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Show t rs FREAKISH SEARLES. eymetome op eccentricity BORDER ON INSANITY. uM lh SI Midnight B s Nm DmhMw WkU IS H Uckt WU l ITu Oil; lb Wh ImIs U AU Ot.tOO.OOO EnnUj. Edward F Searles, who married lira. Mark Hopkina and Inherited her 430,000,000. ha bewildered the village of Methuen, Mas , by hts queer freak. 8 ear lei, who was an artistic house dec- orator, created a national sensation when he married Mr. Hopkins, the septuagenarian widow of the Southern Pacific railway magnate. When he first obtained control of her .wealth Searles attracted attention by hi eccentricities In building and spending money. Since her death they have taken other forma. Searles ha the delusion that be is a real, live lord. He imagine himself to be Lord Searles of Methuen, ana requires hts army of servant and workmen to greet him accordingly. The eccentricities of Mr. Searles have become more and more pronounced during the past two year. The most extraordinary of all of them, however, was perpetrated at the burial of his wife. There were only eleven persons present at the services, including the bereaved husband, the clergyman and the undertaker. The service lasted forty minute, and thj last visitor had departed from the presence of the dead at 12 o'clock noon. At midnight four of Searles' workmen, dressed a liveried flunkies, bore the casket containing everything mortal ot Mr. Searles to its last resting place in the old Methuen cemetery, across the road from the Searles home. Few Metuuen folk saw the funeral procession. Indeed, the number may be narrowed down to five persons, one of whom was n woman. They did not see the pro- - vetenm sculptor made at Florence. Searles paid 1125,000 for It and an additional $76,000 for th statue of Lincoln. Grant, Sherman, and - Shark-dan- . which are put upon, the four corners of the pedestal bar e. .The monument is set across rftie street from the Searles estate, and la shrouded la canvas and wood. TTnere It has stood for over two years, and in the opinion of the Methuenites it will remain ao aa long as Searles lives. A handful of Italian laborers daily work about the base, grading 'tad trenching. One day Searles will drive out from his castly, accompanied by s stout coachman, and direct that the workmen place so many shovelfuls of dirt on such and such a place, and the next day he will visit them and order the dirt removed. Still the statue stands in shrouded grandeur upon Its -- unfinished- ground, and Thomas Ball oils in- - la cottage at Montclair, N. J.. chafing with all the querulousness of 80 years because his work is not unveiled to the world The sculptor hopes to live long enough to witness the unveiling but Lord Searles is very eccentric. Searles is an enthusiastic lover of music and is s talented organist. He purchased for $15 000 the big organ which was too large for the Music hail In Boston, and began to build a house for it at Methuen. J The house is stIU unfinished, and the organ, in pieces, filling thirteen cars, stands on a side track in the railroad yard. Searles also started ah organ factory for the purpose of constructing orghns after There are plenty of hla own design designs, but no organs have been completed in the three years of the factorys life. No person ia permitted to enter hla estate gate nor any land which la hta. He employs a large corps of detectives, who are scattered all over his properties, and a trespasser is Insnnlly surrounded and speedily escorted from the grounds. It Is estimated that Searles is spending over $2,000,004 annually in perpetuating his years old when she married Sesrlen, Me was under 80, When she died, July M. 1891, she left everything te Searles of by her w ill. He became possets a vast accumulation of cash th $1 000,000 house on Nob" hill, the palace In the Berkshlns, costly summer house on Block bland and a fine house in Paris. Searlw began lite aa aa apprentice to 0 carpenter in Lawrence, Maas., when that city began ' to grow. From the he went to Boston, where he learnel the decorative art. When he waa Fad listed he secured employment Is toe house of Paul A Co., and remained with them until 1874. Hejaaa si excellent decorator, and was empoyed by Herter Bros, in New York. Buries had a valuable acquaintance an( the Herters made him their head talesman. He left their employ In 18$ and went to the Pacific coast for his health. After the marriage Searles inducej hi love to remove to Methuen. . Prior to the removal he paid the morlgate on his birthplace there, which hi has sine transformed In the manner described Mrs. Searles never llk( the town, nor was she filled with adnlra-tio- n of her young husband's She seldom if ever mingle! with the people of the town, and pintj for the splendor of her magnificent place at Great - Barrington. While harle was surrounding his wooden birtlace with costly walls, his propertleg purchased with his wife's