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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-16

How can l ever thank your" she
asked ~gravely. Captain Wayne. you
make me trust you utterly, and place
me constantly in your debt"
Then you realize that | am right?"
Yes slowly, but making no ef-
fort to release her hands. yet is no
other escape possible?
None within my knowledge"
And you must go?"
Il must go-unless you bid me
stay"
"Oh, / cannot; cannot at such a
cost" she cried, and / could feel her
body tremble with the intensity Of her
emotion. But, Captain Wayne, our
friendship surely need not be severed
now for ever? cannot bear to think
that it should be. am no cold, heart
less migrate, and shall never forget
what you have done to serve me. I
value every sacrifice you have made
on my behalf. Let us indeed part
% if, as you say, it must be SO:
store for both Of us-days when the
men of this nation will not wear differ
ent uniforms and deem 1t manly to
fight and kill each other"
The great struggle will certainly
cease, possibly within a very few
weeks" l answered, greatly moved by
her earnestness, but | fear the men
engaged in 1t will remain much the
same in their natures however they
may dress. | car only say this: Were
the path clear, l would surely find you.
no matter where you were hidden"
How terrible it is that a m
must ever choose between such evils"
she said almost bitterly. The heart
says one thing and duty another all
through life, 1t seems to me. / have SO
much Of suffering in these last few
months. so much Of heartless cruelty,
that / cannot bear to be the cause Of
any more. You and Major Brennan
must not meet; but, Captain Wayne. /
will not believe that we are to part
thus forever"
DO you mean that | am to seek you
when the war closes?"
NC IO kin NhCh 4 ShoAA
not most gladly welcome you"
Your homer" | asked, wondering
still if she could mean all that her
wards implied. 81 have never known
where you resided in the north"
Bloomington, Conn" She smiled at
me through the tears yet cling
ing to her long lashes. you may
never come, OF course; yet I shall
always feel o that perhaps you will;
and that Is not like a final goodby.
is it?"
l bowed above the hands 1 held,
and pressed my lips upon them. For
the moment l burst not speak, and
then-a voice suddenly sounded in the
hall below:
81 am greatly obliged to you. Miss
Minor; she is probably lying down.
| will run up and call her"
We started as II rudely awakened
from q dream, while a sudden express
sion Of fright swept across her face.
"Oh, do not mest him." she begged
~piteously. For nay sake do not re-
main here.
II will go down the back stairway"
| returned hastily, "but do you indeed
mean it? May / come to your"
Yes, yes; but gray go now!"
Unable longer 10 restrain myself, l
clasped her to me, held her for n
brief instant strained to my breast,
kissed her twice UPON lips which had
no opportunity for refusal.
This world Is not SO wide but that
somewhere in it l shall again find the
one woman of my heart" l whispered
passionately, and was gone.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-16


Damn We. Red told you not to fret
hts yelled. Come on. you dogs! You
could eat EN- up IL We wasn't sich
blamed towards. There's only two,
= and we'll hang them yet"
We leaped straight up the broad
Steps, his long cavalry sabre in hand,
while a dozen OF the boldest followed
MIN. Brennan swung his sword high
over head. grasping 1t with both
: hands for a death-blow, ever as ]
thrust directly at the fellows throat.
The uplifted blade struck the chain
Of the hanging lamp. snapped at the
hiif. and losing his balance the Major
plunged h%eadiong into the ruck be-
neath. The downward fall of his body
swept the stairs.
As l stood there, painting and breath
less, a woman rushed downward. Be-
iieving she would throw herself into
that tangled mass below. ! instantly
caught her to me.
Don't" | cried a~nxiously. You
cannot help him. For Gods sake go
back where you were"
1T rs not that" she exclaimed, her
voice thrilling with excitement. "Oh,
Captain Wayne. do you not hear the
bugles?"
AS by magic those hateful faces van
ished. disappearing by means of ev-
cry opening leading out from the hall.
and when the cheering b~lue-coats
surged in through the broken door, /
was yet standing there, apparently
alone but for the dead. leaning weak
and breathless against the wall. my
arm about Edith Brennan.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-16
A TROUBLE MAKER
Coffee Poison Breeds Variety Of Tile.

