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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18
BANK FAILURE BRINGS MISERY.
Relatives of Indiana Financicro
Bowed Down with Grief.

Relatives of Indiana Financiers
Bowed Down with Grief.
Nothing has yet been heard from r. Ell.
Willett, the defaulting cashier of the
~Leavenworth, Ind. bank, whose collapse
carried down the banks at English and
M%arengo. and it is now regarded likely
that he has drowned himself in the Ohio
river. He was under a terrible mental
strain for months before the crash came.
Willett's wife is hysterical and uncon-
scious. His grandmother offers to give
$4,000 to relieve him if he returns. The
Holcrafts, the woman's relatives, recog-
MIXING his wife's approach to death, pro-
pose to help him ont.
John Weathers has assigned all his
property to Judge N. II. Peckinpaugh OF
Louisville and the Ouerbackers OF Louis
vile, who are Peckinpaugh's b~rothers-in-
law. Pe~ckinpaugh was Weathers' law
partner before the formers appointment
as Governor OF Alaska.
Steps have been taken to have tho
methods Of Willett and Weathers inves-
tigated, and a numerously signed petition
was addressed to Judge Cook asking him
to call the grand jury in special session.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18
CUBA LOAN.
Syndicate's Offer to Advance $780,.
100000 Declined.

Syndicatess Offer to Advance $780,
100000 Declined.
Cuba has refused the offer Of a loan Of
$500, 900 with which to purchase her
independence from Spain. Various dis
patches sent out from Washington Of late
have stated that an enormously wealthy
syndicate had offered the Cuban Govern
ment a sum sufficient to buy their liberty
OF Spain, and that it was more than prob
able that Cuba would accept the tender.
Since the beginning Of the revolution va
rious syndicates have been formed for
the purpose Of terminating the war in
Cuba and incidentally gaining control, il
not possession, of the island. The last to
make such an offer was composed OF
about twenty of the most prominent mill
%ionaires of st. Louis and Of the East.
Gerrit II. Ten Brock of st. Louis, q
lawyer of that city. went to New York
in September last and as the syndicate's
representative sought the Cuban delega-
ton. The result Of the offer of the syn
dicate has just transpired.
Several preliminary interviews were ar
ranged by Mr.. Ten Brock and others
with Benjamin Guerra, the treasurer OF
the Cuban delegation. but owing to the
fact that he was suddenly called to Mex
leo matters were not brought to a hnal
issue until a few days ago. The termina-
ton of the whole matter in a nutshell is
that the Cuban provisional government,
acting through their representatives in
New York, has refused a loan of $780,
100000 with which to buy their freedom
from Spain. George Reus, a war CORE
spondent, acted as the active agent be-
tween the syndicate and the Cuban dele
cation. The syndicate proposed to loan
the Cuban provisional government $780,
100000 or any amount in excess Of that
necessary to purchase their independence
from Spain without further fighting.
Bonds Of the republic of Cuba were to be
accepted as security for the amount and
at very near their face value. Six per
cent interest was to be asked.
Much to the surprise and disappoint-
ment Of the syndicate the loan was re-
specially declined. In answer Mr.. Guer-
ra stated that although the temptation
to accept any terms which would bring
to an end the sufferings of the women and
children who were starving through
SPANS policy Of concentration was very
great, still the leaders of the revolution,
who were responsible for the future Of
Cuba, could not consent to saddle them
selves and their posterity with a debt that,
even with the blessings Of independence,
would sink them into the slough of finan-
cial slavery.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18
OFFICIAL VOTE IN OHIO.

Gov. Bushnell's Plurality known to
BE 2S,1O1-The Legislature.
The official vote in Ohio for the respcc-
election is thus recorded:
Bushnell (RepD, 429,S16: Chapman
lDem.), 401, rs; Holiday (Pro.), 1858;
Coxey Pop), 6,254; Dexter tNat. Dem.),
1861; Watkins (Soc. Lab.), 2,242; Lewis
(negro prot.). 476; Liberty, 3,1O7. Bush
nelrs plurality. %, 1O1.
The Senate has II known Republican
members, Is known Democrats and l flu
sion Republican. Total, SO. The House
has SIS known Republican members, ~
known Democrats and 4 fusion Republic
cans elected on the Democratic ticket In
Cincinnati. Total, 100. On joint ballot
the Republicans have five majority.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18
CHAPTER TX.

