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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-08
FOUR TEEN THOUGHT MURDERED
Finding of Poison in Stomach of "Next-to-
Last" Spouse Points Accusing Finger at
Versatile German Whose Record
Covers Two Great Countries.
Holiness Archfiend of History. Declared Have Been
His Teacher in the Terrible Art-Biga mist Then
known to Authorities a. Edward Hatch.

Chicaso.-JObarr HOch, whose record
as ! bigamist is said to surpass anything
Of the kind in police annals. and a for
midable rival OF "Bluebeard' Holmes,
hanged in Philadelphia some years ago.
has arrived here from New York to an
swer charges of homicide and bigamy.
The Chicago authorities have already
placed on this man responsibility IN nu'
nerous cases of bigamy and murder.
but hardly a day passes that some ue-
serted wife does not make herself
known to the police and. after having
seen Hoch's picture. declare that III
the versatile German lies her long-lost
husband. The number OF these cases
has reached nearly 80. and new ones are
constantly coming to the fore.
Hochs alleged doings are, TO say the
least. remarkable in the extreme. 1t
Is declared that he has operated III towns
in all parts Of the country, ana the
names which he assumed in his deal
ings are, as one police official puts II,
as numerous as FOurth-Of-July
''drunks.' The list of cities in which it
Is Delloh Gu NOV II tpcl dtcN - ao Ao1Ao"S'
New York, Norfolk, Va,
Chicago, Wheeling. w. Va,
Philadelphia, lilkhart. lnu.,
Baltimore. Argos IND,
Brooklyn. Aurora, Ill.,.
ST. Louis. Evanston, H.,
cleveland. ST. Paul. Mimi,
Buffalo, Nurtemburg, Gerry.
Milwaukee. Berlin, Germany,
Besides these 4 number OF WlscOn-
sin and Iowa towns report traces of his
work. Some of the names used by the
German are as follows:
Count Otto Won Kern. Healy.
Schmitt. Bustenberg,
Schnidth, Bustepergh
Smitt, Aoo!pn,
Hook, James.
Hoch, Lucas.
Hohe, Doetz.
Hoe, Doe>S,
Hoh Rartel.
Hoff, Mayer,
Haun. Brown
Hank Hraune,
Huns, Schu4iZ.
1ric!, ErueScke
Praeger,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-08
CUTTING FIRE WOOD.
Some Suggestions That Will Prove
Valuable When Working on
the Wood Pile.

In cutting wood for yourself, saw very
bad knots and crotches to six or eight
inch lengths: you can save time splitting
to tit stove, and they are the most dur
able wood
A block Of wood with TWO pins loosely
fitting in two-inch holes. makes a good
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
CONV|CTS ESCAPE
White Murderer and Ne.
arc Thief Left State
Farm.

Two convicts escaped from the State
farm April 18TH one a white man,
convicted of murder. and the other a
negro, serving a term for house.
breaking. The information of the es-
cape of the two prisoners was received
at the penitentiary yesterday, but no
details were submitted with the report,
indicating the manner of their es-
cape.
John Watson, the white man, is
forty-five years of age and was con-
victed of murder at the October, 1904
term of Vance criminal court, and was
sentenced for a term of twenty-five
years. Watson is five feet five inches
in height, weighs 100 pounds, and has
blue eyes and sandy hair.
Will Smith, the negro, is twenty
one years old, and was convicted of
house breaking at the September, 1904
term of Lenoir criminal court and
was sentenced to ten years in the peni-
Tertiary. He is a dark ginger cake
complexioned negro, of five feet seven
inches in height, and weighs 152
pounds. He carries a scar on the
back of his head and a scar over his
left eye.
For their recapture the State peni-
tertiary authorities will pay reward
of SIS and all necessary expenses.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
A RECEIVER ASKED
BY Policy Holders in
Equitable.
Meeting of Number of These in Chi
cago Results in Decision to
Take Case Into Federal
Courts.
(By the Associated Prcss.)

