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suaded her that she had no case he con-
tinued to call upon her. He had
found a bond Of sympathy between
them. They were both lovers Of music
and thus in this platonic sort Of way
they enjoyed each others companion
ship. Vile seldom called upon Miss
Burke after dark. but neighbors say
that he was at her home almost every
Sunday. She never went out with
him, it Is said, farther perhaps than
occasionally TO a neighbours house.
Several Of the residents in the vicinity
had made the acquaintance Of Vile.
but none of them knew that he was
married. Months passed by and 1t
was no secret that Miss Burke's friend
ship for Vile had ripened into love.
She possessed for him, her friends be-
lieved, the pure love on which Plato
hinged philosophy. No arguments
could ever induce them to believe
otherwise.
Yet there was a premonition among
them that her courtship would result
in more sorrow and the same confidant
to whom Miss Burke had confessed her
former pang told her few weeks ago
that she would experience such an
other if she were not careful.
But Mr.. Vile knows everything"
Miss Burke replied. HE has known
from the start and still he continues
~ come and spend hours with me. He
must admire my cOmpanionship or he
would not continue to call, admire II
as admire mis-. 1t is possible for two
persons to love each other mentally.
Ours is q mental attachment"
Then came the story to the ears Of
Miss Burke that Vile was already
married and that he had daughter.
Thereupon she sought out his wife
and learned from her lips that the
rumor was true. Her last hope van
ished. The deception, the wrong prac-
ticed upon her was more than she
could endure. Discouraged and dis
heartened beyond all reparation. she
plotted her own destruction and to take
from the world with her the man she
loved.
How far she carried the plot into
execution is fresh in the mind OF
everyone. Meeting Vile by appoint
ment, they went together to the Hotel
ST. Anthony. at 27O3 Wabash avenue.
and engaged the parlor with its piano
for a few minutes. Miss Burke asked
the man to play a love song they had
often admired and sang together. and
as his fingers glided over the keys and
with the strains of the music ringing
in her ears she shot him twice. He
fell from the stool. and, with the evil
dent impression that he was killed.
she turned the smoking revolver to
herself and sent bullet through her
heart.
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Late Owner of Famous independence Mine. the
Richest in the World,

