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SIX DIE IN |
BURNING HOUSE
- I
Confederate Veteran and Five
Children Perish.
ONLY FGUR PERSONS ESCAPE
Occupanu of the Houee Were Aaleep
When Flames Were Discovered, and
It Was Impossible to Save Them.
Their Bodics Wera Bumad to a
Crisp. |
Aa ' t of a mysterious flre
whlch total!>? destroyed tho hom<
* H- ?"? at South Boston. Va
flve ol tbeir chlldren aod H. A.
?atraaga at] four years of i
were baraed ta death, and an.>
I yeara. waa seric .
lujured. Mr. and Mrs. Hamlett
caped unliurt.
The d.-ai! ire H. A. Strange. Vernle
Hamlett Bgad fourteen years; 1
trtca llaniN-tt. aged seven yeara;
let Hasalett, aged alx yeara
Ham: three years. and I
Hamlett. aged eighteen montha.
rlr.- was discovered by ne|Kh
bors. The r>ccuaaata of the house ?
auleep. an.l tiie buiiding was aln
? mpletely . nveloped ln flames.
roof was alrtroat ready to fall lu *
Hamlett an.l his wlfo were arouaeV
They an north side of taa
b.ni-v an.l their four yearold chll l
wa .Tll They .ra*.
out of th- wtadaa on the front p
and droppid the chlld to the .
Both of the .hlld'a arm^ were btakea
by the fall The baby Barn aJao a'. -
ly burued aaal lta face
and Mrs llainlstt reached the groun I
la sa
l w, flre was discovered it was
impossible to save any of the oldai
-:!lr.n ..r M r Htrange. Mr. Htranu
waa a Coafi ^eteraa of Haltfax
IBBat] utiil eanie to South Bobton t-->
attend tbe I ourth of July oelebrat
The balldbag collapsed and fall
few mlmitea after Hamlett and hia
Btfl I Th? victlma' bodles were
burued to a crisp. Wh?n th*> a
recovwred from tbe debrts tbey wer.?
raerely aa unrecognlxable mass of
BBB
Wright Aero Damaged In Fall.
BBBBllBg a glant bird awoopln*
down upon lta prey. the Wrlght aero
plane after the motor whlch propeU
lealy to a stan
U] to earth atter ba\iin;
made ? aaafal lta i
Th. wa* on its way arouti I ,
?lnl! grounds at V
ninth time iu it
>">n 1 ' iea the motor BtO|
ulb and asactl]
in the aaaa* place where the pro;
blade , Sapteaaber wblcb r<-j
dent that tei I
Uaae la,
glidit.| | tb tba ma. hn
a tr*e ai. . I around wit>'
such
?n.i ? wlag badly lipped m
Wa*igB>l urt.
Kihrj by Cannon Cracker.
Ilrtlactloa of hav
ing m , rrlaoe
to patri-. reaeoa af the lr.de
iratloa for the year
Ix>uls
vilie. Ky tataagb
mour, In I of Arthur Oranville Lanjj
ham. former president af the Prui
dent Life laaaraaca aadaay. Mr i^ang
ham nev.-r re, OVBIBd 1*1*888 the eff.-cts
of bavin*? bad his right hand aha
by the aaalealea of a canmm ( rauker
A cannon i raekef throw- lighted upou
the lawti ta explo.le. and Mr.
laangharu tOBb lt Into hia hand and
redightei lt Tbe cracker burst in his
grasp, man;l mg the hand frlghtfully
He waa .> n at oace. but .
ragaln louanaae.
Terneaae* l* "Dry."
Bells in the church aad th* town
clock atemples ln Mamphla. Tenn.. on
tolling tbe inldnight hour markod the
paasiag of ...tloons ln Teanesaoe, for
at that hour the llolladay atate-wide
proaibltlou law weat Into effect Thia
law raakes it Ulegal to aell aloohollc
b*ver*ge*? withia four mil*s of any
school house in th* atat*. Only twt>
oaaoa arn left la all Tannesaee. Both
ara withia twelve intles ot* Meaaphls.
near th* Misalaalppi state line. Th*
nearest school house ls slz mlles from
both of thea# polnt a, hut stops have
alraady been takea by whito ribboaers
to have the loimty board of education
erect a school house wlthln the dis?
tance prescribed by tbe Holladay blll.
so that there wlll be bo mecca ln tha
ontira state for thirsty pilgrlms.
