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SURE The GIRL WAS MURDERED
CORONER LOOKS INTO THE DEATH
or ELSA ION DESS tUER.
The King of Havana Cigars

Her Sister Accuses the Brother OF R0ssi.
the Fugitive charged With the Crime.
Of Lying ON Witness stand Trying tn
Make Death Appear as an Accident.
As a result Of the inquiry that he has been
making into the death Of Miss Elsa Won
Dess1uer. who died in j. Hoo Wright
Hospital OF "A fractured skull and who
was otherwise frightfully injured, Coroner
Shrady says he feels certain hat the girl
was murdered. The girl was removed
from the apartments Of Carlo Rossi. an
Italian broker. Rossi had entertained the
Won Dessauer girl. her sister Mathilde and
a number OF men friends at his fat. sol
Amsterdam avenue. on the Fourth Of July.
Rossi has disappeared. but his brosber,
who was one OF the party. said yesterday.
as did other witnesses. that the girl became
very mucn intoxicated after drinking
chianti int moselle wine; that she beo a me
limp. fell out OF a chair twice and then
rolled of a sofa. causing her head 70 strike
heavily against a radiator. In this way,
these witnesses say. the girl received the
Mathilde Won Dessauer. sister OF the dead
girl. stuck TO the story that she told before.
That was that Rossi took her sister into his
bedroom. locked the door and that when
Elsa repulsed him he beat her. Her story
10 bhlPOtNC W Nhht llANilAB vi NAS .
physician who made the autopsy on the
body. The dead girls body was covered
with bruises.
When Salvatore Rossi, brother OF the
missing man. was telling of the girl having
fallen a number Of times Mathilde Won
Dessauer became greatly excited. Severa
times she interrupted the proceedings.
you are lyingl That is not the truth"
she cried once while Salvatore Rossi was
testifying.
When another witness told practically
the same story az that told by Rossi the
sister Of the dead girl jumped up and
shouted:
please do not believe a word they sayl
They are trying to save the mar that killed
my sisterl"
DR.. Beatty, who was called in to attend
the injured girl. gave testimony which
showed that il was his opinion that the girl
dice from a violent assault. A new witness
turned up yesterday. He is Vinoenzo Will,
a wine importer of Ba xter street, who lives
in West Hoboken. Will was one Of the
party. He told the same story as that of
Salvatore Rossi. Coroner Shrady held
Will in 500 bail. The Coroner announced
that he would continue his investigation
and ask the police TO double their efforts
to find the missing broker. II ia believed
by many that Rossi has sailed for Europe.
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Obituary Notes.

BENJAMIN I. Kissam. for many wears a
resident of Bayonne, N. j., died at. his home,
IS4I North avenue, Elizabeth. on Thursday
He was NJ years old and a descendant OF John
Nissan. who settled In Flushing. l.. l., in 1864.
He was the senior member Of the law firm of
Kissap a Embury OF New York and was one
of the founders OF the New York City Bar
Alumni Association OF Columbia College and
the 81. Nicholas Society. He leaves Two sons.
Coleman T. k'ssam Of Orange and Ia yard r..
Kissam Of Elizabeth
Louis W. Payne, a descendant Of the early
settlers Of 81. Lawrence county, died on
Brooklyn, in his eighty-ninth year lie
moved TO Oneida county in early life and
for twenty years published n weekly paper,
lie was q leading AbolitiOnist in the county.
lie moved to Brooklyn In 1890 and estab-
lished Q printing business; He was one Of
the early members Of the Sixth Avenue Meth
0dist Episcopal Church. lie lea yes a widow
and six children.
James la Rhett Livingston, second vice.
president OF the Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Company. died of heart disease, after an III
ness OF some months, at, his home in Law
In Eli2abethtown, Essex county, y. Y, on
November ~, ls44. He entered the oflce
Of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company
IN 1865. since which date his connection with
was n member OF the Blooming Grove Park
Association. He leaves a widow, u son and
a daughter.
Wilmon Whilldin died on Thursday At his
home, S7 Bergen street. Brooklyn. IN his
hfty-hfth year. He was n graduate of the
engaged in business in Brooklyn for twenty
years. lie was prominent in the Masonic
order and served a. deputy OF the Third
district OF New York. He leaves u widow.
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DIED.

