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BUYING, SELLING
AND BUILDING
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
nomas Amland to Andrew Hanson; section ~

Thomas Amland to Andrew Hanson; section 10.
town Is, range "a, $500 .4, no.,,
ct al. lot 2, block "a, Calhoun Park, Soo0o
James Argus and wife to Charles sfsee august g"
piement to East Side, $1,000.
William a.. Harrison and wife to William N.
Jones' undivided cent OF lots III j.
Viola Beall to Elizabeth Depue; lot 4 and
west 20 feet Of lot 3, block l. Masons, $s,too'
| undivided one-third of land in section 30, town
lis, range %, 800.
Matthew N. Dean and wife to Fred Anderson;
Portius c. Deming and wife to Lucius O.
Tombler ct al west 40 feet east or front 50 feet
supplement- to East Side, $1,000.
Leo Francis Graham and wife to .Agapitus
| Natus; lot 8, block B. Marshall street, $1,000.
! Oscar II. Harrington and wife to Merton NJ
Parmeter;. lot IS, block i, Peteler & Goodrich s
the rear or west 40 feet of the east or front
feet Of lots II and T. s1 block :, 5oo of Lincoln
Auditors subdivision No. Z, S. LOO.
Merrill; lot r. block II, in Manages supple
ment to East Side, $500.
Andrew S. Reyes to Fife L.. Farnsworth; part
lot in the Encouragement in blocks 8 and 10 in
the first division Of Remington Park, $500.
Henry E.: Ladd and wife to Catherine ne o.. A.
John Lindow and wife to Edgar L.. Breyer;
section 25. town III, range 70 S4,Ooo-
Gertrude w. hen1eFnal las tTuSleeJ 10 Anua
penner lot OF Gulrord's 0utlots, $45O.
Pittsfeld Savings bank to Octave Dubrril. lot
"a, block Is, Lincoln street supplement to East
Side, 1925.
II. Gilbert Robbins to Nathan W. Cate, lot s,
block 81 Calhoun Park. S525.
Charles L.. Sawyer and wife to Oscar John
son. lot 16 and the west half of lot II, block
l. of Encouragement of blocks E, f, G, Fl, I and
u Falls City, 5000.
The Syndic to Albert NJ Sheldon, lots IL and
Is, block 9, Minneapolis, revised, $4,000;
Mahala F. Pillsbury ct al. to Daniel B..
Behan, lot 8, block 2, of Pillsburys first addi-
Mahaia F: Pillsbury ct al. TO, Edward A.
Malone ct al, lots l, 2 and 3, block 2. Pills
bury's first addition, $1,000.
| Mahala F. Pilsbury ct al. to Michael Fl.
Malone, lot Z, block 2, Pillsburys first addition,
| 81 900.
Calvin Townsend and wife to Mary J. Thur
| ber the north 291a feet Of lot 10, block 1, Bell
| Brothers addition, So. 100.
Susan c.. Jones ct al to Mary A. Lee. the
north ten feet of the east one-half of lot 3,
/ block %. in Gales second addition. $3.50.
Franklin Il. Joy ct al, trustees. to Cath
! crime A. Kelly, lot 13, block 3, Fosters addi-
| ton, 81 800
/ The Ralph NJ. Burtis company to Julia NJ
Bean. lots 5, and 7. tlock 3. North Town
| $5,0 900.
Daniel P. Conway and wife to Robert Long
/ Adams ct al. part lot ., block 10, Lennon
Newell's addition $3.50.
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1883 Fancy Belts, one size.
FANCY BELTS 1880.

The demand for belts is increas-
ing. At the moment the tendency is
toward the wider sort, but almost
everything is correct. Crush belts
round belts, pointed belts. all are
worn. and width is made to depend
largely upon individual needs. The
four shown include a generous varf-
ETY., but all are somewhat wider at
the back, narrower at the front, SO
forming the lines that are best liked
and most generally becoming. Num-
Der one is made Of peau de cynge and
is made plated at the back, where it
is held in place by strips Of bone, and
passed thru a ring at the center front,
the ends being cut to form points.
Number two gives a pointed effect at
the front and round at the back. The
The round portion and the pointed one
are separate and are Joined by means
Of small buckles. Number three is
wide and round, but shaped at the
end and is held by a buckle. The
model is made Of black satin with
applique of white cloth, but many
combinations are to be seen
Number four is another draoed belt,
but Of quite a different sort from
number two. The material is Liberty
ribbon, with trimming of straps
passed thru small crocheted rings at
the back and a fastening formed by
bigger rings. The back is laid in
plaits that are held in place by up
right strips of bone and the ends are
drawn thru the rings.
The quantity of material required for all foul
belts is u yards of silk "a inches wide 3 \
yards of ribbon 8 inches wide.
The pattern, 1885, Is cut in one size only.
In ordering pattern fill in this
cOuDOn:
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CHAPTER XVII.
The Closing Arguments.

