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Captain Harkins' Theories.

Captain Harkins decided at once from
the position of the body, from the man
ner in which the revolver was placed
in the dead hand and from the looks OF
the wound. that Van Buskirk had not
committed suicide. but that he had been
murdered and the revolver with which
he was killed had been left in his hands
TO suggest suicide.
1T seems 10 me not unlikely" said
the captain yesterday. that the muir
derers knew that sooner or later Van
Buskirk would discover the murder. II
he had not already discovered tiff. in
deed. ne had not been present, half
drunk, when 1t was committed. They
knew him for an honest man. They
knew that when he sobered up he
would give the alarm. They got hin,
helplessly drunk, took him back into
that cubby hole, laid him on the floor
and it's an old. old saying. almost as
old as murder, that dead men tell nc
tales"
The coroner said that he was unabl,
10 tell how long Abbott had been dead
but that Van Buskirk had been kIlIeC
within twenty-four hours
IL was found that Charley Olsen haf
been much In the company of both John.
son and Dahrlin since Saturday He wa,
taken into custody and with the othe,
two was questioned, Their stories wer,
all contradictory. But these main uoInt,
Captain Harkins believes to be true
On Sunday afternoon johnson had s24-
great fortune for him. He made OF.
sen his guest, and they spent much OF
the money riotously. He told Olsen tha1
he and Dahrlin had struck down an Ole
man In JAY Street with a brick in a
stocking and had robbed him of the s24
All day Monday and again yesterday
morning the three men, singly or by
pairs or the three OF them together
went on long walks, once or twice rs
lar as Prospect Park, and each time re-
turned 10 sit in the unkempt court back
of Chapel Alley and stare at the doors
OF flies lbuzzing buzzing in and out OF
the opening.
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LARGE NUMBER SUPPLYING
THEIR FAMILIES WITH
PIANOS At THIS SALE
Seven Pianos Sold the Opening Day
Of the Sale.
Fine Upright Pianos GOingat Silt,
SLAB, to 1898.
EASY PAYMENTS If DESIRED

If you arc interested in either a Piano
or Organ. 81 VIII pay you 10 call and
examine these bargains. You viii have
several leading makes from which 10
make a selection, in all fancy cases
burl walnut. golden oak. and mahogany.
Remember. this sale is for y days only.
7. P. Culley. 52S eth st. NV. J. D.
YOung's old stand II
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Abbott's Surroundings.
Where Abbott Slept.

Sometimes the old man slept on the
mating and mol5ly horse blankets on
top Of the carryall. More often he slept
in closet little further back from
the barniike doors. and a tiny stove. all
rusted furnished him with the means
by which he cooked his own messes Of
cornmeaI and molasSes, bacon, and can
ned things brought TO him by grocery
there's
Out of this closet again there was an
other closet. so small that even a short
man could not stretch out on the floor
OF IL fun length. II was 10 this retreat
that the old man betook himself when
the fear OF thieves gripped at his with
cred up heart, as Il often did 4
Here he slept. with an ancient Speh-
Ger rife leaning In the corner, ready to
his hand, and a great artillery revolver
tucked under the pile of newspapers
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The Second Body Found.

More policemen were summoned. Can
tain Harkins came from the Adams
Street station with his detectives. They
went poking fearfully through the place
half afraid Of the traditional spring guns
and deadfalls, half curious TO know
whether the other rumor was true ts.a;
every Granny of the hovel was stuffed
with boarded money. Soon there came
shout from the little cubl,; s.oIa back
of old Abbott's kitchen-the place where
the miser used 10 sleep with his weap-
ems when he was afraid OF thieves.
Here's another oner shouted the
searcher.
Captain Harsins and his men crowded
in. as many OF them as the nI-smelIing
outer closet would hold they saw
Hank Van Buskirk lying dead en- the
floor There was a foolish smile on tho
weak race, his knees We're drawn I'D and
the head rested on a bundle of news
papers In the right hand, which reste d
on the dead mans breast. was 4 revoI-
Yer. loosely held by the muzzle. There
was a bullethole in the right ten,nla
from which the blood was still onzing
The revolver was an old une One of
the six cartridges with which IL had
been loaded had been discharged. There
we're marks about the dead mans neck
and throat as though an effort had been
made 10 strange him. Later the doe
tors said these might be biTthmarks
When, the police picked the body up a
naf emptied whisky bottle dropped out
OF the trousers pocket to the floor
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Backward and Forward.

