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LIZZIE BORDEN ON TRIAL.
A MUEDER CASE THAT EX-
CITES NATIONAL INTEREST.
rhe Daushter of the Fall River
(Mass.) Capitalist Arraigned at
New Hertford for the Murder of
Her Father and Step-Mother
- Daily Progress of the Trial.
. The trial of Lizzie Andrew Borden, who
B under indictment for the murder at Fall
River of her aged parents under circum
stances that have created a National sensa
tion, was begun, amid much excitement, at
New Bedford, Mans. Large numbers of
Strangers had been attracted by the event,
nd the hotel were filled to overflowing. The
fcourt house is an old fashioned, poorly
MZZIE A. BOHDEV.
Ventilated building of the type of fifty year?
ago. Judge Blod?ett, the ablest member ot
the Supreme Bench, presides over the court.
District Attorney Moody leads the array of
Bounsel for the commonwealth, and ex
Governor Robinson that of the defense. At
11 o'clock Miss A. Borden, the prisoner,
came slowly into the room, preceded by
Deputy Sheriff Kirby, and was shown to her
Beat in the dock. She was attired in a be
coming costume of black brocaded stuff and
wore a pretty shade hat relieved by a
touch here and there of 'due. As she
passed the bar inclosure, Melvin O. Adams,
of counsel for the defense, stepped to the rail
and bowed to her. But Lizzie, while ac
knowledging it with a blight inclination of
the head, sat down, without raising her eyes
to his and passed on slowly to the dock.
Every seat in the room was occupied by tales
men and newspaper men, no outsiders being
admitted, and within the box enclosure were
MBS. ABBIE V. BORE-EX, FIRST VICTIM.
a few of the prominent men of the county,
Who had been accorded seats by courtesy.
Court came in at 11:27. Rev. M. C. Julien.
of New Bedford, made a brief prayer, Miss
Borden standing. The clerk was then di
rected to proceed with the impaneling of the
jury. Miss Borden was asked to stand up
and told of her right to challenge. Chal
lenges on both sides were numerous. The
jury when it was chosen was formed of the
following men : George Potter, of Westport ;
William F. Dean, of Taunton ; John Wilbur,
of Somerset ; Fred. C. Wilbur, of Iiaynham ;
Lemuel K. Wilbur, of Easton ; William Wes
cott, of Seeconk ; A. 13. Hodge, of Taunton :
Augustus Swift, of New Bedford ; Frank C.
Cole, of Attleboro, John C. Finn, of Taunton ;
Churles I. Richards, of Taunton, and Allen
H. Wordell, of Dartmouth. They are a very
solid lot of citizens. Richards, the foreman,
is a rich land owner ; Swift is the manager
of iron works, and the rest are farmers and
master mechanics and such like. To get a
dozen of them 101 were called. Fifty-two
were excused for scruples of prejudices, six
teen were challenged by Miss Borden, and
fourteen by the commonwealth.
On the second day of the trial the court
room was crowded with spectators two
thirds of whom were women. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Moody, of Essex County.
: opened the case for the prosecution. He
related the details of the finding of the
AXDREW 3. BOBDEN. SECOND VTCTIK.
bodies of the old couple, and told of the
difference that had 'for years existed
between Miss Borden and her steomother.
Here the skulls were produced by Doctor
Uolan. The counsel said that the exact meas
urement of the blade of the brokea-haadled
'
2t 7
V 33$gZ it
hatchet was Z4 inches : the jn'-tnrriu
which fits into the death-wounds of An
drew J. Borden was just 3K inches wide.
Lizzie Borden fainted after Sir. jfoody had
declared that it would be proved that she
burned a dress three, days after the murder
of her father and stepmother and had pro
duced in court the hatchet with which it is
supposed the crimes wre committed. She
remain? unconscious for several minutes.
After District Attorney Moody had outlinM
Vie State's r&M the jury, accompanied by
counsel for both sides, visited Fall River to
examine the premises where the crime was
eoDimitied and all other places in the loltty
which were to be used as landmarks in the
trial of this case. The prisoner refused to
accompany the jury.
