Current Topics The Late Gen. Taimer. Gen. John McCauley Palmer, whose death occurred at Springfield, 111., last week, was born in Eagle Creek, Scott county, Kentucky, on September 13, 1817. In 1832 he removed to Illinois and in 1839 settled in Carlinville. He was admitted to the bar in 1940 and was delegate to the state constltional convention in 1847. He was a member of the state senate 1852-54, a delegate to the national Republican convention in Philadelphia In 1850, a presidential elector on the Republican ticket or 1860 and a delegate to the peace con vention in Washington, February 4, 1861. He was elected colonel of the Four teenth Illinois Volunteers In April, 1861, accompanied General John C. GEN. JOHN M. PALMER. Fremont In his expedition to Spring field, Mo., and was commissioned brig adier-general of volunteers in Decem ber of the same year. From 1809 to 1873 be wa3 governor of Illinois. In 1891 he was elected United States senator and served a full term. The Gold Democrats placed the name of Senator Palmer before the Indian apolis convention of 1896, and he was nominated on the first ballot fpr the presidential office, "Because of Blighted Lode. Rich, talented and finely educated, Frank D. Van Nostrand of Kingston, N. V., has for the past twenty-five jcara luuaeu iuo life of a hermit Van Nostrand was the youngest child of Elias T. Van Nostrand, a well known Kingston contra ctor, who upon his death, twenty-seven years ago, left a fortuue F. D. VanNoetrand , ",e time the Van Nos trands were living in one of the most imposing mansions in the city. The children continued to live there after their father's death until they married and only Frank remained. Old residents say tha.. one day, not long after the last of the family hod married and left the homestead. Van Nostrand was seen moving his person al effects from the stately ancestral mansion to a small building in tue real where he has since remained. For years he has not been seen on the street In daytime and there are only a few who know the man. Home of the old people remember a beautiful New York girl who came to spend her summers in the mountains back of Kingston. Van Nostrand owned the smartest horses fti the city and he was often seen driving with, this beautiful girl. He never talked about the girl and his friends believed that he regarded her name as too sa cred to be spoken. For two summers tills went on. Then the giri went back to New York. The next spring Frank Van Nostrand moved to his hermitage. A War Hoard Lively. Gen. William Ludlow, whose visit to Europe will probably result in the creation of a board of general man agers for the war department, has been long a student of continental and Insular military institutions. Wh<-n he went abroad three months ago for the special purpose of Inspecting for eign army methods he had already re OKS WILLIAM Lt'ULOW »l**»*l (ha** mailer* aitb »»*ui* rare fleu Ludlow illi*b a huIomIi «m t >r B*fljr mlHurr im>k« <»f »h«* Anted tan in m In IvhI he Intealisnle'l the ah p tana) a?*t*tua ul Kurupe and Aaia an l ma la an etalet rata and rnJuabl-* »■ ,*•>*t lu the guv ••anient «n Ikh head H# la una ul Ik* ntual brilliant of the ul the engineer *ur|*» and a >« high diatin ttun a* an a. tna* flakier *«i wand ■•Ida durlM I A* **f ul mim l|*aUwu A JVavJal Officer. Capt. Willard H. Brownson, who has ! been selected to command the new battleship Alabama, has an evcelirnt record as an officer. Me is 55 years old und was born in Lyons, N. Y. In ishu ne was griru uated with honors from the Naval Academy and re eeived bis lira*, as signment to the Gedney, a coast survey vessel. While in commann of the Detroit, Commander Urownson had an jJvcnturi which Capt. Urownsun. showed Ills bravery anti intense de letion to duty. It wit in 1898 that Rear Admiral Cuslodeo de Mello, of one Ironclad cruiser, two torpedo boats and several merchant vessels seized the harbor of Rio Janeiro. No vessels could pass into or reach the piers in the harbor, and much distress w..s occasioned. A small fleet of American warships was in the neigh borhood, among them the Detroit, in command of Commander Brownson. An American merchantman was also