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TIIE OKATTA DAILY REE : SATUflDAY , SEPTEMBER 17. 180H. The Miracle of Lava Canyon. By W. S. PORTER , ( Copyrlsht , 1SOS , by 8. S. McClurc Co. ) Tlio sheriff of Slsklwah county. Arl , hail a secret. Ho never told It to his best friend , but It was never out of bis own mind. Ho was a physical coward , A shot fired set bis beart beating wildly , and bo turned nick nU strife and carnnge. His purse beats averaged 03 per minute and his heart turned cold every time n summons for arrest was placed In his hands. He ex- perlcnccd n sensation of nervous dread each time he swung himself upon the back of bis high-spirited horse. Every auddeii sound conveying presage of danger thrilled him with fright. Ills disposition was high- fitrung , sensitive and unalterably timid. And yet "Had" Conrad was known as the cool est and most courageous sheriff In this territory. He had attained this reputation by a dally and hourly struggle with his whole moral force against his natural weak ness. His fear of danger , great as It was , had been subordinated to n greater fear lest his fairing be known. How to hldo his cowardice from the world was his ono aim. With n cold fear in his heart ho sought danger with the eagerness of ono who loved Its every phase. Quiet , perslsteno. plodding In bis way ; without any of the western dash and audacity belonging to most men In his occupation , ho continually sought the closest risks and hazards , driven by an abnormal deslro to appear fearless. Men who had no conception of the meaning of the word "fear" uoineWmea stood apart , aghast at the man's daring , and admired him. Apparently without the slightest ex citement , almost sullen of aspect , ho trailed desperate criminate to their rendezvous , en gaged In combat against ) mighty odds and waged such relentless war upon desper adoes and outlaws that his fame as an up holder of law and order was spread far ana wide. Itadcllff Conrad kept his secret well. Not a man In Slsklwah county has over seen him flinch from his duty , and talcs were told In saloons and camps of his Intrepidity and recklessness. The sheriff's personal appearance aided him. Ho was strongly and finely formed. Ho possessed n blond head of classic mold , and a stccl-bluo eye under good control. Ills Inward struggles kept him at a tension that gave him a reserved and somewhat j reckless. Dan overweights Rad a matter of twcnty-flye pounds , the very least. " In the culcb things were as usual , to all appearances. The little mountain brook that dashed down the steep rocks purled In the deer sbado and sent out diamond flashes where stray flecks of sunlight dived Into It and the birds In the redwood trees whistled away as though there was no such ( inharmonious and degraded thing as Arizona. Dan somewhere below , trying to conceal his desecrating presence. The llttlo Heeds were at school and such noises as might have been heard by that legendary and overworked creature , the casual ob server , were sylvan and well attuned. A critic In sight-harmony would also have found llttlo to cavil at , unless his too fine- drawn perceptions had deemed the aspect of Miss Boadlcea Heed , who sat negli gently in a grapevine swing , too unsylph- llke for perfect accord. Miss Boadlcca called "Dicey" by her Itn- medlato family and friends , a diminutive evolved from their original and arbitrary pronunciation of her name sounded a note which may have been a dissonance , but It had Its true power of accentuating the soft melody of the wood. As she half re clined upon the giant vine , her freshly starched white muslin crackled about a form whoso measurements faltered not an Inch from the modern standard of perfec- . "I should think not. What ore . you doing here ? " "Just a-loyln' low , miss , and wnltln * for night. Ycr sec , I was on what you might call a sort of spree and broke a glass or two. Maybe somebody was hurt , too. The whisky done It. A good lookln' young lady llko you , miss , wouldn't glvo the word on a. man , now , I bet a boss. " Arizona Dan's lumbering attempt at com pliment produced no effect. Doadlcea re garded him sternly with unswerving , disap proving eyes. "You don't want to bo loafing around these diggings , " she said , substituting the local ( orm of parlance for her ordinarily more ele vated style of conversation , as being more worthy of