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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
SEVENTEEN INDICTMENTS.
Attorney Bonaparte Receives True
Bills AGAINST Postal Employees.

New York. Sept 10.-Seventeen ad-
ditional indictments against persons
said to be implicated in the post
Office frauds have been turned over
to Charles j. Bonaparte of Baltimore,
who have been retained by the gov
eminent to- aid in the prosecution Of
nearly two score of it's employees. He
has received the formal drafts of in
dictments against George w. Beavers,
August w. Machen, Congressman Ed
mund H. briggs, Maurice Runkle,
George E. Lorenz, George T. Miller
and Thomas w. .McGregor. He de-
clared that the cases in which the in
dictments are returned by the grand
jury will be pushed as rapidly as the
evidence at hand will permit.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Essex Stayton Committed to Prison at
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Sept 10.-On informa-
ton furnished by Alice Stayton, col
ored, Essex Stayton, her husband,
has been committed to prison, &C
cused of murder. Mrs. Stayton visit
ed magistrates office to procure a
warrant for her husbands arrest on
a charge. of assault and battery.
While telling her story she declared
Stayton had shot and killed Abraham
Little, his brother-in-law, in March,
1902, at Gainesville, N. c. When ar
raigned Stayton said he had quarreled
with the man and in self-defense had
shot him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
RCBBEO WEALTHY cHlCAGoANs
Negro ALFRED as a Janitor Gained En-
trance to Residences.

Chicago. Sept. 1O.-The mystery of
half dozen robberies in the houses
of wealthy residents of Hyde Park
and other parts of the city has been
solved, and Charles F. Stout, a rail
road ticket broker, and Henry Moe,
a jeweler, have been arrested and
charged with receiving the stolen
property.
The man charged with committing
all the robberies is Samuel Smith, q
negro. He was arrested and confessed
that, attired as an electrician or jani-
tor, he had gained admittance to the
houses of families in their absence
and robbed the place at his leisure
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10

"Pll bet dollar if should ask you
to marry me you'd refuse" ventured
Gussie, trying to inject little more
spirit into the conversation.
my, but you're a cheap onew re-
sponded the girl.
"Y-y-y-why stammered Gussie.
Because you won't bet more than a
dollar on sure thing" Baltimore
American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
TREATY DEAD AND BURIED.
United States Might as Well Negotiate
With Nicaragua.

New York, Sept. 10.-According to
the latest reports received from Bo-
gotta, the Hay-Herran canal treaty is
now generally regarded in the capital
as dead and buried and it is declared,
asserts the Herald's Panama CORE
spondent, that the United States
might as well turn seriously to nego-
tiations with Nicaragua.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
RETURNED THE FIRE.
Kentucky Marshal Kills a Farmer
+; Who 'Resists Arrest.

Deanield, KY, Sept. 10.-Eugene
Phillips, a farmer; was killed during
the day by John Guess, the town mar
shall. Guess was shot while attempt
ing to serve warrant on Phillips and
returned the fire.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10

"Are you acquainted with Mrs. Tub
byT ,.,.... .....,..
Eyes; we have a passing acquaint-
ance."
"Oh, as much as that?"
Eyes. We were at the same card ia
BILE once. She passed, and so did T.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
DECISION IS IMPORTANT.
Umpire Wright Holds That Coal oper-
ators May Discharge Employees.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. local
operators of the Wyoming region look
upon the decision of Umpire Wright.
giving them the right to discharge en-
ployes, as an important one.
The officials of the United Mine
Workers claim that the privilege CIV
en- employees is apt to be abused by
mine foremen, who, acting upon in
structions from headquarters, can
make it unpleasant for the men who
were active in the last strike.
The superintendent of one of the
large coal companies says the decision
is far-reaching, and will either bring
permanent peace in. the anthracite re-
gion or open war upon the part of the
union miners. He points out that s.
per cent of the petty strikes that have
taken place since the strike commits
sion made it's award were caused by
the discharge of some employe for
cause.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
Earthquake in Colorado.

Denver, Sept. 10.-Specials from
northwest of here tell of earthquake
shocks felt in Boulder, Loveland,
Longmont and Fort Collins. No dam
age was done. The shocks caused
doors and windows to rattle and at
Boulder the houses shook quite per-
ceptibly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
CROSS COUNTRY CANAL.

