THE ST. LOUIS REPXJ
BLIC
5
NTNETY-THIED YEAE.
CZAR ACCEPTS
AMERICAN PLAN.
Russia and United States Fa
vor Early Withdrawal
From Pekin.
NOTE SENT TO OTHER POWERS
Germany Will Not Be Permit
ted to Wage Ruth
less War.
JAPAN'S SUSPICIOUS MOVE.
Protracted Sessions of the
Cabinet Held at
Washington.
TTh Republic Hurtim.
14th St. olid Pcnnsjlvanla. Ave.
Washington. Aug. 29. Russia and the
United States aro to blaze the way for
peace In China. How far their combined
efforts "Kill go toward ending the trubles In
tho rar East cannot now be told, but the
administration nppeara cangulne of fnvor
ablo results. Both countries stand ready to
withdraw their forces from Chinese terri
tory ns soon as order Is restored there and
responsible gov eminent, willing and able
to maintain quiet. Is to ba found. They
nre ready, too. to accept Li Huns Chans at
this time as tho Envoy Plenipotentiary or.
The part of China to negotiate for peace,
but ho must repreent the Government real
ly In po-wcr when the representatives of the
allies appointed to negotiate for final ces
sation of hostilities mKt. This Is the sit
uation hero to-night, alter jcven hours'
conference between President McKlnley and
the members of his Cabinet.
At the Cabinet meeting to-day a request
from tho Russian Government was laid be
fore tho members, asking that the United
States Government exert its Influence to
bring about peace and order In China, in
which object, it was added. It would bo
nidad In every reasonable way by Itussl-u
This request was In the form of a memo
randum left j csterday with Acting Secretary
of State Adce by the Russian Charge d'Af
falres, Mr. De WoUant.
At that Interview. Mr. De Wollant, undr
Instructions from his Emperor, stated that
the purposes for which the Russian troops
had been sent to Pekin the rescue of their
Minister to that capital and the protec
tion of Russian subjects had been accom
plished, and tbnt his Government stood
ready to withdraw its forces from Pekin
and. If conditions warranted it. from the
country.
Sir. Adco replied that lie believed that
such a course would meet with the approval
. of. tho -United States ,.JVrnrKt-t, -adtr-trmt
he would lay tho matter before the Presi
dent and his council.
Protracted Cabinet Meeting".
For the purpose of receiving this gratify
ing information, tho President convened a
rpeclal meeting of hi3 Cabinet this morn
ing. From 9.30 o'clock until 5.30, with only
a short reces3 for lunch, the Cabinet re
mained in Fesslon. Tho matter was already
well in hand, for it was that which was
the subject of discussion at tho protracted
conference between the President. Secre
tary of War Root and Actios Secretary
Adee at the White House last night.
Tho proposition was discussed in ell its
USED GIRL'S NAME
TO STOP CREDITORS.
Impecunious Duke of Manchester
Spread Stories of Miss
Zimmerman.
UNMASKED BY HER DENIAL
iWhen Usurers Learned He Was
Xot to Wed the Rich Aineii-
cau They Forced Him
Into Bankruptcy.
SPECIAL. UY CABLE.
London. Aug. 23. (Copyright, 1900, by W.
R. Hearst.) To tho young Duke of Man
chester, son of Consuelo Yznaga, belongs
the disUnction of being tho third Duko who,
during the Nineteenth Century, has been
deprived by bankruptcy of his seat in the
Houso of Lords.
Bankruptcy disqualilies a peer unUl he ob
tains an honorable discharge, which can bo
secured only by a settlement with creditors.
Tho Duke of Jlanchesler. who waa ad
judicated a bankrupt to-day. but who, re
maining on the Continent, did not responl
to tho Judicial summons to present himself
in court, deserves some indulgence in hia
financial troubles, for the Manchester
dukedom has always been a poor one, and
the present Duke's father was one of the
most disreputable peers who has ever worn
a coronet. Ho embarrassed and outraged
the ducal property to such an extent that
during tho closing years of his misspent life
lo was virtually dependent upon other.s,
while at his death his affairs were found in
such a condition as to render It 'virtually
impossible that hl" only son and successor
should bo able to make both ends meet.
