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The result was u strlk liiK pnrallul to the case In which a fortnight ago Mllllunnlro l'oter Van Vllsslngon pinctleally demonstrated that under police prossuro a boy named Wlttrnx had given false tcsti-, niony lending to the conviction of tho boy's father for murder. I The lates-t Instance of youthful enre liability under oath was In the case of William McCarthy and four young men for murder, the witness being a little girl. Appolonu Sturbstn, who first gave- dltert, straightforward, eye witness testlmotiy, apparently estiili Il"hlng beyond question the guilt of the men. and then repudiated her sworn evidence. In explanation of the remarkable change of front, the child declared that she had been Insisted how to testify by tho widow of tho murdered man. Charges against the prisoners were wlthdtawn on the spot by tho state's attorney, the five in n Imme diately walking out of tho dock fico by order of tho court. EACH SH0TJHR0U6H HEAD Fire May Have Been Started to Cover Up a Crime. Keokuk, la., March 30. Examina tion of tho bodies of C. Lemleo nud. wife, the aged eouplo found burned to death In their dwelling li uso at Montrose, disclosed thu fact that each hnd a bullet holo through tho head. A revolver with two empty chambers was found In tho kitchen THE HALL OF FAME. The Duke of Took has been appoint ed temporary military attache at Vi enna. lllrittn Howe of Factory Village, N. II., seventy-seven years of age, has sawed and piled twenty-four cords of wood during the winter. Cnpt.ilu Ira W. Cary. who played an Important part In the second day of the battle of Cettysburg, has Just died at his home in Morrlstown. N. .1. Mr. ti nd .Mrs. Joseph Light of Rur kettvllle. Me., who have lived In tho same place for llfty-one years, have boarded thirty-seven schoolteachers in that time. Moses Myers of tjiilntoii. N. J., sev enty years of age, Is the oldest window lluht blower in the country, lie has fifteen children and is teaching the youngest the trade. Andrew Gibson, a shipowner and merchant of Liverpool, has announced his Intention of building and endowing a home for widows of seamen at Ugre uioiit, Cheshire, Kuglaud. President l.otibet of France has en tered upon the sixth year of his admin istration. The full term is seven years. He lias been entertained by more high potentates than any previous chief of state of France. I The Ilrltlsh minister at Seoul recent ly presented a monster silver cup fro'm King Kdward to the emperor of Korea ' on the celebration of his fortieth birth day. The emperor expressed his Im mense gratification at the gift. ' Dr. Samuel Umcry of West New- ROLL CALL IN KOREA. Slowly tiled tho Inst red sunbeam; slowly came tho hush of night Where tho tnnon Illumined stronghold ot tho bearded Muscovite Uroko the landscape's rolling contour In a fair Korean wile. Many u warrior's heart was heavy, many a warrior's check was pale, For the bloody llht was o'er, Silenced wns the cannon's roar. All was quiet as a form without n soul, And before tho call of taps Several noncommissioned chaps Volunteered hftilf heartedly to call the roll. Major IIItthcdopcsk!i! Present. Major FotirlluHhoffsky! Here Brave old Splhcthcguusky, absent. IiiiKlcr Mow sky. standing near. Punkcroff Is here, and Snlffsky, I'retzelvlcll and Michael StlffsKy. Up spake Quarternuiater IllfTsky, "Can't lose me, boys, nevel fear!" Present, too. were llobtallstrnlghtsUy, Act upky Illuffcroff, Cushloiu-aromsky, I'lngpnngsky, Vladimir OiieliitiKgoroff, Iiultcrlnaky, Maltesecatsky, Lageroff and Antlfatfiky, Iun I'nseyatthebatsky And tho selllsh KeetlntrofT, Not to mention many more with appella tions much the same, Who retorted "Hero!" nml "Present!" when the time to answer entne. Slowly spread the crimson sunrise, and the blrtllcB In the trees Sang a souk that sounded bully to the Muscovite main squeeze. "Ily my beunlsky," muttered he, " 'Twas a Klorlous vlctoree!" Valiant Splkethegunsky had to bo, poor soul! Dut the only other chap Wns the noncommissioned ynp Who succumbed to lockjaw when he call ed the roll. Milwaukee Sentinel. SHE GOT SQUARE. Not Wlint He Kxpceted. near whoro the man was found. Tho coroner's Jury found that Lcmlce had bury, Mass.. who died recently on tho killed his wife, Bet flro to tho houso way from l'orto Rleo to Huston, is the in hliln bin ..rltnn nml tlion nbnr lilm.' IllSt Of HCVell KeilCriltlOIlH WliO llllVO self. Tho police aro now working on tho theory that tho old couple were murdered by a stranger, who sot flro to tho house afterwards. Royal Arcanum Wins Out Lincoln, March 30. Tho effort to drive tho Royal Arcanum, a fraternal Insurance order, from