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NEBRASKA.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Gov. Piukck, of Nqv Mexico, elmrgcs
tho Kovcrjutiunt with Imposing on cltU
zciih In liind claim eases.
Tiitf InCest neiyH from Vcnoxuelii
shows'lUrtt the rolxils '.ir.uVr Qcn. Crcripo
arc htcattlly gnlniiitf htristiKth.
Fiixup rn the mnttcr of the direct tax
refunded to the Htuto of Louisiana by
tho tfcnernl government Is being proved
by tho rescurohcH tnude by stuto offi
cials. It Is a remarkable fact Unit Massa
chusetts hart chosen but one soldier of
tho war of tho rebellion to be her gov
crnor, nnd that ho was tho candidate
for notulnatlon to that office in both
parties bttcccfcslvcly.
A 1'oin-Aur.K mm dial is not nn un
common object in Spanish shops, nnd It
in still in current uxo In Hpaln. At
Ilurgos no Ichs than thrvo dlfTercnt
kinds nro ofTered for sale, at prices
Tarying from 0 to 17 cents.
Titi Auiclcnn Firo Insurance Lloydn
hnsJut lieerf ofgatdzed by Messrs.
licechcr, Schoncclt fc Co., of New York.
One hundred business men of the United
States have niado individual deposits of
13,000, creating un initial fund of fliUO,
000. m, j ;
Titiprj'itluMKid two hundred and six
persons acpdeU 'tho Washington mon
ument during the eight busiest days of
tho O. A, It. encampment period. Of
this number 5,040 were lifted to tho top
in the elevator nnd '24,500 walked up the
Rtairwoy.
It Is recorded that the sea water
originally put in tho great aquaria at
the Crystal palace, London, in 1834, is
still used there, having been used over
nnd over, iduco that that time, n record
without parallel in the history of sim
ilar institutions.
Till: live tons of stono ballast brought
from Greenland In the Kite, which
went to tho Arctic regions to relievo
tho I'cary expedition, have been pro
tented by Cnpt. l'lke to tho Church of
Our Saviour, of Camden, N. J mid will
bo used in the construction of that
building;
I). C. Tvitr.ANDKii, a Flnhindor, who
was in Finland at tho time Mrs. Aino
Siilulo poisoned her husband, says that
the frightful sentence passed upon the
woman is merely a matter of tradition,
and that she will not bo beheaded, but
imprisoned for life. Ho assert that no
crime, has been punished by execution
In Finland since that country separated
from Sweden.
Hoiiace Smith, counsel for the plain
tiffs in tho recent Iron Hall receiver
ship curo at Indianapolis, Ind,, made u
sensational statement Ho said that
tiomcrby drew a check for W.",000 which
was to bo given to tho plaintiffs If they
would withdraw tho suit, and that he
Btarted-out with n bold dash to pay all
tho certificated of his friends, but was
btoppvd .by his own attorneys,
A?f elevator is being constructed at
tho house of commons in order that
lady visitors may be saved tho trouble
nnd Inconvenience of having to ascend
tho eight Jlightb of steps which lend to
tho ludtes gallery. This improvement,
of which tho need was pointed out
years arid years ago, will bo found a
great boon by elderly ladles, who have
always found tho stairs very trying.
TflOF. KnwAim von Hoist, whoso
"Constitutional History of tho United
States" has .made him ulmost as woll
known among Btudents In this country
as In Germany, where his reputation as
a historian is very high, hns arrived In
Chicago, to begin his duties at tho now
university there. Ho has just completed
tho last volutno of his great work, which
wn begun la 1873. It Is pleasant to
learn that tho professor's wife is an
American girl, a graduate of Vnwar,
and that English hna long been the lan
guage oi nis iamuy circle.
Tint making of music has always
been a more or less profitable occupa
tion, but it has never beforo been
known to take tho exact direction in
dicated in the card of a Parisian, who
states that ho is an "Imitator for night
ingales for gardens nnd restaurants."