her audience. "You arc not afraid , are you ? " with Infinite disdain. "I ain't afraid , " said Arizona Dan , shiftIng - Ing his feet uneasily , "except of being took. perfec"I the whole town. " "Is any ono after you ? " "If they ain't , the y will be. Had Conrad's In town and " Arizona Dan broke of ! with an oath and looked down the steep pathway. "Here he comes now , " ho muttered. -Hoadlcea rose to her fcot and peered over the tops of the Intervening bushes. The sheriff , unarmed , In a light summer suit that set off to advantage his strong , grace ful figure , was coming up the path with the sun striking golden lights from his head of curly blonde hair. Uoadlcea looked upon him and loved. When In ten paces of his man the sheriff took off his hat and wiped his brow with a silk handkerchief. "Dan , " ho said , In on even tone , "I want you. " Arizona Dan drew a nine-Inch bowle knife from the leg of his boot. "Come and get "I'LL CUT YOUR HEART OUT , RAD CONRAD. preoccupied manner , and his every action scorned the result of deliberation Instead of Impulse. The giving away to Imputeo was the thing ho was trying to avoid. Ho felt that some day his moral courage would fall him , and ho would stand stripped to the gaze of his friends , the coward that ho knew himself to be. No "monkish ascetic ever scourged his fleshly sins as Radcllff Conrad did his ono egregious falling. How well ho succeeded In triumphing over It , his fame In Lava canyon and , Indeed , In the mouthB of men as far us the sago brush grow to cast and west attested. There came ono cruel day when the sher iff was forced to apply the whip to his tortured spirit with double force. The town of Lava Canon was built on a stretch of plain sloping down to a river from the exit of a mountain gutch. Within this gulch was a tangled wHdness. Two miles back from the town It converged to a fissure half n mlle deep , llko a sword-cut cleaving the hills. The aides , for Its whole extent , were Inaccessible , except to the rattlesnakes that made their dens among the boulders. Within the edge of the gulch , where the densely wooded sides began to straighten to steeper nnglcs , stood the white painted cottage of Emmet Reed , the postmaster , and leading dealer In hardware , cuttery , arms and am munition. Here , beside the mountain stream and among the mosn-grown rocks , played the Juvenile Reeds llttlo more than V rushes In size watched over more or less carefully by Boadlcea , aged 20 , eldest daughter of the house. To these confines late ono afternoon came Arizona Dan , worst man In the county , after breaking $500 worth of mirrors and glass ware In the principal places of entertain ment and Introducing sundry slugs of lead Into various citizens , to their great bodily anguish. Dan waa not too drunk to enter tain a wholesome fear of Rad Conrad , and It was his Intention to conceal himself until darkness should lend him cover to escape. On being apprised of these events the sheriff of the county , recognizing his duty , prepared to effect Dan's capture. A bravo roan In his place who properly estimated the value of a good citizen's life In comparison with the vital spark of a degenerate like Arizona Dan , ns a furtherance of the sur- Tlval of the fittest Idea , would have sum moned a posse and by moral force of num bers would have secured the surrender of the offender without risk of bloodshed. Rad- cltft Conrad was not the man to do this. He shunned all appearance of lack of courage , as ho desired , In his heart , to shun the dan ger. ger."What "What arms did be have ? " asked the sheriff of some men who had seen Arizona Dan's retreat to tbo gulch. "Nary a one , " said a saloon keeper , who had suffered from the fugitive's iconoclasm , "Ho left both his guns In my place. " The sheriff unbuckled his revolver and shoved it across the counter. "Keep that for me , " ho said. "I'll go and Kct Dan. " Ho passed slowly down the street , walking In the direction of the gulch , and the men gazed after him admiringly. "Never knew what beln' afraid was , Rad never ! " said the mall carrier. "Ho 'uz born that a-way , " said the county clerk. "A man an ain't got no skcer In htm don't deserve no credit fur bavin' cand. Ho wouldn't take bis cun along , 'cause Dan had left hls'n. With a crcetur , llko Dan it 'pears to mo that's a lectio tlon. Her glossy , black hair was arranged In the