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_ESTABLISHED i»7i. __"Pear God, Tell the Troth and Make Money.” By LANDVOIGT It VADAKIN.
V°l- X XX1-_FORIIKST CITY, ARK., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVKMKKR 22, liHH._^ NO. 9.
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A Carroll County Maniac Murders
His Mother and Attempts
Life of a Brother.
OCCURRENCES OF A WEEK BRIEFLY STATED
Xni*Brnl Martml at I'laa Hlalf to Organ -
I la a National law anil Ordar I ragur
Among t nlnrad I'anpla Aaptlai lull
aaatlna Mania at I'araguuld
A N.»*rl 1*1 tti.
At ?. meeting of the world's fair hon
orary commissioners lad the eltlzi
of Vau liuren county in Clinton. J K
Scanlun introduced and had adopted
the following resolutions
1. That w<* favor an appropriation
by the legislature of $1f>0.000 in Ar
kansas non Interest slat'- warrants for
Lhe purpose of enabling the commis
sioners to creditably represent the
state of Arkunsus in all her resources
at the world's fair, to lie held In the
city of St. Louis in 1903.
2. That said warrants shall not he
sold for less than fi.'i cents on the dol
lar. We believe that where it is nec
essary to buy alcohol and other pre
servatives for the purpose of exhibit
ing our fruit these warrants may lie
disposed of at par.
3. That said warrants shall be in
the denominations of $1. $2. $r>, $10
and $20.
4. That said warrants shall lie re
deemable in lines, taxes and all dues
and debts due the state of Arkansas.
5. That said warrants shall he ex
empt from all state, county and incor
porated taxes.
6. That each county shall receive
$1,000 in said warrants and each coun
ty having more than one representa
tive shall receive $.'<00 in excess for
each representative. These warrants
to be expended by direction of the
county's board; tho balance of said
warrants to be turned over to the
state board to be used for th<* purpose
of state representation.
7. That we will not support any
candidate for the legislature who will
not pledge himself, if tie should l»e
elected, to support such a measure by
his vote and action.
8. That the citizens of Van Muren
county have organized themselves into
a representative party on the issue of
state warrants, believing as we do
that it is the duty of the citizens to
formulate measures to their interest
financially or otherwise.
Or-ler fc*AV«Mfi sinr
The twenty-eighth annual session of
the order of the Eastern Star of Ar
kansas doted at Little Hock on the
L'Oth with the installation of the fol
lowing newly elected officers:
Brand matron, Julia M. Gill, Little
Hock (re-elected); grand patron, Mark
Olney, Mena; grand associate matron.
Blanche Klock, Eureka Springs;
grand associate patron, J. M. Oathout.
Booneville; grand secretary, Jennie
11 Hopkins; Little Rock (re-elected);
grand treasurer, Cora Westerfleld.
Conway; grand conductress. Miss
Athea Barker, Bradley; grand asso
ciate conductress, Jennie 11 Ellis Fort
Stnith.
Reports showed the order in a flour
ishing condition, but during the past
year forty seven members passed away
T**rrlbl« I• —•••• uf it MriiImc
John Pemberton, aged 3.'>. n mania,
murdered his mother at th.-ir home
fifteen miles from Eureka Springs and
made an unsuccessful attempt on the
life of his brother. Pemberton devel
oped a violent mania several months
ago, but his relatives arranged to con
line him at their home He was dose
>y guarded for a few weeks, when his
improved condition caused the family
to relax their vigilance, lie arose
from bed at ni^ht and heat his mother
to death with a rifle, then turned on
his brother, who saved his life by
overpowering the crated man after a
desperate struggle.
Tit# l&miltbiifi ('•«».
i he man Rathbun, who is supposed
to be under arrest at Jeffersonville,
lod . charged witli murdering an un
known man and shipping the corpse
to his wife at Little Rock as ills own
m order to defraud an insurance com
kany, will first lie tried in Indiana on
fhe murder charge and if acquitted
w'" then he taken in charge by I'nii
P(1 States army- officials to answer
for desertion. Attorney General Mur
|’hy says there is no law in tills state
0 h"n:sh attempt to defraud life iu
11 ranee companies.
'•’kaiwju' It«prj'At*ntiatiY»|.
