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REHEARSAL OF CRIME.
1\Ian7 Simple Acts 'Vlthll1 the I.au
Which Are Overlookcll.
J'nn ' people who hu ve nc\'er been ac.
cusell of wrongllolllJ ; nml who Ih'e strict.
Iy "within the lu w" often muke them.
selves lIuble to lIne allll Imprisonment ,
ntHl lire not pUlIlshetI ollly becuuse the
JIl WII ure not ellfol'cetI. ' 1'he mnn who
titnnlH IJlfore ! Ills window , whel'a he cun
I bt. " 'een ' frOlll the street , to udjust his
< :011111' or lIeektle , 01' to get u bellm' light
011 n coli II l' button , commits n mlsde.
JlleUllor 1'01' which It 1I111Y be 1I11ell or
: J1111 ' bo I1I1lH'lsolIlJtI.
; 1 It IH nil rllht 10 be IdlltI to tlte tIog ,
I , JUt thel'e Is In mUll ' muulclpullUcs II
tllle for ullowhlJ ; the ! log to rUII ut htrge.
Aftm' 'ou II/we / Ih'en 'OUl' dog n l'un
mu.1 Htartcd to tuke u wulL. : , If 'ou ure g
"lllO la' 1' , 'ou ure lIuble to be n law.
bl'cukcl' hr wtoPllng , lit u Icttcr box to
Rtrllw n 1I11ltch for ) ' 0\11' clgm' . 'here
Is u eVCl'e pcnu1ty fOl' dcfuclllJ ; u let.
. tl' box , IUIlI lUuklng murks 011 It with
n mutch cCl'tulllly ! locs lIot Improve the
100kH of the box , 'o throw puper on
the Hlrl' < , t IH oft,11 n lIuIIIHhnhlt' olfellHP.
' 1'0 eXIHl'lol'llte ! 011 tbo lIUU1' uf the cur Is
nlso u 1I1lsde1l1cunor.
1 Allolher "cI'1111e" Is lhnt of wuvlng a
flng , .It does 1I0t mlltter In the Icasl
, whnt the lIng mn ) ' be , 'ou must not
, Wfive It III pUbllc 01' ) 'ou wlllwuke 'our'
self IIl1hle to 1I11e or Imprisonment.
I ' 1'0 Illn ' without n license nn ' muslcnl
InstrulIll'nl 011 tlte street Is unother UII.
slife IH'uctlce , the tIulIger of which Is
I
. quite UIIUl'Pl'ccluted ' ,
1'er 'hOll ' Imows the Cumlllar "Keep
olr the gl'\SS" signs of mun ) ' parks , but
It Is prohllbl ' 1I0t Imown that In some
1I1ul'es the remlu'knbl ) ' severe ) lulllsh ,
mellt of ten du's ; In jnll or a $10 line
I mur ; be Intllclcd on the offender. An.
I other IIIW , which Is not , however , with ,
, out fome : necesslt ' , If : ! thut threntenlng
l the'mun who throws bunana skins on
the Htreet , In New Yorl { clt ) ' he Is lIu.
: hie to n $ IIlIe or ten dn 's In prison.
To lm U l' In U letter ' , howevcr simple
nUll hlu'mlefs : , 01' to pIny uny gambling
game. such us U frlendl ) ' game of poker
{ on the t1'l1ln or bout , Is punlshnble with
, n tine and a term In prison.
+ + 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ' + + 'H
+ +
\ : t Recent Trembles t
t of Mother Earth. ;
+ + + + + + . + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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Mother Eurth has certalnl ; ) ' had some.
thing on her mind during the last few
monthf : ! , l'erhups never waf : ! a like pc.
rlod chlll'ueterized b '
) more widespread
seismic dlfturbunces : , While the woe of
St. PIerre was not appreclnted else.
where It Is loillted that ' ' ,
, ) out e\'er ) con
tlnent except Austrnllu wus fubject : to
enrthfunke with frl'ful'nt accompany.
Ing volcanic disturbances during that
time. llcre Is the list :
JunullrNo'a Scotia , Croatia , Mex.
Ice , Lisbon ,
li'ebrunrRussln , Scbemneha.
Mnrch-'J'urkey , Ituly , Tchungerla
, and Luccn , respectlvel ' .
Allrll-Guutemalu , Icelnnd ,
: \ layurtlnlque ( volcunle ) , St. Vln.
cent , Spain , Frunee ( South Bordeaux ) ,
'Wufhlngton : ( Mount Redoubt , volcanic ) ,
I r Croutln , : Mexlco , Sun Pl'allcisco , 1.101'1.
dn , France ( the Creusot district ) , the
Cupe Peninsula and Greece.
