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V- if. 'VOUl.-NO. 15, HTTSBORO, N.OM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, UH)2 SI. CO A?:: it ill r , z ti vr i - " - taura Eiggar's Suit For Vast Wealth Dramalicyllv, Halted. TWO ARRESTED IN COURTROOM JLm Attempt la Serare ! fortune of Henry M. Ileanett.tli rHUbarg Millionaire ' 1 ail A Juried Marti at Certllirate and fa lee fclor-r of FoHMitiuoua Ctitld r Iktue in Uie ( liursrs. I.o:s liniuclv X. ?. Laura Bigg-nr'a nt-cups to p.-; 'all tile late Henry M. Btm."tt's money, instead of th' part of is he left to Irj: In bis will, ranie t ii'djeti nl iu t ;;- Orphans' Court ttc. a ud act i j to set aniil"' the will .was trrtt ftii-i- J wit hoist warning li:it t Tiruii;al ju. cdlntr agalii'-'t bath lH'5 . if and Ih-.W : sor'aited with her. It charp d that ".he fcini'i'-V actress. li i nursed ihe I' ttthwi; railliousire 4lu:.j;.: :v.r !": f. years of Ids 'jfe. asststtd ly ,!) two witness-, p.e-.-.i!iiy by others heid . lit organis ing till- wx' siaautk' fraud exposed in tit,' S w Jersey conns for uutuy ftvr. In ti liK-lou U tteetisniiou that the three plotted a ! riunnti!if1 forgery t.i'p;.ve a myth i ',-! marriage hetwtoti Mr. ibiut. h and Miss P.iggnr. there Is - tfi. i i i ; t i!j4t-i til r-ert'ng that -be bore a posthumous of the. millionaire last July, whepe li iu Mich child ,.vw was born. I '" C. O. Het:d! ick, proprietor of t lie 4" ii 1 Villi Sanitarium, In which Mis Kiggiir has lived recently, atut j'tt:-! Stantou, t h furtuer JuMiorof li! I V.i ?, wlin sjiil lie tn.irricil the -i.ir,i!i In lloiiokcn in K'M. were tli v h !. arrwinl aul h'M in f.'uKHi Ju l. aft-r a Irsiiiiiti vn anions th t'.i:tt y fiiwyiTs wiir, wen1 t'thiins th-rt-iv A warrant f ir Ihe atrt-.-t nf Mi" Ilisar wa sr,iirn cut at the .''be tiine with th others.- Iii !!! f. tVie i;i;-'ltfi1ir In il.- Or:h:ns Cih;m was that the weiMini; cTilr:i :ite, l.i.r:-! n'r.t t. I e ,hc reeor.l of the cmr- rliife of I.aura r.t-'fr t' Henry M. I", !i:i 'H. ;t th" tioaii- f.f .Iiit-tii-f if tile I'-iin- Soiauel Millitmi. oil .fatlil.uy . l.ty n-a a forgery i-Xcrtitj-J only late ly li.v i!n xory man who w.t allest'l tn,i!ie jwrforo-d the er: iintiy. T!vit t!;.- ;an tri.il to itHluce the fJ i.i-ijtry iii" .;e Hoard of Health to lis;li c ,1 '.;lKe t-i,i . y ill hi Ti"srdn lil r t i !.a- ft ap ar that It had In .-!! r :sr- ago. . Th it ii,- t .: of a dead woman was In-; t - il I : Use ,'i.ryed paper a a wU tii . .yi!-.'..:...t.:.r : ; H'-'ver .XV an a rhihl. niid tin' i ;ure ; linear t,ever liretctlded to !i. ,h wife of Ili tjiiett until after nbv l-.i ; . Me to l'r IlotidrlekVaanltarimii, 'ii I , . i- th.- v, h"!e plot wa hatcljed. 'i'iio fn..'i'i pHoer was In l(Mf evl : . if i; character, for, amirdiui? tn ill.- ( lcik who eiiye It Idattk to Jtiik-e M(;i!Hn!i :'jid later r.'c. tved t from him MI'.l out. it w:i a V.i hi hhink. and had to Ite s.Taiched ;it In order to itd:nit ( the iio-criion of the date JIis. A. the in.'iiiir imiv utanils. I.aum Iliar is s'iil. vmitled to thr ee-(ii:ir-ters 'f a r.ilili'in dollar, hut tin? peo ple who rim''d he;1 will seek to re open tin- ii'l.t they iii.riiiiien'd when the ill tir--t catne up for priihate. and to t;i:.e frtitu her ullhnre in the eMato, for tile whole of which nh plotted. -vcn to the lenalh of nwenriti!; kIio va tii'e ivlfe of a tnati who had no w ife. The H 'tineit forlune la thought tt .'llilullllt ti '-.X'0.l)(HI. Tiie detent of tiie plot was kimjile and cnixhini:. tin vevy roinplesitl-s made it ciiinilile when the tlrnt weal: M-'. m a? cxprifiod. and it develnped tiint fenner .lunt!ce Siaptoti had been all the time liiid-r ohi.'fvaliim hy the fuivei opposed to M'sx Iticsar, and hln haic in the plan w.is no secret, go they l;i id their Hiiare and waltnl. Whin Laura ltit;aar'a forces found t heiiiviivee nt hay li for tlie enemy, whos uli-uih hounix had run down th" woman'- confederates. they launch' d n i.urprie hy ivilhilrawlna Inr Milt and aekiiowleililnst a williiiK lu'bs to ahide hy the provlslonni of the lteliiielt Will ih It M.'UtiW. This atiii. litMead of hriiiKiiiR a Intra In the Imttie for the lientiett millions, only precipitated' the mont desperate lonf'ic' of the le?:il en:;ii;eiiielils, hm liinncdhitely after the I'.lL'unr nttor ne had thrown up ihe eaae warrant if 'mt on a her of . conspiracy Averi- served upon 1; Drtrles H't!