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A- r. 32 HUHT FOR A TASGOTT Detectives Find Plenty of Men but Not the Right One. FORTY-ONE ARRESTS MADS 7 And Forty-One Time3 Offlcsrs Find Tney Have Erred. For Ten Years A.J. Snell' Morderer j.

Ilea Klodtd I'iplare I'adtr A 50,000 Renard. "WlIKe Taifqtt is the most elusive will-o'-; the-wlsp detectives ever ter. In th ten years that have elapsed sine the murder 'of AmW-J. Snell, spurred on by an offer of $50,000 reward for. his capture, shrewd sleuths In countries of tie world have'been" hunting Clews in- numerable have been followed, and over forty arrests made, hut In no Instance have any of uj been within -striking distance of the right man.

If it were not for the fact that we have THE MUCH-WANTED substantial proof that there is such a being as Tascott, I would, be strongly inclined to doubt his existence." This was the comment made by a veteran detective when Frank Farnsworth. alias "Tascott No. 4." was arrested in Chicago on Monday last and taken to the Central station. Like his forty predecessors In fame, Farnsworth turned out to be an Innocent man so far as connection with the Snell murder Is concerned, and the sleuths are still looking for Tascott. The -murder cf Amos J.

Snsll took place on the night of Feb. 7, 1888. He was a man of great wealth, and queerly eccentric His home was at the north wesi corner of Washington boulevard and Ada street. In the basement of the house-Mr. Snell had an office, where he collected ren's from bis- large realty.

holdings, discounted notes, and transacted other financial business. As he frequently had large sums of money in his pcsaeu-lon over night, he kept a small safe in his office, in which he locked up his cash and valuable papers. The occu- pants of the house, in addition to Mr. Snell, were Mrs. Snell and two girl servants.

These latter had rooms on the third floor. Finding of SneU's feodr. About 8:30 o'clock on the morning of Feb. 8 Henry Wlnklehook, the Snell family coachman, left his room in the stable building lu the rear of the premises, and went to the house with the purpose of attending to tbo furnace fire. He found a hole had been bored through a panel in the rear kitchen and fhe bolts unfastened by passing a hand through this hole.

Winklehook went at once into the dining-room on his way to the secontl floor, his intention being to arouse Snell. The dining-room table was covered with" silverware and other valuables which had been gathered by the robbers, and which, they had been compelled to leave behind in their haste to escape. Ascending to the parlor floor, Winklehook stumbled over something lying on the floor in the hallway, at the top-of the stair landing. G-'ttlcg a light, the coachman saw this "something" was the dead body of Amos J. Snell.

Later it was discovered that the safe in the basement office had been pried open and the contents rifled. Just what taken is not known, as Mr. Snell was a man who never discussed his private affairs with anybody, and rib living soul, aside from the robbers, has any idea what that safe held on the night of the murder. Inquiry by the police developed the fact that one of the servants had heard pistol, shots fired in the house duringthe night, and had also heard Mr. Snell cry out, "Oct out of In explanation of her failure to give an alarm at the lime this servant said the occurrence frightened her so badly sho lest her Bcises.

of the Police. From position of Mr. Snell's body, th fact that it contained two pistol balls of different the hole in the back door, and the testthiony of the servants, the police made the following -diagnosis of the case: Two thieves effected an entrance Into the house by way of the rear kitchen door, broke open and rifled the safe, visited the dining-room and picked out the silverware, and had gone to the parlor floor in search of more plunder, when, the noise aroused Mr. Snell. Descending from his room, he heard the robbers in the front parlor, and sent a Bhpt otj them through the closed door, at the.eara time calling out; "Get out of here!" Then he stepped to the rear of the hallway to intercept the escape of the.

thieves, and was shot clown by both of them. One bullet entered bis brain; another struck near the heart. Investigation of the yard back of the Snell -house showed footprints in the snow leading frorj the fence to th back door. These footprints came from the' direction', or th home of a Mr. Brooks, a few doors further west, which had been broken into by burglars the seme sight.

Trace Crime to Tascott. Mrs. Snell'a first move "was to offer for the arrest of the murderers, this reward being subsequently Increased to $50,000. The police worked hard and hundreds of private detectives took up the trail, but nothing In the shape of a tangible clew was found until a week after the murder, when a Mrs. Wicks, keeper, of lodging-house at No.

