Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 August 1902 — Page 2

Weekly Courier. C. DOAK. Iblll.r. iAflW l 1 INDIANA. . Agulaahio may visit America o i lecturing tour. An exposition conducted entirely by r.dored prcpl.- apenad In bkaga the 14th, and er coutinuc N duve.

b u.nh. wideh know as . ...irmiulifct. who wa- Tictimiaed by m .- , Aim i Kleba Diss 0.ar, Ud ul M,a dletown. N. - M the 1Mb, aged N years. The fishing unison "' the Columbia riv.r. Oregon, for IBflfl, loaed on Um Utk. It to estimated tbm the b-iinou catch ia 462.00 cases. Conductors and iiu.torni. il .q th loath Chicago City Kailway Co.. on the 14th, secured An increase o wages Iron 11 to cents HU uur-, j On th. I3tk Henry Watterno ed-1 dressed a letter to the democrats ol , Kentu.kv, in winch be declares that; be ia not a candidate for the governorship. On the tftfc Wong Yen. a China man under arrest for entering tkl United States in violation f the im migration la, committed suicide it jail at Toledo. 0. On the Utk the lodge of I äkS 'ron Joliet. 111., was ft warded third prizt lor the most unique display in th parade at Salt Lake City, where th grandlodge was in suasion. Charles Fuir. son of the late ,1a met 6. Fair, of San Francisco, and hit j wife were killed, n the 14th, by he ing thrown from an automobile whili riding along a highway in France.

Arkansas had the hottest w.athei . John IL NickfttU for eongresa, of the sen-. ui on th' l.Mll. Five labor George Allen, a policeman of Galesers near Van lbiren were overcome by ' burg. 111 . va- shot and instantly beat and three of them died, and al , killed, on the night of the Utk, by Allna there was one death from heat Henry McCune. a saloonkeeper. Charles F. Joy wat renominated tow

.-u lii.esiBi.i.i. .-..r, - ; Utk. into the circumstances connect ed with the death of .Limes M. Murphy, at Maywood, near t bicftgo, it April, which maj Lad to uliotbet murder mystery. The grand lodge of Elks, at its ses km in Salt Lake City. .n the 14th passed a resolution by which street fairs or carnivals held under the au . spices of Flk lodges are forbidden aft cr January i, I'-; Gen. Funston vvus at Iii- ofBce it army headqua i ten Donter, Col. on the 14th. for the first time in more than a week. Two operations ban I been performed on him. and tie thinkt 1 be is permanently relieved. At its session f the l.'.th. in Cin . -. iL - m a .. . T., .. i . .1 tail I Uli . 1 , I lie iiii.i ii.ii o 'ii.ii 1. i;iiijiiM ,u union gave strong instructions to its j delegate to the American Pederattoa if Uil. or to vote against soeialism i any other political idealism. An ananrhist named BgaOSA, whf was said to be i. n his way from New York to Europe, cottuaifttiotted tc murder a royal peraonage, weakened when the vessel was off Oibraltar and anounltted suicide by hunping overhi ard. The board of army officers appoint ed by the governnaent to sarvej tke route of the proponed canal between Chicago and St. Louis held its lirt meeting in Ckicsgo on tke nth. "lhe members of the uxMird consider the plan feasible. An agreement bei ween the miners nd opera ton of tke Pitt-burg ik- i district was reached on the 15th. So Strike will be ordered in the union min.--, hut a strike will be declared against the principal non-union com- , panics in the district. At an inquest nn the body f a murdered man t Bennington), t., n the Ittk, Boyd Perhnm accused his brothSt Levi of the crime, l'vi adaaitted his guilt, but claimed that the iiiurfsrred man's wife instigated the crime and aided hitn iu the deed. On the 12th n monSHKnl vvn unveiled near .1 iiio-i i. .ji Clt v. Kaft., for the Qttivira lli-t iii-al ...eiety. to mark the center, ns near as may be, of the territory ..f Qui lifo, which Corona do visited in 1"-41 in hi- march from Mexico in search of gold. On the 12th ' pounds of d vnamite und other explosive nantter were found seeret.l in the room of ha, tteekerman, an lamnte f the Ad.im county (111.) infirmary, placed there. It is believed, with intent t. destroy the building and kill tkt 41 inmates. William IL Billard, who ftheconded rrrun the San Francisco custom house, where he was a messenver. sf ler fon--ing many certificates of regtstrat on to Cklneae in this country, by which he realised many thosaamdl of dollars, wi.s ftrrosted at Vsnconter, b. c, on the Stk. lhe conl mine operators in the Pittsburg (Kas.) district have noi yet signed a rnntraet wti,. the ininr for the ensuing year und ualeae this is done , s,.pt, inbcr 1. the otlleials of the miners' union rapaat a trike v hlch will ntfect Arkansas, Mi.--fti-ni, Kaiisns und Indian t.rritorv. On tke Utk Judga Caron, in the supreme .-...in rrf llnebte, I m.. denied tic motion made on behalf of tijr vnited Htstes for the dlnmiftsal f the writ of halsar corpus In the -ae f .T. P. Qaynnr and in j n Oreene, ho are wanted iir t in- eountry for gen riau.u m eonnection with bor work, end 1he pri oners are t Lbcrty.

