Still] IN neuron
Convicted Murderer Piteously Begged
the Judge For Mercy.
LIFE SENTENCE GIVEN HIM.
the Man Had Committed a. Double Mur-
der and Destroyed His Son‘s Eye.
‘During His Trial He Asked to Be
' Taken Away and Executed.
BROOKLYN. April 21.——Judge Hurd, sit-
fing in the cOunty court toda , sentenced
Franz Michael Schwab, the illiamsburg
murderer, who on Feb. 18 killed his wife
and grandchild and shot his son Bernard’s
eye out, to life impriSonment at Sing Sing.
The shooting with which he had been
charged was the culmination of a series of
quarrels which Schwab had with his wife
respecting her conduct. He insisted that
Bernard was not his son and that his wife
was consorting with Adam Schafller. He
was convicted on last Thursday.
During his trial twice Schwab lost con-
trol of himself, burst out crying and
jumping up begged to be excused from the
ordeal of a trial and put out of his misery.
Once he shouted: “Take me away. Why
do you want to try me? I did the crime.
Hang me and put me' out of my misery. ”
When he was arraigned for sentence
this morning, Schwab was in a more nerv-
ous condition than he had been before.
When he took his stand before Clerk Joseph
Winter, he trembled. He gave his age in
a broken voice, but when he was asked if
his parents were living he broke down and
cried bitterly. His sobs and moans could
be heard in the courthouse corridors up
stairs.
It took some time to get from him the
statistics required by law.
Judge Hurd asked:
“Have you anything to say why sen-
tence should not be passed?”
The interpreter repeated the question.
It was the occasion for a fresh outburst on
the part of Schwab. His frame tottered,
and a court officer brought him a chair.
’ , A Terrible Scene.
" A long pause, during which Schwab
partially recovered himself, ensued. Then
his lawyer, Mr. Color, said that he had
nothing to say. Judge Hurd said:
“Schwab, it is only due to the loyalty
of your sons and the assiduity of your'
counsel, Messrs. York and Coler, that you
do not stand here for sentence of death
for the brutal and inexcusable murder of
your wife and grandchild and the maim-
ing of your son Bernard. The sentence of
the court is that you be confined at hard
labor in the state prison at Sing Sing for
the term of your natural life.” -
Schwab threw up both hands and ut-
tered a series of piercing shrieks that
brought crowds running from all direc-
tions to the courtroom. He jabbered out
in German:
“Oh, save me, save me! Have mercy!
Forgive me! Put me out of my misery!
Oh, judge, save me!”
He kept ejaculating these words till two
officers seized him and tried to lead him
away. He sank to the floor between them,
and they had to drag him to the pen. Be-
fore they had disappeared he ceased
screaming and only moaned feebly. He l
had collapsed. V ‘
An ambulance was summoned, and the
surgeon attended the man in his cell. He
was conveyed later to Raymond Street
jail and was taken to Sing Sing this aft-
ernoon.
Burned to Death on a Ship.
MONTREAL, April 21.——News has been
received here that Carberry, the govern-
ment’s telegraph repairer stationed at
Salt Lake, Anticosti, was burned to death
on board the wrecked ship Elsie at Shal~
lep, creek, where he was spending the
night. The ship took fire and burned to
the water’s edge. The watchman and
Carberry‘s companion barely escaped with
their lives.
Interest In Oratory at Yale.
NEW HAVEN, April 21.-—-The great in-
terest in debating that now prevails in
Yale is shown by the fact that no fewer
than 34 members of the freshman class en-
tered the competition for the three places
on the “team” which is to meet represent-
atives of the Harvard freshmen next
month and discuss whether there ought to
be a great increase in the navy.
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z “'aller to Lecture.
WASHINGTON. April 21.——Ex-United
States Consul Waller was at the state de~
partment today in company with Paul
Bray, his stepson. He had a short inter-
view with Assistant Secretary Adee and
also with Chief Chilton of the consular
bureau. Then he left for Baltimore to
deliver the first of a course of lectures on
Madagascar. '
Floods In Canada.
