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and, Selling him by the beard, cut his
throat, severing the juguIar artery.
AS the victim fell the frenzied murd-
erer stabbed him time and again in
the face and throat, cutting his nose
off and infictlng most hideous wounds.
Pethke then gave himself up and
claimed to have acted in self defence,
though the dead man was unarmed
and fully twenty five years older than
his murderer. Owing to the excited
state of the public mind, Pethke was
hurried off to the jail at Waukegan
and strong guard put over him to
prevent mob violence.
What was the influence the aged d.
vorced wife had over Pethke and what
could have been the cauze Of her great
liking for him? Pethke says the Rev
Mr.. BreakWell was so stingy and mean
that his wife was forced to leave him,
and that he took her In out of pity
She refused to so back to him, and he
obtained divorce on the ground Of
desertion. shortly afterward marry
ing a younger woman
Samuel BreakWeli son of the muir
dered man, says Pethke had exerted
and exercised an undue influence over
his mother for years, and that had 1t
not been for Pethke the divorce would
never have come about
Young Breakwell is a believer in
Spiritualism as we'll as hypnotism. and
says that he has talked with his faith
er's Spirit several times since the muir
der. de Is Kind enough to say that
his mother was Influenced by Pethl1e,
but there are others who say Pethke
was under the influence Of the old
woman. The latter did not go to the
funeral,and as the cortege was making
its way to the cemetery Mrs. Breakwell
was waiting at the Jail to interview
the murderer. She did not see the vic
tim after he was stricken down, al
though her children say she would not
have been turned away. She had lived
with the dead man more than thirty
three years.
Mrs. Breakwell always spoke OF her
husband as tvrant, and Pethke came
to regard her as much injured
woman Living in the same house
with the divorced Wife and hearing
her constant plants, fearing that the
disaster would overtake them and both
be driven into the street, he brooded
over the situationuntfl, as he claims,
he became desperate.
he says the influence Of Mrs. Break
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out of his way. Miss Leeds looked into
his eyes ard smiled as, it seemed to
him, no woman had ever smiled de
fore. She put her card into his hand.
THE two with the crosses are the
ones I promised you,' she said. And
as she had promised and he had ask
ed nothing, his heart beat high with
triumph.
Not that it was a Gaze of love at nrSt
sight He was in love with Dorothy.
But the most faithful sof men may pay
the court she expects to belle, and
may allow himself to be battered by
her marked favors.
He could honestly, then and for sew
eral weeks afterWard give Dorothy
the comfort she sorely needed, and say
that he did not even think Miss Leeds
beautiful. She has style and charm, -
he passed Judgment, "but not beauty.
And she is flirt." He meant that
Mss Terrence should understand how
entirely he abhorred that.
Did she try to f1irt when you called
upon herr"
He had made point of confessing
the call directly 1T was made, and he
thought it tactless of Dorothy to insist
upon it. He shrugged his shoulders.
"She does that with every man."
1t was a truth which he fully ap-
preciated, but it's feeble Light no longer
fell upon the path of duty when the
time came that the sun of Miss Leeds
countenance shed its glow upon the
highway of inclination. And yet she
did her best to make 1t clear to him
Now, listen to something I mean to
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Miss Terrence, going down the line,
watched the girl who was coming to-
ward her There were three men with
he girl, and only Lancaster was with
Miss Terrence. However, as he was
al the world to her, Helena-like, she
acked not worlds of company. The
six met on the walk in front IF Capt.
LansinG's quarters.
Lansing was a cynic who observed
mis- kind and told the result IF his OBJ
serVations. Sucn are Ges4rvedly up-
popular, but command appreciative
audiences that are The envy Of the
good-hearted. 1t was to an audience
of the sort that he recounIed the meet
ing the same afternoon when the band
had stopped playing AMI the invading
hosts from the town nad scattered and
left the post to its ri5Itful owners
Dorothy Terrence" he began, lay
ing his saber across his knees and set
Ting back to the temporary repose
which alone can fall TO t}.n lot oe the
officer Of the day-"DOrothy Terrence
came up the walk. She mao Lancaster
with her, and she was looking happy.
MISS Leeds-the bankers daughter, you
know-came down the walk. she had
Kant and Dartmoor and Ferguesson
with her, and she was looking like a
celestial being. They were both dress
ed in white-but there was differ
ence. Mrs. Lansing says il lag in "A
ktlk foundation. Be that as it may,
there was a fearfully and wonderfully
made hat. all drifts and mists and
sprays Of white, atop OF Miss Leeds,
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fool, but not enough of a one to put
an end to myself for woman who
cares nothing for me-
yet that has been DONE" she sug-
gested.