June-Italr : , Hussla and Chile , In
Yelltrl , Buku and Chnco , respectively
I
( the two last volcnnlc ) , Cheshire , St.
Ylucent , Slcll ) ' , India , IIhnuln'ns ; , and
III Jul ' , ' 1'urke ' , Salollica und St. Vln.
cent.
Just nn Averalo Day.
Mrs , Morse wus n truthful womnn
with nothing to concenl , so when she
\\'us nsked , on the witness stand , to tell
what she did on n certain day between
the hOIll'S of feven : and nine In the morn.
lng , she resllonded without n trace or
reluctance :
"First I helped little Jim get tIressed ,
tor he neyer can manage It alone. Then ,
I run downstulrs amI mude the griddle. I
cake , and SIlW to Mr. Morse's corree , I
! lutI curried U1l Hobert nnd Dorothy for
teur they'd be late to school , nnd ute ani
orunge antI Home tonHt and a boiled egg
-1 remember It was boiled too hnnt.
Bridget )1I1811't ) learned the right time
yet-und then our minister's wire came
over to et me to help lter cut out u
cout tor th ( ' buby , nnd then I dusted the
purlor , and made t1ve beds , and
Btralghtelled the rooms , and mended
three ot Mr. Morse's shirts , amI pressel !
out Home neckties , nnd did a little tIarn.
Ing. And .I'd just got the pudding made
und WUf : ! beginning on some glner
cookies when I heard that cry thut stnr.
tIed the whole neighborhood , Now I
wonder It I'n ! forgotten nn'thlng. ; "
But the judge , who , previous to her
roeltnl , IIlHI wondered whether Mrs ,
Morse hud not been III a position to see
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more of the cataftrophe : thun she
seemed to ndmlt , pressed his hand to
his Corehend wltb a dl\zed look.
nl.tin lIlsbed Japanesc Liberator.
Mnrfluls Snlgo Teugumlchl , the dls.
IJ Ungulshed stntes.man who died or CUll ,
cer reccntl ) ' In Yokohuma , pin red such
r n prominent pnrt In liberating Jupun
t fl'om tllP rule or the Tycoon und In reo
IItorlng the Mikado that he hus been
Ij known I\S "Tho Orlontnl Gnrlbnldl. " lIe
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It wus who In 1862 drew up the Jupan-
C6e declarutlon or IndellCndence , tor do.
I Ing which he wnH confined In a Bmull
cage for three ) 'ears , until he coulll
neither stnlld nor wnlk. lIe recoyerell
In time to lurgel ) ' aid In the 'l'ycoon's
o\'erthrow. The Murfuls WUf : ! hlghl '
I
l ducntl-d nnd held numerous govern.
ment ol11eeR or high grnde.
Thfllr Idea.
"Just think ot those sclentlsLs climb-
In { : up tllOse volcanoes und peeping
. . .t , . down Into the crnters , " hlverell Irli.
l'osdlck.
" 'l'hey wished to gd nn Inside "Iew
of the sltuaUon , " explulned Mr. l o'l- '
dick.
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PRESIDENT OBLIGED TO ABANDON
WESTERN TRIP.
UNDERGOES AN OPERATION
KNEE INJURED AT PITTSFIELD
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PROHIBITS Ac'nVITY.
HAS SUFFERED MANY DAYS
CANOI r.sTJAS ONI.Y WIII N I > AIN
ImCO\IES ; INrl NSE.
( ) IcrRUun In No " "n ) ' Crltlcn' ' , RIIlI Can-
lUtion Not SerlouRStRrts un Iteturn
Trll' tu W'uRhlugton ,
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ro.rCf" > - > - ro.rI :
INDIANAPOLIS , Sept ! 3..At
e 5 :45 : II , m , tile follolvitlg official
statement was issued :
At 3:15 p 1/1. the presidtntI.'ent
frolll the Columbia club to St. Vin-
, cent's hospital in his olVn carriage , "
' ( and shortly after he was in the V
hospital the operation requirecl was
perjormed by Dr. George II. Olit'er
of Indianapolis , in cOlisultation
'With the president's pltyician ,
, At tile conclusion of tile operation - "
tion tile pllysicians autllorized the
' ( followinG statement : V
" .As a reat/it of the traumalism
( bruise ) received in tile trolley accident -
dent at Pittsfield , .3ass. , tllere 'Was
found to be a circumscribed collec"I
i tion of IJcrfectly IJUre serum in the X
If middle third of the left anterior' V
'
tibial region , tlie sac containing
e about tll.'O ounCel , which was re-
1/Io d.
