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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-09

swallowed something, and when they
arrived at the Jail he was frothing at
the mouth and almost in convulsions.
The poison he had taken, whatever
It was, caused him a great deal OF
physical anguish, but failed to end his
life, which was the consummation he
probably wished.
His trial lasted eleven days, and the
evidence against him, though circum-
stantial, was conclusive. Many learned
and distinguished men took the wit
ness stand, testifying for or against
the prisoner, among them being Oliver
Wendell Holmes. Webster was found
guilty and sentenced to death. He ad-
dressed the Jury and tried to explain
away the evidence against him, but
his talk was not convincing.
+ He was in great anguish OF mind
when returned to his prison. The
fortitude he had displayed during the
trial deserted him, and he became
rather pitiable object. Application
was made to the governor for COM
mutation of sentence, and in support
of this application Webster made
confession he declared to be true. He
admitted having killed Parkman, but
insisted that the crime was unpremed-
itated, and that he suffered great
provocation.
According to his story he owed
Parkman money which he was unable
to pay at that time. Parkman called
at his office on the fateful Friday and
was very angry because Webster didn't
have the money ready. Webster be-
gan to make an appeal for more time,
but the visitor was furiously angry,
and upbraided him in the bitterest
terms. applying the most contemptu-
| GUS epithets. AT last" said Webster
"his fury became almost maniacal and,
unable longer to endure 1t, when he
thrust his fist Immediately in my face.
struck him over the head with q
stick. The blow was upon the temple,
and he fell heavily to the floor. Every
effort to resuscitate him was In vain,
and in the agony attendant upon the
discovery that l was murderer, my
first thought was how to conceal the
body"
His petition for clemency failed to
move the governor. and one doleful
day he walked in fear and trembling
to the gallows tree. and his name was
added to the long list Of distinguished
men who. through some moral or
mental crook, have brought them
selves into that shadow of disgrace
which shall be lifted nevermore."
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qualifications Oh sieutn. AS nS went
about his work day by day he medi-
tated and brooded over various things
he had noticed, and he put two and
two together In his mind, and con-
cluded that they made four, and he
determined to investigate. Why did
the able and gifted professor keep his
doors locked all the time? Why did
he keep up great flres in the assay
furnaces at all sorts of unholy hours?
These things were suspicious. Watch
ing his opportunities, the janitor
broke through brick wall into q
vault under the laboratories, and there
found parts of a human body. Again
he examined the ashes and clinkers
from the furnaces, and found what he
took to be bones. Among the things
found were particles Of gold. hui
man tooth, part of set Of false teeth.
The abnormally long jaw of the miss
ing man made identifcation easy and
certain. Parkman's dentist recognized
the false teeth at once.
When these discoveries were MADE
known to the authorities, Webster had
gone home after day of. arduous toll
in chemical research, and was resting
in the bosom of his family. 1t was de-
cided to arrest him at once. and two
or three officers went to his home in
a hack. They explained to Webster
that they considered 1t necessary to
make another search Of his quarters
at the college and requested him to
20 with them. He pretended to be
quite at his ease, and agreed to &C
company the officers with his usual
cheerfulness, but there is no doubt
that he suspected the truth and real
lied that the truth was known. After
entering the hack with the officers he
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tions in the past, so the learned pro-
fessor was questioned, and he said
that Parkman had called upon him to
collect a sum of money due on a note.
He paid the money, and the note was
cancelled, and Parkman left his Of
fee, and that was all he knew about
It OF course 1t was absurd to sup
pose that the professor knew anything
more than he disclosed, but, just for
the sake Of appearance. and to satisfy
the public mind, which was excited to
the point of frenzy. the officers asked
permission to search the professor s
quarters at the college. The permis-
sion was cordially given. The learned
man showed the officers around every
where, and begged them to make their
search exhaustive, and they did.
They searched his offices and labora
tories three separate times. and dis
covered nothing suspicious. Mean
while other officers were dragging
every pool and creek. and crawling
under buildings, and overturning hay
mows, in q vain effort to find a trace
of the missing man. After a week oi
this sort of thing the police confessed
themselves hopelessly bafhed, ant
freely expressed the opinion that thu
mystery never would be solved
Everybody had a theory explainini
the disappearance, and only one o
all the theories entertained in BostoI
town came anywhere near the truth.
The janitor Of the college was {
man named Lttlefield and he had tn
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Iondon's Lord Mayor.

Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield, lord
mayor of London, is a man OF large
business AFFAIRS and directs the opera
tions of one Of the great English oil
companies. Since 1895 he has lived IN
London. He started on the long road
to high office in 1904. when he was
elected member of the court OF COM
mon council. He has been decorated
by the president Of France, the king OF
Belgium, and. in other and dinerent
days, the kaiser. He has Travelled
greatly, and has written q bApk called
Future Trade in the Far EaAt" The
lord mayor has always been deeply
interested in charitable works and
prizes highly decorations Of the Order
Of Mercy and the Order Of st. John
of Jerusalem, of which he Is knight
of grace. He il also . keen art col
lector.
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THE WERsrER-PARKMAN CASE.

No modern crime is more celebrated
than the murder of DR.. George Park
man by Prof. John w. Webster of
Harvard college. This because both
the slayer and the slain were distin-
guished men, and also by reason OF
the grotesQuely horrible circumstances
attending the crime.
Doctor Parkman was a wealthy and
widely known citizen of Boston, and
at the time of his removal was sixty
years Of age. He was a man Of most
peculiar appearance. His face was
unusually long, and terminated in a
sharp chin, protruding to such an ex-
tent that 1t seemed deformity. His
head was bald and down the center Of
it ran a huge cranial ridge. suggesting
that his skull had been soldered to-
gether by a poor workman. He was
thin and tall. enjoyed excellent health,
and was remarkably active and ener-
getic for one Of his years.
Webster was an entirely different
type of man, being short, round and
heavy set, with rosy and cheerful
countenance. He was popular, not
withstanding the fact that he wore
side whiskers, and his attainments
may be judged from the fact that he
held the chair of chemistry at Har-
ward, and also in the Boston Medical
college, where he had private offices
and laboratories.
It was on Friday, November %, 1849,
that Doctor Parkman disappeared.
He was a man of such regular habits
that the neighbors set their clocks by
him, and when he failed to come home
for dinner his wife was much
alarmed. She told the neighbors, but
they laughed at her fears, and per
suaded her that nothing could be
wrong. Next morning, however, the
doctor still being absent, and no mes
sage having come from him, Mrs
Parkman was seriously disturbed
and she notified the police. Then q
systematic search was conducted fol
days together, but without results
The doctor was traced to the Boston
Medical college, and there 1t seemed
that he vanished from the face Of the
earth.
1t was known that the doctor and
Webster had some financial transac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-26
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. October 26.-The cotton
market showed renewed activity and
excitement early today and there were
further wide fluctuations. The opening
was easy at decline of 81 points on
December. which sold at 1875, and of 9
to 10 points on later deliveries Cables
were better than due. but there ap-
peared to he big accumulation of
overnight selling orders. and January
broke to 1890 after the call, while
May sold Off to 1916, or about 19 to %
points net lower.
The market was then steadied by
covering and support from other
sources. with prices showing rallies to
about last nights closing toward the
end of the first hour Liverpool was
relatively steady and the early buying
was encouraged by bullish private spot
advices from the south.
Futures opened easy; December.
1880: January. 1892: March, 1920;
May. 1890: July, 1894.
The early rally carried January up to
1916 and May to 1910. or about "a to
rs points from the low level Of the morn
ing This advance was quickly followed
by renewed weakness, however under
another furry of general liquidation. and
January broke to 1878 early in the noon
hour, with May selling at 1904. or about
81 to "a points below yesterdays closing
figures. This decline carried prices back
to within or points Of the lowest level
reached on the break of yesterday after
noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-26
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today
% the following:
Harry l. Kite. 70 build dwellings at
go and 4o4 l7th street northeast;
architect, A. e. Landvoigt: builder,
Harry A. Kite: estimated cost. $500.
y. =. Powell. 70 build dwelling at $500
ga street northwest: architect and
contractor. p. r. Powell: estimated
cost. $500.
H. r. Howenstein. to build I'VE DWELL
ings from 1857 to ITS Morse street
northeast: architect, W. e. Howser;
estimated cost. $4,000.
Eugene Hale. to repair garage in
rear Of 1910 L street northwest: esti-
mated cost. $3.50.
John y. Gheen, to repair garage at
1921 Irving street northwest; estimated
cost. $40.
z. =. and T. L Riggs, to repair hotel
1T 800 18th street northwest; estimated
cost. $500.
o. q. Sonneck. to repair dwelling at
$3.50 Aacomb street northwest: esti-
mated cost. $50.
L Dulaney. to repair dwelling on 9Th
street near Nichols avenue southeast;
estimated cost. 800.
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BALTIMORE.
,seuui DsspateA to The Star.

