THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 13,1901
The fiotff oik rietns
It you wtxiit a real thorough tout of n
tlotcotlvo'H ability , have him look up a
famous beauty or public individual \vtth
only iv newspaper likeness IIH u ohm.
"Unolo Russell Sngo will probably ad-
vlio his potltlouerH to attend Ilio pro
posed Oarnoglonnlvendty 1C they will
ncci-pl Huoli advleo In Hcu of u nioro
Biibstuntlal gift.
Miss Stout ! appears to hnvo uioro lives
tlmu a miokfnl of ThomiiR cats. It IB a
jaro day that idio is tint hilled , by the
newspaper corriippomlontN , to bo tosur
roctcd again on the morrow.
Ohio democrats Hpont $13,000 during
the recent campaign whllo the ropultll
ciuiH of Iowa expended but $5,000. It IH
ovlduitoo that the largest campaign' wad
dooH not always win tlio battlo.
Moiubora of congress are ovldontly
determined that tluno shall bo HOUIU
thing to do during the present mission
ixnd introduced ! t,000 bills the first Ua"y.
History will support the bollof that but
about ono of thorn will rocolvo the
notion of the body and the other 3lll , ! )
will moot their fate at the hands of the
committees.
Wheat is making an interesting
splurge In the Chicago niaikot and en
tortiiiuing the bulls and beam with itn
onorgotiu HtuntH. It has now advanced
above 811 oontH and is likely to go
higher. With wheat up the farnteiH
will have an additional income to keel
the wolf from the door until another
crop unn ho raised.
Oklr.homa appeared early in the prcH
-cut HOHBiou of oongroHH and applied for
ndiiiihHion as a stato. The plan to com
liluotho Indian territory with Oklahoma
ixs one state will moot with general ap
proval and It is probable that the torrl
4 ry'8 application for otatohood will bo
given nioro serious consideration by the
congressmen on that account.
President Roosevelt's first message to
congress has mot with very general ap
pruval ou the purt of the press of the
ooDUtry. It is doubted if the message
of any previous president has boon moro
favorably received. It is an oxcellon
testimonial to the president's abilitv
and the country may well congratulat
itself ou the fact that ho was elector
vice president and in a position to sue
coed President MoKiuloy.
J. Sterling JMorton thinks that tin
Ohristmas tree custom is a positlv <
iiionaco to the country and that th
thousands of young trees sacrificed t
the festival might much bettor bo left
standing until maturity when they
could bo utilized for lumber and other
moro important nses. Mr. Morton ib
not far wrong. Stockings and chimneys
could bo employed without robbiug the
forests , aud with almost equally satis
factory results.
A member of the ( lint glass workers
union at Muuoio , Ind , was convicted by
fruit jars than the regulations of the
union permit , the other day , aud a dele
gation waited upon the omployora and
naked for a discharge of the offender
The demand was uot complied with ,
whereupon thirty nion dropped their
tools aud walked out. Isn't it possible
there may bo two sides to this labor
question , occasionally ? Fremont Her
ald.
Things are looking dubious for the
democratic party in Missouri. An ex-
state ollloiiil is suing the St. Louis Re
public for $50,000 damages for libel aud
a number of ex-state oillcials , including
two ox-governors , are brought into the
the row. It is anticipated that a num
ber of important disclosures will bo made
before the affair is settled and it is prob
able that the split will broaden and dif
ferences increase. Missouri is evidently
u need of some good republican govern
ment to place it in a good light before
the people.
A large meeting at Chicago Monday
night fought a decisive battle for the
Boors of South Africa without injury to
the participants and probably with little
benefit to the burghers. The warriors
who made the most noise were the kiud
who do their fighting at long raugo aud
take the moat credit for a victory if their
side wins. The Boors are deserving of
generous treatment but they probably
appreciate the work of Americans who
are lighting in the field moro than those
who are attempting to excite public
sentiment. '
Senator Hoar proposes to have the
couutries of the world go in cahoots and
purchase an island to which anarchists
may be deported. The senator is cer
tainly generous. The people deported
could then have law or no law a& they
saw fit. Perhaps they wouldn't need to
be deported. With this Ideal refuge be
fore them they would flock to the island
like rats from a sinking ship and there
enjoy their existence on lines laid down
by their teachings. They would cer
tainly have the consent of all civilized
countries to migrate.
