The Diamond Bracelet
By MRS. HENRY WOOD.
Author of Eut Lynne, Etc.
CHAPTER VII — Continued.)
“Madam,” said the officer “you must
be aware that in an investigation of
this nature, we are compelled to put
questions which we do not expect to
be answered in the affirmative. Colonel
Hope will understand what I mean
when I say that we call them 'feelers.’
I did not expect to hear that Miss
Seaton had been on familiar terms
with your servants (though it might
have been), but that question, being
disposed of, will lead me to another.
I suspect that some one did enter the
room and make free with the bracelet,
and that Miss Seaton must have been
cognizant of it. If a common thief, or
an absolute stranger, she would have
been the first to give the alarm; if
not on too familiar terms with the
servants she would be as little likely
to screen them. So we come to the
question—who could it have been?”
“May I inquire why you suspect Miss
Seaton?” coldly demanded Lady Sarah.
“Entirely from her manner; from
the agitation she displays.”
"Most young ladies, particularly in
our class of life, would betray agita
tion at being brought face to face with
a police officer,” urged Lady Sarah.
“My lady,” he returned, ‘‘we are
keen, experienced men; and we should
not be fit for the office we hold if we
were not. We generally do find lady
witnesses betray uneasiness, when first
exposed to our questions, but in a very
short time, often in a few moments,
it wears off, and they grow gradually
easy. It was not so with Miss Seaton.
Her agitation excessive at first, in
creased visibly, and it ended as you
saw. I did not think it agitation of
guilt, but I did think it that of con
scious fear. And look at the related
facta; that she laid the bracelets there,
never left them, no one came in, and
yet the most valuable one vanished.
We have many extraordinary tale3
brought before us, but not quite so
extraordinary as that.”
CHAPTER VIII.
The Colonel nodded approbation:
Lady Sarah began to feel uncomforta
ble.
“I should like to know whether any
one called whilst you were at dinner,”
mused the officer. “Can I see the man
who attends to the hall door?”
“Thomas attends to that,” said the
Colonel, ringing the bell. “There is a
side door, but that is only for the ser
vants and tradespeople.”
“I heard Th .mas say that Sir George
Danvers called while you were at din
ner," observed Lady Sarah. “No one
else. And Sir George did not go up
stairs.”
The detective smiled.
“If he had, my lady, it would have
made the case no clearer.”
“No,” laughed I>ady Sarah, "poor
old Sir George would be puzzled what
to do with a diamond bracelet.”
“Will you tell me,” said the officer,
wheeling sharply around upon Thomas
when he entered, “who it was that
called here yesterday evening while
vour master was at dinner? I do not
mean Sir George Danvers; the other
one.”
Thomas visibly hesitated; and that
was sufficient for the lynx-eyed officer.
“Nobody called but Sir George, sir,”
he presently said.
The detective stood before the man
staring him full in the face with a look
■of amusement.
“Think again, my man,” quoth he.
“Take your time. There was some ono
else.”
The Colonel fell into an explosion:
reproaching the unfortunate Thomas
with having eaten his bread for five
years, to turn around upon the house
and its master at last, and act the
part of a deceitful, conniving wretch,
and let in that swindler
“He’s not a swindler, sir,” inter
rupted Thomas.
“Oh, no, not a swindler,” roared the
Colonel, “he only steals diamond
bracelets.”
cnu mure man i sr,eai em, sir,
again spoke Thomas. “He's not capa
ble, sir. It was Mr. Gerard.”
The Colonel was struck speechless;
his rage vanished and down he sat in
a chair, staring at Thomas. Lady
Sarah colored with surprise.
“Now. my man,” cried the officer,
why could you not have said it was
Mr. Gerard?”
“Because Mr. Gerard asked me not
to say he had been, sir; he is not
friendly here just now, and I promised
him I would not. And I’m sorry to
have had to break my word.”
“Who is Mr. Gerard, pray?”
“He is my nephew.” interposed the
checkmated Colonel. “Gerard Hope.”
