6
THE MORTGAGE PAID.
<Vr've done a lot of scrlmpln' ar.' a^llvln'
hand to mouth,
We've dread id too wet weather an' we've
worried over drought,
for the thing kept drawln' Int'rest, wheth
er crops were good or bad.
An', raii-in' much or little, seemed It swal
lowed all we had.
The "V •omen folk." were savin', and there
ain't a bit of doubt
llut that things they really needed lots of
times they done without.
So we're breathfn' somewhat easy, an'
we're feelin' less afraid
Of Providence's workin's, since we got
the mortgage paid.
I wit h I'd kept a record of the tilings that
mortgage ate,
In principal an' Int'rest, from beginnin'
down to date!—
A hundred dozen chickens, likely fowl with
yellow legs,
A thousand pounds of butter an' twelve
hundred dozen eggs.
Some four or five good wheat crops, an' at
least one crop of corn.
An' oats, an' ry<—it swallowed in its life
time, sure's you're born,
Besides the work an' worry, ere its appe
tite was stayed!
So we're feelin' more contented, since we
got the mortgage paid.
We've reached the point, I reckon, where
we've got a right to rest,
An' loaf around, an' visit, wear our go-to
meetin' best—
Negleetin' nothin' urgent, understand,
about the place,
llut simply slowln' down a bit, an' restin'
In the race!
In time I'll /jet the windmill I've been
wantin', 1 suppose;
The girls can have their organ, an' we'll
all wear better c.olhefc
for we've always puKid together, while
we saved an' scrimped an' prayed,
Ar." it seems there's more to work for
since we got the mortgage paid.
—Roy Farreli Greene, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
112 The Trouble
on the Torolito.
BY FRANCIS LYNDE,
CHAPTER XII.
FOR BETTER OR WOHSE.
Maepherson's foreboding that the
-strain and exposure of the trying
night would be too much for me was
as true as many another reluctant
prophecy. The following morning,
and for many mornings thereafter,
1 was unable to leave my room or my
lied beneath the low-pitched rafters;
and Mrs. Selter and Winifred came
and went and ministered to me.
Macpherson came, also, like the loyal
friend that he was, sitting with me
night after night, after the day's
bard work on the placer bar; and
when I was once more able to taklf
a passing interest in the things that
are, he told me what had befallen.
It came out by littles while Angus
watched with me in the intervals
when sleep would not- come for all
iny wooing.s. Wykamp had not been
fieriously injured in his narrow, es
cape; had ridden to his work
the following day, in fact, with his
head bandaged and a fierce frenzy of
determination driving him. The
force 011 the dam had been doubled;
a night shift had been put on, and,
as Angus talked, I could hear 1 lie
bum of the dynamo in the electric
plant set up to furnish the light for
the night gang. As a result of all this
Increased activity, the dam was Hear
ing completion, and the stock of the j
land company was no longer a drug i
in the market.
As for Macpherson, he had turned i
miner as he had promised to. His
-demand for water had been prompt
ly acceded to, and so far from prov
ing an obstructionist, the engineer
bad allowed his own workmen to
'build that portion of the miner's
flume which delivered the water at
the placer-workings. More than that,
he had re-established the settlers'l
ditch, and bad thereby quieted the
opposition of every farmer in the I
colony save one. That one was
Selter. In reopening the ditch which
served the homsteaders at Valley
Head, Wykamp had built a new flume
anil surveyed a new line, being con
strained thereto, lie explained, by the
location of the newly begun work
ings tin the placer bar. And, since
Setter's holding lay nearest the can
yon, it had been possible to run the
new ditch so that it served every
acre in the colony save those within
the Tennessean's fences.
It was Winifred who told me about
this, and naturally her sympathies
were with the farmer. "It seems such
o needless piece of injustice," she
sai«), in conclusion.
In all our talks I had been care
ful to ignore the very existence of
such a person as Wykamp; but at
this time I ventured to suggest that
the injustice to Selter might be a bit
of personal animosity.
She did not reply at once. There
was that in her face which bet rayed
the struggle between womanly reti
cence and an overmastering desire
to share her burdens with a sym
pathizing listener. In the end the
burden outweighed the conventions.
"1 have suspected thai, too," she
said. "That is the reason why I
have refused to teach an autumn
term. I must go away, Mr. Halcott."
I took this as a beginning of a
r.onfidence, and made it easy for her
by pretending not to understand.
"It is because I am here that Mr.
