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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-29
CHAPTER XVI.

~ N the evening Of the day which
saw our first recognition Of
this crime as the work of We
ronica Moore the following no.
tice appeared in the Star and all the
other local journals:
"Any person who positively remem-
bers passing through Waverley avenue
between N and NJ streets on the even
ing of May II at or near the hour Of
quarter past will confer a favor on
the detective force of the District by
communicating the same to F. at the
police headquarters in G street"
/ was e." and was soon deep in
business. But was readily able to
identify those who came from curios-
tty, and as the persons who had really
fulfilled the conditions expressed in
my advertisement were few an evening
and mornings work suff1ced to sift the
whole matter down to the one man
who could tell me just what I wanted
to know. With this man I went to the
major, and as result we all met later
in the day at Mr.. Moore's door.
This gentleman looked startled enough
when he saw the number and charac-
ter Of his visitors, but his grand air did
not forsake him, and his welcome was
both dignified and cordial. But I did
not like the way his eye rested on me.
But the slight venom visible in it at
that moment was nothing to what he
afterward displayed when at slight
nd who cfN IN, ~
attitude of offense in the doorway be-
yond, drew the attention Of all to the
dog by saying sharply:
"There is our witness, sirs. There is
the dog who will not cross the street
even when his master calls him, but
crouches on the edge Of the curb and
waits with eager eyes but immovable
body till that master comes back. Isn't
that so, Mr.. Moore? Have I not heard
you utter more than one complaint in
this regard?"
81 cannot deny it." was the stir re-
ply, "but WHAT
did not wait for him to finish.
"Afr. Currean," asked, lis this the
animal you passed between the hours
of Z and 8 on the evening of
May II, crouching in front Of this
house with his nose to the curbstone2"
"It is; 1 noted him particularly; he
seemed to be watching the opposite
house."
Instantly turned upon Mr.. Moore.
"Is Ridge the dog to do that"
asked, "if his master were not therei
Twice have I myself seen him in the
selfsame place and with the selfsame
| air of expectant attention, and both
times you had crossed to the house
which you acknowledge he will ap
proach no nearer than the curb on this
| side Of the street"
"You have me-" was the short reply
| with which Mr.. Moore gave up the
|
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-29
THE END.
Disastrous Wrecks.

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are making human wrecks of sufferers
from Throat and Lung troubles. But
since the advent Of DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, even the worst cases can be
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Dorchester. Mass, is one Of many
whose life was saved by Dr. Kings
New Discovery. This great remedy
is guaranteed for all Throatand Lung
diseases by P. A. Clemmer, Druggist.
Price Soc and S1.00. Trial bottles
free. T
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struggle. "Rudge, go back to your
place. When you are wanted in the
courtroom l will let you know"
The smile with which he said this
was sarcastic enough, but it was sar-
casm directed mainly against himself.
We were not surprised when, after
some sharp persuasion on the part Of
the major, he launched into the fol-
lowing recital Of his secret relation to
what he called the last tragedy ever
likely to occur in the Moore family.
II never thought it wrong to be Gu
rious about the old place; never
thought it wrong to be curious about
its mysteries. only considered 1t
wrong, or at all events Ill judged, to
annoy Veronica in regard to them, or
to trouble her in any way about the
means by which might effect an en-
trance into its walls. So took the
one that offered and said nothing.
II have visited the old house many
times during my sojourn in this little
cottage. The last time was, as one Of
your number has so ably discovered,
on the most memorable night in ita
history; the one in which Mrs. Jeffrey'a
| remarkable death occurred there. The
interest reused in me by the unex.
pected recurrence of the old fatality at
tending the library hearthstone reached
its elimination when I perceived one
night the CLINT Of candle burning in
| the southwest chamber. l did moi
know who was responsible for this
light, but I strongly suspected 1t to be
| Mr.. Jeffrey, for who else would dare
to light CANOE IN this disused house
without first seeing that all the shut
tiers We're fast?
II did not dislike Mr.. Jeffrey or ques
ton his right to do this. Nevertheless:
l was very angry. Though allied to {
Moore, he was not one himself, and the
difference in our privileges affected me
strongly; consequently watched til
he came out and upon positively rec
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-29

