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find, who telephOned Coroner Waddell
at North Judson. The coroner, accom-
panied by the sheriff and others, went
to investigate the matter On arriving
at the lake it was, found that the body
had already been exhumed and laid
beside the grave. It bore a bullet mark
in one cheek, a cut mean one eye, and
the skull was crushed in three places,
as though by bludgeon 1t. was par
TALLY decomposed and had the appear
ance Of having lain in the ground for
some time. AS it could not be identi-
fed by any of those present it was
placed in wagon and brought to- Knox
for further inquiry.
The feeling Of the people Of the VII
cinity that Sutherlin had something to
do with the crime decided Sheriff Har-
ter to take no chance by delaying his
arrest, so he at once sent a, deputy to
Plymouth who, with Sheriff Marshall
of that county, arrested Sutherlin at
his home in that city. Sutherlin man.
Tested very little concern, not even
asking for what reason he was, arrested
even when he was handcuffed. An in
dex of the mans, character can prob
ably be seen in his action when ARREST
ed. His wife was away from home,
only Sutherlin and SON being at the
house. When he left he did not say
a word to- his son or leave amy word
Of any kind for his wife.
The opinion oftenlest heard expressed
by those who have. watched the case
closely is that Sutherlin undoubtedly
was guilty, but that he had accom-
plices. This belief Is based ON the fact
that Fetters was shot, stabbed and
struck with something like bludgeon,
and it appears improbable that wounds
would be inflicted by three different
kinds of weapons by one man. The
case will come up at the January term,
which begins in two weeks, and will
undoubtedly attract the greatest crowd
ever drawn together by legal battle
in the county.
! The solving Of the mystery surround
ing the whereabouts Of Edward Fetters
proves a strange yerihcatiOn of q
dream. Three weeks ago Mrs. Isaac
Martin, living near the scene Of the
tragedy, had dream in which was
vividly depicted the murder Of man
and his burial under the carcass of a
mule. The horror Of the dream awak-
ened her, and, thoroughly frightened
she told her husband of the tragedy
revealed to her. The latter preyed
constantly on her mind, and when Fet-
ters' disappearance began to be inves.
tigated the dream was again brought
wildly to her mind, and to that revela-
ton, so strangely verified, is attributed
the finding of the body of Fetters
search having been made for many
newly made graves in which might
have been buried a murderer's victim
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sciences, or other causes for insomnia,
but, be that as 1t may, Taro's efforts at
rrectitudep which is the companion of
sIumber, were unavailing. Something
glittering few feet away caught his
seye, and in his madly enthusiastic en-
deavors to elongate himself over the
space beyond which his chain kept him
from attaining, his belt of leather, to
which the chain was attached, broke In
two, and Taro the nimble was free. It
was almost too good to be true, but
when Taro actually realized that he
was free he broke out into shrill chat
terlng, which was Enthusiastically a
Dean OF joy at liberation. Soon he had
resolved himself into committee Of
Investigation, and, as the coast was
clear, NE soon commenced his tour OF
examination. Having explored the in
terror of the tent, Taro's next
thought was Of the exterior.
tbut, having ventured under the
tlIap and found the outside world dark,
dismal and improbable, he was glad
AnOngh to creep back. Just at that mo-
menf the night man entered the tent.
His quick eye soon discovered the
broken waist belt, which mutely told
the story of TarO's liberation, and
second glance showed him the small
form Of the runaway perched on top Of
the snake cage Nimbly Taro eluded
the hand outstretched to grasp him.
Derisively he chartered at the frantic
.endeavors of the keeper to capture him.
But his chatter Of derision was soon
changed to shrek Of pain. Set into
the top Of the snake cage was ven
tilator about foot in diameter, and
covered with a coarse meshed wire
grating, which prevented an aphidian
exodus. Through one of these meshes
Taro had intruded his tail, and one of
the scaly reptiles that had slowly
wound his sinuous way to the top of
the cage in languidly persistent man
yer. mistakIng It for some new species
Gf lree ljmb, bad wrapped fold or two
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28

In an address on horticulture and
HEALTH" before the American Associa.
ton for the Advancement Of Science
Prof. w. r. Lazenby discussed the nu.
tritive value of various fruits, anC
showed that an average man who
should undertake to live on strawber.
ries alone would have to consume
eighty pounds of them in day in or.
der to obtain sufficient quantity Of
one of the most important elements Of
food, protein. But while he was getting
the proper amount Of protein from the
strawberries, they would give him sew.
en- times too much of another neces.
sary compound, namely, carbohydrates
Forty-four pounds Of tomatoes a day
would supply nearly the right quantity
and proportion Of protein, carbohyd.
rate and fat, the three most essential
constituents Of food. The chief value Of
fruit consists in its acids, which are
important to health.
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Artificial silks.

