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THE OMAJIA DAILT BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1002. ASSETS OF LITTLE VALUE look Vain of Ohambarlaii Bank lacurUirs . TiTt TlmatGraator Than Eaal. CASH AND SIGHT EXCHANGE ARE TAKEN tat Fair Ahle to Pay All Bllla and Leave a Sahataatlal Da la are la tha Treaaarr for Neat Tear. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Sept. 8p-clal.) The re port of Bank Etamlner W. D. Hartwell oa tba condition of tha Chamberlain Bank- log bouie at Terumaeh conflrma the fact) aot forth In The Bee's report from Te- eumseh, which were printed yesterday morning. It la found upon InTeatigation that tha notes and bllla dlacounted amount to f30.IO0.9s, but notea to the amount of $13,000, In exceaa of tbsie shown by the book, ar alio In tha bank. The amount dua all depositors. Including banka, la $71,(17. Of tbia latter amount 12.23 Is shown aa deposits purely, but IncUidea the money placed to the credit of the branch banka In Vesta and Graf. In summing tip tha condition of affair Mr. Hartwell flnda tha book value of tha assets to ba 1137,(15, with a probable loss, so fsr as can ba learned now, of $110,661. The (13,000 of atocka and bonds are all missing. Con siderable cash and sight exchsnga wss taken, but Just bow much baa not been de termined nor estimated. These figures are taken from the showing made by tha books. Balaaee la Fair Treaaary. Members of the State Board of Agricul ture aasert that tha receipts of the state fair were sufficiently large to pay all of ita expense and leave a neat balance In the treasury besides. While all of the bills have sot been presented, K Is estimated that tha total expense of this year'a fair will not be ao great as that of last year, otwltbstandlnc UDward of (3.000 waa Riven for tb construction of additional buildings and pens for live slock. . Secretary Furnaa and a few of tha ex ecutive officers of the Board of Agriculture were busy at the temporary headquartera In .the Llndel) hotel today closing up the business of tha fair. At the grounds there waa a general atate ot confusion. The last Of tba exhiblU were being hurried away and the buildings and sheds were being closed for the enaulng winter. . Members of tha board are gratified at the aucceaa of tha fair. They feel that it has grown In popularity,, and because of the manifestation this week will probably ask the legislature for a small appropriation for tha Improvement ot the grounds. Held en Barajlary Charge. ' Fred C. Williams, a young man arrested In Holdrege yesterday, waa arraigned on a burglary charge before Judge Cosgrave In police court today and upon his plea of not guilty, preliminary examination being waived, waa bound over for trial In the district court. He is accused of breaking m- nf Dr. D. P. 81ms. 1222 O treat, and stealing aomo gold plate and a quantity of dentist toola. , The police, received a telegram last night from Mr. Bchack of Omaha saying that her husband waa not expected to live sod ask -lag that bla brother, said to be a algn painter la this city, be notified of hla con dition. Tha police were unable to And the man. The Blkhorn railroad baa taken a train of twenty-one cars full of atate fair ex hibits to Yankton, 8. D., for entry In the . fair which la to be btld In that place next week. Twenty-five passengers accompanied, being In charge of, the property. " Coach Booth Expeeted Mbaday. Walter C. Booth, coach of the Vniveralty of Nabraaka foot ball team, la expected here Monday ' after a summer passed In Pittsburg. He expects to begin the train ing for the team Immediately. The open data for the 8aturdr preceding Thanks giving has been taken by Crelghton college . of Omaha. DUMPED FROM CREIGHT0N BUSi Crowd. ( Fair Attendants Softer Se vere lajnrlee When Klhart'e Teaaa Rill Away. .'. CREIOHTON, Neb., Sept. . (8peclal Tel- - egram.) L. Nlhart's team attached to a bus load of pasaengera enrouta to the fair grounds became umnenagable and ran away thla morning. The bua waa overturmd. throwing the party out on the bard ground. W. A. Strain bad hla collar bone broktn and bla forehead cut. Sam Brfckler was 'Injured Internally and may die, R. H. Brown waa crushed under the wheels, but not. .serious. A. F. Teheau had a finger broken and aa arm bruited. The Knox county fair closed today with about 1,600 people In attendance. Salllvaa Gets Hla Foot la It. . ' FREMONT. Neb.. Sept.' . (Special.) Tade Sullivan, a prominent farmer living near Dodge, bad a leg taken oft Juat be low tba knee by a threshing machine yes terday afternoon. Sullivan waa working "on tne stack and noticed a bundle of oats en the top of the separator that were likely . to clog jjp the "machine. He got on to the separator and stepped over toward the cats to throw them off, when In aome way 'bla foot slipped Into tha machinery nearly up to the knee. Thleaahe'a Ooldea Weddla. j WEST POINT. Neb., Sept. (.