Fillpino Outlsws Annihilsted.
In a deaperate llght near Patlsan, on
Joio island. in the Phllippinea. Jiklrl.
tho famous Moro out law chlef. was
killed and bls entire band exterml
aated by detachments of regulara and
constabulary under CaptaJn Oeorge la.
Byram. of the Sixth United States cav
alry. operatlng ln coajunctlon aith a
naval flotllla of the moaqulto aeet un
dor Lleutenant Commaader Slgnor.
The American loaa waa oaa prirate I
killed and three offlcera and twoaty
ettlwstsd men and one sallor wounded
?urating Cannon K'lla Throo.
J>h1bj[ a celobratlop lo Rejaervojr
perV at Camden. N. J.. a cannon aa>
ploded. a piece of whlch killed Mrs
Btnma Hebel, aged twenty-flva years.
aad her alx weeks-old Infant in hat
arms. Both of tbeir skulls were craeh
ed Charlea Nullian, seventeen years
old. had the top of his head torn off
and died lu a hospital. The cannon
was in charge of George Houaer. aged
nlneteen years. He was badly injured
about the ?jody and had one'ar'u badly
mangled. The kilh-d and injured ex
capt Houser were outslde 6*t the ropes
at the time of th? accident. The cele?
bration was being given under the
auaplces of tbe varlous patriotlc ao
cletleB of tho city.
Friend of Boy Killed Policeman.
While on his way to tha magistrate'a
offhe at Fred 1. wlth Frank
Cahlll. flfteen yeara of age. Police?
man Wil'iam Orriaon, Jr.. of Bruns
wlck. waa intercepted by frienda of
the lad an.l dealt a tsrriflc blow on the
aaaa Of bll head wltb bla ciub and
killed
Yoaag Cahill. it la alleged. had beea
on a marry-go round ln
the patk. ?!i?n the offlcer was called
to arrest him. He auc.-eeded In eatch
ing the hoy. and started w:tn him f..r
the ? -s offlce. When opposite
the Cahlll home he was surrnMnded by
a doz?*n people. among them an elder
alster of the lad.
Wlthout warn'ng Orrlson's club waa
jerked frOBB his hand. and In aa ln?
stant h* was d??alt a terrlflc blow on
the side of bla head. Aa he fell uncon
aclous to the ground the erowd dla
pers".'. Orrison died wlthout rcgatn
j ing cons the force of tha
blow mashins; In his skull
i Joseph \\'.>od. aged twenty four
years. was arr*?ste?l and charged wlth
havlsg killed Orrison.
Ketchel Outpointa Papka.
Staniey K.t.-h.-l. af Michigan. ls still
the nuddle weight champlun of the
world. la r-4t*. gruelling bat
tla, earta* arhlch th* champion was
eonstantly on the aRgreaalve, he waa
awarded the decision over Bllly
Papke of Illinois. la 8an Krai
>>f th** twentleth round, the
scheduletl number. K?tchel tlalmed to
have brolaa-n his right hand ln th*
slxth roaad and thlR assertion aubse
quently was verlfled. Hla left thumb
also was dlsJoeated. The decision of
the referae waa saeetad with a mix
ture of che.-rs and hoots.
Killed by Train'a Suction.
Whil* h? waa standing cloa* by tha
track* of th- BaltJinor* A Oblo rall?
road at HaK>>ratown. Md., watching *
paaaenger train paaa. six year-^d
Ralph Kiax was unable to wttbataad
tbe suction produced by a rapldty
moving train and waa drawn agalnat
the rear COBOB. Th* lad'n akul! ttsj
enaahed an I aaata ensued in l**a than
an hour.
Family Portraita Buried With Her.
