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Washington.
A social event oi interest in naval
circles took place in St. Margaret's
Episcopal church, when Miss Elsie
Jarvis McLean, daughter of Captain
Walter McLean, U. S. N.. became the
bride of Mr. Paul C. Patterson. A
number of naval officers were among
the attendants.
Tariffs filed by several western and
northwestern railroads with the inter
state commerce commission, making
advances of freight rates on grain
and grain products from the middle
west to eastern destinations have
been suspended by the commission
pending an inquiry into their reason
ableness. All of the tariffs are sus
pended until March 1..
Bug doctors of all sorts and from
all sections were given a hearing at
the department of agriculture, the de
partment desiring to obtain their
views in regard to proposed regula
tions under which insecticides and
fungicides are to be sold. The pure
food and drug act of April 30. 190C.
did not apply to insecticides, so a new
law has been framed to prevent their
adulteration and misbranding.
Cadet Frank B. Clay, first class.
United States military academy, a son
of Senator Clay of Georgia, has been
court martialed and sentenced to dis
missal from the academy without pay
and allowances until August 2S, 1911,
and then to join the first class. The
sentence was commuted by President
Taft so as to require Clay to be con
fined to barracks until May 21, 1911
und during that period to undergo dis
ciplinary tours every Wednesday and
Saturday.
Foreign.
Crippen, the London wife murderer.
Is to be hung November 10, the time
having been advanced one week by
the sheriff.
Eighty-five per cent of the inha
bitants of American Samoa are suf
ering from the hook worm disease,
according to the annual report of Cap
lain F. Parker. U. S. N.
President Falliers and the members
of the French cabinet are being guard
ed constantly as the result of the ap
pearance of anarchistic circulars con
demning the ministers to death.
The United States government is
preparing to pay rebates to importers
of Mexican drawn work to the esti
mated amount of nearly one million
dollars on account of excess duties
collected during the last seven years.
Joe Relvas, Portugal's minister of
finance, in an interview declared that
he was appalled at the corruption of
the old regime which his investiga
tion is revealing. For the future, he
said, it would be war to the knife
against special privilege abuses, and
It was almost unnecessary to say that
all the old government employes
would be dismissed. The king's civil
list of 3S00.O0O, the minister added,
would be replaced by a modest presi
dential salary.
General.
The last notable speech of Dolliver
In the senate was a defense of the at
titude of insurgents.
The interstate commerce commis
sion suspended the rate advance of
the transcontinental freight bureau.
Superior Judge Walter Bordwell
has ordered the empanelling of a
special grand jury of thirty men to
Investigate the dynamiting of the Los
Angeles Times building.
Examination of thirty witnesses
made a hard day's work of the special
grand jury which began the investi
gation of the Los Angeles Times ex
plosion. A decree was published in Athens
dissolving the national assembly and
fixing November 2S as the date for
the elections for th new revisionist
chamber.
The chairman of the Iowa demo
cratic committee proposes a state
wide primary on senator in November.
A Kentuckian who pleaded guilty
to murder was tried, convicted and
sentenced to be hanged, all in six
minutes.
The Boston and Maine railroad will
lot interfere in the politics of the
state hereafter, says its president.
United States Senator B. F. Shive
7 will undergo an operation for the
removal of a dead bone from his foot.
The senator will probably not recover
In time to re-enter the campaign.
Many lives are thought to have
been lost in the Thousand islands dis
trict during the recent hurricane.
The Nobel prize for medicine has
been awarded to Dr. Albrccht Kossel.
professor of physiology at Heidelberg
university.
The government has closed a con
tract for monthly mail service by dog
sled to the Iditarod and lsnoko dis
tricts in Alaska during the winter.
Charges that lobbying has been
done in behalf of a prohibition ar
ticle resulted in depriving reporters
of floor privileges in the Arizona con
stitutional convention.
Professor Woodruff of Cornell uni-rersits-
in a speech called Colonel
Soosevelt an unmitigated liar.
A tentative plan has been formed
by bank examiners to keep tab on
the large borrowers from national
banks in their respective dhrtricts.
