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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-05-22
SPECIAL.


I desire to inform you that the Manager
Of our Agency for Barre and vicinity, Mr..
II. IA. Hughes, Is absent IN the West with
touring party, inspecting our property in
terests in Arizona, California and Old Mex
leo. The party Is composed Of the Western
New England Agents Of our firm, with
number of their clients who have chartered
from the Pullman Palace Car Company the
private car & Haslemere," which win be
their home during this tOur
Their itinerary includes visits TO almost
al Of the enterprises which have been
financed by us. In Arizona they viii inspect
the plant Of the " Standard Shelter Eek
press, '"El Captain, = Prosperity, " Empire
State mines, and a number of other proper
ties in the Territory; in California, the
Union Consolidated oil wells and Refinery,
the q POtosi- Orleans" and Gold Tunnel
mines; and in Old Mexico, the Aurora,
and Z" Nizuaga gold mines. They will make
stops at the following cities: Chicago,
Kansas City, Prescott, Ariz., Los Angeles,
san Diego and San Francisco, Cal, salt
Lake City, Utah, Colorado Springs and
Denver, Col
Mr.. Hughes Is expected to return 70 his
Office, So Miles Block, ON or about the 10th
Of June. In the interim, any business Will
be carefully looked after by addressing 60
Hills Block, Hartford, Conn.
Il. BALDWIN HAMMITT,
Manager Western New England Agencies.
DOUGLAS, LACEY & CO,
Bankers, Brokers and Financial Agents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-05-22

Group instantly relieved. DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil Perfectly safe. Never
fails. at any drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02

cashiers counter. II was noticed at
once that the signature was not that OF
Ludwig. and that the name was spelled
wrongly. The cashier told Barnholtz
to return to the bank in few minutes.
In the meantime Chief of Police Daven-
port was informed and when the man
entered the bank to eecure the money
he ran into the arms of the law The
tote was signed VIM. Maurer and FRED
Lunvick. When confronted with his
guilt Barnholtz admitted his name was
not Maurer and said that he had taken
the note to a saloon and had got two
men to sign it. The men were looked
for, but could not be found. Barnholtz
secured an attorney ard the hearing OF
the case has been postponed. 1t Is
claimed that the trick is something of
an old one with tho innocent looking
farm hand, and that about two weeks
ago he forged the name of Fred Becker,
a wealthy retired farmer near Leeds to
n note for 5000 and secured the money.
Later when discovered he returned the
money, 5000 at one time and $lOO just
before he attempted the Ludwig
forgery. Where he got the money Is a
mystery the police are trying to ferret
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
Iowa at Wa shinaton.

washington, d. c., Feb. 2.-Postmas-
tiers appointed: Harvard, Wayne coun-
.ty, L. II. Allen, vice ID. G. Campbell.
resigned; Lacona, Warren county, Il.
w. Shupe, vice T. c. Persley, removed;
Norwalk, Warren county, Emanuel
Berry, vice c. f. Grow, removed; Tus-
keega, Decatur County. Luther Bason,
vice Everett j. Teale, removed.
Rural free delivery letter carriers APP
pointed: Arlington Ruby l.. Peck, SUBJ
stitute, James II. Peck; Leighton, Dirk
Vanaaften, substitute, John Vanaaften,
resigned.
The comptroller Of the currency has
approved the application OF the follow
ing persons to organize the First Ma
tional Bank of Deep River. capital va
900; III. w. Halter j. r. Morris, Aaron
Cover w. w. Kirr and John Hall, Jr.
The comptroller of the currency has
extended the corporate existence of the
First National Bank of Burlington until
the close of business on Feb. l, 1923.
Postmasters commissioned: Simon j.
Max. Inwood: Andrew H. Bjorgo. Ken
sett: Hiram Lamb. Murray; Edwin NJ.
Parker, Newell.
Miss olive conge.. of Seymour has
heen appointed to a $1,000 clerkship in
the treasury department..
The contract for carrying mall from
r.orimor to Macksburg has been award
ed to A. Il. Cross, OF Lorimor
The following 1owans nave Deeh
granted pensions:
Originals-August Paul, DehiharA'
Sc. ~
increase, Reissue, etc.-Amandus W.
Rea, Colesburg, IS; Thomas Young
henderson, $40; James A. Bunch, keo-
,<uk $50; Anthony l.. Meyers, Daven-
mort. s14: Jacob Free, Eddyville, $12;
Henry Terry, Soldiers Home. Mar
shutdown, IS; Cassius NJ. Morse, Ne
vada. $40.
Widows. Minors and Dependent Rel
atives-Ursula l.. Parker. Union, S..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02

