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1 ' ' ; 1 '" . ! J "rr 'TV I ,Y u n -a VOL. IX NO. 175. BARRE, YT.V MONDAY, OCTOHER 0, 1905. PRICE, ONE CENT. MONK GIBSON IS CAPTURED Texas Ravisher and Murderer ; is in Jail. ; HE WAS CAUGHT TODAY, Excitement Is Running High in Houston and It la Feared that Citizens - Will Attack the Troops Guarding Him. " .Houston, Tex., Oct. 9. Tins morning the state rangers captured Monk Gibson, for whom the citizens have been search ing for ten days, in Jackson county, and have him in- jail. The xeitement. - is great," and a clash between, citizen and troops is expected. s - - Gibson murdered Mrs. Conditt and four children, near Edna, this state. ' THE PEACE OF THE WORLD. Is Being Sought By Secretary Lands ; downe of England. '' Birmingham, Eng., Oct. 9. The Tost Is informed that diplomatic inquiries are being made to ascertain to -what extent it will be possible to arrange an entente between Great Britain and Russia, on the subject of the middle east. While the situation is such that negotiations must be carefully handled, the Tost be lieves "that Lord Landsdowne, foreign secretary, is feeling his way toward an other international agreement which will lie a diplomatic triumph as well as a further guarantee of the peace of the world. '. ; A TREMENDOUS LOAN. Russia Is Seeking $900,000,000, An nounced in Berlin. : I Berlin, Oct. 9. The German banks an nounce that Russia requires a new loan f.f $1)00,000,000. At least $400,000,000 of the loan will be taken in Germany, LOSS OF $73,000,000. By Destruction of Oil Properties Near " Baku,' Russia. j Liverpool, En Oct. : 9. The Post mvs that the destruction of oil proper ties at Baku, Russia, and in that field, ha entailed a- loss of $75,000,000. The Russian government? it is intimated, denies liability to property owners for the destruction which was wrought but has hinted that it is willing to issue a loan for the purpose of making good the losses. CONSPIRACY UNCOVERED. Fout Alleged Conspirators Placed Under . , Arrest. . - Berlin, Oct. 9. Advice received today states tiiat ft conspiracy has been dis covered to assassinate king Charles of Koumania, and members of his imuiedi nte family. Four alleged conspirators have been arrested. FLAMES LEVELED. ON ENTIRE TOWN Big Creek, West Virginia, Wiped Out This Morning Two Hundred Homes and Stores Were Burned. , Barbourville, W. Ya., Oct.' 9. The mining town of Big t reck, fifty miles south of her. was leveled to the ground tin morning by fire. Two hundred homes, stoic and a hotel were totally destroyed. HUGHES DECLINES, Will Not Run for Mayor of New York : ' City. ' :i Xew York, Oct. 9. Charles E. Hughes, insurance inquisitor, who on Thursday night was nominated by the Republi cans fqr mayor of Xew York city, today declined to serve. SHORT MARRIED LIFE. Bridegroom, Aged 67, Died Twelve Hours After Marriage. Worcester, Mass., Oct. 9. Less than twelve hours after his marriage, Albert W. Tins, aped 67, died this morning. 11a was married last night to Miss Mar garet Tobin, aged 47 years. SEVEN CONCERNS TIED UP. Job Printers in Worcester, Miss., Struck . Today. Worcester, Mass., Oct. 9. Thirty-five job printers struck today, tying up seven of , the leading establishments. Thev demand an 8-hour day. FAMINE IS WIDESPREAD. Affecting a District Inhabited by 18, 000,000 People. Moscow, Oct. 9. A famine is preva lent in 13S districts of 123 provinces of Russia, affecting a population of 18, O00.000 persona. MURDER BAFFLES OFFICERS. Suspects in Middletown, N. Y., Mystery , ' Released. " Middletown, X. Y., Oct, 9. All at tempts of the county and local police officials to clear up the mystery of the murder of Willis and Fred Olney and little Alice Ingerick at the Olney farm near here and the murderous assault m Mrs. Ingerick on Friday night have so far lieen fruitless. It was believed jesterday ' morning that some clue to the murder had been found when Abin son Graham, an old man living near the Olney phi'f, was arrested on informa tion furninhed by Mrs. Ingerick, the only meirbei of the Olney household Who es caocd death and also: was-, found fear fully injured and unconscious in the barn. After being kept in custody all day and leing closely examined, Graham last, night conclusively proved his in nocence, and was discharged from cus tody. ..' . v , . Mrs, Ingerick was employed by him as hou.