Mr.. Stone, whose mind was particu-
larly keen and alert, reviewed in a
telling manner the evidence which
had been presented for the defense.
cit had been claimed he said, that
the case was one OF identity only; but
it was not so. It was a wife's I'M
faithfulness that was the root of the
whole matter. No one had denied the
Identity Of Mr.. Hamilton, except his
wife, at the time when he returned,
and she had no other reason for her
denial except the absurd one Of indi-
vidual odor,' something which never
before had been preached in any court
of Justice. She had tainted when she
first saw him, which fact spoke of in
slant recognition, but claimed to have
immediately afterwards doubted him
by the absence OF the individual odOr.
"The futility Of such reasoning as
this must be apparent to every one
who heard it. A matter of breath or
diet! 1t was not worthy of the least
consideration. But other matters
we're. At the moment Of his return
Mrs. Hamilton was talking with Mr..
Allen about the monument, which was
lust completed. to be erected to the
memory of her husband. She was
dressed in black; but she was far from
being unhappy, for she had other
hopes in her heart regarding the I'M
known Primus Edes, who in some
mysterious manner had succeeded in
d getting q hold on her heart and SYM
sfpathies. She tainted because she saw
her hopes dashed to the ground by
the return of her husband, whom she
had thought dead. There was es-
pecial reason for her thinking so.
EBut it is well known that wishes color
thought. No doubt she hoped so.
'sBut all this time her husband had
been suffering with a mental lnalady
that robbed him Of memory. What he
did or did not do at that time could
not be discovered. Every means had
been taken by the defense to ascertain,
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considered, and it evidently bore upon
it's face the individual belief of the
lawyer. At it's close friends gathered
around him, and both he and Mr..
Hamilton were warmly congratulated,
for court had adjourned, it being near
noon.
The claimant Edes came in for a
good share of the popular attention
during the plea, for he seemed instinct
with determination and defiance.
When allusion was made to Mr.. Ham
ilton he was seen to clench his hand
and start wrathfully in his seat, and
he leaned forward to say to his coun-
sci, Mr.. Stevens, that he was glad she
was not present.
Mr.. Stevens was not glad. He felt
had she been in court, Mr.. Stones
speech must have lost some Of it's acri-
mony, and that her calm, ladylike de-
meanor would have presented speak
| ing contrast to his words. However
the opportunity had passed, and the
counsel for the prosecution trembled
| for the result.
Mr.. Stevens began his argument
about o'clock, and he rejoiced when
he saw Mrs. Hamilton enter the court
ROOM. for her presence nerved him tic
greater effort and belief in the justice
| of the cause he advocated.
He spoke of the able and eXhaus.
+! tive manner in which the evidence had
| been presented to make it show to the
best advantage. No men know bet.
ter how to conceal weak points thar
they" but in this case they had over.
| done the matter.
In almost the same breath Mr.. Stone
had alluded to the initials found upor
the claimants linen and of the foil.
of supposing his client, had he beer
1 Ashley, would have thrust his heae
into the lions mouth by claiming the
estates when SO well known to the
police. Yet he argued that this was
exactly what had been done, and that
| Furthermore, the initials had been al.
| lowed to remain by a man perfectly
sane, and one who knew full we'll the
danger Of such an accusation.
Was this good reasoning? Wou16
the claimant, if really Ashley, and no,
insane, have submitted these telltale
articles to the washing and ironing OF
Mrs. Fry If he were really Ashley ano
knew what he was doing? Most as.
suredly not. The only course to pur-
sue was to believe what he said about
|them,-that they were given him b.
/ a fellow workman. Such a one named
Harrison Arkwright was known te
/ have worked with him, and, no doubt
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blances like these were more puzzling
and confusing when one man CHANGED
to be a villain. 1t was no wonder the
community had been deceived,-the
wonder was that this wife had not
been. 1t is said that nature never
exactly repeats it's works; no two pro-
auctions are just alike; tho the Or
binary observer is unable to detect
the difference; as in this case it was
SO subtle as to escape all but the wife.
She knew, or rather felt, that the
man was not her husband, and the
doubt was sufficient to cast about her
prudent reserve, tho not sufficient
to deny his claim in words.
The test applied to both men was
we'll carried out On the part of the
claimant it was announced by quiet
declaration of the most matter-of-fact
sort that the diamond stud was at the
bank. By the respondent more melo-
dramatically, and followed by fit
such as often accompanies catalepsy.
Mr.. Stevens said that without doubt
Ashley was a mind reader, and that
all the phases of hypnotism and clair
voyance were known to him. His in
| fiuence over the jailer in the west
proved this, and his strange power to
see into the minds of those with whom
he conversed proved it. He hesitated
| just long enough to read the
mind. He read the true
claimants mind at the time when
] the question was asked in court. 1t
was a dangerous gift when in the pos
session of man like Ashley, but it
was not without parallel, as mo-
ment's consideration would prove to
| the satisfaction of every one who re-
called the exploits of Washington
Bishop in the same direction.
Much had been said regarding the
motives of his client, but Mr.. Stevens
commended that they were manifestly
as great on the part of the defendant.
There was no doubt he had become
enamored with his brothers wife and
/ he had decided to possess her for his
/ own He had repeatedly urged mar
| rage, but not until after the death of
] Lenora who had been murdered to
remove so dangerous g. witness to his
past When he became convinced
| that the workman called Primus Edes
was no other than the true Vane
| Hamilton, there was but one course
open. He must renounce his claims
or remove the true owner. He chose
| the latter The shot was either fired
| by his own hand or by his emissary,
Solomon Marks, who was a fit tool for
any such emergency.
ITO be continued to-morroR.
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he was the person who formerly
owned the shirt and handkerchief.
Mr.. Stevens owned to its seeming alb
surd that the claimant should profess
to have lost his memory just as the
respondent had done. 1t was strange,
looked upon at that point of view.
But there was another aspect of the
case, and a true one, far more reason
able. When the two men met at
Portland depot-as they most assured
ly did meet on the Friday in ques-
tion-the respondent had ample OPP
portunity to see for himself the cOndi-
| ton Of the true claimants mind at
that time. It was perfectly evident
| that he had forgotten his own name,
and when after the supposed death Of
| his victim he came here to take the
place Of his brother, to fraudulently
take possession, what course would
look so plausible as to pretend he had
lost his memory, as he knew the other
/ to have done. This would account for
the long absence, the probable man
ner of Hamilton on his way to Port
/ land, and any announcement lack of
knowledge regarding people and
events which would of necessity re-
cur to him. He could lay it to lapses
1 of memory, as he had done more than
| once.
The respondent, who was in reality
/ Ashley himself, was a man of great
resources, of great fertility. He came
to Grovedale to step into his twin
brothers possessions, after the sup
! posed death of the true Vane Hamil-
| ton, and he laid claim to the latter's
manner, peculiarities, and SO forth
much of which was natural to him
The great resemblance was true and
undoubted, but probably no greater
/ than is often observed between twins
of both sexes.
ST myself" said the counsel, have
seen two young ladies so startlingly
alike that in a long ride on the rail-
way from, New York to Philadelphia
I could not detect the least item OF
! dissimilarity between them. They
were dressed alike and they looked
alike in every particular, as / took
1 great pains to assure myself by study
ing their appearance on the ride in
question. I knew of another case OF
/ two men who looked so exactly alike
] that one day one of them entered a
store where there was a large mirror
/ at the further end. He saw. advanc-
1 ing toward him. as he supposed. his
brother, and began speaking to him,
only to discover. much to his embar-
i rassment, that it was his own ref1ec-
ton he was addressing. Resem-
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THE MISSING MAN
By MART R. P. H47cH 4u650 Of "76e Bank Tragedy"


