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The Princeton union., 1900-09-27

lished llsa in 1883 and the first road in
this town was laid out by the com
missions and surveyed last spring.
" ben the post Office was first es-
tablishcd there was Il weekly mail
now we have three mails week
from Aitkin and ii daily mail from
Mora. w.
The Princeton union., 1900-09-27

ITO BE CONTINUED. |
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
burned . Child 60 Get Land.

Some time ago at Fry, /. r., Frank
Hakey was married to the mother Of a
~six-years-old boy, who Is a Creek In
dian. After the marriage he made
inquiries to ascertain IL the child's al
lotment OF Indian lands would revert
to him In case Of the death Of the child
and found 1t would. About two months
ago the child was found near the house
suffering from terrible burns. He died
shortly after. A few days ago Mrs.
Hakey told that II Hakey was put I'M
der arrest so that he could not kill her
she would tell the story of the child's
death. This vas done, and she says
that the child was put in the fire before
her eyes and burned for the purpose OF
getting rid of him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06

dating the pencil will, written appar-
emily Ivy the same hand, conveying to
her, his beloved wife, San Francisco
property worth millions. The FAIR
heirs had accepted her pencil will as
genuine, and had acknowledged her as
the senator's widow. The governor Of
the state youched for her and the pen
Gil will. If the will was genuine, SO
were the deeds, Mrs. Craven's con-
test went to a jury which could not
agree. II stood eight to four in her
favor. The Judge decided against her.
MIS-. Craven did not give up. She oon-
timed the fight against tremendous
odds. She appealed her case and it is
still in the courts. The latest develop
ment is her bringing forward n witness
who swcars that Mrs. Craven introduce
ed him to the senator IA her husband
and the senator acknowledged the re-
lationship.
The California supreme court has
Just rendered its decision In the APP
peal of the executors of the Fair will
reversing the decision of the lower
our ana sustaining the trust clause.
The trust clause provided that the en-
tire estate should remain in the hands
OF the executors, each of the heirs to
receive a stated income for life, and
hat any heir contesting the clause
should be cut off without a cent. Su-
perior Judge Slack ruled that the
trust clause was invalid. This decis-
ion has nov been reversed.
The supreme's courts decision is in
the nature Of n victory for Mrs. Craven
Fair. 1t Is likely that the Fair heirs,
deprived of the control OF the millions
left by the senator, will now fall back
upon the pencil will offer by Mrs. era
ven and endcayor to prove that 1t was
the last will Of Senator Fair.
To carry out this program 1t will be
necessary tO compromise with Mrs.
Craven by recognizing the validity Of
the deeds which she holds to property
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
Remarkable Operation.

A remarkable operation was per-
formed In Chicago the other day by
which sight was restored to a woman
who had been totally blind for seven
years. The operation was performed
OF Mrs. +. G. Parker. DR.. c.. Pruyn
Struggled, consulting physician OF the
Chicago Baptist hospital, assisted by
DIR. Allen T. Haight, DR.. Walter Met
calf and DR.. Robert Dodds, did tho
work. BY means of the X-ray 1t was
learned that a tumor in the upper por-
ton OF the occipItal lobe prevented the
flow Of blood which should supply the
optic nerve. The operation was per-
formed by trephining a section OF the
skull, then opening the membranes OF
the brain and removing the tumor. The
sight was completely restored.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06

her sister into New York swelldom.
Mrs. Fair died at San Francisco In
1898. She had been legally separated
from the then senator in 1856.
The body of Senator James G. Fair
was hardly decently put away in the
grave before the scramble for the mil
lions he left began. The estate was
worth $40, 900 900.
In his first will Senator Fair be-
queathed $125,000 to charity. To his
sister and two brothers he left an ag-
gregate Of $780, 00. After making a
few more requests amounting to
$500, 900, the residue was left to a
board Of trustees. The income OF the
estate was TO be divided between the
three children, and the property was
not to be finally divided until the death
OF the children. The next clause caus-
ed all the trouble. 1t provided that
any woman who might come forward
and lay claim to part Of the estate
should receive $50. AS a punishment
for Charles, who had married against
his fathers will, there was a clause
cutting off his children from participa-
ton in the inheritance. Charles imme-
diately prepared to enter suit to set
aside the will. Before he could do SO,
the original will was stolen.
Then Mrs. Nettie II. Craven, a de-
mure, middle-aged school teacher OF
Sacramento, stepped on the stage. She
had been a friend Of the senator, and
produced a will written with a pencil.
which, she said, he had made while
visiting her. The will was like the
other, except that the obnoxious pro-
vision relating to Charles children
was absent. This made the will ac-
ceptable to Charles, and with the con-
sent Of his sisters the will was ac-
cepted as genuine by the heirs.
Selling her opportunity, Mrs. Craven
then announced calmly that Senator
Fair was more than friend to her-that
he was her husband. She brought wit
nesses to s~ubstantiate her claim. The
heirs, relying upon the clause giving
alleged widows and orphans $50 each,
did not contest this point with her.
They admitted the truth OF her claim,
Then Mrs. Craven, having paved the
way so skillfully, filed deeds. ante
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
Strange Tale of "a Paris over

