Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 40, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 July 1909 — Page 3
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BLACKFORD "BAD MAN" SHOT.
BODY OF MRS. WOODILL'S SLAYER IS LAID IN GRAVE.
LORD'S PRAYER ALONE HEARD
Neither Wife Nor Pastor at Grave of Man Who Slew Himself After Killing Beautiful Girl.
Starr Laid Low By Laborer, Slays, Defending Family.
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St. Mlrlinols, Md., Special: In a newly made Brave, not llfty feet from the vm of the murder of Mrs. Edith May YVoedlll, which led him to comJult suicide. "Lame Hob" Eastman's body was buried in the early hours of Suwlny. .So man of the church was present to offer a last word for the repose of the dead; no friend nor relative came wear. The undertakers and their assist' ants, a little band of newspaper men nml a few idle persons, morbidly at
tracted to follow the strango funeral j
j,rocedon, were tue only persons at the grave. With bared heads they roprated the familiar words of the
1ird s prayer. No more lonely spot could woll bo
imagined than where this Isolated bungalow stands. Scrub pines form a background, while in front a green
niar&h leads a way through the shore
grass to the open waters of 13 road
Creek.
When the hearse nan drawn up
alongside the grave four men lifted the casket from the vehicle and placed it temporarily on two plank supports
stretched across the grave, into which
a idue box already had been lowered
.Maren water had seeped Into the
crave overnight.
The undertaker drew back the slid
Ing lid of the casket that all might seo that it wag Eastman who was being
consigned to his last resting place and
closed it again.
As the casket rested above the grave ready to be lowered thore was an awkward pause. The party about
the grave lidgeted nervously. At
nod the supporting boards were slipped away, und gradually the casket
tank into the grave. The two grave
diggers hesitated a moment and then
stepped forward. One of the under
takers looked around with a certain
uu-uinesa of manner.
i; riMeinen," ho said, "It seems to inf that some one should say a llttlo
Tvor ! of prayer. Won't one of you?"
His glance fell upon James Sutton,
a merchant of liozemnn.
You are a church member, Mr. Sutton." said the undertaker, "won't
you say it?"
Sutton hesitated for a moment,
then, asking all to join with him, be-
pan to repeat the Lord's prayer with solemn earnestness. When the last
words of the prayer were uttered Sut
ton stepped forward, and, filling his bands with newly-turned soil from be
side the grave, thrice tossed earth up
on the casket as he muttered, "earth
to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.'
Eastman feared that he was to be
arrested and taken back to New York to stand trial for grand larceny. He
begged Mrs. Woodill to run away with
him. The girl refused, and Eastman,
pressed by anger, fxight and his ne
cessities, murdered her while she lay
on the bed in his bungalow. That is the story of the tragedy which has come to be believed by the Maryland authorities the first clear reading of the motive. Eastman's own account of Mrs. Wood Ill's death, written into the letters that were taken from his body, has been rejected utterly as the stratagem of a cunning rascal who schemed to save his own mck by implicating men who were ni friends in the days when he was supposed to be square.
Hartford City. Ind.. Special: Dick
ouMi, wucKioni County's dosperadr und former convict. Is destined to die
un ma noots on. He wus shot In
iu Hum an.i arm by George w. Hum phroys, a laborer, at Mnniimii.r
Starr had been drinking, nnd visited the Humphreys home at Montpelier. He berated and abused Humphreys
uuuiiy. no lutt to gut his revolver, and with the threat that he would return and kill them all. Humphreys armed himself, with a musket and as Starr entered the front yard he warned him back. Starr nourished his revoler. and Humphreys fired. The gun was loaded with blrdshot, and the charge entered Starr's side and arm. Starr was regarded as the most des.
pernio man in this county. He served a term in the penitentiary for
luuicKing wiuiam Kcbelskl at Mont-
PROVED TO BE MILLIONAIRE WOODILL'S BEAUTIFUL BRIDE.
SLAIN IN LOVER'S BUNGALOW
Mysterlou Murder of Young Society Belle Causes Great Sensation In Maryland.
