Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — Page 6

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub. BBNSBELAKR, - INDIANA.

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Kcoord of Happenings of Hath or Little Importance from All Parts of the Clrlllzed World —Incidents. Enterprises, Accident* Verdicts. Crimea and Wars Jennie Piercberg, aged sixteen, shot and fatally wounded an unknown man who was caught stealing her mother’s chickens at Bayneville, near Wichita, Kan. Girl at Atlantic City, N. J., died of lockjaw, caused by vaccination. Mob at Rochester, N. Y., captured a man who tried to rob a woman in a bank. Newell C. Rathbun, who was supposed to have died in a hotel at Jeffersonville, Ind., has been arrested in Louisville, Ky., for complicity in a scheme to defraud insurance company. Negotiations for the sale of the Danish West Indian Islands to the United States nearly completed. Miss Stone, in a letter to a friend at Sofia, declares herself hopeful of release. General Uribe-Urlbe declared the Colombian revolutionists were fighting to insure United States control of the Panama canal. Extension of French concessions denounced. Radical readjustment of traffic affairs to follow the settlement of the Northern Pacific complications. All Harriman and Hill lines to be put under one management. Corn yield the last season, according to government crop report, was 16.4 bushels per acre, the smallest average on record. 'Dennis Mulvihill, a coal heaver, inaugurated as Mayor of Bridgeport, Conn. Elected for his honesty. Commanding officers of the Chicago police department warned their subordinates crime must be stopped. Richard Mayo-Smith, a professor at Columbia university and a well known writer on political economy, is killed by fall from upper window of his New York house. Schooner Sweetheart, with eight men on board, is drifting helplessly on Lake,Huron with a big boulder imbeded in her bottom planking. If foe stone drops out she will sink. Frank Thompson, negro leader of the mutiny at Fort Leavenworth penitentiary, has been wounded and captured. Lawrence Lewis, another fugitive, was fatally shot while trying to escape from a posse. Paul Revere, great-grandson of Colonel Paul Revere of revolutionary fame, is dead at Morristown, N. J. Otto M. Ekberg, a non-union teamster, was murdered in San Francisco by an unknown man. During the recent strike Ekberg and another nonunion teamster got into a fight with union men. It is thought this occurrence supplied the motive for the murder.

French fleet ordered to leave Mltylene and proceed to island of Syra. Diplomatic relations between France and Turkey restored. Schooners Emily Taylor and George Irving wrecked on Lake Michigan and Saginaw Bay, but the crews rescued. Twenty-four students of St. Stanislaus’ college, Bay St Louis, Miss., were expelled for going to a circus. Patients who died while under the charge of Miss Toppan in Massachusetts to be exhumed and examined for traces of poison. Arkansas editor declared governor of B * a te accepted a bribe, and latter may go gunning for him. Horse carried boy rider into burning barn near Rochester, N. Y., and both perished. Army paymaster robbed of $4,800 while on his way to Pensacola, Fla. Convicts who escaped from the Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) penitentiary captured a sheriff and his deputy, who were pursuing them, and used them as a shield to escape from posse. Insurance company charged attempt to swindle it out of $4,000 by pretended death of an insured man at Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. William Textor of Leavenworth,* Kan., committed suicide at her home by setting fire to her clothing, which she first thoroughly saturated with coal oil. Mrs. Textor was injured three weeks ago and her mind is believed to have been deranged. The.fire in the Mikado mine at Bessemer, Mich., was extinguished after a damage of SIO,OOO had resulted. Two hundred men are thrown out of employment The body of Erick Johnson was found clinging to a ladder in the mine 160 feet from the surface. Frank McCoy, an electrician, was electrocuted yesterday at the top of a 150-foot electric tower at Council Bluffs, lowa. Bulgarian government notified it would be held responsible if Miss Stone is killed by bandits, who are said to be treating her with more cruelty. George Fusting, an engineer, was killed and three employes injured by a boiler explosion at the Central/stock yards at Louisville, Ky. # Mrs. Kathleen White r wife of the president of the National Salt Company, killed by a fall in bar bathroom in Greater New York.

