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Show LIGHT ON SUICIDE. WAS THIS LAWYER A COUN- TERFEITER? lMlk Alfred Hta Owe Ilk . C. Krtpt of Uau kj Bud a Tear Aa Aiuatatad DUaarary at Plate. Coaatarlaltlac wfcen the Home Safety Deposit company of Toledo. Ohio, opened one of Its strong boxes recently, on which the rent was overdue, a most startling revelation was made. In It was found 114,000 In silver certificates, the plates etched on tine from which they were ma$c, also the numbering type, extra paper, Ink, etc. The . company Immediately telegraphed Chief Wilkie of the secret service, aaking for Instructions. An agent nf directed to get all possible particulars In the case and send the materials found on to Washington. Investigation brought out the fact that a man calling himself Alfred Kent, a book agent at Tiffin. Ohio, had rented the box on Dec. 10. 1897, for the purpose of depositing valuable books, proofs and plates He waa described as being six feet in height, weight 155 pounds, dark complexion, hair and mustache; age about 25 years. As soon as a description of the bills was received Mr. Wilkie compared them with those in an album kept for counterfeit hllla and coins It tallied exactly with a $10 silver certificate that was received In January, ly Gibson's hod considerable grain. was found in a dark passageway lead-lato the euginejroom. It Is suspected that he was shot by some one lnsldi and the mill set on fire to cover uj the crime. Near the charred remains of Gtbeon, when the ruins were searched, was found a rifle which was always kept at the mill, with three empty cartridges; Gibson's knife, with one blade open, and an adze, which belonged to the mill. The rifle cartridges showed by the Indentations that they had been exploded by the rifle hammer, and upon the knife blade was a stain, supposed to be blood. NEW YORK MYSTERY. Dwrs DwS la a Yaaac Mas's Sow, Mlaa Magdalene Dorn, 20 years old, of New York etty, died in. a room occupied by James J. Conley under elrcum-slannno- suspicious that Coaley was taken Into custody. ' called at the home of Conley and urged him to accompany him at once to his room to attend a young woman who, he said, had fallen seriously 111 while visiting him. When they arrived at the place they fonnd Miss Dorn lying on the bed dead. Gas waa flowing from two gas jets. Conley seemed greatly agitated and explained that the young woman had been visiting him and was taken suddenly UL He left her at once to go for the doctor. He says she must have turned WHAT On ea - r 1898. The hiatory of this certlflcats was looked up and the fact revealed that on Jan. 4, 1898, a lawyer named Alfred C Kreps, of a reputable firm in Lima, Ohio had tried to pass a $10 silver certificate In Lorensburg, Ind. Hts actions becoming suspicious, the matter was referred to Mr. Wilkie, who ordered his agent at Greensburg to make an Investigation. This was done and Lawyer Kreps was arreated and taken before the commissioner. As all other bills found on Kreps' person were genuine he wsb dismissed, his friends believing him to have been duped by a counterfeiter. The certificate was still fresh from the hands of the agent, ro effort having been made to age It further than by a little crusn-ln- g and handling. After Kreps- acquittal he brooded over the publicity of his arrest and one week later startled his friends by They believed his shooting himself mind had become unbalanced by his troubles and because of his dissolute habits and neglect of his legal profession. He was given to Inexplicable departures and long absences, played cards and drank, but was considered a bright lawyer and Incapable of crime and many friends mourned bis BUdden and awful death. Mr. Wilkies agents for the time gave up looking for the maker of the $10 silver certificate, knowing that in time, as Is always the case, some clew would crop out by the effort of some one to float another, but until the safety deposit vault was opened the series seemed to have entirely disappeared. The description of Alfred Kent, the book agent of Tiffin, Ohio, who rented the box, and that of Alfred C. Kreps, the lawyer, green goods man and suicide, were compared, and the Identification was beyond dispute. The surmise is that Kreps either secretly learned the art of etching on sine, and made and printed the bills himself, or that be negotiated and purchased