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WHEELING, W. VA., SUNDAY. OCTOBER 10,1897.
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The Big Sausage Maker Claims That
He Is Being Persecuted.
He Declares the Police Bulldozed
Mary Siemmering by Threats,
But When They Tried the Sweat
box on Him He Stopped Them in
Short Order—Thinks Allport Quite
a Bone Expert — Believes His
Wife Is Alive, and Her Return
Would Not Surprise Him.
Chicago, October 9.—Adolph L. Luet
gert, inspired by memories of Chicago
Day, this morning gave out a fiery es
timate of the case the prosecution haa
made out against him. He gripped the
bars of his cell and swung his body to
and fro as he talked of police persecu
tion and “the l?ing evidence’’ of those
who testified against him. He was bitter
in his denunciation of the police and
Prof. George Dorsey, the chief osteo
logical witness against him.
•*I have kept quiet about what 1
thought of the case that was being
made out against me—expressed no
opinion during the trial because I
tnought by so doing I might injure
my case,’’ said Luetgert. “But now I
will say that in my opinion the case
of the State is weak. It is built upon
lies. Why, Frank Odorofsky and Frank
Dewandowsky, those two ‘Polacks,’
would swear to anything. Neither of
them worked for me the week ending
May 1. Odorofsky came to my factory
on Friday, April 30. I had nothing for
him to do and told him to come back
on Monday. He was not at the factory
again, and all the evidence he gave
about what he saw and did at the fac
tory on Saturday, May 1, was manufac
tured. I did try to make soap in that
vat. That is the absolute truth of the
matter. The soap washed out of the
vat and I gave up the job. I had in
tended to hire thirty men to scour the
sausage factory from top to bottom
and put it in first-class shape to be
sold.
"The police treated Mary Siemmer
ing shamefully. They persecuted her,
bulldozed her, and threatened her.
They tried it on me when I was first
placed under arrest, but I stopped them
in short order. They could not put me
in the sweat box. I knew my constitu
tional rights and informed Inspector
Schaak that he was not acting in the
capacity of a trial court and that I did
not have to answer any of his ques
Luetgert was upstairs in bed, is a base
falsifier. That fellow has not seen a
sober day in years. He used to come
into my factory intoxicated, and when
I ordered him away he’d say. ‘Don’t
drive me away, Luetgert; thrash me.’
He is an ingrate.
“Some people seem to think that
Luetgert’s brain is no good. They are
foolish. I remember things well. Peo
ple who are under obligations to me
went on the witness stand and swore
against me. Some time in the future I
may have something to say to these
people. Mrs. Johanna Leeb,' Fred Mil
ler and Diedrich Bicknese deliberately
falsified when they testified that Mrs.
Luetgert always treated her children
well. How' could they know? They
•only called at my house occasionally.
Dr. Dorsey, the bone expert, is a very
fresh young man. He thinks he knows
all about bones, but in my opinion Dr.
Allport has forgotten more about osteol
ugy man uorsey ever Knew.
“As I have often said before, I believe
my wife is s=till alive. I should not have
been surprised if she had entered the
court room any day during the long
trial now nearly over. She will be heard
from yet. and then all the people who
have lied about Luetgert will be shown
up to the world in the proper light. I
am an innocent man. My health an 1
happiness have been destroyed by an
unjust prosecution and my fortune—
the result of years of toil—has been
swept away. To-day, verging upon 60
years of age, 1 find myself almost pen
niless and in the deepest trouble that
can come to man. T would like to have
told my story to the jury, hut my coun
sel thought it better that I remain off
the witness stand. Reluctantly I fol
lowed their advtce. That is all I have
to say at this time.''
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MEN WHO LOVED ON SIGHT.
One Wedding in Five Minutes and Another
Fops rn Meeting.
Stuart, Fla., October 9.—Captain Mc
Nulty picked a woman that would suit
him from a marriage paper, and wrote
to her. Several letters passed between
them with the result that at 10 o’clock
last night his affianced landed in his
arms at the depot. They had never
met, but were pleased, and at once re
paired to the station master’s house,
where in five minutes after the young
woman’s arrival they were made man
and wife. After the ceremony the br.de
and groom hied themselves to the Cap
tain's quarters, four miles away.
MET AND ENGAGED IN 30 MINUTES
New Haven, Conn., October 9.—
Henry Abel, while calling at the home
of Adolph Spuo last Sunday, met Miss j
Hattie Auister, of New York, and with- ]
in half an hour after meeting her young i
Abel confessed to the girl that he loved
ner. He found his love reciprocated.
He proposed marriage, and was
straightway accepted. The wedding is
scheduled for next Sunday.
