The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, April 20, 1900, Image 3
fcJas(w h-ii r .: t vr MEji!s!&i&22222feses3s!22ir WHHBBHMHHHaHBnHnBHHwaaMManHaHHHn Tk JephthatTs Daughter: A Story of Patriarchal Times. By JULIA MAGRUDER... CorrmonTED 1PM, leoi and ISM nr nonitivr noNNra's Sons. (CHAPTER XI. (Continued.) And when Ntun.irnh nnd her maid ens renched the Iiouho of Jephthnh, bo lioltl It was hung with mourning, and though the doors were wide, there was neither friend nor servant to he noon. Ho Namarah entered silently, nnd took her way toward the apartment of lw father .Icphthnh; and as she enmo unto Ills door, she turned and spake unto the maidens, bidding them stay with out In tho hall while she went In alone. And as she thrust open the door anil rame into the presence of her father Jcphthah, behold he to was dressed In mourning garments, and ho leaned upon the breast of the young man Adlnn, who was also clad In sackcloth; and tho faces of both men were white as ho the faces of the dead, ami Adlnn had grown gaunt and hollow-cheeked nnd lost his ruddy color, whllo her father .lephthah was as one grown old before his tlmo. And Nnmarnh spake no word, but shutting close the door behind her, sho went nnd put her arms about the neck of her father, but her eyes she gavo unto her lover. llcr hood had fallen backward, and her white face rone from out Its sol emn mourning draperies as a fair (lower springing out of earth; nnd her yes, inailo largo and luminous thiough tastings anil vigils, seemed as the very windows of her spirit; and in their depth Adlna read a love unspeakable, unquenchable anil not to be surpassed. Me understood her tender thought In clasping first her father before her touch sought his, for It was by reason of her father that this blow was come upon them, and she felt he had great need of comfort and the assurance of her deep, unchanged affection; but In that long, deep look Into her lover's eyes, Ehe gave him her whole self. For a moment they rested In that look, unlet and calm as the deeps of ocean, and then the maiden spake: "1 pray thee leave ,me now, Adlnn." she salth, softly, as the voice of .leph thah her father brake into great sobs while she smoothed his snow-white hair, and stilled him as a mother might her babe. "I would be with him alone, that my courage fall not; for he hath more need of comfort than either thou or I. lteturn to me an hour nfter moon rise in the garden." And Adlna bowed his head and went, with never so much as n touch of her band to feci! tho mighty hunger of his love, howbelt that look in her eyes which rested on him still, even as he left her presence, was as a draught divine wherewith the thirst of his soul might bo quenched. each time our hearts have breathed it, and the answer doth somewhere await us." She spake those woids in Rolemn whlspeilngs, more tender than the coo ing of doves, mote murmurous than the rippling of the brook. No eye saw the parting, when at last Adlna wrenched his heart away from hers. They two were alone In the si lence witli God. Even the dove came not near them tonight, but remained apart and alone, as If it had knowledge of all nnd forbotc to come between the beating of their hearts and the com munion of their souls. wondrous light was gone from them; for their spirits had llcil together, and tho glaie of sunshine upon them re vealed that they wcio even tho faces of the dead. And It was even ?o that (lod deliv ered them. This was His tlmo and place, and lie had chosen Ills own way. And that the vow which .lephthah had vowed might be accomplished, tho body of the maiden Namarah was laid upon the altar and with It the body of the young man Adlna, a burnt offering unto the Lord. And as tho tires upon the altar be gan to sink, an object that seemed to fall straight from out the sky droppml down and fell Into tho flames: nnd lot It was the body of a snow-white dovo, which had boon even dead before It touched the lire upon the altar. (The End.) At tho rising of the sun next morn ing, the altar was made icady in tho heart of a deep wood, and by it stood a priest resplendent In