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The age-herald., 1899-08-08
MURDERED 4
 LITTLE GIRL Benjamin She'll, a Georgian, Commits
 a Horrible Crime. WAS PENSION EXAMINER SlaShad thn Thr0at 0i Liza WaiSSan.
SlaShed the Throat of Liza WeiSSen-
 berger.
MADLY INFATUATED WITH HER
She Was Only Thirteen Years of Age and Had Been Employed in His Household Until Short
 While Ago.

Washington, August 7.-Benjamin H. Shell, of Georgia, a special examiner in the pension office, is the perpetrator of one of the most atrocious murders ever commit ted in Washington.
 His victim was Liza Weissenberger, a girl of IS years of age, who had been em- ployed in his household until a few months ago, when she was taken home by her parents, who became suspicious of Shells conduct toward her. Smell seemed to be infatuated with the child and paid her a great deal of attention, which, how ever, she resented. Yesterday morning Shell went to his victims house and enter ing the room where the girl was sleeping, bent over and drew her from the bed.
 Twisting one hand in the girls hair and throwing back her head Shell drew ra- zor from his hip pocket and swept it across her throat. Twice he slashed her throat and once he missed, cutting great piece of flesh from her cheek. The head was al- most severed from the body, and both mur- dered and his victim were drenched with blood. Attracted by the child's screams the mother ran to the rescue, and was badly slashed on the arm. The murderer was arrested. He refuses to give any ex- planation of his acts, and says he remem- bers nothing about them.
 Native Of Vermont
 Shell is a native of Vermont, an educated and intelligent man. In his youth he left his mortimer nhome for Georgia and later wandered for some years through the west, southwest and in Mexico and Central America. He spent some time in Qua temala.
 He returned to the United States and took -wheFe he was employed in the bank. While holding this position, the act of June 27, 1890, was passed, and the enlargement thereby of the pension list led to a great increase in the number of clerks needed in that office. He was employed in the de- partment.
 Mrs. Shell called to see her husband to- day and wept at his fate. He did not take much interest in the case or in securing attorneys for his defense, but seemed more interested in the fact that he had had not had his dinner, and that he had no cushions on the iron bench of his cell
 Nelrs parents live at Oconee, Ga. They have been notified of the effair by telegraph by Mrs. Shell last night He has a brother, Charles W. Shell, who is a clerk of the court at Sanderson, Ga.
The age-herald., 1899-08-08
SOMOAN COMMISSIONERS
Have Arrived and Will Proceed to
 Washington

Washington August 1.-The state depart ment has received a brief dispatch from San Francisco announcing the arrival of the American and German members of the Samoan commission. They will come to Washington for conference with the off, cials, bringing their report and the draft of the treaty which is proposed to substi- tute for the treaty at Berlin.
 At the state department is ia not ex- pected that the commission will hold session here, as the British commissioner has gone to London by way of New Zea- land. It is doubtful whether two of the commissioners could do anything beyond submitting their individual reports. Count von Hacke, of the German embassy, called at the state department during the day and had a long talk with Assistant Secretary Cridler who has special charge of Samoan affairs. It brought out no new phases, however, as neither of them had received anything from the commissioners, save brief announcements of their landing. It appears that Chief Justice Chambers visit as he has written a private letter to one of the officials in this city, saying that he would probably put off his visit until Sep tember. According to the views taken at the state department, the action of the commission, so far as it changes the Ber- lin treaty, is merely ad referendum and does not become effective until formally approved by the three government and in this country ratified by the senate. This is likely to bring about extended considera- tion of the work done by the commission though there is no disposition to question the care with which 1t has proceeded.
The age-herald., 1899-08-08
Will Discuss Rates

Chattanooga, Tenn, August 1.-The chief clerks of all the leading railroads in the south will meet at Lookout Inn tomorrow morning to discuss the question of a revis- ion of the rate sheets of the roads. Repre- sentatiyes of the Southern and Western, Louisville and Nashville, Illinois Central, Mobile and Ohio, Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham and New Orleans and Northwestern will be there. Sessions will continue two days.
The age-herald., 1899-08-08

ROwelrs Newspaper Directory, the official authority the circulation Of American newspapers, Is out under date Of June 1, 1899
 It Rccords to The Age-Herald the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in Ala bama. The Age-Herald continues to grow.
The age-herald., 1899-08-08
THE WEATHER

GENERALLY FAIR; TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,; CONTINUED HIGH TEMPERATURE; FRESH TO soUTHER- LY WINDS.
The age-herald., 1899-08-08
 BY OCTOBER 4o, ,OOO MEN WILL BE IN MANILA

Washington August will
 
  o sail the Pacific all of name
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Hat Pin MAY Prove Fatal.

