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. a.; K 1 ft DINSMORETHE MAN Mrs. Lauc Confesses to Brother of Her Husband. KILLED WIFE fIRST THEN FRED LAUE lleen Silent nt -Cnnfeaiilon Woman 8ay Hhe linn Dluunore'c lllitillng CniiscK Urent Benaatlon Lynching Tiilk The mystery surrounding the double murder thut occurred nt Odessa Mon- day night, December l, which the lives of Mrs. Lillian Dlnsmore turn Fred Lauc were taken, Ik gradually clearing up. Mrs. Lane, wife of the murdered man, hah made a confession, in which she charges Frank I. Dinsmorc, the husband of the murdered woman, with having committed both crimes. The confession was made only after several hours' persuasion on Mrs. l.aue by a brother and uncle of the dead man. As soon as Mrs. Lauc had con fessed to them. 1). Lauc, the uncle mentioned, at whose house they were staying, hitched up a team and took her to Kearney, arriving at a o'clock Friday morning. County Attorney Nye was called tip and met Mrs. Lane, the brother and the uncle of the dead man,-at the city hall, where and when the confession was taken down in writing and properly signed by the witnesses. It Is charged that for several months Dinsmorc lias been infatuated with Mrs. Lauc, and on different occasions has tried to get her to elope with him, which, however, she refused to do. It nlso appears from statements made by her and Mrs. Diusmore's brother, that Dlnsmpre possessed hypnotic power, which power Mrs. Lane claimed to have been under for the last six months. Mrs. Dlnsmorc's brothers say that he had had their sister under his power for several years. Dinsmorc Is charged with laying the plans for the killing of both persons, and Mrs. Lauc says he told her what to say at the inquest. Dinsmorc wanted to commit the crime Thanksgiving night but was persuaded to put it off by Mrs. Lane. Monday night Mr. and Mrs. Dinsmorc had re tired nt their usual time, as also had Mr. Lane. Shortly afterwards Dinsmoro came to the kitchen, where Mrs. Lane was waiting, and told her that part of the deed was done and that he would have to finish the, job at once, whereupon he went to Lane's room and shot him while he as still asleep in bed, where he was found when the first neighbors arrived on the scene. Dinsmorc then brought his wife's dead bo ly down stairs and placed her on the floor in front of the kitchen stove, where It lay until It had beeu examined by the doctor. The confession of Mrs. Lane has caused a great sensation, and rumors that an attempt will be made to lynch Frank Dinsmorc are flying thick aud fast. Kxtra guards are on duty at the county jail, loaded with repeating Winchester rifles, and Sheriff Funk is determined to protect the prisoner, re gardless of consequences. As he Is an officer of Iron nerve there will bo seri ous trouble before the prisoner Is taken from him. Frank Dinsmorc was taken to North Platte for bafe keeping. He was ex tremely nervous and frightened and wanted the guards to keep close to the cab in which he was taken from the jail to the train. He. will be kept there until his preliminary trial. OBLIGED TO FEED BASUTOS Tli llrlllili are Hampered by the Pre euufl of the Natives Hi Klniberly. A London, December S special says: -I'lic Dally Mail publishes a dispatch from Julian Ilalpli at Moddcr river, who says; "The Kimberly people are troubled by the necessity of feeding 10,000 Ila butos in the diamond fields, whom the Hocrs refuse to allow to depart, and who, bhould they fall to get enough meat, would become discontented and restless. Five hundred and thirty Uoers'werc killed or wounded in the battle here. That number has already been accounted for, and the enemy's losses were probably much heavier." LOOK FOR A BLOODY BATTLE Doer Active In Preparing Defense and Klfle rit nt Hpytrontelu. Perhaps an explanation of tho re clrcment of burghers from Natal can be found in a dispatch from Moddcr river, December 3, saying that a strong Doer force, estimated to number 3,000 men, were reinforcing General Cronje from Natal. The same dispatch says everything points to tho fact that a great engagement will be fought at Kpytfnntein. The Uoers arc massing on the hills there, are vigorously bidding stone defenses and are dig ging rifle pits in every