A California woman who didn't
know for twenty years what kept her
Ill, writes to tell how she won back her
health by quitting coffee:
Il am 81 years DID," she says, "have
used coffee all my life, and for 20
years suffered from indigestion and
insomnia. Life was a burden and q
drag to me all the time. and about
once a year my ailments got such hold
upon me that / was regularly sick In
bed for several weeks each time.
II was reluctant to conclude that
coffee was the cause of my trouble, but
l am thankful that I found out the
truth.
Then I determined to use Postum
exclusively-for a week at arst-for !
doubted my ability to do without cot.
fee for any length Of time. I made
the Postum carefully. as directed, and
before the week expired had my re-
ward in a perceptible increase in
strength and spirits.
Seeing the good that my short q.
pertinent had accomplished, I resolved
10 continue the use Of Postum, cutting
out the coffee entirely. This / did for
nine months. finding, daily, Increased
cause for qualification at my steadily
improving health. My indigestion grad
ually left me. my sleep returned. !
gained 26 pounds In weight, my color
changed from sallow to a fresh. rosy
hue and life became q blessing.
Then ! thought I would try coffee
again, and did 30 for q few weeks. The
punishment for deserving my good
friend, Postum. wal q return Of my old
troubles.
THAT taught me wisdom, and I I'm
now and shall be all my Life hereafter
using Postum exclusively and enjoy.
ing tho benefits It brings me-" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Greek,
Mich.
There's q reason" and It II explain
cd In the little book. "The Road 70
MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Ever read the aAeve lstteft A new
one Appears from tl0e to tfne. Thsy
IRE genuine, trues ana fall Of hunas
Interest.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-16
Dental Operation on Pony.

A remarkable operation has been
performed by a Wanstead (Eng.) vet
Urinary surgeon on a pony which had
a bad fracture Of the lower jaw. After
injecting cocaine and wiring the teeth
together, the surgeon drilled a hole
through the jawbone, and the broken
parts were then firmly drawn togeth-
err by strong silver wire. The pony
Is expected to make a complete re-
covery.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-16
n Gentle Hand Was strokinq 6acl
the Hair From on My Temples.

and glanced up at US, his face instant
nv darkening at the tableau. kindly
assist the ladies to descend; we must
get them u Of this shambles."
He lifted them q BY one and with
ceremonies p~oliteness across the
sGhastly pile Of dead and wounded meE,
Escort them to the library" be
ssnagested. AZ I hesitated. THAT room
VII probably be found clear"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
REV, RICHESON
CONFESSES CRIME
ADMITS SENDING AVIS LINNELL
POISON AS MEDICINE.
Under the Lashings of Remorse Is Suf
fering the Tortures Of the
Damned.

Boston, Mass.-The Rev. Clarence V.
t. Richeson confessed his guilt of the
murder of his former sweetheart, Avis
Linnell of Hyanis, in a document made
public by his counsel. The confession
declares that the accused is guilty "of
the offense of which he is charged" which
is murder in the first degree.
Whether Richeson will pay the ex-
treme penalty which, under the Massa-
chusetts statutes, is death in the electric
chair, no court official cared to predict.
The confession was as follows:
Boston, January 3, 1912.
John L. Lee, Esq, VIM. A. Morse, Esq,
Philip r. Dunbar, Esq:
"Gentlemen-Deeply penitent for my
sin, and earnestly desiring, as far as in
my power lies to make atonement, |
hereby confess that I am guilty of the
offense of which I stand indicted.
81 am moved to this course by no in
ducement of settlement or leniency.
Heinous as is my crime, God has not
wholly abandoned me, and my conscience
and manhood, however deprave and
blighted, will not admit Of my still fur
Their wronging by a public trial her whose
pure young life I have destroyed.
under the lashings of remorse | have
suffered and am suffering the fortunes
of the damned. In this I find q measure
of comfort. In my mental anguish |
recognize that there is still, by the mercy
Of the Master, some remnant of the di-
vine spark of goodness still lingering
with me.
Il could wish to live only because
within some prisons walls I might, in
small measure, redeem my sinful past,
help some other despairing soul and, at
last, find favor with my God.
"You are instructed to deliver this to
the district attorney or to the judge of
the court. Sincerely yours,
"CLARENCE V. T. RICHESON."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
The PEOPLE HlCHER
THAN THE COURTS
JUDICIARY CANNOT RECKLESSLY
REJECT POPULAR WILL.
Roosevelt Holds Conference With James
=. Garfield, but Refuses to State
Nature of 1t.