Nebraska, has years of age, failed. It was mado by tho represents tlvo of a home Insuranco order on tha ground that nono of the Massachu. sotts fraternal companies compiled with tho Massachusetts lived on tho same spot since the land was granted to them by the Indians. John L. Tuckerman placed the hal yards on the liberty pole nt Forts mouth, N. II., this year, us he has done for Beveral years paBt, at about this time of year. The pole is 114 feet high, and Mr. Tuckeriuan Is seventy-llvo BRITISH BRIEFS. i The Day (gfa For Sale Right MS u: :? vvhen fy'gsgnstAtSSggwai , , ) jvou yrajBBjjjjlf Burden TRADERS LUMBER CO. Lumber and Coal BUILDING MATERIAL, ETC. Red Cloud, ... Nebraska, laws. Ho alleged that their rates were lower than those fixed by tho fraV tcrnal congress and therefore a viola tion of tho reciprocal laws. Tho No braska insurance auditor decides that the fraternal sections are exempt from tho reciprocal features. - i. .1 Asks Large Sum From State. Des Moines, March 30. Fphrlam J. Dean, a pioneer of Waverly, filed a claim of $100,000 with the state legis lature against the state of Iowa for alleged false Imprisonment twenty eight years ago. Dean claims to have been falsely confined In a lunatic asy lum, after which ho wns wrongfully compelled to spend boven months in a Illackhawk county jail. Tho alleged perjury of a wealthy and prominent citizen of Illackhawk county, who, Dean says, bought to secure his prop erty, is supposed to have led to Im prisonment. File Suit to Recover $100,000. Sioux City, March 30. The Modera Woodmen of America filed a suit in tho United Stntcs comt to recover Judgment lor $li)0,00u a;,alnst tho es tate of the late 12. 11. McCutcheon, a former Holstoin banker, and twenty two sureties upon an Indemnity bond for ?:M0.U00. The Judgment is de manded for moneys which were on de posit In tho private bank of 12. H. Mc Cutcheon &. Co. at Holhtoln nt tho tlmo of tho death of 12. H. McCutch eon, president of the banking com pany, In January, 1001. Henry T. Bogardus Is Dead. Chicago, Mnrch 30. Hem y T. no gardus, perhaps the most widely known telegiaph operator in America, Is dead here In a sanitarium, Hogar da r, had a unique history. He was born In Rochester, N. Y about sixty years ago, and on tho death of his wife became nn lnveternte traveler. "Old Ilogy." as ho had been familiar ly known for a quarter of a century, hnd worked In every telegraph olllco of Importance In tho United States, Canada and Mexico. Ireland has now n bank holiday nil insuranca to itHelf-nniuely. St. Patrick's day The average furm laborer's family in England lives on $185 a year. The av erage mechanic's family spends $300. The Rrltlsh parliament when filled consists of M3 peers and 070 members of the house of commons, n total ot 1,'J30 persons. The new lighthouse nt Dungeness, which hns been two years In building, Is now completed. It will be one of the most powerful on the Ilrltlsh coast. Half a dozen ring snakes, a harmless vnrlety, have recently been captured nenr Dublin. It Is supposed that they escaped from sailors who took thein to Ireland to sell as curiosities. While London Is steadily growing, the population of the "City" Is con stantly decreasing. In 1ST I it was 17,000; today it is .'10,000. Nearly 5.000 of its buildings are not Inhabited at night. MODES OF THE MOMENT. mmMMN&ml 0H ; T JnHjHjHJHjHjHjHJHrVlr How .IoImi'n Wlfo time llulilir n TiimIc of Ills Own .Mt'illcliic. Knowing the aversion of her hus band to letter writing, the wife of a Chlcagoan thtf admonished 111 lit on his departuie on a recent eastern trip: "Now, John, as neither 1 nor the chil dren can accompany you. you must be eyes unil ears for us and drop us an occasional post. 1 card, telling us any thing of Interest you may see and hear. Don't forget, will you V" The husband promised and took his departure. The next morning but one bis wife received a postal card contain ing thi' following message: Hear WlfcI reached Pittsburg all right. Yours u if. Though disappointed, she excused the brevity of the communication on the ground that her husband was doubt less pressed for time. Two days later, however, another card arrived bearing the startling announcement: Here 1 am in New York. Yours ever. Still later came another: I am Indeed In New York. Yours. The wife swallowed her disappoint ment and, being good at retaliation, seized her pen and wrote: Dear Husbnnd Tho children and I ar In Cldcugo. Yours. A few days later she wrote again: We arc still In Chicago. In her next communication she grew a little more enthusiastic. She wrote: Dear Husband Hero we are In Chicago. I repeat It, sir, we aro In Chicago. 