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W. HAMMCKS, I'ubllnhor.
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NEBRASKA.
SAFETY IN WEAKNESS,
An Iron, monarch rode the sea,
A nation's hope and pride;
Through storm and billows dashing free,
It feared no wind or tide;
Its banner waved In every liind,
With honor hailed abroad;
Whene'er t hurled Its llery brand,
The very deep was awed.
"The ocean's rase was felt at last;
Its billows set at naught)
It Bathers Up a cyclone's blast,
And all Its terrors brought;
"Tossed, like a bnll from hand to hand,
A moment poised on high,
"Then unshod upon the rocky strand,
And there the fragments He;
.A trim Physnlla floating near,
With Iridescent sail,"
'Through all the dark, devoid of fear,
Had sported with the gale,
Tho storm that wrecked the-navy's pride,
It all outrode with glee,
-And still Is dancing on tho tldo
To beautify tho sea.
Thus nil who boast their native strength
Will fall on weakest strain,
And sadly find when tried at length,
That all their hopes are vain.
"The soul that seeks Jehovah's care,
Secure from every wrong,
V mighty arm is then made bare,
In weakness they are strong!
Sidney Dyer, Ph. 13., In Chicago Standard.
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By
WILL
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Copyrlcht, 18M, by
A. N. Kellogg Newt paper Co.
HARBEN
SYNOPSIS.
Mlnard Hendricks, great detective, Just
returned from Boston, finds awaiting him
.an unsigned typewritten letter directing
him to apartments In Palace hotel, whero
bo will find remain of Mr. Weldon Cnruth
crs currently reported for past two weeks
to bo out of town. Detective neems to con
nect letter with nttempt made on his own
llfo somo tlmo previous. Goes with friend,
Dr. Lampkln, to investigate.
CHAPTER II.
"You finy you know Carutlicrs?" he
.asked.
"Very slightly."
"See if you recognize him in the ball
room." Lumpkin studied the throng for sev
eral minutes, then he went nearer, and
standing behind a crowd of men and a
buneh of palms he studiously surveyed
the ballroom. He went buck to the
detective.
"See anything of him?" questioned
Jlendricks, taking his fixed gaze from
ihcirug at his feet.
"No."
"Then we must ask for him at the
-desk."
The' approached one of the active
clerks behind the counter. Hendricks
-drew out a visiting card and fingered
it, his name downward.
"I'd like to see Mr. Weldon Caruth--ers,"
lie said.
The clerk glanced at the key-rack
behind him and shook his head.
"He hasn't returned yet," he nn
wered. "He is still out of town."
"Where is lie?" asked Hendricks.
"I cannot tell you, sir," and the clerk
turned to answer a question put by a
man in evening dress on his right.
"I am very anxious to see Mr.
Caruthers to night," resumed Jlcn
dricks, when he could get the clerk's
-attention again. "It is a very impor
tant matter."
The man in evening dress had over
heard; he paused, interested.
"Are you looking for Caruthers?"
he asked.
"I am," replied Hendricks,
"That's odd," smiled the man. "I've
.seen a dozen people to-night asking
about him. We were just discussing
Ids queer conduct and wondering what
was the matter with him. lie lias
broken several important engage
ments without u word of explanation.
Ills valet told my man this afternoon
that his master had been called by a
night telegram to Philadelphia and had
written him that he would be detained
there for a couple of weeks. 1 presume
it was mine urgent bualness."
The kpeaker lighted n cigar and
moved away to ii group of men in the
ainnklng-room. Hendricks drew the
cleric mide.
"I am a detective," he said, in a low
voice. "Mendrlck ja my name."
"Mlnnnl Hendricks?" exclaimed the
clerk, In astonishment, hi totm and
.manner uddenJy apo)ogtle. "I hud no
lilwi "
"lr U moat important that I should
.linvH a lock Into CarutbraapurtHlant.',
broka In tht deteotivt. "JJuu't aaj n
word to anyone, but gat posa key, and
alto- my friend and wyaalf up itr
right away."
The clerk nodded, a Hurried taprea
ftluu on hi faee. Ueltlag a hey, ka
mime from beWnd Ike eunltr ami
narjed lowarda the elevator.
"Not that nnj," ooieolwl lUndrtahs,
di'tltlNlMK Wna. "CMTt lev
ioar tlalrfT'
ur," aalu too alarfc. "U ! oa
lKhi.M Aid U iittoital ! tft kt
uftaJra- boWttfil (he ojfcakr VWU
A THE
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fe
find the npartments just ns Mr. Caruth
ers left them. His valet said that his
master had written liim that the room
must ot be disturbed by anyone."
