Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 7, 1895, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1895 E--—.-—-————h~_—__—'_—-_«—_.__‘ PORTE ASHE READY T0 QUIT Bays He Has Done All He Can for Sarah Althea Hill, HAD HOPED SHE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE Williams the Only Man Who Can Compel Her Rich Brother to Provide for Her— Denies Having Uscd Any of Her Own Money for Himself, 8T, LOUIS, Jan ous California horseman who is here with his stable of racers, spent all day preparing a lengthy statement in answer to the charges recently made against him before the superior court in San Francisco by T. H. Williams, backed by a statement of Morgan Hill, al- leging the mismanagement of the %state of Sarah Althea Hill Terry, whose guardian he 1s. He denies that he wasted or mismanaged her estate or sold personal property belonging | thereto and appropriated the proceeds to his own account, or violated his cath and duties under the laws of California, or neglected to take care of his ward and provide her with the necessaries of life and proper medical at- tendance. The salient faature of his state- ment 1s as follows “To recall to public notice some of the incidents which led to Mrs, Terry's unfortu nate mental condition, Is like stabbing the dead. 1 had hoped that the last act in her career had ended. But this man Willlams has rajsed her from her legal grave and attempted with the ald of her brother to vent his vengeful spite. His unwarrantable acts force me, In justice to myself, to show to the public_who has been her true friend, Thomas H. Williams, her brother Morgan Hill, or myself. 1 was not in California when the murder was commiited which I sincerely believed ushinged this poor woman's already tottering reason. Had 1 been, I would have prosecuted the murderer when on trial in the United States court, and 1 would have cross-examined Judge Field when he appeared as chief witness in his own behalf. Did Thomas H. Williams or Morgan Hill move In the matter? Did either of them try to avenge Terry's death by bringing the murderer to the bar of justice? When a prejudiced press was heaping calumny on a man so misrepresented, so little understood, did either of these socalled friends of the slandered dead raise his voice In his behalf? Was it not I who had to rush into the breach and call down upon my head the wrath of the dead man's enemies, because 1 told the truth about Field’s old political en- mity toward Terry? Was it not I wlo had to stand the villificatfon of Judge Field until Terry’s posthumous letter, made public by the Hon. Zach Montgomery, completely vindi- cated me and showed that it was not I who lied? DID ALL HE COULD FOR HER. “‘Upon my return to California 1 did every- thing in my power to help the widow In ar- ranging her husband's business. When her allowance was afterward stopped, she had absolutely no income, no real property. If Williams, or Hill her brother, went to her assistance 1 am completely in ignorance of the fact. 1 do know that ever since she has been financlally distressed and in need, and that her brother completely refused her assistance to buy the necessaries of life. 1 have mailed letters written by her to him at my solicitation and have read his churlish re- fusals. At last she became my absolute charge. I furnished her with money to go to Arizona and prosecute her legal battles there. I time and again advanced her money to redeem jewels she had pawned to pay for her very sustenance. When tried in the United States court for an offense for which she had already been terribly punished, did Wil- llams go to her assistance? DId he interest himself in her or provide the sinews of war? ‘The daily papers recorded the fact that I was there day after day watching and guarding her interests and helping make her defense. “‘At the urgent request of Judge Levy, the superior judge who committed her, I con- sented to act as the guardian of her estate and person after Thomas H. Williams, who swears that he is her old and personal friend, her next friend, absolutely refused to serve, and would only promise to see that her brother would relleve me upon his ar- rival in the state from his Parisian home. Relying upon the promises made by Hill in New York and further promise of Willlams that he would make him keep his word, I presented my petition for guardianship with great misgivings, knowing well the ill fate Which has befallen everybody connected with this remarkable woman and her case, save her brother, who is a brilliant exemplifica- tion of the old saying of “‘He who fights and runs away,” etc. Immediately after her com- mitment T had her property in San Francisco and in Fresno appraised by appraisers duly appointed by court. Her entire personal prop- erty was appraised as being worth $2,951. DEEDED HIM THE FRESNO PROPERTY. “Some months previous Mrs. Terry had voluntarily deeded me her Fresno property to secure payment of certaln monies I had from time to time given her. As I had never regarded this money iIn the light of a loan and had never asked for a scratch of o pen In evidence, therefore 1 was much sur- prised and begged her to reconvey the prop- erty; but when I saw I would deeply offend her by so doing, I allowed the title to the property to stand In my name. When the inventory was taken in Fresno I explained the condition of the property to the gentles man appointed to appraise her Fresio be- longings, and put in the appraisement as held by me In trust for her by the deed to me, absolute on its face. Her equity in this property was appralsed as being worth $4,000, 80 her whole estate was appraised as being worth $6,951. This is the vast estate which I am accused of having been splurging on the last two or three years, under the guise of millionaire. T filed the appraisement and secured an order from Judge Levy to sell enough personal property enumerated to pay the expenses of administration, certain just claims against the estate and the cost of renovating the premises. I sold a part of the property, and shall file in court my showing how I expended her resources. The state- ment will be a public document and open for inspection for all who are interested. If I have erred in my management of her estate and personality, it 1s due to my overzealous- ness in trylng to force an unwilling brother to support his insane sister and allow what littlo estate she had loft to be applied to the part payment of debts she had contracted to pay for her sustenance and the defense of her 8ood name, “It was the desire of the judge who com- mitted her, of the friends of the dead hus- band, and it was my wish that she might never again be brought before the public, but be allowed to remain burled quietly and privately In her legal grave, but Thomas Williams, aided by her brother, has paraded this unfortunate, defeated, demented woman's life again before an uncharitable world, So let the sin be upon their shoulders. Their action has made It plain to me that 1 can bo of no furthér service to my dead friend's Wwidow, to the woman I promised him T would befriend and protect to the best of my power should he be called away. 1 am advised by the physicians at the asylum that Sarah A. Terry will never regain her reason, o all that Is left to care for is the moncy her husband so contemptuously cast on the sod when he faced Senator Broderick on the duelling fleld. Again and again has he told me he would never touch one cent of Sharon’s money should he recover millions. He fought for her honor and I feel he would not have me enter a bickering lawsuit with her brother over a few trifies. I would go on to the end serving her, did I not think her best interests would be subserved by the appoint- ment of Thomas H. Williams as permanent f!lln‘llln of her estate and person, believing hat he is the one man who can do what 1 confess to have been unable to do—make a wealthy brother support an insane sister dur- ing the rest of her natural life and prevent her from going to a dishonored grave a state eharge. 