VOL. XI. NO. 37.
$1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
:.: -M UliFBEESBORO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY. 15, 1890.
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Tom Farrow's Luck.
IFE was indeed: "dark
to Tom Farrow. It
seemed nbsnrd thai a
mm of liis ability and
attainments should
have fought wor.k for
three months and then
miserably failed I in se
curing anything; more
substantial than half a dozen mere
promise.", c Not yet thirty years old,
the author of several fairly successful
rcmauce3, and now he was standing
in a gloomy third story room look
ing disconsolately upon his last green
back. How impossible such a condition
would have seemed to him a year or
two before I Then he was well estab,
lished in a thrifty publishing house as
reader of manuscripts and gsneral ad
viser to the firm. Little was saved of
his ample salary, for it hal never en
rered his clever, improvident brain
that it whs wise and judicious to plan
and provide for'the future. So he had
drifted. happily and carelessly along
with the tide, lavishiug money on
taking pretty girls to the theatres and
operas, and paying carriage bills that
would have dismayed a man of greater
means. Those were, indeed, happy
nud irresponsible days ! ,
As he rubbed his cold fingers over
that last and solitary bank bil he
thought of those good times and smiled
with gentle resignation at the ungen
erous and ironical workings of fate.
Jlad he but one-half of the money that
ho had thrown away on the pretty
i)iue ejed" minx who laughingly gave
jbim the mitten and married an ugly
old widower of fifty, he would not ba
lingering that bank note with such a
deep despondency eating away his
liopes and ambitions. ';
Then there was Esther ELM. r
what the deuce was her other' name?
, Ho could not remember ; he only knew
that expensive candy and high priced
Howers were her especial joys and that
,his gifts had contributed largely to
her happiues-. In slow procession a
host of pretty girls parsed before his
fancy and for the time lightened the
gloom of the blsak, lonely room and
cheered the heaviness of his discour
aged spirits. They were sweet, clever
witted, interesting creatures and each
iu turn had been an object of his de
votion. Then, among all those pretty
faces came the vision of one who had
been different to him ; one, the memory
of whom had lingered firmer and
longer than the rest, and whom he
had always held in highest respect.
Unlike the other more frivolous vounsr
women, sho had not lightened his
purse by hinting about theatres and
operas. Instead, she was interested
in his work and deplored his inac
tivity in fulfilling the promises of his
early romances. She begged of him
to put his soul into achievement, into
writing griat books that would earn
ior him an enviable place in literature.
How wholesome seemed the vision
of this face, with it3 great, earnest
eves, firm mouth and expression of
deep interest and sympathy ! lie com -parod
it with those smiling, couquet
tish outs. Ho had not appreciated
Mir iam then, but he did now. Had he
but entered into the p!aus that her
for esight had built lor him he would
not now be fondling that, very lust
greenback.
f He walked over to his trunk and
lilted the lid. In the top tray were-a
number of manuscripts that has gone
the rounds of the magazines and were
returned "with thanks," etc. Even
his article oa the trials and vicissi
tudes of a mau seeking employment
could not flud a purchaser. He might
havt made it more humorous, he know,
but with such bitter experiences for
material jokiDg was not an easy mat
ter. He dumped the papers out in a
heap ou the lloor and began to Eort
and arrange them. In his heart he
felt like throwing them into the fire
less stove, but they were his entire
fortune and there was still a chance of
their bringing him in some small re
turn. So he looked them over resrret
lully. Picking out several sketches
that he considered the most salable
and putting them into his coat pocket,
he walked out of the room and down
into the street.
it "was almost night when Tom Far-'
row returned, even more cheerless and
wretched in heart than when b.9 had
started out. The manuscript i had.
been left "for consideration," but he
had received no encouragement, for
all magazine publishers were flooded
with short stories ami sketches and
discussions oi all toft3 and condi
tions. He flung himself- down on the hard
bed and tried to make new plans.
How his head throbbed ! It was mad
dening! There seemed little left for
him to build his hopes upon. His mis
fortunes had come one after the other
.jL'Uuick succession and almost before.
he realized his own unhappy; condi
tion he found hinfielf thus sadly situ
ated. First came the failure I of th
( publishing house in which he ivas em
ployed, then the death of his father,
- jwnose possessions, when sold, barely
flnwrflH his rfdlt.n Then if -ay a a . ikot
, - - - " Km 3 luabj
iTom began to desert the pretty girls
and wish for the money that be had eo
flP
r ; - - -
foolishly spent in entertaining them.
After his father's death he started out
on his ever-unsuccessful errand of
finding employment! He did editing,
copying and all sorta of general work
connected with books. Bat it had
been a bard row to hoe. Kow and
then he sold a storv, and once he even
disposed of a little novelette, but
these pieces of good fortune were few
and far between.
