Norwalk weekly gazette, Friday, August 2, 1895 · page 5

 

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BRIDGEPORT, ~

THE
D. M. Read

COMPANY.

 

WEARING TIME
IS
BUYING TIME.

Good buying time. is when
no one makes a profit but
YOU. N ow. That is, if you
buy Parasols, Wrappers, Shirt
Waists, Handkerchiefs, Mus-
lin Underwear, Bathing
Suits.

But those are not the only
things we’re selling without
a profit—you’ll think of lots
of things you’ve bought

lately, Wash Silks, Printed

Indias, Fancy Silks, and
Wool Dress Goods that we’ve
lost all control of so far as
making a profit is concerned.
And the more you think of
it, the more you’ll realize that
this is the BEST place to do
your shopping.

 

Quality and Price tell an
eloquent story. White Duck,
for 12% c., 15 c. alld‘190.’—
wide width, narrow price.

White Pique, in the firm,
new weaves, 19 c.

Striped Brocade Ducks,
white, ecru, drab—entirely
new, 19 c. a yd. Good goods
means progress.

\Vool Challis, that were 20
cents andr35 c., a yd. marked
to go at 12% 0. Progress
means ‘ up with the times.’

Plain Black Lawns, all
grades, warranted fast black,
10, 12%, 16 and 20 c. a yard.

Anderson’s Scotch Ging-
hams, stripes, checks, plaids
and brocades, all 150. a yd.

Madras Suiting—for skirts.
A wiry cloth that will not
crush or wrinkle. Correct
for tennis, boating and for
mountain wear ; 250. a yard.

You’ll do well if you follow
.up those Furniture Coverings,
in the Upholstery depart-
ment: Plain and figured
plushes, velour, cotton tapes-
tries, mohair damask, Satin
derbys—gimps to match.

There’s also a large variety
of Rug Fringes, from 10 to
25 c. a yd. To buy sturdy,
honest goods at the price rul-
ing during these summerdays
is equivalent to making a
dollar worth a dollar and
fifty cents. '

 

w E E KI. Y .- , N ORWAL K 1.,(‘2A z-

SIXTEEN LIVES LOST.

The Greatest and Most Disastrous Flood
New Mexico Ever Experienced.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2.——A dispatch from
Socorro, N. M., says that the flood of yes-
terday was the greatest in the history of
New Mexico. Sixteen persons are known
to have lost their lives in the raging wa-
ters.

The storm began with a downpour of
rain at 2 o’clock, and after two hours of
terrific rainfall a cloudburst struck the
mountain about five miles above the town.

and in less than half an hour after dark .

gigantic waves, bringing bricks, mud and
debris, took their course through the
streets. ‘

The bridges and at least a mile of the
grade of the Magdalena branch of the
Santa Fe railroad were washed away and
some damage had resulted to the main
line south of the city. Of several houses
which stood near the channels of the Ar—
royes, not a vestige is left, many adobe
houses in different portions of the city
have fallen and others are giving way.

Water entered the Catholic church, and
the Convent of the Sacred Heart is expect-
ed to fall. It is impossible to save the
adobe houses when once the water has
soaked through their foundation. None of
the business portion of the city is injured,
but not a dwelling house escaped some
damage.

Many of the citizens have lost every-
thing.

IMPORTANT CHINESE DECISION.

Only Laborers Are to Be Excluded When
Seeking Be-entry.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-—The opinion re-
cently announced by Solicitor General
Reeves of the treasury department upon
the scope of the Chinese exclusion act is of
more importance and has a wider reach
than first reports indicated.

He decides that the provisions of the
law prohibiting the re—entry into the
United States of Chinese who have once
gone out are restricted in their operation
to laborers alone.

Every other class of Chinese, whether
merchants, in the strict sense of the term
or otherwise, who comply with the re-
quirements of the law regarding registra-
tion and certificates are entitled to come
again into this country. ‘

The department of justice and the trees
ury department are agreed in this inter-
pretation of the law, and the collector of
the port at San Francisco has been so ad-
vised. .

