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Used Dynamite and. Fled.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Feb. 11.-Burglars
entered Milten Bros bank at Earl
vile yesterday morning at 4 o'clock,
appropriated $50 in the cash drawer
and assaulted the safe, containing
about So 900. On the second attemp
they used dynamite. which shattered
the safe, shook the bank and surround
ing buildings and SO frightened the
burglars that they fed, leaving the
money behind. Neigh bors who heard
the noise did not at the time suspect
the cause. Shortly after the explo-
sion two strangers were seen driving
out of town.
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The Nerves Say Thumbs Up.

"When I went to a nerve specialist
first said a man who was once an
invalid, ''he told me that one way to
Judge of the condition Of a persons
nerves was to watch his thumbs. Ever
since that time have found the great
est fascination in looking at peoples
thumbs. The doctor said that if they
moved involuntarily outward it was a
sign that the nerves of man or wom-
an were not in the best condition.
find myself now sweeping the line oppo-
site me in a car, and if that doctors
test is a good one there is a surprising
number of people in this town whose
nerves need looking after. There are
few among the women who do not in
voluntarily move the thumbs outward
at intervals of every few minutes, and,
when your attention has been once at
tracted to it the process of watching
their gloved hands grows very inter
esting. l have found the habit much
less frequent among men; but take the
average number of women in a street
car and 1t will be surprise to you to
see how many of them indulge I'M
consciously in this little habit. l only
hope it does not mean anything as
serious as it might indicate if that
nerve specialists diagnosis was good
one '-Boston Gazette.
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sHOT-THROWER FLOORED.
Annoyed Passengers on = TratA but
Came to Grief.

Annoyed Passengers on . Train but
Came to Grief.
The would-be smart young men who
annoyed the passengers on New
Haven train by throwing shot at them,
and then attempted the same annoy
ance on a AID street crosstown car,
came to grief the other day in a most
unexpected manner, says the New York
Herald. These bright individuals en-
tered the smoking car at New Rochelle
and took seats in the rear of the car.
The train had just started when
"sping!" a grain of shot struck an old
gentleman in the back of the neck
The old chap looked around, not know
ing where it came from. Other per-
sons who were reading the morning pa
pers were surprised to see the little
round bits of lead rolling down Ihe
outspread sheet. Here man caught
shot on the ear, another man carefully
brushed of silk hat after fusillade'
but no one seemed to know where the
shot came from. New York was
reached and many of the occupants
of the smoking car crowded into west
bound street car. Among them were
the two young men, who sat alongside
of each other on one side OF the car.
Directly opposite was tall man car
rying a dress-suit case. One OF the
young fellows was seen to put grain OF
shot in his mouth. Then he held the
end of his tongue firmly between his
teeth, rolled the shot until it was d.
rectly over the tip of his tongue, which
was bent back something like bow. A
sudden releasing of his tongue caused
it to snap and gave force to the shot
The first shot grain struck the man
with dress-suit case full in the face
He WINGED, but said nothing. Another
shot struck his neighbor's hat and the
third one struck his own hat. Grad
ually it dawned upon him where the lit
tie missiles came from and he watched
the proceedings with constantly in
creasing anger. All the way down In
the train he had been annoyed, and ne
was just awaiting a chance for revenge.
At 9th avenue he alighted. closely fol-
lowed by the fresh" youths. They
gave him broadside, both shots strik-
ing him in the back of the neck. The
streets were wet and muddy, but he
thought not of that as he swung his
dress-suit case, throwing it out of his
hand with considerable force, and,
striking one of the young men full in
the chest, sent him SPRAYING in the
mud. The fresh" young man gathered
himself up rather hastily and made a
bolt down the street, followed by his
companion. The tall man picked up his
case, wiped of the mud with hand
kerchief and climbed the stairs to the
elevated railroad.
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She Left

She was very pretty and very well
dressed. When she boarded the train
at 18th street she began to make in
quiries of the guard. A gray-haired
old gentleman on the opposite side of
the car courteously begged leave to
tell her where to go. A young man
next to him begged his leave to differ
and to suggest that the lady had better
follow another route. A laboring man
corrected him and there was a lively
squabble by the time the train reached
8th street. The lady had blushed and
begged pardon through it all, but the
men had each contended that his was
the only proper method of reaching the
point. The train rolled out of 9Th
street and the old gentleman re-
marked pompously, with a wave of his
hand:
ct assure you, madam"
And at his sudden pause all the men
turned to look and found that the lady
had fed at 9Th street.-New York
World.
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Ipterviewed by vigllantes.