After awhile he was entirely cut off
from his old circle of acquaintances;
His clothes grew shabby and he ac
cepted and welcomed the lowliest and
humblest positions. Daring this last
three months of unspeakable misery
he had read proof, set type and,
several times, earned half a dollar by
walking the streets sandwiched be
tween two large advertisements.
There was not a soul in the world on
whom he had any claim, and he had
already humiliated himself by asking
for work from those who knew him in
his better days. No, ho must depend
entirely upon himself and his wn
meager resources. Never before had he
been in quite such hard luck.
For an hour or more he lay there oil
the bed. Then he remembered that
ho had had nothing to eat since early
that morning, so heagain descended
the long flights of dusty woo len stairs
and soon changed his last $1 bill to
get a sandwich and a cup of coffee.
There was no reason for returning to
the desolate room, so hq wandered
aimlesdy along the street, conscious
of little except his ill-luck and miser
able feelings of heartsickness.
His reverie was undisturbed until he
heard the sound of voices, united in
singing an old Snnday-fChool hyinjar oj
which he had not been remindadtnce
o K i 1 rl n r r?
Looking up to find the source of fchs
music, he saw that he wa3 standing
before a mission, one of those chapels
that dot, with holiness and purity, the
streets of the sinful slums. Ho had
nothing to do, no where to go, why
should he not enter the place?
Such wretched figures, such dis3i
patad forsaken faces as he looked upon
when he had passed through the rude
door and taking a seat nearone of the
aisles. The large room was well filled
with those unfortunate men whose
home is either the streets or the Work
House. Yet they were singing as best
they could, and were to all appear
ances enjoying the ceremonies, of the
mission. .
On the platform was a small cabinet
organ, before which sat a young and
slender woman. Several other women,
some in the gray gowns of charitable
organizations, were also there, help
ing 'the good work of those worthy
people who labor amoDg the lower
classes. Tom Farrow could not see
the face of the girl at the organ, but
there wassomethingpeculierly familiar
about her pose and figure.
The music ceasing, a man arose and
preached the lesion of the evening. It
was strange, indeed, to watch the un
couth hearers and to note how eager
ly they listened to every word that
the speaker uttered. Here were men
a thousand times more wretched than
he, Tom thought, and, sighing deeply,
he put his hand over his eye and so
listened to what was being said. His
head ached fearfully, his lips seemed
dry, and the feelings in his heart were
akin to death itself.
The speaker ended Im talk, the
sinsring begau again and finally the
pitiful congregation swarmed out into
the street, but Tom Farrow did not
move. He was in a state of semi-consciousness
that desired no' awakening.
He felt n gentle hand laid on his
arm.
"My good man," said a woman's
voice, "the service is finished and we
are about to put out the lights."
He tried to lift his head, but could
not. It was as heavy a lead. A faint
moan came from his parched lips. The
woman at his side called for help. He
felt himself being carried out into the
open air, and then seemed to sink into
a fevered, troubled dream.
He was in a strange place when he
awakened. Such a very strange place
that he was utterly bewildered. It
reminded him of the dainty little den
in which. a vounger sister
who was
now no more had slept,
photographs scattered
There were
about and
heaps of silken and lacey things, the
uses of which he was most woefully
ignorant. He turned his head ; what
a strange feeling he had such a dizzy,
sickening sensation. He raised his
hand and looked at it. Surely - those
were not his fingers such long, thin,
white hands belonged only to women
and invalids. He felt of his face; his
cheeks were sunken and his ieatures
6eeme4 strangely sharp and thin
"What a lucky dog I "am," he
mused, "to fall into such good hands.
I can fancy what a pleasant time I
would have had had I -been taken ill
alone" in that barn of a room on the
third floor.
For some time he wondered where
he had been when the sickness came
on him, and after awhile he recollect
ed the mission, with its bleary eyed
congregation and enthusiastic leaders.
He even thought of the slender little
figure at the organ Jand wondered
raguely if she had been the one whe
had cared for nd nursed him.
, His reverie was int errupted by voice
just outside the door. They were talk
ing about him. "What was that hi
heard ? He had been sick with ferel
and Jiia mind deranged for" cetera?
Weeks? Ho looked again at his gbast
f hands" a ad knew that the wordi
were true
. The floot opened and a woman camt
toward the bed. Hef hands were filled
with medicine bottles and as she drew
BfiArejr she stopped td'read the direc
HoaSi- Torn-Farrow loosed at her with
"amazement; 'Could he believe hie
eyes ! Was this woman, who had
guided him through a dangerdus ill
ness, his bid friend Miriam Halidaj 1
Yes-it was indeed her.
"While he was looking so intentlv
into her face she raised her eyes an 1
saw that he was smiling.
The medicine fell from her handi
with a crash and she gasped happily :
"Ob, Tom, I am so glad yon are bet
ter ! I'm so glad, so glad!"
"Did I come near croaking for
sure?" he questioned.
