Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 18, 1900, Page 2

Telephones 618-694. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, Bee, October 17, 1000, Stylish New Black Cheviots Cheviots are one of the most popular fabrics this season—certainly the most serviceable of all materials we are selling for tailor-made gowns, We have sold miore in the last few days than we have ever sold so early before, and the people who are buying them are people who know what ser- viceable and good looking, as well as exclusiveness and styl- ish thingsare. Two bargains fu black pebble cheviot, | good wool weight, and finish, at §1, $1.25. Other fiue numbers in black pebble cheviots at $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50, Plalu cheviots, $1.00, $1.26, $1.50, $1.75, We Close Our Store AGENTS FOR $OSTER KID GLO VE! $2.50 and $3.00 a yard NOTE—We have a lot of remnants and ehort lengths in black goods, énoush for a skirt, waist in fact many full dress lengths. They can Le bought «t quite a saving in price. Saturdays at 6 P. M. ANT MeCALL’'S PATTERNS, ‘THOMPSON, BELDEN 2.Co. THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOORS HOUSE IN OMANA. 2 O A. BUILDING, OOR. 16TH ANU DOUGLAS 0TH pardoned and 1 have never had any since,” he sald, with a squint of the eye. “You aro a pretty rugged looking corpse,” was remarked. Yes, 1 am In pretty falr shape, though 1 don't teel exactly like my former self.” “Is not that due to worriment and thoughts about the awful crime you com- mitted 2" ‘“Wel), there are some things worry me aside from the condition ot my health, but of the & 1 would rather not speak.” Voynter Wanted a Certificate. “When did you last hear from Nebraska?" ‘About twelve weeks ago. Mother got A letter from Governor Poynter, in which he asked for a physiclan's certificate. She tore the letter up, or 1 would show it to you. She asked me what to do about it and 1 told her to do the best she could for him, for I thought he wanted to use it In politics, and as he helped me out I wanted to help him out. Mother answered the letter, but I think the certificate was never sent. 1 have worked steady for over five months since I got a Job and have nct lost a day. As to the pardon, I can only say that I owe my success In regain- ing my lberty to Leldigh and Governor Poynter. How or why the scheme to get me & pardon started before I or any of my relatives asked for one I cannot ex- plain. It may have started while I was sick, but at the time it was granted 1 was recovering rapidly. 1t there was such @ thing as money used to get it, it was without my knowledge. No doubt such things have beep done at that same place, but I can't say it was in my cuse.” “How did you happen to give your name as Benwell when you were arrested?"’ Afeald of Other C “The other fellow gave the name of Harry Hill. That was not his right name. Noticing that he gave a wrong name 1 gave one, too. I knew, however, that if 1,was caught at it that an alias would -make it hard for me, so | gave my name as Johu Benwell Kearns. ““‘When you came to the house last even- ing I thought that you wanted me for some rallroad job. Whkile I was in the penitentiary rallroad detectives had me cornected with a job that had been done and, 1 expected, Intended to prosecute me should I ever get out. When I got out It was so arranged that nobody should know it and my first thought last mnight was that he had followed me up. 1 was more interested in keeping my, identity a secrot on that account than on account of notorlety. “I have nothing to say about the Cass county affal me the reply when asked about it. “I was convicted, sent to the penitentiary and pardoned. That is the story of record and that is all the story Il glve you. I am a free man and 1 hope to get along as if nothing of the mes. kind had ever bappened. 1 will forget it, whether other people do or mot.” “There goes a man with strong and dangerous oriminwl instincts,” remarked Detective Foster, one ot the shrewdest officers In the Dominlon .of Canada. I think socicty Is better off without such characters. Look at his firm jaw, low forehead and cat-like eyes. I'll watch that man from this time on, that's cer- tain." # It is evident from Kearns' conversation tbat he did not tell all he kmows in con- nection with the pardon. It is quite evi- dent that the murder of the old man is not the only crime that concerns him. That he committed other crimes for wh.ch he has toned or been apprehended is quite certain. Nevertheless, he dresses well, looks as trim as a successful stock broker and outside of his family, Chlef Sherwood and Detective Foster nobody here in Ottawa knows any of his dark bistory. He weighs about 180 pounds and is & perfect picture of the ideal athlete, arns incidentally spoke of affairs con. nected with the management of the peni- tentlary and sald that officials and at. taches smuggled in oplum, whisky and morphine to certaln inmal and sold 1t to them. It {s & common thing, he said, to take money away from prisoners and The Small of the Back That is where some people feel weak all the time. They are likely to be despondent and it is not unusual to find them borrowing trouble as if they hadn't enough already. The fact is their kidneys are weak, either naturally or because of sickness, xposure, worry or other Influences, “1 am thankful to say,” writes J. L. Camp- bell, of Sycamore, 111, that Hood's Sarsapa- rills has cured me. For many years I was troubled with backache. Af times | was so bad I bad to be helped from the bed or chair. 