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QUER1 i YcS4. ns-p. nn-rruil North Broadway. I awa were very much exercised over the suspense the forenoon. of the kind.

There were others who knew about this affair.among them Will Wood and JACKSON iO tSlllii. 0 I II a AR6I1EHT IB iJa. Tin II MX A trial package will convince statement. There is no better coffee sold. HiC Two-Pound Package ALL GROCERIES aa)0 AT CORNET Mr.

Early, a teleerraph operator at Green castle. Through Will Wood, some time in December, Jackson had sent Pearl Bryan a letter, containing a prescription of ergot, of rye and other ingredients intended to produce an abortion. The girl never got It filled. Jackson visited her in the vacation an destroyed the letter and prescription. Meantime jacKson and waning were ar rested in Cincinnati.

In their possession were rouna letters from in wooi to Jackson in regard to Pearl Bryan. Pearl Bryan pockethook and her valise, which was stained with blood, were found where Jackson had secreted them. Walling's pan taloons were taken from his locker at the dental college and thev were muddv nnd spotted with blood. Jackson's coat flecked all over with blood was fished out of a sewer In which it was found bv Walling's direction. In Jackson's Tookets were a half dozen handkerchiefs which were afterwards iden tified as the property of Pe.arl Bryan.

In the examination bv Chief Deiteh the pris oners admitted that Pearl Bryan had come here Monday. Jan. 27, and that both of them had been with her until Wednesday rj-ternoon. after which each charged the other with having her in his care, and each declared that he had seen nothing of her afterwards. Both admitted that on the Saturday night following the murder they had gone to the suspension bridge on the river and drooped her bloody clothing In the river to hide it and to conceal the crime.

On Friday night at 7 o'clock Jackson was seen to leave Dave Wallingford's saloon in the tenderloin district with Pearl Bryan in a hack and at the same time Walling was sen near the saloon. On Thursday afternoon before the murder Walling was seen with Pearl Bryan at Central Union where he detained her until the last train that could take her to Greencastle had gone. Two weeks after the murder George IT. Jackson, colored, admitted to the police that he had driven two men in a rockaway by a circuitous route to Fort Thomas, where the murder was committed. George Jackson was taken to jail and there picked out Walling from a score of 'oung men as the man who 9at by him and compelled him to make that drive beyond Newport when he had tried to get out of the carriage, because when employed hs was told that he was only going to Newport.

One day later a livery stable keeper Informed the police that he hired a one-seated rockaway and a horse to some one unknown to him. nnd that it had been kent out all night and returned between 3 and 4 o'clock on the morning on which the corpse cf Pearl Bryan was discovered. ith this evidence Jackson was tried at Newport and found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. His trial continued from April 21 to Blay.14. He was ably defended bv Col.

I j. J. Crawford, while the prosecution was assisted by R. W. Nelson of Newport and r-uas Hayes or (ireencastle.

On Mnv Walling's trial began and on June IS he was found eruiltv of murder nnd sentenced to die. Since that time Walline: and Jack son have remained In the nvirirtnn tn il which is more secure than the Newport jail. every means in tne power of the friends of these two men were exhausted to save them from their fate without success. Scott Jackson was 28 vears old. a feet fi Inches bisrh, of blonde complexion and wiry flrure.

His eyes were co'd steel grfy. They glittered, but lacked denth. His head was paid to resemble that of Holmes, the murderer. He crossed the ocean fourteen times when a lad with his father, a sea captain. While livine with Ms mother in Jersey Citv.

he turned State's evidence nnd sent a Mr. Lett to the penitentiary for robh'ng a railway company and thus saved himself from the same fate. Walling was 5 feet 9 Inches high, had dark hair and hazel eyes, with heavy eyebrows that almost met. His age was 21 years. In temperament he was stolid and morose.

He was evidently deficient in sensibility and force of character, which made him nil the more pliant as Jackson's tool and assistant. In his own confession and evidence, he states thpt Jackson told him that he would bring Pearl Bryan here to have an abortion performed on her by nll-intr. and then afterward said he would kill her by quick noison. and finally changed his m'nd and said he would poison her, cut her Into pieces and put tne pieoes into estcn basin of the sewers. From the 1st of Jan-narv.