"You nearly died, if that is whal
yen mean. Yon poor, deaf fellow
such a time as you've had! Brother
Fred and I have been with you night
ftnd day;'
jk,You areVan angel," Tom said, feel
ingly. "I shall, forever, after this,
be in debt to you." Then, after a
pause, "he added : "How did you hap
pen to find me?"
"At the mission," she answered.
"I play the organ there, and it was I
who discovered that you were ilh I
had you brought here to our home,
and father says ife is the fir.t good re
.u t . nv.l; -r-
cult ui uij uumivauii: mvjlx..
"Sou might extend the good deeJ,
and kiss me.'1 Tom whispered. And
she did.
From that moment Tom Farrow's
luck changed. Through the influence
of Miriam's father he eventually found
a good situation, and, in due course
of time, there was a quiet wed. img and
Tom was made the happiest man in the
world.
And, besides all this, those scorned
manuscripts were finally accepted.
In luck, it is either continual
drought or a heavy downpour. Chi
cago News.
Marino Life Distribution.
Th extreme range of temperature
in the ocean, according to a Royal ln
stitution lecture by Dr. John Murray,
never exceeds fifty-two degrees Fahr.
yt temperature has played a more
important part in the distribution of
marine organisms than in that of the
air-breathing and waim-blooded ani
mals of the land. The surface waters
of the ocean have five well-marked
temperature areas an Arctic and an
Antarctic circumpolar belt with a
small range and a low temperature, a
circumtropical belt with a small range
and a high temperature and two inter
mediate areas with large annual
ranges ,of temperature. Vertically,
the ocean may be divided into the
superficial region, extending down to
about 100 fathoms, and the deep sea.
The surface region, especially near
the laud, has a variety of conditions
and an abundant fauna and flora; but
plant li e is absent in the uniform con
ditions of the deep sea, although ani
mal life is abundant. The warm sur
face waters of tli2 tropics have many
species, but relatively few individuals,
wrhile the reverse is true in colder
regions. -Dr. Murray accounts for all
the various facts in marine life distri
bution by supposing that in early geo
logical times the whole giobe had a
uniform climate and au almost uni
versal fauna and flora. The coral reefs
of the Arctic circle in' the Paleozoic
period were probably formed when
the water had a temperature of
about seventy degrees Fahr. Trenton
(N. J.) American.
Pheasant and Thunder.
The effect of thunder, or the firing
of cannon, on pheasants is very curi
ous ; either of these sounds starts the
cock birds crowing as if in defiance.
Mr. G. T. Rope, writing to the Zoolo
gist, says that at a placa between five
and six miles distant from the garri
son town of Colchester he has heard
pheasants close to him echoing each
report of the artillery practising there,
and has on many occasions noticed the
same thing elsewhere. The crowing
sounds more like the answer to a chal
lenge than the expression of fear. Mr.
J. F. Harting points out that the ob
servation is not new. Gilbert White
remarked a centnry ago that the
pheasants in his neighborhood crowed
when big guns were fired at Ports
mouth and the wind was blowing from
that direction ; and, says Mr. Harting,
Charles Waterton a'so, in his ssays
on Natural History,' makes the follow
ing remarks on the subject: "Tho
pheasant crows at all seasons on retir
ing to roost. It repeats this call often
during the night, and again at early
dawn ; and frequently in the daytime,
on the appearance of an enemy, or at
the report of a gun, or during a thun
der storm." Nature.
Rode ou t'ae Firt Locoinotire.
English papers say that Crawford
Marley, who recently died in New
Zealand at the age of eighty-three,
was the last survivor of those who had
a ride on Stephenson's No. 1 engine
when the Stockton and Darlington
Railway was first opened. He wag
about -thirteen years of age at the
time, and, with two other - boys, he
went to see the "iron horse," which
was brought from Newcastle on a dray
by eight horses. When the - locomo
tive had been placed on the line,;
George Stephenson'3 brother, Joseph,
who was in charge of it, asked, the
lads to run to a farmhouse for, aoms
buckets, and the boiler was soon filled
from a spring near at hand. The fire
having been lighted and steam raised,
the boys, ia return fc- their assist
ance, were invited to have a ride.
New York Tribune,
THE HEWS.
, Joseph Pool, whose neck w3 broken bya fall
"backwards from a wagon at Chambersbnrg
Pa , lived for ten days, to the astonishment
of physician, paralysis finally causlag dealt.
Geofge Marshall, a section foreman on
the Southern Eallroad, was killed by being
struck by a train near t lirton, Ya--WlL
iiam Kelson, colored, was found guilty at
Charlottesville ta,, of murdef In the first
degree for the killing of W. tV; Thompson,
and setting fire to W. A. Wbite'fe storehouse
at Free Union, Va. 1 be Amber Carpet
Mills, at Mount Holly, N. J.; bperated by C;
S. M&slahd A Son, of Philadelphia, were de
stroyed by fire, total loss f 300, 00; covered
by insurance; - Forest fires continue Id
burn in the vicinity of Egg Harbor City, N.
