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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
A Famous Case Has its End.
ing on the GaI|ows.
DUESTROW WAS HANGED
The Murderer of His Wife and Child,
After a Long Legal Battle in All
the Courts of the Country. Meets
His Doom.

UNION, Mo, February 16.-Arthur
Duestrow was hung today at 1 o'clock
in the Jail yard. His trial and crime
has attracted the attention of the press
for the past two years. The crime for
which he paid the death penalty was a
brutal one, and it was case in which
money could not change the verdict or
secure reprieve.
| Shortly before o'clock the sheriff nc
titled Duestrow his last hour had arriv-
ed. The march to the scaffold began with
Duestrow apparently unconcerned. On
the scaffold the sheriff asked if he had
anything to say. He replied: 'May l
say few words. 1 wish to say that a
big mistake is being made here.
1 am General Branden burg, OF
the United States army. 1
am not the man whom you accuse. [
am not the murderer of a woman and a
child" The condemned man then
hesitated and the black cap was placed
over Duestrow' head and trap sprung.
Duestrow' neck was net broken but
in eight minutes he was pronounced
dead.
Arthur Duestrow, who shot and kill
ed his wife and only child, boy aged
Is months, at o'clock on the afternoon
of February 13, 1894, was for some time
previous a millionaire medical student.
but had lapsed from his duty to his
young wife, and on the day of the trag-
edy had spent several hours in drinking.
When he went to his home he was in
famed with drink and staggered up
stairs to where his wife met him. He
struck her blow that felled her and
then took his boy, aged Is months, and
went down stairs, but returned very
soon with a pistol. Don't shoot.
Arthur, you're drunk" said his wife.
I'll show you who is drunk he said,
and he fired two shots into her body.
He then shot the child. With smoking
pistol in his hand he ran into the street
and surrendered to a policeman. The
child died at once, but Mrs. Duestrow
unconscious for four days.
From the day of the tragedy until the
drop fell today, notable legal battle
has been fought by Duestrow's attor-
ney's to save their client from the
gallows. By terms of his fathers will
Duestrow received life income of S10,-
900 YEARLY
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
Sheriff Garrett,s expenses in running

Sheriff Garrett's expenses in runnin 2
the sheriff's Office have been, on an
average, s2S3. 46 per m onth up to Jan
uary 1st. This includes taking two
men to the insane asylum and the mer-
chandise account for the prisoners
here. Since January 1st. his expenses
have been less This is little over
So 900 year. Formerly the sheriff s
Office cost the county from $4,000 to
SIS, 900 year. Quite a saving that,
isn't it? The voters of Dopa Ana couu-
tv made no'mistake when they elected
Mr.. Garrett sheriff OF their county
Rio Grande Republican.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
Broke his Leg.

James Sutton. of Russell. Kans., had
his right leg broken below the knee
yesterday at Juarez in a peculiar ac
cident. He is here with his father
shipping cattle into Mexico, and went
Sutton had only seated himself and
commenced to yank the bovine teat,
when the unfeeling critter gave a
huuch, out shot that festive right
wheeler, and Immediately MIR. Sutton
thought he had run up against a
kangaroo or an ostrich.
The pail was smashed, so was
the unfortunate mans leg, but he
was quickly rescued and brought over
to this city where he was at once
comfortably cared for at the Sisters
hospital. He is resting easy today.
Mr.. Sutton thinks be must have tried
to milk COW that was not giving any
milk, and that the animal objected to
being thus trifled with.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
LITTLE NOTHIkGS.

Little by little the child learns; the
horse, too, by bits.
y close shave is not necessarily n
hair-breadth escape; if you have the
price.
The man who was Il good liver, but
wanted to be II better liver. and par
took too cOpiously of bacon and fried
liver-well, now as no sort of liver,
he is out of sight.
When the little angel woman with the
lOve-lit eyes says: "Matrimony is Il ten
der cordial relation" up bObs the old
synic with: cordial? Yes, it's the he
licks-her of life"
Occasionally man who lays claim to
horse sense establishes his claim by n
superhuman effort, but it is always pre-
carious for the horse, for the man is liza
bic to make an ass of himself and there
by sadly humiliate the other ANIMAL
Up-to-Date.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
Continental gossip5 are making pa