Winfield Scott Stratton. of Colorado,
was tired, very tired, of his wealth and
the fame that his multimillions had
brought him, and so he concluded to
sell his golden pet, the Independence
mine at Cripple Creek-to leave it all.
and go to New York or London, where
he will not be bothered by the horde
Of money seekers who want his gilt
tering pile to enrich themselves: by
the mendicants, by the promoters and
schemers, by ones who want to bring
him out" and let him have good time.
He is going to escape ali this and 60
to England and enjoy life in his own
original way by giving to Gods poor.
as he has always done, and live in a
pretentious or unpretentious mannere
as he may see fit.
Colorado will miss him, for he has
been before the public eye, not of his
own seeking, since 1891, when on the
Fourth of July of that year, between
sunrise and sunset, he became multi
millionaire. The attention Of the whole
drawn to that figure of w. 8. Stratton.
standing by his lonely shaft on Battle
Mountain when he made his great find.
In honor Of the day he called his mine
independence, and the name is as well
a fitting synonym for his own char
acter. He is impulsive to eccentricity
and generous to a fault. He has
keen sense Of humor, and, indeed. he
derives more enjoyment from his
wealth than any one has any idea or
conception of. He regulates his pleas
ures on an elevated plane, which can
not always be said of men coming sud-
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b best expressed by the farewell let
ter q the suicide. which was address
ed to Mrs. Doanc a. Dear Mother"
When her health failed % greatly Is
to interfere with her work and to be
. subject Of constant concern among
her friends Miss Burke consented to
examination and advice
and learned to her dismay that she
was suffering with an abdominal
tumor, which would cause her death II
not removed. From that time the hap
piness died out Of Mabel Burke's life
and the light died out Of her eyes.
Constantly haunted by the intelli-
gence the doctors had given her she
set about making preparations for the
operation which the doctors said was
She knew it would be
costly, that she would be weeks, per-
haps months. in a hospital after it
was over. and she had not enough
money to meet the expenses. Unwill-
ing that Mrs. Doane should pay all OF
the charges. she went to her parents
home in Coloma, Mich. to tell them
her story and seek financial aid. Ac-
by Mrs. Doane she made
the sorrowful journey to the home,
which had never been a home to her
Both her parents were there, but her
mother would not hear her ont. As
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soon as the unfortunate girl began her
tale Mrs. Burke, it is said by the dead
girls friends, at once suspected an
not hesitate to say so.
els it this way you have come back
here to disgrace us?" she is said to
have asked her.
For nine months Miss Burke lay in
the hospital and when she finally did
return to her Woodlawn home. with
sunken cheeks and pale face. she was
not entirely recovered. Indeed, up to
the day of her death she was under
treatment by physician. for the ex-
pected complete recovery never came
about. This fact saddened her whole
life. though she gradually regained
her former good looks and went about
quietly in the society in which she had
been accustomed to move before her
illness. She was bright and clever, a
good musician and strikingly pretty
girl, and therefore was much sought
after and had half a dozen admirers.
But to Mrs. Doane and other intimate
friends she confided upon her return
from the hospital that she would never
marry and that she would never allow
any young man to fall in love with her
because she could only turn him away
II he sought her hand at last.
On this point she was firm, although
her women friends argued that she
should not deny herself the pleasures
Of society altogether She went to
social events of every nature in Wood
lawn, but never gave encouragement to
any Of her admirers-but once, a young
man whom she was forced to give
up" on account Of her arrangement
Later there came into her life ray
of sunshine and hope. David ]. Vile,
the attorney, brought it. Their man
ner Of meeting was clearly in the re-
lationship Of attorney and client. The
young woman had become imbued
with the idea that she had cause for
suit against physician for malprac-
tice. 1t bore upon the operation she
lad undergone. She went to the Of
dce Of A. s. Trude to seek his coun-
sell That was more than a year ago.
It was then she met Vile and Mr..
Trrde advised her to allow him to
handle her case. She told him of her
case. concealins no portion of it. He
was Informed of the nature of the op-
Grafton, necessary contingent upon
the bringing Of the suit Vile is said
to have allowed her to believe that
there were some hopes for her to re-
cover. They were frequently In each
others company regarding tue matter.
Their acquaintance ripened into friend
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cago murderess, Martha Mabel Burke.
She was reared at Paw Paw. Mich,
and left home to take up her abode in
q professors home. There she learned
stenography.
About seven years ago she went to
Chicago, believing that the city would
furnish better opportunities than a
country town. The young woman was
now talented and ambitious. Her ap-
plications for employment were Of a
higher order than those of most stem
ographers and she was successful. The
worlds fair was then in existence and
she went there for a position, and
few weeks later she was accepted as
Z secretary to the board Of lady man
ayers and. was provided with apart
ments at the Windemere hotel. When
the fair ended she still found lucrative
work. Then the presidential campaign
came on and Miss Burke became stem
pgrapher for Mark Hanna, work in
which she was regarded an expert.
But the bounding health which she
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DISTINGUISHED
Aimself In the Civil War. and Has just
Been Rewarded.

Aimself In the Civil War. and Has just
Been Rewarded.
Washington correspondence New
York Sun: A certificate Of honor from
the war department has been award
ed Mr.. Frank Miller, of Frederick
junction, Md, who has been In the
employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road for many years. During the civil
war Mr.. Miller was a telegraph opera
tor at Alpine, w. Va, where the Thir-
ty-ninth Illinois and Tenth Pennsyl-
vania regiments we're stationed. Gen.
Lee and Col Ashby made an attempt
to capture these regiments. but were
unsuccessful, they escaping to the
Maryland side Young Miller stayed
by his post until Col. Osborne Of the
Union forces told him that he must
try to save himself, and then it was
that Miller jumped into the Potomac
and swan to the Maryland shore.
The confederates peppered away at
him while he was making his swim
Maryland in safety, and remembering
that the government wire ran along
the old national turnpike he had two
OF the soldiers lift him up to the wire.
which he cut and applied the magnet
to it. Only a few moments were re-
Quired for him to get in direct COM
munication with the war department
through Mr. Thomas Eckert, now
president of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, but then at the
Washington end. As soon as the war
department was acquainted with the
fact, re-enforcements were sent from
Williamsport in time to prevent the
capture. For his valor and ingenuity
on the occasion the young telegraph
operator was taken into the govern
ment service, performing the duties Of
scouting reporter.
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A few days ago Chicago was startled
BY an attempted double murder. A
young woman who found her country
home too combining found the great
city too narrow to sustain her good
name. and after succumbing to the al
most inevitable consequences of quit
ting the parental roof tried to wreak
bloody vengeance on the man. Think
Ing that she had killed him she turned
the weapon to her own head and In
another instant she was in eternity.
All the hopes and ambitions that led
her away from home had their miser-
able ending in a blood crimsoned
tomb. Such is usually the case with
willful girls who see no hope in
home.
Perhaps it is worth the while to
look into the antecedents of the Chi
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DAVID ]. VILE.

