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HE LIFE.
New York Wonsan Accused of
Shooting a Boarder.
Husband and Daughter Principa
Witnesses Against Her.
C
ildren Were burned to Death.
School Took fire --Four Hundred (Chlldren`;Iried to Escape -Doors Became Blocked -Numbers
Trampled to Death -Floor Cave Way and Many Perished in the Basement.
Cleveland, chits, despatch: In a fire
Iyhit'h completely destroyed the con 01011
se•hool hniid]ug in C'ollingwood, a sub-,
ur1, to -day, seventy-five children lost
their lives,
The fire was started by an o•erheaat•
r ed furnace. The Malts(' 44111' ly spread,
but a pilule ensued when- the building
• filled ttii4J sI11oke and the 400 children
d attempted to escape,
1 There were lett tWo (Xits in the build. -
g ing, that wore available. line soon be-
t I caul: e1301:evl IVitlt the children who
I i madly dashed he. the open air. 'I'boee
• who fell iu the doorway were trampled
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New York, March tt,... -Wit.h her hu
band and young daughter seated at he
side under subpoena to appear as th
principal witnesses against her, 311•,
Theresa Mein, 37 year:: old. was plates
on trial yesterday charged with mu
der. Airs. :it 001 is accused of 1letvfn
shot and Mittel Frank ll'ertinger. ,
boarder, and without the testimony o
the husband and slaughter, whose syu1
patsies are all with the defendant, th
proseeutiol would lee sca.reeIy ad,le t
proeced. The case of Mrs. Stein coal
upon by thus behind and soon the door-
° way was impassable.
- The t'ri_111tened and ;nude0strit'ken
blues many strange eircunlstanee.:, A f- chileh'rii 111011( 1 to get nut through the
t01• the killing of l,ortinger last August, windows 4)1111 „Hy Huber means that
nes a result of a quarrel with her hus-
band, who asserted that Grrti11 ' was
('(lilt be founi Escape was cut off by
the flames whet: by this time, had
s,mete 1 throuiiltont the roams•. Cil(
hull/ling was of brick, yet this did not
retard the prom ss of the fire. In a few
minutes. the 1pC('1• floor fell, precipitat-
ing scores of aclildree to the basement,
among the bul'ning embers.
1'he scene t\lnut the building , was
heartrending. (;uiekly the news of - the
• terrible. catastrophe spread throughout
the village and hundreds of parents were
erowdnlg alio* the building in search
of their girls bind boys.
In 41 fe4v. mbetee 420 bodies had been
ta.k(n from the ruins: Plainly -the writh-
ing or ;tilled 'muss of dozens of others
could he well>it the basement. Nearby
faettiriee clisitil'ed their melt and in
strlleted thenn!u lscist in the rescue.
They braved the fire and made heroic
efforts to sevtl:lwse who were not dead.
Animus the ]tlo,wn dead are Edna Eab-
ner, 11 )•ears,:dI Bernie Schubert, 10
Years old; 11111i0 \\"iessbert, 7 years;
-. Meyers, 0 years; two Buschman girls,
10 and 12 years old; Hugh Mellraith,
10 years; Thomas Thompson, 9 years;
Eddie Kehl, 11 years; -. Roster, 10
years; two Woodmeyer girls, aged 11
and 13; Harold Sanderson, 13 years.
Hissing: Lizzie Lyon, Eminar, Heinge,
Peter Heninger,
Injured: (,let Barber, 10 years old;
.l1ildred Schmidt, 10.
At 11.30 twenty-five bodies had been
recovered from the ruins and were taken
to the shops of the Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern Railway Company, where
• the company's physicians are attending
the iejtil'ed.
1'r teticalll every ambulance in the
• eastern part of Cleveland was called, as
,well a§ every available physician.
• Many children rescued are believed to
be fatally injured, either by fire or by
being trampled upon. Scores of children
have heat taken to city hospitals.
letter. {)00 hundred and si ;t v bodies
have been 010uvered from the ruins.
influencing her, Mrs. Stein threw her elf ; l a %t STRI HOCHELAGA,
from window of her home to the c,nurl Over a Thousand Operatives of Cotton
1'. 2. WAS LTII.Y
five stories below. Her hill was broken
by e•lothes lines, but for a lou;: Hun
her life was despaired of. Stein has
stated that his wife fired the shot, al-
leging that she was not responsibie, hav-
ing been stead: au•t•]dentally on the head
two years before.