Details of the Crime.
The eldest victim of the Time was Andrew
J. Borden, a capitalist of Fall River, Mass.,
who was seventy years old. The other vic
tim was his second wife, stepmother to the
prisoner. She was considerably younger
than her husband, who married her when
Miss Lizzie was about four years old.
She was a large, fleshy woman. There
were two daughters. Lizzie and Emma.
Emma was out of town on the day of th
murder, which took place on August 4. 1892.
Emma called her stepmother Abbia." but
Lizzie did not call her anything to her face
or 3peak to her at all. She quarrelled with
her rive years ago because her stepmother
induced her father to clear a piece of prop
erty of debt and give it to his wife's sister.
Miss Lizzie was born in I860. She and her
sister had $5000 in cash or in mill shares or
in each form. This their father had given to
them.
At the time of the murder all the members
of the family were ill. and this led to the
theory that they had all been poisoned. A
drug clerk was said to have sold prussic acid
to Miss Lizzie, but it was a case of mistaken
identity. No poison was found in the bodies
of the victims.
On the morning of the day of the murder
Mr. Borden had been on his business rounds
and had come back. Mrs. Borden was
dressing to go out. Bridget Sullivan was up
stairs washing windows. The old man went
to sleep on a lounge in the sitting room.
The wife continued dressing, if she was
not already dead, and Lizzie Borden, ac
cording tp her own story, went out to the
barn in the yard and stayed there thirty
minutas. She passed her father in going
out. and stopped to stroke his head. All this
was between half past ten o'clock and ten
minutes past eleven o'clock in the morning,
in a disagreeable side street, .i semi-tenement
neighborhood with CTnall shops in it.
It was in the heart of the- city, in its business
part.
The wife had sent the servant to wash the
down stairs timing-room windows. At four
or Ave minutes before 11 the servant went up
to her room to lie down. She had been lying
there ten or fifteen minutes when Miss Lizzie
called to her from dovn stairs in a voice
suggesting alarm or terror. She is reported
to have seen Lizzie in the kitchen, who said
either "Father's dead ; go for doctor" or
"Father's hurt; go for the doctor." The
servant will clear up this confusion as to
what was said.
The servant, Bridget Sullivan, went and came
back and was sent out to get a Mrs. Russell.
When she returned again Dr. Bowen was
there and had been preceded by Mrs. Church
ill, a neighbor, whose windows looked close
upon the Borden house. These visitors saw
the father's body. Mrs. Churchill said some
one should notify Mrs. Borden, and Lizzie re
marked that she thought she heard her mother
come in. The neighbor and servant went up
and discovered the dead woman. Both vic
tims had been brutally chopped about the
head and face. Lizzie Borden was suspected
and placed under surveillance from the mo
ment the crime was discovered. Finally, the
District Attorney went before the Grand Jury
and declared that he had sufficient evidence
to convict her. So she was indicted, arrested,
and has been confined in jail ever since.
EDWIN BOOTH DEAD.
The Great Tragedian Passes Away
Peacefully in New York City.
Edwin Booth, the well-known actor, died
at the Players' Club, New York City, where
he has been ill for many weeks, at 1 :15
o'clock a few mornings ago. At Mr. Booth's
bedside when he died were Mr. and Mr3.
Grassman, his son-in-law and daughter, John
Henry Magonigle and Dr. St. Clair Smith.
The attack which was the beginning of
Mr. Booth's last sickness occurred on
Wednesday, April 19. He had gone to bed
at his usual time on the previous night and
apparently in his usual health. No one went
into his room till his usual time for ordering
breakfast the next morning, and then it was
found that he could not speak. He had had
a stroke of paralysis which finally caused his
death.
Edwin Booth was incomparably the finest
tragic actor of our time, and most playgoers
will no doubt agree that they will never
look upon his like again. He combined the
spirit and intelligence of Forrest with the
grace and polish of Edwin Adams. Though
he came from a lou line of play actor3,
several of whom were distinguished, he was
accounted a much more finished player
than his father, the great Junius
Brutus Booth. .Edwin Booth was born in
Baltimore, Md., on November 13, 1833.
in which town he lived until he was
about seventeen years old. That he was born
to be a play actor was shown at an early day.
