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The Cushing Herald.
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VOLUME III,
CUSHING, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, FRIDAY, DEC. :J, 1897
NUMBER 21.
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.
CHAPTER XXXV.—-(Continued.)
"You!" she exclaimed; "I thought
pou were dead!"
"Truly," he said, "and you rejoice to
flnd that I still live; is it not so, Mar-
|orie?"
She did not answer him; her very
blood seemed to be freezing In her
I'eins, and her (ace Wore such an ex-
pression of horror that for a moment
even ne was rend< _ d dumb.
"Marjorie," he said, "let me hear
pour words of welcome. I am an exile
now, driven to seek refuge in Scotland,
Lo escape the bullets of my foes."
"Why—why have you come to me?"
"I have come to you for comfort. I
have coiue to take you with me to share
my English home!"
"To share your home!" echoed Mar-
jorie. "I will not—no, never. You
have done me evil enough already—
but I am free, I know you now, and
I will not go with you."
"You are free!" he said. "What do
you mean by that, mon ami?"
"I mean," said Marjorie, "that you
are nothing to me. You have said so,
and I know It, and I wish never to Bee
your face again."
"Possibly, but our wishes are not al-
ways gratified. I am sorry you cannot
give me a better welcome, since you
will see me not once, but many times;
js to being free, that is all nonsense.
We are in Scotland now, remember;
and you—why, you are my wife."
"Your wife!"
"Yes, my wife—and now, cherie—al-
though I could use force if I chose, I
have no wish to do so. I ask you mere-
ly to fulfill your duty and come with
me to my home."
For a moment Marjorie gave no an-
swer; what could she say or do? No
need for him to tell her she was in his
power, she knew it only too well. While
In France he had the power of turning
her from his door, and heaping igno-
Iny not only upon herself, but upon
lier child; in her own country his pow-
er was absolute over them both.
With a wild cry she threw up her
hands and called on God for help and
?omfort, but no answer came; it seem-
sd that for her there was no help In
ill the world.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
HERIE, am I for-
given?" eald Caus-
sidiere, again hold-
; ing forth his
> hands.
The sound of his
voice recalled hei1
to herself. She
{ M shrank away from
him In positive ter-
ror.
"Keep back," she
ried; "don't touch me."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that I hate and fear you!
iVife or no wife, I will never live with
ron again—never, never!"
Confident of his own power, Caussi-
iiero never winced. He had expected
something of this kind, anil was not
wholly unprepared for it. He said
nothing, but quietly watching his op-
portunity, he lifted the child in his
arms. Finding himself thus suddenly
and roughly seized from his mother's
side, Leon screamed wildly, but CJaus-
sidiere shook him, and bade him be
at peace.
"That is what your mother has
taught you, to scream at the sight of
your father. Now I will teach you
otherwise.''
"Give him to me," she cried; "give
me my child!"
"Your child," returned Caussldiere,
with a sneer; "the child Is mine. I
have a right to take him, and to keep
him, too, and that is what I mean to
do!"
"To keep him!" cried Marjorie; "you
would never do that; you do not want
him if you do not care for him, and he
is all I have in the world."
"But 1 mean to keep him all the
same!"
"You shall not; you dare not; you
shall kill me before you take my boy.
Leon, my darling, come to me; come to
your mother!"
She stretched forth lior arms to take
the child, wheu Caussldiere, livid with
passion, raised his hand and struck
her in the face. She staggered back;
then with a cry she fell senseless to the
ground.
Wh n she opened her eyes It was
quite dark all about her, and as quiet
as the graVH.
"Leon," she moaned feebly, but no
answer came.
Gradually the dizziness passed away;
•he rememburod all that had occurred,
and with a low mof-3 she sunk again
upon the ground, cr^ng bitterly.
But soon her sobp Abated, and Im-
patiently brushing away her tears, she
set herself to wonder again what she
must do. On one thing she was deter-
mined, to be with her child. Yes; at
any cost they must be together.
She rose to her feet again and stag-
gered on toward the Castle. Her scald-
ing tears fell fast, her breast was rent
with sobs; and for the first time in
her life she began to question the be-
neficence of the Divine Father, whom
she had been taught from her child-
hood to revere.
It was late when she reached the
Castle. Miss Hetherington, having
grown fearful at her long absence,
rushed forward to meet her; then with
a cry she shrank away.
"Majorle," she exclaimed, "what's
Wrong, and—and Where's the bairn?"