A high degree of lustre is one of the
principal characteristics Of the artI-
fetal silk now being made in Europe.
Another merit which the. produce pos
Sesses is that Of taking dyes much more
readily than the natural silk, a fact
made abundantly evident by the colors
and extieme richness Of the specimens
which have been exhibited to the Lon
don public. The main difference in
appearance between the natural and ar
tiicial silk may, therefore, be said to
consist in the greater lustre of the lat&
ter, though it Is also found that, on
taking a single thread of each, the ar
tificial breaks differently from the
natural, and has about eighty per cent
of its strength. The success which has
been secured by this new process in
France is great; and its manufacture
is to be begun in England,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28
Madman Went to PREACHING.

While attending church at Twelve
Mile, Ind, last Sunday night, Jerry
Cornell became suddenly insane, and,
driving the minister from the pulpit,
began to preach. The congregation
rushed, terror stricken, from the church
and the demented man continued a
wild talk until seized and overpowered.
He was committed to the hospital for
the insane, after which he seized an at
tendant and before any one could in
terfere tore the clothing from the lat
ter's back.
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A Great Strike,

Late in November the dock-laborers
of Hamburg, to the number of ten OF
twelve thousand, struck for an increase
Of wages. They were joined by other
workers in the shipping trades, and the
movement spread to Bremen, where
several hundred dock-laborers left their
work. The strike seems to have been
the first fruit of movement which has
been for some time in progress under
the leadership of English agitators, to
form an international confederation oil
men employed in the shipping trades
The German authorities expelled from
the country two of the English leaders
who had been concerned in organizing
the movement.
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Of lonely wood, heard a quarrel and
several shots, but in that region a pru-
dent man does not go out after night
to invest gate or prevent other peoples
quarrels. The following morning as
they vert to school two little boys
found a pool of blood and mans cap
a few rods from the schoolhouse, where
a short cut road leads diagonalIy
through the woods. Within a few min
utes afte.' the cap was found William
L. Suthe lin drove up to where the
boys were standing and when he saw
the cap asked to examine it more close
ly. The boy handed it to him and
Sutherlin put it ON his head, threw the
lat he was wearing down in his buggy,
embarked that the cap fitted him and
drove away.
The little boy pointed his finger at
Sutherlin at the coroner's inquest and
said, 9Th ats the man who took the
cap" Sutherlin's eyes shifted uneaslly
from poiLt'to point, but he showed no
other sign of nervousness. Evidence is
in the hands of the state showing that
Sutherlin was seen the next morning,
Tuesday, with blood on his shoes and
clothes and with q mule hide In his
buggy. He we-t TO KIox after taking
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28

room and a dining-room. Forward, on
the berth deck, there will be four state
rooms for the steerage officers, togeth-
er with mess, and ample space With
out for the accommodation Of the crew.
The regular armament will consist OF
one six-pounder rapld-flre gun mount
ed on the forecastIe deck; but In case
Of naval corporation, they are 81 de-
signed and constructor that each may
carry a main battery OF six four-inch
rapid-flre guns and an auxiliary force
OF eight or ten slx-pounder guns. So
armed, they would prove very valuable
dispatch boats, blockaders or effective
commerce destroyers, and with the ft-
ting OF the handling and launching
mechanisms for the ordinary empty
bow torpedo tube, these bouts would be
welcome factors to our naval force. In
everything contrlbutive to efficiency,
Availability and comfcyt the vessels
are essentially modern, and there is
ample room for a larger complement
and the storage of ammunition should
they be called into requisition for ma
val service, Aside from their possible
usefulness as naval co-workers, these
vessels are but needed agents in a serv-
ice at once pitted against development
in every direction where power and
speed may mean the preservation of
property amounting to millions, aside
from the collection of customs dues and
the performance of Its distinctively
routine duties.
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Requiescat in pace.
Strange Foods.

