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Found After Four Years.

Los ANGELES, CAL, April 14.-Af-
ter search of four years, Edwin R.
Mohler, q millionaire lumber man OF
Minneapolis, has located his divorced
wife, Loru Maude and their 8 year old
child, Paul Raymond Mohler. The
woman was found yesterday afternoon
in Pasadena, where she has been liv.
ing for the past few months under the
name of Austin. She was at once
brought to Los Angeles and is now in
charge of the sheriff. The history OF
her disappearance is a strange one.
She and her husband were married
in Minneapolis 10 years ago and in
1898, a divorce was granted Mrs.
Mohler on the ground of incompatible
ty, she receiving the custody Of the
child. Mohler, some months later,
became suspicious Of the health of the
child and applied to the superior
court of Hennepin county, Mimi, for
the custody of the chili. After many
hearings and a bitter fight he was
awarded the custody of the child, but
his wife frustrated this by mysterious
ly disappearing with the infant son.
| She had given out that she was going
to Florida, but really came to Califor
MIA, settling in Los Angeles. Detec
tives secured the country and finally
located her in Pasadena. She hac
married again and was living under
the name of Austin.
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A Storm Raised at Annapolis.

WASHINGTON, April 15.--Congress-
man Shattuc of Ohio yesterday norni.
mated D. J. Bundy a colored lad of
Cincinnati, to a cadetship SIT Annapo,
lis. He has been urged to withdraw
the name but says he will stand by
the appointment. There have been
some murmers Of dissapproval from
the naval academy and the cadets and
students threaten to resign.
1.-THE boy earned the appointment
fairly" said General ShattuC today.
There was a competitive examina.
ton and two colored lads, one of them
Bundy, outstripped their Caucasian
competitors. One of them, however,
proved to be over 90 and was, there.
fore, disbarred. I had told them that
the competition was open to every eli
gible boy in my district. Bundy, who
won, is one of the handsornest boys
ever saw. Yesterday sent his name
to the secretary of the navy and he
will be appointed. 1 have received no
commune atoms from the students at
Annapolis on the subject, but several
congressman have told me that it was
an unwritten law not to allow col
ored boy at Annapolis. They told me
if 1 persisted it would break up the
school. That other students would
resign" "Let them resign and be
damned" 1 said. 81 shall keep his
appointment and see that he goes to
Annapolis. General Shattuc says
he has $500 negroes in his district"
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Beginning OF the End

WASHINGTON, April 16.-According
to information received from trust.
worthy sources here the withdrawal of
at leasta part of the great army that
Spain has maintained for several years
past in the island of Cuba will begin
when the rainy season set in within a
few days. The militia movement will
be the departure Of 10000 Spanish
troops from Habana for Spain, and
within a short time after that 10000
troops, it is understood, will follow.
Whether this movement is to b. con-
strued in favor of or against the insur-
gents it is Impossible to say. The
Spanish insist positively that it means
only that little or nothing remains Of
the insurrection that Gomez has only
about so or 100 followers, and that 10
watch these under the condition in
which the campaign was necessarily
conducted, /, a thousand men are quite as
effective as the army Of 1S0, 900 men
which has been maintained in Cuba.
The Cuban contingent, on the other
hand, insists that the Spanish imam
cial resources are exhausted, and that
the troops are to be withdrawn be-
cause of lack of money to keep them
in sprvice
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Gigantic Swindling PlAps.

P1rrsBURa, April 13.-The arrest Of
G. Linwood Woods of @. T. Woods q
Co., bankers, in his Office here today
charged with attempt at insurance
swindling, was a sensation IN lnsur'
ance circles.
Chief Harper, chief of the revision
department of the Mutual Reserve
Fund Life insurance association OF
New York charged Woods with pro-
curing policies with intent to defraud.
When Woods was confronted by the
arrestine officer he fell in dead faint.
BE made written confession in which
he gave the details of his scheme. His
mode of procedure was to insert adver:
tisement in the local papers for old
men to act as collectors. He would
ask the applicant for bond, but klno.
" waived the bond if the applicant
would sign an application for insur-
ance on his life. This was generally
secured and then Woods would get
some irresponsible man to sign pro-
misory note to the G. T. Woods Bank
ing company, filled with amounts
ranging from $4,000, to SIS, 1000, so
that consideration for the insurance
policy at death could be claimed to be
the debt established by the note: ltls
not vet known how the applicants
passed the medical examination.
In Woods desk were found IS poll
cies with himself as beneficiary, ag'
gregating 5000, 900.
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Two Women Murdered .

