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The Washington times., 1906-11-18

That the late Father Thomas MaeiSin
said he had given $4,000 to c. \. PIa-
mondon. OF Chicago. to marry his pres
ent wife, who Is a niece Of the priest,
was the statement made by Mrs. Mary
Crummie. wife Of the nephew Of AIackip.
on the stand IN the circuit court IN
Chicago
Mrs Crummie was witness IN a
contest which has been brought by "a
number OF the disinherited heirs 10
s,-~ak the priests VIII, which disposed
Of al estate valued at $4,000 She Is
not a party 70 the case, but her chill
dren are.
Attorney 81. NJ, Sturgeon, for the CON
estants. asked her II she recouected
any conversation with Father MacIin
at a certain period some years ago. Her
reply was:
''Why, he said. IN her presence Gefer-
ring 70 Mrs. Grace AIackin. one Of the
benenciaries OF the viii. that 1 wasn't
afraid Of work. nor wasn't afraid TO
marry a poor man. but that he lad To
buy men for his two nioces. and that
he gave Plamondon over 5000"
on cross-examinatiOn the following
cOiloQuy took place between Mrs. Crum-
mie and Attorney william eckson. who
represents the defending heirs:
Q-I understand that you spoke Of
some conversation in which he said
that you were not afraid TO marry "a
poor man. but that ne had 20 pay mon
o. for hts two nieccs? A.-No. sir; he
said that he had 10 buy husbands for
his two nleces
Gle said that on that occasion? a.
n . said that ou more than one Occas-
Ion.
Q.-What LED TO this conversation 4.
He had been talking about different
things, about money matters end IKE
things 10 me. and ne said: "W-N, you
were not afraid 10 work ana you were
not afraid to marry poor. man, but
] had 70 buy men for my two uieccs- j
gave Plamondon over t55.eoa."
Odd ne say this just in fun? A.
30. sir. that IS the words he said.
Gle made this remark 20 you, that
you were not lazy. OF afraid 10 marry
s. poor man, but he had got 90 buy men
10Y his two nieeese A.-Yes, sir.
Q-Who did he refer 20? A.-Tom
Dolly and Charles Plamoudon
Oils nieces were Mrs. Dolly. here.
and GreCe2 A.-Yes, s!r: he did not
mean GTacl u was Mary PIamondOn.
Father AIsckin made his money In
business IN early life. and while lie was
connected with the church his estate
Brew 81 the time the viii was drawn
the nearest surviving relative was Mrs.
CatAariHe OIcArdIe, a sister. who died
since the present case has been on
trial, due, It IS claimed. to overexcite-
neut.
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When Eggnosg Is a Great Help"

Your high-priced and low-priced doc
tors when your appetite is gone and
you haven't eaten q m0rseI iu twelve
days and your body. from agouiziug
pains and worry and fright, is reduced
10 Il skeleton. says the New York
Press, prescribe an eggHOg three times
a day and waltz of in high glee that
they have effected a fine cure. But ask
one OF them how TO make an eggnog,
He drops He doesn't know the least
thing about It. And YOU are left to
make your own nog- 1t is SO with every
other prescription Of the kind, So easy
TO write on "A blank 10 take IL. but few
have the sense to make il.
The abIest doctor in this city, refer
ring 20 the prevalence Of dysentery-
among infants at this time, said TO me;
.-Dvgentlry is one of the really danger
ous diseases Of childhood. II IL isn't cor
rected in "a short time death is a sure
thing. Lots of people don't know ex-
actly what dysenJery is. IL is indam-
nation and liberation Of intestinal mu-
cous membrane with bloody evacua-
lions. Now, ! know of but one cure
Reat up the white of an egg. mix it
with milk and add q mite of brendy.
In the ease Of an adult, put in a plenty
OF brandy The albumen giazes the
stomach aud intestines, the brandy
stimulates the system. and the milk ar-
fords the necessary nourishment.
EVERY man loses his stomach once
in q while. even Sage and Rockefeller.
two of the most abstemiOus men that
-. ,,,,ed. have been looking for John
yyatcb-Me Gates TO go down, but he's
too clever. AS soon as he feels he Is
The Washington times., 1906-11-18
Up-to-Date Beggars Use Visiting Cerds

