Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 26, 1901, Page 2

The Rerald--Review. By E. C. KILEY, PIDS, = MINNESOTA, GRAND RS e = The largest bronze statue in exist- ‘ence is chat of Peter the Great, in St. Petersburg, It weighs one hundred tons. Peace is easier kept than made, and easier broken than kept. The worst of men can break it, but only the best of men can make it, A young woman named Middlehurst, who has been employed as a weaver in a Manchester mill, has received an (timation that a legacy of £10,000 has been left to her by an uncle who tas died in Australia. in the world, for the rush for wealth which characterizes this age causes employers to demand much service for Small pay. But despite the enormous load which already weighs upon their shoulders, there are plenty of our fel- Jow beings who persist in bearing a huge burden of guilt in addition thereto. A poisonous fruit, supposed to bave the mark of Eve's teeth, grows in Ceylon, and the tree is called “Eve’s apple tree.” The fruit is of an orange tint on the outside and deep crimson within, and each apple has the agmear- ance of having had a piece bitten out of it. This fact, together with its :poi- sonous quality, led the Mahometans to represent it as the forbidden fruit of tke Garden of Eden. The Board of Directors of the ‘Na- tional Association of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers of the United States recently held an executive session at Detroit, to discuss trade topics. -It:is understood that a movement ‘is on foot to have a universal set of shoe styles and patterns each season ‘to which all manufacturers will adhere, thus avoiding having to make several dozen styles to meet the output-of-all the other factories. The Anstralian shipping «trade -oon- tinues to» expand. In New ‘South Wales in 1900 it was larger ‘than any previous year. The ‘total number vof vesseis entered and cleared ‘was ‘7,082, against 6,400 im 1899. (Of ‘the former 6,308 were under ‘the British ‘flag, and 724 under those of .other countries. Notwithstanding ‘the significance .of these figures we are daily ‘informed of the decadence of the British sem- pire, and of the enormous growth sof ihe marine of other countries. “Thirty years ago,” :writes “a -con- tributor to the Outlook, “coai:tar was almost unknown to German industry; but between 1877 and 1890 no fewer than eight hundred patents were’ tak- en out on coal-tar derivatives, andi in 1898 the industries connected -with' the utilization of coal-tar—a former waste material—yielded over seventeen : mil- lion dollars in products.” Equally im- portant developments ‘have taken place im this coumntny, :in ‘the packing business and other industries. It is a fair inference that substances we call “.celess” are 60 only because we have not yet tearned how to use them. The percentage of foreigners in va- rious states is the subject of frequent comment, and often ithe cause of gloomy forebodings in regard to the future of the country. It is rather surprising to find that ameng the very jJarge alien population ef New York and New Jersey the ratio of illiteracy is comparatively small. In ‘both states the number of foreign-born put naturalized citizens who cannot read and write is less than seven per cent. Even among those who have taken out only their “first papers’—and this thoy can do as soon as they land in the United States—the number -of il- literates is only about twelve per cent. The ability to read and write is no guarantee that 2 mam willbe a good citizen, but it is ct least a spresump- tion that he wiil be a better.one than the man who cannot. “My lady,” eays a well-known chem- ist, “writes tender sentiments to her jord with ink made from an.ola cop- iper coffee-pot, om paper made from old collars.” The utilization of waste )products, which is adding go enor- mously to the wealth of the .world, furnishes many such fantastic adap- tations. “Give me the sewage of New York,” says Doctor Long, “and I will return you yearly the superior milk of a hundred thousand cows.” The ‘waste soap-suds from weolen factories, which used to pollute hundreds ef rivers, is now precipitated, and ithe <oagulum is pressed into brieks and converted into superior illuminating @as. These are but examples of the éngenuity of man. That the field is dar from exhausted is instanced iin the estimate that from six hundref to a thousand of fine coal are thrown away every day in the ashes of New York. {t is not impossible that some reader f this paragraph will invent 2 process for reclaiming