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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-03-13

One bay mare about 5 gears old, branded
CT or right shoulder. Weight about or
8 hundred ponds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
DIDN'T COST A CENT.
New York Police Commissioner Says
 He Made 800 Appointments.

New York, February 11.-Col. John J, Partridge, former police commissioner, addressing the Woman's Republican club at Delmonico's today, said that in 1902 he had made more than 500 appointments, "and they did not cost the men a cent" The former commissioner adds that ac- cordng to the computation of friend based on the alleged previous custom of exactng payment for appointments and promotions he had thus "thrown away s782 OOO." Continuing, Colonel Partridge
  said:
 Since January men have spoken more freely to me about the system that pre- vailed previously to my time of the money paid for positions. For a captalncy from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12

distllery property. Figures submitted to the meeting by Secretary T. M. Gilmore, of Kentucky Distillers' association, tended to show that 30 to 35 per cent in premiums could be saved by the formation of the company.
 The company Is to be known as the Dis tillers and Liquor Dealers Mutual 1nsur- ance company and the insurance com pany of the distillers association was in- structed to draw up the plans of the company and submit them to the Ken lucky Insurance commissioner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
NAVY NEEDS OFFICERS.
Construction Corps Crippled By the Breaking Down oficaptain Zahm.

Washington, February 1.-The na- val construction corps has been still further crippled by the breaking down of Constructor F. B. Zahm, in charge of important work at the navy yard, Mare Island, California. Constructor zahm has been granted leave of ab- sence for three months to enable him to recover his health.
 Constructor John G. Tawresey, SUI perintendent of the government work at the Union Iron works, San Fran cisco, also resigned to take a position with the shipping combine, but later withdrew his resignation.
 The shortage of officers is shown by the fact that vacancies now exist at the head of the construction depart ment of the navy yards at Boston. San Francisco and Puget Sound, with no officers available for assignment to those stations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
General Booth at Washington.

Washington, February 11.-Gen William Booth, the commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, arrived in Washington today, accompanied by his daughter, Consul Booth Tucker, and Commander Booth Tucker, her hus- band, who are in charge of the Saliva tion Army movement in the United States. General Booth said that in the seventeen or eighteen weeks dur ing which he had been in this coun- try he had travelled over 14,000 miles addressed 173 big meetings and had seen more than 100000 people kneel at the bench of repentance asking Gods mercy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
New Orleans Theatre Burned.

New Orleans, February 1.-The Audubon theatre on St. Charles street, for the past quarter of a century known as the Academy of Music, was destroyed by fire which broke out in the rear of the building about ' o'clock tonight. Loss on theatre, $35 000; in. surance, $20000; Melville Stock com pany S7000, insurance not ascertained {: Lessee Fourton's loss $S000 on seen cry, insurance S5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
SHOOT FEARS NO TROUBLE.
Says the Only Thing Against Him Is
 He Is Mormon.

Salt Lake City, Utah, February h. Reed Shoot, it is announced, will go to Washington next week to present his credentials as senator to succeed Senator Rawlins.
 "The protests against my being seated in the senate will make no diff ference with my plans," said Mir Smoot. q expect to take my seat, and l do not anticipate any serious interference. I see no reason why there should be. Nothing can be brought against me except that I am member of the Mormon church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Thompson Before Committee.

Washington, February 11.-Special.l ] Representative Thompson of Alabama appeared before the interstate and foreign commerce committee yesterday and made an argument in favor of his bill granting B. Nj. Chapman and asso- ciates the right to develop the water Wetumpka and Rome.
 The man who was 'born tired" should use Prickly Ash B.tters. It makes work a necessity 10 give vent to the energy and exuherance of spirits generated by functional activity In the system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
TO INSURE WHISKY.
Dealers Organize for the Purpose of
 Protecting Their Product,

Louisville, February 11.--At meeting of a number of distillers and wholesale liquor dealers here today, preliminary plans were formulated for organization of a mutual fire insurance company to carry the risks on whisky in bond and
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s10 GOO to $15,O0O was paid, a sergeancy cost 5000 to $4000, roundmen 5000 and more and others in proportion. But the reju- venation of the police Is going on under an able commissioner, in the primo of lIfe-General Greene"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Women Cannot Vote In Kansas.

