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The Blyth Standard, 1908-05-28, Page 2JENNIE OLSEN. Her Body Identified as One of the Victims of Mrs. Gunness. The Murderess Now Said to be the Daughter of a Norwegian Laborer Laporte, Ind., May 25.—'Che issuing of a certificate of death of Jennie Ol- sen and the turning over of the body by Coroner Mack to her relatives in Chi- cago puts the official stamp of identifi- eation upon one of the bodies found at .the Gunness farm, regarding which there 'lids been much controversy. Although identified by the brother and sister, many refused to believe that the girl was dead, as Mrs. Gunness had informed a number of persons that Jennie had gone to Los Angeles to attend school, and hnd arranged little incidents that would help to make this point strong. A letter was received saying that in girl answering her description had been seen in a 'convent near Los Angeles. This, however, was not substantiated. et i sessions r resumed to The grand jury r to -day, The seven unidentified bodies, one female and the other males, exhum- ed from Mrs. Gunness' barn yard, were today burled in the Potter's field. Lapporte, Ind., May 25.—Following is a tabulation of the money supposed to have been obtained by Mrs. Gunness from various victims: From Mads Sur- enssu, her first 'husband, life insurance, $8,000; from Petgr Gunness, second hus- band life insurance, $4,000; from Charles Earelntarf, New Carlisle, $5,000; from Herman Konitzer, Chicago, $5,000; from fire in Gunnels' 'store, Grand avenue and Elizabeth street, CJhi- engo, insurance, $3,500; from fire in Gunness' house in Austin, llh, insurance, $1,600; from Ole 0, Budherg, Iola, Wis., $2,01194 from John 0. Moe, Elbow Lake, Minn., $1,500; from fire in Gunness' house in Austin, 111., insurance, $1,600; from Andrew Helgelein, Aberdeen, 5, D., $2,000; from George Berry, Tuscola, 111., $1,600; from Henry Gerhalt, Iola, Wis., G,1100, whose bodies were found in Mrs, umless' graveyard (estimated at $1,000 each), $4,0001 from fifteen other men, who were in correspondence with Mre. Gunness and inysteriously disappeared (estimated at $1,000 each), $15,000. This gives a grand total of $448,300. It is considered that nn estimate of $1,000 loss in the came of victims where tate actual amount is not known is within the fact. Mra. Gunness wrote many letters stating flatly: "If you haven't $2,000 don't come," Sheriff Sntutzer and his men hove made careful inquiriee in endeavoring to learn what Mrs. Gunness did with all this money. They are as mush in the dark after their investigation ns they were before. It is likely that the 6$720 that Mrs. Gunness put in'a safety deposit vault the day of the fire was all the money sire then possessed. Scenes of last Sunday were repeat- ed to -day tut the farm of Mrs. Gun- ness. Thousands visited the place and viewed the skeletons of the seven un - Identified dead. One look was enough for most of the curious. Ilundreds brought their Iuoeheons along, for the day was ideal. At noon, family groups dotted the orchard and the large front lawn. Souvenirs of all kinds were sold on the grounds, the people buying freely. Refreshments also were peddled. Who Mrs, Gunness Was. Tronhjem, Norway, May 25.— Mrs. Bela Gunness, the Laporte, Ind., alleg- ed murderess, is believed here to be a daughter of Paul Petersen, who was a tar'dr laborer and quarryman at St.or eetligjardet, on Lake Selbo. She wee born in 1860, and emigrated to the Unit- ed States about 25 years ago. Her brother, Peder, a stonemason at Selbo, said she gave evidence of bad character when young. According to the foregoing the previous statement that Bella Gun- ness was the daughter of a travelling conjurer and magician is erroneous. • DEPOT ROBBED. Agent Who Had Resigned Held Up Night Operator, Fort tiRian, Ont„ despatch: Agent Forrester, of the Canadian Northern Railway, at Atikokan, resigned on Fri. day night. Early on Saturday morning he returned to the station and told the night operator that he was going to take the cash out of the safe. His state - wont was backed up by two revolvers, and the operator could not object. About $000 was secured. Then Forrester starched the operator over to his (Forrester's) boarding house and compelled him to help him pack up his belongings. This .done, Forrester re- turned to the station and then made off northwards The night operator was afraid to return to the station and walked 10 miles to the next station and gave the alarm. Forrester, however, made a clean get. away, and has not yet l,e'u located. PLACATING THE COREANS, They Must Not Be Treated as Con- quered People. Seoul,- May 26.