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‘ erybody buys their Footwear frorfi
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H. HARVEY,
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tritiral Kidney and Liver firm
Grown Planter-end Pills.
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Home Dressed Poultry a Specialty,
flrdere Delivered Promptly.
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ltttr countenance
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tlelieetceaee'eleetre-oweleadere.
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Waeureoroe, March 3.41m Jeeepbmea
I. Johneton died ehortly after it o'clock
Betuedeyuigbt, Hardball. at bfereerdence
no Connecticut avenue. The immediate
eaneenfdeathweeheert tailored-emit
of flegeueretion of the heart. duelaalufle-
are to a coldoontracfedaomcweekeego,
but more particularly due to extreme old
age. At times for about two year: General
Johneton hae abowu namhtakableelgne
of a general bnektng down life mind
often became bewilderedaothathecould
not tellwhere he was orhow became
there. Wlile hie friends endetteadaute
knew that he might pace away at any
time, yet they had had no waruiugthat
theend wee eo near. Governor raw
enterodtheroorn etelittleaftcrllo’clock.
and be he up the march bedside
he heard an almost inaudible sigh. and the
general was dead.
A Sketch of life Caner.
By the death of “Joe" Johneton the nev
flan loam oneof the ableetof the great
soldiers who have
commended arm
leewithin its bor-
- den, and Confed-
' crateveterenewill
eral'e father war
a theological stu
dent when the rev-
olutionary war oo-
9 , curred, but joined
‘ ' ’” l'aice legion, end
Small. u. Joussrox at the I800! nix.
teen led a forlorn hope with so much cone
age and skill that he was pnbliclythenked
In orders. Joseph Ii Johnston wee born
Feb. 3, run. near Farmville, Va, and grad.
noted from the Military academy in 1%
in the same class with Robert E. Lee.
Thirty nullet Ilolee la Illa Uniform.
lie served in the Black Hawk war, the
Seminole war and Mexican war. Although
by preference an engineer and generally
detailed for important engineering work
in time of peace. be was also a hard fighter
and good leader.
He came out of the war with the Florida
Indians in not with thirty bullet holes in
hie uniform. and at Chcpnltcpec, where
he led a detachment of the storming party,
he wee the first to place the national colors
in the enemy‘s works
one of the Fleet Brigadier;
The Confederacy made him one of its
first four hrigadier generals and Virginia
madfhim a major general He assisted
General lee in organizingthetroope which
rushed into Richmond when the war began
but true afterward antigenic] tn communal
at. Harper's Perry. When McDowell
moved from Washington and utter- kcd the
Confederates at. Manama Johnston hue
vied to Beauregard!» existence and turned
defeat to victory for the Confederates at
Bull Run.
After Bull Run he was commissioned
full general in the Confederate aert‘icc, but
a protest. against his position as to relative
rank brought him the enmity of President
Davie, which continued throughout the
war, to the great benefit of the Union
cam. At the battle of Seven Piece be
was wounded so severely an to be unfit for
duty for several months.
llandleapped by Jo! Darla.
In March. nee, he was placed in com
mend of the southwest and planned to de
feat Great. but a body of the troops, room
etrong. for which he asked. wee refused
him through Mr. Davie' orders, a refusal
which caused the Confederate eecvetary of
warto resign. When in hfey. tees, Grant
attacked Vicksburg in the rear. Johnston
wee ordered to the commend of the Con.
federate forcee there, but Pemberton, by
diaobeying ordere. ruined his plane end
loaf. Vicksburg. llie next important work
waeto oppoee Sherman‘s advance on At
lanta; then he found himaelf. with an in-
ferior force, oppoeed to a foernen worthy
of his steel; he failed. and Mr. Davie re
moved him by putting Hood in hie place;
from that time forward Shermen’e move
ment wan a triumphal proceeeion.
lie but Battle.
In February, 1565, General fee, to whom
Mr. Davie bud reluctantly yielded control
of the Confederate forcee, ordered John.
start to take commend of all forces in the
aoutheaat end drive Sherman back. The
teak wee impoeeible, ae both Confederate
generals knew, but. John-ton, with a force
about a third an strong as hie adversary’e,
wee etubbornly in Sherman’s way until
thenewe of lee’e eurrender reached him.
