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BUFFALO EVENING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1907. FEST FOREIGN NEWS BY SPECIAL CABLE LA (TAKEN FROM THE SUNDAY NEWS.) IRELAND'S "STATUE OF THE NEW FASTNET LIGHTHOUSE. The new tower is 147 feet in height. For the first 48 feet the structure is one solid mass of granite, which is obtained by dovetailing one stone with another. This makes the lighthouse practically one solid mass, and if it were possible to lift the whole structure up and place it out of the perpendicular, it would fall to pieces.

VAIIDALS DESECRATE HIE GRAVE OF PAUL IfllEi, HERO OF BOER WAR PICLBTOW IIP BREWERY HUNDRED FEE! ABOVE HEADS OF PEOPLE PAUL KRUGER. mm. iiipiMwgiM mmm -n i LL A a I A I A A'' -f -A; A A.A- r''' 1 lllilliis 'A mim4 lira-: 'Statue of Famous Old Transvaal President and Warrior is Badly Mutilated -Theft Probable Cause. No Racial Vindic-tiveness is Sus-pected Entire Machinery of Police Force Utilized. i (Special Cable to the Sunday News.) inui MMPCDrDn Mrtv 9.

A most a 7 tli I PURMPC UIC wi.r.r.. uto miHiini ill. i rvjyw uiiiiiiui. iiiu JEPN Dresden PaperTells Frederick Augustus That if Pope Will Not Annul Marriage He Should Leave a Church. ENVOY RUINED TIE MOORISH SULTAN Wives and Estates Seized by 'Abdul Aziz Ben Shentouf Breaks Down.

PRINCE'S INGRATITUDE. Failure to Undertake Mission Would Have Involved Torture Death. (Special Cable to the Sunday News.) BERLIN, Nov. Moorish 'Miplomat. Boubeker Ben Shentouf, who is making the round of the European court Vainly attempting to secure official recognition of bin master, Mulal Harld, Sultan, received a bitter blow tonlgbt.

He learned from a newspaper correspondent that the Sultan Abdul Azis bad Imprisoned bis wives and children at Rabat, and. bad Mixed bis property, For the first lime since be landed lo Europe, tbe envoy eh owed emotion. He received the rebuffs of the British and German Foreign Office with magnificent unconcern, but-when he was told that all hi estate bad been confiscated, and his family treated with great cruelty, be broke down and wept. The Moorish delegation arrived here yesterday, and this morning their interpreter attempted to appointment at the Foreign Office. He wae told, however, on bebalf of tbe foreign minister, that the envoys could not be received under any circumstances.

The Moors, who are staying at the Hotel Brletol, heard the news unmoved, made preparations to leave for Rome tomorrow morning, and then went to the Wintergarten, Berlin's great variety theater. While they were enjoying the performance the first of this kind they had ever seen a number of newspaper correspondent cams to them, and told them of tbe telegram from Rabat, announcing the seizure of Boubeker Ben hentouf's wives and children. The Moore immediately returned to tbe Hotel Bristol, and Boubeker Ben Shentouf withdrew to bis room, where be wept for ttme time. Afterward, in an Interview, he said that be JiadHve-wivee. FASTNET LIGHTHOUSE SOLID STRUCTURE Royal Party Indulges in Copenhagen Brew and Gazes Far -Qu Over Villa Applauded by Workers.

Surprised to Find Gardner's Family in Squalid House-Queen Will Supply New Home. (Special Cable to the Sunday News.) Nov. 2 Queen andra and her sister, the Empress Marie Feodorovna. who I ave been staying at the Villa Hvidore, surprised the workers by driving into the yard of the Tuborg Brewery accompanied King Frederick. King George of thp Hellenes, the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, Princess Victoria, and seve! T.

i i i XJtknizn primes aiiu pi i nc Queen had given a luncheon party, air" Afterwards proposed the visit to the brewery, which was with enthusiasm. The Queen and hr guests pent two hours in a tour of investigation, watching all the processe- browing. They talked freely with the vorkeis And the work-girls, asking as to their wages, the conditions of work and other matters. At the end of the visit the Queen climbed to the roof of the brewery, 110 feet high, whence a picturesque view of the Villa Hvidore .3 had, and there her Majesty requested that lager beer should be served to her guests. In a con versa Lion with the manager the Queen thanked for the splendid gift if "convalescence beer," which the brewery sent for the use of the English troops during the Boer war.

