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Tho PamIrs Question.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Chinese Gov
ernment, replying to Russia's recent de-
mand for an explanation of the massing
of Chinese troops on the frontiers Of the
Pamirs, says China intends to occupy
only Chinese Panirs, from which she
viii not recede an inch. The note adds
that China does not interfere with Rus
sia's occupying other parts of the Pamirs,
but hopes Russia will confne her opera
tions to those parts.
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CLEARINGHOUSE STATISTICS.
Business Transacted in the Principal
Cities the Past Week.

buSlu6SS 1EtuStcleQ IN Iue Prlnc1pal
Cities the Past Week.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE following,
compiled by the Bradstreets, are the
banks clearings for the week ending
August 10th, with the percentage of in
crease and decrease, compared with the
corresponding week last year: New
y orl1, S46s, ,069, 900, a decrease of I4.s; Chi
cago, S67, 80, 600, a decrease of PSI; Bos-
ton, 500, ,6l5, 600, a decrease of 2I.5; PhiIa-
delphia, so, ,63S, 900, a decrease of I4.O; St.
Louis, l6,075, 600, decrease of SI.I; San
Francisco. Sl0,965, 900, a decrease of %. 4;
Baltimore, Sl2, ,696, 900, decrease of I4.s:
Pittsburg, Sl0,695.000. a decrease of 22.5;
Omaha, S3, I'D, 900, a decrease of $50; Dem
yer, SI,3l3, 900, a decrease Of 745; St.
Paul, s, ,2l9, 600, a decrease OF. sos; Port
land, Or, s675,0O0. a decrease OF 72.5;
Seattle, S727, coo, a decrease of 47.5; Los
Angeles. ST23.OGO, an increase of 10:
Tacoma, S433,0O0, a decrease of 5S.2:
Spokane, S249, 600, a decrease of 76.5. Total
for the United States, S799, sos, ,224, a de-
crease of 20e
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CABINET CRISIS ON.

Further Tension in the Political Stu
alton in Egypt.
CAIRO, Aug. 1.-THE return of the
Khedive from visit to the Sultan at Con-
stantinople has been marked by further
tension in the political situation, and
cabinet crisis is now on. The Khedive
has had quarrel with the Prime Minis
ter, Riaz Pasha, who owes his position to
English influence, and wants ministry
in accord with his own policy, which is
well known to be pro-French. The stu
alton between the Khedive and his official
advisors has now resulted IN another cri-
sis that will probably again call for
English Intervention.
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10 NVEsTIGATE-

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE Surgeon
General, in compliance with the request
of the Committee of Safety at Pensacola.
Fla, has dispatched a yellow-fever ex-
pert to that point. The latest advices
from there say there is no yellow fever
there.
Tho Surgeon General of the Marine
Hospital Service tonight received tele-
gram from President Inge of the Mobile
(Ala.) Quarantine Board, stating that the
British bark Gelenora had arrived at the
Fort Morgan Quarantine Station with
two cases of yellow fever on board, One
will probably die tonight. Two died at
sea.
President of the Board of Health Harpis
at Pensacola, Fla, tonight telegraphed
DR.. Waynan that no additional cases of
yellow fever had been reported in that
city, nor any of a suspicious character.
QUARANTINE AGAINST PENSACOLA.
AUSTIN (Texas), Aug. IA quaran-
tine has been declared against Pensacola.
Fla. Persons without permits will be
stopped at the border. All the Eastern
railway entrances are guarded by State
inspectors.
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Socialist Coneress.

ZURICH, Aug. 10.-The International
Socialists Congress to-day rejected a
resolution offered by Norwegian dele
gates, that universal strike be started
Immediately after war is declared.
The resolution was supported by rep
resentatives of only four nations, while
fourteen nations voted against it. A
Belgian amendment in favor of aiming to
suppress militarism by Withholding sup
plies was adopted.
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SOCIALIST CONGREss.
May Day Set Apart tor Demonstration
in Favor of Eight Hours.

May Day set Apart tor Demonstrations
in Favor of Eight Hours.
ZURICH, Aug. 1l.-At the International
Socialistic Congress to-day the sectional
committee reported in favor of universal
cessation Of work on May Day, and DEM
onstrations in favor of eight hours and
universal peace. Herr Bebel, German
socialist leader, said it would be impossi-
BILE to cease work on May Day in Ger
many owing to the laws against breach
of contracts. The committees sugges-
ton was finally adopted, the German del
egates voting against cessation of work.
The committees recommendations re-
garding female labor, providing for a
limitation Of the hours of labor, the pro-
hibition OF night work, and adequate
female inspection of women's industries,
were adopted.
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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Abolishing Offices to Reduce the
EXpanses.

