Plymouth Tribune, Volume 4, Number 50, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 September 1905 — Page 3

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DY DAVID CHATTER XII. V The wealthiest man in ther worldr' The words rang oddly on Ilarvey't ears, and a singular feeling assailed him. The light had begun to fade, and -the Cickering fire was playing strange pranks with that stranger's f&ce which confronted him. He sat like a man in a dream, half hypnotized by th glittering eyes that held his own. "You know," said Jethroe, with a sudden change of tone which brought the young man back -to full consciousness jou know that I was born near here?" "Yes," said Harrey. "I khjow that from my father. He brought me here on a sort of pilgrimage to the old place years ago. It was his wish to hare been buried near his own people; but we were deadly poor when he died, and his desire went for nothing." "Did you erer hear your father peak of Tom Monboddo?" Jethroe asked. "A doctor?" said Harrey. "An old school fellow of his who went abroad?" "That's the man. He's a poor, shifty, needy rascal, and I've bought him. That crowd you know of, that Ezekiel gang, mean to hare this." lie laid hi, hand once more strongly upon the leathern satcheL "Failing that, they mean to haye my life. I needn't bother you with the whole story yet. You'll know it all in time. But the fact is that so long as I am alive there's no real safety for me night or day. -Now, this is where I trust all to you. .Monboddo, who has a wretched ,littl3 .practice, is going to be obliging enough to kill me in a medical certificate, you understand. You are the one surriving member of the family. He will apprise yon of my decease, and In response to my .known wishes .you and he will have me buried dos by here at Horton. Ton will attend the funeral ceremony. 3Iy will lies with your old employers. You will tako out letters cf .administration as my sole heir. It will be your business to make the news of the death as public aä you can. You'll hare to upply me with what I sk fox in the way of money. 1 shall want ten thou--eand dollars to go on with. I -can't draw a check myself, because, for anything that I can tell, I may be dead by this time down in Burton, and it will never do for dates to overlap I beg your pardon, sir," said Harrey. ""It's a queer business. I must think iibout iL "Think about it by all means' Jethroe jL&swered coolly. "It's a matter of life and death to me, remember." "Tell me, sir," IlarTey asked, after a Jong pause; "had you any intention of this sort in your mind when we first met 7" "Ahl" returned Jethroe. "I see your drif- You mean to ask if I made a bid for you body and sou! when I paid that fifty thousand to your credit. Is that it? "That is it," Harrey answered grave"I give you my word of honor," said Jethroe, "and I'm your father's brother, Harrey, that at that time I never had a notion that I should need your help in any way. I can stop Monboddo by a wire most likely. I'm willing to try, and to take my chance as I am. If you mistrust me. But my plan's the only one that I can think of to throw those rascals off my track, and I don't see how I can carry it through without you. Come, Harvey, I'm trusting you with everything life and fortune." "Look here, sir," Harvey said, after another lengthy pause. "I want to understand one or two things before I go further. On what grounds are these men the men of the Ezekiel firm, as that fellow Taylor called them pursuing you?" "They want my secret, my lad," said Jethroe, quietly. "You believe, I suppose, that some one or more of them was answerable for Edgecome's death?" "Yes; that's as clear as daylight. He pretended to be me, and they took him At his word and murdered him." "Is that your property honorably, honestly your property?" the younger man asked, pointing to the satchel which still lay upon the table. "There is no creature In the world," said Jethroe, returning the, satchel to his pocket and buttoning it over, "who has any right to take It from me." Then I want to know, before I enter on so strange and dark a business as you suggest to me, why it Is that you should find It necessary to slink and hide from a band of ruffians whose hinds are already stained with blood when you could invoke the aid of the police to hunt them down?" "That's a natural question," said Jethroe "thtt's a natural question enough. But according to all that I can make out there are not more than three of the .