Missouri Valley Farmer from Atchison, Kansas • 3

3 THE MISSOURI Y1LLEY FIRMER, ATCHISON, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1894. LAKE STORM. SMOOTH YOUNG MAN Who Has a New Scheme to Rob People. be History of Atchison Coun orJer to reduce rates to Texas poits to-dlay. The action on the part of the Missouri Pacific and Sauta Fe in deciding to restore rates will, if it has not already, bring all.

lines west of the river into (-me common agreement to advance the present rates to their normal condition as soon as practicable. All lines, including the Burlington, the Missouri, Kansas Texas, the Cotton Belt, the Union Pacific, the Wabash, the Denver Gulf and the two systems above mentioned, have served notice upon the commission of their intention to restore rates after the expiration of the necessary ten days. The Kansas City, Ft. Scott Memphis has not been heard from, but all the Chicago lines, west bound, have declared in favor of this policy. The present demoralization of freight rates has disturbed business relations all over the west, southwest, south and southeast, and since May 1, has cost snippers and railroad companies thousands of dollars.

superintendent of the Chicago Atchison Bridge company, yesterday morning. After a consultation of about half an hour the quartette of officials went to the scene where the river is doing considerable cutting and which has reached a point uncomfortably near the railroad tracks juBt above East Atchison. The meeting of the officials was called for tbe purpose of making arrangements far continuing the work recently begun by David Neale. Heretofore the Burlington people have refused to put up any money for carrying the woik on. This road probably has more interests in that vicinity than cither the Rock Island or Santa Fe, owning an eighty acre tract of land adjoining Winthrop, while the other lines own nothing but their tracks and right of way.

The Burlington's tacks are located several yards farther from the river than the Santa Fe's or Bock Island's, and it was thought that the former company proposed to stand pat and furce the other roads to do the work. After looking over the situation yesterday, however, Mr. Brown stated that his company would stand one-fourth the expense of continuing the work. It was then agreed that the three railway companies should appropriate $625 each for tbe purpose of protecting the river bank. When this amount has been expended more money will be appropriated if it is thought to be necessary.

The work of riprappmg will be begun this afternoon, while a large force of men and teams will be put to work cutting and hauling brush this morning. In all about forty men will be employed. The river is now doing considerable cutting just above the point which was protected by the facine method some time ago, and this is the place which will receive immediate ty lor the Past Week ROM CITY AND COUNTRY ileB of Joy and Sorrow, Prosperity and Advereity, Life and Death, Crimea and Casualties, Culled from "The Daily Champion, j. From Friday's Dally. jjThe election of teachers for the Atoh-on public schools for the next term of will take place at the nest regu-r meeting of the board of education.

i is understood that several teachers are ill the anxious seat. Burch Butters and MisB Bosina Wellm-ig were married at Farmington yester-ay, Rev, Hastings officiating. The ewly married couple came to Atchison tst evening and were tendered a re- pption at the residence of 8. H. Fletcher Branchton.

Mr. Butters is an employe of the Havens Coal company, Late Wednesday night B. Seff, who derates a store at the corner of Seventh Commercial streets, heard a noise his barn and going out, found his orse missing. The matter was reported the police yesterday morning, but no ace of the stolft'tf animal has yet been )und. morning for the purpose of "making the rounds." They started, at the corner of Seventh and Commercial streets, entering every saloon from that point to West Atchison.

They called for drinks in each place entered and after eating and destroying all the eatables in the saloon would walk out without paying for the same. If the proprietor of the place insisted on their paying for what they got a fight result. Officer Horgan followed the trio to West Atchison where he caught them in the act of breaking in the doors of a saloon because the proprietor refused to let them in. The officer requested the young men to accompany him to the station, whereupon a general fight occurred. The three men pitched into the officer, Dougherty striking him several blows and kicking him several times on the shins.

Horgin drew his revolver and knocked Hull to the ground, when the other two fled. He was taken to the police station and locked up. Dougherty and Weston made good their escape. Officers searched all day yesterday for them but were unable to locate the pair, and it is thought they have left town, As a re suit of the fight Horgan was badly bruised and had his clothing almost torn from his person. Dougherty and Hull appear in police court quite often on similar charges but Weston is comparatively a new man in this particular line of business but is fast developing into a star.

William A. Royer, an old gentleman now living in Pennsylvania, has, through his attorneys, brought suit in Justice Talbott's court against his son, Benjamin S. Royer, who resides in Atchison county. The old gentleman Royer came to this county in an early day and settled on farm west of this city. After years of hard work, he decided to return to his native state and take things easy the balance of Ms days.

