J. R. Weaver Wildur, . ‘Wiber, 1. W. Blahep, WT. Gooduew, ¥. T. Page, Housshold Goods, Safes & BEIBACH ‘Women aad of the Reetum, emery ry U GILLETTE MENACED. Pathos of Dead Girl's Letters Cause Tears In Court. ———— THREATS MADE AGAINST PRISONER ————— Harriet Benedict Denies Being Ae. cused’s Swecthenrt-tirace Brown's Fathetle Story Told In Pleading Notes. HERKIMER, N. Y, Nov 21. ~The Pitiful letters In which Grace Brown appealed to Chester Gillette to keep his promize to marry her cansed such R seasation when they were read at Gillette's trial ou the charge of murder- lng the girl that the sheriff had te furnish a strong escort of deputies for the prisoner wien he was taken to the Jail at recess, When it was time for the prisoner to return to court it required hard work by half a dozen deputies to force a passage through the crowd which had gathered around the conrthouse. There were many who used strong language against the prisoner. The sheriff's precautions for the safety of Glllette were fully justified by the state of mind inte which the people bad been worked. : Harriet Benedict of Cortland, whose name has been frequently mentioned in the ense, went on the stand and denied that she ever had been the sweetheart of the young wan who is on trial for his life. She did not go near the prisoner, whose eyes were filled with tears a short time before during the reading of Grace Brown s letters to him. Many persous iu the crowded court roows, Including the parents and sis fers of the dead girl, wept audibly as the letters were read. It was the Orst time that Gillette had shown emotion siace Lis trial be gan. Forty letters ln all were read. A letter dated South Otselie, July 2, 1008, was as follows: “My Dear Chester—This has been such a crowded day that I am almost foo tired to write, but I will try, for I am a little anxious about our trip and your not writing “It makes me rather bloe to hear the other girls planning for the Fourth and koow [| must stay here. [ will try, dear, and wake the week as short as possible, but I am afraid it will be dreadful long. “If I had strength, dear, I do be- lieve I should walk to the river and throw myself In. It would be rather cowardly, and I despise a coward, but Ld would not Le a bother to you any longer. Oh, Chester, the thought that Iam in your way just drives me crazy. How I want to die no one but myself knows.” Her last letter read: “I do uot kuow what I could do it you were not there or did not come, 1 am about crazy mow. 1 have been bidding goodby to sowe places today. There are so many nooks aud all of them so dear to me, [ Lave lived bere all my life, “First 1 sald goodby to the spring bouse, with its great masses of green moss; then the apple tree, where we had our playhouse; then the ‘beehive’ & gute little house; then the orchard and of course all the neighbors that bave mended my dresses from a little tot up to save me a thrashing I really deserved “Ol, dear, don't you realize what all this 1s to me? I kuow [ shall never see any of thew again. And mamma— great bheaven—bow [ do love mamma! I don’t know what I will do without her. Bhe is vever cross, and she al ways helps me so much.” On July 2 Gillette wrote her, saying “Dear Kid—I think it is best that you should go to Hamilton next Mon- day worning and meet ne there. It would be better to go where we are pot known, so we can leave there that day, although I don't know where we can or will go.” Her wedding clothes, which were made by friends and neighbors for the #'rl who went to a watery grave In Big Moose lake on the very day she planned to go to the altar as the bride of Gillette, were shown in court. Mrs, Creflleld Took Strychaine. SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 21. — Coroner Carroll has signed a certifieate stating that Mrs. Maude Criffield, whe died suddenly in the county jail last Fri day unight, committed suicide by strychnine polsoning. Mrs. Crefliold was the widow of the so called prophet of the “Holy Rollers” and was awaiting trial for complicity with Esther Mitch ell in the murder of Esther's brother, George Mitchell, the slayer of Prophet Franz Creffieid. ————————ar Upheld Gillette Indictment. NEW YORK, Nov. 21. —Justice Green- baum denied five motions made fo set aside the Indictments agalust Dr. Wal ter R. Gillette, a former vice president of the Mntunal Life [usurauce com- pany. Motions on behalf of Robert A Granols, the other ludicted officer of the company, will be submitted. Woman Wants to Press the Batten. COLUMBUS, O, Nov. 21. Mrs. Mar tha Gibbons, matron at a police station here, wants to turn on the electric cur. rent that will. execute Frank Castor, who killed a policeman. Mrs Gibbons' Rasociation with policemen Las brought her to sympathize deeply with them in thelr dangerous work, BRIDGE WORKERS KILLED. Housatonie Bridge Staging Tilted, Throwing Five Men OF. BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Nov. 21.