Setter is made to suffer," she ex
plained, "He was on ffood terms
wth the company until—until—"
"Spare yourself, Miss Winnie; I
know what you would say. But you
are quite mistaken. The quarrel be
tween Selter and the man who shall
he nameless between us does not
hinge upon your presence here."
Sh looked troubled. "May I ask you
to tell me what it does hinge upon?"
I hardly knew how to answer her.
It would be shameful to tell her
what was apparent to everyone else
Cmi acoUttiuciil} lUal aWU a 4
liisison with the engineer, (frown
more flagrant since my ineffectual
attempt to break it off, Macpherson
told me, was at the bottom of Set
ter's feud wth Wykamp. And yet it
was 110 time to fence witli dissimula
tion.
"Hav«*n'f you seen?" I asked.
"Jacob Selter is a plain man, and not
over-sernpulous, as we all know. Hut
he is a father.""
Her eyes went wide in deeper
trouble and the shock of it filled
them with quick tears.
"1 have been very blind," she said.
"It must be prevented. 1 will goto
Nan and tell her what she ought to
know."
"Pardon me; you must do nothing
of the kind. She would not believe
you, and—she knows already."
There was bewilderment in her
faltered rejoinder.
"I—l don't understand. How can
she know? Surely, he could not be
base enough to—to boast—"
1 cut in swiftly. "You very well
know he is base enough for any
thing. He gave her his own version
a long time ago, and knowing that
he had done so, 1 gave her the facts.
It was a blunder on my part, Miss
Winnie; well-meant, but a blunder,
nevertheless. She did not believe me;
and when she was finally convinced,
she used the information against
you ?"
"Against me? How could she do
that?"
It was not altogether the weak
ness of illness that set the perspira
tion thick on my forehead.
"May I speak as freely r.s your
brother might, Winifred?"
"I have given you the right," she
said; and her voice was low and tear
shaken.
"Then let me tell you what you
haven't suspected. You have come be
tween Nancy Selter and the man
whom she really loves. It was to him
that she went with the miserable
story of what an unjust world calls
your shame."
It crushed her as I feared it would.
For a long time she sat with her face
hidden in her hands, and her sobs
ws;re so many dagger-thrusts for me.
When she lifted her eyes to mine
there was the light of a new pur
pose in them.
"I must go away from here—at
once," she said. "I should have gone
at first. I would have gone, if I had
not been afraid—"
"I know. But you may trust An
gus. And it is for him that I must
plead, Winifred. He knows the worst,
now, and since he loves you the ver
dict of an uncharitable world is
nothing to him. Won't you give hiin
leave to speak to you, Winifred?"
She started with a little cry
of anguish.
"You speak of shame, and it is you
who tempt me!" she said, in sor
rowful reproach. "That would be
shame, indeed—shame and sin. You
say you know the facts. Are you
quite sure you know all of them?"
"Let me tell you what I know, and
you shall say if it be the truth. Two
years ago the nameless one hart a
business engagement which domi
ciled him in a village in New Hamp
shire. While there he met a young
girl, an orphan, whose father had
left her a modest competence. I
know not if it were for the sake of ;
! the money that he wooed and won j
lift-, and was willing to dare the con*
"I'VE GOT A WARRANT FOR YOU,
MAC."
sequences of a crime punishable by
law. But the tiling was dotje, and
the crime was scarcely committed
before another woman came with a
child in her arms to claim him as
her lawful husband. He fled, like the
coward that he was, and the young
girl's people connived at his escape
to bury the shame of it. And since,
the girl-wile who was no wife has
paid the penalty of a sin that was
not hers. That is what I learned
through a friend of mine in Massa
chusetts who has known the man
anil the evil heart of him from his
youth lip. Was my informant cor
rect, Winifred?"
She had heard me through with
out flinching-, and her eyes met mine
steadily.
"Not entirely correct," she said,
with a hardness in her voice which
I had never heard before, "Bitter as
it would be, 1 could almost wish he
were. 'Wooed and won', you said,
but that is hardly fair to—to tlie
young' woman. There were constrain
ingl circumstances; her guardian was
urgent—strangely urgent, it seemed
to her at the time."
"Why should lie have been?" I
queried. "SurVly, the most ordinary
inquiry would have shown the young'
man up in his true chtrader."
"There were reasons why the in
quiry was not made; why any past
of his, however despicable, would not
have weighed an ounce in the scale.
You said that the young woman's
father had left her a competence.
That is true; and it is also true that
hti Q —liiiii" - -'
CAMKRON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1902.
1 began dimly to the drift c?
it and supplied the leluctant word.