Chicago, April 21,--A DILL for the
appointment of a receiver for the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
the United States and seeking an
accounting was filel in the United
States Circuit court mere lo.iar by At
torney y ). Schuyler. the petition
is filed in the name of Abraham Sit
ron and other policy-holders in The
society. Sitron says he holds $4,000
policy in the society and that his in
terests are being dissipated by the Off
GERS and directors of the society He
names specifically President J. w.
Alexander and VicePresident james
II. HYDE.
They are charged with misappro-
priation@of funds ard mismana2enlent
The bill also declares that i'r ten
years the charter Of the company and
the laws of New York have ben yio-
lated inasmuch as the officials have
failed to distribute the profits of the
company among the policy-holders.
Attorney Schuyler Who fled the bill
said that the complainants had held
a meeting and decided to take the
matter into the Federal I. u:r.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
LET poLICY-HoLDERs CONTROL
Hendricks Replies That He Favors
naturalization and Means to
Probe Equitable Affairs.
(By the Associated Press.)


Syracuse, N. Y, April 21.-Prefer-
ably naturalization, the turning over
of substantial control to the policy
holders, or some other remedy to re-
lieve the embarrassing situation in tie
affairs of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, was the burden of the request
made of superintendent of Insurance
Francis Hendricks by the committee
of general agents who laid their wishes
before him here today Among the
agents present were: H. FL. Stinson.
Roanoke Va; r. P. Lake. Memphis.
Tenn; Fl. Swineford, Richmond, Va. :;
w. j. Roddey Rock Hill. S. c., and J..
j. Elliott, Nashville, Tenn.
Joseph Bowes. of Baltimore, who
was spokesman of the committee. told
Superintendent Hendricks that the
agents favored the mutual plan. There
is no animosity among the agents
against Mr.. Hyde. he said, but a
change must be made to deprive him
of the immense power he Yields.
Mr.. Hendricks expressed himself in
favor of the proposition in the hands
of the encouragement concerning
policy-holders' representation upon the
directorate, making it only a question
of time when polcy-holders will be in
control In closing Mr.. Hendricks
said:
"And l will tell you, too that before
get through with this company
will find out who are dummies. I will
find that out absolutely. You can rely
on this When we get done we Will
tell you the true condition of the So
ciety''
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
The Story OF Eisenburg.
(By the Associated Press. }

Chicago, April 21.-Samuel Eisen-
burg, the Russian-Jew, who has told
of seeing a man kill himself while in
cab with a woman June "a 1904, on
West Broadway, N. Y, expressed will
ingness today to go to New York and
testify on the witness stand in the case
of Nan Patterson.
1.-The cab in which Young and Nan
Patterson sat, passed within five
feet of me-" said Eisenburg today.
THE man appeared drunk and he APP
peared to be fighting with the woman
She was clinging tightly to his hands.
The cab was moving very slowly and
the woman said something to the
driver as if to tell him to go raster.
He cracked his whip and then went
faster.
Suddenly the man got his hands
free and pulled a revolver from his
pocket His hand went up and down
and then the shot rang out. The man
fell over on the woman's lap. The
woman seemed to faint, because her
head fell on her shoulder"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
Chief of Department Will
Ask Stringent Meas
ureS.

Chief Walter Woollcott, of the Raj
eigh Fire Department, stated yesterday
that he would ask the new mayor and
board of aldermen for sure preventa-
tive of false fire alarms. He believes
the present fine, $50 and sentence to
thirty days on the roads, are INSULT
cient penalties, and he will request
that the fine be raised to $500 and the
term of imprisonment or service on
the roads be increased to six months.
This, he said, would be enough to
make the man caught and punlSned
consider well and long before he turn
ed in a second false alarm. He will
also ask for a sufficient reward to be
given those who give accurate infor-
nation as to the violators, SO that the
fire department may thus be enabled
to keep a special man employed to
detect those who indulge in this prac-
tice, which he declared must be
stopped.
The chief said that the first person
caught will be prosecuted to a conVic-
ton and punished with the full penal
ty and this will be done irrespective
of person, white or colored, wealthy or
destitute, prominent in social life or
one of the most obscure.
The firemen consider the sending in
of a false alarm the meanest thing
a man can do. The volunteers do not
mind responding to a fire cal lat any
hour of day or night, but they do OBJ
iect to being called out of their beds
in the after midnight hours and when
arriving at the cal box, finding moth
ing but miserable joke. False alarms
have a tendency to weakening the eff
ficiency of the Department. The men
do not know when the call is legi-
innate cal, but the false ones irritate
and sometimes discourage the naen.
Both men and horses, at every
alarm, take the chance of being in
jured, and although it is seldom that
q man or beast is hurt yet the chance
is always taken in responding.
During the last year there averaged
one false alarm for every month, and
this year the average has been increas-
ed. Two "illegitimates" were sent in
during March. and two during April.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
FALSE FIRE ALARM BIG GAME MONDAY
State University and A.
& M. Teams Play
in Raleigh.

