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SPAIN BUYs A POyTooN.
his 10 Tow Across the Atlantic for Use ~ Q
Dock at Havana.
Special Gable Despatch to The Q

Special Gable Bespatch 10 THE SUE.
LONDON. Sept. ll.-Experts are Of the opinion
That the numner OF dereIicts will be increased
before long by the addition OF q mammoth pom
loon now on its way from the Tyne to Havana.
Sne Is about the queerest craft that ever sailed
The seas. She was built at Wsllsend-on.Tyne for
the Spanish Governments use as a dock at Ha-
Vana' Tho United States Government Is re-
sponsihle for her creation. for recent events have
convinced Spain OF the necessity OF strengthen
ing her naval resources In Cuba. This dock will
Accommodate the largest vessel In the Spanish
navy, Nine tugs were required to get the pom
toon out of tho Tyno to sea on Thursday. The
New LealAnr liner Ruapehu will tow IL to Ha-
vana. The tow ropes are the biggest ever made.
ihey are manila ropes twenty-five incheS In
circumference and weigh hve tons each. A
steel hawser proportionate to the pontoon would
cost 800, 600.
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CHEERS FOR SLAMS KING.
The Hreneh Governnsnt Making . Great Bea-
ture or MIS- stay In Paris

tuFe OF Ms Stay u FAFIS.
PARIS. Sept. 1.-THE French Government 10
making a great feature Of it's entertainment Of
tho King OF Siam. who arrived In Paris at $3.50
O'Clock this afternoon. The King was met at
tho railway station by President Fauro and the
members of the Cabinet with a largo body OF
troops. and was received with imposing formal :
tics. His Majesty was conducted to the splendid
mansion which has been furnished for his &C.
commodation regardless OF cost. where he will
be the guest OF the nation for several days.
Every effort will BIO made to impress him with
the greatness and nj gnihcencs OF the French
nation and To eclipse his memories of English
hospitality. All OF this, OF course. In expSeta-
lion that he will carry out the French policy
when he returns to Slam.
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SHARED HIS BASS WITH A SHARK.
a sD0vtsnan's Story IN which Three HIsh esa
. Yacht Owner Figure.

GREENWICH, Conn.,. Sept l1.-John NJ.
Williams, owner Of the yacht Senorita. had
ais Captain row him out to Flat Neck Pond
late yesterday afternoon, where he started TO
fab for striped bass. Tho little snappers
which abound In those waters bothered him by
stealing the bait He was drawing In the limo
to unlock Q snapper when 1t began 10 run out
rapidly. He thought that q bass had swallowed
the snapper, and after playing Il he reeled it IN.
shark rose from the wator, bit the bass In halves,
and SWAIN of with tho tall end.
The line broke. and Mr.. Williams was Obliged
to take the boat hook to save the piece OF Dish
that was on the hook. He them proceeded
homeward, not caring TO encounter any more
sharks. The part Of the bass he got wcig he'd
twenty pounds, and the marks OF tho sharks
teeth could be seen where il had bitten the bass
in two. leaving tho shape of Its mouth like a
letter y.
II is estimated that the shark took about
eighteen inches of fish at one bito. The stu.y
n not doubted here. for II was told by Mr..
williams, and he shows :he piece of fbh that
he saved.
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KILLED IN AN ELEFAroR aHAFE

Moses WaS Leaning Over II when the De-
sceHdIuE Car struck Hin.
Abraham Moses, o clothing cutter. who
worked for the Empire Cloak and Suit Com
pany OF IS Wsverley place. was leaning over tho
elevator shaft yesterday afternoon when tho
elevator descended on him with considerable
speed. The crr damned his head between its
floor and the 4 GARD bar Of the well.
The car stopped and The injured man was eI.
tricated, with .onAiderablo difficulty. He was
removed to St. Yinceut's Hospital, where 1t was
found that both the spinal cord and The wind
pipe were fractured. He died three hours after
tho accident. The nane OF tho man who was
running the car could not DO learned. ana no
arrests were made,
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SAYS HIS WIFE rs 4 HIToM.
WsearuG Wants . Divorce because she Frae-
ticcs the BLACK Art

ticcs the Black Art
LouIsvnLE. Sept Ito. F. Woodruff. . we'll
known young batter bore. whose domestic dim
cultics have brought him frequently into the
courts. has suod his wife for divorce on the
ground that she practices the black art. He
says he has discovered that she possesses the
power Of foretellinE future Q, ents. and that she
can charm any one ut will or injure an person
"by secret uses Of mixtures Of decoctions Of
roots. herbs. flesh Of animals, ~insects. and rep
tiles. with chemicals, powders, acids, poi,ons.
&C."
Woodruff charges that she placed her dcooo.
lions or mixtures In his food and thereby caused
to become 30 iously III; that sho made
sachet bags, fllod Thorn with her powders and
novel ingredients. which she placed around his
picture. about his bed. and In other places.
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sKEroH1No oUK COAST DErENoEs.
Lieut soSrnI saia 10 Have Inspected the Hovts
On the Florida Csast.

