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WOES OF MATRIMONY
AIRED IN WINDY CITY
By Edward F. Younger.
f hicago, Dt 26.—(Special Corre
' •• t.dence.)—The marital woes of Chicago
. ne vine so prominently to the front
t’c lick that some of the more shining
• am. s are worthy more than passing
stleuttort. Here, for instance, is Mrs. W.
H. B. Smith, mother of fourteen chil
dren. v. 'O - v-sin- i: a victim of ‘ tne
1: o !•:' id, i." Mis. Smith testified in
•' t that in or,!- r to < ke out the fam
ay fund . t"ok in a red-headed boardci
tin name Simmons. "He is aO years
.i I io ir ic:-t man you ever su "
; d • • th, judge. "yet my huso .nd
< :■! m of him, although his rent
>rt family, fam sorry for
t m wii , is SO homely, sc 1 let niin
-• < .'.round I am a victim of die
• '-v.lt idea, but I lovid every one
f" .ri> i: children and tried to do
■ b- -t I could for tite r.."
Im and admitted he did not work.
,iid la was a jack-knife maker, fi-j L
>■ was no work for him outse'e of
o: ■ neat. <>n Ins promise to depart
t>r th Nutmeg Slate th< juage
a. 1 him. Hi wife testified .mil
•and h id driven all the fourteen
i • u from home by his insane jt-al-
Spends $7.50; Beaten by Wife.
’i ■ ■ pitiful woes of Carl Buchholz,
• \ i r. cook nur.. and general fae-
■:i m th, h" "'Aii'..i o.' his wile,
attention ir. Judge Mayer’s
B-i hholz, who is much smaller |
■ his wife, told the court that he ilad ■
; ■ ■ $7.50 in two welts tor table sup-
. ~ ami furnishing th house, an] that ,
w. :. hi> wii - h inn d of this fearful ex- |
■l. ' • . ie had flung him to the !
icd beaten him uiimerc.l uliy. A lai I
i i 'dies line she had ttussed him IO ;
c "a . wallop d him to Io r Heart's ton- |
■1 then sit in a call lor the pa- ;
i"i wage i. When the police arrived in ;
a . to fl. call they J ■ iiui Buch- I
hoiz : tl’.o floor and his wife sitth.g I
oo.i him, ■■■oldmg 'is- a ma .'pie nr.d oe
giving him a cuff on the eats.
. - ■. cut th.- . ord.- and took the lius-
■ • tation Mrs. B ichholz at I
t w • ‘ ij.ro cute him for laic- y !
': ail ", bat 'la court .informed her .
11 man who could keep house foi
■oi on.' v. ■ ' k on $7.50 deserv'd a medal
c d i : a b. e taig and warm d tin- I
king a mi take tn illy i
ii • ; mg ,’a a. h"> ''hold jewel. Aft.r ;
a few mi:: ti'.i I
. ntt'd and the ,-upl. quit the com t
:• in. arm in arm.
Kept House on 80 n Month.
M: Worms B 'ii r. of 113 Orleans ;
, o worthy our t irful and I
b fudge Mayer’s I
. f she ; aid: “I've k pt house. fed '.lie ■
' Iron, paid th" rent and the gas bill. ;
'a i '.day. judge, on $32 which I- at I
i it v of $6 a month. Yet my husband I
t use I as k<= 1 mm I
i ■ caged by the court, she went into !
ii"a:-i hold struggles al considerable |
"I'v<- kept the house in good I
~ and the babies in school," she
c. "arui all for $6 a month. Bo
u'ii.k it is rigid for Morris to awak- (
dddh of the night and
me walk around on the cold tioor [
I e hi accuses me of useless extrav- I
. .. . ::>■.< me and finally beats me?
... i m too exp nsive a wife lor a {
1 i.■ Sho’e millionaire." I
■ i !i fine him $25 and costs." respond- j
■ -ij produced the money .
.... lie Judge ;
■■■’ J the $25 to the wife.
. . .. ■ ight token for a 1
mi. i manager?’ said the court.
Too Much Mother-in-Law.
"m-"-’ down the list of matrimonial
; - w are next confronted with
,ffai'rs a Amir w Zlegelmeier. a good
■ d *■ :. who submitted to Judge
’ t he was afflicted with too
i "mother in law. Ziegeltneier was
. iart on the chare ■ of d"-
- . -- w!.'. and bade stand up and |
•a. too much mother in law." he
1 din not de rt my wife, but her I
r literally drove me from the •
M. and my wife lived with her !
t ; an<i every wtek her mother |
tges. Then each day
. ~jt 25 cents—lo cents .
'.re .11.1 15 cents lor beer."
. ~ . ... TO ,i greatly impress-
,1 r-a"lied l llto ‘‘is 1
, ■■ ' justice, "you can
• >r 'r"'ir- on the Installment I
54 fake your wife ;
hir in law I
.... The cas- will b« co
■ Wil
' ■ ?. —- —A. \\
Ms \'t vn i:\rpY
' '■! HOMES p/ /t*®-
ai ■•■ Caused By •sst'-xt*-
ikness in Men
I'iir.tn Specif list Finds on Easy
to Cure Any Case Os Sexual
■ >s I v ?n in the Oldest Men.
