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The herald., 1897-08-12
Real Estate

Twenty-three mortgages and trust deeds
were filed for record yesterday, aggregat-
ing s24,5s5, the largest being for $1,000 for
two years at per cent on country prop
erty. The real estate transfers were larger
than usual aggregating $50 101, of which
s40, 000 was for property sold by Wm Prid-
ham on Main street, between Third and
Fourth, and $4,000 was for Pasadena prop
erty. sold by Sarah r. Bryant to John G.
Rossiter.
= + Y
BUILDING PERMTTS-Mrs. f. Shaw.
Wall and Winston, removal tC 712 e. First
$50. Ida G. Henderson. Vernon, near
Seventh, six-room one and one-half-story
cottage, $780, Mrs. Margaret S. Smith, Sac
ramento, near Mateo four-room cottage,
500. j. G. Young, 719 West Jefferson, re-
pairs, $3.50. A. Sawyer, Flower and Fourth,
removal of five-room cottage to 125 South
Flower, $780, l.. Thorn, southwest corner
of Ann and Main, improvements. $25 +. 7.
Spalding, East Twenty y-seventh, stable,
$3.50. VIM. Mead, Avila, four-room cottage,
$500. e. Lent, 22S and 290 South Main, re-
pairs $40. T. e. Nichols, Thirty-first, addi-
tion, $50. w. d. Babcock 1856 South Alvara-
do, addition, $500. VIM. Mead, Avla, near
Macy, four-room cottage, $500.
The herald., 1897-08-12
DIR. r. 8. Barnard

Klondyke, Chicago. New York, Denver
Salt Lake tickets cheap. DeCamp & Leh-
man, 213 South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-08-12

The sales at the San Francisco Stock and
Bond Exchange for the week ending on the
7th were as follows: @-S
The herald., 1897-08-12

Drink Glen Rock water Address F. L
Smith. PIG South Spring street. Tel s6
The herald., 1897-08-12

Wall paper. late styles. low prices. a;
A. A. Eckstrom's. S24 South Spring street
The herald., 1897-08-12
Closing Stocks

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE following
are the closing stock quotations:
Atchison ..... 15& Rock Island ...... So
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STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS

Mountain, 1000 at 31s; Pacific Con-, 10000
Ia.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

The grand jury of Benton County
had indicted Novak for murder. arson
and attempted fraud on insurance
companies, and on a warrant specify
ing these charges Detective Perrin
was prepared to make the arrest. Op.
erative D. l.. Clouse at st. Michael's
had been warned to be on the watch,
lest Novak should attempt to escape
by way Of the Yukon. Then began a
chase which has made G. G. Perrin IA
nous.
Perrin and a hardy Norwegian whom
be had hired for the trip travelled
through the Chilkoot Pass, built q
boat at the head of Lake Linderman,
passed Noyak and his party, unknow-
ingly, on Lake Bennett and arrived at
Dawson City ahead of the fugitive.
On July IL, the very day Of Novaks
arrival at Dawson City. he was placed
under arrest. The detective with his
prisoner took passage ON a Yukon
steamer and was Joined by Operative
Clouse at st. Michael's.
The Portland. on which they hook
passage, arrived at Seattle October %,
and on September 2. just seven months
from the day of the beginning Of his
flight from Walford. Novak was lock-
ed in a steel cage in the Vinton Jail and
held to answer to the charge of MUIR
der. While engaged in the pursuit
and on the return Detective Perrin
travelled 10000 miles.
Noyak stated to the detective in ex-
PLANTATION of the death of Edward MUIR
ray hat after n series Of unfortunate
events following him through his bust
ness career, in the shape of u%nprofita-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

