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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1896)
tMSrtPSh te.r i I llWlMiMIn' MMMMm'tflt 11 THE HED CLOUD CILLER JMLDAjf , OCT. & IMG. H t I IV... i Bf k II I HAN(IKI) UNTIL DIMDJ "" (JOSS! V G o'clock llefor going to bod lip liaC - - n Ions tnlk .'I'll t.i w.it, luiiuii .itt:l t him :n !l i- :: i. George ! uig.i j wan ? ii.iii!- . ip! ic eon!. Ion o his crime !!- il.l ':. k'llod I.oker foi his moti- 'I- .'il haw ho line I-RANK HIS MORRIS .UfTliHS POR ATROOIOUil CHIME. SAYINGS AND DOINOA PLAYPHf-Ot-K. Oh' THl tti tim.untr l'l.i Uul I ulli'.l .lolllly Wro thi t nimrt' I lt ll.tjr .irnt - i 'phltltlPd 'II" m'lu'.tt' llw ITmili'.l to (inllouj. vv ..UI 111 Ki ertliii: tho HOSO slieddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shod" Gen. lx i; In accordance with thu laws of Pennsylvania, has' pn ' ' i onnsyivanin, uas- Wjl'1'1' 'J God asset forth lit J jj)) the above quota- WW Hon. Frank Mor- y rid. convicted of the uniider of old lUrvid Loker, wan executed at tlu UnloMo.-'i jail tho oth ;r day. Tho crime for which Morris hanged as committed In llullsktii Township. Fayette County, l'a., Just two years ao, Young .Morris was a frcuuent vis itor at flic honii'or Mr. Hoi nurd l.okct. an luorfonslvo old Gorman, who canto to the Putted States a few years ago, it'll settled nar tin' homo of the father of Traiilt .Morris. The old man was lndu!r?o'w. and u.-i an employe at the "the w jrks ho accumulated nmnv t oiigh to Lit a little home, lie made I.e. I iroli.tM rsoin the father of Mur r'x and when yjinif, Morris saw Mr. Loker ia. the purehuso money from his little store of hud earnings, lm concluded that the old man had an un limited amount of money, and he deter mined to rob Mm lie had been mul ing the low. criminal rlas-s of .Jesse James literature, until his mind had Vcumo complete) demoralized, and at nineteen, wheu he committed the uiitr dt?r, ho was a hardened criminal. lie told tiomo of bin companions that he would like to have "U.irney" Loiter' money, and that he Intended to get two I revolvers ami mai;.- tils IHIng in Hue way. He cultivated the friendship of Mr. and Mrs. Loker. and r-peut nni'-li t'.nio nt their home. They treated hint cry kindly and veliomed lilin to their humble home. One. day m September, 11)1. he went to theli hoii.- anil car ried with him a shotgun and a revolver. He found the old folk busy at work on .1 collar wall under their limine. He re mained for some time lulling to them, j ml wiicn Mrs. Loker had gone out to get kindling wood he i-hot lJornniM I.oker She heard the shots and re turned In a few moments and asked what caused the I'hootln. lie then ahot her twic. Hie litiMeiH enterlii; her 'iead nnl neck, .is In Iwr husband's ase. After shooilns and, as he suii losed, killing iheni, he hunted for the aioncy and In his s-'arch tore eery- :hlng to pieces, but found only $:'.0 and .some Jewelry, all of which he took. She finally roKalned tonseloiihiiet-s nnd crawled to the cellar, wheic she found her husband lying ou tho sround with a bullet hole In his head and the blood running out of tho wound. She then crawled to the home of Abe Morris, n neighbor, nnd brother of the murderer, whero she related what had occurred. Several persons went to tho I.oker house and found Mr. I.oker dylnt;. Mrs I.oker lay near death's door for n long time, but finally recovered, and her tes timony was chiefly Instrumental In Morris' couvlctlon, and sho was present at his execution. .Morris wnR tiled at December court, 1S94, before .Indue Kwlnir. and was found KUilty. Hl.i counsel took the plea of Insanity, hut It was established clearly that he wati not Insane, but that his greatest desire was to kill and rob people, nnd that his craving for crinio was fed on dime novels and other low class, yellow-backed litera ture. His nttornoya exhausted the tech nicalities of the law in behalf of th:r ollont.and finally carried It to the Hoard of Pardons, and a resplto was granted until they could send an Insanity ex port to Unlontown, This was done, and his report was that Morris was sane and responsible for his act. Morris spent his last days on earth In jm vs ."V-tJ !.'