—Conditions through- out Oorea are improving. The de- termination of Prince Ito, the lheeei- dent-General here, to suppress the dis- orderly element so that the peaceful Bing population may prosecute their work in the outlying distriete, . where armed hands are harrying the farms and villages, is shown by the prompt arrival of reinforcements of gen- darmes numbering about 5,000, whi will lye scattered throughout Corea, Prince Ito has issued striot instrete tions to Japanese soldiers nod civil - lane that they mat not treat the Cor- eans as a conquered people, but that the rights of all haw -abiding citizens mustbe respected under penalty of severe punishment. Four thousand Corean police, under Japanese offi- rers, will be enlisted and trained. DYNAMITED CAR. Rioting at Cleveland Over the Street Railway Strike. Woman's Jaw Broken and Man's Head Cut. Cleveland, Ohio, May 25.—Shortly af- ter 1 o'clock this morning a Detroit avenue car was dynamited near 100th street. The trucks were badly damaged, but the (single passenger and the crew were not injured. At 12.30 o'clock a small box which the pollee say contained deadly explosives teas found on the tracks at Broadway and East 56th street. The boxwas discovered with a car less titan 60 feet away. Rioting began near the \Viadnuer barns in East Cleveland early this morn- ing, when strikers cut six trolley wires. Linemen for the Municipal Traction .Co. turned out in force to repair the dam- age, but were driven back by a gang of 300 men. A brick was thrown at a \Voodlaw•n car while it was passing east- ward at East 104th street and Wood - lawn avenue, David Benjaptin and his wife, who were on the ear, were both struck by the missile. Mrs, Benjamin's jaw was broken, while her husband's face 'oras laid open by the brick, A mob stoned a 1Voodlawn.Loraine car at 9.45 o'clock and seriously injured the only passenger, Mrs. Elizabeth "Leiser. More Cars Running. Notwithstanding the widespread dis- order which :prevailed in various parts of the city last night, the Municipal Trac- tion Co. to -day claimed to have more cars in operatioo than at any time since the strike began. With the approseli of daylight the 5wlessncss had in a large n108et1l'e ceased, and cars were rttn on all lines without molestation. No one was seriously injured, so far as reported, during last night's distu'banees, al- though many were slightly hurt. BUY JOBS. Why Foreigners Are Preferred to British Born Men. Toronto, Ont., despatch: One reason why foreigners are preferred on public and other works to English, Scratch or Irish, was given 1'y Crown Attorney Car- ley, in the Police Court to -day, William Plewes, a foreman for Kelly & Com- pany, contractors, was charged with fraud in having accepted front a num- ber of Italians a dollar each to give n havinge Cham work and then t. e discharged d them after they had worked a short time. Crown Attorney Corley said that al] foreigners were in the habit ofay- ing the foreman to obtain their jobs, and that it was a regularly recognized practice. Men of the British race would not do this, so that the foreigners se- cured the preference in work. The case was remanded to secure further evid- ence, Magistrate Kingsford remarking that it looked very crooked. •_• CANNOT GO. Three Men Not Going to Bisley— Their Substitutes. Ottawa, May 25.—Capt, T. J. Mur- phy, of the London 7th, has notified the militia authorities that owing to ill -health he will not be able to go to Bieley this year. Sergeant Richardson, of Vancouver, and Major Bethune, of Montreal, have gent word that they will not be able to go. The men who take their places are Sergeant Martin, of Calgary, Major Jones, of Prince Edward Is- land, and Private Williams, of Nova Scotia, BY-LAWS VALIDATED. Railway Board Issues Circular Letter to Municipalities on New Act. Toronto despatch: The Ontario Rail- way and Municipal Board is sending to the clerks of all the municipalities of the Province a circular letter calling their attention to the Ontario Municipal Securities Aet, passed at the last session of the Legislature. This measure per- mits the board to validate by-laws, in spite of technical irreg rities, where the law has been substantially complied with. Formerly a special act was ne• cessary. The board, however, points out that the provisions of the law must be observed as in the past. It indicates that the power given to it to certify debentures and place them eyond ques- tion in any court will tendto increase their value, and advises that in all eases provision should be made for a sinking fund to redeem the securities, as this is preferable to repayment by instalments. At the same time the municipalities suf. fer no loss, because the treasury of On- tario will pay four per cent, on all such funds deposited with It. WOULD NOT STRIKE. Montreal C. P. R. Men Will Stay at Their Work. Tried to Get Them Out to Help Western Brakemen. Montreal, May 25.