the robes of his oillce. The wood wns in readlnes?, nnd the tire prepared, nor was the offering for tho sacrifice wanting. She stood, a pure virgin, chid In stainless white, and on her left, the young man Adlna. And ! the fucc of tho maiden Namarah was calm and peaceful, and her eyes trust ful and quiet as be the eyes of children when they know their parents are closo by. And her face, for all Its paleness, wi3 more beauteous to look upon than ever It had been before, for tho light that shone upon It was not wholly that cast by the rising sun, but, as it were, a light from within her soul. And Atllna's face was ladlant, too, so that it seemed as if one light illumined them from within, even as tho same sun from without. And Namarah's voice, as she tpakc, was tranquil and assured. "Make ready thy flio, O priest of Cod," Namarah said, "for all Is ready." And sho turned nnd kissed her father Jcphthah full tenderly. Then, speak ing once more unto thd prlc-t she said: "1 pray thco, while that tho fire Is kindling, suffer us to kneel nnd say one prayer I and tho young man Adlna." And they knelt together, both In vir gin white, their hands clasped close and their faces raised to heaven, and tho prayer of their hearts, even as the lire blazed and crackled, and tho knlfo gleamed sharp and threatening near by, was that the (lod In whom they trusted would deliver them in Ills own time and way. And they knelt so long in silence thnt the priest, who wished not to In terrupt their prayers, was fain at last to speak to them, lest the sacred flrea should burn too low. But there enmo no answer to his words, nnd when ho turned and looked Into their faces, that MASCULINE CHARACTERISTICS. IUkIii l Sliow TlirnnclTM nt nn l.nrlr A I'". The masculine characteristics, as well as tho feminine, begin to show themselves at an early age. There are a small boy and girl In the city who, in convocation tho other day, showed this very notably, savs tho New wk Times. They are particularly bright children, a little son and daughter of dever parents, who talk to tho child ren veiy much as thoy would to older people. So when in talking together tho other day something was men tioned which they did not understand, tho children Immediately began to discuss the proa nnd cons. The little girl Is seven and tho boy a couple of j ears younger. 'I he former has a habit whllo bite is dressing of talking to herself. "Arm, go In," she will say, as she puts on one garment, and "Foot go In." as she puts on another. Tho small boy had noticed this, and Bpoko to her about It. "Why do you say. 'Foot, go in,' and 'Arm, go ln'7" ho Inquired. Why don't you say, 'Mo In'?" "Why, it isn t me mat In," replied the small girl, "U m ii rm or mv tool, w um m go goes just my me,' anyway?" Tho small boy thought earnestly for a moment. "Why, 'mo, is voiir head and sto.unch," ho finally answered. "No," said th" small girl, "I think 'mo' is your head and heart." Which proves positively that even In early venrs the ego of the man Is his stomach and that of tho woman her heart. PiflkiESBROKEN Sultan of Turkey Arouses Uiv clc Sam's Ire, DIPLOMATIC RUATIONS MOST CRITICAL l'aKirl to MlnMcr Mil) Mmm tip Ten- ilereil lleprnteil t'nlliirc In I'ny Avtnriletl Inili'iiiiiltj t'luliiin A f tr tlUln; MiUum I'i-iimiIm'. There is no longer any iiiest!on that the diplomatic lelatlnns between the 1'nlti'il States and Turkey arc in a crit ical state, '.'lowing out of the sultan's bad faith, sitysa Washington special of ediiesiliiy. lie piomlsed to pay the indemnity claims of tho American mis sionaries for tho ilostiiictlnn of eight buildings of the Kitphmtos colleges at lliirpoot. and several buildings belong ing to the American nilssloit.irios nt Maiiish during the Arnu it'au miissa oivsof Is'.i.Y Mr. Straus, the I'nltod States minister to Turkov. Is at ptes- ont in tho I'liitod Stall's on leave of absence. As has already hi en an nounced be presonto I his resignation, but tho president rcirnrdcl the ser vices of Mr. Straus as liulispeniihlc. definitely otonili'd his leave, subject to the call of the sccictary of state, whenever circumstances