Baltimore, Md., Special: John Roberts, suspoetod of tho brutal murder of Mix Edith M. Thompson Woodill, near St. Michaels, Md., was shot to death Friday morning wbilo resisting arrest. Mr. Woodill's nude body was found n a creek near her home. Her skull
FLIRTING ADVANCES LIFE. Harvard Professor Advocates It For the College Youth. Boston. Mass., Special: Prof. George Herbert Palmer, 07 years old. twee married and reported to be contemplating a third matrimonial venture, has come forth with the pronuncfamento that a little lllrting, properly conducted of course, is not only advisable, but even imperative for the areragy college boy and girl. Flirting is the surest road toward the proper knowledge of social life," declared tho professor, who has the dlatlnctlon of being the oldest memher of the Harvard faculty and whose second wife, Alice Freeman Palmer, w president of Wellesley College from issi to 1SS7. "1 think tho girls of Iladcllffe and ine ucyg of Harvard devote too much of their time to study. They actually iMiry themselves In their books, and lllO result Is thnf wlmn Ii,. .
KU couego tney don't know a J Ung about social life," says Prof. Palmer. 'They should mingle a little frivoltr with their studies; in other words, they should lllrt a little. Ruling on Option Law. hr,hen' !?d" Special: m an exu ,nil,nB ,na(le 0,1 tho question Whether Wm. R. Fleldeke, a Goshen oon keeper, who took out his 11eo N?ven,bpr. 1908, after the EES lT ,Optl0U ,ftW hsul bce wHd and -before it wns promulgated .h,.s 11,1,0 pxMrcd, Judge l Lir!iC:1 i1, sensU, by virtually law i f mt l.h0 cuUre ,ocal i'tl0 mw "t Indiana la unconstitutional. w Loves All the Men. Ihlf .ST' WIs" Special: Pleading SSÄib, SOnt whcre some one SI5 r. h?r V?por cnrc n,ul dehw X'i m T0n(l ,n ,ove w,th every m and man I meet, and simply can't 1? eari'nn' M,'f 0,fld'8 wrence was , Äuul 1,cr w,8h Krantcd Md KM t0,th0 Ini strlal School. The So 85, Iowa. S,X yCarS nso from rartGannnPperLGo 0n Menu. In ÄSnl:n,T,h0 latest 'eilendes
'Zr ' " a.m?Bt mul ,jeen c8-' wh Borne heavy in
I i V TV V """n"'B anna, UL- siruineilt. Silo ov i entlv hail been sides hacking him frightfully. killed ou the shorn i iL i n I t
out in a boat and cast overboard. The police believe the woman was murdered in Robert's bungalow. Mrs. Woodill had been associating with Roberts for some time. Last
sniumay she went to Dr. Smlthers, a
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CLERK MISREADS VERDICT.
Says Not Guilty When It Is GuiltyShock for a Prisoner. Chicago, Special: Tho cup of freedom was held to the Hps of a prison er In Judge Brentnno's court, only to be snatched away when It was discovered that the clerk of the court should hnvo read the Jury's verdict aa "guilty." Instead of "not guilty.'' Tho prisoner who wns caught at the very door of tho courtroom, believing himself free, was Frank O'Donnell, nccused of robbing: a citizen at the point of a revolver. When tho clerk read "not guilty" O'Donnell Jumped from his sent excitedly laughing, and wrung his lawyer's hand. Tho accused man Htarted from the room with his head in the air, his eyes sparkling. When the mistake was discovered O'Donnell was brought back. His head sunk on his chest as the real verdict was delivered: "Guilty, and condemned to serve the term of his natural life In prison."
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dentist, at Easton, to have her teeth ! OVERSHADOWS WEDDING OF
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LEON'S RIVAL.
POLICE HOT ON SLAYER'S TRAIL
Latest Startling Phase of New York
Murder Mystery Comes From Clergyman.
