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white enamel and silver stars, which /
had seen him wear in San Francisco.
II was also shown an article of under
wear which l had seen him wear in San
Francisco.
Homer Randall, treasurer of Bosque
County, was introduced to me as the man
who had first noticed the resemblance be-
tween the picture and description of Josef
Blanther and the appearance of Arthur
Forbes, the school teacher at Kopperl.
Randall handed me a letter which had
been written by Arthur Forbes at Texar-
kama, Texas, to the school board of Kop-
perl, in which he applied for the position
of teacher. l turned this letter over to
Gibson with other things. l recognized
this writing also as being that of Blanther.
"I noticed on the dead body pair of
trousers which are the same kind as had
seen Blanther wearing in San Francisco.
The trousers were brought by US to San
Francisco.
the man known there and at kopperl as
Arthur Forbes had commenced teaching
school at the latter place on October l,
1896, and continued to teach there until
February L, 1897, at a salary OF $50 per
month; that the woman known as his
wife Kept house for him; that at first he
had no money, and that he had TO borrow
on his warrants in advance in order to get
furniture and the necessaries of life. He
had joined the Methodist Congregational
Church at Kopperl. His wife had seemed
very devout, but the women OF Kopperl
objected TO her as being 'too fast" for the
community. After a few months the peo-
pie whose children were attending school
there wanted 10 get rid OF Forbes, but as
they could not oust him they stopped their
children from attending.
FORBES wife left him, was told, on
Dece m ber 9. 1896. to 60 TO Texarkana, in
tending. she stated, to live with her
mother-er, as she told others, her grand
mother. 1t has been learned that she did
not go to Texarkana. l found since that
she was living al Dallas. Texas. s5vet
stJailor Womack showed me an open
faced and proba bly, gold watch, which, he
said, Blanther wore when captured. 1t
had a silk braided fob. ! never saw the
watch previous TO this"
Detective Gibsons official statement to
Captain Lees is practically repetition of
that given by Dodge but is less in detail.
He adds, however. that after viewing the
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7wo HUNDRED MADE HOMELESS.
Portsmouth, Va, Nsned by Fire. in Which
Churches and Dwellings Are
DESTROYED

NORFOLK, VA, March 2S.-Portsmouth
was visited this morning by disastrous
fire, which destroyed property valued at
between $l5O.OoO and 5000. 900, consisting
of Catholic church, two public halls and
twenty-seyen dwellings. Most OF the
latter were frame structures. AS result
of the confagration, 200 persons are. home
less to-day.
The fresbroke out about A. NJ. in w hite-
hurst Hall, large vacant building on
Glasgow street, used occasionally for
dancing purposes. The flames spread
under the influence of stiff breeze WI th
remarkable rapidity and quickly comm u
nicated with the buildings adjacent to the
hall. Before the fire was under control
another fire broke out in South Ports
mouth, which destroyed several dwellings.
There were no fatalities.
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anxiety. One moment the boat would be
on top of a wave and the steamer would be
seen and then she would sink into the
trough and the steamer would be lost TO
view. Finally their anxiety turned to
hope and then to certainty for il was seen
that the steamer was steering for them.
There was only four inches of freeboard of
the boat showing and it was learned after
wards that 1t was this that first attracted
the attention of those on the Yanariva be-
fore the sigma that had been set was seen.
So low was the boat in the water that it
was expected momentarily that she would
sink, the men being too exhausted to
make any attempt 10 free her.
After an hour Of horrible suspense dur
ing which time the Yanariva was man
euvering to get the boat under her lee the
survivors were hauled aboard the steamer.
Their Joy was intense when they felt a
solid deck again beneath their feet.
Tnose who were saved had no knowl-
edge of the fate of those who had left the
st. Nazaire in the other boats. but before
they parted company with the captain s
boat they frequently saw those in her
dropping corpses overheard. Many of
tHOsC LII tdot bOae SOSlhCu w ~ - 'AH q
mad.
The names OF the crew who were saved
by the Yanariva are: Paupaire, Durac.
Chaudierre, two men named Ludon. all
sailors; Martesr, Madeline, Salvere,
Cacheux, Cleadcfe, Saguet. all firemen.
Captain Weston of the YanarIva sayf'
that the boat was sighted at IL o'clock o
the morning of March IL and not March
18 as has been stated. She was then 253
miles from New York. 1t was a difficult
task to make the rescue. The sea was run
ming high, and at times the boat was car
ried to level with the steamers deck.
1t was feared that the steamer would be
driven too close to her and swamp her.
The occupants were too weak to render
the slightest assistance to the steamer in
getting them aboard. For four days they
had been without food or water, and some
of them had left the st. Nazaire SO hur-
riedly that they did not have proper
supply of clothin Those lil-cIad men
had suffered extremely from the cold.
When the men were taken aboard the
steamer they fell into alternate paroxysms
of laughing and crying. After the rescue
had been Effected Captain Weston put a
man at the masthead of the Ianariva to
keep lookout for the other boats, but no
trace of them was seen.
The French Consul greeted the Yanariva
upon her arrival here and warmly thanked
Captain Weston for his humanity and
seamanlke conduct.
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DODGE PENS A STORY.
His Tribute to the Man Who Heapec
Upon Him So Much
NotOrfety.