CURRENT TOPICS. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. On the Iftk WW i"''" u"' it -1 - ii xi t-a bj Illuminating tr:i hi i Jersey City (N. J.) hotel. One was dead WhM found and the other dving. Pniylrlt .emrns fron tu prim ries held hi Califoria, on the 1 -1 b.

litem that the regular republican r ganlsation will have birg majorltj in the state eon cnuon. Hem. an Brockschmldt was struck by an electric car in St. I. ouis, on the night of the 13tk, und died two hour later. The grand lodge of F.Iks roted to hold the next scs-ien at Baltimore, Md.. in PK)3. Following a quarrel oxer a MH of oards in a saloon at Avalmi, Catalina iftlftnd, Oil, on the Utk, W. 11. Yeag. r. of Louisville, Ky., was shot and killed by A. 11. Boyd, of Loa Angeles. tn the 11th Gov, Gage of California was arrested at Loft Angeles, on a charge of libel sworn to by the proprietor of the San Francisco Call, but was immediately released on S writ of habeas corpus. On the Bight of UM Utk Music hall. Cincinnati, with a capacity of .'..coo, wa packed at the celebration of the golden jubilee of the International Typographical union, which perfected its organization in that city in Got. White of West Virginia was one of the speakers. Charles J. Allen was shot and kilted and his wife fatally wounded, at Tampa. Fla., on the Utk, by Manuel I huvez. a young Cuban, whom Allen, on returning home, bad found in com puny with hi- wife. The Sixteenth Illinois congressional district democratic convention, held at Peoria, on the nth, nominated -onirr.-' tv the renuhlu an conven tion of the Eleventh Missouri district. held in St. Louis on the Utk, The next biennial session of the grand lodge. Knights of Pytkiaa, will be held in Louisville, Ky.. in 1904. Got, Odell of N.-w York was u guest of President Roosevelt, on the nth. at Bagmmora Hill. W. J, Bryan has written a letter to the editor of a New Orleans paper. in which he says he will not be candidate f..r the presidency in the QCXt campaign. Cast. Allen and his son. who sailed from New York on Julv I in a 38-foot imToaeBe lannek, arrived at Vnlsioutk England, on the 14th. Jsmei B, Donner, superiatendeal of telegraphs of the Harri man svsterri rt rallroada, died at San Antonio Tea . on the 14th. A riot occurred at a washery at Durvea. Pa., on the ltth when denutv sheriffs tired on strikers, wound- J ing tw... .lohn and FentOfl Miller were caught by a cave-in at a gravel pit at Mardiiill. 111., on the IMk, and .lohn was fatally injured. Uev. sain Jones, who Wai in ?t. Louis the other day, in speaking of the house of delegates combine. s;,i,i: "W'th such an institution in existence, the only difference between st. Louis and hell is that the people here have a river." Disgusted, so he said, at being nnible to obtain a legitimate offer, in New- York, of a pric for an exhibition of h.- air-hip's sailing powers, Santos-Duntont, tke neroaaut, sailed for France on the Utk. The Work of demolishing Newgate jail, the historic old prison so long a feature of the city of London, waft be zun on the 1 Ith. I be rebuilt, the site he prison vv ill not b.-iffjv t(Mi valuable for business purpose-. The engagement was announced, on he 14th. at ( oburg. nt , of Miss Vivian Bertoris, granddaughter of Hen. I. B, Grant, and Mr. Frederick Boost I tit Bcovell. a cousin of President Roosevelt. lhe wedding will tnke place In (oburg on Saturday. Ibguat It, There wns held at Bingkamtott, N. Y.. fn the ttk, a reunion of the descendanta f Jokn and Priacllki Allien, made fjaaMVna by Longfellow's "the Courtship of Mil-s Standi-h." Members of the- family were present from all parts of th' country. A storm, on tke 14th. caused considerable damage nt Mound City, 111. The cupola of tkf Freewill Baptiot church was struck by lightning and the church considerably damaged, several buildings were unroofed, With the exception of tke great Koh-i-noor, the jewelft Used in the crown of Queen Alexandra, valued at 1700.000. will he renlaced with nsste stones and sold. King Edward deem ing it inexpedient to keep bo tnuiftb wealth tied up in a bauble that vv.li not tie used ftgain. "A splendid man is Basset Sng.-. may years be sdded to In acre." 8i -arg fifteen hundred poor? children in Pottgkkcepsie, S, IT,, on ihe nth. atkora Mr. Sage caused to be rounded up and taken f..r a glorioiM day's outing at (Jpton Lake park. Two ncn and a counterfeit ing outfit for Iks eolnage of quarter-dollar pieces, are the l.ite-t capture of the Beeret service branch of ke treasury department, Tfcey were rounded up St Mkrhle Fall-, near Austin. Tel. The Allegktuj (Pa i post office use thrown into aattfusiotl, 'Ui the 14tli. owing to a plague of tb'.-is wklck vv a k .iuernted frOM sack of mail that had cute from fte) V.uk The little peats attacked everybody within the building.