An army captain has been put on
half pay for six mouths for ' cursing r
private. The time was , and is in othei
countries , when an army officer was
supposed to have imperialpowor regard-
lug the privates under him but that Is
passing , with a raising In the guide of
privates. Tlio pilvato Is mipposed to
implicitly olmy Ills ofllcor and submit to
anything umminahhi in the way of pun-
inhnuint , but the oflU'ers are finding t''nt
( hey are not slaves and thatlhn government
mont IH of moro importance than the
olllour. It IN a needed lesson.
An Iowa man took a novel but olloo-
tlvo plan to gut oven with a gang of
patent fence agents. Ho signed a con
tract to become their agent and after
wards dlfcovtirod that it was an order
for SI of the machines. Ho soonred the
contract from the agenlR and ate it In
their pronoun ) . They had him arrested
for larceny but will probably cxporl-
once considerable dillloulty In proving
their OIIHO. If people must sign papers ,
not knowing their contents , the Iowa
plan is probably not the worst way of
correcting the mlstako.
It depends largely upon the present
session of congress whether the republi
can party IH to continue in supreme con
trol of national affair * . A prompt , bnsl-
nesH-liko handling of the important
questions coming before the body will
give the majority party a standing with
the people that nitnnot be overcome.
The opposition will endeavor to make
the best points possiblebut , if there is no
foundation tor their attacks the pcoplo
\\illignorothoinan they have in the
piist. Tlio republicans cannot afford to
do otherwise than the people will con-
Hldnr right.
Even little Switzerland is becoming
alnrmed at the Yankee peril and the
watchmakers propose to combine to
excludeAmoricanmado cheap watches
from Europe. The tinio was when the
cheap Swl&H watch was very common
in Aniorica , but now it appears that
the American cheap watch makers
are uot only supplying their own
trade but are invading the markets
of Europe to the extent that the
Europeans are alarmed for their
custom. This is certainly a wonderful
country and the world is beginning to
find it out.
Some' people probably thought that
the defeat of the free silver issue would
mean that the mints would close down
Indefinitely especially in regard to silver ,
but the report of the director of the
mint indicates that thomintsaro adding
to the circulation of the country at n
pretty lively clatter. During the yoai
ending Juno UO the mints have struck
17(1,1)1)1) ( ) ) ) , 183 pieces of money. Of thit
$1)0,0(15,715 ) ( was in gold coin $31,208,850
in silver dollars , ! J10,9 ( > < iil8 in frao
tional silver and $2,009Ci8 ( wna in minoi
coins. The mints have therefore adder
not a little to the per capita oirculatioi
of the country.
The Niobrara Pioneer is jubilant ovoi
the prospects of a railroad for that village
lago and almost its entire editiou of Insi
week was devoted to railroad news , go
ing so far as to put it into poetry. It ii
Indeed an event in the history of Nio
brarnand the people are justified it
showing their joy. Omaha and Sioiu
uru louuHiuiug iiiuiiisuivea uvur an
extension of territory and increased
trade ; Norfolk is extracting not a little
comfort from the prospects hold out by
the now lino.but Niobrara , LynohButto
and the territory tributary to them arc
the ones that will receive the greatest
benefit aud are entitled to the greatest
shore of joy.
A Pittsbnrg physician claims to have
locurod a serum that will cure lockjaw.
Sow if anyone gets the disease from
being inoculated with the diphtheria
iorum they can have it followed with a
dose of the lockjaw serum , but if that ,
.u . turn , produces another disease , an
other serum must bo discovered. This
orum euro seems to have no limitations
md it is probable that the doctor of
3001 will Imvo nothing else in his medi-
clue case. If it docs the business , how
ever , that is all th common people need
desire. It is to bo hoped that a serum
hat will cure a loan pocket book , for
others beside physicians , will to the
next thing undertaken.
