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At the republican caucus, held in the Brick building, Monday night, w. M. Reynolds was chosen chairman and A. P. Smith secretary. H. w. Wright made q short speech favoring Cleave- land for governor and the following delegates were elected: Arthur T. Nettleton, Hervey Wheeler, Josiah B. Downs and H. w. Wright.
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The young son of MT and Mrs Rich ard Booth was kicked by horse, last week, and badly bruised about the head and shoulders.
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If in need of anything for preserv- ing your fruit don't fail to call on The E. B. Beach Co.,, Bridgeport, who have everything in that line. Doing both wholesale and retail business they are able to sell you right and qualities are the highest.
 Experience has demonstrated just what Ramon's Pink Pills will do. R. L. McDavid, Kelley, La., says: "I suf- fered from constipation and congestion of the liver for many years and tried the best doctors in the country with out any benefit, and to my surprise was entirely cured. I cheerfully recommend them for all and even more than you claim for them" H. B. Mott, NewtOwn; s. c. Bull & Co.,, Sandy Hook; s. J. Park, Trumbull; w. B. Hawley, Sherman; E. A. HOnan, Gaylordsville.
 People are speaking very much in favor of G. N. Clark's Vegetable Liver Pills. They consider them the safest and best remedy for regulating the stomach, liver and bowels. We would advise any one troubled with bilious ache, dizziness, etc., to give them a trial as they certainly have a wonder full reputation for curing bilious and dyspeptic ailments. Sold by drug gists.
 Children who are subject to croup always keep their mother uneasy. Mrs B. w. Wiley of Greenville, Tenn, who has charge of the HolSton Methodist Orphanage and the care of large num- Der of children, writes: II use Ramon s English Cough Syrup in the Orphanage. It gives perfect satisfaction. 1 hereby See1mmend 2 Rn a it; t. I; asRaN Mott; & Mewtown; Parks, % Trum6;uIi; G3; H ". T B. Hawley, s; y, Sherman: E. A. Honan, Gaylords- vile.
 ANY CHURCH or parsonage or insti- tuition supported by voluntary contri- of the Longman & Martinez paints has been our custom for 27 years. Any building not satisfactorily painted will be reprinted at our expense; about one gallon of linseed oil to be added to every gallon of the paint to make ready for use; it's mixed in two minutes and cost of the paint thereby made less in price than any other Yearly product over one million gal Ions Longman x Martinez. Sole agents: Watts & Cogswell, Washing ton Depot; Taylor, Curtis & Co.,, San dy Hook.
 Ramon's Tonic Regulator is purely vegetable. It will do your liver more good than any other known remedy. H. K. Mott, NewtOwn; $. c. Bull & Co.,, Sandy Hook; w. B. Hawley, Sherman;s s. J. Parks, Trumbull; E. A. Honan, Gaylordsville. k
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Mrs c. F. Beardsley has returned from sojourn at Morris Cove much improved in health.
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William Platt of Hopewell is build- ing a new horse barn, 48x5O feet. He purchased the frame of Charles B. Blakeman.
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Will Curtis and Miss Mary Hawley return on Friday from trip to Sara toga.
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Eli Manchester and family of New Haven, Mrs B. Southold of New York, Mrs. William HOole and Dr L. Hoole of Brooklyn, are all stopping with MT and Mrs Herbert Wright.
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MT and Mrs M. s. Otis passed sever- al days, this week, with their son, John M. Otis, in Bridgeport.
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One bottle of Ramon's Iron Tonic will do you as much good as months stay at any resort. It will make your blood pure and rich, give you a good appetite, and enable you to endure the H. E. Mott, Newtown; s. C.. Bull & Co.,, Sandy Hook; w. B. Hawley, Sherman; s. J. Parks, Trum vile
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ITEMS.
 The regular monthly service of song will be omitted in the Congregational church, Sunday evening, September '. It is expected there will be a meeting of the Y. M. c. A. with speakers from out of town the third Sunday evening of the month.
