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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-13
OHlO'S Ex-ATTORNEY-
GENERAL FOR BRYAN.
Hon. Frank S. Monnett's Address
in the Capital City.
AN ATTACK ON THE TRUSTS.

President Mckinley. Attorney General
Griggs and others Have Paralyzcd tho
7 Executive Arm of the Government for
the Last Four Years, and Prevented the
Enforcement of the Common Law and
the Statute Law A Magnificent Tribute
to Bryan, the Democratic Candidate.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-13
THE DEMOCRATIC
STANDARD BEARERS.
Mr.. Bryan Spends a Day in the
Buckeye State.
SPEAKS Ar SEVERAL PLACES

Does Not Want to DO Elected Under False
Pretcnses-s Stirred by an Inquiry About
Race piserimination-A Touch of Ml,,.
tnrism at Portsmouth The Interests of
the soldiers Safest In the Hands of the
Common rcoplo-uon. Adlai E. steven.
son in Maryland.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-13

defeating the Sherman antitrust act
They were completely routed by the
JutfcfaTy IN Tne maj test in the Su-
preme Court, and they have now be-
gun the dangerous policy of paralyz-
ing the executive arm by means that
are 50 palpable that he who runs may
read, and none but the most skepticaI
can fail to be convinced"
In conclusion, Mr. Monnett said:
a CRIME.
Il believe that William Mckinley
and John Griggs. his Attorney General,
and his executive officers, have wilful-
~, purpOsely and knowingly paralyZed
the executive arm of this Government
for the last four years and prevented
the enforcement of the common law
and the statute law, both criminally
and civilly, against these law violators.
And the hour has now come, the only
time we will have for the next four
years as voters TO legally and consti-
tutionally smite them for their hypoc-
risy and to resent this violatin of offi-
cial duty.
TRIBUTE TO BRYAN.
William ]. Bryan may not accom-
plisl all that we expect or all that we
hope for i'll this behalf, but 1 believe
him to be thoroughly honest. sincere
and determined man, and while 1 do
not agree with him in all that he adj
vocates, yet I am forced to take one
side or the other on this great ques-
ton which for the masses is the para
mount issue, and in the name of pa
triotism and for the sake Of our Re-
public ] propose to cast my vote for
that fearless. upright champion OF the
people, William j. Bryan.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-13
CONDITION OF
AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
Admiral .Remey Cables His De-
parture From Chinese Waters.
CLAIMS FOR INDEMNITY.

The State Department ut Washington Has
Received Several Claims Against ChIna
orProperty Destroycd-si Silver Captured
ntTicn Tsin Held in Trust Sincerity of
Imperial lsdict for Punishment of Prince
Tuan and others Doubted Further Adj
vance of the Germans VIII DO Opposed.
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Continued on Page s.
OTHER TELEGRAPH PAGE 6
CLASSIFICATION OF NEWS.
BY DEPARTMENT.

Telegraph News-Page 1. 6, II.
Local News-Pages ,, ), 5.
Editorial-PlgA (.
Virginia News-Page s.
North Carolini News-Pag. 2
Portsmouth News-Page 10, II.
Berkeley News Page II.
Shipping Page IL.
Real Estate Page IL
Markets Page, IL
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difference between them? A farmer is
q man Who makes his nonax-o.4t Oh,
the farm and spends il in town. while
an agriculturalist is man who makes
his money in town and spends it on
the farm"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
smoke W. Perfume.

One day at Versailles. during the
Franco-German war, Lord Odo Russell
went to call on Bismarck, but found
him closeted with Count Henry Arnim,
who was known as the Ape" from his
~fantastical ways. Before long Arnim
came out, tanning himself with his
handkerchief and looking as II about
to choke. well" he gasped, IL can
not understand how Bismarck can
bear that-smoking the strongest Ha-
vana in a stuffy little room. had to
beg him to open the window" When
Lord Russell entered the room he
found the chacellor tanning himself
beside an open easement. What
strange tastes some people have!" he
exclaimed. "Arnim has just left me,
and he was so overpoweringly per-
fumed that I had to open the win
dow."-Tit-Bits.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
READS LIKE ROMANCE
CHASTITY STORY OF BURT
BRIGGS MURDER,
Light Thrown on tho Mystery by n
District Attorney Love lie Bore
y Young Girl Impeilcd hurt to
Commit Murder.

