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HER LOVER ACCUSED
GIRL KILLED AND
THROWN IN THE RIVEJ
At First Supposed to Be a Suicide
lut Upon the Body Being Exhumed
a Bullet Was Found to Have En
tered the Right Ear
Ohio Murder Mystery
Dayton Ohio On August 27 Bessie
Little a boarder with Airs Preese on
South Jefferson Street ibis city disap
peared at 6 oclock in the evening Sue
told Mrs Freese she had arn engagement
to ride with Albert J Frantz her alleged
lover On Thursdaj Sept 3 Bessies
dead bod bloated almost beyond recog
nition was found in Stillwater River
near the bridge justnorthof Dayton -The
coroner supposed it a -case of simple
drowning perhaps a -suicide Bessies
known delicate condition suggested sui
cide Public sentiment demanded closer
investigation The -body was exhumed
and re examined A bullet that had
entered the right ear was founddodged in
the brain This was the first revelation
of murder Frantz was then arrested
He saysessie was not with him No
bodjT has been found that saw Frantz and
Bessie together on that Thursday night
On the following night Frantzs stable
burned and his buggy with -its evidence
if it contained any was destroyed
Prevented a -Lynching
Pitxsbueg Pa Prompt action by the
police authorities prevented a probable
lynching at Homestead Four negroes
broke into the residence of Wm Marsh
a prominent picture dealer of Homestead
for the purpose of robbery and probably
a more henious crime They entered the
Bleeping apartments of Mr Marshs three
daughters and upon discovery one of the
negroes tried to strangle Miss Annie
Marsh Tlie father being aroused came
to the rescue and the negroes fled One
of them Isaac Mills jumped from the
second story window and was so badly
jhurt lie will probably die The others
were arrested -soon after and placed in the
lockup The feeling against the negroes
was intense and acrowd of about 300 had
planned to lynch them but the police offi
cials smuggled them out of town and
lodged them safely in jail in this city
A Pastor in Disgrace
Haxxebax Mo The committee ap
pointed by Bishop Galloway to try the
case against Hev Thomas Cooper the de
posed pastor of St Joseph has fund
him guilty of gross immorality slander
and profanity lit recommended that he
be expelled from the church The con
ference adopted the report at once and
Cooper was -expelled The suicide of Dr
ilcDonald this week is said to have been
due to threats of prosecution made by
Hev Mr Cooper Dr McDonald had
charged him with immoral intimacy with
a young woman of the church
Bids for New Battleships
WASEUfQirox Under GovernmetfwkG it was alleged -that life had gone to
specifications bids for three battleships
are to be opened September 11 and for
twelve high grade torpedo boats two days
previous- Strong pressure is being
brought to bear upon the Navy Depart
ment to postpone the opening day until
November 15 All prominent shipbuild
ing firms in the country desire this action
The law is mandatory however and no
postponement can be made
Dr Leo Browne Goode Dead
Washungitox JDr Leo Brown Goode
assistant secretary of Smithsonian Insti
tute and probably the jeading authority
on fish and fisheries iu the United States
died at Washington D C of bronchial
pneumonia He was a native of Indiana
From 1884 to 1877 he held the office of
chief of thedivision of fisheries in the
Smithsonian Institute and on the organi
zation of the Rational Museum became its
assistant director
Wealthy Missourian Disappears
Chheicotxle Mo Casper Ulmer a
wealthy retired farmer aged 77 years
left here last Monday fo attend the G A
R encampment at St -Paul He registered
at the Metropolitan Hotel and was lodged
at a private house just across the street
Tuesday night he got up dressed himself
and told his friends he would go across to
he hotel This was thelast seen of him
Gold -Imports
The treasury on Sat
urday received a telegram from the sub
treasury at New York stating 4 750000 in
gold coin had been received of which 1
750000 appearl in Saturday statement
the remaining 53000000 appearing Mon
day The withdrawals Saturday amounted
to 32100 which leftthe true amount of
the reserve exclusive of the 3000000 not
taken up in Saturdays statement 104
085152
Frait Importers Fail
New Yoek H JDumois Co among
the largest fruit importers of West India
fruits jn America assigned Saturday
without preference Their last statement
to Bradstreef s in November 1895 showed
assets 66000 liabilities 2S5000 Gen
Weylers ediet prohibiting the exporta
tion of fruit from Cuba vwhere the firm
owns vast estates ds given as the cause of
the failure
North Amerieajc Review Sold
New Tore Lloyd Brice has sold the
American Review one of theoldest mag
azines in tlie united states David A
Monroe who Is the new editor president
and treasurer was for a number of years
connected with the literary departmental
Harper Bros
Train RofcTer Killed
Sacramento CaL An attempt was
made to hold up the overland express
