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Won MoLrkE DEAD.
EEs Great Field Marshal Dies Suddenly ct =
Good Old Age-Eis History.

Ezas Great Field azarssaaI Dies Suddenly 1t .
Good Old Age-EEis History.
BERLIN, APRIL s5--Field Marshal
Count Won Moltlxe, the renowned gem
eral, and one OF the great characters OF
the age. died suddenly last night
Count Won Moltlze attended the ses-
sion OF the reichstag held in the after
noon, but soon after his return home
was stricken down, the physicians who.
were summoned announced that his
nalady was caused by failure of the
heart. He died at s:45 o'clock, passing
away quietly and painlessly.
The news of the counts unexpected
death caused great sorrow IN the city.
BIOGRARHICAI-
Count Hsimuth Kari Bernhard Won MoltSe
was born at PerchiIn, AIecklenburg. October
&c, 1900 His father was Danish general
and he was educated in the cadets academy
at Copenhagen and at 10 became an officer
He entered the Prussian service IN 1872, and
after ten years OF arduOus studies and Ia
bors was admitted to the general stall In
1885 he went to Constantin Oples and MahIEoud
II. cOneeiving a high regard for his genius,
the Prussian authorities permitted him to
serve him in improving the Notifications of
Turkish cities and IN the warfare against
the Eurds and against Egypt
He returned to Berlin after the sultan's
death in 1889, was employed for many years
on stan service, and in 1856 became ad1utant
to Prince Frederick William. and in 1888
chief of the general stan OF the army. The
rank oflieutenant- general was conferred up
him in 1889. He planned the operations
ia the wars with Denmark IN 1864 and Austria
In 1866. accompanying on the former occe-
sion Prince Frederick Charles and on the
latter King William. After the battle of
Sadowa NIOItze made every preparation for
marching upon OlmutE and Vienna, but
negotiated i've days truce which became
the prelude to peace. He was rewarded
with the order of the black eagle and the
command of the Eolberg or second POmer,
Rnian grenadier regiment.
Having long fcreseen a war with France
he was ready with his plans when it sudden
ly broke out in 1870 and their execution
suited IN the most astonishing series of vic
tories ever achieved by one great military
nation over another. His system consisted
mainly in making the different army corps
advance separately and operate simultans-
Ously in graphing with the enemy, and he
brought to bear on its elaboration a mind of
singular clearness,a wonderful logical power
and a capacity of patient research of the
highest order. Besides comforting upon him
the title of count and making him large do
nations, the emperor of Germany appointed
him in 1871 general field marshal, and in 1879
life member of the upper house. In January,
1874, he was returne ed to the Teichstag, and IN
the following month delivered a speech
showing the necessity of being prepared for
retaliation on the part of France, which pro-
duced strong impression. His most IN
pOrtant literary work is 1.-THE Franco Prus-
sian War;
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BENNY's BIG PUPIL.
Trouble Brewing in the Republican School