Edwin Booth, John Sleeper Clark, John E.
Owens, Theodore Hamilton. George Kunkle
and half a dozen others formed an amateur
dramatic club. While Edwin Booth and his
playmates were playing at acting, his father
Junius Brutus, was starring the country.
Edwin went on the stage in 1849. He was
then onlv sixteen vears old. In several
years thereafter he was his father's constant
companion. Together they visited the Pa
cific coast, whence they sailed to Aus
tralia. In ten years he played anything and
everything. No young actor ever had a bet
ter schooling. In 1860 he visited England,
Half a dozen years later he for the first time
tried his hand at managing. He took hold of
the Winter Garden Theater, New York City,
in which he played Hamlet for 100 nights.
Mr. Booth had little managerial timber in
his composition. He was too dreamy and
unpractical for such work. Still, in his
youth he was as gay as most actors.
In 1869 he opened Booth's Theatre. New York
City, managing it himself. It was by far
the most complete play house in the ooun
try. Still it was a failure. Mr. Booth
emerged from its management, some
say. with debts amounting to over
$500,000. He buckled down to act
ing, and in a few years had paid off every
penny he owed. His triumphant tour
through the South, which was followed bv
a journey to California, yielded him upward
of a quarter of a million of dollars. The
hard work this entailed affected his
health. When Lawrence Barrett became
his manager things went well with Mr. Booth.
His health improved. Ha furnished the
Players' Club and endowed it handsomely.
Since Mr. Booth retired from the stage in
Brooklyn, in April, 1891. he has lived at
the Players' CluD. It was noticed
that after the death of Mr. Barrett Mr.
Booth became more reserved and retiring
than ever. He eared little for society. He
had an almost matchless knowledge of
JihaJcespearo asd the bistory of the drama.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Kastern and Middle States.
Mator Gn.Ror informed Commander
Dickins that New York City could not offici
ally revive the Duke de Yeragua again. It
was intimated that the reason was that the
Duke did not acknowledge the courtesies ex
tended on his first visit.
The Rhode Island Senate voted to adjourn
to January next, refusing to meet with the
Houie in Grand Committee.
The annual examination at the United
States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.,
began.
The Cornell Iron Works in New York City
wers destroyed by fire. The loss is about
half a million.
Govebxor Brow prorogued the session
of the Rhode Island Legislature to January,
1834. the Senate refusing to meet with the
House la Grand Committee.
At New York City, the Infanta received
the members of the Reception Committee of
the Committee of One Hundred and then
wives aboard the Dolphin, and gave them wa
excursion and luncheon.
William T. I'ikgrley, one of the pro
prietors of the Continental Hotel, Phila
delphia. Perm., committed suicide on his
model farm on the lower outskirts of the
city. He had been a sufferer from nervous
dyspepsia and insomnia.
Josk Cabriebo, a Portuguese farm hand, is
held for the m'irder of Bertha May Man
chester in Fall River, Mass.
Scarcity of servants has become a serious
matter in New York City. Many homes have
been closed for want of domestic help, which
employment agencies are unable to supply,
because the girls are flocking to Chicago or
the country.
The Austrian training ship Frundsberg
arrived at the Port of New York and tho
cadets on board will visit the World's Fair.
The Infanta of Spain left New York City
for Chicago by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Canal Street Bank of New York City
has gone into voluntary liquidation. Eight
hundred and fifty-nine east side merchants
have $436,631.90 on deposit. All will be
paid in full.
South and West.
The Old Kentucky Home at the Chicago
Fair Grounds was dedicated. It is the Blue
9rass State Building and one of the most at
tractive in the grounds. MiSs Enid Yandel's
statue of Daniel Boone "was unveiled.
