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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-09-17

- VERONICA MOORES real COIL
W nection with Mr. Pfeiffer's
death. death which in some
inserutable way had in so
short q time led 10 her own-was an
overwhelming surprise to every one
of us.
The superintendent, as was natural,
recovered first.
This throws quite q new light upon
the matter" sad Le. "Now we can
understand why MIR. Jeffrey uttered
that extraordinary avowal overheard
ON the bridge: She aust dleP She
had come to him with blood on her
hands"
Addressing the major, the district at
torney asked when he expected to near
from Denver, adding that 1t had now
become of the first Importance TO ascer'
tain the exact relations existing be
tween the persons under suspicion ana
the latest victim of this deadly
mechanism.
He had hardly ceased speaking when
an officer appeared with telegram in
his hand. This the major eagerly took,
anu, uOlluB tuht IL wan AZ N'p''~'f
IL by means of the code he carried I'D
his pocket. Translated. II ran thus:
Result OF open inquiry In Denver:
.Three brothers Pfeiffer, all well
thought OF, but plain In their ways and
eccentric. One doing business In Den
yer; died June, ~. One persisted ~
KIondike, October, same year. ana
one, by name Wallace, died suddenly
three months since Ia Washington,
,, Nothing further gained by secret ID
qulry IN this place"
"Result OF open Inquiry la owossoi
"A man named Pfei0er kept stor'
10 Owosso during the time " ~, VI
tended school there, lie was one o
three brothers, home Denver, nam
Wallace. Simultaneously with v ~
leaving school y, broke np bushes
and al insflgatlon % bis bgothaf W
= liam, who Accompanied him, went 1
Y tAe Klondlke, No especial relation ~
y tvern lady and this same " ffef no
= ed. " NJ once beard ~ laugh ~ "
|" aNkWagd Ways
-. i'Rosuli N fecrol Inquiry ip oNosFp
|" ~. N. very Intimate Nltl feppp'Nn'
WHO has since died oflfp f''' =
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-09-17
Copyright. 1904. BY the Bosb.-msrriI ce.,..y

By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.