Mrs. Stein has not fully reeovere.t
from the shock, width has so affected
her that she (nmol reeoll((t what hap-
pened on the night of the tragedy. Coun-
sel has indi:at0d that the clnteaee will
be insanity. A jury was selected in the
ease to -(lacy.
Mill Go Out.
Montreal, Marsh i1, -.--Twelve hundred
' THAT SHE DID NOT FALL INTO
HANDS OF NO. I.
INSA IlTY PLEADED.
ST. THOMAS MERCHANT CONVICTED
OF FORGERY.
fames A. Moore Signed Hls Brother's
Name to Bank Guarantee -Prisoner's
Aged Father Appears in Court to
Testify on Insanity Plea.
S1. T11111tas eltspateh: the 401a1 04
Jatnes A, Moore, fur and hide dealer,
for ferg±ing the name of hie brother, a
barrister, of Toronto, to a $1,000 guaren-
tea bond on the-Dohuinion Bank, ereated
'considerable interest here to -day becaus.
of • the fact tjtat the defence endeavored
to show- that the seemed was not men-
tally responsible for his 11011008. Moore
last summer leeetl11le identified with sev-
eral ]udustrial concerns, rns, and bream a
prominent figure on the streets with an
antolncbile,
'rile 0vid(acr against Moore was
sarong;. Manager Anderson swore 11001'0
owes', the bank as high as $1 0,000, aal(1
).1oore's sfoek of hides was repreeented
to le $22„310, bet inspection showed it
to be worth about. 0.10.000. Mr. Ander-
sot: insisted on a l:: an'atlte'1 bond, and it
was given. Hare- C. Moore. brother of
the accused. ref 1)111101 M. ]3exter.
whore. (lame r 4,u'ar(•11 es witness, both
d((]1,red they had not signed the bond.
and W. II. 1",w. of the Central Business
College. '1'oromte. said the writing w -as
not that of H. C. Moore, but that 0f .late.
A. Monro.
James. 13. t1o0re, of Waterford. hillier
of the. ate(ns)11, 0n the Menn,ty plea, ,41141
the defendant had not been well sinew
two years old, when he went through a
severe illness. He had been a failure at
college and in several business undertak-
ings, and was subject to breakdowns, ex.
eita1)le and nervous.
Dr. Russell, ex -superintendent of the
Hamilton Asylum, and Dr. Guest, city.
both pronounc011 Moore as being far
from well mentally. and irresponsible,
,Indge Colter, however, held that, al-
though the accused was not perfectly
sound mentally, the affliction was not
sufficient to render him irresponsible.
Moore was found guilty -atnd remanded a
week for sentence.
To -morrow he will appear and formally
plead guilty to three other charges pre.
ferred by the bank.
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COBALT MINES ROBBED.
Two Englishmen Arrested With Sacks
of Rich Ore.
Cobalt. March 9. --On Saturday morn-
ing a robnery of two hundred pounds of
rich silver ore 1VaS made at the Kerr
Lake Crown reserve mine. This morn-
ing about 2 o'clock Chief Caldbeck and
Policeman McKay searched the Ottawa
restaurant, landing John Harris and
Steven Balis, both Englishmen, together
with a sack of ore containing over a
hundred pounds of nuggets, which were
identified by Superintendent Bryce, of
the Silver Queen.
LARGER SHIPS NEXT YEAR.
Vessels x,000 Feet Long and of Propor-
tionate Depth.
Belfast, Mardi 9. --Harland & '('Wolff
have -Begun the construction of ship-
yards that will allow the building. of
ships larger than ally yet known; that
is. tolsa.y, vessels 1,000 feet long and of
proportionate beam and depth. It is ex-
pected that a nounmotll. White Star
Liner will be laid down here about a
year from now, and this vessel will mark
an epoch in the world's history of ship-
building and engineering.
