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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-03
THE
BrangWyn Mystery
CHAPTER xx.-(Continued.)

She found herself walking at IN un-
wonted pace, in keeping with her w
agitated reflections. She checked her
self, but only for an instant. Before
she knew it her hasty feet again be-
trayed the disorder OF her mind. She
betook herself to a shaded seat, and
compelled herself to stiffness. Every
watch in the vain belief that half an
hour had passed away. Her head
ached, and she felt a half-hungry
nausea, and the very spirit of unrest
was in her feet, but she held herself
resolutely in leash, and made the most
Of patience, as women can, and have
to do so often.
At last, when there was some reas-
enable hope that a message might
have been dispatched, she sauntered
back to the house, yearning to break
into a run at every lingering step. No
message yet. No message yet for the
longest half-hour she had ever known,
and then a wheeled emissary from the
local postoffice with a'yellow encelope
in his wallet. She was sitting in the
open hall and went leisurely to meet
him as he dismounted.
For me?" she asked.
Eyes, madam" said the messenger,
with his hand at the salute.
She opened the envelope with a
purposed deliberation and read the
messake.
mo answer, thank you"
THANK you, madam"
The message consisted OF four
words only: Message from Mr..
Alexis"
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AND MARRIAGE
WEDDINGS OF CONVENIENCE
AMONG THE POOR.
In Union Of Wealthy Couples True
Love Is More often the Motive
Than People Think, Declares
Margaret Sangster.
BY MARGARET e. SANGsTER.

Copyright, 1906, by Joseph e. Bowles.)
The marriage OF convenience so far
as u country is concerned, is an ex-
otto. Abroad, in those European coun-
tries where parents arrange marriages
for their children with financial con-
siderations influencing the contract,
such marriages are by no e up-
common, In the old lands Of the east,
ancient customs still prevail, and al
though oriental parents may not know
the phrase, they have the thing itself.
are a great deal for sentiment. Those
who have had opportunities for OBJ
servation, insist that Englishmen are
more romantic and make love with
more passionate fervor than Ameri-
cans, although there is greater pru-
dence on the part Of the English in
arranging for the future in the matter
of settlements than has ever been the
fashion here.
For example, an English mother
takes for granted the fact that her
young daughters will attract lei who
shall desire to marry them. With
wise tact she does what she can to
bar the path of detrimentals and to
insure her girls against falling in love
with men who may not be able to sup
port them in comfort. If, however,
the love-making occurs in defiance of
her precautions, she is not averse to
an engagement, with marriage some
distance in the future.
Young people across the sea often
wait patiently for years until the time
ome when they may marry with the
prospect of living and bringing up a
family in responsibility and independ,
ence.
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Draft Animals Unnecessary.

Senator Cullom came out OF the
capitol and signaled for his carriage
AS the driver came up the senator
looked at his horses critically.
John" he said to the coachman
I'VE have got to do something fol
these horses. They are too thin. They
are out of condition. Why, | was no
ticing Secretary Taft's horses the 9th
er day, and they are nice and big and
glossy and fat"
Deed, boss" broke in the coach
man, looking at the thin figure of Sen
t Cullom, I'VE don't need no such
horses to haul US as Mr.. Taft does
nohow.'
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One Vie Wof It.

After all, the old saying, There's
always room at the top doesn't mean
anything"
Unless" replied the travelling man.
1T means that the lower berths In the
sleeper are usually taken before you
get there"
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In society Of a different order and
higher type, marriages Of convenience
are frankly spoken of by friends and
relatives, although delicacy may draw
a veil over the revelations of families
Immediately involved. There are es-
tates that, in the view of p%rovident
parents, should be united. and when
the heir to one marries the heiress of
another an ideal consummation seems
to be reached. Wealth, with some sem
timental exception, is attracted to and
by wealth. The son of a rich man is
very likely to pay his court to the
daughter Of another owner of millions,
and thus great fortunes increase in
bulk and great houses rise in Hagnif-
cence.
These marriages are not necessarily
Influenced by what we call convent
ence. There Is no apparent reason
why two young people accustomed
from the cradle to ease and luxury and
the advantages in travel and educa.
ton naturally resulting from the pos
session Of large means, should not
sincerely love each other aid be con-
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Speaker Cannon a Runner.