She accepted souvenirs of the visit, and the party drove off amid the plaudits of the workers. When, later. Queen Alexandra visited the greenhouse in the park of her VH.a Hvidore, she found the gardener out, and therefore went to his house in a corner of the park, in order to ask abDut some plants. The gardener was not at home, but his wife invited the Queen lo enter till she summoned him. The Queen want inside, and after a close inspection of the dwelling expressed ner great surprise at the sma! and uncomfortable rooms.

The tueen left shortly afterward, but returned in an hour with her sister, the Empress Marie Fodorovna, and the architect of the villa. To the architect her Majesty said that he had to make plans as soon as possible for more comfortable rooms, enlarging the small building so that the gardener end his family might have a proper home during the wintfrr. "I dare say exclaimed the Queen, when leaving, "that the rooms at Hvidore are not very large, but these, again, are too small." Next day build, ers began to enlarge the house. WANT CENSORSHIP ABOLISHED English Dramatists, Novelists and Critics Appeal to Premier. (Special Cable to the Sunday News.) LONDON, Nov.

2. A petition signed by a number of the most prominent dramatists, novel in and critics of England, for th-abolition of the office of the censor of will be presented to the prime minister in about a month's time. Already the document bars the signature, I of some ef the mo3t distinguished names in 1 tb literary world. The matter, which ban been simmering for months past, has been brought to a head by the continued baft Maeterlinck's 'Monna Vanna," and Edward plsy, "The Breaking Point." which wa intended lor the Hay ma net Theater. The signatories wib it particularly to be understood that they are animated by no feeling Mint Mr.

Red ford personally, their con. tpfltiefl being and this la the whole point of the ttratter that no such censorship is n-rclsed ia any other department of art. DOUBLE FEE ON SUNDAY. (8pcial Cable to the Sunday Nwe PARIS, Not. 3.

The doctors of Ptrts hive derided that beginning next year Sunday viKlia to patients shall be treated as night visit with double charges. The onlv eicpn. tion will be vlalta to patients already under treatmelt Dr. Leredde; who Initiated this mevemeat secure sunaay a oit or rest. ay that be Is quite certain that Parislnos win very ooa get used to the chanre.

uM- "Our new rule are intended to free us from B-vaiwa tiiits. ir patient Know tost they WUI enarzed double for m. linrtnr'm on Sunday they will, unless they are really in. ivifm irpoi wv uq lug ior us until the ni aay. Most Expensive Tower Ever Erected Candle Power Light Gleams Every Five Seconds.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Great Britain's is Given Splendid Reception in Cop- enhagen. A PRETTY GIRL AS Gives Pedigree Dating From Eight Hundred Years Before Christian Era Her Victims Are Many. (Special Cable to the Sunday News.) LONDON, Net. 2.

An extraordinary story of a naval pensioner pretty daughter, woo masqueraded as an Italian prince, with a pedigree dating from B. C. 800, was told at Van Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, yesterday. James Douglas, aged84, a naval pensioner, and bis wife and daughter were charged with obtaining goods from a number of tradesmen at Malvern by falsa pretenses. It was stated that the daughter posed a a wealthy Italian prince living in retirement.

In communications to tradesmen, ordering goods or postponing payment, it was statrd that the "prince" bad immensely valuable properties in alt parts of the world, that be paid a million sterling per annum to the Vatican, and that he kept 15 grooms. The earthquake in Jamaica was in on case made the excuse for postponing payment. The mother acted as vaiei. and hcasehseper to the "prince." The Jury recommended the old man to mercy, and he was given the nominal sentence of one day's imprisonment. The two women were sentenced to three months' hard labor.

GERMANS WILL TRY TO THE FLEET Irish Shipbuilders Given Con tract to Construct Monster Ocean Greyhound To Be a Floating Palace (Special Cable to the Sunday News.) HAMBURG. Nov. 2. The new transatlantic liner to be built by Harland Wolff, of Belfast, Ireland, for the Hamburg-American Steamship Company as a rival to the Lusi-tanla. Is to be called tbe Europa.

It Is probable that tbe Europa will be the last German liner constructed in a British yard. The large German shipbuilding companies are extending their yards as rapiuly as possible, in order to be able to accept contracts for vessels of tbe largest size. The Europa will not be completed for two years. She is to be 00 feet long, feet beam, and of 48,000 tons. She will be fitted with turbines and reciprocating engines.