this wasted material. Ago never takes the music out of a fount life. The old violin responds to every tone which reaches it, and gives it back softened and purified by its own qualities. But let it be cracked and damaged, and it ceases to give forth its bewitching sounds, Vegetarians rarely have » craving for alcoholic stimulants. In some of the san{tariums for topers their diet fs chiefly confined to bread and fruit. After a few weeke of this treatment the toper begins to Jose all desire for éntoxicants. From Washington. Secretary Leng has returned to Wash- ington frem his home in Hingham, Mass. , Gen. Young, commanding the Depart- ment of the Columbia, has notified the war denartment that Maj. Charles A. Booth, Seventh infantry, has been di- rected to command the post at Fort Da~ vis, Alaska. The postal statistics for the year 1900 show ‘that since international money orders were inaugurated, in 188h, the United States sent to Sweden 51,124,000 kroner more than was received in the United States from Sweden. ‘The gross postal receipts for Septem- | ifty of the largest postoffices , a net increase of $323. or 8.2 per cent, over last year. Receipts at onty two offices decreased, viz.: Jer- sey City, N. J., $3,700, or a little @ver 17 per cent, and Grand Rapids, Mich, $265, ‘or over 1 per cent. Medical reports indicate that Admiral Sempson is recovering from the fatigue of his journey South, and that ‘the more favorable surroundings of Ris present home are working for his betterment. Bevond a littic added brightness in his bearing, however, it is stated that his condition remains practically ‘the ‘same, ber at were $4, Personal. ‘Congressman Tull, chairman ‘of ‘the committee on milita affairs, is ill at ‘his home in Des Moines with an attack of inflammation of the bowets. John L. Dore, known at ‘the “Banjo ‘King,” is dead at his home ‘in New ‘York. He has been famous as a banjo (player and instructor for many years. Assistant Secretary of “State Adee presented to the prestdent Mr. Grip, tthe minister of Norway and Sweden to the United States, and Bishop von Scheele, who is visiting in this coun- Judge S. L.. Logan, for «ight y it and criminal judge of Knox coun- see, is dead. He was fifty- eight years of age, and was one of the most prominent Republicans in East ‘Tennessee. Col. R. F. Ligon, at ome time liewten- ant governor of Alatama, is dead. He was elected lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket with Gov. Houston, in 1876, immiediate!y after the period of reconstruction. John 1), Rockefeller amdvhis bride are spending their honeymoon at Boxwood, the country seat of the groom's father. in the northern part of Westchester county, New York, net“far from pie- turesque Sleepy Hollow. Mme. Sarah Grand, best known as the author of “The Heavetily Twins,” has just arrived at New York from London. It is announced that she-will visit Chi- cago, St. Paul and other Western cities before her return to Europe. The marriage of Senator Depew and Miss May Palmer, according to a spe- | cial to the World from Washington, will take place during the week beginning Noy. 18, at the European home of Mme. von Andre, sister of Miss’ Palmer. Hon. W. L. Webber, “formerly: state senator and Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan in 1876, is dead, aged seventy-six years. Mr. “Webber was born in Ogden, N.°¥., was con+ nected with the Pere “Marquette rail- way company as its attorney, and land commissioner for many ‘years. Foreign. The notorious Italian brigand, “Mus- solino, has been captured. Fatal bread riots occurred recently at several points in Eastern Russia. Revolutionary disorders occurred re- cently at several points im Spain. Gen. Castro, president of Venezuela, says he desires peace with Colombia. A syndicate at Belfast has been formed to challenge for America’s cup. Princess Radziwill, a ‘society belle, drags Cecil Rhodes inte court in. Cape Town. The immigration from Southern ‘Eu- hrope is increasing. Few of the immi- .grants are able to read or write. Maj. Brfaganda, who personally -su~ perintended the slaughter of over 100 Spanish prisoners. has been -sentenced 'to be hanged at Manila. The Chinese court arrived at" Tung- ‘Kuan last Friday, and will remain for sseveral days, in order to recuperate from the fatigue due to traveling over ‘the execrable roads. Wadvices received in Madrid ‘from Rio Muni, a Spanish possession on ‘the west coast of Africa, say that cannibals, who recently captured seven Spanish mar- mes, have eaten the prisoners. “Wemine riots have broken out jin :the government of Saratoff, amd serious conflicts have taken place between ‘the | Russian Peasants and the. troops. /Many persons were wounded during the fighting. Mr. James Ross, the wealthy Canadi- an, who was reported at Halifax, N.