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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-19
How to Wrap Up chrfstma. Gifts.

How to Wrap Up Christmas Gifts.
 A dainty gift deserves dainty cover ing. The foremost idea in a gift be- stower's mind is to please its recipient, and as first impressions are always the most lasting the manner in which the remembrance is got up oftentimes goes a long way in the pleasure of it. A quantity of pure white wrapping pa- per can be bought for a small sum, and with one or two pieces of baby ribbon in white, light blue, pink or green, which can be had as low as 10 cents apiece, each containing ten yards, you can do up a multitude of your Christmas offerings in a way that will be delightful, says the Philadelphia Record. A more elaborate idea, new this year, is to tie them up in cracker bonbcn style in crape tissue paper and ribbon. This costs little more than the first way named, but is very ef fective, and the cost can be reduced by craping the paper yourself and tying with baby ribbon instead Of the wider Ssy,r
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-19

suddenly became very Jo1ly, ana as he finished the meal he pulled out the family pocketbook and said:
 ''Mrs. Bowser, you've been cut rather short for the last two or three weeks, and you'd better take this twenty to sort of even you up. I'll get tickets for the theater tonight, and tomorrow you'd better go down to the cloak sale and see what you can find to suit you"
 M QUAD,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-19
ITO BE coNTINUED.l

The Monkey-Say, Gt, have you seen my brother Bill?
 The Giraffe-I saw him making faces at the lion yesterday, but he hasn't been seen since New York Evening
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
PRAYER.

The hearts of men. how strangely have
= they strayed!
The thoughts Of men are wearied find-
ing out
The deeper thoughts of God, who. undis-
mayed,
Moves on through all their maze Of
fear and doubt,
And works His own sublime and change
less plans
Nor asks His wisdom to be led by mans.
And since there is no light within so
bright
As that which shines around the fault
less throne
Where cherubim are gathered day and
night.
And God speaks often kindly to His
own,
Then let us boldly come by night or day,
And kneeling very low. o. let us pray.
Tho wants Of man are manifold; they
grow
with growth OF His large nature, UNI
supplied;
His needs are bounded not by bread or
low
Life-luxuries to crafty his pride;
But something cries for beauty from
within;
And something weeps for sorrow for his
sin
So there is craving for the things that
lie
Beyond the senses-for the spirits own;
And there is hunger and the yearning cry
For love that leaves us not at last
alone;
We would enlarge our boundaries-obey
The higher calling-therefore, Let US
pray"
ELLA Beardsley, in Boston Watchman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09

ment he reappeared. opened the con-
Meeting door and ushered the visitor
into Mr.. Van Horne's private Office.
As she entered the Van Horne Of
fee Miss Carmody paused in evident
surprise, but with no sign of confu-
sion, as Mr.. William Chalmers bowed
and advanced to meet her.
II am pleased to receive you, and
hope that ] may be of some service
to you, Miss Carmody," said Mr.. Chal-
mers as he motioned his visitor to a
seat on a divan. my name is Chal-
mers; 1 am Mr.. Van Horne's manag-
ing editor"
II had expected to meet Mr.. Van
Horne" said Miss Carmody. There
was disappointment in the tone of
her voice.
Mr.. Van Horne Il in Europe" said
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
The President in Santa Fe.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, May 6.-President
Roosevelt spent three hours and
twenty minutes Tuesday in this city,.
whose historic buildings and monu-
ments seemed to be of intense inter
est to him. At the capitol he made
an address, speaking for 20 minutes,
to an audience of fully 10000. Presi--
dent Roosevelt said it was a great
pleasure to him to come to New
Mexico, from which territory more
than half of the members of his regi-
ment came.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09

tive of the Independent baking pow
der companies, arrived from his home
on the noon train from the west yes
terday and gave himself over to the
custody of Sheriff Smith, who had n.
warrant for his arrest. Senator Sui
Ivan in the afternoon gave bond in
the sum of $1,000, and, after securing
a copy of his indictment, left on the
six o'clock train for the east.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
CHAPTER WI.

