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evening when he summoned the police was
but the repetition of one he had detected
there the evening before. 1t was this repe-
tition which alarmed him and caused him
to break through all his usual habits and
leave his home at night to notify the po-
lice.
THE old sneak" thought I. why didn't
he tell us this before?" And allowed my
self fresh doubt Of his candor. which ha d
always seemed to me somewhat open to
question 1t is possible that the coroner
shared my opinion. or that he felt 1t in
cumbent upon him to get what evidence he
could from the sole person living within
view of the house in which such CHASTITY
events had taken place. For. without be-
traying the least suspicion. and yet
with the quiet persistence for which
men In his responsible position
are noted. he subjected this suave old
man to such rigid examination as to what
he had seen. or had not seem from his win
dows. that no possibility seemed to remain
of his concealing a single fact which could
help to the calculation of this or any other
mystery connected with the old mansion.
He asked him IL he had seen Mr. Jeffrey
go In on the night In question: If he had
ever seen any go in there since the we'd
ding; or even II he had seen any one loiter-
ing about the steps. or sneaking into the
rear yard. But the answer was always no:
these same noes growing more and more
emphatic. and the gentleman more and
more impenetrable and dignifled as the ex-
animation went on. In fact he was as I'M
assailable a witness as have ever heard
testify before any Jury. Beyond the fact
already mentioned OF his having observed a
light In the opposite house on the two even
ings In question. he admitted nothing. His
life In the little cottage was so engrossing-
he had his organ-his dog-why should he
look out Of the window? Had 1t not been
for his usual habit Of letting his dog run
the pavements for quarter of an hour be-
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AMERICA IN RUSSIA
Great Opportunities for Our
Goods and Capital.
UNLIMITED M ARKET
HOW AN ENTERPRISING DRUM
MER ACHIEVED SUCCESS.
Moscow Merchants as Customers
Money in Machinery-Street
Railway Field.
UNLIMITED MARKET

Copyright, 1908, by Frank u. Carpenter.)
Special Core spondence OF The Evening Star.
ST. PETERSBURG.
There are big chances in Russia for the
young American who will take his foot in
his hand and come over here and study
the language and people. This market Is
beyond conception enormous. 1t is just at
its beginning and it needs Simon pure
Americans to handle American products.
Every man who has tried the work in the
right way has succeeded. and | know
number who have established good bust
nesses.
1 travelled from ST. Petersburg to Mos
COW the other day with q New Yorker who
Was sent to Russia to sell American goods
He failed at the start not knowing the
like native and is doing well. He was
stationed in Moscow and tried to learn
Russian, but he found too many English
and Germans there with whom he could
talk. He then asked his employers for a
few months vacation, and went to town
far back in the interior and took board
with the parson. There was not an En-
glishman an American within hun
dreds of miles. and he had to speak
Russian. He had Russian readers and
a Russian grammar. he paid the priest
priests family we'll educated he
had plenty of practice in good con-
versation. At the end of few months he
had acquired a speaking knowledge of the
language sufficient for him to carry on his
business He then went back to Moscow
and continued his studies until now re can
speak. read and write the Russian. He
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through it's most trying ordeal and
kept his eye bright, If only from ex,
citement. This was fact number one. and
one which stored away in my already
well-furnished memory.
Miss Tuttle sat in less conspicuous po-
sition than on the previous day, and Mr..
Moore. her uncle. was not there at all.
The testimony called for revived an old
point which. seemingly, had not been set
tied to the coroners satisfaction.
Had Mr.. jeffrey placed the small stand
holding the candelabrum on the spot where
1T had been found? No. Had he carried
into the house, at the time Of his acknOwl-
edged visit. the candles which had been
afterward discovered there? No. He had
had time to think since his hesitating and
unsatisfactory replies of the day before.
and he was now In a position to say that
while he distinctly remembered buying can
dies on his way to the Moore house. he had
not found them in his pocket on getting
there. and had been Obliged to make use
of the matches he always carried on his
person in order to find his way to the up
stairs room where he felt positive he would
This gave the coroner an opportunity to
ask:
And why did you expect to find candle
there?'