OMAHA, Aug. 11,-The Boston Office of
the Union Pacific was not the only one
abolished to-day, for an order was issued
from headquarters putting an end to the
Office at New Orleans, and on top of that
came an edict that the entire civil en-
gineering department of the road would
cease to exist after tonight. The ques-
ton Of still further reductions in all de-
partments is being considered by General
Manager Dickinson, but nothing definite
has been decided upon. While July
brought desolation to hundreds of en-
ployes of the Overland Route" August
will take its place in the history of the
system as the most disastrous since the
lines of railroads were laid toward the
setting SIM
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TOOK All the AVAILABLE Funds.

ALTAMoNT Qn.), Aug. 11.-Lee Butler,
cashier of Wright Il Co.'s bank, has abb
seconded with all the available funds,
amounting to about S45, 900, including the
money of several business men, school,
city and township funds. and those of
the Modern Woodmen and Building and
Loan Association.
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Livermore union Hiph School.

LIvERMORE, Aug. 1.-THE Livermore
Union high school building will be dedi
Gated on Saturday, the 18th. with great
pomp and ceremony. President kellogg
Of the State University will be present,
also member of the Faculty of the Stan
ford University, State Superintendent
Anderson and County Superintendent
Frick. A grand ball will be held in the
evening. The new building, which was
recently completed, is an elegant struct-
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STEAMER DANUBE
Clears From Portland With Custom :
Officers on Board.


PORTLAND, Aug. 1.-THE steamer Dan
ube suddenly cleared from this city last
night for Victoria, and took with her
Customs Inspectors Blum and Church
and thirty Cinnamon out of the sixty she
brought to this port. Five of the Chi
nese had already taken steps to secure
landing on writs of haheas corpus. These
writs were returnable to-day, but Cap
tain Meyer, seeing long delay ahead of
him, determined to clear and disregard
the writs. After making the necessary
preparations he turned his ship over to
the purser, and then it is thought took a
river boat for Astoria, where he will re-
join the Danube.
A dispatch from Astoria says the
steamer stopped there long enough to
send Inspectors Blum and Church ashore
with manifest.
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AN Quiet at Coal Creel,.

NASHVILLE, Aug. u.-Advices received
here to-day are to the effect that all is
quiet at Coal Creek. The jury which
held the inquest over the body of Drum
mond, lynched yesterday, rendered a
verdict that he came to his death by will
full, malicious acts of the State militia,
The feeling against the militia is strong.
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THE BRITANNIA WON.
Race tor the Commodore's Cup Around
the Isle of Wight.

biCS AOE Luc COInIlOuOre7S cup Around
the Isle of Wight.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE race for the
Commodore's cup, under the auspices of
the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. took
place to-day. The course was around the
Isle of Wight. The weather was sun
shiny and fair, with a westerly breeze.
The Satanita, Calluna and Britannia
were the only contestants.
They got off practically together at $50
O'Clock. The Britannia soon drew ahead.
and appeared to ho.d her advantage
without difficulty, with the Satanita see
ond. At IL o'clock the relative positions
were unchanged.
At ll:30 O'Clock the yachts passed Vent
nor. When they passed st. Catherine's S
Peint the Britannia had a three-minute
lead of the Satanita, with the Calluna in
the rear. The Britannia won.
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OUTLAWS IN ALABAMA.

Citizens of Afflicted Counties Take the
Law Into Their Own Hands.
JACKSON (Ala.l, Aug. 1.-THE counties
of Clarke. Cherokee, Wilcox and Ma
rengo are greatly excited over the muir
derous doings of the notorious NIeacha-
mites, and between four and five hundred
heavily armed men are at Meaeham bet
for the avowed purpose of wiping out
every member of the gang and avenging
the murderous wrongs perpetrated upon
the people of the counties named. The
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LOSSES BY FIRE.

