INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION..
CHAPTER XV.
_ ISO HEN Miss Hettaer
/__ «avjafe>itiwn ington left the
(C=^A\il>AW/f frenchman’s rooms
v vla&vW/rtWiH that afternoon, she
tottered like one
enfeebled by the
sudden oncoming of
age. Monsieur
Caussldlere was be
side her; it was his
hand which placed
her in her carriage,
his head which bowed politely as the
carriage moved away. But the lady
seemed neither to see nor hear. Her
face was deathly pale and her eyes
were fixed; she entered the carriage
mechanically, and mechanically lay
back among the moth-eaten cushions;
but she never came to herself until the
-carriage stopped before the door of An
nandale Castle. -
The approaching carriage wheels had
been heard by the inmates of the Cas
tle, so that when the vehicle stopped
there stood Sandie Sloane ready to as
sist his mistress to alight. With her us
ual erect carriage and firm tread, Miss
Hetherington stepped from the vehicle,
and walked up the stone steps to the
-Castle door, saying, as she passed the
old serving man:
“Sandie Sloane, come ben wl’ me!”
She walked on, Sandie following.
They walked into the great dining
room, and the door closed upon the
two.
What passed at that interview no one
knew; but half an hour later Sandie
came forth, returned to the kitchen,
and sat there crying like a heart broken
■child.
“Mysie,” said he to the housekeeper,
“Mysie, woman, I’m turned awa’—oot
on the world. God help me! The
mistress has shown me the door of An
nandale Castle.”
It was not till two days later that
Mr. Lorraine, happening to call at the
Castle, heard that Miss Hetherington
could not see him, for she had taken to
her bed and was seriously ill. He heard
also from Mysie, who seemed scared
.and wild, that her mistress had never
been herself since that night when San
die Sloane had been driven from his
situation. The clergyman, more
shocked and mystified, asked to be al
lowed to see the lady, but Mysie re
fused to, permit him to place his foot
J Inside- the door. After a little persua
sion, however, she consented to allow
him to remain on the threshold while
she arent'and inforifted her mistress of
call.
In a short time the woman returned,
and Mr. Lorraine was at once admitted
to the bedside of the mistress of the
uu uov.
Mr. Lorraine.began forthwith to ex
press his regrets at the lady’s illness,
but he was at once stopped.
“ ’Twasna’ o’ myself I wanted to
\s speak,” she said in her hard, cold tones;
“ ’twas o’ something tha't concerns you
far more—where Is Marjorie?”
. “Marjorie is at the manse,” returned
the clergyman, dreading what the next
question might be.
. “At the mansef and wherefore is she
no at school? She should have gone
back ere this.”
“Yes; she should have gone, but the
lassie was not herself, so I kept her
with me. She is troubled in her mind
at what you said about the French les
sons, Miss Hetherlngton, and she is
afraid she has annoyed you.’’
“And she would be sorry?"
“How could she fail to be? You hae
been her best friend.”
There was a great pause, which was
broken by Miss Hetherlngton.
“Mr. Lorraine,” said she, “I’ve aye
tried to give you good advice about
Marjorie. I kenned weel that twa sil
ly men like yersel’ and that fool Solo
mon Mucklebackit wanted a woman’s
sharp wit3 and keen eyes to help them
■train the lassie. I’ve watched her close
and I see what maybe ye dinna see.
Therefore I advise you again—send her
awa’ to Edinburgh for awhile—’twill be
for her gude.”
“To Edinburgh!”
"Ay; do you fear she’ll no obey?”
‘Not at all; when I tell her you wish
it she will go.”
Miss Hetherlngton sat bolt upright,
and stared round the room like a stag
at bay.
“I wish it!” she exclaimed. “I dinna
wish it—mind that, Mr. Lorraine. If
anybody daurs say I wish it, ye’ll tell
them ’tis a lee. You wish it; you’ll
aend her awa’; ’tis for the bairn’s
Mr. Lorraine began to be of opinion
that Miss Hetherington’s brain was af
fected; he could not account for her ec
centricity in any other way. Neverthe
less her whims had to be attended to;
•and as in this case they would cause no
great Inconvenience, he promised im
plicit obedience to her will.