The answer astonished me and, have no
doubt. many others.
1T was the room in which my wife had
dressed for the ceremony. 1t had not been
disturbed since that time. My wife had lit
TIC ways VI ucT OWu, OU6 was TO complete
her toilet by using curling iron on a little
lock she wore on her temple. When at
home she heated this curling iron in the
gas Jet. but there being no gas in the
Moore house. I naturally concluded that
she had made use Of candle as the curl
had been noticeable under her veil"
Oh. the WEAKNESS in his tone! I could
scarcely interpret 1t. Was he talking by
rote. or was he utterly done with life and
all its interests? No one beside myself
seemed to note the strange passivity To
the masses he was no longer a suffering
man. but an individual from whom fnfor-
nation was to be got. The next question
was vital one.
He had accounted for one candle In the
house: could he account for the one found
in the tumbler, or for the one lying crushed
and battered on the closet floor?
He could not.
And now we all observed change of d.
rection in the inquiry. Witnesses were
summoned to corroborate Mr. Jeffreys
statements. statements which IL seemed
to be the corOner's present wish to estab-
fish. First came the grocer who had sold
Mr.. jeffrey the candle He acknowledged
much to Jinny's discomfort, that an hour
after Mr.. jeffrey had left the store he had
found on the counter the package
which that gentleman had forgotten
to take. Poor Jimmy had not stayed LONG
enough to hear his story out The grocer
finished his testimony by saying that Inn
mediately upon his discovery he had sent
the candles to Mr.. Jeffreys house.
This the coroner caused to be emphasixed
to such an extent that we were all con-
WINGED of IT'S Importance. But as yet hg
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XIV.
Let Us Have TallmanW

do not know why the coroner had so
long delayed to call this witness. In the
ordinary course of events his testimony
should have preceded mine. but the ordi-
nary course OF events had not been fol-
lowed and it was only at the request or
Mr. Moore himself that he was now al
lowed the privilege OF appearing before
this coroner and jury.
speak of it as a privilege because he
himself evidently regarded it such. In
deed. his whole attitude and bearing as he
addressed himself to the coroner showed
that he was there to be looked at and that
he secretly thought he was very well worth
this attention. Possibly some remembrance
of the old days In which he had gone In
and out before these people in garb sug-
gestive OF penury, made the moment when
he could appear before them in a guise
more BETTING his station one of incalcu-
able Importance to him.
At all events. he confronted US all with
an aspect which openly challenged admira-
ton When. I'm answer to the coroners in
Quiries. IL became his duty to speak. he did
40 with a condescension which would have
called up smiles II the occasion had been
one of less seriousness. and his connection
with II as unimportant as he would have
IL appear.
ing the last witness testimony as to his
having been at the Moore house on Tues
day evening. Mr.. Moore. who was very
particular as to dates and days. admitted
that the light which he had seen in a GER
to" window of his ancestral home on the
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White Bow and. Pink.

Mr.. Jeffreys examination and its tri-
umphant conclusion created great fnror
in town. Topics which had hitherto alb
sorbed all minds were forgotten in the dis
cussion Of the daring attempt which had
been made by the police to fix crime upon
one Of Washington's most esteemed citi-
zens. and the checkrwh they had right
ly suffered for this outrage, What might
be expected next? Something equally bold
and reprehensible. of course, but what? It
was a question which at the next sitting
completely filled the inquest room
To my great surprise. Mr.. jeffrey was re-
called to. the stand. He had changed since
the night before. sffe looked older. and
while still handsome--for nothing could
rob him. of his regularity, Of feature and
extreme .elegance Of proportion-showed lit
vious days depression, @had upheld htm.
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few threshing machines have come In. but
az present tho most OF tho Agricultural ma
chinery outside Of roapers and mowers 10
than hundred million dollars worth Of
such machinery every year, the English
more than sixty-flve million dollars worth.
and we tag behind with q paltry ten mil
lions or more. There IL good opening
here for all sorts of farm tools and farm
wagons, and 1t Is wonderful that our peo-
pie do not see 1t,
Street Railroad Plums.