Edward N. Whitson. juuge of the
United States circuit court of the
eastern district of Washington, died
at Spokane.
John J. Smythe. charged with hav
ing shot and killed his wife and
ilaneh'or in Norfolk. Va., September
3. lasL was found guilty of murder,
with electrocution as "the penalty.
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Dr. Crippen testified io bis owa '
half at the murder trial in Loadon.
Seventy-nine men gave their live
to save the forests of the west.
Mr. Bryan has been making some
speeches in Speaker Cannon's Illinois
district.
Philadelphia defeated the Cubs and
won the championship pennant.
Edgar Allen Poe has been, declared
entitled to a place in the hall of fame.
The Norwegian steamer Bluefields
is believed to have been lost in the
West Indian hurricane.
Theodore Roosevelt has put the
stamp of approval on the republican
candidates In Michigan.
Theodore Roosevelt spent his 52d
birthday in the thick of the fight for
the New York republican tate ticket.
The bodies of seven men, all vic
tims of the recent hurricane, were
washed up by the waves at Panta
Gorda, Fla.
The validity of the Carmack amend
ment to the Hepburn rate law is be
ing tested in the United States su
preme court
Dispatches received at Duluth say
that the steamer Langham was
burned in Lake Superior, but that the
crew was saved.
Lulggi Lucheni. who assassinated
the emperor of Austria in 1908, com
mitted suicide in his cell in the pris
on known as l'Eveche.
Memorial services for the late Sen
ator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa
were held in Washington in the
Foundry Methodist church.
Society has given up Its attempt to
reconcile Colonel Joan Jacob Astor
and Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, the beau
tiful wife who divorced him.
Fire destroyed twenty-seven build
ings at Mayeri, a town of Oriente
province, Cuba, a short distance from
Santiago. The loss is estimated at
$250,000.
A provision prohibiting the "third
degree" in police investigations was
:ntroduced in the Arizona constitu
ional convention as a part of the pro
posed declaration of rights.
By a decision of the interstate com
merce commission, it is not lawful for
interstate freight carriers to advance
the rates on shipments during the
period of their transportation.
A brutal murder was disclosed at
Cincinnati in the finding of the dead
body of a woman whose throat had
been cut and her head almost split
open, apparently by an axe.
The question of seven-day labor in
continuous process in the iron and
steel industry will be investigated by
a committee appointed by E. H. Gary.
chairman of the United States Steei
corporation.
Three women and one man, each
reputed to be more than 100 years
old, were among those rescued when
a fire broke out in the cellar of the
home of the Daughters of Jacob is
New York.
The Illinois Daily Newspaper asso
ciation at its annual meeting direct
ed a committee to draw a bill to pre
sent to the next legislature penal
izing the malicious giving of false
news to newspapers.
The state convention of the Wo
men's Christian Temperance union in
session in Hutchinson, Kas., pledged
sufficient money to place a Bible and
hymn book in the hands of every man
on the battleship Kansas.
Orlando F. Altorre, former post
office clerk, pleaded guilty in the
United States district court to the
embezzlement of $13,000 from the Los
ngelcs postoflice while he was em
ployed by the registry department.
A cable from Rio Janeiro to the
New Oreans Picayune says: "The
steamship Wally was wrecked near
the lighthouse at Arrosales off Para
and is a total loss. Some of the pas
sangers were rescued, but it is be
lieved that nearly fifty were drowned."
New York's Chinatown is to be
cleaned up as it has never been
cleaned before. This is the decision
of the new police administration. It
was learned at headquarters, and be
ginning at midnight, the police were
instructed to order all white persons
from the district.
With those national currency asso
ciations already formed and those in
process of formation, officials of the
Treasury department believe the
financial centers of the country are as
amply protected against financial
stringency as they can be by any aid
of the Payne-Aldrich law.
One of the naval changes and pro
motions resulting from the retirement
of Capt. U. S. G. White on account of
age was the advancement of Com
aander Robert E. Peary, the Arctic
explorer, to the rank of captain. Peary
has been the only civil engineer in
the navy with a rank of commander.
