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avowed that in her opinion l1,1 has sew
'eral wives living, and added that she
should not be. surprised # the number
should be found to reach fifty-3s
With this latter number to his credit
the count would be found to have
thrown into the shade the records of
the two most celebrated Chicago big
amists,. Bates and F'arnsworth, since
Bates was able to muster only five at
his trial and Farpsworth about the
same number, although Farnsworth
told the police here that the number Of
his living wives was forty-two.
The countess first met the count dur
Ct the Rev. John Henson, pastor of a
church at Grand Rapids. Mich. She
had come to Chicago to visit the fair
and was stopping at the Richelieu no.
tel her companion being a southern
heiress.
At first the count was Infatuated
with the southern belle, but later di-
Nerted his affections TO Miss Henson.
She returned to her brothers home and
did not see the count again until last
fall, when she married. hin. She de-
clared last. evening that there is no
doubt in her mind that he is a genuine
count and that he. has been all over
the world
Before the end of the week the
count will be brought to Chicago to
face his acousers, Detective Watson of
the states attorneys Offices having
gone to- New York with copies of the
Indictment and other documents neces-
saTy for the nobleman's eXtradition.
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What the Wheelmen Expect to See.
HERO OF 100 LOVE AFFAIRS
MARRIED FIFTY WOVEN.
Belgian Count Whose Elastic Affections Have
Brought Trouble Upon Him in CHICAGO.

Chicago, April 23.-The Chronicle
says: In the arrest of Count Leopold
de Melville. otherwise. known as Leo
Fraquia. who is held by the New York
police on "a charge of bigamy sworn to
by a brother of one of his Chicago
wives. there was brought to light in
this city a romance whose unfolding
reveals the count as the hero of more
than 100 love AFFAIRS. He is declared
to be the husband of an assortment of
wives whose number is estimated at
not less than fifty or so.
As duelist on many a bloodstained
field of honor in Europe the count be-
came celebrated nfsrly a generation
ago. His duels were always fought for
love, and the wounds received in the
onsets he proudly bears on his face
and body. He at last broke altogetIle
er with his father, nobIeman high in
the court and councils of the king of
Belgium, and came to this country.
Such was the narrative detailed last
evening at her residence in this city
by Mrs. Hannah Henson de Melville,
who married the count in this city
Aug. II, 1900, and lived with him until
three weeks ago. A few days before
April 1 of this year the count eloped
WITH young woman from Riverdale,
whom, il is alleges. he married in this
state and then took with him TO New
York
Within a few days of the elopement
the young lady's brother discovered
that De Melville had a wife in Chi
cago--Mrs. Hannah Henson de Mel
vilfe-with whom he had been living
until the time of the elopement. His
sister in New York was made ac-
quainted with her brothers discoveries.
There was a scene between the elopers
after which the woman returned to
Chicago. $50 |
When placed under arrest in New
York the count was reported to- have
told Detective Burke he had SO many
wives that he had not been able to
keep track of even their names, and
could form no idea as to their real
number. ~
To have made such an admission
the countess thinks. would have been
unlike the count, who is said TO be
habitualiy cautious and taciturn in
dealing with strangers. But she freely
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~ 80
Especial 20 The Herald)

Ogden, April 23.-charIes B. Shanks
Is in Ogden, arranging FOR his FORTH
coming automobile trip across the con-
tinent with Alexander Wfntoh Of sCleve-
hand. Mr.. ShaHlls viii act as special
messenger for1 The war department. aud
viii carry Dispatch from, General S
n. 3. Young. department commander
o. the Pacific. TO Lieutenant General
Nsison a. Miles in New York
The start is to be made from san
Francisco early in June, and the route
VIII be the most direct one possible. un-
less detocrs are necessary by reason OF
bad roads or other obstacles.
Mr. Shanks is making leisureIy trip
across the continent. selecting the. route
and estabhshine supply stations and
generally familiarizing himself wit the
country The motive power of the en-
CINE is Easolint. and. consequently. the
gentienlau is arranging with the stand
ardfOiI company and the railroads for
a supply OF that coubustible to be left
at frequent Intervals all along the
route.
We shall 80 every DaVt Of the way
by our 9vn power" he said yesterday
70 a Herald man. Eve shall carry It out
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ATONES FOR CRIME
BY DEEDS OF YALOR
How Joseph WoIfson Won Par
dou From the President.
CONVICTED OF THEFT
WHILE ON BAIL WENT TO WAR
AND MADE GOOD RECORD.