Tho oung Duke, however, has rich rel
atives who were ready to help him, and hia
grandmother, now married to the colons il
ly wealthy Duke of Devonshire, expressed
her readiness to extricate him from his
difficulties and to furnish him with a
handsome allowance, if ho would live quiet
ly, avoid extravagance and marry in ac
cordance with her wishes.
With none of these demands would he
comply. He has added enormously to the
liabilities inherited from ills father, is
head over ears In debt to tradespeople and
........Am, nnH nfln. linlrlt,in nff life; j, mMf svo
for a time by tho report of his engagement '
to the- very ncu .suss .inmcrman 01 Cin
cinnati, since denied, lias now landed in
tho bankruptcy court.
RUSSIAN RE-ENFORCEMENTS, i
Thousand of the Czar's Troops
Start for Pekin.
Ticn-Tsln, Aug. 23, -via Chc-Foo, Aug. 2D.
One thousand Russians left Ticn-Tln for
Tckin to-da. The country lieic is quiet.
I FIFTY WHITES t
LURED TO DEATH, t
Chc-Foo. Auk. 2l. Yu,
Governor
of tin- I'tovincc of Slicn-Sl, is le
poitcd to Iimvc invited the fote'uu-
ers in the Piovince to como to Ins
I)rotection.
Alwut August -1 fifty accepted
the invitation,
sacred.
and all wete mas-
$
CHINESE PLOT TQ
RI RN QUANTUM
vwimv unniiuuiiii
r.crlin. Aug. 20. The Kis
Zoitung li.i" a dispatch
i nl; fort
from J
0 Shanghai .saving that a plot has
t liccn discovered there lo burn the
whole city. It is added that the $
S Europeans consider the sheets im- J
safe after niclitfall and the pen-
oral situation is described as cnt-
t ical.
B !
phages to-day. The bearing that a Russo
Americnn combination would have en the
diplomatic situation, and its ultlmalo cfitct
upon the attitude of tho other countries
interested toward the United States were
given much attention. It ai determined
that as no other nation had iin.de the
straightforward and unequivocal cvutuics
that Russia had, this Goernment should
accept the proposition.
The question of how to proceed to bring
tho other Governments into line with tne
policy of America and Russia gave the
Cabinet much concern. It was finally de
cided to draw up a carefully worded note
to the Powers, inviting their co-op oration
In restoring peace to China. At this time,
when most of the nation's, through their
Admirals at Taku, have determined to in
terdict the Chines Envoy Plenipotentiary,
LI Hung Chang, from communicating with
his Gov ernment an act of war in Itself
such a note, to prevent unpleasant results,
mu't be phrased with extreme nicety, t-ev-eial
rough drafts were made, but all hid
some featuro that It was thought might be
objectionable, mid o were rejected. Tir-al-ly,
however, a communication that was ac
ceptable to all the members present was
evolved, and this was decided upon as the
note to be forwarded to the Powers. It is
understood that the note was placed on the
cable to-night.
This note set forth that the ends for
which the allied forces had been sent to
China had been reached and that the troop
of all the countries should be withdrawn,
at least from the capital. Thl was the
main point, but it was delicately hinted
that all acts tending to widen the breach
between China and the Powers should be
avoided.
i ,Ct-!iiaijr Cjidor Suaiiinlotq
The object of the United States and Rus
sia in desiring to bring about peace in
China Is moro lmportnnt than tho mere
establishment of friendly relations between
that country and the civ lllztd nations. The
attitude of Germany toward tho Chinese
has had more to do with bringing mattets
to a head than nil other causes combined.
