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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09
MARSDEN MUST swing.
A Speedy Conviction the Nor
combe Murderer's Fate.
DETECTIVE DARRENT's TRIUMPH.

Dramatic Scene In Court-Condemn-
ed Mans Sweetheart Declares Her
Belief In His Innocence - Would
Marry Him If He Were Free.
The headlines Jared upon him. Why ?
The detectives triumph 1t was tri-
umph-every one said so-and yet new
er had he succeeded in Il case that had
left behind such an unsettled feeling,
such degree of uncertainty and doubt
as to whether he was really right after
all. He could not understand it him
self Every thing had seemed to be as
clear as daylight, and the judge and
jury-aye, the very spectators-had
shared the view that his deductions had
led him to form long ago-that Astray
Marsden was the culprit
"All for effect. he muttered again
to himself. his mind still on the final
scene in the court. with the last ray Of
sunlight falling full on the woman g
face as she avowed before all her unal-
terable belief in the innocence of Astray
Marsden. ''Theatrical: that was all. =
And yet somehow he could not shake of
remembrance of that final scene
Whether it was acting or not. it had
made deep impression on Herbert Oar
| rent :4 =
''Shouldn't wonder if it has good
result for him; rouses sensation and
sympathy, and they may get up petit.
ton for life imprisonment. It's clever
| dodge. He called it "a dodge to
shake his own doubts, and yet he could
not help feeling that there was no col.
fusion in that last scene at all Still. il
is best to try to delude ones conscience
at such times as these. Dull it, stifle il
if it wants to speak and disturb that
supremely happy feeling Of self satisfac'
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09
The gt1'l thToors 1c1; her gcil and rises.

The gtrl t'roors b zc1; her vcil and rises.
after the snowstorm, leaving his foot.
prints up to the door; that the old
standing quarrel which it is admitted
on both sides existed was renewed and
that he left by the secret passage on to
the frozen river, a passage that was
known ally to those who had lived at
The Grange.
''Astray Marsden was met by Thomp-
son soon after 2 O'Clock in the morning
OF the 18th in very excited condition.
still chatting, the defense says, under
the insults he had had heaped upon him
-chafing, gentlemen. after several
hours walk
Il have reviewed the circumstances
that occurred in Norcombe, bat it is
not upon these events alone that the
case stands Let us turn to Chicago
Herbert Darrent has been before you
and given his evidence with exemplary
clearness. He has told you the manner
in which he succeeded in tracking
Astray Marsden to the Royal hotel in
Chicago. and he has related the story of
1.-The first words of the prisoner when
Darrent entered the room were, You
have come to arrest me, and though
warned not to commit himself, he then
launched into heated attack against
the murdered man, an attack which
foreshadowed the line of defense which
has been adopted-that of revenge He
charged Josiah Marsden with leaving
such message for the sole purpose OF
encompassing the death of an innocen,
man whom he hated
with that point l have already
dealt. The idea in itself is too callous
to dilate upon. =
''1n the prisoners confession to Her
bert Darrent he accounted for the los.
of his knife in the same manner thai
the defense has insisted upon He tool
it out to open the cigar box, forgot it,
and it was left lying upon the table. 8
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09

after all? he pondcre;: Why not let
things take their co>7r,>,?
He stepped out i1lzo the street and
paused, irresolute, for At few moments.
Then, suddenly making III, lis mind,
he walked rapidly to t.2e railway sta
tion and took the train for BID ford
He had decided that the fist new
step he must pursue was to ascertain
from Ethel Kingston anything he could
as to the real relationship between
Astray Marsden and the murdered man
and, further, what were the grounds
upon which old Marsden had forbidden
the marriage of Astray with her. Per-
haps in that very refusal of consent to
the alliance there might be something
that would lead him on fresh scent.
something that would dull or satisfy
that aching that had taken possession
of his mind, that would allay the
haunting fear that perhaps. after all.
he was wrong
When Darrent reached Bideford. he
experienced but little trouble in finding
the abode of Ethel Kingston for upon
a tiny FURNISHED plate on door in
High street he read the name and un-
derneath the word "Milliner
How. wondered Darrent. as he stood
awaiting an answer to his knock.
would he find the woman who had tax
en- thst unrehearsed part in the d1:.-
matte scene at the trial? Would she be
Frustrated with grief and refuse to seq
him 0r w01716 cha uDhroid ,p1 ,c,,;l
him for having so steadfastly pursued
and convicted the man she loved, the
man whom she believed to be innocent
and whom, if he were but FREE she had
sworn before all men she would marry
While Da1rent turned these possibili-
ties over in his mind the door was
opened by the girl herself, who could
ill conceal start of establishment as he
raised his hat. -. 49,. - ~"..,
"You have come from himr she
queried. =. -. $50. =. ..-.*
Eyes, answered Darrent as he ac-
cepted her invitation to enter 81 have
come. Miss Kingston, he continued,
because today I do not feel quite 50
satisfied as have been all along about
the guilt of Astray Marsden. g. -. +. s.
y, "And yet it is due to You. and you
alone, that he is condemned. *
~ only did what was my dnty.
only pieced together facts, and the jury
decided upon those facts. Today l come
to you because ! feel that one Of those
very facts is weakened, and ih weak
neaB weakena the whola chsin. =
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09

