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The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
GRIEF FOR HIS WIFE.

Tampa Daily Times: Overcome with
grief over the death of his wife and
weary of life, II. Treuner, aged %
years, young German in the employ
of the Tampa Electric Company, went
10 Woodlawn Cemetery shortly before
noon to-day and attempted to commit
suicide. Deputy Sheriff T. l.. James
followed him to the cemetery and found
him lying across the grave of his wife
almost overcome with grief. When the
man discovered the near approach OF
the deputy sheriff he started up and
ran away. The chase lasted over a
short distance of fifty yards, when
Treuner halted and was caught up
with. AS the deputy reached him he
was trying to get a 3S-calibre revolver
from his pocket which was taken away
from him.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

Corn meal. steady; yellow Western,
s1.O6.
Rye, steady
Wheat, spot, steady; No. ? red, SS7sc.
Options displayed considerable heavi-
ness this morning in response to St.
Louis declines and TO local bear pres
sure. Later they rallied on a scarce
partly &c net higher. May, S312c;
July soc; December S72sc.
Corn, spot firm; nominal. Option
market was quiet and barely steady.
In the afternoon it rallied with wheat
and on predictions of rain in the
Southwest. closing h@%c net higher;
May, 49}sc; December, 51Ac.
Oats. spot steady; No. ,, 42c.
Beef, dull.
Cut meats, easy; picked bellies. 9h a
lie; picked shoulders, 51zG6c; picked
Lard, steady; refined, quiet.
Pork, steady
Tallow, easy.
Rice, steady
Molasses, steady.
Coffee, spot Rio, steady; No. in
voice, 5isc; mild, firm CordoVa, ~ a
12c.
Sugar, raw, quiet; refined, quiet.
The market for coffee futures OPEN
ed firm at an advance of SOILS points
on further demand from the bull con-
tingent. The close was steady at an
advance of SOILS points. Sales 54,750
bales.
Butter, steady to firm; extra cream
cry, 2212c; dairy, 15@2Oc.
Cheese, quiet; new state full cream
fancy small coIored September, 11hc;
October, 1112c; small white, Septem-
Der, 11Rc; October, INC.
Eggs, steady; state and Pennsylvania
fancy mixed, 27c.
Potatoes, steady; Long Island, $1.75@
2.12; Jersey, $1.G2@1.S7; State EasterA
and Western, $1.50@175; Jersey sweets,
$1.50G2.50
Peanuts, steady; fancy handpicked,
Az use; other domestic, 3@4Ac.
Cabbage, steady; domestic, per 100,
$3.00@6.00; per barrel, 75c@$1.00.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, 15c.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
Nntice to Ninriners.

Pilot charts and photographic in
formation will be furnished masters of
vessels free of charge in the United
States photographic office. in Custom
House. Captains are requested to call
at the Office. Reports of wrecks and
derelicts received.
The time ball service has been dis
continued, until further notice, owing
to repairs being made.
Captains. however, wishing their
chronometers rated. can get this done
by bringing them UP to the hydro
graphic office in Custom House. Re-
spectfully, Clarence Hatch, in charge.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
FLORIDA CROP REPORT.

The cotton crop has been practically
gathered over the western district.
over northern and central districts
picking continues, though nearing COM
pletion. Sweet potatoes are rapidly
maturing, and cane grinding is in pro-
gress in many localities Fall vegeta-
bles are doing nicely. Transplanting
of lettuce and cabbage has begun. Set
ting strawberries continues. The fruit
is coloring rapidly, and shipments are
increasing. Some groves received the
final fall working. Some pineapple
shipments are being made
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
Sugar.