Speaker Cannon. who is nearly II
years old. ran half a block for a
street a He caught it and, climb.
ing aboard. was met by Senator Car
ter Of Montana.
That's pretty good for an old
man." Senator Carter said.
"Oh, I'm good for a run any day,
Notwithstanding Mr.. Gompers," said
the speaker.
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A Rabid View,

Now, professor" said Miss Kay,
you know something Of human ma
ture; at what age does the average
man Of intelligence marry?"
"Dotage!" promptly replied the
Grabbed old fellow.
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Simple in design, but exceedingly eff.
f~ective, Is a costume Of j~acqueminot
red broadcloth, with plated skirt. The
natty little jacket Is a triie longer
than the regulation Elton and has a
close-ftting vest which fastens with
braid and buttons are also profusely
used on jacket and sleeves-the latter
quite wide at elbow. where they end.
The hat nearly matches in color and
the sole decoration is a velvet scarf
around crown and an immense rose
in beautiful red shades placed in
front.
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With us, among very young people,
there Is often little discretion and lit
tie notion Of what expenses marriage
may bring. AS years multiply. people
grow prudent. A man of 30 and a wo-
man of 2S are much more likely to con
slider ways and means than a girl of
Is and a youth of 81. To the latter, a
~twelvemonth appears a big piece IL
out of life, and they have no patience
to wait until the man is earning
enough to support a wife and children.
Perhaps this republic is the only spot
on the civilized globe where people
rush into marriage without the reiec-
ton that marriage is the founding of
a family, and that children are sure,
or almost sure to come, bringing with
them their claims and the manifold
expenses that will increase from in
fancy to adolescence.
While marriage should never be for
IN instant thought of unless there Is
true love to bind the parties in a union
that only death can break, still love by
itself will not build a fire or pay rent
or provide meals. Love is enough for
happiness, and happiness cannot exist
without it, and yet there is always
danger that love may wither like a
flower parched and athirst, If the strain
of poverty be too great.
Speaking of the strain of poverty. It
is less dreaded by the extremely poor,
whose requirements are few, than by
those whose standards are more ex-
acting. Thousands Of immigrants are
contented with mere food and shelter.
A writer on social topics described.
a year or two ago, what she called a
marriage of convenience in the East
Side of New York. The two young
people were a newsboy and an orphan
girl. The latter had been turned adrift
by an old woman who had brought her
up. She had nowhere to go, and John,
who was her lover, had nowhere to
take her, but he managed TO secure a
tiny lodging In a tenement and, with
a cot and a washstand, a secondhand
stove, and an empty soap box for a
chair, they started housekeeping, hav-
ing gone to a magistrate and been
married. This was a marriage Of con-
v%enience on the lowest plane.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-18
FORD TRIAL ON ONCE MORE
Six Jurors, Subject to Peremptory
Challenge, in the Box-Ques-
ton Put to Masons.

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-THE first day
of the second bribery trial of former At
torney General TREY L. Ford, chief coun-
sci for the United Railroads, compassed
the examination of sixteen veniremen, of
whom six Were accepted, subject to per-
emptOry challenge, and ten were dismiss
ed, mostly for declaration of bias
Though the day was without sensations,
it was not devoid of incident Chiefly no
tably among the questions asked by As
sstant District Attorney Heney, who con-
Quoted the examinations for the people,
was a query as to whether the venireman
was willing to vote for conviction on cir
cumstantial evidence alone, provided it
satisfied him of the defendants guilt As
it has been made plain that Abe Ruef IS
the one witness who can transform the
Ford case from a purely circumstantial
into direct case this reiterated question
of Heney's may mean that Ruef is not to
be called. The failure to call him in the
first trial of Ford is thought to have pro-
voked mistrial.
The defense elaborated a bold line of in
quiry started by Heney when Masons
among the panelmen were tested as to
whether Ford's membership in that order
would influence them in his favor. One
thought ii would and another declared il
would not.
The work of selecting jury will be re-
sumed tomorrow morning The prosecu-
ton is entitled to five arbitrary chal-
lenges, the defense to ten. None will be
exercised until twelve men have passed
the statutory qualification tests and the
hOX is full
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WORK FINISHED
AND RECORDED
Final Act of the Peace Confer
ence Adopted and Set
Down in Minutes.