NOvak on the charge Of murder was
issued n the State offered $500 for
his apprehension. To this sum Ben
ton County added a reward Of $500.
The case was taken up by the Travel
ers' Insurance Company of Hartford.
Conn.,, In which Novak held a $4,000
policy. A st. Louis detective agency
was employed and operatives were set
ut work on the case.
The first trace Of Noyak was found
ut a farmhouse several miles south of
Walford. where he had taken break
fast. He was at that place wearing n
cap. hunting coat and German socks.
He was heard from again ut HolbroOk.
Il village farther south, where a local
merchant gave him bills for $50 in sill
yer. Novak was carrying a consider
able quantity of silver and claimed to
be collecting for a liquor house. From
HOlbroOk Novak was taken to Iowa
City by one John Bryson. a young
man, who was paid 81 for making the.
drive OF twenty-six miles. For several
days the track was lost. 1t was learn
~ AOl AVIAN LsIll DOuslll Il LICK
ct from Iowa City to Council Bluffs
early on the morning Of February 4.
Prom that time the trail, although fol-
lowed with difficulty at times. was
never lost. 1t was found at Omaha
that Novak had bought a coupon tick
ct to Vancouver, British Columbia, by
way OF Granger: Wyo., Umatilla juno
ton, WASH, and Portland. Ore. TO
this ticket he signed the name Frank
Alfred. being his first and second
names. The signature was identified
at the bank and by various citizens Of
Cedar Rapids.
On this ticket he travelled to Port
land. disp0sing Of the remaining part
to a broker. From Portland Novak
travelled by rail to Seattle, expecting
to embark on the Steamer Alki for Ju-
neau. The Alki had sailed and Novak
continued his journey to Port Town
send. Wash, where he arrived in time
to take passage on the Alki. To his
ticket at this place Novak signed J. A.
Smith, the name OF a physician who
had conducted his physical examina-
tons when making application for in
surance policies. 1t is a peculiar cir
cumstance that a photograph Of this
ticket introduced In evidence shows
that Novak was assigned to OK ID.
When 1t was found that NOvak had
gone to juneau with the evident inten-
ton Of continuing his journey inland,
the ease was turned over to Detective
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

Then some seeds Of the s~hepherc.-
purse and otlser tough little waa.,s
wer blown out on the cinders. ana
presently they came up, and tha,.
stems and leaves furnished LODGING
places for more sand and soil bronohs
by the wind. So it continued for thra.
summers, until now you would h,ra,,,
know that there ever was a ra,lroas
grade stretching across the copntrr
1t IS so smoothly and softly coyer..
with green, and 1t matches so we'll
with the surrounding woodland.
In case Chicago was suddenly deson.
ed no doubt its paved streets won,d an
be green within a few years.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23
Didn't want to Fire.

When Admiral Canevaro was in COM
mand Of the international feet at Crete
he gave instructions to Capt. Graffagni,
commander of the cruiser Stromboli,
to 60 near Kisamos and defend q Turk
ish fort threatened by the insurgents.
The captain, whose wife Is a Greek,
seemed little enthusiastic over his mis-
sion, and remarked:
But do you think. admiral, 1t Is real
~ necessary to cannonade the insur-
gentsY'
THAT you will have to decide
when you are there. II necessary, you
must lombard; at least, that is what
the admirals have decided"
Think, admiral exclaimed the 9th
er. what will my wife say when she
knows I have bombarded the Cretans.
her Greek brothers"
Dear Graffagni," returned the ad-
miral, II should begin to think what
my mother would have said of me, for
she was as Greek as your wife," The
Stromboli left, but the news never came
that she bombarded the insurgents.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

T1HE case Of Frank A. Noyak, on
yicted at VintOn, Iowa, Of muir
der ius the second degree. Is n Of
the most remarkable In the courtannals
Of the West. The story Of the crime,
az brought ont by evidence at the trial.
and OF Novak's fight and his subse-
quent capture ut Dawson City, Alas
ka, almost rs soon as he had set foo.
u. the klOndike country, reads more
like fiction than fact. The st. Louis
Sunday Republic recently contained a
fnll,page illustrated account of the es-
cape OF Novak. his arrest in the icy
north and his return to the scene Of the
crime for trial. On the morning of
February 3. 1897. the store building Of
Norak 4 Jilek at Walford, Iowa, to-
gether with the adjoining building. In
which Frank A. Novak conducted a
private bank. was consumed by fire.
Walford is a village, unincorporated,
u the Kansas City branch Of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul Rail
way. situated sixteen miles west of
Cedar Rapids. In the eastern portion OF
Benton County. The fire by which the
buildings were destroyed had gained SO
much Roadway when discovered by
the villagers that 1t was impossible to
extinguIsh the flames. IT was an
nOunced that Frank A. Novak was
missing and as II had been the custom
Of NOvak, or his partner and brother
in-law, Jilek, to sleep in the store
building. II was believed by his friends
that he had persisted in the flames.
II was discovered that Edward MUIR
my. q young nan of the neiyhborhood.
WIS MISC missing. Novak's friends
said that both had perishel in the fire
~ that Murray had killed and robbed
NOrak and fed. AS motive for Muir
rays Alleged killing OF Novak II was
stated that Novak had Inadvertently
left about $500 In his store which he
had Intended to express to Cedar Rap
ids to the bank with which he tran
Dacted business. It was alleged that
Murray knew Of the failure I o putt the
money into the envelope with the bank
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

