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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16

upon the brides finger, and everything
proceeded without unusual incident to
the end.
But when the register had to be
signed the bride absolutely refused.
She declared that she was not mar
ried, that she had never promised to
take the man for her husband and
that she could not and would not sign
the register. Husband. relatives and
clergyman failed to induce her to re-
lent, and eventually, after some hours
of fruitiess attempts at persuasion, the
party broke up, the brides section go
ing in one direction and the groom
and his friends in another.
The clergyman then found himSelf
in a peculiar position. In the eyes of
the church the marriage ceremony had
been completed and the couple were
man and wife. Legally. however, the
contract was incomplete. He could not
decide whether the woman was maid or
wife, and accordingly sought the aid
of the registrar general to decide the
point.
He suggested that the marriage GER
tificate might be made out with the
Endorsement MRS. - refuses to sign
the register" The Dublin officials
found the point too fine for them. and
instructed the minister to do as he sug-
gested, substituting the word female
for Mrs. -.
Thus the highest officials are unable
to decide whether the young woman is
married or single. She, herself. how
ever, has no doubt upon the question,
and persists that she was never mar
ried.
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summoned, and he and his assistants
Immediately enbalmed the body.
When Dr. Burt Wilder, who knew
it had been DR.. Conant's desire that
his brain should be presented to Cor
nell university, made application for
the brain of the dead physician he was
met at first by all manner of objec-
lions from the friends and relatives.
Yesterday, when the memorandum
clearly setting forth DR.. Conant's
wishes was found, David Brown, who
is executor under the will, was willing
that an autopsy should be performed
and the brain removed.
But when Dr. Wilder learned that
the body had been embalmed he de-
clared that the brain had been rem
dered useless. Thus what might have
been a valuable acquisition to medical
science and an interesting addition to
the collection of the Cornell society
was lost.
DR.. Conant was physician of more
than twenty years" wide experience.
He was at one time connected with the
health department of this city. Some
years ago he was stricken with dla-
betes He carefully watched and noted
the progress of his disease. and he
firmly held to the theory that it origi-
mated in the brain.
Funeral services for Dr. Conant were
held at his home by an assistant to
Or. Rainsford, rector of St Georges
Episcopal church.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
WILL DISTILL MONKS
FAMOUS LIQUEUR

PARIS. Oct 15.-The official receiver
appointed to manage the estate of the
Carthusian monks, recently expelled from
the Grande Chartreuse monastery has de-
cided to continue to distin the famous
liqueur.
A well known scientist has been COM
r1issioned to anafyze the noueur and to
inspect and report upon the distilling plant
of the monastery
The basis of the liqueur is very old
cognac brandy, of which large quantities
have beer found in the distillery since the
expulsion of the monks
The official receiver intended 70 make
use of it, but he now hesistates to do so
after receiving letter from the abbot
of the Carthusian order in which he says
that the brandy is his private property,
and that before leaving the monastery ne
dealt with it as ne thought fit"
1t Is supposed that the monks have ren-
dered the brandy unfit for drinking by
mixing it with various chemicals. If the
official receiver persists in using it ,ery
disagrees.hle results may follow.
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the number of its floors. Esthetically,
it made no pretensions, its only arehitec-
turaI feature being domed roof of cop
per and a couple of chimney stocks, from
one of which a thin streak of vapor as
cended. A chilling and depressing specta-
Gle was that presented by the House in
the Middle of the Block" as I mentally
christened it, and speculated upon the
strange offices to which 1t had been con-
secrated.
1.-The Utinam club" answered my I'M
spoken query. DR.. Magnus had advanced
to my side and stood staring at me
through his triple lenses. 1 started, in
voluntarily.
"There! there." he said, soothingly. II
did not perceive that your attention was
so entirely absorbed. / am honored by
your interest-the Utinam club. it is my
hobby sir, and one not altogether I'M
worthy of the consideration of an intel
Hgent man
81 can quite understand that" said
Indiman. who had joined US at the win
dow. There is distinct stimulus to
the imagination in the picture before us.
And what a picture.-this eyeless. gray
faced, architectural monstrosity, crowned
with squat domelike head of coppery red
and set in that gigantic cadre of fifty
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
WAR THE CAUSE OF
A SHOCKING DEED
Dispute Leads to Fatal Burning of Man
by Hot longs