Russia suspects that Germany means to
make a bitter warfare upon China in order
to bring about dismemberment of the Em
pire and consequent territorial advantage
to herself.
The United States Government aIo is not
Continued oil Pane Tun,
FRED EARL ARRESTED
AT DUBUQUE, IA.
Is Charged With Murder of Shil
liani and Speth Near Savan
nah, Mo., Recently.
HE WAS THEIR COMPANION.
Got on Fieijrht Willi Two Youny
Men From Wisconsin and .Jumped
Off With Them Their Muti
lated Hodies Found !Xext Da v.
i:nruuMCM'i:ciAi.
Savannah, Mo, Aug. 21 A dNpatih was
received heie to-day by G. E V.iught, City
Marshal, stating that Fred Earl wa under
arrest at Dubuque, la., charged with the
murder of Guy Shllllam and Henry Speth
of PlattcUlIe. Wis
Shilliam and Speth wcr round dead about
two and a half miles south of this city,
along lha track of tho Chicago and Great
Western Railroad, on the morning of tho
22d of Julv l.idt, a full nrcount of which
appeared in The Republic. It was believed
at the time that It was a case of murder
and, when tho father of young Shilliam ar
rived here, suspicion rested upon Fred Earl,
but his whereabouts was unknown.
Earl Shilliam and Speth were known to
have left Dubuque, la, on a .southbound
freight Monday night previous to the mur
der. The register at Swift's packing-house
In St. .7os"h shows that the three joung
men went to work there Saturday morning
before tho murder and worked until nnon,
did not return after dinner and failed to
call for their pav.
About C o'clock that ctcning ihree men
wero put oft a freight train at Guilford
that had left St. Joseph a couple of hours
before. These men went to Dennis O'Lcary,
who was working a gang on the road, and
naked for work. O'lyary told them to re
port to his foreman at Savannah, and they
would bo given work Monday.
They boarded a southbound freight, which
was then leaving Guilford. This train did
not s-top here, but passed through about
S.30 at the rate of twcntj-live miles an
hour. Whin this train was pulling up a
heavy grade about seven miles --outh of
this city, three men were seen to jump off,
and one went to a house near the road
and inquired the distance to this city.
He stated that they had to report" to
Saannah for vcork, and. as the train failed
to stop there, the were anxious lo get
to Savannah before the hotels closed. The
three started on foot toward this citj and
the next morning two dead bodies were
found along the track that proved to be
thoe of Shilliam and Speth.
The third man never put in an appear
ance. O'I.eary recognized one of the dead
as one of the oung men he had engaged
the evening before to put to work Mond iy
Earl will bo brought liTf as soon as a
tcqulsitiun can be obtained.
ST. LOUIS, MO., THUKSDAY. AUGUST
in M . u Wmk, , zk 1
hAfii & WtflV "
FARMER SAMUEL: "IP I LET
PRIEST CHECKED
A GREAT STRIKE.
The Reverend E. S. Thillips Caused
a Ton-Day Postponement by
Anthracite Miners.
IW0N WITHOUT ANY ONE'S AID.
One Hundred ;md Forty-Tin ee
Thousand Men, Ready to
Quit Work, Wait at
His Word.
i
r.EPrauc sprci t.
Hazleton, Pu . Aug. To one man
and only one the best known and most
courageous Catholic priest in the whole
Hazleton district must be given the credit
for stopping, for nt least ten das, the
i-trlke of HI.OOO anthracite coal miners.
The priest is the Reverend E. S. Phllllrs
of St. Gabriel's Chinch in this clt, a born
son of the minis, with t'-e interests of the
minors deep at heart and at the same time
with a bioadtli of -vimv which enables him
to reeognie the rights of eiuplover as well
ns emplocd.