At the Sissetoa Agency, South Dakota,
Miss Cynthia Rockwell, an Illinois teacher
at Goodwill Mission, has married Richard
King, an Indian, studying for the Presby
terian ministry.
The Plankinton Bank in Milwaukee,
Wis., closed its doors. The bank had loaned
$200,000 to F. A. Lappen & Co. and the
Lappen Furniture Company, and this was
the principal cause of its suspension.
The Victoria Cordage Company, Cincin
nati, Ohio, members of the Cordage Trust,
has assigned. Assets, $500,000; liabilities,
$400,000.
Tornadoes did great damage to property
in Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkanasaad Ken
tucky. At Rosedale, Miss., W. L. Bawdre
and wife were killed.
Iowa Prohibitionists nominated a full State
ticket.
The members of the graduating class at
Annapolis (Md.) Naval Academy, forty-four
in number, received their diplomas at the
hands of Secretary Herbert. W. Y. N.
Powelson, of New York, received the honor3
of his class graduating No. 1.
A receiver was appointed at Charleston,
W. Va., for the Norfolk and Western Rail
road. During a heavy rain storm flra wa3 dis
covered in a block on Farnum street, Omaha,
Neb. The entire city Fire Department was
called to the scene. A high wind was blow
ing. One of the walls fell on seven firemen.
Five of them were instantly killed.
W hile a primary election was held in Bell
County, Kentucky, by the Democratic party,
excitement ran high, and in a fight at Pine
ville, the county seat, John Jones and Levi
Hoskins were killed and two others were
fatally injured.
Owing to a storm less than 60,000 persons
visited the World's Fair on the second Sun
day opening.
Twenty-five men walked into Decatur,
111., a city of 22,000 people, and lynched
Samuel Bush on the principal street without
opposition. Bush was a colored man accused
of assaulting two white women.
At Chicago, 111., Herman Schaffner & Co.,
private bankers, made an assignment. Schaff
ner & Co. have been the largest private
bankers in the Northwest, dealing exclusive
ly in commercial paper.
John C. Mining, Town Treasurer of Fort
Jennings, Ohio, has disappeared with $5000
cash, and an additional shortage of $10,000
has been discovered.
Wild and unfounded rumors of impending
financial disaster caused a senseless run on
many of the ba iks in Chicago. Those chiefly
affected were the Prairie State National
Bank, the State Bank of Commerce, the Hi
bernian Savings Bank, the Dime Savings
Bank, the Union Trust Company's Bank and
the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. Mea
doweroft Brothers, private bankers of Chi
cago, failed with liabilities estimated at 8450
000. The Bank of Spokane, Washington, has
failed. It is a private institution, owned by
A. M. Cannon, who is reported to be worth
$3,000,000. The Sandusky (Ohio) Savings
Bank assigned, The Merchants' National
Biink. of Fort Worth, Texas, capital $250,
000, has failed.
"Washington.
The State Department has received official
notification from Hawaii of the appointment
of L. H. Thurston as Minister to the United
States, in place of Dr. Mott Smith.
Because of the foul condition of the. Vesu
vius, the Navy Department abandoned the
intention of sanding her round from New
York to the mouth of St. Lawrence to convey
the caravels, and sent her to the Portsmouth
Navy Yard to be docked.
A statement prepared by Comptroller
Eckels shows that from January 1 up to May
31, twenty National banks, witn a capital of
$6,150,000. failed, as again3t seven National
banks, with a capital of $625,L00, for the
corresponding period of 1892.
The Government receipts during the month
of May were $30,971,497 and the expenditures
$30,872,502.
Official notice has been given of the rais
ing of the Italian Legation at Washington to
the rank of an embassy ; Baron Fava will be
the first Ambassador
BAnoN von Saurma Jeltsch. Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for
Prussia, at the Court of Stuttgart, Wurtem
burg, has been appointed German Ambassa
dor to Washington. He is the first German
Ambassador to the United States.
The President appointed Charles H. Man
sur. of Missouri, Second Comptroller of the
Treasury.
