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THOUSANDS FACE FAL1INE
IN NORTHERN SWEDEN.
Sterving T housands Live on Pine
Bark and Iceland Moss.
London, Jan. 20.—TAegrnre from
8teekholm, Strode'', confirm the ,l'e.
trimming aonounte of the femme in
Northern Sweden. About 700011
persons are affected by the fondue,
which extends from tho 01st to the
87th degree north latitude, mid
from the Uuif of Bothula and the
Dundee border far into the tutee -
lar,
The starving people are eating
pine bare, whin is dried, grouud
to powder, mixed wJ'h 'towed Ice-
land most and made Into 0 kind o!
famine bread.
Coincident with the failure of
the crops Is the extreme scarcity
or fh. The fah ermen return from
their expodi,tione empty-handed.
Wren Ptarmigan grouse of the
northern regions—usually found un
great numbers in the etriokon die-
trlet, have almost completely dis-
appeared.
It Is estimated that the expendi-
ture of about $th.l00,000 will he
oeeessary to flare the population
from decimation. Thus far le00,-
000 has been subsorlued, of wh,eh
/atm over $12,e00 was rent by
'Sidon in the Un+le(I State'. Title
amount (1000 not iuolu(1(1 the money
ucclsrary to Dave the cattle of
supply real for the spring rowing,.
The peacoat are making pathetic
eaerlficee to avert the extermina-
tion of the hardy, northern cattle.
Dn provl000 times of scareily good
folder was obtainable by mixing
reindeer moor and acme bark. Now
thle lel not available and Jldely olaop-
pevl twlge of birch, willow and ash
are eubstltuted. The mixture le
boiled and fed to the cattle warm,
but It it found that milk of cattle
that have been ted thlr iu eubjoot
to typhoid fever, and disease Is
certain to [pread ualess relict l0
obtained.
The oltuat;on threatens a return
of the famine of 187)1.
A epactal commissioner of the
Sweetish Government, who lou Just
returned from the toene of dletrese,
urger the neoeoslty for the adopt-
ing of plans to abate the (betimes.
Ills report has caused a most pain-
ful lmpreosion, and will, It to hoped,
enhance the natlon'0 efforts to pro-
vide remedial measures.
Up to the present 1,000 carload+
valued at over $100,000, repreeent
the total quantity of provisions
and fodder shipped to tho famine -
stricken area.
DISBROW ON TRIAL
FOR POSTER'S MURDER.
Sketch of the Now Celebrated to D'mnle"
Lawrence Case.
Riverebead, I. L, report; The
)I1ry La the trial. of Louie( A, Dis-
brow, charged with kriling Clar-
ence Footer at Timm Buy on the
night of June 'tit, was completed
yesterday and the trial progree0-
e d rapidly.
Clarence Foster and Sarah Law-
rence, whore friends called her
"Dimple,' mot violent deaths on the
aIgbt of June WO last, lu Tana
lay, near Good Ground, L. I. Their
bodies were found five duyr later
In the shallow watery of the bay.
They were teeth young, strong and
expert ewlmmers. The theory of
acoldental drowning seemed untes-
able. Louie A. Disbrow, who was
known to have spent the evening
of June with with Foster and ells
Lawrence, was mysteriously 'Mim-
ing. He rentalaed m.emlug for 20
days, while detectives searched for
him.
Sarah Lawrence was 17 years'
old, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J ohn 'r. Lawrence, of Ilempotead,
L, L i
Foster was a stalwart fellow, 22
years old. He wail married, but he
was noted among the young men
about (last Ground for his popular-
ity among women. Dabrow came
d a good family, but was estrang-
ed from them on account of a
marriage contracted fire years
ago. He was known am rather wild,
but was popular with Ills set.
D1.brow had been attentIre to
"Dimple" Lawrence for more than
a year. She seethed to lose Inter-,
est 1n blur somewhat after elle set
Fouler. Nevertheke', Disbrow con-
tinued to go out with her as often
ss she woad let him. Oa the eight
of the tragedy, IMobrow, Foster
and "INmp.e' Lawrence drove to
the Hampton Phlee C,ub and had
ripper. 'rhoi) they drove to Tunnel u
hotel. where Disbrow stayed.
witch le one mile nevus Tian&
Bay from the Ocaao Clew House,
where the Lawrences were staying.
The theory of the defense le that
Fowler undertook to row the girl
home, but they had some Bort of
dleagreement or accident :n the
boat and so fell overboard and
were drowned. Against this are
the !note that both were expert
swimmers and that the water of
the bay to nonvhere more than
three or four feet deep.