“Yes, you are right, Miss Hethering
ton; ’twill do the child good, and she
shall go.” he said, as he rone to take
his leave.
• But the lady called him back.
“Mr. Lorrane," she said, “send Mar
jorie up to me to say good-bye;” and
L having again premised to obey her, Mr.
\ Lorraine retired.
’' - When he reached home he was rather
relieved to find that his foster child was
out; when she returned, he was busily
engaged with Solomon, and it was not
Indeed until after evening prayers that
the two found themselves alone. Then
Mr. Lorraine informed Marjorie that
she was to go to her sister’s house In
Edinburgh for a time. The young girl
was reluctant to leave her home, but
did not dream of disobeying any wish
of her foster-father.
By early the next afternoon all was
done, and as Marjorie was to start ear
ly on the morrow, she, In obedience to
Mr. Lorraine’s wish, put on her bonnet
and went up to the Castle to wish Miss
Hetherington good-bye.
She had heard from Mr. Lorraine
that the lady was indisposed, but he
had uot spoken of the malady as seri
ous, and she was therefore utterly un
prepared for what she saw.
She was admitted by Mysle, conduct
ed along the dreary passage, and led at
once toward Miss Hetherington’s bed
room.
“She’s waitin’ on ye," said Mysle;
“she’s been waitin’ on ye all day.”
Marjorie stepped into the room,
looked around, and theen shrank fear
fully back toward the door. Could this
be Miss Hetherington—this little shriv
eled old woman, with the dim eyes
and thin silvery hair? She glanced
keenly at Marjorie; then, seeing the
girl shrink away, she held forth her
hand and said:
“Come awa’ ben, Marjorie, my bair
nle; come ben.”
“You—you are not well, Miss Heth
erington,” said Marjorie. “I am so
sorry.”
She came forward and stretched forth
her hand. Miss Hetherington took It,
held it, and gazed up into the girl’s
face.
“I’m no just mysel’, Marjorie,” she
said, “but whiles the best of us come to
this pass. Did ye think I was immor
tal, Marjorie Annan, and that the pal
sied finger o’ death couldn’t be pointed
at me as weel as at another?”
“CM death?” said Marjorie, instinc
tively withdrawing her hand from the
old lady’s tremulous grasp. “Oh, Miss
Hetherington, you surely will not
die!”
“Wha can tell? Surely I shall- dlo
when my time comes, and wha will
there be to shed a tear?”
For a time there was silence; then
Miss Hetherington spoke:
“What more have you got to say to
me, Marjorie Annan?”
The girl started as if from a dream,
and rose hurriedly from her seat.
“Nothing more,” she said. "Mr. Lor
raine thought I had better come and
wish you good-bye. I am going away.”
"Mr. Lorraine!—you didna wish it
versel’?”
"Yes, I—I wished it-”
“Aweel, good-bye!”
She held forth her trembling hands
again, and Marjorie placed her warm
fingers between them.
“Good-bye, Miss Hetheringlon.”
She withdrew her hand and turned
away, feeling that the gcod-bye had
been spoken, and that her presence was
no longer desired by the proud mistress
of Annandale. She had got half way
to the door when her steps were arrest
ed—a voice called her back.
“Marjorie! Marjorie Annan!”
She turned, started, then running
back, fell on her knees beside Miss
Hetherington’s chair. For the first
time in her life Marjorie saw her cry
ing.
“Dear Miss Hetherlngton, what is
it?” she said.
“ ’Tis the old tale, the old tale,” re
plied the lady, drying her eyes. “Won’t
you kiss me, Marjorie, and say only
once that you’re sorry to leave me sick
ening here?”
"I am very sorry,” said Marjorie;
then she timidly bent forward and
touched the lady’s cheek with her
lips.
Curiously enough, after having soli
cited the embrace, Miss Hetherington
shrank away.
“Cold and loveless,” slip murmured.
“But, Marjorie, my bairn, I’m no blam
ing ye for the sins of your forefathers.
Good-bye, lassie, good-bye.”
This time Marjorie did leave the room
and the Castle, feeling thoroughly mys
tified as to what it could all mean.
CHAPTER XVI.
