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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
FIGURES AND FINDINGS.

The post office Is the largest en-
ployer of labor in Great Britain
Paris has, the biggest debt of any
city in the world. IL amounts to $780,
100000.
In London out OF 100 widowers who
marry again II marry their house
keepers.
Within the past Jour years France
has recorded 10000 suicides, while in
Italy the number has been only 5000.
More than 1000 people earn living
In Paris by fortunetelling. and their
total yearly earnings are estimated at
G400,0O0.
Stockholm has the largest death
rate from the use of alcohol of any city
In the world. The number of deaths
from this cause is SO in 1000.
The richest bed of nitre in the world
Is at Atacama, in Chilli. 1t covers
5000 acres, contains 25,000,000 tons,
and is valued at GS00,000,000.
On every shilling turned out the
mint makes profit of nearly three
pence. On every ton OF penny pieces
taken out from the mint there is a
profit of 1892.
Over 100000 visits are paid every
year to London pawnbrokers. The ex-
act figures are on an average $4,000 a
day. Throughout the whole country
the number Of pledges is said to
amount to 190,cOOO00 per annum.
Our French neighbors are said to
expend sum of no less than 100000
900 annually in tips In Paris alone
G11,200 day or rather more than
a4,OOO,OOO a year, is said to find its
way into the pockets of walters, cab
men, porters and the many other per-
sons who look upon tips as their right
and perquisite.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Mrs. George Keppel Of England
wears a pendant Of emeralds, the most
beautiful in the world.
The late Francesca Zocchi was 96 Mt
the time of his death He was an uncle
Of Salvini and was the Oldest actor on
the Italian stage.
Sarah Bernhard is said to cherish
an almost superstitlous affection for a
necklace of gold nuggets presented to
her by California miners.
Gus Carson, grandson of Kit Carson,
resident of Oklahoma, is credited
with knowing more about quail than
any ten men in the two territories.
Miss Maggie J. Waltz of Calumet,
Mich, is editing the only Finnish pub
lication for women in this country.
She Is greatly interested in beneflting
the condition of tie women In the
United States.
K. B. De, fuli-blooded Brahmin, of
high degree, Is in New Haven. Conn,
to study tobacco raising at the Connec-
ticut agricultural experiment station,
and will make use cf the knowledge
acquired in growing the weed extern
sively on his estate at home.
An American who recently met the
British premier in London has this to
say of him: ''Mr. Balfour is very
wise man and he plays golf beautiful
ly, but he wears the wrong kind Of col
lar. His neck is lean and long, and he
accentuates this physical popularity
by wearing rundown collar with q
little black bow"
Mrs. Blva Lockwood, the only wo-
man who ever ran for president of the
United States, is member Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia bar. At present she
is engaged in the Cherokee Indian
case, among the most important that
ever came before the United States
court of claims. Mrs. Lockwood is an
ardent admirer of President Roosevelt,
whom she regards as the greatest liv-
| ing statesman
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

pictures These pictures are now in
statement of one Marie Brossman Is to
the effect that Carlton at one time
threatened to transpose a negative of
her head to the body of another wom-
an. She has told the police that he
limited thai by that means he had been
able to accomplish much.
Inquiry from Chicago.
In addition to this there is the in
quiry of the Chicago police, asking for
more particulars about Carlton, de-
claring that Carl Horton, who ran
matrimonial bureau at No. 155 Wash
ington street, that city, several years
ago, resembled Cartons published pic
lures. That man was arrested, but was
acquitted and left town.
1t will be seen easily that except for
the three crimes on which he now
stands charged and the one which
Awaits the outcome Of the chemit's
analysis the testimony is not yet con-
elusive. The police have not yet gath
cred together all the strands Of evil
dence, but in every allegation so far
the cup OF tea Is found. st. Louis has
sent word that Carlton is the young
McCandless, of Polk county, who en-
listed in the United States army at an
early age, deserted and served two
years Imprisonment in Fort Leaven-
worth, the military prison. 1t is there,
it is asserted, that he learned to cook.
1t is there, it is thought, he learned
to brew a cup of tea by pouring hot
water upon the tea leaves, upon which
lay slice of lemon. That is COM
mon enough way nowadays in cities
and abroad, but it is not the way they
make tea in the country districts,
where the old-fashioned boiling or
sleeping is still used. 1t was strange
enough to have Helen Murray remem-
Der it of John e. Candless; for Jennie
Andrews, of South Dakota, to use that
as one of her means of Identification,
and for Lucia Mitchell, Mrs. Kettering,
Rose Cerier, Mrs. Kingrey, the Peter
son girl, the parents of Jennie Smyth
Carlton, and the mother and brother
of Mary German, as well as the Mrs.
Hattie Schultz and her bandmaster
husband in Sands street Brooklyn
where Carlton boarded, all of them re-
fer to it.
Schaub, who has accused him OF
grand larceny, alleges that he was Of
fered tea to drink. Dr. Goldsmith has
sworn that the drug which De Martinez
administered to him to produce uncon'
seriousness was in cup of tea. The
McCandless of the army and the Carl
ton of the navy brewed the tea.
The foregoing is the arraignment b,
the police There is something to b.
said for the man around whom so pow
erful a net is closing. Carlton himsel
, can talk for himself. and talk quietly
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

