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r C O O D t $bortQtorie$j H- In a rural justice court in Georgia, reeuntly, an old ncro, whoso testl iany had Ixtcn questioned by a law yer, said in his own defense: "Jedge, I'm a good mau. I been a-llvln' 'roun' hea.Ii ten years. I ain't never been lynched; en de only boss I ever stoled th'owed me en broke my two legs!" Congressman Charles N. Punier, of New Jersey, -recently-vrsdted cue of bis constituent! in Union County, and found biru trying to give some medi cine to his little son, who bud eaten too many green appl, while a Chris tian Science iielghltor was assuring the bay that there was nothing at all the matter with him. "I think I ought to laiuw," (?roaned the boy; "I guess I've, got Inside information." When Major General Samuel 15. M. Yocug was presented to the Kaiser during his ncent visit to Germany, Kaiueror William asked him If he hud ever visited that country before. "Not thin part," General Young is said to have replied. The Kmpcror then In quired what parts he had visited, whereupon General Young Knld: "I have visited St Iiuls, Cincinnati and Milwaukee." The Emperor roared with laughter, and took General Young to the Empress, to whom he repealed the witticism. M. Grevy, when President of France, on one occasion extricated himself from a predicament with wonderful presence of mind. lie was being con ducted around the Salon by an eminent artist, when he saw a painting which displeased him. "What a daub!" he ext-lalmed; "whose is 11? 1'liat pic tare, M. le President," said his cicer one, "It is my own work." "Ah' said Uje President, without any sign of em barrassment at his awkward mistake, "in our country, when we particularly wish to purchase a thing, we always begin by running it down;" and, true to Ills part, lie rehased the ofTendiu;,' painting there and then. Major Shniturk, of the signal corps, tells an amusing story of an old time "religious revival" meeting at a negro otitirch near Savannah. In order that the revival spirit might be quickened. It was arranged that the preacher should give a signal when he thought tbe excitement was highest, and from Ujo attic through a hide cut in the cell ing directly over the pulpit, the sexton was to shove down a pure white dove, whose flight around the church ami over the heads of the audience w as ex ported to have an lic-pli lng effect, and, as far as emotional excitement was concerned, to cap the climax. All went well at the start; the church was packed; the preacher's text was "In the form of a dove," and as he piled up his eloquent periods the excitement was strong. Then the opportune mo ment arrived-the signal was given and the packed audience was scared out of Its wits on looking up to the celling and beholding a cat, with a ciotlicsllne around Its middle, yowling and spitting, being slowly lowered over Uie preacher's head. The preacher called out to the sexton in the attic: "Whar's de dove?" And the sexton's rolce came down through the opening m you could hear It a block: "Inside the eat!" IS A NATURAL BAROMETER, Rltln of the HnMlcr weat Wh-n a Storm I A prmichlriu. "It Is going to rain within six hours," aid the man, with provoking delibera tion. Tiie sun whs shining brightly and wily a few floating clouds broke the 'clear blue of the broad sky. "Kalu," said the other, derisively, "and out of Uiat sky? You're a pessimist You al ways carry an umbrella." "I'll bet you a good dilner that It will rain within six hours," the first speuki-r replied with Imperturbable good nature and gravity. The bet was made, ami the dinner was mid for by the mau who doubted. It rained in less than four hours. "Now, If you will come around to my ' rooms I will show you how I knew It wui going to rain," said I lie prophet, who was with honor In his own coun try. So (here they went. Now, the prophet was an original sort of chap, and had fastened upon the walls of his room many si range tilings of the sea ml forest and Held. On the floor was Hung skins of bear and deer anil mount ain Hon, and on the wall near a window, at retched from the top of the high wainscoting to