The opinion was based upon the appli-
cation for re-entry made by Low Yee
Soon, a restaurant keeper of Los Angeles,
who arrived in San Francisco on June 1,
upon his return from China. The collec-
tor refused admission On the ground that
he was not a merchant within the mean-
ing of the law. This action, has been re
versed by the opinion, and Low Yee Soon
will be admitted. ‘

A Priest’s Life In Danger.

TOLEDO, Aug. 2.—The Rev. T. F. Mo-
lulaski, pastor of St. Anthony’s Polish,
Catholic church here and formerly of
Chicago and Cleveland, has asked for pc-
lice protection against an irate faction in
his parish. Father Molulaski discharged
a teacher, Stanislaus Kiawiter of Cleve-
land, in favor of August Hauptmann, a
German from Milwaukee. The whole of St.
Anthony’s is up in arms against Haupt-
mann, and Father Molulaski’s lifelhas
been threatened. Chief of Police Raitz
has promised him the desired protection.

One of the Panldings Dead. >
PEExstLL, N. Y., Aug. 2.-—William
D.'Paulding died at his home, 182 Davi-
son street, last night after a short illness-
He was born in Peekskill 54 years ago.
His father was Caleb Paulding, and his
grandfather was John Pauling, one of the
three captors of Major Andre and to
Whom a monument is erected over his
grave in the cemetery at this place.

> Paris Not Disease Invaded.

PARIS, Aug. 2.——The reports circulated
within the last few days that disease is
alarmingly prevalent in this city are offi-
cially and emphatically denied by the
medical authorities, who declare that the
general health of the city is in an excel-
lent state, and there is absolutely no dis-
ease epidemic, as has been alleged.

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The Panama Strike Ended.
COLON, Colombia, Aug. 2.—The Pana-
ma railroad yesterday handled 1,300 tons
of transit freight. The strike is ended
and the strikers are receiving their usual
wages. ’

 

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The Fearful Cattle Disease Rapidly
Spreading In New Jersey.

HEALTH OFFICERS ALARMED
—m—

I. Vigorous Campaign of Extermination
Planned, as the Disease Can Be Trans-
mitted In Milk and Always Proves
'Fatal to Human Beings.

 

TRENTON, Aug. 2.—The state board of
health and Dairy Commissioner George
McGuire are considerably alarmed today
over the reports received from the inspect-
ors throughout the state giving the de-

tails of the rapid spread among the cattle, .

horses and mules of the deadly disease
known as anthrax '

The reports indicate that the disease is
rapidly spreading to all sections of the
state. and over 100 head of cattle, horses
and mules have succumbed to it within
the past ten days. Just how many cases
there are in the state at present the state
authorities are unable to say, but the be-
lief is that they will run up into the hun-
dreds.

So alarming has the disease become in
Salem and Cumberland counties that the
state board after a brief consultation em-
ployed Dr. H. G. Powell, president of the
Bridgeton local board of health, who is a
specialist on anthrax, who, with a corps
of assistants, is directed to make a farm
to farm tour through the two counties and
stamp out the disease if pOssible: The
doctor is empowered to draw on the state
for any amount required to accomplish
this.

Each of Dr. POWell’s assistants is equip-
ped with hypodermic syringes and quanti-
ties of anthrax preventive. They are cli«
rected to inoculate all healthy cows,
horses, mules, sheep, goats :«. .1 swine in
their district. Other physicians with the
same instruments maybe sent to Essex
and Hudson counties and also here in
Mercer, where the disease is reported to
have broken out.

Always Fatal to Man.

The state board of health has no hope of
saving any animals that have already tak-
en the disease, it being so deadly that by
the time it levelops sufficiently to be
known to the medical examiner the ani-
mal dies. The only hope of saving the
herds, the state authorities say, lies in in-
oculation, which produces a mild form of
the disease and acts as a preventive of a
more acute attack.