KILLED IN FOOTBALL GAME.

Boy at Kirksvlllc, Mo., Vies from Ist* juries Received While at Flay. Kirksville, Mo., dispatch: Johnnie Buckner, a negro aged 11 years, died here as the result of injuries he received during a football game last Monday.

Two Are Fatally Hurt.

Cincinnati, 0., dispatch; Two football players were probably fatally injured in games here. In the game between the University of Cincinnati and the Hanover College of Indiana James Kirkpatrick, left halfback of the University of Cincinnati, while making & tackle, had his spinal column injured and is reported to be in a very serious condition. Louis Runck was also carried off the field during the game between the Newport Xavier College and the Newport high school. Runck was the left tackle of the Xavier team and was seriously injured while tackling. The physicians have very Jittle hope for his recovery.

Cats Off Daughter's Fingers.

Andrew Stratton, a carpenter, was arrested at Wheeling, W. Va., for cutting off his four-year-old daughter’s fingers with a hatchet. The Humane Society, which caused Stratton’s arrest, alleges that the crime was committed in the heat of passion, because the child had offended in some trivial way, but Stratton says it was an accident. Stratton’s neighbors were preparing to deal with him summarily when the police arrested hirh.

Three Killed and 18 Injured,

In a wreck on the Iron Mountain railroad, one mile south of Prescott, Ark., three men were killed and eighteen injyred, all negroes. While going backward at a high rate of speed, the engine carrying the men struck a piece of crooked track, left the rails, and threw the men In every direction, some in front of it, some under it, and one man was wrapped around a pole on the side of the track.

Election of Smith Ratified.

At a special conference of general officers of the Mormon church, held in the tabernacle in Salt Lake, the action of the council of apostles in the selection of Joseph F. Smith as president of the church in succession of the late Lorenzo Snow was sustained. The conference also ratified the selection of Joseph F. Smith, John R. Winder and Anton H., Lund as members of the first presidency.

Badly Beaten, Then Slain.

Seattle, Wash., dispatch: In the trial of J. W. Considine for the murder of ex-Chief of Police Meredith the story of the fatal struggle in Guy’s drug store on June 25 was told, several witnesses testifying that Meredith had been made dazed and helpless by the blows rained upon his head by Tom Considine and had lost motive and reasoning power when John Considine fired the fatal shots.

Nurses Would Honor McKinley.

The nurses of Boston will submit to Governor Crane, chairman of the state commission on McKinley memorial, a unique plan for perpetuating the memory of President McKinley. The nurses want the fund devoted to establishing the “McKinley Order of Nurses.” The idea is to make the McKinley order in this country what the Victoria Order of Nurses is in England.

New Railroad for Iowa.

Oskaloosa, la., dispatch: A company was organized here to construct an electric road between Tama and Buxton, via Oskaloosa, to be called the Oskaloosa and Tama Railroad company. The length of the line will be ninety-five miles. Sam Clark of Oskaloosa was elected president and U. C. Blake of Cedar Rapids secretary. The capitalization is SIOO,OOO.

Heir to $25,000 in Prussia.

Marshalltown, la., dispatch: Commandant Herton of the soldiers' home has received a letter from Frederick Rosebrock, Osnabrueck, Prussia, inquiring for Dietrlck M. Miller, former member of the home, who is the only direct heir to $25,000 left by his brother, recently deceased. Miller left the home in 1898 and his whereabouts is unknown.

Roosevelt to Await Session.

Washington, D. C., dispatch: President Roosevelt has decided not to make any more appointments of importance until Congress meets. All recess appointees must be reappointed upon the assembling of Congress, and the President thinks that all the larger appointments should be held up until he can send the names directly to the senate.

Fires Into Giant Powder.