\\ et.derful Lure Has a Most
i \ clous Record of Successes.
i : O ALL WHO
APPLY IN WRITING
■' .cvind< of ehferbss homes
i. , with discontent ami
... and com
x 1 weakness
, . . t : .i ma n whose :
inditlon. in- |
' . ! reek!' -m <s of- !
y C .-- I' on Os vital I
ir r tD xpl s to t’ !e won-
‘ ■ d Icov.'i .1 by the preat 1
!nor, of Detroit, '
r tn; d for this great
that sexual weak- '
be cured i
.. ..I rt ~io short - , I'-es of time. I
. .■ t .ie' < not ruin the stom- i
■ . . - h injury en- ’
, m-w u atmei.' that easily
.. ~ui vigor to
v .., i.evond doubt the ’
. e: lb- an? .."nipri hensivo that
ever been called to. .
. - w- Ii ir private reports of I
~ , ,• ,-,-s Ilf sexual weak- ;
t of th< prosta to, van
.. lost niaunood. |
prematurity. |
; k of virile power. ,
■, J tin ; litx and like unnatu
p without up- ,
. ' . < hieti'ic belts j
■ n • th.i- kind.
.., ~ "•. p produced in a .
t cure in a short
ause of
■ ere, ii;i m.
■_ "..re: imp;.' desires to •
i w ::. . 4 men w'.’u ca a make
i - . it-rent. T1 ' y should ,
/ iid.eic. , Dr. ii- <'• K;>y
-5! Bidding, Ditroit. Mich..
, U1 ,„. ~ipt Os your name ;
. .. jt is sgif' iiient with this ,
• , receipt >r form- I
f this modern treatment by which
-j can cure yourself at home. I
tinned until Christmas eve. and If. by
that lime, you are not settled down, I
shall send you to jail."
Ziegeltneier promised, with tears in his
eyes, that he would be settled by that
time.
Enters Meanest Man Contest.
When the "meanest men” are segre
gated Joseph Reinhart may at least be
lieutenant governor of the colony. This,
according to what his wife says of him
in a bill for separate maintenance filed
this week. The itelnhart domicile is at
1834 Rela street and the wife tabulates
her grievances as follows:
"When she and their three children
became ill from eating a rabbit kept too
long on the market, the husband told
her they could all die before he w'ould call
a physician.
"When she asked him for $1 to pay a
physician for dressing the hand of their
son. who had accidentally shot himself,
he brutally refused and said ho wished
the boy had blown off his head.
"Told her he would have her put in an
insam asylfn, 'right or wrong.' and
would use force, iL necessary, to initno
i late her in a mad Ttouse.
"Pulled her by the hair through the
kitchen and front room, mopped the
floors with her bruised and bleeding
body and then thr.w her into the urea
way.
"Struck and abused her whenever the
mood was upon him, which was very
frequently.
"Cursed and reviled her tn the presence
o' the childri n ami visitors, whenever
they had any."
All of which, she submits, constitutes
grounds for a separation.
Could Not. Be "Joshed.”
| Last but not least in the chapter of
I marital misery Is the story of Albert
I I'aufurth. commissioner of Morocco for
■ the Louisiana Purchase exposition. "1
i cannot stand the jokes of my women
friends over the fact that I am married,"
lie wailed to Judge Kavanagh. "1 can
; not stand it to be ‘joshed’ all the time."
■ Danfurtli was president of a boiler
comjiany when he married at Decatur,
! Ills., in December, 1901. At that time,
I his wife asserted, he was rapidly run
> ning through a large estate that has now
been quite dissipated. It was after he
i : ■ t iirm-d from a "business" trip that the
I first dissensions arose. His wife and her
I mother unpacked his grip and were hor
| ritied to find therein a pair of woman’
i silk hose and other articles of dainty
feminine lingerie. When they rebuked
j him. he retorted by saying he was weary
!of marri'd life, as it tied him down too
; closely. Hollowing this quarrel, lie sent
i his wife to Boston to school, with the ad-
I monition that she might as well prepare
i to support herself in the event their diffi
! otdlies continued. Then he wired her
i brother that lie would apply for a divorce,
, .is married life was extremely ii'k. ome.
j and ‘joshing’ pained him.
Wife Was Too Vivacious.
Victor L. Cunnyngham, who took Miss
Jennie V. Hodgen. of Louisville, "r., for
beter or worse, November 12. 1884. has
i come to the conclusion that it was for
; the worse, and has asked Judge Kav
| anagh to sever the somewhat ragged tie
i that binds him to Iter. He charges that
l she thinks more of gay parties, theater
“scrimmages” and fancy dinners in the
I company of a ‘‘cafe fiddler" than she
, does of her lawful liege. Walter Sehlieete,
i a violinist at the Calumet case, is named
jas corespondent. Cunnyngham states
} that in the summer of 1891 he set out
i blithely to inspect some gold mines in
! South America, and while he was hard
■ at work digging out a lit < lihood lor his
| family, his wife was at home lavishing
| money aud attentions upon Sehlieete He
' returned to find his home wrecked and
| his wife gone. After diligent search, he
i elaims to have found het in a. hotel, and
| when he upbraided her. sh" fled to Wash
ington with the "fiddler.” I-ater they
boldly returned to Chicago, where they
rented a fiat and defied him.
Do You Suffer with Piles?
Do they protrude?
Do they bleed?
Do they pain you?
Do you have mucous or bloody dis
charges?