thing and unexpected that 1 recoiied,
during which the room leaped into
sudden view-she, too, Veronica, with
baby face drawn and set like wom-
an's-then darkness again and heavy
fall which shook the floor, If not my
hard old heart. The flash and that
fall enlightened me. I had just wit
messed the suicide of the last Moore
saving myself, suicide for which I
was totally unprepared and one which
do not yet understand.
II did not go over to her. She was
as dead when she fell as she ever
would be. In the flash which Lit ev-
erything I had seen where her pistol
was pointed. Why disturb her, then?
Nor did return upstairs. I had small
Interest now in anything but my own
escape from situation more or less
compromising. Do you blame me for
this? was her heir, and 1 was where
I had no legal right to be. Do you
think that l was called upon to pub
lish my shame and tell how fingered
there while my own niece shot herself
OSAoAS NY eyes! 4adI SuOI udUc uue d
millionaire. This certainly was ex-
element enough for one day. Besides,
l did not leave her there neglected. I
notified you later after I had got my
breath and had found some excuse.
That wasn't enough? All, see that
you are all models Of courage and
magnanimity. You would have laid
yourselves open to every reproach rath-
er than let little necessary perjury
pass your lips. But am no model.
! am simply an old man who has been
too hardly dealt with for seventy long
years to possess every virtue. I made
a mistake-I see it now-trusted dog
when I shouldn't-but If Ridge had
not seen ghosts-well, what now?"
We had, one and all, with an invol-
untary impulse turned our backs upon
him.
"What are you doing?" he hotly de-
manded.
"Oniy what all Washington will do
tomorrow and afterward the whole
world" gravely returned the major.
Then, as an ejaculation escaped the as
tonished millionaire, he impressively
added: ga perjury which allows an in
nocent man and woman to remain I'M
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-29
The major den o unce
Uncle David


der the suspicion of murder for five
weeks is one which not only the law
has right to punish, but which all So
ciety will condemn. Henceforth you
will find yourself under ban, Mr..
Moore" Time amply verified this
prophecy. Mr.. Moore is living in great
style in the Moore house and drives
horses which are conspicuous even in
Washington, but no one accepts his
invitations, and he is as much Of re-
cluse in his present mansion as he ever
was in the humble cottage in which his
days Of penury were spent.
Ny story ends here. The matter new
er came before the grand jury. Suicide
had been proved, and there the affair
rested.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-29
Deafness Specialist Sproule,

(Graduate Dublin University, Ireland,
formerly Surgeon British Royal Ndual
Service, 265 Trade Building, Boston. do
not lose ttis greet opportunity Of receivang
valuable advice free. Write to him NOW
TODAY!
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-20