latest fashion shown in the most recently arrived Indies' magazine in Lava Canyon. Her features were clear cut and regular ; she bad the eyes of Melpomene and the heart of the ancient British queen whoso name she bore. Miss Boadlcea Heed also had a secret. Being a woman , her dearest friends had often heard IB divulged. But , as It was a secret , there needs must bo those to whom It was not Imparted. That portion of hu manity was the ono denominated by Miss Reed OB "tho gentlemen. " This awful se cret was that she had never , no never , fell ! the slightest sensation of fear or abash ment at any person or thing since she could remember. Miss Boadlcea despised and contemned all the Nttle fernlnluo weak nesses and terrors of her sex with all the prejudice of ono who did not understand them. Had she been born with tlmo and circumstances lu her favor she would have led the overturning of a dynasty or two , captured by force the crown of some social qucecdom , or at least .have gone up In a balloon as the special fcmalo representative of one of the several greatest newspapers on earth. Snakes , dogs , spiders , gossip , ' lightning , men the partial lisa of the ' things regarded by Miss Reed with a seren ity approaching contumely wilt afford a BHglit conception of her Intrepidity of spirit. In the presence of man , the lord of creation , she felt no owe. Living In n frontier min ing town and possessing the attractions she did , offers of marriage had come years before , but her suitors had never awakened In her a feeling softer than comradeship. I I She bad laughed at most of them , pitched 1 one out the window , and Informed them all that they "made her tired. " In fact , there was nothing In all creation , with or without life , that had ever caused her a i qualm or a tremor. She regarded robbers i ns vulger persons beneath notice , serpents , horned toads , mice and Glla monsters as un interesting and unterrlfylng vermin too In significant ) to dread. Her secret ambition , | I cherished In goal faith until she was 18 , | had been to dress In man's clothes and traver round the world selling soap , or dla- ' mends , or patent quartz crushers anything would do. Since she was 20 her Ideas had toned down to a flnn resolve to be prlma donna of an opera troupe , and the gulch had for many months echoed dolly warbllngs that for clearness and volume , If not melodious ness , surpassed easily any vice In Lava canon. The form within the crinkling white muslin was a storage battery of Impetuous life and force that needed continually some object upon which to exhaust its energy. As Uoadlcea swung In the grape vine , some 300 yards up the gulch from the house , she turned her gaze Idly toward a thick clump of bushes , and saw an eye with a good deal of red In the normally whlto portion of It lookIng - Ing at her between the leaves. She sat bolt upright on the vine , and , as It appeared to be a man's eye , her hand , without any special volition of her brain , went to the knot of hair at the back of her head , smoothed It a little and thrust In the pins more securely. "Como out of there , " she said. Red-faced and heavy-eyed from drink , Arizona Dan , bitching up his revolverless belt , ahufiled. his huge form through the llcxllo branches of the bushes Into the path. "Sh-sh-sh ! " be said , his heavy face foldIng - Ing Into a dull smile Intended to be rcassur- Ing. "I ain't a-galn' to hurt you , miss. " "Hurt me. " said Mha Reed , contcmpt- nie , " ho sold , with a grin and n suggestive upward movement of his right hand. I The old , well known , nauseating , deathly , ; cowardly physical fear came upon the sher iff as ho saw the shining blade held by the j huge desperado ho had como unarmed to capture. His pride and the wonderful moral puissance that ground out courageous deeds from heart-sinking apprehension urged him forward with another step. Arizona Dan laughed a low , half-sober , but chilling laugh. So .quiet It was that the voice of the brook sounded In the sheriff's ears llko the de risive mockery of men at his poltroonry. For ono instant Radcllff Conrad swung In the balance. Au all-pervading panic seized him and the foot ho lifted to take a forward step weighed 100 pounds. The rustling of a branch to his right above the path drew from him a swift glance and he looked for ten seconds Into two dark eyes that seemed to flash some