He mortgaged his farm to his his son, but arrangements were made a short time afterward whereby the mortgage was releaced by the young '''A house located on one of Granville i lorrow's farms in the Missouri bottoms vas destroyed by fire yesterday after- oon. The structure was located just a i lile south of the East Atchison packing The building was a large two tor frame. It i not known how the ire originated. I The name of the station agent who vas robbed at Huron Wednesday night I W. A.

Hurst. The watch taken from he agent belonged to Jack Meader, the veil known traveling representative of in. F. Dolan who had left it at he depot for safo keeping. The money lecured amounted to a little more than (6.

Hurst was locked up in the box car learly an hour. The district court was engaged from lalfjpast seven o'clock Wednesday night mtil 12:30 yesterday morLing in hearing divorce case of Ella May Holbertvs. W. B.Holberf, Mrs.Holbert was granted i divorce and given $12 50 per month ilimony for one year. No disposition aas yet been made of the six minor jhildren.

During the progress of the 'rJJ, while Holbert was testifying against she broke down and finally went into hysterics. The scene was of such a pathetic nature that even the eyes of the judge and attorneys were damp With tears. 1 D. A. Ellsworth, formerly principal in the Washington school of this city, but now professor of United States history at the State Normal school, Emporia, will leave here after the teachers' institute, of which he has been engaged as an instructor, adjourns, and go south.

He will make a summer's tour on foot, study Sevtral Vc'tniu and More Than a Dozen Lives l.dHt ou Lalto Mlt'luRim. Chicago, May 19. The storm which yesterday swept Lake Michigan was the most disastrous of recent' years. Eight vessels were driven ashore within the city limits of Chicago aud out of their crews ten men are known to be drowned and in every instance boat and cargo are utterly lost. One schooner, the Myrtle, was wrecked just outside the government, pier, within half a mile of Michigan boulevard, and six men of her crew went down to death in plain view of the hundreds of peopla who lined the boulevard or watched the awful from t'ie-windows of tho big hotels which overlook the harbor.

The wrecks extended, from Glencoe on the north, where the Lincoln Dull went to pieces, to South Chicago, an air line distance of forty miles. One of the most exciting features of the storm was the imprisonment of twenty-seven men who were working in the waterworks crib oil Lakeview, one mile from shore. Their only shelter was a timber tower erected on the crib and until that was washed away at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the men were not believed to he in any danger. It was a close question for them, however, af ter that time, as the water went over the crib again and again in blinding sheets. They will probably be rescued to-day.

SIX LIVES LOST. Milwaukee, May 19. A fierce gale from the north raged on Lake Michigan yesterday, and a tremendous sea has swept into the bay. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning the schooner M. J.

Cummings, grain laden from Chicago, foundered just south of the harbor piers, and five men and a woman perished before the life-saving crew which went to their assistance could reach them. The life-saving crew, after a hard battle with the waves, succeeded in rescuing the remainder of those on board. BRYAN, OF NK1SKASUA. Humors as to tbe Krusonn Why He Declined a Konominatluu for Congress. Washington, May 19.

Representative Bryan's declination of a renomina-tion is variously regarded here. Some think he is convinced, after the position he has taken on the tariff bill, that he cannot be re-elected, and he has decided to lay low for two years, believing that by that time the storm will have blown over. Another rumor is that he has boen approached by the populist managers of Nebraska with a proposition to put himself in training for the fusion nomination for senator to succeed Mr. Manderson. Bryan has made a brilliant record during his short congressional career, but he has been at outs with the president the most of the time, and he has been for a long time suspected of populist leanings.

Presbyterians at Saratoga, N. May In the-Presbyterian general assembly yesterday a report was made by Joseph T. Smith, of Baltimore, recommending-federation between Presbyterian churches and theological seminaries-and other bodies more or less allied in-belief and practice. A minority report was submitted by Dr. Nicols, of St.

Louis. The report created a decided sensation. Discussion was deferred until to-day. The appeal of Prof. Llenry Preserved Smith against the action of the Ohio synod was referred to the judicial committee.

Klver Brethren and Missions. Abilene, May 19. The River Brethren general conference closed with devotional services, feet washing and a love feast attended by over persons. The conference voted to enter foreign mission work. J.

B. Staffer was elected mission fund treasurer. An opinion condemning members who at tended the world's fair and similar exhibitions was adopted. Next year's conference will be held in Nottuwasnga, Cunudu. Swift Justice In Minnesota.

