THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 9. 1S D. KE BOOKS AND UCHIIE5 Another Dsteotiva Story by the Author of "The Leavenworth Daw. " UTTERS OF CAPTAIN ALFRED DREYFUS Important Hplluloti * Work on Shi l Illflhitp 1'oMrr of the MrthnillM Church Atnny Nciv Work * tar Next .Month. "Agatha Wcbh" In the title of a new "novel by Anna Katharine Orcen. Thld novel Is unlike other detective stories by the author of "Tho Leavenworth Case , " In that the scenes are laid In several parts of thu "world. H IH llko the best of Anna Katha- line Green's other works In that every lucl- Ocnt excites and sustain ! ) the curiosity of , the reader. Mien Grt < on's ability to rnakd ' the reader suspect all her characters In turn as the story progresses Is well ex emplified In this account of a sudden death and the discovery of the cause. Agatha \Vcbb la a beucvolcnt old woman who meets with a violent death ( by a dagger thruft 'n ' Tier breast ) In the middle of the night , and the problem set IB to discover by whose Jund slie died and the motive for the deed. The Ingenuity displayed 'by the author In the novelty of the motive. Invented proves Diow really skillful she can bo In n skill not less marked by the variety shown In her different books. The contrast between "Agatha Webb" and Its predecessor , "Lost CNIan'H Lane , " Is no noticeable an between either of thcuc and "Tho Leavenworth Case" or "Tho Forsaken Inn" or "Behind Closed 'Joors" or any of the other dozen volumes she , has published. And this diversity op- jioars not only In the method by which the irlmc : , If It bo a crlmo which forms the basis of tbo story , in committed , but In Ihb ncoompanylng Incidents , the dramatis per- nnnao and the sccno selected for the plot to lie unfolded. The slow de.xth from starva tion of a young bride thrust 'by her husband U her wedding night Into the concealed and forgotten room of a country Inn , the mot less agonizing though perhaps speedier < death from suffocation of six or r-evon jieoplo suddenly precipitated Into a bidden tilt dug -by n maniac close to an old- fashioned well , the far quicker death by lilfitol shot of an old and wealthy man 111 the library of his city home and the almost Instantaneous death by self-administered poison of a girl at the very moment her Bis ter In the room below was being married 11- luatrato the great versatility that Mlas Orcen Is capable of. Surely no ono can complain of much sameness In her writ ings. Miss Green Is a most voluminous writer , and among her 'books ' may be men tioned "Tho Lcavenwortrth Case , " "Hand and Ring , " "A Strange Disappearance , " "The Sword ot Damocles. " "The Mill Mys tery. " "Behind Closed Doom , " "X. Y. Z. " " 7 to 12"The Old Stone Houae , " "Cyn thia Wakeham's Money , " "Tho Doctor , His Wife and the Clock , " "Miss Hurd : an En igma , " "Dr. Izard , " " .Marked Personal , " "That Affair Next Door" and "Lost Man's Lane. " 0. P. Putnams Sons , New York. Cloth , $1.25. "Tho Letters of Captain Alfred Droyfus to Ills Wife" have been translated Into English aud are now accessible to the public. It Is raoro than probable that the mere publication of her husband's letters to Mmo. Dreyfus will seem to many readers , at first thought , an outrage on good taste and that they will evoke many criticisms of the character called forth by the Drowning letters. There Is not the slightest doubt , however , that In giving her husband's letters 'to ' the world Mmc. Dreyfus has practically assured his release and tliat under no circumstances would she have consented muko them public ; had she ' ' ' ' not been convlnce'd''th'a't toy would bo the test witness In his favor that could possibly Ibo procured. It was for this reason alone that the world has nn opportunity of readIng - Ing tbo passionate , despairing , hopeful and altogether woeful letters which Droyfus wrote from the different prisons In which he bad been confined. When all the circum stances are taken Into consideration one feels that Mmo. Dreyfus took the only course open" , tbo ono that would be most beneficial to her husband. It Is certain that these letters would compel one to believe that their author was Innocent of any crlmo. They covr the period from December G , 1894 , to February 14 , 1898 , and are conveniently sup plemented with a short history of the entire Dreyfus case , by Walter Llttlefleld. Harper & Brothers , Now York. Cloth , $1. "Tho Game and the Candle" Is the title of n now novel by Miss Broughton , which has been Issued as a part of Apploton'i Town and Country library. It la an entertaining tale and promisee to surpass in popularity the earlier writings of the author. Miss Drough. ton was born in North Wales , where her father was a well known clergyman. Her tint novel , "Cometh Up a * a Flower , ap peared In 1867 and at once secured for. her the favor ot the novel-reading public. "Not "Wisely bub Too Well" followed In .the same year and her later works Include "lied as a HOBB Is She , " "Nancy , " "Joan , " "Mrs. Blight , " "A Beginner , " "Scylla or Cliaryb- dls" and "Dear Faustina , " which exhibit piquant- wit , much orlclnnllty and clever characterizations. D. Appleton Co. , Now York. Cloth , $1. ( Many will welcome the little book enti tled "Patriotic Nuggets , " containing , as its title- page sets forth , "Bits of ore from rich mines" namely , extracts from tbo writings of Franklin , Washington , Jefferson , Web- eter , Lincoln and Beccher , The authors cited have been taken In their chronological order , as have also the extracts from each one , the principle of