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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

direct examination OF thtS Wlthcnaf
George sat cool and confident. lie
had supplied the motive for the disin-
heritance and the witness went on 20
say that the old gentleman's aversion
TO counsel on the other side, who was
paying his daughter attentions, was
the reason he had said he wodld leave
her without penny. The witness
was questioned at length and told n
story that was most effective for
George.
Take the witness" said the attor-
ney for the young man.
Jim consulted with gentleman
who was seated directly behind him
man who possessed IA glittering pair
OF eyes, which he had kept steadfastly
| fixed ON the witness.
us II all right, JACKIE
yes: I'm sure. Go slowly at first,
though"
jim turned TO the witness.
"You are sure you heard Mr.. Morris
say that he would disinhcrit his
daughter IL she did not stop going with
me?'
The witness hesitated, and finally
i answered in bcwildered way:
mo; I'm not sure those were just his
words
did his words imply any such
thing?"
II can't say tlat they did"
Did you ever hear my name men
toned by Mr.. Norris"
"NoN
Vow. did he as a matter Of fact,
ever say that he would disinherit his
daughter"
"No."
"Why did you say he dido"
because George Morris gave me ten
thousand dollars 10 testify in this
case
Its liee' shouted that person.
Now. MIR. Woodruff, is il not fact
that Mr. Morris did not disinherit his
daughter"
1T IS"
lis Il not a fact that in the true viii
he left her everything"
ut is"
Here George whispered 10 his attor
ney: THAT hound has sold us out. +"
as Il not true that you manufac
tured will 20 suit your purposes2'
1T is"
where is the true will ?"
"In George Morris possession"
where has lac concealed IL ?"
I'm his trunk In his room"
Here ensued a scene OF confusion
George sprang to his feet with the in
= tention OF making an assault upol
r the witness. officers were sent To tn
= room and found the will.
I II was a peculiar ending 10 pc
: culiar case, but whenever Jack Il
I these days calls upon Jim and Edit
and sees how happy they are in thei
: married life he does not regret tn
9 part he took In the case, although h
!. did hypnotic the principal witnes
a for The other side.-Detroit Free Pres'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
FIXING THE BLAME.
who Is Responsible" for Delaying Tarln
Legislation.

Democratic apologists are having
their lines cast in hard places these
days. Facts pile up against them with
terrible precision and swiftness, and
each hour OF delay in settling for good
or i'll the great question OF tarih legis-
lation brings with it an addition OF
odium and disgrace that has already
been laid ut their door. As 70 tins
more recent delay republican skirts
have been kept clear. Since the senate
passed its bill no republican has ut
tered more than few words OF de-
bate. no one has made n single dila-
tory motion, no one offered the slight
est degree OF obstruction. Democratif
dissensions, wranglings and rccrim'
nations have filled the hours OF CON
press. Democratic conferrees have
.'sat and looked at each other in the
language OF the willy senior senator
from New York, and all this the coun-
try knows, and condemns with bitter
words and more potent political reso-
+ lutions.
The point OF special interest in all
+ this Is To try TO ascertain just where
inside the charmless circle OF democ-
racy, the responsibility for delay rests.
And IL must be said, as IL Is secretly
felt in Washington already, that on
Grover CleyclaRd's shoulders must
fan the burden. No sane observer OF
affairs can doubt that before that
famous letter was written, the senate
bill had every advantage Of war, and
II was a question Of only few hours
when the house would surrender un
conditionally. The white flag was
tied 70 the halyard, when from th'
white house came that curious com
mand 20 hold the fort New hops
came TO the weary soldiers, the guys
were renamed and the war com
mcnced afresh.
The outlook to-day is doubtful Il
the extreme. There may be no tarii
legislation az nll. And II all TIN
trouble, and turmoil and attack OF
American industries comes TO naught
there can be no doubt that Clcyelnn'
can be honestly thanked for what n
has done, however little he intended I
do IL. Boston Traveller.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
vIEWs o. SENATOR'S.
Various Opinions Upon the Passage of the
senate Bill.