and who later gained temporary free
bondsman. calls on him every day and
they exchange most endearing conf
dences.
"Pll marry her when I get out"
says Carlton. She's the best friend I
have in the world
Il love Fred devotedly and wouldn't
marry anyone else if | had to wait
years and years for him." AYERS Mrs.
Vandeventer.
And as to this, Inspector Cross says
he has occasion TO believe that the low
ing couple are already married.
"a Funny Mix-Up."
HE tried to insure her life for $1,000
and they both swore they were mar
ried," says the Inspector. And her
own brother-in-law told the insurance
company, for which he was the agent,
that they were married. Now, that's
funny mix-up."
In his checkered career Carlton has
posed as physician, chemist, expert
photographer, priest, Presbyterian min
lister, expert chef and owner of Bra
lillian coffee plantation. He has boast
ed of his keen knowledge of medicine,
and has said he know how to cultivate
enough germs to supply the borough of
Brooklyn for the rest of it's natural
! life
Carlton has maintained a marvellous
brayado since his arrest. 1t is char
, acteristic that Is one of his strongest
points. Nothing seems to nettle him.
and he affects good humor at all
times that, with man under such in
tense cross-fire, is hard to understand
Lack of nerve has never for moment
led him to false step since his ar
rest Confronted at Raymond street
jail by Mile Peterson, Jersey City
woman whom he caught in his spiGery
web under promise of marriage, only
to forsake her for another, he gazed
coldly at her.
For Gods sake, don't say you don't
know me-" implored the heartbroken
i woman, whose life had been the tor
ment of thousand hells since he left
her.
81 never saw you declared Carlton
his eyes dropping to escape her tears.
She tainted, and on being revived heI
; agonizing screams sent chills to the
hearts of the callous prison guards.
!, Carlton gazed upon the creature be-
, fore him unmoved
Fred, love you. l don't want tc
} prosecute you"
Take her away. She's crazy" com
manded Carlton.
7 And the woman in a convulsion o
e Mysteries, was taken to a hospital
= This is the real nature of the NAL
f whom the Brooklyn police term
:, "Bluebeard4" II
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

tntelllgently and logically; that is,
where there does not intervene date
or a place or name he desires at this
time to withhold.
A Dangerous Man.
HE is a dangerous man to have
loose" is the way Inspector Cross puts
it. How many woman have fallen
prey to his greed and viciousness it
would be hard to say. How he won the
love and confidence of these women is
beyond comprehension. He is a man
Of low, petty practices, a man of the
meanest type. He fascinated innocent
women and they were as toys in his
hands"
Miss Marie Breslin, upon whom Carl
ton tried unique scheme of biackmail
by means of an obnoxious photograph,
fell under Cartons hypnotic eye.
"He asked me to marry him before
his second wife was dead" says this
pretty Brooklyn miss. 81 was her
bridesmaid, and | was shocked when
he spoke to me, felt myself under
his terrible influence. l had hardly
the strength to refuse him, but, thank
God, did. Then he told me he would
get me by foul means, and don't know
what might have happened if he had
not been arrested. always hated him,
but his influence over woman was so
strong that no one without a desperate
effort could get away from him."
Cartons feverish anxiety for fem
mime love has not deserted him since
his Incarceration at the Brooklyn Jail.
Mrs. Vandeventer, who was herself
thrust into cell when Anthony Com
stock heard of her having posed for
photographs found in Cartons trunk,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
Many Women Claim Him as
Their Welded Husband.
HELD ON MANY SERIOUS CHARGES
Suspected of Poisoning Two Wives by Unique
Methods to Collect Their Life Insurance
He Puzzles the Brooklyn
Police Force.