selection evidently being - ing their views of America its earlier ( wrongs and rights , its revolutionary strug gles , Us constitution making , its unprece dented advantages for popular thrift and development in material , moral and spir itual forceo , . Its threatened danger * ot dis cord and of dishonest financial heresies , the maelstrom of secession and rebellion and Its escape therefrom , and Its later perils In political and financial reconstruction. This little book , with some others of similar character to follow , was suggested by the popular success last fall of "Don't ' Worrr Nuggets , " contalnlnc extracts from Eplcte- tua , Emerson , George. Eliot and Browning , complied by MUs Jeanne 0. Pcnnlngton , H the others , to be entitled "Educational Nug. gets" and "Philosophic Nuggets , " are as well selected and full of pith and moment as these * the littlescries will deserve suc cess. Fords , Howard & Hurlbert , New York. Flexible cloth , cllt top , 40 cents. ' 'sin ' , " by Randolph S. Foster , bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church , forms vol ume iv in "Studies in Theoloey , " by the same author , A prime object of the discus sion conducted In this series of volumes Is to furnish the reader , In a condensed form , the best thought of the most learned And able thinkers In the departments of phil osophy and theology , and the results of personal Investigation carried forward for half a century with honest effort to reach the truth and relieve point * of obscurity and difficulty to the ordinary reader , and oven to the most careful student. The author says of his work ; "We do not en tertain the Idea that all difficulties have been relieved or obscurities made plain , but It Is our hope that on most points substan tial help Is rendered , while no subject has been omitted or treated cither with un christian or unscientific carelessness. Some views will bo found not In harmony with popular thought or popular teaching , the sttidy of which may render help where It Is gftatly needed. Of one thing we nro ccr- tafnly certain , that we have aimed simply to correct some glaring errors and to aid In the right understanding of obscure truth and to lead other minds to continued effort In the right direction. H Is not In our thought to frco the reader from the duty of personal effort or to do his thinking for him , but rather to encourage and help htm In his work. " The work Is neatly printed In largo type. Eaton ft. Mains , New York. Cloth , $3. "Nathan Hale , The Martyr Spy : An Inci dent ot the Revolution , " as a small volume by Charles W. Drown. It forms No. 107 of the Sunnysldo series which theJ. . S. Ogilvle Publishing company Is getting out. As its tltlb would Indicate , it tells the story ot Nathan Hate , the distinguished scholar and polished gentleman , who gave his lite for the cause of American freedom. Ills ineraor- able words appear on the title page : "I wish to bo useful : If the exigencies of "my country demand a peculiar service , Its claims to the performance of that service are Im perious. " It has always seemed a pity that two ot the most talented young men In the American and British armies should have met the same fate , Nathan Halo , the Ameri can , and Lieutenant Andree , the English man , both hanged aa spies. J. S. Ogllvlo Publishing Company , Now York. Paper , 25c. A new edition of "How to Right a Wrong" has been brought out In Ncely's Popular Library. The work was by Moses Samelson , a thoughtful and suggestive writer ot a good deal of originality. The author goes on the assumption that after all worldly happiness Is the aim of human life , and that tnlo happiness consists In naught but the multiplicity of agreeable conclousncsses. 'P. Tennyson Ncely , New York. Paper , GOc. noN nnd Ilevlew * . In Bird-Lore ( the Macmlllan company ) for August , Richard Kearton , the English naturalist-photographer , tclb how ho has secured eomo ot his remarkable photographs of wild birds and animals In nature ; Brad ford Torrey writes of the "booming" of the bittern ; the leading professional ornitholo gists of this country sign a circular letter giving hints to young bird students , and there are also other Interesting articles and numerous Illustrations. The North American Review for August IB remarkable for the number and diversity ot subjects of present interest which are represented In Its pages. Some ot the most Important events and movements of the time are discussed in it by those who nrc either closely associated with them or hav made a special study of them ; and , at the same time , as bents a magazine Intended for summer reading , It contains several brilliant articles ot an entertaining character on literary , dramatic , artistic and athletic themes. In the August Forum , Hon. Thomas S. Harrison , United States agent and consul general in Egypt , pays a high tribute to Lord Cramer's administration In Egypt ; Prof. Edwin II. Hall of Harvard shows what liquid air cannot do ; Prof. Mary Roberts Smith writes ot "Domestic Service ; . the Re- Bponsib'lilfy" ' of Employers ; " Mr. ' Lepold Omelln gives a German's views of American architecture ; Prof. Roland P. Palkner asks "Havo We Sufficient Gold in Circulation ? " and Mr. Lawrence J. Burpee discusses "Recent Canadian Fiction. " , Outing for August offers a charming as sortment of seasonable literature and artistic illustrations. Notable features are : "Golf Jn Gotham , " by Charles Turner ; "An August Outing , " by Ed W. Sandys ; and "The Best Out of Three , " a complete story , by M. Gertrude Oundlll. Other