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GO. FBIDAT CALMLY He Faced a F'Jon's Death. Met Mis God With Prayerful Lijos, Realizing at Last Awful Crime. His ferrell Electrocuted at Golumbus. Death Produced In Less Than a Minute.

Condemned Mm Brother Collap ses and Miss Costlow Sobbed All Niht Story of the Crime. ir firT i in asanas-: I'ralt'-'itiery, Columbus, Ohio, March i ai with absolute ctlmnm Rew- i I. K-rrell died In th eleetri chair ta-ntght. Thrnghout lb last scan of hla life Fr-rrii displayed th almost 'aboertnal nwn hir-h bad nurll hlmsinc the of in i rime for which he forfeited hta CntranT to th' usual custom th auroa of the Ann did not', rVd FetTll in th. chstr Vathsra aaa.

Kelly, ho re aitii him throusrhoot tfc. even- Iris, ot-ened the floor sf the dMlh Ceil and pre. edd him to the cbair-' v. rrrWI walked tb chair downcast head wVn th door Opened. Q.itcsiy he aat iiimv and haat bia head aa the priests muttered prey era.

Hv Hp m.vMl with them. Ha repeated tha prayers f.r ba aoul which tha prists wara uttering. ao mraiaa AT, arks Wwam Derby-, a aba' keyboard, id: "Raselyn FeirelL bIv yu Mythbis; -r lit replied In a p. m.wiulated from wMch SVery trao ot nmoiiMni of tar wit taaU: iaeve nothing to ay." tputy WaXtfa.WtU aniak avar tiv.haanil aawH-ar hwad raa. Th nonstaM a( ftn prlaataf prayara Va In tha mvxsm, Dapty Walla trrrvad ba alevtroda at hta tod tiffM.

II niwd bia lritr a a. ala-aat to Wardaa irby mt laa haybuaril. Tb Wtvrdam mad. a quirk mavnaaat. A from Jia bound Mure la tha obair mar had aba oootaot of tha e'-trks currant, f.

Th flpura atralpbtaiiad UP aad eaat (taatf axinat tta bond Tha Ions. lenor rincwa i (h chair ana apanad ad cUnohad In acony. Tha ban ofitha alectrto urrnt filled tha rooDa. Thanl tharp araa Th full foroa .1 tba eurreiit 1.T30 vcrtta 4 tumad oa (or aavaa aaoooda. Thaa it a 4 cut down ta 3SO voJU, which waa ap- 1.1 for 48 aaconda.

ntoMotnccco him bbad. At tlx exptratton of tbia tlma tba currant a t- turned off and tha pbyalciana praaant rtird hla pulaa. Thar pronounced him I he atrapa were remortd and th face itm? takan off. Tha body, with open etar- and open mouth, from which amMva dropped, fell forward into tba h.m.ia of the Prr.ll bad patd extreme penalty for tba murder of i harlea Ina. Tha execution waa devoid of th annoying OMiia of oraTloua exeeutiona.

Th era waa nolae. no amoke, no atOL Tha axecu- waa a complete auccaaa It waa eaatly beat that baa erar takan plax la tba rr-Hi. Farrall left tha death call at 12.03, iw waa pronooaced dead at 12:15. LAST DAY rtnxH Spent IHartft. Cards and feast- Irtfl Brothers Vit Him, r.

-iai. Diarec re rB axotrraaa. "lumbua. Ohio, February 3k Durln tba iv Ferrell'a three brothel a WUHam Fer-r i aad Charley and Oeorre. -f steubenTHla.Napot aararal; boura with him in the annex.

Zurtaa thla painful, ka-w ieW Perrell appeared entirely compoeed. li voire did not tremble. Heaven laughed i chatted with hla arethera about aventa hia childhood. Of hla tbra brotbera. crt waa th anly on who waa entirely unable ta compoaa Pimaelt RosiyB In age, and the two poya 'ways eboma.

Georg eater th aneex wiih the evMeaat lntaotloaa of pialul llaa calmneaa, hut kta'atramgtb aa ttiwqaai hsa taak. After exchavnglaa tow warda ith Rosslm ha broke down and wept tike chi.d. He coUapeed utterly after tvtn- th pnon. and It wu with the Tatatf dlffl-ruiiy that he was take- to hla uarterk T-r a phyatetaja ta with blm eonataat- I- and the mmi MmaMttanors ara fi Andy wuiiaouk tb rrlend of ho wiilwltneaa tha execution, objected eno'iniy to oolng ao, but won over Ferr.ii a that ha wlahed pome on to "i h.s mother kov be acted, at the anal ewwri-nt and all details of bia dea-ta. The oLher brotbera.

wb cider mew, ort not break down, ttcmgh both plainly ied the awful a train umlrrv which" thT Whored, if Ferra waa uarrcua ha did not afi-rw it. He was altarbtly ebavky wbn a dinner, and bia liamla ambled node-biy Immediately afttii aard. however, ha bncerl up and aroused tltnaelf a beat ha couH Lacking better fadlltle fof tnent be climbed th tap of tba ffraxtng i'-b fenoea off two cU from tke eootral Portion of th annex and performed varlawa (yinaaetlc feats for th education af nla narda and hla cajHnrat. Edwi Ruthveru KATtO CMDa. After bia brotbera left Ferrell played aev-ral games ef cares wit Ruthyea.

uxitJI tha rrlval of Father Kelly of th prteoo; aad her Relay of 8C Dooiinic'a Churctv. wb. received Ferrell lato tb Catholic Chore. They administered th. eacrament extreasa nnotton.