1S3fi. to the dav of the tragedy all the evidence showed that he was Scott Jack son's willing confederate. A CHOICE DISPLAY. Some of the Novelties to Be Seen at Ryan Cannon's. Ryan Cannon, a young house, scarcely one ypar old, comes to the front this season with one of the choicest displays of dry goods, notions, to be found in this city.

Realizing that they have not as much room as some of the larger houses. they have utilized every foot of space, and carrv no waste no unsalable goods. Everything to be found at any other house in town, from the cheapest to the highest grades, may be nad on their counters, as well as many things that can not ht found elsewhere. And these may De se cured at lower prices, for what they save In rent and general expenses they can al- ford to give to the purchasers, i iinn.iuv thuv- ill bi in holldav attire, and will have some surprises for their friends. Their store, on the northwest cor- ir on.i St friaries street, haa hwn Mulopnratoil and fitted With il of the newest inventions in the way of cash cnrrit.ru.

etc. Their basement is the lH-st lighted in the city, and in it will be found an exceedingly choice line or wat.n fahrii- aimito clnchams. nercales and French ortrandies the best manufactured. lninnrtid lnrrifts something" new. only 2oe A feat ura of Monday's sale will be 40 inch lawns, equal in coloring and design to French organdies, for 10 cents, and lace curtain end worth $1.25 for 2." cents.

On the main floor will be found the silk department, every pattern in it choice, and the feature or Monday's sale will be lace taffetas. Swiss gros Liondres. elegant printed gros grains, oil at 7 iint3. Manv roods in eiamme ami eim'mien rp ma. if to oroer lur mi iiuujc in in.i on.l can not be duplicated now for twice their price, in nroaiicioms tney nave tha tin fit ciuailiv ami riiuu-rii ai lowest fitrures.

in veiling are enown in ri 1 In laces and chiffon, tucking and boUros and collarettes tby have all of the newest feature. There aie ribbons galore, the very latest effects, which can be mad up into bows and sashes and girdles, and the new Kliiabethan ruffs. The department devoted to skirts, waists ami shirtwaists anil wrappers is complete. A skirt, percaline lined, velveteen binding and leiica seams sens at only ii.i. in ings they show a most extensive line and some noveiues 10 take tne place of siik; one called "near silk, anotner "ribbon cloth.

ad comes in all the Mlk shades and with silk lintsh. The hosiery department Is complete, Gloves that will fit and are el; at $1 and tl.Zj. All of the newest shades are 111 evidence. The gents' furnishing goods departmen is conveniently located, just to the rlsiit the entrance, and everything in it ia new ami uy to aute. This house has been known for its supe rtor linens and black goods.

With th's. as with all other departments, tb watchword i torwaxd, not bacawato. THEIR AWFUL CRIME. How Pearl Bryan Was Killed by Jackson and Walling. CINCINNATI.

March 20. In the early morning of February 1. 1S96, a boy going work discovered a dead body of a girl an obscure part of Mr. John Lock's farm adjoining- Fort Thomas. Ky.

The mur derers had cut off the girl's head to prevent Identification, and removed It to some place that has never yet been discovered. The only garments on the body were a union undersuit and a cheap checked wrapper. A pair of shoes lay near, also a kid glove, a woman's No. 3. and on them was an.

opera toe rubber well worn. Inside the shoes, which were of the needle-toe description, was the stamp of Lewis Hayes of Green-castle, with a Portsmouth (O.) firm as the makers. Near by was a white corset, spotless except from bloody fingerprints. At the top of the bank where the feet lay was a pool of blood. This spot was In the gap of a private hedge on which remained dead leaves.

On both sides of these leaves, above and below were, drops of blood. At the foot of the bank near the nook was another pool of blood. On that morning these few garments were the only clew to the identity of the dead girl. Bloodhounds were taken to the spot, and they followed a trail to the Covington reservoir, and could be Induced to go no further. The reservoir was drained, but the head was not found.

All subsequent search for that head has been fruitless. Four days later the shoes, the glove, the hair-pins and the wrapper were Identified at Greencastle. by her parents as belonging to Pearl Bryan, the daughter of Mr. A. S.

Bryan, a well-to-do farmer living near Grencfstle. The identification of the girl was brought about bv Sheriif Jule Flummer of Campbell C'ountv, who had followed the slender clues furnished bv the shoe and garment to successful -Issue. This discovery also iden tified Scott Jackson and Alonzo M. Walling as the perpetrators of the crime. These vounsr men were room-mates and fellow- students in the dental college at Cincinnati.

