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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-19

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-19
Head of Syndicate Held.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-John A. Bensch, the head of what is styled as the California Land syndicate, has been arrested here on charge of brib. ing an interdepartment employee, Woodford B. Harlan. He was held in $5,Oo0 bail by United States Commis- sioner TayIor
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-19
Saturday Night
 Mark Downs

FANCY BOX OF PERFUME. Containing cake of soap. bottle per- : fume, sachet powder, regular price 25c, tonight 19c each FANCY BOXED WRITING PAPER. Regular price 75c, tonight 55c each
 CANDY. Fresh Chocolates, 2oc for pound box WHITE CORDED WASH SILKS. New styles, 39c yard
 APRON LAWNS. 42-inch wide borders in hemstitched and tucked effects, regular price 19c, tonight 121sc yaro HEMsTITCHED TABLE CLOTHS. Warranted all linen, an excellent gift. size 2 yards by ? yards,
 $1.25 each ? yards by 27s yards, S1.5o each OUTING FLANNELs. Light and medium shades, in stripes and checks, tonight
 4Ac yard 34-INOH IMPERIAL FLANNEL ETTE WAIsTINGs. Regular price 15c yard, tonight
 1112c q yard
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

Lfly-Well, did you see her? Is it
true? Is she really engaged to Him or
Is it only idle rumor?
Nellie-There isn't a word of truth
In 1t. | had long talk with her, and
told her of the men who are Just wild
about me, and she never said ia word
about him.-Brooklyn Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
Life After Death.

A German biologist has been investi-
eating the question of the activity of
animal bodies after death and has pub
lished some suggestive conclusions. 1t
appears that death Is not instantane-
GUS throughout the physical organism,
for 1t has been observed that many Of
the different tissues continue active fer
considerable period after the time
when the animal Is assumed to be dead.
particularly in the case Of the lower an
imals. Cells from the brain of frog,
for example, have been kept alive for
over q week when held in certain solu-
tiors, and the heart OF frog has been
known to beat for many hours after be-
ing removed from the dead body. The
hearts Of turtles and snakes Will beat
for days or even week after DEATH
Harper's Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
NERVOUS DEBILITY,

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
ton from overwork and other
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific No. 28, in use
over 40 years, the only success
full remedy. 81 per vial, orspec-
ial package for serious cases, $5.
Sold by Druggists sentprepaid receipt Of price,
Humphreys Med. Co, William 4 John Stss NY.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

The moat which so often surrounded
halls and castles in the old days is now
generally dry and filed up, but some
remarkable specimens still remain.
Perhaps the finest example of moated
house Is Heilningham Hall, the seat OF
Lord Tollemache, in Suffolk, about
eight miles from Ipswich. The draw
bridge still remains, and 1t has been
raised every night for more than 300
years, the ancient precauion being OBJ
served even though the need for 1t has
long passed by. The moat which sur
rounds Leeds castle, near Maidstone, Is
SO wide that 1t may almost be called
lake The ancient Episcopal palace at
Wells fs surrounded by walls which in
close nearly seven acres Of ground and
by a moat which is supplied with wa
ter from st. Andrews well. A vener-
able bridge spans the moat, giving ac-
cess through a tower gateway to the
outer court.-EAQon Standard.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
rhe Rock rhat Mo.e. "smote.D


The famous Rock in Hsreb," an
GENTLY called the Rock of NASSAU"
and at present known throughout the
orient as the "Stone of the Miraculous
Fountain" being the identical rock
which Moses struck with his rod In or
der to give water to the children or Is
rael, is religiously preserved and
guarded even down to this late date.
DIR. Shaw in his book "Shaw's Travels
says, at is a block Of granite about
six yards square lying tottering and
loose in the middle of the valley of
Rephidim and seems to have originally
been a part Of Mount Sinai"
The action of the waters of that NIL
raeulous fountain, as related In the
seventeenth chapter Of Exodus, hol-
lowed a channel about two inches deep
and more than twice that broad across
the face Of the rock, this not upon I'M
supported testimony, but upon the
word Of such men as the Rev. DR..
Shaw, DIR. Pocock, Lieutenant Clogher
and other eminent scholars and tray
elers. NJ. Beaumgorton, German no.
bleman who visited the Rock Of Ho-
reb" in the year 1907, declares his be-
lief in the generally accepted story of
it being the rock of Moses famous
fountain
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
HENRY CLAY, TRoTTER.
The Price George M. Pntchen, HIS
Owner, Put Upon Him.