President Cleveland announced that an
extra session of Congress would be called
early in September to deal with the financial
question, which he urgvs the people to study
ciosely.
Charles W. Dattox was appointed Post
master of New York City, to ucved Cor
nelius Van Cott. by President Cleveland. He
was born in New York City October 3, 1S4C.
He is a lawyer.
Foreign.
Ix the British House of Common? the Gov
ernment accepted an amendment to the
Home Rule bill, excepting forts, navy yards,
etc.. in Ireland from tho Irish Government's
control.
William Townexd. who threatened te
take 3Ir. Gladstone's life, has been adjudged
insane and committed to a British asylum.
Reports from Manipur. India, My that ail
the rivers in the country have overflowed
their banks, have swept away the bridires and
are submerging villages and fields. Dozens
of dead bodies are floating down stream in
every river. At one point in a small stream
twenty bodies were recovered in three days.
The Nitiaz went ashore on the Coroan
coast and became a total wreck. Nine lived
were lost.
Oasn Eddt, his wife and daughter Emma
were murdered at Clareneeville, Quebec,
Canada, a few nights since. Robbery is the
only motive that can be assigned for the
crime. Eddy was a well-to-do farmer.
Ma. Ritnyo- presented to Emperor Will
iam his credentials as United States Minister
to Germany, and Mr. Phelps presented bis
letter ofrecalL
Mr. Gladstone accepted an amendment
to the Home Rule bill forbidding the Dub
lin Legislature to deal with the extradition
of criminals.
LATER NEWS.
Sat'TOtts Martella, the Italian who mur
dered Giovanni Pareilo at Saratoga. May 5.
1892, was electrocuted at the State Prison it
Dannemora. N. Y. Two contacts were neces
sary. Judge Andrews, of the Supreme Court, of
New York, dismissed William R. Laidlaw's
complaint in the suit to recover $50,000
damages from Russell Sage for being used as
a shield against a dynamite crank.
A heavy rainstorm, accompanied by a high
wind and frequent flashes of lightning
broke over New York City and suburbs, do
ing much damage ; one man wa? killed and
there was heavy loss by fire in Brooklyn.
The Infanta Eulalia reaped Chicago fro:n
New York ; much enthusiasm was shown by
the crowds that lined the route from the rail
road station to the hote'.
A skiff conrainmg Alexander MeClou 1
and Robert Anderson was upset in a whirl
pool at Boundary City, Wyoming. The men
were drowned.
Sergeant O'Leary, of the United States
Army, was shot and mortally wounded by
Private Roberts, in Fort Sherman, Idaho.
Jealousy over promotion was the cause.
The State Department telegraphed its ac
ceptance of the resignation of Rowland B.
Mahony, Minister to Eucador, and instructed
him to turn over the legation archives to the
United States Consul.
The Russian extradition treaty was
officially promulgated by President Cleve
land. Advices from Koti, a port on an isiand in
the River Koti, on the east coast of Borneo,
state that an explosion, attended with faral
results, occurred at that place on board the
steamer Houthandelbunalda. Five persons
were killed.
BOLD OUTLAWS.
They Cleaned Out a Bank, Hut the
Money Was Recovered.
The People's Bank at Benton ville, Ark.,
was robbed at 2 :30 p. m. by a gang of six
desperadoes, armed with Winchesters, vho
secured over $10,000.
They were from the Indian Territory, and
came into town with four fine horse3 and a
white-topped bugsy, which were left in the
rear of the Sun office, under charge of one
man, while the other five went single file in
the front of the office, one-half block north
to the People's Bank, where they entered and
covered the bank officials President A. W.
Dinsmore, Vice-President J. R. Hall, Cashier
J. C. McAndrew, and Assistant Cashier G. P.
Jackson with Winchesters. Ono of the men
made Cashier McAndrew dump the contents
of the safe into sacks brought for the purpose,
putting gold and currency into one and the
silver into another. After securing the boodle
they made the officials march in front of
them as they tar" 3d for their horses, forcing
Mr. Jackson to carry the sack of silver con
taining over S 10,000.