-.ckec-r until two ; weeks ago. wh-n she returned to'Middetovvn and soon afterward went to live with the Obey brothers. This was said to have been' resented' by Graham who is re ported to" have made efforts to induce her to return to him and this with stories told by Lulu Ingerick of alleged thieats made" by Graham against her mother, appears to have Ven the basis on which the authorities decided to ar rest i iffi ham. ';':".' ,"" Daniel Davis and wife, who live near Xew Vernon, were taken to police head quarters last night and closely interro gated, and' later it was announced that there wa apparently no evidence that would ''justify holding ' them and that they would be honorably discharged, , The Olney brothers were missing on Friday right," and searchers early Sat urday found fresh wagon tracks which led to tlip woods, where the bodies were found. -Willis was .C3 years old and Fred was M. ".' ' '-"- . v :; SHOT THREE PEOPLE., ; A Hastings, Nebraska, Pole Is Now in Jail for It, I fastings, Xeb,', Oct. 9. Over the dead body of his mother, John Budenekshothia sister, his brother and his brother-in-law yesterday. Miss Frances Budenek, aged 22, was shot in the right : hand; Jacob Budenek-, aged 52, received a bul let above the right eve, and Peter Smeall was shot through the left leg, through the abdomen, in the left thigh and through the left shoulder. The fatter two are in a dying conditio!!. The shoot ing occurred in a death chamber at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smeall, because of the family trouble her son, night, and was the culmination of a fam ily quarrel that has extended over years. Mrs. Budenek was stayng at the home of her daughter,' Mrs. Peter Smeall, and because of the family troublt her son, John, was not permitted to see her dur ing her illness. W hen John heard of bis mother's death Saturday night he de termined to view the renin ins. He se cured entrance into the Smeall home and found the entire family surrounding the rp, watohing tha undertaker pre pare the body. --John placed his hands on the l:feles body and said: "This is my mother." His (sister, Frances, said something to him in Polish whereu)xn lie struck her. Then he drew a revolver anil shot at his sister over the dead body of his mother. Before he could be overpowered he had shot his sister, his brother and his brother-in-law. John Budenek is in jail. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. A Member of Boston's City Council Is Charged With Killing a Laborer. Boston, Mass., Oct. 9. Daniel J. Don nelly, a member of the Boston city council and formerly a member of the legislature, was arrested 'yesterday on a charge of manslaughter. It is alleged tl at Patrick J. Grinley, a laborer, met his death as the result of an encounter with Donnelly Saturday. Donnelly asserts that did not assault the man and that- he expects to clear himself of the charge. AUTO AND CAR COLLIDE. Wealthy Canadian Badly Hurt, at New ' ton, Mass. - Xewton. Mass., Oct. 9. In ft collision between an automobile and an electric car here yesterday Senator George- F, Fulford, a wealthy manufacturer of Brockville, Ont., was seriously injured, while his chauffeur, Louis E. Zeriiu of Albany, X. IL, sustained a fractured skull ami is expected to die. Win. T. Hanson of Schenectady, X. V., was also injured but not seriously. " - ; The automobile, a large gasoline tour ing car, was coming down a hill in the direct-on of Boston lust as a car on the Boston & Xewton Street railway tracks was crossing Beacon street in the direc tion of Xewtonville. . On account of buildings on the corner of the Streets those in the car and the automoble eould not see each other until too latj t avert a collision. The car was poiiijr it a fair speed, .while it is said that the automobile was coming down the