Fehous Falls, May Bat- tleson, a brute cupturcd day before yesterday lifter an exciting chase, was indicted aud pleuded guilty yesterday and wus sentenced to thirty years in tho penitentiury. Sheriff Billings and Mr. Ward, husbnml of Battleson's victim, ut oneo started for Stillwater with the prisoner. Four of a Itpst-uo Tarty Lost. PoitT llvuo.s, May 19.

Five men from the tug C. I). Thompson attempted to reach the schooner Shupo Jn a yawl during tho storm to-day when it capsized, throwing them into the wiitor. All were drowned except Dun Lyuu, who 8 ilia ashore. PERSONAL.

AND LITERARY. Anna W. Williams, whoso profile graces the silver dollar, is the teacher of kindergarten philosophy in tho Philadelphia Normal school. She is also lecturer of considerable popularity, and has written many papers ou Froe-bel ami his doctrines. Mr.

Munro Ferguson, according to a Hootdi uewKpnpj'r, said that after prodding Mr. Gladstone on the subject, the ex-pri'iiiler said: "My dear sir, I might us well undertake to replace the first iiiun in tho garden of Kde.u us to carry home rule for Scotland." Only ono man In the history of the senate, Thomas II. Benton, of Missouri, served longer than S. Morrill, of Vermont, who has been a member of Ur.it body nearly thirty years, llenton wus elected October 'j, 1SJ0, and retired March 4, 18fil. Thomas Carlyle oneo told a young college graduate In tho presence of Gen.

.1. (I. Wilson, "better continue nt the plow all your days than depend on the writing of history for a living." He abandoned literature and is now a successful preacher In Scotland. Thomas It. llenton, for thirty years United States, senator from Missouri, would not allow the word "lion." to bo prefixed to tho pamphlet copies of his.

speeches which ho Kent to Ills constituents and other persons. "The title page rcuds, "Speech of Mr. llentou, of Missouri." William O. Thompson's but Sure Method ot Getting -Money. An Attempt to Bob The By ram Hotel ot this City.

Thompson la now In Jail as a Result of His'Operatlons. -Hotel Proprietors made Victims ot His Schemes. William O. Thompsoc, a youzg man now in jail in St. Louis, is the originator and promoter of a scheme for swindling as unique as ever hurrassed a detective.

Thompson's scheme was to defraud hotel keepers all over the country. The first step in his scheme was to send out about 150 express packages consigned to various hotels to fictitious persons His next move after the packages were well under way was to consign a lot of small, square, sealed packages to the same names, at the same hotels as had been sent the former packages. He would then go to some other town where he began writing letters. These were in every instance to the hotel proprietors where the packages had been sent. He started his letters by saying he was with the Royal Baking Powder company and that some time since he had ordered an express package of $40 sent to him, care of the hotel.

The 40 package referred to by Thompson, waB of course, the first package forwarded to the hotel. The writer would then state in his letter to the proprietur of the hotel that his visit to that particular town would be postponed a few days because he had met with a slight accident. He also stated th whit0 in a certain town he had left his watch with a jeweler to be repaired and had ordered it sent to the hotel to which the letter was addressed, and ordered the watch sent C. O. D.

for the charges, which would not amount, he thought, to over $3, and if the hotel keeper would pay the same and hold the watch until he arrived he would be very much obliged. The scheme worked like a Tbe hotel keeper had an express package which contained forty dollaru.as he thought, for the writer and could not see how be would lose anything by paying the $2 charges on the watch. As a matter of fact the express package contained nothing but brown paper, but no one knew anything about this but Thompson. In due time the small square package, which waa supposed to contain the watch arrived, and the $2 charges was paid. The watch package was neatly wrapped up, and had on it the regulation seal of the express company, but contained nothing more than a small tin box, filled with salt, and which was of the same weight as an ordinary watch.

The jeweler to whom the $2 charges was to be returned was no other person than Thompson, under an assumed name. The amount he attempted to rob each hotel proprietor of was small, but when it is considered he probably received $2 from several hundred persons each day his scheme was no doubt a paying one. Several days ago an express package purporting to contain $50 for one Chas, M. Allen was received at the Byram hotel in this city. Later a letter was received by Mr.