Continental gossips are making par
allels of the lives of Sir Walter Scott
and Mark Twain. Scott had great fa-
cility with the pen and so has Twain:
each one had derived fortune from
literature before middle age, and each
one lost it in some unaccountable way
in the business of publishing his own
successful books. Scott worked him
self to death while trying to pay the
obligations of the collapsed publishing g
| house with which he had been connect
ed: and Twain is now living in an OBJ
scure lodging house in London and
! making his last stand against debt and
poverty. The lesson of the lives OF
these heroic souls, says the Two Re
publics, is that no man-not even the
| great genuises-can escape the rigors oi
| the financial discipline which modern
society imposes. Every man should
| therefore make it point to be a good
| business man before he attempts any
thing more. for it is the foundation o.
every other kind OF business.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
Chopiu Hall. February IL.

The price of admission to hear lone
of Americas greatest orators" Geo. f.
Hail. of the Redpath Lyceum Bureau,
is 25 cents. Full of fun. fire, fancy and
philo- ophy, thoroughly chaste and up
to date. Seats reserved at the above
price Wednesday at 304 San Antonio
st. Mr.. Hall comes mere under the
auspices of the Y. NJ. G. A. and his
regular price of admission has been cut
in halves to secure a large attendance.
125 admissions sold already. Fun will
pegin at $50
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
Will not be Interviewed.

BERLIN, February 16.-United States
Senator Wolcott had interviews today
with a number of government officials
concerning the currency problem. VOL
colt declines to be interviewd on the
subject of his mission to Europe, desir-
ing to report the results at Washington
before saying anything for publica-
ton.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

A prisoner of the Saltwater. Mimi,
penitentiary who ran away while on
parole in 1895 has written the warden a
letter asking if he may return. Tran
sportation has been sent him. and he is
returning alOne to serve the remaining
seven years of his term.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
Major McKinIey's Condition.

CANTON, OHIO, February 16.-Major
Mckinley passed IL very com forta BILE
night, but his attending physician will
not permit him to receive many callers
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
A DOubIp Hanging

ST. LOUIS, February 16.-Peter
Schmidt and Samuel Foster, (colored)
were hanged at Clayton this morning.
They murdered Bertram Atwater,
q Chicago artist in January. 1896.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
The Markets

NEW YORK, February 16.-Stocks
were firm and higher at the opening
dealings. The advance in prices, how
ever. was unimportant and ranged from
! to per cent. Manhattan was heavy
and fell point to SCI.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

The New Mexican absolutely ap-
proves the following from the Albu-
querque Citizen: "Col. Phillip Mother
sill, manager of the New Mexico &
Rio Grande Live Stock company at
Eagle, south of this city, is a candidate
for the position of collector of customs
at the port of Ell Paso. The colonel is
d prominent republican in southern
New Mexico, and his endorsements for
the appointment are giltedged."
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
Their Fate Sealed

FRANKFORT, KY, February 10
Governor Bradley has fixed Saturday,
March 20, as the date for the execution
of jackson and Walling.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Jesus Bastardo was arrested last
evening by Officer Deuiston for attempt
ing to carve up brother Aztec with a
jack knife down in Chihuahuita. The
two gentlemen were engaged in a dis
pute as to the relative merits of green
seal and killikinic
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Senator Gear, of Iowa. has introduce
ed a bill to create the sixth judicial
district in the territory of New Mex.
leo, and the appointment of an addi
tional associate justice of the supreme
court OF the territory
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
Bank Closed.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, February 10
The Merchants National bank of Jack.
sonville, closed its doors this morning
Capital $1,000 A statement has beer
refused.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Two hundred and seventy deaths oc-
Cured from small pox in Pueblo, Mexi-
co, during the first half Of January,
mostly among Indians, whose custom
of carrying the dead to the grave in
cOffins on the heads of friends contri-
butes greatly to the spread of the dis
ease
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Evangelist Moody says that the trou-
BILE in the United States is that religion
is dominated by wealth not wealth by
religion.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Queen Lii is quite sick at Boston
with the grippe, and must fee to more
hospitable climate. Come to Ell Paso.
old gal, and bask in our sunshine.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

'Bacteria do not occur in the blood
or in the tissues of healthy living
body, either of man or the lower ami
mails" SO says the celebrated DIR.
Koch. Other doctors say that the
best medicine to render the blood per-
fectly pure and healthy is Ayers Sar-
saparilla.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16
A New Postmaster.

