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The Exeter Advocate, 1890-8-14, Page 6. ELMOCUTION, His Flesh Smokes and Baru, Emitting a Slamlug Odor. HOW HE A1ET HIS DOOM, Mrs. Durston's Fareweli. The partiog of Mrs, Durston and Kemal - ler last evening brought out more etrongly than apything elee the stolidity and bar- renness of the nian's mind. Though Kemiailer'e orime put him without the pale of ordioary sympathy the warden's wife has throughout ehown a deep interest in him, and has sought to lee.d hirn into the light of religion. In the soft twilight last evening she went down the iron stairwey for the last time to see the man vvlaose beet friend she had been. Outside the cell door she stopped a moment and viewed the im. plement of death, the switch board, the °hair with its numerous straps and the oruehlooking wires that seem so small and yet are capable of being ()barged with suoh a death -dealing power. Before her eyes shall behold them again they will be famous as having caused the first legal death by electricity. After viewing these things a moment, she stepped into the room where the two men, Kennaler and Fish, are confined. "1 was afraid you would not come to bid me good-bye," said Kerntnler, "and I was watching to me you go to the depot. How nice it looks outside." Gazing through the little iron -barred window the view was lovely—a fountain tossing its cool spray upward, a sweep of dark green lawn, vines and flowers, and over all the heavens glowing with the last light of day. Mrs. Durston spoke to him of the bean - ties of faith, of the better life which he had entered on since coming to the prison and besought him to be brave. Kemmler shed no tears and was calm white the warden's wife talked of other matters. He proneised that in all things he would be Artie to her teachings. Then she took the doomed man's hand and simply said: "Good bye, be brave, be strong and every- thing will come right." What a contrast the two presented ! The woman arrayed in soft white garments and the man in black. She togo out to a world of pleasure, and he to count the few hours until he is called out to die. What man with broader views of life than he that would not shrink under the thoughts that such a parting would awaken. But Kerern- ler showed no emotion. A little later Mrs. Durston went throuela the gateway and winked to the depot. Kemmler watched by the window until the train steamed away and then turned to Daniel and remarked: "1 am hungry now and want a good sapper." Electrician Barnes, of Rochester, who has been working so hard here at the prison on the eleotrical machine, will not be admitted to witness the execution. Thia was decided on to -night chiefly because of an interview published in the Rochester Tost.Express in which Barnes said the man who would pull the lever lived in Auburn. The generally accepted time for the exe- cution is 6 a.m. Wednesday. It is now certain that the execution will not take place before morning and may be deferred another day, but this latter is not oonsiaered probable. In Good Spirits. There was a lively time this morning in • the big steel cage where Murderer Kemm. ler and Murderer Fish are confined wittill wall of leoiler iron between them. Both, for some reason, were in high spirits. The Canandaigua murderer played his mese, airs on his banjo, and Kemmler whistled and sang and danced with evident mild). That banjo has done much of late to relieve the tedium of confinement, and leetruider has been a mnoh lighter hearted man since he had a companion in misery. " Keramler is in the very beet of health," said Prison Physician Sawyer to -day. "1 have not had to visit him professionally for fourteen months, and it is all nonsense to suppose that he has weakened either in _mind or body." After dinner to-eay Rev. Dr. Houghton made his customary cell on Kemmler, and when I asked him, on bis coming out, to tell the secrets of the prison house, he said that Kemmler was as calm and brave and hopeful as he ever was, exhibiting no fear of death, and apparently spending no time in contemplation of its possible horrors. " The man has shown spiritual growth since he first came under my observation," Said the reverend gentleman, who evi- dently chafes under the bridle of secrecy that Warden Durston has essayed to place upon him. "1 feel much encouraged," he said. I asked him if he had yet received an in- vitation to be present at the °mention. " Not yet," he replied, "but I certainly ex. petit one. I am prepared to accept it on ebort notice," tr he Electrocution. Kemmler's nerve was something wonder. fnl. He never faltered. He directed the adjustment of himself in the chair, and counseled the warden to moderation to secure perfect safety. The shock was given at 6.43e, and was continued about eighteen emends. Two minutes after the current was out off there was evidence of respira- tion. As soon as possible the current was returned, and then cut off, and again respiration was evident. After a few momenta saliva came from the mouth, the chest heaved and there was a wheezing in the throat. The shock was 'again put to the prisoner, who, the doctors remarked, was