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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-17

Grand Jury Room, Feb. IL, 1907.
To The Hon. Stanley WEIGH,
Judge 2Sth. Judirial District
Strive, your grand jury, for
the Februsry term, 1902, have the
honor to make the following report,
towit: That we have examined into
thirty-nine cases presented before
your grand jury, of which We have
found 10 true bills, seven no bills,
and ignUfeezsgsEII cases. Examin-
ed into three inquest cases and re-
ferred two eases TO the next grand
jury.
We have examined the county
affairs and records aud found them
true aud correc; to the satisfaction
of your grand jury. We also ex-
amined the county Jail and found
same in a good and sanitary con-
ditio1, prisoners we'll fed, aud had
no complaint from them.
Your grand jury desires to thank
the houoroble court for cOurte-
sizes extended; also to the honor
able district attorney, clerk and
sheriff, and We now respectfully
asked to be discharged.
BENZ. KowALsKI, Foreman.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-17
District Court.

The court this morning seutenc-
ed the following prisoners, whu
were convicted last week, each
being sent to the penitentiary for
two years;
Justo Garcia, for cattle theft.
Antonio Salazar, for THEFT OF u
horse.
EScess was taken this morning
hy the court until tomorrow morn
lug.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-17
Mexican Mustang Liniment


Y = z
op dry catarrh; they dry up the Secretions
which adhere to the membrane and dscom
pose, causing far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form Of catarrh. Avoid ell dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and suuas
and use that which cleanses, soothss and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such . remedy
and viii cure catarrh or cold in tbs, haad
easily and pleasantly. A trial size VIII b
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell tha
SOC. size. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren st., Ny.
The Balm cures without pain, does net
irritate OF cause sneezing. It spreads Itself
over an irritated and angry surfsea, ySliey.
ing immediately the painful Inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm yos are armed
against Nasal CatAxTb and hay FsV@.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-17
Grand Jury Report.

Grand Jury Room, Feb. IL, 1907.
To The Hon. Stanley WEIGH,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-17
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS
Of the United States Conrt, Con
vening February 81, 1902.
GRAND JURORS.

GRAND JURORS.
W. M. Radcliffe, o. 1. Hicks,
John Champion, Geo. M. Putegnat,
E. D. Davis, Frank Prior,
T. B. Rnsseell. II. A. Maltby, Jr,
Florencio Saenz, S. L. Dworman,
+. a. 81. SanbOrn, Martin Hanson Jr,
Constant Laroche, T. B. Norris,
]. F. Cummings, Guadalupe Saenz,
Valentin ..Tamayo, Riley Barton,
Albert Tagle, Tomas Cortez,
George More, j. E. Mix,
VIM. Murgerza, Robert Shears,
Nat Word.
PETIT JURY.
Manuel NJ. Cara, Everett Conevsll,
A. T. Woodhouse Jesse Miller,
Jesse o. Wheeler, E. NJ L. Williams
A. W. Smith, Martin Hill,
Aniceto Yznaga, Cecilio Yznaga,
Carlos Main, Antonio CaVazos,
F. p. Pena Guerra, j. J. Hunter,
Jos. Champion. Manuel Ramirez
Jose de Ia Vega, John Henderson,
Jas. NJ. Weber, Jesse Parsons,
Andres Champion, Jose Celaya,
Luis Champion.
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toes and corn just reSfived at W.
h. Austin's.
4 sale OF condemned govern
msnt property will take place in
the garrison tomorrow morning at
ten o'clock, by Fort Brown time
The schooner Beachsm was at
the railroad wharf yesterday at
Pniut Isabel, unloading the big
engines of the irrigation company.
The list of federal jurors for the
! approaching term Of federal dis.
rict court is published elsewhere
bis evenings HERALD.
Another "Reminiseeue OF the
ixties on the Frontier" contri-
buted by one of our old time
residents, Is on the copy hook Of
The HERALD and will be published
ia day or two.
In Justice Of the Peace GavitO'S
cuurt this morning, Range
Pickett was up OH charge Of as
SAult aud battery against Valen
tin Gonzales. The defendant plead
guilty and was Aued % aud costs.
A very large crowd gathered in
the garrison yesterday afternoon
to witness the baptism of two new
converts to the Baptist church.
The administration OF the ordi.
nance was preceded by a brief
service of preaching and prayer,
aud the hymn "Nearer, My God,
to Thee" was sung by the cOngre-
cation. The baptism by INNER
sion in the water of the lagoon
wss administered by Rev. Reid
Hale, pastor Of the Baptist mis-
sion.
The work of clearing aud break
lug land il still going on at the
rice plantation, aud the, canal is
still progressing, though work has
been retarded somewhat by the
bad weather aud also by lack of
sufficient hands. Several parties
will lease land from the company
aud will try rice farming, on
shares. The country for miles
around in that vicinity is under
going a great transformation,
brush aud chapparal being rooted
out, and the land broken and
narrowed. Ere long it will be
} besuti6ed by vast fields Of rice.
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-17
Chronic Constipation Cured.