had drawn from the country life Of her
girlhood began to fade away. The
delicate color Of her cheeks died out
and her step became less elastic as
the weeks dragged by. Her friends
noticed the change in her, but as usual
she said it was nothing; it would soon
pass away; it was but temporary de-
rangement of the system. she thought.
which would soon yield to exercise and
hygiene. At this time she was living
with Mrs. George Doane at $3.50 Cham
plair avenue. Mrs. Doane had become
acquainted with the ambitious young
woman, struggling alone for liveli-
hood In the great city and had invited
her to make her home with the Doane
fmIly, IN invitation which Miss
Burke BADLY accepted The close re-
hfloaGhlD which grew between thD
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denly into the possession of great
wealth He loved his mine as ne
would a dear friend, or as child would
"a delightful plaything. and he has never
been known to waver for one instant,
when, over and over again, he has
been approached on the subject of SELL
ing it. 1t was his goose with the gold
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vaults of the independence mine are
full to running over, and last year
Stratton only took out the ore which
was met in prosecuting development.
He passed by without a sigh Of regret
extensive chambers of sylvanite run
ming from $3.50 to $1,000 ton. He is
not obliged to depend upon this mine
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en- eggs and until recently he had
shown no inclination to part with her,
not for even the piles and piles Of gold
he has been offered for his friend un-
der ground. He always said: Il don't
care to sell; 1 am having lots Of fun
with this" and he would pick up his
rough hat and leave his would-be buy
erS.
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Without any exaggeration. he might
have counted $40 gold pieces twelve
hours a day for the rest Of his natural
life, and yet he would not have been
able to count the value of the ore de-
posts in the gold mine which was en-
tirely owned by himself The treasure
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DEATH ENDED ALL
THE AMBITIONS OF A HEAD
STRONG GIRL.

Wandered to the Great City and Shot
the Nan She Loved-Kined Herself
Near His Supposed Corpse-Her Life
Has Plain Moral for Others.
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The Emperor William. despite the
fact that ne has only one arm with
which he can shoot. is nevertheless
quite one Of the finest shots in Eu-
rope. Last year he brought down 897
head OF game while attending the
court different shooting parties.
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relieve his mind. There is much n
life besides what is seen and expert.
enced in Colorado, and at so years
Of age Stratton may yet reap a big
harvest of experimentation C. Martin
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had forgotten the number. She gave
the name Of Mary Seaman, but at diff
ferent times gave other names.
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shan We Let rhsne

Shall We Let Th0a4
The New Voice Of New York 0eFlo00.
~ discusses the question, shall dis
lti1lers be permitted to 60 70 heavoa!
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At lockwood. Australia. Is the larg-
est cemetery In the world. 1t covers
1000 acreA Only q plot Of 200 acres
has been used thus far. In which 100.-
900 persons Of all nations xties have
been bEIied
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The saloon bird may be known BY
its Aest and nestlings.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-05
FIRST RACE A FLuKP.
Admirals Dewey and schley WIN View
Saturdays Race From the Erin.

Admirals Dewey and SchIey VIII View
Saturdays Race From the Erin.
New York. Oct. 5.-As the sun set
on Tuesday the biggest crowd of sight
seers and yachtsmen who ever sailed
down to Sandy Hook to witness the
attempt of foreign mug hunter to
wrest from America the yachting SUI
premacy of the world returned to New
York crestfallen and disappointed. The
winds had proved too light and shifty,
and the first of the international series
of 1899 between the two greatest
racing machines ever produced by
England and America degenerated into
drifting match. and had to be de-
clared off because neither could reach
the finish line in the time allotted by
the rules. Shamrock was quarter of
mile ahead at the finish, but the
friends Of both yachts declare that
their favorite Is a sure winner. The
next attempt takes place today.
Among Sir Thomas guests today on
the Erin will be Rear Admiral Philip.
U. S. N, Mr.. and Mrs Thomas A. Edi-
son, w. Bourke Cochran, Richard
Croker, Rear Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford and Lady Beresford, Sir Ar
mold Morley, Sir Henry Burdette,
Charles f. Russell and the lord chief
baron of Ireland. Baron Pollas.
On Saturday Admiral Dewey will be
one of Sir Thomas guests on the Erin.
Lord Minto, governor general of Can
ada, Rear Admiral Schley and George
Westinghouse. the inventor, will also
view Saturdays race from the deck of
the Erin
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-05
At the Hotel Of Samuel Reeve,
IN MANTUA, MANTUA TOWNSHIP, on
Wednesday, November 8, 1899,