~hfATT.-ln Chicago. m. July II. 1907, Edgar T.
Hyatt OF Pialnneld, N. J.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
NISSAN AT Elizabeth, N. J.. on Thursday, July H.
1907, BENJAMIN Tredwell Nissan. In the SOFA
year Of his age.
iunerai services private. at his late readenrc
1871 North av.. Elizabeth. N. j., on SATURDAY.
Iwy IL. AZ $50 O'Clock In tho afternoon Co.
naees will meet Pennsylvania Railroad train
leaving Cortlandt street at go.
LIVINGSTON Suddenly. at Lawrence, l.. /.
on July II, James La Rhett Livingston.
Funeral from his late residence, on Sunday
July II. on arrival OF 3 10 train. East 34th -.
MARSHALL.-Louis r.. at Whitcstone. l. l..
suddenly. In his adth year.
helauVes and friends are In vited to attend yer.
Vice at his late residence. 7th sv. and ilth ~.
AZ $50 p. NJ. Saturday. July IL Intermeut -
convenience OF family.
MOVES. on Thursday. July II. 1907, Joseph Glars.
In the Sth year OF his age.
Funeral services No 69S ST. Marks av. prookiy,,
on Sunday. July IL at , p. N. Interrrcni
private.
Bresi. France. wednesday. JUS
10 In her Ssth year. Mary Mason. daughte NJ
lhe late Isaac Jones and widow of Gen. CONT
philippe Regis de Trobrland.
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NEW ONTARIO FREIGHT RATES.
Discrimination In Favor or Detroit and
Buffalo Abolished by Government Order.

Discrimination In Favor or Detroit and
Buffalo Abolished by Government Order.
OTTAWA. July i2.-The Railway Com
mission promulgated to-day an order
which will have far reaching effect. For
many years it has been a cause Of COM
I,laint against the railway companies that
their freight rates from Windsor and other
western Ontario frontier points to the
eastern Canadian markets have been con-
siderably higher in many cases than the
rates charged 10 the same markets from
Detroit and cities on the opposite side OF
the boundary line. The order of the Conn
missioners abolishes this discrimination
and makes the Detroit and Port Huron
rates the maximum TO no charged from
all points east 70 Halifax and Sydney.
The same REIMBURSEMENT Ia to be made
al the Niagara frontier, except that in con-
sequence OF the position Of Buffalo relative
TO Detroit the rates from the niagara
peninsula, while considerably reduced. will
still be slightly higher in some cases than
from Buffalo. hut this ould not be avoided
without a disarrangement Of the whole plan
Of adjustment.
The Canadian freight classification will
apply from Detroit and Buffalo and on ali
American traffic into Canada through
those ~gateways. instead Of the United
States Official classification as heretofore.
This important order il the first, il IL
understood, OF a series which will be made
all over ana in order to protect the
interests OF the Canadian shippers aRainst
United States competitors.
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tract Is to run for five years, with the option
OF q five years renewal.
Chief Engineer Chandler Withinpton
OF the Finance Department in a report 70
the Board OF Estimate criticised the terms
oftbe contract recommended by Mr.. O'Brien.
ne pointed out that Sos a million gallons
was too high in view Of the fact thai tho
company delivered about s, 800. 600 gallons
every t~wenty-four hours. He drew AZ
tention also to the fact that the cost 10
the city OF delivering water 20 the First
WARD OF Queens. from it's own pumping
plan would be about S54 a million gallons
Mr.. wilmington suggested that the con.
tract should he 40 modified as TO provide
for a sliding scale of payments which call
upon the city to pay only SIS per million
5000, 900 gallons at prices ranging from
s65 10 $40. Despite this report the Boari
OF E1stimate resolved to authorize the con
tract recommended.
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TEXAS PROTESTS TO T.. s.
state Claims Land Held by Land Claim
Court 70 Belong To Gov ernment.

AUSTIN, Tex, July I2.-The Attorney
General announced to-day hat he would
resist the attempt on the part Of the Federal
Government to issue a patent to $50 600
acres of land lying between the eastern
and western channels of the Rio Grande,
which has been held by the Court OF Private
Land Claims at Santa Fe. N. NJ, to be n
portion Of the Santa Teresa grant located
in Donna Ana county, n. VI.
This land il also claimed by citizens Of
Texas m the ground that il belongs to
Of the State of Texas.
The Attorney-Gene to-day forwarded
TO the General Land Office at Washington
a protest against the proposed patent
being issued inc requesting a reheariDg
OF the case.
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WATER SUPPLY FOR QJEENS.
The citizens Company OF Newtown Gets
Contract Again.