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NOTES FROM ST PAUL'S. No services were held in St Paul $ church, Sunday, Rev MT Everest be- ing absent on his vacation.
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Hawley, Sherman; E. A. Honan, Gay 10r1cvi11a
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Letters remain. in the NewtOwn postoffice addressed to: Miss Celia Dob- son, Mrs E. J. Hurlburt (2), Howard Northrop, Miss Lizzie Tyner, Willard
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If in need of anything for preserv- ing your fruit don't fail to call on The E. B. Beach Co.,, Bridgeport, who have everything in that line. Doing both wholesale and retail business they are able to sell you right and qualities are the highest.
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Ramon's Tonic Regulator is purely vegetable. It will do your liver more good than any other known remedy. H. E. Mott, Newtown; $. c. Bull & Co.,, Sandy Hook; W. B. Hawley, Sherman;s s. J. Parks, Trumbull; E.. A. Honan, Gaylordsville.
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From the Chicago Tribune.
Looking over the volcano assets of the
United States within the last fortnight, it
has been said that this country has not
one active cone now in its territory How
ever, C. F. Periolat of Chicago, who has
fur interests in Alaska brings evidence
that to the northwest of Cooks Inlet.
NC unit Redoubt, 5000 feet high. has COW
cred the Ala ska SHOWS six inches deep
with volcanic dust fer a radius of more
than 80 miles and that at a distance of
125 miles the light of the Java that is now
coursing down It's sides made it possible
for a person to read a newspaper in the
the depth of the arctic night.
Recently said Mr.. Periolnt, ~ have
seen some references to the phenomenon
of ashes scattered over Unalaska, and
this, with the accompanying stat ement
that no volcano in American territory is
active, would lead one to suspect that
these volcanic ashes had blown from
some Asiatic country.
LAS q matter of fact Mount Redoubt
has been vergirg on eruption for several
years past and according to news which
l have from Alaska, dated last January,
the whole top OF Mount Redoubt was
blown away In December. Since that
time there Is reason 10 believe that the
cone has been In active eruption. This
| would account for the ashes in all drec-
| lions from the oUntain-ashes so thick
| that 1t has been impossible for the mails
to be sledded according to schedules.
'1 am familiar with the whole country
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cal repute, and she is pale, determined
aristocratic looking woman of about for
ty
Now, there had always been a deeply
resentful feeling in the hearts of
the mother and sisters of the son
and brother against the woman he
had taken for his wife. From the time
he bad brought her home and presented
her to them as his bride this Keeling had
never slumbered.
There never had been a slur on the
name of the young girl, but her mother
had been a woman of whom it was i'm
possible to speak In good society. 1t was
a bitter blow to the Taylor women when
the daught er-in-law entered their FAM
lily. 1t mattered not to them that the
girl had worked hard for her living in
honest paths. They could not for mo-
ment harbor the thought that such
person should bear the name or Taylor.
And from the moment of the marriage,
their intense dislike was manifest in
their every word and action.
Unfortunately, the husband who had
taken his bride home to his mother and
sisters, was not forceful enough to resent
this feeling, to take the girl whom he had
made his wife in his arms and hold
her against all the world. Given an easy
going. listless husband, timid wife and
a proud, dsdainful, holler and better
than-thou antagonism whenever the
young wife came into the presence of
the mother.in-law and the sisters-in-law.
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UNCLE SAM HAS AN ACTIVE VOLCANO

surrounding this cone, and have beer at
the base of the peak every year since
1893 For ten years the crater has been
steaming in a threatening manner, and
In 1901 1 took several photographs of II one
from the southeast, showing the vaoor
column plainly and the other view from
the north. but rather too far to make the
column of vapcr plain. In September of
that year. while l was on the way home,
a vessel which had just come into the i'll
let was besieged by frightened Indians,
who were anxious to report an earth
quake which had just shaken the main
land. Some of the officers Of our steam
er had noticed the shock at sea.