Win. W. Goodwin, a traveling sales man. commit t.-d siii.-idc by hooting himself at Hi bcily. Mo., ou the Hth. bouisxille, Ky.. had a severe stotm on UM I th. I Im' wind Idew at the rate of II miles an In.ur. nearly an inch of rahi i. II in 1". minute-, vliue the temperature dropped :.U itogjIOfJ in Uh lo.i'iy miliutm. indr jrnrgfcj bm offkftd to 4 Ii., 1.- 1100,000 for the e-laldishineiit Ol

lue huraries m toe uorunti oi Mar l.l.oiic, London, on condition th.it tlo jr ni.iiutniaii e te pioi.l. it for. I he Colombian revolutionists hart cu pin red the government gUDDOai r.ovaca, and with it two gene rata, :hki soldier ftnd mualtlOM Ol vvar i:ud prot isions, Proudrnl Hooaewlt hs promise u Gov. Francis that, if possible, he will attend the dedicatory ceremonies of the World's fair, at St. Louis, which will take pluoe in April. IMS, The democratic convention of the eighteenth Illinois congressional district will he held at Paris, August -i. LATE NEWS ITEMS, A grave near Orlando, Okla., ia which C. S. Morris, of Madison, Kas who was reported to have been killed ia a runaway accident, was supposed to be buried, w.is opened on the 17th, and the COfia found to contain nothing but I small piece of ice. Suspicion attaches to a man named Cox, who claims to have been with Morris at the time of the alleged accident. Mrs. Jessie Tiiiuan was found dead, and her husband mortally wounded at their home, near Muscatine, la., on the l?th. The .ouple were known to have had considerable money, und signs about the house indicated a desperate struggle with the murderer. Frank Kroll. suspected of having been implicated in the murder of Policemen De vine ind Peanell, in Chicago, a few days ago, died in a hospital iu that city on the i7th. asserting utt innocence to the last. Levi Reed and Hud Wingo. out laws, were taken from the jail at Cordell, (loa., on the night of the Utk, by a mob, and strum; up to trees until they revealed the whereabouts of their leaders. Prominent biuese official! have assured Mr. Barrett, commissioner general for Asia of the St. Louis exposition, that China will make an unprecedented exhibit at the World fuir. The Boat generals. lh- Wet. Botka and Delarey, visited King Edward on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, on the 17th, and were highly j. leased with their reception. It has been nracticallv settled that a Filipino band connected with the first United States infantry will oe MM of the principal features at the St. Louis World's fair. A little boy named .lohn Krisko was accidentally shot and killed by (apt. Walton, of the Minnesota national guard, on the 17th. while shooting at a target. The dead body of Frank (iris wold. recently from Illinois, was found by In- mother on tu. prairie near LO gan, Okie. The cause of his death ia not known. Lieut. Ralph F McDowell, of the Twelfth I nited Stales cavalry, was drowned near Fort Clark. Tex., on the 17th. while bathing in a creek. Charlo- Farris, of MelfOSC, 111., waa killed and his brother probably fatally injured in a railway accident at Hammond. Ind.. on the Ittk, it- berl Rending Remington, n wellknown business and society man Of New York, committed suicide by ftkooting, at Newport. U. I. n the lath. Disappointment over broken matrimonial engagement with Miss Maj Van Ab n is believed to have been the cause. At (...-ring. N.-b.. on the 1-th. Mr. McComsey sttempted to light u tire with kerosene, when tke oil exploded, with the result that himself and an infant child were burned to death I find his wife and two children of a neighbor wen fatally injured. J, II. Boatner and . It Bcklita kaum, charged with pompliclty in a conspiracy to defraud the American Bxpresa .. had a preliminary hearing at Fordsvillc. Ky.. on the lsth. and were held to bail in 1h sum of 130,000, At the session of the supreme lndu'e Of Knights of Pythias, at Sun Francisco, an the lsth. the proposition to erect a sanitarium Bf Hot Hprings for sick and disabled knights was defeated by a vote of 9t t Ho. Jesse Tuiuun, the man who was