washington, April The. president
today pardoned Joseph. NJ Wolfson,
who was convicted in 1896 of being in
coilUsion with the bookkeeper of the
Union National bank OF New Orleans
in the embezzlement of S640, 900 Of the
funds Of the bank, and who was SEN
fenced TO eight years imprisonment
The case is in many respects a re-
rnarkahle one and has attracted con-
prominent lawyer in New orleans be-
fore the failure of the bank in 1896 and
had been. q deposition in the institution
for many years prior to that time. OF
the missing funds he was charged with
having obtained $4,000.
The long legal battle which today
ended in Wolfson's pardon then began.
KYOlfson had the aid of powerful and
influential friends The case was APP
pealed to the circuit court of appeals
which af7r ID the decision of the low
er court a Fes then carried to the
supreme courc Meantime Wolfson, con-
tinued the practice of his profession
until the beginning of the Spanish
American war. Being then under SEN
tence with his case pending in the sr-
prene court. he enlisted il the yolun-
teers with the permission Of the at
torney general and the secretary of
war and served until February, 1899,
when he was mustered OUT.
He enlisted then in the regulars and
went to the Philippines where he
served until October, 1900, when he
was i1lvafided home. In January of the
present year the supreme court re-
fused the writ of certiorari and Wolf
son applied for executive clemency.
He has still about one year to. serve in
the regular army before his term of
service expires. He expects to return
to the Philippines Immediately and re-
Join his regiment. in recommending
the pardon to the president Attorney
General Kpox said:
he. approaches you as a suppliant
for pardon. asking that his brave deeds
and shattered health be accepted as
atonement for the crime of which he
stands legally convicted.
The history of the world is fun of
circumstances where. transgressions of
the law in. cases of the gravest char
acter and consequences have been con-
doned by signal public service in time
of war or great emergency. Many
cases may be found in the records OF
our civil war where a. good record as
soldier brought immunity from pun
ishn1ent for previous transgressions.
4iHad Wolfson's name been unfair
nished, his military services and deYe-
ton to duty at the time Of the Chinese
crisis doubtless would have comuend-
ed him to you for recognition. This
is not my own deduction, It is so stated
by Major Knights report If he has
earned honor and advancement which
it is not seenaly to bestow, would Il
not be peculiarly gracious act to re-
move from him. SO far as you can, the
consequences of his offense. It seems
so to me and therefore, recommend
that the application for pardon be
granted -
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POWERS MAKE a DEMAND
FOR MORE HEADS In CHINA
Want -Four High Officials Executed and Eighty
More Either Exiled or Degraded.
Authorities at Washington Will Make An Attempt TO Pre-
vent Further Bl0odShed


FROM buildings that the military au-
thorities had ordered burned. Some Of
ne goods were restored tes-tiie owners,
end other owners 'reeompensed for their
losses. 81 XXX ~E
DR.. Amsnt explains the sale OF goods
in she MonSol princes house where he
took up his quarters by saying they
were without food and sold the goods
on tie advice of Mr.. Conger, and had
would nave been destroyed by the Rus
slams. About COO was realized by this
sale, and 1t was devoted to the needs of
TIE native Christians. IN conclusion,
DIR. Ament said:
1.-The Chinese DAMNED up the canal
and We're going to drown Us out. They
supposed the foreigners had subter-
rtsnean burrows in which TO take refuge,
and were certain that underground
passages hid been made from the Ie-
cation TO the Flu. so they resolved TO
drown as out like rats fnsa trap"
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SAVED BY JAPAN.
Youngest of all the Powers Took
Bold Stand Against Russia. -.