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt dis
sussing Judges and Progress. in an
editorial appearing in the Outlook, says,
in part:
Let me, At the outset, put 50 clearly
that only wilful misinterpretation can
deceive people just what my position
as to the courts is. 1 have the very
highest regard, the highest respect and
admiration for the judiciary. As a
whole, I think that our judicial officers
stand ON q higher level than any other
body of public servants, or, for the
matter of that, of private citizens. l
could name off-hand at this moment q
number of judges now on the bench VINO
render to the people more substantial
service or more far-reaching value than
is rendered by any other men in public
or private life-and all of these judges
substantially with the position herein
taken, which indeed, is largely derived
from them. 1 believe the courts have
rendered our people incalculable services.
toward them should be one of appre-
citation and respect, but not of servility.
at is idle to say that the people as a
whole nave not the right to decide for
themselves on matter of governmental
policy. 1t is in nc shape or way one
of the few questions where the public
servants of the people have the right
and where it is their duty to go counter
to the wishes of the people"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
MURDERS WIFE AND
MEDITERRANEAN
STORY OF ATTACK BY MOB SPREAD
BY c. p. CARPENTER.
Arkansan in Jail-Double Murder, He
Says, Work of Land Squatters.
Motive Is a Mystery.

Blytheville, Ark.-With heads beaten
almost beyond recognition, the dead body
of Mrs. C. P. Carpenter, wife of one OF
Mississippi county's wealthiest planters,
and that of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary
Davis, were found in separate rooms Of
the Carpenter plantation, seven miles
south of here. Mr.. Carpenter himself
was at first reported to be fatally wound
ed. The alarm spread, the crime be-
ing laid to the doors of enemies OF Mr..
Carpenter, who are said to have threat
ened him before over titles to land
claimed by the so-called squatters to
be government land and claimed by Mr..
Carpenter as his own.
A dramatic climax in the tragedy came
when Carpenter himself was arrested and
placed in the Jail here awaiting the YER
dict of the coroner's jury. His injuries
were found to be but slight, and sus-
picion has fastened upon him, the author
tiles holding the theory that he COM
mitted the crime himself and spread the
alarm to avoid suspicion.
A gruesome sight met the eyes of DR..
Frank Davis when he reached the Car
penter home. The body of Mrs. Davis
was found in her room, and evidences
of a fierce struggle were seen on every
hand. The body of Mrs. Carpenter was
found on the bed in her room, but there
were fewer signs of a struggle here. Both
had been dead some hours. Carpenters
injuries were only slight. Several bruises
on his forehead that might have been
inflicted, physicians state, as long as
t~wenty-four hours before the crime was
committed, werefound
The first feature fixing suspicion upon
Carpenter was the fact that, although
he stated he had been taken unawares
by a mob of men, three kinds of fire
arms were in the room, and Carpenter
had every chance to defend himself. No
Syidence was found that either the auto
ma+;Arifle, shotgun or revolver in the
-oom ~ been fired recently.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12

ate and eight in the lower house, and
this is of more than passing interest
in view of the fact that some important
legislation proposed by the state board
of health and the Mississippi Medical As
ISOLATION will be submitted for considera-
ton.
Among the measures will be = bill
to elevate the standard of the medical
profession by providing that applicants
for license must show = diploma from
some reputable college as to their general
education as well as knowledge of medi-
cine. A more liberal appropriation will
be asked to carry on the campaign of
education on sanitation and hygiene be
ing waged by the state board of health,
and it is up to the doctors to convince
their colleagues that human lives are OF
more value than hogs or cattle, which are
SO carefully looked after by the live
stock sanitary board.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
s6,oOO,oOO FIRE
IN new YORK
EQUITABLE BUILDING BURNED: SIX
MEN PERISH.
President Ciblin, Who Entered the Burn
ing Building to Save Securities,
Nearly Lost His Life.

