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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15

any vehicle through the supposed thor
onghfarc. On Rosemary lane, off Petit
coat lane, is the Rag Fair, u build
ing OF pretty good size. which serves as
an exchange for the ''old clio" men and
collectors of junk and refuse on the one
side and the secondhand dealers on the
other The collectors pay one penny
apiece for the privilege OF the floor and
there dispose of their seemingly value
less stock in trade. But even they are
better oil than most Of the wretched
Whitechapelites, TO whom shilling is "A
lind and guinea fortune. Hun
dreds, nay, perhaps thousands, OF the
men are altogether, or in part. support
cd by tho fallen women. If they see n
chance TO pick pocket or turn IAN
honest penny" in some like way they do
it. II they don't they are for the nOnce
honest. The big criminals. forgers.
safc-cracksmen and the like are not OF
them, but they know each other The
code OF signs something like the deaf
and dumb alpbabet-makes them nc
qnainted with one another, even i'm the
various prisons of London, where every
prisoner must wear "a cloth mask over
his face and is prevented from holding
any verbal communication with other
prisoners or visitors. Should n "big
'unn get in trouble aud manage 10 land
himself in Whitechapel his escape is
practically assured. In the first place
the universal abomination of the police,
the fellow-feeling, rs il were, makes
them all akin. And the intimation that
"the hobbies are arter me" makes every
resident friend.
Then comes in the supplemental adj
vantage of the labyrinth OF by-ways and
.crevices in the cluster of houses, digni-
fed by the title OF lanes, streets aud the
like. just picture IL for yourself. I'm
agine half dozen main roads i'm dis
trict nearly two miles i'm diameter.
Fancy two or three scores OF small
streets crossing them, thrice as many
narrow alleys branching off from these
in oil sorts OF circuitous ways and hun
dreds OF mere lanes between the build
ings and yards springing from the ALLEYS.
winding in and out and crossing and re-
crossing each other. Then rejecting
that the outer doors Of the rookeries
arc never locked, that n fugitive can
dash into hallway, scamper through
IL, cut into an alley in the rear, scale "A
fence after "A few steps and repeat the
process ad inilnitum aud also weigh the
fact that every man he meets will as
sist him and do his best 90 battle his pur.
sucrs, and you can get an iden OF the
probabilities Of police officer there
catching his man.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15

"
The trial OF Ed Chamberlain, at Logans-
port, Ind. for the murder OF Ida Witienoerg
was abruptly terminated Monday by the
suicide OF the prisoner, who hanged himself
Ia bis cell at about a. m. His body was
found at Ga. m. hanging from the highest
horizontal bar Of the cell door. The suicide
had used for rope a piece OF bcd-ticking
scarcely yard long, yet he he'd been obliged
to draw up his feet and hold them with his
hands In order 10 stranglc % DEATH
The tragedy aroused much excitement In
that city, and several thousand people viewed
the body az the undertakers. The mother
OF the prisoner Is almost crazed with grief.
Chamberlain had attempted 10 commit suicide
before, first by refusing food In the Michigan
clty penitentiary and again few DAYS ago In
jail there by lancing his ankle. The body
Will be taken 10 Reynolds for intcrment.
That yillagcis reported 10 be greatly excited.
Ed Chamberlain was about "a wears old.
According TO his own statement he shot Miss
Wittenberg because she had "irritatedr him.
On the night of the murder--April 1.-THE
girl, escorted by John Murray and Others.
including Chamberlain. attended a concert
rehearsal at the home OF DIR. Deizell IA Roy-
nolds. Before the rehearsal ended Chamber
lain left the house In anger. Marray escorted
Miss Wittcnberg TO her home and left her in
front OF the house. As the girl went TO the
rear of the building 10 enter IT, Chamberlain.
who was lurking In tho shadows, seized her
His victim broke away from him and called
Tor Murray, whereupon Chamberlain shot
her. the ball entering her mouth and wound
ing her fatally. Chamberlain, hearing MUIR
ray coming To the rescue, fed, and, a. he
mounted the fence. shot az Murray ineffect.
ually. Miss Wittenberg fingered days and
died.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15