'A terrific explosion was caused In Bisbee, Ariz., by John McNally, aged fourteen, who fired into a box of giant powder with a rifle. The powder was in a mining shaft thirty feet deep and the boy stood at the opening and fired. The explosion threw the boy thirty feet and severed his head from his body. The shaft was wrecked.

Fitzsimmons a Citizen.

New York dispatch: Robert Fitzsimmons has become a citizen of the United States. Arrayed in a swagger automobile overcoat, with shining silk hat in hand, Bob Fitzsimmons, Australian pugilist, was transformed by Judge Aspinall ip Brooklyn. To the judge’s questions Fitzsimmons replied briefly. When asked his profession, he said he was at present an actor. Clark Ball, real estate dealer, swore that Fitzsimmons had been in the country twelve years. The actor-pugi-list took out his first papers In 189$.

SQUADRON IS ORDERED AWAY

Diplomatic Relations Between France and Turkey Resumed. SULTAN SIGNS AN IRADE. It. Dclcassc Accused of Being Too Timid la the Recent Imbroglio —Comment of French Press —A Suggestion to the Sultan. Paris dispatch: Admiral Calllard’s fleet has been ordered to sail from Mltylene at once. It will proceed to the island of Syra. Diplomatic relations between France and Turkey have been restored. M. Bapst has been ordered to reopen the embassy at Constantinople. M. Constans, the French ambassador, will return to the Ottoman capital at once. The Figaro, commenting upon the situation, says: ‘‘The sudden news of such a retreat is not calculated to reassure us. On the contrary it makes us believe in hidden dangers.” A writer in the Eclalre says that from the moment the word protectorate was uttered France was confronted no longer by Abdul Hamid, but by William 11. Delosm Accused of Timidity. It is the general opinion here that the naval demonstration against Turkey was “much ado about nothing.” The government is more ridiculed than praised. Foreign Minister Delcasse’s timidity is too apparent to penpit French prestige to derive benefit from the demonstration. The only man who has improved his reputation is M. Bapst, councilor of the French embassy at Constantinople, who throughout the dispute showed remarkable tact and foresight, and, above all, firmness. Bnltan Signs the trade. The French Foreign office has announced that the Sultan has signed an irade for the execution of his engagements with the French government, and that the Franco-Turkish dispute is now at an end. Called Brilliant Victory. The Temps, which describes the result as "a brilliant victory for French diplomacy,” says: “The great merit of the government was in being able to restrict its action. Serious difficulties might have arisen had France departed from her reserve. The favorable disposition shown to our representatives abroad has been due to the fact that the civilized world

THE SULTAN OF TURKEY.

has had opportunity during the last seven years to observe the progress of the anti-European movement in the Sultan’s counsels. Frenchmen, Americans, Austrians, Italians, and Britons have all been vlctimized.by the Sultan and his counselors. After the Armenian massacres and the successful war with Greece they thought everything was permitted to them. We hope the Sultan will now understand his duties toward the civilized powers and toward his own subjects, unto whom he has taken solemn engagements which he has always disregarded. Otherwise Europe, which, thanks to the energetic action of France, is now able to reassume at Constantinap.e the authority she lost seven years ago, will applaud the initiative which the signatory powers of the Berlin treaty are reported to be about to take to extort from the Sultan the execution of clauses too long fallen into disuse.” Calllard Telegraph* Particular*. Paris, Nov. 12.—Admiral Caillard has telegraphed particulars of the seizure of the customs at the principal port of the island of Mltylene. He says that in consequence of the sympathetic welcome extended to his squadron he landed only a single company of marines, who were received with marked confidence by all the inhabitants.

Germany Buys Coal Here.

Paris dispatch: Paris has been a marked increase recently in foreign orders for American anthracite coal, especially from Germany. The demand abroad Is said to be due largely to labor troubles in Wales and France, resulting in a curtailment of supplies fr6m these countries.

Kidnaps Her Own Child.

