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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
CHAPTER W,
THE BANK PRESIDENT.

Sprague's dinner party was over, and among the first to take their leave, shortly after midnight, were Dunlap, Stureis and Dr. Thurston.
 The reporter did not often spend an evening in worldly dissipation. He was man of action, hard worker and an enthusiastic student. Almost all Of the time which was not actually spent in the pursuit of his profession, was devoted to study in many widely different fields of art and science. For Sturgis' ideal of his profession was high; he held that almost every form of knowledge was essential to success in his line of work It was seldom, therefore, that he allowed himself to spend a precious evening in social intercourse, unless as a more or less direct means to some end. He had made an exception in favor of Sprague's dinner, and his meeting with Dunlap, whom he had not pre- viously known, had been entirely ac- cidental.
 Dunlap was, however, a man whom Sturgis needed to see in the course of his study of the Knickerbocker bank mystery, and he had not lost the opportunity which chance had placed in his way. After obtaining an introduction to the bank president, the reporter had sought an occasion to speak with him in private; and, as this did not present itself during the course of the evening, he had timed his departure so that it should coin eide with that of Dunlap. Dr. Thurs ton had followed his friends lead
 Are you going down to the bank this evening, Mir. Dunlap?" asked Sturgis, as the trio faced the bleak wind =..
 q? No. Why should I?" inquired the banker, in apparent surprise.
 "t see no particular reason why you should" replied the reporter. eff to-day were a banking day, there would be no time to lose. But since it is New Year's day, there is little, if any, chance of the trail being dis turbed; and it will be much easier to find it in broad daylight. than by gaslight. Our friends of the central office are usually pretty clever in dis covering at least the more evident clews in case of this sort even when they have not the ability to correct ly interpret them. And since they have completely failed in their search tonight, we must anticipate a more than ordinarily difficult puzzle.''
 Why, Mr. Sturgis,'' said Dunlap, somewhat anxiously. 'sYou talk as though you really believed that some mysterious crime has been committed at the bank"
 T do. not know enough about the case as yet to advance any positive belief in the matter,' said Sturgis; 'sbut if we assume as correct the cir cumstances related in the article which Dr. Murdock read to us this evening, they certainly present an extraordinary aspect"
 Dunlap reflected for an instant.
 .'Still, the fact that our cashier found erything in good order at the bank is in itself completely reassur- ing" he said, musingly.
 t.'Very hkely,r assented Sturgis. ssIt is quite possible that from bankers point of view the problem is wholly devoid of interest; but from de tActive's standpoint it appears to be fuI1 If promising features. Thefe- zQI whether ox mt yop intend to
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
CHAPTER V.

A FOUNDATION OF FACTS.
 When the two men were comfortably settled in the reporters study, Sturgis produced pipes, tobacco and writing materials.
 There, now" said he, as he prepared to write, II begin with what l shall call the Cab Mystery. The data in this case are already plentiful and curious. I shall read as I write, and you can s1terrupt for suggestions and criti cisms, as the points occur to you. In the first place, the dead man is about fifty years old, and was employed in some commercial house or financial in zstitution, probably bookkeeper, at 9 fairly good salary" 5,
 Hold on there, Sturgis,' laughed Ehurston. T thought you were going
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
ZULU GLAS SER

mfrers She is undoubtedly the most magnetic of all the operatic commedi- ennes, having that indispensable qual- ity of drawing an audience into close harmony with herself that is one of the most desirable gifts of T theatrical artist She has had splendid success since she began starring for herself in tsSweet Anne Page" and the opera is already accepted as profitable metro politan timber. Miss Glaser will cer- tainly give a splendid performance to- morrow evening" and her admirers will probably be out in force. Seats are now on sale, at 25, 50, 75 cents, $1 and $1.50.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
THE CRACKER JACKS.

