Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1899 — Page 3

CHAPTER Xlll.—(Continued.) “Surely, Mr. Dobbs," said Herman, to all appearances not in the least disturbed, ‘•you must be satisfied that my loved uncle Had every confidence in me. I cannot betray it. My conscience would not allow me to vote for other than Herman Craven. Until my guardianship of my dead uncle’s daughter shall expire I must hold the reins of this bank in my own hands, and to yourself and the directory I look for aid and encouragement. I desire Mr. Chadbourn to remain our vice-president, and there shall be no change in the policy of the bank. You, its able attorney and my uncle’s lifelong friend, will, I know, be here to counsel me. I desire you to talk with the other directors before the meeting this evening and to assure them, for me, that it is not ambition that impels me, but a feeling that I shall be carrying out the wishes of my murdered uncle. You understand, Mr. Dobbs?" “Yes, yes, I understand," answered the lawyer. “The directors will be greatly surprised. I had best see them at once, since you have fully determined on this course. I cannot answer for what some of them may do. They may withdraw their interests from the bank.” “I trust not, Mr. Dobbs. You will still be our counselor—Mr. Chadbourn, our vice-president. The directory will remain unchanged, and if after my duties as guardian and administrator shall cease, the directory desire, I will gladly join them in placing any one of their number at the head of the bank. You must understand how I feel about the matter.” “Yes, certainly! I think I do, and I will lose no time in conferring with the directors. At 7 o’clock this evening we assemble here in this room. I may drop in and see you before that time." “Pray do; but in any event I shall r*ly on you, and in all matters be guided by you and the directory.” The old attorney arose from his chair and left the office.

“That was smooth work,” thought Herman, “and it will win. I don’t believe a man will vote against me after that. Chadbourn will be in and I will promise to withdraw in his favor at the expiration of two years. They may have the bank then and welcome, or what there is left of it. I think before, for I don’t believe I can stand two years of this humdrum life, now that I have money. I hope Dobbs won’t visit Hattie and confer with her on the matter,” and Herman drew a cigar from his pocket, lighted it and puffed the wreaths of smoke contentedly aloft. Attorney Dobbs had left the bank with the full intent of doing the very thing Herman Craven did not want him to do—namely, of consulting the young heiress and counseling her to appeal to the courts for protection against the wiles of her guardian and the administrator of her father’s estate, and straightway he bent his steps in the direction of the late banker’s residence.

He had reached Market street and turned the corner when he saw before him the tall form of Lang Sellars. “Good morning, Mr. Dobbs,” said the detective. “I am just from your office. 1 desire to see you on important business. You look annoyed.” “I am, Sellars, I am, and a very important matter takes me at once to the residence of our lost friend. Igo to consult his daughter. I fear for the future, Sellars. I will see you later.” “Have you spoken of fears to anyone else?” "Not in the matter that is now agitating me. Of course, you know we are all at sea. But I must not delay. I will be at the office later.” “I must see you now, Mr. Dobbs—at once, before you visit Miss Deßosette.” “But, Mr. Sellars—” “The matter agitating you is that Herman Craven has decided to become president of ’The Cape Fear Bank.’ ” “True, Sellars, but how ” “Never mind now, Mr. Dobbs; but please return to your office with me and I will convince you that it is to the interest of all parties concerned that Herman Craven be not thwarted at this time.” “Is it possible?” exclaimed the attorney. “Well, there would in fact be but one way to thwart him.” . “And that one way must not be resorted to.” “I am glad I encountered you. That you have reasons for your statement I am well aware. Come!” Ten minutes later the two men were seated in the lawyer’s office in close conversation, and for fully an hour were they there closeted. At last Sellars arose to his feet, and the attorney accompanied him to the door. “You have convinced me, Sellars,” said the lawyer. “There shall be no obstruction. Ilerman Craven shall be elected without a dissenting voice, nnd his every movement shall be watched.” “It is well,” said Sellars, as he strode from the door. Ten minutes later Attorney Dobbs dispatched a messenger for Directors Chadbourn, Hammond nnd Hoyt, and when they were arrived there was another consultation, the result of which was that at 7 o'clock, when the directors convened, Herman was unanimously elected president of “The Cape Fear Bank,” and when an hour later he wended his way home there was a look of triumph on his fea-' tures. “Quite a raise in the fortunes of Stephen Craven’s son, my dear uncle,” he muttered. “I have stepped into your shoes very nicely. Your foul murderer soon comes to trial and will die on the gallows. Your fortune mine, your daughter mine! So much for Stephen Craven’s son!” And onward strode the new bank president in fancied security, CHAPTER XIV. At 8 o’clock on the night of the first of September a tall, raw-boned man, dressed in the garb of a Southern planter, entered the office of the Chesapeake Hotel in Baltimore, and on the register inscribed the name, “O. A. Maltby, South Carolina." “Sapper. Mr. Maltby?” asked the clerk.