1T Is useless 70 comment on the perform
anrr IA the house. IL ntly concludes d long
and d.srcptuablc career From Mr. wilson's
lame opening % Tie speaker unfortunate ana
unjust nlluslon 20 Mr.. Cochran ~ was all OF
piece a struggle In the dust, . nauseous swat
lowing most unslRhtly exhibition. The
house dcalt with bill that was not before u
lent itself 20 epcrfdy ani dahonor. A. the
president says@not only ala a. but dug down
Tor a chance That parliamentary law was We
oiated Is q small aniir. for u has act lecn
usual in this house out that they sh luid pro-
claim with their vol rs that they vert tp night
trusts and monopolios and then go into an ac-
ton which made trust shares 20 ~ four points
the very day was adopted demands that So
we're reprobAton should accompany false pre-
lenses ~ FOR the little bills rushed through
The subtcrfugc Is too apparent for even a mo-
ments consideration "a Us pure hrmbug.
They pass bill taxing sugnr ana coal and
On On pass dummies pretended 10 repeal ~. and
al the same day. II - Reed
There f. no comparison between this bill
aud the Mckinley law The former Is taxation,
while the latter IS robbery. Benton Mcmillan.
The passage ~ the senate bin by the house
il the most uisgracefui chapter In American
history. The position heretofore assumed by
the house is conceded Co bc right. even by the
senate. and a nov surrendered % some per.
son whose identity even Is concealed. Their,
4 no evidence that the senate would not nav,
agreed ON d compromise. In The caucus Mr
Wilson was asked TO name the men who were
holding up the American congress. but he de-
| ri.aed 20 DO ~. We have. therefore surren'
darod 90 n rumor. the source % which cnnnn
/ lie traccd The walls OF Jericho falling ucfor,
! a blast of wind yielded % q force more tangible
than that which sent the house Of represents
tlves scurrylng into an abiect, cowardly self
| confessed betrayal 81 the principles which thol
profess wv Bourkc COckran.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
HuMoRs OF BIRD LIFE.
Queer Things Laid at the Doors OF the
Fcatherod Population OF the World.

Queer Things Laid at the Doors of the
Featherod Population of tho World.
II. Bowdler Sharpe in an article on
birds says that dancing is often in
dulged in by certain species of birds
and that the erection of arbors and
Fairgrounds forms n feature in the
lives Of many of them.
The Argus pheasants. which live in
thick forests. are hard 10 catch, but are
caught by the Maylays on their dane
ing grounds.
''Mr DAWSON tells u.s." says the
writer. that the Argus pheasants are
accustomed 10 live quite solitary, both
males and females, but the male has his
own drawing-room, OF which he Is ex-
cessively proud. and which he keeps
| scrupulously clean. patch OF ground
Is cleared in the depths OF the ever
/ green forests, where the bird lives, for
a space OF six or eight yards square.
Nothing is allowed 20 remain on
IL, and nothing but the bare
earth is seen Every leaf or twig
that falls from the surrounding trees
is removed with care. Sometimes the
top Of hill in comparatively open jun
| gle Is cleared, and ut other times the
dancing ground is chosen in some open
level spot--it may be in "a dark, gloomy
ravine, entirely surrounded and shut in
by dense cane brakes and rank vegeta-
ton. These cleared spaces, says Mr..
DAWSON, 'are undoubtedly used as
dancing grounds, but personally have
never seen bird dancing in them, but
| have always found the proprietor
either seated quietly or moving back.
ward and forward slowly about them
calling at short intervals. Except IN
the morning and evening, when they
roam about 10 feed and drink Tn,
males are always 20 bc found at home
and they roost at night on some tree
hard by.
"A curious bird is the Toledo or Bail
ador, which lives in Central America
Here Is Mr. Nutting's description Of IL
dance:
Zone day, when hunting through tn
dense forest, the profound silence wa
suddenly broken by the regularly
repeated note of FL Bailador, and
softly making my way toward tn
spot whence the sound proceeded
/ witnessed one Of the most remarabl
: performances il has ever been my 10
10 see Upon bare twig, which over
hung the trail at distance OF abou
four feet from the ground, two NAL
'Bailadors were engaged in son
and dance act that simply astonishc
me. The two birds were about a foe
and half apart, and We're alternatel
jumping about two feet in the air. an
alighting exactly upon the spot whenc
they jumped The time was as regula
as clcclSworlS, one bird jumping up til
instant the other alighted, each Dir
accompanying himself 10 the tune
'To-le-do-t o-e-do-to-le-do,' soundin
the syllable to as he crouched
spring, lie while in the air, and do {
he alighted This performance WI
kept up without intermission for mo-
than a minute, when the birds sudde'
" discovered that they had an auc
enve. and made of. The Idler.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