About I'VE ShllliuEs day Is estimates
10y the experts OF The Mendicity Society
O. be the average earnings OF an CTdi-
n1TIy successful street beggar an / on
dou; the figure is arrived at by observ-
Ing the amount OF money found on beg
Gars who have been arrested. Last -eaE
there were 5olS convictions for begging
i'm the London police courts alone, and
of course, these are arrested are but q
comparatively small proportion Of the
hcears in the streets. 1t Is estimated
that in the London police area tie eEor-
nous sum of E2I2o09 goes into the pOsk-
els OF street beggars every year.
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whispered fl the ueighborhood that
Klusmire and hts wife did not always
agree, and even rumored that Klus-
mirs occasionally re-enforced his argU-
ments with his fists. Stn. though they
occasioned some gossip In the neigh
borhood. the KIusmire family affairs
had not reached such an acute stage
as To call for outside Interference. It
was distinctly their own affair.
On the evening Of Sunday May p.
1901, the mother OF the family disap-
peared. After the early Sunday even
ing supper the older girls had helped
clear the table and wash the dishes,
and after vainly trying TO persuade
their mother 10 90 along. joined the
younger children at church. Mrs
Klusmirc had pleaded first that she
hadn't the proper clothes for chGrch.
her winter clothes were getting too
shabby, and she hadn't gotten around
to her own spring sewing as yet And
when her daughters tried 10 override
that argument she said no, she was
tired. shed have 70 be Up early n the
morning and she'd better go 10 bed
early when she could. That suenced
the girls. for they knew that it was
true. 4 farmers wife does not live
life oE sIotbfui ease In the merry
month Of May. or. for that matter. az
any other time
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There &c one practitioner Of the art who
has bank account and another who is
an owner OF house property. On the
other hand many begging letters eFua-
nate from common lodging bee IS.
which. presumably. are not the abudes
of the affiuent. And there Is q Well
known gang which has its headquarters
TN the woTkhouse, sending out patches OF
letters addressed from various shops in
the neiEhborhood. When good luck re
wards their efforts they take their dis
charge from the w0rkhouse and live
ia luxurious ease Tor awhile, returning
when the money is spent.
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Daughters Suspicious Strengthened.

Once she began 10 admit questions
at ell they simply poured In upon her
consciousness. Miss Klusmire made &
search Of the ne,ghborhood. She in
9uired among all her neighbors. None
OF them had seen her mother. II she
started FOR the friends IN the north
ern part of Jackson county, as her
father urst alleged. nobody had met
hey or the way. No one at the depot
laa seen her board 4 train. She ap-
pacently hsd bought no ticket. She
had vanished as completely as though
tie earth had swallowed her.
as a matter OF fact the earth had.
The daurhter was hunting over the
farm when ia a ravine perhaps half
mile from the house her attention was
attracted to q heap of brush which
she had never before noticed. Pail
ing aside the brush she saw that It
covered a heap OF freshly turned earth.
She called her oldest brother ana to-
sethe- thev Investigated. They cleared
away the brush heap ana began to
dig Into the earth. They did not have
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Tells Yellow Fever Story.

A few days later Klusmire told his
children that be had received a letter
from his wife. written IN Texas. say
ing that she was there. Mary noticed
that, though ne told them about the
letter. he did not show Il TO them. a
day or two later he said he had am
theF letter from her saying that she
had yellow fever Again no one saw
the letter but himself Almost lmmedi-
ately he announced his intention OF
going TO his sick wife's bedside. and
she next day Ieft home. For two weeks
the children heard nothing. Then they
go- a telegram purportIng 10 be from
their father IN Tex-s. which read.
Mother passed away before I
reached Galveston VIII bury her
here. Can't ship yellow fever bodies.
Nv. II. KLUSMIRE."
Again II seemed queer 10 Mary that
If her mother had died before her
father reached Galveston It took him
two weeks 20 let them know about Il.
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dropping lie shuts of the booze and
oolls out Ia some springs. A man should
boil out once a year. When you get
on your back. stomach gone ambition
dead. the best food is an cggn0g. III
tell You how to make IT, Sepurate the
yolk from the white OF an egg. Beat
the white Jin it stands up like Gibraltar
Then beat the yolk. add half a tea
spoonful OF sugar and a glassful Of
milk. Pour in half an ounce OF whisky
and stir on top put the white. and IL
you Ike. CRATE a little nutmeg Amhro-
sia- Nectar OF the gods, II you want =
change from DAY To day substitute for
the whisky some port sherry. tokay
or any first-Class wine"
The Washington times., 1906-11-18
WOuld Hang in Any Other State.

