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LIKE JACK THE RIPPER.
"A Woman Horribly Mutilated and Her
Alleged Assailant Arrested.

The body of Mrs. Annie Borden, q colored
widow was found shockingly mutilated on the
floor of her house in IIllville. N. j., yesteIda
morning. The floor of the widows house was
literally covered with blood, and there was
every evidence of terrific struggle. The
woman was covered with blood from head to
foot; her clothing was torn almost wholly from
her person and hung in tatters. Coroner
Miller was summoned and he took charge of
the case. Medical examination revealed the
fact that the woman had been outrageously
assaulted and in manner rarely recorded in
medical criminal annals. At the inquest
the doctors testified that Mrs. Borden's
wounds were of the most brutal char
acter, her murderer having ripped
open her abdomen with keen knife,
and committed acts that sound like descrip-
tons of Jack the lipper's" work. Police in
vestigation led to the suspicion of dissoute
glass blower named John Knox, who had been
seen to hurredly leave Mrs. Borden's house
about shutdown last night. Blood had also been
noticed on his hands and coat. He was ar
rested late in the afternoon. When brought
before the coroner ne was Just recovering
from a debauch and was scarcely able to talk
lnteiliSibly. Two gUnners who met Knox
Thursday night on q road leading out of town
testified at the coroner's hearing that he had
told them that he had made away with a
id black - who had refused to yield to
his advances" In his own behalf Knox denied
that he had committed the horrible crime
charged against him. and accounted for the
blood on his hands and clothing by saying that
he had cut his hand with piece of glass. The
evidence against him is very strong, however,
ana he was committed to Jail without bail to
await the result OF the coroner's inquest.
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In the picturesque borough of Bristol on the
banks OF the Delaware in the fertile agricultural
ana suburban county or Bucks in Pennsylvania
Is spacious old-tlme mansion associated with
many interesting and some times sad experiences
OF family history. For many years this was
the home Of Benjamin +. Gilkeson. In the
restoration of republican rule the influence OF
MI. Gl!keson In the party councils OF MS native
county gave him a prominent place IN the list
OF those who were to represent Pennsylvania in
the personnel of the new administration. His
| appointment to the responsible post OF
second controller of the Treasury brought
| him to Washington, and comfortable
residence in the West End is Row has Washing
| ton home.
| Miss Helen E. Pike. who left her native city
| of Philadelphia with her parents when a child.
was one OF the brightest young girls of Bristol.
| Her school days and the pleasurable expe-
| riences of her young ladyhood, her courtship
| and marriage. were all associated with Bristol.
Samuel Pike, her father. was the leading hard
| ware merchant of the borough and in a rich
! and densely populated county like Bucks nGtu-
| rally carried on a large trade with the farmers
| OF that entire region. The Pixies came origi-
nally from Vermont. Evalina DUNCAN, her
mother, was of family of irish Quakers who
had lived In the suburban districts OF Phila-
delphia for many years.
In 1874 Helen E. Pike. one of the borough
bellies, and Benz amin +. Gilkeson, an exceed
lngiy handsome. young and able lawyer at the
/
the events of the borough. The Gilkesons
were old Church of England and Quaker stock
OF the days of the Penns. The groom, there
fore, was widely known and popular. The
bridal couple therefore received quite an ova-
ton from the old and young among their fell
low-townspeople and neighbours.
Mrs. Gilkeson, during the fifteen years of
her married life at Bristol mingled in the best
society OF that aristocratic and conservative
community. She is woman of medium
stature with refined features and an exceed
lngly bright black eye and luxuriant hair. In
her manners she is reserved and gentle, but in
conversation displays sufficient animation to be
pleasing. Mr.. and Mrs. GIlkesOn have a very
interesting family. Helen, the eldest, is i'll her
teens and well advanced i'll her finishing studies
at one of the fashionable schools OF the capital.
Frank Is student i'll the preparatory depart
ment of Columbian college. and Ethel has made
much progress in the preliminary branches of
young lady's education. The death of Mrs
GIlkesons mother about six months ago at the
Bristol home will keep this interesting house
hold in seclusion from the social gayeties OF
the season. Deb. IL.
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Among the most interesting members of this
group of new figures i'll the social life of the
republican Administrations Mrs. Laura Brooks
Bell. the wife OF Mr.. J. Lowne Bell, the gem
eral superintendent of the railway mail service
OF the United States. Mrs. Bell Is the daughter
OF one of the most eminent electricians in the
United States. Her father, David Brooks, was
the contemporary of Morse and that chosen
circle of scientists who gave the theoretical
knowledge of the mysterious agencies of the
subtle fluid utilitaTan turn by Harvesting il
to the uses of man. The Brooks system OF over
head insulation was one OF the great steps
which made the electric telegraph perfect
success. The Brooks system of underground
