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a WHOLESALE TRAGEDY.
Husband and Child Slain by a Madly
jealous wife.

Canton, Ohio, Aug. Edward Eckingar,
his wife, and their three-year- child
were found dead in bed this morning at
their home a secluded country house. six
miles from here. Through the body Of each.
wound inflicted by shotgun, which lay
on the floor at the side of the bed. Besides
the gunshot wound, the wife had several
gashes in each of her wrists. inflicted by a
razor, which was also found, covered with
blood. in the room. From broken glass
arose odors of carbolic acid, and the blis-
tered condition OF her mouth indicated that
this agency had also been employed That
the ghastly work was done by the woman
was apparent from general appearances,
This was made more certain by the hnding
of q letter in her writing addressed to
Mamma God bless her dear heart" the
letter began with an impassioned plea that
she be forgiven for what she was doing
Then it continued:
1t nearly kills me to think that he does not
love, and wants to leave my sweet little darling
and myself OF course, all some 10 blame
but God Almighty knows that / have never de-
served what ] have taken from his mouth and
hand He choked me once, but he will never do
it again. / cannot live without him, so / VIII
take hIm and my little angel baby with me-
But, and papa, remember | love Ed. with
all my heart; that is why am taking him along,
so / only have wish, and that IS that we
will all three be buried side by side. Remember
it is my last, last request. He has wronged
you, know, but forgive Kim for my sake
marginal note on the letter also bids
the parents to tell a woman (whose name
is given), that her work is done This con-
firms the conclusions of witnesses before
the coroner that jealousy prompted the
tragedy. Eckinger was about twenty five
years old. Mrs. Eckinger twenty three
The daughter, Ruby, was between two and
three years old. He was farm laborer
and coal miner. Their domestic relations
have never been entirely happy, and a
year or two ago they separated and lived
apart for a considerable time. During the
last few days they had been quarreling
ard were disposing of their personal ef-
fects preparatory to separating again. He
had been in the city Tuesday selling some
goods. Going home he met his wife at an
uncles. She accused him of having visited
wine rooms. and after quarreling in the
presence of relatives, they started home,
still in a bad humor. That is the last
known OF them until their corpses were
found this morning.
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LYNcHERs oUTWITTED.
Company of State Troops Guard
ing the Peru. Ind. Jail.

ing the Peru. Ind. Jail.
Indianapolis. Ind, Aug. 9.-Sheriff Dunn,
of Miami county. where William Jones.
the abductor of Nellie Berger. is confined
in jail. notified Governor Mount today
that a mob of Loco persons was forming
in Miami, Fulton, Cass, and Pulaski coun-
ties for the purpose of lynching the pris-
onsr, and that he had positive information
that an attempt would be made tonight to
force the Jail at Peru, and hang the
prisoner. The Governor Immediately is
sued an order to General Mckee, of the
Indiana militia, to detail a company Of
the National Guard and send it TO Peru
with Calling gun and ten members Of
the light artillery al once The railroad
company got a special train in readiness
within an hour and the company was soon
on its way 10 protect the prisoner.
Adyices from the counties in which the
mob has been organized are that the
utmost excitement prevails, and that run
ners have been securing the counties for
several days, organizing the mob and fixing
the place OF rendezvous for the several
parties of which ii was to be composed.
These plans were arranged so that the mob
would enter Peru in four divisions from
IOlE separate QUaiteIS ana SurTOCUu the
jail and clear the streets of citizens.
II was intended then to demand admis-
sion TO the Jail. and if this was refused to
attack it on all sides and force an Ell
trance. The men who have organized the
mob are said TO have been leaders in lynch
ings in northern Indiana, and from their
determined character the sheriff saw that
he would be unable TO cope with them 1t
was also learned that some of the mem
whom he had sworn in as deputies could
not be depended upon in an emergency.
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held that as the mayor and the police were
reasonably close to them, some arrests
should follow. Then there are those who
say that no arrests ought to be made, and
those who also say that no arrests will be
made.
One of the features of the lynching. it is
said, is that the assailants at first took the
wrong man from the Jail, put the rope
around his neck, and were about to kill
him, when the error was discovered. This
prisoner was John Dogan, who is serving
short term for small offence. He was
hurried from a cell, roughly handled, and
nearly strangled in the street in front OF
the jail when some one insisted that the
victim was not Thomas.
Squads OF men clustered around the lamp
post on which the corpse of Thomas was
swung after the man had been dragged
and shot to death. 1t is a dismantled post
at the southwest corner of King and Fair
fax Streets, King being the main street of
the town. The lamp was removed and the
iron post permitted to stand when the
electric lighting system was installed sew
eral years ago. On this post is a United
States letter box.
The mutilated body of the lynchers' vic
tim rests in a painted pine coffin at De-
mains undertaking establishment, on K ng
Street. Many men have called to look at
~ -NSitASi thS hotnei Hoi AtiSHNS o-
the dead man have claimed the body, and
il will be buried without ceremony In pot
ter's field at 10 O'Clock today
1t is generally maintained by the white
citizens that there would have been no
lynching had the colored people refrained
from their demonstration on Monday
This, they claim infuriated the whites
The colored people maintain that they
made nothing that ought to be termed
demonstration. They say that it was ru-
mored on Monday that Thomas would be
lynched. They formed, they say, and
marched TO police headquarters, where they
offered their services TO the authorities to
aid in the defence of the Jail.
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Ding Up an Alligator,