AUNT HAANAH'S SECRET.

By H. E. Scott.

“No, no, thank you; had supper on the boat. Save me a room on the second floor. I have some friends I wish to look up and may be opt late.” “Yes. Well, there is a directory on the counter there. If you don’t know exactly where to locate them, you wil\find their names and places of residence there, if they are Baltimoreans.” “Thanks,” said Maltby, as he moved towards the directory. “I will avail myself of it.” ~ Mr. Maltby turned over the leaves of the directory, casually glancing from leaf to ieaf, until he had reached a page at the head of which appeared the letter S. Four pages of names commencing with S he passed, then bent over the book. “St—St—Here we are! St—St—Stephens! I should find the name here—Stephens Adam—Stephens Alfred—Stephens Benjamin—Stephens Bruce, and here is Charles M. Stephens, wholesale grocer— Clarence Stephens, attorney at law—Stephens Stephens Stephens Humph! There is no C. A. Stephens recorded here,” thought Mr. Maltby, as he closed the book. “Well, have you located your friends, Mr. Maltby?” asked the clerk. “No, lam disappointed, too. The name of the one I most desire to find does not appear here.” “Then your friend is not an old resident of Baltimore. That book is this year’s directory, and unless he has taken up his residence here since April last his name would appear there; but perhaps I can assist you. What letter were you tracing?” “S. My friend’s name is Stephens—C. A. Stephens.” “No such name here," said the clerk,” “and I never heard of a C. A. Stephens. Here is the wholesale grocer, Charles M. Stephens. He is an old man near seventy, and resides on Laurel street. Here are a dozen others commencing with C, but na C. A. What business is your friend engaged in?” “Oh, he is not a friend, merely a friend to parties with whom I am acquainted, and who wished me to look him up. They were not certain that he was in Baltimore. It does not matter in the least. If I encounter him, well and good; if not, the same,” and so saying Mr. Maltby turned away and a half hour later entered the office of John L. Thorp, chief of Baltimore detectives. “Could I see the chief?” he asked of the young man who was seated at the desk within the railing. “He is engaged in his private office,” said the secretary, “but I will take in your card.” “I declare I forgot to provide myselt with one,” said the planter. “Just tell him that O. A. Maltby of South Carolina is anxious to see him.” The secretary vanished, but soon returned and conducted Mr. Malt'by to an inner office. “Pray be seated, Mr. Maltby,” said the chief. The planter complied, and the secretary withdrew. “What can I do for you, sir. You are a planter, I judge. Runaway negroes that you are trying to locate?” “No, sir! No, Thorp, no! I have come to interview yon,” said Maltby, in an entirely different voice from that the chief had heard when he inquired for him in the outer office. “Hey!” exclaimed Thorp, jumping to his feet. “Well, I’ll be —So you have turned planter, Mr. Sellars—planter! Give me your hand. I have not seen you in a coon's age. What wind blows you here?” “Thorp, you sized me up about right when I entered the office. I am Planter Maltby of South Carolina, for the time being, and I am here to inquire if in your department you have any record of one C. A. Stephens.” “I can answer that without even referring to the books. I nevef heard the name before. Baltimore contains no man of that name.” “Are you sure, Thorp?” “Certain! To be sure, some one of the many crooks that infest the city may on occasion have used the name.” “I understand that. What I wished to ascertain was whether there was a man known to your department as C. A. Stephens.” • “There is not; but what crime has C. A. Stephens committed?” “None that I know of. I merely wish to locate the man.” “I see! He may have committed a crime! Well, I can’t help you Without a description of your man, perhaps not then. What does he look like?” “I have never seen him, to my knowledge.” "No?” “Nor have I his photograph. I under stand he is about six feet in height, of middle age and has a grayish mustache. That is all I know about him.” “HUmph! You will find five hundred men in Baltimore, who would answer to that description.” “I know it. I imagine he is a sporting character—perhaps a drummer.” “You might make a round of our gambling houses. No one on earth would know you. True, some sharps might try td do you.” “I am willing,” said Sellars. “Yes; well, I will give you a list of the new houses. You know the old ones, or if you will wait ten minutes I will go with you.” “Good! I will.” Two planters were soon making a round of the gambling houses. They explored fully a dozen, and several men whose faces Planter Maltby closely scanned would have come up to Adam's description of C. A. Stephens, but something was lacking. Of course, Thorp knew them all, and Sellars was fully satisfied that he had not yet encountered his man. “There is but one more of any note,” observed Thorp, as they stepped from the door of Bartridge Brothers about 12 o'clock. \ “And that?” ’’Abbott’s, on Calvert street.” “Well, It’s on the way to the hotel,” said Sellars.