For breakfast he took porterhouse steak. lh Bushrecana and i action ef fruit, far dinner, roast chicken, with oyater aweetbreada. with French peas amnaiwua awaet deUoaciea. Ferrell waa saaimed by rr. C.

Carr. bafeuad that bar was 'not I 1 'I' A Par ktl tev ROaSSLVN Who SdtiaBed the Lw With Hi. Life For the and lack a Intellectuality. He bellevea Krr. rV ta be peculiarly unbalanced.

Tha optnlow of th' phrenolowlat la borne out by th baenrt 1 inii of th ofneera of tba prtaon. without 'exception thay maiat that FerrWl la "not riffct." l-thouah they atao mat that be la aane. Haa remarkable a tot la tha arounn for thla blla on tha i.art of the piiaon offl- clala. Dtpjf'T wf riAta cuTi DurinaT th day Ferrelra hair waa cut anfl a Pae oa hhi haaid upon which the letro4e reefed Ha waa Inclined to object ta tbta. aa h.

took great pride In hla per- aonal appearance, but when tha neceaalty waa explained to blm he yielded at once. HeaYleo taeued an (notation to Andy II- thla clay, to aee the electrocution. WHllame bad beer very kind to Mm. am) for thla reaeon Ferrell chanced hie first In tention to Invite no one to ne tha cere- IX F. Cole, an undertaker of Steubenville.

ta tb. prtaon to- night ta take charge Of the body. Ferrell'a wiebea will be carried out with reaard to th casket. It will be covered with purple pluah and lined with aam aetln. In addition to Wllliama Fr- all Invited M.

J. Karachner. Assistant taerk of tti Penitentiary, aad J. M. Howe, Vocal merchant, to wimeas the ceremony.

OMITTED Tltc'aVcwrlt PyrraMt sMftd Umltca Wit. r4iCMCav atS Warden Oorby. rpciaa atararrg tga Bnariiaa. rotumtma. OkloT rebruary PasbCi' Joavih HraA lleAt tb death, warrant, which la always patitv- fultmak.

Ma alao hela' down th number of pootatort to the fewest allowed by law. Not 30 were present. Ferrell alao bade farewell to Deputy Wella, Assistant Deputy Ing and the two annex guards. K. Fogle and James Crockett.

Karly In the evening Patrick Coetlow. th father of Miss Contlow. the nnaaoee of Ferrell, telephoned the prison for permission to call upon the condemned man. Captain of the night watch, who received th message, referred him to Warden Darby, but apparently Mr. Ooetlow changed hla mind, aa he did not again prefer the request, Miss UUIan Coat low.

FerreH'a betrothed, was reported to be on the verge of col's, pee early In tb' evening. A call at the hous proved frultle.v however, as her mother not only to permit her daughter to bo seen, but declined to answer questions aa.to her health. No signs of medical attendance were to be seen and tba hous waa dark and alien aa a tomb. An observer with an unusually acute eax caught the sound or a rifled sob oocnlng from- aa upper chamber. Ferrell'a brothers object to th publication of th book written by him.

describing hla life and crime, on the ground that It contains matter which ouarht not to made public. protestations have had no effect, however. The electric machinery was tested three time Arid worked perfectly. HIS FRIEND ferrell MM To Get Moncv ror His srsciAi. BfsrAven to ts cxuciaaa.

February 28. The crime far which Roaaiyn Ferrell paid th extreme penalty to-night was the murder of Charles (am aa axpreut messenger, running; on the Pajr-handla Road, en the night of August la Farren- was born tn Bteubaavin In 1S78. Rta oa rente were neitner rcn nor-poor, ura reapectad by alt-who knew them. Bo tar aa tb records show there ta not a Wot on the famtlv hlatonr. until Roaalyn committed hla crime.

An attempt waa made af tba trial to show that. Insanity was' Inherent in tha family, but It laiiea. z- boy Ferrell waa conaioeraa mus uwt mm be grow developed a fondness for th soc4.tr ladies. He did era drink, cbew, amok or play cards, and, wheo a want ta work tb offlc of th Adams Kx- areao Cotnpanrln Htauoenviii nia gooo oe-1 a ta buatnaraa war' th raue of hla rapid rta. At 20 wai i.r niL' but suddenly bearan to aariw.

Und then to gnmbl and laalulajw tn th petty aica from wmcn naroietor been fr. -Thla led to bis dUirdaaal, Hecausaoto thia city ana ovw io mw Depot, and tn aaiB (a V- Jerri', i rCRRELL; Murder ot Exproa Metaen Jer Charles Lane about the same time met Lillian Cost low. lb handsome daughter of an engineer on the Pan-handle. She was of a hauarhfy demeanor, by no means borne out by her disposition. was eoon- to afAnnr.

FerreJI paid, her devoted attention and soon won her consent to marriage. Meanwhile be nealectexl Ma work at the t'nlon Depot and lost his place there. He kept Tbia secret from Miss Coat low and explained In various waya bis absence from business. Miss Coetlow was a prudent young woman, who feet they ought to have at least a few hundred dollar with which to start housekeeping, but Ferrell said ha had plenty of money, and that It was la a building as. soraation, and did not care to draw it out until necessary to spend It for th wedding.

