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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. 6.-Wheat-In store
No. l hard, 87Ac; No. l Northern,
85Mc; No. 2 Northern, 83Ac. On track
NO. 1 Northern, 85Mc; No. 2 North
ern, 83Ac. To arrive-No. 1 hard,
87Ac; No. / Northern, 85%c; No. 2
Northern, S3Ac; No. 8 spring, 8eAc;
May, S7Ac; July, 86Ac. Flax-In
store, on track and to arrive, $1.02H;
May. $1.O5M; July, $1.O6%.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Jan. 6.-Wheat-May.
$3.50; July. 1850; Sept, SOC. On
track-No. ] hard, '3$c; No. l North.
ern, 87%c; No. 2 Northern, 84Ac; No.
3 Northern, T@79c.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
St. Pau! Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Jan. 6.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $3.7O@5.0O; common to
fair, s3.25@3.65; COWS and heifers,
$2.25@s.25; veals, $2.OO@4.5O. Hogs
s4.1564.7O. Sheep-Good to choice
yearling wethers, $4.15@4.50; heavy,
So 5O@4.OO; good to choice lambs, $500
@5.35; fair to good, $4.50@5.00.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
ON THE GREAT LAKES.
Rear Admiral Taylor Desires Naval
Station Established.

Washington, Jan. Rear Admiral
Taylor, chief Of the bureau of navi-
cation, Wednesday urged the house
naval affairs committee to establish
a naval training station on the Great
Lakes, for which an appropriation OF
$25O,0O0 is recommended by the de-
partment. Lake, Bluff, on Lake Mich.
gan, hear Chicago, and Racine, Wis,
have been recommended as proper
places for this station.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
corbett and sritt to Fiqnt.

San Francisco. Jan. 7.-"Young
Corbett' and James e. Britt have
agreed to fight here next February.
They will weigh in at 1870 pounds at 6
p. m. .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
WAR MAY YET BE AvERTED'
Landing Of Japanese Troops in Korea
Will Not Start Hostiltttes.

Will Not start Hostilities.
Paris, Jan. THE Revue Russo
says the following was received o
an authoritative source in st. Peters
burg:
"The probability of war is decreas'
ing. At the present moment Russia
cannot make a casus belli Of a tenn
porary landing of Japanese troops at
a Korean port with the object OF main
tanning order" i.
The S.. Petersburg correspondent OF
tho Paris edition of the New York
Herald says:
'sThere is no doubt that the Russian
reply intimates in a friendly way that
Russia cannot accept japanese inter
ference.
"At a council concerning Manchuria
1t was stated that Japan is placing
immense difficulties in the way of a
peaceful solution, rendering 1t i'm.
possible for Russia to recede from he1
position in the far INst.
RUSSIA cannot allow Japan to &C.
quire territory in Southern Korea,
thus cutting communication between
Vladivostock and Port Arthur"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
CARRYING COAL TO JAPAN.

British Steamship Knight Errant Sails
From Norfolk, Va.
Norfolk. Va, Jan. 1.-THE British
steamship knight Errant, Captain
Kendall, passed out Of the Virginia
Capes last evening laden with 1880
tons Of steam coal, shipped to an i'm
porting firm in Yokohama, Japan, but
for the use, it is said, of the Japanese
navy.
A great deal of interest is manifest
ed in shipping circles regarding the
safe passage of the vessel, and it is
understood an unusually high risk was
charged,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Nine Persons Injured by Cars Going
Through a Bridge.

Through a Bridge.
Deadwood, S. D., Jan. 1.-THE Bur
lington passenger train that left Dead
wood at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
crashed through a bridge at Rockford,
thirty miles from Deadwood, and nine
persons were injured, several serious.
ly. The locomotive and baggage car
passed oye safely but the chair car
plunged into the Little Rapid creek
and the Pullman rolled down the bank.
Relief trains we're made up at Dead.
wood, Lead, Hill City and Custer, TAX
ing all the doctors and nurses avail
able.
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RUSSIAN GUARD LANDED.
But Japanese Railway Refuses to
Tranaport 1t to Seoul.