eight miles west of this city The engi
neer killed one of the robbers and then
pulled out and the train reached this city
Helena Bank Fails
HelenjL Mont A notice posted by
the manager of the First National Bask
announcediubat the bank was unable to
meet the withdrawals demanded The
manager said creditors would be paid in
full No statement of assets or liabilities
was made
Columbus Railway Fails
Columbus Ohio The Columbus Cen
tral Street Bailway Company went into
tlie hands of a receiver Saturday morning
The assets and liabilities are unknown
The cause of the failure Vas insufficient
business
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Bradst reefs Review
Sew York Bradstreets says There
is a somewhat better feeling among
wholesale merchants as to prospects for
autumn trade in seasonable goods This
extends to some industrial lines notably
iron and steel Chicago sales of iron this
week nro larger tnan for all of August
and Pittsburg sales are larger jxnd prices
better on the outlook for harmony among
steel makers The most notable increase
of sales of seasonable goods has been at
Chicago mostly among dry goods aud
hardware jobbers St Louis also reports
a moderate gain in demand as does St
Paul Baltimore wholesale trade is
checked by restricted bank credits but is
still larger than one year ago
The more encouraging nature as to the
movement of prices lies in advance of
quotations for wheat on the stronger sta
tistical position and free export move
ment higher prices for iron and steel at
Pittsburg aud Chicago with a gain in de
mand and a further appreciation in quo
tations for cotton on renewed reports of
damage to the crop Petroleum aud
leather are also higher On the other
hand there has been no general increase
in industrial production the output as a
whole being smaller than previously dur
ing the year
Drop Out the Diamond Match
Chicago V H and J H Moore
have resigned their positions with the
Diamond Match Company The resigna
tions were handed to George M Pullman
one of the large carriers of Diamond
Match stock W II Moore was first vice
president and a director J H Moore
was not a director but was second vice
president of the company While the
retirement of tlie Moore brothers makes
but one vacancy in the Diamond Match
directory it is probable that two other
resignations will be received According
to the way matters are drifting Director
J K Robinson of Chicago and Director
C It Hopkins of St Louis may retire
It is not improbable that Mr Robinson
will be elected treasurer of the company
a position which he now holds Outside
of Mr Armour and Mr Pullman II N
Higinbotham and C H McCormick have
been considered as possible candidates
To Be Open to the World
Shanghai Reports are in circulation
in the circles of highest authority to the
effect that the Chinese Empire will short
ly be thrown open to free trade with the
rest of the world When Li Hung Chang
was in England one of his staff said the
main object of his tour was to sound the
European governments regarding an in
crease of Chinas tariff He added that he
understood Russia Germany and France
were favorable to the increase but the
British premier brought forward several
important oounter propositions
It is now -certain that China is inclined
to concede these conditions that as a
preliminary tariff be increased all transit
dues in the interior of China be abolished
and later free trade established through
out the empire A preliminary increase
in the tariff is made necessary in order to
secure necessary loans
Heir -of Prince LobanofU
St Louis The vast estates of Prince
Lobanoif Rostovsky Russian Minister ot
Foreign Affairs who died suddenly in
Kieff last Sunday will pass to a man
who sixteen years ago came to St Louis
as a Russian exile and proscribed This
man disappeared a year later taking
with him the divorced wife of Prof Jules
Belin a teacher of French Since then
ho has been heard from but once and
New York and there had been sentenced
to prison The exile claimed to be a
nephew of the late prince His name is
Lobanoff and before his exile he ws
judge of the criminal court in Odessa
He was a nihilist and when this fact was
discovered helled for his life
Comes Back at Altgeld
Chicago Ex Democratic Congress
man Forman publishes a rejoinder to the
answer of Gov Altgeld to the charges of
borrowing state money etc made by him
against the Governor He repeats the
charges and says
Tlie publie has a right to expect an
explanation of every charge but instead
they are met with personal abuse mean
insinuations and hypocritical cant I
want to remind you says Mr Forman
that the issue was squarely presented to
you and as you refused to aecept it I
shall await with confidence the verdict of
the people of the state of Illinois to be
rendered in November and predict your
overwhelming defeat
San Francisco Wants to See Li
Sax Fraxcisco The Chamber of
Commerce Board of Trade and Mayor