Prussian Cabinet Decides to Again
Ask for Its Construction.
Berlin, Sept 10.-The Prussian cab
met has decided again to propose to
the landtag the construction of a great
cross-country canal to connect the
Rhine, Weser and .Elbe, thus complet-
ing the emperpr's proposed system of
internal waterways.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
VICTORY FOR THE KAISER.
CompeIs Prussians to Retire in Sham
Battle

Halle, Prussia, Sept. 10-7A severe
wind and rain storm during the army
maneuvers tore away the balloons
and made wireless telegraphy impos-
sible. Emperor William, in command
of two Saxon army corps, attacked the
opposing army corps with ferocity,
stormed several of the latter's bat
teries, and compelled the Prussians to
retire.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
Burglar Wounds a Kentucky Colonel.

Ashland, KY, Sept. 1e.-Sheriff
Hene, with posse, is hunting for
burglar who shot and seriously wound
ed Colonel Mordecai Williams in his
country home. Colonel Williams, dis
covering the burglar ransacking the
house, fought him with saber until
the burglar shot him and escaped.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
A, Remedy.

A. Remedy. q
He-The doctor told Jack that he had
been studying too hard lately.
She-And what did he recommend?
He Oh, he advised him to go into
society little more and give his brain
a est.-Brooklyn Life /,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
None Needed.

She Mamma says mustn't encour-,1
age you at ALL
/ He That's all right. I don't need
any encouragement. Philadelphia
Press.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-12-29