Owner, Put Upon Him.
When William Wadsworth Of Gen
eseo, as John Giimer Speed tells the
story In the Century, went to George
NJ. Patchen of New Jersey to buy the
famous racing stallion Henry Clay, Mr..
Patchen thought to put prohibitve
price upon him.
Eve will give the horse all the water
he can drink" said he, land then weigh
him, and you may give me dollar a
pound for him." Mr.. Wadsworth
promptly accepted, and as the horse
weighed 1850 pounds that ixed his
price In dollars for what Mr.. Speed
evidently thinks one Of the finest sires
in the history of the Anerican turf.
The story is told Of Henry Clay that
when Mr. Wadsworth needed for his
sister doctor from Rochester, thirty
eight miles away, Henry Clay was har-
messed to two seated wagon and did
the journey both ways in less than five
hours.
"Then again." Mr.. Speed writes,
when Mr.. Wadsworth bad match at
mile heats, best three in five, he drove
his horse ninety-five miles the day be-
fore the race rather than pay forfeit
and then won the race, one heat being
trotted In 2:35. This was In 1S47. Con-
slider the clumsy shoes, the heavy sui
kies and other impedimenta Of that
time In comparison with the wirelike
plates. ball bearing, pneumatic tired
Sulkies and cobwebljke harness Of to-
day, and decide whether even the most
phenomenal of our trotters is better
than that"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
OSTRICH LOGIC.

vwhen IcaA't see danger there Is no
DANGER Thst's the logic Of the ostrich
which hides III head and exposes -
body to she hunter. There are not a
few people who ssem 10 have gone to
the ostrich 10 learn logic. TIE most
dangerous enemies Of humanity are tho
enemies which eaa't be seen, the disease
breeding microbes which infect the
blood. 1t = hsrdsf to gst the ns4crobe
out of the blood than to keep II out, but
DR.. Piercess Golden Medical Discover
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
Mean.

Come, dear, kiss my cheek and make
up" she said forgivingly.
"In kiss it," he answered, "but I
don't think it wants any moref making
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
WORK AND LOOK YOUNG.
You wnI Succeed IL Your Heart In
In Your Labor.

You VIII Succeed Ii our heurt AZ
In Your Labor.
Is 1t hard work that makes people
grow old or is 1t because they do not
have enough to do, or, rather, do not
nnd the thing they are best fitted to dof
The hardest worked people in the
world are the actresses, yet some Of
them, without mentioning napaes. are
sixty and some play tle parts Of lovers
and bofsterous young tomboys at an
even greater age.
rhe Americans are the hardest work
ed people in the world. yet foreigners
call us a young looking nation Moth
Ing makes a people look so young as
liberty. There is none Of the cramped,
caste restricted blight upon our people
that is seen in Europe The Oldest look
ing people in the world are not those
who have worked hardest, but those
who have not worked at all. II one
would see them he wants to go to the
fashionable watering places. There lie
will see comparatively young men and
women who have never worked, either
with body or mind. driven around In
BATH chairs or hobbling about on canes,
while men absorbed in business are Of
ten quite robust at seventy.
Where hard work ever killed man
Iaziness and inaction have killed a
SCORE. II is the class that feels above
work that nature has little use for.
Work and look young Boston Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

eruptions which come from it.
eMy blood was all Gut pf order, and ! had to go
to the DOCTOR writes Mrs. James n. Moss, New
London, Stanly Co., NC. vHe gave me fnedi-
cine which helped me for short time. In the
winter Of 1895 I got WORSE than had ever been.
MY tonsiIs were enlarged and my neck swollen
all out Of shape; my throat was sore and could
not cure It. My husband went for the doctor,
but he gave me mp encouragement. He helped
me little, but II did not last long. He attended
me for twelve months, vixen heard Of a lady
whose condition was like mine who was taking
your medicine and was getting we'll So Sc
cured some Of the medicine and began taking It
In one week was able to do my cooking. When
/ began taking the medicine could sit up only
q few minutes at time, and could rest or sleep
only little while at time. My throat was so
sore at times could not even swallow sweet
milk. and my tonsils were full Of little eating
sores. Ny LEFT side was swollen out of shape
and could hardly get my breath. The doctor
said would not get well but three bottles OF
Dr., Pierce's Golden Medical, Discovery, three
bottles Of his Pellets three bottles Of Dr. sAges
cAtarrh Remedy and the use of salt water did
TIE work and cured me-
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation and its consequences.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
A Death Feirnfnr Plant.