J., notwithstanding the efforts of the farmers
to check them. The weather has nearly
pros' rated the farmcrs,and It is feared they
will not be able to check the flames, unless it
rains. Thousands of acres of timber have
been destroyed, and the I023 will foot up to
n3arly 100,000.
The schooner Norxa, bound f:om San
Francisco for the South Seas, is probably
lost. George G. Haag, .1 member of a sui-
cido club, poisoned himself with strychnine
in San Francisco. Ta'riek J; Sexton, a
Chicago millionaire, has heeh indicted by
the federal jrand jury. The charge is con
spiracy. Father Kolaszewski, of th Inde
pendent Catholic Church, of Cleveland, ia
ready to transfer the church property and
congregation to the Mi-thodist Church.
Eodgers, a colored desperado, was shot and
fatally injured at Sybene, O., whilo burglar
izing the postoffice ia J. C. Crawford's
storo. Fred Crawford, sixteen years old,
did the shooting. Henry Felpel, an em
ploye of tho Laneast r Fa., Caramel Com
pany, was crushed to death. Tho 1,200
ton foor-master schooner Daniel B. Fearing,
with a cargo of coal, went ashore about a
mile north of the Highland Light Station, in
Massachusetts. The crew of nine men were
saved by the lite-savers. The vessel will
probubly be a total los3. The Pennsyl
vania and Cumberland Valley Railroads aro
at work on the propsdl extension into
the coal regions. Fred Crawford shot and
killed Kintley Rjgers, one of two men who
was trying to burglarize his store. James
Jnenck and his wife were arrested in Wheel
h?i7, W. Va., on the charge of robbing the
Y axwell Mansion.
Homer JudJ, of the Chicago and Fort
Worth Packing tympany, was arrested in
Fort Worthi on the charge of violating the
tnterfltate Commerce law. R. D. Hubbard
the head of the Linseed Oil Trust, ha3 suc
ceeded, with the aid of the Fillsburys, in per
fecting a great millers'' combine. Rev. E.
D. Morris, the head of the Laue Theological
Seminary at Cincinnati, will be succeeded by
Rev Henry Goodwiu Smith, of Freehold, N.
J. Davil Smith, a retired missionary,
committed suicide at Hamilton, N. Y. H.
H. Holmes, tho murderer, was banged in
Philadelphia The round houses and
twelvo locomotives belonging to the Queen
and Crescent Railroad Company, at Somer
set. Ky. , were destroyed by fire: loss, 300.-
000; fully insured. During an electric
storm that passed over East Berlin, Thomas
ville and Abbottstown, Fa., au unknown man
was struck dead and several other persons
stunned. A. A. Stetson, of Philadelphia,
aged forty years, attempted suicide in a
hotel at Cape Charles City, Va. The Cry
stal Lake Point Works, at Weetment, N. J..
owned by James Flynn & Co., were destroyed
by fire. The loss is estimated at from $ 15.-
000 to 520,000. By a vote of 425 to 93 the-
M. E. General Conference adopted the report
of the committee on eligibility, and refers the
woman question back to the annual confer
ences, to be voted on again. A jury at Co
lumbus, Ohio, in the case of Ohio vs. ex-State
Senator John L. Geyer, of Pau lding, indicted
for alleged solicitation of bribes, returned a
verdict of not gui'ty.
John B. Wat kins, formerly vice-president
and superintendent of the Indian Miiliug
Company, was indicted at Kaunas City for
violating the Interstate Commerce law.
Watkins was arrested, but released upon
furnishing $ 1.000 bond. The section of the
law under which Watkins was indicted was
the tenth, which applits to tbe reporting of
false weighs by shippers. Louis H. Bolden
weck, a retired capitalist anl president cf
the Chicago Kid Glove Company, was killed
by falling down an elevator sba.ft in the
building owned by him at 14 Customhouse
Place, in Chicago. Dad Culp, a butcher at
Ronceverte, W. Va., fatally wounded his son
and wife. Mary Higgins, -in Chicago, ac
cused her husband of murdering their three
children. Poxey Barnes, accused in Farm-
ville, Va., of tbe murder of Mrs. Tollard, wfs
discharged. A wreck occurred near Nor-
walk, Ohio, on the Baltimore and Ohio, and
some tramps were killed. Lightning struck
the house of Professor James A. Stattertteld
at Barracksville, Marion county, W.Va., and
a young woman was killed nn 1 several other
students of the Normal School severely
shocked.
The Citizens' Bank, one of the oldest banks
In Union City, lad., closed Tor want of funds.