The deadly scourge is communicable to
man, and Dairy Commissioner McGuire
is greatly exercised for fear that the large

quantities of milk daily shipped to New

York city and Philadelphia from the af-
fected districts will cause an outbreak.

He has sent Special Milk Inspector P.
L. Vandegrift to Cumberland county and
a corps of inspectors to the northern part
of the state with specific instructions to
destroy all milk from the affected dairies.
But already thousands of gallons of this
milk have been shipped to the metropolis,
for the farmers and dairymen of some of
the affected districts, fearing to lose their
business and profits, have failed to report
cases of anthrax as promptly as they
should.

Little is known of anthrax by the med-.

ical authorities. When ananimal is af-
fected, there suddenly appears a swelling
of the glands, similar to that of diphtheria
in the human being, and before any assist—
ance can be rendered the animal drops
dead. The disease is always fatal to
man.

Divorce Decrees Annulled. '

GUTHRIE, O. T., Aug. 2.—A decision
that renders void hundreds of divorces has
been rendered by the supreme court of the
territory. The court holds that the 90
days’ residence clause of the divorce law
never applied to the probate court and
that its jurisdiction was limited to cases in
which the applicant resided in the terri-
tory for two years.

His Victim Dead.

OMAHA, Au . 2.—Augusta Maitland,
who was shot uesdny in the Model Steam
laundry by Peter Volgreen, died today.
Vol 11 has confessed that he conceived
the crune in Minneapolis and came here
last Week determined to execute it if he
could not induce the woman to abandon
her husband and live with him.

 

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ARMED IN DIAN3 BOVING.

Reports of Renewed Danger to Settlers In
the Jackson’s Hole Region.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—-A report of re-
neWed danger to settlers in the Jackson’s
Hole region reached the bureau of Indian
affairs today in a dispatch from Governor
Rickards of Wyoming, dated at Cheyenne
last night. The dispatch says: ,

“I have reliable information that 200
Indians, supposed to be Utes, were seen
yesterday near South pass, Fremont coun-
ty; also 47 Sioux on Bad Water creek,
same county. All were mounted, armed
and without women and children. People
of Fremont county are under arms and
wire me for assistance. Cannot these and
all other Indians in Wyoming be recalled
to their reservations?” ,

Commissioner Browning immediately
telegraphed a response stating that he
had issued orders to all Indian agents in
the disturbed region to take prompt steps
to secure ,_the return of all aIndians away
from the reservations. Instructions to
this effect have been sent to the following
agencies: Uintah and Ouray, Fort Du-
chesne, U. T.; Shoshone, Fort Washakie,
Wy.; Pine Ridge, S. D., and Lemhi, Ida.

A telegram was received at the war dc-
partment today from General Coppinger
stating that he had crossed the Teton
range with his command yesterday. The
dispatch was forwarded by conflict to
Market Lake. The Teton range is 25
miles from Jackson’s Hole.

M'KINLEY NOT A MEMBER.

Ohio’s Governor Says That He Does Not
Belong to the A. 1P. A.

BOSTON, Aug. 2.—The Traveller today
announces that Governor William McKin-
ley of Ohio is not a member of the Amer-
ican Protective association on the strength
of the following letter:

__ . ~ COLUMBUS, 0., June 15.
To Mr. James McMahon, 127 Dorchester Ave-

nue, South Boston, Mass: .

MY DEAR SIR—Governor McKinley is in re-
ceipt of yours of the 11th inst. and directs me
to say in reply thereto that he is not a mem-
ber of the A. P. A. and never has been. Very
reSpectfully, JAMES BOYLE,

Private Secretary.

This letter is a reply to an inqury from
Mr. McMahon of South Boston, a stanch
admirer of Governor McKinley, who was
vexed by declarations of Rev. James Boyd
Brady of the People’s church, at a. patriot-
ic meeting a fortnight ago, that Governor
McKinley was a member of the order and
a believer in its principles.

