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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1896)
II i i I I J 1 a ill the dhniim mocrni SUCCESSOR TO CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT ROBERT B GOOD - Editor Prop VALENTINE NEBRASKA HE TELLS OE THE WAR NEBRASKA MAN TAKEN PRISON ER BY CUBAN INSURGENTS Was Given the Option of Death or Serving in the Cuban Army and Accepted the Latter Is Hastening the Crisis Other Items Tells of the War in Cuba Omaha Arthur a native of Scotland has returned to Omaha after having spent a most eventful two years of his Jjfe among the Cubans lie went to Cuba to install some machinery but was taken prisoner by the insurgents He and his companions were charged with being Spanish spies The accusation had a touch of the ridiculous about it as not one of them could speak a word of Span ish The party was given a sort qf court martial aud given the option of death or serving in the Cuban army They cculd do nothing but accept the situation It is undoubtedly true said Mr Mc Pherson that the Spaniards take out in surgent prisoners and shoot them down but 1 have witnessed deeds of cruelty on the part of the insurgents that fully equalled that I have seen them frequent ly hand over the women ami particularly the young girls found in the houses thai were raided to the negro soldiers in the army who were allowed to do with them as they pleased The whole island is wrecked and ruined There are no plan tations and no ranches Everything has been destroyed The Cubans will win continued Mc Pherson The Spaniards army must carry everything with them on expedi tions There are no provisions to be ob tained in the interior Spain cannot stand the expense of such warfare Is Hastening the Crisis Constantinople To those who have eyes to see there is more and more evi dent the approach of a crisis in the affairs of the decrepit Ottoman Empire Though the limit has apparently been reached in the patience of the Euroj ean powers there is no diminution in the rancor dis played by the Mussulmans towards the Armenians and no sign of the relinquish ment of the Turks contention that the Ar menians are persistentanddeterminel rev olutionists and agitators against the sov ereignty of the Sultan and as such invite the stringent repressive measures that have been used against them Some color has to be admitted to this contention of the Turks from the fact that some of the envoys of the powers have received a circular note from the Hintchak revolutionary committee de claring that if the reforms demanded by the Armenians at the time of the raid by them upon the Ottoman bank are not granted theie will be a more serious out break against the Turkish authorities and over a much wider areathan was the last which resulted in the apparently indis criminate slaughter of Armenians in this city Bessie Littles Murder Dayton Ohio Although Bessie Lit tle was murdered over a week ago there is still intense interest in the case which is developing into a murder of as much deliberation as that of Catherine Ging at Minneapolis and into almost as atro cious a disposition of the body as that of Pearl Bryan whose head was never found Every day evidence is accumulat ing to show that Albert Frantz deliber ately drove the girl to an obscure place along the Stillwater Iliver shot her and threw her body from the bridge into the river He told a story of Bessie shooting herelf while they were riding and that in fright he threw the body over the bridge and hastened home He stuck to this theory since his arrest but the missing link is a revolver which Frantz admits he threw into the river with the body Chief of Police Perrell had the river dredged and used magnets Crowds line the river banks while divers are going down and scouring the bottom of the river If found the revolver completes the evidence against Franzt New Consul at Samoa Washington The State Department lias transmitted to Consul General Churchill at Apia Samoa the formal papers appointing Lloyd Osborne as vice and deputy consul general at that place Osborne is the stepson of the late Robert Louis Stevenson and was the joint author with the novelest of several of his latest works He is an American but has re sided in Samoa for several years and is worshiped by the natives of the island The Advance Up the Nile Cairo Word has been received from the front that the Egyptian troops with the Nile expedition are concentrated at Fereirg which is only twenty three miles from the Dervish outpost at Kerma where the dervishes have been concentrating re inforcements of cavalry as though with the intention of making a stand against the British advance Big Glass Trust to Combine Anderson Ind The Indiana window glass manfacturers have called a meeting of the Indiana trust the purpose being to perfect the amalgamation