Russia has more street railroad plums
than any other country on the International
tree. As far as electricity is concerned the
empire is practically undeveloped. and the
company that could get a monopoly Of the
concessions would make bigger profits than
the United States steel trust.
The field, as far as city concessions are
concerned. is enormous. and as to lines con-
Meeting towns 1t is beyond computation.
The people here live in villages. towns and
cities. There are no houses standing alone
on the landscape and. connecting lines
could go from village to village, tapping a
vast population In European Russia there
are JOG 600 people There Is village
for every five square miles. and IN some
parts of the country there is village for
every square mile.
which had not heard the names before
came to Russia. st. Petersburg Is bigger
than Philadelphia, and it has only horse
cars. Moscow is more than twice the size
of Boston, Warsaw is bigger than St Louis
Odessa is as large as Cleveland. and Riga
and Kiev are each about the size of Kan
sas City.
Have you ever heard of Lodz? 1t is one
of Russia's boom towns which has grown
up in the past few years. 1t is great
manufacturing center and it has 315,0OO
Inhabitants. Let me give you few
towns which are new to the average
reader: Kharkov, 174s46; Wilma, 49,
GOO; Yekaterinoslav, 121 600; Rostov-on-
the-Don 10000: Astrakahn, $4,000; Tula(
Ill 600; Kishinev, 100, 900, and Saratov 1o',-
co., Russia in Europe has nineteen cities
of over 100000 people, and thirty-eight be-
tween that and 10000 1t has 11S towns
which range between 10000 and $1,000 each,
315 between 10000 and 10000, and 5000
others which have little less than 10000.
but which might support electric railroads.
The best opportunities are in MOSCOW and
st. Petersburg. and Americans are trying
to get the concessions. The Westinghouse
company Is after them, and among other
applicants are men from Pittsburg, headed
by Murray A. Werner of that city. Such
concessions will be very valuable, and it
is not probable they will be granted with
out the Russians themselves have good
share of the profits.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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MAY BE A REFORM.
Officers Take Too Long for Their
Luncheon.

Secretary Moody had an experience one
day this week which will probably result In
a reform in the Office habits of certain off,
GERS Of the navy on duty at the Navy De-
partment According to the story, he found
that the officers were usually tardy in the
morning, and that they occupied a long
time in going home or elsewhere for their
daily luncheon. The discovery Of that state
of affairs was made when he had occasion
to consult some Of the officers of a bureau
on a pressing matter Of business. 1t was
after o'clock before any of them arrived.
and all of them were out of the Office be-
tween II and 2 o'clock when he sent for
them a second time the same day.
In the Navy Department the officers usu-
ally go out to luncheon about noon, but In
the War Department the officers don't start
for their midday meal until o'clock. Both
sets of officers take from an hour and
half to two hours for their luncheon, and
the two. departments during that period
every day are usually deserted by all but
the civilian employees. who under the rules,
are unable to initiate any important bust
ness
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purpose was not evident save to those who
were more in his confidence than myself.
The other witnesses were men from
Rauscher's who had acted as walters at the
fed that Immediately on Miss Moore's ar
rival he had been sent for q candle and a
box of matches. The other, that he had
carried up to her room a large candelabrum
from the drawing room mantel A pair of
curling tongs taken from the dressing table
of this room was next produced. together
with other articles Of toilet use which had
been allowed to remain there uncared for.
though they were of solid silver and of
beautiful design.
The next witness was a member of Mr..
Jeffrey's own household Chloe was her
name. and her good black face worked
dOlefully as she admitted that the package
of candles which the grocer boy had left
on the kitchen table with the rest of the
groceries on the morning of that dreadful
day when 'Missus" killed herself was not
to be found when she came to put the
things away. She had looked and looked
for 1t. but 1t was not there.