hill at a 15-mile rate, ' i The heavy touring car struck the elec tric car in the side, the foree of the col lision overturned and destroyed the auto mobile and smashed in th wooded fide of the heavier vehicle. , Xone of the pass engers of the electric car was hurt, biit all the occupants of the automobile were thrown out, the chauffeur striking on his head. , '- AUT0IST INSTANTLY KILLED. Chauffeur Fatally Hurt and Two Ladies Injured. - .; Detroit, Mich., Oct."'9;-?A Free Press special , from- Athens. Mich., yesterday says that Walter Palmer of Athens was instantly killed, OhaufTeur Blake of Kalamazoo was fatally injured and Mr?. Walter Palmer and her daughter. Pran ces,, were badly bruised in an automo bile accident yesterday. The automo bile swerved out of the road into a mar-.li and capsized. Mrs, Palmer and Fiance are not dunsrerouslv hurt. CONCORD GOT BIG CONTRACT For Granite in Washington, ' D. C, Construction. MUCH PLEASURE IS FELT. New England Granite Works Company Will Supply Half Million Dollars' Work of Stock for the Job. -;7 . . . ; : . Concord, X. H., Oct. 9. The bontract fi- oil r.f 41, a m.ir,itA in Kd' HwoA tn tltA new senatorial office building at 'Wash-j inyioii, una iit-'m u nit-u. : 'to vunuuiu granite manufacturers, and a ielegrara tit ihiit ptffVl-. frnm IliAfll-titiil l;it An Saturday night wait the occasion for I general rejoicing among the;, .granite workmerii i( thetcity. t mean-, that the 'Xew 'England granite works' ''will furDisk about $500,000 worth of cut sUmeJ' pnd wrlf will eommcnee imme diately' in fulHUing the contract, Although the Xew England granite works has the contract alone, it is al ways a fact that the other granite man ufacturers in the city assist in gettina cmt the big contracts, 'sd that 'general prosperity in, the granite industry here is, anticipated, W.ll ::i To secure the contract for Concord manufacturers has been a long and hard fight. United States Senator Gallingw-J ot this, city is. a, member of the com mittee of f three which had ! complete charge of the matter for the senate. Needless to say, Senator Gallinger, who had been instrumental in brimrins the congressional library contract to Con- j cord, was in favor of Concord granite. for this.hmldiiig.-' It is understood that one of the senators favored a marble building, and the third, while favoring granite in place of marble, had a liking for a building composed of granite, mar ble and sandstone. The result has been a fight, in which three sets of bids have been submitted, and the Concord bid had aluays been the lowest for the granite. The total cost of the building will probably be about $l,50000, so that a $.100,000 contract, coming to. the gran ite men, is taken to mean that all three materials will be used in the construc tion, granite forming the entire base and first story, marble and sandstone the remainder of the superstructure. As soon as Mr. Batteraon, president of the Xew England granite works, re ceives the contract document, work Willi be commenced, and local workmen, mer chants and others will receive the entire appropriation for granite, outside of the little that goes for freight. TO ORGANIZE COUNTRY CLUB. Proposition to Capitalire One at Ben nington t,?25,00O. Bennington, Oct. 9. Plans are on foot for the organization and capitalization of the Mount Anthony Country Club. For this purpose, the Clark farm, situat ed just wost of the Vermont Soldiers' Home, was' recently purchased by ex Gov. John G, MeCufloiigh of Xorth Ben nington, Say re McLeod of Troy, X, Y., J. C. Colgate, George Worthin'gton and Philip Jennings of Xew York. The price paid for the property was $15,' 000. . It is the plan of the men interested that rthe club shall bo ; capitalized for $23,000. Of this $15,000 will go toward the purchase of the property, $5,000 will be expended in improvements, and $5, 000 will be held in the treasury for fu ture needs. "; . 