The Nebraska Independent is of the
opinion that David B. Hill as candidate
for president would poll no moro votea
in Nebraska than would J. Sterling
Morton for the same position. It is
probable that Mr. Morton might secure
a vote that would surprise the Indepen
dent which evidently believes that Mr ,
Bryan is the only person who can poll
even a fair vote in the state , but that
debs not seem to bo the issue. Nebraska -
braska fusionlsts have failed a couple of
times in an effort to elect a president
and it has developed to the satisfaction
of numerous voters that the vote o !
other states beside this will bo requiroc
before a democrat can bo placed in tin
presidential chair.
The proposition made by the e ectrii
light company to the city at the las
meeting of the council , wherein it ii
proposed to furnish street lights at thi
rate of $1.50 per month for each light
has every appearance of fairness , am
wo believe it is one that bhould have thi
serious consideration of the council. I
is a fact that the streets should bo mncl
bettor lighted than they are , and wit !
the rate that is now offered there is n
apparent reason why Norfolk shonli
not bo illuminated in a manner whicl
335
, vill bo a credit to HIM olty The Htato-
iieut in Hindu that no city In Ilio Main
H lighlt d at a rule HO cheap usf I 50 a
iioulh per lump , and them IH every
PMHOII to believe thill thtH U true. At
ill cvnitH , thi ) pile" IH low enough and
food buslnoHH judgment on the part of
ho clly would uiiiiuoHtionably bo to ac
cept it , and thus meet the public demand
'or ' better lighted streets.
It will be 1)8 ) years the 2th ( ) of this
nonth since Louisiana , then including
n hirgo portion of the territory west of
ho AlisHtHHipp ! river , was purchased
rein the li'ronoli. Ninoty-olght years inlet
lot a long time in the life of nations and
erritorles but It IIUH witnessed wonder
ful developments in this country. A
wild prairie , inhabited by savages and
wild beastf , bus been converted into ono
: > f the most prosperous agrioulturnl
rogloiiH of the country and of the world.
The small sum paid the Fronoh for the
territory would not now purchase ono of
the single HtateH carved thorofrom. It
was an early and profitable expansion
ind meant moro to the country than the
most wild imaginations of those rcppon
siblo for ilH puvohiiho would indicixto. If
all other e.xpiuihioiiH of the United StutoH
prove as profitable as the LouHiamx pur-
chute , there is no foretelling how
Krent and wealthy the country may bo-
conio
The Washington correspondent of the
State Journal under the ( Into of the Dth
hays : "Tho army board adjourned today
to miiko a tour of western military posts
and will incut , hre nfrnln in adjourned
mission in January. It is known to a
certainty that l''ort ' Crook will farewell
well at the hands of the Keneruls , but no
prediction can bo made with reference
to the posts in northern Nebraska. " It
would appear from this that in consulta
tion with the powers that bo the South
Platte people had not yet decided that
tho. northern military posts might ex
pect anything. It is in line with the
policy to suppress north Nebraska and
any ambitious that might arise. It is
yet to be demonstrated , however , that
the South Platte can do as it sees fit con
tinuously and arbitrarily. It may bo in
the saddle now , but a time for reckoning
will como. There can bo no permanent
good gained to the South Platte moguls
and there will bo a sectional fooling de
veloped that may prove very embarrass-
lug to them In the future.
The Sioux City Tribune thinks that if
Supervisor Fruui of Woodbnry county
has boon guilty of kidnaping aud de
porting insane patients it is but what
other supervisors of Iowa counties and
neighboring states have done. In Iowa
the law is that n county sending nu in
sane patient to a hospital must pay $12
u mouth for that patient's mainten
ance. The Tribune is of the opinion
that with a law like that of New York
whore the state boars the expense of
keeping the patients there would bo no
incentive for "losing" such charges ,
lu connecting Nebraska with its list of
states guilty of this practice the Tribune
is finding fault with its ideal system ae
this state pays for the maintenance of
its insane patients , with but slight ex-
IUUHU IU UUUU lUUlVlUUUl
vhon the paper states that Nebraska
onnties have been guilty of deporting
heir unfortunates it is evidently male-
ug an assertion without a knowledge of
ho facts. The findings of the grand
ury in Woodbury county would indi-
ate that Nebraska has been caring fern
n number of Iowa insane patients but
hat any have been passed from this
tate into. Iowa unless they belonged
here , is doubted. If this has been the
ichomo of Woodbnry and other vlowa
ouutios this state will join with the
Tribune in desiring that the Iowa law
be changed.