Fifty years in prison would be TO
most minds a more terrible sentence
than death. In almost any other
State than Kansas the man would
probably have been hanged long
since. and we'll out OF reach OF ex-
ecutlye cIemency. For the evidence
which his poor old mother regards as
leaving reasonable doubt-was quite
conclusive to the jury. But In Kan
sas. while the law provides the
death penalty for murder. It leaves its
iuhicton TO the governors discretion.
That IS, q condemned man cannot be
executed unless the governor signs
the death warrant And 10 governor
has ever yet done that. So that cap
ital punishment Is practically elimi-
mated from the penal code Of Kan
sas. The Judge may sentence tor
term OF years-as long a term as he
lizes-and in the case OF I1lusmire he
made Il fifty years, evidently intend
ing that Klusmire should end his days
IN the prison coal mine at Lansing. as
his daughter frankly hopes he viii.
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than when he was free. said Mru-
Taylor. She thinks be should be kept
IN The prison coai mine as a coal dig
ger until hls Afty-year sentence eK-
pires. This protest viii have weight
with t2+e governor and has practically
rut an end 70 any hope KlEsmire had
Of securing his release. for his friends
do not believe they can convince the
executive in the face OF her appeal.
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would account for the absence OF the
body and went or TO Kansas City for
a little pleasant outing.
The story aid not hold water. There
we're marks ca the womsn's throat 20
be sure. but they were the marks OF
hands rather than a rope. There
were bruises ell over her body-some
Of which iaight have been the result
OF previous abuses. Moreover. the
whole tissue Of lies he had told was
against him. The fury found him
guilty OF murder and lie was sent 10
prison at Lansing TO work in the coal
mines for hfty years. A horrible pti--
ishment FOR horrible crime,
That was five years ago.
Hardly had tho prison doors closed
on her son when Mrs. Justina Good
man began 10 try 70 open them
Early enG late she labored for his
release. Petition after petition she has
sent 20 the governor at Topeka. The
plea that Governor Hoch Is now con
sidering is Dased on the allegation OF
reasonable doubt as TO the mans
guilt. although the circumstantial evi-
dence was apparently conclusive at
TIE time OF hiE trial
Governor Hoeh might have granted
tie mothers prayer and coHmuted the
sentence had not Mrs. Taylor Written
protesting against such course. She
is tbs oldest Of KIusmlre's nine chill
dren. and as already shown was large
Is instrumental IN uncove-ing the
crime and iayirE Il at her fathers
door. She declares that her father
was guilty OF such inhuman treatment
The Washington times., 1906-11-18
THE PRICE.

II costs me more and more 10 live.
But ] win not sit down and fret,
For, after all. the price / give
is very small for what ! get
/ am not bound in slavery,
Sweet brerzes blow across the hiIis
And happy children smile at me
Without presenting any bills
The sky Is blue above my head.
And. If It's costing more and more
To keep alive, it may be said
That life was ne'er go good before.
! wil net sit in weak dismay
or worry DER each little debt.
For, after all the price I pay
Is very small Tor what / get
S. E. KlseF.
The Washington times., 1906-11-18
LIT TTIE Law TAI[E IT'S Q0QPRGgIEZ SAYS nAu0H
::=;:=::.= 'GPA4P2IE, lzIY SON, pLWgND NOTTEp g:

oe her mother before her death that
his children would consider IT little
short OF calamity If he were turned
loose now.
The children are al better off now
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Never Saw Her Again Alive.

So they all rooped or 70 church
leaving their mother and father behind
them. Their mother they never saw
again alive. When they returned they
were met by their father. who said
that he and their mother had had
quarrel and that she had gone on IN
q hu6 70 stay with relatives IN the
northern part Of The county. II was a
likely enough story. They were al
ways qla--eliug. and more than once
AIRS. EIusnire had sought refuge
from Ler husbands brutality with
friends al "a distance. She had been
urged % get O. divorce. but there were
the children 10 be considered, and sor
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

their sake she had always come back.
This time she was destined not to
come back. The younger children ac-
cepted the story readily enough. But
the Oldest daughter. Mary. now Mrs.
Taylor. had her doubts. There were
some things that she could not recon
cile with her fathers story. For one
thing It was late for her mother TO
start out or "a trip to another part of
the county. Then. she had evidently
uo- driven. FOR neither horse nor
buggy was missing from the stable.
And though Holton is the county seat.
and several railroads pass through Il.
It IS after all not a very big town,
and the Sunday train service Is go
poor as to be almost non-exIstent
Then again-most potent argument OF
au-there were Mrs. KlusmIre's
clothes. The clothes she had been
wearing were in her room. bearing
mute testimony to her having carried
out her intention OF going to bed
early. Her daughter could not dis
cover that any OF her other clothes
were missing. except a winter cape.
she was uneasy. suspicious-though
she did not know just why she was
uneasy, and would not allow herself
10 formulate her suspicious.
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