. &? :&;, ii "w g-f-"-yys and how he hai carried Into rY, t plum. When Detutty Johtw was about tc draw the lit-ick rap over Moirls' far ho said he would like to peak. Hi then adi'rmed himself to the aherltll and said. "I wlrh to tlmuk you foij your symputliy. I bid you all good-by I know I am point; to meet my God.'' The cap was then adjusted, and be fore the people knew what hud been done Sheriff t'halfaut had sprung the trap and the bodj of Trauk Morrlf shot downward and lil. neck was bro ken. The bod of Munis was placed whet 6 It could be seen, and thoudatidt looked upon the face of the man who had been rendered Incapable of shed ding more blood. About "00 people wltnitjsi'd the exu atlou. The remains were taken to his old homo In tho evening, and were In tel red In the family rneyard by his friends. Ills father was with him to tho last and admoiibhed him to pre pare to meet his (.ml. The mother died several years ago. and Morrl" stated that he was glad that she did not llvo to see his awful fate. nJ.' wii w n i - v it. . M(fVrVv- --as Productions of ftS5s DKmTH TO BOTH. rv hotel was A KaiKit ItmiK-ii itml .InlUt Mini rtly In dip or ll.ipilnr Tho in stet of the National tragedy, at I.eaenworth, Kan. cleared awav a few days ago when rela tives came then' to aie for the young t-'irl In her d) lug iiinmMits, and to Mike M-tSfiSSSiSS. 2S war (tt hffi&r llonrr Iilii4' ltrni of "('jriiilirllni' (.'urltnn't I ir.l rlnj t'rrti .niii. Ilrlil r.ti tlt'riili t nlt' Nm rtr M.li WtlllMT. i:nmiy utviNi;.- proiuUed revlvul ol "C'ymhellno" calh , up tho fact that fllncc Sliakspenro'i. time there have twenty font f that Durfey's play, "The Injured lrlnrrvs," based upon It and Incor porating much of its language, wa- given at Drury l.ano In 1S;J The chnracter of Imogen - perhaps the htrottget and sweetest woman In Shakespeare - will be embodied In i:ilrn Terry. On the London stage Imogen was acted by Mrs. Unl lock In 1720, Mis. Templar in K3S, Mrs. Clbcr In 1741, Mrs. I'rltchanl In 17lti, Mr3. Vincent in 173l. Miss Urlile In 1701, Mrs. Yates In 1707. Mrs. Marry In 1770, Mm, Mulkley In I7S2, Miss Young In 17SI. Dora Jordan In 178... Saran Slddons. greatest .if all. In 17S7: Mrs. Pope in 1S00. Miss Smith In ISOfl. .Mm. Johnston In 1S1J. Mls Stephens In 1 1S1C. .Mr'.. West In ir.;:!. Mifs l'oote In 1S23, Mis Phillips In lSJ'a. Helen Fauclt In 1SH7, and In IMS and lSiil. and Mlsn Addison in ISI7. Adelaide Neilson, who wni distinguished In Imogen, Unit pin veil It when oho was In America. In 1S7C-77. i ,iirliliiiia 1 lrt I'liy. "Victor Dur.ind wnu not my nrst , play," relate Henry Guy Carlcton in i a Mirror Interview. "The distinction rnn made at the l'nl!- llergercs and th" Kldor'tl.i wb-i the w.ir so great i f.i.u. Ito that M Manhunt bat en nt d her for t..t S.-al i. the -nmrt Paris ...sirert hall, fei exMl'ltlmi )car. lOO'i Ml.s Held h.i ii.H.il her Pari su eitis thl sum aim at tie- Palace Musk hall. Lon Ion wh re h.-r uliimph In plrcd her Am -r cm miKaaetuetit. One must wonder .t it run come to pass, with tmnl r.i'.U i'i New York offering 000 bonus i !. her outran, that she onelildcd to make her American debut in such worn on i'.uce-com'dy as "Tho ' Parlor .Mnuh" ! t, mi. in itit.-ii' i mi. "My fad in slippers,"' s.os Lillian Hussell; 'VllptfTi of all sUes. of nil rountrlo.', of all ae-. and no two alike. I have been .