MONTREAL, April 21.-—The breaking up
of the ice and the exceptionally warm
weather of' the last few days have caused
disastrous floods. The St. Lawrence, St.
Francis, Nicolet, Yameska and Richelieu
rivers have overflowed. Richmond, Sher-
brooke, Three Rivers, Sorel, Longueuil,
Longue Pointe, etc., are under water.
Salvationists to Declare For Ballington.
ST. PAUL, April 21.—The visit of Booth-
Tucker has had the effect of completely
disintegrating the Salvationists here.
Nearly 90 per cent of the members have
declared for Ballingtcn Booth and only
await his arrival. They say Booth-Thck-
er’s English ways have caused the change
in sentiment.
sea... by a Landslide.
NEW YORK,'April 21.—-A land slide oc-
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This over, '
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curred on the side of the Palisades opposite
Yonkers. A great mass of earth and rocks
came down, carrying several large trees. I
A bowlder weighing several tons crashed
through the side of a small cottage. The
occupants heard the roar and got out in
time.
Captured by a, “roman.
NEW YORK, April 2i.—'l‘homas Nelson
was held today, charged with robbery.
Mrs. Amelia Fagan, who keeps two news-
stands, said that yesterday Nelsen took a
quantity of small change. She seized him
and clung to him until a policeman came.
The magistrate commended her act.
A Doctor For Governor.
CONCORD, N. H., April 21.-—In a letter
to the editor of a Laconia newspapermade
public today Dr. J. Alonzo Greene of
Moultonboro formally announces his can-
didacy for the Republican nomination for
governor of New Hampshire.
Gold For Europe.
NEW YORK, April 21.—Messrs. Heidel- '
bach, Ickelheinier & Co. have increased
the amount of their gold shipment to-
morrow from $20.),000 to $400,000. . .
’ —Advertise in -t h—é—GAZETTE.
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DEATH CHAIR SUBJECTS. '
Double Electrical Execution. at Sing Sing
on Next Thursday.
SING SING, April 2i.-'1'he invitations tc
the tw0 executions in Sing Sing prison
this week have been sent out by Warden
Sage. Julius P. Herman and Charles
Pustalka, the two wife murderers, will
pay the death penalty for their crimes in
the electric chair on Thursday shortly aft-
er 11 o’clock.
Warden Sage said today that the reason
he had decided to postpone the execution:
until Thursday was in order that the two
murderers would have some time to pre
pare for death. » They have not been noti-
fied when they will be executed, and the
first they will know about the date will
be when the warden goes into their cells
to tell them to go to the death chair.
The cases of the two men wore taken to
the court of appeals after their conviction
and on April 14 were decided againsi
them. Their date of the execution was set
for the week beginning April 19. When
the appeal was taken, it was thought that
the court of appeals would not decide their
cases until after the date fixed for the exe-
cutions had expired. This would necessi-
tate the resentenoing of the two men, and
the executions would go over for several
months. Neither man made any properly
tion to meet death, and when the case
was decided against them Warden Sage
said he would give them time to prepare
themselves. Both men informed the ward-
en when he told them there was no hope
for them that they were ready and willing
to meet death. They only asked the ward-
en tc feed them 'well until they were sum-
moned to die. -
The machinery in the deathhouse has
been tested, and everything is in readiness
for the execution. State Electrician Davis
will have charge of the executions. This
will make the second time in the history
of Sing Sing that there was more than a
single execution at one time. The first
was when the law was first put in force,
when four murderers paid the penalty in
the death chair during the administration
of Warden Brown.
STATEN ISLAND?) MYSTERY.
Searching, Parties Have Been Unable to
Find the liIissing Bride.
NEW YORK, April 21.—A1though search
has been actively kept up for young Mrs.
Constance Claussen, who mysteriously dis-
appeared from her home in Stapleton. N.