BALTIMORE. Nd. October %. 4
p.m. quotations).-Whe !:
spot No. . red. l.ezh; spot No. . red
western. 1.S8M: October No. . rcd,
l.ol: steamer. No. . red. 1.e1 Is: receipts.
1854 bushels.
Coru-Dull and lower: spot contract.
Lee: October, LOO: receipts. S0.461
bushels.
Oats-Firm: No. white, 5sa5sN;
standard white. 67ha Ass: No. white.
GekaS7. Receipts. 1854 bushels.
Rye-6teady: No. western export
Hay-Quiet: unchanged.
Grain freights-Not quotable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-26
BIG ROBBERY CHARGED.
Assistant Cashier of Bank Accused
Of Having Stolen see, O0O.

NEW YORK. October 26.-Henry J.
Dorgelch. for years assistant cashier of
the Coal and Iron National Bank. was
arrested today by the federal authori-
ties, charged with having robbed the
bank of $20.847. According to the
United States district attorney Dor
gelch's total populations amount to
$4,000.
The specific complaint against Dor
eelch charges him with having stolen
a check drawn on the bank. The fed
eral authorities say that all the missing
money was obtained in the same man.
ner. The alleged thefts date back to
1911. The bank was fully protected
from loss, federal officials said, the
defalcations having been made good
by Dorgelch's bonding company. No
explanation is made of the purposes to
which the missing money was put.
Dorgelch, thirty-seven years old, was
married and lived very quietly in
Brooklyn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-26
Air Raid on Istrian Coast.

ROME. October "a. via Paris, October
2e.-Squadrillas of Italian and French
sea planes have bombarded Austrian
military works In three places on the
west coast Of Istria and escaped un-
scathed, says recent official an
nouncement of the Italian war office. An
aerial battle between the French hydro
aeroplanes and Austrian seaplanes, In
which one of the Austrian machines
was capsized and another fell into
lagoon at Baseleghe. on the Italian
coast near Caorle. also is reported. The
Austrian squadrilla had been throwing
bombs on Caorle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-26
The Safest Investments
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, October 26.-Hogs-Re-
ceipes, $4,000 head; weak, 10 cents I'M
der yesterdays average; bulk 9.9oa
1896; light. 9.7oa10.25; mixed. 9.15a
1925: heavy, 9.70ate.3o; rough. 9.7oa
ss5; pigs, 7.75as.65.
Cattle-Receipts. 5000 head; steady;
native beef cattle. 6.60a11.65: western
steers. 615a9.50; stockers and feeders.
485a775; cows and heifers, 3.35a9oo;
calves 7.00a11.00.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 head; firm;
wethers, 700aS.25; lambs. S.25a10.75.
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PARIS.

PARIS, October 26.-The weekly
statement of the Bank of France shows
the following changes: Gold in hand in
creased ss. 1900 ooo francs: silver in hand
decreased $4,000 francs; notes in cir
treasury deposits increased 121.525. 0Oo
francs: general deposits increased lSs.-
0s3. 900 francs: bills discounted in
creased 27.521.000 francs; advances in.
creased, 9,734,000 francs.
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Foreign Bank Statements.
LONDON.

LONDON, october 26.-The weekly
statement of the Bank of England shows
the following changes:
Total reserve decreased 100000; cir
culation Increased e1s.o00; bullion de-
creased sssI:ss 56o other securities in
creased, G3t79.000; public deposits de-
creased s3.046,0o0; notes reserve de-
creased f376.000; government securities.
unchanged.
The proportion of the banks reserve
to liability this week is 22.s7 per cent;
last week 1t was 1880 per cent.
Discount rate. per cent.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, October 26.-In the
face of much better cables than due
cotton broke % to &c points around the
opening on this market today, under a
continuation of the liquidation which
was such marked feature Of yester-
days trading. Good support was Of
fered on the decline, which resulted in
a recovery, the market standing at the
end of the first half hour of business 3
points down to 2 points up, compared
to yesterdays close.
Futures opened irregular. Opening
bid: December, 1880; January, 1898:
March, 1858: May. 1873; July, 1896
asked.
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Sugar Market Is Firm.