Trouble Brewing in the Republican School
house.
We have all read of the young lady
who married trou bIesome sutton in
order to get rid of him. President Har-
risOn is reported as having recently
said that he appointed Blaine to his
cabinet because he thought he could
manage him better there than any
where else. He welded him to the ad-
ministratiOn in order to get rid of him
But it is always harder to manage a
man after marriage than before, and
Harrison is finding Blaine much hard
er problem to handle than he would
have been if he had been left outside
A silver on a board is much more easily
dealt with than in a boys toe; and a
cinder IN the air is much more com
Portable than in a mans eye But Har-
risOn has voluntarily stuck this silver
In his own flesh so that he may know
where il is; OF his own free will he has
tucked away this cinder In his own eve.
IN order that he may keep it in safety
lie is welcome to the comforting con
sciOusness that the Cinder IS in his
eye and scrapes over his retina in
safety; that the silver Is in his toe and
cannot escape.
In the New Hampshire country
school districts there frequently used to
be two applicants for the position of
schOol-teacher- And it frequently hap
pened that the unsuccessful candidate
would turn pupil and attend, as a
scholar, the school of his successful
rival The case OF Blaine and Harrison
is analogous to the case OF the rival
school applicants The president and
his cabinet are coming more and more
to be like a teacher with his scholars
In 1883 both Blaine and Harrison were
candidates for the Teachers position.
and although Blaine was considered
about the cutest and smartest applicant
who had ever presented himself, and
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Harrison was practically unknown 10
the national school COMMITTEES, yet E8az-
risOu was chosen and Blaine was set
aside Since then Blaine has become
the biggest pupil in PedEgOgue HarTi-
sons school, and naturally there have
been lively times in the sehcol-rOOu.
OF course the big pupil knows that
he is better fitted to teach the school
than the teacher. and the teacher
knows that he knows it, and the school
committee know it, and 50 does tbs
whole district Frequently when the
teacher is engaged in working out some
difficult sum on the national black
board, he fsncies he hears his biggest
pupil whispering to the other scholars
Hes doing that wrong. He can't do
e. but I can He fancies the big pupil
Is watching for all the slips he makes
in his grammar and for all his nisPrO-
nunciatiOns. He imagines his big pupil
scans every line of his writing for mis-
spelled words. for uncrOssed is and m
dotted is Whenever the teacher hest
tstes at any troublesome question
which may be ProPOunded to him, he
thinks he hears, while he scratches his
own head in uncertain dubitation, the
big pupil Whispering triumphantly; '-X
know, know
The teacher is very Jealous of his big
pupil. but he tries to maintain his
authority over him by excessive disci-
the floor, go 70 his seat on a chalk line.
sit up straight and fold his arms For
the slightest infractiOn of discipline he
makes the pupil sit on q very peaked
stick. He frequently sends the biggest
pupil out to cut switch with which 60
punish himself. Recently, when Mr..
Upper and few other visitors from .
neighboring district called at the school,
right before all the other pupils and the
company he made his big pupil go and
sit on the Ounce stool. The big pupil
sat on the stool like 4 little man, but
some OF the smaller pupils heard him
mutter great horrid swear words un-
der his breath.
The whole school is waiting for the
big pupil to get mad Some day when
the teacher sends him out for switch
to whip himself with, it is confidently
expected that he will return with Il big
club and thrash the teacher.--BOstOn
Globe.
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PoINTs 40 oPINIoNs.

-'RePubIicanisn and the cause or
honest elections go hand in hand, - says
a New York contemporary, which needs
to refresh its memory by a careful re-
Perusal Of the Dudley letter.-St. Louis
Republic.
-Benj amin Harrison, who is swing
ing around the circle in pursuit of a re-
nomination to the presidency, will
probably find it upon his return just
where he left tin the inside pocket OF
Hon James @, Blaine.-ChicagO Times
The misfortune of Mr.. Edmunds'
retirement from the senate is made pc
culiarly sad by the fact that it places Mr.
HOar first in the line Of succession to the
craftsmanship of the judiciary commit
tee OF that bOdy.-St. Louis GlObe-Dem-
Ocrat (rep).
shall the republican party dis
band, or shall it go to the cOuntry?''
asks one of our leading republican ex-
changes. By all means let it do both.
It's usefulness is over, and, perhaps,
breathing pure country air would invig-
crate the best of its members enough
to make them democrats. ouisville
COurier-J Ournal.
The republicans will not dare de
fend the Mckinley bill in the next pres
identisl campaign. They will play the
same old game OF promising to correct
their mistakes, but they will ind that
there was a great deal Of wisdom in
President LincOln's observation: i'You
can fool ali of the people some times
and you can fool some of the people all
the time, but you cannot fool all OF
the people all the time. Chicago
Globe.
Senator Quay is going TO Europe
and editors are guessing the purpose OF
his trip. 1t must be remem bered that
Quay was made over anew IN Florida,
and the chances are that he is going
abroad to test his new vocal organ far
from the hearing of his countrymen be
fore giving public exhibition at home
Politicians of 9uay's prominence are
always expected to sound lSeynotes''
and to give forth no uncertain sound"
and one can readily imagine how en-
barrassing it would be, not to say la
mentable, il upon the first attempt to
arouse his cOuntrymen the new organ
of the distinguished republican leader
should squeak like the apparatus OF 3
toy GOn--ChiCagO Times
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10 - DIvIded.