N the outskirts of
the town of Leith,
and on the direct
road of communi
cation between
Leith and Edin
burgh, stood the
plain abode of the
Rev. Mungo Men
teith, minister of
the Free Kirk of
Scotland.
The Reverend Mr. Menteith had es
poused .late in life the only sister of
Mr. Lorraine, a little, timid, clinging
woman, with fair hair and light blue
eyes, who was as wax in the bony
hands of her pious husband.
At the house of the pair one morning
in early summer arrived Marjorie An
nan, escorted thither in a hired fly from
Edinburgh by the minister. It was by
no means her first visit, and the wel
come she received, if a little melancho
ly, was not altogether devoid of sym
pathy. Her aunt was an affectionate
creature, though weak and supersti
tious; and Mr. Mentieth, like many of
his class, was by no means as hard as
the doctrines he upheld. They had no
children of their own, and the coming
of one so pretty and so close of kin was
like a gleam of sunshine.
A week passed away, with one super
naturaly dreary Sabbath, spent In what
may be called, figuratively, wailing and
gnashing of teeth.
At last there came a day of terrific
dissipation, when what is known by
profane Scotchmen as a “tea and cook
ie shine’’ was given by one of the eld
ers of the kirk.
Early in the evening Mr. Mentelth
was called away, and when the meeting
broke up about nine o’clock Marjorie
and her aunt had to walk home alone.
It was a fine moonlight night, and as
the}* left the elder’s house and lingered
on the doorstep Marjorie saw standing
in the street a figure which she
seemed to know.
She started and looked again, and the
figure returned her look. In a moment
to her utter amazement, she recognized
Caussidiere.
Startled and afraid, not knowing
what to say or do, she descended the
steps to her aunt’s side.
As she did so the figure disappeared.
She walked up the street, trembling
and wondering, while Mrs. Mentelth
talked with feeble rapture of the feast
they had left and itB accompanying “ed
ification.”
Marjorie made some wandering re
ply, for she heard footsteps behind
her. Glancing over her shoulder, she
saw the figure she had previously no
ticed following at a few yards’ dis
tance.
She would have paused and waited,
but she dreaded the observation of her
companion. So she simply walked
faster, hurrying her aunt along.
They passed from the street, and still
she heard the feet following behind
her. At last, they reached the gate of
the 'minister’s house.
Here Marjorie lingered, and watching
down the road saw the figure pause and
wait.
Mrs. Menteith pushed open the gate,
hastened across the garden, and
knocked at the door. In a moment the
figure came up rapidly.
“Hush, mademoiselle!” said a fami
liar voice in French and simultaneously
she felt a piece of paper pressed into
her hand. She grasped it involuntarily
and before she could utter a word the
figure flitted away.
Meantime the house door had opened.
"Marjorie!” cried Mrs. Menteith from
the threshold.
Marjorie hastened in.
“What kept ye at the gate, and who
was yon that passed?”
"A man—a gentleman.”
"Did he speak to you?”
Without reply, Marjorie passed in.
As soon as possible she hastened up
to her own room, locked the door, and
there with trembling fingers unfolded
the paper and read as follows:
“I have something important to say
to you. Meet me tomorrow at noon on
the Edinburgh road. Pray tell no one
that you have received this, or that I
am here. "Leon Caussidiere.”
Majorie sat down trembling with the
paper in her lap. Her first impulse
was to Inform her aunt of what had
taken place. A little reflection, how
ever, convinced her that this would be
undesirable.
After all, she thought, she had no
right to assume that Caussidlere’s mes
sage had not a perfectly innocent sig
nificance. Perhaps he had brought her
news from home.
It was not an easy task for Marjorie
to keep her appointment on the fol
lowing day; indeed, everything seemed
to conspire to keep her at home. To
begin with, the family were much later
than usual; then it seemed to Marjorie
that the prayers were unusually long;
then Mr. Menteith had various little
things for her to do; so that the
hands of the clock wandered toward
twelve before she was able to quit the
house.
At last she wa3 free, and with palpi
tating heart and trembling hands was
speeding along the road to meet the
Frenchman.
(TO BE CONTINUED.) .
How Ostriches Ran.