, . II The indications are tllat tile "
' ( president should make speedy reX
e comy. " ( Signed ) V
, GEO. B. CORTELYOU
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Secretary to the President
t : ' < .It < . .a..u eUI.Jt . .ua < .a'CJt-.Jt..e.Jt . i1
Indianapolis , Ind" Sept. 24-PreBI-
dent Roosevelt's western trip came to
an untimely end In this city Tuesday ,
lIe was found to be suffering from a
welllng 18 the left leg betweeD he
Iknee and the ankle that required im-
Imedlate surgIcal attention , and , In.
\stead \ oC being talcen to the train to
'continue ' hIs journey to Fort Wayne
' Milwaukee , he was conveyed to St.
VIncent's hospital ; where he was op
, crated on. The operation occurred a\ .
13:45 : o'clock , and lasted only a short
Itlme , when he was taken to a private
Iroom in the hospital to rest ,
; After taking a lI ht luncheon at
7:50 : p. m. , he was conveyed on a
'stretcher to hlR train , which had been
backed up to the "Y" near the hos-
pita ] , and at ten minutes to eight
o'clock the traIn left for Washington ,
The first intimatIon that anything
was wrong came In the form of rumors
to tbe great crowd that was patiently
waiting around tbe Oolumblaclub and
the soldiers and sailors monument Cor
the president to appear.
It was about 2:30 : o'clock , balt an
hour atter the time set for tbe president -
dent to leave the , city , tbat a few of
Ithe ravored ones In tbe crowd received
that tbe president was
sick and that the restof the trip would
'probably ' be abandoned. These statl-
ments were as promptly denied as fast
as they gained currency , but 600n the
rnmors began to take on a more serious -
ous cbaracter.
"The presIdent bas burst a blood
vessel , " was a whisper tbat went
aroun1 amen tbe police otl1cers and
eoldlers.
"This cannot be true , " saId otbers ,
"for tbe president is in tbe corridor
conversing with Senator 1 ! alrbanks. "
' .rhec it was said that the president
was sick , Ithat he had fainted , and
finally a. rumor was started that hft
bad been abot.
Tbese rumors however , dId not appear -
pear to reach the crowd. and the
tbousands stood patiently after tbe
speecb by tbe presIdent from tbe bal.
cony to see him make hIs way out of
the club. The minutes bfgan : to fly
a.wa.y , and st111 he did not come. A
balt bour or more pasied and finally
It was noticed that a movement of
some kind was on.
Tbe presIdent's carrIage stood In
trent of the entrance of tbe club , with
Oolonel Wilson , tbe governor's private -
vate secretary inside holding the
Ia.rge bunch of American Beauty roses
tl1at had been given tbe president In
the hall.
Will Carry 011 to Japan
Phlladelpbia , Hept. 24.-1'he first ot
a bl t1eet of French sailing vessels
has Just a.rrlTed here to load 011 for
Japa.n , The veBsel Is the ship Faul-
connlerre , laurched only II. tew months
ago at St. Nazalre ,
Tariff UIII In Rclchstng.
Berlin , Sept. 24.-The relchstall's
customs tarlty committee belran the
second reading of the tariff bill tooay.
The centrlsl8 , German consen-aUves ,
and tree conservatives have decided
to abide by the a rarlan Increases
adopted at the first readlnJ ! which the
government has pronounced Inaccept.
able.
able.The
The Berlin butehers have added
two and ono-balt cent. " per tIIIIIJ to
the price of pork , making It 26i cenl8.
be outlook Is dlamal.
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lOCHINVAR IN KNEE PANTS.
1101 ofIxtcl'n Abtlllch J\11 L R Yelu
\'u1111 It'r.
Sioux City , Ia" Sept2.t.Arthur
Nichols , nged sldcen : , ot EmerslJn ,
Neb. , It 18 charged , enticed mossle
lIayn s , nged fifteen , also of Emerson -
son , to tuko u ride with him. Slie
WIlS enje 'lns the ride when he drove
Into Hubbard , took her to the depot
and \Tulted until a train came nlong.
lIe put her on the trulu with a tlcl < -
ot to Sioux Olty , and suld ho would
drl vo bacl < to Emerson aud follow 011
the next train. When be reached
Emerson he was met by an oillcer and
arrcsted for u11l'ged abduction. 'rhe
Irl Ilrrlved here and was enjoyIng
the ] Iks carnIval. She chanced to
pass the police slatlon just after her
father had telephoned her description -
tion to'Ohlef Da\'euport. The chief
recognlzlnlr her , put her In the wo-
nllm1s ward until her father came.
when she burled her face lu bls coat
and wept.
