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"If F VOL. XI. BILL ARPS LETTER. The Barlow Philosopher Talks This Week on history. IIA5 GOTTEN Oil A NEW BOOK R1 .. A * ?' itw. r\ ;i uti ciups 9PI11L' . nsioricai I act- "Not Heretofore lie:;era!!y Acc.'p.J. Dr. C nV.ay is right p ".it James IVi}?(i ^ .1.1 auditor. She w is Nolllo Con v. . r.iul not Fanny Taylor. Fanny was li pvandmother. But the pood dortor is wrong about Thomas Jefferson. I< did not marry Miss Martha Skolw.n. for she was a widow and her maiden name was Mar.he Wales, as 1 suid. itlier did Andrew Jacks .m many Miss Rachel Robarda. She \v:h not a miss, bet a divore 1 wife ana her mr.iden name was Rachel lion el son. .!:.t K en had to ranvrj her twin? in difi rent stiles to comply with the law. <>! course George Washington married il.u widow Custis. Everybody knows that. It was the typo that made it Curtis. Dr. Conway says that Millard Filmorr ne ver married, Ho is mistaken. His ilrst wife was Abigail Power: i his sot >nd was Caroline Mo Into-!: li i.: singular bow many of t . prcsin ui.s ,.n:;rr <> ! widow.-:. Midi ui'. wife. Dolly Pa .no, was a widow Todd. H<u- maiden name was Dorothy Cob--. I reckon we will set this matter straightened cut after a while. Mr. Tha\t? n. of T.nnossec, writes ?!;< that t' full list ?! mothers and wiveo < an 1< found in ihe " World Almane.c ' of Is" i. I'sicnd Tiinxton is not but ho is grieved that I .< '.<! .1 thnson > parents were t poor and ignorant to i named in the :>iograpliy. That was not my assertion, hut wtn a bit of sa. : s;r. on the eotnpi! r, who makes pe< ial Riention of th Ir poverty and !r.? ! : of '.an?, i 11 and records tliat And!. . and his : . !. and s; i.father moved from Rah ^,h. X. ('., to G;eon villa. T< nil., in a two.wheeled cart drawn bv a blind pony, but does not give their names. Mi. Timxton say. bis wife's father was an own ccuf.hi to .Andrew a<ihnson and Andrew's niotl < r's name was Mary McDonougii but be docs not mention the stepfather. Who did Mary marry th? second time? The biograp'nv in Appleton was written by James Phelan, editor of The Memphis Avalanche, and reran- r<. be* very fair and favorable to Johnson and! Ins wife and children. It says that Johnson's father died when Andiew was only four years old and Mr. Thnxton says his mother nnd niair. not' children. It says that John; en's father died when Andre, was onlv 4 years ol;l. and Mr. Thaxton say.-; his mother had many more children Mr. Phelan says that Andrew learned hie alphabet on the tauu hem and his wife. Eliza MeCardic, tanebt him to rend. *\1> friend Thaxton says tiia* lie did not \p.mv that poverty and Ignorance v * re tied tog thor. As a general rule they are. That second husband must have been both shiftless and ignorant if lie couldn't prove any better transportation for his wife and stepson than a two-win*. 1 cart and a blin 1 pony for a long journey. If Mr. Thaxton was to see such a cavalcade a. that coming down the big road now he would nay that poverty nnd ignorance - -e tramping along together. Hut iiiis much wo have learned from Mr. Thaxton?that Andrew Johnson's mother's maiden name was Mary McDonough. All honor to hiin who rose front- poverty and obscurity and ail honor to his devoted wife and l<> his accomplished daughter, Mrs. Patterson. who presided so worthily ?:i the white house. And Koosev It. married twiecthnt's right! He ought to have a good woman at his elbow all of the lime. I reck n he must have been a widower when he wrote those slanders again-i .! kt-ison Davis and the people of the South, i am still watting for hha to ret rat t and apologize. Hut now he ?r. a candidate and is. scheming for tie -olid northern vote, and the Southern ncgroesi thrown in. be won't retra<! If In is ?ro be el < to 1 pre aid at, 1 want Mlb*s to bo coupled with h'.m on the tick? t for vice president. Tin* champion chainer and ihc ehnthplon d of timer oughl to be paired. One to work on live in a and the other or. dead ones. \nd here i- a letter from Mia. I.e.** Harrison (lav Whitfield, of Sid . -i \ illc. Ala., who informs me that William I dir. i!.lrrl?i:n'? ?T?f>tlicr m-i Elizabeth Rossetf. Six* is Mrs. Whilllold's preal greatgrandmother a: i wn.-- the wife of Hen Harrison, '.'u signed the Declaration of independence. His mother was Anne (.'