strange , ex alting essence Into his veins. A weight seemed loosened somewhere within him and he felt that bo could hear It fall down , down to unsounded depths. Ho looked at Arizona Dan and laughed low nnd Joyously , as a child does who has comet upon a long- desired toy. "Will you como ? " said the sheriff In a j ' tone a bridegroom might have used to his brldo. "I'll cut your heart out , Rad Conrad , " said Arizona Dan , "If you como two steps i nearer. " Boadlcea , on the ledge above , rustled a llttlo and tbo sheriff , without looking up , smiled again. Arizona Dan held his knife as one holds a foil , point outward , with his thumb against tbo guard. Tbo sheriff crouched some three Inches like a cat and seemed to gather himself together with his weight balanced evenly on each foot. Arl- zona Dan stood still with his knife ready. I Was Rad Conrad fool enough to attack him with his bare hands ? The sheriff could have shouted for Joy. Llko a flash valor and audacious courage had come upon him. Ho felt that ho would never know fear again. Something had passed Into his blood that had made him n man Instead of the spurious being ho had been. Ho felt the two dark nyes nbovo fixed upon him , but ho kept his own upon Arizona Dan. Heretofore the sheriff's exploits had been attended by a fortuitous chance that brought him safely out of them a chance just as blind and Incomprehensible as that which guards the ways of children and drunkards. Now he felt the caution , the Indomitable Intent to do coupled with the prudence of the successful general that gives bravery Its value. Half a miracle had been accomplished. The other half was to follow. It must have been that Arizona Dan's nerves were unstrung by his debauch , else when a small stone dislodged by Boadlcea's foot lattted down K > the path at his aide ho would not have bestowed the advantage of 'turning his bead quickly to look. But ho did so , and In the Instant the sheriff bad his knife arm by the wrist , and his other arm about his waist. Then Arizona Dan was filled with surprise to feel the arm that held his knife slowly twisting In eplto of all his resistance twisting outward , un til the tendons and muscles were crackng. The sheriff's band was llko a steel clamp , and when the pain grew unbearable Arizona Dan dropped the knife. When the sheriff heard It ring on the rocks he released the [ wrist suddenly and laid his left forearm I across Dan's throat. They were too close I for blows , and thorc was llttlo struggling ' ; or shifting of ground. The arm across Dan's 1 throat pushed his head back , and the other | Iron band about his waist , held htm close. 10 was n silent , fierce , straining contention on one side for the displacement , and on the other to regain the center of gravity. The side for displacement won , and the gladiators went down with n crash. A small boulder In the way of Arizona Dan's head left him lying In n disgraceful heap oblivi ous to defeat. The sheriff knctt upon the vanquished distributor of leaden largess , drew cords from his pocket , and Ignomlnl- ously bound him hand and foot. Then bo sprang to his feet nnd turned his flushed face and yellow curls to the source of his new being , as a sunflower turns to the sun. Boadlcea slid down through the bushes llko a young panther. "You're a Jim dandy. " she said , "If there ever was one. I saw It. 1 " She stopped suddenly. The sheriff was looking straight Into her eyes. She felt for the first time a etrange heat In her cheeks , and thought she must have fever. Her eyes , slowly dropped for the first time before an other's. Her tongue for the first time tripped and faltered. i "It'll bo dark soon , " began the sheriff , 1 nnd his voice sounded to her far away llko > the wind In the pines ; "you'd better let me , walk back to the bouse with you. "I'll bring I a horse back for this chap by the tlmo he recovers. You are Miss Reed , I think. I know your father. " The evening breeze rustled airily through the redwoods. A squirrel frisked up a hick ory , and the first owl hoot came from the shadows about the brook. The brook's babble no longer mocked : It fang a paean of praise. As they walked down the path together a scream of fright came from the namesake of the battle queen of the Britons. "A horrid lizard ! " she cried. The sheriff's strong arm reassured her. The miracle was complete. The soul of each