O'NEILL, Neb, Feb. 2.-Joseph
Ryan, well-known buyer, and
Charles Bigler, a ranchman. were held
up by band of masked men vester-
day, supposed to be the executive
committee of the old Vigilantes who
who have SO long been a terror to sus-
poets in the Northwestern part of Ne
braska. The two men were bound,
taken to a ravine, ropes placed around
their necks, and they were then asked
numerous questions about where they
purchased cattle. etc. After remain
ing under the gallows an hour they
were released. Both men are quite
respectabl and the affair has caused
a great sensation.
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MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVED
no New Developments In the Pearl
Bryan Tragedy.

no New Developments In the Pearl
Bryan Tragedy.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 12-Not q
step of progress was made to-day to-
ward the solution of the Fort Thomas
Pearl Bryan tragedy. No end of steps
were taken in search of the missing
links in the chain of events that ended
in that unparalleled horror. 1t has
been clearly established that Pearl
Bryan confidingly put herself into the
hands of her betrayer, Scott Jackson,
on Monday night, Jan. 81, trusting
modification and shame. It was a
case of the fly going to the spider for
deliverance.
The story of Miss Ho1lingsworth
seeing her in Indianapolis on January
20 is exploded by the established fact
that she was here on both the eth
aed 2sth. Careful post norton exam
ination excludes the theory of Grim
inal operation, actual or attempted, as
well as death by poisoning. The uni
versal belief here is that the Indian
apolis girl is romancing.
The story that two colored girls saw
three men Saturday morning about
l o'clock under the Newport bridge
has been probed by the police and
found worthless Meantime it has
been learned that a Kentucky woman
going home in her carriage late Friday
night heard a woman's screams, fol-
lowed by silence, near Fort Thomas,
Men in Covington and Newport, KY,
remember seeing a vehicle passing at
an unusually late hour Friday night
driven with great speed. Detectives
are working on these clues. Not a
trace of the head has been found.
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CRIPPLE CREEK.
Latest News From the Great
Gold Fields.
A Very Brutal Murder Commit
ted at Victor.
A MAN SHOT TWICE.
The Two MiningExchangesHave
Now Consolidated.
A Gambler Saved in a Dance Hall
Row by a Defective Cartridge.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Feb. 12.-One of the
first and most brutal murders that has
happened in this district took place at
Victor, in the Victor hotel, yesterday
afternoon.
The victim of the murder was E O.
Maxfeld, member of the Miners union
The perpetrator of the murder was
Charles Holland, for the past month en-
gagged in delivering papers to subscrib-
ers for the Victor Record. -
Eye Witnesses state that at 4:15 D. N.
Maxfeld was standing in the Victor bar
room quietly watching the progress of
one of the games that are run there.
Holland entered by back door. Comm 6
up behind Maxfeld, he placed the muz-
zle of the murderous weapon almost
against his victims back and fred two
shots in rapid succession.
Maxfeld turned facing his assassin, said.
my God, what are you shooting me fort"
staggered into the hotel Office and fell
upon his face in front of the fireplace
and expired.
Immediately after the second shot Ruse
Stoddard, miner who stood near, seeing
the dastardly character of the assault,
seized Hollands arm, wrenched the wea-
pom from his hand and with it dealt the
murderer a blow over the right eye that
felled him to the floor,
Holland was put in a hack and hurried
at once to the Jail in this city.
No explanation can be given for the
murder, as both men were perfectly
sober. Holland refuses to talk any fur.
Their than to say that he was glad he
killed him. There is much excitement
and talk of lynching
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A Strong Syndicate.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Territory of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois is to be in
vaded. A strong syndicate is reported
to have purchased II, 900 acres of Him
OILS coal lands, con tanning not less than
IS 900, 600 tons of bituminous coal.
This syndicate has decided, it is said,
to build road from these coal fields
into Chicago, which will be a direct
competitor of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois. The interests of the Wabash,
the Big Four, the Monon and the Ill
inois Central will also be vitality af-
fected. If, the scheme is carried
through, aswar on soft coal rates is
almost certain to ensue
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LIFE IN THE CAMP,
Two Men Quarrel Over a Poker Game AT
ter "Irrigating."