At o'clock in the evening of March %
Josef E. Blanther, knight of the Iron
Cross, lay dead in the County Jail at
Meridian, Tex. and his soul had borne
the awful responsibility of its. crime to the
highest jurisdiction.
When, in the early morning of the next
day, by the light OF an oiI-soaked torch,
saw the d ad body lying straight and
stiff on pine board knew that the man
whom had known as Blanther had full
filled the destiny that had been marked
out for hlm-that destiny, the scheme of
which he had 50 propheticaily outlined
when Just year ago he said: "Wait. /
will kill some one and then myself, and
you can write that up"
When ] have written the story that l
IN now impeFled to write II feel that my
share in the somber tragedy will be ful-
filled and that Lean then shake off the in
| fuence of anorher's crime and retire from
the publicity that has been given me.
On June g. 1896. Arthur Forbes wrote to
| the District School Board at kopperl, ap-
| plying for the position of teacher, which
| was then vacant. His neatly written and
nicely worded letter took the fancy of the
school trustees, and eventually Professor
Arthur Forbes and vile became q part of
the community at Kopperl.
| They joined the Methodist congregation
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the lines he duly accredits their true
author, one Clara A. Baldwin.
There were other samples OF the unr-
uerer's handwriting in the detectives COL
lection-principaIly letters that he had
written under the alias of Arthur Forbes.
But there was something else. Two unset
gems - emeralds - were exhibits that
caused Captain Lees eyes to sparkle and
his countenance to beam with trium-
phant smile.
These settle the whole matter" said
the veteran criminal hunter, hold ng one
OF the green stones up to view. These
stones were taken from a ring that was
torn by Blanther from his victims finger.
The ring had, besides these two gems, a
diamond. I suppose, however, that he
disposed of the latter long since, when he
was pushed for resources"
The Identification of the dead Forbes as
the murderer Blanther was far more CON-
pIete than the dispatches from Meridian
warranted the authorities here to believe.
George A. Dodge, the one-time friend and
companion of Mrs. Langfeid's slayer, who
went to Texas with Gibson to say whether
or not the prisoner were Blanther, also
returned yesterday and declared that
there was absolutely no doubt rs to the
identity of the corpse he viewed in the
Meridian prison. Dodge tells more in
teresting and detailed story of the journey
and his experiences than does the matter
of-fact Gibson, for the latter has long
since crown so accustomed to these kind of
expeditions as to look upon them as al
most commonplace. Dodge made an off,
cial statement to Captain Lees shortly
after his arrival here. After detailing the
incidents OF the trip to Meridian he went
on to relate as follows:
a~''I arrived at Meridian at Ais A. NJ.
March % and was met at the station by
Sheriff Boyd. His first words were that
Blanther had died at s o'clock the night
before. He drove me to the County Jait
and showed me the dead body, which l
at once recognized as that of Blanther.
When 1 saw his body he wore on mis- chin
an i'm perial or chin whisker. At o'clock
[ went again to look at the body by day
light and noted carefully all marks that l
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FOUGHT OVER THE CORPSE.
Negroes Drew Rdzors and Faced Police
Clubs in Attempt TO Prevent
ON INQUEST


ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 28.-Coroner
Spier Richmond attempted to hold al in
quest over the dead body OF Mrs. James
Payne, VINO died suddenly about O. clock
last night after having retired in the best
of health few hours before. Rumors of
foul play started in the neighborhood led
to the investigation. When the Coroner
started to move the body to the Morgue
the husband and family of the dead
woman refused to allow him to do so.
A posse of policemen and deputy sher-
ifs was summoned. The house was en-
tered and the remains placed in q coffin.
When the bearers started for the door the
crowd of negroes began to force their way
in and hand to hand conflict ensued, in
which razors and clubs were drawn by the
colored contingent and guns by the Off
GERS. Payne was Knocked down in the act
of clubbing an officer.
The big guns carried by the officers
finally inundated the negroes and they
sullenly fell back and allowed the coffin
and its contents to be taken away. Such
was the feeling among the friends OF Mrs.
Payne that it was feared that there might
be an attack on the Morgue and squad
of policemen under Captain Bloomer was
kept on guard all the afternoon.
In view of the rumors of foul play and
the opposition encountered by the Cor
oner in his investigation it is possible that
a search warrant will be demanded in or
der to view the premises. The colored
people say no man shall enter the house
again ana If any attempt is made to search
the place the officers anticipa trouble
end possibly bloodshed.
The family of the dead woman say she
was subject to severe coughing spells and
that during one of these she strangled to
death. They threaten that il post NOR
tenn be made there will be bloodshed
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arbitrator, it is said, on the complicated
question that exists there between the
Bishops of the Catholic Church and the
Premiers OF Canada and Manitoba on the
parochial schools.
Mgr. del Val was met at the pier by
Archbishop Corrigan and party OF Cath
olic clergymen, wno escorted him to the
Archiepiscopal residence. Mgr. del Val
stood the voyage across very well, but was
still considerably fatigued upon reaching
here.
Later in the day the Papal delegate re-
fused TO be interviewed. 1t is said that
Monsignor del Val comes here with the
fullest ecc .esiastical authority, even to the
extent OF deposlng those of the Catholic
church who refused to accept any decision
he might make in the Ca hoiic school
question, which is now agitaling Canada.
Atthe residence o Arch b shop CorIigan
to-day it was said that Monsignor del Val
would hardly leave for Canada until to-
morrow or Tuesday morning. But it is
known that the time at his disposal for
the adjustment of even such an important
question as the Canadian school PROPOSE
tlon is limited as be is said to be the
Pope's personal representative in London
at the diamond juoliee of Queen Victoria,
which occurs in June. It. Is not expected
that ueHnite announcement OF MS views
on the subject will be made until after his
return TO Rome.
Monsighor del Val is the oldest son of
the present Spanish EN- bassador at the
Vatican. He is 35 years OF age and was
born in Spain, his mother being an
English woman. He was &c ucated by the
English Jesuits, while his father was the
Spanish EN- bassador at the court of st.
James. Monsignor Val is said TO have
strong personal friend in Cardinal
Vaughan and is secretary of the COM
mission appointed by the Pope for the
conciliation of the dissenting churches,
which aims at the gathering of all Prot
estant denominations into the Church of
Rome. At one time he was a member of
the Papal commission which denounced
the ordinations of the Church OF England.
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remains and satisfying himself that they
were those of the much murderer,
he had them removed to the jail-yard and
photographed. Then the chin-beard was
shaved off, BIanther's glasses ad djusted,
and another negative taken. The detec :
tive says that nobody seeing the body in
its last-named condition could doubt its
identity. Continuing, Gibson says:
ave then opened the two trunks that
Banther had in his possession at the time
of his arrest. One contained the effects of
a woman and the other the effects of a
gentleman. had the gentleman's trunk
shipped to this City, leaving the other one
there after searching tho same. ] learned
that Mrs. Forbes left him on Decem Der
on account OF him being too attentive to
certain ladies OF the town. Her mother
is living with Mrs. i. E. Stewart, Mrs.
Forbes grandm other.
I'm his trunk was found an empty vial
marked one-fourth grain morphine pills.
The doctor says he died Of morphine
poisoning.
"Blanther, while semi-c6nscious, asked
Dr. Golden if he had seen any papers
from California, and on being told yes,
Blanther wanted to know If there was
anything in them about Dr.. Scott. To
Thomas Adams. a scnoolmaster of Merid-
ian and personal friend Of his, Blanther
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A NEW WIDOW.