direction. Heary 0. Colbert, a picture frame canvasser, has been arrested on sus picion of being the assailant of ltev. and Mrs. Cheney at Racine, Wis. Kihlbtt for rnrli Kipo. The United States auxiliary cruiser Prairie has arrived in the harbor nt Baltimore and is being loaded with 1.10 tons of exhibits destined for tho inter national exposition at Paris. The cruiser is to sail as soon as loaded. SEN. HAYWARD'S FUNERAL A 'Large Coni-onmc of llrbittteft anil Friend l'.iy Tribute In tlio Until. The funeral services of the late Sen ator M. L. llayward were held In the presence of a vast concourse of neigh bors, state and federal olllcers and many distinguished cltl.eus of Ne braska. The city took on an air of mourning. Flags were displayed at half-mast and all business houses weir closed during the afternoon. The remains were viewed at the house by a great number of people. Hricf services were conducted by ltev. II. L. House, pastor of the Haptlst church, assisted by Dr. C. M. Shepherd, pastor of the Methodist church. The procession that followed the remains to the grave was one of the largest thatu'ver passed through the streets of this city. Company (', Second regi ment, Nebraska national guard, acted as an escort. Following came mem bers of William Haunter Post No. 'J4, (!. A. It., of which organization Semi tor llayward was a member. During the forenoon Mrs. llayward signified a desire to speak to the mem bers of the legislature who had been the warm supporters of her husband In his memorable contest. Those who were at the residence at that time were summoned and Mrs. llayward bore up bravely while expressing her gratitude for what they had done for her husband during his life. She told them that she wished to meet them personally to speak to them as she thought her husband would huvc her do If he were alive. The little group of men who listened to the brief ex pression of regard were deeply moved and no one in the group was able to utter a word in reply. BULLER MOVES FORWARD LOST SIUIiDRED British Troops Meet Serious Reverse at Stormbcrg. MANY WERE KILLED AND WOUNDED liner Defenic are Kuiniil In He Impreg nableFour Thouannd Itrlltnli Hot illrrn Attni'k F.iiemy' l'oaltlna lint Are Driven Hitt-k. Coinniuniter-ln-Clilef Start For the Front anil to the Kt'llef of Lndyitnitth. General Hullor's arrival at Frcro Is held to indicate that all the prepara tions for an advance to the relief of Ludysmith arc complete, says a Lon don dispatch of the 8th, au.l that stir ring news will soon be received. The fact that Lord Methuen is announced as resuming his conuniud at almost the same moment in interpreted in some quarters to mean that the bat tles will be fotnrht slinultune.nisly In Natal and at Spytfonteln. It appears doubtful, however, whether General Mcthucn's force Is yet ready for what will evidently be a heavy encounter. The government has decided to dis patch to South Africa nt the earliest possible moment a cavalry brigade of about 4,000 men. CONFESSES THE MURDER Three Men Ailnilt The Killing nf it Furut 1 In ml. Amos Phillips, a Mates county farm er, under -arrest at Fort Scott, Kan., with "lied" and George Smith, brothers, charged with complicity in the murder of Leopold Kdlinger, a farm hand, two weeks ago, has confessed the crime and said that all three were members of a gang of professional stock, grain and harness thieves, who have operated nil over southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas, and who have two rendezvous, one In the timber in Cedar county, and another In Dates county. Public In dignation is intense, and through fear of a mob Sheriff Wheeler has placed a strong guard about the jail. Agulimt (loebel. All pretense of a fight for the certifi cate of election as governor of Ken tucky has been given up by the Goebcl people, and whether a contest will be made In the legislature Is really yet to be determined. Commissioners Kcllls and Pryor would not discuss the mat ter, but tacitly admitted they would decide for Taylor. Commissioner Peyntz will present a minority report. Ex tensive preparations are being made to inaugurate Taylor Tuesday, Decern bcr 12. Murder nnil Nulclile Joseph Hutthcus, living a couple of miles east of Adel, la., bent his wife to death and then