At her dying requeat the oil por
tralta ef h.-r father, mother. brother.
two alatera and beraelf wero buried
wlth Miss Sarah B. afaurtea. aged
nlnety three yeara. ln kfount Ollvet
cemetery at Maapeth. I. I She waa
the laat of the old Maurlce family.
famous year* ago on Ix>n-; Island and
la New York city. The pictures ?er?
about all left of a once larga fortune.
Aeronaut Falla 200 Feet.
"Hurry up doctor; I hav? another
ba make aoon." said H W
Palmer. af Oneonta. N. Y . to *
pltal physinan In Philadelphia after
havln. ly Injured In i
foot fall from a defective parachum
aaa broken and he was
cut about the head. hesldes belng hu.t
t!l\ I'hy.si. ian? aa> he wlll re
cever.
Zeppeiin to Try to Reach North Pole.
>rdiu< 10 the l.okal Anxelgar of
Berlin Qeraaaaj. Count Zeppeiin in
tends to maku an effort to reach tha
North Pole |a his alrshlp. Tha plan
embra.es a thorough oxploratlon ef
the polar regtoaa by raoana of a Zep-,
pelin air-hip before undertaktng to
rea.-h the
Sleeping Child Killed by Reaper.
While driving his harveater through
his fleld. near 1'ral. Okla. John N'lrh
ols. a well to do farmer. ran over hia
Dttle daiiKhter, kllllng her lnatantly.
The chlld had walked into the wheat
and fallen BalaBB. Not until the fathor
bad drlven twice around tha fleld did
he dlscover the < hild's body.
Easton t**n Conviet?d of Murder.
A special dispatcb received at Baa j
ton. Pa tro'ii Ren<>. N'.-v . tell*. of the'
convlctlon 'here of murder in the flrst
degree of Charlea C. Petty. formerly
of thls city In Mareh last Petty shot!
bls wlfe at Spark*. Nev.. htrcausa he!
was Jealous of her.
Coloring of Stocklng K.H? Woman.
Mrs. Phoebe Clayton. of FreaholdJ
N. J.. a widow. thirty years old. ls d4>*d
at Long Branch of blood poiaobtng
eaused by dye in her stocklng Her
leg was broken ln an accident. and
aome of the dye got into a wound
The amputation of ber right lag failed
to sav? her
United Statca Deflcit fla?\s11,156.
The treatury department* abows the
government reeelpta for the flscal year
SBded June 30 bas bean $604,432.846.
The dlsburaementa aggregated $694.
144.002. maklng a deflcit for the year
Of $89,811,156.
No Night Saloona In Omaha.
The 263 saloona ln Omaha, Neb.
unanlmously obeyod the dayllght clos
lag law. Wlth the pasaing of tho night
aaloon the -free lunch" waa also di?
peased wlth.
Alligator Cruaheo Weman'a Ara*.
"Princess Sllvt." an alligator trala
er, said to be aa American. aae at
tacked by a Plorida alligator la the
praaence of a blg crowd at I^ona park
la Paria. Her rlght arm le cruahod.
Notod Woman Lawyor
Philadelphia. June 30.?Mra. Carrlo
Burnbam Kilgore. tha flrst wotaaa to
bo adrultted to pmctle* law la Penn
sylvanla. dled in Swartbmore. She aae
a famlliar flgnre ln Phlladalphla
court*. aad had a large practic*. I
ALDRICH ASSAILS
INCOME TAX
Says It is Meant as a Rebuke
to the Supreme Court.
LIVELY DEBATE IN THE SENATE
Rhode lefBBd Senator Daclarea He
Favora the Corporation Tax as a
Means of Defeating th? Income Tax.
Bailey Charges Aldrich With Pre
sentmg a Subterfuge.
Washington. June 30.?The Income
tax and the proposed tax on corpora
tions, formed the aabject of a
debate in the senate. Senator Aldrich.
In rVply to questlons. admitting that
he favored the tax on corporannns as
a nic-ans of defeating the income ta\
Thls admission. coming from the
chairman of the committee on flnance,
Btirred up the Democarta.