(Special.) Mr. and Mra. Ludwlg Tblemke ot this city celebrated their golden wedding at the opera house. The cadet band an1 the West Folnt Ltederkrans were In attendance and enlivened tha occaalon with vocal and In strumental muatc. Aa elaborate banquet waa -served to the aged couple, their friends and numerous descendants.' They have lived on their farm three mllea north of the eity for thirty-live yeara paat. . Haha Declines to Die. FREMONT, Neb., Sept. (.-(Special.) Fred Hahn, the young man who ran an oilcan spout two Inches Into his head Just . above hla left eye last Saturday, la rapidly Improving and will fully recover. ' For two daya after ha waa taken to the hospital on 8unday last the physicians considered ills case hopeless and bis continued Im- LowCoughs At first a high cough, all 1 In your throat. You neglected It. Now it is down deep in the chest. That means a low cough, a lung cough, bronchitis. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral controls the inflam mation, heals the torn mem branes. Talk this over with your docor. . Only half a bottle of Ayer's Cherr ' Pectoral cured mo of a dreadful coujr wnicD bad lasted for over four rears. Mrs. J. L. Johnson, Winnie, vs. laa.tab.IIM. XCAYUCOL.LawnH.1 prorement baa been a aurpriae to tbem. Though the brala was penetrated and bruited bla mental condition appears now to ba In nowise Injured. MORE EVIDENCE OF ELOPEMENT Frleada of Absent Kelsoa People Have Their naplrlone Still Farther Coaflraaed. NELSON, Neb.. Sept. (.(Special.) The continued and coincidental absence from Nelson of.H. O. Harvey, the Rock Island' atatlon agiut here, and Mrs. A. W. McRey nolds. wife bt a prominent and wealthy cltlxen, has resulted In a general supposi tion that the two have eloped. Mrs. McReynolda waa until a year ago Sarah N. Sheets, a domestic on a stock ranch near here and the mother of a daughter whom she brought with her lnt'o the comfortable home provided by McRey nolds, who has appeared alncerely dctoted to both. The wife, however, grow dissat fled aome months ago and commenced di vorce proceedings, which her husband auc ceedel ia having her dismiss during the last term of court. Two weeka ago she left her daughter In ber husband'a care and departed for what she announced as a visit with relatives In Iowa. A few daya later H. O. Harvey in formed hla wife that he had received a tel egram summoning him to Wlcblta to at tend his mother, who had been taken 111. Ina week a letter came from hla mother, who atated that' aha waa about to atart east for a visit and expressing her disap pointment that ahe had not aeen ber eon. Investigation developed ' that be had checked his baggage to Omaha and that Mrs. McRey nolds waa recently at tha Mer chants hotel In Falrbury from noon until 2 a. m. with a Mr. Martin, whom ahe later accompanied east. Mra. Harvey baa Iden tified the Martin signature aa being' tba handwriting ot her husband and there are rumors of Mra. McReynolda and Harvey having held clandestine meetings here In Nelson. Mr. McReynolda hlnta that others have been Implicated and Implied that there may be further developmenta If bla wife does not return. He hopes, however, that ahe will. Mr. Harvey baa been agent here for aome years and waa well liked. Hla wife retains her affection for him and la anxious for hla return, if only for tha aaka of their two children. He gave her only (5 upon hla departure. EAGER TO COME TO OMAHA Bralnard People Petltloa Railroad to Raw Excursion Trala oa Pres ident's Day BRAINARD, Neb., Sept. (.(Special.) People of this town and vicinity - are pe titioning the Omaha Republican Valley Railroad company to run a apeclal train over their line from Stromaburg to Omaha the day that President. Roosevelt is In Omaha, the train to return after the parade. If the request Is granted one of the largeat crowds ever out ot this section of the atate will attend. 1 Comlnar Wlthstaads Frosts. WEST POINT. Neb., Bept. . (Special.) Light frosts have visited Cuming county during the last week, but without doing any appreciable harm. Corn la In splendid shape, but backward, needing three weeka of warm, dry ' weather to properly mature. Potktoea are being dug and are a monster crop.' Applo are ao abundant a to ba nearly unsalable. ' Coaxes are plentiful. Plums, both wild and lame, are scarce. Gige Ceaitr Teachers' Institute. BEATRICE, Neb., Bept. (.