I can cure you. I also cure varicocele
land stricture. Advice free. Dr. Tucker.
16 N. Broad street, Atlanta, Ga.
ALL THE NEWS OF DIXIELAND
Continued from Fag'S Five
i turbanee. Conductor Carr attempted to '
i quiet tiie blacks, threatening to eject j
■ them from the train.
Drawing pistols, tne negroes opened
■ lire on Carr, fifteen or twenty shots !
i were exchanged, both negroes tailing ■
i mortally wounded. Carr was not hit
Sheriff Cox. of Sunflower. who was j
I aboard the train, arrested Carr, but sub- i
: sequentlx' released him and he took his |
, train to Birmingham.
White Man K ; iled About Negro.
■ Vicksburg. Mis:--., December 21.-In a ;
! dispute over the services of a negro ton- ■
; ant today A. D. Fisher, a young planter
l of Claiborne county, was shot and in
stantly kihod by Walker Brown. The
! tragedy occurred in tiie roadway in
I front of Fisher's home. Brown sur
■ rendered.
Charter Fees Pay State.
Jackson, Miss.. December 22.—(Special.)
The biennial report of Secretary of State
Bower shows that since the new charter
; fee bill went into effect in March, 1900,
the state has collected in charted fees
the sum of $51,661.90. T’nder tne old
.fee system the amount would have been
’ only $3,936. During the biennial period
just closed the collections amounted to
’ $32,166.45.
Favor Present Monument Site.
I Jackson, Miss.. December 26.—1 f an
i attempt is made in the coming legislature
to move the confederate monument from
i the old to the new state house grounds.
I as has been proposed, a lively tight wilt
I follow, as the confederate veterans seem
I to be almost unanimously opposed to it.
i and several local camps have recently
j passed resolutions and adopted memorials
’ :o the legislature protesting against such
i action.
Big- Brick Plant for J exington.
Jtukson, Miss., December 26.—The thll v
' ing little city of Lexington is to have
a now industry in til" shape of a brick
i manufacturing company, with a capital
stock of SSO,QUO. The demand is general
I tor more brick manufacturing concerns in
i tie suite, due to the wonderful building
' growth m ad parts of the commonwealtli,
and manufacturing plants of this kind
. are doing a thriving business, a major-
I ity of them being unable to keep up
with their orders
Banks Bar Whitecap Sections.
I Jackson. Miss.. December 26. (Special.>
| As a result of the whitecaji disturbances
in Lincoln and Franklin county, the bank-
■ ing institutions in that section of the
I state are serving notices on citizens that
i unless they at once organze and assist in
, stamping out the outlawry that they will
■ retuse to make loans or crop advances
1 during tne coming season, it is believed
■ that tie' cutting off of financial aid will
' assist very mar Tilly in putting an end to
' the disturbances.
Boy Struck Lady Teacher.
Jackson. Miss.. December 26.—(Special.?
I A small-sized sensation lias been develop-
I ,-d at Mathison, a small town near Eu
; pora, growing out of an unfortunate al
! terentiou I" tween a lady school teacher
and on" of her pupils. Miss Belle Al
■ im nd, the. teacher, was endeavoring to
I whip a boy named t legg. when the latter
showed resentment and struck the lady
I 'several blows, dislocating her jaw and
I inflicting several painful bruises. The boy
j was arrested and placed under bond, and
THE WEEKLY AT.LANT.<, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1903.
the lady has returned to her home at
Kosciusko to recuperate.
Wants Money for Rivers.
Jackson, Miss., December 26.—(Special.)
Congressman Bowers is making an effort
to secure from congress a good-sized
appropriation for the improvement of the
Pearl, Leaf and Pascagoula rivers. If
these three streams can be made navi
gable on the lower portions of thier
courses, it will aid wonderfully in the
lumber industry of south Mississippi, and
enable several large concerns to open up
new saw mills in sections now inaccessi
ble either by water or by rail.
Fight for Custom House.
Jackson, Miss., December 26.—The
towns along the gulf coast are manifest
ing much interest in the proposed remov
al of the government custom house
from Bay St. Louis, and a lively contest
is in progress between Gulfport and Bi
loxi. The present indications are that it
will be captured by Gulfport, as that
city seems destined to be Mississippi's
principal harbor.
TEXAS.
Territory Office Is Looted.
Fort Worth, Tex., December 22.—A re
port from South McAllister, Ind. T., says
the money safe in the Krebs postoffici
was blown open early lids morning by
two unknown men and several hundred
dollars In postage stamps secured.
OPERATION IS PERFORMED
ON MAN'S BROKEN NECK
Sioux City. lowa, December 21.—An op
eration. probably having no parallel in
the surgical world, was performed at St.
Joseph's hospital today by Dr. William
Jepson. John Norstrom, of Danbury,
Conn., fell from a load of hay. striking
on his head and breaking his neck. He
has been almost paralyzed for weeks
and Dr. Jepson decided to operate on
his broken neck. Acordingly a portion
of the third cervical v, leorae was re
moved, the false growth of tissue was
cleaned out and th .- bone replaced. The
patient is doing well with every pros
pect of recovery. Operations have been
performed .' r the relict of a. dislocation
of the luml ar vertebrae, but no case <s
' known in which the cervical vertebrae,
situated so near the medilla oblongata,
i the seat of the vital bodily functions, was
sucessfully removed and replaced.