Now York, Special: Elsie Sigel and
Chu (Jain, the wealthy Chinatown res
taurant keeper, who supplanted Wll-
ireaieu. Roberts had arranged by letter to meet her at Royal Oak Station. Roberts got as far as Easton in his launch, tluu, missing the train, hired a team and drove to Royal Oak, where he met Mrs. Woodill and drovo back to St. Michaels, avoiding the main street and making directly for the pier where his launch was tied. Leaving Mrs. Woodill standing on the bridge he disposed of the team. After tho pair had pushed off from the pier, they wore passed by Edward Oreni, one of the Jurymen at the Inquest which decided that the young woman had come' to her death as the result of foul play.
fcarly I uesday morning, crabbers,
Ham Leon in hor affections, wore mar- w," , 1 ".fTi'Vr; t Qram Gr ' rled in Philadelphia, according to the W U? ?i?h S
them and a heavy object was raised
latest Information received by the po
lice, 'ibis alleged fact, learned by
Leon, drove him to kill the girl, the
police now believe, and also to plan
the murder of Chu Gain
This startling- phase of tho case became known through a clergyman of
St. Nicholas Church. He told the no
lice a girl resembling Elsie Sigel and
a Chinese answering the description ol
Chu Gain came to him shortly before
June 1), the day of the murder, and asked to be married. The clergyman, whose Identity has not been revealed by the police, refused to marry the
couple because one of them was a
Chinese. He told them he would have to get into communication with the
girls parents first and obtain their
permission, also their presence. This
so disconcerted the pair that they loft
abruptly, saying they were going to
Philadelphia
Leon Ling left New York for Boston
or some point beyond, on the steamer
Harvard, of the Metropolitan steam
ship line, on the afternoon of June 10,
according to the latest police informa
tion
Chong Sing, Ling's room-mate, ac
companied him to pier 45, North River,
but did not board the boat. Doth
Chinamen were closely observed by
Thomas Sanchez, a baggage agent at
the pier,
Evidence that Leon took the trunk
containing the body of Elsie Sigel to
Newark on the day after she dlsap
peared and attempted to leave It In a
Chinese restaurant there has been dis
covered. Leon was not allowed to do
so. and employed a hackman to carry him and the trunk back to Leon's
room In New York City.
It has been established beyond
doubt now that while the streets and
restaurants by which he necessarily
passed the night of Juno 9 were filled
with mexrv theater parties the young
Chinaman sneaked the trunk from tho house where only a few hours before
tho crime had been committed, and with the aid of a taxicab carted it
away to Newark.
During the afternoon of the follow
ing day, while the Thursday matinee
crowds were out, trunk and Its grue
some contents were hauled back to the
house of death
BRYAN'S SON TO MISS BZRGER.
WHITE PLAGUE THREATENS BRIDE
Bryan, Junior, Leaves College Career to Accompany Wife to Arizona In Search of Health.
and tossed into tho water with a loud splash.
The body was home by a stronir
westerly wind to the opposite shore, where it was found bv two bovs. A
heavy Iron pot was tied to tho bodv
and It was testified at the innucst
that It was formerly used in the
house which recently burned down on the site of Robert's bungalow.
I no murdered woman's husband
was here only two weeks ago and it is thought his presence aroused tho
Jealousy of Roberts.
Mrs. Woodill was educated In Eu
rope and is said to have sun:; In tho best theaters and music halls in the
world. She once sang at the White
House for President Cleveland. Sec- i
retary Lyman J. Gage Is known to
have been a frequent visitor at hor
father s house.
Mrs. Woodill was 20 years of ace
and possessed of rare beauty, flefore
her marriage to Gilbert Woodill, a
millionaire, who is engaged in tho
automobile business in Los Anceles.
Cal., the murdered girl had spent two
winters In Baltimore.
mere sue made a great many
iriemis ana was considered to be a
very fascinating girl.
Mrs. Woodill's marriage Is said to
have been romantic. Friends here
say she was a Baltlmoro belle before
her marriage. She met Mr. Woodill
In Chicago a little more than a year ago and they were married after a
courtship of only live days.
Mr. and Mrs. "Woodill were mem
bers of an exclusive social colony here, their beautiful homes nt RiverBide and Venice having been the scenes of a number of brilliant entertainments In the last year.
VISIT LASTS TOO LONG.
Woman Wears Welcome Out-
ed for Board Bill.
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BIG JOLT FOR NOAH.
