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‘•Marie's brother slaved the man to
the heart in the presence of the lattet‘s
father.
“1 h« n he fled to Pa.i*.
“He was well supplied with funds,and
led the life of a gentleman.
“The disgrace that had fallen upon his
family was never absent from his mind.
‘ He swore to sti ike down any woman
who was an outcast whencvi-ropportuni-
ty offered.
“It. Palis he killed live such.
“Here he murdered.fourteen.
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BY THE AUTHOR OF "PAT NOLAN."
chapter I.
T HK BIPPEU IN LONDON,
the body of a
“The brother of Maria Dufrane is
woman
A r nl. 188 ^ "d ere d was found in
0 h *J |ft "f London known as White-
neither young nor
finally recogninedas
. rtf ,li solute character,
was produced, it seemed,by the
murderer did...
Silt me
there.
, he unfortunate’s body was mutilated
nt>si shocking manner.
t l„. ti me the murder attracted but
at
suig mte.csh^ v _ ywcd th0 ( )0f }y )S f,ook
; r heads wisely, and g.ve it as their
ni - n that the woman had been mur
ed hr a jealous lover.
I’hcy took a p< ep into the woman’s
,ory, ...ado little or no effort to clear
invsterv surrounding her death, and
t
ended the matter,as far as the police
re concerned, for the time being.
Aiioust following the body of an-
, murdered woman was found with-
su i.e s throw of where the first had
i-covered.
|,i. body was also mutilated.
lice shook their heads more
|v than before, and with due solem-
decided that something must be
.he work was decidedly that of one
ividnid, reasoned Sir Charles Warren,
f of the metropolitan police,
was not until the third victim.in the
son of Mar) Ann Nichols, of No. 29
Iniry street, had met death that the
don newspapers took up the matter
arnest.
he body of Mary Ann Nichols was
ovtred in a little Whitechapel court
by a milkman on his early mornihg
ds.
? reported his ghastly find to a police
r w ith the addenda:
k the Ripper has been around
mes-
hus the unknown fiend, whose pres-
mission inlile is the killing of degrad-
women, was given a name,
o the police and public ever since,the
itechapel murderer has been known
ack the Ripper.
ithin a week after the third murder
ther unfortunate creature fell a victim
ihe fiend.
order succeeded murder with aston-
ing rapidity,until the number of worn-
iiled by that one hand amounted to
necn—ll.eirtten in London and one
the coast of Cornwall,
he London press berated the police.
Charles Warren placed over a hun-
d detectives in the district known as
litechapd, which is by no means
hu; Jack the Ripper laughed at the
and continued his career,
of so that only the most Ygnture-
e of the squalid women went on the
et at night.
may be r< marked en passant that a
rse population was never contained in
’ community than that of \\ hite-
lol.
hie or two poisons claimed to have
the mysterious assassin,
e near* stdesc.iption of the fiend ob-,
ed by the police, as given by a wo-
who claimed to have escaped his
tches, was:
ie is about five feet four inches in
Id. :md wears a dark, close fitting
he :s thick set and has a dark and
eahy thick neck, lleisabouttbirty-
t yi ars of age. He has small black
There w as a grin on his face as he
pt through the street with a knife in
1 and rubbelr-soled shoes over his
‘"Only that you should deliver a
sage to your chief from me."
“Do you mean Sir Charles Warren?"
“He is your chief? »
“Yes."
“Then it is he I mean.”
“Of what nature is your message?” in
quired the officer.
“It will certainly interest him. I can
positively assure you of that. Come."
The stranger led the way into the
identical house that Mary Ann Nichols
had called home.
Detective S’uart followed without ex
actly knowing vtfhy he did so.
Frosset unlocked and opened
a door on the ground floor of the
dingy tenement
Sturat was invited into a room that
was as magnificently furnished as a Ilyde
Park parlor.
On all sides of the apartment were
evidences of taste and wealth.
The detective was surprised, and his
interest in Frosset increased greatly.