Topeka Kas.) Special Kansas City
Times: VIM. Trimbel, an omnibus
driver, is walking around with three
inches of a hat pin in the region of his
heart. The steel has been In his body
for three days, entering Just under the
shoulder, and when he awoEe the other
morning he found 1t had worked its
way to a location at the side of his
heart. Trimbel threw himself on q
lounge at his home a few nights ago,
and in doing so struck the hat pin,
He supposed he was only severely
gouged until the wound commenced to
pain. and later he found the pin with
about three inches OF its length broken
off. The steel will probably be To-
Gated by means of X-rays and cut out,
as there is danger Of Its end entering
the heart.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Coinmbn. banks yictImired.

COLUMBUS, Neb., Oct. 14.-Henry
Ragatz, a prominent business man,
was notified by the Columbus State
bank that IL held a note for $3.50 for
which he was security and which was
past due. Rogatz found his name had
been forged to a note and that the
signature was a bungling imitation.
He learned that this was a renewal
note. the original having been given
some three years s and renewed
about three times a year. The note
was signed by John Tannahill as
principal and IL was he who had al
ways negotiated the paper. The Com
mercial National bank also held two
notes aggregating s474.5O, renewed
SIX or seven different times, always
signed with Tannahill as principal
and Harry b. Reed, a farmer living
north OF town, as security. Mr.. Reed
admitted he had signed notes for Mr..
Tannahili a long time ago, but said
he had signed nothing for him in over
a year and these notes were also for
geries. The First National bank then
discovered II was holding two notes
negotiated by T~annahill, one for s12O
with Carl Kramer as security and the
other for 500 secured by Mrs. Phobe
j. Lawrence. Mr.. Kramer says his
signature is a forgery and as Mrs.
Lawrence lives in Polk county the
bank cannot tell just now that her sig
nature Is genuine.
A scramble has ensued among the
attorneys for the different banks to
file attachment suits against Tanna-
hills property on the edge OF town.
which consists OF thirty-three acres of
nursery and orchard with considerable
improvements in the way OF hot
houses and other buildings. Four
suits have ben filed aggregatlng some
thing over $1,000. but as there Is an
incumbrance against the property Of
u 900 1t is not likely that II will pay
out the claims.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Returns From tho rSio,diJ.

FREMONT, Neb., Oct. 14.-Frank
Frandsen, whose people live about a
mile east OF Fremont, has lately re-
turned from a fifteen months success
ful trip to the Klondike. He has, in
partnership with a Canadian, one OF
the best paying stakes in the Atland
district, B. c. When he left there
weeks ~ there were two gangs OF
men at work taking out $1,000 a week
on an average. He thinks that during
the last two or three weeks this aver
age has been kept up although he has
heard nothing. From now IN, work
Will be discontinued as the ground
will freeze. He came to the United
States preparatory to striking out for
Australia to try quartz mining there
while his partner operates the mine
for another year in the Atland district.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

LET a man tell you his story every
morning and evening"" said a famous
.Englishman. in characterIzing the
newspaper. land at the end OF a
twelvemonth he will have become your
master" What II the man is bvazen-
faced. a chronic liar. one who rejoices
in iniquity. and is utterly reckless in
principle. who is thus welcomed daily
to the home circle? Ought not a news
paper that Is Indifferent to truth Is
self-seeking, and has no regard for in
dividual rights or for public morals.
20 be treated as you would deal with a
scoundrel who seeks admission to your
room and company? Let an unprinci-
pied Journal tell you its daily story,
and by an inexorable moral law you
will in due time have an "evll spirit
for your master.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
ULTIMATUM IS At HAND
South African Republic Demands That
England Withdraw Troops.
ACTIVITY IN MINISTERIAL CIRCLES.
Britain Hos q Day or Two Of Grace In
which to Make Up Her M,nd-No More
Soldiers Are to he Landed--Beiieve
that Beers Have Taken the Initiative.