81 Don't WANT TO MARRY YOU JIM
tenacity. although baflied at every step.
one day, while pondering over the
matter at his club, his attention was
arrested by familiar voice.
Hello, Jimi'
Jack. old boyV
The two men clasped hands and
were soon lunching together and con
versinr with much animation.
by the way. Jack" said McCurdy'
remembering a fad 81 his old friend
are you anything in hypnotism late
ly2" 80. 10
come quite a celebrity In an amateur
way on the other side OF the water
Belong TO two London societies. bu'
how are things with you, jim? Mar
riedq Noq Going 10 be- Why ina
sigh9 Come. unbosom yourself.
with that.Jim related all the ger
plexitics OF the case In hand ana th'
other listened with marked attention
For several hours they conversed an'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18
The DcmocratIc Party Bosa.

In the senate, July 23, MIR. German
MAZE the following statement; TO
my personal knowledge, after confer
ence with his friends, he deliberately
and wisely said in tho line Of all pre-.
cedents, Of all the declarations he had
made. OF all the declarations that his
party had ever made, in the exact line
Of all legislation from jefferson down
10 Grover Cleveland In 1854: We VIII
not destroy any industry; we will re-
model the tariff; we will give lower
duties; we will even the burdens OF the
people. and we will give frecr raw ma
terials-not free raw materials There
Il stood. As have once before said In
the senate, but for that declaration 1
do not believe Mr.. Cleveland could
have carried the country and been
elected president OF the United states
tV-The fewer the number OF the
party pledges kept by the democracy
the better IL will be for the country
n " pccorder
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

stances of which the public in general
were ignorant His brilliant work in
the celebrated Morris VS.. Morris will
case won for him "A measure OF fame
that would mean much 10 any young
man in the legal profession. The case
was a hard-fought one, involving much
labor on the part OF the attorneys, es-
pecially for the young attorney who
sought TO break the will whereby
James l.. Morris had left his entire
estate TO his scapegrace foster son,
George NJ. Morris, and had disinherited
his daughter Edith, who, in the eyes
OF the world, had ever been her Ia
theirs favorite McCurdy had known
Edith for many years, and. while they
had never been actually betrothed,
their names were more or less assoc
ciated The young lawyer himself
was wealthy, SO the match was deemed
a fitting one, and Edith did not seem
averse to his attentions. The news
that she had been disinherited was re-
ceived by the world with surprise
The estate was large one and the
last act OF her father was inexplicable
No one was more mystified than James
McCurdy
"of course don't care myself that
your money is gone. Edith, " he said,
''for / have enough for both OF us.
But il does seem strange that that
scoun-"
Don't call names, jim" replied
Edith, sadly. 1T won't do any good.
never thought how IL would seem 20
be left dependent, but dare say 1 will
get on somehow ! can teach music,
or become acompanion, or paint china,
Or"
"You shall do nothing of the kind, y
he retorted, holly. you will marry
me and have everything you want
Still do not care 20 see that fellow
who was never a brother 10 you-and
you know what life he led your
father-tal<e what is your just due
II don't want 10 marry you, Jim, and
bring you nothing"
"You will bring yourself. That i
sufficient. Still, IL you will put this
case in my hands, / will see that yot
get your just dues"
you mean take IL into the courts
JIM" she cried, in CONSERVATION.
mean JhHb bhos N'HNN'N N''
will"
"Neverl ] could never contest tb'
will OF my father"
II don't believe il was his will.
"What, Jim?"
~ think tia forgery"
The upshot OF the matter was tina
the viii was contested. McCurd
found il uphill work collecting ev
dence Nothing that he could lear
shook his conviction that the fathe
was not ont OF his mind when he mad
the will. lie bent all his energies q
ward showing that the will was
forged document, but found that b
made little Roadway in the task. TIL
foster son had n friend, Clarenc
Woodruff. dissipated young maj
and somehow the attorney could No
avoid associating him with the forge
document lie had Woodruff watches
but In spite OF his zeal nothing came I
the closest scrutiny OF the youn
mans actions Day after day he wo
ried over the case until finally he WI
almost i'm despair. Edith alone W.
calm and indifferent. But now NJ
Curdy had his profess ional reputatie
at stake. and he chung To the prelir
lnary work on the case with dogg'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-18

Quericus-w which Of those two Eel.
lows Il II that can't swim?
Cynicus--Why, the one rocking the
boat. Judge
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09
The state populist Convention.

