| Show A BOY MURDERER he quarrels with his brother and kills him THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IX A widow spends a fortune in two coffins for herself and an exhibition of the caskets special to the ENQUIRER HUNTING TON va dec 12 the following details of the killing of young joe templeton aged 13 by jeff tem asleton aged 11 which occurred thursay in union district this county have been received the boys were boxing and knocking off biats A boy named smith struck jell templeton in the mouth enraged him lie having a sore while brooding over alie blow a boy named came up a shotgun shot gun jeff templeton grabbed the gun and aiming it at joe templeton discharged both barrels in his face alie boy lived oliree hours but never spoke ECLIPSE OBSERVERS special to the ENQUIRER J LONDON dec 12 the united states corvett pensacola Pensa colu capt R yates with the solar eclipse expedition on board arrived at st paul de loanda today to day alie voyage down was very smooth alie astronomers astrom omers were at work on instruments all alie way and are all ready for tho the time is now so short that it is inadvisable to attempt to take alie parts and all their instruments inland so the expedition will locate at cape ledo immediately and send one or two branch par bics tics inland with buch instruments as arc not bulky or heavy and which can quickly be set up and adjusted the european eclipse observers are beginning to arrive there sir taylor of the royal astronomical society london has already arrived a small outfit of apparatus none of alie french or german astronomers arc yet on alie ground cape ledo turns out to be in every way a most favorable point for the american expedition not only are the meteorological conditions likely to be better but the party can live for the most part on the pensacola as she will lie at a safe anchorage near the shore the health of the party ia thus insured alie eclipse is several seconds longer there than at eusima and the chances for clear afternoon skies appear to be better A BLOODY mystery special to the enquirers ENQUIRER 1 chattanooga tenn dec 12 the city is in tensly excited over alie discovery of human blood clotted wo mans hair be spattered over alie ground and trees in a thicket in a part of the suburbs of the city known as black hills signs of a most desperate struggle are to be seen on every hand while the footprints of two men a woman and a dog led up to the place and the footprints of all these except those of the woman can be leaving alie spot the footprints can be traced to a pile of empty barrels back of the scene of the struggle then to blue pond a very deep and dark pool of water then back to alie main road this is all but irom alie evidence on every side it is generally believed that two men and a woman went out on aliis road last night that the men assaulted tho woman when they reached this section she ran and they caught her at the thicket and killed her alfen put her body in a barrel and sunk it in the blue pond the pond was visited by reds of people today to day and will be thoroughly dragged tomorrow to morrow SITTING DOWN ON THE STANDARD OIL CO special to the ENQUIRER ALBANY N Y dec 12 there was another hearing today to day before the subcommittee of the land board on tue standard oil companas Comp anys application for about nine acres of land adjoining uplands owned by them at long island city A committee from the german american citizens association of long island city opposed the application because they thought at least thirty feet for dock purposes should be reserved for public uses on each side of every street now open or to be opened which runs to the river dr balch secretary of state board of health also opposed the application as he thought the danger to health already existing should not be multiplied by an enlargement of the present works wm who represented the standard oil company made an address in favor of the application after which the committee took the matter under consideration THE FINS ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY special to the ENQUIRER BERLIN dec 12 A law relative to religious liberty has just came into effect in finland it is in conr sense liberal although it is illegal for any but christians to form organized communities or for them to enjoy the rights of citizenship christians of any sect are permitted to continue to teach own children although prohibited from teaching members of the state church and members of acknowledged sects contracting marriages will ibave alie ap the law religious demonstrations st and professions processions process ions are and the government apropo es to examine into the doctrines and beliefs of every dissenting sect ENCOUNTER WITH BEARS special to the ENQUIRER RICHMOND quebec dee 12 M fortin who has just come in from the thetford mines gives an account of an encounter with bears himself and his two brothers were returning home form a logging expedition snow was falling aud the trail through the woods had been lost when the attention of the tareo men was attracted to a huge tree 0 peculiar formation A closer inspection proved it to be hollow with an opening near the ground the younger fortin poked it with his ax when to the surprise gur prise of all parties a large black bear crawled out and ahomed signs of fight he was quickly dispatched but not before he had severely clawed one of his assailants however in quick succession three more bears appeared and the brothers had their hands full two of them used their axes to good effect but one of the bruin family managed to clasp the youngest fortin around the body and both rolled over and over in the snow 1 after a heavy blow the forepaw had knocked the ax from hand it was only a matter of a couple of minutes before the elder brothers had laid their gam low but it seemed like a lifetime to the younger man clothes were torn in and ing right arm badly lacerated when his brothers did come to his assistance in the struggle eliat was going on there was considerable danger of hitting the man instead of the bear and none of alie blows were fatal bruin was event 1 bally hacked in pieces and young for lin released from his embrace bleeding and insensible Bears Shave frequently been een seen s in these woods but four at a time beats the record OX THEIR superstition special to the md december 12 many colored families in howard been victimized by a negro sharper who when arrested yesterday gave his name as henry roberts about two weeks ago It who represented himself as a prophet who could discern future events appeared among the colored people and by his glibness of and persuasive manners aroused their superstition and robbed them of their cash his first victims were andrew lyles and wife to whom he that a certain deceased gentlemen of ellicott city had deposited in the earth a pot containing that ho was the only one that knew of its whereabouts and that upon the payment of a nominal sum alie treasure could be obtained lyles and his wife together handed over for which lie promised to the former and to the latter he next called upon alien hall to whom he promised for a fee of 1150 which consideration was readily he also promised to mr halls wife he claimed that he had been instructed ted by the spirits in order to secure the coveted coin ho must be on the spot at a certain hour of tho but lavingno having no time piece ho feared that there might be some hitch in the matter hall thinking everything alright cheerfully loaned hia watch by which he could note the time roberts assured alie parties that he would return the next night with tho riches j but of course did not turn up A dozen i or more superstitious negro families biad their credulity played upon in the same manner he will be prosecuted for obtaining money under false pretenses END OF A ROMANCE special to the la dec 12 not long ago a bright budding hyacinth of thias place became enamored of a young man upon whose face the grim imprint B of consumption were plainly vi sable love laughs not only at lock smiths but defies even death hi its incipient stages tho iron barrier of religious prejudice also stood in the way as the young lady was the niece of a catholic priest and the young man was a radical protestant cupid however whispered in the ear of the devoted girl and one dark night she fled with her lover to a neighboring town and there married him the young couple came west to denver here the young mans health improved but his malady biad readied that state where alie king of terrors enters his victim in the book of shining marks taken suddenly ill a few weeks ago in a tenement house alie young husband took a bed from which he never arose alive the grief stricken widow was doubly unfortunate she was soon to become a mother with true devotion she pave all that her hus band left her to defray funeral expenses A few weeks later she aavo birth to a baby her sad case was referred to the board of associated charities who will see that her wants are 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