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The Falls City tribune., 1907-08-23

Miss Nell Hart of Reserve was
shopping in our city Tuesday.
Jim Hutchens is now employ
ed in Harry Jenne's show store.
l.. Beachy and wife Of Sabetha
visited relatives here Monday.
The Bon Ton Millinery has
JUST received their nobby Fall
hats from the East.
George Fallstead has installed
fine new oak type writer desk
in his Office this week.
Wait for the swell patterns
from the East that will be shown
at the Bon Ton Millinery.
Miss Gamma Hall is down
from Verdon this week, being one
of the instructors at the Institute.
Herbert Hedges spent last Sum
day with his family here coming
down from Omaha Saturday
night.
Miss Helen Brebeck returned
this week from a trip East where
she went to buy the Fall and
Winter millinery.
The Auction sale at Fred
Schmidt's still continues and
draws large crowds each after
noon and evening.
Riley Shaffer and wife are at
home after a two weeks visit with
relatives over in the edge of
Brown county, Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Chambers
and daug hter, Altalena of Nor
folk, Nebr., are guests of DR..
and Mrs. Reneker this week.
Mrs. John Carrico and daugh,
ter, Edna will go to Ceder, Iowa
Monday to visit relatives and at
tend the Maddox family reunion.
Laurence Snyder and son
Cecil returned Wednesday from
a visit with Mr.. Snyder's re-
latives in Shanendoah and Red
oak, Iowa.
Sidney Spence, the genial land
lord of the National hotel is
taking a much needed vacation
and is enjoying himself with
Nebraska City friends.
Mrs. M. S. Watson of Reserve
Kans., visited her daughter,
Mrs. Jessie Sears Tuesday. She
was accompanied by her daugh'
ter, Mrs. J. F. Syster of Peabody
kans., who remained a few days
to visit.
DR.. Wilson was culled to Hum
boldt Tuesday night because of
the critical illness of the little
The Falls City tribune., 1907-08-23

The Auction sale at Fred
Schmidt's still continues and
draws large crowds each after
noon and evening.
The Falls City tribune., 1907-08-23

Ned Towle is improving his
property on Chase street greatly
by putting down a fine cement
walk and inner curbiug of stone.
The Falls City tribune., 1907-08-23

Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Services at 2:30 p. m. on alter
nate Sundays.
REV. O. H. ENGELBREcHT.
The Falls City tribune., 1907-08-23

w. d. Easley was from Kan
sas City a few days the latter
part of last week looking after
business and visiting old friends.
The Falls City tribune., 1907-08-23
LOCAL LORE.