Senator Clay. of Georapa tt
the trouble Re pald hia respects to
the chairman of the committee on
Inanra, recalling that at the bc-gluuintr,
of the aaaaaoa Mr. Aldrlrh had told
the aenate and the country that the
tariff bill he was then reporting waaM
ralae sufflcjent revenues to sustaln the
R"\ernm4?nt. Tf Mr. Aldrlch's atate
ment waa true. and Bttll holds
now. Mr Clay Bailled to be informe.l
whether Senator Aldrich would not
nt to agaln turnlng to a revlsion
of the tariff in order to reduce
nuea from that source whlch. It was
admitled. would now be ylelded by
the tax on corporatlons. Tn tha course
of awbate Sonator Aldrich made the
startling ?*:itement that th*> pr -
of an Income tax waa Intended as a
r*-buke to the auprema court of the
1 Btataa H* deolared emphati
cally that the Railey lncoma tax
am*p.ilm?nt was held to he unconstitu
tlonal by tbe most thoughtfui people
>t the most thoughtfui p
esclalmM S nator Ilalley. "but tho
least thoughtfui."
Another atatcm*nt made by S*na
tor Aldrich attracted att< atlon Th?
tax on corporatlona was propoaed aa a
leamBorary measure. he said. It would
ralse revenue* to meot deflci'
that wer#> generally admltfed would
exlst for the next few years "The tax
art may then bo r*pealed wban lt has
serve.t Ha purpose." ha aald
Th.- atlc senator* kept drlv
Ing tt home that Senator Aldrich had
admlttwd that b* favored the new tax
mer*ly aa a m.-ana of def?atlog th* ln
eorne tax meaaaro. (
"Then thla proposition about Income
before th* aesat* U a aabterraga,"
aald hfr. Balloy.
Tt ls aot a eaaM*rfuge.'* raturned
Mr. Aldrich.
Tf it !a not a aubtorfugo ta vl*a V
th* atatemenf oi tne ?*aator from
Rhod* laland that he favored lt a* a
m*ans of aide-tracklng th* lacome tax
then I need a new dictlonary." r?.
torted Senator Balley.
r TRIES NEW AEROPLANE
Wrighta Get New Machine In th* Alr
After Thre* Unauccoaaful Effo.-te.
Washington. June 30.?After making
three uuauccessful efforta to get his
"tairoplane into th* alr. Orville
Wrlght made a ahort fllght. enclnlim?
tho r*ort Meyer aerodrome. Lack o."
pow: r. due to a loose spark control.
was flnally d*termlned upon by the
two Wrighta as th far th* re
fnaal of the machine to fly for more
than a few h?! l beyond the
ead of the startinn- rail.
TRIED TO WRECK PAY TRAIN
Boy Placed Spikea on Track Near
Frackviile, Pa.
1'ott.sviiie. Pa.. June 30.?Cfsaraad
with attemptiDR to wreck tho Phila?
delphia A Headlng railway pay train
between Frackviile and Wetl
Junction. Harolti Cunnery, aged four
teen yeara. was beld ln heavy bail
her*. lt ls alleged the boy placed t?.?
spikea on k. but thay were
spllt by snother train._
Farmer Killed Mowlng Graaa
While Herbert H I.tx.se. tw*nty four
years of ag*. a farmer of near Ham
burg. Pa.. was mowlng grass wlth a;
machine. bls borsas ran away. Hla I
arnm and body were so badiy lac?rat
ed that he bled to death.
Bull Fighter Killed.
Alfredo Sanchet. a bull fighter. waa
killed at the bull rlng ln Moxico City. I
Blex.. by a bull that knocked Sanrhna i
dowu and hooked one horu Into hla1
body. penetrating a lung.
Pin Prick Cauaea Death.
Picklng up a little chlld playlng in
the atreet on hia way home from hia
work at Pottavllle, Pa.. James Went
B?>?, aged thlrty Blght years. a I fllla
dalpbla & Readlng flreman, living ln
a guburb of this place. prlcked a flng?i
of his left hand on a stlckpin tn her
dresfl. Blood polsonlng reaulted. Sur
geons could not allay the polson'a pro
graaa and death reaulted.