New York.-The immense marble and
granite home of the Equitable Life As
surance Society, covering a whole block
on lower Broadway, q historic landmark
of New York's early period of sky
scraper buildings and one of the city's
important financial c~enters, was Tuesday
destroyed by fire with a loss of six lives
and probably Sc, 900 in property.
Valuable records, including the auto
biography of f. II. Hartman and two
priceless libraries which cannot be re
placed, went up in flames, and the fate
OF millions of dollars worth OF securi-
ties, stored in safety deposit vaults. in
question, although it was believed fire
proof construction had saved them.
Inc great structure, which, besides
containing the main offices of the Eauit-
able Lie Assurance Society. was the
home OF the Mercantile Trust Company,
the banking house OF koumtze Bros, Au-
gust Belmont l. Co., the Hartman rail-
road lines, the Mercantile Safe Deposit
Company, the Lawyers Club and many
of the citys most prominent law firms,
stands a shell of ice-coated granite.
OF those who lost their lives, three
men were killed by jumping from a
coping or the roof of The structure, 10
which they were driven by the flames.
They were employees in the building.
Battalion Chief William y. Walsh dis
appeared When a cave-in occurred on the
third floor. No trace of his body had
been found.
Two other men, William Campion,
n o,>t,,n Of ,h, ,r,{h,n, -, thn hn,.,,
tile Safe Deposit vaults, ard Frank j.
Neider, a special officer, whose bodies
have not been recovered, complete the
list of dead so far as known.
Among the injured is President Vii
liam j. Giblin of the Mercantile Safe
Deposit Company, whose rescue from the
basement vaults, where he was impris-
oned, after two hours work by firemer~
was a sensational episode of the fire. lie
had gone into a vault to save securities.
and accidentally locked himself in with
an employee. Their cries were heard by
the firemen, who had to saw through the
steel bars of a door leading to the street
before they could rescue the imprisoned
men. Mr.. Giblin was removed to a hos
pital, suffering from exhaustion and
smoke.
Fire officials made an inspection OF the
vaults of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, the Equitable Safe Deposit Com
pany and the Mercantile Trust Com
pany and found them al intact as far as
outward examination could determine.
The Equitable Life vault on the second
floor of the building is supported by six
steel piers and resisted the weight of
falling ruins from the upper floors.
Whether the contents were damaged by
water or heat will not be learned until
the vaults can be opened.
1t was roughly estimated that the
vaults contained over half a billion dol
lars worth Of securities. se
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
v CONVENTION.
South Mississippi Will Demand More
Equitable App~ortionment.

South Mississippi Will Demand More
Equitable Apportionment.
South Mississippi is still after that
constitutional convention, and is organ
izing for the fight to get it.
DIR. J. D. Donald, of Hattiesburg, state
senator from the Second district, is oua
of the leaders of the movement, and
states that it is under way.
""We are going to do the best we can
to get the constitutional convention"
said DR.. Donald. II think we will win.
If we should fail, however, our next
effort will be for a more equitable legis-
lative apportionment that viii accord to
South Mississippi a more adequate rep
resentation in both bodies of the legis-
lature. As illustrating the inequity of
the present arrangement and apportion.
ment-my district is composed of six
counties; its area is larger than that Of
the entire state of Rhode Island, and
there are over ten thousand voters in
the district; yet it has only one member
in the senate"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
FAVORS APPELLATE COURT.
Gov. Brewer Will Make Recommendation
Along This Line.

Jackson.-It is learned on no less au-
thority than Gov.-elect Brewer himself,
that his message to the legislature will
recommend the creation of an appellate
court system.
He made this statement to several
lawyers who are interested in an over
hauling of the states judicial system,
and while the ~governor-elect states that
he has not fully outlined the details of
the measure, he is sure of the main
point, and that is, the legislature has the
authority to do this.
If the plan is adopted it will relieve
the supreme court of over half the
amount of work before it now, and will
obviate the necessity for a constitutional
authority to increase the membership of
that body. Jurisdiction of the court of
appeals would be final in all matters
except where it saw fit to grant appeals
Oh writs of certiOrari.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
Fights Off Rescuers.