LOCAL LORE.
Eat Sowles' candy.
Will Sperry was a Rulo visitor
Friday evening.
Perry Hart drove over from
Re serve last Saturday.
John Crook made business
trip to Dunbar Tuesday.
NJ. l.. Collins of Peru is in our
city this week attending insti-
tute.
Miss Grayce Saylors of Peru is
visiting Mrs. Everett Scott this
week.
Miss Pearl Hiberger of Hia-
wat ha was shopping IN our city
last Monday.
Miss Ethel Shields came down
from Auburn Monday to visit
relatives this week.
Bert Whitaker came home Sat-
urday from South Dakota where
he has been on business.
Ed O. Connors was up from
Rulo few days the latter part
of last week on business.
Martin kanaly and wife went
to Rulo Friday to visit friends
and take in the street fair.
Elmer Dickson and Ethelbert
Phips of Hiawatha attended the
band concert Thursday night.
Mrs. Will A. Crook, Miss Edna
Crook and Sam McFarlan of
Texas drove to Reserve Tuesday.
F. Wayne Coons is down from
Hum boldt attending institute and
doing the political stunt on the
side.
Tuesday was delightfully."-
cool day. Such a splendid relief
from the dead heat of the past
week.
CaSS Jones came back from
South Dakota Saturday where
he had been looking at a big
ranch.
OMr. and Mrs. Robert Wyatt
and daughter, Myrtle were
visitors from Reserve to our city
Tuesday.
Prof. Hurst of Auburn, who
will teach in our high school this
year, is in the city attending the
institute.
The Misses McDermet of Salem
are the guests of Miss Myrtle
Ramel this week while attending
institute.
Mrs. VIM. Prater and dau ghter
Jennie of Ridge way Mo-. are
visiting the family of Sam Prater
this week.
Mrs. John Chaffin Of Union
Nebr., was a guest at the home
Of her brother Mr.. A. E. Can't
over Sunday.
Mrs Cecil Graham and little
daughter, Dorothy, of St Louis
are the guests of the family oi
A. Graham having arrived
Thursday
LN,,:,,o. IIarlart ornt l,;c n,
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AtchiSon, Kans.
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out of prison with a pardon, but not a
vindication; he was free, but he could OBJ
spent in Jail.
Slasher Again at Work.
Edalji. with Sir Arthur's aid, then began
a fight to clear Ills name and recover
damages for false Imprisonment. But the
government was obdurate. A pardon"
was all Edalji could get.
Then, like thunderbolt from a clear
sky, came the news that the Great
Wyrley "slasher'' was at work again. And
this time Edalji was hundred miles away
at the hour the outrages were committed
Sir Arthur had prophesied when he was
arguing with the government that the
"slasher'' would return, and that Edalji
would then have an absolute alibl Time
had INDICATED his client
At last the officials made an arrest of a
suspect at Wolverhampton. There wasn't
anything very important about this arrest
itself, for the prisoner is not supposed to
be the man wanted, and Sir --rthur has
theory that points vastly different way.
But it did s absolutely that the police
were ready init that Edalji had been
wrongfully accused, and that Sir Arthur
was right in his protestations Of his clients
innocence.
That Edalji will get the compensation he
seeks for false Imprisonment and full res
toration Of his rights no one doubts.
Meanwhile Sir Arthur may prevail upon
his friend, DR.. Watson. to tell another
story of the real Sherlock Holmes"
In an interview the other day on the
Edalji case. Sir Arthur said:
Undoubtedly Madman.
"There is no doubt in my mind that the
crimes Of 1903 and 1907 were committed by
the same man. When at Great Wyriley,
where, by the way, nobody knew me.
traced back the history Of the whole miser-
able business to personal vengeance For
reasons which I need not go into there
were two brothers who hated Edalji like
poison. One Of them is now dead; the
other, who Is still alive. appears to me.
speaking as a medical man, to be type OF
the malignant degenerate.
HE undoubtedly Is a mailman. His par
ticular mania might be called cruelty to
animals. 1t is sort Of blood lust, and wei!
known to students of the psychology or
crime. 1t can be seen frequently In chill
dren who do fiendish things to animals and
birds"
Should the Wolverhampton suspect prove
his innocence, 1t is quite likely that the
police. now thoroughly humbled. will seek
out Sir Arthur and take up his once de-
spised theory of the mailman even as they
Endorsed his efforts by deciding 10 make
the first arrest.
They are telling stories now in England
about Sir Arthur's early ability as a de-
tectiye Long before he brought out
tailor's who was buying a suit of clothes,
and seemed to have strong Objection TO
any material with stripe in It,
Sir Arthur at once set the man down as
an ex-criminal and. to satisfy himself as
to how far his deduction was correct, ne
tory This was by no means an easy mat
ter but some months afterward, CHANGING
to visit convict prison, he saw the man
portrait in the rogues' gallery.
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out and the tablet erected by the British
government to his memory. l forget now
the exact wording on the tablet, but re-
member that 1t was erected to the memory
of Alexander Selkirk. mariner, who spent
four years in complete solitude on the s.
land. The location afforded me view OF
the sea for miles around, but l saw no
signs of passing ship. Tired out with
my days tramping, I returned to the hut
and prepared for the night. Before turning
in I collected a large quantity OF brush,
driftwood and the like-having carried my
matches in an oilskin bag they were IN
good condition-and made a beacon, or
fire. I put on enough wood to burn
throughout the night. entered the hut
stretched myself out on the bench and
was almost instantly asleep.
I'm the morning I replenished my fire
ard putting on a quantity of green
branches and moldy and damp wood made
a great smoke; then l started for the look
out. I was determined that no ship should
pass me If l could prevent 1t. In coming
down the mountain that afternoon dscov-
cred dug in the foothills great caverns or
tunnels. and I remembered that this island
had been used as penal colony by the
Spanish. These tunnels were no doubt
where the convicts had been confined by
night. 1t is said that they finally re-
volted, killing the entire garrison 1 was
satisfied that l was the only human being
On the island, and as the thought of Sell
kirk came to my mind wondered If I. too
were doomed to three or four years soil
tude. and the thought was by no means
pleasant.
During the day I found an old piece of
wire on the beach. The waters in the
vicinity Of the island were alive with fish.
took my wire, made a rude hook, and in
a short time landed fine fish. Night came
once more, and 1 rebuilt my fire. This
program l kept up for a week or more.
when one morning I was overjoyed to see
small schooner in the of1ing
rushed down to the beach, and "a
small boat put of from her It was ali I
could do to keep from jumping into the
sea and swimming to meet her The schoon-
er proved to be a trader She had been
down among the islands and was on Ter
way to San Francisco. having called :.
at Juan Fernandez for water told her
captain my story. and he gave me passage
to Frisco. AS soon as got to San Fran.
cisco I re-enlisted in the navy. and te,,
you after that little experience it's the navy
for me. No. stree, no more wbalers IN
mine." and the yeoman knocked the ashes
from his pipe and turned to another annli-
cant for enlistment who at that .moment
entered the Office.
The inscription on the Selkirk tablet seer
by Chief Yeoman Myers is as follows:
I'm memory of Alexander Selkirk. mari.
ner, native Of Largo, in the county q,
Fife. Scotland. who lived on this island in
complete solitude for four years and
four months. He was landed from the
Cirque Ports gallery, nfnety-six tons.
eighteen guns. A. D. 17O4, and was taken
OF in the Duke privateer. 18th February.
17Oe. He died lieutenant of H. M. 8.
Weymouth A. D. 1923. aged forty-seven.
This tablet 10 erected near Selkirk's look
out by Commodore Powell and the onicera
OF H n. & Topaz A. d. 1853"
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HITCH OVER STEEL RAILS.
Of Perfect Rail Denied
by Railway Men.