The Nobieman Apparently Left a
Number of Wives to Mourn.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 23.-A
special to the Journal from Lake Charles,
La, tonight, says the alleged third wife
of Joseph E. Blanther is In that city. hav-
ing arrived Monday last from New Or
leans and commenced TO secure manicure
work. She did not register at the Lake
Hotel, but called up several people by
telephone and lost no time in advertising g
her business. While at work in ]. K. Or
cults house Wednesday she was inter-
rupted by one of the family reading an ac-
count of Blanther's suicide in Texas and
could not proceed further with her work,
returning Immediately to the hotel and
avoiding scrutiny for two days.
Saturday morning she saw an sttornev
and told him she was the wife Of Blan.
ther. She held certificate and said she
married him six years ago under the name
of A. d. Forbes, in Houston, Texas. and
that her maiden name was Irene Camp
bell. The attorney believes her 10 be
Blanthers original wife. and suit will be
instituted by her to recover his personal
property. After seeing the barrister Mrs.
Campbe again returned to the hotel and
this time inscribed on the register s'Mrs.
Joseph Ritton Won Blanther."
She claims to be the daughter OF DR..
Campbell of New York, famous in the
East for treatise on medicine, and to have
travelled in Europe when she had plenty
of coin.
Mrs. Agnes Forbes, nee Cameron, OF
Little Rock returned from Atlanta to-day
to secure copy Of her marriage certificate
which she left at her boarding honse here.
She says she will leave for Atlanta where
she is sailing as Mrs. Joseph E. BIanther,
and like Mrs. Bianther, nee Campbell,
will also attempt to recover her very much
married husbands property. 1t is be-
lieved by Chi Gerald that Addie Harper,
woman OF i'll repute, the second claima nj
to the dead murderer's affections and a
former resident of. Montgomery. was never
married to Blanther.
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Sexual
Weakness

Is the curse of humanity which blights
all the pleasures of youth. 1t deadens the
spirits and weakens the brain. Its train
of evils tears down the strongest consti-
tuition and com pletely wrecks the mental
and physical man. Thousands of young
and middle-aged men throug this scourge
of humanity have found homes in insane
asylums or filled suicides graves. 1t un-
fits the sufferer for study, business and the
social or married relations of life. 1t re-
suits in tired feelines. dizziness, paralysis,
softening of the brain, weak and snrunken
organs, lost manhood despondency. fear
of lmpe ending danger, bashfuiness, pim-
ples loss of memory ana wandering mi,
Discomfort. disappointment
has broken up more homes, caused more s.
evils com bined. If yoa are sufferer ron
consult Doctor Sweany. He can positively
and shrunken organs and restore your was
A Weak Back is an unmistakable sign
Do you have pains Ia
the heart, deranged stomach and a blostet cor
have sediment or br ck- dust deposits in the ur
weakness OF the sexual organs, partial or total
have any of these symptoms you have diSessed
you Diabetes or Brights Disease and = esemat,
VariCOceie. Hydrocele and ali bladder aif
Rupture-New method, sure cure eainies,
no experiment. A positive, cert
Private Diseases-Gonefrhssa, eject an
age. positively and
Ladies will receive careful and special treat
Write if away from the city, hook. ''euids
diseases, free oa application, CERES
F. L. SWEANi. Md. =;
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PAPAL DELEGATE TO CANADA.
Mgr. Merry del Vat Has Authority t.
Settle the Yexs0 PdfocMai School
Question.

NEW YORK. N. Y, March 28.-Mgr.
Merry del Val, Papal delegate to Canada,
arrived here this morning on the Cunard
line steamship Urn bra. en- route to Mon
treal and Manitoba, where he will act as
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SURVIVORS OF
THE ST, NAZA|RE@

Continued from First Page.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-29
An hr-Omc;of Indicted.

BUTTE, MoNT, March 17.-Charles Q.
Johnson, formerly County Clerk and Re-
corder, was indicted by the Grand jury
yesterday, charged with EN- bezzling $3516
of county funds which were received by
him as fees and which he failed to turn
over to the Treasurer and disappeared.
He served as County Clerk for four years.
He was candidate for re- election last
fall, but was defeated.
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TO CUkE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Alldrug.
gistS refund the money II IL tails 10 cure. 25c
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-07-06
Commissioners Sale Of Valuable
Lands situate in Kipahulu, Dis
trict Of Hama, Island ofMaui.