(Special.) The Gage County Teachers' Instituts, which haa been in session this week, eloaed yes terday afternoon. Addresses were made by. Superintendent Fulmar of Pawnee City, Superintendent, Stephens of tbia city, sad County Superintendent Staller. The ses sion haa been a most auccessful one and a ' larger attendance than ever waa en rolled. Two Yeara for. Frenaoat OhTeaso. FREMONT. - Neb.. Sept. (.(Special.) In the district court yesterday afternoon Judge Grlmlein presiding, Carl Hanson pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking and entering Ralph Beverldge's saloon, and waa given two yeara In the penitentiary. Hanaon haa served a term In the reform achool for atealing and during the laat year baa. been under arraat for minor of fenses. Large Apple Crop la Polk. OSCEOLA, Neb., Sept. (.(Special.) There will be no one In Polk that will have to go hungry for applea thla year, for there will be the largeat cro? that has over been grown In the county. They are almoat aa cheap - as "Murphy's," farmers have ao many of them. They are selling for 40 cent a bushel In the orchard. New Elevator at Bloomeld. ' BLOOMFIELt). Neb., Sept (.(Special.) The erection of a new elevaVsf haa Juat been commenced, the aame to replace the one recently destroyed by lire. Thla i ele vator, which la to have a capacity of 26,000 bushels, will ba owned and operated by a stock company of the repreaentatlve farm era of the vicinity. Beatrice Chaataaqaa Eleete Officers. BEATRICE. Neb.. Sept (.(Special-) At a meeting of the stockholders of the Beatrice Chautauqua association Messrs. C. L. Reed, Henry Fishbacb and F. B. Sheldon were elected dlrectora for three yeara and O. P. Fulton for one year. The annual election of officers occurs next Tues day. York Catholics Picnic. k YORK. Neb., Sept. (.(Special.) The members of St. Joseph's Catholic church ot thla place beld their annual picnic yes terday In the city park. The day waa aa Ideal one for a picnic, and waa thoroughly enjoyed, although, owing to the busy time, there waa aot aa large aa attendance aa usual. Fairmont Varatlea Eade. FAIRMONT. Neb.. Sept. (. (SpeciaJ.) The teachers hsve all arrived for the open Ing of school Monday. The first teachers' meeting will be this afternoon. During the aumreer the' board, haa beautified the school grounds and Installed a modern heating sad ventilating plant for the achool bouse. Talk Is Cheaper at West Pelat. WEST POINT, Neb.. Sept. (.(Special.) The rette of tha Nebraska Telephone com pany for service to neighboring towna baa been reduced over 40 per cent Thta action waa taken to meat tha cut inaugurated by the Independent Telephone company at Hooper. Speaaer ef West Pelat la 111. WEST POINT. Neb.. Sept. (. (8peclal.) Conrad Speoner, one of the oldest settlers and wealthiest landowners In ths county. Is lying seriously 1ft at bla farm realdence Juat weat et the city. Ft.. Rata a. Beatrl... BEATRICE, Neb.. Sept. (. (Special.) A fine rain visited thia section yesterday afternoon. It la estimated that the. rata fall amounted to nearly, bait aa inch. Cora Crop Rlpeaa Slowly. TEKAMAH. Neb.. Bept. (. (Special. r The corn crop la this vicinity Is ripening very slowly because of the eool weather. Ne treat haa yet coma to damage lt CAMP SHERMAN ALL READ! Eabarata Preparation fr Annual leuilon oflutoG. JLE. LARGE ATTENDANCE tS NOW EXPECTED Splendid Mat ( Fine Speakers la oa the Program and Varied Assort aaeat af Asnasenaeats Pro vided for Midway. HASTINGS, Neb. Sept. . (Special.) Evervthlna: la no In readlneaa at damn Sherman for the entertainment of the an nual atate Grand Army .of the Republic re union, which will be held here all next week. All Indications are most favorable for. one of the largest and liveliest meet ings of the veterans of tha civil war ever held In Nebraska. An unauually large number of tents have been called for and Quartermaster vCreetb haa been kept busy answering the calls for accommodations and locating the many posta making requisitions for quarters. Tha committee baa eystemattsed the work and have every street In the tent camn lettered and every tent numbered. . Each officer wiu be prepared by reference to a book ha carries to Inform any comrade Juat what tents ara ocennled hv ant nn,i Camp Sherman la moat beautifully altuated on nign ground with sufficient slops to give a One view of the surrounding country. It Is less