the same from some amateur The bills and plates counterfeiter. have just been received at the secret service department. The entire $10,000 was crisp and new, showing no effort of aging by the processes known to counterfeiting, the treatment often rendering far worse counterfeits difficult to detect Agents are on the alert and expect well-dress- - MAGDALENE DORN. on the gas during his absence and in this way become asphyxiated. The police did not take kindly to this theory. A FAMILY IS SLAIN. Tha Triple Tragedy Near FossjTllIe Itdltiifta There Is a strong belief among ths farmers living around Poseyville, Ind., that Stephen Glawser did not kill hli Mrs. Elizawife and mother-in-labeth Kluchloe, and then commit suicide, but that the three were murdered. Many, of the neighbors say a young man living In the neighborhood had often threatened to kill Glawser and his family. The young man has disappeared, and this fact strengthens ths theory. The remains of Mrs. Glawset and Mrs. Klnchloe were burled in the game casket In the Poeeyvllle cemetery the other afternoon. Over 1.00C curious spectators were present There was no service of any kind at the grave. The remaine of Glawser were taken In charge by hie, father and were buried In a secluded spot on hie farm. The crime, whoever committed It, was a terrible one. A farm band named Ramsey, living near tbe Klnchloe farm, d.srovered the building on fire and gave the alarm. With a dozen farmers he rushed to Mrs. Klnchloes house. The doors ot the house were barred and the windows securely fastened. The men battered down the front door with axes and entered the burning building. In one corner of the house lay the bodies of Mrs. Klnchloe and Mrs, Glawser, The body of the mother was lying across the body of Mrs. Glawser. The bodies were badly charred and could not be recognized. The rescuers took the bodies from the building Mid rushed back to look for Glawser. They found his body on the bed and by his side was a shotgun. The clothing had been burned from the body. Glawser was 21 years old, and came from one of tbe most prominent families In Posey county. Mrs. Glawser was 18 years old, and would soon have become a mother. Mrs. Klnchloe waa 40 years old, Glawser Is said to have told some of the neighbors a week ago that he could not live in peace with his mother-in-laand. that he wag go--, ing to kill them. Those who heard him make the threat did not believe he would carry it into execution. Drlnklaf Aau Children. Bonn on the Rhine has been lnve3 habits of tigating tbe its small school children. Out of 247 children, 7 or 8 years of age, in the primary schools, there was not one that had not tasted beer or wine, and but a quarter of them had sot tasted brandy. Beer or wine was drank regularly every day by 25 per cent of the children, while 8 per cent, including more girls than boys, received a daily glass of cognac from their parents to make them strong, and 10 per cent would not drink milk because it had no taste. liquor-drinkin- further developments as to the real counterfeiter, as Kreps Is not known to have been capable of undertaking the work further than his effort to pass the goods. His friends now know for the first time that his attempted crime drove him to suicide. s, MarduwA.ta a M1IL Strong suspicions point to the fact that William Gibson, whose charred remains were found in the burned mill f his father at Wakeman, Ohio, the other day, was murdered. 'Loud cries for help were heard cora-la- g from the direction of the mill at $:30 In the morning, shortly before the mill was discovered on fire. In searching for the remains a Winchester rifle waa found with three cartridges missing, and an open jacknife. It U known tbet Gibson had a large amount of money on his person when hs entered the mill st S oclock. Tkieves had repeatedly entered the mill and stolen Te Biabtrd the Sky fee Bela. Under tbs direction of Prof. T. 8. C, Lowe a series of experiments are to be mzde,t artificial A committee hah been Appointed by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to raise $8,000, tbe amount deemed necessary for an" apparatus" and chemicals for bombarding tbe skies, Ra)n t, much needed here and the conditions have been favorable many times of late, but no rain has fallen rain-makin- g. F. HEIST. (By Lilian Qulller Couch a very a summer evening-uo- t long ago the