unconscious from the moment of the first shook. After a short time smoke appeared at the back. TEE VLESII WAS BURNING. The spectacle was most trying. The man, the doctors said, suffered no pain, however. The Warden says the voltage at the first shook was at 1800 volts which ran down to a point not named. After the third contact of four minutes the man was declared dead. The Warden's certificate of death was signed by all present and the party broke tip at 7.30 a. m. to meet at 8.15 when the body would be ready for the autopsy. When the mask was taken off liemneler's face, hie eyes were found half open and hia expression, while not normal or placid, was not horrifying to see. Those Present. The following were present at the emu - tion Dr. C. F. McDonald, New York, formerly physician in charge at the state insane asylum ; Dr. Samuel D. Ward, of Albany; D. A. P. Sonthwick, of Buffalo; Dr. E. C. Spitzka, of New York; Dr. George E. Fen, of Buffalo:Dr. 0.M. Daniels, of Buffalo ; Dr. Charles Fowler, of Buffalo; Dr, W. F. Jenkins, of New York; Lewis Bald], of Albany, Secretary of the State Board of Health ; Dr. W. 3. Nellie, of Albany; Dr. A. Aegne, of Corning; ex - Senator D. H. McMillan of Buffe10, the father of the eleotriolde ; Eton. john 13. Stanolield, of Elmira; Terme' C. Becker, �f Buffett), referee in the Ken:tenter trial Robert Dunlap, of New 'York and tei. Et: Entitle'', expert electridems The folleering were Omen* in their officio,' capacity t George B. Quinby, Dia- e,rict Attoreee of Erie PottutY 1 Oliver A. go rt, ea oh he og he he e. he, iins id 58 ala ed ly r. t. he to '5 of 11 rt t. t8 a ng r. a • Jenkine, Sheriff of Erie County; jut) llenry A. Childs, of the Supreme Con Who sentenced leemmler. liow he islet Death, When his mat was eff, leemnaler turn in the direction a the door through whi he had come into the room and bgan to u button his vest. At the same time t Warden a as drawing the interferi drapery of bet shirt through the hob, t trousers and cutting it off so as Mks et BUrfa00 Of tleall against which one t electrodes was to press, absolute') bar Warden Dureton called attention to t fact that it was not necessary to remove h vest and Kenernler calmly buttoned it aga and carefully arranged his tie. The Coolest Man in the Noom. Don't hurry about this matter," ea the warden ; " be perfectly cool " He w perfeotly cool—by all odds the coolest m in the room. When his tie was arrang he sat down in the electric chair 58 quiet as though he were sitting down to dinne Warden Durston stood on the right an George Vieling, of Albany, on the lef They began immediately to adjust t straps around Kw:order's body, the co damned man holding up his ahns so as give them every assistance. When th straps had been adjaeted about the bod the arms were fastened down and then th warden leaned over and parted Kenimler feet so as to bring hie legs near the lege the chair. While the strape were bein arranged Kemmler said to the warden an his aetsistant, "Take your time •, don't b in a hurry. Be euro that everything is a right." Two or three times he repeat° these phrases. Warden Durston reaseure him with the remark that if wouldn't hu him, and that he (Durston) would be wit him all through. But it wee not fear tha Kemmler felt. It was rather a cartel pride in the exactness of the experimen He teemed to have a greater interest in i Emmen then those who had made th preparations for it, and who wero watchin ite progress to its final fatal conclusio When the straps had been adjusted to th body and limbs the Warden pleA ee His Eland on Kemmler's riead and held it against the rubber oushio which ran down the back of the alai Itenamlor's eyes were turned toward tile opposite side of the room. Before they ha followed the warden in his movement about. Then the condemned mei made one or two remarks in perfeotly clear, composed tone of voice, " Well, I wish everybody goo luck" WaS one of them and "Durston se that thiege are all right"4 was another Deputy Vieling unfastened thumb screw which held the figure four at the back o the chair iu place, and began to lewer i so that the rubber cup which held th saturated sponge pressed against the to of Kemmler's head. The warde assisted in the preparation by holdin Kemmler's hoed. Veben the cap had bee adjusted and clamped in its place, Kemm ler said, "Oh, you'd better press that dow further, I guess; press that down." S the head piece was undamped and presse farther down. While it was being done Kemnaler said, "Well, 1 want to do th beet I can, I can't do any better than that.' Warden Durston took in his hand th leather harness whioh was to be adjusted to Kemmler's head. It was a muzzle o broad leather straps, whioh went aorose th forehead and the chin of the man ia th chair. The top strap pressed down swans the nose of Remnaler until it flattened i down slightly over his face. As the harries was put in place Dr. Spitzka, wlao wa standing near the chair, said softly: "God Bless on, Kenomler," and the condemned answered, "Thank you," softly. The door leading into th room where the switches were arranged was partly open. A man stood in the doorway. Beyond him there were