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Tying in that case. Some one had
wished to prevent him from testifying,
and had struck him down. This seemed
plain enough. but beyond, all was dark
ness and mystery. OF course it was
natural to think of Doctor Latimer in
connection with this matter. He was a
party to the will case, and, moreover,
people did not like him; but two citi-
zens who had been sent out to the In
stitution soon after the crime had been
discovered, ostensibly to give the news
to the superintendent, but really to
find out if he were there, had found
him in bed and had greatly shocked
him by the account of the assault upon
Farris. They also discovered, by adroit
remarks to the attendants, that the
doctor had been at home all the even
ing.
When the doctor came to town, early
the next morning, everybody could see
that the unfortunate affair had had a
great effect upon him. He did not hes
itate to say that If Farris should not re-
cover, his case would be lost. Without
the testimony of that witness it would
be impossible to prove the validity of
Nicholas Kefford's will. Everything in
regard to himself, the true legatee of
Nicholas Kefford, had depended upon
Reuben Farris.
A great deal of detective work was
now begun in the town by amateurs
as we'll as lawyers. The wound on
Farris' head was a very peculiar one.
Probably it had been inflicted with
some heavy instrument, such as ham,
mer, but it was found that it would not
be easy, with even a very large ham,
mer, to make such a fracture in the
skull of a man. The indented portion
of bone had been forced down so even
ly, no part of its circular edge having
descended deeper than any other part.
that it was certain that the handle of
the weapon which inflicted it, must
have been in nearly a horizontal po-
sition. Now, a man standing on the
ground and striking the head of anoth-
er man as tall as Reuben Farris, would
not hold a hammer in that position.
Many experiments with hammers,
proved that such an instrument, WELD
ed by person of ordinary height and
descending upon the head of another
person of ordinary height, would strike
the second persons skull with the edge
of it's lower surface nearest to the
handle. To strike the top of a mans
head with the bottom surface of the
hammer head held perfectly horizontal
would be difficult. and would prevent
the full force of the blow. 1t was evil
dent, therefore, that the man who had
struck Farris with a hammer, must
have stood higher than his victim.
This conclusion led to further investi-
cation. Was there anything in Deca-
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STRANGE CRIME
OF THE JAPANESE.
Killed His Wife to CeS Her Livel
For His Mother.

One Of the strangest crimes ever re.
corded was reported from Japan in 1892
when a farmer named Kono Gehei, resi-
dent of the province of Yasaka, killed
his wife that he might give her liver to
his mother, who had been suffering from
bad eyes for years and was threatened
with total loss of sight. Having heard
that the liver of a freshly killed bird Oh
fowl or animal was efficacious in such
cases, Kono procured the liver of
fowl and gave it to his mother. The ef.
feet was good, temporarily; but after
while her malady reasserted itself and
Kono was in much trouble.
Kono then learned that the liver Of
human being could not fail to be eff.
cacious; but he could find no trader In
this commodity. Finally he concluded
that the only resource was to give hia
own liver, and with this object he had
sword divided into two parts, one Of
which, being sharpened, was to serve
for cutting open his abdomen. But when
he came to do the deed it occurred to
him that his death would be useless un-
less he could contrive some means Of
getting his liver administered to his
mother. Unable to think out any plan
for that purpose, he then conceived the
idea of killing his own child, an infant
five months old. He explained his pur-
pose to his wife, but she would not hear
of it. Seeing, however, that her hus-
band was deeply concerned, she offered
her own life as a substitute, like true
mother. But Kono could not persuade
himself to kill her until she tied a rope
around her own neck and bade him
strangle her, which he at last did. Gut
ting out a portion Of her liver, he was
proceeding to prepare it, when serv-
ant, aroused by the noise, awoke the
younger sister of the murdered woman.
The upshot of the matter was that doc
tors came, and the village magistrates,
and Kono was handed over to the police.
The deluded man was an exceptionally
devout Buddhist, and his weak UNDER
standing had been unhinged by extrava-
CANT teaching about his duty to parents,
and so forth. The devotion Of the un-
happy mother Sugi, who gave her life
to save that Of her baby, is redeeming
incident of the awful tale. She was only
twenty years of age, girl with little
education and only one creed-self-sac-
riice in everything.
The herald., 1897-09-26
BOB INGERS0LLS SPEECH
How lie Composed the Famous
Address in Which He Dubbed
Blaine "The Plumed
Knight"

