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The herald., 1894-11-21
HOMES, VICTIMS.
Good RessOn to Believe He Murdered
tho Williams Sisters.

Good Reason to Believe He Murd er q d
tho williams Sisters.
Fort WORTH, Tex, Nov. 20.-There is
Holmes, who went by the name of O. G.
Pratt in Fort Worth, is guilty of mur-
derng Minnie r. Williams and her sis
ter Ann. The crime was probably com.
mitted in Chicago, and in this crime a
man who claimed here to be a
citizen OF Chicago and called himself
Benton L. Lyman, is an accom- plice,
from Chicago and placed on record a
deed from one Bond to Lyman for lOO
feet 'front.' OH RuHk and Second etreets.
Bond got title by deed from Minnie
r. Williams. executed before no.
Holmes. Ga this property Lyman
building. Lyman had sold one lot to a
Fort Worth citizen who, fearing the title
was clouded, began to invest gate. He
found that Minnie r. Williams wrote
late in 1898 to her sister Miss Ann Will
liams, Of Midlothian, Texas, to come to
Chicago, That she was going to be mar
ried and 90 to Europe. The sister left
for Chicago. No word ever came from
either of the sisters.
Minnie R. Williams. by will, was left
half a block of property in the heart of
Fort Worth, valued at $50 900, and a
farm valued at $4,000 This property
has all been alienated, ostensibly by
Miss Williams. A detective has recent.
ly been sent to find the girls, but no
trace can be discovered
The herald., 1894-11-21
MRS. PITZEL's STORY.
Sho Fears Hsr Husband IL Really Dead
Her Daughter Missing.

sho Fears Her Husband Is Really Dead.
Her Daughter Missing.
Boston. Nov. 20.-Mrs. Carrie Pitzel,
1t is claimed. has made full confession
of the alleged insurance swindle. II is
stated that she has implicated Holmes,
at whose suggestion, il ia claimed, she
went to Burlington, VT She stated
that Holmes substituted the alleged
bogus body for that OF her husband and
collected the insurance, but she was
kept in ignorance OF the whereabouts
OF her husband, who disappeared at
once. Since the affair she has been
roaming round from place to place,
prompted by Holmes, in search of her
husband. and it was through the hope
that she would be sent to him that she
answered the kilograms of the detec-
tives. Now she fears that the body for
which the insurance was paid was not q
bogus one. bu: that of her husband.
Mrs. Pitzsl also fears that her daugh -
ter. Alice. who WAS the only one besides
Holmes to identity ths body, has been
spirited away, as she has com pleteiy
disappeared and Holmes is the last one
known to have seen her. Holmes as
serts he left Alice and the other Pitzel
children at their fathers homo in
Detroit month ago, and since then has
heard nothing from him.
Holmee further stat3d that when he
came to Boston on Tuesday last he in
tended to take passage for Berlin, but
changed his mind, and before he could
perfect other plans the detectives had
him,
The herald., 1894-11-21

with that OF the corpse found in the
Callowhill street house. Mrs. Pitzel, he
continued. was perfectly innocent OF
any completely in the whole affair. She
told Perry last night that she had re-
ceived only $4,000 in cash. She said
Holmes had taken $4,000 OF the money
and put it in q speculation in Fort
Worth in which Pitzsl was also inter
ssted. Homes told Perry that this was
true. In Texas. Perry said, Holmes
operated under the name of H. III.
Pratt. He added that Piizel and B. T.
Lyman are one and the came man,
The herald., 1894-11-21
ANTI-DEBRIs ASSOCIATION.

Tho Promotion of Hydraulic Minin z
Strenuousiy Opposed.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 20.-At the meet.
ing OF the executive committee of the
Anti-Debris association here tonight
an address to the people was adopted,
in which strong ground is taken against
the use of pabIic money by the govern.
ment for the purpose OF erecting dams
for impounding the debris from mines.
The association takes the ground that
it is illegal and unjrst to use public
money for this promotion OF any partic-
ular private industry or business.
The herald., 1894-11-21
HEDGPErH's SENTENCE.