— Two men killed, a third believed to be dying, another seriously Injured and n fifth mau cut and braised was the re- sult of the slipping of a clutch on one side of a staging ou which thirty men Were working on the new ralircad bridge over the Housatonic river be- tween Stratford and Milford, tHting the staging sud throwing the men to the deck of the bridge, twenty-five feet below. The dead are Paul Daley of Berlin, N. H, instantly killed, and Richard Sculley of Jordan, N.Y. Harry Powell of Portsmouth, N. H., Was critically injured; sknll fractured: may dfe. William Nieman has severe coticussion of the right hip, bruised about the Lody and possibly internal injuries. Michael McWade was bLruis- ed about the body and scalp; will re- cover. The gang of thirty structural bridge workers were working in a box stay- ing five feet wide nnd thirty feet long aod partly inclosed on the sides at the top of the first span on the Milford side of the rolling lift bridge now in the course of construction for the New York, New Haven and Hartford rall- road ou the main luoe over the Housa tonic river. This staglug contained also all the tools used by the men and was twenty-five feet above the floor or deck of the bridge. The foreman had just signaled to have the staging, which is operated by a donkey engine, lowered. As the man who controlled the engine started it a “dog.” or clutch, on the south side of the staging slipped and tilted that end of the staging four feet downward, throwing the five men who were at that end, together with part of the tools, off. The twenty five other men who were on the staging saved them- selves by grasping the sides Mrs. Jungblath Wants $300,000. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Nov. 21 ~ Mrs. Amanthis Jungbluth filed suit here for divorce from her husband, Carl Jung- bluth, secretary of the Continental To bacco company and member of the rac Ing firs of Middleton & Jungbluth, former owners of The Picket aud other horses. Mrs. Jungbluth asks for $200,. 000 alimony. She also files sult agalost Jungblut, the Continental Tobacco cotapany, Powbattan, Wooldridge and the Deposit bank of Beards, Ky. to re. strain them frow disposing of or pur. chasing Jungbluth's property A ————————— Swindled Him With “Steelecety.” NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Charles Brewster Steele of Baltimore Is on trial here on a charge of grand lar ceny preferred by Augustin B. Wheel. er, president of the United States bauk in New Orleans. The case was given to the jury, but a venlict has not ret been agreed upon. Mr. Wheeler testi- fled that the defendant had swindled Lim out of $23.00 by first loteresting Lim in a bogus luvention which be call ed “steelecety” and which be clatmed would generate heat, light and power ———————— Police Used a Maxim Gan, ODESSA, Nov. 21.—4A desperate ats tempt was made here by a band sald to be composed of soclal revolutionists to murder the chief commissary of the Odessa police. The band did not de- sist until the police bad opened fire on It with a Maxim gun, killing tlree men and wounding three more. The others escaped. Another band compos- ed of terrorists seized $2,000 in the of- fice of the Russian Navigation compa- ny. Before taking this money the band killed a police official ————— Insane Sea Captain a Salelde. ELLSWORTH, Me, Nov. 21. — The suicide of Captain Willtam V, Coggins, who became Insane while In cowmand of his vessel, the schooner Hazeldel, at Stockton Springs, Me, and was brought to hix home at South Surry last Sunday, was revealed by the find. log of Lis body In a room of his home. Captain’ Coggins succeeded jn eluding his watchers during the night and com- mitted suicide with a rifle. He was fifty-five years old. Charged With Stealing $600, BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Nov. 2]. —- Howard J. Everett, aged thirty-five, was arrested here charged with em- bezzlement of $800 from the Cunning- ham Piano company of Philadelphia. When arrested Le denled all know]. edge of the affalr, claiming bis uame to be Wilson, but at police headquar- ters he coolly held out his band to Captain Arnold and sald he was the man wanted. ————— Fifty Dead In Dix Daaster, SEATTLE. Wash, Nov, 21.