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The age-herald., 1901-12-07
SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL AID
Plan Devised for Them to Assist Mo
 klnIey Memorial Fund.

Cleveland. December 6.--I.. H. Jones, su . perintendent of the Cleveland public schools, has devised a plan for receiving contributions from pupils to the McKin- ley national memorial fund that has re- ceived the approval of the officers of the national association.
 The plan is for secret contribution. Each pupil will be supplied with an en- velope on which will be written the name and home address. Whether a contrfbu- tion is made or not. this envelope will be sealed and handed to the teacher, who will send 1t to the designated treasurer In this way no one knows the amount of the contribution or whether one has been given at all. Every contributor is gwen a souvenir certificate. No amount will be placed on the certificate.
 The Mckinley National Memorial Asso- citation thinks 80 we'll of the idea that it will probably indorse its use for the en- tire country.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
MISS STONE WAS
 WELL DECEMBER 8
WILLIAM E. CURTIS TELLS STORY OF HER CAPTURE-THE BRIL- eANDs WERE PROBABLY TURKS. SURRENDER IMPENDING.

Washington, December 6. Secretary Hay received a cablegram today from MT. Spenser Eddy, charge d'affaires at Con stantinople, dated Perea, December 5,say- ing that he has just learned from Saloni- ca that the agent whom he had sent out has returned and reports both Miss Stone and Mime. Tsilka alive and well.
 London, December GA dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Sofia says that the surrender at Salonica of Miss Ellen M Stone, the American missionary, and her companion, Mme. Tsilka, is impending.
 William E.. Curtis. the correspondent of the Chicago Record-Herald, now at Sofia, has this to say about Miss Stone and her capture:
 Miss Stone is well known in Sofia and in fact throughout all the Balkan prov inces She has been engaged in mission ary work in this region ever since the in- dependence of Bulgaria was established at the close of the Turko- Russian war. Her headquarters have been at Salonica, a Turkish port on the Mediterranean, which was formerly known as Thessa- lonica. St. Paul addressed his epistle to the Thessalonians to it's inhabitants, and the city is otherwise identified with Im- portant events in the history of Christi anity.
 Rev. John H. House of Gainesville, O., whose influence and usefulness extend beyond the borders of Bulgaria, where he was a pioneer in missionary work, has charge of the headquarters at Salon1ca, and Miss Stone has been associated with him for many years.
 When she was captured by the brigands on the 2d of September. Miss Stone was on her way from the little town of Ban sko in Bulgaria to Diumania, Turkey, and had crossed the border. She was ac- companied by Rev. Stefano Tsilka pas tor of the Protestant church at Monastfr and his wife, Katrina Tsilka; MT. Dinf- troff, her father four theological students from the missionary school at zamakoff, and three young Bulgarian women, who had been educated at the same school and were on their way to take charge Of schools in Macedonia belonging to the missions of the American board, where Miss Stone intended to locate them per- manently. The other members of the par ty were two Bulgarians sent from Ban sko to look after the animals and act as guides One or two of the men were armed, but when they were stopped by the brigands they saw that they were out numbered and that it would be folly to make use of them. The recollection of different members of the party varies as to the number of brigands. Some think there were only eight or ten; others in- sist that there were as many as twenty. All agree that they were dressed in Turk ish uniforms and wore the red fez, which is the distinguishing badge of a Moslem.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
FAVOR MIR. KNOX,
Senate Judiciary Committee Recon
 mend Him for Attorney General.