New York, Aug. 9.-Charles Schwartz, OF
30 North High Street. Mt. Vernon, Il ex-
hibiting today what he calls an alligator
which he says he dug up in his garden
The reptile is alive and measures four
teen inches frcm tip 10 tip. Mr.. Schwartz
lives near the Bronx River. and he be-
lieves the alligator belongs 10 persons who
had ii for pet. and that it escaped from
custody Last night Mrs. Schwartz was out
in the garden, her husband says, when she
heard strange noise near by. Schwartz
secured a rake and after digging about a
foot he found nest made cut of newspa-
pers and leaves, hidden in which was the
so-called alligator.
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JaeLsson ReIcnsed.

In the case OF Edward X. Jackson, real estate
broker, who was arrested Tuesday by Detectives
Parharn and Gallaher a charge of obtain
ing money under false pretences, sworn to by
William T. Thorne, Judge Mills yesterday in
the Police Court decided that the charge was
not sustained, and dismissed the against
the defendant 1t was claimed by Thorne that
his son. Owen, had answered advertisement
of Jackson fer the services of 4 young as
clerk in coal and wood yard, said 10 be To-
Gated ON the corner of Second and Streets
southwest; that young Thorne subsequently, de-
posted 800 cash as portion of $500 security
required by Jackson. The detectives claimed
that after investigating the matter they learned
that No coal yard was in existence at the place
indicated Levin Mcdonald testified that he and
jackson conducted coal and wood business ON
the James Creek Canal, between and o Streets,
and that they had been doing BUSINESS there
for fully five years.
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Ordered to show Cause.

Two orders requiring the respondents to
show cause why they shall not be held to
answer for contempt or court were issuei
yesterday by Justice Clabaugh. sitting in
equity. In one case, Albert H. Jewell, who
is being sued for divorce by Margaret Jew
ell, has been summoned TO answer on Au-
gust IA why he failed to obey the order of
the court requiring him to pay aIimony to
his wife during the pendency of the pro-
ceedings and also to pay her counsel fees.
In the other case, Arthur E. Wells is called
upon to show cause why he failed to pay
alimony to his wife, Elizabeth Wells, as
orC cred by the court.
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A MARINE KILLED.
Henry w. Taylor Crushed aud Man
gIed by Five RunaMax Cars