Saloon Stabbing Affray
Lincoln , Neb. , Sept. 24.-Walt Shel'
don stabbed Warren Sne1l1ng In
noeenstock's saloon at)15 \ 0 street
Saturday night about 10:30. : Two
knlCe wounds were inl1lcted In t.he
young man's back. Sl1eldon made his
escape.
Those who witnessed the trouble
said Sne1l1ng was with a crowd of
friends at tbe bar drinking. 8heldon
was In the back end of tbe tlaloon.
He callc < t to the people at the bar
usng ugly names. This Sne1l1ng re.
sented. lIe went back to ask Sheldon
what he meant by such language.
Sheldon's reply was a knife deftly
used. Before those at the bar realized
tbat a fight was In progress Sne1l1ng
exclaimed that he bad been stabbed
and Sheldon ran out of the saloon. A
crowd of Sne11lng's frIends followed
him. He ran soutb and west toward
the ratlroad yards. Wben his pursuers -
suers were almost upon blm he dodged
behind some freight cars and was lost
to view In tbe dark.
Snel11ng's wounds were said by the
physician who was called to be paIn-
Cui. ' 1'hey were deep Hesh cuts but
will not prove serious.
W1l1 O'Connor , John Kelly ot 2130
F strcet and F. F. Robinson who lives
four miles east of the city , with
others , saw the fight. Robinson said
he fj.aw the knife and could swear tllat
it was wielded by Sileldon.
Sbeldon is II. borse trader and once
before was mixed up in a cutting
scrape. Snelllng Is a young man about
town who has hac' ! trouble with the
police anll who has been goIng a rapid
pace of late. 'Both were intoxicated
wilen the stabbing took place. The
police at once began II. searcb tor Sheldon -
don but he could not be found. He
is a. rown man of large size while
Snelllng Is II. mere boy in appearance
Troops In Demand
HarrIsburg , Penn. , Sept , 24.-Gen
Gobin , who is in command of the
troops In the bard coal strike rl'glon
was ordt'red by Governor SWne Wednesday -
nesday nlgbt to send the First batal.
ion of the ' ! 'welfth regiment to Lc-
banlon to assist tbe sheriff In preserving -
ing tbe peace where the iron and
steel workers of the American Iron
and Stcel ManufacturIng company
have been on a strIke for ncarly fiye
months. The batalion , wblch bas
been on duty at Sberman ever since
tbe troops were scnt tbere , left tbat
town tonight for Lebanlon In command -
mand of Colonel OIement. The troops
reached Lebanlon shortly before eIght
o'clock.
A delegation from Lebanion called
upon the governor today and reques.
ted that troops be sent to that olty
where rIoting has oecurred among the
strIkers. The men went on strike
May Ci ,
A few weekH ago tbe company started -
ed up several of its rolllnJ { mills wIth
non. unIon men , all of wbom were negroes -
groes taken there principally from
Houthern iron works , Tbe presence
of the colored men areatly excited the
trikers and there has been disorder
ever slnec.
urUngtoQ Track Washed
Trenton , Sept. , 24.-Tbls vicInity
and surrounding country has witnessed -
ed one of the heaviest rainfalls known
for years. 'fhc precipitatIon was reported -
ported from three to seven Inches ,
Canyons and low places were ful1 of
running water from onl' to several
feet deep. l.'he Republican rIver rose
rapidly and carried II. portion Of tbe
e11.t bridge away In the rushing water.
Numerous culverts and bridges went
out. Water came r01l1ng down a lit-
te ] stream about two mlles west or
town known as Elm creek , spreadIng
rapIdly along the roadway , runnlnll
over the gratdes and Burllngton traclc
wa.shlng out about seventy ralls , tiel
and ballast down the rade , An en.
glneer on No. 14 noticed a. weak IIpots
on tbe track , and upon examination
discovered tbe dangerous conditIon 01
the track , possibly avoiding a bad
wreck.
