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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01
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END OF FAMOUS SCANDAL.

May Yohe and Capt. Strong Quarrel
and Separate.
The son of the late Mayor w. L.
Strong of New York, who came into
great deal of notoriety by clipping with
May Yohe, the actress, and then wife
of Lord Hope, has disappeared from
Hastings-on-the-Hu Hudson, N. Y. 1t Is
said he pawned $4,000 worth of Miss
Yohe's jewels. Strong resigned from
the army year ago while his rela-
tons with May Yohe were under In
vestigation by the war department. He
was a major of volunteers.
Wherever he may be, he is now safe
from arrest. on the charge OF grand
larceny made against him by May
Yohe, as the Strong family settled that
woman's claims against him.
A sum of money said to be between
$4,000 and $4,000 was paid to Miss
Yohe and her lawyer.
Friends of Strong believe he has
gone back to Japan. Miss Yohe sent
a cablegram to the man with whom
she pawned a good many of her jewels
In Yokohama last year, saying she
would be in that city just as soon as
the next steamer would bring her
there. Emanuel Friend. the woman's
lawyer, stated that there was no ar
rangement for Strong and Miss Yohe
to meet again at the other side OF the
world.
The negotiations with the Strong
family were carried on with secrecy.
The exact terms on which a settle
ment was reached were not learned.
Mr.. Hedges declined to say anything
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01
Capt. Stronq.

about the matter and Mr.. Friend said
he had pledged himself to say moth
ing. 1t Is believed, though, that the
Strong family paid enough to Miss
Yohe to enable her to get her jewelry
out of pawn here, to redeem that
nawned at Yokohama and Genoa, and
gave large cash consideration for
the jewelry that Miss Yohe says was
taken from the box.
Whatever the terms of settlement
were, they were evidently satisfactory
to Miss Yohe and her lawyer. They
came out of Mr. Hedges Office jubil-
ant.
Detective Murphy went with Miss
Yohe and Friend to the pawnshop and
got her jewels. Mr.. Friend paid the
pawnbroker an amount said to be ST.
500. They paid cash. About $500 of
this is said to have been interest.
Immediately on leaving the pawn
brokers' Miss Yohe, with Friend and
Murphy, drove to hotel. Miss Yohe
got a cable blank and then dictated
the following message. which Mr..
Friend wrote down:
ITO Wood, Yokohama.-Look out
for diamonds. sail on the next steam
er. May Yohe."
Miss Yohe paid $40 at the hotel tele-
graph office to send the dispatch. She
took the money from roll six inches
in diameter.
The belief that Strong has started
for Yokohama is based on a talk
had with him one day last week.
Strong said then that the way men cut
him and laughed at him had become
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01
GATHERED 100000 STAMPS.
Collection of Three Women in New
York Auction After Their Death.


An enormous pile of Cancelled post
age stamps, in which were a million
and a half different pieces, attracted
much attention at the auction sale Of
rare stamps held in New York last
week.
The stamp collectors who bid
against one another for rare specimens
were much interested in the big pills
of &c. U. s. cancelled, recent issues"
1t was the first time that as many as
100000 stamps have been assembled
together for display in New York.
The big pile weighed 2S0 pounds and
occupied fifteen cubic feet of space
Mr.. Doane, who Is one of the largest
dealers in New York, said the stamps
were accumulated by three sisters in
a Connecticut town. After all three
had died and the estate was settled up
the stamps were found, most of them
done up in neat packages of 1000.
For years there has been tradition
in some parts of the country that if
anyone would accumulate 100000
postage stamps the government or
some mysterious institution stood
ready to pay $1,000 for them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01
Archie's Contribution.

Some years ago one of the most
familiar figures in the streets of Dun
fermline was a harmless, half-witted
man, simply known as Archie" Like
most of his class, however, he had a
good deal of sense and humor, and he
was also a great stickler for what was
proper. Consequently he made point
of going to church. One Sunday he
proposed to attend st. Annes U. P.
Kirk, but learned that a special col.
lection was to be taken. He had no
money, so what could he tive? He
took walk up and down the street
considering the matter. At last he
saw a potato lying UNDECIDED in the
roadway. He picked it up and went to
the church. Going forward to the
plate" which stood at the door, he
placed in it the potato, saying to the
elder in charge, "Silver and gold have
l none, but such as have give !
thee"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01