The strike was an assured thing until
shortly before the adjournment sine die of
the convention of the Mine Worki rs of
America. The mine operators, w ithout a
ingle evception. ignored the Invitation of
this association, recently foimed o far as
this region is concerned. It has been tho
custom of the anthiacite coal operators to
ignore the existence of oiganized labor
whenever possible. The delegates to the
convention from that ternloiy had bfn af
fronted and weie almost unanimously in
favor of ordering an iiimedlate strike.
Fathir Phillips had been watching the
tiend of events with close attention and
list Sunday pieachid a strong rermon
against a strike. At that time lie must
have known tint tho operators would Ig
noro the miners in any conference.
The priest, Tuesday, went down to Iluzle
Hall, where tho Mine Workers of Ametlca
were In fsion. A recess had been taken
lo allow the Scale Committee to complete
its tepoit, and on that upoit the; n iners
were going to striki- until all the dcma-id.
it contain) d had In ell 1 omplieii witu. Fa
ther Phillips "ouht John Mitchell of In
dianapolis, pn'Mdent of the Mlnu Winkers
of America. $
"What Is going to happen?" a-ked the
priest.
Strike," replied Mr. Mitchell.
Father Phillips dievv a deep hi eat h and
looked President Mitchell squaiely in tho
ee.
"If the men strike now," snid he, slowly,
"I shall get right out and light them. I
shall tight tin-in in eveij way 1 can. I
will piomlse ou that the nun of the Ha
zleton region, at least, will remain at
work."
Father Phillips then asked and obtained
permKhion to go befole the delegates and
nddrebS them What passed at that mint
ing can only be learned in a vague waj.
When he entered the hall the strike was
almost as certain to take place as the sun
was to pet in the West When he got
through the strike had been postponed ten
days, and this resolution lnd been added to
the report of the Scale Committee:
"Resolved, That the Executive Committee
be given power to appoint any committees
upon the lines suggested if they see it will
assist in arriving nt any fair and amicablo
settlement within the next ten dajs."
There hae b-pn man lctorIes In peace
and war, but the victory of Father Phll
l,pStton single-handed is the talk of the
entire anthracite region to-dav from Slinm
okin to Sehujlklll Haven. There may et
be a strike, but it will not occur until va
rious propositions have been made looking
to an adjustment and not until efforts have
been made to bring the extremely unsenti
mental coal operators to their senses, just
as the miners were brought to theirs last
night.
DIPLOMATIC AGENT RECALLED.
Crisis Retween Bulgaria and Ron-
mania Threatens War.
London, Aug, 30. As a result of the filc
tion between Roumanla and Bulgaria over
the hitter's delay In complying with the
demand of the former for tho suppression
of tho Macedonian revolutionary commit
tee, the Bulgarian diplomatic agent at Bu
charest, Doctor D. Theodoroft, bus been
rccauea.
According to tho Vienna correspondent of
the Dally Express, the Wiener Abenblatt
asserts that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria
has threatened to abdicate unless the quar
rel with Roumanla is amicably settled.
THEM ARMY WORMS GET A
RUIXED."
RUSSIA TO ASK ALL POWERS TO
WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM PEKIN.
special r.Y c.vr.Li:.
London, 'Jliui.silay. Anc
Company.) The special toriesiomlunt of tho Daily Tclcginpli menu's this, &
dispatch: $
"Taku. Sunday, via Shansliai, Wednesday, Aiis. "!). Humors are prev-
alent hero of iuereasinj; friction butwoen the Japanese and Hussi.ins, all
probably based on the fact that both rowers ate pouring thousands of
troops into Northern China, this extraoulinaty situation being created by c
Great Biitaiu and Ameiie.i not being
"It is believed that Kussia will
troops from 1'cMn a& the object of
cumplibhed.
j "Tho toimtiy around Taku and Pekin lias been devastated, with the re-
suit tliat tho Doxers ate most unpopular with the country people, who ate
attacking theta, X
"The Bovers are moving north from Slum-Tung and icturning hastily to
f their homo."