Accused of Killing FIsh ,
New York , Sept. 24.-The lnqulr ,
into the c1eatll ot the late Nicholas
Plsh , banker , clubman , and son 01
IIa1ton \ Fish , who was secretalY 01
state in president Grant's admlnls.
tratlon , began today before Coroner
Jackson.
The jury tound that FIsh's deatb
was due to a fall caused by a blm ,
: itruck by 'rlwmas J. Sharkey. Shark.
ev was held In $10,000 ball tor the
action of the grand jury.
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MAN USES DYNAMITE AND THEN
KILLS HIMSELF.
ELEVATOR TAKES TUBLE
FALLS THREE STORIES AND INJURE -
JURE PASSENGERS.
CHINAMAN ACCUSE PO LICE
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s" , TIll' ) ' " . .It'.1 In 11111 uotlnn of " 'UotI1U1I
( :111111-1,1111111 : II ) " ( o'l\llJnc Uebrh.
Washlngon. Sept. : ! 1J.-'l'he Golden
Eagle hJtel , on the corner of the
J erse ) ' \'enue and D street , wus
dJ'nall1iled this mornn at 4,30
u'clock. by Ii'rank McKie , CIne uf the
guests. whu sUbsequcntly oommltted
suicide.
Between twenty and thirty guesls
were thrown from their beds by the
explosIOn , but only the proprIetor ,
Luuls Brandt. aud his wile , "elc lu-
jured the latter serlousy. ]
rr e roof of the bul1dln was
blown off and the failing \Vrecka e
crashed tllrou h to tbe basemen t ,
'lea\'IIJ ' the structure us it wrecked
by a tornudo , } J\'ery pane of ! ; Iass
' In the building and the adjoining
't ructures was broken. 'l'he explo-
: ; Ion called out thc the departmlJnt ,
1'he alTalr Is en\'olved III liomo mJ's ,
tery. The proprietor ga\'e a banquet
last ulghL In hOlloI' or hIs wife , who
hlld just returned from Germany , uud
McKie was It gucst. McKie had .
'
1J0ardld at tho' hotel tour years and. .
had been treated as a member of tho.
Brand tamily , whloh includes a
daughter , Sophie , with whom McKlo
was said to be in love , Drand donles
that there was any understundlnj. ! between -
tween the two. Mclle remarked last
nIght that he was Iotolng to walt until -
til Sophie returned trom Germany at
her mother's then e was U'oin tu
bls old home In Philadephla. ] ltl1s.
Bland and Iler dau bter return d
about 8 o'clock last night.
'rlJe attempt at ; wholesale murder
tollowed tills mornIng. MoKle. with
.1 pistol In hl hand. was seen by an
, employe t > f a luncll room opposite
tbe hotel just before tbe shots were
Ured. Wben the explosIon occurred
'a slight blaze sprang from the debris ,
but it was qulcky ] extlngulsbed b\ , '
the fircmen. Brund and hIs wite
were rescued berore many of the thirty -
ty guests of the establlsbment bad
reached the Durt of the Ilu IIdlng i'11
whll1h McKIe's room was located ,
McKie , wIth a revolver clutched In
his hand , was found lyina on tbe
Iloor with bls head In a pool of blood.
A. bullet hole I.'ear the rlgbt car ud
caused il'staut deatb.
Brandt was bruIsed about the bed '
and shaken up badly and receIved a
severe cut on the left leg. Mrs ,
Brandt sustained bruIses about the
body and a cut hand. When the
wrecked building was searcbed toduy
enougll dyumlte was fouud In Mc-
KIe's trunk to blow up a block of
bulldlngs. Tl1ere were sIx whole
stlc1cs and parts of two or three broken -
ken stIcks , togetber wIth a box ot
caps and a quautlty or wire for long
dIstance o1'ploslons. lIe had at least
nine stIcks of dynumlte In bls pos-
session.
McKlo was about twenty-olght
years old. He as formerly of PhiladelphIa -
delphIa , and bad reatlves ] In Ohica-
HO. ilis brotller , Hurry MeKic , was
killed In Ohlcago lallt year , nccardlog
to a telegraDl touud In tbe dead
IUlln'a room today. McJCle wall a ma-
chlnillt in the Davy yara here but re-
wl ned Og IDberlt1DI ( upwardll of 820-
000 about feur VOQfS 31(0. ' .rUIH
amount be III said to bavc IOllt on 'be
races , and t1.l1.l act i. acorelilted by
iome to 'bls 101i. Datec'les arc
nvosthzu.tlDB the calle today.
Elevator TAkes . Tumble.
