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III.
MRS. GARRIsoNs STORY.
She Tells How She Tried, for Love
IN VJaId Har. IN AnnfI1av.
ceived told:

She Tells How She Tried, for Love,
to Yield Her Husband to Another.
In a little room at Southport sits a
trembling crushed old woman.
Don't ask me why did IT. she said
piteously. II don't know. When found
that Henry loved Eide Reynolds I didn't
want to be in his way. We had been
married five years. Nc one had found 1t
out 1t didn't seem of any use to tell.
Henry had been good to me. I wanted
him to be happy. We thought Eide
wouldn't find it out. He was ashamed Of
an old woman like me. She was young,
and he thought her pretty
There was a quaver in her pleasant
voice Her wrinkled hands moved nerv-
ously.
you see, Henry has been talking to me
about getting married for three years
now. At first it seemed awful Then L
got used to the idea.
'"They say that there are plenty Of
Mormons who have lot Of wives. Their
women must be different from us. Henry
said if I only kept quiet we could all live
happily together. That's mans notion"
she explained, with a feeble smile.
81 went to see them married. It was
like an awful dream. I felt as if I were
walking in my sleep. Women's hearts
don't break-they bleed. That's what
mine did I thought maybe at the last
moment Henry would back out. l never
took my eyes away from him. L didn't
seem to breathe. 1 just waited.
TIN nothing but plain old woman
Maybe if [ had been smart I would have
done differently. AS it was I kept saying
over and over again: Let him be happy,
let him be happy until it seemed as if
some one else was telling me that 1
thought that day that I should die soon.
It's a pity 1 didn't.
when we got home I lived in hell. He
and Edie didn't pay no attention to me.
They were satisfied.
'It looked to me like she tri5d to tanta-
lie me, like she was saying: He's mine;
not yours We didn't get along from the
start. I couldn't like her. But I tiled
not to tell her, for his sake.
81 guess I'm too old a woman to love,
but l did love him, anyhow. That's Why
I hated her. He was good to me, but he
showed me all the time that she was first.
I swore to him every day that I wouldn't
tell. u
81 loved him. I hated her. Hate was
stronger than love. That's why I told
her. But l did try not to tell. 1t was
wrong for me to do it. 1 am the one who
has been to blame, and [ am the one who
has suffered.
> It's case where the spirit was will
ing and the flesh was weak" she sobbed.
1T would take a better woman than me
to do it. But [ tried"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

be loved" she said, with the thoughtless-
ness Of youth. TITS SO long since you
were young"
That taunt was too much. 1t unsealed
the lips that had kept their secret SO
well.
In mad torrent of words the legal
wife of Henry Garrison poured out the
whole story.
The two women who had loved him
wept together. Then they both went their
ways, and he went his The little home
was broken up.
Here where I'm known I'll stay and
live 1t down. the younger woman said
bravely.
The older one had not the courage of
youth.
''I must get away" she cried feebly.
ST tried and failed"
She has gone to Southport to live out
the few years there are in store for her.
Henry Garrison, when he heard that his
experiment had failed. left the town. If
he feared arrest for bigamy he need not
have done so. The all-forgiving love Of
two women is shielding him.
II am going to seal will never come
back was the word he sent to Edith
Reynolds He has not been seen or heard
from since.
This is the story the two women he de-
ceiVed told:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