thsn a mile from tha heart of tha city and la Just aa the buffalo left It. The grounds will be Illuminated by (00 'electric lighta, which have been carefully located ao aa to light the entire aroitnda An n. eeptlonally larre number of attract Inna have oven securea jot tne midway, and many gooa speakers have accepted invitations to be present, among which ire William J. Bryan. Who Will anesk hers Mnnitav after. noon: Captain Henry, one of the ni men for camp life, who will put new spirits into the old soldiers; Chaplain Jesse Cole Of the famoua Etahth Wlscnnaln !ala rw. ment, known aa the "hummer," will ba on band to addreaa the comrades unon various subjects. Commander Llndt, commander of tha Iowa State Grand Armv nf tha ttniitiit win oe present during the week; Comrade nuicn.nson or ues Moines will also be on hand to entertain. Congressman 8hallen berger will sddress the neonla AH Pnnmi. slonal day. Governor Savage and staff will oe nere on Governor s day, and Senator Dietrich and 8enator Millard wilt .n.b ... Congressional day. A large tent haa been erected for tha hen. em or ins public at large and It haa a Beat ng capacity of nearly (.000. Thin tent win lighted by electiicitv and here nm. Una mUSIC Will DO discoursed hv a lam ..hni-tia cnoir unaer toe directorship of Dr. Casell Reeeptlo. for Pastor a.d Bride. HUMBOLDT. Neb., Sept. . (Special.) I pleasant social event occurred Thursday ivenlng when the members of the Christian hurCh of thta city save a rerenttnn n tholr pastor, Rev. Bert Wilson, who returned from rainaen witn his i bride. The affair took place at the church narlnra which ware ilcely decorated with sotted nlanta and rut flowera, and waa aurprlse to the pastor. Mr. and Mra. Wilson will not take up their residence here at this time, but Intend each finishing a course of study at tha Cotnar uuiTnrsiiy, BOa win mererore live at Beth any for the present. Last of the Family. HUMBOLDT. Neb.. Sent. li The death of Samuel Hunzeker, which was noted In these columns a few da ain marked tha extinction of a famiiv r name who came over from Swltxerland ever fifty yeara ago. Mr. Hunseker'a death fol lower cioaeiy upon that of hla Bister, Mra, Hum. whoas demlae occurred on Rnnriav August (1. while Mr. Hunzeker naaaed awa three days later. There ara many other famlllea of the aame name In thla aentinn but theae are the last of thta Immediate family. firaady Goes to Silver Creek. wear point vk s a Prof. L. P. Grundy, a former teacher ot tne grammar deoartment of tha nuhlla achoola of thla city, baa accepted a po sition a principal of the nubile schools or silver creek. Neb. Killed by a Trala. ELM CREEK. Neb.. Bent. (. rSnerlal Tl egram.) Aucuat Jascrtkt. an aa-ed Herman wiaower or this place, was struck by a train thla afternoon. Beveral ribs on bla left aide were broken and he died four hours later, To Parehase Bast of Carnegie. BEATRICE. Neb., Sept. (.(Special.) Tha Woman's club of thla city contemplate purchaalng a fine bust of Andrew Carnegie to place In the new public library building when completed. DEATH RECORD. Mra. Mary Cartla. Blair. BLAIR. Neb.. Sept (.(Special.) After an Illness of aeven weeks, during which time ' ahe was mostly unconscious, Mrs. Mary Curtla. wife of J. F. Curtis, died at the family residence on Grant atreet this morning at 1:30. Bra. Curtla fell from a cherry tree over a year ago, receiving injuries from which she baa Buffered ae vera palna In tha head. Mr. and Mra. Cur tla are old residents ef this county, being married at Da Soto In 1(, and first com ing to Nebraska la 18(2. She leavea la tbia eity a mother, nearly (0 yeara old, and of ber Immediate family ber husband, one daughter, three son, all residing at Blair, and Dr. J. M. Curtla ot Calhoun. Levi Asheafelter. COVINA, Colo,. 8ept. (.Levi Ashenfet ter, a noted Indian fighter on the Wyoming frontier in the early daya ot warfare with the aa rages, died near here from accidental Injuries sustslned while loading hay. Ash en felt tr waa a wealthy ranchman. He waa a veteran of the civil war and at Ita cloae waa transferred to the mountain division, Philip J. Bailey. LONDON. Sept. (.Philip J. Bailey, tha author, died at Nottingham today. Ha waa bora In ltl(. HYMENEAL Kantseanaa-Stnetar. WEST POINT. Neb., Sept. (.(Special.) Ths approaching marriage la announced ot Mies Lily Stuefer. the second daughter of State Treasurer Stuefer, to Charlea Kuntxe man of Cedar Creek. Neb. The wedding w 11 be Wedneeday la this- city,' sad will ba the most brilliant social event of the aeaaon. Plathers-Beylaa. 