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Till ! ] NOIIKOMC NKWS : I'MtlDAY. ' nKflh'MMMH If. UHlfi. MR. AND MRS. BLAKELY HEAR FROM CAPT. AND MR3. MAPES. THE TYPHOON WAS TERRIBLE "From 10 In the Morning Till 7 at Night the Storm Raged Hundreds of Lives Lost Sea Washed Into Houses Graphic Pen Picture. Mr. nml Mrs. C. A. Rlakcly of tills city received this morning two long letters , one from Captain W. S. Mapes und the other from their daughter , Mrs. Mnpca , for whoso snfoty , on nc- count of the typhoon which swept over the Philippine Islands , grave aliirm had been felt hero. The letters were written October 27. It Is thought that letters written just before the storm wcro shipwrecked and that this was the reason for the unexplained delay. The letters received show that there was every reason for the serious ap prehension of the Norfolk parents , as the homo of Captain Mapes faces the sea and was severely damaged In the storm. The waves from the ocean blew Into the front door and It was Till that the captain and three soldiers could do , with a table Jammed against the door , to keep It closed. And even then the fury of the typhoon frequent ly blew open the door and knocked all four of the men lint on their backs. Graphic Account of Storm. Concerning the storm Mrs. Mapcs writes : "Tho storm lasted from 10 o'clock In the morning of September 20 , until 7 o'clock at night. Nobody who has not been in one can realize the fury with which the wind blows and twists. First It comes from one direction and then from another , until it has switched from all four dlccrtions. And with each switch It becomes stronger. First Whiff Destroyed Houses. "The ilrst blow destroyed the sol diers' quarters. The house of the first lieutenant near our homo was un roofed and tipped in this first blow so that the lieutenant's wife became alarmed and ran for the home of the army surgeon here. Strapped Themselves Together. "In the home of the doctor he , his wife and this woman strapped them selves to the servants and , all tied to gether , they held to a door in a little room at the rear of the house. "Soon an immense , heavy tin roof from a Spaniard's house came ( lying through the air and struck the greater portion or the uoctor s nouso , ing it fiat to the ground. The only portion that remained standing was the llttlo room In which the people were huddled , strapped together. Expected House to Go Over. "I thought every minute that our house would go over. It shook and swayed and was in greater danger because - cause it Is built high up from the ground. As It was the roof was torn off and the kitchen was blown partly down and was separated from the rest of the house. "The last and worst blow of all came from the sea. Our house Is right at the edge of the water , with double doors and the porch facing the sea. Waves Dashed Into House. "Tho waves dashed clear up into our house and it took Captain Mapes and three soldiers to keep the door shut , which was all that saved the house. "They took a long table and braced It against the door , and every now and then the wind blow open the door and knocked them all down. Wo were all soaked through as the rain came down in torrents nil the while. "With the roof off the house , there was hardly a dry stitch of clothing left In the building. My trousseau was mined. A few bits of clothing In the trunk wcro saved. The piano was only saved by the coverings of rubber pouches over It. Awful Scene Next Morning. "Such a scene of destruction the next morning ! Not a roof was left in the town and all of the natives' houses wore flat on the ground. But for a wonder not a single person in the town was Injured in the slightest degree. "They say It was the worst storm that ever struck the islands. The old est Inhabitants say that they have never or seen nor heard of anything like II before. Finding Dead Bodies. "Threo sail boats were anchored Ir our bay. Two of them were blowr clear up on land and the third went under , drowning all on board. There were a great many Inter-island steam era and coast guard steamers de fitroyed , and hundreds of lives wort lost. Sixty on One Boat Drown. "A steamer went under with sixty 01 board , not far from hero. ( This Is th < boat upon which Mr. and Mrs. Blakel : feared , from