may necessi tate his leturn. Diplomacy appo.us to have exhaust ed itself at Constantinople, the sultan having ptomised to pay the indemnity claims, amounting to some g'.HUMd, illicit piomise was again renewed piior to Mr. Minns' departure and al though sKteeii months have elap-od since the piomise was llrst made, that promise still icmaius iiufullilled. What action the government will now take to enfoico tlie sultan's promise is not tlHluitcl, known. hu as tho situation is critical, it may losiilt in Secretary 1 1 ii V sending tlio TtttUish minister at Washington ills passports. The iptes- turn involved between tlie two coun tries is no longer one testiiijr upon disputed points of Intcrtr'lional law. but upon tlie sultan's broken faith. NOT AS BAD AS PICTURED Nn Drill lit Iti'Mill I'roiii Hit' Kiiiikmm I1U Litter to the .liulce. "Will you please, mill, leinmo know," wrote a colored prisoner to the Judge, "des w'en my case'll come up fer con wlctlon? 1 been in Jail, sub, 'bout eight months ez do crow lly, on I hcz a sorter restless feelln' er wnntln tor Know des w'en my conwlctlon'll conio off. I writes ills, sub, kaze I feels it In my J'lnts dat tie spring season Is eornln' on, on lilt come ter mo dat you might go llshln' en fergit do tlmo fer my conwlction. Do. ef you please, suh, keep me In niin', en do by mo ez you spools ter bo did by." Atlanta Constitution. Tollte Chinamen consider It n breach of etiquette to wear spectacles In company. CHAPTER XII. Even before tho coming of tho time appointed, Just as tho moon was com ing up behind tho distant horizon, Adlna made his silent way Into tho garden of .lephthnh's house, and stood and waited, Tho hour of moonrlso was Just what it hud been two months be fore, on tho night of their parting here, nnd in his ears wero tho same sounds of the babbling brook and of tho doves in their house near by. Up nnd down tho young mnn paced, his thumbs thrust Into the belt wherewith his white tunic was hold in place, and his whole body tense nnd strained with tho mightiness of his hardly mastered ex citement. A light glimmered in tho room of Jephthah, and on this ho kept his gaze, until presently It becamo In a moment softly shaded, as If to screen the eyes of one who slept. Namarah, indeed, had soothed her father Into a gentle slumber, and when It was known unto her that ho slept sho stepped forth into tho garden. Sho had even refreshed her from her Journey and clothed herself In snow- whlto garments, perfumed with myrrh nnd franklncenso, In which sho moved softly down tho gnrden walks to moot him whom her soul did love. Tho grasses of summer bent beneath tho soft pressure of her foot, and tho vines divided themselves at tho light touches of her hands. Tho trees nbovo her were ns tho wall of her temple of love, and tho moon pierced through to light It. Adlna stood and waited In tho spot mndo sacred to them by tho early dawnlngs, as well as by tho fruition of their love; nnd as tho maiden, fair and white ns It made of tho rays of tho moonlight, moved softly townrd him, he stretched out his two arms. Sho enmo to thorn with full glndness and nssurancc, ns ono of her white doves, after long wandering, cometh home. And Adlna spake no word; only ho drew her to him, as though ho would never lose her ngaln. As sho rested so, feeling against her heart tho full throb of his, whllo that his closo clasp tightened and his breath camo quick, It seemed to her a moment of such rap turo thnt tho thought of her heart camo forth In words, ns sho said, on tho breath of a low-drawn sigh: "I would that I could dlo oven now!" And Adlna answered: "And I with theo, that our souls together might return to God who gavo them." "It Is most sure," said Namarah, enrnestly. "It mny not bo Biieh as wo would choose or look for; hut Ho hath heard that prayer of mlno and thlno $&&& i ;i? ON THE VELD I A South African Love Story !'? :. ! si 's s S 21'. ' In the kitchen of ', . . ' ' t' !' ''..rf.J.tit!i.?fc.!'..'