WOMEN WILL PRAY
FOR BRYAN TO WIN
Indiana Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union Sending OuL
"Chain iMed-'es''
WANT M'KINLEY DEFEATED.
Their Fight on Him Ts I'ased on
His Kelusal lo Abolish the Ar
my Canteen Thoiisuuk
in the Movement.
RKI'UHMU SIMX'IAT..
Indian tpohs lnd, Aug 'i Mt. M.uv
E. Halch, seereturj of tho Indiana Wom
an's Clnlstlin Tempi ranee Union, began
sending out the "presidential chain pledge's
to-night, and In a. short timo thousand of
the CluMlan v.omen of the nation will be
piajlng for the defeat of McKlnley.
It was learned that the motement will
not bo confined to the mcmbeis of the W.
C. T. U., but that lhe'e pledges will b,
sent to the women of the country leg.ud
lcs of ptrtj. Ihe pledge read".
"Whereas President William McKinley
has shown that he prefers the favor of the
liquor men of the imlon to that of the
millions of Christian people who peti
tioned him lo blot out the canteen i-courge
in the army: therefore, I pledge mjselt as
follows:
"1. I pledge m self that I will, until elec
tion d.o, muke It a dally subject of praer
to my Heavenly Father that he will give
to thoJInited States a better man for
President for the ncct four years one who
will kfep wine off the White House table,
who will be a total abstainer himself and
who will do what he can to overthrow the
liquor traffic.
"J. 1 furthermore pledge mjselt to make
at least two copies of this letter, changing
only the number at the bottom to the next
higher, and mall one copy to some sister
in the State In which I reside and the
other copy to some sister in some other
State."
Mrs. V. T. McWhirtcr, president of the
Indiana W. C. T. IT., in discussing tile
plan jesterday, said:
"Tho scheme originated with a local chap
ter of the W. C. T. U., but I do not re
member what one it was. Tho women are
against tho re-election of McKlnley for
the reason that he turned a deaf ear to
tho petition agalst tho army canteen law,
which was signed by at least 503,CXM
Christian peoplo of tho United States.
"Congrc-s was opposed to the law, unci
v oted It down, but President McKlnley, aft
er holding a consultation with his Attorney
General, a man whom he appointed himself,
said Unit It should stand. When one man
can successfully rule over the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States, which are maintained at an enor
mous cost, I call It imperialism of the
rankest sort. I think this ono of the most
llagrant of all his imperialistic rulings."
Mis. Mary K Balch, secretary of the
Indiana W. C. T. U., bald:
"I am responsible for the sending or
the'-o pledges, and 1 am doing It because I
believe it Is my duty. The pledges will be
sent to women all over tne country, and I
behove the prayers will ho answered. I be
lieve we will have a better man for Presi
dent of tho United Staler for the ne.t four
cais than Mr. McKinley."
.
30, 1900.
-'SSk
ssa4g55B; . QJ
START IN THIS FIELD, ITS
a
o
::0 (Cop.vilifht, WOO, by the Xcw Yotk Iler.ild O
at war with China.
ask the 1'oweis lo withdiavv all their
the lelief of the legations lias been ae- o
LEADING TOPICS
1
TO-alAY'S REPUBLIC.
For tlissimrl Uencrnlly fair TInir
!im mid l'rldm ; II vrlit uintln-nsU-rlj
n IikIh.
I'ur Illinois GfueraHy fair Thurs
day mid I'rlda- ; mirinrr in tiortli
nstcru portion Tlinrsilm j Unlit to
fi'PNli soutlienxlerly Mimln.
I'ur ArUnnsni ItiirnI ralui In ntHt
tji. fnlr In etorn. portion Tlinr
ilii) ; l'riiluj fnlr; HiiiillK'iitti-rl nluili.
Pace.
1. Pn'Mdent McKinley Adops Hamlltonlan
Idea.
CVar Accepts American Plan.