A strange tale comes from Paris. A
young man named Frederic Desmon-
Illus was to wed his cousin. Marthe
Frondin, but death carried off the
young man on Jan. 90. Just before
dying he said: Don't weep. Marthe;
we will be united. I'll come for you In
"A months time. Wait for me in your
room. At this same hour | will take
you away" At II p. m. Feb. 20, Mime.
DesmonliUs. the dead boys mother.
went to her nicce's room, and was hor-
ritied to see Marthe arrayed in bridal
robes, with an engagement ring on her
finger, seated In n chair with her eyes
fixed staringly on the clock. A Ave
minutes past II a violent gust OF wind
burst the window open and the lamp
was put out. The aunt cried for help.
when neighbors finally came with
lights Marthe was stretched out on the
floor, dead.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.

Senator Mark Ilanna's only son, Dan
X. Hanna, has recently taken unto
himself another wife. and what adds
to he interest Of the situation is that
both his new wife and himself are
divorced parties who found life with
their former conjugal partners ex-
tremely unpleasant. We quote this
account of the circumstances surround
ing the affair from the Cleveland cor
respondent of The Cincinnati Tribune:
Dan X. Hanna, the only son of Sen
ator and Mrs. NJ. A. Hanna, and Daisy
Gordon Maud were married by Rev.
Frank N. Riale, former pastor of the
Chenille Presbyterian church. Nine
persons, all near relatives Of the bride
and groom, witnessed the ceremony.
Mr.. n Mrs. Hanna have left for the
East on their wedding journey. The
tial residence of the late William J.
Gordon, now the home Of his son,
Charles Gordon, father Of the bride OF
today.
Somewhere on the Atlantic, bound
for Europe, Is Mrs. Carrie May Har-
rington Hanna and her three sons. Mrs.
Carrie Harrington Hanna formerly
wrote her name Mrs. Dan X. Hanna.
Somewhere on the veldts of south AZ
RIGA is Walter Des Maud, ranchman,
English patriot and former husband Of
Mrs. Daisy Gordon Maud.
The married life of Dan Hanna and
his first wife was not happy. The mar
riage occurred at Escanaba, Mich, Aug.
9, 1887. Jan. 26. 1898, Mrs. Hanna sued
for divorce, alleging cruelty and gross
neglect. A decree was granted in her
favor June %. Dan Hanna settled an
amount of money on his wife out OF
court and was ordered by the court to
support and educate the children. Mrs.
Hanna went into society as usual,
while her husband went out as much
as ever. During the horse show of '9S
Hanna spent much Of his time in the
box occupied by his former wife and
the gossips began talking Of a recon-
Citation and a remarriage, but that
was subsequently denied on all sides.
Elizabeth Gordon was married to
Walter Des Maud April 20, 1897,
in st. Agnes chapel, New York. She
and her husband were never much to-
gether. Her divorce was filed and a
decree given her a couple of months
ago. Soon after the divorce was grant
ed had 1t that Hanna was to be
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
LADY'S DARING LEAP
THRILLING STORY OF ESCAPE
FROM ASYLUM.
She sues for $50. u Damages Mrs.
Madeline Miller Alleges That She was
kidnapped by Her Husband and
Forced to sign n Paper.

Mrs. Madeline Miller of New York
city. in a suit for $4,000 damages
against her husband. Eugene ID. Miller,
and Dr. Frank Hazlehurst Barnes, who
conducts n sanitarium ut Stamford,
Conn, tells n most extraordinary story
of her escape from that institution.
She alleges that she was Kidnapped and
taken to the asylum, and her adven-
lures bid fair to rival those of Wilkie
Collins Woman In White"
According to Mrs. Miller, she and her
husband, whose family live in STAN
ford. were married April 1, 1890. They
have no children. She says that she
became possessed of considerable real
estate and that she and her husband
were living In a house belonging to her
in Flushing. l.. l., last October.
1T was the afternoon of Oct. 25,"
says Mrs. Miller. that my husband
came home and showed me a telegram
TO the effect that my brother. william
j. Shaw, had been injured In "A railroad
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
Insane Man Dashes from n Train.