Seoul, Jan. IA Russian legation
guard of. thirty has been landed at
Chemulpo but the Japanese railway
has refused to transport it to Seoul.
It is reported that preparations have
been made for the emperor of Korea
to find an asylum at the French lega-
ton in the event of serious trouble.
It is expected that France and Ger
many will send marines here to guard
their legations.
London, Jan. THE Daily News
correspondent at st. Petersburg says
that the news is confirmed that the
Second rifle regiment has already left
Mukden for Korea to protect Russian
interests there.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Shanghai REPORTS that Japan has
learned that the Russian squadron at
Bixerta has been instructed to shadow
Uapan's new cruisers and is in readi-
ness to attack them In event, Of wal.
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BEARING MUNITIONS OF WA
Steamer Siberia Will Sail for the
Orient,

"
San Francisco, Jan. THE Pacific
Mail Steamship company's steamer
Siberia, which will sail for Chinese
points, will carry a quantity of pig
lead for Japan and about 1000 sacks
Of nitre, consigned to Hong Kong, and
presumed to be for the manufacture OF
powder.
Tt is known that the Japanese gov
eminent has had agents in this coun-
try for some time past quietly getting
information concerning the purchase
and shipment of such supplies as may
be needed in the event Of war. One
agent placed an order for 10000 tons
Of hay for the army and part of the
order already has been shipped. OPP
tions have been placed on additional
quantities should they be required.
Another Japanese agent closed a con-
tract for 10000 900 pounds of mess beef.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30
WOMEN IN PACKING HOUSE
Fair Sex Have Invaded Great slaugh tering Concerns and Now Two
 Thousand Are Employed.


 The number of women in the Chicagj stockyards has almost doubled in thx past year. At the present time 2,00t women are employed there. It is tru that little less than half that numbex are engaged in the revolting work de scribed, the majority being employed iA painting and labelling cans, wrappin and packing soap and butterine. To sucl work the butchers make no objectionS But the number engaged in the less pleasi ing occupations is gradually being inI creased Last summer the sausage mak- CTS at the stock yards went on strike The strike was not sanctioned by the nn- tional officers of the organization, and when the men refused to return to work the packers proceeded to i'll their placea with women. The union could not ob@ ject. The men had struck without au- thority. The women are at work to-day, filling, linking and trimming sausages, The men are seeking work. What wager the women are being paid is known only to themselves and their employerss They are Lithuanian peasant womena Few speak the English language To organize them would be practically impossible, even were it advisable, which the union officials do not believe. Bua at frequent intervals few men are laid off and few more women hired Can the union stop the innovation?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30

"N HOUGH past seventy, uncle
 @S David was a brisk walker, and
 E on this night in particular he
 sped along so fast that he was balf way down H street by the time I had turned the corner of New Hamp- shire avenue 4M 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 neared the building was so inn pressed by the surrounding stiffness that was ready to VOW that the shad- Ows were denser here than elsewhere and that the few gas lamps which flickered 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 a fence which, hung with vines, surrounded and near 1y 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 I came abreast of him I 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 req son. could distinguish these words among the many he directed toward the unseen animal:
 You're a knowing one-too know ing! You see that loosened shutter over the way as plainly as I do; but you're coward to slink away from it. don't. l face the thing, and, what's more, I'll show you yet what I think of dog that can't stand his ground and help his old master out with some show of courage. Creaks, does it? We'll, let 1t creak. I don't mind It's creaking, glad as I should be to know whose hand Hello! You've come have you?" This to me. I had just stepped up to him.
 'Yes, I've come. Now, what is the matter with the Moore house?'
 He must have expected the question, yet his answer was a 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.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30

:. will give me, if anything ever happens to that chit of girl whom my brother left behind him." @
 Growling some words at the dog, 1 who showed decided inclina ton to lie down where he was, the old man made for the door and in another mo- ment would have been In the street, If had not stepped after him.
 You are Moore and live in or near that old house?" I asked.
 The surprise with which he met this question daunted me little.
 How long have you been in Wash ington, should like to ask?" was his acrid retort a~ "Oh, some five months" aY
 His good nature, or what passed for such in this irascible old man, returned in an instant, and he curtly but not 1nkindly remarked:
 You haven't learned much in that time" Then, with a nod more cere- nonious than many another mans bow, he added, with sudden dignity: II am of the elder branch and live in the cottage fronting the old place. am the only resident on the block. When you have lived here longer you will know why that especial nelgnDor- hood is not a favorite one with those who cannot boast of the Moore blood. For the present, let us attribute the bad name that it holds to--malaria. [" And with a significant hAIch of his lean shoulders, which set in undulating mo- ton every fold of the old fashioned cloak he wore, he started again for the door. a a* .n
 But my curiosity was by this time reused to fever heat. I knew more about this house than he gave me cred 1t for. No one who had read the pa- pers of late, much less a man connect ed with the police, could help being well informed in all the details of it's remarkable history. What I had fail ed to know was his close relationship to the family whose name for the last two weeks had been in every mouth.
 Wait" called out. "You say that you live opposite the Moore house. You can then tell me-
 But he had no mind to stop for any gossip.
 Tt was all in the papers," he called back. Read them. But first be sure to find out who has struck a light in the house that we all know has not even a caretaker in it."
 It 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 if, for any reason, you are ignorant of the facts which within a 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
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VnoIe David