474 West Madison street, came to police headquarters with a scrap of paper bearing tha J. of it a name-ef A. J. SnelK The- wmi said one of her lodgers, a young man who went under tea name of William ScotL had suddenly disappeared, leaving behind him a lot of silver ware. The day he left Scott burned some papers 4n the in his room, and the scrsp bearing -Snell's name was found by Mrs.

Wicks in clearing out the ashes. Mrs. Wicks had ncveT Jiad much confidence in her lodger. He was out nearly every night until a very late hour, a habit which be explained by saying he was a reporter employed on a morning newspaper. Scott disappeared from Mrs.

Wick3 house a few days after the murder of Mr. Snellt when, she lot of silverware, in hi closet and the tell-tale acrap of paper in the stove Mrs. Wicks was satisfied she' had' been unwittingly harboring a robber and murderer. "It was easy work for the poliee'ta fix the Identity of 'William Scott" as WUliam Tas-eott, the wayward son of a West Side painter. He was a well-known character in the vicinity of West Madison and.

Loomis His record from the time he aUended the Skinner school until his disappearance after the murder of A. was easy to obtain. And It was not a record any" young 'men could be proud of. Toung Taicott associated with bad characters, and, while at times well supplied with money, had no- steady occupation. He was away from Chicago, for months at a time, and, on one occasion, when 'he was gone for over a year, he- served a term, of Imprisonment at Frankfort, for dealing in bogus railway tickets.

i -z "With these facta developsd the chase for Tascott begain In-real -earnest. The. chance to pick up, $50,000 ia not offered every day. and hundreds of, professional and amateur detectives made it their sole business to 'run down Tascott clews. The murderer was WILLIE TASCOTT.

heard from In all parts of the world he was in. Alaska, ia British Columbia, in Mexico, in South America, in China, in Russia, and even In Africa. Letters and telegrams giving tips 'aa to his whereabouts poured In by the thousands. Every hint was carefully and laboriously followed; but in no Instance was anything like a warm trail struck. Mr.

A. Stone, son-in-law of the murdered man, spent money without stint, and traveled all over the country ia vain effort to find Tascott, but he, like the horde of sleuths, waa baffled. One of his most notable trips waa made in February; 1889, in company with City Detectives Williams and McDonald, he went to Rat Portage, in the far Northwest, on what seemed to be a most promising clew, only to And that a man said to resemble Tascott had been there a few weeks before. Forty-one arrests of alleged Taacotts hav been made in the last ten years, and fort 5--ona times the prisoner was discharged, with due apology from his -captors. In August, 1888.

a curious thing happened. The body of a young man, strikingly similar to the description given of Tascott, was taken from the lake at Milwaukee. A bullet wound in head made the Wisconsin authorities believe "he had been murdered and thrown into the water. Word waa sent to Chicago, and two detectives were ordered to visit Milwaukee and see if they could identify the body. When these officers reached Western Union Junction they were intercepted by a telegram orderiug them to return at once to Chicago.

The reason for this sudden change in' programme was never explained at detective headquarters. The most the chief would say was that he was convinced the body waa not that of Tascott, and It would be a waste of time to attempt to Identify leas such. Despite this, many people grew strong In the belief that the dead man found at Milwaukee waa Tascott, and that he had been thus disposed of by his pals to prevent threatened disclosures. Sara. Tascott Alive.

Among the detectives who have worked incessantly on the Snell murder, and are sure the identity and present existence of Tascott, Is John A. Dier, who makes the following strong assertion: "Billy Tascott is alive. He has been seen and communicated Inside of two years by a Chicago taan, who has known him since he was a boy. Tascott did not attempt to deny his partly because he knew it would do him no good and partly because the man who met him is a trusty friend, who wouldn't hand him over to tha police if the reward -waa $150,000 instead Qf $50,000. Besides, I'm not sure that reward holds good now.

There was a time limit on it, and I have never heard of its being extended. Tascott will be turned up one of these days, but won't be by the police, unless they stumble on him by accident. A man who has eluded the hot search that has been made for the last ten years will have no trouble in fooling the sleuths further, especiaHy as his appearance Is changing all the time. When Tascott left Chicago la 1888 he was a mere stripling, with a slight mustache. Now he has a heavy, full beard and has grown quite stout." When asked how bo could account for Tascotfs mysterious disappearance when the entire detective force of America was hunting for him.