Hendricks paused on. the stair.
"Did Mr. Caruthers not inform his
man that he wns going hwtiy?" he
asked.
"No; you sec Mr. Caruthers' man is
married and lives on the west side.
He happened to have a day oft nnd did
not know what had become of his mus
ter till he got the letter."
"I see," remarked Hendricks, and he
started on again.
Renching the door opening into
Caruthers' apartments, the cleric un
locked it nnd led them in. The first
chamber wns a private sitting-room,
the dainty pieces of French furniture,
draperies and rugs being in perfect
order.
"The gas is burning," observed Hen
dricks, looking up at the cut-glass
globes.
"As I said, no one has been in the
rooms since Mr. Caruthers went away."
"Not even his valet?" asked the de
tective. "It looks so, or surely he would have
extinguished the gas. It seems to be
burning in the next room too."
This chamber was a large luxurious
bedroom, and as they entered it Lamp
kin's imagination prepared itself for a
horrible spectacle. To his great re
lief, however, everything here was also
in perfect order. The white lace cov
erlet lay as smoothly as newly fallen
snow, nnd the sheets and plllowslooked
as if they had never been used. The
clerk now with n look of growing curi
osity, if not of incipient horror,
stooped down and looked under the
bed.
"Nothing there," he said. Then his
attitude grew more serious, ns he went
to the large closets one by one "and
opened the doors. "There is the bath
room yet," he remarked, with n shud
der, his mind perhaps busy with a hit
of French history or some recent Amer
ican horror. "It's getting mighty com
mon nowadays to commit bloody
crimes in bathrooms. Do you suspect
foul play, sir?"
"You arc going entirely too fast,"
said Hendricks, in a curt tone. "ICvery
matter I choose to investigate need not
necessarily be a bloody one." He
smiled nnd added to Lampkln: "My
reputation nmong "the people is as red
ns cranberry sauce."
The clerk bore the reproof with be
coming humility. He made no reply
and hung back till the detective had
opened the door leading to the bath
room. Here the gas was burning also,
nnd the small chamber, witli its pol
ished tiled iloor and glistening porce
lain walls, revealed no hint of blood
shed. The face of the clerk fell; his appetite
for sensation war. not to be fed on this
occasion.
"What time did Mr. Caruthers leave
the hotel the nigl.t he left?" Hendricks
asked him.
"I renlly don't know, sir," said the
clerk. "I am pretty sure he did not
mention it at the office, and that is cus
tomary among our guests. That is why
I thought there might have been some
underhand "
"Leave your pass key with me," in
terrupted the detective, coldly. "My
friend and I want to have a little pri
vate talk. When you go down, don't
mention our being here."
The clerk reluctantly laid the key on
a table.
"I'll not. give it away, sir." He moved
slowly towards the door. "If you want
anything, ring. I'll be on the lookout,
and will run up myself."
"Good," said Hendricks, "you are very
kind."
The detective followed him to the
outer door nnd closed it after him.
Then he came back into the bedroom.
"I hope this is only a hoax, after all."
observed the doctor. "What are you
going to do next?"
Hendricks shrugged his broad shoul
ders; it amounted to a shudder.
"We are going to look through those
trunks for a trunk and the rest."
"Is it really so bad as that?"
"My blasted premonition which fac
ulty in my make-up has always been ti
mystery to me has hold of me with
its four claws," said Hendricks. "
can't explain it, doctor, but the min
ute I entered that door nnd saw tho
gus burning so brightly I felt-murder
In the air. Sometime on n day like
ihU at a crisis like ihls I Imagine
that the spirit of the tuurdered man lin
gers round the spot where he lout his
life to try to five men clew."
Lampkln shuddered as the dctcotlvo
laid hold of the nearest steamer-trunk
and began to unstrap It. It uui imply
wive fur some clothing In the bottom.
ThvneM trunk was n large square one,
and it lok for several lulnutea restated
tha efforts of tho detective tounfaaleu
It. Finally, however, aided by hey o(
bis own, nd tie little experience In
aueh maUera, Ilendricka released the
bras hasp and It fell down with a
sharp ellek.
Tkla trunk, also, ennlalaetl nothing
of a suspicious nature, and Ik mnm re
au.lt we, nroduoatl by a cartful ea
amlnuMon of two other trunks stored
In the bolkrooM ! a dresfsuit eaaa
of hay leather whlah w ia found to oaa
of tha eloaata,
"Ah. I eartalaly fti better,- arUd
La at la, trttttaaoaM rtag la his
'1 4oV Hjaqt ,a4rWk, with
oho of his massive frown, which ul.
ways made his great brow resemble -a.
miniature jutting crag.