.Tier, on aunt of Robert Lee. I believe tnu; suuplies nil the missing links. I've been enjoying some rich ami racy reading?the reply of Horace Greely to the committee who sum rnoncd him to trial for signing the bail bond of Jefferson Davis that released him from prison. There were twenty-one who signed it. but Greely was the first and the only Republican abolitionist. He volunteered to do it and did it willingly, going from New York to Richmond for that purpose, and it raised a howl all over New York and New England. The northern extremists demanded that Mr. Davis be tried and hung for treason, or for the assassination of Lincoln, or for something or anything, so he was hung. Greely belonged to the Union Club of New York, a powerful organization. and they were outraged and enraged at his signing that bond and cited him for trial. His reply is a long one and some parts of it are most delightful sarcasm. i I QRT foi ! "You say you will give me reasoni able time for reflection. I want none. nor shall 1 attend your meeting. 11 is | not ray habit to take jmrt in any disJ cession that may arise among otliei I gentlemen as to my fitness to enjoy I their society. That is their affair, and i to them I leave it. No. i shall not at tend your meeting this evening. 1 have an engagement out of town and shai! keep it. I do not recognize you as cap1 able of judging me. You regard me as I a weak sentimentalist. I arraign you as a set of narrow-mimic ! blockheads, who would like to be u eful. but don't j know how. Your attempt to base an ' enduring part> on hale and wrath | is like planting .< colony on an icc| berg that had drifted into a tropical I sen. The singing <>f that bail bond will do more for freedom and humanity than you ail can do though you live i to the age of Mathusaleh. I ask nothj ing of you but that you proceed in a frank, manly way. Don't slide off into r. c old-resolution of censure, but make your expulsionss. Make it a square j star. 1 up fight and record your jmlg ; nicnt hy yeas and nays. I dare you i and I defy you. and 1 propose to fight j it out, on the line 1 have had over clnce General Leo's sunender. 1 give I von full notice that I shall urge the i 'T'don and rernfrpnehisemont of all those engaged in the rebellion and those now in exile." Weil, tie > did not expel him nor censure hini. They were afraid. The pamphlet to which 1 have heretofore : alluded is now ready. It contains li* nry R. Jackson's great speech oil the "Wanderer" and Daniel Webster's peeeh at Capon Springs. Va.. the last and greete.; he ever made. There is alio a brief biography of C.eneral Jackson by Joe M. Brown and a few remarks hy myself. There Is enough in this lit tie pamphlet to establish the faiiii an i stimulate the pride of i every Southern man. According to Jackson, the South was not responsible for slavery, and according to Webster we wore justified in s ceding. And so the Northern . *ilet w in the wrong foi violating the stitutIon and precipitating tka* ' unri. hteour. war. an 1 oi: rht to i . npolegy and restitution ! > us. Tli y ow to our i>? onle mill'., a ami 'oil lions of dollars. Th* y owe to m ri mi now $20,000 damages, and if Roosev it don't retract an ! apo . )gl?.:\ I think I will attach hi.-; trunks mvI his is--or guns when he conies in icnvh. lie I did not do the stealing, hut lie i< an accessory after ;h fact. n\ ! that is ; just as bad. Now. 1 have no intercot I in the sal < of that pamphlet, hut 1 ; want every young man and woman i to have one. The price Is only 2."> I cents, postpaid. Apply to my friend Ed. Holland. Atlanta. Ga.. < are of i Franklin Printing Company. Hut 1 nave a book in press?a new J and handsome book?my last an;! best. It contains my letters and ruminations from the uncivil war to date?1 Mil-1003. Price, postpaid $1.2?. Write to C. P. Hyrd. Atlanta. Ga.? Pill Arp. in Atlanta Constitution. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. rr HERE can be no I -'omniunion where fihnre is no union. I' /.J man's relation to f' He chooses night / yji/i. who refuses light. Ajr Seeds of love may J y , t u ced storms of sor! ^ 1 Stolen thunder | 1*^*^ KiiOWCrs 0f ^.