1 shall petition the superior court of the clty of San Francisco to be allowed to re- sign my guardianship and that Thomas H, illlams, her old and personal friend, her next friend, the intimate friend of her brother, be made the permanent guardian of the estate and person of Sarah A. Terry, an Ansa person.” - Connty Seat Almost Wiped Out. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Jan. 6.—Hamiln, & small town and the county seat of Lin- coln county, was almost wiped out by fire DIghL, The fire originated in the Fagl R Jh frs outxinated 1n the Eugle 6.—Porter Ashe, the fam- | handle factory plant, and also to a large saw mill, all these ‘bufldings and several smaller dnes being entirely destroyed. The origin of the fire and extent of the loss are not known. Little insurance, e HORACE GREELEY'S BROTHER. Preached Moderation in Using Water and Got Drunk Once to Care n Felon, “Nathan Barnes Greeley, Horace Greeley's brother, who died at the old Greeley home- stead, near Corry, Pa, on Monday, was one of the most eccentric of men,” sald 8, C. Williams of that city to the New York Sun. “His farm in Wayne township was one of the finest in western Pennsylvania. For many years he lived alone there, and was simply con‘ent to make a living on it. 1 used to like to go out to his place and hear him talk. I saw him last five years ago. He was then years cld, and he was as hale and hearty as he had ever been. | physical and mental condition to habitual | economy in the use of water, both as a bev- | erage and for lavatory purposes ** *Although T am a prohibitionist,’ he once said to me, ‘I believe that too much water, either taken internally or used externally, is as bad as too much rum. Bu! the is only one excuse for a man to get drunk,” he went on. he only time that a man is excusable for getting drunk, and he is a fool of he doesn’t do it then, is when he has a felon |on his finger. To get good and drunk is the quickest way In the world to cure a felon. I have tried it, and I know what I am talking about. The only time I ever tasted liquor in my life was when I had a felon on my finger. 1 hadn't had a wink of sleep for three nights, Some one said that a good drunk would cure me. 1 thought I would try it. I told my daughter what I intended doing, and then went to Corry and filled up with the kind of stuff they sell in Corry. After leading my- self T had 'em fill me a quart bottle of the best they had, and took that and the load I had to my daughter's. I didn't like the whisky, but the prescription called for a good drunk, ‘and I got it. For a while, as I found out afterward, I made things lively at my daughter's house, carrying on after the most approved manner of confirmed old topers, Then I sank into oblivion, and for a time it was a question whether T would come out of It again. But I did, and, although the pain_and swelling had gone from my finger to my head, the change was a great relief, and T was all right in a day or two, and my felon troubled me no more. It was an heroic remedy, but if 1 ever get another felon I'll o off on my second drunk, I don't care it TI'm as old as a century.’ “One summer day 1 thought T would drive out and have a chat with old Barnes, as everybody called him—he called himself the oid grayheaded crank—and when I got to the lonely farm house I saw a pair of big, bare feet sticking out of the open front door. I got out of the wagon and found that the feet belonged to Barnes Greeley, and that the rest of the easy-going old farmer's person was stretched on the bare floor. A newspaper covered his face, presumably to keep off the flies, and a_sonorous snore made it rattle, indicating that the independent brother of the great Horace was very much asleep. Chickens were pecking about on the floor of the room, and several contented pigs were grunting ‘and rooting about the threshold. I didn't have the heart to disturb the old gentleman's slumbers, and went back home. One of Barnes Greeley's weaknesses was his love for hogs and chickens. They roamed at will anywhere about the premises, not gxeepling the best room in the old man's 1ou “This eccentric brother of the Tribune's founder used to tell many funny things about Horace. When the latter had made himself and his paper famous he sent for Barnes to come to New York. Barnes did so, and Horace gave him a place of some kind in the Tribune office, but he didn't remain long, ** I couldn't fill any place I would accept,’ the old farmer delighted in saying, ‘and wouldn’t accept any place I could fill. So I came back home. I'd rather be a king among hogs than to be a_hog among Kings.’ “In his younger days Barnes Grecley was a great hunter and fisherman. He was fond of “telling amusing stories of Horace's at- tempts to hunt and fish on his occasional visits to the old Pennsylvania homestead. ** ‘It deer had run by Horace in droves,’ Barnes would say, ‘he couldn’t have shot one. 1 don't believe he'd have woke up to the situation until the deer had been gone an hour or two. As for catching fish, he never got even as much as a bite in a trout stream, while I would be fishing right by his side and pulling 'em out by the dozen.’ e TOUGH, BUT DIDN'T LAST. The Western Way of Sappressing a Bad Man from the East It s interesting to observe,” said a man from Colorado to the New York Sun, “how small the tough man from the east is apt to sing In the far west after he has had an experience or two in running up against the men of that region. He finds out that an_altercation is likely to bring him up facing the muzzle of a pistol In the hands of a man much more ready to pull the trig- ger off hand than to waste time in pre- liminary talk. He soon learns the lesson of _circumspection, and, if he survives the process, his behavior 'is usually modified to fit his new surroundings. “A tragic illustration of the results that may come from a tenderfoot's attempt to masquerade as a bad man west of the Mis- sissippi river came under my observation in the winter of 1881-2 in New Mexico. I boarded the southward bound Atchison train at Las Vegas, and soon found that orie of the passengers was terrorizing the others, He was a tough looking fellow from soms castern city, New York, I think. He had been drinking, and he paraded the cars talking loudly and profanely, trying to