This no doubt, was ore of the run.b-
lings of cid Redoubt, and the letter which
l have just received from my French
foreman shows to NY satisfaction the
source of the volcanic ashes that have
been 50 remarked In Unalaska- This man
Is at least 125 miles from the cone, and he
writes that in January. when there was
only two hours daylight in the twenty
four. he could read a newspaper by tha
light of The lava then flowing He said
that the whole top of the cone had been
blown away with a defamation that could
be heard at King Trading Post and that
the Indians trapping In the vicinity of
the cone were much alarmed"
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forgiveness in the makeup of the Tay-
lor women, and they determined AS the
child grew older, to wrest her from It's
mother AS fair means were out of the
question they did not hesitate 10 resort
to others.
During her babyhood and up to the
time she was years old, little Margaret
was allowed to make frequent visits 10
her grandmother and aunts. She would
stay with them several days at a time.
1t was customary FOR the father to take
her to his store in the city in the morn
ings as he went to work. Here one OF
the aunts would call for her and she
would be carried off to Fernbank The
mother never objected to these little Wis
its for she realized that the aunts could
put a great deal of pleasure into the lit
tie ones life that she could not do. AND
she had not the heart to rebel in selfsh-
ness that the baby was so much away
from her. On August 3, 1885, little Mar
garet left her home to visit her fathers
people and from that day till this neither
she nor her husband have ever seen the
blue eyes of the little girl, nor heard the
prattle of it's coral lips.
A week after she had gone away for
the last time. little Margaret came to
Cincinnati with her grandmother ana
aunts. Mrs. Taylor and Miss Frances
took the child to Burnet Woods, beau
tiful natural park in one of Cincinnaus
suburbs. Here the child romped and
played
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Late in the afternoon they all returned
to the city, and met there Miss Clara, at
the Grand Central station. Clara board
ed the train with little Margaret, and
gave it out that they were to go to Peo-
ria Mrs Taylor and Frances returned
to their home.
During two weeks after that time the
parents sent sweets and toys to Fern
bank for their baby. These were ac-
knowledged from Fernbank by letters
dilating on Margaret's delight when she
received them. AS the time went on,
the father wrote for some one to bring
little Margaret home: I'VE must have
her now for awhile" he said I'VE miss
her fearfully."
Just a few days longer" came the
prayer and response.
At last Impotence could be borne no
longer. He jumped on a train for Fern
bank.
Here a shock awaited him. He was
laughingly told that Aunt Clara and the
baby had gone off on a little trip.
That was all he could gather about
the mystery. He could get no further
news of the child. The fond, foolish fa-
Their thought the joke had gone little
too far when the name OF their destna-
ton was withheld. But In his lazy good
nature he took 1t as a within and made
no fuss about 1t.
When he came back and told the
story of the journey to his wife a fearful
suspicion leaped quick into a certainty
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INCINNATI.-The arrest of Clara
- Taylor, the kidnapper, in Italy,
~ is the first sentence in last
chapter of a story of which
MANY intervening chapters have been
lost II is the story of woman's inor-
dinate love for the child of woman she
hated.
The opening of this story, which begins
e,gbt wears ago. deals with an aged wo-
NON Mrs. Frances Taylor, and her two
daughters, Clara and Frances all of
n,nono intensely dsliked the bride of the
son and brother, A. V. Taylor. the father
Of the little Margaret, the baby who was
kidnapped.
Mrs. Taylor and her two daughters
ara women who have seen better days.
When this story opens they were in very
modest circumstances. The three lived
,oeether In Fernbank, suburb Of Gin
c,nnati. a little village lying on the banks
If the Ohio and nesting at the foot of a
chain of hills overlooking the river and
the picturesque knobs of Kentucky.
clara the Oldest was rather eccentric
woman of about So independent to the
noint of her being what the French Ian
nuape so nicely describes as difficile.
She nosed as a writer and did some work
among the suffrage clubs of the city.
Frances was also writer OF some To-
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FAINT son. Until very recent years a daily
sight in Madrid and one that called forth
universal expressions of affection. was
that of the King and his two little sis
ters, in a tiny carriage drawn by four
fine mules, upon the principal driveway.