new happiness in the face of the weary
old woman. ~ -
I'm a young man and I'm going to
have young wife, ," he told her one day.
Il intend to marry Edith Reynolds
'sBut you can't, she gasped. You are
my husband
Nobody knows that" he said coolly
Nobody ever, will know. it You. shall
go on living here just the same-only
Edie must never know. 1 am not going
to haze my life ruined by you. 1 have a.
right to love and be happy, and you shall
not stand in my way, sgg5sass.S-ss. :.
The notheEsin-1aw wife was silent for
a long time She had always obe&ed him.
She did now.
81 want you to be happy" she said. ut
don't matter about me-"
1t was a hard role that the poor old
woman played. Edith Reynolds came
often to the house. Henry Garrison made
love to her openly.
At last the day was set for the wedding.
They both wished the older woman to be
the witness 1t. was arranged that the
ceremony shonld be private. Mrs. Sarah
A Post" signed the certificate. ?
The strangely assorted. trio went home
together. Henry Garrison was kind to.
: Mrs. sPost, ? every one called her, nd
devoted to his wife.
81 ets me go9 a!was,;3ssthe soid woman
pleaded again and again, her heart bleed-:
me at the sight OF the happiness of these
two : g son would hot agree to thatss
Perhaps he feared tost rtlsts41er away FROM
him A<ss 1872 g
II was. on che 24fifssf Jdfysthat theAsecS;
phdE nlarriag eEeecur IN all the weeks
that followed hese two Wives lived i'm
der the same roof. No one suspected the
Iqaeefs matrimonial tansie:: sr.,z<sszs 81
sssAAI2ut all the time jealousy was enaw ing.
atYthe heartfelt poor~old Mrs. Post. Every
caress laMshed apoiE the young wife was
"a blow to theselaer w6nfansssaShe writhed
AundeF. the torture. -
sss One day Edith<was talking TO Of
-Eenry antLef how he loved her.
ZIP c r1liirs You We forgotten what it is to
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The old woman in the house under the
hill saw little of him. She fancied that
if she could win back some of her lost
youth he would come back to her.
Henry, 1 want you to get me a new
set of false teeth" she told him one
morning at breakfast. 49,
He laughed in her face. - 'fYou're an old
woman" he sneered. {(tsWhat do you
want to be fixing up and trying to look
young for?a Maybe yoQNthinkEIJ,<H tell -peo-
pie that Unmarried you; but II won't
You're just going to be my mother-in-law
always,*I told YOU
Perhaps the poor old heart broke then
She grew auieter and older after that
Henry Garrison often brought Edith
Reynolds to the house. He Haunted his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
SYRINGE CASES
Of SELF-SaCRIFICE.

John Ruskin noticed the love of his
beautiful young wife for the hand
some painter Millais, his friend
and pupil. That the woman he
loved might be happy, he aided
her to secure a divorce from him
and blessed her marriage to Mil
lais.
Robert Louis Stevenson fell In love
with a married woman, Mrs. o.
bourne, whom he met in Europe.
Her Californian husband permit
ted her to secure a divorce from
him, and at her marriage to
Stevenson gave away the bride.
Mrs. Henry Garrison. of Norwalk,
Conn, that her husband might be
happy with a younger wife, permit
ted him to marry and bring to her
home a beautiful girl. For weeks
she watched their happiness. What
anguish she suffered-until her life
became no longer possible-only a
woman can guess.
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She may never have heard of John Rus
kins sacrifice for love of his wife or the
generosity that made possible Robert
Louis SteVenson's marriage, but she has
renowned more than any man could re-
nounca
She gave up the husband she loved,
wishing him to be happy with another
woman.
She failed in her wish because a wo-
mans strength and a woman's heart
are weak. In the blindness of her sac
rifce she condemned herself to one of
the strangest martyrdons- that ever a
woman suffered.
Il did it because 1 love him. she says,
as the tears roll down her withered
cheeks; woman thinks that is excuse
enough for anything.
This is the strange story:
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she sent item back. They were yellow
with age, and had suspicious stains tina
looked like tears, but he wasn't moved
bit. He promptly cut off all the stamps
sent them to a New York agency. am
yesterday he got Il check for $i2. Ou:
landlady, who knows about it, says h,
is a perfect brute, and will come to ba6
end. I am afraid so my self. I think he
is doomed 20 become a millionaire.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
BRIGHT YOUTH.
With Financial Genius That
DoOms Him to Authorization.


New Orleans Times-Democrat.
MY roommate is a CHAP Of extraor-
binary financial genius" remarked
railroad clerk of this city. "He is a ma
tive Californian. end five or six years ago
he spent season on a sugar plantation
in Hawaii. He was engaged at the time,
and while he was there he corresponded
regularly with his fancee. Afterward
they quarreled and the match was broken
eff, but the poor girl thought his letters
were beautiful, and treasured them re-
:igiously.
'-Qutte recently he saw in paper that
Hawaiian stamps Of the period Of mis- stay
there lad become very scarce and val
liable, and he Immediately sat down and
wrote 10 his old sweetheart demanding
his letters. He said he was soon to be
married. and felt it his duty to destroy
EN-, appealed to her better feelings and
all that, and. to make long story short,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
saloon Music Goes Free.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 30.-Commission.
er Wilson, of he internal revenue bureau
has decided that special tax is not re
quired to be paid for bands of music play.
ing in saloons to which no price of ad-
mission is charged and where the persons
visiting such places are not under any
obligation to buy even though the pro
prietors expect people to go there to buy
drinks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
TEE FIRST MARRIAGE.
Henry Garrison Expenses the Mother
of His Dead Wife.