sketches of sport , travel and adventure In many lands lend the needful variety to a very satisfying number. The editorial and record departments are Interesting and include a full and expert account of the recent golf championship con test at Chicago , by Wllllo Tucker of St. Ami rows. The August Issue of Meehan' Monthly In troduces us to ono of the wild flowers that make American autumn scenery so world wide famous , one of the goldenrod family , "solldago strlota. " The popular and scientific history of the plant accompanies the beauti ful Prang picture. The other pictures In troduce us to a now member of tha witch hazel family from Japan , "corylopels aplcta , " which , It is said , -will make a favor able addition to our spring flowering shrubs. The August issue of Donahoe's has a pleasing table of contents for a midsummer mer number. There are short stories , poems , travel sketches and some strong papers on topics of general Interest. The American Kitchen Magazine , pub lished by the Home Science Publishing company of Boston will be appreciated by the practlal housekeeper. "The Grants' Marriage and Other Per sonal Recollections' , " by Rev. Thomas Mon- rob Flnney , D. D. , Is given first place In the August number of The American Illus trated Methodist Magazine. The author Is the former pastor and lifelong friend of General Grant and his family and the article Is rich In personal reminiscence. Among the Illustrations are some family portraits that have not heretofore been published , St. Louis , Mo. the Book Buyer for August IB right up to its usual high standard of excellence and it sboulij not bo overlooked by any one who is at all interested In current literature. In the Engineering Magazine for August , i Rudolph Haack begins a review of "Tbo Development of German Shipbuilding" with la 'most ' Interesting account of the tremendous engineering and Industrial advance since the Franco-Prussian war. 'A distinctively American publication this month Is the August number of "The Na tional Magazine. " The large corps of young , bright and aggressive writers and talented arttits have directed their utmost energies under the able guidance of the publisher to the end of producing a magazine that shall be In every respect typical of the American people In Ita scope. IJooUc Hcuelvril , "Baldoon , " by LeRoy Hooker. Rand , MoNally & Co. , Chicago. Cloth , $1.25. "With Naneen In the North , " a record of the "From" expedition In 1893-86 , by HJal- * > 1 As a Table Water , its delightful flavor and absolute > purity have made the "favorite" everywhere. P a SMerniau A McConnrll Bru f Co. , Oiimbiv I'Kxt- , anllniclier & Co. , DUtrlbu tort , OualiM. mar Johanscn , lieutenant In the Norwegian army , translated by II. H. Draekstnd. New Amsterdam Book Co. , New York. Cloth , $2. "History of American Coinage. " by David K. Watson. O. P. Putnam's Sons , New York. "Honey From Many Hives , " gathered by Rev. James Mudge , D. D. naton & Mains New York. Cloth , $1. "Chicago , Satan's Sanctum , " by L. 0 Curon. O. D. Phillips A Co. , Chicago. Mtvrnr.Note * . Henry Holt & Co. , who are the authorized publishers of Anthony Hope's "Dolly Dia logues , " announce a thirteenth edition of the work. An addition to 0. P. Putnam Sons' series of "American Men of Energy" will bo shortly forthcoming In Noah Brooks' "Gen eral Henry Knox. " Rider Haggard's "Farmer's Year" will bo Issued In book form in October by Long mans. Green & Co. There will bo three il lustration * for each month. thirty-Fix In all. "Young April , " Mr. Egcrton Casttc's new novel , although having completed Its run as ft serial In the July number of Temple Bar , will not bo presented In book form by the Macmlllan company until October. With a Btorv of the middle west Mr. Booth Tarklngton will make his debut as a nove list in "Tho Gentleman from Indiana , " shortly to bs presented In book form by the Doublcdar & McClure company. "Tho History of Lord Lytton's Indian Ad ministration" will bo published In New York nnd London In the early autumn by Long mans. Green & Co. The work , which Is edited bv Lady Betty Balfottr , Is compiled from letters and official papers. Ernest Seton Thompson's story , "The Tral of the Sand Hill Stag , " which appears In the current number ot Scrlbner'a Magazine , win be shortly issued in book form , with Illus trations In color and othtr Illustrations and marginal designs by tbo author. A new romance , dealing with a period of American history nnd a portion of the coun try practically untouched In notion , will bo presented In October by the Doubledny & McClUre company. This will be William U. Ltghton's "Sons of Strength ; A Homanco of the Kansas Border Wars , " iMr. E. Qarrntt Gardner has written a primer on Dante , which will bo published in this country bv thn Mnnmltlnn pnmnnnv. H will form ono of the series to be known as Temple Primers , which are to bo pub lished in England and America by Messrs. Dent & Co , nnd the Macmlllan company re spectively. The fourth edition of Edward Markham's "Tho Man with the Hoe , and Other Poems" is In press at Ooubleday & McClure com pany's. The first edition was presented May 27. the second July 1 and the third July 22. ' \McTeaguc. " by Frank Norrls , published bv the same house , bus Ha fourth edition also in Dress. Messrs. Small , ilaynard & Co. are Issuing a second edition of "The Dreyfus Story , " by Ulcbard W. Hale. This handy statement of facts and law about the great case has been revised and brought down to date , and will be available and most usafuf for "reading up" In