Show I NATIONAL NOTE 1 I i The Inquiry Into Mrs Em j mons Mental Condition pIES r PKOSPEUTIVB BRIDE The capture of YorhtownOId Judg jnent Re edAnother Timber Ssit Stanton Disbarred Ifews of the Nation WASHINGTON January 17The Secretary etarv of tho Navy received a telegram from Commander B F Day announcing announc-ing the arrival of the Mohican at Valparaiso Val-paraiso and stating that he was successful success-ful in securing n prehistoric image from Easter Island for the Smithson Institution A German vessel S6 cJred ian one of these images a couple of ago The Smithsonian authorities years authori-ties were desirous of obtaining one and requested the Secretary of the Navy to direct a naval vessel TO MAKE AN EFFORT in ther behalf when convenient The commander of the Mohican was ordered a year ago to stop at Easter Island and to secure one if possible Upon petitions of the citizens of Tulare and Fresno CountIes m uhfor DIa to the Department of JustIce asking ask-ing that suits instituted by the government gov-ernment to test the title of theSouthern Pacific Railroad Company to certain lands in those counties on the pound that foe road was not built on the line designated by the state charter to said company and that the lands were settled set-tled upon prior to the issue of patents to the railroad company LAND COMKISSIONEB SPARKS has reported that the grant by Congress was not for the charter line under the California act butfor a line to be designated desig-nated as provided by the act of Congress Con-gress making the grant and that the right of settlers was determined by the date when the railroad grant took effect upon the lands and not the dates when the patents were issued to the company com-pany He says no cause exists for the suits asked and recommends that the applications be denied OTUEB TIMBER SUIT The Secretary of the Interior has requested the attorneygeneral to institute insti-tute a civil suit against Mnckle Bros fat Helen Oregon for the manufactured manufac-tured value of timber alleged to have been unlawfully cut from the government govern-ment lands in Columbia County Oregon Ore-gon It u stated in the agents report to the department that this firm have cut and removed from Columbia Countyover 500000 feet of fir cedar and maple timber board measure valued val-ued at from 8 to 10 per thousand feet when manufactured into lumber and 5 per thousand in logs at the mill It appears that the cutting at least on a portion of the lands was done under color of title THE EMMMOI CASE Investigation as to the mental condition condi-tion of Mrs Emmons was continued today in the old circuit court room which was crowded to a point of discomfort dis-comfort thu ladies as is usual of late composing the larger l part of the audience audi-ence iirs Emmons resumed her story She said that when she gave up her bath room to tho servants her hus band threatened to put her into a lun atc alum This frightened her for no saw by his manner that he mean Lat he said When her husband went away that morning she sent at once for Jas Lowndea She tod him of tbe circumstances relating to her La L tuuds correspondence with the Iu addphit Woman and then placed oLe paytrs In Ins hands I told him aid the witness that if I were mad or Il ieaa or put in a lunatic asylum that WOlLD HAVE TO VINDICATE MEre < ME-re the world and put out those etteb to show viy I was confined A hen her husband came boni she tj d him what she had done He did not h h lY iorotl aflrthing but pulled his lUOUS Great laughter ubsaquel1ty hr husband told wanted her her he to t a divorce use those letters to She told him Wood do she lIothi ve to nothing as long as her mother gi e her J rd her sorrow Be then t s1ij be to llet a divorce would give her JI on a trDlont Avenue nue which Was as muc J tiers as his and H a numbr Promised vere all Pirtly hers of Other On thing which which occa clleJr L co r tVhe Wttnes Dr Sims upon n me bnn bringing tGnP mef mg that IUHII IT l T51110111 hitnIwcII I Ltsay 1r tniaions 11 but It IS through him that lJUlons nas got into this Either SF Elato flier that or MrEmmons t a e mODS is hlmVe This fitmODS or the TbuU Was too much gravity of th = audience aughbr and H e out About tl moro the broke tirnometer story the witness I tlul t said for a long tIme ong antI iii was n w s broken Sorry for I used to it of tile put it 1 was window to see bow cull it I and t1us I CATCH GSXEUAL UAZEX reitlaUbt greeted this sally the mah laughing so hard that he could 10t rap for ° I tD of IheCh oroe for some time Sneak alit ectored I sb Child Incident she said boy oyna named o 1ihere she Arnold came w b n she las t s Sitting and asked ime tQk the 0 YN to light the tree aliA then this d upon her lap asKng her fool ish empeter began told hm about questions lihe aud the German fht ii Christmas tree and I cwld I about the He Said IT Christ to be fond of a IittfOIJ cau you endure This child 5IWIS Clgger She said I tlt Christ ChUd tn e much This is my Then I cornmtn It saves tue mucbir cormnenced ed iam he badt wit to bluff the stupid iLfli He aid not enough to UDder e irL He just even ask me wriSt I tOot it all in She continued That child did save much and I knew it when I said it because if I wanted anything he vould trot downstairs down-stairs and tell his mother He saved me in labor saved mc in work I said it was my Christmas child for I got the Christmas tree upon his account or made him an excuse for having the tree Here Mrs Emmons looked straight at Mr Garnett and asked Does the black rub off from a clean negro child Then she went on to sav You say yes by nodding your head Does it 1 say it does not I would I like l to know when people are dead and have laid oft their skins whether it makes any difference to God whether their skins are black or white Go ahead said Mr Garnett impatiently im-patiently That is a question said Airs Emmons that ought to be answered an-swered by a Bostonian The witness said that Mr Emmons had come to her house after the legal separation as she supposed it was He used to cot 01 to the basement door and sne told him that if he came there he must come in the front door like others and send htr a card I HE DID NOT STAY ALL NIGHT I becaue she would not let him He came there and remained late When she spoke to him he said It is lat nowl do not want to be found out said he couldnt stay It wouldnt be a proper thing He said he couldn t go 1 said Very well then Ill go to a hotel He locked the door then and called up servants He said to them Dont let her go out I suppose sup-pose I was insane then I took the key from him and unlocked the door Did he go asKed Mr Garnett Yes he went said she with a laugh Mrs Emmons then sarcastically sarcastic-ally described her husbands solicitude about her trip to Bloomingdale and concluded con-cluded by declaring that she was repeatedly dosed with whiskey so that it was comparatively easy to get her into the Bloomingdale Asylum MEn TOUCHING DESCRIPTION of her struggles and protests against confinement made a deep impression upon the audience |