Y., no slow to her whereabouts has been
discovered.
The young woman returned from her
wedding trip on Thursday last, and a house
warming was to have been given on Satur-
day evening. The silver wedding of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Zentgraf,
was also to have been celebrated on Satur-
day evening, but Mrs. Claussen disappear-
ed on the clay of the intended festivities.
The invited guests formed themselves into
a searching party, and the whole neigh-
borhood was gone bver to see if anything
had been seen of the missing bride. :
NO one had noticed her, and then the
. Staten Island and New York police were
notified. The search was kept up the
greater part of Saturday night, was re-
sumed early Sunday morning and contin-
ued until today, but no trace of the miss-
ing woman could be discovered.
Her husband was on the front piazza. of
his house as early as 5 o’clock this morn-
ing walking up and down in a distracted
manner and inquiring of every one who
came along whether or not his wife had
been found. .
The searching parties went today into
the interior of the island. Every farm-
house will be visited with the hope that
Mrs. Claussen will-be found. The mount-
ed squad of the Richmond county police
are also at work. Lakes and ponds will
be dragged for her body. A search also
will be made along the shores of Staten Is-
land.
A llIorton-McKinley Contest.
OLEAN, N. Y., April 21.—The thirty-
fourth Republican congressional district
convention has been called for May 15.
Senator Higgins, a Morton man, and J.
H. Waring, a McKinley adherent, lire op-
posing aspirants for delegates to St. Louis.
Troops Sent to Tanza.
' ZANZl'BAR. April 21.——Steamers full oi‘
German troops are passing daily on their
way to Tango, German east Africa. It is
supposed that trouble is expected with the
insurgent chief Mbarukaziz.
The “feather.
Fair, stationary temperature;
westerly winds.
FINANCIAL .AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
New Yong. April 20.—Money on call nomi-
nally 31234 per cent. Prime mercantile paper.
5@6 per cent. Sterling exchange heavy, with
actual business in bankers' bills at $4.885é@
4.88% for demand and $4.87%@4.88 for 60 days
Posted rates. $4.88%@4.89 and $4.89}é@4.90.
Commercial bills. $4.87. Silver certificates. 67%
@685“; no sales. Bar silver. 67%0. Mexican
dollars. 54c. Government bonds firm. State
bonds dull. Railroad bonds strong. '
Closing prices:
Atohison ...... .... 25%
Eur. & Quincy.... "
north—
New England..... 48
N.J.Centra.l......107%
0.. C.. C. & St. L.. 35%: North American. 6%
Chesapeake & 0.. 16% Northern Pacific.. 1%
Chicago Gas ...... 68% Do. pref ........... 15f.
Cordage ........... 4% N. Y. Central ..... 97
Cotton Oil ......... 14% Omaha ...... . ..... 40%
Del. & Hudsoxn. . . 128% Ontario & West“. . 15%
Distillers" Trust” 18% Pacific Mail ....... 28%
Erie ................ 15% Reading........... 12%
General Electric.. 88 Rock Island....... 72%
Hocking Valley" . 16% Silver Bullion. . .. 685s:
Lackawanna. ..... 159%, St. Paul........... 78
Lake Shore ........ 148% Sugar- Refining...123%
Lead .............. 28 Texas Pacific...... 8%
Louisville dc Nash 53 Union Pacific..... 9%
Missouri Pacific. . 27%
Northwestem . . . . 105%
Wabash pref...... 19%
W'estern Union. . . 85%
General Markets.
New Yoax. April 20.—FLOUR—State and
western dull and easy with wheat: city mills
patents. 843094.50: winter patents, saw;
city mills clears. 84.103430; winter straights.
75.
{EAT—No. 2 red was weak and lower un-
der liquidation. favorable crop prospects and
depressing cables; May, 7296®73c.: July. 71%
7211-160.
CORN—No. 2 fairly active. but easier with
wheat: May.,3fi§éc.; J uly. 37%@37%c.