"And why?"
"Heeause Uiy ononymoiiK corroapond
ent snys I ahull find the remains of
Weldon Cnruthera in these apartments,
nnd I believe on idy soul he meant what
he snid."
"Hut that nnn downatsilr snltl Cn
ruthrrV valet bus received n communi
cation from ilia master in Philadel
phia." ' .
"I'll bet my life it waa forged."
Lumpkin started, and then he giixcd
Into the detective's eyes stendily.
"I can't follow you, ami I won't try.
Your mind darts out after things 1
never would dream of. Ho you think
you may find a trace of the missing man
here?"
"If my thinker would operatesmooth
ly." This with a forced grin. "My
trip to lloston hns fagged me out. 1
iim.not normal. Hut it will not surprise
me to find out that the same man wrote
to the valet that wrote to inc."
"If so you have a deep villain to deal
with."
"As deep as the crucible of hell can
turn out."
The detective snt down in a chair near
the bed and, taking from his pocket
the anonymous letter, he studied it in
silence. After a minute he said, re
flectively: "You will observe he does not say
I shall find the body of Caruthers here,
but tihe remains, nnd he has under
scored the word heavily. Further
more, he boasts of the skill with which
the crime has been accomplished; that,
old man, means something,"
"Hut it seems to me that you have
looked into every possible nook and
cranny," said the doctor.
As if under a sudden inspiration
Hendricks sprang up, and going to the
bed he pushed aside the silken curtains
of the canopy, turned down the sheets
nnd doubled up the mattress. Then he
drew himself up nnd began to examine
the bric-a-brac about the room. He
fbumped with his knuckles a marble
statue of Venus de Milo in a corner, and
then stood still in the center of the
room and stared at tbe articles of orna
ment on the mantel-piece. He walked
slowly backward to Hie doctor and laid
a hand on his shoulder, and pointed to
a large covered Japanese vnse, shaped
like an ancient urn.
"Doctor," he snid, "the man who se
lected all the bric-a-brac in this room
did not select that vase."
"It does seem a little out of har
mony," admitted Lampkin. "Jlnther
cheaper than the rest, don't you think?"
"Jt is a disgrace to such a collection,"
returned the detective, "besides it has
HE SAW HIM PICK UP SOMETHING.
been crowded in between those beauti
ful bronze pieces. Old man, 1 have an
idea."
Lampkin said nothing as he watched
his friend place a chair near the man-tcl-pieee
and mountit. The chair raised
the detective so high that the cover of
the vase was on a level with his chin.
Hendricks removed tlyj cover and
looked into the vessel.
I.ampkiu saw him pick up something
inside the vnse. examine It and lay It
back. For a moment tho detective
Ktoqd, his back to the doctor, n hand on
cither side of tin- vessel. Then he lift
ed it, cnutlouk.lv stepped down to the
door, and placed It on tha table.
"Prepare to be horrified, old pmn,"
he snid, grimly. "It In here."
Lampkln stnrttd. "You don't mean"
"You nuedn't look unless you want
to," frowned the tleteetive. "But our
inch Rend has actually cremated the
body pf Camtliir. leaving only the
Jeweled hand f Ms vtotlut to prevent
there Win tf n doubt aa to the Identity
of the ashes. It ' erematlnn; I knoyr
lone ashes when I ee them."
lAinpMn jfoi nnd parted Into tha
Jar, turning tin- irl'katiy object over on
tha bad of ah 'npath.
"There l nn .lir,M bjtaald, trying to
apart In a inoit r-oHi tone. "Thai
ia atrange."
"Kmbulmed," I4 lleaarleks. -I
saw Indication of II la tha ptiDoUraa
a( tk ea.M
, "Von arc itlgM." ftfitMri tha abator.
"bt waa nsalot,H with tkaoa
wottU Um do leetivf apntog ia too va,
a); latoklag up ikl jrtrriojM nkteot,
Nalawl It aaiautely.
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"I have only one Isolated. cle-w," he
-nld, putting the severed hand back on
the ashes,
"What Is that?"
. "In his effort to cut nnd wrench this
hand from the joint nt tho wrist, the
murderer allowed his sharp nnlls to
siiU into the fivah. The marks did not
show nt the time, but the process of
decomposition has brought them out
distinctly. Doctor, the fellow who did
the Job manicures his filigrr-nnlls to
sharp points, ns is the vogue among so
ciety men of a certain cltiaa."
Lampkin made an examination. -
"You are certainly right," he said,
returning the hand to the vase.
