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Died and fell on him. hurling hTm tape
CHAPTER VII. down Into the sand, and he would
i have died there, lacking sufficient
In the Sand Desert. strength to lift the dead weight, but
Suddenly Keith halted, bringing his j for Neb's assistance. As It was he
pony's head sharply about, so that the
two faced one another. The wind was
rising, hurling clouds of Band . into
their eyes, and the plainsman held one
hand before his face.
"There's no need o keej.'ng up t
water trail any long'r," he said tjui"
ly. "By ail the signs we're In for a
am", uom by day!i:;ht, aim that will
cover our tracks bo the devil himself
couldn't follow them. Got a water bag
on your Raddle.
"I reek'n dis am one, sah."
Keith felt of the object Neb he'd
forth.
Ter, and a big one, too; fill It and
trap It on tight; we've got a long,
dry ride ahead."
"Wbar yo propose goln', Maaaa
Jack?"
"To the 'Bar X' on the ' nadlan.
Pre worked with that outlL. They'll
give us whatever we need, and ask
no questions; I don't know of anything
In between. It's going to be a hard
ride, boy, and mighty little to eat ex
cept what I saved from supper."
"How far am It to dfs yere 'Bar X?' "
"A hundred and fifty miles as the
row flies, and sand all the way, ex
cept for the valley of Salt Fork. Come
on now, and keep close, for It's easy
to get lost In these sand hills." -
Keith had ridden that hundred and
fifty miles of sandy desolation before,
but had never been called upon to
make such a Journey as this proved to
be. He knew there was little to fear
from human enemies, for they were
riding far enough east of the Santa Fe
trail to be out of the path of raiding
parties, while this desert country was
ebunned by Indian hunters. It con
sisted of sand hill after sand hill, a
drear waterless waste, where nothing
rew, and mid the dread sameness of
which a traveler could only find pass
age by the guidance of stars at night
or the blazing sun by day. To the
eye mile after mile appeared exactly
alike, with nothing whatever to dis
tinguish either distance or direction
the same drifting ridges of sand
stretching forth In every direction, no
summit higher than another, no sem
blance ef green shrubbery, or silver
heen of running water anywhere to
break the dull monotony a vast
Handy plain, devoid of life, extending
to the horizon, overhung by a barren
sky.
They had covered ten miles of It by
daybreak, their ponies traveling heavi
ly, fetlock deep, but could advance no
further. With the first tint of rose in
the east the brooding storm burst 1
upon them In wild desert fury, the
fierce wind buffeting them back, lash- j
lng their faces with sharp grit until
they were unable to bear the pain.
The flying sand smote them In clouds,
driven with the speed of bullets. In
vain they lay flat, urging their ponies
forward; the beasts, maddened and
blinded by the merciless lashing of the
sand, refused to face the storm. Keith,'
all sense of direction long since lost,
rolled wearily from the saddle, bur
rowed under the partial shelter of a
sand dune, and called upon Neb to
follow him. With their hands and feet
they made a slight wind-break, drag
ging the struggling ponies into its
protection, and burrowed themselves
there, the clouds of sand skurrylng
over them so thick as to obscure the
sky, and rapidly burying them alto
gether as though in a grave. Within
an hour they were compelled to dig
themselves out, yet it proved partial
escape from the pitiless lashing. The
wind howled like unloosed demons,
and the air grew cold, adding to the
sting of the grit, when some sudden
eddy hurled It into t'.ielr hiding place.
To endeavor further travel would
neon certain death, for no one could
have guided a course for a hundred
feet through the tempest, which seem
ed to suck the verv lm nt'.i way. To
the fugitives own- t'..U comfortIf
they could not advatic, then no one
else could follow, and the storm was
completely blotting out their trail.
It was three o'clock before It died
sufficiently down for them to venture
out. Even then the air remained full
of sand, while constantly shifting
ridges made travel difficult. Only
grim necessity the suffering of the
ponies for water, and their own need
for soon reaching the habitation of
man and acquiring food drove them
to the early venture. They must at
tain the valley of the Salt Fork that
night, or else perish in the desert-
there remained no other choice. Ty
lng neckerchiefs over their horses"
eves, and Ivlnr flat themselvaa thev
succeeded In pressing slowly forward,
winding lu and out among the shift
ing dunes, with only the wind to guide
them. It was an awful trail, the hoofs
sinking deep In drifting sand, the
struggling ponies becoming so ei
bausted that their riders finally dis
mounted, and staggered forward on
foot, leading them stumbling blindly
after. Once the negro's horse
dropped, and had to be lashed to Its
foot acale: oooe Keith's pony stum-
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TTTv
ATA1X OF THE PLAINS
"When Wilderness Was Kino." Ercfrc
Illustrations By DeARBfRnMcLviu.-
went staggering blindly forward,
bruised, and faint from hunger and
fatigue. Neither man spoke; they had
uo breath nor energy left to waste;
every ounce of Btrength needed to be
(Oiiservod for the b::tle against na
ture. They were Bjhtivg for life;
fighting grimly, almost hopelessly, and
alone.