7 following delegates represeted
fkansas at the national W. C. T. 1’.
vent Ion, held last week at Eort
v'orth. Tex. Mrs. M. A. Dorsey. New
P°rt; Mrs. L. A. Mark well, Little
k; Mrs. E. Ethridge. Hope; Mrs.
J, c- I“ittmau, Prescott; Mrs. S. E.
ayne. Port Smith; Mrs. E. H. Brown.
°n Smith: Miss Bessie Yautis. Para
8ould.
I,taw nn«l Order
Rev. Father Lucy and several other
prominent citizens of Pine Bluff pro
pose to organize a law and order
league, to be composed of about ninety
per cent colored people and ten per
c ent white citizens, with the object of
securing a better observance of the
law by a certain class of colored peo
ple The order will seek for mem
bership leading people of both races,
the whites to advise and assist the
majority in attaining the objects de
sired. it is proposed to organize local
leagues throughout the south to work
In conjunction with the national
league.
Ktt'lriff hi to TrMpaai,
In a suit for damages in federal
court at Texarkana, where a party
was killed by a railroad train, Judge
i rlelier held that the public using the
track of a railroad as a pathway are
trespassers. In this particular case
the plaintiff offered evidence that the
public had used the trac k for a num
ber of years at the point where the
accident occurred without objection
on the part of the railroad, and the
defendant proved that signs had been
posted warning the public to keep off
the trac k.
ICrMth XxcitCMM'a Cmuniuloil.
Gov. Davis has commuted to life
imprisonment the death sentence of
George Bedford, colored, who was to
have l>een hanged at Hope on the 30th
Inst, for tlie* crime of rape. Petition
ers for clemency stated that the victim
was a colored woman of questionabl
reputation.
li*|>t|%t Convention.
The annual convention of Baptists
was held at l’aragould last week,
1.000 delegates and visitors being in
attendanc e Kx Gov. James P. Kagle.
of Little Roc k. was re-elected president
for the tewnty first time. Gov. Jef
ferson Davis was elected first vice
I president; Lieut Gov. M. P. Huddles
ton. second vice president; lion W. T.
Smith of Camden, secretary; Sam
Campbell, of Searcy, assistant secre
tary; J H. Kitchens, of Jonesboro
treasurer.
\ Xfilprf,
About two weeks ago the skeleton of
a man was found In the woods near
Monroe, Lee county. The Memphis
police, being notified, made a thorough
investigation and discovered that the
skeleton was that of M G. Jones, a
; t i m be r inspector, who mysteriously
disappeared from a Memphis hotel
July 23,-tf»00. The skeleton was iden
titled by a bunch of keys which be
longed to Jones and the gold tilling in
several front teeth.
Shunting at Klllott.
At Rlliott, a small station op the
Gordon branch, three young men. Will
Ponder. Sam Sales and ('. N. McFall.
while under the influence of liquor,
became Involved in a dispute and the
two latter were shot by the former.
Sales lost a finger and McFall re
reived a bad wound In the thigh
< hargnil niili
('lias Bat'fonl was arrested at Pine
Ithlge, near Clarendon, charged with
ssault on a young lady. The crime
is said to have been committed while
Itatsfi.rd wits taking the young lady
home in u buggy. The accused is a
married man and lias several children
BRIEF MENTION
* lad named Glover vas seriously
injured in a runaway at Warren
The Western Arkansas Teachers' As
delation will meet at Fayetteville De
ceniher JO.
An organized gang of crook a have
recently held up a number of citizens
on the streets of Texarkana.
<’. L Moore, a young railroad man
of Paragould. was killed in a Cotton
Belt freight wreck neat Weiner.
Wm. Millsap was shot and killed hy
I Kmory Garland near Clinton in a
dispute over the gathering oi some
corn.
The state Baptist convention ad*
journed at Puragould on the 1!uh inst.
Conway was selected as the place of
meeting in 1!*0J.
A drummer giving the name Of Shaw
was liadly used up by a c itizen of Sher
rill for being tea* fresh In his remarks
to the said citizen's wifi
Gov. flavts has offered a reward of
$JaO for the arrest and conviction of
Dave McWhorter, who shot and killed
his wife at Mulberry recently.