She was not prepared 70 say that she
suspected anything. but - well she
Gidn't know what to think, There was
something queer about the whole busl-
ness.
Then she examined the telegram more
carefully and found that it came. not
from Texas. but from Kansas city.
At 10 time. It developed later, had
K.usmlre been any further than kan
sas City. And when his daughter dis
covered that his supposed Texas tele-
gram was really a Kansas telegram,
she saw the discrepancies IN his vari-
Gus statements more clearly than ever.
Why should her mother have gone TO
Texas? And If sne was going, why
didn't she take some clothes with
her? Then. again. that first letter
didn't 1t come too soon? Was there
time for her mother 70 have reached
Texas and written up TO them when
her father said he received it2
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They QnarreIed Frequently.

Six years ago William II. Klus-
mire and his wife and nine children
were living together on q sarm at Hol-
ton. kan. While not wealthy folks.
they were regarded as fairly prosper
Gus IN a farming community. t was
The Washington times., 1906-11-18
"Vot Is Dot Nit Whiskers ?"

- NE Incident iH tie campaign
just closed, and one which
was not published At the time.
tends to show thar fame is by
80 means a guarantee of universal
recognition. II occurred when Governor
elect Charles J.. Hughes was talking 10
the IoEgehoremeu on the East SIDE
docks While ne was speaking q Isu-
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

and Mrs. Klusmire had quarreled and
that latcr ne had found her dead body
hanginf in the barn. He testified that
ne did not want the family disgraced
and buried IT, There happened at the
time 10 be a few cases of yellow fever
in Texas SO he invented story that
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

derous Teuton Waddled Up 70 within
earshot of the rough platform and ia
O loud whisper asked OF d bystander:
''Sa-a-a-a-E. fCeldr. NOt is dot dere
NIT der vislsers-"
Ia the laugh which followed even the
candidate, whose ample Drown beard
evoked the query, joined.-New York
Globe
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10 dig far. IN shallow grave they
came upon the body OF their mother.
clad only IA q night gown
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Of Kansas. And the son Of the
one. ana the father Of the other Pc
t,tioner is one and the same man,
William II. Klusmire. of Holton. kan,
now serving a ffty-year sentence in
the States prison at Lansing FOR the
murder OF his wife, five years ago.
The crime for which LIusmire IS
paying the penalty. and for which. II
his daughter, Mrs. Mary Taylor has
her way, he viii continue 90 pay the
penalty for some two-score years TO
come. was committed May 70, 1901. Il
seems 20 have been a particularly bru-
tai one and - Klusmire really did
it-of which his mother. Mrs, Justina
Goodman, claims there IS reasonable
doubt, since he was convicted on cir
eumstantiaI evidence hanging, To use
a common phrase. was "too good FOR
him"
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'' liz j

The Strange Case of Will
liam H. KluSmire, of Kan
sas, who lies in prison
under a fifty-year sentence
for the brutal murder of
his wife, convicted by the
evidence of his own child.
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MOTHER pleading for &
sons pardon. "A daughter
praying for her fathers
punishment-that Is the Gu
rious situation that CON
fronts GOV. l.. S. Hoch.
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Signs OF Brutal Treatment.

st the trial before the jury in the
.strict court. KIusmIre said that he
The Washington times., 1906-09-30
MEET HELD
BY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Interesting Contest on Virginia Ave-
nue. Fairgrounds and Winners
OF Events.

An athletic meet was held yesterday
afternoon on the Virginia avenue play
grounds. There were running and jump
ing contests. with a croquet game
thrown In. All the events were hotly
contested. and some OF the runners and
jumpers showed good form.
The following IS the list OF the events
with the winners and the second-pIace
boys and girls:
25-yard dash. girls under ten. Ruth
Kuhnert, Ruth Fletcher. 25-ysrd dash.
boys under ten. John Rodey. Harris
Grace. 6O-yard dash. girls under thir-
teen. Elsie Hazel. Emma Lidersay. 60
yard dash. girls under sixteen. Elsie Ha-
eel. Mary Brown 6O-yaTd dash, boys
under thirteen. Claude johnson. Paul
Nicholas. Potato race. girls. Elsie Ha-
zei Potato race. boys. Edward McIu-
tyre. Broad jump, girls under ten.
Ruth Fletcher Ruth Kuhnert. Broad
jump. boys under ten. John Rodey.
Thomas Altemus Broad jump, boys un-
der thirteen. Walter Wastoe. Paul Mich
Olas
The Washington times., 1906-09-30