Scott Jackson spent several months of the summer and early autumn of 1895 at Green-castle. as a member of the family of his brother-in-law, Ir. Edwin Post, a professor in the Depauw University. There he became acquainted with Will Wood, a lad 20 years old, a son of the Iiev. Delos M.

Wood, presiding elder of the M. E. Church, residing at Greencastle. Through Will Wood, who was a second cousin to Pearl Bryan, he obtained an introduction to BRYAN. MPS ALONZO M.

WALLING. her and visited her frequently. She was a graduate of the Greencastle High S-hool. was vivacious, pretty, fond of socle' and very popular. Jackson, when absent, kept up a correspondence with her, which was continued until within a fortnight of the day of the murder.

The last two or three months of this correspondence was carried o.i clandestinely. WiU Wood was the medium at Greencastle by which those letters were. passed to their riiination. Jackson Just vlutt to Greencastle was In the holidays of A few person at tireencaslle. confl-djintu of Jackson, knew that Pearl Bryan was in a delicate vltuatlon.

To one of thee. Dr. Olllewpie, a dentist with whom Jackaon had worked. alo a relative of Pearl Bryan. Jacknon adtnHtc I thai he was the author of IVarl Bryan's trouble.

Gilieapse. during th bfliday vacniton. advised JacksOn to marry her. Ho wuuld nut Uo auytiiing MUSE PEARL BRYAN'S SLAYERS PAID THE SUPREME PENALTY. ANOTHER BOGUS CONFESSION.

Jackson Made a Feeble Effort to Save Walling's Life, but Gov. Bradley Was Firm. NEWPORT, March 20. Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling were hanged to-day for the murder of Pearl Bryan, January 31, Although the two men were hanged simultaneously from a double trap that fell on SCOTT JACKSON. A PEARL pulling the sam lever, there were no special Incidents at the gallows.

The scenes wer those that ordinarily take place on such occasions. Both men were cool and nervy to the last and they died protesting their innocence anil declaring that their confessions were false and made for effect on the Governor. The morning hours preceding the execution were, however, full of exciting scenes. The plan to gain time for Jackson and possibly a respite for Walling was worked from early morning until the men started to the gallows. In the morning Jackson made another confession, in which he said Walling was not guilty of murder and Gov.

Bradley was t-leRraphcd accordingly. Many false reports were soon circulated about a respite being granted Walling and these reports caused much excitement among the large crowds assembled la the vicinity of the jail. At times there were apprehensions of trouble, but tho loc.il police force and the deputy fherlfls were assisted by a large force of militia, and order was maintained throughout the forenoon. When it wuh announced that Gov. Bradley had ordered the execution of both men to proceed and that there would be no in- terferem-e whatever, there were continued hniitt of 1 he t'flold was in the court-yard, where it to'iid be Keen by ninny thousands of iepk from tlie surrounding Ixiil.ilnns.

and ttii- ii ureat ill mount rut when the Muck was hoisted ti a signal that the m.cutt.jii was over. Thes signals were also In Covington and Cincinnati, whero Iht-re was as much esrltement h-rf over tUe false reports about Walling being renplted for four days. t5oon after the execution the crowds dis-jm i. uiiii the bodies of the men were taken wit by their friend but the lirg mmilwi- if visitors remained In the city and found In groupn, expressing their sat tf. t.oii over ttut remill.

Ouue a lariri party of ii iipnis oi i lie nrynn tamtly were I ni frdVh Gruiu luiJL. avnd they 4ltl HANGED feMwtfAxvfartfv to In a Is necessary to convince anyone of the superior quality ol our celebrated CORNET BRAND fiGI HI MS COFFEE. you of the truth of this only 65c CUT PRICES. Cclfse Dealers, and O'Fallon Streets. 'TELEPHONE 3321.

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irta OB.MTS a bottla. RADWAY'S SARSAPAP1LILU KfSOlYERT fat tha Blood nfJ rociW Diaeaara. iTl'-a It Bottto. RADWAY'O PILLO r-retan, B-Ild aad reltabla. 9 CESW IMrt at Drwcatata' a by Stall).

