Show BLEW UP THE MAINE WOMAN IN LEWISTOWN THE DARK DEED SAW Ha Wonderful Gift M a Seer and hi Her Slumbers Beheld Ever Step of the International Crime of the Century 1 gang-plan- HE weird story of Mathias the Polish Jew who convicted himself of the murder of the peddler while un- der the hands' of the hypnotist may be outdone in this modern day by the revelations a woman has made on the horrors of the Maine The de- f uniform of a United States trooper much less that of a Spanish officer While in her trance she described minutely Havana harbor with its menacing Morro castle She told of the batteries whose belching fires sought to carry destruction to the enemy The Maine with its polished deck Its white sides Its hatches its quivering masts was described by her who had k never stood on the of more than a small river boat The officers of the watch pacing the moonlit deck the guards the sailors stealing down to their quarters the captain within the security of his own cabin all had a place in her trance vision of that beautiful' chip lying tranquilly in the softly billowing waters moored to an iron buoy The good woman was puzzled about the stability of the ship She could see no anchor she told her husband but described the buoy as an struction of the battleship Is till a mystery Was it an accident? Was it a deliberate murder? Not Ill-fat- ed ven the war that was fought on ac- 4 Her clairvoyant MRS GEO K LESLIE From the ship the clairvoyant’s vision carried her back to Morro castle and Cabanas fortress Quickly she traveled through reception parlors the office of the con-manda- describing the color and style of the furniture and the musket powers have been tested on various occasions by her neighbors w h that the humble druggist’s wife is -- She professional shrinks from publicity and speaks of her gift to no one Not ever her name will she let be known Her busband is usually only confidante of her strange revelations The night i iron-gra- short-croppe- d ip ul two-thir- 1 one-ha- lf -' n s 1 the destruction of and before cable and telegraph wires flashed the dreadful news over the globe the Lewiston seeress had another trance It came upon her in the night and filled with fear of what was revealed to her she roused her husband from his sleep and told him what she saw the followed Maine DEATH IN WIRE Cast the Ufa or a Wife and Drove the Husband Craay In the Alameda morgue Mrs Marshall Davoust lies dead her body seared and striped from the lashings Me wire and distorted of a liy'”'" tbe awful agonies of even' a recent San Fran- ele bo sadly deranged that dispau-‘ofsectlhe never may wake to know his loss viarshall Davoust the dead woman’s 3l is confined in the care of Fast at his darkened Pearl street section Death came suddenly and aw- Davoust’s handsome wife a to yr South welal volt from the heavens that in fourth of setstant wrecked as happy a home found in all Alameda 2 eastV 'h married for four years the goon of the Davousts has never istant waned and i wa s with ' 1 i - He got up took pencil and paper and wrote down every word of the weird tale she unfolded Next day he sent it to Senator Frye The Senator who is well acquainted with the wife of his constituent and knows her to be a woman of utmost character and respectability submitted the statement to the Secretary of the Navy with a cordial indorsement It was not made public then because the country was THE SEERESS AND WHAT SHE at fever heat and it would have but SAW added fuel to the tense excitement Now comes the strange part of the racks along the walls In the stillness narrative The druggist’s wife had of the night the tale was doubly weird never seen a battleship a fortification Through the fortifications of Cabanas or a castle In her waking hours she she hastened and entered a room filled could probably not have pictured the with electrical apparatus Her ken of A vi al two-third- which u nut-ine- have long been cog-- r nizant of her mystic power This does not mean Proposing an Amendment to Section Ten ol Artlole Seven of the Constitution Be it resolved and enacted by the legislature of the state of Utah of all the member cleoted to each house oonourring therein: Seotion 1 The following proposition to amend the Constitution of the Slate of Utah is to the qualified electors of submitted hereby the state for their approval or rejection namely that section ten of article seven be amended so that the same shall read as follows ’‘Section 10 The Governor shall nominate and by and with the consent of the Senate appoint all State and district officers whoso offices are established by this Constitution or which may be created by law and whose appointment or election la not otherwise provided for" If during tha recess of the Senate a vacanoy ocour in any State or district oftloe the Uovernor shall appoint some fit person to discharge the duties thereof until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to All such office provided that the Governor (hall appoint no person during such recess of the Senate who has been previously nominated for ths same office and whose name has been presented to tha Senate at the preceding soaalon thereof and confirmation refused If tlis office of Justloe of the Supremo or Dlstriot court Secretary of State State Auditor Slate Treasurer Attorney-Generor Superintendent of Pubiio Instruction be vacated by death resignation or otherwise it shall ba tha duty of the Governor to fill the same by appointment and the appointee shall hold his office until h la aucoeasor shall be elected and qualified as may be by law provided Sec S The Secretary of State is hereby ordered to cause this proposition to be published iu at least one newspaper In every county of the State where a newspaper is published for two months Immediately preceding