When they passed the Sun office Mis? Mag
gie Wood of the Sun force had the presence
of mind to rush to the door and open it, let
ting Mr. Jackson in with his sack of silver,
and immediately shut and locked the door.
One robber raised his Winchester, but the
young lady's act was too quick for him.
The citizens soon rallied and a general fir
ing was kept up. The robbers mounted their
horses, going west, closely followed by Sheriff
Galbraith and posse. Assistant Cashier Jack
son wa3 shot in the head, back of the right
ear, and also in the left elbow. The wounds
are not serious. Taylor Stone, a farmer,
procured a shotgun and fired two shots ar
the flying robbers, but was immediately sher
down. The ball passed through hi3 left groin
and killed him. Tom Baker, a farmer, was
shot in the chin, and returned the compli
ment by wounding the robber. Another one
was wounded by Tom Woolsey, a drayman.
NAVAL CHANGES.
Erben Goes to Sea and Gherardl
Takes Charge of the Navy Yard.
At noon, a few days ago, Commodore Er
ben hauled down his flag on the Vermont
and gave up the command of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. As the flag was lowered it was
saluted with eleven guns, and as the flag of
Rear Admiral Gherardl took its place a salute
of thirteen guns was fired.
Then Commodore Erben escorted his suc
cessor to the Lyceum, where the Marine
Guard was paraded In his honor, and he was
Introduced to all the officers and heads of
departments in the yard.
After the ceremony at the Lyceum Commo
dore Erben was escorted to the Chicago,
where Acting Rear Admiraf Walker relin
quished the command to him and introduced
him to the officers of the ship. Here again
ihe ceremony oi saluting the flags was per
formed. Commodore Erben now hold3 the position
of Acting Rear Admiral, commandant of the
European sauadron. . -.
THE LABOR WORLD.
Chicago has 400 union girl waiters.
Thxbe are 18.000 union horwhors.
Indiana coal miners get seventy cents rr
ton.
Woxen work la Detroit (Mich.) brick
yards. Boazil is importing Chinree Lvbcr direct
from Asia.
In Spain factories and stores are operated
$a Sunday.
A poors order snt Chicago andNorthwesV
em telegraphers on strike.
Cotton weavers at Denver. CoL, nvvke, in
some Instances, only $4.K) a wek.
There are now over 150 cities ia this
country having building trades councils.
Ward organizations of colon! workman
have been formed by the Socialists of St.
Louis.
Akono stevedores cotton Is regarded an
the hardest to 6tow and railway Iron s the
easiest.
WrrnrN three years we admitted to the
American labor market 4J7,OO0 Uun, Italians
and Toles.
CHARLFrroN fS. stonecutter? rtru'k be
cause the boss would a-A pay for tools that
had been stolen.
Harness and saddle workers will send ono
of their number to Europe to study the In
dustrial question.
Thk wages of the street railway employes
in Minneapolis. Minn., Lave been raiiod
twenty-eight per cent. , - -
A switchman told an Indianapolis reporter
that he had unsueeetK fully covered 000
m.U9 in s?arb of 5 job. 'T4 '? v. y-
nd ;unio;"Jc,iKt;ujen and firemen
fcaySjoined the Knights'of Labor d-.-spito tho
oruer by the city authcriti-f. .-a
The State Labor Bureau of Iowa furnwhos
places at a cost of twenty cnt per head.
Formerly the private bureau charged 2.
Many of the workinc women of Mew York
City. especially
'.sweater. rceivt
thos employed by
e less tnan two dollars a
week as wnges.
'Dad" Lea-h, the ionndr of th Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, has Unn in
stalled in his n ?w home, provided by tho
Order at Sedalla. Mo.
In the New York jewelry factories wagon
of girls per went ar The hoard and
lodging average is 4 per week, and elothing
f 1.25. The girls eonmiency work at sixteen
and remain on anuverag tea yoars.
Bat.ox Sri;aiM IIalreko has nin or ten
thou.s.iu'1 men employed in his iron works on
the Rhine and gives them th kindliest care.
