT \ I/ KH ??P Ii
KiTi.i City, Mo., J ??? ??; The Audltorlun
l-iris-?*?1'. and finest playl use v.?-.t ,.t Chlcsco, an<
the Auditorium II? tel, ?of most I .int.;
family hot? Is In < led ? : ' lm?*s ai
its.. w< ? . .
in (h.- the re i .,c -r i o'clo -fc this m
106 guest* . ? ? ?
; ? i ?.tlexai i
local 1 ? ? ? ?? ' -?? The In
I ? high Ii?-inr.in- e in
a g:?-.?.: d( ?l of Insu allowi ?i ?
la pee
The lire originated In an ui i om of tl ?
it'xth floor ??f the theatre, and resulted fr.?m thi
rig of ?Ctrl llghl ??? n s. It was fli I
i.y N ill? Clerk il?a?y, irho awoke tt.- gueata Tin .
Included many families, with children .?f all age?
and the greatea confusion ensued Kor a I
????me.! thai th?* flames would !>?? conflned to a ?in
k',i- floor, but <ifr?-r it bad apparently been broughl
under control u burst forth again, and deftod al
efforts of ths firemen. M i o? tbe guests, a
aft?r the ii r t alarm that the tu- would n .t apre id
r?-r urned to hi Ir rooms
I)?-1h\ in getting ??. continuous stream on the fire,
however, enabled 11 t<> get beyond tbe tlr?*men'a
control. The flam?*? spread rapidly aloi
rooms on the nrt'i snd sixth floors, end sow
munlcated with the hotel through tbe small aper
tures In the firewall which separated it from the
ti ?,i:i? Once m tbe hotel the flames were beyond
control The excitement then broke onl emons
ths hot?-i guests afresh, and hurried scrambles t.?
save personal effects follow?**?.. Before the guests
had been ordered from the building a second time,
the bulk m (h-ir belongings had i"-?*n carried out
More tiuiiii ones, who ii?-?i from their rooms in
t sir night clot hea at the start, were given quar?
ts, ? ir i nelghtx ring I ?ti
In th? theatre, th? ?Voodward Stock Company,
which ha? been tha standing attraction ?ii.
r< enlng ?if the pis ? last October, managed to
in. bulk ..f ?t* property Earl) altei the
? ond imrst of flames th?. tl remen gare up
of \\hk in?' structure. Although the building In
v. lu.-n the A) ? itarted I prs Hi all. a from nun? ?
t, the main Auditorium Ktilldins ihcr? were open?
ing In nil the upper siorl which made th?- ??,????
hulldingi on-, .?nil made iii?-in both an easy ?rey
. a flames, once w? II tarti d. Bui
Pelletier, of the Ineurance Patrol, refu ? : t.. il low
h. m? ? ? tho bulldli ? ad I rpau?
im?-, and all efforts of the Bremen were ronflned to
t!.itslde Luckily, tbe structure stood alono,
si no time was surrounding property threat?
??in ?i. The firemen v>..ik?-?l her.jlr.ill>, hut within u
few hours bolh th? theatM and the hotel had
been ?gutted, the blcm-r peri ot the r< ,?f bad fall? n
ii .-.?..! ui?..??t one-third of the weet w.- ? 11 of th?- ho
t?-i collapsed
The Auditorium Was built In 1SW5 by Col?>nel
Qe<,rp.- W. Warder at a cost of Ko.noo. It wa
I ;i,.. ?-. arder <;r.m.| Opera House, and wai
opened by liooth an.l H.irr. tl After .? hrlef bul
?-???'ful season Warder traded ih?- propert]
to '?? irge W. Henry, of Chicago. Henry reopened
tin- theatre, but it ?gain failed to ps* ex|
In VHm the National Hank ol Commerce purchased
tbe property ?-nd metalled John P, siocum, u. well
known Eastern thenirlcnl manager. After another
fe'luro the bank traded th? property last Oct"
ber to Alexender eraser, and ths latter leased the
propert v to Paxton and Burgles, who presented the
\v.iward Block Company end n list of flrsi
, . of Hi.' over ID :.r .1 %
Tl.. plan proved i decided ice? -, ??. : for
rat ' ts In eptloi the lu lltorlum
? :i.. ,i pai Ins property.