pick quarrels with passengers, and frequently flourishing a revolver. ~The train hands did not seem inclined to interfere with him, and among the people aboard whom he di- rectly insulted he did not happen to hit upon any one who had the sand or the dis- position to call him down, ““Toward the members of a theatrical com- pany traveling in one of the coaches he particularly directed his violence and insults. His conduct with them at last became un- bearable, and when, after threatening two actors with his revolver and frightening the women to the verge of hysterics, he passed onward into another car, a hurried council of war was held in the coach he had vacated, and every man who had a pistol got it {n readiness, with the understanding that i he returned he was to be shot down at the first aggressive movement. But that phase of trouble was averted, for, as it hap- pened, he remained In the car ahead until, at dusk, the train rolled into Albuquerque. “Here Scott Moore, the proprietor of the Armijo house, was at the station with his hackman, awaiting the train's arrival. He called out the name of his house at the door yof the car In which I was sitting and then turning to the hackman said: ‘“‘You take care of the passongers in this car and I will g0 on to the next.’ “These Inoftensive words caught the ear of the tough man from the east, who was pushing his way to the car platform. He drew his pistol and started for the nearest man on the station platform, shouting: *'You'll take care of us, will you? show you smart fellows out here that are not able to take care of me!" “He flourished his revolver as he spoke, and just as his feet struck the second step of the car he fired, the ball passing over the head of the man on the station platform. The sound of his pistol was instantly fol- lowed by two quick reports, and the tough man fell forward upon the platform dead The man at whom he had apparently fireq had drawn his revolver and shot him twice through the heart, “'A crowd gathered as the train rolled on, leaving the tough man lying where he had fallen. Of course—1 learned incidentally af- terward—the man who killed him, a gam- bler of the town, was fully exonerated at the Inquest, and ws never indicted for the killing.”” ' you ——— A Crown Jewel Lost. A private leiter from St, Petersburg men- tlons the mysterious disappearance of a valu- able diamond from the crown of jewels, It Is well known that the imperial crown of the Russlan czar is set with a great number of very fine and large dlamonds. During the late czar's funeral procession this crown was carried by a high dignitary from the Nicola- Jevskl rallroad station to the castle of Peter and Paul, and during this time it is thought the jewel was lost. Great secrecy erved by the officials, but.still the rumor has spread. An inquiry 1s Known to have been ordered. A promiuent jeweler expresses the oplnion, that ‘the sione may have been crushed into the interior by carelessness And might be found between the metal rim and the purple velvet lining. He attributed his excellent | A MONTANA DIVORCE SUIT. Ny W. L. Alden. (Copyright, 1804, by W. L. Alden.) You saw that old chap standing on the rear platform of the express when she went through here this morning?'’ said the Jericho station master. “He's the Athensville Bap- tist preacher, and he's on his way to Chicago to give his testimony in the great divorce suit. What! 1 never told you about any di- vorce suit? Well! you surprise me, for that there divorce suit Is just the biggest thing of the kind we have ever had in this section of the country, “That Baptist preacher hasn’t anything to do with it except to swear he married the plaintiff and the defendant. There's nothing crooked about Rev. Mr. Humphreys. He's as good as they make 'em, though I say it mygelf, and 1 don't think much of Baptists as a general thing, having been brought up a Methodist, though I resigned from them when I was made a conductor, which is a berth that a man can't do anything with unless he can swear a blue streak when the occasion arises, “This hyer preacher took charge of the Athensville Baptist church a matter of five years ago, and being a wonderful managing a church and making it attractive to the general public, it wasn't long before he had the largest congregation of any preacher in the placs. The Presbyterian minister felt that he had to do something to maintain his position, so he preached a series of sermons on baptism, proving, as he thought, that sprinkling was the only author- ized way of baptism, and that immersion was all a mistake. In one of his sermons he made a pretty good point by showing that on one occasion John the Baptist baptized 80 many people In the course of a day that he must have averaged three to the minute, This, the preacher claimed, would have been impossible if he had done it in_any other way than by sprinkling. Mr. Humphreys only laughed when they told him about this sermon, and said, ‘Just wait until we have our regular spring baptizing season.’ So the next spring, when there were about forty people, young and old, waiting to join the Baptists, Mr. Humphreys, he takes the whole lot down to the creek and immerses every one of them in less than ten minutes, break- Ing the record, and beating John the Bap- tist's best time. This made him more popular than ever, and that year the people built him a new church twice as big as the old one. It stands on the hill about a mile out of Athensville, for when it was bullt it was cal'lated that the town would grow in that direction, which somehow it hasn't done. “I tell this just to show what an en- terprising man the parson was. He insisted on having the tallest steeple to his new church that could be found anywhere in Montana territory, and b'gosh he got it. Peoplo used to come from miles away to climb up in that steeple and see the view. There wasn't any view to speak of, the coun- try being too hilly in those parts to have much scenery, but for all that people were anxious to say that they had been to the top of the steeple. “‘There was an old maid in Mr. Hum- phreys' congregation who was more deter- mined to get married than any woman you ever saw. She was one of those thin, per- severing looking women, and a mighty dangerous sort they are, Miss ~ Payson, which was the lady's name, was bound to marry a younp man by the name of Halsey, who had never done her any harm, and was about as sensi- ble and well behaved chap as there was in all Athensville. Of course he didn’t have the lcast idea of marrying the woman, but he was one of those good tempered chaps that are always afrald to say no when a woman asks them to do anything. Good temper is the ruin of lots of folks. Its kept me down, 1 know that. It I'd been one of those crusty, ram- pageous fellows that never does a kind action if he can help it, I should have been super- intendent of this road instead of being only a station master at one of the smallest sta- tions in the territory. Never you be too good tempered. Of the two, it ruins more men than whisky. One day Miss Payson she gets young Halsey to take her up in the steeple of the Baptist church. You see visitors were