BERLIN. Oct 15.-Discussion of the
relative bravery of the Japanese and Rus
slams led to terrible sequel at Gross
Baeskerek. A Groatian peasant named
NikoIajeff and a steam mill engineer
named Kata were the disputants.
IF the Russians are as brave as you
say said Kata, ''let me see you catch
hold OF this pair of fire tongs, which are
nearly red hot. and then You may pinch
my neck with them"
The peasant at once took the other at
his word, seized the tongs, and despite
the pain in his burnt hands, pinched Kata
so tightly round the neck that he would
have been killed in few moments If
his shricks had not brought men to his
rescue. NilSolajeff thereupon made his
escape. The engineer IS dying.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
SPIRIT FACTORY
SUPPLIES MEDIUMS
Maker of Outfits to Produce
"MateriaIizations" Tells How
Credulous Are Fooled

CHICAGO, Oct. 15-Frankly and not
without touch of pride In his skill.
Philip H. Meyers today told of his
business of supplying mediums" with
outfits and instructions for producing
spirit materializations" He recently
was. named by DIR. Isaac K. Funk as
the man referred to in an article in the
Heniletie Review as being engaged In
the trade.
Il am not medium" Meyers said.
II am not a spiritualist, and I am not
a trickster. / provide the tricks for
those who want them. It is part of
my business, and get what I can out
of it. sell horns, belts, heads, hands
and all the traps for fitting out.
ITO any person who viii pay me for
my trouble l will show the operations
OF my paraphernalia. You will see a
hand come floating through the dark
ness. to disappear again. in the OBJ
security. You Will see a face come close
to yours and the voice of some Gear
friend or relative will address you.
Perhaps a life-size figure will mount
from the floor, stand before you and
then disappear
Taking long aluminium horn Mey-
ers conducted a dialogue in strange
voices at the listeners ears. A little
girl laughed a greeting to father, an
old man counseled his son and broth
talked with a sister.
eff white face came drifting toward
you in the dark and you heard these
voices it would be effective, wouldn't
?y asked Meyers.
1.-The mediums always say they have
lost their power They are mostly
women.
How about the genuine medium p /"
Meyers was asked do they ever pro-
d,,ca Observation-Disclosures -,
II never saw one, but then / said
did not attend seances and that / did
not pretend to be anything of a me-
dunn"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16

extending the full width of the inele-
sure. That left little less than thirty
feet of courtyard between this back
building and the one facing on the
street, and it was evident that the rear
of the original house had been sheared
off bodily to provide for this singular
readjustment in the owners modus VI
veudi, only the party walls on either
side being left standing. And these
had been extended so as to enf1ank the
building in the rear.
If have made my description clear,
it now will be understood that the ia
cade of the original house was nothing,
more than shell, a ten-foOt screen
whose principal Office was to conceal
the interior structure from curious
eyes, Describing the latter more par !
ticularly, 1t should be noted that it was
connected with the original house by a
covered passageway of brick running
along one side of the courtyard and
communicating with the hallway
that led to the street door. Appar :
emily, the rear building was three
stories in height say apparent
", for, being entirely destitute of windows,
it was impossible to accurately deduce
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on: you interest me exceedingly"
I'VE have them all here" answered
DIR. Magnus, smiling. "The unsuccessful
author the business bankrupt, the artist
whose pictures have never reached the
line. The tombstone of failure, you see;
the clubability (odious wordD of our
membership is unimpea enable.
"a superb conception. My dear DR..
Magnus, must beg of you to enroll Mr..
Thorp and myself at once. Believe me
that we are not unworthy of a place In
your galaxy of dark stars
Dr. Magnus walked to the table and
took up his pen. This gentlemen?" he
began inquiringly, and looked at me.
IAN unfortunate affair of the heart, =
answered Indiman-an exquisite piece OF
audacity at which I frowned. and then
perforce had to smile. 1T comes within
your rule, / trust?'
For limited membership only" an
swered DR.. Magnus In fact, we rather
discourage victims of sentimental re-
verses, it being invariably impossible to
determine whether the transaction is
finally to show a profit or loss. Then,
too the quick recoveries-but We'll let-ft
stand at that. Now, with yourself?'
IT, said Indman, gravely, lam ma
thematician by instructive preference and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
CHANGES HER MIND
BEFORE THE ALTAR
Young Woman Absolutely Re-
fuses After Wedding Cere-
mony to Sign Register