Seven years ago Henry Garrison, hard
working, honest young man, lived with
his girl wife in the town of Norwalk,
Conn.
They were diI1ed and respected by all
the ntighbors. Mrs. Sarah A Post, the
vife's mother made her home with them.
It was quiet, happy little family
Then the wife died. The mother-in law
stayed |and kept house for the desolate
husband.
She wept with him in his sorrow. She
tried to comfort him. She saw that he
was lonely and wretched. She forgot
her own grief in an endeavor to make
bis lighter. She kept his home in perfect
order, she ministered to his wants, she
partially succeeded in filing the blank in
his life. ~
She was a sweet-faced, kindly woman.
Life had brought her RAINY sorrows.
There We're deep burrows in her. gentle
face. Her eyes had grown dim with tears
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

and age. She had learned patience
through affection and had stllesg gift of self
forgetfulness. She was. insga WORD, one
Of the sweetest, 1ovelies old ladies 10 be
found in Norwalk.
Henry Garrison was a young man.. free.
to WOO where he would. Blitshe was easy.
going. HIS home life WAS, satisfactory.
Why should. things notsg on that way 225c,:
He thought this matter oveEs and then
proposed to- his mother iusIa#.
She was aistonislled hen; womanliae,
she began to wonder Wfaa tfie neig iilsoss
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
Special one-way Rates.

From Oct to 8 inclusive, the Chicago
Great Western Railway will sell tick
where the rate is higher. at $3.50 and
through tickets to Eastern points at rates
based on this reduction. For further In
P. D., corner Fifth and Robert streets.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

In a little Connecticut village a humble
old woman who knows little Of the
worlds heroes, has touched the highest
note of love and courage-the note Of
self-sacriftce, says the New York World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
AN AMAZING ROMANCE
HENRY GARRISON'S GIRL WIFE
DIES AND HE MARRIES HIS
MOTHER-IN-LAW
SHE IS AN OLD WOMAN

He Tires of Her, WOOs Young
Woman and WEEDS Her, Having
First Secured the Consent of the
MOther-in-Law Wife-The latter
Cannot Bear the Burden of Her
Woes and Tells the Story.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

Apple Blossom Flour makes very faiI
bread. It's very fair to look upon anc
better to eat. Its most excellent fare.
as the old English writer's might have
said
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
Low Rates to Chicago Via .erhe MIL

waukee."
Oct to 9, inclusive, "The Milwaukee,
will sell one way tickets to Chicago at
$780, and tickets st. Paul and Minneap-
oils to Chicago and return at 81. 56-one
fare for the round trip-account the fall
festivities.
Including the Pioneer Limited-the only
Rea I'M, =, an fv ~. s,nerh
from the Twin Cities to Chicago via Mil.
waukee daily.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

THE SECOND MARRIAGE.

Beauty and Youth Prevail, and Age
Meets Bitter sorrow.
Thus matters stood when Garrison met
Edith Reynolds. She was only Is, nice
looking girl, with brown hair and big
brown eyes.
The two had jolly times together, and
she plainly showed that she was pleased
with his attentions.
1t soon became matter Of course that
he should devote all his spare time to her.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-05
THREE MEN HANGED.
The Negro Confessed, but the
White Men Protested That
They Were Innocent.

Troy, Ala, March 31-Thomas
Johnston and Richard Hale, white
men, and Sam Rivers, colored,
were hanged here today, for the
murder of Mrs. Ira Myers and her
daughter~in law, Mrs. F. Myers,
last December. The negro, Sam
Rivers, was hung first. He said
he was ready and told about the
same ia le as at the trial last
month that he was made to take
part in the murder of the two
white men.
The white men were then hung.
They denied their guilt to the
last. Early in Decem her last,
near Josie, Pike county, Mrs. Ira
Myers, a widow and her daughter
in~law, Mrs. +. Myers, were
murdered, and tneir home set on
fire. The object was robbery,
and the murdercrs secured nearly
SO, 600. A man named Cook
who was hired TO look after the
place, and who slept in the house,
was badly injured by the robbers,
but managed to recover corscious-
ness in time to drag out the bodies
of the two women. He was the
princip pal witness at the trial.
Rivers turned States evidence on
the promise of clemcncy. A
search of the white mems cells
last night brought to light a saw,
and other impliments for cutting
bars, and a ball of Oiled yarn.
The men had intended to fire the
prison and in the excite n en-
make their way to liberty.
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Di~' Nv Erred BY 4
WOMAN

