Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1906 — Page 3

Madame Midas

CHAPTER XXV—(Continued.) Kitty danced for a little time, but was too much agitated to enjoy'the valse, in npite of the admirable partner Mr. Vandeloup made. She stopped abruptly, and insisted on Vandeloup taking her to the conservatory. “What for?” he asked, as they threaded their way through the crowded room. “Is it important?” “Very,” she replied, looking straight ta him ; “it is essential to our comedy.” “My faith..!” he murmured, as they entered the fernery, “this comedy is becoming monotonous.”.: 1 The fernery was a huge glass’ building on one side of the ball rbom, filled with Australian and New Zealand ferns, and having a large fountain in the center Bending up a sparkling jet of water, which fell into the shallow stone basin filled with water lilies and their pure white flowers. “Well,” said Vandeloup amiably, as he sank into a seat beside Kitty, “what is this great matter you wish to speak about ?” “Madame Midas,” retorted Kitty, looking straight at him. “Such a delightful subject,” murmured Gaston, dosing his eyes, as he guessed what was coming; “go on, I’m all attention.” “You are going to find some way to divorce me and marry her,” said Miss Marchurst, bending towards him and closing her fan with a snap. “You don't say so? Who told you this -Hews—for news it is to me, I assure you.” “Then it’s not'true?” added Kitty, eagerly, with a kind of gasp. “I’m sure I don’t know,” he replied. “1 haven’t asked her yet. Don't talk so loud, my dear; it doesn’t do to let everyone know your private business.” “It’s private tiow;,” she said, in a voice of passion,- “but it will soon be public enough.” “Indeed I which paper do you advertise in?” “Listen to me, Gaston,” she said, taking no notice of his sneer; “you will never marry Madame Midas; sooner than that, I will reveal all and kill myself.” “You forget,” he said, gently; “it is comedy, not tragedy, we play.” Having given Kitty over to the tender care of Mrs. Rolleston, Vandeloup went rHunMr into |he conservatory. -andi~sitting down in his old place, "commenced - to review the position. If he could only stop Kitty’s mouth in some way—persuasion was thrown away on her. If he could with safety get rid of her- be would. Ah ! that was an idea. He had some poison—if he could only manage to give it to her, and thus remove her from his path. It was a pity to kill her, so young and pretty, and yet his safety demanded it; for if she told Madame Midas all, it might lead to further inquiries, and M. Vandeloup well knew his past life would not bear looking into. Well, if he'had to get rid of her, the sooner he did so the better, for even on the next day she might teli all —he would have to give her the poison that night but how? that was the difficulty. He could not do it at this ball, as it would be too apparent if she died —no —it would have (o be administered secretly when she went home. But then she would go to Madame Midas’ room to see how she was, and then would retire to her own room. He knew where that was —just off Mrs. Villiers’ room; there were French windows in both rooms —two in Mrs. Villiers’ and one in Kitty’s. That was the plan —they would be left open, as the night was hot. Suppose he went down to St. Kilda, and got into the garden —he Inew every inch of the way—then he could slip into the open window, and if It jvas not open he could use a diamond ring to cut the glass. He had a diamond ring he never wore, so if Kitty was discovered to be poisoned, and the glass cut, they would never suspect him, as he did not wear rings at all, and the evidence of a cut window would show a diamond must have been used. Well, suppose he got inside, Kitty would be asleep, and he could put the poison into the water caraffe, or he could put it in a glass of water and leave it standing. He might get Barty to assist him. When M. Vandeloup had come to this conclusion he arose, feeling a little nervous over the crime he was about to commit. He thought he would give Kittv one last chance, so when she-was nearly cloaked, waiting with Mrs. Hiller for the carriage, he drew her aside. "You did not mean what you said tonight,” be whispered, looking searchingly at her. "Yes, I did," she replied defiantly; "if you push me to extremities you must take the consequences.” “It will be the worse for you," he said, threateningly, as the carriage drove up. “I'm not afraid of you," she retorted, shrugging her shoulders, a trick she had learned from him ; "you have ruined my life, but I'm not going to let you ruin Madame’s. I’d sooner see her dead." "Remember I have warned you,” he ■aid gravely, handing htr to the carriage. "Good night!” “Good night!” she answered, mockingly ; "to-morrow,” in a low voice, “you will be astonished.” "And to-morrow.” he snid to himself, as the carriage drove off, “you will be ”, dead.” CHAPTER XXVI. Madame Midas was not by any means of a nervous temperament, yet ever since the disappearance of her husband she was a prey to a secret dread, which, reacting <m her nerves, rendered her miserable. Had Mr. Villiers only appeared she would have known how to deal with him, and done so promptly, but it was his absence that made her afraid. Was he dead? If ao, why was bis body not found; if he was not dead why did he not reappear on the scene? "An my troubles never going to end T’