statute on periury. and Howard was
saving in a low voice, Ten years at
hard labor In the penitentiary." Ten
wears is long time, Mr.. Barber, it's
long time BARRIERS knees failed
him, and he sank gasping to the floor.
and imploring them TO tell MIN what
they meant.
1T means said Olmstead, that If
you ever open your lips again in re.
gard to the money from those notes you
beat YOUR wife out of / will send you
over the road for perjury. You have
sworn that you lost it in Chicago. You
did lose it. You haven't any money
now"
When the full comprehension of the
new state of affairs had filtered thru
his dazed and stunned mind Barber
asked for 500 to get away with. Ohm
stead only laughed. He asked for SIS.
Finally upon signing receipt in full
for $500 Olmstead gave him $40 and
kicked him out of the office. Without a
cent, Barber hunted up some of his
gilded lady friends upon whom he had
showered his wealth in days of plenty,
but they only laughed at him. His
clothes grew rusty. his hands hard
again and his spirit broken. Contact
with the hard world caused George to
turn his thoughts to his former healthy
life of ease and plenty, and then to
Attorney Olmstead, who had taken his
$4,000 III trust and had turned on him.
Barber made up his mind he would as
soon go to the penitentiary as to work
at hard labor on the streets for the rest
OF his life, and then possibly to send
TOlmstead over the read. that would all
most be worth the penitentiary itself.
He worked his way back to Webster
City and started the famous suit of
Barber VS.. Olmstead.
In defense of the suit Oimstead In
troduced a day book in which were
charges of money advanced to Barber,
the whole footing III, to $500. James
+. Howard started out to corroborate
the testimony of Olinstead in every de-
tail, but the skillful attorneys tangled
him up and he determined to drop Olm-
stead and clear himself at any cost.
That night Howard held a secret con-
sultation with the plaintiffs attorneys
and showed them the plot and how by
the aid of u powerful reading glass
they could see the changes made in the
day book charges. The next day in
court was an eventful one for Olmstead
and with difficulty he kept from faint
ing. The verdict of Judge Weaver also
instituted disbarment proceedings for
both Olmstead and Howard.
The money secured in the suit was
divided between George Barber, his
former wife and the attorneys, and oncs
more George was flush. His previous
experience with women seemed to have
no beneficial effect. III was ready to
listen again to the first one to pick him
up. Myrtle A. Wright was this woman.
Under promise to marry him she in
duced Barber to take her and her broth
er to Colorado town, where she had
him insure his life for $1,000. Barber
died soon after under circumstances
which pointed to poison. The insurance
company fought the case, but finally
settled it for SLIGO The chemists
analysis OF the stomach revealed large
quantities of strychnine. There was
much talk of criminal prosecution at
the time, but 1t was finally decided to
let the matter drop.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
Mason City Gunsmith and Pawn
Broker Will Go to the
Penitentiary
GIVEN FOUR YEARS AND A HALF
Ably Will for That Length of Time
Make His Abode in the Saltwater
Penitentiary, Minnesota-Leng SEN
tence Because He Was an Old Often
der-DetaiIs Of Case.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to mes-Republican.
Mason City, Feb. 2.-Mason City will
be without one of it's citizens for few
years. Henry Ably, the gunsmith and
fence" was sentenced at Fairmont,
Mimi, to four and a half years in the
penitentiary, and HIS accomplice to six
months in the reform school at Stillwa-
ter. Ably posed here as a gunsmith and
a pawnbroker. He was an expert me-
chanic and could make any kind of key
in existence. He repaired guns, locks,
keys, and sold second hand goods for
side line. 1t was discovered that his
side line was his real business and the
mechanical work only ruse to cover
up the fence" Last summer stores in
southern Minnesota were broken into
mysteriously and goods disappeared, the
owners not discovering their loss some-
times till months after the theft. There
was no trace OF the burglars breaking
into window or door, and the manner
of the theft was q mystery A store at
Hanska was burglarized and the mer-
chant, Mr. Carlson, by chance missed
his property, number of shoes. The
next day in searching for the goods it
was found that box had been sent
from Madelia to Ably, at this city, by
Hall. The goods were located here and
Hall turned states evidence and Ably
was convicted by jury in a very short
time. Hall told how Ably had furnished
the keys for the various burglaries, told
the "weeders," as he called himself, how
to operate, and that they were shipped
to him here and sold. Ably had been,
apprehended at Sheffield for the same
offense and threatened to kill the city
marshal there and burn the town and
the marshal left after Ably's term at
prison expired. He then moved to Ma.
son City and began his old life. In the
court room, when the old man, whose
shiny black hair. streaked with grey,
grown long until it curled up on his
coat collar like the tail of a drake on a
damp morning, stood up on his one leg
to receive sentence. he seemed as un-
concerned as the same drake. would at
the prospect OF getting his feet wet.
When the judge asked him II he had
anything to say he shook his head and
remained silent. In answer to the
questions of the court he said he was
born at Galena, ILL.,, in 1853, and had
worked at his trade of gunSmith most
of his life. He had never married. The
judge, because of Ably having been an
old offender. sentenced him to four and
a half years at Saltwater penitentiary.
Archibald Hall, his aecomplice, said he
was the only son of well-to-do parents
in Virginia, and. being young and mex
perienced, the judge sentenced him to
six months at the ST. Cloud reforma-
tory, after exacting a promise that af-
ter his sentence he would go back home
to his parents and lead an upright life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
EDITORS WILL MEET.
Annual Convention OF the Northeastern
Iowa Press Association.