About them night finally closed in,
black and starless, yet fortunately
with a gradual dying away of the
storm. For an hour past they had
been struggling on, doubting their di
rection, wondering dully If they were
not lost and merely drifting about In
a circle. They had debated this
fiercely once, the ponies standing de
jectedly, tails to the storm, Neb argu
ing that the wind still blew from the
south, and Keith contending It had
shifted Into the westward. The white
man won his way, and they staggered
on uncertain, the negro grasping the
first pony's tall to keep from being
separated from his companion. Some
Instinct of the plains must have guid
ed them, for at last they dragged
themselves out from the desert, the
crunching sand under foot changing
Into rock, and then to short brittle
grass, at which fhe ponies nibbled eag
erly. The slope led gradually down
ward, the animals scenting water, and
- ri-i hr"1" "
fa their saddles, the riders let them
go, and they never stopped until belly
deep In the stream, their noses burled.
The men shivered In their saddles,
until, at last satisfied, the ponies con
sented to be forced back up the bank,
where they nibbled at the short tufts
of herbage, but in a manner expres
sive of weariness. Keith flung him
self on the ground, every muscle of
his body aching, his exposed flesh still
smarting from the hall of sand
through which they had passed.
He had not the slightest couceptloa
as to where they were, except he
knew this must be the Salt Fork. Ut
terly confused by the mue of shifting
dunes, through whose intricacies they
had somehow found passage, the black
ness of the night yielded no clue an to
their point of emergence. The vol
ume of water in the stream alone
suggested that in their wanderings
they must have drifted to the east
ward, and come out much lower down
than had been originally intended. If
so, then they might be almost directly
south of Carson City, and in a section
with which he was totally unacquaint
ed. One thing was, however, certain
they would be compelled to wait for
daylight to ascertain the truth, and
decide upon their future movements.
There was another barren, sandy
stretch of desolation lying between
this Isolated valley and that of the
Canadian, and their horses would
never stand to be pushed forward
without both rest and food. As to
themselves they had eaten their last
crumb long since, but this was not
the first time both had known starva
tion. Keith arose reluctantly, and remov
ed the saddles from the animals, hob
bling them so they could graze at
will. Neb was propped up beneath an
out-cropping of the bank, which partly
protected him from the wind, a mere
hulk of a shadow. Keith could not
tell whether he slept or not, but made
no effort to disturb him. A moment
he stared vacantly about Into the
black silence, and then lay down, pil
lowing his head upon a saddle. He
found It Impossible to sleep, the chill
of the wind causing him to turn and
twist, In vain search after comfort,
while unappeased hunger gnawed In
cessantly. His eyes ranged about over
the dull gloom of the skies until they
fell again to the earth level, and then
he suddenly sat up, half believing him
self in a dream down the Btream. how
far away he could not Judge, there
gleamed a Bteady, yellowish light. It
was no flicker of a camp fire, yet re
mained stationary. Surely no star
could be so low and large; nor did he
recall any with that peculiarity of
color. It such a miracle was possible
In the heart of that sandy desert he
would have sworn It was a lamp shin
ing through a window. But he had
never heard of any settler on the Salt
Fork, and almost laughed at the
thought, believing for the Instant his
brain played him some elfish trick.
Yet that light was no Illusion; he rub
bed his eyes, only to see it more clear
ly, convinced now of Its reality. He
strode hastily across, and shook Neb
Into semi consciousness, dragging him
I hodlly up the bank and pointing down
I t" nutmui.
"Do you see that?" he Inquired anx
iously. There, straight ahead of
you?"
The negro stared, shaking with cold,
and scarcely able to stand alone.
"Maybe It am de moon, Massa Jack,"
he muttered, thickly, "or a goblln'i
lantern. Ijtwd, I don't Jest like i
looks ob dtt ting."