Here, in a tenement, the occupants of
which were of the lowest and poorest
character, was a gem of a parlor.
Frosset smiled ut the look of astonish
ment that overspread bis visitor’s face.
“Be seated,"said Pierre,and he set the
example himself."
“What do yeu want?" asked Stuart,as.
he sank into an arm-chair.
“I’d like to talk with you about Jack
the Ripper.”
The detective gave a great start, at
which his companion smiled.
Could this man put him on the track of
the notorious murderer? •
That was the though that instantly
flitted through the detective’s mind.
Were be to secure the Whitechapel
murderer, both fame and fortune woald
be his.
His imagination was carried away by
the though.
“Do you know Jack the Ripper?” ask
ed Stuart, with almost bated breath.
“Would it be very surprising if I did?”
remarked Frosset.
‘•That is not answering my question,”
said the detective, petulantly.
“I’ve seen the man.”
“When—where?”
“In this very room."
Stuart almost hounded off bis chair in
astonishment.
Could it be possible his companion
spoke the truth?
There seemed a depth of mystery about
the man.
W hv did he choose to live in that miser
able tenement?
On every side were evidences of wealth.
Any of the paintings on the walls was
wrote hundreds of pounds.
‘ My dear sir,"said Stuart after a pause,
“You surely cannot be acquainted with
the murderer.”
Frosset ag»in smiled.
“If l were to claim acquaintance with
the Ripper,” he said, “I suppose you
would immediately put me under arrest
on suspicion of being one of his accom
plices;
known to the English public as Jack the
Ripper.**
“You must know him?“
Pierrc-laughtd in a manner most borri-
“Yes, Iknowhim.“
Frosset took from behind a painting *
short bucher-Kiiife, the point of which
was broken and the blade covered with
dried blood.
“That," added he, “is the knife
Jack the Ripper used here in London.
Do you care to examine it?"
Defective Stuart looked at the mur-
d- rous weapon in the most intense as
tonishment.
“What does all this mcan?“ he asked.
Again Frosset‘s terrible laugh resound
ed through the apartment.
‘T want you to t il Sir Charles Warren
that you have seem Jack the Ripper.
“I am be!
sylum where he remains.
On'November 25th there landed
a man of clerical appearance at Kings
ton, in the island of Jamaica.
On the ship's books his name ap
peared as the Reverend Dr. Cart
wright.
He told the captain that he visited
the West Indies for his health, which
had been broken down by study.
Mr. Cartwright made himself very
agreeable with all aboard the steamer
that conveyed him from Liverpool to
Kingston.
Among the passengers was a Mrs.
Lizzie Clarke, who was returning
home to Jamaica after a visit to
Europe.
She yeas very flashy and wore ex
pensive jewelery.
Mr. Cartwright heard her invite
several of the officers to visit her at
CHAPTER II.
JACK THE RIPPER IN AMERICA.
Detective Stuart leaped toward
his companion.
“You are my prisoner!” he hoarsely
C' ied, at the same moment reching for
his revolver.
“Not yet!”
Jack the Ripper’s fist shot out
with a terrible force.
- * It lauded directly between the
officers eyes and knocked him sense
less.
When he recovered consciousness his
own handcuffs manacled his wrists.
Like a fiend Jack the Ripper stood
smiling over him.
“Release my hands.”
“Oh, no,” said Jack,” I’m not quite
so foolish as all that. You should be
thankful I do not take your life,
shall do so if you cry out for help.”
The detective’s feeling may be imag
ined, they cannot be described.
There he was face to face with the
Whitechapel murderer and utterly
unable to effect his capture.
Stuart felt satisfied that if he cried
out Jack would kill him.
“Why did you inveigle me here?”
asked the detective.
“I felt like company. Did my story
interest you?”
“Yes, is it true?”
“As true as the ten commandments
I swear it,” said the murderer sol
emnly
Why do you make warfare on those
poor wretched women?”
* “I believe I have sufficiently
answered that question,” replied the
Ripper, “and I care not to enter into
farther explanation.
