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THE rTlAI^DEALER | brought me stacks of letters. I am firmly j convinced that all 1 will have to do will | -be to efp over to Germany and prove the heirship of the descendants of Ludwig Wilhelm von der-Stbuiidt, liv'iiu? in this country, and Ve can get the money. The revival of interest in due to the visit- of a Germ ah count to a Chicago,, lady who is one of the heirs." After a battle of three-quarters of an ' hour Thursday night, during which he./ stood off three officers whowere trying i to arrest hi in, John Spellisey', of Union ' • Hill, N: .T.. was killed in his own house. Spellisey was 43 years old, and one of the most desperate men in that section. He elided up a carousal by beating his wife, and Roundsman O'Brien. Sergeant Kreu- gerand Patrolman Ball were sent to ar­ rest him. They found the doors locked, and When they "broke down the obstruc­ tions tlieyfjvere greeted with three bullets. , For half an hour the officers aiid Spellisey exchanged shots. Then the three rushed in upon the desperate man from different directions. Spellisey started toward one of the officers firing again, but suddenly sank to the floor bleeding from the neck, still clutching his revolver, and died a few minutes afterward. •GGBW?0fi-THB ;WORBD- J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. H. H. HOLMES ACCUSED OF DIA BOLICAL CRIMES. GREATEST CROP IN THE COUN TRY'S HISTORY.----r.-a WcHBNJJY. ILLINOT: ROADS ARE WARNED, More of His Devilishness Coming to Light-livery Day--Startling Discov­ eries Made in Ch icago--Building: With Mysterious Chambers--Bones Found. Ustlmates of Conservative Statistici­ ans Placb the Yield at 2,375,000,000 Bushels--liuil way Managers Put /the FiBures.25,000,000 Higher. ^ William Black started out as a por­ trait painter, and might have-been a success had he not found greater sue- ' cess as an author. Over ,673,750 copies of "Pickwick" have 'been.sold by Dickens'own publish­ ers since its first publication. The sales have Mery decidedly 'increased during the past few years. Saraii Grand, the novelist, married at the age of sixteen. For some time she lived with her husband in China, and afterward traveled all through Japan with no escort but her maid. ,• R. D. Blackmore made up his mind originally to storm fate as a poet, and not as a novelist. His first five books were all poems. Ills novel "Clara Vaughan" did not come out till he had been publishing for ten years. It was to SI. Auguste Vacquerie, who recently died' in Paris, that Victor Hugo banded not long before his death the following memorandum: 'T give h'rty thousand francs to the poor. 1 - wish to be carried to the cemetery in their hearse. I refuse the prayers of all churches; I ask tor a prayer from all souls." I believe in God." P. Frankfort Moore, the novelist, has • been try ing his'hand at a play. "Kitty Olive" is its title, and it is a dramatiza­ tion of a magazine story published not long ago by the author. Mr. Moore is a quick writer. His new book, "The Sale of a Soul," was written in eighty days. This young man was born in Ireland, and he is an accomplished journalist and something of a traveler. The Pope has granted the French au­ thor, Boyer d'Agen, permission to Write his biography, and for this purpose has given him access to the family archives of the Counts Pecci in Carpineto. M. d'Agen has found, among other things, a number of Interesting letters which the Pope wrote to one of his brothers while a student of the Collegium Ro- manum. He was then nineteen years old. Chambers' Journal, telling' of the earnings of those novelists who have been or who are to-day at the top, says:' "A man in vogue may command from £1.000 to £1,500 for a romance. Mr. Froude made more money than Alfred Tennyson, the estate of the noet having been valued at £57,000. Victor Hugo's 'personal estate in England was £92,- 000.' For 'Edwin Drood,' Chapman had agreed to pay Dickens £7,500 with a share in the profits. George Eliot was paid in cash down £40,000. No wonder Mr. Grant Allen turned his back, in 1SS5, 'on the fight against pov­ erty and scientific writing and took to periny-a-lining at vulgar stories.' But the prizes are not for the many* No one did better or more conscientious work that Mrr.T. A. Symonds, and -for the eleven year? of labor he put on 'The Renaissance in Italy' he received £50 a year. The English and the American reader of novels is a fickle personage and