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M’CUE AND WIFE
ON BEST OF TERMS
so DEFENSE TRIES TO SHOW.
EFFORT TO TROVE THAT M'CtTE
PARED FOR MRS. M'CCE.
More Evidence Was Given by Wit
nesses for the Commonwealth,
After Which Testimony for the
Defense Was Heard—Court and
Jury Visited the McCne Home.
Also Took the Testimony of Me-
Cue's Sister-In-Law, Who la 111.
Charlottesville. Va„ Oct. 31.—When
the trial of former Mayor McCue was
resumed In Corporation Court to-day
• Willie” McCue. the oldest son of the
accused, was recalled to the stand.
When the commonwealth produced
n letter which the son had written to
Mrs. Griggs, an aunt living in Ath
ens. Ga., the defense objected to its
admission, the commonwealth con
tending that It was admissible as
showing the influence surrounding the
boy and for the effect it would have
on his previous testimony.
The court admitted the latter for
the purpose of discrediting the wit
ness. but not as evidence against the
accused. In it he told how he missed
his mother. ‘‘Here I am among all my
father's people and they wonder why
I took sufh a step in this case,” he
tvrote. ‘‘But I am going to do what is
right in God’s care in spite of any hu
man being living.” He also stated
that he could not sleep, that he never
was in a. worse case, and that he now
had only one thing to live for—his lit
tle sister.
The deepest interest was aroused
tv hen the letter was offered, and all
eyes were directed towards the wit
ness. who was asked if he had writ
ten it. He admitted that he had.
Replying to counsel for the defense,
he declared that Ernest Crawford
spoke of the use of money in speak
ing to the detective of a servant.
More Stale's Evidence.
The commonwealth, although having
announced Saturday that it had rest
ed. introduced further testimony to
day- Witnesses testified that they saw
no signs of any one having passed out
of the house by the porch, roof or down
the trees against the porches.
Prof. Mallett of the University of
Virginia said the blood on the base
ball bat was not that of a chicken, but
that the size of the corpuscles came
within the range of human blood.
George Thomas, a negro working
about the Citv Hall, testified to a
meeting of the accused with his wife
last May. which he said was not as
pleasant as he thought it ought to
have been.
The introduction of the Willln Mc-
Cue letter came unexpectedly, in view
of the commonwealth having rested
Saturday. The defense recalled Ernest
Crawford, who denied with emphasis
that he had stated on one occasion
in the presence of S. G. Waller and
Miss Moore, that he had said that hig
sister and Mr. McCue had been mar
ried about fifteen years, and that their
honeymoon was not yet over. This
was done to lay the foundation for the
testimony of the defendant’s first wit
ness, S. G. Waller who attended the
University with Mr. Crawford, and
who testified that Mr. Crawford did
make a statement similar to that in
his presence.
Heavy Insurance for Her.
Mr. Waller said the reported testi
mony of Mr. Crawford as to conditions
at the McCue home came as a surprise
tc him. Insurance policies were in
troduced by the defense, showing that
the defendant carried an aggregate of
$83,000 life and accident insurance, his
wife being named as the beneficiary.
It was stated that there were more
policies to be offered later.
The Jury was taken to the McCue
residence at the close of the morning
session to make certain observations.
The Jury examined the outside of the
McOue residence to note the proximity
of the trees to the porches.
The physicial condition of the wife
of Dr. McCue, a brother of the accus
ed. preventing her appearance in court,
the court and jury called at her home,
where she testified that between 9:15
end 9:30 o'clock on the night of the
tragedy. the telephone bell rang and
her husband answered it. Immediately
afterward she learned in conversa
tion with him what had happened at
the McCue residence. The accused,
who was standing within a few feet of
his sister-in-law, burst into tears and
took a seat, bmwlng his face In his
hands. Mrs. McCue said her husband
left immediately, carrying his emergen
cy case with him.
Hs.l Snl.l They Were Happy.
Webb Raine of Richmond testified
that Ernest Crawford had spoken to
him several times while they were at
the university together of the happi
ness of the McCue home. Mr. Craw
ford had stated on the stand that he
had not discussed the home life of the
accused and his wife.
