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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Uncle David

mony = with what result you know.
Though the occasion was a Joyous one
and accompanied by all that could
give cheer to such function, 1t had
not escaped the old time shadow. One
of the guests straying into the room
Of ancient and unhallowed memory,
the one room which had not been
thrown open to the crowd, had been
found within five minutes Of the cere-
mony lying on its ,dolorous hearthstone
dead, and, though the bride was spared
knowledge Of the dreadful fact till
the holy words were said, panic had
seized the guests and emptied the
house as suddenly and completely as
though the plague had been discovered
there.
This is why fastened to follow
Uncle, David when he told me that all
was not right in this house Of tragic
memories.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
RudSs

shntly the old gentleman turned and,
with gesture ~ fierce as 1t was In
sttnctive. shouted out:
"Be still there! II you heven't the
courage to face blowing shutter, keep
your jaws shut and don't let every
fellow who happens along know what
fool you are. DECLARE" he maun-
dered on. half to himself and half to
me, that dog is getting old. He can't
be trusted any more. He forsakes his
master just when The rest was
lost in his throat, which ratified with
something more than impatient anger.
Meanwhile had been attentiyely
scrutinizing the house thus pointedly
brought to my notice. had seen it
many times before, but as it happen
ed. had never stopped to look at It
when the huge trees surrounding it
were shrouded In darkness. The black
hollow Of its disused portal looked out
from shadows which acquired some Of
their somberness from the tragic men,
cries connected with its empty void.
Its aspect was scarcely reassuring.
Not that superstition lent its terrors
to the lonely scene. but that through
the blank panes of window. alternately
appearing and disappearing from view
as the shutter pointed out by Uncle
David blew to and fro In the wind, I
saw or was persuaded that I saw a
beam Of light which argued an un-
known presence within walls which
had SO lately been declared unfit for
any mans habitation.
"You are right" now remarked to
the uneasy figure at my side. "Some
one is prowling through the house yon-
der. Can It possibly bs Mrs. jeffrey
or her husband"
"At night and with NO gas in the
house1 Hardly"
The words were natural, but the
voice was not Neither was his man.
ner quite suited to the occasion. Civ.
Ing him another sly glance and mark
Ing how uneasily he edged away from
me In the darkness. I cried out more
cheerily than he possibly expected:
II VIII summon another officer, and
we three viii just alp across and in
vestigate."
Mot II" was bis violent rejoinder as
he swung open q gate concealed In the
vines behind him. 1.-THE Jeffreys would
resent my Intrusion II they ever hap.
pencil ~ :sa1 of It"
''Indeedw laughed, sounding my
whistle. Then, soberly enough, for I
was more than little struck by the
oddly of his behavior and thought
him as well worth investigation as the
house In which he showed such an in
terest: "You shouldn't let that count.
Come and see what's up in the house
you are SO ready to call yours"
But he only drew farther into the
shade.
Il have no business over there" he
objected. Veronica and have never
been on good terms. I was not even
invited to her wedding, though live
within a stones throw of the door.
No; have done my duty in calling at
tention to that light. and whether It's
the bdllseye of burglar perhaps
you don't know that there are rare
treasures on the bookshelves of the
great library-or whether 1t is the fan
tasttc illumination which frightens
fool folks and some fool dogs, Tn done
With IT and done with you. too, for to-
night"
AS he said this he mounted to his
door and disappeared under the vines,
hanging like shroud over the front
TIA Moo.. ho...
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23


My first glance showed me little save
the ponderous outlines of an old set
tie, which jutted from the corner of
the fireplace half way out into the
room. AS it was seemingly from this
seat that the men. who at various
times had been found lying here, had
fallen to their doom, thrill passed
over me ms noted its unwieldy bulk
and the deep shadow it threw on the
ancient and dishonored hearthstone.
To escape the CHASTITY memories 1t
evoked and also to satisfy myself that
the room was really as empty as 1t
seemed, I took another step forward
This caused the light from the lantern
l carried to spread beyond the point
on which 1t had hitherto been so eff
fectively concentrated, but the result
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
CHAPTER II.