" 'Tls excellent." Is the verdict of connoisseurs re
gardlng Ballantlne'e l'aie Ale. s?tv.?iI .?i .Manhat
mn lioffmim. Waldorf-Aatorla, Holland, L-eiinuni
co's, and Murray BUI Hotels? Advc
DEADLY GAS AND SMOKE.
ONE FIREMAN KILLED AND THREE HURT
AT AN' EAST SIDE FIRE.
tup: ni.Azn was a pmaij. afvair that ptartki?
IN" TIlR HASF.MENT OF AN* EAST FOL'U
TEKN'TH ST. TBNF.MT.NT-HOfFE?THE
DEAD MAN' A BROTH ER OF
ALDERMAN OAKLET.
As a result of an insignificant Arc that started In
a WOOdbta In the basement of a tenement-house si
l No. 42?i East Fourteenth-st., last evening, one fire?
man was killed and three were badly Injured by j
suffocation from smoke and ga* The man who
WSB killed was:
OAKLET, Martin J., twenty-seven years o'.d, of Engine
Compuny N'o. F..
Th-? Injured, all members of Oakley's company,
DAVIS. James F., of No 4SI Baal Fourteenth- St.
f??NNKf.l.Y. P-'er. of No 4CA Sttv.nl-sve.
HBaO, Thomaa I'.. Bttlftant foreman, of No. 2S4 Pleas?
ant ave.
Mead and Donnelly wore removed to Bellevue Hos?
pital, and Davis ?vas taken to the New-York Hos?
pital. All of th? Injured men who were taken to
the hospital were unconscious, but It is thought
that til- y will recover.
In tin- basement of the building, whore the Are
started, is a stable reache.1 by a long runway from
the ?tr-et. About in the middle of this runway Is
the stable office, where Jacob Steli.mUler, the
proprietor, naacta his bustnees. Adjoining the j
office Is the -.nace devoted to tho wood and coal
I Ins need bj ihe sixteen families who live In the
bouse. It was In one of the?e bine that the flame.-?
Started. The tir? was dlacwersd by a stable em- !
ploy?, who Informed Steinmuller, who wa.-i at his \
s'ipper In his rooms on the Bret lloor of the house ,
st the time, that th* place was on lire Btelnmut- ?
1er .ir . the employa ran down Into the cellar and
tried to put out the Barnes with & few buckets of
water, but were unsuo?:essful, for the fi?mes had ;
gotten beyond their control. Some one sent In an
alarm of fire, and soon the a;paratus ami men
of Company No. 6. which Is situated nearby, were
on the ?pot. Fireman Oakley and a part of the
Company rsn into the building to reach tho Are j
from the hallway of the house by means of a I
narrow stairwsy leading to the basement, while
Other* made their way through the runway from '
tho street.
FILLTCD WITH SMOKR.
The fire wa? hardly well under way when the
i house was filled with smoke, and many of j
fl?*d In terror to the roof, fron which
tht.y passed 'o oth?*r buildings, although a few of
the tenant*? were able to get out through the main
hall ti soot aa th? Bremen, headed t.y Oakley,
opened the door leading from the hallway to th*
,tr ?tali?, they were enveloped in a thick ?moke,
a . accompanied by an overpowering
?mall of Illuminating gaa (>akl<*y led tho way, ami
w..^ probably overcome before he had paaaad half
v, y .1 .*.?.:i tha stalra It Is supposed thai he slipped
and fell, for he was afterward found at the foot of
the ?lairs. Head and Davis followed Oakley, and
loo, -.eie overcome on the stairs by tho
.?moke and g.u?. and Donnelly, who went into the
building by the runway, whji caught by the vnium*)
of noxious gases a* ha entered tha place where the
-? -i through the llvary-stabla '?nice.
