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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

CHAPTER Several myst, ou< Geaih- have
occurred il the Moore house III Washington 1t
j. vacant. Uncle David Moore, prospective
heir n widowcr rcclu-c. lives across the street
HIS niece. Veronica Moore. in II fit OF caprice
opens the house Ia celebrate her wedding with
Francis jeffrey. \ supposed guest wac found
living dead il the fatal room before the ceremony
wa finished. When the story opens. tn house
j. again empty. and Uncle David notifies the 20
lice that light l. seen there al night. IA de
tcctiNe goes with Uncle David aud afi"f Ne"
from the outside concludes that there is some one
in the house. ~ummonug aid, he enters, while
Uncle David retires within his own home and
begins PLAYING the organ. The detective finds
the body Ga Il woman on the toor.in front OF Il
settle which has played part in pre- ions trs"e-
dies A pistol is attached TO her wrist b. Il n D.
bon. ia detective goes with Uncle David
and after a view from the outside con cludes
that there is some one in the house summon
ing aid, he enters. while Uncle David retires
within his own home and begins playing the
organ. The detective finds the body of a woman
on the floor in front of settle which has
played part in previous tragedies, A pistol Is
attached to her wrist by a ribbon. Hin an
upstairs room the detective finds burned matches,
candles, d rich wrap lying with the bridal bou-
Quet and a handkerchief marked ''Neronica,'
with dust upon 1t. On mantel are niger
marks il The dust and picture on the wall has
recently been busted. IN-Neronica's half sister,
Cora Tuttle, is strangely affected the scene of
fallen and stopped at 7:l3. Jeffrey comes in with
note from his wife sayinr that she did not
love him AS she thought. Mss Tuttle evidently
loves him. E-Uncle David takes the news
calmy He has candles in t he house, although
t is lit by gas.
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occurrence, SO they said, before the
fancy took her to be married in the Ill
starred home Of her ancestors.
The few lines Of attempted explana-
tton which she had left behind for her
husband. seemed to impose ON no one.
70 those 'who knew the young couple
well it.was an open proof Of her insan-
lty; to those who knew them slightly,
MS well as to the public at large, it was
anwoman's way Of expressing the dis
appointment she felt in her husband.
That / might the more readily de-
4ermine which Of these two theories
bad the drmest basis in fact I took
advantage Of an afternoon of and
slipped away to Alexandria, where,
pad been told, Mr.. jeffrey had courted
bit bride. l wanted a taste Of local
gossip, you see, and I got 1t. The air
was fully charged with 1t, and, being
careful not to rouse antagonism by an
nouncing myself detective, 1 readily
picked up many small facts. Brought
unto shape and arranged In the form Of
a,narrattve. the result was as follows:
I John Judson Moore. the father Of
Veronica, had fewer oddities than the
otheramembers Of this eccentric family.
1t was thought, however, that he had
shown some strain Of the peculiar in.
dependence Of his race when, in Sc.
iecting a wife. he let his choice fall on
widow who was not only incumbered
with child, but who was generally
regarded as the plainest woman In yir.
glnia-he who might have had the pick
OF southern beauty. But when in the
course of time this despised woman
proved to be the pOssessor of those vir.
tues and social graces which eminentlv
ntted her to conduct the large estab.
ishment Of which she had been made
mistress he was forgiven his lack OF
taste. Little more was said osshis no.
euiiarities until, his wife having died
and his child proved weakly, he made
the Will in his brothers favor which
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YEXT morning the city was in a
~ blaze Of excitement All the
IL burning questions Of the hour
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has since given that gentleman such
deep satisfaction.
WHY this proceeding should have
been 50 displeaSing to their friends re-
port SAYS not; but that it was SO Is
evident from the fact that great re-
joicinG took place on all sides when
Veronica suddenly developed into a
healthy child. and the probability Of
David Moore inheriting the coveted
estate decreased to n minimum. 1t
was not long rejoicing. however. for
John Judson followed his wife to the
grave before Veronica had reached her
tenth year, leaving her and her half
sister, Cora, to the guardianship of
grabbed old bachelor who had been his
morose and peevish, but he was never
positively unkind. For two years the
sisters seemed happy enough, when,
suddenly and somewhat peremptorily.
they We're separated, Veronica being
sent to western school, where she
remained. seemingly without a single
visit east. till she was seventeen.
buTllt, tulS lOllS HiSthCt .hiSS L Ut
tie resided in Washington. developing
under masters into an accomplished
woman. Neronica's guardian. severe
in his treatment of the youthful owner
of the large fortune of which he had
been made sole executor. was uneX-
pectedly generous to the penniless sis
ter. hoping perhaps in his close. pee
wish old heart that the charms and ac
quired graces of this lovely woman
would soon win for her Il husband in
the brilliant set in which she naturally
found herself. But Cora futile was
not easy to please. and the first men
Of Washington came and went before
her eyes without awakening In her
any special interest till she met Fran
:is Jeffrey, who stole her heart with a
sook.
TO BE CONTINUED,
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No Interruption Of the Ceremony Fol-
lows This CHASTITY Discovery, but
the Guests Fly In All Direc-
tons as Soon as the Nup-
tial Knot Is Tied.

