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k" J' iff J HARRISON PRESS-JOURNAL OEO. D. CANON. Editor. HARRISON, . - NEBRASKA NEBRASKA NEWS The new creamery at Chappell li do tog a good business and local dairy in Areata are constantly increasing. Far mer are receiving from 60 to 72 cent per hundred for milk. T. K. Wooater, bill clerk at the Bur flngton & Miajouri depot at Nebraska City, was aeverely bitten by his owr log as he returned home late at night His arm la considerably lacerated. Ia the case ot Mose Roberts against the Burlington company for damagei sustained at a crossing In Graf severa1 months ago, a Jury has returned a ver dict In Roberts' favor for $435 Conductor W. W. Coffin of Wymote was crushed between the engine and first car of an extra at Dawson Thurs day forenoon, and was taken to Wy more on a special train. Coffin Is one of the oldest freight conductors run nine out of Wymore. The Methodist congregation of Osce ola welcomed Rev. J. W. Swan, its new pastor, with a reception and supper at which covers were laid for 400. An ad dress of welcome was delivered by J H. Mickey. Rev. Swan's last chargi was Wahoo. Judge Keysor fined a batch of Blu . Ribbon ers of Argo, a small town neat Tekamah, $100 and costs. They are Olol F. Anderson, Edward Benson, Nels Ho ganson. John Jorgensen, Olof Hammar lun and Kmil Christiansen. They wer indicted by the grand Jury for selling liquor without a license. Chris Tocum, the night watchman Who was shot in the knee by a tramr. pear the Nye-Schneider elevator at Fremont last winter, died Thursday afternoon, his death being partly due to the wound. He leaves a widow and several children. The man who did the shooting succeeded In getting away Threshing Is being concluded in sev eral places In Red Willow county and the average yield is fair considering the damage done by drouth and grass hoppers. The corn was also visited by grasshoppers, but the yield Is good and of fair quality. Never In the his tory of the county has it been so dry ana dusty and the farmers are waiting tor a ram so tney can begin plowing. ' The funeral of John Nile, the farmer who died from Injuries received from him steam thresher going through a bridge north of Nebraska City a few (ays since, took place Thursday morn ing. He had to have his leg ampu tated twice after the accident, owing to gangrene appearing, and being bad ly burned his system was unable to rally from the shock Incident to the last operation. A proposition was submitted to the Hebron city council a short time since by C. G. Dominic to place an electric tight plant In the city. Mayor White called a mass meeting of citizens at the opera house to consider it. and as the expense to the city will be only 1300 a year they decided to accept. The necessary machinery is now on the Way, so that Hebron will be in the ark only a very short time longer. James) Giles returned to Falrbury from Lincoln, where he went to Identify the team and buggy which was stolen from him two weeks ago. He found his buggy and harness and one horse, but the other horse bad been disposed ot The men who stole the team have not been captured, but the man who received It, and whom the Lincoln au thorities believe to be the leader of sne of the worst gangs in the west, WU captured and held. Constable Grimes returned to Beat rice from Falls City, but he did not bring back Shouts, alias Wilson, and thereby hangs a tale. On the day Shouts reached Falls City Milt Jackson, a well known Beatrice traveling man, reached there. The two registered at the hotel at about the same time and both registered from Beatrice. A score of men were at once put on Shouts'! trail, but at last accounts be was still at Urge, The state hoard of public lands and buildings at Lincoln has let the con tract for the erection of the new wing at the Nebraska hospital for the In Sane at Lincoln to Arthur ft Hurd of Omaha for $33,353. The contract for the plumbing and heating plant was awarded the Korsmeyer Heating and Plumbing company of Lincoln fo 34.960. tfhe U ' appropriation for the work is 140,000. There were a number of bid ders and the bids ranged from $35,000 down. Fulterton has been In a turmoil of excitement over the disappearance of the 9-year-old son of B. F. Seeley. The little fellow left home in search of his dog and did not return for dinner or npper. H anting parties were out all Bight and could find no trace of htm until 10 o'clock