The Hague. Oct. i7.-The peace confer
ence today adopted its final act. which
was recorded in the minutes, as follows:
THE second International Peace con-
ference first proposed by the president of
the United States, having been through
the invitation of his majesty, the emperor
of all the Russias, convoked by her maj
esty the queen of The Netherlands, met
June 10, with the mission to further de-
velop the humanitarian principles Wnch
were the basis of the work Of the first
conference.
''In a series of sittings. in which the
delegates were constantly animated by a
desire to meet the intentions OF the inltla-
tor of the conference, as well as OF those
of the governments participating. the fol-
lowing conventions were agreed upon for
the signatures of the plenipotentiaries:
y. The peaceful regulations of inter-
national conflicts.
so. Providing for an international peace
court.
% Regulating the rights and duties of
neutrals on land
"a Regulating the rights and duties of
neutrals at sea-
''5. Covering the laying of submarine
mines.
g. The bombardment of towns from
the sea.
q. The matter of the collection of con-
traCtual debts.
IS The Transformation of merchantmen
into warships.
20. The treatment of captured crews
10 The invioability of fishing boats
III. The inviolability of the postal SER
"12 The application of the Geneva con-
vention and the Red Cross TO sea war
fare. and
''1S. The laws and customs regulating
land warfare.
1.-The right to sign these conventions
will be open until June 30, 1903
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SALT LAKE MAN HONORED
Allen H. Burt Chosen Vice President
OF International Organization
of Street Car EMPLOYEES

WORD received in Salt Lake last evening
is to the effect that a Salt Lake man has
been honored at the international con.
ventlon OF street car men at New Orleans
-AHen ii. Burt, sent by local division No
5Sz, was elected fifth vice president In
Iilost cases NTH vice president doesn'
count LOT very much but when it is
known what he is fifth vice president of
audeu Importance is given to the selec-
tlon- MI: Burt will be vice president OF
the Amaigamated Association of Street
ana Electric Railway Employees of Amer
lea When he comes home he will be the
International representative which office
or position carries with il no small degree
of authority.
Mr.. Burt. went to New Orleans with the
determination to bring to Salt Lake. If
possible. the international convention two
years hence-the street car men meet only
successful in this laudable effort for the
to Toronto. Salt Lakes claims were
based largely upon the strength of its
union the entire system in this city be-
ing organized and the local having a MEM
bership of more than 100 Furthermore
Mr. Burt proposed TO urge i'm support of
his claims on behalf of Salt Lake the
fact that the union, under international
direction, had only recently won a victory
after a strike of exceedingly brief dura-
ton.
Mr.. Burt has been the business agent of
local 1872 for a long time. and in recogni-
ton of his services in that capacity he
was chosen to represent the union in the
great convention at New Orleans.
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SENSATIONAL SUICIDE
OF SEATTLE YOUNG MAN

Seattle, Wash, Oct. 17.-With the words
Goodbye, Eva" Edward Neil Kelly. a
young workman, drew a revolver and
fired a bullet through his head. on the
platform of the Apostolic Faith church
here this evening.
The girl he referred to was sitting in
the audience within ten feet of the young
man when he fired the fatal shot. Kelly
died at the wayside emergency hospital a
half hour later.
Kelly, who is 10 years old met Eva
Kestersen, a 15-year-old school girl, at
evangelist meetings held here in the early
part of September. and a week ago they
became engaged. They were to hold the
wedding at Thanksgiving.
A son of the speakers at the church
finished testifying I'm Foreign Tongues"
which is part of the belief of this creed
Kelly arose, with the words, 1T is my
turn next" He then started singing The
Fire of Heavenly Love Is Burning in My
Soul" as the last words were finished he
drew a gun. turned toward the girl, said
goodbye and fired the fatal shot.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-18
JESSE KNIGHTS GIFT.
Brigham Young University Gets 500
Acres of Fruit Land.

