OCR Text |
Show THE WAGES OP SIN. a Once Handsome and Refined VToaum Ilnrled In a Pan per's Grate. A SAILOR TORN AND DEVOURED ay sharks The CUvton.Brecxenridge Inrestl-gation Inrestl-gation Is Attended by a Sensa tional Incident. NEW YORK'S POLICE INSPECTOR' IN A DILEMMA. Snorrstorra at St. PanI, Minn. The lTrek la Congress. Outrage Out-rage and Murder. By Telegraph tolha JtEwa.1 TIIE CLOS1.NG S.CL.E. Inoeklnc Eol to Career or Sins A VuM Ufe. Kansas City, May 4. Mary Stone, once a Iiautiful and refined woman, died In a shanty in "Hell's Half Acre," several days ago, unattended except by an old ne-gresH, ne-gresH, by w horn she was buried. Dr. Curtis found the woman lying upon a bed made of rough boards, over which an old tioix) blanket was thrown, while old gunny sacks, filled with straw, served as pillows. Tlie woman died of malarial fever fe-ver and pneumonia, caucd by dissipation dis-sipation and want. She was formerly for-merly Miss Mary I.ivlugstone, and was born at Peiksklll, X. T in 1B51. Her father was Samuel Dob-son, Dob-son, a cousin of the Dobsons of Philadelphia, Phil-adelphia, tlie great carpet manufacturers. manufac-turers. She was reared in luxury, and wben she was a girl was sent to the Wetieyan University in Connecticut. Con-necticut. In 1S73 she married Thomas II. Livingston, a young brewer and a memberof ono of the oldest and most reflected Knickerbocker families. She lived with her husband three years, when he secured a divorce, lt is stated, for Mrs. IdviucMon'a intimacy in-timacy with Kuglhh officers and members of the nobility In Paris and Brussels. AFTER THE EUROI'EAS SCANDAL, her parents discovered hcrand, with money furnished by IdvingstoD, she lived a gay life in New "i ork, Ral-timore Ral-timore and Washington. In the lattcrplacerhemarried Dr. Fletcher, who had been connected with the regular army: Mrs. Fletihir went to Chicago, w here she lived notoriously notori-ously for several years. She then Kent to Washington and was an effective lobbyist, being connected with the DeGoljrr tiavemeut bllL She next ran oil w ith a wliolcsul e clothing merchant, going to San Francisco, w here the was deserted and left to shift for herself. She then took the name of Stone. In California she became addicted to drink, and dropped still lower in the social scale. Her dying w ords w ere a request that her people should never know her degraded conJitioti. This was the story told by the negress the day after her death. She was buried In a pauper's grave. Eaten l'p by shnrk. BeatjkoBT, S. C, May -I. Yesterday, Yes-terday, as one of the phosphate freight vessels wai going to sea, a sailor named Jordan tried to desert. Ho jumped overboard while the ship was making its way through the Coosa w River and attempted to swim to the. shore, which was more than a hundred yards distant. A boat- was lowered and sent after him, but there was no need of capturing cap-turing him. A couple of mau-eat-lng sharks got ahead of the boat aud the man was torn to pieces and eaten before the boat could reach him. Tlie man was a Norwegian seaman, on board the Sea Queai, a sailing vessel which had been in port some days and which was on herway to .Liverpool. The Wetk's Lief. "Wasmmiton, May 4. A number num-ber of matters of general Importance have been assigned for consldira-tiou consldira-tiou In tlie Senate this week. Tlie bill for the admission of Idaho and Wyoming are unfinished business until Wednesday, when Jones' silver sil-ver bill will be tlie special order. If action on this is demanded, the admission ad-mission bills are likely to go over. Two things may prevent consideration consider-ation of tlie silver bill the caucus to be held before Wednesday, or the rc'iorting of the army and pension bills so the silver question may go over. Tlie Dlugley worsted cloths bill is also likely to come up,and the death of Senator Reck will disarrange the programme by causing an adjournment adjourn-ment tomorrow. His deatli will also disarrange proceedings in the House, as an adjournment of that body is exjweted on tlie receipt of an official notice from the Senate. Tills will retard tho river and harbor har-bor bill, tho managers of which expected to push it through tomorrow to-morrow under a suspension of the rules. The tariff bill, according to the programme, will be taken up on Tuesday. General debate will begin be-gin at once and Is expected to consume con-sume at least ono week, after which the bill will be discussed by sections sec-tions and subjected to amendment in detail. 1 ery rlenaatlonal. Little Rock, Art, May 4. The proceedings of tliu Clayton-Breckinridge committee yesterday were very sensational. James Slater, tho man supposed to have discovered the murderer of Clayton, told about the same story, implicating Thomas Hooper as tlie murderer, that was contained in tho report telegraphed from Los Angeles. Tonight James Hooper corrobcratcd much of the evidence given by Slater. During Mrs. Hooper's examination examina-tion she denied ever having heard of or met Slater. Thisaftcrnoouher son. In tlie presence of Gov. Fagie and others, met Slater and called him by name. They conversed some tlmo about their acquaintances in Los Angeles, where the Hoopers and Slaters bad lived in tho same bouse. Soonstorm nt HU PanI. St. Paul, May 4. Snow fell here today to the dejith of an Inch or more, but it toon melted. Reports tonight indicate that the snowstorm snow-storm was general throughout the northwest, from La Crosse, Wis, to Jamestown, X. D., the storm extended ex-tended and reached to the lake on the north. This snowfall is generally gene-rally regarded as favorable to big crops, lata snows in former years having been Invariably followed by big yields. A Ca.rb.na.te rind. St. Paul, May 4. A Great Falls, Mont, srwclal: Iteports from Ruker confirm the news of a great find of carbonates and galena in the May and Edna mine, nud also in mines which have been christened the America and Columbia. The discovery dis-covery produced a pronounced sensation, and the workmen on the Great Failt extension of tlie Great Northern Rail way line and miners from oilier sections are taking out claims on the new treasure belt. |