“I did not intend that my victims
here in London should reach the num
ber of twenty.
“I shall go hence and continue my
BENJAMIN PURSUED.
The President-Elect Slinks
About the Capitol.
LATEST ADVICES ABOUT THE
CABINET SLATE.
her residence in Spanish Town, a
“No!” exclaimed the detective, “I’ll w ° rk » » this district has become infes
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swear that no harm shall come to you.’
“Could you spare time to listen to a
very short story?”
“Has it anything to do with Jack the
Ripper?”
“You seem to have that party on the
brain,” smiled Frosset.'
' (! rewards have been held out for
ui’vS apprehension,
the Ripper laughed at the London
ee.
spoil is an aggressive one.
-Utcr lifter letter he sent to the police,
ii'g sport of their futile efforts to trap
score of suspicious appearing men
arrested from time to time, and on
occasion the police cuddled them
os with the idea that they had Jrck
ipper at last.
hat murderous and enterprising indi-
tul continued to carry on his deadly
'faro against the women of the White-
pel slums.
he first and only clew the policy of
con have to the murderer’s identity
hat he sometimes wore a leather
on.
n several of his letters to the police
, t ‘ ,e R'pper wrote that when he had
t? twenty women he would surren-
himself.
ne evening in October,a few days be-
thc end of the month,Charles Stuart,
of the most expert detectives in
f* on » 1*^ his house in Petonville and
ted for Scotland Yard for the purpose
eein 6 Sir Charles Warren in refer-
to a case upon which he was then
aged.
■t'ving plenty of*time at command., he
:tered leisurely through Whitechapel
iis way to headquarters. ' ™
1 hen opposite the little court abut-
on Hanbury street, in which was
the remains of Mary Ann Nichols,
approached by a well dressed
of about two-and-thirty, who car-
tumself with rather a bustling air.
n? no re Dete ctive Stuart?”
Well?”
he officer took a long and goodsuryey
ie stranger.
Will you step in here a moment?”
wiio-are you?" .
Iy name is Pierre Frosset.”
don’t know you.”
_ossibly not"
do you wish?” asked the
“What police officer is therein the
United Kindom who ever sleeps without
dreaming about him?"
“Will you hear this story?”
, “Yes.”
“The capital city of Corsica," said
Frosset, “as perhaps you know, is Ajac
cio, and there on August 17,1769, was
born of rather humble parents the after
wards great Napoleon.
“He joined the French Army in 1785
as a sub lieutenant.
“I‘m particular in speaking of Napoleon,
for one of the characters with whom I
have to deal comes of. the same Corsican
family from which the famous military
leader sprung..
“Just outside Ajaccio two years ago
lived a family consisting of a widow and
two grown children, a son and daugh
ter.
“The daughter was eighteen years of
age, and the acknowledged belle of the
whole island of Corsica.
“About the time Marie Dufrane emerg
ed into her nineteenth year she had at
least a score of admirers, and they all
came from the nobility of the island, as
far as her mother and brother knew.
“As a dark cloud sometimes suddenly
obscures the sun, a blight fell upon the
girl.
“Her joyous mood left her,and she be
came solitary in habit.
“It was evident to none sooner than
her loving mother,and her not less equal
ly devoted brother, that Marie had an
overwhelming secret sorrow,"
“AVhat has all this to do with Jack the
Ripper?“ asked th6 detective, impatient
ly-
“More than you now realize,perhaps."
“Then go on with your story. “
“Well, , resumed Frosset, “Marie's
mother strove to discover the cause of
her daughters sorrow.
“She succeeded, and the revelation
was a fearful one.
“Marie, who has the blood of a Bon
aparte in her veins, had been wronged by
a scoundrel.
“What did the brother do, think you?
“With a thrust of this dagger he laid
her dead at his mother's feet.“
Frosset paused,and seemed to be great
ly excited.
After mastering his agitation, he con
tinued: |
“The brother found the villain.