Iri the mean ?irr:?* ?<::.? T .t ; irires had ar?
rived an I were piay.ng their long '.hies sf hose on
? which were soon lUbdued. D was then
that 'he four unconscl Bromea were found lying
ll pools Of water which had been poured into
lbs si la i \ ? ? ?j Chief D. J Mahr, with several
' Hook and Ladder Company No. 3. In
Esst 1 if-, found ths unfortunate men, and
lragg<td them, With the assistance of others, from
.
. ? Rav. James Le Baron Johnson, curate of
? . bureb, Who Is ?veil known in the Fir?* De
,...r- ::i..i.-. aril tiie I'.ev. N B. i'arey. a curate of
? i'impel, waten l? near the bulkUn*. had tho
'-ed int.. ti*e dispensary of
? - arh re ' ??? wer? *.?re| for by Miss F.
res n the dispensar}', ?nd
other attendants imb .? es arrived Hurry
ca is wen '? ?? ? ?i .< mi ii
mee?, and within a shorl
/ ?-.?? Men I
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A BMALL MOHB1 LOm
i - ?f Mi on th? building,
-, i ?.-, : ?? ?' - of Ke ?'- Rlvlngton?
t tl m was started by
? f | ?US* ? !, .' . - - 1 i
. in the wood in or Bet Brn I > the bin with s
In J. o ktey. tha dead Bremen, was a brother
n .1 hn T. Oakle?
? : . .i ?o the Firs i ' ?: ?ri n? nl rtva
Iren.
, Mr .)- i?.n, ?d Urace ?*h ireh. broke tha
?.f h. r husband'? death to th?** widow, at the
- of the dead man's Baeoelatea
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TELLING OF THF KAISER UVBDBB.
M?, K Mil OtVBS I'AM ?..'.! V. T!VSTIM?>NV
A IAIN T CtuBMMBB
. .. ,, w;, penn. Dec 21 The hearing of James
Elisabeth K De Kalb, Ihe ;?* - al?
Bf martes O Kaiser in th.? mur?
.-.'- of i.'- wlfa Emma P Kalaer, on Ocl bar?,
pi, ,. before Maglatrats Lenhardt this
. f The Magistrate's ?ce was crowd? i.
Ing unable to gain admission. Mrs.
... hoi while riding with her husband on
? ,.i near this town Th.* alleged motive
at ,>,,. rim, was ths desire to secure 119,000 Inaur?
u,. .. on her life. Kaiser ha* been sentenced to
d, ith for lh? murder
i. trlct-Attorney Straaaburger refused to penult
ii . r -.. waive a hearing, and aft>>r a few minor
.-. bad been examined Miss r?e Kail?, the
n< tori ui "woman In black." went on th.. stand and
the el ny of her Hf?* arid of the conspiracy. Her
tory was of a startling natura ar-.d moat damag?
ing to Clemmer. The :ait..r iistene?i with Brent at?
I, -, ,.., to ber words, but remained ,-alm and cool
under tha trying ordeal. She told of a plan which
Clemmer and Kaiser had agreed upon for getting
Mr- Ka?x r out of i he way This was to chloroform
the woman mrt ?hen set fire to Ihe bed. This p'an,
ild, w?.-. not carried out, be?2auBe Kaiser lost
hi? nerve. BflflB I?. Kalb told of several earring?
rides r.he had With Mra, Kaiser, the majority of
which were planned i>y Clemmer. <>n all of the?o
unforeseen clrsumatancee happened, which the
Commonwealth believed delayed the murder of Mrs.