Aften an absence of an hour or two
he came back ana prepared to go "a
work again, only to run away with an
other muttered explanation that he must
see Abbott. Nobody missed Abbott Sun
day or Monday or yesterday morning,
because nobody cared anything about
him.
Some took notice. however. that Hank
Van Buskirk was unusually drunk on
Sunday evening. He explained 1ovial-
~ to all Se mc, that Charley Johnson
had borrowed money Of him on Satur-
day. and had paid him back With enough
10 keen him drunk for a month. on Mon
day, Dahrlin, who roOmed with Olsen,
and with Johnson, too when Johnson
had no cheaper quarters than the Full
ton Street lodging house they frequented,
was seen supporting Van from one
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Discovery Of the Crime.

In kicking aside the rubbish, looking
for sparks. Chief Matschke uncovered a
mans legs. which had been concealed
by crumpled length Of mating. He
grabbed up another piece of mating,
and then jumped back two steps
Holy God!' shouted the fireman
IT'S Abbott. Somebody's done him.
The miser's body lay fat. on the floor
His arms We're folded fiat over his
breast and the wrists We're bound to-
gether with heavy wrapping Irvine His
head and face had been battered in so
that there was no recognizing his fea-
lures A policeman had run into the
alley after the fireman. Chief Matschke
looked at the miser's body. he looked
al the abortive attempt to start the fire.
He remembered Benedetto's story
Ofhcer, said he. you better hold
those Swedes"
So Dahrlin and Johnson were made
prisoners on the spot
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saloon TO another. Johnson was with
them sometimes.
Monday night Van was altogether and
utterly drunk. The others dragged him
back into the alley as though he were
a log. Such OF the neighbors as took
any interest thought that they had piled
him into one OF the wagons in the court
to sleep and paid no more attention.
Fire Awakens Suspicion.
Yesterday morning at 1880. Charley
Johnson and Oscar Dahrlin came
around the corner of Jay Street TO the
firehouse. They seemed to be striving
to keep ahead of one another. yet
neither was in great haste. Johnson
poked his head into the frehouse door.
Hey he called to the watch, "Ab-
bolts place over here. he be all on
fire.
'Ay." echoed Dahrlin. He be all
burned up"
Chief Matschke. who was at the door
himself, ordered the company out on a
still alarm He went around himself.
The firemen ran UP the alley, led by a
little Italian boy who waved them on
with length of brass pipe.
The found just inside the foldinag
doors of the junk sheds a bale IF paper
smoldering. There were 70 flames. The
papers were so closely tied and 80
modify that the fire had found no food
in them. AS the firemen were beating
about they questioned the Italian lad.
Arnaldo Benedetto, who according %
Johnson and Dahrlin, had discovered
the fire
II was coming here to sell this pipe
to Mr. Abbott" said the hoy. II found
the pipe-honest, / did. / asked them
where Abbott was and they said. In
thereH And ] went I'm and found .he
smoke and the papers burning Vixen
I came out they wsrs running away
and I told them the place WIS on fire
and they kept on running and went
and turned In the alarm 70 ;he fire
house"
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which ne used for a pillow. He told his
few intlmates that he always felt safe
III that cubbyhole. because the horse
stabbed on the other side OF the thin
partition would always wake him.
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HUNT MINES MENACED.
Great Concessions Held by Iowan in
Korea Will Be Protected by
Federal Government.

Washington, Feb. 23.-The state de-
partment has cabled the American
minister at Seoul to take whatever
steps are necessary to protect the
ployes and property of the Oriental
Consolidated Mining company, of
which Leigh Hunt of Iowa is president.
The company has 100 Americans en-
ployed In the Yalu river regions, fifty
miles from ANU, and letters received
from there indicate they are fearful
Of being molested by marauders Of the
Russian and Japanese armies. H. c.
Perkins of this city, president of the
company, after a conference with SEN
ator Allison and Director of the Mint
Roberts, took the matter up with the
state department and a message to the
American minister was promptly sent.
Leigh Hunt Is now In Egypt, but
may conclude to go to Korea to look
after the mining concessions, which
he obtained and the mining company
was formed to exploit. Dispatches
from Korea Indicate the Cossack ad-
vance guard is now in the region Of
Hunts property, on which are several
Smelters,
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CORPSE in PULPIT.
Body Of Deceased Clergyman Gsares at
Congregation During Funeral
Services,