connection with the new trial of Dreyfus. It Is now positively announced that the first scries of historic houses , entitled "His toric Homes of Old England , " will bo pub lished bv O. P. Putnam's Sons about Sep tember 1. Among the authors of this vol ume are the duke of Marlborough , the duch ess of Cleveland. Viscount Emlyn and the countess ot Warwick. Pletro Orsl has just finished n volume on "Modern Italy , " which G. P. Putnam's Sons bavo in press. The same publishers also announce for earlv Issue a work by Francis Aldan Gasauct called "The Eve of the Re formation in Great Britain , " which IB a Btudv of the thought of the English people Immediately preceding the rejection by Henry VIII of the Jurisdiction of Rome. It is A. W. E. Mason and not Prof. Knapp who has collaborated with Andrew Lang in "Parson Kelly : An Historical Story. " The book will be published In October by Long mans , Green & Co. The same publishers win also present "The History of St. Mary's Castle and the Port of Dover , " by the Ilev. S. P. H. Stratham , late Scholar of Queen's College , Cambridge , who Is the rector of St. Mary in the Castle. Owing to tbet growing demand for "The Clebrity. " by Mr. Winston Churchill , a paper covered edition not to exceed 100,000 IH on the nress for Immediate publication by the Macmlllan company. "Richard Carvel , " by the same author , is now running through Its fiftieth thousand. It was published on June 1. Fifteen thousand copies were sold during the last week and another large edi tion Is on the press. The thirteenth volume of the "Outward Bound" edition of Kipling Is just ready from the press of Charles Scribner's Sons. This Includes the first part ot "The Day's Work , " and a story , "The Son of His Father. " which Is not published elsewhere In America. This new volume Is the first of six which the au thor Villl add to the "Outward Bound" edi tion , to bring It fully up to his latest work. This edition is soFd by subscription only. The Century company has made n great success of its "Thumb-Nail" series ot books. Last year's "Poor Richard's Alma nack" had a very large sale. This season "Rip Van Winkle nnd the Legend of Sleepy Hollow , " with an introduction by Joseph Jefferson , and the "Meditations of Marcus Aurellus , " newly translated by Mr. Benja min E. Smith , will appear In the Uttle stamped leather bindings which have made the series famous. Mrs. Sara Yorke Stevenson Is the author of the book on " ( Maximilian In Mexico" which the Century company will issue In a few weeks. Mrs. Stevenson spent several ycara in contact with the Imperial court In Mexico ice , from 1862 to 1867 , when Napoleon III was trying the disastrous experiment of es tablishing a European government on Amer ican soil. The story Is nn absolutely true one , yet no "International" romance" ot the present-day school of fiction surpasses It In color , movement and effective contrasts. A valuable hand * book descriptive of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art aud the treasures contained therein Is now in press and will soon bo Issued by R. H. Russell - sell under the title of "Tho Treasures of the .Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York. " The book will bo profusely illustrated by beautiful full page half-tone pictures , many of which nro of subjects never before re produced , from photographs taken by the official photographer of the museum. It will be 6x9 Inches , with sixty illustrations , and the prlco will bo $1.50. Two important novels are in preparation at Dodd , Mead & Cn.'s. One Is "Wlno on the Leps , " by J. A. Steuart. author of "Tho Mln. Ister of State , " and the other , by Bernard Capes , Is entitled "Our Lady of Darkness , " The Intercut nt the first story turns upon certain phases ot tbc drink question , and is , to all Intents and purposes , a problem novel , "Our * Lady of Darkness" has Us scene of action nt the period of the French revolu tion , and the picture alternates between England , Belgium and Paris. There is much plotting In this tale , the movement Is rapid and the Incidents are numerous and dra matic. Encouraged by the succesn of the "Temple Shakespeare" In single plays , which ban reached the phenomenal aggregate sale of 1,000,000 volumes , the Macmlllan company have decided to issue It again. In a form more suitable for the library and In n larger type , to be completed In twelve octavo volumes , This new form wlir give them an opportunity of carrying out a long-desired wish to Illustrate the notes and Illuminate the obsolete allusions In the text by lllus'.rn- tlona from old and contemporary documents and various other antiquarian sources. It will afso give Mr. Gollancz an opportunity ot fully revising the text and largely adding to bis notes where condensation is not no neces sary a * it was In tbo early edition , BO that ho will be able to ueo In this edition the latest results obtained from his own and other researches. The plan of the edition will be broadry that of the Temple Shakes peare. The above books ciui uc procured from the Megeatb Stationery company , 1306 Furnum , iir Shot to Juiun. | SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 8. The Examiner today Bays : The City of Pekln , which sailed on Saturday for Hong Kong by way of Honolulu and Yokohama , took among Its cargo 321,410 pounds of shot , tbo first ship ment of the kind ever made to Japan. In addition there were 107,650 pounds of pig lead and 34,758 pounds of shot lead. Just to what use this rather unusual shipment Is going to be put Is not known , but sug gestions