hearth, with no one near and no sign
by which to associate me with the act.
Does this seem like the assertion of
mailman? Go to the old chamber
Familiarity called The Colonel's Own
Enter Its closet, pull out its two draw
ers and In the opening thus made seek
for the loophole at the back, through
which, IL you stoop low enough, you
can catch a glimpse OF the library
hearth and its great settle. With these
In view, slip your finger along the wall
on your right and when 1t touches an
obstruction pass it II it il handle
for that is only used to rewind the ap-
paratus and must be turned from you
until 1t can be turned no farther--but
II it Is a depression you encounter
press and press hard on the knob con-
cealed within 1t. But beware when
any one you love is seated in that cor
ner of the settle where the cushion In.
vites rest lest it be your fate to mourn
md wall as 1t is mine to curse the
hour when I sought to clear my way
by murder. for the doom Of the mar
Of blood is upon me.
'The hindrance is gone out Of my life
but horror has entered it beyond the
conception of any soul that has no
yielded itself TO the unimaginable influ
| Thu dra ~ In
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hastened to obey. am. though the
back of she settle hid the result from
me. l judged from the look and atti-
tuGe of those below that the old colo
nel's calculations had been made with
great exactness and that the one COM
Portable seat on the rude and cumber-
some bench had been so placed that
this leaden weight In descending would
Mt the chosen moment strike the head
Of him who sat there. infllctlng death.
That the weight should be made just
heavy enough to produce fatal COIL
cussion without damaging the skull
was proof Of the extreme care will
which this subtle apparatus had beer
contrived. An open wound would have
aroused questions. but mere bruist
The mysterious
fnatru m Mt of death
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laid II face up on the bed.
laced the glass over one of the
surrounding the insipid face,
startled enough, in spite OF
preparation, to perceive the
'lnes which formed it resolve
les into script and the script
US some of which were per
slble.
awlng, simple as it looked,
pronunciation In writing to
. used a magnifying glass to
! could hardly contain my
hardly find the self control
70 a careful study OF its I'M
aud often conflicting lines and
O~ picking out OF the words
|ontalned.
'Fn l had done this and had
ne whole OF the wandering
page OF my notebook the
Of value,
" Judge for yourself;
mat ! am, ! am willing Il
'p posteriiy the shadow Of
ss' Consequences ! dare no
ne Confession ! must make
''ale no record " my dees
we yei how Tell MY story -
9Np heirs may read ep'
ihe crisis " tbely fate
lsl' found fbs way W tbl
IVY 'Ae Injunction ! bass lsf
wv " ihe nllRges bpll,
nv y 'nlAel bis enepy aea'
plel hnd 40 lapp pfe
'NpplnF ep iAe aeea hsl
hqllse ! eeD'llfee y ~
Wy nlpp WHO Aele M
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lint I went back ~ 'n NJ on.u |
I.. S, IN every possible Granny
' l'Iua 4 trinket. But l failed to
,', ,Sos about to acknowledge
si. Sst when my eye fell on
lsosded curtains which l had
lOss the several windows to
,V's CLEAN of light from the
sss we're almost free from
~, .Jbook them well, especially
lsrest the table. and naturally
feet. ,,,,+.
!, tbe great tassels still hung
~ os and Well. you may coll
LsssIble find or say that II the
!. there it should have been
7 IN the first search for It.
.av no. | can only tell you
Ioeued. When l took OBS OF
Esls in my hand ] thought as
under my touch. that | Saw
pleam In its faded old
,hst did not belong there.
and vet not thoroughly realiz-
Ind come upon the object OF
n | picked at this thing and
n be a morsel of gold chain
become entangled in it. When
led II out it showed a small
II At one end, filigreed over
risblngly heavy for its size
rent delicacy.
sman of this old family wal
had but to discover what i
paled to understand what hat
Moore and made the mys
md endeavored to penetrate
able. And what did ! INT
something so different from
yDected, something so trivia
b.ngly harmless, that it wa
| recalled the finaI words o
oyid's memorandum that
rs full import anu the poss
suggested. in itself it W.
but a minute magn.fyin
Il when used In connectlo
1T. All, that was just WI,
yld failed to say, possibly
b, guessils ,'nswe
rust to the inspiration of Il
which suggested with almo
le conviction:
Iwei That indne and seeming
dra1ihg orer the fireplace
beFs 0pn, tChose presence in
IN has alI1dvs been a mystery
Is object should have sugge!
to me and with such insta
b | cannot readily 81
from my position near t
sight of this old drawing
e restless nights of all W
in face of its sickly smile,
some recollection of IL
W of the Moore5 which f
removal of any of their p
m the time worn walls, OIL
|ance of the curiosity viii
pre- excited in every one "
/ it-Francis Jeffrey amo
ber-l no sooner asked mys
ect in this house might p
u counsel or suggest ana WI
to the influence of q mag
ss than the answer. whicl
eady given. sprang instan
mind-the picture!
excited, | sprang upon
pk down the drawing from
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CHAPTER XIII.

~ VERONICA MOORE'S real con-
" nection with Mr. Pfeiffer's
DEATH death which in some
;,,..,.r,,+.,hla unv had in so
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ITO RE cONTvUrn.1
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
TELLS HOW PRISONER
ESCAPED FROM JAIL.
Mortenson Dyed His Hair, Put on Cap
and Coat and Walked Out

Fred Mortenson, who escaped from
the county Jail last Tuesday while the
corridors were filled with visitors, is in
dubuque, Iowa, and the officials are
making frantic efforts to locate him be-
fore he leaves that city. The two men
who assisted him in making the es-
cape are now under arrest.
Fred Niederhoefer and Chris Bern
stad are the parties under arrest for
assisting Mortenson to escape, and the
former has made a clean breast of the
whole affair, telling how the escape
was planned and carried out N;eder-
hoefer is in the county jail and Bern
stad is in one of the branch police sta
lions. The following story of the es-
cape is told by Niederhoefer:
"Mortenson was employed in one Of
the unfrequented corridors as a trusty
prisoner, and we were allowed to visit
him on Tuesday in that place. One of
us wore two coats, and we carried a
cap, some hair dye and a cigar. AS
soon as we were in the dye was put
on Mortenson's blonde hair and eye
brows. He slipped into the coat, put
on the cap and lighted the cigar. We
walked around the jail like the other
spectators and went into the elevator
room. Mortenson stayed in the room
until we had gone down, and then fol-
lowed, no one having the slightest sus-
picion of who he was"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
NON UNION MEN ARE
BEATEN BY STRIKERS