There Would Have Been Little of Her
or the Shop Left„ She Says -
Man in the Case Was in Hamil-
ton,
Buffalo, ..\larch 9. Edwin Strauss, :30
S -ears al. labor 'water. cnnlpaig11 speak-
er. and mtni,er of the t411 'l' ag firm of
Strauss & Le(•l:wood, 10 East Eagle
street, is a 1110011 wanted 1111111 by three
persons - nie wife, Mrs. Katherine
strewn. of :pin swan s;0101, ann,ther
w'u1020). w•hmnr 110 retire -ones as his wife,
and who clalinie him as her husband,
Airs. Jlatry Str:nlas. of .11•_' 3m:li11 street,
told his hu4me:s p)1,41111'. II11,nss lots
not been Keen tee one of tet three for an
week.
tie is being sued 11y Mrs. I\ (1 4 li 001141'
Strauss for 01Ynrve. .\ Weels at.4o .Itt-.-
tiee Pound, of the Supreme lours.
granted a petition for $.) counsel fees
and $111 annemy. 31rs. Strauss eases.
• employees of the Dominion 'Textile
Company weal: out on strike to -day
and the lomat. I,: the rtocileiaga mils
are lying lilt 1111'4411J1.as The main
hone of eonterltioll le 'sold to . be that
employment of an aseiet14111 foreman.
: \Ir. ,I0seph Venni,. Idiom the em-
ployees wanted to 1111%•( dismissed, •but
i the management would not yield to
that demand. Nur ix the lnauotgentent•
suit:' prepared e) yield another point,
cthi(it le to have the working hour?.
which are now front 6.15 al. 111.. to 4
p. 111,. ehaug*ed to 7 11. m1. and 5 p.m., re-
spectively. 'Ther 'debit that they have
Oct right to ruin their works as they
think fit.
3(0. \\'iifrid Payette, President of
the Federation of Textile \\'orkers, is
now trying 'to arrange with the enc
pluytes of the •u'ieitaults' Cotton Co.
for a sympathetir strike. Ife also hopes
10 imbue, those employed at Magog and
llonllntnetn1' ' to ,juin the i ot•emenl.
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BOGUS 1 ,LT. DOLLARS.
she Kae not r(1314ed any atones 110111 1
•
rraaue With Cot:nterfeiting Plant Seized
gt;•an•'} 11nee the 001101', order W1113
\ew spur-
t } .:r coteplete
11Crd. int l'auss x4'.'4 she married hi an 111 a iltw
Chicago in li$00. the; have nmee 1 fi•oin lows half, kr. 104 Sneed 111 • l3rook-
plaoe to place, ,hu' say$, and he has i syn 11d.17' and four 111011 and 0110 cvO-
been in trouble and ,hr, hex 1,0011 QOM.
pelted to :tient ]whsle (11111 .y. 'Three
years ado, she says, he disappeared,
1eat'.nri 41.14' 1111 invalid. with, at that
time, little hope of recovery. She got
. better, however, and well to Roelles 1 1'.
where she rearmed that her husband was
in Hamilton, where. two brothers re-
side. She failed to tied flint in Hamil-
1 tun, and was told Haat he h.ui gone to
Toronto, but latter learned that he Was
in BBuffalu, where elle found (h•aues last
June. 1n 111.1' story airs, Strauss says:
'•1 swore out a walr•atilt elltll•gilig aban-
donment. Ile - induced net to withdraw
it, on his ]>runtiee that he would sup-
port 1110, 11.411 1 11turnett to 3lansi'i01d.
1 slid not est any motley from him, and
1 mune 1;1101: to Iitlffaln last November,
when 1 0blaincd another warrant, but
' that also I withdrew when he renewed
sus p1 (: :153.4, But 1 got nothing from
hill and carne bade to buffalo again. I
began Illy shit fol• divorce and last
'Tuesday obtained 11 wala•au1t charging
trim with nest -support. He 11:18 called at
the house hero and threatened ale. .Cie
said that if 1 over lel the public I.noiy
that 1. had brought a etivuree suit lie
would have ale turowu in jail or run
out of town. 1 saw the woman with
where 110 is now 111ieg, i11 the tailor
shop in East Eagle street, but at the
time 1 did not know it was she. If 1
had there would have been little of her
or the shop left'.."
When the woman who says she is
Mrs. Mary Strauss was seen at her
home at 111.2 1111.111 street yesterday af-
ternoon. ;110 was 31181 pulling a carriage
with a pretty girl baby scatted in it up
the two flights of stairs to her flat.