The Tildon Citizen says : "Tho clos-
11 g of the Norfolk asylum is causing
mich weeping and wailing aud guash-
.ug . of teeth in that city. What the
Norfolk NEWS says about Governor
Savage is perfectly true. " The Citizen
hen intimates that the people of that
town would pull off their coats and help
Norfolk out if an old score , was settled.
The Citizen appears to bo laboring under
the apprehension that Norfolk , and
Norfolk alone , was the loser by the re
moval of the hospital. This cityin fact ,
has little moro to lese than any town in
north Nebraska. It was a home for the
unfortunates of the north half of the
state. Norfolk merchants secured a few
contracts at a price on which there was
small profit , but many of the supplies
wore sent from other cities. Norfolk's
fight to retain the institution has been
largely in favor of the people of this
sec tion of the state and if the people do
not choose to help it will be as much
their loss as anyone's. North Nebraska
will never gain anything by allowing
the jealousies of towns to interfere
with the progress and development of
this part of state. If a Tildou family
has an unfortunate member who needs
treatment in an institution of that char
acter they should prefer to keep them
near homo rather than to send them to
Lincoln or Hastings. Hero they could
bo visited with little expense or incon
venience , and their treatment conld bo
watched , but as for being at Lincoln or
Hastings they might as well be in Chic
ago as far as the ability of some fatnilius
to visit them is concerned. The removal
of the hospital was a blow at Norfolk
but it was equally severe to north Ne
braska.
With thin Ideal Chrl turns Weather
Santa Claim should have no exenso for
not milking a complete and generous '
tour of the world
The South Carolina senators appear
on tlio program to furniHh a diversion to
staid congresFiuon with extracts from
their fatnoiiH controversy.
The Omaha school pupils have been
bothered with cloak room thieves and
nxvo fornu-d ,1 court of Inquiry to appro-
lend and HOttlo with the offender. It
H ix most reprehensible form of larceny
but n clover way to punish the guilty
torsoii.
The democrats of the country are
hiding gome comfort in the fact that
iJoston has just elected ix democratic
nixyor , with ix largely increased plural-
ty. It is scant consolation , however ,
for the defeat the party received at the
list gone nil election.
It would bo a good joke on the anar
chists \\lien they are given an island
to themselves by the world powers , the
governments would likewise present
them a law for their government. Time
will piobably demonstrate that they
need such an arrangement.
The isthmian cixnal subject is to betaken
taken up by congrets at oiico aud the
prospects for the curly introduction of
the Atlantic to tlio Pacific via Nicaragua
uro flattering. The irrigation problem
is a companion in importance to the
canal question and should receive early
attention.
The young unmarried men of the
country should support the Fremont
Tribune's suggestion of an export tax on
tVmorioiu heiresses who wed English
noblemen and an internal revenue tax
ou male babies. There uro nearly 2 ,
000,000 moro men than women in the
United States.
The Boot Sugar Gazette of Chicago is
throwing the white light on trust meth
ods in a manner that bodes no good for the
magnates. The people might have been
misled by the glittering inducements of
the trust , on short notice , but with time
to consider the proposition will be found
supporting the American industry.
An Omaha minister's wife has been
detected at shoplifting. She gave as an
excuse for the offense that her husband's
salary was so meager that sno was
driven to that method of procuring
money. She thus makes members of
his congregation party to the act. The
moralis plain to be seen : Pay the
preacher.