Charles Flower went insane on the
Denver and Rio Grande express as
the train was passing through the
Royal gorge, near Denver, Col, and
plunged headlong through the window,
striking his head on the rocks below.
The train was going 40 miles an hour.
Flower was trying to climb the perpen-
dlcular sides OF the gorge when found.
He was taken to Denver. Flower Is a
resident Of Quincy. Mass, and went to
California for his health. He did not
find 1t, and brooding over his trouble,
caused loss of reason.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
HE STOLE THOUSANDS
AND ALL, 1T is CHARGED. FOR
A WOMAN'S SAKE.
= Pretty Face Was Accountable for
Hyde's Downfail-The Woman who
Figures In the Case Has an Inter-
national Reputation.

1t has been learned that a woman
was responsible for the downfall OF
George w. Hyde, who Is under arrest
for embezzling $50, 900 from the firm of
Martin, Thomson & Co., of New Or
leans, La. 1t is alleged she is Nellie
Mcdowell, the decoy Of the notorious
Santiago Murphy, whose exploits in
Mexico two years ago were the talk Of
W. nations. Just as Murphy embez-
zled $4,000 from a banking institution
in Mexico In order to provide royalty
for this enchanting woman it Is said
that Hyde also appropriated the money
of his employers on her account.
Hyde had been a highly respected
employe OF Martin, Thomson & Co. for
upwards of two years. During most of
this time he remained faithful to his
young wife and bright baby girl, but a
pretty face and gay surroundings fas-
cinated him. Soon his income, which
had been ample during the days when
he knew but one home, became too
small for his expensive habits. He re-
sorted to the old story-borrowed from
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
THE LEOPARD AND THE PAN.
\ Narrative at Lite on the Heights, OF
the H~imaIayas,

one day a worthy Kulu housewife
came out from her cooking, and,stand-
ing on the ledge OF rock at her door.
emptied a pan of boiling water into the
rank heritage growing below. 1t fell,
splash, on the back of a sleeping leop-
ara, who jumped perpendicularly into
the air as high as the roof OF the hut.
what might have happened next? Who
say? But the astonished woman
dropped the pan with a clang upon thu
rock, and the leopard took one leap
down hill. The pan followed, and the
leopard's downward leaps became
onger M swifter as the pan bounded
after 1t from rock to rock.
When last seen the leopard had Just
achieved a leap of about $50 feet to the
very bottom Of the ~ravine, thousands
OF rect below. and the pan had whirled
about 500 feet over 1t on the opposite
side. The leopard would have eaten
the Old woman with pleasure; but the
pan which first scalded half the hide of
MIN n then bounded changing in his
wake from the top of the Himalayas
TO the plains below was something
which he could not face.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
ROMANCE IN DIVORCE SUIT.
indian Girl Married Her Lover for Fun
and Then Backed Out.

A rather romantic case Is that of an
Indian girl of a South Dakota reserva-
ton who has applied to the courts for
a divorce from her husband before she
has begun to live with him. Joseph
B%rughier Is the name of a manly look
ing Indian whose people live on the
Yankton re- walton. One day this
buck and his best girl, named Emma
Skunk, went with a party of young
people from their tribe to a n~eighbor-
ing white mans town. One of the
young Indian bucks proposed that all
OF the couples get married according
to the white mans law. When 1t
came to the turn OF Joseph Brughier
and his best girl to refuse or acqulesce
to the plan they both consented, al
though all OF the other couples had
backed out Of the deal. But the girl
afterward refused to live with the In
dian; hence the application for d.
vorce.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
Died In

While Johann Mueller was slowly
dying in the almshouse at Duluth,
Mimi, detectives were seeking him all
the way from the Klondike to Cuba.
He died %supposing himself to be a
miserable pauper, when he was worth
several hundred thousand dollars.
Mueller was a homesteader who took
up several hundred acres OF govern
ment land a few miles north of Duluth
years ago., He became involved In
financial difficulties and m~ortgaged bis
land. Then he disappeared. Before
the mortgages could be foreclosed large
deposits OF ore were found on his land,
and a worldwide search was instituted
for the man. A money ~loaner, who
held one of the mortgages, finally fore
closed and sold ore rights to the Car
negie Steel company for a splendid
sum. The matter will be contested In
the courts, The property Is now valued
at $500, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
Tortured a Negro to Death.