have been made that it may bo intended to smuggle it Into Manlfu ( or the use ot Aculnaldo and bis army. SAYS HEMMING FALSIFIES Ohlef White Denies that H Erer Bent for World-Herald Reporter , CONVICTS MAKE PLEA OF BEING JOBBED I'ulillo In Cnllcil Upon in .Itnlnc If 'I'llonHim Horn Jol > l > er > Aci-iiwcil May HP Ankril < < > Mnkc Ollirr Kxplnnntlon * < lntrr. After reading the statement made by B. H. Hemming , police reporter on the World- Herald , that his arrest on the charge of extorting money under false pretenses Is "simply a piece of spllo work , " and that "his arrest Is a direct result of his going to testify agaln.it Chief White and Is a put up Job , " Chief Whlto had the follow Ins to ay : "This Is a very nice cock and bull story , Isn't H7 The charges preferred against roe state that I nm not a citizen of Nebraska , The fact Is that I began my service as chief of police for the second tlmo on September 26 , 18 g , and was therefore a citizen of Ne braska by March 26 , 1S99 , even It 1 had not been a resident long before , and as I nm not a married man there can bo no question as to my residence. Now , then , what can Hemming testify to In my case ? He certainly cannot contradict the police record , which shows my appointment and services. "Hemming claims ho wan Jobbed. The same claim Is made by two-thirds of the convicts serving sentences In the peniten tiaries of this country and I am not sur prised at his making the claim. "I will simply ask the public to keep a close watch Upon the evidence submitted by the state In this case and If any Jobbery Is disclosed I will willingly submit to pub lic censure. "Tho fact Is that I knew nothing about the case until Sunday night at midnight , when Cantaln Donahue told mo of the com plaint made to him by Mrs. Robb and her sister , Mrs. Dunn , and also Informing me of the appointment made by Hemming with the women the following day ; it 2 o'clock at the postofflco for the purpose of receiv ing | 50 for suppressing an article which he said was about to be published. "Captain Donahue then told mo what nr > - rangcmcnts ho had made to co\cr the post- office with a view to arresting Hemming after lie had accepted the marked money. I have never talked with any of the wit nesses and made no changes In Captain D'onahue'ti plans , but left the matter en tirely In his hands , with what success I will allow the public to Judge later on. "Mr. Hemming falsifies when ho says that I sent for him to come to mv office. The day lie refers to I met htm In the reception room of my offices , and he asked from mo a favor , which I granted In the presence of witnesses. I made no remarks about get ting oven with anybody , AS can also b > proven by wltnctses present. "I have nothing to fear from any wit nesses In Omaha and am willing to compare character and reputation with any of them. , "When Mr. Hemming gets through ex plaining this case , " remarked the chief with a significant look , "ho may be given a chance to explain several other occurrences and tell If they were 'jobs' also. " JONES IS GOING TO SCOTLAND Chnlrmnii of Dciuocrntlc Committee Threatened with Tlecar- rence of 'Illnem. ' ST. LOUIS , Aug. 8. The Republic says : Governor Stone Is in recplpt of a letter from Senator Jones , chairman , of the national democratic committee , [ [ nlwhlch the Tatter says that he Is threatened , with a return of ill 'health and will not leave for the United States before October 1 and probably not then. The letter was written in London and the senator said he would leave shortly for Scotland and thcro seek to regain his health. At the tlmo of writing the senator had not received Governor Stone's letter concerning the action taken by the committee ot the July meeting In Chicago. It is thought , however , that he would receive this letter before leaving London and that a reply will be received in the course of a week or ten days. Mortality StutUtlcH. The following births and deaths have been reported to the office of the health commis sioner during the last forty-eight hours : Births Rasmus Jensen. 2328VA South Twentieth street , girl : Ed Berg , 1108 South Seventh street , boy : H. B. Wooly , 2637 Pat rick avenue , filrl ; J , T. Negreen , 1510 Wil liam street , boy ; C. B. Hoch , 1412 North Nineteenth street , boy : Frank Sveska , 1725 South Eighteenth street , boy ; Christ Grleb , 2010 Bancroft street , boy ; H. W. Hall , 2310 North Twenty-sixth street , girl ; R. L. Whyte. 1904 Ohio street , boy. Deaths Joe Snell. 521 South Twenty- eighth street , 8 months ; Mrs. O'Mara , 624 Pierce street. 34 years. HrnniOTlck CIIMU Settled. The controversy over the carpets and cur tains In tbo Brunswick hotel has finally been adjusted out of court. John H. Pierce , the present occupant , has paid In full the claim of Theodore Farnsley on the goods and the replevin suit has been dismissed. The goods were replevined again by Fnrnsley after the Injunction restraining him Issued by Judge Scott had been dismissed , whereupon Pierce settled the matter by paying the claim. During the serving of the different writs Issued by the courts the carpets in sixty-six rooms were torn from tbo floors and taken possession of. The amount Involved was scv. cral hundred dollars. Suyn lie 1Vn Trljipcil Dp , S. S. Harmcr , Eighteenth and Jackson streets , came to the police station yester day and exhibited a badly skinned arm and several bruises , which he said had been made by a man of the name of McCrum. He related that be was standing near the wash- nut at St. Mary's avenue this morning when McCrum oamo