Kaiser. Her description of the drive which ended
Iri the murder was minute, _nd was listened to at?
tentlvely
In telling of the drive <?n the night of the mur?
der, Mlh^ De Kill? saitl that on a previous SCCS?
slon Clemmer hatl purposely Injured himself so
that h? could collect th?* amount of Insurance h-dd
by him on an accident policy, snd that on the night
of the murder of Mrs. Kaiser she was Informed
that Mrs. Kalatr was to be shot and slightly
wounded, so that some money could be realised on
Hi? po.ici held by h*-r against accidenta Misa lJe
K laid she ..mi ?'lemmer rode in a carriage some
ioe i. .iilnd :ne carriage In which were Mr. and
Vr.t Kaiser T?o Kaiser carriage was stopped lu
tha road, and when aha and Clemmer drove up to
within a . hort dlatance of it Clemmer allght?*d and
Went forward. A few moments later she hoard
hoia Bred, and Clemmer shortly afterward r~
?' -i-i- drov? back to Norrlstown. They th
tor l'htiadeiphla. On reaching th?-li
turned and they drov? back to Norria town. They th'-n
? i reaching their
.m lu the latter eitv ?'Iemrner confessed to hei
took
train
lladelpl
liv ?'le
1 ? ?' ?III 111 III-' I?? I It (11 VIL* ? i? ??.??.>?' ? ? WI44- . .'.?.I \\J 1I4JI
ih.it he h.nl killed Mrs Kilter, an?i he began to
i d he was sorry he did If. He asked MbH
I?,. Kalb to git. bit? < hlorofoim and kll. him, Bay?
ing he ?roiiih ii"i kil hliur-elf, because he ivns a
Catholic Bhe declined his propitslilon. C'Jemmer
told her thai Kaiser hold hi? wlf?*.'? arms while he
?hot her. -. v left Philadelphia next day, and sub?
sequently moved to different placen?, both earning a
llv< o. .. d by working when they could g<*t employ?
:
Miss I?- Kalt said she was twenty-six year? old.
Bhi ?el Clemmer m Pottavtlle In um. and-lived
With him In I'hll.nl? ildua uirder various names. At
tu? oncluBion of Miss !>>? Kuib's testlmon) Clem?
mer wa committed for trial al the March term of
. inri Misa l?e Kill, wa? then pluoed In the dock.
wa r? i a healing, ano wan also committed
f..r trial Bl the March term.
It I? underalood that the charge agalnxt her will
be that of accessory after tl.?- fact, and that she
will not be tried for murder la ths first degree.
BANCROFT FIRED O.V AT 8MYKSJL
SHE WAS ENTEHING AT MIGHT, CONTRARY
TO REGULATIONS-.*,N APOLOGY
FROM TURKEY.
Constantinople, Pec. 21?When the United
States 3hip Bancroft arrived at Smyrna, on thi
nl^ht of December 4. she was greeted with a
blank cannon shot and rifle bullets from the fort
of Yenikale. A boat from the warship, sent
shoreward to ask for explanations, was tired
on and compelled t.i return.
Thereupon the American Admiral lodged a
protest with the United Btates Minlstor here,
Dr. James ii. Angel?, win) uemanded the punish?
ment of the guilty on?-s and an apology from
the Turkish Government, which w?s ?riven last
Sunday. In addition, two Turkish officers wore
dismissed and sentenced to a week's arr?-st.
The entry of ships Into Smyrna at night is
prohibited, hut on this occasion the lamps In
the outer lighthouses wer?, still burning, and tho
Bancroft stopped when the re'iuislte slgnaU
were made.
Washirgt??n, Dec. UI?The Navy Department
received news of the firing on the Bancroft to?
day from the State ?Department, which had been
Informed through Minister Anteil at Constan?
tinople of the outcome ?f the Incident. The
matter was not regarded as of gr>*at Impor?
tance, in fact, several Instances have occurred
within the memory of naval officers BtStioni 1 at
the Department of just su?-h arbitrary efforts
to enfoi ? vexatious port regulations, which are
common to Oriental s? ip irta
A similar rule Is applied at Havana, where
the Kims of Morro Castle do n"t hesitate to Are
at any vess?i passing in or ou: of the harbor
after nightfall, ami the Russians established a
similar nil? (though inore liberal In scon, i St
Vladlvostock, th.- great ?Pacific fortress, after
the guards had awakened one foggy morning to
find that a large British squadron was lying
under the guns of the forts, having ent'-red un?
seen in the night.