frankness itself on some points, he had
drawn a mental circle about others
and his answers never overstepped the
lien-but through it all there was the
laughing triumphant declaration:
"You will see. will go free. There
will never be a charge made to stand
up against me. | am willing to go to
jail and have everything sifted thor
oughly At the proper time | will tell
everything"
Carlton has at the present time three
definite charges against him. The first
is the accusation of H. B. ]. Schaub,
machinist on the submarine Porpoise,
that Carlton took from him the sum
of S700 on a pretext that the money
would be used in specializing in tax
sales. On that he stands indicted.
The second charge for which he is
under indictment in Manhattan is the
accusation of DR.. G. A. Goldsmith, of
Stamford, Conn, who has sworn that
Carlton drugged him with cup of tea
and robbed him of $500 at the st. Clair
hotel, Park Row, in January, 1900.
The third, for which he is accused
jointly with Mrs. Eleanor Van Deven-
ter, with whom he lived, is having in
his possession improper photographs of
women.
At present DR.. Charles P. O'Connor,
pathologist Of the health department,
is conducting a chemical analysis of
the stomach and organs of Mary Cor
man Carlton, his wife, who died in
March of this year, supposedly from
tetanus, for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether the woman died from poi
son.
The authorities at Washington stand
body of Jennie Smyth Carlton, wife,
who died in June, 1904, from tetanus,
it was supposed, for the purpose of dis
covering if she died from the effects
of poison.
Suspect Tetanus incubation.
In both of these cases the authori-
ties are proceeding on me assumption
that in applying modern scientific
methods to murder, the man may have
actually inoculated the women with
the germs of tetanus. They have the
testimony of two persons already in
their possession that Carlton not only
often spoke of germs, but apparently
had cultures OF them in his apartments
A motive for the murder easily proven,
the police declare. would be found in
the insurance he collected on the death
of both wives.
Photographs of Carlton have been
, identified by Mrs. John e. McCandless,
living in a small town in Nebraska,
who declares that they were married in
, 1890, after which she was despoiled OF
her savings and deserted.
| Mrs. Fred Carlton, of Yankton, S. D..
, has written to the police that she rec
, ognizes Cartons portrait as that OF
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

A man should pay for his wedding
suit before ordering 4 divorce suit.
Most people w0Tld rather preach
half day than practice half an hour.
II man doesn't aind up his bad
habits his health will soon run down
Trusts that should be encouraged are
those of grocers, butchers and bakers.
1t is better to be everything to
somebody than something to every
body.
Some men waste lot of time try
ing to convince others that they are
truthful.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
took all her money and jewelry,
amounting to about $3.50, and desert
ed hnr

took all her money and jewelry,
amounting to about $3.50, and desert
ed her.
Bigamy Charge Likely.
Rose Cerier, Of st. Louis, has sent
word that she recognizes in Carlton
the Carl Marin who married her,
robbed her and deserted her in the
same year.
Mrs, Eta Kingrey, of Gordon, Ala,
is coming north to be satisfied that in
Carlton she will be able to identify
the Eduardo ]. Martinez who married
her in 1898 in Alabama, took all her
savings and then deserted her. On
this Identification the police believe
they will be able to base charge of
bigamy, for they claim to have outside
evidence to show that in one particular
case Carlton posed as De Martinez,
claiming to have been Spaniard spy
and to have inside knowledge of the
blowing UP of the Maine.
Mile Peterson, of Jersey City, has
positively identified Carlton in Jail as
the man who made her his common
law wife and deserted her. She does
not say Carlton ever robbed her, but
she has sworn that he endeavored to
have her life insured.
The charges of swindling the insur-
ance companies, the police admit, are
wholly without anything substantial
on which to base suspicion at this time
There have been inquiries for further
descriptions and identifications from al
least Ave insurance companies and
guarded statements that there was
some suspicion that there might have
been fraud in that way.
p The charge of bIackmail rests on the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