sacks, SAC; 100-pound cotton sacks, 35c;
l25-pound burlap sacks. 42c; 125-pound
cotton sack. 43c: 2oO-pound burlap
sacks. sec.
HIDES-Market firm; dry flint,
121ac; dry sailed, 10Mc; green sailed,
ehc.
WOOL-Firm; prime Georgia, free
of sand burrs and black wool. nomi-
nal at 21c; black, 1sc; bury, 10@12c;
wax. 26c: tallow. 41Ac: deer skin. zoe.
Hardware and Building Supplies.
LIME, CALCIUM. PLASTERS AND
CEMENT-Alabama and Georgia lime
in fair demand and sell at S599oc a
barrel; special calcined plaster. $500
165 per barrel; hair. 465c. Rosedale
cement, 1.20@1.25 carload lots. spe-
cial: Portland cement, retail, $265;
carload lots, $2.00@2.40.
LUMBER-Market firm. Quotations:
Sawn ties, per NJ feet. $10.50Q11; hewn
ties (7x9xSh), 42c each: hewn ties
(6xS), Csc; switch ties. $11.50; minimum,
easy size yard stock. $12Q14; car sills,
$14Q16; ship stock, SEE.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
Found n Cure for Indigestion.

l use Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets for indigestion and find
that they suit my case better than any
dyspepsia remedy i have ever tried,
and l have used many different rene
dies. l am nearly 81 years Of age and
have suffered a great deal from indi-
gestion. I can eat almost anything 1
want to now.-Geo. w Emory. Rock
Mills, Ala. For sale by all druggists.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.


Steamship Andrews (Nor). Dahl,
Boston, 1ight.-Williamson & Rauers.
Steamship Allegheny Chase, Phila-
delphia-J w. Smith.
Schooner Matilda D. Borda, Smith
New Bedford, light.-Master.
Schooner Stanley H. Minor Dunton,
New York, tankage-Master.
Bark Grace Deering. Green. New
York salt.-Master
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

Leaves east side of City Market for Thunder.
bolt, Cattle Park. Sandfy Isle OF Hope and all
intermediate points-9:I5 a. M, ills p. m, o;lo
p. m.
Leaves Isle OF Hope for Sandfy, Cattle Park
Thunderbolt and all Intermediate points-o;W
a. M, 200 a. m, 300 p. m
Freight car leaves Montgomery at $50 a H.
and 2:35 p. M, connecting at Sandhy with reg
uiar parcel car for city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight 70
Montgomery on each trip
Regular parcel car carries trailer on escn
trip for accommodation OF passengers.
Any further information regarding paSseh
ger schedule or freight service can be had oy
applying 70 c. b. KIDDER Manager
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

schooners S. G. HASKELL George H.
Ames, Witt, Boston; Aetna, Chapman.
New York; Henry Clauson, Jr., Dalton,
Bath.
Cleared, schoOners May Neville, Phil
adelphis: Lizzie Cha dwick. Hart, Nor
wich; Nineta NJ. Porcella. Hinckley'
New York
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

1t is believed that one of the rich
est preachers i'm the world resides in
Denver. He is A. d. Parker. auditor
of the Colorado and Southern road.
who. though not a regularly ordained
preacher, is the regular lay reader az
st. Luke's Episcopal Church. He and
a partner own the Tonopah gold mine.
which is worth about $50. 100000. So
far Mr.. Parker has received 81. 900. 900
or so in cash from the output.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
VAN HoosE TO ATTEND.

]. A. Van Hoose. president OF the
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Assoca-
ton, has wired that he would be in
Jacksonville to attend the annual con-
vention of the Florida Wholesale Mer-
chants and Grocers' Association. which
convenes at the Windsor Auditorium
next Tuesday.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
CHICAGO GRAM MARKEr.

Chicago, Oct. 2S.-The financial stu
alton in st. Louis in conjunction with
the unsettled condition of December
wheat there was a puzzle that kept
traders here guessing today, and wheat
prices were largely influenced by the
action of the Southwest market. With
a fair rally there late in the day the
market here closed firm with December
wheat II cent higher. December corn
was up 5000; oats were &c higher,
and January provisions were from a
shade to 10 cents higher.
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
Conntwise Exnortn.

