AGAINST WOMAN.
Mrs. Witwer, of Dayton, Ohio, Suspected
of Killing 15 Persons.
ALL THE DEATHS WERE SUDDEN
Her Alleged Victims Includes Four Husbands,
Five Children and One Sister—The Others,
Whom She Is Supposed te Have Poisoned,
Were Members of Families Where She
Was Serving as llogsckeeper.
Dayton, Ohio (Special). —Suspected
of having committed 18 murders, the po
lice say, Mrs. J. A. Witwer, a
living in this city, is under arrest at the
imstigation of the coroner.
victims are said to include:
shands.
far
hous
F different
mployed as
osed victim was
Mrs. Anna Pugh,
under m
ysterious Cir
utopsy performed
Witwer's mot
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came,
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children
denly
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rapid succe
J. Witwer
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ly alike
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formerly
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crimes
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were found in
Mrs. Witwer
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town with
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with
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and
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EURNED IN A WRECKAGE.
Men Killed in a Rear End Freight
Train Collision.
Four
near
here, in
ttramns
dead were {:
but the {
sumed by
after
crew
a
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could
port.
breath,
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Hartior
to this
near Onward to n
flagman was
hird section, and no d
got off uninjt
The wreck
cars were burned
tion, which, with the tw
the ruined engine, make the
one
from
THEY DESPISE CZOLGOSZ
in Auburn Prison Thiak Them.
selves Above Him.
Auburn N. Y. (Special).—Czolgosz
has begun read and obtains
from the prison library.
The assassin is despised by the other
occupants of the condemned cells,
consider themselves in a higher
Egnor, who killed Keeper
has obtained picture
which he has framed and
mourning. His cell is between Czol
gosz's and the death chamber. He has
planned to hang the picture facing out
ward at the grating of the cell door
and to dare the assassin to look at it as
he goes death
Warden Mead |! given orders to the
gatekeeper not to ailow any person to
enter the prison unless properly vouch.
ed for or having undoubted credentials,
Marderers
16 b JOKS
who
class
Benedict.
McKinley
draped in
a of
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Crushed Under Wire Coils,
Alpena, Mich, (Special).—Two men
were killed and three were injured by
being crushed under heavy coils of wire
at the Page Fence Company's ware-
house. The dead are Thomas Bee and
Willard Bowen The injured are
Michael Fraley, John Mattix and Frank
Wickham. The men were piling wire
when one tier of coils toppled over upon
them.
Lieutenant Crockett Killed,
Washington (Special). ~The
Department received a cablegram an-
nouncing that Second Lieut. Allen T,
Crockett was killed near Candelaria,
Luzon, Sept. 24. He had been in the
army tince June, 1000.
Shot Down by a Preacher.
Carbondale, lil. (Special).—Rev. Jos.
MeGammish, a Seventh-Day Adventist
reacher, shot and killed John C,
rown, who, it ie alleged, atiacked him
with a knitie. Drown is said to have
been jealous of McGammish's alleged
attentions to Mrs, Brown
"SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
copal Convention in San
after a lengthy debate, adopted an
amendment to the constitution that spe-
by canon for certain congregations not
in full communion with the Church. The
triennial meeting of the American
Church Sunday School Institute was
held and officers clected.
i
a military prisoner in the
Governor Taft contends that the
of the general commanding is
limited, and that the only tribunal hav
ing jurisdiction over a military prisoner
Philippines,
released
Ind., on
Davis was
Evansville,
Richard €.
$25,000 bail in
on
the
national bank of which he was cashier
A. W. Miller, formerly city clerk of
has been located in Sandusky, Ohio
Arrangements have been made to run
through trains Richmond to
Freder
irom
icksburg and Potomac Railroad
J. Q. Adams & Co., of Minneapolis,
ne of the largest grain re
and « rting houses 1 lorthwest,
n
They were v
ceiving
caugnt in Lie
state that the
* to ill-treat tl
bberies
¥
gent
trouble
British a
result In
and Russia
The Ni German
Kronprinz Wilhelm arrived at Plym
New York, having made the trip
in § days 9 hours and 48 minutes—a
new record for a maiden voyage.
English authorities say that
laura Horos, in custody in London on
t
between England
yrth Lloyd steamer
yuti
irom
police
hie charge of conspiring to defraud wo
men by fortune telling, is the former
wife of General Diss Debar. Ann Ode
lia Diss Debar served a term in a New
York prison for swindling Luther C
Marsh
Miss Helen Morton, daughter of the
former vice-president of the United
States, was married in London to Count
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INSTANTLY KILLED
IN RAILROAD WRECK.
Engineer, Conductor, Fireman
Brakeman Meet Death.
and
TRAIN RAN INTO AN OPEN SWITCH.
Coroner's Jury Decided That Orders to Stop
Were Not Obeyed--Fodies Recovered and
Seat HomeThe Wrecked Train Was the
Fast Freight Which Runs Between Phila
deiphia and Harrisburg,
Reading, Pa. (Special).—Four
persons
of Talleyrand-Perigord.
that the Chinese astronomical instru
ments taken by the German troops from
Pekin be returned, as they were taken
uniawlfully
the remains of the 70 victims of the tur-
that it was too lightly built.