of the eastern and western trusis All of the thirty one plants are in the Indiana trust Consol idation will be effected Oct L Western Editorial Convention Denver The second annual conven tion of the Western Editorial Federation whose membership embraces twenty one states west of the Mississippi Eiver opened in this city Monday There is an attendance of 500 or COO editors Rebel j Leaders Shot Manillc Philippine Island The leaders of the conspiracy against the Spanish Government in the province of Cavite have been shot Decides to Refund the Debt Columbus Ohio The stockholders ot the Columbus Hocking Valley and To ledo Bailway Company decided at a special meeting to issue 30000000 4 per cent gold bonds to refund the debt ofthe road The proposition was carried by a unanimous vote Three Million Marks- Gone Berlin Herr Oskar Schuster director of the Sordeule Sher Handels Gesels chraft has been arrested on the charge of embezzlement It is reported that the de falcation amounts to 2 000000 tcr 8000000 marks Other arrests are pending Brndstreets Review 2new York Bradstreets says The feeling among jobbers and manufacturers last week that an improvement in de mand for seasonable stables was in sight was evidently well founded for at more than a dozen centers south and west de mand is now more active the volume of sales has increased and the general out look is much more favorable for business later in the autumn Notwithstanding the Labor Day interruption the weeks volume of business is slightly heavier several cities reporting larger demand this week to replenish depleted stocks than during the two preceding months notably among jobbers in groceries hard ware dry goods millinery hats and shoes The most marked improvement is at Chicago St Louis St Paul Minneap olis Pittsburg Charleston and Augusta although other cities have reported a bet ter feeling and prospects for a more active demand Exports of wheat flour included as wheat from both coasts of the United states and from Montreal this week amount to 8709141 bushels as compared with 3339000 bushels last week and 1 SIOOOO bushels in the corresponding week one year ago Miners Lilcely to Suffer Washington Information received at the Treasury Department indicates that there is likely to be much suffering among the miners at Cooks Inlet who are returning from the Alaska gold fields un less the commercial companies who took them north provide for their passage home More than a year ago the depart ment notified the commercial companies that thereafter the Government could not furnish transportation for these mineis aud that if the companies -took the miners north they should look out for their re turn It is said that if all the cutters in Behring Sea were pressed into service they could not accommodate more than 120 men There are said to be nearly 1000 of these returning miners now at Cooks Inlet Another Bank Suspends New Orleans The Bank of Com merce which everybody thought would be able to weather the wave of distrust and suspicion which the recent wreck of the Union National engendered has been compelled to close its doors There was a large crowd outside the bank but every body was orderly All manner of sur mises and opinions were freely aired by the crowd but the sum and substance seemed to be that the Bank of Commerce had adopted the only course left to it There was a lively run on the Peoples Bank So many people were in line that it extended clear into the streets The officials of the Peoples Bank did not seem to be worried over the run and all checks for 100 or under were rapidly cashed Fools Spanish Warships New York Information has reached this city that the steamer Three Friends which left Jacksonville last Friday has again been successful in landing an ex pedition in Cuba in spite of the watchful ness of the Spanish war vessels which constantly patrol the coast The expedi tion landed precisely where the Spanish navy exerls the greatest vigilance on the coast of Pinar del llio province The cargo is said to have consisted of 1000 rifles 460000 cartridges n pneumatic dynamite gun 2000 pounds of dynamite 1000 machetes medical stores and cloth ing It is thought in Cuba that Maceo will now attack the trocha in Pinar del Rio as soon as Gomez moves from the east upon Havana this autumn Liiquor Laws Lower Revenues Indianapolis Ind The executive committee of the State Liquor League met here to prepare for the state conven tion of the league on Sept 17 The con has prepared a report upon ihe effects of the Nicholson law showing that it has driven 700 saloons out of business in Indiana and caused a corresponding fall ing off in the school revenue so that in many counties the school term has been curtailed all the way from fourteen to thirty days The report also shows an in crease in the amount of beer brewed