Business Portion of Milford Center,
Ohio, Burned.
MILFORD CENTER, Aug. 1.-THE busi-
ness portion of this town was burned this
morning, with four dwellings. The total
loss is S75, 600.
FATAL FIRE AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND (O.), Aug. 11.-Five houses
were burned here this morning. The
young son Of Jacob Herold was burned
to death.
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PACIFIC RANK.
Petition to Show Cause why It should
Not be Declared InsoIvent.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 1.-THE dispatch
sent out yesterday that the stockholders
of the Pacific Bank had voted to remove
r. II. Mcdonald, Jr. from the position Of
President of the bank was incorrect.
No action was taken in the matter.
though Mcdonald expressed willing
ness to have Captain James Mcdonald
put in charge of the bank.
The creditors of the Pacific Bank have
filed petition praying that the Superior
Court issue an order to show cause why
the Pacific Bank should not be judged in
snlvant and surrender of its estates be
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An Aged Pioneer suicides.

PAso RoBLEs, Aug. 11.-News has just
reached here from Shandon, twenty
miles distant, that Capt. J. D. Reyes, a
pioneer, aged 7S. suicided there last week
by placing rifle to his breast and firing
a ball through his heart,
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GREAT FINANCIAL CONTEST
Begun in Earnest in the Lower
House of Congress.
BLAND FIRES THE FIRST SHOT FROM
THE FREE COINAGE CAMP

He Declares That seThey Do Not In
tend That Any Political Party Shall
Survive That Lays a Confiscating
Hand Upon America in the Interest
of England and Europe, and De-
monetiZe silver In This Country;
and They VIII Bid Farewell to the
Eastern Democracy When 1t Does
It.''
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Fatal Drunken BrawI.

SHELBYvILLE Qll.), Aug. u.-Six
young men loaded up on beer yesterday
and engaged in a drunken brawl. One,
named Mccarthy, shot two others in the
back and side. Another, named Hogan,
then drew revolver and shot Mccarthy
twice in the breast, killing him. The
other two will die
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Fire at Santa Barbara,

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. ia fire at 2
O'Clock this morning partly destroyed a
frame building occupied by Tapley &
Board, confectioners. The building was
insured for a small sum. The stock de-
stroyed was valued at 81 200.
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a Lumber FIrm Assigns.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 1.-THE firm of
Starbird q Goldstone, extensive lumber
dealers, have made an assignment for the
benefit Of their creditors. The liabilities
are stated at $4,000, and assets nomi-
nally at Sl5O,O00. Speculation in timber
lands and difficulty in collecting caused
the SusDensiOn
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car WORKS Destroved br Firn.

TERRE HAUTE Qnd.), Aug. 1O.-The
Terre Haute Car Works, covering sew
eral acres, were burned tonight. The
loss is total. Figures are not obtainaple.
The company carried Sl50,O00 insurance.
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Mrs. worthinpton Convicted.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 1.-THE trial of
Mrs. Worthington, who shot and killed
Harry Baddeley several months ago.
closed tonight. The jnry rendered a
verdict of guilty of murder in the second
degree, and recommended the prisoner to
the mercy of the court
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The Tug TiIden F1oated.

STOCKTON, Aug. 1.-THE tug Tilden,
which was filled with water in the San
Joaquin River yesterday, was pumped
out last night and floated off the bank.
She returned to San Francisco to-day.
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Five CYCLONES in Kansas.

LARNED (Kas.), Aug. 11.-Five separate
cyclones swept the country south of here
yesterday afternoon. Several farm houses
were demolished, but no lives were lost.
Many farms were swept clear of crops,
and the damage is very heavy.
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SPREAD OF CHOLERA.
Several Cases at the Quarantine
Hospital in New York HarbOr.
NEW CASES AND DEATHS REPORTED
IN EUROPE.

Clarke. Cherokee. Wilcox and Ma
rengo Counties, Alabama, Greatly
Excited Over the Murderous
Dotngs of Gang of Outlaws-Hun-
dreds of Armed Citizens Surround
Their Rendezvous, Determined to
EXterminate Them-One of the
Bandits Captured and Riddled With
Bullets.
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Two Robbers Killed.

AToKA q. IT,, Aug. ia posse with
the United States Marshal last night had
a fight with robbers at Lehigh, in which
two robbers, one named w. I. Pearce,
were killed. Two others were wounded.
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RELIGIOUS RIOT At BOMBAY.
A Desperate Encounter Between
HindOOS and MahommedanS
MANY PERSONS MORE OR LESS
DANGEROUSLY INJURED

Further Tension in the Political situa-
tion in Egypt-Cabinet Crisis Now
On-severe Earthquake Along the
Italian Adriatic Coast-Belief That
Large Loss of Life Has Resulted.
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a Lady loses Her Mind.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. IL. = Mrs. Mary
Price was adjudged insane to-day by
Judge Torrance and committed to the
new asylum near San Bernardino. She
is the first to go from this county. Her
mania is that people suspect her of caus-
ing the death of her husband, who was
shot twenty years ago in Iowa by Ind1-
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DEATH Caused bv Eating Graneseed.