Considerable misconception prevails
as to the manner in which the ostrich
runs. It seems to be still generally
held that when running it spreads out
its wings, and aided by them 3kims
lightly over the ground. This is not
correct. When a bird really settles it
self to run it holds its head lower
than usual and a little forward, with a
deep loop in the neck. The neck vi
brates sinuously, but the head remains
steady, thus enabling the bird, even at
lop speed to look around with unshak
en glance in any direction. The wings
lie along the sides about on a level
with or a little higher than the back,
and are held loosely, just free of the
plunging “thigh.” There Is no attempt
to hold them extended or to derive any
assistance from them as organs of
flight. When an ostrich, after a hard
run, is very tired its wings sometimes
droop; this is due to exhaustion. They
are never, by a running bird exerting
itself to the utmost, held out away
from the sides to lighten its weight or
increase its pace. But the wings appear
to be of great service in turning, en
abling the bird to double abruptly even
when going at top speed.—From the
Zoologist.
A Matter of Colon.
“Sister Millie wants to know if you
won’t let us take your big awning?
She's going to give a porch party to
morrow night and wants to have it on
the piazzer.”
“Wants my awning?”
“Yep. She would have borrowed the
Joneses’, but theirs Is blue, you know,
and Millie's hair is red.”—Cleveland
Plain-Dealer.
"There’s not another bit of firewood
on board,” roared the steamboat en
gineer. “What's the mhtter with the
log?” inquired the landlubber.—Phil*
adelphia North American.
BY REGISTERED MATE.
REASONS WHY BANKS PREFER
TO REMIT BY EXPRESS.
Result of the Government Declining to j
Ship at Contract Rate*—The Delay In i
Reimbursement In Case of Lou In the
Foetofflce—Technicalities of the Insu
rance Companies.
A novel feature In the shipments of
currency to Interior points, and par
ticularly to the South and West, by
local banks this fall la the great ex
tent to which the registered mall ser
vice is being used for that purpcss,
Instead of the money being shipped by
express, as was formerly the general
custom. The reason for this is the
Inability of the banks to secure this
year,' through the sub-treasury, the
benefit of the government contract
rates for the exprcssage. As a result
of that the banks have had to pay
what are known as bankers' rates to
the express companies, which are two
or three times as great as the govern
ment contract rates, or ship their
money by registered mall.
The course of the treasury In respect
to this matter has been explained
from time to time in the Evening Pest,
so far as any explanations could be ob
tained. Heretofore the treasury glad
ly gave to the banks the privilege of
shipping currency at the government
contract rates, or rather, shipped the
currency for the banks at the govern
ment rates In return for gold deposits.
A clause, however, was Inserted In the
contract with the express company
when It was last made, by which such
privileges should only be afforded to
the banks when the treasury needed
gold. The discretion In the matter ap
parently rests with tho Secretary of
the Treasury, and he has seemingly
decided that the treasury does not
want gold now. Consequently the
banks cannot have the benefit of the
government, contract rates for ex
pressage, although bankers generally
seem to think It would be better for
the treasury always to take gold when
it can without loss. The treasury
ruling, however, has not helped the
express company very much, because
nearly all the country banks to whom
money Is remitted, and who have to
pay the cost of transmission, direct
their New York correspondents to
shtp the money by registered mail, and
insure its safe delivery In one or other
of the Companies which make a spe
cialty of that business.
The cost of postage and Insurance
is much less than the usual express
charges at what are known as bank
ers’ rates. Few New York bankers,
however, would remit money in that
way, unless they were directed to do
so by their correspondents. They
would rather ship it by express, even
though It cost more to do so, because
they consider It the safer way.