The Train Robber and Informsr Sent Up
for twenty-five Years.
JEFFERSON Cry, Mo-, Nov. 20.-The
supreme court today sentenced Marion
Hedgpeth to % years. Imprisonment.
In the spring OF 1892 he, with several
others, robbed the Frisco express car in
st. Louis county of nearly $17 900 and
$4,000 worth of valuables. Only a small
portion OF the plundsr was ever recov-
cred.
[Hedgpeth. it will be remembered.
started saloon in Los Angeles, soon
after the express robbery. He was de-
tected and arrested in San Francisco,
and extradited to Missouri. Further
notoriety attaches to Hsdgpeth from the
fact that it was he who furnished the
Information leading to the expose of
the Pitzel insurance swin6le.
The herald., 1894-11-21
Lawyer Howe Missing.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. Late last night an
effort WAS made to see j. D. Howe and
get his statement in regard to the Hedg-
peth expose, but be was not at home
and could not be found Alphonse
Howe. his brother, reluctantly gave the
information that he had left the city
soon after being released on bail, but re-.
fused to tell where he had gone.
The herald., 1894-11-21
POINTERS FOR TODAY.

CITY RALL-Council 10 a. m.
CITY HALL-Fire comm ssion 10 q. m.
H0LLENBEcK HoTEL-Hotel keepers associ-
alton 10 o. m.
BENsoN's OPERA HoUsE-Through Shadows
OF Death.
PAvILIoN-Exposition.
BuRBANK-Harb Dor lights.
IMPERIAL-Vaudeville
MUSIC HALL-Bazar, St. Johns church,
The herald., 1894-11-21
NEIGHBORlNd PL ACES.

PASADENA The Southern Pacific franchise
80. Hotel men.
ELsINoRE-A new hotel. Curative springs
sANTA MoNICA-Local news matters.
REDLANDs-Death of N. e. McAbse.
PoMoNA-Businesss and social news.
RIvERsIDE-A hotel keeper leaves suddenly
The herald., 1894-11-21
AN INDEX TO YESTERDAY.
By TELKGRAPH.-Japan's rejection

BY TELkGRAPH.-J .-Japan's rejection of
Uncle Sans offer of mediation Causes OF
the Corean war Progress OF the conflict.
Prince Bismarck's dec lining health. -.
Foreign miscellany. The confes lion of
Swindler Holmes Hedgpeth's heavy GEN.
tence....An appalling mine disaster.
State miners ana fruit growers conven.
tions. Pacific coast happenings. Politi-
cal notes. ... General news geanings.
The herald., 1894-11-21

Kamame Bitters acts on the liver
when that organ is sluggish, promotes
digestion, encourages appetite and cor.
roots constipation. For sale by all
druggists, 30 cents per bottle.
The herald., 1894-11-21
THE FRUIT GROWERS.

Convention of Horticulturiats at sacra-
msnto-Intsresring Addresses.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 20.-The California
Fruit Growers convention was called d
to order in the assembly chamber of
the capitol this afternoon. About $50
The herald., 1894-11-21

LOCAL - Police commission ievokes the
MaEkwalder license . Council meets to.
day The railroad conspiracy cases go to
the jury, which is locked up for the night
THE Smith bond case. The Craig trial
yesterday =. How a Chinese carried off his
own and comrades queue. The Man
ming Captain Dick contest fzzls Two
residences burned on Pearl street between
Sixth and Seventh.
The herald., 1894-11-21

DR.. French's Brain Tablets cure all
kinds OF nervous trou Bile. For sale by
OFF q Vaughn, Fourth and Spring,
The herald., 1894-11-21

Holenbeck Hotel Cafe, 2I4 Second
street. Oysters SOC dozen, any style.
The herald., 1894-11-21
FREQ Tickets for All

Over the electric car line to the Wolff
skill tract at Easton, Eldridge & Co.,
III S. Broadway.
The herald., 1894-11-21

Order your suit early. H. A. Getz is
crowded for fine tailoring at moderate
prices. liz West Third street.
The herald., 1894-11-21

DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair, Ssn Francisco.
The herald., 1894-11-21

Eastern chsstnuts at Althouss Bros
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-12-18

"NK< o. T<siS"s
inter- ieiner gebanoIuus uitt
nod eiueu oritteu GrSt,
Tonne nidt sebplfen pers
Ten, tpie mir 81 Rute mari
msinen Iann unb meine 8
bate mir ben Fob aIs CT
ss,ulnidt; uno bod mas
log id, fonute mid nidt
eiural bic g~Iusep6fnsn. Sd
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-12-18
9cunjnlpamia bat ae,prsdeu.

lSeitou in aeltarutem Staot ertlGrt it6 BON
ielbit: gSelton. ben 8. Auguit 1894. Gertber
Ser! Sd lebe mid uerQuloBt, III beri9teu,
mas 6orut'S Ilpels SrGlters Slutbeleber in
meIner Eontlie 9etbdu bat. SIM Wtai B. g.
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gStr 9obeu td9ttb Spei= bis breimal Sorui's
Nlper= SrGuter= Slutbeleber, ibitsteu lie Dor
SrtaItuu9 uuo III iiini Sa9eu wareu ule wiss
Der 9eiuro. Seine SamilIe lolte oblle oieies
pertbuoue Ssilmlttel lsim. Wit @ruB Setter
Nru00er.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-12-18

-Godsm, p. VI. Scben uno Seioen unfers
Iieben Serrn uuo SeiIdnoes Seiu Sbriiti uno
ieiner e5ttIidIen innsirduIidben Rutter Deas
ria. Nsu ~bearbettet uou W. Stusel. 0teid iuuitrtrte
GuartsauSgObs. ID. IIiase. 1852 z. Su sseers
bane S4OO.
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.9nuS6it5er fit oaS 6at@oiI6e Oo(6.=

-GntmeridJ, Nina Rdtbariua, oasarune Sebeu
uno bit.ere Seio en- uuicres cerru Seiu 6 brijti
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g~ebeimuiiIeu ces alien Sunoss mad ben geii5teu Der
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Dcsisl5e tu Sbo. /, balb Utorocco, SrtsiUaIs2etus
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- Cosielbe in 9bO. ?, WtorOceo, reid usrsoIS. Srists
naIoete uuo Golbihnitt $1,000.
-Gasielbe III Chr. 3. oeriel6e Gtubauo nit 2 uers
~soioeieH ShlisBsu Sl2.0O.
Visbr ais 30 iir bas @srt sissuS ssssi6uste siloer
briuqsu benz ssier ~siuSslus g~rsioutle Der bell. Geiatate,
bcosutidme CertIitteItsn uuo widttse betlise Segeus
itGufs IN iebr setrtuer uno tluitlsriia oolsuoettr Gars
ntiuue iur @Hibauuug, 10 OaB pteie5 BUD ais elm
fatboIiidcs VradIttperf I'm sosIitsn Siuue ees
@orteS bejei5Tet pereeu bari.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-12-18
. GuMdriitiebu6

- Adriitiebud. Buuoer5dre Se1sbenbettsn
uno GrSdbIuuasn Uon benz sIorparotsltsn ~beaisitsu
Reinstatement aus benz Sebeu Der Seiltgeu Guer Seis
ten uuo Sabrbuuoerts. 0et 6arbsRtttslbtIo uuo pttIeu
ueueu 0ol,anittbtIosrn se.tsrt. 20 =. Quartz 5ors
mat. Su 9soerbauo $500.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-12-18

-Seeeuss spn ben Iiebeu Seiii9en @otteS,
mad ben belier Gueueu %bedrbeitet pom ". OFT, Staots
pidrrsr. NeblE ltteltahlitid, grOReuI SGbisau uou Serus
iGlem Guo lber 300 Stloern IN Doliituttt. Wiit mebz
Tersu bii5oh. ApprobGttousu. %. Aufa9s. SIarts 5ors
mat. 1880 =. $500.
Tteielbs, OttaUsaussabe, in ? gauDsH; ssbuus
ben. $3.50.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-12-18
Germ DR.. Omen.
MuBie am Stoa geben.

gericnea, relde grfaubquuaea bet ben GusHeusrn bon 8eusntTca stn5nseheu
piniden, poaen ibem S6reihn Elm ieIofabrehrtes, franfrtes Gcuoert befneea I'M
elmer Anpot fiber u Ien.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-12-18

IUNTHIIIlIE fIIItN UHUEtH Ut
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1894-12-18
SeOes Bud ira9frei ssssu Giuienoms oes gstrases.
FIR. PU & Co..
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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-24
The cheap and Easy Bleuse.