and burning of his store and such mis-
haps, he found that he was reduced to
the extremity Of procuring another
loan Of $500. and was preparing to
start early on the morning of Febru-
airy 3 to get an uncle Of his, living a
few miles south OF Walford, to in
dorse a note of that amount SO that
he could bank 1t. On the evening Of
February 2, Ed Murray was In Wal
ford and loaned his team to a couple
of young men to take a drive into the
country. Murray was drinking and
went into the store with Novak, and
while the latter was in the basement
fixing up the fire in the furnace, Muir
ray got hold OF a bottle of whisky
which was heavily charged with NOR
phine Oeft In the store as q dose for
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

The jury which heard the case re-
turned a verdict Of guilty of man.
slaughter and recommended that No
yak be given q term Of ten years In
prison. When the verdict was first
returned fixing the penalty at ten
years the judge sent the jury back
with orders to remodel the verdict in
accordance with his instructions. The
second verdict recommended that the
prisoner be given ten years, thus CIV
ing the trial Judge IN option In the
matter. When Novak was asked II
he had anything to say why sentence
should not be passed upon him, he
protested his innocence and said he
would not have been satisfied with q
verdict of acquittal until the guilty
man had been apprehended and pun
ished. AS soon as he resumed his seat
the Judge again called him to his feet
and passed the Life sentence upon him.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

book and deposit slip which were sent
70 Cedar Rapids on the evening of
February 3. Murray's relatives be-
Heved that Noyak had killed and ere.
mated Murray and burned his w
store. As q direct motive for such
crime they urged q determination to
defraud insurance companies. Novak
held regular life and accident policies
TO the amount OF more than $4,000.
a few hours after the Are a charred
body was found In the basement. No
yak and Murray were of almost iden-
heal size and build and Identification
Of the remains might have been impos-
sible but for two circumstances. Bits
Of cotton shifting were found under
the neck and In the arm-pits. These
were identified by Mrs. Nellie Shea as
pieces Of a shirt she had given to her
brother.
Novak had had dental work OF a pc
culiar kind done in Cedar Rapids. A
description Of. this work was obtained
by newspaper men at work on the case
md telegraphed to Walford. The
lSDCk0 ~ kAC ShUAA Olu ltOt GOIIcSlIOuA1
with the description OF Novak's teeth.
and on these two points the COroner's
Jury found the body to be that OF Ed
ward Murray. There was a fracture
Of the skull on the 9 portion which
had probably been made by the pole
of "A ax found IN the ruins at some
distance from the body, and that had
caused conclusion OF the brain. On
the body being exhumed by the State
The stomach was found to contain pol
son. When the villagers had sought to
exttng1ish the fire the building was
found to be full OF gas from q plant In
stalled therein.
Suspicion of Novak's guilt was
strengthened when his father left
WALTON ~ Ia early train on the morn
tng of February Z, and before the re-
mains had been found In the ruins,
si6iInl6 went 10 Cedar Rapids to examine
~ bankacconnk kept BY his son.
Onfhereturn of the Coronerss jury
Y WnfS4nAffcr ~ arrest ~ Frank n
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23
HALF DOLLARS CONE aAcx
Marked Coins Persist in Return;r. =,
Their Former Owners

