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The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

When She Was Sentenced
Tor the American woman. and no pris'
oner accused Of capital offense has
ever had such powerful friends exert
ing all their combined strength to ef.
feet release as she has had.
Florence Maybrick's unhappy fate
has always lain heavily on my heart.
So when l reached London. in May. I
at once set at work to get permis-
sion to visit Ayiesbury prison, where
Mrs. Maybrick nas for the past seven
years been confined.
Mrs. Maybrick was about twenty-six
years old, as l recollect it. when sac
was convicted of the murder of her
husband. She has been in prison thir-
teen years and is therefore at least
approaching her fortieth birthday.
Her face is an absolute blank ex.
cept for that terrible sort OF dumb pro-
test felt in each feature. Florence
Maybrick might be sixty or thirty,
or any age between. Sac typifes
dumb ar guish as no other human be-
ing | have ever seen.
l stretched out my hand toward the
poor woman and the frail little figure
shrank back. Il am so sorry she
said. in voice soft and low and ut
terly hopeless; we are lot allow ed to
shake hands or touch sny one"
Mrs. Aaybrick is a little over five
feet in height. Sac cannot possibly
weigh over ninety pounds. Her face
has the deadly waXen look which long
deprivation OF sunlight ard fresh air
inevitably produce.
Her features are not regular, but
very pleasing-very gentle. Her eyes
are blue and large. and excepting
when she looks ore diecsly in the face,
they arc so eSpressiorless as to make
one wonder if there is any sigat in
them.
But l looked into Mrs. Maybrick's
eyes determined to evoke a response
--determiEed to send a little message
to that poor hapiess soul no matter
what followed.
Il am from America" said, and be.
fore l could be interrupted. you have
thousands OF friends there. You must
not think you are forgotten. We hope
soon you will be free
The blue eyes grew human and ten
der and looked into mine. still with
the despa.rirg gaze. The co,orless
lips parted in a painful attempt to
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Strange French Tax Law,

Possession may be nine-terths Of the
law, but the remaining tenth oc-
casionafiy makes trouble, especially in
France. man in Paris had two
motor cycles, on which he paid the an
nual tax uncomplainingly until the
motor cycles were stolen from him
two years ago. Ine law insists he
should 90 on paying the taxes indefi-
nitely, as he cannot prove he no
longer possesses the cycles by return
ing the taxing plaques which were
attached to the machines, and, Of
Course. vanished with them. AS long
as he does not return the plaques
the law considers he is in possession
Of the cycles and insists on the taxes
being paid.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
A orciudiced Author,

In his new book. The Unspeaka'l 'le
Scot" MIR. 7. w. II. Crosland says:
Whisky to breakfast. whisky to din
ner. whisky to supper; whisky when
you meet friend, whisky over all
business meetings whatsoever: whis-
ky before you 60 into kirk: whis-
ky when you come out; whisky when
you are about to take journey,
whisky all along the road. whisky at
the journeys end: WHISKY when you
are well. whisky if you be sick, whis-
Ky almost as soon as you are born
whisky the last thing before you die
that is Scotland"
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they stoppsu withoas Sxpj6 =
seven years aeo and I knoW uotno
nothing at al about lhen. ~ -
tie girl II sixteen. ny little boz 3 mnD
about twenty. have nevoe oo0D
them since they were tsksu awag fron
me all those years ago.
Il believe they are told their mother
is dead"
What do you do. Mrs. MaybrickS~
I asked. ''How do you manage to live
through these weary days ana
months?"
And years." the prisoner said, con.
Guiding my sentence for me. "The
prison routine never varies. The
same. day and week. month and year."
was told that Mrs. Maybrfck has
not only been q model prisoner her.
self, but has had an unparalleled in.
fiuence for good on the other prison.
ers, who adore her. Several women
convicts have offered ard begged to
be permitted to serve q life sentence
If 1t would cara Florence Maybrick's
release.
While Mrs. Maybrfcl- was speaking
the door opened and another attend.
ant appeared. Once more stretched
forth my hand. friendly woman's
hand to Florence Maybrick. and she
shook her head and tarcw me q sad
little l-i'.: from the tips of her waxen.
like fingers.
In another instant the door had
closed and found myself in the cold
stone corridor, free to leave this house
OF misery.
AS soon as I reached London on my
return from Aylesbury got the ad-
dress of Mrs. Maybrick's mother. tho
Baroness de Rocues, and wrote her
asking if she would see me IL I went
to Rouen. France. where she Is liv.
ing.
received an answer saying should
be welcome.
The Baroness de Roques lives On
the outskirts OF Rouen in tiny house
OF a few rooms of liliputian dimen-
sions, for which she pays about SO
a month. In this poor little refuge
for ten long years she has lived. IT.
tended only by faithful Breton
woman.
During these years Florence May
bricks mother has devoted her every
hour, her every energy, her last avail
able penny, to an effort to secure .
new trial or release for her unfor-
tunate daughter. A new trial,
Baroness de Roaues has always con-
tended would show conclusively that,
as Sir Charles Russell the attorney
General and Lord Chief Justice Of
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