The last dollar was paid out, and the auditoi
of state notified. Liabilities, i75,000; assets,
$135,000. Cause of failure, inability to col
lect and scarcity of money. Gamble Broth
ers A Co., extensive lumber dealers at High
land Park, Ky., have assigned to the Fidelity
Trust Company. No statement of assets and
liabilities was made. Taylor Delk. leade
of a notorious gang of outlaws, who has been
wanted for several weeks for the murder of
the sheriff of Pike County, Ga., was captured
near Senola by Detective Looney, of the At
lanta police force, Romulus Cotell, the
self-confessed murderer of the Stone family,
at Tafimadge; six weeks ago, was arraigned
in Akron, O., before Common Pleas Judge
J. A. Kohler, and pleaded not guilty. The
judge appointed Attorneys E. F. Voris and
Harvey Musser to defend him. Melchoir
Heiser committed suicide in York, Pa. -George
Young, of Bethlehem, Pa., blew out
his brains. -The Methodist General Con
ference passed a resolution opposing appro
priations to. sectarian Indian schools.
The United States cruiser Minneapolis, on
her way from the Mediterranean to Cron
stadt, where she will represent the United
States Navy upon the occasion of the Czar's
coronation fetes, anchored at Southampton
and exchanged salutes with the warships and
forts. '--V-
The university riding school at Heidelberg
was burned. Four persons were siffoated
and several others had narrow escapes.
HOLM fflGED
The Marderer Heels Death
: Without,--a Quiver.
PROTESTS HIS INNQfJENCE.
His Neck Broken As He Weht
ThroUgh tho Trap-Hls Tody
Carted Away Accompanied by
the Poundings ort the g :rt
of a Crowd of Eoys;
Herman W. Mudgett, alias H. H. Hohnss,
was hanged in MoyameosiDBr Prison; Phil
adelphia, at minutes after 10 o'clock A.
M. That Is the time tbe drop fell. It was
fully a half hour later before he was ofrVi ally
pronounced dead. A half minute before he
was shot Into eternity he ma Je this declara
tion to the solemn assembly gathered about
the scaffold: ,
"Gentlemen! I have very few words to
say. th fact, 1 Would mak no remarks at
this time except that by nnt speaking I would
appear to acquiesce in my execution. I onlj
wish to say that the extent of my wrong-doing
taking human life consisted in the tfeath
of two women, they having died at my hands
as tho result of criminal operations. I wish
to also state here, so that there can be no
chance of misunderstanding hereafter, that I
am not guilty of taking the lives of auy of
the Pietzel family tho three children and
Benjamin, tho father, of whose death I was
convicted; and for which I am today to te
hanged. That is all I hav to say."
It will be seen that the words were welU
chosen. They Were equally well-pronounced.
The voice riever quavere 1; the hacds clasped
on the dark railing of the scaffold did not
tremble. The nerve which had all along
fharacterized this most marvelous of assas
sins had not deserted hiin to the very end.
As the last syllable fell from his pallid Hps,
he turned to his attorney. Clasping his right
band in that of the young lawyer Holmes
gave him a firm grasp firm even at that
terrible moment he laid his left on the other
man's shoulder, and gazing straight into
their eyes uttered in a loud voice. Good
byesj' Then he carefully buttoned his coat, nodded
to tho Sheriff, dnd in an Instant he was hurled
to his death;
He was Undoubtedly the most stolid of any
in that assembly of 50 odd men. The pallor
of his face was no deeper than the ordinary
prison-bleach, and he stood erect, gazing
steadfastly before him, until the horrible
black cap shut out his last look at earthly
things.
He spent his last day of life uneveDtfally.
During part of the day. Father Daily of the
Church of the Annunciation visited him and
said prayers. In the afternoon the lawyer,
Samuel P. Rotan, called for a short time.
The balance of the day Holmes occupied
reading his Bible and other devotional books.
Father Dally came again early in the even
ing and remained until 10.15 o'clock.
After he left Holmes wrote letters of fare
well until midnight. It is understood that
these communications were addressed to his
wives the one in Gilmanton, N. H., and
Georgianna Yoke, of Franklin. Ind., the third
wife, whose testimony did so much to bring
about today's execution. Ho a'.so penned
a letter of instructions to Mr. Rotan, his
counsel. Alsolute secrecy is maintained re
garding the contents of these letters.
THE MUBDEBEJtt's CBEE3.
According to Detective Geyer, nerman
Webster Mudgett was born in Gilmanton, N
H., on May 16, 1860. On the F.ur.b of July,
1378, he was married at Alton, in hi3 native
State, to Ciara A. Lovering. In 1837, -od
January 28, he married Myrta Z. Belknap
but a3 bis first wife was not dead he decided
for obvious reasons to change bis name anJ
call himself Harry Howard Holmes. Les?
than a month after his marriage to Myr.tn
Belknap, Holmes filed in tho Superior
Court of Cook couny 111., a libel in divorce
againt Clara A. Lovering Mudgett, but thi?
action wa3 thrown out of court because oJ
his own failure to appear. Then in Chicago
two years later, he met Georgiaca Yoke, whe
or January 7, 1874, became, bis third wife
neither of the other two wives being dead 01
divorced, a fact of which she was unaware
She knew him as Henry Mansfield Howard.