Miller, of the hotel, from Allen, stating that he expected an express package, and also a watch, on which there would probably be a charge of $2. This Allen requested the hotel proprietor to pay, and keep the watch until he arrived, which would be in several days, as he had sprained his ankle in a town in Illinois, giving the name and date. The 2 was paid by Chief Clerk Bush. Nothing strange was thought of the transaction, as tbe arrival of packages of this kind for--aveling men is a common oo i'esttrday the hotel people were notified by the express company that the package business was a fraud and that as the $2 paid them had not yet been turned over to Thompson, it would bo returned to them. Thus the Atchison hotel will lose nothing on smooth Mr.

Thompson. It is not known how long the young man has been working his scheme, and in all probability has made thousands of dollars out of it. The proprietor of a hotel In Aurora, Illinois, who had paid 2 cn a watch became suspicious when the owner did not call for It after the expiration of two weeks, and placed the matter in the hands of a St Louis detective. After making some Investigations tha officer discovered that the express package business was being worked quite extensively. A trap was set for Thompson and he fell into it.

ITe was arrested and Is now being held in St. Louis. Thompson Is 23 years of age and was formerly a traveling representa tiveof the Providence Jewelry company ot Providence, H. I-, in which city hit parents reside, tt Is though', he has a confederate who is working the hotel keeper of southern Illinois. The express and witch packages received in this city are still on exhibition at the Byram hotel.

In tho United States district court at St Louis Judgo Slilrus, because of technical errors, sustained the motion to quush tho indictments against MacDonald, Wells, Johnson, Stephenson and Slattery, officers of the Guarantee Investment of Nevada, indicted for uslug tho malls to work a lottery scheme. WftiLVaUtitWnl'ftt Oxford Mr. Olad-stotio was ono ol tho competitors for tho Ireland scholarship, but failed. "Desultory beyond bellof li what tho principal examiner wroto on pnDor. From Sunday's Dally.

Grain rates to Texas points will go up on the 29th to full schedule prices. Rates effective at that time will be higher than for a year. To some points the raise is from 15 to 85 cents. Cheap trunks retailed out at wholesale prices. F.

Rose, 315 Commercial street. Miss Lula Branson was thrown from a horse on which she was riding at the corner of Fourteenth and Main streets about 8 o'clock last evening. She was quite badly bruised about the head. A letter has been received from Mrs. Farrar at St.

Louis, stating that the physicians had held a consultation and announced that the doctor would recover if he had no more relapses. He will not be able to recover sufficiently for at least three months to return to Atchison. The Rock Island is offering a free ride up Pike's Peak on the cog railway as an inducement for people to go to Denver over their line. It costs $5 to make the trip up Pikn's Peak, and as the fare to Denver is $15 it is a cut to $10 from Missouri river to Colorado points. Uptoa Oneel, of Potter, was in town yesterday, and told a Champion man the cold of Friday night hid killed most of the tomatoes and beans, and that potatoes were injured in places.

We noticed around town that many of the roses had turned black. Strawberries and corn were not injured to amount to anything. Early Ohio Seed Potatoes grown in Northern Minnesota. Car Lots. Writs W.

II. Davy Moor he ad, Minn. The committee which has charge of the Memorial Day exercises, have made a request upon Adjutant General Davis fer the use of the flags which were used in Col. John A. Martin's regiment the Eighth Kansas to be used on the occasion.

The flags are now in the custody of tbe state. A man named B. Brooks, who imagines he is something of a prize fighter, struck a man named Brown a vicious blow in a joint at the corner of Tenth and Main Btreet last night. The blow rendered Brown unconscious for a time. Brooks was arrested, but gave bond for his appearance in police court.

Mrs. I. P. Stephens says that the his tory of the smallpox gives the date of Its introduction into America in the year 1517, twenty five years after its discovery by Columbus, and that a very short time after the infection reached Mexico, not only the emperor, a brother of Monte tuma died, but three and one half millions of his subjects. Nine years ago Miss Katie Kelsh, the daughter of a well known farmer who resides a few miles from Atchison, left home because she had some words with her father, Since that time her parents have heard nothing of her.

Much to the surprise of her friends, she come back to Atchison Saturday, Since leaving here she married an engineer named Busch and lives near Denver. She is is at present stopping at the residence of a Mrs, Beckman in North Atchison. She will make a visit to her parents today. A woman giving her name as Mrs. Mcintosh applied to Chief White for ai-sistance Saturday night, saying she wanted to go to Duluth, Minn.

She had a small child to care for and was unable to do any work. She claims to have been a member of an Uncle Tom's Cabin show which went to pieces at Joplin, Mo. She has made her way from that place here by applying to the authorities of the various towns along the route. She was sent to Mrs. Dougherty's board tng house last night by the chief and the mayor will probably furnish her with railway transportation today.

