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Walkers Branch, W. Va.

Henry Perdue is impro wing.
Our farmers are all busy at this
writing with the moving scythe
and whet rock.
+. w. Hoback has been quite i'll
for few days, but he is i'm approving,
we are glad to say.
Mrs. A. p. Hutchison was the
guest of a number of friends here
Sunday and Monday of last week.
A number of our Muncie friends
who have been visiting here for
the past few weeks, are now max
ing preparations TO leave us in the
near future. We will be very sor-
ry tn see them go.
G. w. Perdue, our road over
seer, has about completed his road
working for this season. Our
community in general extend their
hearty congratulations to Mr..
Perdue, who, it seems, takes de-
light in Frightening the path Of
his fellow creatures.
Our school began last Monday
under the supervision of Miss
Minnie Swanson. Miss Swanson
is quite an efficient teacher, and
If the patrons of the school will
only do their part, we can predict
a successful term.
Misses Dora and Mary Dixon
entertained few of their young
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kenOvd W. Va.

Miss Mary Peck is visiting friends
in New York.
Miss Avery Randolph has return
ed frcm visit to Columbus, Ohio.
w. w. Calder left last Tuesday
for Parkersburg, to be gone few
days.
Miss Celcra lehle, of Philadel-
phia, is the guest OF her brother
&. P Iehle.
Miss Cecil Hogan, of Roanoke.
formerly of this place, is the guest
of Mrs. T. J. McNamar.
Miss Wiltsee, of Cincinnati, has
been the guest of Miss Dot Jones
for the past few days.
Messrs. Harry Weller and Win
Kyle, of Portsmouth, Ohio, took In
the Huntington races.
Lee Miller arrived here from Bal
tImore the latter part of last week
aud is spending his vacation with
his parents-Hon. and Mrs. Jos. :.
Miller.
Mrs. f. ID. Williams, who lives
about four miles from here, and
who broke her collar bone about
two months ago, is able to be
around.
Mrs. T. II. Baldridge arrived
home from Pittsburg, Pa, where
she has been visiting relatives for
the past three weeks, Wednesday
evening.
A little son of +. w. Collins fell
through the N. q w. bridge, which
crosses the G. Il y. X. r. track,
near the Union station, last Monday
and was badly hurt.
Hon. Wayne P. Ferguson left
yesterday morning for the bedside
of his brother, William Ferguson,
who lives near Wayne, and who
is dangerously i'll, having been
stricken with paralysis.
Mrs. L. T. Vinson left last week
for an extended visit IN Canada.
The DIR. accompanied her as far a,
Washington, d. g., and sailed Sat
urday from Philadelphia for Lon
don, to attend Medical Congress
A horse belonging to George
Stewart was stolen from his stable
in this place last Monday night.
The thief was caught at CassVille,
Tuesday, with the horse. He says
his name Is Jackson and that his
home is in Kentucky. He is now
in Jail at Wayne.
w. n. Townsend, who cut his
hand several days ago, while cutting
meat, has had severe time of it.
1t vas feared for several days that
1T would be necessary to amputatt
his hand iD order to save his life.
He is gradually improving now,
however, the swelling having gone
down considerably and the pain
not being so excruciating as it has
been.
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KEh0VA WON

EdSiIu In the Game with Ashland.
Kenova base ball team had an
easy victory in the game played
at this place with East Ashland,
Wednesday afternoon. The score
wa II to 5, in favor Of KenoVa.
Quite a crowd was out to see the
game.
Aug. IL, 1905. REPoRrER.
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Was IN Poor Health For Years.

Was IN Poor Health For Years.
Ira w. Kelley, of Mansfield, Pa,
writes: "I was in poor health
for two years, suffering from kid
ney and bladder trou Bile, and spent
considerable money consulting
physicians without obtaining any
marked benefit, but was cured by
Foley's Kidney Cure, and / de-
sire to add my testimony that it
may be the cause of restoring the
health of others" Refuse gu ubsti-
tutes
For sale at the Bloss Drug
Store.
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Peculiar Disappearance.