-i"-'tlni; them since I was j 1 1. Iliai was .cvnui ears iigu. in hut. I hae nlnely-two dltYeient kinds of slipper-, and some of them nie rather fanioiH Nell ('.vitno slipper, for Itwtance. I have u Greek sandal that is overal enrs older than Chris tianity. It has a tomb-liltc odor, but outside of this detail It Is all right. I also have an old Human slipper, which l worked In bright .obits, with luU nf gold and p. arN " Tlir Ir.igrilt nt Mm I'Wli, ThotmRed of Macbeth was tho occa sion of one of tluvo unlucky occur rences which, as eveiy plajgoer knows, tntist nnd will oceisloually happen, but which are nneiall moie appieclnted by tho onlnnkei than those linmedlate ly concerned w ill-known actor was starring In the Laglish )iro luces when, ono evening, the man can tor the ilrst murderer wa. ud.'.enly taken 111. The resources of the compuu were very limited, and there was nothing left for It but to put a uttper Into his place "Keep close to the wings," the prompter t-ald; "I will read tho words to you. nnd you can repeat them after mo." Such clrcunmtiuiccs as these would ery naturally hno niiido cotistdorablo de- SAVKD IN A TKANCRJ oressing rur wound-? of a cuuan tNStnt(ii:N r. N.tl rue- roll liv tlm I'ltienl Viln t tin Hurler llppi'it mill i.-i.iil (In. tjnttrrliic I lli ir I nrir Jillteln". Wrfu In U I'll TRAPPING PARK DttLR. rtircn nt I In- llr ml Mill llt-r.l Will IU ii ji hi t mill T (t v w ! of priority belongs to a play called 'The mauds on the tact and courage of a MARY IIWSII. away thu dead body of tho man with whom slio died. Joint llartlg, tho dead man, was but -l years old, thu son of a farmer living at Connor Station. Mary Hush, about PJ rars old, and uulte pretty, Is the daughter of a pqor sec tion hand, who works on the Missouri Pacific railroad at Pomeroy. The youth and maiden had met and loved, but when they propotud marriage the fath er of tho girl objected. Young llartlg was without means. Kroni develop ments it Is evident that the young lov ers had discussed their poverty, tha parental opposition to the inurrhge, I and what seemed to them their dark prospects until death seemed prefera ble to life. Their journey to Leaven worth, a ml tho tragedy was the result. v.. r - -. r I uSSm ' s1t-:" ' - - - ANNA I1KLD. j-. .j --.. . .-is.- - - l'lt.VNIv MOHHIS. having u jolly tlmo with bis fellow ompanlons In tho Jail, and outwnrdly was tho coolest man about the Jail. Ho vns anxious to see the scaffold erect id, nnd offered to help put it up. The nenlng beforo his execution ho nsked to be allowed to sec the scnffold, and Sheriff Ohalfant allowed hltn to exam ine It. After doing so In a careful man tier, he said: "Wll. hoys. It looks na If It Is capable of doing tho work-" Then he asked tho sheriff where the trigger was, and tho sheriff showed him. Ho then remarked, "Well, havo hud many troubles lu my short life, but this will nd them nil to-morrow." Thero wn.t no tremor about his voice. As ho .started for his cell again ho udded; What other man could walk out this A-ay nnd look at his own scaffold?" Then to a little boy who was present, ,tio said: "When I seo an Innocont lit- hoy like that It always reminds mo a hoy, and of how much 1 havo been for mo If I i died when l was of his ago." aluilo Mnne.v on Wood llloi Uh. Tho I'nlted States signal service of ficers at Ioua. Mich., captured Frank and George Kingston, counterfeiters. They captured tho press, and they bu lievo havo made tho most Important arrest in years. Frank Is ".ii years old and George 30, the former being the artist who made the plate. They hud $7,2(50 in $0 bills, all le.uly to float, and paper enough to make $1,000,000 more. Tho plated from which the bills wore printed are made or