Her cabins and saloons will be fitted in the most luxurious manner, and Include the latest improvements. Every effort will be made by the Hamburg-American Company to recover the "blue of the Atlantic. I Tbe contract for a sister ship to the Europa' building Company, which is constructing gill ajyfc "bipbuilding yards, i ummaieijr U9 flTU LU IDS U1CSO SDlD- feet, a breadth of S8 feet and is of 32,600 tone. i uBiiniiia nil it iriiKin over an or 785 piupiieu oy arsons mmine engines. iV11tt fsv sr VAJUlly VyOniGSSGS LO Coolly Confesses the Sunday Xw.) onder among the villagers.

The body i "I a 1 MASQUERADES BEAT I painful sensation has been created here by the discovery of the desecration ol the grave or ex-rresiuent jvi ugci Pretoria Cemetery. The white marble bust of the ex-President had been torn from Its granite Kti aa and n-aa lvner ntl (tfl fftre S. Yard away from the foot of the grave. Tha snouiaers sire cnoppeu uuu mo nvo broken. Tl.o tnmtiotnna nf tha BTflndchtld Of the ex-President, which was In the same plot, was slightly damaged, a statuette of an angel, which stood at the head of the grave, being knocked from its peaestai.

ine iww graves were also disturbed. nn Katlvail that tho art W83 one of racial vindlctiveness. The circumstances seem to point to an attempted theft of the bust, which it was probably intended to retain pending the oner oi a. rewmu 101 1 -1 conjectured that the figure on the, child's tomb was knocked over whl.a the Uesecrator or desecrators were endeavoring to remove the bust of Mr. Kruger, which Is very heavy.

Since the desecration of the grave of Prince Christian Victor, In September. 1904- the police have been accustomed ntrhtw tn thn eraves of the ex-President and the Prince. The whole macninery ot ine jiui.c has been set In motion to discover tnft authors of the outrage. GEMS OF A SULTAN IN A Guarded Day and Night in Vault Beneath Street of the City Ready for Shipment LONDON, Nov. 2.

Locked up in the vaults of a bank near Charing Crcee, a portion of the crown jewels and the personal Jewelry ot the Sultan of Morocco, valued at 15,000,000, are guarded night and day. The valuables occupy a space less thaa the size of a buehel basket, and lie about 30 feet belotthe-Jftvet-nfyth strand. Not faraway. In tbe same vault, are several million pounde" worth of "unclaimed Jewelry, some of which was depoeited there during the French revolution. French people, fearing betr.g robbed during the Reign of Terror, eecretly conveyed their possesions to London, and a.

vast quantity has been left uncalled The bank authorities have failed in every effort to locate the original owners' heirs. It is learned that an offer of $1,250,000 ae a loan on the Sultan's Jewelry has been made, but tbe Sultan is anxioua to "raiae" much more than this to pay bis arntfy and obtain enough, to meet the ransom demanded by Raisull for the release of Kald Maclean. Kaid Maclean has for many years been tbe agent In Morocco for the bank which now bas charge of the Jewels, and tn former years he was often seen In hi Moroccan attire making hk way along tbe Strand to the bank. Tbe etory is told that he once brought to London a large quantity of gold Ingots. When the officials arrived at the hotel to convey them to the baak tbey were entertained with a selection cm the bagpipes by the kald bimcelf.

The Sultan's valuables are kept In readiness to be taken to any continental eapltsl In case a prospective lender desires to in- soect them, Henry Slmmonda, who, with staff of armed detectives, brought them to London, will probably act as custodian during the trip. THE PEOPLE tbe Sunday News.T Is built came from the quarries in Cornwall. Altogether. 2074 stones were worked Into the structure, ranging from one and three-quarter tons apiece in weight and representing a total weight of 4300 tons. To keep out the storm the keepers can close the heavy teak door and let down over a heavy gun-metal casing.

The laying of the lowest course was frequently delayed owing to the rough weather experienced, but whenever the weather was fine excellent progress wag maintained, the greatest number of stones laid In connection with the lowest courses in a single day being 22. It took exactly four years to com plete the tower from the setting of the -first stone. A humorous Incident occurred In connection with the fitting up of the oil pipes. A plumber went off from the mainland to carry out this part of the construction, but he became so frightened after his first day on the rock by the wlldness and loneliness of the situation that notnlng could Induce' him to remain, and he was accordingly taken off by the lifeboat. POWER Of THE LANTERN.

