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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JA UAKY IS , 1808 ,
CASE OF MISTAKEN JUSTICE
two Examples in Which Circumstantial
Evidence Was at Fanlt.
DlFflCULTIES OF TRUE IDENTIFICATION
Ser > - of ft Krcnclininn Who
-i-i-lM-iI IL "Wife mill All Her
Qlvlnllt tin It } * linppriion-
a Wnnilrrur.
' SomMfavs ago I was In the ofllco of a
iawjcr who has .figured on leading counsel In
many Important trkils , aj a correspondent
of iho Now York Times , and Siaa also served
ns the defendant's armament , BO to oay , 1n a
number ot causes that iiavo been ot national
note. Ho was pedklng of the great catiea
hinging almost solely on circumstantial evi
dence' , and which Iiavo boon before the pub-
llo In the past tow jwrs , such ua fie Carlyle
Harris and 'tho Dr. Buchanan poisoning caso-j ,
tJio Llzzlo Dordeu anl the I.liotgert casco.
Illustrating his meaning by various refer
ences to these , ho tuld :
"You can take people , us a rule , and you
will Qnd that calm , analytical judgment U a
faculty that but very few are blessed with.
The tendency generally la to accept rcporta ,
disconnected rumors , and pcraonal opinion ,
us evidence. Upon such material Uio popu
lar verdict han tlmo and again settled eo
clcscly and flxodly that It has been netl to
lmpc islblo for liio utrongcst und moat in-
controvertlblo array of fdctanl logic to make
lieadwuy. As a result , the reports are ful !
of Inotanccs where Innocent men and women
Iiivo suffered death or Imprisonment bucauso
Btrango comblnatlctiR of clrcurastancert have
pointed la their guilt , and ney vvcro unable ,
through lack of resource , cr because of pub
lic clamor , to disprove them , u.ml vlndlcatlou
liai Utiufl had to bo left tu cardj time.
* On the other hand , In such marvelous and
OD contradictory forms do eircume'ances oc-
tvislonally osiert thcmsclvus Miat 'It Is an Im-
for Iho meut aklllcil logician , or
llio mo.it Miuilo or judges to weigh ovldoncu
to that It ahiil ! possess tac Hllgh c-bt dcllnltc-
inens of tneatilng
"When It cornea to law casco that arc re
corded > our tinlned novelist Is not In sight
for plot and characters. Indeed , I ihavo often
wondered why novel writers do not go 'to '
Iivv lomoj for their mateilal Certainly there
Ja no richer source -In the world for true cltu-
tlorii of wonderful Incidents cf too paradoti-a
of human events.
UNCKIlTAINl'V ' OP
"Tor example , " and ha brought out a small
% olunio from his library , "hero Is the story
of one of the most lemarkablo cases In all
hlstoiy as showing n problem of the uncer
tainty In Identification. It Illustrates the
tl'lllculty ' of getting accurate Information ol
c Imlnal cases , the matter ot Identlfjlng a
person or persons. You know there la
seal rely a c iso comes up but what we have
a hiring ot testimony concerning the Identity
of some one1. This case I want to sho.v > ou
la the story of .Martin Guerre. Look it
ovc-i. "
I did so , and , with the lawjcr's permis
sion , made a transcript , which la as follows
lows- i
In I'tancc , In January , 1539 , ono 'Martin '
Guerre was man led at the ago ot 11 to Mile.
Ucitrando del Hols of Artlgucs A settle
ment was made for the pair , nnd In the ninth
3 oar ot their marriage a child was born to
them. Shortly aftctward the now Ijmado
father got Into trouble. lie took some wheat
out of his father's bins and appropriated it to
Qiid own use. Tearing the eld man's wrath
ho ran away. Ilia wife thought that her
husband would only remain separated long
enough for his father's displeasure to soften ,
nnd eight dajs wcro set .ipart as the probable -
able tllno foriils return. Hint thD eight dajs ,
und then eight weeks and months , went
ihy , and It was finally eight jears before
tidings came from the runaway.
Ono winter's evening a man claiming to bo
! Martln Guerre presented himself with a long
story of penitence. As to his identity , it
fwas accepted without question by his four
elsleia , his undo and every member of his
" \\lfo's family. And It Is not so much vvon-
ilfr , since the traveler bore the Identical
marks of the person of Martin Guerre , and ,
moreover , was familiar with the bits of fam
ily history such as only the genuine Martin
could apparently have known. At any rate ,
the deserted wlfo accepted thu newcomer
ulth all fondness and , In the com EC of thrco
jcars , presented the supposed 'Martin ' Guerre
with two children.