two other men. Which of them was to touch the lever and make the connection with the chair was not known. NVarden Durston says it never will be known. The dynamo in the machine shop was running at good speed. The volt meter on the wall regis- tered a little more than one hundred volts. Warden Durston turned to the assembled doctors, those immediately around the execution chair and said, " Do the dootore say it is all right ?" Eardly a minute had elapsed since the adjustment of the straps. There was no time for Kernmler to have weakened even if his matvellous courage had not been equal to the test of further delay, but there is no fear that he would heve lost courage. He was as cairn in the chair as he had been before he entered the room, and during the process of his confinement by the straps, which held him close. At the warden's question, Dr. Fell stepped forward with a long syringe in his hand, and quickly, but deftly wetted the two sponges which were at the electrodes, one on top of the head and the other at the base of the spine. Dr. Spitzka answered the warden's question with a sharp "All right," which was echoed by others about bito, " Reaay," said Dareton, and then 'Good Bye." He stepped to the door and through the opening and said to some one in the next room, bat to whom probably will never be known, " Everything is ready." In almost immedieite response and as the ,stop watches in the hands of some of the wit- nesses registered 6.43e, the electric current was turned on. There was a sudden con- vulsion of the frame in the chair, a spasm went over it from head to foot, confined by the streepe and springs that held it firmly so that no limb or other perm of the body stirred more than a small fraction 01 50 inoh from its resting place. The twitching that the ninnies of the face underwent gave to it for a moment an expression of pain, but no ory escaped from the lips which were free to move at will. No sound came forth to suggest that consciousness lasted more than an infinitesimal fraction of a second beyond the calculation of the human mind. The body remained in this rigid position foe seventeen seconds, the jury and the witnesses who had re- mained seated up to this moment, ottme hurriedly forward and eurrounded the chair. There was no move of the body beyond that first convulsion. It was not a pretty sight, this man in his ebirt sleeves, bound hand, foot, body, and even head with a heavy frame work pressing down on the top of hie skull still with the stillness of death. Dr. McDonald held a stop watch in hie hand' and as the seconds flew by he noted their pitesage. Dr. Spitzka too looked at the stop watch and as the tenth second expired ha oriedout "Stop." " Stop" oried other value. The warden .turned to the doorvvay and cried ont "Stop "to the man at the lever. A quick movement of the atm died the eleotriti current Was ewitched off. There wete a relaxation of the body in the chair slight releixation,' but the straps held it to firmly ihat thete was not a quarter of arginch varation in the position of any part of the frame. The quiet little group around the obair grew businest.like. Hes Deita, sma Dr. Spitzka ostirrly. "Oh, he'd dead, cohoed Dr. MctIonald with firm confidence, and the rest of the Witneseee nodded their eiequielloertee. There WOW no question in the mind ef any one, but that the °tiff, upright object before them was lifeleee. Oats wee the programme, this the inevita. ble effeot. The next question was what was to bedew) with the body, Dr, Spitzka stepped forveerd and milled attention to the alVearanoe of the nose, which be said bad an undoubted post naortera color. No one disputed this. Dr. Spitzka turned eround in a business -like way and, pointing to the harness, seid, undo that now, the body Oen be taken to the hospitel. The warden replied that he could not let any of the wit- nesses go until he had their certificates. All of this conversation eoolt but a minute. Dr. 13atoh was bending over the body look- ing at the exposed skin. Suddenly he oried out sharply, "Dr, McDonald, see that rupture." In a moment Dr. Spitzka and Dr. McDonald bad bent over, and looking where Dr. Batch was pointing a little red spot on the band that rested on the right arm in the chair. The index finger of the hand had. curved backward as the flexor mneoles contracted, and had eoraped a email hole in the skin at the base of the thumb at the batik of the hand. There was nothing strange in this alone, but what was strange was that the little rupture wee dropping blood. "Turn the current on instantly, - This Man Is Not Dead" Cried Dr. Spitzka. Faces grew white and forms fell back from the chair. Warden Durston sprang to the door way and oried, " Turn On the current," but the current could not be turned on. When the signal to stop had come the operator had pressed the little button which gave the sign to the engineer to stop the dynamo the dynamo was almost at it standstill and the volt meter registered an almost imper- ceptible current. The operator sprang to the button and gave a sharp, quick signal. There was a rapid response but quick as it was it tem not quick enough to anticipate the