When lee ear-rendered Johaeton informed
Provident Davie that further continuation
ofthc war would be murder, end Dev
until then Johnatoa'a moat determl
enemy. aulunltted to the logic of create
la 0‘“ Dad» Cleveland. 2
Afterthe war ended Johnaton went into
bueineua and found hie executive ebllfter
in general demand. Virginia lent him to
congreee, where he became a useful work-
ing member, and in rear President Cleve
land appointed him normal-loner of rail
made For many yearn he has been a
familiar figure at Washington. Alert,
modest courteou, enable and bearing his
year-e lightly, he wee a wonder to than
who kuowhow longaud arduoue hie duties
hadbeea, eodtbet hecarrled tbcecare of
antenna wound». Ontya fewdeyaago he
wee the "obeerved of ell observers” at the
funeral ceremoniae of Admiral Porter and
General Sherman, but hie meet notable
and dramatic ep wn whee
the atreete of New York
he Sherman rode tilde by ride at Gem
ereiGrant’e funeral, chatting together an
pointy at if they were the warmest ct
elude-4e they were-4w of
of the abieet of warrior- who ever
great mice at one another.
Thinner-lb will mehoefrmSLJohl'e
at ll
e.
Watch Toasty morning
cine urch‘
ml. matte: w khmflr‘e'mabre I“
taken“ etnibeeeraeterythera
acrimonyi my M
"Moria, filings.“
film P. . Shem and
“m" mum“
narrow ene-
givehlrnernerkofeetecrumntto remove
thegrandducherefrom the foreign eerie
already count on international scandal.
mmtlflukc [avoid to be reeliyat
teebedtohlewili. but he treeteberou the
baby marriage be has claims.) that ebe
mutt become ltueeiau altogether, even to
the ab: rndonrnent of thereugiou in which
ehe was born end educated.
at brutal, has been tried upon her. When
eke desired to attend English aervicee ehr
found no carriage to take her, and the
grand duke. on each occasion. hae shown
edlepleaenre in ways theta Ruaeleu or'l'ar
tor, high or low. very well understands.
There in uoallegation openly made of phy-
now but twenty-eeren yearn old, and only
"' minimum a
'* earnuemuovnea‘womrn
of
we- not, an gratefully eteted.to
of‘it. Petmburg, where her maltreetr
mm; the it “den imperial family had
rineiple that Brown treateecon-
grieved province or atate. flaring annexed
With tbia object coercion, characterized
alcel violence, butsrnmore even to that
effect are current. The young prince-e.
twenty when she was me
for advice to her father, the Grand Duke
Louie of Reese, and to her grandmother,
Queen Victoria.
The queen. dreading eeandal, appears to
have advised her to comply with her hit!
band's wishes an to religion. Ofllcially the
queen was simply stated to have aent he!
pleasure to her granddaughter, about to be.
converted to the RM“ church. The
Grand Duke Louie, however, took a diflcr
eat view of matters. llo wee indignant.
and openly protested against his daughter
being coerced asto her religioue profession,
end wanted to bring her home. ,
Before anything could be done, the~Rue-
eian imperial family, apprehensive of the
disgrace that would attach to them should
the grand ducheee leave her husband. made
the official announcement of her conver»
clan, and then speedily followed the decree
appointing Ssrgius governor of Moscow.
and removing him and hie wife to that in-
terior Russian city. for from the glimpse
of England and Germany that may once
eionally be caught at St. Petereburg. It
in not at all certain that the end is yet
The Grand Duke Louie ie thoroughly
aroused. it is he who has through 'l'hr
Times and other newepapers appealed
from Queen Victoria to the English people
in behalf of his daughter.
TWO EIGHT HOUR VICTORIES.
'l'lar- Carpenter: Wla and the Law lla-
llern Social-eel In ladle-a.