At the mention of Leon, Majorle
Wrung her hands.
"He has come back and taken him
from me!"
She looked so wild and sad that the
old lady thought her reason was going.
Her face was white aa death, and there
was a red mark on her forehead where
the man had struck her. Miss Hether-
ington took her hands and soothed her
gently; when she saw that her calm-
ness was returning to her, she said:
"Now, Majorle, my bairn, tell me all
about It!"
And Majorie told, trembling and cry-
ing meanwhile, and imploring Miss
Hetherington to recover her child.
"Dinna fret, Marjorie," she said, pat-
ting the girl on the head; "there's
nothing to fear. The man's a knave,
we ken, but he's a fool as w"feel! Bring
harm to his own bairn, not he!—he's
o'er Bharp to put hlmsel' into the power
o' the English law! 'Tis the siller he
wants, and 'tis ti.e siller he means to
get!"
"But what shall we do?" sobbed Mar-
jorie.
"Do?—nothing. Bide quiet a while,
and he'll do something, mark me!"
"But Leon—what will become of
Leon?"
"Dinna greet for the bairn; I tell ye
he's safe enough; after all, he's with
his father."
"But he mustn't stop; I must get him
back, or it will kill me."
"You hall have him back, never
fear, Marjorie."
"But to-night—what can be done to-
night?"
"Nothing, my lassie—absolutely no-
thg. Get you to bed and rest you, and
to-morrow I'll tell you what we must
do."
After a good deal more persuasion
Marjorie was induced to go to her
room, but during the whole of that
night she never closed her eyes, but
walked about in wild unrest.
When the dawn broke she descended
the stairs, and to her amazement found
Miss Hetherington in the dining-room,
just as she had left her on the preced-
ing night. The weary hours of vigil
had done their work; her face, always
white, was positively corpse-like; her
thin gray hairs were disheveled, and
her eyes were dim. With a piercing
cry, Marjorie ran forward and fell at
her feet.
"Mother!" she cried; "dear mother,
what is the matter?"
The old wpman laid her trembling
hand upon Marjorie's brown head and
smiled.
" 'Tis nothing, my child," she said.
"The hours of the night have passed
o'er quickly for me, you see, for I sat
thinking, and now you see the dawn
has come. Marjorie, my poor Mar-
jorie! I wonder you can ever find It In
your heart to'call me mother!—see
what sorrow has come to you through
me."
"Through you? Oh, no, no, no!"
"Ay, but 'tis so, Marjorie. 'Th® sins
of the fathers shall be visited upon the
children unto the third and fourth
generation.' Through my sin you suf-
fer."
"Do not say that—it is not true."
"Ay, but it 1b true. Through my sin
you were made a poor outcast, with no
mother to watch over you, no kind
hand to guide you. When I think on
it, it breaks my heart, Marjorie—It
breaks my heart."
* • • * •
About ten o'clock that mornlsg a
messenger came to the Castle bringing
a note for Marjorie. It was from Caua-
aldlere, and dated from Dumfries.
"I am here," he wrote, "with the
child. Do you propose to join me, as
I can force you to do so If I choose, or
am I to keep the child only? I might
be lndtfcad to yield him up to you upon
certain conditions. Let me know what
you mean to do, as my stay here will
not be of long duration, and I am
making arrangements to take Leon
awav with me. "Your husband,"
"LEON CAU88IDIHRB,"
Marjorie's first impulse was to ruih
to the place where she knew her child
to be, but Miss Hetherington restrain*!
her.
"Bide a wee, Marjorie," she said;
"we'll get the bairn and not lose you."
She dismissed Caussidi^re's messen-
ger, and sent her own servant for Suth-
erland.
When the young man arrived she
saw him alone, told him In a few words
what had occurred and1 put Caussl-
diere's letter in his hand.
"Bring back the child, Johnnie Suth-
erland," she said, "even if you have to
kill the father.'
Sutherland took the letter, and, with
these Instructions ringing in his ears,
went to Dumfries to seek Caussldiere
at the place mentioned. He was like
a man demented; the blow had been bo
sudden that he hardly realized as yet
what it all meant; he only knew that
he had fallen from the brightest hope
to the blackest despair, and that hence-
forth he must endure a living death.
The house he sought was a small Inn
in one of the by-streets of Dumfries,
and Sutherland knew it well. He en-
tered the place, found a shock-headed
servant girl In the passage and asked
for the "French gentleman who was
staying in the house."