money, San Francisco Great Barrington an elsewhere, $31 e suffeHng badly froig $lrth-plac- t HIGHBINDER HIS LIFE. TAKES Baring Lost HU IrMlhMrt HU Rival H Cared aa4 Kt tension move from the bouse, but the7 issue from the gate, they aaw say eroes the road and wend its way down the grass-grow- n path to the entrance, and watched the weird group move ilowly through the cemetery, avoiding the other tombstones, to the grave which had been prepared for Mr. Searles. The procession to the tomb was headed by Mr. Searles, whose white hair and curiously pale complexion were strikingly reflected by a torch which he carried to light th way. Strange to say. the tomb had been finished Just five days prior to the death of Mr. Searles. And It is the only thing which Mr. Searles has been known to finish during hla control of the fortune. On that night, when those Ire awed and amaxed persona saw that procession move before them, the jwn clock, after performing ita duty of striking the midnight hour, stopped, and it was never started since then. Probably no person Is courageous eaougn to wind ft The mortuary receptacle In which Mf. Searles remains lie la about 26 feet long by 20 feet wide and 20 feet high In the center, with a aloplng roof covered with red slate. The door open to the east and thi entrance la made flown a flight of alx broad granite steps, where open doors of fine Ironwork allow a view of the Interior. Mrs, Searles, in n rosewood coffin with n glass top. rests upon the center niche In the front row. Soon after the obsequies Searles began to do other strange things. By hts Ists wifes will he received everything. Toung Timothy Hopkins, nn adopted son, contested the will on the ground that Searles used undue measure to warp his aged wife's Judgment The case was fought at Newburyport, Maas., and Searles subsequently settled It out of .court because of the newspaper notoriety he was receiving. He paid Timothy, who formerly was Pst Nolan, $$,000,000, and tha latter promised to leave Searles In peaca and return to the Pacific coast About four years ago ho purchased Sculptor Thomas Ball's masterpiece, of Washington, which tha A statu -- fads, tha result of nia construe tlve , ma- At Methuen Lordl Searles proposes to stay. Immured behind giant walls, protected by the massive iron gates which swing to and fro only when their master passes through; secure beneath the frowning Tower of Chimes," and surrounded by a bodyguard of paid detectives, who will light for him so long as hla money pays them, he la secure from Invasion by the authorities. His great wealth la the basis upon which his security rests. He can laugh in maniacal glee at any attempt to apprehend him. Hopkins died In 1678. leavand ing no will, and his wife chliw-es- s the possessor of over $30,000,000. Mark Hopkins was noted for his frugality; the widow soon won fame for her prodigality. Besides winning the latter fame she won Searles. 'Shu started ta build the grandest house on the Pacific coast When it' was finished over Mur-dffr- U Lira, REVOLT. .Simeon Walker sat on the top rail of tho fence. He had stopped there In the act of getting over. Hla rubber-boote- d legs were tired, so be rested and roosted there. 'Tho snow was a foot deep on the Isvel, and In places It was over th tone walla Simeons tracks trailed off across th field behind him. He had com that way because It waa nearer, but when he had goa half the distance he regretted it, and waa tempted to retrace hit steps and go by the road. Alter standing still and reflecting for tome little time, he had decided to continue. When he reached the fence he was glad he had takes the field, otherwise there would have been no exeus for resting on the top rail of the fence. He had a thovel with him and was going a mile up the road to help dig out a drlfted place. Simeon set on the fence till he began to bo a little chilly; whereupon be con eluded that he waa rested enough, and Jumped dowa on the other side, into the road. He had covered nearly half tb distance to the place where he waa to work, whence stopped, suddenly in front of the schoolhouse. "Time-natio- n I be ejaculated Jiader hla breath. He waa staring at a woman who waa making strenuous efforts to dig a path up to tho schoolhouie door. Aa ahe paused a moment for breath he caught sight of Simeon, If be had caught her stealing hia chickens ah could hardly have looked more frightened and guilty. "Ohr ahe pented. I thought I could saw me." get It dose before any-onKesinh Thatcher, he said, solemnly. "I thought you had more sense." He took the shovel from her. It was a amall He looked at It scornfully, tossed It Into a convenient bank and set to work with hla own. "Dont some of th big hoys dig the paths for you?" he naked, sternly, "Yes," the remarked, "but they are always ao late, and then th fire doei not get to going and the little children suffer and take cold." Simeon smiled grimly ns he thought that, at