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STORMS RAGE IN MIssoURI.
Eoonville Has Wind and lsaiu and Nevada
Has High Water.

Bonneville, Mo-, July 31.-The worst
storm of wind and rain in the memory
of the oldest inhabitant passed over
this city last night. No fatalities are
reported but the destruction to proper
ty is great. Two warehouses and an
old packing house were blown down on
the river front. Sam Barrett's mill
was unroofed and partly blown down.
The state reform school for boys was
unroofed. The cupola of the court
house was unroofed and the spires Of
the Catholic and Baptist churches were
damaged. Shade trees were blown in
every direction, at places entirely block
aiding the streets. The following places
were more or less damaged: The Har-
ley block, the Windsor block. CONNER
cial hotel. besides several dwellings,
The telephone lines are down every
where and a great deal Of damage was
done to fences and out houses.
Nevada, No.. July 30.-A heavy rain
has been falling for the past twelve
hours. The Marmaton river today
overflowedits banks and hundreds Of
acres Of growing crops ar now under
water. The creeks have covered large
acreage of corn. The loss will be heavy.
A prominent local statistician says the
large fax crop has been damaged in the
shock over % per cent.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK;
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
A RECENT dispatch from London
stated that England has abandoned
her CLAIM to Trinidad.
Gov. CULBERsoN, of Texas, has is
sued proclamation prohibiting the
Cor bett-Fitzsimmons fight.
Rev. EDWARD BEEcHER. brother OF
the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
died in Brooklyn on the 29th, aged O.:
years.
GEN. SCHOFIELD. commanding the
army, returned to Washington on the
Goth from his tour of inspection o:
army posts in the west and north west
and his trip to Alaska The general
has nothing but words of praise for the
army, which is, he says. higher in tone
and composed of better material than
ever before.
II has been decided by Capt. r. F.
Kolb, Col D. S. Troy and other free
silver men of Alabama, populists and
others, to issue call for a convention,
to be held at Birmingham in Novem
Der to further the silver movement.
without regard to party lines.
AT Denver, Col. as a result of the
recent democratic state convention an
address has been issued by a committee
appealing to democrats to get together
and reorganize. The address asserted
that a vast ma jority of the advocates
of bimetallism were democrats, and
that the restoration of silver would
come only through the agency of the
democratic party.
THE last day of the financial debate
between Messrs. Horr and Harvey
closed at Chicago on the Goth.
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about two weeks after that one morn
ing I heard a noise in the hall, and go
ing out saw strange man. 1 told my
husband that Mrs. Conner had come
back but found that / was mistaken.
that it was family named Doyle who
were going to move into the Conner fiat
I looked in the open door of the place
Mrs. Conner had and saw things as she
had left them the day she came into my
house. The dishes were on the table
and so were the knives end forks that
she and Pearl had been using.
I'm the corner of the room was
place that she had for the money for
the milk man. and the money she left
I had loaned her and which she had
placed away for me was in the place
she told me they were and took them.
She had left her clothes as If she had
intended coming back for them. She
had told me she would be gone only few
days and asked me to look after things
until she came back. But 1 am salts
fled that she never put her foot inside
Of that door after she left it Christmas
day. She was a good woman. She was
kind to her daughter, but was slow to
make friends with outsiders. 1 never
saw anything about her that would
lead me to think that she ever did act
improperly. 1 must say the same for
Holmes, but I suppose 1 did not know
him. At that time they were building
the Top story on the mouse anu udu AZ
engine in the place or something of the
sort that made a terrible noise. We
could not stand it and left"
ONCE HOLMES WAS FOOLED.
Terre Haute, Ind, July Sit be-
came known today that the case
against Pietzel. one of Holmes alleged
victims, who was arrested in Terre
Haute in 1893 for attempting to pass
a forged check, was dismissed because
Holmes was trying to force PietZel
to transfer his property to him. After
the arrest of Pietzel. Holmes came
here and secured his release on bond.
Afterwards Holmes threatened to turn
PietZel over to the authorities unless
he transferred his house and lot to him.
Following is a copy Of a letter written
by Holmes to Attorney Wallace of this
city who was employed to defend Piet-
eel:
Wallace, Dear Sir: 1 want you to
write Pietzel at once stating to him in
the strongest language you can COM
mand that unless something is done
with this case this week he will be turn
ed over to the authorities at Terre
Haute. He IS not doing what he ought
in regard to transferring his house and
lot as he agreed to do. I have written
to Prosecutor Hamil in regard to it
and 1 am determined that if he does
not secure US this week that I shall
take him to Terre Haute and take up
that bond. Yours truly.
(Signed) H. H. HOLMES.
Messrs. Wallace and Hamil made an
investigation which convinced them
that Holmes was trying to rob Pietzel
of his property. 1t was agreed that
the case be dismissed and PietZel was
so advised and urged to hold on to his
property.
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DIVISION OF THE RACES.