The years had come and gone and
strange things had happened in the world
of history and politics; wars and treaties,
%invasions and expeditions, changes il. lit
erature, in science and art. New whims,
new f~ancies, new theories had rippled the
river Of time; but here ut Lashmar Castle
there had been no stirring events by
which to distinguish the passing years.
Life here had been m"onotonously placid
and tranquil, yet not altogether happy.
Lady Lashmar had drank Of the cup Of
disappointment in those slow years. Life
had seemed to open with the buoyant rap
ture of a wedding march when Fate made
her son master of Lashmar Castle, but a
great change had come over Lady Pit
lands daughter with the seven years that
had passed since Hubert, Lord Lashmar,
had been laid in the family vault yonder
under the old church at the end Of the
park. The hand of affection had weighed
heavily on that proud spirit. Lady Lash
mars health had given away, until little
by little those who were constantly about
her discerned that the Lady Lashmar Of
the present had become an entirely differ
ent woman from the Lady Lashmar Of
the past.
There had been times when she regret
ted her dead step-son; regretted the old
days in which her influence had been par
amount, as her boy, a. a younger son
with his own way to make in the world.
had been dependent upon the maternal
purse for all his pleasures and indul-
gences. She had longed then for the day
when he should stand in his brothers
place. That day had come, and it had
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18
CHAPTER VIII.

Stella went no more to the library. She
had stolen round at times by the garden
| when the family was at luncheon and
the coast clear, and, finding the glass
door open, had gone in ard read there
for hours, safe in the solitude Of locked
doors: and never had she been surprised
until that afternoon when the new Lord
Lashmar caught her in the act.
She saw no more of Lord Lashmar.
though he stayed Mt the castle till after
Christmas and entertained a good many
| visitors. The coming and going Of guests
occupied the servants much more severe
" thar the old dull routine of the late
| lords time, and gave Stella more leisure
and seclusion. Soon after Christmas
there came a great improvement in her
life, for Lady Lashmar and her son went
m to Grosvenor Square for the season,
taking with them the greater number Of
the servants. Three housemaids and a
superannuated housekeeper, who usually
lived in one Of those lodges, was left in
sole charge of the castle, and one Of
those housemaids was Stella's faithful
friend, Betsy.
Under this new regime the child was
free to roam about the house as she
DlCuSCus Uul SAIS ANNNA NAAC 81
brary. She would have read her own
books again and again to safety rather
than she would have degraded herself by
entering that forbidden room after Lash
mars insulting veto.
Coming through the little village street
one day she saw a familiar figure stand
ing mt the gate Of a cottage, gazing
dreamily ut the old church tower nesting
in a hollow just beyond that sharp curve
and sudden drop in the narrow road,
| where the village inn stood out conspicu-
ously, as il on the lookout for accidents
to horses and wheels.
A bent old figure, with bare head and
long gray hair and dim, pale eyes, aged
by porting over dry-asdust books. Yes,
it was the mild companion Of her happy
| childhood standing there, q leaf out Of
| that lovely past, which contrasted 80
strongly y it'll her present desolation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18
MOSQUITO Site AN ACCIDENT.
decision Affecting an Insurance Poll.
cy Given in Court.