Bobby Manchester's noted Cracker Jacks will be at Polls Friday and Sat urday. giving q special matinee on Saturday. The company is one of the best known of it's kind and offers q performance that teens with novel tics. One of the principal ones is the 1eaping and vaulting of Brown and Marsh. the worlds champions. who come direct from the Paris exposition, where they made q genuine sensation. They have q standing challenge of S1.- GOO to meet all competitors in their line and would be pleased to have any one Sin Waterbury compete with them. An other novelty is the historical mechan- deal disso1ving statuary from the Paris Exposition. Sale of seats tomorrow.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21

to build up solid foundation of facts before you allowed your imagination to run riot!'
 'Well?'' inquired the reporter, in ap- parent surprise.
 Well, the only fact you have men ticned is the. approximate age of the dead man. The rest is pure assumps ton. How can you know anything certain about his occupation and the amount of his salary?'
 True; forgot you had not followed the steps in the process of induction. Here they are: the dead mans sleeves, on the under side below the elbow, were worn shiny This shows that his occupation is at desk of some kind.n
 .sOr behind counter, suggested Thurston Qqizx;cal;;zz <|
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
1.-THE BOWERY AFTER DARK"

The attractive melodrama, "The Bowery After Dark" will be the at traction at the Jacques on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The play deals with life in the great metropolis in q way to enchant the audience. dealing ill incidents and scenes that keep the spectators worked up to the pitch of excitement at all times. Some noted haunts on the Bowery are shown. no- tably Suicide HalL and hero and hero inc are taken through a series of ad- adventures at once startling and sen sational It should prove a most in- teresting performance and will no doubt be very, popular attraction.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
LILU CHASER.

Pretty Lulu Chaser will undoubtedly prove a popular attraction when she appears tomorrow evening at Polls in her new opera. Sweet Anne Page.
 Miss Chaser has been a great popular favorite here since she first played with Francis Wilson on the night that Polls theater was first opened three years ago. and on three subsequent Oc- casions that she played here With Mr Wilson she made innumerable new ad-
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
sTHROUGHTHE BREAKERS"

Owen Davis's beautiful melOdrama, ''Through the Breakers" will be given its final presentatfon Tt the Jacques this evening. It is one of the most attrac- tive meIodramas produced in this city and is always exceptionally entertain ing. It deserves a large audience.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Winona- lodge, D. of R. Eureka chapter, R. A. M.
 Toantik tribe, 10. R. NJ. S Court Fruitful Vine. F. of A.
 Mattatuck lodge, N. E. o. P. Court Fruitful Vine, A. o. F.
 Excelsior council. o. U. A. NJ. Court Richard Wagner. +. of A.
 Waterbury Company, No 20, U. R. K
 Friendly league, cooking, embroid- xfy, glee club.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
Getty ySburg,
CITY HALL, NOV 26-27, 1900.

300 beautiful StereOpticon Views, many of them taken during the battle or soon thereafter by government pho- tographers. Gettysburg is pictured as it was in 1863 and as it is to-day, after an expenditure of over four millions of dollars by the states and by the na- tionaI government The battle will be described by the renowned guide and lecturer. l.. w. Minnigh. who has made that great struggle his life's study and who as a battlefield guide and lecturer is unequaled. Admission 25c, gallery 35c Tickets at Cones drug store.
 11-19-S
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
COMING EVENTS.

Ef Michaers hall, Wateryille, No 5Skfhber 17-St Michael's church fair. IN Leavenworth hall, Wednesday, 734 a1-Women's club lecture course, fes Perry, Thackeray."
 Polls, Thursday, November 22- Qee, Thursday, Friday and Sat November P -24-sBoston After
 l,sa1 assembly, hall. Monday
 5S S 15 sI6er 28 Concert of the
 TIT elee club, benefit of
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
China and the Chinese.

At Friendly League Hall, THURSDAY EVENING, NOV p, Under the auspices of the Waterbury
 Scientific Society. PROT ALEX. WILDER of Newark, N. J., will lecture on China and the Chinese. giving their Origin, History, Religion, Habit, Customs, etc.
 ADMISSION 50 CENTS. Tickets may be obtained at Ells's Book Haunt, Adt's Art Gallery, Zig 1atzki-Marlzs Co, and of members. 11-19-4
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-07-06

At the present time there are three
classes Of magistrates. or justices. ere
ated by English law. namely, county,
borough and stipendiary. The two
former require no professional quail
fications, but the latter must be bar
rister Of at least seven years standing.
The selection or appointment in each
case IS much the same. The county
magistrate IS appointed by the crown.
usually on the recommendation of TIE
lord lieutenant Of the county 10 the lord
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-07-06
A MEMORABLE NIGHT.
Made So for n Drummer ~ q Fire
Drill IN . Country
Hotel.