where did all that billion dollars
gC?'' Is a common question regarding
the appropriations OF the billicn-dolIar
congress-
A good deal OF Il went IN apprOpria-
tiOns to promote the reelection of the
republican leaders of congress. The
New York World drags a few of these
little grabs to light. Mr.. Cannon OBJ
tanned 500, 600 Tor a post Office in hia
own little town of Danvilie. Mr. QUAY
got $50, 900 for q building IN his village
OF Beaver Fails Senator Ingalls, Sc
cured 500, 600 of the plumber for
Atehison- The California mem Eers OF
the appropriation committees obtained
500, GOO for their state. Wisconsin's
share was $3.50, 600. Mr.. Mckinley Sc
cared 500, OOO for his town of Canton.
These little sums win not account
for q billion dollars by a good deal. bzss.
they are enough 70 show that the
spirit OF grab was rampant and that
the republican statesmen were in Il for
all they could get Luckily il win Jos
some years before they have another
chance 20 loot the treasury.-Boston
Globe
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SOMEWHAT SENSATIONAL

a Noted Physicians Application Fos uz-
yoreo Reeails Terrible Domestic
Tragedy
New York, April sa-Nevvs comes
from Rhode Island that DR.. Edward
Seguin. of this city, had begun divorce
proceedings against his wife, Helen @.
Seguin, III Providence For a year and
more DR.. Seguin has made bis home in
Providence, and it now transpires that
his object was to obtain a residence
there. so as to be able to sue under the
Rhode Island laws DR.. Seguiu charges
his wife in the petition, which he has
presented to the Rhode Island supreme
court, with desertiOn and cruelty On
Thursday last he gave his testimony be-
fore the court, and no one opposed MS
petition for absolute divorce The de-
cision of the court upon the petition
viii be given in few days DR.. Seguin
is a Weu-knOwn specialist on nervous
diseases, and has had many years lucra-
tive practice in New York.
The present Mrs Seguin is the doc
tors second wife, and the suit he has
brought against her recalls one of the
most remarkable of New YOrlS's TRACE
dies, when the first Mrs. Seguin killed
her three children and then herself 1t
was on the afternoon of October 81,
1882, when DR.. Royal w. Amiden, who
was a brother OF DR.. Seguin's wife,
Margaret, called at his brOther-in-lav's
home, Al West Twentieth street, exc
pecting to take dinner with the family.
He was told by the butler that the
spare room up stairs was locked, and
suspecting that something was wrong
he went up. He forced open the door
and found his sister and her three little
children dead on the floor, with bullet
holes through all their temples. Ed
ward D., the oldest, a boy of 6, was
lying face down, and John Van
Duyn. the next youngest, a bow
OF ., was lying near his broth
er. The body of Mrs. Seguin's
youngest child, Jeanette, l year old,
had been dragged into a closet The
children were all blindfolded, and from
the way the bodies were found it
seemed probable that Mrs Seguin had
shut them In the closet with the hand
lerchiefs tied around their heads, on
the pretense of playing blind mans
bluff, only to call them out separately
to kill them. The oldest boy was killed
with a French target pistol of %
caliber, and the other two with a IS
caliber Remington revolver. A der
ringer which lay at hand had not been
used The affair caused a tremendous
sensation at the time. The corOner's
jury, which was composed of physi-
clans. rendered a verdict of insanity,
and that was the commonly accepted
reason for Mrs. Seguin's acts. Not long
after the death of his wife and children,
Dr. Seguin married his present wife.
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the TREASURY STARTLED.

a Decline OF NsaFAy Fifty Per Cent. In the
C2ssSEsas Rsooipez - New E0FaEs
TRAsaENsroN. April so.--A statement
prepared at the treasury department.
shows that the receipts from customs
sxevenue at the port of New York for the
Grst twenty days in April. 1891, were
-. III, oSo, as against IS, $40, 8G2 for TIE
corresponding period of last year, maxi
dag che falling or nearly SO per cent.
-Ine receipts from customs at New
Work ara about tvyo-thirCis OF the total
receipts from customs of the United
States These figures are attracting
Enuch attention la treasury department
circles. Secretary Foster especially is
studying them with the view Of form
eng an idea whether the receipts of Gus
sz0ms are likely to continue 20 decrease,
soE zsiether the. decrease IS caused by
sslasmodie conditions of business In
March the customs receipts also de-
zslined but lot IA such 3 startling ratio.
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KANSAS. WORLDS FAIR FUND.
a Proposition Adopted TO Raise tEas Neess-
ssFy Amount BY Counties