The lanter which caps the masonry (Special Cable to QUEENSTOWX, Nov. 2. The new lighthouse just completed on the Fast-net rock, a smalt pinnacle off the southeast corner of the coast of Ireland, and familiar to Americana as the first part of Erin they see on the eastward voyage and the last on the westward, i not only the latest example of lighthouse construction on a wave- but the most expensive tower ever erected, having cost no less than (420,000. It has been built by the Irish Lights Board, and is one of the most important beacons on our coasts. The rock lies in the direct route for Atlantic shipping passing the south of Ireland and is thus a danger which it is of the utmost importance to light adequately.

The new lighthouse displaces he old cast-iron tower. This latter was 91 feet high and stood on the summit ef the rock. It was not long, however, before It was discovered that the caat-Iron tower was not stable enough to withstand the severe buffetlngs of the waves to which the rock Is subjected The Fastnet Is exposed to' the full" fury of the Atlantic during south and northwest gales. The waves often dashea over the top of the lantern 173 leet above the normal level of the sea. On one occasion a full cup of coffee stand ing on the table in the top room was thrown to the floor when a heavy wave thundered against the rock and sub merged the towr.

Under this continual pounding large masses of rock were dislodged from the pinnacle, un dermining the tower. From time to time this erosion was repaired until at last Mr. Douglass decided to replace the structure by a modern one of stone. The granite of a which the lighthouse Famous Boer Leader's Grave Has Been Mysteriously Desecrated. STREEf MUSIC BARRED.

Novel Method to Put Stop to Murders and Suicides- (Special Cable to the Sunday 'News.) BERLIN, Nov. 2 The municipality of Leipzig bas issued an order prohibition; street music. This applies not only to barrel organs and street musicians in general, but to grapbo-p bones, pianos and otber instruments played indoors with open windows. The Tageblatt wnaarks that by the enforcement of thte measure tbe authorities hope to lassen tbe number of suicides and mur dera' which occur daily. STALKING A POACHER.

Pursuit End in Death of Pursued a- and Gamekeeper. (Special Cable to tbe Sunday News.) VIEN NA. Not. 2. Count' Joeeph Sinlern and one of hto gamekeepers Holik were yesterday deer stalking on tbe count's estate, near Holeschau, Moraria, when ibey met with a poacher.

Tbe count attempted to eelze tbe man, who, however, fired at him and then fled. The count and Holik then began to stalk tbe poacher, finally carae up with Holik and the poacher raided their guns and fired at the same moment. The gamekeeper was shot through tbe heart, and the poacher received a bullet In tbe lungs, which also proved Instantly fatal. BOER SEAL NOT FOR SALE. British Colonial Office Boy's Claim to Relic of Republic? LONDON.

Nov. 2. The sale of the seal of tbe late South African repuouc. wntcn waa included in Messrs. Knight.

Prank Rutley'e auction '1st for today, has been withdrawn at tbe request of tbe Colonial Office. The Colonial Office has raised the question whether the ownership of the seal hr sot pa? Red to the crown on the annexation of the Transvaal state. The seal waa sent to this country by a quartermaster flergeant, who obtained it from a oer, who waa in the act of burying it; 48 HOURS IN A TREE. Two Men Climb it to Escape a Torrent of Burning Lava. V.

ROME, Nov. 2. Henry Qolfy. an English tourist, and a French companion named Annand Deysol were yesterday on their way back to Reslna after climbing to the crater of i Vesuvius when they were overtaken by a torrent of lava. I They cU robed a tree, and bad to remain mere ior 4 nours neiore tney could make tbetr escape.

NAMED BY A A i SUry Evaryon. Should Real Half a century ago, Rev. Tr, John O'Brien of Lowell. through overwork and exposure became seriously run down. A cold and stubborn cough and lung trouble threatened his life.

An eminent specialist gave Father John, as he was fondly called, a prescription to cure the cold and remove the lung trouble as well as to bulid up and strengthen the body. The clergyman began to Improve at once, the cough disappeared and his lungs heiled. It corrected his digestion, made new tissue and Father John was soon restored to his former health and strength. Father John recommended the medicine to his parishioners and friends and because of its merits it became the family remedy in thousands of homes, and became known as "Father John's Medicine," having been so tower is of the very latest pattern by. nats arroroing a ludicrous con-Chance, of Birmingham.