In tbe fall of 1893 Holmes madu his Xlrs
move not his first on the chess board o,
crimebut the first in the game that led t
his undoing, lie made application to thf
Fidelity Mutual Life Association for .a $10,
000 20-year policy, which ws granted. Ji
few months later the same company insured
for $10,000 Benjamin F. Pitezel, Holmes
partner in crime and his first victim. It
August this man. under the name cf B. F
Perry, rented a house at 1016 Callowhll1
street, Philadelphia. On 83ptember 4, Pite
zel was found in an upper room of this house
dead. It was arranged between the tvr
men that Pitezel or Perry, as ha wa? kuowo
to the neighbors, should be burned by an ex
plosion, from the effects of which h shoul '
apparently die, but Instead a corps's hired 01
purchased, for the occasion should be palm
ed off on the insurance company as his. Thh
was the plot as Pitezel knew it. Holmes in
tended, however, tnat the explosion not
only should burn but also kill his confeder
ate. Dead rnen tell no tale?, and therf
would be one less to share the fflO.OOO.
It was through tbe determined effor.
of the defrauded insurance company that
Holmes was finally brought to punishment.
Holmes had a long and fair trhiL He
midea sensation early in the court proceed
ings by dismissing Lis coutsel and attempt
ing to handlj nls own case. Another lawyer
was assigned by the court and the ease went
on. A large number of w tneases came from
all parts of the country to testify.; An at
tempt to get a new trial after (the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty In the first der
greo was unsuccessful. J
"While Holmes was convicted of murderin":
but one per.-on, Pitezel, there isj not the
Shadow of a doubt that he Subsequently mur
d red three of Pitez.eFs children and plotted
to kill their mother and the other two. Af
ter he became convinced that he could uot
escape the gallows, he confused to the kill
lof of several other people, bat his alleged
'confsiott hat proveV) to to largely tls
sue of falsehoods.
j
CIVIL SERVICE OSDEB.
fefd by U Freddtat tal Brlap 30,000
tplM Iito Eetrio.
Th- lcng-xpctd order of the President
including in the civil Mrvtce most of th
offices now remaining outride of tbe classified
service was Issued Wednesday.
The order will Include within the civil ser
vice almost 30,033 additional Government em
ployes. rrkrtJsally tbe only persons left
"outside the civil rT4e will tw assistant
secretaries, heads of bureaus and In few
cases private eecretarlee and laborers. The
order is to take effect Immediately,
Tbe number of classified places which are
excepted from examination has been re
duced from to belog mainly psi
tions as cashisrs fa the customs, postal find
internal revenue seftioes Indians employed
in minor capacities la the Indian servicre
necessarily put In the excepted list. - Almost
all of tbe poaitlous hi Washington which
have heretofore been excepted hare been ln
eluded iu the compe.itlve list.
Tbp only clas iflnd position In Washington
which will be excepted from examination un
der the new rules will be private secretaries
or confidential clerks (not exceeding two)
to the Trejldent and to the head of each of
the elht executive departments. No posi
tion will hereaft-r be subject to uon-com-petitive
examination, except in the ca--ea of
Indians employed in teaching capacity In the
Indian service.
CABLE SPAEKS.
Tice-Admlral Sir Robert O'Brien Fitzroy,
K. C. B., of the British navy, is dead.
The Duke and Duchess of Sae-Melnlngen
were recently waylaid and robbed by high
waymen Within a few miles of Rome.
Electricity is to be Introduced upon the
jtreet railways of Mexico City, which have
been purchased by a London syndicate.
Chinese are arriving in Montreal in largo
aumberSj Where they await a favorable op.
portunity to be' smuggled into the United
States.
Mrs Langtry has accepted tSO.OOO" in set
tlement of her claim against the London
bank which gave her jewelry to a thief on a
forged order.
The famous Insurgent Cuban leader Soeor
ras, who was wounded at the engagement
recently fought at Caacarajicara, died on the
following day.
Herr Btrobacb, anti-Semite, has been
sleeted burgomaster In the place of Dr.
Lueger, who resigned at the request of E m
peror Francis Joseph.
Klrig Humbert has donated 400,030 francs
o the families of the soldiers killed and
wounded in the African campaign and 100,
)30 francs to the Red Cross Society for the
benefit of the wounded.
At the Inquest held In London upon the
remains of the late Colonel North, a physi
cian testified that he had previously noticed
symptoms of heart disease, which, he as
serted, was tbe cause of the Colonel's death
At Alosno, Province of Huelva, Spain,
some miscreant sit Jlre to thy building in
which a dance wa3 in progress. Six per
sons were burned to death and many were
injured in consequence
President Kruger's speech at the opening
of the Parliament of tbe Transvaal Is char
acterised as moderate in tone, but flrai lii in
dicating a determination on the part of the
Dutch in South Africa to resist British ag
gression. The position of the French In the disputed
territory of Guiana 13 increasingly precari
ous owing to the support the squatters re
ceive from the Brazilian government. Many
Brazilians are sail to be entering the country
in disputei j
Tho Dervishes have arrived at Adarama In
a dismayed condition. The families of Oi
man Digna and the other leaders have fled
to El Damir, on the Nile. It 1 reported that
2,000 Dervishes hare been ordered to rein
force Dongola.