the rate she yra$ going, the -- ' e Simeon glanctd around the room. fire-shov-el. g small, I dont believe Ive been her since I went to school, but youve epent a good part of the time her since a. Myl that fire feels good." He drew two chain up to th stove and after Keslah bad taken on he seated himself In tb other. "Isnt this coxy!" he said, in a ton of satisfaction. "I waa on pay way t Benton's Corner to shovel snow; but I guess the enow will keep and It Isn't often I get a chance to speak to you.' Why, how long Is It since we were allowed to see each other "1 dont know." Health's eye were cast down, it 1 some years. I dont know what Cynthia would tay If sho " Sho paused abruptly. "I Simeon smiled know that slater of youn doesn't approve of me, but that's no exeus for her holding over you tho way apo y. doe." more Oh. Cynthia baa ao much sense than I have," Keslah murmured, deprecatingty. Simeon looked at her quUslcally. I suppose she has told you that eo often that you have got eo you believe It But I dont believe It There waa au awkward t pause. Keslah looked at. the clock and the arrival of for, the. first scholar. Simeon frowned at th stove, and wished ho know how to say what ho wanted to any. At last he cleared hla throat "Keslah, let ua have one good, long talk together. We may never have another chance, and there art tome things Td like to know about Will w you toll m th real reason why didn't gst married that time fifteen yean ago. wasnt It? Was one reason Cynthia? She nodded, .Well, I thought What mwere .the at that others? I know you told time, but somehow they didnt teem like reasons you would give." "There weren't nay - other beside Cynthia." "She must have told you things about ma. I wonder what they were?" Keslah turned away her head. "She aid that you were shiftless," she faltenever would get oa In the red,-"and world." half-long- foot-tepsth- i TOMB. - been - spent,' and the Stewart house In New York alone could challenge comparison with It- - Then lbs turned her attention to Orest Barrington, where, It Is claimed, ah was born. Searles designed a structure that suited her fancy, and aha caused the plans to be carried out The mansion, nestling In the Berkshire; outclassed all private residence of the period. Its cost is estimated at $3,200,000. It waa during the construction of the Great Barrington honse that the marriage took place, on Mot. I, 1887, Mrs. Hopkins was T1 $1,000,000 had ed half-dreade- d, y. THE SEARLES hing -- It," ho said, and there waa that la "It looks natural," he said, "hut awful her look which told that she had at Having lost his sweetheart an murdered his triumphant rival, S Hoo Seln, alias Ah Sing of Chlntow. San Francisco, had nothing more is live for. Therefor, he died. Low lost, revenge satisfied, the Chinaman thought it lime to quit this life. The other morning, at a early hour, he tied a splendid silk sail about bis neck and hung himself fraa the bars in the door of cell 16 at tha city prison. In his last gasps be vi discovered by Sergt Bid well on hit round and cut down. Dr. Rice was called In a hurry from the receiving hwpltal, but arrived only In time to Me the Chinaman expire. Nothing cmld be done except send for the more a wagon. See Hoo Seln, the dead mu, was a highbinder of intelligence. Hi dressed better than most of bis clan and waa known la thy quarter as t bravo of a superior order. This galiut fell In love with a youthful beauty tamed Sling Ooc, who ia said to be tin chattel of Song Lea Tol, proprietor of a fan-ta- n game. See Hoo Seln made forward love to the girl and beaded hla passion, his yml til gooptooh a apd fine clothes fo.wfn tp jn She, boweverrwar Inclined toward a rfciwr though a plainer man, one You Sheong, a bookkeeper and partner in a merchandise house. Perhaps at times she gave the bravo a bearing and balanced bis personal attractions against the solider qualities and larger possession! of her other suitor. In the end. however, she listened to the voice of prudence and cast See Hoo Seln - aside. Vowing revenge, he left her. The other night be got into the chamber of You Sheong, at 82 Clay itreet The bookkeeper was sleeping peacefully and dreaming, no doubt, of pretty Sling Goc, soon to be hie bride. The defeated lover stepped to the bedside, laid the mouth of a revolver against his rivals skull and pulled the trigger. The sleeper was killed at once, and the murderer, flinging away his weapon, fled. He wa captured la the street by n number of wblte men and held until the police came up. In the city WALKED THROUGH THE SNOW. prison See Hoo Seln thought over what was best to do. Tbs next morning, He made a wry face. "And I supwhen Sergt Bid well, peered into the would not have got the schoolroom cell, he found the murderer choking In much warmer thau If she had left the pose she has kept her eye on me, and has had the satisfaction of aaytng, T a silken noose. work to tbs boys. "And besides," Keziah continued, told you co, every little while, and apologetically, "I didnt know It was congratulating you on her good sens SiffMstM la Tmptf Mbs and your escape. Well, I guess she's o drifted." - . August Sollner of Chicago, 111,, was Something In her voice mad Simeon right.