"HOUGH past seventy, Uncle
David was brisk walker, and
on this night in particular he
~. sped along so fast that he was
half way down II street by the time
had turned the corner Of New Hamp-
shire avenue.
His gaunt but not ungraceful figure,
merged in that Of the dog trotting
closely at his heels, was the only NOV
Ing object In the dreary vista Of this
the most desolate block in Washington.
As I neared the building I was SO i'm
pressed by the surrounding stiffness
that was ready to VOW that the shad-
ows We're denser here than elsewhere
and that the few gas lamps which
fickered at intervals down the street
shone with more feeble ray than In
any other equal length of street In
Washington.
Meanwhile the shadow Of Uncle Da.
vid had vanished from the pavement.
he had paused beside fence which,
hung with vines, surrounded and near
~ hid from sight the little cottage he
had mentioned as the only house on
the block with the exception of the
great Moore place; in other words, his
own home.
AS 1 came abreast Of him heard
him muttering. not to his dog, as was
his custom. but to himself. In fact,
the dog was not to be seen, and this
desertion on the part of his constant
companion seemed to add to his dis
turbance and affect him beyond all rea-
son. could distinguish these words
among the many he directed toward
the unseen animal:
"You're knowing one-too know
ing! You see that loosened shutter
over the way Us plainly as do; but
you're coward to stink away from 1t.
don't. / face the thing, and, what's
more, I'll show you yet what think
of dog that can't stand his ground
and help his old master out with some
show of courage. Creaks, does itf
Well, let it creak. I don't mind its
crealling, glad as should be to know
whose hand Hello! You've come,
have you" This to me. had Just
stepped up to him.
"yes, I've come. Now what = the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
CHAPTER 1.

CHATTER l.
H\OR a detective whose talents
had not been recognized at
headquarters I possessed an
ambition which, fortunately for
my standing with the lieutenant of the
precinct. had not yet been expressed in
words. Though l had small reason
for cxpect'ag great things of myself,
had always cherished the hope that
II hlE case came my way l should be
found able to do something with it.
something more, that Is, than I had
seen accomplished by the police of the
District Of Columbia since had had
the honor Of being one Of their num-
Der. Therefore. when found myself
plunged. almost without my own Won.
ton. into the Jeffrey Moore affair, 1 be-
lievcd that the opportunity had come
whereby might distinguish myself.
1t mad complications, this jeffrey
Moore affair; greater ones than the
public ever knew, keen as the interest
in 1t ran both In and out of Washing
ton.
This Is why I propose to tell the
story OF this great tragedy from my
own standpoint, even If In so doing 1
risk the charge of attempting to ex-
plot my own connection with this cele-
brated case. In its course 1 encounter
ed as many disappointment as tri-
umphs and brought out of the affair a
heart as sore as it was satisfied, for
am 81 lover of women and
But am keeping you from the story
itself.
! was at the station house the night
Uncle David came In. He was always
Ths d.t.e&ix.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
It was good advice. My duty and