The fact that the Incident Is consid?re! <-!osed
by the Minister and th* naval authorities in th?.
? Levant la still further enforced i?y the announce?
ment that the ertiis.'r San Fran'is.-o, which had
b?en lying at Smyrna, cleared only a week or
two aj*x> for a western Mediterranean port.
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BANES RETIRING CIBCULATION.
TUET HAVE ?IV*?TN* l.*P THREE MILLION* DOLLARS
SO FAR THIS MONTH.
Washington. Dec. 71.-Mr. Coffin, Acting Con?
trol er of th? Currency, to-dny called attention to
the fact that the retirement of National bank notes
In the first twenty days of this month reached tie
sum of 0.000,000. This Is said to be the first time
in the Ins? ten years that the voluntary retire,
menta heve rea?-h?d this amount In any one month.
Under the National nankin??; a?*t th?' United Btates
Tr.-a?'irer Is r. ?'. allowed to receive for retirement
more than COfiO.^ In any one month, and hence
all deposits to retire notes In the laet ten days of
this month must he refused
This exceptional condition, Mr. Coffin says. 1?.
j due to the prevailing low rates of lnter?.<t. result?
ing from a superabundant of money for Invest?
men', which has advanced the price of United
Bl ?tes h??nds. Mr. Crffln expressed th? opinion
: that the law should be amended in this arti?*ular.
as It Interferes with the elasticity cf the currency
and ths r.atnral law-, of trade.
KILLING OF 1 BEBICAN SAILORS IX JAPAN.
AN WVEgTIOATION OKTH?? AFFAIRS RIMNTJ MADE
BY THi; STATE DF.I'AP.TMi.NT
Washington Dec. 21 ?The Sta**> Department has
ur?ler:_kfn an Investigation of the killing by
Jopan?*??? of two sailors attached to the United
Statei fleet on the Ailatic S'atlon. The exact con?
ditions under which the afiaLrs occurred are not
>?? t known here, and ths Stats Department is try?
ing? *o bam them through the United States Min?
ister In Tokio and the consul? in Japan, prelfm
Inery to determining what steps shau be taken
to secure reparation, If it shall be foun?! that ti*n
kt?lngs were, p..? Is expected. ur.Justlf.able.
Ths fir?t was of a sailor named Montgomery,
formerly attached to the TorktOWP while, she wa?
on the Asiatic Station, and the other was that of
Frst-k Ui'ps. a native of N'ew-York and an ap?
prenti ce on th?* flagship Olympli. He was killed
_? Nagasaki The onVlals here havs been advise?!
of th?- hare fa-ts only. but. following so closely on
th.? assaall nt K ?be Is I ?September by s Japanese
mob "tl 'he ?ailors of the TorktOWn, th?SM affairs
have srou??.l 'li'-m to a determination to ot tur?
protection for American sailors In Japanese ports.
WOULDN'T LET A POOR WOMAN GO.
A OERRT aOEXT INSISTS CPOS. THF M'TTFR OP
RIS Dl TV IN SPITt OF A PLEA FOB MERCT.
Therf was a lively scene In the West Thlrtleth-st.
police si ition I I night, when Mrs Morris M. Eck?
stein, of No O West >y*orty-thlrd-st., th? wife of
Senator Thomas C. Platt's private ?jecretary, went
ther?? to protest ((??air'..?' an arrest.