Naval Architects Declare Ark-Builder
Not In Their Class.
Detroit. Mich., Special: Noah has
been rejected for honorary memböx-
hln in the Society of Naval Archi
tects and Marine hnglneers. Pror. H. S. Sadler of tho University of Michi
gan, in seconding the proposal to ad
mit Noah s name to the roil or nonor-
rv membership, contended that he
was the father or tue designing pro
fession.
"Noah was n gamekeeper, not a de
signer, primarily." retorted Frank E.
Klrbv. of Detroit and New ork, "and
I move, therefore, that his name bo
laid on the table.
Evidently the other designers nnd architects agree with Mr. Klrby'a
classification, for Noah was rejected
with but one dissenting vote.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Special: Having
overstayed her invitation to visit her
sister and brother-in-law, Edward
Miano, of this city, Miss Ellen Mc-
Closkoy, of New York City, was ar
rested and taken before Alderman
Donahue in a suit to collect $S for
one week's board from her.
She had been invited for two weeks.
but stayed a third. The brother-in-law objected to this, demanded that
she pay board, ami refused to accept
his wires excuse that her sister help
ed her with the housework.
In order to avoid further unpleas
antness, she paid the $S and went
home.
Sarah Orne Jewett Dead. South Berwick, Me., Special: An
Illness lasting many months last week ended In the death of Miss Sarah Orne Jewett. regarded as one of tho foremost women writers of America.
Miss Jewett wrote the "King of
Folly Island." "The Tory Lover," nnd numerous other books. Bowdoln college conferred on her the degree of
doctor of letters in 11)01, and she was a member of tho London Lyceum.
Lincoln, Neb., Special: A tinge of tragedy Is woven into the romance of William J. Bryan, Jr., son of the thrice presidential candidate, and Miss Helen Bergor, which culminated last week in their marriage at the summer home of the bride's father, Alexander Borger, a wealthy Milwaukee grain dealer, at Grand Lake, Colo. The only scion of the Bryans Is only In his twenty-seco.id year. He has Just concluded his second year of schooling at the University of Nebraska, and becauso of his youth and lack of practical experience, nunie-
ous friends, many of them intimate, of
the elder Bryan, could not but marvel
at his consent to the assumption by
nis son of tne responsibilities atend
ant upon wedded life. From the rela
tives of the brido-to-bo, however, have
come explanations which have disarm
ed criticism of tho two fathers, Mr,
uryan and Mr. Berger.
Miss Berger, who Is a charming
young woman In her twentieth year,
has been living for many years under
the dread shadow of the white plague, An only child of a wealthy father,
and whose mother becamo the victim
or consumption when the girl was
scarcely more than a babe. Miss Hel en all her life has been frail in health
almost constantly beset by the fear
mat sue might Do struck down by the ailment which caused the death of her
mother.
Solicitude for his daughter induced
Mr. Berger to build a summer home on tho shores of Grand Lake, nnd it Is here that Miss Helen has spent her
every summer (or the past ten years
Recently physicians have detected
symptoms of incipient tuberculosis in
Miss Berger, and the father was in
formed that It was imperative that
his daughter should take up an im
mediate residence In Arlzoun If her
life was to bo spared.
Helen Berger and William Bryan
have been sweethearts almost from
the day that Mr. Berger came to Lin
coin twelve years ago to make It his home. Parental objections have placed no obstructions in the path of their love match, and both have
looked forward with happy expecta
tlons to the day when they might go
to the nltar and plight their troth
as husband and wife.
Both were content to await the
time when the young man could complete his education and equip himself for n profession. The decree of the doctors, however, threatened to Interpose, and Miss Berger, nlarmed by
tho danger of a dread disease and distraught by the menace of a separation from tho sweetheart of her choice proposed a hasty marriage. She has pleaded so successfully that both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Berger were won over to her cause.
Following tho ceremony at Grand
Lake, tho younger Bryan and his bride went direct to Tuscon, Arizona, where the physicians have encour
aged the two families to believe that the young woman may hnvo every hope of her ability to build up her health nnd thus ward off the visita
tion that caused her mother's death.