signs of what may or may not have been reviving consciousness. As the group of horror stricken witnesses stood helplessly by, all eyes fixed on the olaair, Kemmler's lips began to drop spittle, and in a moment more his chest moved and from his mouth canes a heavy sowed, quickening and increasing with every respiration, if respiration it was. There W55 no voice but that of the Warden crying to the operator to turn on the current and the wheezing sound half -groan which forced iteelf past the tightlenclenched lips sounded through the still chamber with ghastly distinctness. A SMOKELESS LOCOMOTIVE, An Invention That is Expected to Con- tribute to Health and Cleanliness. A Portland, Me., despatch eays : A large party of railroad men from Boston and intermediate points, together with well. known Boston capitalists and others, wit- nessed, yeeterday afternoon, on the moun- tain division of the Maine Central Railroad, the first test of the new downward draught locomotive that was finished at the Port- land locomotive works, Wednesday night, for a syndicate of gentlemen whose names are well known in New England railroad circles. The claims for the locomotive were that, by securing a downward instead of an upward draught through the firepot, e great saving of coal would entitle, and that, by the complete combustion thus secured, the engine would solve the question of consuming black smoke and sparks. In loon' circles yeeterday morning opin. ionwere variously expressed regarding the probable success of the day's test. Many believed it would not bepoesible to liglkt the fire, and much less to get up steam. Numerous wagers were made that the engine would be hauled back to the shop by horses. One of the best known advocates of this opinion was a well known professor of the Blaseachusetta Institute of Techno- logy of Boston. At 11 o'clock the fire was :ighted in the pot, and, as was expected by the Maine Central officialand representa- tives of the Boston & Maine Railroad in attendance, it was instantly proved that the principle of downward dranght was an assured success. Steam was rapidly made, and at 2.45 p.m. the engine pulled out of the Union station attached to the eegular pita nic train bound for Sebago Lake; eighteen miles distant. The engineer in charge was John Savage, of the Boston et Maine Rail- way. The run was made as if by an or- dinary engine, nothing occurring . to mar the encases of the trip. The engine made steam easily. and the gauge at Sebago registered 154 pounds. On thee return trip, with a heavy train of excursionists, the locomotive steamed two miles in two min. utee and twenty-five seconds, nsing, it ia said by the Maine Central officials, a much smaller amount of coal than was ever be. fore consumed en the train with an ordi- nary engine. No cinders or emoke escaped from the smoke.stack, the substitute being a thin, white volume of steam. DARING TRAIN ROBBERY. Two Masked Robbers Go Through a Ne- braska Train. A despatch from Valentine, Neb., says : As Conductor Nelson, of the Fremont, Elkhorn dr Missouri Valley road, entered the day car to collect fares between Long Pine and Arabia last night, shortly after dark, two young men, wearing slouch hats and red handkerchiefs tied over their faces, stepped from the closet, each bolding two revolvers levelled at him. They then marched him ahead of theea to the front of the oar. One of the men had a small bag swung by a string from his shoulder and into this the passengers were compelled to throw their valuables and money. A brakeman who entered the oar was ordered to " hold eup," but instead of doing so he dodged back and a bullet was sent after him. The bullet went through the door of the for. ward sleeping -oar and broke a mirror in the smoking.room. All of the passengere in the day match were relieved of more or • lees money, although as none of them were searched, and there was no grumbling as to the size of the contribatione, the aggregate was probably not great. The robbers then entered the smoking car,the conductor still leading. At first the passengers in the smoker were disposed to ooneider the affair a joke and play with the robbere, who thus lost time. .The brakeman who had been driven from the oar in Inc meantime pulled the belbrope, and the robber e feeling the train slow up jumped off, taking ei parting shot at the brakeman, who ebowed his head from between two ore. It was it bright moonlight night, and Conductor Nelson, who had in the meantirne scoured a Wincheeter, attenipted to shoot thorn as they clambered np a high bank beside the trade. As he did not know how to load the weapon from the magazine, however, the weapon refused to go off. In 1880 there were &bent 206,000 come tneroial travellere in the United Stales. To -day the zetimbet is estimaied at 400,000 —an enormous army Of intelligent, enter. prising, qnick.witted men, travelling in all parts of the country, supporting ritilroade and hotels, carrying hew ideas and new styles., strengthening the commercial rola. tieits Ind doing much to aid and advance the general prOgteell.