there with a cargo to discharge, but was prevented from lauding by Mello’s fleet. Her captain appealed to the commodore in command of the Ameri can warships, with the result that the Detroit was detailed to act as an es cort to the American vessel and to see that her captain had in opportunity to discharge her cargo. Clearing decks for action and with every man at his post, Commander Brownson sent word to Admiral de Mello of what he in tended to do, and then gave the com mand that sent tile Detroit and the smaller vessel on their perilous way. Through a lane formed by the rebel navy they sailed. Some gunner of the Brazilian fleet fired a shot at the mer chantman, and before the smoke haa cleared away one of the big guns on the Detroit belched forth. Brownson shouted from the bridge to the Bra zilian admiral that if another shot was fired he would deliver a broadside. This had the effect of scaring the Bra zilians. It is proposed to place a tablet in the old Fitchburg railway station in Bos ton to commemorate the fact that it was there Jenny Lind sang for the first time in the United States, the big station being the only place in Bos ton large enough to accommodate the crowds that came to hear her. Elected an Insane Man. The re-election of Charles A. Bou telle of Maine, to a seat in congress is an extraordinary event in politics, be cause of the fact that Mr. Boutelle is new an inmate of an insane asylum. Boutelle has represented the Bangor district in the house of representatives for a score of years. He has been an active man at Washington, and, as chairman of the naval committee, has been responsible, to a large extent, for the great development of the navy in recent years. The great mental strain told upon his health, and last spring C. A BOl TELLE. ' he was a total wreck. Ho was taken I to an asylum at Waverly, Mass., where, for a time, he was a raving maniac. In spite of this he was re , nominated by the Republicans of hla district and re-elected by a great ma jority last week. Janies R. Reid, organizer of the Old Time Telegraphers' association, super intended the construction between Washington and Baltimore of the first i telegraph line. He taught Andrew Carnegie to be an operator, and Is now i imtiitt I«* rab'li«tdi*« Ha MW « *kf»r- nl in Ikai *»< tlM »t Ilia iUl« and In Ikai •kft»***iw*»»t Mr l'*araMi i *lau4* pi* 4#- J I-_J ij ZShe XifeeXJy ij ij Panorama. Society Woman in Lighthouse. For the past six years, the light house keeper at Point Pinos, at Mon terey, on the Pacific coast, has been Mrs. Emily S. Fish. Previous to her ac ceptance of tho government posi tion, Mrs. Fish, who Is the widow of a former sur geon In the United States navy, lived in a beautiful mas sive house in Oak land which was the center of gay life and many Important social functions. The home was noted for Its tdegant exclusiveness, the perfection of Its cuisine and the good taste of its hand some and elegantly attired mistress. "Ruined by Speculation. Ot Oceanic, N. J., Charles B. Foote, a prominent New York broker. Is suf fering physical and mental torture. He permitted his fond ness for spe ulatloa to carry him to a dangerous extreme and his life is pay ing the penalty for his firm's ruin. Foote was the Junior partner of the firm of Hatch & Foote, which has done business on Wall street for 4b "• * —• years. For some time Mr. Foote has been worried. He appeared to be un der a terrible mental strain. Septem ber 1 his mind broke down and pa ralysis followed. With his absence from the office came an investigation of his books and it was found that he had involved the firm, through unau thorized speculations, to such on ex tent that an assignment was neces sary, “Bad Morals in Trade. Chicago consumers complain that the grocers use colored paper bags, three times as heavy as the maiiila variety, and that these paper bags are "weighed in” as groceries at the ex-, pense of the customers. A month or more ago the Chicago Federation of Labor made a protest against this weighing in of the paper bags and for a time it stopped, but the custom seems to have been revived, says the Chicago Daily News. A similar com plaint, it will be remembered, was