the democratic secretary of the treasury. MIR
Carlisle, threatened to pay our maturing obliga-
lions In silver. Our bonds at once came back
to US from across the water. aud in a moment
we were in the midst Of a financial panic which.
as compared with the panic of 1873, was as the
hurricane to the summers breeze.
The next four years were long ones, the long
Get since the war. They were full of changes
and experiences which were impressive and
instructive, but expensive. All kinds of busi-
ness 8 seriously disturbed, Investments were
sacrificed. capital was despoiIed of its earnings,
and labor succumbed TO the wasting blasts OF
the great change by which industry was cheated
OF its just reward The democratic party had
been for years assailing the tariff because some
men became rich unaer It's operations aud
others poor. The four years of democratic con.
troll cured all that and the prescription proved
quite as effective on the poor on the rich. for
1t involved all In common loss.
Every thing suffered but the republican cause;
everything was blighted but republican princi
pies; they alone escaped the mildew which set.
tied upon everything else. The fires in the fur
naces went out the wheels of the mills ceased TO
turn. the spindle- ceased to spin, the sound of
the factory whistle and the bell were no longer
heard, and those who were not financially
ruined established soup.houses, to which the la
boring man and his family fiocked in rags.
The democratic party was In control after a
campaign Of profuse and glItteripg promises,
but It signaly failed to redeem a single promise
1t had made to the people. One promise 1t made
was faithfully kept. 1t was not made in the
platform or by Its orators on the stump, but 1t
was made by implication when Grover Ceve-
land appointed a southern democrat as secretary
of the interior. That promise was at once full.
filed. by the suspension, without cause without
= hearing, of the pensions of thousands OF de.
serving Union soldiers.
They passed the Wilson tariff bill. which their
own President refused to sign. because 1t was
too much of protective measure. and we then
found out what tariff for revenue really meant
1t meant protection for nearly every southern
product or industry. and practically free trade
for northern industries and productions.
| And SO we approaches the campaign of 1896
The democratic party. having issued s262 OO0, oof
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capita OF sass. In 1893 they amounted TO over
600, an average Of $i0s.l5 for every man.
woman and child in the State.
Our government bonds bearing per cent.
which represent more than half our national
debt of about 5000, o00.o o. are to day selling In
the markets OF the world at a premium of 5 per
cent.
Since the democratic administration of Mr..
Cleveland. the total bank deposits of the Uni ed
States have increased from $4,000 100000 in 1898
to more than sa.5oo0oo.0.o in 1903 These fig
ures are without parallel or approach in the
financial. commercial and industrial hi tory Of
the world.
l have never been able to understand how an
intelligent man. living in New England. and es.
pecislly In Maine, can be democrat. II cannot
be ON account of any pride in the past achieve
ments Of his party. Show me single great
national measure devised and carried out by
the republican party during the past iifty years,
under the provisions Of which our population
has treuled. and our wealth increased eight-fold
which hss not been opposed by the demo-
cratic party, In Congress and out. with all the
venom that party possesses; show me single
constructive MEASURE devised by the democratic
party during these nfy years. aud win admit
take.
What is their party history during these past
fifty years? In 1856 they spplauded and
adopted as Il part of their political creed de
cision of the democratic supreme court that the
colored man had no rights that white man was
bound to respect. In 1860 the dominant wing
OF the party. dominant then and dominant to-
day. and with the aid of their allies Of Tam
many Hall, dangerous, Joined In an attempt to
disrupt this government.
The democratic secretary of the navy scat
TERED our ships wherever winds blew and water
was found to float them, W ere they could not
be used in an emergency. The democratic sec
rotary of war scattered our armies over this
broad land, where they could not be used to put
down rebellion. They inaugurated and main.
tanned for four years the greatest rebellion the
world has ever known. For three years they
hurled back our defeated army on TO Washing
ton, and made the streams of Virginia rivers OF
blood. They shot down in cold blood our sol
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Rough Riders up the hill at San Juan--Theodore
Roosevelt, who has been tested and tried, and
never found wanting. but ia all things and al
ways worthy of the confidence and admiration
of the American people.
The facts are unmistakable. The republican
party found the finances of the country dis
organized and organized them. 1t found the
nations credit PROSTATE, and raised IL to a
point above that Of any other country. Itfound
American Industries undeveleped and buils
them up By protection until the United States is
indnstrialIy Independent, and the American
workingmen the best piid In the world.
Republicanism found the nation weak, and
made it strong; found it poor, and made it
rich; found 1t stagnant and dishonored. and
made It prosperous and great, the leader in the
world civilization. the champion of human
progress aud freedom, the hope and stronghold
of the Cypress, of every race 1t carried the
flag through four years of darkest war that
this good country OF ours that our homes and
our Institutions might be perpetuated.
The republican party. gentlemen. takes no
step backward. In its lexicon the word re-
PROGRESSION has no place. No task which
promises benefit to the people is TOO ste pendous.
no obstacle. however apparently insurmount-
IL
victory except by the arbitration of an honest
ballot. and SO long rs we cliug to our time
honored principles, our .cause will never go
down in defeat.
Gentlemen. the chair awaits the pleasure Of
the convention.
The temporary organization was made
permanent, and the following candidates
for presidential electors were nominated.
Waldo PettingiiI, OF Rumford Falls, and
f. A. Wilsoa, of Bangor; electors at
large; Robert Macarthur, of Biddeford,
Fred Harris, of Boothbay Harbor,
Fred G, Kinsman, Of Augusta, and Joseph
B. Peaks, OF Dover.
The convention warmly endorsed the
Roosevelt administration, and named the
following delegates at-large to attend The
| national convention that will renominate
| the gallant rough rider Presidents Fred
| eric e. Boothby, Portland, Edwin Riley,
Livermore Fslls, Gov. John f. Hill, Au-
gusts, and F. M. Simpson, Bangor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-20

"Do you think that a man ought to
speak de truth under all circumstances?"
said Flooding Pete. "Of course not"
replied Wandering Mike. at 'ud sound
foolish for man to keep sayin' guilty as
indicted every time he was brought into
court"
To keep your self-approval you must be
and not stand condemned before the bar
of conscience. No matter how slight the
departure from truth or integrity, no
matter how trifiing the deception or I'M
truthfulness III any deception or untruth-
fulness can be considered slightly you have
been tampering with the needle, aud II
you persist in such course you will not
reach the harbor you seek.
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The Yellow Peril.

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terror,zed ,,r,,d .totooo, ,or ~ ,,..
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.goression In the ,or East .su.A M.nr,o.
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DIR. EmnnOns1
Pauper Notice.