The late Frank auckland, the natu.
ralist, maintained that all flesh was eat,
able. He sought to give proof of this
statement by tasting the meat of all
animals, reptiles and birds which he
encountered in his career. He found
the flesh of the rattesnake delicate and
succulent. That of the blacksnake waa
not SO good. Lizards were exception
able, while panther chops were no!
equal to those of pork, which they
somewhat resemble. The finest eating
was furnished by elephants feet
baked in hole in the ground, accord
ing to the mode in vogue in Africa,
In New Zealand, where grasshoppers
are more than abundant, they are
used for food by Europeans. This may
suggest to the people of Kansas and
adjacent states an agreeable change in
their diet. Grasshoppers are pro.
nounced great delicacy in New Zea.
land, when prepared according to the
following recipe: One bushel of the
insects is immersed for two hours in
one-half gallon of pork brine, TIL.
insects are then brolled in the liquid
for twenty minutes, then thoroughly
rinsed in warm water and placed in an
oven to become crisp. When cold the
heads are removed and they are ready
to be ieaten. The flavor is said tc
resemble that of shrimp. Popular
Science Monthly.
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,aEeTIe tent close by The empty benches
ataEed at the vacant ring, the scattered
props and a strange commingllng OF
ropes and poles. The odor OF sawdust
and tanbark, so dear to the circus man.
dioated upward to where a single drop
light cast dim light on the deserted
interior, and the circus slept A rev
short hours before and the scene had
been one Of glittering grandeur, pomp
and pagentry. The flashing of lights
the groRsqueries OF the clowns, the
commands Of the ringmaster, the Dlar-
Eng Of the band, the dazzling beauty OF
che star equestrienne, the bewildering
agility of the acrobats, and the astound-
ing feats Of the performing animals
mad blended in harmonious unison with
ahe piaudits OF the assembled multi
Gude- But now the color had faded, the
walls of canvas, which had been daz-
Fling In their wilderness, were gray In
the shodowy half light and the en-
'shanted precincts had descended to
the commonplace. 1t was just at that
moment that some wee imp OF Pan
a0ra's loosing crert into the queer lit
Gle head of Taro, the nlmble. Taro
was only plain brown monkey OF
doubtful ancestry and unknown his
tory. One Of consignment which had
fhcen the feature of the circus in days
iEoRe by, he was the sole remaining sur
'Tiv0r- All his companions had sue
eumbed to the climatic influences
which are so fatal to the monkey tribe,
and faro was alone. Taro was the very
beau ideal of mischievous monkey, his
rpFOpensities being entirely IN the d.
TeCtiOn of gratifying his innate and
overwhelming curiosity. His accom-
Diishments were many, and Taro was
always sure of generous applause from
the children whenever he made his APP
,9earance in the ring But the iron Of
captivity had entered his soul, and, al
Enough he was not Gagged, the little
steel chain which held him when not
performing, and the small, but biting,
In the ring, were strong reminders of
his impotency in combating the will
OF his master. So, when the wandering
imp of mischief found his way into
Tar0's brain he found plenty Of good
material for frolic. The cages in the
menagerie tent were arranged in cir
cular fashion, and to the wheel of one
OF these Taro was chained. He had
shattered his usual remonstrance
: which was marked more by fluency Of
expression than by any beneficial re-
suit. for the keeper had simply cursed
aim for "a limb of the devil" and gone
% rest Perhaps the luridity of .Taro's
remarks may have been the Ganges
equivalent for profanity, but, whether
IL was or not, Taro was soon huddled
en- his heap Of straw, and gibbering
himself to sleep. It Is not recorded
in any work on natural history that
Monkeys are the possessors of con-
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iail without bail.