The most important discovery Of
recent years is the positive remedy
for constipation. Cascarets Candy
Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genu-
inc tablets stamped c. c. C. Never
sold in bulk. Druggists, zee
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-17

INDIGESTION, resulting from
] weakness of the stomach, is relieved
by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great stom-
sch tonic and cure for DYSPEPSIA.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-17
Tn F. W. KIRKHAM,
Physician and Surgeon

Special attention to the diseases Of
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Of
ficeiEaa Ti1dbhman Building, Cup stairs
Thirteenth street. Brownsville Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-17
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo-Q uinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
8 On each box, Csc.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06

The iuxuries Of the last age are the neess-
sit.cs Of tho present.
potpoarri, which formerly was SACRED to
great houses, where ladies' Of high degree
and maids Of honor gathered the rose
petals off the grass. is becoming TIE fad
Of the women Of oil classes IA America,
where we are all Double Eirs's, ANY wo-
man who win take the trouble can provide
herself with these sacred perfumes o. cha
past.
Nearly every woman Of my acquaintance
has hes rose jar IN which she proposes TO
elnbalm all the sweets Of summer The
main trouble about the business is that
the jar isn't big enough.
These little half pint porcelain thing,
too big for smelling bottles ana too small
for rose Jars, are meant to hold some oOa-
sentrated thing IKE rose paste, IN which
shapa you can crowd the earthly remains
Of several ro0ds OF rose gardens.
The Turks press their roses into o black
sticky paste, drain all the water out ald
keep the nummied roses, which they press
into beads and ainuiets Gs you know.
The commercial rose bead IS ve.y largely
mixed with spices, However. son VII
prefer the paler American medallion vh.cA
IS almost white, and holds the prre nIvoi
Of the hundred-leaf rose. THIS i8 Ole Us
me few secrets in which orr nGa eNcei'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06
MILADY'S POTPOURRI JAR.
Sweet Smelling Things and How to Prepare
Them

perfumes Is coming back. The world must
smell Of something and itris quite as agree.
able 10 smell flowers as plaster and cas-
pets md the general stuffiness OF rooms.
Failing the ability 10 reach Chinese o.
Moorish wares you certainly can And
shapely three or hve-galion Jar Of hoInsly
native pottery, preferably straiEht-sided, 1T
least for preparing The stun.
By the way, there seems to be no earthly
reason Why we should not have artistic and
picturesque pottery for the kitchen and
pantry Gs wen as the East Indians and III =
Velencisn peasants. Plain American com.
murcial potters are turning out some very
pretty simple and trtistlc things cheaply
enough 20 be used for rice, sugar and spices.
The tints IA pale gray and pinkish . cam
Now, II you have the least idea OF max
ing @ successful rose jar lay down the law
TO yourself that not O. single leat petal ot
I perfume is to d. lost Gil snow Giles again.
And you must ransacG Your nclgEbo.ho'1 =,
7 " sou are fortunate enough % live with,f
q mile 81 green grass and open hclds, for all
: he perfume tAat gos TO waste season by
fcaslu.
Did you know that the sweetest rosewatcr
in he world and the finest p1tpcurr! j.
made from the single ltof gosei Whe'hcr
rne plant loses e. re--ulae what runs q
myriad pctal. ere elu IgL s2r. But IL yo1
. 1--we IN n country whore the wild rose
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06
ToMasroNEs rHEN ANp NOW.
An Old Sexton Regrets that There Il
Leas DiaplaY Of Affection.