8TURGIS. S. D., Sept. (.(Special.) Wilbur C. Flathers and Miss Carrie M Boylan. both of Piedmont, Meade county, were married at tba residence of ' the bride's pareota. Mr. and Mra. William Boy lan, September 1, Rev. W. D. Atwater off) elating. - - Mere aaat-K ina;aa. ARBOR VI LLE. Neb., Sept. (.(Special.) -Mr. Frank C. Merchant aad Mtaa Essie M. Klngeoa of this place were married laat night at tha borne ef the bride. large number ' ot friends of both parties were present. Kelley-Mehl. WEAT POINT, Nsb.. Sept . (Special.) Miss Emllls Mobl of this rlty wss married en Friday last at Colorado Springs. Colo., to Dr. N. H. Kelley, formerly et this place. They will reside at Sallda, Colo., where tha doctor baa a practice. The bride la a lece of Oil Inspector Sonnenicbetn and tha groom a former practitioner of thla city. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Several New Bnral Delivery Rentes "anted. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Sept. (.(Special Tele gram.) Postmasters sppolnted: Iowa O. P. Wendt, Pelro. Woodbury county, Ia. South Dakota C. U. Hanna, Shlndler, Lincoln county. Rural free delivery service will be estab lished on October 1 in Iowa aa folowa: Charles City, Floyd county, six routea, em bracing an area of 11( aquare miles, contain ing a population of 1,950; the postofflce at Carney to ba discontinued and Nileavllla supplied by rural carrier. Hamburg, Fre mont county, one additional route; area. eight a iquare miles; population, 425. Pel la, Marlon county, three routes; area, sixty- three square milea; population, 1,656; the postofflce at Peoria to ba supplied by rural carrier. Rlverton, Fremont county, one route; area, twenty-one aquare mllea; popu latlon, 610; tba postofflce at Hinsdale, Lee county, la., ordered discontinued after Sep tetnber 30. Miss Florence 8. Parker of Sun River, Mont., has been appointed a cook at Lower Brule Indian achool. South Dakota, and Miss Jessie M. Young of White Eagle, Okl., at the Omaha Indian achool. Mas Roaa haa been appointed a subatltuts letter carrier at Atlantic, la. ADVANTAGE F0R PORTO RICO Aarreeaaeat by Which Coffee la Bo Admitted to Fraaee at Hlalaaaas Daty. WASHINGTON. Sept (.--The president haa proclaimed an agreement entered Into with the government of France on August 21 .ast . extending an important trade ad vantage to the Island of Porto Rico by tha admission of the coffee produced In that Island to the French markets at tha .mini mum tariff rate. Thla was accomplished by a apeclal agree ment made 4etwen Acting Secretary Adee for the United States and M. de Margerle, charge for the government of Franca here. Thla agreement in turn amend the com mercial arrangement of date May 28, 1898, which waa the first drawn under the terms of the reciprocity section of the Dlngley act. That arrangement applied only to FTance and to the United Statee proper, and the amendment Just entered Into extenda it on one aide to Algeria and on the other to the island of Porto Rico, as the general features of the tariff schedule affected, while aa to Porto Rlcan coffee It la provided that It ahall enjoy the minimum French tariff rata until February 28, 1908, by which date It la expected a further extension can he arranged. NOT THE.; SULTAN'S FAULT Grand Vlsler Salt to Be Iteaponalble far Lelsehsnaa's Troable la Terkey. WASHINGTON, Sept. (.It la learned at the State department that Mr. Lelschmsn, minister at Constantinople, baa reached a moat aatlafactory agreement with tba porta aa to the complicated and delicate quea tlona which have been tbe aubject of ne gotlatlona between the United 8 tates and Turkey tor ' several years. Consequently his service baa been extremely aatlafactory to tbe department. Ha ha concluded suc cessfully this phase of bis work and baa been granted leave of absence. It appeara that tha principal difficulty experienced by Mr. Lelacbman waa due to the impossibility of finding any Turkish officials with whom be might do business properly authorised. He would enter Ipto an arrangement with one or the other of them, and tbia arrangement would be disavowed by the grand vteter. After sev: eral experiences of thla kind, Mr. Lelsch msn came Into peraonal communication with tbe aultan, and tbe later, on hearing ot the manner the minister had been ob structed in bis work. Issued an order to the effect that all tha arrangements entered Into by him with the aubordlnate officiate ahould be carried out In good faith. ROSEHILL LEAVES ISLAND Title to Land la Diapafe Is ta Ba Set tled la Dlplenaatlo , Channels. WASHINGTON, Bept. (.Acting