DUBLIN, Oct. Is. = 1t is recognized
as womans privilege to change her
mind, and perhaps the most remarka-
bic instance on record comes from a
village in County Derry, where girl
has gone through the marriage cere-
mony and them refused to sign the
register or to consider herself bound
in any way to the disconsolate bride
groom.
The couple became engaged some
time ago and apparently were perfect
~ happy. When. however, the engage
ment was announced and preparations
were made for the wedding. the young
woman began to show signs Of fiickle-
ness. Difficulties were placed in the
way of fixing day, and the utmost
endeavOrS of parents and friends had
to be added to the persuasions of her
lover to induce her to consent to be
married. But eventually the marriage
morning arrived, and the wedding
party, with a large number of friends,
went to the church.
The ceremony proceeded without
hitch until the bride was asked in the
usual form if she would take this
man" for her husband. The clergy
mans question ELECTED no response.
Instead the woman fidgeted and looked
confused, while a buzz of excitement
ran, through the congregation.
In the Irish Presbyterian church
there is no set form of reply to this
question. Any method of signifying
assent is accepted, and the minister,
who thought that the bride was merely
nervous, repeated his question gently.
This time there was an inclination of
the head which he took for an affirm
alive. Others present, however. subse-
~ \
ately followed by negative shake.
Be this as it may. the clergyman saw
only the affirmative nod and the cere-
mony proceeded. The ring was placed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
CAR SEES WAR SCENES
THROUGH KALEIDOSCOPE

ST PETERSBURG, Oct. 15.-The
Ameican Microscopes showing scenes of
the war, which the car recently ordered,
have. arrived here. and a private exhibit
ton is being arranged at the imperial
palace, to which only the personnel of the
court viii be invited. Nicholas shows the
greatest interest in the undertaking and
is hllrrying forward the work of installa-
ton, which has been retarded through
the injury to the apparatus received dur
ing the trip.
The machines were also delayed on the
Russian frontier, it having been strictly
kept secret that they were being sent by
order of the car One Of the men who
accompanied the microscopes to ST. Pc
tersburg said that only scenes in which
the Russians have been victorious were
allowed to be sent A royal photographer
will be sent to the front for the latest
pictures.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
| DR.. COMMITS BRAIN
LOST TO SCIENCE
Body EmbaImed Before Memo.
randum Leaving It TO Cor
nell Became Known

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-That the brain
not sent to Cornell university was
solely due to a -blunder. He had be-
queathed his gray matter to the Cor
nell Brain society, which is presided
over by DR.. Burt Wilder, and his
wishes would surely have been carried
out but for one unfortunate fact
The brain was spoiled for scientific
purposes. Undue haste in placing the
body of the doctor in the hands of an
undertaken probably robbed science of
the chance to determine whether or not
the cause of diabetes, from which DIR.
Conant died, is diseased condition
of the fourth ventriele or the medulla
oblongata and in what manner the all
ment spreads.
There was no mention of how he
wished his brain to be disposed of in
DR.. Commits will. But he left a menu
orandum to the effect that his body
should be cremated and his brain sent
to DR.. Burt Wilder, of the Cornell
Brain society. This memorandum was
not found until yesterday. He was
cfemated yesterday. at Fresh Pond,
and the flames consumed body and
brain alike.
DR.. Commits death was very sud-
den, although he had known he was a
doomed man for years AT 9 p m. he
attended patient in his Office at No.
148 East Eighteenth street. AT that
time he appeared to be in his usual
health. At the following morning he
was found dead in his chair. He had
been his own medical attendant. No
other physician had seen him, so 1t
was necessarily a case for the coroner.
Five hours after death the coroner
arrived He advised that an under
taker be sent for, as the state of the
body demanded Immediate attention.
Sexton Chapman, of st. Georges
church, who is also an undertaken. was
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foot masonry. Superb! Magnificent
",rhe honor of your acquaintance
Slogan DIR. Magnus.
in two words interrupted Indiman,
smilingly. He made a brief statement
of the circumstances attendant upon the
finding of the Yale latch key and the
proprietor of the Utinam club listened
attentively.
81 have a passion for the unique con-
cluded Indiman, and the Utinam club
appears to possess claims of unusual mer-
it in that direction / own frankly that
I am curious as to its object and qualitica-
lions for membership
.They are quite simple" answered DR..
Magnus Indeed, the name of the club
explains it's raison d'etre-Utin imam, a
Latin ejaculation equivalent to our
Would to Heaven! or would that. I
could be,. Tozbe eligible for membership
In the Utinanas club, one must have had a.
distinct object or ambition in life and then
have failed to- realize it. -
..Ah.I begin TO understand. . murmured
Indiman "An extraordinary basis. in
deed. for social organization-the lame
ducks. the noble army Of the incapables.
the gentlemen a main gauchel Pray go
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
YOUTH ELOPES WITH
PARENT OF SIXTEEN
Woman Leaves Numerous Pro.
geny to Join Man Who De-
Serts Young Wife