An Old Sexton Regrets that There IL
Less Display Of Affection.
New York Sun.
An old sexton In one of the downtown
burial grounds wac arranging plants in
the old yard whore he has been for many
years. Coddled a BIT, be talked. and this
is part OF what ne said:
1t seems TO me mat the living Of today
arc not quite so anectionate about their
dead as their forefathers used 70 be. Lest.
wise, they don't show IT on the COMMISSIONERS.
III you viii examine closely Won win
hnd on every tombstone iu this YARD some
tendtr words Here lies the beloved Wife,
| there, AZ rest Ia the bosom Of Cod over
ios,a l' zen asleep IN Jesus again, IN
loving remembrance of a devoted wite;'
Just beyond. In the blessed hope OF a
glorious immortality
There Is O tribute 10 every one OF the
e .i3a IN THIS yard. You will and around
memory OF q beloved aunt You see. IL
made 10 difference long time ago what
me Alrs1lp wa. Al these stones are NOT
daughter.
Do you remember the inscription on that
monument away M on Riverside drive In
the shadow Of Grants tombf Erected 10
the memory OF m amiable child ia tie
corIcc,ly,
1gu Viii wander about the cemeteries
OF NeW lo'E lcng time before you wifi
ma an inscription Ike that l suppose
emAhie cLl!dItl TIL live and die hut who
ever lfks 81 aging SO On a tombstone
after the chIld Is GelGl
IN the newer cemeteries are many costly
monhmsni gnd tablets and maus 7leuns.
Iney Ve e-ected, no doubt with as much
ane'tlon as these cid stones We're. But
you dcn,t ind any II the tender tributes
cut On them which you ind here, granting
that you lave T. lock pretty closely for
some Of these.
"Tha beloved aunt hasn't anything of
that KIND 20 .ar memory on the modern
tomhStone. On some Of the costly shafts
hAYa Eetn. In the newer cemeteries i read
me nlnie OF he Gead, his birth and death.
Hoimng q trll whether the dead was a
Iotaer, q husband. brother or q son
They say Z miks 10 difference 10 the
aeaG Wen that's 50, I suppose, But
cant help thinking that It bind o interests
the living.
~ mikes you think little better Of
inc weird TO read tsav a hrs remembered
? devoted wife, that 4 has .nisaed a nam
Mio passed away 81 the hope az better
mugs tnat TIE beloved aunt was not FOR.
AS you pass ont through the cost gate,
SIT YOU vi sec a slab on which there is
pHu4y 2 gtTer 20 be dec'phered, but 30.
t.1Ic ne eutdngs were sway they Rad,
'Hle jaeet a Noble Friend Dsos aHy mod.
10 '.S SaSiS eyer cut fiic iaestr Aad
"1he slabs 70 tie left 90 you 70 cut "
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06
DrLrs1Yr oDoKs.

