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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-05
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE Days.

TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
OF
THE FRANK BRANCH CHEAT tM't
= FARM. CONTAINING: ST. ACRES,
MORE OR LESS. ON WHICH is
a LARGE BODY OF ORIGI-
NAL AND SECOND
GROWTH TIMBER.
FRONTING ON THE GOODIES RRIDGH
ROAD. in CHESTERFIELD
COUNTY. VA.
BY virtue of 4 deed of trust dated Scp-
tember %, 1899. and recorded in D. 3. 9S.
page $40. default having been made in
the payment Of one CO the notes secured
thereby. and being requested so TO do BY
the holder thereof. will sell at public
auction. in front of Chesterfield. Court
house. on
MONDAY. 14TH DAY OF OCT. 1901.
chat being court day. at - O'Clock M
The above Farm. containing 3i4 acres,
more or less. fronting on the Goodies
Bridge Road. about one mile from the
{. and r. r. r.. and adjoining the lands
of Lee &. Lester. Good. strong land.
about one-half cleared. upon which is {,
large dwelling, barns. outhouSes and
large orchard: the other half is in oak
and pine timber a large part of which is
original growth.
TERMS-Casfr
a. l.. ADAMSON. Trustee.
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Administrators of W. P Berry. deceased,
will sell at the Ajax Cafe. No. 100 E.
Broad Street, corner Seventeenth Street,
THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 10,
at 1880 o'clock. his entire stock of Whis-
Rar Glasses and Decanters Demijoflns,
Whfskey FlaskS. Show Case Roxine,
Gloves. Step-Ladder. Cuspidores. Tables
and Chairs: also. Handsome Back-Bar
with large mirrors: Latest improved Ma.
tlonal Cash Register. &c. &c. Also, city
and State licenses for conducting the bar
business.
". d. GAY.
Administrator. ". P. Berry. Deceased.
The Valentine Auction Co., Auctioneery.
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He Says No Bees.

COL John w. Richardson went out to
the Lee monument yesterday AFTERNOON
to see about smoking the bees out OF
the statue He failed to discoversa single
.honey-maker.
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CHICAGO MARKET

CHICAGO. ILL. Oct. All markets
were dull and narrow on the Board Of
Trade to-day. and December corn closed
sc. lower: December wheat, &c. den tess-
ed and December oats a shade down.
Provisions closed from 5@12lac. up.
The leading features ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Close.
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& Mrs. LIB. Betty Is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Bailey, In I1ynchburg e. ssss
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lndustria!s Continued Disturbing Fac
tor ia Stock Market.
sfaaIGhMATEO COPPER FELL.
Banks Scrutiny of Collateral Added to
Wcukncss-coyerins by Shorts Caused
Rally, .al Market Closed Strong
With Some Gains.

ny Associated prcss.i

NEW YORK. oct. 1.-The eccentricities
of The Industrial stocks continued 10 NC
a disturbing factor in the stock marker
;o-uay. Yesterdays list OF senii-demofai-
izeu stocks WAS increased to-day pS y
number which We're not tested SesteitnqSa ls
during the progress OF iiuuidatoil. ne
low priced OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES raiIfoac
stocks were also an marked oisiaEoi .aiu
sun cred severe declines on seiilnS out OF
holdings. But the SUI moro potent lactoT
toward reaction was the renewed pres
sure TO liquidation in AIialEanla1ed 1op-
per. which carried the price down an eN-
lrvmc y. TO S6Sr when IS Inc ioWe 81
price on the present movement even al
lowing for the ~ per cent. interest," Hhlch
has come off.
There was suggestive break IN the ile.
price of spot copper again in London Inns
morning which served to indicate that
the recent fortunes of At:ialSamated Cop
,,e:, are more or less affected by the price
OF raw copper. An important factor in
the weakness. both OF that stock and OF
other industrials. however. was the
scrutiny by the banks OF the collateral
in their loans. and the dlsposition 10 call
loans in order TO limit or throw out in
Gus;rial stocks. Ne such discrimination
was exercised against A,naleamated Cop
per yesterday. but some such waS shown
in to-daN,s acute weakness o. Inc stock.
The same was true of Cons oiioated To-
hacco As. which fell an extreme of .
points.
Some of the severest losses yesterday
showed a rallying tendency even before
The general market turned upward, and
III the late recovery l!ltIe- were StblUe net
gains Of 4 point and more achieved. Ma
tional Salt recovered II points OF yester-
days i4i4 loss on three transactions. The
late rally seemed 10 be due entirely to
coverings by shorts, and was made in
spite of the promise OF only moderately
favorable bank statement. The interior
movement of currency during the week
has again been very heavy. so that the
gain on account of Government bond pur-
chases and Australian gold has been al
most offset 1t is hoped that the liGuida-
ton in the stock market Will he DETECTED
IN n loan contraction. as no special opera
tons in the money market are known
when would offset this Influence unless it
might be renewed borrowing from the local
bank of the loans 10 foreign lenders. which
are being constantly Inundated. as reflect
ed III the sustained strength of the for
cicu exchange market.
The stock market closed quite active
ara strong at the recovery. Railroad
bonds Were affected by selling to-day
more than on previous DAYS of the week
Total sales, par value, 81. 100000. United
states bonds all unchanged on last call.
The total sales of stocks To-Day were
E93.9G0 shares.
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STOCK Quotations