house jfa Baltimore. Asllßtea»a?w®i!!lS® all stations ot life. Two roulette wheels ikqpt qp » ouuuslhsß hum in their circles, oanfl qflnsymn mans seated Ht three Add tables, wflilte tflstaflßfashioned (iff ipdbsr mgDqpdhri , attention of many. The two planters flail! at fifiQar oar them here and there do divert mg snmptnnm, and soon left the place. Asthey neared the floor niflnflffir <ftn»efl young sport entered xtt, tmfl Sfeflhn* beard him ask an attendant iif Attihntt ifanfl returned. “He’s doing the bqys in Was the answer. “Thanks, Tharp” said aSdlters, w*bbb they were again on the retreat. “9 Hum® at least accomplished sill I trip. I have Jammed that iff C. A. Stephens is a Baltimore man dm wests itillhg: under an alias on the otwontenidh off 11®E month. That is mot ranch, tlmt itt wdH ifadpj me to shape my course”’ "Yon are entirely welcome, Lffl*. I am at your service at any time I earn ft® of assistance. Good night”’ At 7 o’clock on the rrigflit off tfte tftihdj, Sellars entered the dour off theme ttn Wilmington. After supper be onterefl the offline, ilgflfied his pipe, sat batik tin ihte qnmrilmir aanfi sent far Galhan. “I’s got nothin’ to ipmtt, Mars lans!” said the negro, as the entered the offline. “I has watched de banker’s thorn® sftsng night close, and ns one omit game iin ascome out ’eeptih’ them 11 know!” “That was nil you earilfl flu, ghfttem. There, see who is at the flnar.”’ The negro opened it, and Jkmtt Btwin«fli. looking much agitated, -entered, ffdlteamfi by her daughter Millie. “Ah, you, Hannah, and Millie, ttreoT? TTVws chairs. Cal ban! Here, -net them adits® On the desk. You have something mew, Hannah?” “Mars Lang,” said the negre», saniitedly, “Millie de one what’s gat ms, said itt may be ’portent news. 3 jjes tfine Ht auc to-day.” ~ “Well, Millie.” said Lang, omnoirunging ly, “what is ±e?” “Mars Lang,” said Millie, flunking wdilßly at the detective, ‘you wank Itet Ibis Herman sell me?” “Sell you, Millie? Yin, am, dm azarik still yon. Y out mistress, I fioiikt tnnt, mdll soma free you, and until she does yon asm mats assured that she will not past with ynn No, no, or after, -either, tiperik tqp, I mill] defend you in case of necessity. Brinnii her your murdered master. Month army depend on you.” 1 “Mars Lang, Mammy say ttntflgy (flat Mars Herman neb her bring tiny ante’Sides hisself into de bouse!” “Well, did lie?” “Mars Lang, an fie night befu tfte murder, Miss Hattie bub fie hniftnrih*;, and I was in her room riilibin’ her timid mi id camphor’til twelve d’clodk. WhenDienme out of her room into fie Shall, I (dim® *lte do’ bellin’ me. and start flown >tte Until ttn my room. As 3 open fie fid’ I <ghrnm»fl back, and I seed a light shin in” as tfinqgh somebody was earnin' dawn -de stnhs dhann de do’ above. Dar was mo flight Annum]’ in de hall, and 3 slipped in my atones; Butt lef’ de do’ ajar, and soon two men <mmw down de stairs.” “Two men?” exclaimed Salters. “HWm men ?”