Secre tsry Adee baa been Informed by the Japan ese legation here that Captain Roaehlll, who undertook to lay claim to Marous Island and take poasesslon, sY rived at that Island on July 10 laat. He waa met there by a Japaneae war ahlp, tha commander of which banded to bim tba lettera addreased by the State department, pointing out the advisability ot hla avoiding any forcible demonstra tion to support bla claim. Tbe captain accepted these letters a sufficient and left the Island about a week later. He baa not lost any right ba might have bad, according to the State depart ment, and If be baa any Juat claim It may be puraued to a conclusion In the uaual diplomatic channel. Retires later Ante Llaatt. WASHINGTON. Sept. (.Brigadier Gen eral William H. Forwood, aurgeon general ot tbe army, today retired under the age limit. He will be succeeded Monday by Brigadier General Robert M. O'Reilly. Gen eral O'Reilly waa recently In charge of the medical department corps of the Depart ment of California and waa the official White House physlclaa during tha two terms ot President Cleveland. Reveletlealsta Are Heated. WASHINGTON. Sept. (.Mr. Bowen, United States minister at Caracas, baa tele graphed the Depsrtment ot State that an eagagement between the revolutionists and government troops occurred yesterday on tbe mountain Just behind tbs Americsn le gation, lasting four hours and resulting In tha rout of the revolutionists. The aoiae of combat waa beard distinctly at tha lega tion. BRIGHT AND WARM SUNDAY Fareeast far Sehraeha Promisee An other Any ( tha Rlht Brand at Cara Weather. WASHINGTON, Sept. (Forecast: For Nebraska aad Kanaaa Fair, warmer Sunday; Monday fair. For Iowa Fair, warmer Sunday; Monday fair. For Illinois Fslr Sunday and Monday variable wlnda, becoming fresh eouth. For Missouri Fair Sunday and Monday. For North aad South Dakota Fair, warmer Sunday; showers and cooler at night or Monday. For Wyoming and Colorado Fair Sun day; warmer la eastern portion; fair Mon day. ' For Montana Partly cloudy Sunday; probably showers snd cooler la northwest portion; Monday fair and cooler. BARTHOLIN'S BODY IS FOUND forpss Snpposed to Ba Chicago FngHiTt Located ia lows. HAD DIED BY HIS OWN HAND AT LAST Lettera aa Body Cenfeae Crimea at Which He Waa Saapeoted aad Serve ta Identify II I m ae Haa Waated. CHICAGO, Sept. (.The body of a man thought to be William Bartholin, murderer of hla mother and aweetheart in Chicago six weeka ago, waa found today In a field near Lowther, la., 890 miles from Chicago. A bullet hole In the bead and a revolver on the ground beside the body showed bow the bunted fugitive had died. In the pocket of tbe man's coat waa a letter con fessing to the murder ot the twV women In Chicago. Lettera signed "Minnie Mitchell," tbe name of Bartholin'a murdered fiancee, also were found In tho suicide's pocket. The body waa found In a flax field, aix miles from Rlcevllle. Tba discovery waa at once reported to the town authorltlea and the body waa removed to Rlcevllle. There It waa recognised aa that ot a man who had been In the locality for aome time. A number of persons recalled that the atranger had been aeen around the town tor several daya. To aome who had talked with him he gave tbe name of "Wil liam." To others he said he waa William Boscoe. At a hotel he registered aa "Ed wards." He disappeared a week ago today and It ia presumed that It waa then that be took bla Ufa In despair of eluding the po lice and In terror of being captured. The town authorltlea at once noticed the resemblance the body bore to the desctip tlon of the Chicago fugitive which Inapector Hunt of Chicago had aent to every town within 800 mllea of Chicago. U waa then that a more careful examination waa made of the body and the note confessing to the murders waa found. Tbe town authorltlea buried the body, but it will be exhumed to remove any doubt that may be raised aa to the Identity of tbe suicide. Bartholin'a note referred to 'he two tour dera In Chicago and declared ihat no one except himself waa concerned in the com mission of the crimes. Tbe note filled one and a quarter pagea of ordinary letter paper and waa signed "William Bartholin." The lettera found on the body were written two 'years ago and were algned "M. M The Initials are supposed to atand for Min nie Mitchell. ' 7 Folats of IdeatlScatloa. The body Itself furnlshea several points which are similar to those In the amended police description of Bartholin, Issued Au gust IS. Chief of these Is tbe upper falee teeth. The undertaker who bandied the