Annual Convention OF the Northeastern
Iowa Press Association.
Special to Times Republican.
Usage, Feb. 2.-The annual meeting
Of the Northeastern Iowa Press Assoc
citation will be held here on Thursday
and Friday, Feb. 10 and 20. L. B. Ray
mond, of the Hampton Recorder, is
president of the association and II. j.
Green, Of the Decorah Public Opinion,
secretary. The program follows:
Thursday, Feb. :e-Afternoon.
Enrolment of Members and Payment
OF Annual Dues.
What Are We Here For?"-Miles K.
Culver, ST. Ansgar Enterprise.
The Iowa Idea''-C. r. Graves, Usage
News.
THE Country Newspaper"-L. H.
Henry, Charles City Herald.
Famous Pearls and Pearl Fisheries
OF the Upper Mississippi"-H j. Net
calf, Lansing Mirror. (Subject selected
by request)
The evening will be at the disposal
OF the citizens of Usage for such enter
tainment as they may desire to extend,
a banquet to the visiting editors and
their wives at the New Cleveland being
a prominent feature.
Friday.
"Snap Shots'-Ferd S. Robinson.
Oelwein Register.
"Getting and Keeping Circulation
Frank Hobson. West Union Argo.
"How to Get Advertising Logan
Payne, OF the advertising agency of
PAYNE & Young, Chicago.
Better Late Than Never'-Edgar =.
Medary, Waukon Democrat.
"Railway Advertising Brant,
Iowa City Republican.
"Some Recollections" -Oc Cole, Fay
cite Postal Card.
"Why 1 Quit the Newspaper Busi-
ness"-S. A. Foster, Des Moines.
why Went Into the Newspaper
Rusiness"-E. N. Bailey, Britt Tribune.
Discussion: what Legislation
Should the Newspaper Men OF Iowa ASH
for at the Hands Of the Next Legisia-
ture, Taking Into Account Their own
Interests and Those OF the Public e
j. F. Crave, Wavery Independent: w.
r. Parrott, Waterloo Reporter; Q. W..
Miller, Waverly Democrat; Ed Madi-
gan. GAINESVILLE Star; and II. L. Ram,
Manchester Press.
Election of officers.
f. r. Conway, secretary OF the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition com
mission for Iowa, will be present In the
interest of the exposition.
Those on the program, excepting up-
on the discussion, should be In readl-
ness to be called upon at any time
should circumstances make it necessary
to economic time.
Headquarters at the New Cleveland.
Drop postal card 10 f. G. Ellsworth,
Usage, If you expect to attend, and
whether you will be accompanied by
ladies or not.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
Gilman.
Special to Republican.

SpeClQl 10 S-RepuDI1can.
Gilman, Feb. about forty Of the
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nc
Grew gathered at their home, five miles
southwest of town, on Saturday even
ing and surprised that worthy couple on
the occasion of the twenty fifth ami
versary Of their wedding day. Refresh
ments were provided and served by the
ladies of the party and a general good
time was enjoyed until the near APP
proach Of the Sabbath warned the self
invited guests that the departure for
their homes was necessary, and one of
the happiest OF surprise parties came
to an end.
Roy Comstock, who with his three
brothers and two sisters, was sent to
the Lemon Orphans Home at Council
Bluffs about five years ago on account
OF the death of his father and the in
ability of his widowed mother to sup-
port the family, came from his home
AT Greenwood, Neb., Friday for short
visit with his aunt, Mrs. p. Gravy, and
family. Roy has developed into a young
man of good, steady habits and excel
lent character as far as his friends can
Judge, and has been at work on farm
near Greenwood for some time past.
r. l.. Parker and wife came from
Gladbrook Saturday evening and re-
NAMED over Sunday visiting their rela-
tlves here. Mr.. Parker returned to
Gladbrook this morning, but his wife
will remain few days.
Earl P. Carney came home from
G,adbrook Sunday evening and goes
this evening to Grinnell to commence
his course at Iowa College.
Claude Patterson came home from
school at Grinnell Gil Friday evening
and returned Sunday evening.
Charles Stewart and wife entertained
a party of friends st their pleasant
home in Highland township on Satur-
day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
Deep River Notes.