had passed Into the other. ON A BIMETALLIC PLATFORM Colormlo Ilciinlillenn.i Nominate ! n rull State Ticket mill IH-clarc Their Principle * . DENVER , Colo. , Sept. 16. The re publicans of Colorado at their convention yesterday nominated n full state ticket and put up Charles Hartscll of Denver for congress from the First congressional dis trict. The state ticket as completed Is as fol lows : Governor , Henry It. Wolcott of Denver ; lieutenant governor , Charles E. Noble of Colorado Springs ; secretary of state , W. H. Brisbane of Leadvllle ; treasurer , Fred O. Hoof of Las Anlmas county ; auditor , George S. Adams of Weld county ; attorney gen eral , C. C. Goodalo of I'rowcrs county ; superintendent of public Instruction , Mrs. Lacy 11. Scott of Denver ; regents of the state university , Ilnrry B. Gamble , Iloulder ; Mrs. Jennie G. Caswell , Grand Junction , and L. C. Grccnlee , Denver ; chairman central committee , A B. Seaman , Denver. Henry It. Wolcott , nominee for governor , Is a brother of the Junior senator from Colorado. The platform , as adopted , after com mending the administration of President McKluley , says : The republican party Is and always has been a bimetallic party. The republicans of Colorado are earnestly devoted to the cause of bimetallism. It has no sympathy with injury. Its members believe that the proper position of a single standard upon the people - plo of this country would work Irreparable injury. Its members bellevo that the proper place for n republican blnietalllst Is In the ranks of the party and not out of It. In the future , as in the past , republicans who represent Colorado at the national capital will bo found working for the restoration of silver. True blmotalllsts arc necessarily believers in hard money , gold and silver , as the basis of our national circulation. The democratic utempt to ralso money for our war wit ! . . ain , by Issuing $150,000,000 of Irrcdeciiiui. , legal tender notes , not backed by a dollar of silver , would , If successful , have been tee most serious blow tlmt could have been dealt to the cause of silver. It was fortunately defeated by republican votes. And when the democracy had failed In the attempt at'paper Inflation , that party attempted to defeat the passage of the bill to raise revenue for the carrying on of the war to pay our soldiers and sail ors. And we congratulate those eminent statesmen , Senators Morgan , Turple and Mantle , for rising above the party and for refusing to stand by their associates In an attempt to cripple our country In Us hour of need. And we further congratulate these earnest and true republicans , who , by their efforts and their voices , aided In BC curing the passage of the Wolcott amend ment to that measure , requiring the coin age of the seigniorage. The administration , the army and the navy are commended for their conduct In the late war. Belief In the doctrine of protection Is ex pressed and the record of Senator Wolcott Is endorsed. The rest of the platform Is de voted to the discussion of local Issues. ; resolution favoring annexation of the Phil Ipplncs was voted down. Ticket of Nevada Ilrimlillennn. IIRNO , Nov. , Sept. 1C. The delegates to the republican state convention decided to moko no nomination for congressman. The following ticket was nominated by acclama tion : Governor , William McMillan of Storey ; lieutenant governor , J. W. Ferguson ; treas urer , F. J. Button ; state comptroller , J. F. Turrln ; attorney ceneral. J. M. JIurpby ; surveyor general , Allen C. Brlgg ; superin tendent nubile Instruction , Orvls King ; state printer , Joseph Eckles ; regent state university ( long term ) , It. K. Colcord ; short term , J. W. O'Brien. The offices of attorney general and Justice of the supreme court were passed and lefi to bo filled by the state central committee. The rl at form endorses the administration , favors Increased naval defenses , favors terri torial expansion , reiterates faith In the great republican principle of bimetallism and protection and reciprocity , and declares that as the republican party Is pladged to bimetallism , that the settlement of the financial question may bo safely left to the national republican party. A Clover Trick. It certainly looks llko It , but there Is really no trick about It. Anybody can try It who has Lame Back and Weak Kidneys , Malaria or nervous troubles. Wo