Personal.
When the case of Norman Pinder
aga'nst Jack Johnson, the heavy
weight pugilistic champion, charging
lssault, was called for trial In New
York, the complainant did not appear.
Ethel Clare Leneve was acquitted
of any connection with the Crippen
uurder.
Governor Carroll will appoint no
'uccessor to Senator Dolliver until af
er election.
Colonel Roosevelt discussed aban
doned farms and clean politics in his
tour of New York state.
Martin Y. Littleton characterized
Mr. Roosevelt as the would-be stew
ard of the entire universe.
Secretary MacVeagh is making an
effort to minimize the government's
'osses through undervaluation.
Former Congressman Simon P
Wolverin died at his home at Sun
bury, Pa., from paralysis, aged 73
years.
How W. F. and J. M. Taylor, broth
ers, of Columbus. O.. perished in the
recent hurricane on the gulf of Mexi
co, one dying in a vain attempt to
ave the other, is told in advices from
Mobile, Ala.
Postmaster General Hitchcock says
the time is near when the postoflice
department will be self-sustaining.
The Philadelphia North American
has been sued for libel by John K.
Tener, republican candidate for gov
ernor. Frank C. Williams and Anna Hull
of Pittsburg were found guilty of
violating the white slave law enacted
by congress on June 25, last.
Clarence H. Macksy has started
moving his Kingston stud from Lex
ington. Ky., to France, where he will
p.-ablish a great breeding plant near
Paris.
TAYLOR IS EXECUTED
MURDERER OF PEARL TAYLOR
PAYS THE PENALTY.
HE PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE
Governor Gives Consideration to His
Case but Refuses to Interfere
With the Courts.
Lincoln, Neb. For the murder or
his sister in-law. Pearl Taylor, age 15
years, Bert M. Taylor, of Minden, was
hanged at the state penitentiary Fri
day, the trap being sprung at 2:37
o' clock. The man was dead in thir
teen minutes.
From the scaffold Taylor made a
short statement in which he main
tained that he was innocent of the
crime for which he was to be execut
ed, saying:
"I am not the man they thought. 1
was convicted on circumstantial evi
dence and no case was made against
me." When the black cap was fas
tened around his face, he said:
"Good-bye to everybody. I am go
ing to a better country."
Taylor was perfectly cool when
walking from the hospital where he
has been confined to the building in
which the scaffold bad been erected.
He walked up the steps of the gallows
between two guards, and upon reach
ing the top examined critically, though
without touching it, the rope with
which he was to be executed. Then he
looked carefully over the crowd and
as he saw an acquaintance on the
scaffold, be reached out and shook
bands with him and inquired how he
felt. When he was asked if be had
anything to say he spoke as above.
A short time before the execution
Taylor was examined by a number of
physicians and his pulse registered
only eight-five and he was pronounced
sane and in good health and perfectly
calm and composed. When Warden
Smith informed the condemned man
that Governor Shallenberger had re
fused to interfere, Taylor said:
"What will you do now?"
"We will have to carry out the or
der of the court," replied tho warden.
Taylor hesitated, then said:
"What is to become of my body?"
"Relatives have requested the
body," replied the warden, "and it will
be turned over to them." Taylor
seemed to have an idea that the body
would be turned over to a medical col
lege and he did not want that done.
Taylor was not executed until every
legal action had been taken to save
his life. He had been convicted in
the lower court, and the sentence af
firmed in the supreme, court.
Appeal was then made to the gover
nor, who came home from a speaking
tour to hear the plea of Judge F. G.
Hamer. After governor bad refused
to interfere. Judge Hamer filed a mo
tion in the supreme court for a stay
of execution and a rehearing of the
case. The court was assembled and
declined to permit the filing of the
motion. Final hope was not abandoned
for the prisoner until 2:30 o'clock and
the trap was sprung shortly there
after. Y. M. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.
It
Has Now Reached Nearly Half a
Million.