Frank Gross and wife of Battle Creek created a sensation in Belding, Mich., by kidnaping Edna Passmore, a five-year-old child of Mrs. Gross by a former marriage. The child was forcibly taken from a kindergarten. A chase by the teacher and scholars took place down the street, but the kidnapers jumped into a carriage and drove rapidly toward Lowell. Richard Bristol, grandfather of the child, with whom she has always made her home, pursued the fugitives, but failed to overtake them.

MISS STONE IS HEARD FROM.

Latter Dated Nor. 1 Say. Writer aad . Companion Are Well. New York dispatch: The messenger sent by M. Bakhmeteff, the Russian diplomatic agent, to the brigands has returned, bearing a letter from Miss Stone to a former pupil at Sofia, says the Sofia correspondent of the Journal and Advertiser. M. Bakhmetoff, having thus established communications, has turned the letter and details over to Mr. Dickinson, the American con-sul-general, saying the latter has the ransom, and upon him rests the responsibility. The messenger was absent nine days. The letter is dated Nov. 1 and is written in Bulgarian by Miss Stone, but controlled by the brig-

MISS ELLEN M. STONE.

ands. It consists of half a page, saying Miss Stone and Mme. Tsilka are well and that the latter expects a baby in three weeks. It expresses hope for speedy release. M. Bakhmeteff’s messenger also brought a letter to Mr. Dickinson from Miss Stone. The brigands decline to trust Mr. Dickinson’s men and characterize his offer as paltry.

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Dies to Save Her Husband.

Chicago dispatch: Rushing to her husband’s rescue, Mrs. Julius Yankee met death by fire. The husband, equally heroic, was seriously, if not fataily, injured, for after his wife had extinguished the flames that had seized his clothing he turned to aid her and barely escaped with his life. The tragedy occurred in the kitchen of the couple’s home in tjie flat building at 151 Larrabee street. Yankee’s clothing had caught fire while he was melting tar, which boiled over.

Express Messenger Is Shot.

Grand Island, Neb., dispatch: Z. T. Fishnor, a Wells-Fargo express messenger, was found in a dying condition in his car on a St Joseph and Grand Island train when it arrived at Elwood, Neb. There were two bullet holes Just below the heart. The man was unable to tell anything of the cause of the shooting, and it is not known whether he was shot accidentally or in an attempt to rob the car. Everything in th e safe was found intact

Schwante Guilty of Murder.

Schwante’s murder case, which has been on trial at Manchester, Wis., for the last two weeks, came to a close. The Jury was out all night, and at 11 a. m. brought in a verdict of guilty In the first degree. The convicted man is a young farmer living near Spencer, and was charged with burning the home of an aged couple* named Klokow last November while they were asleep.

Banker W. K. Lacey Is Freed.

At Grand Rapids Judge Wanty took the case of W. K. Lacey of Niles, Mich., from the jury, directing that a verdict of “Not guilty” be returned. This course was taken after Lacey had testified that he was.elected president of the bank with the understanding that he was not to give bank matters his whole attention.

Ship Sighted on a Shoal.

A square-rigged vessel was sighted ashore op Handkerchief* shoal off Chatham, Mass. The bark Benjamin F. Hunt, Jr., from Rosario, for Boston, has been anchored off the Handkerchief and possibly she may have attempted to get under way and was carried onto the shoal.

Exploding Lamp Kills Two.

South Norwalk, Conn., dispatch: Mrs.. Guy Pimbell cf Norwalk attempted to replenish the oil in a lighted lamp and an explosion followed, which scattered the blazing oil in all directions. Mrs. Pimbell and her three children were covered with the burning liquid, and two of them—Rose, aged 8 years, and Louis, aged 6—were burned to death. The mother and another daughter, Catherine, were also terribly burned and were removed to a hospital, where it was stated that neither would live.