-ill n m Vi aa m r ab m . M them elsewhere. Suppose I show them that I know tbey killed Tom Edgecome. Sappose I get one of 'em hanged. Sappose I get police protectioa here. How is that going to avail me when I go back to South America and verify this? He struck a hand of tudden emphasis above his heart where the treasured packet lay. "Surely," said Harvey, "you. could take an armed escort on your search?" "I could do that," Jethroe answered sardonically. "I could mske an armed incursion on a savage country, and leave the gang to raise trouble behind me. I could march a good-sized band to certain death that way. But then, you sec, I prefer to use what wits I have and trick the scoundrels instead of rushing l.'ke a bull at a gate and making their victory certain." - "Very .well, sir," said narvey, looking at his watch. "I've ten minutes in which to get to the nearest bank. I'll go and arrange for that ten thousand. Will it be enough for your purpose?" "Ample for the time being," Jethroe answered. In a little while you'll have control of everything, and I should expect you not to stint me." . "I should not employ a penny-piece of ?V hU nephew answered, "without your authority." "How like his father the lad Is!" mused Jethroe the elder when he was left alone. "Straight as a die, but credulous and simple. True .as it is, and solid as it is. there's not one man in a thousand would believe this yarn . of mine. . If nnyotlier man brought it to me, I should want chapter and versa forr every line of it- And now," he mattered, half aloud, as he arose and began to pace up and down the room, "come on, Ezekiel; come on. Little William! Let us see who wins." Suddenly he paused and trough! ' both hands resoundingly togeth er. Ho stood stock still in that attitude fcr full a minute, with a smile of triumph Lrcidoing in his eyes. "I'll do it! I'll do It! Admirable!" He bent in silent Iir'ltcr and rubbed his palms tc-ithsr. TU ttll the lczzr?l I'll m-ie 'tzi

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that joke to keep me young for the next fcrty years I" When Harvey returned the blinds were drawn and the gas was burning, and the young man was astonished at the beaming face his uncle wore. Now that the beard was gone and the great fringe of drooping moustache was trimmed to neatness, there were unexpected characteristics of simple mirth and humor about the mouth, and at this Instant these signs were at their broadest. "I've hit upon a scheme since you went out," cried Jethroe. '"I'm going to make a plan with Monboddo. Before my decease I shall have confided my secret to Monboddo. I shall have told him the name of one man at least to whom these little documents of mine would be of priceless value. I'm going to have a bogus copy made and a false key. After my funeral Monboddo will possess himself of these, and, not knowing how to use them to his advantage, will sell them to my friend Ezekiel. My friend Ezekiel will pay. Oh, he'll pay! Monboddo shall bleed him. Ha! ha! ha! Ezekiel will try to swindle his partners, of course. He'll gloat and exult and sweat his brains for nothing; and then I'll put Monboddo on to another of the gang, and make him sell Ezekiel. Harvey!" be said, with a sudden rage of exultation,' "I'll make 'em drink the cup they poured for me! I don't know if you know it,' he continued, with an immediate return to quietude of voice and manner, ""but ITe carried my Jife in my hands for jears on end. I'm not a timid man by nature, and custom has hardened me a good deal. And yet, you know, the fact of being hunted for one's life Is not a pleasant thing; and when you've had a yar or two of the wear and tear of it, It grows irksome. Tour nerves will play tricks sometimes. Yon hear footsteps and breathings in the dark. Tho thing -comes on you In your dreams, and la my dreams I'm an arrant coward. My friend Ezekiel, "by the way, is fond of a heavy supper. I fancy he'll be changing his habits in that respect before tlx months are over. Harvey surreadered himself. There was a magnetism in the man who, while threatened, hunted, and in peril of his life, confronted the situation, and controlled it and used it for his own angrily mirthful purpose. Within half aa hour the younger man was away at the elder's bidding in search of a lithographic artist. In an hour he was back with his man, a sort of business mind whose vocabulary seemed limited to the one phrase "On, ay!" Wanted to transcribe chess problems? "Ou, ay!" On thin vellum? "Ou, ay!" Of this size, six problems a-side? "Ou, ay!" Himself a chess player? "Ou, ay!" Then the business man grew loquacious, and said, "A bit of one," and after that conversational outburst withdrew to prepare his stiuiate. . Jethroe insisted on going to the theater after dinner, but Harvey thought It impolitic to accompany him, and he went alone. -"I don't know myself," he declared when he returned. "I'm a trifle shortsighted for the theater nowadays, and I stepped into an oculist's and bought an eyeglass on my way. I was a dandy at your age, Harvey, and it was a trick of mine to wear one. I saw a tall, military looking fellow walking straight at me in the vestibule of the theater, and skipped out of his way. He skipped Into mine. I skipped back again, and so did he. It wasn't till the third skip I found I was dodging my own reflection. It' a good disguise, eh?" "It's an astonishing change," Harvey assented, "but I wouldn't rely upon it too much. It's growing familiar to me