As to whether Mine. Guerre at first had
suspicions concerning her alleged returned
liusband can never bo known. It would
seem as If those almost Imperceptible differ
ences between man and man must have
been observed by her , but It may bo that
the stranger , Miowlng her a tenderness and
consideration which her real husband had
not done , slio was somewhat willing to put
ip with the new order of things. She jnay ,
also , have thought that her own peace of
] lfo would bo best conserved by keeping of
uor own counsel.
IN l.V QUANDARY.
Bo this as It may , It was not long before
TUinom arose. It was said that the man
who clalmod to have returned to his wlfo ,
3lmc . Guerre , was a fiaud. The excitement
llnnlly became such that , at the Instigation
of 1'lcrro Guerre , an undo of the missing
innn , Mmo. Ilcrtrnndo was forced to have
lier alleged husband arrested The accused
made an eloquent defense and explained the
causes of his long absence. Ho claimed to
liavi < been a soldier in Spain until , consumed
by thn doslro to see his wlfo and child , he
had icsolved to return. Ho also gave appar
ently overwhelming evidence , through his ac
counts of secret family history , of matters
pertalnlni ; to the Gucrrcs , that lie was the
liona lido husband of Mmo. Bortrandc. His
loplles to shaip questionings ronccrnlng this
vcru ready and Invariably accurate The
wlfo corroborated his statements , but now
ilonlerl positively that the accused was her
liusbnnd.
Ono hundred and fifty witnesses were sum
moned , and ot thcso forty swore that the
prisoner was , bc-jond doubt , the missing
! Maitln Guerre. On the other hand , u great
1 > ody clnimnd the man was Arnaud dn Till ) ,
ra led "I'ansptlo , " whom they had known
eliuo a child The remaining witnesses ,
sixty In number , declared the resemblance
In'twccn the two waa eo close they could not
render an opinion.
The trial lesulted , to the general surprise ,
In a conviction. The man was pronounced
to bo Arnaud du Tllli , and sentenced tn de
capitation Appeal to a higher court brought
1111 oidcr for a imvv trial. On summing up
the testimony nt the now trial thirty now
'wltntBtes appeared. Of these ten declared
the prlsqner to bo Martin Clucrro , seven or
tight derided In favor of Arnaud du Tilh
mid the rest wrra uncurtain Most of the
witnesses agreed In dcucilblng Murtln Guerre
ur taller and darker than the accused , slen
der In body and limb , round-shouldorod , with
n high , divided chin , pendant lower Up , and
nquat nose , having the tiaco of an ulcer on
the cheek nnd a scar on the- right eyebrow
lAimuul , the accused , ' 'was short and stout ,
liavlng neither humpy shoulders nor isquat
nose. But all these marks referred to as
What do the
Children
Drink ?
Don't jive ; them ten or coffee.
Hnvo jon Inert the new food drink
called GUAIN-0 ? It is tlohoions
mill nourisumu "d takes the plicu
of coffiio.
The inoro Ornln-O yon give Uio
children the inoro health you distri
bute through their ejsteiiM.
( Irniu.O is madoof pure grains , niul
\vhon properly prepared tastes like
the choice yrmlos of coffco but costs
nbout i as wuoh. All uroccrs eoll
it. IGo. nud iioe.
TryQrain = 0 !
Jn ! * t lh t your grocer glYM you GIUIN-O
Accept no Imitation ,
to Marlln Guerre were present on
the fare of the accused
THE MAIIKS WKRB TIIBHE.
It was further sworn to that Martli
Guerre was an expert swordsman and
wroatlcr. The prisoner vvas neither.
About forty perions swore that the accugci
was actually Martin Guerre Among them
wcro bin four sisters , with the husband
of two of them A great number asosrtei
th U Oucrro had two teeth In the left lows
J-iw broken , a drop of extravasaled blood In
the left eye. the nalV of the loft foreflnge
mlMlng , and thrro marks on the left hand
one being on the little finger. All theee
marks existed In the arcused. It wax alio
proved that the prisoner , arriving at Artlgues
recognized and saluted as old friends al
those who had been Intlmato with Martin
Guerre , that. In conversation with the wife
ho had recalled to her certain Incident , ?
know a only to herself and liusbnod , and 1
was elated , In Illustration , that Mme Guerre
having mentioned that eho had preserve !
certain chests unopened , ho desired her to
fetch from one a- pair of nhlto pintalooni
foldnd In taffeta The garments were found
as he had described.
With regard to dissimilarity In height and
stature. It waa urged that there woo nothing
rcmarl.ablo In the boy of disappearance re
turning , after many jcars , a stocky man
that the matter of height was somethlnf
witnesses might easily be mistaken la. am
that , of necessity , great changes had takci
place In the appearance ot Oucrro during
his long absence. Lastlj' , the prisoner's ap
parcntly Inexhaustible familiarity with fam
lly records seemed to show that It was ab
nurd to claim him to bo an Impostor. Tno
now trial would have undoubtedly resultet
In an acquittal had not a remarkable Incldcn
takcni place.