the following morning, when he was located at a farm house Ave miles northwest of town, where he pent the night very comfortably, little thinking of the excitement he had caus ed at home. A Thirty-ninth volunteer Infantry soldier was run over and killed by a Missouri Pacific train at Fort Crook Wednesday evening. The engineer of the train, a southbound through freight saw the body lying across the track, but could not stop his train before it had dragged the body some distance and ground the body some dlstsnce and ground the head and shoulders be yond recognition. As no one was with the soldier, his name could not be learned or the facts leading up to the accident be ascertained. It Is supposed that, while in a drunken stupor, he had fallen asleep across the track or bad attempted to get aboard of the southbound passenger due there at 10-m while It was leaving the station. The body was taken to the regimental huoniHl fa dM federal court at Lincoln the eaat wherein Congdon Co., Chicago JVoard of Trade men, sue Peter Jansen of Tibs in to recover between 17.000 and lit claimed to be due as margins vat up for him on a grain deal, was sard fey Jadge Monger. The testi i mT of Jansen la to the effect that wwat Into the board of trade deal in li at too solicitation of Congdon and A initial frhrad. Frank McFarlln. who jmm oays, was a "capper" for Cong 4 Dsitssj the time the deal was on, t two soars, Jansen says bo put 1 rfc and ia addition Cong- r A for fat amount stated above li m a note for Ujm In the ' ! CJeftsw banker on which tr brought. Jaaooa's defense Itti it gassotnsg transaction 1 rtt-tmA of Usn amouat claim C b Mt enforceable by 4 mm anunlsd with the ar J U AG WORLD'S GREATEST MILLIONAIRES. John Bight of Kemberley, South Africa Li Hung Chang of China John D. Rockefeller of New York Prince Elim Demidoff of Russia Cornelius Vanderbllt of New York (estate) Andrew Carnegie of New York William K. Vanderbllt of New York John Jacob Astor of New York William Rockefeller of New York William Waldorf Astor of London Lord Rothschild of England , Duke of Westminster of England M. Heine of France, silks Lord Iveagh of England Alphonse Rothschild of Paris Baron Albert Rothschild of Vienna Archduke Frederick of Austria Banker Mendelssohn of Berlin Prince John Liechtenstein of Austria. J. H. Flagler of New York Brewer Anton Dreher of Austria Duke of Devonshire of England.. Duke of Bedford of England Duke of Norfolk of England Duke of Buccleugh ot England Lord Derby of England Lord Bute of England Lord Cadogan of England Gunmaker Alfred Krupp of Berlin Prince Pless of Germany Count Donnersmarck of Germany Banker E. Rothschild of Paris Sir E. Blount of England ... Claus Spreckels of San Francisco Archbishop Conn of Austria Prince Schwarzenberg of Austria ... Prince Eeterhazy of Austria J. B. Haggln of New York Senator W. A. Clark of New York... ... Henry O. Havemeyer of New York....... P. D. Armour of Chicago ... Collis P. Huntington of New York George J. Gould of New York J. Pierpont Morgan of New York H. M. Flagler of New York Alfred Belt of England Alfred Rothschild of London Due d'Arenberg of Belgium. aptaJn McCalmont of England Count WoronzofT Dashkoff of Russia Angelo Qulntlert of Italy Baron Leitenberger of Austria Prince Montenuovo of Austria. John D. Archbold of New York. Harold McCormlck of Chicago J. D. De la Mar. Levi Z. Letter of Chicago Leon Say of France. Prince Yousoupuff of Russia W. C. Whitney of New York W. L. Elkins of Philadelphia James J. Hill of St. Paul Russell Sage of New York HUNGRY HEN LOTTERY Chicago, I1L (Special.) The "Hun gry Hen" lottery, which, had It been allowed to operate, rooght have seri ously crippled the egg Industry of the United States, has been overthrown by a ruling of the attorney general for the postofflce department, and eggs will still appear on the bills of fare, even at the less exclusive restaurants and hotels. The unique scheme originated In the brain of the National Fanciers' Journal of Hinsdale, 111., who submitted It to Postmaster Gordon for the purpose fit ascertaining if his paper, with the fol lowing announcement Inserted, would be admissible to the malls: "On April 2, 1900. we will place on a large sheet, one quart of wheat, con taining kernels. Three Plymouth hens, which have been kept from feed for six hours, will then be permitted to eat therefrom for ten minutes, when the remaining kernels will be taken up, counted and the number eaten by the hens ascertained. 