The hundreds of columns of space
devoted by the New York morning
papers to the great event could have
been condensed into n. few para
graphs, so far as any true explanation
of the mystery was concerned.
Six men, whose combined wealth
was variously estimated at from
$500, O00, 900 to $1,250, 100000, had dis
appeared as suddenly and completely
as if the earth had opened and
swallowed them. Four of them
Messrs. Pence, Kent, Haven and Nor
ton-had been in the latter's Office
about four o'clock on Monday after
noon. Mr.. Morton's secretary was
sure they held no conference at this
time, and said they soon left the
building. He thought they left to-
gether, and supposed they went away
in carriages or in an automobile. 1t
was not uncommon for men distin-
rushed in the world of affairs to
meet at Mr.. Morton's office. Mr..
Morton had arranged for an impor-
tant conference with some railroad
men at his office for the following
morning at II o'cblock. The corre-
spondence files showed that fact con-
clusively. Mr.. Morton had telephoned
to his residence that he would not
be home to dinner. This was not I'M
usual. That was absolutely all that
was known of Mr.. Morton's move
ments or plans.
John M. Rockwell was in his Office
from II o'clock until about two in
the afternoon. He transacted bust
ness as usual and had planned to
start on trip to Chicago the follow
ing day. His private car had been
ordered to the Pennsylvania depot.
Andrus Carmody was to accompany
him on this business journey. Both
Of these gentlemen had left word at
their residences that they would not
be home to dinner. Hiram Haven did
not leave his Office until nearly four
o'clock. This was about his usual
hour, and there was nothing in his
correspondence or instructions to in
dicate that he would fail to be on
hand at the regular hour on Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. Kent's failure to arrive at his
Office nearly drove his brokers dis
fracted. They admitted that he had
left them certain commissions to fill
on Tuesday morning, but the nature
of them or how they were executed
they declined to make public. He
left his Office about four o'clock Mon
day afternoon, but did not say where
he was going.
For the first time in 40 years Simon
Pence failed to come home. Only on
rare occasions did he remain away
from a home dinner. He had stated
that business engagement would
keep him in the city during the even
ing, but that he would be back at q
seasonable hour. The police officials
were notified at midnight of his fail
ure to return to his residence. Not
fully approaching the significance OF
this event they made no search for
the missing man, and classed 1t
among the cases of this kind so IA
miIiar to the hardened members Of
the night police force Of the metrop-
oils. ----
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
r...n,.d Emnloymen. of a spotter.

Horton, Kan, May eighty ma
chinists employed in the Rock Island
railway shops here are on a strike
because the company employed
George Bell, an alleged spotter. to
report cases of delinquency. The
company has been asked to discharge
Dell. The mayor has ordered all
saloons closed. Six hundred men are
affected.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
PROPOSED GIFT REFUSED.
Attorney Folk VIII Not Accept n e16,-
900 Residence rendered Him by APP
preciative st. Louis People.

St. Louis, May. 6.-Circuit Attor-'
ney Folk has refused to accept the
proposed gift of residence to cost
$15,OOO,. offered him by appreciative
St. Louis people. The funds for this
purpose had already been subscribed.
and nothing was wanting to COM
plete the presentation except the con-
sent of Mr.. Folk.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09