cable accounts , Captali and Mrs. Mapes had perished. ) Th < people were beaten up against th < rocks and not a llfo was saved. The ; were mostly Americana. Two coas guards went down at Sorsogan am very few were saved. Mountains Whipped Bare. "The mountains arc perfectly bare li places , where the trees were twlstei up by the roots. The rlco and hem ] fields and banana trees were all dc stroyed. Writing further , Mrs. Mapes speak of the cholera situation. She says tha the dlaeaso came from China and tha the doctors gave ordora that no om was to eat anything except foods tha had been boiled , as the germs can go Into the body only by way of thi mouth. There are now very few cauo ; oft , and no now ones reported , so that ho resldontH tire all thankful. This a the coolest season of the year , which s ono reason for this Improvement. Cnptnln Mapes , writing , sayH that Mrn. Mnpcs has many pets , among hem being a monkey , two jiarrotH , wenty-two beautiful doves and u beau- I fill llttlo tamed deer which follows lor about like n kitten and which , vhen frlghtonod , curlH up In her lap. She has also n handsome gun with vhlch she has become export ns a nnrksmnn and she Is now ublo to shoot the tiniest target nt a distance. Captain and Mrs. Mapes are well ileascd with their homo and not nt all Unsatisfied. GREAT SILVER CARGO. Pacific Liner Will Take $2,400,000 to the Orient. In the treasure vault of the liner ) orlc , to sail Saturday afternoon for ho Orient , $2,100,000 In silver bullion , s consigned to the Asiatic coast , and still more Is to bo taken aboard the to.imor before her departure for the ar east , says u Snn Francisco dls- latch. Like the liner China , which econtly sailed for the Orient , the ) orlc takes an unusual amount of sil ver , on account of the prevailing high ate of exchange , and other following Iners are also expected to carry largo imotmts of silver for the far cast. TELEGRAMSJERSELY TOLD Thomas A Edison predicted tha , the secret of traiibinltting oloctrictt } over long distances will be discovered soon. Alumni associations demanded the dismissal of Senator Depew from the Tale corporation and the election of Secretary Taft. Amos M. Brown , for half a centur > a well known horseman of St. Joseph , was found dead in bed at the home of a relative In Greenwood , Mo Strained relations between Secre tary Slmw and Surgeon General Wy man caused by the threatened aban donment of the marine hospital ser vice , against which a charge of gross extravagance has been made. Ninety thousand dollars In gold , be longing to a shipper whose name the railroad and express companies will not divulge , was In one of the cars In the overland limited which was wrecked and burned last week at Ahsay , Wye , , and it cannot be found. SUITED ACTION TO WORD. Society Woman Takes Poison to Prove No Fear of Death. Miss Louise Westwood. a young so ciety woman , was dining at a restau rant with a friend , last night , when the conversation turned upon death , says i dispatch from Schenectady , N. Y. She spoke of those who feared death is foolish people. Then she left her friend for a few minutes and had no sooner reseated herself at the table than she fell to the floor dead. A doc tor was called , who , after an examina tion , declared she had taken poison. WONDERS TO BE UNFOLDED. Wizard Edison Looks for Greatest Dis covery In Making of Electricity. In the opinion of Thomas A. Edison , wonders are yet to be unfolded in the world of electricity. "Wo arc groping on the verge of an other great epoch in the world's his tory , " he said In an interview at nib laboratory in West Orange. "It would not surprise me any day to learn that some one , some group of the 800,000 scientific men who are investigating all over the earth , has sic/.ed upon the secret of electricity by direct process , and begun another practical revolution in human affairs. "It can be done. It will bo done. I expect to see It before I die. ' "The first great change In the pro duction of electricity will abolish car rying coal for that purpose , " ho said. "Instead of digging gross material out of the earth , loading it on cars , and carrying it , say 500 miles , there to put it under a boiler and burn , and so get power , we shall set up plants at the mouths of