found nearly dead Sunday Right ui a wood mar Muscatine, la., with his wife dead a sh.rt distance ftway, diet. on the lsth, unable to rev .-al any thing concerning tke tragedy. The Central Labor union of TopekS, Kas.. has filed suit Ugalnat the American Book Co. to prevent tke company from carrying out its contract to supply the Kaii-as schools with text hook s. A -core storm of light ninf, wind and rain raged in the vicinity of Keokuk, la., for tkett hours ending Monday, doing considerable damage in Illinois. Iowa and Missouri. Torishimn, (in island of Japan, was overwhelmed hv a rnlcnttlc eruption some time between uirut 1 ; and L", and all its 1 SO Inhabitant! were undoubtedly killed. Tke French authorities met with desperate resistance in Brittany, on the lsth. in their attempt- to cloM lhe si-ter schools, but tke) finally s need defl. Mrs, Frederick W. Prentiss, of Co lumbus, o . wns robbed of dlnmonds valued at ttttSl by a ninn who n tered her home in the guise of a gas Inspector. Hon. i L. Link. well known attorney, died at bis heme at Litchludd. HJ.. Dfl tkt ittk,

H0OSlERHAPPEMN(iS

Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. ii. .1 iu u aaiv, laute. Ind., tug Ten Haute, Ind., Aug. I Myslerj surrounds tke death of Jokn K, delatt. of this pity, who lcie.ly went t. ( im ago to superintend sense coastruetion in Jackson l'ark arenwa. vdelatt was 4. veals old. and hi been living with I.. F. Lincoln in Chicago, lb- was in his room in lhe afternoon and in tke evening went to his offtce. About six .."clock Mr. Lincoln found him apparently asleep in a .hair. Me left with this impression, but on returning he found that the man w;is dead. Kills litSMSSlf for l ove. Maacie, Ind., Aug. IS, Bamuel Hughes, aged v. .weil he would DOl live without Mrs. Mattie Miller his wife, swallowed poison and died. His bod) tras found iu the city park by a picnic party. Hughes whs a well-known contractor and paid court t Mrs. Miller. She told him she was unable to wed liiin. a- she wiis not divorced from a husband who abandoned her after refusing to secure a divorce. H Ugh CS threatened suicide, but she did not take bin seriously. Bask Heirs, India ae polls, Ind., Amr- i- C 0, Kample, of Greenfield, is here hunting for his two s.uis. vv bom be has not se.-n for several vear-. The two boys, with his other -.ns. are heirs to a fortune that has come through the death of an uncle in Illinois. This uncle was Robert Scott, a brother of the mother of lhe boys. Scott sraft worth about 1300,000, and lived near New Boston, 111 . vvhere he owned a farm of 1,700 acres. On ii slrL-. Lafayette, Ind.. Aug. IS. The union street railway employes -truck here as the result of the Central Labor union's resolutions declaring the Company "unfair to union labor." The ear were kept going by nonunion men. hut