, 1892-01-05

ilaGIiuS We 1e immersed ia literatlire III saass
also raining rapidly. Secretary Hallerl
shattered the silence; Gentlemen, there's
an umbrella over there in that corner. It
seems to be an orphan. It's been there a
week. # anybody knows who the
owner" The speakers voice was here
wholly subservient to the tout and scram-
BILE that followed, hardly ever equalled by
any rush" on a football field.
Rebel Jim has the rain reflector.
BETRAYED BY DUKE.
The marriage of Miss Lizzie Mutt to an
old playmate and school companion few
days since at her home, recalls startling
tragedy in which two men were shot to
death, one very deservedly, and woman
sustained that almost irretrievable loss.
her honor.
Nine years back Lizzie Mutt lived with
her parents in Uniontown, Penn. She was
bright, pretty and attractive. dashing
disciple Of the devil in the person Of one
Duke appeared on the scene, and Liz
Use Of marriage. Duke, not satisfied
with this woeful work, wrote the father Of
the girl a taunting letter. The two men
met at the village hotel and Duke with
out warning shot the father to death. The
verdict Of q packed jury--for Duke was
both, rich and influential acquitted the
murderer and an outraged and infuriated
populace drove the jury from the town.
Duke sought safety in the county Jail.
Six months after this, Duke met Lizzie's
brother on the street one day and in a
mocking tone inquired for his sisters
health. In response young Mutt drew
from his hip pocket self-cocking seven
shooter and Duke dropped dead.
MR.. ALFRED HOLMAN.
Everybody knows Mr.. Alfred Holman.
formerly managing editor of the Post-In-
falI
i'll other respects "sanS peur ct sans re-
proche, but the following from the face
tious and pungent pen of Colonel J. Wa
termelon Redington, of the Puyallup Com
merce is too irresistibly funny to be se-
questeTed:
The Northwest lost one Of its
brightest literary lights when Mr..
Alfred Holman retired from tile Seattle
Post-Intelligencer and bought control
ling interest In the San Francisco Chroni-
Gle. AS boy and man Mr.. Holman has
had most remarkable career. Years ago
he founded the city Of st. Helens, on the
Columbia river, and then piloted his
grandfather, Dr. Mcbride, and large fam
lily across the plains to that favored spot.
While MT. Holman was assistant superin-
tendent of the Oregonian's columns Mr..
Scott came in one night and said:
"Alfred, France has declared war on
Germany; how long before you can start
for the front?p
1.-TWO minutes"
He threw his unfinished poem under
John Baltiniore's table, and strobe out
with still minute to go on. The old
steamer AJAX had been gone an hour, but
mounted on good horse Mr.. Holman
streaked it across the Nehalem mountains
and headed her off at Tillamook rock
Mr.. Holman went all through the war,
and went down with Marshal McMahone
at Sedan, writing graphic account of the
1 affair to the Oregonian, using his dead
boss for a desk. For this he was deco
rated with the cross Of the legion of honor
He also foretold the disaster to General
Benzine's army, and in his telegraphic let
ters to the Oregonian he strenuously Oh.
! posed those soldiers being holed up al
4 Metz.
n Although tina correspondent of the Ore
gonian during the civil war, Mr.. Holman
also had rowing commission and always
volunteered in great emergencies. Single
, handed and alone he and Major Bartor
blew up the Norfolk navy yard to preven
its falling into the hands of the enemy
and he and A. B. Case, now of Tacoma
were the chief guides of Shermans arm,
in its march from Atlanta to the sea. Re
turning from the war, Mr.. Holman and d
} H. Stearns started the Omaha Bee, after
| ward selling out to e.. Rosewater for tn
: sum of $500,000.
At one time when Mr.. Holman wa
| agent at Lapwai, he prevailed upon tn
whole Nez Perce nation not to go on tn
5 warpath, thus saving to the United States
? by actual computation, $7,000,000. He
+, also the author of ,tBeautiful Snow.n al
: though his native modesty allows others t
8 claim that honor.
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