The Retail Grocers association o :
Denver has adopted a resolution tha
those who compose it will handle bee
sugar exclusively hereafter. This ii
the sort of sympathy that will benefit
the growing American industry and
few more attacks of the sugar trus
will undoubtedly result in other nssoci
ations taking a like stand. The sngai
trust cannot hope to overcome the bee
sugar interests in popular esteem.
Andrew Carnegie proposes that the
United States government shall benefit
by roasou of his wealth , gained in this
country , and will give $10,000,000 to es
tablish a national university in Wash
ington. If all millionaires were like
Carnegie talk about an income tax and
the iniquitous trusts would bo superflu
ous. Mr. Carnegie is doing moro for
his country than conld have been ac
complished with the money derived
from a tax on his income.
The sugar trust's wonderful effusion
"Whar Dew I Cum In ? " has been ap
pearing on the patent side of many Ne
braska weeklies , which shows that
Havemeyer has some shrewd workers
in his vineyard. The patent houses un
doubtedly received some compensation ,
but the editors of some of the papers
would undoubtedly be justified in in
quiring "Whar Dow I Cam In ? " It
was probably published without their
knowledge or consent and it is donbtfnl
if it represented their sentiment to any
degree.
Since the republican party came into
control of national affairs the expenses
growing out of the Spanish-American
war have been paid and $147,000,000 of
the public debtgroated during the Cleve
land administration have been cancelled.
Besides the treasury has accumulated a
surplus that is a menace to the peace of
mind of democrats who favor scant
revenues , increased debts and a bank
rupt treasury. The showing is quite
satisfactory to the people , however , and
the probability is that republican finan
ciering will continue to have their sup
port as long as the present first class
record is maintained.
Richard Orokor thinks that a loader of
Tammany isn't made ho just grows ,
like Topsy. The boss seems to hove the
same opinion of himself that people
holding all kinds of positions in all parts
of the country have formed. With a
little advancement or a modicum of
praise they begin to swell up aud im
agine that they are indispousiblo to the
person or organization giving them em
ployment and when the time comes for
them to retire , they are very much sur
prised and chagrined to find that the
business or practice of their employer
proceeds just as smoothly aud as satis-
aotorlly , aud perhaps moro so , as before
heir retirement. This is particularly a
'nuIt with young men holding down
heir first jnh , who put an extra swagger
HI whim they ncoivo a compliment erin
in advance. Urokor IH old enough ,
lowovor , to have learned butter. Ho
"hould " know that 1'ammany is llkuly to
jronpor , na far IIH the Influence of the
3hlef Is concerned , long after ho is cloud
ind forgotten. There are fosv men in
my walk in life who uro indlHponsiblo ,
ind the world continues to w.ig long
xfter they have passed from the stage of
Activity , as thougn they had never ex
isted.
DACK TO SLOW SCHEDULE.
Rsllroada Agree to Stop Cutting Time
on Omaha Run.
Chicago , Dec. 12. An agreement
was reached yesterday by the execu
tive ofllcorH and general passenger
agents of the western roads regarding
the tlmo of trains between Chicago
and St. Paul aud the Missouri river
gateways. A 'resolution was adopted
providing that not later than Dee. 31
the minimum time Hchcdule between
Chicago and Omaha shall be 13 hours
and 30 minutes and that not later
than Doc. 22 the minimum time sched
ule between Chicago and St. Paul and
Minneapolis shall bo 12 hours and C5
minutes.
TI Is puts the schedu s between
Chicago and Onmha back to the slow
tlmo made under the old agreement
while the tlmo between ( Jhlcngo and
St. Paul Is only 25 minutes faster than
that made under the old agreement.
It Is understood that the president
of ono of the roads objects to the
agreement and the prospect Is that ho
will repudiate It. lie takes the po
sition that the principle of fixing tbo
time schedule of short lines to meet
the condition of long lines Is wrong
and against public Interests.
IOWA PARKS AND FORESTS.
State Commissioner Proposed to Su
pervise Reservations.