The person snested was Mrs, Annl? Prank, who
had been found begging with her four-year-old
daughter in her arms, in Twenty?second-st, n -ir
Hroa.lway. Ia-f evening. Thomas B. Watson, an
??.?nt of the Qerry ?Society, wat?-he.i ths woman
for a time, and Ihen pieced her und?*r urrest. He
took h?*r and the child over to Sixth-ave. and g?>t
o-A a surfa?se car 'O bo to the police station. At
Twenty-fourth-et. Mra Eckstein and a woman com
pan ion go! on ths car, and soon question?;?! tho
Gerry Bgent a-- to why the woir.au i\ept so bit?
teiiy. He explained the nature of the charge
Bgalnel tier, and Mrs. Eckstein at on?-e became in?
dignant She accompanied the agent ami ..!? prison?
er 10 tho station. Mrs. Frank there told In lm
P-rfe.'t English that her husbe ..i was a Jeweller,
who was ou; of employment, and as the* had noth?
ing to eat she did not think she was doing wrong
to beg.
"I 'in Interested In ihls woman." then raid Mrs
Eckstein to the sergeant nt th.. deek, "she did not
know she w is do rig wrong, if you wli; let her go
l will see that si-... is properly cared for."
Captain Bheehan, who was m the station cx
plalned that the case lay entirely with the Gerry
egent, und that if h?. Insisted the woman would
nave to be lo.-ke.i up. The Captain suggested to
the agent, how. ver, that the case might easily he
1 1.) silo wing the woman to go with Mrs
hrksteln. Wai ion replied be could not do such a
thing, i Mat he was hired (o look after beggars m th
ehil'lrcn. and that tne woman ha?l violated the aw
and must be locked up.
At this Mrs. Eckstein became Indignant, and de
noiinced the arrest as an outrage. "I haw b<?? n
connected with ,( good many charities" she ex?
claimed, "and believe I have done some good I
have never be??n .?t?l>* to seo any go,j,i that 'the
Gerry Society has done." ' m c
She ?eft the police station, aaylng that she would
be in the Jefferson Market Police Court this morn?
ing :o |.?.?k afler ih.? woman's Interests Th, latter
was locked up. and her ohlld was taken to the
rooms of the d.rry Society.
ANDERSEN TELLS HIS STORY.
SAYS UK K1I.1JCD THK MATE OF THF OUVg
PF/'KKH IN HKl.F HH!*_NCE.
.Norfolk. Va.. Dec. 2L-Rapld progress was made
In the Federal Court to-day In the anderes? case,
and it will probably he concluded to-morrow, so tar
I as the chame that John Andersen murdered
I Siiiin'Ier.i, the mats of the schooner Olive Pck? r
Is concerned. With the exception of some brief ?uij
; r.ot Important ttstlniony In the morning the day
was almost entirely consumed with the hearing of
? the evidence of the accuse?! man, who was placed
, on the stand by his counsel to testify In his own
! behalf.
In the course of th? direct examination Andersen
I held in his hand ths large marltnsplke which had
| been Introduced as evlib-n.-e. His story of the
essentials differed from that of his comrades in that
be alleged that the mate was coming towa.nl him
with the marllnsplke rai??Hl to strike him whan he
' shot him. killing him to save his own Ufe. He
said he did not leim the vessel, but that Haraburgh
and March did, and that he exercised no for.-e
after killing the tnste, but all worked together, and
no one was compelled to <lo anything. While D!'4?
trh't-Attiirney V\ hite was arguing against the ad
mlsslblltty of certain evidence and quoting from
', statements of the accused man Andersen became
I ex'-lt.-d, and at one tiolr.t nine to his feet and ut
I tempted to I'otrect the lawyer, who sharply bade
j him pit down, and the prisoner, with an appealing
look nt his counsel, obeyed.
After the defence rested several witnesses were
examlneil In rebuttal and the court adjourned until
10 o'clock to-nurrow for argument.
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YOU WON'T ?eve to mortgage your house to buy
Bon Bons and Chocolates o? Hope, il Nassau St.?
AdvL
MI8S HERBEBT A SUICIDE.
LEAPED FROM A WINDOW WHILB
TEMPORARILY INSANE.
SHE WAS THE SECOND DAUGHTER OF PRES!?
I>K.\'T ri.KVKLAND'S SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY AND A MTIflfKNOWX FIOI'RB
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY?DE?