ened to break Of diplomatic relations
unless the contract is rescinded.
Except that the country is rich in
rubber, little is known about it. 1t
occupies triangular space between
the boundaries of Brazil and Bolivia,
and Peru and Bolivia, with the Benz
river as the base The position of
the sides of this triangle as interpret
ed by the two countries Is the cause
of the dispute. A traveller recently
returned from Acre says of the ma
tives that they are in many respects
like the Bolivians, but that there are
among them many tribes of a lower
class than can be found elsewhere in
that part of the world. Some of them
are said to be cannibals, and all are
shy and averse to the invasion of their
country by the whites. They are ex-
perts in the art of using darts, spears
and javelins, and delight in practising
with these from the bush on intrud-
ers, whom they usually attack from
behind.
They wear no clothes, but have
elaborate headdresses made of feath-
ers and beads. and the younger ones
wear strings of coins and metal
disks around their necks and wrists.
There are no horses or mules in Acre,
and the llama is used as the beast of
burden.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01
A Fine Trotter.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the brill
liant Irish dramatist and orator. was
seldom out of debt. One day he met
face to face in Pail Mall creditor
whom he was very anxious to avoid
This was at the moment quite impos-
sible, but Sheridan did not loss his
head. That's lovely mare you're
riding" he remarked. How does she
trot?" The compliment pleased the
creditor and the innocent question
threw him off guard. Beautifully,
he answered, as he touched her up to
show her PAGES. The moment she
trotted off Sheridan showed his heels
round the nearest corner.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01

to combine the two and hunt at the
same time for both an elephant and
a rhinoceros, and to bag both of the
big creatures after being seriously
wounded by one of them is the kind
of hunt that ought to give the ordi-
nary sportsman enough thrills to last
him for a time at least.
Lieut.. D. J. Munro OF the British
ship Skipjack started out early in the
morning one day in last February for
a rhinoceros hunt in upper Burmah.
He was accompanied by a native
hunter, Pee Nee, tall, gaunt, deter
mined-looking Siamese, and corps
of native servants. Pee Nee made a
business of hunting the "rhino." He
sold the horns of the animals to the
Chinese for hundred rupees each.
and the skin and other parts of the
body bring large price from the Chi
nese who use them for medicine. For,
as Pee Nee quantity said: Anything
that is hard to get is the Chinaman's
medicine"
Lieut.. Munro and Pee Nee camped
for three days at the foot of long
range of hills which here form the
boundary between Burmah and Siam.
The country is covered by an I'M
mense forest of trees so dense that at
no time of the day is hat or head
covering necessary. In these dense
forest the sun is never seen except
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01

TIE NHI'U FTePd'eu 90 OHd'ye'
lieutenant, picking up his own gun,
which was uninjured, again followed
after his quarry. He came up with
him once more, and this time put in
two more bullets, just behind the ele-
plants left fore leg. The beast
turned again and continued his fight,
and the lieutenant, being exhausted
from the effects of his collision with
the elephant. had to give up pursuit
and be carried back to camp.
The next day the trails Of both the
elephant and the rhinoceros were
again taken up and followed, and both
animals were found dead.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01
Hiobest Altitude Reached by Man.

The credit of having reached the
highest altitude in balloon is given
to DR.. Bersen and DR.. Surfing, of Ber-
lin. They first went up to the height
of 10000 feet, losing consciousness
for brief intervals. They continued
to ascend to 1890 feet, when one of
them became completely unconscious
and could not be aroused. The other
aeronaut, after making a great effort
In opening the valve to descend. also
became insensible and neither OF
them recovered till the balloon
dropped to 10000 feet.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01
Hunting in Burmah
Especial Letter.)


The lieutenant crossed the stream
and followed in hot pursuit of his
elephant, but suddenly came to hal.
as he heard crashing in the jungle
ahead Of him, and, looking up saw
that the elephant was hunting him.
The elephant was within twenty feet
of him, and there was no chance for
him to raise his gun; so the lieuten-
ant attempted to dodge to one side,
but the elephant struck him a blow
that threw him thirty or forty feet
down the hill.
The lieutenant fell into some BUSH
es which concealed him from the ele-
plant, whom he could hear charging
back and forth, hunting him. A shot
from Pee Mee's rife sent the ele-
plant in full retreat again, and the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01
THE PEOPLE OF ACRE.