within half a foot of the floor, was the grewsome skin of a giant diamond hack rattlesnake. The prophet pointed to It and said: "There's toiy secret." The skin was dripping wet. The went so to speak, stood out upon Its acaly back In huge drops, which would a well and a well and silently run to gether In little streamlets, which In turn would rush down In an avulauclia f other drops and reach the floor with a aplaab like a Br rut tear. Kvcrylhlng (se In the room was dry as the humid atmosphere of n city after a thunder atorin would allow. "Thnt'a my barometer," said the prophet "I killed that snake myself In triorldu and had It stripped. The skin la not tanned, but just preserved like rawhide, t had noticed In some of the toasting boats nl ug the gulf shore Itrlpa of snake skin hung up In tint In bin. The captains had told me Unit they could always tell when a squall Iran coming by watching this skin. I lave bad that for three years now, and k baa been far more accurate than the a-Mthcr observer. No mstter when (be Irat Indication! of storm make them- selves felt ill the atmosphere, whether It be night or day, sumuiir or winter, the faithful skin shows It by beginning to sweat. If the storm passes off th drops dry up nnd the skin crisps and shrivels until It Is more like sandpaper than anything else. In the winter, of course, the sweat Is not so profuse, be cause tin' air is drier than in summer. "Why the snake skin should be so sensitive to changes in atmospheric con ditions I do not know. I have asked ex pert snake handlers and students of rep tile life, but they were as much at a loss as I was. I do not know, either, whether any skin but that of the rattler will yield to humi.Ilty or not I know that the Florida boatmen use the rat tler's skin exelus'vcly for their cabin barometers. " There's s metiiing grow some and mysterious about it, I'll admit, but it tells the truth aft accurately as the most expensive glas:! that was ever construct) d. and all It cost me was a bullet from a rifle." New York Trib une. COSTLY JOKE ON A BOOMER. How a New Y rk Financier Clot "Fooled" by liny itiifAnUm tnyMli One promoter ('own on lower Broad way in New York lias had a career like the tides of the sea in Its varying eblis and llnvs of fortune, lie has handled some big deals In his time, and on the other hand he has received some "fm-ers" which would thoroughly dis concert the average business man of the "tvmmon or garden kind." une or the most characteristic or me experiences which he relates Is that of the time when he attempted to exploit un antimony property out in California. ii)! investigateu me proposuion inor oughly, found that the supply of ami- monv was iiiaoticitllv inexhaustible and then spent .S.'on.ooo in erecting a plant to refine ills pr duct. Then he loaded l."o tons of the metal on Ii aid cars, and. attaching a I'ullm.in car to the train for the accommodation of himself and friends, slurb d. with banners waving and bands praying, for New York. He figured that with such a show ing as be was unking that Investors would simply tumble over each other in their eliorts to get In on the projiet and that his stock would .sell like tie: proverbial hot cakes. It bnpp'-nid, however, that In his cal culations ho hud negleeted to in quire Into the action of tin laws of supply and demand in reference to an timony, ami hence was profoundly Ig norant of the fact that he had enough of It In that one train load to furnish the entire world for years to come. Arriving at New York, he crassly burled his train load at the d -alecs, lie fore the terrific Impact of that 105 tons the market collapsed like a wooden shanty before a thirtecn-inch dynamite shell. The price of antimony fell In one day from 18 to fi cents a pound, and from tli.'tt ibiv to tills It h.is never re. n....rii Inasmuch as It was Impossible for bim to refine at less than 11 cents, he then and there "threw up the sponge." Out In California Is an Inexhaustible mine of antimony and a $200,000 refin ery; but there is "nothing doing." WHY INDIANS PAINT. A tcccnil of Ihe Ked Men Ki plaint the rtranue Cntti-ni. Once an old