- a Boer fnrm . at Hnrrlsmlth two brothers, Paul ami Hendrlck Hoopstad, sat In earnest con versation. "Will you come, Hendrlck?" "I cannot leave, Paul; there Is Eng lish In our veins, and, besides, to Join the commando ngalnst the British would he taking up arms against tho woman I love." "The woman wo love, Hendrlck, for God knows that I think of her every minute of my life. You and I have been all In all to each other over since wo were born; but this mutual love for Nancy Martin seems likely to divide us. Even supposing we put our chances to the test, if I win her you will hate me, and If you wero successful my thoughts would turn to you In anger. Let us then take our rlflos, Join the commando, and for the time forget her, nnd perhaps when the war Is over one of us may gain by deatli what tho other could not give in llfo." "I will not fight against the Eng lish, Paul." "Think well, Hendrlck. Nancy Mar tin has been In England for the last four years Is It not possible that sho may have an English lover?" "Wo are being enticed and threaten ed Into a foolhardy war by tlioso who havo their own ends to servo. I will tako my rifle and fight, but it will bo with tho English." "Then, Hendrlck, wo must part, though wo part in all affection. God bless you, my brother, nnd tho woman we love." "Farewell, Paul, nnd God grant that wo may not moot on tho battlefield." Paul turned his horse toward New castle, whllo Hendrlck rodo in the op posite direction, with tho Intention of making his way to John Martin's fnrm, which lay on tho banks of tho Caladon rlvor, between Basutol and Natal. Hendrlck Hoopstnd'a lovo for Nan cy, tho only daughter of John Martin, of tho Caladon fnrm, wns the ono thr.ight that engrossed his mind. Ho loved her, and was willing to lay down hla life for her without thought of re ward. It might be as John had sug gested, that Nancy had an English lover: well, time would show, and whatever happened ho would always strive to ho worthy of her, nnd be will ing to servo her In any way In his power. In about threo hours he had sighted John Martin's fnrm. Down the hill Hendrlck let the reins drop on his horse's neck and proceeded at a walk ing pace. It was a calm, still even ing, and tho horse's hoofs mudo no sound on tho soft sand. Reaching the orchard tho sound ol voices fell upon his ear, and nlinosl mechanically he stopped his horse and listened. It was tho voice of Nancy ho heard. And standing In his stir rups he looked over tho brush growth. Yes. Paul was right; she waB stand ing beneath tho shade of a spreading tree, a tall man, dressed in tho British kharkl uniform, held hor In his arniB, her head upon his shoulder and her lips upturned to his. "Tho time wns so long, Dick, I thought you would never come." "Did you, durllng? Well, I have como at last, though I could wish a more peaceful tlmo for visiting my beautiful sweetheart. But when this war Is over I will make you my wife." "My lovo for you, Dick, can never change. Since I left you It has lived on tho memory of those sweet hours of delirious happiness when wo used to sit together in tho sunshino and plan the Joyful future when wo two shall be always together." The man on the horso heard tho words that pierced his heart llko tho stab of a dagger. For somo momonts he sat llko a statue, his face grim nnd set, and his eyes staring Into blank ness. The steed moved forward of Its own accord nnd wandered on for up wards of an hour, whllo Its rider sat wrestling with himself. Then, with a slgii nnd a soli that nlmost choked him ho gathered up tho reins and once moro turned towards John Martin' farm. (To bo continued.) Th liter. The lain nnd wind storm in western Kansas appears to have passed off without having accomplished any toil otis damage. Storms wero reported fiom several localities, lint so far its can be lcarueii. the damage was con fined to the turning over of half a doon small buildings. At Putnam three buildings wore ilostroyoi! anil a few cattle killed, and at lliir.ou two buildings woie blown down. Tlie telephone wires wore biokeu north of Sedgwick t'ity, west to Hutchinson anil telegraph olllees being closed, it was Impossible to got word from the storm direct. This led to wild rumors of loss of life and heavy destruction of property. HAS