body found In Iowa aald tonight the upper teeth were false and "set In a white plate." Aa to whether there were two gold-crowned teeth in the row, another means of "identifying Bartholin, the under taker could not remember, and the body waa burled today. It waa apparent death had occurred several daya ago, and it la due to that fact that aome ot the polnta of Identification have been obliterated. Bartholin waa 88 yeara old. Tbe under' taker could not estimate tha age of the man whose body wss found In the field. He could not estimate the weight. Bar tbolln weighed 160 pounda. Tha undertaker estimated the height at alz feet The fugitive waa five feet ten inches. Bartholin bad brown hair and large none, mouth and ears. The undertaker aald the balr on tha bead of the body waa "light." Tha time Intervening atnee death bad made accurate statements aa to the ears, nose and mouth Impossible. The undertaker could not say whether the dead man bad blue eyea and a acar on hla left cheek, aa did Bartholin. Whoa He Flrat Arrived. Three weeka ago the auspect arrived at Rlcevllle. He made bla way to the Wilkes hotel and registered aa "William Edwards, The atranger aeemed Jaded when be ar rived at the Iowa hotel and rested for a few days. To those with whom be talked be aald hla name waa William and be did not use the name Edwards except Infre quently. After a week tbe atranger began to look for work. He Inquired about Rlce vllle, but found nothing. Then be made abort excursions Into ths country and found work on a farm five mllea aouth of the little town. Out of the eight ot tbe Rlcevllle police, tbe man almost dropped out of their minds until Friday. Dr. Pratt, the village doctor. In paastng along a road by a flax field, noticed a body. He went to the body and ascertained that Ufa waa ex tinct. -When he returned to Rlcevllle be called up the coroner ot Howard county at Cresco and notified him of the discovery A verdict of autclde was returned by the coroner's Jury- Chleaaro Police Iavestla"ate. When the suicide first appeared at tha Iowa town be registered at the Hotel Wilkes. He had hla breakfaat taken up to his room and remained In bed all the forenoon. Upon arising he avoided entering the dining room. He aeemed troubled and was very quiet. Later be went out Into tbe country In search of work. The lettera and eonfesaton found on the body are in handa ot tbe coroner, who la now at Lime Springs. Ia. Unable to receive any official Information from Rlcevllle concerning tbe finding of tbe body auppoaed to be that ot Bartholin Chief ot Police O'Neill decided to aend two officers to tha acene of the suicide. The officers selected to go were both personally acquainted with Bartholin, and In caae the body la that of the murderer wtll have no trouble In establishing hla Identity. Tba detectlvea left Chicago at 11 o'clock over the Chicago Great Weatern railroad, ac companied by Robert Mitchell, brother of tbe murdered girl. Coateats af Ceafeealoa. The confession which waa found in the dead man'a pocket waa dated Auguat 81, and In it the writer declared that be. killed hla mother, Mrs. Anna Bartholin, tor her money, and later murdered bla sweetheart, Mlsa Minnie Mitchell. All others who have been arrested In the case are exonerated In the confession although Bartholin accuses Minnie Mitchell of being a party to tbe plot to murder bla mother. The murder of Mrs. Bartholin, ths con fession runs, waa accomplished according to a plot arranged between tbe two lovers, and later Bartholin killed Mlsa Mitchell. Ths confession explicitly states that Thompson, Claffy aad Couneelman, the other auspecta their names are mentioned In the order given are guilty of no complicity la the murder. DEVELOPING NEW COAL FIELD . Syadlcate Baya Large Trnet la lilt aela aad Ballds Railroad Threach It. CARBONDALE. III.. Sept. (.Deeds to ths landa which have been purchased. In volving thousanda of acrea of coal, have been filed in tha countlea of Jackson, Franklin and Williamson, thirty-one deeds having been filed In Jackaon county. Tb consideration In these transfers la mora thsn 1100,000. Tbe conveyancee are te ex Congressman W. 8. Foreman and In a few instances to Peter Jeffrey, tbs Isat named being connected aa general manager with lolloy, tigor 8 Go:. New Black and Colored Dress Goods Correct and Fashionable Styles Monday wa place before our patrona tor Inspection tha most select stock of autumn and winter dreaa goods It baa aver been our privilege to show. A complete eolor line ot 41-inch canvas cloth, atom serges, whip cords, Cf