"Shrewd and cautious as the perpetra
tor evidently was that did not occur to
him."
"Cod has never yet made it possible
for a human mind to be full of a hellish
deed and at the same time master de
tails that will completely overcome de
tection," was Hendricks' reply.
"You do not think that the body could
have been reduced to ashes In these
npartmcnts,"said Lumpkin, tentatively.
Hendricks shook his head, and point
ed to the open fireplace where lay the
ashes of a wood fire.
"No, this Is the only fireplace and it
has not been used for a fortnight."
"Are you sure?" incredulously.
"Quite sure. This chimney seems to
come straight down from the roof, and
raindrops have fallen nnd left their im
prints here. It ruined two weeks ago
and has been clear ever since."
"1 would never have thought of that."
"It is my business to think of every
thing." Lnmpklu's face betrayed tho birth of
an important idea.
"Surely," he said, "the body could
not easily have been removed for the
purpose of cremation elsewhere with
out being dismembered. Perhnps if
you made a careful examination you
might find traces of its having been
cut up."
"Thanks for the suggestion," said
Hendricks. Lampkin watched him as
be went into the bathroom nnd closely
examined the porcelain tub and white
tiled iloor.
"No," he said, coming back. "I think
he managed to remove the body in 3U
entirety."
"You think that?" remarked the
doctor, not convinced.
"Yes; it would be tin easy thing to
do. As Carutlicrs was supposed to be
leaving, it would be natural for him to
take a trunk", and his luggage going
out would not attract much attention."
"Cood heavens!" exclaimed the doe
tor. "In his own trunk'!"
At this juncture the door lending into
the corridor swung open and the clerk
who had shown tbem upHtuirs entered
suddenly, his eyes alighting on the
severed hand which lay ncross the
somewhat narrow mouth of the vase.
"My Lord!" he exclaimed, his eyes
bulging from their sockets, "has has
he been murdered, Mr. Hendricks?"
An expression of deep annoyance set
tled on the fnce of the detective.
"Yes," he said. "Hut leave us alone
for a few minutex, and please don't say
anything about this down in thoolliec
just yet. We would be interrupted by
sight-seers."
The clerk thrust his white, horrified
face forward nnd peered into the vase.
"Surely not not cremated, Mr. Hen
dricks!" lie gasped.
"That's about the size of it," retorted
the detective. He went to the door nnd
held it open. The clerk took the hint
und hacked out of the room.
"Don't lay it to me if this gets out
sooner than you wish," he said. "A
member of the detective force was
down there In citizen's clothes and
recognized you when you first came
in. He hud heard of the remarks going
round about Mr. Caruthers' absence,
nnd seeing you on hand made him
more curious. He has Mr. Caruthers'
man down there now, asking him ques
tions. It seems nothing bus been seen
of Mr. Caruthers since he had the row
witli Mr. Arthur Giclow nt the dub."
Hendricks leaned against the door
facing. "They had n row. eh?"
"That's the general report, sir."
"Did you bear what it was about?"
"Sonic dispute over n woman, 1
think."
"Who wns the woman?"
".Miss Dorothy Huntington waa the
name I heard mentioned."
"Ah," broke in Lampkln, coming for
ward. "I remember"
Hut Hendricks was bowing to the
clerk and smiling, aa If to denote that
the conversation were at an end.
TO 1IM COMTtNUBl).
Another I'urlnl nl I,nr;;c.
"What is your objection to women's
clubs, profussor? Haven't they as good
a right to organize thcutsclres Into
clubs for good fellowship, mutual en
ieftalAiuuut or Instruction as men
havw?"
"Ok, yea. uuulam. I don't question
their right to do anything they please,
iij ohjaetlan to woman'aeluhs.ir I have
any. la that nearly all the club women
I happen to be acquainted with pro
nouaa It pragrrm."--Cblcago Tribune.
One.
Toio I will venture to sav that tln-r..
Ion'I oaa grt ally lu this gnuntry or
uoron oa wiiusu alrueU tha bicycle It
not a fawUlaralffkU
UUkVl'U.'
",OHtUtWU'lHlO.I)utB. .
FLATTERED THE. EMPRESS. .
Chlim's Killer l.oolcn VH1i I'uvor Upon .Itiuc
L.U,.Vlio IIiih IIU Henri Celiturod
t'pon I'niuplng the Throne.
Port Towtistmd, Wash., .hine RO.
According to tulvleua brought, from thn
orlunt by stoHtiishlp (llcnoglo, China
still continues In u ntnteof uncertainty
which borders on revolution. Tho Chi
na Diwussiou says the empress dowager
has pinned her faith in .lung Lu, who
for ninny years has had bin mind and
heart centered on usurping tu, tin-one..