WATERFOWL, N. Y, April H.
Sometime Thursday night or during
the afternoon or evening George Al
len, a steward of the Madison barracks
hired a horse and carriage at livery
stable at Sackett's harbor and took
two women out driving. One Of his
companions was young lady of Sack
ett's Harbor, Miss Bailey, and the 9th
er was a divorced woman, Mrs.
Crouch. At 2:3O this morning the
horse came back to the livery stable
drawing the carriage, which, at first
the liveryman believed was empty,
but on going up to the carriage he
found the bodies of the two women in
the bottom of it. He at once notified
the authorities. About this time Al
len came staggering into the barracks
in a weakened condition and he, too,
is expected to die. He has made an
ante. .mortem statement to the effect
that Crouch, the husband of the di-
vorced woman, assaulted the whole
party, numbering the two women and
threw him, Allen, into the creek.
Crouch is under arrest.
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be strengthened and public attention
will be riveted upon the fact that the
cause of financial depression is TO be
found in our monetary system. There
is much in recent events to encourage
the followers of Thomas Jefferson.
The spring elections indicate grow
| ing sentiment along the lines OF the
Chicago platform. In fact, the elec
tions which have taken place show
such great gains that the Repuo olican
party may now be considered minor
ity party. 1t has but one hope OF es,
cape from the wrath to come and that
is to secure bimetallism by interna,
tional agreement before the people of
the nation have another opportunity
to speak at the polls. While we who
believe in Independent bimetallism
generally regard an international
agreement as neither necessary or pos
sible. We may we'll hops for success
to any who may make the attempt to
secure foreign assistance. If our op.
ponents succeed in opening the minis
of other nations as we'll as their own
mints, we shall rejoice because the
condition of the people will be i'm
proved and they will be able to pro-
ceed with other remedial legislation.
IF, however, the Republican party af'
ter pledging itself to secure interna-
tional bimetallism, finds it impossible
to fulfill that pledge, its expressed
preference for double standard will
rise up to condemn it if it attempts to
continue longer the evils OF the gold
standard.
Senator Jones, chairman OF the Dam
ocratic national committee, in respond
ing to his toast, referred to the insults
given MIR. Bryan at Yale college and
the refusal of the students there to
hear him during the last campaign.
He said: "And This in New England,
the proud seat of our learning, where
men in the old days would have died
to maintain the right of free speech" "
The result of the municipal elections
he said, showed that the cities which
in the last campaign were the strong.
holds of the Republicans had regained
their senses and had rallied to the
standard of him who founded the
Democratic party and whose motto
was Equal and exact to ALL"
After the set toasts had been re-
sponded to, there were many I'M
promrtu speeches and it was after
midnight before the dinner broke up.
The bill of fare was strictly of the
olden time. Chicken, gumbo, red
snapper, Georgia potatoes, fried chick
en, Virginia style; beef, asparagus,
terrapin were the solid dishes, while
the finest Haut Sauterne, claret and
champagne were the favorite bsver-
ages and the assembly afterwards en-
joyed the best Key West cigars
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"hiskey and Wives.

WYrHEvILLE, Va, April 15.-The
Virginia conference Of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, which
has been in session here for a week,
has made an effort to raise the stand
ard of the colored ministry. The res
olutions were passed condemning min
listers for getting divorces from their
wives. Bishop Handy declared that
no man in the connection in the dis
trict would receive an appointment
who had more than one wife. They
also condemned the use of whiskey,
and several men who were found
guilty of using intoxicant drinks were
left without appointment. Rev. James
Minter was expelled from the connec
ton for having two wives. The rul
ing of Bishop Handy is regarded as
progressive step for the elevation OF
the negro race.
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Teachers Of the State.