He will not permit one of his workers to
marry without his consent, for example, le
juusi, hs he nays, "ths-y would often make
foo's of themselves."
The most successful system of labor arbi
tration rfeerr.s to be that of Massachusetts,
which has been in operation since 18XG. Th
seventh annual report o! the Masnachusttts
Board of Arbitration, recently issued, give
an account of settlements of labor disputes
involving over -ii. 000. 000 in wages.
Minnesota has a law r'iuirm merchant
and proprietors of st ns employing women
to provide seats for them. lut th- law is a
dad letter, and the Tr.ide and Labor
Asombly of MinnoapolH his a-ked the State
Bureau of Statistics and La? -or to investigate
and furnish ovid'.-nc against the violators of
thy law.
THE SIXTH WEEK.
Progress of the Opening of KxhIMts
at Chicago.
The sixth week's festivities at the World'!
Fair were opened by the Dans. The various
Danish societies of the city eaaio out to
gether, aiid at 12 o'clock 10.000 Dan par
aded an 1 walk-id around until they wre worn
out. It was Denmark's d.-iy at the Fair and Fes
tival Hall was the place -t for the exercises.
Theodore Thomas brought his Exposition or
chestra, and Director-General Davis, in the
name of the Exposition, delivered an addresa
of welcome. Denmark's exhibit, a model ot
system and elegance, svas thrown open at
UOO.';.
Japan's quaint exhibit in tho Fina Art?
Building was also formally opened. Every
visitor expressed great admiration for the
delicacy and beauty of the work. The invited
guests went over to the Japanese tea house
where tea and lunch were served.
The Hooden, or Pha'uix Palace on Woodod
Island, the building which the JapanewH
Government is to giv the city after the
Fair, was also opened. Visitors were not al
lowed inside, but the sliding panelled doorv
were thrpwn back so that a view of all the
interior could be had from the balconies.
Queen Victoria's tapesteries taken from
Windsor Castle and consigned to President
Higinbotham for exhibition at the Fair, were
taken from the satety vaults where they have
been kept since P.oyal ('om.nissioaer Harris
brought them to ChieaKo, and removed to the
Exposition. They were placed in the build
ing, Their safetv Ls guaranteed by atond of
8100,000.
The individual exhibit of Margherita,
Queen of Italy, was placed on view. It is
mado up iargeiy of laces, and Ls under heavy
bonds for safe return.
Visitors also had an opportunity of seeing
diamonds removed from gem-learing clay
brought here from Africa. Tho exhibit of
the Cape Town diamond mines was put In
motion, demonstrating the manner in which
diamonds in the rough are taken from the
sarth.
Krupp's great cannons, that poked their
noss toward the lake from the fort-like pa
vilion south of Agricultural Building, were
put through a drill and the rreat exhibit waa
formally opened to the public, lierr Wer
niuth, Imperial Ger-iiun Commissioner, and
Herr Gilihausen, Krupp's representative,
were the hosts, an 1 explained to a large num
ber of guests the working of the great guns.
The paid admissions at the gatc on tola
day numbered Jo.Sl.
SIOUX WILLING TO SELL
The Government Can Have Their
Farming Lands for $00,000.
The commission appointed last summer to
treat with the Yankton Sioux in South Da
kota for a cession to the United States of
their surplus Lands has submitted its report
to Secretary Koke Smith, together with the
articles of agreement.
All the unallotted lands on the reserva
tion are to be ceded to the Government In
consideration of $600,000', of which 100,000
ls to be paid within sixty days after ratifica
tion of the agreement by Congress. The re
mainder, bearing five per cent, interest, is to
te retained in the Treasury, payable at the
pleasure of the Government after twenty-flve
years.
The ceded landn, which are said to be of a
high grade for agricultural purposes, are tc
be disposed of under existing land laws.
Saixix Waixacx, a young woman living
sear Mid ville, Ga., shot &nd killed Manuel
Rosen werg, a peddler, who had sold her a
pair of fthoea whigfrwerc g satisfactory, j