Mitchell Gazette: The Gazette
would suggest to the state central com
mittee that Mitchell would he the most
convenient place ut which TO hold the
coming state convention.
State Forum: Mitchell is good
point, and ought to be satisfactory to
every one. The Forum believes that
Huron should not be selected because OF
the scurvy treatment its newspapers
and public men accorded the last state
convention. The coming convention
will be very large gathering. worth
several Thousand dollars to the city in
which it may be held. The Republi-
can and Democratic press of Mitchell
have always treated the Populist move
ment with as much consideration and
courtesy as is to be expected from op-
position journals, while the Huron
papers have been brutal and disgusting
in their methods and dirty hings.
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"A Perp,exed Democrat.

Private John Allen, of Mississippi
is in sad state. He feels himself alb
soluteiy afloat in the darkness with
out single star TO guide him. He says
he came to Congress with absolute rel
ance on three things US Democratic:
|. That the Democratic party was
surely for free coinage OF silver.
.. That the Anglo-Saxon white man
was the born ruler OF all colors.
3. That Thomas Bracket Reed WAS
an irrepressible 'tyrant without one
redeeming trait.
last October the Democratic party,
House, Senate and President. set up
the gold standard and stopped the coin
age of silver" he said. "This bothered
me but held on to the other two. Yes
terday we voted to put q colored woman
over American white men in Hawaii.
That kept me awake all night. but
said, L can cling to that principle abou,
Reed. He certainly was a tyrant with.
out a redeeming TRAIT You can i'm.
agine my state of mind when the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09
4 Difference of opinion.

MITCHELL REPUBLICANS: Brother
Buchanan should not Halter himself
that his advent into the Pop. party is
going TO make such a tremendous diff
ference in results this year.
Sioux Falls Press: Buchanan's esti-
mates of success are based much more
upon Wheelock's ability to drive the
Republicans out, than his own ability
to pull them in. We center our hopes
largely upon Wheelock, and feel Us,
surcd he will not deceive us.
Howard Advance: Brer. Wheelock,
of Mitchell, thinks what the Pops. dc
In this state this year willcut very lit
tie figure in general results. You CAM
almost always tell, Ralph, we may sur
prise you mite.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09
woonsocket More or Les. Dry.

Woonsocket News: Tuesday an at
tempt was made to have the injunction
on the Harvey saloon dissolved. Judge
Reed, attorney for Harvey, and States
Attorney Masten went to Mitchell to
argue the case before. Judge Haney.
The result was that the injunction still
stands, and the new saloon which had
been started in the Excelsior building
has been discontinued and the goods
returned to the wholesale house. Thus
Woonsocket again goes dry-conpara-
lively.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09
a Senatorlnl Possibility.

Elk Point Leader: Hon. Fl. H. Keith
OF Sioux Falls, ex-speaker OF the house
and one of South Dakotas ablest law
yers, was in the city one day last week.
Speaking OF the situation, Mr.. Keith
said: 'lf Pettigrew does not get the
plum, and hardly think he will, your
fellow townsman, Mr.. Ringsrud will be
the choice. He is the strongest Repub-
lican in South Dakota today. is the way
I look at it,"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09
Presldent Graham.s views.

Woonsocket News: The entertain.
ment at the M. E, Church Monday
night by Prof Graham, President of the
University at Mitchell, drew a large
audience and was very enjoyable. OF
course there are no pictures that can
convey an adequate idea of the immen-
sity of the worlds fair buildings, but
those shown by Prof Graham came the
nearest to it Of anything we have seen.
A truly fine exhibition.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09
Monday. Municipal Elections.

Portland, Me-: Mayor Baxter, Re
publican, was returned with 1000 ma
iority over Charles Gushing, Democrat.
Five out OF seven wards went Republi-
can. The Republicans also elected six-
teen out of twenty-one council men.
Council Bluffs, To-: In the city cleo
tion the Republicans elect mayor, city
attorney, treasurer, auditor, marshal,
park commissioner and alderman from
the fifth ward. The Democrats elect a
judge OF the superior court, three alder,
men and assessor. The city council
will stand 2 Republicans and g Demo
Gratis.
Burlington, To-: AS a result OF a split
in the Democratic party. Eugene
Buttes, Republican, WAS elected mayor
of Burlington over H. S. Glasgow, Dem
ocrat. the usual Democratic majority
being about eight hundred. Buttes il
the first Republican mayor since 1886
The Republicans also get 3 aldermen.
Cedar Rapids, To-; a spirited cit.
election today resulted in victory 70
the Democrats on local issues. Daniels
Democrat. was reelected mayor by 80
majority. The Democrats elect all th'
city officers save treasurer. Fou
Republican and four Democratic alder
menwere elected.
Sioux City, To-: Returns from tn
city show the Republican municips
4 ticket is elected by from 400 to 600
: large Republican gain over last fal
The election was closely contested.
Iowa City, To-: The Republicans 8
the city election today carried ever
ward hut one. They elected four Il
dermen and the CITY solicitor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09