blew his brains out with a shotgun. He is about sixty-five years of age and bus been married for about forty. Ho leaves six children, all grown, and most of them married. Mr. and Mrs. Hutteiis have had more or less trouble for the past twenty years, Hutthcus being jealous of his wife. Tram porta Arrive. The transports Olympla and Penn sylvania havo arrived at Manila. The Pennsylvania transported the Thirty ninth regiment, which was recruited at Omaha, and among which uro many Nebraska boys. lloer Adtnm-e Welcome. The Ilocr advance In the northeastern part of Cape Colony is becoming re remarkable. The. local farmers are flocking to the Ilocr laagers, the towns people, In many instances, weclomlng the invaders with every demonstra tion of joy. The annexation of Hrlt tlsh territory proceeds dully. Tho re ported Doer successes have made a great impression among the llasutos. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Mrs. Ida Lindinger was shot and killed in her apartments at Memphis, Tenn. Her husband Is held, charged with the crime. Uy a vote of 28 to 14 the Wllllngham bill which provided for the anihllatlon of tho whisky traillc in Georgia, was defeated in the senate. The boiler makersstrlke at Cheyenne has been amicably settled. A com promise was affected, and the men get u little more than they were getting. The M. C, Wctmoro Tobacco com pany will soon incorporate at St. Louis with a capital stock of 81,2."i0,000, to run independent of the tobacco trust. Lucy Carbon and her child in arms were killed at Adairsvillo, G&., by Jim Mayfield. Frank Hlrd was also wound ed by the same shot which killed tho mother and daughter. The men were at the woman's house und quarrelled overBome trivial matter. The mur 'rer escaped. In the attack on Stormburg, says a 1 ondon dispatch of December 10, Gen eral Gatucre lost In killed, wounded and captured, more than six hundred men. It appears that the attack on Stormbcrg was made by Gatacre's force of 4,000 men, after a forced march of twelve utiles from Moltcno. There the Hrltlsh met the Hocrs mid a terrific light ensued, In which the Hrlt lsh lost heavily and were forced to re treat. General Gatacro reports that ho found the lloer defenses impregnable. While details of the fight are not at hand, It is believed that a large, num ber of the Hrltlsh troops were cut ofT and captured during the retreat. General Gatacre's movement ii'tiy be termed a rcconnolssancu in force. Its object was to ascertain the strength of the position of the Hocrs who were strongly entrenched along the Storm bcrg range. He left Putter's kraal shortly after noon Saturday with u fighting force slightly over 4,000 men. Leaving Moltcno at the night be fore he made a memorable night march over the rocks and veldt. There was no sound except a steady tramp and there wus no distinguishing lights, the. moon having gone down about half past eleven. The column arrived safely within a couple of miles of its destination, the only Incident of the march being an occasional sudden call of ''halt," under the belief that the Hocrs were near. Suddenly a terrific lire opened simul taneously on the Hrltlsh front and right rank. The 1 loyal Irish ltlfles, which formed the advance, sought shelter behind a neighboring kopje and were speedily joined by the re mainder of the column. It was soon found, however, that this position ulso was covered by the. Ilocr guns, which were more powerful than had been supposed. The troops, therefore, sought a safer position about a hnlf a mile away, the two batteries in the meantime began engaging the Hocrs, and covering the troops with drawal. The action was begun at long range and a detachment of mounted infantry morthward with a view of using gatlings on the enemy's right flank. Suddenly a strong commando was seen moving from the north and the Royal Irish littles and the North umberland regiment vus bent out to meet it. It was soon discovered, however, that the Hoers had miichinu guns well placed, and the Hrltlsh were compelled to face the terrible fire. Finding It Impossible to hold the position in the face of the. enemy ap parently superior in position, numbers unu artillery, tne imtlsli retired on Molcnto, the Hoers following up the retirement closely and