On the Florida Coast.
FERNANDINA, Fla. Sept. 1.-THE naval at
tachS OF tho Spanish Legation at Washington
who is accused Of secretly Inspecting the FORTH.
cations at Charleston was here also. and In
company with Senior Carrie. Spanish vice-Con.
sui. made q minute examination Of the harbor
and the old fort here. He was seen on tho
beaches with his sketch and note books. He
and Carrie were very mysterious in their move
ments. and when any one was about the strAn.
ger always hid his notos. He accompanied Car
rio to Tampa. and the Jacksonville papers re-
port that he made tho same examinations there.
It 10 reported hero that ho went 20 Key West,
and was there q week making investigations.
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"BUCK" TAYLOR ARRESTED.
Tho Scout and Indian Fighter Accusea 81
ThreateninE . PhiIaaeIPhian


PHILADELPHIA. Sept. ll.-"Buck" Taylor.
the picturesque scout and Indian fighter. who
has settled down here. was arrested to-day on
complaint of w. 7. Galley. who says that Taylor
threatened to shoot him. Taylor Is over o feet
8 inches tall, and the policeman who arrested
him 10 a full foot shorter.
Mr.. Galley was driving along the Lancaster
pike near ONerbrook when he met Buck who
was astride IL bronco, and was dressed in buck
skin. Taylor's horse shied ana brushed against
Galey'a carriage. Galley says that the Indian
fighter drew a revolver. fouriahod IL in the air
and pointed it at his head.
Taylor was arrhigned In court, and was held
for o hearing on THURSDAY.
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eENUIyE MURILLo DEsCOVERED
In . Dealers Possession at C~opsnhagsn-
worth over 800. OOO.

"oFtb vNeT bbUOs VVV.
Special Gable Despdtch to TIE suS.
LONDON. Sept. 1.-THE discovery OF Q valua-
BILE Murillo is reported from Copenhagen. Du.
bois de la Rue. q French connolsssur. found It
in . dealers possession. and b no doub' of Ito
genuineness. He estimate It's value at $780,.
600. Tho owner. however. nxes the price at
1925 900. 1t is believed that the picture was
painted by Murillo for the Jesuit monastery of
San Ignacio de Loyola in San Sebastian. The
middle portion Ia well preserved. and Is distin-
guished by the freshness and warmth Of the col.
ors. The upper part, apparently, has been some
what unskilfull restored. 1t 10 thought that 1t
was removed from tho mon stery during the
French invasion. Subsequently 1t was taken to
England. 1t was sold to a Norwegian by an Eng
lishman. on condition that 1t should not be
offered for sale. This seems to indicate that 1t
was stolen. 1t probably came to Denmark
about 1920.
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PARIS. Sept. ll.-Fire started carly this morn
in the publication establishment Of Hachette &
Co., In Rue stanisiAs. The premises and con-
tents we're destroyed. The pssuuiaTT damage u
100000 francs.
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Fell 10 front OF . Ms wins sIaoLias.

LAPoRTE. Ind, Sept. 1.-THE 9-yoar,old
daughter of William Richter, living near
WYATT. fell in front of a moving machine
oriyen by her father this morning, Both Of her
los we're severed. TUere is fear that the father
viii lose his reason ~ the result OF the terrible
accident.
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Hotties, Day OF tho season In WasalaG,oa.

WAsHINGroS, Sept. ll.-To.day was the hot
test OF The season in Washington. The Their
nomcter at the Weat er Bureau registered 81
at I o'clock, one degree higher than the maxi
mum temperature recorded yesterday. The
temperature to-day and yesterday Was high r
than II has been sin. c June 80.
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WoULD Sor Par HIS oABMxx.
John Ashley. or Lexington. Ky. Locked Up
Ansr an Afsrnson's Drive.