tha next general eleotion Seo 8 This proposition shall be submitted to the electors of this State at the next general election for their approval or rejeotlon Those voting In favor of this proposition shall have written or printed on their ballots "For the amendment to seotion ten of article seven of two-lhlr- aa bat-Meeh- iron cask and taxation ©n all property in tha State according to ita valua In money and shall prescribe by general law suoh regulations as shall set ure a just valuation for taxation of all properly so that aver person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to tho value of his her or its property provided that a de-f- it ctlon of debts from omits may be authori- Senate Joint Resolution No O and she was not even familiar Two men she said were in the room dressed in sed and that no tax shall be collected on the uniform of Spanish officer: She household furniture when the value of tha same is two hundred dollars or less provided described the color of the cloth tha further that the property of the United States of the State counties oitles towns school dls-stripes on the trousers and on the lots municipal corporations and publlo librasleeves the gilded epaulettes and tha ries lots with the buildings thereon used exolush ely for either religious worship or charnumber of buttons She saw a tall itable purposes and places of burial not held man bent with age with y or used for private or oorporate benefit ahull be exempt from taxation beard and hair remonstiate in a lan Ditches canals and Humes owned and used by individuals or corguage which she could not understand porations for Irrigating lands owned by suoh Individuals or corporations or tha Individual with a younger brother officer Tha numbers thereof shall not be separately taxed latter was short and stocky with a su long as they shall be owned and used exolu-slly for such purpose scar or birthmark upon his face which hoc 2 Tha Secretary of State is hereby was partially hidden by a ordered to cause this proposition to be published in at least one newspaper in every oounty black beard As the old man of the State where a newspaper is published remonstrated the younger one seemed for two months immediately preceding the next general election to be pleading earnestly for permission Hoc 3 This proposition shall be submitted to do something The former listened tn the electors of this State at the next general election their approval or releotion Those for with an expression of horror to th voting in favor of this proposition shall have written or printed on their ballots "For ths younger’s story and held his hand! amendment to seotion three artlole thirteen of aloft in a deprecating gesture Th the Constitution" those voting against said shall have written or printed on younger man grew more and mor proposition the ir ballots “Against the amendment to secexcited the older more horrified tion three artlole thirteen of the Constitution" n Said ballots shall be reoelved and said vote ex beyond Finally hall be taken oounted oanvassed and returns pression the latter left the room The thereof be mads in ths asms manner and In all door clicked in the lock and the man respects as is provided by law in case of ths election of Stats offloers with the scar rushed toward a maSeo 4 This resolution shall take effect and be In foroe from and after Its adoption hogany frame upon the wall which State of Utah Office of ths Secretary of Stale was filled with brass keys Quickly — ss I James T Hammond Seoretary of State he pulled a plug from one hole and of the Stat© of Utah do hereby certify that tha drove it Into the other From the foregoing are full true and correct copies of amendments to the Constitution of ths room in Cabanas fortress the clair- tho Constitution” and those voting against the said proposition shall have wiitten or printed State of Utah proposed by the Second regular on their ballots "Against the amendment to session of tha Legislature aa tha same appeal voyant’ mind raced back to the on file In my oflloe ten of artlole seven of the Constituend simultaneous with the section In testimony whsreof I have hereunto set tion" Said ballots shall be received and naid vote shall be taken counted canvassed and mv hand and afflxsd tha Great Seal of the Stats change the young officer had made in returns be made in the sume manner of Utah this Nth day of August A D 1806 the keys on the switchboard there and in allthereof tSaaL as Is provided by law la i T HAMMOND respeots case of the election of State officers came a terriffle explosion Seoretary ol Stats Seo 4 This resolution shall take effect and It seemed to the seeress as if mil- be in force from and after iu adoption Beolpes lions of the giant firecrackers which Joint Resolution — Beat of exLewiston had Laplauds the youngsters separately one dozen Proposing an Amendment to Seotion 0 Article 10 of the Constitution mix the into her )ggs yokes one quart of of in front store husband’s ploded Be it and ensoted by the Legislature Sour one on the glorious Fourth had been of the resolved quart of cream one State of Utah of all the of salt the whites beaten ta concurring hurled into the battleship She de- members Section The following proposition to t stiff froth Put into small moulds scribed the flames the smoke the amend the Constitution of the State of Utah well Is floured before to of the submitted electors hereby being greased and qualified rain of debris composed of fragments the State for their approval or disapproval bake in a very hot oven of the ship and of human bodies She usmely: That seotion Oof article 10 of the ConstitutPlain Cocoanut Pudding — Pour on gave articulation to the cries of dis- ion of the State of Utah shall be amende to ind tress and pain the confusion the ter- - read