Cedar Falls Gazette from Cedar Falls, Iowa • Page 2

Semi-Weekly Gazette' CEDAR PALLS, IA. I H. HTJUn. TWO FIKEMEN KILLED BIG FIRE OCCURS AT VILLE, TENN. KNOX.

Blaze Does Great Damage to Prop- erty in tho Heart of tho Business District--Palling Floors Caujcht Two of tUe Fire Fighters. Fire in the heart of the wholesale dis- trict of Knoxville, which broke out at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday night, caused a loss of nearly $400,000 and cost the lives of two Im-nifN. Tho dead i William A. Maxey and John J. Dunn.

The fire started in the six-story Phoe- nix building, on Gay Street, between Wall and "Union Avenue, and the whole- sale hat and millinery house of Murphy Robinson. The flames spread rapidly both north and south, into the store of Cullen Newman, wholesale china ware, on the north, aud into the sloi-e of M. L. Ross on the south. On the south the fire did not make ther progress, but on the north, a gut- ting the Culleu Newman establish- ment, it spread to Cullen Shields, chi- naware, and the W.

Woodruff Com- pany, wholesale a a and machin- ery-house, which, entirely destroyed. The fire: was stopped before it had dam- aged M. 1 B. Arnstcin on the north, except slightly. The firemen had three lines of hose on the Kbss building, which is four stories high, when the a of the Phounix building crumbled and crashed the roof of the Ross building.

The floors wore carried down in order, and out of seven men who wore iu ihe.bnilding only two were caiiglit, although there are ru- two spectators lost their lives. The insurance on the losses a $300,000. FATAH TO CHILDREN. Five Met Death in a Fire at Coun- cil Bluffs. At 1 o'clock Tuesday morning the res- idence of Pete Christiansen, Sixteenth Avenue and Third Street, Council was destroyed by fire, his five chil- dren ranging in ngcs from a babe in arms to 11 years of age, burned to death, and Mrs.

Christiansen burned so that she will die. The husband was in the country at the time. Nq one knows how the Ere started. The. dead: Edna, 11 years; Frank, ycauj; Lain, 4 years; Jane, 2 years; baby, 5 months.

Just before 1 o'clock Mrs. Christian- sen woke up and discovered the interior of her house in flames. 1 She rushed to another room where the children were sleeping. Tb.at room was a mass of flames, and was impossible to gain an entrant. Mas.

Christiansen ran into the street and raised rai This m-oused the neighbors and au alarm was turned in. The house being of wood burned rapidly and was totally consumed before the ar- rival of the department. The bodies of WAITING FOR BALM. THE STATE OF IOWA. Ueii.

Reyes Hopas for a Gold Salve This cable dispatch was received 'at New York Saturday uight from official source iu Bogota: "Government is helpless in effort to pre- vent war. In less than a mouth from now 10,000 men will be on the isthmus." This information confirming rumors ca- bltd from Panama Sunday that Colombia intends organizing and sendiug an expe- dition against Panama comes as a sur- prise in view of the changed -atttinde of the Colombians, who had apparently ac- cepted the inevitable and depended on Gen, Raphael Reyes, their special envoy to Washington, to save what he could from the wreck, says the Sun. Gen. Reyes was to have sailed Sunday for BarrniuiniHa on tho steamer Valencia, but for the second time he deferred his departure. Gen.

Pedro Nelisbhina am. De Lucas Cnballero, colleagues of Gen licyes on the Colombian commission, sailed on the Valencia. The story continues, on seemingly good authority, it is stated, that Gen Reyes remains at Washington because his nego- OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. Murrtcrer Keuiian Appeal to Su- preme Court Burslnr Routed by 'Parrot--Amnna Society May Be De- BtroyeJ--County Grocery In lnbnque. Another murderer came to grief at the hands of the Supreme Court when Wood- son Reagan's appeal from Appanoose County was turned down and tence of the lower court affirmed.