John Ashley. % years old. who said he was Q
banker and breeder Of race horses at Lexington.
Ky" was locked up In the West Sixty.eighth
street station last night because he would not
pay a cabman what he owed him.. Ashley hired
Jacob Herman's cab at 3 o'clock yesterday after.
noon In the Tenderlo!n, and told Herman to
take him around town.
At z O'Clock last evening they had reached the
Park circle. and the CABIN m told Ashley hat he
owed him $3.50. Ashley told Herman TO take
him to the Metropolitan Club and he would set
tie. Herman did so, but Ashley declined TO pay
him. Then Herman took hun to the station
house, whore Ashley was locked up.
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Physicians prescribe pure water for babies And
children. Are you're Drinking inpurties7 Are You
bladf Take warning. Poland Water Il purity its.If
Try half-g Allon sample for baby.
Families returning 90 town should be cautious, AMI
S Ssrst.. 'e n ~ sL Ss' sEsl ~ s:s. Z: sS ss. Ei.:.
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LOXDoN's kLoxDIKE CRAZE.
Fifteen Companies Tsrnea with . fetal Capital
Of $40. o o

SpseIdT LaOIo DebpoIch 70 Tnl 0UH.
LONDON. Sept. ll.-Fiiteon public companies
Tor exploiting tho Klondiks nave boon noated
IN London, Their total capital is $40. 900. 900.
Of which Vo.e6O.oOO In stock 10 offered 10 the
public.
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FELL FIVE STORIES.


u DAUy VuO EumuTou Vut OF WIhuoW VHGBut
by Her CisthinE en- . Meat hooL.
Mrs. Murphy. who lives on the top floor Of
l8A East ll2th street, was at work in the kitch-
en- yesterday while hor eighteen-months-old
child Nora WAS alone In the parlor. The front
window was open. and Nora climbed on a chair
and tumbled out. She foil Ave stories and struck
her head on the W OGDEN framework In front Of
Abraham KratEy's butcher shop. Her clothing
caught on q meat hook, and she was held aus
pended until taken down. she was removed TO
Harlem Hospital unconscious, and will probably
die OF n fracture OF the skull.
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ThO 1alk % the Tow1.
iiS'ss WEI u &. i SsS. YEsSss1ssss.-zIe
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RELICS OF TIE PARIS BAzAAR.
Diamonds Found In the Rains % Ne ssld for
the Public Treasury.
ypseinI Cable Drspalch to The Sex.

LONDON. Sept. 1l.-Diamnnds valued ut
$1,000 and $4,000 In coin. found In tho ruins OF
the Paris Bazaar fire and unclaimed, will DO
sold for the benefit OF the public treasury.
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--latest AasSts- sS'su'HSsss'
AsslSS4-As yAsEaisA huIsE. BSAbaEy Avs o.
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EUROFE'S GREATEST GAME.
IETEREsTING MOVES ON TIE
CHECKER BOARD OF POLITICS.

ne Kaiser PushinE steadily ut Hts Scheme ef
Brltish observation-disclosures Likely 20 jein
In on Her own AccO~unt-serious Psssibiiis
ties In the Upper Nne-Italy Distursed.
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ORANGE FREE STATE.
Ratified the Extradition Treaty
With the United States.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S. - The
Orange Free State has ratified the ex-
tradition treaty between that country
and the United States recently negotl-
ated. and has returned the document
to Washington, where it awaits the
action Of the United States Senate.
1t was this convention, together with
a. similar treaty negotiated with the
Argentine Republic, that made up an
issue between President Cleveland and
the Senate, resulting in the shelving of
both treaties. AS submitted to the
Senate by President Cleveland, the
treaties contained clauses permitting
an American citizen to be surrendered
under extradition to the political au-
thorities of the Argentine Republic, or
of the Orange Free State, or vice
versa, the United States might take
from those countries a native who had
escaped from the United States after
the commission of a crime.
The Senate very promptly rejected
this radical departure on the theory of
our extradition proceedings, and cut
them out of the treaties by amend
ments. This resulted in sending the
documents back to the State Depart
ment for transmission to the other
parties Of the treaty, that they might
have an opportunity to pass upon them.
But the President positively refused to
go ahead with the treaties unless Con-
gress accepted his ideas on the point
at issue and the documents have lain
on the shelf until the present admins
tration took them up soon after it as
sumed office and resumed the negotia-
tions looking to their final completion
on the lines indicated by the Senate.
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KATHERINE KIDDER,
The Well-Known Tragedienne Ly-
ing Ill at St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2S.-Katheryne Kid
der the well-known tragedienne, is
lying ill at the home of friends in this
city, the .'Post-Dispatch" says to-day,
and her company has been disbanded
and sent back to New York.
Last Thursday she appeared at the
Fourteenth street Theater in this city
in Loves at War;" a play which she
had been preparing for some time past.
and to which she lent all her energy
and skill. The play was not well re-
ceived by the critics, and the disap-
podntment resulting, combined with the
had work she had given it, caused her
present illness.
After leaving st. Louis the company
went over into Illinois on one-n1ght
stands At Belleville last night Miss
Kidder decided to disband her company
She paid their salaries and their fares
to New York, and then came to ST.
Louis.
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FIannels
Reduced to lOC.
Here is a