CAPER'S WAS NOT PRESENT.
Denies Positively That He Attended
Hanna Banquet.
Charleston. S. <'.. December 21.—(Spe
"ial.j—In a letter to The State, Columbia.
S. C.. concerning the statement published
In that paper, and also in others through
out the south, that <'ll itain Capers had
attended the dinner tcad'.-red by Senator
Hanna in W; -iiington last wek to the
republican national committeeman, one
of the guests of the occasion having been
Judson" Lyons, a negro, ''.iptain ('apers
makes spei'iliand positive denial of the
repcirt that he was pi'-sent at. the dinner
(.'antain I 'apers pcr.-istenl ly fciused t i
be interviewed on tic subject m the
banquet, but to Mr, Carbol, the charles
ton eorres; "-nd, nt. of The Columbia State,
he annonm-cd that lb'- fn cpiently pub
lished siatomeats of liis having been pres
ent w<rc incoTcet. Captain Capers still
.lodines to discuss his reasons tor de
clining the invitation to the dinner.
STOLE MILLIONS. GOES FREE.
Governor Bliss Releases Bank Wreck
er Frants Andrews.
Detroit. I> mb-r 22. -Word was re-
ceived from Lansing tonight that. Gov
ernor Bliss liar] signed a parole for Frank
C. Andrews, former vice president o!
the wrecked (’it? Savings bank of Detroit.
Andrews has been confined in- the state
prison at Jackson since November 13.
1902. He was convicted on a misappro
priation of the funds of the. bank. The
technical charge was in connection with
an SB,OOO check but the cvi lencc that
was Introduced at the trail covered mon
ey and credit of th" bn' k to the amount
of more than $1,500,000, although the
bank';; capital was only $150,000 Th-
City Savings bank was closed F, bru
ary 10. 1902, by th state barking com
missioner and tiie subsequent trial of An
drews, wii > wa: .it the time of his arrest
police commissioner of the city of De
troit, was highly sensational.
Ask for Removal of Bryan.
•New ii- 1 m, Conn., D •:. er .I. A im
plication for the removal of William J.
Bryan as executor of the will of Philo
S Bennett was made in tiie p "bate
court today on the ground that be has
neglected and violated his duties and
iH'cause Iris interests personally and as
trustee are inimical .o those of the lega
tees under the will The application Is
made by former Judge H’enry Stoddard,
lepiv- nt,’g Mrs. ];• un it and othtr
residuary legatees.
Galloway World's Fair Or anist.
St. Louis, December 24.—Charles Gal
loway, of St. Louis, has been eommls
slone 1 as the official organist of the
world's lair. Mr. Galloway will conduct
the dedicatory recital when the exposi
tion opens. The organ is the largest of
its kind in the world.
They Fought to the Death.
Ardmore, Jnd. T., D, cmbir 21.—At
Woolsey this m lining John Stott and
Sam Victory, farmes. fought with guns,
both being killed. The misunderstanding
came up over Stott's caitle breaking into
Victory's field.
KyCPQQ
JmAv w w
Os Smelling Affected
My Heart
So I Had To Sit Up
To Breathe.
Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure
Cured Me.
There is nothing that has a more deleter
ioUn effect upon the cardiac or heart nerves
tiian the excessive use of tobacco. Pain and
tenderness around the heart, an oppressive
feeling in the chest, choking sensation in the
throat, discomfort from sleeping on the le'.t
side and smothering spells at night when the
sufferer has to sit up in bed to breathe are
the most common symptoms of a weak heart.
Smokers who'eel these symptoms and who
do not understand then meaning should be
warned in time, by the following exper.ence:
“1 was greatly troubled with an affection
of the hear!, due I think to excessive smoking.
On writing to you for advice I was directed
to begin a course of treatment which in
cluded Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure. Dr. Miles'
Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pilis, together
with bathing, etc. I faithfully followed the
directions given ; nd am pleased to say that
my cure is complete and permanent. Be
fore beginning the use of your remedies I
was so nervous I could not keep my hands
stili and suffered greatly from severe pains
1 around the heart. Manv times at night 1
would be forced to assume a sating posture
to get my breath, and for the time being it
would seem as though my heart had stopped
beating. From the splendid results achie.ved
in my case 1 can cheerfully recommend Dr.
Miles’ Heart Cure, Restorative Nervine and
other remedies to all sufferers from heart or
nervous troubles.” —Yours truly, Elijah
Hall, Dothan, Ala.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tle Dr. Miles’ Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Itr, Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind,
WOOD TALKS OF OBE
OF BELLAIRS,
He Says That He Had No Part in tho
Appointment Bellairs Was
Not Intimate with the Family
of General Wood.
New York, December 24.—The Commer
cial Advertiser today prints a letter
signed by General Leonard Wood, and
addressed to Dr. Horace Fletcher, of
¥-!» university, in which the writer
tells of his acquaintance with Edgar
G. Bellairs. In the letter, which was
written at Cairo on May 12 last, General
Wood, referring to Bellairs, said:
Tn the spring of 1889 he was promoted
to Havana (from Santiago), not at my
request or suggestion, direct or indirect,
as I remember it. He asked absolutely
no favors of me, or, so far as 1 know,
from any one.