q Proposition Adopted TO EGs-AE9 GkzS EoeGSE
ssFy Amount by Counties.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 25.-The worlds
fair convention reconvened this Morn
sing at 9 o'clock 1t outlined scheme
FOR raising the money necessary for
making the exhibit, adopted appropriate
resolutions and adjourned sine die.
The plan adopted by the convention
was submitted by ex-Gov. Click, chair
man of the ways and means committee
It provides for raising 800, 600, each
county in the state paying its share OF
the total amount according TO its tax
able wealth as shown by the last as
seasons report ga bureau of promo
tion,' consisting Of three members
from each congressional district, is to
be appointed by the convention TO look
after pro rata county assessments The
governor will appoint committee of
three, to be known as the auditing
committee, which will audit all &C
counts of the bureau of promotion. In
addition to these committees, board
of managers of nine mem bers will have
general charge OF the entire dis
play and will hold over until the
state has taken official action through
its legislature in 1898. After the pro
rata assessments have been made
against the various counties. local
boards Will be formed in each and it's
mem bers will give a guarantee bOud
for the amount assessed against them
Ten per cent of this amount is to be
paid upon demand of the board of man
ayers and a reasonable time allowed for
Eaising the balance, each county to pro-
coed in its own way. When the money
has all been subscribed, the bureau of
promotion will call another convention
to elect a board of managers of nine
members. Representation to this con-
-Vention will be based on the amount OF
-snoney which each county has sub
scribed, and it will convene in this city
June IS.
The great advantage in the plan
adopted lies in the fact that the sub
scribers will know exactly what they
are doing and will not have to depend
the whims of legislature to reirn-
aJurse them. The railway corporations
will come in under the same conditions
as counties and will have votes in the
convention, which elects board OF
managers according to their subscrip-
7Gjons-
The convention, after adopting the
ornsnittee's report, proceeded at once
20 the election of bureau Of informa-
ton The election resulted as follows:
First congressional district-Capt w.
NJ. FOrtescue, of LeavenwOrth; NeOshO
Wheeler, of Nortonville, and R. II.
Crosby, of Valley Falls.
Second district-C L. Drake, R. w.
EIillilSer, of Kansas City, Kan, and A.
Henley, Douglas county.
Third district-C. NJ. Turner, of Cha
~Cauqua county; L. NJ Pickering, of Cher
-oECee; Ed Brown, of Crawford.
Fourth district-Levi Dunn bauld, A.
Z. Case, II. c. Speer.
Fifth district-Sidney G. Cook, of
Dickinson; w. w. Caldwell, of Cloud,
and John K. Wright, of Geary.
Sixth district-A. B. Montgomery, of
Sherman; J. w. Epperson, of Jewell,
and Jones H. Reeder, of Hays City.
Seventh district-A. w. Smith, of Mo
PhersOn; A. j. Abbott, of Finney coun-
4y, and 7. A. Hubbard, of Sumner.
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TRADE REPORT.

FDun's Weekly Review OF the Condition OF
Trade-M Oney Market Undisturbed.
NEW YORK, April 25.-R. G. Dun 81
Co.'s weekly review of trade says: But
flor speculation this would have been a
comparatively dull week. But sales of
LI2, coo, coo bushels of wheat in this
market and $50, 600 bales of cotton and
!. 242, goo shares of stock have supplied
a certain activity though not of the
most wholesome kind. In the interior
business has been somewhat
Improved, but many causes
combine to prevent great
activity. The strikes in building trades
tend to cause dullness where activity
had been expected and the threatened
strike of coal miners in several states
also retards operations. But on the
whole the volume of business is large
for this season in amount of bank ex-
changes. close up to that of the cOrre-
spending week of last year, and east
bound shipments from Chicago for
three weeks have been 2OO,O OH tons
against 2S1. obs for the same weeks of
1890. The symptoms are those of wait
ing rather than OF reaction
The money markets are generally uTl.
disturbed and comparatively easy. Col
Gect3ons improve slowly. The treasury
continues to pay out more than it takes
in. though but little this week, the net
addition 60 the circulation being about
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To the Authorities
Whoever May Find
These Bodies.
PRESENT.

In this letter, which was signed z. B.
SOper, We're these words:
1T was best for me thus to act
Rather than desert them have slain
them. What would they have done for
a living had I left them? Surely they
would have lived miserably. I could
not support them all"
SOper left another note saying that
ne was ''going to Clay county to kin
the devil - leaving no doubt OF his in
sanity
SOper's description was given to the
Kansas City police as follows: Aged
IS. 5 feet 8 inches in height, 40 pounds
weight, red sandy hair cut shcrt, sandy
mustaehe, blue eyes, square build
Soper is said to be extremely polite on
ali occasions. One OF his peculiarities
is said to be that he can never look any
one squRreiy in the eye. At Archie It
is not believed that SoPsr is insane
Feeling runs high and Judge Lynch
would doubtless speedily settle his case
If he should show up at Archie.
Soper was doing a good business at
Archie, enough to have supported his
family in a proper manner, despite the
statement made IN his letter.
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FEARFUL TRAGEDY.