Detective Dier said: "From what I have learned during my work on tbcase I am satisfied Tascott did not leave Chicago until after the excitement had partially died' out, and the watch was somewhat relaxed. He waa hidden away here in the city for some weeks, and then made his escape on a lake' boat." KaeW Their Limitations. Grace, who lives in Tioga, Is barely 5 years old. She was In the front yard the other day, when two of her small admirers climbed over the fence. She recognized her duties as a hostess, but.

the end of a stick of candy remaining in her hand was. too small to be divided. Tommy was in the lead; he is a chubby youngster, with an insatiable longing for pie. His chum wears long curls, and is fonder of fairy stories than anything else. Grace was aware of their When Tommy ran up she proffered the eagerly accepted candy to him.

Then she turned to his chum with a radiant smile: "But I'll dlv you tis." Philadelphia Record. Siberian Hxllas. In fifteen years Russia has sent 624,000 per-Ecns to Siberia, fully 100,000 relatives of prisoners having accompanied the exiles of their own free wllL. THE STOP AX XNTER OCEAN. OYEMBEIt 20, 1898.

OUR DAY OF PRAISE Causea for Thanksgiving iCmong Americans This Yeart. VIEWS OF PROMINENT MEN Era of Glory and Prosperity for "the United States. r- Leaders In War, Politics, nd yorlom Linen 'at. Soilness Voice Pa-, trio tie i When the 14,000,000 American Jamil les gather about their turkeya. on Thursday next, what causes for thanksgiving will they find in the events of the past year? Some of the.

moet, eminent men. of the country have written for The Sunday Jnter Ocean their opinions on this question. Fighting leaders. General MUes. Commodore- Philip, and Colonel Roosevelt.

Members, of" Cabinet Lyman Gage and John T. Long, Financiers Russell Sage and Henry Clews, and other famous men representing different career in life, have contributed their sentiments, and they agree that not for many years have Americans had. 9 many reasons for ob3erv- Turza ari viuic rrr 1 a. tlvaL A war of world-wide significance carried to complete success in 100 days, an enlarged commerce, which will this year make an American city the greatest shipping port in the world, a reunited country from which the last trace of factional bitterness has been wiped out; the settlement of our disputes with Canada, general business' Important scientific discoveries, bountiful harvests, Dewey, and all the other heroes of ttw war, are mentioned as, among the things for which we have to be grateful on Nov. 24, 189S.

Secretary Crnaan Casjre. 7 Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage writes: "In' the midst' of general rejoicing' which comes with peace after strife, let us not fail to measure the good we are enjoying from other It has not: been many months since industrial and commercial depression was widespread, and both at home and abroad grave doubts existed aa to our financial if hot, in fact, as to our financial integrity. All this was reflected by grave unrest. Now there Is an era of good feeling.

The tide of hope for the future runs high, and confidence is master of the situation. A mar velous change has been wrought, Since the days of trial our harvests have twice surpassed all former yields, and our surplus stores of rtain have gone to feed the people of other lands leas bountiful. Tha conjunction of unusually large harvests with increased foreign demand has brought better prices, and those who work the soil have thus been raised to a higher plane of living and happiness. Excepting and then some particular Industry is restricted by peculiar conditions, not those of general application, there is everywhere activity which can only ba measured- by comparison with former prosperous, years. All the evidences point to the fact that commerce, both domestic and foreign, is expanding rapidly.

The Treasury Department will report this year that New Tork has become the greatest shipping port of the world. Is this not a wonderful achievement for the -republic which ia but a little over a century, old? London and Hamburg, thrifty, though they after centuries of vast trade, must give way to this new mart of tha West. New York is but one of our great cities. Ia the nearby years other, now giving Indication of growing -trade, will of necessity respond to the constantly ing demands of on our western shores there yet remains to be developed a vast empire, one which will participate In the rich trade of the countries bordering on the Pacific. For our present commercial and Industrial strength we have abundant reason to be thankful, yet more so.

Indeed, for what the future holds In store. "LYMAN J. GAGE." General Kelaosi A. Miles. Major General Miles.

V. S. writes on the victories of the American forces on land and sea as follows: "The one thing above all others for which It seems to me th American people, should rejoice this year is that they have Inherited from their ancestors tha spirit of liberty, courage, self-sacrifice, and humanity. Early In the present year we wakened up to the fact that we had a duty to perform, (t was a duty to humanity. It waa a difficult task.

Our Inherited sense of right and justice is so strong that we could not forsake it. When It became evident that we could only discharge this duty by war, we did not shrink from that. The whole country aroused Itself. Practically all our resources were put at the command of this duty. Men everywhere were willing to sacrifice their interests, their affections, even their lives, in order to save the national honor and to uphold the national character.