—-To the death list of the wrecked steamship Dix eight names have been added, making a total of Afty known dead as a result of the disaster. Parties are stil searching uloug the shore uear where the Dix went down after colll- slon with the steamer Jeanie United States marine Hispectors opened an In- vestigation of the wreck today, ———————— Declared Sane by Mistake. MINEOLA, N.Y, Nov 21 — After belug pronounced save by a commission of llenists appointed by the superintend. ent of the poor aud when about to be discharged Jobo Lawson, a barber, of Inwood became Violently lusane ju Lis cell at the Nassau county Jail and tried to kill himself Ly bLutting bis bead Against the burs. He was taken to the AWAIT LAST WORD President Will Not Revoke Negroes' Dismissal. TAFT DECLINES TO DISCUSS OUTCOME Roosevelt Sends Decisive Message fe Constitutional League at New VYork—Expeet Orded From Forie Rice. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 Secretary of War Tart hus declined to discuss the matter of the dis harge of the three compatles of hegre soldiers of the Twenty 6th infantry, but it is known that, in addition to delaying the execution of the order of dis charge, he lias sent a communi ation in regard to the case to President Roosevelt. The president will receive It when be reaches Porto Rico today The secretary has postpone! further execution of the order pending worl from the president snd has telegraph ed the president, it is said, to ask if the matter way not be reopened The president is sald to Le firma In his attitude. As further evidence of this, the fol lowing cable message was sent to Gllclirist Stewart of the Constitutional league at New York by President Roosevelt: “Unless facts as known to me are shown ta be false the order will noder Ho circumstances be revoked, and 1 shall not for vue moment consider sus pending it on a simple allegation that there are new facts until these new facts are laid before me Inform auy persons having new facts to have them in shape to lay before we at olice on ny return, sud I will then consider whether or not muy further action by me is called for.” The Coustitutional league had sent a fiessage of protest to the president which read “Republican county committees unan. lmously denounced discharge of col ored soldiers. Parsons, Olcott, Bennet, Comittee petitioning department Newspapers emphatic Developments hod new facts warrant. Ask Imwed! ate suspension order.” Tbe fnal decision in the matter of the dismissal of the three companies of the Twenty-0fth Infantry, ns or dered by the president, rests with Sec retary of War Taft, subject to any re. ply he may have received from the president regarding the order Issued from the war departinent during the Secretary's absence ln the west. Because of the absence of Mr. Taft No one In the war department seems 10 kuow just what course will be pur sued, It Is sala definitely, however, that the order directing that the troops be dismissed without houor from the service has not been sus pended, but ite further execution lias merely heen delayed It Is polated out that Secretary Taft could uot re voke an order made by the president It 's not belleved bere that the presl dent will consent to a revocation of the order, and officers of the army do not want him to do so Golug to Meet the Fresldent. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Nov 21 Governor Beckman Winthrop and a number of other prominent officials and citizens will leave San Juan for Ponce, where they will receive President Roosevelt when he lands there from Colon. Extraordinary precautions are belug taken to nssure the safety of the president during bis automobile trip across the (sland to this city, whence be will sail for Hampton Roads ———— Spaln Sends Warship to Tangler. MADRID, Nov 21 AS a conse quence of the receipt by the cabluet of dispatches setting forth that the situa tion of Europeans In Morocco Is grow Ing worse Minlster of Marine Alvarado has ordered the battleship Pelayo to Taogler, where she will Join the French warships. She takes 500 wa rines. It 1s reported that a British squadrou has also been ordered to Mo rocco. ————— Rev. J, A. Hartmann Dead. BETHLEHEM, Pa, Nov. 21.