Evansville, Ind, Feb. 24.-The re
quest of Rev. James Hart, for fifty-five
years minister of the general Baptist
church at Folsomville, Warwick coun-
ty, to be stood up in his pulpit during
his funeral was complied with yester-
day. The CLASSY eyes Of the old
preacher looked out over the immense
audience that came to pay their hon.
age to him. But the eyes never moved
from one point. They We're set in
death.
This was the strangest funeral ever
known in his section. While ministers
endowed with life and animation
spoke the rites, the services were prac-
tically conducted by the dead, for
every eye was fastened upon the corpse
that occupied the pulpit.
DR.. Billup. the Tennyson, Ind, UNI
dertaker who had charge of the tuner
al, followed the last wishes of the aged
minister as well as he was able. The
coffin containing the remains was stood
behind the desk, tilted back just enough
to prevent the ~lifeless body from fall
ing forward against the pedestal on
which rested the bible whose page had
for fifty-five years furnished texts for
the minister. Throughout the service
of more than an hour the body was in
plain view of the congregation.
Uncle James" Hart, as the preacher
was commonly known, was a lifelong
resident of Warwick county. At the
time of his death he was 76 years Of
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RuMoRs OF MORE FIGHTING.
Most Of Them Are UnconSirmed in
ondop

IT, ILE
London, Feb. 23.-The cables are still alb.
solutely silent with regard to the progress
of the war, but there are vague rumors of
land fighting. As an instance, the Paris
edition of the New York Herald's CORE.
spondent at ST. Petersburg talks of a
Russian repulse on the Yalu river, with
a loss Of $500 lives. These runiors are I'M
confirmed, and from a reliable quarter the
Morning Post Che Foo correspondent says
that he. learns that tens of thousands of
japanese are advancing by forced marches
from various parts of Korea on the Yalu,
n that severe fighting is expected short
ly. These are the only references to actual
operations that have reached London.
The announcement that General Kodama
has been replaced In the Japanese ablne
by Mr.. Koshikawa is regarded as mean
ing that General Kodama is about to
take command Of the Japanese Ian
forces. Kodama, who Is Japan's leading
general, did splendid work during the
Chino-Japanese war.
1t is said that Viceroy Alexieff has
asked the minister of marine to send him
officers who are not too young and adj
mirals who are not too old, of whom he
already has too many. The viceroy has
issued proclamations to the Chinese
throughout Manchuria, seeking to enlist
their sympathy In behalf of Russia and
their assistance in maintaining the rail-
way intact by representing to them Jap
ans alleged treacherous methods In be-
g.nirg the war.
A Port Arthur dispatch received at st.
Petersburg reports the Russian cruiser
Novik had been repaired and had left her
dock.
The Standards Kieff correspondent
hears that the Caucasus and Turkestan
armies are to be modified. He adds that
the rumor Is not confirmed officially. but
says IL 1t is true 1t can only be interpreted
as a yelled threat against India in certain
emergencies.
The correspondent at Tientsin Of the
Standard reports an attack by 500 Chi
nese ''brigands' on the Russian post at
Foo Chow AS probably an attempt to
wreck the railway.
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ANOTHER THEATER BURNS
Alharnbra Of Chicago, With All Its New
Ensnishiane Eaaa LIZ - c---

Alhambra Of Chicago, With Ailslts New
Furnishings, Goes UP in Smo.e.
Chicago, Feb. 24.-Fire today par
TALLY destroyed the building occupied
by the Alhambra theater, hotel and
apartments. The structure was three
stories high n the loss is SIS, 900.
After the fire was extinguished, the
remains of three persons, two men and
a woman, who had been suffocated,
were found In the ruins. There were
many narrow scapes.
The Alhambra theater, around which
the hotel was built, was partly de-
stroyed. In the theater new stage fit
tings and furnishings hadsbeen installed
and the remodeling in compliance with
the new theater.. ordinance was prac-
tically completed.
The fire is believed to have been
started from an overheated boiler in
the basement Of the Alhambra res
taurant. The halls were soon filed
with half-c1ad men and women who
CROPPED their way downstairs through
the smoke to ~snow-covered streets and
sought refuge in neighboring stores.
The Alhambra theater was owned by
stair g. Haviland.
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HE is FOR ROOSEVELT.
Governor Herrick of Ohio Declares
That Hanna Was Loyal and the
State Must Be So.

