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THE DISGRACE TOO MUCH
An Indiana Bank Cashier, Found to BE
s24,lIG short. Kills Himself

SOUTH BEND. Ind, Aug. IA The
unexpected appearance Of National
Bank Examiner Vance, a new official,
Mt the First National Bank caused an
examination, which disclosed the fact
that Josiah l.. Kelley, twenty.sevcn
years a fully trusted official there,
and tor the past five years assistant
cashier, was a d~cfaultcr to the tune
Of S24,ll6. When Kelley saw that he
had been discovered he left the bank,
went TO the cellar OF his residence at
The rear and shot himself through the
heart.
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Fusion scheming la Washington.

EIIENnuRo, Wash, Aug. lathe
Democratic, free silver Republicans
and Populist convention are in session
in this city for the purpose OF placing
n fusion ticket in the field. Each con.
vention has perfected it's organization
and committees have been appointed 10
ngrcc upon the terms OF fusion. A
telegram signed by the chairman OF
each convention was sent To BRYAN
last night. promising him the electoral
vote of the State.
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Long Walk to lie Married.

LIooNIER, Ind, Aug, l5-Miss Lizzie
lieasor, of Cass county, started
Wednesday to walk to st. Louis,
where she is to meet B. A. Stcnsell,
Of Denver. The long overland journey
is to have its sequel in the marriage
OF h couple. Miss Reason is 25 years
OF age. Stcnsell ADVERTISED in a mat
rimonial paper for a wife, and Miss
Reason was the successful applicant
for his affections. The novel agree.
lncnt that they should meet in st.
Louis was made in lieu Of Miss Reason
inability to 80 to Denver. She ex-
poets to be assisted Gu her journey by
persons en- route.
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Leadvnle's strike May soon End.

LEApvIrIE, Col, Aug. IA. - The
Miners union last night adopted res.
olutions to the effect that they will
accept for the district the scale of
wages fixed by Judge Owens for tho
Weldon mine. now in the hands OF n
receiver. The miners demanded So
all around, but the Judge allowed
only s.. 80 for surface men. 1t is now
believed that the strike will be
speedily settled.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 1T, Simons, his
wife and their two daughters we're
sitting in the yard of their home at
No. ios9 Armitage avenue at 10 o'clock
last night, when they saw n meteor
descending, aimed directly toward
them. Fortunately, while the mass of
molten metal was loo feet from them.
II burst and the frae mcnts scattered
with q report like a cannon.
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Jehu bakers Change Of Faith.

NASHVILLE, H., Aug. :4.-Jehu Ba-
ker, VINO once as a Republican de-
featcd w. Il. Morrison for Congress.
vas nominated for Congress on tho
first ballot by the Democrats OF this,
the Tw%enty-tirst district, yesterday.
He Is also the nominee of the Popu,
lists for that position.
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Long Gnthric Contest Endeh.

WASHINGTON, Aug, IA long con.
test is practically ended by the acton
OF Acting Secretary OF the Interior
Reynolds in awarding to the city of
Guthrie, Okla, land in block D of that
city as against Thomas D. lIance and
Andrew IL Frinls and William Lowe,
the last of the claimants. Numerous
partico have figured in the case, and
much conflicting evidcncc has been
Gloa
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st. LOUIS, Aug, Lice prices have
steadily advanced since the opening
OF the season until they are up to the
highest point reached in this CITY for
several years. This week there was
an additional increase OF 81. a5 per ton
TO the trade aud another increase
may be expected soon.
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LIMERICK, Aug. IA john DAILY, nm.
dcrgoing a sentence Of penal scrvi,
tude for life, after having been tried
and convicted with Egan and others
at tho Warwick nssizcs in 1884, of
treason felony, having been arrested
while ia possession of dynamite bombs
has received an intimatiou from the
governor of Portland prison that he
will he relcas d in u few days. lie
has been in bad health for some time.
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Death In % FLYING Machine.

BERLIN, Aug. li,-Yestcrday Herr
Lilienthal, an engineer who has been
experimenting with aerconautical con-.
%trivances several years, started 10 fly
from n Hill which towers 100 feet above
the town of Rhinoo, not far from here,
when the apparatus collapsed and the
inventor fell to the ground. Herr
Lilienthal was picked up unconscious
and it was found that his back was
broken lie did not live lone.
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WHY NANSEN FAILED.
Was MO- Provided with q su moisnt Num-
Der of Dogs and Canoes.