“The miserable hound begged for his
life. J - - - - •* 7
“As the world knows, Corsicans are
the most revengeful and hot-blooded
ted with police.
“It is hall the same where I find my
victims.
“Find them I will.
“Respectable women are safe from
attack at my hands.
“But the others
“Ah, I will wade in their blood so
long as God gives power, to my hand.
“If your vaunted Scotland Yard de
tectives and your equally skillful
Brow Street runners want Jack the
Ripper they will not find him after
to-night in London.
, ‘You can tell that to Sir Charles
Warren for me.
“I hardly think you will ever tell
him about this meeting.”
Stuart felt a cold chill pass down
his spine.
“Do you m6an to murder me?”
The question rose involuntarily to
the detective’s lips.
“Not if you do not cry out.”
“Then why do you say I shall never
tell Sir Charles Warren of this meet
ing?”
“I want you to swear you will not,”
said Jack.
“I’ll take no such oath.”
“Very well; you will leave here a
raving maniac.”
The Ripper went to a little cupboard
and took from it a small vial.
He poured some of the contents of
the latcer on a handkerchief.
“Will you'not take the oath I
require?” he asked, approaching the
prostrate man.
“No.”
“Then your fate he upon your own
head, foolish man.”
The Ripper press the handkerchief
over Stuart’s nostrils.
Very late that night Stuart entered
the police headquaters at Scotland
Yard.
A handcuff enclasped one wrist, and
its fellow dangled losely from it.
He entered Sir Charles Warren’s
6ffice with a rush:
The chief was at his desk.
“Sir Charles, I have seen him.”
“Whom have you seen, Stuart?”
village near Jamaica.
She seemed to steadily avoid him.
On November 28th an unknown
negress was found killed and mutilated
in St. Cartharine’s Parish, a few miles
beyond Spanish Town.
The police hushed the matter up.
The woman was known to them as
a very vile creature,but her name was
not made public.
It was seen that the unfortunate
had been mutilated exactly as had
been done in the London cases.
On the body, pinned by the blade
of a small penknife, was a card which
bore the inscription:
“Jack the Ripper,
Fouiteen more, then I quit.”
A little more than a fortnight later
was found lying in a field the body of
a second womau.
It had been mutilaied like the first.
In this case the victim of the fiend
was known as Mag, and she, too, was
a vile creature.
The field in which the body was
found was scarcely a mile distant
from the scene of the first murder.
A third body was found in the
same vicinity just before New Years.
Then the newspapers, published at
Kiugston,noticed the murders for the
first time.
There are comparatively few women
of that class on the island of Jamaica,
but those there are, tremble with
terror
Most loud in denouncing these
murders was the Rev. Dr. Cartwright.
What that gentleman claimed as his
religion he did not allow to transpire.
Although Mrs. Clark had treated
him distantly on shipboard he became
a visitor to her house
Those visits did not please the wom
an at first.
Gradually her manner changed.
Her late fellow-passenger began to
show that he was not so Godly as she
had al first believed.
Mrs. Clark claimed to be a widow
and her character was doubtful
More than once Mr.Cartwright had
seen some gaudily dressed young wo
men at her house.
The night after New Years he was
there until a late hour,
All the guests had departed, and
he and the woman joked as they drank
wine.
“Are you not afraid to remain alone
in the house at night,” lie asked, be
coming serious, “and Jack the Rip
per abroad? ’
The woman became slighty pale.
Then she laughed gayly.
“Why, no,” said the widow; “I
have my admirers, of course!”
Mr. Cartwright seemed to note
with great interest her emphasis on
the words “of course.”
“Well,” said he,“this Jack the Rip
per, although of late his victims are
among the low, penetrated once into
a palace and killed a woman there.”
“You seem to take an unusual m
terest in this man.”
“I do.”
“Why?”
“Because the man believes he’s fol
lowing Divine Will in ridding the
earth of those women.”
“Could you preach a sermon upon
the theme,J and uphold the man's
bloody career? ’
“Possibly.”
“But you would not dare.”
“Finish the sentence.”
