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Show DONE IN COLD BLOOD. SEVEN MURDERS CHARGED TO HENRY F. BASTIAN. li lJd ltoulila l.lfa ud Wa Mainbar of ilia ( hurcb at tha Tima tba Kin car of SuiiiI'Iimi Wu lllravtad at Him. HE crime of Henry F. Uaatlun have startled the people of Rock Inland and a large section of Illinois. On B a s 1 1 a ns farm on mill bArrowed a horse during the after, noon and siaued lor Rock island, taking with him hi wages, amounting to nearly ISO. Two hours' later tbs riderless horse galloped back to the house. Bastlan said he started out to look for the rider and found his body half a mile away. There were several bad cuts on Kuschmann' he.ad, caused, so Bastlan said, by the horse dragging him along the road. Kuschmann leg was tangled In the straps of the saddle, which lay beside him. Two hundred yards away lay his coat, and still farther down the road 2 were found. Several neighbors helped Bastlan put Kusch-manbody in hla buggy, and It was taken to Welgles home. The coroner's jury the next day returned a verdict of accidental death. The dead mans relatives and Sheriff Ilemenway were not satisfied and began an investigation. Large blood dot were found In Bastlan' buggy, and the wound on examination were found free from dirt. The A rs further said they were Inflicted with an ax. No trace 'of tbe man' money has been discovered. er ng No special attention was paid the matter at the time. Den hard H perhaps 27 A CUBAN CIRL KILLED BY SPAN- ISH SOLDIERS. Yolostoorod li forlorn Hopo m with tbo oa Hor Kad. ud Kx-plr- Word Cuba Libra" War Aacol'a" Bad Th Up HE War Angel of as the Ayoleta, Cubans called Ma- -' tllda Agramonte y Varona, was killed while recently shoulder fighting with to shoulder her brothers for the of ber freedom country. She was the daughter of two of the great families of Cuba, heiress to the fame and traditions of two old names of Spain, and to the remnant of a fortune that was once one of the largest in the rich Island. Every rebellion has found Agramontes and under the banner of Cuba. Her BLEACHED HER HAIR. father and a brother gave up their lives Now Kh Is Iniana and May Kavar in the ten years' war. Her remaining rorrr. brothers and her uncles enlisted under Confined In an aBylum at Amityvllle, General Maceo, and left her alone on L. I., with small hope of recovery, ia the plantation In Puerto Principe, the Dell De Forrest, the handsome vaudeonly property left of the vast estate. ville actress, who ha won fame in She went to visit friends In a neighborwhirlwind ing town, and on hei return she found many cities with her dance." She labors under tbe hallucithe family residence burned, the cane nation that ber life ia In peril from peo- gone, tbe servants murdered or scatterple wbo are trying to chloroform her ed. A Spanish guerrilla had crossed cr poison ber by means of ber food. Her there and destroyed the place. There was no place for the girl to go, so she asked the first band of rebels that s ns Creek, ten men tlie direction of Sheriff Hemen-wa- y have dug new trace of ral day, Ilastian'a deed, Three murder are now conclusively traced to Daatian, according to neighbor, and many think four other case of mysterious disappearance are in reality murders, committed by him. One of the crime charged against Itastian by hi neighbor ia the killing of hla 2year-ol- d child five years ago. Ilia other supposed victims are three farm hands, Lauderhneh, Krelnsen and McCaffrey, and a colored nurse named Parish, who disappeared nbout the time ISnetinn's hahy died. There is a great deal of ronjccture In these cases, but tbe people who three week ago waved to mob Sheriff Ilemenway for suggesting that Bastlan killed Kuschmanu would now believe any charge made against him. Alde from the way In which nastian kept up hla dual life, If he wa really a murderer, this change of sentiment Is the most remarkable part of this strange case which is bo full of possibilities. No one can guess Its magnitude. When Sheriff Ilemenway began s to connect HaKlian with Kuschniann's murder the people of Mtiau and the farmer along Mill Creek warned him to keep away and threatened to bring suit against him for defaming Bas-- t Ians character. Even after Ilastlnn'a body wa found hanging In an outhouse they would nut credit the stories, and when tho first skeleton wu unearthed the