T. W. Burke, whose office in Har
risonburg adjoins that of Mr. Craw
ford, said that Mr. Crawford had said
that McCue was a man whom any
young man engaging in business
might pattern after, but when the
witness insisted that Crawford had
never discussed the domestic affairs of
the McCue family with him, Mr. Lee.
counsel for defense, announced that
tne defense In turn had been taken by
surprise and stated his purpose to
cross-examine Mr. Burke as an ad
verse witness and proceeded to do so,
plying him with questions as to state
ments which he was asked if he had
mnde.
The witness said that in the pres
ence of a Mr. Decker he hod expressed
surprise that Mr. Oawford had never
mentioned to him the things he had
stated before the coroner's Jury as
to the domestic relations of Mr. and
Mrs. McCue.
Miss Addle Moore, a teacher, who
formerly lived in Charlottesville, said
that Mr. Crawford and Mr. Waller
had called at their home in this city
some three years ago and when the
subject of matrimony and honeymoon
were discussed, Mr. Crawford said
that if he ever married he would like
to live like Mr. and Mrs. McCue; that
they had been married fifteen years
end their honeymoon was not yet over.
She added that Mr. Crawford frequent
ly had spoken of a happy home in re
ferring to the McCues.
Relations Were Cordial.
Th defense then placed eight wit
nesses on the stand, each of whom tes
tified to pleasant relations between
the accused and his wife. Frank Mln
►r, a negro butler at the M< Cue home
for a number of years, said they got
along "nicely" together, and he never
saw or heard any quarrels. Mrs.
Hanger of Staunton and J. P. Brown
ing. visitors at the McCue home, never
bad heard 'a cross word there.
Miss Taylor, a seamstress, said Mrj.
■b< ue always accompanied her hus
band to the door, when he left after
Mis. b, o. McCue, a sister-in-law,
jufled to cordial relations,
cohoeman Qibdy said he had alien
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seen the defendant and his wife on
public occasions, and the former was
kind and attentive.
Mrs. Crawford, a relative, and Mr.
Turner testified to the pleasant rela
tions.
Mrs. Irvine, who resides at the home
of Dr. Frank McCue, heard 'a tele
phone call between 9:15 and 9:30 o’clock
on the night of the tragedy and then
heard Mr. McCue tell his wife what
had happened at the home of the ac
cused.
May Rest at Noon To-dny.
At this juncture the defendant’s at
torneys asked that they be permitted
to withdraw and confer with their
client and at 4:30 o'clock they returned
into court and asked in justice to
their client that a recess be taken un
til to-morrow, that they might hold a
further conference, announctng.at the
same time that they expected to rest
their case by noon to-morrow. The
request was granted.
Counsel for the accused declined to
say whether the conference related to
whether or not the defendant should
go on the stand, and declined, to make
any statement as to the conclusions
reached at the conference. The an
nouncement that they expected to
conclude their case by noon to-mor
row gave the strong impression that
the defendant would not go on the
stand, as it is thought that his exam
ination could not possibly be conclud
ed by that time.
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Continued From First Page.
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industries. You are not compelled, on
the other hand, to purchase immunity
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or prospective, or to compound some
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and their government by contributing
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what you know will be expended to
corrupt the suffrages of your country
men. On the contrary you are inter
ested, as all right minded men are, in
the encouragement of thrift, the ac
cumulation of property, the upbuild
ing of all our industries, the develop
ment of every part of our great coun
try and the perpetuation of govern
ment on lines laid down by our fa
thAnd you know that an equal chance
for all men is absolutely essential to
that healthful prosperity which all
patriotio men most desire for our be
loved country.
Mast Win Foreign Trade.
We stand as a country upon the
threshold of a great foreign trade. Our
natural resources, the industry, the
enterprises and the Ingenuity of our
people, of our ability to command ef
ficient labor from every quarter of
the globe, and the strength and flexi
bility of the institutions founded for
us on strong and right "nes. aM com
bine to fit us for supplying an almost
infinitely increased demand for our
P But foreign trade cannat be won by a
people which contents to put Itself in
to the leading strings of second child
hood. It cannot become the heritage
of manufactures who must be paid a
bounty, in order that they may mulct
their own countrymen.