Region in Dispute Between Bolivia
and Brazil.
The region of Acre, in Northern
Bolivia, has been disputed territory
between that country and Brazil for
nearly fifty years. The little coun-
try has come into public notice re-
Gently because Bolivia leased part
of the Acre region to an Anglo-Ameri-
can syndicate. Brazil objects to this
business arrangement, and has threat.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01

when opposite the elephant and about
twenty yards away drew a bead on
the projection at the base of the ele-
plants trunk, figuring that the bullet
would strike somewhere near the
brain. He fired, but when the smoke
of his gun had cleared away he saw
the elephant still stood where he had
been before and was looking wickedly
for the hunter.
The hunter aimed a little higher
up next time and fired again, and the
elephant turned and made off up the
valley, screaming and trumpeting
with pain.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01

A weak man may be his own fool
but vain man is everybody's fool
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01
LITTLE MISS Millions
OR,
THE WITCH OF MONTE CARLO.
Or,
A ROMANCE OF THE RIVIERA.
Dy ST. GEORGE RATHDORNE,
author Of "Ai,s Pauline. of NeW York, "Ih'
Spiders JYeb,' "1iss Caprice" ETC.. etc.
CHAPTER X.-(Continued.

Copyright 1900. Street and Smith, New York.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01

UNITING for either the rhi-
noceros or elephant is sup
posed to be the most exciting
form of sport known. But
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-01

Merrick was uneasy, because among
the vessels at anchor near by he had
discovered the steam yacht of Sir
Lionel, which he had very good cause
to remember with displeasure.
1t was very natural for this unprin-
cipled English cousin of Constance to
come to Monte Carlo, where all of his
class gravitated at some time during
the winter; but, remembering what
had occurred recently at Nice, Mer-
rick had a sense Of impending evil
come over him.
The cleaning gradually gave place
to the darkness Of night-a night long
to be remembered by this strange COM
munity Of Monte Carlo, since it would
mark an era in the history of the
gaming world that had never yet been
eQualed
Mark Merrick, looking over the muir.
muring sea, could family detect light
that twinkled from some jutting Ital
ian headland, possibly marking some
dangerous rocks.
How calm and peaceful it all seemed
he hated to leave this place of his
vigil and seek the artificial whirlpool
of human passions, where gain with
its sordid views dwarfed the brightest
intellects and wrecked the most prom
Using of lives.
Back to the Hotel des Anges he
made his way.
Crowds already headed toward the
theater of dramatic events, eager to
witness the second advent of this
plucky adventurer from over the sea.
Merrick knew their play would not
open until late in the night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13

Commissioner Jones' Defense to
Charges Made by Former Gov
eTn0r Mcdonnell.
special to The Herald.y

Washington April 12.-Former Gov
ernor Mcconnell of Idaho, who is also
a former Indian agent brought a
storm about his own head when he
made his report upon the alleged mis-
management Of the Indian schools. To-
day Senators Dubois and Gamble, as
the subcommittee Of the senate, heard
the testimony. The hearing was be-
hind closed doors, but it is known that
the chief defense submitted by Com
missioner Jones was an attack on Nc
COnneU.
s. McConnelTs charges, which have
been described in the special dispatches
to The Herald. consisted Of statements
that gross and shocking immortality
existed at the Indian schools. An
davits from many agents asserted that
McConnelIs character was such that
ne was not worthy of credence.
Mcconnell requested the committee
to ask the secretary of the interior for
affidavits filed in that office at the time
that charges of this sort were first
made against Mcconnell. He said these
affidavits completely rebutted the af-
hdavits OF the commissioner and his
agents. The committee agreed to do
so. and another hearing viii be had
next Thursday. Governor Mcconnell
said
Absolutely no effort was made nv
the department at tOday's hearing to
diSprOVe the charges 7 made The tas-
timony of the commissioner and his
employees was directed toward tearing
down my character. This has abso.
lutely no bearing on the case. The
question for the committee 70 deter
mine is whether or not the Indian mn
pills were treated as I have described
in nv reports"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
THE SIN OF THE WIFE
May Be Responsible For the Mys-
FERROUS Murder of Her
Husband.