Strange ideas of Theosophlsts Regarding
the Peopline OF tho Earth.
The theosophical leaders Of the world
have q very curious belief, which is
seldom alluded to outside OF the soci-
ETY.. Theosophical philosophy divides
human existence on this globe into
people. According to the same philos-
ophy, five of these races have already
appeared, the human family to-day
representatives Of the fifth division"
The original or primitive division, ac-
cording to this extraordinary belief,
was race Of beings in which the two
sexes were combined in a single indi-
vidual. This curious creature, tho
last representative of which probably
became extinct thousands of years
since, was of gigantic size and had two
perfect backbones and two spinal cords
Annie Besant, VIM. Q. Judge and
other theosophical lights profess to be-
lieve that the world is ripe for the adj
vent Of the sixth race. According to
their ideas, the sixth race will be
made up of individuals similar to those
of the first race" They will be giants
in stature (averaging about thirty-two
feet in height), will have the character
istic double spinal column, and will
each be provided with three eyes, the
third great optical search-light being
situated in the center of the forehead.
The first of these giant monstrosities
will be looked upon as curiosities. but
they will multiply at a very rapid rate
and soon predominant. They will
finally squeeze regulation humanity
out Of existence. and will. in course Of
time, be superseded by the seventh and
last race, which will be composed OF
beings entirely sexless!-St Louis Re-
mn hlic
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IN HIS own BEHALF.
George Taylor Tells the Jury why
he Ran Away.
AFRAID OF A PLOT OF ENEMIES.
Witnesses Testify to Prove an Afibi-'
Father of the Accused gets his
Story Little Mixed--Wnliam
Taylor's Testimony.

Carrollton, Mo-, July SIN the Tay-
lor trial this morning. the first witness
Was William whose tes-
timony was more favorable to the
state than TO the defense. He con-
flrmed the evidence given by the state
witnesses as to Taylor's narrowing ov-
er the wagon tracks made by the Tay-
lors on their return from their alleged
murderous expedition.
James c. Taylor, father of the pris-
oners, was the next witness. He de-
MED that there was blood on the wagon
the morning following the murder. He
had examined the wagon carefully for
blood and found none. When asked
how the wagon bed had been burned
he said it mad probably caught fire
from sparks from a fire used in the
yard for boiling soap. On cross ex-
animation, however, he became excl
ted and contradicted himself badly and
made statements entirely at variance
with is testimony at the first trial.
The usual dispute between lawyers
occurred today with apologies from
Conkling, who was severely rebuked
by the court.
Mrs. Matte VanWye and her daugh-
ter Alpha, formerly neighbors of the
Taylors. both testified that Bill Taylor
was at the bank of Browning on the
night the murder was committed. Mrs.
VanWye could not remember many cir
cumstances and when delaying to ans
wer certain question made excuse that
she was short of breath
George Taylor was put on the stand
and recited the doings Of himself and
brother the day preceding and that sue
ceeding the murder. He was at home
the night of the murder and the next
morning. after doing his chores. went
out in the cornfield and did some
narrowing until a boy accosted him
and told OF the finding of the bodies of
the murdered family. He then rode to
Browning where he met his brother
and both fed. His reason for flight
was that his brother had enemies in
the vicinity and he feared it was a
plot to mob himself and brother and
he wanted to get away from the mob.
In the cross-eXamination the witness
who had told of finding the body of
Meeks in the hay stack and of pushing
the straw from the dead mans face,
was asked: did you cover up his face
again?''
Il think probably the straw fell back
over it,
WAS there much straw about him ?"
Not much, just enough to cover him.
1t was the testimony of at least half
dozen witnesses who helped uncover
MeekS that there was at least two feet
of straw and eight inches of earth and
chaff over MeekS' when they dug him
out.
William P. Taylor succeeded his bro
Their on the stand and detailed his ac-
lions on the night of the murder and
next day but nothing of Importance
was elected.
The defense so far has strengthened
its case and will probably rest when
William Taylor concludes tomorrow.
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INSISTS on PAYING OUT.
Onion National Bank OF Denver Says II
Will Pay Dollar for Dollar.