"But as Thomas says, he is no
swindler,” remarked Lady Sarah; “he
is no thief. You may go, Thomas.”
“No. 6ir,” stormed the Colonel,
"fetch Miss Seaton here first. I'll
come to the bottom of this. If he has
done it I^ady Sarah, I will bring him
to trial, though he is Gerard Hope.”
Alice came back leaning on the
arm of Lady Frances Chenevix; the
latter having been dying with curios
ity to come in betore.
“So the mystery is out. ma’am.” be
gan the Colonel to Miss Seaton; “it
appears this gentleman was right and
that somebody did come in; and that
somebody the rebellious Mr. Gerard
Hope.”
Alice was prepared for this, for
Thomas had told her Mr. Gerard's visit
was known; and she was not so agi
tated as before. It was the fear of its
being found out, the having to conceal
it, which had troubled her.
"It is not possible that Gerard can
have taken the bracelet," uttered Lady
Sarah.
“No, it is not possible,” replied Al
ice. "And that is why I was unwilling
to mention his having come up.”
“What did he come for?” thun
dered the Colonel.
“It was not an intentional visit. I
believe he only followed the impulse
of the moment. He saw me at the
front window, and Thomas, it appears
was at the door, and he ran up.”
“I think you might have said so,
Alice,” observed Lady Sarah, in a stiff
tone.
“Knowing he had been forbidden the
house, I did not wish to bring him un
der the Colonel’s displeasure,” was all
the excuse Alice could offer. “It was
not my place to inform against him.”
“I presume he approached suffi
ciently near the bracelets to touch
them, had he wished?” observed the
officer, who, of course, had now made
up his mind upon the business—and
upon the thief.
“Ye—s,” returned Alice, wishing she
could have said no.
“Did you notice the bracelet there
after he was gone?”
“I cannot say I did. I followed
him from the room when he left, and
then I went into the front room, so
that I had no opportunity of observ
ing.”
“The doubt is solved,” was the
mental comment of the detective offi
cer.
The Colonel, hot and hasty, sent
several servants various ways in
search of Gerard Hope, and he was
speedily found and brought. A tall
and powerful young man, very good
looking.
“Take him into custody, officer!”
was the Colonel’s impetuous command.
“Hands off, Mr. Officer—if you are
an officer!” cried Gerard, in the first
shock of surprise, as he glanced at
the gentlemanly appearance of the
other, who wore plain clothes, “you
shall not touch me unless you can
show legal authority. This is a shame
ful trick. Colonel—excuse me—but as
I owe nothing to you, I do not see that
you have any such power over me."
The group would have made a fine
study; especially Gerard; his head
thrown back in defiance, and looking
angrily at everybody.
“Did you hear me?” cried the Col
onel.
“I must do my duty,” said the police
officer, approaching Gerard; “and for
authority—you need not suppose I
should act, if without it.”
“Allow me to understand, first,” re
marked Gerard, haughtily, eluding the
officer. “What is it for? What is the
sum total?”
“Two hundred and fifty pounds!”
growled the colonel. “But if you are
thinking to compromise it in that way,
young sir, you will find yourself mis
taken.”
“Oh, no fear,” retorted Gerard. “I
have not two hundred and fifty pence.
Let me see; it must be Dobbs. A hun
dred and sixty—how on earth do they
slide the express up? I did it, sir, to
oblige a friend.”
“The duece you did!” exchoed the
colonel, v/ho but little understood the
speech, except the last sentence. “If
ever I saw such a cool villain in all my
experience!”
“He was awful hard up,” went on
Gerard, “as bad as I am now, and I dia
it. I don’t deny having done such
things on my own account, but from
this particular one I did not benefit a
shilling.”
CHAPTER IX.
His cool assurance and liis words
struck them with consternation.
‘‘Dobbs said he’d take care I should
be put to no inconvenienve—and this
comes of it! That’s trusting your
friend. He vowed to me, this very
week, that he had provided for the
bill.”