bringing two big guns on the retiring columns. Itevleweil ut London, A London, Dec. 7 special says; It is hardly too much to regard General Gatacre's repulse near Stromberg as the most serious defeat Hrltlsh army have yet sustained in the whole cam paign. Already the ofllclal advices show that two men were killed, nine ofllcers and seventeen men were wounded nud nine ofllcers and five hundred and nlnrty-slx men are miss ing. Hut it is evident that the worst is not yet known. Tho proportion of wounded and killed is so small, when compared with the missing who are undoubtedly prisoners in the hands of the Hoers that the supplementary list of casualties Is awaited with seri ous misgivings. The Home Currency Dill. The house Friday, December 8, adopted a special order for tho con sideration of tho house currency bill. The dobate will last from Monday, De cember 11, to the following Friday. Saturday amendments may be offered, and the voto will be taken on Decem ber 18. Tho democrats, populists and Btlvcrltcu presented a wild front against the adoption of tho resolution, and every republican voted for It. DEATH IN A COAL MINE. Fearful Dlanater In the Town of Carbon nito, Wnti. Hrlef telegrams from Carbonado, a mining town forty miles from Taeotna, Wash, says seventy-six miners were caught In a initio during a fearful ex plosion of coal dump, The explosion occurred ut the noon hour Just as the men were preparing to leave the shift. Seventy-six men were lit the initio which filled with lire damp at once. Several bourn elapsed before efforts could be made to enter the mine. The surviving relatives nt oneo flocked around the shaft, creating a terrible scene with their loud lamenta tions. The mines are owned by the Carbon 1 1 111 Coal company, and gives work to 400 men, with an annual out put of 300,000 tons. The mines are supplied with every appliance for safety. They are largely tunneled and the tunnels are so big that locomotives run Into them. . Later ndvlees say that thirty-two men have been taken out dead, forty four having been rescued alive. Two men, Peter Werp and Michael Kntsh, escaped death as by a miracle, having suffered nu awful night entombed In the dark cavernous chamber of horror. The theory of Superintendent Davlcs is that a small pocket of gas was opened and became Ignited. The con cussion of gas explosion caused the terrllle explosion of dust whle' caused all the damage and loss of life TOM SHOT TO KILL Cold Blooded Murder In an Omaha Saloon. A SALOON KEEPER FATALLY WOUNDED THE ALL-YEAR P I rtt-ADY Tom Collin 1 1 ml It In For Nliorty drove mill Went to the Sitlooii For the Avimeil I'ltrpiiMi of Kilting the Keener -Collin U In Jul). Tom CollltiH murdered Shorty Groves In cold blood Sunday In tho hitler's sa loon, Thirteenth nnd Dodge, Omaha. There wns an old grudge between tho two men. Not long ngo Groves ejected Collins und he went to tho plneo with the Intention of killing Groves. Tho ball struck the latter In the top of the head, going down. Tim victim Is barely alive. Collins Is In jail. Ha admits the crime and sayH he shot to kill. FIGHTS HISWAY THROJGH There U .loy nl Munlht Over the Safety of llcncnil Young. There was considerable relief in Ma nila when the news was received that General Young's small force had ar rived safely at Vlgan, province of South Ilocos, December tl. Anxiety has been felt for General Young and the garri son at Vlgan since It was known that General Tlno had a largo aggressive body of Insurgents operating In the vicinity. General Tlno made a stand In tho mountain pass between Nurvaenn and San Qulnto. The natural strength of the position was augmented by trenches aud pitfalls. The light lasted five hours. General Young had three companies of the Thirty-fourth Infan try under Lieutenant Colonel Hubert L. llowze and two troops of the Third cavalry, Captain Swlgnrt commanding, and one troop under Captain Chase. He was reinforced during the fight by Colonel Luther It. I Hire with a battalion of the Thirty-third, enroute to Vlgan. General Young ended the light by charging and routing tho -nemy, who left twenty-live dead and several rllles and thousands of rounds of ammuni tion In the trenches. The enemy cm ployed artilery. Only one American was hcrioitsly