1.-The festivities attendant upon the
wedding of Miss Veronica Moore to
Mr.. Francis jeffrey of this city met
with q startling check today. AS most
of our readers know, the long closed
house on Waverley avenue, which for
nearly a century has been in the pos
session of the brides family, was open
ed for the occasion at the express wish
of the bride. For a week the prepara-
tons for this great function have been
going ON. When Mt an early hour this
morning q line Of carriages drew up in
front Of the historic mansion and the
bridal party entered under its once
gloomy but now seemingly triumphant
portal, the crowds, which blocked the
street from curb to curb, testified to
the interest felt by the citizens of
Washington in this daring attempt to
brave the traditions which have mark
ed this house out as solitary and by a
scene Of joyous festivity make the
past forgotten and restore again to
usefulness the decayed grandeurs Of
an earlier time. AS Miss Moore Is one
"a w dShlAE, tOu AOSt WILL
en- and as this romantic effort natural
~ lent an extraordinary interest to the
ceremony of her marriage, a large
number Of our representative people
assembled to witness 1t, and by high
noon the scene was one of unusual
brilliancy.
Halls which had moldered away in
an unbroken silence for years echoed
again with laughter and palpitated to
the choicest strains Of the Marine
band. All doors were open save those
Of the lI5rary-an exception which
added pleasing excitement to the &C.
casion-and when by chance some Of
the more youthful guests were caught
peering behind the two Corinthian pill
lars guarding these forbidden precincts
the memories thus evoked were mo-
mentary and the shadow soon passed.
1.-THE wedding had been set for high
noon. and as the clock In the drawing
room struck the hour every head was
craned to catch the first glimpse of tho
bride coming down the old fashioned
staircase. But five minutes, ten min
utes, half hour, passed without this
expectation being gratified. The crowd
above and below We're growing rest
less when suddenly a cry was heard
from beyond the gilded pillars framing
the library door, and young lady was
seen rushing from the forbidden quar-
ter. trembling with dIsmay and white
with horror. 1t was Miss Abbott Of
Stratford Circle, who in the interim
Of waiting had allowed her curiosity
to master her dread and by one peep
into the room, which seemed to exer-
else over her the fascination of Blue
boards chamber, discovered the out
stretched form Of a man lying sense
less and apparently dead on the edge
Of the hearthstone. The terror which
instantly spread among the guests
shows the hold which superstition has
upon all classes Of humanity. Hap
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-30
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