This enterprising gentleman Is in great
request nt garden parties. His duties
consist in concealing himself behind
the flower pots, oleander tubs or other
shrubbery and entertaining tho corn
puny with imitations of tho most mel
odious of feathered songsters.
E. L. GoiiKirf, A. M. Palmer and New
L. Thompson, a committee representing
tho passengers of the unfortunate ship
Kormnnnfa, appeared at tho office of
the Hnmburg-Amerlcnn Packet Co. at
Now York and presented Cupt Hebieh,
of tho Korinannia, a handsomely en
grossed 6et of t'esolutlons and u gold
wutch an a, token of their appreciation
oi ins himu management ol tno steam
ship during their many days of suffer
ing whllo in quarantine. E. Moser,
flrst.ofliccr, also received a gold watch
from the pussengers for his attention
to them and his earnest devotion to
duty.i"
An interesting relic of tho old duys
in California, tho days before the "bear
flnff'"W ralwd;nd tho Arganuuts be
gun tohyyarai it)to tho land, is tho little
frumwl)Quse$iicar Agua Callcnto oocu
pied'jiearly half a century ago by Gen.,
then Lieut, Hooker. Hooker pur
clinstjjdjfrom Gon. Vnlejo a township of
Inndandpnahlgh knoll bheltered by
oak trofbibullttlie house, which Is still
tdnndlhg. lA correspondent visited tho
cot)ugo recently and found in tho nttie
many souveulrs, 'f "tho general's stay
there, among them 4avsadllo and some
pistols, but most prized of all a table
on which Hooker used to play chess
with the young officers of the garrison.
NEWS.:'0F 'THE WEEK.
Glonnod By Telegraph and Mall
vv.nsoxAL, AJrr i'OMTicAu
It Is l)ulleved In Washington -hcro
will Iks no trouble with VenezueliiT
Tub congress of Mexico Ihih ofliciully
declared tho re-eloctlnn of (Icn. IHkxiih
president of Mexico for four years from
December 1, 1B9JJ.
Kx-PiiKflliiK.vr 0i.kvki.anii published
his letter of acceptnnco of tho presi
dential nomination on tho 'Jdlh.
Silt Wll.t.tAM .lOII.VfMI.V HtTCIIIK, ;ll!ef
jiutlco of tho supremo court of panada,
is dead, aged b'J.
Tiik state secretary of Colorado has
decided that the democrats who tolled
the convention and pledged themselves
to Cleveland and Stevenson formed tho
party, and ho has recognized their
ticket
.Itlioi'. HAlitiimiK, of California, and
Whltelaw Ueld'n nleco wero married re
cently at Ophlr farm.
Hav Statk democrats havo renomi
nated Gov, Itusscll, with J. P. Carroll,
of Springfield, for lieutenant-governor.
Ma.VA0K.iis of the democratic and re
publican campaigns la Indiuna declare
that tho greatest lethargy cxlstn
throughout the state. This is observa
ble lit many other places, notable
RpcnkcrH fulling to attract any audience
ut all. i i .'
Dlt GAimMKItsiiy'ti the illness of Mrs.'!
Harrison Is without liopo.
Tiik secretary of stato lma beon In
formed of tho enactment of ii new tariff
act by the government of Hawaii, which
took effect August it! last" ,'
i. X. nrAi.i.iNntv di-JiutU'r county.,
was nominated us i wthdldatjo (or eon'1
gross by the democratic eonvetUlonr of
tho First district of Alabama after 1,005
ballots.
Nkw Yoiik populinta at Syracuse
named part of u state tleket and framed
u platform.
CitAiit.KH V. Pottkii, United States
engineer In charge of tho Missouri river
Improvements, died at Omaha, Neb.
"Giduo.v Hanim,',' uu offshoot; of thd
third party, nrp being orgatilod with
tho avowed purpose of purifying poli
tics. Sk.vou Ho.mkiii) will return tp Wash
ington ns Mexican minister, his recall
by President Diaz having been only
temporary.
