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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1897-01-16
No TRACE ForNp or nnA noss.
Police Unable to Locate the Missing
Girl AZ Lincoln.

LINCOLN. Jan. 15.-(Special.) -No.hing
has as vet been learned OF the Whereabouts
eff Miss Eda Ross. The only clue seems 30
have been picked up by Officer Smell who
discovered ,hss she worked for a sh1r; lime
q. The fremont ho.el. but had lef. suddenly,
and The hotel people do not know where she
has gone. While a. the fremont she wrote
a nC,e 70 girl friend aid gave the same
misleading address which she had given her
mother IN Firth. she said :ha. an answer
SHOULD b. sent to No. - South Eleventh
street, in care 4 a man named Dean. Mel her
ID an nor the girl can be found. Miss Rose
came to Lincolr two weeks ago from Firth,
whore her mother lives. She Is Is years
cid and quite good looking.
Word was received by he State Banking
board today Of he suspension Of The Gil
zons' State bank Of Fullerton, Nance county.
Il. D. Gould is president. |. lad n capital
stock Of $4,000 and deposits c: $4,000. 1t
was no. a state depository. As none Ct the
new bank examiners have qualified by filing
their bonds, he board directed eX-Secretary
TCWnlsy 20 proceed 10 Fullerton this evening
and take charge of the bank as SPECIAL
oNau .rer
Owing to the Illness of Land Commissioner
Wolfe the State Beard OF Transportation did
rot hold a meeting this afternoon, as was
expected. j. Is considered doubtful II the
board has a meeting this week. as Mr. Wolfe
is coE"neu 10 he house wiki severe cold.
IL wGS ln-ended 10 apU-int the new SecrS-
taris3 officially. They are j. C.. Dahlman, G.
L. Laws and Joseph Edge"ton.
At ne Office of he adiuiant general the
reg.gna ions Of Captain John S. Crue, COM
pany f, First regiment, and First Lieutenant
Robert r. Copsey company A, First resi-
ment, have been accepted.
Omaha people in Lincoln: A. the Lindell
IT. J. Nolan. James Allan, p. Schwenck,
Louis Burmeister G. f. Munro, A. w. Clark,
T. c. Van Buren,, +. p. Smith, A. J. Cooley,
I. C. Hurst w. C. Cree. NJ. f. King. J. F..
Coad, jr. At he Lincoln-E. +. Jordan, L.
e. Benjamin, John Sullivan, d. Glen Deaver.
E. Mar
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"Now for it," said Crawford, cheer
fully, when he had passed his expert
enced surgeons hand over the place.
Pm afraid it may give you some trou-
BILE by and by but you'll be able to
limp through this job tonight, 1 fancy,
and the sooner We md this blessed hall
the better" l found he was right. /
was able to follow his lead, but it was
slowly, and not without pain each time
l rested any weight on the injured
foot. When we had got clear of the
loose stones and rubbish that had rolled
farther into the passage, We found that
the entrance was a wide one, wide
enough for ten or twelve men to march
through side by side, and that 1t
stretched forward into what looked like
an abyss of impenetrable darkness. Our
lantern glimmered feebly on the rocky
floor, and shone family on the walls
that extended upwards out of sight
without showing any indication of
| roof overhead. We went slowly and
cautiously forward, for the place
| seemed well fitted for the lair of some
| beast of prey, but, except the faint
| echo of our own footsteps, there was
| not a sound of life. At last Crawford
| paused and held up the lantern.
Il thought So" he said; "the steps
at last!" Then we began to ascend the
| great, black staircase cut out of the
| solid rock, the surface smooth and pol
| ished, the edges clean-cut and sharp,
| as if but yesterday from the hands of
| the workmen who had lived and died
two thousand years ago. The steps
seemed never ending to me as labored
after my companion. Upwards and up
wards still; the same glistening steps;
the same DUH black walls: the same
impenetrable darkness that closed
above our heads-it became like a