Columbus, o., Feb. 24.-Now that it
is claimed by Hanna republicans in
Ohio that Governor Herrick as sue
ceeded Senator Hanna as the dominant
power in Ohio republican politics, the
following statement made by the gov
ernor today with reference to selec-
ton of delegates to the national repub-
lican convention is important:
Il can only quote from the last let
ter that Hanna wrote-the last with
the exception of a pencil note to the
president on January 80, the day Of
She Gr!diron banquet: we must or
ganize u full strength and choose
Roosevelt delegates from among our
friends" Continuing, the governor
said:
The opportunity now arises for all
good republicans to unite in the con-
duct of the party on broad lines in
such a friendly spirit as to eliminate
oil differences"
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e IRON arranging to store water for
sucn emergenciessas we are now facing.
~ mas created conditions which have
pue a emit upon the location In Can
aua VI large manufacturing plants that
otherWlse would have been located in this
country TO supply foreign trade. 1t has
added s5,0oo,0o0 per annum to the cost Of
our paper supply.
Apparently they have organized a
propaganda to frighten publishers into
me paymen of higher prices. In Noyem-
per, l9os, when 47,MO tons of paper had
peen accumulated in stock and when
pans were maturing for a general shut
down., we find that they misled the trade
papers INTO a statement that the supply
oL news print paper was just about equal!
70 the demand and hat the consumption
OF paper at that thine Of the year is al
ways heavy. Either they misled the pa
per trade papers or they shut down their
mills at the time Of a big demand ard
LOOK 1900 tons out Of the market in order
mat the price OF news might be 's%tinened.,
While the figures OF the trade show
mat ten new news machines are building,
there is no immediate prospect of any ma
terial addition to production.
An Array of Combines.
In the east we find the International
Paper company buying the surplus prod
act OF the independent mills or appor-
tioning customers with them. The west
ern news mills are in q combination that
operate through the General Paper COM
pany. Book paper mills are organizing
the Interstate Paper company. The Pa
per Product company has just been or
ganized to sell from IS to 80 per cent. OF
the board paper production of the coun-
try. Today fbre manufacturers are or
ganiztng a company to cut their supply
Of wood.
DO not these methods suggest a plan
to newspaper publishers? AS custimers
OF these paper manufacturers, and pay
ing them over s24.0 900, 600 per annum, can
we not pool some of our consumption and
offer Inducements to capitalists to organ
lie companies that shall be assured Of a
profitable trade and that shall be free
from such mismanagement as the present
famine reveals in the control of the paper
trade?
1T 1t were possible to pool a consump-
ton Of 300 tons e rday for a period Of
five years, 1t is fair to assume that cap
ital could be found that would insure a
reasonable price to the publisher. I am
authorized by one customer to say he can
assure an order for $1,000. 600 worth OF pa
nov - Fl r.. g..
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END OF %LAFOLLETTE.
Babcock's Victory Alleged to Place the
Wisconsin Governor in a Very
Bad Position.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The success OF
Representative Babcock IN the Third
Wisconsin district is accepted by Wis
consin republicans in Washington as
the beginning of the end of Governor
LaFollette's domination Of the party in
that state. They say that he staked his
future on the outcome of the primaries
in the Third district and that he will
have to abide by the result.
His defeat is all the. more significant
because the Third district was essen
tally a LaFollette stronghold. He was
believed to be %invfncible there. When
he began his first campaign for the
g~ubernatorial nomination eight years
ago the Third district supported him
and it continued to support him
through thick and thin until he con-
ceiVad the idea that he could destroy
Mr.. Babcock. He underestimated Mr..
Babcock,s organization, .presuming that
because his duties as chairman OF the.
republican congressional committee
caused him to absent himself from the
estate a great deal that he had grown
careless at home.
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five TO Be TRIED !.
lNIRGQU0Is CASE
Mayor and Fire Chief, How.
ever, Escape Without
Being Indicted.
u MANAGERS IN IT
Davis & Noonan, With the Stage Car.
penter, Building Commissioners
and Building inspector,
Must Stand Trial.