Per steamship Chatham, for Phila-
delphia, Oct 2S.-i44 bales cotton, COG
barrels rosin, 10S.012 feet lumber 6
packages fruit, 1922 packages oranges,
22S tons pig iron, 2 packages vegetables,
17S barrels rosin oil. 200 barrels pitch,
3S3 packages yarns, 125 bales linters.
$50 packages merchandise.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29


ANAS-$1 5O@2 90 bunch.
COCOANUT5-Sack of 100, per sack
$3.50.
RANGES-Jamaica, $3.50 box.
BANANAS-$175.
LEMONS-Market easy; $780,
PRUNES-20s to 3Os 13c; Dos to 4Os
Ice; 4Os to sos. &c: sos to COS, TIC;
COS to 70s, 6Ac; 7Os to sos, &c: sos to
COS, SIC: 90s to zoos. 415c
PEANUTS-Ample stock, fair de-
mand; market firm; fancy hand-pick-
ed Virginias. SIC; n. C. peanuts, 4hc;
ex. Virginias. 41ac.
NUTS - Almonds, Terragona, 141bc:
Ivicas, 131&c; walnuts. French, 12hc;
Naples, 1414c; pecans, 10c: Brazils,
91ac; filberts. lie: assorted nuts. So
pound and 25-pound boxes 12c
Dried and EvapOrated Fruits.
porated, nc; sundried,
SIC.
APRICOTS-Evapo rated, fancy, 13c;
choice, 1oKc.
RAISINS-L. L.. 2-Crown. $3.50: g.
Crown, s1.90; 4-Crown clusters. $2.75:
loose muscatells Sc: 1-pound seeded,
10Ac; imperial cabinets. $500 per box
PEACHES-Evapora peeled, Ice:
unpeeled. SIC.
PEARS-Evaporated 1O%c.
CITRON-A. S. drums. 14Ac: fancy
Corscan, in 10-pound boxes, 1415c.
URRANTS-Barrels, &c.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
NOT VERY GUILTY.

Dublin Courier Dispatch: 1t may
have been a breach of military ETH
quette for Capt Renkle to have snub-
bed the inspector general, but we fail
to see that he has committed any
other crime.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
WITH ARECORD CATCH.

The fishing schooner Carrie N. Chase
entered Pensacola port Sunday with
a record catch of red suappers. The
number of fine fish unloaded here was
1000 1000 more than a record made
by this vessel some weeks ago. The
share of each man for eleven days
work was about $3.50
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
COLLINSVILLETINE

Falr Grounds and Dale Avenue)
Beginning at 800 a. M, cars leave Bolton
and OFT streets every Is minutes; return ng
cars leave Estill avenue and Waters road at
6:O7 a. m. and every 10 minutes thereafter, con.
Meeting with cars on Thunderbot line until
1900 o'clock midnight.
Through cars are operated between Market
and ThunderbolL VIA Colliusville and Dale
avenue as follows:
Leave Market. Leave Thunderbot
645 A. M. so A NJ
AS p. M. T30P. NJ.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
oGLETHoRPE COUNTY FAIR.

The Oglethorpe County Fair opened
this week under quite suspicious cir
cumstances. The largest first day in
its existence was experienced. Wal
thour and Lawson raced horses and
n.nr, "a eilA
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
HoLnERNEsS For SOLICITOR.

Col. Sidney Holderness, solicitor Of
the City Court of Carrollton, has an
nounced as a candidate for solicitor
general for the Cowetd circuit
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
FLORIDA.


Gainesville Sun: President Roosevelt
hasn't been very strenuous in the ca
nal negotiations. Perhaps ne is think
ing so hard of German that he has
forgotten about the canal.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
WESLEYAN REUNION.

Macon News The reunion of the
alumnae of Wesley Female College
takes place Thursday and Friday. 1t
Will be a memorable occa sion in the
history of this noble institution.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
COTTON SEED on.

New York, Oct. 2S.-Cotton seed oil
dull and nominally easy Prime crude.
f. o. b. mills, 37@37Hc; prime summer
yellow, SIC, spot; off summer yellow,
S5GS6c; prime white, 43c; prime win
ter yellow 43c
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
TRAIN KILLED SNAKES.

Two of the largest rattlesnakes ever
seen in the Pensacola vicinity were
killed Saturday afternoon by freight
train. One of the snakes was over six
feet in length.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
Vessels sailed Yesterday.