Disbrow text morning left Good
Grognd early and went to East-
port. There he met a friend to
whom he made mention of having
hod a fight with Foster the n'ght
before. Then IMabrow disappeared,'
and was not appreh'nded for near-
ly three weeks. Subsequently, It
was learned that he tried to got
passage on a schooner to Hayti;
oleo that on the day after the
tragedy he called on hie wire, whom
he had not seen for several years,
bade her good-bye and said he was
going away for a long time.
In Me opening addreu Diatrlot
Attorney Smith said that he would
elbow there was a wound over Foe- ,
titer eye when the body was found„
are( that death was due to ooncus-
slcm of the brain, caused by a blow.
We theory, however, was not
borne out by the evidence of the
wltnesees far the proeecothn, err-'
eras of whom testified that there
Was hardly any perseptlble woand'
rM lit• bead,
On the District Attornoyei at-
tempting to bring i'o tertiwouy re-
' logien to the death of "Dimple" Law-
rouce, Juotice 1laddox ruled that
It sea. not adwl.e ale, the prieouer
being only under Indictment for the
lilllug
of Foster.
Rieeralde, L. 1., later; Nothing
more rewuine to be toed aguwrt
Louts A. Disbrow. Deputy elm•Lfr
were utwble to /erre a subpoena on
Miss P,xtre,d,, where Lai lr Staying
at Atlantic C.ty, and her eveleuce,
taken at the latl:minary hearing last
Ju,y was udmitted and read to the
jury, Nothing 1001 far produced in
the trial has made so groat an fin-
preeslon on the twe,ve mon That
wits easily seem by the.? clime atten-
tion.
The District Attorney swore a dep-
uty sheriff who had been to Atiantic
C1.y and failed to nerve Mier leeareall,
and Judge Maddox rued that the de-
poLion was udmldelele, aud tiruoree
it read.
Disbrow's face turned pale when
Ude decision wee given, and, an the
toatinioey proceeded, everyone con-
ncoted with the defence showed evl-
dcnee of grave concern.
*Jun tel with A'ostcr.
111N t' aroalt overheard the quar-
rel between Disbrow and Foster iu
Dleurow'i rotate, at the Terunh hour°,
wise shu reed her fete'. were board-
ing. In graphic lienguuge Duo der
corded to the Mag,etrate al. Good
Ground the occurrence of the futal
night. •
"I was awakened at three o'clock
in the murnsng," she said, "by voices
stylug "Good-ey, goo,i-by, and sty
goo(} -by jo the hid,' Tuen 1 heard
steps go down stake. 1t was Foster.'
Tien 1 heard him come up agate and
sty to Disbrow, '1 can't leave
this.' Deleeuw s voice said, 'Can you
look m+• In the face and ens that?'
Then there wore angry words nod
eound0 of cum one jumping on the
floor. There were mutterings and an-
gry sonde, and I heard Disbrow say
loudly, 'By Cod, 1'11 settle this In the
"Next I heard Foster sty, '1f I get
the boat will you go with us?' Die -
brow geld 'Yoe: Foster nub I, 'Will you
meet in at the wharf?' Disbrow said,
'Yes.' Then I heard the voice of Mise
Lawrence out on the lawn sty, 'What
411 Louis sty ; wI 1 he oomo with us,
U we get the boat 1' "
T' ue the story was rend. It was the
testimony of a refined young women.
as they all knew, rind It was the only
testimony they hod herd which'
seemed to connect Disbrow with the
de th of the two young people.
The testimony wee read by Magi*
trete Fester, before wb0m It lied
been token lost rammer. When he had
finl!hed, .Tu lore of eidn• rrke to the
Dletrict Attorney, asking him to pro•
owed as rapidly as possible and call
the next witness
Proee0 'ton 1leete.
"east a moment, Your Honor;' send
Mr. Seethe and alter a brief consul•
tattoo with hie 0r'f.tint ceen.r(1 he
turned to the Judge and Bald:
"N tela eloeor, the people rest."
]hen Judge Maddox seemed aeon -
!shell at the ebrupt closing of the
prosecution. It caused a great stir In
th courtroom. Mr. MI ee Immedt 'tely
moved that Disbrow be deacherged on
the grated that the people hod fel'ed
to establish the rorpnr dellen, had
not esteht:shed n Cele etrrrft enonah
to hold 111m anti had felled to thew a
motive. Tho motloo woe dented, and
1.t .
Mi ou elated that lie wt I be ready
to proceed with the detuuoe in the
morning.