NEW YORK, October 5-There is said to
be hitch in the negotiations now in
progress looking to the manufacture Of
perfect steel rail, because the steel rail
manufacturers assert they cannot make the
rail demanded by the committee OF the
American Association.
1t is in the chemical composition of the
steel that the railway men and the steel
makers cannot agree. The railway COM
mttee wants rail low in PHOSPHORUS and
high in carbon, with a quarter Of the
molten mass at the top Of the ingot cut Off
as discard
Further meetings on the subject are to
be held. but it is expected that when E.
H. Gary calls the general meeting of rail-
way and steel manufacturers toge Their
there will be two presented.
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thought 1t over. he realized what his dis
covery meant.
How could a man who was almost sight
less, to whom the world appeared as in a
mist steal across moor, bog and field on
the darkest nights, creep up upon horses in
the pasture, or find his way into a stable,
81 -sh the animals after the manner of the
Great Wyrley iend, end then steal noise
leSely away into the dark? How could such
g man find his way over streams and
Stitches without slip or false step to e
tray Kim?
If Sir Arthur had any doubt of his clients
Innocence. this development removed the
last trace of it,
Then began the battle between the real
Sherlock Holmes" and his theories, al
the stern law which called for facts as
10 ~ and as insistently as ever did Mr..
Gradgr4 There were sneers for Sir Ar
thur; he was called dreamer" idle theo-
rist," and even Crank The secretary of
state for home affairs. before whom he
carried tie case, snubbed the authorize
tective, and other government officials fol-
lowed suit.
But Sir Arth~. had mich of the public
with him, and so great became the popular
clamor that after Edalji had served three
Jears, the home secretary. Mr. Herbert
Gladstone. announced that the crown
would pardon the young man. So Edalji
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because of fancied insults, and that he had
written the anonymous letters and had in
cuded himself in the list of those threat
ened to avert suspicion.
In vain the young man protested his inno-
cence, and in vain his father the vicar.
swore that his son was In his own home
on the nights when the outrages were COM
mitted. Public sentiment was against
Edalji; he was convicted and sentenced to
seven years In prison.
Meanwhile there were many who believed
rage Of justice, and among these was Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. The more he thought
of the peculiar circumstances the more
he felt convinced that Edalji was not the
real culprit. One day he made up his mind
to go to Wolverhampton. where the young
man was imprisoned, and like his hero,
Holmes, he acted on the SPUR Of the mo-
ment, hurried to an express. and was soon
on the scene of action.
Bringing to bear the famous Holmes
system of deduction" Sir Arthur went to
work on the case with an energy that would
have thrilled his hero's Boswell. DIR. Wat
son." 1t wasn't long before he had some
thing to work on, and presently he knew
that Edalji could not have committed the
crimes with which he was charged. 1t was
a perfectly simple yet apparently conclu-
sive point.
Meaning Of His Discovery.
At his first meeting with Edalji the lat
ter peered at him steadfastly as though
trying to see through fog, and when
Sir Arthur extended his hand the young
man g-oped for a moment in the air before
he could grip the novelist's fingers.
"Near-sighted," said the real Sherlock
Holiness almost blind
And such was the case. Edalji had been
a close student all his days, and he did not
realize that his eyes, never naturally
strong, were growing weaker and weaker
Sir Arthur, himself a physician, ordered
spectacles for his protege. Then, as he
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BROKE CoALING RECORD.
Crew Of the Battleship Virginia Do
Some Tall Loading.