If money is lost by an express com
pany during transmission, the loss Is
promptly made good, whereas, bank
ers say, it takes a long time, and Is a
troublesome task, to recover the
amount when the money Is lost In the
mails. The government Is not re
sponsible; It only promises to take
greater care of a registered package,
for which the registration fee of eight
cents Is charged; it cannot or does
not guarantee Its delivery or reim- ;
bursement in case of loss. The cash
ier of a large national bank which
ships many thousands of dollars
every aay 10 na correspondents all
over the United States, in speaking; of
this matter today, said:
"The conservative banker still pre
fers to send money by the well-known
express companies, hut, to save ex
penses, since the government refuses
to remit for the banks any longer at
government contract rates, the coun
try -banks are apparently willing to
take the risk of transmission by reg
istered mail, with the guarantee of an
Insurance company's policy for its safe
delivery. Notwithstanding, however,
the registration and insurance, the
risks of sending large sums of money
by mail are very great. A package of
currency which is forwarded by the
registered mail department of the pos
tal service has no distinctive mark in
dicating its value; a pencil receipt is
given for it just the same as for an
ordinary letter or package of mer
chandise. The package of money is
thrown in with packages of merchan
dise of all sorts, and no more care is
taken of it than is taken with a 1-ox
of shoes or a package of gloves. The
registry clerk’s receipt is not a docu
ment that is as well known or as rat—
isfactory as the receipt of the receiv
ing clerk of an express company, and
in case of the loss of the package, the
delay In the recovery of the money is
interminable.
“For instance, a few years ago a
Southern bank ordered from Its New
lork correspondent $20,000 in curren
cy, the money to be sent by registered
mail. The package was put, or sup
posed to have been put, in a certain
through pouch, but when the pouch
was opened in the Southern postoffice
in the presence of the president of the
hank, who was anxious about the ar
rival of the money, the package was
not there. Investigation bv the post
office authorities failed to discover its
whereabouts, and the insurance com
pany which had issued a policy guar
anteeing its safe delivery was no more
successful, and it was a long time be
fore the bank was reimbursed for the
loss. The inconvenience caused to
banks by the non-receipt of money on
time could not be estimated. In some
cases, as in times of panic, for In
stance, the delay might be fraught
with very serious consequences. A
year or so after the loss of the money
referred to, other missing articles were
traced to a certain dishonest postal
employe, and the secret of the missing
money package was then solved by his
confession.
On the other hand, the exprrs3
companies locate missing packages of
money or make good the loss prompt
ly, without technicalities or delays
They are responsible, and banks run
no risk in shipping by them. Their
employees are chosen solely on th»
ground of ability and trustworthiness
and they are therefore more likely to
be accurate and prompt than postal
employes, who owe their places more
or less to politics, notwithstanding
the civil service examination. WMla
it is true that by Insuring money sent
i ....
by registered mall there la some guar
antee against loss by non-delivery, It
Is equally true that there Is consid
erable risk of loss if the insurance
company stands on technicalities.
The slightest informality in the ob
servance of the terms of an open pol
icy issued by the Insurance company
renders the policy invalid, and would
In the case of a missing package cause
the loss to fall on the consignor. The
technicalities to be observed by a re
mitting bank In sending money by
registered mall when the delivery of
the money is Insured by one of' the
local Insurance companies are very
great compared with the simple but
safe methods of express companies,
and unless some new regulations are
made by the postal authorities for
sending money by registered mail,
conservative New York banks wlM cer
tainly prefer-to ship by express."
!N EARLY ILLINOIS,
The Impenetluble Ulindneu or On* Wht
Will Not See.
The character of the old- Illinois
courts la which Abraham Lincoln
practiced, was yory primitive, (says
a writer in the Century.) In ono
case a livery .stable horse had died
soon after being returned, and the
person who had hired it was sued for j
damages Tee question turned largely
upon the reputation of the defeadaut
as a hard rider. A witness was
called—a long, lank Westerner.
••How does Mr. So-and-So usually
rido?” asked the lawyer. Without a
gleam of intelligence the witness
replied: "A-straddle, 8ir.” ■ ••Np
no.’’said the lawyer; d mean, does
he usually walk or trot or gallop?"
••Wal," said the witness, apparently
searching in the depths of his memory
for /acta ••when he rides a walkin'
horse, he walks when he rides a
trottin' borso. he trots, and when he
rides a gallopin' horse, he gallopa
when-” The lawyer was angry.
••I want to know what gall the
defendant usually takes, fast or slow."
••WaL”saUl the witnesa "when his
company rldos fast he rides fast and
when his company rides slow, he rides
•low." “I want to know, sir.” the
lawyer said, very muoh exasperated,
and very stern now, ‘how Mr. So-and
£o rides when ho is alone." ■•Well.”