If waa to bave been uaart ted -August 1. and on 'Friday. August 10. found himself with Just 10 cents kn his pocket. In debt for hla board and lodging- until he was threatened with legal proceedings; and ro earns at hand to fulfill bis promts to Mlas- Contlow.

That afternoon he boarded a Pan-hanJle train and rode with an old friend. Ike Warder, In the messenger' a oar to Urban. There he left th car and waited for the down traJri 1 th vooin'. Her knew Messenger Charles Ian very well, and bad determined to kill him and rob th safe in tb express rar, lruowinf that It always contained a g'od sum of money. He spent bia et dime for a eeneU lunch in th depot a.

and boanted the train at tTrtaana' WtUa twU conHdeca that'Lan wold let Mas, rtdav in He was hot dMppoontadU- tvna rot blm cordla-r save, bia ba basjnV halt ta-tb car saul wajeemed hlim to a Corbirr-buai FerreH explained hla rescne taa Urban, by dec taring- that had been kwking for work, lie rode with Lane, helping him wtth hla work, until they reached Mil ford Center. It waa-here that be bad determined to kill Lane, knowing that tb train dad not make another atop before reaching Columbus, thua affording him time to rob the safe and make Ma escape. He had armed himself with the revolver which th express company had given blm when worked for it. "to do the Job with." aa he afterward stated In Ms confession. Lane had finished hla work, and was sitting In a chair tyiug hla shoes.

He had changed bia clothes for his street attire, and had been talking to Ferrell ef the pleasure be anticipated In meeting bia wtfe and little baby again. Ferrell stood at Ma rear and shot blm la tb back. Lane fell, and Kerrell, having emptied the Hve barrels of his own revolver Into blm. went to the safe, withdrew Lane's own revolver and fired two more shots Into the prostrate figure, "to make sure he was dead. aa he later stated.

PC It TO KARTB. Vp thla point bad acted with consummate and bad bidden his tracks from every eye but that of Omnipotence. Now bagaa to ma km mestakes. He had Just rifted the safe when the train pulled Into Plain: City. The air brakes Jarred the door open and frightened the murderer.

He seised the package of spoils be had tied np. and Jumped out or the car into the darkness. He went to a hotel and spent the Bight. He slept well, and In the morning made a package of the money orders and what other goods be did not ear to keep and sent them by express to to a floUttous address, to W. Cay lor.

Lock port. N. T. It was tbia package which betrayed blm. Detectives Dundon aad KelH.

of tb Co-htnrbus department, who were detailed on the caae. learned of ft, and caught It at Columbus. There were th proof that th murderer had spent the night In Plain City. In faot. the detectives were In th hotel before Ferrell left, having gone up th road on a special train, but.

owing to th forge t-fulneae of the hotel keeper, did not know that a strange guest had been in tha house the previous night. was wmt arts nrisruitiT. -Next aa empty revolver waa found under tha mattress of th bed in which Ferrell slept, and thia helped In the identification, He was arrested on Sunday afternoon, while he was- reading Tna ENQCiaaa's account of the tragedy to Mlaa Coetlow at her home. After a few hour of Questioning be made a full ooarftasloiy, declaring that was des-ajeratav and had committed th cilm for money, and. baying failed, wa isaSj to pay th consequences.

bad Just aa be dead aa not bav any money, anyhow! waa bis declaration. Ferrell. waa of Protaatant but Joined, tb CaxboBe Church gala -tat consent af Mas Cos flow to their anaunrsag. In that church he waa baptised Charles R. H.

Ferrert, II is tea than 23 year. age, the crtae Thavtng; been committed when he waa lea than 22 years old. ioaunt speaker at oiU and th aam eenetttuted ruler, appealed to bis im- l.ii.. a i h.im. "Wf, thought Himself HcKihley.

i Made Inaugural Speech. ealt xvc-V 1 i PblHpria tba immCrmnmrr tnaagural atrocitiaa practiced upon tb natlvaa by -Waabtagtaaa. -aaaisary a. Aswbaa aoidlera. wbicb th speaker dav address of lestusu souncad as catamnlatoa aast tanxrata.

ered froBtt b'Cpitol and xJuet. as th bravest tb officers nearad eZl tb verr stand oa which th ExocuOto th seen of tha disturbs ace tbe speaker de-frwm the very srivwr binrself 4 to ampbatio- tones that aav aa Fr- wtll stand next Monday and detfvef Awt tDa VnitMl BtatM. udertake mt the platHud h.b gatbered toawtner a lhe wiartry tBJ trust evU durtns; for tb deleetatlon of tb great throng that tb next four year, aad then, th mighty tmA asaembt an that occasion, pratlost waa.w sJHrt by aa unfsltnr cop-IS xpecv nee. wh an sated thai flow af avatar and Leastwise, what purported to aa inau-, sural address was dUvrad oa th, ground that th atttfi hand that pavilloa to-night by" "a Bondsacrlpt piece waa ptayinc.htaa a vile trick. vaavlea bJm-t-bjio l-Baker whose vagaries waa not th President of the United States, tb President of th United ptates.

r. Vicatiy esisted by tbe- self- just bb tbe shade of th evening war tr thlrC. IIS tm 1ww m.iwmr a'ts and the ra1lion erected for th Pre- like tbe fleecy, sunset clouds, bad all to occupy on Monday next tho Cap tabed In vaporoua mhrt. Without resistance itol police were startled to hear a clarion the rfcarrlned ruler waa led to tha guard-voire rlnff out In emphatic ton on tbe great boose-and from ther waa transferred ta at present before th American the city polio station for safekeeping. He There was something being said will bo tried a a charge lunacy to-mor-k American oocuiatioa of Cuba; thaa row.