Another great discovery has
been made, and that too, by u
lady IN this country. disease
fastened its clutches upon her and
for seven years she withstood it's
severest tests, but her vital organs
we're undermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she
coughed jncessantIy, and could
not sleep. She finally discoved
a way to recovery, by purchasing
of us a bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, and
was so much relieved on taking
first dose, that she slept all night !;
and with two bottles, has been
absolutely cured. Her name is
Mrs. Luther Lutz. Thus writes
w. G.. Hamuick e Co., of Shell by
N. G. Trial bottles free at Craw.
ford Bros Drug Store. Regular
size SOC and $1,00. Every bottle
guaranteed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-05
WILL FOLLOW AGUINALDO
Americans Intend to Destroy the
Filipino Army.

Manila, April 1-MacArthur, S
army is still resting in Malolos.
a accommodating party had a hot
engagement today with bsnd of
tilipinos in the suburbs. Seven
of the enemy were killed and two
Americans were wounded.
Washington, April Gen Otis
wires today that he is preparing
to continue an active campaign
against the FiIipinos and that he
will pursue Aguinaldo until he is
captured or capitulates.
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THE WINDSOR VICTIMS.
The Total Known Dead is now
Forty-Five. Two More Bodies.

New \ ork, April Works
men were digging in the central
portion of the ruins of the Wind
sor hotel this afternoon when
from under heap of partly
burned beams and bcgrimed iron
they took out body. 1t was
that of II man. Only II few
minutes later, in the same place,
another body of n man was dug
out. The man had been a large
person.
The complete morguc record of
the Windsor victims up tonight
was as follows:
Killed during the fire and died
subsequently of injuries received
during the FIRE, II; bodies taken
from the ruins and identified. 9:
unidentified bodies taken from the
ruins, 32; total known dead, 45.
The missing number Al.
The body of Mrs. Auze was re
moved from the morgue tonight
by an undertaken to be prepared
for shipment to Mobile, Ala. ,
where relatives live.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-05
Horrible Suicide Of a New York
Man in Charleston.
SUDDENLY CRAZED.
Had Been in SummcrvilIe for his
Health but Started Back Home
and Butchered Himself in
Friends Office.
Special to GreenuiIle News.

Charleston, S. c., April l.
Samuel ertheim, an oil and
essence merchant of Veazy street,
New York, killed himself in this
city this afternoon in most sem
sational manner.
"ertteim had been stopping
for several weeks at Summers
vile, n health resort near this
city, in hope that he might find
relief from insomnia, with which
he suffered greatly. The dead
man was accompanied by his
nephew, Arthur Wertheim, who
became alarmed at the symptoms
developed by his uncle Friday
night and it was decided to re,
turn to New York. In accordance
with this decision the pair came
to Charleston this morning to take
train north. The two gentle
men registered at the Charleston
hotel and at about 9 O'Clock went
to say good bye to q. M. Politzer,
a cotton factor, at his Office on
Adger's wharf.
The pair walked l. to his Office,
Samuol Wertheim appearing very
excited. He walked up to MIR.
Politzer's desk and said, "Gus, |
have gone crazy - Immediately
catching up heavy glass paper
weight, he began to beat himself
about The head, inflicting severe
cuts. ExpostuIatlon made him
more violentand young Wertheim
and Polltzer ran out for help, the
Office being practically deserted.
"A negro ran In when the two men
called for assistance and saw
Wertheim smash window glass
with hi. fist, insert his head in
the hole and saw his throat on the
jagged fragments. The negro
endeavored to stop him but
"ertheim jerked away, pushed his
head through another pane and
again sawed his throat. He then
fell over on the floor.
Politzer returned and medical
assistance was summoned. The
wounded man was placed in the
ambulance to be taken to the city
hospital, but died before the am
bulahce had gone two blocks.
The remains will be shipped to
New York tomorrow.
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Mr.. Stradley was not ut his
boarding place when a reporter
called, but it is understood he
will take no action.
He is young man of business
ability, having at times held some
good positions in the dry goods
business, but lately has done
nothing. His family is of the
best. The Ivey family is known
as one of the wealthiest and most
prominent in Rock Hill, and the
marriage of Mr.. S,radIey and
Miss lvey was a swell affair.
j. II.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-05
JAIL BREAKERS STOPPED.
Twelve Start: Only Three Get
Away; One Shot Dead.

