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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-07-07

H. S. llougan, OF Wilmnl, Is in tho
City today
VIM. Gar. the machine man. OF
Fargo, was in lhc city part of the
week
Walilch and Plut have had two
new awnings put up on then build
Mrs. Matthews Hnd Mrs. Gee went
down To l;ig Stoue Wcdnrs lay for an
outing Az !e lake.
Is T.. DpSal came no from PccVeH
to cake IN the Red Mems hall game
last Saturday.
Frank Goslinc is now officiating as
mixeroIogist III Mac IIuSban's DRINK
dispensary.
II. O. Pearson and family returned
Wednesday, fro.A a weeks camping at
Big stone Lake.
G. w. Garrison went to WaubaN
Monday to play with the Waubay
band during the 4th.
John G. Perkins and family spent
the Fourth at Wimol, with Mr.
Perkins father.
Andrew Warwick has "A game hand
as the result OF undue fam lllarity
with Roman candle.
Mrs Bert IRIunmiiall and Mrs. W.
]. PulveI, of lrcver were shopping in
the city last SATURDAY,
Mrs Brooks, of Washington state,
arrived in town last Saturday to visit
her daughter Mrs John Wolfe.
II. O. strand returned last Friday
from two weeks vlSt to friends
and relatives in the TwiG Cities.
fora Belgium. cashier Of the Rob
ertS County State Bank, of Corona.
was business visitor in town ycstcr-
day.
j. II. Reed who hustles subscrip-
tionS for the ST.. Paul Dlspalch was
boasting the circulation of that sheet
in town last Saturday.
Matt OpitZ. John Peterson. S. III.
RenNille and Charles Norton were
among the Pecver contingent who
were in the city Monday.
Judge ID. Prinderville and wife re
turned last Monday trom an extended
visit to Plymouth and Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
Martin 9pitz. of Eden Township
was i.l the city Monday on his way u
Peevcr to visit The family of his bro
ther Matt.
Hazel McColman and Carrie Viii
son went to Simpson Park slouday tt
attend Summer School. They were
chaperuncd by Mrs. Stevens.
Remember that your dollar Will &,
long ways at the Remnant Sale
FridaN Saturday and Monday. Pecv-
CT GOrham Mercantile Company.
y. w. Lindquist, of Wilmot ant
Rob liowcll> came up from Wilmo
Sunday with the automobile, an'
Monday A. w drove to Veblen.
Miss Ida Human, OF the STAND
ARD force lett Monday for a fey
weeks visit with relatives IN Crane
Forks. North Dakota.
After Il mouth spent at Excelsior
Hot Springs. A. u. Paulson is Lac
behind the desk at the Reservation
State Bank He is much improves
IN health as Il result OF It's trip.
1hos. Casey and family left Wed
ncsday for Mohall, n. ID. for a yisl
after which they will 90 to Gracevill
where they cXpect to reside in tn
future.
The Indian payment which was I
have begun Wednesday was postpon
ed on acconn. of the death of Seer,
tary HAY All departments of tn
government ia all parts.ot the Unite
States m",. closed mnllI after til
funeral.
Ex-sherlH Dahl, ot Vernon. was
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-07-07

Lost, strayed or stolen from the
pasture at Good Will about Tuesday
June l3th,one four year old bay mare
with white star on forehead and
brand IL o. on hip. A suitable
reward will be paid for return
same, d. u. EVANS,
Good Will, S. d.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-07-07

The dates of slic county lair to be
held at SiSScton are September 20.
2l and 22
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-07-07

The above are only a few of the bar
gains we have to offer in shoes and we can
only convince you of what great bargains
they are when YOU call and see lhe goods
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28