CZIIf‘MlO. March m—(Yommitfm iron
the Carpenters end Buildrre' aevocintior
and the United Carpentere' council havr
reached an agreement, thus averting th-
tbreateued strike of next Saturday. The
agreement. which will come into force or
April 13. lS'JL and last until April la. la
provides that journey-men carpenters wil
receive thirtydlvc cents an hour as thr
minimum rate of wages and that eight
hull! shall constitute a day's work.
rice-Calm In hull-area.
lxmasarvius, March rat—The 'suit or
John liriseel against Noel Brut hers to col
lect wages for overtime from May. mo. tr
March l2, run. but been decided in farm
of the plaintiff. The suit. was brought tr
test the law which provides that cigh’
hours almll («Institute a day's work unleer
there is an agreement l') the coat mry
The cum will gain the supreme court at
it Is thr- first (-ver'tricd under the law
Ingeveoll'a hart Tribute to Barrett.
Saw Your; Manh fill-Colonel Robert
J. lugereoll deliverthc last of a series or
lectures loot night for the benefit of the
New York Pm club building fund. llir
subject wee ”Shakespeare." and be opener
with an eulogy of the late Lawrence liar
rett: “My heart tells me that on the three
hold of my address it will be appropriate
for are to any a few words aucnt the great
actor who hen just fallen into that sleep
Lawrence Bamtt was my friend and I war
hie. lie wee an interpreter of Shakespeare
to whoev- creatlona he gave lleeh and blood
lie was the gmtcet tragedian of our that
next to Edwin lbwth. lie shunned the
questionable, the vulgar and impure, ftllf
gave the intellectual. pathetic manly
tongue. lie was a thoughtful Hamlet. at
inn-nee Othello and the at f Iranian of “it
century. One by one the players leave thr
etege and others take their places. No our
known what the neat Irceuc in to be. Wil
the drama have an end? Will the curtail
fell at but and will it rise again on norm
other atage? Ream" eaye perhaps, hop:
etill whispers we; sadly] lbid my frienr
farewell." . . ..._.
chvelaarl'e Alleged street Car fiche-re.
Chicano, March tow—W hen ahown thr
telegram from New York, repreeentin;
that ebl’reeideut Grover t‘leveland. W.
0. Whitney. Daniels. Lamont andaatreet
railroad magnate of Chicago were more
here of a eyndicate which proposed to buy
up the controlling intereete in the atreef
earlinee of New York. Philadelphia, Boa
ton, Washington, l'ittebnrg. Cblcagmst
Louie and San Francisco,
Charles T. Yerkes. of the Went Chic-gr
and North Chicago Street Railroad com
ponies, acid the ecbcme was impracticable
andthet hedid not. think there wee any
pudbllity of be being carried into effect.
a retainer tuned by «an...
Amateur Cm. Ark. March a—A
y of (‘hickeeaw reeervetlon merehah
a deeperate fight with outlaws Betur
day. The outlaws were cornered in I
home and opened fire on the approaching
The Ire was returned with fetal
that by a Boy Dart-ad".
humankind rid—William was;
mauve-n -yeee
and killed licheel confirm»...
ttvemgfueerln the employof thelnnie
villeand Nathvflle cam
ateeate. Thetreged wartbeonteomenf
leMiblhlllklaeew Through,“
mane, alien A. 6.1mm, the burglar who
abet and killed David fiilkineon. head of
“American Detective mend Pltte
burg, and eeriouely wounded Detective
Murphy Saturday night near new
Pa, while they were attempting to arreet
him. and who later camped with the aid
of his wife, was arrested near Bantam-d,
,Pe..laetnfght Aeachel found near the
.ecene of Saturday night's murder cou-
teined a lot of valuable jewelry stolen at
Homestead. Acopyofthewillof Robert ’°
Fitneirnmone, dated at Brockville, Oat,
Dec. lo, rend, wee also found lathe valiee.
her pomeaeion. however.
to Moliuswrt, where she is now in prison
Detective Murphy was taken to McKeee
port. lle said it was the fiercest f‘ught hr
l’reeideuf y
Heart and ”unevenly layered em
rick lowly—muffled la the Slaughter
by the war—re tee rein at leat-
rrmim. umber—4m e. um
life Father Wee Wealthy.
