Show A SHREWD PLOT fifty thousand dollars stolen from an express car A SOUTH arrigan brizzle an appointment to the utah commission Commis slon the speaks by dr western asad free press to the war in africa roaz oct 26 ten thousand pandas have invaded burning kraals and committing depredations the government is raising volunteers to resist them the situation is critical A COOL VILLAIN Cl eyerly forces a letter and a succeed succeeds in bobbing robbing an express car ST louis oct 20 26 A an a adams car attached to passenger train no 3 on the st louis san francisco which left this city at last night wai was robbed of over in cas cash h between here and pacific mo alo from 0 o meagre reports it seems that be before fore the train left this city a man giving the name of cummings presented letters to express messenger frothingham purporting to be signed by officers of the company stating that cummings was about to take a run on tho the line and asking Frothing frothingham bam to glye him the points when near the stranger overpowered the me messenger gagged him and bound him hirn to th the a safe after which he coolly rifled the car he ile cut open the bags containing silver but took it at Ble the robber left the train the robbery waa not dio die covered until the train reached pacific when the express car was broken open and messenger frothingham bingham was found tied to the eafe safe the express officials are reticent but admit that aver over was taken the robber is im ims perfectly described as a tall dark man of appearance dressed in tre black I 1 a c pk with very large bands hands and feet it is a singular coincidence that be he gave the name of jim cu Cumm ami i iaea the only member of the once celebrated J james arnes gang 0 who has never been accounted fo for ST louis oct 26 later A stranger who gave the name of cummings Cum minge to frothingham Frothing bam liam the messenger presented to him a cleverly forged letter bearing a perfect fac dimille of the signature of barrett bout local agent of the express company at st louis the letter stated that rout had de aided to put an an extra man on the route and that the bearer was lie and that Frothing frothingham liam was to teach him the details of the business the stranger waa allowed to enter the car and took great interest in the move me ept foft g m ampfer 1 r 1 I 1 outs of the duties which the letter stated he was expected to perform the two men busied themselves with accounts etc and all went well until a point between st louis and pacific mo was reached Frothing frothingham bam was busily engaged over his accounts with bis his back turned to cummings in the course of time it became necessary for him to go to the safe and turning to do so he be saw the stranger calmly sitting in hie his chair with a revolver aimed at brothin bams head bead cummings cautiously approached the dumfounded messenger and told him if he remained quiet and made or raised no alarm he be would not be endangered frothingham bingham had bad nothing to do but to submit and the robber bound him hand and foot pressed ed a gag into his tied eress him amt to athe the lafaso eafe that he could not move and proceeded with his hits work the safe had been left open and it to took ok b but ut few minutes for the robber to secure the bank notes and azid valuables in the shape of JeNy jewelry elry etc the road at thie this point runs directly along the side of a high bluff which in places overhangs the tracks making danger of wrecks from collisions with boulders which occasionally fall from above upon the tracks very greatt the trains therefore slack up at thie tills point and run slowly until the deraus place is paw passed ed this the engineer of train no 3 did as usual and thus offered the robber an in easy means of escape he ile first locked all but one door stepped out on to the platform locked the door from the outside and ju jumped ped off frothing ham in the meantime could do nothing to release himself not being able even to call for help two hours later the conductor tor tried the door and hearing bearing some one struggling pathin suspected some th thing I 1 n g wron wrong g h e burst th edoor door ot open described en finding frothingham as 04 above bove he was quickly released and told his experience the robber had a start of fully folly two hours and it was usel useless ass to run ruil back to try and find him the train therefore proceeded on its way and arrived in this thie this morning on its return trip c city frothingham ity Immediate lys ought the superintendent of odthe the company and was closeted cloe eted with him for some tune at the end of which ho lie commenced preparation of hi his official report refusing ta inake any statement to outsiders regarding the robbery excepting that the tota total I 1 lops would amount to something over have bave no the officers of the company thing to say of the affair schoolboy rivalry oct 25 coul r jour louisville says alex hoard and find naps paxton schoolboy and rivals paxton john frankfort a etore store at A new in love berdar their sweetheart miss inez nez 11 alis passed threw by hoard going to sunday ty school enraged and ind paxton to her kisa kiss with stick in the head held a him knocked skull and then stamped bis fracturing frac paxton seemed a bis his face to a jelly f foamed at the mouth and madman could be captured be le end and before waving hi his all the woods rushed to hoard lioard will wil die shriek shrieking ing handland lands hand and gand of prominent farmers aoth 1 are sons great excitement of scott county remains by lady prevails the young youn alady bedside of her dying ying lover the be severed his windpipe Wind pip FALLS kansa kansas oct 25 Cy lafferty the negro who cobrun so tally beat his wife and then beet fire to her clothing clot hinR after saturating them with coal oil at leavenworth last friday night came to the residence of hia his brother inlaw john martin near this place last night he got hold of a large butcher knife ife and made a desperate effort to end his life cutting a gash indis in bis throat four fur inc inches lier long and completely sev covering ering the windpipe he ile was brought to town for tu medical edical aid and this afternoon the officers started with him back to leavenworth Lafferty lerty will probably dhe die from his wound if he ie is not lynched mean meanwhile Whilo why of course LONDON oct 20 the time hopes that iddesleigh foreign secretary will tell waddington cio french eador plainly and firmly that england will judge for herself when her task in egypt is finished A utah mah Appoint appointment meRt WASU washington INGTON oct 26 the president appointed today to day abner J williams of washington ark to be a member of the heard board of registration and elections in the territory of utah vice james R pettigrew the S and spain MADRID october 20 26 the united states government has informed spain that it will not withdraw the proclamation re establishing a 10 per cent duty on spanish important importations at ons from oct impeachment SOFIA oct 20 26 it is expected that the will impeach Kar eveloff and compel him to resign from the regency |