etc, choice assortment, at OvIC A fine line ot El-lncb tailor cheviot, gran ite clothe, basket weavea, rope etamlnee. ate., colored and black, 1.00 at 11.25 and A tempting array of tha lateat clotha In colored and black, including "cheviots," "sibellnea", "camel'a balr", "canvas clotha" and "basket weavea" d fj f a very choice assortment at . . O KM A few extra fine novelties forerunners of the later winter styles, heavy rough ef fects, shaggy albellnea, bouretto effect a and Scotch plaid, In colored ...1.75 and black, at 2.00 and New fall Silks. An attractive collection of new fall atlka la plain and fancy weavea, Including tbe newest effects In molrea, both black and colored, and the lateet fall fad, TARTAN PLAIDS. Special Advance Sale on Blankets and Comforts White and colored fleece blankets, white and colored wool blanket's and all kinds of cotton, down and wool tilled comforts; the prices we are quoting on these are fully one third less than they can be bought for at any time later in the season. Be sure and get bur special prices before buying. LTolIoy, Sfigor S Oo., Cer. Fsrnsn end Fifteenth Sts By tho Author First Edition.' 75,000. Making 100,000 Copies a opnwi nv pis si 01 LUILLU UlllEi By AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON "A great story, full of sonority and vigor. We are sure the reader will like it." New York Sun. Hundreds of testimonials pronounce it as standing in the highest rank of modern fiction. Beautifully bound, $1. 60t G. W. DILLINGHAM CO., Publishers, New York. To a Lover of Good Music; The Kimball Piano Is tbs Most Satisfactory Instrument ot ths Age its tone is purity unqualified. Its every detail a marked evidence of perfection. 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Ul f LZ3 MUSICAL FESTIVAI-PECIALS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING Grand Sacred Concerts AFTERNOON CONCERT BEGINS AT 3:30 tba Conaoliaatsd Coal company, whllo tha former la ths promoter of tha ayodlcats. In Wllllamaon county there have been 81ea US deed, tba body ot land comprlalng a trifle mora than 1,000 acrea. A railroad la now building (rom Fountain BluSa on tha Mississippi rWsr to and through thla land, and tha dsvelopments will begin aa aoon aa tha road la completed. It la known that tba flnal terminus of tba road ia to ba on tha Ohio rWer. probably at or near Ool conda. . . j FIRE RECORD. Fire Destroys Freight Sheda. DL'BAND, Mich., Sept. . Ths Ana Arbor A Grand Trunk railway freight aheda here have been destroyed by Bra. S'.sty cara of coal and a freight trala half a mile down tha track from tha aheda ara now burning. Tba loaa will ba at least $160,000. ITIre la Brewery riant. , CINCINNATI. O.. Bept' . Early today Are broke out la aoma mysterloua manner oa tba third floor ot tha plant of the Inde- Skirts, Suits, Jackets and Scarfs for Autumn aad Winter Wear. Wa ara offering aome specials for early fall In Cloak and 8ult Department. A full black cheviot walking skirt levlot walking aklrt $5 for Very line oxford grey walking aklrt. at $6 seams. Walking Skirts, with alot and lap seams. In blue, brown and grey Scotch mixtures, very stylish $10. Pedestrian aulta In blue, brown and grey Scotch mixtures, also black made In the new Norfolk and Flat Seam Jeckete equal in style snd fit to any (IlOr) custom made ault, at aPaWV We are ahowlng a complete line of ladles', misses' snd children's short and long Jack eta for early fall and winter, at lowest prices. , A complete line ot medium and heavy weight capea, plain and trimmed. In tha late ahadea of pearl greys, castors, tana and reds. These cool evenings call for Fur Boas. We have two apeclala. A 45-inch Sable Oppossum Scarf pj CZ( 4 tails, very wide, at OeO'J A genuine Sable Fox Scarf, 45 Inchea long. two very large tatla and trge tatla and Q 50 four pawa of "ST. ELtVIO." Second Edition, 25,000. Before Publication Day. ril.LISGS 28 CENTS AND BO CENT'. Work guaranteed. Post graduate. No students. We are here to stay, . Small Charges tbr All Materials Only. Teetk extracted free. Uold crowns, S3 88. Teeth cleaned free. White crowns, V 6. Soft fll'lnga free. Bet of teeth, I ION DENTAL COLLEGE OP PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Room '. 1522 Douglas. Opp. Boaton Stars. Open Wily. Nights till 4. Bundays.10 to . pendent Brewery company at Canal aad Walnut streets and tha plant waa destroyed. Fire me a Charles Jennings and Charlea Hollla were caught under falling wall and aeTsrely Injured. Jennings probably fatally. Tba loaa tf estimated at 1100,000, with la autanca covering it.