WAsHINGTON, February 16.-A. L.
Peters has been appointed postmaster
at Viptop; California.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

The wooden mills at Provo, Utah
one of the best known mills in the ives,
has been closed because its help are on
a strike.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Now one may comprehend how the
Bradley Martins can spend SO much.
Their fortune began in the coopers'
trade, and the family made up a few
'barrels" for themselves.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Wilksomm, the defaulting cashier OF
the National bank of Merida, Yucatan,
whose accounts were short Sl99. 900,
will be tried by jury next week. He
mas made two unsuccessful attempts to
escape.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Much of lifes misery IS due to indi-
gestion; for who can be happy with a
pain in his stomach? AS a corrective
and strengthener of the alimentary or
gans. Ayers Pills are invaluable. their
use being always attended with marked
benetit
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

News has been received in this city
that Mrs. Claude Dunning, wife of the
former lessee of the VendOme hotel
died few days ago in Vera Cruz.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Phoenix has a new weekly paper
the Saturday Evening Press. at th'
head of which appears the name o
William Chappie.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

There are 507 saloons in this city
just 800 too many, says the Mexican
Herald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

The curfew and cigarette bills have
both been murdered in the New Mex
leo legislature.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

The Water company is lying a pipe
from Oregon street into the plaza fol
use in watering the plaza.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

There will be a Raymond & Whit
comb excursion in from New York to
morrow at 3 p. m, via New Orleans
The party continue west at p. m.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

If 50 families were evicted for nom
payment of rent in such storm as that
of "Wednesday. how far below zero will
the thermometer have to go before
New York courts learn that the inten-
tion of the law is to make Justice i'm
possible?-New York World.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

The Santa Fe railroad company has
entered suit in the district court against
Jesus Tulamantes for trespass to try
title
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

The court house lawn is being spaded
preparatory to spring.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

BORN-In this city, 18th inst, a girl
to the wife of Joseph Semino of the G
II.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

The model new women send their
husbands, sweethearts, brothers anu
friends to Morrow;s Barber shop, los
Oregon ST.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

George B. Massey, Yale '95 gradu.
ate and BOW residing at Ciudad PorfiriC
Diaz, is endeavoring to organize Y ale
Alumni association of old Mexico, and
invites such Yale men as reside in the
republic to correspond with him, sc
that such an association may be formed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

There are always 10000 strangers
sightseeing IN LdndoU.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-16

Sporting Editor Howard B. Hackett,
of the New York World is on tonight's
west bound Sunset Limited en- route to
Carson City. He did not want to run
the risk Of being showed in by cressin G
the continent further north.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-09
ITW WAS GRADY'S WAY.
How the Famous Atlanta Editor
Overcame the Wrath of an lndig-
nant Subs bsCribcr.