"After my transfer to Havana as gov
( rnor of the whole island in December,
1899, Bellairs continued on duty, I should
say, about live months, and was then
sent to China and the Philippines, not at
my suggestion., or request, directly or in
direc'tly. 1 was sorry to have him go,
as all liked him and found him reliable.
In the Philippines, Bellairs was a believer
In military government instead of civil
and apparently wrote accordingly, and of
course trouble with the civil government
i In tiie way of loss of friendly relations
I followed. After Bellairs left Havana.
: ugly rumors about him began to be circu
lated. They came almost entirely from a
number of men who did not like him. and
i on investigation nothinj, definite was
' found. I heard from him very seldom.
Finally some one published what pur-
■ ports to be a story of Bellairs’ past and
points out that he was my particular
friend and that I sent him to the Phil
ippines and that his attitude toward the
civil government was at my suggestion
and that I was working to relieve Taft,
etc., conclusions as false as. they are
childish and silly. Who started the tiling
no one knows, but doubtless some of tli:<
people 1 had to handle without gloves
during my stay in Cuba. it was far
fetched and dishonest and intended to
create trouble. Th 1.-, is the whole story.
Bellairs was in no way especially Inti
mate wil't mo or my lamily, that is to
say. 1 don't think that in all this Cuban
service lie was at mj table more than
three or at most four times.
"1 saw him daily, as 1 did die Sun man
end gave lln-m such news as t could.
Thej were tre.ned exactly Mike."
Free Booklet
On Nervous Deollity, written by the
leading specialist in this country. Ad
dress "Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 42 In
man building, Atlanta, Ga.
NO GREAT JUMP FOR WOOD.
President Says He Won’t Make Him
Lieutenant General.
Washington. DePcmber 22.—T0 some
of th" senators who have peculiarly in
terested themselves In the pending Wood
nomination with an eye especially to the
protection of s one of the veteran of
ficers of the army the jjrcsidcnt has ex
pressed himself '■• >y plainly to the ef
fect that these ficcrs have nothing to
fear in the irnnT'diate luture.
As it was pointed to him that there
wus eonsi<]<■”■ •• hie -jp* * hensio'.i anions
the friends of these army officers lest
upon the retirement of General Chatfoe
with tiie rank of lieutenant genetai. the
president might appoint Major General
Ik'Onard Wood to be lieutenant g( aeral.
involving the “Jumping" "f ' number ol
distinguished general off" <■('" who nevi
aouid have a. ebam to attain t.h< high
est. rank by reason of General W ood s
incumbency in the place for fifteen
yeirs, tin president b.i expressly de
clared that lie lias no such intention.
■ Incidentally that involv'd an undertak
ing on his part to jjromote some of
the general oflictts r'-h-rred to ill, r
General Chaffee s retirement. But he did
not state that when lie made such pro
motions as he saw lit he wotTld not close
the list by appointing General Leonard
Wood to be lieutenant g.-neial. The un
derstanding thus reached with tin? con
mittee is expected to liavc an important
influence on t’.e action that will be had
on the Wood nomination
Wood Answers His Accusers.
Washington, December 23.- Th- war de
partment lias made public the loll".', ng
h-lter:
"Manilla. P. T.. July 16. 1903.-To the
Adjutant General. V. S. A., Was’-,ington.
Sir: I have the honor to invite your at
tention to statements made in the edi
torial columns of The New York Sun of
June 2, 4 and 6. and later dans, which
clearly charge me with conduct, of a most
censurable (.'hnractei. perhaps, contempt
ible, would l>e a better word. I also in
vile your attention to the sourv f: on
which th? paper c-.iinis to have obtaim-d
its information- namely, the statemi nts
of First Lieutenant James E. Ranch into
major United States volunteer cava.lry)
made to various reliable, parties and to
request that the matt. • be referred to
the inspector of the army for
such action as mny be required under the
circumstances, or to any other authoi'ty
which tin- war department may deem
proper. 1 inclose herewith a. :. tatemeiit of
tiie facts in tiie case, together with true
copies "f letters, ex'ira.'ts from letters,
etc., bearing on the subject.
"The matter is now one of three and a
half years’ standing, and during the
greater portion of this period I have been
within easy r'itch of the aggrieved party
or p:rtics.' The statement inclosed gives
the addresses of most of the persons who
have more or less knowledge ot the af
fair. It will be noted that many ol’ tiie
letters arc confidential in character, the
originals of which are in the confidential
official files of the seen tary of war. Very
r,-q.eelfullv, LEONARD WOOD.
"Brigadier General United States Army”
BANKS TOLD TO WATCH WIDOWS
Stringent Ruling Regarding Pay
ment of Pension Certificates.
Washington. December 21.—1 t is stal'd
at the treasury department that where
a pension certificate has been issued to
■a woman who personated the widow of a
deceased pensioner and pension agents’
checks nave been drawn payable to bcr
and delivered to her upon vouchers ex
ecuted by her and the bank cashed such
cheeks, which were in due course paid at
the subtreasury upon which drawn, the
government will make reclamation of the
amount.
In other words, bankers and other per
sons who cash pension checks are charged
with the responsibility of establishing the
identity of the payees of such checks to
the same extent that they were charged
with the responsibility ot establishing the
identity of the payo' of checks issued in
ordinary commercial transactions. Tin
exhibition of a pension certificate is not
indentification of the person named
th', rein.