—Rev John Adolphus Hartwano, a retired Moravian misstonary Among the Dela ware Indians lu Ontario for twenty four years and prior for eight years In charge of the Moravian wisslon at Ebenezer, in Australia, dled of heart failure here, aged seveuty-four years He was a native of Surinam, South America ——— Peary at st. George's Bay. SYDNEY, N. 8. Nov 2¥—A cable dispatch from St George's Bay, N. 1, says: “Comumander Feary's arctic steamer Roosevelt has arrived here short of coal, but Is ready to sall for Port au Basque at the first favorable change In the weather, which vow Is stormy, and there Is a heavy yea.” —————— Durand to Speak at New York. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the British smbas sador, whe Is to be one of the speakers at the chamber of commerce diuner in New York ou Thursday, will also at tend the St. Audrew's dinner on Nov 30, but will not speak on that occasion ————————— Rubber Shoe Hands Win Strike. BRISTOL, R. I, Nov. 21 The strike of the 400 employees lu the lawn ten nls and arctic shoe departiuents of the National India Rubber company's works here has been settled, apd the strikers will receive an increase of halt Ee ———— LEE HARRISON II. AT 4 TO 1. Senator MeCarren Heported te Have Made Hig (Coup on Wisner. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 — There was a uotable lucrease in the crowd at the Benniugs trick when two Liz flelds facesl the starters in the first two events. Ned Kulght captured the first At 5 to 1 and Les Harrison I tak- Ing the second at 40 to 1 Favorites captured the fourth and sixth races Baluy weather was probably responsi. ble for the increased attendance One of the biggest cleanups seen in sole lime came off in the second race here. Seuator Patrick McCarren and his friends, it is said, were the ones who dealt the bookles an aw ful blow, and Lee Harrison II was the wedium of the plunge. Summaries First Race —Iled Knight first; Bohe- mia, second; Loue Hand, third Second Race — Lee Harrison 11, first; Tuckernuck, Speed Queen, third Third Race Hooray, first; Voladay second; Dekaber, third Fourth Race —Monfort first; lnm, second: Killochan, third Fifth Race —Blue Pigeon, first: No- blesse Oblige, sec ond; Bizzy Izzy. third Sixth Race. ~Oxford, first: Water ETass, second; Lady Vern, third 5% old . Uracu- Hartford Dog Show Opens, HARTFORD, Coun. Nov. 21 —What Is characterized as the finest dog show ever held in this state opened at the Auditoriom here. Reginald C Vander. biit of New York has an English sheep dog, a deerhound and a Boston terrier in the show, and Princess de Mont- glyon is showing a strong class of chows and collies. George 8. Thomas Is showlug a class of Imported dogs 8 the first time In America, Outsider Wins at Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21. — The chief sport at Oakland track was the Fireuzl handle ip, for three-year-olds Collector Jessup, an outsider captured the stoke, leaving Titantia and Platoon, the several lengths in the rear Pr theese favorites Salphur Fumes For Soldiers, PARIS Although more re sistance wus reporied in the taking of church ovCurred, oily Villelongue dela Salanigue Nov, 21 incident cise, at where the clericals Lad been standing guard for two days, were the authorities balked. When the soldiers battered down the doors of the church at Villelongue- de la-Salaugue they were driven out by sulpliur fumes, and the prefect was compelled to postpone taking the In- ventory. mventories, no grave nd in fie Don't Like Voting Machines. ELMIRA,N.Y., Nov.21. ~The common counctl unanimously adopted a resolu. tion calling upon the mayor to appoint a committee of five to investigate the advisability of throwing out the voting machines aud returning to the paper ballot system of voting In this city Allegations that the wachines did not properly record the votes cast at the last election Lave been freely made, and au effort will be undertaken to se. cure a court ordef to open the