Thin will ehowe that the mnrderer'r
father was a wealthy men, having about
tamotodividcemonghh heire, beeidee a
large amount of real estate. The murderer
b named in the will an Frederick Carroll
ton Fiteeimmone, and in bequeathed 08.“
inmoneyaudegoodahareofrealeatete.
she Armed Her Husband.
The ehootiug Saturday night wee a very
exciting affair. Fitzeimmoue weec
with robbing Rupert’a general store at
Homestead, Pa, of 87.”! worth of goods.
Thedtlkinaon agency has been working
on" the once aiuce the robbery occurred
three month: ago. The two detectives
went to Bull Runintbe morningend came
upon Fitnirnmone in hie honee unexpect
forge
eimrnons’ face blanched when hebeard the
firet words. Hie wife was standing by,
and in an instant jerkedarovolver from
the bosom of her dress andhandoditto
her husband.
Gilkineon pulled out the warrant
arrest and began reading it. File
I'Itaem-oae' Deadly Fuellladc.
Without a eecond’e delay the latter
pointed it etreight at Gilkineou'e heart
and fired. Gilkiueon fell and died almoef
immediately, the bell having pierced his
heart. Detective Murphy backed against
the wall and drew his revolver. Fiteeim-
mono opened fire on him. striking him in
the aboulder.
thedetectivebegantoahoot. Fitzsimmonr
eeemed impervious to lead and kept on
dring,hitting Murphy in tbebrenet and
by a third shot tearing away a piece of his
chin and neck. Both men emptied their
guns.
Murphy had fallen to the floor, while
Fitneimmons sprang through a back door
apparently unharmed A crowd of spec
tatore had gathered In front of the house
Murphy. lying on the floor, deputieed our
of these and Mrs. l-‘itasimmone was arrest
ed. She had helped her husband to escape.
ltissuspected that she took part in the
fusillndr- between her huebnnd and Murphy
on account of the large number of shou-
No weapon was found in
She woe taken
Almost at the same instant
that were fired.
ever was in.
The Dead Detective.
Gilkineou, the dead deter-five, had but:
He was
about forty yearn old and a terror to thr
criminal gauge that have infested Alle
e prnfce-iional nearly all his life.
ghcuy county. Ilia most remarkable ex
ploit In recent wars wow the breaking u]
\lmut thirty
of a gang of train rubbers.
members were arrested shortly after mid
night about a year ago while working
trains on the Pittsburg. Cincinnati and
St. Louis railroad. He sent about fifteen
members; of the gang to the penitentiary
He was married and lived with his family
at Comopolix a suburb of i’iitsburg
While working on the present care he
abated to close personal friends that be ex
to make one of the big hauls of hh
life. Detective Murphy in a prominent fig-
ure in police circlce, having been engaged
on a number of big murder ceeee. it it
thought that his life can be caved.
Finley Broke the Record.
Booms. March rat—The indoor meeting
of the Harvard Athletic association war
held at Cambridge on Saturday with the
following reeulte: Putting the shot. .l. R
Finley, ’22. won with a put of so ft. ill in..
beating the llarvard indoor record of 3'.
ft. 10}; in. Middleweight wrcetliug (no
der lm pounde). won by (3. ll. Crane, '01
Lightweight sparring, won by W. L
Featherweight wreetling. won
by ll. Elena. 'lN. llaudieep fence cault
won by (I. W. titted t-l includfi ft. ll}; be
Lightweight wreetllng, won by J. L
Middleu eight ripening (under
Black. ‘9l.
Dodge, ’9l
ll) pounds). won by it 'l'. French.
Ha...“
ha Wonder They flannel“.
"time, S. l)., March 28.~The jury in
the Huntley murder trial returned ever
dict finding Fred R. Huntley guilty at
manalaugbter in the tint degree. it in cup
poecdthe sentence will be for nix or ten
age,and
abet hie father, Zack T. llnutley, here
June It lent. They querreled while putting
lluntley wee chairman of
the Democratic state central committee,
editor of The llereltbllunoerat and a
can. Prod is menace yearn of
down a carpet.
prominent party politician.
latteAry—ffwewwh rented.