“He thinks it only an affair of debt,”
screamed Lady Frances Chenevix. “Oh,
Gerard! what a relief! We thought
you were confessing.”
“You are not arrested for debt, sir,”
cried the officer, “but for felony.”
“For felony!” uttered Gerard Hope.
“Oh, indeed. Could you not make it
murder?” he added, sarcastically.
“Off with him to Marlborough street,
officer!” cried the exasperated colonel,
“and I’ll go with you and prefer the
charge. He scoffs at it, does he?”
“Yes, that I do,” answered Gerard,
“for whatever pitfalls I may have got
into in the way of debt and careless
ness, I have not gone into crime.”
“You are accused, sir,” said the offi
cer, “of stealing a diamond bracelet.”
“Hey!” uttered Gerard, a flash of
intelligence rising to his face as he
glanced at Alice. “1 might have
guessed it was the bracelet affair, if I
had had my recollection about me.”
"Oh, oh,” triumphed the colonel in
sneering jocularity, “so you expected
it was the bracelet, did you? We shall
have it all out presently.”
“1 heard of the bracelet's disappear
ance,” said Mr. Hope. “I met Miss
Seaton when she was out this morning
and she told me it was gone.”
“Better make no admissions," whis
pered the officer in his ear. “They
may be used against you.”
“Whatever admissions I may make,
you are at liberty to use them, for they
are truth,” haughtily returned Gerard.
“Is it possible that you do suspect me
of taking the bracelet, or is this a
joke?”
“Allow me to explain," panted Alice,
stepping forward. “I—I—did not ac
cuse you, Mr. Hope; I would not ba-.
mentioned your name in connection i
with it, because I am sure you are in
nocent; but when it was discovered '
that you had been here I could not
deny it.”
“The charging me with having taken
it is absurdly preposterous'” exclaimed
Gerard, looking first at his uncle and
then at the officer. "Who accuses
me?”
“I do,” said the colonel.
“Then I am very sorry it is not
somebody else instead of you, sir.”
“Explain. Why?”
“Because they would get a kindly
horsewhipping,
"Gerard.' interrupted Lady Sarah,
“do not treat it in that light way. If
you did take it say so and you shall
be forgiven. I am sure you must have
been put to it terribly hard; only con
fess it and the matter shall be hushed
up.”
“No, it sha’n’t, my lady!” cried the
colonel. “I will not have him encour
aged—I mean felony compounded."
‘.‘It shall.” returned Lady Sarah, "it
shall indeed. The bracelet was mine,
and I have a right to do as I please.
Believe me, Gerard, I will put up with
the loss without a murmur, only con
fess, and let the worry be done with.”
Gerard Hope looked at her; little
trace of shame was there in his coun
tenance. "Lady Sarah,” he asked, in a
deep tone, “can you indeed deem me
capable of taking your bracelet?”
“The bracelet was there, sir, and it
went, and you can’t deny it!” uttered
the colonel.
It was there, fast enough,” an
swered Gerard. “I held it in my hand
for two or three minutes, and was
talking to Miss Seaton about it. I
was wishing it was mine, and saying
what I should do with it.”
“Oh, Mr. Hope, pray say no more,”
involuntarily interrupted Alice. “You
will make appearances worse.”
“What do you want to screen him
for?” impetuously broke out the col
onel, turning upon Alice. “Let him
say what he was going to say.”
“I do not know why I should not
say it,” Gerard Hope answered, in, it
must be thought, a spirit of bravado
or recklessness, which he disdained to
check. "I said I should spout it.”
“You’ll send off to every pawnshop
in the metropolis, before the night's
over, Mr. Officer!” cried the choking
colonel, breathless with rage. “This
beats brass.”
“But I did not take it any more for
having said that," put in Gerard, in a
graver tone. “The remark might have
been made by any one, from a duke
downwards, if reduced to his last
shifts, as I am. I said if it were mine;
I did not say I would steal to do it.
Nor did I.”
“I saw him put it down again,” said
Alice Seaton, in a calm, steady voice.