Snecial to Times Republican.
Deep River Feb. 2.-The young wife
If George Eyler, of What Cheer, died at
tbe home of her father, Thomas Giles
ME last Wednesday. She was victim
If consumption, and leaves husband
and two children.
The building for our new water
works plant is nearly completed, and
when furnished will prove quite an adj
.d,tion to our town. Work has been
greatly delayed on the laying OF the
mines on account of cold weather.
Miss Maude Halter, our genial post
mistress, is going thru siege of ty-
nhoid fever. Charlie Platt, who has
been lying sick so long with the same
disease, is slowly improving.
The last number of our lecture course
was held last night at the opera house,
i'm the form OF lecture entitled "Tha
sunny Side of Life" ad was given by
Lou Beauchamp. The entire course this
year has been greatly enjoyed by our
people,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
RULERS OF THE WORLD.
Meat Eating Nations are the Leaders
in Every Branch of Human Ad-

4 SvVsy
vancement.
The ruling nations of the world are
meat eaters and HISTORY records that
they always have BEEN.
ycgetarians and food cranks may
axplain this in any way they choose,
but the facts remain that the Ameri-
cans. English. French, Russians and
Germans. are meat eating nations,
md they also are the most energetic
and most progressive.
The principal food of the heroic
Boer soldier known as Biltong, sort
of dried beef. afforded a great deal o.
snourishment in a highly concentrated
form.
!; The weak races OF people are the
rice eating Chinese. Hindoos and ST.
,arnese. regarded since the dawn OF
history as non-progressive, supersti-
tious and inferior physically and men
tally to the meat eating nations who
dominate them.
I. The structure Of the teeth plainly
indicates that human beings should
eubsist upon. q variety of food, meat,
fruit and grains. and it is unhygenic
{. to CONNIE ones diet to any one OF
those classes Ito the exclusion of an
other.
Meat is the most concentrated and
most easily digested of foods, but our
manner Of living is often so unnat-
Nral that the digestive organs refuse TO
properly digest meat, eggs, and SIM
liar nutritious and wholesome food,
but It is, not because such food is IN.
wholesome, but the real reason is that
the stomach lacks, from disease or
weakness, some necessary digestive
element; hence. arises indigestion
and later on chronic dyspepsia.
Nervous people should eat plenty OF
ment. convalescents should make meat
the principal food, hard working peo-
Dle have to do go, and brain workers
and Office men should eat, not SO much
meat but at least once O day and to
Insure its perfect digestion. one or. two
Stuart,s Dyspepsia Tablets should be
taken after each meal, because they
supply the peptones. diastase. and
fruit acids, lacking in every case OF
stomach trouble.
Nervous dyspepsia, catarrh of the
stomach, gastritis. sour stomach, gas
and acidity, are only different names
for indigestion, the failure to digest
wholesome food, and the use of Stuart's
Catarrh Tablets cures them all because
by affording perfect digestion the
stomach has chance to rest and re-
cover It's natural tone and vigor.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the
real household medicine: 1t Is as safe
and pleasant for the stomach ache of
the baby as 1t is for the imperfect di-
I. gestion Of its grand sire.
They are not a cathartfc, but d.
gestive, and no pill habit can ever
follow their use; the only habit that
Stuart's Tablets induce Is the habit
OF good digestion and consequently
\ good health.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
NEARLY KILLED sY GAS.
Mysterious Case at Washington, low

Mysterious Case at Washington, Iowa
Henry Stoner Overcome in Hotel.
Washington, Iowa, Feb. 2.-Henry
Stoner. a middle-ag'2d man, was over
come by escaping gus in the Hotel Benz
Saturday night and his recovery is
doubtful. Stoner has made his home In
different hotels the past twenty years.
He came In on late train Saturday
night and retired to his room. He was
found by the porter yesterday morning
in precarious condition. Mr.. Stoner
has been suffering with rheumatism
and when he turned off the gas his UNI
steady arm probably turned it on again.
Stoner has been railroad bridge man
for years and has no family or relatives
ir this vicinity. A SIMILAR tragedy oc-
CURED at the Hotel Colenso with a
young man of one OF the Milwaukee
railway camps few weeks ago and he
is now recovering.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
FORGED $500 NOTE.
John Barnholtz, of Sioux City, Wanted
Sornc Easy Money.