When questioled she said: " •
"1 have. not seen my husband for a
week. Ile went awns Without saying
re word. to ale stud 1 d0 not know where
he is, neither do 1 know w•ht'll he trill
come back."
"Ale you his wife':" she was asked,
"Yes"
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GUELPH OFFICIALS APPOINTED.
•
Long Session of City Council Ends in
Defeat of New Men. -
A Guelph despatch: The City Council
sari; last night at 8.15 and costive d in
ise ssi0n up to' a quarter to one. '('ht,
appointment of officers for the tri t
positions of Clerk, T)•easurer, Collector
and Police (court (leek was discussed,
anal the attempt of the new members
to displace the old members of the civic
offices met with strong Opposition. The
fiends of the old city officials succeeded
in retaining ,their service -in nearly all
insteneee.
The Clerk Ives appointed Clerk o8 the
Police Court at a salary of $500. Col,
White and William 1:Iat.rt were appointed
Aeeeseors; Mr. T, J, Moore, Clerk, and
Elias .Rice, Collector. Ex-Ald,-S•ereg*gle
was reappointed Treasurer, and Mr. G.
McArthur, formerly assistant ensein;eer,
made enlgiIie..er-in-ehie.`
nolo Were atzrcst'(1, eha.rged with Mak-
i i11g met ('11)1111)4.1: g the imitation coins.
secret _ erviee .1l: 'ups 'have been search -
1r1 t roe two ))11111$ for 0 band of coun-
terfeitere who have flooded the city
with half 11011are see nearly like real •
menet- that deteetionl was next to im-
possible. They say that newly -moulded
coin; found in the Brc,oklvn house to-
: flay were made in the same moulds and
from the sauce material as those which
have tense so emelt trouble.
The bogus coins. while almost an ex -
I •tc'l repro(hectiou of those turned out
by the rutted ~tares mints. Were found
upon expert examination to contain 11
{ considerable quantity of tin and also
10 be slightly overweight. The prisoners
under arrest are John Hart, Raymond
Serutou. Joseph (Gifford, Thomas 3Ic-
1'artlau4l and Mabel Hamilton.
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BANK OF MONTREAL.
May Make Invasion of United States
and Europe.
Montreali, \fare( 9. -The statement is -
• made here in financial circles that the
Bank of MwttreaI is about to inaugurate
a more expansive policy, as they will
open more branches in the United States
and very likeiy on the continent of
Europe, with .a view to take advantage
of its exceptional opportunities to deal
with exchange,
The statement is made utast within a
few mouths the Bank of Montreal will
open in all the American centres where
ars exchange business can be worked.
Roston and New Orleans are spoken
of as prospective points as at starter
and 11015e than likely other points will
have u branch.
As for Europe, the idea prevails that
a branch of the big bank will very
soon be opened in Paris, France,
where another Quebec bank has al-
ready been established.
GERMANY'S OIL MONOPOLY.
The Question Not
to be Decided Before
Autumn.
Berlin, March 9
-Th.e question of a
Government petroleum monopoly is still
under consideration by the Imperial
Ministry of Finance, but the commis -
,.;semi which 114)8 been investigating the
matter has not yet decided to recom-
mend
difficulty is how to get along
mend it.
without the Standard Oil Company. If
the State monopoly is to be anything
more than a selling agent for the
Standard di] Company arrangements
must be the most economical possible
for a continuous' supply of American
petroleum for mixing with the Euro-
pean product.
No conclusion, however, need be reach-
ed before next autumn, as Chancellor
Von. l:luelow and Secretary of the Trea-
sury Sydow have postponed the intro•
duction of fresh tax proposals until that
time.
5 S IN QUEBEC.
Granted Colonization Lands in That
Province..
( pts a .)-_.
. The salvation .rn13' intends 10 open
ttp colonization lands in Qnebee. This
strteneut was made this morning by
('onlmissionur Coombs, who was at the
Parliament buildings to interview lion. •
3Ir, .lunteit1 and lion. Mr, Hanna. The
Army has been offered land for colouiz-
:Ilion purpose, in (Seebt'e, by the Gov-
ernment, and will send immigrants to
settle on the land. This conlplet444 the
schaele for eulonlratiou in every Pro-
vince in Canada. 'Ile Commissioner
hetet,: t0.1119111 for New York. whence
he .ails for Liverpool on the ('e'ltit. and �
will return about the earl of April,
While in the old country he will see
General Booth regarding the schemes.