RICHMOND, Va, October 1.-The United
States battleship Virginia, which has ar
rived at the Norfolk navy yard for repairs
before proceeding with the fleet to the Pa
cific coast, broke all previous records in
the American navy in coaling at from
golfers during recent maneuvers off the
Massachusetts, coast. While sister ships
were loading from Golfers only an average
of $50 tons of coal per hour, the Virginia's
crew reached 233 tons per hour under or
binary conditions in coal loading from col
Tiers.
The Virginia, too, came third in target
practice, a new record for a brand-new
ship, beating her sister ship, the New Jer-
sey, 100 per cent.
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had died down. The surface Of the bay
was like mill pond. l endeavored to let
on my feet, but sitting posture was all
I was equal to. 1t was we'll along In the
day. The sun glstening on the water
blinded me and dizziness came over me-
l closed my eyes and fell back unconscious.
1T was during the night some time that
l regained my senses. Ny tongue was
parched and swollen. / must have water.
I staggered to my feet and started inland
After short walk heard the sound OF
trickling water-say, that was the sweetest
music l ever heard in my life. / rushed
forward and threw myself into stream Of
the most delicious water I ever tasted.
drank until nearly bursting. l plunged my
head in up to my neck, then l lay down
and rolled in 1t. just couldn't get enough.
1 crawled out and stretched myself on the
grass alongside the brook and passed off
into that sleep which only total exhaus-
ton can produce.
when awakened it was broad day. and
my first thought was of my companions.
l went down to the beach to look for them.
but no sign of boat or men could l see,
and l realized that l was the only one of
that entire ships company that had sur
vived
My next thought was of food. In the
distance l saw what looked like a small
hut. I walked to it and a curious sight
met my gaze. 1t was a small cavern. the
front boarded over with rough weather.
beaten boards, and cut deep into one If
them were the words. Here lived Crusoe.'
Il rubbed my eyes and looked again.
There 1t was beyond doubt. 1 was cast
away on the Island of Juan Fernandez,
the home Of Alexander Selkirk, the Robin
son Crusoe of fiction. l entered the cav
ern. Driven in the walls were a number
of pegs or wooden pins. Around one side
was arranged a rude couch or bench.
II left the hut and started to explore
the island. OF fresh water there was an
abundance. One stream Of considerable size
in about the center Of the island came
down from the mountains, forming nume--
Gus waterfalls and cascades of great beau
ty. Along the beach grew the tall cocoa
palms. and I found a number of wild
ounce and peach trees The eastern slope
of the mountain was covexsd with a dense
growth Of wilo oats. I knew would not
suffer from the lack of food. had never
seen such beautiful ferns and grasses, and
the trees were alive With bifas Of ting
most beautiful plumage. I judged the is
land to be about fourteen miles long and
about five or six wide. I knew 1t to be
located in about 80 degrees south latitude
and some 800 miles OF the coast of Chile
The island is mountainous. and I deter
mined to climb to the highest point The
slopes Of the mountains were covered with
q dense growth Of timber and tall grasses.
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Ing world.
What an ingenious imaginationr' was
the exclamation of the millions who had fol-
lowed the adventures of the masterful
sleuth.
what a fund of fancy. but how thor
oughly logical witLal!' they cried.
Now Sherlock Holmes is n longer a
creature built of the stuff that dreams
are made Of" He is no longer merely the
stage conception of his dramatic friend
William Gillette. He is a real i've man.
And his name is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Thereby hangs a story that has stirred all
England and sent its echoes far across the
distant seas.
Even as his own hero worked many times
in fiction just for the glory of clearing a
mans name of i:shonor and righting the
wro- gs of the oppressed, so Sir Arthur has
labored in the interests of justice, without
reward save the knowledge that his deed
was good and he has trfumphed In two
particulars.
He has cleared a man unju-tly accused
cleared him at least in the eyes of the
world. If not completely in the legal sense.
and
He has gained. through his efforts, the
right to be called the original Mr.. Sher-
lock Holmes of Baker street"
Tartiiy enough but none the less emphat-
ically. hard-headed British justice has in
dorsed his work. for within few days the
authorities with whom the author worked
for years TO clear his muchwronged client
have consented to arrest another man &C
cuscd of the crime. and have admitted that
they Numbered badly in the first instance.
This is how it all came about:
Startled the Nation.
In the early part of 1903 all England was
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UNCLE SANS BUFFALO HERD.
Will Be Sent Soon to S,0OO-Acre
Ranch in Oklahoma.