- .lfh Kv jTrjT'ielor of tile Kauitai Una at I'.nj untie, ii"d upon Samuel Stanton, the fanner Justice of lh: rence wlm hud unrthni he mnrri 'd Laura l'.i:: Kiir to Henry M. Kenw if, at Holmken, on January LStis, Atii'ther warrant we.s ready to le tcie.l uprn I !itirn Kircar, hut slie es--a.pid NiiTosd. hy fallia-; to appear in coiii'l. x . . Ih'ih tniincr-4 were 'nnnedhKely nr ralsnetl hefon? Judtre Heltiley In iii.ua I.eiH, nu.I l'.ei-.l in $."(HM) hall each. The ex cut of i lie hail ( renl'd another Ken nation', and riiarlct I". lilacl;, of Jersey tiiy! attorney for MIks IMasar. Who at once volunteered to act for the two prlsonrr", m.-ide a valiant effort to have the amount -reduced, hut Judire I Ids lay refused to niter the figures. I ho two prlsonera were held-. In de fault of hull and dent. under guard 1n Freehold, where they will reinnln Imprisoned to nwnlt the netlou bf tho ) tohtn (Jrnnd Jury. ay I'lilnene t.epet la Cured. DeUK (June;, tbo t 'blnese leper pn tlent at the Quarantine Hospital at St. LoiiIh, Mo., la recommended for illNchiu'trc m cured by Dr, M. C Wood rntf, Mipeihilenileiit of th bowpl'll. H linn been ft iallent nt tho benpltal more thtrn n year, ..... GUEST WRECKED HOTEL He Exploded Eynarnito and Then Committed Sjoiioide. Disappointed In Ml I,aa far the Pro prietor' DaacMer lie flared Thirty Lliet 1 Jeopardy. TVa-diiutitoii. D. C In an evident at- , tempt to murder the fV.mliy of the pro- pi k-torf th Ccdden Eagle Hotid her Frank MeKle, one o the patrons, part ! ly wre. hid the i.ulltlltiK with dyna mite and placed the lives" of thirty j oltbtr rsr 1b jwpardy at -4.30 ! oc)oeU a. II? then -tidtd his wwn ,) f l!f. Tiie hotel is at the corner of 1 New Jersey avenue and I street. Ixoji liraiji'.t, th" proprietor. osd hin wife -wei painfully Injurt-d. Ail i.l . .. . ....... 1.. .1... ;.llle OllltT JH'l-tiji- ill tj:e. iiu.t-i .-f-ireji.u j j fitmi injury in unite of tli fact tiir.t ; i McKie liiii! elionjih I'viiHT-jite in his j romii to l'o.v uji a hliKr: of hiiildiac.;. , t Tl.- prniri' t(it'. wif.. and daughter. fSopiiie, hud ju-t returned from it I'u- ripea!) r:o. A haimm i wan aivcu for ; ihetn ,:r i?-ljt lv him. . Mckie is hp.:-; i ; to 1:m t h. a in love with the diumincr. j ' It is --njip...-"d that the motives for Vs ' ' act vvere tin" failure of Knpii;e to; rt- ! ' cinfoeate his nlfeiii'di and tiie U,.-i:' j i to Keck revrnc aiiift tho wind? ; family. j ' McKie'x room 5a tl.e JjoU.1 wa4? ' ahove t'lM' . rooiiw onltpie.l 'cy thuj i Hramltx. An employe nf a lunch ro.iri : Oppo.s:ie the llOt-.i HIT .McKIin his ! ; room Jitt hefore thv explosion took j ; place. McKJe had a revolver ii his ! : band. . j The explosion lifted the roof off the ' : buildlfi and partly wiek"d the itjiper j i floor-s. A hl.ir.e was Ktarted, hf.t tire- j ! tii n wijre ftitminoiu'd promptly and j I the f.re was put out. lira tid t and bis j fsni.ir were rescued and tlie excited . patroiK tied in terror from the bf tel. ; M,-K'e ivm found desd lu his room 1 frut'i rt j-evi iver wound in his brad. j th p.rrtly wrecked liniliiin ' w.- ' , ';:,!d t?ore were fo jiid in .Mc- Ki-'.-- i niii I: tlx whole M:-fcs of dya- i iiilLi- and p.nrts of two or thn?e l.rek n : fticl.'j, turreii'f r vviili n hos of caps and ; a i onnt'iy of win for lo!;j !intaoe-. ', . t rpiosion. lie had I . id at lea- n:ue Sltvkfi of dynauiite in bin- imssessiu. j SHIFTING Or ENVOYS. The State lit-iartmriit itilnnurri In. 1'i.itJI:! Ittploiuallc C!iiia;M, Tatjlt3trtn. 1. t". The foUowlns Sro fioHant ditdofijatic uppointtucuts h:.tvo hecti jtUiiot.Ticfd from ti;e. ini;e Depart ment: ' ' Oh.trioSii;:,snt? Tower, of rctinsyl vanin. tiniv Amliaisador Kxtmordinary :'iid . rh-r.Lpo!t:!!ti:iry .. to llu-Hia. to to Aniii.irador Lxtraordltiary ami PJeai. p-iici-.c'.'ii'.v to tierm.tny,' i;oi.e; t S. Mc '"i inli k. of IHitioi. row Aral;rstdor K traorditisrx' and -rier.l-iMttetitiary lit A'txirla-xlliuisary, to f;e Aiii!;as;d : l'.M ac l'..ki-ry ard rkui poti'llti.uy to r.'l.