Ori 3larell. 26 a party of immigrants
v
will leave Glaego for Ontario and the
-114irit 1111.0 ('10311110044.
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PROOF IS NOT DIFFICULT.
Manager's Views as to Claims Against
Directors,
T(n•onto despatch: The notion on the
part of the rormer directors of the On-
tario Bank to ]lave the suit which is
being brought against them by the
liquidator heard by a judge alone, instead
of by al judge and jury, (tulle before lir.
Justice Magee at Usgoode Hall yester-
day morning, and was ad•journel for one
week. The postpolle111ent of the hearing
was . by mutual agreement between
counsel to allow the lawyer for the
directors to examine an affidavit made
by Mr. Arthur Douglas Braithwaite,
General Manager of the Ontario Bank.
The latter is in reply to the statements
of the defendant directors to the effect
that should the action 1>e heard by a
jury the verdict could not be a fair
one owing to the alleged complicated
nature of the evidence to be adduced,
and to the alleged bias existing in the
11111111 of the public and in the press
against the directors. The directors fur-
ther stated that so numerous are the
hank's shareholders that some of them
or friends or relatives would be certain
to get In the panel. :lir. Braithwaite's
affidavit points out that the evidence
which in his opinion. n11uSt be gone into
will not be as technical as represented;
that to his mines public sentiment does
not seem against the directors; and that
the number of shareholders in Toronto is
not such as would make it impossible to
keep friends or relatives off a jury. •
HE ROBBED CHURCHES.
Antoine Thomas Sent to Prison at
Limoges.
Limoges, France, Barest 9.- Antoine
Thome to -clay was sentenced to six
years' imprisonment art hard Leber.
Thomas is the cooper at Clermont -Fee,
who committed the series of Se1199-
tional chn1011 robberies in Franke, the
revelation of which created a sensation
salsa 1141'1.
'lt}1e trial began 11a'u a 'February 27th.
His van Francis and his mother, to-
gether with three antiquarbei, Michel.
Retire and :Dufay, were ehaxged with
complicity in the thefts. The mother
and Michel were acquitted. The son
and the other two antiquaries were
found guilty and sentence] each to two
years at hard labor. Orders were given
that the stolen relics be turned over to
the State.
SUFFRAGISTS AT WASHINGTON,
Plea Made to Senate and to House of
Representatives,
Washington, March 9, --The advocates
of women suffrage were to -day given
their annual opportunity to present
pleas to Congress, the presentation to
the Senate beim; made before the Com-
mittee on \Voman's Suffrage, and to
the House before the Judiciary Com-
mittee. Senator Clay of Georgia pre-
sided over the Senate Committee meet-
ing, and Rev. Anna Shaw, as President
of the National Female Suffrage As-
sociation, introduced the speakers, the
first of whom was Mrs. Belva Lock -
Wood, who has the distinction el being
the only woman with ever made the
race for the Presidency.
HYPNOTIZED BY
-VICTIM'S WIFE.
A GERMAN OFFICER'S THRILLING
CONFESSION.
He Was Led on to Conant Murder -
Astonishing Story of a Man's Mad
Love for a Woman, and How She
Controlled His Actions.
Berlin, March 9. -The murder of
a military offieor by a brother of£ieee
Christmas night, which excited great
interest in Germany, has become
doubly sensational through the mur-
derer's cenfeesion that he 11/12s hyp-
notized by the wife of the murdered
man. into the commission of the
crime. Re's'old the fact that Captain
Von Goeben; of the artillery, shot and
loflled, .l, •tor 'Von "•: hoewbeck, of the
dragoons, in the tat=s '1's house, owing to
the former•'s guilt; love for lir-au
Von Schoenbeck, little was certainly
known, although malty versions of the
affair were current. friends tried to
get Von (su0ben deela0e/d insane, but
experts declared he was sane. Von
Goevcn realized that his execution as
a eminent mlll•de1'er was certain, and
the eonnanitted suicide y-cesteeday in his
cell in the military prison -at Allen -
stein, on the Polish frontier, by bruit-
ing his throat with a blunt table
knife, To the Munich alienist, Prof.