New Your. March a-«lt. ll. llorner,of
the banking firm of I ll. licence]: 00..
”Welfare“; lidmutuf Furet and Jeeot
Wanbe have been arrested on a charge of
eonapfrecy. The three prieouere have cir
eulated a great numberof Austrian lot
teryboudaandbave reaped e herveet by
their aperetlune. Hornet wee lacuetod
were, but wee dfecherged on a technical
lty. The three beakere were admitted to
hefleadthelr examination set down for
Tuesday.
In. leek Arte-upr- Selene.
8
adbpnteeetotbeamenntntaberttn gut.
Unusual].
midtobeowedhy
hwmwm
haircut-them
mindful,“
“WI
charge that Harrie anbetituted for the
morgue pille something which" canned
the th of Helen.
It in believed the trouble heeaffeotod her
mind. athntte claim that chi-1M
elrmeof the g: lube that; berrh’ingbterwae
murdered. e eaye Dr. Pealiody, a mom»
her of the coroner a jury, told her thetench
wee his opinion,deepite the verdict reu-
dered. She alao claims that Dr. Fowler,
who attended her daughter immediately
after ehe took the pills, told horhc anew
parted foul playm
What Young Barvle Says.
New Your. March 21.—-"f am not in the
lent fear of being indicted for the alleged.
or rather implied, murder of , my wife,"
eald Mr. Harrie in conversation with a re-
1103.
“That does not trouble rue 15bit. But if
I were indicted thercieuoevidrnce againet
me, for I did not kill her. Her poor
mother is simply wild with grief, and
under the domination of Dr. Trevcrton.
But the sneprmne ie terrible. There is no
telling what I may be accused of next. 1
ahould not be surprised if the authorities
dbl indict me for having performed a
criminal operation upon my wife in
Aabury Park, bearing the indictment upon
the evidence of Dr. Trevertou, who hue
eworn toruiumeifhermn. 'l‘herois a!»
other story afloat, I understand, about my
having been a drug clerk in Aebnry Park
under the name of Herman, and having
had something to do with the death of a
young woman named Anna Williams in
the fall of 1&1.
“Now, as to that wildly absurd story I
have to any that i never was a drug clerk
in any store in Aebury Park in the year
1831' or any other year. 1 never was in the
employ of Reed 8: Wooley or of ‘Doc'
Reed. He knows me Well. i never lived
over any drug store and never know any
woman by the name of Williams nor her
parents. I never wan called in tonne any
girl and never had any knowledge of such
a case in Asbury Park. But. lam prepared
now to hear of any number of charges of a
similar nature.
“Whether there be two or a dozen such
charges is all the same with me; my proa-
peeta were ruined when the first casecame
out. I cannot be killed but once. and that
hue been done." Young Harris claims that
Dr. Treverton performed the operation on
hie wife alone and without the aid of or
consultation with a physician. He eaye
the operation wee already begun when he
arrived, and no other physician was there
but Dr. Trevcrton all the time he remained.
KINCAID ON TRIAL
Ila Wlll I’lcaal Self Den-liar for "I. Kill-
ing of Taulbce.
Wasmsuros. March St—Thc trial of
Charles [-1. Kincaid for the killing of ex-
Congressman Taulbee. of Kentucky,
opened here today. The trial attracts
widespread attention. are the witnesses
come from such distant and separated
parts of the country av Mauvuchusettefl
New York, Kentucky. Ohio. lmiinnn, Ala--
heme and lauisiana. Mr. Taulbee was
Ihol on Feb. 2x morano died in the fol-l
lowing month. The shooting grow out of
a trouble which had existed between him
and Kincaid for nearly two years, and it
was started by the publication by Kincaid,
who was a resident newspaper correspond-
ent, of an article about Tarrlbce of aneu-
satiounl character.
This story appearcrl one ruoming in the
newspapers of Washington. and as it. con-
reecntcd tlu- lamievillc Times, an after-
noon paper. telegraphed it to that paper.
as well as to the \cw \ork Morning Jour-
nal, one of the papers wiring him for the
story. The two affidavits tiled in the crim-
inal court relating to the summoning of
witnesses indicate that the plea of self de-
fence will be tirade. an it is stated that the ‘
witnesses are to prove that 'l‘urrlbcc had 1
made threats against Kincaid. Twenty-
ahout the same number for the defense
will probablycnuec the trial to be pro
longed for a week at least.