The greatest game of ball of the
season is scheduled for Monday, for
If is then that the Farmers and
the "Yackety- Yacks," otherwise the
A. and M and the State University go
ND against each other. That it is go
ing to be a great big event is certain,
and there will be an enormous crowd
at the Fair Grounds at AIS when the
game is called.
Each team is on its mettle and Will
play the game on tip toe. Without
doubt the contest will be the biggest
and most hotly contested of any seen
in Raleigh since Carolina played
here last season, when A. and nj. Won
her first victory over the University.
Already the greatest of interest pre-
walls with the game yet uncalled, ana
when the umpire announces tomorrow
"Play ball." strained voices and tense
ly frightened nerves will be the natural
order, for the termination of the game
is an unknown quantity.
Both teams have winning ways and
both are playing brilliant ball. The
relative standing of each may be de-
duced from the following COMPARE
sons: Both alike lost to Lafayette, of
Pennsylvania, and both won from
Syracuse. of New York and Washing
ton and Lee, of Virginia. University
beat Oak Ridge, which in turn de-
feated A. and NJ. but the connise is
true when the Guilford propositions
is studied, for the "Quakers' lost to
A. and M. by the same score they
won from the University.
Roofing will be a great side attrac-
ton worth the while, as a special
train comes from Chapel Hill to bring
the Varsity boys who will attempt
to vie with the cadets, while fair de-
voices from the female colleges will
divide their smiles and applause.
The game is to be called at Ais,
and with both teams putting up their
best available men it is certain that
there will be something doing" for
nine innings of star baseball playing
This will perhaps be the last game
of the season and everybody should
SEQ IL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
Higgins Promises Aid.
(By the Associated Press. }


Albany, n. Y. April 21.--The crisis
in the affairs of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society was laid before Cow
ernor Higgins at the executive cham
Der this afternoon by Z e committee
of thirty-five of the managing agents
of the society which earlier in the
day at Syracuse had made the same
appeal for naturalization of the So
ciety. to superintendent Hendricks, of
the State Insurance Department. The
views of the agents were presented
to the governor by Joseph Bowes,
manager for the Equitable at Balti-
more, as chief spokesman. and ne
was seconded by Edward A. Woods, Of
Pittsburg Archibald c. Haynes, of
New York, and Reginald I. Naist, Of
London.
Governor Higgins made very evil
dent his appreciation of the great Sc
robustness of the situation in the EInit-
able Society. He said it was 4 aues-
ton whether the Legislature could al
ter the charter of the society without
the stockholders consent. He assured
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
EIGHTY-FIvE HOUSES BUILT.
This is High Points Record Since the
First of January.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News ana ODSerVer.J
High Point, N. c., April 22.-This
city has had a marvellous growth since
the first of the year, which is a
wonder even to the citizens who see
what is going on every day. Since
January 1st eighty-five houses have
been built, most of them good sub
stantial structures, some of them
costing as much as $4,000 to $2O,-
600. So far this years improvements
have gone ahead of any previous one,
and it appears to be getting better
each month.
One of Mr. j. P. Redding's houses,
occupied by Mr. Smith, billing clerk
at the depot, caught fire yesterday
from a defective fiue. The flames
were soon extinguished with but little
loss
Municipal matters are warming up
considerably here. There are
dozen aspirants for the mayorship
and half hundred or more who
would like to be an alderman There
was never a time in High Point when
so much interest was manifested in a
municipal election and the primaries
to be held next week will be largely
attended
Two of the incest buildings in the
State are in process of erection here
at the present time the hotel Elwood
annex and the bank building of the
Wachovia Loan and Trust Company.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
FOURTEEN LIVES
LOST IN FLAMES
The Convent of St. Anne
Destroyed.
DEEDS OF HEROISM
One Nun Burned to Death and Two
Others Perhaps Fatally Injured in
Efforts to Save the Lives OF
the Young and Help
less.
(By the Associated Press.)