nightmare to me, and it seemed as if
it would never end.
1t ended at last, and 1t came like a
surprise.
Thank goodness that's ALL" said
Crawford, as he stopped and held up
the lantern. 1t glimmered like a rush
light in a cathedral, but 1t showed us
nothing. Beyond the radius of its
puny light all was an abyss of the
blackest darkness By going cautious
ly round with the light we soon dis
covered that we stood in a wide ante
chamber which opened by a narrow
doorway into another. At the moment
|
holding the lantern before him, a sud
den gust of wind blew out the light
and left us in darkness. But no! II
took only a moment to convince me
that my first impression was wrong
1t was no longer dark. There was
light-a faint, gray, uncertain light
which seemed to steal through the
darkness and rather to dilute it's quail
ity than absolutely to substitute any
thing else in it's place. From where ]
stood in the ante-chamber 1 could SEE
plainly that 1t came from the inner
chamber through the narrow doorway
and 1t was strong enough to enable
me TO see Crawford's figure as he
paused at the entrance.
IT'S the hail." he said, in a voice
that was almost a whisper. "Come on!
There's light enough in here without
the lantern" AS he spoke he passed
through the doorway and disappeared
in the gray darkness, and ] made haste
to limp after him.
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was quickly followed by the question:
Should anything happen in his absence?
1 was there to watch for the sign that
was to disclose the hiding-place of the
treasure-would II come? In any other
place, at any other time, should have
laughed the very idea TO scorn-but
here? / looked around on every side,
only to be met by the long, straight
shafts of the dense black pillars; far
away on the right l could trace the
faint outline of one of the rock-hewn
windows through which the gray light
filtered into the black cavern in which
/ stood alone.
l felt that / must pull myself togeth-
er to resist the strain on my nerves,
and decided that itswas better, even
at the cost of some pain, to move about
than TO remain at rest and become the
become the victim Of a thousand fam
cies. began to walk, or rather to limp
up and down, and the motion seemed
to restore me to my usual condition of
mind How long limped up and down
that black collopade, peering down
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lanterns light we found that a narrow
passage, which indeed might more
properly be called hole, was left be-
tween the arched top Of the gateway
and the mass Of rubbish which so
nearly filled 1t up. The entrance looked
dark and forbidding enough, but 1t was
evident that It was the only hope of ac-
complishing our object, and we did not
hesitate. As the bearer of the lantern,
l took the lead, and slowly and with
difficulty, by getting on all fours l
managed to get through. The fallen
mass sloped away on the inner as 1t
had done on the outer side, and after
had waited long enough to light
Crawford on his way through the mar
row entrance, l proceeded to descend
to the level of the ancient entrance,
closely followed by my companion.
/ had nearly got to the bottom when
q stone on which had set my foot sud
denly gave way and I rolled helplessly
downwards. The lantern, although ex-
tinguished, was most fortunately found
to be unbroken when Crawford scram-
bled down to where I lay, and after
some trouble we managed to relight It..
TIL this had been accomplished l had
been content to lie still, feeling a little
bruised and sore, and almost reluctant
to make an exertion which might make
me aware of some more serious In
jury than ] was yet conscious of
having received. When at last reused
myself and gained my feet 1 was glad
to find that except a slight sprain or
my right angle l seemed little the
worse.
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PART II,