sheriff was accused of having pfanted it to strengthen bis case. However, there has been a great change is of feeling, and uow there is talk of reDELL DE FORflEST. cemeIrora the Itastian' body moving condition' wa broughtf about by sevtery to the putters' field sb a mark of eral g agencies, of vblch leroxlde of resentment. olea Is the hair. drogen, The case ha attracted widespread nt part. Eight attention, and people from every dioular the rection are visiting Itastian farm Miss De ForNewark, Frfj., and carrying away numberless souvenachle pd considerable bad irs of the spot. The bloody buffalo ifiT aiii'i'rtrTH dancer, took to robe, the buggy, and other objects conssional stage J and almost im- nected with the murder of yoting won pronouiled success, Kuschmann have been bought by the to the wish! and entreaty of y farmer near by, and are regarded a and friends, jshe decided to treasure. Nothing remain on the bleach her hair, althongh the danger farm except the buildings, all else of suc a course was pointed out by a having been sold at auction, and the tnedlcdl man. For years past she has crowds of visitors watch every chance been alpplylng a powerful bleaching soto carry away a chip of these, to her and the --eBult lution tresses, r Uenry liuBtlan, who la now charged almost Inevitable In a woman as nerwnii seven murders with forgery, ar- vous V Mias De Forrest, has been that son, and other crimes, wa born near her mind has given way. At first she Rock Island twenty-si- x years ago, and grfw Irritable, accusing her dancing has lived un the farm near Mill Creek partrir of plot Ling against her life, and most of his life. He was a prominent refused to perform her member of bis church and was regard- dancft'n tbe ground that enemies were ed as an upright man by his neighbors ce, waiting a chance to during tlic five years In which It Is now wa taken home, her supposed he was killing his farm later having meanwhile hands, burning barns, and robbing his w York city. Specialist friends and relatives. Since the day and she wa confined he was married and came into possesie. Showing no signs of sion of the farm be has lived a dual e was taken to the life, not even his wife having any susm a few week ago. picion of his crimes. Ills sister Carrie, who lived with him moat of the LOVE. time, is suspected by many of having or Mny but guilty knowledge of hiB acts, but State's era Waddad. Attorney Senrln, the sheriff, and the ji MolOAid Madge Pennirgton, coroner, working together, have not ark, Del., were ardent lover been able to produce any evidence the war. Mis Pennington wa during! against her. a beauWul, vivacious brunette of 19, The last murder committed h Bas- and Jamp a handsome and gallant fellow of 21 Their engagement wa announced, but when the day set for the wedding arrived some unforeseen circumstance prevented the marriage ceremony. Another day wa ret, but still another obstacle presented itself, and the wedding did not take place. This did not dismay the lover or Vlr ardor, for day LetrtrytQdampen f. after da tbi1' nearly?" thirty year they have walked down the nine and met at the trystlng place witli oa much regularity as In their youthful days. On Tuesday last James crlcbrad his frith birthday and incidentally resolved that he woulj get married. Accordingly tbe quiet and curious people of the town were surprised the next day HENRY F. BASTIAN. by the announcement of the wedding tlan, and which resulted in the dis- of Miss Madge Pennington and James covery of his other crime and led to Mote on May 7. Miss Pennington has hi suicide, was the killing of Fred reached the Interesting age of SO years. on February 2 Kuschmann last. Soldier Hr Ink Iolson for Gin. Kuschmann, whone people live In Rock At Lille, France, the other day, a danIsland, had worked for Bastlan for a year, and on the day ho was killed told gerous fire occurred In St. Saveur the latter he was going home and want- Church and hospital. All the patients ed his money. Just how he was killed were rescued from the burning buildwill probably never be known. About ing, but three of them died subsequent8 oclock that night Bastlan entered ly from fright. Fifteen soldiers, who the house of his nearest neighbor, An- were employed in quenching the fire, ton Weigie, and said he bad found went to a druggist's shop and there Kuschmann body in