The said lands. tenements hereditaments and
r. al estate so to be sold and the names of the
persons against whom the said taxes have been
laid on account of the same and the amount of
taxes land on account of each pa eel as follows
viz:
Joseph F. Alfred, farm lands adjoining Jonh
Sharp and others. tax of 1885, $2l.74 interest and
cost %; total $22 81.
David s. Barton, tax OF 1897, 1898 Sl92i inter.
est and cost $115; total t203 36.
Anthony B. Campbell 1898, s7.S2, interest and
cost 44c: total 81 rs.
Mr.. v; F. Garter, ~ IS. ss-a4. interest and
Lizzie NJ Carter, '98, $9. I5 interest and costs
53c; total $96S
Joseph Devaut, 97-98, S28 e2 interest and cost
ST.. 3; total $50 So
EST OF Mrs. Jos. Davis '98 tax St040 interest
and cost 62e; total Sl102
barry L. DeVault. '975 598, tax $I073, interest
and cost 64c; total $i1.S7
Annie E. Greenwood, '97-98, $24.14, interest and
cost 81 45; total S2559.
Susan Goodwin, '9793, $3.50, interest and
cost $l.5f; total $26.7f.
Est. John Klein. '97'ss. ssO.24. interest and
costs 81 81; total $32 05
Emily Montgomery, y7-,96, $2L75, interest and
cost 81 80; total S23 05
George D. Mills, house and lot near Sewell, 'sa
S31 .78, interest snd cost 81 81; total $33. .69
Charlie a. Nicholson, '9S, $l2.sl, interest and
cos 81 30; total $i3 60.
Isaac Robinson, Pitman Grove, '9S. 1881. in.
tereSt and cost 64c; total 4i4 64
Theodore f. Scott house and lot, Mantua. '98
$i2 20, interest and costs 73c; total S12 90
Ella Stratton, house and lot Maotua, 98
SIS AZ, interest and cost soc; total Si4 %.
w. " Shuttle, house and lot at Pitman, '9s
5000. interest and cost 65c; total Sll74
Est Levi virgins, house and lot at Pitman
'ss, SI4 ~. intere-t and cost S5c; total $l5.25
Charles Dukes, house and lot Mantua '98
Sl0.s7, interest and cost 62c; total S10.99
SAMUEL D. LoT GE. Collector
Sept. 3, 1893 Prs fees SD 40
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-05
rT-o THE VOTERS OF GLoUCEsTER
i COUNTY.
REGISTRATION of VOTERS

Notice is hereby given that the Boards OF
Registry and Election shall meet annually on
the Tuesday four W eks next preceding the
annual election lOctober 10thl for members OF
the General Assembly, at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon, at places within their respective election
districts. to be designated by the members OF
such board, or majority thereof, and should
then proceed to make house to house canvass
completing it on or before October 18th.
That said Boards Of Registry and Election
shall also meet on the Tuesday three weeks next
preceding the general election LOctober t7thl at
the place where the next election will be held
at 10 o'clock in the morning. and continue in
session until nine O'Clock in the evening. That
said Boards of Registry and Election shall so
meet on the Tuesday preceding the day Of
election October 3lst for members of the Gen
eral Assembly, at the place of their former
meeting at the hour of one O'Clock in the after.
noon, and remaining in session until nine
O'Clock in the evening, for the purpose Of revis
ing and correcting the original registers, of ad-
to the right Of suffrage In that election district
at the next election. who shall appear in person
befo them, or shall be own by the written
affidavit of some voter in such election district
TO be legal voter therein, and Of erasing there
from the name of any person. who. after fail
opportunity TO be heard, shall be shown not to
be entitled to vote therein by reason Of aon-
residence or otherwi 9.
Dated at the Office of the County Board of
Elections. the twenty seventh day of September,
A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety nine.
GEO. L. PIERSON,
Chairman.
THoS. @. DILKES,
Secretary.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-05
DEwEY'S FLAG HAULED DOWN.