TINE undersigned hereby gives notice that D.
has contracted with the city of Ellsworth
for the support of the poor, during the ensuing
year, and has made ample provision for theii
support. tic therefore forbids all persons from
furnishing supplies TO any pauper on his &C
count, as without his written order he viii pas
for no goods so furnished HARRY 8. JONES.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-04-20

AS family medicine which will meet so many
emergencies. we consider Browns Instant Re
lief leads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-25
NO CHANGE TO BE MADE.
Result Of Chemical Experiments in
Bank Note Paper

Nearly year ago the government gave
attention to some chemical experiments
that were designed to soften paper to such
an extent that bank and government notes
would be soft and velvety instead of crisp.
The experiments demonstrated that the
chemical would produce a soft condition
of bills, but after consideration the treas
ury officials decided that nothing could be
gained by making a change. Ever since
then the story has been going the rounds
that the crisp bill was thing of the past
The treasury has no intention of changing
the method of producing bills and notes
that have existed for a long time, and SO
far as known the softening of note paper
will not be experimental with again. The
discoverers of the chemical proposed that
1t be used in the manufacture of the paper,
SO that when the printing of the notes at
the bureau of engaving and printing be-
gan great deal Of time and labor would
be saved. There would have been revo-
luton in the process in that establishment.
Paper now used in the printing Of paper
money has to be thoroughly soaked in
water. While in damp condition one side
of the paper is printed. The sheet is then
placed in steam room and kept under
high pressure for from fifteen to thirty
days, the time for the ink to dry. After
this the sheet is again soaked as in the first
instance, and the reverse side printed. 1t
was claimed that all this wetting and dry
ing would be unnecessary, and that great
deal Of time would be saved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-25
PARKER TO ATTEND A FAIR.
Letter of Acceptance to Follow Publ
cation Of Roosevelt's.

ESOPUS, N. Y, August 25-Judge and
Mrs. Alton B. Parker will attend the Ellen
vile fair on August 81. They VIII be ac-
companied by a number of friends, and will
spend the entire day at the fair which for
a number of years they have patronized.
The Ellenville fair grounds are very near
Accord N. Y, where Judge and Mrs. Par
ker lived for several years and are gener-
ally acquainted. There will be no political
speeches made on this occasion.
Judge Parker's letter of acceptance will
not be issued until after that of President
Roosevelt. 1t was the intention at Rose
mount until recently to make public the
letter about September 10, but it is now
understood that Mr.. Roosevelts letter will
not be issued until September -. There
fore the letter of the democratic candidate
probably will not be made public before
September II.
ST. Clair McKelway of the Brooklyn
Eagle will be the guest of Judge Parker
over night. He will arrive on a late after
noon train today.
Representative Francis Burton Harrison
of New York. who was on Tuesday ap-
pointed assistant chairman of the New
York state democratic organization bureau,
of which William 8. ROdie Is head, came to
RosemOunt today to discuss with Judge
Parker the upstate situation and to tell
him of the plans he has made In connec-
tion with his new position.
Mr.. Harrison said that Mr.. Rode has al
ready begun a canvass of the upstate
voters AS yet no definite statistics are at
hand but he said that he believes the OUT
look is very bright for the success Of the
national ticket in the state. Later In the
campaign Representative Harrison will go
upon the stump, and says he hopes to make
several speeches in various parts of the
state before election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-25
THE OPPOSING ARMIES.
Fair Weather Returns After Heavy
Rains

GENERAL KUROKTS HEADQUAR-
TIERS, August 81, via Fusan, August %
Fair weather has returned after five days
heavy and three days light rains. 1t is
hoped that this is the last stretch of the
wet season.
Streams falling and the sandy
soil is absorbing the water rapidly. The
Russians reported to be fortifying Lao
Yang extensively. Lighter defenses are
being made In front OF Anping. few
miles ahead of General Kurok. There has
been no fighting recently.
I,IAO YANG, August 25-At the Rus
sian headquarters here General Kuroki' s
army is estimated at 100000 men, General
Nodzu's force at 1O0o0 and General Oku's
at 10000. This is exclusive of two divisions
of about 10000 men moving up on the
right bank of the Lao river According
TO the Chinese the Japanese have con-
verted the branch railroad from Niuchwang
to Tashchao into narrow gauge. and
are conveying thither twenty siege guns,
1t continues to be believed here that
the japanese armies in Manchuria are
awaiting the result of the stormng of
Port Arthur before renewing their move
ments against the forces of General Kuro-
patkin.