-''!. Hdlaniy hto.c:-, of Ohio, r.o-.v F.uvcr Kxtaorilinary :;p.d Lni; ;er i'lenitto-, ti'iniitry to Spain, to lie AmUftWador Ktr;:irdi:.;ry jtnd I'! "tiip.tcnii.try :o Austria Hutijiii'y. Arthnr S. Hardy, of A". w ;iampsh!.r now Knvny Mstraordinary and SI;t::.--ter .ri.'tupt.iciitii.ry to Switzerland. ;o I e Envoy Kx-tra.irdlnary and Miait'cr l'iedipfiteipiaiy n Sp;i!n. I'haric I'av'e Ihyan. of UlinoU. fimv Envoy K.xtra o r.linniy and 'Miniver T'teUipoteiniary lo P.razi. to lie Estvoy Esiraordiiiary and' "Minister Plenipo tentiary to Switzerland. David E. Thompson, of Xti.r.'i;kfl. to he Envoy Extraordinary and Miihtor l'lciiipotentiirry to llrazil. Thee appointment- are to take ef fect when Ambassador 'White leaves l'.i tiiu In Novemh.-r. CONNECTICUT DFMCCRAT3 MEET. j Name a State Tick it anil Ica.r tlie Kan- t'lty I'latlorru. Xew Haven, t'onn. Th-? I'lcmocraiie State Convention nominated the foi- i lowing State ticket: For (Jovcrnor. i Melhett K. t'ary: Lieutenant -tiovcrnor, I L. Kent Hul'hard, Jr.; Secretary of State, Arthur It. I'alkinh; TriWurcr, Philip Hnuo; Cotiiroiler, Edward ti.1 Kilduff; Attortu-y-t ieueral. Noliiet , Pierre, of Ilrlstol; t'onrefisman -at-Lure , Homer S. t'lininiinK.-i. Th: id.'itfonn adopted niinprv "reaf- llniis iilieislauee to the Deniocrncy of j tlie Nation" and "roami-tit faith in n 'i!iacljkr-." TrtiKts are ilcnonncrd, re. j ti'ivia-liy vol!! Cii'-'tt l t'lnoied.' (.!.:( j Mihsldii'K tire proteiled aiTfiitiKt. and the election ,of Fnhcil States Settair.ru oy pojitiiav vole is (iotnaiui"il. The euuyt tuion, declared lis faith in Co:i-.tn-i-th-t.it .-.tem of idwii ptvt'rtintent. hit; "pledged lis. effort a t'o obtain the adoption t' a i-ni'-stiiution whicli simil tifier th,. iiojiii). v, communities a jm-t and ad r.ttate representation." A7TCRMEY KILLS AN tDITOt?. Feud -Crowlncr Out of Poll I In UrMillii . . Fatally la Triuiriuii, Xiishville, Tejm. W. P.; nohlnaon, editor of the Winchester News-Journal, was shot and kilkd by Ceorge E. P.ankii, it well-known nttorncyi ." Tin' fhnotina wan the outcome of bl'tternesn b?tweeii the twa men tin tins from the tlie of the last judicial election. Mr. Lnbinsou mtw. lit to withdraw his nup pi)ii front Mi. Allison In tlie last ..week o tin; cnmpalRu and mipport Mr. Llt tli'ton. and thin called forth harsh ci niment from Mr. Hanks, which was 't i ft til In tht? eolulhns on tin? News Journal In n vlsorous tjit. ;i5:inks bad a preliminary heatinR hp. f(ire Judpe .Lcfever before Hobiuson died, and Won released du a boud of niooo, 1 GOV. 0 D ELL RENOMINATED Ticket Named by Republican State Convention at Saratoga, N. Y. I-PLEDGEDTO SUPPORT ROOSEVELT Senator F. XV. Hiectn Keeoml on tlte Tirket .the flatfnini CoiKlemna Mnuopolieaj Advocnten Mate I'nrt-haae of Adlron tlaek ami rathl)t I.atxU and Improve, lueul lu t unMl Var Itoosevalt l 1901. Saratoa, X. Y.-Thp Slate Keimhli-t-au t'onvi-iition tiaiucd the fidlowins ticket: For Uoveruor. 15. B.Oiiel!. Jr., of Oraii!,t : Lieutenant .'overnor, F. W." Hi-.-iitis, of Caitaracsus; Secretary of State, Johu F. trr.rii-n. of Clinton; Treasurer. John ti. AYickser. of Erie; Attorney tJenerai. Henry li. Comau, of Jfadiwin;. Coi.troi'i-r, X. 1!. Miiler, of Ctiriland; " Eii'-'inecr; ' E. A. liond, ;f Jefi'nrson: Jud;e of ihe Court of Ap peals, W. E. Werner, of Monroe. State Senator Ellsworth was tiie per manent, Chairman. Alter "the eouvVu tlou bad been called to order Chairman EINworih iveofjniz.d Edward Lauier badi. of Xew York City, (iiaitmau of the Committee on Ki?solurioiis. xvho read the idatform, which was adopted .,s.t...tj. 1-- c--.