Like one of the weird, ghostly mar
ratiyes that emanated from the i'm
agination of Edgar Allen Poe, or like
a chapter from Gaboriau is the true
story of intrigue and crime which
has just been laid before the third de-
partment of the appellate division OF
the supreme court In New York state.
This remarkable story is told step by
step in a little pamphlet prepared for
the court by the district attorney OF
st. Lawrence county. The murder
around which the whole tale lies was
committed at Z o'clock on the evening
of November 10, 1897, In the township
of Pierrepont. five and a half miles
from Potsdam. N. Y. The tragedy
was committed at a house known as
the Burt home, owned by Howard w.
Burt, n well-to-do farmer, AZ years
old. In the house with Burt lived his
wife, 81 years old; Asa W. Briggs. a
paralytic, SO years old, who was the
father of Mrs. Burt. and Edna Delosh.
% years old, a handsome girl OF re-
spectacle family, employed In the
Burt household. besides one or two
others. The other members OF the
family present besides Mrs. Burt and
Mr.. Briggs at the time of the tragedy
were Harry Burt, the youngest son,
aged 10. and Mary Harvey, also about
Is years of age, and employed to dc
light homework.
Suddenly there came a loud, sharp
rap at the front door. Mrs. Burt
started for the door, but her son
Harry, ran ahead of her, undid the
f~astenings, and threw the door wide
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
CURIOUS SEED LABELS.
odd Markings on Free samples from
congressman

Persons who receive seeds from The
United States department Of agricul-
ture through the courtesy OF their rep
resentative In congress find some curl
Gus information printed on the pack
cts. Thus, cannas, which convey to
the ordinary mind an idea OF a large
leafed plant attractive for grouping IN
large lawns, are stated On the agri-
cultural department packages to be
IAN interesting genus, the under
ground stems of which are eaten In
Peru" Also. from some unknown
species the famous tous-les-mois, a
valuable arrow-root Is made . The
seed, which Is said by Lindley to be
used as substitute for coffee. Is soma
times used as shot" The lonely SUI
burban dweller may find this hint use
full: ut will keep for thirty years and
then %vegetate." The old-fashioned
marigold is said to have "repute In
domestic medicines as a cure for
measles; used In soups, also to make
a kind of vinegar" The common zin-
Mas derive their name from "Profes-
sor linn, a German botanist." Lark
spurs botanical name Is "delphinum
from dolphin, n dolphin, referring to
the supposed resemblance In the nec-
tary OF the plant to the imaginary fig
ures of the %dolphins." All the papers
of seeds sent out by the department
bear the request, please report the
result Of your trial to this depart
ment." These reports must be inter
esting, especially those turned in by
amateur gardeners.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
LIVED BY SWINDLES.
NOTORIOUS CAREER OF A PRO-
FESSIONAL PIANIST.
Henry Musgravc Onequi the Prince of
His Parliamentary Convicted Ia
England and Sentenced to Long Term
In Prison.

Henry Musgrave Onequi. who was
recently sentenced In London to five
years imprisonment, has had a re-
markable career and one which should
have landed him in prison long ago.
His real name is said to be Henry
Musgrave. He made his first appear
lnce as a public swindler in Chicago
during the winter of 1896 and 1897.
There he gave palmistry seances in
elegant rooms of his own. At one OF
his last seances, held in the home OF
A banker he met Miss Sadie Crooks,
whom he afterward married. After
swindling a number Of people in Chi
cago, his practices were exposed to
the police, and he fed the city. He
then appeared in New York as Sir
Henry Onequi, Russian nobleman and
palmist. This was in June. 1897. He
was clever-far too clever for the peo-
ole he met. His offices were on Broad
way, and in connection with them he
had a stock pool employment bureau.
His plan of operations was to read
The lines upon the palms Of victims.
and then advise them how to make
money by investing In stocks and
other things which would give great
profit. He induced s. d. Stone. of Gull
ford, Conn, to sell his grocery store
and pay $4,000 for the privilege OF
travelling for Onequi in quest of wax
impressions of palms for the seer to
examine. Nine. Laroix gave the al
legged nobleman S., 900 to invest for
her. He promised that she should have
800, 900 profit. A Mrs. Postley was
swindled out OF $1,000. Before his
swindling drove him out of New York
he collected from his dupes $l2O, 900.
Then he wrecked a happy home. 1t
seems that when he married Sadie
Crooks he was already married to an
other woman. From his first wife he
secured a divorce and legalized his
marriage with Miss Crooks. After that
and Just before he left New York he
met Mrs. James K. Shakespeare, wife
of a prominent Philadelphia lawyer.
She wished to have her palm read, and
while he was doing this an attachment
sprung up between them. Sir Henry
then began to treat his wife cruelty
and she left him, returned to Chicago
and secured a divorce. Left to Mrs
Shakespeare, Onequi persuaded her tc
desert her husband, and the two flee
to Europe. The husband went insane
In Paris, having secured from Mrs
Shakespeare, who had married him
all the money he could, Onequi de
serted her. She had $12, 900 worth o
clothing in her trunks. but not a dol
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25