King Alfonso has had the measles,
whooping cough influenza, and nearly all
the other ills of ordinary childhood, but
that which he will not have of his own
choosing like ordinary mortals, is a wife.
He is already engaged to be married; in
deed, the matter was all arranged when
he was only three years old.
1t is difficult to conceive of an alliance
so unpromising as the one proposed. The
royal family of Spain Is not to be leaven-
ed with strong, good blood. The King
is to marry the Archduchess Elizabeth of
Austria, but it would perhaps be better
for future generations of the Spanish If
he were to marry the daughter of. a wash
erwoman.
His prospective brides father was the
profigate Prince RUDOLF who Is suppos-
ed to have committed suicide Her mother
is Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg, whose es-
capades have been the talk of Europe
for years.
Her maternal grandfather is the King
of Belgium, the patron of dissolute ac-
tresses, the worst King in Europe. Her
paternal grandmother was the Empress
of Austria, whose eccentricities caused
her to be considered practically insane
The Emperor her grandfather, is cele-
brated for his gayeties.
The shy, reserved Austrian princess
who became the wife of Alfonso XII.
had never shone at court, but after the
death of her husband, when the over
whelming weight of responsibility fell
upon her, she rose to the occasion.
For six months her eldest daughter,
Mercedes, only girl at that time, was
Queen of Spain. Ihen the birth of the
baby boy put the nose of Mercedes "out
of joint and provided Queen Christina
with her life work as nurse, educator,
protector, ruler.
He is to be made a man" was Chris
tina's order which the royal tutors in
their several ways tried to carry out-did
carry out. in fact. When the boy King
was seven he was taken away from his
women attendants and placed in the care
of men. An independent household was
given to him. with Wallets and men serv-
ants and military and naval attaches to
attend him day and night
His mother continued to have more in
huence over him than his tutors or his
confessor. Every night of his life he has
been watched while asleep by the IN on
teros." They are the monteros of Espin-
osa; no others are guine. They must
have been born in Espinosa or CASTLE and
their service is hereditary.
King Alfonso has such a string of i'm.
posing names that one is reminded Of
old Eccles's comment when he hears tn,
long tale of his little grandson's aristo
cratic Christian names:
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the situation needs no Teniers to describe
1t in details
So. during the first year of their mar
ried life the young Mrs. Taylor lived un-
der the same roof tree with her mother
in-law and her two sisters-in-law.
Then there strayed into their life
baby girl-the little Margaret of this
st DRY.
1t would seem that the tiny stranger
would have softened all bitter feeling
and made all hearts tenderer In this
household But its coming sowed fur
Their discord. The grandmother and its
two aunts appropriated the child to
themselves. Its own mother more than
ever, was made to feel the falseness of
her position.
Then her spirit rose.
The baby was hers And while she
would share her husband with his moth
er, she would haye her baby all herself
And she took her baby and her husband
and moved to little house that they
could call their own. Then the bitterness
against the young wife was intensified
against the young mother.
From the very first the grandmother
and aunts were passionately attached to
the little girl and coveted her. From that
day their antagonism to the mother
never died. When Margaret Vas about
a year old her parents moved to Bell
view, KY, just across the river from
Fernbank.
There seems to have been no germ Of
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WOMAN LOVES CHILD But HATES MOTHER

within her mind There was an ache in
her throat and her heart and her whole
soul as she said They have stolen, her
from us at last. forever" That aroused
the father to fury.
The next scene is in the courts. In the
agony of her love she had begged and
pleaded and planned with her husband
her friends, everybody who could help
her till she had succeeded In instituting
habeas corpus proceedings for the re-
coVery of the missing baby.
But what good when the child could
not be POUNDS?
Judge Howard HOLSTER of the Common
Pleas Court heard the case. but was
compelled to dismiss the proceedings
for the little one could not be produced
in court. So impressed, however. was
the court by the unpleasant features or
the case, that he took the matter to the
att ention of the grand jury. That body
took up the case, and on April IA. 1900 re-
turned an indictment to County Prose-
cutting Attorney John Schwartz, charg-
ing Mrs. Frances Taylor and her daugh-
ters Clara and Frances with the heinous
crime of kidnapping.