and whisky sold in the state Fear More Outbreaks Constantinople Fears are enter tained here of a renewal of the recent dis turbances These apprehensions have caused a panic among the general public Trade is almost at a standstill and the lack of money in the Turkish treasury is a serious feature of the situation Fifteen army officers who went to the war office to claim arrears in pay were informed that there were no funds with which to pay them The officers thereupon resigned their commissions and were promptly ar rested for so doing Biff Gold Deposits New York Lazard Freres deposited 370000Oin gold at the sub treasury in exchange for legal tenders Friday The steamships Britannic and Fuerst Bis marck brought 613000 and 53697800 gold respectively making the aggregate amount received 523172050 The bank of British North America will deposit at the subtfeasury in exchange for legal ten ders 1000000 in gold received on the Fuerst Bismarck There was deposited at the subtreasury up to 215 p m 55000 000 in gold Hundred Spaniards Killed Key West Fla The train carrying troops from Havana which recently ar rived from Spain going by the way of Guanajay was attacked near that place by the insurgents and destroyed The loss of the Spaniards was 100 men killed by the bullets of the attacking party This news was received here from Dr Charles Mateo Feal a captain in the in surgent army who passed through here direct from the insurgent camp on his way to New York Famous Model Falls New York Mrs Catherine L Beach said to have been the model of Montanas silver statue which attracted so much attention at the Columbian Exposition is at Bellevue hospital recovering from hysteria brought on by excessive drinking Despondency over her failure to secure a theatrical engage ment drove the woman to threats of sui cide and then to drink Passengers on the Majestic Liverpool The White Star line steamer Majestic which sails from this port for New York will take among her passengers the Earl of Westmeath Baron Hengel Mueller von Hengervar the Austrian-Hungarian Minister to the United States and Prince and Princess Kuspolfc For a New Gambling Resort Chicago Alexander D Hannah and David Hogg wealthy Chieagoans are it is stated endeavoring to purchase Macki nac Island at the northern end of Lake Michigan It is said to be their intention to snend half amillion dollars or mdre to make therSorfc similar to Monte Carloi I weeks Means Much for United States Seattle Chinese residents of this city have appointed a committee repre senting three big Chinese mercantile con cerns in Seattle to wait upon and pay their respects to Li Hung Chang upon his arrival at Vancouver enroute home Mark Ten Suie who is a representative of the better class of Chinese says the dis tinguished viceroys visit means much to the United States that Li will upon his return to China begin the construction of a system comprising no less than 83000 miles of railroad and that iold and silver mines in a range of mountains extending for 1500 miles along northern China will be opened Much iron and machinery to bcused in developing these enterprises Mark Ten Suie states that from private Chinese advices will be purchased in the United States Mark says that Li pro poses the publication of a book embracing his experiences and what he has learned on his trip upon his return to the flowery kingdom Hill Will Not Accept i Albany N Y The Democratic pri mary Wednesday night selected Senator Hill as a delegates to the state con vention The delegation consists of twelve men of whom seven including Mr Hill are considered gold men but the entire delegation is instructed to sup nart Bryan and Sewall Senator Hill telegraphed the following 10 Norton Chase chairman of the con vention I observe in a morning paper that I have been elected delegate from the Third Albany district to the state convention under instructions to vote for the indorse ment of the Chicago platform and candi dates This action was taken in opposi tion to my wishes and judgment as ex pressed lo you and I decline to accept ihe election upon the conditions imposed or upon any conditions which would re strict my freedom at Buffalo to act in such manner as I consider best for the in terests of my party May Check Gold Drain London The Evening Standard says the unexpected raising of the bank rate by the Bank of England from 2 per cent to 2j per cent for the first time a change has taken place since February 1894 foreshadows further gold withdrawals and created considerable surprise at the slock exchange As a consequence the market was all ilat and consols dropped percent The Pall Mall Gazette says that unless the bank has other information a general knowledge of the situation searcely war rants the advance in the rate But the directory may see the necessity of ad vancing the rate