TWO OF A KIND.
The veritable Martin Guerre himself sud
dimly came Into the court room and de
manded to bo heard Ho denounced the Impostor
pester and gave hla history. Then he dc
mantled to bo conftontcd by him. This belli ) ,
done , the accused did not appear to be In
tbo icist abcshcd or frightened , but , began
arrognntly to crosi-cxaml-'e the newly ar
rived newcomer and put questions to which
the newcomer could not answer with ncarlj
the readiness of the prlooncr , the Impustor
If ouch he was I3ut , examining the new
comer , It was ascertained that ho bore also
all the marks ascribed to th RP u'ne Martin
Guerre Ho was next questioned alone bj
the Judges. To these questions ho replied
with absolute accuracy. Hut the accused
helnc hrouelit In. akja answered the twuilc
quest ions ns readily and exact ! j
The court was dumbfounded. In drspalr , 1
was dcc'ded that the only course was to
bring In the rol-Ulvcs of Mai tin Guerre , the
four sisters , the uncle and the brothers o
Arnaud du Tilh nnd let them decide , once
for all , which was the real ir.-in All dU
EO , with the exception of the brotliPia , when
the court considerately allowed freedom o
testlmonj that might after ! the life of a rela
tive. The eldest sister of Guerre entered
llrst , paused a moment as If thunderstruck
and then fell weeping upon the breast of the
newcomer and acknowledged lilm to be her
biother The other witnesses , one by one-
followed suit rinally tbo wife came in , am
the IrHtant her ejc lighted on Guerre she
threw herself down beside him , w coping am
tiemblliii , ' , nnd bogged his compassion on her
for the deceit ; that she had been led Into by
artiilcc- . She averred that no socner ha <
sl'o discovered her error than , but for the
fear of God's wrath , she would have con
cealed her dishonor In the grave. In place
of this she had determined on rovcngo am
resolved , thioiiRh the courts , to puisue the
man who had dishonored her to his deserved
punishment.
Tno trial ended In a conviction of the ac
cused as Arnaud du Tilh for the crimes of
Imposture.falsehood , substitution cf name
and person , adultery , rape , sacrilege and
dotontlon. Ho was sentenced to execution.
CONPEEIsnD HIS CniMOS.
Ayi'Ho ' under condemnation In the prison
at Artlgucs Arnaud made a confession , In
which ho stated that the Idea of Impersonat
ing Martin Guerre flist catLO to him on
being mistaken by a number of Intlmato
friends of Martini Guerre fcr that individual
From these and others who had known
Oueiro ho gathered a great mass of informa
tion co.icerning the family affairs and wajs
of the man he ) proposed to represent.
"Xovv , " said the old lawjci , as he noticed
mo finishing the last line , "jou make also a
sjnopsls ot this one , the Dacwcll case , and
then tclljno whether that witness who said
ho 'knowcd nothln' fcr sure' didn't express
a broader tjplcal truth than most of us
might suppose. When you find people who
are influenced by such attempts as vvcro
made In the Luetgcrt case , for Instance , to
try the .prisoner In advance through the
columns of sensational newspapers , It might
bo well to remind them of such affairs as
these I remember once In the work el
selecting a JurjI noticed that ono man
sec.ned to answer with a sort ot confidence
that made mo think ho might have some
notions of his own , and I asked , 'Do jou
believe that the finding of a true bill against
a man is a proof ot his guilt ? "
" 'Of osuue I do , ' the follow declared ,
'why , they wouldn't Indict Silni if ho wasn't
' "
guilty
In the year 1841 , at Gibraltar there wo
trlod a case that has all tho. clements for a
Stovonscti cr Haggard yarn.
Jam as Baxvvoll was a wealthy merchant
living In a small IIOLGO near the base cf
Mont St. IMlchaol. Ho lud a daughter , a
girl of roiciirkablo beauty , who nail many
gukors. iDut isdo treated all with firm In
difference. Pinallj- , while at the church ono
day slio EUW a handsome stranger looking at
her The stranger wua William. ICatt , a
young Englishman. Ho found means of so-
curhig prctsentiitlon to the beautiful Clezla
Ilaxwcll. It was a caseof mutual love.
Soon the young man was before the mer
chant for the purp no of asking ills daugh
ter's band In marriage
SCENTING A TRAGEDY.
The father was bitterly opposed to the mar
riage "It shall never be1" ho declared.