What meant was-and what in
tended to tell you when I asked you
to come today, was that 1 am going
to the war"
THAT was to have been expected, of
course. Is your regiment ordered?"
mot yet, l am especially favored"
when do you leave?"
1.-THE day after tomorrow. And now
L am going to ask you to promise me
something"
They had refined in their horses by
the dynamite guns, and sat looking out
over the uninterrupted blue sea-
$50 that 1T is not something 1 cannot
promise
Not that. shall leave that until I
come back-if l do come back. If 1 do
not-in short. if I am kilIed"-she gave
little shudder; he saw that she did,
and repeated-"if 1 am killed, 1 shall
leave orders that my most treasured
possessions shall be sent to you"
do you mean this mare?'
II mean the mare 1t will make me
as happy as it would seem I am meant
to be, to know that if l die you will
have her, and will ride her and be
kind to her. For you are fond Of her,
too"
Miss Leeds knit her brows and con-
sidered. And If 1 should not?" she
said. A$
"She shall not go to any one else.
I will have Dartmoor shoot her on the
day that he hears my death con-
firmed"
Miss Leeds switched at the skirt of
her habit. us there no one else who is
fond Of her, also?"
NO" he answered.
But that other girl you told me of:'
There flashed back upon Lancaster's
memory how Dorothy had been wont
to stand with her arms around the
arched black neck and her cheek
against the warm, soft nose; how the
mare had followed no other but him
self. Then Miss Leeds turned the sun
Of her questioning eyes upon him.
They were serious now, and their gen
tie light scattered the mists of mem
cries. She only valued the horse for
the masters sake, and the master is
no longer anything to her. ''Will you
do as / ask?"
A little, ironical smile, the smile of
an easy going cynicism curled her lips.
Unto the victor belong the spOils. Yes,
if anything happens to you, 1 will take
the horse. But you must not be rash.
I believe 1 prefer your safety to it
Two months afterward Miss Leeds,
bending forward to stroke the glossy
neck of the black mare that had be-
longed to Lieut. Lancaster, turned and
glanced UP into the face of the man
who was riding beside her.
who was the girl that you bowed
to near the gates? The one with the
big, sad eyes?"
"It was Dorothy Terrence" he told
her. Lancaster used once to be en-
gagged to her"
mo wonder, then, that she looked at
me reproachfully." She tried to laugh,
but the laughter broke and she grew
white as she set the mare into gal
lop. There may, you know'-she call
ed to him, mocl<ingly above the clat-
ter Of the hoofs-"there may Turk the
spoils." -Gwendolen Overton.
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and fluffy -all-rOund sort or parascl
atop Of that. Dorothy saw Miss Leeds
from afar, but the latter did not see
Dorothy. They came together in fron1
OF my quarters-'and I with my harp
was there Dorothy moved to one
side 1t was her instant attitude, and,
1 fear, prophetic. The woman who
steps aside can always stay there. But
all might have gone well, and this
story might never have been told, il
Kant had not INDUCED his vulgar pro-
pensity for intrOductions. Miss Leeds
bestowed sweet and tra1sitory smile
upon Miss Terrence; but Lancaster is
not the best looking fellow in the Pre-
SldlO for nothing. If any of you hap
pen to share my good fortune of know
ing her you will understand what-In
the nature OF things and of men-hap-
pened when she turned her eyes upon
him with a trick she has Of seeming
10 look into ones very soul She has
the most beautiful voice on side Of the
heavenly choir, and she brought it into
play also. Dorothy stood it as long as
she could and then she triad to get
him away. He never even heard her
If Miss Leeds had not gazed soul
searChingly at his and told him that
she must be going, but would see him
at the hop, lie doubtless would be
standing there still, with Dorothy anx-
lOuSly NdlCNlnS MIN. II Will be worth
going to the hop to see things happen"
Lancaster stood at the door of the
dressing room and watched Miss Leeds
while he waited for Dorothy. He saw
her throw back her gorgeous cloak
and drop it from her with the careless
disdain Of a celestial creature discard
Ing some temporary earthly garment.
That it fell on a chair and crushed
other less splendid wrappings beneath
It was a detail which escaped him. lie
watched her as the budding feminine
mass made way for her at the mirror,
and she stood unchallenged, leisurely
touching her glimmering brown hair
and pinnirg a great white rose upon
her shoulder.
D53thy waited at his side for fully
five minutes before he saw her. Then
she laughed mOckingly UP into his face,
and wished that her laughter might
have been a blow.
As soon as he could leave her he
went running and sliding across the
floor to where Miss Leeds stood at bay
before a besieging group. She was
backed against the wall, and a sun
burst Of sabres was just above her
head.