Youngest of all the Powers Took
Bold Stand Against Russia.
Yokohama, April y (via Victoria, 3. C.,
April 23,)-There is no DOUBT that Japan
has saved the situation in the far east.
so far. in her determination to resist the
RUSSIAN demands In NIanchuria. All that
was needed was for one 1f the pow ers- to
take a bold stand against the disturber
OF tife peace, and the yoLngest and veal k
est OF them all has been the one to seize
the 9pport hunity. Every vessel. in the
japanese. navy was IN a condition of per-
fefet efficiency, with a Thoroughly or
gsnized TRANSPORT service and an army of
2eoe94 ready at a moments notice.
All this Ws.s. OF course, fully known at
st Petersburg. and wa sthe 1eterrnining
fatal bIUnder made by Rdssis u her
usual astute diplomacy has cost Ter what
pa a.nost Developed lao a general dis
position 10 let her have hfancauria. japan
Is now in DO Enood to let meters rest
and the .sJstiTe press or che. sernDire is
un2nimops IN demanding THAI steps. be
taken TO ameguard NIanckurfa for all
ttIIe a6einst Russian ecroachfnent-
-bhrousn RussiaiS loss, Jap1n has rlstIie
an laorqinar5s gail in prestige. In as
Ia her recent triumph. she has t vice nut
the nations or the world under lasting OBJ
lisauOns- II - significant. however. that
tncre IS as yet no undue exulta1oTs or
6iGster, while manifest disinclination to
inculge IN any u16ue exhibiffon of
triumph shows that japan assumed her
place az q power to be reclloned with in
DR.. lsrnert OF Pelzin. while er. ,enta fo-
7th n e ilflScD, has thrown some new
Iight on. the deatk of Pro- esSor fFuberty
James Ir seems that IN the early d avs
OF the Siege he was inuyds0sssd FOR 50
fESing 70 bend the knee 10 the generals
sllllC. and was bdneaGed seven days later
gate fe5 pgig ,I s at at The iiowsEy
placed his fate beyond question:
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PREPARING TO MAKE TRIP ACROSS
CONTINENT IN AN AUTOMOBILE

along that line if it takes all summer.
II we use one poundeof auxiliary power
the. trip viii be considered a failure. we
shall star as soon as the roads through
the Sierra country are at all passabie,
and SHAH make as good time as it is
possible to make"
4 Mr. Wtnton and Mr. Shanks made the
femoUs trip from Cleveland to New
forf-. 70T miles, in f0rsy-seven hours
and thirty-seven minutes This new
venture is the most ambitious enter
prise yet undertaken by them Mr..
NiDton's interest in the matter aside
frOrf the sport is TO defnoastrate the
service Of the automobile as a long
distance carrying vehic3e
Alr. Shanks is correspondent Of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. which is back
ing the enterprise he. viii send dis
patches daily to this and other papers.
describing the route and giving incf-
dents OF the trip with special illustrated
articles by mail for the Sunday edi-
tons Both gentlemen are enthusiasts
over the automobile. TThey viii carry
supplies and he prepared to camp
where night overtalSes them
Tomorrow Mr.. Shsnks goes to Salt
Lake on a Sightseeing. trip. as he does
net expect to stop there on his journey
Overland.
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WITH HIS
CHThDRENaS MURDER

Charities, Department of Eure- Et-
Loir. France. April 2s.-Suspicion in
the brutal murder of Eve children. aged
Respectively. IL II. rs and 4. which
occurred here yesterday at a farm in
the. neighborheods now falls upon the
father OF the children It is Suggested
that the father murdered the children
in ft of drunken madness. as he
spent the evening in drinking. and as
no trace of the allesed tramps has been
found.
1t is a stFangs fact that while the
children We're killed with a hammer or
bludgeon, their father was only stabbed
ana MS wounds were slight The knife
with which these wounds were made
stained jacket belonging to Briere. the
father. was discovered innthe court
yard, hidden under some straw Eriere
was .confrcnted with the corpses OF his
enildren late yesterday Afternoon ana
was afterward an ested.
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MOB ~ TENNESSEE
LYNCHES A NEGRO

Nashville. Tenn. april 2s-Tonight
at O'Clock a mob OF 500 men forcibiy
entered the court house at Springfield
Tenn, took WYATT Mallory, q negro
from the officers guarding him, and
hanged. him from the court house YER
anda- As the rope grew taut with abe
negro's weight 8. member of the mob
fred a shot into the swinging body
Then the leader of the mob warned
the sheriff not TO Interfere with the
corps until 10 o'clock tomorrow. morn
ing. and late tonight it still swings
from the place OF execution.
Y Yesterday. at Adams Mallory fatally
wounded J. II. Farmer, q white man
Today the sheriff heard that a mob
was forming. and secretly moved the
negro from tbs jail to the court house
for safety.
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just an Ordinary Waiter.