The city has entered into a contract
with the Citizens Water Supply Company
OF Newtown. Borough Of Queens. to supply
the borough with not less than 1000, 600
gallons OF water daily at a cost of ss5 a
million, The Board OF Estimate authorized
the making Of the contract on the recon-
mendation OF Commissioner O'Brien of the
apartment OF Water Supply. Gas and
Electricity.
In a communication TO the board Mr.
o'Brien pointed out that the company had
1902, for supplying water TO the residents
OF the First ward of Queens borough. and
that since that time il had continued the
supply and had rendered periodical bills
TO the city, The Commissioner suggested
be better ~safeguarded by having "A cor
tract made with the company. The con-
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The Senator then wanted to know about
q red hot speech Haywood made in Denver
when he attacked the Legislature for not
passing the eight hour law that a popular
vote had demanded.
Haywood said that he contrasted the
houses where the smelter men lived with
the palaces where eX-Gov. Grant and others
lived, and he added IL did il in such a vivid
way that the tears rolled down Gov. Grants
face n he told me later that he would
leave his home and move out OF the State
This bit of grand stand PLAYING nearly
moved the socialists in court to tears, but
with difficulty they restrained themselves.
Haywood for some reason neglected to say
whether his eloquence really chased Gov.
Grant out of the State.
Haywood said that though he thought
he first saw Orchard at a convention in
Denver in January, 1904, he was not sure
Of il and he believed ne first met him in
Meyers Office late in March, when Mover
and Orchard were planning 70 go TO Ouray.
He thought Pettibone stepped in and that
Meyer then asked him To buy them two
sawed of shotguns.
Didn't you hear Meyer say that he
telephoned TO Pettibone about itp" the
witness was asked
Eyes, | think | did" admitted Haywood,
but | don't remember hearing such tele-
phone conversation"
Al thai time there were present only
Meyer, Haywood. Pettibone and Orchard.
when OrCnarO came DaCk aIteT Mover q
arrest Orchard told Haywood. the latter
said. that he thought Meyer could have
escaped the authorities by means of a trap
door in his hotel room II ne had desired
to do 80.
-Can you fix with any certainty the day
YOU last saw Orchard before the Inde-
pendence explosion" ask ed the Senator.
We'll, the explosion occurred on June
30 il might rave been a week or so, but
I don't remember having had any CONVEX
sation with him." He added that he didn't
see Orchard again until January. 1906.
Nor did you know Of his Whereabouts
in that interyal1"
NO. sir, | did not He knew that
Orchard passed under the name of Hogan
about that time, but he again denied having
sene him at the Belmont Hotel.
"lou don't remember going into his
room ut the Belmont Hotel?" persisted
the Senator.
-No. sir, I'm sure l never went into the
room with him." declared Haywood, thus
fatty ~contrndicting Mrs. Day, the de-
fences witness. who had testified to the
contrary.
When he and Steve Adams came TO
headquarters in January, 1905, they came
for relief money, according TO the witness,
Orchard had declared that il was about
this time that the plotting against Gov.
Peabody and Judges Goddard and Cab
bert began.
The Senator called Hnywood!s attention
to his testimony to the effect that a few
days after the Independence outrage he
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PETER ARSON DEAD.
wealthy Northwest Railway Contractor a
Native OF Danish Island.

Hu ENs. July PETER Larson. the
richest man in the Northwest. died here
this evening.
Peter larson. a native of the island of
Funen, Denmark, came to this country
when he was 20 years old. His first savings
we're stolen n he later saved $500 by
working on the Southern levees.
Then he went into railroad construction
in the Dakotas and Montana. He built
more of the Northern Pacific than any
other man, and then built sections Of the
Great Northern and Montana Central.
He became heavily interested in many
Montana and Washington banks and his
wealth was v~ariously estimated at be
tween S., 100000 and s25 900 900. lie was
81 wears old.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-15
.R. \. BUFORD IS
A CANDIDATE
VIII Try to Be Appointed
, United States District
Attorney.