Col. Robert G. Ingersoll frequently
advance of an address, even when it is
to be one of Importance. This is es-
pecially true of his political addresses,
though his religious" lectures are al
ways most carefully gotten up. The
speech he made in 1876, wherein Blaine
was for the first time dubbed the
"Plumed Knight" was, however, all
carefully written out ahead Of delivery,
though it would not have been, but for
the persistence of Eben Ingersoll, the
great agnostic's brother.
The two were staying at the Palmer
House in Chicago. They were as oppo-
site in their natures as the positive and
negative electric poles. Robert was care
less, good natured, erratic, and, down to
that time, had always trusted to the i'm
pulse of the moment for the finest points
Of his speeches. He has an original idea
that an audience likes to watch a speaker
evolve a thought; that the process
is interesting in itself, and that it never
pays to spend too much time in prepara-
ton. Eben Ingersoll had been trying to
get Robert to write out his speech, but
Col. Ingersoll good naturedly put him
off. Finally the two brothers went to
their room and the discussion was con-
tinued there. AT length Col. Ingersoll
sprang from his bed and exclaimed:
Il wouldn't bother with this for any
other living man, but to please you and
keep you quiet I'll write that speech
now"
He ordered a light, pitcher of ice
water and cigar, and at midnight in a
Chicago hotel, clad only in a nightgown,
the famous orator dashed off in three
quarters Of hour a speech that has
passed into the English classics, and a
speech that came within an ace of nom-
mating Blaine instead of Hayes in 1876.
His brother was satisfied with the
method pursued, satisfied with the
speech as completed, and doubly salts
fed with the speech as delivered in the
Cincinnati convention.
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fabricate a false will without being

fabricate a false will without being
able to counterfeit signature.
OF the witnesses to the will, one. John
Ashmore, an elderly man employed on
old Kefford's farm, had died soon after
the date of the will, and no one had
heard him say anything about witness
ing such document. The other wit
ness, Reuben Farris, was a man who
also had been employed by old Mr.. kef-
ford. He was a carpenter, and had
been engaged at various times in maxi
ing repairs to barns and out-houses.
He was of a wandering disposition and
had left this part of the country some
time in the last summer but no one
could be found who recollected exactly
whether or not he had been on the Kef-
ford farm at the date of the WILL OF
course it was very necessary to find
Farris. If he could testify that he had
witnessed that will, it would be an ad-
vantageous thing for Doctor Latimer,
and if he could testify that he had not
witnessed such will, it would be equally
advantageous for the contestants.
Inquiries regarding the whereabouts
of Reuben Farris were now set on foot
and that he had relatives in Missouri
In the meantime there turned up an old
woman in Satbury who felt quite GER
tain that Reuben Farris had put a
hinge on her garden gate early in Au-
gust, and she thought-it was about the
tenth of August of the preceding year
She based this belief upon the fact that
while he was at work upon the gate
he remarked that he had not yet seen
tomatoes so nearly ripe as those in
her little patch, and she was of the
opinion that she had had ripe tomatoes
very early in August AS she could
swear to no part of her belief, having a
poor memory for exact dates, no legal
notice could be taken of her opinions,
especially as one of her neighbors as
serted that he had gathered ripe toma-
toes on the second day in August, and
therefore if Mrs. Budlong mad had
good success with her tomatoes, Reu-
ben Farris must have made his re-
marks concerning them considerably
earlier than August the tenth.
But although the opinions of Mrs.
Budlong and her neighbor did not pos
sess legal value, they made an i'm
preston in Camborough. So little was
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ing the adze from the man and looking
at 1t, II should think 1t would pay you
to keep tools like this. You would
make UP the cost by saving time"
But I haven't got the cost, and
have got the time" said Hatch, smiling
good humoredly. There's where the
difference comes in
AS the two spoke, Mr.. Shallcross
carefully examined the adze. One end
of its large iron head was a curved
blade, while the other was shaped like
hammer. The striking surface of the
hammer end was round and measured
about two inches in diameter. Max
ing a mental calculation Of the length
of the handle. he thought it was a lit
tie over three feet.
There Is some sense in what you
say, Hatch" said Mr.. ShaIlcross, re-
turning the tool. Anyway you get a
doorstep for nothing"
AS soon as Mr.. Shallcross reached
his Office, which was in the same build
ing as that of Mr.. Kefford, he went
into his back room and opened his win
dow which looked out upon Decatur
Street. Then from some umbrellas and
canes which stood in the corner, he
selected a walking stick little over
three feet long, and with a large heavy
head. Stepping to the open window,
Mr.. Shallcross put his arm out Of it,
holding the cane by it's lower end, and
found that he could easily extend the
head of the stick to the middle of the
sidewalk. 1t would require a strong
arm to handle an adze in this way, but
Mr.. Shallcross believed that man
meditating murder and standing at a
window expecting the approach of his
intended victim, who would be likely to
make this short cut from the station,
would be so excited as to be fully able
to strike such a blow as that which
felled Reuben Farris to the ground.
In the matter of the will, Mr.. Kefford
was the client of Mr.. Shallcross. More
over they were very good friends, and
it could not be supposed that the lat
ter gentleman would rush into the Of
flee of the first named and explain to
him his suppositions and experiments
the adze, but he did speak Of
them to some people; his conscience
would not allow him to keep silent, and
why this should have been I could
not imagine-I was one Of those per-
sons.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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HOW NAMES GROW.