moody became his reflections Was it
possible he had blundered? Was it pos
sible that the man now under sentence
Of death was only the victim of series
Of circumstantial incidents that he
had SO cleverly put together? He turned
to finish the breakfast that he had neg
lected, but all inclination for food had
vanished, and he pushed his plate aside
and stared out of the window again.
and, as he :gazed, there continually
dinned in his ears one sentences: "Sup-
pose you've been mistaken Suppose
you We been mistaken!' =
The repetition grew simply madden
ing. He could bear it no longer; he
would retest every theory; he would
retrace his steps. go right back to the
beginning. follow every clew. from a
different standpoint and see where it
led him-see if there was anything, no
matter how minute, that he had over
looked. He turned to the newspaper
once more. and as he glanced down the
columns a chess diagram caught his
eye. the usual weekly problem. white
W pAeSy e@AAN LII U" " 1ilOt SS. LII dill
instant Darrent's mind was alert on
new scent.
So easy had been the trail that he had
followed. SO clearly had it pointed to
the guilt of Astray Ma1sden. that he
had quite overlooked the robbery of the
chessmen. They had seemed to have no
real connection with the actual murder.
and they had slipped from his memory
Now, and it came forcibly back to him.
he had better try 10 trace them and find
what bearing they had upon the case
He recalled how he had built up a
theory that if he could only find those
chessmen he would be very near achiev-
ing mate upon the murderer's game
What step should he take now? He
somehow could not disabuse his mind
Of the uneasy feeling that had possessed
it-that perhaps he had put the hemp
round an innocent mans neck. and in
few weeks time, unless he proved
himself to have been wrong, to Lave
followed bad theory to false end.
the moose might be drawn and Astray
Marsden gone beyond recall.
He went up stairs to his room and
took from his bag the odd pawn and
the piece Of tissue paper containing the
chip of ivory, his new clews.
1t was Il big. manly task Darrent was
going to enter upon, because if he
proved that the conclusions he had al
ready arrived at were false and that all
along he had followed false scent he
wrote for himself and his lauded ability
an awful denunciation. If, on the other
hand, he only confirmed his first theory,
there was nothing further to go on
working for beyond self satisfaction
and contentment Was it worth while,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09
Who Killed Josiah MIarsden?


The HERALD has begun the publ
cation of a thrillingly interesting, yet clean,
detective story" It involves great mystery
1.-The name Of the real murderer Of old Josiah
Marsden. The problem is not SOW until
the last chapter is reached. TO see how well
HERALD readers can solve the problem, we
OFF, the folio wing prizes: ..~
FIRsT-Fivedollars in cash scholarship in the Little
Falls Business College (worth $780,
: SEcoND-Three dollars in cash, twoyears subscrp-
ton to the HERALD.
TH1RD-One dollar half in cash, or one years sub
scription to the HERALD
CONDITIONS.
l. The guesser must be subscriber the HERALD or
a member of the family of subscriber.
g. Guesses may be sent in any time and must be in
sealed envelopes, addressed mystery EDITOR, The
HERALD The let tcrs will be numbered in the order
their arrival and should than person guess the
right name the person whose letter first received will
get the first price, the second the second price, the third
the third prize. ::
g. Guesses must be accompanied by statement of the
for the guess, exceed 100 words length
Only one guess allowed to each person.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09

l.. How to Preserve the Teeth
To prevent the teeth decaying un
duly. brush well every morning, using
. good tooth powder and having a
little carbonate Of soda IN the water.
After each meal rinse the mouth Will
tepid water in which little carbonate
Of soda Is dissolved, and before retir-
ing at night brush the teeth again. Il
strong medicines have to be taken.
have them made up in the form Of pills
II possible, as tinctures of iron. acid
and so on have a bad effect on tl,s
enamel Of the teeth. a.ss So
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09
CHAPTER VII.