Americans in Constantinople have se
cured evidence of the complicity of mem.
bers of the Macedonian committee at
missionary, Miss Helen Stone,
Emperor William footed all the hills
and the other members of the Chinese
expiatory mission during their stay in
Germany
United States Minister Bowen, at Car-
acas, Venezuela, persuaded the parties
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Financial
Snow's report gives corn condition
508 per cent. Total yield of wheat,
772,000,000 bushels. *
New York Subtreasury state-
ment shows that the banks have gained
$4.012,000 this week.
The Calumet & Hecla Companies
have declared a dividend of $18, pay-
able October 31 to stock of record
October §,
The Comptroller of the Currency has
issued a call for the condition of banks
at the close oi business Monday, Sep-
tember 30.
division of the
Hummelstown,
Lebanon Valley
Railway,
on the
Reading near
Pa. The killed are:
Thomas T. Dolan, engineer, Philadel
phia
William
Iphia
ductor
H MceComshy, fireman,
trick ‘Kane, Philadelphia
P;
Charles E. Mays Phila
Brakeman
delphia
The
the
A
middle
and
man, Charles Dennis,
SCaADL d,
John Ryan,
rear brake
+
deras sy il was
ape n,
train, which was running at the rate of
about 25 miles an hour, plunged nto an
embankment, The moment the locomo-
tive left the rails the cars in the rear
tracks were blocked.
During the morning all of the passen
gers were transferred, a special
having been sent out from Reading
The wrecked train was the fast freight
which runs between Philadelphia and
Harrisburg. Several days ago the Read-
ing Company posted notices to the ef
fect that trains would be run on a
stop before crossing the bridge. An op
and all trains were regulated by signals
Whether the crew had been advised of
the change is not known, but it is assert
ed that the signals were against the train
Many Lost In Storms.
Wash. (Special)
Syamor
the .
that coast Kazuza
Japan, has been visited
vy gales, wrecking 400 fishing b
oats with total crews of 74
Heavy caused
rivers of Hokaido,
Facoma,
advices are ol
by
ats -
are
over
Northern
men
an
washing
many
{ AWay
villages
INDIANS.
the
hefare
General Ec
General Davila, C
lo and Ermilo Castro, a br
of President Castro, fled the field
About 600 were killed on the Venezue
lan side, including 30 minor officers
The Indians ambushed General Da
vila's retreating vanguard, composed of
200 men, and annihilated it
Clodomiro Castillo, who is a Colom
vian, now commands the Venezuelan
forces at the front on Guajira Penin-
sula, and Ermilo Castro now commands
~ FEUD ENDS IN FO
etaliaty
dering m
been stirs ling he defeat
g flat peninsula
their lines or
waterle
effort
the
an
coast
Venezuela determined, if pos
sible, to retrieve her fallen fortunes at
Guajira. If she fails in this present en-
deavor it is believed, even among army
officers, that the Colombian government
forces, allied Guajira Indians and Vene-
zuelan revolutionists opposed to Presi-
dent Castro will unite and march on
Maracaibo, with good chances of cap-
turing the place. Such action would
probably also mean the capture of San
Carlos Fort and the liberation of the
Venezuelan political prisoners
SEEM
JR MORE DEATHS.
Knoxville, Tenn. ( Special) —A bloody
fight occurred at the Union Baptist
Church, at Big Springs, Tenn, 10 miles
from Tazewell, Tenn.
Services were being held at the church
Just be-
went to the spring, 50 yards from the
tions immediately gathered and the fight
lasted half an hour. The kiiled are:
“Tip” Chadwell, John F. Chadwell, Rush
Morgan, Henry Morgan. Moftally
wounded : John Morgan, Asa Chadwell.
Haaged Herself Publicly.
Victoria. B. C (Special) ~The steamer
Duke of Fife, which sailed from Yoko-
hama September 21, brings a strange
story of the public suicide of a Chinese
woman at Foo Chow. She resolved on
the deed after the death of her husband
and informed the public of her intention,
The taotai tried to prevent her, and on
account of typhoon floods the suicide was
twice postponed, but all efforts failed to
divert the woman from her purpose, Be-
decked in ber finest clothes, she publicly
hanged herself on a platform before
stood several hundred spectators.
Wounded: Jones, leg broken; Neabley,
flesh wound: Sheriff James Brook,
slightly.
Sheriff Brook attempted to arrest one
of the Chadwells, who resisted.
The feud between the Morgans and
Chadwells has existed for a long time.
Last Christmas they met at Walnat
Hills, Va,, and a pitched battle ensued
in which several were killed. Eighteen
months Mo they met near the Hancock
line. Fighting followed and one was
killed. Both the Chadwells and Morgans
are prosperous and influential and have
large families. More trouble is feared.
Suicide Carried Diamonds.
Chicago (Special). — With $13.000
worth of diamonds in his possession, D.
W. Dickie, a jeweler, who lived at the
Kimball Hotel, committed suicide near
the Grant Monument in Lincoln Park.