I was in the very act of turning to
Crawford with rather disappointed
laugh to say so, when my eye was ar
rested by a phenomenon. The sun was
going down, and at the moment his
level ray streamed in a dazzling river
of flashing light through the narrow
gorge in the hills. 1t blazed on the still
surface of the lake; it spread In waves
of liquid gold over the desolate site of
the city of Sondavalla it crowned with
a perfect hale of glory the huge pre-
cpitous rock that rose darkly between
me and the western sky. My eye had
rested almost unconsciously, on the
citadel rock as l turned, and ] uttered
an exclamation of surprise. There, at
a distance of perhaps a third of it's
height from the sharply defined sum-
init, there glanced from the black wall
of stone a succession of sparkling ar
rows of light that darted through the
long shadows cast by the rock across
the plain, For a second or two stared
in wonder at the sight; then like flash
its meaning burst upon my mind.
"Eureka!" l exclaimed, in a sudden
burst of excitement. "Eureka!"
"Why, what the mischief do you
IledH Sdlu CTdNlOGO, 1dlneT CTOSSly,
what have you found now?"
THE hall, man! Your black and
ancient hall, as sure as I'm a living
snner!" / stretched out my hand as I
spoke, and pointed to the rock. Craw-
fords eyes followed the direction, and
he started.
BLESS my SOUL" he calculated, after
he had stared at it flxedly for a min
uate. 81 believe you're right"
We had both sprung to our feet, and
for some minutes we stood without
word gazing at the phenomenon that
had suggested so much to us both: 1t
could not have been more than five
minutes at the most, yet it was long
enough to exhaust the sight. Even as
we looked the flashing points of light
shifted, contracted, and suddenly went
out I turned startled eyes on my COM
panion. What did it mean?
"Oh, that's all right" he said, at
could only last for a minute or two
while the sun was directly on the level,
but it was as good as an hour. All
we've got to do now is to make the
most of our luck, for upon my soul 1t
was about the greatest streak of luck
that ever l came across"
We-SlOOu lot SOIlle minutes gazing at
the rock as If we expected to see the
lights again, but of course none APP
peared, and at last we sat down again
and discussed our next proceedings.
We were both persuaded now that we
had solved the mystery of the hall, as
it was evident that the setting sun had
shone through the citadel rock from
side to side, showing plainly that it
was hollow, and had window openings
looking both east and west We were
agreed that there must be some means
of entrance from below, though of
course it might have been blocked up
in the course of centuries, and all we
had to do was to find 1t.
"Ticklish, isn't it?" 1 observed, when
We had arranged our programme to our
mutual satisfaction.
'Devilish!" replied Crawford, sem
tentiously; but you don't expect to
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1t was the light of Crawford's lantern
shining in my eyes that reused me to
consciousness. A voice, which recog-
nized as that of Semi, exclaimed: "Al-
lah be praised, he yet lives!" l sat up
with difficulty and stared stupidity
around for some seconds before could
remember anything of what had oc-
curred-then 1t came to me suddenly.
IT'S gone, Crawford" 1 exclaimed,
with a gasp.
"The devil 1t is! But how do you
know? Who's got it?" Crawford re-
piled, eagerly.
l held out my right hand. in which
there remained a torn fragment of
dirty yellow cloth.
Il don't know" l said, "but / fancy
this must be a piece of what he had
on"
Crawford examined 1t closely for a
few moments. "Well," he said, at last,
in tone of deep disgust, "it might
have been a piece of my old fakeer's
body cloth-only that was buried with
him-rit's dirty enough, anyhow.s
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-24
The WitCh.Winged Inverted HeriaI Bi