TAILS i iF THE 1'ISTKESS
IN?1 TBAOEDT.
fBY rauKBara to the trmvrrA
Washington. Doc 21 -Washington society
guttered a painful shock to-day when the n?ws
Spread thai Miss Leila Herbert, the daughter
of the former Secretary of the Navy, Hilary' A.
Herbert, hid committed suicide by throwing
herself fn.m a third-story wlmlow at her
father's homo In this city. Miss Herbert had
been suffering for ?ome time from tho resulta
of a fall from horseback, and had been under
treatment for a nsrvnw ttaonV r m srstt, and
the net which ended her life was evidently com?
mit ted while In a fit of temporary insanity.
| The Coroner who was summoned after the body
! had been picked up ?feles* from the concrete
pavement on which it fell ?lid not think It
necessary to hold an Inquest, but immediately
g?\- n certificate of death by suicide, induced
; by melnn? holla. The . x-Secretary of th- Navy,
who happened to be absent on a visit to Mont
gomery, Ala. ?rag tetegrapbstl for, and ?rill ax
rive h re to?l morrow morning.
Miss Herbert was one of the most prominent
flcrures socially In the second Cleveland Ad
I ministration. Though apparently taking little
? interest in society during the last years her
? father served in the House of Repres.-titativee,
| she t-.'.k up. after his appointas?I lo the Cabi?
net, with great zeal and energy the task of en
tertalnlng thrust upon her, and by her tact,
consideratton and sln??erity won a place In
Washington life rarely attained by an officiai
hostess. Her traft* death will bring sorrow
to a ?arge circle of friends, both here and be?
yond th*:* limits of the National capital, who
will remember her as a young woman of true
refinement, unselfishness of character and high
per* ?nal attractions.
THE RESl'I.T OF AN INJURY.
The following authorised statement was made
this afternoon by a person familiar with all the
circumstances of the suicide: "Miss Herbert at
the time of the occurrence was suffering from
At lite melancholia. It developed several weeks
ago as the final result of injuries received by
being thrown from her horse last spring. The
melsncbolia was not insanity in the sense of be?
ing accompanied by delusions. At the same
time there was profound depression, and. as Is
always the case in this type of disease, there
?as groat danger that suicidal tendencies would
develop. For this reason nurses were provided
to maintain the closest watchfulness. No sui?
cidal tend-ncy developed, however, until yester?
day, when for the first time Miss Herbert made
an attempt to get out of the window, but was
restrained by the nurse. This led to additional
caution, and two nurses alternated in constant
watchfulness >>t the patient. She was at all
times rational, quiet and gentle, an?l it was sup
posed the dlseass w.'Uid yield t.} treatment.
"Early this m irning the r.w:~> on duty noticed
a small spot of bl???,-d on the bed-coveting. She
Inquire I .' . i: meant, but the Invalid endeav?
ored to piss it by lightly, On making an In
Igation, ii ??rever, the nurse- found that the
under l?-.i rlotbes were saturated with blood,
and that Mi?s Herbert had Boverwd the artery
of her wrist with a pu.i .10. I'e.-liiiK that
th? emergency was gn at, the nurse hastened to
the door and called an alarm. In this momen?
tary withdrawal from '.he bedside, M:?r3 Herbert
: 1 1 out "t* ??9?l and sprang from the
window, The plunge was made headfore
ir. tsr. bo that si a alighted on the top of
her head on the asphalt pavement. This
injury alone was, sufficient to have caused
d rath fr^'-.n concussion, and It was doubtless the
Imm? i la te cause. Aside from this, a cursory
exsmination Indicated that the skull was fract
nred. The severance of the artery also would
have resulted fatally. When the physician
reached her Miss Herber; was still breathing,
but tl; d about an hour after the leap."
