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Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
MARY sleMERlNG's STORY.
The Girl Gives Strong Evidence I'm
Luetgert's Behalf.

Chicago, Sept. 27.-The strongest wit
ness for the defense who has appeared
in the Luetgert trial was on the stand
Saturday. The witness was Mary Stem
ering, the domestic in the Luetgert
household, for love of whom it is
charged by the state that the prisoner
murdered his wife. There was no mis-
taking the feeling of the girl toward
Luetgert. She was there to do him all
the good in her power, and she stood by
him stoutly. She had made statements
before the grand jury and to the states
attorney before the trial began, and
when her assertions on the stand Sat-
urday differed from the statements she
is said to have made at that time she
had not the slightest hesitation in re-
pudiating anything she might have said
when not under oath.
The states attorney subjected her to
rigid cross-examination, and although
he succeeded at times in confusing her
she was game and full of nerve to the
last. She contradcted herself several
times, but was quick to catch herself,
and the last statement that she made
in any part of her testimony was al
ways in favor of the prisoner. She de-
MED in most positive manner that she
had been the disturbing element be-
tween Luetgert and his wife, and said
that neither by night or by day, alone
or in company, had she ever visited
Luetgert in his factory or elsewhere in
an improper manner. She insisted that
the prisoner had always been good to
his wife, and that in her opinion the lat
ter was out of her mind, and had been
so for some time prior to her disappear
ance. Her cross-examination was not
concluded Saturday and will be taken
up again to-day.
The tion during the aft
ernoon and up to the moment of adj
journment did not break her down. She
clung to the more important elements
of her story, contradicting herself upon
many points of little material value.
States Attorney Deneen, whose mode
of cross-examination is of the electrical
order, remarked that she passed
through the ordeal well. "She is re-
markably self-possessed young woman
for person in her station in life," said
the states attorney. "But we are not
through with her yet"
The witness was somewhat bitter in
her narrative of her alleged experience
with the police. While under arrest she
said she was insulted and threatened
by policemen, who informed her that
they knew she and Luetgert had been
guilty of wrong-doing. and that to save
herself she had better desert "the
Dutchman," as they called Luetgert,
and testify against him.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
PROGRESS OF THE FEVER.
A Total of IL Deaths Have Occurred
in New Orleans.

New Orleans, Sept. 27.-The board of
health of the state of Louisiana Off
cially reports the status of affairs in
New Orleans as regards yellow fever as
follows: During the 81 hours ending
Sunday, September 26, at nine p. m.
there were: Cases of yellow fever, II;
deaths, O; total cases to date, 1873; to-
tai deaths from yellow fever to date,
II. Sunday was the quietest for a
week in New Orleans, and the fever sit
uation, in spite of the appearance of
a rather large number of new cases,
may be said to have shown much i'm
provement.
There have been no new cases at
Ocean Springs. Reports from the de-
tention camp say that about ten refu-
gees from New Orleans have arrived
there and Is from Biloxi.
At Edwards, Miss, on Sunday there
was one death and % new cases. Total
cases to date, 176; total deaths, z.
AT Mobile, Ala, on Sunday there were
five new cases but no deaths.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
FOREIGN.

In a railway collision near Kafos-
vars. Austria, ten persons were killed
and 30 were fatally injured.
The mills of the Hull Lumber COM
pary at Ottawa, Ont, were burned, the
loss being 100000.
Three daughters Of Jeandre Gatieu
were burned to death in fire that de.
stroyed their home at Sturgeon Falls,
Ont.
The Spanish are gradually EXTERN
mating the population of the town of
Aguacate, Havana province. An aver
age of eight men are shot there every
day without trial and other persons
were dying of starvation.
Lieut.. Peary, the arctic explorer, and
his party arrived at Sidney, N. S., in
his vessel, the Hope.
The treaty of annexation with the
Unitd States has been ratified unan-
imously by the Hawaiian senate, sitting
in extraordinary session.
King Oscar H., celebrated the twenty.
fifth anniversary of his accession to the
throne of Sweden.
The parliament of the Netherlands
was opened by the queen regent.
Greece is indignant over the terms oi
peace with Turkey and may fail to
ratify them.
Senor Silvela, the leader of the dis
sident conservatives in Spain, declares
that she dissidents will not cooperate
with the government unless Capt. Gen
Weyler is recalled from Cuba.
The steamer Ika collided with the
steamer Tiria at Flume. Austria. and Sc
passengers on the Ika were drowned.
A cyclone swept over Sava, Oria AM
Latiano, Italy, and 40 persons were
killed, 20 were wounded and 20 houseA
were destroyed.
According to advices Bartoleme Mac.
co has been elected vice president of the
Cuban republic and Gen. Maxine Go.
mez minister of war.
The German torpedo boat No. 26 sank
on Cuxhaven and eight of her crew, in
GLIDING her commander. Duke Freder.
lex William. were drowned.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Killed a Brutal Husband.