Furnished hy Mpssr,. SCOTT 4 srRINGrF11ow
Me m bels New y orr Stock Excl.a,,re -
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VOLUME OF TRADE
CON INUES HEAVY
Despite Fact That Speculative Con-
ditions are Reactionary.
RAILROAD EARNINGS FAVORABLE.
Bank clearances Axe Heavily In Excess
OF Previous Years. aud While fa.l.
ures Are More Numerous They
Are Not Excessive.
RAILROAD EARNINGS FAVORABLE.
(Isv Associated Press,}
Are Not Excessive.


NEW YORK, October S.-Bradstreet's
Tomorrow will say:
W nileASpecuIItiye conditions, except for
Gotten, show reactionary tendencies, gen.
eral distIibutive trade is active and q
heavy volume of business is going for
ward. All obtainable measures OF produc-
ton and movement for the nine months
for the year testify t., this Bank clear
ances are heavily in excess OF previous
years, railway earnings continue very
favorable and talk of scarcity of cars from
different sections of the country is heard
Failures are more numerous than last
year O: in 1899, but fewer than in recently
preceding years. and while liabilities have
expanded, this has been due mainly to 4
few large financial suspensions before re-
ported. because current failures and la
bilities are not as heavy as earlier in the
year.
COTTON ADVANCED.
The feature OF the week in cotton was
he nublca ton on THURSDAY of the gov
ernn,ont crop report. showing the lowest
condition with one exception. in eighteen
years. Coming at a time when all the
,Infavorab!e features. such as small for
eiGn buying and the threatened strike at
!; Fall River had been discounted. the
ma rket quickly responded in a one-fourth
cent. advance in futures and one-eshtll
cent. In spots. Print cloths have been
firm. little doing at the recent advance.
Staple cottons have been rather quiet as
regards new demand but jobbcrS report
a good business in prints. which are
rather scarce and leading manufacturers
of ginghams are heavily gold ahead.
Failures for the week in the United
States number 175. as against III in this
week a year ago.
For the week there have been twenty
nine failures in Canada, against eighteen
a year ago.
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$4,000. Cheese steaoy at 94@10K Eggs
firm = fresh, Il 7c.S Receipts Wheat, 136, COO
bushels: corn. s219 900 bushels: oats = 49,
600 bushels: hogs, s16. 900 head:
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MONEY AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on
call closed steady at 2iaG32ic PEI. cent:
last loan: 3 per cent: ruling rate. ~ ner
cent. prime mercantile llaper 4lsd5R Der
cent Sterling exchange strong with act
u.l business in bankers bills a. ST S5Ik61
q S-'"e Tor demand and ut 81 S.;3s for siXtv
days: posted rates. 81 81 and SiSG15. com
mercfal bills Si.S214G74 ssh. Bar silver
HfiS- Mexican dollars 451L Government
bonds steady: State bonds Inactive: rail-
road bonds weak - 80
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Following are total net receipts of
ton at all ports since September. l. L

PETERSBURG VA, Oct Are
ported by Martin & Son.)--COTTON-
Quiet at SEC.
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Total bank clearinss for weel, en6ad
October Sd. 50. 1882 900: increase 20 s
pr cent. Outside Of New York. s791. res.
l,4: Increase, 10 per cent
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9. =. & n. L. DENooN,
821 e. MAIN STREET.
2 or RENT.
$3.50

Handsome 'rhree-story Brick DWELL
NC. on Park Avenue: e rooms modern
immediate possession.
c.. l.. e II. L. DENOON.
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Cotton futures opened firm and closed

Cotton steady; middling. sasc.: net re-
ceipts, "a bales: gross, 1852 bales; sales,
30 bales: stock. 1891 bales
export to Great Britain. 14,726 bales: to
the Continent. POI bales: stock. 32S.I0l
bales.-
Consoli6ated-Net receipts, 21S,512 bales;
export to Great Britain, 5S,4S4 bales: TO
France. 1OS9O bales; to the Continent
106,393 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net receipts.
,5S1 236 bales; export to Great Britain.
149. $50 bales: to France 44,3S4 bales; to
the Continent, 214.53S bales.
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Street Property Sold.