Chicago, Feb. 24.-Mayor Harrison
Ind Fire Chief Musham We're exoner-
pted, and five persons were made SUBJ
tects OF indictments by the special Iro-
luois grand jury. Three of the indict-
nents charge manslaughter against
pable omission of duty" against city
officials. The latter charge amounts
10 m~isfeasance in Office.
After completing its vote the grand
Jury turEed the indictments over to
The states attorney to be drafted. and
took a recess until 2 p. M. Tuesday. AT
that time the indictments will be re-
turned into Judge Chyiraus' court, and
capiases for the arrest Of the defend
ants will be issued.
III the meantime a committee OF
three jurors will prepare a written re-
port to the court, covering the work
done and setting forth recommended
tons suggested by the evidence. A
large part OF the report, 1t is said, wiki
be devoted to an explanation of the no
bills" in the cases of the mayor and
the fire chief.
Named in the "True Bills"
Those against whom indictments were
voted are:
Will j. Davis manager Of the theater
End president of the Iroquois Theater
company; charged with manslaughter.
Was held by the coroner's jury in bonds
of 5000, which are sullsin force.
Thomas j. Noonan, treasurer and as
sistant manager of the theater; charged
with m-anslaughter. Was not held by
the c%oroner's jury. and testified before
the grand jury.
James E. Cummings, stage carpenter
at the theater; charged with man.
slaughter. Cummings was held by the
coroner and is under $4,000 bonds.
George Williams, building commits
sioner; charged with m~isfeasance. Was
held by the coroner in bonds Of $4,000.
who was Entrusted with the inspection
IF the Iroquois theater;; charged with
misfeasance. Is under $4,000 bonds,
having been held by the
Fireman and Light Man Free.
mo bills were voted also in the
cases Of William c. Sallers. the tousS
fireman, who was held by the coroner
in bonds OF $751; 900, and Of William Nc
Mullen, the flood light" operator, who
was held by the coroner, remaining in
the county jail several weeks before Sc
curing his release on bonds of $4,000.
The penalty for involuntary man
slaughter, which is the form the in
dictments will take, is an indetermi-
nate sentence in the penitentiary rang
Ing from one year to life.
The penalty for ''palpable omission
Of duty" by a public official is a fine
not exceeding $4,000, and may include
removal from Office.
Mayor Harrison owes his escape to
the testimony Of four s~ubordinates,
who gave evidence before the grand
jury that was not developed at the cor
oncr's inquest.
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LIED TO The CAR ;.,Il
Advisers Systematically Misled Him ii
Che Effort 10 Convince Him Rus.
STA Was Prepared.

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NO BATHS FOR The M.
Williams coIIesians to Test Theory Of
Unhealthfulness, Now That Fam
inc Is Threatened.

Pittsfield, Mass, Feb. 23.-Williams coll
iege Students now have the opportunity to
test the theory Of DR.. Robertson of Chi
cago that bathing is unhealthful and that
many Of the ills flesh is rleir to are caused
by ablutions in the bath tub. Notices
were sent out throughout Williamstown
yesterday that until further notice no
water from the town supply which fur
risies the college with water IAN be used
for bathing purposes. The supply OF the
town reservoirs is so low this stringent
rule is adopted to save the college town
from a water famine iii winter For
months the cold weather has been. con-
gealing the waters Of the brooks. feeding
the reservoirs. and there has been little
flowing in. Without a thaw the town is
threatened with serious lack Of water.
Several students of the college melted
snow in wash boilers for bathing pur-
poses. Sponge. baths will be the limit
until there Is a thaw.
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ENGLISH ACTIVITY.
Sixty Battleships Being Equipps,
With the Most Powerful and
New Guns

London. Feb. 22.-The papers this moSn-s
seen at Woolw.ch and elsewhere In reit-
ting the IA In preparation for#an emer--
gency.
Manufacturers LOT fixed ammunitlon
have been working night shifts since
Christmas, and all the surplus obsolete
war material and vessels at h~onne#ands
abroad are being replaced as rapidlysaaa
possible.
Sixty battleships are being equippedA
with the new Pinch wire steel guns,,@45o
OF which were ordered by the admirably
four years 1tgosat ~anaexpense OF S22,500.0on
These are said to be the most modernsand
most powerfulzgu In any q as1 NH
throw aimed shot accurately ~.
lance Of ls.0oG ysrds. @gSS