He has n-friend at court lu the porsdnngo
of one of tho chief eunuchs, through
whom ho has succeeded In fiuttur
ing the empress dowager to such an ox
tent that troops have been increased
nnd he has been placed Jn command.
Hu now belluves hbnsolf llivnlimrnbi;..
The empress dowager has been IiIh
tool and the general feeling now pro
valls that bis next move will be to cast
her aside and place himself on tho
throne.
THEY HAD THE PLAGUE.
Tim Klfiiiuiir Nippon Aliiru llrought tha
DUt'iiKo from tint Fur KiiNt HimIIck
of Tmii Victim (!r(iinit(iil.
Sim Frnnclbco, .luneiia. Dr. llnb.itu,
bacteriologist of tho board of health,
has just returned a report of Ills ex
aminations of the glands of tho two
.lapanesu who were drowned wbllo
trying to esenpo from tho steamer Nip
pon Mnru, now held in quarantine on
account of three suspicious deaths
which occurred on tho vessel on
her trip from China and dapan
to tills port via Honolulu. Dr.
Hubnta found the, bacilli to bo
those of tho bubonic plague, and, to
mnko bis determination doubly sure.
will propagate their gflomvih. Tin
bodies of the dapanc
and Dr. Lawicr, the.
this city, states that
ger of the disease bn
city, as every preen
taken to prevent tiny
Yoiiiik Flltpl
Victoria, It.
from Hakodate
chi, of the stoat
returned from t
that in the sou
Filipir. sarc.yion
against emerge
garrisoned by n
tcers, whoso
very crude
of them be
(Kemingtonri
of patriotism
nrtt. vlnlfl In flin Atiiciie.'itiH. thntifjii UuV
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wholu of the islands aro destroyed.
Will tln Kiiocouil Alner? ,
Washington, Juno HO. It is said at
Uio white itouuo that Ue.ilt Harrison'
Gray Otis, who recently returned from
Manila, will be a guest of the president
the last of tho week. It is reported,
that the post of secretary of war will
be oll'ercd him. With the report is
coupled thu statement that tho presi
dent will ask Secretary Alger to retire
on account of the criticisms of the ad
ministration by Gov. Hlngreo in con
nection with thu governor's support of
Secretary Alger for the Michigan sentv-
torship.
AriiIhuIiIii WaiitH Iiiformittlnu.
Manila, June HO. Onu of thu most
prominent Filipinos living in Manila
yesterday morning received verbal iu
structions directly from Aguiniildo,
who is at Turkic, instructing him to
make the most complete report possible
of the situation in Manila, both politi
cal and military. This is capable of
double interpretation, l'osslbly Aguin
aldo desires to know what thu chances
aro in tlto event of bis surrender, or, it
is possible, that he wants to obtain in
formation as to what placea aio bring
ing produce into the country.
Help for Turiiiiild SuffururH.
Hudson, Wis., Juno 30. Chairman
II. Ingram, of thu New Richmond reliof
committee, has issued an official circu
lar to thu public as thu first fruits of
their investigations. Tho circular
states that a careful estimate shows
the money loss from the tornado to be
SToO.OOO. Subscriptions thus far amount
to only about i'80,000, a largo portion
of which has been spent in clearing
uwny the debris and in lending tempo
rary assistnncu to the people.
Torrllilo Storm lit .Morj;iiiitovii, W. Vu.
Cincinnati, June !J0. A Morgantown,
W. Va., special says: A terrific storm
visited this section last night and
dozens of houses were unroofed. Thu
wind blew like a hurricane. A rain
fall of several inches accompanied the
storm. IlrauMim Troy was struck by
lightning and killed, Tremendous
damage was done to crops of overy do
surlption. Hrldges were washed away
and roads aro impassable.
i:ioim Found Wntury (Iruvon.
Toledo, June HO. ICIovon llvus woru
lost by tho foundering of tho stuaui
burgu Margaret Olwill tn Luko Krlu
yesterday morning. Duncan Coyle, a
deckhand, whose residence is l.'ort Hu
run, is i uu oniy survivor so nir us
known. Hu was rescued from tit
wreckage after being In thu water f
over four hours.
Mow Mini l!o'iiio lit Muiireil,
Now York, Juno HO. Tho eoroiwr'a
jury brought in u verdiot that ll'('ry
J. ItniiiMty was murdered by jit! fifu
wlillu shu was temporarily limaiie hu
out his throat und gave ns n nMix
that Iim snored, Ah Mrs. Uuuikvvum
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