gIed by Five Runaway Cars
Henry William Taylor, forty Eight years
old, marine. was run over and instantly
killed by part OF n Pennsylvania Rail-
road freight train. while on guard at the
navy yard at 1910 O'Clock last night. He
was crushed beneath the wheels and hor-
ribly mangled. The accident occurred at
the west gate of the yard located at the
corner of Sixth and NJ Streets southeast.
The body OF the dead man is now at the
morgue, where 1t was taken by Morgue
Master Will Shoeneberger, after the police
of the Fifth precinct had investigated the
matter. Acting Coroner Glazebrook was
notified and will probably hold an inques;
this morning
Tayor was the victim OF a peculiar ac
cident. He was doing guard duty at the
west gate and had opened it to allow a
train loaded with cannon to pull out of the
yard and on the main tracks. After the
train had passed through Taylor proceed
ed to close and lock the gate. He was in
the act of doing so when the coupling be-
tween the fifth and sixth cars from the rear
of the train parted, allowing five cars to
slide back on the tracks toward the gate.
Taylor did not notice the returning cars,
and though bystanders who realized the
impending danger shouted TO the man. he
did not hear their warning. The cars
crashed through the gate and struck Tay-
lor knocking him to the tracks and rolling
over him. His head was nearly severed
from his body The train crew Immediate
ly notified the police. and they took charge
of the body.
1t appears that the conductor of the
train, Amel Hunter, and the brakemen
were on the last five cars, and though they
made every effort to stop the moving cars.
they could not do SO until after the man
had been killed The engine which was
drawing the freight train was No. 1S6. and
was in charge of Engineer r l. Darnell.
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Reported Purchnse Denied.

Elizabeth. n. j.. Aug 9.-The report of
the purchase of Shooters Island. which is
opposite Mariners Harbor, Staten Island
and South of Bergen Point. on the XIII Won
Kull, by the Cramp Ship Building Com
pany, on which il was intended to establish
a shipyard, has been denied by the
Cramps. who say the idea is absurd and
ridiculous. Lewis Nixon, OF the Crescent
Shipyards, of Elizabethport. who is cne OF
the consulting engineers for the Cramps,
said this morning that the report had not
the slightest foundation, as such a scheme
would be entirely impracticable, as there
was not enough water at either side OF the
island, and that the cost of a bridge to
Staten Island. where railroad ferries could
be had, would be too expensive and out of
the question
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HABEAs CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.
Attempt 10 Get Fail for Alleged
Lynchers at Athens, Texas.

Lt al [Etntns. ltAIS
Dallas, Tex. Aug. 9.-The hearing in the
habsas corpus proceedings for the release
On bail Of the prisoners held at Athens.
Henderson county, for the lynching CT
James o., JOAN. and George Humphreys.
on Nay %. was bsgun bsfore District Judge
Lipseomb TODAY. The trials on charges of
murder are set for the September term. a
large crowd YVES present at the Athens
courthouse today.
Counsel for the eight defendants re-
quested that the State grant them the
privilege of conferring with John Green
shaw, Arthur Greenshaw. and Polk Weeks,
three informers. The request was granted
and an interview was held. At the end
IF the conference proceedings in court were
begun OF the 1i5 witnesses summoned
thirty-three answered present for the
State and sixty-four for the defence. 1t
was agreed that the defendants should
each be tried for three separate cases of
murder, ard that the case against W. A.
John should be taken as the basis against
all the others. II he gets bail all get bail,
but il il is denied him the others are en-
titled TO a separate hearing.
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Ynle,. Var Memorial

New Haven. Conn, Aug. 9.-Yale's war
memorial to the under graduates who per-
ished in the Spanish war was begun today.
The memorial arch viii stand between
Durfee Hall and Battell Chapel Ground
has just been broken and the arch will be
completed In about three months. The
greater part of the fund already subscribe
for 1T was raised by the classmates OF The
odore w. Miller, Yale. 81 brother -in-iaw
OF Thomas l. Edison, who perished at San
Juan.
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A Pretty Church welding.