Topeka, Kan. February 1.-The Kansas legislature today ended the aspirations of the women of Kansas to vote for presidential electors. The vote in the house on the suffrage prop osition was 51 for and 62 against.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Mrs. WlnsIow's Soothing Syrup.

the best remedy for DIARRHoEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHTNG, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It BOOTHS the CHILD, SOFTBNS the GUMS. ALIzAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLO, and Is twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12

be false and untrue at the time they were so made, and that they were made for the purpose of deceving and defrauding the plaintiffs and did deceive and defraud them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12

Gas stoves, heaters and ranges at cost and on easy terms. B'ham By, Light and Power Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Senate Confirmations.

Washington, February 11.-Con- firmations by the senate: Robert B. Armstrong, Illinois, assistant secre- tary of the treasury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Statement of Counsel.

Chandler and Beekman, of No. 115 Broadway, attorneys for the plaintiffs,
 are lawyers of good standing MT. Cham dler lives at No. IS West Eighty-hfth street and Mir. Beekman at No. 71S Fifth avenue. Both are members of the New York bar association of long standing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Aged Mother Sues.

Chief among the claimants who now de- mand the entire estate of both MT. Fair and wife is Mrs. Hannah E. Nelson of Newmarket N. J., the septuagenarian mother of Mrs. Charles L. Fair, a plain country woman of little worldly experi- ence, who now ayers that by trickery and fraud she was cajoled into making a settlement of her claims on receipt of $125,O00 in gold, a bagatelle compared with the vast sum she now alleges is her Just share. Associated with her in the suit as joint plaintiffs are Charles J. Smith and William B. smith, sons by her first husband; Abraham c. Nelson, a son by her second husband and half brother of the late Caroline D. Fair, her daughter; Elizabeth Bunnell and Laura Leonard, sisters of Mrs. Fair, and Edward l.. Letier and Annie Leonard. who are the children of Sarah Leher, now dead. who was also a daughter of Mrs. Nelson and a full sis ter of Mrs. Fair.
 Upon two questions hangs the result of the litigation now begun-whether Mrs. Fair actually survived her husband after the casualty which cost both their lives, and whether the subsequent settlement of the claims of Mrs. Nelson. and her sons and daughters. made in San Fran cisco within four days after her arrival there, was a legal and equitable settle ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12

and Mir. Beekman is a member of the University club.
 Mir. Beekman has recently returned from a visit to France, where he went on December 14 to make a searching in- vestieation of the details of the fatal automobile accident. He said yesterday:
 4we are prepared to establish by over whelming evidence in the form of sworn depositions that instead of MT Fair hav- ing survived his wife, as the defend- ants have contended she actually sur vived him by about half an hour I have obtained the dispositions of nine reputable nersons. among them those who wit ness the accident. Of these nine, eight concur in the belief that Mrs. Fair sur vived her husband. l have seen all the nersons in position to know the truth inc physician first summoned, those who examined the bodies after death, the emhalrner and others. There can be no question as to the conclusive character of the affidavits in our possession, nor of the truthfulness of these witnesses.
 .;It would be Inexpedient to make pub lie now the details of these affidavits, but they will be made public at the proper time, and now stake my repu tation upon the validity of this case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
peceptlon Is Charged.

Upon the contention that deception and fraud were used upon aged Mrs. Nelson to persuade her to accept an early settle ment of her claim the complaint filed yes- terday sets forth that she was tl.e Nic- tim of "a scheme, deliberately and tn- geniously formed and carried out by the defendants, Harvey and Neal. and by the said Hermann Oelrichs. who then was the agent representative and attorney In
 fact of the defendants Teresa A. Oel- richs and Virginia Vanderbilt, for the sole purpose of first aenticing the said Hannah E. Nelson to San Francisco, and second, when once there and away from home and her lifelong friends and neigh bors, cajoling and entrapping her into a settlement of her claims as sole heir of her deceased daughter which should be greatly to the advantage of the defend- ants, and, in fact, into just such a set clement as she was induced to make to her great pecuniary loss and injury"
 In clauses 60 and 61 of the complaint 1t is set forth that the defendants repre- scented to the plaintiffs that Charles L.. Fair had survived his wife, and that con- sequently Mrs Oelrichs and Mrs. Wander bilt would legally take all the estate which he left, besides all the estate left by his wife except such items as she had specifically bequeathed in her will. The complaint ayers that these representa- tons were each and every one false, that they were known by the defendants to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
MILLIONS DEPEND 0N TIME OF DEATH Heirs of Mrs. Charles L. Fair
 Bring Suit. AGED WOMAN WAS CAJOLEO Mother of Mrs. Fair Says She Was ln- duced to Sign Relinqulshment of Her Claims Under False
 Statements.
AGED WOMAN WAS CAJOLEC