Washington. December 6.-The Senate committeee on judiciary today authorized a favorable report upon the nomination of Hon. P. c. Knox to be attorney gen. eral.
 The antitrust league filed a protest with the committee against tis confirma- ton, complaining that Mi. Anox failed to bring certain suits against organiza- tions said to be trusts which he was urg- ed by the league to institute. The com mittee considered this document at some length, but concluded that the President should be allowed to choose his own advisers. he being responsible for them.
 The vote for a favorable report was unanimous
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
ANDAL LUSIA IS UNDER MARTIAL
 LAW AND TROOPS GUARD JAIL
CHARGES MISS TOPPAN
 WITH THREE MURDERS

Barnstable, Mass, December 6-NIiss Jane Toppan of Lowell stood up in the Superior Court room late this afternoon and heard the grand jury's indictment charging her with the murder of three persons whom she had been engaged to nurse back to health but who had died under her charge, and according to the indictment, by her hand.
 The indictments. of which there are three. one charging her with the death of Mrs Mary D. Gibbs, a second with the death of A. P. Davis both of Cataum ct, and the third with that of Mrs. Genevive Gordon of Chicago. all alleged that the
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
Crazy Snake to See President.

Washington. December 6.-Crazy Snake of the Creek Indian nation in Indian Territory. and others of his faction, reached here today and called at the White House and the interior depart ment They failed to see the President Comm issioner of Indian Affairs Jones ad- vised them to return home. Crazy Snake and his followers made serious trouble at the agency some months ago. They are here in an effort to secure a continuance of the old tribal relations which have been superseded
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
ROMANCE OF A QUEENS
 WEDDING HAS VANISHED

eraly has been at one time or another in love with her.
 Official contradictions notwithstanding, nobody at The Hague doubts for a mo- ment that the Queen and her consorts have been at logerheads practically since the wedding. Prince Henry is an un- pleasant person. He eats too much drinks too freely and hunting occupies him far more than his wife.
 Wilhelmna is not a woman to allow herself to be neglected with impunity. It is said that she stanched Van Tets wound with her own hands and insisted on her husband begging pardon of the Jonkberr as well as of herself before she would forgive him.
 All the romance of the marriage of Wilhelmina and the man she herself choose has disappeared.
 A dispatch to the Central News from Amsterdam says that Major Van Tets died last Thursday evening.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
Charleston Races Begin on 18th.

Charleston, December G-rhe Charles ton Racing Association which will con- duct six wt elSs meeting during the exposition. held meeting today and an- nounced that outlawed horses would not bc allowed to participate. W. F. Bruen of St. Louis has been appointed official starter. The judges will be John Mor- row of Nashville; Henry Tupper of Charleston and George B. McGhee of Co., lumbia. One hundred and seventy-five stable will be filled by tomorrow and the meeting will begin December 1s.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
SPENT s4sse AT MOBILE.
Cost of Inspecting Vessels at That
 Harbor to United States,

Washington. December s.-(special.)- The annual report of the supervising in- spector-general, steamboat inspection ser vice, shows the number of vessels in- spected at Mobile during the year end ing December 31, 1901, to have been 155. with gross tonnage of 27.491
 The number of new vessels added to the service was 10, with a gross tonnage of <S9. .,
 The number of boilers inspected was 1ee; defective, 25. The number of officers licensed was as follows: Masters l; mas ters and pilots T; mates 5; pilots 36; en- giEeers 42.
 There were two violations of steam boat laws. one license being suspended. The expenditures during the year were EsS9.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07

cause of death was the administration of poisonous drugs, ten grains of nor phine or atrophyne or morphine and atrophyne together, or by some poison unknown to the jury.
 For ten minutes the woman stood tightly clutching the rail. while the clerk read the indictment charging her with the murder of Mrs. Gibbs. At length Miss Toppan's counsel spared her further agony by waiving the reading, and all that remained was for her to plead. Three times she was asked if she was guilty of the murder and three times she replied in low voice. mot guilty"
 Miss Toppan was then led away to her cell, where she will remain until some time early next spring when she will be given trial by jury.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
CONFLICTING ADVICE
 ON ALABAMA AFFAIRS
 PUZZLES PRESIDENT
Bingham Will Probably be Appointed Collector Morton Being Regarded as Out of the RaCe-ROOseveIt Undecided
 Who to Appoint as Postmaster