New York. April 23.@The man CALI
ing himself Count Leo de Melville, who
is said to be known also as Leo Fra
quia, was arrested here on Friday last
ION the request of the Chicago police.
He was arraigned before magistrate
caeo detective reached this city today
with requisftion papers, in which the
man is said to be wanted in Chicago
for bigany. The New York police say.
the prisoner was employed here as a
waiter under the name OF Fraquia
Fraqiiia was not andsnad never claimed
10 be a count. He also said he had
never fought a duel in his life and
that he had never had any occupation
except that of waiter.
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-isfration took Mrs Ada c. Martin
Chambers sister, and her attorneys
entirely By surprise. and they siinme-
.diately requested a two days con tin
suanees to look into Fritter's claim. To-
day her attorneys have been 'endeavor-
ing ito get some line GA the basis for
the mysterious strangers claim of fela-
Honship, but so far have discovered
nothing. Schooier knows absolutely
nothing about the ground his client has
for demanding letters OF admfnfstra-
ton. and until Fritter arrives the mat
ter must remain shrOuded in mystery
he Is expected tomorrow or the next
day.
Chambers was in Butte county not
long before his death. but his -nieces
who were with him. never heard him
Heation F'ritter and never heard of.the
lnans' until his unexpected appearance
IN the pending litigation.
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New York. April 23.--A dispatch TO
the Herald frorp Fclein says. The min
listers Of England, France, America,
Holland, Belgium and italy. to whom
the question ct provincial punishmer.ts
was ASSIGNED have submitted a report
to the diplomatic corps demanding four
more beheadfngs and the punishment
by exile and degradation Of eighty
more officials. The demand was imnie-
diateIy sent by the diplomatic corps TO
tex Chinese plenipOtentiaries.
Washington, April Gilt is said at
the state depErsmeTitl that no doubt
without intention. the Pekin dispatches
reiiresenting the Omitted states as join
ing in the demands for more heads and
more punishment in China do not cor
rectly portray the POSITION Of this gov
eminent.
AS mater Of fact. aIr. Roc hill, our
special commissioner at doe' is aim
ing TO DO all within his .eF 10 re-
strain the unnecessary dediing Of
blood. His presence with the ministers
IN their consideration of the subject Of
punishments of provincial officials is,
therefore. distinctly palliative ana de-
terrenL He is seeking to minimize the
punisnments and it is not doubted that
he can do this wish great success by
achecing- To the councils of the minins-
teFs than by completely Withdra wing
himself from iberatiOns, even
though the appearance Is thereby con-
veyed that he is in, fun accord with
their demands.
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WANTS A SHARE OF
CHAMBERS EST ATE
fsnecial al NC IIeraId.l

San Francisco, April q 23.-JohnA F.
Fritter the mysterious claimant of the
Chambers estate, Of whom none Of the
dead mans known relatives have ever
heard, has not yet arrived in gsSan
Francisco. although he has wire1 his
attorney that he is coming. w IT.
Schooler. an attorney OF tfiis city, re
cefNed a Letter from Durham, Butte
county, CAR last Saturday, from Fritz
ter who declared he was Chambers
cousin. The letter requested Schooier
to attend'to the writer's Interests until
he reached the city. rs
Filters pstition for letters Of admin
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TWO IDAHO BOYS :
ARE GRADUATED+
$50 ID 90 IFerald- 5

, tspeciaT TO yrhe 'Tzeraid.) =
: Chattanooga. Tenn, April 2s.--7 =
, AT. the commencement of. tie =
> Chattanooga Medical college to- =
> night. Lor4n Farr, Rich OF Rex =
> burg. Ida, was graduated, re- >
> ceiving honorable mention for >
, proficiency. Rich was the y
= youngest member of the class. y
= He is the son Of President Ben y
> Z. Rich of The southern States ,
, mission of the Adenrnoas church. y
= Leroy Rich Pug8nsre Of ST. ,
= Charles. Ida. WAS also grs duat- y
? ed Both yo-ng men have been =
> doing missionary work in the y
= summer =
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Two other Pardons Granted.

Washington. April 232The president
has pardoned Henry -Gardess and Wal
ter W. Girault. convicted in New Or
leans in, 1897 and sentenced to eight
years in the Ohio penitentiary for en-
bezzlinFy funds of the American Ma
tfOnal bank of New Orleans. of which
Gar6es was president and Girault cash
Ter. The petitioners have served all
but two years of their sentences. and
upon the Recommendation OF the trial
Judge and district attorney, who state
that there is a universal sentiment in
the community that the prisoners have
been sufficiently punished. the pardons
were granted
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LEARNS OF HIS
OWN FUNERAL

: Redding, Cal, April 23.-Har-
y ny O. Stone returned TO Redding
= today from Manila 10 hear de-
, tails of his own funeral. held
T here one year ago. Five years
y ago Stone entered the navy. A
= change Of service found him with
= the Fourth Cavalry in the Phil
= ippines. In the battle@0f 1Tala-
y les, Herman H Stone of WOr-
y cester. Mass, a member of the
= Twenty-s second infantry, was
= killed.
= In the following April a her
= metically sealed caskets marked
= Harry II, Stone, was received
: here by Harry stones aunt, AIRS.
= Horace Dfury. An Impressive
= funeral was held. Several weeks
= later Mrs Drury received q let
= ter from a Mrs Stone of WdT-9
= cester, Mass. claiming the body
= as that OF her son. Although
= Mrs. Drury Believed the body to
= be that of her nephew, il was
exhun1ed and forwarded
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DETENps TaE MIss1oNARIEs.
Minister Conger Strongly Refutes
thu Chars of I.ootfna..