“Allow me to speak a word, colonel,”
resumed Lady Sarah, interrupting
something her husband was about to
say. “Gerard, I cannot believe you
guilty; but consider the circumstances.
The bracelet was there; you acknowl
edge it; Miss Seaton left the apart
ment when you did, and went into the
front room; yet when I came up from
dinner, it was there no longer.”
The colone! would speak. “So it lies
between you and Miss Seaton,” he put
in. “Perhaps you would like to make
believe she appropriated it.”
“No,” answered Gerard, with flash
ing eye. “She cannot be doubted. I
would rather take the guilt upon my
self than allow her to be suspected.
Believe me, Lady Sarah, we are both
innocent.”
(To be continued.)
POUND FOOLISHNESS.
Not Always Kconnmy to Huy in Large
Quantities.
One of the commonest forms of
pound foolishness is countenanced by
many high authorities. This is the
purchase of certain household pro
visions in large quantities. Few wri
ters on domestic topics fail to lay
stress upon the economy of buying
groceries in bulk. That sugar and
Hour, potatoes and apples should be
bought by the half or whole barrel,
cereals by the case, butter by the tub,
and other things in like proportion, is
one of the early precepts in the ‘‘Young
Housekeeper's Complete Guide to Do
mestic Economy.” The ignorant young
things buy the provisions first and the
experience afterward. The flour
grows musty, the cereals develop wee
vils, the potatoes and apples rot long
before they can be eaten, and the
cook exercises a lavish ness in the use
of butter and sugar she would never
show were they bought in such limited
amounts that the housekeeper could
hold close watch over them. Even
after these events the young mistress
feels as if she were absolutely reck
less and no manager at all when she
so far departs from household law as
to buy food in small quantities.—Inde
pendent.
Kvldenc© to tli© Contrary.
“Do you think that a man is always
better off for a college education?"
"No," answered the housewife, rather
sharply. “This morning I asked a
man who came around with a wagon
whether he had any nice fresh eggs.
He merely looked at me reproachfully
and said: “Madam, might I be permit
ted to observe that fresh eggs are al
ways nice eggs, and nice eggs are al
ways fresh?"—Washington Star.
Long Fnotigh for Any On©.
Teacher—How many of my scholars
can remember the longest sentence
they ever read? Billy—Please, mum, I
can. Teacher—What? Is there only
one? Well, William, you may tell the
rest of the scholars the longest sen
tence you ever read. Billy—Imprison
ment for life.—Stray Stories.
Losers are always in the wrong.
QUESTIONS OF DETAIL.
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE REC
IPROCITY PROPOSITION.
t’ital Consideration* Which ShouKl Rn*
gage the Careful Attention of the
Forthcoming Co vent Ion of American
Manufacturers.
From the American Economist: The
advocates of Tariff concessions as a
means of enlarging our export trade
do not condescend to tell us how their
plan would work. They do not go
into particulars. When asked to specify
they invariably decline to take up de
tails. These, they say, must be left for
later consideration, the main thing be
ing to agree upon the general principle
that in order to sell more we must buy
more, and in order to buy more we
must lower our duties so as to admit
an increased quantity of foreign-made
commodities. If requested to name
what branch or group of domestic in
dustries shall diminish their produc
tion, or cease altogether to produce
to the end that we may buy larger
quantities of foreign goods of the same
character, they evade the question.
Evidently they have not gone into the
matter deeply enough to give a spe
cific answer.
Nevertheless, the extension of our
export trade by means of Tariff con
cessions, whether by special trade
treaties, or by legislative lowering of
the Tariff schedules, is a practical
question, a question of specific detail.
Either it is that, in the deepest and
broadest sense, or it is a reckless, ig
norant tampering with existing condi
tions that is morally certain to lead
to disaster. Somebody must answer
the question, and answer it plainly:
"What industries will you select for
slaughter in order that we may offset
our big export surplus by an increase
in the volume of imports of competi
tive goods?” Perhaps it will be an
swered by the forthcoming convention
to be held under the auspices of the
National Manufacturers’ Association.