mines , generate pow er there , and transmit It wherever It is needed by copper wire. "Now , the truth is that It will cost a third less to transport electrical pow er by wire than to carry It In the form of coal in railroad cars. "Not only will electric power bo de veloped and distributed from coal mines In the future , but all the water power In the world will be used for the production of electricity. That movement has begun and Is advancing rapidly. " FATHER OF 31. Sixty-six Years of Age , Texan Has Many Children. J. D. Dismukc , n Lee county farmer , well preserved man , In good health , CG years of ago and weighing upward of two hundred pounds , is the father of thirty-one children , says a Taylor , Texas , dispatch. Dlsmuko IK a confederate veteran. Ho married Susan Singleton In Ten nessee at the ago of 20 , and she bore him seven children three girls and four boys , the latter two sets of twins. His first wife having died Dlsmuko married In 1807 Ella Skinner of Ala bama , who bore two girls and ten boys. In the second lot wore four sets of twins. Ills second wife died in 1882 , and In 1883 Dlsmuko married a wid ow , Mrs. Esker , from which union thrco girls and three boya were born. An Atchison woman knows how It feels to kill two birds with one stone. She has made six people mad by one remark. FLORIDA MAN ODJCCTS TO COM MITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. HOUSE ADJOURNS IN CONFUSION Minority .Leader Declines to Allow "Washing of Democratic Linen for Amusement of Republicans RaU Regulation Fight In Senate. Washington , Dec. 12. Williams , the minority leader of the house , "stepped ou the lid" Just In tlmu to prevent revelations In the nature of open criticism of the commlttco assign ments of certain of his colleagues lor which ho is responsible. 1'ayno , thu Republican leader , naively suggested a way by which the revelations might be made , but Williams assumed all responsibility and "docllnud to allow the washing of Democratic linen for the amusement of the Republicans. " The incident tollowcd the announce ment of committees. Lamar ( Kin. ) submitted and hud read a newspaper clipping purporting to quote \Vllllnnib to the effect that Lamar and Slmchol- ford ( Mo. ) had been left off the interstate terstato and foieign commerce com mittee because they had failed to fol low the Democratic caucus action of last session on the nil I mail rate bill. Speaker Cannon suggested that the statement re d did not constitute a question of personal privilege , which entitled Lamar to the tloor. "Tho gentleman might proceed by unanimous consent , " Miggestcd Payne. "How much tlmo docs ho want nn hour ? " It was hero that Williams strode forward from his seat In the rear. He hailed the speaker with word and ges ture , and when ho got his eye , he reserved his light to object only long enough to nuiKo the statement that In the Interest of Democratic "har mony , effectiveness and of general good will , which will not bo promoted by washing Democratic linen for the amusement of the Republicans of the house I object. " Immediately the situation became decidedly interesting. Lamar faced Williams , who stood close to him. and charged him with taking the matter Into the newspapers. Sharkclfoid was on his feet , vainly demanding to ask a question , and many Democrats applauded the stand taken by Will lams. Lamar demanded that Williams , call a Democratic caucus today or al low him to proceed. Speaker Cannon wielded his navel vlcoronslv nnil iln clarcd everybody out of order , and in the midst of the confusion , recognized Payne for a motion to adjourn , which was declared carried , and the session was over until Wednesday Before this Incident the session had proceeded without a hitch. The unan imous consent necessary to Increase the size of the larger committees had been giver and in this manner the Increased membership of the house and Increased Republican representa tion had been provided committee places , but had undo a gain of one , all of which Williams had declared satisfactory to the minority As an Indication of the Intention to begin work at once , several of the commit tees gained permission to have print Ing done and to sit during the ses sions of the house. TUESDAY TOPICS. P. Cline of Newport was in