Rea- gan was indicted, charged with murder in the first degree- He was convicted of murder iu the second degree. His vic- tim was his'sweetheart, Ella Chirk. Sept. 10, she was found dead with a bullet wound through her head. Reagan reported the case to the county coroner, alleging she had committed suicide.

When the hitter arrived a knife was clutched in her lifeless finders. Testimony con- cerning ft quarrel he had had with the thc children when' found were only black- tiatious with the state department at encd trunks. Mrs. Christiansen is terribly burned about the face and body. She, in telling the lire, said when she awoke the rooms seemed to be tilled with flames.

When she wont to bed at o'clock there was fire in the kitchen stove, but it was low. This was the only fire iu the house. HIGH WIND IN COLORADO. Much Damage to Property and Two Lives Ijnst. t.igh winds prevailed Monday along tlie eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains iu Colorado and Wyoming, and much damage to property was wrought.

In Denver two men lost their lives as a di- DEATH IN THE DRINK. three Chic-ago Men Succumb and Three More Are Dying- A number of colored men living in a rooming bouse on Ocnrborn Street, Chi- fiixo, drank worid iiloolml. anil as a result Cyrus Robinson. a and Thomas i i are dead. George nings and ICdward 'J'humpsoo are.dying ud i a is in tho hospital with a faint chance for his life.

The tni'ii purchased the alcohol in a drug store and their friimils duclnre a bottles were not properly labeled. The police were not uble to find the druggist who sold the jileoho). It is by men living in the rooming bouse a i oil of victims knew wood alcohol was poison, but did not tbinV they were i i it. They supposed a they bud genuine alcohol. SHOT BY AN ASSASSIN.

Wnsliington have not been completely broken off, and he has a tentative promise from his government that Colombia will be taken care of with a pecuniary balm for her injured feelings. Gen. Hafncl Ucyes, special envoy from Colombia, said regarding the report thai his country was about to send an army to Panama: "If Colombia is thinking of going to war I know nothing about it, and have nothing to do with it." Gen. Reyes expects to leave for.home in a few days. He said that so far us he was concerned his negotiations with the state department at Washington ended with his note of Jan.

IS to Secretary Hay. "Negotiations terminated then," he added, "unless the state department givl ry rect result of the gale, they coming into reopcns them i ll(lve not hing further to contact with a trolley wire, broken by afl(J tQ tb(jt note the wind. Reports are being received from points in northern Colorado telling of the de- struction of farm buildings and hay stacks in the country districts and the falling of trees, small buildings, chim- neys, in tiie towns. In some places the force of the wind was so gl-eat that small stones were blown about promis- cuously, shattering windows and injuring people. Numerous fires were started, but 'as yet no reports of serious losses from this source have been received.

BUTLER ON TRIAL. Millionaire Again Knees the Charge of Bribery, The trial of Col. Edward Butler, mil- lionaire politician of St. Louis, on charge of having nineteen members of the houseVjf delegates in connection with the city lighting measure, began Mouday at Fulton, Mo. At his first trial Butler was convicted of attempted bribery iu and sen- tenced to three years iu the penitentiary, but was freed by the Missouri supreme court.

The present trial is on other in- dictments. Butler was born iu Ireland Go years ago, and by trade a blacksmith. He has been a political boss for years and is worth at ,000,000. MAY BE HER SLAYER. EXPLOSION OF NATURAL GAS Two Persons Killed and Six Hurt in Pennsylvania.

An explosion of natural gas in the cel- of the home of Henry Magel, at "West Liberty, Sunday was the cause ot the deaths of two persons and the severe injury of six others. The dead are Hen- ry Magel, aged 55 years, and Charles Mngel, his son, aged 20; Mrs. Henry Magel fell through to the cellar and was seriously injured. Her children, William, aged 13, Annie, 15, and Otto, 18, nnd Charles Almasy, a son- in-law, and his wife, were all badly hurt. The explosion is supposed to have been caused by a leak from the gas main into the cellar, and when Mr.