made about Sir Thomas Lipton's teas some months ago, purchasers claiming that the paper package was also "weighed in" as pure Oolong, Ceylon or whatever other brand of tea the said packages might contain. Experts even figured out quite a comfortable income to the credit of Sir Thomas from this source alone. The grocers should be straight and honest about it, continues the News in an editorial. If they cannot afford to furnish the bags free let them supply them to cus tomers at cost and when the latter call for a pound of tea or sugar give them what they call for and not a pound of paper and sugar or paper and cofTee. The item may seem small to the gro cer, but the principle is there, and should be observed. Morally, it is Just as much a theft as to take a penny as a pound—a distinction, however, that many people seem to overlook. XOent Farthest J^orth. Capt. Cagni of the Italian army led the party of the Duke of Abruzzi’s ex pedition which set out from the Stella Pollare in Tcrpitz Hay and reached CAI’T. CAQNI. ! latitude SG.33, beating Nunsen'a record. I Only laek of ft»od prevented Cagni from going farther north. He made | many map* of hith rto unknown tract*. Homance in u Suit. In taking rtep* to secure possession { <>f f .ViOOg Mr*. Made Wintton of Chi* | rago has astounded her friends by dl vulKing the fact that African blood Icoursecl in ner telna. The woman j W fair aa any laoKhte r of Ih* north, with bin# eyea and • heat nut half, liar fathar waa florae IU» ner, uf a wealthy Vligtnla family j |mrw II a m n * f rummllted aillrul* Mr* Wir«Ir* tn 1171 Ik* • lit vnn hmi Umi I.u»h*r Util in Mill*, the butvd ('hi *«*j» l*»/*r nk.i <*••*»*•* in ihn t***tl » <•! Mr* Wti»*H*n « *l*i»* • lit *« It* Virgin!* I*» irUH «*»*!*»*# It* NUUId ik«g» WANT G4ME LAWS ENFORCED. Sportsmen <»f tin* state Hnkl » Meeting at Ouinlia OMAHA. Nell., Sept. 2D.~Sportsmen of the state of Nebraska who do not approve of the present iaxlty with which the game laws of tl.e state ire enforced held an enthusiastic meet ing tonight for the purpose of lasing such action as will insure the belter protection of game. Two resolution? which embody the results of the mat ing vvpre Introduced and passed unan imously. They are as follows: “Resolved, That a committee c*»«^.e be appointed to frame a bill for the protection of all game and submit the same to the next legislature. “Resolved. That the newspaper! throughout Ihe state he requested, through F. E. Moekett, the secretary to notify the secretaries of the differ ent gun clubs to forward a list of their members and thereby secure their co-operation in reaching n satis factory solution to the present lax sys tem of protecting game in this state both in and out of season." The meeting then adjourned subject to call of the secretary. Attempt t« Hum Store. HUMBOLDT. Neb., Sept. 20.—Fire was discovered shortly aftermldnlght by Night Watchman Turner In the butcher shop of Shunback & S'-hoen holz on the north side of the park. The fire boys soon had tbe blaze nn der control and the damage will amount to less than $loo on building ami contents. The fire was of incen diary origin, as was clear’v proven by tracks leading to a r-mr window, which hail been forced open. Several bundles of wrapping paper had been placed on the Poor and fired, the blaze being well under way In two differ ent parts of the room. The members of the firm are new business men and nre at a loss to know who could have been the author of thp work. Il«ir»v%- I{«‘«'<‘ipt* Continue* SOUTH OMAHA. Neb., Sept. 29 — Heavy receipts at the stock yards con tinue. and from thl.-, time on there will be busy tlm«s about the yards, ex change building and parking houses. Receipts of range cattle are Increasing and stock Is coming here from com petitive territory, which s-hows that south Omaha is one of the best mar kets in the countrv, Thi stock yards management lias been doing every thing possible to boom this market and to’give ‘he shippers ihe liest pos sible price for stock of all kinds. The pric# is what tells, and that is why shippers in competitive territory ai"? sending their stock here Found »t Knhmn Door. TILDEN. Neb., Sept. 29.