Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-20
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

ed to give The police 500 to be hand
ed to the man who ran away with his
wife.
Mrs Merrill ran away yesterday
morning and was arrested In Denver |
late last night According TO the po- |
lice she stated she had become ac- |
auainted with the man who coaxed her
away from her husband. The man |
had but enough money to buy one
ticker To Denver, and this he gave
Mrs. Merrill. telling her to go to Den
yer. and that he would follow
When the husband heard OF the
story he came to the police station
and said: "lf you can find the man
she wants 10 run away with please
give him money so he can buy
ticket to Join her AS soon as possible.
IL they want tickets to Salt Lake or
San Francisco, | will even buy for
both. The further away she is the
better for me I don't want her back
at any price,
The woman was released from Gus
tody when the husband refused to
make complaint
WAUKEGAN. H., Sept. 16-Rey
wallace NJ. stuckey. pastor OF the
Christian church at Williamsburg,
Kans., and editor of the Williamsburg
Star, is confined In the county jail
charged with abducting Lorena Suth-
erland. 16 years old, the daughter oil
wealthy farmer of Williamsburg.
rhe girl. originally brunette, is now
blonde. Is also In custody. to be
returned to her parents and used as
witness against the preacher.
In every principal feature the case
is like that of the Rev. Jere Knodc
Cooke, pastor of st Georges Episco.
pal church. Long Island. N. Y. who
deserted his wife and children and
fled to San Francisco with Loretta
Whaley, ms the accused preacher dis
appeared from Williamsburg July ~,
leaving "A wife and four young chill
dren, Two weeks later the Suther-
land girl disappeared and 1t Is now
charged she joined Stuckey in Chi
cago
The girl bleached her hair. In an
effort to disguise. Their first trouble
occurred when Stuckey was struck by
Chicago street car and suffered the
fracture of three ribs. When he re
covered he found he had been reduced
to the point of starvation. Stucke!
then tried playing cornet at cheal
Chicago theater and then came Il
Waukegan to work In brass foundry
He brought Miss Sutherland, 1t i
charged. introducing her as his daugf
ter, calling himself Mr. Morgan. Tn
alleged relations of father" an
a tnfz
Sheriff Griffin arrested the pair.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.--Mme. Eusf
pla Palladino, an Italian medium VIII
has aroused interest In European sc
enfifc circles and about whom book
.....aaI- I-aAi1niIfic @ ariicles have bee
month aud submit to a series OF test
under the direction of well know
men Identified with the work of tn
American Society of Psychical r.,
search
Under close restriction Nine. Pa
ladino will be asked to produce tn
phenomena which have caused sue
sensation aboard, causing tables t
rise In the air without apparent col
tact. chairs to dance jigs and draw
ing from unknown void hands an
faces OF dead persons warm and wit
the texture of flesh.
NEW YORK, Sept 16.--Organizer
OF the recent Saratoga Democrat
conference are arranging to exten
The movement started there into othe
states in the hopes that similar move
ments elsewhere will help to rehabil
tate the national Democratic party
The hope was expressed at Saratog
that the movement would sprea
throughout the country and result Il
notable revival OF Democratic prir
eipies- 1t was pointed out that part
needed all Its resources for the CON
Ing congressional elestion.
PARKERSBURG. w. Va. Sept. 16.-
girl. IA years old and bride of fom
teen days, was murdered or poisone,
wnlch j. L. Sayre of Richmond county
va, has been alleged. The alleea
tion Is that Sayre gave deadly biclorid
OF mercury to his bride, with whom
ne eloped two weeks ago. The chill,
$50 'hu6Hitl VI DIX
died here In a hospital after horribl,
suffering lasting two weeks.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Accord
ing to Judge S. II. Iowan of For
Worth. Tex, attorney for the Nationa
Live stock association and the Texa,
Satile Rafsers association, the countr,
is confronted with unheard of price.
Tor beef this winter Judge Cowar
says the cost of living will show {
continued increase next winter and
points out that the cattle market Is
now short million head of cattle.
The price of beef" he said, will
increase lne coming winter to a point
now unheard Of, for the demand Is
much greater than the supply"
CAPE TOWN. Sept. I6.-The Brit.
ish steamer Uhlall. London for Port
Natal. run ashore Off Cape Point In
thick fog. The crew and passep.
gers left the Umhlali in small boats.
one OF the boats capsized and Ave
women and six men drowned.
ROCHESTER,. Mimi, Sept. I6.-Dr