A POET’S ROMANCE.
STORY OF HARRIET RICHARDY
SON AND JAMES T. ELLIS.
I'rttinlfM'il to W i*il the Hj.nl When fie
^ ,fJi Whh m t "liege Mtiulent ^lullery of
('tt|>it»l Society Cnilftii tier Affection*
^ to
ENTUCKY has
long been noted for
her romances In
real life. The ro
mance of Miss Har
rlct Bain bridge
Richardson and
her poet lover,
James Tandy Kills,
is fully In keeping
,1,^ with Kentucky’s
history. The story
j, dates back eight years, when the poet
s was a stalwart student at the Kentucky
f State college In Lexington. He had Just
attained his majority when he first met
_frMIss Richardson at a party. She was
the belle of the evening and he a splen
did specimen of the young Kentuckian.
It wus a case of love at first sight.
Miss Richardson had been in society
JL several years, had been petted and
toasted by the society dudes until she
UM^ was tired of the insipid youngsters, It
|t was no wonder, then, that she admired
reLs,' handsome young Kills. He is probably
pBja| an inch above six feet in height, as
I straight a« an Indian and the very per
K. Mollification of perfect young manhood.
I^Bb Besides, he Is highly accomplished in
WK; music and literature—in fact, he is a
E genius. He composes music as readily
* as a Mozart or a Beethoven, improvises
JHBr. on the piano as easily as a Liszt, and
Br’ he can write poetry as easily us the
average man can write prose. He has
a prodigius memory and can recite
#all the best poems of the leading poets.
He and Miss Richardson were thrown
In each other's company a great deal
v|*.: during his last years at college and
SraE their engagement was soon known to
YBfir Intimate friends. It seemed as
ilfln ^ the course of their true love would,
onnfsnsu In Ilia *.1.1 wlflfZf rtin KlTHinHl
ly, but Miss Richardson went to visit
her sister, Mrs. Forney, whosp husband
was an attache of the Brooklyn navy
yard. She was introduced Into Brook
lyn society and when her sister visited
Washington and Philadelphia she went
with her. In both these cities she soon
became a social favorite, owing to her
greut beauty and many accomplish
ments. Naval officers, congressmen,
members of legations and other society i
men were charmed with her beauty
and vivacity and it was not long un
til Congressman Bennett of Brooklyn,
began to pay her such marked atten
tion that it soon became reported that
they were engaged to lie married.
Young Kills had wondered at the In
frequency of her letters and at their
brevity, and he was not surprised when
the report reached him that his sweet
heart was engaged to be married to the
Brooklyn congressman. It was a cruel
blow to the sensitive young man, but
he calmly wrote Miss Richardson to the
effect that he would release all claims
to her hand. After writing this letter
he left Kentucky and wandered aim
lessly over several of the western states
teaching school, writing poetry and
trying to forget his love affnir with
the pretty Miss Richardson. He never
heard from her except through the
society columns of the newspapers,
when her name would be mentioned
in connection with some brilliant re
ception at Washington or Brooklyn or
Philadelphia or Boston. Miss Richard
son's visit ended and she returned to
her home in Lexington. She had been
promised by ex-Secretary Herbert the
honor of christening the battleship
Kentucky. The newspapers from one
end (ft the country to the other had
JAMBS T. RLL18.
printed her picture anti full accounts '
uf how the gallant secretary had be
llowed this honor upon her at a din
ner party In Washington. Hut no word
of t ongratulMluii came to her from her
discarded lover. While the shtea
so mol bright above her he maintained
■Hence and she really did not buuw
whether he was alive or dead. l.«trr
on when ILwfeUry Long was about
tu wrest the honor uf christening the
Kentnchy from Miss ttPhardson. and
when Uoverntur Bradley was atxuit tu
appoint his own daughter sponsor for
lb. war vcwsel named tfUi this mtu
nittnwealth there came a time when *t
•rented to Miss Mtvhardson as If every
trlend had lorsshen her Kv«n tt ho
rei.it* of lb* Navy Herbert det tsred
that he bed not nlw tel Miss HP hard
* sou lo«hris»en th* Kvm . «*
It was In this dark bonr thnt her
ytsung pwt lover >«n» to her react,
hat he <eme without notifying her sad
without he# knowledge One day white
the *««*tt* was ragtag shout her when
the newspapers were full uf artistes u*
the •hrlatwntng of the Kentuehy, when
she nos Swing rrHUhel b* editors of
alivgod soviet* Journal* and k| others
she picked up a Louisville paper and
read a communication criticising her
detractors. It was signed with the in
itials J. E. T.