- I wonder If you eared?" suffocated in an empty boiler in the turn and look at her. "Ye. I did tare," eh aald, almost basement of hie home the other day. "You are cold," he said, gently. 'vehemently. "I wanted you to succeed After a search of two hours his brother-in-laCharles Kxzler, with "What have you got on your feet? and justify my opinion of you and whom Sollner lived, found the mans Whew! Nothing but rubbers." He when you didn't ahe would exult and across tha drifted aometlmea I wanted to go away and body in the boiler. He had been dead looked dubiously everal hours, according to a physi- yard to the schoolhouse door. Then hla never come back."-- I wish I A ad known I wish I had cian. At noon Sollner went to the face cleared. Where la th key?" h known, was all Simeon aald. he naked. basement, telling hs brother-in-laKeziah felt in her pocket and drew She looked at him pityingly, then she intended repairing the interior of the It out He took It and without a word laid her band timidly was to paid him boiler. No attention on hla arm. until after the supper hoar, when It turned and began plowing ilowly "You know It now," ahe said, gently! reached was noticed he bad nots9 sine through the snowWhen he .. .It ixn t too late. noorf. At 8 oclock jailer instituted the door he unlocked It and opened It He rose to his feet suddenly. "No," waa who 10 Keslah a search for Sollner, and st oclock wide, then returned to he aald. In a voice that startled her, visit watching him wonderlngly. remembered his brother-ln-lsw- s "It Isnt too late and Ill justify your to the basement Going to the boiler "Now ha aald, as he reached her, opinion of me yet 1 will go now and he found Sollners body. It la thought "I am going to carry you to that door. shovel that snow. Good-bI'm glad 8ollner on entering the boiler allowed no, plekso dont! I can wait till I taw you." He grasped her hand so "Oh, tfte door to awing abut behind him, not th path la made, perfectly well I'm hard that tho winced, then strode out knowing It could not be opened from not very cold, truly Im not of the room. tha Inside. The little air In it was Sb listened to hla retreating am going to carry you," aald "I soon consumed by the unfortunate man Simeon, and there waa a strange note turned Jn her chair to that and he was overcome Jn a short time. ho could, lay her arm on its back and of command In hts voice. "Put your arm around my neck so. There, now bury her fac In tho crook of her elbow. In a moment she heard oomo one TnnkarAKlU Wife's IbU I can carry you easily." " she coming, and stood up hastily, giving Squire Tankard shot and Instantly "Oh, Mr. Walker! I wish killed Mrs. William Beaumont, and protested, feebly. quick dabs to her eyes with her handwounded William Beaumont th other Slowly and carefully he walked kerchief, "That anow will have to wait just afternoon In their summer camp at through the snow, reached the steps more imInside the a little longer.-'SometDriftwood, on Chautauqua Uka. N. T. and deposited hie burden : portant comes first," said Simeon, com-tnt- o After the shooting Tankard Jamp j (n. entry. Now you can the room. Why, Keslah! you are 'There!" he said. to the lake, and placing lh Pistol to not start the fir while I finish the path." Why, what la It dear?" for hla head, fired. Th bullet enly mad was waded to the Keslah IlnUb crying softly In his arms. to be time a wound took but and abort It n alight A little later, when they were more ooda. that path, tor Simeon worked as he shore and disappeared to 1 cam The authorities have not succeeded In had never worked before. He smiled calm, Simeon. aald; "What am ia was I this: a to smoke saw back victim looked ns he ,the aay going to up and titter capturing him. The When he get away from the pcrnlcloua Influence Of Tankarda wife - The taut of tho ascending from th chimney. - Blm after stamp-- " of Ihst lazy, hooting waa that Tanktrdl wif had went Into the schoolroom, I found b a and it would he snow thought Walker, off hla boots, lng the loft him on account of hla emel treatsucIf at tho tamo time Idea a was th good fire grand, Kestahs with roaring that Beaulive ment, and went to the heat you would break away from th permonts. Tankard looked for hi wlf, cess. But perhaps neither cold Cynthia nor quit nicious influence of Mis of fire th the previous bw, kill too, to wlahed but tying he ia Thatcher." color for the bright accounted tho was absent Beaumontl ound to Keslah'e Kezlabo eyes sparkled. "I will do chk In th arm and be will recotir. plain-dealin- EDWARD F. SEARLES. e. A. BELATED last freed herself from tho domination of bar sister, . There were other things that