BOLD CSV ALL DRUOOI Ba air (et awe that tad oa what yoa hwy, i.tt adrv-e aawi aa apptteatiaa a HAD WAY BS tlm Strt. New Yerk City. Rftguah." replied: "What mil? No. -ttata tne an ace. quoth Itolton "at farm of a peach murk In vogua.

Hy tnr faith. said Haywood, "that la Mt tn." It happened that tha Marma had eawtuaT WUax am wui. fWTWCW aal VO i Mi AMODC WILLIS LMOMARD CLANAHAN. NE night I saw it In a perfect vision. One night beheld it In a dream elysian.

So fair, So rippling and so odorous. And filled with perfumes faint. Like dying sweets that scent the summer air, That to. the jealous gods I made complaint. That they should rack me thus.

Oh, where, In all this world, though womankind be fair, Is hair To match her tresses, redolent as rare, And sweet as dreams That glow with beams Warm, radiant and bight beyond eompare? Like a crown Of regal glory on her stately head Tls coiled, softer than light of many moons; Or, if 'tis hanging down, Instead, How doth its fragrance breathe of happy Junes, Sweet with the breath of youth and lowing kine. Sweet with the love So exquisitely tender. and divine That every good our beings would resign For but a moment of a joy like this, One touch, one kiss! So tender and so perfect was that dream. So fair. So rare.

So filled with rapture and the blissful gleam Of thoughts as swift as light, as sweet as air. That in my vision I did seem To see her there. Ev'n as this moment, by the beacon light Of fancy bright. I see her stand, a tall and stately queen. So serene.

And altogether beautiful. That 3ier humble, dutiful And ardent servitor, would fain indite Fit praises of so heavenly a scene. The hyaclnthine flow Of raven tresses, blacker than the night In which they gleamed. Has filled me with a precious, rare delight. Ah, how they streamed Vpon the wind.

All unconfined. Like silken banner waving from a height! The gods were kind. Permitting me to gaze upon the sight! Alas for human power, so vain and weak! I cannot praise In fitting phrase The wondrous beauty of her glowing cheek. Xor could I sing the light that lies Within her dark and soulful eyes. Though I should muse and mourn for many days.

Around my heart those warm and odorous tresses Are tangled. Tet every moment is a breath that blesses; And while I sigh And captive lie. My happy heart unto Itself confesses The truth complete. That never yet beneath the sky. Was joyous captive held in bonds so sweet.

FOR CAR FARE. Japan Will Coin All Her Silver Into Small Pieces. NEW YORK, March 30. Mr. Uchlda.

Consul of Japan in this city, sent the following communication to the Associated Press today: "I am authorized to say that our country will not dispose of silver even after she will have adopted the gold standard, as all available stock of silver Is to be coined into subsidiary coins." A Cunning Sneak Thief Made money and kept out of trouble by buying one of those Tine Ready-Made or Made to Order Euits at J7.W to J15; lovely materials, and 12.50 to 5 less than com petitors prices. Globe, oorthwe corner Kevguth, and KYianfcliia avatiua. WSgfi li Her hair is spangled With stars of radiant glory. In which I read the story Of other hearts by iier ensnared. With swift, warm passion and the light Of her dark eyes, in beauty paired.

With fringes blacker than the shades of night. Yet while I know 'Twill end in woe, So firmly am I bound By her sweet hair, that safely girds me "round, That I could not escape her, if I would. Oh! it is good And altogether lovable to be Held in captivity By one so fair! 1 Her flowing hair Breathes of the fragrance of the days eo rare That come with June And fly too soon For mortal men who fain would breathe such air. Her soulful eyes Are like the skies, Now smiling with the beauty of the morn. Now flashing like the lightning, that de fies Th indulgent gods; now somber and forlorn, Like weeping clouds, when twilight gently dies Behind the circle of the western wood.

Oh! it is sweet to live For joys that freely give The weary heart a respite from its woes. Delight, that comes and goes. Is cherished, though so fleeting; and the rose That lives to-day. And fades away Before the morrow's light, is not less sweet Because so frail. We cry "All hail!" To Pleasure, when she comes, with twink ling feet; And Love's sweet charms With gaping arms We liasten with a childish joy to greet.

Nor fear the "harms With which the gentle harbingers may meet. That chant the praise Of Love's fond ways. And guide us safely to his warm retreat. So let it be. The vision rare That fled with morning still Is fair.