1t was good advice. My duty and
my curiosity both led me to follow It,
Perhaps you have heard Of the dis
tinguishing feature of this house. If
SO, you do not need my explanations.
But II, for any reason, you are ignorant
of the facts which within very short
time have set final seal of horror up
on this old historic dwelling, then you
will be glad to read what has made
and will continue to make the Moore
house in Washington one to be pointed
at In daylight and Stunned after dark,
not only by superstitious colored folk,
but by all who are susceptible to the
most ordinary emotions of fear and
dread.
1t was standing when Washington
was village. 1t antedates the capitol
and the White House. Built by man
of wealth. it bears to this day the i'm
press of the large ideas and quiet ele-
gance of colonial times; but the shad-
ow which speedily fell across it made
1t marked place even in those early
days. While 1t has always escaped
the hackneyed epithet of haunted"
families that have moved in have az
quickly moved out, giving as their ex.
cuse that no happiness was to be found
there and that sleep was impossible
under its roof. That there was some
reason for this lack of rest within
walls which were not without their
tragic "reminiscences all must acknowl.
edge. Death had often occurred there,
and while this fact can be stated In
regard to most old houses, 1t Is not
often that one can say, as Ii this case,
that it was invariably sudden and In.
variably Of one character.
A lifeless man, lying outstretched on
a certain hearthstone, might be found
once in house and awaken no special
comment, but when this same discov-
cry has been made twice, If not thrice,
during the history of single dwelling,
one might surely be pardoned dis
trust Of its seemingly homelike ap-
pointments and discern in its slowly
darkening walls the presence of an
evil which If left to itself might perish
In the natural decay Of the place, but
which, II met and challenged, might
strike again and make another blot on
Its thrice crimsoned hearthstone.
But these are old fables which I
should hardly presume to mention
had it not been for the recent occur
renee which has recalled them to all
mems minds and given to this long
empty and slowly crumbling building
an Importance which has spread its
fame from one end Of the country to
the other. 1 refer to the tragedy at
tending the wedding lately celebrated
there.
Veronica Moore, rich, pretty and WILL
full, had long cherished strange liking
for this frowning old home of her an
cestors and, at the most critical time
In her life, conceived the idea Of prov.
ing to herself and to society at large
that no real ban lay upon it save IN
the imagination of the superstitioua.
So, being about to marry the choice Of
her young heart, she caused this house
to be opened for the wedding cere.
=.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
SYMPATHY is M!sApprIRp,
President Of Yale University PLAYS
Samaritan and Is Taken for
Daring Robbsr.
New Haven Comm Special

New Haven Comm Special :,
NO matter who man is, there "a
usually one subject upon which he dis.
likes to converse, and in the case OF
President Hadley. Of Yale university, Il
ts the setting Of dislocated jaws. !
Mr.. Hadley had been shown just how
to do it by physician of his acQuaint,
ance. That was months before his
knowledge was unexpectedly called into
service. On Fall river steamer tia
head Of the New Haven college was shar.
ing the stateroom of gentleman who
had taken pity upon the late-comer, Wild
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Puts an End to il All.

A grievous wall oftimes comes as a
result of unbearable pain from over
taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache,
Liver complaint and Constipation.
But thanks to DR.. Kings New Life
Pills they put an end to it all. They
are gentle but thorough. Try them.
Only Csc. Guaranteed by p. A. Olem-
mer, at drug store. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23

Greek coins are there. silician spoon
money, early Japanese bars and
forks, African horseshoes, shell
money of sea coast savages, as we'll
as the most modern coins, are to be
seen.
The value of the vase Mr.. Rausoh
places at $4,000. Its makers, who
lives at No. 1881 North Twenty.ssv.
enth street, is cornicemaker, and by
birth a German. He says the vase
is the only one Of Its kind in the
world. He began to collect the coins
in 1879, and, though not possessed Of
wealth and dependent for his living
on his daily tor he collected so rapid
ly that he soon conceived the idea Of
making the vase. He found, however.
that what looked like an immense pile
of coins when loose covered only a
small patch on the vase, and then he
devoted his life to finishing the ar
ticle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
ITO be continued.l
sd Louis Exnnsitinn

The Chicago Great Western Rail-
way will allow ten day stop over at
Chicago on through tickets to the
Worlds Fair. Stop overs allowed at
Kansas City, on payment of 81. 90 fee.
For rates and other information ap
ply to any Great Western Agent, or j
P. Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago, III. sep15
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Mystery Of the Rain Tree

The mystery Of the rain tree Of the
Canarles is cloud that hovers about IL
constantly; this is condensed to water.
which saturates the leaves and, falling
from them in constant drops, keeps the
cisterns which are In excavation be-
meath them alvava full Of water.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
PRECIOUS VASE OF COINS.
It Is the Work Of Is Years and e
Covered with Ancient and Mod.
ern Money Pieces.
Philadelphia fPa.l spee,al

