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The evening world., 1903-10-02
TWO GALLONS A DAY,
NEVER GOT DRUNK
Grocer Who Made an Alcoholic
Liquor Held, Nevertheless, on
a Charge Of Moonshining on
a Large Scale.

Pablo L.onchcsl-a grocer by business.
hit as a vlclator OF law, a nioonshIner-
held in 81 900 bal to-day by Mag's-
trate Flammcr. for selling alcoholic
liquor of his own manufacture without
u license.
ITS not liquor. your Honor" pleaded
r.onchcst. ITS just juice Of the good
grape"
Detective Perkins. who made the ar
alcohol" j. l.. Riley. assistant chem
list Of the Board Of Health, was on hand
TO testify to the alcoholic properties OF
the liquor" He said it had ~ per
alcohol in 1t. He mad . careful
chemical examination,
Lonchesi then introduced two Of his
friends who many u time and oft had
partaken of the stuff In large doses and
never once did they know that they
were intoxicated. ono az them said that
he drank at least two gallons OF 1t a
dlv and never was D%cfuddled. The
other said that wen three gallons
wouldn't tcaze him.
when the Magistrate was informed by
the scientific man present that beer was
only 6 per cent. alcohol. he asked the
witnesses IL they could stand two gal
llsls of beer a day. As that was not
their national drink, they didn't think
the question a fair one.
Lonchesi stl'! his manufacture at ia
cents Il Gallon. "Anl it is cheap at
that" he said, "cor 1t IS the good juice
OF the goNl glape."
The evening world., 1903-10-02
"skAT" is HoNoREp.

BERl.IN, oct. IA fountain n
oesn any c led at Alteuburg. capital OF
the puchy OF Shxe-AltenburR. TO pre-
the national card game OF Germany,
Vas invented there by q lawyer named
Hemper-ln .lu7
The evening world., 1903-10-02
Henry l.. Maxcy Blew Out His
Brains, but Widow Asserts
that Ship Brokers Manager
Died from Heart Failure.
REPUTED A RICH MAN
MUCH MYSTERY IN CASE.
Girl Concealed Revolver to
Spare Feelings of Mrs. Maxcy
Illness Assigned as Cause
for the Mans Act.

Nrysterv surrounds the death Of Henry
L. Maxcy, aged forty-flve years. OF No.
i,os Beverly Road. Flatbush. found in
mis- bed to-day with a bullet hole
Through his head. and a revolver
elutched in his right hand. Members OF
the family deny that there was any
sAuseNfor suicide.
No. 1908 is a Queen Anne villa in a
fashionable neighborhood, and Mr..
Maxcy was reputed to be wealthy. He
was manager for Alfred II. Peet & Co,
shipping brokers. OF No. s Bridge street,
Manhattan.
The family rise early. While Mrs.
haxcy was directing the preparations
Of breakfast at 6 o'clock she sent her
nineteen-year-old daughter Alice to call
the head of the household. Mr.. Maxcy's
apartments are upon the third floor OF
the villa.
The young woman, receiving no an
swefN to her rapping. opened the door
and found her father undresscd lying
across the top OF his bed. He was
breathing. Blood was flowing from the
wound in his head. When DR.. f. S.
Kolie. OF No. 30 East Eleventh street.
errived. Mr.. Maxcy was dead.
An Evening World reporter called at
the house and was admitted by a gray
halted woman who admitted that she
was Mrs. Maxcy.
My husband did not coaimi suicide
she said. "He died OF neart failure. II
the police Insist In calling this a case
OF suicide 1 shall be- with Mr.. Maxcy
hetore night"
why was the Coroner notified II he
died a natural death?" was asked.
Thai. 1 cannot explain. There was
no rea1on for all this disgrace. Mr..
Alaxcy and | were very happy"
DR.. kolle said: MIR. Maxcy died from
che effects of u gunshot wound In the
nead. HIS daughter lice, 4 believe. hid
che revolver In order to spa re her
mother. who refuses to bel eve that her
husband shot hims elf. For weeks Mr..
Mnxcy had surcrcd from sciatica and
been greatly depressed" ~
Alfred Ii. Post said to an Evening
Notle .elJrter:
Mr.. Maxey undoubtedly ended his
IRE because Of his physical ailments.
he. recently vishled his old home IN
Maine, and returned to his duties some
what improved. n year he was kept
ave months on the Pacific slo2e unable
70 walk. and | am convinced that le
was driven insane from scIatica."
Mr.. MaNey was a member OF the
Maine bar, and graduate OF Amherst.
Eror two wears he had managed the New
FORK office of a. II, Post a. Co. ana for
TOUR years previous was in charge OF
the Chicago branch.
The evening world., 1903-10-02
BOY STOLE FROM EMPLOYER.
Got Away with s223 and Took
FrienL to stamford.