Steamship Chatham, Hudgins. Phil
adelphia.
Steamship City of Augusta Burg
New York.
Steamship Zuburg Dutch, Stasse,
Rotterdam.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
Notice to Cantains of vessels.

Vessels arriving at night will be
reported by the Morning News in it's
dispatches without charge if captains
will confirm reports of their arrival
TO No PAL either telephone.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
CRAIN. pnovIsIuNs. ETC.

New York. oct. 2s.-Flour, quiet. but
held at old prices
Rye -four, quiet, fair to good, $1,000
$40.
Buckwheat flour, dull.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

Capt. Gilbert Of the four-masted
schooner Hope Sherwood loading piles
at Hutchinson Island. opposite West
Broad street, is we'll known in Savan-
nah. Capt. Gilbert has been master of
the schooner Jas. Boyce, Jr. The Sher-
woodds only nine months old. She car
ries large cargo of lumber.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
UP TO posrOFFIcE DEPARTMENT..

Columbus Enquirer sun: The decla-
ration of Lieut.. Peary that the Esqui-
meaux are the greatest thieves on
earth, may cause renewed activity IN
the PostoffiCe Department
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

LUCHI anu UeheFHI NtNs UI oHIF"
and shipping.
The British steamship Eastry. Capt.
Horsefeld, sailed yesterday for Man
chester. The Eastry arrived Monday
noon from Port Royal with part car
20 of phosphate rock, and it is due to
the efficiency Of Stevedore Pittman
that 5000 bales of cotton were quickly
loaded. The Eastry belongs to d fleet
Of regular traders that ply between
Manchester, the Mediterranean and
South Atlantic ports.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
THUNDERBOLT LINE

City Market to Casino via Bolton Street
Junction.
Beginning at As a. M, cars leave City Mar
until II 80 D. m.
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction Is minutes
after leaving time at City Market.
Beginning at , SO a, m, cars leave Casino at
Thunderbolt every Is minutes until l2:Os mid.
night,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
How Weak Men Become Strong.
"Ry MY Method O Old That Power Can.
not BE 1enefted"-J Newton Hathaway, M. D.

My appeal is to make speciality of their dis
diseases and their shortcomings know the en-
gineer knows his machine. 1 know him thoroughly in
health and in sickness Knowing him perfectly
know by what to him most effectively and
in the shortest pc ssble time l have made special
study OF IL for arly half century and ought to
know. will only those drains and losses that
impotency and annoying weakness but will you
perfect man once again. man that can love and be
loved. No matter what your is; by my method
make YOU perfect and capable you when
in your prime; and the young whose vices
and have made him weakling when should
be the and not the despised Of men-1 will make
tina young his hs bit nd him NJ all
bEd results already produced. But more than this
Ierl III nrIIA hair .aa han arh
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
Bacon, Hama and Lard.

MICS, 7&c.
LARD-Pure. in tierces, sac: So
pound tins and So-pound tubs. Sssc;
compound, in tierces. 7bc; 50-pound
tins and S0-pound tubs. 7Ac.
miscellaneous.
FISH-Mackerel, half-barrels, No. /,
$1,000; No. $3.50; No. 3, $500; kits,
No. l, S140; No. ., $1.30: No. 3, $110;
Goldfish, 1-pound bricks, &c; 2-pound
bricks. 51sc; smoked behring's, per box,
10000; Dutch herrings, in kegs, $l.10;
new mullets, half barrels, $500.
SYRUP-Market quiet; Georgia and
Florida syrup, buying at 25@26c; SELL
ing at 2SQSoc; sugar house at 1910
1Sc.
HIGH WINES-Basis, $1.25.
HONEY-Fair demand; strained. in
barrels, Acc gallon.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

Express Office, 70 Bull street.
Express Office. Union Station
Livingstons Pharmacy Co. 2s
Broughton street, west.
Knights Pharmacy Co.. corner Ogle-
thorpe avenue and Drayton street
J. 7. Shuptrins Druggist 300 Con-
sress Vest. corner Jefferson
a L. Ford f. %. Druggists. Sal
West Broad.
Savannah Bank and Trust Co. Hav
and Drayton streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