Shirts are now a prominently defined
feature of woman's dress. Shops carry q
larger stock than ever before and every
change noticeable this season is an i'm.
provement. For the first time they can
be bought ready. made, with the detacha-
BILE collars and cuffs-exact reproduc-
tons OF those worn by men. Besides the
severely masuline garment OF white linen,
and colored cheviot with plain broad
bosom, there are frou frou bodices of
dainty cambria, glace silk and fancy
satin surah. The sleeves of these last
are extravagantly full, cuffs are deep,
frequently extending to the elbow. There
are fluted flounces falling over the shout
ders and crimped jabot frills down the
front. One OF the prettiest designs Of the
year has the upper half shirred into a
yoke over the shoulders, a double pinked
ruff round the throat, a pinked irill below
the belt, and half elbow sleeves. the seal
lops Of which are scalloped in sharp
points. Made in pale rose-colored glace
silk, dotted with green or violet, it is de-
liciously fresh and springlike.
As the silk bodice plays such an inn
portant part in every woman's wardrobe,
it is worth suggesting that she pick up all
short lengths of silk at the remnant
counter, with odd ends of lace and bits of
passementerie The combinations these
materials afford are infinite. 1t being the
exception, rather than the rule, to wear
skirt and waist at the same time, q supply
of bodices extends the possibilities Of
ones toilets in most gratifying way.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-24
An OUNCE OF PREVENTION.
A Seattle Paper Comments Upon and
Com mends Herald Editorial.

COmmends Herald EDITORIAL.
Seattle Telegraph: THE YAKIMA HER.
AID, commenting upon the Coxeyite dis
turbances in that city, says:
"If the authorized had seen to it in the
beginning that these men who claimed
that they had no grievance were not per-
mitted to band together and virtually in
timidate law-abiding people (who could
ill afford it, into supporting them in their
idleness, the evil would never have grown
to any magnitude"
This is good sense. There was never
any reason why the industrial army
should have been permitted to make it.
self disturber of the peace. We have a
law 10 meet the case and it will be found
in section SO of Hills criminal code. An
unlawful, riotous or tumultuous assembly
may be dispersed by the peace officers
and the persons who refuse to disperse
may be punished. An assembly of three
or more persons for the purpose OF steal
ing a railway train is an unlawful pur-
pose. There were dozens OF times after
the army reached Puyallup when it
might lawfully have been dispersed. But
what was everybody's business was no
body's business as usual. The ounce Of
prevention was neglected and we are hav-
ing the pound of cure in the shape of SOL
diers scurrying over the country and the
United States court sitting for days to try
cases of contempt. We repeat for the
twentieth time: Our laws are good
enough; the fault lies in the non.enforce-
ment of them.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-24
An IDEAL BREAKFAST DISH.
But TO Make II So. These Directions
Must BE Followed.

Bacon and poached eggs, ii correctly
cooked and served, make breakfast
dish which will tempt even the most
capricious appetite. Care should be taken
in selecting the bacon Choose bacon OF
medium size, with the fat and lean quite
distinct in coloring. The lean should be
pink and the fat white. II the lean looks
streaked the bacon will probably be hard
and tough. In cutting the rashers from
a piece OF bacon cut in the same way as
slices of bread off loaf A sharp knife
or a small carver should be used, and
with little practice the rashers can be
cut with unerring precision from top to.
bottom Of the joint, fat and lean in even
slices. II is much better to do this your
self than to have it cut at the grocer's.
The toast beneath the eggs should be
extremely thin and well Drowned and
the eggs poached according to the in
dividual fancy. They should be served
on small platter, with the thin slices of
bacon resting upon bed of water
crosses. Prepare this dish for breakfast
some warm morning this week and see If
the members of your household will not
appreciate il.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-24
ANIMALS THAT WENT IN The ARK.
The Number OF Them n Tough Puz.
zie for the Earlv Theoiogtans.