'To the subscriber of this Journa' who estimates nearest the number of IO HO . - . kernels eaten by tbe hens we will give $50; to the next nearest we will give , 120." etc The ruling of the attorney genera Is as follows: The consideration for an opportunity to participate in this contest Is Includ ed In the price of subscription to the publication. In my opinion, the award of prises offered In this scheuie would be dependent upon chance. It would be practicable. It la true, for au Intend ing contestant. In advance of the con test, by taking three Plymouth hens and the numbei of kernels proposed to be used in this contest, and following the rules laid down in the advertise ment, to reach a rough conclusion as to the probable result on April 2, 1900; but suca a count would furnish little. If any, guidance toward a proper esti mate of the number of kernels that will be eten by the hens on the date mentioned. The eating propensities of hens, even though they be of the same breed, undoubtedly vary, and the num ber of kernels eaten by one trio would be taken up by another at a different time, although under precisely the same conditions. "The provision that. In ease like es timates shall be received from llfferent contestants, the one received first shall rank first, constitutes an additional ele ment of chance, although it may be Im probable that like estimates will be re ceived from different persons. The dis tance of the contestants from Hinsdale and the time of learning of the contest and the date and hour of mailing thei estimates would all have bearing upon the time of receipt of such estimates, and all of these are matters of chance. "In my opinion this scheme Is a lot tery and all matter relating to It Is un matlable under the lottery law." 8. P. Cahlll, superintendent of gen eral postofflces, said that he thought the proposition genuine. "We have a great many queer pro positions submitted to us," he said, "ast wee a tobacco manufacturer want ed to offer a prise of a bale of cigars to the one who should come nearest to guessing bow many pounds of filler he used during the last quarter. Every time ama nsmoed a cigar manufac tured by his firm he got a guess. Thst scheme was ruled out. An editor of a small weekly advertised to give s IIS tea set to the subscriber whose number should corresponds to a num ber In an envelope In his office. The subscriptions were coming in so fast that when we held his paper out under the lottery clause he nearly went era ay. But the most Ingenious scheme was one which offered a prise of 1500 to the subscriber who should solve a certain problem. Tbe problem was a very simple one, and the matter looked fair on the face of It. But the case with which persons worked tbe prob lem caused tbe subscriptions to roll In by the hundreds. When the data was up the editor announced that so many correct answers bad boon received that too prise, when equally divided, would bo a fraction of a cent apiece. This, be argued, eeuM aot bo sunt them without they Bret forward itSt Hs sostaere. Wo MM tWo to be a gwtedla, sod i .31,000.000.000 . 500.000.000 . 260,000.000 . 200.000.000 . 125.000.000 . 120,000.000 . 100,000,000 . 100.000,000 . 100,000,000 100.000.000 75,000,000 75.000,000 70,000,000 70,000.000 70.000,000 70.000,000 70.000.000 60,000,000 60.000.000 50.000.000 50.000.000 50,000.000 60.000,000 50.000,000 50.000.000 45.000.000 45,000,000 45.000,000 45.000,000 45.000,000 45.000,000 40,000,000 40,000,000 40,000.000 40,000,000 40,000,000 40,000,000 40.000.000 40,000,000 40,000,000 40,000.000 35,000.000 35,000.000 35,000,000 35.000,000 35,000,000 35,000.000 30,000,000 30.000.000 26,000,000 25.000,000 26,000,000 26,000.000 25.000,000 25,000.000 25,000,000 26,000,000 25,000.000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25.000.000 26.000,000 25,000,000 MANY FREAK FARMS Vincennes, Ind. (Special.) For freak farming Indiana certainly takes the lead. Instead of depending on corn. wheat, rye and the manifold standbya a great many farmers in Indiana, are devoting their time and energy to rais ing other products, such as skunks, weasles, rabbits, frogs, ginseng, tom cats and noxious weeds. Indiana has six large skunk farms, and the Industry is becoming so extensive that recently : a trust has been formed. The pelts ; are very valuable, bringing from ILS0 ( to 12 apiece, according to the quality. ; The skunk farmers are now raising - ""TT oTd-nan t..