Stkwaiit ICnii.t. has beon elected lord
muyor of London. Tho fact of his
being n Itoman Catholic raised a small
opposition.
Kx-Piii:himi:.t Cw.vki.ano urrlyed at
New York on tho ilOtli for tho" purpose'
of consultation with tho leaders of tho
democratic party.
Gk.v. Caki. Mum.kr, tho last surviv
ing Gorman officer who took part in the
battle of Waterloo, died recently in
Hanover. Ho was 00 yearn old.
Thk municipal elections of llerlln have
resulted In complete triumph of tho bo
cia'l democrats.
Social democrats of London have
gained a victory over tho government
and compelled recognition of their right
to hold public meetings In Trafalgar
square.
Ltr.UKMCCitT, tho socialist uttend log
tho labor congress at Marseilles, has
been conducted to tho Swiss frontier
and expelled from France.
MISCKLLANIJOUH.
CiiAtiiMAK Wai.krii says that the Union
Pacific wus guilty of making unau
thorized passenger rates.
A oenkiiai. strike of ull tho English
eotton spinners against n proposed re
duction in wnges seems inevitable.
A imir.i.tANT meteor passed over Sea
Isle City, N. .1. Some persons heard a
hissing sound.
Coi.oin:i) people of both sexes will be
admitted to the Chicago university.
Canadian paper makers havo decided
to advance tho price of paper ull around
tho list, owing to tho interdiction of
foreign rugs.
Alocomotivk exploded nt Flntt'a
mines, near Itlrmlnghnm, Ala., killing
Engineer John Elmore, und hcrlously
wounding lien Garner, Sam Estos, W.
It Lambert and a brakemun.
Thk second trial of M.H. Curtis, tho
actor, charged with tho murder pf
Policeman Alex. Grant at San Fran
cisco, has been peremptorily set for
November 14.
Extknhivk fires aro reported on tho
Cherokee strip.
Thk residenco of Samuel Atkinson ut
Lo Loup, Kan., wuh struck by lightning
with uwful effect Tho man, his wife
and two children were ull killed.
Skvkn men were killed by an explo
sion of nltro-glyeerlno near Lima, O.
Thk coal mining town of Kunnolls,
Iu., lost US buildings by firo.
At tho liostou copper smelter at
Great Falls, Mont, Knuto Knutspn, u
workman, fell into u pot of molten,
metal anil died iu great ugony.
Tiik steamship Wutertown was
burned at Shirley Gut, near ltoston
Tho wife of tho steward jumped Into
the water und hurt herself so thutsho
died. All others escaped.
A iuiini:m:i) woman, mutilated In
Jack tho Hipper style, law been found
at Chnrlottenburg, near llerlln.
Kkm.UM & Gi.knn's retail storo at
Jount Calm, Tex., was blown up by a
spark from a cigarette falling in a bar
rel of powder. A boy was badly hurt
Sr.VKiiAi. members of the nobility and
other society persons ut London wero
sentenced to terms of imprisonment
ranging from two to eight years for
conducting u fraudulent llterarv bu
reau. An eight-year-old child of William
A. Pols was burned to death in a brush
pile fire near Ullopolis, 111.
Thk ear works at Lima, O., have boeu
uesiroyeit iy tire,
J. IC Almond, editor, of tha0nnmV
Democrat, killed VJotor Hnmlltfn, lut$
editor of ,)ho CanohattaIndex -aV
y....s7r.
Durnnt,Mls.
EuiQiiA.VT.sk'froin Itamburir whafht
Cunanl steamers eouldliot'tallftto thp
United States have been Curnedf-out of
doors destitute nt Liverpool, ;tlui stiuim
er company refusfug longer torpay their
bonrd.
Thk mddencopnrtof Fort llrngg,
Cul.VlioA'bjonTAtly damaged by fire.