1T happened last winter" said the
drummer, according TO the Detroit
Free Press, "but have only Just Gained
down sufficiently to speak sboutit. All
my life have had horror of being
caught In hotel fire. One of the first
things ] did when I took to the road
was to buy a knotted rone and put it
In my grip to guard against any dan
ger Of my being caught in my room
and burned to death.
We'll, one cold night last winter
found me at country hotel in the in
terror Of the state. II was three
story wooden affair. and a regular fire
trap. Ny room was on the third floor,
and turned in that night with the fear
Of FIRE uppermost in my mind.
Along about harly morning I was
awakened By heavy trampine through
TIE ball. and upon going to the door
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-07-06

saw party dragging hose along.
That settled il, The expected had hap
penedl Grabbing my rope, tied one
end Of Il 20 the bedstead and threw the
other end out Of the window, Then /
threw my grip out and followed Tiny
self. was only half dressed. and the
only warm part about me on that oele-
brated slide were my hands. which
were badly burned by The rope Iland-
ed IN snowdrift and thanked my
lucky stars for my escape. When 4 got
the snow out OF my eyes I Noticed
With a good deal OF surprise that there
seemed g be no excitement below.
Rushing Into the Office, ! shouted to
the landlord, who was calmly chewing
q hlotter; See here, don't you know
the house is ahreq'
"'Tain't no fire. he answered, calm
ly, We're jes' havin' fire drill, that's
all. We don't take no chances in this
yere hotell'
II appreciated the fact that the situ-
alton called for few choice remarks,
but ! was too cold TO do the subject
justice, so ] went to my room without
word"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-07-06

An exchange gets this off at the
expense of religious crank. He
prophesied that the world would
COME to an end on a certain date,
put on his ascention robes and
climbed to the top of a straw stack
and waited for his doom. He got
tired of waiting, and forgetting
himself he fell asleep. Some boys
discovered the man, and touching
fire to the straw awoke him. Gaz-
ing around at the flames on every
side, he cried out: sin hell, Just
as ] expected"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-07-06

u callfor booklet that tsIh you
AZ about j, a. the Peoples drug
store. A- ~
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: and lth, fnal fe-
B. Walsh . agent
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L. J. BRICKER Loais Nc.
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HOWARD ELLIOTT.
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BURLINGTON ROUTE,

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This Is she main travelled road
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NUMBER Is, Kansas City & St. I
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Joseph--the latest night train forl
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Volcanic EruptIons

are grand, but skin eruptlons rob life
of its JOY Bucklen's arnica salye
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Al Aged Woman KiIIed

An old lady about SO years of age,
known by most every one as "Aunt
Becky" fell out Of swing at Chelsea
Wednesday and was killed. The mo.
tlon OF the swing made her dizzy and
she could not retain her hold long
enough to have the swing. stopped.
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SpeclaI Excursion

TO Che famous Eureka Springs, Ark,
Wednesday, July II, 1900. Special
train leaves Vlnlta at 1922 p. m. and
arrives at Eureka Springs at S:2op.
m. srme day. "a for the round trip;
tickets on sale July llth, good for re-
turn on regular trains within ten days
from date of sale. B. C. Walker, Agt.
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chancellor. The borough magistrate
j. appointed in the same way, though
usually on the RECOMMENDATION Of the
council. The stipendiary magistrate Is
the only one that Is paid, and his APP
pointment Is made and his salary fixed
on a petition Of the council 10 the lord
chancellor. - Newcastle (England)
Chronicle
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Hsr unfashlanahle FIgure.

Emma-I must go right away to a
cure in MarIenbad.
"Indeedl What doctor ordered
that?"
mo doctori my dressmaker."-,
Fliegende Dlaetter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05

If you wish to rent your farm call
on Brown & Clark.
The modern and most effective
cure for constipation and all liver
troubles-the famous little pills
known as DeWitt's Little Early
Risers. DR.. Sheaffer, City Drug
Store.
If you wish to sell your farm
call on Brown & Clark.
A dispatch from Washington
states that there are 7Ol applica-
tions for pensions from the Pacific
coast by soldiers of the Spanish
war as follows: Washington 1873,
California 25S, Idaho 1O5, Oregon
1876.
If you want to buy or sell any
thing see Brown Il Clarke, the
live agents of Grangeville.
G. H. Appleton, Justice of Peace,
Clarksburg, N. j., says, "DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are the best
|
pills made for constipation. We
use no Others" Quickly cure all
liver and bowel troubles. DR..
Sheaffer, City Drug Store.
Insure your buildings in the ole
reliable Imperial Co.-Brown 6
Clarke, agents.
One of the biggest strikes Of ore
ever made in Buffalo Hump is re.
ported from the st. Louis, one Of
the properties owned by the Boston
Buffalo-Idaho Co., and now under.
going development. The ledge
was crosscut at q depth of "a fee
and a four-foot body of ore exposed
which gives phenomenal assays
"A force of fourteen men are a
work on the property.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05
to be levied for county purposes