How names grow receives an odd II.
lustration in the Congo country. White
people are known in the upper Congo
districts as "Batendele." "Tendele" was
as near as the Congo organs Of speech
could get to the pronunciation of STAN
ley, and "ba" is the common prefix for
people. In a somewhat similar way the
Indians Of the Northwest coast bestowed
the title of "Bostonmen' on all white
persons, as ships from Boston were those
most frequently seen by them in the old
days when the Oregon coast was howl
ing wilderness.
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sssssee os eass . sosss,

when it was submitted to the Court 1t
was not admitted to probate. These
proceedings were resented and opposed
by Doctor Latimer. They not only in
terfered with the interests of the In
stitution to which he had the honor to
be attached. but they struck cruel
blow at his reputation. He asserted
that old Mr.. Kefford had long been his
valued friend; that he, Latimer, would
not have come to Satbury If Mr.. Kef-
ford had not advised it; that he could
not have afforded to establish himself
there had it not been for Mr.. Kefford's
assistance. He also declared that this
bequest was not surprising to him, for
it had been talked of between him and
the old gentleman, who had assured
him that his nephew and his niece
were in comfortable circumstances, and
that he desired to leave his hard
earned money to an institution where
it would be of lasting benefit The doc
tor was confident that he could estab-
lish the validity of the will, and he also
engaged legal advisers.
In reference to the legal advice /
have mentioned, l am obliged to say
that none of it was my own, and I
must also admit that this omission to
consider me in connection with the pro-
ceedings contemplated by Mr.. Kefford
and his sister. touched not pleasantly
my somewhat sensitive feelings. 1t
did seem to me that here was chance
to assist deserving young friend, of
which Mr. Kefford should have gladly
availed himself, especially when he
L.. H. Ect - Ir~ a.,
it was not only for myself that I de-
sired to work and to succeed. This case,
too, was a very simple one, q mere
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though the wound was considered
most serious one. it was thought possi-
BILE that the mans life might be saved.
For the greater part of the night
this murderous business in Cambor-
ough was discussed. and early the
next morning 1 went to the sheriff's
office, where 1 found number of the
town officers and lawyers of the place.
OF course they were all talking about
the terrible assault on Farris. He was
still alive and an operation had been
performed, but the doctors were not at
all certain of the result. The small po-
lice force of the town had been very
busy nearly all night, but they had
nothing TO report.
Upon one point everybody was
agreed, and that was that this assault
was very nearly related to the Kefford
will case. Here was a man who had
come to town for the purpose of testi-
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OSMAN PASHA'S DAUGHTER.

Princess Zuleikha, the favorite daugh-
ter Of Osman Pasha, the heroic defend-
Turkish race known to possess the poet
ical talent, though no doubt it is dor.
mant in many Of the voiceless myriads
who are hidden behind the curtains Of
the harem. The princess is young, hand
some, attractive, with the large languish-
ing, eyes of the Orient and the fair skin
derful that she is poetess, for she lives
in the very home Of rOmance-in q
marble palace built in the mysterious cir
cult of Constantinople, and COMMANDING
a splendid view Of the miraculous pauo-
rama Of the Golden. Horn, and the spot
where Europe stretches out an iron hand
across to Asia.
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tur Street near the place OF the assault
on which the person who struck Far
ris could have stood at sufficient
height to make horizontal blow? Such
a place was soon found. Decatur Street
at the place where the assault had oc-
CURED ran at the back of a large
building, three stories high, which con-
tained office. of lawyers and business
men. The back windows on the first
floor of this building were about four
feet from the ground. If one Of these
were open, 1t might be possible for
man with q hammer in his hand to
The herald., 1897-09-26
CASES OF COURTESY.