Miss Richardson recognized the Init
ials as those of her poet lover, and she
immediately wrote to the newspaper
which published the card asking his
address. When she discovered It she
wYote hint a letter thanking him for his
kind interest In her behalf. He an
swered the letter and a correspondence
sprung up which resulted in a renewal
of their engagement and the announce
ment thut the wedding will take place
next June.
Mr. Ellis was born 111 Ghent, Ky.,
June 18, 1868. His father, f)r. Clarkson
Ellis, was a wealthy physician. Young
Ellis was educated In the public schools
of Carroll county and in the Kentucky
State college, lie studied music In the
Cincinnati conservatory of music. He
bus written many clever verses the
best of which Is perhaps the "Golden
Rod.” He has also composed a number
of catchy pieces of music. The best of
these is known as “The Kentucky
Colonels." At present he Is engaged III
newspaper work in Louisville. His fam
ily is one of the oldest and most dis
tinguished In the state, and ho traces
bis lineage back to King Goorge III.
iri a direct line. He lias two brothers,
one older and one younger than him
self. The former is a practicing phy
sician In Carroll county, while the lat
ter is studying medicine at Philadel
phia college. He has no sisters.
Miss Richardson comes from one of
the oldest and best families in the
state. Her father, John Hall Richard
son, was for many years the wealth
iest shorthorn breeder in this section.
Her grandfather, William Hall Rich
ardson, was a revolutionary soldier.
Her mother was the noted beauty Jane
Shors Stamps. Her uncle. Thomas
MISS HARRIET II. RICHARDSON.
Stamps, was a soldier In the Mexican
war, and when he returned from the
sanguinary struggle he gained consid
erable notoriety by fighting a big black
bear with no weapon save his hands.
The fight was a draw. Miss Richard
son is radiantly happy over the turn
affairs have taken, and she confesses
that the christening of the battleship
could not afford her half the happi
ness that the other ceremony will'
bring her.
MORE WEDDINCS THAN HUS
BANDS.
IVnmty Ivan lit Knot'll Arden Kind* the
Way I* Clear for Him.
Fifteen years ago Mrs. Lemuel Wood
bridge of Fairdale, near Susquehanna,
Pa., sent her husband to the meat mar
ket for a pound of beefsteak for break
fast. One day last week he returned
with the meat. The intervening years
had been a blank to him. Following
his disappearance Mrs. Woodbridge
went into mourning, then got a divorce
and again married. Her second hus
band died three years later. What
was her surprise when the other day
a gray haired man unceremoniously en
tered her home, hung his hat upon the
rack and put a package upon the table.
The woman did not recognize the stran
ger at first and the amazed children
were about to drive him away when he
explained that he was Lemuel Wood
bridge. He said that the past, up to
two weeks ago, was almost a blank to
him. He remembered being in Eng
land and Australia, and knows that he
sold washing machines in Manchester.
He doea not know under what name lie
has been sailing, nor how he lias gain
ed an existence. I'ntil informed he
did not know whether he had beeu ab
sent a month or twenty years. He had
saved some money. Coming from Liv
erpool to Moutroal in a cattle boat it
suddenly Hashed upon him who he was
and where he used to live. He made
haste to reach Pennsylvania, and in
Hlnghamptou, X. Y„ a railroad mau
told him that Ms former wife and chil
dren were still living. Hiding In the
railroad coach something told hint to
carry '‘home'' the meat, to procure
whbh be had left home flfteen years
ago. After being convinced that
Wood bridge's story was true, be was
given shelter. There has since been a
complete reconciliation and the wife
and widow will soon be married again
to the husband of her youth. thus mak
ing the curious record of three wed
dings to two husbands.
Hl|4w| t ..—••• la Italy
Italy is said u- hav e more bigamists
than any other {European country.
Thin la made pone lb hr because the
church refuse* to revognlae civil mar
rmgee. and the state down nut regard
a church marriage a* binding The
result Is that uaarupuiou* men marry
two wlvea one with the san-thm at
the church the ether with the cam
11-a of ‘he a*
dpmtvstgi—nmiaa ■. os.ee- —» Upm— i u
Ism people get w tiled doing noth
lag that th«r are never ikh to do any
th tag elm
The still house warm dee treys more
ret a than the cut worm doea.
FALLS BY HIS CHARMS
SEELEY IS MARTYR TO THE
WOMEN.