insulation was another stride to meet the re-
quirements OF public sentiment. These valua-
BILE patents are now IN use by that great electric
Geographic service, the Western Union COM
pany. of which Mr.. Brooks Is still one of the
most active members on the administrative
staff
Mrs. Bell was educated at the most fashiona-
bic institutions for the culture Of young ladies.
In 1874 she became the wife OF Mr. Bell who
was then one of the rising members of the OPP
Grating staff of the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad company. Mr.. Bell was born ia Read
ing. Pa, in 1889, and began life In the hard
ware establishment OF Stchter x Mcknight
From this post he became a railroad clerk in
the Reading company. The exceptional ability
he displayed in railroad affairs led to his pro-
motion to general agent by the time he was
nineteen years of age. His promotion was
then rapid. until ne became general traidc
manager OF the company at $4,000 a year.
In the reorganization OF the company, Mr.
Bell having Withdrawn, he was willing to accept
his present task. The distinguished position
OF Mr.. Bell in the Reading corporation was
adorned by the high social gifts of his queenly
wife. She was a leader in the most select cir
Giles of metropolitan life. and there acquired a
familiarity with social affairs which will make
her even more prominent in the fashionable
enjOyments OF Washington.
Mrs. Bell is woman of stately appearance
and has lovely face. She possesses excep-
tiOnal conversational gifts, supported by fine
education and strong character. The family OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Bell consists of lovely daughter
IN her teens. who. unlike her mother who Is a
striking brunette. is a blonde. The son. Sterl-
ing. named after his uncle. is a manly lad
Mrs. Bell will reside at the Richmond and will
bold drawing rooms during the season.
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q standing at the bar that soon made him its
leader. In 1875 he was appointed United States
attorney for Washington territory, and in this
position, for over ten years, through the ad-
ministrations Of Grant, Hayes and Arthur, he
served with that distinction SO characteristic Of
the man and with success attained by few. if
any, of the United States attorneys during that
period. In 1881 he made the city of Waila Walla
his abiding place, where he has built up what
is probably the most lucrative well as the
most successful practice Of any attorney in east
ern Washington, there scarcely ever being
case Of any prominence or special merit in that
section but that he was engaged therein, and
almost universally successful.
He defeated Charles 3. Voorhees, for Con-
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and to Iowa at nine years of age. The young
people met while plodding along the rugged
road TO knowledge at the same institution.
Having finished their course the young woman
went to her home householdat Fayette and the
Young man entered the army as private. The
loss Of a leg did not deter him from taking the
colonelcy of a regiment as soon as he fully re-
covered In 1866. having been made collector
OF internal revenue, he visited the young lady
of his heart and in the same year, at Fayette,
a bridal ceremony made Miss Fox and Col
Henderson man and wife. The young couple
resided at Iowa City, then the capital and sub
sequently at Cedar Rapids and West Union
in Fayette, and finally IN Dubuque,
where Col. Henderson had made important
professional alliances. TWAS from this district
that he was sent to the Forty-eighth Congress.
During the six years residence other husband at
the capital during the congressional term, Mrs.
Henderson has often Joined him and has par
ticipated in social gayetles IN quiet way
Her husbands wounds III battle have precluded
him from taking a very active part IN society,
and the devoted wife has preferred to surren-
der her own enjoyment of this character by
cheering him at home. Their eldest daughter,
Angie, who spent season IN Washington after
her debut in Dubuque several years ago and
was a great favorite, was married last
summer to Samuel Peaslee, deputy treas
urer Of South Dakota. Miss Isabel a
graduate of a fashionable Washington school
for young ladies, will formally enter society
during the approaching season. she Is very
accomplished girl and will he great fayorlte
Donald Henderson, the only son, is a student
at the military school at Westchester, Pa.
The presence of Mrs. Henderson in Wash
ington for the winter is a source OF great pleas
ure to a large circle of friends who belong to
the less aggressive portion OF the social lie OF
the Representatives families.
The republican restoration and the conse-
quent changes in the personnel Of the bureau
chiefs in the scale OF official precedence has in
troduced into the pOlitico-soclal life OF the
capital new element which will appear In the
polite circles and enliven the fashionable enter
tainments of the season near at hand
In this interesting class among those who VIII
mingle in social intercourse are many Indies OF
social experience and beauty and accomplish
ments, and they have been social queens
in the polite circles OF their home
communities and will play an important
part in making the period of refined
gaieties at the nations capital attractive.
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A Baltimore Boys Mysterious Powers