PRETTY ROMANCE SPOILED.
Elwood. Ind., October 9.—A sensation
was created in the city last evening
when it became known that Peter Well
and his bride of ten days had separated.
Well and his aged wife were lovers in
youth, but were separated by fate, and
each married. Years rolled on. until
Mr. Well had buried two wives and
his youthful sweetheart had survived
three husbands. Ten days ago they
were married. Here the current trend
of novel stories ends, for Mr. Well and
his aged bride did not live happily.
Trouble over property interests is said
to have caused the estrangement, Mr.
Wellbeing quite wealthy. Both are
MMtM years of aga, \
HON. ARTHUR SEWALL
Comments Entertainingly Upon the In
creased Prosperity Apparent.
Philadelphia, October 9.—Hon. Ar
:hur Sewall, of Maine, who was asso
ciated with William J. Bryan on the
presidential ticket last fall, arrived in
this city yesterday, accompanied by
tils wife. When spoken to on the claim
that there is a condition of increased
prosperity, Mr. Sewall said: “There
is, but it is politics. I imagine the con
dition of the crops in Europe would
have been the same if Bryan had been
elected. The increased business is cer
tainly due to the condition of affairs
abroad, and I am glad to see it. It is
part of my business here to see if we
cannot increase the number and ton
nage of our vessels.”
While disinclined to talk on the ,
mayoralty contest in New York, Mr. ;
Sewall said:
“It is no fight of mine, and I have no
doubt it will come out all right. If
Van Wyck is elected it will make the
national situation more complicated,
but if George is the successful candidate ,
it means Bryan’s nomination for Pres
ident.”
WALKED A CORPSE INTO SALOONS.
Medical Students Make a Night of It with
a Cadaver.
Cleveland, O., October 9— Forty stu
dents of the Cleveland Homeopathic
Medical College celebrated the opening
of the school last night by going to the
pickling vat where the cadavers are
kept, from which they nicked out the
body of a small man, a ..artender, who
had died of alcoholism.
They arrayed the body in white duck
trousers, a blue coat and a sloucheC
hat, and two of them, walking one on
either side, supported the ghastly reve
i ler. The boys made a complete circuit
i of the Tenderloin and red-light saloons,
j and left a wake of hysteria and terror
behind them.
They were finally unable to longer
! elude the police, who were hunting for
j them, and they threw' the corpse into
an ash barrel and disappeared.
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LUETGERT,
May Go Upon the S!age in a Play
Specially Written for Him—“The
Sausage Maker of Lake View.”
Chicago, October 9.—The Luetgert
trial has inspired a local playwright to
write a play entitjed “The Sausage
Maker of Lake View.” lfs premier
production will be given at a Milwaukee
i avenue theatre on-fLiuwftX, J?,'^hhu
principal male character is to be made
up to represent Luetgert Mrs. Luet
gert’s name does not appear in the cast
of characters.
The story of the play the author has
carefully shrouded in mystery, but
i some startling and realistic scenerv
representations are to be expected. He
insists, however, that the story told in
the four acts of the drama is not a
blood curdling melodrama, as might be
supposed from the title, but a bucolic
love tale.
if the play succeeds the ambitious au
| thor will try to secure for the title
role Mr. Luetgert himself, provided of
i course, the sausage maker is not con
victed.
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IMPORTERS SUSTAINED.
The Dingley Rill Not Ketronctive—Govern
ment Must Pay Bark 9300,000.
New York, October 9.—Unless the
courts reverse the Board of General
Appraisers, importers whose goods
were entered at the custom house on
Saturday, July 24, before the signing of
the tariff act, will be able to collect
from the government the extra duties—
amounting to perhaps $300,000—they
were compelled to pay as a result of
the government's claim that the tariff
was retroactive and that it took effect
on the earliest possible moment of the
day on which it was signed.
The Board to-day sustained the pro
tests of the importers against the po
sition taken by the government, and
instructed collectors of customs to re
liquidate the entries accordingly.
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VESSELS TO BE BlIILT.
Contract* for Two Non- Greyhounds to Be
Let In a Few 1)-.»vh.
Philadelphia, October 9.—Within a
few days a contract will be awarded to
Delaware river ship builders for the I
construction of two, and possibly four, |
of the fleetest coasting steamships fly
ing the American flag. The ships will
he built to the order of the bidders for ;
the United States mail contract between 1
New York. Havana, Cuba, and Tuxpnm,
Mexico, and an expenditure of $1,200.
000 will be involved. Each ship will
be at least 4.000 tons register, and about
48 feet beam, SlU feet deep and from
370 to 400 feet long. These new craft
are to be built under special inspection,
so as to comply with the regulations of >
the United States government as laid
down for auxiliary cruisers.