Mrs. John A. Logan is said to be the
historic woman who drank out of fin
ger bowl to save the feelings Of an en-
barrassed guest from Podunk; and the
anecdote, if true, proves the claim Of
her friends that she is the most courteous
woman in Washington. No such sacrifice
to politeness has been made since Lord
Chesterfield drank without wincing, and
with words of praise on his lips, the glass
Of vinegar that thievish butler had
substituted for the prime old vintage the
host intended to set before his expectant
guests.
The herald., 1897-09-26
Three Famous Men at School.

Isaac Newton, in his school days,
always gravitated toward the bottom Of
his class.
DR.. Chalmers was expelled from the
parish school Of Anstruther as Ounce
for whom there was no hope.
Adam Clark, who rose to be one Of the
most famous Wesleyan ministers, was
pronounced by his father "a grieyous
Ounce"
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One Way to Make a Living.

There is a legend in Paris of Paris
beggar who lived very comfortably for
a long time by hanging himself. He
would choose a tree near where young
children were playing, string himself up,
and groan to attract their attention, SO
that they would run for help. He would
be cut down and restored, and a letter in
his pocket would explain his attempted
suicide by statement Of his destitutiOn,
He knew how to attach the moose SO az
to avoid strangulation.
The herald., 1897-09-26
A WATCH FOR THE BLIND.

The Swiss watchmakers have invented
a watch for the blind. A small peg is set
in the middle Of each figure. When the
hour hand is moving toward a given
hour the peg for that hour drops. The
owner, when he wants to know the time,
finds which peg is down and then counts
back to twelve.
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the improvement am plannin Tor this
season is new step for my back door.
and have got a log up there that
am goin' to hew square. That's the
cheapest way of maxim step when
you've got the log. have just been up
to Mr.. Kefford's to borrow his adze."
"Mr. Kefford?' said Shallcross
"What Is he doing with adzes?"
"Oh, he's got regular carpenters
shop In his yard" said Hatch. "and I
often go up there to borrow his tools.
It's lot cheaper than buyin' EN-
For all that" said shalloross, TAX
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-09
WAS JUSTICE DONE HULLs
Correspondent Contends He Was
Never Legally Convicted.

To the Editor of the Globe.
In the case of Rev. Hull, about to be
brought before the courts again for a hear
ing, justice should at least be melted out
and justice, it would seem, he has not had
legally accorded him.
Now, the writer does not seek to defend
the man, but would call attention to the fact
that the accused was never convicted but
that by tour de maitre On the part of the
very able prosecuting attorney a SCRAP of
paper unsigned and typewriter, was ad-
mlted as evidence. A first-year law student
would at once exclaim, How could that be
done? The answer Isl 1t was done by a.
tour de maitre. Those who followed the trial
will recollect that at this juncture in the
trial ensued a most extraordinary scene
which, If any one would appreciate it yery
fully, he had better hunt the reporters ac-
count of the mater and read 1t. 1t will re-
pay perusal. Up to that time the state had
failed 10 make out a case. 1t was then held
that the accused withdrew his plea of not
guilty, and substitute a plea Of guilty. The
stenographer's notes, if correctly reported,
do not show this.
l do not know what the prisoners rights
are; under the law, as it is construed but
society has right to ask that only Justice
be done in the case of Hull as in that of
any other person accused of crime in whom
it is not interested as individual.
The writer would suggest to Hull's attor-
ney that he procure the suppression of his
clients picture" Friday.
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SAINT PAUL.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