- . .. .t... ....... . much care and are cheably maintained and easily placed on the market and are profitable. At New Harmony, Posey count: there is a large family of Angora cats. Herman BuLar of that city is a genu ine fanner and torn cat Jobber who has made a fortune In the handling of this breed of cats. He has sold over 3.000 cats in the past year and they all find their way to the stores of John Wanamaker. He has sold some a high as 150 and none less than S2f. It will readily be seen that cats at tli apiece wll Imake a man more money than any of tbe cereals raised on the farms. 11RI C 1 UUIT UIIC irCtH IUIQ 111 JQ- There Is only one leech farm in In dlana and that Is probably the only one i tne whole country. The industry la carried on In moss-filled vats. The breeding leeches were shipped from Germany some years ago and all of the product is thoroughbred. The leeel market Is nothing compared with whal it formerly was when physicians pre scribed an application of leeches fof everything, from cold feet to a ragln) fever. Still there Is a good demanl for them, and they bring a fancy price They get plenty of food and will kee4 for an indefinite time. There are four large rabbit farms ia Indiana. The largest one Is located at Wabash and covers 60 acres. The com pany Is headed by Nathan Meyer and Is known as the Wabash Belgian Hare Breeding and Importing company. The company expects to raise 1,000,000 hares this year. The bunnies are fed on bay and they consume about 280 pounds of green grass a day. Their pelts are In great demand and the meat Is edible. Hares are easily handled and are more preferable than skunks and there Is no danger of an "off" year. For many years the farmers thought peppermint weeds obnoxious and grub bed them out. Today there are three big peppermint farms in Indiana. The largest ia located In St. Joseph county and Is owned by Mark Beeger. Anoth er is on the Michigan-Indiana line and is owned by Poles, and the other is In Lake county. Its uses are numerous but the greatest demand comes from the manufacturers of print fabrics.who use It to make the colors more solid. The successful peppermint farmer can make from $75 to 1150 an acre from his land. Tbe most freakish line of freak farm ing is the new wrinkle In fattening the watermelons. Here where they are raised by the thousands the farmers steal a march on Dame Nature and fat ten their stock. They do It by per forming a surgical operation on the stem. Inserting a cotton fuse, which Is passed through the cork of a bottle of sugar-sweetened water. ONLY ONE POLICEMAN. Think of a country that has only one policeman! This Is true of Iceland. The country is people by the descend ants of Vikings, Including msny fa mous warriors snd heroes, but they are so law-abiding that they have no need of policemen. The solitary offi cer, In spite of the great responsibility, hss a very essy time. He Is main tained more for ornament and dignity than for use. The Icelanders think It would not do to have a capital with out a policeman, so they keep one. He Is six feet tall and a broad-shouldered msn, always dressed In a fine uniform, but he doesn't work hard, for he la never called upon to make aa arrest Small boys In Iceland must have a fine time, with only one police man to make thorn walk the straight and narrow path of correct legal man- Don't you think soT When wo reflect how often skirt waists ought to bo washed, wo par cel re the wisdom of baring the osrta thres-fourthe water. Dotrott Journal. KANSAS NEWS. A new steamboat. Just launched st Abilene, Is warranted to make a speed K ten knots every once in a while. Another Item that makes this a ban er year in Kansas: There hasn't been s cyclone or tornado In the state for twelve months. Ellis Garten of the Jacksonlan has banded In his resignation as city clerk of Cimarron, giving as his reason nat oral aversion to office holding." The worst smoke nuisance In Topeka Is maintained by the state. The smoke from the capitol furnaces has turned the deme a dirty shade of black. Bd Howe has started a Christian Sci ence controversy In Atchison and now he can't stop It. People are writing three-column "replies" to each other and demanding that the Globe publish them. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka, author of "In Hla Steps," objects to having his sermons printed in Sunday newspapers. It will take a more terrific blow than this, however, to drive thi Sunday newspapers off the earth. Kansas editors. Judging from the ex rhanges, do not take kindly to "Ma or" Tom Anderson's declaration thai "a little free lemonade and a bag ol peanuts" was all the entertainment Topeka need show them at the Twen tieth Kansas reception. Judge Simpson of the Reno county district court at Hutchinson, sentencec E C Clark, who was convicted of belli accessory after the fact to the murdei of W. C. Boyd, to two and one-half years imprisonment. The maximurr sentence Is Ave years. Before receiving lentence Clark, who has been a mem ber of the Reno county bar, made speech, declaring his Innocence. Humane Officer Greenman Investigat ed the report that a 2-months-old bab yoy, which had been taken from a doc- :or in Kansas City, Kan., by William M. Lacy and wife of 111 West Nine teenth street, was starving. The in restigation showed that the baby could aot take nourishment and had dwln lled away to almost nothing. Dr. Roger ot the city physician's office was in structed to prescribe for the child. Hf thinks he can save Its life. Lacy and wife secured the baby, they claim, from Dr. Lorlng in the Hunted building in Kansas City, Kan., seven weeks ago. The new outbreak of smallpox In Kansas City, Kan., has brought up many complications, and has resulted ,n the arrest of Mayor Marshman, Al Jerman Meyers and Alderman Menden hall of the board of health for con :empt of court. On July 17 last th ;ourt enjoined the city from placing my smallpox patients within a radiut sf one-half mile of the H. W. Merrll ?roperty in North Kansas City, Kan The new pest house, which was lo rated several weeks ago, is in the pro aiblted territory, and when two small ox patients were taken there the pro perty towners in the vicinity appealed :o Judge Holt for relief. The court jrdered the arrest of the city officials tnd the case will be heard on Octobei 18. In the house at 318 Minnesota ave aue, where there Is a case of smallpox, twenty people are held in quarantine. The body of Viola Wallace, the young girl who fell from a Santa Fe train and nas killed near Strong City, was taken aome to Hutchinson. Mrs. E. Wallace the mother of the dead girl, has learn id nothing as yet regarding the girl'l nysterious trip. Viola left there to ipend two weeks at Wichita, In com pany with Bertha Shumate, a girl !riend. As soon as she reached Wich ita, it seems, she came back at one to Newton and took the fast mall fof (he east. Miss Shumate has not been beard from. Thomas H. Camp, a young nan of Des Moines, Ia., who was en gaged to marry Miss Wallace, arrived at Hutchinson expecting to find hit betrothed, but Instead was met by the news of her death. He went to Strong City and returned with the body ol Miss Wallace. The friends of the dead girl will thoroughly Investigate th matter of where Miss Wallace was go ing and every particular regarding th iccldent. If It was an accident, whlcl caused her death. Miss Wallace gav Her name as Viola Gray when she wai found, and gave no other up to the mo ment of her death. When remonstrate with because she insisted on standing an the platform of the car. she declared me would not care If she did fall off nd It Is suspected that her falling ofl -as by design. WHISTLES BLEW, BELLS RANG Topeka, Kan. Special.) Upon the re :e!pt of the bulletin announcing the ar--Ival of the Twentieth Kansas at Sar Francisco, bedlam broke loose In To eka. The whistles of all the manufac turing institutions began to screech ind every bell In the city rang out th ?Iad tidings. The streets soon filled jp with people and more noise wai nade In more different ways than It usually made In Kansas City on car nival night. Ottawa, Kan. (Special.) Pandemo nium broke loose here upon the receipt of a telegram from Pan Francisco stat Ing that the Tartar had been sighted Bells were rung, whistles blown an everything that could make a noise waf put Into use. Thousands of people pa raded Main street, where a bonfire wai on every cornpr. The first reglmer.l band added to the tumult by paradlnf the streets snd playing patriotic airs Many old soldiers took part In the dem onstratlons. There was little sleep li the city before midnight. Comopsnj K. Twentieth Kansas, Is from thl) town. Lawrence. Kan. (Special.) When thl pews reached here that the Twentletl Kannas had arrived at San Franclsct Te whistles of the town, the churcr bells and fire bells