The Gadsden County Times, of Fri
day, says:
Mr.. Rivers H. Buford, OF Quincy.
who has made application to the pres
ident to be appointed district attorney
for the northern district of Florida
has been a resident of the state Of
Florida since 1882.
He began the practice of law at Wo-
wahitchka, Florida, in 1900, and rep
resented Calhoun county in the lower
house of the legislature of 1901 with
much credit and distinction. He moved
to Quincy more than four years ago,
where he has since resided and where
he has acquired the confidence of the
people and now enjoys an extensive
practice of his profession. He is q
man of high ideals and strong char.
acter, has ever been fearless in tbs
discharge of his duties, is an orator
of no mean ability and is considered
by those qualified to judge one of the
strongest trial lawyers in Florida
Should he receive the appointment
to which he aspires the federal depart.
| ment of justice would be well repre-
sented in the northern district OF
| Florida. Mr.. Buford and Judge Shep-
| pard have been close friends for
period of more than ten years, ard
it would doubtless be very pleasing
for them to be thus brought together
| in the discharge of official duties
| Mr.. Buford has the assurance of
exceedingly strong endorsement and,
while he has been prominently iden-
tined with the Democratic party and
| is very close to the present Florida
administration, IL is believed that
/ some of the strongest Republicans in
the state, realizing his fitness for the
place, will endorse his application"
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Last Sundays issue of the Cleve-
land, Ohio, Plain Dealer, contains a
full page, illustration and article I'M
der the caption "A National Home for
the Blue and the Gray" the article
being written by Paul Bellamy and
giving in full the plan proposed by
Phares Bell, of Cleveland. to estab-
liSh a home in Florida to cost $4,000
GEO for the veterans of the Union and
Confederate armies.
Mr. Belle has spent considerable
time in Florida and last winter a
number of papers in this state made
mention of his plan. The article in
the Plain Dealer goes more into par
ticulars than any thing heretofore pub
lished and is herewith reproduced so
the people of Florida can see what a
magnificent home the old veterans are
TO have if Mr. Bell can put through
his project.
Bells Ambition.
To bring about the realization of his
plan for the foundation of a magnifi-
cent S5,0e0G00 national home in Flor
ida for the joint use of veterans of
the federal and Confederate armies.
is the end, aim and ambition of Phares
Bell of Cleveland. A veteran of the
civil war himself, his hair is white
with the labor of 75 years. But time
has not dulled his ardor, and with
firm resolve he has consecrated his
remaining years to his great ideal.
Bell has been working upon his
scheme for ten years. He propoSed
that the site for the home, 10000
acres of rich land near Gainesville
valued at 100000. shall be donated
by the state CT Florida He has al
ready received pledges from members
Of the state legislature that this will
be done
BY Popular Subscription.
The cost of building the home
which Bell calculated at $4,000. 900
Is to be raised by popular st,hscrip.
ton. He has already received pledges
from 1000 persons. He feels certain
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A $5,OOO,O 600 HOME FOR ;
BOTH THE BLUE AND GRAY

that if the grant of land is made he
can raise the needed $5,000.O 900 in a
few years. After the home has been
completed it is to be turned over to
the federal government, which is there
after to keep it running. When the
last veteran has died the home will
become splendid national memorial
This is the financial aspect of Bells
plan. On the other hand he has not
neglected the aesthetic, as might be
guessed from his estimate that the
home will cost S5,000.000. He has
conceived it on an immense scale.
The land which Bell has selected
for the home is nve miles from Gaines
vile and completely surrounds Luz
of northern Florida Live oaks, mag
nolias and evergreens provide grateful
shade. The rich land is capable of
yielding three crops a year which
would go far toward supporting the
home Streams which feed the lake
could be damned in the foothills, Gre
ating reservoirs with an inexhaustibfe
supply of pure water.
Bell does not believe in idleness and
plans to have each able-bodied veteran
cultivate a plot of ground of size in
proportion to his strength. As he be-
comes feeble, his work will be grad
ually lightened. Of course there will
be no attempt to make money from
the fruits of the old mems toll. The
work is solely for their own good. to
keep them healthy and happy.
To Live in Cottages.
The inmates of the home are to be
housed in pleasant cottages. Each is
! to have full liberty to roam at will
! Through the great preserves For
amusement an assembly hall and the
alter will be provid d. together with
a museum and we'll stocked zoo Eth
and buffalo will run wild in the woods
and the entire park will be bounded
by a broad, well paved boulevard.
Nothing is to be omitted which would
enhance either the beauty or utility
Of the home
Bell has worked out rules of adj
mission with great care The power
tn select or reject inmates s to be
lodged in a board OF directors. Each
: inmate upon entering f. to siEE an
agreement that for certain offcns@s
ka will forfeit his right m remain in
TIE hD,aa. The pe1a'tv for wsv:rc
. the hlco;y shirt is six month"; sus7eit-
sion, iaId for seccrsj ofs=2sa. eis,-
ton. So far as nossi'h'a ro u1desir-
able citizens VIII be a:rit:a1
With delicate feeling Bell has work,
ed cut the peralex:nE rToh!erl Of ltii-
forms. Feeling that both C0n:stla-
ates and federal veterans >wcnld die
ike TO give IN t.seir -lEifo-ms 10 hit
uPou a SolOmic co5nr-3Y1isa by pr1-
/ y!ding that the blue uniforms shall
| he trimmed with gray, and tile. gray
with blue.
He has often run against men who
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-15