Dos Molnes , Dec. 12. The Iowa
Park and Forestry association yester
day adopted the draft of a bill to be
presented to the state legislature pro
posing to create the office of state
park commissioner and to make the
secretary of the department of horti
culture ex-offlclo Incumbent of the of
fice. He Is to have general super
vision over proposed parks and forest
and orchard reservations in the state
of Iowa. The bill provides that per
sons may set aside tracts of land for
forest or orchard reservations and re
ceive concessions In the way of taxa <
tion. The object of the movement Is
to encourage the making of many
small parks along the streams of the
state and near the lakes. At the meet
Ing of the State Horticultural society
last evening the old officers were reelected -
elected without opposition. The For
estry association , which met In the
horticultural rooms , also passed reso
lutions indorsing the plan for a great
national park at the headwaters o ;
the Mississippi and for other natlona
forest reserves.
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
Woman Victim of Mysterious Attack
Has Not Recovered Consciousness.
Washington , Dec. 12. There have
been no developments tending to
throw any light on the mjatery which
surrounds the assault on Mrs. Dennis
The victim's condition remains very
much the same. The physicians In
attendance on her express the opln
Ion that If she lives for 48 hours there
may be some hope for her recovery ,
She Is conscious at times , but not very
rational. Every word she utters In
these periods of lucidity Is carefully
noted by the watchers In the hope tha
something will be said that will as
slst the detectives.
Secures New York Terminus.
New York , Doc. 12. A. J. Cassatt ,
president of the Pennsylvania Ral
road company , made public his plan
for securing a New York terminus fo
the company. He said that connectlo
would be made with the Long Islan
railroad by tunnel and that the twi
roads will hare a joint undergroun
terminal station In New York city.
Pinmore Towed Into Port.
Portland , Or. , Dec. 12. A dlspatc'
to the Merchants exchange says th
bark Pinmore was towed into Pori
Angeles yesterday. The Plnmoro wai
supposed to have been lost after hav
Ing been stranded on the beach nea
Gray's Harbor during the storm last
Wednesday.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
The Mormons have made 3,000 con
verts In the mountain counties of
West Virginia this year.
A block of business houses , 12 In
number , were destroyed by fire at
Sweetwater , Tex. , Wednesday. Loss ,
$150,000.
The Red Cross society held Us an
nual meeting In Washington Wednes
day and unanimously re-elected Miss
Clara Barton president.
Dick Little was shot and instantly
killed at the Holmes hotel in Shawnee -
nee , O. T. , by Perry Grlffln and the
'latter ' made good his escape.
At a meeting of Republicans , hold
at Aurora , Ills. , Congressman Albert
J. Hopkins , formally announced him
self a candidate for the United States
senate ,
Major George L. Scott has been de
tailed by Secretary Root as acting In
dian agent at the Leech Lake agency ,
Walker , Minn. , relieving Captain Will-
lam A. Mercer.
The Choctaw Railway company has
signed a contract with the citizens of
Guthrlo to build to that city at once
from Hartshorn , I. T. The distance
Is 140 miles. Work will begin at both
ends of the line.
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Pair Wanted in Portlancl Arrested -
rested in Omaha.
MUCH OF THE LOOT RECOVERED.
Negro Woman and Her Male Compan
ion Supposed to Be Implicated In
5-10,000 Robbery on the Coast Pawnbroker -
broker Furnishes Tip.
Omnlm , Dec. 12. The Omaha police
believe they have under arrest ono of
the persons Implicated In the $10,000' '
diamond robbery committed In Port
land , Or. , Nov. 17. The suspect Is a
negrcss named True Johnson. In her
possession has been found diamonds
and jewelry to the valueof $3,000 ,
each Item of which answers the de
scription sent out by the owners of
the property. With her was arrested
her lover , W. II. Woods. Her hands
were fairly ablnzo with diamonds and
uevornl stones of the first water twink
led from Woods' shirt front.
Yesterday an Omaha pawnbroker
visited police headquarters with a diamond
mend brooch , upon which he had just
inado a loan of $200 to a colored
woman. The woman's house was
raided and the plunder was found ,
along with the $200 check given her
by tlic pawnbroker on the brooch and
a return ticket jto Portland.