THE KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN.

Hardin and Bradley to Stump the State In
Joint Debate.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 2.—After several con-
ferences it was decided last night that the
joint debates between General Hardin and
Colonel Bradley, Democratic and Repub-
lican nominees for governor, should open
in Louisville on Monday, Aug. 19.

There are to be 12 debates in all in dif-
ferent parts of the state and they will end
on Sept, 9. There are to be no restrictions
on the debates. General Hardin will open
the debate, being allowed 1% hours, and
Colonel Bradley 1% hours, General Har-
din closing with a quarter of an hour’s
rejoinder.

 

A $100,000 Blaze.

DURHAM, N. 0., Aug. 2. —Reame’s
large tobacco warehouse, Stokes' Opera
House, B. Blacknall’s drug store, A. Max
and Ellis & Stone’s large dry good, stores,
besides several small business heuseS,
were totally destroyed by fire today. The
loss will a'ggregate $100,000.

Life savers In Harness.

SANDY HOOK, N. J., Aug. 2.—-The life
saving crews along the coast reported for
duty today. Lifeboats and apparatus were
inspected and repaired. The stations will
be keep open ten months from today.

_ Cax’l'isle Goes to. Chicago.
WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—Secretary and
Mrs. Carlisle left here today for Chicago

over the Baltimore and Ohio road.

 

Professor Von Sybel Dead.
BERLIN, Aug. 2.-—-Professor Heinrich
v-on Sybel, the German historian, is dead.

The Weather.

The indications are for fair and slightly
warmer weather.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.

New YORK. Aug. 1.—-Money on call easy at
1per cent. Prime mercantile paper.3@4l per
cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers' bills at SLWM fer
demand and at [email protected]}§ for 60 days.
Posted rates, 84.89%.90 and $L90}£@4.9l.
Commercial bills. $4.88}§@4.88%. Silva cer-
tificates. 66%@66%: no sales. Bar Silver, 66%.
Mexican dollars. 58M. GOvernment bonds firm.
State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds quiet
and steady.

Closing prices:
Atchison .......... 15%;
Bur. & Quincy.. .. 93%
0., C... C. & St. L. . 49

 

New England..... 5654
N. J. Central. . . . . 102%
N rth AmeriCan. 6%

Chesapeake& 0.. 21% orthemPaciflc.. 5%
Chicago Gas. ..... 57% Do. pref ...... 19%
Cordage........... 2% N.Y.Central ..... we

Cotton Oil ........ 27%;, Omaha............. 41%

Ontario & Wash. mg
PacificMaiL...... 29%
Reading........... 17%
Rock Island ...... 79%
Silver Bullion"... 66%
St. Paul........... 71%
Sugar Refining, .117”
Texas Pacific, 12%
Union Pacific..." 14%
\Vabash pref...... 21%
Western Union... 93%

Del. & Hudson . . .13034
Distillers’ Trust.. 21%
Erie ............... 10%
General Electric. 36%
Hocking Valley.. . 25

Lackawanna. .. . . .161

Lake Shore ........ 150%
Lead .............. 35%
Louisville & Nash (12%
Missouri Pacific.. 37%
Northwestern . ; . .1094

General Markets.

NEW YORK.. Aug. 1.—FLOUR —-State and
western dull and heavy: city mills patents.
[email protected]: winter patents. [email protected]: city mills

clears. W35: winter straights. [email protected].

WHEAT—No. 2 red opened weak under lower
cables, foreign and western selling and a big
increase in Liverpool stocks: later prices re:
gvelrgcd. ,MaY. TWWMDJ September. m

7- . .,

CORN—No. 2~ opened easier, but promptly
rallied on good cash demand west and some in-
jury reported by frost: September, 477Wc4
October. 47@47%c. .

OATS-No. 2 dull and featureless: track.
white. state, 32®39c.: track. white, western, 82
@390.