to 3 per cent and de cided that it was best to make the ad vance by stages in order to avoid danger of a panic Five Men Badly Hurt St Louis One man fatally and four others seriously injured is the result of an explosion caused by the careless handling of gasoline The explosion occurred in the building occupied by the Mound City Cleaning and Dyeing Company The in jured are James Walker the proprietor James Vincent a dyer Harry Roberts collector for Walker John Meers Edward Sherry The men were at work in the cleaning room at the time of the explosion and were pouring gasoline from a five gallon can British Trades Congress Edixburg The British trades union congress adopted a resolution calling for the complete remodeling of the British educational system on a basis to secure the democratic principle of equality of opportunity so as to make British chil dren worthy citizens of a co operative commonwealth A resolution was adopted calling on the Government to pass a law making it compulsory for all municipal bodies to adopt some scheme of old age pensious for their employes Roclcford Messiah Is Married Minneapolis George J Schwein furth the Rockford 111 messiah was married to Mary Ann Tuttle at the Church of the Redeemer Thursday Eev Marion D Schuter performing the cere mony Twelve members of the Church Triumphant were present aside from the bridesmaids The sermon was one of Schweinfurths own creations At the same time Albert Tefft was married to Amari Schweinfurth and Will Weldon w as united to Bertha Olsen Unlimited Credit Is Given Madrid The Cortes has adjourned after unanimously authorizing the Gov ernment to borrow 5200000000 guaran teed by the railroads and also unani mously authorizing the Government to raise another loan of unlimited amount to defray the expenses of the campaign against the insurgents this loan to be guaranteed by any of the national reve nues Make an Appeal for Aid Lansing Mich The authorities at Ontonagon have made a second appeal to Gov Rich for aid to the fire sufferers They report that but 53000 has been con tributed in cash and the supply of pro visions is insufficient for a period longer than a week Several hundred people will need shelter and care for ninety days at least Barrel of Turpentine Blows Up Wausau Wis While William Bor chardt and Wilber Bartel were emptying a barrel of turpentine in the cellar of W W Albers drug store a match was lighted and a terrific explosion followed Before the lire department could get control of the flames the entire stock was ruined Borchart aud Bartel were badly burned Three Rioters Reported Killed Ashland Wis Sheriff Archibald has received a telegram reporting a serious riot in a Bavarian settlement near the vil lage of Gladden It is reported that three men were killed in a riot there The trouble arose over a school board dispute Two teachers were thrown out of the schoolhouse Turk Draws in Horns London A dispatch from Athens to the Daily Telegraph says In response to the note of the powers the Sultan has now ordered an irade to be published commanding a summary cessation of the expulsion of Armenians Mississippi River Very Low Burlington Iowa The Mississippi River is only four inches above the lowest known stage and in consequence of nu merous sandbars steamer traffic is almost suspended All the larger packets have ceased running Employment for Yarn Spinners TAWHPvnp Mass Th TTnner Pafcifio rtr - yarn mill and print works have resumed operations after a shut down of two This sifFpnts nhniif H000 hands mww wb -- OF A -BEAT STATE MEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF NEBRASKA The State Democracy Held Their Convention on Friday Last at Omaha Indorsed the Nominations Made at Hastings Democratic State Covention Presidential Electors Fred Metz srt Douglas O W Palm Lancaster F J Hale Madison X Piabceki Howard N O Alberts Clay S L Kostryze Saline 31 F HarrinKton Holt J N Campbell Nance Governor Silas A Holcomb Lieutenant Governor J E Harris -State Secretary W F Porter State Auditor John F Cornell State Treasurer J N Meserve Attorney General C J Smyth State superintendent W R Jackson Commissioner J V Wolfe Judges Supreme Court Long Term William Xeville Short Term J S Kirkpatrick University Regent Thomas Kawlings C J Smyth chairman of the state com mitte called the Democratic state con vention to order at Omaha Friday Lee Herdman secretary lead the call Ed ward P Smith of Omaha was named as temporary chairman of the convention Mr Smith upon taking the chair ad dressed the convention at some length The committee on permanent organiza tion reported in favor of Dr Edwards of Lincoln for permanent chairman of the convention but there was a strong senti ment in the convention that the tem porary organization be made permanent After considerable talk upon the question Dr Edwards