Louis Hamburger. the sixteen-year-old son
of Philip Hamburger of Hamburger Bros. &
Co., Baltimore, possesses the mysterious power
of making things adhere to his finger tips
merely by contact, having performed such feats
with canes, glass tubes and other articles. A
reporter of the S,us was yesterday given a
seance by the young man at his residence No.
11i9 East Baltimore street. The first expert
ment was to place a number o. pins around the
palm of his hands and on the tips of his fingers.
On holding the palms vertically the pins are
found to drop only after long time. lie next
showed his ability to pick up from the table by
pressing his dry finger tips against il any
highly polished, smooth body, such as pencil
or pen. Much more striking, however, was the
manner in which the pen, held perpendicularly,
would stick to the end OF his fingers.
He touched his finger pads against n glass
tube three-quarters of an inch in diameter. and
they stuck with such force that he pulled
them away from it, one after another, there
was a click. The end of the tube thus raised
was freighted with plaster Paris block, and
on this were gradually piled leaden weights
until 2,450 grams (515 pounds) was reached.
This he was able to raise with open palms and
without much effort. variety of other me-
tallic tubes were held fast in the same manner.
A glass tube, held vertically, adhered very
long to his finger tips. and it required an effort
on the part of the reporter by pulling down.
ward to remove ii.
Prof. WIN. Simon OF the Maryland college of
pharmacy has developed whatever strength
and remarkable powers the young man displays
from the very smallest beginnings. He has
hopes of making him perform yet more wonder
full teats. AT present he is engaged in expert
menting with him in a scientific manner in
order to present the case to the public in
technical journal. He has called the attention
of a number of medical specialists in Baltimore
to the case, and all are at loss to give an ade-
quate explanation. On the 18th instant Mr..
Hamburger, accompanied by his preceptor,
will give an exhibition of his remarkable
powers before the Scientific association of the
Johns Hopkins university,
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first strikes a stranger is an air of keenness
and penetration. This impression is given by
the expression of his eyes and face generally
and by his movements and natural attitudes,
whether standing or i'll his place IN the Senate.
lie Is not II pretty man. but there Is some
thing striking in his appearance. He Is tall
ana lank, rapid IN his movements and always
on the alert. slight stoop in the shoulders
gives him the appearance of eager aiertness,
suggestive of getting there"
When Mr.. Pettigrew first went to Dakota he
walked. and when ne got there he without
penny. He staked out a claim near Sioux
Falls, built a cabin with his own hands and set
to work like man. When he had by hard
work and economy saved 81 ,O00 he invested it
IN quarter section, taking in what Ii now
the heart of Sioux Falls. He had to so II 600
In debt to make the purchase. but he sold lots
to pay off this, and the advance in values gave
him the foundation of a fortune in the lots he
still retained. From that day he became the
leading spirit OF that city. He was the prime
! mover in its development and progress.
Mr.. PettiGrew was born in Ludlow. VT, in
1913. When he was six years old he was taken
to Wisconsin by his family. He grew up on a
| farm without advantages of education, but he
was of fine natural endowment and imbued
with the spirit OF ambition. When he was six
teen years old lie went to college, working his
way through by building fires and doing other
labor to pay for his instruction. Under all the
disadvantages which he labored he stood at the
head of his classes. The death of his father
called him from his studies just before he
graduated. Then he started to win his way in
the world, with but ST Ill his pocket. 1t was
when this was gone that he walked into Sioux
Falls from Sioux City and began his successful
career.
He has held a prominent place in the polit-
lcal as we'll as i'll the business development of
South Dakota. In 1875 he began the practice
of law, having been 4 member of the law class
in the Wisconsin university some six years be-
fore. In 1877 he was elected to the territorial
legislature; again in 1879 he was reelected. and
i'll 1850 he was elected delegate to represent
the territory of Dakota in the House, in which
capacity he was of great service to his section.
SENATOR MOODY.
Mr.. Gideon c. Moody, his colleague, who
drew the shortest term and may so back to the
present legislature to be returned ia also very
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Dickens Letters to His Sons.