“Yes, two men, Mhts Long, tfflu® wa» Mars Herman, and de odder vwas a tniller and an older man, wid a mnsuuflie. ffn* Herman was carryin’ a lump, and fin •v.ms both iu dar stockin’ Teet. 3tta ilndkad mighty nerbous, leastwise. Mm® ffieirrumi did, and da walked mighty fieerful. IDta come on down de fliall and went in Mans Herman's roam. “I was flat steered 3 flak To Sell down. First, I tongbt 3 go tell Mias ffinttin. ICten I was skeered, and 3 dossent, so 3 Itedtati my room do’ and Jaifl flown waflaryfilntheß on, and dar 3 fluid ’til mswnhi!, wihen mammy called me. 3 mtiliher said -nmilini’ kaze I was skeered of Mars Hnnuun. Now, dat’s all.” “Does your mistress know off tfliis. Millie?” “Not a soul know it, Mars Lang, 'iißgttin’ what’s hyar.” “Then not a word, Millie; nor won, Hannah, to ■ living soul. Yon axe sure Herman Craven did not see yon, and ;is: ignorant of the fact that ynn saw him and ttfia companion?” “Certain, Mars Lang!” “Y ou never sa w this man that was wtifa Herman before or since?” “Nebber, Mars Lang, .flat 3 flaiuws off, dough de light was dim mid 3 cmildn’k see berry well.” “Well, that is aIL Eetum hame. Yarn information may be weiy ihqpmttuut. I shall be at the house at Ml fi’dlmik tomorrow. Look Jar me at the truar finny, and if your mistress stmts to Iteave tfh® house, detain flier. *Gtherwise. saw -thttHi rrg» to her. Remember, ant a ward. (Gaud night. Show them out, iCalban.” “Good night, Mors Tang!” “So, so!” exclaimed the (detective, as the door closed behind the aegxess amd ttmr daughter. “Another fliiik iin the -chain— C. A. Stephens visited the taksrV ihnm*, on the night as the seventeenth, anil nmna. he was on the second hoar iin immqiaqy with Herman, and in his stocking 3etfi. “Gods! They had visited the mrfirf! Fool that 3 was not to have texpluxud itt on the night of the murder. Ytedl! Fouff! Then and there, 3 should Ilinwe cupturad C. A. Stephens, the murderer of Alflvin IBleRosette.” (To be continued.)

Cannon Made of Leather.

