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BRIBE OFFERED TO STANTONF
l. aura Btggar's Justice Says Lawyer Tried
to Get Him to Say He Did Not We'd Her.

l. aura Btggar's Justice Says Lawyer Tried
to Get Him to Say He Did Not We'd Her.
Former Justice of the Peace Samuel Stan.
ton, one Of the co-defendants In the Ben
nett Biggar will conspiracy case, who was
released on bail from the Freehold Jail
last Wednesday, made q statement In
Hoboken yesterday in which he charged
. lawyer representing the contestants with
having tried to bride him to deny that
he had married Laura Biggar to the old
millionaire.
'Hs offered $4,000 and q trip to Europe
II ! would testify that the ceremony had
not taken place, said Stanton. Il refused
to perjure myself. and the lawyer assured
me that I would 90 to Jail. consider the
verdict OF the Freehold jury In keeping
with the intelligence Of the men who rem
dered IT, ] don't think. however. that the
verdict would have been the sam 9 II
Lawyer Joseph Noonan, counsel for the
Biggar woman, DR.. Hendricks and myself
He conducted the case as though ] were
the only defendant and that the charges
against the others were ridiculous. He
pleaded for clemency in their cases, but
ignored me completely. Personally, am
Of the opinion that il any clemenoy were
TO be shown, was entitled to as much Of
II as any Of the persons on trial
Stanton reiterated the testimony he
gave at Freehold about the marriage Of
formed the ceremony. he said. on Jan. .,
1903, In his home at 1T Monroe street,
Hoboken. A woman named Anna Weber,
who, he says, lived In the house at the time,
Witnessed the ceremony. Tho Weber wo-
man IL not known in Hoboken.
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Just Girls.

After the storm and stress Of the modern
novel OF adventure It is good to recreate
ones self with book in which mere interest
b subordinated. Economy is an admirable
virtue and the story that Is economical OF
incident has certain soothing qualities. In
q pleasing volume with the title when
Patty went to College, Che Century Com
pAny), We have a series Of chapters which
concern themselves with the unstrenuous
adventures OF a number OF charming girls.
There are fair girls, dark girls. girls with
braids down their backs, a most attractive
eiri with fluffy red hair. and girl who was
Known as the twin-although there was
only one Of her. And there are others.
And they talk. Even when they say
nothing they say it in charming way. In
Chapter I. We make the acquaintance OF one
Peters; q short, bowlegged man with red
vandyke beard. He is the college janitor
This chapter tells TIE story Of Miss Patty
wyatt's first adventure. She. with the
assistance Of Miss Priscilla Pond, took up
the green carpet in their room and painted
the floor black. Also, with the aid Of
can Of paint, they transformed three book
cases and chair from mahogany to Flem-
ish oak.
+. In Chapter II, the girls give tea party
with more talk. As a climax comes a
telegram from q young man who has
been invited by Mise Patty Wyatt to the
Founders Day celebrations. He has taken
fright and wires to say that having broken
his collarbone at football he cannot come.
Surely a foolish youth. Another chapter
Ia descriptive OF a clandestine supper
party With mulligatawny soup In a tooth
mug. and steaming baked beans in a pin
tray II IL all 40 pleasantly told and so
frankly and charmingly youthful and the
giris are such iovial lot that the lack OF
inrarent In unre1retted
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GRAVEYARD BURGLARS CAUGHT,
Ono Man Arrested In This City and Two
In Custody In Hoboken.


Detectives McCauley, Reap and Deevy
Of the Central ONCE early yesterday morn
ing arrested Frank Avery. who says he
lives In Cherry street. According to the
detectives. Avery put up hard fight and
drew o revolver when he was arrested.
At Police Headquarters II was said that
he was wanted FOR completely in the at
tempt to blow open the safe In the Office
Of the Flower Hill Cemetery In Hoboken
on Wednesday night.
Detective Nelson Of Hoboken identified
the prisoner as the man who had fired at
him In the cemetery on Wednesday night.
Avery was arraigned In jefferson Market
police court and was remanded to await
requisition papers. Two other men,
Maroney and Gallagher. were arrested In
Hoboken on wednesday night and were
arraigned before Recorder Stanton yes
terday. The police Of that city and this
are still looking for q fourth man. who u
said to have acted as lookout for the gang.
Inspector AcClusky said yesterday that
the men were among the most expert In
Avery Il the most desperate burglar
In the country added the Inspector. aHe
has served timo In prisons all over the
country, and was the head Of the gang
that tried to turn that trick on Wednesday
NIGHT
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NEW BOOKS.