By Fergus Hume

she said to Selina on the night of the Meddlecfiip ball, as she passed restlessly up andi down her room; “this man has embittered the whole of my life, and now fie is stabbing me in the (Jgrk.” “Let the dead past bury its dead,” quoted Selina, who -was arranging the room for the night. “Pshaw!” retorted Madame, impatiently, walking to the French window at the end of the room and opening it; “how do you know he is dead? Come here, Selina,” she went on, beckoning to the old woman, and pointing outside to the garden bathed in moonlight; “I have a dread lest he may be watching the house. Even now he may be_ concealed yonder”—pointing down the garden. “You’ve left the window open,” remarked Selina, looking at-her mistress, “and if you are nervous it will not make you feel safe.” Madame Midas glanced at the window. "It’s so hot,” she said, plaintively, “I will get no sleep. Can’t you manage to fix it up, so that I can leave it open?” “I'll try,” answered Selina, and she undressed, .her mistress and put her to bed, then proceeded to fix up a kind of burglar trap. The bed was a four-poster, with heavy crimson curtains, and the top was pushed against the wall, near the window. The curtains of the window tttid those of the bed prevented any draught blowing in ; and directly in front of the window Selina set a small wood table, so that any one who tried to enter would throw it over, and thus put the sleeper on the alert. On this she put a night light, a book, in case Madame should wake up and want to read, and a glass of home-made lemonade, for a night drink. Then she locked the other window and drew the curtains and, after going into Kitty’s room, which opened off the larger one, and fixing up the one window there in the same way, she prepared to retire, -but Madame stopped her. “You must stay all night with me, Selina,” she said, irritably. “I can’t be left alone.” Selina slept on the outside of the bed, and Madame having a sense of security from being with some one, slumbered calmly; so the night wore drowsily on, and nothing could be heard but the steady ticking of the clock and the heavy breathing of the two women. A sleepy servant admitted Kitty when she came home from the ball. Kitfy fdund Madame’s door ajar, and went in softly, fearful lest she might wake her. She did not know that Selina was in the room, and as she heard the steady breathing of the sleepers, she concluded that Madame was asleep, and resolved to go quietly into her own room without disturbing the sleeper. Just near the door was a long chevral glass, and Kitty caught sight of herself in it, wan and spectral-looking, in her white dress, and, as she let the heavy blue cloak fall from her shoulders, a perfect shower of apple blossoms were shaken on to the floor. . Her hair had come undone from its sleek, smooth plaits, and now hung like a veil’over her shoulders. She looked closely at herself in the glass, and her face looked worn and haggard in the dim light. He was going to marry Madame Midas —the man who had ruined her life; he would tell her all the false tales he had told her. He would look into her eyes with his own, and she would be unable to see the treachery and guile hidden in their depths. She could not stand it. False friend, false husband, he had been, but to see him married to another—no! it was too much. And yet what could she do? A woman in love believes no ill of the man she adores, and if she was to tell Madame Midas all she would not be believed. Ah! it was useless to fight against fate, it was too strong for her, so she would have to suffer in silence, and see them happy. How still the house was; not a sound but the ticking of the clock in the hall. The dawn reddens faintly in the east and the chill morning breeze comes up from the south, salt with the odors of the ocean. Ah! what is that? a scream—a woman’s voices—then another, and the bell rings furiously. The frightened servants collect from all parts of the house. The bell sounds from the bedroom of Mrs. Villiers, and haying ascertained this they all rush in. What a sight meets their eyes. Kitty Marchrust, still in her ball dress, clinging convulsively to the chair; Madame Midas, pale but calm, ringing the bell; and on the bed, with one arm hanging over, lies Selina Sprotts—dead! The table near the bed was overturned on the floor, and the glass and the night lamp both lie smashed to pieces on the carpet. “Send for a doctor at once,” cried Madame, letting go the bell rope and crossing to the window“ Selina has had a fit of some sort.” Startled servant goes out to stables and wakes up the grooms, one of whom is soon on horseback riding for dear life to Dr. Chinston. Clatter—clatter along in the keen morning-air; a few’ workmen on their way to work gaze in surprise at thia furious rider. Luckily, the doctor lives in St. Kilda, and being awakened out of his sleep, dresses himself quickly, and taking, the groom’s horse, rides back to Mrs. Villiers’ house. He dismounts, enters the house, then the bedroom. Kitty, pale and wan, la seated in the chair; the window curtains are drawn, and the cold light of day pours into the room, while Madame Midas is kneeling beside the corpse, with all the servants around her. Dr. Chinston lifts the arm; it falls limply down. The face is ghastly white, the eyes staring; there is a streak of foam on the tightly clenched mouth. The doctor puts his hand on the heart—not a throb; he closes the staring eyes reverently and turns to the kneeling woman and the frightened servants. “She is dead,” he says briefly, and orders them to leave the room. "When did this occur, Mrs. Villiers?" be asked, when the room had been cleared and only himself, Madame and Kitty remained.