Ihll without pail. ThuS terminates Jhe
preliminary investigation into crime
the most grewsome, both from Its bru-
tally, it's slngularity and the dreary
character of its surroundings, in the
history of northern Indiana. Sutherlin
is about As years old and has gone
through the trying ordeal Of viewing
the partly decomposed body Of his sup
posed victim with the stoicism Of an
Indian. Except for a slight nervous
ness and restless motions Of his hands
he has not evinced particle Of weak
ness.
The mans past record is against him,
as he has been in trouble a number OF
times. Sixteen years ago he and a
companion were tried for the murder
of man named Hull, whose head was
crushed with a fence picket and his
body afterwapd placed on the railroad
track in the outskirts Of Warsaw, Ind.
The victim, Edward William Fetters,
was AZ years old, small in stature, only
feet inches tall, and of slight build.
He was the son OF respectable German
parents, who were residents OF Mar
shall county for many years before
their death. His father has been dead
about ten years, his mother only
short time. Fifteen years ago Ed mar
ried Eta Duff, daughter Of w. w. Duff,
who now conducts -four and feed ex-
change at Monterey, Pulaski county,
Ind. They have five children living,
four girls and boy, but separated four
years ago, chiefly because Of Fetters
drinkingand general shiftlessness. Mrs.
Fetters returned to her fathers, where
she still makes her home when not
working to support herself. The chill
dren are scattered. While trifing, Fet-
tiers was entirely inoffensive and harm
less. He squandered his share Of his
fathers estate in short order when it
came into his hands.
For the past year Fetters had made
his home with Sutherlin at Plymouth.
On the death of his mother some time
ago he inherited about sixty acres of
land, which was considerably incum-
bered. Soon after the death OF his
mother Fetters sold his equity in this
land to SUtherlin, the consideration be-
ing some horses and vehicles and an
agreement that Sutherlin was to board
him for a specified time, said to be two
years. The two men have spent
portion OF the time travelling over the
country trading horses, buying horse
hides and conducting various small
barters. They were In Knox on that
kind of trip Monday, Nov. 16, and
left town together that evening near
dark saying they were going home. Tt
was not shown at the preliminary trial
that Ed Fetters was ever seen alive
after leaving Knox that evening. It
will be in evidence at the trial in court,
however, that the two men were still
together at O'Clock that night several
miles east Of town, where they tried to
trade horses with man. That is the
last time he was seen alive, so fan as
any evidence shows.
An hour later, at about O'Clock, that
same Monday evening, two or three
persons who live near the election
schoolhou2e, which stands in the edge
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the cap from the boys at the school,
house., and was in and about the town
the greater part of the day. He told
man who asked him that day where
letters was that he had gone to Ply
mouth. So far as is known Tuesday,
Nov. IL, is the last time Sutherlln was
in Knox until be was brought there to
answer to the charge of murder.
After the quarrel was heard near the
schoolhouje, the pool Of blood and the
cap found and the cap taken by Suth-
erlln, many residents Of the vicinity
felt confident that a crime had been
committed and that Sutherlin was inn
pllcated in it.
One day recently while looking for
some traps they had out on the shore
Of Eagle lake, two men found newly
made grave that no apparent effort had
been made to conceal near the south
west shore OF the lake, which is three
miles east Of the election schoolhouse.
In that vicinity, which is very sparsely
settled, 1t IS unusual to bury a dead
animal 1t is merely hauled off to the
woods far away from any dwelling and
allowed to decay. The finding of the
grave was talked Of for a day or two,
and 1t was finally determined to inves-
tigate the matter, and a party of five
or six went to the grave for that pur-
pose. They dug down at one side of
the grave and found the skinned car
cass of a mule about three feet under
the surface. They quickly observed
that there was surface dirt still under
the carcass and that 1t was loose, as
though recently moved They con-
tinued the investigation, aid a foot or
so below the carcass Of the mule found
the body of a man.
One of the party at once went to
Knox and notified Sheriff Harter Of the
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THE KNOX MURDER.
oREWsoME STORY OF THE
KILLING OF FETTERS.
william H. sutherlIn Hold for the Crime,
Believed to Have Had Accompiices---
The VlctiW a northumberland .
Mlser.

