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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20

Manager Smith has scored Some
thing extra for his patrons Thanksaiv-
ing week. The bill will start WITH .
buriesque entitled "A Trip Around The
World The olio " BEADED ey the
Worlds Far trio, Kelley, Miss Han
sou and Lew Henry. in . humorous
comedy sketch; the Irish comedian.
Maurice Downic. Lulu Chapman and
Lottie QuIgley in sketches: james
Allen. negro comedian, the Aticootes.
The Kenyons and she character vocal
ist, Lev Henry Den Howe's industry
has evolved another comedy entitled
"who Owns the Baby" IN which the
stock company will find employment
and will close the bill. Nstinees a.
usual Wednesdays. Fridays ssd satur-
dav&
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20

Grsnd Rapids savings Bank At the
corner Of south Divson ard FELTON,
streets pays interest on ali suns Of ore
dollar aud upwards.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20
, the close of Che proGram Che

At the close of the program the
ladies crowded about the eminent pian-
ist. Scharwenka, and piled HIM with
compliments and inquiries rs to his
Grand Rapids pupils.
Next on the seasons program will be
Mrs. Carpenter'S lecture next Friday
afternoon on Wagner. and on Monday
following her talk on 1.-THE Niebeiun-
gen Ring"
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20
sCHARwENKA'S RECITAL.
Mrs. Carpenters Lectures to Be Given the
Coming Week.

The first of the st. Cecilia artist re-
citals, gwen yesterday afternoon. was
. conspicuous success. A large attend
aLce was present and enjoyed the fol-
lowing programs:
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20

The mirth provoking comedy 'syice
vsrsa'' will be gwen at Powers opera
house December II by tie following
vel kuown young people At Marie
wilson Besslev's annual dramatic re-
eitsl: The Misses Walsh, Alex Ross,
Belle Thorinxtou. Alice Taylor. Marie
Thompson, Mr.. Robinson, Mr. High
Sheridan.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20

is Paris in miniature. It has ample
stock, not merely models, from all the
great creators of French styles
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20
All Wool Dress
Goods Remnants,

Comprising every style and quality ut
half-price. There's excellent emporium
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20
And It's All About Ladies and
Childrens.
WRAPS.
Another Show and It's Not the Second Ringing of
the First Bell But the First Ringing
of the Second Bell


In that grand line Of Novelty suit Pat.
terms Just opened and unfolded thio
week. with prices rAnglng iron go -
1880 each.
, 1892-01-17

Tom Sullivan, the well known baseball
pitcher, made the quarrel up as he sup
posed, and was showing Ryan a picture of
his little daughter when Horn suddenly
thrust before them the photo OF a vile
woman known to both, and said:
Talking about pictures, look Mt that
oner'
Don't put them together" said Ryan
this Is an innocent one. It's Toms baby"
Then the closing fight began. Sullivan
was between the two and Ryan had turned
to go away, when Horn reached over Sulli-
vans shoulder and with the pistol almost
against the back of Ryan's head fired.
Ryan fell and never spoke again. In less
than three hours he was dead. All the
participants were young men, popular in
their set and not ut all quarrelsome when
sober. Only a few years ago Horn was noted
among the bright newsboys and bootblacks
of Cincinnati. A little later he had a good
position in II drug store. Then he became
INFATUATED" with "A woman and gave her
various toilet articles from the store, for
which he was discharged. He became q
bartender, a sporting man, n drunkard and
finally a murdere
The last case to be dealt with here is that
OF the Hair twins, in which there Is a dis
tressing amount OF law Latin, such as alias
and alibi, not to mention nolle prosequi,
hiu az Iuou a. 80
dictment on which they are now held de
scribes one as Charles Hair, alias Charles
Morris, alias Allen II. Wood, alias Napc-
leon Wood, alias D. G. Weaver, and the
other as Henry Hair, alias, etc, to ar equal
extent. Suffice 1T to say that these ara
twin brothers of most respectable parent
age, one OF them most a~dvantageously
married and both fairly started in life, and
that they deliberately abandoned honest
ways and took to the meanest forms of
swindling.
Henry Hair began as clerk in n Hoboken
bank, stole $3.50 and on account of his fam
lily was let off; then robbed a clothing store
and was sent to state prison for two years.
On coming out he Joined his brother
Charles, who had had a far more brilliant
career. He had married the daughter Of
wealthy Lewis Bressler. swindled his
satherin-law and gone into theatrical
management so deeply that he was known
, 1892-01-17