Apache Indian, when asked the question why his people painted their faces, told this little leg end: ''Long ago, when men were weak and animals were big and strong, a chief of the red men who lived in these mountains went out to get deer, for his people were hungry. "After walking ail day he saw a deer and shot at It; but the arrow was turned aside and wounded a mouniaiu lion, which was also after the deer. When the lion felt the sting of the ar row he Jumped up and hounded after the man, who ran for his life. ' "He was almost exhausted, and, when he felt his strength giving way he fell to the ground, calling on th big bear who, you kn ,w, Is the grand father of men to save him. "The big bear heard the call and saw that to save the uiau he had to act quickly; so he scratched his foot and sprinkled his blood over t lie man. "Now, you must know that 110 ani mal will eat of the beur or taste of his blood. So when the lion reach) d the mau he smelled the blood and turned away; but as he did so his foot scraped the face of the man, leav ing tiie marks of his claws 011 the blood-smeared face. "When the man found that was un injured lie was so thankful that he left the blood to dry 011 his face, and never washed It at ull, but left It until It peeled off. "Where the claws of the Hon scraped It off there were marks that turned brown In the sun, and where the blood stayed on It wag lighter. Now all men paint their faces that way with blood, nnd scrape It off In streaks when they hunt or go to war." . Ha ler t il ler Any Oiiouriimancfw. Mrs. Touser And after the way you have treated ,ne 1 suppose when you die you expect to go to heaven. Mr. Toiiacr I don't know, dear, where I shall bring up, but I have no doubt It will seem like heaven to me by way of contrast, you known. ton Transcript . -llos- ftcvolvera Kcplnon 11 sor. One of the Memphis newspapers de clares Its belief that one hi six of !ho ninle adults of that city carries a Revol ver. The habit has grown, especlatly among the negroes, who are said to have abandoned the razor and taken to the pistol. In the higher nodal circles only men with ujj iiicorut can com.' In. TCI I Ar TIIP PDIMP I ELL JF 1 fid IsltlJYlC I j WITNESSES TESTIFY IN LILLIE MURDER HEARING. THE ACCUSED HAS FRIENDS MANY ON HAND JWHO BELIEVE IN INNOC-NtE, HER DR. STEWART TESTIFIES District Court Room it Davtd City Crowded Throughout the Day- Dr. Stewart tbe Prioclwl Witness David City, Neb., Doc. 30. Th. preliminary bearing of Mrs. Lena M. Llllie, charged with the crime of murdering her husband, Harvey LlMle, on the'iiorning of October 24 of this year, was commenced before County Judge U. M. Skilcs Monday morning. The county court room was too Btnall to accommodate the large crowd In attendance, 8tid the case was beard In the district court room which was crowded to Its utmost capacity. The attorneys for the gtate wern County Attorney Walling Bnd Collnry A ttorncy-elect Evans, and f(jr tbe defendaDtt JudKe MaU 35 1 1 0 r Mrs. Llllie Is a woman of medium height, rather slender, small black i W dark h;,ir a'ld l,;13 the aPP"" auee of a lady of refinement and one would nut think she would even be chargec with a crime so serious as that of murder In the first digree. She ictuiued from Bell wood Monday ni irriing, accompanied by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs J. H. II IN, who occupy a scat with her In the court room. j Dr. A. J. Stewart was (he first witness ca!h d. He testified that he 1 was called to the Llllie home on the morning of 1 )ctober 24 about 5 o' lock. ''To tlx the time," said lie "I exam ined n time pircc after I arrived at the Llllie residence and it was Just twenty minutes after 5 o'clock When I went into I lie house I found Mrs. Llllie standing at the telephone. I jfis'u'dher what, hid happened and she said that home one had shot Mr. Llllie and I to ! her by the arm and she led me through the sewing Mim and upstairs. I said "we have for gotten to (ret a lamp" and she Slid I there is a light upstairs.' Winn we larrived at, the bed morn I found Mr. ' LllUc with the right sld of his head all covered with blood. Ilo was lying