New York, February n.-(Special.)- With the filing of voluminous complaint in the office of the county clerk litigation has been launched which involves the possession of the great fortune left by Charles L. Fair and his wife, both of whom were killed in an automobile acci- dent near Trouville, France, last August.
 Counsel for the plaintiffs yesterday es- timated the stake for which this game at law is to be played at anywhere from $,00O, coo to $10, 100000.
 Defendants in the action are Theresa Alice Oelrichs. wife of Hermann Oelrichs of this city, and Virginia Vanderbilt, wife of William K. Vanderbilt, both of whom are sisters of Charles L. Fair and daughters Of the late James G. Fair of San Francisco. Associate defendants with them are Joseph Harway and Charles S. Neal of San Francisco, both individually and as trustees of Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs Oelrichs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Each Made a Will.

"On the same date in the year 1900 Mir. and Mrs Fair had each made a will. He Jeff to her unreservedly his entire estate and made her his sole executrix without bond or security. In the same paee-the office of his personals counsel, Charles J. Vaeeertv, in San Francisco, Mrs Fair signed her will, She made certain specific beouests to her mother Mrs. Nelson, and to the other relatives named in the pres- ent suit. She also bequeathed to her friend. so called In her will. Mrs. Joseph Harvey, who is the wife of one of the defendants named in this action, two of her handsomest pieces of jewelry and a Russian sable cape of a total value of about sa0.000 She then named her nus band as her sole residuary iegatee.
 If as we contend snd snail prove Mrs. Fair survived her husband by half an hour or thereabont, then she was for that periou of time the legal heir of his entire estate. Az she then died chlldiess and as the death of her husband whom she had bamed as her chief beneficiary, had antedated hers, she died in effect in- testate. and under the laws Of California her next of kin. who Is. her mother, Is en- titled to both her husbands estate and hers. "A
 This contention, If sustained. must de- prive Mrs Oelrichs and Mrs. Vanderbilt of any share in their brothers estate be- cause Mrs. Fair by her survival of her husband by howsoever short a time, le- gally inherited all that he had wlled un- re aervedly to her"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
OFFICERS
JOHN F. DRYDEN, President.

JOHN F. DRYDEN, President LESLIE D. WARD, EDGAR B. WARD,
 Vice President. 2d V. Pres. and Council FORREST F. DRYDEN, 3d Vice President EDWARD KANOUSE, T. C. E. BLANCHARD,
 Treasurer. Supt. of Real Estate. JACOB E. WARD. WILBUR s. JOHNSON,
 Council. Comptroller F. C. BLANCHARD, Supervisor Loan Dept EDWARD GRAY, EDWARD H. HAMILL,
 Secretary Medical Director. VALENTINE RIKER, ROBERT L. BURRAGE, Assistant Secretary. Medical Director. LESLIE P WARD FREDERIC A. BOYLE, Assistant Secretary Cashier WILLARD l. HAMILTON, JOHN K GORE,
 Assistant Secretary. Actuary. FREDERICK H. JOHNSTON Associate Actuary HENRY OVERGNE, GEORGE w. MUNSICK.
 Supervisor. Supervisor. VIM. PERRY WATSON Assistant Medical Director. FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN, Statistician.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-24
FEB WHITE.
The Old Postum Hunter Tells a Tale
of Wild Cat.