Magel went the cellar for a bucket of coal, carrying a lighted candle, a terrific explosion fol- lowed, completely wrecking the house. Jiort time before convinced the that he had killed her. The Su- preme Court considered the record of the ca.se. evidence and all, and'decided that the verdict and sentence wen just. I'nrrot Kolltca Kurglar.

A pet Mexican parrot, owned by Mrs. I. Schooley of Iowa 'City, officiated as au amateur detective and probably averted the loss of much valuable property be- longing to its piistress. A burglar en- tered the Schooley opened a secretary, abstracted purse about and was pursuing his investi- gations further when Polly began to screech choice bits from its unusually large vocabulary, snch-ns "What are you "What are you doing?" "Hello, Schooley!" "Hello, Sehooley!" The bird's screams summoned Mrs. Schooley from a distant part of the house to the invaded room just as the frightened burg- lar slammed the'front door and Hed, leav- ing a gold watch and other valuables un- ouched.

May Crush Amana Society. The Arnaiin Society, a community or- er, may be dissolved on account of an ction brought against it lor wrongful buse of corporate power. Attorney D. I. Wilson of Marengo has obtained an rder of court enabling him to proceed gainst the society.

The society Is organ- ted under the incorporation provisions if the laws of Iowa providing for re- igious, charitable and benevolent pur- wses and not for'pecuniary profit. The anded possessions of the community in owa amount to over The products of its flannels, wool- ens, indigo, prints and starch are widely mown as articles of commerce. A.U elevator is needed at Rome. A new bank will be established at Rome; A State bank is being' organized at HoIsteiiV. The Methodists at Dike now own their parsonage.

A House of the Good Shepherd may he established at Davenport. Fire Destroyed the fine farm'residence of D. Reese, near Mitchellville. Weekly fire drills have been inaugurat- ed in the Council Bluffs schools. Municipal ownership of light and water plants is strongly urged at Muson City.

McChire Helphrey, dealers in gen- eral merchandise at Mediapolis, have as- sighed. 'The Marshall County grand jury is in- vestigating alleged bootlegging joints at Albion. Burglars stole $50 worth of silverware from Idzel's jewelry store at Des Moines. No clue. A brick factory with capacity of 40,000 bricks daily is to be erected at Clinton.

Leai year clubs have been organized- by the marriageable ladies of Dubvuvae and Clinton. Vandals; broke into the German Lu- tUeruu Church at Burlington and ruined a line organ. Serge Ynlevich De Witte, tvhp gained so much favor with tho Czar thai he is practically chancellor the Rus- sian fata'' as a-'financier, statesman and dip 1 loin at. ToVhim nifcj be credited tlu building of the'-gre'at Trnnssiberiun rodd, and iu economic measures that has promoted has displayed "skill of a master. He was horn in Caucasus in GE.x.

DE first studied Tiflis, and theu entered.the University of Odessa. Later he became a Journal- ist, which proved to' be to public life. His first important office was minister of ways and communica- tions, to which ho was appointed in 1SQ2. In January, 1893, he becanis finance minister. His tariff wnr with Ben Priugle, a Webster City youth, Germany showed his ability to haudit.

A Prominent Kentucky Lawyer la Murdered. James K. Shradei-, a. prominent young lawyer of Louisville, who had just completed a term ns ji.ss;.slant attorney of the commonwealth, Tuesday at a hospital from the of a bullet wound iiiUitlt-d by W. IQ.

Neal of Oweus- boro, Ky. The trouble arose, it Is said, over a suspicion which Neal entertained as to Shrader's relations i Mrs. Neul. shooting occurred in a barroom, where Neal found a a i to a bartender. Nral bngan shooliiic without warning.

Neal started to but met an officer, who arrested him. Ncnl's father is a wealthy a and was once a state sen- ator. BiR Failure. B. P.

Bonner, personal representative John H. Kirby, and W. H. Mcf-tood Louis, have biicn appointed temporary receivers of thn Kirby Lumber Company at Houston, one of thn largest cor- porations of tno kind in tho ioulhwest. Government Routed.