Victoria, y. G., April 23.--In an inter
view with the Kobe rftesaid. Minister
Ccnger, who IS on his way 10 SAN
Francfsco.- safii. II here were really no
acts on the part Of the missionaries
there that we're not entirety Justified
when the circumstances are known.
y Missionaries did not loot. Missionaries
found 2.000 destitute men and women
on their hands. There was no govern
ment. no orS1uized authority. There
were hords OF men, who had been firing
on the foreign quarter. directing the
attacking leaders OF che Boxers; their
property bad been abandoned as a re-
suit OF the state OF war. and it was
taken in order Ia succor hundreds of
suffering and destitute Chinese. whose
lives the original owners had oeen la
boring to destroy. Winter was coming
Imperative. and the appropriation of
property for the enGs in view was IN
questionably justified.
That. briefly, WAS the situation I
am prepared to Justify the conduct Of
the American missionaries p sfore the
siege, during the Siege and after the
siege II you wish TO get at the facts
there is a. missionary on board who
would PROBABLY give you all the par
TicuidrS you want"
The 1lisisonHry was DR. Ament who
told the reported that goods taken by
TIE so-called loot committee were goods
left in stores by people Who had sought
refuge in the legation during the siege
and the goods were taken to prevent
their destruction The clothes and bed
ding were given TO men working upon
the Darricades. and the committee
handed Sir Cl2ude MacDonald the kew
Of the room in which all the valuables
We're scored. These gooos were sold
ana the proceeds divided among the
British soldiers. His mission reeefved
but So.
Prcyious to this a sale OF garments
ana curtos was reid and 800 netted
was given to The American mission
BOARD" .Niost OF the goods were taken
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EMPEROR WILLIAM jokes ABOUT
ANARCHIST PLOT TO KILL HIM

here awaited the arrival today Of the
steamer. Halle from Buenos Ayres
March %, in expectation of the steamer
having on board the Anarchist Ronag-
noli who is said to have been deputed
by the anarchists of Paterson, ~ j.,
to assassinate Emperor William, but
though an unusually vigorous examine
tion was made of the ship passengers
and baggage, nothing positive. result
ed The police, however, are suspicious
regarding an Italian who landed here
and are having him carefully watched.
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St, Petersburg, Monday. April %. =
Local speculation concerning the visit
here. OF 81. Delcasse. the French min
lister of foreign affairs, IS apparently
not Termed from authentic reports. One
version, which is told with the great
est gpositiveness in spite of its inherent
in1probability. is to the effect that the
French government has received from
an unnamed source what purported to
be a plan for a British German war
against France, supposedly in some
colonial district
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BOXERS ARE ACTIVE.
Preparing For Another Great Rising
in Southern Pc Chi Ii.

Berlin. April 2S.--The Cologne Voiks
zeitung prints correspondenee from a
German missionary in China. which
says that in southern Pc Chi Ii the
f5oxers are Preparing for another great
rising. especially in the districts of
kuang Ping Flu I'D Maj Ming fTu
where the population SyInpa thizes with
the Boxers because Of the famine there
The POPULATION persistently disregarCs
the Gecrees issued by the authorities
Referring to Yu Hsien fthe former
SoYernoSsof Shan SID. the CORRESPONDENT
says Emperor Kwang Su was fnIiy in
tOrmed on the subject of Yu Hsien' s
murders OF foreign eTs, and ordered the
prOvincial judge at Kan Su to decaFi-
tate Yu Hsien, who has since fed and
disappeared. -s
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REPORTED PLAN FOR a BRITISH
GERMAN WAR AGAINST FRANCE

NJ Delcasse, it is added, commune
Gated the contents OF the plan to the
Russian ambassador at Paris. Prince
Curousef who however, laughed in
ereduIousiy, pronouncing the project a
hoax. NJ. DeIcasses is said to have been
not satisfied and to have wired Count
Lamsdorff, the Russian foreign minis
ter, asking If it would be agreeable for
him to come TO ST Petersburg and dis
cuss matters. Count LamsdoTff. con-
suited with the emperor, who gave an
Affirmative reply.