The railway sta..on of the Iron
Mountain at Varner. Lincoln county,
and the saloon of Capt Bob Rice were
destroyed by tire on the 17th
At Anderson Mill, on the Cotton Belt,
south of Pine Bluff. Fred Hiller shot
and killed Dan Williams. The tneu
had quarreled over Williams' domestic
troubles. Both were negroes
Chas. Peake, a switchman, while rid
ing on the pilot of an engine in the
Iron Mountain train yards at Fort
Smith, received fatal injuries by the
locomotive running into u train a. a
crossing.
Assembling of the National Reci
procity Convention at the
National Capital.
A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION EFFECTED.
Chairman Theodore Search, of
I'lillndclpliin. Outlined the Work
Before the Con yen lion—tinny Man.
IIfuel IIriUK Industrie* of the t utt
ed Slnles Itepresented.
Washington, Nov. 20.—Many of the
manufacturing industries of the Unit
ed States were represented at the
National Reciprocity convention,
which began its sessions here. There
were 200 delegates present in re
sponse to a call issued by the Nation
al Association of Manufactures, at. a
meeting in Detroit, last June. The
convention is representative of all
sections and its object is to give ex
pression to the views of manufac
turers generiiily on the subject, of
reciprocity. 1). A. Tomkins, of Char
lotte, V C., was chosen temporary
chairman, and Theodore C. Search, of
Philadelphia, permanent chairman.
The organization was completed by
election of the following: Vice-Chair
men, tien. W. F. Draper, Massachu
setts; T. L. Hickman, Georgia; Chas.
II. Harding, Pennsylvania; .las. Peer
ing, Illinois; Titus Sheard. New York
city, and Robert J. Morgan, Ohio.
Secretaries: Edward H. Sanborn,
Pennsylvania, and K. P. Wilson, Cin
cinnati.
1 he convention adopted resolutions
of greeting to President Roosevelt,
pledging its support and expressing
ils confidence In his administration.
Mr. Sean h, in taking the chair, out
lined the work before the convention.
He said in part:
“Our aim has been to forestall tariff
agitation, not to encourage it. It is
the duty of this convention to harm
onize as far as possibletlie widely-dif
fering opinions represented in this
body and to reduce to clear and force
ful expression such principles as we
hold in common. We are here to
harmonize our views, not to empha
size our differences.
“This is no time or place for senti
ment. for theories, or for statements
that can not be fully substantiated
by facts. I take it we are all agreed
as to certain general propositions,
stii'h as these: That some of th^ du
ties embraced in our present tariff
are no longer needful for the exist
ence of the industries for whose pro
tection they are imposed.
“That many of our industries have
reached a stage in their development
where the home market alone can not
absorb their entire product and con
sequently new outlets are necessary
for their continuous operation, and
the steady employment of their oper
atives.
“That the establishment of more
cordial commercial relations with
other nations by means of an ex
change of t.'iriff concessions would en
large the foreign outlets of those in
dustries for which increased export
trade is necessary.
“That if such applications of the
principles of commercial reciprocity
rouhl lx- made without injury to any
>f our industries and consequent ex
pansion of our foreign trade would
in- beiieliei.il to all our commercial
and industrial interests.
•Toffee and tea are about the only
;ri'ut staple articles of commerce
which we do not produce, and if ree
iprtx ity lie limited to the use of
these two commodities as a basis for
negotiations we can not expect to
iiuikc much progress. To insist upon
trict adherence to such a principle in
making application of reciprocity is
virtually to oppose its use in any
practical form.
“The reciprocity that is wanted to
dny is a reciprocity that mentis some
thing and promises something in the
•hap <>f tangible advantages for our
commerce, not merely expressions of
kind sentiment toward all Hie busi
ness world, but ati actual giving and
taking of concession* that will open
wider for us the markets of the
world and broaden the distribution
of our product*.”
AMERICANS WIN OUT AGAIN.
4nierirnn Ilridii' 4 tun pn > irrurn
4 Mtilrni It lor Twenty llrldiite
In i:n«l 4frlca.
Philadelphia, Not. u‘0. The Ameri*
ran Itridge Co., «»f tliicity, has se
cured a contract lor the construction
of :u steel bridges along the line of
the l gar.da railroad in Hast Africa.