Norfolk this morning. C. W. Nordwig is down from Pierce. R. E. Faor of Madison was In the city over night. John Boasarrt of Pierce was In Nor folk over night. V. Gche of Humphrey was In Nor folk over night , A. Pohlman was in the city over night from Pierce. Ed II. Byerly of Petersburg was In Norfolk over night. W. II. Kramer of Humphrey was In Norfolk over night. A. E. Remender of Plalnvlew was In the city this morning. Arnold IJhlman of Tllden was In Norfolk this morning. L. D. Sherman of Monowl was in Norfolk this morning. Charles Russell of Albion was In Norfolk this morning. Frank Hough of Newman Grove was In Norfolk over night. Mrs. II. H. Mohr df Pierce was in the city this morning. L. A. Fisher was in Norfolk this morning from Oakdalo. Miss Martha Wolfe of Battle Creek was in the city yesterday. Trainmaster Frank Roach of Fre mont was in Norfolk yesterday to at tend a meeting of Northwestern offi cials held In tbo afternoon. Max Gordon Is expected to arrive this week from Germany , to make his homo with his uncle , S. M. Rosenthal of this city. Mr. Uosenthal sent a ticket to the young man to make the trip. trip.Mrs. Mrs. Josephine Hull will move this week from her rooms In the Richards block to rooms at the residence re cently vacated by Mrs. A. D. Colo. A. Conrad Is dangerously 111 with typhoid fever. The Wednesday club will meet with Mrs. Storrs , Mathewson tomorrow afternoon tornoon at 2:30. : J. W. Tannehlll received his commls slon appointing him to a Panama post ofllco position by mall last night Conductor Robert Burns leaves to day with his family for Scrlbnor , where ho is to make his homo In the future There Is apparently no race suicide In Norfolk. The month of November ahowo four blrtha to one death , whlcl Is considered aair rato. There were Ivo deaths repotted to Julius llulff. lo- nl registrar , nml nineteen births ilno hoys and ( on girls. YeHiordiiy was one of the warmest lays of the present miiumor. The itior- urj cllmbod up lo the 112 point and ho coldest nil day WUH 22. II. V. Miller , local malinger of the U'ostorn Union ollleo , ban resigned his lOHlllou with that company and will 40 to work for the Union Paclllo rail- nail company. Ho will leave the Nor- oik ollleo tonight. Iln Is microodod > y Mr. Mutcnlfo , a MlHsoiirlnn , who irrlvcd last night and In today getting m the ropes of I ho Horvlco. ChnrloH 10. Flores , formerly a hnr- IOHH maker In Norfolk but until ro cully a resident anil business man at tattle Creek , bait located In Norfolk mil will ongiigo In the btiHluesit of nanufnctui'lng a tin hutonholo lo be mod on carriage curtains. The little irtlcle IH a patent metallic creation vlili-h HllpH on the button and then ocKii , HO that the curtain In not torn Ither In putting on or taking off. A lumber of iiuiniifaeturerH have pro- loiincoil the device nn good and have sUil that when the manufacturing lit1 gins they want to equip tholr ciirlahiH \lth them. The article IH made In 'hlcago and llnlHheil Iti Norfolk. Mr. "loroH will reside at 1101 Nebraska ivenuo. NEW TIME CARD. .Incoln Journal Says Lincoln May Got Sunday Train. Lincoln Journal : "llrakonion" on ho Northwestern are dlHOiiHHliig a now line card to bo Issued and made of- eellve Sunday next. What features he now card will have affecting Lin- olii are not known , although It IH lellevod there will bo mime changes in the Lincoln lino. Ono of the rumors gives Lincoln a rain out of this city on Sunday morn- ng on the regular week day leaving lino. At present the only train out on Sunday IH at 1lfi 1 : p. m. , It IB said that a now scheme hut ) icon worked out to relieve the con gestion between Omaha and Arlington. \ "switch train" will bo put In service ) ii that line , which will run from Omn- ta lu the morning , arriving at Arllng- on some time In the middle of the lay , and returns to Omaha In the after- moil. Tim train will handle local biml- IOSH and do the switching between ) malia and Arlington and at Arling- on. on.No. No. fi , westbound , it IH said , will bo vllovod of the local biiHlness east of Scrlbnor , and will make only Import- int stops. No. . ' ! will handle most of he local business. There may bo Hhor clmngoH , but UIOHO have not boon 'm-nnnRl PI ! Senate Confirmations. Washington. Doc 12 The senate In