We are approaching the parting of
the ways. Either we want, as we
certainly need, a foreign trade in
articles honestly made by honest and
industrious workmen as the result of
steady and lucrative employment and
honesty sold in all markets or we look
forward to a time. not re
mote, when only a fraction of
our existing machinery and powers
of production can be utilized and when
Idleness and demoralization must of
necessity, come as the effect of our
own short-sighted policy.
In due time our farmers, who now
furnish so large a proportion of our ex
ports, will either reach the limit of
productive power, or our own popula
tion will consume what the country
can grow. What, then, will become of
our delusive balance of trade? Where
then will our artisans find remunera
tive employment? What then will It
matter how prudent our Investors may
be? When other peoples have taken
advantage of great economic opporunl
tles, how shall we. wearing Industrial
handcuffs, meet our responsibilities to
our own people?
Troubled by McKinley.
What wu need to do is to cultivate
foreign markets for manufactured
products, thus enabling our mills to
run to their full capacity, thereby se
curing steady employment for our
workmen. That policy was suggested
in that loot and great speech of Pres
ident McKinley which has troubled the
"•Und-pstters” ever sines.
Its development requires that Im
ported raw materials required by our
manufacturers shall be obtained on
the most favorable terms, und It de
mands that ws shall cultivate agree
able relatione with all forslgn coun
tries,
At the conclusion of Judge Parkers
savannah morning news: Tuesday. November i. 1004.1
speech he was given a prolonged ova
tion. When he left the hall for the Ho
tell Seville many people also departed,
but thousands remained to hear the
other speakers, who were Benjamin F.
Shively of Indiana and Attorney Gen
eral Cuneen of New York.
Hoke Smith’* Speech. >
Hoke Smith in his speech said that
the Democratic party is now united
and advocates of the gold standard are
in the majority. "No man could have
been nominated at St. Louis who op
posed the gold standard," he declared.
"The position of the Democratic party
will not be revoked. Men change from
silver to gold, but not from gold to
' silver.”
With an enthusiastic reference to
Judge Parker’s chances of success.
Mr. Smith passed to a denunciation of
the Republican party, asserting that,
fearful of comparisons of policies or
candidate it fell back "upon the
threadbare claim that business pros
perity ceases with Democratic admin
istrations.”
Requoting Secretary Shaw’s alleged
excerpt from the annual message of
President Buchanan, Mr. Smith de
nied that anything similar to the al
leged quotation appears in the mes
sage in question.
The quotation from the Buchanan
message was: “Our industries have
suspended.” *Mr. Smith then declared
that the Republicans ignore the pros
perity under Mr. Cleveland’s first ad
ministration directing attention to the
panic in 1893, which occurred in his
second administration, and which Mr.
Smith said was produced by the Sher
man silver purchasing act.
The present administration. the
speaker asserted, "substitutes the will
of the President for the law of the
land, and when convicted they pleaded
in excuse that someone else was
j guilty.” He said its “reckless extrav
i agance” was apparent, and declared
' that much of the increase in expendt
i tures over former administrations “is
spent upon measures of war and con
quest, and to support an imperial colo
nial policy.”
In conclusion, Mr. Smith said that
the Republican party’s partnership
with the trusts was self-evident. "By
the decision in the Northern Securities
case, the President demonstrated his
| power to reach them,” he declared.
"By doing nothing, he has shown his
willingness to protect them.”
C ARNIVAL ANH HALF, NfKET.
Seventh Cavalry Troop Is at the
Colnnibun Carnival.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 31.—The Colum
! bus carnival and race meet opened to
i day with a good many visitors from
the surrounding towns. The attrac
tions have all arrived and the show
will be on in full blast to-morrow.
I Troop I, of the Seventh United States
Cav*alry arrived this afternoon on a
! special train from Macon.