Here was clew worth following.
A special train with the best de-
tective talent in New York, was pre-
pared and dispatched to Province
town. But the developments which
speedily followed, deepened the mys-
terry and puzzled the cool-beaded
chief of the detective force. Between
four and five o'clock the same after
noon letters were received by rela.
tives of John M. Rockwell and An
drus Carmody. These letters were
at once placed in the hands of the
detectives and not made public. This
was in compliance with instructions
which had been issued by the chief.
The Rockwell letter was postmarked
Springfield, Massachusetts," The
Carmody letter was mailed from a
Harlem district in New York city.
Fairly the following morning
Thursday-a letter from Albany, N.
Y, was received from r. ]. Kent, and
another was mailed to the Simon
Pence residence from Brooklyn. Mr..
Hiram Haven was rs yet unaccount-
ed for, but late in the afternoon word
was received from him from Phil
adelphia. These letters were OF a
purport similar to the Morton let
ter. They were written on several
kinds of paper, and there was no
uniformity in envelopes. The Pence
letter was written with lead pencil.
The detectives descended on the
peaceful citizens of Provincetown;
which sand-girt village of Cape Cod
found itself of a sudden possessed
of the center of the stage. Probably
no town in America affords less OPP
portunities for secretiveness than
Provincetown. There is but one
street in the villagc-a narrow, wind
ing lane which follows the sinuosity
of the harbor.
But the detectives were not dis
mayed. There were hundreds of fish
ing boats at their deep-sea toll, and
their shippers were interviewed.
So were the trainmen and conduc-
tors. The latter were positive that
no man answering Mr.. Morton's de-
scription had Travelled over the single
road which runs up Cape Cod PENN
sula. Two detectives were left at
Provincetown to continue the search
for clews, and the others received
telegraphic instructions to proceed
to Springfield, Mass, and Albany. n. Y.
On Friday the New York papers
contained brief accounts of the dis
appearance of one L. Sylvester Vim
cent, n Chicago gentleman, who fol-
lowed the profession of promoting
enterprises and inventions. Mr.. Vim
cent had been stopping at the Broad
way Central hotel. He was described
as a gentleman of impressive bear
ing and rare charms of conversa-
ton. Mr.. Vincent had registered in
the hotel two weeks before the time
when his absence was noted. His no.
tel bill was due, and repeated efforts
to present this little matter to Mr..
vincent's attention disclosed the
fact that he had not been in his
rooms since Monday night. An ex-
animation of his effects revealed a
much frayed evening suit. small
collection of unwashed linen, the
prospectus of a plan for a ship ca
nal connecting Pittsburg with Lake
Erie, and a pocket dictionary.
In the light of much greater events
the fate of L. Sylvester Vincent made
so feeble a flicker that it was I'M
noticed by the great reading public
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
p,.ck R.nublIc Near Destruction.

Washington, May 6.-The following
telegram was received at the state
department from Consul General
Maxwell at San Domingo City: Vas
ouez's government fallen. New pro-
visional government organized. En-
tire territory under its control Gen.
Wosy Gil provisional president"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
Coat nf labor Foo Great.

New York, May 6.-President Jo-'
seph Ramsey, Jr., of the Wabash rail-
road, has ordered stopped all con-
struction work not absolutely neces-
sary in carrying out the principals
plans of the company, owing to the
high price of labor and material.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
Nh Crime to Br,be Negroes.

Washington, May 6.-The supreme
court has declared invalid section 5507
of the revised statutes, respecting the
bribery of persons protected by the
fifteenth amendment and released
Henry Bowman, who was arrested
for bribing negroes at an election
for congress in the Fifth Kentucky
district.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
CHAPTER VII.
MISS HELEN CARMoDY.

MISS HELEN CAHMOD1'
Kindly send my card to Mr.. Van
Horne" The office boy bowed to n
lady heavily yelled, accepted a card
on which was printed, Helen Car
mody," and disappeared for mo-
ment into an inner room. In mo-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09

Certified Check for $lOOOOO deposited W
The Record In First National Bank.
Miss Carmody's face was radiant
with pleasure.
But you should not do that" said
she. at is not your place to devote
this large sum of money for the
benefit of those in whom you have
but the general interest of all law
abiding citizens. AS you know, my
father is very wealthy. In my own
name and right 1 have n large
amount of money which / can OBJ
tain at any time. I am sure" she
said with a smile, "that papa will re-
turn me any money spend in try
ing to find him. You must let me
advance this money. wish to offer,
through the Record, $250,0O0 reward,
and in addition / wish you to en-
ploy in this search as large a num-
Der of your staff as you can spare,
and have it done entirely ut my ex-
pense. They will find that i am a
liberal employer. Of course / shall
not publicly appear in the mat
ter In any way. 1 have already
contributed to the general fund
which has been subscribed by
the relatives of the missing men,
but 1 have so little faith Ill
the authorities and the private de-
tectives that wish to take the step
have indicated. You must not re-
fuse me. You know what you prom
iscd to do" and Miss Carmody
blushed in a way which made her
radiantly charming.
ITO Be Continued
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
Cir, Drowned in Kansas Stream.

Russell, Kan, May 6.-Heavy rains
Monday night swelled the streams.
At the crossing of Salt creek, about
seven miles northwest of Russell,
Miss Orpha Hughes was drowned
yesterday morning and Ed c. Miles.
the carrier, had narrow escape
from the same fate.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
nian.t Wait To Dress.