executive session confirmed the fol lowing nominations : Consuls Gab riel Die Ilavendal of South Dakota , at Dawson City , Yukon territory ; John B. Richardson of Kansas , at Jalapa Mex ; E. D. Young of South Dakota , at Smyrna. Turkey ; Thomas D. Ed ward of South Dakota , at Cludad Juarez , Mex Marshals Seth Bul lock , district of South Dakota. Excitement at Shanghai. Washington , Dec. 12. The sUUe department Is Informed from Shang hai by cablegram that great excite ment prevails there among the Chi nese , due to trouble between the mu nicipal authorities and the mixed court. The English alone among the foreigners are involved. Mining Company Will Get Out. Council Bluffs , la. , Dec 12. Be cause ol the activity of the tax ferrets rets of this city the Portland Gold Mining company will surrender its charter In Iowa and will rclncorpor- nte In Wyoming. The ferrets discov ered that the company wa.s paying no taxes to the state and tried to collect f 100,0' 0 back taxes. Hathor li : .n pay it the company decided to quit busi ness in Iowa. The company offered to pay taxes for 1006 , but no more. Cummins Makes Call for Crowe. DCS Molnes , Dec. 12. Governor Cummins Isbiiod a requisition for the return of Pat Crowe to Iowa for hold- lug up a street car In Council Bluffs tlio nielif of .Tnlv 2. 190r A womnn betrayed Crowe and ho will be tried upon her evidence. Lillian C. Bolton of Council Bluffs , In the hearing for a requisition , claimed that she over heard Crowe tolling others about the robbery of the car and the two pas- aeneora. TYPEWRITER HOUR RECORD. Pueblo Editor Makes Score of Nearly 5,000 Words an Hour. Ray T. Vanettlsch , state service cd Itor of the Pueblo Chieftain , last night broke the world's typewriting record for both the thirty minutes and ono hour tests , taking 2,600 words during the first thirty minutes and finishing the hour with 4,917 words , says a Pueblo dispatch. The dictation was received over the long-dlstanco tele phone from Denver , a distance of 120 miles. The previous hour record , 3 , 830 words , direct dictation , was made by Paul Muntor at Madison Square garden , Now York , November 4 , 1905 Case Is Dropped , Bristow , Nob. , Dec. 12. Special to The News : M. S. Stevenson , the man who shot nt Drayman W. E. Hlght Sat unlay , was arraigned before justice o the peace and was fined | 5.00 am costs for carrying concealed weapons Some facts developed during the trla that brought both parties to the be lief that the dropping of the matte would bo the best thing to do. No fur ther warrants have boon Issued and I Is thought the matter will bo dropped NORFOLK BOY HAS A HAND PUNC TURED WITH BULLET TODAY. HORACE WALTERS IS INJURED Playing With a 22-Callbro Revolver Yesterday Afternoon , the Son of Dr. F. G. Walters of Panama , Tripped a Trigger and Received a Wound. I Flow Wrilni'mliiy'H llullv.i Horace Wnllcm , Ill-yeur ohl HOII of > r. K , ( ! . Walloni who Iti now In Pan- ma , IIIIH a Hiuull ronn11 hole puiio urod through lilt ! lofl hand today , with lewder biiniH about the edgoH of the Kile. The channel WIIH bored through lie lul'n : liatid yoHlenlny afternoon vheu he pulled the trigger of a 22- allbro revolver which he held In bin If.hl hnml , with the bnrrol of I he gun minting toward the other palm. Contrary lo most canon of I he norl , liln hey knew the gnu wu.i loaded , lo illiln'l Know , though , that a idlghl oni'li on the trigger might choke out lend liullet and iioud II eniRhlnt ; hroiigh his Heidi. That hi the roaiioti hat he became careless In luniilpiilat uj ; the weapon nml that hi why bin mud wan perforated with the chunk f load. Young WnltorH1 wound hi not eoniild- red serious though , with blood poison- UK , II might give him eoniildorablo rouble. A white bandage , noaked vllh n little of crimson , WIIH all the vlilenco thin nioriilii ) ; of the accident , 'ho boy siiyn that ho feelH no pain , vhiitevor. Clioliiliii/rrr nt I In- < ij ink hnnn. Ill "Modern Inilln" the author.VI1 - him Eloroy Curtis , reconlH his moot- i\K \ with ( ho word gymkhium and 'venturer to nay ( hut nobody who him lot been lu India can irucsn what that nouns. " And If you want another conundrum , what Is a chotohnzrcc ? It IH customary for Hiuart people lo hnvc their choto- iii/.reo at the gymkhana , and I