Montgomery, November 29.-(speciaI)- The supreme court handed down the fol- lowing decisions today:
 Mcclellan, c. J.-J. A. Massey ct al vs. W. R. Oates, appeal from Birmingham city court, affirmed in part and reversed in part, and cause against Motion re- manded.
 w. R. Lowery. ct al vs. D. w. Baker, appeal from Cul1man circuit court, revers- ed and remanded Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, vs. c. W. H. Hinton, pro ami, appeal from Bessemer city court, af- firmed.
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad com pany vs. Kaufman & Co.,, appeal from Birmingham city court, affirmed.
 Tutwiler Coal. Coke and Iron com pany, vs Samuel L. Nall, appeal from Jefferson circuit court, affirmed
 Thomas J. Shea vs Patrick Manning, appeal from Mobile circuit court, af- firmed.
 The Central of Georgia Railroad com pany, vs. B. J. Cottle. appeal from Gov ington circuit court, affirmed.
 A. A. Gambill vs. L. A. Bonnie, appeal from Birmingham city court, affirmed.
 Haralson, J.-J. F. Hooper, vs The State of Alabama, appeal from Marshall circuit court. affirmed
 G. L. Alexander ct. al vs A. w. Goetz. ct. al, appeal from Mobile chancery court affirmed.
 Saphronia Chancellor vs A. l.. Feel ct. al, appeal from Pike chancery court, af- firmed.
 Dowdell J.-Mike Romano vs George w. Brooks, appeal from Bessemer city court, reversed and remanded.
 F. A. Bostick vs. J. c. Jacobs, et al appeal from Jackson chancery court af- firmed- Myer-Marx company vs Mayor and City Council of Ensley, appeal from Jeff ferson circuit court, reversed and rem dered.
 Southern railroad company vs. Lock wood Manufacturing company appeal from Jefferson circuit court, reversed and remahded.
 Frank 1T. Smith vs. Louis J. Smith ap- peal from Munroe chancery court, af- firmed.
 Denson, J.-Ex parte A. S. w. Bettis. application for writ of habeas corpus, the prayer of the petition is denied. Central of Georgia railway company vs. Caroline Larkin, appeal from Mont gomery city court, affirmed
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PAVING BIDS WANTED.

Sealed proposals, made in duplicate, will be received by R. s. Williams, city treas urer, Montgomery Alabama, until ls o'clock noon, Monday, December 19, 1904. for paving the sidewalks on both sides or Madison avenue. from the west side or Balnbridge street to the west side of Jackson street, according to specifications in the city engineers office. Bids to be accompanied by a certified check for two hundred and fifty dollars. City council reservlng the option to pay for said work in bonds st par value or cash; also re- serving the right to reject any and all bids.
 For paving the sidewalk on both sides of Mildred street. from the west side of Sayre street to the east side of Amanda street, according to specifications in the city engineers office. Bids to be ac- companied by a certified check for two hundred and fifty dollars. City council reservIng the option to pay for said work in bonds at par value or cash; also re- serving the right to reject any and all bids.
 For having the sidewalks on both sides of Hull street, from the south side of | Washington street to the north side of
 Jefferson Davis avenue, according to
 snecidcations in the city engineers office. | Bids to be accompanied by a certified
 check for two hundred and fifty dollars. 1 City council reserving the option to pay for said work in bonds at par value or cash: also reserving the right to reject
 any and all bids.
 For paving the sidewalks on both sides | of Monroe street. from the east side of | Bainbridge street to the west side of | Jackson street, according to specifications | in the city engineers office. Bids to be | accompanied by certified check for two hundred and fifty dollars. City council reserving the option to pay for said work l in bonds at par value or cash; also re-
 serving the right to reject any and all | bids. k. ;. WILLIAMS, | 11-9s-4t City Treasurer.
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Local and Personal.

Superintendent of Car Service Mason of the Selma Street and Southern Railway company has at last figured out a sched- ule for all of the cars and today all have been running on time. The service is consequently greatly improved.
 The remains of Mrs. w K. Yeatman who died In Aniston Sunday night were inferred at Plantersville this county at Il 80 this morning. Mrs Yeatman was Miss Vesta Welch a sister of MT. Horace Welch of this city and Rev. o. S. Welch of Demopolis. She was greatly loved by all who knew her and the news of her death was received in this community with much sorrow.
 Charles Burns, the young son of MT. w. w. Burns met with a painful acci- dent yesterday afternoon while riding along Lauderdale street on a bicycle. His wheel swerved in some manner and threw him on the low round pallngs surrounding Dr. DuBoses residence. One of the pa- lings pierced the boys leg inflicting a painful wound.
 Col W. P. Molette of Lexington pre- cinct was a distinguished visitor to Selma today.
 MT. ". J. Shirley, a former Dallas county citizen but now of Montgomery county, was in Selma today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-30
T. M. Thompson Is Dead.