FRESNO, Aug. 11.-James Cutten. the
driver of the Grand Central Hotel bus for
the past four years, died last night from
Inflammation of the stomach, caused by
eating grapeseed. He was only sick one
week.
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Largest Schooner in the World.

REDoNDo, Aug. 1.-THE Governor
Ames, the largest schooner in the world,
sailed yesterday morning for Seattle,
Puget Sound, after unloading 1000 feet Of
lumber without the slightest difficulty or
delay.
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Big Strike Threatened.

YOUNGSTOWN tO.l, Aug. 1.-THE en-
ployes Of the Lloyd Booth Company and
William Tod & Co. have refused to accept
a reduction in wages, and big strike is
threatened.
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Dempsey Suffering with Feve

ST. PAUL, Aug. 1.-THE hospital au-
thorities to which Jack Dempsey was
taken say he is suffering with fever,
which accounts for the report that he was
insane.
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A Texas Bank Suspends.

WAxAHAcHIF, Aug. 1.-THE Waxa-
hachie National Bank has suspended.
Assets, 100000; liabilities, SS6.000. Money
stringency was the cause.
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4 ClothIng Merchart shot and KIIled.

FAYErTEsvILLE N. c., Aug. lie. J.
Fuller, member of one of the leading
families of this section, shot and killed
B. c. Parker, q clothing merchant, this
afternoon. Fuller claims he shot in self
defense
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made for the benefit of its creditors. The
petition asserts that the bank is insolvent
and has suffered its property to remain
under attachment for more than four
days.
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Condition of John ". Mackav.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-THE crisis is
past" So said the two physicians after
they had held consultation over million
aire John W. Mackay.
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Severe Earthquako in italy.

ROME, Aug. 1l.-There has been
severe earthquake along the Italian
Adriatic coast. It is believed large loss
to life has resulted. The shock was the
most severe in the south, particularly in
the province Of Foggia. The telegraph
and train service is interrupted.
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YELLOW FEVER.

The Refugees From Pensacola Pass
Through Nashville.
NASHVILLE (Tenn.l. Aug. 1.-two
hundred refugees from Pensacola and
other points, flying from rumored yellow
fever, arrived here last night. Some
stopped here and others went further
north.
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peath % welI-kno,vn sportlng Man.

LOUISVILLE. Aug. Henderson NJ.
Waddill, one of the best-known sporting
men in the United States, died this after
noon.
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Qulet Restored In snmon.

AUCKLAND N. ~, Aug. lG.-Accord-
ing to latest advices from Apia. order has
been completely restored in Samoa, as
the result Of conference between foreign
consuls and captains Of foreign war ships.
Mataafa was depcrted to the Union
Islands aboard the German man-of war
Sperber.
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WHY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS7

The announcement that the County
Board of Review will not let the tax
payers know what it is doing recalls the
performance of that body in 1891. AS
SCISSOR Wolf had returned the taxable
property of Indianapolis as S61, 469, 415
on real estate and improvements. A
committee of the Commercial Club,
composed of the best judges of the
values of real property in this city.
went before the State Tax Board and
showed that the assessment was too
high by 10 per cent. That COMMITTEES
made a case, and the reduction would
have been made had not the assessor,
backed by the county and city tax
eating ring, fought the proposition
vehemently. AS between the intelli-
gent committee and the assessor, the
board, with the exception of Colonel
Walker, sustained the assessor. and the
appraisement OF SOL. 469, Ais stood in
stead Of sos. 322.44 urged by u tax
payers committee. Thus ended the
first chapter of the transaction in favor
of the tax-eaters and against the tax
payers.
AS soon as the State board had re-
turned the assessment. Auditor Tag
CART, of the County Board of Review,
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Mrs. Meyer Made q Business of Getting Mar.
ried. Persuaded Her Husbands 10 Insure
Their Lives and Then Got Rid of Them.
Wanted at New York and Toledo for
Poisoning a Man and Woman.
Known at Indianapolis and Other Places in
Indiana-Rant q Bucket Shop at South Bend
and Defrauded His Customers
A PAIR OF PRISONERS.