The Kentucky court Of appeals has
Just decided that the death Of a man
as Il result Of a mosquito bite is an ac-
cluental death, within the meaning of
an accident insurance policy, and that
the representatives Of the deceased are
entitled to recover accordingly. The
decision seems so obvious that it is
hard to see upon what ground the
company should have resisted the
claim. In the legal sense an accident
is defined to be IAN unusual or unex-
pected event, the effect Of an unknown
cause Or the unknown effect of a known
cause If the definition had been
framed to the case of death
from a mosquito bite it could not have
fitted it more completely. There could
not be a more unusual or unexpected
III than such a death, nor could
there be u more unknown effect of q
known cause"
1t is no doubt true that the under
writers in drawing up their policy did
not contemplate mosquito bites as
among the possibly fatal accidents the
ASA VI "A4Nu lLICS lltitVL W LIEUT..
Neither did the risk himself imagine
that he went in peril of his life from
mosquitoes. No man in his senses
would think of taking out an accident
insurance against death by mosquito
bites, even if he were going shooting
in the Jersey marshes in July. But
obviously the contingency. Of death
from a mosquito bite was no more ex-
Guided from the policy than 1t was
included in it. The omission was in
each case for the same reason, that it
did not ecu to either party to the
contract. If the risk had asked the
underwriters whether they would in
sure him against fatal consequences
from mosquito bites the underwriters
would no doubt have thought him a
fool, but would not have hesitated to
give him the assurance.-New York
Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18
WORK OF A MOB.
Three Indians Are Lynched in North
Dakota.

Twenty-Five masked men took the law
the county Jail in Williamsport, Emmons
County, North Dakota. They left the
bodies of three men, who had been accus-
ed Of murder, swaying in the wind as a
testimonial of the completeness of their
revenge. The men we're Paul Holytrack,
Philip Ireland and Alec Coudot, Indians,
who were under arrest accused of the
murder of six members OF the Spicer fam
lily last winter at Winona, Emmons Coun-
ty. They were aroused from slumber,
dragged from the jail to a beef windlass
that stood near the jail, and were hanged
to a bar that served to suspend the car
casses Of slaughtered animals.
Williamsport is a little hamlet forty
miles from a railroad, and not over fifty
persons reside there. The Jail where the
victims Of the lynching were confined is
a stone structure and was guarded by a
solitary jailer, Thomas Kelly, who was
aroused by a light tap on the outer door
OF the Jail. Thinking that it was a sum-
mons from some of his friends, who were
him, he opened the door, to give entrance
to a mob of masked men, who presented a
revolver at his head and demanded that
he open the door to the cells in which the
prisoners were confined. Kelly saw it
was useless to resist and opened the doors
and the three men were dragged from
their beds, ropes were fastened about
their necks and they were hauled from
the cells into the open air.
No ceremony was wasted on the VIC
tins. The beef windlass stood near and
this was made to serve the purpose Of q
gibbet. Two Of the men were partly I'M
conscious from the effects Of the dragging,
but their bodies were speedily raised into
the air and the three forms were left to
dangle in the moonlight.
The crime for which the men were
thus executed by the mob was the murder
of six members Of the Spicer family, near
Winona, last winter. The bodies of
Thomas Spicer, his wife, his daughter,
Mrs. Rouse, and her twin children, and
of Mrs. Ellen Waldron, his mother-in-
law, were found at the Spicer home, all
horribly mutilated. Paul Holytrack and
Philip Ireland, two of the men who were
lynched, had already confessed having
assisted In the murders. Their narrative
was SO revolving as to arouse indignation
to fever heat. The confession Of the two
implicated Coudot, the third Of the VIC
TINS. Fear that the men would escape
punishment for their crime led to the
lvnchinp.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18
at the queer little figure on the step