Paragould, Ark, Sept. 27.-At Bertig,
little station on the Paragould South
eastern railroad nine miles east of this
place, w. r. Worthy shot and almost
instantly killed A. C. Hopkins. Hop
kins and his wife recently separated.
He returned Sunday afternoon and as
saulted his wife with knife. Worthy
interfered to save the woman's life, and,
drawing pistol, shot Hopkins as he
was about to plunge the knife into his
wife's body. Worthy surrendered and
is in Jail at Para0ould.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Hoods Sarsaparl
HOO6,c Di11c do not cause D.
AAOOA = AAA0 gripe All druggis
Last Month of the Tennessee
tenniaI and Industrial ExpOsit

The month of October closes this gre;
of all Expositions ever held in the South
next to the Columbian, the best ever he
this country. For the closing month,
cial attractions have been arranged,
the rates from all parts of the country
been made lower than ever before kr
The location NASHVILLE, Tenn,) is o.
main line of the Louisville & Mas
Railroad, directly on its through car
between the North and South, and tt
in either direction via that city CT
made as cheaply, if not cheaper, th
any other route. Ask your ticket
for rates, or write to G. p. Atmore, { !
Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, fo
and information.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Where the Mix-Up Occurre

Judge-Now tell me how you came
mixed up in this alteration.
Pat-Altercation is it? And plat
cation do yez mean?
"You were mixed up in an altercatio
this man here, were you not?'
"Not bit of it. I've been in no
ton wild nobody"
'"Then how did you get those bls
and that broken nose?"
ooh, thin? He called me liar"
"Yet you say you were not mixed
alteration with him?"
"No, sor. | wasn't mixed up in nc
,tion wild him. Dhere was no alter
sight. We was mixed up in the
the road" ."-Cleveland Leader.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Hunter Not Guilty.

Frankfort, KY, Sept. 22.-Dr. w. God
frey Hunter and his two co-defendants,
ex-Congressman Wilson and Mr..
Franks, were on Tuesday acquitted of
the charge of bribery in connection
with the senatorial contest at the re-
cent extra session of the legislature.
Although Noel Gaines and Thomas F..
Tanner, who turned states evidence,
were also acquitted, the verdict is in
direct conflict with their testimony,
which the jury evidently disbelieved.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