An Archie, mo-, Butcher Kills His Wife and
Children and Then COOIly Buys a Ticket
and LeRves-E3eIleved to he Insane.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 25.-The
police were given the details at a late
hour last night of horrible crime,
triple tragedy, at Archie, Mo, fifty
seven miles from Kansas City on the
Missouri Pacific road.
The crime was discovered yesterday
afternoon at 5 o'clock. At o'clock
Wednesday morning the murderer
boarded a train for Kansas City after
buying a ticket for this place. The
police last night were searching the city
for the murderer.
e. 3. SOper was butcher at Archie,
Mo. His sudden departure from the
town Wednesday morning created sus-
piciOn and yesterday afternoon at 5
o'clock his house in the western part Of
the village was forcibly entered A
CHASTITY discovery was made.
In the east room of the little cottage
lay light haired child, its skull crushed
in and its brains upon the floor. In an
adjoining room was the mother with
her head and face mashed beyond rec
ognitiOn and another child with it's
head split in twain lying by her side.
In n corner stood an ak. There were
blood and hair on it's cleaning blade
and the marks of bloody fingers on its
handle. Mutely it told how the crime
had been accomplished.
On the center table lay two letters.
One was addressed:
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German strlEers Isxoitsd.

at Doxtmun6 Is assuming gigantic pro
portions Ten thousand men are out,
and it Is expected that they viii be
Joined by large numbers The strikers
are greatly excited and beyond the con
trol OF their leaders They are encOur~
aged by the result OF the Paris congress
and the action of the Belgian miners
regarding a general strike.
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THE BARNABY POISONING.

The Mysterious Poisoning OF the wealthy
Rhode Island Widow at Denver Leads to
Some Strange Revelations.
DENVER, Col, 4 pri1 2S.-Saturday the
entire country was Mortified by the
mysterious death of Mrs J. B. Barnaby,
of Providence, r. l., which was caused
by arsenical poisoning. This prompted
investigation as to the cause of death
of several other persons who had died
suddenly, and yesterday it was stated
that no less than seven had died within
the last two months from the deadly
drug.
Saturday night Annie Armstrong, a
domestic in the family of a prominent
minister, died in the most horrible ag-
Ony, and an examination showed enough
arsenic in her body to kill six people.
She was apparently cOntented and the
idea of suicide is not entertained. How
she came to take the poison is a nys-
terry.
Young Harry Ching, employed in one
of the printing houses here, died sud
denly last week under the most peculiar
circumstances and an analysis made OF
the viscera to-day by DR.. Burr revealed
sufficient arsenic to kill family. No
more explanation can be made in this
case than that OF the Armstrong girl.
A month ago Mr.. Harting, his wife
and six children were taken violently
i'll Immediately after partRlzing of their
dinner The physicians pronounced
the cases trichinOsis, and despite their
greatest efforts the mother and four
children died within week. The re-
mainder of the family lived, but are
still very low Since the Barnaby sen
satiOn became public physicians ex-
humed the body of one of the HartinR
children and made an analysis, find
ing a sufficient quantity Of arsenic to
cause death. There can be no doubt
the others died from the same cause.
Mrs Harting was but 81 years old, had
had eleven children, and enjoyed the
hEppiest Of lives
There are no new developments in
the Barnsby poisoning case, except that
Prof. SsWali, who has made an analysis
of the liquor in the fatal bottle, says
that It does not contain a particle Of
alcohol. but is probably nothing more
than F'Cwlerss solution OF arsenic The
vtscera and portions OF the other organs
OF the dead woman have been returned
here for examination
Celebration OF tI.s Esirthtsay of Gsn- Grant
-PITTsBUEsH. Pa, April sS. - The
Americus club yesterday celebrated its
fifth anniversary and at the same time
observed the eth birthday of Gen,
Grant The club is the most powerful
republican organization in the state,
aud the opening Of its new rooms in the
afternoon brought out huge crowd
Last night a banquet was held in the
Nonongahela house attended by proni-
neat senators, congressmen and speak
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