Tkn.vkssbk wi Hinted 1,50!),UU3 of
Uftcen-yenr 4-pcr-.scnt rofuudlng bond
In New York at par.
Tnr.oornerHtotm,, of the new court
bouse at Ottumwa, la., has liecn laid
Ciiaw.kn Vinkh will bo hanged in
Itowlo county, Tex., November 11, for
the murder of Deputy Sheriff Morgan.
Piior. IIhooks' comet, recently discov
ered, Is coming nearer and nearer to tho
c.lrth. It Is now In tho constellation
Gemini, right ascension.
A UATK of one faro for the round trip
lo the world's fair will probably bo
utilliorlrvd by tho trunk lino roads.
Tin; Lake Angelina mino manage
ment, employing 500 men, will begin
eighl-liour shifts Oclober 1 voluntarily.
Tho movemont will revolutionize rela
tions between capital and labor Iu tho
Luku Superior mining district
Thk Island of Cuba will modify Ita
quarantine, regulations ugaiust tho
United Stales.
Mkdicai-, authorities declare that tho
danger of u cholera epidemic In Pel-
glum is over.
Onic of tho hlghwnymcn who robbed
tho batik ut Koslyn, Wash., was capt
ured lit ICcnt near Tacoma. When ar
rested ho did not resist, and refused to
glvo his nauio.
GitANii Ciiikp Swkknkv was defeated
for re-olecllon by tho. Switchmen's
brotherhood in tho convention nt Dal
las, Tex.
TV..V meu were imprisoned by a fall
of earth In No. 8 shaft of tho Norrio
mine at Ishpemlng, Mlclu All wero
supposed to be dead.
Thkuk wero reasons to bclievo that
the four persons found dead In tho
house burned after a thunderstorm
near'Wellsvllle, ICun., wero not killed
by lightning uh reported, but were
murdered and their bodies cremated.
Tiiiiki: telegraph operators on strike
Uuvo been arrested at Cedar Hnplds, la.,
lor tampering with tho wire
Mascot paced n mile at Terro Hnuto.
Ind., in 2:01 Nancy Hank's trotting
time.
Mahtiia Wii.kkm trotted a milo In
2:08,1 at EvatiBville, Ind.
It Is officially announced that cholera
Is present In Odesssu i
Thk boiler of u locomotive exploded
near Summit, Pu., and Lewis Wise and
Charles Flynn, engineer anil fireman, I
wero literally blown to pieces.
Fiiik In tho Nickel Plato freight yards
at Chicago destroyed forty ear loads of
merchandise, causing a loss estimated
to exceed $100,000.
Cf.KAiit.vt house returns for tho weok
ended September :t0 showed an average
decrease of 10.9 compared with tho cor
responding week of last year. In New .
York tho decrease was '.27.0.
Tin: badly decomposed bodv of O. I.
.Preseott, a. prominent democrat and
politician and contractor, was found In
his room at the ltovore house at Denver,
CoL He had been dead for a week. I
TnK llucna Vista hotel nt Denver, '
Col., was destroyed by fire. Tho guests
wero saved by the bravery of Pulrklc
Mitchell, who llrst awoke. Twoor
three persons wero severely burned! ,
A sknhatio.v was caused ut Homo-'
stead, Pa., by tho nrrcst of mem
bers of the strikers' advisory board on
tho chargo of "treason" against tho
commonwealth.
Tiik Illinois Humane society will not
allow bull fights at the Chicago world's
fulr if it can help it
Tun annual convention of tho Na
tional Sons of Temperance was In ses-
sion at Now York. Mr. L. S. Donnlson
presided. Hev. Dr. Theodore Cnylcr
made an address.
Skvkiiai. blocks of buildings nt Vir
den, Man., were destroyed by lire.
Tin: ollvo crop of Spain Is a failure
this year, but the vlntago is In a prom
ising condition.
Hv the explosion of a boiler at Em-
brum, Out, two men wero killed nnd
live others scrioiifcly injured.