OXE WIEE WAS SOI ENOUGH.
A Shamokin Man Desert* His Better Half
and Eight Children and Weds a Youne
Hirl
Shamokin. October 9.—John Denni
son, aged 34 years, a married man, with '
eight children, last week married Miss
Effie Arnold, aged 16 years. When his
first wife discovered his perfidy he left
for parts unknown. Yesterday he re
turned and was arrested while making
arrangements to leave this country.
To-day he confessed his guilt and was
confined in jail in default of J1.000 bail.
He was a fireman on the Reading rail
road.
RAISED CORN OX MOTHER'S GRAVE.
A farmer flows I p His Family Burying
(Ground.
Mount Sinai, L. I., October P.- John
Brown, a descendant of the Miller fam
ily, has raised a fine crop of corn on
ground which contains the dust of his
ancestors for two hundred vears. Rel
atives sued him to-dav for .’razing the
family graves, and he, to disprove mal
ice, testified that hi a mother’s grave
was one of those he ploughed.
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kwful Sufferings of the Crew of an
Arctic Whaler.
Adrift on an Ice Floe—For Twelve
Days the Sixteen Survivors Suf
fered the Tortures of Hunger and
Cold — The Castaways Finally
Sighted and Rescued by the j
Thresher—A Tale of Woe From '
the Frozen North Brought by the j
Bonanza.
San Francisco, October 9.—The
Chronicle says that the fate of the
crew of the steam whaler Navarch, of
New Bedford, which was wrecked in
the Arctic on August 11, is no longer i
in doubt. The captain, his wife, and
the first and fourth officers, who sue- ,
ceeded in escaping from the vessel, ;
after she had caught in the ice, were i
picked up by the United States revenue
cutter Bear. The other 30 men on ;
board were supposed to have per- !
ished.
The news of the death of 14 of these
men and the rescue of the other 10
was brought to this city by E. H. Bias,
one of the survivors, who came down
on the Bonanza from Point Barrow.
Bias, who is at Portuguese, relates a
harrowing tale of suffering and starva
tion in the ice-bound north. Auer the
Navarch had been nipped by the ice
bergs, and the captain, his wife and
two of the officers had been fortunate
enough to reach open water in the gig,
the others stayed by their vessel as
long as possible. The food supply rap
idly became exhausted. Fourteen of
the men died, and finally the vessel
went to pieces and sank. The 16 sur
vivors tried to make their way south
over the ice, but soon found themselves
adrift on a floe.
For twelve days they floated with
the ocean currents, suffering the most
intense torture from hunger. They
were reduced to the verge of starva
tion and in their craving for food ate
the skins with which they were cloth
ed. Finally, after all hope of rescue
had been abandoned, the castaways
were sighted by the steam whaler
Thresher and rescued. They were
taken to Point Harrow^ and given
every care and attention. Bias was
brought to this city on the Bonanza
so that his eyes might be treated t>y
an oculist, his sight having been
seriously affected by the glare of the
mm,nn the ice. He was the third mate
the names oi tne members oi me
crew of the Navarch who were saved
are: First. Mate Blaine, Second Mate
Egan, Third Mate Dias, Fourth Mate
Reed, Boat Header Peter, and Steerers
Peter, Cora, Santos, Andrews, Silva
and Holmes. Charles Drower, agent
of the North American Fur Company,
was also among those rescued.
The following are known to hate
been lost: W. W. Whiting, steward;
John Hannis, cook; Thomas C. Lard,
fireman; John Sands, chief engineer;
M. J. Scanlan, assistant engineer;
Charles Thrasher, fireman, and ten
sailors. Those who were lost stayed
by the fragments of the ship, drifted
beyond human aid, and were never
picked up by any passing ships.
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INSURGENTS STILL ACTIVE.
A Large Hotly of Cubans Crossed a Wry
ler Troclia.
New York, October 9.—The Herald
prints the following special cable from
Havana:
“A large body of Cuban rebels has
succeeded in forcing a passage through
the Jucaro-Moron t.oeha, in Camaguey.
This invading army, which comes from
the East, is said to be commanded by
Gen. Calixto Garcia. Other reports sav
that Gen. Maximo Gomez, who a short
time ago crossed the trocha from the
West, joined Garcia’s forces in Cama
guey, and together they started west
ward.
“The report 'that the Cuban forces
consist of the Oriental Infantry, the ;
Camaguey Cavalry ard three batteries
caused a stir here. It is said that tne
Cubans, flushed by their recent capture
of Victoria de las Tunas, where they
seized 1,000 rifles, more than 1,000,000
cartridges, two Krupp guns and 500
shells, will carry the bulk of their army
to the Western province.”