The aruiunt of the contract is
about $1,<KMI,(hiO. Several Knglish and
continental firms offered bids, but
tliat of the Philadelphia company was
not only the lowest, but guaranteed
the completion of the work in a
shorter space of time than its compe
titors.
NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE.
**. I ool« World's Pair People Will
■Irrinsr a I onferenee With \rw
Knalnnd Uavemon.
St. Louis, Nov. 19.—One of the pro
nounced movement* in the interest
of the Louisiana Purchase e*[»osirtuii
is now tinder way, and will lie e<ipk
pletely arranged for. it is thought,
l>,v the end of the month. This is a
conference between World's fair of
ficials and the governors of the New
England states at Boston. President
Francis and the heads of the commit
tees on legislation and state and ter
ritorial exhibits, Messrs. I). M. Houser
and (lias. H. Hut tig, respectively,
conferred, Monday, for the further
ance of this plan. Messrs. Houser anti
Huttig will constitute the delegation
from tlie exposition company, and
will he joined by certain auxiliary
committees appointed by Mr. Iluttig
from among the residents of St.
Louis who have formerly lived *n the
New England states. The auxiliary
committees comprise a large mem
Itership, and it is hoped lhat from
among them a good number may find
it possible to go before the New En
gland governors at the conference at
Boston.
This movement iR partly the result
of correspondence between the joint
committees and (lov. J. F. Hill, of
Maine. A letter was addressed to Gov.
Hill, because of his exceptional inter
est in the exposition, asking his opin
ion of a conference between the
World's fair officials and the gov
ernors of New England. His reply,
which was very prompt, was to the
effect that he would l»e very glad to
attend such a eonferenee, and that
he. would lie glad to further the in
terests of the fair in any other way
that might be possible. It now re
mains to address the other gov
ernors, which will be done immedi
ately. The movement is considered
desirable largely because of the want
of complete mutual knowledge be
tween the east and the west. An un
derstanding of what the exjmsition
people are planning and what the peo
ple of the Atlantic seaboard will hope
to accomplish at the fair is regarded
as indispensable.
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTHLAND.
>Iueh Interest Im DevelopliiK In the
South in tlie houlninnn Pnr
elmne Centennial.
St. Louis, Xov. 20. Mr. Robert II.
Kern, the chief speaker of the Mer
chants’ and Manufacturers' Excursion
association on its excursion through
Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi,
last week, is much elated over the
way the excursionists were received
and the enthusiasm for the World’s
fair shown by the people of those
states. "That excursion must be of
incalculable benefit to St. Louis and
World's fair intercuts,” he said. “The
intelligent and courteous representa
tives of St. Louis business interests
most impressively presented the
claims of St. Louis and strengthened
her great hold on that section.
Thanks to Private John Allen, the
World’s fair claims were ably pre
sented, and no one need doubt its
heartiest support in that direction. I
was more than gratified to mark ev
erywhere progress and prosperity.
Cotton mills and factories are spring
ing up on all sides and I know of no
country that offers so rich a reward
to the laborer’s honest blow, or tiie
capitalist’s dollar. Keep your eye on
the beautiful southland. In another
ten years it will be the garden spot of
America. This journey was not an
excursion; it was an ovation to the
city of St. Louis and to the greatest
exposition ever known to man.”
HEIRS WILL CLAIM RIGHTS.
The State of Minnesota May Have to
(il\r I p n Valuable Piece of
Property In St. Paul.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 20.—Quiet
preparations are being made by the
heirs of Charles P.azille, a pioneer set
tler of St. Paul, to take possession of
the old eapitol building as soon as the
state officers have removed to the new
structure. The action is planned on
the ground that Mr. ltazille, in pre
senting the capitol square to the
state, stipulated that in the event tho
site is abandoned, the property re
verts to his heirs. It is asserted that
the conditions arc a matter of record.
The property is in the business sec
tion, covers an entire block, and is
very valuable.
THE SMALLPOX IN VIENNA.
t oIJ Weather Huh tireatly Increased
the Kpidentle In the Austrian
1 apltal.