Of Ti*n \II9|C*hI line I'rnamite*
Him for ItlKitiiiy- \ Kruiilt, II#* Mnjrii,
nf Itflnfc Too Klml to th«* I-air
One*.
A V* I D SEELEY,
whoso present resi
dence is the coun
ty jail at Kalama
zoo. Mich., Is a
much abused man.
He says the women
prosecute him so
that he can never
free himself from
petticoat dominion.
According to his
harrowing tale there is no town which
he has ever visited where some bold ad
venturess did not throw herself at him
and demand that he marry her on the
spot. Neither shortness of acquaint
ance nor his plea of other engagement*
nor his bashfulne** has availed to save
him. “In short," says David Seeley,
“there was never a martyr like unto
me." Mr. Seeley does not attribute his
sufferings entirely to 111* personal
beauty nor to the magnetic charms
which he exercises on the other sex.
He Is not Ignorunt of the fact that
he is CS years old, that his eyes blink
weakly, and that his manners still hint
at the lunatic asylum in which he war.
once confined. He think* that Ills
wealth has much to do with Ills perse
cution. He Is the fortunate possessor
of a pension of i-4 a month from the
United .States government. True, lie
has not diawn any of It. for a number
of years. Hut that Is another story.
The women Mr. Seeley has known do
not look upon his adventures in the
same way lie does. In fact, one of them
has been unkind enough to prosecute
him for bigamy. A little investigation
has brought to light a list of ten al
leged wives, hut nobody thinks it eom
1 plete. as several counties are yet to
lie heard from. The following Is the
] list revised up to date: 1, a woman
<1 n e! ■■ i/ I Kn m ilziunnl^ifl
soon after; 2, Margaret McCrumb, Ot
sego, Mich.; 3, Mrs, Vrooman, Misha
! waka, 1 rid.; 4, Mrs. Patience Burch,
Elkhart, Iri<1.; C Mrs. Stanley Sturgis,
Mich.; U, Mrs. Allman. Pittsburg, Pa.;
7, Ada Brawl, Joncsvllle, Mich.; 8,
Mrs. Johnson, Berrien county; ft,
Mrs. Lucy Killam. Kalamazoo; 10, Mrs.
Clara Davidson, Gramlville, Mich. All
of these women but the first on the
list have told their tales of woe. They
say that Seeley is not only a gay de
reiver of female hearts, but also a pur
loiner of females’ wealth. They charge
him with selling their chickens, with
driving away their cows and with
knowing how to turn into cash almost
every movable thing on which he could
get his hands. They say that, far from
his pension bring an attraction In their
eyes, It was their live stock and ward
robes which were the attractions to
him. That is not all that is charged
against Seeley by any means. One
banker in western Michigan is anxious
to punish him for obtaining money un
der false pretenses. Somebody else
has a charge of forgery against him.
He is said to have been in the peni
tentiary three times and to deserve to
be placed there several times more.
Seeley was arrested at Pierson, Mich.,
on a charge of bigamy sworn out by
Mrs. Lucy Killam, the penult in the
long matrimonial word which he has
coined. She said it was really too bad
that within a few weeks after desert
ing her he should marry another wo
man, and that in a town only a few
miles away. So she swore out the war
rant and offered a reward of $50 for his
arrest. The prize stirred up a con
stable who had never made an arrest
in ills life before, and the result was
the present sad plight of this unfor
tunate victim of woman's wiles.
Seeley’s matrimonial history has
been a rapid one ever since the days
* .
DAVID SKKl.KY.
when be served Ills country during the
civil wnr. It was fast enough ut tin
start, hut It has been growing steadily
faster until of lat' three or four wive.,
a year do nut stem too many far him.
Of hla relations to the wife of his
soldier days little U known save that
he showed her a dean pair of heels
soon after the war was over, lie nest
appeared In Leroy. N, Y„ where he
married Margaret Md'romb, With her
and the family of nine t httdrvn that
belonged to the pair he had various
wandering* lie la said to have served
a two justs sen tent* in liTU In the
JsrknuS penitentiary on l <har*<
of obtaining money under fan* pr»
i»nae« Two other teruta of Imprison
meat nr* *- it bed to him during tht*
period, one ttetng tu Milwaukee gee lev
; lived with this wife until shunt nine
| years ago. Tfcelr home was then si
Mlshnuaka lud He says he did hot
desert her whan he left her. hut in
stead use driven away III* wife rnlled
him such awful names as “tummy** and
•■»ld Md am) that was more than a
man of ftue mast mu*a >ooid stand, lla ,
bad to leave, so be says, on* evening
without any supper. He wandered
around for avvhlla, but no evidence has
been found about a crop of wives hav
I lug been grown by him until he re
I turned to Mishawaka, from which town
I the McCrumb wife had In the mean
! time removed. Rack In hi* old haunts,
! Seeley wooed and married Mrs. Vroo
inan. Kor some time he was unrecog
nized. hut Anally (he day of reckon
ing came and he had to rtee again.