Tho nero delight OF breathing Of the per.
fun Of these dowers during the season VII
repay the expense ami effort of placing
Thorn.
GO cue on some misty sight % July, wien
the moon lo1ks through vlpo-a nad barely
shove the paths, and b- attic tAc perfumes
ila. G-od tho tir weighed down by the
ciuElg- f7ga You VIII end ~ "A honey
N co G'Nglt' a. enc Of the sweetest o.
modern poets sings.
~ c.-te you w.N want the perfume Of
mgaor.tt. but this cen only Do taken by
the mos. delicate dlstl!iauon when the
lowcc ia In It's freshness. 1t Is worthless,
so fp- az Known, for any description o.
yloict5 Gai irla flowers are equally de.
luding. ioc: violet lie fragrant for the
Gg5t Six or eight hours after cutting. YoI
sun, Of Oy 8atuTltia fragrant oils With The
flower fumes. After thnt Il stules quickly,
and buach Of y!olcts twelve hours Old
tells its age 70 the initiated at a breath,
blnck cu-ruut and the tender Young shoots
have a fragrance Ike volets, bug the
Frcnciu Liack currart must grow under dit-
ferenr conditions or mast DO separate
varlety from any known n tais country.
san you can plcl; the tender young leaves
and gee Il By any chance OF growth, OF
grace, yen can detect any orris perfume
Some few plants have the property Of
Yielding sweetness, when they are perfect
ly dead and dry, Lavender shoots and
bark ana the whole plant and root are de-
llciously fragrant when plucked N the early
spring, after being winter killed and yol
VIII ind the soil where the plant stood por
| fumed for half yard, Our Colorado
friends have the delicious lowering cur.art
| with its never cloying perfume which wolld
! ada n great deal 70 CIr-at!0a Jars gn1 the
! OF tho South IS thing 20 gather by the
! gallon. 20 keep by ltgelc With lts in-o.n
/ parable odor. II you Happen 70 have 0
/ greenhouse be sure o. cultivate Oh IN.
/ fraE.nDt lonved tropical plants possible es
/ pccially those rreis and grasec4 which have
/ Tx perfume Of ci--ou cardamoa and c!a
] n1mOu
Tho 1c'l'.ors lemon grass or ginger gas,
. can DO bought 40 chcRrly IN this oountry
inst YOU can use quantities cf (, n ths Ears
Egrdfuls OF cgrdgmon seeds, too c!oves
ground and ungrouud, will blend WITH flow
In fragrance
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06
All Kinds of Flowers Go In the Rose Jar.


abounas do NOT be satisfied until you havo
lan,.d the rose pastures avcr plant by
p.an. 70 sGe 4 y.u Gan not and tails spe-
g . variety.
j. ru5 That there ere double aad semi.
double varieties, watch fire sweet enough
ga u Coincidence but som body viii GnI
tlla rose Of highest order and { ausplaut
~ IN her g1dsn and and great delight ana
prom ~ Ito culture
1t VIII DO no harm 20 pluck tho petals
OF every rose, wild or cultivated, within
reach for TIE rose tissue holds perfume e
80 does not yield IT, The little bit OF
/ ocular tissue which goes 70 make the
blpshlns leaves ct the rosa Is almost rs
absorbent az a sponge, whether Of water
or volatile on.
So look for the hrunts Of the roses. and
! jet summer aftcrnoonH hGd you with shady
! nat ana gloves and basket ready TO reap
the't sweetness.
/ Perhaps by the time Won have alled your
basket you viii be glad that you are not
( making DotpOurri or q larger scale and
/ hara got Few hundred we!gat OF them
! 20 pick over each afternoon,
I Both flower growing md flower picking
/ have as much work IN them as any occr,
( patton 70 whiHN the Twentieth century
/ woman feels herself called.
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all have thelg deilcate cdora which con-
ceptrate ine1Rbio refinement.
Put the fsethly gathered petals into nre
bns N ths inr. which then shcua he tight
Now this IS what happens. The heat OF
the sun opens the pores o. tao clay. Il
draws out tho perfumed etoms OF fragrance
from the flower. which ~ absorbed by the
jar. Leave tho bag Ia. tae jar untll next
N the mir to dry.
Remember, not a fragment CT leaf or
scpal, is TO be left. The green OF roses ana
earnstions and other flowers do@s not adj
Some few neshy flowers have fragran.
leaf which Is not unusable IN potporrri.
and lilies will not work up to advantage
Hcu can only use such frhrgrrnce as you
get by hanging the hGgtul IL tie jer -
thrown away. But this Is not the care
WIN roses. Rose leaves can he preserved,
Look over your plant lists IN boo1s. and
magazines, and oil 'sllch have the Latin
woid fragrontisslnh after tlern. add TO the
list OF your gardens. II you have only
back yard and q fcaco you can cover Il
You car al your jars with sweet clover
and hCGds 81 the grant oil-fas5icned
pink field clover, letting them dry Ia the
Jar, wa.n they are TO be tarown away
they VIII leave fragrance behind them
that cings
/ Nothing blends more deliclously with the
Ilch rose fragrance tn0D THIS scent OF ols-
I TILED flower hc ney. Ii you csn dry guam
titles Of the Wild azalia, or sweet laurel, do
not fail to have them Their blending OK
peach blossom and spice j. IA itself a Pm
gr.nce which oae could wish collected IN
/ quantities
orchardlsts are always telling Us to thln
{ the fruit on the boughs, which IS best done
! hy cutting great branches for the house
vases. Never stint yourself Of fruit bios
sons n the season. II IS always good To-
tie tree to tsks out nearly half It's blo5-
SONS. The fruit which remains Is larg at
and better for thinning and every petal OF
Gppl7blosscm, cherry and plum viii add
dslicEcy 20 your sweet jer.
/ II suits the taste Of some q the best
makers 10 keep the rose Jars free from
anything but roses, getting the pure, DE-
lir,ous fragrance hy Itself In greatest purity
OtEe- Jars may breathe f special Covers
/ reinforced by flowers OF kindred perfume
/ CarHstic1 Jars may take also the petals
Of stock, gllhoweys sweet rocket and ell
( tire -lrvc-brfathing tribe. White arabs AMI
. Museum with their honeyed breath add
. richness to any perfume and you stirJ u
SOW, .1t only Yards OF IN m, bu' ds Ia
TIE garden border with garden pink5 by
I the hundred feet sweet Williams al around
the place, snd gllidoweTs BY the thousand
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06