ADDITIONAL DISlNiTClIKS. '
TKi.KniiAi'HKRa on the PurltngtoiiA
Cedar Itapids won their strike, tho com
pany agreeing to recognize tho brother
hood. I
Accoiidino to nn official estimate of
tho harvest, tho yield of winter ryo In
Uusslu will bo only medium.
ANoniKiiinlll is to bo started in Ger
many to grind Iiidlun corn.
Tonv Si'oiittKTTi, an Italian mining
boss, was blown up by exploding dyna
mite at MeLeon, neur Pittsburgh, Pa.
Tiik lluntlst church at Deadwood, S.
D., wus burned recently. During tho
tiro u physlclun and a fireman had a
tight and the physician got tho worst
of it, when ho drew u revolver and shot
tho fireman dead.
JamksGo.mks nnd J. A. Loomts, ioro
uuuta, fell from their balloon as It
struck a tree und received futal In
juries. , I
A KAMI.sk riot was reported ut Morlla.
Mexico. Tho soldiers fired 'on tho mob
und killed one man. I
Nkaii llaiulmrir tho steamers llusv
Pee und Daisy collided. Tho latter ves
sel sank and three men lost their Uvea
A Humous storm in Lavaca bav. Tex..
did great damage to boats. j
1'ATiiKit Maiitin, u Spaniard, was
elected tho new general of tho Jesuits. I
Joski'h Eiinkst Uknan, the eminent
philologist, died at Paris on tho 2iL I
Wai.tku Wilson, tho correspondent
of a scurrilous newspaper, who was
making somo slanderous reporta of tho
most highly esteemed ladles of Water
Valley, Mls.j was taken out by citizens '
and tarred und feathered. I
Tiik Kritlsli steamer Twickenham lies '
at tho breakwnter nenr Lowos, Del., In
quarantine with tho typhus fover
aboard.
iN effort will be made to organizo
great central ruto association on the
ruins of tho old organizations.
, Cor, Jamks H. Hick, member of the
national democratloeommlttee, Is seri
ously ill with pneumonia ut Indiana.
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iini v.vjii , nmi nniiiuicu j;eirOII
clers out of (8,000 by menus ol
ashed" diamonds, wus arrested while
trying the sumo game at Chicago.
J. It. wiciom, tho New York million
aire, who fell from u Detroit bouso ol
ill-fame und was kilted, it Is now said
was murdered for purposes of robbery,
Tiik president has uppolnted Orlando
Maker, of Iowu, consul ut Copenhuiren
to succeed Consul Ryder, uow uw.lltlng
trial for peculation. Tho president also
appointed John II. Drake, of Aberdeen,
S. 1)., consul ut Kiel, Germany, to sue-'
eeed Edmund Johnfon, removed for ul-
leged irregular practices. '
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.
Hkiiman and vicinity wusslsltcd by a
very severe hull storm tho other day.
Tiik firm of Colin & Hnrrls, dealers In
dry goods and millinery at Lincoln, lias
been closed by creditors.
G. M. Mii.i.kii, a Furnas county
fanner dropped dead tho other day
while at work on his farm.
Ht'D Kkkn, a Custer county farm
hand, fell from his horso ut Hroken
How und was fntally Injured.
Hai.k tho business part of North
Pond was. destroyed by tv recent Arc.
Tho loss was estimated at f'.O.OOO.
Six pocketbooks, which wero stolen
on circus day ut Norfolk, were found
under the depot rilled of their contents.
t Orro, tho son of F. P. Carver, of
Grand Island, was drowned recently in
Oregon. He had just attained ids ma
jority. Tiik case of Chancellor Crelghton,
lately tried at Nebraska City by un
ecclesiastical court, resulted in his ac
quittal. Wiiilk feeding an ensilage cutter, C.
II. Johnson, of Fairmont, stuck his
hand too far into tho mnchluo nnd lost
three lingers.