PORK—Quiet: new mess, $12@12l25: family.
tumours. ‘

LARD—Easy: prime western steam. $6.45:
nominal. .

BUTTER—Firmer on choice: state dairy. 11
@173éc.; state creamery, 190. -

CHEESE-Steady; state, large, 5%@7%c-:
Smut 6m8%c-

EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania, 13%
@l4%c.; western, 12@13%c.

SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining, 2 15-16%
centrifugal, 96 test. 3%c.; refined stéady: crush-

‘ ed, 5 1-16@5%c.: powdered, 4%@4 1546a

TURPE-NTINE—Dull at 27@27%0.

lea s. 29@3.‘3c. ,
R CE—Steady: domestic. 4@6y4c.: Japan. 8%

@4%c. , .
TALLO'W—Weak: city. 40.: country. '4}§c.

HAY—Firm: shipping. 75@85c.: good to
choice. 90c.@$l.05.

 

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MOLASSES—éQuiet. and steady: New Or- .

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THEY MAY FIGHT IN TEXAS.

No Legal Power to Stop the Corbett-Fits.
slnnnons Battle In October.
DALLAS, Aug. 2.— .x—Circuit Judge
Charles F. Ticker, who is regarded as
having one of the clearest legal minds in

Texas, today stated the law governing -

prize fighting as follows:

“The last legislature adopted a' new
Iriminal code in which it made prize fight-
ing a misdemeanor punishable with a fine
of not less-than 3500 nor more than $1,-
000 and imprisonment for 30 days. This
law, went into operation July 29, just
passed. That legislature also subsequent-
ly passed a civil code, and in it enacted
that a fight may take place by taking out
a license of 8500. This law goes into effect
Sept. 1, or 30 days before the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons contest. There is no doubt
the supreme court will hold that this is
or will be the law after the lst day Of Sep-
tember. The civil code was adopted last,
and therefore takes precedence over the
other. ” '

This opinion, or rather statement of
facts, about these laws is concurred in by
every lawyer in Dallas who has read them,
and it will be seen there is no power to
prevent the fight taking place. Around
headquarters today everything is quiet.
The sale of seats goes merrily along, not
to toughs, for they have no money to pay
the price, but to railroad magnates and
bank people. It is singular more railway
ofiicials have bought tickets than any
other class.

THE SKELETON MYSTERY.

McClelland and Tabor Finally Indicted For
the Illinois Double Murder.

CENTRALIA, Ills., Aug. 2.—The famous
McClelland skeleton mystery is brought
to the surface again by the indictment of
John A. MeClelland and Wesley Tabor by
the Marion county grand jury, now in ses-
sidn, for the murder of Alexander and Os-
car McClelland. John A. McClelland was
arrested at (lentralia last night on a bench
warrant issued by the order of the grand
jury and Tabor is now in jail in Salem.

This case created quite a sensation two
years ago, when two skeletons Were found
in a pond on the farm previously owned
by John A. McClelland. The skeletons
were supposed to be those of Alexander
and Oscar McClelland, father and brother
of John McClelland, but they were never
fully identified.

Every grand jury since has investigated
the mystery, but no indictment has been
found before. Tabor was brought into the
case by a confession which a divorced wife
made before the grand jury in January
last. What new evidence has been pre-
sented to this grand jury is not known.

CHINESE FACTICNS AT WAR.

The San Francisco Feud Likely to Culmi«
note In a Murderous Conflict.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.-—The situation
in Chinatown continues to graw more se-
.rious each day. The feud between the
Sam Yup and the Ny Yung men, due to
the arrest of the latter for the murder of
Chung Wa. a member of the Sam Yup
family, has developed into a boycott on
Sam Yup merchants. The intimidation
being used to enforce the boycott is ex-
pected to lead to a murderous conflict.