The announcement of the gift OF 30
acres of rich fruit land valued at 100000
by Jesse Knight to the Brigham Young
University at Provo came officially last
evening from the Mormon church board
of education, which formally accepted the
gift at a meeting held in the office of tee
first presidency of the church. The land
included in the gift is on the Provo bench
and is considered especially valuable for
the raising of small fruits.
With the land that Mr.. Knight donated
to the university he has given the water
rights for enough water to irrigate 1000
acres. The university proposes to buy
500 acres adjoining that included in Mr..
rights acquired from Mr.. Knight may be
used on the coo acres.
Mr.. Knight was warmly thanked by the
first presidency of the church, the church
board of education and the professors of
the college.
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QUARANTINE AGAINST
IDAHO SHEEP RAISED
Especial to The Herald

Pocatello. Ida. Oct. 17.-Orders have
been issued to the special inspectors at
tached to the federal bureau of animal in
dustry stationed here to leave the south
eastern Idaho field at once and report
to their chief at Pendleton. This implies
that the quarantine against Idaho sheep
has been raised and that inspection at
the state lines of nerds trailing from
Idaho into Utah and Nevada will not take
place as scheduled. Between 10000 and
10000 sheep will this fall pass over the
line to winter ranges IN Utah and Ne
Vada.
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Had Been Credited to Him.

Later he went into the directors meet
ing and demanded from the board the pos
session of the proxies. The question led
to fierce debate and Fish declared that
he would have them If he had TO arrest
every member of the Illinois Central board
to get them. Then the board decided that,
although they could not give them Ipp
to Mr.. Fish, they would instruct the
proxies committee to credit them to him.
Mr.. Fish later went into the room where
the proxies board was meeting and as
certained that the stock had been cred
tied to his column.
A touching illustration of the mutual
confidence entertained by the warning fac
lions was shown last night, when both
the Hartman and Fish proxies were
placed IN one of the vaults in the Illinois
Central offices. Both sides promptly
placed watchmen outside the vault. and
they remained on duty until the proxy
committee called for the papers today.
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LOGAN ELECTION JUDGES.

Logan, Oct. 1.-THE city council at Z
special meeting held last night named tbs
following judges of election. The two frs
named IN each district are Republicans
the third man being a Democrat.
District No. Gilbert Cole, Moses Holt
Harry FAIR.
District No. 2.-H. A. Peterson, Jane:
Anderson, p. NJ. Nelson
District No. 3.-Otto Berbner HoratiC
Hawkes., Charles England
District No. 4.-Richard Yeates, j. A
Burdneau, James Larson.
District No. 5.-Thomas Irvine, James NJ
Smith. D. II. Thomas
Districvt No. GA. L. Cole, ]. c. John
son. Abraham Jorgensen.
District No. III. Wadman, Rober
Smith. T. d. Lowe
District No. S.-Joseph Downs, II. ]
Nielsen, G. b. Thatcher
District No. 9.-H. E. Crockett, ]. c
Larsen. f. j. Marshall
District No. O-Eph Christensen, NJ. ]
Andrews. Oliver McCulloch.
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WRECK ON SANTA Re.
Fireman Killed When Train Dashes
Into Washout

San Bernardino. Cal, Oct l7.-While
running at high speed early this morning
a Santa Fe freight train dashed into a
washout near Bengal, on the desert. and
in the wreck which followed Fireman J.
II. Potter was instantly killed in his cab
seat. The engine overturned and several
freight cars were smashed to pieces on
top of it. Engineer f. o. Wilbur crawled
out of the mass of debris uninjured. One
of the frequent cloudbursts on the desert
filled a gully with a raging river which
washed out the track, but in such a way
that the trainmen could not see the break
until upon it, and the next minute the
engine had overturned. Westbound and
eastbound trains will be delayed six hours
by the accident.
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TWO MEN CALLING FOR SUIT CASE
ARRESTED ON ADVICES FROM PUEBI @

For two weeks past the police have
watched a suit case awaiting a claimant
in the Pacific Express office, 20 West
First South street, at the request of the
Pueblo. Colo, authorities, and yesterday
afternoon Detective Wheeling arrested
two young men who called for it They
were kept all night at the city JAIL but
the police refused to make public their
names.
In the message received from Pueblo by
Chief Mckenzie. he was asked to detain
two boys, about 16 years of age, who
were expected to call for the suit case.
He was merely asked to detain the boys
and notify the Pueblo authorities.
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SANPETE COUNTY POLITICS
Mt. Pleasant Republicans Place
Ticket in the Field-Democrats
to Nominate on Friday.