send the Democratic party to join
him there. Just how much Gladstone
has accomplished toward Irish liberty
is not yet apparent, but that he has had
q most marvellous not to say romantic
public career as the champion of this
particular cause is acknowledged by
the entire civilized world.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09
II Pays to Advertise.

Washington Springs Republican:
The corn belt exposition will be held at
Mitchell. September 26 to October 4 in-
elusive Now come. let Jerauld county
see ii she can't have au exhibit at
Mitchell's big show this fall 1t pays
to advertise in that way-as we'll a. in
the Republican.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09
ANARCHY IN CONGRESS.
MIR. Reed is Alarmed at the Possibilities

That Are Looming Up.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.-I can see
how ex-Speaker Reed is naturally the
physical and intellectual leader OF the
Republican minority in the house. His
size is tremendous, his mind quick and
he is in dead earnest.
When | asked him what the Senate
would do with the Wilson bill, he said:
''I begin to get alarmed. AT first we
thought the cooler heads OF the Senate
would put back on the tariff a good deal
OF the $s4 100000 deficit and make a
tariff for revenue according to the
Democratic platform. But now see
there is anarchy in the Senate. ! am
afraid that the Wilson bill will go
through the Senate with its worst fea-
lures retained. The Southern free
traders are in power
"How will this affect the Democratic
party" asked.
lit will destroy it in the North. but
with its destruction will come great
damage to the republic | should like
to see the party wreck itself, but | feel
that patriotism should take the place Of
party now. If were Northern Dem
ocrat. would put that $4,000, 900
deficit back. Then they can go back to
the foolish voters and say: we have
done your bidding. We have made u
tariff for revenue and for the whole
revenue AS it is and will be. the vot-
ers will say: You have not made a
tariff for revenue. You have made free
trade in some things and destroyed the
revenue on Others You have caused
our wages to be cut 25 per cent. to fit
your wage-destroying tariff. You have
stopped mills. made workmen paupers,
and taken billions Of wage money out OF
circulation and run the country in debt
besides"
"How can money be mace flush
again." asked and Mr.. Reed answer
ed:
/ "There is no way to put money in Cir
culation except through wages paid.
Issuing Government bonds doesn't
make circulation. The laborers must
earn it and spend it. and that will make
it flush. The statisticians say the 30
00O,0 laboring people in this country
earn when they are at work from $40,
600, 900 to $40, ,0O0,00 day. The Will
son tariff bill will cut these wages from
10 to 25 per cent. The 10 per cent. eut
on $40. .00O, 600 will be loss OF 81 ZOO. 00t
a day to laborlng men or 81 1900, 100000
I in Il year. A 25 per cent. cut in wages
will take S., 900, 1000 out OF circula
tion. Oue-third of our labor is idle
now The idleness is costing US proba
bly, $l0,OOO,OOo day do not wonder
that the times are hard and that money
is tight There is money enough il
the banks. They are glutted, but labor
isn't getting it. 1t will stay there unit
labor gets it out.
what will bring money out?"
"Why labor, say, and nothing else
Set the mills to resuming. keep wage
up, and the boys will soon earn none.
enough and spend enough TO maxi
times good again
Amos Cummings talks like speake
Reed.
''They didn't make tariff for reve
nue." he said. They made a tari
that will destroy revenue and wages
too | voted against it. Now can G
: among my working constituents an
say: Boys, didn't vote to lower you
wages. ! voted against it, but wi
: vote for tariff for revenue and wage
when get chance. That was tn
. platform that you put me in on.
= ELI PERKINS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-03-09
sam Greene May steal "A March.

A Washington special OF the list says:
S. L. Greene, candidate for postmaster
at Mitchell, is here. Greene has the
support of the other former candidates.
Taylor and Smith. Itis understood he
will snatch the Office from Frank Ham
mer, his only rival.