Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-30
COLD BEFORE COAL.

Having believed in witches and Witchcra1t,
despite his education and refinement, ne
conceived the idea that certain persons
whom he believed to be witches We're re,
snonsible for the deaths of his children and
for other misfortunes to himself and MS
tribe. Having become under the influence
of whisky he went to the house of V1na
Coleman. an Indian woman accused her OF
being a witch and killed her with shot
gun. Up to that time he had been on most
friendly terms with her When he kliled
the woman he shot and wounded two chll-
dren one of them badly. Hotema next
mounted his horse and proceeded TO the
home of man he accused of being
witch. He shot this man to death. FRO
ceeding to another house, he killed another
woman. All the people killed were for
merly friends of Hotema and the whisky
and the idea of witchcraft caused the muir
ders
ATTORNEY General Knox says that no ra-
tional motive for the murders is shown,
and 1t seems to be established that the kill
ing was done under delusion. The papers
were submitted to DR.. A. B. Richardson
of the Government Hospital for the Insane
of the District DR.. Richardson reported
that while there was no evidence of insan-
ity outside of the belief in witches, the use
of whisky brought out racial character
istics Of brutal nature that had not been
obliterated by education. The savage char
acteristics were renewed and strengthened
by the use of intoXtcants.
Politics in North Dakota.
S. K. McGinnis, democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor of North Dakota, was
at the White House today. Talking of the
outlook in that state, he said
LAS to politics In North Dakota, the un-
expected may happen. Ten years ago the
fusion party carried the state by about
1000. The dissatisfaction then was mostly
confined to the district in that part Of the
state where Roger Allin lived. He after
ward became governor of the state NOW
the dissatisfaction in the republican party
is more general. In Minnesota Governor
Van SAINT early In the year commenced a
fight against the merger of the Northern
Pacific, Great Northern and Burlington rail-
roads He called a meeting Of the gov
ernors of the different states along the line
of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific
roads.
They all responded, agreeing to attend
the conference A few days before the date
arranged for the meeting a conference or
the bosses was called at the Merchants
Hotel in st. Paul, where all the states are
made, and candidates selected for the peo-
pie of North Dakota to vote for Governor
White was notified to attend the confer
ence Mckenzie Is the boss there as Quay
Is in Pennsylvania. These two states are
the twin relics of corruption so 70 speak
Quay's' man in Beaver, Pa, has been Sc
lected to succeed Judge Noyes in Nome.
The republicans generally were much cha
grined at Governor Whites faiiuie to at
tend the conference, and many of the re-
publican papers criticised him harshly for
his actions, and are now lukewarm In his
support if not openly in revolt against his
reelection.
mckenzie, as is well known, has recent
ly returned from Nome and San Francisco,
and has charge Of the campaign In North
Dakota as usual representing the corpora
ttons While Bismarck is obtensibly his
home, he spends his time without the state
in st. Paul and New York.
1.-THE Independent and democratic con-
vention nominated ticket which is gen.
orally admitted to be strong. The nominee
for governor, Joe Cronan, is an old timer
and personally popular"