Two Men Quarrel Over a Poker Game At
ter "Irrigating."
CRIPPLE CREEK, Feb. 10. - At an
early hour yesterday morning in Mernies
dance hall a gun play was made that
would have resulted in a murder but for
the fact that the cartridge failed to ex-
plode. The men were both strangers
and went to the saloon to irrigate when
they began to quarrel 1t seems
that one of the men had staked the other
to $85 in poker game which was lost
and the first man accused the second of
losing it Intentionally. Hot words passed
and when suddenly the first man pulled
his gun and pushing it up against the
stomach of the other man pulled the
trigger fortunately it failed to go off and
the bysti nders at once interfered and
separated them.
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Two CuIIom Delegates.

CHIcAeo, Feb. J2-The first dele
gates elected from Illinois to the Re-
publican national conven tion were
chosen last night at the Sixth con-
gressional district convention. Sam
uel Raymond and Graeme Stewart
were named without opposition. No
instructions were given. 1t is under
stood Messrs Raymond and Stewart
will vote for Senator Cullom if his
name Is presented to the national con-
vention as q candidate for president.
With CullOm not candidate, it is
said, Mr.. Raymond will vote for Reed.
1t is claimed the second choice of Mr..
Stewart is Allison. Edwin D. Cooke
was renominated for congress by ac-
ola ma fiOO
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PORT LOUIS, Island of Mauritius,
Feb. ia French newspaper pub
lished on the island of Reunion has a
message from its correspondent at
Antananarivo, dated January "a, de-
claring that a great conspiracy had
been discovered there. The CORE
spondent asserts that 1000 Hovas at
tackled the French, but were repulsed
with a loss of 300 killed. Several
French officers and soldiers have been
murdered, it is reported, and fourteen
Hova chiefs have been condemned to
death. Other chiefs were sentenced
to Transportation
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More Emntx Graves.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. 1.-THE
grave digger's pick was kept busy in
the potters' field of Union cemetery
yesterday afternoon. Three graves
were opened in the search for further
evidence of an established traffic in
the bodies of the humble dead. In
one of the graves a corpse was found,
but the other two coffins contained
sand. No bodies had ever been placed
in them, 1t is believed that there has
been a systematic traffic in grave rob-
bling going on for some time past.
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GREAT Thank OFFERING.
Ex-Governor Beaver i'm New York to
Raise 100000 for Presbyterian


Raise 100000 for Presbyterian
Church.
NEW YORK, Feb. lex Governor
James Beaver of Pennsylvania, and Rev.
William Hubbard are in the city to raise
a fund of $4,000.
Said Mr.. Beaver: "The work we are
engaged in is both urgent and worthy.
The last general assembly which met in
Pittsburg, discovered from the reports
submitted to it that the Presbyterian
church of the United States owed debts
aggregating about 100000.
ITO pay this debt and provide against
other pressing needs. it was resolved to
raise fund of $1,oOO,OO0 to be known as
the Reunion Anniversary fund, q great
thank Offering to celebrate the twenty
fifth anniversary of the reunion of the
two branches of the church. A general
committee was appointed 10 direct the
work, and the Immediate task of raising
the money was entrusted to an executive
com Elittee, of which Mr.. Hubbard and /
are members.
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CIVIL SERVICE DISCUSSED.
A Request From Secretary Carlisle
Precipitates q Debate.