“I can’t tell you,” replied Madame, weeping; “she was all right last night when we went to bed, and she stayed all night with me because I was nervous. I slept soundly, when I was awakened by a cry and saw Kitty standing beside the bed and Selina in convulsions; then she became quite still and' lay like that till you came. What is the cause?” ’■ “Apoplexy,” replied the doctor, doubtfully," “at least, judging from the symptoms; but perhaps Miss Marchurst can tell us when the attack came on.” He turned to Kitty, who was shivering in the chair and looked so pale that Madame Midas went over to her to see what wasthe matter.Tire~girl, however, shrank away with a cry as the elder woman approached, and rising to her feet moved unsteadily toward the doctor. "You say she,” pointing to the body, “died of apoplexy?” “Yes,” he answered, Ourtly, "all the symptoms of apoplexy are there.” “You are wrong!” gaspad Kitty, laying her hand on his arm, “it is poison !” “Poison!” echoed Madame and the doctor in surprise.., ‘ ' ■ “Listen,” said .Kitty, quickly, pulling herself together by a great effort. “I came home from the ball between 2 and_ 3; I entered the room to go to my own,” pointing to-the -other door. “I did not know Selina was with Madame.” “No,” said Madame, quietly, “that is true. I only asked her to stop at the last morn ent.” TT “I was going quietly to bed,” resumed Kity, hurriedly, “in order not to waken Madame, when I saw the portrait of M. Vandeloup on the table; I took it up to look at it.” “How could you see without a light?” asked Dr, Chinston sharply, looking at her. : ' . “There was a night light burning,” re“ plied Kitty, pointing to the fragments on The floor; “andl could only guess It was M. Vandeloup’s portrait; but at all events,” she said, quickly, “I sat down in the chair over there and fell asleep.” “You see, doctor,” she had been to a ■ball and was tired,” interposed Madame Midas; “but go on, Kitty, I want to know why you say Selina was poisoned.” “I don’t know how long I was asleep,” said Kitty, “but I was awakened by a noise at the window there,” pointing toward the window, upon which both her listeners—turned toward it,.“and looking, I saw a hand coming out from behind the curtain with a bottle in it; it held the bottle over the glass on the table, and after pouring the contents in, withdrew.” “And why did you not cry out for assistance?” asked the doctor, quickly. “I couldn’t,” she replied, “I was so afraid that I fainted. I recovered my senses, Selina had drank the poison, and when I got up on my feet and went to the bed she was in convulsions; I woke Madame, and that’s all.” “A strange story,” said Chinston, musingly, “where is the glass?” “It is broken, doctor,” replied Madame Midas; “in getting out of bed I knocked the table down, and both the night lamp and glass smashed.” “No one could have been concealed behind the curfain of the 'Window?” said the doctor to Madame Midas. “No,” she replied, “but the window was open all night; so if it is as Kitty says, the man who gave the poison must have put his hand through the open window.” Dr. Chinston went to the window and looked out; ther? were no marfc of feet on the flower bed, where it-was so soft that any one standing on it would have left a foot mark behind. “Strange,” said the doctor, “it’s a peculiar story,” looking at Kitty keenly. “But a true one,” she replied boldly, the color coming back to her face; “I say she was poisoned.” “By whom?” asked Madame Midas, the memory of her husband coming back to her. “I can’t tell you,” answered Kitty, “I only saw the hand.” "At all events,” said Chinston, slowly, “the poisoner did not know that your nurse was with you, so the poison was meant for Mrs. Villiers.” “For me?” she echoed, ghastly pale; “I knew it —my husband is alive, and this is his work.” (To be continued.)