High water at Tybee to-day at ISL
a. m. and 2:10 p. m. High water at
Savannah one hour later. Low water
at sos a. m and S:38 p. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

SHOT-Drop, $50; b. B. and large,
$1.75; chilled $1.S5.
IRON-Market firm; refined, $225;
Swede. SC.
NAILs-Cut, $3.50; base wire. $40
base.
BARBED wIRE-$3.15 per 100
pounds
GUNPOWDER-Per keg. Austin
crack shot, $3.50; half key, $3.50; quar-
ter key, $40: champion ducking,
quarter keg, $2.25; Austin smokeless,
half kegs, s3.45; quarter. $4.30; three
pound, $40; one pound. Use; less 20
per cent. on smokeless.
Cotton BaggInx and Ties.
BAGGING-Market Arm; Ia pound
79s4Shc: sea island bagging, 9h@10c.
rs dShc.
TIES - Standard 45-inch arrow,
large lots, s103@110; small lots, $115.
TWINE-Per pound, or hank, lag
i6N
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
Spencer Trask & Co.
BANKERS
William &c Pine Sts., New Yorl
Investment Securities.
Members New York Stock Exchange.
Branch Office, Albany, N. Y.

sack, $1.S7is; Savannah Milling Com
pany, meal, S1.30 sack.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
WEST END LINE nincnln ParLA

Car leaves west side of City Market for Lin
coin Park $40 a. m. and every 10 minutes
thereafter until 1850 p. On.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market e:20a. N
and every 40 minutes thereafter until IL O'Clock
midnight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
SHIP YOUR GOODS
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY

which operates on 10000 miles of first-clas
routes, with connections with other com
DanieS, to all points accessible by express
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
Savannah Almanac. 18th Meridian
savannah City Time.

Sun rises at 6:S7 a. IN. and sets a
5:3S p. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE
Effective IlIlv 10 1o0Q

SATURDAY EVENING SPECIAL.
Leave whitaker Leave Mill
and Bay SITS. Haven.
r. M. p. M.
9:2O $40
1000 1920
1910 linn
11:20 I2.OO
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

ISLE OF HOPE LINE
between Isle of Hope and Fortietb
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.

WEEK DAY WINTER SCHEDULE
Effective Sept. IA, 1903.
subject to change without notice.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

Capt. Frank B. Avery, for some time
in charge of all floating equipment of
the n. Y. p. and n. Railway with
headquarters at Norfolk, has resigned
his position. Men like Capt. Avery do
not remain out of employment long,
however, and he is to return to Balti-
more at once to become captain of the
tug Dauntless, which will tow in those
waters. Capt. Avery has established
his home at Norfolk and he will con-
tinue that as his residence. He will be
around Baltimore much of his time.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

Capt. NJ L. Gilbert of the schooner
Hope Sherwood, intends to build fleet
of schooners and is placing stock
among Savannah investors The first
of his fleet. the schooner Catherine NJ.
Monohan, is nearly completed at Mys-
tic, Conn. Capt. Gilbert reports the
MOnohan, when ready for sea, will cost
$45, 900 There are 100 shares, par value
$3.50. Capt. Gilbert reports near.y all
the stock taken.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29


practice men-the schooand
benefits OF this special knowledge other than by applying
in shortest
understand h truth Call orwr
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

Strachan & Co yesterday posted at
the Cotton Exchange the steamships
Lacroma, due Nov. is for Barcelona
and Trieste. and the Baron Driesen.
due Nov. 20 for Barcelona, Genoa and
Trieste
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

Baltimore, Oct Dashboard pre-
ferred, OA9201a; As. 67A@67A.
Atlantic Coast Line common. 1882
bid; do preferred, nothing doing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29
NEW YORK STOCK
AND BOND LIST.