DARRENT MAKES A FRESH DISCOVERY.
It was the morning after the great
sensa 5ional trial. and Herbert Darrent
sat at his breakfast in the dining room
Of the Palace hotel Norcombe
The table he had selected was small
one by the window, and he sat there
neglecting his breakfast and moodily
staring out into the street. Then he be-
gan his meal, but his appetite seemed
to have deserted him
''Theatrical theatrical; that's ali,
he muttered to himself, as if in answer
to his secret thoughts. "Done for eff
feet. And he drank his coffee and
picked up the morning paper, only to
throw it down again, impatiently as the
displayed headlines caught his eye:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09
How to Pre.erve ia Teeth.s

TO BE Continued ,
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-29
CRY nREvIrIEs.

The Chatham Real Estate and I'm
proVemcnt Company has declared div
idcnd OF $50 per share on the stock o.
thc a and series payable ON nnd afscr
Jan 9
The First Dsstrc, Political club scrcn-
AIDED Mr }. g, slater. candidate for alder
man from the First district. at his place.
"a Congress ana Jefferson streets. last
night
Chemical Engine 80. ! aud NOT No q
should have been credited with cNtiu-
guishing the Gre at Oakman a O'Ncut 20
nu account OF which appeared In ycstcr-
day's Morning Nows The work was
quick and cicvcriy done. aud the members
Of tine company deserve credit for 81.
Two bugeics coIhdcd yesterday az the
Intersection OF Buli and Jones streets.
One was occupied bv Or Farmer ana hts
cotored driver. and the other Was driven
hy colored employc OF the STANDARD
OF Company The accident was the fault
~ both drivers. who were not sufficient
~ careful. DR. Farmers buggy was rath-
~ badly wrecked by the collision. but toe
horses were not injured seriously. aud
the occupants were fortunate in escap
iug without ANY hurts
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-29
Parcel. Post Aa,ocntea.

Braidentown, Fla. Dec. @-Edit0r
Morning News; Accepting your editorial
IN the Morning News Of yesterday on
Free Delivery on Parcels POST a. be-
ing substantially correct IN its conclu-
sions. that free delivery and the parcels
post would bring a large portion of the
articles We buy In country stores 10 MS
cheaper than local merchants could soil
such articles. n seems to me there can
be no reasonable doubt that for the roa-
son stated we may expect to see them es-
tablished ut no distant DAY. The class
opposed TO such cheapeuing Is 80 small
compared 10 the masses who do not only
want. but will have. such change
when they see the chance that IN the
nature OF things tho change must come
Any such pleading as you mention. that
certain dealers will be driven QUE Of bus
mess. will not avail. The people are
anxious 20 knock ae many middle men"
out as possible And they are right IN
50 doing. There is no justice in paying
men 10 do a thing az high profit when
others can perform the service az less
cost 20 consumers than by an old out-of-
cordance with the spirit Of the age. the
cheapening OF the necessarics and lux
uries Of life. There has always been
somebody TO oppose every Change OF the
kind. but such opposition never prevails.
and never should. Il Is through such
changes that poor people now enjoy many
comforts chat formerly were only In
reach OF the rich. and further hack WIS
not even TO be had by the richest. You
are right. free delivery s. very pop
ular with people whore Il has been
tried. and Q, affords an immense saving
where one man can deliver mail 20 a
large number Of people daily who would
lose valuable time 70 go for their mail
individually even once a week. and the
parcels post will naturally be- desired al
the more when people ina there q 50
much saved by not being compelled 10 go
from their homes for small articles that
can BE- brought 10 them so much cheaper
than for each one 70 go after them
Hence as 7 have said. these chlnges
are sure 20 come and the prospect o.
most gratifying one. Country life will be
made much more agreeable than formerly.
and anything that adds to the attractions
OF farm life as compared with residence
in towns D. a distinct gain ln the wei
fare OF the people who. we know. have
often left their country homes 10 their
great detriment. morally and Otherwise.
w. r. DriEcoll.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-29
Dccadence OF an ovcrcont