brightest, prettlee, daintiest (some said "wickedest," V that -waa a libel), most bewitchl hatted quettisb, mischievous, girt in Hovemouth stood befog the mirror in her bedroom At the hotel, gathering the billowy folda of I pink muslin frock about her waist bfaeana of a satin sash, and looking h-- at her reflection aa she did so. fc her head waa a pink triumph Is other words, a shady hat hi her ? lay a twinkle of mischief, and her Hffon unshads lay on the bed. A few minutes later, fully eqtpped. Miss Mary Glrllngton passed bough the vestibule. There was' atavei-wor- n trunk In one corner wifi two Initials on it on which her T flickered with a gleam of aatlsfactlq then she stepped into the garden. Id on down the cliff path leadfbt I the beach. When thle waa reaefifl she slackened pace, sauntering, I If to breathe osone were her only obet in life. The tide was out; the beach is deserted save for a shrimper faint by the rock pools; the sand was booth and yellow, aa tempting to thekrrule of a sunshade as a sheet of fnlipaper to a scribbler. At any rate, thnemp-tatio- n seemed too great for h ferrule of Miss aldington's suffiade; with a nonchalant air she prodftt and cooped little tunnels in it; thq with elaborate carelessness ahe trafij the pretty sunshade up and down Uiome-thln- g a trifle more shapely. Wta this was done she gave a aurrtfltlous glance of her merry eyes town the cliff path, then sauntered oatcross the beach; trailing her eunsMe as he went Soon after the dainty plnkflgure had disappeared round a trap of rocks a second figure came don the cliff path to tbe beach. A mi this time, of moderate height, boat features, and tanned complexict He strolled along aimlessly, smohg a elgar and looking alternately nt to sea, and at the surrounding entry. The solitary shrimper seemed d Intruder on the deserted beach, td the newcomer spread his arm sloe), and gave a huge stretch ot contentent It's good to be In England tor a time, he thought, "and free afl idle In a little place where no one hows, or cares, whether you're a pwr in the land or a trupper from ton, put t wonder what fate led me Ire, of nil places in the world ?' Then, like the pink lady, h sauntered on, hut now his eyes Are ou the ground, and he prodded x!h his stick as hs went When, bowisr, be reached the spot where tbe aootb-nehad been already ruffi his g1 rae HI S. ahe satd. deprecating!, but with A brilliant smile. "Thla evening, be continued, "I took my first stroll on the beach, and there, on a spot I have never net eyes on before, I saw my own initials written on the sand." Mlaa Glrllngton looked up with innocent interest from under her shady brim. "Stretching far away from those letters was n taint trail across the aand, and At tha end of that trail you. 1 Well!" said Miss Glrllngton. How very strange! wonderment Were there really letters?" Really letters 8. F. My name Is Stephen rortescue," he volunteered. The the Fortescue! "Stephen " great "Yea," he said, hurriedly, "I suppose they say so. "Welt, I never!" she exclaimed, In oft excitement ' "That Is my excuse and my apology for 'addressing you. It seemed as if " fats find taken to sand dopy book?" he queried. Or sat at the end ot the final flourish. he euggeeted, boldly. Oh," said Mins Glrllngton. She did not dislike the boldness, but it waa 1 8. F. zhe said, musunexpected. ingly. "You wrote my initials, and I came," he said, gently. "I think I think I only meant 'Set she objected. I noticed the Fair, barometer as I came through the vestibule. "Well, he said, thoughtfully. " 'Pon my word, I dont think It matters Stephen Fortescue or Set Fair. Tbe point la that you wrote it. and I came. May I alt down, please? The tide was atilt ouL The shrimper was very far away. The beach waa deserted, bat the man was so honest and winning, and after all it was fate's doing, so she crumpled her pink billows and gave permission aa graciously as if the rock had been her private opera bos. ss away."'