Word was received at Police Head
quarters this afternoon that the police
OF stamford. Conn. had arrested Egg
bert Heath, fifteen years Did, OF No. 40
West Forty-fourth street. and Edward
Gordan. seventeen wears old OF NO Az
West Forty~-fo street. acting upon
a general alarm sent out from New
York,
Young Heath had been an office boy
for the baking firm of Besse n Bern
hnrdt, of No. $40 Greenwicn street, y
safe. He invited his friend Gordan Ia
helm him spend 1t and the pair went "a
stamford. They had succeeded In
pending over SEQ in three DAYS.
The evening world., 1903-10-02
HUNT FOR RUNAWAY BOYS.
Youngsters Relieved to Hnr, Come
Here on a Wheel.

william A. Vogel, Of No. 32i West
Eighty-ninth street, went 10 Police
Headquarters to-day and asked the POI
lice to send out a general alarm for his
W stcpsons. clifford Bissell, sixteen
years old, aud Malcolm Bissell, four
teen wears, who rln away from their
home in NUrwalk, Cuan, last Sltur,aN'
When the bovs left h'ne trey Zach .i"''<
blcycie with them and MIR. Nosel
believes they rode t. this cry, az ne To-
cAIvcd n letter from them dated NV
York. They returned from Europe q
couple OF weeks ago where they were
on n pleasure trip.
The evening world., 1903-10-02
MORGAN'S ovERCOAT STOLEN
Thief Nhbbed II While FInaucIcr
was at Episcopal Convention.

Somewhere in the city this morn
Ing an unregenerate thief ~rejoices in the
possession OF ]. Pierpont Morgan's over
coat. The same having been stolen from
the hnancier while he was attending the
Protestant Episcopal Convention, AZ
which the Rev. DR.. David II. Greer was
selected to be Bishop-Coadjutor 10
Bishop Potter.
. Mr. Morgan picked up IN overcont
which he thought was his when he left
poekets for his handkerchief discovered
he had made a mistake. lie returned
the coat and then began a search for
his own. It was gone and inuuirieq
threw no light on Its whereabouts. Mr.
Morgan returned home In his auto minus
81 overcoat.
The evening world., 1903-10-02
BOY FELL IN SUBWAY.
Climbed Fence Aner school and
Cot IN Fractured skull.

Waller Palmer, six years old. of No.
los West One Hundred and Thirty
seventh street, fell into the subway en-
ca walton in front OF Public School No.
so. at one Hundred and Twenty fourth
street and lenoN avenue. this afternoon
and rec ived 4 fracture OF the skull.
After school the child In trying TO
make = shor cut home climbed a six
foot high fence at the edge OF, the sub
of the school. He climbed the fence al
right, hut ON the other side missed his
footing and fell There is slight chance
OF his recovery,
The evening world., 1903-10-02
FROM PRESIDENT TO KING.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. - President
Roosevelt received a call from X. p.
Skinner, United States Consul at Mar
settles. Consul Skinner will leave
shortly for Abyssinia. where he will
meet and confer with King Menelik in an
effort to establish favorable trade rela-
tons etwee the United States ana
that rich country.
The evening world., 1903-10-02
SILVER suLLIoN's RECORD.

I Silver bullion for Philippine coinage
brought a record price yesterday. The
Department paid $3.50 cents an
ounce for the bullion delivered at San
Francisco. The strength of silver bull
lion and the steady purchases by the
States. has helped the stocks OF
the American Smelter Company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
STRAIT In NET, TOO
President Of Jordan's Failed Bank
Arrested at Instance of De-
., positors' Committee.
= Alleged to Have Received Money
After He Knew the Institution
- Was Insolvent.
Special to The journal.