1 am now well and strong and free from pain." What this great medioine did for bim it has done for ethers. Promisés to .cure and keeps the promise. Begin - treatment with Hood's today. while the law fs that this money should g0 Into the library fund, most of it went into the pockets of officials and employes. PARDON SECRETLY GRANTED Law Ignored by the Governor that a Condemned Murderer Might Go Free. No bloodier nor more brutal crime stains the annals of the west than the murderous ault made by Kearns and Hill on the Akeson family. On the evening of Novem- ber 1, 1803, these men entered the room of the Akeson farm house, near Union, in Cass county, while the family was at sup- per and after ordering the inmates to sur- render, began firing. Mattes Akeson, the grayhaired husband and father, was killed and his wife, one son and one daughter badly wounded by the firing.' Robbery was the motive. Kearns and Hill had been working for a short time on the Akeson farm and had been discharged and paid that day because of thelr indolence and indiffercnce. They knew the old man iu- tended to sell a drove of hogs that day and figured that he would have the money at the house. Witk the money they had been pald by him they bought a cheap revolver at Weeping Water and returned to the house, bent on robbery. Murder resulted. After an exclting manhunt, the pair were taken and given a trial at Platts- mouth. Harry Hill was hanged in the spring of 1894 and Kearhs sent to the peni- tentiary for life, although apparently equally gullty. That he is now free and in good health, by the grace of Governor Poynter, will be astonishing news to the majority of Nebraskans, and certdinly to the good people of Cass county, who only too vividly can recall the terrible tragedy. An examination of the records in the governcr's office dlscloses the sole grounds upon which the pardon was granted. Thers was no notice published, as the law pro- vides, no application made and filed and Cass county citizens knew nothing of the transaction until several weeks after Ben- well had been released. It will be ob- served that in the whole transaction the murderer's name 1s given as “J. B. & name that would not very readily catch the eye of a person familiar with the crime, but had the name “Ben- well” been connected with the matter Cass county people would have discovered the \dentity of the man very readily. The only basis for the pardon are the follow- ing certificates, as appear on the records in the governor's office: LANCASTER, Neb., April 24, 1890.—W. A. Poynter, Governor: 'Dear Sir—This Is 10 certify that the conduct of J, B. Kearns, No. 25, who was convicted by the district court of Casw county for the crime of mur- der and sentenced "to life confinement in this institution, has been very good while hero confined. Kearns has been sick in the hospital for several months and Dr. Dema- ree, the prison physician, certifies that he cunnot recover. I respectfully recommend that Kearns receive a_commutation of his sentence while he is able to reach his home in Canada. Very respeetfully, GBEORGE ‘W. LEIDIGH. LANCASTER, Neb., April 14,-189.~W. A, Poynter, Governor: 'Dear SIf—This s to certify that Kearns, No. 2425, Who I8 now an inmate of the Nebraska state penitentiary, is suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs and is contined to the hospital, He.also has & rectal abeess, which in my opinfon will end In & fistula-in-ano. I respectfully rec- ommend him to be sent home while he is strong enough to travel, as it is impossible for him to recover. Very respectfully . C. DEMAREE, Prison Physician, The following entry shows the reason for the pardon as recorded by the gov- ernor; Upon the certificats of slclan that the prisoner in a dving condition and that his disease was incur- ble, humarity usually exercised In such dictated that the prisoner should be sent home to dle. His sin necessary money for his try he was sent to her home bey fines of the United States o her majosty Qiicen Victorla, domain of Ontarto, Canada. he life sentence Imposed is hereby com- muted to seven Yfure and atx piontha, with of his good time, whic - churges him May 29, To. (0 Y oion Al The law makes provision whereby con- victs may be released, and had the law been followed in this case the people of '8 county would not have been kept In ignorance of the comtemplated action, and certainly they should have had an opportunity to present objections to the Tele of the man who was concerned in the murder of one of the county’'s best cltizens. If this was a meritorious cf there was no cause for secrecy The law regarding rolease of convicts is as fol- lows: The governor shall have reprieves, commutations an cosv‘lct!nn,lh;,r all offes and to remit flues and forfeltur X conditions and limitations as h:-.r‘:):‘;’"l;lnl: proper, subject to the regulations pre- scribed In this shl})l.r. B‘ll nu pardon DYIKII be ted until after notlce shall have first been ’l en for two weeks of such applica. tion for a pardon by publishing the sald notice in a ne r printed in the county t. 3,‘." whlllch notice o applicant, of- z;“.r: :'nd'"w(l he wu‘ f:dn\'xclpe'«‘i.?t:‘ w'?u‘l hen convicted, a ::::n':he nppli(:nllnnlwfll be ) l.hn i 0 newspaper {s published c| coanty then the sald no'l‘lee ma bcrll .13:3 g¥ poating the same at the courthouse door sald t Vi cation, county two weeks before such appli- prison phy- ower to grant pardons, after Dolphin 8T. LOUIS, Oct. 17.—The Orde: . Wiy Telographers has held An eleotlon fill'the vacancies .caused by the remov made duriug the present conventlon, M. M Dolphin of Kansas City, formerly first vice president, has been ubanimously clectad ident! vice W, V. Powell, removed, . “Plerson, €. J.'Kelly and 'F. O Sinela)s were electéd ‘firat, ‘second and third vice presidents. respectively. 7. \V. Baron and L o1 The ™, : mgn;‘t.‘xl:u "‘%“"a""! 000, $1,500, 4" 3130 Der annum Tespectively. Tt in -':"remfin?:"m:” wo :“.«mo convention will be completed this ornla. wtreet was ht by Emer, ged with bue, ly mold some of the threatened his ldly remon- he furn buy liquor wife with viclence when she strated, Rich, - | ought to compe: BRYAN I HUDSON VALLEY| Day Spent in Oovering a Triangular Couse Talking to Orowds, SOME NEW VIEWS GIVEN THE PUBLIC Cheerless Candidate Congratulntes the Trojans on Thelr Fealty to His Person and Grows Hu- morous at Cohoes, g N ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 17.—Willlam J. Bryan ran around two sides of A triangle today from Hudeon to Albany, inclusive, and probably spoke to as cosmopolitan a lot of people ks he has addressed during the cam- paign. At Hudson he spoke to a gathering of business people of all classes; at Troy, to the capacity of an opera house and with ar overflow meeting ot collar factory and laun- dry employes; at Mechanicsville to rail- employes of the cotton and woolen mille, and at Albany to two immense meetings, one in the opera house and one outside, com- posed of the best element of the city. Dur- ing this speech-making trip Mr. Bryan was accompanied by Chalrman Frank Campbell, ex-Senator Murphy, ex-Mayor Francis Mal- loy of Troy, Mayor Jones of Toledo and J J. Delancy of New York, Mesers. Bulger, Delaney and Jones alternated in tho speak- ing with Mr. Dryan, asslsting at places where there were overflow meetings. The great meotings of this trip were held at Troy, the home of ex-Senator Murphy, and Albany, the home of ex-Senator Hill. Mr, Hill fs absent in the west. were large aud enthuslastic, immense over- flows having to be heid those who could not hear Nir, Bryan. Mr. Bryan alluded to many things on this trip during the campalign. Ba of Trojan Pride. At Troy he said: "I know you are a per- seems to have lasted four years. to come among you. I am glad (o commend in your presence the principles for which the democratic party stands. the republicans of Boston who were cele- brating Jefferson’s birthday. Do you re- member whether thé republicans of community have celebrated birthday? Have they had any banquets un- der republican auspices in recent years? think not.” At Cohoes Mr, Bryan said: “I recall a trip here only three years ago, and I re- member your cordial greeting at that time and 1 Was much impressed by the fulls that have been such a benefit to your in- dustry. I am sorry to hear that water has been scarce in the Mohawk and I sup- poso If the republican party can claim re- sponsibility for the abundance of rain in water here. It Js a poor rule that won't work both ways, and if a farmer out west ought to voto the republican ticket you here ought to vote the democratic. He pald @ high tribute to Lafayotte and his service to the American colonies in their war of freedom and spoke of the gift of the statue of liberty it New York har- Adown and send it back to France and tell the people of France that we are not in the liberty business any more? Shall we send over to England and get a statue of William the Conqueror and place it in New York to indicate the change that has taken plate in our nation's idea? The Albany meetings were not begun as promptly as some that had taken place tc- day. The theater was filled to repletion aud a large overflow on the outside com- manded Mr. Bryan's attention. Mr. Bryan's volce showed palpable signs of wear. He snid, In part: Poor Man and the Rich, “The republicans go on the bellef that soclety is built on top. They say take care of the well-to-do and they will take care of the others, and when you tell them of the story of Lazarus and Dives, they say what & lucky man Lazarus was to have Dives near. The republicans in 1896 sald the prosperity of the laboring man and the farmer depended on the pros- perity of the banker and the business man. They got it just