According to one motto raft, oininfln were built of the most iharQtmefl lleaflher, girt about with ihoqpn tff item umfl brass, the bonur tff drawing itanOßt this make being a mattor utf iflHQittte Between Sweden and Scotland. According to another, they bad a (core off tfln, and were bound iround with cmrflage. In neither case eotild tifatw the iexpected to last Jang, though weaaetbM that they could be ‘brought tto charge” as often as ten times tin succession; but when we .reflect ihow Hew are the rounds that can be tfired tfirom the monster their life. T»*y were, mate, an»bile, for they could be M .on «

POLITICS OF THE DAY

White- tfle- Republicans are worrying ; a gmell dhuC over what the Democrats arse going: he <£> with regard to the flnancdhi] qpßstion in EM»B. they are clearly rnrtt going tie accomplish much themwitaaw iin (Congress, although they have fitting** there practically in their own hnmfis SknufinrAHisoirof Ibwa. who is chairman; off tfte-Senate Finance Committee, ttn ai recent; interview, handles the aumity tyiestion very gingerly and expresses; die-opinion that things will be Ikfftt pretty much as they now are. He idles; not tteiieve that there will be any nmOcail leg: .-diction concerning the ©aanflaeSs*. national l>ank notes and nthi goUii aiuii silver currency. Those of the- Rbpublluan party who are shouting sir the- singte- guteL standard do not get any. great amount of encouragement tan AMisom Ln speaking of the proposed! (furrency reforms, among other things;. Senator Allison says: “There nngvvbe-some legislation advised regarding: silkier itertittiares which will remiiKH- them tom the last degree of uncertainty.. There are now about $380.OWMltlkOi off silver notes in circulation, amd white they are as good as gold, and white- there is not the slightest doubt off the- ability of the country to sustain thenu whether we legislate or not, there ttmvwe tteem some suggestions that we tmg&fi tu. make their status certain.” Blit: iff the- silver certificates are “as gneifi as gelid” what sort of legislation •tees; the- Senator from lowa want? WhitteD lie- dfesire legislation to make sjftierr oertificaitKS better than gold? TOThufi flofllgr the gold men exhibit in fitteiirzeHd to-put absolute power in the lUunte- off the- money dealers. And no greater fSiUjy cm old Be committed than to* temper with a currency which they mdnife is just as good as gold.—Chicago teemuenar.

Trite- Benoit: to Date. sbr> ffiur cite- net result of Mr. McKinIlfwS; Bolteyr off “Benevolent assimilatfhni” Has Been: to our new “wartls” the attnewsing: off titeir fieiils with Filipino aurfises, ant the multiplication of vilIhgn graveyaiote, anti to ns a big deathmdE tfiac ite increasing daily. The barrnmnuss- off onr operations to date, the guesenfisituation, and the temper of the fflllgifins wanted seem to prove coneluaJxelir tfiac ttte estimate of one of our gem-mite serving: against Aguinaldo nliißC it w.uuiili take 100,000 men to paciffy din- isfirtulte was a modest one. In&edl. tflte ituflrations are that it will fiator more ttton that number to pacify fittn- isllmiC off Luzon alone. And when we- itome- to- uateniteite the probable peroennim* off tess By death, wounds and ffteiiiw tiiut wiR occur during pacificattiimi. it wouliE appear clear that before one SRqjEGmaey is established upon the ofittißr iMhmtte the figures of the general nafihtmedl to- wilt have to be materially gntemged. Rtcliiqimii Dispatch.