the figure was seen twice, and then
he was going toward the Burt house.
Between Z and $3.50 o'clock he was
seen four times between Burt's house
and Potsdam.
Thus far the figure, as he vas fol-
lowed through various witnesses, had
been seen dimly like a fitting specter
by night. But at last he reached
Potsdam village itself, vas skulking
darkly in shadows and obscure streets.
Then he came out full in the glare
of an electric light and there was met
by n man who knew him well and
called him by name. and that name
was Howard w. Burt.
There could be no doubt about 1t.
The descriptions of all witnesses were
too positive to leave any for
doubt that the man seen skulking and
hurrying to and from his w house
and Potsdam between $50 o'clock In
the afternoon and $50 o'clock In the
evening was the very mar whose wife
had been shot and beaten and whose
father-in-law had been murdered.
The circumstantial evidence all
looked very black, but when n clear.
strong and questionable motive for
his wanting his wife out OF the way
was brought out, the case against
Burt was complete. And that motive
was supplied by the handsome coun-
try girl. Edna Delosh. Miss Delosh
went to work for the Burts In May.
BY July Burt was making love to her
and begging her to marry him. He
told her he would go west and get a
divorce and importuned her so that
on that condition, she promised to
marry him. But his infatuation out
stripped his patience.
So Howard w. Burt was tried, con
victed of murder in the second de
gree, and sentenced to Imprisonment
for life. And 1t is on the appeal from
the sentence that the appellate divis
ION OF the supreme court has had re
peated before 1t the strange story o
: this strange crime.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
Four Mon Stabbed to Death.

An alleged speak-easy in the little
mining town of Windber, Somerset
county, Pa. was the scene OF a whole
sale stabbing ARRAY and as a result
four men are dead and two are dan
gerously wounded. The first intima-
ton of trouble was when a mar burst
from the door yelling that he had been
cut. He ran along the street for a
short distance and then fell over dead
He was followed by another, and he by
a third. The fourth man died In the
house. The dead are John Halverson,
Ed p. McCauley, Samuel Shives AND
Gust Greyback. Thomas Kipling and
Jack Buckwaller were wounded. The
man who did the stabbing was an ltal-
ian.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
A SHOCKING AFFAIR.
The Revenge OF a Farmer, ana the Az
temptsd Suicide That Followed.

John Sterling, a farmer, living two
miles north of Bevington, Ia. Is sup
posed to have piled hay under the
house and barn Of his wife and set
fire to It. Mrs. Sterling and her child
rem were awakened by the plunging
of the horses in the barn, and man
aged to save the house. The barn,
stacks and cribs and every outbuilding
on the place were burned. Mrs. Ster-
ling had applied for a divorce on the
grounds of cruelty. 1t Is supposed
Sterling set fire to the house and
buildings out Of revenge. After a
long search Thomas Casey, a farmer,
discovered him in a hole in a straw
stack. When Sterling refused to come
out Casey set fire to the stack. Ster-
ling remained in the stack until the
flames reached him, and then cut his
throat and plunged through the flames
falling al Casey's feet. Sterling
ly bled to death before medical as
sistance was obtained. He was nor
ribly burned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
ue Advertised for q wife.

Miss Eta Palmatier of New Kings
ton. N. Y, has Just been welded In
a western city to Mr.. w. j. Hysham'
formerly of Red Oak, la. Miss Palma
tier, who is a wealthy real estate own
er, decided not to live a single life any
longer. Looking over the columns OF
a matrimonial paper she saw the ad-
vertisement Of Mr.. Hysham, who want
ed a wife. Correspondence opened be-
tween the young m and the west
erner. He finally paid a visit to New
Kingston and the engagement was
O o announced. The wedding follow
ed closely.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
Tho Ideal and tho Real.

She was a kindly-faced woman, and
It was easy to see that she was bub-
bling over with love for the little folk.
She walked modestly into the Office OF
the city editor and inquired: "Wlll
you please tell me which II of the
staff 1t is that writes all those pretty
little stories about children? know
he must love the little folks, because
he writes such nice stories about them.
| want to tell him a precious little
story about my darling boy, who is
only" That's the man oye there"
interrupted the city editor. (which
one, pray?" THAT one with the corn
cob pipe in his mouth and swearing at
the Office boy."-Omaha World-Herald,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
Sly Joking In the Pulpit.