j. D. Runyan, of ButIerville,
Ohio, laid the peculiar disappear
ance of his painful symptoms of
Indigestion and biliousness to DR..
Kings New Life Pills. He SAYS
''They are a perfect remedy for
diZzincss, so"r = mach, head
ache, c. g. ,stc.' G uarar-
ieed a. 90. NJ, Bloss, Ceredo, and
K. Ney Williams, Kenova. Price
25c.
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The name of the old Merchants
Hotel at Huntington, which hotel has
been improved outside and inside,
will hereafter be known as "Ilotel
Elmwood."
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HuqQed Hard,

Alfred S. Terrell, the devoted
sweet heart of Miss Bessie Hays
during one of their moonlight
strools near Boston, Mass, hugged
80 hard that be broke one of the
girls r.bs and now she has been
laid up. Young men should
practice moderation.-Ex
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lronton, Ohio, is going to have a
handsome, modern new hotel as
well as Huntington. II will not
cost less than 800, 600. A. J.
Brumberg, ID. q. Davies, A. r.
johnson and 7. III. B. Jones are the
prime movers of the enterprise.
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Born.

To Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde w Hand
ley, Aug. 4, 1905, daughter.
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Camden TimO -
GS1lTay GSmra%y TdbI6WHU:4' ~: =

GS-Taking effect AZ 400 a. m. Central Stand
dard Tim p. Sunday. September D, 1902. For
the government and information Of employees
only. Notan advertisement Of the time Of cars.
The Company reserves the right to change
without uuftce.
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Was Wasting Away.

81 had been troubled with kid
ney disease for the last FIVE years, +"
writes Robert r. Watts, of Salem,
Mo. Il lost flesh and never felt
we'll and doctored with leading
physicians and tried all remedies
suggested without relief. Finally
| tried Foley's Kidney Cure, and
less than two bottles completely
cured me and 1 am now sound aud
WE'LL" During the summer kid
ney Irregularities are often caused
by excessive drinking or being
overbeated. Attend to the kidneys
at once by using Foley's Kidney
Cure.
For sale at the Bloss Drug
Store.
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The ANIMAL life insurance report
of the Massachusetts insurance de-
partment contains some "Cuttiug
Comments" on high finance meth.
ods OF life insurance companies
Rough Notes.
Some companies pay entirely too
much to their officers and are ex-
travagant in other ways; but the
John Hancock Mutual, of Boston,
represented by T. T. McDougal, is
not one of this kind; hence it's Givi-
dends are large.
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The Hoop Skirt.
The
hoop
skirts now
are coming in


the kind they used to
wear wh n grandma
lookeI just like a churn
with slaves n d bands
that flare. When grandpa
wanted forto kiss my
grandma on the cheek he had
to climb up on chair and
stretch his kissing beak, aud all
the sweetness il contained when
fret he started in had got as cold az
ice aud run all down upon bis chin; so
grandpa didn'tthink 80 much of them
paraebutes, and when he saw the
fashion go he laughed, you bet your
b b
-Ex.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13

Mr.. BIgelow should know" replied the
clerk. significantly.
Questioned by the surprised director
who thought the matter trivial, the
clerk said:
Il was told to enter the amounts OF
our cash accounts in the Chicago
banks. II was part of my duty. As
sistant Cashier Henry Coll stopped me
and said he would attend to 1t. Mr..
Coll has taken charge of other work
Of mine and changed entries. Mr.. Bige-
low has turned certain other men on
my work"
On Saturday Pfster personally d.
rected a hasty examination of the
books identified by the suspicious
clerk.
The false entries were quickly ap.
parent. Other clerks each declared
President Bigelow responsible.
Staggered by his discovery. Pfster
ran back to the presidents Office, burst
through the door unannounced. and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
authorities Of the banking world. said:

authorities Of the banking world. said:
However much prejudice there may
appear to be at times against bankers,
our business is of the utmost useful
ness and Importance and the right pur-
suit of II. in its broader and better as
poets. requires all the courage and all
the conservatism we can demand"
Then he recited Robert Louis Stew.
enson's prayer:
To be honest, to be kind; to earn little
and to spend little less; to Ienounce when
that shall be necessary. and not to be en-
Filtered; to keep few friends. but those
without equalization; above all. on the same
grim condition to keep friends with himself
here is task for all that a man has of
fortitude and delicacy.
To-day he stands self-confessed to
having done all that his utterances OF
last year forbade.
Then he quoted the old lines:
Our little systems have their day:
They have their day and cease to be.
Now for the Reckoning.
His system" has had its day and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13