The ruling was held in a. case arising
in Georgia wherein one Clarissa Owens,
whose real name was Mollie Melton, ob
tained a (tension, it is said, by person
ating the deceased wife of a sold,"), and
received payment at the rate of S 3 per
month from April 8, 1901, to May 4.
1903.
.It. developed in the examination M
this claim that the soldier left a widow
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HEALTH is the
I Most Important
No one can tell good baking powder from bad merely
by the appearance;
The price is some guide, but not an infallible one;
Some cheap brands may raise the dough, yet contain
unwholesome ingredients.
There is one safe, sure way, i. e., to follow the
recommendations of the
LI. S. GOVERNMENT ANALYSTS,
THE HIGHEST AUTHORITIES ON HYGIENE
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
THE BEST HOUSEKEEPERS EVERYWHERE
OdVAI baking
MOI AIU POWDER
ABSOLUTELY PURE
who is supposed to ’’-, v ,;i. j m Florida. I
Molly M'-Iton. ? i -t ■?• th* .--"idier, 1
personated her ; i~t< ,• ,'n law. obi.iine.l ,
lhe. peii-’iiin, forg- I indorsements of h< r |
deceased sister in law to ifi. cheeks an 1
obtained the money. For this offense ■
‘he was tried in the United States d'.-- |
trict court al Savannah. Ga., and was i
sentenced to one yen.’' and one days
tinem' nt in the penitentiary.
CZAR GREETS W. J. BRYAN.
Ruler of All the Russias Cordially
Receives Nebraskan.
St. Petersburg. December 21 .—William I
Jennings Bryan was r< eived in audience i
by (':'..(r Nicholas at noon todiy. Th? 1
audience, which lasted for fift> n minutes ■
was arranged almost on the spur of th- i
moment by A. mba s sad or McCormick, who
until yesterday, was uncertain as to the
time ot' 'Mr. Bryan's arrival.
During tiie conversation with Mr. Bry
an liis majesty express,''! in the most em- i
phatic manner the f- ling of friendship
entertained by him and by the Russian
nation for the United States, and the hop ■ I
that tiie good r-lotions whi< Ii have always
existed between the two rvuntries would
never be disturb'd. He gave evident'
of the deepest interest and acquaintano.? .
with affairs in th. United States.
Tn response to Mr. Bryan's inquiry .-■>’■) ■■
corning 'lie yrogr< ss of public institu- ,
tions in Russia his majesty gave a minute
description of the system of education in ;
the Russian empire, showing an inllrn.it"
knowledge of (ducationa) method tnd
tli statistics relating thereto.
Mr Bn an w.-is entertained at dinner nv ;
Ambn —tdor M Cormick tonight. lie w ill
leave for Berlin tomorrow.
William J. Bryan in Berlin.
Berlin. December 24. -William J- Bryan ;
arrived today from St. Pet'-r.-bt.. g. I.
was mot by Dr. otto Ahrendt a i;'."inb .
of the releiistag and on ■ of the prim-ip il
advoc.'Lt<s of bimetallism in Germany Mr.
Bryan g 'i- s to Coji-niiagon (-.night and .
ri-inrr-s here Saturday. 11-- will bi en’.--i
--tain then privately at I'm 'ln-on b> Av -
ba.-sador Towr Th- Am-ni"'" 'num’.ar
~f pommeroe will give Mr. Br.’.nn .1 r.-
ccjHion Saturd -a. !i s- ■ -i
Berlin has formally been brought
?11 i-ntion of Emperor William by I’ar-ui
Von Richthofen. 'I" ,-c-r buy ot lor-i.u:
affairs, and possibly an uiidi 'iu'-- w>d "••
the result.
Mr. Bryan in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, December 25.--William
Jennings Bryan arrived lo ro this morn
ing. He was immediately granted an
audience by Crown Prince Frederick,
with whom lie had a long ,ui.rview.
Mr. Bryan Jett for Be lin tonight.
SUPPOSED TO BE CORPSE
HE WAS WINNING WEALTH
Uoston, December 24. A t«‘legr3.m nu
nouncing' the death of Moocy Merrill, far- ;
raerly a prominent fmanuuir H ’-‘ i, ai ;
Silver ujty, was received in this uhy t•»-
day.
For a number of years AL rrlll L td been
In the banking business L. New Alcxi .
having gone west <»n accourit •.■-' alley d
difficulties arising from the unfortunai*
iiiV’’.<inient of ns tcy .rivrn h ui by 0.1 h
ers. IL was under indi*?tinent lu-ru e.
a charge of embezzlement, d on some
of these alleged transactions, carrid 01.
about t» n years ag >. He was arrested on :
tills charge in New York a f' 'v nrnnths
ago and brought here, but he disappear d ,
before his case was called for trial.
The- telegram announcing his death was :
the Hist intimation of AL rrill’s where- '
abouts since lu failed to answer to the
indictment found against him. The police I
had been exerting in vain weiy cil -ri '
to find the man.
ANGRY GIRTS DEFY COFFERS.
Silk Mill Employes Assault Strike !
Breakers Despite Policemen.
Hazelton. Pa.. D:eembcr 23.—A .strike
of 300 girls employed in the Duplan
silk mill here has resulted in ;i riotous :
attack upo l ' sixteen female strike break- j
er--. The affray look place near the city .
hall.