abandoned than themselves. The civil
power wax unable TO keep order in a
district swarming with such Inhabitants:
and thus Whitefriars became the favor-
tie resort OF all who wished TO be eman-
cipated from the restraints OF law. Al
the cry OF "rcscue" bullies with swords
and cudgeIs and termagant bags with
spits and broom-sticks poured forth by
the hundreds, and the intruder WAS for
tunate il he escaped back into Fleet
street hustled, stripped and bumped up
on. Even the warrant of the Chief JUS
tice OF England could not be executed
without the help OF company OF mus
keteers."
What was description On yyln,erriars
in the olden times is almost descrip-
ton OF the Whitechapel O ( to-day. To
be sure, the lawless inhabitants Of
Whitefriars were supposed to- have a
sort Of traditional immunity from ar
rest which the Whitechapelites have new.
err had. But the almost innumerable
holes and crannies and hooks and dens
Of the latter district offer ample means
of conccalnient, and the common and
mutual hatred Of the officers OF the law
renders every Whitechapelite friend TO
aht bAiiIi hlAtt NitOhi tflt OillttfN AIt
looking. SO that, while there is no
theoretical immunity in Whitechapel
there is an extremely practical immu-
nifty.
The population OF this slum OF slums
IS mainly made up of costermongers,
dock laborers, 'longshoremen, cold clio ="
men, secondhand and third, fourth and
iifth-hand clothing dealers. Junk men,
poor mechanics, laborers, butchers. fall
en- women, thieves, and every variety of
low-grade criminals. A very large ele-
ment Of the population is Of the Jewish
race, but, rs everywhere seems the
case, this class is not given 90 overt
acts OF crime. however, shady its rela-
tions with the criminal class may be.
Many OF the costcrmongers Cor venders)
or sly blokes,' as they call themselves
arc jews The dress of this class is as
peculiar as are the two-wheeled donkey
wagons which the "fiy blokes" employ
i'm their business. The streets are
crowded with their wagons and resound
with their cries. In the narrow lanes
the costermongers' carts, drawn
up by the curbs. forbid the passage OF
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15

our American cities. Mr.. Laurence
Hutton, the literary reviewer of Hur-
pcr's Monthly, and widely known as an
authority on everything connected with
London, tersely sums up the character
istics Of Whitechapcl in the current
number Of Hdrper's, when he saws, i'm
speaking of the East End of London:
ut contains miles upon miles of rows
of houses small, mean and monoton-
ous-occupied by hundreds Of thou
sands of persons who live mean and
monotonous lives, all OF them, like
the houses. after the same model.
Probably there is no such specta-
Gle in the whole world as that of
this immense, neglected, forgotten great
city of the east OF London, as Mr. Bes-
ant, the author, found it half dozen
years ago. IL has little or no history;
no one wants 10 see il for itself or It's as
sociation's sake; no one has any curl
osity about IL or about It's way OF life;
the books upon London, with few excep-
tions. ignore IL altogether, and even It's
own citizens give il or themselves no
serious thought They are sure they
want something, but what that some
thing Is they do not know and they can
not discover
III - III llilN hlhlfltt liitL tine scene OF
"JaclS, the Ripper's" murder-mania is
laid. Perhaps Whitechapel proper is
mile or SO IN diameter. The census of
1857 gives il something like 90, 900 popu-
lation; 200, 900 would probably be good
deal nearer the figures of the present.
And such 100000 il ~ In the first
place the district il situated on the Mid
dlesex bank OF the Thames and is distant
from the West End OF London--the only
section of London that the average
American traveller sees or hears anything
about not less than four or five miles.
What Whitechapcl was 200 years ago il
Is TO all intents and purposes to-day.
The civilizing influences, the tearing
down-and-building-u process 20 bc seen
elsewhere have eXerted but little or no
influence on il. Divers bus lines, 10 be
sure, do penetrate il. And, of course,
the tendency OF modern cosmopolitan
London IS 20 amalgunate its elements,
to draw from one district 10 another and
thus in some degree 90 distribute the
several classes of its population; but
these Influences have not been potent i'm
the locality / ann describing, and thus
the Whtechapel of to-day is the White
chapel of two hundred years ago, grown
bigger and wickeder Other districts OF
London which were once the abode OF
the criminal and degraded classes have
advanced with the progress of civiliza-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15
TWENTY-FIVE CHILDREN.
This IL the Family with which Mr.
and Mrs. Opp VIII Begin
housekeeping.