NEW YORK, October 26.-Raw sugar
Firm; centrifugal. 6.64; nolasses, 5.77:
refined. firm; fine granulated. 7.oaI.!5.
Sugar futures were armer on continued
strength in the spot market and further
prices were 4 to points higher.
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WEATHER..
Fair and Colder Tonight, With
Frost-Tomorrow Fair.

Frost-Tomorrow Fair.
For the District of Columbia. fair,
colder tonight with frost Tomorrow fair;
yen4,e northwest winds becoming yaria-
BILE.
For Maryland. fair tonight. with frost:
colder in east portion. Tomorrow fair;
gentle northwest winds, becoming varia-
BILE.
For Virginia. fair, colder tonight with
frost in the interior. Tomorrow fair:
moderate shifting winds, mostly north
and northeast OH the coast.
For West Virginia, fair tonight. To-
morrow fair, warmer.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide. 1:40 am and 1:41
pm; high tide. 7:14 am. and 1871 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 2:23 am. and
2:20 pm; high tide. 1857 am. and S:13
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 6:2s am: sun sets,
Tomorow-Sun rises. 6:29 am; sun
sets, STA pm.
Moon rises. s:1s am: sets, 4:4s pm
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour a1IeF sunset
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours BEGINNING at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yeste p.m., 81:
SPIN, IS; IL midnight. So; today. am,
SIS; am, 40; noon. Sc; pm. 49, Maxi
mum, So, at 4:30 pm. yesterday; mini
mum, AZ, at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, IS; minimum. 81.
arometer-Yesterday, pm, 29.97;
pm, 1882; ~ midnight. 1892: today.
am, 1896; am, 1905; noon, 1907;
pm, 1905
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at 8 am: Great FalIs-Temperature,
SIS: condition, 55. Dalecarlia reservoir
temperature, Sc: condition at north
connection. %; condition at south con-
nection, 20. Georgetown distributing
eseryoir-Temperature Sc; condition
at infiuent gatehouse, %; condition at
eff1uent gatehouse, "a.
Weather in Various Cities.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, October 26-Cotton-
Spot weak: good middling, ILL; mid.
ding, 11:03; low middling, 1897; sales
10000 bales. 900 bales for speculation
and export: receipts, $4,000 bales.
Futures irregular. October. lO.93h
October November, 1093h; November.
December. 1921; Overwhelmingly
1892; February, 1924: Febru.
ary-March, 1898: March-April, HOP
April May, 11.06; May-June, lilo
June-July, 11.09: July-August, 11.08.
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POWDER STOCKS.
Quotations furnished BY ". B. Hibbs a q,
Care in Harvesting Adyised.

The sweet potato harvest of the
country will take place within the next
six weeks or two months. The De-
partment of Agriculture advises utmost
care in handling and storage Of the
crop, as any bruising Of the roots.
either on the field or in storage, will
greatly increase the percentage of loss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-26
NHAHcIAL,
The Budget System

Six or eight expense items
confront you periodically
such as interest payments.
taxes, insurance. fuel bill. va
cation expenses and your chill
dren's schooling. Meet these
expenses in a businesslike way.
without difficulty, by the use or
the Budget System.
You know very nearly what
these expenditures will amount
to. Set aside from your income
every week, or month, certain
amounts in your Savings Ac
count, so that when these varl-
GUS expense items are due, you
will have the ready money to
pay them. s'
Perhaps you haven't Say
ings Account not, open one
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-26
Declares Another Dividend.

NEW YORK, October ga dividend
of per cent on the preferred shares
Of the United States Cast Iron Pipe
and Foundry Company was declared to-
day, making per cent thus far this
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-26
NEW YORK.