CONVICTS CATCH PURSUER

Sheriff Cook of'Topeka Is Made a Prisoner BY TWO KANSAS MUTINEERS, ***•' Having Been Wounded, the Fugl- **»•# Ran Into n Formhooie and Trick the Oflic era—The Police Are Held at Bay. Topeka, Kan., dispatch: Sheriff Cook of this county was captured by two escaped convicts from the Leavenworth penitentiary Sunday afternoon at Pauline, five miles south of Topeka, and held prisoner in a farm-house for several hours. The officer, hot on the trail of the convicts, blundered Into the house, without waiting for the reinforcements for which he had telephoned, was disarmed and held prisoner with the farmer and his wife. The convicts threatened to kill the officer If any attempt at capture was made, marched out of the house between two rows of police, who had' arrived from Topeka, and, using the prisoners as shields, tramped away, jeering at the police, and are now at large. Both the convicts were slightly wounded, and farmer Wooster, in whose house they took refuge, was badly wounded by one of the convicts when he tried to fire on them. Mrs. Wooster and Sheriff Cook were held before the convicts as shields during the escape. Seek to Kill Sheriff. The convicts questioned Cook closely, saying they wanted to kill the sheriff, but Cook maintained he was not the sheriff. One of the convicts as he departed pointed a revolver at Cook, and with the words “I’ll kill you for luck,” pulled the trigger. The cartridge failed to explode. Farmer Boys Chase Convicts. Early in the afternoon some farmer. boys near Pauline learned that the convicts were in the neighborhood. Hastily forming a posse, armed with target rifles, pistols, and clubs, they gave chase. Neither of the convicts was armed, and they were unable to make a stand. Later Sheriff Cook ana Deputy Williams arrived. Coming upon the convicts, both officers fired, wounding the men, but not disabling them. The convicts then fled through a small opening in the timber, and ran Into the house of Farmer Wooster. Sheriff Cook telephoned to Topeka for assistance, and then took up the chase. Officers Fall Into Trap. Thinking the convicts had run around the house, Cook started through the open door, intending to surprise them at the rear door. But instead of this the convicts had gone into the house, and the officer almost fell into their arms. Sheriff Cook was ordered to give up his gun, which he did Topeka Police to Rescue. In the meantime Chief Stahl of Topeka!, with eight officers, were On their way. They arrived at the Wooster house about an hour after the officers had been imprisoned. Chief Stahl immediately began negotiations with the convicts to give up their prisoners and to surrender themselves, but the convicts only laugued, The convicts ordered Cook to ask Stahl to enter the house. Stahl refused to enter and probably saved his life. Farmer Wooster then managed to get a gun and was about to make an attack on the convicts, when one of them laid him low with a blow from the butt of a revolver, taKen from one of their captives. The convict broke Wooster’s right hand and cut a gash in his head,

Erects Shaft to McKinley.

Tower, Minn., dispatch: This village holds the honor of having erected the first monument in honor of William McKinley. Thousands of visitors from all over the state were present at the unveiling. Governor Van Sant was the guest of the city. When the monument was unveiled all the bands that Tower and the surrounding country could muster joined and played "Nearer, My God, to Thee.” The speakers were Governor Van Sant, John Ownes, Thos. McKeon and Rev. Dr. Forbes. The prayer and benediction were offered by Rev. Mgr. Ruh.

Crowd Sees Woman Burned.

Mrs. John Stinson, who occupies a flat in the Burkh&rd block on Main street, St Joseph, Mich., was burned to death in the presence of a crowd of neighbors. Her clothing had become ignited from the explosion of a can of kerosene with which she was kindling a fire. She ran into the street, ablaze from head to foot, and perished before anything could be done to save her.

Wardens Are in Session.

Kansas City, Mo., dispatch: Many of the most noted prison officials of the world assembled in the parlors of the Grand Avenue Methodist church to attend the annual gathering of the National Wardens’ Association and the first business session of the congress of the National Prison Association.

John Rose Identified.