Montreal, April 21.-The little viii
lage of ST. Genevieve is in mourning
tonight over the loss of fourteen lives
in a fire which destroyed the convent
of st. Anne there early today. One
nun, nine children, ranging in age
from 10 to Is years, and four old wo-
men persisted in the flames. TWO
nuns were so severely burned that 1T
is feared they will die. In their
grief over the catastrophe the viii
layers find some comfort in relating
the heroism displayed by Sister Marie
Adjuteur. who gave up her life, and
Sisters Marie Therese and Marie ROM
ertine, who were perhaps fatally burn
ed in their efforts to save the lives OF
the children and helpless old women
in their charge.
There is no organized fire protec-
ton in the village. The fire. which
started at an early hour in the morn
ing was beyond control by the time
the sleeping people could be aroused.
A bucket brigade was formed, but the
efforts to check the flames were futile
and the quaint old structure was re-
duced to ashes. Sisters Marie
Therese and Marie Robertine were
rescued with difficulty from the hall
way, where they had fallen, overcome
by the smoke and flames.
One of the first to reach the con-
vent after the alarm was sounded was
Alphonse Garaud, who lives opposite
the convent grounds. He had two
daughters in the institution and his
first thought was naturally for their
safety Securing a ladder he raised
it at one end of the building at a
window of the dormitory, where he
knew one of his children slept. When
he smashed in the window a large
volume of smoke poured out. He
rescued one girl and minute later a
second girl jumped from the adjoin
ing window Urged by Sister Marie
Adjuteur, he assembled the ladder
again and called out, but received no
response. In another moment flames
were pouring out of the window and
he was compelled to retreat.
The fire started in the Old Ladies
Hospice and the smoke was so thick
that the children on the floor above
were unable to get down.
The convent was called Ste Anne's,
and was a branch of the convent of
the Sisters of Ste Annes of Lachine.
The building was grey stone struc-
ture handsome in appearance, mas
sive in character and with the church,
it formed a central feature of the
pretty little village.
st. Genevieve is village and parish
of jacques Cartier county on Riviere
Des Prairies. 1t is three miles from
Beaconsfield and five miles from
Pointe Claire.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
THE STATEMENT OF HYDE.
He Declares Chat Notwithstanding Ills
Concessions He Has Been Tric<ed.
(By tile Associated Press

(By the Associated Press
New York, April 21.--Lam as IL
Hyde tonight issued a staten" | in re-
ply to the committee of agents which!
waited or him yesterday to dema I'd
his resignation. Referring to the
Equitable controversy Mr.. Hyde says:
In that controversy l feel that
have been treated with great injustice
and that no one has so serious cause
for complaint as / have. So far as
any good results could be served by
the resignation of any officer respon-
sble for the injurS which the society
has suffered ana is doubtless II suf-
fer in the future your request is mis-
directed.
Mr.. Hyde expressed his disbelief
in any system Of control which places
the agents over the directors and Off
GERS. He said, however, that in re-
Spouse to representations that there
was a genuine desire on the part OF
the policy holders to vote for direc-
tors he offered to pace his stock in
the hands of trustees for fi"e years to
be voted in accordance with the dir2c-
tons of the board of directors. This
offer was not accepted. airaiiy Mr..
Hydes said he consented that p",icy-
holders should elect % of the - Iii
.ectCrS.
THIS concession" SAIL Mr.. Hyde,
was intended for the Ne eli. al The
policy -io!ders, but in practical effect,
as | :,.cn feared ard HOW believe it
was the purpose tn i: am concession
by me should be utilized FOR the prne-
fit and account of the instigators of
this movement who proposed to erect
a constituency of agents to control
the votes of policy This be-
lief is confirmed by the extraordina ~
proceedings at your recent meetings
in this city in which the power dom
mating the meetings was II tie appar-
emit
Mr.. Hyde said Notwithstanding
these concessions he was toll that the
warfare would 20 on until he was
forced out of office.
1T is evident he said, that ]
have been desigaeoly tricked. l now
know that those sacrifices which !
have been deceived iEto making have
been simply an 'rit ur,Semert TO
further attempted ,nva,i9n:s OF the
rights of Stockholders"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
SISTERS no OCCUPY ONE CELL.
Nan Patterson and Mrs Smith-The
Show Girl Goes to Preaching.
The Man Who Says He Saw
Young Kill Himself.
(By the Associated Press. }