stern foremost so far as | can see"
said he. but I'll swear that nobody
has carried those diamonds away from
this house. They're here, and We'll
find EN-"
They searched the house from top to
bottom vainly.
"Well, l don't just exactly know
what to make of it, said Brice, but
this fellow that we nabbed must have
had something to do with it. Well
take him over to the station house and
lock him up
Davol fell on his knees before Mrs.
Willard
II swear TO YOU" he cried. '1hat |
have nothing to do with this crime. |
was starvc. You discharge me: | get
no work: nothing to eat. | come to beg
crust. This crime, it is plain. l
read him like Il book"
Yes. YOU can-nOt.' said Hricc.
"Madam." cried Davoll. eff / disclose
to you who did it and say to you
where you can find the diamonds Of
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Not above a minute, my lady re-
piled the girl.
She was too we'll trained to ask
"why' except with her eyes.
"My diamonds are gone. Lucy. said
Mrs. Willard. THE door is broken. the
room is all torn to pieces, and the dia-
monds are stolen
"Rut whcre-where was hep de-
manded the maid. pointing to the but
Ter, who had again fallen into the
chair whats the matter with you!'
shaking him by the shoulder. you've
gone and got drunk. and the house has
been robbed. He must have left the
front door open after YOU
The butler was mutterng to himself.
"One thing is clear enough" Law
renee nterposed. This whole bust
ness is Il plot This man isn't drunk.
He's druggcd-with morphine. | should
say. But what beats me is that the
house should be robbed first and the
man druggcd afterward. for it's per-
feet certainty that he was just begin
ming to be affected when we came in
There was a ring of the bell ut this
moment, and the footman, who had re-
manned during all this scene close by
the door opened it, revealing two men.
They stepped into the haIl-a heavy,
sandy haired. red faced man holding
by the arm Il thin, dark, foreign look
ing individual.
The bury man was Detective Ser
geant Bricc.
81 beg pardon. ma'am,' he said. adj
dressing Mrs. Willard. I'm a head
quarters detective. and my general
business is circulating round through
this ncighbOrhoOd looking for house
breakers of various kinds. I caught
this fellow prying open one of your
windows on the allcyway just now.
I'd been shadOwing him for an hour or
more. He says he used to be a serv-
ant here and that he was coming to see
another one. Same old story, of course.
l brought him in to see if you could
identify him."
Ills name is Davoll." said Mrs. VIII
lard in the tone of one daZcd lie
| was my butler before this man But
but you say you've followed him for
| an hour and that you caught him be-
fore he actually got into the house,"
"Yes'm. Why not!" said Bricc.
Because the robbery has already
taken place"
ut has, exclaimed the detective
"When?"
"Within half an hour"
mo, ma am; excuse me-" said Rrice
Nobody has robbed this house within
q half hour or an hour either. This
mans been hanging around for as long
as that, and my partner and l have
had our eyes on the premises
But my diamonds are gone" said
Mrs. Willard. and she gave Rrice the
story, including the dragging of Nor
ton. the new butler, now so completely
overpOwercd that it was thought best
to send the footnan for a doctor.
Il guess he drugged himself sale
Brice ITS an old game. Wen fine
| the diamonds hidden somcw here about
They must be in the house, for only
one person has gone out of it, and YOU
brought him back with YOU"
tom" exclaimed Mrs. Willard, turn
ing to Lawrence.
IL admit that made a call of a few
minutes upon Miss Barton" said Tho
young man. "Shc herself let me in
We remained in the hall. Norton, YOU
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which you have been stOlen-robbed-
will you cause these men to let me go;
to make no charge as they call it:"
"Certainly," replied Mrs. Willard.
"TcIi me who did this and where the
diamonds are, and will make no
charge against anybody. l am not anx-
ious to appear in the police courts.
What want is my property"
She glanced at Detective Sergeant
Brice, who spread out his hands. palms
upward.
"All right, if you say So said he.
and he removed the handouts from
Davolrs wrists.
"Your promise is made" said Davoll.
"YOur honor you have pledge me, eh?
Is it not SO! YER good. Now, then,
this man Norton. who have taken my
place, was drugged at dinner. The poi
son act slow, YER slow. 1t was intend
by the thief to leave the hall door open
by and by, when this man would be
sleeping in his chair. You, coming
! home, would say: Drunken brute! You
| leave my house open to thieves You
go upstairs. You find the lock broken.
you say. You know not how long the
diamonds have been gone.
"Nou come home too soon. For that
| reason you see everything coming the
wrong way. with its last end before
its front. The robbery is DONE the
servant is druggcd. and then the thief
breaks into the house"
| "Thc thief" echoed Mrs. Willard.
81 have your solemn word" said Da-
voll hastily mo charge ut all. ch?
Nobody to he punished nobody what
ever? Is ii so:''
"If my diamonds are rcturncd,' said
Mrs Willard. that will close this
| case
"All right exclaimed the French
man. "Thc diamonds they are here
lie thrust his hands rapidly into va
riouS pockets and brought forth the
entire lot of jewels
YOU exclaimed Officer Rrice.
"Why, it aint possible
Mrs. Willard was scanning the gems
with care.
They are all here" she said. "Now
tell your story. No harm will come to
you or any one else because of this
"Ah madame" responded Davoll, sit
is so good of YOU to say that. When
these men trapped me and brought me
here | thought all lost, Figure it tC
yourself. me with the plumber in my
pockets, But they know it not, and by
quick wit | find a way of escape
through this bargain that have made
with YOU.
"\ow, then, a friend of mine in this
house drug this man Norton Thai
same friend take the Jewels and SCI
them by a window in the basement
While these men watch me after l pr!
the windows open am filling my peck
cts with gems from the casket whicl
stand Just inside. 1t was my FRIEND
also who broke the lock of the door OF
your room and make everything to lool
so much upside down. After | get thu
jewels she throw the box into thu
court"
| 'Iucy" exclaimed Mrs. Willard
where is shc?'
'Shc have gone replied DavOl
, gravely. Il have give her plenty time
I 1t WAS for her rs we'll rs for me that
5 make my bargain. You comprehend
1t was all lost. If these men dra!
me to the station house they search m
. and find the gems. They discover CIV
erythinG. 1t was for me to thinl
t quick. l tell YOU, when they brough
: me in here. Yer good, l think. Ant
r your promise-you will keep it? Io'
e will not cheat me. ch:"
= Not t. said Mrs. Willard. Il am il
d many ways too much relieved"
And she looked at Tom Lawrenc
y out Of the corner of her eye.
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CITY Property BIZ