“What do you mean?”
“Tell me what I would not dare.”
“To preach anything that would
touch ever so lightly on the acts of
this man called Jack the Ripper.”
The visitor’s right hand went out,
and in a moment tore off the lace that
covered Mrs. Clark’s bosom.
With the other hand he produced
from a pocket in his coat a blood
stained knife that had a broken blade,
Flourishing it before the now
thoroughly frightened woman’s face,
he-said:
“You will number my fourth victim
in the western world.”
“Are you joking?” asked the wom
an, shrinking from him.
A strange smile played about the
man’s lips.
“I never joke—I am Jack the Rip
per.”
[to be continued.]
Blalna, Wlndom, tbe Two Millers, Wans-
xn nicer, Proctor and Noble Seem to Have
Jr'ii-fct Call—foraker Talked of for the
Cabinet—Harrison Getting up a Repu
tation for lndecison.
Washington, D. C., March 1.—At
half past 11 o'clock last nigut Gen. Har
rison, accompanied by Murat Halstead
and an unknown man, quietly left the
Arlington hotel an-1 proceeded on foot to
the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
Fifteenth street.
The, then walked down the avenue,
stopping for an instant at the Fianklin
statue. The party waa lost from the
view of a pursuing newspaper man in
the shadows of the capitol grounds, but
It is surmised that an important confer
ence was held in the room of the senate
committee on appropriations, through
whose windows lights were to be seen
several hours after midnight. Many
leading republicans ar e said to have been
p.esent. This conference is believed to
have been held for the purpose of dis
cussing the New York situation, but
nothing definite can be learned. The
plate id day seems to be Bla ne, secretary
“I don’t know.”
The poor fellow’s chin" dropped on
his breast and he gazed vacantly at
the ceiling. g
“You’ve been drinking.”
Sir Charles’ charge was not true.
The detective had gone mad.
When this fact became apparent
Stuart was committed to an insane
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of state; Wind m, secretary of the treas
ury; and Noble, Wanamaker, Miller, of
New York; Miller, of Indiana: Bliss, of
New Y*ork, and Proctor, for places sub
ject to change. *
Among the twenty-four postmasters
confirmed by the senate ) eslerday. seven
we.e put through on reports made by
Benator Colquitt.
Noble, of St. Louis, still remains upon
the>late for the interior department.
The truth is, he is now most likely to get
tion which made him more available
than any one other was the fact that he
had an tsta dished house in A\ ashington
city.
The elements from the Pac'fic slope
have al out united upon John F. Swift,
and they are encouraged to b:lieve that
he will be selected. As it waa last night,
the cabinet is still open, and it promises
to rema n so for the next 4S hours. New
York is now the pi ot u; on which every
thing revolves. The war mode on AVin-
dom has made a local impression, even
if i. has not affected Gen. Harrison’s
opinion of him. If it gives anxiety to
him, no traces of it appear, a'though the
fact that he is here to cope with it, is its
own argument that it gives him appre
hension.
FIGHTING LAW-MAKERS.
Members of the Indiana LecUlutnn Come
to Blows in the General Assembly.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 1.—The ex
citing scenes which have been enacted in
the gen. ral assembly from day' today,
but
that place.
^ No assurance that it is his
without reserve, however, has ever Leen
pa Bed.
There are still hints of ex-Gov. Swift
for the interior, and a strong probability
that the slope will not be left out in the
cold. Estee has the state legislatuie, but
Swift is an old hoosier—a sort of original
Harrison man—and has the support of
some of the senators from the east. He
is sometimes mentioned for attorney
general. m
Colonel Goodloe, of Kentucky, wlfo
has been looking about to-day, thinks
his friend Clarkson will get the interior
portfolio.
Wil iam Henry Harrison Miller will
not be attorney general. He will be so
licitor of the department of justice at
$6,000 a year. It is btated positively he
never bad an idea of getting a place in
the cabinet. Hoosiere generally, who
believe fitness can always go hand in
hand with politics, are not displeased.