John r. Gentry and Robert j. paced a
mile in double harness in Philadelphia
in 2:09, breaking the worlds team rec
ord.
The monetary commission appoint
ed under the authority of the conven-
tion of business men held last January
in indianapolis met in Washington for
the first time. Ex-senator George F.
Edmunds, of Vermont, was chosen
chairman.
In the Luetgert murder trial in Chi.
cago Judge Vincent made the open
ing address for the defense, in which
he claimed Mrs. Luetgert was seen
after May 1, that bones found in the
vat were not human, and that rings
found did not belong to the missing
woman.
Nearly the entire business portion OF
Bainbridge, o., was destroyed by fire,
and W. p. Beardsley and Thomas Hig-
gins were burned to death and seven
other persons were badly injured.
The sawmill boiler of E. D. Dex, three
miles from Livermore, KY, blew up and
three men were killed and ten injured
May 8 and 4.
Sylvanus Johnson was hanged at Key
West, Fla, for assault.
In the Luetgert murder trial in Chi
cago M. j. Sholey, Henry Feldshaw and
w. j. Grunsten testified that they saw
Mrs. Luetgert alive in Kenosha. Wis.
Fire destroyed the major portion OF
the John Gund Brewing company's
plant at La Crosse, Wis.,, entailing loss
of 100000.
At Saline, I. T., David Ridge, sheriff
of the district; Jesse Sunday, sheriff
elect (both Indians), and Thomas Bag
got (white) were killed in a drunken
row by Samson Bait.
Lieut.. Peary, the arctic explorer, has
arrived in Boston from Sydney, B. C.
He said the big meteorite he brought to
America weighed 100 tons.
The completion of the new steel arch
bridge over the Niagara gorge was eel
ebrated at Niagara Falls.
John Trafford and his wife were fa-
tally injured and their 14-year-old girl
killed in a runaway near Coy, Ark.
During a fire in a grocery store at
Chester, Pa, six persons were seriously
injured by the explosion of barrel
of gasoline.
Orders were sent from the navy de-
partment to San Francisco to have the
gunboat Wheeling sent to Honolulu.
While Rev. L. d. Morris, of Green
castle, Ind, was delivering an address
to convention of Christian churches
he was fatally stricken with paralysis.
Frost has seriously damaged the to-
bacco crop in Kentucky and Tennessee.
A report to the state department
shows that there are more than 10000
Europeans and Americans resident in
China.
The Western league and the Western
association baseball clubs closed their
seasons, the indianapolis club winning
the pennant in the former and the Cedar
Rapids club in the latter.
A statement prepared at the bureau
of statistics of the treasury depart
ment shows the total imports of duti-
able sugar during the last fiscal year to
have been 1881 ,4o3,6s7 pounds, valued
at $95, ,901 ,902.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Enfal to Swine.

Independence, Ia, Sept. 81. = A
strange disease is doing great damage
to hogs in southern Kansas. They are
dying by the hundreds. Whole droves
almost ready for market have been at
tackled by this disease, and all have died
in few days. Stock raisers and farm
ers have suffered heavily. Some think
it is hog cholera, while others claim
il is swine fever, which is similar to
Texas fever in cattle.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Need More Troops.

London, Sept. 25.-There is urgent
need of more soldiers on the Afghan
frontier. The British force in the Tirah
with the Afridis, who are swarming in
that region, and advices have been re-
ceived at the India office that the out
look is not promising for speedily sup
pressing the revolt.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

Among the many advertising D
ing issued by the B. & o. is one
to attract a very considerable
tention. 1t is known as "The
Royal Blue" and is issued mo
D. B. Martin, Manager of Pass
Of magazine size and filled wi
half-tone Illustrations and good
ter, "The Book of The Royal b
to make a hit. One splendid
list of names and address of eve
and freight agent.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

"Pd rather our engagement were not an.
nounced until the end of the session." said
the statesman. "And why, dear?" asked
the woman he had won. Il do, t want it.
charged that am speculating Ia. sugar..
Indianapolis Journal
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
His DAYS Numbered.

London, Sept. 23.-President Paul
Kruger, of the South African republic,
is said to have been informed by his ply
sicians that lie cannot live 1S months
longer.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Gone Cra zy.

Columbus, Kan, Sept. 25.-Ed Staf-
fleback, one of the notorious family of
murderers, in Jail here, has gone stark
mad through fear of lynching at the
hands of mob
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
To Serve in Andrews Stead,

Schenectady, N. Y, Sept. 25.-Rev.
Eliphalet Mott Potter, formerly presi-
dent of Union college in this city, said
that he had accepted the presidency of
the Cosmopolitan Educational univer-
Sity.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Two villages Flooded.

London, Sept. "a special dispatch
from Rome says that two villages near
Brindisi have been flooded and that 20
people have been drowned.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Kills Himself.

City of Mexico, Sept. "a. - Friday
morning ex-Chief of Police Velasquez
shot himself in the left temple, dying
Immediately. No one knows how he
procured the pistol.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Delegate to Prison Congress.

Springfield, H., Sept. 25.-Gov. Tan
ner has appointed r. w. McClaughry,
warden of the Joliet penitentiary, del
egate to the national prison congress,
at Austin. Tex, October 16 to 20.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Typhoid Attacks Turkish Troop

Constantinople, Sept. 25. = Typhoid
fever is ravaging the Turkish troops in
Thessaly. Six thousand men have al
ready been sent home and 1000 others
are waiting transportation back to
Turkey.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
A Good Boy.