The following circular letter about
the coming annual meeting of the
State Teachers association to be held
on Paris Mountain has been sent out
dated from Greenville: Dear Sir: The
executive committee of the State
Teachers association has decided to
hold the next meeting on Paris Noun
tain at Hotel Altamont, beginning
June 80 and ending July S. Tne com
mittee IS anxious to secure full at
tendance. An excellent program OF a
very helpful, practical nature has
been partially arranged and sent out.
It has been arranged with special ref
erence to the needs of the teachers IN
their school rooms and deals directly
with the work which is or has to be
taught by them daily. The place Sc
lected offers many attractions-health
freedom, informality, beautiful scene
ry, low rates, comfort, convenience,
inspiration. Low railroad rates will
be secured to the. mountain rs cents for
round trip, baggage included; board,
S. for five days, $3.50 per day for
those who come later than Thursday,
the 1st of July or leave before Mon,
day, the 5th. Everything possible will
be done to give the teachers a good
time and profitable meeting. Please
do all you can to advertise the meet,
ing through your county papers; read
the letter to your teachers when they
assemble for the examinations on the
10Th; keep it before them until the
time of meeting. Make your plans to
come yourself and let's nave a great
meeting. Full information will be
sent out soon. Will you kindly send
list to your teachers so that circulars
may be sent them to W. K. Johnstone,
proprietor Altamont Hotel, or 4. L.
Hughes, superintendent, Greenville,
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swaIlowed I'D by the Flood.

ST.. LOUIS, April ia special from
Vicksburg, Miss, says: Refugees who
came here from Davis Island on the
government steamer Atlanta, report
the drowning of 15 persons, all colored,
on Davis island, on Wednesday even
ing. 1t was thought that all on Davis
island had escaped after the creevasse
had been repaired, but Is bodies have
been found around the old Blertile
plantation, which was the homestead
of Jefferson Davis. The surviving In
habitants were huddled in tents on the
top of the levee.
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Tragedy at Breakfast.

CHICAGO, April IA While seated
at breakfast this morning, Matthias
Dus!er, % years old, was shot and
instantly killed by John Formiller,
his father in-law. Before his body
had fallen from the chair, Formiller
placed the weapon to his own head
and fired. He was removed 10 st.
Elizabeth's hospital. but died a few
minutes after his arrival there. The
shooting was the result of a quarrel
which arose during the morning meal.
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Murdered by Robbers.

SoMMERswoRTH, N. H., April TO-
While resisting the entry oftwo desper'
ate and determined robbers and during
a futile struggle to protect $l5O,0OO or
more in money and securities IN the
compartments of the open vault OF the
Great Falls National bank of SomersS-
worth this afternoon Cashier Joseph
A. Stickney was murdered near the
desk which he had occupied for years.
After killing Stickney the muraerers
ransacked the vault and fled with all
the cash it contained with the excep'
ton of few s. gold pieces.
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Upset by Voting For Negro.

RALEIGH, N. G., April 14-Perrin
Cover, one Of the wealthiest farmers
in this region, today committed suicide
by drinking an ounce of laudnum.
lie was a confederate soldier, and un.
til the last campaign strong, intoler-
ant Democrat. He became q populist
last fail and voted a ticket composed
OF populists and Republicans, includ-
ing a negro candidate for the legisla,
ture, Afterward Cover brooded
over having voted for the negro, and
his mind became unbalanced.
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Two Brothers Suicide.