Good business lot and building on Main St.,
price S., 700.
Good business lot and store building on Main
ST., price $500; rents for $500 per year.
House and lot east side, rooms water, sew
or connections, electric lights, barn, and fruit
trees price So 200
House and lot. two rooms, shed, 500.
House and lot in Hig. School addition, five
rooms, good we'll price $3.50.
wood shed and we'll, price 81 900.
Corner and inside lot, one house rooms, one
house rooms, rents for $500 per month, price
ST. $50
Two houses and lot one house 3 rooms, one
| house rooms, cellar frame stable: 81 200.
House and lot, rooms barn, and wood shed
| price $3.50.
House and lot, good location, rooms, close
| to schools 81 300.
Two houses and lot, one house J rooms. one
house rooms. good we'll, price 5000.
House and lot, rooms, kitchen. pantry. clos
ct, we'll, lot fenced wood she'd 81, 200.
| Frame Lodging House water and sewer con-
| nectio ions, price So POO.
| House and corner lot, east side. some furnl.
| ture, price $500.
| House and corner lot 3 rooms and kitchen,
stone foundation, ellar, wood shed, lathed and
| plastered, fruit and shade trees, 81 600.
House and lot Sd Ave. east, in good location
| price $1,000.
House and lot, Blk l. $500, rents for SIS month
| House and lot, Blk ,, price $50, rents for 81.
House and lot, Blk >, price $3.50, rents for ST.
per month.
| and plastered, price 81 400.
| House and lot in good location, } rooms. bath
| room furnished, hot and cold water, pantry, Gel
lar, stone foundation, lathed and plastered
| water in house, sewer in alley, barn, chicken
house, price 81 800.
Good Main ST. business lot, S., 100.
Lot II, Blk 80, $500, monthly payments.
| Lot 10, Blk 81, $215, monthly payments.
Two lots, corner and inside, on the east side
price $3.50.
Corner lot east side, price So.
| Lot in Fisher addition price $50.
| Lot I, Blk 9S price $32l.
15-foot residence property ON the east side
price $500.
Two lots, corner and inside. in fine location
price $3.50
Two lots, corner and inside, WE'LL fencing
etc, price 500.
Fire and Life Insurance
SO Main st., Kalispell. Montana
CALL AND SEE US.
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SAID MRS. WILLARD.
butler. was here all the time, and he
showed no indication of being drug
ged.'
The bell sounded again, and the maid
opened the door. \ very modest look
ing person in black stood without, and
he held something in his hand.
Its my partner" said Rrice. What
is it, joe
The person thus addressed came for
ward and revealed to the aStoniShcd
eyes of Mrs. Willard her jewel caSkct,
empty.
Il found this in the area" said the
man called Joe. ut struck me that
your prisoner - and he jcrked his
thumb toward the discharged butler,
Davoll-"might have thrown it away.
He might have done a trick somewhere
| else. you know. before we found him
"Otiicer," said Tom Lawrence in that
| peculiar drawl of his which his friends
find amusing, isn't it a little peculiar
that thief should throw away the
husk of his plumber while he's coming
| toward the scene Of his crime instead
Of when he's running away:"
Everything in this case in exactly
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-12-29

Have your horse shod at c. NJ.
Jumps.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-12-29
by HOWARD FIELDING.
Copyright. 1908, by Charles ". Hoolfc

As to Mrs. Wizards diamonds,
"a the sequence of incidents was
certainly out of the ordinary.
- ,rhn Indy lone in hnr car
New-York tribune., 1903-02-24

partially supported by parents or relatives More
efficient training @ for the w9man = IN infpsFg @ rter Tt
advance of women into the higher pursuits operat-
direction, and the Industrial organization Of women
workers will. in the future do much 70 ADVANCE
the industrialy, it will help TO place them
an equality with men workers who are already
organized LIE .z
TO aid supporting others there comes 10 the
is no longer a burden upon certain members OF
society but an active factor in its growth and
Work t4 al nome IN eT bonnd shoes and sewed
straw. but these industries became concentrated
the factory. In 1910. in Aassac huSetts: there
chanical work a home The household employ
ment Of women in the prodEGtl2n OF ,jii IN
articles has almost entirely ceased II sun sun
fingers in the clothing industry. but even there
psced fhe TorE 5v m The eh factory Such dspaceens in
crease the number of factory employed women; at
of the workers The conditions surrounding the
INDUSTRY are e oee[ere9 er arraIy ~ tenement worker
..Hase the entrance of women into industry dim
nsned or Ihe oerWise aecfrd the status the
family? There is little direct evidence OF @ @Lnls,
Slightly raised 1t is not necessary as formerly
The advanced education of women has opened 20
them opportunities In mercantile lie so tnat thelS
wage workers. They are to-day very largely In
vestors in productive and meTGase % pgiTst
control; and still more largely they are consumers
..As an investor a woman may exercise a certain
liberty of choice and 10 the extent or her interest,"
80, ,ndnance the conditions under which the
nrta-nrtse IS conducted To the extent OF her in
terest she is an employer. and has. so far. tne
dIItieS and RESPONSIBILITIES OF employer IN
that branch OF industry in which women are most
largely employed. domestic service. the enEgh{-
ened employer who appreciates the problems and and
takes an interest in solving them may do much
fr,nrave the status OF the hOuSewOrker
The entirely unorganized. perhaps We should
cav unsvstematized condition OF the service un-
doybtedlv accounts for many OF the evils with
which we are familiar. This employment - on
the whole better paid. considering the skill OF the
average worker than factory service, ana the
physical conditions surrounding the worker as 20
food and lodging. frequently better than N
other employments. But the hours or labor ana
rules OF service generally are subject 20 the VIII.
sometimes to the caprice. OF the Individual EN-
ployer There is common rule; and IN many
minor matters the houseyOrker must sink het
indviduaiitv her independence. In that Of the
rarnilv She is in the family but not Of ~ She
Mas lost the status Of servant and has not &C
oIIired that OF the independent worker. Ana there
Is aIUavs the social bar. more SHARPLY drawn IN
,his sr,nIovment than in any other. separating
The woman i'm domestic service from other women
az industry II Is In this fed especially that ~o-
New-York tribune., 1903-02-24