department Of both foreign and domes-
tic designs.
In order that the firms attention
might NOT be believed to have been
given entirely 20 feminine interests. a
department devoted exclusively 20
mems furnishing goods has been es-
tabHshed. This will be interesting news
not only 10 the men but 20 the women
of their households. who are obliged
TO do much OF the shopping for the
sterner sex. All the requirements that
a man may have I'm his linens, undergaT-
ments. neckwear, and hosiery will be
fully met. and no difficulty viii be en-
countered in finding among the stock
the things that man may want.
UndeTmuslin Department.
The departments for ladies' corsets.
ladies' muslin underwear. ladies shirt
waists, petticoats. wrappers. and in
fants' and children's wear have been
moved from the first floor to the sec
Cnd and have been greatly enlarged.
This line Of goods occupies ope of the
most important places in the eyes OF
the management, and new and thor
oughly competent buyer has been placed
in charge
A special section of the store has
been assigned 10 a glove department
something which the firm has main
tained only I'm a small measure before,
but which has. under the new arrange
ment, been greatly increased.
Long gloves and short gloves. kid and
Isle. have been ordered In prOfusiOn
and visitors 10 the store tomorrow will
experience little trouble I'm selecting
gloves for every occasion.
II has also become necessary TO add
d stationery department 20 those al
ready maintained. Writing paper and
every appointment for ones desk. 10
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NEW KINGS PALACE
BRILLIANT OPENING
$55,OOO Expended in Retit-
ting Big Department
Store.
MANY FEATURES ADDED
Handsome Collection Of Souvenirs 70
Be Given to All Ladies Who
Call Tomorrow.

When an outlay nf Sa.G1o has bsen
made. no matter IN what direction Ule
result is bound TO show, ond ehat Is
what the TrDpE.eturs Of King Palace
have dCns.
Tomorrow TIE store WI inauSurate
the greatest opening il has over Known
end former patrons. who have accuS-
toned themselves to the old dimensions
the oid decorations. and the general line
Cf stock carried by the firm. VIII md
themselves in new surroundings, so 10
speak. and the most attractive of their
kind seen In Washington in many days
The sum of So, coo has been spent IN
improvements TO the building, and an
additional 21,N0c on fixtures and inter
lor decorations That i'm itself tells
something of the improvements which
have been made and which place The
establishment among the handsomest
mercantile houses I'm Washington.
Floor Space of $4,000 Square Feet.
There is now a main floor extending
over 20.OO0 square feet with 1900 square
feet of moor space on the upper floors.
This means every opportunity for the
display OF a stock which includes every
thing the woman shopper needs and all
that she could wish. The entire mill
lmery section has been made over. as
& We're, in that IL covers Just twice
as much space as it did before. That
port of the store which was formerly
used 10. The display of outer garments
has been added 60 the millinery depart
meut and even then every foot Of it
las been utilized. Two French hat
rooms have been installed. These little
apartments are most attractive, and ara
modelled after those which are in gen
eral use in Partisan millinery shOTs. The
millinery display is literally a mass OF
beauty. with imported hats OF every
artistic design. The suit anC cloak sec
tions ere on the second floor, where the
displays have the benefit of much bet
ter light than was afforded ir the lowe.
part of the building. AL The oUtersar
ments 10 Oe seen here may depended
upon for style as well as excellence in
quality
Ia the new arrangement the dress
goods. silks, Innings, and wash goods
are TO be found in the same location
on the main floor, and the stock is re-
plete i'm every respect.
With the old departments patrons OF
the store are familiar, but since the re-
cent improvements were made the man
agement has introduced a number OF
additional departments which viii in
terest many. Among these is a com
plete line of upholstery, which includes
everything IN that class which one
might need in a house. Tapestries OF
an attractive design offer much from
which TO choose. and all sorts of pat
terms and materials are TO be found by
the shopper.
Lace Department Greatly Enlarged.
One Of the most important depart
ments which has been enlarged is that
OF lace and embroideries. Arrange
ments have been made by which only
the best will be bought. and the clerks
who are TO be in that department Will
be those who have had wide experience
In the sale and judgment of laces. An
unusual variety viii be carried in this