"You belong to the "prevailing religion of
England , by which my family has suffered
long and tcrrlblj- . You arc a Lutheran She
Is a Catholic U ehall never be. " The lovers
Implored -tho old min's consent , but ho was
obdurate. The daughter finally deci ircd she
would marry Katt at all hazards The father
was enmgod , anJ was heard to say too would
kill her before she should do so.
A few dajs Uter nelghbsia heard shrieks
and cries coming from a c-ivo back of Ilax-
w ell's house. The means and cries finally
died down Elezla , the beautiful daughter ,
was missing. As she did not appear after
a few dijs , Uio neighbors , fearful of foul
> , ) la > , t-ct about an Investigation The cave
was searched , and : In It were found a aklrt
and other portions of female wearing apparel
known to have belonged to the missing girl.
Thcso clothing wra covered with clotted
blood Hiiro were als blta of hair to which
flceku of blood adhered , and vvilch were
Ide.itiflid . : i. foni : 'tho ' head of Elezla.
I'u\\ 1.1 ! was arrested. , The evidence
against him seemed clear and ho was con
victed of the murder of hl.i daughter and
sentenced ! to death. While Lelng led to the
scaffold ho saw William Kntt In the crowd
Declaring his Innocence , Daxvvell stepped
OUT towaid Kntt and said : "My friend , In
ono minute I shall bo In eternity. I wlsli
jou to dlo In peace with all men. Give mo
your hand. I pardon jon freely for the
terrible Injury jour mldenco has done me. "
In\\sell said thla with some composure ,
but the oftuct oil Katt was striking. Ho be.
came- rule as death and could not conceal
Ills agitation
The merchant mounted the scaffold and
the last details were attended to by the
evecutlonoi As tbo black cap vvas being
drawn over liuxwoil's head , preparatory to
springing the trap , a sharp cry was heard ,
"I am guilty ! It Is I alone ! "
The cry came from the lips of William
Katt. He proceeded excitedly to explain ,
Ho had carried oft Elezla , with her consent ,
to bo bis wife She was not far away In a
place of concealment. Secretly , and with
out her knowledge , ho had obtained a lock
of her hair and also certain articles of dress
belonging to her. Ho had daubed these
with lamb's blood and concealed them tn the
cove and himself emitted tbo cries which
tbo neighbors had heard
As soon , as tbo olllclala had recovered
trom the shock they stepped forward to remove -
move the cap and sheet from tbo form or
James Daxwell. AB tbo explanation or con.
fesslon of Katt had been going on Iho mer
chant bad , unobserved , sunk down In a ilt-
ting posture. The executioner took oft tha
cap , but It was too late , James Daxwell
was dead. Nature bad given out under tbo
terrific ttruln ,
Katt was taken to prison to await trial
for hla misdeeds , and Elezla , the beautiful
daughter of an unyielding father , 'went for
Ifo to a convent on learning what bad taken
place.
AMUSEMENTS.
Until last nlsht noboJy lui.l playol
"Othello" In Omaha for ttio matter of a year
or more , the lact tlmo being about ' 'hat
length of tlmo ao when Walker \\hitc9ldo
prosentoil the tragedy , as on this present oc
casion Then , BB mw , by on oJJ colmlJence ,
the otar and Ji ! loading man , Mr. Herman ,
orcWingod the jxirls with which they h\J
formerly been moro clceely Identified. Mr.
Horniiin pJi > liiB the title role anJ Mr Whlte-
eldo appearing na lago A } < ar ego each
undertook lilo role for tiio first time , Uiit
night for the Jlrat tlmo this Heason. Both
performances have gi.lned much Blnce Ihut
eat Her presentation , In the wiy of breadth
and equilibrium. Mr. Whltraldo Inditutoi
the Ruutlcr tral o of lago'u clMracterlth
rather moro luccem than the outward semblance -
blanco of the part. Mr. Hcrn.an , on the con
trary , U nn Ideal Othello hi utipUiruncc.
Miss Wolatnn playa Deedomora with girlish
grace , and iMIsa Humphreys la a spirited
Umclla.
Tonight "Hlchclleii" will bo presented ,
w lUi Mr. Whltcsldo In hla excellent luiper-
oonatlon cr. the great cardinal.