Fifty-seven horses have arrived, most
'of which will take part in the race
meet to-morrow. Two thousand dol
lars in purses will be given away dur-
I ing the next five days.
WILL WEAR KILTS
AT THIS WEDDING.
London, Oct. 31.—Bradley Martin,
•Tr., and Helen Phipps, daughter of
Henry Phipps of Pittsburg, Pa., and
New York, will be married Nov. 2 at
! Beaufort Castle. Inverness, Scotland,
leased by the bride’s parents from the
: Duke of Beaufort. There will be q big
; Highland ceremony, kilts being gener
! ally worn.
| Ambassador and Mrs. Choate started
! to-day for Inverness to attend the
! wedding.
ONE JUROR KEPT AMES
FROM GOING TO THE PEN.
Minneapolis, Minn.. Oct. 31. —In all
probability former Mayor Albert A.
Ames will be a free man and never
again will be tried under the indict
ments returned as a result of “graft
ing" during his administration as chief
executive of Minneapolis. That he is
r free man he owe* to Juror Charles
D. Burns of Minnetonka Mills, who
stood by him for sixty-nine hours and
refused to allow eleven other men to
vote Ames into the penitentiary.
It is said that in all probability the
charges will be dismissed, the former
Mayor now having hod three trials.
Tallahassee News Notes.
I Tallahassee. Fla.. Oct. 31.—The hard
• wood saw and planing mill, a store
I and a carload of hardwood lumber, the
! property of D. M. Lutz, wee destroy
ed here by fire on Sunday morning at
4 o'clock. The loss Is about 32,000, and
j Is not covered by Insurance.
The Presbytery of Florida is In ses-
I slon at Tallahassee. There are Pres
byterian ministers In attendance from
I all sections of the state. Rev. E. P.
j Mlckel of Mudlson has been elected
moderator.
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ARCHBISHOP ELDER
HAS PASSED AWAY.
The End Fonnil Him With a Prayer
on His Lips.
Cincinnati, Oct. 31.—Most Rev. Wil
liam Henry Elder, Archbishop of Cin
cinnati. in his eighty-sixth year, died
to-night after suffering four days from
a severe case of la grippe, complicated
with extreme weakness.
The Archbishop was conscious to
the end and' his last words were a
prayer. He feebly said:
"Holy Mary, mother of God, pray
for us sinners now at the hour of our
death. Amen.”
He then kissed a crucifix and with
a peaceful smile on his face breathed
his last.
The Archbishop had been in fairly
good health during the summer and
early fall. Only a few hours before he
was stricken he conversed with those
about him and seemed in excellent spir
its. though suffering slightly from a
cold. He returned from an extended
visit to New York city three weeks
ago and was recounting incidents of
that trip. After an animated conver
sation he was left alone in his room.
Two priests soon after heard the
sound of a heavy fall. Hurrying to
his quarters they found him upon the
floor, cold and In a semi-comatose
condition. He was tenderly removed to
his couch and physicians were sum
moned. The venerable patient ral
lied slightly as a result of the stim
ulants administered and recovered
partial consciousnes. His condition
was attributed to fainting spells
brought on by sudden chills due to
the cold. He improved slightly as the
hours passed, but suffered several
times from a recurrence of the chills,
which were as severe as the first. A
priest, before administering the last
sacraments, went to the Archbishop’s
bedside and eummunicated to him the
wishes and intention of the clergy
men. He said: "Father, you know
the best.”
The clergymen then gathered about
his bedside, and during the time the
sacraments were being administered
to him they had difficulty in keeping
the Archbishop awake.
Despite his advanced age the Arch
bishop has traveled extensively' dur
ing the past summer, having attended
several Catholic conventions in dif
ferent states, and visited the World's
Fair at St. Louis. About three weeks
ago he went to New York city.
JAPS AND RUSSIANS
IN HAILING DISTANCE.
Mukden, Oct. 31, via Pekin.—The
manifestations of the Japanese in
their center, which now converges at
a point where the plain meets the hills,
have attained the greatest importance.