The girls employed in the mill quit three ,
weeks ago and efforts were being made to :
1111 their places. Girls were escorted ■
through Hie streets to the mills by the ;
chief of polic - and u patrolman, whet: 200
strikers fell upon th"m. Sheriff Jacobs
and seven deputies who were on guard i
at the mill hastened to the seen and ;
charged the mob. but they w re as puw- i
erless to cope with the strikers as tiie I
two policemen. The officers did not cire I
to draw clubs on the girl- and the dis- i
oiile" continued nearly an hour. Finally ]
the crowd was Jtsp rsed and tit' l strikers I
were ehaS'd to their homes.
Greasy Money for University.
Chicago, December 22. —lt was an- ■
nounee I today at th.? forty-ninth eonvo- i
cation of the University of ("licsgo that j
donations amounting to $1,850,000 bad i
been p eeiv d from John Rockefeller. ’
founder of the university. Os this amount
$1,500,000 in real estate, improved and .
unimproved, in the immediate vicinity ;
o ftlie university, was formally trans- .
ferred by Mr. Rocket Her. The balance is I
in cash lor current expenses.
IDRMS IS GRMTED
A MM,
Prisoner of Devil’s Island Will Ap- \
pear Before the Court of Cas
sation, Where His Case
Will Be Judicially
Reviewed.
i
; Pari:. December 24.—Captain Dreyfus,
! accused of treason to -his country, de
-1 graded, dismissed from the French array
■ and most bitterly punished, will have
i another trial, this time by a. civilian tri
-1 bunal.
As a result of t-hc examination of al!
the evidence submit i .1 to the two eourts
martial which have passed On the ques
tion of Dreyfus' guilt, as will as upon
i the petition of Dreyfus for a new trial
land the additional f -<-:s brought to light
by Genera! Andre, minister of war, the ‘
commission of revision, representing the
icourt of cassation, reached a dci'ision :
j tociay In favor of the revision of th" ;
; ease by the criminal branch of the court '
iof cassation. The court will assemble ;
’ next month and Drefyus wii! t!:- n have
i full opportunity to make a complete <-x
--| position of the wrongs he has suffered,
i The f-irmer captain, as a result of this
: 1" w trial, expects to obtain a full and
! con,plot" vindication, followed by resto
ration to h:s r ink in th" army.
Tnough it had been announced that .
de ision this evening, tle.-ie f,-W !
persons outsid-' il.e ministry of justice, j
where the sittings of the commission I
were held, indicating that th<» interest!
of Parisians In the case is net as k"en ‘
as it has been in th" past.
Dreyfus received the news of tn" cle
. cision of the commission through per
: sonal friends, who extended to him their ‘
■'earn '- ; t congratulations On his victory.
There was abs(.»lv<i< unanimity among
(he members "t the commission. One |
members asserted that upon the facts ,
presented, as the result of the investiga
tion made i .?’ Captain 'large, an otneer
■on the stall of War Minister Andie, an
other revrT'-n of th-, 'use wa made
Tie? details in th., report -f it- ■ "m
--' mission have not yet. le-t-n mud" public.
inn it is .st.it---1 generally tlmt the pt"-
- du-'tion - t ,'Vid».- ■■ whi h f ..i_d 'I i" ■n ,
■ sub.nitt,-d to the e rnn m.;?,,al at It- ■
i arrd the ehangi o’ t< ; :im >:;.v on tb." y- ■: - ;
'of some of the witness, s b"fore the -.m.’: . ,
j martial, v. Li h ”ntir’iy r* ) '.i i:» " I
; as to thr guilt of Dreyfus, hrmiglii I
the. decision of. the commissi-m to rHc'
■ the vase for retrial to a civil tribunal- '
| Tiie submission of th.- question "f r ; -- ,
; vision to <t <"inmi -sion is < < ’iisum i* u
■ France .is a ta.-tful mow tn" P-‘-' 'd ;
!tlie g.ywrnmi'tit to obtain jmlici il support ,
for its favorable attitude toward Drey- :
1 Irninediately upon th" r- •’ ’l'’- "• il'" -‘ '
| port -f the commission the govei nmet.'.
i will transfir all the d■■(■iitnwts '•)■
ease to the m'eeerer g-'iteral "1 tli" cm: t :
lof cnss :ti-;n. Tlu'-S'.: do.-uimm- - mclude ■
Ithc modified tcMlm.m'- "f M - ' ’• rii " "" ■ :
: the prtn ip ;l archivist of the n adqu-ir
i trrs staff, who at t;iu eoui't mart’s, i
I R.-ones. 1,-stifi" 1 that he ;■-lievi d Dwy- 1
fas was "iiiltv of treat but who nasi
■
1 At the home of form-'r Ccptain Dr.w '
fus. the decision was tully "xpec-lc, and;
I preparations. :itv now b’-ing made to "Oti- j
■ virn e the court ifbi ' -cenee.
NO EXCITEMENT IN FRANCE.
■ Rut Little Attention Paid to Dreyfus I
Decision.
i Paris. December 25—Th" Dreyfus de-1
I vision has created very little, exciterm-nt. I
■ The •government expects that the pubb.c ■
i wii} grow tired of the case by the eno
i of the three months time which will be ‘
. required by th court of cassation to pass ■
' upon the appeal.
■ Drevfus relTsr-d to talk for publication,
j but Joseph Rcir.ach, formerly editor of
' the Siecle. and his ether friends, express I
their delight at what they regard as ■
i the first step toward his vindication.