special TO LAe JournhA -
Jordan, Mimi, Nov. 16.-H. Bur
ton Strait, president of the defunct
Scott county bank, was brought before
Justice Odenwald of this place. after
The had been vainly sought for in Min
'peapolis for several days by Sheriff
Wagner of Scott county. He was ar
committee, Messrs. Hilgers, Casey and
Bean, on the charge Of receiving mon
r eys in the bank after it was in an in
solvent condition. Justice Odenwald
remanded him to Court Commissioner
Never at Shakopee, who placed him
under $4,000 bail to await the action
OF the grand jury. Henderson men
furnished his bail.
Cashier H. S. Schreiner was asked
by the depositors' committee several
days ago to go into voluntary bank
ruptcy for the benefit of the creators
and he promised to do SO at once, but
so far has failed to keep his promise.
The committee is going to take I'M
mediate action to force him into an
assignment.
shE The First State bank has been do
ing business here for week and Q. H.
Westemen Is a new name that APP
pears upon it's card. He Is vice presi-
dent. Another bank, financed by
Shakopee and Jordan business men,
has applied for charter and will. be
ready for business in week. It Will
be known as the Peoples State bank
of Jordan and will have a. paid-up
capital of $4,000. Messrs Kenaston
and WELCOME Of Minneapolis have
withdrawn their project of putting In
a bank here and nothing more has
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
SHE PROMISES TROUBLE
Senator Platt's Postofice Friend Is
Asked to Explain Absence
From Work.

New York Sun Special Service.
Washington, NOV. 16.-Miss Mae Wood,
the postoffice department clerk who some
time ago secured indefinite leave of abb
sence ITO attend a sick aunt and who
was in New York at the time of Senator
Platt's wedding for the purpose, it was
reported, of bringing action against the
senator for breach of promise, has been
called on by Postmaster General Payne to
explain, within three days, her absence
without leave
Before Miss Wood went to New York
she lived In a back room Of a downtown
boarding house. Since her return to
Washington, some two weeks ago. she has
occupied a suite of rooms at the Norman
die. She has made no attempt to take UP
her work in the postoffice department..
Miss Wood said to-day that If the post
office officials made any attempt to have
her removed she will put up the fight Of
her life.
Miss Wood says that she has not done
anything wrong, that she hates notoriety
and does not know Just what she is going
to do. but that she has put her case In the
hands OF her attorneys. She added that
altho she was an inoffensfve woman, she
would turn and fight when attacked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
TWENTY. NINE ARE KILLED
Wreck on the Illinois Central in
Louisiana Proves Disastrous
Negroes the Victims.

New Orleans. Nov. 16.-Thirty
deaths have resulted from the, colli-
sion between the Macomb City ac-
commodation train and the Northern
express bound for Chicago, on the
Illinois Central near Kentwood. La.
on Saturday. Twenty-six negroes were
killed outright and sixteen injured
negroes were taken to the Charity
hospital, where three more sosa died.
Only one white man was fatally i'm
jured. He was a foreman Of carpen-
tiers, Andrew G. Riser. Eighteen were
injured besides those who have died.
The Macomb City train was forty
five minutes late and should have side
tracked to let the express pass The
latter was five minutes behind and
the engineer says he had orders for a
clear track, while the operator at
Chatawa maintains he signaled the
train to stop. The rear coach of the
accommodation, filled with negroes,
was completely demolished.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
JOHN BROWNS
AIDE IS DEAD
Last Survivor Of the Famous Raid at
Harpers Ferry Passes Away
at Cleveland.
Nen, York sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 16.--Henry
Gellert, plainsman. Indian fighter,
friend Of Custer and follower of John
Brown, is dead at his home in4.this
city. He. was one Of a party of TWEEN
ty that Brown recruited in his first
armed attack on the pro-slayery par
ty Every one of the others was
hanged or imprisoned by the south
erners, but Gellert escaped to fight
many other good battles and die at
last, with his boots on, in.ahis plain
little home.
When the civil war came and
Brown was organizing a little band
Of free lances, Gellert was one of the
first to volunteer After serving thru
the civil war Gellert was given a
commission as commissary sergeant,
and in this capacity travelled thru
nearly every state Of the union.A He
lived much on the plains and the du-
titles of his office carried him into
many dangerous quarters. He was
frequently involved IN fights with In
dams and desperadoes while travelling
by stage coach thru the distant west.
Gellert was a close friend of Gen-
eral Custer and was with his party a
few days before the massacre of the
Little Big Horn.
Gellert once made a trip from st
Paul to st. Louis in sleigh on the
ice of the Mississippi river.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
HE SHOT .HIs FRlENp.