#., to be, negotiating for a challenge of *he America’s cup, personally denies that there is any truth in the story so far as he is concerned. A new advance in wireless telegraphy is reported.in London. The Daily Tele- graph.says that Marconi has succeeded in transmitting messages through the air for nearly 3% miles, which is far greater than the maximum distance ‘hitherto reported. “We understand,” says the London ‘Baily Chronicle, “that, owing to fric- tion with the ministry, the earl of Minto is not likely to complete his term as governor-general of Canada. If he re- signs, the appointment .will be offered to Baron de Blaquiere:” There are now 909 lepers and 164 clean persons at the Molokai leper settle- ments in Hawaii, according to a report gust received from Chief Quarantine Offcer Cofer, in charge of the marine hospital work in Hawaii. Aff these are housed, fed, clothed and governed for $80,600 a year. ‘There has been a marked revival of the unfavorable reports regarding King Edward's condition, but it is irresponsi- ble gossip, based on hearsay evidence, Preparations for the coronation are in progress, and the king is taking a direct and hearty intercet in every detail, | | Accidental Happenines. A Chicago man, while at dinner, was choked to death by a piece of meat. An immense reservoir at East Liver- pool, Ohie, burst and caused great dam- damage. Fire im the auction house of John A. Horner & Co., Baltimore, caused a loss of $70,000, fully covered by insurance. In 2 head-end collision between a lemon train and a work train on the Colgrove branch of the Santa Monica | electric railway, near Los Angeles, C fout men were instantly killed and sev- en injured, four seriously. 2 ‘The most destructive fire in. the his- tory of Los Gatos, Cal., eceurred re- cently. The entire business section of the town was wiped out. The area cov- ered by the fire is estimated at about {our acres. Property variously estimat- ed in value from $100,000 to $150,000 was destroyed. A forest fire is raging near Pacific Grove and Monterey, Cal. The damage already done is estimated at $100,009, Many thousands of acres of brush and timber have been burned over. Two messengers have arrived from Pavifte Grove with an urgent request for as- sistance. Criminal. | The vault of the Farmers’ and Giti- zens’ Bank at Tyro, Ohio, was wrecked by Six robbers, who secured the con- ‘tents‘and escaped. The vault is said to have contained $4,000. Oliver C. Sands of Lincoln, Neb., com- mitted suicide by harging. He-left a letter intimating that he had recently Yost a fortune by being induced to in- !vest in what ‘the letter declares to be | swindles. | Mrs. Parmenter, wife of Lieut. Henry | E. Parmenter, a naval officer on duty |in Washington, committed suicide by ; Jumping from a fourth-story window in | the Portland flats and striking on a stone sidewalk fifty feet below. Mrs. Parmenter had been in poor health for some time. Howard K. Sloan,’P. H. Finlay, Oscar Dunlap and Henry E, Wallace, the four Philadelphia men accused of abducting Mabel Geodrich, the proprietress of a | disreputable house, and robbing her of money and diamonds valued at $2,500, | were given a final hearing and com- mitted to jail without bail. George ‘Rankin, a prominent board of trade member and a partner in the commission house of George Rankin & Co., committed suicide in Oak Park, Chicago. Mr. ‘Rankin mourned deeply over the death of his wife, three years ago, and'members of his family attrib- ute his act'to this sorrow. The mysterious prisoner at Townhall station, ‘Chicago, accused of many bur- glaries, and whose name was given as Gibson, ts, according to the Tribune, Edward Storey. He was a student, he said, at the University of Notre Dame, and one of the athletic stars of the col- lege two years ago. At that time his family lived ‘in Hyde Park, and the young simident was well supplied with money. ‘General. Representatives of seventy-six ‘ive stock associations met and organized in | St. Louis. A Chicago man, after a search lasting ten years, found his sister on a North Dakota farm. Executive officials of Western rail- reads killed the proposition to abolish the pass system. The largest reservoir in the world has been built by the Burlington railroad at Galesburg, Ii}. Wall street clings to the