ever craves for the new." MUST CARE BETTER FOR LIVE j STOCK IN TRANSIT. . * Impressive CereUienies sit a Monu­ ment Unveiling at Louisville--Loss of a Superannuated Schooner and Cargo--^Youth fal Fir .'bug Confesses- WASHINGTON. MINNIE WII.TMA.M8. ANNIE WI 1.1,1 A MS. of Holmes, there is scarcely a doubt. That they died' hi 'Chicago in a violent manner has beer, proved almost conclu­ sively. Tile polipe found in a stove in a three-story brick building at 701 63d street, which was built by Holmes and in which both he aud the Williams girls lived, a quantity of charred bones, but­ tons known to have been on a dress owned by Minnie Williams; and the partly melt­ ed portion of a watch chain which was positively identified as having been the property of the girl. The contents of the stove were quickly dumped, and portions of bones too badly burned to admit of positive identification as belonging to any particular portion of the body were found. All of the ashes and debris removed from the stove was carefully preserved. The police are now of the opinion that not only Minnie Williams but her youiig- INDIAN WAR ON \\ j oaiing--Settlers Arm Themselves and Prepare to Fight. Ilie Indian war has broken out 111 earn­ est. The vague rumor that a white man and his wife and child had been killed in the Wyoming Salt River Valley, and that settlers in retaliation had killed six of the redskins is confirmed. The excitement among the settlers in Northwestern Wy­ oming over the threatened uprising of tho Bannock and Shoshone Indians is gr iwing more intense every day. They ar< leav­ ing their ranches in large numbers and gathering at favored points for mutual protection in case the irate Indians return to seek vengeance for the death of their brother braves. " The story of the killing of the three whites and six Indians is spreading alarm at rapid rate. The settlers are becoming thoroughly aroused, and if they are not soon protected by government troops they will take the field in protection of their own homes and lives, and they are well qualified by long experience in this coun­ try to do even more effective lighting than the regulars. The Indians realize tha': the cowboys are more dangerous than the troops. The reds know they can surren­ der to the soldiers and they will be in 110 further danger, but when the frontier volunteers go out to hunt Indians they fight as the Indians do themselves. They shoot to kill and kill all in sight. The trouble originated when thirty men set out from Jackson's Hole to arrest a band of Indians for violating the State game laws. In Hobaek canyon they dis­ covered an Indian camp and at daylight surprised the Indians and captured them all without a shot being fired. In this camp they found 135 green elk skins. Each Indian was started back for the Hole with a white man at his back with his rille across his 'arm ready for any emergency. The squaws were in the rear with the packs, and William Crawford in the rear of the squaws with the constables in charge. When nearly through an In­ dian let out a war whoop and every In­ dian. squaw and all, broke from the trail and attempted to escape. The posse im­ mediately opened lire, and in the laconic language of the report, "all the Indians were killed except one papoose." The posse immediately covered up all trace of their deadly work, shot the Indian horses and hastened back to Marysville, Jack- TIIE HOLMES BUILDING IN CHICAGO [The star shows Holmes' offlca.) When Girl Bachelors Travel. The joy of the latter-day girl of inde­ pendent type is her ability to travel alone or with companions of her own age and sex without an approach to an unpleasant adventure or an unfavora­ ble comment. Not a few girl bachelors of limited Incomes look forward to their annual jaunt to Europe with no less assurance and often greater pleas­ ure than their luxurious society iisters. By a little forethought and manage­ ment $150 may be made to pay all the expenses of a six weeks' vacation on fol-eign shores, including passage botb ways. Of course, traveling about cannot be- indulged in, but the girl tourist may go to one of the charming Scotch or Irish lakes, or, if she prefers, to Loudon or Paris, aud, whichever she chooses, be made thoroughly comfortable for her money. To begin with, she mist not expect to sail on one of the fashion­ able "liners" unless she goes second class, which is repellent to Jier senti­ ment, however desirable it may be oth­ erwise. But