A Request From Secretary Carlisle
Precipitates Debate.
WASHINGTON, Feb IA discussion
of Secretary Carlis'e's observance of
civil service methods came up in the
Senate yesterday late in the session
on provision of the deficiency bill
for the appointment of twenty-five ex-
pert money counters. Mr.. Chandler
sarcastically pointed out that the
Secretary's letter requesting the
twenty-five counters asked that he be
given the selection, as the civil service
commission was not able to furnish
the class of counters required. 1t was
thus discovered, said Mr.. Chandler,
that the civil service commission had
broken down and was SO feeble and
dilapidated that it could not furnish
money counters.
Mr.. Lodge, Republican, Massachu-
sets, said there was no decreptltude
in the civil service commission. This
request of the Secretary was due to
his desire to control the appointments.
Mr.. Allen arraigned the civil service
system 1t would in time turn over
our Government service to a lot of
cigarette smoking dudes.'' The Sem
ator said the two frauds of the public
service were the civil service commits
sion and the Interstate commerce
commission.
Mr.. Wolcott interjected brief but
somewhat sensational speech. He
said the real menace to the country
was the power of patronage lodged
with the executive, and which had
never before been used to such an ex-
IRENE as under the present admins
tration. A free coinage bill would
have passed through the last House of
Representative had not the power of
patronage been brought to bear by
the administration, especially the pa
tronage controlled by the Secretary of
the Treasury. Colorado is to-day flood
ed with appointments, many of them
unfit ones, made by the Secretary of
the Treasury for congressman who had
RATED" on the silver bill. Thus con-
stftuencies had been debauched. The
best service that could be performed
would be to deprive the President and
his cabinet officers from the entire
power of patronage, so that no longer
Senators and Representatives would
hang around the White house and cab
met offices begging for morsels o1
patronage.
At this point the Senate adjourned.
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SALE OF THE RAVEN,
The Sum of 100000 Will Be Paid II
$1,000 InstaIIments.

%1OO,OOOO AnBtAIImentse
CRIPPLE CREEK, Feb. lathe sale of
the Raven mine, negotiated several
months ago. is practically consummated,
and ]. Parker Whitney and his Boston
associates are expected to have full con-
troll of the property in a few months by
a stock arrangement entered into recent
". A day or two ago payment of $37,-
900 was made with an agreement to com
plete the payment of $4,000 this
month. This money is to purchase the
stock at the price agreed upon, $500, 900
for the property. Subsequent payments
are to be made at the rate of 100000 a
month until the purchaser has fully
completed the payment for the property.
In the meantime. the working of the
mine will be conducted by the original
owners.
The Index lode on Gold hill was pur-
chased today by the Hayden Gold Mining
company from J. s. Chapman and J. L.
Reardon for $4,000 cash.
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Wants seso,oOo Damages for Libel

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb: IA libel suit
of very uncommon dimensions was
brought in the Circuit court here yes
terday by Daniel Sullivan, a banker
of San Antonio, Tex, against the
Stratton Hutton Evans Commission
Company, of this city, one of the
largest live stock firms in the West.
The suit is based on letter written
by the defendant company to J. M.
Chlthim, a prominent business man of
San Antonio, which, the plaintiff al
1eges, has caused very great injury to
his reputation in consequence of it's
contents being made public, and he
asks damages to the amount of $780,
0O0
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The Contagion of Crime.

DR.. Aubry, in writing a book on
1.-THE Contagion of Crime used as an
example notorious family sprung from
criminal parents who died early in the
century, nearly all of whose members
have records IN the criminal Law re-
ports. A 'espectal1e grandchild Of the
criminal couple recently sued the doc
tor for damages and obtained them, the
court holding that scientific research is
no excuse for causing pain and discom-
fort to an innocent person by deialning
his grandmother.
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HUMANITY VS.. DIPLOMACY.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe Speaks of the
Armenian Trouble.