story. and the atmosphere Of his holy ofnoe
u made to manifest itself "a very sweet and
pure. This. moreover. with no resort at all
to the usual dronlng and melancholy de-
vices n Is a sensible and good Cardinal,
who h not disturbed because the pigeons
come TO him for crumbs. rather than from
any sentiment that can be attributed
strictly TO tho soul.
Sahara IL the desert celebrated In the
other story. and instead Of Cardinals and
English lords and Irish beauties with yachts
made possible by fathers in the beer-bew-
ing business, we have children Of the sun
and sand. and camels that nourish them
selves for days with the fat Of their own
humps, and people guided by strange
ethical and legal principles. including the
French established at Algies. We do not
know to what profound preparation Mr.
Smith gave himself as a preliminary to
this story of -The Desert but we had
rather read It than one OF Sir Gilbert Par
ker,s tales OF the same neighborhood.
which NO know were prepared with an
application Of conscience calculated to
make an author dizzy.
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A splnster's Embarra ssment.

fNiss Serena Vernon was q comely, placid
spinster OF thirty. She was tidy and neat
h her habits and had q most tender con-
science. She was . spinster by choice and
abe declared that nature had elected her
70 b . maid. Her cousin. John Winter
bourne, said: 1T 10 q profession with
Serena A masterful sort of chap Of
thirty-eight was Cousin John, and. as may
bs seen. inclined to be epigrammatic.
Serena lived TRANQUILITY in her own home.
and on . modest income managed to dress
neatly and artractively and to give, occa-
sionally. little dinners that were described
a. perfect Of their kind. In her well-or-
dered life. II Is probable that nothing actu-
ally exciting had occurred until the arrival
Of the incident that forms the subject OF
DR.. Weir Mitchen's pleasing story which
he calls "A Comedy Of Coincidence Che
Century Company. One day Serena, hav-
ing sold small lot of unimproved ground,
took the trolley car TO q nearby city to buy
new curtains for her drawing room.
In the car on her way home she sat next
to . large coarsely featured man with red
WAIT ON his ,cheek, huge shirt-pin and
Offering ring. Her purse, when she
started, was In her handbag. When she
reached homo 1t was gone and in the hand
bag was the glittering ring. She remembered
the man with the red wart. and naturally
concluded that he had stolen her purse
containing Ss7 so. luck penny Of 1898. and
Q receipt for caramel mustard-and had
lost his ring In doing 70. The glittering
stone In the ring proved to be white dia-
mond worth about $500. and Serena's con-
science began TO torture her. What should
she do with it2 She decided to ask the ad-
vice Of the rector, and Mrs. Helen Clare,
and Cousin John. The rector thought
the money might be spent on the new rere-
dos In the church; but Serena left him
much disappointed mentally and morally
IN her rector. Mrs. Clare suggested that
Serena should sell 1t and buy Worth gown.
As for Cousin John. he thought her scruples
were absurd. 'Rena,' he said. you want
q man to take care Of you. You wear too
tight shoes on your conscience. You are a
moral tenderfoot.' Cousin John was
nothing " not epigrammatic. How Cousin
John settled the matter and how Serena q
conscience was finally set at rest II will
doubtless interest the reader to learn for
himself.
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"AUNT JENNA" IS DEAD.
Her Cssnmea Cakes Famous on Tw,
Continents.

CHICAGO, April io.-Mrs. Agnes Moody.
known as Aunt Jemima' and famous a.
maker Of cakes from cornmeal, IL dead.
Born q slave In Maryland. Mrs. Moody
while a girl disco vered a process by which
O. rnmeal could be made TO rise like wheat
nt or.
During the Paris Exposition, where she
she became one of the features Of the Corn
Kitchen In the United States cereal exhi-
bitten. Commissioner Peck was especially
proud Of the kitchen. and Aunt Jemina'
became an internatio nal celebrity.
States Commissioner OF Agriculture gave
her q public reception and presented to her
a gold medal.
AUNT Jemima' lived in Chicago for forty
years.
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I'M servan. Girl a. She IL to he.