It Was a llot Day at fillgo.
Mun, March till—Things were hot at
Bilge Sunday. When the priests were not
in church they were busy attending to
their political duties, and for several of
the mere that recurred the I'arnellifee
claim the! the ei‘clceiastice were respond-
ble. The Mcf‘artbyites claim that. the
community in alaolutely devoted to the
priesthood. which in true in good part, and
that Parnell ntanrla no ounce against the
hostility of the church. Notwitbetanding
all reports to the contrary it in sinful on
the authority of a fri ml near Parnell that
he will resign and give Park an oppor
tuuityto return or reject him. life up
parent. limitation in coating blur many
enpportr-ra
Ilall Challenges Pituvlmmona.
nematode. Mimi: 2:}. u“ rouflvr Will
lam Muldouu. who arrived fromrimr Fran-
choo with Jake Kilmin. today prrlrlialu-e a
challenge to Robert Files-immune. the
nreeem champion middleweight of the
world,to rut-cl Jim llall,thc Australian
middleweight. Mr. Muldmn new lie in
authoriml by Joe ’l‘hmutmm and Joe line
“the Australian lurokmnkcre. to back
Hall for from rum» to mom. Piteelnr
mount» new in thin city. and said leaf
night that he would probably accept. A
moi ”MID for the fight linelmen of
by the Han Antonio (' I‘ex. Iolub
A Boat ”rut-I Mhrdev.
CALDWELL, f) , March lla.-«Anotber bru
lal murder and attempt at mic-bio war
committed have. “come lien-fr. [reacted
with drink and jealousy. cut hie wife's
threat from ear to ear with a razor,
completely severing the wimlpipe. lieu
timeout his own “if“, but did not me»
need in ending his life. He weearreated
endielndengerof being lynched Afew
year-saga Harrie wee arraignedonacherge
ef lunacy, but wee not taken to the eeyluer
eeeeeouatof hht wife and mother later
ending in bile behalf.
amellchlldren.
Terrible Iran arena In Me.
Mimi), March use—A violent hell
eteern occurred here yesterday morning.
Overa hundred wtadowafa the Ben Juan
hohl were broken and the akyllghtr
am home of the windowed!
accurate onscreen
Grave Swept-lope fiat le'Wli W
Franklin were shocked Sunday .
news that N. P. Tobin, of tbetpleee,
been murdered He wee the m"
lies Mary Tobin, who was M
drowned at Clifton. Staten Island. on!!!
two yearn ago.
Funklin, whereahe we! I teach“ in; “0
public echoole. She went to flewY , to
pureue special studies. She wee ,
pitcher! and beautiful, and at the title
her death waecngagcdtobemarriad. .»
disappearance taking place almost at ‘
cveofthexpectedmarriege. m ,
surrounding her death bee hive!
solved, but. that there wee foul playable
uected with it has never been doubted
her relatives and friende.
was a tailor. lie was well known in tin
bueineee and religious circles of Franklin.
lliewife and two children went into if! .
country Saturday and he wee at home ,
night alone. At 5 oclock Sunday“!
iug the fire department was called out.
Hie mideuce was in flames. In the ruin,-
of the building two hours later was found J
the dead and partly Dwell bodyof 3‘?-
Tobin, drcesed, with the enception of chat
at the We: neonate Ila lad
Who flee fleyera of llle m
A Ill-e. Tragedy. "
Oil. Gm, Pa... March 15%
ller former borne W
Found Dead in the Bulle- «
Mr. Tobin was ilft-ytwo years old and .
and hat. It was lying face down at
the parlor floor lle had expected to drive
into the country early in the morning for
hie wife and children, and this account“
for his being nearly dressed
Evidence of Foul Play.