These manifestations are being fully
met by the Russians, so that the sit
uation at this point of the prospective
battlefield is now one of the greatest
interest and apprehension.
At the present moment the trenches
.on both sides are crowded with troops,
and at many places the Japanese and
Russians are within hailing distance.
At the isolated hill of Manalon, in the
plain where the Russians ten days ago
captured fourteen guns and bayoneted
800 Japanese, the rival forces are only
GOO paces apart.
ESTIMATES OF THE
JAPANESE BUDGET.
Tokio, Oct. 31.—Preliminary esti
mates of the budget,- covering Jan
uary, February and March, 1905, and
the fiscal year commencing in April
next, have been completed and will
be submitted to the Diet at it* meet
ing Nov. 25. —The war expenses are
estimated at 3385,000,000 and the ordi
nary expenses at $60,000,000. It is pro
posed to provide for the war expenses
by increasing the taxation by 345,000,-
000 by retrenchment in the administra
tive expenses and the suspension of
public works by the amount of $35,-
000,000 and to raise the balance, $305,-
000,000. by loans.
Rrlnt Clotli Market Hull.
Boston, Oct 31.—The situation in
Fall River, where the print cloth mills
were shut down on July 25, shows lit
tle change. The print cloth market is
dull. Considerable suffering is report
ed among the operatives, but it is un
derstood that hardly more than half
of the strikers are now in the city.
The cotton mills of the Lonsdale
Company at Lonsdale. Berkeley and
Ashton, R. 1., the Lancaster Mills at
Clinton. Mass., and the thread mills
of the J. & P. Coates Company at
Pawtucket, R. 1., all of which have
been derated on short time for sev
eral months, resumed full time sched
ules to-day.
Another Explanation.
Washington. Oct. 31. H. A. Taylor,
acting secretary of the treasury, said
to-day, with reference to Judge Par
ker's speech of Friday, last in which
the Judge referred to the treasury de
ficit, that there was usually a deficit
at the beginning of the fiscal year
on account of the heavy payments to
disbursing officers and others on ac
count of new appropriations. Mr. Tay
lor said there were similar deficits dur
ing the two Cleveland administra
tions.
Mill* on Full Time.
Providence, R. 1., Oct. 31. —The mills
of the Hope Company, in the villages
of Hope and Phoenix, went on a full
time basis to-day. They have about
500 employes, who for four months
have been working only four days each
week because of a dull cotton goods
market.
The Oriental Mills of this city, which
have been closed for a year, will re
some next Thursday.
Wore ST.tMHi Alumni There.
New York. Oct. 31. —Two thousand
alumni were present to-day at the
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the founding of Old Kings College,
Columbia University, There was a va
ried programme, Including an address
by President Nicholas Murray Butler.
At a banquet to-night. President Ed
win A. Alderman of the University of
Virginia was among the speakers.
Mill* Started Attain.
Augusta, Me., Oct. 31.—The Edwards
Manufacturing Company, cotton mills
were started to-day, after a shut down
of four months, due largely to dull
ness in trade. A 10 per cent, reduc
tion in wages went into effect to-day,
but after 75 per cent, of the 1.300 oper
atives went into the mills.
Killed from Alnbuah.
Port Gibson, Miss.. Oet. 31.—Thom
as Lanier, brother of President Wil
liam Lanier of Alcorn Agricultural and
Mechanical College, has been shot and
killed from ambush on his plantation
near Alcorn College. The aaaaaaln has
not b**n apprehended.
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Brown Bros. & Cos. Heatrained.
St. Louis, Oct. 31.—A temporary In
junction restraining Brown Bros. &
Cos. of New York from establishing an
alleged "blind pool” of the St. Louis
Transit Company and United Rail
ways Companies assets was granted
to-day by Judge Fisher In the St.
Louis Circuit Court on application of
attorneys for Louis A. Celia, S. W.
Adler and C. A. TlUes, who assert
ownership of 11,000 shares of the Bt.
Louts Transit Company's stock.