~, Doo,rar filed a deed of assign
mani Yesterday to SylVanus t. o"i NJ. 1,,o
oorD,rps Of the state prison tor I'm I'm
e. 50S Al were reported to State Auui'0'
yesterday. a rrronk A. Hut
T,,5ee Lewis has appointed fra inaodinrs of
JUG 49,. in supplementary proceedings u
John P Burkhardt. ,-,,oo,inten-
G. w G. Hyde, assistant Sla'e Scbe6uled to
dant of public instruction, Is "booi officers
the teachers and county schoo1
address u SIIT summer school tomorIo"
The local Branch Of the \. A s. po NJ naS
elacted II. NJ. German, W.. d. +ba annual
en5 + Keller as delegates to t IT S Manan
and W. Rinker as alternaIeS' ao,ao+ .
RatN.rv A. of ST. Paul met to S selece "a
$50 lieutenant. ard B. E. Allen, lGllie1 10y
lieutenant in the battery but VINO ms ''i ~
was reorganized UNANIMOUSLY eIe''ou'
The Eugenie Blair company VIII DE st tba
l.. ..T,ne Fvre" for the remainder OIL tle
week at the Metropolitan opera nG ?bt +ba
0;rh+ md tomorrow matinee anu nlSHr' ~
last three performances OF the S"iii
son. o,,,, in
State SUPERINTENDENT Pendergast came I4ii IN
Prono Hutchinson yesterday. His son w wal tie Gu
superintendent OF the tast b,en seriously i'll
For snme weeks. is no better, but seems 10
be sinking gradually. -,
Commissions were issued yeslei "a
Adtt. Cen Nuremberg as follows; a srr'
L aoHs AND with ASA the rank Of first lieutenant
Charles Irwin Cook, first lieutenant GonpS rsf
B, Third infantry, and NJ d. Ga F;eI3 III D.
lieutenant Of Company A. OF the l[s'' a,
Tbo pr;marv sunday School Teachers
r d6e viii FI' meet in the pariors of the House
1 OF Hop @' church T this afternoon FRIDAY at
$50 The Iesson-"Paul and the ,, Pnih gpa ca
Jaier''-win be presented by MISS re,a Of
Wauie. blackboard instruction in charge oi
Mis- E Ware
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-09
FOR WHIST TROPHIES.
Play Continued by the Teams at
Put-in-Bay.

PUT-IN-BAY, O., July 8.-Toledo
Whist club four made the high score
in the second preliminary contest for
the A. w. L. challenge trophy which
was finished at 1 o'clock this morning.
The scores of the first four teams In
the contest are now AS follows: Albany,
5S1 tricks; American of Boston, $50;
Toledo, SIT; Buffalo, 566. In this con-
test the two teams of four making
the highest total trick score will play
of in the finals. The race is already
narrowed down to Albany, Boston and
Toledo. Today the contests for the
Hamilton, Minneapolis and A w. L..
trophies continue, the result of which
cannot yet even be predicted. The
weather is cool and delightful and the
congress a pronounced success. 1t will
close late Saturday night.
The result of tonight's play for the A. w.
L. challenge trophy has not yet been an
nounced. Albany was in the lead by one
trek over American, of Boston, and four
tricks over Toledo at the last report. Buffalo
is fourth. Tontght's play may see the posi-
ton OF the leaders shifted. Toledo leads in
the Minneapolis trophy contest for pairs and
ahead of Dayton. II ahead of Toledo Yacht
ing association. u ahead of Dayton, IL ahead
of Dartmouth, of New Bedford; 10 ahead
of American. Of Boston. AS this contest
lasts but two more sittings, it looks as if
baltimore Minneapolis, Brooklyn Junior, of
Philadelphia; Sault Ste. Marie Nashville.
Troy and Cleveland were out of the race.
The congress will close Saturday night.
Weather cool and pleasant Attendance large.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-09
At midnight the thermomet rs average

At midnight the thermomet rs averaged
So degrees.
The average weather for the past
eleven days has been exceedingly hot.
During that time the murcury has
bobbed from 80 to 80 and SO, and then
back again to 80, but at no time has
it lost it's hold on the situation. Be
tween the hours Of a. m. and Z p. m.
of each and every day, since June II
last, the thermometer has registered
80 degrees or higher But there is a
change coming. P. F. Lyons, the Off
cial in charge Of the United States
weather bureau, informed a G o b e
reporter yesterday, that he had some
thing new in stock, which he would
produce this afternoon or tomorrow
morning. He comedies that he has
been a trifie severe on the common
mortals Of the city during the past
few days, but says that he will make
it all right. From the manner in
which he made this statement, it can
be inferred that it would not be amiss
for citizens to take out their rubber
coats and overshoes. Mr.. Lyons says
that he will let loose a cold wave so
look out for frost