Stevenson locates the parting of David
and Alan In kidnapped"
One of the places | always associate
very intimately with Stevenson is the
Princes Street Gardens, gardens
which, marred as they a:e By railway
which Stevenson's walks. with me and
other school friends. radiated. To the
north lies the marsion Of Ravelston.
with its legends ard ruined tower. sur
rounded by the home grounds. West
ward from these, covering a consider
able part Of the Co'storphire Hill. lie
the woods of Rave!ston, to which for
many years of our childhood we had
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
JUDGE Aarman.

Who Sentenced Mrs. May brick
smile. disclosing beautiful waite teeta.
and in low, refined voice, very Eng
lish in pitch and infection. Mrs May.
brick said:
Thank YOU Yes. know | have
friends in America. | had one great
and noble champion in Miss Dodge
Gail Hamilton while she lived
had stforg hopes. But she is dead
my dear unknown friend is dead"
| asked: Il there any message you
have to send to American"
Only the same message said Flor
ence Maybrick-"my thanks. my pray
ers for the happiness of all who have
given me word of sympathy, and
remember, | am innocent"
How have yon lirch?" ] ventured
Il cannot tell" Mrs. Maybrick re.
piled; II often wonder how it Is that
| have lived. think /; must be be-
cause my belief has never died that
one day. sooner or later. my inno-
Hence will be proved, am willing to
die when that time comes. must
live till then"
And your children" l asked.
The blue eyes filled with big tears.
Il know nothing of them for tae past
seven years. During the first six
years of my Imprisonment the May.
bricks allowed me to see pictures OF
them twice n year and l was to keen
the photographs in my cell for twenty.
four hours each time.
1T was such a comfort to me! Hut
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

free access and in these Stevenson
entertainments. form on sunny days
sort of. paradise Or happy valley
separating the grim minatory castle
rock with it's massive shadows from
the shining morning face of Princes
street, whose gay length on sunny
days is like a long parterre OF moving
flowers. Here as schoolboys we went
almost daily, at an interval between
lessons. and no doubt propounded to
each other the cailow wisdom of the
boyish mind. Here. too. later. when
that wisdom had some show OF feath-
er. we went for quiet to report prog
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

We reproduce from Black and White the
above portrait of Stevenson. dressed as
one of group of Samoan natives. Mrs.
Stevenson is also Of the party. The por-
trait gives a good idea Of the pic
tHresque idyllc life led by the novel
ist in his South Pacific home.
distant parts of the earth, as in Aus.
tralia and New Iceland: talked OF
him with James Chalmers in New
Guinea. not far. rs we reckon it from
this distance, from the scene of the
cruel murder Of "Tamate" and his
party last year. I was to have visited
portunity go by; and after his death
brooded sadly over these things in the
pine woods above Davos Platz. within
view Of the house he occupied there.
Everyone knows that Stevenson's
last residence was on mis- Vailima es-
tate. near Apia, on one Of the SamO-
an Islands. where he spent the last
years Of his life. and where he died.
Here he lived with something Of the
dignity and regard, if not the pomp.
OF great Thane or chief dispensing
reward and punishment like very
patriarch, but beloved and honored by
his dusky myrmidons as few men
have been hoacred and beloved. Here
ne fought out his long struggle against
disease and death to it's inevitable
end, with the same heroic resolve and
gay Mercutio-like courage he had al.
ways displayed. Here even amidst
certain forebodings of death. which
appear clearly in his letters to me, he
produced among other good work the
magnificent torso of Weir of Hermis-
ton. which beggared the praises of his
warmest and mCst discriminating ad.
mirers alike. Hence was his body
-orne by his faithful and sorrowing
nenchmen to the summit of steep
Vaca, wnere he lies as another beacon
and landmark on the world-track OF an
indomitabIe race.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
]. The EilibuSterS of Venezuela.
Or the Trials Of Spanish Girl
~ SEWARD w HOPKINS