Before | went to college," said a
minister OF Utica, 81 did supply work
on a certain charge one summer. In
the Methodist church we had service
morning and evening. There was a
Presbyterian church In the village,
and the pastor from another village
supplied 1t, preaching there once a
Sunday in the afternoon. l went to
heal him one afternoon. He was a
college-bred man and was supposed to
be away up. When he spied me In
the congregation he came down and
asked me to assist In the opening ex-
e~rcises. When We were seated no
asked me to read the first lesson, anu
at the same time that it
was a certain chapter In the Book OF
I reached up to the desk and took
down the Bible and opened to the
place. | glanced down over the chap
ter and saw 1t was a mass OF unpro-
nounceable anne l knew that he
was working a joke on me. He knew
that | could notsget away with those
names. | said nothing, but when the
time came | stood up and ~anrSunced
the chapter following and read 1t.
when sat down he gave me a look
and he got one back. ! whispered
hoarsely, L guess not Those were
the only words spoken on the subject"
Utica Observer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
A BIT OF HUMAN NATURE.
Neither Husband Nor wife Could Read
the Programme

'N'
Ii occurred at the opera house, n
he morbidly clings to the idea that the
entire audience knew just what hap
pened, says the Detroit Free Press. He
was there In good form. mis- wife look
ed the highly genteel without appear
ing conspicuous, and he was entirely
satisfied with the family representa-
ton until he wanted to know the name
of a very pretty and fascinating solo
ist. He held his program close to has
nose, held 1t at arms length and held
II at all intermediate points. TOO
bad" commented the matronly look
ing woman on his right to the young
er woman accompanying her, "that
he can't read" Isn't II? And he has
a bright face, too. Probably a self
made man" They had whispered. but
a good deal of noise Is required In
whispering against a stage singer, n
he heard. He blushed until his hair
itself was a light red. and turned hait-
way about to address his wife. VINO
Is the woman we are listening tor
How can | tell? | have on my far
seeing glasses. | told you how 1t would
be before we came" That's nice.
isn't 1t? We don't know how many
acts there are, we don't know where
the scenes are laid, and we don't know
one person from another. Which IL
the starr" Can I help your asked
the good-natured matron to the right,
still under the impression that he
could not read. She went straight on
telling him the name OF the opera.
the fiimsy plot that carried 1t, where
the scenes were laid. and was just dis
coursing upon the soloist In a way
that was unconsclously ~patronizing,
when the wife broke from suppressed
jealousy into speech: "He can read
all we'll enough. madam. He's a col
lege graduate for that matter. and l
can read in several modern Languages;
but he's proud and GO. That's all there
IL to It. Put these on" and she Wig
orously produced a pair OF nose
glasses. IL wonder II you'll ever have
any sense" He donned the glasses and
looked silly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25

open. Standing there was the figure
of a tall, stoop-shouldered man with a
wide-brimmed felt hat slouched down
over his forehead, and his features,
from the eyes down, concealed by
the heavy folds Of a wide, red SILK
handkerchief. In his right hand and
pointed straight at the boys head he
held a revolver. Without uttering a
word or a sound the masked man
walked up t. Mrs. Burt, pointed the
pistol at her, and fired. The bullet
grazed her chest, just over her heart
and passed through the fieshy part OF
her left arm. She staggered, but did
not fall. The assassin then held the
muzzle of the pistol within six inches
of her face, but the m dashed 1t
aside just in time. 1t exploded and
the ball was buried In the wall OF the
room. At this her assailant struck
her heavily over the head with the
weapon, sending her to the floor. The
boy and girl meanwhile had made
their escape. Mrs. Burt staggered to
her feet and ran out the front door.
Mr.. Burt, who was at Potsdam,
heard of the affair and hurried home
to find his wife dead in the house Of
a neighbor and her father in his own
home at deaths door. In a few days
old man Briggs died OF his wound.
When asked whether there was any
one whom he might suspect of the
orina Qurt uamed Morris L Savage
who had come to the Burt home about
a fortnight before, and who, when
Burt flung him out into the street,
had said: 'Ill get even with you for
this"
Savage was arrested, but so com
pletely proved an alibi that he was
released. At this stage of the game
District Attorney Hale took hold Of
the affair and followed It up with
Sherlock Holmes methods to a solu'
ton.
With the fact to start from tina
Mrs. Burt was undeniably the in
tended victim, and the very reasona
BILE theory that the assassin knew tina
II was she who usually answered a
the door, Mr.. Hale started to work
Very early in his cautious inquiries
Mr.. Hale began to get gllmpses OF
mysterious shadowy figure seen o.
the road between Potsdam and MI
Burt's house on the evening of tn
crime. The crime was committed a
7 o'clock. Between $3.50 and 7 o'clocl
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
HORRORS OF SMALLPOX.
Letter from the wife of Rev. q. p
Love Who Died.