The first agricultural experiment sta
ton in this country was established by
Connecticut in 1876. The example was
soon followed elsewhere. The appropi-
alton by congress of $15, 900 per annum
to each of the states and territories
which have established agricultural col
leges or agricultural departments of col
leges has led to the establishment of new
stations or the increased development of
stations previously established under
state authority, until there are now agri-
cultural experiment stations in opera
ton in all the states and territories ex-
cept Montana and Idaho. During the
year new stations have been established
in Wyoming. Oklahoma and Washing
ton. OF the fifty-five stations in the
United States, fifty receive their support
wholly or in part from the United States
treasury. The results and processes of
their experiments are given to the pub
lie not only in the station bulletins and
reports, but also in thousands of news
papers and other periodicals.
, 1892-01-17

Cincinnati ''Greeny' Horn, just turned
twenty-one, has brutality murdered hts
drinking companion, Dick Ryan, aged TWEEN
tytwo. In New York the youthful twins,
Charles and Henry Hair. await sentence
for ingenious swindling, and Frank
Marker, an Illinois farmers boy, has con-
fessed to the killing of Private Waterman
Treiner, which was the mystery Of St
Louis last September.
From George Barnwell to Billy the Kid
the story is much the same. Barnwell went
mp TO London m innocent country boy of
seventeen" A year or two later he muir
dered his master to get money for his mis-
tress and was hanged long before reaching
manhood. 1t is a momentous fnct that an
overwhelming majority OF criminals are
very young men, and that a very large ma
jority Of the suicides Of both sexes have not
yet passed middle life.
Many students OF mind development de-
clare that in nine men out OF ten the char
Acter is fixed for life between the ages of
eight and sixteen. 1t IS n fact not generally
noticed that as n rule the head is as large at
eight years as it ever becomes. At sixteen
the mightiest of instincts ordinarily wakes
to its greatest activity. The bent given to
the moral nature in the intervening years
determines the direction OF the new activi-
ties. II the native energy is great, the sub
ject must be either an active and useful
man or IA desperate criminal. In the border
west of 1So0-0 they used to say that at u
certain age it was "a toss up whether the
smart boy Of a neighborhood would turn
out n preacher or a horse thief"
John L. Ferguson was "a remarkably
bright boy, the youngest child OF a respect
ed Kentuckian. who moved TO st. Louis
thirty years ago. There John was born in
1864. Later the family located in Kansas
CITY, and John became the chief support
of his parents, now aged eighty-three and
sixty-fve, respectively. He was taken into
the National Bank Of Kansas City and rose
rapidly, becoming bookkeeper and trusted
man. He was temperate, polite, accom-
plished, popular, a great lover Of music
and an accomplished violinist. The best
houses of the city were open to him. He
, 1892-01-17

not the word in this case-it WAS nj "fs'
confession.
Philip Lehm, a mere youth. revealed 70
I, an intimate friend that no had seen the
shooting. His friend induced him totelL
the story to Night Chief Reedy. 1t was TO
this effect: Frank Marker WAS his daily as
| sociate, and on the morning OF the killing
asked him to walk through the car yard
with him. Frank exhibited a bruised hand
and arm, and said the Waterman had lone
it without cause simply because he MARX
er) had stepped between the cars. As they
talked the Waterman appeared, roughly
ordered them away and made n motion to
draw a pistol. Then Marker fired three
shots, with fatal results.
There was a great mastering OF detec-
tives, five in all, and they went disguised
as a hunting party-all to arrest this soft
poken blue eyed country boy, who was at
work on his fathers farm in Illinois, about
sixteen miles from st. Louis. OF course
they did ALPHABETICALLY" the st. Louis
journals say, one OF them covering the
father with IL revolver" while two others
crept up slyly and took the boy. His story
does not differ materially from that of his
friend. He was, he says, taken sick sud
denly. went between the cars and was
dubbed, returned after meeting his friend,
was, as be thinks, threatened with shoot
ing and shot without waiting. He fired
three times and killed the Waterman. He
is twenty years old, but looks younger.
Far more horrible, far less open to SYM
patty, is the case of James Horn, common
iy called "Greeny" Horn, OF Cincinnati,
who killed his former friend, Dick Ryan
Until court and jury shall have completely
sifted the matter it will be impossible to
give a clear account of this seemingly
causeless and brutal b%utchery; but the
facts. 50 FAR beyond dispute, are these:
One night Paddy Moore, known as n man
about town. and Scott Parmerton, saloon
keeper and employer of Horn, won sl25
from n stranger in some gambling game
and decided to paint the town" in conse-
quence. They soon found James Horn and
Dick Ryan and the four made a night Of
1t. Next afternoon they met again, but in
the meantime the loser Of the Sl25 met the
winners, threatened them with police and
prosecution and compelled them to give 1t
up. So they were in a very i'll humor when
they met their friends, and the chatting"
OF the latter led to II fight. All were
drunk and quarrelsome-all have the repu-
tation OF being bad men when in liquor"
so there was n general row. Then 1t
came out thut Ryan and Horn had had
trouble and that Horn had threatened
vengeance.
Late that evening they all met by chance
In the saloon OF John Regain. On Seventh
street, near Vine, and some more scrap
ping took place-nobody seriously hurt.
, 1892-01-17