at such a critical time. Here is
most desirable piece of property only
awaiting a nod from Uncle Sam to be-
come his own without the firing of
gun or the precipitating of any trouple.
LAS soon as Congress meets we VIII
get at the treaty, and my impression
is that a number of Senators VINO nave
hitherto been counted against the rau-
fication will be found on our side. IL
has always been my opinion that we
ought to have Hawaii, and l am con-
firmed in this belief more than ever
by the recent course Of events in the
Orient"
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FIRE AT DETROIT.
Property Valued at $125,OOO Goes
UP in Smoke.

DETROIT, Dec. 2S. - The Arcade
building, owned by the Heyman estate
on West Larned street, burned early
this morning, completely destroying the
paper stock Of William c. Jupp, the
stock and plant Of Charles l.. Roehm
& Son, Wholesale stationers, and the
stock of perfume materials of the
Eliseum Company.
The five-story structure to the west
of the Arcade building, occupied by the
Detroit Free Press Printing Company,
was for a time threatened, and the
stock and plant of the Free Press Print
ing Company, Cliff & Higgins, book
binders, and the Habbin Engraving
Company were nearly ruined.
The total loss of the two buildings
and their contents will reach S125,OOO,
of which the Free Press Printing Com
pany sustains about $4,000, with $45,-
OOO insurance. The other losses are
fairly covered by insurance
The cause of the fire is unknown.
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ACCIDENTS ON A SHIP.
The Van Loo Loses Seven of Her
Crew Within Two Days.