Dojd'a 'thcitcr was comfortably flllol } M-
Icrthy dttornoan , the attraction being a lecture -
turo by Walker Whltrsldo on "The Mcrohunt
of Venice " vMr. Whltesldo nhonod himself
< \ most entertaining apmltcr and hla talk < f
about throe-quarters of nn hour In length
aa thorough ! ) enjoyed. Hla theory ot ' .ho
character ot Shylock Li BO well exemplified by
hla admlrublo porfTinanco of the pirt that
It would seem out of plico to sttuj hla Kiun-
dcr bj < setting It forth at this tlmo. In view
of JtKj Impending presentaJon of the play
at the mutlnoo tomorrow. Sir. 'NVhltesldo haa
consented to speak o the Woman's club on
"Humlot" tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at
the club rooms. >
'What might ( have been a serious accident
befell ono of the Van Ankers last night i.t
the Croltfht-n , where their horizontal bar act
( has been presented this week. The per
former slipped In some iranrer and fell to
the stage , striking hU head and rendering
him unconsdoua foracveral minutes. Ho was
found , lionotcr , not to Inue been badly hurt
and will undoubtedly bo full } icoi\cred ill
tlmo for the e\cntajr norfornunce.
The grcrt cortralto , Sofia Schalchl , as-
s-A-tod by Mlle Toullnguct , < i eoprano , aiul
other slngctH. will appear in concert at
Drjil's on Tiinn'day e\enins , presenting , bc-
sHes a msccla ! ! c3Us program , a scene each
from the operas "Martha" and ' 11 Tra\a-
tore. "
Dr. rrldtjof N'ansen , the celebrated Arctic
explorer -\\lll gl\o two lectures In Omaha
on .Monday , January 23 , Id the afternoon at.
the 'Crclghton ' theater and In the ctonlng at
theKlrst Methodist church.
DoWolf Hopper and " "
"Cl-Capltan" will bo
the attraction at the Crelghtou theater
on nctt Friday oxcnlng.
TMs j car's cast Is precisely the same as
when the opera was presented hero last sea
son , with the single exception of IJertha
Wallzlnger , who haa resumed her old posi
tion In the company , and Including iBdna
Wallace Hopper , Alice Hosmer , ndmund
Stanley , Alfred Klein and others The same
large and clllclcnt choius of nftyolces will
surround the slar and principals , -\\lio ha\e
been provided with new costumes The su
perb stage settings v.hlch list season proved
such a potent factor In "El Capltan's ' suc
cess ha\e been entirely repainted. The mlli-
tarj band fem Tort Crook has been speclallj
engaged for this occasion and will swell the
Instrumental strength cf the organization.
The aduince sale of seats beslns Thurs
day morning for the engagement next week
at Dojd's of Herbert Kolcey Dine Shannon
and their company In "A Coat of Many
Colors" This , Madeleine Lucette Iljlej's
latest comedy , will be seen liero with the
same superb east and all the elaborate
spechl scenery uccd In the production at
Wallick'b theater In N'ew1 York. 'Besides Mr.
Kelcey and iMIss Shannon the company in
cludes William J. LeMojno , Da\id Tor once ,
DJmund D Ljcns , Dritco Mcllae , UdwjrO
Sec , IMwln James , Klllo Wilton and Georgia
Gusby.
llerelv I'ln > ert.
DaWolf Hcprer carries . 'Ith him ihlj jcar
a military bead of forty pit-on , which cul.t
to do Juatlco to the stirring inarch music o !
"El Copltan. "
In course of the Clirlfitmia cclebratlwi cn-
Jojel by the John L Sullivan company
oomo ono presented the great John L wltu
a man euro set.
Jamoa K. Hickctt , who has been critically
111 with tjphold fe\er , has passed the turn-
tag point of his disease and expects to make
a rapid recovery.
Julia Arthur's family name Is Lowh She
took the given name of her brother , Arthur
Lewis , her present manager , when slio made
her professional dobut.
Mailo Burroughs has decided not to join
Robert Illlllard in "A New Yorker" after
all. She has other plans , however , for an
early return to the stage.
What threatened to become a riot occurred
the other night In a Topeka ( Kan. ) theater ,
when Stuart , the "male Patti , " with " 14D2 , "
tried to sing "A Hot Time. "
Kadira I'ontol , who , until her retirement
from the stage a number of > ears ago , was
a fa\orlto actresc ? In New York , la serloualj
11 at her home la Washington.
IMul Wllstach , the eriiolarly dramatic
critic of the Washington TImca and the au
thor of several plas , haa accepted a posi
tion to do press work for Hlchard Mansfleid.
Hdnln F Majo and Theodore Hamilton
ire each heading a "Pndd'nhead Wilson"
company. The former , wlt'.i an excellent
supporting organization , will soon appear In
Omaha.
It took three pepole to write "Tho Sporting
luchess , " and tuo present cast Include ? J. II.
Stcddart , Cora Tanner , Flolllott I'nget ,
Eleanor Morcttl , Louis Mag-sea and Edmund
Collier.