tbe road where drank some poison, which they mistook he had been thrown from his horse. for gin. Six of them died as a result Bastlan said later the farm hand had of the draught. un-d- DIED FOR FREEDOM. Va-ron- as years old. and received his musical education in Lelpsic, where he was married a few years ago. Since coming to Ottawa he has been successful in a musical way and achieved a favorable position socially. Recently It became known that the wife proposed to contest the divorce suit to the end and she had filed a cross bill, also alleging cruelty. She arrived In Ottawa directly from Leip-l- e only last week, and immediately filed a cross bill for the custody of her oldest child, Frank. Mrs. Denhard Is the daughter of a rich hotelkeeper in The Lelpsic and Is very beautiful. favored among her admirers was a German artist of distinguished family and whose suit was looked upon with favor by both families. All was well until the brilliant American came. Hla strong, manly face, and unquestioned ability as a pianist carried the day. It was not 'long until an engagement between the student and the daughter of the hotelkeeper was announced. The artist, who was really madly in love, was driven almost crazy by the sudden change In his affairs, while the girls parents also sided vigorously with him, and did all In their power to drive young Denhard away. It was useless. The marriage took place, and e sailed Denhard with his for America. The crazed artist bought a pistol and blew out bis brains. The The marriage was unhappy. Immature young people were bitterly jealous of each other. Quarrels followed, and then a reparation. Mrs. Denhard returned to Germany and her parents received her. When Denhard child-brid- -- r-f Yr, ill-lu- ck r 1 Iimim f Engined Not Mnrvnlon Accuracy. with Many stories of skill in imitative penmanship are told, but the following, related by an English authority, it probably the moit wonderful authentic case ever record' d, says the New York . In 1SG6 Robert Mail and Stewart, a famous master of penmanship, executed a 6 Bank of England not with such accuracy and reality that he waa waylaid in the atreet one night and robbed of the note by a ruffian who had seen It In hlk possession a few hour previously. Stewart, Indignant at the treatment to which he had been subjected, gave chase to the thief and, with the assist, once of the police, succeeded in recovering the sham note. At the subsequent police court proceeding no one seemed to have the slightest suspicion as to the genuineness of the note, which was handed round to the various persona engaged in the case. A few weeks later Stewart, who was a personal friend of the cashier of the local bank, took the note to him one morning and asked that it might lie cashed. In return fur It he received five sovereigns and left the bank. An hjrjr or two afterward he paid a sneoufi visit to his friend the cashier and, taking him to one side, confessed that the note waB a forgery ami refunded him the money. The cashier, whose surprise was great, refused to believe that the note was a counterfeit, and was not convinced until Stewart had executed another one In his presence. Exp-'esa- Ouceu or the Mrdl Ora. One of the sweetest maids of New 1b MIbs Arthemise Baldwin, who was crowned queen of the recent Mardi Gras in the city near the delta. She Is the daughter of Albert Baldwin, president of the New Orleans National Bank. Miss Baldwin looked a real queen and certainly never did a real queen wear a more gorgeous rorona-tica pretty picture of which was made by the Illustrated American. This gorgeous robe was of tbe richest white satin embroidered with gold thread and Jewels. Around the bottom of the skirt were five large coronets, wrought out of seed pearls and Jewels. Above them was a rich applique of palest green velvet couched In gold thread and with the design picked out in amethyBts, sapphires, emeralds, and otber glittering jewels. The corsage was cut round in the neck and the entire front waa covered with the same exquisite Jeweled embroidery. Huge puff of satin formed the sleeves and on them the rich design of the skirt was repeated. About the neck was a costly medlcl collar, thickly studded with jewel on both side until it formed a glittering mass of gem. From the shoulder, fastened by gem, hung the court train of royal purple velvet, deeply