had to b aald and by that time th fire had. gone out and the room grown cold. scholars?" "Why. where are th cried Keslah, whev ahe saw that U waa 10 oclock. "They must have stayed at home oa account of th snow." fio they left th schoolhouse .together and Ketiah walked slowly home, dreading her Interview with Cynthia, while Simeon, with hie shovel over hts shoulder, went briskly in tho other direction,. IMITATIVE FILIPINO. AU Otkw Feept t la Imitation. Of all. .the races 'peopling this mundane sphere not one has such an ex- - -inordinary spirit of Imitation as that which Inhabits the Philippine Islands.' according to the new American paper. Manila Freedom. This race of people, ' of Malay origin, which occupies all the archipelago of the Celebes sea, lacks entirely the esthetic taste necessary for the proper combination of color, constructive ability, uniformity la architectural designs, and the good taste which Is required for the culture and advancement of a people. -- They have no Ideas of this kind, and in all matters of taste do nothing more than what they tee In races of the. West. Any on who has observed th Filipinos will hsve noticed that they hav bo idea at all la regard to the proper combination of colors In their weaving apparel, aa. In spite of their dusky complexions, they select In their clothing the color which hr least suitable to them. You will see Indian glrla ndhalf-hreedsa- a brown, a berries using la their dresses and scarf such colors as blue, greea, yellow, brown-a- nd black. A woman of dusky complexion with a dress of any of the colors presents aa appearance that la hideous la the extreme. It Is not to see Indian girls dressed In such bright greens that If they should encounter a. cariboo they are liable to be eaten by that festive animal oa account of their similarity to bunches of hay. Tha reason why theta people, cut this ridiculous figure la that they see thee bright colors on European women, and, without thinking of the effect which, oa account of their different complexion, such hues are liable to produce, readily adopt them and consider themselves the most elegant of the elegant No sooner does a new fashion arrive from Paris, Vienna or Berlin In shoes, trousers, hats, shirts or neckwear, no matter how extravagant the Indian and' d th Immediately adopt them. Tb American troops had been in Manila only a few flays with their lfiUf?a dims oennv1 me iiorervii me- Escolt were besieged by natives and" half-breebuying all the brown cloth obtainable, wool, cotton or allk, and In a few days they were all arrayed ia suits of the same color as those worn by the army of occupation. They noticed the hats of straw or felt with a1 blue polka dot band, and in a few days all the Indians and were wearing the tame kind of hats aa tho Americans, I believe that th Americans wil) have but little trouble ia introducing her their usages, customs and language, as' to that end th spirit of Imitation which predominates in th native race will be a powerful factor. ih4 Said fB dark-skinn- ed -- half-bree- balf-bree- Few York Highest Folat. Perhaps the highest point in the borough of Manhattan Is at Ninety-sixt- h street and Madison avenue. This Is where the New York Central Railroad tunnel begins, and from this elevation a fine view la obtained of Harlem to tb north and the East river and Long Island to th east. One can look over th roofs of the houses of Harlem clear to Washington Heights and distinguish many points In th borough of the Bronx. From here there la a sharp decline to the East river, and the tall chimney at the. foot of East Ninety-fift- h street does not look ao very high from this altitude. It Is altogether a sight welt worth seeing. . five-sto- ry Bases by TritpkaM A business bouse of Aberdeen, Scotland, recently engaged as office boy a raw epuntry youth. It was part of his duties to attend to the telephone In his master's absence. When first called upon to Answer the bell, in to the usuai query, "Am- - yon there?" he nodded assent Again the' question came, and still again, and each time tbs boy gave an answering nod. When the question came for the fourth time, however, th boy losing his temper, roared through the tele-Man, a y blinT Ive been phone: noddln me held aff for C last hauf New York Tribune. oor! ye-p- ly A J , ' Triinta The model for the Winnie Davis memorial monument is completed. It is a figure of the Angel of Grief. In the pose are blended dignity and aadness,. while In tb fac of the angel ia aa expression of unfathomable sorrow. It Is a touching tribute to the beloved Daughter of the Confederacy. When completed, the monument will bo unveiled at Richmond. Kept Besy Dining. Cellar. only got but one objection to blar moved About, house au sJl, fey these ere cyclones," remarked the veteran lamer.- - What la that?" asked the eastern tourist. Why, Iv got t dig new cellar under my house a boat ever two months." Ohio State , T aint . |