Ellaville, Ga.-Maddened by the flames
off the frantic attempts of his bride of
three weeks to ~extinguish the fire and
died in agony several hours later. Clad
only in nightshirt preparatory to retir-
ing, Sears was standing in front of an
open fire when the garment caught, and
in a moment was a mass of flames. His
wife, who was in the room, ran scream
ing to his assistance. So frightened was
he, however, that she could do nothing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
Stallo Sisters Spenders.

New York.-That the Stallo sisters
managed to spend $4,000 a year more
than theiF- income from the Alexander
Mcdonald fortune, was the statement
made in court by Charles H. Stoll, law.
yer for the girls father, Edmund X.
Suallo, in explanation of his refusal to
turn over vouchers relating to the dis
position of the estate until he has been
recompensed for money advanced to Mr.
Stallo to meet the demands of his
daughters. Stoll says Stallo applied to
him for funds to meet the demands OF
his daughters.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
Ticket Agent Held IN.

Macon, Ga.-While checking up his
days receipts P. H. Smith, ticket agent
at the union station, vas held up by two
white men, who made their escape with
between 81, 500 and $4,000 in cash. The
robbers overlooked two sacks containing
about 5000 in silver. Smiths attention
was attracted when a voice said, eLook
here." Turning about, he found himself
covered with a revolver. The other rob.
Der then bound and gagged him. After
raking in all the paper money in sight.
the robbers made their escape.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12

committee: assignments, but his list Is
not yet completed. Representative Nor
rison of Grenada is chairman of the ap-
preparations committee, which controls
the pursestrings of the legislature MIR.
Rencher heads the committee on orpora-
tions, while Mr.. benson will preside over
the committee on banks and banking.
Mr.. Cavett is chairman of the insurance
committee and Mr.. Owen leads the COM
mittee on education.
Among the important bills introduced
in the house was one by Representative
E. A. Anderson of Forrest county, pro
viding for the creation of the office of
state bank examiner. Mississippi at
present has no state bank examiner or
any system for the supervision of banks
except a requirement that banking insti-
tutions shall submit reports to the aud
itor at stated periods. The object of
Mr.. Anderson's bill is to bring about a
proper supervision of banks.
The measure provides that the state
bank examiner shall be elective and fixes
a salary of So, 500 a year and all neces-
sary travelling expenses. The examiner
is placed under the control of the state
treasurer and is subject to removal by
the governor for neglect of duty. The
question of the regulation and examine
ton of banks has developed into a live
issue in the legislature. The recent fail
ure of several banks has aroused the
lawmakers to the necessity for legisla'
ton. 1t seems certain that a bank reg
ulation bill will pass at this session. The
supporters of bank legislation make the
argument that no honest or well man
aged banking Institution has any reasor
to fear or oppose a system of regulation
and examination, and it is only the
loosely conducted inancial concerns thai
will fight it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
AGED COUPLE MURDERED
Battling Mystery Enshrouds Crime il
New York.

New York.-One of the most battling
mysteries confronted the police of New
York Sunday in the discovery of an aged
and wel1-to-do couple in their apartment
II c99Hfeee9ef the most thiekly populated sec
ions of New York. The victims of the
tragedy were isaac Futterman, 80 years
old, and his wife, Rachael ~ years old
The scene of the crime was n~tRe rooms
of the couple. Here in the small but neat
and well-kept apartments the lives of
these two old persons were taken in the
most shocking n
One eye of each of the victims had
been pierced and gouged out in horrible
fashion and the mutilation of the vic
Tins, coupled with their age, presented
a sight that even the detectives, accus-
toned as they are to trough sights"
s%huddered.
The crime was committed, beyond a
| doubt, while hundreds of persons were
hurrying by on the crowded streets and
many people entering and leaving the
big tenement building.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-12
DEMOCRATS MEET BALTIMORE
Iune Is Named as Date for National
Convention.

Washington.-The Democratic national
committee completed the work here with
the selection of Baltimore as the con-
v~ention city. June 25 was fixed as the
date of the national gathering when can
didates for president and vice-president
will be selected.
The Republican national convention is
to be held in Chicago June IS.
The Democrats adopted a "permissive'
primary resolution in connection with
the call for delegates and such states
as have laws on the subject, or desire
to do so, can select their representative
in the national convention by direct
vote. There are 1914 delegates to be
chosen.