KaulIlI.8 OIty , llo. , Sept. % 6-Au
tlovatflr at tbe Emery-B1rd-Tllayer
Dry Goods , company , aarrylll twen-
ty-tJve YOUOIl women employees , fell
three storlf'I at noon Tburlldav. .
A dozen G'lrhi were Injured , but
IVlth tbe exception of Emma Parish ,
aged elllhteen years , w o was hurt
Internally , aod who was uncoollcluus
when removed to her Iome , It III be-
ilc\'ed that Done were seriouilly hurt.
Several tal nted and for a titue It Was
lhoulitht many had beer : . killed.
'fhe elevator Is uied for frellCbt ,
bllt at the time ot the acoident the
Irls were being carried to the top
1I00r tor luncbeon. It wall loaded to
'he limIt.
Not ( Much of Tlckot Left.
Topeka , Sept. 26.-Jamcs Tapp ot
I\'lchlta nnd John Madden of Empo.
ria , have refused tllC1 nominations or
at torney general and supreme court
Justice respeotlvey ] on tbt. allied
peoplo's tloket. Thh makes fout of
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tlw 1I1\mlnCeil \ to refuse the places. .
' 1'he nHlI1aRCra 01 Lhe pany'flll prub.
Uhly call another conventIon.
'l'he onloers were nominated by
means of tbe initiative and referan.
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AGE.D MAN KillS HIMSELF.
Irrrlll1ulTlIIRn , ul Nurlh IIt'1l1l , I110WIIIIII
thnel OIT.
North Bend , : N b. , Sept. 2Cltl. .
ZOIlS ot this llll1ce wcre horrillod ) 'es.
I
terday ll1urlJln to learll of the death
of J'rcd ! HorImall , uged sixty-two
'ellrs , by his own hand. HolTman
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blow olT the top of his head with It
tliot ; ulJ lalt ovellln IIlId his body
IVlIS foulld this mornln JJ'III Ilia
roum of the slmck which he occupied
alone in the southern cd e of tuwu.
) Irs. Howurd , who 1I\'cd Ileal' by ,
bcurd the l' port ( If a Hun ubout li
o'clock yestertlay urtcrncon. She
flurod ! thllt HolTman had committed
slIlcldo , ns he hlld told a IHlIu or or
people thut he WU ! ! tired of lI\'ltIH.
When ller husband cnme homo sLe
asked him to luvesl ate , but he said
the shot WIIS probably IIred by SOIllO
ono huutln rnbhlls aud paid no at-
teutlou to his wlto's approhensic n.
'rhls lIIoruln sl e sent her ten-yeur-
old son to HolTmllu's house to see If
boYns there. 'l'ho boy knockcd , but
\.Ilere was uo rCSlluuse. Ho wen t
hack to his mother uud she cuuRed
some of the nlc"hbOls to HO to the
puce ] nnd breul < opou the door. 'rho.y
found the reDiulns of HofTmun ] yinjt ,
In a corner ot the ruom with the top
of his head abovc the ellrs ontlrey ]
blown away.
A shotgun lyltlR near by told the
slory oC the self-destruction. 'l'bc
slHht which met the eyes of the
party us they entered the room was
.
It most sickenIng one. ' ! 'he bmlns
oC the dClld mun hlld fallou Into 11
pnn und looked us t.1lollgh . they hud
been tal\Cn Ollt und luld there. mood
and partlcos ] of Iesh ] und brain wore
scattered on It sofa und the wnlls und
tlnor of the room. A stream of blood
lmd lIowed the 011 tI ro lellgth of the
roolll , leu'In pools here nlld thore.
'fhe deadmun had carefully taston-
ed all the doors of the house before
k 1111 n \tusel \ f. He left a letter ud-
drcsseel . his children , which read
as follows :
'INorth Bend , Neb. , Sept. 24.-
1 > ear children Don't let the county
bury me. Bury me us oheup us YOll
can. I ha0 worked hard all my lite
and can't work uny mote. God w111
help you remcmber mo wheu tbls you
see , 90 Hood bye. If. HolTmun. "
} jelow the letter on the same PUHC
was written IIHeud ahe Goroy Bros.
'rhey w1l1 do somethll1g to help me. "
HolTmun hlld a wlte and nille children -
dren , IIvo of whom ure murrlcd , but
he had .Jecome estranHed fmm them
slime years ngo. He 11 ved the lite of a
baoh tor , cooking his own meals and
doing 11is own housework. ] j'our
weeks ago he was talcen 111 and two
wl'eks ago he wus sent to the JJ're.
mont hospital. After remalnlnH
there one day and nIght he was reo
moved to the county poor house.