"You'll find him ben yonder," said
the girl, pointing to a door on the
ground floor.
Sutherland beckoned to her to open
the door; she did so. He entered the
room and closed the door behind him.
Causgldiere leaped to his feet with an
oath. Leon, who had been sitting pale
and tremulous In a corner, rushed for-
ward with a cry of joy.
But before he could reach Suther-
land's side his father clutched him and
drew him back, grasping the child bo
roughly as to make him moan with
pain.
Then, white and furious, Caussldiere
faced Sutherland.
"So, it is you!" he exclaimed. "How
dare you Intrude here? Leave this
room."
Sutherland, who had placed his back
to the door and put the key in his
pocket, made no attempt to move. He
was able to keep his self-control, but
his face was white as death.
"Monsieur Caussldiere," he said, "1
have come for that child."
"Really," said Caussldiere, with a
sneer; "then perhaps you will tell me
what you propose to offer for him?
Madame Caussidiere must pay dearly
for having made you her messenger."
"She will pay nothing."
"What do you mean, monsieur?"
"What I say. I mean to take that
child and give you nothing for him.
You have come to the end of your
tether. Monsieur Caussldiere. You will
find this time you haven't got a help-
less woman to deal with!"
Caussldiere looked at him with a new
light in his eyes. What did it mean?
Had the man really power? and if bo,
to what extent? A little reflection as-
sured him that his momentary fear was
groundless. Sutherland might talk as
he chose. Caussidiere was master of
the situation, since with him lay all the
authority of the law.
"Monsieur," he said, "you are an ad-
mirable champion. I congratulate ma-
dame/in having secured you. But pray
tell her from me that her child remains
with her husband, not her lover."
In a moment Sutherland had caught
him by the threat.
"Scoundrel!" he cried.
"Let me go!" hissed Caussidiere. "If
you have taken my wife for your mis-
tress, you shall not bully me!"
But he said no more. Grasping him
more firmly by the throat, Sutherland
shook him till he eould scarcely
breathe; then lifting him, he dashed
him violently to the ground; then,
without waiting to see what he had
done, he lifted the frightened child In
his arms and hurried from the place.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Y WHAT train of
circumstances had
the dead Caussi*
diere again become
quick, or rather, to
express it In cor-
recter terms, how-
had the Frenchman
escaped from the
perils and pains of
death?
The answer is
simple enough. Among the patrlotB of
the Parisian Commune there were two
Caussldleres, -In no way related to each
other, but equally doubtful in their
conduct, and their antecedents; and It
happened, curiously enough, that our
Caussldiere's alter ego had also been
arrested for treasonable practices.
The Paris of those days has been
compared to Pandemonium; everything
was one wild frenzy of hurried and
aimless haste; and the newspaper re-
ports, like the events they chronicled,
being chaotic and Irresponsible, it hap-
pened that the fate of one individual
was confused with the fate of the other.
At the very moment that one Caussl-
diere was lying dead before the sol-
diers of the Commune the other was
escaping in disguise toward the Bel-
gian coast, whence, after divers vicis-
situdes, he sailed for England, to reap-
pear finally in Annandale. like a ghost
from the grave, as we have seen,
(To B8 continued. j
A NEW PL VIFORM.: c°mpetit°r crew home. all hail to kansas
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD AD-
DRESS ISSUED.
Holding of NmI IoiihI Nominal In IT Con-
vention In April, IKItH, Iteconiniau<lr<l
' —I'lrttforiii Tliill Should He Adopted
Outlined—Fusloiiltl* In+ltel.
St. Lons, Mo., Nov. JO.— After an
nil night session of the national or-
ganization committee, representing
the middle-of-the-road faction of the
Populist party, they reconvened be-
hind closed doors. Abe Steinberger
of Glrard, Kan., gave out the follow-
ing address as having been unani-
mously adopted by the committee:
"lteeogni/.inp the importance of
active and aggressive work to the end
of lining up all reform forces for fu-
ture campaigns, we, the national or-
ganization committee of the People's
party, hereby call a meeting of said
committee at tlio Laclede hotel, Si.
Louis. Ma, for January 12, 1898.
"To the end of restoring perfect
harmony in the ranks of the party
and eifecting a more compact orcan-
i/.ution, wu respectfully invite the na-
tional committee of the People's party
io meet with us in conference on the
ftbovo date, appealing to their patri-
otism and sense of duty to aid us in
restoring to its once splendid cstato
our party organization.