—Baltitnott ditifican. A SUOCRING TRAGDIEE, A Triple Murder io Lendon—the attend Almost Toro in Pieces. A London oeble says: A shocking triple murder occurred at Eingsland, ir this city, Wednesday night whioh ell the 1.4ondon papers eharacterize to -day as an American tragedy." A disoharged soldier named Hargan,. alias Harper, quarrelled with William Lambert and John Wheeler while sitting together in a bar -room. The landlord ejected them. When outside Hargan immediately drew a Colt's revolver and 'shot both men through the head. They fell dead on the eidewalk, The bystanders attempted to capture the murderer, who immediately shot again, killing a third man. An enormous and excited crowd then gathered around Bergen, who kept every one at bay, levelling his revolver and backing down the street. No one had the courage to make an attempt to capture him, until William Knifton, a brother of the prize fighter, and another rnangrappled with him from behind. Then began a desperate fight for life. Bergen naanaged to fire his revolver three times into the crowd without hitting Knif. ton or doing any damage. The fight lasted a quarter of an hour, during which time Knitton was nearly killed and Bergen nearly torn to pieme. His clothes were stripped from him, and when finally, ex. handed and bleeding, he fell to the side- walk, the crowd stamped on him, threw stones on him, and would have lynched him but for the arrival of it squad of police. He was picked up in a dying condition 8,nd carried to the station house on a stretcher. Bergen left th.e West Surrey Regiment three months ago and went to New York in search of employment. He was not euc• medal in finding it and returned here a few days ago. While in New Yotk be booght the revolver with which he did the shoot. ing. Ele asserts that the dead men robbed him the night before, and at the station house, in giving his deposition, he said that he had served them only as they would have been served in America for a similar offence. He says he has been a clerk in New York, also in Philadelphia. His full name is Walter Alfred Bergen, and he is evidently a man of some refinement and education. "1 MUSL' END THIS MISERY." -- The Terror of Hydrophobia Drives a Young Lady to Suicide, A Summit, Pa., despatch of Wednesday says: Miss Jennie Hartman, a pretty and accomplishedgirl, shot herself dead yester- day morning at Mertztown, four miles from here. Ten days ago Mies Hartman, while playing in the garden, was bitten in the cheek by her pet dog. Miss Hartman was apprehensive of fatal results and grew melancholy. Yesterday she became alarmingly despondent and confessed to her friend, Mies Walker, she could not recover. " The horrors of that awful malady are ever before me," the said. "1 am its victim, but I prefer any other death to the one I know is in store for Her friends were now convinced her mind was affected. Arrangements were there- fore commenced for a trip to Kane, Pa., which the physicians unanimously agreed would restore her health mentally and physically. They were to start the next day. Miss Hartman became more cake, and before retiring Monday night was cheerful and expressed the pleasure she felt at the prospect of so pleasant a journey. Both ladies occupied the same room, re- tiring earlier than usual. Shortly after midnight Miss Walkee was startled by the words: "Lon, Lou, I must en a this misery." Before the half -awakened girl could realize the meaning of the words, the re- port of a pistol shot was heard and Miss Hartman fell a corpse, the ball having pierced her heart. Visions of hydryphobia had haunted her day and night. Mies Hartman was 23 years of age. Heavy Storms in New England. A Boston despatch says : From different sections of New England reports come to- night that the intensely hot weather of the past two or three days was followed this afternoon and evening by severe thunder and wind storms. At Rockland, Mass., the lightning struck Mrs. Fennegan's house, killing an eighteen months old child. In Randolph, John Dunn's house was struck, and four inmates paralyzed for a time. In Lawrence e the people suffered eanother fright. It was the woest wind storm, ex- cept the cyclone, ever seen in that city. At Old Orchard Beach, Maine, it is rumored an unknown yachting party was lost, but the story lacks verification. At Orford, N.H., D. Ohasey's dwelling was struck by lightning and his wife knocked senseless. At Laconia, N. H., the wind blew down a partly finiehed building and John Austin was badly hurt. Great havoc was done. In Newton, Masa., six houses were struck by lightning. A Mr. Randall was sun - struck in Dorchester and died. People lino Insist on Learning English, A London cable eays : A striking illus- tration of the rapid progress and diffaeion of the English language all over the world is the fact that complaints are coming from some of the mission stations in Burnaele that the missionaries cannot keep under their control the children of their own con- verts because they do not teach them Eng- lish. , The missionaries are asking for school houses and money enough to hire English teachers, They say the people are determined to have their children taught English, and so they are sending them to the echools supported