Mrs Taylor and Frances were arrest
ed but released on bond, while unsuc-
cessful efforts were made to locate
Clara. From the day she disappeared up
to a short while before her mother and
sister were placed on trial, 1t Is almost
a certainty that they communicate ed
with one another from time to time.
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The Taylors, meanwhile. would give
absolutely no information to the parents
of the little girl as to her shereabouts.
Harry NJ. Hoffheimer succeeded John
Schwartz as county prosecuting attorney,
and he soon took vigorous action against
the indicted kidnappers. In spite of the
technicalities of the law. he set the case
for trial AS evidence that the Taylors
prepared for this ordeal, and took every
precaution to preserve the secret of tho
whereabouts OF Clara n private mail box
was placed in the hallway of the build
ing they occupied at No. 746 West Sixth
street. This was about six months be-
fore they were placed on trial. and no
one saw the postmarks on their letters.
Mrs. Taylor and Frances were placed
on trial before Judge Murphy on March
%, 1902 They were defended by Attor-
ney Byron NJ. Clendenning. while Prose-
cutting Attorney Hoffheimer and his first
assistant, Froome Morris, represented the
state. The latter were triumphant in
their efforts TO further justice. and the
women were found guilty by the jury of
child stealing, after a trial lasting fivs
days. Judge Murphy overruled a mo-
ton for a new trial, saying that he would
not consider any proposition to liberate
the prisoners until they produced the
child. The minimum sentence, one year
in the pententiary. was imposed upon
the two women. Although convicted and
(continued on Third Paqe,l
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Thus handicapped by an unhappy an
cestry, despite which he has earned the
confidence and hope of his people and of
the other nations, his inheritance is far
from kingy.
His country has just emerged from de-
feat in war He confronts an empty treas
ury, Kingdom rotten with rebellion in
which a pretender seeks his throne; a
kingdom which has been sliding steadily
backward for 400 years, while all the rest
of the world, even China has been NOV
ing forward.
Bellamy Storer, minister to Spain, said
of the young king recently while home on
a visit:
THE stories that have been cabled to
the United States about the physical and
mental unfitness of the boy king to take
the throne are all nonsense He is both
physically and mentally the equal of the
average boy of his age of aristocratic
birth"
For several years, ever since the debi
tiles of his childhood were largely elm
mated, the boy king has studied hard.
His education has embraced much more
than is taught the child whose head is
not to bear the burden of a crown.
His youthful Majesty has inherited
from his mother her gracious courtesy,
her alert intellect and digniied bearing.
Above all, he has the great gift of the
Bourbons. that of remembering faces, so
valuable to sovereigns in these days
Alfonso has a decided knowledge of his
own important station, but he is an unaf-
fected youth, and truly beloved by those
with whom he comes in contact.
He is a born soldier and has long been
interested in military matters Nothing
delights him more than to talk of the
army and of revolutions with old officers
and he works out strategcal problems to
the great delight of himself and the Off
GERS who watch him.
The king took part for the first time in
the grand maneuvres of the Madrid gar
rison last year, when he appeared on
horseback, surrounded by Gen. Weyler,
numerous marshals and a brilliant suite.
He rem aimed five hours in the saddle, took
the keenest interest in the affair." and was
enthusiastically received by troops and
people.
For years the King has had a boy army
at San Sebastian, where he spends his
summers 1t consists of 400 youngsters,
originally of from five to eight years old,
recruited from the Basque provinces, and
each year it is made ready for the arrival
of the little King who goes, mounted on
diminutive pony, to meet it and reviews
1t.
All classes are represented in the army,
from the son of general to that of
simple workingman. The small soldiers
wear a blue uniform, with red caps, and
carry guns manufactured on purpose to
suit their infantile strength. There is a
band of fifty pieces that plays very WELL
and the command is divided into six COM
panies, each with its captain and lieu
tenants.