In my position In the army I was constantly in contact with men who were willing in this way to sacrifice everything to this sense of humanity and Justice. When we began the war we found we had a difficult task. We had to cross the ocean to find our enemy; we had to do our work In an atmosphere utterly foreign to our own, and in the worst season of that climate; but no one faltered. On the contrary, rork could not be done fast enough to suit anybody. In an incredibly short time our army and navy confronted the enemy in both the Islands and tho waters of the Atlantic and Pacific There was no hesitation Jn striking and the gratifying results were accomplished in the most direct and satisfactory manner, and done so well that at the end of the war it waa found that we had not lost a field, and that not a roan had been captured.

These are remarkable facts, not to be duplicated, I believe. In the history of any other people. Nothing can explain them but the blood that Is in our veins; the fact that we have inherited certain qualities from our ancestors. -This is why I say that we ought -this year to be thankful as we have never been before for the birthright our fathers left us; thankful for tho form of government which they-devised and bequeathed to us. Nothing else ever have enabled us to "undertake a war cf such magnitude as that of this year in April and return in ample time to enjoy jjm Thanksgiving festival in our own homes.

"NELSON A. MILES, V. S. i-- i 1 nenry- Clews Veteran Flaaaeler. Henry Clews, the veteraa of Wail street, write as followst "i "Wo should thankful-for our brilliant achievement in whipping tho Spaniards, for ih anceess of our attempt to advance the cause of humanity and freedom, and for the world-wide ad-vantages wmcn ar Tesuuing to the nation therefrom.

Another advantage which has come to us with the recent war, and which is not to be is the fact that the pride- of the American-people ix-al ted with the knowledge that the same spirit which inspired the men of '76 and. '61 still dwells among us. It has brought to all the nations of the world a recognition of the United States as a first-class In the-business world there is much to be thankful for. Business interests generally have felt the Impetus which has come with our new awakening. During the year we have emerged from a period of depression and entered on of expansion.

In the face of rising instead of falling values, of new opportunities for investment, and of a healthful activity in all line of Industry, th buslnet man can eat -his Thanksgiving turkey la a thankful, cheerful, and hopeful spirit. "HENRY Tbe Rev. Dr. Henry. M.

Field. Dr. Henrr.M. Field, tho eminent clergyman and editor of tha Evangelist, declares; "I am thankful that one dark blot has been removed from the face of civilization during the present year. I am thankful for the glorious success of our war with Spain, and thankful that I have lived to see it.

Let me not be misunderstood. War is a terrible thing, but there are other things which are worse, and one of them was tha cruel starving of help- less men, women, and children in Cuban pest Cttres. Thank be to God. America has dona away with that crime against humsnlty. I believe that the recent war with Spain was ,1 know something of the Spsnish people, and 1 know that they would never voluntarily have relinquished their claim upon tha Island of Cuba.

There wai no cure for this festering sore except the knife, and I rejoice that the operation is now safely over. Therefore I am o.ie of those who glory in our recent "war. and "-who. se la its course the hand of the Almighty. In the general exultation over our corapleta success are apt to forget tho terrible risks which we ran whe-n we took -up the cause cf humanity and the remarkably smalt loSs'Vehave stained in championing that ausew, Truly God's-raercy.

has been manifested, to in many ways withia; the past and in the midst cf our at. the coming of Thanksgiving 'we mart-cot forget that fact, M'TTELD, D. GoTernor-Elrct Tneodore Boosevelt. Colonel causes for national thanksgiving tersely, tbu:" "Frcm the point -cf via bf the Ballon, and of cvtry- patWolic American as well, it seems to me that should be especially thankful this year for cur aacceet 'in a righteous war. and for the enlarged opportunities whlcVit has" THEODORE Savcl Secretory John D.

Losg, scrbary of the Navy lonrI.D. Long aayV rLt us ras a nation; return thank lot abundant harvests; for a reunion closer than ever- before of airaectlons-oC the country; for the early tetorrf of peace-and the of-the. recent war. M-Uh so few cas- divtduaL high or" lov r'oh cr "poor, rsther mag, any other.claasja at one the ruler and President Schnrmaa of TornelI. The president of Cornell university, Jacob Gould churman, writes "The American who's heart I not with devout thankfulness on Nov.