Sutro have sent an official invitation to
Li Hung Chang through the Chinese
Consul General to a reception at the hall
of the Chamber of Commerce should he
pass through San Francisco The South
ern Pacifie Company has placed at the
disposal of Li Hung Chang a special
train from New York to this city and
hence to Portland if required
-Saves 50000 to Cattlemen
Guthrie Oklahoma The last Legis
lature passed an act taxing all cattle
ranches houses and other personal prop
erty of white men in the Indian reserva
tions ot the territory The cattlemen
fought the tax- The supreme courtheld
that part of the levy for general territory
purposes and court expenses shall stand
good but holds that the eounty and school
tax is illegal By the decision the cattle
men save over 50000 a year
Bogus Chinese Certificates
Montreal The special United States
treasury agents arrived here to obtain
evidence regarding the forging and sell
ing of Chinese merchants certificates
They will act in conjunction with Dr
Anuerson consul general No attempt
will be made to extradite the offenders
but indictments will be asked from the
court of the queens bench as the offense
is one against the Canadian criminal law
Great Westerns Earnings
Chicago The annual meeting of the
Chicago Great Western road was held in
this city The net earnings of the road
during the last fiscal year were 1899578
an increase of 580228 over the preceding
year H A Gardiner H E- Fletcher
and A Oppenheim the retiring direotors
svere re elected
Spanish Gold Sinks Laurada
Jamaica The steamer
Laarada of Cuban filibustering fame
struck a reef while entering the harbor
of Port Antonio She will be a total loss
it is feared It is suspected that she was
wrecked purposely through Spanish
bribery
Philippine Islands Revolt
Londojt A dispaieh to the Times
from Hong Kong says that the revolution
in the Philippine Islands is less serious
than was at first expected and that no
danger is feared for the lives and prop
erty of foreign subjects
I OF A GEEAT STATE
NEWS
FROM ALL PARTS OF
NEBRASKA
Detective Cox of Omaha Institutes
a Crusade Against the Omaha
Council Bluffs Inter State Thieves
Association Asks for Requisition
Aftt Inter State Thieves
Detective Cox of Omaha applied to
Governor Holcomb for a requisition for
John Malone who is now under arrest
at Council Bluffs charged with the lar
ceny of a suit of clothes in Omaha of the
value of 13 The reason lor asking a
requisition for one guilty of so small an
offense is explained by a letter addressed
by Cox to the Governor as follows
Enclosed please find an application
for John Malone together with special
delivery stamps for the purpose of facili
tating the speedy delivery to me of the
requisition papers and to save the ex
pense of travel in procuring the same I
trust his honor the Governor will grant
the same for the reason that there are a
great many petty thieves who will steal
an article of small value in our city and
go over to Council Bluffs with the idea
that the amount is under grand larceny
and thereby not a felony that they will
not be prosecuted and punished but as I
desire to make an example of this case
and break up what seems to be air inte
state thieves association with headquar
ters in this city and Council Bluffs I
trust I shall receive your co operation in
the matter
BURN CHILDREN TO DEATH
Murderers Saturate a Bedroom with
Kerosene and Apply the Match
Of all the horrible and villianous crimes
ever committed in Northwestern Nebras
ka the one which resulted in the death of
two children of Assistant Postmaster W
A Danley at Chadron clearly takes the
lead About 4 oclock Thursday morning
a fire alarm was turned in and the blaze
was discovered to be the dwelling of Mr
Danley Before the arrival of the appa
ratus Danley his wife and a young baby
had been removed from the house the
first two unconscious and the baby deal
It was shortly learned that the 1-year-old
girl was also in the hoube and chief L A
Doirington crawled all over the house on
his hands and knees finally finding the
little girl in her bed She was dead
Some unknown party had thrown kero
sene over the entire room and set lire to
it The entire family sleep in this room
and the blaze and smoke came so sud
denly that they were nearly suffocated
Appearances would indioate that the fiend
had thrown oil through the east window
of the bedroom completely saturating ihe
bed where the older child lay and sprink
ling the carpet underneath and around
the bed containing Mr Danley wife and
the young baby The citizeus are much
excited over the affair aud all kinds of
theories are being expounded regarding
it the most logical being that the guilty
party made a mistake in the house and
was after some one else
A common tin sprinkler was discovered
in the house which had lately contained
kerosene The coroners inquest is liable
to produce a sensation of no small pro
portions - -- --
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Farmer Seriously Hurt