New York. -Gaboriau Poe or Conan
Doyle might have thought Of it for
their heroes, but never N the world
of real life before, it is safe to say,
has o detective force found it's strong
est clew in the effort to prove a man
one Of the most remarkable criminals
of the age in the simple art of brew
1ng cup of tea.
Yet to-day that may be called the
principal connecting link by which
they are hoping to obtain stronger
evidence to show that Frederick E.
Carlton, now prisoner in Raymond
street Jail, Brooklyn, has been guilty
several times over of murder, repeated
grand larcenies, many bigamies, whole
sale blackmail and swindling OF insur-
ance companies.
Their first cup of tea has been found
almost at the time one James E. Nc
.Candlass, farm boy, left his home
at Louisiana, Polk county, Mo-, in
the latter part of the eighties, and the
last sees Mary German Carlton dying
is years later in a furnished room
house in Sands street, Brooklyn, from
ftetanus. During those Is years they
lhave found tea brewed in half the
Estates of the union, in 20 Of its great
,cities, in the army and in the navy,
and always in the same way. The tea,
eof course, is only the first step. The
second Is the conformation, and that
rthe police promise, will be for the liv-
ling.
Inspector Cross Puzzled.
! Police Inspector Adam A. Cross
known as one of the most intelligent
and best educated of the uniformed
force, borough inspector of Brooklyn
after an hour and half's searching
cross-examination of Carlton the other
day turned to the men waiting, and
with smile that was not wholly that
of triumph, pointed at the retreallne
figure of Carlton departing between
two policemen, saying:
''There goes, in my opinion. one o.
,the remarkable criminals Of the age
confess | cannot wholly make hin
out. A very high degree Of cunning
a smattering of education along pecul
lar lines and a criminal instinc
driven by an inordinate desire To-
notoriety have combined to produce ;
man who would stop at nothing, whit
could cover his tracks we'll for year.
and then when discovery did come sup
ply him with the effrontery to stano
undismayed before overwhelming evi
dence.
81 have just talked to him for a,
hour and half. He declared to m
he would answer frankly, and we
when questions were put to him tina
he did not care to have asked h
would vail his frankness under re
fusal or the plea that his counsel ha
instructed him to keep silent. H
laughs at all charges except perhap
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

the man she married soon after the
.McCandless episode. She declares that
she was robbed and deserted. ~
Mrs. James Martinez, of Covington,
KY, is positive that Carlton and the
Martinez she married in the early nine
ties are one ana the same person.
Mrs. Lulu Kettering, of Rochester, N.
Y, now using her old name, was court
ed and wed in 1897 by one Eduardo de
Rodriguez, self-styled Brazilian plant
er. They came to New York city i'm
mediately after the wedding and Mrs
Referring swears she recognizes in
Carlton the man who q few days later
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

one, that of having improper photo
graphs in his possession. He declares
he has an ample defense to every other
accusation, and yet he will not even
afford the police the slightest assist
ance in arriving at the truth of any
of the charges against him. He says
The does not care how many come for
ward to accuse him, he knows that
at the proper time he will be able to
so free"
Laughingly Defiant.
It was just as the inspector had
said. When Carlton met men-report-
ers from the newspapers and others
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

an abscess was forming on my right
kidney. The trouble was quickly
checked, however, and the treatment
cured me, so that l have been well
since 1896 and weigh 1888 pounds"
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price, 90
cents per box.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25

sharp pain in the
back, h ca da C h cs
and attacks of dizzi-
ness. My eyes gave
out, and with the
languor and sleep
leSsness Of the dis
ease upon me I
wasted from 1914 to
100 pounds. At the
time l started using
Doan's Kidney Pills
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
LOST q POUNDS.
Was Fast Drifting Into the Fatal Stages
of Kidney Sickness. ="

DIR. Melvin NJ. Page, Page Optical Co.,
Erie, Pa, writes Taking too many
iced drinks in New York in 1898 sent
me home with terrible attack of kid
ney trouble. / had acute congestion,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-25
BACK TO NATURE

Return to the o1d-time whole-
some wheat food of our fore-fathers.
Buy package Of EGG-0-SEE and
use it tomorrow morning.
When you dip your spoon into
its golden-brown fakes you will
realize that AT LAST there is a
delicious tempting dish made from
the whole wheat.
EGG-GSEE is made from the per-
feet grains Of the choicest white
wheat, containing ALL THE
VITAL ELEMENTS that make
for buoyaut health and good
digestion.
1t is Natures perfect food, and
satisfies your craving for "some-
thing good to- eat"
Perfect digestion means life
power, energy and a robust we'll
being. Attain it by eating EGG
0.SEE.
EGG-0-SEE. is sold in alright,
inner-lined packages, insuring
purity and freshness.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-04
LAURENS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
Ninth Annual Meeting Was Held at Mt,
Olive Church,