Thk jury In the Gravely murder trial
at Lincoln returned n verdict finding
the prisoner, Green S. Gravely, guilty
of murder In tho second degree.
Cuius Mikcsell, a farmer residing
near Dakota City, fell from n haystack
nnd although no bones, wero broken
his left side was completely paralyzed.
Minv Mi.VKii, u flfteen-vcar-old bov.
recently attempted to cross tho street
In front of a ear ut Omaha, but fell nnd
was terribly mangled. Ho died boo
nfter.
T. J. Kki.ho, a farmer residing near
Innvule, recently had his barn, forty
tans of hay, one horse, two sets of har
ness nnd other farm Implements
burned.
El. Dka.v, an Ashland drnvmnn. mmr.
reled with a man named Landrcth and
struck him with a hatchet, cutting his
head wide open. Tho wound will not
prove fatal. i
J. L. Avi.swoiitii, n Chicago drummer, I
while ut the depot In Omaha tin. oil,..,.
day received a telegram saying his child
was dying. The news m.ido him crazy
nnd violent.
Tin: wife of Nels Peterson, n boiler
maker of Huvolock, took nil her hus
oand's money, 8100, tho other day und
left for parts unknown with u man
named Connors.
Thk Norfolk beet sugar factory has
commenced operntlous. Tho factory
will be run at its full capacity, using
nbout ::.')0 tons of beets and making
ubout 40,000 or 00,000 pounds of sugar
dally.
Tin: flftcen-ycar-old son of U. A. Day,
of Kearney, was run over and killed by
a freight train tho other evening. Tho
boy jumped on tho train for a short
ride, ns is tho custom of many boys
about tho depot
William Uasi u well to do farmer
living five miles northeast of Greshain,
lately attempted suicide by drinking
alcohol. Ho sold his farm for 7,000.
Some one told him that ho sold too
chcap;.that he should havo $1,500 more
for It and it so preyed on his mind that
ho became partly insane.
Thk fifty-foot section of shelving,
loaded with dry goods to the ceiling, in
the storo of tho Pennsylvania Mercan
tile Co. at Lexington, fell down tho
other day. Several salesmen were be
tween tho counters and tho shelving
and navrowly escaped with their lives
by jumping under the counter.
Fiiik in tho sheep peus of the Union
Stock Yards Co. at South Omaha tho
other day burned six pons, ench flOx'JGO
feet in sizs. The fire spread with such
rapidity that great damage was done
beforo tho packing house and South
Omaha lire forces arrived. Nine hun
dred sheep confined ta the pens, and
which had just been weighed out to
Swift &Ca, perished.
Tiik sheriff of Washington county has
obtained from Gov. lloyd a requisition
on the governor of Texas for tho arrest
of Arthur 1) Sloan, whoso murder of
his stepfather and stepbrother near
Fontunelle, Washington county, Is a
matter of history. Sloan, it will bo re
membered, was captured In Iowa short
ly after tho commission of the crime,
but uftor lying in jail three weeks he
managed to make his escnpe. Sloan
was lately captured in La Salle county,
Tex.
An elderly man named Wilson went
into Harr's jewelry storo nt Lincoln and
asked to be shown some gold watches.
Tho clerk accommodated him, and
a watch was selected for which tho
customer agreed to pay W!J. Ho tend
ered u cheek for f3() in payment and the
clerk accepted it, giving in return the
watch and $10 in money. Tho old fel
low was to call later and get tho bal
ance of his change, Ho hasn't returned
und Is not likely to, us tho check was
a forgery, and a very clever ono nt
that.
Tiik preliminary examination of Anna
Armngost for poisoning Androw J.
lloberts was concluded ut David City
by tho defendant being held for trial.
Andrew Roberts, her first husband,
died on tho 10th day of February, 1S87.
