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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
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somewhat impa tfent1y; 'the woman is
naturally to be pitied; but could not
allow any sentimental consideration to
stand in the way of the discharge of
my duty to our depositors."
What did you learn from her?"
asked the reporter.
when l reached the house the maid
told me that Mrs. Arbogast had spent
the previous evening at her sisters
house in the country and had not yet
come back. ] was about to leave, in
tending to return later in the evening,
when the lady herself arrived. Upon
learning who | was she seemed some
what surprised, but invited me in. AS
we passed into the parlor the maid
handed her mistress letter, stating
that 1t had come by the mornings
first cautious questic . seemed to
be very much surprists srbogast had
announced TO Lei, By telegram the pre-
vious day that he would be obliged to
go out of town for few days on bust
ness. He allowed her to infer that he
would soon return, and that his bust
ness was connected with the affairs of
the bank. She could not understand
how it happened that knew nothing
of this trip. But said she, I have just
received letter from him, which will
doubtless explain matters She evil
IDENTIFY knew nothing of her husbands
peculation. Thereupon she opened the
envelope and took out this letter.
observed her closely. At the first
words l saw her cheeks blanch and a
look of agony pass over her features
as she instinctively pressed her hand to
her heart. 1 knew then that the let
ter contained some important revela-
ton, and I became anxious to obtain
possession! of it. When she had done, I
could see that she was laboring under
a strong emotion, but she controlled
herself, replaced the letter in Its en-
velope and said, merely: This does
not tell me my husband whereabouts;
but shall doubtless have further news
of him in the course of few days. I
saw that she was attempting to shield
him in the supposition that he was still
alive. I therefore broke the news Of
his death to her as gently as could.
The first shock seemed to utterly I'M
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
SYNOPSIS,

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER 1-scene of story is in New
York city. Time, early evening. last day
throwing to ground cabman and passen-
ger also seated outside. Latter disappearsi
then. inside the cab. body of man shot
dead Is discovered: Sturgis. reporter, ex-
amines cab and surroundings
CHAPTER II-Later that evening, at
stag dinner party. ,sturgis. in imprompt PITY
cunstantial evidence. DR.. Murdoch, "a.
nous chemist, wagers in reply $1,000 to sl0o
that from any daily paper he can select an
Fdaf caso seieetsd ae Of two
mysterious shots fired that afternoon In
or near Knickerbocker bank. Man had
been seen running from pan IN s Wla yalse
from bank steps and was shot at. ValtSe
contained nothing. of interest.
CHAPTER IyIsturgis secures appoint.
ment with Dunlap. president OF bank, to
visit scene Of shooting early next morning.
then induces his friend DR.. Thurston to
come to his rooms while he arrangcs data
OF the two strange cases.
CHAPTER y--From observations made
thus far and inductive reasoning thereon
reporter has concluded: ~ dead man in
cab was bookkeeper about 50 years old re-
s Se Fe9d az cpys aSar9er
have shot himself; % shooting had not
occurred In cab; (6) right arm broken by
heavy instrument: and % cabman was
volved In some way In crime. Cab mys-
terry also noted as possible sequel to bank
CHAPTER vI-sturgis calls for sprague.
artist friend. to get his company during In
vestigation at bank, but artist has appoint
ment with some fair sitter whose portrait
cHAPTRR vi Agnes Murdoch On
mothers death) finds her father in his
study. She. In reply to g question CONCERN
Ing attentions OF a Thomas Chatham,
Shove her dislike Of the persistent suitor
CHAPTER vII1-Mlss Murdock's final
sitting for portrait induces artist e ask
Fpsaays a esnf Be hF BENG BRINGS w oe fa
Agnes. This Is read with evident annoy
ance, and she drops 1t. It remains forgot
ten ny, when 4, she leaves studio.
GH1APTER lxnpromptlE at time agreed
dunlap meets Sturgis. Reporter begins
long and careful examination in bank. Re
volver In bookkeeper's desk shows two
Arnpty cartridges;
Sturgis questions banker regarding relia.
btlity OF Arbogast. head bookkeeper, then
9nnounces Arbogast to be a defaulter with
Chatham. accountant who has frequently
pee Message % goo sen az
decin6ered from marks on blotter.
CHAPTER XI-Reporter has now COM
pleted diagram showing movements OF
Arbogast and Chatham and one other
Arbogast at last moment had found note
which caused him to suspect his accom-
pllce.. He fired wounding him in hand and
was about to fire again when unknown con-
This action resulted in turning weapon and
making Arbogast shoot himself. Dunlap
Is incredulous, but verifles story in par by
later identifying body OF Arbogast at
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
CHAPTER MI.
THE RooKKEEpER.s CONFESSION.