—Alt effort w`ees made today to get tate men at work at the C. P. It. Angus slops to go on strike as a protest against the decision of the Arbitration Commission sitting at Win- nipeg to tike up only the claims of the western section of the company's em- ployees. Representatives of the western labor organizations interested in the fight against n ratluced schedule pro- posed by the company, have been at work, and it was stated to -day that e strong appeal teas made to the Wren to strike for the purpose of strengthening their western allies. The Angus shopa hale they y- mety however, decided that tv were in entire sympathy with their western allies, it would be prejndiolatl to their interests to strike at present. in the first place, it would separate them front their interest in the company's pension scheme; in the second they would be violating the spirit and the let- ter of ale Lenneux Act, and at the same time would be prejudicing their ease I ' to o n before the arbttrntlon co atm etn. consequence the men decided not to lis- ten to the appeals to lay cknwn their tools. •,• HIT THREE TIMES, But Kalamazoo Man Now In Critical Condition. Kalamarocy Mich., May 25.—Struck three times by lightning in as many years is the record of David Bueke- loo, owner of a eonfectionery Store in this city. To -day Mr. Buekeloo lies in an unconscious condition at his hone with chances against his recovery. Short- ly after 11 o'clock lest night, while he was sitting at his desk iutel a dozen people were in his store to escape the rain, Mr. Buekeloo was knocked from ids chair by a bolt of lightning, which struck the ground outside, and then entered the store. No other person in the store felt the shock. A year ago, while "Ir, Buekeloo was walking home, he was stank by lightning and for two months hovered between life and death. Two years ago he had part, of his clothing etripped from hint by lightning. During the time the tune confined after the second stroke Mr. Buekeloo suffered terrible agony. The electrical storm last night was the most severe that has visited Kala- mazoo this year. A cldmnev and the front gable of the E. F. Ile home was torn away and three people in the house slightly shocked. iii8'htning struck two harp belonging to Charles "loon, One of the barns burn- ed entailing a lose of $3.000. Three horses, a dog and a eat burned to death in the barn. Lightning struck a barn on the Henry Martin farm, a mile south of the my t', nnd set it on fire. i`tle lacca was destroyed, the loss being $3,500. A calf on the Martin farm was killed by lightning. •- CHINESE TAX. Only One Chinese Immigrant Came to Ontario Last Year. Ottawa, Ont., May 25.—The poll tax of $500 on each Chinese immigrant com- ing into Canada brought the Federal treasury no less a sum than $090,000. The total arrival of Chinese was 1,380 each paying $500 on entry. Under rite terms of the net, half the tax goes to the Dominion end half to British Colum - bin, where nearly all the Celestials re- main. To -day the Finance' Department is forwarding a cheque to the Provincial Government for $345,000, being half the total amount received. Entries of Chin- ese in other provinces were as follows: Ontario, 1; Saskatchewan, 1; New Brunswick, 4; Nova Scotia, 3; Quebec, 74, *ea STABBED BROTHER. The Outcome of an Old Feud at Luther. Orangeville despatch: As a result of bad blood that has existed for about three years between them, Walter Mournahan, of East Luther, was arraign- ed in court at Grand Valley on Saturday last on the charge of wounding his oldest brother, Henry Mournahan. The wound was caused by the stab of a knife in the' lett breast, and had it not been for the fact, the crown contends, that the blade of the knife first came in contact with the man's watch, the wound might have been fatal. As it was the knife pierced his side, striking one of the ribs. The ill -feeling between the two bro- thers is said to have exieted for a num- ber of years, but the cause it not defin- itely known. Differences are supposed to have first begun when the father, James Mournahan, divided his property of three or four hundred aerea among four brothers. The quarrel, of which the stabbing of Henry Mournahan was the outcome, took place on Thursday even- ing last about 0 o'clock en the country road, and the injured man claims in Itis charge that he was waylaid by his bro- ther, while the ac ansed claimed in his evidence that Ire committed the act in self-defence, as he had understood that Henry had threatened to kill lint. The ease was tried Before Magis- trates 'fate. Riehnrdson nod Mehellaud, and was adjourned Inc a week. The in,jttrel Haut will recover. SHOT BY ADMIRER Young Woman Starts Journey With Three Bullets In Arm. Jantestown, May 21.