That certain insects, birds, mammals
and reptiles habitually pretend to be
dead when danger threatens them is a
well known fact, but 1t is generally be-
lieved that this stratagem is resorted
to only by animals. In South America,
however, there is plant-a species Of
mimosa-which resorts to death feign-
Ing. evidently for the purpose Of pre-
venting the grass eating animals from
eating it. In its natural state this
plant has vivid green hue, but di-
rectly 1T is touched by human finger
or by any living animal it collapses
into a tangle Of apparently dead and
withered stems.-London Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

yVANTED-At once girls In every capacity; IS
In ~ f.r ,gs~l: paced money refunded. General
EupIny lnenI Bureau, 20l Fehera, St. Allegheny, Pa
3-I9-Iy
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

w. E. Henley once met Robert Louis
Stevenson and found his friend dis
tressed because he was not Voltaire
or Dumas. though he had an equip
ment which ought to have made him
their peer. Stevenson put his failure"
down to the weakness of his lungs.
Perhaps you are right, Louis" said
Henley. I've always felt that II I had
not been a blessed cripple could have
taken the earth in my hand and hurled
1t into the sun"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

does both, BY .pun-
fying the Blood
AID then keeping
it pure.
II there are
e1uptions on the
skin, bofls, pin-
Pies, sores or other
signs Of impure
blood. use Doctor
Pierce's Golden n
Medical Disoov-
cry W hi ch will
purify the blood
~
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
THE
Butler County National Bank,
Penn,

Butler Penn,
Capital paid in f7oo, 10000
Surplus and Profits $3.50, ,ooo. 90
Jos. Hartman, President; ]. v. Ritts,
Vice President; John G. McMarlin,
Cashier, A. c. Krug, Asst Cashier.
general banking business transacted.
Interest paid on time deposits
Money loaned on approved security:
We invite you to open an account with this
bank.
DlRECTORS-Hon Joseph Hartman, Hon.
w. :. Waldron. Harry Heasley Fl. Nc
Sweeney, @. 2. Collins l. G. Smith, Leslie p.
Hazleut, Nj. Henshaw. ". u. Larkin, T. p.
Miffiin, DIR. W. @. McCandless. z ST. Bredir,
w. ]. Marks. 7. V. Ritts. A. Z. Rslher.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-24
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.
Adjudication for Barr Brothers and Harry
Norris In U. S. District Court

James Barr. George Barr and David
Barr have been adjudged bankrupt In
the United States district court indi-
Vdually as co-partner in the firm OF Barr
Brothers, foundrymen OF Woonsocket.
The total sum OF the liabilities is given
as 1854. 80 and the assets s351.H.
The creditors of the firm are parties
and firms In Woonsocket and this city.
the chief being Benjamin w. Persons OF
this city, to whom is owed $2440S9; also
$3.50. OF which $3.50 Is secured.
On James Barr's individual account he
has $50 liabilities and assets OF SO.
George Barr has personal Liabilities of
$3S20. SO and assets OF $3.50; David Barr,
s3soS 40 liabilities and $40 assets.
The matter has been referred 20 Chester
w. Barro,w referee I'm bankruptcy.
There has ben an adjudication OF bank
ruptcy issued In the United States dis
trtct court against Harry Morris In
his voluntary petition he gives his ha-
bilities s1553.92 and states his assets are
s1.13i.
The largest creditors are David r.
Com TO whom $500 interest is owed and
Otis p. Geery OF Hyde Park. Mass. 10
whom $500 is owed on n promfssory note.
The matter has been referred to
Chester w. Barrows for hearing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-24
FINANCIAL NEWS
BULLS AND BEARS.