OATS—No. 2 dull: and easier; May. 249$@
24%c.: track. white. state, 26W9c.
PORK—Dull: old' to new mess. $9.25@10.%;
family. [email protected]. .
LARD—Easy: prime Western. steam. $5.20
nominal. ’
BUTTE R—Steady; state dairy. lO@l$ck state
creamery. ll@l.§t§c. —
CHEESE—Quiet; 5%@lflc.:
small.6@10c. ‘
EGGS—Steady: ,state and Pennsylvania,
llléfillzd; Western. lfifiallléc. .
SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining. 3%@3%c.:
centrifugal. as test. 4%c.; refined quiet and
firm: crushed. 6363.; powdered. 5%0.
TURPENTINE—Steady; WWMc.
MO’LASSES—Firm; New Orleans. waldo.
RICE—Firm; domestic. 3%@6c.: Japan, 3%
@4Mc. ’
TALLOW—Quiet: city. 3360.; country. We.
HAY—Dull: shipping. ’.'5@SOC.: good to choice.
GOc.@$l.
state. large.
Advertise in the Gamma?
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t. The Burden Thieves. -
LONDON, April 21.—Warrants for the ex-
tradition .to the United States of William
Dunlop-and William Turner, the two men
arrested here on the charge of being in
possession of stolen jewelry recognized as
having been the property of Mr. I. Town‘
send Burden of New York, were granted
today.
Good News From Bulawayo.
LONDON, April 21.-——The Exchange Tele
graph company says that better news was
received from Buiavvayo today by the sec-
retary of state for the colonies. Mr. Jospeh
Chamberlain. The wagon train of pro-
visions frcm the south is said to have suc‘
ceeded in entering the beleagured town.
Prince Ferdinand at St. Petersburg.
ST. Parnassnsc, April 21.——Prince Fer-
dinand of Bulgaria has arrived in this city
from Constantinople. The czar gave a
banquet in his honor at the Winter palace.
Among the guests were Prince Lobanoff
Rostovski, the foreign minister, and LL
Stoilofi‘, the Bulgarian prime minister.
Big Sale of \Vhisky.
CHICAGO, April 21.—-In settling up the
estate of two members of a large whole-
sale liqour house, bot-h deceased, a sale of
old whisky, involving $500,000, was made
today to a Louisville house.
Navigation Open on Lake Champlain.
WHITEHALL, N. Y., April 21.—Navi-
gation on Lake Champlain was opened,
the steamer C2:al-ezlugay crossing from
Burlington to Plattsburg.
Mrs. Sarah Mercur Dead.
TOWANDA, April 21.-—-Mrs. Sarah Mer-
cur, widow of the late Chief Justice Mer-
cur, died at her home in this city this
morning.
Kellom Appointed.
CONCORD, N. 1-1., April 20.——Franklin
P. Kellom of this city, well known in
banking and financial circles, has been
appointed a national bank examiner 01
New Hampshire to succeed Arthur M.
Heard, resigned.
In Favor of the \Vomen.
OLD TOWN, Ma, April 20.—The Easl
Maine Methodist conference, by a vote oi
55 to 10, has declared itself in favor of ad-
mitting either male or female lay dele
gates to the general conference.
Killing . , .
a Pain. a:
with narcotics intensifies the
disease while giving temporary
relief. Kidney it'Oubles are
caused by COHg"5LiOi‘l of the
parts affected. backache is a
symptom Of derangement. Rem-
edies that deadcn pain do not
remove the cause. _,_._.
Baker’s Kidney Pills-
remove disease and- inflammaa
tion. Alcohol is arr-irritant—
plasters will not aid Kidney dc;
rangcment—enarcotics — opiates
—are injurious- Baker’s Kid.
ney Pills are safe and specific in
all Kidney and Urinary troubles.
Druggists sell them for so cents.
Book "about Kidney trouble,
free.