LONDON, Oct. 15.-The quiet old
Leicestershire town of Lutterworth has
been stirred to it's depths by an elope-.
ment.
The heroine of the romance is Mrs.
Truman, the mother of sixteen children
and the grandmother of others; the
hero is a young married man named
Antii.
OF the other persons who have di-
rect interest in the affair, Mr.. Truman
is diSconSolate and wishes to find his
wife, but Mrs. Antill, with all the
proper feeling of a woman scorned.
has no desire to see her husband
again.
Mr.. Truman was confined to his room
last Saturday morning, and his wife
nursed him tenderly. In the afternoon
however, she sent his food up to him
by their daughter. There was a bundle
lying on the table when the girl went
up stairs; when she came down again
neither the bundle nor her mother was
to be found
Meet in an Orchard
Mrs Truman was seen to meet Antill
in a neighboring orchard, and hand
him the bundle. They walked together
to Ullesthorpe station, which they
reached about o'clock Trains in both
directions are due at the station at
about that hour, and no one noticed
whether the eloping couple Travelled
toward Leicester or Rugby. They had
vanished from their little world.
HRS. Antill told an Express repre-
sentative yesterday the story of the
intrigue and explained how she had
seen the trend of affairs, and how, with
wffely instinct, she had warned AIR.
Truman. Her one regret apparently is
that her husband is young enough to
be Mrs. Truman's son.
1T is quite true she said, that my
husband has gone away, and, what is
more, do not want to see him again.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16

~ IA LII things come to him who
III M waits quoted Indiman.
IN DO you believe THAR"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-10
SAFE BLOWERS
GET RICH HAUL.
CONSIDERABLE. MONEY WAS DE
s :sTRoYED AND THREE THOU
SAND DOLLARS FfLCHED.
lBy Publishers' Press.)

ROCHESTER, N Y, Nov SAFE
blowers entered the ChurchyiIIe Bank
II miles west OF this city at four
o'clock this morning exploded seven
charges against the safe and secured
$4,000.
This REPRESENTED but q part OF the
contents Of the safe, q large sum Of
money being blown to pieces by the.
force Of the explosion which shattered.
the windows in the bank and ad3o:n7s
ing buildings.
Three men were in the party and
While they operated in the bank the:
third patrolled the stree. in front with
a gun.
The Village hotel keeper Il. i. Amos.
living across fror, the bank was
reused by the noise. but was held back
by the man with the gun. After Sc,
curing their booty, the thieves left
in a rig stolen from Joseph Snow, livc
ing quarter OF a mile from tie bark.
The robbers We're traced short dis-I
tance easr. The sheriff arG Rochester
police were notified about five o'clock.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-10
4 BIRD DOG
CAUSES SOME ExclTsMENIs II. AT.
THE DEPOT To-DAY-oWNER.
PROVED Her PROPERTY.

/ A Morgantown lady, at the sight OF
a bird dog at the station to-day moor.
tlbecame very much excited and hunt
ed up Chief Morgan telling him that
the dog belonged to Morgantown par
ties. from whom it had been #sto1ea
some weeks since. The dog being
strange to the Chief and not having a
License tag on. he secured rope and.
started for the pound with it. At the
corner Of Main and Jefferson, Miss
Katherine Deegan espled the Chief
with dog which she at once recog
nized as her own. Catching up with
the officer she demanded her pet and
proved to the Chiefs satisfaction that
she was the rightful owner. but not,
however until a trip to tie depot had
been made to find the Morgantown
woman, but she had vanished.
The animal in question IS uudoubt-
edly Miss Deesan's, she securing It
on Long Island, when on trip to
that region last summer
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-10
GOVERNOR oDELL
SEES VINDICATION.
Declares the Landslide Is a Token
That the People Resent un-
warranted Attacks.