Russia to Ask Powers to Withdraw. ""
Priest Checked a Great Strike.
Di.ke of Manchester's Kuso Tail d.
Tred Earl Arretted.
Hanker Strangled by Teeth.
Women Will Pray for Riyan to Win.
Committed Suicide Refore a Crowd.
2. Rrj an Will Eead Democratic TiekPt.
Machadodorf in Rrlti"h Hands.
Jealous of Wife, but Praises Ihr.
3 Oljmpl.i's Gunner Denhs Story of Stolen
Shell".
Tale of Honor Prom Tien-Tsin.
Husv Uav for G, A. R. Veteran.
Regicide Deel ired Guilty of Murder.
4 P.ace Track Result".
lta"ebnll Games.
5. Rock-Pile Faces Those Who Cairy
W'apon".
Suit to Eject 11 Hermit from His Hut.
Dog Sentenced to Death.
Lively Retting on Corbctt-McC'oy right.
John E.'s Benefit a Huge Success
Miss Underbill Out in Tlrst Round.
C. Editorial.
Society Events.
Citizens Anious lo Register.
Mr. Dockery the Guest of Tiavellng Men.
T. Rryan'.s Birthplace Vastly Improved.
S. Republic Want Ads.
9. New Corporations.
Transfers of Real Estate.
10. Grain and Produce.
11 Financial News
River Telegrams.
12. What the Census Will Show.
Visiting Merchant Lost in St. Louis.
T. C. Wendell Still Missing.
Pleaded His Own Defense.
GRIEF DESTROYED REASON.
Uncle of the Late Vice President
Committed Suicide.
ncrciuLtc spj:ciau
'ew York, Aug. 23. Grief over the death
of his wife made William Winters of Kpar
ny, N. J., an uncle of the late Vice Presi
dent Garrett A. Hobart, crazy, and to-day
ho Jumped out of a second-story window of
his home. No. 2G Kearney avenue, fractur
ing his skull and Ijlng ulmost instantly.
Mrs. Winters died en Monday after a
week's Illness. Winters was T6 years old.
The bodies or the old couple were buried in
ono grave in Falrmount Cemetery this even
ing. They had no children and lived alone.
Some of the friends of the deceased say
that tho old man's death was accidental, but
as he had been acting strangely. It Is gen
erally believed that ho was made insane by
grief nt the loss of his wife and jumped
from tho wiiulo"v. He was a veteran of the
CHil War and had lived in Harrison and
Kearny for twenty j cars.
T-k-r
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HAMILTON 15
MCKINLEY'S GUIDE
Speaker Henderson Announces That the
President Is a Disciple of Him Who
Would Make This Government
Like Great Britain's.
Confirms, in a Speech to Civil War Veterans at Chicago,
Senator Vest's Statement of the Present Admin
istration's Carefully Laid Plans.
Senator Goor-io Giiiltiim Vest of Missouri. speaUiu to a Iciuhli! .staff co
ies)oneii'iit nt Sweet Kpiinzo, Mo.. July "I. s.iitl:
"Our people must uimIcimuihI that this is the most important liulit that I'as
ever I. u 1 tl the p.niy. There mtit b an aw.tkeiiinj: to the fact that tho cry, 'Re
public iiuitist niupiie," is not a meie c.wnpaiirn sloun. The phr.ifcc. 19 ali
trnllilnl. Plans at Washington, very definitely laid out. mc.iu to override the
Constitution. The Republican Ieadeta believe in the. tcnciiiuxs of Alexander
Hamilton, who .said that the Government of Great Itritnln was the nearest :i
model of all the governments ever devised by the brain of man. The Hamil
ton idea lives at Washington to-day. McKlnley and Hay believe in it. The
seciet plans of the IJcpubliiau leaders are. 'A strong; government, without con
stitutional limitations.' This is the light. The lines arc drawn. There can
be no quibbling. It is tile Constltutiouof our fathers against imperialism."