St Louis dispatch: John Rose, the man suspected of the robbery of an express car on the Great Northern railroad, near Wagner, Mont., on July 8, and who was arrested in this city by detectives, was identified as Harry Longbough, a celebrated western desperado. The identification was made by a St. Louisan, who is now in the employ of a brewing company here, but who was prosecuting attorney of Cook county, Wyoming, in 1887, and prosecuted Longbough in that year on ft charge of horse stealing: *

JAMES CALLAHAN ACQUITTED.

Alleged Accomplice of Fat Crows la Cudahy Kidnaping Sat Free. Omaha dispatch: James Callahan, charged with the kidnaping of Eddie Cudahy and subsequently with perjury in connection with his defense, has been finally set free. The jury la the perjury case brought in a verdict of not guilty after being out thirtythree hours. The delay was due to debate on the subject of Callahan’s mustache, which the prisoner swore had been Bhaved off before the date of the kidnaping, but which other witnesses distinctly remembered subsequent to that event Callahan has been in jail nine months. There is now little to prevent Pat Crowe from returning to Omaha. The evidence on which Callahan has been tried would probably prevail in the case of Crowe.

Wild Beasts Kill Cattle.

A pair of strange and ferocious animals, which may be tigers or leopards escaped from some circus, are terrorizing the farmers In the vicinity of Agency, Mo. Several hundred head of calves and pigs have been killed and partially devoured and no amount of vigilance on the part of the natives has proved successful in efforts at capture. J. H. King and W. H. Orwick, who own some of the finest herds of Holstein cattle in the world, have suffered to, the extent of several thousands of dollars by reason of the raids of these beasts upon the herds of blooded stock. Large rewards are offered by the farmers and the county court. Bloodhounds from Nebraska set upon the trail found their prey, but were so speedily dispatched by the beasts that further efforts at capture with the use of hounds are abandoned.

Fear United States.

Washington dispatch: The amazing growth of the influence of the United States in Europe and the importance which is attached to its steady intrusion into the commercial prerogatives of European nations is • made abundantly manifest in a graphic report of the fear of the United States which is daily haunting Germany sent to the state department by Consul General Frank Mason, American representative at Berlin. Mr. Mason affirms that Germany realizes that the United States are being forced into a position of universal domination, and that the older generation of statesmen and financiers anticipated that the power of the United States before many years will be that of absolute sovereign, in that it will be universal arbitrator of all international disputes.

Prisoner in an Old Well.

For three days and nights the cold, stone lining of an abandoned well served as a prison for Michael Stepanik, a farm hand employed by John Owens of New York Mills, N. Y. Stepanik went out to search for missing cattle, and in going through a woodland stepped on what seemed to be a heap of brush. He was at once precipitated into a deep well, in which the water reached his thighs. For three days he suffered great agony, the pangs of hunger ading to the discomfort of the dark, wet cell. His efforts to reach liberty were futile. A small boy hunting in the woods heard the man’s faint cries and summoned aid, and Stepanik was released.

Fear She Killed Others.

New Bedford, Mass., dispatch: The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Alf. P. Davis, parents of Mrs. A. G. Gordon and Mrs. M. E. Gibbs, all of whom were attended by Miss Jane Toppan, the nurse accused of murder, will be exhumed at Cataumet on Tuesday. Autopsies will be performed by Medical Examiner Faunce of Sandwich to determine the cause of their deaths. He performed the autopsies on Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Gibbs. The decision to hold the autopsies on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Davis has been reached by District Attorney Holmes as the result of the Inquests on the deaths of the two daughters.

Mystery at Little Rock.

Little Rock, Ark., dispatch: That the body sent here from Jeffersonville, Ind., as that of Newell C. Rathbun of this city, United States recruiting officer here, who was reported to have died in a Jeffersonville hotel a few days ago, is not the body of Rathbun, was a claim made here by Sam M. Powell, state manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurauce Company. An attempt to swindle the insurance company 1b alleged.

Duel Calls Cuban Leader.