whom he would appoint. Judge Thomas R. Roulhac of Sheffield and ex-Governor Johnston returned to Alabama tonight.
 The contending Republican factions en- dorsing Mrs. Garden, J. W. Williamson and R. V. Hudson for the Auburn post office seem in for turn down at the hands of the administration. The Presi- dent it is said will appoint Miss Annie L. Dillard the temporary. postmaster to the position. Miss billiard has the indorsement of Representative Clayton, who saw the President today in her in- terest.
 It Is reported that a postoffice inspec- tor who investigated the Dadeville post office has reported in favor of the post master J. T. Howle against whom charges had been filed.
 Noble J. Wiley a son of Representative Wiley has been given a physical re- examination for a heutenancy in the regular army.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
AcoUIT COLONEL MEADE.
courtmartial Finds Charges Against
 Him Not Sustained.

Washington, December 6.-It. was an- nounced at the Navy Departm ent today that the courtmartial which tried Col Robert L. Meade of the marine corps of the Brooklyn navy yard on charges of drunkenness on duty and scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals has acquitted that officer and he has been restored to duty at the Brooklyn navy yard pending the formal review of the proceedings of the court by Judge Advocate Lemly and Secretary Longs approval of the findings.
 It is stated the court makes no mention whatever in its findings of the connection of either Colonel Denny or Major Lauch- heimer with the case.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
Ayres Killed at Close Range.

Washington. December 6-During the examination of Dr. w.. P. Carr, who was called as an expert by the defense today in the case of Mrs. Lola Ida Bo- nine. on trial for the murder of James Seymour Ayres, Jr., counsel asked him to give an opinion as to the relative po- sition of Mrs. Bonine and Ayres when the shots were fired. The witness ans wered that from the nature of the wounds on Ayres' body the pistol could not have been held at distance greater than twenty-four to eighteen inches from the body
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
crumpacker Files His HIII.

Washington, December G.-Representa- tive Crumpacker of Indiana has introduc- ed a bill for an amendment to the appor- tionment act so that the membership of the House of Representatives will be 372. The representation Is based on the vote east in Southern states and makes increase in Northern states.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
HUNG AND IN COFFIN
 WILSON COMES TOLIFE

and his whole frame shook with tremors He was taken from the coffin by the deputies and carried up the steps to the scafford for the purpose of hanging him again.
 When the platform was reached the body became rigid, remaining so for moment and then became limp. Wilson was examined by the physicians, who finally pronounced him dead death being caused by strangulation.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
PLAY NINE. GAMES.
Either Schaeffer or SIossob May Win
 at Billiards.

New York. December 6.-Nine games have now been played in the interna- tional billiard champion contest. and so far. it looks as if schaeffer and slosson will be in at the finish
 In the first game today between Ba- rutel, the Frenchman. ahd Howison, the Canadian, Barutel won out after very elow play by a score of 400 to 324.
 Tonight Schaeffer. the Chicago wizard defeate< Sutton after a close and inter esting game
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
COMPLIMENT MESSAGE.
London Reviews on RooseveIt's Docu.
 Fnent Are Favorable.

London, December 6.-The weekly re- views out this morning. in opinions on the Presidents message. are nearly all complimentary.
 As regards reciprocity, the Outlook re- marks in its criticism:
 Selfish America will receive whatever benefits is squeezed out of the preambu- lator,"
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
Will Arbitrate Strike.

Rich Hill Mo-, December Ex-Governor Cookery arrived tonight to confer with other State officials already here in re- gard to the strike matters. The union miners went into session at once. Com mittees representing both the miners and the coal company will meet with the of ficials and it is thought matters will come to speedy settlement by arbitration.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
Where Is Herbert Marx?

New York. December 6.-The where abouts of Herbert Marx, the central fig ure in the recent shooting affair in West Moreland County, Va. was still un- known to his family and friends this aft ernoon- They thought that probably Her. bert Marx would return north by water.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
TO TRY MOLINEAUx.
Judge overrules Ills Motion to ouash
 Indictment.