"Feeling it due to the members of
the People's party to outline the ob-
lects of this call, we submit the fol-
lowing:
"We recommend the holding of a
national nominating convention on the
first, Wednesday in April, 1808.
"We recommend the holding of the
state conventions, at which delegates
to the national convention shall bo
chosen, on the third Wednesday in
March, 1808.
"We recommend that tho nomina-
tions of congressmen bo delayed until
after the holding of the national con-
vention.
"We recommend that the platform
on which the contetst for if.IS and 1900
be waged should embody the follow-
■ing propositions:
"First — Absolute paper money,
based upon every commodity and re* \
source of the nation, a full legal ten- |
der and receivable for nil dues to the
United States.
" "Second—Free coinage of gold and
silver at the present legal ratio; the
coin debts of the United States pay-
able in either, at the option of the
government.
"Third—All i oney to be issued by
the government and paid out direct
to tho peoplo for services rendered, or
to be loaned to them at a low rate of
interest on safe security and without
the intervention of private banks,
provided that the volume of the cur-
rency shall not exceed $50 per capita
' Fourth — Government ownership
and operation of railroads, telegraph
and telephone lines.
"Fifth—Opposition to alien owner-
ship and holding of land for specu-
lative purposes.
"Sixth—Opposition to court-made
law.
"Seventh—Opposition to trusts.
"Eighth—We especially recommend
the initiative and referendum and tho
imperative mandate."
REFUSES A PARDON.
Has Boon In Prison Fourteen Year* and
Wants to Stay There.
Jkfkkrson Citv, Mo., Nov. 20.—
Frank Jackson, colored, has refused to
accept a pardon from Governor Steph-
ens. Jackson is the oldest prisoner in
point of service now in tho
Missouri penitentiary, having been
there for over fourteen years, and
Governor Stephens offered to give
him a Thanksgiving pardon, but the
prisoner refused, declaring that he
would rather remain here than bo
turned out during the cold weather.
He had no homo and no friends out-
side, and lie did not want to get out
until warm weather. Jackson is serv-
ing a twenty years' sentence from St.
Charles county for assault. His term
expires under tho three-fourths law in
September, 1898.
MORRISON SET FREE.
Tela* Officers Fall to Appear and Re-
lease Follow*.
Topkka, Kan., Nov. 25.—Chief of
Police Steele released this morning
tho Rev. A. E. Morrison, the Texas
Methodist minister, whom he has been
holding on a chargo of murder The
Texas officers failed to appear with a
requisition.
When Morrison was roleasod he
swore, in language that even startled
the poliee, that he would iiavo ven-
geance on the Whittlesey family, Glen
Hatfield and S. it. Norris.
(live* a Fortuno to tlie Public.
Pn11..\ DKi.riiia. Nov. 25.—At a din-
ner given by P. A. B. Widener, tho
formal announcement was made by
Wlllluin Pepper, former president of
the University of Pennsylvania, of Mr.
Winner's intention to present to the
free library of Pennsylvania his mag-
nificent residence. The property Is
worth 1000,000. Widener will expend
not less than 8400,000 anditlonal for
choice specimens, o' purely American
art.
Too Weak to Keapond to the Cheer*
of Welcome In New York.
New Voiik, Nov. 24.—The reoently
released Competitor prisoners arrived
in New York from Havana yesterday.
They are Captuln Alfredo Laborde,
William Gildeu, Una Melton, William
Leavltt and Charles Harnett, an En-
glishman. Tho five men were in fair-
ly good health and excellent spirits
or reaching quarantine. Captain La-
borde suffered somewhat from paraly-
sis, which he contracted during his
long confinement in the Cabanas fort-
ress.
The six men who had escaped the
fate of the Virginius captives were
greeted npon their arrival in New
York by an enthusiastic crowd, who
gave tiiem a hearty welcome. The
poor wretches were too weak to re-
spond to the cheer* which had been
given in their honor.
I'robably the most wretched of the
Competitor's crew is Ona Melton. Last
Thursday afternoon ho was taken out
of the dungeon, as he supposed, to be
shot, but in the corridor ho met Con-
sul General Loo, who, to Melton's
surprise, Informed him that all of the
Competitor prisoners had been par-
doned. When arrested Melton
weighed 105 pouuds but now he could
not pull down tho scales to 100
pounds. He will remain here for
about a week, and will then return to
his home.
MOTHER AND CHILD BURN.
Mr*. <2rlgg* anil IJttle Ulrl of Topeka
1'erUh Together In Tlielr Home.