Advices received from Montevideo. Uruguay, soy it is oflicially admitted 1,500 government troops operating against the revolutionists a met i a reversal at San Milo. Society Man Suspected of Killing: Miss Schiiefer. Detectives are watching the homes of three prominent Bedford, lnd. men.

In one, possibly two, of them, are men sus- pected of the brutal murder of Sarah C. Schaefer. Practically every one in Bedford knows now the man against whom the police are gathering evidence. If the police can show that he is the man who wrote letters daily to the beau- tiful young'school teacher, he will be ar- rested and hurried out of town. Startling developments nre expected momentarily.

WRECK ON MISSOURI PACIFIC Colorado 'Flyer Derailed, Killing Oue and Injuring; Thirteen. The Colorado flyer on the Missourt'iPa cific that left Denver Saturday afternoon for Kansas City was derailed near Miller Sunday wuile running at the rate of forty miles an hour. The engine an( rear car, a Pullman, alone remained up right on the track. The baggage cai smoker and a chair ear were thrown int the ditch, turned over, and terribly shai tered. One person was killed and thirteei injured, one seriously.

The wreck was caused by the snappin of a rail, duo evidently to the sever weather of the last week. FOR MURDER AND ASSAULT. STILL A PRISONER. Mrs. Maybrick Jlivs Not leased from Prison.

Been Re- Big t'ire in Cincinnati. Kire originating in the Great China Tta Company's store in Vine Street, Ciucinnnti, spread to adjoining build- ings and caused losses aggregating 000, partly insured. i Peonage. Under charge of peonage and cruel treatment, H. L-.

PiHman, prominent farmer of Madison County, has waived preliminary- hearing nnd been bound over to tho April term of the Unit- ed States district court. It is alleged that Pittmaii held on his place the six Further investigation confirms the an- uo'unccment made by the Associated Press on the authority of the United States embassy at London, that Mrs. Florence Mnybrick-has not been released. Though her exact whereabouts have not developed, it is certain she is still a pris- oner. Much mystery shrouds the action in connection with her reported release.

Mrs. Maybrick was convicted of the murder of her husband in Fatal Qnnrrcl. a. football game at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, nil Jiltcrcation arose Vietween Albert yiieksteigcr and James Daly, plnyers.

Kicksteigcr was struck and felled to the ground by Daly. It was several hours before Rickstoigcr regain- ed consciousness, and physicians say he will probably die. Greathouse Gets Sentence of Thirty Veers. After being out twenty-four hours the jury in the case of Frank Greathouse, on trial at Edwardsville, for the mur- der of Mrs. Lanra Bailey, of East Alton, and for an assault on her daughter Eliza, returned a verdict of murder, and fixed the punishment at thir- ty years in the penitentiary.

Mrs. Bailey and her daughter were found''lying unconscious in the road last June. The mother died, but the girl re-' vsved and accused Greathou.se Murder Follows a Melville Orr, a. brass worker, was kill- I A-County Grocery. In an effort to save money to the coun- ty and escape the alleged extortions of local grocers' combine, the.

supervis- ors of Dubuque have opened a store in court house with a staple line of gro- ceries. The custom of issuing orders on certain grocers to the poor will be aban- doned and the poor relief commissioner will himself serve out the goods, saving retailers'- profit to the taxpayers. A Blaze at Wadena. H. J.

Ennenbeck's double-story frame building was destroyed by fire at Wa- dena. ISnnenbeck's stock-of general mer- chandise burned, the Interstate Tele- phone Company's exchange on the sec- ond floor was burned out and lodge rooms gutted. The loss on the' building is 000 and on the merchandise stock 000. Body Frozen. John Lucas, a farmer west of Cedar Rapids, fonnd tlie frozen body of a man named Svoboda near his gate.