Sioux City, Feb. 2.-John Barnholtz, a
farm hand, whom The police declare
looks more like gold brick victim than
forger is in Jail here charged with
attempting to secure 5000 from the
First National Bank by securing forged
signatures to note for that amount
Earnholtz went to the bank and asked
for the loan of the money on note
saying he would get Fred Ludwig, a
retired farmer, to sign the instrument
for him. The note was made out and
he departed. In short time he re-
turned and threw the paper across the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
the cR,NNELL NEWS.
to Tlmes-Republican.

Special to es-Republican.
Grinnell, Feb. 2.-Mrs. Jennie Thomp-
son arrived Saturday evening from.
Alva, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. H. Robbins enter
tanned at a dinner part Saturday even
ing.
Frank Hays is assisting in the Met"
in the place of Chase Sharp who is
Iemployed with James & Dickinson.
n. O, Larson, of Des Moines, has ac-
cepted position with Carney, Brande
4, Clarke as stenographer and book
keeper.
p. II. Mcclure has been night man
at the Iowa Central freight depot in
place of e. C. Eaton during Mr.. Eatons
illness.
Caroline Jones left for Chicago today.
Mrs. C. E. Mayo's death occurred last
Saturday after a long. lingering III
ness. The funeral was from the Metho-
dist church yesterday and the interment
was in the Chester Center cemetery
n. j. Bray went to Des Moines yes
terday to attend the grand banquet
given by the knights of Columbus, Of
which society he is a member.
Mrs. Professor Johnson entertained
part of the faculty of ladies Saturday
afternoon.
The college basketball team defeated
Iowa city at the gymnasium Saturday
night by score of to 5.
Mrs. ]. p. Lyman entertained at a
dinner party Saturday for friends to
meet Mr. and Mrs. Carter. Mr.. Lyman
and Mr. Carter were in the legislature
together.
Mrs. George McMurray entertained at
. o'clock lunch Saturday in honor of
Mrs. DR.. Ed Vest, of Montezuma, VINO
came up to attend the college play.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
slender Clue to Dayton Robbery.

Fort Dodge, Feb. "a Slender clue
TO the robbers of the Dayton postoffice
has developed in the disappearance of
a tiny watch which was the property
OF the postmistress, Miss Kate Warner.
1t is believed the burglars took the
watch with the rest of the plumber
from the postoffice, and the officers
are hoping that 1t will be offered for
sale some place and that they vii.
thus get on the trail of the robbers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
Retire. After az Years in Business.

shellsburg, Feb. after being in
business continuously here for forty
two years, William kreader has dis
posed of his stock on account of Ill
health and will pass the balance of
his life in quiet retirement. Mr.. Kreader
was at one time mayor of Shellsburg,
He has held many other positions Of
trust and was a few years ago a cam
didate for the nomination for sher-
700
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-02
YOU'D RATHER SMOKE

afood cigar than an inferior weed. We can suit
FOUR taste whether you prefer mild or strong closs
~ our ciQar stock and We latter ourselves thss
orf Judgment u pretty good. les: II sndseA
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-03-25
WAITING FOR DEVELOPMENT
Today or Tonight is Expected to
Decide the Fate of Mr..
Mulverhill. &

Conformation comes to the Progress
that today will decide the fate, very
likely, with E. P. Mulvihill who
was shot day or two ago by Pete
Morris. 1t is thought the time has
arrived for a change, either for better
or for worse, but up to just before
noon today when the Progress had a
telephone message he was only resting
moderately we'll, though he was not
suffering to- any great extent. 1t
may be that change will take place
tonight, but it is hoped that it
will be for the better. ssen
His brother, P W. Mulvihill, one
of the directors of the First National
Bank at Natchez, is in the city car
rying for the wounded man. He
also has another brother, the postmas-
ter at Vicksburg by that name, and
the three brothers came from one: of
the best families of Natchez or Vicks-
burg. MM$g gsH aaszsss $4,000 "a.
The difficulty here was a very nm
fortunate affair. Mr.. Morris is still
confined in Jail where he will remain
until the nature of the wound of Mr..
Mulvihill is better known. He. is
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-03-25

There is one gentleman out in this
county for state senator and one out
for representative, but it may be pre-
sumed that there will be others. All
the material has not been exhausted
by any means and there are some men
yet who may come to the front fol
either senator or representative.
Many names have been mentioned, but
the parties seem to be slow about COM
ing out