The court was asked to set aside the
reorganization of the two companies
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was fraudulently designed and that
the railroads and their stockholders
were Induced to go into it through
misrepresentation, deception and
fraud on the part of Brown Bros., who
designed to appropriate the assets of
the Transit Company, which assets
greatly exceeded in value the indebt
edness of the corporation.”
A decision will be made when the
case is heard on its merits.
Mil,intent* of Gold.
New York, Oct. 81.—Heldelbach,
Ickleheirper & Cos., to-day engaged sl.-
000,000 In gold bars at the assay of
fice for shipment to Europe on Thurs
day. The Royal Bank of Canada also
engaged $1,000,000 for shipment. Both
shipments were destined for Parts.
An vengagement of $1,000,000 also for
shipment to Paris was announced by
the United States Mortgage and Trust
Company.
A shipment of $200,000 In French coin
was announced by the City Bank, also
for Paris.
The shipment of French coin, how
ever, was not Included In the total of
American shipments, being simply in
tranklt to Paris from Havana. The
further engagement of $2,000,000 for
Paris was announced, but the name
of the shipper was not given at the
assay oftl e. This brought the total
thus far announced for shipment from
New York to Paris on Thursday up to
$5,000,000.
Remains of Krozrr.
The Hague, Oct. 31.—The remains of
former President Kruger of the Trans
vaal Republic, who died 111 July last,
were removed from the cemetery to
day and taken to Rotterdam for con
veyance to South Africa on board the
steamer Batavler.
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KASHA* HELPED BY FLOOD*.
Severn! Kind* of Vermin Extermi
nated la the Kaw Valley,
From the Topeka Capital.
The greatest disaster which ever
visited Topeka was the flood of last
summer. Occasionally someone dis
covered that the flood resulted In some
good. One thing which Is a fact, how
ever, and which is ft blessing to the
people of the valley, is that the mice,
rats, moles, gophers and rabbits have
not bothered the distrloe which was
flooded.
Prior to the flood the stores, fact
ries.dwellings,granaries and all build
ings in the valley were overrun with
rats and mice. Now it is so seldom
that the people who live in the dis
trict which was flooded see a mouse or
rat that the fact is commented upon.
When the water go Into the build
ings along the valley the rats and
mice tried to get away. Pome of them
succeeded, but most of them were
drowned. Many of the rodents got in
to the upper stories of the houses, but'
they could get nothing to eat, find in
their efforts to find food they were
drowned. After the flood the ground
was covered with soft mud for months.
The rodents attempted to get out of
the places of safety they had found
during the flood, and went to seek
something to eat. They died in the
soft mud.
The driving out of the rats and mice
.was a blessing, but that was nothing
compared to the benefit the farmers
all along the Kaw Valley received by
the death of the moles and gophers. It
is said that there is not a mole or
gopher in the valley, where the land
was under water for three days. The
strange part of It is that the gophers
did not come back after the flood.
Tracts of land that were* honeycomb
ed with gopher and mole holes are
now as solid as a piece of land that
hart been cultivated every year. In
fact, there is not a gopher or mole in
the districts which was flooded. This
is the opinion of the men who live In
the flooded district. It may seem like
hunting mighty hard for benefits from
a disaster, but this relief the farmers
have experienced from the absence of
the moles and gophers has been of
enough Importance to cause a general
comment. In the past fields have been
almost ruined by the pests, and many
horses have been crippled by stepping
In the holes In the fields.
The people in the western part of
the state have been asking for years
for some way to get rid of the prairie
dogs. The farmers In the eastern part
of Uic sute have also asked for some
metnod of cleaning out the gophers. It
appears that the only effective method
Is to have a flood, which will keep the
pests under water for three or four
days. The remedy Is severe, but it is
effective.
Another thing that the people In the
flooded district have to be thcnkful for
is the driving out of the rabbits from
the valley. It would be supposed that
the rabbits would hav run away from
the flood, but they did not. Many of
them were drowned. Strange as it may
seem, the rabbits did not come back
after the flood. Why this should be,
on one can tell, but it is the truth.
HOME STEAM.K ACCIDENTS.