Marked Coins Persist in Returp;u.
Their Former Owners.
One day In the summer of 1876. vyh.,
Albert George and Humphrey Pinborr
Of East Orrington, Me-, We're in Bangor,
marketing. they received two half dol.
lars fresh from the mint. AS botb
were young men with plenty Of money,
for their immediate wants, they stamn.
ed their initials in stencil upon tho
coins and took them to a hotel, where
they exchanged them for two dinners
In the Lincoln-Douglas campaign Of,
1860 the two young men, who had be-
come voters, Joined the "Wido
Awakes," an organization of uniform.
ed Republicans, who paraded the towns.
with torchlights. One evening after A
parade in Rockland they went out to,
supper, and In exchange for a bill paid
to the cashier, Pinhorn received a half
dollar marked III. F." 1t was the coin
he had sent adrift four years before. !,
The war came on, and both of thel
young men enlisted, following the for
tunes OF the Twenty-second Maine reg.
iment. For five or six years after the
war there was no silver or gold in cir.s
culation, and nothing was seen of thei
marked coins until the Garfield Ham
cock campaign of 1850. Then Mr.,
George received the half dollar mark
ed III. r." in exchange for beef which
he had sold. He turned 1t over to Mr.
Pinhorn, who paid it out for tobacco.
Mt the local store. After that the H.
r." half dollar returned frequently.
Mr.. Pinhorn got it in 1883, Mr.. George.
in 1884 and again in 1885, and Mr.. Pin.
horn had 1t three times and in 1891
Mr.. George received it and paid it Quit
four times. 1t was taken in by Mr.,
George in 1894. after which it made 81
long sojourn In other parts.
Meantime Mr.. George grew anxiousi
about the half dollar which bore his.
initials and advertised, offering s. fori
it's return to him. Several spurious.
limitations of the real article were sent
in and promptly returned, as the STEM
Gil marks were not made i'm the right
kind of type. Though he kept an adj
vertisement standing in all the local
papers and in two Of the Boston dailies
for nearly q year he received no It'd
ings of what he wanted. Last week
went to a Bangor bank to get his
pension cheek cashed, and in the
money which the cashier passed out
were two half dollars. Upon the face
of n were the old initials III. Pr
and on the other were the letters of his
own name. "A. A. c." 1t was the long
lost half dollar, which he had stamped
and spent for a dinner In 1856 and for
which he had been offering a reward.
Mr.. George has framed his half dollar
and hung 1t up over his desk with or
ders to have 1t placed in his coffin. The
coin marked "H. p" was turned loose
again to 20 out and make a history
for itself.-New York Sun.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23
Remarkable story Of . Bulle

mork0 0tOry Ct uUs1
The Petit Journal, Of Paris, relates !.
remarkable experience of NJ. Charis.
Jalerat, who was wounded In the waF
Of 1870 while serving In the artillef!.
He was struck by q bullet In the le.s
temple. and In spite OF repeated ~
tempts, the surgeons were y
extract 1t. They expressed b ~
Ion, however, that the man might W.
for years with the bullet In his neat
As a matter Of fact, for twenty-sese':
years 1t did not trouble him IN ~
least. Last May, however, b Du'lss.
which had remained buried IN ~
frontal tissues, moved up toward ~
brain, and NJ. Jnllerat became insaAss
For nearly q fortnight his mine VI
NAMED unbalanced, but happily
bullet again shifted It's position 49,
NJ. Jallerat recovered. He did Q -
any more Inconvenience Until qulte .M
Gently, when he experienced . cufse
sensation In the throat. He Success.
in forcing the obstruction int
mouth, and was very much srrpE'
to discover that II was the bullet 49,
he had carried n his head TOR ovel
quarter of q century.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23
Painless Falls.

1T wasn't the fall I minded" said
Pat. describing his sensation in falling.
from n scafold. "Begorra, l could have
gone on travelin' that way forever. Il
vas the stop at the end that inconven-
fenced me-"
This seems to be the experience OF
many who have been precipitated from
a height: while falling they were cor
scious Of no pain, nor terror, though
perfectly aware Ut what was transptr-
ing.
Mr.. Whymper, who has perhaps had
more bad falls than any living mar.
says that he once fell and rebounded
from rock to rock in the Alps. and fest'
absolutely no pain, though he heafd,
himself strike. As In drowning. the
whole previous life seems to fiasn'
through the mind, and this gives way
by delightful stages to dreamless un-
consciousness.
Among the ancient Norsemen. an 60
warrior. who had had the misfortnne'
not to fall in battle, usually threw NM
self from the top of a cliff, to gain A.
mittance to valhalla. The pleasant e.
perience Of those who had fallen ann
escaped alive may have had son'e-
thing to do with the practice ana -
lief.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

stairs and put him to bed. white he
tNovak) returned into the body Of the
store and lay down to read upon the
counter under n gas burner. He drop
ped off to sleep and at some time dur
ing the night woke up and found the
store on fire. the flames coming up the
hatchway out of the basement. He
then made n couple Of efforts to get at
Murray to rescue him, but failed, as
the whole store was being rapidly en-
veloped in flames. Starting to run
out, he came in contact with his shot
gun, standing against the counter.
where he had placed it the evening be-
fore to have it in readiness as Il com
panion for his intended trip on the
morning of the Sd into the country, and
picking it up made his escape out Of
the building. He walked around the
consuming building several times, his
first intention being to raise an alarm,
but realizing that Murray was dead
and that life had no allurements for
himself in that place Or among that
people, he turned and fled. resolving to
drop into oblivion where he would
never be heard Of again.
Novak was placed on trial in the Dis
trict Court Of Benton County, Judge
Burnham presiding, Tuesday, Novem-
Der 8. The State ~subpoenaed nearly
fifty witnesses, and the defense a
large number. County Attorney To-
bin vas assisted in the prosecution by
E. NJ. Boles Of Waterloo, son of ex-
Gov. Boies. and Tom Miner of Belle
Plaine, was assisted by Judge Ney Of
Iowa City in the defense.
In contradiction OF the confession of
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
eOYS AND GIRLS.
Something that Will Interest h Ju.
veuilc Members Of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children.
Faith.