Baric ]cllrencll.notzing, the murderer
a few hours previously had made an
11 ((14ishingr co fees:ion of mad leve,
for Frau 'Von ,iiielloenbeck and of her
power over him, In the course of
his confr Sion, Iv1liell I\'as ew'Orn to,
he ••rid: "My country, my mother,
my Mende, all I would have cheer.
fully betrayed. could I but have ex-
ehalt,1ma1 them foe this witch, who
Massie me swear beneath the twinkling
b1 a11(a]res of her eltildeen's C::nlisetmas
tree that. I would kill their father that
Yens•
nig"-
Although he knew from her own
firs that she start led a recicls life,
Von Goebel' slid: "I regeurled Bee as
emit:411111ex meet and sacred. 1 Ler
sieved blindly anything she said.
'When I think back i cannot comp('('.•
head how I reedited it all. The wo-
men must have exercised a sort of"
mesmerism over me, for I would have
unresistingly- and unhesitatingly have
roumlutted the greatest erim.e for her. I
never had pangs of cons'eience, t. I hon-
ored her as a goddess."
The women e.onsbanttly complained
of her husband's ill-treatment, and
'3011 •('inebtn resolved to free her.
They discus: e'd lneanls of getting ri(1
of him. end at one time decided that,
the wife should poison hint. :In hie
eonfc: =ion Van Gethen adds : . '" 1 .
1et leer arou,gli n.rsenio to poison
two hundred 1>erc'008, but her cour-
age failed" Other means were dl]s-
emce d until, when Christmas 0,1111110,
Von Coeben rets Von Seboenbeok's
guest, and during the letter's ab-
sence front the ('sort, Frau Von
Sehoenbeek mule Von (i•oeben swear
that he w-on'41 kill her 1ul=band. Von
Goebert said: "T cheerfully made that
00L}l," And with the wife's eanni-
ranee lie re-entered the house niter
leaving b3- opening a w•ind'oy, three('
hahurs after midnight. Major Von
Schoenberg w'ns disturbed by the
noise, and met the intruder with his re-
volver. but before he coul(1. fire Voir
floehen shot sant.
A MAN TORN TO PIECES.
. Ghastly Find on Train That Arrived
Prem. Barrie.
A Toronto despatch: When Grand
Truro: train No. 08 from Barrie drew in-
to the Unison ons ,Station Lest night at 8.33,
about forty minutes. late, one of the ela-
tion employees saw blood en the ba„-
grat.ga ear. A eeareh was made, and be-
tween the )11111 and baggage ears on the
connecting a.ppl•ianees, tiller were found
the pocket of a workingman's jacket,
With a plug of tobaeto in it, and. the
sleeve 01 a coat and a shirt, both cut off
at the ,shoulder, and pare of the arm
with some flesh sticking t.o the shirt
Sleeve.
Later word was' received from Maple
than the leg of a mewl had been found
on the tsncks there, but beyond this n'o
further• word had been received of Who
the man was who had evidently been
killed. It Ivies the opinion of the rail-
way offit0;110, judging from how the
clotiiees wren' found. that it. was (some
workman who had been riding on the
bimnmers.
Engineer Cnlwre ee, Wil(1 w1118 1n
charge of the Haim says he had not
the slightee , id0a1• of heaving street: any
one and the mail c:;erke and baggage -
men neitllc•1' saw nor heard anything of '
the matter. •
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A POLISH TOWN SOLD.
Dubno Passes to an Austrian Count for
$2,000,000.
St. Petersburg, March 9. -The news of
an interesting transfer of real estate is
reported her from the Government of
Volhynia.. The entire town of Dubno,
which has some 13,G00 inhabitants, has
been sold by the owner, Countess Slruva•
lovo, to Count Offendorf, an Austrian,,
for $2,000,000. The transfer includes the
site of the Russian fortress at Dubno.
This town is one of several in Russian
Poland that has been held under the
ownership of a single` individual since the
old feudal days.
It eteis founded in the tenth century,
and was once owned by a King of Po-
land. The fortress has been the fieldof
many engagements, and it enjoys the dis-
tinction of never having been captured
during eithei.' the Cossack or the Tartar
rove siane.