, In the meantime he is credited with
I having made way with a fair amount
! of the worldly goods of Mrs. Vrooraan.
\ He admits this marriage, as well as the
| previous one, hut they are the only
i two of all hi* adventures which he
j says were really marriages at all.
To judge from all reports, his later
matrimonial experiences were carried
out from a strictly financial point of
view, and he seemed to prefer dealings
| with confiding widows in the posses
I slon of small properties. Mr*. Patience
| Burch reports thal he gathered up her
I sole cow, drove It away and sold It for
$33. and then swiftly departed with the
proceeds. Atla I’raw I tells a tale of
woe in a similar strain, and Mrs. .Stan
ley, of Sturgis, also says that she
would be richer in worldly goods had
Seeley never crossed her path.
Occasionally Seeley turned his prac
ticed hand to other things. At St.
Joseph, Mich., he secured $800 from a
hanker by pretending to have land and
giving a mortgage upon the pretense.
The hanker wants lilm on account of
this little transaction, and forgery Is
also charged against him at tlic same
place.
Tlic Iasi two plunges Into matrimony
were the swiftest of all. Last October
Seeley met Mrs. Lucy Killarn, of Kala
mazoo. In short order he Induced her
to discard llu- widow's weeds she had
worn for thirty years. Only a few
dollars the richer, he deserted her soon
at Rattle Creek, anti before long was
the husband of Mrs. Davidson, of
Grandville. This last wife had consid
erable means, hut she proved more
than a match for the old man, and the
MRS. KIM.AM.
two had a lively time for a few hours
before he left her a few days since.
Seeley sold the woman's store for cash,
and pocketed the proceeds. He re
ported that he had bought some fur
niture, and she went to the store to
investigate, hut learned that he had
not been there. She went buck 1 ome
and expressed her feelings.
“You old fool,” said he, "don't you
know that the retail department is no
place to go, to And out about goods that
are going out of town? You should
have gone to the shipping department.”
While Mrs. Davidson was thinking
the matter over Seeley disappeared,
and the next thing that happened to
him was Ills arrest, on the charges
made by Mrs. Klllam.
Seeley persists in looking upon him
self us a victim of persecution, and
says that not only have the women per
secuted him by marriage, but also wo
men have tried to get his wealth by
sending him to the lunatic asylum.
He says that three years ago he was
thrown Into an asylum in Indiana and
a guardian was appointed who has
since drawn his entire pension, fie
says he has not dared to go hack to
claim the money, because he would cer
tainly he thrown into a dungeon, and
he would rather let his pension go to
the winds than be treated like a luna
tic again.
Seeley is a wreck both mentally and
physically, and he ascribes his condi
tion entirely to the cruelties and de
ceptions practiced upon him by the
women he has been so weak as to be
friend when they pleaded with him to
tunc ' ui v ui tin hi . no 1 viii'i'vw!
his hands shook, and his voice trem
bled iit> he made his statement.
"All my trouble," said be, "has come
from women loving me or laving my
money. It has driven ine mad and 1 am
sorry that 1 have tried to be so good
to them. The cruelties to which 1 have
been subjected have been more than
any man could stand, and 1 am glad
1 am in hero uway from them."
Despite bis conspicuous martyrdom,
Seeley oreUklolially lapses Into an
other tone amt gloats over the con
quests which his iiersonal charms have
given him. lie is not even averse to
hinting that. It be gets out of the pres
ent trouble, there are numerous at he*
heart* which he ran easily add to his
string.
t Mystery 1 lyl'isni.
Telephone: The strangest telephone
mystery yet reported comes front Utae
gosr t'ouversation* were either in
terrupted altogether or diversified with
•ueh strange sounds a* to be unintel
ligible. Knglneer* end met hautes tried
in vnin tn discover the cause of these
trregubgltla*. until they decided to re
move the casing through which the
wires were conducted taiu the Inatru
msat room. A swarm of rats were
Immediately (at t«**ae, and tt then be
ta at* apparent that the rodent* hot
devoured the gutta per* ha casing of
me wires, and twisted up tbs utter
tutu a state of hopeless rewfuatua.