Svpbodn had been drinking and lost his way. He hud cut his hand on a barbed wire, and a of blood led to where his body lay. Poatofllce Robbed. The postofflce nt Wheelurwood was broken into. AIderson: Co.

lost heav- was shot through the ivran' while toying with a revolver. Judge Oreu E. Hardy, a former' resi- dent of Waterloo an Iowa pioneer, is dead at Ontario, Cal. William Nich'ol of A'lbia fell thirty- five fuet from the top of a telephone pole, receiving possibly fatal injuries. Paul Dorwcller, an aged citizen otf West Bend, was seriously nnd possibly fatally hurt in runaway accident.

Dunkcrton schools are temporarily closed because of the presence of a num- ber of scarlet fever cases in the town. Mrs. Joseph Tanek of Lamont made two attempts to end her life. Both un- successful. No cause is given for the act.

Ross Jay, a young man living near i Bldon, was seriously injured while Iniut-i ing by the accidental discharge of his 'gun. Fort Madison has been in the throes of a scarlet fever epidemic, but it is re- ported that the disease is now under control. Louis Rounds, a Lineville harness- maker, disappeared recently. It is feared he wandered away while temporarily de- Assurances have been given by C. G.

W. that the cut-off from Bur-, chinal to Meservey will he built the com- ing year. C. O. Chambers of Ainsworth, Geo.

Gee of Siley and C'has. C. 1'. McBrown of Laurel have been appointed railway mail clerks. George and William.Korey, Assyrians, were refused citizenship, papers at Fort Dodge because they knew not the date of their birth.

The Davenport board of health is pre- paring an ordinance prohibiting the in- discriminate distribution of patent medi- cine samples. Rev.ili. G. Kent of- Le Mnrs has beeu appointed field secretary for Iowa Chris- tian Endeavorers and will assume his duties March. 1.

A movement is on foot iu Hardin County looking to the increase of the the Board of Supervisors from three to five. Two Marshalltown women. Mrs. S. W.

Morgan and Mrs. Ida W. Williams, have fallen heir to $45,000 by the death of a Connecticut relative. Edith Williams, aged 24, of Indianola, returned from a party and committed suicide by taking poison. There is no apparent reason for the act.

issues of national finance in a surprising manner. Renr Admiral France Bowles, whose recent resignation as chief con- structor of the United States navy caus- ed a' mild sensation in naval circles, will be remembered as the youngest officer to hold the title of rear admiral, he having been but 43 when it was given to him in March, 1001, nt the time he was appointed chief constructor. His res- ignation followed SL ft Pta of C6 the of a large shipbuilding com- L. Capps, chief naval con- structor at the New York yard, succeeds him. General Don Juan Isidro Jiminez, whc to be favored as president of the Do- minican republic, but whom the, proyis- i a I government that recently ousted Wos Gil is strong- ly opposing, hat twice beea president of Santo Domingo, the -last time suc- ceeding Heureaux, whom i i agents ore said to have assassinated.

Jirainez is well known in American cities, especially in OENJSBAL JIMIKEZ. New York, where 16 planned uiauy of his operations affect- DS the Dominican government and peo- ple. In 1898, at the outbreak of the Spanish wnr, Jjminez attempted an in- rasioii of the island, uiid'made a landing it Moute Christi, hut was driven off and larrowly escaped with his life. Sly in clothing, nnd it is thought the thieves made away with the greater part of the postage stamps in the oflice. Within Our Borders.

Berlin has dedicated its church. Solon tvill have a new rural route, No. 3. There were luii marriages in Delaware County in 1903. W.

S. Garrison has resigned as post- master at Wyoming. The Presbyterians at Toledo i soon Benjamin H. Marshall, architect of tin roqnois Theater, who defended his plani the building and the manner of construction before the coroner's inves- tigators, is well known in his pro- fession throughout the country. Mr.

Marshall was boru May 1874, nnd received a thorough education iu the ar- chitectural business. A loan and trust company, capitalized Besides the Illinois at $200,000, Ss being organized at Wut- 8n a Powers' Thea ed Sunday by Ed Retting, a barber-at complete their church. Cincinnati. Orr was a i on the curb with three others when IJotting and his wife passed. Mrs.