wounded. SAYS HE IS A MURDERER leucine Man Muke m Confrnlon rhut I Not llelleveil. A man giving the name of George Dnrdlswas arrested at Haclnc, Wis., after making a statcmant In a saloon that he was the man who shot the ltev. D. 11. Cheney and wife on Thursday. Dardls says he shot the minister be cause of his A. P. A. belief. It is not believed that Dardls knows anything about the affair. FALLS FROM SECOND STORY V. II. Nlrhol, nn Auburn limine Mover, Huffer Fearful lujnrle. W. 11. Nlnhols of Auburn met with a very serious accident Saturday after noon by falling through the senffold lug from the second story of S. P. Glas gow's two story brick store room, now In course of construction. He had gone, to tho second utory of the build ing, and In going across an opening stepped onto an Inch plank, which gave way, precipitating him to the bottom. He lauded on the edges of the undcrstrlngcrs. Ilia left shoulder and two ribs on the left side wero broken. Tho left leg Is also broken below the knee and tho left foot badly crushed. FALLS HEIR TO A FORTUNE Acting Chancellor Homey Want Cnlvae lly Kept Open the Yenr lloiinil. Acting Chancellor Hessoy of tho stnto university Intends to bring before tho rcgentH at their coming meeting next week the question as to tho advisa bility of keeping thu university open, throughout the year uhIio outlined It In his opening address tn September. This plan divides tho year into four quarters of twelve weeks, each sepa rated by a week of recess. These four quarters arc, ton considerable extent, independent of ono another, suliiclcnt ly so as to enablo students to enter upon prolltablo work at tho beginning of any quarter In the. year. This plnn has been found to accommodate stu dents and faculty much hotter than the present plan of turning over ono quarter for vacation to alt students and all members of tho faculty. ' It does not involve tho necessity of any student's continuing his work through out the wholo year, Ho may us now study three-quarters and rest ono quar ter, or he may study two quartern or even a single quarter and still bo nbl to carry on his work profitably. Thcro arc some students, turnover, who aro able to carry the work throughout tho year, and for such the nil-year plan will permit graduation In threo years Instead of four. For tho faculty nlso this plan will havo many ndvnntugcu. It Is not the Intention to require ft teneher to continue his work through out tho wholoyear, but to give him tho opportunity of electing which quarter ho will take for his period of rest, rec reation or study, homo time ngo Act ing Chancellor Hcsscy had a personal Interview with President Harper of tho university of Chicago, who dnlroduccd this plan into that Institution, nnd the result of this conference Is thnt tho uctlng chancellor feels still more cer tain that It will te advisable eventu ally to ndopt the nll-yenr plan. CAN READ BIBLE IN SCHOOL A MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE Augusta ;., Hunlne Ho men Hum, Kn tiilllin Heavy Loa. A fire which had Its origin In n dry goods store at Augusta, Ga., burned property and stock valved ut 31,000,000. There wero no casualties. Hy the time the department arrived the Uro was beyond control. The chief wired Savannah for assistance but It came too late. Ttvo Women Asphyxiated. Mrs. Elizabeth Somcrvlllc, eighty years old, and her daughter, Mrs. EH. abeth Lindsay, fifty years of uge, wero fouud dead in their apartments on West Forty-ninth street, New York They had been asphyxiated by gas, which wus flowing from a tube, used to connect with a gas stove. AH the circumstances showed the deatliH to have been accidental. For Territorial Ooverument. Representative Hltt of Illinois lias introduced a bill to provide a territo rial form of government for Hawaii. It is similar to the measure reported to the house last year, providing for a territorial governor appointed by .the president and a legislature of two houses, Lieutenant Hruinby III. Lieutenant T. M. Hruinby, the flag secretary to Admiral Dewey at the bat tle of Manila, Is lying critically ill at the Garfield hospital in Washington. He is buffering from a fever contracted as n result of his long stay in the trop ics, and bus been at the hospital for about