STRANGE CHECKS.

The Odd Assortment Collected bp One Hank Clerk. A torn lineu collar, a piece of lath, a cuff and a half dozen other odd objects hung above the bank clerk’s desk. “My collection of queer checks,” the young man said. “Each of those things is a check. Each was duly honored. Each has a story. “I have been collecting queer checks for three years. That piece of lath started!, me. A western bank honored the lath for $250. It was made out a check by the owner of a sawmill, who was out at the plant with his son, thirty miles from any bouse, and totally without paper, let alone a check book. The money was needed to pay off the hands. The sawmiller wrote on the lath just what a check correctly drawn has on It, and he sent his son In to the bank to get the money and to explain. The lath check was honored after some discussion among the bank’s officers. “The cuff check was drawn by an actor who had become slightly intoxicated, got into a fight and been arrested. He was treated cavalierly In his cell. They wouldn’t give him any pa]>er, and be bribed a boy to take the check to a bank. The boy got the money, and with It the actor paid his fine. Otherwise he’d have been jailed for ten days. Thus the cuff cheek may be said to have saved a man from prison. “The cheek written on that linen collar won a bet of $5. A man bet a wo|nnn that a check made on a collar would be cashed, and of course he won bls bet “Your bank, If you carry a good account, will honor the most freaky checks you can draw up. In such monkey business, though, it won’t encourage you.”—Chicago Chronicle. Even if you do a good thing well, you will bear more complaints than compliments. Does a goody-good man like to see another man In trouble, or la be rrleved?