Toi'kka, Nov. 23.—About 4 o'clock
yesterday morning the house occupied*
and owned by Mrs. Mary F. Griggs, a
widow of 52, and her Bon Walter, aged
18, and daughter Ethel, aged 10,
caught fire from the kitchen stove
and was soon in flames
Mrs. Griggs aroused her son, who,
after vainly attempting to escape
down the stairway, jumped from a
window and an ankle was sprained.
Then the mother ran down the hall to
call her daughter, and thus she lost
her life, for after the firemen had
purtiully extinguished the flames they
found her body, frightfully burned,
just inside the daughter's room close
to the child's bed. The body of the
little girl was found in the room
burned black by the flames, but not
destroyed. The child had left her
bed and tried to reach the door where
her mother was.
MAY SAVE DURRANT.-
Joseph K. Hlanther Accuse* Himself of
the San Franclaco Church Murder*.
Houston, Texas, Nor. 25.—A con-
fession that may save the life of Theo-
dore Durrant, who is tinder sentence
to bo hanged at San l'Yaneisco for the
murdrr of Blanche Lamont, waa dis-
closed to-day. A letter has been mad*
public in which Joseph E. Hlanther,
alias Forbes, who committed suicide
in tho jail at Meridian, Basque coun-
ty, March 3 last, admits that he killed
not only Miss Lamont, but Minnie
Williams and Mrs. Langfelt as well.
TEN LYNCHERS TO DIE
Condemned to Death for the Murder of
Arroyo—Jury Ont Seven Hoar*.
Mk.xico City, Mexico, Nov. 24.—The
great trial of Arroyo's murderers is
over, terminating last evening with
the sentence of death pronounced on
ten of the police officials and police-
men concerned in the butchery of the
hapless wretch, whose audacious at-
tempt on the president's life caused a
profound sensation here.
The jury was out over soven hours,
FATAL FLAMES.
Bit Farms Yielded Products W*tlk
• IBH.BSa.iiSM In 1*07.
Topcka, Kan., Nov. 35.—The Kansas
board of agriculture has issued a final
bulletin showing the state's crop yield
And farm values, and the numbers
and farm values of live stock for the
year 1897.
The total yield of winter wheat is
50,040,374 bushels, worth $33,708,013,
or almost 100 per cent more than last
year's crop Its average yield per
acre for the entire state is 50.07 bosh
*ls.
The corn crop Is 152,140,993 bushels,
#r 09,278,431 bushels less than in 1890, ,
and its value is $38,555,203, or $7,077,-
120 less.
Of oats, the yield Is 43,431,373 bush-
els, an increase of 4,?10,501 bushels.
The value of tho crop is >3,828,192; the
increased value, 91,121,540; the yiold
per acre, 23.83 bushels.
Spring wheat shows a yield of 990,-
230 bushels, ub against 001,523 bushels
in 1890. Its value is #580,091.
The combined home value of winter
and spring wheat, corn and oats, is
too,70S,7*8. Of the same crop in 1890,
it was $15,071,930 less.
The probable total acreage of win-
ter wheat sown the present autumn is
about 3,045,000 acres, or an increase
aver the previous year of 10 per oont.
An increase is reported from every
county. In spite of an unusually dry
fall in much of tho state, a large pro-
portion of the wheat, even in those
parts, has germinated, is growing and
promises well. The price of wheat for
the year averages for the state 7ft
eents per bushel.
The prices at which tho corn crop la,
being contracted to feeders and others
in the cattle-fattening and corn-rais-
ing counties averages 22 cents; 53 per
cent of the crop is likely to be sold at
these prices before January.
An estimate of the cattle to be
grain fattened shows practically the
same as one year ago, with big in-
creases in the heuvy-ylolding corn
counties.
The yields and values of the year's
erops and products are as follows:
(Quantity. Value,
Wheat, bushels... 61,020,004 I 34,385,804
Corn, bushels 162.140,UJ3 28. .55,293
Oats,bushels 23,481,273 3,828.193
Bye, bushels. 1,001,662 559,821
Barley, bushels... 1,772,426 302,763
Buckwheat, bu.... 14,313 7,972'
Irish and-Sweet
potatoes. busbels..6,342.48) 2,044,001
Castor beans, bushels.. 49,082 40,027
Cotton, pounds 69,075 4,180,
Flax, bushels 1,198,082 959.1U5
Hemp, pounds 77.900 4,230
Tobacco, pounds 172,901) 17,293 (
Broom corn, pounds.... 40,9 J7 402,009
Millet and Hungarian,
tons 7J9.546 1.973,220
Sorghum for syrup.