A very pretty wedding was solemnized
at st. Stephens Church at $50 last even
ing by Rev. Father o'Connor. The con-
tracing parties were Wade Hampton Rab-
bitt of the District Building, and Miss
Christina Beatrice McKensie, of this city.
The bride was attended by the sister of the
groom, Miss NJ. Estella Rabbit, the hest
man being Charles E. Wood, of this city.
After the ceremony reception was held
at their future home, 1926 p Street, where
the newly married ones were congratu-
lated by their relatives and immediate
friends. After the reception Mr.. and Mrs.
Rabbit left for weeks trip in the North.
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MutiIated Sidewalks.
the Editor of The Times:

To the Editor OF The IIIntS.
The Commissioners of our District deserve
severe sensure for allowing our sidewalks to be
mutiiated by openings, many of them covered
with grating, many more by thin sheet iron
4 space of five or six feet in the middle of the
sidewalk ought 10 be left clear. But often these
gratings OF sheet iron coverings in the mid
die They ought to be removed, even at public
expense. and more allowed save near the
curb of the building line. Our horse walks are
better than our sidewalks. SENEX.
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THE MYSTERIOUS PATIENT.
Hospital People Unable to Learn
Anything Concerning Him.


Anything Concerning Him.
The unknown man who shot himself in
Dead Mans Hollow, near Roslyn and who
has been lying at the point of death at the
Georgetown University Hospital for almost
two weeks, is yet unidentified. Instead OF
CLEARING up the mystery which surrounds
the man, and his motive for taking his life,
time makes the matter more puzzling.
Who and what the man is and where lie
came from the hospital authorities have
been trying to determine. They think his
name is Adolph and that he came from
Baltimore, but they have no real informa-
tion. The patient himself maintains 81
lence. He will say nothing and has tried
to convince the hospital authorities that he
does not understand English. From his ac-
tions however, it is apparent that he is
acquainted with the language, but will not
say anything. His entire left side is now
affected with paralysis, but otherwise his
condition is as good as could be expected.
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THE TALLULAH VICTIMS.
Naturalization Papers of Three of
the Italians Received.

Certified copies of the naturalization pa
pers of three of the five Italians lynched at
partment yesterday from Governor Foster.
of Louisiana. The papers certify that
Frank, Charles. and Joe Difata were
made American citizens by the court in
Madison district. The final report of the
Governor has not yet reached the depart
ment, although il is understood it has
been mailed.
The report of Marquis Romano, a copy
of which has been filed with the State De-
partment, is now in the hands of the trans
lators. having been written in Italian. 1t
is understood, however, that the Marquis
takes the ground that all FIVE of the men
lynched were subjects of Italy.
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A Mayor Asks cIemeney.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 9.-Mayor Woodward,
of this city, who was threatened with i'm
parchment on account of charges of drunk
enness, made against him, surprised all his
friends and supporters today by making a
formal plea for clemency. He asks for an
opportunity to redeem himself and declares
that he will file resignation of the office
Of mayor to take effect if he ever takes an
other drink.
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Request for n Parade.

Boston, Aug. 9.-This morning Mayor
Quincy sent TO the Secretary of War a tel
egram expressing the hope that the Twen-
ty-sixth Infantry, under Colonel Rice, may
parade in Boston before their departure for
the Philippines. This is in consequence of
a newspaper despatch stating that the reg
iment would parade il the request was
made by the Mayor or Governor.
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.sr.,d Of yellow Fever

Tennessee bankers are timorous mortsls.
party of them was to have come here
yesterday from Ashvilie. N. c., where a
meeting of the Bankers Association has
been held. but when they heard that there
was yellow fever at Hampton, Va, they
abandoned their trip.
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Smuggling I'm Cnba.

An order to prevent smuggling in Cuba
was Issued yesterday by Acting Secretary
of War Meiklejohn. 1t provides rewards
for the seizure of smuggled goods and for
the recovery of duties on goods fraudulent
ly taken into the island.
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COLONEL O,Brien Reinstated.