mony - with what result you know. Though the occasion was 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 i've minutes of the cere- mony lying on it's dolorous hearthstone dead, and, though the bride was spared q knowledge of the dreadful fact till the noly words were sald, panic hau seized the guests and emptied the house as suddenly and completely as though the plague had been discovered there.
 This is why I hastened to follow Uncle David when he told me that all was not right in this house of tragic memories
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30

W\OR a detective whose talents
 had not been recognized at
 headquarters possessed an
 ambition which, fortunately for my standing with the lieutenant of the precinct, had not yet been expressed in words. Though I had small reason Tor expecting great things of myself, had always cherished the hope that If big case came my way should be found able to do something with it. something more, that ts, than had seen accomplished by the police of the District of Columbia since I had had the honor of being one of their num- Der. Therefore, when I found myself plunged, almost without my own voli- ton, into the Jeffrey Moore affair, be- heved that the opportunity had come whereby might distinguish myself.
 It had complications, this Jeffrey Moore affair; greater ones than the public ever knew, keen as the interest In it ran both in and out of Washing ton. ..a
 4'his is why I propose to tell the Story of this great tragedy from my own standpoint, even if in so doing gisk the charge of attempting to ex- s5soit my own connection with this ceIe- brated case. In its course encounter ed as many disappointments as tri- 1mphs and brought out of the affair heart as sore as 1t was satisfied, for nm 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 called Uncle David, even by the ur- chins who followed him in the street, so am showing him no disrespect, gen. Eleman though he is, by giving him a title which as completely characterized him in those days as did his moody ways, his quaint attire and the per sistence with which he kept at his side his great mastiff Rudge.
 I had long since heard of the old gentleman as one of the most interest ing residents of the precinct. I had even seen him more than once on the avenue. but had never before been
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30
The Moore house

of the house. Tn another moment the rich peal of an organ sounded from within, followed by the prolonged bowling of Rudge, who, either from a too keen appreciation of his masters music or In utter disapproval of it-no one, believe, has ever been able to make out whioh-was accustomed to add this undesirable accompaniment to every strain from the old mans hand. The playing did not cease be- cause of these outrageous discords. On the contrary, it increased in force and volume, causing Rudges expression of pain or pleasure to increase also. The result can be imagined. As I listened to the intolerable howls of the dog cutting clean through the exquisite harmonies of his master I wondered if the shadows cast by the drowning structure of the great Moore house were alone to blame for Uncle David's lack of neighbors.
 Meantime Hubbard, who was the first to hear my signal, came running down the block. As he joined me the light, or what we chose to call a light, appeared in the window toward which my attention had been directed.
 "Some ones in the Moore housew I declared, in as matter of fact tones as could command
 Hubbard Is big fellow, the biggest fellow on the force, and so far as my own experience with him had gone, as stolid and imperturbable as the best of us. But after quick glance at the towering walls of the lonely building he showed decided embarrassment and seemed in no haste to cross the street.
 With difficulty concealed my dis gust
 Come" cried stepping down from the curb. "let's go over and investi-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30