- - Senator Ix-xow then made his speech nominating (Jovenior Odeil. Mr. Lex ow was followed by Job E. Hedpes. of Xew York City, who seconded the nomination. The ouly roll call of the day was on the .question of Odell's renomination. Chairman Ellsworth insist in? upon that, but abroj:atinz the rule in the cases of other candidates. Frank AY. Hi-ruins was named for Lieui.-njiijt-(.;overtiur by acclamation, and mj were the remainder of the can didates. With the completion of tlie ticket came a flood of resolutions authorizing the npp.diiimt-nt of 'commit tt-en. tliank iuz the 'it'- ns' (.'oiumitiee of Sara toga, tlie oili-ers or tlie convention, tic. A committee, headed by Senator Piatt, was namcrd to notify the candi dates, and it was announced that it woeid meet iu Albany on. October T f..r that piftpose. The names of the nviulu-rs of the new State Committee were announced, and at 1 o'clock p. m. the convention' adjourned sine die. The platform starts out w,ith a tribute to .MeKiniey. an indorsement of the National ndminist ration; favorinc 'ltiHsc volt's retiomination to the Prcsi deucy in 1.ii. jiraisi; for the Army and Navy for it storiac order in the Philip pines, and cotitinuen: art in Cnlci ard tke insular p..es:.-is:ons: Ye favor tiie reciproi i! v,wi: h thet M;w repuiilie j.;i.t.i(ittd bytle Jt'pnii'J-. cans in Cnnt-Fss, sivlljIJ':tV.li-.e ! lief to Cuba and Miltant,.d bciieiiis t i. our own people without harm to any American industry. "Wo believe, that our tn-w leir-c.-s.otis fdir.'.ld be accorded su.-li inciMi'-e of ei'lf 'ivcrnmeiit as their deve'.opir.. -at. ill tlie courie of time, may rci;r.i:e. We commend the Ksetutjve fr laying -th-? 'foundation of social order, education and loctd ffovcrnfm5nt in the Philippine Islands. We commei'ii the action of Convrcfs !n serurins to Uji" pe-iples of those islands their fuiidanu-uttil. civil and persrmil riphts, in terms liorrowetl from the Const it tn Ion of the tinted States, for the election of a legislative assembly, chosen by the Filipinos'." ' Turnins to State affairs tin platrci'm warmly commends the (administration of (Jovenior Odell and advocates im provemcnis of roads and tiu, canals. Of the latter it says: "Tlie oiie obstacle to the, succesprnl consummation of necessary improve nieiits. is the (-onstitutionalrnTiTfiTtioii acainst hmu-extnisioiH of the bonded -debt" of the State. The alternative is direct yearly taxation upon tlie people. "The Itepublieau party, bavin-.' a'. ready throu-ih economics and lei-la-Hon rendered a direct tux .almost r.n neessnry, believes that tln-se improve ments should not be the cause of aain Imposing such a tax upon the people, and I lint without imposing tinnci -essary banlens upon iudivliluals or. other in tnttUj,..Uure should be an cx'inshm d!' time in which -payment of the primipy and the money." for the payment of the yearly Interest should be provided. "We favor, as (he tirst step toward these improvements', an exien don, nn dot tl.e Cnnsti! :t'iin, of the time when such payments shall be made. To se cure these W'clitnlunru-t) the- oottfiat of tin? people must be first obtalitcd. an we faor such legislation as wiil afford them an opportunity ' h pass upon these Important quest lens. "We believe that tho .policies, inntt gurated by a Itepublieau Lcginlat hit and by a Ilepublienn (lovcrnor, which arc giving to the State a better system of highways, should be continued, and we bellevp In the enlargement and Im provement of the canals to such an ex tent a will fully and adequately meet all requirement of commerce, the ex pense of such improvement, however, to be met through imurees of revenue other than liy direct taxation." Protection la Indorsed and only com binations of an oppressive nature are comletntu'd. -Legislation to .secure mpeedy . adjudication of cases in the courts Is advocated, and In the conduct of State Institution die highest stand ard without extravagance la supported, tiovermir Odell's changes