Pursuant to an order made by Hon A.
W. Carter, First Judge Of the Circuit
Court of the First Judicial Circuit, filed
the 10Th day Of June, 1897, in cause ell
titled Julia Colburn and husband versus
A. Noah Kepoikai and others, the under
signed will sell at public auction, on MON
DAY the 10Th day of JULY, 1897, at II
O'Clock noon, at the mauka entrance 20 the
Judiciary Building, all and singular the
following described lands situa as afore
said, namely:
|. An undivided one-eighth interest in
the lands at Kukuiul,, said interest aggre.
eating about 81 acres more or less, and
being portions Of lands described in r p,
Grants No 1902 and No 1865.
?. Apanss and of L @. a. 400S at
Halemano, containing 1880 acres more OF
less.
3 II. p. Gran, 2795 at Kalena, contain.
ing 1918 acres more or less.
4. L. G. A. 45lOb at said Kalena, con.
tanning SOS acres more or less.
These lands are, or have been, unde,
cane cultivation. Deeds at expense Of pur'
chasers. Terms cash in q. 8. Gold. Fol
further particulars apply to
HENRY SMITH,
Commissioner, at the Judiciary Building
64l.td
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-07-06

certify the foregoing is true and correct
copy of the Order of Notice and Publication
now on file in the Clerks Office of the First
Judicial Circuit Court Of the Hawaiian Isl.
ands. j. A. THOMPSON,
641td Clerk.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-07-06
To Coffee Planters
and Others

ALEXANDER CARVE has opened an
Office in London, England, at Is Henrietta
street, opposite Bedford street, W. G., and
is prepared to receive consignments OF
COFFEE and other produce, and obtain the
very best market prices for same.
A. G. has had six years experience in
the Coffee trade in England and Scotland,
and knows the London market thoroughly
A. G. is also prepared to act as agent
and buyer for all commodities suitable for
the Hawaiian market.
Samples of new goods will be sent out
Immediately on being put on the London
market.
A. G. was over five years in business in
the islands-first IN the banking establish.
ment of Bishop h Co., and latterly with
the Hawaiian Sugar Co.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-07-06
COFFEE IN KONA.
improvements at KaiIua-Fines for
Illicit Liquor selling.

Improvements at Kailua-Fines for
IIiioit Liquor selling.
The following notes are from the
Kona Echo:
Kailua is having many improve
ments just now. Mr.. Scott is
building a fine cement wall all
along the road. The native church
has undergone repairs. The OBJ
liging postmaster is erecting a
splendid cement wall in front of
the post office. A person can see
no finer sight than to stand on the
wharf and behold this fine wall
with its gates and the lofty form
of the genial postmaster bowling
ard smiling to his numerous
friends and customers as they en-
ter for letters and goods.
Mr.. Alexander OF San Francisco,
who has an interest in a sugar
plantation on Maui, and Mr.. Die
key of Haiku have been having a
look over Kona. They remained
day or two with Mr.. Cockburn,
an old friend.
Coffee never looked better in
Kona. Encouraged by the ap-
pearance Messrs. McDougall,
Mueller, Greenwich, Lenhart and
others are increasing their acreage.
The recent rains have put coffee
in fine condition. The 164 acres
planted by Mr.. Aiu and 10 acres
planted by Sheriff Nahale last
February on the Bishop estate are
a pleasure to look at. The plan
tation of the Hawaiian Coffee and
Tea Co. is literally loaded with
large healthy berries. MIR. Scott
has about two hundred acres
which could not look better. Mr..
Cockburn, who is so exact and
careful, has his plantation looking
like garden. About the prettiest
plantation we have ever seen is
DIR. McWayne's. 1t is so regular,
neat and we'll kept that you are
reminded of a mansion in Eng
land or Germany with extensive
grounds rather than young
plantation three or four years
old. A few more enterprising men
like the doctor and Mr.. Scott would
make Kona the Garden of Eden
instead of forest of lantans and
guava bushes. Mr.. Bartels has a
very choice piece of coffee, so
we'll kept that it would pay any
one to see it. Several Japanese
and a fewPortuguesehave holdings
from s to 10 acres in prime con-
dition. All OF these plantations
that are at least 3 years old will
pay lno dividends THO ycor.
Three Cinnamon at Kainaliu
we're brought before Judge Nc
Wayne for liquor selling. Two
of them were fined 500 and costs
each, and one appealed to the
Circuit Court.