ma- chines Every Business Place bat One Burned SALISBURY, Md., Nov. 21. —The town of Stockton, Worcester county, Md, WAS visited by a fire which destroyed every busluess Louse lu the place ex cept the Stockton bank. Clarence Par sons, a clerk In the store of P. E Wharton & Son, was burned to death. The wouney loss 1s $60,000, with a small Insurance. The fire was caused by an explosion either of a barrel of turpeu- tine or a keg of guupowder Grafters Indicted nt San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21. — The grand jury returned two Indictments. one accusing Peter Duffy of perjury und the other charging Supervisor Fred Nicholas with agreeing to take a bribe Duffy Is a hanger on about the courts aud was formerly elevator man In the hall of justice. The charge against Nicholas grows out of the purchase of furniture for the city ——————————— France Taking (harch Iaventories. LANDERNEAU, Department of FI. nisters, France, Nov. 21 —Three squad rous of hussars, a hundred cuirassiers nud all the sappers and geudarwerle of this district, under the command of General Hermite, were divided tuto de- tachieuts of forty and departed dur Ing night to support the officials charged with taking the inventories of the churches the Belgian Minister's Daughter Dies, WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Miss Lou Ise Moucheur, daughter of Baron Mou cheur, the Belgian minister, and Bar oness Moncheur, died here after a brief illness of pneumonia and typhold fey er. Miss Monchenr had been wttending the Sharon HIN schoo) Philadel phia nea EE ——————————————— Baseball Player to Wed CHICAGO, Nov. 21 - The announce ment is made here that on Thanksgly Ing eve Miss lhwma WIK, daughter of Frederick 1. Wilk, president of the Unlon Trust company. will be mar ried to Arthur Devlin of the New York Natloual league baseball team vice Hussla and Japan (toming Together ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21.- Sev articles of the Russo Japanese treaty were approved in conference here articles pro vide, among other things, that each country shall grant the other the most favored nation treatment, eral cotnercial I hese Noted Allenist Dend at Harvisburg, HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 21. -Dr. J, C. Gerhard, ane of the foremost alien. POLICE SEIZE FIEND New York Woman Charged With Murdering Infants, OWN DAUGHTER CAUSED ARREST, Search of House instigated by Girl Hevealed Frighifal Conditions, Babes’ Bodies Were Barned In a Stove. NEW YORK, Nov. 21 Avvused of the murder of at least twenty lufants in the last five months and with burn Ing their bodies in a stove Mrs. WHI Lelmina Eckhardt wag seized by the police In her home at 135 East Ninety third street, taken in a patrol wagon to the Tombs police court amd mitted to a cell Another patrol wagon was with surgical instruments, operating tables, invalids’ chairs aud other equip ment for a small Lospital found In the Woman's howe The stuff was taken to the district attorney s office The arrest of the alleged wurderess was brought about by the of ber daughter Mrs. Eckhardt repeatedly complain &d at the East Eighty-eighth street sta. tion that her adopted boy, five years old, had been kidnaped by ber daugh ter When the questioned the daughter she reveals] a frightful cou dition of things at the Eckhardt bowe that started the district attorvey's of. fice and the County Medical soc lety to f determined hunt for evidence upon which to raid the house and arrest Mrs Eckhardt The daughter said that she had taken the boy from the Eckhardt home be Cause It was not a At place for Lim to live When Detective Sergeant Flomd and several plain clothes en forced an entrance to the house they found a richly furnished interior On the rirst floor a Young cvlored Woman was found In bed, almost dead from the effects of a recent operation She sald that she had upon during the uight above gn youug white found, convalescent An ambulance removed the colored Woman to the Presbyterian hospital where she was placed under arrest It was charged that she bad Leen the victim of an Megal aperation In one of the rooms on the secoml floor the detectives found a complete equipment such as wonld be used in the operating room of a hospital, In the Kitchen was a large stove, In which, it is charged. the bodies of the murdered infants