New York. Nov. 20. A dispatch to
the London Times and the New York
Times from Vienna saw the cold
weather lias greatly increased the
number of cases of small pox in that
city, which appeared to la- decreasing
lately. Monday '.'>•> fresh eases were re
ported. the largest number any day
so far. The disease seems to have
•pread over most of the poorer neigh
borhoods of the metropolis.
1101 MI
Chicago Enveloped In the Densest
Fog Ever Experienced in
That City.
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WAS CAUSE OF NUMEROUS COLLISIONS.
Onr Mnn Klllril. Two Fatally Injnrrd
nod Flftri n Other* Serlonsly
Mart, Principally by Itear-Knd
Collisions on the Flevnted Kall
roads.
Chicago, Nov. 20.—The thickest fog
ever exj>erienced in Chicago caused
numerous collisions between trains
early Tuesday morning. In these col
lisions one man was killed, two were
so badly injured that they will prob
ably die, ami 15 others were seriously
ly hurt. Scores of others, the police
say, were injured in minor accidents
due to the fog, but as they were able
to assist themselves no oftieiul re
ports were made. Every ambulance
in the city was kept busy from 5:30
a. m. to 7:30 a. m. in carrying the in
jured to their homes or hospitals.
The more serious accidents occurred
on tlie Metropolitan and the Luka
Street elevated roads. There were
two collisions on the Luke street “L,”
two on the South Side *‘L,” one on
the Northwestern “L” and one be
tween suburban trains of the ltock
Island and Luke Shore roads. Colli
sions between vehicles and surface
cars were frequent, but while a great
number of people were injured by
them, none of the injuries incapaci
tated them, and the damage was
chiefly to the colliding objects them
selves. The record of deaths and iu
injuries follows:
Oil Metropolitan Flevnteil,
Thomas Meeny, standing on rear
platform; crushed to death.
Fred Jones, both legs severed; will
die.
William Upton, serious internal in
juries.
Harry Twohey, internal injuries.
Chas. Gallagher, foot crushed, In
ternal injuries.
Adolph Goldberger, toes crushed,
knee fractured.
Fred S. Islip, left arm and leg
broken.
A. U. Baumgart, badly cut and
bruised.
Louis Davis, injured internally.
Fred Sehweil, foot crushed.
Peter Anderson, cut and bruised
about head and body.
Howard Gnuwing, toes crushed.
On I.ake Street Klevated.
C. F. Ireland, both legs broken and
Injured internally; fatal.
Harold Soderburg, serious internal
Injuries.
Frank Munn, motormnn; badly cut.
Anna Carr, hand crushed.
J. VV. Cheney, hands and face lacer
ated.
Tile I'og \V hh Very Dense.
The fog at early morning was so
thick that persons standing on the
sidewalk could scarcely distinguish
street cars passing within a few feet
of them, and motormen kept their
gongs clanging a constant warning.
The collision on the Metropolitan
was between trains going the same
way, as was the case in other acci
dents. Both trains were crowded,
many passengers standing on the rear
platforms. On the first train these
were almost the only ones to suffer.
The motormnn slowed up going round
a curve, and while waiting for a sig
nal to increase speed, the Humboldt
Park express train crushed into the
rear. That was almost the only warn
ing the passengers on the rear plat
form had of the approaching express.
AN EAST INDIAN PRINCESS.
Prlncmi Sophia llatuha Dhulrrn
SlnRh to Study Medicine In a
ChleaRO C'olleRe.
Chicago, Nov. 20.—Princess Sophia
Bnmba Phuleep Singh, daughter of
the late Maharaja Phuleep Singh of
India, entered the womans medical
college of the Northwestern univer
sity in Lincoln street, Monday and at
tended her first classes as a fresh
man “medic.” She recently reached
New York from London and was there
supposed to be en route to India
going with more or less secrecy be
cause of the British government’s re
ported opposition to her visiting the
land of her forefathers.
The princess, however, says she had
no such intention. She came to carry
out a long-cherished project to be
come a physician. According to her
present plans, she will remain here
four years—the length of the pre
scribed course. Because of trouble
with the government Maharajah
Phuleep Singh, father of Princess
Sophia, was not wanted in India by
the British authorities and was placed
under arrest, it is said, while voyag
ing back home and sent to England,
where he was under espionage. This
accounts for the secrecy of the prin
cess’ movements and her failure to
visit India as was said to be her de
eire.