alone and gave him a wrench ot the shoulders. He faced around to ace who was mistreating htm and claims that Ills assailant tripped his feet out from under him and let him to the pavement with a ter. rifle Jolt. He Is 63 years of age , and the fall used him up pretty badly. McCrum was charged with assault and battery. Another Woman AVnnli Feather * . Another woman la mourning the loss of a fine lot of feathers , and la looking in vain for the return of a man with a green cov ered wagon. Mrs. Annie Laplnsky , 2454 South Fifteenth street , reports to the police that a man with thick lips and looking somewhat like a negro , eave that he was white , ciime to her house July 31 and got a tedtlck containing twenty-one pounds of Feathers. Ho was to clean and return theme : o her. but sha has not seen or beard of them since. The same man got away with several other featherbeds recently. A flood Luck Croud. A cross recently discovered In the grave of he beautiful Oueen Dacmar Is sunnoned to keep away alt evlf Influences. There Is no more evil Influence than 111 health , and there s nothing which has so great a power to cecp It away than Hosteller's Stomach Bit ers. It is worth a hundred good-luck crosses o the man or woman afflicted with dyspep sia and Indigestion. A private revenue stamp should cover the neck of the bottle. Claimed He Wiin Ilohlird. Alonzo BKK8 | , living near Crestou , la. , tells be police that he was hold up Monday night > y two white men and a colored man. Ha was walking along Capitol avenue , between flnth and Tenth streets , when the men came up and threw their arms about his neck and rifled his pockets. He claims that about 18 was taken from him. The officers Investt- tated the matter and came to the conclusion hat ho bad lost the cash by shaking dice , and they dropped the case , Churned with C'rufltj- . Oliver Dennis , colored , living near the VahefAr trai elalloa fcea haan * rr 4 * A charge of cruelty to n child , A llttlo 5-year-old girl In said to bo the victim and the neighbors state that ho And the woman he lives with boat her Unmercifully. Matron Ryan made an examination ot the child and found pome bud bruises on her and some wounds that looked like blisters , but Dennis avers that the child burned herself thcro nome time ago. Father Williams and the hutnano society will make an Investigation. TO CHARTER A SPECIAL TRAIN Slate \VjomliiK Will Cnrp for 111 Milliter llojn When Thel.ninl nt San Krnnclnon. CHEYBNNK. Wyo. , Aug. S. ( Special. ) In nil probability the Wyoming volunteers , the First infantry and the First Light artillery , who fought so gallantly at Manila , the former In the battle ot Monlta against the Spanish , and both organizations against the Filipino rebels , will enjoy < x free ride In a special train from San Francisco to this city. Stops have been taken by Governor Richards nnd other leading citizens ot Wyoming looking to the chartering of a special train for the use ot the returning volunteers. The cltlrcns of Laramlc alone have raised over (600 ( nnd it is thought that Chcycnuc , Lander , Buffalo , Casper , Douglas , Newcastle , Rawllns , Rock Springs , Evanston , Green River and the other large towns in the state will raise enough to guarantee a special train. Governor Richards wired General Manager Dickinson of the Union Pacific to day for the rate for a. 'train from San Francisco to Cheyenne. If this rate is reasonably few the train will -be chartered at once. In addition to the free train homo from the const , which will effect a saving to each 3ldler of over (30 ( , the boys will be provided with travel rations , warm clothing and every needed article In the way of food and clothes. As soon as they arrive each volunteer will bo presented with a medal of honor on a token of the high regard In which they are held by the pcoplo ot Wyoming. ItvniH from IMi > rrt > . ' PIERRE. S. ] ) . . Aue. R. ( Snoclnl.l At an cxecutlvo meeting of the Missouri River Stockmon'a association , the following Inspectors specters wcro ppolntcd for tills year : Chicago cage , R. C. Blasslngame ; Sioux City , J. D. Carr ; Chamberlain , Henry Juclfs ; Fort Pierre , M. P. Kennedy ; Cheyenne Agency , Amedoe Rousseau. The state land department last week filed on 15,000 acres of Indemnity lands In the Aberdeen office , the lands being located principally In Campbell and Wnlworth counties , and were all fair tracts , being lands on which the filings had been canceled by the government for various reasons. Articles of Incorporation have been filed for the Chicago Zinc and Lead Mining com pany at Sioux Falls , with a capital of $1,000,000. The Incorporates arc J. Louis Pfau , Edgar T. Warner and Frank Jones. The state auditor has refused 1o pay any wolf bounty certificates until a test cash Is made In 'the ' court , and the matter of dis tribution of the appropriation Is settled by the courts. About Ifd.ollO ( or the Wlrtorr. CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Aug. 8. ( Special. ) The public subscription which wag started here a few weeks ago for the benflt of the widow aud children of Sheriff Joclah Hazen , the brave officer of Converse county , Wyom ing , who was shot down by the Wllcox train robbers last June , has grown steadily from the start and will 'be ' turned over to Mrs. Hazen during the present month. The friends of the family at Douglas , where the late- sheriff made his homo , subscribed enough money to pay the mortgage on the home , about J300. The Union Pacific Railroad company donated $2,600 , the Fre mont , Elkhoin & Mlseaurl Railroad company donated $500 , Colonel Jay L. Torrey donated $250 , and It Is thought the private sub scriptions will swell the total to about $6,000. Howard AVI 11 Welcome UK Soldier * . HOWARD , S. D. , Aug. 8. ( Special. ) There bavo been a number of new residences built this season. Rafferty , Arneeon & Co. have Just finished and occupied a new store room , 26x80 , making theirs the first department store In town. Hanson & Nel son have the foundation In for a store build ing , 24x80 , which will < bo built at once. L. J. Martin has purchased a lot and will put up an office building. Howard is rejoicing over the return of her soldier boys from Manila , who sail tomor row on the Sheridan. She oent twenty- six to the regiment. Ono was killed In 'battle ' , two mortally wounded and one has died'from disease. The survivors will to given a royal welcome. Charged trlth Criminal Aniinnlt. HURON , S. D. . Aug. 8. ( Special. ) Sheriff Medbcry lodged in Jail hero Satur day a young man named Arthur Stay , charged with a criminal assault upon the wlfo of a. farmer In Banner township. Stay came from an eastern orphanage and was given a home in the family of Mr. Whalen , n neighbor of the farmer whoso wife is tbo complaining witness. South Dakota New * \oten. 0 , A. RudoFph Is arranging to start a "kid" band at Canton. Hoboes who strike Exan In search of "hand-outs" nro compelled to earn their food by cutting weeds along the streets. Planklnton sports talk of arranging for a base ball game between two nines , ono composed solely of republicans and the other of democrats. In a ball game at Hurley the other day the score was only 23 to 47. and It Is said there was a perceptible increase in the business of the shoe stores. Day county , with a totnr vote of 2,327 , has norscs ana 13'j-iY cattle - , , showing- that the farmers there do not place their entire dependence upon wheat and other grain. Parties who circulated a petition In Brad ley to secure the necessary number of sig natures permitting the starting of a saloon there did not succeed in obtaining a single signature. The first threshing report of the season is made by E. M. Boycc , a Lincoln county farmer , who says his barley yielded an overageof twenty bushels per acre , and that the quality was excellent. An increased attendance la expected at the state university at Vemlllon this fall and next winter. Tha faculty has been added to and the buildings are undergoing Improve ment * which will add to the comfort of the students. Many improvements are being made at Brldgewater. Charles Larson of Lennox was awarded the contract for guttering and curbIng - Ing Main street , Stone from the Wolf creek quarry will be used for this purpose. Many now sidewalks are also being constructed , Woonsockot Is not a city , but thus far since the first of July has collected the sum of $3,000 from saloon licences , $1,800 of which wont into the town treasury. $600 to the county und tbo remaining $600 to the state. The only other saloon in Banborn county is at Letcher. Although the sentiment of the citizens ot Falrvlew Is said to bo nracticalfv unani mously opposed to laloons , a license for such an Institution has been granted there. The party who wanted to start the saloon hired a lawyer , who addressed the town board and convinced the members that the law permitted saloons there , Tbo llcenuo was fixed at $800 per annum. While tbo town of Nlobrara Is on the Ne braska side of the Missouri river , opposite Running Water , 8. D. , It contributed a num ber of soldiers to the First Regiment of CASTOR IA For Infants and Children , TUB Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of Most people appreciate a good thing at a fair price , but some few will have only the things that cost the most money. The " Ivory " is the favorite soap of most people. Some few want the high-priced toilet soaps and think they must be better because theyVost more. No soap is more carefully made , or is made of better materials , than Ivory Soap. IVORY SOAP IS 9 > 4 PER CENT. PURE. South Dakota volunteers. A citizens' meet ing has been called at Nlobrara for Wednes day night of this week to make arrange ments for a suitable greeting to their youns soMlcrs wheu the South Dakota regiment returns from the Philippines. The plans fdr the new state hospital for the Insane at Rcdflrld have been completed. The design is modern in style as also ar rangement of rooms. The building wlir bo fireproof. The outside Is to bo of Sioux Falls Jasper , backed with burned brink. The In- tcntlQn ot these who pushed the appropria tion for the building through tbo legisla ture , according to tbc ttedflcld Press , Is 'that ' It Is to furnish a place ra'oro especially for children who arc mentally deficient. MlHnnnrl null Mlnnnnrlnnii. Klcctrlc lights are wanted at Lexington. The Maryvlllo Ghautauqua opens August 11. The enrollment In the university summer school Is 267. i Nodawny county , it Is said , ships 1,000,000 cattle annually. Vernon county's Behoof enumeration is placed at 10,776. Sedalla will select a queen for her carnival by popular vote. J. Pecchcr , Fayctte. has a violin which was made in Italy in 1694. Latter Day Saints will hold a reunion at Maryvllle September 8 to 18. Wheat in some parts of Dade county la averaging thirty bushels to the acre. The Formers' and Merchants' bank is ft new banking Institution at Huntsrllle. Sam B. Jeffries , assistant attorney general , wants to succeed Attorney General Crow. Sedalla fears that the "Katy" will re move Its division point to Franklin Junction. Air the county papers ore talking