al- Ways going up that steeple between the hours of 10 and 5, during which the sexton staid at the church to attend to things, and see that everybody conducted themselves as they should. At 5 o'clock he locked up the door that led to the steeple and then he locked n{) l:hc church door and went home for the night. ‘‘Miss Payson and her young man went up the steeple about 8 o'clock in the afternoon, but she said she enjoyed it so much that Halsey was prevailed upon to stay there with her a good deal later than he had intended to stay. She kept him pointing out all the houses in town, and every hill and valley in the whole neighborhood, and when she finally asked him to look at his watch and tell her the time, she was, as she pretended, dreadfully alarmed to find that it was half past 5. Hal- sey ran dbwn the stairs and found that the door was locked and nobody was within hear- Ing. . The sexton had forgotteu that there was any one In the steeple, and had locked up and gone home at § o'clock as usual. Halsey came back and told Miss Payson, who burst into tears and said her reputation was ruined. She and Halsey would have to spend the night in the steeple unless he was willing to jump out of the window and break his neck, and she would rather die a thou- sand times than let him do that. “Halsey was considerably scared himself, for he saw that unless he could invent some way of getting Miss Payson out of that steeple he would have to marry her whether he wanted to or not. He thought the matter over for a while, Miss Payson weeping her level best, and resting her head In a forgetful sort of way on his shoulder. Finally a bright idea struck him. There was the bell rope, which was a stout one-inch ma- nilla. ~ Why shouldn't he lower Miss Payson to the ground with it, and then slide down it himself? ‘‘He explained his plan to the lady, but she didn’t secem to like it. She said she was sure the rope would break, or that he would drop it, or that she would be killed in some sort of way, if the experiment was ffled, ‘No!" says she, ‘I will remain here and trust to your honor as a gentleman to defend me from the sncers of the heartless world, I really haven't the courage to allow you to lower me down this awful height with any rope.’ ““Halsey wouldn't hear to her objections, and argued with her a long time, It wasn't until he accidentally mentioned that the steeple was chock full of mice, and rats, and bats, and such, that Miss Payson con- sented to try the rope. Even then she was a mighty dissatisfied woman, and came very near resolving that she would take the risk of the wild animals, rather than lose such first class chance for capturing a desirable husband. Halsey rigged up a sort of seat for the woman, so that she could sit in the bight of the rope with lashings around her here and there, and couldn't fall out if she wanted to. Then he got her to stand on the window ledge, and lowered away. Miss Payson shrieked a good deal at first, and begged Halsey to let her come back and die close to him, but he wasn't going to have any woman dying around his neck if he knew himself. 80 ho lowered her down gently and easlly, encouraging her all the time, till he found that his rope had come to an end. It wasn't quite as long as he had supposed that it was, and the upshot was that there was Miss Payson about thirty feet from the ground, with no possible way of reaching It unless Halsey should let go his end of the rope. He thought of letting go of it, but being a humane, good tempered man, as 1 said, he couldn’t bring himself to do it, since the result would have been that either Miss Payson would have been killed, or at least most of her limbs would have been broken. So he made the end of the rope fast to a beam, and called out to Miss Payson not to lose courage, and he would soon think of some way of getting her out of the difficulty. She begged him to draw her up again, and he actually tried to do it, knowing all the while what the consequences would be if he succeeded, but he found that he did not have the necessary strength. Miss Payson was heavier than she looked to be, though she was mostly bones, but she was a good sev- enty-five feet below him, and it would have taken two men of his strength to have hoisted her up iInto the steeple again. He pulled at the rope till he was pretty near exhausted, for he naturally felt a littie ashamed of ac- knowledging to a woman that there was any- thing that he wasn't strong enough to do, However, he had to come to it at last, and tell her that if it was to save both their lives he couldn’t manage to pull her baek Into the steeple. So she settled down to erv and he e S O U man for | settled down to smafg g ie, With a view to clearing his ideas. “All of a sudden T saw what he ought to do, and wondered that he had been such an idiot as not to have feen it before. There s the bell just above his head, and all he had to do was to elimb up and ring it by swinging the clapper_from side to side, till the alarm should bring back the sexton with the keys. By this tme 4t was getting rather dark, and Halsey set fo work at that bell and kept on tolling it slow and regular, for that was the only way he could manage to ring it. =" “It's the custom ‘With us to toll the bell when anybody dies, and to give just as many strokes on the bell as the deceased had lived years, When Halsey began to toll the bell the Athensville pedple Jistened to find out how old the deceaséd Kad been. When the strokes had got up among the cighties they allowed that the oldest settler in the town must have died very-sudden, for he had been seen drunk, as usual, and in perfect health that afternoon as latg as 8 o'clock. But the bell kept on, and bimeby, after it had tolled some 250 times and “showed no signs of stopping, folks began to think that the sex ton had just happened to hear about the | death of Methuselah and was notifying other people of the fact, You may ack why didn’t somebody go to the church and find out what the bell was ringing for. Well, for cne thing, it was just supper time, and nobody felt anxious to take a walk of a mile or two just at that hour. Then, too, it had been said that the Baptist churchyard was haunted, and there wasn't any general desire to interfere with ghosts in case they should have taken a notion to toll the bell. The tolling kept on till Halsey had tolled the bell over 400 times, and then Rev. Mr. Humphreys arrived on' the spot, and when he heard Miss Payson's voice somewhere in the air over his head, he was considerably startled, though not being a bellever in ghosts he wasn't the least bit frightened. HOW DID YOU COME UP THERE?" “ ‘How on earth did you come up there, ma'am?' asked the minister, ‘and what are you tolling the bell for? *‘Miss Payson explained what was the mat- ter. She sald that she and Mr. Halsey had come to the church in the afternoon, cal'- latin’ to find the parson there, and to get married; that not finding him they had gone into the steeple to see .the view, and had accidentally been locked in. She was sure that she couldn't live many minutes longer, she felt so weak, and she hoped Mr. Humph- reys would marry her to)Mr. Halsey