withdrew his name and on his motion the temporary organization was made permanent The conference committee reported that of the eight names suggested by the Pop ulist committee for electors these four had been selectad N O Alberts of Clay S L Kostryze of Saline M F Harrington of Holt and J X Campbell of Nance The committee had submitted to the Pop ulists a list of Democrats from which that organization had selected these names Fred Metz sr of Douglas O W Palm of Lancaster F J Hale of Madison and X Piasceki of Howard The con vention then elected these eight by accla mation WII Thompson read the following res olutions reported by the committee and they were adopted We your committee on resolutions beg leave to report the following We the Democrats of the state of Nebraska In convention assembled congratulate the modesty of the nation upon the honesty cour age aud sagacity shown in the selection of Will iam J Bryan and Arthur Sewall as its candidates for the presidency ana vice presidency of the United States and the platform adopted and pledge our united eftort to the support of the ticket nominated aud our adherence to the principles in the said platform contained We heartily indorse the action of those in charge who have endeavored to secure the union of forces in favor of the coinage of the two metals both gold and silver as provided by tho constitution and whose wise and generous ac tions ensure the election of our standard bearers as the next president and vice president of the United States We favor and shall use out best endeavors to secure the adoption of the proposed amendment to the constitution providing for the election of railroad commissioners by the direct vote of the people and the proposed amendment increasing the number of supreme judges from three to Ave together with the amendment authorizing the investment of the public school fund and other funds held by the state and not otherwise used or appropriated in bonds as provided by the proposed amendment We demand a most rigid and economical ad ministration of the alfairs of the state and a strict compliance with the law in reference to the disposition of the school fund and heartily indorse the action of Governor Holcomb in his honest endeavors to save the common schools the interest on the funds now lying idle in the treasury or held and used by private individuals contrary to law and condemn the action of the Republican Board of Public Lands and Buildings in refusing to assist the Governor in his noble ef forts to uphold the law and sustain the rights of the people On motion of W H Thompson the con vention indorsed unanimously the nomi nations made at Hastings by the Populist party Nominations for attorney general were then called for and C J Smyth of Doug las was presented The nomination was seconded by everybody nearly and it was about to be made unanimous when a gentleman from Lancaster called a halt and nominated Judge A S Tibbetts of Lincoln Harvey D Travis of Cass and George W Shields of Douglas were then placed in nomination for attorney general Koll call was ordered but betore it was com pleted the names of the other candidates were withdrawn and the nomination of Mr Smyth was made by accaraation For regent of the State TJniversi ty the names of Joseph Oberfelder of Cheyenne T L Hall of Richardson and Thomas Rawlings of Dixon were presented The result of the roll call was Rawlings 248 Hall 276 and Oberfelder 66 Oberfelder withdrew his name before the second ballot began The result of the second ballot was Rawlings 320 and Hall 235 Rawlings being declaredjthe nominee The usual resolutions instructing the state central committee to fill vacancies were adopted and the convention ad journed Condition of the Sugar Beet Crop The beet raisers have had several analy sis of this years crop made The beets are ripening slowly and thus far have not reached the required test of sugar content and purity Each analysis however shows an improvement over the last and it is expected by October 1 the beets will reach 80 per cent saccearine content and purity Carpenter Hurt at Fremont Louis Hanson a carpenter employed on the chicory factory at Fremont fell from a scaffold on the outside of the building a distance of nearly forty feet He struck a couple of boards in falling breaking bot hof them and landed on a pile of loose earth Ho bones were broken though he sustained verysevere bruises Shuhert Citizen Shot John Oathout of Shubert was return ing from Omaha overland in company with a cousin They stopped at Dunbar where in getting out of the buggy a gun which he carried was accidentally dis charged striking him in the breast He died shortly after the accident Testing the Occupation Tax Suit has been brought against about forty business firms by the city attorney at Falls City for the payment of