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FOR A NOVLl, »l,li;0 KOISHERY.
(lot a Woman's Hoard, then Covered Her
With Ba?s.
Carbondale. Pa., October 9.—August |
Schreider was arrested here to-day cu
a charge of having robbed Mrs. Mary A. I
Murphy, of Konklin Center, near Bing- 1
haniton. N. Y„ of $1,100. Schreider 1
worked on Mrs. Murphy’s farm and ‘.lie
accusation is that after taking the man
ev he dragged hPr into the cellar •< nd .
covered her with bags of potatoes, but i
she finally managed to crawl cm. He
went to Susquehanna and spent seme
of the money for clothing and jewelry.
Then he came here. Whe- arrested
Schreider had only $163 on him.
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A KAILKOIU INTO KLONDIKE *
Wilmington Capitali»tn to Begin the Work
Verv Soon.
Wilmington. Del.. October C.—Cap
tain John Irving, general manager of
the Canadian Pacific Navigation Com
pany. and the representative of the Yu
kon Mining Trading Transportation
Company in British Columbia, was in
the city today consulting with Willard
Saulsbury and Engineer Pratt, with ref
erence to the railroad which the Wil
mington capitalists will build from near
Juneau to the Taku. The company is
preparing to start work as soon as pos
sible.
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RUSSIA AND JAPAN AT ODDS.
San Francisco. October 9.—Reports
from the Orient indicate strongly that
the relations between Russia and Ja
pan over Corea are greatly strained.
A protest has been entered at Seoul,
the capital of Corea, against the en
gagement of Russian drill instructors,
but aWfokohama it is expected that
UugAtlansjjW carrjr.their
INAUGURATION EXERCISES.
President Raymond to be Officially Cshered
Into Office This Week.
Special to the Register.
Mlorgantown, W. Va.. October 9.—
The following is the programme for
the inauguration of Prof. Jerome Hall
Raymond as President of the Univers
ity, October 13 and 14:
Wednesday, October 13.—Addresses,
10 a. m. Hon. George C. Sturglss, Pres
ident Board of Regents; Rev. F. >L
Wbods, Miartinsburg, W. Va.; Hon.
John W. Mason. ex-Commissioner of
Internal Revenue; Hon. M. H. Dent,
Judge of the Spreme Court of Appeals;
Hon. J. R. Trotter, State Superintend
ent of Schools; Hon. Wm. L. Wilson,
President of Washington and Lee Uni- j
versity.
2:30 p. m.— Hon. Chas. James Faulk
ner, United States Senator; Dr. Chas.
Kenda.J Adams. President University
of Wisconsin; Hon. Stephen B. Elkins,
United States Senator; Dr. B. C. Ha
german, President Bethany College; Dr. |
William Rainey Harper, President Uni- ;
versity of Chicago.
8 p. m. to 10:30 p. m.—Reception in
the gymnasium
Thursday, October 14. 10 a. m— Hon.
G. W. Atkinson, Governor of West Vir
ginia; Rev. George W. Perkins. Bishop
of West Virginia; Dr. E. Benjamin An
drews. President Brown University;
Prof. R. A. Armstrong. Vice President
West Virginia University; Dr. Jerome I
H. Raymond, President of West Vir- |
ginia University.
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PASTURES DESTROYED
And Chicago's Milk Supply Threatened by
by the Prevailing l>ro'»1li.
Chicago, October 9.—Chicago is
threatened with a curtailment of her
milk supply in consequtnce of the
drought which has almost entirely de
stroyed the pastures of the surrounding
country. It is more than probable that
a rise to winter prices will be the re
sult. The effect of the drought is al
ready being felt by the milk dealers of
Chicago and vicinity. For the past
seven weeks the latter have been com
pelled to pay winter prices to the farm
ers for all of the product that was cot
previously contrated for. The farmers
claim that they are compelled to exact
higher rates than is usual at this time
of the year by the fact that they are
feeding their cows on winter rodder,
which is attended with more expense
, than pasturing.
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PREACHER CHANGED 11IS BOOM.
i Landlord Was Slighted anti Caused olivet
Church War.
j Wilmington, Del.. October 9.—The ac
tion of the New Castle Presbytery at
Montgomery, pastor of Olivet Church,
of this city, has caused a commotion
among the Montgomery faction, which
is in cci trol of the church. Mr. Mont
gomery is young, handsome, unmarried
and a graduate of Princeton Seminary.
I One of the leading members said to
night that many of the Montgomery
people who have furnished the financial
backing of the church would withdraw
their membership and join other
churches. He says that the fight dates
from shortly af er Mr. Montgomery
came to Wilmington, several years ago.