Canal Street Property Sold.
a AL Chewing Company sold at public
auction on yesterday. the house and lot
No. % West Canal Street to G, H. Var.
bIuugh tor 500. ssz45s
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RICHMOND STOCK MAREET.
Richmond, Va. Oct. 4. 1901.

ItICIlIlIUllu d. VCt. Il IcVI.
SALES
Virginia Centuries-s5oo0 at 969s: $1,000
at 1863: 81 900 at 963a.
Richmond City 4's-S1,30o at LOG.
Virginia 3s-S1 go at $751;.
Virginia Fire and Marine-10 shares at
s.
yirginia-C Carolina Chemical preferred
il shares at 12l: 10 shares at 1909: .
shares at l2O3S.
Virginia Carolina Chemical common-25
shares at :l9&4: 10 shares at 59A: 10 shares
J.l3s 100 shares at 593i.
Seabcard Air Line preferrcd-10o shares
at 90
STATE SECURITIES. Bid. Asked.
North Carolina As, c.. 1910. 105 -.
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By the Valentine auction Co.,
AuctioueerS.

A DEMONSTRATORS SALE
' c HesHa9s rob MlSES f FSeKB BEEK.
BAR GLASSES AND DECAN-
TIERS: NATIONAL CASH
REGISTER. CITY AND>
STATE LICENSES. SHOW CASE &C
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BALTIMORE sToc~ MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD, Oct. dashboard
common. 2G%lG2I; do. preferred, 49!SQop
Seaboard As. S1I4@S1%.
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The workmsn's Utopia

Mrs. John O. woollcy, who. with
her husband--the Prohibition candi.
date for president at tho last cleo,
tion--la now touring tho world,
writes from New Zealand,
Labor u better compensated and
more etldicuaiy considered here than
IN any ether country ON the globe.
An eight-hour day prevails. with
prohibition 90 child iabor In the
factories. The government inaures
the lives OF citizens, grants pensions
TO old people who have resided IS
years In the colony. and holds the
right 10 AT any time take over the
great farms OF speculative land-own-
crs and cut them M Into small hold
mss. selling them on credit 10 farm
err and advancing money 20 enable
them 90 start. The standard az the
public school system Is very high.
The people actually rule. are fond
of public meetings and ON tho floor
of parliament every interest OF the
has representation. T.
Speaking OF the poor. there are none
such aa we call poer at home. In
the low parts % the cities one sees
dirty children. but no slana og hun
ser beyond that which II expressed
In hearty appetite. The most dis
reputable little rsgamufflns | saw
were sitting on the doorstep eating
bread and JAM
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SWELLED Up

OMAHA. Dec. ie.--Additlonai de-
tails OF the arrest. OF w. II. Woods
and True johnson. the robbers who
stole $4,000 worth OF diamonds In
Portland. show that the womnn'H de-
sire 20 display the stolen property
led TO their discovery a. the time
OF the arrest abe WAS wearing a
diamond ring on each finger Of her
hand ana one exceptionally large
stone on her thumb. She wac also
wearing a diamond brooch and dia-
mond earrings. The peculiar part Of
u y that she was not arrested
sooner, an abe was literally ablaS1
with the flashing stones.
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Lsborlng nan for MAYOR

Down IN the staid old university
town % Bridgeport. Conn. u was
found necessary to Sc to the furnace
rcom % one az her great mAnufac-
turing concerns % find man for
mayer nennis Mulvshlu has been
elected as mayor cf bridgeport by
a greater majority than ever given
any man selected for that honor
there. He was a plain. humble and
honest working man. but was shrcwd
and endowed with common senne
Thus IL viii be Nefrs as the reports
that gradually but certainly the
working man II beginning 70 real
ire who are bis friends. that thsy
are 90 he found among the rank and
file % his own kfnd. and that the
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GOT REVENGE
Drowned himself In RIcohol
and SPOILED tt