24, 1698. must be Indeed poor in spirit. Whether or cot he approves of the political results that seem certain to follow that-eonfllet. there is a Common ground for thanksgiving te guiding Providence witch brought us through the war with so- great glory and to little loss, for the splendid achievement of our soldiers and sailors, for the noble sacrifices and generous deed which th past months have witnessed. The world of science has to be thankful-for important new.

discoveries and the world of education for enlarged opportunities of applied usefulness. Speaking for Cornell university and for those who are especially-interested in-its welfare, 1 may say-that we have just paaad through- th soofet successful year la our history. It has brought new friends, broadened our field of -work, and blessed us in many ways. I think, too, that moat of our sister institutions can report gratifying in all, the country over, we 4an look back upon exceptional benefactions within the-past year, 'and next Thursday should be for us all a great national festival of "JACOB GOULD -e 11 1 i Has'sell gsge, Veteran Russell Sage finds reason for thankfulness in America's advance amoog th nations of in He writes. "The people of this country have abundant causes for giving thanks this year.

Guided and sustained by Almighty Providence, have accomplished that which has astonished the people of the entire world. In all history no such marvelous achievement-Is re corded. Strong In a righteou and holy cause, we nav. withia rOO day, overthrown th tyranny of on of the oldesj and mightiest dynasties and given freedom and happiness to an oppressed people. Where now is th rule of Spain T.

Her powers are gone forever, and-' her barbarous hand falls helplessly by her aide. Her arrogance and cruelty have received sr rebuke that wis Inevitable. Rich and fertile lands have become oars, and all in a space of time so abort tbftt the mind can hardly realize But thiarg-4ot the thing for, which-, we, sUould hr rrtant Ibn.TiTiful To my mind th greateetbt all is 'our-advance among the nations of The eawth. Xot aa far back a the beginnings ok I Ms century we were considered but barbarians, and reckoned sixth or seventh among nations. Today the greatest and most powerful people la the worli openly aekaowledge us as second only to Itself.

This seems wonderful, but yet It Is true. It is a matter for great rejoicing that as an entire people we recognize what we England for her openly expressed friendship throughout the war with It lsyerjr fitting that the whole Nation should enter heartily into the season of thanksgiving named by the President, and offer thanks. -to- him whose hand guided ua through it all. -1 hat through it all God has seen fit to so bleat us with prosperity that-the burdena of a war have fallen, so lightly upon us is another -reason for the greatest gratitude. Surely there is causa for all to give thanks this year.

"russellsage." Views of Commoaore rnlllp. From the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron comes the following, written, by Commodore Philip: "We should be thankful -for the universal return of prosperity-throughout the country, and for the marvelous protection of life during the late conflict with Spain. Personally I am convinced that the divine- hand was with us in- that encounter, and that he guided and protected us. If we continue under the divine guidance we must of. necessity become the first nation of the earth.

The people of this country, cannot do better than taiollow the President' invitation to. return thanks on the day set apart for that purpose Jy him. jpiIN W. PHILIP." "Andrew Cnrneart en In th opinion of Andrew Carnegla young Americans have good, cause to be thankful. tays: if.

7 "Young America fca -aDuoaant be thankful that honest poverty remains todsy the. beet start itt Iife'1h4-fhe the best heritage for young fnen- who have their own. way -to make in th-world, that opportunity to all; that the chance to succeed passes no man by, "however humble bis employment; that the changing conditions of life have not yet put it out of tho pwer of the errand boy to become th boas. Let ua all be thankful that honesty, industry concentration remain -today the secret of success. ANDREW MONGOLIAN -V-- vfv-r In Chin Tbclr BB1ii.

Kctlhcr -Probably nevcf slncCCanfon; waa open." ti foreign trade aays Mr Consul Brenan ia his reporon thertrada ot the city, ha piracy been so rife as during last Tha boldness of-the pirate Is. -however, surpassed by the apathy of the provincial-government. Per haps, the word plracy-W; scarcely applicable to the acts of these "adventurous robbers. They have no armed of their own with which to give chase, and run down' their -victims. The; usual plan is' for a band of half a 'dozen men to go on Aboard a passenger launch disguised -as' honest- men.

When a suitable spot -is reached they throw off their disguise, overawe tho and passengers by flourishing l-eyolvre, nd then half tha party stand by ready tohoot while the rest proceed to search the passengers and their luggage, and when theybave. taken all they 'want they transfer tbentsel vs to'- another boat or land near a friendly village, where a division of tho spoil tales' place. They are not deyoid of a. certain chivalrous feeling. Cases-have been known where, after having robbed boib rich- passengers and made a good haul, they have restored to the aoorer passengers what had already been taken from them.