The first rioting of the day came when
Frank Miller was set upon by crowd
of strike sympathizers. They beat him
so badly that at the Englewood Union
hospital where he was taken, it was said
that he had little chance to recover. Mil
Ter was set upon in front of Armour &
Co.'S plant, and after he had been kicked
almost to death he was found by pedes-
TRANS, who sent for a physician. 1t was
found that Miller's skull was fractured
and his jaw broken.
More trouble came when Joseph Youn-
ichs. employed at Nelson Morris & Co.'s
plant was taken out of the yards so that
his knee, that had been fractured by the
falling of a skid, could be cared for by a
physician The doctor, after attending the
wounded man, called an ambulance to
have the sufferer taken back into the
company's improyised hospital in the
yards.
A crowd assuming that Yotlnichs was
a non Union man, attacked the ambu-
lance and nearly upset the vehicle In an
endeayor to reached the supposed foe.-
With drawn revolvers two policemen and
the doctor defended their charge, the doc
tor declaring to the strike sympathizers
that the wounded man was a fellow
unionist. This took time and the de-
tenders had to Withstand a siege till help
came from the stock yards police station,
a considerable distance.
Julius Ontario, a non-unfon man, was
dragged from street car by. eight strike
sympathizers He was set upon and beat
en- by a crowd which dispersed at the
arrival of the police. Ontario will re-
cover. $50
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
forever ,>randed as a strike breaker -
using 5Ae language Of Business Agent


forever '/randed as a .'strike breaker"
using 5Ae language of Business Agent
Steep
1t was evident last evening that this
argument has considerable force, four
colored men who desired to go to work
being convinced that if they took posi-
tons they would soon be discharged.
The colored men had spent their last
money in reaching South st. Paul, and
were given enough by the union &c
reach. st. Paul, secure supper, bed and
breakfast. Several others were turned
back, not an applicant going to the
plant during at least six of the work
ing hours.
The picket system was not SO well
organized last evening as previous to
the agreement to arbitrate, but Bust
ness Agent Steep says that it will be
in working order early this morning,
and that every legitimate effort will be
made to induce prospective applicants
from entering the plant.
1t was decided to again send word to
all union men, including those who did
not report for work yesterday morning.
to report for picket duty and remain
on hand until the strike is settled. 1t is
expected to have 500 men on duty to-
day, working in shifts of six hours
each. The dining tent, which had been
removed on the news of the settlement,
was raised again yesterday, additional
supplies ordered and everything made
ready for quite period.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
MlINN|EAP Oils
DAIRYMAN LOSES
NINE JERSEY COWS
Health Department. Finds They Have
Observation-Disclosures Is indignant

Samuel L. Plumb, dairyman at
1929 Lyndale avenue south, lost nine
blooded Jersey cows yesterday, the
health department. deciding that the
cows had tuberculosis and had them
killed.
The cows range in value from $50 to
$110 each. The appraisers appointed
to fix valuation so that the loss will
not be total cannot appraise ia COW
over S35 according to the laws of the
state and the dairyman is allowed but
three-quarters of, the appraisal fixed
by these men. q
The inspector made his rounds Fri
day and injected tuberculine and took
the temperature of each cow On re-
turning the next day he found that
their temperatures had risen two de-
grees, which, according to the test,
means that the cows have tuberculosis,
and yesterday the COWS were killed. :
Mr.. Plumb and many of his neigh
bors are indignant over the action of
the health board. They asert that
the inspector would not allow the cows
to be taken outside of the barn, and
that when the examination was made
after the cows were dead, the results
We're not made public.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23

former employer in Norway, Carl Shelf
stead walked into the central police
station yesterday morning and gave
himself up. The story did not sound
plausible to the police and they sent
Shefstead-. to the police court on a
vagrancy charge.
The boy is twenty years old and was
employed in the old country as a clerk
In tobacco house. He said that he
had many opportunities to steal money
but resisted the temptation until SIX
teen months ago, at which time he be-
gan collecting money from the CUSTOM
ers and did not turn it over to the
company.-He thought that he was un-
der suspicion, and with the 5000
crowns, which amounted to about
$1,150, he sailed for America, going to
Duluth, where he spent all the money.
He told the same story to Judge
Dickinson as he did to the police and
the judge was in a quandary as to
what disposition to make of the case.
He finally decided that the story was
made up so that the boy could get a
nights lodging, but for fear that there
might be something in it, Shefstead
will be held at the central police sta
ton on the vagrancy charge for a few
days.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
JUDGE MAKES LAWYER
APOLOGIZE TO HIM
Attorney Hewitt Bess Pardon of Police
Court to Escape Workhouse