LONDON, Dec. ia report from
budapest IN Hungary says that ihe
cashier OF large alcohol dlstlliary
who had been discharged, awore 20
be rcvenEea, and accordingly drown
90 himself ~ vat containing 2oo.-
900 gallons u alcohol.
Hts body was not discovered until
a few days ago. and the entire VAT
had 20 be cmptied aa the contents
were spoiled. The mans revenge
was complete. ns the ioaa almost
ruined his former employers,
e~.esta4ssHass
NJ. y. Pease. johnson a Co, fi6T
Second ave, ID headquarters flor
eioaks. suits and millinery.
@aaHss-assa ssear4ar-~-a
Ladies' Furn made and repaired,
G. G. BERG. 1919 Third ave.
Buy stock Interstate Fiaher,s.
Co. so1 Pacific block.
srs--s-s. B.
Or. Waggoner. dentist. Globe block
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CALL GOMEZ
AN ASSASSIN

HAVANA. Dec. ia.-~Ccneral DO
nit& IL not only accused OF the grave
crime Of being a friend OF Senator
flatt. but an assassin az well. These
assertions are made by Salvador
cisneros. president OF the former re.
public, thfoush the columns 81 the
press and on the stump Va the poiit-
lcal campaign for the presidency o.
Cuba. which In now on.
cisneroa claims that he has evt.
dence thar during the f0.yearm' war
Conner caused the death of Verona
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DELIBERATELY GOT
~ FRONT OF TRAIN

TACOMA. Dec. ia.--Aa n North
ern Pacific freight train had gain
ed fun speed this side OF Puyaiiup
yesterday, an unknown man who
was walking on the right Of way.
stepped Ia front OF the locomotive
and was Instantly killed. lie was
without money. and Il in thought 10
have been caae OF suicide.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-12-12
GRAND DUKE
DID FLIRT
And 1t Cost Him lust
$4,000 in Cash

MOSCOW, Dec. is.--Grand Duke
Alexander Vladimir was travelling
ineognlte few days ago between
this city and Maiaohewka. bound
Tor The latter place, Two women oe-
cupied The same compartment A
Irritation was established between
them and Alexander and they soon
lscaine fast friends
The women treated the grand
duke 60 bon hons. which proved 70
have been drugked. The nohlcmsn
lest his senses after eating them and
the women relieved him OF SEW
which he carried. They escaped pe-
fore the grand duke recovered CON
eclousnss.
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WANT help
FROM TEDDY

PARIS. Dec. IA latter or petit
e1on II being circulated all over
France for signatures which In adj
dressed 10 President Roosevelt. ask
1ng him 70 fntercede with the British
1overnment for COED treatment for
The Bo<r non-eombsfAnsm.
II sets forth thaf he has more pow
" In such action than any other ruiz
~. and dexfres the abandonment Of
ohs concentrAtfon campo entirely.
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KAISER AS
MEDIATOR

PARIS. Dec. is<--ft Is reported
here that the Kaiser Wilhelm l.
making arrangements % VISIT The
Hague In the early spring. 20 COM
piste reconciliation between Queen
WilhesminA ana the prince eonsoft
This Is in line With the assertion
that it Was the kaiser who brought
about the present understanding.
and IL II said that be 4 very severe
on the reeAicItrunt prince.
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END or WAR
British Believe Beers
Are Surrenderinq

LIVERPOOL. Dec. ia.-The Post
says that the war once interpretn
tho recent noer heavy captures 20
mean that the Beers are yielding IN
details with a view OF avoiding the
humiliation 81 a general surrender.
Tho war'ofiice expects the war 20
end soon the Post says. and regards
the situation as being Tie most
pleasing for months
II concludes by saying that the
norra, by THO last step attributed to
them. would be acting wisely and
would receive nothing but the very
bnal OF Treatment Ia natilnmnnf
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she WANTED
A HERCULES

VIENNA. Dec. ia great sen-
untion has been created here over
fhe marriage Of the Countess Taafe.
. member az one Of the proudast
nmflies Of Bohemian sristocrats and
= beauty Of renown. 90 Or. Iuiius
Heidman. the son Of tanitox.
The doctor Il . giant Ia sire. and
the countess u small in stature.
When the count found that his wife
vas In love WITH the lowiy- born her.
ezsfes< Ne gave her SO. go. got . a.
eorce and left for The Orient.
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ROOSEVELT
AS GENERAL