Chicago, Nov. 16.--Dazed by blows
struck by men who had insulted the
young woman he was escorting. Rudolph
Ludwig drew a revolver last night and
fired two shots. Both struck Frank
also was struggling with the crowd, and
inflicted wounds from which Sanders died
two hours later
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16

horse became frightened and collided
with the walled side. One OF Lord
Kitchener's legs was broken in two
places. 81.
Some time afterward; coolies pass
ing thru the. tunnel found the COM
mander- in-chief lying there helpless
and brought him to Simla. He is
now reported to be doing we'll.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
'PINOs ATTACK TROOPS

Three Members OF tile Twenty eighth In.
fantry Are kiliedAone Wounded.
Manila, Nov. 16.-sfnce the departure
of Major General Wood for Jolo, the Mo
ros in the neighbofhood of Lake Lanao
day the guard over a boat near Mariabou
was taken. Three members OF the Twen-
ty-eighth infantry were killed and one
seriously wounded. The Moros were beat
en- off The soldiers killed were:
Sergeant j. G.. Stephens of Omaha and
Priyates Frank Bowscr OF Marion, o., and
Elmer H. Burke OF Kansas City.
Private Ferdinando Kerthley Of Verona,
Mo-, was wounded. go
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
ARRESTED FOR A MURDER
Dinnan and Haley Held for Crime Com
United at Breckenridge.

Dinnan and Haley Held for Crime Com.
United at breckenridge.
Special to The Journal
Sioux Falls. S. D., Nov spokesman
Hills Of the Sioux Falls force has arrested
a man giving his name as Jack Dinnan,
on suspicion Of having been implicated in
the murder OF a laboring man at Breck-
enridge. Mimi, a short time ago. Din
mans partner, Bill N. Haley, has also
been arrested at Sheldon, Iowa, for al
legged completely in the crime.
The laboring man was struck on the
head with a bottle and after being robbed
Of $50 was thrown from a high bridge. He
lived until the next day and recovered
consciousness long enough to tell who had
slugged and robbed him.
1t is understood that Dinnan admitted te
Sioux Falls saloonkeeper before his ar.
rest that he had had trouble in Mime
sofa and had hit man with a bottle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
been heard Of the, A. r. Davidson Ne
tional; bank '5nsa,ks
WILL LIVE MODEsTLY
Richest Young Matron VIII Keep House
in Slx-Room Flat,

IN SIX.Hoom Fiat.
New York, Nov. 16.-Mrs. Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt, the richest young
matron In the United States, Is going to
housekeeping this winter, except, per-
haps. q few weeks during the bad days
of March and April. in a six-roon fiat.
The Vanderbilt apartments will cost them
$4,000 a year, and thousands of people
pay more than that per annum for rent
In New York.
A handsomely equipped, well-regulated
restaurant, where private families are
furnished private tables and, private wait
ers, Is part Of the fiat building, and here
Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt will take their
meals, Breakfast will be served in their
rooms
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
FOUR CoNVICTs ESCAPE

They Got Away from The Ohio State
f = Prison Last Night.
Columbus, o., Nov. 1s.--Four prisoners
escaped from the Ohio penitentiaIy last
night by climbing thru ventnator over
the roof and sliding down a rope made Of
strips of leather betting to the lawn
The fugitives are A. L. Woods. burglary
and larceny; j. Ryan, alias John Gala
Cher burglary and larceny; Frank Hay
den, burglary and larceny; Thomas CAL
lagher,, burglary and attempting TO blow a
safe, and serving fifty years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
STEAMER rs Lost.

Detroit, Mich, Now 16.The steamer
Seattle, owned by II. U. Loud Of Oscoda,
Mich. stranded on Green island. in Geor-
gian bay in fierce gale, and Will be q
total loss. She was en- route to Detroit
from Parry Sound with d cargo of lumber.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
SHE KNEW GEORGE III.
Woman Who Died In Brooklyn Had an

Woman VINO UIcd IN BrookIyn Had an
Interesting Career.
New York, Nov. 16TAIrs. Marie Pie
grum Harrison, who was, in her childhood
days, petted by George III, king of Eng
land, Is dead at her home III BROOKLYN.
aged 1o1: She was the daughter OF the
kings bootmaker.
After her marriage she became con-
nected with several large travelling cir
cuses and came to this country, where she
remained She introduced many dwarfs
for exhibition, among them Tom Thumb.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
KITCHENER IS INJURED
His Horse SHE'D, tanning His Leg
Into Tunnel Wall, and Break
ingsthe Bone.

simla, India, Nov. 16.-Lord Kitch-
ener, -chief OF the Brit
ish forces in India, has met with a
serious accident while riding home
alone from a country house near here.
AS he was passing thru tunnel his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
MARRLE WORKERS STRIKE.