MALMo. Sweden, Aug. l5.-Dr. Ncn.
sen says that the Fran drifted with
the ice in a westerly direction to -
degrees, and he expects that the ves-
sci will eventually arrive at Spitz.
bergen. Wherever they penetrated
they found the ice broken. Large
patches of water were also found,
$500 meters deep. Below the depth
OF 100 meters the water was appre,
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SIR Ohm MlLLAIS DEAD.
rho President of the Royal Acndemy
succumbs to Throat Cancer.

lne fFesiuent OF tue hOyat
succumbs to Throat Cancer.
LONDON, Aug. li-Sir John Millais,
president OF the Royal Academy, died
late this afternoon from cancer Of the
throat, with which he had been af.
flicted some time and for which n
critical operation was performed early
in May.
Millas was made n baionct in 1855.
lie succeeded Lord leighton in the
presidency of the Royal Academy.
February 20, this year. Other honors
were conferred upon him at home and
he was the recipient of several foreign
decorations.
One OF Millais' greatest successes
and the work perhaps by which he is
best known to this day is the "Hugue-
not Lover" n canvass of exquisite
delicacy and beauty, and interesting
chiefly, aside from its merit, because
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BIoomsrs Cause n Fatal RUNAWAY.

sHELnrvIELy, lrd,, Aug. l5.-Ihs
morse driven this morning by Elmer
White' IN company with Bertha Par
ker and Emma White, took fright at
a young I'M riding a bicycle and
rah away npsctting tho vehicle and
throwing them against n barb wire
fence MISS Parker received injuries
from which she cannot recnver
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AN OHIO WOMAN PRISONER
Celia Rose Accused OF Killing Her
Father, Mother and Brother.

Father. Mother and Brother.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, Aug. 14.-Miss
Celia Rose, aged 81 vcaas, is in Jail
here charged with killing her father,
Daniel, her mother and her brother
with poison. All three died recently
within a few days Of one another and
1T was evident that they had been
poisoned. A young woman gained
the confidence of the daughter and it
is claimed Celia made a confession to
her.
Miss Rose was in love with Guy
Berry, a ncighbor. lie did not like
her and considered her attentions q
nuisance. lie complained to his faith
err and Berry complained to Rose.
The girls parents took her severely
TO task and the poisoning was the re-
suit.
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Editor j.. A. Hud.o, Sail. ,,,.

MACON Mo, Aug. ID. A. Hud.
ron mas old the Macon Tines to Cap
ta'n pen Ell Guthrie. chairman of the
." cue county committee, Tor
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Illinois ao,d Democrats.

CHICAGO, Aug. Is. Anti Silver Dem.
ocrats have issued a call for their
Itate convention IN Chicago, Aug. 2A
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NJ. leon say.