gallons 1,171,152 418,858
Sorghums, gallons. 0,189.081
Tame graases 3,018.938
Prairie grass 4,30 v 88
Wool clip, pounds 702 401 01.495
Cheese, butter and milk 5.259,752
Poultry and eggs sold 3,850,997
Animals slaughtered or sold
for slaughter 87,781,078
Horticultural and garden
products and wine 1,429,800
Honey and beeswax,
pounds 530 870 11.228
Wood marketed 127,175
Total value *180,385.268
The following table shows tho num-
bers and values of live stock in the
ytate:
Two Young Men Lose Their Llvss In a
Fire at Bethany, Mo.
Bethany, Mo., Nov. 23.—Fire
started about 1 o'clock yesterday
morning in Blackburn Bros.' livery
barn and spread to llradley <fc Green's
blacksmith shop. James Marker and
Elmer Fruit, who had been in the
habit of sleeping in the second story
of the barn, lost their lives. Eighteen
horses and all of tho contents of the
barn and shop were destroyed. Tho
only Insurance was 8400 on the barn.
Illg Republican Lou In Chloago.
Chicago, Nov. '25.—At the special
election held here yesterday in the
Sixth congressional dlstriot for a suc-
cessor to Edward D. Cooke, deceased,
Henry S. Boutell, the Republican can-
didate, was elected over Vincent H.
Perkins, his Democratic competitor by
840 votes, the total vote being, Bou-
tell, 10,204; Perkins, 9,304. Landgren,
Populist, received 228, and David, Pro-
hibitionist, 103 votes. At tho last
congressional election in this district,
Cooke, Republican, was elected over
Martin, Democrat, by 6,579, the total
vote being, Cooke, 25.7M3; Martin, 19,
144.
Lsngtry Sails liar Yacht.
London, Not. 29. — The yacht, Whits
Lndyo, the property of Mrs. Lilj
Langtry, the actress, has been sold al
auction for $50,000. Tho vessel oosttc
build for Lord Ashburton (FranoisEd-
ward Harlnj), $200,000, and Mrs. Lang-
try spent $100,000 in decorating tin
yacht and her state boudoir suite. A
few years ago Mrs. Langtry refused
$100,000 for the White Lady*.
Horses
Mules and asses 83,919
Milch cows 552,43s
Other cattle 1,003,943
Sheep 222,703
Swine 2,399.49 4
Number. Value.
801,427 * 23.322 7 85
3,018.009
15.988,833
I 94,074.855
Total value
Grand total 1230,410.143
The net increase in value of this
year's agricultural productions over
that of 1890 is $20,045,340, and of live
•tock, $30,508,985; a total net Increase
of $40,554,331, or somowhat more than
81 per cent
Horses have decreased In number to
the extent of 45,414 head, but the bet-.
ter quality and higher value per head
of those remaining leaves their total
value showing aD increase of $3,151,-
728, or ten per cent.
Milch cows have Increased 37,403
head, and $2,848,031 in value, or nearly
33 per cent
Other cattle show an Increase of
298,630 head and a value greater by
$11,771,399, or nearly 43 per cent.
Sheep have Increased 40,407 head
and are worth $143,330 more, or 33 per!
cent
Swine are more by 500,403 head and,
in value by $3,473,597, or nearly 41 per
cent.
The estimated increase in alfalfa
■own in 1897 is given as 15,000 acres,,
or 10 per cent
divorce for a minister.
The K«v. Willi* Jordan, Who Pabllaly
Denounced His Wife, Is Free,
Independence, Kan., Nov. 20.—In
the district court here to-day a divorce
was granted to the Rev. Willis Jor-
dan,. pastor of the Christian church at
Caney, from his wife, Ada. The ease
appeared on the doe'eet under the pe-
culiar title of Willis Jordan vs. Ada
Miller, called Ada Jordan.
This is the minister who donounoed
his wife from the pulpit on a recent
Sunday. Ho declared in his speeohj
that ho had been victimized by the
bold adventuress with whom he ha&
become infatuated. He said be had
married her but hud sinoe found that
•he was at the time married to an-
other man; that he had been deceived
isd would sue for a divoroe.
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Rendall, William J. The Cushing Herald. (Cushing, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1897, newspaper, December 3, 1897; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc270370/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.