Ashley, who had chung to him, as some
women will, thru evil as we'll as good
report; or if he did not forget it, he
put these considerations one side, and
set himself to win the notice of Mrs.
Hamilton by watching her windows,
playing the violin, winning the love of
her little boy, and various other arti-
fees likely to work upon the heart and
Imagination of a woman like Mrs.
Hamilton.
.'She, from the first, progressed to see
resemblance in Primus Edes to her
it. But he made no use Of this idea
until after the return Of her husband
and he was warned not to go near the
premises of the Hamiltons. Then he
shot himself one morning on those
very premises with a pistol, without
hopes of its being laid to Mr. Hamil-
ton. All the cry about Solomon
Marks by the learned counsel for the
prosecution is of no account whatever.
1t has not been proved that he was in
town that day at all, and, if so, that he
had an opportunity for possessing him
self Of the pistol. But Edes did, for
he lived in the house with Dan Fry,
and he had sufficient motives for the
act. He wished to make it appear that
he was shot by Mr.. Hamilton, and the
wound on his head-a slight one-was
to be the groundwork Of his claims;
for, no doubt, he planned the whole
scheme Of vi1lainy before the shoot
| ing of himself.
Mrs. Hamilton did not go near him.
Indeed, she was prudent from the first;
but when Mrs. Fry went for her to
quiet her patient, who she thought
was wilder than ever in his rawlings,
Mrs. Hamilton went over. Edes
claimed her as his wife the moment
she entered the room, and she did not
gainsay him. The next thing was to
lay claim to the Hamilton estates.
.But before this, nearly two weeks
| before the shooting, he sent the poi
soned ring to his wife to remove her
from his path. The letter was sighed
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Henry Ashley and was a loving, ten
der missive that would have deceived
any woman. She wore the ring a few
days and died. There was SO much
talk about the matter that it led to
disinterment Of the remains, when it
was found that she had really been
poisoned
Mr.. Stone then explained the peculi-
arities of many poisons. so potent and
subtle in their action as to almost
equal the wonders in tales told of
charms condensed in the NEGRO
mancer's pitfalls. Such, he said, were
in use in the Middle Ages, when poi
soned rings were given to- people of
high rank, whose mental integrity was
considered dangerous to the despot in
power; and such a ring, he claimed,
| had been sent to Lenora, for it was
we'll known in the circles of medical
science that many of these rings had
survived, and come down to our day
as curious reminders of past wicked
ness.
He then mentioned the initials H. A.
on the linen Of the claimant, and the
attempt to prove the articles had been
given him as fallacious. He spoke OF
| the absurdity of thinking that, had
the defendant been really Ashley, he
| would have thrust his head into the
\
and taking possession of another's
estate, when he was already SO well
known to the police as it was proved
that Henry Ashley was. There was
no adequate motive for such a sui
cidal act. With Edes it was different
Edes was in love; and there was 6
powerful motive-poWerful enough to
make him forget even great danger
in his hopes of success. The plea Of
insanity had all the time been a ruse
the counsel claimed, to evade punish
ment and get placed in an asylum
from which he could more easily, es-
cape. The same plea, united with
/ that of great ignorance. served his
purpose when he came to Grovedale
and, no doubt, he would not have cas-
it aside had it not been for his pas.
sion for Mrs. Hamilton. But he threw
it to the wind, and his reason an6
common sense with 1t, when he made
his fraudulent claims to the Hamil-
| ton estates, after having periled his
life and soul with the murder of his
| wife.
| Much more was said, but enough
has been adduced to give some ides
of Mr.. Stones able and effective plea
| There was no doubt 1t had been vel
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Copyright by Lee Shepard. Boston, Mass.