On other occasions they have overpowered theruaster and crew of a launch and of th vessel for a few hours, durtha- which they have overhauled a junk known to have valuables on board. Having pillaged th junk, they have steamed away to their own village, and before land-ina- they have offered to pay the master tor the time his launch ha been detained, Th owner of passenger boats ar now given to engaging some old pirate as a detective. He points out suspicious-looking characters whom ia better not to take on board, and keeDS In check any of his own friends who may have been premeditating a coup. Lon- i don St. Jamea' llgloua tcr.ourinstitutlons of education and the cSflxtiCJ achqol; for free government and for a country in vrZ-'" la- MAY BE' MRS; MILLS Chain of Striking Coincidences in tia Frederic Case.

A MATTER OF IDENTITY v. Woman Held in London Said to Be a Chicago Healer. Christian Scientists Deny. If, bnt There Are.SeversI Points of Very -I i Strong HeaemblaoCe. I Mrs.

the healer; who attended Hart old Frederic la his last illness in London, and la now. under arrest in jthat city -for causing his death, is said to have been a resident of Chicago up to a few ago. A Mrs. Mills, a Christian Science healer. for years at ted West Ad am street, with her husband, a Mlllai Last 'spring Or.

Mills "and his wife went to London, and are now living there. The Mrs. Hills now under arrest in the Frederic case has a husband who is known aa sh has lived In London since lart spring, anJ HAROLD in personal appearance she closely resembles the Chicago Mrs. Mills. vv 1 'Despite this striking 'toinctdehce, people Interested in the Chicago woman assert she is not the person implicated in Harold Fred-, erlc'a death.

Airs. Mills and Harold Frederic' Kate Lyon, war found guilty ot manslaughter a few days ago by a coroner's jury ia London, and are being held for trial on- th charge of having caused the death of tha celebrated novelist and journalist. Ir the cable from England Mrs. Mills Is described aa "an American lady of striking presence and steel-gray eyes. Her husband is a homeopathic physician, and aire came from the United States to London only a few months ago.

This description fits the Christian 8cience healer, Mrs. Mills, known to West Siders exactly. Her husband a homeopathic physician. With his wife he took up Christian Science and abandoned the use of drugs In treating his pati-nta. Both Dr.

and lira Mills became healers of considerable prominence, and built up a large practice Many well-known Chicago people were among their patients. Mrs. Mills is aald to have beea a well-educated woman, of commanding appearance and great personal magnetism. i One Point of Difference. One point ot dissimilarity only has been mentioned in the dispatches, but later this haa been denied.

Th first account of the proceedings before the London coroner Intimated that the Mr. Mill now-held on the charge of manslaughter is an ignorant woman. She was represented as Illiterate and wholly unversed In the ordinary facta of physiology and hygiene. The Mrs. Mills known to Chl-cagoana waa not illiterate or ignorant, but, on the contrary, had more than the average intelligence- aad culture.

When the news first came of Harold Frederic's death, while under treatment by Mrs. Mills, Christian: Scientists of this city had no doubt whatever of her IdenUty with the Mrs. Mills of Chicago. It is now claimed, on the authority of a London scientist who visited Chicago the first of the week, that the Mrs. Mills of the Frederic case is not identical with the Chicago healer of that name.

Notwithstanding the peculiar similarity of appearance and name, they say that the woman under Indictment ia London is a New Yorker and a pupil of Mrs. Lathrop of that city, and that she is a scientist In good standing with the best healer in the United States. Mrs. Mills-cf Chicago was sometimes suspected of -heterodoxy by other Christian Science healers, as she continued a member of the Third Presbyterian church. She also allowed her husband to administer homeopathic remedies to patients in cases of extreme illness or persistent "misbelief." Pin Lan Uneatlons Involved.

The case of Harold Frederic seems likely to become" test of the- rights ot Christian Scientists- In the English courts. It would seem to involve tha question of personal liberty, as well aa the ordinary charge, cf practicing medicine without license. There is no doubt that Frederic preferred to take no remedies. This fact is not disputed by any of the witnesses. Oh the other hand, the evidence shows that he placed very little, if any.

raun in the ministrations ot a healer Ke appears to have based bis faith of a cure more on fatalism and a belief In his strong recuperative power tnan anything else. Moreover, as he continued writing until the day of his death, and showed no symptoms of an unsound mind, it appears that he exercised the 'privilege ot refusing medicines, as sane and competent individual. Mills denies tho-charge of practicing medicine without a license. In fact, she emphatically denies that she practiced medicine at all. That is exactly the point at which the law has been found inoperative in similar eases in this country.