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Dee. "a
FT4Atdent Roosevelt'a name = on the
1l@t of those who are to be given
hrevet rank through the war de-
pertrnent for gallant services m the
9pAn1sh-Amsrican WIT. He VIII be
given the title of briRndier general
a. volunteers.
The llst has been IN preparation.
fpr several months by the army
noerd and win be presented 10 the
SECRETARY Of war within the next few
0ayn- There are over leo names
1nc3uded for honorary titles.
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that koca 10 make inc iuthi NitiAcn
and public official.
Notes
u, II. Hartman, a rich contractor
OF orange county. N. T., has been
indicted by the grand jury for the
violation OF the elaht-hour day Of
that state.
the United Central Council Of
building Trades has Just been or
ganlEed In New York. replacing tho
board OF walking delegates, lts pur-
pose being 10 arrange yearly con-
tracts with employers and ohviate
sympathetic sgrikca. II represents
about e5.ooo pcrnonn.
Organized working men IN btrm-
inRham, Ala. are raising funda Tor
a labor temple,
The BROOM Makers union Issues a
round million Of labels each month
for union made hrooma.
Knights 81 Maceabcea national
body resolved that It's printed matter
fnust bear the union label.
The Western Central Labor union
eiucted Mr.. Gordon Rice OF Typo
graphical Union. No. 90. and Mr..
Harmon. OF the Clwarmakcts, a.
dcicsates 10 the state Labor con-
gross.
VIM. nlAckman, state labor COM
missioner, IL In the city gathering
evidence In caav 10 be brought
against a local laundry for violation
OF the female ie-hour law. lie adj
dressed the Western Central Labor
Union last night on the benefits to
be derived from state federation
OF labor and labor matters In gen
erai. n. Stacey whitney. secretary
% the State Labor congress- also
spoke on the coming session Of that
body.
Mr.. Daniel T.. Kelley. special rep-
rcerpthtise ~ the United 9attsrw Of
North America, q Ia the city tn the
interest OF union. made hats, and.
incidentally. 90 stop several orders
for non-uusoa made hats believed 10
be about 90 be placed by local deal
efe.
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and cnrteranoa fIe concludes a
diatfibe by saying that he does not
know why Mheeo Ola not hang uo-
mes &C the time the latter proposed
surrender
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LABOR NEWS IN BRIEF

the star. IL conducted hy a special
committed appolntcd TOT the purpose
w I'yposraphlcai Union No. he. d
present accurate information 81 hap
peninEs in the world % induatry.l
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BEARS

NEW YORK, Dec. 1z.--Amairana-
ated Copper. while stifl the leading
feature Of the stock market. this
znorning showed decrease In the
number OF sales when compared with
the dealing Of the last few days. IL
opened higher this morning. going 1T
q ~. but the pressure xas soon in
evidence. and u fell Oft to 7og-z.
-<-------ese s------~--s~
DR.. WagRoner. dentist. removed 10
01ooe block, cor. First and Madison.
---41-----------
Ia Roche. removed 20 s1f First.
Coal. wood. phone Seattle Fuel Co.
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The most merry cpais set in rings
and pins. at Finck's Pioneer Jswelry
store. SIS Second avenue.
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nair cutting. sc. Seattle Baths.
iit Yealer. =.
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When buying articles advertised In
this paper, speak Of the Star.
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Kegley.M Mcintyre Co.
III Occidental Ave.
pheao nna1s les

SODA CRACKERS
s-Ib. Cartoons. each. tomorrow (. Z Sc
FIG BARS
= delicious, delicate Cake. . pounds
............s ..-.s.....--...... .x5c
pEAcHEe
Large. thick yellow crawfords, per
pound ......s. .s.......-......-..S
pnUMES--
Sweet Neatly French, pounds. .25c
WALMuTS
Fancy Soft Shells, per pound lie
NAVEL ORANGES
Large size. per doz. gle
Medium size, per doz- ..........1sc
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professions haven't a monopoly Of all
that goen 10 make the ideal citlnon
and public official.
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SEATTLE. WASH
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HOLIDAY EHrEnrAInMrsr

Tuning, repairing and polishing
by the best workmen In the city.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-05
TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
John IL. Froman Must Pay the PEN
atty for One of the Most Fiend-
ish Crimes Ever Committed.

John II. Froman was sentenced in
the district court ut Baskerville to life
imprisonment in the penitentiary at
Anamosa for one of the most tiendish
crimes in the history of the state,
that of killing his wife and then
placing her body in the house and set
ting fire to both TO hide his crime.
The murder was committed December
Is last. Froman himself was one of
the first parties to arrive on the scene
after the house had been reduced to
ashes saichers found the charred
remains of his wife in the ruins. He
was arrested two days later, and when
the evidence was collected he con-
fessed to cutting her throat and burn
ing her body. His plan was to make it
appear an accidental death and secure
the insurance on her life, amounting
to small sum. His reputation pre-
vious to the commission of the deed
was not criminal, and it remains a
mystery in the minds of many how he
nerved himself for the act.