oner as he took the paper. Better than usual. Are you ready, MT. Sin gleton?''
 "Yes." said the district attorney. "Oh, wait minute" he added, and he got up and came down to our table. You're going to put Miss Holladay on the stand, suppose
 And expose her to all thisT And our junior looked around the room. Not if I can help itr'
 T don't see how you can help 1t. An alibi's the only thing that can save her from being bound over"
 wen cross that bridge when we come to it." retorted Mir. Royce. T think the case against her will soon die of hamilton"
 "Oh, very we'll" And Singleton abruptly went back to his desk, biting his mustache thoughtfully. He had made something of reputation, since his election a year before, as a solver of abstruse criminal problems and had secured a conviction in two or three capital cases which had threat ened for time to baffie the police. He evidently scented something of the same kind here or he would have in- trusted the case to one of his as- slstants. It might be added that, while his successes had made him immensely popular with the multitude, there had been about one or two of them a hint of unprofessional conduct, which had made his brethren of the bar look rather askance at him.
 He nodded to the coroner after a moment, the room was called to order and the first witness summoned
 It was Rogers, the confidential clerk. l knew Rogers, of course; had talked with him often in a business way and had the highest respect for him. He had been with Mir. Holladay much lon ger than I had been with Graham & Royce and had, as Mir. Graham had pointed out, an unimpeachable reputa- tion.
 There were the usual preliminaries- name, age. residence. and so on, Coro- ner Goldberg asking the questions. He was a really good cross examiner and soon came to the core of the matter.
 What is the position of your desk in Mir. Holidays officer he asked.
 There Is an outer office for the clerks; opening from that a smaller room, where my desk is placed. Open ing from my room was Mr. Holidays private office"
 Had MT. Holidays office any other doorf-'
 "No. sir
 Could entrance be had by the win dows?-
 The windows open on the street side of the building. We occupy Q part of the eighth foo"
 ''The fire csr4-os~-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28
The Democrat adopts no fly-by.night schemes to increase Its circu- lation.
Has the coroner arrived yetY my

Has the coroner arrived yetg' my companion asked one of the clerks.
 "Yes, sir; he's in his private office"
 twill you take him this card and say that I'd like to see him at once, if possible?''
 The clerk hurried away with the card. He was back again in a mo- ment.
 This way, sir" he called.
 We followed him across the room and through door at the farther side.
 "Ah, Mir. Royce, glad to see you" cried the coroner as we entered. "We tried to find you last night, but learned that you were out of town, and I was just calling up your office again"
 Miss Holladay asked for me, then?'
 ''Yes, at once. When we found we couldn't get you, we suggested your senior, but she said she'd wait till you returned"
 I could see our juniors face crimson with pleasure.
 You didn't think 1t necessary to con fine her, trustT' be asked.
 "oh, no. She wasn't disturbed. She spent the night at home-under sur veillance"
 'That was right Of course it's sim ply absurd to suspect her"
 Goldberg looked at him curiously.
 T don't know, Mir Royce he said slowly. "If the evidence turns out as think it will, shall have to hold her the district attorney expects it."
 Mir. Royce's hands were cIutching a chair back, and they trembled a little at the coroner's words.
 Hell be present at the examina- tion, then?' he asked.
 "Yes: we're waiting for him. You see. it's rather an extraordinary case.
 "Is it?'
 "we think so, anyway said the cor oner, just trifie impatiently.
 I could see the retort which sprang to our juniors lips, but he choked it back. There was no use offending Goldberg.
 T should like to see Miss Holladay before the examination begins.' he said. ''Is she presentT
 She's in the next room, yes. You shall see her. certainly. at once. Ju- lias, take Mir. Royce to Miss Holladay," !" he added to the clerk
 I can see her yet. rising from her chair with face alight. as we entered, and I saw instantly how I had mis- judged her She came a step toward us. holding out her hands impulsiveiy: then, with an effort. controlled herself and clasped them before her.
 'Oh. but I'm glad to see you," she cried in a voice so low could scarcely hear it. I've wanted you so much.''
 1t was my great misfortune that could come no sooner" said my chief. his voice trembling a little despite him
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28

self. TT sca-eely expected to see yor here with no one
 "Oh," she interrupted, there was nc one I cared to have My friends have been very kind-have offered to do any ] thing-but I felt that I wanted to be 1 just alone and think. I should have liked to have my maid, but
 "She's one of the witnesses, I sup pose" explained Mir Royce. "Well now that I'm here, I shall stay until I've proved how utterly ridiculous this charge against you is." 1 She sank back into her chair and looked up at him with dark, appealing l eyes.
 You think you canF' she asked.
 Can! Certainly I can! Why, it's toe preposterous to stand for a moment We've only to prove an alibi-to show that you were somewhere else, yon know, at the time the crime was com mitted-and the whole business falls to pieces in an instant You can dc that easily, can't your
 The color had gone from her cheeks again, and she buried her face in her hands.
 T don't know" she murmured indis. tinctly T must think. Oh, don't let it come to thatr' was puzzled. confounded. With her good name, her life perhaps, in the bal ance, she wanted time to think I could see that my chief was astonished too.
 "I'll try to keep it from coming to that, since you wish it" he said slow ly. 'I'll not be able to call you. then, to testify in your own behalf-and that always hurts-but hope the case will break down at once. I believe it will. At any rate, don't worry. I want you to rely on me"
 She looked up at him again, smiling.
 T shall" she murmured softly. I'm sure could desire no better cham pionr"
 We'll plainly. if he won this case he would win something else besides. think even the policeman in the corner saw 1t. for he turned away with dis cretion rare in policemen and pretend ed to stare out of the window.
 I don't know what my chief would have said His lips were trembling so he could not speak for the moment, and just than there came a tap at the door, and the coroner's clerk looked in.
 "We're ready 10 begin. sir" he said.
 "Very well. cried Mr. Royce. "Fll come at once. Goodby for the mo ment. Miss Holladay I repeat. you may rely on me" and be hastened from the room as confidently as though she had girIed him for the battle. h. stead. I told myself. she had bound him hand and foot before casting him down into the arena.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28
CHAPTER IL