~ SEWARD w. HOPKINS
ospyrishseA ,scs b Robert Bonner. sona

O1 your men-men who are not friend.
~ TO Francisco-and watch, without
being watched. That is. secrete your
selves some time before midnight
~here you can see the execution. Give
Francisco plenty Of time to prove hie
treachery. II he allows Salvarez to es-
cape. see that the rebel general is at
once killed and arrest Francisco and
bring him before the king"
That is easily DONE"
Then do it,"
Il will"
"And keep your own counsel. Do
not allow Francisco to know that We
suspect him"
You may trust me-" said the cap
tain. as he went out
While all this had been going on,
two forms were crouching close to the
sliding panel that separated them from
the council room. and every word ut
tered by Gomez and his associates had
been heard by Medworth and Tenn
pest.
When the captain had gone, one of
the crouching figures made a sig1 and
crept noiselessly away. The other fol-
lowed him. In moment they hu de-
scended the stone stairs to the caverns
under the castle.
We'll" said Tempest, the thing
gets hotter and hotter. Bai We have
something to do
What is it:"
Salvarez must be saved:"
"Salvares! lie nusnt to he, bu.
how?"
u do not know yet We know what
room he is in. In some way he must
be told Of this scheme of Gomez 8.
Come what may, Salvarez must be
saved"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Especial Correspondence

NSVCCldA
GOOD many years ago, as
1 * hurried. q hotfoot student. on
early summer mornings. eager
XXl to sit at the feet. or ,rs,ner a
good deal oyci til. head,
# the venerable Professor Of Bot.
any In the Royal Botanic Gar.
iers. Edinburgh. sorely tempted
9 linger outside with the pur-
DINERS of alluring roses--I passed un-
consciously. then, the birthplace of
The now world-famous, ] think may
ay world-beloycd, author, Robert
louis Stevenson. AS the cable-car
wings round Cannon Mills Bridge at
he foot of the long descent from
Princes street to Inverleith Row one
inds. ON ones right, row OF COM
ortable. two-story dwelling houses,
'ach with q miniature garden in front.
defended uy the usual stone parapet
and iron railings. admitting to its
srass and trees all the sunlight that
an overtop or outfank the opposing
erements. In No. was born the
lelicate boy. Here were passed the
'arly years of a childhood, perhaps
nore brightly and vividly recorded
han any other-in the "Child's Gar
len of Verses
Ny acquaintance with Stevenson be-
van at small school, kept by Mr..
,obert Thomson at 40. Frederick
street, Edinburgh. a house, I observed
not without pang of regret. being
lately demolished. Ny fathers house
at Murrayfield. so vividly described
as the scene OF a murder in The Mis-
adventures of John Nicholson situ-
ated on the crest Of the raStmost slope
OF the Corstorri,ire Fil!. and COM
nhandirg eve" from its one-storied
windows views Of Inchkeith and Largo
Law IN the east, to pentlaad range in
the south. became center from
and our comrades often strolied with
me on Saturdays. At the crest Of the
Kirk road leading to Corstoephire is
che famous coign Of vantage for a
view of Edinburgh. known as Rest
and-be-thankfuI: and here it is that
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Some Good Things In Punch.

Punch is certainly to be credited
with lots of good taings. Example:
What is mind? No matter. What is
matter? Never mind" And that
piece of advice to those about to
marry: Don't" Which reminds one
of the conversation of Lafayette with
two young men. Said he to one Of
them, II suppose you are married. Mr.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Lett His Skull as leoacY.

An aged Yorkshircman was so fond
of Sir Henry trying's acting that in
his will he said that when he died his
body was to be buried headless, and
the skull was to be cleaned and
mounted, suitably inscribed with a
silver inscription and handed to the
actor. with the request that 1t be al
ways used for Yoricks skull In the
presentations of Hamlet.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

noa.
ress to each other in confidential
chat.
AT my disposal to enumerate, except
in dry catalogue. the places intimately
associated with Stevenson. even with
in that cradle-land of his. to which
have confined myself; to attempt to
follow him even up to manhood,
through every change of scene which
left its mark on q mind at once ex-
t~aQrdinarily Unreasonable and re-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

England said repeatedly: Mrs. May
brick ought to be set free. for she
was never legally convicted"
At the end of my visit the Baroness
de Roques gave me the picture Of Mrs.
Maybrick, taken shortly before she
was accused of the crime for which
she was tried, which is here repro
duced.-Harriet Hubbard Aver in New
York World.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Smash La5or-Saeina Machines.