From the Literary World.
Here are two letters from Dickens, addressed
to his younger sons on their leaving home, one
for Cambridge, the other for Australia, in
which the fathers heart and the deeper side
of his nature reveal themselves.
''You will remember" he says to both, "that
you have never at home been wearied about
religious observances or mere formalities. You
will therefore understand the better that /
now most solemnly impress upon you the
truth and beauty of the Christian religion, as
it comes from Christ himself, and the i'm
possibility of your going far wrong if you
humbly, but heartily, respect it. Similarly 1
impress upon you the habit OF saying Chris
tan prayer night and morning. These things
have stood by me through my life, and remem-
Der that tried to render the New Testament
Ineligible to- you and lovable to you when
you were mere baby. And so God bless you.
Eyer Your Affectionate Father"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-07

During the spirited race for the gavel of the
popular body of Congress there were five wives
well known in the circle ofthe Representatives,
any one of whom would have adorned the
social environments of the Speaker. One
among this number was MrseHenderson. More
than quarter of a century ago Augusta Fox
and David Il. Henderson were students at the
Upper Iowa university at Fayette. The young
lady was a native OF Ohio. but her father had
removed to Iowa about that time. The young
man. a native of Old Deer. in Scotland,
vent to Illinois with his parents as child
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are men of striking
characteristics who have
won their way to promi-
nence by their energy
an d ability. First
among them, Pettlgrew
of South Dakota. whose
lucky star guided him
to the longest term in
the lottery drawing i'll
the Senate this week. is
best known in a national
way. He is probably
the youngest looking
man in the Senate. He
looks like u way-down
easter with an acquired
western carriage. The
thing abOut him that
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LARGEST EXHIBIT OF ARTISTIC FURNITURE
IN AMERICA

TEN SHOW ROOMS FILLED WITH THE LATEST
PRODUCTIONS OF THE FURNITURE AND UP
HOLSTERY ART FROM THE RECOGNIZED
MANUFACTURING CENTERs OF The WORLD.
Grand Exhibition Of IMPORTED NOVELTIES
suitable for HOLIDAY and WEDDING PRESENTS.
and for Drawing Room and ornAmeutation. st
specially attractive prices.
Visitors to New York cordially invited to call
and examine our stock and prices The central locs
ton of our establishment Csdjoining Eden Musee)
makes it easy Of access from all parts Of the city.
sel9-3tSm.w,s3m
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man, an author and a
shrewd politician of the
higher class. When E.
W. Halford, the Presi-
dents private secretary,
was managing editor of
the Inter Ocean at Chi
cago, Mr.. Pierce was
one of the associate
editors Of that paper.
subsequently he be-
came managing editor.
In 1884 he was the man.
ager of President Ar
thurs campaign before
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advantage of a univer-
si.y education. He first
went TO Washington
territory in 1879. and
five years later was APP
pointed governor by
President Arthur. His
energy has had much
to do with the develop
ment of the state. His
life has been an active
one. At the opening of
the war he entered the
Union army, was soon
mustered out and went
to the study of law. In
fhp foil of 1890 bo paya
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A Family Puzzle.