rang. People turned out on the street and an Impromptt luhllee was held Hutchinson. Kan. (Special. ) Th f-eople of western Kansas will use ev ery effort to arrange for a daylight trl of the Twentieth Kansas through th state upon Its return from San Fran cleco. Some of the western Knt members of Governor Stanley's part) went to San Francisco for that especla, purpose. Another delegation will wai' upon the Santa Fe company and urgi It to arrange the train schedule so n to enable the westerners, and especial ly the school children, to get s gllmpn of the gallant volunteers as they pa si 111 rough. The pope baa received from an Eng lish Catholic a prosont of a beautifully- constructed motor oar. This automo bile la seated for two, As bit holiness baa not for thrao years taken carriage exercise. It m Improbable that bo will ever use tbe motor car. IOWA NEWS. The Webster City Tribune and Free man will be consolidated on Nor. 1. Frlti Kroeger of Davenport wss kill ed by falling from a scaffold on lh fifth story of the glucose fsctory. The students of the Iowa Agricultur al college recently made a visit to Chi- tago for the purpose of visiting the great industrial establishments. Fred Palmer, editor of the Cumber Inn d Banner, has sued Sherm Myers ot the Anita Tribune, claiming he has been damaged 33,000 worth by matter published in Myers paper. The state board of control has refus ed to pay the reward claimed by Sheriff Thelssen of Vinton for the capture of Convict Jones, a desperate criminal who recently escaped. An eighty-acre farm three miles south of Marshalltown sold last Satur day for 375 per acre. It Is said to be a tepresentatlve Marshall county farm. Captain J. F. Merry nas been elected a lay delegate to the general conference of the M. E. church in the United Mates, to be held in Chicago next year. The Waterloo Reporter finds In an Iowa exchange this gem at the close or an account of a wedding: They were married at the home of the bride's parents, where they will remain until the groom gets a Job.." The bricklayers employed on the new collegiate building of the Iowa State university are on a strike for higher wages. They have been receiving 33,50 fur ten hours' work and demand the same pay for nine hours. The price of soft coal at Boone, which is the metropolis of a considerable min ing Industry, Is 50 cents higher per ton than It was last year. The Increased price is due to an enlarged demand and the prevailing scarcity of miners. The editor of the Auburn Recorder has been in Auburn for thirteen years, and in that time, he states, he has not been sued for libel, breach of promise or bigamy, and has not had even a hall pulling match to his credit Frank Kosopp. aged 16, died at Clin ton after a month's Illness. City Health Physician C. F. Kellogg has refused a burial permit because tbe young maq was treated only by Christian Scient ists. An Inquest will be held, which Is awaited with Interest. The general store of Graham A Voral at Fairfax was burglarized. The Iron safe was taken half a mile from town and blown open. The thieves secured four gold watches and four silver. Judge H. H. Trimble of Keokuk de. livered an address before the Indiana association the other day, In the course of which he said that Indiana was "the mother of the new west," having con tributed to Iowa alone three United States senators and a large number of congressmen, supreme court Judges and legislators. Miss Ruth Hobby of Iowa City was married recently at Manila to Lieuten ant George S. Glbbs of the signal corps, Gibbs was formerly a student of the State university and his duties with the army rendering it impossible to be on hand at the appointed time and place for the wedding ceremony, the young woman went to Manila. The eighth annual meeting of the Iowa Domestic Local Building, Loan and Sacings association league wan held at Cedar Rapids with a good at tendance. The red tape and routine of the state law In taxing shares of build ing and loan stock were referred to a committee that will request the legis lature to change the law. Rockingham Is a town that has van ished from Scott county. At one time, from the time of Its establishment lo 1836 until 1840, it was a formidable rival of Davenport and contained many dwelling houses and stores. Daven port wrested the county seat from It, however, and after 1852 Rockingham went Into permanent decay. Only one building now stands on the site of the