This interview appeared in The Itcpublic of July 2.".
Last night, in Chicago, at the Hamilton Club banquet to G. A. R. digni
taries. D,ild Heiideibon, Speaker of the National House of Representatives,
conihmcd all that Senator Vest had said, boldly announcing:
"Thu-e doctrines of Hamilton must- be the te.tt word of the hour."
Speafcer Hendeison said:
"Just befoie taking the tiain. night before last, to come to Chicago to have
an all-aiouud good time with my comrades of the Grand Army, I received
a telegiam fioni the president of this club, asking me to take the place of the
I'icsideiit. I mu not here for that purpose. !No man in this Republic can take
the plate of I'icsident McKinley. And, gentlemen, when the ballots are counted
in November, the patriotic and sensible people of this country will demonstrate
to the world that no man will be permitted to take his place.
"The name of Hamilton suggests three thoughts that may be appropriate to
100: lirM. a strong government; second, a just government; third, a protec
tive government.
"In this gieat world of ours, full of powerful, massive, aggressive govern
ments, this nation as a government must be strong to take care of our people
and their interests. Xo government can be strong that is not just. We cannot
hold the love and support of our people unless we are just in the enactment,
in the inteiprtatinn and in the execution of law.
"Tiiis Government must protect capital and labor and give each a fair
chance. It must protect the rich and the poor, the black and the white and the
brown; also Mr. liryan.
"L'nless we have a government big enough to extend Its protective power
everywhete that old flag iioats. it will come short of its duty. Aye, and, gentle
men, it must be a government that will protect its citizens in the heart of Chi
cago or in the heart of China.
"These doctrines of Hamilton, which I assume arc supported by this club,
must be the text word of the hour. I want ejected a man who not only
preached those doctrines, but, like McKinley, anted them from his heart, be
cause I believe in those doctrines, and I urge the American people to support
the men who believe In them.
"Theiefore, I cry out to-night in tho midst of this Republic, 'Elect at tho
next election William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt!' "
ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S DOCTRINE.
Dm Ins the constitutional debate of 17S7, Alexander Hamilton Bald:
"I believe the British Government forms the best model the world ever
ptoduml; and such has been its piogress- in the minds of the many that tho
truth gradually gains giound. This Government lias for its object public
strength and public .security. It Is said with us to be unattainable. If It vrns
once formed, it would maintain Itself."
CROWD SAW SUiGIDE, I STRANGLED BY TEETH,
Flunk JJasc'lu'k. Seated" on His
Wile's Grave, Shut Himself JJe-
fure Fiiglitenetl Spectators.
ItKPniMCM'lXriAI..
Cleveland, O., Aug:. 19 Surrounded by a
crowd of frfglitcnc-il men, women and chil
dren, Trank Eachek sat on the grave of
his second wife in Woodland Cemetery to
day and killed himself. Ho was CO jears
old and had buried two wives In the ceme
tery. The man went to tlie nfllco of the xuper
intemlent o the ccmeterj about 'J o'clock
and naked for the numbers of the lots
nheic his wives were burled. The graves
are In different section. Half an hour
later 'Watchman Jacob Keller noticed Ba
schek wandering ubaut In the cemetery.
Baschek said lie had found his first wife's!
grave, but could not find that of the sec
ond. Keller found It for him and left him
sitting on the grave.
AVonien walking in the cemetery saw
ni"chck handling a revolver. They begged
him not to shoot himself. He muttered
something in reply and tho women ran for
help. Several workmen Gathered, but
Iloschclc threatened to shoot them If they
came near him.
Tor many minutes the mnn continued to
hold them at bay.
Iissera-by saw the ccltemcnt and
swelled the crowd. Some of the cemetery
attendants went for a policeman and a
number of school children joined the
frightened onlookers.