F H Hubbard was quite seriously in
jured at Overton by a loaded billy in the
hands of Jake Brown Mr Hubbard
who is an enterprising farmer of that
locality had employed Brown for a few
days to assist him on the farm After t lie
family had retired for the night Brown
attempted to assault the farmers daugh
ter 18 years of age Her screams
awakened her father who promptly
knocked the miscreant down and threw
him out of doors Later in the night he
called and requested his clothes and other
effects His appearance was sufficient to
open hostilities again during which Mr
Hubbard was injured Brown has disap
peared
Life of a Child Crushed Out
A fatal accident occurred at Chitten
dens elevator In Tecumseh in which
Curtis Smith the 11-year-old son of Fred
Smith lost his life The boy with two
or three playmates was on the second
floor of the building and attempted to
jump into the elevator in its descent from
the third floor for a ride down His asso
ciates made the jump all right but young
Smith was a little slow and his head was
caught between the elevator and the floor
The car crushed his head in a frightful
manner and death was almost instantan
eous His body could not be released
from the awful position however until
help could be secured from two blocks
away
York County Mortgage Record
The York County mortgage record for
August shows the following Farm mort
gages filed thirteen 677500 sixteen
were released L 6771o Three town
and city mortgages were filed and they
amount to 81925 nine aggregating the
sum of 5 4135 were satisfied Chattel
nortgages ninety filed 1932143 eleveo
released 44810
Clark Beebe Accidentally Shot
Dr Clark T Beebe and George Smith
of Shelton were snipe hunting in a small
boat on Wood River pond and on theii
return young Beebe seeing game drew
the shotgun towards him the hammers
caught on the boat and discharged both
loads into his breast above the right lung
He died
Feeders for Nebraska
A special train of eighteen cars of west-
rn cattle was unloaded at Shelby th
other day Part of them have been sold
to farmers while the balance will be fed
They have not tasted corn and when
driven along the road will stop at grassy
places and not look at the cornfields
Preparing to Handle the Corn Crop
There is a change in the ownership oJ
the East Side elevator at Hildreth Th
property has been sold to A Beckstrom
who is making extensive repairs for th
seasons trade An enormous quantity o
corn will be marketed at that point thi
fall and winter
In Trouble with Uncle Sam
A A Wirtz in charge of the te m per
Ance billiard hall at Beatrice was ar
rested in compliance with a request from
the United States authorities on a charge
of illegally selling intoxicating liquors
Wirtz will waive preliminary examina
tion and ask for immediatejhearing in the
higher court
Provokes a Printers Strike
A printers strike occurred on the y
Times the other morning the new free
siler management attempting to cut the
price of type setting to 10 cents per thou
sand when all employes walked out
Had Hoarded S lOOOOO
Chicago Frite Struckmeyer worth
nearly 100000 died of heart disease in
the wretched room he called his home at
389 North Avenue He had been a miser
for a quarter of a century denying him
self the comforts of life and almost the
common necessities although he had
enough worldly possessions to place him
beyond want He died in a store room
deserted even by the rats Death found
the old man sitting on the end of an
empty nail keg across which his lifeless
bbdy soon stretched
Fritz rented the first floor of his two-
ptory building to a candy dealer He
lived in a small room over the store his
sleeping apartment being in a little closet
adjoining He did his own cooking on
the rickety stove and the neighbors say
that as he never took a bath he did not
feel the lack of a bath room He dressed
in tatters and rags
He was also the owner of much other
valuable real estate and ready money It
was common gossip that he kept some of
his hoardings in his room over the thresh
hold of which no person save one friend
was allowed to pass His fear of robbers
it is said was something remarkable and
with locks and bais he fortified himself
against their attacks being suspicious of
everyone
Lost Spanish Mine Discovered
Round Rock Texas There is great
excitement in the counties of Bell and
Milan over recent discoveries of gold In
Bell County syndicates have leased large
bodies of land and the ore taken out has
been sent to Cripple Creek Colo to be
assayed If the report is favorable mines
will be actively developed
When the discovery of gold in Bell
County was announced some two months
ago the old story of the lost mine on the
Bowles place was revived and a company
quietly leased the land before making
known their purpose They sent to Crip
ple Creek and employed E L Conway a
gold miner who for many years has had
experience in the mines of California
British Columbia and Australia He im