PISTOL Pointed at Victim's Head While She Gooked His Breakfast. Negro Then Bound Mrs. Buchanan On a Bed. Set Fire To Cloth ing and Escaped She Is Dangerously 111. Atlanta.

Oa, February 2a. Mrs. B. A. Buchanan, wife of a well-known Jeweler, living at Spring street.

In th heart of prominent residence section of tb dty. and within two block of tb Qovemor'a mansion, waa the victim thla mornirag of an outrage srMch haa caused much excitement in Atlanta- Her condition to-night is crlt leal. Mrs. Buchanan was compelled at the point of a pistol held by a burly tiesro, who stealthily entered the house when she was alone, to give blm ber parse, containing $5. The negro then said be waated some break.

fast, and when Mrs. Buchanan said there was nothing cooked commanded her to cook sotnetblna. and while ah. wa etaa-agad la thia he stood with bis pistol ootastaatly pointed at her. SOtKP TO TUX BSD.

After the food had been placed on th tabie the itiu seised Mrs. Bucbna and bound her to a bedstead. then at his breakfast. When he had finished be gathered some paper, and. placing it under Mrs.

Buchanan, set Are to it. Mrs. Buchanan kicked tbe Are away, but th niu threateningly told her not to do so again ajnd re placed th fire, which waa now biasing vig orously, under his victim. Th negro then quickly ran. from th room.

and. Jumping through a rear window, escaped. Mrs. Buchanan agam kicked th burning mane from her and by severely wreoching her wrists managed to free herself. -Sh raw to tbe front door of th bouse and by I screams attracted several persona, who as sist bar in extlnruishinf tho flames be fore they had obtained much head a.

a to rosea as-rssa araoao. Mr. Bacbaaaa toad what bavd bapsanel sasS asmost lanmsiTlartely relapsed twtev Mats of. extreme nes-vousneaa, and was ana bio to; tell anytbinc further thai ftv a. ttr.

OerecOve reere-rtOV -the of aevtral pottremen and bloodhounds, are looking for tb negro. Three negroes are already under arrest a suspects. About noon lira. Buchanan relapsed Into a comatose state, and haa been unable to even rec- oemia her friends around ber bedside. Intense excitement exists through, the elty, and should the gutlty negro be caught Is believed the greatest police and military protection would be necessary to protect Mm from violence.

The assault on Mrs. Buchanan la the latest of a sHrtes of Crimea in tha past few days in which negroes have robbed and assaulted white women and escaped. HAMMER Handles Were Purchased By Cowan a Few Days Before His Arrest Physicians Assert He Is Insane. AL. COWAN.

Identified as the Capitol HiU sa Archer Fisilessi s. Wh Say Cowan Strike Down Mrs. Short. By Poart, Daover.l Urn Saw Denver. February 28.

Evidence ta aAvumaulatlng against A. It. Cowan, aecuaed of tb purposeless rugging- of woman on Capitol Hill. W. O.

Hansen, a salesman employed by Hendri Bolthoff, identified Cswta to-day aa th purchaser mt two ham-aaer naniHes IO daty ao. IaaMead araa ami alng thes so tr tber war etralgbt." aald Hansen, brandished tba tandlaa around bis head and bit heaviest. I offered to show him aom pick haadlea, bat turned, ashen pal and harried i A ptek taaada was th weapon used in th slurxer's assault on Aside McAtee. who haa tba truth now It ho fat xuntyrtaolntaotnaoa atac tascom tnan frvss tn ahock. "It vwM a Isainissiiili to sask Cowan teU tho troth now If he la guilty." mmiA rr.

HowarU Pherablng. Insanity expert. Cevaa la undoubtedly tnsane." Th Arapahoe County ComrmsatoBers ha ve aeat to NasmvtU. Teaaw buy fear trained kssodh samds for. use of Bhasrln In tracing tb srogger, wold rcisiaiaa i ta Matemxas Postofrtcc wWsjUcTtcsl CatSlbtw.

sractAiCASUi mow a nirrooutavriien. Havana. February. 2X Befor Judge Bar-tnaga to-day Henry. B-.

McEroy teetifled that pay; warrants for th Mataaxaa Post-orflc mptoyea had been duplicated and the duplicate cashed. L. R. Hlnsbow testified that bought so rr barged atanps la the Havana Poetofflc after the date af th alleged destruction. iffaSHl-D.

Stow? To pVcatJi I te Tlsrc- IneV.CT," Fr as ICOar. a full-blowdad c. to-day tyni i r. for ta JT lei tvere 'jei F-jsrea an 1 1 rr 4 SBt house Bobsrt aisaart, asv to taitaw for a. re-keepingv dia br i n'Ootlfia; at I.e Jumped and fed acroe th packet After rwaasnsT yards was ad snot Mors than a htrtlot walsa am ta bis poJy.