A lynching is feared in the little Cy-
press n%eighborhood for a murder COM
mitted by John, James and Joe Greer,
though their victim was a negro. The
Greers were driving along the road
near Benton, KY, and were in a hilari-
Gus condition. O%vertaking John Thorn
as they hauled him into the wagon.
Finally they made him swallow a quart
of whisky and then a pint OF wine
enforcing their threat with a revolver
The old man was then tied to the wag-
on and whipped. When he could No
longer follow it on foot he was drag
ged. His miseries were at last ended
by three pistol shots, and then the
body was thrown over a fence and left,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
MILLIONS INVOLVED.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CON-
TEST FOR FAIR GOLD.
witness supports Mrs. Cravcn-Swesrs
That Fair Acknowledged He Was
Her Husband The History of the
Case Like u Drama.

The contest for the Fair millions
now being waged in the California
courts, together with the remarkable
events leading up to 4 It, plrtakes of
she nature Of a marvelously interesting
drama. Fresh interest is being added
by new developments.
In the first place the life of senator
Fair reads like a clevorly wrought ro-
nance. He went to San Francisco in
the year lS49, penniless. Downing IA
red shirt and o%vcralls, he went into
the mountains OF California. and dug
for gold. He found it, in modest hauls
at first, but enough to encourage him
and win the hand II Miss Rooney, "a
rosy-cheeked girl who had promised
to marry him when he struck II rich.
Then he went to Virginia City and
formed a partnership with three other
men. This firm. known as Mackay,
Fair, Flood & O'Brien, bought stock
once worth 81 200 900 for $4,000, and
out Of this made their millions. The
firm was dissolved in 1880 and Fair
took his wife and children from the
two-story cottage at Virginia City to "a
palace at San Francisco. One son
Charles l.. Fair, married a woman of
whom his father disapproved, and was
disowned, but not disinherited. One
son died. Miss Theresa Fair, the older
daughter, married Herman Oelrichs,
of New York. Virginia Fair. the baby
Of the family, last year married Will
liam X. Vanderbilt. Jr. and followed
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
A Novel Wedding Tour.

Miss Anna Thorne Mclaughlin OF
Chicago, was recently married to DR..
Wilmer Sanford Lehman of Africa.
Miss Mclaughlin met Doctor Lehman
at Ann Arbor in 1898 and became en-
gagged to him. Soon afterward he went
TO Africa and became engaged in medi-
cal work. His duties were so exacting
that he could not leave his post to meet
his bride, so she went to him. They
were married at high noon on a boat
three miles out from shore, and then
began a novel wedding tour. After re-
turning to shore they Travelled ninety
miles over a desert to Lolodorf, the
groom going afoot the entire distance
and his bride walking over fifty miles
They were married at sea to avoid the
rigid German e%Xactions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
MRS. LEVY WANTS DIVORCE.
wife of the Famous diamond King
Tired of Living with Him.

After a married life OF 25 years,
during which time they have gotten on
well with each other, Mrs. benjamin
w. Levy. wife Of the famous Diamond
King" has sued her husband for d.
vorce. Levy owns the great "Kimber-
ley" diamond, which IL valued at $50
600. Cruelty Is the ground alleged by
the for separation and she re-
lates many instances OF cruel treat
ment. Mr.. Levy asserts that his wife's
claims are exaggerated In every par
ticular and mostly untrue. He testi-
fed that during his continued absence
In distant parts of the world his wife
was very literally provided for. He
returned TO New York In 1898. after n
long absence. Before going away he
had placed in the vaults OF the Nation
al Park bank three United States bonds
of 81 900 each and a number OF rare
specimens OF diamonds and some valu-
able jewelry. Soon after his return
he asked his wife for the key OF tho
vault. When he went to the vault he
found It empty. lie accused his wife Of
having disposed Of these things and a
separation soon followed. Judge Law
renee OF New York city said that after
so many years OF married life he
thought the couple ought TO try to rec
oncile their difficulties.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
The Real Thing.

Johnny (who Is jealous OF mamma)
Mamma likes me better than she
does you! Evelyn (who enjoys teas
!ng)-Why, no, Johnny, OF course she
loves Betty and me best! Just think,
she was our mother long before she
was yours! Johnny (scornfully)-
Hob, what OF that! You are nothing
but a sample copy, anyhow! And Bet
tvs only a trial subscription! But I'm
the real thing!-Life.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
Killed From Ambush.