two weeks. Train Itunn Down Ilumlrar. A suburban passenger train on the Burlington road ran down a handcar bearing five men 100 yards west of the bridge at Alton, 111., killing two men outright und fatally Injuring two. The fifth man rscaped injury by jumping before tho collision came. UIIU by Ilnrkett. Congressuan Ilurkett in the house December 8 introduced bills for public buildings ntPlattsmouthand FallsCity, appropriating 375,000 for each place; also a bill culling for u new survey of Furnas county. To IiiTeitlgate Mlnlnic Trouble. Representative Lent, of Ohio has introduced a joint resolution reciting the charges growing out of the presence of United States troops under Hriga dier General Mcrrlam ut the centers of mining troubles in Idaho, aud asking for an investigation by a special com niittee of mine mcmbers.to bo appointed by tht;. speaker. Committee .Meet Monday. The republican national committee will meet in Washington December 11 to select the time and place for hold ing the next national convention and to transact such other business as may come before the committee. The ques tion of the ndoptlon of a change in thu basis of representation, heretofore mentioned, will come up. At North Platte, Judge Grimes In district court sentenced Hurt Conners to the penitentiary for five years for burglarizing the Wilcox department store lust October and Ira James und Harry Fon were sentenced to tho county Jail twenty days for larceny. "" i Trout Declare War. The Amerlcau Window Gluss com pany of Pittsburg, Pa., is reported to have made a cut of 33K per cent in the price of all window glass, and to have ordered ilrcs lighted in ull its factories, the purpose being to resume operations about January J. This move Is con sidered u declaration of war upon tho independent manufacturers. Thomas Wade, living two miles south went of Norfolk, lost his barn by u fire started by small boys. Six hundred bushels of oats nnd home grain and hay were burned. (limil Fortune of llurd-Worhlng Farmer Near Nchrnikn Oily. Thomns Stanley, who Is somo eighty years of age, and who with his family has resided for some twenty years on the bluff south of Nebraska City, Is In receipt of a letter from F.ngland noti fying him that lie,ln company wltli ills brothers and sisters, nine In number, have fallen heir to r.0,000. Tho money, it is said, will be available the coming year, anil ins ponton win ne nooui JtUT.OOO. He and Ills boys have, since their residence here, been hard-working people, and the good news Is very welcome to them. Kpldeinlo of Diphtheria. An epidemic of dlptherlu has broken out In Columbus, and one of the young Newman children has succumbed to the disease. Nannie Frazell, the little duughterof Mrs. J. C. Frazcll, has been taken 111 with diphtheria and the Fraell homo Is quarantined. The epidemic Is not considered serious and active measures are being taken by the health board to prevent It spread. Dlnimore Hafely .lalleil. Dinsmorc, thu alleged Odessa mur derer, was Cukcn to North Platte by Sheriff Funk of Keurney, und Is safely caged In the Lincoln county Jail, where he wilt remain until wanted for trial In Huffalo county. Ho refuses to talk about the murder, und seems glad that he Is away f rtnn the mob that threat ened him at Kearney. Tho ofllcers do not anticipate any attempt at mob violence. Contractor llailly Injured. John K. Hlckel, a Nebrasku City con tractor, met with quite a serious acci dent. While cementing a cistern ut the homo of George W. Lcldlgh and working on the top scaffold, the samo gave way und Hlckel, mortcr and brick wero precipitated to tho bottom or tin: well. Three ribs wero fractured und ho wus otherwise badly bruised P- Left- llrokeu In Football l'ractlco. While several boys were playing footbull ut Weeping Water, Hnrvey Wood nnd nnother boy kicked ut the bull at the same time, nnd struck their legs together in such n manner as break the inside bone in Hurley's leg about one-third of the distance between the unkle und knee. Ml norlocker'a Trial l'oitponed The hearing of tho celebrated Hor-locker-Morcy poisoning cose has again been postponed, this time by agreement of the state.s uttorney nnd tho uttor ney for the defendant, Miss Vlolu Hor locker. The case was to have