which dis6gured by towering wooden night B
mares mares he sh1~sq % hon one ieg mon bv the paste
pot fend. The women's improvement society GoulQ 4
leave to raise a simple wire screen between the
house and the highway which when laden 7!f WIN win
vines hid the virtues Of Blanks elixir OF lie from
the eyes Of grateful public
THE AWFUL BILLPOsTER'S ART"
In a certain park the street side Of the fence
was adorned with the usual varieties Of the Dill
posters art Just inside group Of noble old
trees The park commissioners noticed the bill
boards but they decided that certain improve,
rnents" would necessitate cutting down the Ola
cietv gasped and threw themselves into the civic
fray They succeeded in saving the trees 6pf t4e ne
convince the park commission that there was any
Dr. Tolman also paid his respects to the tee-
eraph and telephone pole. and showed noble ap-
pFIaehe5 sgPed 70 Rafkf by ana forest Of nnsighy poles
He showed one such place where Two rlEaI CON- COIL
esf chasfs White as to the upper part but one com,
Pany hq9 5i palareo me other bright red The effect
was sufficientIy patriotic to bring tears to the
gs-nfIy and harmoniously into the surrounding
landscape is the one left quite untouegq q; bn ny
bat white A dull green will render it com
PFrey af5iB 8efeId be- fenderg @ folded about
as high as a can reach and a QUICK I rII1Ims ing
vine PLANTED at the foot. the telegraph poie pc
comes quite innocent and even approaches the
pleasing MISS GoULD's HOME.
..1+ &c = strange. sad thing" said the lecturer,
,oournfulIv that railroads invariably run through
the most unattractive portions Of towns and cities
The worst pureus Of the place seem to nuooie
about the steel rails. That being the case II Is
an 1nn1ixed blessing that most Of the great roads
are roW SPENDING large sums for the beaUuhca-
ton Of their depot grounds -.-
The New-York Central has its own greenhouses;
from which il sends out the necessary plants ana
sIrTTtflerv to the different depots every spring.
Dr. Tolnan then gave, as an example .o. oL tre ne
highest development Of landscape art a series VI VI
tee1if7,I views OF Iyndhurst Miss GOuld's country
home al Irvington The name is derived from rom
me linden trees which form the feature OF the
Iandscape The gray stone house. standing or a
eI5r+ elevation overlooking the HUDSON eIIlooNereu
~ +raee and ivv presents ulike effects
The Mace is celebrated for its magnihcent trees
+ta irdiyidualitv Of each Of which mas been pre-
served and fostered. Winding drives, oroad sweeps
of lawn magnificent trees, bits OF stohe
On oL oyer77Ing with ivy and guarded by
so1a1nn rows Of stiff. old fashioned holly
secluded hooks wild with the ferns and uItouened
growth Of the forest; pleached ALLEYS bi4sn1g @ ig
1inL with laurel or fruit trees IN spr1ns-alI Iolu
~ ar+ expressed in of its highest forms -.
The lecture closed with some views OF tne 5G 59uo
homes and twelve schools Of the Female GuaTudh
society for whose benefit this course was gwen