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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.
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