HIS ARM BLOWN OFF DIstrctHlnj; Arililiint (n it lighter nt SiintliiKO. A. It. Hoot, wlio is tlio traveling representative of tho Modern Brother hood of America, had his arm blown olT by a shotgun at Stanton. Ilo was with some friends at II. N. Way's liv ery barn preparing to go hunting. Stopping out of the olllco they left him alone trying to remove the shells fiom his gun, A report was hoard anil on returning' they found him with his ham! hanging to his left arm by a shred of llcsli, the bono having been blown away by the ehargo of shot. Knot enlisted at tlie opening of tlie Spanish war In the regular army and served in an Infantry regiment and participated in the Santiago campaign. Aiulrcwn (looit UK Ai'i'i'pti. Dr. K. llenjauiln Andrews will ac cept the proffered chancclloishlp of tlie university of Nebraska unless con ditions which have not entered Into his consideration present themselves. He stated Tuesday night that be was ftivoiable to the acceptance of the po sition, but had not notified the regents of the university of his decision, pre ferring not to consider it final yet. Dr. Andrews said his attitude was forced by the state of his health. EARLY HEARING IS URGED Kriiliii-liy Con I i't Cnm-i Durkftril In t tin Supreme Court, Tlie eases Involving the Kentucky goveruoiship have been docketed In tlie I'nltod States supremo court. A brief statement in which counsel for both Taylor and Itcchliain joined was (lied at the same time, asking for an early hcai lug. In this ngteed state ment it Is set forth that "both Taylor and lleekhaui as governor, John Mar shall as lieutenant-governor on the re publican side, and I,. II. Carter as pres ident pro tout of the somite ami Joint 11. t'astlcniau as adjutant general on the democratic side are each and all claiming tlio right to and are actually attempting to e.Notclse the powers of tlio respective olllees severally claimed by them, thus piotlm-lug groat con fusion in Kentucky, by leason of the doubts as to which of the persons named has the lawful right to exorcise the authority peilaiiilug to tho several olheors uaiiiod. all to the gteat Injury and detriment of the people of the state. "lly reason of those fact and others which might bo enumerated, It is of the utmost luipoitiiiiee to tlio people of tho state of Kentucky that tlio ques tion of i ighl to ollicc involved lu the aforesaid litigation bo determined. Tlio question of law Involved In said causes ai o of very groat and grave in terest and importance, involving' the nature and extent of the powers of an election contest tribunal and the pow ers of tho Judiciary with relation thereto." REGARDS IT AS AN INSULT SihiiiInIi MlnMcr l(otllen to tilt- Ilewey ('iiiiiinlttrr. Mayor Harrison of Chicago received from Duke D'Arcos, the Spanish min ister at Washington, the followlir, re ply to an invitation to attend the Dowev celebration In Chicago: Washington. D. C , April II. -Sir: I return to you boiv Inclosed an invi tation from the city of Chicago, for tin- celebration of tlio second aitiiivciMiiy of the battle of Manila, which. I take it for granted lias been sent to me by mistake, for it Is the llrst discourtesy I havo met with since I am in the I'liited Stales. "It is Impossible for me to believe that you have advisedly ashed mo. the loprosentntivo of Spain, to go to your city and rejoice with you on the de struction of tlio Spanish ships and on the (lentil of so inany brave sailors, my compatriots. That would have been simply an IumiH: ami as I do not do servo it, anil it cannot have been your intention. I am perfectly sure as I say, that all tills is the result of an error. "1 have the honor to remain, sir, very tospcot fully yours. AKCOS." In icply Mayor Harrison has written tlio minister, explaining Hint the Invi tation was sent through the careless ness or ignorance of a clerk, anil ex tending sincere apologies for the un intentional discourtesy. POINTS OUT THE SUSPECT Mnn nml Waniiui Aerunril of I'dionlng I'iM'ii i:ncli Oilier. A somewhat dramntic scene wns en acted In tlio Wlnolil poisoning enso nt Cincinnati when Charles O. Wlnolil and l'atha (Illicit wore brought fnco to face lu the oflloe of the ehlef of police. Wlnolil bad denied all knowledge of the girl. She was not told that sho was to confront him, but as soon h ho came within her sight she Ix'camo very much agitated and shrank from him. When ho was seated Chief Dcltsch nib dressed the girl, saying: "You ate accused of poisoning tho Wlnolil family. Did you do it'" "I did not," she promptly replied. "Who dldV" "That man there," she, oxelnimed, pointing at Wlnolil. and thus hliovrlii that she iccognled him. Wlnold's bond wastl.xed at 810,000. APOLOGIZES FOR MAYOR. .MlnlMti-r Ntorur i:pl:iln tlie ClilriiRO Ovi-rnlKht- The I'nited States minister. Bellamy Storer, visited Premier Silvela at .Mad rid and apologized for the action of Mayor Harrison of Chicago, In send ing an Invitation to tin- Duke d'Areos, tlio Spanish minister nt Washington, to attend the Dewey day celebration there. Mr. Storer said his government re gretted the incident, which was tlie result of au error committed by a mu nicipal clerk, and pioinlsed it would not bo repeated. Miller 1'oiiiu! (lullly. William F. Miller of Franklin syndi cate fame was found guilty hi the county court of Kings county, N. Y., of grand larceny in the first degree for talcing from Mrs. Katheriuo Mocsor 81,000 which she Invested in his .V.0 per cent scheme "to get rieli quick." The prisoner was remanded for sen tence n week from next Friday. His counsel stated that the case would bo appealed. Dentil In n Ti'iiuiiii'iit limine A large tenement house occupied by Italian and negro families near Itoek point, Pa., was destroyed by fire and four moil burned to death. Many oc cupants escaped by jumping from the windows. I lie cause of the fire is not known. Injiirnl In Tnriuiilo. Five persons were injured, one fa tally, and considerable property was damaged by a tornado that passed just west of Concordia, Lafayette county Missouri. Threo houses and half a doen big barns were destroyed, stock killed, and much other damage done to property. Will 'ink ii mi Oiiilnt;. D, A. Campbell, the retiring clerk of the supremo court, will remove from Lincoln for tlie summer. With his family he will spend the summer in Western Colorado, lluiiiUomti Winter (lift. Easter gifts aggregating 330,000, donated for the work of church ex tension, were announced at York, Pa., by General Secretary II. II. Weber of the board of church extension of the general synod of tlie Evangelical Lu theran church in America. These giftc are in the shape of general loan funds, just founded, and are to be used ex clusively In tho territory west of the Mississippi river. llurnttil Faintly. Mrs. Dan HnfT, who lives on South Sl.xtb street, Beatrice, Neb., near the river bridge, was fatally burned by the explosion of coal oil. Her daugh ter had risen before the rest of tho family and hud started a lire in the kitchen stove. Mrs. Huff did not know there was fire in the stove, and poured oil therein to start up u lire. The ex plosion followed. Au Unknown Aanulluiit. At Eagle as Roll Freomaii was sit ting by the table reading someone hurled a big rock through tlie window at hint, breaking the glass and tear ing the curtain nvvuy. Luckily the children were at church nnd no one was hurt. This Is the second time in three weeks that tills lins happened, and.Mr. Freeman Is becoiuingalarmeil. HoiiNK iiml UontriiU lliirmiil. Tlio house occupied by W. (). Hall at Norfolk was destroyed by fire with all its contents. Mr. Hall had started a cob lire and is supposed n defective fluu was tlio cause. Loss on building 81, !i00; contents, 8T07, all Insured. i:iiItm nt Old Ai;u. Edvvnrd Entvvistle, aged eighty-seven, wlio ran with George Stephenson on the llrst trip of Stephenson's Buck et, in IH'.'ll, was initiated Into Do Moines lodge No. 113, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, on Sunday last, lie was sixteen years old and an apprentice in a Liverpool machine shop when the first locomotive made its trial trip. Stephenson had taken a fancy to him and ho was taken ns au assistant on the trip. Ho has been a steamboat ami stationary engineer nil his life