as follows: pints of boiling milk over Sec 6 In cities of the first and second clast one pint of bread crumbs and one tht public school system shall be controlled by of desiccated cocoanut mixed andcap a tho board of education of such cities separate and apart from ths counties In which said liny g pinch of salt or sprinkle of cities are located and three tablespoonfuls of sugar Sec 2 The Secretary of State is hereby ordered to cause this proposition to be pubbake and serve either warm or cold lished In at least one newspaper in every county of the State where a newspaper is pubOpen Peach Pie — Line a pan with lished for two months Immediately preceding nioe crust put a quarter inoh layer of the next general election Sec 3 This proposition shall be submitted peach marmalade over smooth then a to the electors of this State at the next general election for their approval or disapproval layer of flue sweet peaches cut in Those voting In favor of this proposition shall half after peeling Add a dust of have printed or written on their ballots “For lour and a enp of sugar Bake at the umonilment to section 9 article 10 of the Constitution” Those voting against said prop- Jrst with pan over then as the osition shall have written or printed on their When serv-n- g ballots "Against the amendment to section 6 pesohes are hot remove add whipped cream article 10 of the Constitution” Said ball- shall be received and said vote shall be taken Onion Pickles— Peel small onions of counted canvassed and returns thereof be made in the same manner and in all uniform size and let them lie in salted as is provided by lawia the case of the respects election water of State officers hours A teacup twenty-fou- r Sec 4 This resolution shall take effect and of salt in a Rinse in gallon of water be In force from and after its adoption clean water two or three times letting Joint Resolution No 8 them stand in the last water half an Proposing an Amendment to be known aw Seo- hour then drain an hour and pack in tion Thirty-tw-o Artlole Six of tho Conaltu-tioars with spices mace red pepper Be it reeolved and enacted by the LegislaCover with pods and whole cloves ture of the State of DtoO of all the hot ' ’ members elected to each bouse thereof oonourand seal - - s vinegar ring therein: — Chicken Pressed Slew Section The following proposition to two amend the Constitution of the State of Utah is rhiokens out up small until meat drops hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the State for their approval or rejection from bones takeout and chop fine namely: That article six be amended by add- let liquor boil down to cupful add to ing thereto an additional section that shall rend as follows: Section 32 Every bill and it butter size of au egg teaspoon pepsigned by the presiding officer per little allspice and a beaten egg joint tesolu-ioof each house of the Legislature as provided stir through the meat slice hard boiled in section 24 of this article and signed by the Governor or passed by both houses over his eggs in mold and press with your objections as rrovided in section 8 article 7 of meat lay Serve very cold garnished this i 'onstltutfon and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State shall In all courts be with a little parsley rible excitement on taken and treated as conclusive evidence of Its board the ships in due enactment and authenticity Charlotte of Green Gooseberries — Sec 2 The secretary of State is hereby Cook the harbor and on oraeied to cause this proposition to be pubone quart of gooseberries with the land the sink- lished In at least one newspaper in every sugar to make quite sweet and a gill of the State where a newspaper is pubing of the vessel as county pulp through a sieve that lished for two months immediately preceding of water will exclude the seeds he fires went out the next general alection Butter a a Tais propostion shall be submitted and all was buried toSec the electors of this State at the next gen- pndding mold and arrange a star with eral eleotion for their approval or rejection lady fingers ip the centre and also a beneath the mass Those voting In favor of this proposition shall of surging waters have written or printed on their ballots “For lining on the side Whip half pint to cream until thick add to the The druggist had the amendment adding section thirty-tw- o pulp article of the Constitution" those voting written down his againstsix said proposition shall have written or then add half ouue gelatine disthe amend- solved in a littl mill I’oi carefully wife’s trance nar- printed on their ballots "Against to article six ment seotion thirty-tw- o ni iorative verbatim of theadding Constitution" Said ballots shall be into the mold aThis statement was received and said votes shall be taken counted and returns thereof be made in the sent to Senator canvassed A same manner and in all respects as is provided crusade against consumption in case law of the election of State officers by Frye the moment the news of the is been Inaugurated by physicians Seo 4 This resolution shall take effeot and destruction of the Maine shocked be In force from and after Its adoption throughout the world the object of the world from pole to pole It which is to diminish the ravages of RcooiuVon Joirt has been shown to those most by preaching and pracProposing an Amendment to Section Nine tuberculosis familiar with the situation In CabaArticle Eight of the Constitution of the ticing the doctrine of pure air The of State Utah nas fortress and to Captain Sigsbee of Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State "plan of campaign” varies somewhat the Maine The latter declared that of Utah of all the members elected In different places but in general it each house thereof concurring therein : the