Wall Street, Oct. A.-speculation was az
spiritless and almost at standstilI Trad
ers attempted TO make a market and
scalped profts but they could not arouse
enough interest to move any OF the lead
ers more than u per cent. Amalgamated
nuctuated half. which represented the
limit OF the price variations. Some slight
headway upwards was made after the
opening selling but the Improvement was
not held. Interest was more diversified I'm
the bond market and that opened Arm
and relatively more active than stocks
The market was In a lethargic condition
untii the appearance OF the bank state
ment. As the reserve item did not show
the expected depletion OF cash the market
hardened but only fraction. Outside the
active list there was a rise OF I'm New
york Air Brake, and la In Northwestern
and fall In beet sugar preferred OF :.
Westinghouse Electric a., Anaconda 2.
Car preferred "a, Reading first preferred
II, and ST Louis and San Francisco sec
ond preferred point, U. s. Steel prefer
red, ran of TO IS at the last and unsettled
the closing which was slightly irregular.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-24
WITH INTENT 10 KILL
Strobsl Held on Charges Of Making Assault
on 6ustave Feyrer.

Greenfield, Mass, Oct. a-As a resul,
or quarrel last night, is is said. a re-
volver and boiling water were used John
Strobel of New Britain, Conn. was ar
raigned in the district court today on the
charge OF assault with a dangerous wea-
pom, with intent TO murder Gustave
Feyrer.
The case was continued until Tuesday.
bail being fixed at 5000, which was not
furnished. Strobel boarded with Feyrer
az CANADA Hin, Just across the Deerfield
river. II is said that during a quarrel
Strobel struck Feyrer. who then poured
boiling water on his alleged assaIlant
Thereupon. IL is charged, Strobel shot
Feyrer in the legs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-24

the reports OF the accountants were COR
rect. Guthrie then produced three letters
written by Nixon 10 Schwab I'm May last
and made them basis for a defence of
the reorganization plan and the with
holding OF the Bethlehem profits. The
first letter was written on the 7th Of May
and referred 10 the meeting which
Schwab was TO have with Mr.. Sheldon OF
the reorganization committee.
After some preliminary questions as 70
the letter Guthrie asked Nixon IL the
81. 600 promised under the plan OF re-
IL he believed the company could have
met its obligations and the plant be con-
tinusd In operation. Nixon answered at
irmstively. and then Guthrie asked:
'If the receiver had not been appointed
could all OF these plants have been kept
I'm operation7'
Untermyer objected 10 this question,
the money was not Forthcoming and that
the reorganization plan involved the elm
ination OF the bondholders.
ION condition the money was obtained.
answered Nixon. IT am satisfied that the
plants could have been kept running"
Guthrie then askei Nixon IL he could
have kept the company and plants going
II he had got the 100000 from Bethlehem
and despite the fact that the nxed
charges amounted 10 approximately w.
10000. The witness answered grimly
had been willing 20 make the try. He
wanted more working capital but would
have done the best he could.
Guthrie asked the witness ,soo S0h what he he
had got IL. and led him through calcu-
lation showing him how quickly IL would
have been absorbed without materially
He first deducted the s2500oo paid by Beth
lehem, and then took out the S362,bOO due
on July l In payment or interest on the
first mortgage bonds, and then showed
hat hA infA aof ri i
have swallowed the balance.
OBJECTED TO HONEST
Nixon explained that the attack on the
credit Of the company was due TO runors
that II would not be able to meet Its in
terest obligations. Creditors were press
ing and he said what he had in mind
was to utilize some OF the bonds IN the
treasury In borrowing money.
"Doyou think IL would have been honest
TO have paid the July interest with all
OF the past due and rapidly accruing In
debtedness2" asked Mr.. Guthrie.
Mr.. Nixon objected TO the word hon
est" and Guthrie changed his question to
do you not think there Is an honest Diff
ference OF opinion as 20 the justice OF
paying the interest charges and do you
not admit In your letters that TO con-
tinue business would precpitate i'm
mediate bankruptcy
II wanted money" said Nixon. "and
was prepared to make almost any sac
rifice."
WAS N not fact that the board or
directors thought that because OF the
want OF accord, the accumulation OF debts
and the pressing need for money the
proper course was to publish TO the world
that reorganization was necessary in or
der that people would no longer 1eal in
securities on which interest could not be
paid on July II"
Most decidedly" said Nixon. II did
not want the people to continue dealing
In the securities"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-24
MURDERER AND SUICIDE


Bethel. Me, Oct A.-Coroner A. w.
Grover after an inquest on the double
tragedy at Newry, found a verdict that
Miss Beulah York came to her death
by a gunshot wound inflicted by the
hand OF Ora w. Green" A verdict OF
suicide was returned In the case OF Green,
who blew the top of his head completely
off
Rev. #. c. Potter OF the Baptist church
conducted this afternoon Green's funeral
which was largely attended. The burial
was in a cemetery up the Bear river
The funeral OF Miss York occurs tomor-
row afternoon at the home Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrington York. The inter-
ment will be In the Philbrook yard on
the Bear river. not far from where her
murderer was buried
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-24
BRAKEMAN INJURED
eastman Sues New York. New Haven ind
Hartford Railroad For $40. 600.