—On the arrival of an Erie passenger train in this city at 11 (Schick this morning a hand- some young woman, Miss Violet Ma- cy, of Greenville; 1'n., left the train and went to the W. C. A, hospital, where physicians who examined her found that she had been shot rind succeeded in re- moving three bullets from her left arm. The wounds were quite serious, 5Iiss Mttrceysaid that she was shot by Louis Thomas, a young man of Greenville, after site left cher home to take the train on it journey she had planned to Buffalo. 'chenille., who hnd an at- tachment for bliss "mercer, objected to her going away. Site thought her in- juries were not serious and instead of returning ]Ione, continued on her "way to the station and took the train as originally intended The wounds be- anie so painful by the time she relobed Jamestown that she could stand it no longer, and here sought relief by appealing to a local physi• clan, who removed the bullets. Miss Marcy then eontimied her trip to Buffalo, without making any legal information against her assailant. She is a very handsome young woman and showed most remarkable nerve in controlling herself under the circum- stances, o-• TRIED SUICIDE. Preferred Death to Four Years In the Penitentiary. New York, May 2s.—Jennie Blunt, the young woman who yesterday was sentenced to four years in the peniten- tiary by Judge Dike in Brooklyn for shooting Charles 51, Sanford, a lawyer, attempted ;suicide to -day. She was found unconscious in her cell in the Rey- mond street jail from inhaling illunttnat. ing gas. Her life was saved by the prompt action of a physician who was hurriedly summoned. • CABBIES' STRIDE WENT WRONG. Questionable Whips of Rome Sorry They Tackled the Motor Issue, Rome, May 25.—Two thousand Roman cabbies struck the other day because the Mayor allowed five motor cabs to ply for hire. The strike lasted three days, during which the profits of the five motor cabs were were $525. The strike is now over, but 400 Roman cabbies have lost their licenses. It seems that a large proportion of the cabbies were bad characters, who had done time for theft; stabbing or other offences and were under police surveil- lance. Legally they hnd nu right to aot as cabbies, but the municipality winked rattier than throw them out of employ- ntettt. These men are now lamenting that they organized the strike, while the 1,000 righteous cabbies and the five mo- tor cab drivers are rejoicing over the decrease in competition, A RUNAWAY AUTOMOBILE. An Exciting Incident on the Kingston Road. Toronto despatch: An automobile be- longing to Mr, 1, 1,kirry, 96 St, George street, and which got beyond the control of the driver, Fred Ryckman, crashed into one of the poles of the Toronto & York Radial Railway with such force about 2.30 yesterday afternoon that the pole, although fourteen inches in diame- ter, was cut in two as if severed with a sharp axe. With Ryy'eknm.n in the motor was Bernard Whitney, a repair man of the Dominion Automobile Com- pany, who MIS directing a teat run, when the steering gear suddenly got out of order, and it was impossible either to steer the car or slow down. They were some two miles from West Hill, and when the driver saw their lives were being endangered they jumped from the swiftly moving auto and were just in time to escape injury In the terrible collision which followed. HEALTH OF ONTARIO. Scarlet Fever, Smallpox and Diphtheria Prevalent in April. Toronto May 25.—Scarlet fevely small- pox and diphtheria were more prevalent in April last then in the corresponding month of 1907. In all 118 eases of small- pox were scattered over 24 municipali- ties extending from Dundas County to Elgin County. Only one death was re- ported. Of scarlet fever there were 361 cases and 16 death,, as compared with 225 eases and six deaths in 1007. There were 20 fatal eases of diphtheria out of 185 reported, as against 18 out of 165 in April, 1007. There were 87 eases of measles and one death, 27 cases of whooping cough and 10 deaths, 213 cases of tuberculosis and 197 deaths. The total number of deaths from all causes was 2,523 in an estimated population of 2,125,000, or a death rate of F 14.2 in 1,000. PARESIS GERM. Doctor Discovers It and Says Disease Is Curable. Dr. O'Brien Has Cured Patients and Is Curing Others. Massillon, Olio, May 25.