Milwaukee, Wis. 1T has been de-
clared that all the worlds stage and
every man ~ an actor IN the human
drama Of life plays bis part At the
present moment Milwaukee, the me-
tropoliS OF Wisconsin. the great city
on the shores OF Lake Michigan, second
only to Chicago in It's financial and
commercial Importance, has shifted its
busy scenes To the center of the stage.
has trottei out in unexpected and
startling manner the star performer in
the person of the president of the First
national bank OF the city, and has held
the public OF the entire country spell
bound by his amazing manipulation OF
the millions of other peoples money.
Now you see IL and now you don't.
BY Way of Contrast.
Yesterday Frank c. Bigeiow, head
of Milwaukee's largest financial in
stitution; to-day self-confessed de-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
Story of the Greatest
Bank Steal of the Age
Loossns es FIRST National Bank al Milwaukee.
hs sns@sf3esss Frank G. asseiow.
SPECIALIZATION aiIl RECKLESS son BRING RUIN
Mar. in whose sas rsad seez> Placed Vast Trusts
Proxies Eajtoess and Is he-Ceafessed Defaulter
to- the AssoSas Oh Nations May Wheat
Deal Figures in the Crash. On

handsome profit TO boot. and that the
heavy losses caused by the breaking
OF the corner and the dropping OF the
price OF May wheat from $l.2lH TO
sSE ceats. fell on the tailers whose
holdings in some cases were enormous.
as is evident from the fact that one
line OF 100000 bushels for an outsider
was bought at sl.l9. nearly the maxi
mum price reached. And il is more
than likely that Bigelow was caught
for big sum, and it was this loss
which precipitated the exposure III
John w. Gates made by the deal. there
are those who are firm in the belief
that Biselow's losses helped to cover
the Gates losses and leave the latter
a handsome margin. And so the
sensational May wheat corner. which
Is story OF fascinating interest by it.
self. figures in this drama from Mil
waukee. II is one of the side lights
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13

faulter to the amount of millions, no
one seems to know exactly how much,
for each day brings to light some new
trust betrayed, some fresh amount of
loss to add to the startl!ngly large
total.
Yesterday he was the influential di-
rector in a dozen or more different
financial and business concerns: to-
day they are dropping his name one by
the public that he no longer has any
connection with the business.
Yesterday Banker Bigelow was
pointed out with pride by the people
Of Milwaukee as one of their most
honored and successful financiers; to:
day as he walks the, streets by virtue
of bail bond, he is pointed out "a
the man before whom the black walls
OF the grim prison are slowly rearing.
Others Involved.
And as we ask the questions we are
reminded that Banker Bigelow Is not
the only one who is playing n part in
this startling drama. On the stage
Will MIN thcIc appears Ut ltdSt one
OF the bank clerks, Henry G. Coll, as
sistant cashier. who helped to falsify
the accounts to cover the defacatlon.
We say he appears on the stage. We
must qualify that statement and say
that fguratively speaking for the pur-
poses of this story he appears. But the
fact Of the matter Is that he has dis
appeared, and the police In every city
In the United States and Canada are
looking for him, and 1t is not known
how much money disappeared with
him.
Disastrous May Wheat Deal.
The May wheat deal. In which II is
said that John w. Gates. the manipu-
lator Of the attempted corner. did
and did not lose fortune. figures
n good many million bushels, II is
thought, in the story Of, the bank
losses, either by the direct plunging OF
Banker Bigelow In his frenzied effort
TO make good the millions lost in
Wall street. or the plunging of his son,
Gordon Bigelow, whose financial back
er he has apparently always been.
The latest story Is that Gates got out
OF the deal with whole skin and q
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
TRUTHS By GOVERNOR FOLK.