TBe- Ac mu o£ Hypocrisy. TP# iroinm: ail tiiere are unmistakable ftnHiunrinns tiiax the President, whose jgffWieii 1 . essisteniTe is foundeil upon the nnnnigsilsciL- system whose sole aateievement as a legislator was the fiatorifig: iff a Bill which rendered Smuts and monopolies possible—means to oamflmt a campaign for renominafithm amt ce-etecuion upon the issue of ansttliifivr to trusts!: W ith Griggs in the dbgMitaumt off justice, with Hanna sqjtnimihg: like* a toait at his ear, with ffiffidhs and McCook and all the trust ttentetenartes and trust promoters liis fihnwm: oounselbrs and friends, WiUdam MriEntey, means to pose as the champion] off the- people against the extortfinii ;mifl oppression off the trusts which ltte mure- tham any other man has fostarand. i&velbped and protected!—ChioagJ» (tltaontedb:

ÜBe R««r •fcfcjai of Monopoly. SmtilHir the thunder of political partffas mm the fiormailties of statutes can nafteffiy Otr prevenl: the formation of : tansm*. While the gord standard remains operative- they will continue to gjyixv and! flburislL As long as the inanaasc in- tile money iu circulation can itewmmillbd and! cornered by the men wilm one Behind: the trusts, just that Ihng: will! these combinations continue i to prevail! the financial ' qjnemiiim. hn its various and varied 1 flbumsi. wiib mmrinne to be the chief poHttindl issue- off the day. ft will be made am by the- people who feel the pinch anifi gntissure- off low prices and who ; genoHiva* the* tllsastroas effects of trust axgnemauyr lit business and industry.— :: Arftenrtu Cbustdfiutiou

Tlhrr tfontlt Bfe Buujtht. TCbecQaim tnn*ih by certain gold Demmasxttf- iin die- Nortlteast that they will be aflilf to. QurcUose delegates in the SradlMmn States- to defeat the will of She gieiylb iin the' next Democratic nattimrrfi utraitwociira. is- contemptible. The gmgße off the- Strath, are poor, reckoned itu th» wunildS goods, in comparison the- g»&£ Democrats, but they ■BPnhdhSe honor. The integrity of the aartnm"— off the South: has never been wonanmfihy uponi die market—Washhqg Shriunuii Watchman. Id McKinley In Mb jHafls stonily off the- workings off the

slons reached. The breach made la the civil service regulations is so wide and jagged that it was probably engineered ■ti Mark Hanna. It bears the mark of boss dictation slightly tempered by Presidential timidity. Philadelphia Record. Will Not Re Fooled. Democrats are frequently informed by Republicans and gold Democrats that they cannot succeed next year If they go Into the campaign hampered by the Chicago platform. This Is the ambuscade that has been set for the weakened and timorous, and for timeservers. “Success” is a fine bait! Fortunately the knees of the Democratic leaders are no longer weak. There has been a great strengthening process going on since the voters of the party, acting in various ways, served notice on the politicians that they would no longer tolerate platforms and candidates dictated by delegates from the Republican States of the East. It may be said, therefore, that the party no long has curvature of the spine.—Atlanta Constitution. The Dingier Tariff Doomed. Even the Republicans have been compelled to abandon that fetich upon which their robber tariffs have been built—that the home market is sufficient—and they have come to the Democratic contention that the field of our manufacturers is not limited by the borders of our own country. Here lies a great advantage for Democrats. If timely and proper advantage is taken of the opportunity to liberate and extend the commerce of the country, the Republican party will hardly find safety in its old scheme of propagating and protecting monopolies. The present tariff law will have to be abandoned and a long step taken toward freedom of trade.—Dallas News.

McKinley “Working” Dewey. If Mr. McKinley believes, as well he may, that his support of Algerism, Eaganlsm, Corbinlsm and Sampsonism has so far destroyed public respect l’or him that it is a risk for him to stand on his own bottom before the masses, he should be man enough to accept the verdict of his own conscience, and not try to achieve the appearance of a popularity not his ln fact, by working In the universally idolized Dewey to cover his deficiencies and claim the enthusiastic reception which the great admiral will be accorded wherever he appears, as an ovation to himself.—Washington Times.