"Well, I do," and Keith laughed ua
eaallr at the negro's fears. "All I
wasted te kaow waa It you saw wht
X saw. That's a lamo shlauut throuab
f
name it can be doing lu-re I am un
Me to g'.ieMs, but I'm gi'rip to find out
It means shelter and food, boy, even If
we have to fight for it. Come on, the
horses are safe, and we'll discover
what la behind that light yonder."
( To He Continut'il. 1
School Days Again.
l it. rest less unit happy ilays of
mii'.iI iuti an' itlmiit over. Soon
thi' inespoii:ille f;ani;s of tousleil
chilttivn playinu aliotil vtho hark
yarN will ho fiu'ooetlcd hy I ho
Imiir linos of sttirclioit ami ht'ush
otl youngsters scarcely roconiu
hlo with their hair smacked tiown
and vacation dirt removed from
tanned faces. The "What shall I
do now. Mother?" type of young
ster is so general now. that school
days are a relief to many a himl
enoil family. The farm child will
always tind amusement enough,
while the harn with its dark hay
mows and lawless freedom stimu
late the spirit of romance and
play, while the brooks breed tad
poles and the old swimming hole
offers ils cool welcome. Hut the
hoy was considered a nelipihle
factor when the modern town was
laid out. Advanced municipalities
are proiilin; their playgrounds,
it is true. Every town needs them,
hut the average city and larjie vil
lage offers the American youth no
more constructive occupation
than plundering such fruit trees
as may exist tinder urban condi
tions, and swapping curbstone
frossip and cigarettes.
SHOES IN JAPAN.
A Man Will Wsar Out From E'.ght U
Tsn Pairs a Year.
The shops and booths of Japnn nre of
unfailing Interest, llere the greengro
cer and fruit seller bus arranged his
wares till It seems its though one look
ed upon a great bouuuet. There the
flower shop blar.es In brilliance and the
lantern maker squats at his multi
colored task. At the next entrance we
perhaps j a man severing chicken
meat from the bone, anil he performs
the operation as skillfully as the sur
geon with his dissecting knife. Deef
anC chicken are commonly sold In thin
fashion.
Two or three puces further on oue Is
confronted with a typical Japanese
shoe store. All the footwear of the lit
tle brown man Is here ou view. The
geta (wooden clogs) and straw sandals
nre Indeed a fanciful exhibition. They
line the benches, the floors, the shelves.
They hang from above nml seemingly
lire everywhere, allowing the seller just
nb"iif enough room to squat on his
unit. The ueweomer Is at once star
tled at tlit immense quantity of this
lr.:p!p footwear and the many places
ii here It If .sold, but he soon finds a
olution to his query when he hears
that a .Titpuneso man annually mukea
iwry with from el'iht to ten pulrs.
i luistlnn II.tiiUI.
SIZE CF WHALES.
angh of thi Eigest Ones am4 the
Height Tlicy Can Spout.
A government ofllcinl who has made
a special study of whales stntes that
i lie average length of a full grown
ftiil l.ur bottom whale Is Jut under
entity feet. This estimate disregards
the exaggerated reports sometimes
spread by sailors and Is based on
actual measurements of ninny Indi
vidual specimens. There seem to tie
creuible nccotttits of whales reaching
1 length of from eighty-five to ninety
five feet, but the authority quoted has
never seen any of that size.
Whales nppeitr to grovr with great
rapidity, the length of yearling betna;
estimated st from thirty to thirty-five
feet.
flow hlfh can whales spout? Photo
rriiphs tnken by the scientist referred
to give s means of measuring with
some accuracy the height to which the
vnter Is thrown. Tills appears to tie
much less than It has often been sup
posed to be. It Is claimed that even
the rrent sulphur lotfom whale on the
average snouts to a height of only
fourteen feet, nlthottu'h occasionally
the hel'Tht may be rts much ns twenty
feet. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Ancient Architecture,
rjerr Knauth. the nrehltix-t In charge
of the Cathedral of Ktrnssburg, bus
shown that the principles of construc
tion followed by the great cntbedru;
builder of former times are Identical
with tlvw used by the builders of tll
Egyptian pyramids and are tinned on
trlu ngiilatlon. The same slm;ile gco
metrical figure underlies all these eon
structlons. More than this, Her
Kmiuth traces the architectural pnu
clple in the formation of crystals and
lay down this formula: "The laws ot
proportion In mediaeval architecture
sre the geometrical laws of eryvial1'
ration."
I.KtiAl, NOTICF.