1t is interesting to note, says the
London Times. that NJ Leon Say Is an.
cestor. as he told the Academy Of Moral
Sciences in 1891, was an Englishman
named John Say. possibly connected with
the Sage and Selc family. or with the
Lord Say condemned by Jnck Cade
John Say went to Holland as d merchant
and thence to Mines, where no married
a French woman. Tho persecution Of
Protcs;ants obliged his widow and three
children to escape to Geneva The small
basket containing all her possessions Ii
still family heirloom One Of tn
SONS Jean Say. born IN 1900. was i
draner at Geneva. supplying serge To The
Freq Ii nornsfraes IL Tho aa1anvart pEri
of France. Jean 5 soii, also named Jean.
born at Geneva in 1880. was sent 70 the
counting house Of Castanct, a merchant
at Lyons married Castanets daughter.
and succeeded to the BUSINESS. Epvcrscs
of fortune made him migrate to Paris
He had three SONS. and the eldest, Jean
Baptiste, who had been in Paris bank,
went to England to learn the Language
and complete his commercial training
He was then 10. and his brother Hor
ace, five years his junior. accompanied
him.
"A Miss Child. who had been lodging
for two years in Paris with their uncls
Deiarcche, doctor. procured them /
home in the family Of Scotch school
master named Bissct at Croydon, not Al
pupils, but as dodgers Just at this tims
the window tax was introduced, ane
Bisset unceremonionsly stopped up on.
of the two windows which lighted Say
small bedroom. This incident suggest
ed, 80 years later, curious chapter o.
taxes which bring in nothing. In thi
dimly lighted bedroom Say read Adam
Smith, who. he always said. was M,
| master. !"
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A popular institution in Rome Is the
"Carciofolata' feast Of artichokes).
Whole societies go to the Ghetto, o.
what was once the Ghetto, where there
are still few Jewish taverns where
artichokes are cooked in true Jewish
fashion--only jews having the secret Il
cook them la JUDGE. Roman cook,
try to initiate them. but cannot succeed
perfectly. This year the "Carciofolata'
was more than usually amusing from
the fact that all went to it on bicycles
and the bicycles were ornamented witt
flowers, ribbons and colored lamps TIT
procession was headed by music, ant
right merry was the party when il en-
tered the ''Cenci' tavern. The streets
were crowded TO see the bicyclists pass
Rome Letter in Paris Messenger.
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We entered building consisting Of
one long room, filed with treasures.
This is the sultan's private museum.
Here are collected and beautifully ar
ranged all the presents that he has re-
ceived, as well as innumerable valuable
objects that belonged to some of his
predecessors. Countless clocks and
watches, inIaid armor, objects in jade,
caskets, wonderfully bound books, china
of all sorts, pictures, miniatures, jew.
eled ornaments Of every kind, all 50 ar
ranged in their cases that one could ex-
anime and enjoy them, delightful
contrast TO the confusion in which the
treasures of the old seraglio arc hesped
together One upright case contained
| four dozen of the most perfect deep blue
| Sevres plates, a present from the En-
/ peror Napoleon, sunk into velvet, "a on
each side Of the stand Each plate was
a picked and perfect specimen The
right names were not always attached
/ to the objects, and we found miniature
painting which we recognized as Lord
Palmerston marked as the prince con-
sort
We could have spent hours in exam
lining everything. but time was limited,
and we We're taken on to the private
stables, still within the harem walls,
holding IL of the most perfect Arabs.
used by the sultan for riding and driv.
| ing in the park Of Yildiz They were
all white or gray. OF course we saw nc
dogs anywhore--they are held Of nc
repute in the east; but / was told the
sultan possesses a peculiarly fine breed
Of white Angora cats, to which he il
devoted, and whose progeny he some
times gives to friends, but | saw none
Of them. The only pet we saw was .
large cockatco at the harem gate. who