■aid the witnosa more- alowly and
meditatively than ever, "when he
was alone, 1 wa’n’t along and 1 don't
know.” The laugh at the questioner
onded the cross-examination.
Wh«t Her Aunt could Do,
A four-year-old misa who is at
present visiting an aunt on Staten
Island, has been as good as spoiled by
her parents at least that is the
opinion of her :-elatives.
Ever since she began to breathe in
the salt air of the lower bay she has
seemed incorrigible. Mischief of
every kind and degree has been laid
at ber door and all sorts of punish
ment threatened, without apparently
changing her course.
The culmination was reached the
other evening with some piece of
daring effrontery, and when the little
one had been put to bed. Aunt Mary
started iu to have a long talk ovor her
misdeeds beginning something like
this:
••Don’t you feel how naughty Kate
has been to-day? It makes ua all
very sorry. I don’t know what I'd
better do"—
"1 guess you'd better let me go to
sleep" came from beneath the bed
clothes and Aunt Mary has not been
able to look the child in the face
without laughing yot.—Now York
Advertiser.
Not a Compliment*
Senator Palmer tolls this story on
himself: "Whllo I was exercising
some military authority in Kentucky
during the lute war. 1 received a let
ter from a distinguished jurist He
was tv former chief-justice or the slate.
He wrote mo to inquire us to his
rights under certain circumstances.
1 replied that I could not venture to
state the law o' the case to a jurist of
so much distinction. Ho answered
mo by saying that if it were a question
of the divine law. or of natural law,
or of statute law. or of municipal law,
he never would think of consulting
me: but that as martial law was the
will of the general commanding it
seemed proper to ask me. i realized
the force of the rebuke. The judge
did not by any means intend to pay
me a compliment.”—Argonaut.
Too Sm irt lor liiolley.
“Girls know too much now-a-days."
“What makes you say that?"
“You remember when I asked Miss
Brown to copy me some verses? In
reality I only wanted her handwriting
to read her character by."
••Well?"
••Well hero are the verses but
she's copied them on the typewriter."
—Brooklyn Life.
Acc-ordluic to Theosophy.
According to the “Secrot Doctrine"'
we are now living in the Kali Yugtk
the last of the four ngca, and it began
nearly o. 000 years ago with the death
of Krishna, B. C. 3102. The first
minor cycle of the Kali Yuga will end
-in the years 1897-98.
Logical IteusonlUiC.
••Wat ah is a good thing.* re
marked Colonel Bludd of Kentucky.
••Wall maybo to, ” replied conserv
ative Major ltowie.
■■It is truly, eah." continued the
colonel. ••Kain makes cawn. tab, an1
cawn makes whisky.”—Life.
Well freserve<!.
Cleverlon— "You wouldn't think I
had hud that dress suit eight years,
would you?”
L'ashaway ‘Oh. I don’t know,
old man. You don’t have occasion to.
wear It very often.”
(ioo-l Investment*
Boggs — That watch has been a
mighty good investment.
Foggs—How sa'^
Boggs—I noxer let anyone have It
: yet who didn’t get twelve per cent a
! month out of it.—How York Herald.
BARTLEY CASE AGAIN"
STATE READY" FOR A
HEARING.
SPEEDY
The Attorney General Taftee Step* to Se
cure .too .her Hearing In Action to Uc
Drought Against Dnndainen of the So*
State Treats ret—May Be- Delay In tho
Trial.
State Ready fbr Trial.
The suit against the1 Bondsmen of
sx-State Treasurer Bartley, which was
instituted by the state to recover
Bartley’s half-million dollar defalca
tion and a trial of which was dismiss- * "
ed by the state a couple of weeks ago,
says the Omaha Bee, will be put on
trial again the latter part of this
month if Attorney General Smyth
can bring It about.
Thursday the attorney general filed
with the clerk of the district court a
motion to advance the case for trial
on November 29. In the usual pro
cedure, the case being dismissed by
the state, it would have been put at
the bottom of the calendar, and, if it
was not reached before the end of
term, it would be put over until next
term. As the docket is full it would |
have probably met this fate, but At
torney General "Smyth maintains that
upon his demand a state case can at
any time be advanced over other civil
actions. He takes this view and cites
Section 1,113 of the code of civil pro
cedure in the 1897 state statutes,
which reads partially as follows:
“Civil actions to which the state is
a party shall, on motion of the coun
sel on behalf of the state, have pri
ority of trial over other civil actions.