CAPETOwN. Oct. 1.-THE Transvaal
government has sent an ultimatum TO
Great Britain.
LONDON. Oct. ia London news
agency publishes the following dis
patch from Pretoria, filed there at 1:4o
p. m. yesterday:
An urgent dispatch has Just been
handed to Conyngham Greene. the
British diplomatic agent. requesting ar
explicit assurance Of the withdrawal
within forty-eight hours Of the Brit
lsh troops from the Transvaal borders,
as we'll cs the withdrawal Of all the
British forces landed in South Afric1
since the Bloemfontein conference"
The Transvaal ultimatum, which Is
signed by +. w. neitz, secretary of
state, concludes with the following four
demands:
First. That all points OF mutual dis-
ferences be regulated by friendly re-
course to arbitration or by whatever
amicable way may be agreed upon
by this government and her majesty's
government.
Second. That all troops on the bor-
ders of this republic shall be instantly
withdrawn.
Third, That all reinforcements Of
troops which have arrived in South AZ
RIGA since June /, 1899. shall be re-
moved from South Africa within n rea-
sonable time. to be agreed upon with
this government. and with the mutual
assurance and guarantee on the part
Of this government that no attack or
hostilities against any portion OF tho
possessions Of the British government
shall be made by this republic during
the further negotiations within a Pc
riod OF time TO be subsequently agreed
upon between the governments; and
this government will. on compliance
Herewith. be prepared to withdraw tho
armed burghers of this republic from
the borders.
Fourth, That her majesty's troops,
which are now on the high seas, shall
not be landed in n part Of South
Africa
To these demands Is appended the
definition Of the time limit for u reply:
This government presses for an
immediate and an affirmative answer to
these four questions and earnestly re-
quests her majesty's government to re-
turn an answer before or upon Wednes-
day. October IL. 1899, not later than )
o'clock D. m.
ut desires further to add that in the
unexpected event OF an answer To- sat
isfactory being received by 1t within
the interval II will with great regret
be compelled to regard the action OF
her majesty's government as q formal
declaration OF war and will not hold
itself responsible for the consequences
thereof, and that, in the event OF any
further movement Of troops occurring
within the above mentioned time in
a nearer direction to our borders this
government will be compelled to re-
gard that also al a formal declaration
Of war.
II have the honor to be, respectfully
yours. +. w. REITZ,
state Secretary"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
SUGAR Is VERY OLD.
USED IN CHINA THOUSANDS
OF YEARS AGO.
Manufactured In Considerable Quantities
Duriog h Tsin Dynasty-The Honor
of the Discovery Is Claimed for East
India.

Sugar was known to the Chinese
and used by them as early as 1900
d. c. This statement rests on tradi-
tion partly, but II is q historical fact
that during the Tsin dynasty, about
200 years b. c., the article was we'll
known and was manufactured in rela-
lively considerable quantities in China.
Students OF ancient Hindoo history
and industries claim the discovery for
the East Indians, but it is much mere
probable that In this, as IN many other
inventions ascribed to the Hindoos ard
the Japanese, the knowledge came to
them from China originally. and waJ
subsequently returned to China. where.
in the meantime. the art had Deer lost
or forgotten. The claim of the honor
for the Hindoos rests en- the fact that
the expedition under Nearchus. ser.
out by Alexander the Great about eos
b. c. to explore the Indus and the
adjacent regions, on its t to
Greece reported that they had founc
people who. from a cane and without
the Intervention OF bees, made a honey
(syrup or molasses?). This is the
earliest historical mention of sugar
among the people Of the west" 1t
appears to have been utterly unknown
to the Egyptians, Babylcnians. Chal-
deans. Jews and the Greeks prior TO
the event mentioned above. Galcn, the
physician and pharmacologist. who
.lourlshed and wrote 14e-190 B. c., pre-
sc!ibed sugar as a remedy in certain
cases. In England sugar seems to have
remained almost unknown. except to
the learned, until after the discovery
Of America. 1t was so costly a luxury
that In 1855 It is of record that a lady,
the wife OF a very rich gentleman,
lesought her husband, as the richest
gift that he could bring her on his
Homecoming from the metropolis. To
fetch her 4 pound of sugar. Even at
the beginning Of the eighteenth cen-
fury Great Britain consumed but about
12.OO0.OOO pounds CT sugar. Today
England alone uses more than a hun
dred times that amount. The method
OF purifying or refining sugar was in
troduced into England in 1859, though
the art had been known In CONSTANT
nople for several hundred years, 1t hav-
ing been discovered, or Invented, by
The Arabs, who kept 1t a close secret.
which was finally learned by those
ubiquitous wanderers and traders, the
Venetians, who, 1t is said, learned it
OF the Sicilian Saracens in exchange
for goods the market value OF which
exceeded 100000 crowns-which, con
sidering the value of money at the
period, would be equivalent to s5,0Oo,-
O00 now.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Knocks Out Temple Law.