—Iu the la- boratory of the ibassilon State Hospital Dr, John 0. O'Brien to -day reiterated a statement by him before the American - Medico Psychological Association's, Con- vention at Cincinnati that he had dis- covered the germ of paresis, and that the disease is curable. He summed tip the results of los ex-periments in these two declarations: ']'hat paresis is un- doubtedly is a germ disease, and that the germ has been discovered; that while in the experimental stage, sufficient tests have been made to show that pare - els is curable and Chet he has specific cases to point to inc definite results. Dr. O'Brien docs not believe it would be proper to make public the names of these patients whom he claims the treatment has cured. but he gives the specific ease of a newspaper non of Washington, 0, C., who was treated for paresis and again is at work, a cured man; n civil engineer of prominence in Nashville, Tenn., who is cured and at work, besides a number of people in Ohio, who were brought to the hospital with severe forms of the disease, and cured. Others who are now at the hos- pital still under treatment are showing marked pregresa toward recovery, Dr. O'Brien has at hand, in -addition to his own statements, and reports from hospitals in regard to the succesaful treatment of paresis, patients' photo- graphs, which show the historical form of attack when brought to the Mention State Hospital and the patients when discharged trent the hospital as cured. "I know," said Dr. O'Brien, "that it is a bold statement to make that the germ of paresis has been discovered. People may doubt it. Mnnv scoffed when the gernt theory of diphtheria and Wherein lords was disclosed. We feel warranted from the satisfactory results of the ex- periments made in stating without quali- fication, that paresis is a germ disease. \Ve also feel that from the work done we have found the bacillus, We have cured patients, are hhlping many now and expect to go forward with the work." Dr. O'Brien had confined his work to living subjects; no ,pathological investigation has been done on post mortem subjects. H0 now has germs in "'cultures." One of the favorite forms of cultures used is bouillon. He says that, like a farmer, he is seeking to find the best culture in which to grow bacil- li from serum extracted from patients and to that end is doing considerable ex- perimenting, Since Dr, O'Brien read hie paper at Cincinnati he has received many letters from doctors urging ]rim to receive .patients for treatment for paresis, Dr. O'Brien was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, in 1903. He had passed four and a half years rat Massilon Hospital and laboratory work. LIQUOR ON RAILWAY WORK. Its Detection Keeps Constables Busy All the Time, Winnipeg, May 26.—As the result of the strenuous efforts of Commission- er Quibell and his assistants to keep the illicit sale of liquor in check along the route of the National transcontin- ental, numerous convictions have been secured and considerable liquor con - legated and destroyed. Within the past few days Charles Archimbault, whiskey peddler, was found guilty and assessed $50 and. costs; Stephen Vedua was fined $50 and costs for a similar offence; George Prince was fined 55 and costs for interfering with an officer on duty. Frank Nelson, keeper of a disorderly house, was fined $20 and costs and bound over to keep the peace for a year on a charge of interfering with and threatening to shoot at officer whoieat- tennpted to searell his house. William George Prince and William Brennan, charged with unlawfully having liquor in their possession, were discharged. AB an illustration of the strenuous work to kee0 down the traffic in liquor along 250 miles of line, it may be stated that during the absence of the constable for a few days, some unscru- pulous individual brought a large supply of liquor to one of the camps, with the result that the entire force of eighty employees went off on a grand, hilaridne drank; pandemonium reigned supreme, man for two days not n an did a stroke of work, •,t BALDWIN AIRSHIP FLEW. A Slight Accident Put an Abrupt Stop to Flight. Hammondsport, N, Y., May 25.— The aerodrome Whitewing node a short flight here to -day, carrying its designer, F. W. Baldwin, to a height of shout ten feet. The pressure of the air upon the edge of the lower aeroplane cased it to foul the propeller, and the aerodrome was therefore brought down to the ground after having traversed a distance of 93 yards. The damage, it is said, would be easily repaired. The new steering gear attached to the front wheel worked satisfactorily, so that there is now no difficulty in keep- ing the machine on the race track while running on the ground. The race track ima been widened by plowing up a portion of adjoining field and smoothing it with a roller. The lefthand running of trains on double track is practised by two im- portant railways rn the United States --the Lake Shore and Michigan South. ern Railway and the Chicago & North- western Aailwae. ELEVATOR ACCIDENTS. Toronto Lad Met Terrible Death in One of Them. Toronto despatch: Thrown from 1115 balance by a bale of batting dropping froth tate hands of. to. fellow-ouplov-s, 1 . tvreuc° Plant, aged fifteen ye 1P1, an elevator bot iu 11'111. Ghnlc_',tit Company's enliday, fell over the side of the