.|>~A ~ SUI VII l"N sup
ladder.
What are yon doing up there, S;ella?"
he asked. not ill-naturedly.
The uncanny dark eyes looked down at
him. 50 large. SO black, in comparison
with the small pale face: and then the
TIM black legs uncoiled themselves from
the steps. and the child camc down and
raced her new master, still hugging the
quarto IN her lean arms. She stood and
faced bis lordship and the lovely young
lady, cooking with those great solemn
eyes of hers from one to the other.
What book is that:' asked LaShmaI,
pointing to the puarto.
La MOrte d'Arthur." she answered.
What, can o read old Enslish:'
YES"
My brother taught you, l suppose"
YES"
"-And pray. who gavt. you leave to come
here to read"
Nobody"
Frank, at any rate. ! suppose you
know you are doing wrong when you
come here"
No. she answered doggedly; II don't
hurt the books; l am not in anybody's
way"
DO you suppose her ladyship would
approve of your loating here. reading old
books. instead OF learning to be %useful!"
Il don't care what her ladyship thinks.
I don't care whether l please her or dis
please her. She has been very unkind to
me-
mar. waxing stern. You have every
M m ho vr,<Nc- a. l,4. 0>I,-r1.~, l,,A
for her you would have been in the work
house, perhaps
IF she was kind l would be grateful"
the girl answered resolutely, unabashed,
locking at, him boldly with those
wondrous eyes. "She took away all my
books-the books Lord L.ashmar gave
! mcv.'
The dark eyes filled with tears, which
were hurriedly dashed way, as if the
child were ashamed of them.
Poor little thing!.' murmured Clarice.
and with a pretty, pitiful air she patted
the pale, wet cheek with her soft white
hand.
But Cinderella shrank from the touch
as if she had been stung.
Don't" she cried angrily.
This last insolence provoked Lashmar's
| wrath.
you are n very rude little GIRL" he
exclaimed, "and you must never come
into this room again. You have no right
here or in any part Of the house except
the servants quarters. You will have to
be a servant by-and-by, and you must
learn to live contented among servants.
How did you get into this room? The
InorS ara lOckpd'
Il came as you cam~c-through the
| glass door,"
You have been here often, I supposey"
"Yes, very often"
You must never come again. Do you
understands
Il understand that you are a cruel
| man." she answered defiantly, scowling
| at him, her heart beating tempestuously
with fury. Il am glad you are only my
dear Lord Lashmar's ha%lf-brother. IL
you had been really his brother l should
have been very sorry to hate you, but
you are not his brother, and don't care
how much l hate YOU"
She had been hugging the quarto all
| this time. She laid it slowly m a table
| and as slowly walked out Of the room,
| scowling to the very last.
Il am afraid she is not a nice child"
said Clarice, shaking her head.
"She is a little demon, a veritable imp
of darkness. l think my brother must
have liked her on account of her outland-
ishness."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18

A terrible accident has occurred near
Belostok, Russian Poland, resulting in
the death Of thirty persons. A wedding
party was returning from the church to
the home Of the bride. All were in one
wagon, a huge vehicle, drawn by eight
horses. The road crosses the railway
track o. the level. and the driver pushed
his swiftly moving horses upon the cross
ing just as the express was coming up.
The locomotive struck the vehicle square,
~, killing many members Of the party
outright and manning others so that they
soon expired in frightful agony. Not q
member Of the party escaped.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18

The bubonic plague ia raging in the dis
tricts of Poona, Sholapjur and Surat, In
dia- 1t has also appeared at Kotfi, near
Karachi, in Sinde, and ut Jand-Kawai, III
the Julundun district. Near Hardwar =
colony Of monkeys has been attacked ~
the disease. The local authorities 10
trapping and isolating the diseased ark
mails. Il
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18
The Audible.

"Still, me heart, still! he whispers.
Among those who are there not a few
wonder IL he hasn't ~confounded his
heart with the colored shirt he is wear.
ing.
But they say nothing.-Detroit Jour-,
nal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18

II you feel that you must give adj
vice, become a lawyer or 4 doctor, and
sell It.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18

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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-14
And What About This?
From Atchison Globe.

From AtchisOn Globe.
Dollar wheat is twin with Re-
publican success. In 1883, under
Arthur, the average price of wheat
was ninety one cents bushel. Dur
ing Cleveland's first term the aver
age was sixty eight cents. When
Harrison was president wheat varied
from eighty four cents to ninety three
cents. Cleveland's second term sent
it down at once to sixty-three cents,
and it continued to tumble until il
reached forty nine cents, the lowest
price of the century. In the first
months of McKinley's administration
dollar wheat has returned.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-14