Motor Cyclist Killed.
While he was returnlBK from At
lantlc City on a motor cycle, Fred
Seiter, aged twenty yeara. of Vinelaud
N. J., collided wlth an Atlantic City
expresa train near Mays Ijandlng. N.
J., and waa instantly killed. Hia body
waa plcked up by tbe crew of aaothat
train and rernoved to an undertaker'a
at May a Land ing.
Murdered While Kneellng ln Prayer,
While J. E. Moaer aged forty-aevea,
waa kneellng In prayer ln church near
Chlcot, Tex.. Roy E. Burnham, aged
aloeteen. hia aon-ln-law. roee la hia
aaw aad flred three ahota at Moaer,
kllling hlm instantly. Burnham'a wifa,
who had recently left him, waa bealda
her father whaa the ahootlng took
place.
Moderate Priced Flat.
Two Family* Apartments and Two Suits ? Cost In
Concrete About $8,000.
Copyriflht. IBOal. by the Thompaon Arehiteetural Company. BLochaater. N. Y.
PER8 K VIEW FROM a IMIOTOURAPU.
io-a?~y ir*'*
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to'b'xrt
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BBaaaal,-^
FIRST PLOOB PfahN BEOONTJ ITaOOB n \n thm:i? n..; im.an
Thia de*Urn for a commodJous BBBftBIBaf beaaa is sdapted t<> a narrow
hvt, the entire widtb, lncludlng bay. Wimz bat ' building
bas b*?en eonstructed Of <oncrete baBCtCB bI a C?al ..f abOBl $7.01)0. BlllSBBIB
ef heatin.r apparatua. Tbe whole froal inejudu.i; v.runda, may be CBBure
brown aandatone and ihe alde and reai wall* left in the natural gray t.f
the blocks. glving a pleasing variet> ta the r**r>; r . pa. are all
of g?>od slxe and well ind earl The third tloor plaa Bbaara dlvides thrs atory
Into two suits of two reoaaa each and tha aad room* for rentlii* M
rately. but this floor can be arranRed as a family flat slmllar to the se.
If renteal ii several tenants the top fioor would naturnlly be coatroll.
occnpautjrof tbe aecond flmir
rm-: raOhfPSOlN m:- in i r- urai. OOtaJPAin
Popuiar Type of Bungalow.
Rooms Carefully Planned - Architect Estimates Cost
of Construction at About $1,750.
Cooirriaht. 18O0. by Clann L. Saxton. r-l.nne.poi.*, Mlnn.
PERSPECTIVK \ IKW-FROM A PHOTOGRAPH
otrarasRoori
IS-i Mtf
nroRooH
iJ-Ortii-a;
oa
The one BBkTf bungalow ls tbe pure
type in tbe section of the country
where this kind of structure was firat
adopted. In other aaefdBBB, boafever.
parlicularly ln the north, the addltion
of perhaps a story or half story often
robs the name of lta origlnal signlfl
cance. A dwelllng house whlch con
tains two stories or even a atory and
a half. fltted and finlshed throughout
for living purposes, la never apoken of
as a bungalow by people famlllar wlth
the origlnal type, no matter what the
general outline may be. To dweller*
ln towas and clties who have grown
accustomed to life ln an upstalrs flat
the bungalow, where all of the living
rooms are cloae to the ground, seems
more tfesirable than the two story o?
even the story and a half dwelllng.
wlth the lnev'table and back torturlng
stalrs to be aacended acorea of tlroes
each day. All ln all the bungalow
holds out the promlse of luxury ln liv?
ing even though its nearneaa to the
ground aud t<> uature and freedom
from archltectura! pretenae suggest a
I OOB PLA.V b?me ?f *,imDlJrltT- Et'd ln cold laU
tudes people have arranged their bun?
galow for use nii the year round and taken solid comfort with half the house
Ttterally snowed ln Tbe plan bere presented makes the best possible uae of tbe
apace lnclosed aad provides accommodations for a good slaed family. Tbere'
la a large baaaaaeat provlded for under the rear portlon. Tbe wldtb ls tweaty
fbur feet and tbe leugth thlrty-elght feet, which includes the side and front
bays. Celling alaa feet ln the dear. Iusfde flni.sh throughout of Washington
Br. The floor and .?iling of the placza to t>e N... | eaaBf Washington flr.