Mt Pleasant. Oct 1.-THE Republicans
of Mt Pleasant held their nominating eau
Gus at the opera house last evening. The
meeting was called to order by Precinct
Chairman ". E. Watson and ]. NJ. Boy
den was elected chairman and A. II. Mai
ben secretary. The following ticket was
placed in nomination;
Mayor, James Monson (present incum-
benD; recorder. W. f. Watson; treas
urer, Mrs. Rhea Wambolt; justice of the
peace. A. B. Waldemar (present incum-
menD; marshal, Hans Poulsen (present
incumbenO; councilman. four-year term
Thomas West; two-year term, Joseph
Monsoon (present incumbenD, n. P. Mad
sen and E. W. Wall.
A faiT-sized crowd attended the conVen-
ton but not in numbers or enthusiasm did
party held in recent years. Excepting IN
the contests for councilmen and treasurer
the nominations were all made by accla-
nation. In the case of the marshal al
least this has never happened before III
the history of the party in this city.
The Democratic convention will be held
Friday evening next, when full ticket
will be nominated.
The Socialists have nominated theiI
ticket as follows: Mayor, Ole Arilson: re-
corder, William Musig: treasurer, Kat
rina Larsen; marshal Soren Nelson; jus
tice of the peace, Christian Larsen; coun-
cilmen, fOur-year term. August Lundbergi
two-year term. Christian Hansen. James
r. Lowe, August Larsen.
The Republican party at Spring City
has nominated the following ticket:
Mayor Carl Hansen: recorder. Vivian
Larsen treasurer. Louisa Maxfield; mar
shall Martin D. Walker; justice of the
peace. Stephen Bunnell; long term coun-
Gilman Hyrum Peterson; short term cOun-
cilmen Christian Thompson, Marinus
Lund Emil Erickson.
Spring City Democrats have named the
following ticket:
Mayor John S. Blair; recorder. James
Blair. jr.: treasurer, Louisa Maxfield
marshal Martin B. Walker; long term
councilman, Henry Accord; short term
councilmen, Samuel Alfred. James w. An
derson, Hans Nelson; justice of the
peace John r. Johnson.
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til next Tuesday, at IL g. ~. III was
agreed between the attorneys that no ei-
fort should be made on either side TO
purchase stock during the Gay. 1T the
afternoon meeting which lasted but
few moments. it was at first proposed to
take an adjournment until 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning. The proxy committee,
however, declared that it was in no way
positive that il would be ready TO report
at that time. Upon motion of Mr.. Crom-
well, the meeting then went over until 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
The attendance today was much smaller
than yesterday and only a few persons
were present when the final adjournment
was taken The situation remains I'M
changed. Both sides claim they expect
to control the meeting and both are hunt
ing earnestly for proxies or for the revo-
cation of proxies previously given.
Mr.. Hartman is credited with sufficient
confidence in the outcome to have Offered
a dictatorship to a prominent banker of
this CITY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-18
PEABODY APOLOGIZED.
Exciting Incident of the Wednesday
Meeting of Stockholders.

Chicago. Oct. H.-Probabl the most in
teresting incident of yesterdays meeting
of Illinois Central directors, which pre-
ceded the annual meeting of the stock
holders was a tilt between Charles \.
Peabody, president of the Mutual Life
Insurance company and Stuyvesant Fish.
Mr.. Peabody is regarded as me of the
most dignified men in New York. A dis
pute arose as to certain actions at a
previous meeting. Mr.. Fish made state
ment of his position in the matter and Mr.
Peabody declared Mr.. Fish had not voted
the way he was then voting upon the
subject One word led to another. and
Mr.. Peabody all but passed the lie to
Mr.. Fish. He stated that what Mr.. Fish
said was far from the truth. Mr.. Fish
arose and shouted at his opponent:
Mr.. Peabody, yoe ce1nOt talk to me
like that. Nor is there a man living
with inches enough to tell me that l dc
not tell the truth"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-18
RECORD PRICE PAID
FOR HAY IN CHICAGO

Chicago. Oct. 17-No. l timothy hay sold
here today at 81 per ton. which is the
highest price ever paid here for that
commodity at this season OF the year
The high price is said to be due to
scarcity of hay in Chicago notwithstand-
ing this years crop is larger than the
average crop for the last ten years.
The railroads maintain that they are
unable TO furnish enough cars to trans
port the hay. Most of the hay handled
in Chicago comes from Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa. Nebraska and Kansas