MARY NORTH by Mrs. Lucy Rider
Meyer Fieming H. Revell co.,. Is the
story Of an unfortunate young woman
deceived by a sooundrel by means Of
mock marriage and thrown upon her own
resources, a. a stranger In a great city.
The author, who h a deaconess In chari-
table institution In Chicago, has had many
sad stories brought to her notice. and It
is claimed that many Of the incidents in
thiD book are drawn from real life. Among
other matters here set forth she believes
that the problem OF domestic service Ii
capable Of solution and her views seem to
be expFssed In q dialogue between tho
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Of thsir enterprise must havs contemplated
q q legitimate and reasonable part OF tho
returns.
Al for the beautiful Sara Van vecht, II
would b strange she did not fare well
at the hands OF the novelist. Tell me.
says tho King on the last page, you find IL
possible to be happy, although you are q
Queen'' Il am your wife. dear says she
In reply. with little squeeze Of the hand
which seemed to satisfy him. This surely
was an American touch happily adminis-
tered In Thsos. 1t was natural and reas-
surfing. II the unpublished fact was that
they went on to the Theos Coney Island
all by themselves In the way OF celebration,
and saw the fireworks and heard the band
play, we should not be surprised. In such
event may 1t be the case that the air blew
mellow and that the waiter man was COM
petent and kind.
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A queer religious community Is con-
sidered In 'Wslda,' by Mary Holland Kin
kaid Harper 4 Brothers). The community
y German. II IL settled In Western State.
II discourages the sentiment of sexual
love. II includes a handsome maiden
with yellow braids What does the reader
think? The Western States are not places
Of secrecy. Waldo Kellar, established In
this luminous and open country. was not
destined to blush unseen. They thought
to make her q prophecies. In the last
pages we find her about to journey forth
With Stephen Everett. a man Of fairly youth
full attractions and Of the world. The
incident does not come to pass without
attendant difficulties. These are set forth
in the tale. We SHE'D little on page s5.
where Waldo 10 made to inquire Of Everett:
Hast thine eyes been opened to its wicked
ness7' Still . readable story. as we'll as
Q curious ono.
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whiried TO Death on Fly wheel.

John Brainey. . machinist. 80 years old,
OF 81 SUSSEX street. Jersey City. was caught
In a fly wheel and whirled TO his death
yesterday In Alexander Miller a Bros,
machine shop, Al IL Morris street, that
city. His clothes were nearly torn Oh
before the engine was stopped. Breinsy
leaves . widow and daughter.
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Robin Made Q Mistake.

She tried him q little too much. HIS
patience gave way at last. and we must
say that we were glad to see her punished
for her lingering denial Of a heart that
had well earned the right to an explicit
understanding. sThen you have been max
ing a fool Of me all this time,' he said on
page $40 OF Robin Brilliant" by Mrs. Henry
Dudeney Dodd, Mead 4 Coz. With that
he turned on his heel. and her error was
brought home to her. We read: She
watched him 60, suffering as she had never
thought she would suffer. Physical mis-
cries as well as mental took q tug at her
Every nerve was dragged. and she hadn't
supposed that one small human body could
contain such evil intensity Of torture. The
pain leapt all over her. taking a tooth or
spot in her head. lunging great mys-
FERROUS stabs In her side. She watched
him go-saw the last corner Of him; stood
alone In that eloquent patch Of ground.
The winter day. q sick day OF every livid
hue, looked In on her. She could not keep
her feet STILL they would and must rush
after him.
As matter Of fact her feet merely wor-
ried her. They carried her nowhere. He
may have been three-oornered or four
cornered We do not know the number
OF his corners. As we have read, the misery
was hers to see the last corner OF him pass
from her sight. Around still another cor
ner was Celia, and she consoled him.
1t h a good story Of it's analytical kind.
certainly with rather intense and queer
expressions. We often wish that we had
a number OF novels to read. In such case
we could compare them and tell whether
we liked one more than another, We must
be content to say that We like this one.
II any reader does not agree with US we
shall have our opinion OF him.
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RARE-History OF Flageilation, Mol Flanders.
Voltairc. Apueliuss Golden Ass. PRATT. f6i 9Th av
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SPECIAL EASTER MUSIC.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST. III
las West tsth 81. between eth and IN Az
sP.M. Wednesday evenings ~ ociech heAa
ing rooms open daily from A. y. 70 Up, n
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A. S. BARNES & CO., New York
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29
STAMPS AND COLLECTORS.