-'- - - I I beg your pardon," be stammered, "but I feel almoet as if help speaking to you. She smiled tolerantly. "So many say that," ahe algbed. His face fell. "O h! Ton are one of of that sort" No," she replied calmly, "but they say I am. He paused. "I am no gallant," he declared, dimply, but plslo, unpolished she admitted. , "Ah! I am not that. But I hope you donLJhink It disrespectful or extraordinary of me to speak to you like this without introduction T I have been led to believe it Is very natural," the said demurely. His grave eyes twiakled. H felt eager as a boy. ' I must teU you that J bad been ordered home for a rest from India not 111, you know, but fagged! that I did not want to come mock. nd did not know where to go; that while ses traveling along today I here, and left the train azt cms to it - Thought I would be !d by Fate for awhile. I wondered if Ft were see.1 playing cup and ball with "Fate la no respecter ot persona," Cold-Blood- ON FRESH Mae Bed te ' A REVOLVER RECALLS "" ; TO A WESTERNER. la Uw XHcan A URAMATKTEXECUTION Ths people of Servia have no objecVwpua at Each tions to the infliction of capital punDark, Sat Wha th ishment upon women; or. If they have CUakaat Blood I Do you see M Crack Fallowed Ttorodg. that gun? satd an old-tim- pointing to a revolver in the history, That's tha. gun what didn't put daylight through Pete Mallory PQ ths plains In 75 when me an him was herdin' together, The second-han- d atore is next door to a saloon and three or four lounger who overheard th speaker stepped up to -- take a look at-thformidable -- e -- weapon. I Alf. Stead It makes ms laugh yet when I think (MIL, Them two fellers stand In up boldin' their guns, out and then oonatlng' ten. But their aint no tailin' what would a happened if they hadnt changed guns. Wert you thers? said on of tbe Interested listener. Was I there? Well, I gues I was. Didnt me an Fete Msllory work together fur a year? You see it waa this way. Me an Pete waa workln on a ranch In Garfield county, Kansas, and one day a feller comes riding up and he says, Say, pard, what's the chance of geftln s bite an' a swig of somethin thats wet I sex, Bully, parduer; bitch up and come lu. Weil, he get off and pickets his broncho and walks right In behind me. Pete was settih on s stool smokin' his pip kind o' He looks up and nods, quiet like. but thats all he ses. By an by the stranger ses, Psrd-ner- s, what the chance fur stayin all I speaks right up and ses, night? Stay a week; w like company, but Pete he didnt say nothin' at all. Well, by and by It came on night, and 1 seta out the big Jug and we all takes somethin' and then rolls up In our blankets. Pete an' me we takes off our boots, hut the stranger keeps hls'n on an he lays his gun right where Its handy. Ms. and Pete didn't get no chance to talk private, but pretty soon I was sound asleep. By and by I bears suthln and I wakes up and rubs my eyes. I sees th stranger crawlin' along on .the ground like a rattler just edgin his I looks over to way to the door. where Pete was layln and I sees him stir. I lays still, fur I knew then that suthlns wrong. Tbs stranger crawls btek to hi blanket sn' I sees that he's got sutbln shiny In bis hand. I know-e- d It was a knife, fur 1 saw him take it out from under the saddle at th door, I reache over to git my gua aa then I lays there wsltin.Tretty joon I hears the ytranger movin' sg&ia and tbs next - thing. hex . OYwl at bunk. I gets ready to blase away, but atore 2 end git my gUn up I bean the two pete ses, ses be, 1 knowed you was cornin, but Im ready fur ye,' and then tbe stranger be ses, 'know yod was gams. Lets go about tbe bpSlness now afore your pard wakes up. So they both slips out and like a Infollows them jun, Pretty soon they stood still aa I felt mighty queer when I aees Pete Iteppln off ten paces and. levelin th gun at the stranger, 1 sees th stran-le- r level his gua and then Pet he ies, Count ten and then let er go.' They both begins to count kind o' slow ind solemn like, but afore they gits to flv I up an ses. You durn Injuns, what do you mean,' but Pete he talks rough an sex, 8het yar mouth er 111 So I sets put daylight through yer. lown and hears them count sis,' seven, eight, nine and then they both stops a little to take breath ten, ind then I hears tbe pistols snap, and they dont go off. They both stands lookin' st each other, and by and by the stranger laughs right out, and J11 DoeS Tire Toov Bros, if it is frequently don they are ilkfely to lose tone. Of course If thoroughly rested at night they will bear a very frequent repetition of fatigue, but otherChiwise the sight will grow dim. ldrens eyes, like their brains, require more care than the eyes of adults. A great deal of harm Is done the eyes In school by too little, too much or badly