PASSION FOR PERFUMES.
1t Is wise thing that the passion Tor
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06

the last Blu the preparation e a trade
secret net yet given 20 The pG5lc
10 have a fragrant room, breathing "
potpourTi, you sEoaid prepare Il bv tae
pound instead Of 10y lAc ounce. s. woman
IN England, who adds handsomely 10 Fer
income yearly by making 9otpours fr
great ladies' lays 10 her spices and por-
fumes by the hundred bushels ~ plaekeI
leaves. This IS for a single order and ypu
may imagine that such potpouFl i5 no.
the cheapest thing m the world
In making potpourri, aa ia many other
things, II You Will take the plius and 90
the work yourself taste md Industry viii
so further than money and expense.
Perhaps the best Jars for the purpose
are those nne unFlazcd, o. half glazed pat.
teries Of the old Chnese and Japanese
makers.
TIE Moorish pottery the pale unEl I'D
CLAY, i"akee n delightful rose jar fot tbs
reason; The unglazld pottery uhsorbs me
volatile oils of the perfume and holds them
fer years.
Take up an old potpourri jar that has
been empty perhaps, FOR the last twenty
years. Heat II or put H. In the sun. and
the fragrance OF all the lost garden a6psIs
which Il contained VIII lcat upon the air.
just as the old French arnoires md ward.
robes stili retain the musk and cypress r..
GRANGE used by the ladies Of Louis Nv
court.
PASSION TOp TEprr7,fv-e
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Mallot No. Malice,
Judge

the defondant7
Witness--Oi did, sor,
Atto1pey-Ard was the assault committed
WITH malice aforethoughtf
Mltnees-No, scr; IL wor committed wild
nailat bshe.aa IN ear. "'A
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06
CnLLrcT A vARrrrY

Besides tho roses, collect in separate
jars every fragrant flower the garden
knows The phioN is sweet. tho lily OF
the valley the snap dragon the petunia,
New-York tribune., 1902-07-29
J, TWO WOUED-BE TRACYS.
ONE A POSER ONLY; THE OTHER A REAL
DESPERATE.