A romantic marriage took place az Friend
ship, Dearborn County, Ind, sunday. An
thony opp, wealthy and respected old cltl-
zen, who for many years was postmaster UNI
der different Republican administrations, be-
side holding many other local Offices OF inn
portance, concluded, Notwithstanding lac viii
be eighty years old In the spring. 10 get mar
ricd again and ask for the postonIcc back
when Harrison takes his scat. The old gem
tlemcn = the father OF thirteen children. He
selected rs his wife Mrs. Hcffclhelmer. the
mother Of sixteen living children. and who Il
but 81 years OF nge. by uniting their famIl-
lies the couple have now twcnty-ninc chill
dren. foriy-nine grandchildren, and eleven
great grandchildren. The wedding was a
pleasant affair, and many friends hope the
couple will live long enough 10 see their tribe
greatly increased.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15
JANE HADIEGs FORTUNE SWEPT
AWAY
by the Failure or n Paris Banker
she Loses 10000 Francs.

BY the bankruptcy and flight OF Jacques
Meyer, the Parisian banker, Nine. Jane Had
ing, the great French actress now starring IN
this country, Is some 10000 francs poorer
than she was. She had this sum on deposit
with Meyer and his failure will rob her OF
the earnings OF many years. Naturally Mime.
Hading is somewhat depressed, and report
er TO whom she accorded an interview found
her In grave frame ofmind indeed.
Yes" She said, sadly, III have heard Of
the failure. do not like 10 think about II,
as Il makes me unhappy. want something
10 divert my thoughts See, l am about u
take walk TO see your beautiful c.ty, to get
breath OF fresh arr, and 20 drive away the
recollection OF this misfortune"
In spite OF her disinrlinations 20 refer 10
so painful subject the reporter thought Il
proper 10 ask the extent OF her losses.
81 had 10000 francs on deposit with him.
she answered.
"Do YOU count IL total lossg"
"Malheureuscment, ouI," she responded
with sign. "Mr. Meyer was the banquer
OF Paris, kind OF Credit Mobilier, whose
operations were extensive. / suppose he
speculatcd too largely in stocks, although
my money was there on deposit"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15
$4,000 REWARD FOR TAsCoTT.
Mrs. uenrIetta smell Offers the Larg-
est sum Ever Promised for nm
Arrest.

The murder OF Amos j. Smell has been
again revived by the offer OF an additional
reward. wednesday afternoon Mrs. Hem
rietta Smell, the wife OF the murdered mill
lionaire, indicted the following letter, which
was sent to the police department Thurs
"CHICAGo, ILL.,, Dec. 3. 1851, Hem
rictta Smell, widow OF the late Amos,J. Smell,
viii pay $4,000 reward for the arrest and
detention until Identified by the authorities
OF the city OF Chicago. OF William A. Tascott.
the supposed murderer OF my husband.
1.-The above reward Is offered In lieu OF all
other rewards announced by me and Will
hold good for -four 90 months from this date.
All communications 10 he sent 10 George
W. Hubbard, general superintendent OF po-
lice, or 10 Mr.. A. j. Stone, ga West Madison
street, Chicago, Ill.
HENRIETTA SMELL
In the history OF crime this reward IN the
largest amount ever offered for the approhen.
SION OF any one person.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15