From the chicago Iftuuuc.
"Wherc do tho Oh ovcrcoate go9" II a
query mat o. natural successor % the
Old riddle. Where do the flies 40 IN win
tcrT' The old Overcodts seem somehow
10 fade away. no one knows just how.
The overcoat starts its career on the back
OF its owner who p1id So for a. u keeps
him warm ana shelters him from cold
winds aud from storms until II commences
10 get fraycd 40 the edges and the peck
ets are torn down the sides. Then the
owner uses the coat for ruiny-days only.
and no more does hc take q to call on HE
naucec or 10 rcclne on the back o. q
chair whiie no Is reading AZ the club. lie
keeps Il another summer ana the moths
get into o.. and when he takes n out In
tho fan IL has holes here ard there.
50 the owner gives % TO the jantor
II the janitor is not cold. hasighty man.
and the jauitOr wears ~ awhile until his
wife gives 70 10 tho tramp who wheeled
out the three barrels OF ashns. Tho tramp
wears IL until the old coat commences to
fan apart. Then he eives Il TO another
tramp. and IL falls apart sim more. AMI
thcn. some day. the coat has entlBc.y dis
appeared. SO one knows how or when.
The coat just simply fades away. That's
all anybody knows about q.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-29
Total In q states and terri
farfnn ..............stal ~

In addition 20 the mileage summarized
In the above table there have been huiit
= good many logging and private ROADS
which are OF temporary nature, AMI
which should not be counted as additions
10 the regular railway mileage or the
country.
The table indicates that the South and
Southwest continue 10 be the scenes Of
greatest activity. although there have
been many important Zines built IN the
West and Northwest Twenty-one states
ives; OF the Mississippi river have built
2.ii2 miles OF new line. or more than one
half OF the total for the entire United
States while the states cast OF the Mis-
sissippi and south OF the Ohio have add
81 .i6 miles
II the entire fifteen Southern states are
grouped together Il will he seen than they
show an added now mileage Of LIS miles
The New England states. with Pennsyl-
vania New York and New Jersey added
show an Increase Of 3ss miles while tho
Central Northern states % Wisconsin.
Michigan. Illinois. Indiana and Ohio have
added en- miles. The states IN which no
new road Is reported are Massachusciis.
Connecticut. Rhode Island. Delaware.
Kansas and Nevada.
Texas leads all other states in tho
Union with a total OF 3is miles. Pennsyl-
third with 81 miles Minnesota fourth.
with 81 miles. and West Virginia nf.h.
with as miles. These are the only states
showing an excess Of go miles In Texas
important extensions have hcen built by
the Southern Pacific International aud
Great Northern and Missouri. Kansas and
Texas. and there have been many short
lines constructed. The terrible storm
which swept over Texas some months
a.
property. seriously retarded railway con-
struciion in that state and prevented the
completion Of a considerable mileage
which n was expected 10 have ready for
operation by Jan. !. 1901.
4 large proportion Of tho new mileage
OF the year has been built by the great
systems OF the West and South as foi-
lows; Chicago and Northwestern, 2iO
miles. Burlington system. lsS miles. Chi
cago Milwaukee and St Paul. rs miles.
Southern Pacific. 10 miles. 81. Louis ana
san Francisco. 10 miles. Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific. le miles: Northern
Pacific i5i miles mot counting two short
extensions IN Manitobal. Chesapeake and
ohio, los miles seaboard Air Line. i0i
miles: burlington Cedar Rapldsy and
Northern, 100 miles: Atchison Topeka ana
Santa Pc System. ~ miles; Louisville aud
Nashville - miles: Gulf and Ship ISLAND.
50 miles. Central Of Georgia, - miles.
southern Railway. Is mii,-,; international
and Great Northern, % miles. Baltimore
ana ohio. q miles This makes a total Of
2.0s0 miles OF new lire built IN the interest
OF the seventeen companies named.
Railway building in the United States
reached Is maximum In 1881 when almost
1900 miles OF new lines were added. The
ranld falling OF Ia the succeeding ten
years and tho encouraging recovery ia
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-29
IT COSTS TO REoRGANIzE
Commerce Commission and Com
mon stock OF the southern.