\essA silent idiot is wiser than a bab, bling simpleton. Everything comes to the man who . waits?nnd keeps on walking. It is easier to preach patience in the church than It is to practice it with I our children. When you can honorably do so tho i best way to conquer your enemy is to j concur with him. It will be time cnougn to indict othrrs when we have finished the inI ... ' j J ui Will uvv il IUllllS. I* takes less of a fool's brain energy U) doubt all things than it does for a I wire man to accept one fact. It will not help your husband to ; heaven to leave him at home with i old j victuals while you go to warm your j heart at the prayer-meeting. The losses of childhood are the I gains of manhood. The man who says there is no truth > in the world has mistaken a niisror for i the universe. { Letter be a good servant than a bad i son. Conceit is not an ingredient of (ou< serration. Seventeenth Century Silver. Th? art of bygone days has not yet been improv? d upon by our eleverest silversmiths and designers. For what excels a seventeenth century be.nitier of silver lately picked up .n Rome? an angel in high relief is fastened against the door, and in his extended hand he holds the chains, front which a silver vase for the holy water,hangs. The design is wholly charming and the more It is studied the more one wonders why these simple, natural expressions of art are not reproduced by the twentieth century artisan. It is wondered also how many fair and slender figures touched the water contained in that silver bowl, and what blessings went with the drops which some devout lady often scattered on her brow, but at all events there must linger some sweetness in a receptacle so appealing to the religious and artistic sense.?Boston Herald. IT MILL, S. G? WEDNI GALLED TO ARK! Venezuelans Sninmoned to' Resist the Invatifrs?Excitement in Caracas. GASTRO SEEKS AnOlTRATION His Proposition For a Poace'Ltl Settlement Made Throush Minister Bowen?Reply ot the United States. Willemstnd. Curacoa. T n> Yoneznelan authorities ntv fortifying Puerto Cabello. on tin* <lnlf of Trii ste. Preparations are heing made to withstand those who are aire ly < ailed the enemy. A tSovernment ; *? r- siualuous to arms all : hodied in n from eighteen to fifty y.ar- of a-e. Deputations are belie.; >en; to the re-. lut:< nary ? i< a -is sliil in the d to negotiate an an h r : ht-u hh President (': in i., r .. . I te Venezuelan.s may meet tbr < a :i,v as: a unit' il people. All available !" ; - are . nt to La tJuayra from ("aniens. President dastro has .. nt a ?T< pit I i ; f nMp^ ^ / f | ?r | 1 jjt II ? A STREET SCENE IN j ! tiou to the leader of the Nationalist ' party, who is now a prisoner at MaraI eaibo, to release him ami pluee hiui at I fli<? hnnil i* .... a?w. A not lit'v deputation Int.* I comi missioned to offer tin? military Covorn; ment to (Jeneral Rolando. who only I yesterday was tinhtimu against I'resii i Castro. , Tin* embargo on tin* property of Conoral .Matos. a revolutionary loader, lias been raised. { Caracas. Venezuela.?The ("SovernI meat has taken preservative measures ; at La (luayra. All tin* deposits of coal at the Navy Yard and all the lirit1 isli ears on tin* La (luayra Railroad have been brought here, rendering impossible the >mnsporlutioti of the allied troops by rail. (enteral Ferrer, the Minister of War. spent all day in chnos Ut;c spots in the mountains where trenches are to he dug. After a Ion's conference with President Cn* ro. T'nited States Minister ltowen obtained an order for the liberal ion of tlx* remaining British and TTVM or TGNIKCKLIX SOLDIERS. German subjects wno were held prisoners, and an hour later all had been released. Minister Bowen and Secretary of Legation Russell went to the jail five times and assisted the poor colored Hrltish subjects and those who were 111. The defensive preparations at the tratesic Doiuts on the heishts back LLJ] SSDAY, DECEMBER 1 of T.:i Cuayra are being vigorously pushed forward. The deposits of powder in the fortresses of l.uvigi.t and San Carlos have been removed. Croat patriotic dmuonstrations are being made, and e\ery one eapalde of bearing arms is offering his services. The emluugo placed upon the liarhor corporation has been removed. Washington, 1?. C. Minist-r l*owen, at i aratai!*, cabled tie- State Depart* 77?; "" " > v. A ! . S.VS'i . " ?!: M i 131 Mi :i mmm I uuUi.lJ.1 '--* - -I-?