It certainly should be answered, for it
is the main question, almost the only
question to come before that assembly
of notables. Bearing directly upon this
question is a letter lately addressed to
the Philadelphia Times by Mr. S. H.
Weiheumayer, treasurer of the Blue
Ridge Knitting Company of Hagers
town, Maryland. It is the outgiving
of a practical man who knows whereof
he speaks, and who is able to present
his facts in plain, convincing language.
Mr. Weiheumayer says:
"I have been greatly interested in
articles on reciprocity in your paper
of recent dates and feel sorry to see a
man of Mr. Search’s prominence take
the stand that he does. The importa
tion of foreign goods hurts labor more
than the manufacturer, as mills will
not be run at a loss. If his raw ma
terial cannot be purchased cheaper he
is bound to reduce wages to meet the
same.
"If the present Tariff is too high
and goods cannot be purchased at a
profit, there is plenty of home com
petition (o keep prices down to a rea
sonable figure. On the other hand, if
Mr. Search would have the TarifT re
duced, and it would not hurt the man
ufacturers, it certainly would do the
other country entering into the reci
procity agreement no good. I would
like to have Mr. Search explain how it
can be done otherwise. Or better yet,
go into the hosiery manufacturing
business, have a satisfactory reciproc
ity agreement reducing Tariff on hos
iery, and demonstrate to us how it
could be done; and also explain how
can a too high Tariff prevent us from
exporting. I can readily see how a
low Tariff can easily stop us from ex
porting as well as supply the home
demand. We are always ready to learn
and are looking for new ideas.
"The hosiery industry has more peo
ple with limited capital engaged in it
than in any other line, and 1 venture
to say we have more mills scattered
over the country than any other one
industry. As the manufacture of full
fashioned hose is really in its infancy
in this country, and considerable cap
ital is now being invested in manufac
turing these goods as well as machin
ery to produce the same, it undoubt
edly would be a poor policy to add
more disadvantages to their lot than
they now have to contend with. As I
understand it, reciprocity is to encour
age the purchasing of goods that we
do not produce in this country from
the country that encourages their peo
ple to purchase from us such articles
as they do not produce in sufficient
quantities to meet the demand.
"To cripple the hosiery manufactur
ing industry to benefit other industries
is undoubtedly wrong. Mr. Search
should not forget that the motto,
"United we stand; divided we fall’’
can be applied to Protectionists; and
unless he can explain his motives bet
ter we must offer him our sympathy,
as his future ability to do the country
the good he has done in the past must
be at an end.”
Mr. wetneumayer should be invited
to read a paper before the reciprocity
convention of the National Manufac
turers’ Association. He would be the
right man in the right place, for he
could tell the convention some things
which it ought to know. Among other
things, he can make clear the proposi
tion that the only Tariff changes of
any value whatsoever to the foreign
producer are changes that will enable
him to sell in the American market
goods which are now made in America
and by so much displace domestic pro
duction and decrease the employment
of domestic labor; in short. Free
Trade. Anything less than that would
be a worthless concession. The same
facts'obtain in many other lines of in
dustry whose existence was threatened
by the Kansas treaties. Once in pos
session of these facts the reciprocity
convention would have an easy task—
simply to reaffirm the national Repub
lican platform for of 1900. sanctioning
reciprocity “in articles which we do
not ourselves produce,” and then ad
journ and go home.
PACIFIC COAST SENTIMENT.
A ('ullforniH Con^r^HHiiian's Reasons for
Opposing All Forms «»f Turllt
Tinkering.
Congressman Kahn of California,
who has Just returned from an extend
ed tour to the Philippines, writes the
American Economist as follows:
"I am satisfied that there is no
pressing demand on the part of the
people of this section of the Union for
a revision of the tariff. On the con
trary, the protective system has en
abled California to make magnificent
strides in the development of her or
chards and farms. The fear of the
people of California at the present
time is that the reciprocity treaties
which are pending in the senate will
so materially reduce the tariff on Cali
fornia products that her interests will
be vitally afTected. Having personally
had an opportunity of witnessing the
effects of the cheap pauper labor of
the Orient I desire to put myself on
record as being opposed to any tinker
ing with the tarifT.”