occupa tion taxes The matter will be tested to see if they are compelled to pay HAD A GY OLD TIME Lincoln Real Estae Man Loses 2 3t in Council Bluffs John Strine a real estate man from Lin coln had a royal good time in Council Bluffs When the police found him be vashappily oblivious to the fact that he still had nearly 50J in casli in hispoefcets and thathe was in a condition to fall an easy prey to anything that might come along An interview with him by the police authorities disclosed the fact that he had been robbed of 220 This dis covery assisted materially in sobering him up and he told the officers all thathe could recollect of the fun he had had He thinks he went to Omaha about Friday and does not have a very clear idea of when or how he came across he river He was taken to tho Ogden House on Saturday night by parties for whom the police are looking with a belief that they will be able to tell something about the robbery The officers put little credence in his assertion that he was robbid for they cannot conceive how any able bodied conscientious thief would take 2i0 and leave 491 in the pockets of a man so help lessly drunk that he did not know whether he was in Council Bluffs or Yo kahama Strine is a man between 50 aud 60 years old BIG HUNTING PARTY Vanderbilt and His Friends Prepar ing to Slaughter Game The transportation and escort for the big hunting party of Vanderbilt Webb and others was titted up at Fort Robin son There were forty nine cavalry horses twenty -one pack mules twenty -two soldiers and one chief packer They took the Elkorn to Crawford and trans fer the train lo the B M at that point which will take them to Billings Mont thence on the Northern Pacific to Cinnibar From there the outfit will march to the National Park and from there to tho Jacksons Hole country Sept Oct County Fair Dates 14 16 Antelope County Nelign Win Campbell Sec 14 19 Nebraska and Kansas In terstate Fair Red Cloud Neb D J Myers Sec 15 18 Cass County Elm wood 15 18 Gaue County Beatrice 15 18 Polk County Osceola S B Moifett Sec 15 18 Jefferson County Fair- bury W W Watson Sec 15 18 Hamilton County Aurora L W Shuman Sec 15 18 Madison County Madison J L Rynearson Sec 15 18 Saunders Connty Wahoo L W Gilchrist Sec 15 18 Kearney County Minden L M Copeland Sec 16 18 Burt County Tekamah E B Atkinson Sec 16 1S Boone County Albion C G Barns Sec 22 24 Sheridan County Gordon H G Lyon Sec 22 25 Nemaha County Auburn u 2 25 Phelps County Bertrand 22 25 Lancaster County Lin coln William Foster See 22 25 York County York L D Stilson Sec 22 25 Valley County Ord J L Claflin Sec 23 25 Platte County Columbus 24 26 Dundy County man 28 30 Stanton County Stanton 29 Oct 2 Otoe County Syracuse 29 Oct 2 Oct 21 -Oct 29 Oct 2 Furnas j County Beaver City 2 Richardson County Sa lem W WAllen Sec 2 Dodge County rremont W U Haven Sec 2 Butler Grange Butler Buffalo County D A Travelpiece Sec 6 9 Red Willow County Mc- Cook L M Copeland See 6 9 Cass County Plattsmouth 7 9 Washington County Blair F 11 Claridges Sec 14 15 Lincoln County North Platte 13 16 Johnson County Tecum sell Texas Fever in Seward County Attorney J J Thomas of Sew ard County has written a letter to Gover nor Holcomb calling attention to the fact that live head of cattle from Arkansas have been unloaded at a point near Ger mantown and are now infected with Texas fever and quarantined In his let ter he asked that some veterinarian be sent to Germantown to look into the mat ter If shipped out into the state the re sults are liable to be disastrous The na tonal quarantine law recently enacted has not yet gone into effect and will not until some time in November Assaults a Prisoner in Court The trial of Wright Kelly was in prog ress at Greeley Center for an assault on the 9-year-old boy of Peter Reifers and was about concluded when Reifer made a rush at the defendant with a heavy chair that would have smashed Kellys skull had it not been that he was caught by Attorney Doyle County Attorney Ganoe and Deputy Sheriff Gaffney lha court then took the matter of Reifers in hand and fined him for contempt of court f Indians Get Drunk and Firht Prairie Chicken and his wife Indian got on a drunk near their home on the reservation near Decatur and it resulted in quite a serious fight Knives were used and the old man was cat quite badly in several places They are both inete -ate drunkards and are often in troujle Burglars Blow a Safe The Union Pacific depot at Yutan was entered by burglars -They broke open the tool box securing tools knocked the knob off the Pacific Express Companys safe filled the safe with powder and blew the door entirely off They secured about 42 in cash Fremont Workmen Hurt John Launer and Philip Mowrer while at work plastering the Catholic Church at Fremont fell from the staging to the floor below Both were quite