Good citizens make good laws. but
no law can make good citizens.
The government never neglects the
people unless the people first neglect
the government.
No government. city. state or ma
tional, was ever better than the peo-
pie made 1t. or worse than they SUI
fered 1t to become.
Plenty OF men will die for their
country. but the man who will live
for his city and state every day is the
man the government needs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
ORS0N SMITH ia. FORGAN. "a HANIL
(MINCD dHNfZR5 NM NIT
~ RESCUE l< /IRII/Z12f>qZ G4l5H

stood excitedly confronting Bigelow at
his desk.
| .'Bigelow, You Are Defaulter."
"Bigelow, you are a defaulter!"
Pfister shouted. excitedly.
"Oh. my God" he cried. 81 am
ruined, ruined ruined!"
| Bigelow seemed about to faint.
Neither man spoke for several mo.
ments.
II have fallen with the grain mar
ket." said Bigelow finally.
How much?" asked Pfster Tell
me allr
"One million two hundred thousand.
as well as know" said Bigelow.
Pister rushed from the bank to his
hotel and issued hasty messages sum-
moning every one of the bank direc-
tors to a meeting in his hotel that
night at eight o'clock.
His face twitching with emotion.
Pfister faced the men and announced:
Gentlemen, defalcation of over
81 100000 has been discovered at our
bank"
"Who Is guilty?' was finally asked.
Frank G. Bigelow," responded
Pfster, impressively.
The directors were literally struck
speechless for moment. Then sew
eral expressed disbelief, and asked
what proof existed.
"Mr. Bigelow has confessed to me
himself" declared Pfister. HE says
his shortage Is $1,200,000."
A meeting of the directors. With
President Bigelow present, was hastily
arranged The defaulter seemed re.
lieved by the discovery. and appeared
before the directors and calmly spoke
his confession.
Another story has II that William
Bigelow. vice president of the looted
bank, and brother of the defaulter. ex-
posed the shortage. although at the
time he suspected other officials of the
bank instead OF his brother.
Bankers Save the Day.
When the extent of the defalcation
became known, naturally a run was
started on the bank and to meet the
emergency and restore confidence,
more than $10.O0O,000 in actual
money was raised within two days to
stop the run Of frightened depositors
and save the greatest bank Of Milwau-
kee from being swept from existence.
The panic was stopped by the formid-
able array Of money, but to accomplish
this there was the most remarkable
rapid assembling of cash in decades.
Chicago bankers contributed $1,000
900 of the total, the metropolitan fnan-
ciers being first to go to the rescue of
their imperiled brothers Of Milwaukee.
Another million was furnished by
the Milwaukee clearing house. In ad-
dition the other banks of Milwaukee
called in 100000 OF their reserve
funds for emergency purposes.
The IL directors Of the robbed bank
contributed total Of 81. 635, 900 by per-
sonal pledges from their private for
tunes, which aggregated more than
/ s2O,0O0,00O.
Only last September In addressing the
American Bankers association in the
waIdorf-Astoria. New York city. Bank
er Bigelow. who at that time was
looked upon as one OF the lights and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13

The railroads seem very willing to
have the private car lines brought un-
der the Jurisdiction Of the Interstate
Commerce. Commission A railroad
president IL authority for the state
ment that lines are paid mileage. with
out discrimination. and the question Of
excessive charges II q matter for the
shipper to settle with the car lipes so
long a. there IL no law to govern their
rates. Car mileage paying has been de-
cided to be a. legal a. the payment Of
rental for property. IS
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
2RslI2I1lIzDW fNIlN1E

come to the full light of the law-he
before the bar of justice: at home, a
wet-eyed wife; on the streets. dishon-
ored friends; in the distance. the gates
ajar Of prison.
A Friends Testimony.
Yet in his darkest hour a friend
writes of him:
HE was a humanitarian of the
broadcast type. He has made more
young business men than any man in
the middle west. He loved young men.
He loved children. Never yet have I
heard of worthy young man in bust
ness trouble being turned away by
him.
His glorious smile would give a
CLEAN of welcome and hope to the
humblest of those seeking his aid and
with the smile would go the help
needed. 1t is said here that he has
started thousand young men in bust
ness and that not one of them has
failed"
Has Sympathy of Many.
Then this friend adds:
"The law can have no pity, can
make no exceptions; but you who
Judge this man, remember the other
side; remember that there are thou
sands Of us whose hearts are bleeding
for the man we love, for this man who
has stood by us in our hours of trouble;
remember this and be charitable"
In the face of such tribute can the
psychologist answer why from Deem
Der last to April 81 OF this year Frank
Bibelow, day after day, connived at the
Justification of the books of his bank,
made an assistant cashier and possibly
two bookkeepers criminals. and one
of these a fugitive from justice,
plundered his institution for nearly
s1,500.000 and then when self-con-
fessed says:
II have no excuse to offer for what
l have done; my family knew nothing
of the condition of affairs
Character Study of the Son.
The friend quoted above says of
Gordon Bigelow, the son:
"As young man he sowed his wild
oats and he sowed them thick and
plentiful, but though the oats were
wild they were clean, there was no
rust on them. The fathers heart bled,
but It never hardened against his boy.
Mayhap, as is the way with hearts, 1t
softened bit with the bleeding. AS
often as the boy would fall the father
would start him with clean slate.
He had done It for other boys. Could
he do less for his own? And the boy
became a man and put his boyish ways
behind him. but he was still masterful,
still the leader of the gang. He took
dips into the stock market and won.
HE invested In manufacturing en-
terprises, and won. He bought wheat,
and won. The week before the crash
in Milwaukee they talked OF Gordon
Bigelow as q broker who had arrived.
Through II all the father had
helped him, but he had not guided.
The boy was not that sort He worked
on his own initiative. The father saw
his successes, his level Judgment. his
foresight, his almost intuitive knowl-
edge Of the game. He loved the boy
this boy who had made his heart bleed,
and he was growing proud OF him.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
Fast Time with a Heavy Train.