on ll!e w6t 8i()e of tho bed with ins head to the south. Upon examina tion I found a wound In front of and above the right ear penetrating the frontal bone. The wound was a small round hole. I also examined to find the place of exit of the bullet tut could not tind It. I then asked some one to call Dr. Iieede to assist uie. "In preparing the wound for an operation I noticed that about one half inch around the wound wai blackened. Soon after I went Into the bed room Mr. Hurt Hall and Night Policeman Taddlken came In Mr Lillle was not conscious at any time after I siw him that morning. The bed in which Mr. Lillle lay v ai In the southeast corner of the room. The head of the bed was about ten Inches from the wall and the foot was pulled out some two or three feet from the wall. The lamp was on the dresser. The top drawer was open Just a little bit. Mr. Llllie's body was entirely covered with the bed clothing "The body was moved to the Ims pita) about 7 o'clock. I found Mr. Llllie's body Ivleg on the back the head Ivirw sllgh'ly n I he left side. " Counsel for the state attempted to have the witness demonstrate to lh court hv using a human ski'11 and pillow th exact- position of t' e head sf Mr. Llllie, hut was not, peimitted to do so. The doctor continued: , "After arriving t the hospital w took him to the operating room when we made n further examination for the bullet hut did not lind It. I re mained with him until ahoot twentf minutes before his rfe 1 1 ' t , and he wa not conscious nt any lime," Witness was also present nnd as Isled In the autopsy. II - said, "When I was st the L1HI5 hemf that morning I ovet heard Mrs. Llllie telling some one the details of 1 li shooting. I now remember she stir! the burglar shot Mr, Llllie and tried to shoot her. She said the man w i near th bed; that she awoke when Mr LHIIe was shot and the mar crouched down and tried to pusn ttu revolver against her: (hat the mar ?,(md V,r' ,he ""lt slf1n "f ,u" n"f1 ani f,wn ,t!)lrg shc gitr, wu RH( the man oolri'lng the revolver at hei she oroppeo down behind the bad.' I Lout Their Letter of Credit. J London, Dec. 30. Two Russians j Plnkeltz and Green, claiming to hi naturalized Americans, have hern ar rested In Linden, chatted with be tnir In Illegal possession of a Vtler n credit for .';i,0(o. lust on the confl nent by M. liiccnhiium. Some of M Oreent mum's cards weri also foonc on the men. Thev hem Hie address. "Iluistcluh, San Kmnrlscn." About I7.S76 of the sum represented by lh lelUr of credit remains undrawn STORY OF THE CORONER, Evidence of Dr. Samtle Does Pot Help Mrs. Llllie buri.ars bid Not Kill Him. David City, Mb., Dec. 31. Two days of teUluiony-takiDkt IntheLlille minder case leaves pcop'e divided Id opinion as to whether the evidence will he regarded suflicient to bind Mrs. Lillle over on the charge of niuidetlng her husband. Public sen timent in a measure, It must be ad tnitled, has swer"ed toward the wouiau since the day of her arrest, but at the same time the testimoi j Tuesday was more direct and posi tive against her. Dr. Sample, the coroner, made a clear recital of value f'f the irosccution. The crowd lu tie coin t room was hardly as large as Monday, hut the lutereat Is not diminished. Mts. Lillle says that the reports published In Tuesday's papers that fie Llllifs and Hills had Intermar rie I several lirnps Is not tre and asks that a correction be made. Sarn Lillle, hroihcrof Harvey,married her sibter nd this -as the only two mar ilages between the Hill and L:llie families. She tays she has only the relatives living lu David City. ,' This trial Is the fourth mutder caoe In the history of Butler county. Tho first was that of James Kastncr. who was charged with killing a man by the name of Zltna, at a Bohemian wedding on the Platte valley In 1881 or IMxr,. At this time the late Wil liam Marshall of Fremont was dis trict at tornev. and lie was assisted in the prosecution of the case bv Matt Miller of this city. Kastncr was found guilty of murder in the thlid degree, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. ' 'J he "ext was that of D in Casey, cha'Bcd with shooting a Mts. Raori tlari nor It linatd, in 1 '--. Casey admi'ted that he shot the woman, hot Hie defense proved hyexpeit tes timony that Casey was temp Tanly insane at the time, and he was ac quit ted. 