badly bruise I and Launers leg broken Madison County Old Settlers A Madison County farmers and old set tlers picnic was held at Battle Creek It was a grand affair Nearly all parts of the county were represented Colonel Simpson of Norfolk delivered an address on farming followed by singing speak ing and dancing by the young folks Burglars Raid a Store at Stella Burglars affected an entrance into W R Wyatts store at Stella by cutting a panel from the back door and carried away about 40 worth of clothing and several dollars in cash SUSPICION MURDER FARMERS WIFE AND GRAND MOTHER DIE SUDDENLY Youns Agriculturist Said to Have Loved Another Girl Whom He at Once Married Suspicion Js Aroused and Hia Arrest Follows Murder Mystery in Iowa James Paul is a young farmer just 28 years old who lives when at home in a near cottage on a picturesque spot the- HISS HARTMAX PAUL AND IIIS FORMER WIFE the death of the two women and the sub sequent behavior of the man who should have been protector point to him as be ing the one responsible for the sudden death of both But if he is convicted it must be by circumstantial evidence or his confession James Paui might be called good-looking His hair is light and his eyes are blue He has the appearance of an honest man He has resided in the county five years and has many acquaintances who were shocked beyond measure when he was arrested charged with the double murder Pauls wife died under suspi cious circumstances on the 3d of July On the night of the 4th he was enjoying life at a country dance where his partner of the evening was the one he made his wife two weeks after ward Before the marriage ceremony however there was an obstacle appar ently in the way The J ueioiiuuis Buy it was the grandmother of Mrs Paul His wife before her death had been the joy and pride of Grandma Dulin as she was called and it was rms GEAXD11A DUXI2T folly to think she would ever give her consent to the marriage of her grandson-in-law so soon after the death of her treasure The story the neighbors tell and they told it under oath before the Grand Jury is that Saturday afternoon after the deaths of his wife Paul was with Grandma Dulin They talked about the death of his wife and how lonesome he would be without her The noon hour came and the old lady feeble as she was moved herself around and prepared dinner for the two Paul was with her in the kitchen and she had his sympathy They partook of the meal Jim this tea doesnt taste right she said There is a bitter taste to it that I dont like I cant drink any more of c She had only finished a half of the cup but two days afterward she died in spasms Pauls arrest followed and then commenced the unraveling of the chain of circumstances which makes the outlook gloomy for the accused He was brought to the Webster City jail where he has since maintained a discreet silence He H03IE OF THE PATJIS only denies his guilt and insists his wife and her grandmother died from natural causes Paul was hardly placed safely behind the bars before the proper officers com menced gathering evidence The remains of his wife had been laid to rest in a cem etery in Webster County onlya few miles from her former home This wa3 done in accordance with her expressed wishes in life The remains of Grandma Dulin were interred in Hamilton County Both the bodies were exhumed The stomachs were sent to State Chemist Floyd Davis at Des Moines for analysis In a few days word came from Des Moines that unmistakable signs of strychnine poison ing had been found Professional Gossips in China Professional gossips are common in China Most of them are elderly wom en who have regular patrons of the fe male sex whose houses they -visit and whom they entertain by narrating the news and scandal of the day They thus earn about enough to maintain them in a life of laziness Oleo Imported ty England The United Kingdom imports 300 000 worth of margarine each week r C other side of Homer ten miles from Web 1 stvr City He is now in jail charged with murdering his wife and her grandmotherj by administering poi son Last Fourth o f July eve the young -woman whom Paul led to the altar six years ago died On the night of Independence day he attend j ed a patriotic dance at which he was the escort of Miss Hartman to whom forf months he had been paying devoted atten 1 tion The following Sunday morning Grandma Dulin Mrs Pauls grand mother and for the week since his wifesi death his housekeeper was dead too The old woman was buried and about ai week later the widower and Miss Hart man were married Then Paul was rested charged with double murder HisJ bride of a week went back to her home 1 to live with her parents and now de- nounces the accused Such is the outline of the Paul mys tery which promises to be most sensa tional The circumstances surrounding V V Hi M X r 71 Or A u