elevator and clroppecl fifty feet to the cement. floor of the base- ment. Death was instantaneous. The, fatality occurred yesterday afternoon shortly before, 2 o'clock, Young Plant 10118 the operator of the elevator or hoist in the northeastern pat of the building. The hoot is used elmost entirely for freight, and Inas n, rail- ing of any kind about it. On the trip that ended 'so terribly the Ind was act-omp)nied by ttt'o others, Albert Bright, 45 Lakeview )Venue Toronto junction, tttI Arthur Stettner, 78 Crimp avenue, both em- ployees of the .funs.' Bright, who is a clerk int the office '08 operating the 'ver and Plant was standing over to- ward the northern and dangerous side of the hoist. Standing on the fourth Hoer wtio Sydney Laidley, 120 Yar- mouth Wont, with to large, though not heavy bundle of batting, which ons to be taken up to the next floor. When the lift coating up wens about half -way between the third and fourth ;looks 1 anlley, whether in a spirit of fun or being in n hurry, shoved the bundle otter. It struck young Plant 011 the shoulder end knocked hint over the side. Midway between the floors in line with the elevator shaft there are bign'iudow-s, which leave 0 space a foot or two wide, through which a body could easily fall. Plaut as he went over must love ,:truck the sill of the window. From .here the drop 8111 , a clear forty feet to the biteentent. Ho apparently alighted on his head as his skull oris terribly crashed. Riding on the freight elevator yes- terday, three employees of the 1. Henry Peters eC Company,Mincing' Lane, were alightly hurt by 0enri0g `,tiling from the donne. Mrs. Bottom- ' ly, 134 Lippincott street, Bao her shoulder alightly injured; Louise Howell, 64 Dagninr avenue, had a. bone in the right hand fractured, and Mrs. Richardson. St Clair av- enue was rather seriously injured by being struck on the shoulder, s+ WINNIPEG'S NEW STATION. Three. Railroads to Unite in Erecting a ,"superb Structure. Ottawa, '\lly 25. -Plans for the new \I'innbptg passenger terminals were ap- proved to-1lay, and a contract for -the. construction will be signed shortly and work begun at once. The parties to the enterprise are the Canadian North- ern (which {provides the site in the heart of Winnipeg), the Grad 'I'ruik Pnciftc and the National lrutscontiu- ental. The plaits for the depot and • p t 5eu ca' terminals were pt epa'edt.by" dtrncticn of the Canadian Northcott`and Grand Trail' Pacific, acid were submit- ted to the National Transeotttineetal Commission for decision. The coin - mission to -day gave its approval, The building will forst the finest de- pot in Canada, and will only be surpass- ed on the continent by the depot in the city of \Vnshing'ton, it will cost soma thisng snore 61111 a million dollars. will be of stone, and large enough to take cae not only of the present traffic, but rrf the traffic which may be developed) in the course of many years to come. There will he office accommodation Inc all the companies which are interested: The central rotunda will be eighty by ninety feet, and of a most impressive design. In fact, thewhole strttetnre will he aehitsettn'ally superb. The train Riled will be very large and every possible convenience will be afforded the patrons of the roads, •,► WIFE -MURDER CHARGED. Young Homesteader of tate West Ar- rested in Cincinnati. Fielding, Sask., Lay 25,—About eight- een menthe ago Mrs. 11. Steinberg, wife of a young Amerism hotne8teader, who hailed front Boston, died tinder very ti ySie erns circumstances, but It . was not until recently that the ;mike began to su pe)t murder. 'prey had. the body evlhuutd, and as a result of the .t oly e of the stomutch traces of arsenic poison- ing were found. Steinberg left hero immediately after itis wife's death, brut his whereabouts were always pretty well known to the police, Be was arrested at Cincinnati yrtor- day, and will he extradited to answer the elttu'ge of murder. lie has married again, the bride being a young girt Mime he knew uttt a ttcly in Boston be- fore coming west. the supposition is that he billed his wife for tate ^:11:e of her. INSULT TO GERMAN MESSENGER, French Soldiers in Morocco Alleged to Have Beaten Him, Berlin, May 25. 'fie German Foreign Office is Investigating au alleged serious affront to a German consular messenger by French soldiers in Morocco, a con - plaint regarding which has just boort received from the German representa- tive at Feu The story is tlint a mes- senger WIN sent to a commander of French troops with a letter, and some of the French soldiers beat hint and one of them spat on the hitter. The inci- dent, which at present is not reported with much detail, is causing a sensation here. It is said representations on the subject will immediately be made to the French Government.