Tuscaloosa, November % -(Special)- News has Just been received here from Taylorville announcing the death of T, M. Thompson, one of the most widely known citizens of this county. For a number of years he was deputy sheriff
 He was 67 years of age ard for thirty years had been member of the Gilgal Baptist church. He is survived by wife several sons and daughters. The funeral
 services wee conducted from the family residence Sunday afternoon by the Rev
 M. B. Stamps and the interment took place in lhe Thompson burying ground
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-30
ARBITRATION IS URGED.
Thomas Nelson Page Writes to the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce.

Huntsville, November 29 (SpeciaD-A letter from Thomas Nelson Page, secre- tary of the American conference on inter national arbitration, has been received by the Huntsville chamber of commerce with the request that the objects of the or ganization be endorsed. Mir. Page is send ing literature all over the country and hopes to arouse a strong sentiment in fa- vor of having this government adopt the policy of arbitration.
 "The adoption of a judicial method Of settling international controversies, v writes Mr. Page, lis of vital importance to the commercial business interests Of this country, since 1t will prevent in large measure those unsettled conditions so unfavorable to domestic and foreign trade which result from war or from the probability of war;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-30
EXPLOSION IN LAUNDRY.
Fifteen Working Girls More or Less
 Injured In New Orleans.

New Orleans. November 29.-An explo- sion of a gasoline machine in the Swiss laundry. 1o1O Gravier street, late this af- ternoon caused fire which quickly con- sumed the building and contents.
 Fifteen working girls were more or less injured by being burned or hurt in jump ing from the second story windows.
 The injured: Carrie Healy, Sophie suh- rens. Emma Gonzales, Annie Holman, Louise Holman, Tillie Yokum, Emma Yokum, Alice Gonzales, Miss Chandler Georgia Beecher, Lizzie Williams, Jessie Petty, Emma Singleton. Anna Vallier' Mary Bllzo.
 Loss by total destruction of laundry and damage to adjoining building estimated at S40, ,000; insurance light
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-30
TENNESSEE GO. IS
 BUILDING HOUSES
COTTAGES BEING ERECTED AT NO. 4 MINE OF THE PRATT CITY DI- vlsoN-PERsoNAL AND GEN. ERN.

Pratt City, November 20. (SpeciaD.- The Tennessee Coal, Iron and railway company is having thirty cottages built at Mine No. of the Pratt division for the mines to occupy.
 It seems to be the intention of the com pany to hlild houses at all of the mines in this diision. A few weeks ago forty of these cottages were built at No. 4 mine.
 The comIany now has mines, Nos. 1, 4 and in operation on the non-union plan and mines Nos. and 10 are being worked with convic labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-30
opeIlka Man for Chancellor.

Opelika, November 29.-(Special)- )-Today Chancellor w. w. Whitesides of Annis- ton appointed H. M. Wilson of this city register in chancery for Lee county. MT Wilson is one of the editors of the Ope. lika Daily News and has been register ir chancery for the past six years. That he has been an efficient official Is evi, denced in the fact that every lawyer 1T the county endorsed his application fol reappointment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-30
HAVE GOOD MEMORIES.
Negro Must Pay Fine After Staying
 Away a Year.

Florence, November 29.-(special)-Jim Brown, colored, who has been in hiding since last Christmas, returned home Sat- urday, only to find that the police had longer memories than he expected, and to receive warm welcome in the form of a fine in the police court
 Jim indulged in a little pistol practice just previous to his departure with an other negro for the target. His aim was bad, but Mayor Walker thought he had had S24 worth of fun, and Jim will have to work 1t out on the streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-30
Natchez Citizens Make Protest.

Natchez, Miss, November 29.-one hun dred merchants and representative clti- zens here today signed a letter to Pres ident Frances of the St. Louis world fair protesting against the phraseology of Governor Varadman's telegram to Presi- dent Francis, relative to the interest manifested by President Roosevelt in the Mississippi exhibit. Ths county gave vardaman a large majority in the state election and numbers of the men who signed the protest were among his sup porters.