boxwood, and the hills are all tteasiiiy not". of the series of ISM, containing a nu dalllon portrait of Alexander Hamilton, and so clever thnt none but an i-xpcrt can detect them. Wliliril riilli.u- KlIU III WruiiKi-it t'lilM On Hangers branch, 12 miles fnra Aldertton, W. Va., William Robblus, the father of several grown children, hhot and killed his 18-year-old daughter last week rrom ambush, it developed tuat sho was eiicieuto and her father mur dered her to conceal his crime Ho wnB lodged lu Jail and a mob was or ganized to lynch him, but boforo '.hcyi reached tho Jail ho suicided by cuttinf i his throat. Ago of Gold,' which was written In San Francisco when 1 was 13 years old. 1 took it to John McCullough to read. Ho was thou managing tho California theater, and ho trented mo with chnrm- Ins courtesy, asking mo to como back und seo him two or three days later, v-hlch I did. Ho said he Intended to criticise tho play frankly, nnd told me. without boating around tho bush, that 'Tho Ago of Gold' wan unpresentable, whereupon I remarked: 'I suppewe, Mr. McCtilough, It needs tho bluo pen cil.' 'Tho blue pencil V uucrlcd Me Oullough. Then, laying his hand kind ly upon my shoulder: 'My boy, It needs a club!' Ho added, however, that the play showed that 1 had obvious dram atic Instinct and ho hoped I would cul tivate It by studlng the action of plays nnd their construction. To Contrt Willi Moiljrtl.'l. Mrs. Arthur Uouehler, who na Violet Vaubrugh was In America eight years ago with tho Kendals, Is to show her jnottlo this year, when sho will bo I -f ' hoy like tuat . ' ( j when I was a ' 'tor It would i It llnrrlliln Miidi- nf Siilrlilr. Au unknown man with remarkable ncrvo ended his llfu at Juck'6 Itun, near Pittsburg, the other day, by plac ing hl3 neck ou the railway track nnd calmly awaiting tho approaching en gine. "I do this to save others," was written on a slip of paper found In his pocket, but nothing was found ludlcat I lie who tho suicide might ho. TourUU Nurrmvlv K'rupr. Mount Hood, Ore., was In oruptlou a fow days ago, aud a party of moun tain climbers narrowly escaped death in flying rocks aud ashes. An astonishing physiological phe nomenon Is Just announced from Paris. It Is that tho slzo of the waists of all women of fashion has suddenly In creased three or tour Inches. Cycling nnd tight laclug do not go well to L'cthor. Luminous Inks may now bo used to print signs to be visible in tho dark. Zinc salts and aUiu'n are the medluma conernlly Uhod . -.-j i'iym i? j T"' 1 s VIOLET VANimUGH. contrasted with Modjcska In "Donna Diana," with Ada ltehaj, Mine. Rejano, Almeo and Duso, aa Cyprlenno in "Dl vorcons," hor latest London success, besides bringing us at least four new parts, among them Kitty Cllvo, nctross, In a ono act play, tho herolno of "M. do Paris" In another ono net play, tho title rolo In "The Chill Widow," Miss Grantham In "Tho Liar," nnd soveral now roles that sho has not ynt done In London, I'retty .limit Ilrlil. Anna Hold, who Is now In Now York, f an Iingll3h girl with a Parts renutu- practiced performer, and tho poor super did not provo by any means equal to tho occasion. Tho moment enmo, and ho wns puBhod on to tho stage. Al most Immediately tho tragedian caught hltn by the arm, and. looking nt him Intently, said, in a well-marked atago whisper, "Thoro's blood upon your face." Tho perfectly natural and con fidential tono lu which tho word3 wore uttered throw tho man off his guard. "Is there!" ho cried, putting his band to his cheek, "then tho property man has played mo a trick." .S.ti-ttli llnriilmrilt' Nw Pl.tr- In splto of her starring tour ami all , her other prestilng engagements, Sarah ! nernhnrdt has found tho timo to wrlto a pluy, making good uso of hints given her