Last week he was allowed to oomo
tuck to : North J3end by consent of
the board of supervIsors.
SherIff Kreader and ( joroner Drown
arrIved hero on a morning train In
response to a summous by telephone
and held an inquest over the remulns.
Only rour witnesses \Vero examined
alld the cuse was oleary ] shown to be
one of suicIde. lIon'mun had told several -
, eral ot his neighbors that they
need not bo surprIsed to Jlnd him at
any time with hIs toes turned up , as
he wus tlrod oC living In the wa ! he
was ,
The jury , of which J. J. Keiser
wus foreman , reuched a verdict ot
death by suIcIde.
l
utterfleld Much etter.
Falrbury , Neb. , Sept. 2G.-Cousta.
ble ' ! 'om } jutterlleld , who was shot
by W1I11am SpraRglns at Daykln last
Saturday nJght , Is sun alive and ox-
hlbltlng very proDHsrng sypmtoms.
County Attorney LJ. H. Donney and
County Judge O. C. Boyle went to
Daykln last nlRht to secure tbe Injured -
jured man' signature tv a comparnt ]
aRulnst Spraggins. and found the
constable in excellent spirits. IIls
physicians suy , barring lInforseen
complications , he wi11l recover.
The complaint a alnBt Spraggins
charges "assault with Intent to do
glcat bodily harm.II
While some dissatisfaction Is expressed -
pressed that the chur e did not spec
lty an "Inteat to kill 'the mildness
of tbe complaint Is accounted tor in
tbe fact that the penalty Is preclsey }
the sUlDe In ellher CHSC , and In an-
ordinary court It would be much
. . eusler to prove the former thun the
latter cbarle. , :
. 1'he prisoner Is a man about tbirty
! yenrs of age and has a wife and two
children. It 18 said he has a moat
un overnabe ] temper , and Saturday
nlghL's shuotill was but the outgrowth -
growth of a melee tbat started some
ten days u o , wben a man b.v the
name or mack Ilot thp. better of him
In a filtlc encounter. lIe had
marched two of Ulaok's brothcrs
home at the point ot II. 8hot un and
WitS looking ror lllack with the
avowed Intention ot killing him , wben
he D1et the constable.
Killed by Failing Oebrl .
Des Moltlcse Ia. , Sept. 2W. . O.
Walden of } joone dlcd In the l105plt-
al today tbo result or Injuries reo
celved In the collapse or a one-story
Urlck bUilness IJJrJek on the prltlclpal
business street of Des Mulnes. As
ho wus pusHing the hulldln the front
suddcnly tell olltwurd , hurylng him
In the debris.
Durln the Doer Nar Hungary exported -
ported 86,080 horses to South Africa
by wuy of b'lume. ,
. , + + + + + + + + + . . . + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + -
[ \EBRASKA + :
i
t + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
W. J lghuer has purchased the 1)a-
'lliou ' roller I1IIIs ] from ( ) . Jlogedon
Dr $10,000 ,
A three day harves\ \ ' festival was
( Jill II t N ell"h wi th Itn nttendance or
,000. O\'er $2,000 "US netted from
! 'l'hls will bo used
IO tulr. sum to : "
rnrd the IHtrchase of 1pnck ,
County Olerk 1.'l1nner of Ulchnrdson
ounty has turned the tax books for
1102 over to'the county treasuror.
, 'ho IIGsessed valuation of Ulohardson
OUllt" Is $ :1,401,0'15 : nnd the total tax
\'Icd Is $ It1Iilli2.J5. :
'rhe trades carnival and strcet fulr
f Superior wus held ] ast weok.
unollg the features wore two baso-
'all IoIIU1CS ! IL duy , spccohs by state
\Jlulnecs \ , trade exhibits and band
.oncerls. .
'l'he Xortollc IJlght & Fue ] com.
lauy , with a cnpltlll stock oC $ l OOOO.
I1ld the Rlslu Olty bank , with n
1I1111tll ] slock or $200,00 , hnve med
holr nrtlcles 01 Incorporatlou wllh
he secrotur ' of the stato.
A t the l1uctlon sue ] of horses 01
hI' VlIlley Land IInd Cattle com"
'any held lit Olaa11n ; ] slxty-el h\
lead WOlO sold , brlnglug good prloes ,
' , vernglll about $ :15 : , from yearl1ng
Ip. Blddlul { was spirited aml11volJ
IIHI every horse sold for cash.