Clashes between. representatives of the
difierent moieties are of frequent ocmlr-
tance, and several riots have been narrow-
ly averted. The consul general and the
Six Companies have given up trying to
make peace and say that matters must
now take their course. Every conference
which has been held has ended in blood-
shed and disorder, and no more meetings
will be held.

 

IiIaryland’s Democratic Ticket.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 2.-——-The full ticket
nominated by the Democratic state con-
vention yesterday was as follows: For gov-
ernor, John E. Hurst of Baltimore; for
comptroller, William De K. Smith of Kent
county; for attorney general, Charles C.
Crothers of Cecil county. Resolutions in-
dorsing the national and state adminis-
trations, favoring sound money and advo-
cating a reassessment law Were adopted.
No mention was made of Senator German.

 

More Trouble For lilnefleld.
Bnurrrmp, W. Va, Aug. 2.—-The
nonunion men are being forced to leave
the cordfields by the strikers, who threat.
on personal violence to those who refuse to
quit work. Governor MaeCorkle has
reached here, and his hasty return is at-
tributed to the threats. Serious trouble is

expected Within the next few days.

Tim Henley Rejoiees.

DUBLIN, Aug. 2.—The Irish Catholic,
the organ of Timothy M. Healey, says:
The first result of Lord Salisbury’s victory
is the demolition of the compact limiting
the extent to which Irish national rights
should be urged. We rejoice at this, as
Ireland is once more free to seek the abso-
lute repeal of the act of union.

 

 

Poe Must Be a. Phenomenon.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 2.—Charles E. Poe,
”a machine typesetter on the Mergenthaler
machine, yesterday in 7 hours and 56
minutes’ continuous work turned out 76,-
300 ems. The copy was carried to him
and slugs removed. This beats Taylor by
1,300 ems. Poe’s performance is attested
by trustworthy witnesses.

Dr. Weir Mitchell Honored.
EDINBURGH, Aug. 2. —The Edinburgh
university today conferred the degree of
LL. D. upon Dr. S. Weir Mitchell of Phil-
adelphia, who is described in the univer-
sity oration as the “chief ornament to

medical science in the new world. ”

 

Re-enfdrcements For Madagascar.

TOULON, Aug. 2.—Orders have been re- ‘

ceived by the commandant here to prepare
for the immediate dispatch of fresh detach-
ments of troops to Madagascar to replace
the invalided troops, who are ordered
home. '

Rodrigues Reported Killed.
MADRID, Aug. 2.—Dispatches received
here from Havana announce that the in-
surgents have been defeated with heavy
loss in the Sagua district and that the in-
surgent leader Rodrigues was killed.

Gold For Europe.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars in gold will be
Shipped by the steamship Saale, which

 

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BEATEN Illa POINTS

Chicago Police at Sea Over the Alleged
Holmes Murders.

THEY ADMIT THEIR DEFEAT.

Inspector Fitzpatrick Says After All the
Investigating That He Has Not a
Scrap of Direct Evidence Against
the Accused Man.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2.—The police acknowl-
edged today their complete defeat 0 far
in their efforts to secure direct ev' ,ence
of murder against H. H. Holmes. Dozens
of promising clews have been carefully
investigated; witness after witness who
was confidently expected to “tell all” has
been examined without result, and at
last the detectives are forced to admit
their efforts have been unavailing so far

as real proof of guilt is concerned. This =

was admitted by Inspector Fitzpatrick to—
day.

“When we started on this case,” he
said, “we knew it would be almost im-
possible to get any one who could posi-
tively connect Holmes with any case of
murder, yet we thought it our duty to in-
vestigate, and we have done the best we
could. We believe several crimes have
been committed and believe that Holmes
and his confederates are guilty of several
murders. So far we are unable to prove
our belief. We have no evidence that
would even cause an indictment against
any one under suspicion if it were pre-
sented to the grand jury.”

Was Holmes H. H. Howard?