reversed. The prosperity of the business man depends on the pros- perity of the farmer and the laboring man, for unless wealth is produced there is no wealth to exchange, and yet the repub- licans, if they bullt a house as they built soclety, would build the roof first and then hang the house to the roof. They go on the theory that the man who has a place to work ought to be under some obliga- tion to his employer. No man employs another unless the man employed can make enough to pay his wages and a margin to the employer. And yet when election day comes the employer sometimes thinks that the man who works for him sells his citi- zenship when he sells his labor. And often the employer tries to coerce the laboring man. If it is right for an employer to vote the vote of his employe, then I in- sist the law should be changed so as to glve every employer as many votes as he has employes. As it is now, they some- times get away‘and If the vote belongs to the citizen and not to the employer, then every citizen who prizes his ballot and appreclates the responsibility of citl- zenship should speak out against the in- timidation that is often practiced agafust those who are in the employ of others.” New Position on the Army. Mr. Bryan then took up the questions of trusts und militarism along the usual 1 He called attention to Governor Roos velt's argument that the people were not afrald of a large standing army and sald it anyone asked who was afrald of a la standing army, to tell him that Governor Roosevelt was, as evidenced by his recent statements that & large army would be un- necessary except for the war in the Philip- pines. Speaking of the ¢lalm of the republicans that our presence in the Philippines was due to destiny, Mr. Bryan sald: ‘“Destiny 1s the excuse of the invertebrate, it is the coward's excuse for falling in with that he has notethe strength to resist.” Mr. Bryan referred to Mr, Hanna's speech yesterday, in which he sald the public ought uot swap horses in crossing a stream and said: “Mr. Hanna is mistaken. republican party is not crossing a stream, bat an ocean, It is going back to Euro- pean ideas, and you had best swap hors and come back, instead of crossing the ocean." Bryau Feels Geood. NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Wiiiiam J. Bryan o | breakfasted today with ex-Governor Stol Congressman Richardson, his prival retary and Judge Carrow, and at 8:30 the start was made for the Grand Central depot to take a train for up: “I'm in good shaj “I understand I'm to have an easy time of it up the state, and I can afford to feel good.”" He laughed at th ke, for the fact is that he is to make speeches at frequent intervals of the tour. He spoke about the number of persons who lest their hats by the big wind at the outside meetings last o , and he sald the republican party e these people for the ublican wind from the away," he sald the Grand Central clock and the train left at Before ibe trala pulled owt Mr. loss. “The big west carried t| Mr. Bryan arrl station at 9 9:08. road people; at Cohoes to the mass of the | At both Troy and Albany the meetings to accommodate which he has not mentioned at many places severing people, for in this town you gave me a majority four years ago and your zeal 1 am glad 1 remember reading a letter from Abraham Lincoln to this Jefferson's 1 the wost it is responsible for the lack of bor, and asked, “Shall we take that statue Bryan sald his reception here had been miost satisfactory in every detall Owing to the early hour thers was no more than the usual stir about the station Thoss who were around liffed thelr. hats as they passed and a group of men down | the track choered. | Mr. Bryan's private | attached (o a special tratn. Mr. Bryan sald good-bys to a few porsons and paseed into his car. Ile appeared lator on the rear platform. Quite crowd gathered by this 't Mr. Bryan covered and as the (rain pulicd out crowd cheored. The first stop wAs made at Yonkers. Before leaving the Hoffman house this morning Mr. Bryan furned to State Corm- mitteeman Campbell and asked: ‘‘Do you think the republicans rightly gauge the significance of last night's demonstration?" Beveral persond atswercd in the negative ““The meeting carried with it,"” continued Mr. Bryan, “itd own story. It was the largest demonstration I have ever wit- nessed anywhere on any oceasion. The en- thusiasm appeared to be sincere and at all the meetings of last night my auditors ap- peared to be en rdpport. I am perfectly satisfled.” Vice Presidential Candidate Stevenson was up and about the corridors of the { Hoffman house at 6 o'clock this morning. | Chairman Campbell of the democratic | state committee and James K. McGu're of | the state executive committee and Nationa! Committeeman Richardsou met Mr. Steven- son and breukfast followed. At Sing Sing. SING SING, N. Y., Uct. W. J. Bryan made the firet stop {n Lis tour of the state of New York at Youkers at 9:30 o'clock He was recetved by quite a throng of people and very cordlally greetnd. The stop waw tor only ten minutes and Mr. Brysn spoke | briefly. He took up