DIES MONIES. Ia, Oct. 14.-An i'm
portant decision was handeu down by
the Iowa supreme court In the case
Of Maine against the Cnicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy road. brought on a
rehearing to test the constitntionality
OF the Temple amendment. passed by
the last general assembly. providing
that the contract between the en-
ploye Of any roalro2d and insurance
relief department maintained by the
road shall not constitute a bar to any
proceeding which may be instituted
against the road for damagesr The
court reaflrms it's former decision
and holds that such a contract is a
bar to suits for further damages. The
Temple amendment was an issue In the
platforms of three political parties
here two years ago. all Of whom in
dorsed it. The supreme court now
knocks 1t out.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

Now that the European demand for
American apples Is heavy, II being
estimated that 1t will he this season.
1.217.767 barrels in excess Of the de-,
mand last year, apple-growers In this
country are looking forward to much
higher prices. especially as this years
home crop is from one-half to three
quarters less than what is looked upon
as a full crop. In Now York state
farmers are getting from rs cents
TO $l.25 a barrel for apples under the
trees. The standard apple for the
European market is the Baldwin. or
the l2,t37 barrels OF this years crop
shipped since Aug. ] the lowest price
Melted to the American exporter Is IS
per barrel. and the price has kept
nearer 81.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
LONDON TAILoRs FAIL TO FIT.
Their Are Wei, Made and
Show Good Workmanship.

The best that can be said Of the
clothes imported by American men
from London is that they are well
made said Nelson r. Huntington of
New York. who has spent years abroad
in the study Of the hospitals. They
never fit. Indeed, the art Of misft
seems to be carefully studied. The
garments Of both men and women
never set we'll. and even the actresses,
who arc supposed to be exacting, suffer
from the inability or ind~isposition of
the English tai!ors to fit the figure.
The finish. however, shows fine and
thorough workmanship. The French
achieve better fits, but the work is
atrocious. making the best garments
look cheap and hurried. Not even i'm
portant buttons are secure. American
tailors and dressmakers surpass every
thing in Europe in making a fit, and
the finish compares favorably with the
English. The New Workers who i'm
port garments made by Poole and
other fashionable London tailors had
them reftted by American tailors un-
I'll a year or two ago. when the latter
refused to touch them at any price,
Philadelphia North American.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

KruI1 ). the gunmaker, has completed
a number OF excellent paper cannon.
and now proposes to make armor for
war vessels out OF the same material.
Paper armor will be the final blow to
the romance OF naval battle and the
song OF the naval poet. The poet,
after a hard struggle. was able to for
get the towering mast and swelling
sail and to write songs OF the ships
OF Steel" but how can he handle
rhyme and rhythm to glorify the ships
OF paper?
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Tn nscontInentaI Point Nnw.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Oct. 14.-By to-
morrow Sioux City will be q gateway
on a tr~anscontinental line as the re-
suit OF the resumption Of the train
service into this city over the Union
Pacific. Under the new traffic cr-
rangement freight from California,
Utah, Wyoming. Colorado and Ne
braska points may be routed contin-
uous,y by way Of Sioux City and Du-
luth to the great lakes or the Atlantic
seaboard.
The coming of the Union Pacific
trains, over a line OF seventy-fve
miles leased for the purpose OF getting
this city's business. and the granting
OF the same rates to this point as
those scheduled for Omaha, secured
practically the same results as would
have been obtained had congress ac-
coded 70 the demand for a connection
with the Union Pacific by an %independ-
ent branch.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Nebraska In WnkhInrton.

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA civil
sci vice examination will he held at
Mason City. Ia, OF November /, for
the position of clerk and carrier in the
p%ostoIice in that city.
Miss Luella Remy of Ainsworth,
Neb.. has been appointed a feeder in
the government printing Office.
Bids were opened today at the In
dian school Tor erection of a brick
warehouse at the Indian school &C.
roa, Neb. The only bidder was James
Welch Of Nebraska City at $3,349.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Reefs Not So Plenty Viii. ye,r.