Fresno, Cal. July 2S-At Porterville James
Mckinney, an ex-convict. shot five men and
escaped into the country in a stolen carriage.
Mckinney first shot out the lights of a saloon.
and then, in trying to shoot the cards out OF
the hands of a player. wounded the latter
slightly He then went TO a livery stable. and
at the point of revolver secured a horse and
buggy AS he driving off constable. a
deputy and several citizens tried to arrest him.
He opened fire, wounding four Of the party ana
escaped Two years ago Mckinney killed a man
at Bakersfield. but was exonerated
William Lynn, whose abdomen and legs were
filed with buckshot, died from his wounds.
Mckinney also filled the right arm of George
Barrows, a printer, with SHOT and sent "a pule1
into the mouth of Deputy Marshal Willis an
other into the of Deputy Constable Tomp-
kins and load of shot into the arm OF W. D.
West Mckinney is headed for Fresno County,
and 1t is believed that he VIII make Tor the
mountains. He has shotgun. rifle and a
revolver. He said before leaving town that
Tracy wouldn't be in it with him.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-29
SHARP FIGHTING IN HAYTT
FIRMIN'S FORCES DEFEATED-TWENT
KILLED AND SIXTY WOUNDED.

Washington. July 2S-Acting Secretary Hill
has received the following cable dispatch from
United States Minister Powell dated at Port
au-Prince to-day:
General Colin left Port-au- Prince yesterday
morning with 1000 men to repel FiTmin's army,
which was landed from the Haytan naval YES
sci commanded by Admiral Killick. After a
skirmish which ensued the forces of Firmln
retreated to the warship. Colin returned to the
city yesterday afternoon. The information Is
that twenty We're killed and sixty wounded.
The number killed the other side was still
unknown. The Haytian vessel left last night,
destination unknown. and there was much firing
in the city The Machias has arrived at Cape
Haytien.
Port Prince Hayti, July 2S.-The army
under General Jean Juneau. who supports the
candidacy of NJ Firmin for the Presidency of
Hayti, has been repulsed by troops under the
command of General Saint-Foix Colin. The gun
boat Crete-a-Pierrot prevented pursuit Oh the
Juneau forces, and General Collins troops re-
turned to Port-au-Prince.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-29
SAID HE WAS THE OUTLAW.
POUNDED NEARLY TO DEATH, AND is STILL
INSENSIBLE.

Seattle, Wash July 2S-William Nixon tried
to win a woman's confidence in the guise Of
Tracy, the outlaw. and is nearly dead as re-
suit of his act He told an actress In music
hall that he was none other than the desperate,
and threatened to take her life If she told any
body Later, when he re-entered the theatre. he
was attacked by policeman and the proprietor.
Joe" Williams. a brother of Deputy Sheriff
Jack Williams, who wounded in a battle
with Tracy at Bothell July 3. He was
pounded into nsensbiity, and has not yet fully
regained his faculties.
The mistake was discovered when the mans
features compared with photograph at
Police Headquarters. 1t is almost miracle that
the policeman did not shoot first and investigate
afterward, as he told positively that the
man was Tracy. and reward of nearly $1,000
is offered for the desperado dead or alive.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-29
SAYS SHE IS TOLSTOY'S NIECE.
Full STORY TO OVERsEER OF THE
rOOR IN HOBOKEN

Mrs William Drummond nee Madeline Psllchirik.
a Russian girl who says that she Is grandniece
OF Count TOlstOy. visited Overseer of the Poor
Barck at Hoboken yesterday with a story OF hard
ship and privatfon. She named William Drum
mond who. she said, represented a large wholesale
importing house in this city the of her
troubles. year ago. according to the girls
story told 10 Mr. Barck yesterday, she met Drum
mond at a masquerade carnival given at st. Peters
burg. Drummond professed love for the girl and
in April he proposed marriage and accepted
A priest OF the Greek Church performed the cere-
mony Madeline produced her certificate to prove
this part of her story
Drummond. the girl went to relate. brought
her to this country and took her to a boarding
house in the upper section of New York and left
her there. Drummond, she said paid the boarding
mistress for a weeks board in advance, and he
visited her only about once week. He only
to pay the board bill, the young wife alleges When
the board was not forthcoming after July l. Made
line says she evicted. She searched for Drum
mond at his place of business but always failed to
find him. From New York she went TO Hoboken
and secured place with family named Lane on
Hudson-st-, but was compelled TO quit work on
account Of nervous prostration brought by