without another minute's delay, and o save her repu- tation even if it didn’t save her life. “The minister wanted to send for help, and get her safe on the solid_ground before marrying her, but she sajd that she must be married before she could dare to face any of her townsmen. Bueh, she sald, were also dear Mr. Halsey's views and if Mr. Hum- phreys had the feelings of a man and a Christian, let alone a Baptist minister, he would go ahead with the marriage service. “Mr. Humphreys finally consented, and called out to Halsey to nod when he should see the minister wave his right arm, that belng the only way in which Halsey could make the responses, seeing as his voice didn’t fairly reach to the ground. Having arranged this satisfactorily, as he thought, Mr. Humphreys went ahead, and in about two minutes he had Miss Payson married to Mr. Halsey. Just then the sexton came up with keys, and knowing where he could lay his hand on a length of rope, he took it up into the steeple with him, and bent it qn the bell rope. Then he and Mr. Halsey lowered Miss Payson to the ground and came down the stairs together. “You'll find your wife waiting for you in the grave yard, says Mr. Humphreys to Halsey. ‘She’s naturally a little excited, and she's resting on a flat tombstone,” ‘If you mean Miss Payson,’ says Halsey, ‘I can't undersiand why you call her my wife." ‘I call her your wife,’ says the minister, ‘because 1 have just married you two, and I don't allow no man to question the binding character of any marriage that I have a hand in.’ ‘Married us where? of it." ‘“‘Young man,’ says .the parson, ‘this hyer's a serious subject, and I don't approve of jokes on elther weddings or funerals. Miss Payson told me, while she was swing- ing there in the air, that you and she wanted to be married the worst way and so I married you. 1f there's any mistake I'm not to blame. I've done my best as a min- ister of the gospel and if you don't like it you can go to the divorce court and see it you can get it altered. I'll tell you candidly that T don't believe any court will listen to you, for my marriages are iron clad and bulletproof every time and worth a good sight more than he $5 that I'm waiting for you to pay me." “Well, Halsey he went home pretty mad, without ‘waiting to see Miss Payson, and the very next day he begins a suit for a divorce. That's the great divorce suit I was telling you about when I pointed out Rev. Mr. Humphreys to you. It been dragging along for four years. Somellmes it's decided in favor of “Halsey and sometimes in favor of Miss Payson and then it's always appealed and has to be tried over again. Miss Payson she sticks to It that Halsey had agreed to marry her and that he under- stood perfectly well everything the parson sald while the ceremony was going on. The parson says that Haisey nodded as wan agreed upon when he asked him it he took Miss Payson to be hig wedded wife, and all that sort of thing, and that Halsey had hold of the rope that was tied to Miss Payson, which was all the same as having hold of her hand. On the ofher hand, Halsey swears that he never meant to marry the woman and never knew that a marriuge ceremony was being gong through with, but that he just nodded out of friendliness when he saw the parson waving his hand at him. The evidence, as you can see, is pretty straight agalnst him and when he does happen to get a verdiet it costs him a power- tul lot of money, for, our jurymen are mighty honest and Nigh‘toned, and it takes a good deal of money to induce them to see things in a light favorable to Halsey. I'm interested in the case because of its im- portance, for if the courts finally decide that a man can be rartied to a woman when he is seventy-five fect dbove her and don’t know what s going on, none of us is safe and first you know. some woman that Is rushing through here on the express will be married to me while I am selling tickets in my office and knowing mo more about it than a child unhung. Well! there is no use in sitting and dreading dangers that may never come to tme, and I suppose if it's a man's fate to be married he's got to knock under and there’s no good in worrying him- self over it till the time comes.” L Obstructions n & Great Harbor Are less easily removed than obstructions of the bowels are by Hostetter's Stomach Bit- ters, infinitely more effectual than violent purgatives, and which never gripes, con- vulses and weakens as they do. The Bitters also removes malarial and rheumatic com- plaints, biliousness, sick headache, nervous- ness and dyspepsia. Give this deserving remedy a fair treial and expect the best and most “omplete results, cried Halsey. ‘When and This is the first time 1 have heard HAVE ONE OBJECT IN VIEW Bportemen Looking to the Protection of Animals, Fish and Fowl, WILL ASK THE PASSAGE OF A STATE LAW Bills Have Been Agreed Upon, Dratted and Placed In the Hands of a Commities to See to Thelr Early Introduction. Some time ago a law committee was ap- pointed to draft a game law, which the mem- bers of the Omaha Sportsmen's association would endeavor to have passed at the present | of the legislature. The committee | with of the association last | Saturday evening and submitted the drafts | of three bills, which they hope will become laws, Mr. Kennedy was chairman of the | meeting, Mr. James Melkle, chalrman of the law committee, read his report The first was a bill for an act for the preservation, propagation and protection of birds, fishes | and wild animals, in the state of Nebraska during certain seasons. This bill makes jt unlawful for any one to kill song or inseel- iverous birds at any time. Grouse are to be protected between November 1 and Septem- ber 1 of each year. The bill makes it un- lawful to Kill any wild turkeys for the next five years. Quails may be killed during the month of November. Wood duck, plover and doves may be killed between July 15 and De- cember 1. Snipe, curlew and others of the wader family may be Killed between Septem- ber 1 and May 1. All kinds of ducks, geese, brant, ete, may be killed from September 1 to April 15, The use of punt or swivel guns and any other weapons, except guns fired from the shoulder, are strictly prohibited. Squirrels are protected from January 1 to | September 1. Deer, antelope and other large | animals are to be protected for the next five years and it will be unlawful for any one to have in_ their possession any trap, snare or seine. Mink, otter, beaver and muskrats are protected from Aoril 15 to February 15. This bill further provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to catch, interfere with, injure or in any manner destroy, or maliciously disturb, the fish in, or works con- nected with, any private fish pond not ex- ceeding ten acres, in this state. And it shall also be unlawful for any person or persons to injure, disturb or destroy any hatching box, hatching house or pond used for hatch- ing or propagating fish, or to injure or de- stroy or disturb any spawn, or fry, or fish, in any hatching box, hatching house, or pond, or stream; provided, that the fish commis- sfoners of this state may take or cause to be taken any of the fish named