Mr. Bryan has just sampled the
Kansas brand of prosperity. He
attended the State Fair at Wichita
last week and for his share in the OK
ercises was handed check for nearly
$500. He remarked to the COM
mittee that he had never before
earned so much money in one day
and that the amount was more than
had been guaranteed. Perhaps the
thought occurred to him that the one
days receipts could be exchanged for
$500 Mexican silver dollars. Why
would it not be a good idea for Mr..
Bryrn to convert his earnings in this
way with expectation of doubling
them at srtoke in the year 1900? It
il possible that he caught a glimpse
of Gen. Prosperity at Wichita in full
dress, with golden epaulets. But it is
more likely that Mr. Bryan was look
ing in another direction, deeply i'm
mersed in thought on the calamitious
condition Of the country.-Globe
Democrat.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-14

Farmers in western Kansas are be-
ginning to give their attention to re-
newing their seed wheat, as it is ev-
ident that the varieties being used arc
losing their vitality. G. 81. Hawkins
an attorney Of Cawker City, has been
experimenting along this line.
Last year he secured some fine hard
seed wheat from Russia and for each
bushel of seed planted he harvested
twenty-five, which was more than
double what his neighbors received
from seed of their own raising. Mr..
Hawkins will devote more ground to
this purpose this year, using other
imported seed, as his trials have con-
vinced him that it is almost impera
tive that the seed should be renewed
to secure the best results.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-14

Those who believe chronic diarrhoea
to be incurable should read what Mr.. p.
E. Grisham, of Gaars Mills, La, has to
say on the subject, viz: 81 have been a
sufferer from chronic diarrhOea ever since
the war and have tried all kinds of medi-
cines for it. At last found a remedy
that effected cure and that was Cham
berlin's Collie, Cholera and Diarrh0ea
Remedy" This medicine can always be
upon for collie, cholera morbus,
dysentary and diarrhoea. 1t is pleasant
to take and never fails to effect cure.
Is and so cent sizes for sale by w. F.
PINE, City Drug Store.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-14

The howlers who have been declar
ing that "good times are only tempo
rary and wholly due to the short crop
of wheat in Europe" are now rack
ing their brains to find q reason why
everything else has gone up, and why
the furnaces are in blast and double
the number of workmen employed.
Even Bryan has tired of playing the
role of a prophet of evil. 1t will not
be difficult matter to get back to
ssthe good old Democratic times" If
the majority SO wills it, Gays the Chi
cago Inter Ocean,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-14

A few weeks age the editor was taken
with a very severe cold that caused him to
be in most miserable condition. 1t was
undoubtedly bad case of la grippe and
recognizing it as dangerous he took i'm
mediate steps to bring about speedy
cure. From the advertisement of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and the many
good recommendations included therein,
we concluded to make a first trial of the
medicine. To say that it was satisfactory
in Its results, is putting it very mildly,
indeed. 1t acted like magic and the re-
suit was speedy and permanent cure.
We have no hesitancy in recommending
this excellent Cough Remedy to anyone
afflicted with a cough or cold of any
Banner of Liberty, Liberty
town, Maryland. The % and 50 cent
sizes for sale by w. F. PINE, City Drug
Store.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-14

According to the statement of q
Kansas City investment agent, the in
quiry by eastern persons for Kansas
securities keeps him busy writing
letters day and night. Most of the
letters carry the heartbreaking intel
ligence that there are no securities to
be had. People in the east who do
not own a few thousands in Kansas
investments are now objects Of com
PRESTON, where few months ago they
we're regarded with envy. Yet east
ern people think Kansas a tickle
state.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-14

Bryan is in it for what money there
is in sight The fair managers at
Wichita gave him a check for s., 400,
his portion of the proceeds OF the
fair. Bryan. as fair attraction, is a
grand success. Fast horses and fat
cattle, pumpkins and canned fruit,
and Bryan; that beats four hinged
circus and managerie combined. And
the most remarkable thing about it is
a highly pleasing performance and a
paying one, for which you pay your
money and take your choice.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-10-14

The Topeka Mail and Breeze wants q
smart boy in every town in this county to
work for it an hour or two on Saturdays.
1t will give good watch and chain, war.
nanted for one year, in payment Of this
work. Hundreds Of bright boys all over
Kansas have earned this watch easily,
and there is no reason why two or three
active boys in this section can not do just
as we'll. Full particulars can be obtained
by addressing Arthur Capper, publisher
Nail and Breeze, Topeka, Kas.