50 DIE IN WRECK.

Disastrous Head-on Collision on Baltimore & Ohio Road. TWO SCORE ARE HURT Immigrants, Caught While Asleep, Perish in Burning Cars. 1 _ A s* ■ Rapidly Moving Freight Cra«he. Into Second Section of Passenger Train—Sleeping Passengers Burled Under Debris and Many of Them Are Cremated When Coaches Burst Into Flames—Blunder Takes Big ToU of Life. Fifty persons were killed and forty more injured, some fatally, in a headon collision between a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train and a freight train near Woodville, - Ind., early Monday morning. Six passenger coaches and a number of freight cars were burned, and many of the victims were cremated before the rescuers could drag them from, the wreckage. The disaster was caused by some one’s blunder. The crash, when the two trains came together, was heard a long distance, and the inhabitants of Woodville and the neighboring towns hurried to the scene and began the work of rescue. The darkness added to the horror of the scene. The fitful flaring of the flames as the inflammable, parts of the shattered trains began to burn soon lighted up the wreck. The cold made the work of the first rescuers more difficult. Doctors were hurriedly sent for and a score of them from near at band responded. The rescuers worked frantically with axes and whatever other tools were ready at hand to free the imprisoned Injured before the flames should reach them. As fast as the injured could be attended by the physicians they were made comfortable on the train that bore the hospital cots. This train was loaded with as many of the hurt as could be accommodated and started to Chicago. The trains that came together were the fast freight, known technically as "first 98,” driven by Engineer Burke and in charge of Conductor Moste, and the second section of express and passenged train- No. 47, driven by Engineer Reneman and in charge of Conductor Brooks. The passenger train was from Locust Point, Baltimore, Md., and carried 167 passenger, nearly all immigrants, made up of Russians, Servians and Poles, according to an Associated Press dispatch. At 3:10 a. m. the freight train backed into a siding at Babcock, Ind., to allow the first flection of the express to pass. For some reason the freight pulled out again and continued on its way east It met the six-coach express train at Woodville, a station four miles from Laporte. Both trains were running at high speed. They crashed together on a curve. The engineer of the freight train had only time to reverse his levers, shout to his fireman and leap from the cab. The engineer and fireman of the express train did not know of their danger soon enough to make any effort to save their lives. The two engines were shattered and the heavy freight train plowed part way through the lighter passenger and express. The cars of the latter train crashed together and piled up in a mass of splintered wood, twisted steel and shrieking humanity. Three of the foremost cars of the freight train were added to the pile and the engines and tenders were in the center of it Fire from the fireboxes of the engines soon communicated Itself to the shattered cars.

Prosperity of Steel Trust.

The directors of the United States Steel corporation, at their regular quarterly meeting, continued the dividends on the common stock at the annual rate of 2 per cent. They reported net earnings greater than for any similar quarter in the history of the company, and more unfilled orders on hand than ever before. The net earnings for the quarter were $38,114,624, and the unfiHsd orders were for 7,936,884 tons. Chairman Gary said that the company would begin steel manufacturing at the new town of Gary in the spring of 1008. He said that the plant at that point would cost $75,000,000, or so jnuch more as may be necessary.

Child Labor lieform Union.

The national child labor committee, of which President Roosevelt is an honorary member, announces a union of forces with the Anti-Child Slavery League, an organization founded for the express purpose of supplementing existing reform work with the widespread publicity absolutely essential to every successful reform movement.

Real Estate Trust Reopened.

The Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia, which was wrecked last August through misuse of funds by its president, Frank K. Hippie, who afterward committed suicide, was opened Thursday with George 11. Earl, Jr., at Its head, he having served as receiver. Instead of an expected run, the books on the first days showed a large balance of deposits. The reopening was made possible by the depositors agreeing to lot two-thirds of their $6,000,000 remain as preferred stock, and by the directors ■taking good $2,500,000.

COUNTS IN STANDARD OIL INDICTMENT.

Illegal crushing of competition and onfair manipulation of the prices of oils. Organization of bogus “independent" companies to cut prices to customers of real independents. Division of the whole territory of the United States into districts so that subsidiary companies within assigned limits have a monopoly. Illegal agreements with railroads by which independent oil companies are compelled to pay from two to six times the Standard’s- freight iwt t-s. - Monopolizing the business of pipe lines and failing in the duty of common carrier. Establishing a system of rate discrimination in its favor through influence with and Ownership of railroads by the individual defendants. Using its monopoly of the railroad market for lubricating oils as a club to obtain unfair traffic favors.

TENTACLES ON ALL BUSINESS.