Sbrcluslve of plumblng and beating flitures thls baaaalli a can be conatructed
tor abont $1,750. GLENN L. SAXTON. Architect.
P1AZZA
"??-o xii-o
<?**
Different.
"Do you aaeaa ta tell me that yoa
could .on . -!> no on fh* wjt.
oosB stand aad :h.-it yoa had
never tried '.- fljoeeUl your wlf*
That la r.ot ul.at i la|d j ftaj<1 j
had never d ?? .-: v.-.J h?w.
Aeking Too Much.
one two old aea cap
tains you ac- BO fond of frt sotne i
I tbe
same oM ta?,
"Ml eaaa( you should not expect
anytbing fresh from old salts."
Fina Acting.
"That man would be a atar lf ha
would go on the stage."
"What saakes you thiak ha eaa
aetr
"Haa a aaarrted maa aad rat ha
eete happy." "" "*
"?|4?|;n) SKIN MADK I.K.MIKIC
The Chemical Wonder Company 0f New York man u fact ures ???ven
BBlCflU Wonders. which eoable etderea people to lmprove their ajapear
ance. These wonders cost 50 cents eacb. Whlte women speod mtllaoas to
beaatlfy thesaaaleai <\>iored people ahould make themselves attraottv s
dared men who use 'these wonders aecure better
Itloaa in haaha, Claba and busluess houses. t\>lored womea occupy
hisher posltions aoetall] and comrnercially. marry better, get along bet
(l> Complexion \\ , uakes dark skin lighter colored, not
vwth artiflcial white. bat uaturally; mukes the skrn itself lighter colored
epplled. Keeps the skin healthy. | Makes any
tire. Improves any colored countenance llke
(2) Magneto-metalllc comb, called WeaaV Caaaa. can be heated be
fan ind aill atraUrhtea any halr. Wlll laat a I
nks in halr and keeps
i hla Woi .'ed into the scalp
W1" l!> will n l 0f hair look hand
B4MBV
: Halr Grow. F-: -nrstalks
rttllxar rabbed Into the Bcalp - ?row loi
tha acalp B0 it can hold the liair from falling out. It eaa b*
heated into the scalp aith a Woadar Coeab.
-r Woader Poadar iti ? raUoa ador. Thoa
aaad
ror. ThOBBSadB of womea are ahat ?>ff from man tl Hfe by
this larlalble barrier 1' i,)r un them
Brery llrtag being should use thla po*
i odor Woader Latqatd la dellghtl
Odor Wonder Powder or aeparately. Barroaadfl ody with
fragr for th. ifford II
iT) Thla plak rarlety of Complexion Woader Creaae, No rallad
ell-Plak. Orree lovely plak cb llght broaa or amlattg
Lalght browa compleaioa with piok cheeka mark great baaal
laformatloa booh free Corr r ad
raated eaerywhen
optexioa Woader, Ten Cents P
M ? BI K4.i i; i <?> | i aea, \,.w v,rk.
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BLACKMAIL WAS
CAUSE OF MURDER
Jury Renders Gcmpromise Ver
dict in Woodill Crime.