'Ihe third was the case atiainst Mary Anna Atmangst, charged wilh poisoi.ing her lirst husband, whose name was Huberts, in lS'.rJ. 'I his case Is siill fiesh In the minds of tho the people of this county. t occu pied two wet ks in the district, court, and the Jury, returned a verdict of not guilty. In Ihe lust two cases and the case of Mrs. Lillle, Malt Miller has ap peared as counsel liirflie defense. U'liintv Coroner M. V. Simple takes except inns to some of the reports pub lished In an Oaiaha paper, and says tli.it a great itijosttce has been done li i ni. In ,m interview last night Dr. Samp. e stated to the rcpoiters that do sneat ing proi ess of any kind what cm r was indulged io with ay wit ness a. the coroner's iuque t on the death of Hatvey Llllie, and that tl e repot ts published Id no Omaha paper are in t true; that Mrs. Lillle wps treated like a lady and she was not on the witness stand four hours as reported, but sue was on the witness stand about two hours, and this In C d s two different times; also that Mr. Lillle was not evgn asked to go to tlii curt house, as all other wit ncsscs were requited to do, hut the coroner and the jury went to her res ilience and she was tteated with a 1 due couitesy. "It Is my di si re to make a thor ough and complete Investigation of the matter and if possible locate the party who committed the crime," said Dr. Sample. "When it began to look like Mis. Llllie was probably guilty, I tried hard to locate It some where cNe. 1 wan'ed to hhlei.l her all I p isslbly could." Some of the members of the coro ner's J iry were also Interviewed and tin) c oiirm the statement made by lo. S mipfe, The active part that some of the nn mlicrs of Hie Woman's Cl rlsti n TV. up i.ioie 11, loo are taking 111 tliu Lil ie case ,s disrupting that organi ze io . Se 1 r ,1 '1 the tin min ts have already w 1 tnur.i a o iinmth 1 rganl 7. it Inn and ottieis are threatening to (to so for toe re sou, as thev say, they an: going hevmirl their limits, ami Hie pur p. ss of the 01 g 1 nizat not. Several lo aleil discussions were bcatd lo and about tbec urt Im u-o y. si cr dav a'lei renin and some epithets ex changed tli.it would not look well lu print. Dr. M. V. H, Sample, county cm. ner, was the first witness culled. Hu mis ut the Inistpiai soon alter Mr. Lillle was taken there, and also after tiie patient rued. He made a c os1! examination of the wound and found the llesli around the wound wis blackened fmin powder. About tint ty minutes alter Mr. Lithe died wit ness and Drs. Iieede and Stewatt held a post-mi rtem examination and found gialns of poAd -r inside of the skull. Witness, tiy the use of the skull of an adult person, demons! rated the course ot the bullet. He said th" bullet struck about two Inches D front of. and slightly above rate ilgh, ear; and was found Just behind the left car, and that a bullet passing through Ihe "vain as this one did, would produce paralysis Immediately. A Home For Consumptives. Sprlniilield, HI., Dec. 31, Dr. .T. A. Kif.in, secretary of the slate board or heal 1 11, in his annual report whi h will be glen to (Jovurnor Vales to morrow, suggests thai Hie state leg Isluture be asked lor an appropi hit ion to eiect a slate home for consump tives. Dr. Kgan siys that litems ease Is fast g lining a foothold, aorl that should a Mute homo be I uilt where tlio poor could bo tiken ca.e of, It would be a great beuclit. , FLEEING FROMCITY GEMUINE ASIATIC PLAGUE AT MAZALTAN MEXICO. PLACE 15 DEPOPULATED EXODUS AT RATE OF THREE DAY. HUNDRED A MEN GUARD THE CITY Pest Grows Virulent and Interior io Towns in State or Panic Casrro Accepts the Hatpje as Arbitrator Mazatlan, Mex., Jan. 2 There Is no longer the slightest doubt that the disease now aillicting; this city is k'cuine Asiatic plague, for microsco pic Investigation proves tnat bubonic pest baciiiil aie In the blood ot those affected with the disease. The plague has grown virulent within the last forty-eight hours and 'he alarm which had begun in some measuie to abate, has returned with increased strength. The peopie are fleeing from the city at the rate of ;mu per day, and some 5.0P0 have already gone. Tne news of the recruriesence of the plague at this port has reached the iritetior towns of the state and is causing a panic. Cordons of armed men have been placed around the towns to prevent the entrance of aDy one from this place. Aged Couple Were Poisoned. Wilcox, Neb., Jan. 2. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Johnson, an aged couple living north of Kigali, Neb., were f nmd dead. Johnson was found lung on the bed, while Mrs. Joliri on was in a kneeling position with her head 'in a tiling Tl:e condition in which they were found seems to indicate tliat thty were poisoned. A coroner's itii'iucst and post mor tem by local physicians failed to dis cover the cause of the deaths. Tbe stomachs of the two bodies have been cut out and sent to Ouidha for further examination. They had been seized, with violent stomach trouble j 1st previous to their doalh. arid one sup position is I hat they were poisoned tiom cat Ing canned food. The old people were found hy their s n-in-law, who lives in the same house with Ihcin. His name is John Horn, and he came down stairs last Friday motning, according to his story, and found them in the posi tions described, still In their night1 clothes. Though no suspicion of crime is at tached to anyone, the case loo. s seri ous, and Is alleged by some to have been a murder. The motive is not offered. Wireless System in Canada. Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 2. Marconi is pieparlng to Install a wireless ttans-continental set vice through Canada. Two of his experts passed through nere yesterday on their way west to arrange for a series of tests In the Rockies It is expected by the inventor that the diverse electrical currents in the r.irilied atmosphere of the high alti riides may Interfere with the success ful sending ofnis messages, and it is to satisfy himself that the tests arc mae in the winter when the condi tions would be more unfavorable. Wionipig Is to be the half way house of the system. It is under stood the station will be located at St my ii.o itiialn, an 0 1 inence twelve mihs from Winnipeg. It w 1 1 1 re :elve messages from Mount Riwal at Montical and it le the work of these ?xperts to locate the next western Halloo In the Rockies. Likes Lincoln Farm Best. Mexico City, Jan. 2 William J. Biv 111 wiib his family has ict timed Hum the "hot country" and will re lu'o north foiooirow. lie is much Inteiestcd lu the fait that many voung Ainetlcans with small capital have stalled In Ihe lu Mcxici as llmteis. Though greatly pleased wllli he brilliant prospect's of the tropical agi Icull tire. Mr. Iliyan savs, he Is still vciy well salisHrd with bis lillle farm on the outskirts of Llu- colu, Ncbiaska. idiot by New Year Reveler. Los Angeles, Cal.. Jan. 2. John V. Jones of (Jrcenvllle, Tex , was slct mid almost Instantly killed at thfl Lln-oin hotel by a New Year's level Brand ell irmii a second story to the4 sidewalk. He had gone from his room to the balcony to look out n the, treet an J was leaning over the rail ing when he suddenly sank forwaid and fell over the guard rail. Ills body dropped into Hie midst of the; crowd of people who were merry mak ing, anil the sickening thump ou the sidewalk slopped all revelry un that corner. The Police Arrest Record. Lincoln, Neb., Jan 2 Captain Ireland figured out last night that 1,019 arrests were made d.irlng the past year, compared with 1,0TOarcsls tho year before; 7,744 meals were served In the city J ill during the past twelve months against 7. .173 the year heforc. The m tils cost ten cents each, making the city's pilsoo board bill for 1902 1774 40. lVbraska Notes The Talraaee hotel was destroyed at Auburn with a loss of $1,000 no $2,000 insurance. J. D. Robinson, 83, fell . from a wagon at Jb'reujout and sprained his nek joint. Chemical vinegar, catsup and table sauces contains no vegetable, matter whatever. Alex Haghlad was crossing the