consolidation story regarding Great Northern, Bur- lington and Northern Pacific. Thomas W. Lawson of Posten states that he ‘ost $7,000,000 by the recent break in Amalgamated Copper. have reached an agreement to curtail picduction and thereby maintain prives. Plans will be laid before the commis- sioners of “the St. Louis exposition to exhibit a scheme for a model city at the fair. Three of the most important estimates place the worl i's wheat crop of 1901 in excess of that of the two preceding years. Henry Watterson has announced him- self as a candidate for nomination for governor of Kentucky on the Demo- cratic ticket. Tae New York World quotes Sir Thomas Lipton as saying, in connec- tion with the international yacht race problem, that if no one else challenges for America’s cup he will do so, ‘The formal ea?l ‘has been issued for ‘the twenty-first annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, to ibe reld at St. Thomas college, Scran- ton, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 5 next. It was decided recently, at a meeting tional Bank of New York, to resume business about Nov. 1, and to continue the name of the corporation as ‘the Sev- enth National Bank. ‘The board of controf of the American Red Cross society has been notified that the ‘International Red Cross society will meet‘in St. Petersburg in May, 1902, and thas accepted an invitation to send dele- gates from the American association. Masurice Hulin, president of the Pan- ama anal company, has arrived at New York from Paris. He is on his way ¢o ‘Washington on matters con- nected with the company, but declined to make any statements for publica- tion. Yale university has awarded to a Bos- ton firm the contract for a large organ, to be placed in the new auditorium by funds furnished by the Newberry fam- ily of Detroit. The new organ, which, it is believed, will be the finest in Amer- ica, will have between 4500 and 5,000 pipes. ‘The Storr’s course of lectures in the Yale law school has been opened by E. Hatoyama, the distinguished Japanese lawyer and former legislator, whose subject was “The Civil Code of Japan.” Mr. Hatoyama Is in this country to at- tend the bi-centennial of Yale, and is to receive the degree of LE. D, of the stockholders of the Seventh Na-- The big copper producers of Montana MAKE RICH HAUL $74,610 WORTH OF STAMPS STQLEN FROM CHICAGO POST- OFFICE, ROBBERS’ GREAT = INGENUITY ACCOMPLISHED BIGGEST VOSTAGE STAMP RORDERY ON RECORD. DRILLED THROUGH STEEL FLOOR MINETY-SEVEN HOL BORED WHROUGH HALF AN INCH OF STEEL. ‘Chicago, ‘Oct. 23.—Thieves entered the vault of the Chicago postoflice hetween Saturday evening and yesterday morn- ing and accomplished the biggest post- age siamp robbery:en record. They se- cured $74,610 in stamps of various de- numinations and escaped. Skill. in- genuity and wonderfui endurance were required to carry eut successfully the plans. Two brick walls, each two fest thick, were tunneled through, and a hole nine- teen inches square was made in the botton: af the steel vault. The air un- der the building where the entrance was made was:stifling. Inspector Far- rell was overcome by the bad air yes- terday when making the first investi gation, and the wonder is that some of the thieves did not suecumb to the odors and:the -hard ‘work in so close 4 place. Entrance was gained to the space 'un- der the temporary ‘structure on the east side of the main building through a small door. The men then took a di- agonal path'to.the main brick wall.and Tunneled Through It. This admitted them ‘to the space under the main building, with nothing be- tween them and the vault foundation but 300 feet of darkness. The path to the vault was made in almost a straight line, as shown by the trail in the slime and dirt. When it was reached the wall was broken through, evidently with a pickaxe, and only the steel floor remained to be broken through. ‘It was attacked with a drill and ninety-seven holes bored through half an inch of steel. A lever was used and the piece encircled by the holes pried out. The stamps taken weighed more than | 706 pounds, making the task of trans- porting them to the open air one of hardship, when the necessity for haste and the long, dark tunne}l with its four air are considered. It was accom- plished, however, and all that was lost en route were five 1-cent stamps found beneath the vault yesterday morning.. Wagon tracks at the rear of the building led up to the door entered by the men and it is thought that a wagou was used 'To Carry Away the Loot. When Fred