The colonization of these people, it is
believed, will give steady and per-
manent supply OF the best labor avail
able for the canal work and will re-
suit in clearing and improving a good
portion Of the land belonging to the
commission on the canal zone.
Exclusive of the contract labOrers
brought to the isthmus Of Panama at
the expense of the canal commission
during the fiscal year ended June 50
last. the number of immigrants aTriV-
ing at Colon to which port comes
practically all the labOrers for the
canal was in excess of 7,134. At the
Pacific terminal the number Of pas
sengers who left there during the ifs
cal year was 1.313 less than the num-
Der who entered. From the total force
of canal employees on the roll in July,
1906, the death rate was Ga per 1000,
as against 50 per l 900 in July, 1907.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-15
COST Of THE
GREAT DITCH
IN THE ZONE
Up to the End Of the Last
Calendar Year Uncle Sam
Had Paid Gu. Almost a
Hundred MiI1;or-Much
of 1t Was for Rights and
for Preliminary Stages OF
the Great Work.

The Panama canal cost the Ameri-
can government $S4, $4,000 up TO De-
cember 81, 1906, according to state
ment of the audited expenditures
made as of that date and just puo-
Hshed. The bulk of this expenditure
was the $50.0000O0 to the French
company. and the Panama government
for canal property, right of way and
franchises. and S3.449.022 went for
material and supplies
For general administration, there
was expended 81, 1874 .226; government
and sanitation St,3S1 09S, and con-
struction and engineering S9,729,554.
Other expenses include sl2.l3S.S02
under the head of plant, which in
cludes rolling stock, machinery, sec
ond main track ON isJhmuS, buildings
and zone water works
Actual masonry work. it is believed,
can be commenced at the Gatun locks
of the isthmian canal within eighteen
months, according 20 statement
made in the Canal Record, copies OF
which have been received AT Washing
ton. Railroad trestles are being cree
ted across the line that will mark the
inside and outside boundaries Of the
big dam at Gatun and from one of
these direct trains are dumping dirt
upon the site of the dam.
Preparatory to the installation of
the pipe line GredSes, by which more
rapid work on the dam will be pcssi-
bic, the Chagres river has been di-
verted from its main channSi ana
damned The survey Of al the coun-
try to be converted into the great
Gatun lake has been completed and
the finished reports show that the area
will be III square miles
A plan by which European laborers
on the isthmus of Panama may bring
their families TO that place is under
consideration by the canal commits
sion. l. cOuteIaplateS the erection OF
cheap houses on, small tracts of land,
establishing settlements in clese-prox-
unity to the work along the canal
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with the first generation, but will be
handed down for centuries. If we re-
ly wholly upon natural forces the
perfect union cannot be brought to
pass for many. many years.
Therefore, I submit that it is the
part of wisdom to assist nature in the
welding process, My aim is for a
great national home, where veterans
OF both sides will live together in
harmony. Such home would stand
before the, country as the ; glorious
symbol of union. The moral influence
wonld be tremendous. 1t would kin
die such flame of patriotism that
the last filament of rancor would be
consumed like grass in a furnace"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-15
Saved Her Sons Life.

The happiest mother in the little
town Of Ava, Mo. is Mrs. S. Rupee.
She writes: One year ago my son was
down with such serious lung trouble
that our physician wak unable to help
him; when, by our druggists advice.
began giving him DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, and soon noticed improve
ment I kept this treatment up for a
few weeks when he was perfectly vel
He has worked steadily since al car.
penter work Or. Kings New DiscOr
cry saved his life" Guaranteed best
cough and cold remedy by all drug
gists. soc and S1.O0. Trial Bottle
free
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ABSOLUTELY FREE.

IN order to introduce INDIAN
] SALNE, the greatest PILE & &c
ZEMA REMEDY, on the market to-
day. into thousands of new homes. we
have decided to give ABSOLUTELY
FREE to every purchaser OF a SI.O0
size package a beautiful picture of an
INDIAN QUEEN, printed in If coIors,
without any advertisement ready for
framing This picture cannot be pur-
chased in any art store under 81 90
However. by calling on your druggist
and purchasing a 81 90 size package
Of Indian Salve, same can be obtained
absolutely free. II your dr1ggist can
not supply you. write to us direct
sample package together with our
booklet on general Diseases will be
sent to any address upon receipt of
Zoe. Write to-day. Address Indian
Salve and Remedies Co., Inc, No. s22
Gates ave.. Brooklyn, NJ. " For Sale
by
CRYSTAL PHARMACY.