Running Tiehint). Despite the Dingley tariff and the war revenue tax, the Government Is running behind at the rate of a hundred millions a year. Still the administration papers keep telling the public of the unexampled prosperity which has gotten hold of the country. When a merchant finds his outlay exceeding his Income yearly he scarcely thinks his business Is prosperous. In this regard governments may differ from individuals, but the ordinary observer will fall to see where the difference comes In.—Butte Miner.

They Know It in Ohio. We remarked recently that the Republican platform in 1900 would contain an anti-trust plank, and that perhaps Mark Hanna would write It. The Ohio convention gives the tip. It was Mark Hanna’s convention, and, ridiculous as it may seem, Its teain deliverance, aside from stereotyped phrases in laudation of McKinley, was this anti-trust prouunciamento. Of course everybody knows It Is as appropriate for Mark Hanna to denounce the trusts as for the devil to quote scripture.— Buffalo Times.

Queer Time for a Peace Jubilee. The President and cabinet, General Miles and staff and Joe Wheeler and “over 5,000 in the parade,” celebrated a peace jubilee at Washington, while General Otis in the Philippines Is with the bayonet driving Aguinaldo and his countrymen, fighting on their native soil for the inalienable right of freedom and independence, into the last ditch, and special taxes, whose enumeration fills ten pages of the index of the war revenue hill, are still collected. —Rochester Union and Advertiser. Depew Ferious for Once. Strangely enough, a good many people regard as one of Senator Depew’s bad jokes his declaration that the Republican party means to proceed energetically against the trusts. But when these people reflect that the trusts have begun to dictate terms to the railroad corporations they will see that this declaration of Senator Depew is no joke, so far, at least, as he and the railroad corporation to which he belongs are concerned.—Philadelphia Record. Grows Stronger with Time. Mr. Bryan is more popular to-day than ever before. He Is stronger In everything that constitutes the strength of the public man now than at any previous time of his career. No other man has ever spoken to so many people, and nowhere else upon the globe to-day can any other orator or any other public speaker, no matter what may be the subject of his discussion, attract so many people.— Louisville Dispatch. No Worried Look | J Recent photographs of Mr. Bryan do not please the Republican editors. Hla complacent expression irritates them. —Atlanta Constitution.