MORE LIKE BRUTES THAN MEN
In the Name of Trades Unlonlim Miner*
Make War on Defen*ele*e IT omen
aud Children.
Vincennes, I ml., Nor. 20.—Four
hundred union coal miners from
Washington, Connelburg, Petersburg,
Princeton and Montgomery, arrived
here at an early houryesterdsy morn
ing, aud at five o’clock made nn at
tack upon the non-union miner* em
ployed at the Prospect Hill mines,
near this city. As a result two men
are fatally hurt and a half dozen
more are seriously injured.
The union miners formed at the
Union station and marched to the
miues. Just as the men of the day
shift were going on duty they were at
tacked. The union men asked for the
foreman, Wm. Scott, and when told
that he was in bed, said:
“A11 fight; we will get him.”
They started after Scott, nnd in the
melee that followed Scott and family
defended themselves as best they
could, but were overpowered. Seott
was badly beaten, and W. P. Collins,
an attornej- of Washington, a brother
in-law of Scott, who was visiting the
family, sustained injuries that may
prove fatal. He had a rib broken and
an eye badly injured.
Henry Hannery, a miner, was so
badly beaten by the man that he had
to be removed to the city, where he
could be given surgical attention. ITis
injuries are such that he may die.
Mrs. Scott was slapped in the face,
and when ahe resented the attack it
is alleged thnt one of the men drew
a gun and told her he would make
short work of her if she persisted in
her foolishness. Otis Scott, the 15
year-old son. was knocked down, as
was also little Dottie, the ten-year-old
daughter of Scott.
Others thnt suffered at the hands
of the visitors were Robert McDan
iel, Pnsey Knight, John Scott and
Kenner Mar. All are badly bruised.
It is said that no word was spoken
to Scott until the fight began. In tho
fight the stovewas knocked over and a
big hole was burned in the floor.
Some of the miners, however, picked
up the stove and extinguished the fire.
The house was badly damaged. Al
most every window was broken, aud
one of the doors was battered down.
Only 40 men are employed, and tho
mine is run on the co-operative plan
and independently. The operator*
claim they can not pay the union
scale and run, but say they pay the
highest price possible. There is great
confusion over the attack, and an
other raid is expected. The union
miners say they will force the mine to
unionize or close up, but one of tho
two must he done. Further trouble
is anticipated.
A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Whole Family Murdered and Their
ItenKilnw .Mutilated tn a Must
Dreadful Manner,
T.os Angeles, Cal., Nov. 20.—The
dead bodies of A. P. Wilcox, wife and
two-year-old son were found in their
home at Downey, 12 miles from this
city, yesterday. All the bodies were
horribly mutilated, and the bloody
condition of the premises indicated
that the murderer or murderers had
met with a tierce resistance. Wilcox
and his family had been shot and
then literally cut to pieces with a
knife.
The crime was discovered when a
neighbor called at the house and
found the place evidently abandoned.
On forcing the door he found the
•lead iHulies of the murdered family
stretched out on the floor. The wom
an hud been shot while carrying a
plate from the stove to the table.
The baby lay in the middle of the
room, while the disemboweled body
of the father was stretched near the
door. It is supposed that the crime
wui committed two or three days ago.
No clew to the perpetrators hus yet
been found.
CATTLE TRAIN WRECKED.
A* l okaoii a Maa aad kbant Two
Hundred I utile Killed—l art
Drmull.brd.
Liberal, Kat., Noe. JO. A double
header train of eattle was wrecked
seven miles east of here on the < bi
cajfo, Koek Island A 1‘aeiflc railroad
yesterday, killing an unknown tuau
and about two hunalred eattle. Some
of the trainmen were injured, but
not seriously. The freight engine was
demited while going at a high rate
of speed, and tru ears were shoved up
in a pile and demolished. Neither en
gine was badly damaged.
FATAL FIRE AT DARMSTADT.
The Ureat k»> anunslle Vurlrtlr*' Build*
ln« Burned und Knar
lives lost.
Darmstadt, Nor. JO.—The great
building erected by the Darmstadt
Gymnastic societies,which was opened
with great ceremony Uctobec 0, by
Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, was de
stroyed by fire Tuesday morning.
Four servants employed about the
building were burned to death.