the patronage, Waft light. The strikers drove buses, luicks and other vehicle-, ftnd were liberally patronised. Kllleil In Prii c. ton. Ind.. i Mirer, who was ii 1 1 forum Aug. is. W. H. killed at Avalon. Cal.. n ii aloon fifftrl hv A. H. I'-ovd. Was h native of this place, where his father. Henry A. Veag- r. i- prominent citizen. For the last few years v. H. Yesger had lived In Louisville. Re wonl t California six montka ago. triip llri.ke. Kok-.n.o. Ii.d . Aug. !v Frank Wil- ! urns attempted o hang himself in jail lo re. An improvised noose was made from his leather belt. He -uceeeded In swinging himself off. but after he became unconscious and ap parently lifeless the strap broke He is -till unconscious and may die, Osea t, iim 1 1. Lnportc. Ind.. Aug. 1.- I Mr. Klein, of Mar-hall county . ha- received ad accepted a all to Brasil, South America, where iterman untberan colony ha- been established com p. .-! largely of emigrants from this country. Mr. Klefa will have charge of the colony church. Sew ' etbeose, Rsmmond, inL. Aug i. One, Durbin and the Ki ights I'emplar of this t-t t y will lay the corner stone next .n nth of Ha muioiiiFs new 100,nOO superior courthouse, Reprcaentn ive Crumpocker, Senator Kirbv and other prominent pub ore sent. inen w II be Wrmorliil Rich mnnd, I nd.. for HiirrlMin. A llg. 1 S, The mov emenf la Indiana to -eenre a memo rial t the late PreaMent Benjamin Harris maj ens result In the rreo linn ni a memorial nsn. ui me $100,000 desired there i- now in the hands of the committee &l000. Hotel ii.ini.-.i. ShelbwiMe. Infi.. Aug. IV The Comnaercinl hotel at st. Paul and a dwelling house near it were destroyed by tire, supposed to be incendiary, nothing h'-inj- Bsved but a few of the ll... Ischl Id goods ill tin- Cot ige. from ii Train. Marion. Ind.. Am.'. Is. Berl Halpin. 1" '.cars aid, who wail selling peanut I ami Candy on an excursion train from Hartford City Ifl Marion, fell from the train near das City and was probably fatally injured W I, iik. I Ksllurc. Rvnnavillc, Ind., Aug i. -The wholesale liquor firm of J, M. i.mnbert ,V Co. has faded. The firm was .me ,f the oldest in the eitv. The ic-scts and liabilities are not known. Farmer Kitted, Evnnsvillc, Ind., Aug. I. Ilnrrison Billinafham, aged S3 a farmer of Warri.-k eoonty, was run over by a brick wagon and killed. He haves II fillll.lV. FADS OF FAMOUS MEN. Cardinal Richelieu hated children ftSd loved cats. When be died hift favorite Angora cat rsfnaffj to eat, and loon perished. Philip, the duke of llergundy . spent much lime in conl riving trap doors to his house nnd grounds t- souse uuwiirv strengen in water beneath, ,ct io money Rembraadt loved nothing so well s- hi- monkey. He Ibeil tenrs when hi- ape died, and painted a portrait of his pet from BstaSnfff.

ROBBED OF HER DIAMONDS.