THE BOOKKEEPER'S CONFESSION.
Late that same evening Sturgis re-
turned to his lodgings, aftera busy day
spent In working upon the Knicker-
booker bank ease. He was tired and he
was perplexed; for, with all his unflag-
ging energy, his quick intelligence and
his Flooding perseverance, he had come
to a.standstilli in his investigation. The
Evening Tempest had appeared with no
further mention of the Quinlan case,
and with only perfnnctory report of
the cab mystery, no attempt having
been made to connect the two, for Stur-
gis would not consent to publish his
evidence until he was sure of complete
success in his undertaking.
AS he approached the house the re-
porter saw light in his window, and
inferred that visitor was awaiting
his coming. 1t was Mr.. Dunlap, who,
pale and careworn, was striding nerv-
ously back and forth in the room, with
his hands behind his back and his head
bent forward upon his breast.
"Ah, there you are at last!" ex-
SAseAAaSu IA0 DdhhSI, cay l nave
been waiting for you for over an hour"
Has something new turned up?"
asked sturgis.
YES; read that
At the same time Dunlap handed the
reporter letter.
LET me tell you about 1t first. After
leaving you this morning went to the
morgue and saw the body. You were
right, it is Arbogast's. I had been
only half convinced by your evidence;
but now saw that you were probably
right in all your other inductions, and
became anxious to learn something
definite concerning the amount Of Ar
bogast's defalcation. AS I could not
reach the books for some time, called
upon Mrs. Arbogast, thinking might
be able to learn something from her.
You had not been to see her, had you? ?"
"No," answered Sturgis, gravely, 81
did not think it likely she knew as
much about this matter as we do, and
! shrank from the ordeal of revealing
to her the fact of her husbands crime
and tragic death. wished, at any rate,
to exhaust all other means of obtain
Ing information. before resorting to
this one"
"Qf course, of course" snid Dunlap.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR cuBANs
Plans Made for an Institution at New
York Where They Can BE Trained
for missionary Work.

Plans for training school for Gu
bans have received the approval of the
state board of charities and Justice
Hooker. of the supreme court of New
York. A certificate of incorporation
has been filed in the Kings county
clerks office, Justice Hooker having or
dered that it be placed on record. The
institution will be known as the Cuban
home and training school of New York.
The objects will be to establish a home
and training school for the care and ed
ucation of Spanish-speaking children,
whether born here or elsewhere, and to
fit them for mission work in this and
other lands; the school and home to
have separate departments for both
sexes. Rev. Josiah Strong. of Manhat-
tan, and Rev. j. Howard Fairchild, of
Brooklyn, will be at the head of the in
stitution.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14

nerve her, but after awhile she became
somewhat calmer. After all, it is bet
ter So she said, at last. Then she
handed me this letter. There was no
further reason for withholding 1t. Read
1t now"
ut is postmarked at the general post
Office at five O'clock" said Sturgis; sit
was therefore mailed before OF during
Chathan1's visit to the bank. 1t may
have been mailed by Arbogast before
the scrubbing was done, or perhaps by
the chorewoman when she left the
bank"
The reporter drew the letter from its
envelope and read:
1.-THE Knickerbocker Bank,
New York Dec. 81, 1896.
this letter shall be far away-a disgraced
criminal-and you will be worse than
widow.
II dare not ask your forgiveness for the
trouble am bringing upon you: for
realize all too clearly the extent Of the
wrong have done you. But feel irresist-
IDLY impelled to lay before you In all their
nakedness, as lido before my own conscience,
the circumstances which have led to my
downfall. knowledge of these may per-
haps enable you to understand, In meas
ure, the temptation to which 1 have sue
cumbed; although I find 1t hard myself,
now that all is over. to realize how came
to yield to 1t.
Perhaps you may remember the cele-
bration of my fiftieth anniversary. We
Iera having a most ENJOYABLE evening In
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
Orientals as soldier.

No European nation has succeeded in
holding or controlling tropical posses.
sions without the aid of native troops.
Moreover these can be maintained at a
much smaller cost than white soldiers.
not to speak of the great expense OF
transportation. Two-thirds of the
Dutch army in Java is composed OF
native troops; Spain, before the insur.
rection, had over 10000 natives doing
military service in the Philippines; and
England's success In converting the
Egyptian fellahs into good soldiers is
another example of how apparently
poor material can be utilized.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
COURTESY IS THE RULE.
Natives of China Think That Ell
Quette IL the Source of All
Virtues.