From the Lewiston Journal.
This is the tiftieth year of ex-Gov. Garcelon's
practice of medicine in Lewiston. Now seventy
six years old, he is constantly at work, driving
from Is to 40 miles every day. His health has
not been quite so good usual this fall, but
his chaise has been seen bobbing over our roads
Just the same. The ex-governor sat down the
other day and figured up how many miles he
had ridden in those fifty years. He found that
he had gone around the globe many times.
His long journey amounted to a trife over
800, 900 miles, 1t further impressed upon the
doctor the fact that he is getting along in
years when he reflects that he has been per-
sonally acquainted with five generations of his
own family, and is now visiting professionally
families in Lewiston whom he has attended for
five generations. What procession he has
seen go on and off the stage.
Over an evening lunch in his cosy home the
other night the ex-governor gave out a conun-
drum. Il am now visiting regularly" said he,
ga family composed of the following relatives,
IL. A..
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~
the age Of nineteen, and
at the close of the war
became the agent of a
grain firm in Minnesota.
He was admitted to the
bar in 1869, and began
the practice of law at
Olympia, Washington
territory. He did not
have such a practice to
start with as would war
rant his refusing a sal
airy of Sl5 per month as
custodian Of the build
ing in which he had his
law Office, but it was not
long before his ability
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-07
Canadians Build New Sealing Vessels.

The Dominion government have still further
advices of the intention of the owners of scaling
vessels in British Columbia to add several more
schooners to their feet for carrying on the seal
fishery in Behring sea next season. G. c.
Gerow is negotiating for the purchase of the
American schooner Mollie Adams, the price to
be paid being in the vicinity of $4,000. The
San Francisco sealing schooner Ada is also
likely to be transferred to Victoria. The
owners of the sealing vessels represent that
they willing to take chances of seizure, as
the business is a profitable one and they can
afford to lose one vessel now and gam and
make a good seasons work
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well known in Washing
ton. He is some eight
cen years older than is
Mr.. Pettigrew and is a
native of New York
state, where he was
born in 1882. He stud
led law at Syracuse, n.
Y, and began practice
in Indiana. He was
elected to the legis-
lature there as a repub-
, lican about the time of
the birth of that party.
He enlisted in the Union
army for the period OF
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the convention, and GILBERT A. PIERCE.
during that year he was appointed territorial
governor of Dakota. He is man some
fifty years old, with high forehead, keen eyes
and strong features. His appearance is that of
intellectual energy and quickness, balanced by
a strong determination. He has written novels
and is a student Of Dickens. His familiarity
with this authors works led to the publication
of his Dickens Dictionary" work of consid-
cradle value.
SENATOR ALLEN.
John d. Allen is native of Indiana. He is
man who has worked his own way through
life and well He became soldier AT
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REpucrros IN PASSENGER RATES ON THE PENN

REDUCTION IN PASSENGER RATES ON THE PENN
syIyASIA RAILRoAD-It is announced by the
passenger depar tment of the Pennsylvania rail-
road company that for the better accommoda-
ton of its patrons the Pennsylvania railroad
company will, on and after Sunday the Sth in
slant, reduce the passenger rates between
Washington, Baltimore and Pittsburg to eight
(Ss) dollars for rst-class tickets and seven I'D
dollars for second class. This reduction in
rates, with the magnificent service which this
road affords, viii undoubtedly meet with favor
ct the hands Of the travelling publia
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this up to re-euter the army at the head of a
company OF sharp shooters, and served in all
the great battles of the army of the Cumber-
land in command of the first battalion of Ohio
sharp shooters. After the war he was agent
FOR the Remington arms in France, Russia,
Turkey. Spain and Mexico.
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NOT A WRECK AFTER ALL.
Fargo Offers sullivan $4,000.

AT meeting of the recently organized
Dempsey athletic club of Fargo last night it
was decided to offer purse Of 100000 for a
fight to finish beween John L. sullivan and
Peter Jackson. A committee of five was Sc
lected to draft rules to govern the contest and
given until next Monday night TO report. Pres
ident Wilson telegraphed to Sullivan informing
him of the action of the club.