already. I can see the old frame about the face. The eyes are there." "Ye es," said Jethroe, examining him self in the pier glass, "I suppose they are." "And the voice is there," said Harvey. "Yes, confound it! I know that. I can't tune that thundering old bassoon to another note. Never mind. We're out of action for the time being, and under good shelter." They sat till long after midnight, and Jethroe the elder did the talking. He spread out a wild panorama of the rugged Andes, and he peopled these strange places with adventurers, gold seekers, diamond seekers, illicit diamond buyers, the wildest kinds of rascal and the sound est hearted of men a phantasmagoria of all that is best and worst in human i ature, sneak and swindler and bully and bTo, a most strange, mixed crowd of exemplars of the highest and the lowest. And the talker was a man with an eye for character, and reported at first hand of what he knew; so that his speech fascinated the banker's clerk, who had known nothing of the world but its routine. But Jethroe the younger had the family eye for character, and the thing that most impressed him was that this remarkable uncle at every turn displayed unconsciously a very sterling honor and a Tare good heart. That night's talk made them comrades, and their parting handshake was a compact CHAPTER XIII. The two stayed on at the hotel for four days before anything came of Jethroe's scheme, but at the end of that time a telegram came from Monboddo, and a few hours later the sender of the message himself appeared. He was dressed in a new suit of black broadcloth, and, having been sober for a week, looked almost reputable. In obedience to received Instructions, he asked for Mr. Jethroe Jones, and on his being announced by the waiter he made a solemn bow to the two strange gentlemen he saw before him, and set his new silk hat gingerly upon the table before him. "You have completed your arrangements, Dr. Monboddo?" asked Jethroe. Monboddo, hearing a voice he knew, but not seeing anybody who corresponded to his memories o2 its owner, started, and looked uncertainly about him.' "You don't know me?" Jethroe asked. "I've thought it wise to make some slight change in my personal aspect. Sit down. Monboddo. This is my nephew, Mr. Harvey Martin Jethroe. Tell us what you have done." Monboddo approached him with a cautious footstep,, as if he were walking ia a sickroom, and, looking earnestly at him. "Am I to understand," he asked, "that 1 am addressing- " "You are addressing me, Tom Monboddo," Jethroe answered. "Remarkable!" said Monboddo. "Astonishing! The change is really " "Exactly," said Jethroe. "The change is considerable. It was wba to make it S3. Eit down, and let us know wltt yoo have done." "I tare cl:;;d inrtructic--," r:;U:i ZlzzzlZ "I have c'-syed Lztrr ,tIc-3 filtlfUiy. The ah! the caxlct U raw

person resident at Burton. The ah! the ceremony is arranged for at 11 tomorrow. All the formalities have been fulfilled, and nothing remains but the actual Interment ' "No hitch?" asked Jethroe, in. a cautious voice. "No flawT . "None," returned the doctor, in a husky whisper. "I was strangely favored by circumstance. It happened four days ago that the body of a sailor was cast upon the beach, and I tcok advantage ol that mournful but propitious accident to identify it as that of my old acquaintance, Mr. Jethroe. Out of consideration for the feeling of the ah! the family, I undertook to provide a decent interment. It was a stroke of fortune which, I may say, simplified the whole arrangement." "Rather gruesome, isn't it, Harvey?" said Jethroe.. "Gruesome, indeed," Harvey answered, with a shudder. "You must understand, sir," Monboddo continued, in the same husky whisper, "that the intelligence has been printed in the local papers. The inquest was reported. The circumstance of a friend's body being cast np almost at my door was locally regarded as dramatic. Itit drew the attention of inquirers, sir." "Ohr' said Jethroe, with a swift contraction of the brows. "It drew the attention of inquirers, did it? What inquirers?" "Two gentlemen came down from Chicago," Monboddo breathed. "They professed a friendship for the ah! the deCeased, and were anxious to see the remains. I was compelled to tell them that the casket had already been dispatched, and that I was unable to grant their very natural request. In obedience to your desire, I informed them that I had entered into commnnication with your nephew, and that he had expressed a wish that the funeral should be held at the late Mr. Jethroe'8 native place. I think I really think there is no more to add. "What names did the men give?" asked Jethroe, still frowning thoughtfully. "They gave no names, sir " said Monboddo; "but they were noticeable people; one was especially so. I should describe him tts a person of somewhat repulsive aspect, extremely short in stature, but very broad and bearing a facial disfigurement The man, in fact, had lost aa eye. (To be continued.)