I'he 1Iurll n ton has announced that
t has rantd telegraphers 1rnls < <
If from $5 to $10 a month. ' .rhe men
'Celvlll this ralsocre the ) OW01
mllrled ] Ulen IInd their wageD w\11 \ be
no 11 1110nth hcrellttor Insteud of , GO
uHl 115. ' ! 'he raise was made offectlvQ
50ptcmber 1.
Oharles Dilley teamster living In
obraslm OIty reported to the police
hnt ho WIIS knooked down und
'obbed of $ lli.70. He can Rho no
Account of the rohbers other than
that they ca.11e lip behind 111m and
Itruck him over the head. There Is
' 10 clue to theIr Identity.
'l'he machinery and ten oar loads o.f
s\.one . und other matorlal for the new
creal mills to be erected In Glen-
, tlver , n suburb of Beatrice huve ar-
rived. It is the Intention of tbe pro- '
lectors of the enterprise to huve the
m1l1 In oper.ation by the , tlmo snow
Illes.
I
While wor1.clnK . with a disk harfIJw
Oharles Ernst , a young turmer near
recumseh came near losing his life.
As it Is he Is sulferlng with a sovere-
I Iy lacerated back und arm. 1I1&
hOr3es lunged forward and he fell 00
the ! .Icat backward ' .rhe lines wore
wrapped uronnd his wrists and his
fall caGsed him to jerl { them. The
Horses huoked the harrow onto him
with the result above stated.
Artlces ] of Incorporation have been
lIed ] wIth the secretary of state fat
the Interstate ] ndependent Tele.
phone company the objcct of the company -
pany being to erect a lll1e In South
Omaha In opposl tlOD to the Dell COnt-
pany. Incorporators are : A. A.
Wright , 'rhomas Neuly , L. C. Gibson -
son , Frank Crawford , W. C. Lambert ,
Jor"ensen , R. Rowoy } , Daniel
llano , L. J. Oarpenter , John .Fynn
Bnd James ] { outsky , 'rhe capital
'
.tock Is $100,000.
The dam put In by the Stanton Water -
ter Power company at a cost ot $ ' 1-
500 wus completed lust Saturday and
was carried out for the second time
about six hours utter its completion.
'rbe structure was put In by the
Beardsley Gravity Dnm and Consruc-
tlon company and had not yet been
accepted by the Stunton Water.Power ,
rnmpany. The contrnct prlco was
87/i00 / , of which $ CiliOO had been paid
dllrln construction } Jack cf tbese
payments 18 a S10OOO bond glTen bJ
\Ile Beardsley company.
A liard 8truge1e.
When you have a bnd back , a back.
, that's Inme , wenk or achln , It's a burd
struggle sometimes to find relief and
cure , but It's n harder struggle when
the dangers beset you ot urinary dis-
orders. too trequent urination , retention -
tion or the urine with all the 8ubse--
qlleDt Imlns , annoyances nnd sutrerlng.
'here are mnny medicines that rellevo
tllese condilions , but you want a rem-
edy-a cure. Head this statement ; It
tell ! ! or a cure that lasted :
Vt > ternn Josiah llellcr , place or resl-
deuce 700 South Walnut street , Ur-
buna , Ill. , SUYII : "In the tull or 1889 I
IJrocllr'd Doun's Kidney Pills at Clln-
Dlu hum's drug store In Champnlgn.
and uttcr tnklng the remedy consclen.
lIously .1 matlc a public statement ot
the results. I told how Donn's Kidney
) > 11111 relieved me ot kidney trouble , dls.
pOBed ot my lame back and the pain.
neroll8 my loins , benenth the shfluldel
blades , etc. During the Interval which
hUll elul ed I have hud ocaslon at times
' ,
'to l'fOrt : to Doan's ICldney 1'1118 when
1 uotlced warnings or another attack.
and on each' and every occasion the reo
.ult obtalnetl w 1s just a8 ButiaraCtOl'7
as when the pills were Orst broght to
illY notice. At this time I just as em.
pbatlcally endorse the preparation as I
jdhl several 'enrs ago. "
A FlUm TIUAL ot this great Kid.
.ney medicine which cured Mr. Ueller
will be malled 00 application to an ,
purt or the United Sh\tes. AddreJll
l < 'oster.Mllbllrl1 Co" l1ll'alo , N. Y. (0'01
sull' . h ) uU drugKlsts , price W cents pel :
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