"Why are yez decorating, Mr. pf
"Me by Denny is coming hon ID
II thought hewas sent up for a
havoure." \
"Sure, it must be comforti e
have good by loike that. IN
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

One bad thing about the Klondike gold.
country is that it affords an excuse for so,
many crank inventors to annoy people by
to build to get them thereNCh.eapo Record
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Slightly Marked Dow

''Does she really belong to the )O?''
'Um-well, l should call her alb ut three.
ninety eight"
The feminine intellect is prone to subtle
distinctions.-Typographical Journal.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Death of n Historian,

Berlin, Sept. 22.-Prof. Wilhelm Wat
tenbach, German historian, issdead.
He was born in 1912, and was the au-
thor of many valuable volumes of his
tory.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free So trial bottle &
treatise. DIR. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
SGwnniII Burned.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. 23.-The J..
w. Day & Co. sawmill burned. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
no Preyent GoId shinmen.

London, Sept. "a. The Bank of
England has increased it's rate of dis
count to 2h per cent.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

mock, miss?" She-"Yes, but l want two.
of them" Clerk-"Very well, madam
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

Andrew Mack, the popular singing come
dian, appears in ''An Irish Gentleman" dur
ing week beginning September q.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Glad He Was Glad.

Post-Well, how did you like the picnic?
Yost-I was so glad to get home again.
that | was glad l went.-Up-to-Date
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

1t is doubtful honor to be fondled by
curs.-Ram's Horn.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

If some one would find remedy for the
bad memories of debtors he would make
Horn.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

When man is always prepared to prove
everything he says, it may be because his
statements need Washington Democrat.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many doctors bills. F. Hardy,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, '94.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Valuation of Michigan

Lansing, Mich, Sept. 27.-The equal
lied valuation of the state of Michigan
is 81, los, 10000
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
NERVOUS PROSTRATION.
A New Jersey Woman Expresses
Her Gratitude to Mrs. Pink
ham for Relief.

"Will you kindly allow me-" writes
Miss Mary E. Saidt to Mrs. Pinkham,
"the pleasure of expressing my graft
tude for the wonderful relief 1 have
experienced by taking your Compoundf
suffered for long time with nervous
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-13
The Genesis Of Commerce.

Back, far back, in the uncouth ages,
the commercial traveller began his ar
duous work. In his small, rude boat he
nugget the wild shores beating Up
trade. No money had he, for none had
been tined, but he had coarse fabrics
and tril kets to barter for crude stuff,
for peltrses, for guns and for now and
then bits If suggestive metals and once
i'll awhile DOR attractive slaves. At the
risk of his life he ventured afar and
sought trade. He was the avant courier
of the present. days vast commerce.
After him in The process of time came
greater ships ..'d longer and more fire.
quent caravans. Great houses and firms
sprang into life, concerns that sent out
travelling men, sent out their agents to
seek for commodities with which to
load the ships and caravans. In like in
terest, they wandered more or less from
point to point, from hut to hut, from
port to port, trafficking and preparing
for traffic and shipment, slowly but
surely educating the wild world in
matters of useful interchange of the
products of the times, laying the first
foundation stones Of the commerce
which now is ours. H HARDWARE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-13
Ancient Breton Custom.

In Brittany Il quaint and very beauti-
full custom Of Christmas giving is still
preserved from very ancient times.
When the country folk 60 to the mid
night mass, the opening rhass of Christ
mas day, they all carry lanterns TO light
them on their way. Upon their arrival
at the church they give their lanterns
over to the poor old women of the par
ish, who are gathered in crowd out
side the church awaiting them.
The woIshipers enter the sacred build
ing and then attend to the devotions,
which the church teaches should be of
especial fervor at this holy season. But
when the mass is ended and they are
dismissed with the benediction, they
come forth to find the patient old women
awaiting them outside the church bear
ing the lanterns. The lanterns are given
back to their owners, and as each takes
his own he exchanges for it piece of
money. The value of the piece varies,
but the aims is always considerable, and
it stands as an exponent of that charity
which the church teaches to its chill
dren.-New York Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-13
THE PUMPKIN.