At Tuscon Is located tho University
of Arizona, at which institution Wll-
llnm Bryan, Jr., is to continue the
studies that will lit him for a profession, probably the law.
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CHICAGO STUDENTS IN JAIL
Three Men, Three Milts Above Civil Izatlon, Engage In Fierce Death Struggle.
Imitating Mrs. Gunness. Mankato. Minn., Special: Tho mu
tilated body of II. J. Leadbeater, a farmer, who disappeared from his home near here two months ago, was
unearthed by a posse of searchers in
a potato patch. It is chnrged that
Mrs. Leadbeater killed her husband
while ho was nsleep and thnt her
brother Charles Swandt nnd Smith helped to secrete the body. Why This Light Penalty7
Bellovllle. 111.. Special: Rev. Wll-
Spent $100,000 on Vacation. Now York. Special: A. Toon, a
banker at Merlda, Yucatan. Mexico.
and his wife and seven children, ar
rived here after having spent $100.-
000 on a year's vacation in Europe.
Mr. Toon said lie nnd nnd a prosper
ous season In his business and approp
riated f 100.000 ror "a good time" for
his family nnd himself.
King Menelik Dead Again. Rome, Cable: It Is reported from
Ham Jacques, formerly pastor of tho Abyssinia that King Menelik Is dead, Belleville Church of Latter Day Saluts. th'0 Empress Tnitti has taken over
pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court to tho charge that he assaulted Selma Daniels, aged 11 years, and was lined $100. Mrs. Gould Vindicated. Now York, Special: Justice DowHng last week granted Mrs. Hownrd Gould a separation from her husband and alimony of $30,000 a year. Mrs.
Gould asked for a separation and $250,000 alimony. ', ,
tho government, keeping tho death of
lui king a secret, In order to enable
hnr to name his successor and estab
lish the new ruler In power before any one can interfere. Tho ofllcinls in government circles hero nro disinclined to believe the report. It Is gonorally boHovcd, however, thnt If Menelik Is not dead, ho is certainly dying, as ho has been 111 for a long time. t
Western Canada Growing. Winnipeg. Man., Special: The census of Western Canada shows a population of 1,100.000. Of this number 00.000 live In Manitoba, 350,000 in Saskatchewan nnd 275.000 In Alberta. This is au Increase of 300,000 in three years. Canada Has Much Wheat. Ottawa, Ontario, Special: An official estimate by tho statistical department places Canada's wheat acreage at 7,750,400, which Is 1.1-10,000 acres more than last year. The condition of tho crop on Juno 15 is given as satisfactory
Colorado Springs, Col., Special: After a desperate hand-to-hand eon
flict early Sunday morning on the summit of Pike's Peak, 14,000 feet
nign, jonu A. Clnrk nnd George Ship
ley, students of tho University ol
unicago, are in Jail and Hownrd H
Kooinson, government caretaker ol
the Summit House, Is hovering be tween life and death at the St. Francis
Hospital In this city. The light was the result of a quarrel over the charge demanded by Rob lnson for accommodation in tho Sum
mit House, which is maintained as a resting pluce for those who make the
peak trip. The fight took place In total darkness In the middle of the night, when the three men wore the only ones on tho mountain top. Shipley and Clark arrived In this city from the East two days ago. They were well drensed, seemed to have plenty of money and made a number of friends. Saturday night they de cided to walk up to the summit ol Pike's Peak, a favorite trip of tourists in the Rocky Mountain region. They reached the summit at 1 o'clock and were weakened to th? joint of exhaustion by the Icy winds and the blinding snowstorm. They japped on the door of the Summit House, where Robinson was asleep. Tho latter admitted them and they had something to eat. After they had come back to the main room, which was Illuminated only by the candle in an adjoining room, a quarrel arose over the price of rooms for tho remainder of the night. According to the story of one of the men, Robinson ordered them out. With no place tc spend the night until the little train of the famous cog road could take them hack.to Manitou, they refused to leave. When the two continued to remain. Robinson, who Is said to possess a hasty temper, went back to the lunch counter and drew a short heavy billy, which he kept for protection. Then the three men closed in a fierce death struggle. After soveral minutes ol desperate fighting Robthson dropped back unconscious.