uttered some unknown sounds sup
pose Turkish--as we passed. Long
mans Magazine.
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In speaking Of Longfellow's house In
Nahant. which was burned the other
day. the Boston Transcript says: The
house where Mr.. Lougfellow spent his
summers for IS years. from 1857 until
his death in 1852, was OF first rented By
him Of Mr.. Thomas Wct,nore % Beacon
street and purchased, with his brUsher-
in-law, Mr.. T. g. Appleton, after ti,a
death OF Mr.. Wetmore In 1860. Until
the death Of Mr.. IsongfaIlow. in 1882,
be was always. during the season Eek.
ccps Ia 1868 aud 1863. when he wan
abroadl, in the brown cottage BY the
willows on the village street, with Its
sea views ard sea breezes. This was the
house where number Of years bef0re
Motley wrote the first chapters Of the
Dutch Republic. &"
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Grizzly Biii.
The sight sent my heart into my
throat with a bound, for realized only
too well that the outlaw would stop at
nothing to get the money which he
knew was in my possession. To him
murder was child's play. But after the
first emotion of fear | felt perfectly
calm. In truth, / felt as though fate
had thrown this desperate in my way
SO that | could conquer him. | don t
know why | felt thus; probably ex-
perienced the same emotions that q SOL
dier does who goes into battle with fear
and trembling yet who. when actually
in the midst of danger, feels as cool and
collected as though he We're out of reach
of all possibility of harm.
81 got out of bed picked up the coal
shovel and scuttle and made as much
noise as possible. AS the night had been
an unusually cool one fire was burn
ing, and as passed the stove grabbed
my revolver and thrust it into my right
coat pocket. Into my left pocket thrust
some nails and a hammer Then, whis-
Ting as loudly as possible to mislead
the desperate in the box, left the little
Office and walked across the floor Of the
freight part Of the station. When inn
mediately in front of the box | sprang
at it with the fury of man fighting for
/ his life and overturned it. 1t fell to the
floor, top up, with a resembling crash.
/ Instantly | was astride the box driving
nails into the lid as hard and fast as a
man in terror for his life could do And
all that while | was yelling at the inn
prisoned outlaw at the top of my voice.
telling him that if lie so much as
breathed would instantly kill him.
But my threats did not appear to
brighten him much. From the interior
Of the box came a volley of muffled
oaths that would have astonished q Dig
ger Indian. ! never heard such horrible
profanity. fired my pistol twice in the
air to let him know that meant bust
ness. After awhile he became quiet. |
carefully examined the box and found
that there was no danger of suffocating,
for at the upper end were a number of
tiny perforations which freely admitted
air.
Il sat astride that box until my assist
ant arrived at o'clock 1t was q long
and trying vigil, bat the magnitude of
my victory buoyed me up. Ny assistant
was almost too much amazed to speak
when told him of my capture. He
/ quickly went to the mines and told the
superintendent to hasten at once with a
sufficient guard Of men to the station
and take Grizzly Bill into custody. 1t
didn't take long to do this. and when
Bill was hauled by 10 gentle hands
from the box he was the angriest out
law ever captured He fought like a
tiger, but it was of no nse. The men
who had him captive knew how danger
Gus he was. He was securely bound and
later in the day taken to Pikeville.
where be was subsequently sentenced to
a long term Of imprisonment Ia an east
ern penitentiary.
THAT little adventure, concluded
the major, proved to be the turning
/ point in my career. was promoted to
an important position in the city where
1 prospered, as you see. am today
quite content with myself and the world
in general. Thus you see Grizzly Bills
undoing was my making. st. Louis
| Globe-DeIrocrat
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a chorus Of wives. .