New York, December 6.-Judge New burger in the court of general sessions today handed down decision denying a motion to dismiss the indictment for mur- der against Roland B. Molineaux
 The motion was to quash the indictment or as an alternative for leave to inspect the minutes of the grand jury. Both ap- plications were denied.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
ADDRESSES STUDENTS.
Refers to Lincoln as the South's Best
 Friend.

Ann Arbor. Mich, December 6.-Col Henry Watterson of Kentucky tonight gave lecture before the Students Lect- ure Association on Abraham Lincoln. eulogizing him as the best friend the South ever had. In brief reference to politics while speaking of Stephen A. Douglass Mir. Watterson said:
 ''The Democratic. party then was as hopelessly divided as 1t Is now.' After the lecture the Southern Club of the University rendered Mir. Watterson a banquet.
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The age-herald., 1901-12-07
Cannot Use Defense Fund.

Washington. December 6.--The treasury comptroller. Tracewell. holds that the balance of the s5oooO, GOO national defense fund cannot be used for any purpose. There remains now about $500, 900 of this fund and the government is anxious to use it for payments on contracts entered into before the end of the last fiscal year.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
England Pays u. 8. seooo.

Washington. December 6-The State Department has. received a draft for a6,0OO from the government of Great Britain in full payment of the claims of certain American citizens who claimed to have been improperly expell- ed from South Africa during the Boer war
The age-herald., 1901-12-07

Little Rock, Ark. December G. Bud Wilson, convict. who killed R. H. Nay Tor, guard of the Yell county convict at Danville. The trap was sprung at 9:45 o'clock and at 10:05 the body was lowered into a coffin. Before the lid was placed on the coffin the body began moving about. Wilson opened his eyes
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
Bread RiotIna at Pranue

London. December 7.-'srhousands of the starving unemployed are rioting daily at Prague" teiegraphs the Vienna corre- spondent of the Daily Mail "and strong forces of police are preserving order there
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
ADMIRAL DEWEY DENIES
 REPORT ABOUT SCHLEY

Csaturday) bornng publishes dispatch
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
THE KEY TO SUCCESS

Is generally turned by the man who advertises and keeps his name and business before the people.
The age-herald., 1901-12-07
THE WEATHER.

OR ALABAAfA-CLOUDY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY; WARMER SUN DAY: LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-01
M'GovERN IN THE FOURTH.
Gardner Unable to stand the Terrific
Punish ment.

SAN FRANCISCO, April S0.-One of the
largest crowds ever assembled in Me
chanics' Pavilion saw the bout between
Terry McGovern and Oscar Gardner to-
night 1t was scheduled for twenty
rounds. but McGovern won in the fourth.
What drew the crowd was the fact that
McGovern never had been seen here. and
the sports were willing to witness even
poor fight to see McGoyern in action. Both
men were weighed in the afternoon, Nc
Govern tipping the scales at l22h pounds
and Gardner one pound heavier. The fight
was for S50Oo, $3.50 to the winner and the
balance to the loser. 1t H. known, how.
ever, that McGovern received a substan-
tial bonus to come out leTe and meet
Iariner. Both men were apparently in
the pink of condition. There was little bet
ting, partly because the poulrooms are
closed and partly because of lack Of con-
fidence in The referee, Harry Corbett.
First round-McGovern forced the fight
ing from the outset and after warm eX
changes landed fairly on Gardner's jaw,
dropping him squarely on his back This
he followed with two other terrific right
handlers on Gardners mouth, each clean
knockdown. Then he forced Gardner to
the ropes and as he rose after taking
nine seconds he landed another heavy
blow -on the mouth. again flooring him.
The gong saved Gardner.
Second round-McGovern started a
hurricane pace with a succession of
heavy lefts on the head and wind. Nc
Govern had Gardner at his mercy. land
ing blows on the mouth. jaw, and wind.
Gardner saved himself only by clilching.
Third round-McGovern opened vigor-
ously and landed rights and lefts almost
at will on the jaw, neck, and wind. Gard
ner seemed to have no defence but he
stood up gamely and took his punishment
Just before the gong sounded Gardner
was knocked head first through the ropes.
As he was helped to his feet the gong
sounded.
Fourth round-McGovern started in to
finish his man. There were several hot
exchanges. and Gardner was dropped by
a left and took eight seconds. Gardner
then put Gardner out with left upper
cut in the wind.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-01
ESTERBRooK A SUICIDE.
The Ball Player PIunges From n
Moving Railway Train