old town tbe hotel, now used as a farm house and corn fields flourish when once the village life pulsated. This Is what the Indian summer hat done to tbe Charles City Press man: "The Iridescent colorings of Madame Nature these days are pleasing to the eye. The orb of sight being titillated by the pretty picture conveys to the brain something of the pleasure de rived. The brain, taking in the situa tion, slaps the onlooker on the back, making him feel like a colt In the crisp ozone. The maples are bathed In gold en and vari-crimson hues and are eas. ily the most beautiful." ' During tbe recent coal famine at Fort Dodge the family of F. Scougal obtained logs in the woods to burn In place of coal. While Harry Scougal was chopping some of the wood his axe struck a charge of dynamite, which for some unknown reason had been placed in the wood, and the boy was fearfully mangled by the explosion and will probably lose one hand. Ex amination showed that the log was filled with dynamite and had it been placed in the stove without chopping might have Injured many others. An Investigation is being made. An engine on a local eastbound freight train ran out of water between Alta and Storm Lake. The train was stopped and the engine sent to Storm Lake for water. The flagman of the local could not stop a gravel train which followed, on account of a heavy fog. The trainmen on the gravel train all Jumped and escaped Injury, ecept Conductor Charles A. Densmore of. Sioux City, who was instantly killed. Passengers In the caboose of the local freight experienced a narrow escape. Ten cars and an engine were wrecked. Traffic was delayed four hours. Hans Christiansen of Savanna, III., while Insane, tied hit six little children to s rope, with the intention of drown ing them In Plum river. The children broke loose snd escaped In the dark ness. The msn made a desperate at tempt to recapture them, but failed. Christiansen, being frustrated, return, ed home and drank the contents of g bottle of carbolic acid. After swallow. Ing the falsi dose he went to a neigh heir's and told what he had done. Phy. rlrians were summoned, but to n avail, snd after a few hours of terrible suffering he died. His wife died tlx months ago, lesvlng tlx small children in poor circumstances. Hs became In sane from brooding over his misfor tune. Christiansen formerly resided al Mabula, Iowa. Cincinnati, O. The Forty-eighth V. B, Infantry, colored, mobilising at Fort Thomas, Ky., waa filled to Its maxi mum today. Sixty recruits re ported, I which make a total of 1,171 MISSOURI NEWS). The Butler street fair opened With a fine display of stock and poultry. The carnival crew celebration In the even ing was excellent. The First Brigade band furnished music James Conway's house near Marshall burned with all its contents. It was occupied by the Standard Creamery company. All outbuildings burned. No one was at home. The cause of the fire is unknown. The loss Is heavy. The first day of the street fair at Mexico was a grand success. The dis play of farm products was fine. There was no horse racing or gambling, and no hoochie-koochle attractions. The voting contest for the queen of the flower parade resulted In the selection of Miss Ida Edmonds. Her maids are Miss Nettie Mcllride, Centralis; Miss Letha Trigg, Fulton. Miss Deseie Cowles, 2444 Euclid ave nue, St. Louis, possessed histrionic as pirations and started out to realize them by running away from home to Join a living picture show. She had seen "Uncle Tom's Cabin" andi the "Two Orphans" once or twice, and the regular routine of life at home helping her mother wash the dishes and take care of their small home became very monotonous. Her life in the living picture organization was not as pleas ant as she had anticipated, so when the show stranded In one of the small Kansas towns she came back to St. Louis, and instead of going home she stayed at the home of one of her friends. She was located by her pa rents, who had her arrested and placed under the care of Police Matron Moore. She will be sent home in her father's charge. St. Louis, Mo. (Special.) Ex-Governor Stone, vice chairman of the na tional democratic committee, said to day that he expected to meet Chair man Jones either In Chicago or tit. Louis within the next fifteen days and tur never to him the management of the party's affairs, which have been In his hands since the chairman went to Europe, several months