Career Of DIR. Meyer, Alias Hugo Wayier,
and His Black-H Hearted Wife.
New YORK, July 13.-POlioe Inspector
Mclaughlin has returned from Detroit,
Mich, after the arrest there of DR.. Henry
T. W.. Meyer and wife, who are wanted
here as we'll as in other large oities in the
United States, for poisoning people that
they might got the insurance money on
one case against the prisoners here, but 1t
is a strong one, and for that reason an
effort will be made to bring Meyer
aud his wife to this city for trial. This one
case shows that Meyer and wife are two of
the BLACKLIST hearted criminals that the
police ever handled. And, consid ering that
there are at least q dozen charges of the
same nature against them In other cities.
their natures must be more than bestIal.
The grand jury to-day found indictments
against the pair, and extradltlOn papers are
being prepared.
The facts In connection with the case
here and the reports from other cities show
that Lucretia Borgia has q formidable
rival in the person of Mrs. Meyer. On
March 80. 1922. j. Baum. of No. $40 East
Thirteenth street. died after u severe attack
of intestinal trouble. DIR. Mindep, of No.
1lS East Twelfth street. who attended him,
gave a certificatet to his grief-strlcken wife,
naming the cause of death chronic dysen-
terry. He was buried in Brooklyn Gene
terry. Baum's life was insured in the Nut
nal Lite Insurance Company for $1,000 in
favor of his wife. and, after the
usual formula. the amount was paic.
Dr. Gillette. of the insurance com pany for
some reason. suspected there was something
wrong and communicated his fears to
Coroner SchultZe. Baum's body was quiet
ly exhumed and Deputy Coroner Walsh,
assisted by Prof. r Ogden DOremus. made
an autopsy. The stomach was found to
contain anthony In large quantities.
which drug had produced the intestinal
trou BILE. Coroner SOhultZe then laid the
facts before Inspector Mclaughlin, and de-
~tectives were placed on the case.
After q long search the detectives found
that Mrs. Baum was. in reality. the wife of
q Dr.. Henry Meyer. who was also known
under the alias of Carl Meyer, Henry Reu-
ter and Hugo Wayler. The woman. the
married. persuading her husband to insure
by poison. During the investigation DR..
Meyer and his wife left the
city. but were finally located in
Detroit. Mich. 1t is said she
has piled her murderons trade In that city,
and that no less than live deaths are laid
at her door. The police feel sure that q
further search In this city will show even q
greater lumber OF her victims. On learn
ing that the Meyers were located in De-
trOit. Inspector Mclaughlin wired Super
intendentS Stark weather to arrest them on
the charge of homicide. The reply, stat
ing that they had been captured. was re-
Detroit tonight. TO bring the pair back to
this cltV.
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CAREER AT TOLEDO

Indicted for Murder IN the First Degree for
Poisoning a Woman.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TOLEDO. O.. July 18.-Chlef of Police
Raitz. of this city, never read o telegram
with such grim satisfaction as the one
received this morning from Detroit
police officials announcing the arrest
of DIR. c. w. Meyer, alias Wsyler..
alias Weller. Tho Chief left for
Detroit on the 10 o'clock train this morning
and will try to bring wayier and wife to
Toledo without u requIsition. If the pris-
oners refuse to come q requisition will DO
obtained from Governor Mckinley. Way
Ter came hero first in June. 1892. en-
ployed Q girl named Mary Mess. and
tried to insure her in the Mutual Life
Insurance Company a. Mrs. Wayler. but it
fell through. Then Mrs. Wayler took
In the Equitable Life for 5000. Wayler
then went from Toledo TO South Bend.
Ind. and started q bucket shop. He ar
ranged with his partner TO defraud his
customers. his plan beng for the partner
to run way and Wayler to announce that
he had taken the funds. This the partner
did. but before leaving Mary Nciss was
taken sick and he warned her that she was
being poisoned. Ii wac doubtless only o
wei iounucu suopicion, Dub Wao suiuclcnC
to accomplish the purpose. and
Mary Neiss escaped from the doctor
and his wife. Wavler rsturned here last
February. and early in April occurred the
mysterious death OF the young woman he
had led the Detroit insurance people to be-
lIeve as his wife. When the supposed muir
der was discovered he was not to be found.
At the subsequent Investigation by the
coroner he and his wife. the woman now
under arrest at Detroit. were charged in
the verdict that was returned with muir.
der In the first degree.