-a-s^fet-i :rL. <TS2- . .-, -romwT-jn vV'^v.ff' -. ' < * > V ? ??? _ THE rAMTOli AT CAR WAS, V EN KZVF.I, A. incut that President Castro. of Vcnc* ! i "'lol.M. Ii.kI a -kc I him to act as intermediary in p: ;?<>si:i.u to liiivrland nmi Cerlaau.v that they -111 ?t it to arnltratiou : t! if eh in-: lor daniau <. Si'cvt'iary Ilsty laid the message he* /( .o ti.o I' t'd.M | mcctici, at which the - i" ion w a'ly discussed. The coaly t?> >Ir. r.oweu stated that tliis t!ov> > a; v o ..!d ho ^latl t<> have him a > ; lily \v' !i I'r ideal I'aGiro's ro lt. -i. let ? d hit.i to make it plain t > h i .!. ltd a ad Cormauy th.at ho wa ; ?? tit. representative of \ la i ii::* nihil idion proposal, and ict a - I'm ted States Minister. 1 wa- eid that the i'niled States Kncland I*?u?< it llltrlnhnir. Londou.- The Foreign Office nnnounces that (lie Kritish Government disclaims responsibility for (lie sinking ; of the Venezuelan vessel off La Ouayra, wnieli It entirely attributes to i the German forces. MAD MULLAH REPORTED SLAIN. Native Runner S a y ? fle Wn? Killed Wit Sprar White I'ruylnpr. Aden, Arahla.?A report has reached here of the assassination of the Ma<l Mullah In Somallland. It was brought to the coast by a native runner from Garroro, by way of Herbera. The Mullah Is said to have been killed by a spear thrust In the stomach, indicted while he was praying. Haji Muhammed Abdullah, the Mad Mullah, so-called, belonged to the Tlabi Sulieman Ogaden tribe of Somallland. He was in the prime of life and only recently became a dominant factor in the military and political situation of the Protectorate of Somnlilnnd. , ?. "? ; i< ? -ion.l oUicos to olToct si 7 ^HT! l -- h\ii i \ I i ,-7 I i 'ill i \' ao* 1 . Lfc \ I ? -gr$l 1 , ?m[jl m St- v i :nk/T' j settlement until formally requested to do so by otto side or the other, and even I thou a rejection of its peace proposals I by the opposing side would end the inn Iter. While the President and all of Ids advisors would like very much to 'see Minister Kowen succeed in his efI forts to have arbitration of the pending difficulties agreed to. tliey are somo' what doubtful of ids success, for the . reason that the joint powers are understood to have rejected a similar proposal front President Castro before the trouble began. British Atlvic* to fcnriuMa. j.otidun. ? Foreign Secretary I.ansdowne was the principal guest at tbo j annual ha liquet, given in London. of the Cnliod Club, in the eottrso of ids sneccli His Lordship said, concerning Venezuela: ! "I might add that Venezuela should bp content to put herself on a moderate allowance in the matter of revolutions. In less than seventy years Venezuela lias indulged in the luxury of Id! revolutions. Three revolutions in two years seems to me to he altogether unreasonable. "I am clad to say." be concluded, "thai iu Venezuelan waters at this moment Herman and British w:ir?diin? and sailors are acting side by side in enforcing the just demands of these I t wo flowers " 7, 1902. veIzieI M seizes Criiisii and German Naval Forces Capture Four VVar^Fps. CAST GO A Fi RESTS FOREIGNERS All ?T:ltxs!i In C.ir* A ppreiietul^tl?TIi* (iflWtc! * <Irv I'rcuctif 1 Itliunl u ms to Alio Stint It Aiuriititn KcpnbiI<r*?Tltftr Mlii* isU'i; l.miYf tho Cupit.il. lau.Ion.- A <li-pali li 1'imii I'.irsnMS. A" says tli.-u tlio ooniMneil U'itisli and Corniuii Hoots haw so!zo*l tlio Vouoznolan lioot coirtposoil of four in tut* iitiniur 01 v. uayni. ( Caracas', Venezuela.?All Hennan ami Urillsli subjects in Caracas liave been arrested. President Castro revived a newspaper correspondent, and in reply to questlous said: "The Venezuelan Government leis not reeeived any uitiinaluni. properly speaUiiu;. but rather simultaneous re- j * n sts from Great Itritain and tier- | n .my. The claims Great Itritnin asUs I Htis Government to settle are small, i and up to the present time wo have not been aware ??t* then). Never httvii: . been presented. Venezuela has eon- i <pieutly never refused to settle tlietn. (treat Hritaiu's action Is therefore wit lion1 justification. "The Venezuelan Government cannot deride on for* isin elaitus before the retoiniion has been entirely erushed. j Al pr. <. m the mi!) aim of the Government is the re-establishment of public order, and other questions must neervriVv be subservient to tins ohjeei. ' if r.lfliss to prove Venezuela's desire in settle all pending claims hi a eml rumble manner, the Government i.