Havana dispatch: The newspapers assert that Senor Tamayo, secretary of Btate and government, has been challenged to'fight a duel by a member of the Union Club, whom, it is said, Senor Tamayo and a friend assaulted at the close of the recent banquet given by the Cuban society to the visiting Chilians. Senor Tamayo was detained by the police, but ultimately released by the civil government.

Warden Chamberlain Dies.

Chicago dispatch: William Chamberlain, warden of the state penitentiary at Jackson, Mich., died at 10 o’clock p. m. in the Great Northern hotel. He was on his way to Kansas City to attend the prison congress and had been in Chicago but a few hours when he became ill, and a few hours later he was dead. At the coroner's inquest a verdict was returned to theeffect that death was due to fatty degeneration of the heart. Mr. Chamberlain was one of th? best-known Republicans in the Btate of Michigan.

A s the World Revolves

THE PERILS OF BALLOONING. The perilous journey of seven men and one woman in Professor Baldwin’s air ship, near San Franeisco the other day merely emphasizes what has already been demonstrated by M. SantosDumont in his experiment at Paris, and by other aeronauts, that man will never be able to successfully steer through the air in a balloon. In that incomparable calm that rests upon the French capital in the autumn dayß Santos-Dumont was able to steer his dirigible balloon in a fixed circle upon several occasions, but it was noted that when he encountered atmospheric disturbances he lost control of his air ship to such an extent as to place his life in great peril and upon one or two occasions was rescued with much difficulty. In the thrilling ride at San Francisco, in which the occupants of the balloon were swept over a distance of a hundred miles in less than two hours, a mile above the earth, the machine was completely at the mercy of the breezes. At one time they were swept out Over the ocean, dipping at times so close to the surface of the water that all occupants expected to be drowned, and then rising to great altitudes, finally being carried back over the land by a breeze from the sea, dragged through the tops of a forest and dropped on a hillside near Pescadeero. The most powerful motor and steering mechanism that can be devised cannot resist the elements when attached to a balloon. It is not possible to propel a great bag of air against the upper currents or to control its course when opposed by the slightest breezes. The problem of navigating the air must be solved without balloons. How? With wings—if ever.

NURSE HELD FOR CRIME.

In the big, red jail at Barnstable, Mass., Jane Tappan sits all day in her cell, as calm and placid and ap-

JANE TAPPAN.

parently unmoved as If she were spending pleasure holidays at the quaint old town by the sea instead of being a prisoner accused of a crime so deep and black it has few. parallels in history. The only thing that breaks the monotony is visits from her lawyer. Cataumet, which was the scene ol the crime of which Miss Tappan is accused, is one of the most picturesque little summer villages on the coast of Buzzard’s Bay. Talking of her the other day, one of her neighbors said: Under a charge of murdering Mrs. Mary Gibbs by poisoning she was arrested at Amherst, N. H., and after appearing in the police court at Nashua, N. H., where she protested her innocence, she decided to return to Massachusetts without requisition papers. Miss Tappan nursed four members of the Davis family at Cataumit, Mass., last summer, and all four died. Her arrest followed a report made by Prof. Wood, an analytical chemist, who examined the stomachß of two of the supposed victims, that he found traces of poison. The persons nursed by Miss Tappan whose illness proved fatal were Mr. and Mrs. Alden P. Davis, of Cataumet, and their daughters, Mrs. Henry Gordon of Chicago and Mrs. Gibbs of Cataumet. The forma] charge against Miss Tappan is based on the last named case.

A WASHINGTON BELLE.

Miss Marcia MacLennan, well known in Washington society, has just returned to the capital from Honolulu, where she made a long visit to her brother, who is a banker there. Her mother is a member of the Jerome family and a cousin of Mrs. George Corn-wallis-West, formerly Lady Randolph

MISS MARCIA MACLENNAN.

Churchill, hence the resemblance between Miss Marcia and Lady Churchill is but natural. It is said that in looks' she is almost the counterpart of Lady Randolph Churchill.