FREMONT. Neb., Oct. 14.-Thc
beet harvest here and at Ames is
progressing. Til" yicid T., not quite
up to TIA: OF lasi year in s,lnc local
tiles. but the .,.aar content it, c.,...
fcient o. pu,ity t. above the standard,
So that 1t VII (, lily max. I'M for .se
rack of luut IS. The sugar content
has increased considerably since tho
first frost.
As the factory OF the Standard Beet
Sugar company is not yet completed
beets are being placed in silos. The
dry weather is helping out the beet
raisers, the beets being remarkably
free from dirt. The sugar factory at
Ames will be completed soon after No
vember l. The machinery is now in
position and the walls nearly up.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
National Ranks Of the State.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE alb
stract OF the national banks OF Me-
braska exclusive Of Omaha and LIN
coin. at the close OF business on Sep
TENDER Z, as reported to the comptrol-
Ter Of the currency shows the average
reserve to have been 37.49 per cent
against 1924 per cent on June 3O;,
loans and discounts increased from
S14,Ss7.5 65 to $~14.s19.199; stocks and
securities from 1892. 627 to $500. 166;
gold coin from s6s2, 232 to SAT, 495;
total specie from $685., 65S to 1880, 67s:
lawful money reserve from / ,272, 923
to s~1,2S2,577; individual deposits from
sl6.630, 29l to 1863 . .90I
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Jones Take. Chnrpe AGAIN.

ST, LOUIS, Oct. lI.-Former Cover
nor Stone. vice chairman OF the ma
tional democratic committee. said 10.
day that he expected to meet Chairman
Jones either In Chicago or st. Louis
within the next fifteen days and rurn
over to him the management OF the
party's Affairs. which have been Ia his
hands since the chairman went to Eu-
rope several months ago.
George X. Johnson. chairman Of the
executive committee, and Sam q. Cook.
OF the ways and means committee Will
also be present and make reports ON
what has been done.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Dynamite I'm tho stovevood.

FORT DODGE. Ia. Oct. 14.-During
the recent coal famine the family OF
+. Scougal obtained logs in the woods
to burn In place of coal. While Harry
Scougal was chopping some Of the
wood his axe struck a charge OF dyna-
mite. which for ONE unknown reason
had been placed In the wood, and the
boy was fearfuliy mangled by the ex-
plosion and will probably lose one
hand.
Examination showed the log vas
filled with dynamite and had II been
placed In the stove without chopping
might have injured many others. An
Investigation is being made.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Flaming HayheId Fires Barn.

COLUMBUS, Neb., Oct. IA pass
ing locomotive o the Union Pacific
road set fire to the grass east of the
city limits and, driven by a high wind,
the flames soon reached the hay field
OF William Lockhart, destroying his
barn, several tons Of hay, six hogs,
a wagon and considerable machinery
before II ,onld be subdued. His .,ss
will he sorething over $500. with no
insurance. Adjoining property was
saved only by hard work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
How to Abbreyiate 1900.

The judicial department of the Ger
man empire has recently been called
upon to pass on the proper abbrevia-
ton for 1900. The common abrevia-
ton for 1899 is. of course, '9s, but the
German judges have decided that 90
would not do at all for the first year of
the next century. Accordingly the
year will have to be written out IN full
on all German documents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
JOUBtRG ISSUES ORDERS.
Boer Soldiers Told TO lie Ready for I'm
mediate Adyunce

Boer Soldiers Told to he Ready for I'm
mediate Advance.
LADYSMITH, Oct. lit is learned
from an authentic source that a de-
tachment Of Gardiner scouts saw a
party of Free State Beers in Natal
territory, near Berg. Upon being OBJ
served. the Beers retreated immedi-
ately.
Commander Viljoen, commanding
the Free State artillery, is marching
toward Alberttna, nea Stanreences,
where the Beers are massed.
Capetown.-A dispatch from Pretor-
la. to a Capetown newspaper, says that
Commandant Joubert has issued a no.
tice to the troops In the different laag-
ers to hold themselves in readiness for
an immediate advance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Hitchcock's Harvest satisfactory.

TRENTON, Neb., Oct. 14.-Thresh-
ing is being concluded in several
places in the county and the average
yield is fair considering the damage
done by drouth and grasshoppers. The
corn was also visited by grasshoppers.
but the yield is good and Of fair quail
ity. Never in the history of the coun-
ty has 1t been so dry and dusty and
the farmers are waiting for a rain
so they can begin fall blowing.