It Is of the trast wIth their "hite- flowing robes, dioptric type, and the light is derived But the'. on thelr sid als looked from a series of Incandescent burners, 1 curiously at the Swiss guards, In their gfvlng-a, power of 1200 candles. red yelloy and black costumes, and at The power of the rays thrown from th other Ppal uniforms, which are the 1200 candle power burners is In-1 unlike any they have seen In Europe tenslfled by the lenses to some 760,000 i The pPe m09t Spacious, and sent Special Cable to the Sunday News.) DRESDEN, Nov. 2. The Dresden Journals publish an open letter to King Frederick Augustus of Saxony, -signed by a great number of person who were formerly in favor of the-.

ex-prlncess, now Mme. Tosellt. The following isfl an extract from that letter: "If the Pope will not break the mar- rta era xr Vi I rsitim hava nrtnltlloH mll'a a sacrifice for your country and people, who are Indlssolubly bound to you. Enter, the Evangellcar Church of your country. All obstacles will then disappear, and you will be able to give a queen to your people.

The Prince August us of Saxony became a Roman Catholic to obtain a crown. Do you' now make a sacrifice? Abandon Rome and give your people a mother." A great sensation prevails throughout Saxony, WORE SILK HATS AND LONG WHITE ROBES. Abyssinian Mixture o-African and European Fashion Causes Sensation at the Vatican. (Special Cable to the Sunday News.) ROME, Nov. 2, Quite a sensation was caused at the Vatican by the audience that the Pope gave to the Abyssinian Commission which has been traveling about Europe.

The envoys went to see the pontiff, to thank him for the presents which he sent to the Negus, and probably also because most persons of importance do see the Pope. They were received with great pomp by the Swiss and noble guards and the gentlemen of the papal court, who looked with Interest at the curious mixture of African and European costumes which they wore, their tall many messages lo the Ethiopian sov ereign. lUlinilLIIULULII IN A SUGAR German Nobility Becoming Quite Commercial Brew-series and Potteries Being Purchased. (Special Cable to the 8undy Newt.) BERLIN', Nov. 3 The German Emperor has again shown keen interest in commercial enterprise by Investing $16,250 in a sugar refinery at Fried rich -stahl, near Pyrin.

The refinery belongs to a private company. In which the Emperor Is now one of the principal shareholders. The Kaiser, as well as several promi nent German notables, la prominently Identified with commercial enterprises. The Emperor possesses extensive pot tery works on his estate at Cadinen, In Prussia, and exquisite productions of these factories are sold at the Berlin branch of the business, known as the Hohenrollern Stores. Prince Christian Hohenlohe, owns an oatmeal factory, a factory for the manufacture of corsets and a bakery, which produces "Hnhensollern cakes." Prince Egon Fuerstenberg owns larqre breweries, while Prince Guido Donners-marck.

a wealthy Sileeiaa magnate, conducts A silk factory. RECIPE RECOMMENDED TO OLD FOLKS WHO SUFFER will retain all his worldly beiongiogR. Mulal Hafld, the pretender, compelled btm to undertake bis present misrion, which he now bitterly regrete. It was, however, a matter of life and deatb. Had be refund hi would undoubtedly have been executed, and perhaps tortured as well.

Boitbeker Ben Shentouf added that he foresaw trouble when he began hie journey. Grief and Hard lieved to be Times Be Prevailing Cause of Many Crimes. Some Pathetic Cases, (Special Cable to the Sunday News.) PARIS, Nov. 2. One of those periodical epidemics of suicide common to most big cities seem to be pervading Paris just now.

A case reported to the authorities from the Rue de Berri is not without Its pathetic side. In this street John Joseph Calmels. formerly In the police force, had recently opened a coal factor's business. Quite recently the coal merchant's lit tle three-vear-old son was suddenly carried off with meningitis. Then, last night, the old gamekeeper succumbed to an attack of infectious pneumonia This second death in the family quite unhinged Calmels' mind, and while his wife was out yesterday morning he blew out hW brains.

From the suburb of Columbus a cast of double suicide Is reported, A re tired chemist named Bessandes. 66 years old, had for some time been living with a youna: widow some 30 years his Junior. Hard times had recently overtaken the couple, and they resolved to die- together. On Monday evening, after writ- 1 th )pttfrn nmlnmarv to aiih nr- 1 casions. they both swallowed a quantity I of aconite, and to hasten Its effects cavil ivn ufna-iu uvt-i inji.i.tiuii of morphine.