tlilnlt you would bo pleased to Join them nfl- cr taking the beautiful drlvo which eadH to tliu plnce. Nobody known whore the word WIIH derived from , but t Is used to di'Hcrlbo a country club- i bungalow hidden under a beautiful grove on the brow of M clUT that over inngs the hay -with nil of the nppiirte iniieoH , golf llnl.s , cricket grounds , racket courts and In lour gymnasium , Hid everybody stops there on nn uflor- iioon drive ( o have eliotohir/.ree , which H Iln.1 local term for nflernoon ten and for early morning colTee. Winding \ mr Wnlrli. The old superstitious belief that you will change your luck If you stop wind ing your wntch at night and wind It In the morning may Inivo some slight ba sin In fuel , according to a Jeweler , who sayH Unit the morning In the proper time to do Hie winding. This Is not only because the hour of rising IH for Uio average man much more regular Lbaii that for retiring , but oven the HO DC rest and most orderly of men lire apt to relax and prone to eareloHsness ill bedtime , when more or less worn b.\ the wear and tear of the day. In this condition the winding Is apt to be done in a Jerky , Irregular Hort of wny or too far or not fur enough. "Nine people out of ten wind their watches on going to bed , " Hiilil the Jeweler , "but If they would do It when they get up , at some regular point In the process of making their toilet , they would do It much but ter. " CurlnilN Aliiikliuiine , The moHt curious nlmshoiise In Eng land In St. Mary's hospital tit Clilclies- tor. There eight old Indies live actually In the church , which Is a line old build ing dating from 1(580. ( It WIIH originally a monastery , but when Queen Eliza beth came to visit there HIO ! turned It Into an nlinshousc to endure as long as almshouHcs exist. The old ladles have two neat little rooms each down thu sides of the main church , with win down looking out on the garden. The.\ have each a coal supply , a kitchen range , water mid gas. At one end of the church Is the chapel , where dall.i services are held. The choir stalls an beautifully curved old oak , the original scats that the monks used. The church stands In a quiet llttlo Kouaro. Reception to Bride and Groom. A reception was given last evening by Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wagner at their spacious home three miles southeast of the city In honor of Mr. and Mrs Quainlt of Woodland , Win. , who arc spending their honeymoon In thlH vl clnlty. Mrs. Quandt Is a sister of Mrs Ed. Wagner , Mrs. Fred Wagner am Frank Moldenhauor. There was a largo attendance at the reception am everyone present enjoyed the evening to the fullest capacity. Elaborate refreshments froshments were served during the evening. DEFENSE OF MATHEWS. Fremont Friends Feel He Has Had no "Square Deal. " Fremont Tribune : The Trlbun feeln warranted in saying a word in defense of Marshal Mnthews becaus his clean personal and political rocori justifies it. His dismissal from publl ofllco Is on the smallest offense fo which any man was over summarll separated from the government ser vlco. vlco.When When Paul Morton , then a mombo of the presidential cabinet , was dls covered to have violated the Intorstat commerce law by giving rebates to fa vored shippers of the Santa Fo roai the president condoned his offense nm wrote a letter of recommondatlo couched In the most flattering terms Paul Morton was a personal friend of ho proHldonl , hue ho violated the law. Surely if ilm prcHldont hi pormllleit o net In Hitch fashion with ono who riinsi'ioHHos ( ho law , frlontbi of T. L. Mat hewn who him violated neither law uir ptccoilciil , will bo pennltteil to \prnHH Ibelr belief In bin Integrity ml honor that In no lemi llrmly oHtnb- iHhed than thai of Paul Morton , or n.v other man who iillii or linn nut nt lie council table of the prcHldont. In bin republic wo do not hcllnvo In tbo Ivluo right of klngii. The king can it wrong. In bin ilaiih of Indignation IK * president him wronged an Innocent inn and Ilihi hi the nolenin judgment f a vasl majority of the unprejudiced ooplo of Ilibi Hlnte , who are able to Ifferetillato between a wilful wrong- nor and a victim of elreiiuiHtancoii. NO SUICIDE HCRE. < orcan Will Defer Self-Destruction , nt Leant for a While. Coinliii ; lo the United