W0BK AND WORKERS.
The Milwaukee s rtel railway employer
struck for an advance In wages and for rec
ognition of their union. Every line in the
city was tied up.
Four hundred union plumbers, gas and
steam fitters went on strike In Kansas City
for eight hours' work and the same wager
heretofore paid them for nine hours.
Eighteen of the 140 building contractors In
Newark, N. J., have agreed to the carpen
ters' demand for a uniform scale of $2 75
per day, and 400 of the 1303 strikers returned
to work.
Such of the 1503 painters of Boston as had
not previously secured the eight-hour work
day went to work on the shorter day last
week. There was no opposition to the
charge.
In Newark, New Jersey. 1100 carpenters
struck for an advance from t2 to 92 75 per
day, uniform scale, and eight hours on Sat
urday. It Is said that all other trades un
ions will strike In sympathy If the carpenters
do not win within the week.
General Superintendent Kimball, of the
Life-saving Service, has Issued a circular
forbidding members of a life-saving crew,
during the active season, ferrying, boating,
oysterlng crabbing, fishing, shooting game,
gathering moss, or engaging In similar em
ployment for pay or market, In competition
with other persons engaged ia such business.
The Chicago and Indiana Coal' Company
it Duggar, and the Ehrllch and, Vigo Com
panies, east of Terre Haute, dtx the Van
lalia, have posted notices that they would
pay 50 cents, and the men are at work. AU
)ther bituminous mines in Indiana, north of
:he Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern road,
are Idle.
According to a despatch from Dolotb,
Minnesota, wvast beds of anthracite coal,
which are said to rlval In richness and ex
:ent these in Pennsylvania, have been dis
covered la the northern part of that State,
and James J. Hill, President of the Great
Northern Railroad, their sole owner, has be
gun to develop the property."
A despatch from BiJdeford, Maine, says
that a general cut-down in all departments
of tbe Pepperell and Lacouia Mills, to take
effect May 18, was officially announced. Tbe
average redaction la about nine per cent,
and tbe j new schedule practically conforms
with that In effect prior to tbe Increase made
ia Jane of last year, About 3103 bands, ara
affected I : ;v . : -
nriY-rouBTH cosgiiesx
eoush
11 5th fcAt.Tbe House J paei without
division a resolution for final adjournmrr.f
on Monday, May 19. and then proceeded un
der a special order to consider private pen-,
Ion bills and acted on pern at the rat cf
about one every five minute. In five an I a
half hours seventy-two tills were lateral!?
acted upon, among them tills granting t -
widow of tbe late Secretary Walter Q,
Greeham a pension cf tlOOamonth; L !: i
betn Watts Kearney, daughter of Geo. VIA)
Kearney, $ 2ft per month; the widow of th
lata Senator Oeorne E B pence r, of Alabama.
SO per month; Gen. James C. Farroit, f
Er monlbj the widow of Oen. James II.
unt, of Kansas, $75 per month, and tl oa.
Nathan Kimball, 10a-
119t Dat lbe net result ot a three-nn t-a-naf-b:cmr'Aeftioa
of the House was U
passage of a bill to amend the art m at!;; :
the Court of Appeals so as to allow r r t:
from the Supreme Court of the terrltorh t
the Court of Appeals. Mr. Flckler atfrni t
ed to secure his revenge for the -defeat r.-
suffered when the House refused to remalD
In jcsklon to pas private pension Mil. : 1 v
blocking legislation. He made the p ui f t
no quorum at everypp portunity. and HnaUy,
the House losing patience; adjourned.
120th Dt. Tbe members of the llc.
votedj then elves 100 per month for c :
hi during the recess of Coogren,. I I
proposition to extend tb! allowance to ninn
ber cftroe spin the form of the llartmfm
reaolutiofi, adversely retorted fnm-th
committee on accounts. The reeolutlou wt
amneded so a) to except chairman ol com
mittees having annual clerks, and, ru amend
ed, waa'pn-wed 130 to 101
UlfT Pat. the session of the Hons nn
almost entirely devotod to the consideration
of District of Columbia to!ne;. Arrung
tbe bills passed was one to acthorbie tho
retary of the Treasury todetall revenue cut
ters to force regulations at regattas.
I EH nr.
118th DaT. The final vote on the resolu
tion for an investigation of recent bond Is
sues will be taken In tbe Henate tomorrow.