INDIANA INCIDENTS

RECORD OF EVENTS OF PAST WEEK. i| 1 T , ■ Jbß Mystery in a Disappearance—A JH Kills Two Men—Beer Censes rlaj der- Y. M. C. A. Homes Are PrOjs4H —Sale of Light and Power. I j* v-;v‘- -f£. i.-V*-V Most mysterious circumstances round the disappearance of Hetugr® Brown of Anderson, one of the bel known and wealthiest men in tbatseCtiM It is thought that he has killed hiiwH He left home the first of last week,iH| later addressed a letter to the memM of his family, stating that he had for good and that they would never II him again. lie told them how all of 'm financial affairs stood, where his moati was and that he had taken but $lO-3| that he would need. No trace has been found as to his whereabouts. BroM is 63 years of age. His finances wer#|| good condition and his family relatlml twere pleasant. I Boy f hoots Pawnbrokers. - 1 Willie Brown, a 16-yoar-old boy, M tered the pawnshop conducted by H. HoJ witz at Marion and asked to be showal revolver. The clerk, Max Cunapop, w<jj ed on him and filled the chambers tn loaded shells. A dispute arose as to til payment of the purchase price, and til proprietor and clerk attempted to the|| the boy out of the store, when he opexa fire on them, shooting Cunopop twjti through the stomach and Horwitz onJ through the bowels. Cunopop is deal The boy was taken to jail. I Plan Y. M. C. A, Homes In Cttles»„|| At a State conference Anderson was ita looted as the place and Nov. 23 to 26 J the dates for the State Y. M. C. A. ceal vention this year. There are many issfiH on which will make this the most impol taut annual State convention yet hew The movement to establish and build M. C. A. homes in all cities of 20,000 aa over will be pushed through. | Wedding Ends in a Tragedy. At Jonesboro a keg of beer given I friends by the bridegroom resulted in n killing of one of the wedding party. Aft* drinking the beer James Terrell and Sam uel Wiley quarreled and Wiley killed Tm red. Wiley says that he killed Terrelllj self-defense. Wiley was arrested. vll| Light and Power Plant Fold. The Hartford City Light and PoUm Company has disposed of its businetaS 11. M. Herbert of Cambridge City and 9 Ellison of La Grange, who took imm diute possession. I Within Onr Border*. I Robbers are making nightly raidsJjl Princeton.- 1 Ed Hevenridge, Ladoga, cigaretfejl golden gates. I Leah Stanton, 2, Sweetser, drank gam line and is dead. I Mrs. Mattie Gorman, Centerville, sol denly went insane. I Edwin Terrell, farmer near Franklil found dead in his barn. I Logansport police will get more motel for guarding the town. J Mrs. Lueretia W. Denlingen, Morrfl town, found dead in bed. I Washington letter carriers promom from S6OO to SBSO a year. 1 George Armstrong, 32, Newport, ne« ly sawed in two iu a sawmill. j Charles Wilcox, Elkhart, caught tnj pound pickerel in Baldwin lake. I Evansville cops are arresting even body that hasn't taken out vehicle licen Swain Bros.’ sawmill, Rusrhville, is l ashes. Loss $20,000, and forty men® out of work. I Rev. Alonzo Childs, 88, Franklin, sin years iu the ministry and an old circa rider, is dead. 1 Mrs. R. E. Johnson. Hartford, fo|3 a blue racer coiled on the bed with JB sleeping baby. No one hurt. I Godman Brake Company, Anderam has been taken from a receiver’s ha 9 by a new company, which paid all dell William Eicheie, 26, EvansviHe, wi drowned in Pigeon creek by a boat cte sizing. Three companions narrowly M caped. ’ 1 James Lytle, Strawtown, returned frtj| the Valparaiso school, with what Im been diagnosed as chiekenpox, but it turned out to be smallpox. I Charles Schultze, aged 50 years, a fan er, committed suicide at taking half a pound of paris green, IB leaves a wife and six children. 11l hen was the cause. ]

The whole family of John Bruceville, consisting of eight persraH was poisoned by eating green beans tbfl had been in a brass kettle. The prOjgH arrival of a doctor saved their livearJ B The Russell Harrison Street Raiivrß and Electric Lighting Company’s prtfl erty at Torre Haute lias been sold at tfl reiver's sale for a total of $5(1,000. lB purchasers are representatives of lB Iligginscn A Co. of Boston, who in tttfl represent Boston capitalists. B Thomas W. Wright of St. I.ouis plfl down $503,120 in cash for the Unifl ste<d mills in Aftderson, which he ptß chased at receiver's sale. He will at turn them into the Republic Steel CoB pany. The Standard Oil and, other nnß cured creditors, who will not' get $ JftS on the settlement, began suits the validity and the priority of the mß| ed claims. |B The extensive barn owned by Lawson, near Gaston, was bura«Hfl other night. This makes the tenth bttjfl| ing that has been mysteriously burtßj and the farmers are greatly believing that a gang of robbers are jaß ing the buildings and then on tire. The farmers will orgaafmi|Htfl ilnnce committee and endeavor to nq9H gang to earth. •'•JB Edward Fitzpatrick. 15 years mouths old, is the youngest graduamßß Terre Haute high school has had; Jg B The Hartford City Natural Oil Company has notified its i)ntrona>wl|l 50 per cent reduction iu the for domestic purposes. M John Yoar’s elevator, OvermaitjlßH merman's store and the Odd FefM||| Hall at Amboy burned. The los«llSl|f 000. & Ou petition of the creditors offl cM Wayne Club, the most fashionable smH| organization of Fort Wayne, weidH ike hands of Hugh Keegan as