Fast Time with Heavy Train.
Drawing a vestibuled train Of ten
cars Weighing 1,20S. $50 pounds. one of
the Fries new standard passenger
locomotives Of the Pacific type, at
tanned speed of II miles an hour, on
a grade of As feet to the mile entering
Port Jervis, on her trial run from Jer-
sey City. A speed OF 81 miles was
maintained on a level stretch and q
miles on the climb over the hill from
Middletown, where the grade runs
from IS to 81 feet to the mile. The
locomotive and tender weighed 3S9, $50
pounds, earring $500 gallons Of water
and 16 tons of coal, and is the largest
passenger engine ever built. The run
was the best ever made over the Erie
tracks and foretells what may be ex-
pected in the transportation over "the
picturesque Erie" when its new equip
ment Is placed in service.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
Gave Her a Start.

He-Clarice. you know | have al
ways thought great deal Of you. and
have fattered myself you think not
unfavorably of mo. May will you
be my wife?
She-What start you gave me.
Harry! Do you know, thought you
we're going to ask me to lend you some
money Tit Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
Homestead Is Included.

Included in the schedule is Mr.. Bige-
lows home at Astor and Knapp
streets. on WHICH he places a valua-
ton OF S40.000/which, less the exemp-
ton allowed by law on homestead. is
valued at $4,000 The schedule OF as
SAFE - aS follows.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13

that throws in fresh coloring and gives
Increased dash to the scene.
The Lessons.
And then the clerk that uncovered
the steal. the directors that brought
the transgressor face to face with his
crime. the frenzied public which
stormed the doors of the bank 10 re-
cover its money. the fight of Chicago
bankers with millions to the rescue OF
the imperiled bank. these all play
their thrilling part in this remarkable
drama. Such 1t is as it has been
played on the stage of lie Perhaps
some playwright will here catch the
inspiration which will enable him to
present strong drama. whose lessons
shall be the necessity OF honesty and
integrity, the danger OF speculation. es-
peciaily with other peoples money. the
certainty of harvest from the sowing
OF wild, reckless and dishonest seeds.
and the absolute truth of the Divine
declaration: BE sure your sin will
find you out"
Nearly 100000 Losses.
The revised schedules show a total
liability on the part of Mr.. Blgelow of
1921 900, of which 1875. 900 Is wholly
or In part secured. or the remainder
H,llO,OOO Is secondary liability on
notes and bills discounted. in viii 4
Blgelow figures as indorser. These
items are notes of the National EIec-
trio company, the Grand Rapids Edit
son company and S. w. Watkins. and
are evidently connected with tho
financing of the National Electric com.
pany. The balance, $4,000. repre-
sents unsecured loans, the largest one
being an indebtedness of 100000 70
the Broadhead estate. OF which Bige-
low was executor
Schedule Filed by Bigelow.
The schedule Of assets and liabilities
filed by Mr.. Bigelow Is as follows:
Fist national bank. Milwaukee. 81. zoo. 900
Wisconsin national bank. Miiwau-
kte -...... ........................ 20 600
Second Ward savings bank. Mil
Wauk't OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
Germah-American bank. Milwau-
Me- Observation-Disclosures. 20 000