ST. LOUIS, April ia special to
the Post. Dispatch from Fayetteville,
Ark, says: Two young sons OF a
Mr.. Herson, living at Greenland, i've
mile south of Fayettville, age 9 and l5
years, committed suicide while their
parents were at Fayettvile trading.
The boys were angry because they
were left at home. Both took bath,
dressed in their best clothes, wrote
notes to their parents, pinned them on
the door, took strychnine and went TO
bed. Both died before the parents re-
turned home. The notes bade their
parents goodbye and expressed the
hope that they would meet in heaven.
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DestituriOn Great,

VIcKsBURa, Miss. April. 16.-Cap-
tain Clark, of the Ordnance Depart
ment, who has visited the territory
from Vicksburg to the mouth of the
Red River, arrived on the mail steam.
er st. Joseph to day and states the suf.
fering and destitution OF Davis Island
great, and in his opinion there is
great probability of further loss OF life.
This island is twenty-five miles long
and many places of tbs not accessible,
except by small yawls or skiffs, and ne
fears that when the floods pass away
that quite q number will be missing.
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LAWYER Drops Dead.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Judge
James j. Storrow, lawyer of Boston,
dropped dead while az The Congress
sional Library today. Judge Storrow
took an important part in the proceed
ings incident to the arbitration treaty
between the governments OF Great
Britain and Venezuela for the settle.
ment of the boundary line dispute.
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Not Yale Row(iies,

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April IA
Mr.. Bryan passed through here this
afternoon and was met at the depot by
crowd of 500, mostly students of the
University of Virginia. The boys
gave him the varsity yell and he
made a few remarks.
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as lies in my power, what believe to
be justics to all parties concerned, and
am not seeking the favorable opinion
of any class of individuals. 1 remain
yours very respectfully.
Frank E. Taylor.
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us last analysis. suppose all tne COM
panies should shut down and produce
no rock this year. The State would
simply bs out $l2,25O on 49, 900 tons
of rock. if they made reduction oi
25 cents par ton without binding the
companies to an equivalent further
production.
1t seems to me, therefore, under the
views have presented we offer to ex
tend to them in good faith on bushes:
principles all the relief that they
should ask. II they are going on te
mine and push the business, which
understand they will do; they will, al
the expiration of the year, be refund
ed 25 cents psr ton, provided they shall
have each mined an equal quantity ol
rock to that each now has on hand
or, if not an equal quantity, then re
bated pro rata.
In my judgment the best guaran
tees that the comp inies are going tc
run is to put them q position where
if they do not run, they will not ge
the rebate on the royalty, and II they
do run, in accordance with the rule:
laid down by the board, they will ge
25 cents p er ton of the royalty refund
ed to them pro rata in accordance
with the rock mined by each the com
ing twelve months.
| do not know whether the views
have expressed meet with the concur
renee OF the board, but, at any rate
they embody the opinion l entertain
and I do not know, if agreed to by
the board, whether they meet the ap
proval of the phosphate miners, but a
far as that is concerned, I am on tn
board for the purpose of doing, as ia
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THOMAS JEFFERSON" !"
WILLIAM j. BRYAN SPEAKS TO THAT
-OAST.

A Notable Gathering of Democrats In
Washington to Cele brate Jt ferson's 9
Birthday-Mr. B,yan's Fine Speech.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-16
PLAYS Anu PLAYERS

Josephine Hall has resigned from IN.
sast Of " Shenandoah.
In John a Dreams" the new play a,
NE Empire thcater, New York, Henry
Miller plays the part OF a man addicted TO
opium
Katherine Grey, who left Richard Msns
nsld's company TO go TO Denver, where
rer mother was very III. has rejoined that
star s SUPPORT
THE Bathing Girl" comic opera by
American authors, produced by COM.
pany managed by Fred G. Whitney, is 10
ported TO be n success.
The date fxed for the first production
Of The Caliph," the new comic opera by
Harry b. Smith and Ludwig Highlander
10 Sept 90. and the place Is Detroit.
William FursA the composer, Is blond
wears spectacles and generally dresses 10
black. Highlander the composer, Is dark
Wild eyed behind glassea, and also dresses
In black.
Loie Fuliers manager, Stevens cables
with regard TO "Salome " the new allegor
ical ballet just produced by La Loie" in
Paris; -" Sa!Jme' great success. A trt
amph for Fuller
Harry Brown, formerly leading come
dian OF Charles Frohman's comedy com
pany and recently with Louise Beaudet
has just been engaged for the cast Of
Prince Pro TEN
Hillary Bell, dramatic critic OF the New
York Press and other papers, is at work
On a comedy drama which has been con
tracted for, but concerning which he re
fuses TO say anything until rehearsals be
gin.
Richard Mansfeld's long cherished am.
bition Is realized. He is to have IA theatei
OF his own In New York and be an actor
manager, just as are Irving, Tree, Alex
snder and Hare in London. Mansfield hH
taken Harrigan's theater in New York.
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AFRAlOi NOT -.
Ne Merely Wanted His Wife 20 Hold ~
Light For Him.