there is a line of freight transpor­ tation steamers which are prepared to- accommodate a few passengers and ex­ cellently prepared, too. The state­ rooms are much larger than on the reg­ ular big passenger steamships, and the' table is good enough for anybody. The- round trip ticket is only $70. This leaves $80 for the sojourn. - Nine dollars a week--so say those- who know by experieifce :-wiirp r o vitie- the girl traveler with excellent board- and lodgings in a thoroughly respecta­ ble neighborhood, and she will have- $20 margin for cab fares, laundry work, etc. Bloomers in the Ballroom. A tailor in New York has made up his mind thaT the knickerbockers so much in evidence during the summer months will appear next winter in the ballroom. The reluctance men have shown regarding the introduction of this style of evening dress he explains by saying that the average leader ot cotillons is not altogether happily con­ structed as to his underpinnings and. has refrained from giving his sanction to the change. But the use of knicker­ bockers in summer, especially for bicy-* cle riding and now for golf, has broken down the prejudice and a new regime will come in. Knickerbockers will af­ ford the greatest liberty of dr^^ng accordifts} to individual taste. T^J ^3. verity of the present trousers will "no. longer obtain. er sister, Anna, aiid the bov Howard Pit- zel met death in this house. Anna Will­ iams lias not been seen or heard of since Holmes left the O'kl street building. If she has fallen victim to Holmes' murder­ ous instincts she will be the sixth he has killed--I'ite'zel, his three children and the two Williams girls. Holmes pleaded guilty to conspiracy in defrauding the insurance companies out of about .$250,000, and was awaiting sen­ tence therefor when the bodies of the children were found and the suspicion that he murdered Pitezel was aroused. WESTERN I.EAGTTE. The following is the standin; clubs in the Western League: THE TORONTO COTTAGE Of course he disclaims.all knowledge of the manner of their death. Indianapolis . Kansas City. Milwaukee . . Detroit ..... St. Paul Minneapolis . Grand Rapids Terre Haute. EXPRESS IS HELD UP. Chicago Limited 011 the Lake Shore Boarded by Robbers. ,t Masked men boarded a west-bound Lake Shore and Michigan Southern ex­ press train at lleece Siding, Ind., at 12:35 Wednesday morning, forced open an ex­ press car and at the point of revolvers compelled the messenger to unlock the safe. It is known that at least $8,000 was taken. The train is a heavy one, made up of several express cars, baggage and mail cars, two coaches and three Pullmans. Reece Siding is a lonely spot in the woods, between Archbold and Stryker, about ten miles west of Wauseon. A blind sliding is used by this train nightly to allow the western express to pass. This usual stop is well known to those familiar with the locality. For a mile in each di-" rection the woods are dense close to the railroad right of. way. The noise of the coming westeYn ex­ press was ringing louder and louder when Conductor Darling, who stood by a coach, saw three masked men ride out of a road from the woods which led directly to an express car which crossed it. He was or­ dered inside the coach and at the same time three men, approaching the other side, joined their companions in demand­ ing admission to the express car. This was-gained at revolvers' points, and the express messenger, under threats of in­ stant death, was compelled to open the safe.--The entranee to the -express-ear was made quickly and 110 commotion was created in the other cars. The robbers seemed to know just how to handle the railroad men and to board the cars. Their evident familiarity with cars and the time the trains met give rise to suspicions that they are railroad men. Express and railroad ollicials at- To­ ledo were at once notified when the train reached Bryan. Superintendent Blodgett and Manager Caniff left at once on a spe­ cial train for the scene of the. robbery, notifying the police officials of all ad­ jacent towns to be on the lookout for the robbers; Officials express the opinion that, the robbery was committed by per-, sons .iii close touch with the road and its methods, or at least the express'company, for that night an unusually large sum of money was, express officials say, carried in the express safe. This admission gives rise to the "belief that a much larger sum than, $8,000 was carried off, - * SEAT OF T1IE INDIAN TlIoriJT.ES.