Senator Mitchell of Oregon, when In
Washington a few days ago, said: "I
am opposed, and so are my constitu
ents, to any tinkering with the tariff
at the coming session of congress. The
country is prosperous with the tariff as
it now exists, and business is adjusted
to It, and we do not want any change."
Senator Elkins of West Virginia,
also expressed himself as decidedly
opposed to any tariff changes. He is
not even convinced that it would be a
good thing to ratify any of the Kasson
reciprocity treaties. Senator Burrows
of Michigan is another senator who
expressed himself as decidedly opposed
to tinkering in any way with the
tariff.
From expressions thus far received
it is evident that a poll of the Republi
can membership in the senate and
house would show an overwhelming
majority against any tariff legislation
at the coming session of the fifty
seventh congress, and also against the
negotiations of special trade treaties
providing for a reduction of existing
rates of duty on “articles we ourselves
produce.”—American Economist.
SUGAR TRUST TACTICS.
It must not be forgotten that It is
the same trust which is attacking our
beet sugar factories with the object of
compelling them to stop refining their
own sugar which is clamoring for a
“reciprocity” treaty with Cuba for the
purpose of importing raw sugar at
rates that will put beet sugar factories
absolutely at their mercy. It is ex
pending money in all sorts of ways in
an 'endeavor to so twist a false senti
ment of uncalled-for generosity which
may exist in some quarters as to put
money into its own coffers. The sole
offense of the beet sugar men is that
they refine the sugur which they pro
duce. To forbid a beet sugar manu
facturer from refining his own product
is as bad as to forbid a father from
teaching his son his own trade. What
will be done with the sugar trust we
do not know, but we are sure that the
people will never arm it with a reci
procity club to beat the life out of
“scab” sugar makers.—San Francisco
Chronicle.
VALUE OF OUR AGRICULTURE.
The farm value of this year’s crop
of wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, flax
seed, potatoes, hay, apples and cotton
is $2,532,000,000. This is more than
the census of 1890 gives for the value
of all agricultural products. And yet
in the above estimate there is no cal
culation of vegetables other than po
tatoes, of fruits and berries and nuts,
of garden truck, of forest products, of
flowers and plants, of live stock
slaughtered, of milk and butter and
cheese and eggs and a thousand and
one other products that help to swell
the grand total. The statistician that
estimates the value of our farm prod
ucts at $8,000,000,000 or $9,000,000,000
would seem more conservative than
liberal. Is it not time that we give
agriculture the value it deserves?
Would Swamp the Trust.
There being a greater supply the
world over than is required for con
sumption, any effort of the trust to
crush the beet sugar Industry of this
country by removing the tarifT would
be to bring in enormous quantities of
beet sugar and cane, too. This would
swamp the trust and kill the beet in
dustry at the same time.—San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Providence and Protection.
The agricultural crops of 1901 as a
whole are the smallest for years.
That's Providence. The values of
agricultural crops for 1901 are the
largest for years. That's protection.
Cranberry (irowcrs Making Money.
Cape Cod folks are happy because
the cranberry crop has been very
heavy this fall. Cranberry growers al
ways look on the apple yield as a kind
of barometer of the prices that can be
obtained for their berries. As a rule,
when apples are plentiful and cheap,
cranberries also bring a low price; hut
when apples are scarce and high, there
is a better market for the Cape Cod
berry. Housekeepers evidently use
cranberry sauce when apple sauce be
comes too expensive a luxury.
MEMORIAL TO WM. M’KINLEY.
The Nebraska Association Asks for Con-*
trtbatlons.
To the People of Nebraska: The
McKinley National Memorial associ
ation, organized after the untimely
death of the nation’s honored presi
dent, has as its members the president
of the United States, the governor cf
each state and territory and leading
citizens from the country at large.