State of Nebraska, Cass County, St.
Wllllnrn V. Centos nnii Frank C.
Hetifer will tske notice that on the 7th
ilay of AiiKust, 1911, M. Archer, a
Justice of the Peaca of the City of
I'lnttKinouth, Cnns County, Nebraska,
tunned an order of attachment for the
sum of t'.iK.liO, In an action pending be
fore bin wherein (leorge l'olsnll Is
iilalntln and William W. Coatea and
Frank C. Henfor are defendants, that
the property of the defendant, con-
IhUok of a debt owlna- by Weyrlch A
Hrtdralia to the said William W. Coatea,
lias been attached under said order.
Said cause waa continued to the 20th
day Of September, at o'clock,
a. m.
Dated at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, this
10th day of August, 1911.
George Pol-all, Plaintiff.
a inuow, Neo. What m Heaven
TWO KILLED !N
AUTO UPSET
Car CarrylngThree Persons Skids
ClIBridisNsarJsiinsoii
VICTIMS LIVED NEJR JULIAN.
Had Been Attending Dance and Were
Going Home Third Mt.nber of Par
ty Jumps and Escapes With Slight
Injuries -Car Skids Oft Bridge.
John; on, Neb., Sept. 1. Two per
sons w.'ie killed and one injured iu
an automobile accident three miies
uorthen i Jf here at midnight.
Th? dead are: William Homller,
Mrs. Lillian Hionlan.
The injured mau is Rene do Pietle.
All three un tubers of the party lived
near Julian They had been attend
ing a dane; here and hud started 'tor
homo. About three tulles northeast
of here there Is a sharp turn In the
toad, and Just beyond It Is a bridge
over a small stream. The car skidded
just us It struck the bridge and went
through the rail and landed upside
down on the ground below. De Pierie,
who wfg driving, jumped out and es
caped with a few bruises. ITourlier
and Mrs. Riordan were caught under
the car and crushed to death.
William llourlier Is the son of Fred
Bourlier, a prominent farmer. Mrs.
Riordan, who was a widow, is the
daughter of A. McManus.
INDIAN PLAY NEARLY FATAL
Boy at Nebraska City Tied to Stake
by Playmates Rescued by Father.
Nebraska City, Neb., Sept. 1. Thwe
came near being a case of being
burned to death at the stake In this
city. Some snmll boys were playing
Indian and they Induced the seven-
year-old son of Robert Hansen to play
the leading role, and ropes were
rlaced about his breast and he was
hung several times and seemed to
enjoy the sport. Then It was sug
gested that he be tied to a stake and
burned by the young Indians. A great
mass of kindling and rubbish was col
lected and the boy was chained to the
stake and a torch applied. When the
flames began to lick up alioiit him and
the smoke choked him he set up a
yell, while the young Indians danced
about htm in seeming glee. The fath
er chanced to be at home and heard
the cries of the child. Grabbing him,
stake and all. he carried him to a
place of safety, while the Indians dis
appeared.' lhe hoy was considerably
scorched.
STATES AGREE ON DEFENSE
Engineer Hurd Pleased at Result
of
National Conierence.
Lincoln. Sept. 1. Engineer Hurd of
the physical valuation department of
the Nebraska state railway commis
sion is well pleased with the results
of the recent national conference of
engineers and commissioners and de
clares that much good will result
from the gathering.
"The principal object of the meeting
was to get the different states which
tire Interested In rate regulation to
ngree on a common defense. The rail
road men who are attacking state
regu'ntion have agreed on their the
ories end line of evidence. They tell
the same htory in every court or at
tempt to, while the state departments
In every Instance have hud different
lines of defense. We desire to agree
on a line of defense and present It to
the court with a solid front. It devel
oped during the recent meeting thnt
fie states intend to do this very
thing," said Mr. Hurd.
School in Egg Candling.
Lincoln, Sept. 1. State Chemist
Redferd, who Is acting state food com
missioner during the Illness of Com
n'ls'iioner W. R. Jackson, will conduct
i little school In egg candling at the
;oiiltry building on the state fair
.rounds during the fair. He Intends
to demonstrate to fanners the ease
with which they can make a home
made candling box and how they can
ncrcase the keeping qiuililies of their
-ggs by dispensing with roosters after
the hatching season Is over.
Uses Hjtpin as Weapon.
Lincoln, Sept. 1. Mrs. M"abel Hurch,
n St. Louis woman who was taken In
i demented condition from' a Hurling
tut train, and who hns been held in
the county Jail here since Tuesday,
'lied to stab herself with a hatpin.