LabcT-saving machines introduced
in the canning factories at Quimper,
Brittany, led to a strike and ultimate
ly to riot, in which the workmen
marched 20 the factories and smashed
the new appliances.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Novel Written by Blind Man.

G. Albert Fairbanks of Worcester,
Mass, who has been blind for thirty
three years. or since he was two years
old, has published a novel. It Vas
written by the Braille system Of pin.
prjcks and then translated to friend,
whose copy was the manuscript used
nv the nnhlishora
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Lessened Cost of Travel.

Before the Siberian railway was
available, trip from London to
Shanghai cost from 1925 to $475. Now
it can be made for from S65, third
class, to Sl60, first class.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Play Both Ends,

In Guatemala. the Indian population
tries to double it's chances for the ef-
ficacy of prayer by worshiping at
Christian altar with images of its
heather deities hidden behinu It.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
STEVENSON'S LIFE IN -
SCOTLAND AND SAMOA.

tentive- He had often 10 fly south
with the swallows to the south of En-
gland or France, such as TorQuay and
Mentone; and these Interruptions to
new impressions must have cone much
to keep sharp the edge of interest in
his surroundings. and to pratice and
strengthen his fresh and keen powers
OF observation by which he at once
stimulated and schooled his ardent
Imagination.
have Deen on Stevens0n's track in
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
See Selects Queer Home.

Some reels of thread in factory al
Brauntou. Devonshire, have been
chosen as home by solitary bee.
which is now actively engaged filing
them with honey
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

Only Ono Sunday EvsninS Paper.
New Orleans has the only paper In
the United States that publishes . Sun.
day evening edition.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

Novelty in Building Operation.
Instead of building in sections. as Is
customary, steel stack, lao feet long.
was recently elevated at the one time
in West Albany, N. Y.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

Smith," Yes. general. thank you,
very happily" Fortunate man."
says the general. And you. Mr..
Jones, ! suppose you are also mar
ried." mo, general, l regret to say
that l am rot" "Ah!" responds the
general. pollng Mr.. Jones in the ribs,
lucky dog"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

Norway and Sweden also reported
damage by the hot winds. Even the
midnight sun seemed 70 b warning
mp bit.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

tCan woman who for thirteen
iiXs1SGD years has languished In m
English prison for q crime
which she has protested from the
first she never committed-the mur.
der OF her husband.
Mrs. Mayb:ick was condemned to
be hanged. but five days before the
time set for her execution her SEN
tencc vas commuted to life fmprison-
ment because Il quote from the court
recorls) "the evidence does lot ex-
clude reaso! able doubt whether
James Maybrick's death was In fact
caused by the administration of
arsenic"
The commntation Of Mrs. May
bricks sertence for the reason given
by the English court attracted ex-
traordinary atteEtion and sympathy
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Where Are The perr,~. ,

Somewhere in the world there ARE
11SoOo,000 big copper pennies. but No
body appears to know where they are.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04
Cockchafera Trouht

cockchafers Trouble FarMoso.
Swarms Of cakchafers are noU l9u
bling several Norfolk tEneAA11 -
tricts. ss
The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-04

HAVE seen and talked with
Florence Maybrick. the AM or.
ican woman who for thirteen
years has languished In M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
BLEW up JAIL.
Prisoners Make Desperate At.
tempt to Escape at st. Joe.
Guards We're Too Quick, and
Beat Them Back.

st. Joseph, Mo-, July Sat 1890
O'Clock today James Blades, Leck Allen
and James Murray, notorious prisoners
In the Buchanan county Jail, wrecked
the rear wall of the Jail building with
a powerful charge of dynamite. Allen.
Blades and Murray then made a fierce
fight for liberty, but the guards were
too quick for them and beat them back
with Winchesters. Seventy-five prison.
ers are confined in the Jail, but many
OF them made no effort to escape and
those who were nervy enough to try
to follow Blades and his companions.
were dubbed into submission AS if
by miracle, but one was injured al
though the explosion was felt for sew
eral blocks away and every window in
the court house on the side next to the
jail was shattered. Blades and Allen
are under sentence for highway robbery
and Murray is a government prisoner
They are now chained face down to the
floors of their cells.
other prisoners were appriSed of
what was to happen about five minutes
before the fuse was lighted and on ad-
vice of the leaders of the plot they
sought safety in their cells just before
the explosion occurred The jailer was
at dinner in another part of the build
ing. Charles May, who has three times
been under sentence of death, declined
to take part in the plot, although he ad-
mits that he knew of it.
The damage to the Jail and court
house is estimated at 81 500, and until
repairs can be made a large armed
guard will be necessary to restrain the
prisoners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
conference FAILS.
Settlement of Freight Handlers
Strike Grows More Remote.