the subject of trusts | and warned his hearers sgatust all private ‘monopolies, The tructs any time cleze down any of the factories under their control and wers constantly Qoing #o and thus throwing thelr employes out of work all over the country. Bad as was this state of affaivs’ Mr." Bryan de- clared that the republican party was under 80 many obligations to the trusts and its fortunes were so bound up with thelrs that no leader of the party dared raise his volce against them. On (he contrary, he as- serted, the republican party was standing idly by, allowing thé trusts to xob the people, while it was devoting itself largely to collecting campaign funds from the combinations. He said that if any one sup- posed that the masses of the people did not have an apprehension of this condition of affairs he whs mistaken. The poor man, he sald, is coming to the democratic party because he wants a chance in the race for lite. He belleves in equal rights to all and Gpecial privileges to none and he finds the democratic party in favor of that doctrine and the republican party opposed to it The democratic party s drawing the poor man because he does not want to get his ands ioto other people's pockets. He slmply wants to keep other people's hands out of his pocket. Appeals for Againaldo. Mr. Bryan closed with a reference to militarism and jmperiallem and with an appeal to the American people to let the Fillpinos work out their own destiny. Mr. Bryan spoke for five minutes from the rear platform of the car to a good crowd at Tarrytown., 3 POUGHKEEPSIE, N, Y. Oct. 18.—At Newburgh Mr. Bryan spoke to a crowd -f several thousand people from a stand. in front of the court house and the speech was frequently and loudly applauded. Be- fore he was Introduced Mayor Jones of Toledo and John J. Delgney of New York made brief speeches. Mr. Bryan spoke for about thigty, minutes. He charged the re~ publican party with dishcvesty In its deal- ing with tNe pedple and In support of this atement cited the attitude of that party toward the {rusts, which, he sald, was en- tirely consistent with what the president had promised. He read an editorial article from a Newburgh newspaper concerning the trusts which he said was an effort to convince the people that the trusts are ad- ministered in their interests. car, Ranbler, was the A Point in Dispute. OMAHA, Oct. 16,—To the Editor of The Bee: In your issue of the 8th inst. auoted from a sermon by Rev. A. C. af Chicago, delivered fn the irst Metho- = dist church’of this city This was a very helpful sermon fin its aching ~that we should recognize the "urlrllunl power and sway of God and the epiritual presence of an all-powerful being in this age, which is fascinated with ma- terfallsm and attempts to gild it with cul- ture and substitute it for the religion of Jesus Christ." Christian Sclentists, however, regretted to read the following, which betrays that Rev. Mr. Is not correctly informed upon the doctrine of their bellef: ‘“Today we are confronted by the argu- ment of materfalists. Christian Sclentists try to bury Ged fn a sircophagus of natural law and the slckly sentimentality of the church embrages this bellef.” ‘The writer believes that if the Christian character of Rev. Mr. Hirat or the religion of Jeaus Christ; as he sees it, were misrep- planation that the truth might be k e ol her book, “Rudimental Divine Sclance,” o Sclence,. Mary Baker G. Eddy, thus Chritiin Scloncer . “The luw of ‘Gad. he the principle and rule of universal har- mony.” " The law of God surely eaves from are not materialis hristian Sclentists hold that God's laws sick through the understandi, Sliould not be considered miracuisus, e in"Christlan Belence, have been’ p members of churchés of other fenomina. u y Rev. Mr. Hirat t ! change of thought on thelr 4;.;:!":1"‘"‘;"’\-7 practical teachings of Christian Helence, . In “the main, 18 unable to full Teratand th o fully understand t| Jesus Chriat." e claim ana' deronbera te clently thi pel 10 escape from t . ¥ sin af3d Bickness. bat we daily warch tion, “‘Let this mind be in y i thon, "Lt this mind be In you, which was C. M. SPAULDING. olo., Oct. 17.—~Two hundred 1 tom. Utah have invadsd hunting expedition aud, w8 usual on such occasions, the settlers are greatly alarmed. eral authorities to drive the Indl el to thelr reservation, il - ¥ y Found a Food That Cured “When I first read of the remarkable ef- fects of Grape-Nuts food 1 detormined to Qalistury, Mo. “At that time there was none kept i this town, but my husband “I had been greatly afficted with sudden attacks of cramps, nausea and vomliting. but obtained cmly temporary rellef. . s00u as I began to use the new food the peal “My old attacks of sick stomach were g the food that trouble has disappeared en- tirely. I.am today perfeatly well, can cat paylug the penalty that I used to. We could not and would not keep house without “My husband was so delighted with the | benefits 1 recelved that he hds been rec- and has built up a very large trade in the food, He pells: them by the case to moat who prescribe Grape-Nuts very generally, There