Millar had wsnmttisd txre mardai'S wit bia atx wasntka. beside nuaver- ered a old man named tjt. Last Sep-tsnihn murdered 1 rwood, but his aaat hatnoiis 1 1 laia waa the of young HcDada. vetapaa b. I nen built See upon tho boor, as rlsstiy trurtnf it.

Th retwain lay ia tb woods oorered for seven days, Millar araa arntencad to snot toy th now aef utK i Creek Oovera-ment. but araa pardened by tha chief. L. a-. on THccravcm or His CbJlsl CricfUSlrickca on yIUBcal Himself.

a i-jtSti Etna. Pwmv. Febrnary i -Grl tb death of his'oaty ohHd sausedt Julius Schnlt to kJU himself on tt grave last night. wont o- th. Ktna Ceaaetery.

wher th cSIld wag -hurje l. II xaast have prayed a long- time, aa th mark his koeas aad areas in th enow, were very Plain. 8oea that duriiur rh -rrtgbt he placed a revolver to his and pulled th trigger, lie was. an 1 knees at the tim. and fell forward 'pr1, i outstretehed arm across th Utile, snound.

Tb body waa round arter eaaybrean. v- j- NAPHlllr baaoeal sjasi Bavne Twenty Cars i After RallrMd Vrcctw stiaa aisraw taS aihTcxasa. "'j PamewvllJ. phlo, February enaT enUlston between lake. Sh Railroad freight train piled BP foug ear of th for-ward train.

10 mile west qf ralneavin this anornlng. Two Unk 'rg of naphtha ex ploded and eat flr to th Wreckage ass fa locomotive and 30 ear of, the rear train, were consumed. neo. WAiTii f- To Be Freed By Court Frolh froent MiypGnh Mrs. Biddfe JHtn Mtd us.

i PblladelBbls, Pebraary nowrs after my husband. Or. Clement: iflddle. re-cotves his decree divorce, which I shall not contest, I will marry Fernando snags. the banker, and brother of tha Dowager jjucneea of atancbaater.

Why should -f re, main tied to a man whom I do not love when th man whom I do love and who love me is but waiting- for me to be fr?" said Mrs. Constance Drexel the beautiful wife of Dr. Clement Riddle, wh to-day declined to defend a suit In divorce Instituted by her husband. KOMAKTIC ClIKIt. The friends of the beauty are again re viewing the romantic features in her event ful life.

They recall Constance Morris, the daughter of Maurice Morria. a wealthy re tired merchant, of Loa Angetea, who suddenly disappeared from her horn and was next heard of as an actress In "Haxel Kirfce." Then she appeared la "Alabama," and enjoyed, tb protection of Anthony J. Drexel Blddle, th muscular young millionaire, who publishes books, writes verses, breeds bull pupa and fights at 185 pounds. having once paid "Bob" FKsslmmons $300 for letting blm display hla abilities as a boxer for nine minutes. Drexel Bid.

lie th ouarht well of Constance Morrli, but tbouarbt more of the present Mrs. Blddle. who halls from Plttaburg. and as his brother, the doctor, was not busy at the time he Induced him to marry her. STILL.

TOfJId. 'I am still young." aald she. "Why should I make the rest of my life unbearable by remaining hla The fact that has named two men who are dead aa co-respond ents Is ridiculous. These men srer Charts F. Batea (Fatty) and Georg Work.

My conscience is perfectly clear." Mr. Tsnaaa has been maarled twice, and both wives were divorced from. him. His first wife waa a sister of lira. Oliver Belmont, and ia sow Mrs.

George Tiffany. His second wife was Mabel Wright, now the Countess Zlchy. Mr. Tsnaga la at pres. rat In Aiken.

8. C. at one of hla country rial dencea, He has alao home at West bury. L. and New London, Conn.

SINS i Against God and Church Would Be Committed If Moser's Farrtily Helped Him in His Present Trouble. Peoria, ni February 28. Thia to a. big day for. tho defena in th ICoaer murder trial at Fekbv Kaarly all tba witneaee toad of tho defendant's pirsscutlun at th of tn Aaaaekv Cawrenv, AIus sm'a own r.

Mrs. Benedict Moser, took ta stand, aa did also two of bis brothers aad two of his sisters. Km If oxer testified that had always been coed to hla wifa aad Sorlptura would not allow bar, tho nor gay of Sam's peopra, to bar anything to do with bin. To shako bands or eat at tb- aaaae -tab wtth hhn would b. sv ata agsHast Ow bam.

for ho Durtear hk saotbefs tawuaaooy tn de fendant broke down and wept, Tho mother showd no emotion. Dr. Napoleon B. Craw. ford, of Eureka, teatlned that tn hi pro- feastonal Jodgmtnt tn defendant was an Inssan xaan ot tb tim of tho ssininlaaliiB fn crime.