Joplin, No., May 6.-Bob Colvin, .
desperate character who was recent
" convicted of highway robbery in
Phelps county, and who escaped from
prison, got away from Sheriff Cooper
and three deputies here by leaping
from a two-story window in his night
garments.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
m. RelIance Outsailed BY Columbia.

Glen Cove, L. l., May Cit re-
quired just 20 minutes yesterday for
the peerless cup defender Columbia
to demonstrate that in light wind
and beating to windward she is D.
better boat than the new Herress--
hoff cup yacht Reliance.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
GAVE HIMSELF UP,
Senator Sullivan Goes to jefferson City ana
Gives Bond TO Answer the Charge OF
the Cole County Grand Jury.

Jefferson City, No., May 6.-Sena-
tor w. P. Sullivan, of Christian coun-
ty, indicted by the Cole county grand
jury last week for soliciting a bride
from Whitney Layton, q representa-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
Es KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
ATale Of Wall Street
and the Tropics 81 81
By FREDERICK u. ADAMS

Copyright, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-09
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS REWARD!
The New York Record offers this Sum
for the Rescue Of the Missing Mil
lionaires and the Capture
of the Abductors!

Certified Check for 100000 deposited by
The Record In First National Bank
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
WENT AS A CONSUL.
Negro Porter Had the Nerve to
Pose as High Official on
Ocean Liner.

A negro valet named A. L. Allen, in
the service of an Antwerp family, was
allowed vacation some time ago in
order to go to Washington to see his
family.
He returned from New York on the
Red Star steamship Kroonland, but
allowed himself to be booked as United
States vice consul at Antwerp, and
was thus placed at the head OF the
frst-class passenger list.
Much attention was paid him by the
personnel of the steamship, and much
speculation went the rounds as to how
the consular officials at Antwerp would
relish the newcomer.
Several New York papers announced
the departure of ga. L. Allen, United
States consul general at Antwerp, on
the Kroonland."
The United States consul general at
Mannheim was on the steamer, and
words cannot express the feelings OF
this official on seeing who had been
taken By the other passengers as one
of his colleagues.
On arriving at Antwerp the valet re-
sumed his duties as bOOtblacl1 and gen
eral utility man to his former master.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
A EDICT AGAINST NEGROES.
Indiana Farmers Are Driving
Them Out.

Farmers in Dearborn and adjoining
counties in Indiana are making de
termined war upon negroes as result
of the murder of Miss Anna Kaiser.
Many families have been ordered to
leave, and negroes employed by farm
ers are being discharged. 1t is esti-
mated that 100 negroes have been
driven out of the rural districts of
Dearborn county alone in the last three
DAYS.
A committee of farmers, headed by
Martin J. Kaiser, Jr., brother CT the
murdered girl, waited upon the super
intendent of the Big Four construction
work at Guilford and notified him that
the negroes employed by him must
leave. He said that he would meet
with the farmers and conform to any
demands they would make, but if the
negroes were discharged work would
have to cease, as it is impossible to
get white men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
KILLED SNAKE AND DIED.
Ohio Widow Stays Reptile, but Is
Frightened to Death.

Mrs. Cecilia Brandy, of Rio Grande,
a small village in Gallia county Ohio,
met death in peculiar manner few
DAYS ago. Mrs. Brandy is widow
living alone. She noticed her pet cat
intently watching something in the
garden, and it did not move.
She went out into the garden and
was in the act of picking up the ami
NAL when she was Mortified to- see a
large black snake few inches away
with its small beady eyes riveted on
the cat. Mrs. Brandy realized that the
snake had charmed the cat, and hurr ed
to the woodpile, where she secured a
large club. When she returned the
snake, which had never once taken its
eyes from the cat, had crawled closer,
so that the mouth of the snake was
only al inch or two from the cats head.
Mrs. Brandy raised the club and struck
the snake across the back about foot
from the head. 1t tried to bite her,
but she kept out of reach of Its fangs.
The cat regained its senses when the
snake died.
Just as Mrs. Brandy struck the last
blow she tainted away. Neighbors
who witnessed the fight fastened to
her assistance. She was taken into
the house and died few hours later
from apoplexy. She was 81 years old
and owned considerable property. The
snake was of the black species, and
was little more than five feet in
length
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
A Most Remarkable City.