Two Suspects Arrested.
Portland , Or. , Dec. 12. Brooks
Grant , colored , a barber's porter , who
came hero about three months ago
from Montana , and Kelly Wiley , also
colored , a waiter on a Northern Pa
cific dining car , wore arrested hero .
on a charge of robbing A. F. Lowen-
thai , traveling salesman for a New
York jewelry house , of $10,000 worth
of diamonds at the Hotel Portland
on the night of Nov. 17. Both men
deny any knowledge of the robbery.
Grant says that he knows W. H.
Woods and True Johnson , who were
arrested In Omaha yesterday on the
same charge.
THREE TEXANS DIE FIGHTING.
Officer Fatally Wounded Fires Shot
Which Kills Bunco Steerer.
Houston , Tex. , Dec. 12. When Ofll-
cers J. C. James and Herman Younst
attempted to arrest an alleged bunco
steerer , Sid Preacher , yesterday after
noon , the latter opened fire with a
shotgun. At the first fire he mortally
wounded James , who fell. He then
fired at Younst , knocking him down ,
and was on top of him , beating the
officer , when James raised himself
from the gutter and fired three times ,
killing Preacher. Both James and
Younst were dead before assistance
came. There Is great excitement over
the matter , as this Is carnival week
and the town Is crowded with people.
A warrant was sworn out by the
deputy chief of police for J. B. Brock-
man , Preacher's attorney , charging
him with murder and he has been
jailed. It IB charged by the police
that the attorney advised Preacher
to use a shotgun In case any attempt
was made to arrest him. '
Bel lava Nell Cropaey Dead.
Elizabeth City , N. C. , Dec. 12. W.
H. Cropsey , fatheof the missing Nell
Cropa y , yesterdaj issued a public letter -
ter , in which , after thanking citizens
of North Carolina for their kindness
and sympathy , he says the police of
this city and the citizens' committee
have done all human agency could dote
to restore his daughter whom ho
"never expects to see this side of the
great eternity. " Mr Cropsey says ho
will always believe James Wllcox In
strumental In his daughter's disap
pearance. Wllcox is now under $1,000
ball on the charge of abducting Miss
Cropsey.
Kilpatrick Identified as Bank Robber.
St. Louis , Dec. 12. Another crime
has been laid at the door of Ben Kil
patrick , the alleged train robber , who
was arrested in this city Nov. 5 after
passing a number of bills of the Hel
ena National bank , which were taken
from the Northern Pacific train when
it was robbed. Yesterday George S.
Nixon , president of a bank at Winnl-
inucca. Tex. , positively identified Kll-
patrlck as ono of three men who on
Sept. 19 , 1900 , entered the bank at the
muzzles of revolvers and forced Mr.
Nixon to hand over $32,340 In cash.
Favors Released From Jail.
Kansas City , Dec. 12. William Fa
vors , the negro car porter who was-
arrested last August , charged with
the murder at Pelrce City , Mo. , of
Miss Gazellai Wild , a crime which led
to mob riots and the lynching of three
innocent negroes , was released from
Jail hero yesterday , there being no
evidence against him.
Don't Ignore n mnn because he Is In
the lightweight class. It Is easier to
throw a cannon ball a mile than It Is
to throw a feather ten feet.
Sawyer-Lacey Wedding.
Osknloosa , la , , Dec. 12. Miss BernIce -
Ice Lacey , youngest daughter of Congressman -
gressman John F. Lacey of the Sixth
Iowa district , was married In this city
last evening to Carroll B. Sawyer , a
young business man of this city. The /
ceremony was In St. James' Episcopal / . * 'V ,
church and was witnessed by a largo . - . . - '
company of guests.
New Line to Europe.
Laporto , Tex. , Dec. 12. Steamers ,
for a now line to carry export trade
from Laporto to Manchester '
, England , * t
are In course of construction and a >
portion of the fleet will bo completed , ,4
and ready to put In commission by the ;
time the channel now under construe- f.
tlon between hero and Galveston la- * '
finished. $
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