but nothing of real knowledge could
be gained. There was little doubt but
that he had been supporting himself
by good honest labor all the time, as
he was doing when he recovered his
reason, or memory, in Seattle. He
went away on Friday, May ID; he re-
turned Jan. rs; and the interval was
filled In with labor to support his ne
cessities. Could anything be simpler
Of understanding than this?
"He took no cognizance of what
went on during his absence-the bank
troubles, his wife's hollow grief, the
half-hearted- search for him, the mon
He knew nothing Of all this, and when
he returned to Grovedale he was
greatly astonished at the turn affairs
had taken. He did his best to set
them right, took UP his place at the
mill, and would have subsidized into his
old relation, unquestioned by any one,
had it not been for his wife's infatua-
ton for Primus Edes, a common work
man as he chose to appear, but whom
we now know to be a most accom-
plished villain. No ignorant, uncul-
tured man could SO have worked upon
her synpathies as this man did; for
Mrs. Hamilton is an accomplished.
could not have been easily gained.
But this man is noted for his re-
sources. his ingenious methods of
working out his plans. He saw the
lady at church and was struck by her
beauty. There can be little doubt but
that he was filled by wild, uncon-
| trollable love for her the first time
they met. Had he been a man Of or
binary honesty and purpose, of true
manliness, he would have struggled
against 1t; but he was not. He was
a villain. He began to lay plans to
possess her, knowing that her husband
had left her, perhaps never to return.
I'm his love for this woman he for
got all else-forgot he was a fugitive
from justice, disguised to appear a
half-witted workman; forgot he had
la wife already. the beautiful Lenora
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tenths more dense than water, and 1t
will float tourmaline, whose specific