A park policeman heard a pistol shot in
the direction of the monument and after
searching 20 minutes in the darkness
came upon the body of Dickie lying on
a bench just south of the statue, Dickie
was about 33 Jeans old. It is thought
he had not been long in Chicago. e
directory only states that he is a jeweler,
but does not tell his place of business.
TRYING HARD T0
| SAVE MISS STONE.
| News of the Kidnapping Has Aroused
the Whole Country.
WILL PROBABLY SOON BE FREE
The Officials Consistent With Their Pre.
ceding Conduct, Decline Absolutely to
Discuss Miss Stone's Case for Publication,
Yet it Is Evident From Their Manner
That They Are Feellng More Hopeful.
Ma From the
from Maine
wen aroused
ri
Boston,
{ Atlantic
to Florida,
by the
to
this
tory
can
by brigands
the neal 1
the appeal 10
ransom
ss
onar
14 i
received
1
it
and
KRUGER SAID TO BE FAILING
Mentally and Physically, It Is Declared, He
Is Weaker.
MISS HELEN LONG DEAD.
Daughter of Secretary of the Navy Succumbs
to Consumption.
own heal
In No
advised her to seek the t
rado, which she did. She re
for ce years, and her health improved
so much that Secretary Long erected a
permanent residence for her at Colorado
Sorings about a year ago
Three weeks ago she desired to visit th
Secretary, with her sister, Margaret, and
her grandmother, Mrs. Glover. The
physicians at Colorado said the change
of climate might be of benefit to her
She arrived at Hingham last week suffer-
ing with nervousness, and rapidly went
{ into decline
FOUR MINE ACCIDENTS.
| One Man Killed and Three Others lmjured
i Near Mabanoy City.
Mahanoy City, Pa. (Special). Four
{ accidents—one of them fatal-—occurred
in and about the mines in this district.
John Counthan, of Frackville, was in-
stantly killed by a fall of coal at the
Draper Colliery while he and a com-
| panion named Hay were taking measure-
ments.
Joseph Molinofski had his back and
both arms broken by a fall of coal in the
same mine.
Martin Kirby attempted to make a
short cut to the Lawrence Colliery by
crawling under a trip of railroad cars
at Mahanoy Plane and was caught and
crushed. he hospital surgeons say he
cannot recover.
Frank Kopopage is also dying at the
Miners’ Hospital, sightless, and with his
skull fractuted, the result of a fall of
coal at Gilberion Colliery.
Wireless Telegraphy for Lloyds
London (By Cable) ~The Marconi
Company and Lloyds’ Shipping Agency
have made an agreement by which the
stations of the agency throughout the
world are to be equipped with wireless
telegraphy.
A HA CH A
Help Arrived Too Late.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special) John Wyatt
Turner, of Rock Mill, Ala, assistant in-
structor in the carding and spinnin,
branches of the textile fepartment 0
the Geotgia School of Technology,
committed suicide by taking morphine.
ed there
the
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NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Nation's Vast Postal Business.
Wa shington {Spe ial Auditor Hen
3 ; st the Postoffice Depart
ment, closed the f the i
service for the fiscal +
1961, something
required to
is witl {
books of postal
The Beet Sugar Industry.
tary Eas
Labor, sugges!
lah ff men i
Preddent
President Roosevelt
self opposed to plans to unprove «
large the White H
The Secretary of War set apart $100,
000 for preparing barracks at Washing
ton for army officers
Mrs. Roosevelt wil
dent's pew in St
Episcopal Church
General Chaffee,
teclared hi
geciared him
ren
it nse,
: Pgs ’
OCCuny
the Pres:
i John's Protestant
hu
in a detailed report t
the War Department in the disastrous
attack upon Co. C, Ninth Regiment,
on September 29 tes that a large
number of the attacking force was led
by the presidente, and that the ringing
of the convent bells was the signal for
the attack. The officers’ quarters were
in the coivent, the Filipmmos entering
through the church. The bodies of some
of the soldiers were burned. The other
dead were buried by Captain Bookmiller
and his men, of the Ninth, who also
burned the town
Firemen Crushed By Falling Walls.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special)~Fire in the
Pittsburg clay pot works, in Allegheny,
damaged the plant to the extent of
$280,000, injured six men and enforced
an idleness of several months upon a
force of 165 workmen. The injured
men were firemen, who were on the
roof of the boiler house when the wall
fell and they were carried with it. None
of them will die. The fire originated
in the boiler room from an unknown
cause and quickly burned its way
through into the upper floors,
no
sta
sai
May Consolidate Cotton Mills,
Raleigh, N. C. (Special).—A special
dispatch from Charlotte, which 1x the
centre of the cotton mill industry in
North and South Carolina, says there
i4 4 strong movement to conso date
the cotton mills of that section, includ:
ing mills in both North and South
Carolina into a single corporation, the
consolidation to be after the manner
of the Steel Trust. The feasibility of
the scheme is being seriously considered
by many well-known mill men. ;
1t is officially denied that a pool of
the rail manufacturers is to be formed.
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