Miss Herbert had b'-en enthusiastically fond
of riding, and last September sa.' ?-tarted out
on.? day In Virginia on a horse which had not
l .-n well broken. It stumbb-d, and she was
thrown violently to the ground, sustaining ?e
vi re injuries to her back She was brought to
Washington, but recovery was exceedingly slow,
.'in.i it was not until las: Sunday ? i.at sue was
able to go out of the bouse. On that day she
" nt driving for the first time since the acci?
dent, anil Dr. W, \V. Johnston, the attending
physician, noticed considerable improvement.
This morning she was unusually bright and
cheerfUI, and chattel animatedly with her mar
I 1er, Mrs, Iflcou, who made her home
with the ez-8e?cr*tars> and his daught?-..
A MEMBER OK THE CABINET CIRCLE.
Miss Herbert was the second daughter of th*
ex-Secretary of the Navy, and had presided In
his home here since the death of his wife. A*
a member of the Cabinet circle of the last Ad?
ministration she became widely known In this
city. and. In ii.'t, throughout the country. Dur
Ing that period s.ne mad- a summer trip to Eu?
rope, and was presented to Queen v:. :.?ria at
one "f tin? May drawing-rooms two > ears ago.
While never of vigorous constitution, for a per?
son of her delicate physique she was unusually
devoted to outdoor life and sports, and It was
a matter of general pleasure to her friends that
she h--, ame stronger and sturdier as the years
wen: by. Naturally of a gentle and retiring
disposition, and a woman who talk-d little, the
sudden transformation from the seeming quiet
of ? Congressional home In Washington to that
?>f a Cabinet residence mad?? little change In her
demeanor. She took up the dutiea Of her posi?
tion gladly, and was one of the most prominent
Of the oiiiclal hostesses during the last four
(reara She knew many people in Washington,
notably those of Boutnern blood, and kept up
with all the old Interests with which she waa
?connected in former t!::-.es.
Miss Herbert was educated partly In thts city,
where her parents lived during Sir. Herbert's
gervtas In Congress. A year or two ago she was
appointed the Vice-Regent for Alabama on tho
Board Sf the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association,
taking th?? place held by her mother for many
years, and tilled by the latter with great dis?
tinction. Mis? Herbert was much phased by the
app ?lntment, and attended to Its duties with
untiring Industry. Last summer she was pres?
ent at the annual council, and took a-n activa
part In every detail of the work allotted to her.
Miss Herbert was of medium h*?!?rht. with a
slender, graceful Asure, and earned herself with
great dignity. H?r featurrs were almost cor
nef in outline, and her curly blonde hair and
pink and white complexion were Ilka those of a
young child. She was a devoted daughter, and
fell no ?acriflie too great to secure her father's
pleasure a.id comfort. For the last few months,
owing to her injuries she had been seen little
In Washington society.
THREE MES WERE FILLED.
FATAL REtOIVfl OF TEE 1AILEOAP ?TRECE AT
Al.TOO.NA.
Altoona. Penn., Dec. 21.?As a result of lest
night's freight wreck, caused by a runaway train
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, three men lout their
lives, and damage to the estent of $73,r>>0 was done
to locomotives and freight and passenger cars of
the Pennsylvania company. The dead are 8. K?s?
ter, of H'igerstown, Ind.; ?""hartes J. Numer and
S. C. Coibln, brakemen. K?ster died a few min?
ute? after midnight. aft?r being removed to the hos
pltal. Tne bodies of Numer .md Corbln were not
re overed from the irrecksge until early this mom
ttig. Numer could be h?*ard talking for four hours
liter the wreck ocourr-d. but could not be reached
until after the mam of d?bris had crushed him to
death. The body of Corbln was found In a pile of
d?bris thirty feet in ths air. He was under tha
roof of a car. and was probably tnstuntly killed.
One locomotive was completely and two others
were uartlally destroyed. Pour pas-tenner coaches
and fifty-eight loaded frelghtears were almost com?
pletely wrecked. ??? -?.le? this lots, the damage to
tlie merchandise with which the cars were loaded
Is hea .*y.
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MUHC HOXE8. playing any tune. QUITARA.
MANDOLINS, BANJOS. STRINOS, etc.
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