Chicago, July Sat noon today indi-
cations were that the conferences ar
ranged to take place between the rail-
roads and committees from the ware
house would fail to bring about peace
in the freight handlers strike. Com
mittees were appointed this morning to
confer with the managers or superin-
tendents of the respective roads They
were not prepared, however, to make a
final settlement that being reserved for
the union as a whole The Rock Island,
Lake Shore. the St Paul and the Monon
officials refused to treat with the men
on this basis.
At the offices of each of these roads
propositions for settlement were made
but when the men said the matter
would have to be approved by the ex-
ecutive committee of their own the
managers declared the conference at an
end. The conference between officials
of the Illinois Central and the strikers
was still on at noon.
AS the railroads all along have insist
ed that any settlement must be made
with their own men alone. it is thought
that all the other conferences on now
will terminate as have the ones men
toned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
DRIVEN OUT BIZ FLOOD.
200 Persons Abandon Their Homes
at Des Moines.


Des Moines, Ia. July s.-The flood
situation in Iowa today is more serious
than at any time in 10 years. The Des
MOines, Iowa, Raccoon, Cedar and
Skunk rivers are from seven to 15 feet
above low water mark and the low
lands are subn erged. Hundreds have
been made homeless.
In Des Moines 200 persons have been
forced to abandon their homes while
their live stock has been drowned and
truck gardens have been destroyed At
DeS MoineS and elsewhere throughout
the central section of the state con-
tinuous rains have fallen for "a hours,
the precipitation at Boone and Fort
Dodge being reported as nearly four
inches.
Rivers continue to rise rapidly and
on a concrete bridge here has gone out
and two other bridges are in danger
bridge across the DeS Moines river
near Boone is reported to have gone out.
Levees in DeS Moines are weakening
and If break occurs hundreds of acres
of residence property will be flooded
The west half of Extra, town on the
Rock Island system. is inundated and
Barrytown is in similar condition. One-
wa, on the Illinois Central has exper-
~ierped rain almost amounting to a
clOudburst, as a consequence of which
the trains can neither enter nor leave
Sioux City from the south.
At Marshalltown the Iowa river has
reached it's highest point and numerous
on the Northwestern and Great West
ern.
The Des Moines river is rising 2inches
an hour. Many persons are being re-
moved from their homes in small boats
at MarshalltOwn and elsewhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
MILLIONS IN REBATE.
Internal Revenue Taxes in Phil
ippfnes to Be Returned.

Washington, July 9.-The treasury de-
partment today issued the following or
ders under the new Philippine government
act. That act provided that all tax paid
upon articles subject to internal revenue
taxes shipped to the Philippines since
Nov. Is, 1901, under the decision of the
secretary of the treasury of that date
shall be refunded to the parties who have
paid the same under regulations to be
prescribed by the secretary of the treas
ury. Those regulations have now been is
sued. They provide that:
Claims shall be prepared upon form
issued by the commissioner of internal
revenue for the funding of taxes, known
as form 49, and shall be made under oath.
The character of the goods shipped, the
date of shipment, the amount of tax paid
thereon, the name of the vessel and the
name of the port to which shipped, should
be stated in the body of the claim. The
claims should be supported where possi-
BILE, by clearance certificates and by an
affidavit of the consignee, showing that
the goods were actually received at a
port of the Philippines. Where neither
the clearance certificates nor the affidav-
its of the consignee can be obtained 1t
will be necessary for the claimant to OBJ
tain the affidavit of the master of the
vessel upon which the goods were shipped
showing what disposition was made of
the goods.
The principal articles upon which re-
fund will be made are whiskies, beer and
other vinous spirits and malt liquors and
tobacco. No estimate of the amount OF
the money which will be refunded has
been made at the treasury department,
but it is supposed that it will aggregate
several millions.