Spaulding, chief clerk in the wholesale stamp department, closed the vault Saturday evening it contained $76,068 worth of stamps. He discovered the robbery yesterday morning about 7 o’clock when he opened the vault to prepare for the day’s business. Tt spector_ Stuart was notified in haste, and all the inspectors, with a squad of a dozen detectives from the central sta- tion, were soon busy. The officers that have examined the work of the robbers say it was done most skillful!y, and it is believed that both Saturday and Sunday nights were devoted to the ope- ration. Postmaster Coyne is technically lia- ble for the whole amount of the booty and may have to make it good. This, however, is considered unlikely. Ordi- narily, when the loss reaches more then $2,000, the limit at which the postmaster gereral has the power to settle, the i cumbent is relieved by a special act of congress where the loss occurs through no fault of his, This, it is believed, will be the. course pursued in the pres- ent irstance. The vaults, while large encugh, are flimsily built and meant only for temporary use. HUNTER IS EATEN. Killed and Almost Devoured By a Panther in Dlinois. Metropolis, Ill., Oct. 23.—Word has just reached this city of a terrible encounter with a panther or some similar wild ani- mal among the bluffs near Glendele, twenty miles from here, in which one young man was killed and another seri- ously «wounded. Some :time Friday or Saturday a young man about twenty-one years of age, whose name at this hour it is impossible to ilearn, while out hunting in the bluffs near Glendale was sudenly attacked by a panther, above, and after a brief struggle was killed. ‘With the young man was an- other companion, who did not happen to be near just at that moment, but later! he came upon the spot, and was horrified to see the anvage beast crouching over the dead form of his companion and tear- ing at his mangled and bleeding flesh a portion of which Nad Alrendy Been Eaten. When the animal saw him it im- mediately sprang at him, and a Gesper- ate fight followed. By some means he was fortunate ercugh to get out a large, heavy knife, and fought the furious foe until it was! routed and with a savage seream turned and fled into the wvods, wounded and bleeding. He managed to call the as- sistance of some farmers nearby, and the mangied remains of his companion were taken ome. The animal is the.ght to be the same one which fas been seen recently near Metropolis and which has destroyed nu- merous hogs, dogs and cattle. It has probably escaped from, some show, thcugh tha mountainous country about Glerdale was furmerly inhabited by such beasts. Negro Lynched. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 23. — A report comes from Hampton of the lynching of an unknown negro who committed burglary in the residence of Dr. Peples. hanged. In- | which had crouched in a tree! The man was run down with dogs and | THE LUST FOUND. Child Stolen By Gypsie Is Recovered After Nine Yeurs, Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 23. — Nine years ago the ten-year-old daughter of Peter Bell, a miller living at St. Mary's, Mercer county, Ohio, failed to return home from school, Although the canal was firmly frozen, the belief became gereral that she had been drowned. Her father, however, refused to believe the story apd spent his meager savings searching for her. Months passed without a word of the girl's where- abouts and finally Bell also became convinced that the girl had been drownec.. Last August a band of gypsies camped near the Bell mill and one of them, out of revenge, told Beil that his child had been abducted by a gang of gypsies that had camped near the place e years ago. He said he had come all the way from Mexico, Mo., to in- form the father of the whereabouts of his long-lost child. Bel! at once made | preparations to go In Search of the Girl, and with Mrs. Bell and their other daughter, started for Indianapolis by wagon. There they sold the wagon and began the journey on _ foot. They walked to Peoria, Ill., from there to Quincy, to Keokuk, Iowa, ‘nd finally traced the band of main gypsies to Carthage. Arr! g at Carthage last Saturday the Bells found Lee and his band in camp. When the leader was confronted by the father of the girl and local of- ficers he attempted a gun play, but the | officers covered him and he gave up the girl. The young woman says she has been compelled to beg food and clothing for the entire band of gypsies, who have at all times treated her cruelly. The camp was composed of about twenty people and they reved all over the Middle West. Mr. Bell intends to have the gypsies indicted and extra- dited to Mercer county, Ohio, for trial. Bell has spent every cent he has in the search for his long-lost daughter. THE MARK Latest Quotations rom Grain and Live Stock Centers, St. Paul, Oct. 23. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 68 3-3@69 5-8e; No. 2 North- ern, 61-2@67c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 55@ 55 1-2c; No. 3, 541-2@55ce. Oats: white, 35 1-2@35 3-4c; No. 3. 35@3:! c Minneapolis, ‘Oct. 23.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 705-8c; No. 1 Northern, 691-8e: No. 2 Northern, 671-8c. ‘Corn — No. 3 yellow, 54 3-4 No. 3, 54 1-4¢. 4 Oats— No. 3 white, 341-4e; No. 3, 33 3-4c. Dututh, Oct. 23.—Wheat — Cash, No. 1 hard, 72 1-2c; No. 1 Northern, 69 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 6€ 7-8 3 spring, to ar¥ive, No. 1 hard, 721-2c; No.1 Northern, 69 1-2c; ‘October, 691-2c; De- cember, 68 May, oats, 35 1-4@ 35 1-2c: » , 52c; ‘barley, feeding, 49¢: malting, 49@58e: ‘flax, cash, $1.54 1-4; to arrive, $1.48; ‘October, ‘$1.50 1-4: Novem- ber, $1.44 1- Decrmber, $1.39; May, $1.42; corn, §4'1-2c. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 23. — Flour is Wheat firmer: No. 1 Northern, 70 1-2@70 7-8 No. 2 Northern, 6) @ 693-4c. Rye higher; No.1, 55c. Barley easy; No. 2, 581-2@59c; sample, 45@68e. Oats steady; No, 2 white, 373-4 @ 38e. 3. — Cattle — 75; cows, bulls and stockers a feeders, s and yearlings, $2.50@ $: 4. Hogs, $6.05 95.25; bulk, $6.05@6.07 1-2. Chicago, Oct. ‘Cash Wheat — No. 2 red, 711-4@713-4c; No. 3 red, 691-2@ Jic; No. 2 hard winter, 691-2470 1-2c: No. 3 hard winter, 69@70¢: No. 1 North- ern spring, 70 1- 2c spring, 70@701-2c; No. 69 1- Corn—No. 2, 56c: dRe. Oats—No. 2, 36¢ Chicago, Oct. 23. — ‘Cattle — Good to prime steers. $6.10@6:80; poor to medi- um, $3.75 @ -stockers and feeders, $2@4.30; cows, $1 .75; heifers, $2.50@ 5; canners, $1.25@2.30; bulls, $1.80@4. calves, $3@6.25; Texas steers, $2.90@3.85; Western steers, ‘$3.65 @ 5.60. Hogs — Mixed and ‘butchers, $5.90@6.50- good to choice heavy, $6.10@6.55; rough heavy, $5.75@6; light, $5.90@6. bulk of sales, $5.90@6.20. ‘Sheep, '$2.90@3.85; lambs, $3.25G5. South St. Paul, Oct. 23. — Cattle — Fancy butcher steers, $5.25@6; prime, $4.75@5.15; good to choice, $4.15 @ 4.60; common to fair, $3 @ 4; fancy butcher cows and heifers, $4.25@4.75; prime, $3.90@4.15: good to choice, $3.25@3.75; fair, $2.75@3.15; canners and cutters, $1.50@2:65; good to choice butcher bulls, $3@3.75; common and ‘bologna bulls, $2 @2.75; good to choice veals, $2.75@5.50; common to fair, $2.50 @ 3.20; good to choice feeding steers, $3.25@4; common to fair, $2.50@3.20; good to choice stock cows and heifers, $3.20@2:60; common to fair, $2@2.25: good to choice heifer calves, $2.50@2.75; common to fair, $2@ 2.40; stock and feeding bulls, $2.25@2.75; good to choice milch cows and spring- ers, $52@40; common to fair, $20@30. Hogs — Light, $5.70@6.20; mixed and butchers, $5.75@6.35; heavy. $5.70@6.35; rough and packers, $5.25(5.50; boars, $3@3.60; stags, $4.50@5.25. Sheep—Good to choice fat lambs, $3.75 @4.25; common to fair, $3.25@3.60; good to choice fut wethers, $2.90@3.15; com- mon to fair, $2.60@2.85: geod to choice fat ewes, $2.5002.80; commen to fair, $2.25@2.40; killing bucks, $1.75@2.25; good to choice stock and feeding lambs, $3.25@3.50; common to fair, $2.75@3.15; buck lambs, $2@2.50; good to choice feeding wethers, §2.75@3; common to fair, $2.5002.70; goed te choice feeding ewes, $2.25@2.50; common to fair, $20 2.25; stock ewes, $2@2.75. DEWETS DEATH, Diseredit Thrown ¢ Reporth That It Has Occurred. The Hague, Oct. 23.—The former res- idents of the Transvaal now in this city entirely discrcéit the rumors of the death of Gen. De Wett emanating from Durban, Natal. ‘ MARTIAL LAW IN CAPE TOWN, New Regulations Are Not Considered Stringent. Cape Town, Oct. 23.—The regulations for enforcing martial law in the Cape ‘Town district were issued yesterday. They provide for the carrying on of civil law with a few slight modifica- tions. The regulations were framed with every desire to interfere as little as possible with the social and business life of the peninsula. The hotels are ordered to close an hour earlier than usual. M ade scone ENDS A DUAL LIFE REMORSE OVER A GUILTY LOVE LEADS A WOMAN TO TAKE HER OWN LIFE, MAN ATTEMPTS TO DIE WITH GER THEY LOVED EACH OTHER AND COULDN'T BEAR TO BE SEPARATED, EACH WAS ALREADY MARRIED EFFORTS OF THE: UNSUC- DESPERATE MAN TO END IP ALL CESSFUL. 