The beam and gleam Of that fond dream Are Just as exquisite and sweet as ever. Oh, never Can they pass into nothingness! Their charm Will linger and protect me from the harm Of evil ways And evil men. And I will chant their praise Again. And yet again, until the fond endeavor Shall raise my soul from out the stagnant fen Of common thought, into the purer air Of fancy and the realm of golden dreams. Oh Soul of mine! that teems With glints and happy gleams Of higher thoughts and perfect days, that wait Thy coming, fitting were thy fate And mine joy divine! Could we together lie, Unheeding Death's alarms.

And die Enfolded In her arms Entangled in the meshes of her hair! St. Louis, Feb. 8. 1837. FIFTEEN CARS FELL.

A Train of Freight Cars Wrecked Near Sheboygan, SHEBOYGAN, March 20. A train on the Northwestern roan went tnrougn a bridge near Tort Washington and fifteen cars fell Into Fauk Creek. The locomotive was on the brldice when the engineer heard the crash. He opened the throttle and the engine clearvd the bridge before it went down. 1 Best Line to Florida.

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XeOuisvUlA. KV Cash Grocers and S. W. Corner Thirteenth TO ADYERTISE THE CANDIDATES. THE DEPARTMENT STORE BILL A POLITICAL SCHEME.

IT SAVORS OF BUNCOMBE. A Delegation From Chicago to Go to Springfield Tuesday to Lobby It. Special to the Post-Dispatch. SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 20. The Sen ate on next Tuesday will be invaded by several hundred of the smaller merchants of Chicago, who are interested in the passage of the bill regulating department stores.

The bill comes up on that day as a special order on second reading, and It is thought that a greater part of the session will be devoted to discussion of the measure. The Tuesday session will be the first of the week, and it is then that several special orders are set for. It is the Intention of the Business Mens' Association of Chicago to carry this bill by the force of numbers which they intend shall strike awe to the members of the General Assembly. The Republicans of this Assembly are taking to themselves the credit of this anti-department store agitation. The whole thing is for political buncombe, and the agitation of the question is simply to bring votes to the Republican candidates of the city of Chicago.

The man who has had most to do with framing legislation looking to the annihilation of the big department stores Is ex-Senator Salmon, of one of the West Side Districts of Chicago. This part of Chicago has hundreds of small merchants, and they chose Salmon to tight -their battles for them at the last session of the last Legislature. Salmon succeeded in getting a resolution through the Senate for an Investigation. and one of the best known department store men of Chicago refused to answer questions propounded by the committee, and he was cited berore the bar for contempt, lie stated with commendable frankness at the time that he had no especial objections to answering the committee's questions, but he hit upon the plan to get columns of advertising in the newspapers of the State. Tha Republicans of the city of Chicago are now doing the same thing.

They are advertising their candidate for Mayor and hope to make this question a very potential one in this campaign. The Republicans of the House have a committee which was appointed at the instance of a caucus to draft depart ment store legislation. This committee has done nothing, the pretext belnir that it i waiting until the Senate's action can be de termined upon. Many of the lawyers the Assembly cave expressed the belif that it will be impossible to tun laws ihn will abate the evil which small merchants claim Is brought about by the presence the department stores in tne oitiea. If there Is any possibility that th pending measure will effect the cross-roads general store the country members will oppose It to Norway's First Ironclad.

An Ironclad for the Norwegian Oovern-ment was launched lately from the sblp- ouuaing yara or Sir William Armstrong A Kngland. This Is the first seagoing ironclad owned by the Norsemen, who In tha old days swept the seas with their Viking ships. This modern vesel was christened "Harold Haarfagfr." after the first King of Norway, by Mine. Stang, who la herself a descendant in the thirty-third generation from King Harold. The ironclad la heavily armed and ban a conning tower and two torpedo tub-, and the armor belt Is from four to seven Inches thick.

The builders have an order for a second Ironclad for the Norwegians. An Old Prorrb John Meywood. the plnywrtfrht and epr-grammatiat. once wrote a book, tha on.ft of which, aa disciowed by tho tltl Pa "A dtaJogu. containing f-ft the number of ail the proverb ut tt tonguo.

compact in a fn-crtiing two marriagfs, rfuis of Winchester. Lord 1ff aa presented with a copy author, inquired aM. 1 teninc uistnd, pf'slbm la.