Ex-Gov. Rusk, of Wisconsin, is about
in the position of Gen. Noble. He is
likely enough to be taken, but there is
nothing sure about it.
There is no talk of a southern man.
Ex-Gov. Proctor, of Vermont, is liable
to come out of it with the agricultural
portfolio. Here, again, Senator Palmer,
of Michigan, is not unlikely to a me in.
He is willing but not immoderately
anxious.
The New York situation is a’ out as
disagreeable as ever. It is generally be
lieved that the president-elect offers to
let the two senators and the two e trsen-
tors settle the difficulty in their own
way, either by uniting upon a com pro
mise candidate for something, or upon
both Pla t and Miller for places, with
certain curtailments of power.
There is talk of W hitelaw Reid for a
compromise.
Elbott T. Shepard is at tbe Arlington,
with his ear a little inclined to the
S ound. It is certain that tbe
iller men are row doing more
work than the Platt men. Mr. P.att isn't
here, and isn't coming. His friends are
here, but ieem t» proceed on tbe suppo
sition that the thing that is as good as
lost will come to them as quickly out of
the logic of the situationif they keep
quiet as it will if they fuss and fume.
Warner Miiler, as has been popularly
supposed, has never been offered any-
tiling, and conse iiiently has not refused
anything.. His friends think the navy
would suit him. To the sugges
tion that Senator Hiscock might
settle this thing as against both
Miller and Reid, it is always answered
that the Syracuse man has been for Platt
first, last and all the time. The Platt
men have evidently stopped talking
compromises and they believe GenJHar-
r.'son cannot take Miller alter refusing
to take their fa\ orite.
which have generally ended in
words, however harsh and unbecoming,
culminated yesterday afternoon in a per
sonal encounter, and only the presence
of a few cool heads prevented a serious
riot;
Prohibition war under di cussi n in
the house, and A\ illard charged that tbe
republicans were acting the part of hyp
ocrites in t eir ami-liquor attitude.
Stanl -y made reply to Willard's remarks,
and \\ illard rejoined in cons derablo bit
terness, rejecting upon his colleague.
Rep: esentalive Linck, of Je ferson coun
ty, interrupted by asking the speaker if
AYilba.d had not called Stanley a liar,
but AVibard ausweied the gentleman
himse'f by saving that he had not. At
this Linck advanced down the aisle in
S reat excitement, and said: "Yes, you
id. '-You oalied him a liar, but you
can’t call u e one.” c.
AV illard rose from his seat as Linck
advanced, and all tbe members ro e to
their feet. A< Linck utteied the sentence
he struck Willard a stinging blow in the
face. In an instant the chamber was in
an uproar. The members rushed to. v the
parties, ana just as Willard was about
to stii]^ back his arms were ou ght, and
the two men were se 1 orated.
The excitement was intense, and the
members gathered around the belliger
ent gentlemen, prepare.! to join in a
light, when the speaker got control ot
the body and ordered all back to their
seats.
As soon as Lin k cooled down he apol-
ogi ed for the assault, saying that he
regretted it deeply, and that it o curred
m a mouie.it of pa.eion, while he-was
smarting under AYibard’s supposed insult
to Stanl *,y. There is much Lad feeling
over the affair.
MARF.IED BY GOD.
Washington, D. C., March 1.—A ru
mor that Gov. Foraker is to, be in the
cabinet has created a sensation, There
are those who assert they know he is to
be either attorney general or secretary
of war. A gentleman prominent in leg
islative circles has information from In
diana that f oraker is certainly one of
the chosen, and others are "putting this
and that together'* and making out a
case.
When a party of gentlemen recently
called upon the governor to ask him to
attend a meet ng to be held in the future
he eaid he could not promise to be pres
ent, and came very nearly saying he
wopld be out of town at that time, but
corrected himself before he completed
the sentence. Another thing notice! is
that the governor and Lieut. Gov. Lyon
have been together a good deal recently.