mediately began the work of locating the
old Spanish mine and from almost oblit
erated landmarks he finally succeeded in
ascertaining where the shaft had been
sunk After removing the earth it was
found that the shaft had been completely
filled up and it will take much hard work
and considerable time to remove the de
bris A large force of men has been em
ployed and the work of developing the
mine is now actively under way
Shy On Revenue
Washington In spite of the fact that
circumstances have so shaped themselves
as to make it appear that the financial
problem is the predominant issue the
treasury statement for August shows that
the question of adequate revenue is of
overshadowing importauce The deficit
for August was upwards of ten million
dollars and the total deficiency for the
first two months of the fiscal year Avas
523198839 It is clearly demonstrated
that in the event of a continuance of the
deficit the next president will be com
pelled to call Congress together imme
diately after his inauguration
Predicts a Very Hard Winter
Wichita Kan Joseph H C Swan
the sage of the Whitewater widely
known for his correct forecast of the St
Louis cyclone and other meterological
phenomena makes the following predic
tion
The winter of 1896 97 will be very long
ufcd cold with much snow in all local
ities where snow is a factor -Blizzards
will be numerous highways and railr
ways will be blockaded and all to be fol
lowed by much rainfall and high water
aiost of the year
Flow of Gold Will Not Stop
New Yopk Nearly all bankers says
hat they now begin to realize the magni
ude of the present gold import move
ment It is declared bv bankers who imd
studied the situation and the condition of
srade between Great Britain and this
sountry that in the absence of any un
oward political event which would cause
tieavy selling of American securities
abroad the importation of gold before the
movement closes is likelv to aggregate
oetweeu 40000000 and 53000000
Woman Goes Innane on a Train
Sedalia Mo Mrs Mary A Hogue
ihe wealthy widow of John A Hogue
who amassed a fortune in the wholesale
grocery trade in this city became vio
ently insane while on her way to tins
city from a visit during the summer in
Chicago and northern
lake pleasure re
sorts Upon her arrival here she had to
oe forced form the train Mrs Hogue is
laboring under the hallucination that she
s under arrest and her captors are trying
to rob her of her money
Woman Violates Her Parole
Racine Wis Miss Laura Wolcott or
Milwaukee who was let out of an asylum
on parole made her appearance in this
city and issued a number of checks on a
Chicago bank and was taken in by a
number of Racine people who gave her
dinners and rides about town She wound
up by purchasing an 80 bicycle and giv
ing a worthless check on a Chicago bauk
The wheel has not been found and the
young woman was taken back to the
asylum at Milwaukee
To Confer with Watson
Washington Senator Butler chair
man of the Populist executive committee
left the city Thursday for Atlanta on
polititical business While in Georgia
Butler will confer with Thomas E Wat
son nominee for vice president on the
Populist ticket The Senator has been
preparing a letter to Watson notifying
him of his nomination and it is presumed
the conference is in relation to this mat
ter
Flames Rise One Hundred Feet
Independence Kan The large gas
well on the Hays farm nine miles north
of here was discovered to be on fire and
the heavens were aglow with the light
from the burning gas The flames would
shoot up nearly a hundred feet in the air
and could be distinctly seen frOm the city
Every effort has been made to get it under
control but it is still burning and peo
ple are becoming alarmed
Gets Balm for a Lacerated Heart
Petehsbukg Ind Three weeks ago
Mike Robinson filed suit here against
Jasper N Kinman county sheriff for
10000 damages In his complaint Robin
son charged that while acting as jailer
under Kinman Mrs Robinson transferred
her affections to the sheriff A compro
mise was made by Kinman paying 600
Went Doavh in Lake Michigan
Mackinaw City Mich The schooner
Ellsworth light bound down collided
with the schooner Emily Maxwell loaded
with alabastine for Chicago off Waugo
shanee The Ellsworth sunk in thirty
minutes Her crew was saved and
brought here by the Maxwell which6 is
leaking sines One pump keeps her free
isam
PALMEEAKDETJCKNEit
BLUE AND GRAY PUT FORTH AT
INDIANAPOLIS
Anti Silver Democrats Adopt a Plat
form and Name Candidates for Presi
dent and Vice President Chosen on
First Ballot
Palmer for President
John M Palmer United States Senator
from Illinois was nominated for Presi
dent of the United States by tlie anti-silver
Democrats at Indianapolis and Gen
S B Buckner of Kentucky was nom
inated for Vice President The nomina
tion of Senator Palmer who received
757 votes on the only ballot cast was
made unanimous on the motion of Gen
E S Bragg of Wisconsin his only com