—"llatl stolen it. Goon."
"There was a chance for him to re
trieve, through a speculation to which
the other man, as the chief engineer
of the Improvement company, held
the key. He was willing to sell the
key—at a price and the price was
paid."
"I understand; the price was the
young woman, herself. Is that the
only inaccuracy in my friend's story?"
"No; there is another. You say
there was a mock marriage, and so
there was; but it was the first one.
The poor girl with the child in her
arms has that shame to bear."
"What!—then you are—"
"So far as a scarcely completed
ifiarriage ceremony can make me so.
I am Herbert Wykanip's lawful wife?"
She left me at that, and it was a
full week, and many things had hap
pened, before 1 could bring myself
to tell Macpherson. I did it at last,
and he heard me through patiently.
"That settles it,"he said, Soberly;
"and I'm too glad for her sake to be
sorry for my own. The thing is bit
ter enough without the shame; and,
somehow, Jack, I have a feeling that
my love could never have made that
up to her. They can drive me out
now, as soon as they get ready. I'll
go without a kick."
"She is going," I ventured.
"Is she? —but, of course, she would.
Then I must stay. There must be no
chance for the evil tongue to wag."
"I thought you would say that. Is
that Selter coming up?"
There was a heavy step on the
stair, and Macpherson listened.
"No, that isn't Jake," he said. "I
wonder who it is at this time of
night?"
We were not left long in doubt.
The door opened presently to admit
a man whom Angus knew and I did
not. He got up, greeted the incomer
with a hearty handshake, and intro
duced him.
"Shake hands with Dick Burt, Hal
cott. Dick's the man 1 was legging
for for sheriff when I wrote you to
come up to the Torolito. How are
things with you, Dick? Who are you
after up here?"
The big man with the bushinan
beard seemed singularly embarrassed.
"I'd rather be shot, Mac," lie
blurted out; "d —d if I wouldn't. But
I've got a warrant for you."
"For me? What have 1 been do
ing?" Macpherson sat down to laugh
the easier.
"Not a thing on God's green earth
to be ashamed of,l know, Mae; but
this enssed ingineer for the (ilenlivat
people comes to the front and swears
out a warrant against you for blow
ing up his coffer-dam. I've got to
take you, and I'd rather be shot, as 1
say."
Macpherson got upon his feet rath
er unsteadily. "That's the thanks I
get for saving his miserable life," he
said. Then he thrust out his hand:
"Good-by. Jack. I'll be out on bond
in a day or two, and when I get back
you'll hear something drop. Come
on, Burt; duty's duty. You don't
need to pack a gun when you come
after me."
CHAPTER Xlir.
TIIE FOUNTAINS OF THE DEEP,
j Maepherson's trial was set for the
! October term of court, and I was not
j without the hope of being able togo
to the fort in term time to appear
for him. The case was not as simple
us it seemed. Wykanip's evidence
would lie difficult to set aside; and
only those who knew Macpherson
would be able to escape the suspicion
which pointed naturally to the man
whom the land company's scheme
■ would dispossess. There were two or
three ways to clear Angus, but just
how to do it without implicating Sel
ter was a problem. As a last resort,
I determined to bring the Tennessee
an to book; and this determination
was clinched when Selter refused to
come to the rescue of his own mo
tion. 1 put it to him conditionally,
asking him if he would make a depo
sition and take his chances of escape
if it should become necessary to save
Mac from paying the penalty in his
stead.
"I reckon ye wouldn't hardly expect
a man to do that ther', would ye, Mr.
Halcott?" lie said, when I had laid
the matter before him. "Kz you say,
Mac's been a powerful good friend to
me, an' all that, but titer's limits,
ain't ther'?"
1 said yes, and did not urge him,
but 1 made out my case for Angus
with a ruthless alternative in reserve.
If I couldn't clear him without involv
ing Selter, the Tennesseean should
pay the price.
11l the meantime, matters went on
the even tenor of their way in the
valley. For a purpose of my own, a
purpose which detailed itself at some
length in a technical correspondence
with my legal partners in Denver, I
dissuaded Winifred from leaving the
valley; nay, more; I even succeeded
in convincing her that it was her duty
to take the Valley Head school for
the fall term. She did it; did it under
protest, I fancy; but that mattered
not so long as my end was subserved.
Not to make a mystery of it here, I
was determined to set her free, le
gally, and it was a strong point in
her case to have her resident within
rifleshot of her husband's camp and
ignored by him. There was but one
plea which could be set up and sus
tained against Wykamp. but the evi
dence of that was not lacking. Nan
no longer went about her work with
a laugh and a gibe for all comers.