1 ' v During the coming winter the house will be thoroughly renovated and mod ernized to meet .the requirements of a country club, and in the spring a nine hole golf course and tennis Courts will be . laid out. Later an IS hole course will probably x be laid out. , , '. CHARGE DISMISSED. But a Brockton, Mass., Editor Was In : dieted f&r Libel. Brockton, Mass., Oct. 9. In police court this morning the charge of criminal libel, brought by former police olfieer Chester E. Harris aa-ainst Editor . D. Dwyer of the Searchlight, a weekly pub-! lication, was dismissed.. Dwyer is un- dcr indictment for libel and will be tried oi n bill brought hist week bv the grand jry. AGAIN GOES OVER. Clement Slander Suit Is Long on the ( Docket. Burlington", ' Oct. ' O.-AVoid was ' re ceived yesterday by , ;'ef ge E. Johnson, clerk of the United States courts, that the case of Samuel D.-Wilson vs.! P. W. Clement, would not be tried at 'the present term of United States courts at Uuilnnd. This means that the cae will go over until the February tci ni in this city.,..,, .. ,." ... ....... : :" i . $17,000 FIRE AT LAC0NIA. 0. T. Lougee'a Store Annex Damaged 6y '!'!, ' ' Fire 'Yesterday. " '-. Laeonia, X. H., Oct. 9. Early Sunday morning, fire destroyed the annex of (). T. Lougee'a dry goods : store in the Smith block on Main street. The joss on building and fixtures was $3,000 and between $12,000 and $15,000 on the con tents. The loss is covered bv insurance. CARS CRASH . ON SIDING Dozen People Hurt Near Bur ' lington Late at Night ON ELECTRIC RAILROAD. Rails Made Slippery by Leaves Pre vented the Stopping of the Car . The Passengers Thrown , ' ' ' Helter Skelter. . ; Burlington, Oct. 9. A dozen people were more or less injured, though none seriously in a rear-end eolli.ion late Saturday night, of two electric cars on lower road to Winooski. The accident occurred on the switch below Athletic Park. Two cars, well loaded with passengers were en route for Winooski and Essex Junction and were to wait at this switch for another car from Winooski to pass on the main track. One car in charge of Frank Aus tin, motonnan, and Griffith conductor, hail already reached the switch and were waiting. The second tar in charge of Frank ITuiit, motonnan, and James Simpson, conductor, came back of them. The second car was unable to stop njwn reaching the swtcli on account of the slippery condition of the track because" of the leaves upon it, and a collision with the first car could not 1h averted. . . The cars struck forcibly throwing the passengers headlong and shattering the windows in bot li carx. A small panic resulted and when order was restored at least a dozen persons were found to have minor injuries, principally resulting from flying glass and the force of the collision, " , On the platform of the rear car were many soldiers. In trying to gefe to the passengers to assist them Quartermastef- Sergcant Mack Payne, Troop M, of the tort sustained a broken leg. la the tor ward car no one was injured and the onlv damage was to the windows m the motorman's compartment. The windows in the smaller car, however, were badly shattered. As soon as the crash was over those who were not injured immedi ately looked after the less fortunatae pas-enger. The Essex car was turned into an ambulance and rushed those hurt to physicians in Winooski.' The .injured include: Mrs. Morris Bucklcv, Winooski, two ....... '.. . nus uroKcn, , Sergeant McPnyne, Fort Ethan Allen right leg broken. George Westeott, Fall Riser, Mass., head cut by glass." - James McKenna, Winooski, cut by glass. , David Walker, lluiiiiigton, knee in jured. - . " Thomas MeCabe, finger cut baity'. . D. C. i'ollins, bead injured. , Sergeant John F, Welch,.' suffering from shock, . ' , ,'. ; , . Dr. Morris, a Winooski dentist, wrist badly wrenched. . ; Arthur L'Ecuyer, badly cut aliout head and hands (thrown into street.) Frank Kirby, Jr., cut on head and pieces of glass stuck in head. ' Edward Ward, cut and bruised. ; Other nossengers were slightly hurt. Motonnan Hunt jumped when he found t lie collision was unavoidable. WRECK KILLS THREE. Men and Racers Were in Collision Near , ', Millersburg, Pa. .' . ';" Millersburg, Pa., Oct. 9. Three men were killed, one man was injured and a carload of race horses were