All, on Thanksgiving day. when from east and
from west,
From north and from south come the pilgrim
and guest,
When the gray haired New Highlander sees
round his board
The old broken links Of affection restored,
When the care weared man seeks his mother
once more
And the worn matron smiles where the girl
smiled before,
What moistens the lip and what brightens the
eye.
What calls back the past like the rich pump
kin pier
Oh, fruit loved of boyhood, the old days re-
calling,
When wood grapes were purpling and brown
nuts were falling,
When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin,
Glaring out through the dark with candle
within,
When we laughed round the corn heap, with
hearts all in tune,
Our chair broad pumpkin, our lantern the
moon,
Telling tales Of the fairy who travelled like
steam,
In q pumpkin shell coach. with two rats for
her teaml ,.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-13
The Popular Esthetlcs of Color.

While blue is pre- eminently and over
whelmiGgly the masculine favorite, it
is by no means SO general a feminine
favorite. The favorite woman's color,
standing at the head of the female list,
is red. Roughly speaking, of every 30
masculine votes 10 would be for blue
and for red, while of every 30 femi-
nine votes would be for blue and B for
red. Red and blue are thus much more
nearly equally popular among women
than among men. Other relatively
marked masculine preferences are for
the colors related to blue (blue violet
and violet), and other feminine prefer
ences are for lighter red Tor pink and, to
less extent, for green and yellow.
Further, men confine their selections to
relatively fewer colors than do women,
and, finally, while all men and women
alike are much more apt to choose a
normal than transitional color and q
darker than lighter shade, yet the tend.
ency to do so (about the same in the
former direction) is markedly different
in the latter respect. OF IL men 10 would
choose among the darker colors and only
Q among the lighter for the most pleas
ing color, while Of 10 women z would
choose among the darker and among
the lighter shades. Professor Jastrow
in Popular Science Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-13
Dean Stanley and His Shirt Button.

Mr.. Lang, in The Illustrated London
News, gives an anecdote of Dean STAN
ley's amiable simplicity. The dean was
dining out and was very late. When he
came, his collar was unfastened, and
the ends vibrated like little white wings
about the head of a cherub. People
could not but look at him with curiosity
during dinner, and at length, with due
precautions, his hostess ventured to ask
MIN II he knew that his collar had
broken adrift. ooh, yesp' said the
dean. do you mind?" "Not at all -
SAID the lady. "Then I don't mind
either answered the dean. "The but
ton dropped off while was dressing. !"
And he continued his conversation. "It
was not" says Mr.. Lang, "absence of
mind, but unrivaled presence of mind.
that Stanley displayed on this occasion,
ANY other human being would have
peen at the point of changing his shirt.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-13
The Ring Mountains of IN, NJ

The moon is really and truly a o,o..
planet of mountains, its whole v;seS s
surface being dotted with elevat;o'ie
curious shapes 0id of extraord;a, W
height. We say sits whole visible "A
face" and hasten to explain tbot
make this statement simply becanso We
eye OF man has never seen bnt ono -. ..0
of the surface of the moon W.. '.uo
see convinces us that the little nlanst T -
extremely mountainous, for on shs
END exposed to our view there ara ' 40
less than 30, peaks, VARYING ~
height from 1900 feet to 4 NIL
When we consider the fact that tbis H.
marian world is only one thirty second
part as large as the earth we can eas;l',
see why it deserves the title of ~,
PLANET of great mountains" There ~
a peculiar thing about these 70 ooe
moon peaks. Each and eyerv ono -
them has ringlike form, the omen ena
OF the conical point being of greater ~
lesser diameter, according to the height
OF the mountain. In low grade tele.
scope these peaks resemble true voice
noes, but when viewed through a bioh
grade glass it is seen that the depres.
sion in the center Of the queer "rinp
mountain" is often so great as to be be'
low the general level of the surrounding
country. The depth of these depressions
is calculated in curious manner-bv
figuring ON the relative shadows thew
cast when the sun is shining full upon
them. The diameter of these "rinp
mountains" varies greatly, some of the
larger ones being 90, 100 m even 100
miles, while the smaller look like post
holes when viewed through good tels-
scope.-St. Louis Republic.