Use indicted several wo md.t upon her
body, but none will prove fatal. 'I he
,M;ice authorities or St. Louis have
leen communicated with In the hope
Vint relatives of the woman may be
ncated.
Farmers' Institute at Sargent.
Karftent, Neb., Sept. 1. At a spe
r.inl meeting of the Farmers' Institute,
M. K. Vnndenbcrg, president of the In
tlttite, J. Gibson and J. K. Grlnt were
p'ected delegates to attend the Ne
hnisk.t Farmers' Congress and Rural
Lllo commission, which Is to be held
In York next month. The Institute Is
making preparations for an Instruc
:lve session and an exhibit In January.
Boy Dragged Under Hayrake.
Ragan, Neb., Sept. 1. Dick Rich
srds, son of Kdward Richards, was
painfully Injured when the team he
wsa driving to a hayrake ran away.
His nose was broken and he was bad
ly bruised and rut.
SURGEON GENERAL TURKEY.
On Whose Adyics Army
Gels Orders to Tab
Tvrihoid Vaccination.
I : r . .htyty.i:A
ritnodlnut
ARMY FIGHTING TYPHOID
Officers and Men Ordered Vaccinated
Against Scourge.
Washington. Sept. 1. Vaccination
gainst typhoid fever hns been made
compulsory for every officer and en
listed man In the United States army
under forty-five years old.
The only exceptions permitted are
those who have had the disease or
who already have been vaccinated.
This action whs tnken by the secre
tary of war on recommendation of
Surgeon General George H. Torney.
FLOATER IN MISSOURI
PROVED TOBEPARSLOW
Missouri Valley Murderer Iden
tified By His Clothes.
IiOgan, la., Sept. 1. The body found
In th Missouri river near Module,
la., has been Identified by Officers
Williams and Rock as that of Charles
Parslow, one of the slayers of Mar
shal George Hutcher of Missouri Vol
ley. The body of Parslow's brother,
aUo wonted lor murder, was found In
the river near Omaha a few days ago.
limh are believed to have lost their
lives while trying to escape from a
posse.
Identification was established by the
large prominent teeth. Cartridges In
the pockets were the some kind as
used by the desperado 's. The watch
and chain found were of the exact de
scrlptinn of those worn by Charles
Parslow when he left home, ns de
scribed by his stepmother. Stie told
of his having a bottle of medicine
and one waa found In the pockets,
know n to he Ms. The body was burled
whero found.
FRENCH CABINET MEETS
Approves Instructions to Be Given
Ambassador at Berlin.
Ramboiilllet, France. Sept. 1. Pre
mier Cnlllaux and his colleagues In
the French cabinet met at the chateau
of President Ftillieres here and list
ened to the narrative of Justin de
Selves, the foreign minister, concern
ing the latest developments of the ne
gotiations with Germany on the Mo
roccan question. The cabinet ap
proved In their finnl form the Instruc
tions to be given to Jules Cambon, the
French ambassador nt Ilerlln.
Jules Pa ma, the minister of agricul
ture, was Instructed to Investigate
the underlying cause of the high price
of food, which has resulted In consid
erable rioting In the northern part of
France.
The Instructions endeavor to phrase
the French conception of Germany's
position In Morocco, and they author
ize the French ambassador to offer
specific portli.ns of French Congo In
exchange for the absolute recognition
by Germany of France's rights In Mo
rocco. Miner Dies Within Few Feet of Safety.
Ely, Nev., Sept. L When the shaft
of tho Glroux Consolidated mine,
which was closed to extinguish the
fire which caused the death of seven
men, was unsealed the body of Daniel
Drea, secretary of the local miners'
union, was found on top of the ladder
platform, within fifteen feet of the
surface. He nlmost tind readied snfety.
Dead Man's Head In Court.
Marinette, Wis.. Sept. 1. The de
capitated head of the husband of Mary
Weertelewskl of Pound, Wis., was ex
hibited In court Bt Mr. Weertelewskt's
preliminary examination on the charge
of murdering her husband. He. was
found dead In their home with a frac
tured skull several weeks ago.
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DEXTER GAS
PLANT WRECKED
EzphsicnGauSesDsstriiclion of
Properly and One Fate!!':.
MANAGER WILL PROBABLY DIE.
Foreman Meyers, Though Terribly
Scalded, Succeeds in Pulling Un- .
conscious Form of Charles Hanson
From the Burning Building.