-
The fruits Of rs years Of labor
and saving are visible in curious
vase made by Edward Rausch. The
vase is over five feet high and 81
inches at its largest diameter. tn
exterior. from top to bottom, is com.
posed of coins, ancient and modern.
great and small representing the
money tokens Of all peoples, which
have been carefully made fast to 4
surface of copper. Some Of the coins
are extremely rare. Among them
are crude bars, rings and bolts, which
were once used as the medium of ex.
change by African and other savage
tribes. Spanish coins Of early date
are seen in abundance, and some early
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
matter with the Moore mousse r.

matter with the Moore nouser'
He must have expected the question,
yet his answer was long time COM
ing. His voice, too, sounded strained,
and was pitched quite too high to be
natural. But he evidently did not ex-
pect me to show surprise at his man.
ner.
"Look at that window over therew
he cried at last. THAT one with the
slightly open shutter! Watch and you
will see that shutter move. There, It
creakedl Didn't you hear itY'
A growl-it was more like a moan
came from the porch behind us. In.
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WHY HILL is FOR PARKER.

Minneapolis Journal: James J.
HILLS support of Judge Parker is
one of the suggestive features of this
campaign. His desire to dictate Dan
lei Lamont as the democratic nominee
for governor of New York is another.
Both indicate that trusts and monopo
lies are net as far removed from the
Esopus candidate as might be infer
red from a perusal of the democratic
platform. All this squares pretty we'll
with what is known of the forces be-
hind Judge Parker, and lends empha-
sis to the oft-repeated statement that
he is safe" He certainly is safe
from a trust point of view.
1t is not certain that Mr.. Lamont
will consent to the use of his name by
the state convention, or that he could
be nominated for governor if he were
a candidate. But that is not important
so far as this discussion is concerned.
What is Important here is the fact
that the democratic party has fallen
into the hands of the ~so-called con
servatiyes of the organization, men
who are in close touch with monopo-
lies and trusts, and whose representa-
tives have complete control of the
campaign committee. Encouraged by
this servile acquiescence, Mr.. Hill, in
his breezy western way, has come
forward to put another corporation
rivet in the democratic collar.
All of which shows that the demo-
cratic antitrust stand is a hollow pre-
tense. The trusts will be just aus safe
under Parker as they were under
Cleveland, and they know it. MI.
Hill is a hard-headed business man,
and we don't recall that he ever
bought a gold brick. He is support
ing Parker this year for the most
practical of reasons.
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The following rules have been
adopted by the party for the govern
ment of the conventions: i.
First-Delegates and alternate del
egates shall be elected to the con.
vention and in the event of the fail
ure of amy delegate to attend, the
alternate delegate shall cast the vote
of the delegate whom he represents.
second-In the absence of any dele.
gate and his alternate, a majority of
the delegation from that county shall
cast the vote Of the absentee.
Third-In the absence of all the
delegates and alternate delegates
from any county, no vote shall be
cast from said county.
Fourth-m the county in which the
state convention is held, no vote shall
be cast for an absent delegate and
alternate delegate.
Fifth-Delegates and alternate dele
gates must be republicans and resi-
dents of the county which they rep.
resent.
Sixth-AM notices of contests shall
be submitted in writing, accompanied
by a statement setting forth the
grounds of the contest, which shall
be filed with the secretary of the
state central committee at least one
day prior to the meeting of the n
vention. Contests will be acted on
by the state central committee and
reported to the convention for ap-
prevail.
WILLIAM LINDSAY,
Chairman.
J. B. COLLINS, Secretary.
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of the present refuse to be blinded
and they will make the same sort of
answer as was then made.

Judge Parker has fallen into line
with a grace and ease that must be
the admiration of his political follow
ers. He not only subscribes to the
sophistry of his party concerning the
tariff being unjust and a steal, but
also chimes in with the cry that it is
responsible for the existence Of mo-
nopolies and dares to flay the officers
of the government for their alleged
neglect of duty in failing to institute
proceedings against the trusts for vio-
lation of the laws he declares to be in
existence. In this respect the distin-
guished jurist takes issue with an
attorney general under one of the
Cleveland administrations, who declar-
ed existing statutes" as being made
quate to make possible SUCCESSFUL
~prosecutian of the trusts. 1t is true
1E
that a republican attorney general
since then thas shown how badly mis-
taken his predecessor was by sue
cessfully prosecuting several of the
unlawful combines. This gives the
judge an advantage, but the fact re-
mains that it was gained through the
efforts of a man Of the opposite politi-
cal faith and that to a republican ad-
minis,tration belongs the credit for
the first steps toward eradi-
cation of an evil that has assumed
proportions OF an alarming nature.
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REPUBLICAN JUDICIAL coNvEN.
TloN-sEVENTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT.