(By the Associated ITeSS.J
New York. April MAN Patterson
will hereafter occupy cell with her
sister, Mrs. J. Morgan Smith. This ar
rangement was made today by War
den Flynn, of the lambs. The cell is
in the new hospital war in the wo-
mems section. The two women will
occupy this cell so long as no illness
breaks out among the women inmates
of the prison.
Today being Good Friday they at
tended service in the Presbyterian
chapel. After services. Miss Patter-
sons counsel and her father called.
Lawyer Abraham Levy, counsel for
Nan Patterson, telegraphed today a
Chicago lawyer to secure in detail the
story of Samuel Eisenburg, who said
he saw Caesar Young kill himself. Mr..
Levy was informed in reply that Eli
senburg told a convincing story and
was willing to come to New York to
testify to it. Mr.. Levy said it tailed
with that told by the witness Hazel
ton, of Oneonta N. Y, who testified
for the defense in Nan Patterson's last
trial. THE man does not speak Eng
lish," said Mr.. Levy, land | do not
know how he would stand under the
fire of cross examination, but his story
impreSSeS me-"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
JOINT CONVENTION
OF Old Dominion and
Tar Heel Quill
Drivers.

Mr.. j. l.. Hart, secretary of the Viz
ginia Press Association, has commune
icated to Mr. John B. Sheriff., secre-
tary of the North Carolina Press Asso-
citation, that the Old Dominion editors
are enthusiastic over the happy suS-
gestion that the Virginia association
meet this year at the time and place
of the North Carolina State assoc1a :
ton. Mr.. Hart writes that the idea is
approved everywhere, and it is advo-
Gated joyfully and universally by the
Virginia, press. The executive commit
tee of the Virginia association has been
called to meet on April 29th when the
matter will be taken up, and with this
in view, Mr.. III. b. Warner, president
of the North Carolina association, has
directed an invitation to the Virginia
association. which gives the commit
tee something tangible to work upon.
Mr.. Warmers letter is directed TO Mr..
M. Bolts Lewis, president of the Vir-
ginia Press Association, and is as fol-
lows:
'1n behalf of the executive commit
tee of the North Carolina Press Asso-
citation, / extend to you and through
you to the members of the Virginia
Press Association, cordial invitation
to hold your next annual convention
in joint session with the North Caro-
lima Press Association at the Kenil-
worth Inn, Asheville. n. c., July 5th
and 9Th. | sincerely nope that your
association will accept this invitation,
as / am sure that joint convention
of the quill drivers of the Tar Heel and
the Old Dominion would be highly
profitable to the brethren, as well as
the good of the States. The North
Carolina editors, the citizens of Ashe-
vile, and the people of North Caro-
lima will consider themselves greatly
honored if you accept this invitation,
and will extend every courtesy pos
sible."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
Debate at ElOn.
(snecial to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
Elon College, N. c., April 22.-The
fourtieth annual debate between the
Philogian and Clio Literary So
cities was given in the college chapel
Yesterday evening. The query, RE
solved, That the various States should
adopt compulsory educational laws,
was argued in the affirmative by
Messrs Alfred W. Andes and Edward
French for the Phi Society," and by
Messrs. l.. Homes Whitley, Jr, and
Leland /. Gay, in the negative, for
the Clio. The affirmative won. The
debate was largely attended and was
highly interesting and entertaining,
being classed among the best of the
series given by the societies.
Many visitors are here from various
towns in Virginia and North Carolina,
among them are Rev w. S. Long, ID.
D. and bride. He was married last
Wednesday to Mrs. Mittie Virginia
Ames daughter of Capt. T. r. Gas
kins, near Norfolk. They will reside
in Graham
Mr.. w. L. Smith, merchant of
our village, and Miss Lettie Foust, of
Graham, sister of Prof. Foust, of the
State Normal College, were married
on the 10Th inst. and were attendants
at the debate.
The college has adjourned work for
the Easter recess until April Is. The
Psifhelian Literary Society announces
their annual public entertainment to
take place Monday evening, the Gath
instant
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
An Excellent Paper.

1t was reported in Wednesday af-
ternoon's proceedings of the Ladies
Missionary Union that the paper en-
titled, How to Interest Young Peo-
pie in Missions" was read by Miss
Penick. Miss Penick's name was on
the program, but the report was err
roneous, as Miss Fannie Heck con-
scented to take Miss Penick's place in
presenting the subject.
The paper was one of the most
earnest and valuable efforts on the
subject made during the life of the
union, and was greatly appreciated.
Miss Heck is one of the pioneers in
State mission work for young people.
A rising vote of thanks was rendered
Miss Heck by the union