in this section for the purpose of propagation, or stocking the waters of this state. COSTS TO KILL BIRDS AND FISH. It shall be_unlawful for any person in this state to have in his possession, with intent to use or sell the same for use in this state, any seine, net or other unlawful instrument to kill or capture fish. The penalty for killing birds or fish out of season is a fine of §5 for each bird or fish, the fine not to exceed in all, $100, and impris- onment in the county jail for not exceeding thirty days. For Killing deer, turkeys and the larger denizens of the forest and field, tha fine is to be not less than $50, nor more than $100. The draft of a bill for the appointment of a game warden was furnished. It provides that the Board of Fish Commis- sioners shall appoint a fish and game warden for the state at large. He shall receive a salary of $1,500 per annum, and his necessary traveling expenses in the discharge of the duties of his office, not to exceed the sum of $1,000 per annum. The fish and game warden shall prosecute or cause to b prosecuted all persons violating any of the provisions of the fish and game laws of the state, coming to his knowledge. Al sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables shall have the same powers as are conferred upon the fish and game warden for the en- forcement of the provisicns of the fish and game laws, PUTTING IT TO OUTSIDERS. With the decrease of game in surrounding states and the passage of restrictive laws for the better protection of game, a large number of non-resident sportsmen have been coming to Nebraska and killing great numbers of quail, ducks, grouse and prairie chickens. The association proposes to make outside hunters pay for their pleasure. The bill looking to this end provides that it shall be unlawful for any non-resident of this state to hunt, shoot or kill any wild ani- mal, wild bird or wild fowl, or to take or Kill any fish within this state without hav- ing first obtained a license so to do from the county clerk of some county within this state. The several county clerks within the state are authorized and impowered to issue license to ncn-residents, permitting them to hunt, shoot or kill wild animals, wild birds or wild fowl, and to take and Kill fish within the state under the provisions of the fish and gamo law, the same as residents of the state are permitted to do, upon payment by each person, for such license, of th> sum of §50 for the benefit of the school fund of the state; guch license to be in force from the date of its issue until the 1st day of January next, following. Messrs. Meikle, Parmlee and Montmorency were appointed as a committee to get these bills before the legislature, and several of the Douglas county representatives have signified their willingness o assist in their passage. —_———— Memorial to Robert Louis Stevensoa, NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—Carnegie Music hall was crowded last night, when the memory of Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist, was honored, ~The exercises were held under the auspices of the Uncut Leaves soclety. The audience was a large and brilliant one and represented leading men from every profession and commercial pursuit, Among those present were: William Dean' Howells, Frank R. Stockton, Charles A. Dana, Seth Low, Augustus_St. Gaudens, R. H. Stod- durd, Charles Scribner, Edward Eggleston and Prof. W. M. Sloan, Speeches eulogistic of Stevenson’ were made by President Sted- man, Dr. Eggleston and others, He is accompanied by J. Williams Benn, M. P. A number of friends gathered at the pler to bid them goodby, but no special demonstration took place. They sailed on the Cunard line steamship Etruria, session met members L Saved His Wife but fost Is Gwn Life, POTTSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 5.—Jacob Fisher, a resident of Ringtown, and his wife, while on thelr way home last night, started oyer one of the high trestles that span the nar- row valleys over which the rallroad passes They had taken but a few steps when th were horrified to gee an engine in the ovaching. The husband, with great of mind, grasned his wife und on the cowcatcher of the d her. Unfortunately for Pisher, how- his foot slipped and he was thrown beneath the engine and had his head com- pletely se 1 from his body, Both of M Pisher's legs were fractured and it is fear she may be Internally injured. Navassa Island Horrors Revived, BALTIMORE, Jan. G—Attorney General Olney, having ordered District Attorney Marbury to thoroughly investigate the charges of inhuman treatment of laborers on the Navassa islands, the testimony of Don Abrams and John Devine was taken today. ¢ story told by both men Is as follows: “After arriving ‘on the island we subsisted on salt horse, bread without salt, and rainwater, Ten men died from lack of food and bad food. 1t brought ahout scurvy and other discases and their deaths w horrible to witnes; Of th venty-five me returning, thirteen died oute and buried at sea. On the trip back our sole food for a day was one plece of bread, one slice of meat and three pints of water," ar pres- threw ngine and n were Plaus for Greater New York, NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—Mayor Shieren of | Brooklyn announces (hat a bill will be pre- sented at Albany at once which would em- body the fdeas of Mayor Strong of New York and his own plans for the formation of the greater New York. The bill will pro- vide for a committee to include the two mayors and three membzers from cach of the two cities and three others to be chosen from the rural districts. The committee | will have the power to frame the new ck ter for the consolidated city - fult to Fore iridge B i ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 6.—The tile | 5t company of New York has nenced suit against A, Bleecker Hanks, as presi- dent of the Albany & Greenbush Bridge | the company, owners of crosses the river here, gage on $800,000 of gold bonds. The mort- gage was given {n December, 1891, on the bridge, appurtenances and property of the company, and interest due thereon {o the amount of $27,000 has not been paid. — FOSTER'S MISSION 10 JAT Says He Is Golnz Meroly to Aet as Connsel to the Chinese Commissioners, VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 6.—John W. Foster, ex-secretary of state of the United States, who is here awaiting the salling of the steamer Empress for Japan, was inter- viewed by an Associated press reporter. Mr. Foster stated that his mission here has been much misrepresented by many papers, and he wished to set forth his position clearly At the request of the Chinese government he had consented to act as counsel to the Chinese Peace commissioners and expected to meet the two officlals appointed to act in that capacity at Kobe. The negotiations would be carrled on at Hiroshima, the pres ent headquarters of the Japanese army and temporary seat of government. He (Foster) did not expect to be allowed to attend the sittings of the peace commissioners as all deliberations would be carried on in private. He will simply act as counsel and adviser in matter and altogether in a private ca pacity, his appointment not being connected in any way with the United States govern ment, Regarding the length of his absence Mr, and declined to discuss the probable terms of settlement. Mr. Foster is in the best of health, the bridge which to forecloge a mort- N Fireman Killed but tho Pawengers Have a Mivaculons Escape. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.—By a collision With a work train in the Altamont tunnel, nine miles from Livermore, the Los Angeles express was wrecked, its fireman killed out- right and the engineer pinned against the boiler of his locomotive. He cannot recover. The disaster was caused by the train dis- patcher, who sent two trains toward each | other on the same track. Both trains had been informed they had the right of way. They met with a frightful crash in the center of the tunnel. Both engines were badly wrecked and the engineer of the express was pinned against the boiler for five hours before he could be released. He was in great agony and made piteous appeals to be shot. As fa as can be learned no passengrs were injured, A wrecking crew with provisions was im- mediately sent to the tunnel from Oakland. Division Superintendent Wild dent is the worst since he I of the division. The trains collided miles from a telegraph station. CETATE CRASHED INTO A SHEE nine P TRAIN. Runaway Engine Kills Slaygg! s Carload of Sheop. WHITE HAVEN, Pa,, Jan. 5—Two per- sons lost their lives, and a car of sheep were slaughtered on the Lehigh Valley road this morning. The western freight train had stopped at the depot siding to switch some cars. The drivers accompanying the stock were Nathan Fuller and Charles King of Mil- ton. These men were asleep in the caboose. The mountain grade is very heavy here and extends for a mile. At the top of the grade the guardsman saw engine No. 45 n charge of Engincer John Thompson pulling another freight and approaching at a terrible speed Tho runaway train dashed into the caboose with tremendous force grinding it to splin- ters, and the two preceding cars were thrown over a thirty-foot embankment to the Jersey Central tracks. The sheep In the cars were crushed to death, Fuller’s body was mangled almost beyond recognition. King was alive when taken from the wreck, but lived only tew minutes, Two Men and a —_——— BANK ROBBERY IN CALIFORNIA. Cashler Locked In the Vauit—The Thicves Captured by Officers. ONTARIO, Cal Jan. 5.—The State bank was robbod by two men. Cashier Fred Stamm was alone. A revolver was put under his nose by one of the men, while the other jumped behind the counter, clubbed Stamm with a revolver, and forcing him into the vault, locked him in. R. P. Sibley of the Ontario cannery came into the bank and was ordered to hold up his hands. He was then clubbed until he was insensible. About 5,000 was taken. As soon as Sibley re- gained consciousness he gave the alarm. The robbers drove away in a buggy to Spadra, where they boarded a train for Los Angeles. Officers intercepted and arrested the men a few miles from town. They proved to be Frank Conway and J. Steadmar, notorious eastern crooks. Only a small amount of money was found on them, and it is be- lieved they buried the plunder before reach- ing Spadra. Ontarlo — Another Arrs for the Denver Murders. DENVER, Jan, 5.—Victor Monchereaux has been arrested, charged with having strangled Marie Contasolt Ociober 28, The arrest was made on information furnished by Alphenso Lamar, who is also under arrest on suspiclon of having some connection with the strangling cases. Lamar says Monchereaux's motives were robbery, He expected to secure $7,000 by the murder of Marie Contascit, but got only $67. Monchereaux is a desperate looking character, about 40 years of age and has very large hands, Both Monchereaux and Lamar served sentences at San Quentin, Cal, gl s i ‘Wanted Huntington Arrested. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 5,—Thomas J. Rob- erts of the A. R. U. applied in the office of the United States district attorney for a war- rant for the arrest of C. P. Huntington, presi- dent of the Southern Pacific company, for violation of the interstate commerce law by issulng an interstate raillway pass to Frank M. Stone, an attorney and politician, Acting United States Attorney Knight refuscd the warrant on the ground that he was but tem- vorarily in office and he could not embarrass his succassor by issuing such proceedings, e L neral Colonel Heyl, CHICAGO, Jan. b.—A special car today bore the remains of Colonel Edward M. Heyl on their way to the national cemetery at Arlington, Va., where they will be interred, Mrs, Heyl is accompanied by two sisters of the deceased, and other relatives, and by Licutenant Parker W. West of the Third cavalry, detailed for that purpose. A military funeral will be held m the east. Colonel Heyl, who was inspector general of the De- partment of the Missouri, died Wednesday. —— Burnett Given Another Senten CINCINNATI, Jan, 5.—Judge Sage of (he United States district court today sentenced ex-United States District Attorney W. B. Burnelt to sixty days imprisonment for em- bezzling $9,000 from his client, Mrs. Ben- nett, This sentence s concurrent with the senténce of six months for contempt of court which Bennett is serving now, and which does not expire till April B oy Dead and Baby May TE VISTA, Colo., Jan. 5.—Mrs, Fred Sterling went to call on a neighbor, leaving her two children aged 4 years and 2 months, respectively, locked in the house, On her return the house was on fire and the boy burned to death, The baby was rescued, but was so severely burned it will probably die. Kutes o JACKSONVILLE, Fla,, rate war is on among steamship companies between here and New York and Philadelphia over the reduction in rates on oranges by the Philadelphia steamship lines ——— Missours karmer Assigns. INDEPENDENCE, Mo, Jan. 6.—James Beber, one of the oldest farmers in Jackson county, has made an assignment. The as- sets consist of about 1,200 acres of farming land, valued at $60,000. Liabilities unknown. Blown Down Before it Was Built. VICTOR, Colo., Jan. 5.—The armory belng Iranges. Jan. 5.—A lively Foster was unable to give any opinfon | HAT DOES THE YEAR HOLD Wall Street Operators Look with Straining Eyes Into the Dark Beyond, SOME ENCOURAGING ~ SIGNS VISIBLE | Nataral Consumption Will %oon Set Wheels to Whirling and Congress Must Do ething to Clear Away the Carrency Clouds, YORK, Jan. 6.