"HE outer room was crowded
 from end to end and the at
 mosphere reeked with unpleas-
 ant dampness. Only behind the little railing before the eoroner's desk was there breathing space. and we sank into our seats at the table there with a sigh of relief.
 One nerer realizes how many news papers there are in New York until one attends an important criminal case that brings their people out in droves and svarmS The reporters took up most of the space in this small room. Paper and pencils were everywhere in evidence. and in one corner there was q man with a camera stationed. de terniued. l suppose. to get e photo graph of our client should shs be called to the stand. since none could be ob- tzined h any other war.
 I saw Singleton. the district sttor- ney. come in and sit down near the coroner. and then the jury filed h from tbeir roon and took their seats I examined them. man by man. with some little anxiety. but they all seemed intelligent and fairly vel to do Mir. Royce vas boxing over their names. and he ehecked them od carefully ss fas clerk called the roll Then he hand ed the list up t0 the coro1er vitb . Httie nod
 Co shesd-- he said ~TheF.re aTl rEhf E1e&-tbsy look all rieht-
 -Irs . good jury. repIled fhe CT
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28
"Ts this the knffefn he osked.

"Is this the k1ffef" he asked. the departure of the woman before you went back into the inner officer
 Not more than three or four min utes. thought perhaps Mfr. Holladay was getting ready to accompany his daughter, and I didn't wish to detaln him"
 And you found him, as you say, lying forward across his desk with knife in his throat and the blood spurt- ing out. Did you recognize the knife?"
 Yes, sir. It was his knife-a knife he kept lying on his desk to sharpen pencils with and erase and so on.s
 Sharp, was it2'
 Tt had one long blade, very sharp, sir"
 The coroner picked up knife that was lying on the desk before him.
 "Is this the knifeT" he asked.
 Rogers looked at 1t carefully.
 That's the knife. sir" he sah, and 1t was passed to the jury. When they had finished with 1t, Mir. Royce and examined 1t. It was an ordinary one bladed erasing knife with ivory han de. It was open, the blade being about two inches and half in length, and, as I soon convinced myself, very sharp indeed
 "Will you describe Mir. Holladay's positionr continued the coroner.
 ''He was lying forward on the desk, with his arms outstretched and his head to one side"
 And there was a great deal of bloodT'
 "oh. a great deall Some one appar- ently had attempted to check .t, for a little distance away there was a hand. kerchief soaked in blood"
 The coroner picked up a handker- chief and handed it to the witness.
 ''Is that the handkerchief7'' he asked.
 "Yes, slr,p said Rogers, after a mo- ment.
 'Is it mans or a woman's handker- chiefT'
 ''oh, woman's. undoubtedlyT
 The jury examined it, and SO did we. It was a small square of fine cambric, with no mark that I could see, soaked through and through with blood-un- occasionally q woman's handkerchief. Then Rogers told the rest of the story how be had summoned aid and in- formed the police
 Now. Mir. Rogers" said the coroner. when he had finished, there is one point more. Has there been anything fin your knowledge of Mfr. HoIladay or his business to suggest the idea of sui- cide?''
 The witness shook his head decid- edy.
 ''Nothing whatever. sir," he said pos itively. "His business was prospering. he was happy and contented- d-why, hs was planning for a trip abroad with bis daughter"
 "Let us suppose for q moment" con- tnued Goldberg. '-that he did actually stab himself in his daughters pres ence. What would you naturally er- pect her to dof"
 'I should expect her to give the alarm-to summon aid" replied Rog- CTS.
 Certainly = unquestionabIy.- And
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28