Ing dirgcs which followed the body OF enc OF
the victims OF last nights tragedy 70 the
grave. The postoiiire building draped in
mourning addet It's mute appeal Ia the pass
ers-hy. lie military were called upon to
arrest susiih and others implicated In tho
shooting. bnt this was refused. Finally
about nyc o'clock a citizen went before the
justice OF the peace and swore out warrant
for the arrest OF smith aud his deputies ON
the charge OF murder. This was served Nv
the coroner. who found Smith I'm the jaiI.
The coroner took charge Of the JAIL Capt.
Pcyton Bibb, In command Of the Montgoni-
cry Blues, advised that the military take
Smith and Aawes out of jai; and carry them
TO Montgomery for safe Keeping. This was
not accedcd TO. During the afternoon the
rumor became widespread that 100 miners
from Pratt mines. about i've miles from Bir-
minghain, would, after dark. march 10 the
city, armed with guns. pistols, aud dynamite
cartridges. and assault the soldiers, and with
dynamite blow 10 atoms the Jail. That such
nm attempt would be made was expected
even by the military, though a successful
finale was not anticipated.
Chief OF Police Pichsrd said: ~ don't see
how wecould have done any thing else under
the circumstances, but never regretted any
thing In my life so much as did the unfOr-
iunate necessity. We repeatedly warned them
10 keep back, aud told them we would shoot
IL they continued 10 advance. 1 was inside
the Jail aud heard q shot fired on the outside
before sheriff smith gave the order fire.
do not know who fired this shot, whether
some one In the crowd or one OF the officers,
as | was IN position where could not see
the fash. am not used 90 crying hut when
the terrible affair was over | cried like a baby
i could not help IT,"
The latest advires from Birmingham, Ala,
are 10 the effect that the authorities are In
complete possession OF the city and there l.
little likelihood OF another outbreak. One 10
the most striking scenes during the disturb
ance was witnessed ut an early hour this
morning when Mayor Thompson was adj
dressing the mob at one point, pleading with
citizens 10 disperse, while less tnan hundred
yards away other men harrangucd the excited
gathering fayoring another attack on the Jail.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15
SENT THREATENING LETTERS.
Gov. 0giesby o. la Receipt or Many
Coneerning the Ifronek ense.

Since the conviction OF IIronck the Chlca-
60 Anarchist each mail at tho Illinois state
Capitol brings threatening letters To the
Governor OF a character similar 10 those re.
celyed during the time the petitions for The
lives OF spies, Lingg, aud the other Anar-
chists We're pending before his Exccllency.
The letters not only como from Chicago but
from elite, IN the East, and are ANONYMOUS.
The Governor j. not In the least alarmed by
the receipt OF the letters, and they arc fled
away with tho ones sent little over n year
ago, newspaper correspondents being refused
the privilege Of pcrlislng them.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15
IOWA livestock Men In counesI,

The State Improved Stock-Breeders' As
ISOLATION opened It's fifteenth annual session
at Iowa City, Ia, "Wednesday with large
attendance. President John McIugh ~
Howard county, in his annual address paid
his respects 90 the s0-callcd drtsscd-bpcf
monopoly, and spoke OF the necessity Of
Keeping up tho fight for legislation against
plenro-pneinnonin The State Sh0rt-Iloru
convention, the State Jersey convention. ANIL
the state swine breeders convention were
held here this morning. The Short-IIorn
men elected James y. Wilson OF Talna
County President for the coming year, and
The Jersey men reelected for President Levi
Robinson Of Iowa City.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15

ton and changed with their very nature.
Two centuries or so ago Whitefriars was
one OF the worst, IL not the worst, dis
tricts IN London Macaulay in his his
tory says:
ION the confines OF the city and tenn
pie bad been founded, In tho thirteenth
century, house Of Carmelite friars dis
tinguished by their white hoods whence
came tho name Of the districtl. The
precinct Of this house had, before the
Reformation, hocn n sanctuary for Grim
mails, and still retained the privilege Of
protecting debtors from arrest Insolv-
ents consequently were TO be found In
every dwelling from cellar 20 garrett.
OF these a large proportion were
knaves and libertines, and were fol-
lowed TO thoir asylum by women more
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-15
WHITECHAPEL.


A Few Points About the Locality Where
Jack the Ripper Does His
Bloody. Work.
In all America there is no such local
ity nor even an approach TO such local
ity as is the scene OF the Whitechapel
horrors. The most wretched, the most
degraded quarter Of the largest OF our
cities does not even approximate the
squalor and wretchedness OF the White
chapel district. IL is the very cesspool
OF London-London, with all its 5,000,-
and pauper districts, any one of which
equals in size and population most OF
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-22
Reducing and Increasing Weight.

Few people have the eyac: weight that
perfect standard would require, and while
some are seeking to reduce too redundant
proportions, others are striving equally hard
to clothe their bony frames with comfor;a-
bic covering OF flesh. Each class will be m
terested in one or the other Of the following
lists from medical classics:
To reduce weight Eat TO the extent Of sat
isfyiug a natural appetite Of lean meat,
poultry, game. eggs, milk moderately, green
vegetables, turnips, succulent fruits, tea or
coffee Drink lime juice. lemonade and acid
drinks Avoid fat, butter, cream. sugar.
pastry, rice, sago. tapioca, corn starch, pota-
toes, carrots, beets pafsuips and sweet wines
Esorcise freely
TO increase weight, Eat 70. the extent OF
satisfying a natural appetite Of fat meats,
butter. cream. milk. cocoa, chocolate bread,
potatoes. peas. parsnips. carrots, heets, tati-
naceous foods. rs Indian corn, rice. taploca,
~ago. consfarch, pastry, custards, oat meal
sugar. sweo. wines and ale. Avoid acids.
Exercise as LITTLE as possible; sleep all You
can and don; worry or fret.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-22
Indic-, Eccrn:ions.