The following, remarkable at all events
as a feat of memory, was told by the
owner of an Irish water spaniel. His
master was out walking with him at the
beginning of the long frost in 1885,
which set in about the middle of Janu-
airy. He went on n frozen milldam,
where of course the water was very
deep, and accidentally dropped his
snuffbox through a little round hole In
the ice. The dog was dreadfully dis
tressed at not being able to get it, but
was obliged to go home with its owner,
who thought no more about the matter.
Two months afterward, when the frost
had gone, he and the dog passed by the
same place. The dog paused opposite
the spot where the box had disappeared,
seemed to think intently for a minute,
then plunged in, dived to the bottom
and returned with the snuffbox in his
mouth.-London Tit-Bits.
, 1892-01-17

became a hail fellow well met, generous to
recklessness, and then, to wit, in 1880, be-
gan a course of swindling 80 ingenious and
complicated that only a banker can under
stand it.
One method was to reduce the credit Of
country banks and transfer the amount to
the credit Of fictitious depositors. This
money he collected by making drafts on
other city banks, which were of curse
honored at the National to the extent Of
these fictitious depositors' credits. The
cash balances he kept straight by inserting
deposit certificates in the cashiers pile OF
such papers. 1t will be plain, even to a
noncommercial mind, that after getting 30
far he had to be on hand every day to keep
this thing up. There came a day when he
was suddenly taken sick. Another book
keeper, H. c.. Tomlin, saw sudden and sur
prising changes in the country banks bal
ances-a variation of 10000.
The next night Ferguson was called into
the private Office and asked to explain. He
broke down at the first charge. White
and trembling he confessed all. The bank
officials held him through the night in the
bank and the next day he Event to his
place"-in jail. In a little over two years
he had ~squandered about $4,000. On his
way TO the bank he had tried to buy nor-
phine but had been refused. His punish
ment at the best must be great, but the
length Of it remains to be determined.
Another Missouri crime is equally sur
prising n even more sensational. On
the morning Of Sept. II Michael Treiner,
private Waterman at the Iron Mountain
yards at the foot of Convent street, wa
shot dead, and at once all the detectives
the company saw fit to employ were set to
work, but in vain. Although the killinf,
was done in daylight and in a tolerably
public place, nearly four months passel
before a clew was found. But ''clew' :.
, 1892-01-17
TO JEssie's DANCING FEET.

How, as a spiders web Is spur
With subtle grace and art
DO thy light footsteps, every one,
Cross and recross my heartI
Now here, now there. and to and fro
Their winding mazes turn:
Thy fairy feet 30 lightly go
They seem the earth to spurn;
Yet every step leaves there behind
A something when you dance,
That serves to tangle up my mind as
And all my soul entrance.
How. as the web the spidersSpin
And wanton breezes blow,
Thy soft and flmy laces in
A swirl around thee dowi
The cobweb meath thy chin that's crossed
Remains demurely put,
While those are ever whirled and tossed
That show thy saucy foot;
That show the silver grayness OF
Thy stockings' silken sheen,
And mesh Of snowy skirts above
Tho silver that Is seen.
How, as tho spider from his web
bangles In light suspense.
Do thy sweet measures dow and ebb
sway my enrapturcd sensel
Thy nutt'ring lace, thy dainty airs,
Thy every charming pose
There are not more a~lluring snarss
To bind mo with than those
Swing oni Sway oni With easy grace
Thy wttching steps repeatI
The love | dare MOTTO thy face
offer at thy feet
w. D. Ellwangor in Century.
, 1892-01-17