Is some satisfaction In using a really resented he would desire to make an ex- coverer and founder of Christfan law of good, interpreting and démonstriting #in and sickness, and Christian Sclentists are divinely natural and that healing the Many who belisve in the truth, as taught tions, and the term “siokly sentimentality to the Individuals concerned and to the human mind that the human mind can understand suff- that we may obey Paul's Injunc- y Settlers, northwestern ~Colorade on annual Governor Thomas has appealed to the fe B — Her, secure some,” says Mrs. C. W, Aldridge of ordered some from & Chicago traveler. ‘Tried all sorts of remed and physiclans cramps disappeared and bave never reap- little slower to yleld, but by coutinuing anything and everything I wish without Grape Nuts. ommending Grape-Nute to his customers of the leading physiclans of the county, scientifically prepared food."” he sald, could at| OCTOBER 18, 1900. EICHT UNABLE T0 ESCAPE Wocden Tenemeut in New York the Funera Fyre of Its Inmates, WOMAN CREMATED BEFORE EYES OF CROWD Boy Loscs iz Life White Making an Herole Bffort to Suve un Woman—Rapld Sprend of Flames. NEW YORK, Oct. 17.~Eight pecpic were efther burned to death or suffocated in a fire which partially destroyed the three atory and aftic frame double tencment house at 45 and 451 Hester strect early today. The dead SARAM SASS, SAMUEL 8. LENA SASE, aged 0. MORRIS 8488, aged MRS, HOROWITZ, aged 46 RORA LEWIS, aged 52. MENDEL STRAUSS, SAMUEL STRAUSS, ag: Mary Murray, aged 40, was meverely burned about the back and was taken to a hospltal. The fire was discovered shortly after 1:30 o'clock by tho janitor of the building. He ran out inte the hall and tound it ablaze. His shouts aroused the others in the house, but the flames had already gained fierce headway and few of those in the bullding had time to save themselyes by the staire. On the third floor of No. 45 lived Charles Sase, his wife and four children, his mother-in-law and Mrs. Horowitz. Sass took the child noarest at hand and rushed to the fire escape. He managed to Ret down to the balcony in front of the bulld- ing on the second floor and supposed that his wife and the others were following him. Mra, Horowitz was the only one who fol- lowed him, however. She took the child from his arms when she saw their escape cut oft and cried to a policeman below to catch 1t. The policenian held out his arms and as the child fell he caught it safely and shouted to her to drop. Sass hac already hung down and dropped to the ground. Mrs, Horowitz was about to drop when flames suddenly burst through an awning on the first floor with such fury that she was driven back against the wall and her only escape was cut off. So flerce were the flames that burst at the same time from the awning below, from the window behind her and from the floor of the bal- cony under her feet that it was Impossible for the firemen to rescue her. On the balcony, only a few feet above the ground, but hedged In on all sides by flames, she was burned to death before the eyes of the terrified crowd gathered in the street. Mrs. Sass, with little Morris, had been unable to get further than the window when they were both overcome by smoke and perished. Lena Sass ran into the hallway and was caught by the flames there and burned to death. Samuel Sass tried to rescue Mrs. Rosa Lewis from the flame: but was unsuccessful and th., perished tog ‘ther. Their bodies were found in the hallway, the' lad’s arms still clasped about the aged woman's walst as though he had died while trying to drag her out. The front room in the attlc was occupled by Mendel Strauss and his son, Samuel. Both were suffocated before they could escape. Mary Murray and Mary Martin, scrub women, who lived | apartment back of the Strauss room, wete kened by the smoke and crles and started down the rear stairway, reaching the ground safely. On the stairs the Martin woman's dress caught fire, ut the flames were beaten out by Mrs. Murray, who was slightly burned in the back. The loss by fire is estirzated at $6,000. i years old, , aged 1°. pd 60 WILLIAM L. WILSON DEAD Ex-Postmaster General and Author of Famous Tari@® Bl Dies Suddenly. LEXINGTON, Va., Oct. 17.—Hon. Wil- liam L. Wilson, president of the Wash- ington and Lee university and ex-post- master general, died suddenly at 9:20 o'clock this morning from congestion of the lungs. He had been failing ever since his return from Arizona. His son, Dr. Arthur Wilson of Lynchburg, visited him on Sunday and left on Monday. Then come the sudden change. Mr. Wilson's attending physiclan did. not give up hope of his rallylng until late lasy night. Mr. Wilson was confined to the house from Tuesday a week ago, but was thought to be improved when his son left him. He wag consclous until the ) By bis bed- side were his wife, his daughters, Misses Mary snd Bettlo Wilson, and one son, Willlam H. Wilson, Mr. Wilson's funeral will occur at Charleston, Jefferson county, W. Va., Fr{- day morning at 10 o'clock. The remal will leave Lexington that morning over the Baltimore & Ohlo at 4 o'clock, ac- companied by the family, Harry St George Tucker, chairman of the faculty of protessors; A. L. Nelson and H. P. Wlills, a committee of the facutly; Hon. William A. Anderson and A. T. Barclay of the board of trustees and a committee of twelve students, Services will be held tomorrow after- noon in Leo Memorlal chapel at the uni- versity, conducted by Rev. T. A. Hall of the Lexington Baptist church and Rev. Dr. James A. Quarles of the university, All dutles were suspended today io the university. The remalns are now Iying in state at the president's house. Richard Benton Simpson. HASTINGS, Neb, Oct, 17.