generally.
In the levy made by the COM
missioners, there is an item as
follows: "a road poll tax of s4- or
two days work to be done upon
the roads in the district where the
person so liable resides.
The only authority claimed for
this levy is found in the acts Of
1899, at page 1922, and provides in
substance that every road overseer
is authorized to demand payment
of a road poll tax from every
person liable therefor, and on the
refusal of such person to work or
pay, he must collect with seizure
and sale Of any personal property
owned by such person.
No tax can be levied without
express and clear authority for
the levy of the tax. There
is no such thing as an i'm.
piled authority for the levy OF
taxes. BY this provision it was
intended that the road overseers
might exercise some authority over
the persons in the district, but it
is SO vague and indefinite that il
could hardly be enforced for this
purpose. There is nothing in the
act which intimates that tax
may be levied or collected, nor
that it was the purpose of the
legislature to make it tax.
There is no amount specified as the
poll tax. The county commission.
ers are not mentioned in the act
and as the levying of taxes is
carefully guarded, there can be nc
argument or reason founded upoi
law that will sustain the levy O
this tax.
The court will sign findings o.
fact, conclusions of law ant
judgment in harmony with thi'
opinion.
EDGAR G. STEELE,
/ .Judoa
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05

For state purposes 1880 acct on each 500
valuation ....-......+...+ ...............$ 10
For state purposes. delinquent acct, on
each 800 valuation ......- ........... 10
For state purposes, wagon road act, on
each 800 valuation. ........,............. 05
For county purposes. current expense
acct, on each 500 valuation .....s.... 90
For county purposes, general road acct.s
on each 800 valuation ................., 4S5
For county purposes, bridge acct, on each
500 valuation ........: .+..., ........... o.
For county purposes, redemption acct, on
each 800 valuation Observation-Disclosures. 40
For county purposes, general school acct
ON each 800 valuation. ....... SO
Total ............ 80 oa5
County poll tax $500
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05
Want a Home?

Nineland grows fast; 1900
people there now-15 in 1896.
J undreds of garden homes.
! approved places sell at 400
! cent. advance in two years,
| ,ildings additional. More
money being made on 5 acres
in Vineland orchard gardens
than on l60 acres of wheat
land. Scores of wheat and
cattle ranchers on surround
ing high prairies make their
homes in Nineland on account
of good schools, churches,
and all town conveniences.
Great $4,000 steel bridge
connects with Lewiston.
Winters 20 degrees warmer
than surrounding country.
Send ford new illustrate pam.
phlet written by Vineland set.
tiers. Address,
LEWISTON WATER AND
POWER COMPANY.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05
To THE PUBLIC.

want to let the people who suffer from rheu
matism and sciatica know that Chamberlain g
Pain Balm relieved me after number of other
medicines and doctor had failed 1t is the
GEN. Alpharetta, Ga Thousands have been
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druggists.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05

This is the size of lots in the
Lewiston Addition, and they
are the largest lots ever plat
ted in Grangeville. They are
now on the market at prices
to bring town home within
the reach OF all.
For further particulars call on
w. STEINHElsER,
w. w. BROWN,
A. r. PARKER,
TruH1nRa
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05
Notice.

10 WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Any party or parties knowing
themselves TO be indebted to me
are warned against paying the
same or any part thereof to W. A.
Shatzer. j. G. Moore.
Grangeville, Dec. 81, 1899.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05

Size doesn't indicate quality.
Beware Of counterfeit and worth
less salve offered for DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. DeWitt's is
he only original. An infallible
:ure for piles and all skin diseases.
DR.. Sheaffer City Drug Store.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05

WANTED. Eve
piles to send his a
let and medical ad
ing Crusade, the 4
cure known. In Il
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For sale by DIR.
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Co., 3Os-3O9 81
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