Enorninna Scope of Investment of Standard Oil Millions Shown. The enormous hold of Standard Oil millions upon the business of the couninterests controlled by them and the capitalization of each: ’ industrial concerns. Amalgamated Copper $155,000,00(1 American Sugar Refining Company - . 80,00P,000 United Metals Selling Company 10,000,000 Butte Coalition Copper Com- „ l’ an .v 15,000,000 Corn Products Company 80,000,000 Total $356,000,000 GAS COMPANIES. Consolidated Gas. New York.. . $105,000,000 Brooklyn Union Gas, Brooklyn. 33,000,000 Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, Chicago . . ..... . . 70,000,000 Total ,$298,000,000 RAILWAY CORPORATIONS. Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul $404,000,000 Union Pacific Railroad 600,000,000 Southern Pacific Company .... 620,000,000 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. 455,000,000 Total $2,079,000,000 BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES. National City Bank $ 25,000,4100 Second National Bank 300,000 Lincoln National Bank ... ; 300,000 Bank of the Metropolis 1,000.000 Hanover National Bank 3,000,000 Seaboard National 8ank...... 1,000,000 Citizens’ Central National Bank 2,550,000 Riggs National Bank, Washington 1,000,000 Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company 1,000,000 United States Trust Company. 2,000,000 Total stock, only .........$ 37,150,000 It is difficult to group the railroads with which Standard Oil. interests are affiliated. Individuals associated with the trust are the largest investors in the world. The Standard Oil Company has paid in dividends from 1879 to 1906 inclusive $567,300,679. The value of its pipe lines in 1898 was $52,455,200. The capitalization of its constituent companies $102,230,000, and their assets are $121,631,312. T~

MAYOR OF FRISCO IS INDICTED.

Schmitz and Hnef Charged with the Extortion of Money. The San Francisco grand jury has indicted Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Rues for extorting money from certain French

MAYOR SCHMITZ.

city by surprise. There were five counts in each indictment and all were for money extorted from French restaurant proprietors. Two were for extorting money from Antonio B. Blanco, proprietor of the new Poodle Dog restaurant, which before the fire was a blaze of light every night in the center of the Tenderloin at Eddy and Mason streets. The indicted men are alleged to have secured $1,175 from Blanco in January, 1905, and SI,OOO in February, 1906. The third and fourth counts were for obtaining the same amounts from Joseph Malfanti, proprietor of Deimonico’s restaurant in O’Farrell street, and from his partners, Charles Kelb and William La Frenz.

IN A NUTSHELL

Mrs. Louisa Smith, the oldest gypsy in America, died in a camp near Freehold, N. J., aged 101. Sealing vessels reported at Victoria as having arrived or en route from the north are said to have on board 3,141 skins. George Neff and Henry Miller were killed and two other men were seriously injured in a freight wreck in the Big Four yards at Kenton, Ohio,. Seven men are reported to have been killed and eighteen entombed by a gas explosion in the mine of the Cambria Steel Company nt Johnstown, Pa. Edward Mason, 35 years old, of Canton, Ohio, was drowned in Silver Lake, near Rochester, N. Y. Mason and two companions were in a boat which capsized. ~ Several Dominican generals in the recent rebel anfty have fled across the border into Hayti, They will embark for a foreign country, as they are barred from Hayti. ' Major Dreyfus, who was detailed for duty with one of the artillery regiments at Vincennes, France, has been given an Independent artillery command at St. Denis. , , Judge Richard S. Tuthlll of Chicago, in speaking at Winona, Minn., before the State Federation of Women’s Clubs, said radical action must be taken to prevent juvenile crime.

restaurants. Warrants for the arrest of. both men were issued. Under the California law any person convicted of extortion shall ,be punished by imprisonment not exceeding five years. There is no escaping with a fine. A press dispatch says that everybody expected the indictment of Abe Rues. The action of the grand jury in including Mayor Schmitz took the

Indiana State News

BLAST RUINS BRICK HOUIE. Indiana Preacher and Wife Seriously Burned by Gm. brick residence of Rev. G. G. Winter in Shelbyville and Mrs. Winter, 52 years of age, was seriously burned from head to feet. Rev. Mr. Winter, 65 years of age, was burned about the head and hands and Emil G. Winter, a son 21 years old, was badly burned. Jesse McCain was seriously burned about the head and body. Milton Shirk, a plumber, was also burned. Shirk and McCain are in the hospital. Two sides of the house toppled over and the contents, furniture and library booka were scattered to the four winds, blocks - away. Mrs. Winter, was taken from under the debris. Dr. Winter has been pastor ofthe German I’rotestant Evangelistic church for many years and professor of languages in the high school. The son Emil is a student of medicine at Cincinnati.