Rotting slipped children of a negro nnd i great cruelty. treated them' Taft Gntera pabinf.t. At the war department Monday Wm, II. Taft of Ohio Look the oath of office as secretary of wnr in the presence of oral members cabinet, staff nnd a of persona! fiic'iidi. First Thealor to McVicker's at Chicago, com- plete with safeguards against fire nnd Joss of life, hns reopened, being ths firrt of the popular play houses lo do so since ull of them were closed following the Jro- QUoU theater fire one month ago.

No Cherries i Cocktails. A cmsnde against cherries iu cocktails has been started by Robert M. Simmers of Potlsville, tho state pure font inspector. It is claimed by the state olll- cials that while the cherry is originally white of color it is colored by coal tar and preserved by salicylic acid and other poisonous and would have fallen but for her hus- band catching her. The bystanders laughed, nnd Retting used his knife with fatal effect.

Grant C. i OflTcrs to A Kansas City, dispatch says: Grant C. Gillctt, the former cattle who fied to Mexico three years ago, has made a definite move to settle with his creditors, whom lie owes nnd aggre- gate sum estimated nt ,500,000. Five Men i Five men were killed late Saturday nignt in the iMaplc Hill colliery of the Philadelphia and Kroding Coal and Iron Company at Malianoy City, by an explosion of powder in a cngc in which I hoy wrr! being hoisted. The mnnglcd forms of the rock men fell 300 feet to the botloin of tho shaft.

Star mail service will be resumed be- tween I-Iorton and Plainfield. Henry Hagge of Sundlmrg suffered the Divorce. Madame Nordicn, the priroa donnn, who in private life is Mrs. Lillian M. Poeme, been granted an interlocu- torf.

decree divorce by Justice New, Condi run Tilbury Krceil. At Chicago James Gordon Tilbury, nnd chauffeur, was declared Innocent of threatening Carrie IA Thurgton with bodily injury in connec- blackmailing charges. Alexieff Not Poisoned. rumors In circulation at St. Pe- tersburg that Viceroy Aloxieff had died of poison brought out scmi-otllcial state- ment saying telegraphic advices from Port Arthur pronounce the reports un- true.

Rocnbnd Tilll Houie. A Washington dispatch snys: Without division the bill opening 410,000 ncrcs Und ju South Dakota, commonly known the liosebud bill, passed the house Jewelry Store, RobUc.il in I Two men entered jewelry store Harry Doopke, at -10 West Twelfth Street, Chicago, and after assaulting Salesman Fred Ilegner escaped with jewelry valued at Many A i Indicted. The grand jury nt Kansas City, been investigating the charges of boodling by the board of education, protection of illicit snloons nnd gam- bling, voted Hcventoen indictments, were returned Friday nipht. loss of a portion of one hand in a feed grinder. Seedok C.

was appointed postmaster at Wright, vice H. A. Car- penter, resigned. The Floyd County grand jury is said to be investigating the cases of druggists alleged to be selling Jiquor illegally. About fifty Federal prisoners, mostly deserters from the army, have been put to work under guard at Fort Des Monies! Dows will have fire escapes on its school building nnd the management of the public hull has provided facilities for exits.

Nearly $20,000 in pensions are paid Quarterly to the inmates of the soldiers' home nt Mnrnhalltown or their dependent relatives. While a i a gun he did not. know wns loaded Charles (jrabtrce, a V2-yvnr- old boy nt Burlington, nccideiitiilly killed his mother. Colonel J. W.

Patterson, formerly col- lector of tho internal revenue for the northern district of lown, has been se- lected by the Debnque Retailers' Asso- ciation to act -RS secretary. Martin Weslcott, indicted nt. North- wood for manslaughter for killing George Louge nt Ilauioiitowii, has n.sked for change of venue. The coroner'ti jury investiftallnK the erloo. It is proposed' to erect a seven- story home for the new company.