A tftoman svt Hiliakiii, ., la Held I , In llrr wn II, tun- by s iiuaui, i aspsetee, Columbus. (., Aug. 19. Mrs. Frcdsriek W, Prenttoa, ife of Um preal lent of the Hayden-Cllntoa national hank, was held up in her own home here Mondaj bj masked robbe i and ii i the point of a revolver compelled to deliver 12,000 worth of diamoada. Mrs. Prentiss had just completed dressing for a reception and had seated keraelf in bar bedroom. Sud-l.-niv she heard revolver click, und looking Up faced rOUgblj dres,.ed man over whose fuce was hung a handkerchief and on whose tap were the words "gas inspector." Mrs. Prentiss stripped the rings from her lingers and handed them over, when the doorbell rung and the robber fled WRECK ON THE BIG FOUR. Psri(ir Train On the HIk Four Wrecked at Hlnlns tall,u. III., Knslneer and Fireman Hart. Peoria, Ri . Aug". Iff.- Ttig Four passenger train No. 4, due in this city from Indianapolis at I: SO oYlook Ifondaj morning, waa wrecked t ltising Station, a few miles west f Champaign, about four o'clock, and the engineer and fir, man badly injured. The injured are: Gor hah, Henry, engineer, reeldenca Indianapolis; had scalp wound and Jaw broken: not aeriouB, Parish, w iL. Bremen, residence Indianapolis; burned badly and in Serious condition. A postal clerk in the mail car was thrown against an Iron mail pouch , rack and slightly hurt. WRECK ON THE ROCK ISLAND. the i i i'h.. Mmlted, " ' '"" "". Island Ki.ihI woiLot n a aalo.ii I Ma u Hurt. Muscatine. Ia.. Aug. Iff.- The El Paso limited on the Hock Island road whs wrecked by n vvnslo it early Ifondaj morning nnd t: hoackes and engine were thrown into the ditch a mile west of Ietts. The t min carried u heavy passenger list ami there wire many miraculous escapes from death. Many are reported Injured, some, it is thought, fatally. The wa-hout wa- t ISCd 1 V a lalondbttrst, accompanied In a teri rific electrical storm. Two houses in the adjacent country are reported j burned by Bgktning Süd it is feared much other damage was done. FY EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE. Koir Ps roses lln.ll Hurt ItiirniK n l roteehitlenl lliiiln tit OM Salem t hautiiu.inii. Peoria, in.. Aug. Iff. Four j-rs..n'-i were badly hurt. Sunday night, by an I explosion of gasoline during pyr. - ! technical di-play at the Old Salem I CkatttSUejUa, Those hurt were: Col v. F. Werriam, of Willlamsncld, Hi : a thumb and two ting, is on one of his hands blown off. Harry Levering, dir, tor f the Chautauqua, was struck with a Hying missile and three gugefa were torn fnuii his right hand. Fears arc entertained for the life of Arthur HcDavitt, of Auburn, a vie fitn of the explosion. He inhaled flame and smoke and his life is d paired of. Lyle Watkins. of Aburti, who was ; badly burned, may recover. WAS DEAD WHEN PICKED UP. Inantnr Heath of n Voniii II, r While Klaliln. With Hi lather, in the lluilioa lll.fr. I New York. Aug. nt While fishing in lhe Hudson river, (iustav tirunwahl. dr.. 1 ; years old, was killed in a remarkable manner. He was with his father and bis brother. WkeS a fisherman standing near them BMftde a sweeping east with a loBg line to which was attached a heavy huid sinker. Tke sinker struck young j (Irunwald just behind the left car, knocking him from a atone pur on which he was seated. He waa dea l when picked up. having been killed instant y. The angler disappeared before he could be arrested. AN ISLAND OVERWHELMED. A olennle Dr.n.li.oi lli'.ln.j, the lJnnl I Toriohittu, ami All Ike I ii loi i.i lun i - Yokohama. Aug. 1.'. The little islund of Toriaklma waa overwhelmed by a VOleanlc eruption between August 19 and August IS, and all the inhabitants, numbering lmi peraonft.watfa undoubtedly killed. The island is covered With volcanic debris and all the houses on it have di-a ppe.i red. The eruption is still proceeding, and i-- accompanied by submarine eruptions in the vicinity which make it dangerous for eeeac.li to approach the island. SAVfcD FROM DESTRUCTION. YtSBetl Wsrnlna lly n Rrltlal, Warship Snves a l.mr nenn l.iner t'riisi I'rolinlile WreeL. St. .lohn. . F.. Aug. 10.-The Htiti-h iirst-ciass cruiser Ariadne, flagship of Vice Vdmlrnl Douglas, saved large ocean ateamer, supposed t be a Montreal litter, Riled with paimengers, from going nskore off Cape Race during a dense fog Siinday l he steiuiier wa- heading direct for the coast when the wntsbip tignalcd her danger.

ON AN OLD MURDER CHARGE.