Reputation Gone. . "I wag sitting in the observation car of Senator Depew,' Is the way the up-state politician tells it, "when th senator vas on his way to make several speeches In the northern tier of counties. I had asked the senator If he was ever at a loss for & story. " I keep a good supply on hand,' he replied; 'but I sometimes make a story on the spur of the moment, to clinch an argument However,' he added. In a reflective mood, 'I sometimes think that it is a detriment to a public speaker to have a reputation as a story teller. I remember that I was called upon once In my public career to act as honorary pallbearer. The funeral occurred In one of the Interior towns right in this section through which we are traveling. Several officials -were present One was a county justice of the peace, who Insisted upon being introduced to me. His desire was communicated to me and I consented, ne told me that he had never seen me before. I had no occasion, even If I had the disposition, to extend the acquaintance. Indeed, at that moment we were called upon toproceed to oar carriages. A few moments later I met one of the citizens, who told me that after the funeral the old magistrate said to him: ""So that's Chauncey Depew?" My friend replied affirmatively and asked the J. P. what he thought of me. ""I've heard of him all my life and came ten miles to the funeral just to see him and hear him crack a joke, but I must say he is about the most solemn individual I ever struck."'" Philadelphia Ledger. Ills One Advantage. Even after London has learned to consume its fog so that not even a trace of It Is left behind, stories of it will yet remain. One is told by the London Dally Mall. One day, when there was an extraordinary fog, an old gentleman in his walk home lost the way completely. He bumped against a stranger, and after apologizing deplored his difficulty. - "Where do you live?" asked the man. - The other gave his address. "Oh, I know the house quite welL" said the stranger. "I'll take you there." It wac a long distance, but the guide never for a moment hesitated. "This la your door," he said at last as a house loomed dimly before them. "Bless my soul!" said the old gentleman. "So It Is. But how on earth have you managed to make your way through this fog?" "I know every stick and stone la this part of London," said the stranger, quietly. "I am blind." Two Definitions. "What is a bachelor, pa?" asked the inquisitive small boy. "A bachelor, my son," replied the parent "Is a man who has resisted all endeavors on the part of a woman to render his life miserable through marriage." "Anöf what is a bachelor girl, then, pa? It say? something in this newspaper about bachelor, girls." "A bachelor girl, my child," answered the bright boy's mother, looking up from the book she wag reading, "is a girl who has resisted all endeavors on' the part of man to render her life miserable through marriage." . - HoosterV Habits. "Pop!" "Yes, my son." "A rooster always sleeps standing :, doesn't he?" "Yes, my son." "And a rooster always' wake3 up early in the morning, doesn't he, pop? "Yes, Willie." ' u Well, say, pop, do they sleep stand ing up so they won t oversleep them selves in - the morning?" Yonkers Statesman. Ctylish Co: Care. Arabella Why do you think Clara CO Cl2VCX7 IrrJbcl Oh, she can comb hzr hat; to loci es If che never roa la. cr;

Never Telt If you should learn of some dark sin Pray, nerer tell The truth may cause the tears to start, The truth may break another heart; The truth may tear two lives apart So never telL No harm is done through unknown deeds So never tell. Some hearts know less of day than night Don't be the first to cause the blight; Don't rob a life of sunshine bright So never tell. The world is cruelly unjust So never telL If we but knew how hearts may break; If we but knew bow hearts may ache, We'd leave them Hope for Love's sweet sake And never tell! Kate Thyson Marr. To say that skirt are short is