either killed or so badly hurt that they had to be shot, as the result of a collision at the junction of the Lykens valley branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, near this place yesterday. . The collision was between the number 3 Erie mail train, west bound, and a tli boose and a box car containing race horses which were accidentally uncoupled from a train preceding the mail train. Charles Berry and llalplt Hcndcrshott were in the caboose when the crash came and i were killed instantly. Fireman Scott of the mail train, was hurled into the midst of the wreck and also killed. Engineer Lesh of the mail train, was thrown under his engine. After the col lision the wreckage took fire and the hoilies of Berry and Hendershott were burned almost bevond recognition. TRAIN ON FIRE Several Hundred Passengers on New York Elevated. New York, Oct. 9.--Several hundred passengers on a Brooklyn Rapid Transit train of the Fifthavenueline were thrown into a panic last- evening when the over head trolley wire broke in 37th, street and fol on one of the cars setting it on lire and communicating a terrific shock to the ocupants. -In ' theriwb, to" es cape that ensued many were thrown or jumped from the platforms. Two men anil two women were fouud to have sus tained shocks, burns and contusions, but were able to go to their homes after be ing attended by an' ambulance surgeon. The tire was extinguished with slight damage-. - Trallic Mas delayed by the ac cident for some hours. ' Laying Wires Underground. M. K. Butler, superintendent of the northern division, and W.-F. Hunt of the Xew England Telephone company were in Montpelier today making, ar rangements for laying the company's wires underground in the main streets of that city. The -a oik will be stinted this week, and will require two weeks. M0NTPELIER MINISTERS RESIGN. Baptist and Episcopal Churches to Lose Their Leaders. - The r,ev. City C, Lamson. for the past four yenrs pastor of the First Baptist church in Montpelier, announced to his people yesterday morning and to the I'li-st Baptist church of Hyde Park, Mass., his acceptance of the catl to the pustorate at Hyde Park, his resignation to take effect December 1 next. When Mr. Lainson went to the church iit 1 002 it was several thousand dollars in -debt. This debt has been entirely wiped out during Mr. Lamson's pastor ate and $2,500 has been expended in repairs on the edifice. About a year ago XI, Inmonn A&rnai a .all I n 1 a , ' . , . . ill, .'i, ,,, tm ... ' ' , V i . . . i -A I T", i: L -1 1. Sisinni pastor or taivary jiuipusi, ciiun si of Xew York city, of which the Pev, Dr. P,obert L.,McArthur is pastor. Mr. limson was chaplain of the House of Representatives in the legislature of 10O4. .. The Rev. A. X. Lewis, for the past 1-t years rector of the Christ Episcopal church in Montpelier, yesterday morning read to the congregation his resignation, as he had intimated last Sunday he in tended to fit an early date. A meet ing of the vestry wascalledyesterday noon and the resignation Mas discussed. Be lieving that Mr. lwis is in earnest in his desire to be relieved from active labor and that be dofS not tender his resignation because of a desire to le urged to: remain or to reeonsidt-r the same, it is probable it will lie aeeepW. Mr. Lewis asked to have his resignation take effect in November-or December next. :-' ' ''' -- :-- '- ;. NORTH SEMINARY STREET. No Street Bounds and Abutters Object to Location of New House. ! The city council held a special session Saturday evening to consider the matter of street bounds on , Xorth Seminary street. No action was taken, however. Xorth Seminary street, or Silver street, as it was formerly known,, was originally htid out by : Joshua Thwing as a three rod street Cut it was never recorded. Some sis or seven years ago the city undertook to establish , the hounds on this street and laid it out three rod -Vide.