Further inquiry brought out the fact that
but one other member of the household was
In the kitchen when these groceries were
delivered; and that this person gave a great
start when the boy shouted out 1.-The can
dies there were bought by Mr.. Jeffrey" and
hurried over to the table and handled the
carry any Of them away.
And who was the person.
Miss TuttIe.''
With the utterance of this name the veil
fell from the coroners intentions and the
purpose of this petty but prolonged inquiry
stood revealed 1t was to all a fearful and
impressive moment To me 1t was as pain
full as It was triumphant. I had not an
wits to work to prove that murder. and not
suicide. was answerabIe for young Mrs.
Jeffrey's death.
When the murmur which had hailed this
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fore finally locking up for the night he
would not have seen as much as he did
Have you any stated hour for doing
this?' the coroner now asked.
Yes; half-pa5t 9"
And was this the hour when you saw
that Light"
Yes, both times"
AS he had appeared at the station house
at a few minutes before 10 he was probably
correct in this statement. But, notwith-
standing this. l did not feel implicit conf
dence in him. He was too insistent in his
regret al not being able to give greater as
sstance in the acknowledgement Of a mys-
terry so affecting the honor of the family of
which he now the recognized head
His voice, nicely attuned to the occasion
was admirable; so was his manner; but I
mentally wrote him down as one l should
enjoy outwitting if the opportunity ever
came my way.
He wound up with such a distinct repeti-
ton of his former emphatic assertion as to
the presence of light in the old house on
Tuesday as we'll as Wednesday evening that
Mr.. Jeffreys testimony in this regard re-
ceived a decided confirmati ton. l looked to
see some open recognition of this, when
suddenly. and with persistence understood
only by the police, the coroner recalled Mr.
Jeffrey and asked him what proof he had
to offer that his visit of Tuesday had not
been repeated the next night. and that he
was not in the building when that fatal
trigger was pulled
az ILLS iSauiiiS QucStIOu d lawyer Slttln8
near me edged himself forward as If he
hoped for some sign from Mr. jeffrey
which would warrant him In interfering
But Mr.. jeffrey gave such sign. i
doubt II he even noticed this mans prox-
unity, though he knew him well and had
often employed him as his legal adviser IN
times gone by. He was evidently exerting
himself to recall the name which so per
sistently eluded his memory putting his
hand to his head and showing the utmost
confusion.
Il cannot give you one" he finally STAN
mered. There is man who could tell-ir
only 1 could remember his name" Sud
denly. with loud cry. which escaped him
involuntarily. he gave a gurgling laugh and
we heard the name "Tallman." leap from
his lips.
The witness had at last remembered
whom he had met at the cemetery gate at
the hour. or near the hour. his wife lay
dying In the lower part of the city
The effect was electrical. One of the
spectators-sOme country boor no doubt
so far forgot himself as to cry out Ioud
enough for all to hear:
"Tallman! Let US have Tallmanr,
/ or course he met with an instant rebrke.
but did not wait to hear 1t, or to see order
restored for glance from the coroner had
already sent me to the door in search OF
this new witness.
My destination was the Cosmos Club, for
Phil Tallman and his habits and haunts
were as well known in Washington as the
figure of Liberty on the summit of the
Capitol dome. When saw him did not
wonder. Never have seen a more arniabie
looking man. or, one with more absent
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show of disrespect toward her a matter Of
poor judgment. If not of questionable taste.
The box in the cOroner's hand prepared
US for what was before us. AS he opened
it and disclosed again the dainty white bow
which. as l have before said, was of rather
fantastic make, the whole room full OF
eager spectators craned forward and were
startled enough when he asked:
Did you ever bow like this befOrey'
Her answer came in the faintest of tones.
Yes. l have one like it, very like 1t; 60
like 1t that Yesterday l could not suppress
an exclamati on seeing this one"
Where did you get the one you have?
Who fashioned it. 1 mean, or tied II for
you. if that is what ought to say?'