Brunswick, GA, April 8
Twelve negro prisoners broke
Jail last night and one was mortal
ly wounded while resisting capt>
ure.
The criminals broke an iron
bar in their cage and with it
knocked down Jailer Rudolph.
They rushed to the street and
were seen escaping by Fireman
Sander of the fire department.
He gave the alarm. One Of the
fugltives attempted to strike Fire.
man Smith. Smith freq and the
ball penetrated the negro's fore,
head over the right eye and he
fell in his tracks. He was left
where he fell and the chase con-
tinued after the others. Two
were dragged out from under the
rectory, and others were captured
near by, making the total of
wounded and captured, nine. The
three others are still at large.
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BucStrn's drnicn SuIUr

THE BIZ IT SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter. Chap.
ped Hands, Ehilb aims, Corns, and al
Skin eruptinns, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required 1t is guar.
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Crawford Bros.
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INSURGENTS LOSE HEART.
General Otis Reports Them Fast
Going to Picces-People Re
turning to Their Homes.

Washington, April 3-The fol-
lowing cablegram E@s been receiv
ed Mt the war department:
Manila, April 3-Adiutant Gen
eral, Washington, ID. c.: Pres
ent indications denote that the in.
surgcnt government is in n peril
ous condition, with its army de-
teated, discouraged and scattered.
The insurgents are returning To
their homes in the cities and vii
lagos between here and points
north of Malolos which our recon
noitering parties have reached and
desire the protection of the Amer
leans.
The news from the Viscayan
islands is more encouraging every
day. OTIS"
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GEO a. ANDREWS,
Great BarrLnptOn.

On Friday last at Klnston, NC
mir Lonnie Lane shot and killed
Miss Glennie Sauls and then kill.
ed himself. The girls parents
were opposed to his attentions to
her. Hence the double tragedy.
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Their Trial to Begin in Char
lesion This Week,
OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED
A Brief Review of the Crime With
Which They are Chan gcd-
Government has Eighty
Witnesses.

Charleston, April 1.-Fiftcen
prominent citizens of Lake CItv
will be put on trial here in the
United States circuit court next
week to answer the charge of hav-
ing | lynched Postmaster Frazer b
Baker, more than a year ago
Besides killing the postmaster, who
was a negro, the alleged lvnchers
Will have to answer for killing Ba-
ker's infant child and for burninr
the Lake City post office with all
It's effects. 1t i, said here that
other arrests will he made before
the case is taken up. The indict,
ment will 90 to the grand Jury and
the hearing will begin at once. --
Eighty witnesses for the govern
ment have been summoned and
there is a great array of witnesses
for the defense.
This is the first time on record
that the Federal government mas
come into the south to take up
lynching trial. The murder of
Baker was probably the most bru-
tai crime known in the history of
the State. Baker was appointed
postmaster at Lake City and be-
fore he took charge of the office
he was warned to keep away. He
refused, and an attempt was made
to kill HIM soon after his commits
sion was received This failed
and then regular band was or
ganized to put him ont of the way
The defendants in this celebra>
ted case are Ezra Mcknight, w A
Webster, Nj V Ward, Moultrie
Epps, II & Goodwin, G j Joiner,
Oscar Kelly, Edwin Rogers, Alon-
70 Rogers, Henry Stokes, Allen
Belk, Van Somcrford, Early p
Lee, j p Newnham and Marion
Clark. They are representative
business men from the Lake CITY
section. Marion Clark was form
erly the editor of newspaper IN
that town. Stokes was deputy
L > Marshal some years ago, and
the other prisoners are merchants,
druggists and farmers.
According to the testimony civ
en- at the preliminary hearing by
Newnham and Lee, who turned
States evidence, the Lake City
band of lynchers Was organized
for the special purpose of killing
Baker. The negro had refused to
leave town and give up the Office
and the white people rebellcd at
the idea of a colored postmaster.