-' The. abutters on the easterly side objected and took the mat ter to court, 'where it ran along several years, when the city abandoned its ef forts to make the street what it was designed to be. Xothing has been done since then until last week -when several of the abutters objected to J. 1). Ossola putting a bouse where he has constructed the foundations on the street, claiming it was in the street limits. The aldermen sent the city engineer to establish the street line. air. Allen reported the eon ditions as related. The council visited the street this morning and after looking it over made Mr, Ossola an offer to set his house back in line with the others on the same side of the street and for land enough off his lot to give the city a two-and-a-half rod street fight through. Mi. Ossola now lias this under considera lion. AN INVENTIVE STUDENT. " Joseph Columbe of Norwich University ,; , Has Several New Ideas. ' Xorthfield, Oct, 9. Joseph Columlte, X. U., '05, left on Sunday night for Boston, where he is to met the duee tors of the Packard Shoe Co., also W. L, Douglas, to present his drawings and samples ot a shoe which lie has reeentlv had patented. The new idea of the shoe is in the clasp, which is so eon structed as to "dispense with all fric tion. When the shoe is once laced, it is onlv necessary to untie the shoe to remove it. . . . Mr. Columbe has during the past two years made several other ' inventions which he has patented. ' One is a trolley car wheel which was successfuly tested on the electric line between Burre and Montpelier last spring. Another one of his inventions is tlie uon-reniiume wt tic. MYSTERY ABOUT THIS FIRE. if ' Henry Averill's Building in Northfield Burned to Ground. . Xorthfield, Oct. 9. The farm build ings of Henry Averill, who lives on west 'll, five miles from this village, were lcv..,letely destroyed by fire Saturday nigtit. , the lire started, from an un known cause in the barn at ten o'clock. The neighbors aroused ' Mr. and Mrs. Avcnlt, but the stock in the barns, nine cows, four pigs and a horse, were burned before they could be rescued. All of the farming tools and the contents of the house were destroyed, -not even the eiouimg Deing savea. me loss is esti mated from $2,000 to $2,500, and is partly covered by insurance. - Mr. Averill had recently sold the farm, but the parties had not yet taken pos session, ... WINS ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP. E, D. Field Leads Montpelier As Well As ' Barre Golfers. E. D. Field, who is the present champ ion of the Barre Golf club, on Saturday won the aine title of the Montpelier Country club, defeating F, A, Howland, the rnmier-up, easily. The day previous Howland had disposed of. C E. Lowe, three up and two to play. Field won Saturday by eight up, and seven to play. Field's score whs as follows: ; Out ;..4' 4 5 5 5 S "5 3 3- It In . ... . ,:t 4 .'; " 1 ' i The weekly 'tournament . will be con cluded this week. COWS "ATE POISON. Got into a Potato Patch Where There Was Paris Green. Monl iclicr, Oct. 9. One cow is dead and three, others of the herd of A. P. Parsou iu Worcester are very sick be cause "of poisoning Saturday. They got into 'a potato patch, where there was some Paris green and swallowed a quan tity of the stuff. Surgeons were called, and it Is hoped that a greater part of the herd can be saved. SENT BULLET INTO HIS NECK Alfred Beckman Disappointed ",f ;-; ,; In Love" :::,'Ji AND TRIED TO END IT ALL Fought Men Who Tried to Hold Him Wound Dressed at Hospital and He Was Then Placed . in Jail.... '.vV i Fighting with the ferocity of a tiger, Alfred Beckman of 341 Xorth Main street was taken yesterday afternoon to the Emergency hospital, . suffering fnmf a stdf-inflicted revolver wdund in the neck. Later, when the wound hud been die-sed, he was taken to a cell i iu the city jail. The wound is not dangerous, the ball entering the ' neck to the right of the Adam's apple, and. coining out in the back of the neck. He bled profusely, but the ball diil not strike any- vital part. ' Disappointment iu a hive affair is the caine ascribed. lek man's attempt, to end hU li'o occurred on Farwell street, in the rear of Lewis Brassaw's barn. At half, past three the residents in that neighborhood were startled to hear a