TINSELED POSTCARDS Destroyed in the Mail Because Regulations Were Violated. Washington, Special: Failure to inclose tinseled or frosted postcards In tightly sealed envelopes to prevent the escape of particles of tinsel, mica and, the like, as required by the postal regulations, is causing from 15,000 to 20,000 of such cards to be withdrawn from tho malls and sent to the dead letter office of the Postoülce Department every day. The tinsel escapes Into the air in postal cars, thereby
causing lnuammation of the eyes of mall clerks.
WORLD'S LARGEST BRIDGE Near Completion In Alberta, Vai Built Without Loss of Life. Winnipeg. Manitoba, Special: To cross tho Old Man River, near Lethbridge, Alborta, tho Canadian Pacific Railroad Is now completing (he largest bridge In the world. It is one mllo and forty-seven feet long and 312 feet high. Although there aro longor bridges in the world, there Is nouo which is as high and at the samo time longer. In a few days the last rivet will have been driven and tho bridge opened to traflic. This massl.o structure has cost approximately $1,. 500.000, and In its construction 24,000,000 pounds of steel hare been used. The superstructure has been erected on sixty-seven steel towers, -which go down to bed rock on the river bottom, and has taken two years of continual work to complete. A feature of its construction is the fact thnt not a Blngle lifo has been lost during Its construction, although several serious accidents have occurred, largely -due to the carelessness of the workers.
PEARY FARTHEST NORTH? Friends Believe Stars and Stripe Float at North Pole. Washington, Special: Friends ia this city of Commander Robert Edwin Peary, United States Navy, the explorer, who left the United StnUs last July for the frozen north, say they bolleve Peary by this time has reached the goal of h's ambition and has successfully planted the Stars and Stripes at the north pole. No news has been received fron Penry since he left Etah, North Greenland, August 17. 1908, In tho stanch ship Roosevelt for a darh as far Into the icebound seas as that specially built vessel would carry him beforebeing frozen in by the winter's cold. If he has been successful In attaining this much sought goal tho news of his discovery will not reach a point of telegraphic communication until August or September next. If ho has been unsuccessful he will remain in tho far north nnd make anothor endeavor next spring.
No Inducement to Us. Chicago. Special: To meet tho flerco competition by other Western rond3 the Rock Island will equip all Its limited trains with the best phonographs and furnish grand opera concerts to Its patrons. It also supplies a stenographer free of charge and provides a tailor to press, free of cost, the clothing of passengers.
Death Beats Reprieve. Paducah. Ky., Special: One hour after George Freeman, condemned to hang last Friday, died in his cell, Governor Augustus E. Wlllson granted Freeman a reprieve. The murderer's nttempt at suicide by poisoning during the night had, however, proved successful.
Stallions Battle to Death. Lynchburg. Va., Special: On the farm of Duval Radford, at Forost, Glenwood, a noted stallion, by St. Leonard, was imported by James R. Keene, and Champion, another wellknown stallion, much heavier than Glenwood, engaged in a battle which resulted In the death of Glenwood. No men were on the farm when one of tho stallions broke from his stall and
cnarged the other In a field. Both reared on their hind feet and, roaring
iiko wuu ueasts, they bit and ttawed
at each other until Chamnlon secured
a death grip on Glenwood's throat, which he held until the stallion fell
dead.
Infant Scores Bullseye. London, Cable: At the opening of
a new outdoor rifle range at Southborough, near Turnbrldgo Wells, tha first shot was fired by the 3-year-old
daughter of Capt. Pearson, who scored a bullseye at 100 yards with a rifle bigger than herself.
World's Record Baseball Game. Dixon, 111., Special: Dixon and Muscatine battled 2C furious Innings nt the Athletic Park last week, equaling the world's record, which was recently established by Decatur and Bloomington, of the "Three I" League.
Knox Has $100,000 Fire.
Knox. Ind.. Special: Fire, which
started In tho dental office of Dr. H
S. Stoddard Sunday evening, swept away many business buildings, en
tailed a loss roughly estimated at $100,000 and caused injury to several people, due to falling wnlls. Amona
the more seriously Injured Is H. F. Schriver, editor of the Knox Democrat.