LOANS WANTED-On tood Mourlty. Wm. Wells, 7U7 Commercial street. US (It lit Chicago Alilnrmxn Iiidlotml. Chicago, May 10.

Indictments, it is said, htvvo been voted against Aldurinnn John McGlllen, of tho Twenty-Unit ward, nnl Aldurinnn John F. Coughlln, of tho First ward, by tho special grand jury for Interfering with voters ut tlm polling plneo of the Nluthv precinct of tho First ward nt tho mitj orulty election liust December. ueIl estate transfers. Furnished by 8, Kimball, Abstractor, 4'J5 Oommerolal Btreot, for the Week Ending May 19, 1804. Land A Trust Co.

to Umrg Tuttla, loin 9, 10. It. block 10, Muwitah I SO 03 Mary A Ailui to (Jlnrtnn Walker, lots 4 6 bIK Haknwell Knight 100 00 WeiiMtl Baler to August If Melsaner, 50 feet lot blkW.o 600 00 Umiry Peek to Marf CurlIn, uw It K3, 1 1 03 Timothy Herman to Cnuroh, lots l-i, hk IB, It addition, GOO 00 ii Nulnn In in liiulnntm. unrt lotfl, blKiioik, Wl 100 Andrew KimhoH to William Porter, to lot bin A 1,100 00 Total I MM 00 B. H.

KIMBALL, A bi tractor, i'J6 Couimetotnl Btreet ing the principal campaigns of the civil war. He will visit Fort Donaldson, Bhiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Chat tanooga, retracing Sherman's march to Atlanta and then going north through Richmond to Washington. He will also visit Gettysburg and Appomattox. He will make the trip in the interest of his school work. George Hall, the young man who assaulted a Mrs.

Cass, wife of an employe of the stone quarry south of the city, of which mention was undo in these columns yesterday morning, has been arrested and locked up In the county jail. The young man was arrested at the resi dence of his father about o'clock yes terdey morning by Constable Spring steen. Cass Informed Juttice Talbott From Saturday's Daily. Charlie Crawford lost his pocketbook containing $21 or $25, Wednesday. He thinks he might have loBt it on the road to Good Intent.

A. White was in the city Friday and reports that the cold winds that morning cooked the leaves on the apple trees, turning them black. Frank Root, of Topeka, who was an express messenger on the overland stages, which formerly ran between Atchison and Salt Lake, is writing a book about his experience. He is a brother of John Root of Atchison. George Brown of Larkin, while sitting in front of a store at that place, picked up what he supposed was an empty cart ridge and began picking at it with his knife.

It was a dynamite cap and went off in hie hands, carrying with it a part his thumb and fore-finger and injuring one eye. While a string of cars, reaching from Sixth to Fourth street, were being shoved into the lower yards Friday evening about 8:30, two cars loaded with shelled corn jumped the track at the Fourth street crossing. As a result Fifth street was blocked for nearly an hour. No damage was done. A tear of horses belonging to the Cain Mill company, while standing near the residence of Bill Whitney, the driver, at the corner of Eighth and street, took fright Friday afternoon and ran away.

They were finally stopped near the postoffice building, but not until the wagon had been badly demolished. The remains of Col. R. E. Ricker, ex- general manager of the Iron Mountain road, who died in Weeping Water, Thursday night, and of which mention was made in this paper yesterday morning, will be interred at that place Sunday afternoon.

His family once thought of shipping the remains to St. Louis, but this has been given up. Several Atchison railroad men will attend the funeral. Sheriff Larkin has boen making investigations in regard to the horse which was stolen from B. Seff several nights ago.

The officer Informed Seff that if he wbb willing to stand the expense an tffort would be made to find his animal and capture the thief. Seff says he paid but $7 for the horse and will not spend any money searching for it. It is Indeed a cruel man who will steal a $7 horse. Emporia Republican: It is altogether probable that Hon, J. White will be a member of the next legislature from Atchison county.

Mr, White's district used to be a calamity stronghold, out he and a few more stal watts, by remaining faithful, redeemed it, and now it is un dorstood he is to be rewarded with the Republican nomination. He was in the house a few years ago, has a wide ao quaintance through the state and will mate a vaiuaoie memuer. W. A. Ca'derhead, who was nominated for congress in the Fifth district by the Republican convention Thursday, form erly taught ichool In the vicinity of Atchison.