NEWBURG, N. Y, Nov. 9-Govern.
& or Odell is receiving congratulations
/ by telegraph from all sections of the
/ State and country. He has forward
ed telegrams -@congrat ulation to
President-elect Roosevelt and to Gov
ernor-elect Higgins. At half past
nine O'Clock the Newburg Maenner-
chor, of which he is member, visit
ed his home and gave him a sere-
made He responded in German from
the front porch of his home
The first messages to give the gov
ernor assurance of a Republican land
slide came from the western part of
the State. Comparisons with esti-
mates made convinced him that the
reality was even greater than he had
anticipated. The county of Orange
had given Roosevelt upward of 5000
plurality, with Higgins possibly 500
behind. The Republican ticket in the
entire county, district and city had
been elected and the congratulations
commenced arriving at eight o'clock.
Later he met newspaper reporters
and gave out the following:
THE victory, of course greatly
pleaSeS me. 1t is magnificent in
dorsement Of the Republican admins
tration, both State and national. I
have thought all along that our peo-
pie, in weighing up the qualifications
of the opposing candidates, would |
reach the conclusion that they have
reached. Personally I am gratified
beyond measure. because this victory
demonstrates to me that the American
people always resent unwarantab1e
upon the integrity of their
public officials.
t'Aiong this line, if for no other rea-
son. the victory is important, because
it will be an incentive to young men
10 participate in affairs of State un-
deferred by the fear of unjust criti-
,isn1. The victory gives assurance of
he continuance of the wise and con-
servative policy of the Republican
,arty in this State and nation
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-10
THE JoLLiFlERs
Furnished Some Lauehable Features
On Election Night.

e
A laughable feature OF election
night was contributed by several
young fellows. Along about midnight
ten or twelve of them got together,
and while drinking quite little, they
were not at all fussy or mean. In
their travels a step ladder was en-
countered and confscated. Having
all the whiskey they could drink, they
proceeded to waste it in a laughble
manner By the time they reached
the joyful stage, only a few stragg1ers
We're on the streets, and when one
was met the, fellow with the ladder
would place it against the man and
yell '.fre, 2 while another would pour
whiskey on the victim. And the best
of it was that all SO treated took it
good naturedly.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-10
INCREASE 1000.
Harrison County Republicans Almost
Smother the Democratic
Enemy.

cLARKsBURG, W. Va, Nov. 1o.-.
z2on the face Of the election returns it
shows a Republican increase in the
county Of 1000 votes over that OF
last year, the vote for Mckinley in
1900 was 3,9SS and this year. is 1855
Tie vote for Bryan in 1900 was O.,
8Ss4;; for Parker in 1904 3,0o5. ma,
ms an Increase of 321 fo- the Demo
.Scrats. Roosevelt has majority of
q 1854 - Dovener, LASS; Dawson. -
s205; Lynch for judge, .3eo: Flanagan
for sheriff, 800; Maxwell House ID
delegates, 1924; Randall, House o
delegates, ,265.
People will remember that the
Times correspondent said Cornwe,s
would carry Harrison county
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-10
"sUs" BENNETT
Is Resting EasiIy-The Man Who Did
the Shooting Not Apprehended.

-
.Bub" Bennett, the local boy who
was shot in the right arm early
"wednesday morning, is resting easily
at the Cook Hospital, although the
bullet had not been found this morn
ing The man who diG the shooting
is said to be a man naccd Dutf1e1d.
the same for whom warrant is out,
charging him with destroying prop
erty belonging to the East Fairmopt
Park Company. This offense was
committed last spring and in order to
escape arrest, he left the region for
time. He is known as bed man ami
why no complaint has been mace is a
mystery. Chief Morgan said yester-
day that he had not heard of the af
fair officially, and as no one had
sworn out the warrant he had
made no effort to apprehend the party
or parties.