Will Pay Dollar for Dollar.
Denver. July 31-Joseph T. Talbert,
national bank examiner for the Dis
trict of Colorado, arrived in Denver
today and took charge Of the affairs of
the Union National bank.
1t is thought that the examiner will
be in a position to pay a considerable
dividend to depositors at the end of
about ninety days. There was upward
of 500, 900 cash in the vaults when the
doors were closed yesterday, and in
addition a considerable amount is due
from other banks which will. of course
be speedily collected.
1t is reiterated with emphasis that
the bank will pay dollar for dollar.
without having to make levy on stock
holders. The city has $25, 00S-73 in the
bank, the county about $4,000 and the
state 5000
NJ. s. Noah's installment furniture
house, against which the Union bank
holds a demand note, was closed today
on account of the banks failure. Mr..
Noah made an assignment 10 H. ].
Block, but hopes to resume business
soon.
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TnE pension roll of the war OF the
revolution will be now closed, as the
last pensioner in that list has just died.
The pension office has been notified OF
the death of Mary Brown, of Knox
Vile, Tenn, at the age of 81 years.
This woman became a revolutionary
pensioner from the fact that she was
the widow of Joe Brown. a revolution
airy soldier, whom she married in 1924,
at the age of 90 years Her pension
amounted to SIC per month.
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THE Chicago bureau of charities esti.
mates that one-tenth of the whole
population of that city has fallen below
the line of subsistence, either tempo
rarily or permanently. There are
90, 795 persons who are now, or have
been within two years, recipients OF
aims. One significant feature of the
report is the light thrown on chronic
pauperism. During the winter of 1895
more than 81, 900 cases were reported
for charitable relief. yet on compare
son with the files of previous time only
5000 of them were found to be new
subjects for aid.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-08-02

HEREAFTER the agricultural depart
ment will call on specialists in certain
lines of agricultural work, though not
c injected with the Office, to make in.
vextigations of Importance 10 agricul-
tural interests and to prepare brief
papers or articles embracing the re-
suits of the work. These will be paid
for ut rates which the department re
CARDS as reasonable. Many persons
we'll known in this country and abroad
will he asked to contribute. Its object
Is 20 do away with labored articles.
couched in technical language, and of
little interest or importance to the
average farmer.
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BIMETALLISTS LEAD THE MARCH.
Indications that Iowa Democrats will De
clare for Silver.


Sioux City. Iowa, July 3i.-The Jour-
nails Ottumwa special says: How will
the Marshalltown convention handle
the money question:" was asked
Charles A. Welch, secretary of the
state Democratic Central committee.
Every Indication is that the biret-
allists will be in control You can
judge for yourself when 1 say that Of
thirty counties thus far heard from
twelve delegations are instructed for
free coinage of gold and silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1. four counties adopt
the Chicago platform OF 1892. two ex-
press themselves in favor of making
the campaign on state issues and
Twelve counties go uninstructed. The
probabilit are of course, that a ma
jority of the counties Of the state will
not instruct at all as it is somewhat
unusual in this state for county con-
ven lions to instruct the state conven-
ton but of those that go uninstructed
a large majority will be for free coin
age of silver at 16 to l..
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-08-02