Firmer: receipts, 9,243 packages. Cream
cry, higher than extras, 36a36& creamery
extras t92 score). 351Aa35A: firsts, 34Aa
IS: seconds. 33a34.
Eggs-Irregular: receipts. 1927 cases.
Fresh gathered. extra fine. 39a40: ex-
ira firsts, 37a3s: firsts. 34a36: seconds.
31a33. Nearby hennery whites, fine to
fancy. 5sa65; nearby hennery browns.
43a50.
Cheese-Firm: receipts, 3.748 boxes
state. fresh snecials. 21a21A; do, aver
age fancy. coy.
Live poultry-Firm; broilers IS;
fowls. 15a19; turkeys, 23a25.
Dressed, duh and weak, chickens. Pa
80; fowls 17a24; turkeys. 2Oa32
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NEW YORK LEAD MARKET.

NEW YORK October 26.-The metal
exchange quotes lead 7.0oa7.10: spelter
quiet; spot East st. Louis delivery. 1oa
lON. At London, lead. $50 les; spelter,
S54
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DAIRY MARKETS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. October 26-Butter UNI
changed; receipts. 5.S22 tubs. Eggs un-
changed; receipts. 2.912 cases. Cheese
unchanged Potatoes higher; receipts, AZ
cars; Minnesota and Dakota white, 150a
1.55; Ohios J.50a1.60; Wisconsin and
higher; fowls. IL; springs 171h.
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Up-River Waters.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va. October
26,-The Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers both were clear this morning.
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VERY LIGHT Trading
IN LOCAL SECURITIES
Few Sales Made Show No Changes
IN Values on Stocks or
Bonds.
Baltimore and Ohio Gross Earnings
for September Increased $SeS, 626.
Southern BY. Calls Meeting.


Business on the Washington Stock
A small accumulation Of both stocks and
bonds il going on slowly and prices are
without change
AL speculation in the city is on the
New York market. every customers
room in the private wire houses being
5ammed to capacity. while telephone or
dere for both regular and curb stocks
and bonds help to make up large daily
records Of transactions.
Today's limited transactions In local
stocks included a few shares OF Capt.
ferred at So Small sales of Mergen-
thaler were recorded at 1S4 to 1854 y
Two ten-share lots of bank stocks were
sold, at c64 for American Security and
Trust and IL for Bank OF Commerce
shares.
Potomac Electric first mortgage 5s
figured In the sales at LOS, and the con-
solidated IS for the same corporation
sold at l.01k.
Baltimore and Ohio Earnings.
Operating revenue of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company Tor the
month of September was $1O,5l5.s4o.
an increase Of $s0S.O26 over the reve-
nue. for the same month In 1915. The
total operating expenses for the month
were $7.203.052. leaving the net oper-
ating revenue 1882. 1913, an increase
Of sI1s,12o in comparison comp n on! with the net
For the first three months OF the
fiscal year the operating revenue was
SCI, 219.9S7. indicating an increase OF
$a.5s2.55s over the revenue Tor the
expenses for the three months were
$2l ISL .906. an increase Of $3,o19.654
over the expenses for the first three
months Of the last fiscal year. cutting
-. 0e1. o9a. or but s2,9O4 Increase over
the not for the same months IN 1910.
important Announcement.
The Southern Railway Company has
issued a call for q special meeting of
the shareholders Of the company for
January s, 1917. at which time they
VIII be asked to approve a plan for the
creation Of q new refundfng mortgage.
Il ID understood that the plan will
provide for the exchange OF the de-
velopment and general mortgage per
cents for q new refunding and improve
ment ~ per cent bond.
This action has been expected for
months and has been responsible Tor a
sharp advance of about $50 bond on
the outstanding a.
Hagszstown and Frederick Railway.
September operating revenue Of the
Hagerrtown and Frederick Railway
Company was $2z.s14.s7. 'or 2s.2 per
cent greater than for the same month
In 1915. For the month the net income
was $1l,Ses.sS. an increase Of ss.6 per
cent over the income. net. for the same
month OF the previous fiscal year.
Condition Of the Treasury.
Condstion Of the United States Treas
ny yesterday:
Net balance In general fund. $751;
61N15e.
Total receipts. tl.764 .01e.
Total payments. &2.401. PSI.
The deficit this fiscal year ts 176.9l9..
96s, against q deficit Of S4O.685.1 S4 last
year. exclusive Of Panama canal and
public debt transactions.