Mr. Montgomery secured board with
one of the iead.ing men of the church,
and a short time later changed his
boarding place. The friends of the for
; mer landlord of the preacher resented
I this, and the war was carried into the
! church, whicu developed into a bitter
fight for the church management.
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TOLU TO HOLD I I1EIK COTTON.
Farmors’ Alliance Advising <irowers of
Higher Prices to Car.jc.'
Columbia. S. C., October 9.—The of
ficers of the Farmers Alliance in this
titate and North Carolina are sending
out circular letters advising cotton
growers to hold their cotton, as the
price is bound to rise before the end
of the present year. The same position
is being taken by the cotron manufac- j
Hirers of the South. Lately a consul- i
erabie percentage of the mills began 1
running on extra time and some on ■
double time on account of the heavy
oraers being received.
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VICTIM OF WHITE CAPS.
Iii .i iaim t a rtucr and i i is Wife and Son A re
iirutally Whipped.
Indianapolis. Ind., October 9.—Wil
liam Hedurick, a farmer in dig near !
Smithville, Monroe county. *cgetiier
with his wife and tw ?lvc-year-ol.l son,
was the victim of a brutal White Cap
outrage early yesterdav morning.
The mob broke into the house, and, j
taking him and his wife and son from 1
bed, dragged them to a woods near by, !
where a terrible beating was given each
one. Headrick is a q Met, inoffensive i
farmer, and no cause can be assigned i
by any of his friends for the whipping. I
Mrs. Heddrick was so brutally pun- I
ished that she fell to the ground in j
a swoon when released from the tree
to which she was tied. Heddrick and
his son were both bruised and cut hy
the switches used by 'be mop.
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SWAMPS ARE BURNING.
Mills. Lumber and Trpf* Oestrorfd-Farm
Land* Burned Over.
Albion. N. Y.. October 9.—Tonawan
da Swamp, the south border of Orleans
: county, is on fire. Farmers have quit
| work to fight the flames and save their
buildings. Hundreds of acres of farm
lands have been swept by fire and
great damage has been done. Two
lumber camps in the swamp have been
utterly destroyed: mills and huts and
huge stacks of timber are being lick
ed up by the fire as if they were tinder
wood.
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KANAWHA MINES RESUME.
Montgomery. W. Va.. October 9.—‘
The Kanawha miners are returning to
work and every mine on Kelly’s creek
has resumed. The Staunton mine has
a full force, the Thomas Sholtz mine
started up today and the Big Mountain
is running. All these companies have
signed the scale. It is believed by many
that every mine in the field will be In
operation the ilrst of next w»ek at the
Widow of the Mao in the Coffin In
sists on Seeing Him.
Mourners Witness Last Kiss—She
Waved Aloft Her Marriage Cer
tificate and Stopped the Burial,
Believing They Had Barred Her j
Out—Caused a Sensation, But I
Was Permitted to Have Her Way. i
Reading, Pa., October 9.—A scene, in- i
tensely dramatic and entirely unlook
ed for, was enacted at a new-made
grave in the Lutheran Cemetery this
afternoon. Mrs. Peter Eyrich, No. 2,
who had been separated from her hus
band for some time, and had just learn
ed that he was dead and about to be
burled, awaited the arrival of his fu
neral procession at the grave, and there,
in the midst of the mourners, she rush
ed up to the brink of the tomb, held
aloft her marriage certificate, and ex
claimed, in a voice loud enough cer
tainly for all present to hear:
“He is my husband and 1 have a
right to see him. Here is our marriage
certificate, signed by Rev. Mr. Stein
betz. who is the pastor in charge here
to-day.
WARNED THE UNDERTAKER.
Then Mrs. Eyrich confronted the un
dertaker and said:
“You had better not dare to lower
the coffin, as 1 have a right to see the
remains of my husband! It is true we
were separated, but we were never di
vorced.”
The now greatly excited woman
brushed several persons aside, made her
way to the coffin and demanded the un
dertaker to remove the lid. He obey
ed. and then followed one of the most
extraordinary scenes ever witnessed in
a graveyard. While the mourners stood
spellbound and aghast the widow, fair
ly beside herself with grief a»l anxiety,
stood gazing fixedly at the remains for
a moment, then, quickly stooping, kiss
ed the face of the dead man, sobbed
and became hysterical, and was only
calmed when Rev. Dr. Connor, who as
sisted at the funeral, gently spoke to
her, and assured her that there was no
! objection whatever to the gratification
of her melancholly desire.
NO FURTHER TROUBLE.