at III daylight and summed alter dark, not only by superstitious colored folk but by all who are susceptible to the most ordinary emotions of fear and dread.
 It was standing when Washington was a village. It antedates the capitol and the White House. Built by man of wealth, it bears to this day the inn press of the large ideas and quiet ele- gance of colonial times; but the shad- ow which speedily fell across it made 1t a marked place even in those early days. While it has always escaped the hackneyed epithet of haunted" families that have moved in have as 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, it is not often that one can say, as in this case, that 1t was invariably sudden and in variably of one character.
 A lifeless man, lying outstretched on a certain hearthstone, might be found once in a house and awaken no special comment, but when this same dtscov- cry has been made twice, if not thrice, during the history of a single dwelling, one might surely be pardoned dis trust of its seemingly homelike ap- pointments and discern in It's slowly dark ening walls the presence of an evil which if left to itself might perish in the natural decay of the place, but which, if met and challenged, might strike again and make another blot on its thrice crimsoned hearthstone.
 But chese are old fables which I should hardly presume to mention had 1t 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 it's fame from one end of the country to the other. refer to the tragedy at- tending the wedding lately celebrated there.
 Veronica Moore, rich, pretty and will full, had long cherished a strange liking for this drowning 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 superstitious. So, being about to marry the choice of her young heart, she caused this house &0 ha 0nnuad for tha wnddirp rnra-
 VncIe David
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30

brought face to face with him, and consequently had much too superficial D knowledge of his countenance to de- termine offhand whether the uneasy light in his small gray eyes was nat ural to them or simply the result of present excitement. But when he be- gan to talk detected an unmistakable tremor in his tones and decided that he was ill state of suppressed agitation, though he appeared to have nothing more alarming to impart than the fact
 The AAHaNAsvn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30
Rudge

gtantly the old gentleman turned and, with q gesture as fierce as it was in- stinctive, shouted out:
 "Be still there! If you haven't the courage to face blowing shutter, keep your jaws shut and don't let every fellow who happens along know what a 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 rattled with something more than impatient anger.
 Meanwhile I had been attentively scrutinizing the house thus pointedly brought to my notice. I had seen it many times before, but, as it happen ed, had never stopped to look at 1t when the huge trees surrounding 1t were shrouded in darkness The black hollow of its disused portal looked out from shadows which acquired some of their somberness from the tragic mem ories connected with it's 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 saw beam of light which argued an un- known presence within walls which had so lately been declared unfit for any mans habjtation.
 ''You are right" I now remark ed to the uneasy figure at my side. Some one is prowling through the house yon- der. Can it possibly be Mrs. Jeffrey or her husband?
 'tAt night and with no gas in the house? Hardy"
 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:
 T will summon another officer, and we three will just slip across and in- vestigate."
 Mot IT. was his violent rejoinder as he swung open a gate concealed in the vines behind him. "The JeffTeys would resent my intrusion if they ever hap peAffHd fndeedP eS pear I01i 1ialuGgned, sounding my whistle. Then, soberly enough, for I was more than little struck by the oddity 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.
 T have no business over there,'' he objected. Veronica and have never been on good terms. I was not even invited to her wedding, though I 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 bullseye of a burglar n perhaps you don't know that there are rare treasures on the bookshelves of the great library--or whether it is the fam tastic illumination which frightens fool folks and some fool dogs, I'm done with 1t 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
 The Moore hoUse
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The detective

mat he had seen a light burning in some house presumably empty. It was all so trivial that gave him but scant attention till he let a name fall which caused me to prick up my ears and even to put in a word. "The Moore house." he had said.
 '"The Moore houseT' I repeated in amazement. Are you speaking of the Moore houseT'
 A thousand recoIlections came with the name.
 What other?'he grumbled, directing toward me look as keen as it was i'm patient Do you think that I would bother myself long about house had no interest in, or drag Rudge from his warm rug to save some ungrateful neighbor from a possible burglary? No, it is my house which some rogue has chosen to enter. That is," he suavely corrected, as he saw surprise In every eye. "the house which the law,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30

WNoR a detective whose talents
 had not been recognized at headquarters I possessed an
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30
CHAPTER |.

LII
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30

.LooK al that window over there!v he cried at last. That one with the slightly open shutterl Watch and you will see that shutter move There, 1t creakedl Didn't you hear it?"
 A growl--it was more like moan came from the porch behind us. In-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-30
CHAPTER II.

'WN HOUGH past seventy, Uncle @ David was brisk walker, and
 E on this night in particular he
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Preparation ot ..Almond Milk"

f FreparaC1on or "AImond MILK.
 This is another Creole drink, which may be called in English almond milk. " It is a delicious treat, easily prepared. Peel three dozen sweet almonds, pound them we'll to pulp, and boil them with two quarts of milk, adding a stick of vanilla; sweeten with half a pound of sugar Let cool. strain through a fine sieve and place on ice. Cubans serve 1t in tumblers like lemonade.