come up nt this term of the Hastings district court. J ml If e I.otton ut lleutrlen Diamine Bolt of Dnnlnl Freeman. At lleatrlco Judge Letton decided the enso wherein Daniel Freeman nuked for a writ of mandamus compelling tho school board In his district to discon tinue the use, of the bible und tho Gos pel Hymn book In tho school. Tho writ was dented. Tho court delivered quite n lengthy opinion In the case, holding that thcro was more In the, reading of tho blblo in the schools than for the purposo of making It a place of worship. Ho belli that the selection of the passaged of scripture to bo lead and of tho songs to bo sung, should be left to tho school board for examination and discrimina tion. i F.aten by Hog. David Worden, nn old man of per haps scventy-llvo years, who lived in Stanton township, Cuming county, Ne braska, was missing from his home for a day or two, and ufter a long Bearch wus found In the hog lot dcud und his face euten off by the hogs. Ilarber Commit Hulclile. Edgar L. Turton, proprietor of one of the burbcr shops at Gothenburg, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart. II. A. Turton of Lexington, futher of the young man wus notified of his son's death. tinllty of Hamlauglitor. Henry Uartholamew of near Halgler, Dundy county, who killed young Stuuningcrof Wruy, Colo., last sum mer by shooting him whilo stealing watermelons, was found guilty o( man slaughter and sentenced to five year?' Imprisonment. Hn III Hand Mantled, While trying to run a belt on u corn shredding machine ut Gothenburg, William McKitn caught on of Ills thumbs in tho cogs of the machine and had it so badly mangled umpututlon was necessary. May F.reot 111k Tlnihop. Contracts are being figured on for a big tlnshop at tho Armour plant ut South Omaha. Tho building, an pro posed, will be 1S5 feet long by 75 feet in width, and four stories in height. As soon us bills can bo submitted it is the intention to commence thc-ercction of the structure. II rick work on tho big Armour warehouse is up to. tho fourth story and the framework is completed to the seventh story, 1'lro lu Factory. ' At Heading, Pa., ono of tho most up-, palling fires that has over visited tho city occurred Frjday, when the exten-, give hosiery mill of tho Nolde & Horbt company took fire, destroying tho nlant. causing the death of ono person, at least, and Injuring ubout sixty otticr employes of the company. Tho known dead Is Miss Louise Clay, uged forty eight years The Odeiaa Tragedy. The latest duvelopcmcnts in the' Odessa tragedy is the arrest of Frank L. Dinsmoro ut tho instance of County Attorney Fred Nyo charging him with murder, and the rumor thnt Mrs. Laue will bo urrestcd ulso. The body of Vtra. Dinsmoro was tnken to Kearn?y and prepared for burial. Killed In a Mine. A telegram received at Osceola by. telutlvcs of Samuel Pulver, conveya the information that lie was killed in a mine ut Tlncton Utah. The young man wns born nnd rulsed in Osceola, and went with his parents to Utah several yearn ago. Feurfully Injured. John Carey, aged 01, who works la ICrelgel's fuclory at Nebraska City, wus cuught in n belt und thrown with much forcu against a shaft. His leg was o badly injured that it was found necessary to amputate it. Kpldenilo Under Control; Tho epidemic of scarlet fever which has been prevalent in tho vicinity of Wilcox 1h now well under control, and ,o far no deaths have resulted. A very, strict quarantine bus been established by the authorities. Hound Over. At York Caroy Sell was bound oven lo district court for statutory rape, his bond being fixed ut 31,000. He was un able to give it und went to jaiL nermnn Tleficn is the prime moveri in nn cnterprlbe for u new Catholic, church ot Salem. Ho is giving ose fourth the cost. Arrives at Vlgan. A dispatch from Otis Thursday Bayat General Young's brigade, which, a-, cording to dispatches had been lost on the island of Luzon, for several days, lias arrived at Vigan. It had a .skir nilsh on the way, Jn whjch one Amerl-j can wus killed and twelve, wounded. Tho enemy was driven back, leaving twenty-five dead. A Washington dispatch to tho Chron (cle says the next national republican convention will bo held in Chicago, M MoKinloy expressed a preference" fr this city "' ! ?