superfluous, for no well frocked woman would think nowadays of being seen In the street with a gown specially for outdoors with a skirt touching. An inch and a half from the ground is the length, decreed by smartest tailors. Empire lines are most surely upon us and the fall promises to be a season for slender figures, though, of course, the plump woman in an empire coat will be inevitably sure. These semi-short-waisted lines seem to have been promulgated from the bolero and in many fall jackets or long coats both appear, bolero-like jacket effects being simulated on to the garments. The very extremely high girdle still comes out In spots, with coat tails, usually of the Louis IV. style, going with it There will be no reasor for a woman's not having a hackaboat tailor suit that is becoming this autumn, for advance models show such a wide range of styles that nil figures should be suited. To say that any particular kind is not smart is Impossible as long as the sleeves conform to the one ironclad rule that they shall be largo at the too and small at the wrist a leg o' mutton in some modiücation or another. After that any lines one prefers may be followed and the individual figure be considered to appear at its best. Black lace coats are to be very smart next winter, and are also worn now with black chiffon gowns. The chiffon and lace combine extremely well, and often when it is desired to Lfave a sharp contrast the fashion is to wear a white lace coat with a black skirt A bolero of white lace on a black dress, if a woman has a good enough figure to carry it off well, is always smart and effective, but if the figure Is not all that may be desired, then it Is just as well to have the lace In black also, thus eliminating the sharp contrast outlining the figure. Grace, Young women can attain grace of figure and prevent a superabundance of flesh by the following exercises: Stand on tiptoe with both arms, hands firmly clasped, extended over the head. This will reduce the flesh below the waist cultivate beautiful curves in the arms, help to fill out the chest, and will Increase the height if the exercise is practiced with persistency. Another exercise which will give poise is to stand solidly on one foot, extending foot and hand outward, and stretch the arms at the same time. When the left foot is stretched out tie right arm should be extended, and vice versa. Still another exercise is to stand in a doorway and have one foot close to the woodwork, and stretch the arm up higher and higher. Be sure to stand straight; then try the other side. This exercise will serve to taper the waist lines, and will bring about a graceful carriage. Miss Bessie Norton of London made the first ascent of Mount Blanc this year. Lady Colin Campbell declares that London society women are losing their love of home. "Miss Maggie J. Walz of Calumet Mich., Is editing the only Finnish publication for women In this country. Mrs. Payne Whitney, daughter of the late John Hay, will soon issue a volume of poems by her father, comprising among others twenty-six love sonnets. ' - Signora Duse is reported to have declared, "If I played Camillo two nights in secession, especially in the death scene, I would die. I am sure I would dis, the part is so real to me" Mrs. Elizabeth Joy, wife cf cx-Cciv

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tablish a school of philosophy in Los Angeles, Cal., the institution to be located in a tenple of science to cost $1,000,000. Miss Jean Reid, daughter of the American ambassador at the court of St. James, is in the swim. After Lady Warwick's parties she was highly praised, all the smart set uniting in praise for. her brightness as well as her naturalness. When Queen Wilhelmina made her recent annual visit to Amsterdam and attended Sunday services, the pastor deemed it necessary to begin by admonishing the congregation not to rise when the queen entered and not to level opera glasses at her during the sermon.