description of his ship and its toSection The following proposition to concerns itself with the treatment of amend the Constitution of the State of Utah Is the disease in surroundings as given by the Lewissanatoria chiefly by hereby submitted t the qualified elector of ton woman was accurate to the mimeans of an abundance of fresh air the State for their approval or rejection-namelnutest detail Those who know CabaThat section nine urticW 'eight b The 1eade Ys" da not lose sight of tfie so that the same shall read aa folnas were never ‘more surprised than amended lows Section 9 The Supreme and Dlstriot fact thit to be prized is prevention at the mental photograph drawn by courts shall have such appellate jurisdiction above cure and their crusade contemmay be provided bylaw provided That the woman who had not the slightest as from all final judgments of the District courts plates a idea of the place there shall be a right of appeal to the Supreme by j public lectures against dirt and court Seo 2 The Secretary of State is hereby foul air in the homes As one writer ordered to cause this proposltloa to be pubIt’s a mile on land but knot at sea lished In at least one newspaper In every says: “Any one when in a low state county of the Stnte where a newspaper Is pub- of health may become consumptive lished for two months Immediately preceding but what keeps the the next general election wire But at the moment when it bealive malady 3 This proposition shall be submitted us is poverty and distress dirt came apparent that death had stopped toSec the electors of this State at the next gen- among the sufferings of his wife he broke eral election for their approval or rejection and overcrowding darkness and lack voting In favor of this proposition shall of air The cure of consumption may away and clutched the wire with both Those have written or printed on their ballots "For hands only to be thrown back sense- the amendment to section nine artlole eight of be attained by fresh air in the open those voting against said but Its prevention is less at the feet of the now discarded the Constitution” pure air In the proposition shall have written or printed on house’’ The ballots their corpse wire’s work was dope "Against the amendment to section nine article eight of the Constitution” office with the workings of that "terror-stricke- count of it settled the question to the satisfaction of the world for all time to come Yet a strange story of It comes from the East It is the story of a clairvoyant' a member of that mystic brotherhood that reads in dreams the fates of men With graphic truth the story of the Maine’s destruction was told by Mrs Geo K Leslie the wife of a druggist of Lewiston Me Her education does not go beyond that which' faithful children obtain in an ordinary country school She is not a traveled woman for she bas never crossed the borders of her native state Of the world its highways and byways she knows nothing She is a good gentle woman a housewife and a mother but she has the gift of a seer almost as great as that of the prophet who foretold and described the fall of ancient Jerusalem these modern appliances does not gs beyond the switchboard of a telephone one of their periodical pleasure Jaunts in prospect that they left their hoiue last evening to catca at the Versailles station the 6:45 narrow-gaug- e train for San Francisco Mr Davoust made for the depot by the front gate but his wife took a shorter way through the back gate and across a vacant lot On Enclnal avenue near the lot through which she passed she came in contact with a wire that for two weeks had hung apparently loose and harmless from one of the city’s light poles and for over ten minutes that "harmless wire” held her with death’s tenacity and the 2000 volts of scorching twisting fluid that was in it burned her life out slowly and with it the reason of her frantic husband Attracted by her cries Davoust and a party of friends ried to her assistance and only the strength of his friends prevented him for a time from leaping on the awful two-thir- ds 1 Allv and Kicking the army at Santiago has written to his home folk as follows: "I have received the paper which says I was killed and am buried in Cuba I am not feeling so bedogged-l- y lively in this hot hole but still I am inclined to disbelieve the report In fact I am pretty certain that I an alive but not so sure about not being buried It looks mightily like a graveyard around here” — New York Tribune j A Topeka boy with 1 I rz: - -- - As— Said ballots shall be received and said vote shall be taken counted oanvassed and returns thereof be made in the same manner and in all rebpects as is provided by law In case of tht election of state officers Seo 4 This resolution shall take effect and be In force from and after Its adoption Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Section Three Article Thirteen of the Constitution Be It resolved and enaoted by the Legislature of the State of Utah of all the members elected to each house concur! ing therein 1 Section The following proposition to amend the Constitution of the State of Utah Is hereby submitted to tho qualified electors of the State for their approval or rejection tiamelv That section three article thirteen be amended so that the same shall ba read aa loliousSection 3 The Legislature shall provide by law a uniform and equal rats of assessment two-thir- - Gossip the 400000 teachers in the United States 268000 are women of the students at Nearly Of pne-fift- h universities are women Helen Keller the deaf dumb and blind prodigy rides a tandem It is said that 150000 women aye making a living in the United Stajes as typewriters The number of women clerks In the United States has quadrupled within the past twenty-fivyears - r Swiss 1 e -- |