In the system of managins the.se institutions Is com mended.. Tht?" conservation of the forest pre serves is urged, and the resumption , of .purchased of lands witulu tin pavks favored, . ' jVllVS O&tfE. WEEK. XTAUfTlNOTtHf ITEMS. Secretary Moody decided to form two formidable battle fleets of war ships, one to gctard the North Atlantic coast and the other to be stationed in Asiatic water?. Naval Constructor Taylor left for Havana. Cuba, to take charge of the damag-.'d dry dock there. Itrar-Admiral Higginson reported searchlights of less value than had beru cxiH'cted in the recent Joint Army and Xavy mar.euvres. Secretary Shaw announced that in the last 'week be had distributed $10. Own it mi of Treasury fund among back.? throughout the country. Iiciiorls received at the State i")o fariint from Minister Cotisrer indi cate' the probability of another .great Boxer Ui'iisins in China. i Secret. -try Mondy is invesiigatiug the treds of the Xavy in ships and men. seeking for material on which to base his" reeomtde'fcdalions ' to Congress. OI K ADOPTKn ISI-ASns. The Trenmiry Department ordered tctinajrc- taxes in Porto Uico converted to the .Marine Hospital Service. Hohart S. Bird, editor of the S.in Ju;;n Porto Kieoi New's, was sentenced to four months'- imprisonment for the publication of a' libelous article on Judge llamas, of the District Court. J"h - V'!J L"- ''S'-ic 'JL to the S: ur lt5- Court. BOMKSTIC, Tiie loss of life in the panic at tlie negro Eapti-ts' Convention at Binning-' tain. Ala., numbered 115. Ail tlie gas companies of Boston, M.iss., arc to' be merged as the result ti." a conference. toncrdl Miles made a hurris-d exam ination of Washington army posts ou his way to Manila. EiiSh-s solicited in connection with a paving contract are charged in indict ments . against Counciimeii William MeCall a?!i William Batcheler, of Con ueant. Ohio. Ciiai-ges of Irreguhirjty in business tritt.sttcth-iiis are made against Captain J. A. Lynch. Tw -ntif th Infantry, just arrived at- San Francisco. Cab, from Maidhh'. The New" Jersey Cai:;;i r.f Errors and Appeals decidetl that t hi pi'i.p.i--e.i con version cf k . H, i ft'iil t.f l'tii;ed States Sf. el Mock int.? botuls is Chark I-'. Mtirjrby was lectoil ladei' of Tauttaany Hall, at Nrw Voii; City, ami ch."rgo v-f election by tfrand were inaYie agaitts; former Eh lei" f.f Po lity De cry. who was eiei ted leader tif'tbe M-itii A's.-coib'.y District. ' Chief Cn'-r was. at Xew-York Pity, tuMtu.ti.o.;y ci.'.-ii-d President of tiie. liiicni.i!i. i.,u Assijciation of Fire En gineers. . Peter II'?: nia. murderer, was hang-t.! in Iia.'.'-'i-Mid; ;a':l ii';er a ilespen.to battle w:Mi his ktvpers. The equestrian staitte of Httieral Henry AY. ii.-imi. oi Brook!', n, tre.- cd !'V tin- St 'Ken New York, was un veiled jit the C:"ttys'vitirg. Pa., battle I'Cbl. ami a !i're.-.-i s were made by t.'ov- ; n-.-r Odr'.i. Mayor Low and other. .m? .';!. ..Ion charging perjury v-as 'li-'-.i ,'r.;,i ';. .-. font- 111 ore former tlelc , g-iti i.,.- t it.niii Attorney Folk, of S-c I.-.".-. ' . ' in -'i-s in St. Louis, Mo... testhictl to' th'.- agveenient of packers in. the Mi-ri. Tnist to maintain uniform prices. 'I.i'SMs fu business failures caused tlii' New ork State Bankins Company, "cf Syrtteusti, N. V., to close its doors. In th,- until; of a private in the .Ma tin' Cprps, at tliirilrookiyti Navy Yiird, Chitf.'e loot valil'd at .."Hl.iKiit was fd;;;id. The marble was arrested ai.d will iie court-mat-. tale,!. A tiient combine, to control-the Klou diUe is i!-.ing or.'a;iicd at Dawson. For Interfering in a light, Henry lv'Ds was insianily killed at Ecke'r e.ian. Micli., by Nell Sinclair. ', John C. Crosby, of Pittstiiid. Mass., lias dcidined", for business reasctis. to tc.ept the nomination for Lieutenant trovertior uiadi by the Democratic . State cuiivi -nt inn. i or.KitiN. Mr. Stank'V "Spencer dropiieilbails from his air ship during his crfise over LnmUi-!, and said' this sltowli wii.il a:t tinny could do with an-fur shiit carry i'.ig bombs. . --' " ' ' Tw o hi ,-'i."