A NEW theatrical entertainment at
New York has been invented. 1t i.
called "Automatic Baseball by Cleo
tr;city." The stage is set to represen'
a baseball field, gently sloping up
from the footlights, SO as to afford the
spectators q perfect view. The players
are represented by figures feet high.
dressed in costume and in their proper
places on the diamond Every detail
of the game between the New York
club and the opposing league club is
portrayed instantly by electricity
While the New York club is away
from home the games will be PLAYED AZ
Palmer's theater every afternoon
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-08-02

IT is stated at the treasury depart
ment that the present demand for l.
cent pieces is unprecedented and to
meet it shipments have been made
from the sub-treasuries where there is
an over supply. The very general use
of penny slot machines throughout the
country is believed to be the cause of
the demand.
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THE assistant secretary of the in.
terror has decided that a municipal cor.
poration which cared for a sick soldier
and buried him as a pauper in the pot
ter's field had no right to REIN burse-
ment under the pension laws. Had the
corporation cared for and buried him
decently then the claim would have
been allowed
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-08-02

THE St. Louis Globe Democrat re
Gently said that Americans spent at
least ST., 900 year in visiting
Europe for pleasure and hardly $1,000,
600 at our own natural wonders OF
Niagara, the Yosemite valley and the
Yellowstone park. Most of the tour
lists at these home resorts are Europe.
ans Among the 5000 visitors to the
Yellowstone park during the last three
years only sixty were Americans.
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NOT NOMINATED IN THE BOND.
Insurance Company Wants the Right t.
Dig Up Dead People Anywmr.

Dig Up Dead People anyway.
Albany, n. Y, July 31.-The right of
insurance companies to eXhume the
bodies of policy holders is to be deter
mined by the court Of appeals on the
appeal just filed in the case of Charles
Wehle against the United States Acct
dent company to recover $4,000 on a
policy on the life of Henry Wehle who
was found drowned at Rockaway in
September, 1898. When the case came
to trial the court held that an examina-
ton Of the body could not be held until
the contract called for such examina-
ton in unequivocal terms. 1t was said
that the company had no right to ex-
hume the body to look for diseases that
would void the policy. From this the
company appeals.
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j. Ii. MILIIKEN, director-SeneraI OF
the G. A. L. arrangements at Louis
vile. KY. recently said in letter to
G. A. r. men there that all statements
regarding the proposed drawing of the
color line at the national encampment
against negro ex-soldiers are absolute
" false.
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MRS. MkA1's sArCHEL FOUND.
Contains Bogus Stamps to the Amount O
Twenty Eight Thousand Dollars.

Buffalo. ". T.. July 31.-Secret SER
ice detectives have found satchel con-
tanning $2S. 00O worth Of bogus stamps
Mrs. Mckay Of Hamilton, Ontario. who
is now in Jail awaiting trial for partici-
patton in stamp counterfeiting
scheme The satchel was wound on the
terrace near the house of a person
whose name is withheld and who may
be member of the gang. The search
for the satchel which was in Mrs. Nc
Kay's hands when she visited the ex-
press Office to ship the stamps to Chi
cago has taken two months. Mrs Nc
Kay tainted when she heard OF 1t.
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SHE CARRIED HER JEwELRY.

West Missing since the Convention.
Boston. Mass. July SI-Mrs. E. T.
Gardiner of Arcadia, Neb., who came
here as a DELEGATE to the Christian En-
deavor convention. is missing and her
husband has received a letter from
some parties unknown here saying she
was killed during the convention and
her remains buried. The police can
find no trace of the woman dead nor
alive. 1t Is feared Mrs. Gardiner was
spirited away by thieves who were
attracted by the large sum of money
and valuable ejwels she carried.
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TOUGH ON POOR JACK.
Decision of the Court IL Against the Al.
legged Mutineers Of tho TACO