Detroit Mich, April 12-The only
new development today in the Hey
wood mystery was the admission by
Mrs. Haywood that she had been in
innate with William Jones, the roomer
in Heywood's house, who is under ar
rest on suspicion of killing her nus
band. She said he had an influence
over her which she could never under
stand
I am 5ust beginning to come out Of
the spell which he has east over me, "
she said.
When Jones was arrested Mrs. Hey
wood insisted he did not leave the
house on the night Haywood was muir
dered. and that she did not believe it
was he who first shot her husband and
then crushed his skull with some blunt
nstrUment-probably hammer. To-
day. however. Mrs. Haywood says that
she agrees with the theory of the po-
lice that Jones stole out Of the house
bout O'Clock Thursday morning and
committed the murder. Tonight Mrs
Haywood is sick in bed, under the care
of a physician. The police say they
of the murder.
Jones was in the sweat box" again
this afternoon, but nothing was
CLEANED from him by the officers. He
is cooler, if anything, than when he
was first arrested. The police maintain
that Mrs. Heywood's admission today
of the Illicit relations she had with
Jones furnishes a double motive for
him to destroy Haywood. He probably
wanted, they say, 70 marry Mrs. Hey
wood. and also to secure the $4,000 life
insurance which Mr.. Haywood carried.
and his property, worth about $4,000
more
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
MERGERS FIRST MOVE
J. J. Hills Attorneys Put in
Their First Defense to
State Suit.

St Paul, Mimi, April 12.-The first
movement Of the various interests con-
cerned in the railway merger as
against the suit instituted by the state
OF Minnesota in the Ramsey district
court, has been taken by President
Hills attorneys. They have served no
tice upon Attorney General Douglass
Of a motion 10 vaCate service in the
summons and complaint of the state Of
Minnesota against the Northern Sc
curities company and against President
J J. Hill Of that corporation and of the
Great Northern road
The motion viii come before the
Ramsey district court for argument one
week from today Tt viii be heard at
special term Of court. Which judge
viii preside has yet 10 be determined
The motion of the railways win be
based on the claim that the Northern
Securities company is a New Jersey
corporation. and as such IS outside the
jurisdiction Of the Minnesota courts. It
VIII also be argued that James J. HIS
residence in this state is merely per
sonal, and as such he Is not amenable
10 the laws in the case as he would be
under normal conditions
The argument on next Saturday viii
not affect the main question as stated
in the bin Of complaint filed by the at
tOrney general
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
SETS AMERICAN FREE
PrOcraStinated Decision of the
Mexican Court at Last Dis
charges MeaIy.

Monterey. Mexico. April 12-The SUI
preme court of appeals of Mexico has
handed down decision in the noted
Me2ly case. in which it is held that the
Imprisonment of Mr. Afealy was illegal.
Mealy was imprisoned last year on
charge of contempt of court He was
summoned 10 give evidence in a mining
investigation being made by the court at
Ciudad POrfOriO DiaZ. Sickness prevent
ed his attendance at the time but he
sent his attorney to explain 10 the court.
The court refused to accept his eXpiana-
tiGu and ordered him to be arrested and
sent forcibly TO Ciudad PorfOriO Diaz. He
was imprisoned in Monterey four DAYS
and ~ Ciudad POTfOriO DiaZ six days,
in suite of the protests of the American
consul At the end OF this tine the
charges of perjury and robbery were
added TO one Of contempt of court.
After urgent protests bail was allowed
in the sum of $500. which Meaiy had TO
furnish in cash of q certain issue The
decision vindicates Mealy-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13

dramatic. "They were lined up" he
said FOR the rattle of death. at the
sole will and pleasure of Private Da-
Wis. a marine, who was Judge and
prosecutor. and processes many arms.
He referred to Davis testimony in
terms of whitening scorn, accused Ma
jor Waller Of listening to the dictates
of ambition and not to the dictates Of
duty: asserted that the natives. ac-
cOrding to the evidence acted in many
instances in a highly commendable
manner, and declared that their faith
fulness and not their treachery had
been disclosed before the court.
Captain Mark requested permission
to make a short reply. He protested
strongly. against criticism of the way
in which Major Waller had conducted
the campaign, which, he said was out
side the case. and again insisted that
martial law ruled by the mere nature
of the conditions. The court DELHI
Grated more than half an hour. No de-
cision was announced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
SAYS IT VAS A MASSACRE.
Judge Advocate Kngsbu Describes the Killing of Eleven Filipino
Prisoners as One of the Most Atrocious Acts Known
to Civilized Warfare