Wizard
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THE END.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-24

pick up diamonds on the parade ground
You've got to risk something"
1t was clear that Crawford was right
and, now that was fairly committed
to II, the risk seemed rather to add to
than detract from the interest of the
adventure. There was no hurry, be.
cause, as Crawford pointed out, all We
could hope to do before midnight wss
TO find our way to the place, and tha /
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We examined the image Of Buddha
by the aid of the lantern and found the
secret place open as had left II, but
with the exception of one ruby Of great
size, entirely empty. We e'examined the
floor for some traces of my mysterious
assailant, but. as might have been ex-
pected, without success. A few Yards
away, however, at the foot OF one OF
the black pillars, l saw something gilt
ter in the lamplight. I stopped and
picked II up. 1t was a very large un-
cut emerald-I have IL still-all that re-
mains to me of the sparkling heap of
gems so strangely revealed when the
Queen of Night disclosed the long-kept
secret Of Buddha.
THE END.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-24
PART III.

In the course OF many wanderlngs I
had been in many strange places and
seen not a few sights that were both
curious and impressive, but 1 cannot
say that among them all my memory
can single out one in all respects so i'm
pressive as this. AS ! stood within the
entrance and looked round, the words
of the Pail writing came back 10 my
memory so vividly that l seemed to
hear them repeated. "the black and
ancient hall" 1t was a hall Of vast
size. The first impression 1t made on
the senses was its blackness, on every
side the blackness closed II in; the
nooI the walls. or the shadows that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-24
Copyright, 1897, by Hugh II. Lusl,.

could scarcely take many hours to do.
We had our evening meal and, as we
did so, watched the gradually waning
daylight as 1t died away from the lake
and the plain, and at last the sky. till
the shadows stole over the scene in
darker and yet darker tones. The
moon rose, clear and liquid, from be-
hind the forest and flooded both sky
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-24
SYNOPSIS.

The story is narrated by the author
who, with his friend Crawford, is seeking
the ruined city Of Aranapura, in south
eastern India, The object Of the search is
some. treasure that the men believe lies
hidden in the ancient hall of Buddha,
within the ruined city. They have OBJ
tained this knowledge from a document
that a grateful fakeer has given to Craw-
ford. They interpret the contents to mean
that at full moon the beams will fall
upon the spot In the hall whsre the treas
ure is concealed. The men find the ruined
city, but to locate the hall among the
mass of crtmbiug walls is apparently a
hopeless task. At least, so It seems to the
narrator as he gazes upon the shapeless
mass that was once a noble city.
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15
INTELLIGENT SUFFRAGE TINE
MISSISSIPPI PLAN.
V
HE BUILDING of the constitution
= Mississippi was indeed a great work

MISSISSIPPI PLAN. N;ss;stn, um -, .... .,
1t hlazes out the way through an untmycled territory, which will pro,ab,
lead to the peaceful solution of some of the most intricate and ycxed cues
lions that ever tested the civilization of Il free people. The following refer
cncc to it In connection with other constitutions by the New Orleans Times
Democrat, is calculated to excite feelings of pardonable pride in the bosoms
Of all true MissisNppians:
Monday adopted a constitutional amendment providing that voters must be
able to read any portion Of the constitution Or statutes of the state. and
must also be able to write.
This is a very large straw showing how the north wind is blowing and
1t viii add to the confidence of the south that constitutional provisions for
an intelligent suffrage will never be overturned by the aid of the north.
There are several indications that the eastern states are gradually 70.
modelling their fundamental institutions In such Il manner AS will tend to
ward the upbnilding of n virtuous citizenship. Rhode Island is about Ia
Hbenize her legislature, which has hitherto. like that of Delaware until
this year. represented political autouomies rather than the people; her rem.
rcscntat,ves are to be increased for this purpose to 100.
1t may also be noted that whereas it is usually the ease that tho l,roc
ar hostile to the Announcements and improvements, the country dis.
tricts, being the liberal and conqnering forces. there are lately sme indha,
ton that the cities are becoming converts. In the case of Connecticut not
Il single town In the state voted asainst the educational qualification.
Another pointer: The opposition to the suffrage planks in South Caro-.
lima and Mississippi is dead. and it is either dead or fast asleep in All tho
north. There is no longer any talk Of federal intervention in any form.
About the only step backward which is advocated now is the arvumo,
many portions OF Louisiana In favor OF property qualification, II wou,d
. n OF the cnriosiths OF constitutional enactments II after property dual.
ihcation has been abandoned by all the rest of the states it should be re-es
tablished by the state Of Louisiana.
lnsstence on the payment Of MI taxes due us prerequisite OF rcv,stra.
ton Is = different matter altogether This does not dsfranchise a ppor man
may be more competent to exercise the rights Of a yotcrth Than hs ,,,h,l
neiRhbor. Neither dues 1t constitute 4 provWaton to revolution. which l.
The danger point Of the property qualification.
The unprecedented success Of the Mississippi plan in excluding ,ncou.
petence from the polls shows that the prerequisite Of tax-payinv can NJ han.
lied Ia such = manner 81 to accomplish the desired ehd without creatinra INV
'a* antipathtes Or hatreds-the Acknowledgement is too clearly the fault Of
individual who - disfranchked to give rise to any anger. We have oolv
q study the Mississippi plan IN order to provide TOT Louisiana the q u.
against political evils.
Mf& M #AI
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15