She hid herself, as is the wont of
such stricken creatures.
Now that it is all over, T willingly
confess that 1 had serious doubts as
to my ability to persuade Winifred
to appear in court in her own behalf;
doubts which would have been con
victions had I known her half so well
as I thought 1 did. For her the in
ccjiip.ctc marriage was a bouil not
to be set aside by an}' decree of court,
and I oufj'ht to have known it from
the beginning. Bad as lie was Wy
kamp was still her husband, and I did
her an injustice by daring to hope
that his added sin would make her
forget it.
It was in the latter part of Septem
ber that the (ilenlivat dam was com
pleted, and the great canal with its
laterals was ready to receive the
water. The "turning on"was set for
the first day of October, and there
was to be some fitting celebration of
the event. A rude barrack for the
accommodation of the invited guests
had been built on the slope below the
engineer's camp, and there was to be
a stockholders' special train from
Denver, and a barbecue, and after
ward a brass band auction sale of
some of the choicer tracts of the
company's land.
[To Be Continued.]
OLD NEW ENGLAND TAVERNS.
(•utlirriiiKß In Them in Former Dnyi
llsul (irent Influence in
I'ublie Even In.
At the first meeting of the Bostonian
society for the season, George Leslie
Nichols read a paper on "Old Taverns,"
which, it appears, had an important ef
fect on the development of New Eng
land, says the Boston Transcript. In
ante-revolutionary days the tavern
was"the center of events and the cen
ter of alarm." John Adams writes
somewhere of putting up for a night
in a tavern at Shrewsbury, where the
political discussion of the farmers over
their pipes and bowls amazed him in
its penetration and comprehensive
ness. "American independence is close
at hand," was the great pat riot's con
clusion after pondering over tavern dis
courses.
In old tavern days rum, or "killdevil,"
as it was known at the time, was the
almost universal New Englftnd drink.
One old New Englander, however,
wrote from Philadelphia: "Whisky is
used here instead of rum, but I can't
see but it is just as good." An ancient
Massachusetts statute forbade the sell
ing of rum to drunkards, and an official
was in attendance at the tavern to de
termine when a man had drunk enough.
As early as 10i!2 two gallons were con
fiscated from a Boston tavern keeper
for a violation of this law, and sold by
the deacons for the benefit of the poor.
In the early colonial days the sale of
strong water was forbidden to the In
dians, but a later generation decided
"that it was not fitting to deprive the
Indians of any lawful comfort," and re
pealed the statute.
A RESTRICTED DIET.
Kveentrlt l Olil-Tlnie London I'hy-
Mlfian Who Did \ot Prp.Hcribe
lor lliiunelf.
A famous and eccentric physician
of London, who flourished 130 years
ago, was a stout advocate of a re
stricted diet. He held that one meal
it day was enough for anyone, and he
practiced what he preached. But that
meal! A chronicler of the time, re
lates the Boston Advertiser, said of it:
"For over 20 years Dr. Fordyce dined
daily at Dolly's chop-house, near
Paternoster row. At four o'clock he
entered and took his seat at a table
always reserved for him. A silver
tankard full of strong ale, a bottle of
port wine and a measure containing a
quarter of a pint of brandy were in
stantly placed before liiin.
"The moment the waiter announced
him the cook put a pound and a half
of rump steak on the gridiron, and on
the table some delicate trifle as a
bonne bouclie to serve until the steak
was ready. This morsel was some
times half a broiled chicken, some
times a plate of fish. When he had
eaten this the doctor took one glass
of brandy, and then proceeded to de
vour his steak.
"When he had finished his meat he
took the remainder of his brandy.
(Tie drank the ale during his dinner.)
He then took his bottle of port. He
thus spent daily an hour and a half,
and then returned to his house in Es
sex street to Rive his six o'clock lec
ture on chemistry. He made no other
meal until his return next daj- at four
o'clock to Dolly's."
!S T « lli lid rn nop,
Harold, aged 20, had just returned
from a trip to the mountains, having 1
been out of reach of the barbers for
a period of about six weeks.
He brought back with him, there
fore, a perceptible streak of down
across his upper lip.
"Well, Puss," he said, as his ten
year-old sister met him at the door.
"T suppose you won't kiss me this
time."
"Why not?" she asked.
"Because I've raised a mustache."
"Huh!" said Puss, putting up her
mouth, "when I want to kiss anybody
do you think a little thing like that
is going to stop me?"— Chicago Trib
une.