Kidnaper Becomes Suicide. Khabarovsk, Asiatic Russia. Cable:
The 9-year-old son of n rich merchant cf Khabarovsk was kidnaped while playing. One of the kidnapers later
iresented a letter to the merchant de
manding $35,000. The merehnnt sent
for the police, whereupon the kidnaper
killed him nnd committed suicide. The
fate of the boy Is not known.
Americans Drown Abroad. Klllaruey, Ireland, Cable: a largo rowboat carrying Ave American and four English tourists and four Irish boatmen was swamped In a gale whllo crossing Lower Klllarney Lnko. All of tho tourists and two of tho boatmen were drowned.
Lad of 9 Kills Girl of 6. Wnco, Texas, Special: Following n trivial quarrel, George Cohen, 0 years old, secured a target rifle and killed Maggie Farrcll, 8 years old. Tho shooting occurred nt Edgefield, u suburb.
Paying the Piper. Atlnnta. On., SpeciRl: Caught by
lor husband in a room with another
man, Mrs. Nellie Johson. a pretty brunette of 22. married six years ago, wns lowered from tho window by a rope of sheets held by Harry Wilford.
Tho rope parted when she was half wny down, precipitating her two stories, breaking her hack in tho fall.
High Diver Breaks Neck. Beaumont, Tex., Special: Chnrlos Harris, 30 yenrs old. professional high diver, was killed whil making a dive Into the Neches River from a sixtyfoot ladder. Ills neck was broken. Ills home and relatives are unknown. Auto Goes Over Precipice. Elklns, W. Va., Special: p. O. Mauzy. cashier of tho Bank of Durbln, was Instantly killed when his automobile, running nt a good ppcod, boenmo unmanageable near Durbln nnd leaped over a precipice. Tho automobile and occupant shot down one hundred feet.
Regular Bomb-fcst at Chicago. Chicago, Special: Another bomb, tho thirtieth of a mysterious series during the last two years, wrecked tho saloon of Manning & Bowes, at 321 State street, here, causing a loss of $25,000.
Rooscvelts Go Abroad. New York, Special: Mrs. Thcodoro Roosevelt, with Miss Ethel, Archie and Quentln Roosevelt, sailed on Hie Cretlc for Gibraltar and Naples to
I spend the summer on tho continent.
Beheaded While Sleeping. Riga, Cable: Lieut. Ershln, while sleeping, wns beheaded with an ax by an orderly. His wife and his wife's mother also wore killed after a short struggle. A baby was unharmed. Tho murderer escaped. Bandits Get $5,000. Green Bay, Wis., Special: Two bandits enteied the night office of tho United Stntes Express Company hero and, with a rovolvor, compelled tho man in charge to open the safe. They obtained $5,000. THE MARKETS. Indianapolis.
Wheat No. 2 rod.... Corh No. 2 white. . . . Oats No. 2 white.... Hay No. 1 timothy.. Poultry Cocks Old torn turkeys Hen turkeys Chickens Ducks Butter country Eggs frosh 17 Cattle prime sters. .$0.2". Hogs hoavlos 7.73 Lights 7.40 Sheep good tu choice 4.51 Com. to best lambs. 4.00 Chicago. Wheat No. 2 red. .. .$1.50 Corn No. 2 white 75
Oats No. 2 white.... .57 H
New York.
Wheat No. 2 rL... . 1 "34 Corn No. 2 white.... .7G74
Oats No. 2 white.... .5s
Life .For Wife Slayer. Connorsvlllo.. Ind., Special: The
jury In the case of John Wthon,
charged with tue murder or mb wpo, Maud WllBon, on March 3, returned a verdict, finding tho defendant guilty
of murder In the first degree ami fix-
Ing tho penalty nt Imprisonment for
life. Thousands of Cattle Dvlng. El Pnso, Tex., Spoclnl: Thousands of cattle are dying from thirst in north central Mexico. Small streams have dried up and not a drop of rain has fallen In twelve months.
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