petitor who received 124 votes Gen
Buckner wns nominated for Vice Presi
dent by acclamation for no other candi
date was placed -before the convention
The nominating and seconding speeches
were numerous and enthusiasm ran high
from the moment the reading clerk began
to call the roll of the States until the
Chairman duly announced that the con
vention was at an end
Chairman Caffery called the convention
to order at 1138 Thursday morning The
Platform Committee was not ready to
report so the crowd called on Col W C
P Breckinridge for a speech He was es
corted forward amid mingled hisses and
cheers and made a brief address Mr
Ochs of Pennsylvania offered a resolu
tion that the national convention express-
GEN JOnN 31 PALMER
es grief at the untimely death of William
E Russell It was carried by a rising
vote T De Witt Warner of New York
Lehman of Missouri Bynum of Indiana
and Eckels of Illinois addressed the con
vention A motion to take a recess at
145 was voted down
Senator Vilas then appeared and read
the report of the Resolutions Committee
The platform declares that the convention
met that Democrats may unite to avert
disaster from the country and ruin for
their party that the Chicago platform at
tacks sound financial policy and that del
egates to that convention abandoned for
Republican- allies the Democratic cause
of tariff reform to court theTavor of pro
tectionists that delegates to the Indian
apolis convention cannot support candi
dates of the Chicago convention nor be
bound by its acts liberal policy toward
American shipping is demanded and an
economical administration of government
international arbitration and a liberal
pension policy are favored all efforts to
touch the Supreme Court are condemned
an the gold standard is approved The
platform expresses opposition to free and
unlimited coinage of silver and compul
sory purchase of bullion denounces the
present system of paper currency as a
constant source of injury and demands
currency reform and commends the fidel
ity patriotism and courage of Clevelands
administration
The platform was adopted unanimous
ly A motion to take a recess was cried
down Breckinridge of Kentucky moved
to nominate a candidate on the platform
The motion carried and a roll call was
ordered Carroll of Kentucky withdrew
Wattersons name and a telegram was re
ceived from President Cleveland announ
cing his positive declination
Palmers Name Presented
Palmers name was presented by the
Michigan delegation as lie had refused to
allow the Illinois delegates to put him in
nomination His name was greeted with
an outburst of cheers that caused him to
retire to a lobby in confusion John E
Hartridge of Louisiana after regretting
the refusal of President Cleveland to al
low his name to be presented seconded
Gen Palmers nomination Georgia did
the same Then the States one after
another fell into line Senator Palmer
was nominated on the first ballot and the
choice was at once made unanimous on
motion of Gen Bragg
The nomination of the Vice President
was then taken up and the Chairman in
structed the reading clerk fo call the roll
That young man took in the situation and
promptly called out Kentucky This
raised a cheer for Gen Buckner and his
name rose from all parts oftlie hall Wm
B Browden made the nominating speech
an 1 the instant he closed his address a del
egate sprung up and moved to nominate
Gen Buckner by acclamation It received
a dozen seconds and was carried with a
great roar
After passing a resolution giving the
national committee the usual authority
and another thanking the temporary com
mitteemen for the work they did and an
other thanking the people of Indianapolis
for entertaining the convention so hand
somely a North Carolinia delegate asking
Chairman Caffery if he remembered the
remark made by the Governor of North
Carolina to rue Governor or South Caro
lina This hint produced a motion to ad
journ and the motion was carried forth
with at 415 oclock
Telegraphic Brevities
Norman Allen known as the cattle
king of Florida was ambushed and
killed
Police detectives have arrested two
young men who are suspected of robbing
the branch - of tfie American National
Bank in the Livestock Exchange Build
ing in Kansas City Mo
A car on the Frederick and Middleton
Electric Railway jumped the track near
Frederick Md with 110 people on board
Fortunately no one was killed but sev
eral were badly though not fatally hurt
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A CIRCULAR FISH
iiiiMHinKimaUi
It Had Become Eo Throuch Grcwinff
the Interior of a llumun Skull
The strangest fish story I eves
heard was an experience I had myself
said Judge Scud tier ofAtaluma as he
settled himself back in his big arm
chair while a reflective look passed
over his open countenance
It was in the summer of S2 1 think
rhat an Easterner and myself started
out on the warpath for fish Salmon
Creek afforded fine fishing for salmon
trout and salmon trout as well and