Dr. Crawford believed haa condition to duo to heredity and tb pen aweutlon of tb enareb. Mrs, Moser, mot bar of th defendant, told Attorney Green today that If 25 coat ofner aaoney would ber son's life sh would not gtv- It, for -that would be a ata asrainat God and ta eharcb." C2 X7ZTS Do A ar. Cap Colony. February 2aCTh combined forces of General Da Wet and Commandant Hertsog are now east of PhUiipetnwri.

about miles luw llieawt ei Tr.e I num ber of Euan 1 about shot todaaxh lor had Taaea aiaisd th saards aaat in prasoaer at apart ran yard, clearing a four on leap. etiBrlrs. base that after bad boan ail fr urn tho ottwrch. Snr rears ago ta i mmmmmmm mv ir 4 I -1. r-7, viiVTiKe fl a -l-air -t taa.

IIIPA' JTaa-l -V i. w. UI trAr7 1iV I i.r -je-a rer Jf- V51 1 A. iCvvv1'! 1 I ravx It i iCf r-V II 'I 1 11 1 I 'A II tcatwad iHVTi-" ngirtT nnnn i t- jj nririumphtJital of asjiwiw.ni ABSOLUTE DICTATOR OF -The Washington. D.

C. February rreeioeni nas oeeu coDjrauia.ej on me quiet to-day for having had forced through th Senate tbe Spoonar amendment to the army bill, which win make him absolute dlptator of the Philippine Islands, and the Cuban amendment, which will permit him time. He began by having created an ad-to give Cuba independence on his own dltlonal army, and with the patronaare It terms when he got good and ready. Thua commanded he used It without special pone is Invested with powers which even so Htlral faror to conciliate certain Democratic abort a 10 years ajro would have appalled majority of the people. To become thua invested with almost tbe MONEY aaaaaaaaaaassaanvawsa.

Was a Source of Worry, So Miss McCuIJoch Allowed a New Jersey Christian Scientist To Loan It For Her. srsciAt, nrsrATca to txs assets. Camden. N. J.

February 28. "God. ro- spondrng to my prayers convinced that waa was to lend the money' on the se curity offered, aad Mlaa McCuUocb wlH bav to look to tb Lord for redress. Such waa tb declaration' mad before Tin Chan cellor Grey to-day by George Tompkins, a Christian Scientist, summoned to -prodade $4,000 belonging to Mlaa Kat MoCUlloeb, of Irontoa. Ohio.

Tb suit Involves several of tb Christian Scientists ta Camden. Mlaa McCulloch cam from tho West a few month axo ta bo treated for deafnes by waa tn healer of tb Cananoa branrSi of Chrls- sawrkats Bhw paeweased rt eos saaaaa, which, sh avwra, Tobbs- kma told bar was a aure of wusihueut to her. Ha also teld hrrh allege, that un- gave him power of attornoy look after bar money would unable to cure ber desraa. 1 As a result of th agency tbos created ah chars that Tompktn coDacted about aV0O baaaiiat'aS bwr aatd isv.stai H. as street.

Camden, oa which tbr waa alrsafj first aVartgage of 11900. Th eoateatJoo of aUss MeCnlwch's eotis- asa as that Tosauain wa not soOiorisaJ to make the selraaaL. an. n. tbassrui for an eons ting Twmjikliia'a ssas-ob th ether hand, eenlena that ta pladnff tkO aVNtXaX avrted -WtUllBUae ef bis avuthortty sat attorney with BLACKMAIL 1" II Is Chave TMs Woewem At temp ten oa tVartoai Doctor.

aractix wspatc tss ssqsissa. Dayton. Ohio. February 28. Emma Key- aer.

years ef age. Is held at Central Station an-a- chars ef al 1 1 sspl i bit sa O. Dr. Scsjeibertsuber haa received threatening letters from ber. She demanded money.

The prisoner admitted that ah wrote th letters, but gave aa ber excuse for demanding tb claim that an had lost considerable tin ta receiving treatment. Tb aaane woman appeared in Hamilton, Ohio, some tim ago and wrote a series of threatening letters to Mayor Bosch after sh had been Incarcerated upon complaint of th Cincin nati authorities. Erie answered a des--r'p- tloa of a woman ta Zr't' ssuayJB LIVE TTI E.F American dictator mto liahllcu Presideuif i-1 sa. Ssif ev 't" A t. royal purple ot power tbe President dls- Played rare cunning.

His service in Con- -rmm. klw. h. w.Alhd. weaaen otipoeiuon ror more man a year he has been anxious for an extension of hia civil power over the Philippine I- lands.

He waited with rare patience his 'J? 1 a. issaana an-a uilipmitru mw ssg aa II Is Its value was demonstrated in part when Democratic opposition waa overridden. FARMERS Captured the Bold Youth Who Boasted of His Treatment of a Helpless Grl He Is Landed in JaiL SrSCTAI, DfsVATCB TO TBS rsqCTBXB. Parkeraburg. W.

Va February 2, A farmer named Goff. of Pettyvllle. and Con-staable Wiley, ef th aam village, arrived her thla morning, having In charge Cha. TraecweO, against whom they charged attempted criminal assault. They charmed he induced a fourteen-year-old girl named Farreil.

who waa on her way to visit a neighbor yesterday afternoon, to got into hi wagon and allow turn to drive ber to ber destination. When be reached the Goff farm he stopped Oho vehicle and attempted tba crime. Th child's cries attracted tb attention of Goff, wb hurried to her aid. Tiaa. swell resisted arrest and after hi Intended victim wa.

taken. from an vehicle boasted' that ts wosjtd pnrsne tho girl. Warrants wvr issued and after a wild drive of many mile Traoewell wa cap-tared about andnight at tn point of a revolver. did not deny the ebarg and waa brought her witnoot dlfflcuKy. TTnco-wetl was to-day bold for tb grand Jury with oat ban.