Mrs. Mills, in point of fact, cannot be said, certainly, to have practiced medicine in the ordinary acceptation of tho term. Remedies are precisely the things which appear not to have been administered. 1. On th other hand, the prosecution will claim that Mrs.

Mills claimed to heal, and that "practicing medicine" -may be taken reasonably to hold a broader meaning; than the giving of pills and powders American Lawyers Ar Interested. Altogether, England's test cas will present many interesting features, and American lawyers are watching with interest to See what disposal will bo made ot the question th English court. Christian Science is a distinctly American cult, originated by a Boston woman, Mrs. Eddy. Chris- tlan Scientists estimate that there are 250.000 of their sect in the United States, and at least 5,000 teachers and healers.

Harold Frederic was a splendid specimen of manhood, physically and' He waa -alx feet tall, and weighed 800 pounds. His impetuous temper and keen human interest in everything led him to overwork, to overexercise, and to overeat. He waa not cast In a moderate mold. About eight year ago Mr. Frederic's wife, so it was asserted, waa cured" of consumption In a faith-cure church in New York.

So, when Frederic himself was'strleken with paralysis, the result of heart disease and. Intense nervous strain, his hope turned away from medicines and slow processes to the easier remedy -of a faith cure At first following the -wishes of his family, be Called in a physician, and west -to the- country near: London to carry out the doctor's order of absolute quiet and rest. Kate Lyon, the housekeeper, called In Mrs. Mills, the healer, and they both urged Mr. Frederic to throw) away Ids medietas.

He did and began, walking, driving, and exercising' as usual." He died after three weeks of 'treatment. The day before died eminent physicians- were called In. but without avail. Harold Frederic was a well-known London correspondent and a novelist of wide reputation. "The Damnation of Tberon Ware" was hi best-knowa work ot fiction, and furnished a.

them for, many a pulpit a few years ago. LISETTE TO RIDE IN CHICAGO. llanoa Parisian' Girl Who I -the Speediest of All Bicyclists. Llsette Is coming to Chicago. Llsette Is the French girl who has electrified all Europe with her speed as a bicycle rider.

She Is th FREDERIC; traly woman who has over beaten "Jimmy" Michaels in a race, and her victories over other- crack rider are legion." Beside this, she I young, handsome, and has the winning "chic" that brands the real Parisian. Usette's real nam la Amelie Le Gall She is the daughter ot a carpenter, and haa been an athlete since childhood. -She has been a bicycle rider for eight years. Her first bound into public favor waa when she defeated Mile, de Batx, an actress. In a race on the Eoi de Boulogne.

Then "Chappie" War-burton, tha famous trainer, took her up and fitted her tor professional riding. Under his tutelage she advanced rapidly and waa soon beating the best riders in Europe. In France Llsette never wears a dress, always appearing on the street In a costume of green corduroy with a hunting jacket and heavy golf hose. On iter head there is perched a small red Napoleon hat with a scarlet quill. For racing she wears black stockings, tights, and a turquoise blue sweater with the same Jaunty Napoleon hat.

Llsette dislikes corsets. To her they seem the culminating point in feminine attire of ugliness, unsultabltity, and anti-hygienic stupidity. Of course, she doesn't hat them in just that language, but she ha a host of French words to hate them in, which are Just as emphatic "It Is a garment which conceals all symmetry of figure, a thing that would pull the shape line? out of a Venus de Mlio," she says in emphatic French. But. then, Llsejt' straight, girlish form doesn't heed a corsst to enhance its prettineaa.

Aa to Llsette's training, it is much less savers than that of the American and English cycliennes. It consists of regular hours Bhe goes to bed at 9 o'clock and geta up at 7 and a plain diet. She la thoroughly massaged every day. Her muscles ar pinched aad slapped and patted until she glows, after an hour's brisk rid ing on the track. She never sits In a room without a window up.

summer or winter, and at night, even In the coldest weather, the window of her room is wide open. Sh always takes a short walk in the afternoon in order to exercise the muscles not brought Into action when riding. Finest $5 cabinet platinum pbotos only 3 per doxen at Gehrig's, No. 631 West Madison street. ti 1 IIP ty RICH MEN IN KANSAS' New.