"Tm glad to see you!" she cried.
 lionaire as one of the most successful operators in Wall street, but personal ly as well. since he had been a client of Graham & Royce for twenty years and more. He was at that time well on toward seventy years of age, I should say, though he carried his years remarkably we'll His wife had been long dead, and he had only one child, his daughter Frances, who must have been about twenty five. She had been born abroad and had spent the first years of her life there with her moth CT, who had fingered on the Riviera and among the hills of Italy and Swift zerland in the hope of regaining a health which had been failing, so I understood, ever since her daughters birth. She had come home at last bringing the black eyed child with her, and within the year was dead.
 Holladay's affections from that mo- ment seemed to grow and center about his daughter, who developed into tall and beautiful girl-too beautiful, as was soon apparent, for our junior partners peace of mind. He had met her first in a business way, and after ward socially, and all of us who had eyes could see how he was eating his heart out at the knowledge that she was far beyond his reach, for 1t was evident that her father deemed her worthy of brilliant marriage-as in- deed she was. 1 sometimes thought that she held herself at like value, for though there was about her a con- stant crowd of suitors none of them seemingly could win an atom of en- couragement. She was waiting, I told myself, waiting; and had even pie tured to myself the grim irony of a situation in which our junior might be called upon to arrange her marriage settlements.
 The cab stopped with a jolt, and looked up to see that we had reached the Criminal Courts building. Mir. Royce sprang out, paid the driver and ran up the steps to the door, I after him. He turned down the corridor to the right and entered the room at the end of it. which recognized as the office of Coroner Goldberg A consid- erable crowd had already collected there.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28

glanced up and bowed Tn fact. I didn't see her face at all, for she had lowered her veil"
 Her yeilg' repeated the coroner. You hadn't mentioned that she wore a veil" No, sir; when she came into the of- flee she had lifted it up over her hat brim-you know how women do" "Yes-so you saw her face distinctly when she entered !"
 "Yes, sir.p " But when she went out she had lowered her veil. Was 1t a heavy oneY
 Why. sir" the witness hesitated, just an ordinary veil, should say" But still heavy enough to conceal her faceP
 "Oh, yes, sir"
 The coroner nodded. ''Now, Mir. Rogers, how long time elapsed after
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28

6be HoHadaY CaSe


fellows story, depend upon it. Come on, Lesterp
 snatched up pen and paper and fol lowed him to the elevator In a mo ment we were in the street. There were cabs In plenty now, disgorging their loads and starting back uptown again. We hailed one, and in another moment were rattling along toward our destination with such speed as the storm permitted. There were many questions surging through my brain to which I should have welcomed an an- swer. The storm had cut of my pa per that morning, and I regretted now that had not made more determined effort to get another. A glance at my companion showed me the folly of at tempting to secure any information from him, so I contented myself with reviewing what already knew of the history of the principals.
 I knew Hiram W. Holladay, the mur- dered man. quite well, not only as ev- cry New Yorker knew that multimil-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28

No Lottery CT Chance Schemes to attract Transient Readers for a Few Days.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
A rev Suggestions as TO the Proper Thing
When Dining in Society.

A rev Suggestions as TO the Proper Thing
When Dining in Society
Don't butter bread when eat,
ing soup.
Don't leave your spoon IN the
cup when drinking or at any 9th.
er time.
Don't wash your hands in your
finger bowl. Dip the tips of your
fingers into the water, and dry
them on the corner of your nap.
kin, advises American Queen.
Don't take seeds from your
mouth with your fingers, except
when eating grapes, IN which
case the seeds are extracted from
the pulp while the skin is held at
the mouth and are removed with
it.
Don't open the mouth while
chewing, thus avoiding a noise
made by the lips, which is an un-
necessary and unpleasant inGlc.
tion upon others.
Don't insist upon ones having
a second helping. Take it for
granted that your guests know
their own mind; that in fact, she
is not dihident child and would
be apt to accept, or even ask for
more if she wanted il.
Don't entertain your friend
with the price of foods and your
experiences in marketing, and
don't tell her, for instance, that
the charlottes We're five cents
a pound, or that you had to pay
q cents a pound for the chops
she is eating.
When invited out don't take a
critical survey Of the table. scru-
tinizlng each object as If more
from curiosity than from interest.
Expressions ofpleasure or delight
at tacle decorations are, however,
always appreciated by the host
ess.
Lastly, don't forget that these
little observances are founded up
on good taste, convenience and
kindness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
SOCIETIES