'Speakin' bout wild cats and women,
said old Zeb White. as we sat in front
of his cabin one evening, I've got few
words to say. That is, can't skassly
most
Just what do you mean2" I asked.
Wall, mebbe I kin make you under
stand better by tellin' a leetle story Up
to about ten vars ago thar used to be
heaps and heaps of wild cats on this
would cum skulkin' bout the cabin O.
nights and cry out in a way to make
yo'r har stand up.
One afternoon 1 cum home from town
to find my ole woman in the sulks. She
used to get that way now and then,
and it allus ended in a row. When she
began to jaw l began to whistle. but
arter half an hour ] got mad I'd agone
out and slept in the woods, only it was
gwine to be a dark and rainy night. She
sullzed and sulzed. and when it cum
time to go to bed I sOt right we're and
never minded the time. She didn't offer
to make up, and so 1 was sittin we're
when midnight cum She was asleep
and SO was 1 when thar cum cry
from out dOahs. 1t was just like the
boot of woman lost in the woods. and
it was dingin' in my ears when the ole
woman sits up in bed and calls out:
e. 'Zeb White, what on airth was that,
and what ar yO' dom sittin' up thar
like a knot on a Logo
-' 1 didn't hear nuthin' mOre'n an owl
hootin'' says l.
Then why don't yo' go out and keep
him cOmDany?
I didn't say nuthin' to>that. and pur-
~ soon fell back and went to sleep
again Mebbe fifteen minits had passed
when the cry come agin and sent
shiver over me and brought the old wo
man out of bed.
-Befo' the Lawd. but what kin it
be- she gasped.
"a woman hootin' for help, SEE L
1T can't be. No woman would be
hootin' around we're this time O. night.
Then it may be an owl
Then you may be a fule.
Her calling me a fule riled me up, =
said Zeb. "and, though l was purity
sartin that it was the scream of a wild
cat, L determined not to gin in. Purity
soon we got it again, and it was higher
the house. The beast was prOWlln'
around, and that scream made a chill
creep up my back.
&c It's one O. them wild cats, and he's
hungry fur meat says the ole woman
as she begins to turn pale. Jest hear
! him scream
Shoe! It's one O. them Davis gals
/ lost in the woods. Reckon she was out
after chestnuts and got turned around
Then you don't know sugar from
sand. Listen to that. Does that sound
/ like the boot of a woman
Jest exactly III bet my ole gun
again coon skin that it's a woman
/ I'll open the doah so she kin see the
/ light and then call to her. Powerful
dark night for woman to be stompin'
around in the woods by herself
Zeb White, I'm tellin' yO' it's wild
cat and not woman. If yo' hadn' t
almost got to be a fule yo'd know by
the sound. No woman ever yeowled
/ that way no matter how skeert she
was. What yo' gwine to do2'
Open the doah of co'se.'
Wall if yo' open that doah sum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-24

scroll is charming with skirt and bod
ice decorated with pale pink comet vel
vet in q diamond pattern. with here and
there medallions of guipure Another
combination equally as attractive was
a frock constructed of china blue silk
having an arabesque design trimmed
with hlet lace ana transparent tucked
mousseline de sole
AS the days get warmer we will see
a great deal of alpaca and serge. These
fabrics will be a relief after the zibe-
lines and face cloths We have been
wearing during the winter. Nothing is
nicer for travelling than gown of al
paca made in the inevitable shirt waist
style. with possibly a collar of English
mbroidery by way of variety.
Some of the linen gowns are works of
art, with their wealth of lace and en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-24
A RELIC OF PIONEER DAYS.
Old Stone House at Germantown, N.
2, and the Romance of Its History.