by Sardou, to whom alio showed hor first draft of tho plot. Sim Is very much porplexed Just now whoro and how sho will bo able to present It to tho public, for tho principal part Is, of course, written to milt horself. But, according to tho by-laws fif tho Society of Dramatic Authors, of which bho Is a member, sho cannot perform her own play In u thuater of which sho Is tin proprietor and manager Ntnun U'lilopnr. Nut Goodwin will return from Aus tralia In December. Frank Daniels will not produce a now opera for some time. Olga Nothersolo opens her next American tour In Ilronklyn. Cecil Halolgh Is doing a new pleco, called "Tho Hello of Cairo," for May Yohe. Wagner Is to bo mudo again tho chief attraction of tho London opera season noxt spring, J. W. Plgott, author of "The Hook maker," has made a stage version ol Anthony Hopo's "Mr. Witt's Widow." E. W. Townsond, tho author of "Chlmmle Fadden," has arranged to have his popular book published lu London next month, Tho plot of Dulwor'a novel, "Eugene Aram," has furnished tho foundation upon which Walker Whltesldo and Paul Kestor havo built a dramu. Clarence Holt, tho veteran English actor, who Is about to publish his rem iniscences, will havo a good deal of UK tin' of hypno tism iustiad of an aunoctltctiu In cer tain Mtrglcal opeia 1 1 n ti :t has lately been the subject of i- o n s Iderable dls- -ts-Um auinug the lilgher authorities of the iiiedlcil pro- tofslon. A wry t'1 inarkahle ease Is thnt one which p't'onil happened In one of tho Insui gents' camps In Cuba. It wns ut Xojn.&i when such mi opera tion was performed on asub-lleuteiiant. who undmstood Kiigllt-li perfectl. and who was brought in with a nuicheto wound to the uduuuo guard The s'ush WliUh the ollleer had received cleft tb- tight 'high and continued down, exposing the bones of tll. l.uee Joint and laying open the calf below Tho wound was tilled with clotted blood, htllllnv: the now of blood, but every writhing oi twisting of the suff erer dUlodged tin- i loth nnd Uarted tho bleeding afcli lie lay In n can vas hummock, pale and exhausted. Ill-- wounded limb, from which the trousers had been cut. prouuled ermswlfo over the I'unin. lie groaned and cried for assistance when the Mir.',cun arrived. The Implements for a Mirglcal opera tion were oxecieillngly scant. Some water was boiling In a tacked old lion kettle. Into It were dropped the only Instruments tit hand, a knife, a needle, a needle forceps and an artery forceps, with u spool of mirgeon's tdlk. An Hsceptlc of mercury tablets dlssilvod In water was prepared in two little dried gourds. Tho virgeon now ix'stui to wash the wound with a piece of cot ton netting, stcrllled fnun germs b boiling. The sulferlng of tho man wa Intense. Ho writhed nnd twisted ho much that the How of blood Increased. Operation was tmposslbllo without de priving him of cuii'ciou-uei. in i. dilemma, tho physl.l in. although not a hypnotist, determined upon an ;M"'r ment. And now begun tin exhibition nf hMinotlMiii. whl'h would havo put 3vpiu.m11 in the shade Diawlng from his pocket a small mild cilii nnd lean ing far over the patient, he held It bo foto his eyes. sajInK In a clear, low, earnest voice: "Look directly at this. I want you to think of nothing else hut this coin." SHU holding tho coin, bo passed his right hand over tlm palo brow, stroking it Hoftl. "1 am talc inr Mm sensation from jour forehead. It Is numb. You do not feel imythlng now. Why! you aro very sleepy, are you not? You ure growing sleepy. Urcalhu dop. Sleep"' Intense became the surgeon's look. For a moment ho neither moved nor spoke, Intently hanging over his pa tient with tho golden coin. 