—(Special Tel- egram.)—Richard Benton Simpson, who for a long time employed t the gylam, died here suddenly this afternoon after having been i1l three days with pneu- ment The deceased leaves a three months' bride, Joseph Cochran. TABLE ROCK, Neb., Oct, 17.—(Special.) ~Joseph Cochran died this morning at 2 o'clock. He has lived in this community wmany years, being one of the old seitlers in this county. His wife dled some two years ago and he has been an invalid since that time. President of Iowa Bank. CEDAR FALLS, la., Oct. 17.—(Special Telegram.)—James Mlller, president of the Cedar Falls Natlonal bank, died this morn- ing of paralysis. He had been at the head of the Institution since its organization. He came here from New York in 1855, on Thoma LONLON, 18.~Whllam Luson Thomas, managing director of the Ilus- trated Graphlc and the Daily Graphio of London, died yesterday in his T0th year. Ho was the founder of both papers. vislons, the steam P reached port this morning, seventesn days from Nome. The bollers of the Lane leaked #0 badly as to extinguish the fires and mike an explosion imminent. For thrce and half days the vessel was tossed by the waves, nbsolutel pless, not belig pro- vided with suicient sail to keep head o 10 the storm, even had the wind been favor- able. After a period of terrible anxlety among both passengers and crew an expert boflermuker who was on board repaired tho bollers ev it was p ble to get up steam. ASKS - FOR BIG REPAIR SHIP | Chlet Engineer Melville of Navy De- partment Recommends $1,000,000 Appropriation, | WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.~In his annual reports, just published, Engineer-ih-Chlef Melville urges an appropriation of $1,000,- 000 for a 5,000-ton repalr ship on the plan of the Vulcan, but more in detail. The force of engineer inspectors 1s said to be entirely Insufficient and it Iy suggested that some of the younger 1fne officers might be detdiled | to this duty with benefit to themselves as |well as to the sorvice. The engineer-in- | chief nlakes a very strong argument agalnst the proposed consolidation of naval bureaus, pointing out that in every large shipbullding plant tho bureau system prevails to a more complete sepacation of the speclal branches of work than is practiced in the navy. The condition of the steam englineer in- terests of the navy is sald to be even less satisfactory than last year and it is urged that In no other way can reliet be obtained than by the immediate assignment to duty as understudies and assistants to the experl- enced engineers In the navy now of the younger line officers In as great numbers as consistent with other duty. It is claimed that success already has attended the as- signment of line officers to such duties, and that the practice should be extended. As a matter of fact, there are now avallable 100 less enginecr officers than just prior to the passage of the personnel act, which act was tntended to increase their numbers. The estimates for the various navy yards and statfons are as follows: New York, i Norfolk, $443,986; Boston, $276, Mare Island, $252,520; League Island, $16 Portsmouth, $18,612; Port Royal, § Washington, D. C., $34,847; Pensacol $5,040; Key West, $22,663; Newport, $9 Bremerton, $9,602. An appropriation s asked for a machine shop, foundry and smithy at Honolulu, though no special estimate is submitied, STILL AHEAD OF LAST YEAR Interanl Quarter Just Ended Those of 1900, WABHINGTON, Oot. 17.~The monthly statement of the collections of internal revenue shows that the receipts from all sources during September, 1900, amounted ptember, 1899, of $1,08 The receipts from the several sources of revenue are glven as follows: Spirits, $8,704,029, decrease, $316,617; tobacco, $ 668,235, decrease, 425,492; fermented lquors, $6,821,620, Increase, $200,061; oleo- margarine, $187,881, decrease, $20,600; spe- clal taxes upot elsewhere enumerated, $89,- 062, decromse, $74,943; miscellaneous, 43, 083,084, decrease, $431,579. For the three months endéd September 80, 1900, the receipts from all sources exceeded "those’ for the corresponding po- riéd of 1599 by $1.614,783. A notable de- crease in the recelpts is shown in the sale of documentary and proprietary stamps, the decrease in the last month being $485,366, a3 compared with September, 1599, and during the last three months, $1,251,823, as compared with the corro- sponding period last year. COMPLETING CENSUS WORK Enumeration Has Beeu Finished and Reports Are Now Be T