PARMCBS APTCR A BEAR. ajSvOT. IneL. FeJrnsry farmers ar aoarcblat; tb --ood UnJoa -Tvrsrnsbt for a hear roosnuy seen pro-snug 1 an ulaliiuirbsoit As Her. Lost Husband She Sued a sswcUa sariKt Tas xxqrrxxa--; Vieaa.

Februarv took. Bk any boabaad: waea I nsai I waa but he was my husband; aow I aam not lam tncllnedjo beileve ha la aot sav hnsbwad. hi not nrry busoano. r. As hat flnisbed thes were sirs, wan- in Monk sank back ia tb witness caalr la Judge 8t era's Court to-day aad yteeed ber handkerchief ever ber eyes.

Mrs. "ik ha ssa iiarrhlsf far bar rfryeara. A abort osa ago -t PHILIPPINES. For the claea who could not be taken In patronage he got up tb extra session thM am ueketa had iwm arranged which a railed session would Intermit. By keeping up tbia cry in and out of season he brushed aside all apposition sav three or four Bene tors, wh did not have the physical power to stand longer la the breach.

Hence patronage, the cry of extra session aad sneer exhaustion did tbe work. Mr. Mc.Ktnley la now invested with almost the absolute power of dictator. As to Cuba It begini. to look aa If there was some plan lo seise th island not yet disclosed.

As to ine F-nlilppines It may mean an interminable NEW STAR Not That of Bethlehem, Says Father Brennan. the St Louis Astronomer and Priest Reasons For His Belief. arsdAL anvATcaj re ras aaqctaaa. 9. Louis.

Fsbruary 2S- Father Bron- nan, the noted astronotner-priest of Bt Louis. believe thot tb "new star' aow being dis cussed by jstronomera la not the one en monly dasignetad as fh "Btar of BetMe-bssn." but that ft Is on not Wtharto re vealed by aha tdsscops. "Tb Star of Bettotebe, or Tyoho Brabe star, which biased ftarth wtth remarkable brllancy a triat could ha seen by day, aad rum si mil issflili fia It assallia. an am Oh star that tod abav wis man to tb manger," said Father' Braa-sata. "Vo flxad star oould move peroaptrsMy for day and atop over a rtata bsusi ka vinag.

Psms usy "point amy leek up a a star and nod at awwaOy ooova. "Onty a asatiar eoold par a ight pr- ospOhl treat th arfh. aa that tt might aeorn to lead. 1 Chink tb star mow betng stastusa ay swrnausims a a aow on, cans it is a a part ef. tb bsssais wtas to star Tyctoo Drabs would not reap pear, it hi what to termed a tetrsporary star.

ICow it is la tb aeootaf ataaArnftude. but It wall gradually eenreaae, psriiapa to tba "Tasar. ar star which have partods of tnipcrlor brunanoa; At Uraes they ar many times brijrhter tbaa at wniinjnm fir 8b bad teferntatioa that rT mj ana nnavauiag. uaxtil aamiry that bar pwrpoee was reaiss. saw 'j oatlivaa ram Chicago ise.

awnew tnax inn nas by tb Chins a and Alton JtsJlroad panr, aad says, that be Juse not waea of Chicago eaeept for short perioa of saw devy oh during that Uac airs, jawnas was nenroaspanaad In th 0 ri met J', BuIUvaa oa th street ana oainlimmu by on of war sona Basins Mrs, claimed i as her epous. denied th Monk, ber eon was en of th chief wit-claim, sa i wlf was another woman, mesa wh attaarrptod Identify Mr. Suill-snd then sv.e trougbt suit against him for van aa th former Mr. Horka. a-r-rate ma.r'-oiiKe.

Thirty- years -HI Ivan asked for aa injunction to pre-' they were livlr.g in Jersey Cl'y. "Ed- vent Mr. Monk fi ma annoytntr him by r.k,d' -rt lira iiocks aad bar dalmlBg tins again aa bar bnabaad. atirolc; Commutes Vote rc 3 To Bq Sdtlwd Hut Y.T! In Inaugural Pared 0 at VVashlniton- Plans For: the Ev'tnt Arc Completion; 1 0n ftet.WLI Be the Cztt tions The Pro rettTUT of V'iTU Events Anrsounced, TV sa Of tb war who) haw rat pas a tak past la tb taaufural pavrsdVbaa Ve- a. In rdr ta eaoar dU as th par eased) aaek Oind Arw paaV war a oetati aa stain ta tb TTsaalunt to tn Twvmy-thard Oln, siiaiwally siliwHaV for aka honor, but am.