The ninth annual meeting of the Lau-
rens Baptist Association was held last
week with Mt. Olive Church, Waterloo
Township. The Association was organ
lied Tuesday morning with the election
of the old set of officers as follows: Rev.
j.. ID. Pitts, ID. d., Moderator; Rev. j..
B. Parrott and Mr.. b. l.. Henderson,
Secretaries; Mr.. C. H. Roper, Treas
urer.
The Introductory Sermon was preached
by Rev. [. e. McDavid of Greenvillc
county and the Missionary Sermon by
Rev. Joel L, Allen, financial agent for
Furman University and the Greenville
Female College.
The business of the Association was
transacted with dispatch and the dis
cussion of the various papers and spc-
cial reports was n of the chief fea-
lures of the three days session.
The Association was adjourned Thurs
day afternoon and was pronounced the
most successful in every way held yet
by this organization. 1t will meet next
year with Poplar Springs Church, in
Sullivan Township.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-04
Tirzah Stands by Tillman.

The voters of York County, at the
ratio of five or six to one, have ban
ished the Dispcnsary, but it is signif-
cant that the Prohibitionists, who car
ried eighteen precincts pcll-mcl, lost
the nineteenth, which is Tirzah.
The Hon. b. r.. Tillman delivered his
first speech at Tirzah twenty years
ago. AT Tirzah he delivered a few
weeks ago his 211,4l9 speech Tor there
abouts) to 1000 people. When a hand
primary was taken it Cooked like Till
man." Although 13l persons in all
York stood staunchly by the Red Nose
law, the Tirzah crowd at the meeting
was obstreperous for Tillman.
The results of Tuesdays balloting
show Enthusiastically that Senator Till
man has lost non of his old time popu-
larity, the people rallied to the polls
with the fervid enthusiasm of the early
nineties, and supported not only Sena-
tor TilrNan'" Law, but Senator Till
mans baby" at the rate of three to
one, at Tirzah-the vote having been Is
to 5 in favor of the grog shop.
Bullock's Creek voted against the
Dispensary precisely 16 to /. This
proves what we have always suspected
that Col. William jennings Bryan is
the instigator of the Anti D~ispensary
agitation.
But Senator Tillman is undoubtedly
as strong today at Tirzah as he ever
has been. News and Courier.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-04
A. the Opera House.

Arthur Tice, the young actor who
was one of the first persons to seize
Zolgotsch, the murderer of president
Mckinley, at Buffalo is a member of
the "Maloney's Wedding" company
which plays at the opera house on Sat
urday night, Oct. 4. He is the posses
sor of a handsome medal awarded him
by the Buffalo authorities for his part
in the capture.
An all star cast including Murphy &
Mack, the Wellington Sisters in pleas
ing musical numbers, Crowley & Card
ner; Maud Sutton, and a score of spe-
cialty artists will attend and will be
seen in the attention.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-04
GRAND DISPLAYS.
AT the Fashionable Millinery Establish.
mentS of Laurens.

Friday last was Opening Day at Da-
Wis & Roper's, Simmons, and ''The
Hub" and crowds of shoppers were in
attendance all day. AT Wilson'S, Min
ter's, Copeland's, Red Iron Racket and
other dry goods concerns everything is
ready for the Fall trade and handsome
new goods are being shown, but at the
three first named establishments the
millinery vas the drawing card. Miss
Ingram, assisted by Misses Dorroh and
Armstrong is again at Davis q Roper's
and her hats are as beautiful, tasteful
Mrs. Nelson's, ''The Hub, Mrs. Mel
son is assisted by Miss Fannie May
Wright and Mrs. Gritton as in the past
seasons and the display is up to the US
ual very high standard maintained at
this fashionable concern. Miss Fret
we'll of Baltimore is showing a large
and lovely line of millinery at Sim
mons, assisted by Mrs. Thomas Dow
ney, who is known to almost every lady
in the county. Every variety of hat is
to be worn but the small turban shapes
seem to prevail. The stores are artis-
tically decorated with handsome suit
ing and many handsome wraps are
already being shown. Numbers of. la
dies were present from the county and
it would be we'll for them to come into
town at the earliest possible moment, be-
fore the choice things are picked over.