ted. WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct, ~The enumeration work of the twelfth consus is completed and the enumcrators are prac- tically all paid, There were 53,000 enume- rtors and 297 supervisors. The cost of the enumeration will be about $4,200,000. The factory work also is about finlshed. Al of the speclal fleld agents in the manufac- turing and industrial lnes will complete their work and be pald off by November 1 The cost of this work will be about $250,- 600, The whole force of the census bureau is being concentrated on the work of tabu- lating the statistics already gathered. The eport of the census bureau whem com- pleted ‘will occupy eight volumes of 1,000 pages each. The work of the present cen- sus Is heavier by several million inhabi- tants than ever before, but Director Mer- rlam thinks it will be ready for the publi: six weeks earller than heretofore. More Rural Free Delivery. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—(Special Tele- gram.)—An order wis issued today, to take effect November 1, to establish rural free delivery at Cherokee, Cherokee county, Ia. Bervice will cover area of 113 square miles, with a population of 1,993. B. P. Wood, W. C. Crawford and D. P. Hiscox were ap- pointed carrlers. Additional service will also be established at Columbus Junction, county, Ia., on the same date, It brace an area of one hundred square miles with population of 1,89%0. Thomas Robertson, 8. 8. Wiigox and J. H. Snyder were appointed carriers. E. W. Ganley today appointed post- master at Bryan, Sweetwater county, Wyom- ing, and Mary Zimmershied at Cariile, Crook county, Wyoming. Movements of Naval Veasels, WASHINGTON, Oect. 17.—~The battleship Texas has been ordered out of commission, The colliers Pompeli and Leonidas, now at League isiand yard, and the Hannibal, at Norfolk, have been ordered prepared fo service. They will be equipped with mer: chant crews. The flagship Brooklyn, with Admi Remey aboard, has arrived at Nagasaki, on its way to Manila. The Adams has left SBan Diego for Magdalena bay. The surveying ship Ranger s at the Mare island yard. The Wilmington has sailed from Perpambuco for Bt. Vincent. The Yaukton bas salled from Portsmouth tor Newport. in Phillppiaes, Oct. 17.—I". W. Vallle, director of posts in the Philippin: has Informed the Postoffice department that he has opened a might school for native postofice employes at Samolpec, where they may study English. A general order has been issued in the Philippines, notify- ing mative employes that they wil bo ex- pected to use every effurt to learn the English language; that schools will be established where practicuble and in the postal service preference will be given to English-speaking natives. Cha fn the Army. WASHINGTON, Oet, 17.-~Officers recently promoted have been assigned to regiments as follows: Lieutenant Colomel Jesse M. Lee to the Sixth infantry, vice Brinkerhoft, retired; Major W. J. Turner to the Sixth {nfantry, vice Booth, transferred to the Seventh infantry; Major Frank Taylor to the Fifteenth infantry, vice Lee, promoted. Captain J. Y. M. Blunt, assistaat quarter- master of velunteers, having tendered Lis resignation, has been honorably discharged trom the servl Good ps in Porto Rico. WABHINGTON, Oct. 17.-~Becretary Loug has received a letter from Governor Allen of Porto Rice, In which the latter tells of an extensive tour of the island, of the prosperous condition of the sugar ecrop d the outlook for a very satisfactory coffee crop. Governor Allen predicis that with these prosperous crops the people of the lsland soom will“be upon thelr feet financially. druggiists refund the money If it falls to cure. K. W. Grove's signature is on each I e ] to $22,458,814, a decrease as compared with | AY DIE AT ANY MOMENT (Coutinued from First Page.) to sccure a pardon from Taylor and that he was in the Board of Trade hotel when Goebel was shot Defense Closes Its Teatimony, The defense cloced here, with permission to put on one more witness tomorrow. The commonwealth began its rebuttal by put- ting Willlom Avers on the stand. He sald Ehort did tell him all that Short admitted and alo told him that the insults to Kohn and Phelps before the contest board the night before Goebel's assassination was prearranged and part of the plan to bring on a riet. Court adjourned till tomorrow morning, Youtsey's condition tonight is much worse, He had another paroxysm and fs unable to take nourishment except hypodermically, WESTERN PACKING STATISTICS More Hous Come to Market and Ont- Houses In M Iy Increased. NATI, Oct. 17.—(Speciat gram.)—The Price Current says: There I8 moderate enlargement in offerings of Western packing i& 435,000 for the , compared with 410,000 the precedi week and 405,000 last year. From March 1 the total §s 13,260,000, against 12,665,000 n year ago. Prominent places compare w8 follows Tele« Chicago Lansas City Omaha .. 8t. Joseph . Bt. Louls Indianapolis Milwaukeo Cinelnnaty Ottumwa ... Cedar Raplds . Sloux City 8t. Paul Knights of Father Matthew Election, BT. 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