There was undoubtedly foul play. To.
bin's body was found in a cronchedpnei—
tion in the parlor, the bend resting in I
pool of biotic]. and over the eyes there wee
abig bruise. The autopsy made by the
doctors showed that he was not stifld by
the smoke, but that he was choked to'
death. Marks resembling the imprinteof
a men’s finger nails were found «Ithc
dead man 's throat. Tobin was a powerful
and active man, and he must havehad
several assailants. A brace andtwo bite
evidently used in gaining entrance to the
house, were found.
lie Knew Illa Daughter. Slayer.
It' or thought that. Tobin had obtained
information regarding the foul play which
caused his daughter's death, and that thin
fact had become known to the guilty por-
eons, and, therefore, that whoever wee re-
sponsible for the death of Mary Tobin also
planned the murder of her father.
Tobin Woe to Fight Ben Hogan.
Detectives have been at work continu-
ally on the drowning mystery. and Mr.
Tobin is reported to have said recently
that a loop would soon be found in the
right place \\ hen Tobin came to this
country from England his errand was to
-fight Ben Hogan the then notorious fight-
er and bad man of the oil regions.
Tobin soon became converted, and his
.life from that time became one of philauo
thropy and good works. lle frequently
took poor boys from the streets and my
plied them with clothes. He looked aflev
poor families and held meetings auroug
the prisoners in jail
The Mary Tobln Mystery.
New Yorrrr, March arr—Mm Mary C.
corned Kcrrtur ky people Kincaid, who rep Tobin a body was found of! the rocka at
Clifton, Staten Island. on May iii, 1”,
and the or“ idcncc brought out later proved
that she had been murdered, but the my}
fury of her do. itb am; never solved.
She came to Staten Island from Penney!»
vania in 1885. and in 1887 went into the
office of Dr. S. A. Robinson of West nigh.
ton as an assistant. She became secretly
engaged to Dr. William Bryan, and what
iehe left. Dr. Robinson a employ on April
Ive witnesses of the government and‘
13, 18m. she said it was to get mnrried.bnt
that was the last time she was seen alive.
There were many conjecturesmitothe way
that Miss Tobin, who was an attractive
young woman, had met her death, and Dr.
Bryan himself was under suspicion for a
time.
Alleged Bribery II lull“
lmxsiso. Mich. March 23.—-'l‘he Dema-
crate have unearthed what they believe to
be an attempt at bribery in the etate ‘-
ate. Senator \\ ilcox. who was electedou
a fusion Pa ran and Democratic ticket.
voted with t e Democrats untlltheyua-
heated two Republican, when be m
over tothe Republicans. Since theth
parties have been struggling for them.»
tery, as the redistricting of the date
hingce on it Wilcox admitted to the
Democratic central committee todaythat
hehad been approachedby hythe Repuhlb-
mend offered mfimto bedlvlded if he
could get two others to etend with the
Republicans. Ho refused to give the
name of the bribcr. and dealers that he bee
touched the money Au irneatigatlon
will be called for today.
In [truly with Illa Revolver.
Amt Anson, Mich. March zit—ll. W.
Booth. of Erie. Pa, e etudcnt at the
Gorge Stall, motor man on the Ypellaetl
Interline. While returning front Yfll-
anti, llmth wee on the front platform and
belated on the motor area lacking up
the car an he could get off the front plot
form on the opening. This requeet wee
refusal. and a rllecueeiou followed. do
which llootb pullevla revolver and fl
Thebeii pml through Stoll'e clothing
and pcnetratml bin alaiomen, but did an
carious damage moth wee arneted.
Three Ileve Died of Mr [glut-u.
NW Your, March lib-Of the four“
who were injured by the expleetoa of g.
in an oil out in Pratt’e Oil work) h
Brooklyn. three died of their “1|!th
day. They are John hchebe. Jm_
Cream and Patrick Reunite. The to
gaining victim, Thames Hayden, will eh
They leave four a“
Jockey Deeler‘e Tangle lad.
afternoons. Literati nude“
Deeku, whohaebeenoneof thefm
rideraohue henna at thietrack
fhewlnter meeting,“ luetantlL‘.
church". or. are
flirted» Wm fluid“
fllchlgen university here, last night that.
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