Baltimore Md, Nov. Is. Negotiations
between the marble dealers and the mar
Bic workers were finally declared of last
night sand a strike thruo,it the country
will result
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
SHOT By HEB SON,

Special to The Journal.
I Mason city, Iowa, Nov. 18--Mrs. Nancy Wood
was accidentally shot by her 10-year-old son this
forenoon with thirty-two revolver. The bullet
went into her right arm and breast and she is
in critical condition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16
-FOUR ARE BLOWN up,

Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 16.-Word has just been
received here that dynamite explosion occurred
OF the city, to-day, killing four men, all Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-16

Her crew escaped The schooner g. G.
Hougf1ton is stranded on Kelly island and
may also go to. pieces She carries no
cargo.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28

of civilization and the ohildger
grow up in Ignorance and crime
Secretary Hitchcock may con.
scientously believe II to be the
part Of statesmanship to permit
these conditions to prevail in or.
der to close up tribal relations
without assuming additional re.
sponsibilities, but to the people Of
Indian Territory-we speak only
for the American citizenship-tbe
policy seems short sighted and
criminal. These people feel that
they are entitled to recognition
OF their rights, and some allevia.
tion OF their dlstresses, They can
not understand how a just govern.
ment can place higher eonsidera.
iion upon the rights Of $4,000 In.
dian citizens than $4,000 Ameri.
can people. --oklahoman.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
SKIN TORTURED
BABIES
And Tired, Fretted
Mothers
Find Comfort In GutlCura Soap
and Ointment
When All Other Remedies and
Physicians Fail.

Instant relief and refreshing sleep
Sor skin-tortured babies and rest for
tired, worried mothers In warm baths
with Cuticura Soap, and gentle anolnt-
lngs with Cuticura Ointment, purest of
emolllent skin cures, TO be followed In
severe cases by mild doses of Cuticura
Resolvent Pills. This Is the purest,
sweetest, most speedy, permanent and
economical treatment for torturing,
dlshguring, itching, burning, bleeding,
scaly, crusted aud pimply skin aud
scaly humours, with loss OF hair, OF in
fants and children, as well as adults,
and Is sure 10 succeed when all other
remedies and the best physicians fall.
The agonizing itching and burning
OF the skin, as in eczema; the frightful
scaling, as In psoriasis; the loss Of hair
and crusting Of the scalp, as In SCALED
head; the facial Disagreement, as IN
pimples and rlngworm; the awful suf-
fering Of infants, and anxiety OF worm
out parents, as In milk crust, tctter and
salt rheum, - all demand a remedy of
almost superhuman virtues 70 success
fully cope with them. That Cnticura
Soap, Ointment and Pills are such
stands proven beyond all doubt. No
statement Is made regarding them that
Is not justified by the strongest evil
dence. The purity and sweetness, the
power to afford immediate relief, the
certainty Of speedy aud permanent
cure, the absolute safety aud great
economy have made them the standard
skin cures and humour remedies Of the
civilized world.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-05-28
AN OKLAHOMA VIEW.
OkIahoman unbosoms Itself on the
Statehood Question.

Secretary Hitchcock is quoted
in a conversation upon the prepar.
edness OF Indian Territory for
statehood az saying 81 am op.
posed to statehood for Indian Ter.
ritory until such time az existing
treaties expire and the lands are
subject 10 title F"
II this brief expression embod-
les the seeretary's views il Is evil
dent that he does not take the
broad view of the question which
it's importance demands. He looks
at but one side OF the question
the Indian. The white, or nom
citizen population is wholly over.
looked.
Surely Secretary Hitchcock is
not unmindful OF the fact that the
Indian citizenship comprises about
Que. sixth of the total population
OF Indian Territory. The mere
fact that all the lands, outside Of
the towns, are owned by the In
dian tribes or in aeveralty ought
n II to deprive the white popula-
tion Of all their rights as American
citizens. These rights are aek-
nowledged aud we'll established
and II is plain injustice to longer
ignore them.
As IL we'll understood, the ex.
letting treaties Of which the seefe.
tary speaks do not expire until
March 4lh, 1906, little less than
three years hence. II statehood
is delayed until this time, for tue
sake Of clearing up the tribal af.
fairs, II means three years more
no government, no public schools,
no public improvements, no pro.
gress, except IN the towns, for the
white population Of Indian terri.
tory II amounts TO practically 4
waste Of this much time which Ii
/ wholly unnecessary,
The 425, 900 white population 0.
Indian territory are assuredly en.
titled 10 greater recognition thar
the secretary Of the interior is viii
ling 10 accord them They have
taken up their residence in thai
territory because they have beer
invited there aud inducements
have been held out to attract
them. They are residents, If mol
citizens, 10 good faith aud have 1
lev rights along with the multi
tude which the Indian citizen en-.
Ijoya, Under existing condition.
they are compelled, except il
the towns, to live without any 0
the advantages Of organized gov
eminent; they are denied the PRIV
ilege Of developing their country
or educating their children, an
In consequence the fertile hills an
valleys lie untouched by the ham