Toronto. The triennial report of
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion of North America, made public at
the international convention hero to
day, placed the endowment fund on
January 1. 1910, at $1.174,SS5.8G. It
referred to the gifts of Mrs. Russell
Sage and the late Mrs. W. E. Dod,r
of a headquarters building to cost $1
500.000.
The report said the association of
North America have a membership of
49O.C00 men and boys, a gain of 13 per
cent, since the last convention in
Washington. Six hundred and ninety
four associations now occupy their
own buildings, representing a total
value of Jnl.COO.OCO. an increase since
1907 of $17,000.00!).
Not Good in Washington, D. C.
Washington. Divorce decrees grant
ed in South Dakota are not "Iesal
tender" in the District of Columbia,
according to a decision rendered by
Justice Ftnford in the district su
preme court.
Thousand Chinese Drown.
Victoria, B. C. One thousand per
sons were drowned at Chenkiang.
China, early this month, following a
rise of the Han river. Large areas in
the Chenkiang and Mcnyung districts
were submerged.
Long Flight By Tabutsau.
Etarnpes, France. Maurice Tabu
teau broke the world's records for
time and distance Friday by flying
2S9 miles in six hours in a continuous
flight.
His Bride Becomes Insane.
Monticcllo, N. Y. A few minute"
after Rev. J. J. Billingsly pronounced
Miss Minnie Jemp and Amos Carry
man and wife here Friday tho bride
was taken violently insane and was
removed to the Middletown asylum.
Turning to her husband after the
ceremony she accused him of having
the ceremony performed by a physi
cian instead of a clerygman. Miss
Jemp had never shown signs of in
sanity before and it is believed the
excitement of being married affected
her mind.
Cattle Breeders Association.
Chicago. The extension of sanitary
and practical dairying and general Im
provement are the purpose of the Na
tional Dairy Cattle Breeders associa
tion, formed here. All breeders of
special purpose dairy oattle are elig
ible to membership. The charter
membership represented nearly every
dairying section in the United States
and Canada. W. W. Marsh of Water
loo, la., was chosen president, R. B.
Swife of Chicago secretary and R. B.
Young of Buffalo Center, la., treasurer.
ALL OVER NEBRASKA
Com and Poultry Show.
Washington County At a meeting
of the executive committee of the Ar
lington Farmers' Institute association
it was definitely decided to hold a
corn and poultry show in connection
with the farmers' institute this win
ter and to push the matter from now
on with all possible energy.
Gives Nephew Home.
Richardson County Will Brunn of
Humboldt is the possessor of a new
home in the shape of a fine $2,000
property on Grand avenue. The home
is a gift from a wealthy uncle, James
A. Brunn of Kansas City, who has a
habit of giving this sort of present to
his nieces and nephews, having no
family of his own.
Pioneer Dies Abroad.
Dodge County Edwin H. Barnard,
Fremont's first settler, died at Lo3
Angeles at the age of 82. He was a
native of New York state and came
west with a party In the summer of
1856. Mr. Barnard surveyed and laid
out a tract one mile square as a town
site and on September 10 they chris
tened it Fremont.
Plans for Annual Session.
Gage County The annual session
of the Gage county farmers' institute
and school of instruction will be held
in Beatrice December 12 to 17. Presi
dent D. S. Dalbey and Secretary John
Essam are busy perfecting plans for
the work. The scope of the institute
is to be widened this year by a num
ber of features in addition to the reg
ular work of former years.
First Frost Appears.
Clay County The fir3t "white frost"
of the season to do special harm came
with water frozen about one-half of
an inch. As a.! corn is out of the way
of frost, farmers have been wishing
for a frost to help the gathering. This
is nearly one month later than the
first heavy frost came last year, and
this delay will give a large yield of
corn throughout the county.
Neck Was Broken.
Jefferson County O Van Wy. a la
borer of Fairbury. was instantly killed
at or near Reynolds. No one knows
how the accident occurred. He was
working for the Nebraska Telephone
company on some construction work,
and was driving a team attached to
a wagon load of heavy telephone
posts. He was found lying by the
side of the road with evidences that
one wheel of the wagon had passed
over him.