Milas Woods OF D~ucktown, Tenn,
was called to his front door after dark
and shot from ambush, He fell dead.
His aged father, who rushed to pick up
the body, was also fired upon and dan
~gerously wounded, A c%oroner's jury
fixed the crime upon David Payne, q
United s5ates deputy marshal, who
had previously had trouble with
Woods.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
A Locomotive on RunnerA

The II. Il. Akley Lumber company
has introduced successfully in its lum-
Der camp north of Grand Rapids, Mich,
a locomotive on runners, which pulls
a train of ten to fifteen sleds laden
with logs at a rate OF from five to
six miles an hour. The innovation
seems destined to revolutionize meth
DDS in lumber camps inaccessible to
railroads or logging streams.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
MRS. DAN A. HANNA.
lReheaded His Wife.

Mrs. Wilson Wakely was murdered
by her husband, a prominent farmer,
at their home near Brock, Neb. Will
son cut his wife's throat with a razor.
the cash being so severe as almost to
behead her. The desperate husband
then went to the graveyard, whore his
first wife was buried, and standing on
her grave, cut two ugly gashes In his
throat, and died.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
Dennerate Hoy IncendIary.

julius Hampton, a Choctaw boy, IA
years old, has been placed in the Unit
ed States Jail at Antlers, |. T., for at
tempting to burn Spencer academy, Of
which he was a pupil, He poured kerr
osene oil on the side of the dormitory
and struck a match to 1t, but the flames
were discovered in time to ave the
building.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
GEORGE w. HYDE.

his employers, with the hope Of re-
turning the sum. but this hope was
lever realized. The amounts increas-
ed and then taking became more fire.
quent. Recklessness followed tempta-
ton, and he continued his practice un-
til suspicion was aroused. He knew
that detectives were following him and
finally experts were put to work upon
his books. Discovery was certain. He
remained in New Orleans wen after
the books had been given to the care OF
the experts, and then left quietly,
adopting a new name and a new city
for his residence. His arrest in Mem
phis followed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
Cremated Husband and Herself.

Mrs. T. C. Fell, an aged and partly
demented woman OF Norfolk, Va,
saturated her night clothing with kero-
sene and poured the oil on the bed
where her husband lay asleep, lit a
match and applied 1t, Instantly the
couple were a mass OF flames, Before
help could reach them Fell and his
wife were fatally burned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
self Maiming by soldiers Alleged.

Reports come from the Philippines
that the practice OF self-maiming pre-
walls among the United States troops.
Self-inficted wounds on hands or feet.
it is said, are Of frequent occurrence.
These men thus become disabled for
duty, and by this means secure their
discharge. Gen. Otis has ordered an
investigation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06

NJ. Ncnberger, Esq, that she had met
her husband after her escape in a law
Office In Now York city, where, she
says. he laughed at her r~oproaches,
She say he told her friends that she
had become violently insane. When
they refused to believe this, she says,
he remained away from them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06
Itrtstles,

Three OF us lost our scalps In a
brush with the Indians" said the old
scout. sort OF hair brush" gripned
the chronic buffOon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06

which, she alleges, was transferred to
her by her putative husband.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-06

The boy with a stern father tninks,
his principal affiiction is a parent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-16
Senators Coekrel and Vest were ri
walls" | said To Champ Clark.

Senators Coekrel and Vest were ri
walls" | said TO Champ Clark.
We'll" said Mr. Clark. 1t was when
Cockrell was elected Cookrell, you
know. was brlgadier general in the
Confederate army and commanded q
division part Of the time. II the war
had lasted four years longer, he would
have been commander In chief Most
Of his division was raised In Missouri,
and the men were his devoted friends.
Cockrell kept a roll Of his troops ana
learned the names Of nearly all Of
them. When he went out campaign
ing, he always met from one to dog
en- In nearly every town. BY a few
adroit questions he was able TO locate
his man and talk Of his service and his
company This kind Of thing made
him mighty popular, you may be sure.
After Vest had been out campaigning
for some time he met one OF his inll-
mate friends. who asked him how he
was getting along. Not very we'll he
said. 1 don't see much chance for
me- Why, what's the natter asked
his friend Wei. you Sec Vest an
swered i served the Confederaoy In
its House and Senate, and Cockrell was
In the army. and from the number Of
his old command he meets and talks
with. hanged II don't think half the
Confederate army served In CockrelFs
division