Twls baa was) aWllawd ta a toiraapiiadsaco wWe bristle with sharp word. QBasrat Rtckls. wb waa bav a a vstsraaa. says la a lartar wrtrtea to day: 'Con Anna: I ring- tett restrained ask to rsMevod from doty a Marahal tho rataraa dl rial a a ta th laquTurai parsde, I to And my self deprived (, tb pe- nr of Wectrag you ears nws aa oe-cssio so isrtavesting to all us aa tb In susiavtksn sv i nasi i ta th sxalvsd a tTtslbsas, of an VwMd aXatsn, th psaicloB In tbe aaarahrhc ootuaata trbtch a batter, ouraelwd aUUd i r-oetr. and la baarty acr4 wttk yaar Isad-ssw R'aavs tin gsaiSsd Cheat tbe umaus well sella a tab snf pas, ia eka a-augvrat tesstautiis oa Monday hasrenhsaarU that, the rsterand act mill th fidW General Pickles wrttss: "I am requested by tb Depart mast Cops mender of the Grand Army to toferm yea that tb poets In hi district will not ask isav.

to send details frees Sheas ergnisn-tlons to take pert an the Inau oral pars. Tbev are unwl Ulnar seek aa knair ta be half of a small part of thear membenhlp from which th mala body of their comrade Is excluded. "I most aot fall, kn conclusaoe. to rectify your statement that the veteran demanded precedence In the parade. Oa th contrary, 1 proposed to the Grand Marshal last Suae day.

with tbe concui reace af all of th vet-ersn organlaallons In the LXatrtct sf Coiusa-bu, mat they be left ut of th parade aW togeUier nd be assigned to duty early la tbe day as an escort of honor to lb President from tb Executive Ms net on to tb Capitol. This offer wa retorted by th Grand Marshal because, a he said, the ea-atet fro West Point and Annapolis had be dea'a-nated for thot duty, and It would Ixaostv-vemeTrt to modify th rdrr." ixtiaciuL rtaisiTiit The' pr-pa rations fer tb laattguraUo nest Monday are rapidly nearusg esaapie-tle. Washiagten expects tb wuMsst aJswd, aha has seen hi sseny year. Th rvvtewtag staads which have been erect sd at mtervela along renneylvanla avaaue from tb foot th. t'aplioi iruussa te aw.

bav been ami form and uniqu tn asstgn. and the srensral derorailon of tbe city. eapectaliy along th line ef the parade, will more lavish and art 1st ie character than formerly. Pannsyrvaai even a will be Illuminated durtag thro ntghta, th 4th. th and ath ef Mare, a raraty kef or, and a special feature wM be aaad mt that pert extending from Fifteenth street to Seventeenth street oa th' north front of th White Hous greands.

-That Beetle ha bees designated th Crt ef and. many spaded feature of flliimtnailna wiQ be introduced. Tb circular drtva ia franc of th Executive anion la Included thla grand scheme of ilium taat Van. aad sv.larg fare of werkssea has bits -engaged far two weeks or mors la tba areetto af pillar wf eiasste shape at frequent retarvais aleeg thte drive. From these ptllars aevel reacts ta electric Illumination will diesiayed.

aad It is expected that th eurt ot boner wfll surpass ta beauty anytbiag of th kind ever before attempted la thia country, aad certainly tm Wsamngtaa, BADoaa roasn. Contmander Baird. Bajperlatradent mt tho tat. War aad Navy pesartsaeat arutldiag. haa placed eieetrt lights, formtes; tb wetl-knewn bad mt ta Karbth and XI eta Army Cwrp.

as need die las tb War of tbe Reoelne. ta east pavPtoa mt the hs granit tri dspartment boildinc. FissUiat McKlnWy. aa a Major ta th army, served la both the corps during tb OvB War. Th Ktntb Corp brigade had It arlgt at th battle mt Ttoaaaka Istasd tn WS1.

whoa tb arsay aad aavy tolasd farce la th attack oa tb enemy. It csoaista of a gum aad aa anchor rraassit. Tb Ciaotb Corps badg Is a slx-poisted star aad bad tt srisna tn the ata dlvisiseis whkrh onatsehr nmssasil tat earn. Weri wa racial at tb Itavy Depart sa.nt to-day that cno training- ship Dixie, which Is flag-ship of tb float aroorad to tak part ia too tnaagural i iBiaalis left Hampton Roads tbia mira-mar tor AlinaitiU Ta add warsM Hartford sis a I within seeiat ta asms diets wee af tba capital. Thes two veeeeis probaaly win ascbor off AJexsadria to-obrht or to- lagv Th lancastsr and To- teeny will res eh tb axaraay.

It haa beei at tb Ksvy Daawtsnent keep sels eT Als-xajaerie aad btiag their to this city by ferryboats. Tb h'-g Paritaa ts at tb Washington Mary yard aad wSl rvsssni tner antll after Th aoents to saerk FrsaJdaut MrVlni. sstcinl tndoctio tat ofSc bare beta Hned as foOwsj MONDAT. MARCH A 1 I 11 a- sa. Gathering mt btgh Oevemnaee; edBctaka, dlptomaia aad especially rnrned to th lolled SlaUes ner.i turn a.

sa. Insaguratiea ot Theedor. Bssaivalt. ef Kew Terk. aa Vice of tb I'nited States.

Cerem ta th Senate, attended by the Pre -1 and a distinguished cot! rvai ft y. Keen President IlrKinkey a ath cf la tie j.re i I ef i I i I. tit At I I j.be an Petn FT ru 4901. 'Ta. ST-WD a a Qi il MAT A 1.

asiia fO I eerie sor.