!s "tatirists, two guides and ilrier porters 1-M their lives while making nil nsi nt: of Mont l'.huie. ihe Ki'ssi:'.!! Ambassiulor at Constun . ; iimple caih-d the Sultan's at tent ion tii the Uls;it;.s''aet il'.v ielldi lions in. Mace di-Viit. aitd. AH tinia. ' . Pr.-mier ouibcs.i.t a political h-. quel at Paris. France, endeavored to e'Tace the damaging, effect o-' the re cent Indiscreet spcechc of Ministers Andre and Pelletan. It is said that the Powers may pro test against the permission given to Itussia to take war ships through the Daiilamilles. , Mine. Louhet. Avlfe of the French President, Is being severely criticised for advocating American educational methods. . ProCufsor Luthardt. , probably the .most ftotcd strictly orthodox theologian in Germany, died nt Lcipslo. lie wai eighty years old. M. Ditvld, a Paris stock broker, was shot and killed at Etretat, France, while walking Inthe atret't, by a Pari sian artist named Syndon. (leneral Botha aunounccd that Ar thur WlJItp, an Anxnican, had cwntrib uted $100,000 to tho fund for the relief of debtltute Bor. FAMOUS GOILD TRIAL The State's Attorney Asked That N Suit Be Stop.ped. Waciesborc). Special. The matter of Identity. of the prisaner supposed to bs Dan Gould, which was heard at Troy last week, came to an abrupt dose Saturday at noon, when Solicitor Hammer, in a brief speech asked tha judge to instruct the jury to answer the issue "no-," This action was taken after a consultation with the Stat.e's .witnesses and was concurred In by Mr. Caudle, who assisted the prosecutins attorney for the State and at the in stance of Mr. Carpenter a brother of the murdered man. it w;.s not a sur pria to any one who heard the testi mony of the defendant's witness's. who consumed the whole of yct iday and part of today. ) The nic-tt important witnt-st-s f r the cejenst were: J. il. fa. ri. r t:, witness mentioned in my vxtX rriott, who testified that' te had known the prisoner fiotu his birth and that be sas a houss boy In his home until li or '8.'). nTlie murder was, committed in December. 1SS1 ). W. il. Ai-ihros. ot .Sumter. S. C, who was raised in IVr ciuimans county, testified 'that he and the prisoner were boys together; that Tom Maddrcy, the prisoner, attended school at the same time he did. and had to pass the wh'i ? si hool j ev.ry day; that he knew him, the piiisonei, f:om ISiTC to 1S92. He, as did Mr, Par-kt-tf, ttsiifted as to the scars .trc t no of i isot,er's body and explain :V wi they came on him; Harrison Maddrcy, a half-brother of Tom Maddrcy. testi fied as to where he and his brother were raised and positively identified aim; Mr. W. P. Seara. of Wilmington, had knonn the prisoner from 1SS3 un til the time of his taking lunar to Georgetown, S. C, in 181W. "He also positively identified him as Tom Mad drey; H. M. Woodard testified as to many things that the prisoner deseiib ed to him, w hich, if he had been other than Tom Maddrey. he could not have known. Mr. Yoodard ha.-i been a resi dent of Perquimans county for 2 f-a:s. Mr. George R. Iiathman. r,i Harvey's Neck, Perquimans county, r.i-id tha he knew the Maddrey family, that the prisoner was Tom Maddrcy, and that his mother was o!d Mahab y Maddrey. He testified that when :i? went to the he plied the pris mei with quefction after questi in and ihat his anawers were invariably conrvt. I!" nsked him about la. toad Ua inie, f t-n: Mr. Parker's residence to H i t -r.ii d. and says that Tom described it ('ifectly as it fas 12 or 15 years ago. that the road was now changed i:id the oh! road -entirely obliterated ar 1 tliat no one but people who lived in tl.at stttlon prio- to the disuj; of t."'s r . l ivMuid t.v r know of Its exUtetp e. .P-f-sidf tl.es-? white witnesses xvh -- l:araci.?r was srstaiiied iiy afiliaviy: ireui prominent men cf their hoi.rt'-R many negroes tq-tifled in jx-rson -,-ii bv d'epowi.iiion to the h!T.tlt;. of -Tom .Madrfrey. and