One of M. Bessandes friends, receiving a letter the following morning, announcing his intention to take his life, hastened to find the police commissary. and together they went to the chemist's residence and broke open the door. Tbe woman was already quite dead, but M. Bessandes, though unconscious, was still living, and was taken to the have a fatal effect.

THAI KEARLY CHARGE PACK. LONDON. Nov. 2. George FltzwiHiam'e hound bare had a narow escape of annihilation at ThranstPn.

Tbey were hunting at Denford Ash. and one pub tooit them acrw the London and Nortbwf(rn Railway line. The driver of the train pulled an Jut la ttme to ae the nark, after a thrilling experience for la fcUfiumaa asd whips. How the Kidneys Weaken With Trud fvi and Full of Hamas Interest STUCK HAIRPINS IN THE BRAINS OF MANY BABIES Age and Gives Simple Prescription For Relief to Mix at Home. candle power.

The light Is brilliantly white, closely resembling the beam projected from an electric searchlight, the duration of the flash being three twenty-fifths of a second. ture the remedy for Rheumatism, because of Its positive action upon the eliminative tissues of the kidneys. It compels these most vital organs to filter from the blood and system the waste impurities and uric acid which are te cause of rheumatism. It cleanses the kidneys, strengthens them and removes quickly such symptoms as backache, blood disorders, bladder weakness, frequent urination, painful scalding and discolored urine. It acts as a powerful stimulant to the entire kidney and bladder structure, puts new life into them and invigorates the entire tract.

It makes the kidneys clean the blood. The dandelion will take care of liver trouble and constipation, and Is fine for the stomach. Those who suffer and are accustomed to purchase a bottle of patent medicine should not let a little inconvenience Interfere with making up this prescription. Wherever this beeomfs generally known, states a large Eastern publication, it ruins the sale of the patent medicines and so-called rheumatism and kidney cures, which its beat endorsement of virtue. Orirl of Fourteen the Murder of Six Infants-, Disliked Crying.

This is a message that will bring happiness- again Into many families and sunshine into the lives of huun- dreds of disheartened and discouraged men and women here. It requires Just a little Inconvenience, for it can't be bought already prepared. It is a simple home recipe now being made known in all the larger cities through the nepapers. It is intended to check the mftny cases of rheumatism, kidney and bladder trouble which have made so many cripples and Invalids and weaklings of some of our brightest and strongest people. The druggists here have been notified to supply themselves with the Ingredients, and the sufferer will have no obtain The prescription is as follows: Fluid Extract Pen-delton, one-half ounce; Compound Kar-gon, one ounce, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three oundes.

Mix by shaking well In a bottle. The dose Is one teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. Recent experiments, even In severe hospiial cases, prove this simple mix was narrowly and it was Beaujon Hospital, where it is thought discovered that a strong needle of some pow'ble that he may recover. M. Bes-kind had been forced through the soft eendes was a victim of the morphine skull Into tbe brain.

habit, and the continuous use of the Suspicion at once rested on Ida I drug had so injured him that the tnjec-Schnell. At first she denied all knowl- tions he took on Monday night did not UsSl alT wMHPe0Ple' Wft John'. approva) o' Fathef T-nV Pnunl and Consumption and make flesh and strength if taken faithfully. It is not patent medic ne and does not contain alcohol 525,000.00 As a guarantee that the story of Fa-her John's Medicine is absolutely true, the sum of will be given to any charitabie Institution If it can shown otherwise. (Special pable te BERLIN.

Nov. 2. Ida Bchnell, a servant girl of Munich, has been arrested, charged with murdering at various times six infants committed to her care in a peculiarly revolting manner. Miss Shneil Is not yet 14, but Is described as being big for her age and rrntaliy dull and Her crimes hve ail befn committed Inside of six months. All were carried out in the 3Te fashion.

i ntll a few days go she was a Hhit-rfrn'e maid with A farmer named Rich fn Ampermoching. Bichiers infant nn died suddenly. As he was a healthy child bis death caused some edge of the crime, but at last confessed to have stuck her hairpin Into the child's skuit and to have kfpt on at this until the child ceased to cry. She could not, she said, bear to hear Infants cry, and quieted them In this way. Bhe then confused that she had tratd five other babies in the same manner.

The crown has ordered their bodies to be exhumed..

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