Continued from Eleventh Page.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-29

SA BRYAN STREET SAVANNAH ga
once M to SUNDAY m to p m
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

sorption and tender confidence of
youthful lovers
1t never needed 1.-The welding touch
of a great sorrow" to make the lives
of Archbishop TAFT and his devoted
wife "a perfect whole Speaking of
her many years after she had been
taken from him, he said: ITO part
from her, If only for day, was pain
only less intense than the pleasure
with which l returned to her; and
when 1 took her with me it was one
of the purest joys given to man to
watch the meeting between her and
our children
When David Livingstone had passed
his thirtieth birthday with barely a
thought for such IAN indulgence as
wooing and wedding" he declared
humorously that when he was a little
less busy he would send home an ad-
vertisement for a wife, preferably a
decent sort of widow; and yet so I'M
consciously near was his fate that
only a year later he was introducing
his bride, Mary Moffat, to the home
he had built, largely with his own
hands, at Mabotsa. From that "su-
premely happy hour" to the day when,
eighteen years later, he received her
last faint whisperings" at Shupanga,
no man ever had a more self-sacri-
fcing, brave, devoted wife than the
missionary's daughter.
In fact, they were more like two
happy, light-hearted children than Sc
date married folk. and under the
magic of their merriment the hard
ships and dangers of life in the heart
of the dark continent were stripped of
all their terrors.
Jean Paul Richter confessed that
he never even suspected the potential
tiles of human happiness until he met
Caroline Mayer, that sweetest and
most gifted of women" when he was
fast approaching his fortieth year /;
and that he had no monopoly of the
resultant happiness is proved by his
wife's declaration that Richter is the
purCst, the hottest, the most godlike
man that lives. To be the
wife of such a man is the greatest
glory that can fall to a woman; while
of his wife Richter once wrote: 81
thought when l married her that
had sounded the depths of human
love; but 1 have since realized how
unfathomable is the heart in which a
noble woman has her shrine"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
New Adjustable Wrench.

With a large share of the machinery
which is used in our manufacturing in
dustries the builders furnish special
wrenches, which will only fit nuts of
a certain size and are intended to be
used in connection with the one ma
chine. These, of course. need no adj
justing to fit the nut. and, being ready
for. instant use, are great convent
ence and save time for the machinist
But there are many instances in the
everyday work of the machinist, and
some other classes of lSbor, also
where a wrench which can be rapidly
set to any necessary size will prove a
great advantage to the man who is
handling it. The usual form of wrench
requires the turning of a thumb-wheel
several revolutions to vary the dis
lance between the jaws even a quar-.
ter of an inch, and there can be no
movement of the jaw without turning
this screw. Here is a wretch which
has the movable jaw perfectly free
to slide from closure to its widest
opening, only coming to a stop wher.
ever the cam block is set. This cam
block rests in the center of the slotted
handle, and is SO pivoted that its
edge is eccentric to the pin on which
it revolves. Whether the block is
tilted to stop the jaw close to the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
3lE BY THEIR OWN HAND.

Seven Aldermen Of Pesxer, Hungary,
Avoid Conviction by Death.
An amazing tragedy, and one. in all
probability, without precedent, has
taken place at Peszer, a small NUM-
cipality in southern Hungary.
The entire municipal council, con-
sisting of seven persons, all related to
each other, committed suicide.
The reason for this is as remarkable
as the act itself. 1t appears that an
opportunity arose TO sell a forest
which was municipal property.
The council resolved itself on ehis
occasion into a family council. and the
utmost care was taken by the seven
that no hint of the idea of purchase or
sale should transpire in the neighbor-
hood
With the secrecy of plotters they
held meetings to discuss the matter,
made their own terms and concluded
the sale without any of the other in
habitants being any the wiser. Deeds
were drawn up by themselves, and as
they were the only members of the
council no outside signatures were
necessary.
The sum paid for the forest was
considerable, but, instead of passing
into the municipal exchequer, it was
divided into seven portions, and each
OF the related councillors appropriated
a share and kept it for his own use.
At last, however, the whole affair
was discovered il a dramatic manner
when, rather than face the conse
quences of their action. the sever
councillors held a hurried meeting and
there and, then put an end to theil
lives-PariS Herald