—W. H. An sen, a farmer living one mile south of town, was found dead in the alley In the rear of L. E. CarscuJon’s saloon by H. W. Davis and John Mahen. When found the dead man was lying on some refuse straw thrown from a near stable, face downward. The vll large marshal was notified, who, in conjunction with John \shburn. Jus tice of the peace, notified the coroner. He arrived on the e&stbound passen ger. A jury was impaneled and re sulted in bringing in a verdict of par alysis of the hpart, brought on from alcoholic poisoning. Neighbor* Coma to tha ARRORVILLE, Neb., Sept. 29.—Yor* county farmers are made of the right material and are always ready to as sist a neighbor who is in need or dis tress. Lew McKenzie, one of Arbor ville township’s farmers, has been quite sick and at present lies in the hospital at Stromr.burg, where he is receiving treatment. His neighbors and fellow members of thp Modern Woodmen plowed, harrowed and drilled in a large acreage of winter wheat, and did other farm work, assisting his wife and family during his sickness. IlurglHr* iit COLERIDGE, Neb.. Sept. 29.— Rurglars Sunday night entered O. S. Grant’s blacksmith shop. and. secur ing tools, went to O. G. Ritchie’s gen eral store and postofflee and, prying open thp front door, drilled a hole In the safe, hut before they could blow open the safe they must have been frightened away, leaving everything hut the drills. They di 1 not secure anything. The safe contained about $2.')0 and stamps. Ilurh-H l»v ;t Tr«li» «nd Kuraped. OREKNWOOD. Neb.. Srpt. 29.—Ah No. 5 pulled In at lb o'clock it ran Into a team mossing the t-ack. dcrrol islilng the wagop and throwing the driver, Alfred IloureUe. Into tlm air aiioiit twenty feet, knocking him un conscious, Ry a miracle he was no" seriously hur There w;m two other men In the wagon, hut they lumped out Just before the train struck It. Fall Two K‘oHm. FORT CROOK. Net) . S. pt. 29—The little 4-veur-old hov of .1, W. I.owry pushed a loose screen out of the sec ond story window of their hotel and fell to the sidewalk below, striking on the side of his face and head, render ing him uneotiMdotts A doctor wii Immediately called, hut was unable to sav h is great was the Injury, as the brain may be seriously aft'* < te••••• I i»li. IM.ATTSMOl'TIf Neb. Hept 5ft — ! Frit* Olje and wife have hist flhd a | deed of sale of their quarter section I farm In Rim wood predict to Fred | Huge, receiving therefor the tie*: aunt j of |f,4M or nearly I'**" 's*r a> re ThM 1* considered one of the ftu**it tern In Cim county. Mot.brr< Tse .Is a sir » Store COS A It Neb dept S' A daring j burglary was < 'i.inutte.l here The Jewelry store of I4 H Tltrsrtttott was entered the safe blown si d the entire ■ intents *m'tintin* to atom It 'em worth of je welry and I •# In is«h, I taken The |«»t'i|lk* hi ttol In Ik" ! s tate r< «m wat r«M i I of a small j ant'iuM of rhtsge N > e ,e a* yet ta | »V r-'h'cr , This Is the wotld time j this store ha* tesen ruitel within the | las* few Hiottlp A concerted tl itl mt lh* part of the hoain*ae Mew <«| the town Wilt hw Made tw t aplwfe the this vea. I $50 Wheel Bought Pirec! from Our Factory Costs7ou put $22.95< fires Guaranteed One Year. Hfgiiest Equipment. Send Us One Dollar And state whether LADIES’ or GENTS' clear aod Color wanted, «»4 we wiUaend yoiioar new IttK), rrcmi -.r #- 1.00 model ’T* AKRON KING BICYCLE by ex- ' presaC. O. D, subject to exan;! os'Jnu. roG CAN EXAMINE IT at yoor near.*.: •xprei* ofitee and Ir found satisfactory, a gre at bargain, aud EG CAL IS V A l,U ft TO THE *50.00 AND *75 00 8TAN1MRD MAKES, pay tlie ex press agent *2V 85, leas tlie one dollar rent tvltli order, and express Charges, Express charges aver ago ■limit *!.00 for 6(H) miles. J'lttcd with the Into ma th.mil 1000,one year guuran which ordinarily retail* for W.Of, 03, 04 or 35 Inch frame. 14 Inch dlamohil eeamlea* atecl tuning, ELI-si* . — JOINTS THItollGHOliT, uew 1BOO model, two nlcco hanger, bent made, ftueat hardened and tempered Meet tM adjuatabla bearing* throughout, wheel*28Inch, Slapoke* to each wheel, full ball bearing with hall retainer* W throughout. 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