A letter sent from Rome by the wife
Of a member of the Clark excursion
party whose husband died of smallpox,
sheds additional light on the plight Of
these exCursionists. This letter was
written by Mrs. g. +. Love, Jr., Of
Oswego, to friends. and was begun be-
fore the Rev. Mr.. Loves death oc-
CURED. The latter was pastor of the
West Baptist church of Oswego. The
letter is dated Rome, Italy, April 8,
and Is in part as follows: my Dear
Friends-lt is impossible to describe.
or for you to imagine, the horrors |
have been through, and the terrible
anxiety at the present time. | know
what 1t is to be in prison, and we
have not such a prison in America.
For six days | was in an old nunnery,
or barracks, built in 1706: stone floors
and damp straw beds, and under lock
and key, with three sisters who could
not speak a word of English; bread
that pigs could scarcely eat. All my
clothing was disinfected, and Mr..
Loves clothing burned. have
seen none of mine for a week, except
what | have on. They say 1t Is being
disinfected. When or how much |
shall get | do not know. | look like a
beggar and feel like one. If Mr.. Love
RECEIVERS, they tell me it will be two
months or more before he can leave
here. We have passage engaged for
May 10 and partly paid. All must be
changed. | have something to be
thankful for, that | am well and have
escaped the disease. The Baptist and
Methodist missions are praying for us
poor, afflicted people. We certainly
need all their prayers. | have told you
only a little of the trouble we are in
These are the darkest hours OF my
life. The dreams | told you of have
come true in detail, only more hor-
rible in reality. We three ladies have
a large room together. We nave q
crate fire all the time and are nearly
frozen. II | ever get out OF Italy.
want never to see or hear OF 1t againn
The people rob, steal and lie" In Q
postscript. Friday, April s, Mrs. Love
states that she had just received th'
news of Mr.. Loves death. What FOL
lows is not for publication .-BostoI
Herald
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
OvERREACHED HERSELF.
Woman Said an Armless Man Laid
Hands on Her.

Woman Said an Armless Man Laid
Hands on Her.
This Is q story of actual occurrence.
The principals are a high-born society
woman and a Waterman In the Navy
Department. On a recent holiday, when
the great granite building which con-
tains the State, War and Navy Depart
ments was closed Ito all save a favored
few, she presented herself at the
Navy Department entrance. He barred
the way. She gave her name n said
she wanted to see Mr.. So and So, nam
ing a well-known army officer. The
messenger said the building was closed
to visitors, and that she could not come
in that doorway under the rules. He
added, however, that IL h went
around to the War Department en-
trance she could send her card to the
official she desired to see. She was
visibly vexed, but was compelled to ac-
cept his suggestion and walk around
to the main entrance on the avenue.
The suggestion worked all right, and the
lady was soon ushered into the pres
ence of the official. She told OF her ex-
perience, and added the statement that
the Waterman had insulted her grossly
by placing his hands on her. The OH
Ger was naturally indignant, and al
once laid the case before the captain OF
the watch. That official said he would
investigate the matter. and that II the
~doorkeeper had offended in the manner
described he would be dismissed
Shortly afterward he returned to the
officer and said he was satisfied th'
principal charge was not true, for thu
simple reason that the Waterman VIII
was complained of had no hands, hav
ing lost part of both arms in an acci
dent, their places being supplied witt
an iron contrivance ending In hooks
The officer remembered the man ant
was entirely satisfied with the explain
alton. What he said to the lady Is no
known, but his faith In the veracity o
the fair sex Is not SO strong as 1t was
Washington Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
a Mothar,a HerOtsm.

BY prompt and heroic action, Mrs.
L. M. Leighton of Ellsworth, Me. saved
Ter three children from a burning
house and then escaped herself. The
house caught fire about midnight, when
Mrs. Leighton and the children were
asleep. When discovered the flames
had reached the bed chambers. Mrs
Leighton aroused the children, and,
making a rope of sheets, lowered each
safely to the ground. Then making
fast one end Of the rope, she climbed
down herself.