Circumstances at tho time wero not
especially suspicious. On tho ftth of
February, IB00, Mary N. Armagost, hor
mother-in-law, died. Nearly ono year
ago suspicion was so strong against
Mrs. Armugost that complaints came in
from suspicious neighbors, and the cor
oner concluded to investigate tho mat
ter. Tho bodies wero exhumed and a
chemist employed. Tho verdict of tho
coroner's jury was that death wus prob
ably tho result of poison.
Jkmhik Williams, a well known wo
man of thq town, tried to put an end to
her life at Lincoln whllo confined in a
cell at the police station by taking mor
phine.. Sho was pumped out and saved.
uFiiii: burned tho old Journal building
nt Kenrney tho other evening. It was
occupied ns a paint shop and was ono of
tho city's oldest landinurks,huvlug been
used at ono time us tho first school
building In Kcnrhey.
Wiiilk latelyfputting wood in a stove
at Nebraska Gltiy the clothing of Chur
lotte, tho fjye-yitar-old daughter of Ezra
Jomeftrtg'nttro ml before the flames
cjfuld bo extinguished sho wus fatally
tjfurned.
A DARK MYSTERY.
The Itppnrtnt Killing of thn Atkinson
Inmlly lljr I.Bl,tnliiRr .Aliiy Yet l'rovo to
llnvn Upon n Munlrr.
Wkllsvii.i.k, Kan., Sept 80. Tho
tragical fato of the Atkinson family
has cast a pall over this township that
has never before beon equaled.
In tho minds of many tho lnpso of
hours but develops greater mystery and
n strong desire that tho most searching
Investigation shall follow.
lletwecn 3::io and 4 a. m. Wednesday
morning, during a slight thunder show
er, Mr. S. G. Wilkerson living a quar
ter of a mile north of Mr. Atkinson
while reaching for a cup of water bc-
siuo nis ocu, niscovereil tho blazing
building. Slipping on his boots, and
dressing ns he ran, ho soon arrived on
tho premises called in vain for tho
family sought them nt the barn, and
rushing back to tho almost consumed
building, realized tho full force of tho
disaster In tho utter absence of any
thing saved from the fire and the dis
covery of the almost consumed body of
Mr. Atkinson near tho center of tho
floor.
Heforc help could bo summoned, but
llttlo more than enough of tho inciner
ated remains of the members of the
family was left to suggest their
identity.
Careful scrutiny of tho sltuntlon led
to tho following conclusions:
The six-months-old child was on an
Improvised bod on tho floor.
Tho father died half way from his
bed to the doorway connecting with tho
kitchen.
The three-year-old child perished un
der n tablo nenr this door, tho mother
lying on her back alono In tho kitchen.
A few feet fiom the baby a watch was
found. It had stopped at 3:15. Nino
t'iO gold pieces wero found in tho south
west corner, opposite tho bed. Near
tho father were found a razor and a
gun. Mr. Atkinson's old gun was at
tho barn with both barrels loaded.
Whether this gun was ulso his
hns not been settled. Tho gun
pointed toward his head and
was "a double barreled broielil,:ulor "
Putting tho Iron work together It was
discovered that ono trigger had been I
pulled, whllo tho other was at "half '
cock." examining tlto shell It was
found that corresponding with tho
pulled trigger, the cap had received tho
needle, whllo corresponding with tho
raised hammer tho shell had not bsen
struck, conclusively showing that ono
barrel had been discharged during the
fire.
The chimney remained standing for
three hours. Until 7 a. m. It was not
rent nor shnttered. Neither It nor n
galvanized iron clothes line that had
been attached to tho house, nor any
tree or other nrticlo on tho premises
bore traces of electricity.
Mr. Atkinson was an eccentric mnn
between 40 and 45 yenrs of age, yet
greatly respected He was supposed to
bo wealthy, though unapproaclmbla as
to confidences, minding his own busi-1
ness to a remarkable degree. His wlfo I
was much his junior in uuc and autto
nttractlve in personal appearance. No !
btatcinent of infelicity has been made.
PHENOMENAL RACING.