There are only twenty Dances" she
kept repeating, land 1 never divide"
Lancaster took two of his felloW-of-
ffcers by the shoulders and put them
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we'll was such that he could not resist
doing what he did. but he claims he
cannot tell what that influence was
He asserts that the aged minister in
suited aud reviled him every time they
met, and drove him crazy with his
taunts. 'ts4s- fsss7a! ~, b..
He is pitiable object NOW as ne sits
in his cell fearful OF the fate that
awaits him as a consequence of his
on the verge OF madness. His only
visitor is Mrs. Breakwell, who, how
ever, fails to cheer him with her pre-
sence or her words Of encouragement.
Her influence over him is gone.
A STRANGE ROMANCE.
These two constitute strange cou-
pie. Pethke was the company tailor
in his regiment, and met Mrs. Break
we'll at Fort Sheridan when she came
there as a nurse in the families of the
officers. She went out nursing, al
though her husband was rich, and soon
she and Pethke began occupying the
house. He said he built the house
while Mrs. Breakwell owned the lot
that he borrowed 5000, and that Mr..
BfeakWell induced the lender Of the
money to sue him.
This led to the murder. Pethke says
the clergyman put his wife out of his
house and refused to support her, and
that is the way she went to Pethke's,
she having no other place to go. He
claims that Mr.. Breakwell used the
vilest language toward him, and that
he was abusing him when the murder
occurred.
The Rev. Mr.. Breakwells life was a
mixture of romance and hard business
sense. Forty years ago he was we'll
to do tradesman in an English village.
His wife dying, he married her sister,
widow named Mrs. Jane Speers, not
withstanding the English law did not
recognize marriage with a deceased
wife's sister. This wife was the Mrs.
Breakwell who lived with Pethke.
MIXED UP FAMILY.
To further complicate matters, the
second wife's son by her first husband
married her husbands daughter by his
first wife, and this created dissensions
and quarrelling. Her husbands chill
dren by his first wife declare the sec
ond wife was grasping and constantly
demanding money. They say this is
how she got the money to buy the
land upon which Pethke's house was
built
These stepchiIdren also say their
stepmother had most violent temper,
and, being older than their father, had
great influence over him, Just as She
had over Pethke later on. Her enmfty,
it is claimed, was particularly directed
toward her niece and stepdaughter,
who had married her son.
BrealWsll's estate. worth $100, 900 or
more, will go to his children by his
first and second marriages and his
present wife. He has no children by
his latest marriage
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CURRENCY SUPPLY SMALL
MONEY TO MOVE CROPS rs NOT
NOW IN SIGHT n

Thirty to Forty Millions VIII BE
Needed, and There Are but Fifteen
Millions With Which to Meet the
Demand - Surplus. Reserve OF
Banks Lower Than at Any limo
Since the Election of 1890.
NEW York. Sept. s.-The New
York Fipancier says this week:
The question that confronts the New
YORK banks at present, Is how to fur
ndsh the thirty or forty millions usual
~ required to move the crops on a re-
serve that is below fifteen millions.
Ordinarily the situation would be re-
garded as critical, but conditions are
such that money rates have advanced
barely l per cent and the outlook is
regarded with equanlmity. The surplus
reserve of the banks is now lower than
al any Tune since the presidential cleo
ton OF 1895. 1t will be recalled that
money during the close of the campaign
rose to prohibitive figures. and gold
moved from Europe in consequence. 1t
does not seem possible that specie i'm
ports Will be delayed much longer. but
the incentive Of very high rates Will
be lacking.
Lure USAfSSLlC money supply was
never more abundant, but the sale of
bonds and the collection of war tax
coupled With stoppage Of heavy ex-
pend1tures are locking UP the money
In the treasury at the expense of the
banks. If this money can be placed in
depository institutions, the situation
VIII be relieved, but the difficulty of
obtaining bonds as security for public
deposits has operated to retard the
point in its history Jzrhi
or the New York banks are loaned I'D
TO their legal limit, and many are below
the required reserve. It was expected.
IN view of these circums tances, that
the loan will have to be called in. but
the statement shows a small increase
in the totals
The loss IN deposits and loss in cash
are almost the same payments into the
treasury having been the cause. The
movement to the interior, however, has
begun, and will continue in larger
volume for some weeks to come. Be-
tween the two, unless some very skill
full financing is done, the reserves of
the banks will shrink rapidly.