legged Mutineers Of the r,aCo
San Francisco. Cal, Iu!y 81 Limited
States District Judge Morrow has rem
dered a decision in the case of the Ara
go sailors who demanded that they be
granted their liberty in habeas corpus.
The opinion was merely formal one,
as Judge Morrow announced last week
that his decision would be against the
petitioners. In its ruling today the
court held that the sailors had been
lawfully arrested and placed on board
the Arago at Astoria. 1t was decided
that they should be held for trial on the
mutiny charge.
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CONSUL DEBELLEr, at Rheims, France,
has informed the state department 1T
Washington, through an official report,
of the discovery of n new process fol
keeping fruit fresh, which consists in
treating them to n vapor of water and
alcohol. The discovery was made by
n Mr. Petit. who contends that even
fruits which have be run to decay may
be preserved for an indefinite length OF
time by the process.
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THE preliminary steps toward the
building of an electric line for the
transmission of passengers, mail and
express from Chicago to Buffalo are
now on foot. and it is the intention to
continue the line to New York. The
run to Buffalo is to be made in four
hours, and to New York in from eight
to ten hours. An average speed of $50
miles per hour is promised.
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SOME notion of the amount of lun.
Der being cut in the Minnesota forests
is had from the fact that one day re
Gently there was a jam of logs in the
upper Mississippi above st. Cloud
which was estimated to contain ESQ.,.
900. 900 feet of lumber, and n little fur
ther up the river there was another
jam, which extended for 90 miles.
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THE United States evidently intends
to have one of the finest bodies of regu
lar troops in the world. Two hundred
applicants for places in the ranks were
examined in Chicago last month and
only four of the mum Der were accepted.
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A MOBILE. Ala, paper recently said
hat there were 25,0O0,O 900 gallons OF
m ,lasses stored in tanks on the Louisi
ana plantations which the planters
could neither sell at a profit nor throw
away without creating a nuisance ip
the neigh borhood.
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RAILWAY officials say that tourist
travel this summer is 30 per cent more
than it was last season. To such pro-
portions has this traffic grown that its
increase this year will cut a decided
figure in passenger earnings. They
will show large increases over last
year and will probably equal those Of
1892
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PICKED OFF THE sHERIFs.
Two Young Desperadoes Give the Officers u
Einl,f In,

Two Young DesperadOes dive the Ofiicer3 u
Ito. Fight in Wyoming.
Denver, July 31.-A special to the
News from Evanston, Wyo., says: Two
young desperadoes who have been
stealing horses in this vicinity were
located last night by sheriff's posse.
An engagement took place resulting in
Deputy Sheriff Dawes Of Evanston and
Deputy Sheriff Tagg of Echo being l2ill-
ed. Deputy Sheriff Calverty was
wounded in the shoulder. The thieves
took refuge in a log cabin near Wah-
satch and are now surrounded.
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THE quartermaster-general of the
army recently drew attention to the
fact that under the act approved
March 3. 1898, all soldiers and sailors
honorably discharged and buried in a
private cemetery were entitled to
headstone and that the government
paid all transportation expenses to the
point of cemetery, provided the au'
thorities paid for the erection.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
KANSAS

THIS years corn yield promises TO be
by far the greatest ever gathered. The
estimate is 2.4OO, 600. 600 bushels. In
nearly all the western corn states the
prospects are unusually good.
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Crank Barrett is Released.

Santa Cruz. Cal. July 3l.-W. F. Bar
rett, who accused himself of the Eman-
uel church murders, was released from
Jail today, having recovered from his
hallucinatiOn
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AT WORK OK THE HEAnNE CASE.
Grand Jury at Hannibal, No., Has Tive
Weeks of 1t Yet.

Hannfbil, Mo-, July 31.-The grand
jury reconvened today and immediate
ly issued subpoenas for John E. Still
well Of Joplin, Mo-; Hon. J. H. David
sob. James Abbey and Alvah Briggs.
Mr.. Dick Stillwell is in consulta ton
with the grand jury every day and i'm
parts all the information to them in his
power. 1t Is possible that the grand
jury will remain in session off and on
until August Is. DR.. Hearne and his
wife are still in the city but Mrs.
Hearne is never seen on the streets.