Killed In a Runaway.
Hall County Barnie Putschcr, a
prominent farmer living about seven
miles southeast of Cairo, was acci
dentally killed the other night by fall
in.? or being thrown from a wagon as
he was driving home. He came to
Cairo and. leaving his team, took the
train to Grand Island. He returned on
the afternoon train, and loading his
wagon with some woven wire fencing
ho started for home. His team came
in to the home of F. M. Dunlap about
four miles from town, the driver not
appearing. Investigation was made
and he was found dead in the road,
his neck being broken..
Hen Schultz Guilty.
Jeeffrson County The i jury in the
case of Henry Schultz, charged with
burglarizing the mill at Jansen on
the night of June 3, brought in a ver
dict of guilty, after having been out
seven hours. While there was con
siderable evidence favorable to the
prisoner, there was one witness who
swore that he had heard the racket
in the mill on the night in question,
and that he went to an open win
dow, struck a match and thrust it into
the room and saw a man trying to
pick the lock of the safe. This man
he positively identified as Henry
Schultz, the prisoner, and says that
ho talked to him at the time.
Kearney Boy has Bad Fall.
Buffalo County Jesse Holt. 7-year-old
son of H. C. Holt, a prominent
stockman, restauranteur and business
man of Kearney, lies at the point of
death as the result of a fall from a
newly built silo on the Holt ranch,
one mil south of Kearney.
Celebrate Golden Wedding.
Valley County. The golden wed
ding of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Duryea
was celebrated at the I. O. O. F. hall
at Arcadia, about a hundred and fif
ty guests being present Rev. J. S.
Davis of the Methodist church, per
formed the "marriage" ceremony and
John Wall then presented to the
couple in behalf of the guests $50.00
in gold.
Slugged and Robbed.
Seward Count. A hold-up took
place near the railroad bridge on tho
Columbus line of the Burlington near
Seward, an Austro-IIungarian section
hand being the victim. He was struck
by two men and immediately after
wards was relieved of his pocketbook
containing over $90 in money.
Caught Under Machine.
Gage County Jay Collicott, the
Eeventeen-year-old son of Wm. Colli
cott. living five m'les southeast of
Beatrice, was brought to town suffer
ing from numerous broken bone3 and
internal injuries. While assisting in
bailing hay Collicott was in some way
caught between the traction engine
and the bailing apparatus. The engine
was closing in on the baler and crush
ing the life out of the boy. when he
was noticed by a fellow workman and
the machinery stopped just In time
to save his life.
Herd of Poland China.
Webster County J. R. Mattock Is
starting a herd of Poland-China hogs.
He bad a splendid exhibit at the Web
ster county fair, wffere bis stock won
their share of the ribbons.
New State Banks.
Lancaster County Charters for two
sew banks have been issued by the
state banking board. The Bank of
Commerce of On? begins with a cipta!
f $15,000. The State Bank of
Sprague also orens its doors with a
pital of $10,000.
LINCOLN
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Will Come Up Thursday.
The case Involving the railway com
mission's order permitting the Omaha
Stockyards company to increase its
switching rates at the South Omaha
yards and requiring the railroads to
absorb the increased charge, will
come up for a hearing on the objec
tions of the railroad companies be
fore the commission on Thursday
next. These rates were to become ef
fective October 21, but the commis
sion issued an extension until Novem
ber 1 that the railroads might make a
showing on their protest against be
ing compelled to pay the increased
charge. The railroads in the past
have absorbed switching charges at
the stockyards, and when the permit
to increase rates was granted the
commission incorporated in its order
that the railroads must pay. This the
railroads will fight and an array of
legal talent representing ail the roads
involved is expected to appear before
the commission Thurslay. The rail
roads will question the jurisdiction
of tho commission to make such an
order.
In Memory of Mr. Cowgill.
Railway Commissioners Henry T.