M. & O. track at Norfolk when run down by an engine. He was badly mangled but may recover. A new Methodist ciiiitcii costing $10,000 on the plan of tbe St. Paul's church of Lincoln, was dedicated at Geneva. August Herbek, a Bohemian resid ing near Sterling, drew his gun through a wire fence, when it was discharged, instantly killing him. Charles Wood was found at Bridge port. Neb., with his throat cut. He says a man stabbed bim but Jefusea to reveal his name. Charles Wood,' a horse buyer for Owen B'ns. , of Waco, was found with his throat cut He says a man stabbed him hut tbe conditions point) to attempted suicide. Mrs. Martha Davis, an old settler of Butler county, died at the home of her son there. She was 89 years old and survived her husband twenty-five yens. She leaves three sons, Frank, one time county treasurer; C. G. and Elijah. Goveuor Mickey has announced that he will retain J. T. Morey at the head of the institution for the blind at Nehtaska City. Mr. Motey was selected because of his faithfu conduct of affairs as former head o the institution over many applicants. f ir tbe nlaee. Joseph Martin, sent to the peni tentiary from Lancaster county for one year for getting too familiar with a wagon and team around some brass and other stuff belonging to Someone else, was released from the state prison by Governor Savage Jan uary 1st. " During each of the lirst eleven months of except March, the D lUglas county hospital had a great er number 01 inmates than during the corresponding morithsof the year I9nl, according to the reports ot Supetiuteudeut J. Henry (Jest anri Dr. Lee. A sub-committee of the State Ba association met in Lincoln to discuss needed legislation and made somes recamtuendations to the coming leg islature. Among the questions dis eased were changes in the divorce law, a return to the district attorney system and ail ameudaeDt to tbe rc, form school law. The police officers have 'succeeded In tiuditig the overcoat which was stolen from the Plattsmoiith hotel. One of the suspects who was released sold it at a livery stable for $2. It is thought that other p.tty thefts have been committed but the fellows were smooth enough to cmeenl their guilt until they left towD. r" D. E Thompson expects to leave for his post iu Brazil January 24, so Mr. Thomson has iuformed the com mittee that waited upon him in re gard to the reception and banquet that the Commercial clu 1 intends to give Id honor of the new consul. The banqet will bo given 00 the evening; of January 22 and will probably be followed by a ball in the capitol . building. The farm house of Lewis Dierking near Dakota City, was n hbed soma time after Ihe retirement of Ps in mates.and the two hired men, George llirschbach and Lory Asher, were Insets to the extent of $'05 In cash, the form?r losing 830 and the latter 7j. Hiischhach also lostj his gold watch. None; of the Inmates of the house were aroused, and knew noth ing of the robbery until morning. '1 lie hired men's room was the only one entered. The contents of Kitsch bach's trunk, in which was his money and watdi, were scattered over tha floor. Asher's money was taken from Ills trousers' pockets. Tho poll.ie cleared up the mystery of the 'woman in black," which has been quite a sensation at Nebras ka City for a week. - The police re ceived a call from the west end stating that the won an was creating a disturbance. Chief McCallu n ar rived at the home of Mrs. II. J. Pad gett, where the woman was making a visit. The woman Rave her nama as Mrs. Nolan and said that she had lately came to the city and was hunt ing work. Investigation seems to show that most of the sensntlnoal tor lis were untrue and that tha woman was simply attending to ber own business. Henry Guntruit, for many year considered tho stmngest man In Lin coln lias been admitted lothe asylum ,f ir the Insane Ills case Is one nf ncnte partsls. For the last year ba has been acting strangely anri hi family, fearing that he would heenna violeat at any time, had him taken, hefore tho county commissioner, who adjudged biro Insane. Physical ly he Is a giant and formerly raa a. transfer wnoon.