4FANILA, April 12-The judge ad-
wi vooate, Major Henry P. Kings
bury. replied today to the sum
ming up before the court-martiaI yes
terday of Captain Arthur T. Mark
representing Major LittletOn W. T..
Waller, who is being tried for executing
natives of Samar without trial. Major
Kiugsbury made an eloquent address.
He contended that Major Waller was
under military and not martial law,
and that there was nothing in the con-
duct Of the men who were shot de-
serving of such punishment.
The judge advocate blamed Major
Waller himself for the disasters which
befeII the marines, and accused him of
ten helpless comrades.
whose bones We're now bleaching on
the banks of the Lanang, to die of
hunger.
The judge advocates denunciation of
the methods by which the prisoners
who were to be shot, were chosen. was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
HIS OWN IAWYER- AIDS SWIFT JUSTICE
Music Teacher Miller the Seconessed Murderer Of Girl Is
Denounced by His Own AtOney-InvaIid Wife
May Die Of the Shock


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appointed
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E. F.
sympathy of
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
HUMAN SACRIFICES
IN THE FRENCH CONGO

paris. April u The minister Of the
colonies. NJ. de Crais, has ordered that
refnforcements be sent to the scene Of
the troubles in the French Congo as the
result Of the dispatches he received
Yesterday confirming the report Of a
revolt Of natives in the Sangha dis
trict- The Paris manager OF the Sangha
company, in an interview, attributes
the outbreak to the fact that the fanat-
icism of the natives has been aroused
by human sacrifices. which were cele-
brated recently. He adds that the ma
tives are well armed with modern IL
fes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
End OF BOER WAR IN SIGHT;
DUTCH REPUBLIC DOOMED
Even Dom Paul Kruger Is Now Willing to Renounce
All Claims to independence.
Conditions to Which the Burghes will Assent Are AuthOrtaVey
Named-United States May Mediate.

rsntoTb All Tht tttss News q this :itv tots
in close touch with MI Kruger declares the Beers
pared to accept the following , conditions: &c.
if they satisfactory
Punishment eonhsoation Of property proclamation
with remuneration for private stock and property destroyed
Full recognition of state debts
boss and to the date Of the annexation proclamation
4s language az question a is to be mutually agreed
the REESE g Of 9r al Political s prisoners
5 to supsntend the carrying out Of the terms of esce DC
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That Po3a5y sums up {Rs present crop Of rumq eones @ a.
sang posters newspapers
pointed these dispatches yesterday
ports Of 9e des a 81 59n o 5gea .stn involving 50 many
s at 5o4as meeting Which lasted an hour 5iscsse9 e Comma I.
neon IRON lord hfTe rms is g within Fe9son ana govenment
% cam be announced vhfe LORD IcheneI MESSAGE ay bH bsag
G sudden summons % f g6ne nsI5rs was dp9 to desire to decide
] nSsostns are set9 one Sq or S other postponed until the
PEACE NOT END OF CRITICISM
Tstssr the proposals Of the chancellor of the ezehequer Sir Michael
f various quarters Peace win ot modify t6 irving n of aSditio6ai
put u Would 1ae on lne SUNG ron the additional taxation which
the protests
5 4H1a 6d on o3 5s s aof Rafse' p R
prastH sussfu termination Of the KeFks-
IN M @ oniT af5e5 Junction of 5iiin p2Dgy ana 0l Ig
ai ed the entire susto@ both as TssTds some finance and
5 end 9s ss,S 8s statement G Sa5d it a s5a
AMNESTY CAPE REBELS.
& 1 9ont 11d the h1gs o % Britain e9n9sd
While there believe
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-13
"HERETIC" WILL APPEAL.
Preacher Convicted Of Heresy VIII
Fight Case.

Wichita. Kan, April 12.-Rev. Gran
willie I,owther. who was convicted OF
beresv at the recent session Of the
southwest Kansas conference Of the
Methodist church, and who has an
nounced his determination to appeal
the case. cannot. have that privilege.
according to the statement Of Rev w
n. Rose. who was junior counsel for
Rev. Mr.. Lowther during the trial, and
is now pastor OF the church at MePher-
son lately served by the deposed min
ister mr.. Rose said. Under the law
of the church Rev. Mr.. Lowther has
forfeited his right TO appeal by contin-
ming to preach after he had been con
vietfd and expelled from the ministry.
He is stiH a member Of the Methodist
church, but has no authority 10 preach
or exercise ministerial functions"