One of the most remarkable cities
in the world is Kelberg, near Cracow,
Poland, for besides being situated
underground it is excava5ed entirely
in rock salt. The inhabitants, 10 tie
number of over 5000, are of course
workers in the famous salt mines, and
all streets and houses are of the pur-
est white imaginable. One of the
famous features OF the city Is the
cathedral. carved in salt and lighted
With electric lights, and when the late
Gear Alexander visited 1t he was so
fascinated with the magnificent effect
of the light upon the crystal walls
that he presented the cathedral with a
ieweled altar cross. Such thing as
infectious disease is unknown in Kel-
berg; in fact, the majority of the in
habitants die of old age.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
CHOPPED OFF HEAD.
Negro Near Macon Used Hoe on
Boy With Fatal Result.

Dan Jackson, colored, is in jail at
Macon charged with murder, awaiting
the action of the grand jury.
The crime with which Jackson is
charged is horrible in detail, eye wit
nesses saying that Eugene Thomas, the
murdered boy, had half of his head
cut away by the force of the blow de-
livered by jackson with a hoe.
The fatal difficulty occurred in cot
ton field near Macon, and according
to the evidence adduced at the coron-
er's inquest jackson had gotten pts,
tol with which to shoot Thomas
Younger brother. Thomas interfered,
and jumped on Jackson and took the
pistol away from him, whereupon the
latter struck him on the head with a
hoe, inHicting wound from which he
afterwards died.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
The American Shoe on the Alps.

American aggressiveness and indus
try have penetrated into the Alps of
Switzerland, and the Swiss people are
climbing their own mountains in Amer
lean made shoes, says Leslie's Weekly.
And this Notwithstanding the fact that
in Switzerland is one of the largest
shoe factories IN the world, factory
which turns out 5000 pairs of shoes a
day and is an important exporter to
the Latin-American countries. In 1901
the value of American shoes sold to
the rugged Swiss was more than $685.
600. Five years ago it was not possible
to buy in that country a shoe made in
the United States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
NEGRO EXODUS FROM SOUTH.
Movement in Hands of Secret Or
qaniZatiOn of Boston.

Plans have been completed by Sc
cret organization, says Boston dis
patch, for a wholesale negro exodus
from the south TO Boston, whence they
will be distributed through agrlcul-
tural and mining districts in the vest
The society numbers five hundred.
The southern headq uarters is said to
be in Georgia, but the exact location
is secret
The leaders say that five thousand
negroes are to land in Boston by the
tirst of july.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
Do 70 Enjoy WHAT You Eat?

If you don't your food does not do
you much good. KodOl Dyspepsia
Cure is the remedy that every one
should take when there is anything
wrong with the stomach. There is no
way to nourish except through the
stomach. The stomach must be kept
healthy, pure and sweet or the
strength will let down and disease will
set up No appetite, loss of strength,
nervousness, headache, constipation,
bal breath, sour risings, rifting, indi-
gestion, dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles are quickly cured by the use
of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
DAWSON DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
BIG DEAL IN GEORGIA PINE.
A Trade Closed INVOLVING $50, 600 Acres
in South Georgia Counties.

B.J Haden of Atlanta, represent
ing a syndicate of Ohio capitalists,
has closed trade for 100000 acres OF
land in South Georgia. The greater
portion of this property is located in
the counties of Ware, Clinch and
Charlton. The purchase price is not
given out, but the first payment,
amounting to 100000. it is said, has
been made.
Much of this land is in timber, and
as rapidly as it ia removed sugar cane
will be planted and such crops as sea
island cotton and tobacco cultivated
on large scale. 1t is estimated that
there is now standing onthe lands over
400, 900, 900 feet of yellow pine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-06-03
To Make Kerosene from Water.

A French inventor is In New York
with an invention to make substitute
for kerosene from water at cost OF one
cent per gallon. The fluid, he says,
will give five times the light and heat
of kerosene, aud is nOn-explosiye. If
the man can make good his claim he
will give Mr.. John D. Rockefeller ia
severe pain.