A pretty anecdote Is related of a
child who was greatly perturbed by
the discovery that her brothers had set
traps to catch birds. Questioned as to
what she had done in the matter, she
replied: II prayed that the traps might
not catch the birds" Anything else!'
"Yes," she said. II then prayed that
God would prevent the birds getting
into the traps, and" as If to illustrate
the doctrine Of faith and works, Il
went and kicked the traps all to
pieces."-HOusehOld Words.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

burglars in ease they ever made In
other successful entrance), and took a
larg,. drink OF II. When Novak came
out OF the basement where he had
been fixing the IRE. he found what
Murray had done. as the bottle was
partly empty ana Murray IN . stupid
condition. he then took Murray NJ
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

Charles G. Perrin Of San Francisco.
formerly marshal Of Tucson, and he
procured extradition papers o The
Governor Of Canada. He had already
provided himself with requisition pa
pers on the Governor Of Alaska, III
case the fugitive might be found with
~ that Jurisdiction.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23

Novak the State developed testimony
to prove that the body found in the
basement on a pile Of coal and resting
on a mattress supported by a cot must
have been in that position when the fire
started. The case was in all it's de-
tails the most sensational ever tried
in Iowa.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23
A Friend to the Park Fish.

If you were to visit Garfield Park
early enough almost any bright
summer morning you would doubtless
see a pleasant-faced old man walking
along the lagoons close to the waters
edge, sometimes STOPPING over and
reaching his hand into the water and
always keeping his eyes closely fixed
On something In the lag0ons.
This old man has made friends with
the park fishes. He goes out before
breakfast with his pocketful Of bread
crumbs, bits of cracker. or. better yet,
small pieces of raw meat. At a certain
spot not far from the refectOry he pad
dies In the water. at the same time
dropping some of his crumbs. Instant
~ the fish, which have no doubt been
waiting for him. appear in swarms.
leaping out of the water and seizing
the crumbs as fast as they fall. The
old man says that at first only the
smaller fish would venture ND to the
shore, but now he has become SO well
acquainted that the very largest Of
them-and only the old man knows
how very large the fish in the park Ia
gOOns becOme-will dart up and seize
a bit OF meat from his very fingers.
After feeding part Of his supply the
old man walks along the shore. and a
great school OF fish follows after him.
watching eagerly for the crumbs that
drop. Sometimes he will walk around
the lagoon with his procession, and
then he goes back home to his own
breakfast. He says that the fish are
his greatest delight, and he almost
feels as If they all belonged to him. He
goes early In the morning while the
finny residents Of the lagoon are live
hest and hungriest, and while there
are few visitors to interrupt his pleas.
ure.-Chicago Record.
How Nature Covers Up Ugly Spots.
Nature doesn't like bald spots. Up In
Michigan there is IN old railroad grade
which was made OF cinders 50 that
weeds would not grow up between the
ties and reach out over the rails. While
the trains ran over it daily 1t remained
black and barren, but as soon as It was
deserted nature began to take meas
ures to hide the ugly ridge. First, the
wind brought sand and earth and small
bits OF rubbish and sprinkled them oyer
the cirders. where they gradually
worked down and filed up many OF tbs
little holes. Then the ants came and
dug tunnels deep down into the ground
n brought up mounds Of good soil
below. After that some white
clover plants, crowded out Of the neigh,
boring pasture. sent their arms on,
over the cinders a few inches. and pu,
lown new roots. For a time the Gin
dcrs were very hot. ana It was hare
Q the clover to get rooted. hut Il
Wosked brasely, Ind II one plant failet
otAass pushed forward in Its place
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-23
New Use for Paper.

Paper IL constantly being used for
new purposes. Now jackets are made
Of 1t to support those weak spines that
hitherto have been held IN position BY
heavy plaster Jackets.