An already stated, there is nothing
IN the situation to warrant fear, but
the abrupt ending of the war and the
continued heavy government receipts
nave brought about unforeseen results
The expected increase in bank circuIa-
ton cannot be made in time to meet
the emergency, but sold engagements
can be made in a day. That is why
money continues easy, but this week
will perhaps witness a marking up of
loans, considerable liquidation and a
firmer market generally. This, it is
needless to say, will be only temporary.
but congress Will have to deal with
some very unexpected financial prob
lens next winter"
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NEW YORK, Sept. 3-Miss Elsie Reasoner
Is the only girl who went to the front with
the boys in blue to Cuba. She Is only IS,
pretty as can be, and has all the self-re-
lance and breeziness of girl of Kansas.
whore. in fact, this little heroine was born
and reared Her father, John Calvin Reas-
0ner, was formerly an editorial writer in
Leavenworth, and was afterwad connected
with the press in Chicago When the bugle
sounded Miss Reasoner was in charge OF the
bureau of publicity at the Omaha exposition.
She threw up her position and went to Cuba
"just to see," as she says herself, whether
war Is hell" as Gen. Sherman said. She
sailed to Kingston from New York bearing
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From the New York Herale

20
From the New York Herald
Covering in abiect terror in a cell
In the little jail at Waukegan, ILL.,, sits
Carl Pethke, formerly a. soldier in the
Fifteenth infantry u. 81 A, who it is
charged, as the result of%hypnotic IN
huence eXerted by the divorced wife
Of the Rev Samuel Breakwell. cut tbe
throat Of the preacher on the public
street of the village of Highwood last
week. On the other hand, Pethke Is
accused of having eXerted q similar
influence over the divorced wife of the
murdered man, and was the cause of
the separation of the couple.
1t Is strange and in many respects
a revolving story. The divorced Mrs
Breakwell is seventy eight years old
and the skin on her face rs puckered
into thousand wrinkles. She was
the second wife Of the murdered man
VINO was many years younger than
she, and, after the divorce the hus-
band married a much younger woman
who survives him.
me second Mrs. BreakWell was the
mother Of three children. one son and
two daughters, who are married and
live in the vicinity. Pethke is a. surlv
fellow, forty five years old, and lived
AAA ZIG IAOUoS Will d4SGO MIS-. Brea X
well. In fact, the couple have resided
In the house for several years and
Mrs. Hreakwell lived there when her
husband obtained the divorce on the
ground Of desertion.
The victim was a Baptist minister.
and for year past had a charge in
Darien, Wis. He was a retired mer-
chant and had accumulated consfd
cradle property in the town of High
wood and the surrounding country.
The house in which Mrs. Breakwell
and Pethke lived was built with the
money Of Mrs, Breakwe1l and her hus-
band, but, after the divorce, Mrs.
Breakwell decided or signed her share
to Pethke Mr.. BFeakwell claimed his
share in the house, on the ground that
he had loaned her money with which
to complete it, and it was the old cler-
gyman's attempt to obtain possession
of the property that led to the muir
der.
A FTENDISH CRIME.
A constable notified Mrs. Breakwell
and .Pethke two weeks ago that they
must vacate, and Pethke claims he
was driven to desperation because the
minister would show him no mercy.
The murder was one Of the most
flendish atrooity, On Wednesday, Aug.
IL, the aged clergyman came down
from Darien to visit his children. As
he was walking along the principal
street of Highwood, his Bible under
his arm, Pethke stole up behind him
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letters to Gen. Miles and Gen. Shafter. as well
as TO Admiral Sampson and several officers
or the heet She got near enough the front
to see several strong skirmishes and to hear
the crack Of the Mauser rifles before which
the Americans fell She met Gen. Shafter
and number Of the officers of the army, and
was treated with all the gallantry of which
the Yankee soldier Is capable. Miss Reason
er saw enough of war to be able to indorse
the famous dtctum of the great Sherman hit
Just missed the surrender of Santiago, ieay-
ing Cuba. as she did, few days before
the caDitulation. She will write about the war
from girls point of view, and her work
Will no doubt be of peculiar interest
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In Realm of Music.

ps The fame me- Of the young COMPOSER, Lorenzo
The Italian, who Is a priest, twenty-five
years. old, Is winning daily greater recogni-
ton from his countrymen. who are just now
or on their heroes It was the first perform
ance OF his oratordo. THE Passion of Christ, -
sung IN Milan In the early spring, which
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brought his name TO this country Later re-
ports in regard to his sacred COMPOSITIONS
made the young priest still better known
From different Italian cities in which his
works have been sung come reports of mis-
continued triumQhs.
All the musical geniuses of Italy are Young
nowadays. One Of them is only eleven and
he Is pupil Of Mascagni at the conserva-
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Mr.. Onet's recital. which was to occur
this month. has been postponed to Oct G.,
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Among the good things promised to st. Paul
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