William eastman has brought suit In
the common pleas division of the supreme
court against the New York. New Haven
g. Hartford Railroad company to recover
$4,000 for personal injuries. Mr. Cash-
man was formerly in the employ or the
defendant corporation as a brakeman.
He was on June 2ist at work on
freight car that had been switched TO
siding at Capron's Grist mill In Smith
field. The track ran close to the mih
and a shute extended from the mill
over the car tracks. II Is claimed that
,he defndant knew OF this dangerous
proximity Of the shute TO the track, but
the plaintiff did not.
Upon operating the brake on the car
upon the top of which he was struck by
the shute and knocked from the car TO
the ground. His left hip was fractured
and broken and he also sustained IN
jiries to his head and back.
John w. Hogan Is his counsel.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-24

finding employment II they are union men.
The council has secured new office furni-
ture also and is now fully equipped for
the transaction OF all the business that
may come before IL for consideration. The
indentures OF the apprentices is soon TO
be adopted by the masters after which IL
Is hoped that all will be plain sailing for
that body. Application has been made to
headquarters for the brotherhood Label
since application for It's use has already
been made by some.
PLUMBERS UNION.
The session of the plumbers was held
last night in the Labor Temple was long
and at times heated. with President James
Coleman I'm the chair. After the read
ing Of the minutes of the last session the
first bit of business that came before the
body was initiation OF the candidates.
There were two of these on hand TO take
the obligation. 1t was reported when the
reports OF the several committees were
being heard that the committee hav-
ing charge OF the ball to be given on Fri
day, Nov. 20th., that everything was In
readiness and the tickets for the same
were selling like hot cakes. The affair
is TO be given I'm Music hall.
The meeting OF the union that Is to be
held next Friday is to be special ses-
sion II IN not fully determined just
what or how much business will be put
before the body at that time but the ses-
sion cannot but be a warm one. At the
meeting last night Mr.. Frank Merryweath-
er was appointed business agent 20 take
the place OF Mr.. Andrew Mccormack. who
had resigned.
This selection was almost unaniomus
and II is believed that tho business OF
the body could be In no safer hands under
the present circumstances. Mr.. Dunn.
who has had charge OF the office pending
the selection. was very glad to be relieved
OF the onerous duties pertaining thereto.
A communication was received from
the Steam Filters union inviting the
members to participate I'm the ball that
is to be given by that body. One OF
similar nature was received from The
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers. There was also ono from head
quarters.
II was announced at the meeting that
there would be a meeting of the appren-
tice boys of the union for the purpose OF
perfecting plans for work so that thre
might be n full understanding between
the two organizations. The meeting will
also further the arrangements TO be sub
mitted TO the master plumbers so that
a more harmonious regulation OF affairs
might bo had.
The Iron Workers union held its ses :
sion last night at the temple also. but
there was nothing much done beyond the
ordinary routine business that comes
before any organization of the kind. The
session was short and after the initia ton
OF few members and the discussion Of
some few things OF minor import the
meeting adjourned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-24
HUSBAND AND Wife SHOT
Mr.. and Mrs. Beyw Mortally Wounded as
They Sat at Window Of Their Home.

Port Jervis, ". Y, Oct. A-Richard
Bevins. a farmer and his wife. who live
n mile and half from Dygmans Ferry.
Pa. have been shot as they sat at a
window of their home and both are ex-
pected to die.
The neighborhood In being secured for
the assassin but not clue TO his identity
or the motive for the shooting has been
obtained.
ALI that Ia known is that while the
farmer and his wife were sitting near a
window after they had had their supper.
two shots were fired from a gun loaded
with buckshot. Mr. Bevans was struck
in the head and arms by the charge.
Mrs Bevans received almost the entire
charge fired at her