1T was tied for me by-Miss futile. She
Is friend of mine. was-and a very
good one; and one day while watching me
struggling with a piece of ribbon. which 1
wanted made into bow. she took it from
very much Obliged to her. 1t was very
pretty"
And like this?"
almost exactly, SIR
Have you that knot with your
She had.
will you show 1t to the jury"
Heaving sigh which she had much bet
ter have suppressed she opened a little bag
satin bow. 1t had been tied by a deft hand:
and more than one pair of eyes fell signifi-
cantly at sight of 1t.
Amid a silence which was intense
prove that Miss Tuttle's skill In bow-tying
was exceptional. and was often made
use of, not only by members of her
household. but, as In Miss Nixon's case by
outsiders; the special style shown in the
one under consideration being the favorite
During all this 1 kept my eyes on Mr.
Jeffrey. 1t had now become so evident
which way the coroner's inquiries tended
that / wished to be the first to note their
effect on him. 1t was less marked than L
had anticipated. The man seemed be-
numbed by accumulated torment and stared
at the witnesses filing before him as IL they
were part of some wild phantasma goria
which confused without enlightening him.
When finally several persons of both sexes
were brought forward to prove that his at
tentions to Miss futile had once been suf1i-
GENTLY marked for an announcement Of
their engagement to be daily looked for he
let his head fall forward on his breast as
II the creeping horror which had seized him
was too much for his brain II not for his
heart. The final blow was struck when
the man whom I had myself seen In Alex
andria testified to the contretemps which
had occurred In Atlantic City; an additional
point being given to 1t by the repetition of
some old conversation raked up for the
purpose. by which an effort was made
to prove that Miss futile found II hard
to forgive injuries even from those near 5
est and dearest to her. This subject might
have been prolonged, but some of the f,Irv
objected. and the time being now rfpe for
the great event Of the day the name Of tn
lady herself was called. =
Go be continued Nonday.) -.
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the service. The Germans have system
of Their own by which they know the stand-
ing of the most of the trade. They have
their agents in the principal towns, and
these agents subdivide the territory sur
rounding them and keep reports of the
financial standing of all business men in
them. There are head agencies in Berlin
who know the business rating of firms all
over Russia. The Americans should Or
ganize an association for the same purpose.
They should have their own private reports,
which in time would be very valuable"
How about catalogues"
ANY of the conSulS will tell YOU that
there is no use in sending catalogues in
English nor in Russian. nor in any other
way than that provided by the laws of Rus
STA. All catalogues have to pass the censor
ship. and 1t is best to first ask permission
to circulate them and pay the revenue
stamps. amounting to about 81 cents, re-
CURED for such request. A great many
catalogues are sent which never get
through the mall and others are thrown
into the waste basket because the people
cannot understand them. Some of our man.
ufacturfng firms such as those sending az
rfcultural machinery, graphophones and
sewing machines. understand such matters
and print their advertisements accord
ingly."
Money In Bricks and Water.
What have you been selling" Mr. Good
child, 1 asked
All KINDS OF machinery, was the reply,
land could sell great deal more If the
American exporters would keep things in
stock here. There is an opening here for
pumps and wind mills and also for saw
mills and planning machinery. This Is one
OF the great forest regions of the world
and by far the greatest in Europe We need
all kinds of wood working machines and
all kinds of building implements. Take
Moscow. 1t Is growing so that about a
thousand million bricks will be needed NEXT
year and brick making machinery is in
demand. 1 had chance to sell such ma
chimes. but the American makers would
not send them on approval nor pay the
duty. AS it is bricks are made here as in
Egypt in the days Of the Pharaohs They
are made by hand and are very costly"
"A great deal of American machinery is
sold here as Russian. The government Is
anxious to encourage home manufactur
and SO / have the Russian trade mark
put on my pumps l have sample sets of
castings in foundry of Moscow and in ST.
Petersburg. The castings are for show. the
parts being made in America. If there is
any trouble about my pumps I take the
officials to the foundres and show them the
castings as an evidence that the pumps
are Simon pure Russian. This Is done in
many branches of trade"
The American Shoe in Russia
Consul Smith of Moscow tells me that
American shoe factories could be estab-
lshed here and do an enormous business
In connection with them should be boot
making machines, for the boot business