The NUMBER OF Them q rough Puz.
zIc for che Earlv TheoIogians.
As far back as the seventeenth century
farsighted theologians had begun to dis
Germ difficulties more serious than any
that had before confronted them, says
Andrew White in the Popular Science
Monthly. More and more it was seen
that the number OF different species was
far greater than the world had hitherto
imagined. Greater and greater had be-
come the old difficulty in conceiving that
of these innumerable species each had
been specially created by the Almighty
hand, that each been brought before
Adam by the Almighty to be named, and
that each, in couples or in sevens, had
been gathered by Noah into the ark.
But the difficulties thus suggested were
as nothing compared to those raised by
the distribution of animals.
Even in the first days OF the church
this had aroused serious thought, and
above all in the great mind Of st. Angus
iiucs III HIS Wy Va buu ifc uhu Btdttu
the difficulty as follows: but there is a
question about all these kinds OF beasts,
which are neither tanned by man nor
spring from the earth like frogs, such as
wolves and others OF that sort, y
as to how they could find their way to the
islands after that food which destroyed
every living thing not preserved in the
ark. Some, indeed, might be
thought to reach islands by swim
ming in case these were not so very far,
but some islands are so remote from con-
tinental lands that it does not seem pos
sible that any creature could reach them
by swimming. 1t is not an incredible
thing, either, that some animals may
have been captured by men and taken
with them to those lands which they in
tended to inhsbit, in order that they
might have the pleasure Of hunting, and
it cannot be denied that the transfer may
have been accomplished through the
agency Of angels commanded or allowed
to perform this labor by God"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-24

OF the manufacture Of his bullet.proof
material, but only says that 1t is extreme
ly simple to manufacture and costs a
mere trifle compared with other armor.
There seems to be no longer any room
for doubt that the armor is all that its
inventor claims for it, and that he is ius-
tilted in refusing the numerous pripcelv
offers made to him by army contractors
and others who are DESTROYS of purchasing
bis secret. Since his successful exhibi-
ton OF the invulnerable coat Dove has
been the object Of universal attention, not
only from the press but also from the
public at large. He has been oyerwhel-
med by perfect avalanch of letters of
the most varied nature. One fair, senti-
mental writer offers to be mother to his
children, he being widower. Another.
more practical, offers herself in marriage.
provided his invention really proves sue
cess. An Austrian asks that he be per
mitted to become the target at the next
exhibit. stipulatiDg, however, that the
shooters are to be experts and not send a
bullet through his head. Another writer,
retired officer, predicts that through this
marvellous discovery universal peace will
be the consequence. All nations will
abandon warfare now that bullets can be
made powerless, thinks this venerable
old soldier.
Museum managers and show men in
general have not been slow to recognize
what an attraction bullet-proof coat
would prove to the ever novelty-hunger-
ing masses. Herr Dove has had innum-
cradle offers, some as high as a thousand
dollars q month from such men, stipulat-
ing that he consent to be the living target
while showing the invulnerable qualities
OF his new coat.
Emperor Wilhelm has ordered test to
be made in his presence on his return
from Italy. The bullet-proof material
will be put to additional tests, and
should they prove as successful as the for
mer ones it is supposed that Dove will
receive an enormous order for supplying
the German army with his new armor.
In any event it is pretty certain that his
fortune is made, considering the many
orders he has had for coats of this pecu-
lisr make.
The inventor, Heinrich Dove, is very
modest and retiring man. He was born
the 18th OF March, 1859, in Westphalia
and is of humble origin. He has not en-
joyed any educational advantages save
those gained in village school, but is a
very intelligent man, and has devoted all
his spare time to the perfection of his pet
scheme. which he now sees crowned with
success.