a large tsumhe; -of ::it. from this county, both white and black, positively u -stifled 'that it a not Dan Gould. The t-'tate had a rcnarkably stro-ts cr.se. but at this juncture, it. anno:st .cej the intention of not further pro.'' t-utitiB -th?' matter. Mr, Caudio ash -d t i mahe'a statenient to the c.j irt nn-J juty in which he said that r' !i . i L n xerclir.gly pi-rpUxed over lie : . t;ij th prison :r was a p. . I dr. ulde t:t Dan tbiuld. but that. he. nor ii:.,- !ie:it Mr. Carpenter. wi-jli".i t.i coaviet an innoefnt man. ami inas much as the evidence for the defense was such as to at least. create a doubt, he would ask the court to charge i.'m jury to bilng in a verdict of nou i,'":t tity. He fu'ther stated that the imin who bad testified ' and 7a id that tho prisoner was Dan Gould, were of An-H,-i! r it'.chmond'a ami Moii'wonie.y's iirst citizens, and while h? did 111c sty they were, mistaken. tht they viay be mistaken. Mr. Mcjyendon, who with such ai tutcnfss and profrsslanal a'liifi.'. noi d'.ntd the ease fr the 'def'Misr. a:-ked the court's permission to make a r , -i t - niev.t. in whicH he said in. part: "t became connected with this case j a at her peculiar way. I had been up in ihe Jail inWadesb-rj to see a client ei'd unyit leaving was accosted by this tn.irurft the bar. who said that he want- me to take his rase. I Hsftifi to torv with 11 llii t.iare. because 1 felt that he was Dn:t Gourd, .-ind X did not wisn to interfere with the cnune iff law. His story fr.s.jnated me, I called two or three times to see bins and questioned and cross-examined him, I set traps Or him to fall in, but- he was net once eauri t. I beuaii to investigate and wrote to the partiea he referred me to, 'ail of whom rui-iiver.-d ImiiW.tit ;,l,y . .and. .carib.ii-nid his' :"!:?te'inrnt. I -then went to lb rU'c'-y nr dt noV .many dcjios't lens which ha e" l:' ci Introduced in ttiis case, ali of v. t.irii corroborate,! tht? alHtemftits ..; r-.y. wltnesf cs and' this 'man. Fifty cr more white and black people vvn ready to'testtfy In his behalf, but time wns1 insufficient and I deemed it un l eei-.nsary. When Mr. Sears and Mr. Ambr08 came to Wadi sboio to see t li prisoner. 1 was only aware of Mr. Sears' coming and went to the station ii: a tingle buggy to meet him. but be was briouip&ntcd by Mr. Atn'mu, who hps In Wilm-ngton an 1 consented to come after I had been-notifln 1 'of Mr. .Scam' coming. W? went to r.y oifbV aid .bout 10 o'clock.! took tho Rentle aim to the jail. I led the wav with a lantern. When we reached th? 1...8 Tom was iu the fmtherest oft corner, r.slecp. I railed lira and toll him to r imts out some wanted to see him. I add the lante.M so t lint th light wou'dvshlne in Tom's Ace and tho rcntlfmen would b !h tlie darK. I th?:. turned tin lantern throwing Ws light In. the facet, of th" two men o:i1 Tom rushed up, thurf,'. cut his hand and iv -aid, 'iiowdr do. Mr. Scars, fcoT ;v rav I other. M.:rr!a'-p- Tien be tn.-ai-'d and saw Mr. Ambros. and e.vten.ied -i:t .'is hand tri h:m, t.-ying. 'Howdv d., Mr. Ambrof " It vas all I could do 10 i;e..p back the tears for thei I korw the prisoner was 1 rt Dan Go. 1-1 The solicitor ano his as 50 iaf-" at- 'cinry have acted noblv. aud 1 sicer? believe that jo: won! I have re turned the same verdict. I want tt tar testimony to the character of the men who have come from Anson to testify for the State. I kaow them all they are as good men as ever trod tha soil of these adjacent counties, and the negroes who have testified, are of the county's best." ' "This is a most "striking case, titer beins n&ne like it in the annals of Jurisprudence, save one-. in thr. English courts, which dates back about 300 years ago." During these remarks tr.e audience, which was a house full, were as silent as a tomb, and the f ree a.