were burned “The bodies of at least twenty in fants were thus disposed of during the past five mouths,” said Attorney Coop er, who represents the County Medical Society com loaded revelations police been operated On the floor Woman was — Fittaburg Phil's Mother Marries, PITTSBURG, Nov. 21 Mrs. Eliza Downing, wotler of the late ‘George Swith (Pittsburg Phil), who acquired fawe as a turf plunger, and Thomas 8 Wood, a wealthy coal aud real estate dealer, were married lu Youngstown, OU, last Wednesday The marrage was not announced here until Inst night fhe bride and groom are wealthy sud are over seveuty vears of age. When Pittsburg Phil died two Years ago le left the bulk of hig for- tune, which was valued at more than $2,000,000, to his mother. ——————— Dresden Art Treasure Brought $3,250 LONDON, Nov. 21. -A Dresden china figure cleven Inches Ligh, representing a lady wearing a huge crinollue and carrying a pug dog, with another pug dog at ler feet, brought $5250 at Cliristie’s auction roows here This Kroup was made during a famous pe riod fn the bistory of the Dresden fac tory from 1783 to 175%). when Count Bruehl was at its Lead The figure represents Countess de Kesel, one of the beautles of the court of Augustus Il, then elector of Saxony, ——————— Troops to Guard a Virginia Court. NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 21.- Cowpany B of the Seveaty first Virginia regi meut has been ordered out to guard Princess Anue county courthouse dur log the trial of John Smith, a negro charged with criminal assault on Mrs Leggett. The prisoner, who has been In the Norfolk jail for safe keeping, will be taken to the Princess Auue county courthouse by the troops. Prin. cess Anue farmers threatened to Iyuch Swith. ——————— Richest Cardinal Dylag. ROME, Nov. 21 The pope has sent his benediction to Cardinal Vaszary, primate of Hungary, who Is at the point of death. Vaszary is the richest of the cardinals and contributes £200, 00 yearly to the maintenance of the holy see. Cardinal Vaszary was born In 1832 aod was created a cardinal In 1803 Discriminate Against Our “) ellows." MONTREAL, Nov. 21 — Postmaster General Lemlueux In a political speech delivered here sald it was his Intention to give British newspapers and period leals a prefervoce in the Canadian malls and to discriminate ngalust sen Rational wuewspapers of the United States Tennessee Flood Costs 8330,000, MEMPHIS, Tenn. Nov 21. With the rala still falling at times reaching a downpour, the situation In this section of the state becomes wore and more serious. It Is estimated that FIT TOiPRINT” Thanksgiving Linens The swing of our annual Linen Sale ison. We are proud of this depertment. Ligens are a bobby ' experience with us and 40 have taught the linen buyer many lessons Grass Bleached Linen Are on our shelves. We carry ro acid bleached goode, alt tte Dew process is chez per to make, and consequently cheaper to buy, but the wearing quality is not there. hey leave the merchant's counter 0. K. but come out of the tub N, G. about the second or third time they are washed, Another Fact . We do not inflate our retail values in order to make the cut seem deep- er when putting on a sale. In a Nut Shell We put our Linens against ; Linens in the United ry value. We buy direct beeause our wholesale output epables us fo do 80. Our consumption of Linens is greater than any concern corpora- tion cr syndicate wholesale or relail in ths state outside Philadalphis or Pittsburg Prices advertised last week con- tinue the entire week on linens, tow- els and toweling. Shirt Talk Our undershirts are uw, the workmanship is ect, { are the ro the i oe les and Globe Warehouse prices the lowest. See window. Dress Goods You will find the new here. The pew reds so much in mand we are showing in several of the most popular weaves, A finer line of blacks in French German and domestic looms have teen added and direct importation Sad buying makes our prices the owest. Globe Warehouse. Talmadge Block, Elmer Avs, VALLEY PHONR, We Do Not Ask You to Believe Us That we are the best Tailors, but those who have tried us are com- vinced of the fact. Those who have not tried yet are cordially in- vited to give us only oae trial—af- ter that, they will be regular pas trons, We Are Genuine Tailors A. 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