Its president is Hon. William R. Day
of Canton, O., the vice president is
Marcus A. Hanna, the treasurer is
Myron T. Herrick and the secretary
is Ryerson Ritchie, all of Cleveland,
O. The undersigned have been ap
pointed, as the Nebraska branch of the
association. The obiect is to raise
a fund for the erection at Canton, O.,
of a fitting monument over the grave
of William McKinlev. and after an ap
propriation of a proper amount for
such purpose for the erection of a
suitable memorial at the national cap
ital. The contribution should be the
people’s olTering to the noble dead and
should be a popular tribute. The state
association, having this object in view,
suggests the following as the course
to be pursued in Nebraska:
While not attempting to fix the max
imum of contributions the committee
suggests that $25 from anv individual
citizen is sufficient and that no con
tribution need be considered too small.
We ask that everv r-awspaper in the
state shall publish this appeal and
supplement the action of the associa
tion with the power of the press. W*
further ask that everv editor, teacher
and postmaster in Nebraska shall act
as the agent of the association to re
ceive contributions and forward the
same to Hon. Edward Rosewater,
treasurer, Omaha. Neb., who will ac
knowledge the same. To these con
tribution blanks will he sent by the
secretary. The name of every con
tributor will be enrolled upon the rec
ord of the national association and
the receipt of the sum acknowledged.
There are about 250.0011 school chil
dren in the state of Nebraska, and we
appeal to each teacher In the state to
aim to collect 5 or 10 cents from each
child as the tribute of the youth of
the state, showing their affection for
the lamented chief executive, w'ho
stands today as an ideal American.
CHARLES F. MANDERSON,
President.
JOHN A. CREIGHTON,
Vice President.
EDWARD ROSEWATER,
Secretary and Treasurer.
J. STERLING MORTON,
LOREN O CROIINSE.
L. D. RICHORDS. ,
E. J. HAINER. , , ,
A. L. CLARK
SILAS A. HOLCOMB,
Composing the Nebraska Branch of
the McKinley Memorial Association.
State Teacher* Annual.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 25.—The pro
gram for the annua! meeting of the
Nebraska State Teachers' association,
which will be in this city three days,
beginning January 1, has been made
public. The principal addresses will
be made by President Arnold Tomp
kins of the Chicago Normal school,
President William Brudshear of the
National association and President
lessee of the University of Missouri.
High Price Paid for Cattle.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 25.—
John Tiarks of Weston, la., topped
the market for cattle last week. The
load was mixed, being half-breed
White Faces and Shorthorns. The
shipment was made up entirely of 2
year-olds and averaged 1,336 pounds.
Cudahy bought this bunch for J7.25
per 100 pounds. These cattle were
bought for the export trade.
McKinney Up for Shooting Game.
BURWELL, Neb., Nov. 25—On com
plaint of State Game Warden Simp
kins, E. B. McKinney of this place
was arrested for shipping game. The
complaint alleges that McKinney bill
ed game to a Chicago firm under a
false name. McKinney pleaded not
guilty and his trial is set for Decem
ber 3.
Denies Young: Girl’* Accustion.
FREMONT, Neb., Nov. 25.—Frank
Yeager, a farm hand near Nickerson,
was bound over to the district court
on the charge of statutory assault, on
Vanetta Van Horn, a 14-vear-old
daughter of P. E. Van Horn of Nick
erson. Acting County Attorney Mar
tin filed an information against Yea
ger in the district court, to which he
entered a plea of not guilty and was
given time in which to make a show
ing for a continuance.
Randall's Ribs Rubbed Loose.
MADISON, Neb., Nov. 25.—In a run
away accident C. A. Randall of New
man Grove suffered three broken ribs.
He left Madison in a livery rig to
overtake some parties who had his
grip in their buggy. When midway
between Madison and Newman Grove
the pole straps broke, letting the pole
down and into the ground, throwing
the buggy over, with Mr. Randall un
der it. He did not realize he was
hurt and started to find the horses.