Mile. Lucie Faure resembles her "a
Their. not only in appearance, but also in
her hatred Of publicity and show, be-
sides which she affects a simplicity and
neatness in dress which gives her quite
an English appearance. The tickle Pa
risians fwho tolerate the most outre OF
cycling costumes, by the Way complain
that she dresses too much like man.
Unlike other girls Of her age and po-
sition. Mrfe. FauTe is TO be seen nearly
eyerv afternoon on the boulevard alone,
and the fact that she looks 50 English
gave rise to an amusing incident the
other day. An irrepressible garniri, not
recognizing in the tall and tailor gown
ed Young woman the presidents daugh-
ter. greeted her with a lively grinace
and knocking shout Of "Vive Z Angie
terrel,' Nothing daunted, but with
somewhat heightened color, Nile. Fanre
responded, yiye Ia Francep' wlsereup-
on an Englishmau who was passing
tick in the situation at glance and,
raising his hat. remarked with pro
fo5nd bow, yive lie president Lon
den Eeutiowoman.
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DOESN'T Ike coNNscrlcuT.


AZ Vanished His Father k9kTN AGO NOx
Cleaning His Nails In Charch.
A strange tale Of a mans resentment
for an injury doise his father more than
three-quarters ef century ago was
brought to light on recent Sunday By
tho visit to this city Of Daniel Porter. 4
wealthy merchant Of San Jose, Cal
True to vow registered many years
ago he refused to stay longer than ~
hours in state that had melted out TO
his father unjust and terrible punish
ment for . trivial offense, the mere
thoughtless infraction. in fnct. Of q
blue law even at that time almost III
desuetude. Although pressed 10 remain
by his host, . well known west end
man, his determination not to pass two
nights in the old Nutmeg State could
not be shaken, and he left for New York
Sunday afternoon
In the year 1915 Mr.. Porter's father.
whose maize was also Daniel, was d
young man of Is years in the little
town Of Coventry. Sermons were tedious
things in those days. and one Sunday as
young Porter sat in church he allowed
his thoughts to wander. Ahsentminded.
~ he drew his knife from his pocket
and commenced to cut his finger nails
The sharp eye of the tithing man caught
the Dissertation of the sanctuary, and
Porter was at once placed under arrest.
The court in which he was tried pre-
served the usages Of old colonial days,
the present constitution Of Connecticut
not having been adopted until 1918,
and the gravity of his offense was clear.
ly recognized under the old code. The
court found a punishment to fit the
crime, and Porter was, ordered to be
banished from the state for life What
is more, he had TO go, for there was no
dallying with the law in those days
Porter had expressed desire TO go to
sea, and a constable escorted him to
New London, where he found ship.
He followed the sea for more than 90
vars, but early in the forties drifted to
Cincinnati. Here he married and had
two sons. One Of these is tho orc who
paid the city flying visit on Sunday
Early in life he went to CalifomeA and
has become a wealthy man
Mr.. Porter said, while he recognized
the fact that his father could have re.
turned without molestatiQn many years
before he died. he thought that he had
been done an irrepar5ble injustice
which never eonld be foisxiven. He Gu.
tertained. he said. no feA ing Of love for
or pride in the old statc vhich had been
the birthplace OF his fod Sars
Mr.. Porter arrived in Vie city Sunday
morning. and late in th afternoon left
for New York He saw but little Of the
city, and said that he was not Interested
in anything that came from or was a
part of Connecticut bridgeport Union
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W. va.
DEPARTURES.
Mail close 81 10:40 a. m. for Hagers
town, and all points east.
At 9 90 a. m. and 5 and D. M, fol
Washington, Baltimore. Philadelphia
New ork and all points East and South
AT So p. m. for all points East.
At 20 p. m. for Pittsburg and all 10
cal and through points West.
At 5 p. M. for Hancock. Berkeley
Springs, Cumberland, and principal 10
cal stations on the main stem of the B
& o. and all through points West.
AT s 80 p. m. for Pittsburg and al
places West.
At IS a. m. and 40 p. M. for Hag
erstown Baltimore and all intermediate
stations on C. V. R. R.
At a. m. and $40 p. m. for Win.
chester and intermediate stations op the
G. V. R. R.
ARRIVALS.
Mails arrive by a. m. from all through
points East, est, and South.
At % a. m. from New York, Phila.
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, and
local points on old line of B. &. o. R. R.
At and 5 40 p. M. from all points
East and South.
At $50 am. from St.Louis, Cincinnati.
and intermediate points.
At 20 pm. from Chicago, Wheeling
Pittsburg, and intermediate points.
At s Is am. and 90 p. m. from Win.
chester and intermediate stations on the
G.. V. R. r.
At 80 a. m. and IL p. m. from
Harrisburg, Hagerstown, and interme-
date stations on the G. V. r. r.
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THE ROSE OF THE WORLD.

Who dreamed that beauty passes like . dream
For those red lips, with all their mournful
pride
Mournful that no wonder may betide-
Troy passed away in one high funeral CLEAN.
And Usna's children died.
We and the laboring world are passing by:
Amid men 8 souls, that waver and give place
Like the pale waters IN their wintry race,
Under the passing stars foam of the sky,
Lives ON thiS lanely face
Bow down. archangels. in your dim abode.
Before you were. or any hearts to best,
Weary and kind one fingered by his seat;
He made the world TO be grassy road.
Before her wandering feet.
w. B. Yeats in New York Tribune
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The Discovery Saved His Life

Mr.. 9. Caillouette. Druggist, Beavers
vile. ILL.,, says: ITO Dr. King . New
Discovery I owe my life. Was taken
with La Grippe and tried all the ply,
sicians for miles about. but of no avail.
and was given up and told could moi
live. Having DR.. KINGS New Discov'
cry in my store I sent for bottle and
began its use and from the first dose be-
gan to get better. and after using three
bottles was up and about again. Il Il
worth its weight in gold. We won
keep store or hoEse without L. Get d
free trial at L. 9. Matthaei's D1up
Store.
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Eli Hill. Lumber City. Pa. writes,
II have been suffering from Plies I'll
twenty-five years and thought n1y
case incurable. DeWitt's Witch Haze
Salve was recommended to me as !
pile cure. 50 bought q box and il per
formed a permanent cure. This i
only one Of thousands Of similar cases
Eczemaun ores and skin diseases yieif
quick Ehen it Is used /. O. Mat
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