'Ureatho deeply," ho continued. The man's oyes had a vacant stare, hut ho breathed as commanded. "ilroatho! You aro breathing for the whole unl voreol Drcutho! I am going to close your eyes now, po that you cannot opon them. You cannot open thorn." Ho now closed thu palont's eyelids with tho palm of his cool hand, and tho mau rcmnlnod 03 It In ti deep trance. Motionless and calm. Hurriedly slip ping t"o c0, 'nt0 U'H ""ck01. an'l Htll! looking Intensely on tho man before, him, tho Burgeon said In a sharp tone: "I havo taken all sensation from your forehead. It Is numb. You do not feel anything now. I am going to mnko your arm rigid." Hereupon ho Btruck tho patient's olbow with IiIh hand, nnd titrokod his nrm. "It Is rigid. You cannot bend It now." What was tho wonder of tho specta tors when tho man's bare arm became absolutely rigid, and hlj muscles stood out. "That will do," said tho doctor. "Lot It drop." And tho arm dropped. He was an absolute victim of hypnotic Influence. "Your log is dead," continued tho hypnotist. "There Ib no feeling In It. It Is a ploco of wood a log. You havo no Bcncatlon there." Now tho patient wns ready for tho surgical operation. Tho doctor picked out a needle from the pot of boiling wuter with tho ncudlo I forcops and with deftne-wi nnd agility bred of practlco began to sow up tlm gaBh In thu log, from tho bottom up ward, with quick, regular movements, townrd thu Joint. Tho patient lay comfortably without suggestion of pain or oven discomfort. In a short while forty stitches had been uiado and small skeltm of silk wore left at Intervals In tho gash, to nnswnr the nurooso of ilralnago pipes. Tho wound was Bprlnkled with powdorod Iodoform and tho patient's body well washed with tho ascoptlc mercurial so lution. When tho operation wuu over tho surgeon passed his hand over tho man's brow and shook him slightly by tho shoulder. "You aro safe now," he said. "You are perfectly well." Slowly tho man opened his oyes, glanced about him aud tried to rise, from hie hammock, but fell back with a look of mild surprise. He described his sensation aa bo grow Into tho comntoso condition, that tho coin placed abovo his oyes had grown bigger and bigger until It form ed Itself into a golden palaco In a groat, cool, bluo ocean that washod above and below It, and thon ho lind rallcn aslcop. This Is tho only known Instance that M.lll, l ii f i- M 'i i '.it'-riflnit of Dmlil Hill j.i.i . . ! Mr F. II. UmhUng of 'In t'li-.n. N .1 . ,lto a few days ago wrote that !" widied to pun huso throo d-M.T for the ),rk hi thnt plum, will have to wait until t' ere a snowfall lu ItaltlmotP wlibli III cm it ttio ground, as the dei .- ,: ' ; 'l cannot be captured except wi. iH ie l n'v enough to bide the grim .md It t'ju they usually feed upon, suys the it tit! more Sun. At other tlm their i ia get- does not compel them to pek thu ball lit the traps. Whenever deer uie to be captured thu traits are circled Just ufler a .snowfall. A )ien or boards Is built twelve fa.'t high, back of which there Is a dour leading to a hiuall but The pen nitmt bo at least twelve feet high, as der ut the park have been known, dipt. Ctu sell sas. to Jump u tcn-fcot fence. On the Moor of the hut torn N spiead, and amid the coin ate arranged trigger which, as iiniiii its lomhrd, ini'se thu dour to fall and I lie liungiy iitilmil ilndi Itself lu i.