I Then t^e .burial services proceeded
j without disturbance, and other rela
' tives also viewed the remains once
1 more.
i Mrs. Eyrich subsequently claimed
that she had been informed that the
people with whom her husband had liv
att' nd the funeral, land for this reason
she had taken this extraordinary
! cottrse.
Mr. Eyrirh’s daughter by his first
1 wife, however, says that the fami'v did
• not refuse permission to Mrs. Eyrich to
' attend the funeral.
Henry Neismi’h is Kii’ei and His
Son Badly Wounded-Henry and
Robert Harris Attack Them With
Shotguns.
Moultrie. Ga., October 9.—As the re- '
suit of a four-handed duel fought on a
country road a few miles from, town
this afternoon, Henry Neismith is dead,
his son, Nathan Neismith, is wounded
and there is a great upheaval in a com
munity which has sent a mob of deter
mined men witn bloodhounds alter
loose who diu the shooting.
T.ie two Neismiths attended court at
this place to-oay and late In the after- 1
noon started to drive to their plantation, !
siiiateti about seven miles away. They |
were in a two-seated buggy and just 1
outside of town met another buggy con- 1
taining Henry Harris and his son, Rob- j
ert Harris.
As soon as the two parties came
within sight of eaea other the Harrises
produced shotguns and began blazing
away at the Neismiths. The latter
were wounded at the first fire, but leap
ed out of their buggy and, using the
vehicle as protection, drew revolvers
and returned the attack. In the fusil
lade of bullets which followed the elder
Neismith was killed and his son was
shot down.
Both of the Harrises were evidently
hit, for blood had leaked through the
bottom of their buggy and stained the
dust in the road. Thinking that their
opponents were dead, however, they!
whipped up their horses anu drove
away at full speed.
Young Neismith crawled to a farm
house and gave the alarm and the posse
was immediately formed to pursue the
Harrises. Over the dead body of Henry j
Neismith they swore to lynch the mur- j
derers if they caught them.
The shooting was the result of a fam
ily feud of long standing, which grew
out of an unsatisfactory marriage be- I
tween two members of the families
many years ago. Both have many
friends in the community, but the Nei
smith faction is a long ways in the ma
jority. T'ne sheriff with a small army j
of special deputies has started out to
head off the lynchers.
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IOR SELLING DK1NKS THAT KILL.
Barkeeper Arrent.il, Charged With Invol
HUtary Man-langhler.
Doylestown, Pa., October 3.—Robert
Kline, of Richlandtowr, was brought !
here to-day by Constable Uiirg-trtsser
on a process issued bv Corone'- Kur.s
man, charged with ‘'unlawfully iaiv
ing the death cf H. Oscar Hurne," a
youth aged Is years, of near that bor
ough. The charge b virtually one cf :
involuntary mansiarghisr, an 1 is the
result of the finding of the Coroner’s
jury in investigating the death of young
Horne, who was found dead in Ipr
father's barn on Sunday morning, Sep
tember 19.
The testimony showed that Horne,
with several young companions, nad
been drinking henrily the night before
at a hotel in Richlaodtown, where the
defendant tended bar, and the post
mortem showed he had died from acute
alcoholism. Judge Terkes held Kline
in the sum of 92.000 to appear at the
Dte_ter Mre£•■», J
fck. Ml
KILLED HERSELF FOR LOVE,
Young Woman, a Supposed Philadelphian,
Takes Acid.
Fishkill Landing, N. Y„ October 9.—
Last Sunday morning a pretty young
woman committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid. The woman boarded in
Gus Albert’s house of ill-repute at
Glenham, a suburb of this place. The
remains were interred by Mr. Albert,
and no clue as to her identity was left.
She passed by the name of Mae Gar
rison, or Gleason, and her act was due
to jealousy over a man who had been
a caller that night. A day before her
suicide the girls at the hotel had a
group picture taken. They are now
ready, and several photographs will be
sent out to inquiring people. The
young woman hinted that her home
was in Philadelphia. There now seems
to be good reason to believe the girl's
name is Patterson, as the appended
letter shows:
"Philadelphia. Pa., October 4, 1S9T.
“To Coroner Bevier:
"Dear Sir:—In today’s paper I read of i
a suicide by the name of Mae Gleason, i
Would you kindiy send me at once a i
full description of her; also a lock of
i her hair? My daughter has been miss
ing since spring and I suspect fhat she j
: is in New York. You would greatly
! oblige a sorrowing mother. Yours re
! spectfullv,
’MRS. JAMES PATTERSON.
“No. 2205 Ashburton street.’’
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May be a lynching.
Double Murder »t » Dance lu Alabama.
Objected to 111m Mater's 1'artuer.