bordered with ermine, and lined with heavy white satin. The train, three yards long, waa richly embroid-erwith fleur de 11, wrought in the same jewel a those used In embroidering the gown. About her white throat he wore a superb necklace of el I" 'i!jji; '.ij y -- v Huk n, hy-n- occai-lmsll- VERI1 ABLE "JIM THE PENMAN. J MME. VERONA passed that way to take her with thorn to Maceos camp. Once there Bhe asked to be enlisted as a soldier. The chief at first refused, but her brothers and uncles told him she would starve otherwise. and he relented and enrolled her. She saw only one battle. At Ayoleta, near the town of Quemndo de Guinea, the advance of a strong Spanish column overtook Maceos command. The rebels were hopelessly outnumbered and Mathe battle mot a catastrophe. ceo was on his way to meet the Berof his men were muda and to be armed with the weapons she brought. He called for volunteers to face the Spanish army and delay their march, so that the remainder of the column could escape. The first to step forward In answer to the call were the Cuban girl, he brothers and uncles. They knew that the service meant death, but they wont, and the girl stood there shoulder to shoulder with the other volunteers end fired until she fell. The Spaniards saw she was a Woman, and called on her to surrender. She answered: Viva Cuba Libre! two-thir- entered his suit for divorce In Ottawa, It is claimed, he supposed bis wife would not think of contesting it Some one, however, sent a copy of the paper containing an account of the divorce bill to Mrs. Denhard's parents In Lelpsic. The parents were indignant and astounded, and instead of siding with their daughter it Is alleged that they told her she was ob- - foot-race- s, ds ROMANCE IN DIVORCE COURT. Denhard' Wife tome from Germany to ('output III Action. Romance tinges the Denhard divorce care, which will have Us sensational airing before the court at Ottawa, 111., in a few days. About six weeks ago Frank Denhard, a teacher of the piano and master of the choir in the aristocratic St. Hilda's Catholic church of Ottawa, filed a bill in court for divorce from his wire, who at the time was residing In Germany. The Mil contained allegations Intending to show that Mrs. Denhard was a cruel and unfeeling woman and unfit to have the custody of the three small children of Denhard'. ARTHEMISE BALDWIN, diamond, a jeweled girdle spanned her waist, on her head she wore a crown and in her hand she bore a scepter. Chanse In (ha Olympic name. For many year the contest consisted only of until in 708 B. C. wrestling and the pentathlon were introduced. During the seventh century the "memories" of the authorities at Olympia reem to have been quickened, for we then find introduced n boxing (G88 B. C.), the four-hor- chariot-rac- e (680 B. C.)t races and the pancratium also the following contest foot-rac- e and wrestling the pentathlon F. DENHARD. supplied by friend tbe determined wife took passage for New York. Securing some assistance in that city, sbe managed to get to Ottawa. Shot th Sheriff at a Funeral At Cedar cburch, ten miles east of Antlers, I. T., Isaac Reubens shot and killed Campson Battiest, sheriff of Cedar county, the other night, while both were attending a funeral. Reubens say that Battiest fired two shots at him with a pistol, and he then drew hi Winchester and shot out Ills brains. Reuben haa not been arrested. horse- for (632 boy; B. C.), (628 B. C.), and boxing These heavy contest mark this century as one which set special value upon muscular force and endurance. In the sixth century were introduced the hoplitodromos, or warriors' race (520 B. C.), and the soon abandoned chariot race with mules (500 B. C.); la the fifth, the races for mare (496 B. C.- ) and for chariots (408 B. C.); in the fourth, the contest for heralds and trumpets (35)6 B.. C.), and chariot-race- s with four coits (384 B. C.), the race with mounted colts (256 B. C.- ), and the ptincratlum for boys (200 B. C.J. Musical contests were Introduced by Nero A. U. 68. The Olympic festival was celebrated with great magnificence by the Romans until 394 A. D.- , when, under Theodosius, It wu finally abolished. ("The Old Olympic Game," by Prof. Allan Marquand, ia the Century. (616 B. C.). etlnate and wilful. They concluded by turning her out of door. With money th (648 B. C.); two-hor- se |