ago. J. G. Johnson, chairman of the executive committee, and Sam B Cook, of the ways and means committee, will also be present and make reports on what has been done. Concerning the story that the democratic headquarters ar to be moved from Chicago to St. Louis or Washington, the ex-governor would only say that he knew nothing of that arrangement. "The headquarters will remain In Chi cago for the present, so far as I know," be said JESSE'S STARTLING DEFENSE. Maryville, Mo. (Special.) The trial Of C. G. Jesse, charged with the mur der of Frank Griffin, editor of Griff's Maryville Daily Review, began here yesterday. The first day was consumed ,iy the opening slatements of counsel and by testimony showing the facts about the shooting. The defendant is on the stand today and utters the first statements he has made with regard to the shooting. He testifies that Griffin had been black mailing him at the rate of 320 per month, and that even when his money gave out, Griffin Insisted on the pay ments, and threatened that, If they were not continued he would slander the defendant's daughter. Jesse admitted that he had sold li quor contrary to law and charged that he had paid blackmail to Griffin ever since coming to Maryville. Later, Jesse said, his drug store was destroyed and he became almost poverty-stricken. Griffin continued to demand money, and on the morning of the killing threaten ed to publish a statement defamatory of his (Jesse's) daughter unless he was given 350. Griffin bad already assailed Jesse, and the latter says he went home and found his wife In tears with the paper in her lap. His wife's dis tress, his financial embarrassment and Griffin's attacks and threats crazed him and when he met Griffin on the street, without realizing what he was doing, be drew his pistol and fired. MISSOURI'S GAME LAWS. The game laws of Missouri now read as follows: - Unlawful to kill any doe or any deer under one year of age. Male deer over one year of age may be killed from October 1 till January 1. Birds Song or insectivorous birds, unlawful to kill. Wild turkeys, prairie chtckens.pheas ants, quail, may be killed from No vember 1 till January 1. Woodcock, doves, meadow larks or plover may be killed from August 1 till January 1. Nets, pens, traps or pits for the tak ing of above mentioned game prohibit ed. Wild ducks may be killed from Oc tober 1 to April 1. Night shooting pro hibited. Fish. Sa-ines, nets of all kinds, wires, traps and dams to catch fish, prohibit ed In all waters of the state, except by owner In ponds on and streams bor dering on private property; except that minnow nets not to exceed 15 feet In length may be used, and except that nets may be used In backwater from the Mississippi river. Buying or selling game in close sea son or having possession of unlawfully killed game, misdemeanor. Transporting game unlawfully killed, agent or servant doing so guilty of mis demeanor. Quail may be netted by owner of land on his own premises, between October 16 and February 1. Nonresidents of the state prohibited from killing game In Missouri. Violations prosecuted before any court having Jurisdiction of misde meanors and before police Justices, city judges and recorders. Sheriffs, constables, marshals, market masters, police officers and other state and county officers' duty to arrest per sons violating. TOO HOT TO HANDLE. From the Memphis Scimitar: A well known Mississippi farmer will have cause to remember his recent visit to Memphis. Me stopped In a well known cafe, and among other things ordered a sirloin steak. A bottle of tobasco sauce was on the tsble, and, mistaking It for catsup, he spread It quite lavish ly on the steak and settled down to enjoy the meal. He cut oft a big piece, but no sooner had it struck his mouth than he began to feel as If his tongue was on fire, lie twisted snd turned and soon had the eyes of every one In the dining hall fastened on him. The more he twisted and screwed hi face the hotter the steak In his mouth got. He didn't know what wss the matter. He could stand It no longer, and, reaching up his Hand he Jerked out the burning bite, threw It on the floor, and In a very dramatic way ex claimed: "Now, d you, blase!" . AJ,.1Uh ebomlst recently exam ined t,if4 samples of boor, of which 411 woro found to have bom adulterated, and the fact waa also discovered that ,hA?ltrmllon o boor U almost ex ehsstvely oonilnsd to London, of W fVboadS W" " 1 it v,.