The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-29
WOMEN FAscINArE WOMEN.
Tragic Results That Have Followed

some Modern Instances.
From the New York Herald.
Cases of the unnatural influence
which women have exercised over
women are not uncommon. The most
noted instance of that kind was in the
case of Miss Alice Mitchell of Mem
phis, Tenn. Miss Mitchelrs father was
a merchant of wealth and she lived in
great refinement in the fashionable
part of the city. She was frequently
visited by Miss Freda Ward of Gold
Dust Ark, and the pair seemed to be
inseparable. One day in January, 1892,
however, Miss Mitchell was driving
through the streets with a friend when
she met Miss Ward. She jumped from
the carriage suddenly and without
word of warning cut Miss Wards
throat. The poor girl fell to the side
walk and died while being taken to
hospital
No one could understand the motive
for the deed. Miss Mitchell told vari-
Gus stories. one of which was that she
killed Miss Ward because she had cir
culated scandals about her. Finally
she made a statement which she ad-
hered to, in which she said:
''I killed Freda because l loved her,
and she refused to marry me. 1 asked
her to marry me three times, and at
last she consented. We were going to
HGIt ~ " ot. w ntn
Freda promised to marry me / was so
happy. / sent her an engagement ring
and she wore IL for time, but when IL
was returned to me 1 was miserable. I
could not bear to be. separated from
her, so 1 resolved to kill her. would
rather she were dead than away from
me-"
Miss Mitchell was tried for murder in
July. 1892. and on being adjudged in
sane was sent to an ASYLUM
A peculiar case lay in the infatua-
tion which Miss Margaret Messmore OF
Los Angeles, Cal, had for Miss Grace
Miltimore of Savannah, Ga. Both girls
came of good families, and were ex-
ceedingly pretty. In 1898 they roomed
together in Chicago. where they were
studying music. The parents became
alarmed at the friendship which exist
ed between them, and Miss Miltimore
was induced to return to her home. She
left her trunk containing many valua-
BILE articles with her friend, who re-
band" said. Miss Messmore, ,"why
should / give her things to her fam
ily?'@ Miss Messmore was finally taken
back to Los Angeles almost by force.
Mrs. Alma Erhardts love for Mrs.
Charlotte Goehling of Newark, caused
her to be sent to an insane asylum in
January, 1894. At the trial Mrs. Goeh-
I'll
hardt, which contained a distinct pro-
posal of marriage. Another letter
urged her to kill her two children. Mrs.
Eugenia Van Colt, daughter of a prom
inent minister of Smithville, l.. l., was
arrested in September, 1898, for entic-
ing Mrs. Alice Tauris away from her
husband. The case never came to trial.
Ihs Anticipated Rules of the Senate.
Buffalo Enquirer
Mr.. Hill persists in asking for the
amendment OF the rules of the senate
The senator should keep up his fight
for up-to-date methods of doing busi-
ness in the most dignified legislative
body in the world
Two more slabs of stone inscribed with
words and music have been found in the
treasury OF the Athenians at Delphi by
the French. BY using some of the frag-
ments previously discovered a second
hymn to Apollo. with its notes. has been
put together. The date is after the con-
quest OF Greece by the Romans The
Greeks seem TO have used p notes in
their musical notation. where we only use
II
Human nature appears 90 have been
human nature n good many years ago
An old speech OF Henry Clay's has come
70 light I'm which. in his own Handwriting
the applause" and Laughter marks
are shown at frequent intervals, the
speech having evidently been prepared for
publication.
Engltshmen have introduced football /
INTO the Lake Nyassa region. At Kota- I
1ota. a few years ago the greatest Save
depot on the west shore OF the lake mix j
ed teams OF blacks and whites meet ev-
cry Saturday. The negroes. however. re-
fuse to wear shoes. playing in their bare /
feet