Dei; Moines. Si pt 1. Special dis
patches Iriuo Dexter. la.. Just west of
Des Moines, toll of an explosion of
gas there that totally wrecked tht
new grj.ooii pl.int of the l exter Ckui
company, and the probable fatal burn
inn f Charles Hanson, manager of th
plant. A H. Meyers, foreman, was
frightfully scalded, but succeeded la
drugging the, unconscious form of
Hanson front the burning building.
The cnuse oi the Are is unknown.
Iowa's pioneers were guests of th
state fair management. All the resb
d'Mits thing in Iowa before the terri
tory beeitii' a state were admitted,
free to the grounds. Hairoun's auto
mobile race aptlnst Parmalee, th
Wrivht aviator, will be the feature ot
today, the final fair date.
Held for Blackmail.
Hugh Fry, a railroad fireman, was
arrested by Constable Temple on
charges of having attempted to black
mail Bit ward Thompson, druggist. . Hi
Is alleged to have threatened to kill
Thompson lnt Saturday, The dru
gist claims that Fry forced him to sign
an affidavit at the point of a gun and
threatened to send him to Jail for Im
proper relations with Mrs. Fry If hi
did not give the fireman fnoo.
Reception for President Taft.
Preparations ire being made to wet
.come President Taft when he comes
to Des Moines Sept. 2!V At a meeting
of the Grater I)es Moines committee
a committee composed of Iifayetts
Young, Jr., Edward Meredith and IIar
vey Ingham was appointed to make
the necossary plans for the reception
of the president, 'the president will
probably deliver an address at the
Coliseum hero.
Gas Experti Cost High.
Gns experts whom the city of Ds
Moines recently employed to assist II
In Its fight for DO cent gns come high,
.fust as If the city council didn't a -predate
the big bill, W. D. Marks pre
seated a request for $2,012.75. Ths
bill Included $1,150 salary and the r
mainder was for expenses. ,
MORMONS DRIVEN OUT
Two Elders Ejected From Kamra
After Noisy Demonstration.
Kamrnr, la., Sept. 1. Two elders ol
the Mormon church left this city afooi
with the din of many dishpnnn echo
ing In their ears.
The elders were making proselyting
speeches -vlien a crowd of women,
heating vigorously on kitchen tinware,
created such a pandemonium that the
speakers could not be heard. Mormon
sympathizers Hought to repel the as
sault by throwing witter on the wom
en, but at this point husbands and.
brothers took a hand and after lively
fisticuffs the meeting was broken up,
A few members pf the dlshpnn bri
gade were out aitntn beating quick
step time to the depart it re of ttio mts-
rionntves.
DEADBABEIN MOTHER'SARMS
Polish Woman Reaches Davenport
C'aiplng Body nf Child In Her Arm.
Davenport, In, Sept. 1 A young
Polish woman, with a dead Inhy tight
ly clasped In her arms, got off a Rock
Island train from Sioux City. Police
Investigation indicated that the baby
had h"en dead many hours. The wom
an gave the name of Zabootskl, and
ssys the child died on the trnln. Lit
tle more could be gleaned from her.
Greek Killed Near Dunlap.
Mibsourl Valley, In., Sept. 1 The
body of John Tappas, a Greek killed
hy a North western tra'n at Dunlap,
was brought to this city and placed
In the hands of the coroner. He
stepped from one track on account of
an approaching train from the ea3t
end was l it by a westbound train on
the other track.
Thomas McCaw'i Body Identified.
Iowa City. Tn., Sept. 1. Thomas Mc
Caw's brothers from Poweshiek coun
ty Identified their drowned brother'
body her and took It to Montezuma
for burial.
Fatal Fire at Topeka.
Topekn. S"pt. t. One man was
burned to death, another was serious
ly In lured and property loss exceed
ing fioo.tvin resulted from an early
morning fire In the business district
of Topeka. The J. C. Gressner Furni
ture company nnd the Glbbs Clothing
rompany are the heaviest loRers. W.
V. Evans, photographer, who lived In
Ms studio, lost his life. Tho door lead
ing to an ndloinln? office, through
which he might hnve escaped, was
locked and he wag unable to break It
down.
Alleged Watermelon Thief Killed.
Webb City, Mo., Sept. 1. Harvard
Gibbons, a farmer who lives near this
city, was shot and killed by his neigh
bor, John Waller, who accused him of
stealing watermelons. Waller tuts
rendered to the authorities.