HE preliminary ex-
animation Of Will
liam L. Sutherlin
for the murder of
Edward William
Fetters near Knox,
Ind, has ended in
his being bound
over for trial at the
January term of
the Circuit court
and remanded to
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FOR LAKE SERVICE.
THE NEW REVENUE CUTTERS
INTENDED FOR FIGHTING.
They WIN Guard tho Upper Lakes In
limos of Peace but wllI Prove vaIu-
able Weapons should England Become
ObstreperOus.
washington Lottery

Y AN act of the
last congress the
revenue cutter SER
vice was so fortu-
nate as to secure
appropriations for
two new steel Ves-
sells for duty upon
the great lakes. The
plans for these
boats have just
been completed,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28

sion candidate and won easily. Miss
DAVIDSON is the only woman in Nehras-
ka, perhaps in the country, that has
been elected to the position of GeAnty
attorney.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28

For the ten months ending last April
the total production of cigarettes in the
United States for home consumption
was S,SSS,147,SOO, an increase Of 6OO,-
OOOSOO over the supply Of the previous
year
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-ATALE OF A CIRCUS.

i HE show vas over.
y The last stragglers
\ had passed through
! the canvas portals
Of the main tent,
and the multiplied
7ty of diversified
sounds had given
way to the silence
nofnlght, broken only
uby an occasional
=. e.ano Tho mpu-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28
Maryland Institutes for Farmers.

Maryland has fallen into line with
several other States in the mater OF
institutes for the education Of the
farmers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28

Roasted peanuts are sold by tbA
pound at Sacramento. Cal, the prize
,~sx being 10 cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28
SHE IS COUNTY ATTORNEY.
Brown County. Nebraska, Has a Fair
POpulist Lawyer.
Chadron (Nebl Letter.

OHdUTVH IINbDJ LeLIeT.
Miss Estelle Mae Davisson, who was
recently elected to the Office of county
attorney in Brown county is one of
the best and one of the brightest law
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24

per currency.
Ferrouh Bey, councillor of the Turkish
embassy at st. Petersburg, has been ap-
pointed Turkish minister to the United
States in succession to Moustapha Tach-
sin Bey.
The First National bank of Benton
Harbor, Mich, is in the hands of Bank
Examiner Caldwell of Detroit. About
$4,000 is due depositors.
In his weekly report to the marine
hospital service Sanitary Inspector Brun-
ner at Havana says that for the week
ending September 8 there were 326
deaths, of which Is were from yellow fe-
yer, 20 from enteric or pernicious fevers,
"a from dysentery and So from enterltis'
The United States consul at Annoy
China, says in a recent dispatch to the
state department that the Chinese people
prefer American cotton fabrics spinnings
flour, oils, canned goods and meats, and
even buy them at higher prices than 9th
er importations can be had for.
Jimmy Michael Saturday won the
greatest cycling event ever run on any
New England track. 1t was the interna
tional 25-mile race on the Charles River
track, and was run in the fastest cycling
time the world ever knew, covering thu
distance under as minutes.
Anderson, Ind, reports that the Amer
lean wire nail works, employing 700 men
the Lippincott lamp chimney works, il
which 400 men are employed, and thu
Macbeth lamp chimney works, with 1
like number of men on its pay roll, hav'
resumed in full blast after shutdown o
! two and a half months
Captain Gotta of the Twelfth infantry
who some time ago was condemned t.
death for INSTRUMENTATION for the KILN,
of major of his regiment in Sonora dur
ing the Yaqui rebellion, was shot in tn
City of Mexico Saturday. Detachment
from all the garrisons were present.
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HOLDS A cHILkooT PASS REco.. J.
Dave Brown of Port Townsend M.
1t ina Nine Days.

Port Townsend, Sept. Is. - David 4
Brown of this place has broken the rec,
ord in crossing Chilkoot pass. lie left
here August 20, and nine days later 1;
wrote from Lake Bennett that he IN,
crossed the pass and had engaged passage
down the river. The time on the trail
from Dyea to- Lake Bennett was 40 hours
Two Indians agreed at Dyea to carry his
outfit of $50 pounds across the pass for
3s cents per pound. At Sheep Camp thew
struck for As cents per pound, but Brown
forced them at pistol point to fulfil tho
contract at the original price. Brown
drove the two Indians ahead across tbe
pass, carrying 100 pounds on his own
back, with the ever-ready revolver in hi,
hand.