-su d a decree during the last session < :" ( ' tigress, dated November lis, creating a commit lee to which all pending miuiiii! in> reierren. ,\o claims | have been presented to this committee, I :i<i? 1 no claims have been rejected, j Thorp has boon 110 denial of just too. 1 Why. therefore, should foreign Clian| eellories intervene, thereby ignoring | our laws and endeavoring to violate j our National sovereignty7 We cannot I understand this action." The correspondent then said to Presii dent Castro: I "What do you Intend to do In view I of the present attitude of the powers?" President Castro replied: "Enforce our rights and explain to the world that Venezuela has laws; prove that we have never denied our engagements." The President was then asked what i reply the Venezuelan Government | would make to the requests handed to i it by the British and German envoys. ! To this question President Castro replied: "After reflection, the Venezuelan ! Government is astonished that after | the notes which were transmitted to ! it by the diplomatic representatives of Germany and Great Britain, these envoys should leave Caracas Without awaiting the reply of tbo Venezuelan Government." Tlie correspondent then asked Presl| dent Castro what course lie Intended | to pursue should the powers declare a blockade. The President excused \ J himself from answering this nuestlon. i - - I Lomlon.?Great Britain nn<l Germany j have presented ultimntunis to Yene' zuela. A\*lii?'Ji will be followed up by I i a seizure of the eustoins, unless a satis- I factory settlement is forthcoming with- ! in a brief period. The ultimatums have a time limit, | | but the exact date cannot be ascertained here. The Foreign Odice says, j with regard to the time limit: "It is a reasonable time in which | Venezuela can satisfy the Injured Gov- : : ernments. Both notes are practically Identical, although the amounts of the ! claims differ. The notes merely reltor- I ei" the continued disregard of the Yen- , ezuelan Government of all our reprel sentations, specify our claims and de- ( | maud immediate notion on the part of President Castro's Government in con1 licet ion therewith." Caracas. Venezuela. ? The British Minister, NY. II. 1 >. Haggard, and the Gmu.'ii Charge d'Affaires, Von Pi'grim-ltaltazzi. left Caracas for i.n Guayra. where Minister Haggard writ on 1* <> 1 -- * . 1111* 111 iumi inn>er iu'i i tion and IT err von Pilgrlm-Jlali.,'.',l j li i.iiil i! 11i.? Ccriuun cruiser Vim >. l'.'itli ilir> P.ritish an<l Cormnn 1 i.i; lions have been clos<<!. Washington, T>. -Tin* following telegram was received at the State I>?*parimcnt from II. \V. Howcii, Pulled Slates Minister at Caracas: 'Dip President of Venezuela lias published a letter in the newspapers stating that foreign creditors must await the re-establishment of peace; then all promises will be fulfilled." DICKINSON CETS FIFTEEN YEARS The Philadelphia Hnalnms-Man-lturRlnr Convicted of Crime. Phil idelphia. Pa.?Cieorge Dickinson, htlas Wescott, who was arrested about ten days ago after a desperate tight Vvlth a policeman, and who was discovered by the detectives to be a burglar by night and a business man by day. Was tried and convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The police accused Dickinson of nearly sixty robberies, but could obtain legal evidence in only twentylive cases. It is said loot to the value I of nearly $10,ikh) was recovered by the police. / V_J^? NO. .{!>. iDEATH ON THE BIG LAKES 1 The Sansr n's List of 140 Sailors Drowned the Lnrc^st on Record. Z :iU?? I'rio f.cntU \Vltli tlio r.o*>< of 1 ifty? nine I.i %? *?Z nriV;mc in I :r t:iUI it's ti? tlio KtxiU of rollislons, ? ?lo li ! -( on 'In* | jrt'om Juices <luring the season <?f 1003 line I'ooM I'.ir llo^ r? > ' <1, HO liv. s !::nd?iv; l?o? i! ! - The t'-mrr* for ! the last y -is :uv follows: | IS::;. ,1. n t li> ; i -7. SS; IS! s. ?.