Commerce Commission and Com
mon stock of the southern.
The Interstate Commerce Commission.
81 announcing a decision last week with
reference 60 certain rates charged to
Lynchburg. Dauville and other cities,
made a statement says the Louisville
Courier-Journal. which must have har-
rowed the feelings OF the stockholders Of
the old roads belonging 20 the Southern
Railway system. Tho commission. in iis
decision. which wac against the Southern
Railway. asserted that the si2oooOoo OF
common stock IN that road had never
had anything paid upon a. and finally,
that Il does not rest IN the within OF a
reorganization committee IN Wall street
go impose tax upon the whole southern
country"
As the Southern Railways common
stock was issued IN exchange for the
stocks OF tire old Richmond Terminal
system. the shares were paid FOR and
very dearly az that. AS any OF che Old
stockholders would bear witness. When
the reorganization was effected Il WAS iu
the darkest period OF railroad depression
and the moss that was expected In the
new company was 20 save the charges
on the old bonds. Most Of these bonds
we're assessed and the stocks were an
heavily taxed. The Richmond Terminal
shareholders had 10 pay SO a share and
the East Tennessee common stockholders
SID per share. and give up - per cent
OF their stockholders. The burden was
80 heavy and the Southern Railway com
mon stock offered In exchange appeared
50 valueless thas many holders would not
pay the assessments and threw the bur
den on the reorganization committee.
The rates complained OF by the citizens
Of Danville may have been too high. but
any man who has owned stock In re-
organized corporation viii bear tesii-
mony that che process Is costly one.
The common stock Of big industrial syn
dicates whose constituent companies were
bought out al high prices Is frequently
given away 20 che promoters. but IN the
ease OF bankrupt railroads tho reorgauizcd
shares. however worthless they may be.
have cost che original stockholders
great deal Of money.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-29

Editor Morning News: Allow me to eN-
press through the Morning News my
views on the White Blur Railroad pro-
,ert. under the head OF Danger 81 Mo-
oopoly." Shall we submit to monopo-
list IN dissuHe2 Shall we say that M-
Parsons and his workers are the only
narties who shall get a free franchise
f,e.., our cttyg II the resolution OF Mr..
plxon 10 auction on the street franchises
Tor railroad purposes should go into ef-
feet there would be- the Eravest danger
~ :, ,.;=.:.tlc sssenopoiy. greater than any
savannah ever had. or ever Will. Mr..
parsons Is "a the North. but his repre-
eanfatfyep ore at work in the South, ana
while our City Fathers are honorable men.
and viii DO an they can for the up-puild-
tho ~ our city. there o. o danger unde.-
lying this money Offering for a frauchiss
v,hirh a viii pay them 20 heed. They
viii come Tar short Of their aim II they
fau 10 grant Mr.. Lester and HE company
the franchise ne asks for. II means hun
8reIa OF thousands Of taxable property
"a our city. county and state. while " the
propositlon OF the other side is accepted
4, means only q few thousand dollars In
the city treasury. and the "nottiing up
~ ,u others VINO may come IN as a rival
~ 80 nresent system BE aware of this
r,oney Offering for 81 means monopoly
h mean the same OLD thing. the same
ga 40, In a new collar who Is mad for
aain. ana viii adopt almost any means %
accomplish 90.
ne aware city Fathers-there Il danger
Citizen and Tax Payer.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-29
the NEW ORLEANS RACES.
Chance. Gates and Trebor the Win
ming FnVorstcx.

New Orleans. Dec. 2s-Ben Chance. W.
h Gates and Trebor were the winning
favorites. The fourth race was declared
OF on account OF scratches and a six FUR
long sclAng race substituted.
First Rsce-Seling.s one mile. Dram
burg. to J.. won. with West Baden. 90
l. second. and Helen Paxton. Is to /. third.
Time l.t5ia.
Second Race-six furlongs Madeline c..
20 60 !. won. with Henry CLAY Rye. n 90
J. second. and Aisle NJ. Z to 2. third.
Time i.ieis
Third Race-SciIing one mile and one
eighth Ben Chance. n 10 o won. with
Little Boy Blue. 70 l. second aud False
Lead. 10 I. third. Time 2.O2.
Fourth 2ace-Sciiing, elk furlongs Al
p0ea. 70 :. won. with Avatar. to l.
second. and Lndy Contrary TO ]. third
Time i:lSia.
Firth Race-seven furlougs selling W
y. Gates. TO 8 won. with Haudcum. r
10 ]. second. and Judge Magec. = to I.
third. Time l.83.
sixth Rnce-One mile. Trehor. Q to s.
won. with Dan cupid to g. second. ana
Domadge. 20 ]. third. Time i:tsl.