29, Chicago, Oct. — While grieving over the dual life she was leadi Dr. Orville Burnette, a prominent Chi- cago dentist, Mrs arlotte Nichol, wife of W. L. Nichol, Jr., the com- mercial agent of the Nashville. € tanooga & Louisville railr mitted suicide yesterday. also tried to end his life at the time but was unsuccessful. The two were found in their ro both stretched across the bed, woman cead and Burnette with with th his neck pierced with a hatpin, a bottle of morphine clutched in his hand and the gas turned on from every one of the six jets in the suite. Dr. Burnette is still alive and has been arrested. In one of thé rooms was found a not written by the woman, which iold of her reason for the act. She sa " “To Whom jt May Concern: I did it because I loved him better than any- thing on earth and he loved me, and we could not be separated. Good b’ —Charlotte. The note, supplemented with a state- ment made by Dr. Burnette, t of the tragedy enacted by the two lovers. According to the dentist’s story he met Mrs. Nichol while yet a young girl in Nashviile, Tenn., and fell in love with her. Burnette moved to Chicago and married several years afterward. In Constant Remorse. “Our love was still strong for each other,” said Burnette, and she moved to Chicago to be near me. We were together nearly every day. There seemed, however, to be a constant re- trorse on her part on account of the dual life she was leading. Saturday’ we went down tow together and af- ter having several drinks she proposed suicide to me and we went to the Marlborough hotel and she produced a bottle ef morphine she had hidden in her dress. She again asked me to’ die with her ani I consented. Then }she swallowed nearly all the contents of the bottle and handed it to me. £ drank what was left, but believing that~ I had not taken enough to prove fatal, I tried to end my life by stic hatpin into my neck. I saw this was also going to be a failure so I turned on the gas and laid down to die.” Burnette stated that his wife knew nothing of his attachment for Mrs. Nichol. A policeman who was sent to! the Nichol home last night to notify’ Mr. Nichol ef the tragedy, found -10; one there but the two little children of; the dead woman, one a boy of eight! and the other a little girl of four year They told the policeman that their father was out looking for their mother, who had been missing all Saturday night and yesterday. A HOLE. Clerks Looted Vaalts To Force Bank to Terms. Lewell, Mass., Oct. 22.—Mystery still surrounds details of the defalcation by two employes of the Merchants’ ticnai bank, the officers either being ignorant of the amount of their loss or withing to keep tne facts secret until an investigation has disclosed the truth, Among the numerous rumors. afloat is one that gained considerable eredence to the effect that the fugi- tives, Teller Alfred G. Smith and Bookkeeper Lewis K. Swift, were ne- gotiating with the officers of the bank with a view to returning part of the money on condition that they escape prosecution, According to this information the young men had been speculating andi fad. lost heavily. Realizing that de- tection must ccme, and in order, pos— sibly, "to secure immunity from pun- ishment, it is claimed that on Thurs- day night the men went to the banic vault and took all the money there de— posited. This, it is said, placed them im a position to compel the bank to make terms. This seems to resemble a former bank defalcation here in which the de- linquent took all the money he cou!d! find in the bank, and, with the late, Gen. B. F. Butler as counsel, made & settlement and escaped punishment. One of the reports stated last night was that the result of Friday's exam- ination showed there was $169,000 short. PERISH V LAKE, Keeper of Lightbouse and Assistant, Lose Their Lives. ¥ Harbor Springs, Mich., Oct. Keeper Garrett Bourissau of lee Island light and his assistant, Walter Grubbins of Milwaukee, per- ished on Lake Michigan near Cros> village by the overturning of their sail- boat. Later the boat was driven im shore and Grubbins’ body was found lashed to the rigging. LANDSLIDE IN THE BARBADOES-. Five - Hundred - Acre Tract Coverea and Nearly One Hundred Houses Destroyed. Kingston, Jam., Oct. 22. — Mail ad- vices from Barbadoes give particulars of a landslide covering 500 acres of land in the district of Boscobel. Nearly a hundred houses were destroyed and the island’s best plantations were ruined. The district was devastated. The governor has started a relief fund.