During the last two weeks Julia Arthur
has had named after her a hat and coat , anew
now brand of cigars , thrco waltzej , a song
mil a twoatcp , and u licok 1ms been dcd-
cated to her ,
It Is possible that Jamco A. Herne may re.
vho Ills Beneitlonal problem play , "Alaigarci
Fleming" next Hcaacri It was in this pliy
hat hlo wife , Katherlno Corcoran , won dlb-
Inguished success
"Tho I'rlnccEfl and the Butterdy. " which
las been having a micceisoJul run at the Lj-
ceum In Now York , will be replaced next
\eek by "Tho Tree of Knowledge , " a modcn
drama by II. C. Carton.
James A , Homo calls his now play "Tho
lev. Griffith IMvenport. " It Is a diama of
domestic llfo end introduces nfty characters
Mr Homo will play the title role , that of a
Methodist circuit preachor.
Prank James , whwo namo. In connection
with that of his brother Jessu , wca formerly
a terror to Iaw4-abldlng citizens In the west ,
now engaged In the peaceful occupation
of tending door in a St. Louis theater.
J 1' . Dodson has been taking a much
icedeil rest. There was no part for him In
'Tho Conquerors , " for which , In view of
ho universal condemnation whlrli has been
bestowed upon the piece , ho Is doubtless
congratulating himself.
William Winter has been a dramatic critic
or forty > cars. Ho now confines his ef-
orts la that direction pretty strictly to
evlcws of Ada Itohan's appearances at
) al > 's , every ono of which elicits a co'umn '
lotlcp from the Tribune , signed "W. W "
" "
Iti""vlow of the recent reported exclusion
of a rather obscure jourjg woman from a
ocloty function In Ctirkutlon , S C , on the
ground that she was an actrcts. It la sug
gested trut uho Invite- her detractora to a
icrformanco and so easll ) retuto the charge.
f'niiiiot Hi'inote Ihu llooUN.
LD , III. , Jan. 17-Jn the
United States circuit court today , Judga
\llen , on application of James Magee , a
stockholder of the Crowned King Mining
company , issued u Umpornry Injunction re.
tnilntng' James T Tayloi , the secret uy
of the company , ftonj rtmovlnu the books
of the corporation from Gdlnbur , III. , the
general olllce of the company , to Tucson ,
Uiz. , when ) the inlnu la locitted. An In-
catlgatlou of the books by the board of
directors had been ordeied ,
Mm. t'urlU CvlM u ll orce.
KANSAS CITV , Jan , 17-Marlan It , Cur
ls was today ei anted a divorce from Mil-
ard C , Curtis , the defaulting assistant
caihler ot the American Nail nil bank ,
nnJ Riven the rmtoJ > o ( thflr c-hIM a boy.
CurlH iMis n club nndj society man , well
known hero nnd In ChK-hijo , nnd nbscondeJ
In March , 1S91 , owliij- the b.mk $12.0 > , l. Ho
went to Ilusnos Aju a. Argcnllns vvhero
he now t * Mri. Curtui f llowed hr bus-
bind , but returned to America In K > "i Sh1
h the dnuphter of Colonrl J G Stjwp , the
now consul to Cnpe IWJi , South Africa
> lolnl Proiltiotlon of t'tnh.
SALT LAKB CITV. Jan. 17. ( Special )
The metal production" of1 the state of UUh
as reported by the express companies hand
ling the output was as follows for bet jear *
Silver , 7,561 971 fine ounces valued at $4.522 , .
03S , a decrease of ablutl,000.000 ounces an
compared with the production of 1S96 gold ,
80.487 flue ounces , valued at $1.COD.3)0. ) a de-
crows of nearly 13.000 ounces oa compared
with the 1S90 production ; lead , 77 3S7 570
pounds , valued at $1818007. an Increase
over the production of 1S96 , copper 3910-
DCC pounds , vxilueJ at $313,677 The dccre.no
In the production of both gold and s.lvor was
duc > entirely to the reduction In the output
of the tnlaes through the break In the prlco
of silver Many of the properties of the state
that are numbered among the heavleit pro
ducers show material gold values and nat
urally , a curtailment of their ore proJuctloa
would Ahow In the volume of geld bulllo
produced The gold proluctlon of the Mcr
cur d'strlct ' vvcs quite haul ! ) Increased bu
both Tlntlc and Park City ohow a falllrg off
The olJ MruMono ramp of Sliver Heef produced
duce-d 25.000 flno ounces of silver
Hlnxourlllt > ot Oet Him.
ANACONDA , Mont. , Jan 17 ( Special )
Jcscph C. Johnson , the" negro who catro t
Montana from Missouri and was followe <
by an cfllcor with a warrant for hli arrea
and rcqu'altlon ' from the governot of Ms
court , based en the- charge that ho had ab
ducted a white woman. IMS bcoa relear > : ? d o
habeas corpus and will be permitted to remain
main In Montana as long as he dcalrea. Fhl
ease was the occasion for a great deal o
letter writing between the Authorities 1
Missouri and thcno In Montfaa , and U we
represented to the governor of Montana , tha
Johnson would be In danger of a Ijnchln
if ho returned to lib home.