People Have Been Injured al 04*
Time* In the tjaeere*! Kind
of Manner.
From the Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
While carrying a keg of beer Intend
ed for a picnic in Reading, Pa., one
day last week, Kimer Kerchoff stum
bled over a wire. The keg slipped so
suddenly that the Jsr dislocated his
neck.
Only a short time ago Miss Carrie
Hughln of Janesville, Wls., was so
tightly hugged by her lover that two
at bsr rib* became interlocked. After
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suffering severe pain the young wom
an confessed that strenuous love
making was the cause of her distress.
Emmanuel Beveler of Sterling, 111.,
cut his throat on his high collar. Ha
was riding .. n a bicycle, and In trying
to avoid a passing horse was thrown.
In his fall his collar cut his throat.
Margaret Kirchbaum died of eating
hot potatoes. She was in a hurry to
go out and gulped down several hot
potatoes. She died In great agony.
The autopsy showed that her throat
and the lining of her stomach had
been so badly burned that the swell
ing had caused her to choke to death.
Jasper Corners, while waiting for a
car at midnight in St. Bouls, sat
down on a barrel of tar and fell asleep.
When he awoke he found the tar had
softened and he had slowly sunk down
into the stick stuff until his feet, arms
and head only were outside. He was
chopped out with an ax.
William P. Steele of Princeton, Md„
died a few months ago while setting
up a monument over his wife’s grave.
The stone fell, crushing his head and
ohest.
Francis J. Bird well, a Bouton ornith
ologist, climbed high up in a tree at
Rio Pecos. N. M., after a bird's nest.
The rope he was using caught on a
limb and, when he slipped and fell, a
loop caught him around the neck and
he was slowly strangled to death. His
brlds of a month stood at the foot of
the tree, but was unable to help him.
A Jersey mosquito caused the death
of a barber named Roaho Dorso at
Harrison, N. J. The barber was shav
ing, and a mosquito lit on his nose.
The razor was directly under the bar
ber’s chin, and in making a slap to
drive away the mosquito he cut a deep
gash in his throat. A physician ar
rived too late to save him.
A swordfish caused the death of Au
guste Sylvia, about thirty-five miles
out at sea. Sylvia was one of the
crew on the fishing sloop Klondike,
from Gloucester. A 2,000 pound sword
fish hod been harpooned, and Sylvia
entered a dory to make another line
fast to the fish, which was only about
two lengths away from the sloop. In
Its flurry the fish made a break for
the dory and broke Its sword by run
ning It through the planking. The
shock when the fish struck the dory
threw Sylvia overboard, and as he was
In oilskins and rubber boots he was
unable to swim and sank before as
sistance could reach him.
Paul Bowles, a 10-year-old son of a
Bolivar (N. Y.J merchant, lost his
hair by fright. A runaway horse
threw the boy Into convulsions, which
caused all the hair on his head to fall
out.
Whit emptier Convicted.
Waco, Tex.. Oct. Sl.— Albert Bettis,
a young man, was convicted In Judge
Scott’s court to-day of whitecapping
and sentenced to two years In the
penitentiary. Witnesses testified that
the defendant posted illustrated anony
mous notices threatening violence
against negroes unless they quit farms
on which they were employed as labor
ers, The notice bore ghastly pictures
of coffins and negroes dangling from
the boughs of trees.
—Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee, who
organised the body of American
nurses now In Japan. Is the daughter
of Prof. Simon Newcomb, the Ameri
can ustronomer. and is the only Amer
ican woman who has aver had the
right to wear shoulder straps. Dur
ing the Hpanlsh-Amerlcan War, as the
head of the nurse corps, she had the
rank of lieutenant. With Mrs. Mc-
Gee when she went to Japan last
March were a number of experienced
war nurses, Including Miss M. A.
Gladwin of Boston. Others followed
and the personnel of the corps has
been changed somewhat since the war
began. Dr. McGee has previously been
exceptionally honored by the Japan
ese government, ti he was appolntsd
superintendent of nurses by the Japan
ese Med Cross Bociety and she waa
ranked ag so officer by the govern
ment.
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