Muscat Tien Nancy Hunk' Iteoord lty
I'ltrlni; n. .11 Ho In 2:04.
TEitnn Haute, Ind., Sept SO. All
rnee records wero smashed yesterdny
und the world's record made by Nancy
llnnks in her milo trotted ngulust timo
was tied. Tho nvernga for tho fivo
heats was less than 2:00. It was an
ideal racing day, and at least 'J.00J peo
ple drawn by the excitement of Hanks'
wonderful performance tho day before,
were added to the crowd of 10,000 yes
terday nnd filled the grand stand and
quarter stretch. Heforo tho great free-for-all
pace, Vinnctto had in tho 2:13
pace lowered the track's raco record
made by Hal Pointer, 2:09f , nnd then
lost tho race, and the handsome daugh
ter of Jersey Wilkes had taken a raco
and a mark of 2:10J in handy stylo in
tho 2:28 trot. Pot ween tho heats of the
lust raco three free-for-allers were at
work out, und the Jib brushed a quar
ter in 0:31.
All of this served to work up the peo
ple to fever heat, and when tho three
bldc-whcelcrs scored down for tho word
tho Jib was at tho pole; Mascot, second,
and Guy, third. They got away at tho
second attempt, scoring down nt a ter
rific clip. They were at the eighth in
W,i seconds, where Mascot overhauled
Jib and took tho pole. Guy was trail
ing, ami It was plain to be scon that tho
rivals were to fight it out.
Around tho upper turn they Hew nnd
tho Jib was at Mascot's throatlutch at
tho half In 1:0.'1. Tho second quarter
had been done in 314 seconds. Fnster
nnd yet faster was tho paco for tho
third quarter. It was a killing one,
and wns dono in 29Jf seconds. Nancy
Hunks' record for n qunrtur was
smashed, and in a raco heat ut that
Into tho stretch tho pair Hew at this un
heard of clip, und the milo was done in
2:04.
StHfc-o Held tip.
Denvkii, Col., Sept 30. Tho Spar
City stago was hold up ubout twenty
miles from Crccdo by a lono highway
man, armed und mnsked. Ho made tho
passengers pass by him In slnglo fllo
und disgorge the contents of their
pockets. From tho driver, Marsh Pern
bcrton, he secured $100, Tho mail
pouch was rifled, but as no registered
matter wns found, the robber tossed It
back. Then all tho passengers were
ordered into tho stago and thu driver
told to get out us fast as tho four horso
would run If ho valued his.life.
Commltteil Kulililo la it C'liuroh.
Philadelphia, Sept 30. Tho cor
oner was notified of the suicide of John
Williuin Danlelly, of this city. Daniel
ly was a deacon of tho East Itaptist
church. Wednesday afternoon ho went
to tho church, to tho front of tho com
munion rails, nnd shot himself twice in
tho head with a revolver.
I'nprr Tnut Mllli Cloie.
New Yoiiif, Sept 3D. It Is reported
that the mills controlled by tho paper
trust, of, which Warner Miller is presi
dent, will bo closed next week until
tho middle of November, rendering idlo
60,000 men throughout the country.
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and refreshing to tlio taslo, nnd acta,
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wishes to try it Do not accept anr
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
10WSVIUE. Kf. NEW YORK. N.V.
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'1 IlO llfflf. CVmrrtl kfMln I
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years ngo I had Bronchitis,
which ihmlly drifted into
Consumption, so the doc
tors said, and they had
about given me up. I was.
conliued to my bed. Ono
day my husband went for
the doctor, but ho was not.
in Ms oillce. Tho druggist
sent mo n bottlo oi' Fiso's
Cure for Consumption. I
took two doses of it, aiiij
was greatly relieved be- r
foro tho doctor camo. He
told mo to continue its uso
as long as it helped mc. I
did so, and tho result is, I
am now sound and well
entirely cured of Con
sumption. Mrs. P. E.
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nois, February 20, 189U
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