MIDDLETOWN. N Y, April 30
Thomas Esterbroo6. the well-known base
bail player, while being brought to the
Middletown State Hospital on the Erie
Mountain Express this afternoon, was IA
tally injured by throwing himself through
a car window. The train was near Tuxedo
and was running fifty miles an hour. Es-
Textbook died tonight.
Esterbrcok had been suffering from
nervous prostration for some time at his
home in Stapleton, S. 1. Later the ILL
ness developed into suicidal mania. Ar
rangements were then made to transfer
him to the State hospital in this city for
treatment. Henry Sengstacken, an atten-
dant. was sent from the institution to ac-
company Esterbrook and his brother Jo-
seph. They left Jersey City at 3 o'clock.
Just after the train passed Tuxedo Park
Esterbrook, who occupied a seat in the
smoking car, went to the layatory. The
attendant had the door partly open from
the outside to keep watch on him, but
once inside Esterbrook threw his weight
against the door and snapped the catch
lock on from the inside.
Esterbrook then squeezed his body
through a narrow window space and
hurled himself headforemost to the stone
ballast of the track below. The train was
stopped and backed up, and Esterbrook,
bleeding and uncor Scious, was placed on
board and brought to this city, where an
examination revealed compound frac-
ture of the skull and many decorations
and bruises about the body.
Nothing could be done for him. and he
died few hours after his admittanee to
the hospital
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-01
NO DECISION ARRIVED AT.
The Harvard Oyerseers Take No Ac-
tiOn on Mr.. McKinIey,s Degree.

BOSTON, April 30 1t was reported here
Yesterday that the Harvard overseers had
met and voted to confer the degree of
Ii. d. on President Mckinley. No meet
ing Of the Board OF Overseers was held,
but the corporation. or the president and
fellows. met at 50 State Street The pro-
ceedings of this body are not made public.
Though President Eliot is authority for
the statement that no vote touching the
matter Of the degree was taken, there is
Informal but satisfactory evidence that
it is the purpose of the corporation to
suggest to the overseers that the degree
shall be conferred. This is the usual meth
cd and the action by the overseers. which
follows is often taken as late as the
morning of commencement day Indeed,
1t is in a sense an unwritten rule that
unless the persons TO be honored are pres
ent at commencement the degrees are
withheld.
President Eliot was seen last night at
his home by reporter with regard to the
conferring of the degree and he said:
There was no vote taken on the mat
ter whatsoever. The report was without
foundation"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-01
THE NEW YORK IN PORT.
American Liner Delayed by Bro
ken ShnIi.

NEW YORK, April 3O.-with her port
shaft broken and but one screw working
the American Line steamship New York
came into port today.
Although she had to make half the voy-
age across the Atlantic in her disabled
condition, the big liner was only fortyc
eight hours behind her usual time. She
arrived at Quarantine at midnight with
everybody on board well.
The New York left Southampton on
April 20. Four days later she was report
ed by the Campania. The Cunarder an
nounced that the American liner had lost
her port screw, but was not in any dan
ger and was proceeding westward with
reduced speed. She has been reported
several times since by other vessels The
disabled liner had favorable weather in
the trip and this enabled her to make the
run In good time.