I FOR MURDER OF HEBREWS.
Over Twenty Convicted and Sentenced j
at Kishinef.
! Kishinev. Bessarabia, December 21— i
! Two Russians named Gnelschin and Mar- :
I osjeik. who have been on trial charged i
with murde-r as the authors of the max- ;
I sacrc of Jews here last spring, were sen- I
! fenced today to seven and five years’ pe- i
, nal service, respectively.
Twenty-two other persons charged with i
being involved in the massacre were s<
tenced to tsriods ranging from one
two years acb. One person was si
) t to .-ix months’ im;.risiinmi-nt <’)
: I.W'were acqi'ith-d, while so: ly-ei.
''-,vil actions brougli; against tin- ae.-’t?
w. ! e dismissed. The costs of the pro
I . utiim must be paid by the convicied p
ALL SAN DOMiNGO IS
ONCE MORE IN ARM
! San Domingo, Dewmber 25.—1 t;s
1 mored that the greater p it ot the
' public now under arms is in favor
i General Jimim-z. ti?' former presiil?
who is su'd to be marching r,a this
The provisional government is mak
active preparations for d> i- :
i San I'cdro de M.'i'"i':< has d" Mi 1
favor of the insurgents.
The situation b-re is ■"■eonfing extrer
, ly critical, though the city qii •
I The ;■■.-•-’■.
turbanci s of th,.- tinani'i-il situation. "
financial -oudition of th. government
; vt ry bad, owing t" th,? fact that
di:'.:e: W. tv mortgaged IllVUlir by ■
government of I’r--!■! i.- IVos v Gil.
' 'The Un!t< J States eruis- r Pan:.::, r ;
tl"- Km.-uwit Neu port ari .ved in port
Th" German cruisers Vine:: , a
G ■ alser arrived tod ry. 1 , I ■
j warship De Ruyter ha:- be. n sighted.
Consuls Call for VZar Ships
e'apc Uajtien, I >■-<•. 'ob.;- 26. -Gf?<-rn
: Morale-.", acting ;>r<-sid.:,’)t of Sant . I
! mlng >, is returning to Santo 1'
where he will sc-, k rcitiforeement?' :><'
tack Pi'itn Plata. Officers ot <' •
' i?:i;'t ered a. quantity of munition ■ o' v.
i -(’.tended tor General Jiminez. Th,
’ th- consuls have called for wa:.-hi ■-
i \Vashit gtoi!. Dec.-rnli. r 26 'u.'
I Stat ; Minister 1'.,v.-. .: i -
Domingo city, ■
■ Ma'oris has pronounced m fav..r o, Ji
:m :: and adds that troops troni tb
pl."<e. t'tid'-r tiie instil'"'-vt 'lag t.t'- n.-tt
..' on tn city of San Do-:.I . x .■ -
PIPERS PIPE FOR DUCHESS.
Royal Reception to Yankee Bride
Duke of Roxburghe.
Edinburgh, December 22.-The d
; . d duchess of Roxburge arrived D
bar tonight and were given a m.igni'i. •
reception. They were met at tn ■ ccr
by the provost and the members of
| tenants of the Roxburghe estate
i (lotmcrly Miss .May Go- let M N
I York), by the duke, who ih-liv-a ■■'i a
I bar munieijial officials, thanking them 1
’ tin ir reception.
i Thousands of persons were gatin'"
) outside the station, and they ei. husin
‘ tic illy cheered the couple on t .-?
j ].. jrance. As soon as th.?- duke hi
duchess entered their -. ar; i.,i
. wi r- u hitched
' \.:is drawn by tiie coach guard.■»"■);. i”
! ceded by pipers, to Broxmo ’a (>•'(•'
’ the seat of tiie Roxliurghes, wn:'ii ;
I n-11'.; distant front Dunbar, ’ll'.- •. - 5 "
I v .-;, s - fn'ioW(?d by 200 torch heard
Tim streets of Dunbar were g-.-b. J''
COTTON TRADE IS HIT HAR
English Expert Styles This Year t.
Worst in Decade.
’ Manchester, England, Decemb'-r 21.
i Tattersall’s annual review of the cott
trade declaies this year has I n t
worst in the last decade. Eighty-t?
j spinning concerns In Lancashire
I SIBO,OOO during the year, tnd .
! must adopt short t,’mo because Americ
| cotton is 45 per eent above the price
: the same time last De. ember.
\ ma ■ tit
manufacturers will be held I'- ■ nitier
io consider tiie situation. Mmy of t
’i mills will be stopped for ten da: s dun;
i the holiday season.
Chinese Fight with Koreans.
i Shanghai, December 23.—The (’art
j general at Kirin reports that an hid
I clsive battle has occurred b> tw.l'-i
: battalions of Chinese from Hung Clr
I and 1.5C0 Koreans who invaded Chine
i t'-rritory from Kyeng-(.'hurt, in north"?
| Korea.
Berlin Dark at High Noon.
! Berlin. December 21.—8 rlin at midii.
j was in twilight and the whol-- l.f" cf :
! capita! was carried on by artificial ligl
i The meteorological office has not not
j such a phenomenon in a generation ai
'attributes it to the light, motionless ;i
I mosphere in which the city's smoke at
j vapors d,'d not ascend, thus blanket!!
I and darkening many square miles.
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