The attorney general will maintain.
his right to ask for an advancement
of the case on the grounds thus furn
ished, but there is no doubt that the
bondsmen will make a vigorous fight
against it. They will urge that they
have not had a sufficient time in.
which to prepare a defense. As a mat
ter of fact, they have been given n J
leeway of but five days, the attorney ^
general having determined to press,
the case hard.
Attorney General Smyth filed his
new petition In the case immediately
after the last trial was dismissed by
him. The defense had the legal time
of thirty days in which to file an
answer. Their time expires on No
vember 23, five days before the tlmo
the attorney general asks to have tho
trial set. There is no doubt that the
bondsmen will call for a reply from
the state, and they will therefore want
time in which to consider this reply.
Since the present term of the district
court ends the latter part of Decem
ber, it is said that it is somewhat
questionable whether the trial will1
occur this term. The ease is on Jndgo
Dickinson’s docket this time.
The new petition which Attorney
General Smyth filed is the same as
the amended petition he offered to •
file in the last trial and then with
drew. This sets up but one additional
allegation to those in the original pe
tition. This offers the fact that the
bondsmen signed waivers after Jan
uary 3, 1896, allowing Bartley to se
cure additional signatures to the -
bond after it had been refused by
Governor Holcomb. By this the state
will endeavor to break down the con
tention of the bondsmen that they are
not liable, since the bond was not
legal because it was not approved by
Governor Holcomb on the first day
of Bartley’s term, January 3, 1898; as
provided by the statutes. It was on
this point that the attorney general:
was forced to dismiss the case, the
court holding with the bondsmen.
Since the waivers are signed after
January 5. 1896, it Is said that they
indicate the bondsmen knew then the
bond had not been legally signed and"
that the bondsmen thereby waived
the illegality.
Jndffe tnlllTU’i Saeeciaor.
There Is already much speculation-. *
Indulged in here, eaye a Columbus dla*
pntch, ne to who will probably suc
ceed Judge Sullivan in this districts
Fremont has a couple of possible can
didates, but inasmuch as that is the
home of Hon. William Marshall, one
of the Judges of the Sixth Judicial'dis
trict. it is thought the vacancy wilt
be filled from this city. It la also be
lieved that Governor Holcomb will
appoint a democrat In view or the
fact that Hon. J: J. Sussivan, the re
tiring Judge, is and alwavs has been
a democrat. Among those promi
nently spoken of here is Judge W. N.
Hensley. Mr. Hensley has been a
resident of this county for the past
twenty years, is a member of the
Platte county bar, was the democratic
candidate for congress in this (the
Third) district three years ago against
George D. Mciklejohn. He was post
master four years under Cleveland’s
first administration and was connty
Judge of Platte county two terms.
Doctor Mar Ho Pmselit.
The State Board of Pharmacy held
a meeting at Lincoln and heard the
case of Dr. McCoy of Benson, who
sets forth that the board of examiners
refused to permit him to- take the
requisite examination for a phar
macist’s certificate and asks that the
state board reverse this decision. The
examination was refused' bemuse Dr.
McCoy, who is a practicing physician,
had not worked' under a pharmacist
three years, as required by law. Owing
to the inconvenience In having pre
scriptions compounded in so small ^
plaoe as Benson, Dr. MeOoy kept hiv
own drugs and filled his own prescript*
tiona for mere than the required
three years, and on these grounds the
board- ordered that he be allowed to*
take the examination.
Tb* Korn Karnlv*!.
Beatrice dispatch; Today’s nsonst
«r Korn Karnival was an unqualified
success. The event was one on' which
Beatrice people had expended' hun
dreds of dollars and tonight every one
is saying it is worth many times
what it cost. Although once post
poned and being the first attempt,
visitors declare it to have been fully
equal in magnificence and magnitude
to anything ever gives in the west.
The weather wus perfect and people • f;
poured into the city from UM tQUS* -
try bv the hundreds.