Htalefi to oilgo a formal protest with I ho United lutes government nialiinl ; I ho otilali- iHliniciit of the JnpnncHo protoclorutn ver Koron , Mill Viionj ; Teliaii , Into < oiean inhibitor lo Franco , wait In- 'tinned upon liln arrival yenlerday of n * Iniglc Hitlelile of bin brother , Mln 'ong Whim , Hiiyii u New Vork dhi- at eh. The In other , who wan formerly ICo- an inhibitor ( n the United Million , > < > K bin own life at Seoul tievernl ilnya go IIH a prdlcHl ngnliiHl the JupanoHn roleeldrale. Mill Viieng Telnui wan lionet her iinprepiired for I ho nowii , ml ho WIIH almost ptoHlnilcd when iiforineil of bin liiolher'H ileatli. In Koien , when u man taken Ma wn life , It IH the cimtoin for hlii broth- r nlm > to commit mileblo. Mr. Mln alii , however , Hint he could not proph- ny MB lutiire action. STOLEN GEMS RECOVERED. saac Lloyd's Twenty Thouoand Del lars' Worth of Diamonds Restored. IHIIIIC F. Lloyd , second vlco pronl- cut of tbc Mutual Ufo Insurance com- mny , at Die custom IIIIIIHO yoHlonliiy dentltled dlumondn , jewelry and Hll- erware to the value of $20,000 an bin roperly and all were delivered to ilm , siiyH a New York ( Unpaid ) . lOiirly In UK * year Mr. Lloyd'n IIOIIHO VIIH lolibod , and Hvu Werner , who had icon a Horvnnt there , was urroHtod In Milcngo with her brother-in-law. She s under Indictment , u prisoner In thin Ity. Ity.The The oiiHlomn uiithorlllen In Chicago earned Ilia ! n man and woman were rylng lo illspoHn of diamond ! ) In that Ity , representing them an smuggled. Special agents Hol/ed the goitin and irresled the couple. The factH about he jobbery hero then came out. POPULIST NOWJIEPUBLICAN Wcrt L. Kirk of Crelghton N ws Likes Roosevelt. Another popullntlc editor IIIIH Joined he ranks of the republican party bo- anne he roall/.od that the popullHts ire a thing of the paHt and that the ( publican party In the coiiHtructlvo larty. Thin In Wort L. Kirk of the Irelghton NOWH. IIo says ho could lever be u democrat. In nn editorial iiiiioiinceinent Mr. Kirk nays : Politically the NOWH will In the fu- lire bo conducted nlong the HIIOH of nilependent republicanism. I have UK ! thin change under contemplation for some time and It IH made only ifter duo and careful consideration. The reason Is simply this : I have been a popullHt over Hlnco the ncoptlon of that party. Ita principles were good , Its founders meant well , It was the party nearest the people , but iliiH , it Is now a matter of history. It suggested many reforniH which tlio old mrtloH have been forced to take up mil are now working out. ThlH Is es- leclally true of the republican party , which IUIH alwayn been a constructive uirty , and today wo have a republican iresident who Is making the fight of ils life for the people as against the coriKiratloiiH and trusts. President Hoosovolt Is a fearless leader , and Is closer to the people of this United States than any other public man to- lay. lay.There There Is only room for two great parties. Populists have realized thin mil are drifting to ono or the other of tno OKI parties , u is useless to Hang onto the fusion straw longer , It has proven a failure in every way. It Is either be a republican or democrat. I prefer tbc former. 1 make this change after the cam paign IH over and before another Is on In order to take no undue advantage of any person or party. I know n great many of my readers will not agree with mo on this , but all I can say Is , It Is my honest conviction. If It were not I would never make the change. Yours truly , Wert L. Kirk. PAPER VEST ROCKEFELLER FAD Crackling Sound Made Folks Near by Fear Oil King Was Breaking. A crackling sound , proceeding ap parently from within , drew the atten tion of n number of persons In the lob by of a hotel here to an elderly man , who clasped his hand to his breast ns though in pain , says a dispatch from Hot Springs , Va. "Aro you hurt , Mr. Rockefeller ? " asked several persons , who recognized the man , springing toward htm. "No , thank , you , " ho replied. "It Is only my paper waistcoat , which his- cracked. " The waistcoat , Mr. Rocke feller's latest fad , mndo of thin paper fiber , ho believes to bo a great protec tion In cold weather Ho hastened to his room to roi'nno It -f , nnottlOr. Superior engraved cards. Tbo Now * .