Birmingham. Ala., October 9.—At
Greenville Iasi night at a country nance,
William Ekof objected to Sidney Duarf
dancing with his sister, anu snot tne
latter dead at tiie gill’s feet. As Id.of
started to cash out of the room he was
seized by M. L. Hutton, a friend, of the
murdered man. who attempted to ar
rest him. Ekof shot Hutto,; in the ab
domen, and he died an hour later. As
Ekof ran from the hall several dancers
lired shots through the darkness anil a
trail of blood indicated he was wound
ed, although he jumped on a horse and
escaped. A posse has been organized,
and is iu hot pursuit with dogs. Indig
nation over the affair is high and may'
result in a lynching. Duarf and Hut
ton were both prominent young plant
ers.
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WAS NOT HIS CORPSE.
* *
; James Bairt! Keturn# Home Afier Heins
Mourned a* Dead.
1 Lyons, la., October 9.—-On August 14
James Baird went out to his woodshed
; .. tmu i was called din
i ngr, but could not be tour i
A week or two later the description
i of a body found in Chicago caught
the anxious wife’s eyes. As soon as
possible she went to that city, had the
body exhumed and Identify 1 it by a
i rear on one shoulder and the similarity
of the beard and mustr>c'v*. Dccomp.h
sition rendered the features unrecog
nizable and the transfer of the body
impossible.
Mrs. Baird came home and is now
astounded by the sudden return of the
husband mourned as dea 1. He gives :io
explanation of the strung'1 absence ami
silence save that he has ben working
in Montana.
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HAD THE EARS TO PROVE.
Gustav Muller Produce* Evidence to Show
Conclusively Tlmt He is a Murderer.
Rotterdam, October 9.—A man named
Gustave Muller has surrendered to the
city police, confessing the murder of his
wife and child. As proof of the truth
of his confession he produced from his
pocket four human ears.
The police on searching his house
found two bodies. Muller subsequently
confessed that iie haci killed his parents,
mutilating their remains in the same
fashion, am then he made the aston
ishing statement that he had similarly
disposed of fourteen wives whom he
had married in various parts of the
worio.
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WADES’ KMiAKD H»K Ills WIFE.
The Prince and Prince** Evidently on Very
Good I crm*.
New York, October 9.—Miss Amelia
Kussner, the miniature painter, has ar
rived in America for a two months’
stay, she has brought back with her a
considerable distinction achieved in
the London smart set, which hinged on
the painting of the Duchess of Marlbo
rough, and ran through a series of ,
noted English beauties. This was re
cently followed by the honor conferred
on her when the Prince of Wales se
lected her to paint his portrait.
‘‘This,’’ said Miss Kuaener, when call
ed upon to-day at the Plaza Hotel, lg the
Prince’s personal gift to me" She dis
played a diamond ornament at h< r
throat, representing Persimmon, the
Prince's favorite race hor-e, in full gal
lop. The horse was made entirely of ;
gems, the jockey on hia back wearing
the Prince's colors, red and blue.
“How does the heir apparent impress
me? As a simple gentleman. That’s
the secret of his popularity. He dis
likes ceremony intensely. That is the
reason be likes Americans so well.
Once we had begun the painting the
Prince became go interested that two
Fittings planned lengthened into six.
The Princess of Wales was with us on
rearly every' occasion. She would wan
ier In to criticise and comment, as any
wife would. H»r relations with the
Prince were evidently of the most af
fectionate character.”
WILL WED A MILLIONAIRE.
Boston. Mass.. October 9.—The mem
hers of the highest society circle* are
to-day receivine card* to the wedding
of Mr. Walter Hidden and Mrs. Kate A.
H. Honpln. In Providence, on October
12. The groom is the son and heir of
Millionaire H«nry Hidden, a manufac
tnrerand a banker, and an Astor among
the real estate men of Providence. The
eneagemnt to Mrs. Honnin is a big sur
prise. She Is a sprightly widow who
came tn Providence ta reside with her
mother some year*
',rorher* and are
Vanderbilt*.
rher are New
:ed to tlie
while her
Knlor hr
H Mill ion.
A Foretaste of Winter Already foi
Residents of the Metropolis.
The Smart Set Still Out of the Oityi
Tennyson's Biography Shows Hit
Respect for Americans — They
Loaded Him With Pipes and To
bacco-Many Matters of Interest
Briefly Discussed—The Theatrical
Season—An American’s Success.
(Copyright. Associated Press.)
iAjndon. October 9.—The past week
has been a foretaste of winter with
frost and fogs. The majority of the
smart world remain in the country
while the Duchess of York has been
the only member of the royal family
in town. She has been an assiduous
visitor to theatres.