Money la useful aa a aarvaar. bat ta
■ wnatcai aa a master,
| WRECKED IN SLI MS.]
PITIFUL STORY OF A ONCE
COOD WOMAN.
I'.i*ronili’t ICr«-elw«l iii DiiiiikcIUCii
11 «»»■■•* i oollv Urn tin If \ictlni mid
s« If Com l«*t« il of I imupirucy to Kill
llu»huml.
KLIGION. mission
work, infatuation
and fall. Such Is
the history of Mrs.
Catherine Meyer
of Chicago, whose
strange experi
ences and associa
tions with Corydon
Millard placed her
before a bar of
Justice to answer
to a criminal charge. Safely ensconced
ln a comfortable home, with naught
to disturb but the household duties,
this heroine of one of the strangest
tales that was ever chronicled from
the facile pen of novelist grew Inter
ested in the mission work performed
by her husband and entered into the
duties attendant on a crusade In the
slums with all the ardor of an en
thusiastic disposition. While thus en
gaged she made the acquaintance of
Corydon Millard, who had Just been
made a convert to the faith of the
mission, and whose prepossessing ap
pearance made hint a favorite with all
connected with the work. Mr. Meyer
invited Millard to his home, and It
was through his instruemntallty that
Millard's appearance, which was in
dicative of a vagabond life, experi
enced u startling transformation. The
evangelist readily sympathized with
Millard, who told pitiful talcs of a good
home lost through love of liquor, and
at the suggestion of his wife ha sup
plied funds to clothe uud feed Ilia con
vert. Millard soon proved a valuable
adjunct to the mission. lieing pos
sessed of a melodious baritone voice,
he was delegated to lead the singing.
Hefore many days the wife of his bene
factor became Infatuated with him.
Daily lie called at the Meyer home and
nightly escorted Its mistress to the
So constant were their attentions, one
to the other, that neighbors soon be
gan to whisper "that Meyer hatl hoHt
let his convert go." Hut this he re
fused to do, alleging that Millard was
a true Christian anil deserving of help
and sympathy.
About the first week In May. 1897,
Mrs. Meyer left her home for the pur
pose of visiting friends, and Millard
also disappeared from the Meyer fire
side. The absence of both a) that time
has remained a mystery until the oth
er day, when Mrs. Kate Conltn, house
keeper at the Haight hotel, 12 Loomis
street, was called to the stand by the
attorneys engaged In prosecuting the
couple and testified that In the first
week of May, 1897, Millard came to
the hotel on i/oomls street and rented
a room for himself and wife, giving
the name of Gray. She testified that
they remained at the place until June
22, living together constantly, and
then left as mysteriously as they
came. She positively identified Gray
as Millard and the woman whom he
railed his wife as Mrs. Katherine
Meyer, then In court. She supple
mented her remarks with the state
ment that Mrs. Meyer came to her sev
eral weeks before the trial and asked
her to answer any Inquiries relative to
her residence at the place in the nega
tive, and to tell anyone who called
that she, Mrs. Meyer, had resided there
Hone. The long summer evenings
were tedious to the couple. Soon they
fell away from the mission work and
It was alleged that they spent the ma
jority of their evenings on the back
CORYDON MILLARD.
iiTiTchTIf the Meyer home, busily HI
Kugeil In the consumption uf Urge
luanUtlcs of heer, while the husband
"omlnueil hla labor in the slums It
« » on one of then.cusimix that
Meyer alleged that hla wife and Mil- j
lard had been overheard planning a
i conspiracy to deprive him of hla life
I One day In the spring of last ynar
Mr*. Meyer learned of the arrest of
i Millard on iho • barge of stealing a |
{ pair of shoe*. Then ensued a great j
llffii-ulty. Hhu went t« the home of ,
Attorney I’hilltpa and, according to ’
i Hr. Phillips' story, she wanted to sign
; bonds for the partner uf her platonic 1
friendship, do h* went with her to j
; he Last t'hlcagu avenue station and. |
i waving her In n drug slur* near the
| nation, he went to the desh sergeant j
, m learn of the- start condition of af I
I aim
While there he said he Aral heard af
| he conspiracy charge against Mm
dvjer and Millard llaslealng back to |
he pharmacy he railed her While
•alhing ap la dalle avenue he la form
I cd her of the chargee preferred against
, A**. and she dropped to the pavomaht j
In a faint. Phillips alleged that shat
came to his house that night and beg
ged permission to stay until she eouldl
arrange bonds, meanwhile asking that
he negotiate a loan on some iiropertyi
that she possessed. In this refuge she*
remained for a period of three weeks,;
and during the trial she accused Attor
ney Phillips with unlawfully detaining1
her there. Home time after she warn
arrested and with Millard, arraigned'
before Judge Baker to answer to a;
charge of conspiracy against the life
of Meyer. But the experiences had;
been too much for the delicate woman,
and her system began to break down
under the strain. The case was railed
many times, but each time was post
poned on account of her Illness. Fln
ully Judge Baker, growing weary of Hire
continued deluy, ordered that the case)
proceed. The disclosures were start
ling. The man who had imposed oui
the simple evangelist proved to be an;
old jailbird, with a history well knowtij
to the police. He was the son of -tj
minister, 42 years of age, and during;
the course of his existence had served)
many terms in the state and county!