—Henry Clews, head of the banking house of Henry Clews & Co., Writes of the situation in Wall “We have said our adieus to and have done it have been shed parture, anl all quickly Deesible new street: the old year ret. No tears over its de- forg:t it as businese stands stolen In quietly, me which, 0 a n unknown quantity, Glims :mnrlmz- Oof light are beginning to appear here and there bidding us hope, hut the clouls are still rather low down, and the principal basis for hoves of a brightening 1n the outlook s | the fecling that have undoubtedly seen the worst, and what is to come must essen- tally be better. The atmosphere will clarify gradually, and what Is most needed now fs a strong Lreeze from the viclnity of Washing- ton to blow away the mists and let in tha sunlight once more. it Is undoubtedly the great panacea | ent, for when the questions of the cur and Craileoad pooling' are favorably dise posed of all business interests will be ready, to take a fresh hold for a long pull, a strong pull and a puil aitogether., The jmmediate outlook in ccmmereial and manufacturing circles is as promis as could be expected at hix season of the year and under existing circumstances; for, with | the exception of som tions of the west and northw et for Is de- cidedly more and ind; s business of larger proportions than existed In the year just passed. No better barome eter of the trade conditions N be pro- duce than the iron industry, and this is in far more satisfuc ory shape as regards the future than was the case a year ago, The stock of manufactured goods of all classes throughout the untry Is at a very, low ebb. Consumption is going on all® {he while, and the time must Soon come whan fresh stocks will have to be taken on, and it not very far away either, as s proven by the increased desire on the part of =pina ne to buy raw material. Every small des pbreciation in value is being taken adavant- age of by them to replenish supplles, and this is certainly a gratifying feature after the hand-to-mot olicy which has existed for so long a pe 5 BEARS HAVE THE BEST OF IT. “'Wall street and the security market are like a flexible mirror. Under ordinary ices it reflects as near as possibla the exact condition of affairs throughout the country. Under the genial atmosphere of prosperity the ‘bulls’ sometimes get un- erncath and bulge it, whereupon it be~ mes conve 1 exaigerates the refle ation in values. The re At present, and the m} concave form under the reflection is nar- to a size somewhat smaller than s warranted. During the t few days the ‘be have been forcing liquida- tion on the part of weak holders, giving to the market a declining tendency which would naturally indicate a situation whick is growing worse all the time. This, how- ever, 1s not the case, On the contrary, there is everything to hope for and to expect. We have already written at length in a previous letter regarding the 1 pooling bill now pending before and have shown why it law and why it probabl; quite likely that the Wil take it up soon, and that it will pass that body as it has the house, This measure, (ogether with the currency ‘question, should be sete tled without loss of time. Delays are dan- gerous, as was proven last vear in thg case of the tariff. The revolution at the olls “last November was unmistakably argely due to the prolonged fariff agitation in congress, It should, therefore, be u warn . ing against currency tinkering in the pres- ent expiring session of the same congress, All that Iy really desirable for the present short session to ' do I8 to {):IFH thé rallroad pooling bill and to pass a bill to amend the aw which authorizes the issue of § per cent United States bonds by reducing the rate of Intereat to 3 per cent, and, in consideration for making that low rate,’ the bonds to be payable, both principal and interest, in gold coin, If this is done it would meet the present emergency, and would beyond doubt stop the export of gold and the present drain_upon ‘the treasury in consequence. Turope would take an unlimited number of such bonds and pay a handsome premium for them, and would prefer them to our gold. This T do not hesitate to assert, as I know whereof T speak. CURRENCY COMMISSION SUGGESTED, “With this legislation, together with the appointment of a commission by President Cleveland, to be comprised of the newly, clected members of congress, half repub- licans and half democrats, to formulate a currency plan to report to the next con- gress, the business situation would ma- terially change for the better, and con- fidence and courage would revive, and thereby immensely stimulate business enter- prise, now $o much needed in all sections of the country. The governor of New York state, in his message just issued to the as- sembly, say ‘I congratulate you and the people ‘'whom you represent that we com- mence the new year under favoring aus plces. The business outlook is much im- proved, as compared with its condition a year ago. The worst of the hard times has apparently passed away, and we may reasonably hope that duriniz the ensuing year we will be blessed with a fulr degres prosperity.’ These are encouraging words, and without question voice the sentiment of the masses. The cry should be on= ward and upward; slow but surc without Wall street anxlous to from year re in are as The in a certain extent manicr befitting we rowed down ongress, should become @ will, It is now. LONDON GRAIN MARK Wheat Market Henlthy and Flour Firm with ¥air Demand, LONDON, Jan. 6.—The weather continues stormy. The market for wheat is firm; stocks and the quantity on passage being Russian shippers are holding off, the offerings from Argentine are llght, while Australia wants beiter prices. India is off= ering very littde. The situation generally is healthy and hopeful, T nd for cargoes 18 light. Parcels are and spot Red winter is quoted a Flour ull rates, with m, with 'a bett ropean kinds. ' Mixed Amer prompt, {8 quoted at 195 9d. Barley s firm, with w good demand. Oats are firm, with a moders ate Inquiry. MANCHESTER MARK V. Chief Foature of the Week Wis the f'aucity of Now f3usiness, MANCHESTER, Jan, 6—The feature of the market during the past week was the pauclty of new business, The In- dian markets are overstocked, hut are send- ing inquiries, although the limits are much below the ruling prices, The sales to China and Corea slackened, The minor foreigm markets were slow. The home trade did little business, The yarn market was overs stocked. Prices all around were nominally unchanged, but were very irregular subject to' negotiation. The profit marging were very poor, Balance spots for the most part very unsatisfactory. o~ ethora of Musle Boxes, Swiss musical boxes of an elaboration a most unsuspected by the average New Yorker are sold by German-speaking Swiss in the German quarter of that city, They are of all shapes and sizes, Not only may the German driuk his beer to the tune of the “Watch on the Rhine,” played by a contrivance in the false bottom of the mug, but there aro also musical flower pots, cigar temples, works boxes and artificlal birds in cages. Odder siill are a musical crucifix playing a Te Deum, plous statues with like musical attach- ments, and pictures for the stations of the cross that play appropriate sacred music. These things cost all the way from $2 to 3260, and gome made speclally to order bring much higher prices. The musical phonograply has somewhat Injured the sale of mechanicad musical boxes of the nickel-dn-the-slot var ety, though they are still made and sold, e chief When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, When she was & Child, she cried for Castoria, When sho became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When sbe bad Children, she gave them Castcriay built here was blown down last night, injur- ing Lee Babeock and John McBride, carpens ters, quite severely. The loss iv about §12,000,