Clarke. Jr.. and II. J. Winnett at a
meeting Friday adopted the following
resolutions:
"Whereas. Our friend and associate.
Honorable William H. Cowgill. was
called from this life on Sunday, the
16th day of October, nineteen hundred
ten. and
"Whereas, During his two years of
service as a member of this commis
sion, the excellence of his character
became especially well known to those
with whom he was thrown in daily
contact, therefore be it
"Resolved. That in the death of
Commissioner Cowgill. we keenly re
alize that the people of Nebraska have
lost the service of a most capable, up
right and diligent official, and in com
mon with his family and friends, we
share a deep personal bereavement.
"Be it further resolved. That this
resolution be spread upon the minutes
of the Nebraska state railway com
mission and a copy forwarded to the
family of the deceased."
Will Take Leave of Absence.
Prof. A. L. Haecker, head of ihe
dairy department at the state univer
sity farm, has asked for a leave of
absence for ten months and it is prob
able that his request will be granted
when the board of regents meets on
October 27. Mr. Haecker at first con
sidered resigning, as he desires to
engage in business, but because of
the great need of his services at the
farm he was induced to make the re
quest for a leave of absence and to
give perhaps one-fifth of his time to
the work which he has had in charge
so long. A number of bulletins are
to be prepared for the dairy depart
ment and Mr. Haecker will have
charge of this work and will aid in
other lines of dairy work as he finds
time to give to the state school.
Three Guardsmen Released.
The general court martial of the
Nebraska national guard called for
November 15, which is giving a bad
case of shivers to two or three score
of guardsmen, no longer has any ter
rors for G. M. Boehler. R. L. Liberty
and E. A. Miller of company L, Sec
ond regiment, of Alma. The charge
of absence without leave and dis
obedience of orders, preferred by Ad
jutant General John C. Hartigan
against the guardsmen named.' has
been withdrawn by the adjutant gen
era upon recommendation of the cap
tain of the company, who reports that
he accused have furnished satisfac
tory evidence of their "inability" to
attend the maneuvers at Fort Riley.
Elect Officers.
P. L. Hallcr of Omaha, member of
Ihe Omaha library board and of the
Nebraska library commission, was
elected president of the state library
association at its business session re
cently. Other officers elected were:
First vice president. Miss Clara Craig
of Lincoln; second vice president.
Mrs. Frank of Kearney: secretary
treasurer. Miss Guess Humphrey of
Lincoln.
"Statements' Not on Ballot.
'Candidates for the legislature whose
names appear on the official ballot
in November will not have any state
ment No. 1 on the ballot after their
names. Secretary of State Junkin
neld that the Oregon law, enacted by
the legislature, applied only to tho
primary election.
Guenther Declines Appointment.
Governor Shallenberger was in his
office a short time this forenoon and
announced that Chris Guenther of
Columbus, to whom he had offered
the appointment of railway commis
sioner, had declined to accept.
Warning Against Flues.
Fire Warden Johnson issued a new
bulletin warning people against the
dangers liable to result from the use
of neglected flues, chimneys and
stovepipes tbat are no-: spark proof,
and from defective chimneys.
Populists Endorse Hitchcock.
A resolution endorsing G .M. Hitch
cock was adopted at a meeting of the
executive committee of the populist
committee held In Lincoln.
W. A. Philpott. who alleges that he
was employed at the Lincoln asylum
for the insane, asks for $5,000 per
sonal damages from the state and has
filed his claim. He alleges that while
operating a corn cutter at the silo at
the asylum he lost all of the fingers
and a part of the thumb of the left
band.
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NOW THE ITS
Aeroplane May Figure in? Crime
as WeH as in War.
Prediction That the Winged Burglar
or "Sky Pirate." as He Might
Be Called, Will Soon
a Here.
New York. Now that aeroplane
companies engage to turn out a ma
chine for anybody at catalogue prices
and skilled pilots are counted by the
score and multiply from month to
month, those who have watched the
growth of aviation most closely are
speculating upon the probable appear
ance of the aeroplane burglar, or "sky
pirate." as he might be called. He
is not likely to be long in comiig.
once the noise of the aerial motor
can be suppressed.