At ; o'clock Tuesday morning, when
all the people living OH College avenue
were fast asleep, there WAS connection
In one Of the beautiful residences along
that thoroughfare IL waS Tho home OF
a merchant. and the COZ motion broke
loose in the slee " apartment Of him
self and wife she stWtcd IL.
She awakened suddenly and thought
she heard sue Onr tying 20 break III
down stairs. she shook her husband, anC
after some time had elapsed succeeded
In making MIN realize the situation.
They both listened. There was some
noise, sure enough. and cold shivor
crept down ais spinal column and even
TO his toes
He determined NOT 10 get scared
though his ttc;n were cAat;vrinc, so hr
announced that he would 20 down and
investigate.
'Aren' You afraid, dear" nervousl'
asked his wife.
He took out his revolver, struck P
match. lighted lamp and then lookeo
at her in disgust
@AAAh 'NAAt iAN't4y hp'VA 90"
the man yet was afraid OF Now don ;,
make any noise, but come OH. "
The little woman started in astonish.
ment Do you want Inc to go too?'
do | want you 10 go? Why, OF
course | do You must go ahead and
carry the light so | can see TO shoot Do
you think could hit a burglar in the
dark Hurry up, or he'll be gone. ="
And that man made the little woman
go ahead with the light, while he held
the revolver over her shoulder at full
cock. They traversed the house from
garnet to cellar. finally found stray
dog scratching at the back door and
came back to bed He sat up for az
hour telling her what he would hav.
done had there been burglar there. -
Indianapolis Sentinel
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-16
Speeches From Notes.

10 y usually supposed by the lay
reade1 that the greatest speeches made
III congress are the result OF long prepa.
ration and are delivered from volumi.
nous notes. This is not always correct.
The preparation may be all right, but
In many cases notes do not exist at all
This may be illustrated from a little
conversation had with ex Congressman
John NJ. Farquhar. He was booked to
speak at reunion Of veterans Half an
hour before he was announced to take
the platform approached and raid:
"Mr. Farquhar, shall be glad to get
An advance copy OF your speech. "
Ny dear sir, =" he replied II never
wrote speech In my life and never
shall never spoke from notes but once
In my life. That was when l was in
congress, and my speech occupied over
four hours. Ny notes consisted Of five
words scrubbed on piece Of paper. l
have kept that piece of paper. and when
] have joined the majority il may bs
considered an interesting souvenir to
somebody. "
thought 80 too Buffalo News
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-16
His Hat spoke

A certain painter who died not long
ago was a broken down wreck in his
later days Some feeling Of pride and
shame chung 10 him to the last, how
ever, and although he lived upon the
charity of his friends he never asked
for money outright In the crown Of his
bat he pasted this request, "Please lend
me quarter" printed in big, staring
letters. When making call, he would
doff his hat with much show Of dignity,
and there would be the mute appeal
staring in the face his intended victim.
The scheme never failed. San Fran
cisco ArgOnaut
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Our Future Population.

The territorial area of Japan is about
one-twenty fourth that Of the United
States, not counting Canada which is
likely some time to come In. and il sup
ports 40, 900, 600 people. At this rate i.
is computed that the North American
continent would sustain population Of
1000. 900. 000 How soon that limit 10
70 be reached may be RENTED TO tbs
prophets and the statistioians, but Il
will come some time without doubt, re-
curing an increasingly wise type Of
statesman and politician on the way II
we are TO hold together and carry out
the destinies which seem appointed E
uA-Esw York Tribuna