While teaching school he read law and afterwards removed here, where he was engaged in that profes. slon for several years. He also had two sisters who were school teachers, He left here in 1880 and removed to Marshall county, where he became popular as a temperance advocate. He served one term as county attorney of Marshall and was defeated for re-election by the com blned efforts of the Fopullsts and Demo' crats. He Is well known in Atchison especially among lawyers.

Dan Dougherty, John Hull and Ernst Weston, three well known young men about town, whose mission on earth seems to be that of disturbing the peace of respectable people, started out Friday man agreeing to pay his father $125 per year as long as he should live. The father now claims that his son has failed to pay the amount agreed upon and asks the court to compell him to do so. The son, however, claims he overpaid his father in one instance. Benjamin Royer is well known in Atchison county. R.

B. Morris, in company with United Statps Marshal Neeley, went through the Saunders camp at Leavenworth Friday. It now develops that the men will have to be tried at Wichita, as their offense is alleged to have been committed in the Second judicial district. The officers are very anxious to have the men tried as quickly as possible so as to get tbe load off their hands, Judge Williams, who has jurisdiction in the Wichita district, telegraphed Neeley yesterday that it would be be impossible to try the prisoners before him as he had to be absent in Arkansas. The question now is, who shall the men be tried before, and what will be done with them? It strikes the average person that so far the Saundersites have a little the best of the game.

Friday morning being chilly the men registered a kick with Neeley because there was no fire in their camps, lie lnrormea tne men mat tney could procure all the wood they wanted by carrying it from the river, a distance of several yards. The spokesman said they were United States prisoners and did not proposn to carry wood, but would insist upon receiving proper treatment. The marshal asked the prisoners how many of them were willing to go to work at laborei's wages. According to Mr. Morris one fellow replied in a weak sort of way that he would go to work if given $2 per day and his board.

Morris says the Saunders men think B. P. Waggoner is the greatest person on earth and refer to him in a familiar sort of way as Biiley. They say he will furnish bond for every man now in camp if requested to do so, and after being released propose to come to Atchison and take a ride in Mr. Waggoner's yellow carriage.

Gen. Saunders is now in Topeka, his bond having been arranged for. The freight war west of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers is at an end, so it has been announced. This result was brought about by a meeting of presidents of the various roads a held in Chicago Thursday afternoon, w'ho as is usual in all rate wars, have decided to smoke the pipe of peace. It is announced that the Santa Fe and Missouri Paclflo have given notice to the interstate commerce commission that after and including May 20 rates will be restored to the authorized tariffs effective prior to May 1, although the commercial agent of the former road in this city knew nothing of the notice yesterday afternoon.

Mr. King said his road has just given notice of a cut on wheat and Hour from Missouri river points to common points in Texas of ten cents per hundred pounds to be effective on and after May According to that notice wheat and flour will then be hauled to Texas for fifteen cents per hundred pounds, the former rate oeing twenty-five cents. In the face of the agreement decided upon Thursday it Is sot known what will be done about the cut Just announced by tne Banta Fe. The rate does not go Into effect until the 20th, and it was decided to restore rates on the 20th. Before a raise can be made in rates ten days notice must be given to the Interstate Commerce commission.

It is thought to be probable that the difficulty will be avoided by the Santa Fe recalling the that bis wife had been an invalid for fifteen years. She is now In a serious ondltloc, alleged to have been caused rfVthe assault made upon her by Hall, ud It is feared she will not recover 'Hall is considered to be a tough charac- iter. He will be given a preliminary hearing before Justice Talbott this week. Mra. Eva Black mar, the woman police commissioner of Leavenworth, who was in this city Thursday, is a personal friend of Col.

C. D. Uutchlns and daughter Mr. Uutchlns knew Mrs. Blackmar several years before she was married, and says she read law for the purpose of en gaging in that profession, but afterwards changed her mind.

The colonel says she Is one of the brightest women he ever knew. She 11 secretary of the board of police commissioner! at Leavenworth and draws the big salary. A short time after she was appointed she secured her husband a place on the police force as sergeant, Mrs. Blackmar was at one time stenographer of the district court at Leavan worth. She owns and edits at the present time a Knights of Labor paper In addition to her other duties.

She came to Atchison attired in a bicycle cos tume yesterday, having ridden her wheel a from her nome in ijeavenwonu mo union depot at that place, where she left It and came to this city on the Missouri a A IPsclno. Mrs. Blackmar is about thirty Vfi I I nf a Hunan Anthony woman. General Manager Fry of the Santa Fe Vice Piesldent Kimball of the Hock Island and General Manager Brown of tbe Burlington met with N. D.

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