IlcftectlonN of n llsichclor.
The man who doesn't fail isn't al
ways a success by a long shot.
Any sensible woman would rather
win an argument than be rig-lit.
We win to try again and lose; we
lose to try again for the same thing.
The difference between men and
women who lie is that the women
don't mean to; the men do.
A slide down-hill seems ten times
as swift and fast when you are on
it as when the other fellow is.
When women are going to have a
club meeting to debate an important
question their first preparation for
it concerns the lunch and floral dec
orations.— N, Y. Press.
Make Kuril Oflirr Tlrc«l.
The man who talks without thinking
and the man who thinks without talk
ing are apt to make each other tired.
—Chicago Daily News.
SPEED AND STOP CHECK.
AN II»K;€*II lorn* Device Tlint Help*
O v<»rl>ll rilcntl Truck HOIMCN
JIIMI Tlieir OunerN,
An ingenious little device that is
proving' a boon to overburdened horses
and is bringing woe to many a careless,
dilatory or brutal driver is to be seen
nowadays on the delivery wagons of
many big mercantile houses, breweries
and truekingcompanies. Jn these days
of sharp competition and good wages
it is essential to the success of large
business enterprises that the greatest
possible service be obtained from inen
and horses alike, but wise employers,
who take pride in their handsome de
livery animals and pay tidy sums for
ANTI-CRUELTY DEVICE.
(Designed to Give Relief to Overburdened
Truck Horses.)
stanch horseflesh, find no economy in
overworking their draught animals.
But try as they would,the managers of
many businessconcernshaving 50 or 100
or more horses found it almost an im
possibility to place the responsibility
for abuses until the "speed and stop
check," or indicator, of which there are
several patterns, came into the market
to aid the work of the li'rgh society,
delivery superintendents and stable
bosses.
Now, if Fritz or Patrick stops at his
favorite saloon to play a game of
pinochle with his cronies and then com
pels his horses to make up the lost time
afterward, it is all indicated on the
"speed and stop check," modelled after
I the fashion of the cyclometer of bi
j cycle fame. The indie itor is about the
shape of an ordinary alarm clock, with
a face about five inches across and di
! vided by minute and hotlr lines. A
j clock hand moves continuously, but
I another dial is so arranged that it
J records only while the wagon moves,
stamping each quarter mile as it is
wheeled off. The indicator is attached
to a rear wheel, and if a driver stops
the time hand goes on, but the distance
marker does not. With the number of
miles traveled, the time consumed and
the stops all indicated, it is easy for
the employer to tell at a glance if his
horses have been overdriven and if the
driver lias been attending to duty
promptly.
MISS VIVIAN SARTORIS.
Gramlilitiiicliter of Gen. V. S. Grant
Hn» lJeelded to Hot ire from
the Soelnl World.
Miss Vivian Sartoris, of Washing
ton, I). the beautiful graHildaugh
-1 ter of Gen. U. S. Grant, has decided
i to retire completely from the social
\ world and devote herself to an ar
! tistie and musical career. .Miss Sar
j toris at present is in Paris, spending
12 hours a day in fitting herself for
j the examination to the Ecole des
j Beaux Arts. MisA Vivian is the elder
|of the two daughters of Algernon
! and Mrs. Sartoris, her mother being
j the only daughter of (ien. Grant,
j She was one of the most beautiful
j and attractive girls of Washington
I society, and rumors of her engage
m
MISS VIVIAN SARTORIS.
(Will Devote Her Life to Artistic and
Musical Pursuits.)
ment or marriage have been fre
quent.
In a recent letter to her mother
Miss Sartoris explains that she be
lieved herself in love with Mr. Bah
four, but as the time of the wedding
approached she discovered her unfit
ness to assume the responsibilities
of matrimony. Mrs. Sartoris tells
her friends she does not think her
elder daughter will ever marry.
None of her relatives is surprised
at the announcement of her absolute
withdrawal from society and devot
ing her brilliant talents to art and
music. A few of her friends believe
that she will essay an operatic ca
reer. but her entrance to this Kcole
des Beaux Arts would indicate that
her ambition is to become a painter
or sculptor.
M omnil with n llriKht Idea.
An Alton (111.) woman has started
a crusade against men who will not
work and support their families. She
wants an ordinance passed requiring
such men to be arrested and put at
work on the rock pile with wages.
The money she would turn over to
the families for their support.
A DEAL IN ISLANDS.