Disbrow wont dglootedly back to
Itis ccil. For the first time people In
the courtroom said to one another,,
"It looks 110 though ho might be COO -
Vie ted after a11." 1
Accu,ed hlan'e Cunl'eeem.
Wil1Ltm Walton, one of the prorw-
Cutlou r most important WItienue0,
10)10wed with his recital of Die-
brow
irbrow • partial tuutssrlon to him,
noun atter lar. Lawrence bad left
the mute(. ile told how lie met Die-
brow ubuut ten o'clock Iu the maru-
lug at Eldrhlgu'e Hotel, in blood
Ground, and hew, atter having a few
drinks Dtebrow irked him to go with
lhlm to Quogue. Tele was the morn -
tug ))1101 Foster and "Dimp;o" had
dioappe0red.
"What did Dlobrow say and how
did he act during tete night?"
"Weil," slid Walton, "about three
in the morning' he woke up and maid,
11117, I m heartbroken.' Then he told
UM Foster and the girl had been to-
gether the eight before and they had
lead trouble."
"Whore did he say they were?"
At the Hamptoe Pineal Club and
at Turned's. He meld Foster called
blm down and told him lie and the
girl were going away together and
wanted to say goodby to hMin. Foe -
ter and the girl said they loved each
other uud tees were going away,"
"Anything elre?" asked Mr. Smith.
"Yee; Disbrow said after that he
and Foster had a tight down ou the
beach and Feiner grabbed hhu and
choked him teed threw him down."
"What did he tell you became of
Foster and Biles Lawreuae 7"
Walton simply elwok Ills head.
Attorney M11es, couneel for Louie
A. Disbrow. charged trill) having
ouused the death of Clarence Foster,
opened the ease to -day for the dev-
isees in an address lasting an hour.
Jls said he would prove that the
;wake on the body of Foster and
'Dimple" Lawrence were caused by
,fade 'sed a stake witch bad been
taken from Tian& Boy, where the
bodies were found.
The filet wituers for the defence
war EW.011e H, Smith, who tootlflad
to the [lading of a stake la the bay.
Although Mr. Miler presented wit -
news to show that there was no
cut on Foster', forehead, yet he In-
troduced one witness to explain It
If the Jury should betters it were
there. Harold Squires au express-
man, testified that an the day be-
fore Faeter's death, he talked with
Foster at the railroad station. He
weld that Footer Insulted him and
that he struck Footer a blow on the
head, just above the right eye. The
blow knocked him ngalnst the ticket
office and bumped his head.
Dr. W. A. Scored the Dtobrow fam-
ily physician, declared that In April
he was called by Disbrow to attend
to a fractured shoulder and that he
set the break. Ile was called again
May 7011, hearth!, and found that Dis-
brow hied Injured the 'Moulder again
while It was growing together, and
that he had a broken rib. Disbrow
was very weak and run down at
that time. Ills arm wag then In such
te condition as to be practically use -
lea for three months. Dr. George
H. Donahoe, after hearing a des-
cription of the fracture of the shoul-
der, wild that the young man would
not regain the full strength of that
nem for from four to eat months.
This evidence was introduced to
,aces that Disbrow was physically
unable to overcome Foster without
the nue of a weapon.
DROWNED WHILE SKATING.
on Gare Way ant! Tweet,, Perwtns
went Into the 1Vrter.
Washington report; While a large
crowd war skating on the bathing
basic near the Waehington nuns
Meat this eveuing the Ice suddenly
gave way and precipitated twenty or
more p. wooers lotto the water. Three
perOoual are known to have lost their
neve, and It to possible other deaths
may have been caused by the break-
ing of the ice. Mies Jessie C. Thomas,
a young woman, twenty years of
age, employed am it clerk In the
Bureau of Ethnology, died at the
Emergency Hoepltal, The Manton of
the two other dead persons are un-
known an yet. Eight other persons
were treated at the Emergency Hue-
pltal and recovered.
Later,—Th • other two were Identi-
fied as Arthur Wasserbaeh, an em-
ployee of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, and Henry G. Hamill,
a clerk In the War Department.
A VA. UABLE DOG,
Swallowed Diamond Ring — Now
Worth ,One Thouennd Uollare.
New Yel�l( Jan. 00.—Nero, a Great
Dane owned by William Oppehheim,
a dress goods dealer, of No. 1B0 blest
71st sweet, le ordinarily worth $. 01,
On Monday night he suddenly a0-
quired u value of $1,000
Tho Oppenheims had some guests
at dinner on that night and when
the coffee was passed Mrs. Oppen-
h' lm cathed In Nero, and showed the
guests how cleverly Nero could catch
ernck•re which she threw to him.