1". a. We uro Indeed. In due time John reached Lome and, fearing perhaps that his poor wlfo was atlllcted with somo sort of dementia, hastened to ask tho meaning of her strange messages. For answer Bhe slipped into his hand his owu three postal cards. Chicago Tribune. The Rore I nssure you that I only need to tnlk with a woman five min utes to know her most secret thoughts'. The Lady That must bo very un pleasant for you. Shaded white effects are much in ev idence In the soutache trimmings. A new voile, something of a cross between cloth and crepe tie chine. Is among the latest fabrics for spring cos tumes. Ilrown, and especially a particular shade of brown unromantlcnlly known as "mud color." Is in the lead In tho new colored veilings. New York Trib une. Sleeves are still full and voluminous below the elbow, but in tile summer dresses they will be half length, and some will fall in fan plaits from tho elbow. A new fashion In combs to be worn In the hair Is the long comb, curved to lit the shape of the head. It Is worn lu a vertical position, to hold the back hair In place. Conaalnl. Mr. C. of Germantown Is quite nn enthusiastic motorist. While speeding nlong Old York roud some time since he saw n man and a dog far ahead of him, the dog running in and out of the bushes. As he whizzed past n moment later the dog darted out ahead of tho machine to bnrk at It, was run over and Instantly killed. Mr. C. stopped his mnchine and re turned. "I'm very sorry, my dear sir," he said consolingly to the man. "Will that make It all right?" He held out a ten dollar bill. "It will." replied the man coolly, tak ing the money aiul putting it in his pocket. As the automobile flow down the road he looked sympathetically at tho remains and soliloquized: "Poor little devil! I wonder whose dog It was" Philadelphia Public Ledger. I'p to Date Uth. Much the worse for aleohol, a young fellow entered a Washington bath par lor early the other morning. He push ed the dents out of his hat, walked to the office counter with great confi dence and announced that he wanted a bath. "What sort of a bath?" tho clerk asked as he pushed the register to ward the unsteady customer. "What kind yer got?" "Oh, we can give you a Turkish bath!" "Had too many of them already. Can't yer give me somethln' new?" "Yes; we can give you n medicated buth." "I don't want no quacks workln' on me. No gold cure for Willie." "Well, we can give you a Russian buth." "Not If I know It. Just give me n Japanese bath. That's my ticket" Washington Times. "Well, church V" IlClllllllt'l-IlltvP, Hobby, how do you like asked his father as they walked homeward from the sanctuary, to which Hobby had Just paid his first visit. "It's flue!" ejaculated the young man. "How much did you get, father?" "How much did I get? Why, what do you mean? How much what?" ask ed the astonished parent nt this evi dent Irreverence. "Why, don't you remember when tho funny old man passed the money around? I only got 10 cents." Lip plncott's Mngazlne. Inventive CciiIum, "Yes, sir; tills Is a safety razor that gives you the same sort of a shave as you get at the barber shop," said tho agent. The prospective customer rather poobpoolied. "Rut It does," persisted tho agent. .".See, here Is a thingumajig that squirts lather Into your eyes, and hero Is a small phonographic attachment that delivers an onion flavored ora tion while the razor Is In use. Can you beat that?" Judge. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. THE merchants who sell Gordon Hats appreciate the value of the returning customer, the value of growing business. Gordon Hats, soft or stiff, $3.00, ,,( Notice to Non-Resident. 0N THE IHSTIUCT COU11T OK WKIISTKIt COUNTY, NKIIItASIvA. rfjor Goodwin, l'lidntlU, VI. .Jb ich Goodwin, Defend TJ neii Oumlwln, aou ivtMuat dvfcailnat: You will Uku notice ilint Corn Goodwin, the jilalnllft herein, has filed tier petition In the -district court of Webster coimtr, Nelirunlca, jiKHltmt you, tho ol'Jeet and prujrer of which nro 40 ohtHlu a decree of divorce from tho bonds of matrimony on (lie h round of cruelty mid non support. You are required to hush cr mid peti tion on or before the -'Mh day of April. 1WI. (,'oiia (ioonwi.s, l'laiiitlff, ily A, M. Wil.Ttits, Her Attorney, uprtj Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurso in the Children's Homo in New York, euro foverishness. bad stomach. teething disorders, movo and rogulnto tho bowels nud destroy worms. Ovor 30,000 testimonials. Ihey never fail. At all druggists. 25c. Snimiln free. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted, Lo Koy, N. Y. m Don't forgot our free buggy offer. No ono in nny way connected with tho office will bo allowed to compote (or the prize. Humphrey Murder Mystery. Humphrey, Neb., March 30. An un known young mnn was found mur dered nenr here. He was woll dressed, twenty-two years old, had $7.35 In his pockets and a card bearing the nnmo of Wllllnm O Rrleii. This Is not thought to bo his name. Ho was shot through tho left temple during tho night apparently, and hlB body thrown Into an empty building on tho Graham farm. There Is no cluo to tho slayer or motive for tho crime-. Peace Negotiations Abandoned. London, March 30. Tho Times' cor respondent at Montevideo, Uruguay, says the peaco negotiations have been abandoned and tho government Is raising fresh forces in preparation for a winter campaign. There are U7,'-."l) panes of glass 18 by 'J3 Inches lu the Palace of Agricul ture at the world's fair. Two hundred of Undo Sam's ma rines who have been on duty at Pana ma are going to the fair to give exhibi tion drills. Night has been turned luto day lu all of the largo exhibit palaces. Numer ous electric lights have been put In place, and scores of workmen aro busy night ns well ns day Installing the ex hibits. Tho Relglan building, one of the lar gest nml handsomest In the foreign section, Is remarkable In that tho walls are not broken by n sluglo window. The lurgo structure Is well lighted by , Immense Bkyllghts Beventy-Uvo feet above tho floor. In Doubt. "Would you rather be handsome or rich?" she asked. "Well, that's hard to say," he re plied. "The handsome man has a popularity that tho rich man can't really attain, but the rich man hns a better chance of getting the girl. I think, on the whole, I'd rather have a title, nud then I could beat both of the others and get the riches with the girl." Pittsburg Dispatch. Ill Wife. (Jorley You seem to have n model wife. Fitklns-Oh, yes; but. then, women are such curious things. When wo married, Flora wasn't on terms with her mother; hadn't spoken to her for over a year. We hadn't been married six weeks before Flora had tho old lady at the house, and she's boon there ever slnce.-lioston Transcript. He Win I'louilnliliiFr. "I hear that Jlmpklus Is getting nlong fine In the city," said Rlobbson. "I suppose ho Is, maybe; but I never thought he would," commented Nlver- iy. "His fnther told me he was flourish ing, though." "Yes, ho Is. Ho is teaching pen manship." Judge. THE COOKBOOK. Iowa Dank Falls. Eldora, la., March 30. -The private hanking firm of O. E. Miller & Son of . New Providence has failed. Proceed-1 Intra In hnnVrimtov have beinin. Thft causo of tho falluro Is not announced. ' Tho Btcam will keep the crust Btnooth nuu leuuer Bait pork for cooking should bo clear fat. The lean has a harsh, suit flavor. A pinch of sugar added to freshly made mustard not only makes it much more tasty, but keeps It fresh much longer. In baking bread or rolls put a sauce pan of boiling water Into the oven A Troublesome Imitation. Mrs. Hopkins What kind of Insom nia does Mr. Jenkins have? Mrs. Jenkins Well, ho doesn't llko It at all when I tell him he has tho "snoring lnsomnlu." Cincinnati Com mercial Tribune. CniiNlileriitr Man. "Yes," said the meek little woman; "I consider my husband one of tho most considerate men In our suburb." "Hut I thought you said ho scolded you if breakfast was late." . "lie does, but he always closes tho doors and windows before he begins, bo none of the neighbors can hear." Cincinnati Times-Star. A Jump. Breaks Sni .v Blockade. Mandan, N. D March 30. Tho pas Bcnger blokado was raised at this point nnd passengers from six west bound trains who had been delayed here were sent forward. If one be out of olive oil a salad dressing may bo undo by mixing thor oughly a tcaspoonful of salt, a salt spoonful of white pepper, a salad spoonful of wlno vinegar nnd four ta blespoonfuls of good, rich cream. Proof of It. "Travelmuch, I understand, Is a fin ished scholar." "Right you are; he was shipwrecked on the cannibal Islands a year ago and fcaju't been herd from since." Cin cinnati Tlmes-St r. '' ' '-' fluro KnouKb. Teacher Now that winter Is over, you may tell me, Tommy, what Is com ing next. Tommy (promptly) Tho circus. Philadelphia Press. -. His Sister's Caller And you say your sister Is skittish and nervous? I sup pose she would Jump nt a mouse? Wlllle-I don't know 'bout her Jump. In' nt a mouse, but I have heard her tell ma tlint she would Jump at a pro posnl, whatever that Is. Now York American. He TVondernl Too, Tom-Well, well! I wonder If she's really going to marry hlml i Vora-Ttat's what ho said. Tom-Eh? Did ho tell you It was all Bettled? Norn You misunderstand mo. I say uo said what you Just said.-Phllttdel-phla Press. . -. "ijm