The biography of the late Lord Ten
nyson. the poet laureate, which is at
tracting so ranch attention just now,
is contained in two thick volumes full
of interest and repeatedly emphasizes
the poet’s regard for the United States
and his earnest desire that the parent
c. intry and its offshoot shall ever
dwell in unity. Writing to LongfeUaw,
Tennyson says: "We Englislr and ^
Americans should all be brothers as
none other among nations can be, and
some of us. come what may, will always
be, 1 trust.”
Tennyson's biographer writes that
Emerson. Whittier, Walt Whitman,
Lowell and Cliv^r Wendell Holmes
were counted among his friends and
that through them he kept alive a spirit
of kinship with their countrymen,
Americans, the biographer further says
not only loaded hint with appreciation,
but also loaded him with pipes. Writ
ing to tlie Duke of Argyll, in 1S67,
Tennyson said: "I am sorry I did not
see the Marquis of Tome, but I'll call
for the calumet sent me by longfellow.
It is odd that Americans always send
me pipes and tobacco, as if I mred for
nothing else in the world, and their
Tobacco is not my tobaooy, nor are their
T%nes my pipes, birdseye ami cutty be
ing more to my fancy than the costlier
thiip^r.'-,JiuJ_ however, I do not mean
to uinVrvalB^ongfellow's gift."
Letters to from the Queen are
full of lntef^
touch upon
qucntly persoi
Writing to (
peerage conf<4
said It was "til
of the great sel
to literature.
They1 cxxaBlona'
k,but. are more fi
innuence upon tbi_
Her Majesty adder): __
you could suggest means for'crushl
the horrible publications -whose objC
is to prom til gate scandal and calumAjr,
■which they invent themselves.”
After a visit to Queen Victoria. Ten
nyson wrote to her: ‘Tturlng our con
versation. I felt a touch of that true
friendship which hinds human beings
together, whether they be kings or cob
blers." 1
It has just leaked out that at St
market last week Mrs. Langtry
social triumph under interest'll
cuinstances. The Prinee of Waj
fording to the report, noting h.
sence from the Jockey Chd^ erielou
a d for an explanation from_
stewards. T:pon this bring fortbcom-i
Ing the Prince dismissed It as belnj
quite inadequate in view of Mrs. Lanf
try’s poattion as a horse owner and <l
a generous supporter of the turf. Tbl
upshot was, still according: to the atorjl
that Mrs. I^angtry was invited to rrl
sume her usage of the enclosure, in,I
Mrs. Langtry, it appears, was angry at
the manner in which the invitation was
conveyed to her and refused to re
t,hf
tne enclosure unless personally
by one of the stewards. This, It
seem, was finally done.
\V. S. 'filbert announces to ar
burgh Interviewer that he will
more plays. He sa/The Is disheafl
by the erroneous point of view
which criticism Is written,
"London critics attack an at
if he was a scoundrel of the
and I do not feel disposed to .
f a ward a, a cock sby for thej
men.”
In discussing plays. Mr. Oil
icirrd th ' poorness and monot?.
English acting as expilfled by Sir
Irving. Becrbohm Tree and Gl
exander.
, in- roil season or grand
Covent Garden, which the old
Company gives each year, wait wguil ,
Monday under unusually favorable ail**
spices. Several singers of the first clfuw
have been especially engaged tor ibe
London season and the management Is
negotiating for the services of others.
One of the stars whose appearance Is
looked forward to with Interest Is the
chevalier, £rov«>l, whose engagement
was announced by the Associated Press
before it became known in London. He
will make his debut in London as
■'Tristan," with a compatriot, Alfcs
Esty,singing ‘'Isolde."
Monday night gave London Its first
opportunity to hear "La Boheme." Puc
r-lnni’s new opera, which has made a
fine impression on the continent.
This was followed during the week
by “Tannhauser.” “Panst," ‘'Carmen,’'
and “Romeo and Juliet.” The princi
pals In the cast included Messrs. Salvf,
Maggi, Homer Linn, Baron Bertha id,
Ludwig, Lloyd. D’Anblgne. Alex. B*
ran, G. W. Ff rruson and Misses Bessie
MacDonald. Alice Esty, Mile. CliUlUl
and Marie Duma.
Mr. L> Audiune. who comes rrom ’pe
well-known Virginia family from Dab
neys, but has adopted the French spef’
ing of the name for stage purpoaea,
ha been studying abroad since bis ’as*
appearance with the Metropolitan
Opera Companion Xew York, and h<»
style shows
A society
's current of the
Wilson, of
wejl-known
Katharine
Mr\
Katharine
London
as to
Doer limply

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