succeeded each other; every male de-
scendant of the lated house met with Q
like death.
Harry, I-yes, I-Genevieve, thu
woman that you say you love, am de-
scended from the woman who cursed
my family" Harry had risen to his
feet and was leaning against the balus-
trade my father died when l wa
very young. 1 can't remember him, and
yet 1 have heard of the old tradition.
Bosh- There can't be any truth in a
thing like that. Why. III prove it.
He thrust his hand in his pocket and
drew out a knife .Tn just jab myself
in the arm a little and see"-
Don't" cried Genevieve. "Oh, Har-
~, you will The blood spurted
from Winthrop's wrist.
There" he said calmly throwing his
cigarette over the stern of the ship,
well find out in a few minutes any
way. Do you know
81 know that you are breaking my
heart" sobbed Genevieve as she endeav-
ored to cover the injured wrist with he1
two hands.
"Oh, l say, that isn't fair" remon
straOeo harry, pushing her away from
him gently. Let it bleed awhile"
Genevieve knelt down beside him
Harry, dear Harry, let me bind it up"
She struggled with his ARM; she nigh
as well have tried to move a rock.
sense of helplessness came over her, sh,
buried her face in her hands-and wal,
ed The ship gave a sudden plunge, sh
lost her balance and fell forward, he
head struck heavily against the railing
Genevieve opened her eyes slowly anl
looked up. Harry's anxious face WIS
bending over her.
where am IY' she murmured droN-
silly. How my head pains. Why, hsw
do you She started up with a sudden
cry. "Is it bleeding, Harrya'
BLESS me, 1 had forgotten all about
it," he answered. why, no it's stop
ped."-Boston Globe.
, 1892-01-17

Children ask u great many mora
questions than we can answer" re-
marked the school teacher the other
evening. There's a boy, for instance,
in my school to whom | have been try
ing to teach the alphabet, but he is very
slow to learn. The other day when l
had him up he persisted in calling F 8,
and at last, provoked by his stupidity, 1
said to him: Now, you've called F 8 a
half dozen times, and l don't want you
to do it again. F isn't s. never was and
never will be-
"'Why amt itY he asked %innocently,
and to this day am unable to answer
that question entirely to my own salts
faction, and certainly not to the boys"
Detroit Free Press.
, 1892-01-17
JUNE IL, EVENING.

"Can l light a cigarette, Genevieve3
Pm prosaic, l know, but you see l was
30 happy l just forgot what | was doing,
and l ate a terribly big dinner, and I'm
afraid Harry looked ~questioningly
through the dim light at his companion.
"1sn't this jollyr' he continued, after
a minute. IAN alone by ourselves, and
the propeller going kerthump, kerthump,
down below US. Just look at the path
the ship makes. 1t almost seems as If
you could walk right out there and come
to the end Of the world.
"But l forgot, you're going to tell me
, 1892-01-17
SPORTING NOTES.

Stansbury, the Australian %sculler, will
sail for America in March to race John
Teemer, Jake Gaudaur and William
O'Connor.
By the baseball compromise Fred Pfef-
fer, OF Chicago, loses a salary of 81, coo
promised him by PresideLo Williams, OF
the Chicago Association team.
The indoor championships of the Metro.
politan association. A. A. u, will be held
at Madison Square garden. New York,
Jan. %.
George Cartwright, of Bridgeport, Conn.
won the six days g~o-as-you-please walking
match at St, Louis. with a score of 500
miles.
Water polo Is again popular in New York
city this winter.
, 1892-01-17

There is a farmer who lives in Kansas
who has learned a thing or two and
makes a practical use of his knowledge.
He OWNS farm between the tracks of
the Santa Fe and Central Branch rail-
roads at the point where they diverge,
about three miles outside of Atchison.
The farmer also owns a dog which he
has trained to run out and bark at pass
ing trains. The trainmen look for the
dog regularly and hurl coal at him. The
farmer then goes out and gathers up the
coal. He has not bought any fuel for a
long time.-Chicago Mail.
, 1892-01-17

This IS what we are doing: Running
Pullman dining cars. Pullman palace
sleeping cars, Pullman c~olonist sleepers.
free reclining chair cars, and new day
coaches. 1t costs you nothing extra to
ride on a trst-elass line. You can reach
all easter points via the Union Pacific.
, 1892-01-17

was marked with the same success that
had characterized his life as an owner OF
omnibuses. Between 1886 and the time-of
his death (when he owned the Forepaugh
show he was successfully the partner OF
Dan Rice, James A. Bailey, P. T. Barnum,
w. W.. Cole and James A. Hutchinson. 1t
is said that he never made but one enemy,
and that was a trick mule. Every one who
know him liked him. He died the owner
of property worth several millions.
, 1892-01-17

where he died the
other day-Phila-
delphia. Three
years later he
owned a bigger
one, and soon sold
it for three times
as much as he paid
for it. Then he
bought a small
line in Washing
ton. In a few
months he con-
trolled every ON
nibus in the city.
His circus career
began in 1898 and
, 1892-01-17
Few Gold Coin Counterfeit..