mean he can euro himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up tbo whole system , acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kidneys , Is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Constipation , Head ache. Fainting Spells , Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It Is purely vegetable , a mild laxative , and restores the system to Its natural vigor. Try Klectrlo Bitters and be convinced that they ore a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only OOc a bottle at Kuhn & Go's. Illiln't ICniMV It Wn Loaded. NEW YOKK. Sept. 1C. A Spanish rifle , which William N. Hlckoy didn't know was loaded , went off while he was carrying It from the transport Saratoga at a Brooklyn dock and the man was killed. The Saratoga arrived hero two days ago with the unus surrendered at Santiago and 121 Cuncy. On board were 9,000 Mauser rifles and 2,000 tons of ammunition. Ono of the men en gaged In unloading the cargo was Hlckey. He had some of the rillcs In bis arm , when ho stumbled , and ono of them was fired off. The bullet tore a great hole In the mnn'a right side. The rifles were not supposed to bo loaded , and how the ono that killed Hlckey came to have a cartridge In It la a mystery. A stubborn cough or tickling In the throat yields to One Minute Cough Cure. Harmless la effect , touches the right spot , reliable anil lust vvbat is wanted , it acts at once. Omaha Bee Excursion to Transniississippi Exposition VIA THE B. & M. R. R. 2Ist , 1898. Marvelously Low Rates Limit , Five Days Secures your hotel accommodations Admits you to the Exposition Takes you through the Midway All for one price , The midway is the place where you have the fun at the Exposi tion. But it costs a lot of money to see the different shows , We have picked out the following ten of the first class Midway attractions. 1 Hagenback's Trained Wild Animals. G The Bombardment of Matanzas. 2 The Chinese Village and Chinese Theatre 7 The German Village , 3 Pabat on the Midway. 8 The Scenio Railway and Battle of Manila. 4 The Streets of Cairo and Theatre. 9 Shooting the Chutes. 5 The Flying Lady. 10 The Palace of Mysteries. This offer is for Bee Subscribers Only. If you are not a subscriber , Subscribe at once , For information address Exposition Excursion Department , Omaha Bee , Omaha. SETTLES IDENTITY OF VICTIM Dlnmcmtiereil Hotly Foil nil In Mill I'onil Identified n * tlmt of Grace 1'crkliiH. BRIDGEPORT , Conn. , Sept. 1C. As a re sult of today's developments there seems to bo afmost no doubt that the woman whose dismembered body was found early In the week In the Yellow mill pond was Grace Marian Perkins of Mlddlcboro , Mass. In fact , so positive have the authorities become that Medical Examiner Downs this noon filled out ) a death certificate covering the case of the woman and the name of the victim ho wrote as Grace Marian Perkins. The Identification by the young woman's father , yesterday , was supplemented today by that of the Mlddlcboro dentist who has treated Mls > s Perkins' teeth. Ho said there could bo no doubt that the head was that of Miss Perkins. Undertaker Gulllnan has notified the members of the Perkins family that the remains are at the morgue await ing their pleasure. Additional information has also como from Mlddleboro to the effect that Miss Per kins left that place three- weeks ago , pre sumably with ono Charles Bourne , a young man of the town , and that slnco that tlmo all trace of her has been lost. The police hero nro making efforts to locate Bourno. The police are eager to ascertain fho " " Gullford. The whereabouts of Dr. "Nancy" New Haven county Jailer has been looking over the discarded effects of erstwhile pris oners at his Jail. He has como across three articles of clothing formerly owned by Dr. Gullford , husband of Nancy Gullford , and once an Inmate of the Jail , on e ch of which It was stated appears the fateful characters "G 51 , " which were also upon a piece of a man's undergarment In ono of the bundles which was found In the mill pond. ARREST RETURNED KLONDIKER with I'anpiliiir n Forftcil Draft Before lie AVrnt to the Lnnd of Gold. CHICAGO , Sept. 16. A. F. B. Crofton , who returned from the Klondike country three days ago , has been arrested , charged with passing a forged draft for $1,200 three years ago on the First National bank of Chi cago. Crofton strongly denies his