directed light, which should come from behind or from one side; never. If possible to avoid it, should it come directly in front of the eye. The eye is most dependent upon the general It is impossible io indicate health. just how much and how intensely the eyes may be employed, but It Is safe to say that a very large number of persons in civilized life are constantly verging upon the danger of exhaustion of their vision by overstraining tbe eyes. Such an exhaustion is quit common among young people who are kept several hours occupied with printed books. When the eyes become sensitive to light or tired. It is folly to No exigency is an force them. for such an abuse. COUNT TEN AND objection, they were forced to swal- low them when Mme. Jevrem was window of a Larimer (Mont.) secondhand store. Well, that guns got a tbe Drsaabt. Traveling brings out the idiosyncrasies of people as no other experience can effect Certainly the man abd woman who occupied opposite compartments in a car that recently rolled westward from New York eOuld not be said to be as conveniently adjusted ss Jack Sprat and his wife. It wak A very cold morning outside the framework of the Pullman, but within the heat surged the mercury upward until it reached the fever register. "Porter, snapped the man, viciously, I want those Ventilators closed. YouU give us all pneumonia in a couple of seconds, and the porter meekly closed the transoms. Porter, immediately called the woman, I want tbe ventilators on my side of the car open aa wide as you can open them. The official hesitated only an Instant, for the womans quick "Do it at once, porter," brooked no delay. He pulled them downwith a grin at the opposite passenger. But the mjk didnt smile himself. He uttered audible maledictions on author ot his discomfort, and ostentatiously shrouded bis shivering form in an overcoat, pulling the collar well up over his throat and ears. And the woman, in a linen shirtwaist, read her book serenely, whimsically unmindful of the glares of her neighbor. ""It Is un wue to tire the eyes;-fo- r at it and X bav to laugh When X thinks of what big fools them fellers made of me and them, looks Nlat4 BUeatUf My Dear Nancy: Fancy my never having written to you since that day when I aaw you off, and we both saw a certain great mans baggage at the elation. Well, my dear, be did come to tbe hotel, and I did put on that pink frock, and I did well all that I vowed I would do to prove that not all the pretty girls go to India. And oh, well, of course, we got on all right, and I fully meant to tell him when wed become great friends that 1 had known about his coming and really tried to captivate him Just tor a joke. But, somehow, I dont think I will, after all. There wasn't much fun in It, really; these things sound very stale when theyre - described. When are you coming to spend another day? Ever yours. MOLLY. "P. 8. Ive done such a ridiculous thing. I'm almost ashamed to tell you. Iva fallen really in lore with him!- - And were to be married In October! The pretty girls do seem to go to India, dont they? It' too annoying. M. 0." Lloyds News. And tbe HE NOTED THE SMALL FOOT PRINTS thoughts received a Jerk; there were two great letters wrlttea la the sand, to hs stopped and read them. Then suddenly he stepped back, and gazed again Thats odd," he muttered at length, and bis face flushed and bheyes were Interested. It's nothing of course. But 8. F.i Its a queer eolacldence. Then he noted the small footprints and the trail of the suasluie, and unhesitatingly he followed Uem. At the end of tbe trail be found the pink lady the daintiest little person he had ever seen and ke stood abashed before her as she looked up with wide, innocent eyes, as If at the intrusion. Hut he did not turn WHAT -- SHE INSISTED DUEL UNFINISHED. A LET ER GO." Pete he laughs and then they shakes hands. I stands there lookin at em with my eyes poppln out, and by and by tbey walks to me and shakes hands with me. I never sex a word, fur I thinks theyre daf. Well, Pete he up It sad tells me the whole thing. wasnt nothin but about n girl, and Pete And tbe stranger they agrees to light A Juel when they meets. It waa omewheres in ths easL- - They meets an the stranger hes kind o cute and hs ses to Pete afore they goes to fight, til will . be Let's change - gun. Pete changes, but he gives square. the stranger a gun that