Baker Pill Co., Bangor, 111:.
P. H. WYER.
Greatlllelatiun Sale
ENTIRE STGGK AT 0051'.
This week begins, in earnest, my alter-
ation sale, during v. hich I will close out
my entire stock, of Harness, Col-
lars, Whips, Blankets (what
few I have left over), Oils, Brushes,
etc., at prices that must force this sale.
Twenty-three years of successful busi-
ness is my best pledge that this sale will.
be all I claim—EVERY ARTICLE in my
store is marked down, for the entire
stock MUST be sold.
If you need or will need anything in
the harness line, buy now. You will
never be able to gel the same goods as
cheap again. ’r
This 5316 means money in your pocket,
and in these times that is what you are
after. Do not delay—this sale continues
as long as the present stock lasts, only.
,Attend early, and you have a full, com-
plete stock to select from.
My $l2.00 Harness; $9.98
My I5.00 Harness, I2.98
My 22.00 Harness, I5.00
My 25.00,Harness, I7.50
Collars from 750 to $4.00
Whips from l5c to $3.00
Blankets below cost to close out
P. H, DWYEFs“,
Cor. Knight and Wall Ste...
NORWALK. cow.
amulet
Every gallon of paint made by the
Chilton Mfg Company is mixed and
ground in pure Linseed Oil. All shades
are mixed and ground by machinery
seven times, making them uniform and
even. Compare the size of cans and
weight with the cheaper makes. You
get an honest gallon. Give it a trial and
you will be convinced.
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H. H. WILLIAM
17 Main St.
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THE BOSTON smurfs MONEY-SAVINGSALE
New Spring Goods la
Toy-marrow Morning, Thursday, April [6, we place On sale
a Greaes lanes in Men's umitshi
Ever offered in the United States. Every man
should attend this money-saving chance.
ngs-
' 54 dozen of the celebrated “ Stanley” Shirts, all new, made of fine percales, scld by all dealers at $1.25, special
for this sale. 66 Cents each.
60 dozen Fancy Shirts, laundered, Collars and Cuffs attached, soft finish and French Domet Flannel, full size
and perfect fitting, 41 Cents each, 7
30 dozen Men’s all wool white and gray Merino, spring weight Shirts and Drawers, sold by the best New York
houses at $1.50, sale price 98 Cents each. ‘
One Case Men’s gray Half Hose, extra fine, spring weight, wozth 25c, at I2 [.2 Gems per pair_.
SILKS and DRESS GOODS—9
Largest Variety, Best Quality, Lowest Prices.
At 50 centslAn‘WOOl Fancy Snitingsa black'figured Mohair. _. black Serges, black and colored
Henriettas; real value 75 Cents.
At 62% cents, 10 pieces Silk warp Henrietta, usually sold at $1.25.
25 )ieces fi ured b‘ack si'k Tafl'etas, the 0 th’ f '
At 69 C3 “t8, 1 g 1 pr per mg or spring and summer wear,
worth 89 cents.
3,000 yards colored silk Dresden effects. just the’ thing for fancy waists, 33 per can] under value.
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. NORWALK. 7
' New 1?er Office. 442 Broadway.
POINTER...— ‘
Is your plate glass or safe insured? If not, call on me and
I willwrite you a. polic’y in the Mutual Plate Glass and Safe Insur-
ance Company. Glass will break and burglars use dynamite. V
In case of Fire
You should be insured. A policy in the Reliance 01 Philadelphia;
- Phoenix of Hartford; Scotland Union of Scotland; New Hampshire of
Manchester; Rochester German of Rochester; United. States and Pacific
of New York; Security of . New Hampshire or Granite State 01 Ports-
mouth Will protect you against the fire fiend.
W. a. BYENGTQN,
> Real Estate and General Insurance,
ROOM 1, Gazer-rt: BUILDING
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LOANS NEGOTIATED AND INVESTMENTS MADE.
CORRESPONDENCE SOL/omen ' .
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