I'eenllnr Aoetilent.
A peculiar accident happenel out nea
lena , Itaho ! , sa > a the Idaho Tal's Heportor
Mr. Wjlllam Longhnrst and others were oil
shooting rabbits. Ills 12-j car-old son wa
with them with a 22-callbrr rlllo. and I
taking a shot at a rabbit the bullet RtrtH
M father on the tip of the nose- and pa sin
though the nose couracd downward lolgln
In the left lung Dr Mitchell was callc
who found him coughing , and InJucel lilm t
continue coughing , when in a few moments
and much to his relief , up came the bullel
He Is now coming out all right.
eUfl NIMHotei ,
The Gold Creek News is now issued a
Mountain City
Gold Creek H being desolated , and furnl-
tttro from the hotel there is being moved to
niko.
niko.Washco
Washco county Is In fl-io financial co-i
dltlon , being In debt but $2,000 and havliib
$70.000 cash on hand
Chciiy cioek cittlo owners and sheep mai
report tholi- herds and Hocks is doing be'ter
tlan usual on Uio ranges this winter
Virginia City 1ms a musical prodigy , a
girl who pla > < ? the oldno beautifully , but 1'as
never taken a lesson on the instrument
Some of the pro-jilnont politician1 ? o
Nevada arc talking of organizing a homo
rule party for the purpose of filling the
oinccs with old residents pf the state
A force haa been Bet to work -to doveloi
the Rabbit Hole sulphur mines In HumboMt
count ) The sulphur Is * ald to be s pTlor
to either the JCIMUCSO or t'jo Mcxloan
In the Chlinmin ralno at Ely Immcnso
bodies of ore are in slg'it and blocked out
abavo the watct lovbl , but as soon as tbo
ere which has been already knocked down
Li icmovcd the shaft x.'ill ho sunk nuuli
deeper In order to cxylcro the mlno below
the water level.
The men who beaded the Login & Hull >
mlno at Como for $02,000 Invo dec dc 1 n--t
to take the property on' accouit of the big
laveslment that would bo nccessiry to cn-
able them to work thp mine properly It
Is said that ihero aro" 223,000 tons of ere
In slttfit worth $15 pec ton , about 70 per ccn
of the v-iluo being gold The owners wll
dcvclro the property themselves
The Virginia Reporter states tl it aboiil
six jcars ago the same gang that bnchei
Uboi got a voung mm drLrik and placed
a bottle of whisky In hii Docket They then
put him In front oJ a salasn and hired an
Indian to take the Msf ! > and leave four
blu In Its p'ace They then got him In
dicted foi selling vvhls\y to en Indian , an 1
the poor fellow dbd fcom the disgrace.
South Di'ltoliiPITS NoteN.
Building Improvements In Vermilion 'ast '
jear amounted to $33,375
The Masons of Artesian have Just dodi-
catc < l a ncfW lodge room.
Moro than $20,000 worth of butter was
mndo at the Mllbank crcamcr > last jear
Bcresford pcoplo will unitedly oppose the
building of a new court house at Elk
Point.
It la rumored Auditor Mayhew will soon
begin the publication ot a daily paper at
1'iorro
Yankton Is hard after a starch mill arc
the local papcis are tilled with articles argu
ing the pccp'e to act prompt ! ) .
Tl'o grain palace mcdala for 1897 avvardei
to the prl7o exhibitors at the Aberdeor
grain palace last jear have just been re
ceived.
Dr. McGulIycuddy of the School of Mine
at Rapid City has been granted n alt
months' leave ot absence nnd In the mc
tlmo ho will retire" it an eastern insur-
anei compiny at Salt Fianclsco
Colonel R. J. Woods of Slou\ Tails , who
has been tiav cling about tl.u &tate. reports
that 1,600 South Dakotans will start for
\laaka this jear and they will take Nvlth
them a largo amount of money
The Sterling Memorial association will
Issue 300 of the memorial bcoks In inemorv
of the Into William IJ. Sterling In the $ " >
edition and an unlimited number of the
cheaper edition. The subscription1 ? for the
books have exceeded expectations already
In just six months Colonel McGregor
v 111 ictlro from active service In the army ,
sajB the Sturgls Record. During all his
fortj'jcar term of te.rvlce he never was on
the sick report for a daj' although hi > was
shot In the lungs at the battle of the
Wilderness In the rebellion until his 39th
ji'ar , when ho ignominious ! ) ' slipped on a
treacherous rock at Sand creak while trout
flsl-lng and broke his leg This occurred
pretty near a year ago , and the colonel
Is just getting around In ohapo.