Courtesy and good feelings prevail
more in China among the common peo-
pie than in any other nation in, the
world. The people. are naturally re-
served, earnest and good-natured.
Drunkards are not seen on the crowd
ed streets. The children are docile,
thoughtful, painstaking and persever-
ing. Commonly speaking, the nation, Is
enslaved to routine and tradition.
Passive resistance is more relied upon
to overcome difficulties than personal
energy and daring. No other nation
has fewer warlike songs or more en-
thusiastic encomiums of peace. The
family group is solidified in China as it
is nowhere else in the world. Filial
piety is the foundation of Chinese So
ciety. The five immutable laws" are
the relations of father and children,
of king and subjects, of man and wife,
of age and youth. of friend and friend.
The woman of the alton occupies po-
sition of absolute inferiority to man.
After generating her parents she must
venerate her husband.
"If wed bird" says the proverb.
Il must fly after him; if dog, 1 must
fellow him to the hunt; if a clod of
earth, l must sit by its side and watch
over it."
All of the symbolic acts of the be-
trothed remind her that submission is
for the wife the virtue of virtues. There
is proverb:
"rhe wife must be a mere shadow, a
simple echo"
One more word of China inner life.
Said Confucius:
"All virtues have their source in ETH
quette.'
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
old Deed. Not Taxable.

The treasury department at Wash.
ington has ruled that deeds of convey
ance, mortgages and assignments OF
mortgages executed and delivered
prior to July l. 1898. and not presented
for record until subsequent to that
time are not taxable. Persons who
record such papers now will not be
obliged to affix stamps unless the pa.
pers were executed since June 30, 1898.
There was war tax from September
/. 1862, until October /, 1872. and pa
pers executed within that period mus
be stamped when recorded.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
Sens itfYc,

1t was at the games of the patients
of the insane asylum.
Races, jumping matches and all
sorts of sports were taking place, even
as at college functions.
"They're OFF," shoutedisome one in
the audience.
Yes" assented one of the keepers,
"they are. away off but wouldn't
remind them of it. They're rather
touchy. we know! IN. y. World.
Once acn.ovcd.
Are you son of the american
revolution?"
mo; I'm son-in-lav."
SLOWS that?"
10, one of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution swooped.down on
me and married, me. Indianapolis
Sournal. <>e. =
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
nv Amy Other Name

Don't you see that sign: Book.
Agents Not Allowed in THIS Build
ing?'"
I'm not book agent. sir. I'm a
literature promoter. Chicago Trib-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
All He Left,

THE ice mans been and gone"
HAS hep"
"Yes, notice there is considerable
humidity in the air near the back
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
Farn,ers and Horsen,en.

If you are bald; if your hair is falling
out, or if you are troubled with dan
druf, there is but one way to cure it:
Shampoo once a week with good clean
Soap and apply Beggs' Hair Remover.
1T has cured thousands and can't fail
to cure you. Try it now. Tomas s. Son
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-14
"A BIZ Sh1kQ.

A man looks at his trembling hands
and says: II feel bit shaky this morn
ing, and shall need bracerv His real
need is not nerve stinulant, but nerve
strength. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery G ives strength to the nervous
system. IT does not brace up, but builds
up. 1t is entirely free from alcohol and
from opium, cocaine, and other narcotics
usually found in so-called nerve medi-
cines.
Accept no substitute for Golden Med
ical Discovery" 1t cures.
David Duggins, Esq, of Jones, Ohio Co., KY,
writes: when began taking DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery think had nervous
or general debility of three years duration. I
took three bottles of the Discovery During
the time was taking It my sleep became more
refreshing and gained fifteen pounds weight,
and also gained strength every day"
Free. DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser is
sent free on receipt of stamps to pay cost
of mailing only. Send 81 one cent
stamps for book bound in paper, or 81
stamps for cloth binding. Address DR..
R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
TRtDE EXPANDING.