until a few years ago, having come to America when a young muu. ANDREWS IN LINCOLN Nolcil Kiliiiiitor Conn' ('iiiiltnl (Ml; In l.nnk Criuoiil Out. Dr. E. llenjauiln Andrews has nr rived In Lincoln to consult with the regents of tho state university and survey the institution, whose chan cellorship has been offered him. lie will decide upon acceptance or rejec tion of the proposition within a few days. Some of his friends expect the announcement to bo made at Lincoln before bis return to Chicago. His vis it In tho university Is regaidcd as In dicative of a desire to accept the place. MAN KILLED BY THE CARS ArHilrnt Mum Online f " l-'i'iitrnl KiirIih rm. A Gibbon, Neb., dispatch says: '1 lie special train carrying tlio New York Central railroad engineers struck n man named John Foster ns it was passing through Gibbon, breaking hi s back and other bones, causing instant deatli. lie had just got across tho track when the side of tho engine struck him, He. was about seventy live years of age and an old settler in Buffalo county. Hurried Awny I'rom i Moll. Sheriff Powers of Douglas county took .lames Cornoy out of jail at South Omaha, Nob., and boarded it train for Lincoln, whore he placed his prisoner in tlie penitentiary. The sheriff had boon informed that a party was form ing intent upon lynching Cornoy, n Pole, who resided in South Omaha, n boarder in tho home of Frank Vavriv until his arrest Monday. The charge Is criminal assault upon Vavrns little (laughter. Cornoy Is n middle-aged man. lie had been drinking. Ar'il Hie llolliiiut. The navy department has signed a contract with the Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat company for the adop tion of some of their boats to the navy. Bv the terms of the contract tlie gov ernment pays Str.O.OOO for the Hoi laud, It also agrees to pay S17.r,()0() eaeb for any boats of the Holland type it may purchase hereafter, providing the bimts be similar in dimensions to the new Holland, which will be larger than the old one. Monument for Tliiiiiftiui. The body of the late Col. ltleliard V. Thompson, which has rested In the vault at Terre Haute, Ind., for some time, was interred in the presence ol the family and intimate friends. The popular subscription for the erection ol a inngnlflcont monument to the dent statesman lit being rapidly augmented HIicioIh Olrl mid Himself. Gits Young, a prominent young mar of Murphysboro, 111., shot and wound cd Miss Kate Van Clooster and thei blew out bis own brains. Noting wa il ical estate man and the girl Is member of one of the best families o southern Illinois. Tho young lad will recover. Ilnir the. Town NiiloniTKCd. The Colorado river flood has no renched Wharton, Tex., and half tl town Is now under water. So fi there has been only one casualty, negro refuge being drowned In trylr to roach the town. The people n left the bottoms and flocked to tl tov- Aged Couplo Aiphyxlnted. Cnrl E. Wiilstrom, fifty-five yen old, and bis wife, Nellie, lifty-fo years old, were found asphyxiated gas in their homo in New York. Th plugged the cracks under the door a windows in the room and turned tvyo gas jets. t!lioken III Wife to Death. Joe Strlnges hilled his wife by chi lug her to deatli, and then commit suicide, at Bakervllle, Ky. The cou had been separated, anil Stringer li called on his wife seeking a rec dilation. Kill Her Defnraer. At Alexander, Ark., Mrs. T. N. II and shot and Instantly killed Will' Conic, a member of a prominent fam Mrs. Holland claims Cook defamed character. i;ij;lit Illiuilreil 51 In urn Quit. Eight hundred miners employee the Temple coal company at Phlla pliia, struck for au inerea.so of wa Jury I.rmm to I'liilntlfT. In tlie breach of promise suit 8300,000 brought by Miss Nelllo L airninst President Samuel Strong the Frciv Coinage and other Cri Creek gold mining companies, the at Colorado Springs, Colo,, awa the plaintiff 850,000 damages. Iteli'liiiinii Not AlilliiR liners. United States Consul Hay, In ai tervlew had at Pretoria, says that report that Captain Heichman, United States military attache, ttcipated in the fight near Sannas is absolutely falbo. A