THERE is nothing which j." dHhgures the character OF woman Is a VIC
/ lent temper. Since Nantppe poured hot water upon tho head Of
p#r. patient. suffering Socrates and made his home life a vcruablc hell. the
hot headed, higt-tcmrercd woman has teen an object Of cortCult and ha
tired. There is nothing on earth, in tn air abovcor inhel beneath which we.
dislike "much as one Of these rearing. tearing, ranting, fuSsing woman. To
'rhaw tobacco, ride straddle on horseback, put their feet on the table,
drink beer from n schooner, smoke cigarettes aud cuS. were ihnseat, charm
ing accomplishments and pa>timcs compared with an exhibition Of violent
temper. We kno" that God despkes such character and we would not be
surprised il the devil should refuse them admission even In the inferno, A
s'd, gentle. swect-dispo~ition ed woman is the nobest work OF God. but the
other sort is the mcancst, slmiest manifestation of human cusSedncss,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15

N. o..
Monty.

No. HE APPOINTMENT ut Il f. Money by Cox. Me-.
xonsy Llura u ~5reed >e@a1r Geofyg ia the Cnted
\ state, senate ar7x, tA, gentleman gain into active
service in behalf n h, COUNTRY. Hs LIS had large and varied experience in
legislative matters He entered FubH~ life 6rt in l>i4. Tueu lie a. a
prestige and push him forward. Standing alone upon hi, own undeveloped re.
sturct.h he entered congress q, the representative Of the FourthC Congressional
district Of Mississippi He Ind nR been q memher Of that august body long
before hi. genius tecame sHown-hr greatness manifest, Carefully, pu.
IDENTITY, safely psr,i>teHtr he forged his way Ii the front, aud ere four ears
flashed by he had passed from nb>curt to fame from a district reputa.
ton to a national name- The reputation then achieved the good name
then made h. grown. buadeued, become Brighter from that day to this
To-day he stands the PEER # any man in public life from the south.
But 1T is altogether in accord with the eternal order Of things when we
consider the qualities ~ the man. Endowed by nature with bright, quick,
mind mind which readily receives absorbs and appropri.
aes that which he read,-an indentgablc student. an omniyerous reader
all ~ lis life, he ha~ gathered together a fund Of fct>-a volume OF inform.
alton which Is ittte less than marvellous. Wcswonld not create the jmnres.
sion that the mtad VI this man is a mere Sturehouse Of information-lt is
rather a laboratory in which all this Information has been used, transformed
and made into stuff of his own.
the foremost men NJ that body Of great statesmen He will succeed the prca,
able t" take up the work where his HIustrious predecessor left of He is per-
iectis familiar with his thoughts his ideas and his pelciesr-IIe knows the
secret motives which moved him and he Is in perfect accord with him. Col
Money enjoyed the most intimate and confidential relationship with Senator,
"eofee, and while they differed widely In point Of mental construction there
was a bond q" sympathy and a common purpose which brought them close to.
1etfer and made them the most devoted friends. The selection OF Col. Mon.
ey to >occocd Senator George involves the principle of perfect harmony. 1t
VIII greatly lessen the diScorl which would otherwise have followed. Money
III '"'"" George AZ the rising, follows the setting, Sun-alke In power and
hr'hlancy, but differing only IN time and degree OF service.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15

Coy. McLaurin viii hardly cngav,
IN Joint debate with Hon. hurry r.
smith or any Que else ut thi. time on
the capitol question. While We should
Ike to hear the matter discussed hy
these gentlemen In joint debate, We
are not disposed to censurc the GOV.
ernor should he refuse to accept the
gage Of battle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15

Judge II. X. Martin, one Of the
Oldest lawyers Of North Mississippi,
died At his home In Water Valley on
the sth inst. Judge Martin was u
man OF wide observation, extensive
reading and varied experience M.
trIotic citizen and good man. lie was
not without his faults. but with all
" bis weaknesses the world il better
for Judge Martin having lived. Peace
y n's asllcs and eternal rest To his
svsl.