Tne fact that they have not hitherto
been very good friends indicates to some
that the lieutenant governor is being
posted on the duties of the chief execu
live in order to be ready when the pres
ent governor goes to Washington.
It is also called to mind that Gen. Har
rison and the governor were closeted to
gether for half an hour on the formeris
private car when he was making his
journey across.the state. Whether there
is any truth in all these things or not it
is certain that many are talking of For-
aker as a coming cabinet member.
No matter how *the cabinet may be
formed, Gen. Harrison, in the minds of
public men, has earned a reputa'.ion for
Indecision. The fate of presidents who
have come to AVashington with cabinets
unmade has been to select a staff incon
gruous in make-up. In his despair Gen.
Garfield found his secretary of the navy
at a public ball, and there ha was noti
fied of his selection, an! the considers-
The Strange Union of an<l Iowa Man and
Woman.
Waterloo, Iowa, March 1.—A highly
sensational story comes from Decorah of
a ee'estial marriage that ignored all stat
utory requirements, and, as both bride
and groom claim, was based upon a di
rect revelation from God.
Joho Schurke, the groom, says that ho
had fasted and prayed for forty consecu
tive days, at Minneapolis, ant s'nce com
ing to Decorah he has subsisted upon one
meal a day, which consisted only of
light soup. He spent most of his time
praying and -houting. He claimed to be
an "Episcopal Son” oJ the Deity, and
that he was a member of the Salvation
army.
He says that on January 17th he re
ceived a special communication from
God, by which he was united in mar
riage with lii cousin,Miss Lucy Schaub,
and ihat the angels surrounded them.as
wetneees of the man iage. Tue bri ie
was about 10 oc 17 ) ears old. and the
daughter of well to do parents. The fact
of their living together as man aud wife
without any legcl fight to do so led to
his arrest. At the p eliminary examin
ation the father of the bride gave the
following te timony : *
"The d.efendi.n . John S: hurie. and
Lucy Schapb, m daughter, have been
living together a man and wife since
January 16th'. He said that he was
married by God, an 1 that the Bible don't
show that he had to ue married by man.
I told him they had fife iter get married
the o her way—by a minister or 's'jiiire.
He said that would he a sin against God.
I told hcli url.e ihct if he would not get
married he would have to leave mv
house and the town. He said he would
leave the house, hue rot the town, llo
did leave the house, and my daughter,
Lucy, went with him.”
SOUTH DAKOTA'S CONDITION.
Misunderstandi:sg of tl.e Provisions of the
Bill Giving; Her Statehood.
Stoux Falls, Dak.; March 1.—Not
withstanding all that has been printed
about the matter, there seems to be a
general misunderstanding of the provis
ions of the bill giving statehood to South
Dakota. From a careful comparison of
the bills, as amended, and a knowledge
of the Circumstances, the situation is as
follows: On the 14th of May, So th Da
kota elects delegates to the constitutional
convention, just as is done in the other
territories. At the same time a vote is
taken o:i the adoption of the Sioux Falls
Constitution, which was framed in 188o.
The delegates meet at Sioux Falls July
4th, and if the e nst tution is ratified,
they make the changes of names, bound
ary and apDorti-nrnent: but if the con
stitution is* re ected. they proceed to
make a new one. Ordinances will be
passed providing for the election of
state officers, legi In tors and congress
men, which are to be voted for- on the
first Tuerda - after the first Monday in
October. The legislature thus chosen
will elect two United States senators.
It will be impossibi : for Louth Dakota
to gain a statehood organization prior to
Octo 1 e-.
It is the g neral opinion that theSioux
Falls Constitution will be adopted. Of
course tbe campaign may change the
present aspect of things.
Cutting in Trouble Again.
Little Rock, Ark., March J.—A. K.
Cuttiug.Che subject or a national quarrel
between the United dtates and Mexico
some months ago, was married iaYliis
oity yesterday to Airs, E. A. Hall. Cut
ting is a printer, and is employed in cne
of the job offices of this city. His claim
for $50,000 da.:.age; against the Mexican
government is still pending.