aint loaded. But whats that got to do with the gun' In th window? asked one of the bystanders. Why, thats the gun what belonged He gives it to me and sex. to Pete. Never want to see that gun agin, fur and a coward.' Well, , Behavior is a mirror in which every It ses Im a coyote I brings the gun to Denver and sells on display his image. It Every day I comes up hers and for murder recently, She wa neither hanged nor placed In the electric chair. She was placed against a blank wall and shot .This happened in s Servian village near Prokuplje. A Greek priest named Irle Jevrem had been killed, . .Hit, wlff.nnd n peasant with whom ahe had become Infatuated" were found guilty nnd condemned to be shot On the day of their fate the two culprits were taken to the public square xnd faced a firing squad of -soldier with loaded rifles. Beside th quad stood a huge mass of spectators from far and near. Th execution lacked no element ot th dramatic. Th man wfpt and lkmeuted and begged for mercy. The woman "was calm. How w are admired, she said with a contemptuous look st the vast throng. 1 ba squad bad mad ready t came dashing fire, when . an aid through the square on horseback. Hi coming merely prolonged th strain upon tbs two criminals. The man embraced his knees in ths hope that he brought a pardon; the woman turned more pale, but was silent Mercy it was, hut only partial. Th aida bore a reprieve, Indeed,. hut only for the man. She begged her companion to remain with her to th end and to But th fellow the guard away without even addressing on word of pity to th embrace her again. followed And woman Whom he had ruined. then but there Is no need to tell th rest? PRESENTIMENT. , frta Dwlk aa Fat , Was She Bn te Wealth. . Ellis of Sant BarCapt'Oeorg-Fleft who this city last Tuesday bers, tor Alaska, has had th experience of eve Bias -ven being saved from death by a presentiment ttf become a Klondike millionaire, Four years ago Ellis was a poor man and gained a livelihood aa master of a small craft employed at sea-otthunting along the California coast. Today be owns several of ths most valuable claims on El Dorado and Bonanxa creeks, and ha Is known to the world as on of ths miners ot tbe far northern gold fields to whom fortune has been kindest. And this far flight from tbe deck of a steam schooa. er to tbs owners stateroom of tha finest private yacht that can be built, should Ellis choose to own such a craft, is sll beefuse he obeyed a mysterious mental warning that kept him. in 1895, from becoming a member ot the crew of the schooner EL EL Webster. that was lost with ail on board. Ellis at that time was financially stranded in Santa Barbara, with a fam illy io support He secured a position of otter hunter with Liebes k Co. of this city, and signed a contract to go to the coast of Alaska on tha Webster. For several days before he was to start tbe presentiment haunted his waking and sleeping; hours that the voyage he was about to make held death for him. H is A strong, fearless man, but finally he yielded to his fears and secured release front hi contract. Tha fate that overtook the Webster entirely vindicated the occult admonition that had reached Ellis, for in a terrific gals off Lazy harbor tbe schooner foundered and tbe twenty men on board perished. Ellis worked his way to Alaska, tolled over the icy- - trails, and reached, the ..the richest claims in the Klondike. During his "recent visit' Ur San Francisco be brought his family here from Santa Barbara and established them in - a home worthy his present affluence. Ellis has returned to the Yukon country to look after his Interests there. He will be absent a year, and wlli'then come back to his family anl make his home permanently in Saa Francisco. San Francisco Chronicle. er i frn Dlvoreff Oim W$$ki France has now a law by which mar- riage may be dissolved without cost to the applicants. The Paris divorce court devotes Thursdays to gratuitous decrees. - One day recently 294 couples were divorced during a session of four hours, an average of more than on a divorce a minute. The applicants belonged to the working class.in which divorcee were Infrequent before th passage of the law, ' Is tha Dark, (ominously) I know where you were last night, sir! . Husband (irritably) Then why don't you tell me? Can't you see Im la no mood to be kept in suspense? Detroit Journal. ' Wife . |