ODD -M'ConnellsburgL Lodge
No. 744 meets every Friday evening In
the Comerer Building in McConnells-
burg.
Fort Littleton Lodge No. 4S4 meets
every Saturday evening in the Cromer
building at Fort Littleton.
Wells Valley Lodge No. 6O7 meets
every Saturday evening in Odd Eel
lows Hall at Wells Tannery.
Harrisonville Lodge No. 7Ol meets
every Saturday evening In Odd Eel
lows Hall at Harrisonville.
Waterfall Lodge No. J73 meets ey-
cry Saturday evening In Odd Fellows,
Hall at w aterfall Mills.
Warfordsburg Lodge No. 6Ol meets
in Warfordsburg every Saturday
evening.
King Post G. A. r.. No. 1865 meets in
McConnellsburg in Odd Fellows Hall
the first Saturday in every month at /
p. m.
Royal Arcanum, Tuscarora Council.
No. l2l, meets on alternate Monday
evenings in p. o. S. of A. Hall. in
McConnellsburg.
Washington Camp No. 497, p. o. S.
A., OF New Grenada, meets every Sat
urday evening In p. o. S. of A. Hall.
Washington Camp, No. 554, p. O.S.
OF A., Hustontown, meets every Satur.
urday evening in p. o. S. of A. Hall.
John Q. Taylor Post G. A. r., No.
0e9, meets every Saturday, on or lust
preceding full'moon in Lashley hall,
at 2 p. M, at Buck Valley.
Woman's Relief Corps, No. 80
meets at same date and place at 4 pm.
Gen. ID. b. McKibbin Post No. 4O2,
@. A. s., meets the second and fourth
Saturdays in each month at Pleasan
Ridge
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
SOMg VSLS Or s0kAN.


4 In sudden hoarseness or loss
of voice from colds relief may be
obtained by d'ssolving and par
italy swallowing a lump of borax
the size Of pea, says Woman S
Home Companion. Borax may
be busted on a Scald or wet burn
ed surface. Itls nice for clean
ing the teeth aud to sweeten the
breath, and little added TO hard
water renders il much nicer for
bathing purposes. Equal parts
of powdered orris root, borax,
prepared chalk aud one-siXth as
much soap make fine dentifrlce.
There is no better remedy Tor
dandrulf than a wash of one ounce
each of boraX and camphor to 1 }
pints of cold water. Scurf may
be removed from the baby'5 head
by rubbing on a little borax, and
then washing with soap and wat
er. Use one tablespoonful Of bor-
AK to one gallon of water for wash.
ing wooleu fabrics; it makes bet
ter lather when dissolved in hot
water, For Washing silk hand.
kerchiefs and gloves borax may
be used instead of soap. 1t is al
so nice for cleaning hairbrushes.
When meat is ready to hang up,
wash 1t IN water as hot as you
can bear it on your hands, then
carefully cover the flesh side With
powdered borax, and you will not
be troubled with bugs or worms.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-17

"Do your business on the in
stallment plan ?" he asked Of the
tailor.
The tailor looked dubious, for
he knew Something of the man.
Howe |er, he finally admitted that
he did business that way.
"In that case" said the Gus
toner, 81 would like to get a suit
of clothes on the installment
plan"
"All right" said the tailor,
but, Of course, you understand
what our lnstallment plan is. "
Isn't 1t like all others ?"
mot at all. You see, we de.
liver the clothes by installments.
and your first payment will Just
about cover the vest. When you
make the next payment you will
get the trousers, and when the
bill Is paid we will deliver the
coat" "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
PLEASANT RIDGE.

Mrs. John Lake and daughter,
Goldie, spent one day last week
with Mrs. Sarah Funk.
U. w. Kline Is making shingles
for "Davy" Kline.
Quite a mum Der of our people
attended Baptism at the Sideling
Hill Christian church.
Last Sunday Fl. H. Strait and
wife, and EphraIm Mellott and
daughter were called over to
Franklin county to attend the
funeral Of Mrs. Straits brother
Daniel Cunningham, who was
born in this county.
Mrs. Frances Menott spent
last Sunday at Lewis Mellott's.
Mrs. Morgan Deshong is on the
sick list.
Messrs. Mellott & Shives have
finished saving at Lake Garland IS
and VIII move next to Squire
Garland's.