by the Government where English is taught. Among the mis- sionaries who are melting for teachers to give their time to instruction in English aro some of the agents of the American Baptist Missionary Union. Not a Land of Milk and Honey. A London cable says : A steamer has ar- rived at Marseilles from Buenos Ayres with 1,200 returning emigrants on board. These people, who were induced to leave France, Italy and Germany for the Argentine RC. public on account of the reported fertility and prosperity of that country, return in a destitute and despairing condition. They declare that it was impossible for them to find employment and that the land is all taken up or held at high prices, except in remote districts where it is as yet valueless. They would have starved hadthey remained longer in the country. Terrible Wife Murder and Suicide. A Cleveland despatch of Tuesday says: Anton Nowak, a moulder; and his wife have not lived together for three years. Early this morning Nowak lay in waiting for her. When elee eppeared he drew a revolvet and fired. The bullet entered the woman'a head, and she fell to the ground fatally wounded. The murderer then placed the muzzle of the weapola to his right temple and fired a 0800nd abet. His death was instantaneotts. The woman died Iwo hours later. Gnest--VVhat do you mean, Waiter ? soup is hot enough to scald a hog. Vaiter—Am dat so, boss? Den yett'el eater not risk Win' it till it cools. Tug Dt:INLO DIVORCE?. The Lady Wins Jeer Case—An it °trees May Do Things Other Wonaen Dare Not—Lord Dual° Scarified. A London cable eays: The trial of the action for divorce brought by "Viscount Dunlo against his wife, BelleBilton, who previous to her marriage was a eipger itt the musio halls, in whioh Isadore Wertheimer was named as co.respondent, ended to.day with a verdict for the de- fendant. The court granted the costs of the action against Viecount Dunlo. A vast crowd gathered about the court house awaiting the verdict, and when Lady Dunlo appeared ehe was greeted with loud ohm& The case ended in the manner which inost people during the last part of the trial •have expected. Viscount. 1011141p has so utterly failed to make out his case that it was generally admitted he would be obliged toremain unitedto his fair but unwelcome bride, unless the eloquence and persuasive logio of Sir Charles Rumen should prove potent to make up for the weaknees of the evidence. . But though Sir Charles' sum- ming up was a masterpiece in its way, it was insufficient to overcome, in the minds of the jury, the effect of the chid but powerful army of facts in oppoeition to the Viscount's claim pre. sented by Lady Dunloes counsel. Justice Barmen's address to the jury was some- what of a surprise, on aoaount of the rather unusual leniency with which the defendant's indiscretions were treated, and also because of the severalty with which the court animadverted upon Viscount Dunlo's course. The oleargo as a whole W55 so distinctly favorable to Lady Dunlo that it amounted almost to an instruction for a verdict in her favor, though it is doubtful if the result was in any way altered thereby. The court emphasised the danger attending the life of an actress, and pointed out that members of the pro- fession could hardly fail to acquire less strict notions as to whet constituted pro- per behavior, than were expected of women in the ordinary walks of life. Conduct which on the part of the latter would be proof -positive of loose morals, might among the former be nothing more heinous than unconventional. His Honor dwelt with marked disapproval upon Lord Danlo's desertion of his wife. His pro- per course was either to live with and support her or obtain a divorce for causes existing at the time of the separation. On the otntrary he practically forced her to maintain herself amidst all forms of ' emptations, and then set spies upon her in the evident hope of her having been led into wrong.doing. The court atm alluded to the apparent fact that Dunlo's father, Lord Clanoarty, seemed to have in- stituted the snit, and that the trouble between the young couple would probably leave been avoided if they had been left to themselves. Lady Dunlo, who during the trial had always left the court through rear exit in order to avoid the crowd, went out by the main entrance after the con. elusion of the criee to -day. She received a genuine ovation from the throng and seemed quite elated over her vindication. It is stated that she proposes to follow up her victory fully and require the Viscount to maintain her and, If she can manage it, to live with her. THE OOST OF THE CONGO. Belgium Figuring Out Her East African Expenses. A Brussels cable says : The Mouvernent Geopraphigue publishes it statement of the cost in money and lives of the conquest of the Congo during the eleven years from 1879 that King Leopold has been carrying on his enterprise. The total number of deaths among the white agents of King Leopold in them eleven years is 82. In the past six years, during which an average of 173 white agents have been constantly employed on the Congo, 56 deaths have occurred. The largest white force wee lest year, when 