Nearly all the counterfeit coins afoat
are silver pieces. AS the whole process
of making gold coins is more expensive
than making silver ones, SO it is more
expensive to counterfeit gold han silver
coins. There are always a good many
counterfeit silver dollars floating about,
although during the last few years there
has been no perceptible increase of them.
There are comparatively few spurious
gold pieces out.-Interview in New York
Epoch.
Poor and Worthy.
"Rastus, do you know of any poor
and worthy woman to whom l can send
a turkeyT'
"Yath, Mars George"
WHO is she?"
my wife, Mars George. She's pow
erful poor n monstrous worthy, sah-"-
Harper's Bazaar.
, 1892-01-17

CHARLES HAIR HENRY HAIR
as the Napoleon of the business, had lost
or wasted everything and then taken
up the trade of b~lackmailing, acting some
times as bogus detective and sometimes as
bogus reporter for a New York paper.
In this his brother aided in various ways,
and it is amazing how many paid to escape
publicity. But both are now behind barr,
And such are some of the phenomena Ct
young criminals careers.
C. O PARKH
, 1892-01-17

In buying a cough medicine for chill.
dren." says "a. A. Walker. a prominent
afraid 10 buy Chamberlain Cough Rem.
edy. There is no danger from it and re.
liei is sure to follow. l particularly rec
ommend Chamberlain's because have
have found it to be safe and reliable
Fifty sent bottles for aale BY druggists.
, 1892-01-17

The most remarkable thing about Nine.
PATHS present visit to America is the fact
that she has announced that it is not her
farewell. This is her first American tour
in a long time that has not been a farewell.
, 1892-01-17
RuckIen's ArnIca Balve

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns and all skin eruptions. and positively
cures piles or nc pay required. 1t is
Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
mopey refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by A. #. Roedel.
, 1892-01-17

The best salve in the world tor cuts
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum. fevel
sores, letter chappe1 hands. chilblains,
sorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
monev refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by A. 4. Roedel, druggist.
, 1892-01-17
BOYS. Here's Your Ch,ncsl

Not on,y to get way up" work done,
but also to get your darnng, patching and
buttons sewed on without extra charge.
CHEYENNE STEAM LAUNDRY.
, 1892-01-17

Call at The Leader Office and examine
the specimens of wedding invitations, Wis.,
lting cards, dance programs and fine sta
tionery.
, 1892-01-17
YOUNG LAWBREAKERS
They Are Responsible for Sew
eral Terrible Crimes.
soMEOF THE ACCUsEDMEREL LADS.

How "a Bank Employee Managed to Steal
SEQ. oOO-The Murder of a wRtchma an.
A Tragedy at CincInnAti-The Downfall
OF Two Brothers
The appalling record OF youthful crime
grows ut n seemingly increasing rate. one
might almost say that the prisons are this
winter filling with mere lads and young
men once thought to show the greatest
promise. In Kansas City John L. Ferguson,
but recently most popular in society, awaits
trial for the cmbezzlement OF $4,000 In
, 1892-01-17

The smelter Is an assured TACT, but not
so much so as the new passenger service
put on by the Burlington Route" Oct. IL
, 1892-01-17

Fancy Calendars for the holiday season.
Call and see samples at The Leader Office.
, 1892-01-17

He Was n Famous Circus Man.
When James E. Cooper was fifteen years
old he owned an omnibus line in the city
, 1892-01-17

but she has actually announced that she
expects to sing in the United States every
year for many years to come. She says she
likes Americans, which is not particularly
strange when one learns that she is paid
$4,000 a performance for singing to them,
while her travelling and hotel expenses are
all paid by her managers.
, 1892-01-17

Go to Germania Hall if you want a
good. pure and undulterated 5-year-old
Stonewall whiskey $1.00 per quart.
, 1892-01-17

FoR SALE-Old papers. LEADER Office.
, 1892-01-17

would stink hastily back to their stacs-
rooms Looks OF hatred were cast al
the laughing trio at the captains table.
Blu they were not needed.
The captain spun out long sea yarns
to his hearts content. Genevieve poured
out the captains tea, and Harry put In
his time by being ridiculously happy.
, 1892-01-17

Water polo Is again popular in New Yorl
city this winter.