-id concise- ne-s of his speech brought many tears to eyes unier both gray and black brows. Judge Seal, after speaking of the re markablenesa of the ca.se and the spirit ft fairnes that prevailed on both sides, submitted the rssue to the jury, with th5 charge to answer it nd. ' HIS OMiH GRANDFATHER. (' ' -1 r Just How He Became So is Not Quits - Clear, But He Did Finally! 31 know of at least one curious cas of curious intermarriage where a youiig man became his. own grand father cnfil p??? :bo fe,??d. cf ti?? novel in life, "and it is rather a simple thing when you. come to think of it. Father and son were living together in a refiote section of Arkansas. The old man was & widower.- Not far from where they lived was a widow and her daughter. The old man wooed and won the daughter, ami finally married her. In the meantime- the son had been making soft speeches to the wid ow, and they were married about the same time. "The young man thus became the father-lu law o' bis own father,'' and yet his father's wife was his step mother," but as lit? w as his father's son his wife bei aiin? the stepdaughter of her own child. In tourse of time the children of the old man and the daugh ter became the Tcrandrhiijreu of the widow and the son. Tha sons and daughters of the son and the widow were brothers and sisters, by marriage, of the children thus, born to the old man and tht? daughter. The father's wife waa tho mother. in-law of her own mother, and her children, being the brothers and sisters of her hus band's son, who .waa also her mother's hiiihaud. not only made bis wifo Ma graauuiother, .but placed him In the position of being his own grandfather. "His father, becoming his son-in-law, bis father's children, who were his brothers and sisters, became also his grauiicbil i'ii n. V-cause laey were the children of his wife's daughter. The children of th? two marriages became doubly stepbrothers aud sisters, and uncles and aunts and nephews and nieces of each other; . I never under took 10 figure the thing out any fur-, ther than this, and to tell the truth I get mixed tip every time I think about the matter, and I am not "cer tain about but one thing, and that is that the son became his own grand father in due course of time" iXew Orleans Times-Democrat. On? .Sure.. Sign., A story illustrating the hard-head-edness and sheer common sense of the late Dr. McCosh. the noted dean of -the faculty of Princeton Univer sity, was told recently. ' He made the acquaintance of a couple of, Scotsmen who worked as farm hands on an estate near Princeton. . and. learning' that they did not go to church, hauled them over, the coata for backsliding and induced trem to attend Sunday services regu'P They were "simple-minded men, v'lth immense respect for the venerable In structor, and they invariably ran "kT" him to settle disputes or to t.dvise them iu matters of business. Oni , morning they appeared before him as he was going to chapel, and told him they had had a quarrel as to the siga of hearing the first cuckoo ofvthe season. Jamie had said that it was a sign thai the one who, heard it would speedily marry; Sandy declared it as a sign that the? .bearer would get . speedily 'rich. "It's a sure sign ef someihin', doc tor. What may it be? Can ye Ull us?" ' "Yes," said the doctor; "To hear jthe first-cuckoo of the sdasou is a sure sign you're not deaf.,'' And ' he solemnly turned on lis heel and left them staring after hi in. Remarkable Filial Love. A remarkable story is being toll about M. Captier, the famous ' Paris . sculptor, whose tragic death too;c place recently. He wanted a, model whose feet were perfect for his stat ue of "Venus," and experienced great, dtuiculty fn getting erne. When ho did succeed in this ho found thaj tin? " lady could not sit for blm, 'as j1"? ,' was engaged at other studios, jsl however, offered to have her !'." . off If M, Captlor would buy a f unity for her aged mother. N pj n to say. the sculptor had t: ) this offer, much to E'e- app gret of the plucky model. , IV. U
Chatham Observer (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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