Then ole accidentally let her $S0t)
dlomond ring slip. Nero caught that,
too.
A veterinary eurgeon, Geo. Cohen,
tiled elx different stomach pumps on
Nero, but none of them troubled Nero
or brought out the ring.
R ,SLBLRY ENIIAGED.
Said to be Betrothed to Mhos Alice
Carr Channoev.
Loterrille, Ky., Jan. 20.—A letter
received here to -day from Mrs.
Jos. Armstrong, who Ie at present
in Vevey, 3wltserland, says the en-
gagement Is reported there of Mrs.
Alice Carr Chauncey, formerly of
Lenlerllle, but now refolding In Cas-
tle.
abnes "'anew and turd laeebery.
RESTRICTION ON MINING COAL.
Testimony of Men Who Complain Against
the Rules.
Philadelphia, 1'11., Jan. e0.—Testi- neon e► memuer or the union netll
many regarding the practica... ark_ tined $L for working one night out of
Ing of the mines, the dockage rye_ Wreaker time. He testified that bee
fore
tom and 6 the union ruler rertrictin , sent
earn;; trout then until the resent00
tho miner'0 labor wee given before eti'ike he had been restricted to els
the strike comml'sion yesterday.
George Maxey, a member of the un-
ion at Forest City, tertifixl to the
general good health of mluer0, and
then toucued upon the car restrlo-
lloe rule. He said he had talked with
the head of Ilia local union about the
restriction, and complained that he
had to lose much Uwe to let mei) be-
llied him In work catch up to bin.
The lender had replied that the
ramp thing had been done to hint,
and he had to put up with It. He
did twt,jhink It right.
John Mitchell (Wiwi: "fen'( tide re-
striction for the purpose of making
au even distribution of the care?"
"I don't know. Possibly it bo."
"It you (&'ere given more than an-
other men, wouldn't you injure him?"
"Not 11 he wag nut au capable mac
as I."
"Could the mine each day hotrt
more coal than It doer?"
"I think It maid."
In renewer to further questions by
Mitchell, Maxey said ouch a system
restricted the output of the mines
and also made good workmen lore
time to let poor workers oateh up
with them.
Patrick Mitchell Bald that for thir-
teen sear' he has been a miner with
the Pennglyanls company. He bad
or seven. Practically, ho said, he
could work only half a day beam*
he could not get the laborer, to
load more than the restricted am-
ber of oars,
The witness further teotl(led that
he ,was orltloleed by a member of
the grievance committee bee:tugs 10
got out too many cars and Its bad
replied that he had a family to aup-
purl and naturally wanted to earn
all he could. He sold that the res-
triction rule was probably made te
have an even distribution of oars,
but that some miners either did not
or could not work their full quota.
Ho sold he gets all the care he
wants now and one day Met week
him 411ft mlned
cars lr.eteaof the six, to twelve
they had been reetrleted.
Chairman Gray, who had Ley
absent from the hearlago of tin
onmmloian for about u week, me
account of illness, was preseut at
toilay'0 semeiotic Counsel for the
Erie Company, wiech control. tea
Hillside Coal and Iron Compete,'
and the Penneylranla Ooal Com-
pany, Introduced an evidence ser -
talo extracts from reports of State
mine inspector0, tending to .how
that most mine accidents are dei
to the negligence of the workless
themselves,
MISSIONARIES RED FROM FEZ.
Armed Mountaineers Menaced Them
With Threats of Violence.
London, Jan. 20.—Letters receiv-
ed hers recently from Fee, Moros-
oo, says the rapidly growing anti-
Eatopean sentlmeat necessitated
the hurried departure from that
city of the 0. 8. missionary, Mr.
Simpson, and his wide and three
English wome0. For two days
prior to their departure the wo-
met) were Openly cursed In the
otrmotr, the Moore shouting as they
passed: "What's thin filth la ler
etreetiee'
It ken the American holomionatbe
from Mequlnes arrived at Fee, the
Moots exclaimed: "Oh. God, we
thought they were sending the
,arced dogs from us, but they ass
owning back!'