To Wash Cnt Glass. Never put heavy, elaborately cut glass into the very hot water. The depth of the cutting makes it dangerous to expose the glass to the sudden expansion caused by the plunge into the hot water. Rinse in tepid water to which has been added a little ammonia, and clean the irregular surfaces with a soft brush. It also is unsafe to turn ice into a cut-glass dish unless it has been gradually chilled in the ice box. Cracked cut glass can frequently be preserved to a. useful old "age by the skillful insertion of a few rivets. These will not be noticeable and can be supplied at any crockery store. ZZZZ How to Reduce Flesh. Avoid all starchy and sweetened food, all cereals, vegetables containing sugar or starch, such as peas, beans, corn, potatoes, etc. Have your bread toasted, sprinkle it with salt, instead of butter. Hot water is an excellent substitute for other liquids. Add a little of the juice of limes or lemons to it, if you choose. Limit your sleeping hours to seven at the outside. No naps. You must take exercise. Walk at Jeast five miles. In reducing flesh NEW S1YLES the one fact to recollect is that fat Is carbon oxygen destroys or burns out carbon. You must consume the carbon by the oxygen you take through your lungs. The more exercise the more oxygen and consequent destruction of fat by the one healthful method of curing obesity. Married People Would Be Happier. If home trials were never told to the neighbors. If they kissed and made up after every quarrel. If household expenses were proportioned to receipts. If they tried to be as agreeable as in courtship days. If each would try and be a support and comfort to the other. If each remembered the other was a human being, not an angel. If women were as kind to their husbands as they were to their lovers. If fuel and provisions were laid in during the high tide of summer work. . If both parties remembered that they married for worse as well as better. If men were as thdughful for their wives as they were for their sweethearts. If there were fewer silk and velvet costumes for " the street more plain tidy house dresses. If there were fewer "please, darlings," In public, and more common manners in private. If wives and husbands would take pleasure as they go along, and not degenerate into mere toiling machines. Recreation is necessary to keep the heart in its place, and to get along without it is a big mistake. The Best IJnsband. . "It is not always the cleverest man who makes the best husband," n mother reminded her husband. "Very often what the world calls a stupid man will be far the easiest to live with. When water pipes burst or children have the croup, an ordinary man will be so patient and helpful that you do not realize what a perfect comfort this may be until you have had experience cf a diSerent sort of being at the head of a house. I know It Is very nice to have the world talking of your hus band's greatnc3 and cleverness, and

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have your husband about all the time. "If you are thinking of a husband," continued this mother, "don't look for outward shine, for glitter and glory; homespun wears much better than spangled net, so don't be afraid to accept the homely man who loves you and who will take care of you Instead of waiting for an ideal that can only exist in your own mind."

Two cupfuls make one pi it. Sixteen tablespoonfuls liquid make one cupful. Twelve tablespoonfuls dry material make one cupful. One dozen eggs should weigh one and one-half pounds. Four even teaspoonfuls liquid make one even tablespoonful. Three even teaspoonfuls dry material mike one even tablespoonful. Use: One tablespoonful soda to one cupful molasses. One teaspoonful soda to one pint sour milk. Three teaspoonfuls baking powder to one quart of flour. One-half cupful of yeast or onequarter cake compressed yeast to one pint liquid. The Bath Sponge. If you cannot afford one of the fine large, white bath spouses, buy one of the ordinary brown ones, even though it is none too soft Beat out the sand and gravel which usually infect such sponges ard then soak it in a basin of tepid water for twelve hours, 'men rinse, squeeze from it every drop of water, and dip it into a solution of perIN HFADGEAR. manganate of potash and water, the proportions being about a half an ounce of potash to a quart of water. After squeezing it out of that mixture put it into a solution of an ounce of oxalic acid to a quart of water. When It turns yellow plunge it into cold water in which a lump of carbonate of soda the size of a nut has been dropped. Rinse in milk and water, and when it dries It will almost equal the velvet quality of the finest French enrm on CS. For the Street.

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HOOSIER HAPPENINGS

NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. What Oar Neighbor Are Dolnjr Matters of General and Local Interest Marriages and Death Accidents and Crimea Personal Pointers About Indianian. Brief State Items. Edward Stock, aged 14, was fatally shot at Terrc Haute by the accidental discharge of a small rifle. Scott McClure, a saloon keeper at Terre Haute, committed suicide by drowning in the Wabash river. He had been drinking. The Merchants' Association of Bedford is arranging for a two-day horse show, to l.-e lie.d on the public square about the middle of October. Kay Weeks, aged 14. of Terre Haute,who I repared meals for his father, his mother being dead, was burned to death by the explosion of a gasoline stove. The body of George Hover was found near a watering trough on the farm of Chris Topp, four miles west of Evansville. li is supposed that he was killed by a horse. Burglars entered the" residence of Don Armstrong at Laporte, drugged Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Clint Brooker, a guest, and secured $600 in money and jewelry. liouis Young, aged 20, of Evansville, was shot in the arm by Charles M. Metcalf, aged 21. The youths quarreled over a girl. Mctcalf, who resides at Danville, Ky., escaped. Commodore Keprogle of Monticello, has been committed to prison under the indeterminate sentence act for assaulting Florence Denton, 5 years old. The defendant is 53 years old. Frank Bailey, a 13-j car-old boy cf Albany, was arrested at Sandusky, Ohio, charged with having broken into the residence of Sylvester Scltz of Albany, securing about $100 in gold. The large barn on the Elizabeth Iligdon farm, in Van Buren township, Shelby county, was entirely destroyed, by fire, caused by spontaneous combustion. Lglf, $4.000, with $700 insurance. While Jesse Flauding, near Bryant, was assisting in the removal of some oil machinery, a smokestack fell on his head, cutting a deep gash in the scalp, bruising his shoulder and breaking both bones of one leg. Charles M. Johnson, who went to Fennville to establish himself in business, became discouraged at the outlcok and attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a bread knife, lie was a former resident of Dundee. No trace of either Obadiah F. Bowman or Oliver O. Jones, the two men who recently broke jail at Kushville, have been received. Sheriff Bainbridge has increased the regard for information leading to their arrest to $50 for each man. All police departments have been notified. The family of Charles Salzman of Princeton, had a narrow escape from being burned to death when the dwelling was destroyed by fire. The household was awakened as the roof began tumbling in, and the inmates fled in their night clothes. Mr. Salzman was slighlly burned. John Glenn, farmer, near Xew Albany, accused of insulting women, has been fined $50 and costs and committed to jail six months, on a confession of guilt. He was arrested by indignant women, armed with corn-knives, who surrounded him in afield and held him till the jolice arrived. South-bound passenger train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway came in collision with a freight train at a point eight miles north of Terre Haute. The passenger engine was damaged, and several of the freight cars were tumbled into the ditch, but no one was injured. Three people were killed at Kimniel by a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train "side swiping" a light engine which had taken a swi?h for the passenger to pass. The dead are: Engineer Stephen Snyder of the passenger train; Baggagemaster Frank Smoots of Chicago Junction, Ohio, and Walter Wilson, supposed to be from Zanesville, Ohio. Owing to the unexpected withdrawal of the $20,000 deposited by ex-Audi tor Sherrick in the Farmers' and Merchants Bank at Cicero, a slight run was made on the bank. The directors assured the depositors that they had sufficient funds on hand to meet their obligations and as a consequence only a few hundred dollars were withdrawn. Fire destroyed a barn owned by Columbus Gladish, three miles west of Petersburg, and the home of Mrs. Sarah Butler, two miles distant. Only one shoe was saved from the Butler home. Loss on the barn is $600, and on the residence $9G0. Fire also destroyed the residence of Isaac Murray in Petersburg, cremating him in the ruins. He was seen going home in an intoxicated condition. His wife and son were away at the time, and he is supposed to have fallen with a lamp. His body was recovered in a badly charred condition. Troperty loss, $600. Beron Kunovoneltz, a member cf the German nobility, who has been studying American methods of operating a railroad that he might give his knowledge to the government of Grrmany, was probably fatally injured in the Michigan Central shops at Michigan City, where he has been employed as foreman- for the past six months, by being caught between an engine tender and a turn-table. The nobleman's chest was crushed and internal injuries inflicted. During the three years he has bten there he has worked in every department of railroad operation. While he was crossing a car line in Anderson, William A. Carpenter, a glass worko, was struck by a Middletown traction car and seriously injured. Ho suffered injuries to his spine and was also cut about the head. Charles nardin, a fanner of Tulaskl county, went to his barn to feed his horses, and while reaching to a bin that contained oats he was struck in the face by a fourfoot rattle snake, whose fangs were so deeply imbedded in the muscles of Mr. Hardin's face that the snake could not bo released until its head was cut off and the fangs extracted. James, 10-year-old son of Nicholas Walker of Bloomington, while playing "circus," fell from a trapeze, striking on his head. His condition is alarming. With saws, which had been given them in a secret manner, Charles Young, George Clifford and Henry Clifford, prisoners in the county jail at Kokomo, severed tlso bars and were on the point of jumping to the ground when Sheriff Lindley, who became apprised o'." their movements, opened fire on them vriVi a shotgun. Young, who is supposed to have been the leader of tho movenent,was shot in the arms and breast, inHicting probably fatal injuries. Tho fnistrited prisoners were returned to tlz cells.