Judge Dickinson and Attorney Hew-
lit clashed in municipal court yester-
day and but for the apology of the at
torney for remark he made he would
have spent a few days in the work.
house.
Attorney Hewitt was pleading the
case for William Smith and Dan Thorn
ly, who were charged with highway
robbery. He made lengthy plea in
their behalf, but the judge turned the
boys over to the county Jail to await
the action of the grand jury. Hewitt
hared UP at the decision, but the judge
called for the next case.
Hewitt went out and returned a sec
ond later with one of the witnesses for
the state who had statement to make.
The court absolutely refused to listen
and ordered the attorney to leave the
room. He did, but again returned and
attempted to resume his contention
that the boys were innocent and as the
judge was off the bench Hewitt walked
UP to him and said:
After your outra geous conduct in
holding these boys to the grand jury
withdraw my offer of support and will
be against you in your campaign for
the district bench"
The words could be heard all over the
court room. Judge Dickinson made for
the bench, Hewitt at the same time
disappearing through the door into the
corridor. The court officer was sent out
to arrest the attorney and he was
brought back and the following parley
ensued:
"You will either apologize to this
court right now or go to the work.
house." said Judge Dickinson.
After thinking for a few minutes as
to the workhouse prospects Attorney
Hewitt answered: II will apologize
for what / said in the heat of passion.
Your honor knows that no one has a
higher regard for the amenities due
this court than I have, and the remark
I made to you was caused by nervous
ness due to these two clients of mine
being held to the grand jury on such
evidence"
sThat will do remarked the judge.
at will accept your apology, but don't
want to hear another word from you in
reference to- this case. This isn't the
first time you have conducted yourself
in this court in a manner that should
call for condemnation"
Hewitt remained silent until after he
left the court room.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
MASON WILL DECIDE
Lumber Dispute to Be Settled
Out of Court


HAYWARD. Wis, July 22.-1n the
dispute between the Chippewa Lumber
and Boom company and John Dietz it
has been decided to submit all differ
ences to the grand master of the Ma
sonic lodge of Wisconsin for settle
ment
Dietz claimed that the property on
which the dam across the Chippewa
river was built belonged to him and
mat ne had a right to hold up the logs
OF the Chippewa Lumber and Boom
company until the company paid toll.
He barricaded himself in his home and
was prepared to defend himself against
all corners, even the officers of the law,
with shotgun.
Posses tried in vain to arrest him,
and even the aid of national guards
men was unsuceessfully invoked.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23

BANGS DEFENDS COMPANY

So far as the ST. Paul plant is
concerned, there certainly was
no. discrimination against the.
union men, although it was i'm.
possible to put them all to work
because Of the light receipts of
stock isS
All that we know here is that
shortly after the men went to
work this morning they again
laid down their tools and left the
plant. Those remaining did so
without any representations or
promises on our part, and those
staying in the plant tonight will
do SO on their own motion.
We will continue the policy
that we pursued. after, the first
walkout, and will engage all the
help that we can secure, and if
given the protection to which
we are entitled, will soon have a
sufficient number of workmen to
run the plant at it's full capacity.
If there is trouble, it will be
the making of the strikers. as
we shall only ask that our en-
ployes be given free entrance to
and from the plant.
j. S. Bangs,
Manager for Swift & Co.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
SERVICES AT CEMETERY
OVER JUDGE COCHRANE
North Dakota Supreme Court and oth-
er State Officials Attend

The last services over the remains
of Judge John M. sCochrane, of the su-
preme court of North Dakota, were
held at the little chapel at the entrance
to Lakewood cemetery just before noon
yesterday.
gan, of the North Dakota T. Srne
court, were present, as was also Judge
Engerud, appointed to succeed the late
Judge Cochrane. Among other public
men from North Dakota who attended
the funeral services were: Gov. White,
Dean Bruce, of the state university law
school; ex-Chief Justice Corliss, r. D.
Hoskins, clerk of the supreme court,
and Judges Cowan, Kneeshaw, Pollock
and Fiske, of the district bench. Sew
eral prominent members of the Minne-
apoliS bar attended.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
STEEP SAYS UNION ; is
READY