Kingston. March PA local newspa-
per learns that the old stone house
at Germantown is to have a new roof,
but by neglecting to state that it is
now more than $50 years since the first
roof was put on. the newspaper missed
the making of really interesting
item.
The old stone house at Germantown
was the very advance guard of civiliza-
ton on the southern border of New
York at the time of the French and In
dian war. during which and until the
close of the Revolutionary war, it was
a fort. Tt is Of record that an Indian
trader named Haynes was living at
this fort as early as 1850, and that a
daughter Of his married a Capt Abram
Westfall, who was quartered there dur
ing the revolution, but the record does
not deal with the romance and tragedy
of the courtship of the captain and the
traders daughter.
The story is that the traders daugh-
ter had another lover, one Dewitt. and
that she favored him over Capt. West
fall. One day the girl, accompanied by
the favored wooer. went blackberrying
upon the thiclkly grown flatland that
lay between the fort and the Delaware
river. Moved by Jealousy Capt. West
fall followed them.
When they had come near the river
bank a lurking Indian Sprang upon
them from a thicket The girls lover
fled The Indian seized the swooning
girl and bore her hurriedly toward his
canoe
Capt WestfaH, who had come oppor-
timely upon the scene, pursued the In
dian, overlook him as he was pushing
his canoe afoat, the girl lying uncOn-
scious in it. and brought back the cap
tive and her caD1or's scalp back. A
wedding in the fort soon followed. The
traders daughter became the captains
! bride
The lover who abandoned the girl TO
the indian turned Tory. so the story
goes, and joined the Indian Chief Brant s
band of Indians and Tories that raided
the Minisink settlements year later.
When the news of the Minisink massa-
fall hurriedly gathered together all the
men he could collect and went forth 10
offer resistance to the raiders. who
were advancing up the valley toward
the fort.
Guided BY the recreant lover E3rant
and his marauders sought another route,
avoided Westfall's men and approached
the fort undiscovered except by a negro
slave who had remained with the cap
tains wife and her newborn baby. The
slave had time to give his mistress
warning and succeeded IN getting her IL
safety to the mountains with ner chiiG.
Brant's Indians and Tories attacked
the fCrt. pulled down one end of it, SCI
fire to the upper story, which was built
of LOGS and hastened on UP the Della
ware valley to be Overtaken by Cen
era1 Hathorne's militia on the Delaware
highlands. where was fought the bloody
battle of Minisink, So disastrous to tbs
Americans Among those killed Oi
Brant's men was the recreant lover OF
Capt Westfall's bride.
The breach made in the old stone fort
by Brant's band was not repaired until
1893 when the wall was relaid with the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-24

Queen Alexandra's 1aces. linens and
silks are perfumed by a method which
almost any woman can copy The
drawers in which they are kept are
lined with white paper strewn with
freshly covered rose petals On this IS
placed a layer of the fabrics to be
scented, over that a layer OF rose
leaves, and so on in alienation until
the drawer Is filed. over all a sheet Of
tissue paper is spread At the end OF
twenty-four hours everything in the
drawer Will have a delicate perfume
that viii cling to it for long time
Perfumes are believed to make clothes
and linen much more wholesome. Flow
ers and certain prepared perfumes hav.
excellent medicinal qualities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-24
Notes and Persona Mention.

Miss Clara Furry of Chicago is the
guest Of Miss Risteen and Miss Hazel
Risteen. 1901 Sixth avenue west
Mrs. Harry Alshouse has gone to
Hannibal, Mo, called by the serious i'll
ness of her mother. Mrs. Ben Stevens.
Mrs r. S. Mason of Pueblo, Col, is
the guest of Mrs. George Walp.
Mr. J. D. NJ Hamilton has returned
from California trip.
Mrs A. w Lacey returned today
from an extended visit in Richmond,
Ind.
MIR. and Mrs. H. B. Kelly viii leave
next Monda' for a California trip.
MI Harry J. Bone has gone to Petes-
burg, ILL.,, to attend the funeral of a
relative.
Miss Emma Kelly has returned from
a weeks visit in Kansas City.
Miss Eva Smith, Miss Isabel Smith,
Miss Ethel Morton, Miss Maud Grimes,
Mr. Bayard Whitney. Mr. John Fleish-
man. Mr. Harry Freshman and Mr..
Monte &istler viii attend the Delta an
nual party in Lawrence Friday night.
Miss Hazel Mulvane viii spend the
Easter vacation i'm Chicago
Mr.. Russell Frost comes Friday from
Lexington. Mo. where he attends the
Wentworth Military academy to spend
a short spring vacation with his pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. =. Frost. Miss
Grace Frost, who is at home from St
Mary's. Knoxville. Ill. for the spring
vacation returns to school Monday
Mr. and Mrs George Bishop will leave
Topeka soon for permanent residence
In Battle Creek, Mich.
The WOman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the First M. E. church will meet