Tfcomsi O'Hrlea. an !'.- un lei, fa 1 anted In Uonlaaa for a Murder i in in tltd In ihm. tienver, Co!., Aug. Iff, The police hfondaj received letter fmui l'i;mk H. I. v-. .i dspttt) ihsrifl nt Fairplav, CoL, stating that TlMMBM O'BftHen, an exionvicl who wa- arretted here last week on a charge of safe blowing, is wanit.d at lUiwlins. Wyo , charged with the murder of S. Morris Wain und C. '. Strong. Wain and Strong belonned to prom inent families in the east. Strong'n father, in isss the .ar of the murder, was a Wail street operator, Wala came from llaverford, it suburb of Philadelphia, and his brother Jacob hi a comsniaalon merchant in that eitv. Strong and Walff oaVBftS west on a bunting trip, and iu Antriist, ISIS, their Lad bodies were found. The bodies had been stripcd of every stitch of clothing, and an examination revealed that Strong's skull had been split open with aiiux and Wain's head nearly blown off with a charge of buckshot. No trace of the WagOB, Srearma or the monej of the victims was e.,'r found. O'Hrien was not siispe.'ted of the murder until after he had been lodged in the penitent iarjp at Canyon Itj for horse-ateaHng. The Wyoming authorities secured requisition papers nnd were prepared to arrest him on his release from pri-on. : hut l.e was liberated several days earlier than they anticipated and made good his escape. SUICIDE CREATES SENSATION. Roberl B. Ilenilnnlcin, nt tw York, Disappointed In love, l'.mla His I. lie Ii Mo m tins Hlnmrll. Newport, l: I.. Aug. IS. Disappointment over broken matrimonial engagement is believed to have been the cause of the suicide here Monday of Robert Heading Bennington, of New York. Mr. Remington earns over to tke club house fr. ti his rooma at the La Forge cottage about .me o'clock Monday afternoon, and after r.-oding the papers for some time went to (he committee rooms on the second Boor. An hour ami a half later tw.. muffled reports were heard, but those in the building paid no attention to them. Later Mr. Ihiuiugton's body was found by s member who wont to the committee room. Mr. K. inington evidently had beendend for soma time, Mr. Ilemington was vcll known among the summer residents in this city, and had been dusch identified .viih the s . . ii .sr!l hero for tke last -ev.n or eigkt pears. Hi- engageinent to Mis a May Van Men, dnogh tee of .lames Van .Men and granddaughter of Mr-. William Astor, has been discussed for some months. At tirst it was denied and then affirmed, bttf it was generally believed there was a definite engngemntnt which. however, was broken some three Weeks ftgO, Mr. Remington was about thirtyfive yean of age and ii member of the tirm of Brtnington Brotkers, f New York. He had alwavs been known as a man of very uict tastes. His death has caused a tremendous -n-ation here. DEADLY WORK OF KEROSENE. A Man at l.i rrins, Sets ' eil It to l.licbt MlS and I ,- rf I IteKllltll l-"illi cl. Geeiing. Neb.. Aug. 1.. -Two persons dead, three more at the point of bath, a sixth fearfully bunted and a resilience in ashes is the result of the lighting of a fire with kerosene here Monday, c. N. UcComsey, wkone wife had been ill for several deyev, was attempt ing to itart a tire In a wo. d itOVC when the oil exploded, setting tire to his clothing BWl throwing the burning fluid nil over the rosea Hi was fearfully burned and ran scream ing out of the bouse. Before help could arrive the fire had also burned ilia In lph ss wife, a baby only a few days old. their I WO jeST slid son. and wo little daughter! of Luther A. Cook, a neighbor, who were playing with the Mefoasee hoy. County Treasurer Edward t, Whipple, who was attracted by McCoiusev's cries, was tlx lirst to arrive, and although tin- house was st HMUM of flames In- rushed in and carried out the burning woman and three children. Tke fourth child bad in -..me vraj escaped. Ml of them were frightfully burned. Met ..ni-cv lingered in agony for several hours when he died, and the little bnby is also ib ad. The death of Mrs. HcComsey and the two o..k children hi atontentaril expected, Two hma Drnn nH In a Well. rvington, Neb. Aug. It, B. as, (hambers and Guy William-, two young boys, were drowned in a well here Mondny morning. Young Williams dropped his hat ill the well and wa, lowered down , II the bucket bv Chambers. When near the bottom he fell out and Chambers went to hie r. scue. 'i bej nere both overeosM by ga.-. and were dead when taken out. DEATH OF JESSE TUM AN. The SeSSMSd Vlcllni I the t.hatly Trailed Near M BSSStl tie. In.. OleS on Uundnr Mahl. Muscatine. In.. Aug. IB. Jesse Tumnn, ihe man found Saturday Btgkt neanty 'had in h lonely wooda, with the dead body of his wife a short distance way, died Monday night. He did no. reveal anything concerning the tragedy, SOT did the inipicst on Mrs. Tuman. held Monday, bring to ight any facts that inis;h1 solve the myaterv.