guilt. Five years ago , the police authorities say , Crofton and ono J. Jellett passed bogus drafts on Chicago , Montreal and Winnipeg , Man. , banks to the extent of $12,500. Jellett was sentenced to five years at Winnipeg and Crofton was caught lu El Paso , Tex. , and brought back to Chicago for trial , dw- Ing to his youth , he was given an Indetermi nate term In the Pontlac reformatory. Hav ing served ono year , Crofton manned to secure his release. After leaving Pontlac , the police state , Crofton , by representing himself ns the western agent of a Boston , Mass. , Investment company , managed to se cure $1,200 from the First National bank of Chicago. He Is then cold to have gone to Talya , Alaska , where he struck It rich , and was on his way east to spend the win ter when arrested. To lie Ilcnlthy iinil HtroiiK Use "Garland" Stoves and Ranges. BEETS DO WELL IN DAKOTA Experiment * Conducted by AKrlcuI- tnral College of Mont HiitlN- factory JVuturc. HURON , S. D. , Sept. 1C. ( Special. ) Ex periments In growing sugar beets in this state the present season have been no sat isfactory that tbo Industry will bo carried on quite extensively the coming season. The State Agricultural college established exper imental tracts for testing1 soil , climate , etc. . In Sioux Falls , Huron , Aberdeen , Yankton and Brooklngs , and at each of these stations the results have far exceeded expectations. Prof. Sbepard has been here examining the quality of the beets grown on the tract on the C. M , Bell farm and also at Aberdeen. Ho Is greatly pleased with the results and has photographs taken from which cuts will bo made to be used In a publication now being prepared by the college for the ben efit of the public. Ho estimates that at least eighteen tons of good , sound and well developed beets will be harvested from each aero grown , which , ho says , will compare favorably with the sugar beet yield of any ' state in the union. Strike Lender * Arrested. MONONGAHELA CITY. Sept. 10. Sherlll Kennedy and a posse of six deputies ar rested Miners' Vice President Dodd and forty-ono strikers today on charges of riot , Inciting riot and assault and battery. Among the prisoners were the members of the Now England band , who have been furnishing music for the strikers , and as they marched to the elation to take the train to Wash ington the band played "Marching Through Georgia. " A large crowd witnessed the ar rest and there was great excitement , but there was no disorder. The strike situa tion is quiet. A few men went to work this morning at the Catsburg mine , but there was no trouble. The district olllcluls have decided not to furnish ball for the prls- otiera. AUTUMN COSTUME OP POPLIN FROM HARPER'S BAZAR Autumn coats are In great variety short , medium and throe-quarter Inngth to suit all figures. Many of them , according 'to ' Harper's Bazar , show a series of rovers , and are belted , with basque effects produced by fancifully shaped hip pieces another ono of the season's modes. A French gown of the new colored poplin In irmrlno blue IB combined with a poplin velours plaid of military gray nnd shadowy tones of red , a touch of tartan beIng - Ing very fashionable In the new fall costumes. The coat corsage of plain blue tms Its collar square In the back and sloping off to wide rovera In front , below which nro short revere that taper to the waist line , faced with plaid velours , the vest beneath being of cream colored poplin , trimmed In yoke effect with bands of velvet between Insertions of ecru i/olnt do Vcnlse. The tartan Is used also to face the high turn-over cuffs and the cravat bow IB of plaid. The small tailor alcoves have tiny cups of the plain poplin and the fancy belt is of cut steel. The skirt moulds the hips and has a box pleat holding all the fullness behind. Very narrow at thd top , It gradually expands and sweeps outward in fan effect. At the bottom Is a flounce , flaring at the front and Bldca without ripples , the width ut foot being four yards , The upper finish is a black velvet piping. The hat of latticed satin In black IB trimmed with puffy loops and bow of gray blue velvet , through which Is thrust a Jowellod buckle , whllo behind Is a bunch of curled quills In dull shades of red , blue and gray. Quantity of material for gown blue poplin , six yards ; plaid poplin , four yards ; cream poplin , three-fourths yard.