There Is. in the United States at the
present time, unparalleled prosperity.
in which every citizen has right to
share. II any citizen is prevented from
sharing in that prosperity he is the
victim of conditions which cannot be
righted by the election Of Bryan.
strongly as he may be tempted to trust
in that remedy. The American farmer
is selling for 37l1 cents bushel OF
corn 1t costs him Is cents to produce.
His wheat and cotton. his beef and
pork. are selling at profitable prices.
HE is RIDING IN RAILROAD
TRAINS. AND AS HE LOOKS FROM
THE CAR WINDOW OVER THE
BOUNTIFUL HARvESTS HE IS
TAKING A NEW VIEW NOT ONLY
OF HIS NATIVE LAND. WHICH
WAS NEVER FAIRER AND HAP
PIER, BUT is ALSO THINKING OF
HIS NEW MARKETS AND NEW
POSSESSIONS" ACROSS THE SEA.
The laborer is today receiving more
wages than he ever received before.
ara IN A CURRENCY THAT is
GOOD THE WORLD OVER.
The business man sees trade follow
ing the flag all around the world and
new markets opening to him under
national responsibilities. He realizes
as a business man that THESE RE-
SPONSIBILITIES MUST BE CRAP
Piled WITH AND ADJUSTED ON A
BUSINESS BASIS. The only peril
now threatening the United States is
RUIN AND RETROGRESSION UN-
DER SILVER TURNING BACK OF
THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS AND
PROSPERITY TO THE STANDARDS
OF SPAIN AND MEXICO. AND THE
ABANDONMENT OF OUR POSITION
AS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN
THE CIVILIZED wORLD.-Heiville
E. ingalls,. President OF Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad Company. in September
North American Review.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
THAT rAmMAny ICE TRUST.

To questions from his audiences
about the Tammany ice trust, Mr..
Bryan has repeatedly made this an
swer in the last ten days: There are
Republican governor and legislature
in New York, and what have they done
to throttle the Ice trust7 The Repub-
lican governor OF New York has not
time to bother with the ice trust. for
he is too busy out here telling you
about It,"
Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New
York, months before the Tammany Ice
trust became notorious, sent n mes
sage 10 the New York legislature ad-
vising action against trusts. The leg
islature passed and Governor Roose-
velt signed an antitrust act. Under
this law the Republican attorney gen.
eral OF New York is now proceeding
against the Ice trust. This action the
Tammany stockholders are fighting at
every point.
The principal stockholders of the Ice
trust are Richard Croker. Mr.. Bryan's
eastern manager; John F. Carroll. Mr..
Croker's chief lieutenant; Hugh J.
Grant and Thomas F. Gilroy, Tammany
ex-mayors; Augustus Van Wyck, Tam
many candidate for governor in 1898;
Robert Van Wyck, Tammany mayor OF
New York; Randolph Guggenheimer,
'Tammany's president Of the council:
J. Sergeant Cram and Charles F. MUIR
ply, Tammany dock commissioners.
etc, etc.. etc.
1t is these trust benenciaries and
supporters Of Mr. Bryan who are rend-
ing the heavens with their dsnuncia-
tions of trusts. Az Governor Roose-
vek well says: Hypocrisy could be
carried NO further than It is BY these
men and their defenders.' They
charged the poor Of New York 60 cents
Per 100 pounds for ice which cost them
not over IS CENTS per 100 pounds deliv-
sred. and with their 400 per cent trust
prontS are suppofting Brysn's anti
trust cAmpetSn.
NJ. Bryan's ~ n defense Of the ics
.trust may bs ~ merely toia ssnss oi
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
cHEAPENINo OF
CATTLE" LOANS.

The feeding of hogs and cattle with
corn. or the conversion OF corn into
hog and cattle flesh, has developed re-
markably the last three years as a fea-
ture of farming, and 1t is responsible
for large share of the increased con-
sumption of corn. The individual
stimulating cause has been the cheap
ening OF money due to the sound
money victory OF 1896.
This has enabled farmers to make
loans secured by their cattle or hogs.
and by use of such funds to keep their
corn for feed and for raising hogs, in
stead of selling 1t. -Four years ago
this cattle paper was not looked on
with any favor in the east Now from
forty to fifty million dollars annually
are loaned on 1t by eastern brokers'
The abundance of money in the west
ern banks seeking Investment has
forced competition in the placing. of
these cattle paper loans until now they
are taken at three to four per cent
less than formerly. or course this both
tends to increase the demand for corn
and to render its price more stable:
for instead OF throwing corn on the
market at the harvest season, the
farmer can now keep 1t on the farm to
feed to cattle and hogs all the year
around. Cattle loans were difficult. II
not impossible to negotiate in the
democratic days OF 1S93-lS96.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
PLATFORMS OF THE THREE
SILVER PARTIES' in 1898.
The Democrats Of Colorado in Their State Convention
Colorado Springs in 1898 Adopted the Following Resou>
ten,

DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEARTILY APPROVES THE Rs
JUSTLY SHARES IN THE GLoRIEs
FAVOR INDEPENDENCE OF CUB. AND
GOVERNMENT OF THE OTHER SPANISH
POSSESSIONS AND THE CONTROL OF ALL OTHER
TERRITORIES TAKEN BY THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
JUST CLOSED"
Republican party a part of
"FOURTH-THAT UNoUALFIEDLY FAVOR OF
KEEPING FOREVER PLACE AMERICAN FLAG WHEREVER
UNFURLED WHETHER AS RE-
suit OF CONQUEST OR OF PEACEASLE ACQUISITION"
DECLARE BELIEF
EvANGEL sELF.GOvERNMENT A.
RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH THE FORTUNES OF WAR
THRUST WHEREVER THE FLAG WAVES Tr
SHALL SYMBOL OF CIVIL FREEDOM AND TO ALL MEN WHO
GAZE FOLDS A.GUARANTY' OF THE INALIENABI,E
LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS"
a "RECoGNIzING THAT
THROWN RESPONSIBILITY
lection OF MILLIONS OF PEoPE DECEASED BY CENTURIES OF
INHUMANITY THEREFORE, RECOGNIZING THE INJUSTICE
CONDITIONS
IN
ISLANDS WHICH THE FLAG NOW AND
HEROIC BURIED.
AS MAJORITY THE People THOSE RESPECTIVE
COUNTRIES DESIRE ESTABLISH A GovRN-
4 4
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

i A terrible drama has just been en-
acted at Algaiba, in Murcia. a mad
prophecies as its central figure. She
is young peasant woman Of "a, nam
ed Teresa CULLEN, who took to pro-
phecy and preaching several months
ago, and after stirring up many disor-
derly pilgrimages was locked up as a
religious maniac. A fortnight ago she
was allowed to return home, and once
more crowds began to assemble, spell
bound by the impassioned ecstasy of
he rharangues. She was preaching be-
fore large concourse of people, when
FIVE gendarmes arrived to arrest her.
The ignorant peasants, worked upon
by the wild appeals of the sibyl. at
tackled the police with fury, and in the
fight which ensued, four gendarmes
were mortally wounded. while sixteen
persons in the crowd were seriously
hurt. The woman's father and brother
were killed.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
PROTECTION IN FRANCE.

The industrial development of
France from the close OF the Napo-
leonic wars to 1860. says Mr.. Curtiss. is
without parallel In any continental
country. Under the protection which
then existed the growth of manufac-
lures was rapid and successful in every
particular. In 1860. however, a COM
mercial treaty was entered into be-
tween England and France. by which
France removed all prohibitions from
imports and substituted duties ranging
from 20 to 30 per cent on competing
manufactures. The experiment OF this
duty, which continued until 1882, was
Unsatisfactory, and the French gov
ernment refused to renew 1t in that
year. and a more vigorous protective
policy was restored. In 1885 the du-
ties on foreign products were raised,
and in 1891 a thoroughly protective
tariff was enacted. under which the
great prosperity and Industrial activ-
ity which now exist have come to that
country.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
THE BETTING OF TAMMANY.

Down into his belt the Chieftain
Goes a-rumma ging for wampum:
Goes a-rummaging for wampum
Wherewithal to meet the making
OF another bet on Bryan:
20. 900 wads of wampum
Yanks he out and shakes his feathers;
Shakes his feathers and his wampum
AT the foe with $1,000
Who is backing up his judgment
And the Chieftain In his feathers,
In his feathers and his fury
That G-O-Pter warrior
Has the war paint In his system
Thus to offer 5000 Nt
For chance to pull IN twenty.
Ducks him deep into his dugout
In among his hard-earned savings
For another wad of wampum
To invest In booming Bryan
Bryan. mighty. matchless leader:
Bryan, peerless. prince of pow-wows,
He who gives to New York's sachem,
Promise OF all kinds of places
For warriors who surround him
And who do the campaign shouting;
Promises to give the sachem
What he wants when William JenningE
Gets what he wants, II the sachem,
IN his fuss and In his feather.
Waves his wampum at the warriors
OF the eager G-O-PterB.
Thus to scare them by his blumng
TIL he makes them hunt their feepees.
Twice the sachem. n his cropping
OF the cause Of William Jennings.
Has put up his 1000.
Knocking out the famous ratio
OF the platform in rs Eiory.
What 10 slxteen TO ths sachemf