BOSTON. Feb. 12--1n the Rugg les
Street Baptist church, Roxbury, last
evening, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe lectured
to large audience on armenia and the
Armenians."
Among other things Mrs. Howe said
''We must be prepared to assert the prin-
ciple that the claims of humanity must
take precedence of diplomatic consider
atoms. The law is like diplomacy-a
very complicated matter, in which peo-
pie went very much by tradition and pre-
cedent But now and then comes a case
which has to be judged by equity, the
plain and simple justice of the case.
"TheArmenian m after should be judged
by the atrocity of the wrongs inflicted,
without regard to the convenience of the
different nations who are bound as Christ
ian people to put an end to the atrocities
committed. We are all citizens of the
world, and as such we can not afford to
have a great region deprived of its Christ
ian inhabitants, and dedicated to cruel
and sensual barbarism,"
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Registration Can't BE Forced.

The plan of Commissioner of Elections
McMasters to send the books to the vari-
Gus wards to facilitate registration, has
proven a failure. Deputy Commissioner
Sherman Williams spent two weeks in
the Second ward and only succeeded in
registering 230 voters. The Consequence
is that he is now staying in the Office.
People will register rapidly only under
pressure of political excitement and
nothing will induce them to register IN
der any other circumstances.
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a welI-Paid Governess.

One of the best paid governesses in
Europe is the young English woman
who has charge of the little king of
Spain. She receives $4,000 a year, and
there are some people who thinks she
earns every cent of it.
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New Photography a Success.

LAWRENCE, Kan, Feb. 12.-In his
laboratory at Kansas university yes
terday afternoon, Professor L. 1. Blake
of the department of physics and his
assistant, Professor A. S. Dunstan,
made an experiment in the new dis
covery of photographing invisible
things. The experiment was highly
successful at the first trial. The bones
of Professor Blake's hand were pho
tographed with great distinctness.
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Cannot Photograph the Brain.

SYRACUSE. N. Y, Feb. 12.-At the
Syracuse university, under the direc-
ton of Professor Eugene Haanel, Phi.
D., F. R. S. c., successful photograp hs
are being made with X rays of light.
Last week, on the second trial, the
skeleton of live frog was photo
graphed in an hour and fifteen min
utes' exposure. DR.. Haanel says that
Edison cannot photograph the brain
because it Is transparent.
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They Want a Woman to Run.

KNoBNosTER, Mo-, Feb. ia petit
ton was put in circulation in this city
and Warrensburg to-day asking Miss
Hattie Winkler, delivery clerk of the
Knobnoster postoffice, to become a
candidate for treasurer of johnson
county. She is we'll known and will
carry the Democratic vote of Eastern
johnson county, which wall secure her
the nominate
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Shooting at Browning, Mo.

KNOXVILLE, Mo, Feb. - "A shoot
ing ARRAY occurred near Browning,
fifteen miles south of this place, yes
terday morning. The parties were in
dispute over some clearing, when
Henry Payne shot Nathan Call, the
ball penetrating the left breast below
the heart Call is not dangerously
wounded. PAYNE is under arrest.
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Possible Location for the Fight.

NOGALEs, Ariz., Feb. 12.-There is
little doubt that the managers of the
Fitzsimmons-Maher fight have decided
to pull it off in this town, on the Mex
lean side, in the state of Sonora. 1t
would be impossible for Mexican
troops to reach here within a week,
while the pugilists and their friends
4 could make the trip in a night. Mex
lean troops would not be allowed to
travel by the American railway.
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PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 12.-The Gov
ernor and adjutant general have issued
orders to the militia companies at
Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, Yuma and
Tucson to hold themselves in readiness
for immediate service. Governor
Hughes is determined that the 6ght
shall not occur on Arizona soil
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successfnl SAC BIowing in ohio.

CINCINNATI, Feb 12.-Burglars last
night opened the safe of Samuel A.
Croker G. Co., dealers in surgical in
strumentu and dental supplies, and
carried away between So, 500 and So, 900
worth of gol' leaf. The safe of the
LeesburC b"1x at Leesburg, Ohio, was
opened bv explosives last night, and
Sc, 900 In ash was taken.