Germany has comparatively the
most stamp collectors and conse-
quently also the most counterfeit
manufacturers.
Germany is said to have a great
many more philatelists than the
United States. Nearly every family
seems,to have a stamp collection, con-
sequently no stamps have gone to
waste in years. Dealers are so thick
that in Stuttgart there are a dozen
windows given up to the display Of
stamps.
Agreat collection of stamps, valued
approximately at $4,000, and which
was stolen from Consul Weber, OF
Hamburg, Germany, has been recov-
cred through the work of the police
department of Berlin. The collec-
ton, it seems, was innocently bought
by a London dealer for $3.50, and
when he was confronted with evil
dence proving it to be stolen prop
erty, the purchaser offered to return
the lot upon being reimbursed with
the amount that he paid for the loot.
After some litigation the stamps
were returned to the owner upon his
payment Of $1,75O to the dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29
CoNFEsSES TO MOOG MURDER.
Albert Turk, of Collins Vile, I'LL, Adj
mits that He Took Part in KILL
ing the Aged Man.

st. Louis, Jan. 27.-Emil' Turk, q
years old, son, of Albert Turk, a re-
spected citizen of Collinsville, Ill, ar.
rested Sunday for burglary and high,
way robbery, made the startling con,
fession to Assistant Chief of Detect
ives Keely, Monday afternoon, OF.
completely in, the murder Of John
Moog, an old cigarmaker, at 104i
South Fourth street, on last Christ.
mas eve. The confession was OBJ
tanned after the prisoner had been
sweated by Kelley FOR. some time.
According to Turks version there
were three men Implicated in the
murder. He was the lookout, sta
toned on the sidewalk in front Of
Moog's cigar store to watch for the
police, while the other two went in.
side to kill Moog. He says that he re.
ceived SIS for the part he took in the
crime. but does not know how much
the other men got. He was simply
handed SIS and told that it was his
share, he said.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29
BICYCLES AND AUTOMOBILES,

A minute puncture is most easily
found by passing a sponge saturated
in soapy water round the tire. The
escaping air will raise a bubble I'M
der the soap suds, and the most diff
ticult part Of the repair, locating
the puncture," will have been accom-
plished.
1t is always well to try to get to
the bottom of any clicking or creak-
ing noise in a bicycle, even though it
be slight. Often the trouble will be
of little account, but it should be re-
membered that impending fractures
Of the saddle pillar or other parts
Of the tubing often reveal themselves
beforehand in this way, so that at
tention may avert a nasty accident.
Alfred H~armsworth, London's
famous newspaper proprietor, has
called upon the Automobile club to
appoint a committee Of experts to
consider the possibility of obviating
"side slipping" and to devise means
to render it impossible. Mr.. Harms
worth has had several narrow es-
capes from this fault and declares
automobiling is far too dangerous
! unless this fact be remedied.
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FASHIONS OF THE HOUR.

Black lace is taking the place Of
white. and cream for day and evening
wear.
Vielets are taking a new lease of life.
with spring in the not far distant flu
tune.
A style somewhat in favor for even
ing dresses is the ethree-decker," or
triple fiounce skirt.
Walking suits of corduroy made after
the manner of summer shirt waist
suits will find special favor.
GaAging still continues to be the most
popular way of manipulating materi-
ais, especially those Of light weight.
Some OF the pale pastel tones will be
popular ths coming season, the very
palest greens, pinks, mauves and blues.
Fashion is very partial to the note Of
black in neckwear and a touch Of it is
introduced into many Of the prettiest
pieces.
The greatest novelty Of the hour is
the chinchilla chiffon gown. Nothing
can surpass the beauty Of this material
in its soft admixtures of gray and
white, having quite the length and
color Of the fur itself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29
MISSOURI A NEWS.
A Rough Road. Indeed.

John A. Brown, of Conway. has
brought suit in the circuit court of
Laclede county to recover $4,000
damages from the Ancient Order of
United Workmen for injuries sus-
tanned while being initiated into that
order. The degree was conferred at
Buffalo, and plaintiff states in his Pc
tition that he was caused to travel
over a rough road made of poles or
small logs and stumbled and fell, in
juring his leg, and as a consequence
amputation was necessary. +. II. Ba-
con, an attorney of st. Louis, who is
grand regent of the Royal Arcanum,
is representing the defendant.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29
WERE TERRIBLY r N
Two. Mel Enveloped by Flame From
a. Coke. Oven, One of Whom
WIFI Die.

Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. s4.-Charles
Westphal, a furnace man, snd
Michael Schultz, a helper, employed
at the Buffalo Union Furnace CO.,
vere terribly burned, Thursday night,
while about to load one Of the coke
ovens. When the over door was
opened a sheet of flame shot out of
the furnace enveloping the two men.
Westphal dropped to the floor
come by the heat. He will die.
Schultz succeeded in getting out OF
the building.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29

Mrs. Julia A. Blackburn, a comely
young matron Of Fulton county, Ind,
has filed an action for $1,000 damages
against Levi Mercer, a successful
farmer and neighbor, neal the Wa
bash county line, charging him with
kissing her against her will.
In the house of representatives, on
the 23d. the Alaska delegate bill was
passed without division. 1t provides
for the representation of the terri
tory of Alaska in the house of repre-
sentatives by a delegate. 1t also de-
fines the citizenship qualifications.
The report that A. n. Clark. who
killed James Thurman, was lynched
at Leeper, Mo-, proves to be UNI
founded. He succeeded in making hia
escape, and the report was only in
dicative of the fate that awaits him if
caught.
As the result of an Investigation of
the accounts of the late William S.
Yeatman. as disbursing clerk Of the
var department in Washington, it is
reported by the experts that Mr..
Yeatman, at the time of his death,
about eighteen months ago, was a de
faulter to the amount of $6+,611.
The house of representatives, on
the 23d, passed 235 private pension
bills. They included pensions to the
widow of Gen. Franz Sigel at 500 a
month. the widow of Gen. Francis
Negely at $50 and the widow of
Rear-Admiral Henry Picking at $40.
A rich vein of fluor spar in Saline
county, ILL.,, was discovered by the
Big Four Zinc Mining and Prospect
ing Co., of Harrisburg, at a depth of
ten feet. The company has a fine
vein of graphite and is opening a
shaft for lead and zinc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Hurrying home through the crowds
to attend a musical with his wife,
William II. Mclean, chief clerk of the
Southern Freight association, fell I'M
conscious on the street, in st. Louis,
on the evening of the 22d, and died in
an ambulance.
Mason Lane, alias Rev. Jean Skyles,
the bigamist of seven wives, convicted
at Port Gibson, Miss, was given the
limit, on the 22d, being sentenced by
Judge Anderson to ten years. impris-
onment.
S. P. Watkins, a clever forger, who
married the daughter of il rich O4ia-
ha packer after three days acquaint-
ance, was arrested at Billings, Mont,
vn the 23d, where he had attempted
to pass a worthless check.
John Cuthbert Hare, the author,
died in London, on the 22d, aged SO.
Charles NJ. Sherman, a veteran
Snowman who once started a wagon
show yon the road from Bushnell, Ill,
died at CIinton, Mo-, on the 23d.
Col. Arthur Lynch, a British sub
.ject who fought with the Beers in
the late war, was found guilty of
treason in a trial which ended in
London, on the 23d, and sentenced to
death.
The jury in the case Of DR.. Zorn,
on trial at Kansas City, Mo-, for the
murder of Albert Sechrest, was dis
charged, on the 2&l, having failed to
reach an agreement.
Charles NJ, Schwab returned on his
yacht to Palermo, Italy, on the 23d,
and will sail for New York on the
goth.
United States Senator-elect Clark.
on the 23d, vas appointed receiver oil
the Bank of Little Rock, Ark, which
recently suspended payment.
Katherine Mcmahon, aged 70, ana
her daughter were struck and killed
by a railroad train at Shelby, o., or
the 23d.
States Attorney Deneen, on thu
23d, dismissed the conspiracy cast
against the Braceville (Ill.) Coal Co.
A snowfall of about three inche!
was general wei Kansas, on the 23d.
Though sentenced to death for higl
treason, it is not believed in En-
gland that Col. Arthur Lynch, mem
Der of parliament for Galway, will
suffer the extreme penalty. The i'm
preston prevails that his sentences
will be committed to a term of i'm
prisonment.
The attention of the state depart
ment at Washington has been calle'
to the case of an Italian, arrested Il
Marseilles, France, and who had re
sided there for years, who elaine
humanity on the ground that he wa
a citizen Of the United States, pre-
ducing papers ostensibly issued b
the st. Louis court of appeals in sur
port of his allegation.
The Berlin Static says, EDITORIAL,
that it does not suit the kaiser to a
low the Venezuelan question to be n
ferred to The Hague tribunal, an
promptly and peacefully settles
Therefore he orders his warships I
open fire on the Venezuelan fort.
Charles II. Sherman, a veteran ci
Gus man, died at Clinton, Mo-, IN IL
23d. He vas 80 years old. As
young man he was a tumbler in a ci
Gus ring. He made a fortune in Il
sixties running q museum in Colur
bus, o., and lost it running q wage
show in the Mississippi valley