My estimate is that about six
ty-f1ve union men remained in
the Swift plant today when no
titled that the second strike had
been ordered.
In all other respects the union
is better prepared for the strug-
gle than on the previous occa-
sion. The worth of the men from
a union standpoint is known, and
there will be no future difficulty
in assigning the different men to
duty.
Just as soon as we can reach
the union men who remained in
the plant they will be induced
to go out, as I firmly believe that
they are staying there tonight
under a misrepresentation of the
conditions that exist. If they
will come out the Swift plant will
be tied up more tightly than
was the case during the strike.
The weakness of the packers is
shown when they are compelled
to keep their employees in the
plant over night
The Chicago strikers could not
have greater ground to complain
that the compact was broken
than the st. Paul men. -
George Steep,
Business Agent Butchers Union.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
MAYOR TO ENFORCE LAWS

There is more danger of trou-
BILE at this time g1han there has
been at any period in the past,
and to do all, in; my power. to
preserve the peace, I have posted
a notice calling for twenty-five
additional special police.
In addition to this public no.
tice, I this afternoon sent tele-
gram to Gen. Flowers home,
asking that he furnish me with
the necessary men to keep the
peace. Flower is said to have
made such an offer in the past,
and I now call upon him to make
good. There shall be no disturb
ance in South st. Paul if I can
prevent it, and I believe that the
best citizens Of the city will as
sist me.
In every instance the first man
to strike a. blow will be prose-
cuted, and I expect to have a
sufficient number of men to have
at least one. on the scene to be
able to testify as to who is really
most blameworthy. believe
that the union men are just as
law-abiding as are those not be-
longing to the union and who
are in the plant.
I will not call upon Judge Doss
to assist in keeping the peace.
George l.. Lyle,
Mayor of South st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
VIEWS OF MEN CONCERNED tn STRIKE
WILLIS BLAMEs PACKERS

If the men in Chicago and at
other points were treated sim
liar to the men in South st. Paul,
/ must say that the second walk
out was justified, and that the
attempted trick of the packers
will not result in any benefit to
them.
1t was apparent that there was
a general plan to ignore the
leaders, and was not at all sur
prisd when notified shortly after
10 o'clock this morning that a
second strike had been called, for
the packers certainly did not
carry out their agreement as I
understood it.
If the packers are looking for
a stiff contest they will certain
ly get it. The union is thorough
ly prepared for the emergency.
and by tomorrow night we will
be in better shape than at any
time during the strike. This is
conceded by the st. Paul off,
Gals of Swift & Co., who admit
that when the strike was called
off the non-union men were
made to realize that at best their
positions are but temporary.
The picket system will be re-
sumed in full force tomorrow,
but there will be no blockade.
George Willis,
President Butchers Union.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
JAP SAVES A RUSS
Rescues Drowning Man Who
Says His Names Laskowskl

NEW YORK, July 22.-Thomas
Wensenakye,. a Japanese. for some
years steward in the United States
snayy.sand for the past year on the
training ship Portsmouth, the head
quarters of the New Jersey naval re-
serve, at Hoboken, saved a Russian
from drowning today.
He saw a man struggling in the wa
ter and plunged into the river and res
cued him. When the man had been
resuscitated he said he was Joseph
Laskowski Russian. He had fallen
from pier and, as he. could not swim,
would have been drowned had it not
been for the prompt action Of the Jap
aneSe sailor,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-23
INSANE MAN ABROAD
CLAD IN NIGHTGOWN

Abroad in his nightgown, Carl
Christopherson, an insane patient at
the Swedish hospital, escaped from his
room at an early hour yesterday morn
ing, and although his scarcity Of CLOTH
ing would make him very noticeable,
neither the police nor his friends have
been able to find a single trace of him.
Christopherson was taken to the
Swedish hospital July IL, suffering
from mild case of dementia. His i'm
provement was rapid and strict vigi-
lance was somewhat relaxed. Yester-
day morning he darted out of his room.
and, as he passed the nurse in the Of
fee, cried that he was being mistreat-
ed. That was the last seen of him.