tenths more dense than water, and 1T
will float tourmaline, whose specific
gravity is 3.S.
"But there are gems which are
lighter than tourmaline, and therefore
they will float in any liquid which will
methylene iodide by adding, drop by
drop, henzine to it, each drop of ben
zine making the liquid less dense. We
thus can determine the specific gravity
of all gems lighter than tourmaline.
I'm practice we put in the LIQUID
fragment of a known gem, and when
it just floats we drop in the stone we
are testing. If it floats we add a few
more drops of benzine; the index piece
| of gem begins to sink, until it is sus-
pended in the liquid, neither rising
nor sinking. If the stone under ex-
poised In the liquid, we know it has
the same specific gravity of the index
piece, and therefore is the same kind
of a stone.
''Tourmaline is sometimes sold as a
ruby and the fraud can easily be de-
! tected even tho the gem Is set in a
ring. If tourmaline is warmed 1t be-
comes electrified when cooling, one
end being charged with positive and
the other end with negative electricity.
If powdered sulphur and red lead are
| shaken together in a sieve the friction
electrifies the particles, and If they
are then busted on the cooling and
electrified tourmaline the yellow sui
| phur dust will cling to the positive
end and the red lead powder to the
negative end Of the gem, SO that one
end Of the crystal is red and the other
yellow. When this occurs the stone is
a tournaline, not a ruby.
| Experts use the microscope, spec
troscOpe, refectOmeter and other in
struments to ascertain the optical
properties Of gems, and with them de-
termine the retroactive powers Of trans
parent stones and thus name them.
| But the tests I have outlined dc
not determine the money value OF
gems. No floating in test liquids Oh
scratching or focusing under a polar.
izing microscope will do that. Two
diamonds, both Of the first water
be thousands Of dollars apart in in.
trinsic value. The diamond expert il
valuing a stone must take into consid.
Grafton it's color, cutting, brilliancy
and general appearance, for of two
stones apparently exactly alike one
may sell for $500 and the other fol
$4,000. There is where long years O.
active experience, an almost intuitfve
sense of value, the instinct of selection
5 come into play. That is what we cal
judgment-the ability not only tt
) place the true value on a gem, but tx
make the customer accept of that val
uation."
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PATRICK IS MAYOR
OF THE DEATH HOUSE

the condemned men in their efforts to
secure new trials. All questions of
importance are referred to him and
he has passed upon them just as city
magistrate would under other circum-
stances.
Patrick thanked his fellows for the
confidence they had in him and as
sured them he would try to rule with
f1rmness and fairness and to their en-
tire satisfaction.
Condemned prisoners are not per-
mitted to visit one another. Each ex-
ercises in his own cell and is taken out
but once a. week. Therefore the
powers of the mayor are great. If two
of the inmates want to play checkers.
it is necessary for all the others to be
quiet. This and questions of a similar
nature, invariably are decided by the
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MATRIMONIAL PROMOTION

The extent to which the lingo of
the navy is used as slang in the fami-
lies of naval officers, particularly
among the women, is instanced by a
little story now going the rounds in
Washington.
The youngest daughter of a proni-
nent naval officer was entertaining a
friend who had called to congratulate
the eldest daughter, who lately had
become engaged to a captain in the
same service as her father. The
friend, remarking upon the engage
ment, suggested that the youngest
daughter doubtless would miss her big
sister. Whereupon the girl addressed
quickly replied:
ooh, dear, yes! But just think of
til am advanced a NUMBER
There are nearly 27O different religions In the
United Kingdom.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.


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