revolver shot. They investigated and saw; Beckman flourishing a revolver. The people kept at a safe disiance. The man fired two more slioN into the- air, apparently ti scare the people. Oustavus Gregoire was the first to approach him,: he having first telephoned the police station. Gre goire called to the man and asked bi'-i what he was trying to do. - Becku ,iti answered that he was killing him-e Gradually Gregoire approached him, tell ing him' that he didn't want to hurt him. Finally he got near enough to ask him what the trouble was, and Beckman said that his girl had gone) back on him. Gregoire sympathized , with him, and finally hold him to go along with him, intending to take him to the hospital which is not more than two hundred yards away. Beckman hesitated about going, and some force was used. Then he said he would go, Gregoire had no sooner released his hold than Beckman whipped out the revolver. Gregoire made a dive for the weapon, and the two men went down in the road together, 1 Although only of medium size Beckman has the strength of a giant, being a devotee of physical culture and a blacksmith as well. Five men were required to get the upper hand of him and the revolver was 'secured. It was found that the Inst, bullet had lieen fired by Beckman while behind the barn, but the men didn't know that when they were fighting for the weapon. Still fighting, Beckman was being car ried toward the hospital when Police man Frank Ilaniel arrived. Beckman recognized the, officer and walked the remainder of the distance to the hospital door, where he put up another scrap. He was then carried bodily. The phy sicians found that the bullet just missed the large artery in the neck. They said that if no complications arise the man will recover. As he was carrying on so wildly, is was decided to take him to the ju il, and Policeman Hamel anil Gregoire walked. 'him' 'to the station, ahoufc n mile distant. In spite of the loss of blood Beckman was full of strength and gave a hard tussle. At the jail his hands were tied bhind his back, and Dr. Joo Jackson administered a hypodermic injection. He complained of pain from the wound and also begged the officers to untie his hands. After ii time he quieted down and jseemd to be rational,:, Yctj he occasionally made reference to "his girl." s ' i " . ' In his pockeU be carried three pic tures of the young lady, also a locket with a lock of her hair. ,The two had a conference on Main street yesterday afternoon, after Which the woman left weeping and the man wandered toward the place where he tried to commit sui cide. . It is also said that Beckman had been drinking more or less during the week.' To several persons Beckm&ii had confided his troubles, nnd to them he i had mentioned that he Intended to end his life. ,""' 'Beckman has been employed for four years for -.lanu's Ahem, the tool manu facturer, and was a good workman. For a week or,. mora he has not appeared just right in his mind. He is 23 year c-f SjC and a Swede by nativity. The revolver with which , he did the shooting is a 32 -calibre, pearl handled weapon-.; There were, apparently just three cartridges in the, gun at the time, as there were several days ago, when he showed the revolver to some of his friends and declared f that he thought that be would end his trouble by send-' in;, a bullet into himself. Hi friends . Inuuhed at him, not thinking the fellow hint otiy serious .intentions. But con stint brooding on the subject had tempo Tiuily unbalanced his mind, leading hiiu to the act. ,1'eekmnn passed a fairly conifoi ra! I uilit. saving that he fehipt, until tire o'clock this rnornimz. lie complin) ' I this morning that his neck was st '', and thnt his arms pained him. arm were kept tied behind his. bu-'t. I'e asked for . the revolver this maritir r. Drs. Jackson and L. - L.; Leonard ''i! cided this forenoon that Bfckman's im-'i-tal condition was due to drink, and this , afternon he was sentenced to fail for twenty days for intoxication. Beck ma a told the doctors he never would have done it if he had been sober. i r i si t - ?! j