The aeroplane's best friends have
to own that its very virtues fit it for
a career of crime. It goes fast and
far. it leaves no track behind, it can
escape from any pursuer except one
of its own kin. and even then a chase
would be a most uncertain one. Worst
of all. If the birdman is minded rather
like a vulture than like an eagl9 he
can strike his prey in its most vul
nerable part. The easiest access to a
locked house is to be had from over
head, as any city dweller can see for
himself if be will go up and look at
the door in bis own roof.
A hinge of strap iron, or at test an
iron bar. fastened with a padlock that
would yield like paper to a skilfully
handled "jimmy." is all that prevents
the ordinary trapdoor from being
lifted from without. Indeed, the roof
is the usual route of the robber of
vacant houses, and it is only the dif
ficulty of reaching it that keeps such
crimes from being far more common
than they are.
Only one step more in ariation is
needed to make the aeroplane the
burglar's mount. It must be made to
alight upon a restricted space, such as
the roof of a house, and to go up
from the same spot without difficulty.
When that time has come it is easy
to forecast what is likely to happen.
First the police will hear frequent
complaints that vacant houses have
been entered by way of the roof. Per-
The Sky Pirate.
haps a caretaker will tell of hearing
strange sounds overhead at night. The
newspapers take it up and urge a
more stringent enforcement of the
aviation laws.
Then an old caretaker is found with
his skull crushed in. the house looted
and the trapdoor open, and a police
man recalls seeing an aeroplane
start from that house the night be
fore. The whole country is aroused.
One night a rocket soars up over
the city. It is the signal which every
policeman has been prepared to give.
and it points the culprit's line of
flight toward the west.
With a whir of angry engines on
of the waiting machines swooped from
her perch. Swiftly she climbs up
ward, hunting for her quarry. Her
two men see the shining double chain
of Droadway lights wink out at one
place and then flash back again. That
was where the pirate craft went by.
The pursuers swerve toward her trail,
leaping in a terrific downward slide.
The man in uniform sees her first ard
points her out to his taut-nerved com
panion. They have the upper piano
of her. and as they follow her out
above the silent river the man at thp
wheel coaxes his quivering mount
higher and higher still.
At a word from him the man in uni
form unfolds the wicked little four
fluked anchor. With a turn of Its
silken rord brought around the alum
inum keelpost he lowers it until It Is
swinging 100 feet below them. Th
man at the wheel wheedles a few
more revolutions a second out of hfc
groaning engines. Then, gently, ho
turns down the forward rudder. The
silken anchor cord trails whistling bo
hind them like the tail of a kite. That
sickening plunge overtakes the fugi
tive as if she were standing still
A scared face looks up at them!
The dark craft tries to swerve, but it
is too late. The pursuer goe over
her like a whirlwind. The man at the
wheel ramps her upward to take the
shock, and then the assailants har
the crunching of metal as the little
mchor sets its teeth in the pirate's
frame.
A shriek rom from hf!ow. The
line slackens suddenly. Thov ee the
dark aeroplane rel and go sfdewir.
overturned, hopeless and out of con
trol. The man in uniform cuts the
line with one sweep of the rnifr he
had laid bcsWe him for the purpose
in a flutteriner. broken spiral the
wounded machine plunges down 400
feet and is wrecked. Just such a
2hase may never be seen in the skio?
of Manhattan Certainly it will not
mtil there are aeronauts of a dlfter
nt stamp from the fellows who take
ap the great flyers of to-day. A bur
glar alarm Is a mighty good thing to
save on that roof door, anyway.
Remarkable Forest Work.
Wilmington. N. C In point of va
riety and scope the forest work done
m the Biltmore estate In North Caro
lina Is remarkable. The forests which
over 17.0.000 acres, are made profit
able by the production of various
forms of material. Four million feet
af lumber, 5,000 cords of tannic acid
wood and fuel. 1.000 cords of tanbark
and several hundred cords of pulp
wood are cut every year.
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