HALIFAX On. s., Dec. 2S-A special
dispatch from Bermuda reports an ac-
cident at sea on the ship Van Loo, in
which six lives were lost. The Van
Loo. which is on voyage from Cardiff
TO st. John. n. B., put in there with
loss of sails.
She reports that on the 10th inst. the
foreyards suddenly parted and fell to
the deck. A number of men were at
work in the rigging at the time. and
others were on deck Immediately below.
OF nine who were carried down by the
falling yard, or We're struck when de-
scending, three We're killed instantly,
and three others, who took the chances
of escaping by jumping into the seas,
We're drowned. Only the day before one
OF the crew was killed by falling from
a loft TO the deck.
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prised to hear counsel make such q
statement
The Judge, after referring to the rec
emmendation for mercy made by the
jury, said: Wife beating may be pop
ular In some countries, but not IN
America. I propose in your case to
mere out such punishment as will
serve as a warning to others that they
must not repeat an offense OF this
kind"
Radcliffe was taken back to his cell
in the Tombs to await transfer to the
penitentiary on Blackwell's Island,
where he will be confined to hard labor.
A large crowd was present to hear
the actor sentenced Mrs. Ratcliffe
and her father, Peter de Lacey. were
absent.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Suprene Court
Justice Dickey, at White Plains, this
afternoon granted a temporary stay to
Edward j. Ratciffe, returnable in
Brooklyn on Monday next. The actor
Will remain in Jail pending the argu-
ment as to whether there shall be a re-
trial OF the charge of assault.
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CABINET MEETING.
The Appeal for Aid for Sufferers in
Cuba Discussed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-To- days
Cabinet meeting was unusually brief
Secretaries Gage and Bliss being out
of the city, and Secretary Alger ILL.,
only five members attended.
The appeal of the American people
for aid for sufferers in Cuba was the
principal topic of discussion The
President and all the members of the
Cabinet are deeply interested in the re-
lief project, and have taken every
means at the command of the Admins
tration to facilitate extension of relief
through the State Department here
and Consul-General Lee in Havana. 1t
is expected that the first responses to
the appeal will come from the large
cities Of the country, and the belief is
expressed that they will be both prompt
and generous.
Several departmental matters of min
or importance also were brought to the
attention of the Cabinet.
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TOWNSHIP OF DYEA.
An Important Ruling by Land
Commissioner Herman.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-A decision
of much Importance has been made by
Commissioner Herman of the General
Land Office, affecting the town of
Dyea. Alaska. The townsite is claimed
by Healy and Wilson under the gen.
eral law allowing 100 acres in Alaska
for manufacturing and trading pur-
poses. These parties claim to have
made their location long prior to any
adverse right. The Commissioner re-
jected the application on a number
of grounds. and says that the survey
of the claim was not regularly made.
He says that a new survey is there
fore necessitated, and that the case
Will come up on its merits.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Mr. Dupuy
de LONE, the Spanish Minister, ex-
presses strong disapproval of reports
that the relief measures adopted by the
United States and co-operated in by
Spain are a step toward intervention
by the United States Government in the
affairs of Cuba.
The Minister characteriZes such re-
ports as an effort to mix politics with
charity and as calculated to excite i'll
feeling which will embarrass the char
itable movement and impede its execu-
tion in Havana and throughout the ISL
and. Referring to the subject he said
to-day:
This talk of intervention in certain
quarters has no other purpose than to
embitter both countries and to divert
the original essential purpose OF aims
giving. The extension of aid to the Suf-
fererS in Cuba is no more intervention
than was the action of all the nations
of the world, including Spain, to extend
help to Chicago after the big fire, or
that of the United States in sending a
Shipload of grain to Russia and last
year to India, or that of the city Of
London in sending food and money to
Paris, when the siege by the Germans
was raised
Turning to dispatch just received
from DIR. Congosto, Secretary General
at Havana, the Minister proceeded,
quoting in part from the dispatch:
1T is not true that the Spanish au-
thorites in Cuba are not equal to the
situation. Succor is being given abun-
dainty ard relief committees are in
regular opera ton. In two of the prov
inces-Puerto Principe and Santiago
there has been no concentration. Forty
plantations are raising sugar and there
is ample work for those who want 1t.
Many of these concentrates who are
reported 70 be suffering are in such
condition through an unwillingnesS to
work.
The energy with which relief meas
1Ires are being conducted in Havana IS
shown by a glance at the Havana pa
pers to-day, where there are long lists
of charitable donations from parties, Of
condensed milk cornmeal and like ar
1icles. especially serviceable for the
children. 1t should be borne in mind
also that the Spanish Government has
remitted all duties of the relief supplies
sent to Cuba, so that for every dollar
of supplies entering Cuba Spain adds a
considerable percentage, the remitted
duties running from 40 per cent. down.
1T is perfectly well understood that
American help will be received in the
spirit it is given, and the American
Government, as Secretary Sherman ex-
pressed in his recent letter, offers the
well-knoWn generosity of the American
people in the same spirit that they have
accepted foreign help in the case OF
public calamity Tt seems that some
persons who make the statements as to
the conditions in Cuba forget that the
evils OF war cannot be nlitigated in a
short time. They fail to compare the
actual situation of to-day with that Of
the past and totally disregard the eff
forts made to improve the situation
After all. IT is probably unnecessary to
answer those who will go TO such an
extreme as to mix Intervention and in
trusion with the acts of mercy of a ma
fion wen known for its generosity and
charity
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sTENoGRAPHERs STRIKE.
Did Not Appear in Court When the
Luetgert Case Was Called.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-The stenograrh-
ers employed by the defense in the
Luetgert case have struck They did
not appear in court when the case was
called to-day, and the defense may
have to depend upon notes taken by
the States Attorneys stenographer if
ii be found necessary to take the case
to the Supreme Court. Attorney Har-
mon, it is said, will ask the court to
require the State TO furnish the de-
Tense with copy of the testimony each
day, on the ground that Luetgert has
no money to pay for stenographers. and
that the life of the defendant Will be
imperilled unless provision is made to
protect his rights.
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NICARAGUA CANAL.
The u. S. Survey Commission Ar
rives at Greytown.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The Atlas
Line steamer Alene, which arrived to-
day from Central American ports, re-
ports the arrival at Greytown, Mica
ragua. on December 18th of the gum
boat Newport, with the Nicaraguan
Canal Survey Commission on board.
A force of laborers from Port Limon
had already arrived at Greytown to
aid in the work of survey
There was considerable excitement at
Port Limon on December 10Th, owing
to expected trouble with Nicaragua. A
large force of Costa Rican troops were
in Port Limon when the Alene sailed.
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Mrs. e. S. Woo1worth, Dead,

OMAHA, Dec 2S - Mrs. Elizabeth
Stanton Woolworth, wife of Hon. j. NJ
Woolw orth, ex-PreSident of the Aneri
can Bar Association, died at her home
in this city to-day at the age of 81
years Mrs Woolworth was the
daughter of Moses Bradford Butter
worth, and was a lineal descendant of
William Bradford, the first Governor
of the Plymouth Colony. She was born
at Homer, y. Y; came to Omaha in
1868. and was married to Mr.. Wool
worth in 1871.