From the Times Herald.
When the late Henry w. Grady was
managing editor of the Atlanta ConStltu-
ton he was sometimes veXed and an
noyed by an inexperienced ana over
Jealous correspondent who picked up
rllmorS and sent them in as items OF
news. 1t was unpleasant to make
retraction, and when the correspond
ents undoubtedly acted in good faith
they We're always protected by the
paper. In one instance, however, Mi.
Grady hardly knew how TO act. a man
in distant part of the state complained
that he had been misrepresented He
did not ASK for a retractiOn, but wrote
that he would arrive in Atlanta on the
next train, and would shoot the respon-
sible editor of the paper a few in
uuirieS in the city among this mans
acqua intances brought out the fact that
he had a violent temper, sometimes got
drunk, and was just the kind OF person
who could commit murder and then be
acquitted on the grounds Of insanity
Mr.. Grady and his friends felt that
the situation had its serious features,
but nobody spoke of appealing to the
police. They do not conduct business
that way down in Georgia. When
would the desperate arrive? This was
the question of the hour in the office.
The general opinion was that he would
reach the city about midday, and II ne
visited the Office at that hour he would
probably find Mr.. Grady alone on the
editorial floor. One of the clerks, who
had heard Of the trouble, came upstairs
and rendered his chief Il pistol at the
same time begging him not to be taken
unawares by his enemy. The journalist
took the weapon, reflected moment
and then handed it back to the young
man. Il don't need it," he said. Good
&c than
| in this case. This poor fellow who is
! bunting me thinks that he has griev-
ance, and the matter should be looked
| into before there Is any hghting,
The day wore on and the newspaper
men soon became absorbed in their rou-
| tine duties, and by II o'clock they had
| drifted out in various directions to get
| their luncheons. All except Mr.. Grady,
| The managing editor held the fort,
| While his secretary in an adjoining room
was busly engaged with some impor-
| tant correspondence. The clock ticked
| away monotOnOusly and profound quiet
| prevailed on the editorial floor,
| Suddenly and unannounced q big fell
| low with a frowning brow entered the
| sanctum.
Mr.. Grady" he blurted out, Il am
Glad to see YOU" interrupted the
other. II was thinking Of you mo-
ment ago." and the journalist gave his
visitor a cordial handshake and beam
ed upon him with a magnetic smile
The big fellow was not to be captur-
ed in this way. His frown deepeneG
and he assumed a dignified attitude.
You probably take me for some one
else" he said stiffly. II am"
You are Colonel Bill Blackstock OF
Cottonville," replied Grady in a CHEEKY
tone. Il never saw you but once, anC
that was at the state fair five years
| ago, when your mare NHn everything
in sight and left the AtlahSa boys will
| empty pockets. Great Scott! Colonel
how you did clean us up that time!"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-09
SHE WAS AMBITIOUS, BUT

for often had they changed children with
even well-to-do families, he said, but
more he would not say, lest he should
injure those prosperous families. 1t was
believed that the fairies were particular
ly busy in, exchanging children on st.
Johns eve.
Referring to a notice of the death of
once well-known prize-tighter named
Patsy Cummings a St. Asaph workhouse,
the Cardiff Mail writes the following nice
little story of another and still surviV-
ing bruiser of the past: 81 saw the cele-
brated Sayers- H eenan prize fight on April
II, 1860, at Marlborough Hants," and there
met the Welsh lightweight, Dan Thorn
as (Dan PontypriddD. | next met him on
the 5th instant and we chatted together,
at Porthcawl, where he now peaceably
lives as a chape-frequenter. Some years
since the spirit moved him to destroy
his belts and other valuable prizes Short
ly after, seeing a big, bully knocking
about a much smaller man, he remonstrdt-
ed, and remonstrances proving useless,
the old spirit revived. He took off his
coat and gave the huge bully good
thrashing, to the delight of an assembled
crowd.
Welsh complacency has received several
severe shocks of late (says the GLOBE
in some concern). The worst of ALL OF
course was the attack on the antiquity
of the Gorsedd, which has caused a con-
| vulsion among the pundts of the Prin-
| cipality, in comparison with which TINS
| weeks earthquake is mere child's play.
Then there mas been the dismal failure
| of the Welsh Colony in Patagonia. And
now q fresh and most unlooked-for blow
| has been dealt poor Tafy in his tender
est spot-and, what is worse, in the house
| of his friends. Mr.. Pugh, of the Cardin
Forward Movement-this, We believe, is
not a football club, but an organization
| for the furtherance of religious princi-
| ples-has recently paid a visit to South
| Africa, and in the course of his travels
| he had occasion TO attend a mission SER
| vice in Xululand. A special feature OF the
| service was the singing of hymns in the
Zulu tongue by converted natives, and,
| after hearing their efforts, Mr.. PuSh, Uv-
| empowered by the sorority of these dusky
| choristers, was fain to admit that in the
| matter of voice even the Welsh singers
| must "stand down one In favor of the
| Zulus! 1t is needless to say that this cX-
| traordinary admission has created pro-
| found impression in Wales. In Cardiff,
| however, it has been received with admir-
| able euuanimity. There is no talk of
| lynching Mr.. Pugh. on the contrary, 1t
| is suggested that his statement aHofds
| the Newport Eisteddfod committee a
| splendid opportunite for a bit of enter
prise. They should promptly invite Aulu
| choir to enter for the competitions at next
| years festival
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-09
.PENHSYL RAILROAD.