many were the stories of mammoth
rishes caught there which were wafted
to our ears when our friends learned
of our destination to all bfwhich myj
friend from the East listened incredu
lously
This stream as you know flows
through a narrow defile with precip
itous sides and winding around consid
erably after leaving Freestone finally
empties into the Pacific and right near
there we had our headquarters at the
Ocean View House tramping up the
narrow canyon each morning with bait
in ourselves as well as the fishes
We had good sport fine luck in
fact for two days and on the third
day I chose a very wild spot and seat
ed myself on a large rock overhanging
the creek I fished with a line and rod
using the same old fashioned sort of
worm I did as a boy There was no
need to use the more scientific fly when
fish were so easily caught
The Easterner was down stream a
little way and everything was intense
ly solemn and quiet When I felt a
tierce pull on the line I roused up at
once and pulling up what should I see
come bobbing to the surface but a hu
man skull which to all appearances
had swallowed the bait through Its
eyes Naturally my otherwise steady
nerves were considerably shaken and
with a sort of howl I started back sud
denly which motion swung the
some thing rather sharply against a
rock whereat it cracked apart and the
several pieces to my relief slid off
info the stream leaving dangling on
my line a most peculiar looking fishr
almost white and forming an almost
perfect ring
I quickly jerked the hook out of
its gills and let it drop into the clear
water where it went through the
fctrangest motions still keeping its
cular shape It was unable to swim
but twisted around in the water or
Old Plesh Redncers
I wonder what fat people did twenty
years ago So far as I can remem
ber apart from the heroic measures
recommended by Mr Banting there
was but one remedy generally indors
ed and that was the extract of sea
weed a preparation which would have
been excellent had it not in reducing
the flesh reduced strength as well It
left you thin and lifeless A little later
the water of German spas were in
vogue Fat people who were rich went
to Carlbad and Marienbad then came
back poorer thinner wiser and weak
er too For they also debilitate Sub
sequently Bismarck announced that
he has lost a roe bucks weight through
the simple process of drinking nothing
at his meals But sauce for the goose
Is not always sauce for the gander Fat
men all over the world tried the reme
dy and fattened on it The less they
drank the fatter they grew Nowa
days there are a hundred nostrums but
I take It that barring hereditary pre
disposition for which there is no rem
edy the one cure is exercise and V
stention from certain foods The ques
tion is what form of exercise is the
best A scientist to whom I recently
submitted that query recommended
swimming on the back or rather swim
ming with your back to the floor with
a dumb bell attached to each foot
There is nothing he assured me which
will at once reduce and strengthen as
quickly as that It eliminates every
ounce of fat and hardens every shred
and sinew If you happen to be a fa
man try it Colliers Weekly
Ancient Journalism
At a recent c ogress of journalists
fceld at Heidelberg fac similes of the
first newspaper ever printed were dis
tributed to the members It is a sheet
published at Strasburg in 1G09 by Jo
hann Carolus In a letter from Ven
ice dated Sept 4 in the first number
Galileos discovery of the telescope is
announced The Government has ad
ded 100 crowns to the pension of Mas
ter Galileo Galilei of Florence Profes
sor at Padua because he has InventHi
an instrument which enables one lo
see distant places as if they were quipe
near f
Fire Proof Paper
To make fire proof paper nothtlg
more is necessary than to dip infia
strong solotion of alum water atfo
when thoroughly dry it will resist tlie
action of flame Some paper requires
to Imbibe more of the solution than ft
will take up at a single Immersion aiid
the process may be repeated until rt
becomes thoroughly saturated
H
i
moved with a wheel like motion My
friend who had been attracted by my
howl arrived just in time to see some
of the eccentric gyrations and I really
believe if he hadnt actually seen it he-
would always have said it was a Cali
fornia yarn
We afterward came to the conclu
sion that the fish when small had-
strayed into the skull and probably
through some motion of its own had
turned the ruin over and so closed its
mode of egress though it could easily
survive and grow on the food which- j t
came floating by and there it contra- T
ued to grow only in a ring till the
worm falling through one of the eye
sockets provided a mode of relief from
its cramped quarters
We quit fishing for that day and it
was some time before I could eat fist
without a thought of this strangely im
Drisoned curio San Francisco Call
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