%: IMI'.t, Mil; 110; IMOI. K'.'J; I'.tOJ. 1 iO. Lake Krio. which hist vcur had only 11 deaths charged up ayainst it. now leads with Lake Superior \v:is tin* I watery grave of to. i.nl Michigan ; had II. j.iiko Huron and Lake Ontario Ten sailors were lost in the Detroit and St. Clair Livers, j Notwithstanding the year's large total. six more sailors went il >wn with their ships in 10ui than in inirj. the ! figures being .">!) and o.'t. On the other I hand. IT men fell overboard and wet* drowned during t ho season hist closed, a big inerea -e over I'.toi. Loss of life in collisions increased from r? in I tH)l to 1." in I'.Krj. wrapped child in petticoat. Omaha Society tYomxiiTimh I'itynn llalfl'rozm Infant in a Car. win.111.i. .m ii. 11y reason <>r :i little net of kindness (< a shivering, poorly clad child on :i street oar Mrs. llarrv ('artaii, a woallliy society woman of Omaha, is tho talk of tho oily, ami tlie ooininoiits aio all highly eulogist io. A fo\\* days ago Mrs. Cartan got on a street oar to go to ln?r lutshamrs place of business to join him in a tlioatrioal party. Slio saw on tlio car a laboring man with a young baby in his arms: tho ohild was poorly oltnl. and ? t'lno ! to 110 half frozen, tho weal hot* lioing hit torly oold. Mrs. Cartan arose from her seat ami calmly removed her silk petticoat, tin ii, walking down the aisle, she ask d the man's permission to wrap the garment around the infant. lie made no ohI joetion. and site tenderly took the voting baby in her arms and wrapped the warm, soft petticoat around it, then laid it hack in the father's arms. Then she quietly took iter seal again, tlio admiring, approving gaze of every person in the ear resting on her. Mrs. Cartan was Miss Sadie Nash, the daughter of the Secretary and : Treasurer of the Smelter Trust. BIG FIRE IN ATLANTA. ItiiatnriH Block in Georgia City Burned? I.oift Nearly 500,000. Atlanta, (In.?Fire wiped out almost n block of business houses in the heart of the city, causing a loss estimated tit. between .*400.000 and !?r?00.000. The lire originated in the furniture store of Snook ?S: Austin, on lite Whitehall street viaduct. It spread with great rapidity to the Norcross building, six stories high, taken up largely with the offices of physicians, dentists and attorneys. Both buildings were destroyed. The building adjoining the Norcross building, on Marietta street, also was gutted. , The Williams House, a small hotel located on the upper floor of the Jacobs Phnrnutcy Building, contained about sixty-five lodgers, till of whom escaped. INDIANS SAW OFF MAN'S FEET. Tlinn <So:kI film to Wulk on Stuinjm til llo 1>Ip8. Bisslicc, Ariz.?Colonel Kosterlistskl lias received from the .Mayor of I!i<? Yaqjil, Mexico, a letter jrivir?ir an account of tin- tragic death of "California Dan" Ityau. chief of scouts under General l.uis Torres. Ityan and (ieoi jtc \\\ Wilson were sent out on a scout. They were surprised and taken prisoner hy the Yaip'is. trhd l?y a cnuncil of war. ami "California Dan" was condemned to ticaIII. Wilson bciti? aeipiilted. In the presence of Wilson the Yaquis with tlutl saws cut off tic feet of "California Dan" Ju l nhove tho ankles. Then they unbound him. ami i.v troadin^ him they eoiui * lied liim to walk until lie fell dead ill the brush. SUSPICIOUS ST. LOUIS DEATHS. Six !'d i(i;i , ItHll* i ? pfc. N p;u ly *. I! I it-h rod, ,\vv:ir In KIpvpii Mdiitlo. P.I', la .lis, Mo. I). paly Coroner 1*. xijjhe:". In an oi.'eial > ntemeiit .*.ecia. 'd that the rosnli of the inquest he! i iiv the hotly of Mi >. Karl Smith, whose deaih was the sixth occurring during the last eleven months of perrons nearly related, reveal* d the fact that Jill of the dc:n1 .. 1..1 ? . lnd been insured. Neatly nil of the six persons died suddenly. The fact that they were insured. and that they all exhibited similar symptoms, caused the inquest to he held. RIVER ABANDONS A TOWN. Change* It* Cour?e, Smltlenly Cutting Oft W?ter Simply. Nebraska City, Neb.?Nebraska City Is without water, due tj the Missouri River channel changing. The water pipe which extended Into the river sticks out of dry sand, and there is not a drop of water to come through it. This condition of affairs has been wrought In twelve hours, and the town Is now two miles from the river. An entire new channel has been made by the sudden jump the river has taken far to the eastward of the city. The city Is without lire protection, and should a blaze occur, the entire town would be burned up. *