The Admiral Terminates His Connec-
tion with the Olympia.
Washington, Oct 5.-AdmiraI Dew
ey went to see Secretary Long yester-
day and talk over his plans for the
immediate future. and as to these Sec
retary Long promptly gave notice that
the department was willing to give
him perfect liberty to do as he pleased.
The admiral was. therefore, at his in
stance, detached formally from the
Olympia. He telegraphed the execu-
tive officer of the ship at Tompkins-
vile to haul down his flag, and thus
terminates his connection with the
cruiser which for more than two years
has been his home.
In accordance with projects already
planned, the admiral will go to YER
mont on Monday and later to Boston to
attend reception in his honor. After
the Boston ceremonies Admiral Dewey
is expected to return to Washington
to meet his colleagues of the Philip
pine commission. Secretary Long said
that the admirals time probably would
be fully occupied in the deliberation
of the commission for some months to
anna
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-05
MORE WARshIPS For OTIS
The Brooklyn, Marietta and MachIas
Ordered to the PHILIPPINES.

The Brooklyn, Marietta and MachIas
Ordered to the Philippines.
Washington, Oct 5.-The president
yesterday directed the immediate dis
patch to the Philippines of number
Of vessels of the navy. including the
cruiser Brooklyn and the gunboats
Marietta and Machias. The action is
the result of Admiral Dewey's inter-
view yesterday. in which he went over
the Philippines situation with the
president.
The orders given are in line with the
expressed determination of the presi-
dent to furnish the army and navy
every resource for stamping out the
Philippine insurrection at the earliest
possible time. At Admiral Dewey's ex-
tended interview with the president
the former went into the Philippine
situation at great length, explaining
carefully the existing condition of af-
fairs and his views OF the outlook,
concluding with an earnest recon-
mendation that the Brooklyn and some
other vessels be sent at once to the
Philippines. This reinforcement of
the present feet OF the Asiatic squad
ron he urged as necessary, and said
their dispatch should be directed as
early as possible
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-05
eryan's View The Safest.

In speaking editorially of the recent
Trust Conference held in Chicago, the
Philadelphia Ledger Ia Mckinley paper in
1896 saYs:-
1t will be noted that Mr.. Bryan pro-
poses Federal supervision of trusts, and
Mr. Cochran leans to the State as the
regulator. In this the Nebraskan is more
radical. but is not his view the safer ?
Who looks for adequate relief from forty
five contentious States? Mr.. Cockran's
theory is promising. but who expects ever
to see it made effective? There is one
remedy within the reach of Congress that
necessitates no Constitutional amendment
and does not infringe upon State rights.
1t is the abandonment of the protective
tariff on articles produced by a trust that
oppresses the consumers This proposition
is Just and it is feasible
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-10-05
AN AUTUMN OUTING
HOT SPRINGS RICHMOND AND WASH
INGTON.

GETTYSBURG, LURAY NATURAL BRIDGE
HOT SPRINGS RICHMOND AND WASH
INGToN.
An eleven-day personally conducted tour oil
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to the
Battlefield Of Gettysburg. Lursy Caverns, Nat
ural Bridge, Virginia Hot Spring. and the cities
OF Richmond and Washington win leave New
York and Philadelphis in special train of
parior cars on Thursday, October 10. The party
will be in charge of touist agent and an ex-
perienced chaperon. A whole day viii be spent
on the Battlefield Of Gettysburg, carriage
drive with lectures by an able guide being in
cluded in the ticket Ample time win be al
lowed at Luray and Natural Bridge to view the
wondrous natural formations, and at the Hot
Springs two days viii be spent The season at
this great Autumn resort in the beautiful noun
tains OF Virginia will be at his height Al
Richmond and Washington opportunities will
be presented to visit all the points of interest
under intelligent guidance.
The round trip rate including all necessary
expenses. is $s5 from New York. 500 from Phils-
delphia, and proportionare rates from Other
points.
For detailed itinerary apply to Ticket Agents;
to Tourist Agent, 1895 Broadway, New York; 4
Court Street. Brooklyn; 789 Broad Street New
ark, Nd; or address Geo. W. Boyd. Assistant
General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station
Philadelphia. 9-28-99-4ts.