Fire at Lost Nation destroyed Me- Neil's drug store, Willard's general store, the Henderson' olucc building and the Lost Nation Hotel. Loss $50,000. Following a quarrel over business transaction at Tara, L. A. Gibson drew a trim on William Benoit The former will now answer to the grand jury! The Dubuque Women's Club voted an indorsement of the juvenile court bill which will be introduced in the Legisla- ture by Senator Crawford of that county.

At Davenport the street railway com- pany will try the experiment of heating its cars with steam pipes, connected with small furnaces places on the front plat- form. A White Wynndotte hen exhibited at the Webster City poultry show was scored 07 points by the judges, This is said to be the highest score cv-er given a hen. Bessie Brooks, a 12-year-old Marshall- town colored girl, was fatally burned by upsetting a lamp. The girl's clothing was saturated with the kerosene, which ignited. A half dozen or young men of College Springs have orfjanizcd rabbit hunting club.

Up to the present time they have shipped nearly 1,000 to Omaha. "Jimmy" West, the South Dakota ex- convict, hns been hound over to the Wood bury County grand jury on a c.luu-sc of complicity in the Lnton bank robbery. Nlc Kaufman, a farmer near LeMnrs, loaded ifCOO worth of household goods on a hay rack, preparatory to moving. In some manner the goods caught fire and B. II.

itARSHALL. CEOHOE F. THAIN. 8hortajt" The. report of the exports who completed their nation of the of tho of Cincinnati, shows oi-C'asWnr Henry Burkhold to I have been 3I1.000 short death of the two Dunkley boy.s who were killed nt a gnide nrowiSni? in Dubuque, returned a verdict holding the Great Western responsible.

Fire originated in the hack room of the Rccond story of. building occupied by P. J. GOSH at Hawkcye and the entire struc- ture was destroyed. Most of the eon- wore entirely' consumed.

Bellow, who hnd the contract for digging big ditch near I'o6ahontas, is missing. He drew some money on his estimates before leaving. His wife and employes are anxious to learn his where- abouts. The State will receive about 520,000 inheritance tax from the ostiUe of Into Funk of Webster City. It is CHtimated that in last three years of life Fnnk gave awny fully ter in Chicago he has drawn the plans playhouses in other parts of the coun- try, and also has devoted much attention, business buildings and to those used tor manufacturing purposes.

i George Francis Train, who died in New York, aged 74. was one of most picturesque characters. He began life as a farmer boy nod gro- cery clerk, develop- ed into a shipowner and railway pro- moter, and Inter into a globe trotter and author. For thirty- five years he had been noted mainly, for his ecccntricitiem, which in'1872 took the form an in- dependent candidate for -the presidency and caused him to be tried for insanity. Lie had made four trips around the world, and held a record of sixty days for the trip.

Federal grand jurors in St. Louis in- flicted Senator J. K'. Burton of Kansas for alleged complicity in eet-rich-qniclf fraud. Mr.

took the place of L-ucien Baker. He is a native of Indi- ana. He has lived nt Abilene, for eighteen years, during which he has practiced Inw. In 1805 he was a cnn- didate against Mr. Baker for the sent he won in 1001, and was defeated in the caucus by only one vote.

Mr. Burton was a notable figure Iu one of the Kan- sas State conventions because of bis leadership of the opposition to Roosevelt of tbn were xuved. 100,000. four Dos MoincK judgeH have offered to free every couple where the bride will Btnte that it necensury for her lo propose iu order to perform the mntcli. Judge Charles IJinhop of the Su the lixt, i JudKC W.

H. McIIenry of the Dixtrict Court and Juatice" K. E. Duucnn mid W. A.

othtri. .7. R. BUItTON. William Hogden, who has been identi- fied ns a son of Mrs.

II. Varley of 75 Flournoy street, Chicago, and who is one of the three heirs to $70,000 left by uncle in England, died of typhoid la the city hospital in St. Louis. Panl Hurd, a young attorney of Abi- lene, who was seriously hurt whlta oat riding, died from the of bit ID juries. Dr.

J. W. Cox, veterinary WM Mriowly by William Bof- Hill,.