The men, afraid lo approach the old man,
could not persuade him to put the revolver
In his pocket. As they remonstrated from
a safe dist tnce, the old man grew moro ex
cited. With tlu revolver still in hl3 grasp, he
folded his iiands and seemed to pray. Then
he suddenly placed the muzzle to his tem
ple and, amid the screams of the women
and children and tl.c shouts of the men,
bred and fell dead, across the grave.
The- second wife had been dead two jears.
Bubcliek left four children.
FACED HIS RUNAWAY WIFE.
On Meetiug Her Husband .Mrs. Son-
tag Shot Herself.
San Francisco, Cal , Aug. 23. 3lrs. Louisa
Sutitag. the runaway wife of Paul Sontag,
formerly a Pullman cmploje In Chicago,
attempted suicide In U10 city prison to-oay
vvhen her husband confronted her and Fred
Koepke, also formerly of Chicago.
To-day Sontag, who had tracea tho couple
and his children to this city. vWted the vi
cinity of their home, armed with a pistol
and loaded cane, hut accidental!" meeting
one of his little children, he carried It to
the cltv prison, wh-rc- he told his story.
The detectives took Jlrs. Sontag. Koepko
and the three children to the prison. Hero
Sontag took charge of his own little ones.
The woman then drew a pistol and shot
herself In tho head. Indicting a serious, but
not nccf-vsarilv l.itnl. injury. Sontag will
not pri-for charges agiinst cither his wife
or Itoeuke.
y-.-r-, I In St. tonl. One Cent.
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Cents.
Xev, York Banker Drowned nt
Brighton Beach, Though "With
in the Life Lines.
KKl'LTUUC SFKdAU
Xcr York, Aug. 29. Arthur T. J. nice, a
former cashier and vice president of tho
Broadway National Bank, lost hia life at
Brighton Beach this evening. His false:
teeth became dislocated while ha was in
bathing, and. though not beyond his depth
ho strangled and drowned.
Sir. Kice left his homo about 2 o'clock
for the park-way baths. Ho donned hia
bathing suit, and sported In the surf for
nearly half an hour, when Mrs. John "Wilt
shire, who was sitting on tho beach, no
ticed that ho had disappeared. She waited
for him to como up, thinking that he was '
probibly swimming under the water. Then,
In alarm, Jlrs. Wiltshire called to the life
guards. The men went to the plico where llr. (
Rico had been seen to go down It was with
in the life lines, in not over flvo feet ofi !
water and found hU body Just coming to I
the surface. Doctor Dewing was on the) 1
bench at the time and made every effort to ,
restore the man to consciousness, but to no 1
purpose. I
His mouth was wide open, and his falsi
teeth were In his throat. The doctor sale!
that death was doubtless due to strangula
tion. OLD LOVE WAS THE STRONGER.
Woman's First Husband Reappears
and Claims Her.
KLIFITKLIC SPECIAL.
Trenton, f. J., Aug. 29. In order that sh
may again take up life with her tlrst hus
band, who. It was supposed, had died m my
years ago, and from whom she hjd never
legally been separated, Mrs. Joseph Festl
mora to-day tiled a bill for divorce from
her second husband.
It Is twenty-eight years since Alfred J,
Brown disappeared from Orange, N. J.,
leaving behind him a jouthtul bride. No
word came from him, but from a remote)
source. Jlrs. Brown received tho Informa
tion that her husband had died in South
America sit jears after he had left home,
bho married Joseph Fcstimoro eighteen
jc.ir.s ago. and so far as tho statements li
her application for divorce show the union
has been a h.appy one. But tho old lovo
proved the stronger.
Brown returned to Orange thrco weeks
ago and learned that tho trldo of his young
manhood was another's wife. Ho sough:
her out. and, after she had recovered from
tho shock occasioned by his appearance.
' they had a long talK over bjgone dajs. As
a result, Jlrs. Brown-tcatlmoro decided to
apply, lor ihe divorce, . -.
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