Subsequently a hand of armed
mountaineers met the woam and
wheeled around gond curved them Is
0130)4)5• The m1001ouaries were tipe-
clally urged from authoritative
quarters to leave ao.soon ae pooe)bla
Mr. and Mrs, Simpson Intend to tee -
main at Tangier fur the present,
StTTLIN6 WITH SUFFEHEHS@
a. T, R. Has Compromised
MCDY Wansteal Clams,
German (lodger's Method 01' Enfor-
cing Orders,
Puerto Cabella, Jan. 20.—The Ger-
man emitter Vlneta at @unmet last
night fired a shell at La Vlgla, the
fort crowning the Mlle behind this
port. The shell, which was fired bee
clause men were believed to be la
the fort, exploded without causing
_TAANGE FACTS BRoUGHT OUT damage. The people of Puerto Ca -
A Montreal despatch nays: One
t,0 Io were at a UAW last night ti
Ger-
of tit most remarkable incidents uuderrtund the •ciao of the
man emitter. To -day, Maweree, com-
modore Scheller sent the following
communication to the Venezuelan
aatteuritles through WLllum fL
Vo,kmar, acting Awerieau Covell
here: "Referring to wy letter of the
bth Instant, I nave to Boom yes
that I fired a shell at Fort La VlgIs
otale of the datum department of because, against my ,chick prublb-
the railway have been boxy set -
ed
the presence Ilam been °beer*-
Olio: Malmo wish the Injured, and ed there of unauthorized per0ous.
with tho fumf.ier of the dead. Al- Judging from reporte there persons
though settlement ham not a0 yet l
were soldiers." From liform.ttlea
been toads ht any of the more statement et
aeries, cases, the amount paid out
the German Commodore that there
gathered to -day the
to the thawed has already amount. were unauthorised persons 14) the
fort le lncorreet.
In connectlun with the recent die-
a0troue accident on the Grand
Trunk hallway at Wanstead 1e
the unprecedented manner In wit h
circumetanee5 hese pinewood them-
relemo lhet tended to cut down
the am0uut the railway would have
to pay out In damages. Ever 'duce
the day of the accident the offl-
el. according to the statement
made by an official of the elu,m0
department, to over $00,000.
The moist remarkable circum- KEPI' WARM WITH $5 BILLS
Cullom. in connection teeth the ret-
tiement for damage. is that no-
oording to Canadian law in the
cite° of death only relatives of the
fleet degree In the ascendaut or
dueeendaut order can claim •.lum-
ag00. On this account, In the cameo
brought of the only two coupled who roe( day to serve ton days for stealing
,heath together, Mr. and Mrs. W.
y
Stewart, and Or. and Mom. Delmar- 0031 to Pelham Manor, which be maw
des, no claim whatever ell have he took to keep Ids fuml.y from frees -
to be pak1. Atter inquiring dill-
ln& had his legs bound with rolls of
gently, the 011)0)010 of the cow -
COO.
Warden John Plne found
pony have found that neither had $100, In ',
any family, and that In both cages $ and jz biter, dropped to
the parents had died. Had either 1110 right log, while on the other Ing
c0npM hid any chtdren, the dam-
were 120 $. bOt..
ages would lave been very Weary. Aeked why be didn't buy coal with
Of the injured still modeled to hie money, he gild: "Tia dealers
the hospital at London, the most wouldn't roll it to aq w t stole Hee
x01110110 case, as far at least as
t 0teo13 raid he didn't betters to
poeslble damage+ are concerned, is
banks, and, as lie had to carry the
that of W. Quinn, of Oakrllo, who money, thought bent to use It ae s
who le on hie
warrftnd�mangoliaduehie ttiletmoney against
und toorhie legs dwihth
heeds badly burned, and it 10 ve'7 ' loather +leaps
doubtful whether he will ever be
able to provide for till family. The
officiate of the oompany state
that, with the exception of two
(mere, they were able to make an
:micelle settlement at once, In
the eases of the serious damages
payment will be made after the
official report of the acadent is
newel by Mr. C. M. Hays, general
manager.
Strapped Money Around Lege-Jalked
tor Mealleg (oaI.
White Plains, N. Y., Jan. 20.—Joe
epi) (toted], ], of Pelham, W110 wnc
rouge to the White Plaine jell te-
Infantile, Indeed.
Indignant Customer—Hee, waiter 1
You sold this was young chicken
broth
Walter—Made exit ret the water we
b'Iled the eggs in, sir 1 Chicken coulee
n't be uo ycurger than that, could
It 7
$3)000 FOR HIS BODY
Notorious Desperado Killed In Battle
With Federal Of Iclats.
South McAlester, I. T., report; The
hot) of a bandit killed in a fight with
United Stales deputy marshals et
Spiro, atter he had slain Depot,
Samuel Barrel), hae been fully Iden.
tined as that of Samuel Morley, for
whose capture $3,000 reward wee
oetets.nding.
Morley had killed three men before
his Inst bottle. At San Antonio, Tex"
several years ago, he killed a bctrhir;
at Chiekaeha he killed another man,
and recently he killed Sheriff Jacob
Hartman, of CI Reno, Okla.