Billings, Mont, Aug. 10, 19O4.-In
accordance with party usage and by
direction of the republican judicial
executive committee of the Seventh
judicial district of the state of Mon
tana, a republican judicial convention
of the Seventh judicial district of the
state of Montana is hereby called to
meet in the city of Billings on the 7th
day of September, A. D. 1904, imme-
diately after the republican state con-
vention .and in the same hall, for the
purpose of nominating a district judge
for said district and for the transac.
ton of. such other business as may
come before the convention.
That there may be unity of action,
the executive committee recommends
that the delegates to this convention
be elected by the republican county
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JAMES e. FREE, M. d.
1857 1llN@l~lAAA

~. E
gates from any precinct no vote shall
be cast for said precinct.
Fourth-In the precinct in which the
convention is held nc vote shall be
cast for the absent delegate and alter
nate delegate.
Fifth-Delegates and alternate dele
gates must be republicans and resi-
dents of the precinct which they rep.
resent.
BY action of the republican county
central committee, Yellowstone coun-
ty, Montana.
o. B. PRICKETT, Chairman.
E. H. HOLLISTER, Secretary.
August /, 1904.
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Among others who probably be-
lieve as the democrats profess to be-
lieve regarding the tyranical ways and
methods of Roosevelt are some of the
federal oficeholders who have been
warned against displaying too much
activity in political affairs in efforts to
pave the way for future power and
influence. They have been given to
understand that if they value their
jobs they must attend to them and
ITO nothing else.
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While proclaiming in favor of a
revision of the existing protective
atariff, Judge Parker is careful not
ITO give ~offense to any of the protected
interests and those benefited by them
either directly or indirectly, by saying
that at best it would be useless to
hope for any material or great
changes during the short term of his
incumbency as president i'm athe event
of the remote possibility of his cleo
ton. The same quality of discretion
that enabled him to- maintain an I'M
broken silence until after his nomi-
nation is once more manifesting itself
in the gentleman, who seemingly has
made political diplomacy a study un-
til he has mastered it in all of it's
i%ntricacies.
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REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

Helena, Mont, Aug. 1O.-At a meet
ing OF the state central committee,
held in the city Of Helena, on the
22nd day Of February, 1904, it was or
dered that the executive committee
be authorized to fix the time for hold
ing the republican state convention at
Billings, Montana; therefore, the re.
publican executive committee directs
that a state convention Of delegated
representatives Of the republican par
ty be held at the city of Billings, in
the state of Montana, at 10 o'clock
noon, September z, 1904, for the pur-
pose of placing in nomination candi-
dates for the following offices:
3 Presidential Electors.
l Member of Congress.
l Governor.
1 Lieutenant Governor.
l Chief Justice of the State Su-
preme Court.
l Secretary of State.
/ State Auditor.
1 State Treasurer.
/ Attorney General.
l Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton.
1 Clerk of the State Supreme Court.
And for the transaction Of such
other business as may come before the
convention. The republican electors
OF the several counties and all other
electors, without regard to past polit-
ical affiliations, who believe in the
principles of the republican party and
who endorse it's policies, are cordially
invited to unite under this call in
the holding of party primaries and
for the purpose of elect
ing delegates and alternates to said
convention. Said convention shall
consist of the following number OF
delegates for the several counties:
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Tuesday, August is, 1904.

Still, Judge Parker could have been
a trife more definite in his declara-
ton concerning the necessity for tariff
revision 1t undoubtedly would have
been an easy matter for a man OF his
attachments and knowledge to make
some specific recommendation as to
where revision should commence.