about the prospects for a big Missouri corn crop. The Herald says there are "nine gam bling heirs" in Joplln and two more will bo started. A law and order league Is threat ened. The Herald offers the following evidence ot Columbia's midsummer prosperity : Work begun on 115,000 new public school building the fourth In Columbia ; architect's plans under way for Parker Memorial hospital building1 , to cost $25,000 ; new railroad from Columbia "to " McDaln approaching comple tion It will be In operation this month- cost $100,000 ; first , of Christian college build ings , costing $60,000 under roof will be completed September 10 ; foundation laid for three store buildings oh Broadway already rented nnd to be occupied this fall ; first ex penditure under Conley poor fund of $20,000. nrlef IJltd from Kaniini. Thcro are 80,000 head of cattle in Barber county. An old settlers' picnic was held at Hutob- last week. An automobile will be on exhibition at the Wichita fair. Those grasshopper stories , It Is said , are greatly exaggerated. Ottawa's Cbautauqua this year was the most successful ever herd. It Is said that there will b no fusion In Miami county this year. Fourteen bands were loose at the Wood men's logrolling ut Fort Scott. McPherson has a new flouring mill with a capacity of 500 barrels per day. The Kansas state house has cost $2,605,400 , thus far and it Isn't finished yet. Kansas has expended $9,500,057 upon Its eighteen state institutions so far. Judge Klngsbury , Burrington. has been a notary public for forty-one years. A spiritualistic medium at Wichita claims to have held converse with Deb Ingcrsoli since be died and quotes Ingersoll as hav ing said "I have saw Naporeon. " Dav Leahy , who Is a Conan Doyle , denounces Have Music of Your Own Now you can afford to , for you ciui get the best phino imido by paying $ . " > n month nutl yon would Imvu to pay that If you needed It $5 a month Jvim think of It yon will never miss the money with twenty different makes to select from pianos that wo can recommend to you and our pant record of twenty-Urn years Is a guarantee that you get what we say you do There Is a deal df Batiw- faction In knowing what you buy before you buy You take no chanced when you buy here. here.A. . HOSPE , W * Mlabrftto onr 25th bHilnew ! - vcrvary Got. 83r , 180 * . Music and Art 1513 Douglt * Drex L , Shooman's ' Special A mun'tj three dollar und a half ulioe the most popular prleo ever put on a shoe never put on a Hhoo of equal value before The proof of thin IH to HOC the shoes and talk with men that have worn them Every day wo have them como In the Htorn and tell us how well they have worn 10 months and more Never have wu had a dlHKatlHfled man-for wn put up what would bo the ordinary $ fi.OO with most HhocK and Hell them at ? ; i.50 yicl kid box calf IlusKla calf willow calf tan or black. Drexel Shoe Co. Ow k& > * ? - ( - < lh lf 110 FARNAJi STREET. the medium as a fake , becaiiss he knows Deb never said , "I have saw. " The new Younp Men's Christian associa tion building at Leavenworth will cost $12- 000. Forty-five Kansas counties haVe no poorhouses - houses at all , or else th y are empty. This In nearly one-half ot tbo counties of the state. At n meeting of the clerks or ttlo district courts of the state eomo time ago It wan reported that thirty-seven counties had no criminal cases to be tried. "The old settlers of Shawncc and DoUglas - las counties ; the settlers who Makcd oft the course of the creeks nnd planted the ravlnts and draws , who made the first mortgages , rained tbo first children , nnd are now mighty near out of debt , In good hearth nnd prosperous will hold an old settlers' barbecue at Buck Miller's grove on August 17. " This Is what appears on the posters announcing the event. Charles Cur tis and Joseph G. Walters will speak at the barbecue. Here Is a story from ( he Kmporln Gazette- that nearly equals the corn storloa. It is about a thirty-aero field of alfalfa owned by Henry Glftcr , just north of the Xeosho river. Yesterday It was cut for the third time In fifty-six days. The first tide it was cut on May 30 , then on Juno 30 nnd last month on the 26th , and still there nro more crops to follow. The field Is making alfalfa hay at an average of one and one- half tons to the acre for each cutting , giv ing Mr. Olger already this spring 135 tons of good feed. This Is only one field. Thcra arc many more acres of alfalfa In Lyon county that are doing just an well as Mr. Olger'i. Alfalfa Is a mighty good feed and the crops can't bo beat. Form * an Autocar Company. P1TTSDURQ. Pa. , AUK. 8. Thts Autocar company has been formed and an application will be made for a Pennsylvania charter. ' The capital stock , it Is'sald , will bo $1,000.- 000. It is the intention of the company to absorb the Plttsburg Motor Vehicle com pany and manufacture automobiles on a largo ecalo. The company expects to bo ready to manufacture ten complete auto mobiles dally after January 1 and employ ment win be given to about GOO men. l Xeir York Central Oofililrni It. NEW YORK. Aug. 8. A special to the Commercial Advertiser from Fltchburg , Matt. , quotes Dr. W. Seward Webb , presi dent of the Wasner Car company , as saying he is confident that the lease of the Boston & Albany road to the Now York Central Would ba granted and that the FltchburR road would bo leased by the same company. A Cnfoful Compounding of Prescriptions by Competent Pharmacists from Pure Drugs at Reasonable Prlies. THE ALOE & PENFOLD GO , , Lurgcit Retail Drag Iloaie. 1403 Farnam. OMAHA. OPPOSITE PAXTON IIOTBfi