226 white employees of the Congo State were at work and 11 deaths occurred, or 4.8 per cent. The five Belgium commercial companies trading on the Congo employ 150 European agents and laborers, and in the two to three years of their exietence these companies have lost only six men by death, two of them by accident. The total exhenditnres of King Leopold in behalf of the Congo pessessigns in the past eleven years have been about 55,000,000. It is argued from these figures that, coneidering the ultimate value of the Congo, the cost of opening the country hes thus far been remarkably small. A BERLIN PARRICIDE. Murdered His Father Because He Ate All the Meat at Dinner. A Berlin cable says : A letter from Schwerzenbrunn'in Thuringia, nye John Emmers, of San Antonio, Texas, returned to the village to see his old father, and was told by his brother that be had gone to a neighboras house. Notwithstanding this statement, suspicions were aroused among the neighbors, who are Americans, that the man had been foully dealt with, and a search was instituted. The house dog was unchained to assist in this work, although the brother objected. The dog at once ran to a manure heap on the farm. The searchers followed, and upon digging into the pile found the body of the old man. His skull was crushed, and there was other evidence of murder on the body. John's brother then confessed that he murdered his father with a hatchet in the presence of his intended bride. He explained that the cause of the crime was that his father had eaten all the meat cooked for dinner. The murderer and his bride buried the body where it was found. After the orime the dog was kept chained by the guilty brother. The murderer and hie accomplice were arrested. BLITHE'S MILLIONS, The Judgment of the court Shuts Out the Widow from Sharing Them. A San Francisco, California despatch says : The celebrated Blythe will contest, whioh began jannary 151h, 1889, ended to-daa in Judge Coffey rendering a volum- inous decision in favor of Florence, illegiti- mate child of Thomas H. Blythe, the deceased millionaire, awarding her the bulk of the estate, of a total value of about 54,000,000. The contestants included the plaintiff, Florence Blyth, Alice Edith Diokscm, alleged wide,* of Blythe; the Williams beire, of Liverpool ; the Blythe Compapy, the Gipsy Blythes, the Savages of London, the Sootch.Irieh Savages, Jas. Witt, Pearce and William and David Savage. The court'a opinion held that according to the laws of the State Florence had eetablished her claim to .Blythe' paternity, the latter malty and in writing having acknowledged her at his child. In the case a the alleged widow, the court siva the contradiotions in the case of this claimant are irreconcilable and cannot be reconciled on the basie that descedent and defendant were Mall and wife. The oldest Man ill Great Britain is Hugh MacLeod, a Scotch crofter, who was born on the 241h of November, 1783. He lives in County leoes and is still healthy and vigor. ous. OliPt,t,fitor'„, A iLiti1 I.ETTER. Rum it;irdavelle(littiotetortobttuoacoe.:11.1ctlivEisidalt:)hitoomatm. crew A There was a stronge tragedy enacted at the New OSIAlrh Zone° yesterday morn. ing. T. W. Sellick, n Boston travelling,. man, committed suioide shortly after mid. night while in a fit of deepodenoy or became in fear of Arrest. When found Ur. iiofliek wae lying upon the bed deubled up in o manner that Mai. °Med intense suffering ; froth was issuing from his mouth, his .fereliead Was mottled with purple spote and the body Was already'. istiff and cold. OLX tha Merle Was a portion of a broken package "rough on rats,,' and near it a glass of weber in which the, poison had evidently been mixed. s The following leiter, written in lead penoil, was also found on the table: Bather than have opium and rum kill me, X • prefer to do it myself, I Mel I am past reeenap- tion, and why should such a useless thing en. cumber the earth? 1 have abused and disgusted my best friends; have lost my position with my house, have overdrawn any account several hundred dollars and, in Met, cannot see a ray of light ahead. If I thought my friends would put me in au asylum somewhere, I would not do the cowardly thing I am about to do, but they have always used mo BO kindly, and I have as in- variably abused their true t, that I neither osik,nor expect, any more mercy at their hands, You can notify my house and they will inform me friends where I am,and I think they will give me a Christian burial. To my father and my darling sister a long good-bye. May God forgive me for all the trouble Ihavo caused you. • Blay those friends in Springfield Wii0 lint induced me to smoke the pipe and thereby wrecked my young ; life suffer for it, if there is an avenging GO. Young mon, for God's sake, never touch a drop of liquor, It has killed me and will just as surely kill you. Thad as briglit a prospect ahead or me as any young man over had; had a, Lies) position and good salary, but rum and opium have got the mastery of me. As a dying , request. I ask that my penknife be sent to my father, and my ring to my eister. They are of little value, but I want them to know that