-iptMt. In ihh way as many as neu deer leave been caught In one pen lu u slug'e night, that many getting Into the hut befotu any of them happened to much a til.; grr. Tho p-n Is ui I to atlr.ni l'',t as they might be n'r. Id io mitt r u hut. "There Is no tue nyuig to witch tlmai except win n It miow," said Capt. C'ai sell yesterd. y. "For teveial day wo havo' had a t ei k or s-o of corn dutuno.1 heie mid time to see If they wotthl come tii and eat H. but the will not, go near It when they tan get Riau. Mr. Itoebllng wants two dm-n mil a buck, but he cannot lune n buck, tin we cannot spare one There at" aov in tho park but tht.v bucks with horti.t, which means th nv 'j;hipe:i niontlin old. Theie uie wime younser ones, but the gieat iuu;iiil' of the deer are does. Hierv uuliiinn we shoot a number of the horned bucks to knp tl.eiu from iuiitllattn the oung trei wlih their horns, laid Mil thot twenty. There Is one wl-'eh e havo spated for scver.il years and he hai now a beautiful set of btnuthliig ant lers, adding u branch evny year. In the park at ptesent there nte !. dcor. i'Iipv aro in sep'Miito ItnnM In dllferent purtB of the p.uk. from twenty-five to thirty usually going In a In rd." THEItK AttE MANY O'lilMLN. lint tin. I iirllt-ulir nil"' W.inieil Mi ! it I'nllr.'iiiiiii. An old man. trnvel-p'jilncd and weary, wnndered Into V.ancx Market, court this mornin and stoul pnttnnt ly waiting for tome one to speak tn him, says the New Yolk Mall and Kx proas. lie was Ilually ariertcd by Itoivuds man O'Mrleii, who asdiud him Ills husl uoss. "Ofve can.e all tit' way front th" owld country looking tor me hid," aa.d tho old mau. "Ol'tu near SO," he continued, "an' mo boy run away fnun Imniu twenty year ugo. Mo name Is O'llileu. an' nu t-ott Is a policeman. Do -- know any O'Hrleus' thot mo on th' foorce.'" "Yed," assented tho rouiul.-mi.in. ":uy name Is Tom O'Hrlen." "How long hove ye boon a pulcoc.i mon?" asked the old man. excitedly. "Twenty years," said the round i niun. "HuiTOO," hovslttd the old man, "y.i'ro nie lad for sine." And lie grubbed O'Hrlen around the neek nnd k!i-'d him ecstatically. "I'm not your yon," said the round man, blushing furiously, "my father m still living with mo. I war, born right hero In Now York. "Ho thoy ony other O'ltrlens that . poleecemen?" "About 100." "Glory be to God! Hut how '11 Ol over foliul me souV" Tho old man was dltected to go to pollco hcadiiuartere, nnd he loft court with the uiiiiouncenient: "O'll folnd that lud If It takes twin ty years. Ol want to seo mo boy." Interest to narrate In connection with ! ' ,'B"ml"ll,Bbi;ntt,.nued In an In K. i ft I'"'8 l I Snt cam," The operation was a re llan gold tlclrli- tnurkablo success. Ovrr l.OIIO lli,i,,iii,iU. A half-breed Indian who rnnies across the Canndlan border with snowshoys, moccasins mid baskets to sell may bo seen almost any day about tho street. of Saranac Lake. 1 Io occasionally makes excursions to this city. His name Is Miicoinbcr, lis father having been a Frenchman. Tho tribe to which ho bolotiPS has n reservation twidv mi!c3 squate. The trlla Ih derccndeil from tlm Five Nations. The reserva tion Is known n Caughnnwaga. Ma comber's grandfather died last wefk, aged 103, and leaving conslderoblo wealth. I Io htul hren married throo times, tho flrat two wives b lug deal. His Unit wlfo bnro him fdv ctilldrcn. tho second Ilftoen and th" third the samo number. Ills grandchildren, great-grandchildren and grcat-great- grnndchlldren uuniber over 1,030. Of tho thlrty-Blx children twcnty-clght are living, as aro most of the grandchil dren, great-gnindchlldnn and tin grcat-great-gniiidchllilten. Tho trlbo claims a portion of Ver mont torrltory known au tho Mlssls ouol valley. Chiefs mid jjreut men or tho tribes of tho Five Nations havo ap peared beforo every session of tho legis lature for upward of half a century de manding remuneration. Now York Times. C'.tc1IU mill (.'itrrtvr I'Icuim, Experiments with cyclists and car rier plgcotiB for tratifciiilttliiK messages are being made by tho Gymnas.lo So ciety of Home, lu tho Interest of the Italian itriny. Thu rider carr.es a small cago attached to his mnchluo, In which aro several well-trained pigeons. 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