Oiitlim I'nliilly Aniinilcil. .
ALVA , OKI. , Jan. 17Paul Metcalf said
to 1)0 a refugee frf'onj Montana , with a
thlrtjyears' sentuice for murder hanging
over him , was probably fntally wound il
today In n desperate flKht with a posse of
Sheriff McOitath's deputies In a dugout near
Winchester , twenty tulles northwest nf
bete Mctcilf rep lved u bullet through his
chest , and now Iks at Hi ? point of death
In tbo county jail nt this pi ire Should li
recover , requisition < uvnlts , him. Chief >
1'c.llie HolmcH of Plttsburg Knn , guvc Hi
oc il autboritle-s w.i'niln ' of the outlaw'j
> rcEenieIn Old ilionla. N'neof the dipu
tics wire seriously Injiirid In the battle-
A f.VXI pilr-3 Is eald tu lju on Motctlf's laud
lira. A. II. Crausby , ofloSKcrrSt , ,
Memphis , Tcnn. , paid nonttuntion
to a eiimll lump in nor breast , btifc
it soon developed
into a cancur of
the most malig
nant typo. The
best physicians
in New York treatctl her , nnd fin
ally declared her case hopeless.
As a last resort , S. S. S. was given ,
and an immediate improvement re-
bulted 5 n few bottles
tles cured Sier
completely , and
no sign of the dis
ease has return
ed for ten years.
Hooka on Cancer free : address Swiff
Cpeclflo Co. , Atlanta , Ua.
TOILET AND BATH
requirements are
perfccth met In
Wool Snap.
I here may be
more expensive
soaps , but rmni
Better. / / it &
soliiteh part. For
the bath It is
pleasant , soothIng -
Ing and delight *
ful.
1 here's only
one oap that
\\on't bluink
\v oolens. Y o u
MyMnrnn
U38J Had
and
Ai ( lie lillls tire trrcnf , n * ( lie
itorlil IH irrriit. HO IK ( lit * Mrcnirt'i
i > f innii. Hut nil ( | IH ciiii lie orn
mill ) . 'I I nil-n ml foil ; trill tin the
\\nrli , A ml thru Mho fun ri'plniM1
( Il ( > lllllllllHTC ( IdlU'f llllf > OII m \ T
m c n lunti iirriimttirt'l ) olilf Unto
j on HP pit tint'lirpnom mill ( li
ilPiireRMMl iniiiif Minij on IK-XT
NiM-ii ( ln > ImiiplfN * nny lit vilili'li
tlu'y milk nrmiiulf Voti MI ) ( o
> < MirL-ir , "Pool' mail ! " lint tliliik
for u fen Ni-CDiiils. lion IOIIK IN
11 K < > 1 up ; to In * before HOIIIO out * IN
nlilo ( o tnlie In ( hut ii > ot jotif
If you K < > on IIH ) on tin * KOtiiRT
toilii ) It won't lie loiiwt lint ( hurt *
Is In-Ip mill ( here Is hope for > < > u
DIP ) on kmm Mlmt "llinl > mi" lif
If 3-011 ii > iot II 1 % III ooit ) on enl >
one | iotiiK < * ntllni | > ( o leiirn. It IN
( lie rii-iinil > ON , ( he ireut Npeellle
Mlilrli the lliiiliunlnii doctors In
tlit'lr resiMirolies illsiun eroil MOKII *
jenrs nuo. II Is the one tlilntv
Hint hiii enroll nil PIIHCN of Mt-nU
mill ruilliiK' Nti'eiiKlli l (
It has heeii ( lit * roi-lnne ( if tlii"u >
Ki-ent phj hleliiiis to i-oine Into
eoiituel. Tln < > ere \\lse Mlii'ii
lhe > ealleil It Ciltl ? VI' "Iliiilj nil , "
for uhtit Mill iiinKe.niiK men
Mtronvr , IMIIO men > iKoroiiH. sluiilil
men ulse , mill nlinlv ) men tlrin IN
Miiel > < . IAT. Anil K IN
rireiilnrH mill ( ONllinonliils nhon (
thlN i emt-il ; lire NI-IK trtol ) toil |
plensiire to nilIIIK - \ \ liii.till eiill lit
( he Institute mill nsU for ( hem If j on
Nee oopper-eoloreil NpolM on ) onr Ixnlj
If } on hut e mi ) little iileerN 111 j ( mi
llionth > ou prolml > l > IIIMI * : i form
of hlouil tiiliit. \\rlto mill i-oiisnll the
doi'toi-s iiiiiin > . II nlll onlj oust a
posdiKe. .slump.
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