NEW YORK, October Drank Rush.
the western cowboy naturalist, is expected
here today to take charge of the herd of
buffalo at the New York Geological Gar
dens which will be sent to the Wichita
tional forest in Oklahoma and kept in an
SOOO-acre park which Is in readiness for
them.
Congress included in the agricultural APP
preparation act for this fiscal year the
money for the construction of fence and
pasture for the herd, which has been pre-
scented to the government by the New York
Geological Society.
The fence Is complete, and it is expected
that within the next ten days the animals
will again be rowing in the western wilds.
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Young Woman a Jerome Spy.

NEW YORK, October 5.-During MUIR
der trial now in progress here 1t developed
that Maria Sinischalchi, young woman
who has played a tambourine with hand
organ, in the downtown streets. has been
employed as detective and interpreter for
the district attorneys office since 1903.
Vouchers were produced in court to show
tina, the young woman, who is an important
witness for the prosecution in the present
case, on one occasion took trip to Eu-
rope at the citys expense to look for wit
nesses and procure information.
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Revolt Against High Meat Prices.

NEW YORK, October "a novel effect
of the rise in price of foodstuffs, particu-
larly meat, Is reported from Augusta Me-
Nearly loo of the people of KennebeeI
county are reported in open revolt against
the high prices demanded for meat and
have pledged themselves to abstain from
all meat for ten days. 1t is hoped by this
method to force the prices down. The date
on which the strike will become effective
has not yet been announced, but the fasting
will begin in Augusta, Gardener, Halloweli,
Winthrop and several OF the smaller towns
In the county at the same time
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Woman N, Strange Adventure
VAL aaso-So1e Survivor From Wreck of
s1e

sky had a peculiar look-cold and angry
like-and there was an ugly sea on.
knew we were In for a blow.
Il judged rightly. 1t seemed but an in
slant before it was upon us. AS the gale
struck the ship she almost went on her
beam-ends, rigging and spars swapping and
cracking, every line as taut as a fiddle. The
lee rail buried in a smother of foam
Lay aloft there, yc lubbers,' beloved
the captain. and get that canvas in
The crew in the meanwhile, like a lot
of sheep, was huddled in the lee Of the
galley or cook house that stood amid
ships, just abaft the break OF the short
topgallant forecastle.
Up you go-drive 'em up, Mr.. Mate;
drive 'em up
THE mate rushed among them, and /
truly felt sorry for them, but 1 didn't wait
for second invitaton-I didn't want q
dose of the same medicine, and along with
another young fellow scrambled aloft.
I'VE were under single reefed lower top
sails. We reached the tOp-sails and worked
and worked our way out on the weather
yardarm. The yard was clewed down, the
haliards all gone. We listed the sail-it had
a long head and short leach like most
whalers have, making 1t much harder for
us. The sail was as stiff as a board, but
by beating and hammering hauling and
pulling, we finally got 1t furled, the wind
in the meantime blowing SO hard as to
almost nail us to the yard. BY the time
l reached the Geek l was almost exhau.t-
cd, but the mate would give us no rest.
" Out there and furl those head sails ne
howled almost before we struck the deck.
ITO go out on the jib-boom meant al
most certain death, but We struggled out.
We were under water more often than
above 1t. They had Stacked off the head
sheets and manned the down-hauls. The
sails filed with wind and beilied out as the
ship would sink down in the trough Of the
sea, and l thought it would jerk the boom
out of her. We had just gott IN well out
on the boom when the sails filed VITA
wind. the ship gave mighty plunge, and
away went the canvas, blown clean out
of the bolt ropes. Tons OF water poured
down on us. and thought my last moment
had come. so chung on with desperation
AS she came up We fastened inboard
and none too soon. she took another
even worse than the first. which carried
away all the head gear and the fore top
mast with it. Another plunge, with a
| heavy roll to leeward. and the mainmast
went by the board.