The police have been informed that at
the time H. H. Holmes, the insurance
swindler and alleged murderer, was first
supposed to have been in Chicago he did
not go any farther away than the stock-
yards district, where he opened a restau‘
rant under the name of H. H. Howard.
He employed a number of young women
as waitresses and is said to have had a
new force nearly every day. Among them
were two girls who came from Wisconsin.
A few nights 'after they began work the
neighborhood was startled by screams
coming from the restaurant. Several men
ran to the building, and were just in time
to meet the two girls as they ran out of
the hallway leading into the house. .

The girls were in their nightclothing,
and it was some minutes before they could
be quieted sufficiently to tell their story.
They said they had been sleeping together,
and hild been awakened by a man who
gained an entrance to their room and who
had applied a wet cloth to their faces.
They thought the cloth had been saturated
with chloroform. Neighbors took the two
girls in and cared for them, and before the
police had an opportunity of arresting
Howard he had disappeared.

Another Supposed Victim.

Harry Walker of Gregsburg, Ind., is
now believed by his friends to have been a
victim of Holmes. Walker, it is said, was
induced by Holmes to have his life insured
for 810, 000 in Holmes’ favor. He came to
Chicago, and in November, 1893, wrote to
friends that he was at work for Holmes.
Suddenly his letters ceased, and search re-
vealed no trace of him in Chicago.

The Williams sisters have been traced by
detectives through several boarding houses
until in May, 1893, it was claimed they
lived with Mrs. Moss, 613 Sixty-fifth
street. This Mrs. Moss denies and says
her boarder was Emily Cigrand, who is
said to have disappeared in December,
1892. Letter Carrier Mott says he deliv-
ered Minnie Williams’ mail to her at that
house.

Pat Quinlan was given a two hours’
session in the “sweatbox” today, but the
result was as unsatisfactory as the pre-
vious examinations of the janitor. Quin-
lan gives no evidence of weakening and
stubbornly sticks to the statement that he
knows absolutely nothing of any killing.

The police received word today of the
mysterious hauling away from the Holmes
house at night of several large boxes. The
boxes were taken from the “castle” dur-
ing Holmcs’ residence there, and several
detectives were detailed on the new lead
in the case.

The Pitezel Girls.

TORONTO, Aug. 2.-—The analyst into
whose hands the viscera of Alice and Nel-
lie Pitezel have been co‘ihmittod, in order
to determine, if possible, whether any
traces of poison can be found. lz-zs decided
to postpone fu‘i'ther examinatim: until a
definite line of action has been determined
on by the authorities in Philadelphia.

Schofield’s Inspection Tour.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Lieutenant Gen-
eral Schofield left Washington today for
New York to attend the monthly meeting
of the fortifications board there. As long

" as the Indian troubles are a source of con-

cern he will keep within easy communica-
tion of United States army headquarters,
and when quiet is restored he will make
a tour of inspection of the military posts
on the Atlantic coast and the Canadian

boundary. __________3,_
Torbet Again In Custody.

COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 2.—The local at-
torneys for E. A. Torbet, wanted here for
larceny after trust, were notified today
that ' Torbet is again in custody in New
York and that requisition papers from the
governor of Georgia have been secured.
Torbet was in the commission business
here two years ago and is very prominent-
ly connected. His arrest has caused a son-
sation. .

Sanford IVants to Know.

NEW HAVEN, Aug. 2.—-Through a letter
to Captain Sheldon of the Yale team,
George Foster Sanford, the middle dis-
tance runner, inquires as to what chance
he has of becoming a member of the Yale
team in its meeting against Cambridge.
He has remained at Yale since the meet-
ing in England last year, but has not run
of late owing to a lame knee.

 

Puddlers on Strike.
PITTSBURG, Aug. z—The puddlers of
the Oliver Iron and Steel company struck

_ today because the firm refused to Sign the

scale. As a result ,20 furnaces are idle.
This company has been paying $4.25 for
puddling, which is 25 cents above the un-
ion rate. _ g

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