KNEW OF HER PAST LIFE
Authontiea Believe That Mrs. Woodill
Threatened to Expoee Eaatman, and
ln Fear of Serving a Pnson Term
He Killed Her. ,
With th? ompromtse verdict Bl
cor. ii. r -..- jury at St Mi-ha.-ls. Md..
that Pebati lv Was: man alther killed
her or wa :v to the mur
Utb M.in Woodill. ani tha
! de<laratlon of "Vtorney Taylor
that he was throiiKh with the ca*
etram;.. ..' . |j whlch haa for
j nearly a Break focasaed the eyea of
j tho aatlra coaatry upon thia little out
of the way hainlet <>r Maryland'a
famous easturn ah ..ue a closed
lacldeal
Four of the ? irors who 11a
tened to th. teetlBBOay at the reopened
ln.ju ad to alga th.- %? dv ?
until the worda "or acooaaory touhe
crime" were added to the .icaft ?*
approved by the majority. bluntly ac
cused Fast man of tho nmr.ler None of
the four dlaaeatlag Juryatea would
aay that any other peraoa than Baat
man wa* r>sponslhle fat the gtrl's
death. The> nierely irlahad to pr
Bal tha manner ln whlch
the In.piiry wa irlng
that much avallabli i was not
addi:
Thera * i?= n to show that
anyon.- bal Kastman and his vlctim
were la tl |
And the gaal theory of the authorl
tles is thla:
U3 waa In BBOd of mon?
ey; that he probably im.i baaa getting
money from Mrs Woodill for some
time, thal he aadoubtedly knew some
thinj? of her past life, and that ha had
been ling her; that he at
tempted to coatlaai actica and
that the woman r- ntlmatlng
that ahe, too, ha-1 found out certaln
thlaga ahout Kastniau. and that lr
drlven to it would expoee hlm.
rtaaaa'a .irea.i af aerrlag a term
In the p.-nif.'iitiary in well known His
wlfe has said that he told ber he would
rather <-ommit aaldda than be eoa>|
r.ue.i in arlaoa. The pawalag of the'
Jewelry the authortt :.-s ?.,.f ,j0wn to ?
tho deslro of Kastman to get away.}
I the man .]. <lde,l that
his race bad baaa run and that ha had
battar make an end to lt all. As to
why Mrs Woodill went to the bunga?
low there was no evidence.
Latter Tells of Alleged Orgy.
A letter found upon Kaatman'a body.
addressed to Miss Vinnle Bradcome ln
Naw York. gave Kastman's tllaustaln
ed excuae for the crime. It waa a
rambling ac.-ount of how be had been
out in a launch with a party of men
and women. all of whom had been
drlnking to 88X888 wlth the excptlon
of himself and Mra Woodill; of ho??
one of tho wom.-n ln a flt of Jealooa
frenzy had attacked Mra. Woodill with
a wlne battle and killed her; how th? '
ramalnder of the party had taken to
flight. leaving him to diapose of the
body, and how as a meana of ascape
from all of his troublea tbe wrlter had
decided to end hia ilfa Kastman
asked Miss Hradeome to hurry to
Maryland to take charge of hia body
and his property. Miss Hradeome ls
Eastman s atfa They were married
ln 19o?. and llved together only a
week.
Israel Durham Die* Suddenly.
Israel w. Ihirbam, Pennsylvania
atate senator from the Second Phila
delphia diatrict and former Republican
leader of Philadelphia. died at hia cot i
tage. 211 Paciflc avenue, Atlantic City.
Death waa due to Bright'a diaeaae.
The end came In an uraemlc con
vulalon. and it U thought that Mr.
Darham's death was Indirectly due to
the lntense heat, of whlch he had com
plalned recaotly.
ShorUy after talklng over the tede
phone with friends in Philadelphia
Mr. Durham uttered a low moan, hia
face paled and he trled to atagger tc
hia feet. In an lnstant Mrs. Johnaon,
his sister. waa at hia alde. She put
her arms around her brother aad crled
out to him to apeak. Durham trled
te aay aomethlng. but bla frame abook.
artth what Dr Walter- A Hickman
.on^l aevwral moments
*?' I was a uraetnic convu
Wlth hia I | ;e?rtlag him. Sena
tor Put ham .li?d wlthout utterlng a
slngle word.
Mr. Durhani was flfty four yea
an.l a lia> helor. He was born ln Phll
Hanged Self Before Helplesa Huaband
i his lfmba hy
para. ?
terror ti
I his wife l:i
1 'tiut.lt- ta move a flncer. h*
bal one beard hl-i
crlea.