Late last night Brig. Gen. George H. Harries.
commanding the District OF Columbia National
Guard issued special order restoring Lieut..
Col. Richard A. oBrien to dsty Colonel
O'Brien now holds his former position and
status in the District militia.
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Indigestion

IS the cause OF
much sickness.
II the stomach
be strong. sick
ness viii be un-
known. Hostel
ter's Stomach
B Bitters viii
make the diges-
ton perfect and
the liver active.
See that a Pri-
vate Revenue
stamp covers
the neck CT the
Bottle.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICE-MR. THOMAS GLOW
Err is the only authorized solicitor for
advertisements for the Labor Day Pro-
gramme published by the Central Labor
Union and Building Trades Council. ]. +.
HEALY. Chairman; MILFORD SPOHN.
Secretary 1t
Contraction OF chest. short breath. weak
lungs, and asthma cured by medical GYM
nastic az the Gymnastic Institute, 20 Third
st. ne. JOHN E. REUBSAM. DR.. N. Th-
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marine Band Concert Programme.

The programme for the Marine Band con-
cert TO be given at the Marine Barracks.
under the direction of Leader Santelmann,
at 5 80 D. m. today, is as follows:
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this city Thursday next. The committee
has secured the Stonewall Band of Staun-
ton, for the parade. Mayor-elect Thomas
G. Hayes, of Baltimore who has accepted
an invitation TO be here Thursday, writes
that he will be accompanied by Attorney
Thomas r. Clendiner, and many other eiti-
zens of Baltimore. Daniel Henry has ten
dered the use of his theatre hall for the
entertainment of visitors.
Owing to the illness of q resident OF the
neighborhood. the location of the grand
stand to have been erected in front of
Christ Church, has been changed. Work
was commenced today on the court OF
honor. in Washington Street from Prince
Street to Cameron Street. 1t is expected
, that this will be one of the principal fea-
lures of the display. At night the court
Will be brilliantly illuminated
Gonzaga College Cadets and their band
are expected to participate. 1t has Eeen
decided that the day parade shall start at
o'clock in the afternoon, and the night
parade at o'clock. E. NJ. Brill has
been appointed to inspect the floats which
will appear in line. The various commit
| tees having in charge the parade held
| meetings tonight at headquarters. En-
! couraging reports were submitted. The
general committee felt assured that the
| celebration will be a success in every par-
tiSuidl. nc hiSI VI tue ieflS"iHS otdHuS
| to be erected by the committee, at Wash
| ington and Wolfe Streets. on the lot ad-
| joining the Washington School. was COM
| pleted today. Monday work Will be COM
menced on the grandstand at the south
| east intersection of Prince and Washing
| ton Streets. There will also be erected at
| the west front of the city hall a stand for
| the accommodation of bands during the
! day and evening of the demonstration, by
| which continuous concerts will be given.
| Cards have been issued for the marriage
of Miss Elizabeth Roy daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs James L. Roy, to Benjamin G..
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Prof s. A. Weltmer, who originated the
method of magnetic healing known as
Weltmerism, and through which he has al
ready cured over 100000 sick and afflicted
Of every disease known to man or woman,
bids fair to be the Epoch Maker of this
Century. Each age has had its Epoch
Making man. julius Caesar, statesman.
orator, and soldier welded his great power
in the last century before Christ. Christie
pher Columbus in the Fifteenth Century,
by daring to have the courage of his own
convictions, cast off the shackles of igno-
rance, and proved the earth to be round.
Napoleon in the Eighteenth Century, dem
onstrated what the will power of man
could do; the Ninteenth Century, the most
glorious of them all in the advancement of
man, had its Lincoln, whose wisdom did
so much toward the placing Of the people
! in this grand Republic under one flag; its
| Edison, who gave us the power to bottle
the human voice for sweet remembrance
sake in that wonderful contrivance known
as the phonograph, but the man who will
| live longest in the pages of history, and
| who has done more for humanity than any
| other man is Weltmer, the originator of
| Weltmerism. For ii is our belief that
| the man whose intellectual Investigations
| has demonstrated that disease is unnatural
and is the fault of humanity, and can be
dispelled by human hands and then by
| proving that his theories are true by orig
| mating a method which relieves pain and
| dispels sickness without the aid OF either
drugs or the surgeons knife, and which,
| furthermore, in a perfectly natural manner
| goes to the very seat OF the ailment. and
not only dispels it in a perfectly natural
manner, but also fortifies the constitution
| in such a manner that disease cannot
exist. We repeat, that it is our be-
lief that he is the man who deserves the