As the season of the receptions, dinners,
lunches aud teas begns, 10 becomes qucs-
ton Of importance which mode % choose.
As defsoi b. good housekeeping, lunches are
vel sltcd % the entertainment Of ladies,
dinners 70 that of gentlemen and their wives,
while any form Of dancing party well re-
pays lay0rs shown % young daughter or IS
pleasant compliment ~ offer ter gues, or
the guest Of her friend
Teas are delightfully."- s)cia! affairs and
especially suitable whore ladies' alone are 20
D. asked. Us they may take place 40 hours
when-except in our larger citles-wc may
pre-sunpose th-t gentlemen are occupied
with business. Where ones social debts are
many. aud afternoon Tea must fail Of It's
greatest charm .afo-maLty-tlr0ug be-
comil- too larse, q reception answers the
puruose exceedingly well.
1t Us take, l.r Example, a ladies recep-
tioI l. may be given during amy part OF
tie afternoon o. early evening hours, but Is
most suitable from four 10 seven 10 Is bet
tcr. II possible. when sending invitations TO
state tic rlrposc as TO meet MIS- A., or
Music, or Reading As the affair lacks
much Of the f.rna.ty o. an evening party,
the Invitations DO not require TO be sent 50
long before hand, though IL is we'll they
should be deliveries several days in advance
and quite ne,essary that al be sent at tue
same time.
The visiting earl Of the hostess, with tho
word, AT Home; Four to Seven and the
date in lower left ,orler and, say, Music"
in the other, the card enclosed in al envelope
Ct same SIC, is the usual farm.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-22
Enemies # the lar.

The car has perhaps no greater enemy nor
one more ~ be- feared than the hairpin, un-
less 10 be It's equally destructive friend the
ear spoon or Gear cleaner So aiiirms DR.
Charles H. Nay in Babyhood, and adds:
These two instruments are often employed
70 remove wax from the car, whether IL be IN
excess or not II may be taken ms safe rule
that whatever wax cannot lie removed by
the little finger, with It's nail closely pared
aud cnyeloped by single Thickness OF
handkerchief or piece Of soft linen, should be
left there or at least not removed 10y the
mother HaIrpins and like domestic instru-
ments often cause damage 10 the ear canal
and even the drum membrane; hemorrhage
from, and wounds OF, various parts of the
organ of hearing are not infrequently met
with by the aurlst a. q result OF the mothers
resortin- to the use Of thee instruments, and
many an infant and child will be saved pain
aud further ear diseaae If these two domestic
instruments arc abolished from use in the
nursery altogether
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-22

morning, senator and be- viii very slowly
search around IN his pockets for his specta-
Giles. pull them out Of the case wipe them.
laboriously adjust them over his nose and
look YOU all over Tor about thirty-seyen Sec
onds. when be Will say. 50 shortly and sepul-
cbrally as 10 almost startlc You. How are
your
Then, after observing the effect, be win
smile COOL naturally and talk al hight i
need be-
Senator salisbury WIS born 10 Kent
county, Del. Dec -. 1917 lie attended
common aud select schools. and had an rr,g-
ular course at Dickinson college lie studied
law. and was admitted 90 the bar when quite
n young man. lie was elected to the state
legislature in 1913 lie was elected % the
United States senate a. a Democrat g. sue
coed his brother. Willard Saulsbury lie
has teen IA the senate for seventeen years.
His term Of service will expire March 3,
1850
The election Of Republican majority %
the legislature Of Delaware Will give the Re
publicans the election of a successor 20 Mr..
Salisbury IN the United States senate Among
the candidates who have already announced
themselves is Anthony Higghs. He was
born in Red Lion Hundred, Newcastle county,
Del, oct. T.. 1871. lie received the usual
common school education after which be-