:inett calmly placed a chalr
under B BjB ir her invalid hu*
baad* bed aad ta the Ixtare tled a
Uaaeedlag her IniMtand'a fran
s she affixe.i tag nooso antl
? ;r from tin.ler BBf
huna until life- was extlnct.
her aBBbaad at las
erles. dumbly followlag *lth his .??/?.?
th* alov turniim of ber form a
rop* twlsted and ui. i Thls mo
ttoa had caaei Irel neigh
bor bappenetl ad the
traa* ?
Seventecn Dead In Mine Blaat.
10 of gaa
in m : fTaal
and Coke eoeBpaaj al Wehraa, Pa.
waro
killed an.! - : Wlth
the . \. epti.in
foralgaera. Wlth few ~ thoae
InJurM w. 4^ was stated
all would proi. |
Superlnten.lt nt A M Johnson stated
that while the aatae haa alwaya been
aa tbe explo
elon was Ine ta the tfrnltion of a
?' of eaa Bea lamp of a
miner
The aea <>p#ratlng
weeu Tasaday an |
dsy. Those ia the mine ha '
ror their daily aliuwan
coal for family uae.
Mr*. Gould Geta Her Decree.
After a trial which lasted nearly
?rk. Mrs. Kath
eriii.' CleaBBtoaa Qoald has obtalned a
leaca! -,el)ttrati.in trom her huaband.
Howard Gould, thlrd son of the late
Jay Goui.i. bj a deeiatoa of Justice
Dowling in the supreme court. Wlth
th>> ? x.eption of alimonv. her vlctory
aaa ooaBplete bal la thts pha
the ea*<- the court aerfded thal 5
ir was auffldeBt, although ln her
stilt Mr- Qo .: 1 BSked r<>! <
She iiati beea recelvlng \ year
from Mr Ooald so that the amouut
nrf la bat a slight in
eYeaaa ^itli tho amount
sut .1 for.
Mine Worker Murdered For Pay.
l'atrick Grant. a*e.| thirty flve yeara.
was lardered aa the outskirts of Ma
hano% ('i? v. p? . while- on bls way home
from aorfc Hia pay. which he r*cetve,i
at the nunes ls Bflealag Two stab
wounds in th' back of hla h?ad and a
faaVCrarad skull tol.i the story of his
tragls death.
Mtaara bbbbIm that way saw Grant
lyln* on th-- arouad helplesa and bleed
Ing to death He was hurrl*d to th*
Aahland honpttal. but dled oa th*
train before r.aching ther*. 8?v*ral
men have been arrestfd by the po?
llce on suapicion
Pillow Smothera Baby.
Smothered to death b*twe*n two
pillowH waa* tf.o fate. of Louiae. the
twelve -months etd baby of li*rman
Cunningham of Danvllle. Va. The
mother placed the slewplng child Ib a
bed while ?he attended to her ustial
household duties
The baby was aleeping between two
plllows. aefaaa whlch waa auspendod
a mosqulto net. Mrs. Cunningham re
turned to the room an hour lat*r aad
aas horrlflej tt> find that one of tha
plllows whlch had been elovated, had
toppled over and that the baby
dead.
Big Snake Killed by Train.
The biggest snake ever aeen lo
the vlcinity of Wllllamaport. Pa.. out
alde of a ?a.ge waa cut Into thre.i
pleces by a tre.ln at Utceter. It waa ef
the black apedes. The pieces wers
placed end to end and the anake meaa
arod 14 feet. 7 lnche* One day laat
week trackmen aaw the reptlle golng
through a bay fleld. ita head raiaed
tao feet above the grass.
Coloring of Stocking Kill* Woman.
Mra. Phoeln* Clayton. of Freehold.
N. J.. a aldow. thirty years old. la dead
at Long Branch of tlood polsooiog
eaused by dye ln her atocklng. Her
log aaa broken Ib an acctdent. aad
aome of the dye got into a wound
The amputation of ber right leg failed
to aave her.