Prosperity Has Driven Out Free-Silver Delusions. FARMERS ALL HAVE CASH They "Win a Ixmg Fight Against Drought and Hot "Winds. Many.nBl- Mortarag-e Harden Wi perf Oat by ilmoA Crops and Fair Prices. Special Correipondrnce of Th Inter Ocean. TOPEKA," Nov.

16. In the great -plains district of Western Kansas' and e-' brat ka and Eastern Colorado, when the traveler looks out of the car window as he rolls, across' the prairies on one' of th railroads which unite the great agricultural belt with" th commerce of the Rocky mountains, he Is apt to an impression that a death-like stagnation has settled down upon the little towns and hamlets. huts and sod-cabin homes scattered here "and there 40 not impart cheerfulness to the picture, and the traveler, It he does not stop and talk and mingle with the people. Is liable to get an erroneous lm pression about their condition. A sample boom to wn in Northwestern Kan- aa Goodland, the county seat of Sherman county, which adjoins Colorado on the west.

In 1S90 this town had a population of more' than 3,000. It was made a division point on the Rock Island railroad. At that time Sherman county contained 7.000 people, seveaal i-isand of whom lived ia the deserted sod cablna'VBT -ot the prairies aa monuments of disappointments. Th Population of Good-land now is less than a-iJ of Sher man county will not exceed Soon-after the building of this towTJ- drought came, and many of the settlers were forced to leave, but there was one class of cltl-. sens who were able to stay and fight out the battle with the elements.

were the old soldiers, who were drawing pensions Of from $12 to $39 a month. They, with several, hundred railroad men. who came to man tho" shops which were built at Goodland, made up a communi-y that could afford to wait for seasonable While a succession of drought visited the country the settlers managed, by means of windmills, to irrigate smalt gardens, and produce crops sufficient for their families, and their pension provided groceries and clothing. They kept out of debt; and now the big wheat crops of the last two years have made them prosperous. The people of Sherman county have an abundance of everything, even of money in the bank, and wheat stacks are so many and thrashing machines so crowded with work that the task of thrashing out the crop will not be completed before Christmas.

Xo Time for Politics. The people of this region have no time to talk politics. -They answer questions with Impatience, and at the first chance turn to subjects nearer their hearts. They are making money so fast that they boycott political, meetings. Two years ago an advocate of th sixteen-to-one doctrine would be greeted by thousands of people and cheered to the echo when he denounced the "money sharks of Wall street and the corporations which had their heels upon the necks of the Now he would not dare make such a speech In Western Kansas, for the abundant prosperity would give the lie to hi statement.

There are men in Goodland who have standing offer of 100 to any silver advocate who will visit the town and make the same speech ta did two years ago. As yet none of the free-silver champions from Senator Teller and Jerry Simpson down has accepted the proposition. lu the region around about Goodland irri- gation was applied to coax wheat and crops to grow. Here the state Irrigation commission created by the Legislature of 1895 began to spend Its appropriation of -000. A public-spirited citizen gave forty acres upon which the commission sank a drive well, and a reservoir and a pumping plant were erected at a cost of $2,000.

When all waa ready the Irrigation experts of tha were summoned for a celebration. Tha mayor and town council lined up at the railway station to welcome the visitors, and, headed by a brass band, they were taken in carriages to inspect the plant. The reservoir was full and the pump worked nicely. Aa Then It Rained. Even the heavens contributed, and all day It rainedj although it had not rained before for three years.

In the evening the experts ad- dressed the multitude arjd discussed learnedly the "underflow." That was the end ot it, as it waa the end to a doxen similar experiments in the western half of the state they taught iha settlers nothing that they had not already learned, namely, how to get the water out of the ground and distribute it. The Legislature in 1897 abolished the commission and ordered the plants to be sold. Goddard bought th plant for $30 and the others went as chesply. Thirty miles east ot Goodlands, on the Rock Island railroad. Is Colby, one of the most remarkable towns In the United States.

Far and near It is known as the windmill town. There aro 140 windmills in this town of 1.200 -people, and they are grinding away all tho time, sucking the water from th great underground lake, several hundred feet below the surface. Tanks furnish the head and the water is distributed by pipes into the houses and barns and upon the lawns and gardens. Tho homes are pretty cottages, and, surrounded by the foliage ot box elders, the green ot tha lawns and the growth of the gardens, tha effect la beautiful, --M.