INJURED IN THEATER PANIC. Many Are Hurt When Moving Picture Machine Starts Small Blaze. Two persons were seriously injured and a number of women and children bruised and otherwise slightly hurt in a panic caused by an incipient blaze from a moving picture machine at the Franklin Street theater in EvansvilleA hot carbon used in the moving picture machine dropped into a basket of celluloid films. The flames sprang up to the ceiling and the curtain caught fire. Almost instantly the audience became unmanageable and a mad rush for the exits was made. The firemen and police by hard work quieted the excited mob of people who were making frantic efforts to reach the street. Practically every seat in the theater was demolished during the rush for the doors. HINSHAW GOES BACK TO PRISON. Woman In the Cane In Forgiven by Her "Husband. Rev. William E. Hinshaw, who was ordered back to prison by Gov. Hanly to serve out a life sentence for murder, has been taken to the Michigan City prison. He showed little emotion as he left the Indianapolis jail, but smiled at the crowd that gathered to see him. Hinshaw had appointments in Wells county to preach. George Freeman and his wife held a conference at Wabash with friends and relatives, and at its close announcement was made that Freeman had consented to take his wife back. Elopes with a Coachman. Emma Bachman Howe, T 9 years old, adopted daughter of Miss Frances Howe and heiress to several million dollars, eloped from the Bailey town homestead, near Chesterton, with a coachman of the name of Jensen. Her disappearance followed her discovery in the coachman’s company by her foster mother, when she leaped into a buggy with him and fled across the country. Killed by a Live Wire. Harry Lyons, electrician of the New Albany fire department, was killed by a live wire. He had climbed a pole to repair the “cross” of a fire alarm wire with a live wire belonging to the United Gas and Electric Company. He slipped on a cross arm and came in contact with the live wire, and death followed almost instantly. Lyons was 42 years old. Wounded on Train and Diez. W. J. Strong of Cleveland died in Washington on a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern freight train from a wound received in an unknown manner. His traveling companion is being held for investigation. , Eighth Spoase Leave* Wife. William Baker, aged 48, deserted, his wife, Polly, aged 65, at Newburg, it is alleged. They were married three weeks ago and Baker was the woman’s eighth husband. “Prexy” Hanged in Effigy. President Kelly of Earlham college was hanged in effigy by students in Richmond because he had threatened to suspend members of the football squad for failure to keep up with their studies. Convicted Auditor Freed. David E. Sherrick, convicted auditor of State, has been released from prison in accordance with a Supreme Court decision. Dressmaker Kills Herself. Miss Mayme Brannan, a dressmaker living near Newburg, committed suicide * by taking carbolic acid. No cause is assigned. • Poisonous Flower Seeds Kill Child. Anna Spayd. aged 4, who lived with her grandmother near Bloomfield, died from eating poisonous flower »eeds. Minor State Items. Thomas Conroy of East. Chicago was killed by the cars west of Butler. Abe Rowe, a miner of Heckland, in a quarrel with hla wife shot her, perhaps fatally. Ernest Lowe was probably fatally wounded by the accidental discharge of a gun while duck hunting on Wolf lake. Mrs. Edward Field, wife of a farmer, committed suicide near Shelbyville by hanging herself. She had threatened suicidc for some time. Andrew Casebere is dead at the residence of his daughter in Butler, at the remarkable nge of 102. Mr. Casebere was born in'Pennsylvania in 1804. Playing that he was a real bandit nearly cost 10-year ol<T Ben Ander on his life late when with a number of companions he sought to hold up lu true wild west style an interurban car south of Hartford City. Disguised as highwaymen and mounted on horseback, they rushed out in front of the car with shouts of "Halt.” Anderson was the leader and driving hh» horse on the track demanded of the motorman that he throw up hia hands. Instead of stopping his car the motorman turned on more current. The car struck the horse, killing it instantly, an<l seriously Injuring the ridar.