Uncle Sam Has Made a Very
(*00(1 Bargain.
thkdamsii westixijies
W ere at One Time Offered to Us
for $ 15,000,000.
PRICE IS NOW $5,000,000.
-»
Tlie Throe Inlands arc or Mm li Strat
egic Importune?, llolli Iroin a Mili
tary and Commercial Viewpoint- A
Senate Committee'* Keport.
Washington, Feb. B.—The recent
favorable report by the senate com
mittee on foreign relations of the
treaty for the cession of the islands
of the Danish West Indies was ac
companied by a written statement
made by that committee to the sen
ate. This report contains a diagram
showing the location of the three
islands and the positions relative to
Porto Uico and gives numerous in
teresting facts relative to the islands.
It shows that during the year 1900
the islands exported to the United
States sugar, molasses and distilled
spirits amounting to $568,945, and that
during the same period the exporta
tion from the United States amount
ed to $624,524.
The annexation of the islands was
sought by the United States years
ago and as far back as 1867 Denmark
declined to sell the islands for $5,000,-
000, but made a proposition to part
with them for $15,000,000. Secretary
Reward offered $7,500,000, which was
declined. He afterwards agreed to
pay that amount for the islands of
St. Thomas and St. John, but the
trade fell through because of compli
cations which arose. At that time
Denmark insisted that the consent of
the people of the islands should be
given before the sale should be con
summated, and when the vote was
taken there were only 2:! out of a
total of over 1,200 ballots against the.
cession. When the treaty was re
turned to the United States senate it
was tied up there for two years and
ultimately failed of ratification.
Continuing, the report says: These
islands, together with Porto Kico, are
of great importance in a strategic
way, whether the strategy be mili
tary or commercial. St. Thomas is
the natural point of call for all Euro
pean trade bound to the West Indies,
Central America, or northern South
America. These islands, together
with l'orto Kico, form the northeast
ern corner of the Caribbean sea and
are of great importance in connec
tion with the American isthmus,
where a canal will be constructed be
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific.
They are of first importance in con
nection with our relations to the
region of the Orinoco and the Ama
zon and with our control (if the
Windward Passage.
In view of the isthmian canal and
European settlements in South Amer
ica every additional acquisition by
the United States is of value. Porto
Kico is densely populated. Its roads
are poor. It has a long coast line
without ports for large vessels. It is
consequently very difficult of defense.
San Juan is the only harbor capable
of fortifications and this is only suit
able for vessels of light draft.
Explaining the provision in thv
treaty for continuing the pensions
to retired local functionaries it is
stated that the total amount re
quired annually for this purpose will
not exceed $2,000.
An t'lilfjiic Will,
Chicago, Feb. B.—ln the will of Mor
ris Keiman, filed in the probate court
here Friday, appears the following:
"To the Roston Investment Co., of
Boston, Mass., for the purpose of dis
tributing Robert C. Ingersoll's lec
tures among Christians in order to
civilize them, 1 give $1,000." The will
leaves to the Hebrew Benevolent as
sociation of New Orleans, a cotton
plantation of 1,760 acres in Yazoo
county. Miss., with the proviso that
the association bury the testator's
body on the plantation. The remain
der of the estate, which was valued
at $120,000, is left to the decedent's
family.
.Tinnier ami Suicide.
Great, Falls, Mont., Feb. B.—Frank
Fennel, a hostler in the employ of
Dr. F. <!• Adams, shot and killed
Annie Johnson, a domestic in the
same family, and then sent a bullet,
into his own brain, from the effects
of which he died a short time later.
The murderer fired five shots into his
victim's head. No cause is assigned
for the desperate deed, except that
Fennel and the woman had a quar
rel over some trifling affair.
Sewer Pipe I'lant Humeri.
Bed Wing, Minn., Feb. 8. —The T
Wing Sewer Pipe Co.'s plant was
stroyed by fire last night, entailii.
loss of from $75,000 to SIOO,OOO, w<
insurance of $50,000. The loss
id tides valuable machinery, pattei
and dies.
ICliflit Damage Suits.
New York, Feb. B. Eight actions
for damages, amounting in the ag
gregate to $185,000, for injuries re
ceived in the wreck in the New York
Central railroad tunnel in this city
on January 8 were commenced Fri
tlay in the supreme court at White
Plains.
I'rexirienl'* Soil I* Sick.
(Washington, Feb. B.—Mrs. Roose
velt, the wife of the president, left
Washington Friday afternoon for
liroton, 'Mass., where their sou, Theo
ilore, jr., is lying seriously ill of
pneumonia.