An amendment by Mr. Lodge was adopted
providing that tbe investigation should Lti
conducted by the regular finance eommltt'
Instead of a special committee, a? first pro
posed. The voting came affr Mr. Hill tm I
added another lively Installment to his
speech, Including a sharp criticism of Mr.
r-ttlgrevr and a personal exchango with Sir.
Wolcott, when the latter tried to call .Mr,
Hill to order.
IHrrH DaT. By the decisive vote of 61 tc
G, the Senate Inaugurated nn Investigation,
to be conducted by the Senate Committee ou
Finance, Into tbe facts and circumstances
connected with tbe sale of the United Btst.-a
bonds by the Secretary of the Treasury dur
ing tho last throe years. The tlx 'adverse
votes were cast by Senators Caffrey, of Lou
isiana; Faulkner, of West Virginia; Gray, I
Delawrae;Hill, of New York; Mitchell; of
VYinconsln.and Palmer, of Illinois, all Dem
ocrats. The debate had been animated, and,
at times, sensational, throughout tho early
tours of the day.
120th Day. Tbe river and harbor Lill was
completed lo-tho Senate with the except! n
of the Item for a deep-sea harbor on the
Pacltlo coast. This has aroused kcon oppo
sition, the two California Senators opp'inn
the proposed appropriation of 3,0'JH,()0(J, on
the ground that It Is foterod by the South
ern Pacific itailroad. Senator White com
mented on the extraordinary condition hy
which the commerce committee of the fol
ate was forcing an appropriation on Stato
against tbe washes of Its Senators, repnt-a-t
at Ives and people.
121st Day. -The California deep harbor
project was Lefore the Senate most of tb
day. Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, declared that
the proposed expenditure of three millions
waa against the public interest and in the
private Interest ot C. P. Huntington, ot tb
Southern Paeiflc. Senators Vest and CafiVry
took the stand that no appropriation ihouM
le made at pros nt.
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.
Mrs. Annie Besant la on her way hon e
from India.
Mr. Goschen, the Secretary of War, ha
followed Mr. Balfour's example and inku
to the .bicycle.
Colonel II. S. Olcott. president-founder of
the Theosophlcal Society, i' lecturing on
"Theosophy" In Madras, India.
Trofeflsor Charles Ilumann, director el
the Berlin Museum, who was suptrlut' nl
iDg the excavations at Ephesus, died in
Smyrna.
Julius von Payer, a Bohemian artist, La 1
the marvelous experience of going four
times to the arctic regions. He Is the only
artist In that specialty In Europe.
United States TreAsarer Morgan list
Ihursday mailed 8433 checks ngregatir ,
1 1,522,356 la payment of Interest due ii ay 1
on registered United States 5 per cnti r
1901, and 4 per cents of 1925.
The late Baron de Hlrsch was uppo" 1
by a great many superstitious peopl ; t
have the 'evil eye," and a few avoided LI n
solely on that account as If he had be-;a th
very Frlnce of Darkness.
M. Jean Tborel. who Is well known to th"
literary world, and It Is very likely that l.
success In that line prompted hi to j I s
the ranks of the French dramatists, Lai w t
made a success with his find play, "T 1
Sisters."
Sir Crockett, the novelist, who h?nj . '
returned from a holiday in Holland, h n t
much Impressed with thai country m a r
ting for a story. His Intention wa- to 1 .?
the principal scenes of his next novel In H '
laud, but it Is possible that he may aVi
the idea.
3L Coquelln, tbe celebrated a:tor, bm 1
his appeal against the Kociete de la Con,! !
F.anca'sc, and is atjala forbidden to ! iv ;t
any theatre in Tarls or the' provinces Vh
out the permLsslon of Come ll-Fran i:
authorities. The penalty for dljobv li"M "
ia 600 francs or'flOO per nlht.
ALLBEADY TO ADJOUmr.
Cssgms to Eil Iti Session Honisy, II 17
Miny Psaion Bills Pa-.siJ.
The House Wed nday served noti ;
Senate and the country th t it bad tra:ia
ed its buelu ess and was ready for Inn IU, t'
aljournment by pas log, without divhi;, ,
resolution for final adjournment Mon H;. ,
May 18.
Tbe House then proceeded under f
pjclal order adopted previous y to co.-i ! r
private pension bills, and acted" on tli-m - t
the rabs of about one every five mlnut x. Ii -the
terms of tbe order, debate on ech t :;.
was limited to ten minutes. Iu live nn 1 1
half hours 72 bills 'were favorably a'vo,
J or!
upon. Among them werw bills granting r: .
widow of the late St retary Walt tire
Cresbam a pension of tl03 per raout)'" 1
Elizabeth Watts Kear .ey, daughter off"
Phil Kearney, f 25 per month; to the .C
df the 1 .te Senator Georga 11. Hpm fjm
Alabama, tjiO per month; to (tV-
James C. Parrott, $50 per month;
widow of Gen. James II Blunt, of '
C75 per month, and to Gen, Natl'
ball, fica