my last thoughts wero of them. They are tho two kindest, most constant friends I evor had. The address of ray house you eau dad amongst the papers in my satchel. And LIM may the all merciful God forgive], Let this be a warning to all, tor I would like it posted over the door of every rum shop and opium don in the world. tiood-hye— The address ot the house for which Mr. Selliok had travelled is Charlet: Clement, marble dealer, 70 Kilby street, Boston. The Scan had branohee et 70 Tiling street, Aber. (teen, Scotland, and at 217 La Salle street, Chicago. MIRA was upwartio of 30 years of age, of ruedium height, bad a heavy mous- tache and wore glames. He was a man of pleasant bearing and had the appearamie of a refined and educated man. He had, however, the name of being dissipated. CHOLERA SPREADING. Mecca Proving a Distil butor of the eread • Disease. A London °Male saye : The confirmation of the reported existence of cholera to an epidemic degree at Bagdad and Mecum causes great uneasiness in Western Europe, and strict precautions are being taken at Marseilles and other entreports of oriental . traffic to prevent, if poseible, the introduc- tion of infection through those ports. The cholera et Mecca is alvaiye caused, as everybody knows, by the presence of im- mense crowds of pilgrims to the Holy City of Mohammed, who hews not the slightest notion of sanitary laws, and who dwell in a condition of filth almost indescribable. Mecca will continue to be the starting place of cholera epidemics, therefore, until Arabia is placed under some strong and enlightened government which will enforce sanitary precautions at the Holy City. The pilgri- mege this year is on tt inore extensive soale, than for many years past, and a queer 'le feature of it at Cairo we.e that the Egyp. ' gen troops who turned oat to give the pro- cession a start were commanded by British officers. The manner of pilgrimage is now greatly changed, enterprising brokers. taking pilgrims in hand and forwarding them by eteamer and rail et so much a head ; a much more comfortable way than the old journey through the deeert ; which latter, however, is still kept no by force of tradition on the part of the more conserva- tive followers of the Prophet. The cholera is spreading at Mecca. On Wednesday 81 deaths from the disease were reported and on Thuredey 84. All ports on the Red Sea, the Levant, and in Ada Minor have been quarantined against pilgrims. A Fiendish Act An Evansville, Led. despatch says: John B. Day was arrested Tueeday on a charge 01 having placed two dynamite cartridges, each eight inches long, in a eheaf of rye. As it was about to be placed in a thresher the sheaf fell apart aud the cartridges fell, out, thus providentially avoiding a tragedy, as there were six men at work and alL would undoubtedly have been killed. Day Some months ago eloped with a 13.year- old girl, but was overtaken and brought• back and warned to iseep away Irene the child. He swore vengeance against the father, sad Tuesday came to town and bought the cartridges and placed them in the rye, expecting that they would be fed into the machine by the girl's father. The indignation against Day is very great, and fears are entertained that he may be, lynched. Against canadiau Barley. , An Albany, N. Y. despatch says: At a 'special meeting to -day the Board of Trade, virtually sustained the McKinley tariff bill that raises the duty on Canada malt from 10 to 25 cents a bushel. The Canadian barley merchants introduced a resolution that the impending action of Congress was viewed with alarm, thet the prohibitory duty to be placed on Ce,nadian Barley was - opposed to the true principles of tariff re- orm was subversive of the reciprocal trade relations which have so long and profitably', existed between the two countries and in- jurious to business. It is asked that the bill be altered so as to afford reasonable protection for farmera and at the same time do justice to one of the city's largest industries. The State barley men were in a majority and voted the resolution down. Persecuting Russian Jews, The London Times says: The Rnesiant Government has ordered the application of the edicts of 1882 against the Jews. These edicts have hitherto been held in abeyance. According to them, Jews must henceforth, redact in certain towns only. None will bee permitted to own land or hire le for agri- ctiltural purposes. The order hp:Andes, within its scope towos and hundreds ofe villages that have large Jewish populetiona. No Jew will be allowed to hold shares ha or/ work mines. The law liiniting the residence of Jews to sixteen provinces will be enforced No Hebrew will be allowed to enter the army, to prectice medicine or lave to be an engineer or to enter any of the other profes— sions. They Will also be debareed from holding posts under the Government. The, enforcement of the ediote will result in the, expulsion of over 1,000,000 Jews from the country. Oculist—Yes, yes. You navel a bad tesee of strabienene. Rural patient—Io ihst 002 T'herl the fellers down to our town was. all wrong. They insiated they wasn't noth. 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