Schedule In Effect November IS, 1895,
Trains Leave Wilkes Barre as Follows
7.3O a. M, week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Ba|ti-
more, Washington, and for Pitts.
burg and the West,
lo.l5 a. M, week days, for Hazleton,
Pottsvile, Reading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun.
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts.
burg and the West.
3.I5 p. M, week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington and Pittsburg
and the West.
3.l5 p M, Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphi a,
and Pittsburg and the West.
600 p. M, week days, for Hazleton
and Pottsville.
J. r. WOOD, Genl Pass. Agent.
S. M. PROVOST, General Manager.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-09

er and commands the immediate at
tention of an audience. Miss Burts
older brother Is the Rev. Lloyd Roberts,
formerly of Wilkes Barre. Mr.. Roberts
is an issue of a former husband, and
is only Miss Burt's half brother, but,
like the Burts. he is a gentleman of
brilliant attainments. While he has a
Welsh accent in his English discourses.
still it is the language of a cultured
gentleman, and perfect and pleasant
AS a Welsh elocutionist and an imper
senator of the Welsh pulpit warriors
of the past he is inimtable and we
do not know of his equal, and we have
heard them all. You should hear his
"Gwilym Hireathog anfarwoldeb.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-09
Central Railroad Of New Jersey.

Anthracite coal used exclusively, insur.
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME ia BILE IN EFFECT NOV. Is, 1896.
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston.
Wilkes.Barre etc, at 82O 9.15, II. 80 a. m.
12.45. 200. 3.05. 500, 7.10 p. m. Sundays 800.
a. m, 100, 2.15, ITO p. m.
For Atlantic City, 500 q. m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth
$40 texpress) a. M. 12.45 express with Buff
fet parlor car), 3.O5 (express) p. M SUM
day, 2.15 p. M. Train leaving 2.45 p. m.
arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Term-
inal, 5.22 p. m. and New York 500 p. m.
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, $40 a. ms
lS45. 3.o5, 800 Except Philadelphia) p. IN
Sunday, 2.15 p. m.
For Long Branch. Ocean Grove. ETC.. at
$40 a. m. and 1245 p. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg.
via Allentown. $40 a. m, 12.45. 500 p. m.
For Pottsvilie, $50 a. m, 12.45 p. m.
Returning, leave New York, foot Of Lib.
erty street, North River, at 8. 10 (express)
Il. m, no. 1.3O. AIS (express with Buffet
parlor carr p. m. Sunday, 4.30 a. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal.
800 a. m. 200 and 4.30 p. m. Sunday. 6.2S
q. m.
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application in ad-
vance to the ticket agent at the station.
H. P. BALDWIN.
Gen. Pass. Agt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-09
SHOULD BE IN EVERY OFFICE.

From the Olyphant Record.
The annual Political Handbook of the
Scranton Tribune is out. 1t Is a hand
some book of 200 pages. a model OF the
printers art and a deserving tribute to
the industry and accuracy of the compil-
ers. 1t is a handbook that should be in
every business office in the county, and
the homes of our people will md its
columns of great value and convenience
when any information is needed rs 20
political figures in city, county, state or
nation. 1t has also chronological liable
of the most important events in the city
of Scranton and the county of Lacka-
wanna. The handbook is up to the usual
eXcellency of the annual issued by The
Tribune and is very creditable to the
firm,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-09
THE SENATORIAL FIGHT.
m the Carbondale Herald.

From the Carbondale Herald.
1t seems to us that the choice between
the candidates was decided in the way
that will best serve the interests of the
state. The Wanamaker canvass was
founded principally on Doodle. The can
didates claim to distinction is in the
fact that he is an enormously rich man.
His effort to attain seat in the United
States senate was characterized by the
same methods which he would use to
procure a job lot of neckties. Happily for
the honest people of the state, these
methods have signally failed. The failure
is a victory for clean politics.