institutions for burglary and larceny.
Millard's voice made him many!
friends. During one of his terms in the.
Joliet penitentiary Ills religious air,
and splendid singing abilities brought;
to him the post of leader of the prison.
I'holr. He appeared utterly Indifferent,
of the woman whose ruin he had caused!
during the days of the trial. When
ever she was able to he present In the,
court room he would not deign to|
vouchsafe her a look. For four days,
(he Jury listened to the evidence Itij
the case and returned a verdict of penl-j
tentlary for Millard and $100 line for;
Mrs. Meyer,
Throughout the last day of the trial,
the wonmii had arisen from a sick lied
to lie In attendance and remained prop-*
ped up In a chair iu the ante room.
When Hie Judge called for her to he,
brought to the bar of Justice it was
necessary to carry her. It had been
suspected that the woman was shunt-;
I
CATHERINE MEYER.
mlng, but her wan face and fever
parched lips on that day turned a tido
of sympathy in her favor, it was ion
ceded by all present in the court room
that the days of Katherine Meyer were
numbered and that, her appearance be
fore the higher tribunal to answer to
the crime of conspiracy to murder
would he in an Interval of a few
months.
She still clings with vigor to the man
who lias wrecked her formerly peace-,
ful existence and avers that the trial)
is but the part of a gigantic scheme on
the part of her husband to have her
Incarcerated in sonic asylum or cause
her deatli through the excitement, at
tendant on the trial and thereby obtain
possession of the property that is re
corded in her name.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
A Woman Shoot* o St. £.otil* Pol t<-« mail
an«l 1Ii«ii llerMelf.
Richard .1. Halloran. a policeman on
the St. Louis force, was fatally shot
with his own pistol the other night by
Miss Nellie Mangan, who then turned
the pistol on herself and put a bullet
in her brain. The attempted murder
ami suicide was the result of disap
pointed love. The shooting followed a
quarrel, during which Miss Mangan
begged Halloran to marry her. He re
fused, and she, in mad desperation, be-i
gun shooting. For several months it
has been understood ill the neighbor
hood of the girl's home that Halloran’
ami Miss Mangan were engaged. Thai
patrolman walked the heat on which!
the girl lived. Recently it becanuv
noised that there had been a quarrel
and Halloran had broken off the en
gagement. Both are dead.
A i ouriuc**<*'•• "«*«»»»».i.
At Pengs police station last evening.
In the presence of the local detachment
of the P division, Mrs. Jane flower, of
Arthur road. Heekenham, was present,
sd with a silver leapot and purse of
mousy for having rendered assistance
to Police Constable ileorge Hamblin on
Dec. 28, The constable was endeavor*
ing to arrest (wo prisoners and was
violently attacked. Heveral men looked
on and refused to help. Mrs. Cower
went to the constable's assistance She
took his whistle from his tunic and
blew It till auother policeman .ante to
his aid. When tin- men were brought
before the bench the magistrate to®
mended Mrs. tlower for her plucky ac
tion London Telegraph.
t in • "««to >1.... IcMotno,
ttsMtu'ituilt, In ItrUtsh North %mer|.
ra. is the only plate In the ItrUtsh
empire. *>'.ordtng tu a recent dim,it*,
log Vat report, that sgesed* lautdon tu
cloudiness. Pmju.umU Is also the
dampest pU»* In Ih* empire, white
Adelaide, In Australia. Is the dryest.
I'ey Ion Is the hot’eet sad Northwest
t*tta>U the coldest posswsstoa that the
Hag of kins Una NmMa aver.
Pur use In pta e of toe clips wu a hi
cycle a plats Is attached to the shoe,
having a races* in which n projection
an the pedal (h» la hold the rider • loot
In place
