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The true northerner., 1905-05-05
F|NGER'PRIN1 A CLUE
Murder Committed and the Per.
petrator Left His Mark
Very Plain.
HE HAD A CROOKED FINGER
Shown I'm the Dust on "A window Sill
Story OF "A DrOwning-Mtch-
igan Miscellany.

Kalamazoo, Mich, May "a muir
der mystery which may be explained
by finding a man with a deformed lit
tie finger has been reported to the po-
lice. Bert Miller, aged 2S, who came
here from Battle Creek about two
weeks ago and was employed by Bren-
nan & Co, plumbers, was found dead
In his bed in a back room over van
Peenen's saloon on West Water street
at 80 in the morning. His skull had
been crushed in with some rather thin
weapon and the bed was soaked with
blood.
Discovered by His Lsndlady.
TIE dead body was discovered by
Mrs. Milo Sexton, aged 40, who rents
the rooms over the saloon and with
whom Miller had rOOmed since he came
to the city. The police were called and
the only weapon they could find was
a heavy rasp file two feet long which
was located under a bureau. but there
was no blood on this. How it came
into the room has not been explained,
however Apparently Miller had been
dead eight or nine hours when the case
was reported to the police.
Held as IA Witness.
Mrs. Sexton was taken into custody
and is held as a witness. She says
that Miller was visited Monday after
noon and in the early evening by his
two brothers from Comstock, and
that she heard nothing from his room
after they departed about 9p. lii. The
room in which AIiller's body was found
is about SX10 feet in size, with a low
ceiling and very poorly furnished.
There was small opening like a place
for a window opening into the hall
just over the foot of the bed, but there
was no sash in this.
Police Find Clue.
1t was here that the police found
clue which they think may reveal the
murderer The dust had accumulated
deeply on this window ledge and right
in the center of this was the imprint
of hand as though some one had
leaned over to look down the hall TO
see if the coast was clear. This hand
print showed plainly and the little
finger was very clearly deformed and
crooked. So the police are after man
with q crooked little finger
The true northerner., 1905-05-05
MIGHT ALL HAVE BEEN SAVED
Bravery of One of a Party of Three-was
Only Successful in
Part.

Ann Arbor. Mich. May 3. - The
inquest on the drowning of Milton
Todd at Whitmore lake revealed a
story of wonderful endurance and
bravery on the part of Harry LON
bard, a companion. Todd, Lombert
and William McHugh were fishing at
night when the boat overturned and
the three were thrown into the water
They were unable to right the boat
and McIIugh, who could not swim.
sank. Lombard dove TO the bottom in
ten feet of water and brought him up
to the boat again. Now you fellows
hang to the boat and l will swim to
shore for help" said Lombard, and he
struck out.
1t was ninety rods to land. but he
made it and ran to the nearest farm
er's house, where he fell in a faint
after relating his story. The farmer
went TO the rescue, but when he
reached the boat only McHugh was
there. Todd waited twenty minutes,
then gave up the idea Of help coming
I'm going TO strike out for shore
Goodbye. McHugh," he said. He had
gone but q short distance when he
sank.
The true northerner., 1905-05-05
KNOWS WHEN SHE'S HoopooEp.
Mary Asks the Police to Make an In
vestpation of Case.

Ma Johnson, a negress, reported
TO the Louisville (Ky) police that
somebody had attempted to "hoodoo"
her place, and asked them TO make an
investigation and arrest the culprit
She said she had been disturbed OF
late by strange noises at frequent in
tervals during the night and that She
saw a strange, hideous figure stealing
about in darkened upper room early
last night. She was asked If il was
a person playing a practical joke, ana
she replied:
"Lor' bless you, no; hit want no
pusson-hit were some big beast; hit
had eyes O fire and was as big as er
COW. Den hit made noises dat no
pusson kin make. | knows hit ain't
nobody. II il wis" and she fin
ished by rolling her white eyes to one
side and shaking big, black fist.
"B'sides dat" she continued, IL dun
found hoodoo balls lyin in de yard
t'other day. Dem balls is made out'n
bats and scorpuns. an ley's whut done
all dat. | wants yer to fin out who
dun hit. or Use gwine ter move, | is.
The true northerner., 1905-05-05
ANGLERS SEEK THE K,NoFlsH.
Annual Feature of Sport In California
Waters.

During the last few years there has
been no phase of local fishing more TO
be depended upon than the annual
winter run of these Imitation yellow
fms" and rodsters have, therefore,
come 10 regard them as an annual fix
ture, due to appear any time between
the middle of December and New
Years. Last winter the first big
catches were made about Christmas,
when Harry Slotterbeck and other ex-
perts caught several hundred good
sized kingfish in San Pedro bay, and
this season. punctual as the clock, the
run has returned.
Kingfish are not the most delicate OF
local marine products, nor are they
worthy representatives OF the croaker
tribe as fighters when on the hook,
but they have good points, and not the
least of these is their almost incredi
BILE vCracity, which often enables the
veriest tyro TO catch them three at a
time.-Los Angeles Times.
The true northerner., 1905-05-05
woman Was Falsely Aocu.ed.

Detroit. May 3.-Mrs. Katherine
Wood, aged GS, is dead at her home.
204 Plumer avenue 1t was alleged
that her death was due to a blow in
the stomach received in an alteration
with neighbor regarding a bor-
rowed curtain, and Mrs Martha Tur-
ner, aged 26, the neighbor, was de-
tanned at the Central police station
pending the result of Coroner Parker's
investigation. This proved that Mrs.
Wood died of a rupture of the aorta
due to excitement. There was no evi-
dence of a blow in the stomach.
The true northerner., 1905-05-05
A Good Suggestion.

Mr.. G. b. Wainright of Lemon City
Fla, has written the manufacturers that
much better results are obtained from
the use of Chamberlain's collie, cholera
and diarrhoea remedy in cases of pains
in the stomach. collie and cholera NOR
bus, by taking it liz water as hot as car
be drank; that when taken in this way
the effect is double in rapidity. III
seems to get at the right spot instantly
he says. For sale 10y Longwell Bros. IN
The true northerner., 1905-05-05
Mistook Gasoline for Coal OIL.

Dundee, Mich, May 3. = Throwing
gasoline on a fire in mistake for kero-
sene caused an explosion in the Ann
Arbor railroad station and the blaze
which followed destroyed the depot,
Frank Strong's grain elevator, feed
mill and oalyards and the water tank.
The loss is about $1,000, Of which
Strong stands $4,000, with but $1,000
insurance.
The true northerner., 1905-05-05

Bay City, Mich, May 3. - When
Frank Tepoorten, a druggist, fell from
the roof Of his barn last October, he
lost his $50 watch. Saturday morn
ing, in pulling a board from the barn,
he found his watch. When wound. 1t
ran all right.
The true northerner., 1905-05-05

a little life may be sacrificed to a sud
den attack of Group, if you don't have
DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil on hand for
the emergency.
The true northerner., 1905-05-05

Durand, Mich, May 3.-Some one
stole two barrels Of whisky, valued at
$3.50, from. Leonard soper's saloon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10

ity Of Major Ben. c. Truman, it may
be stated that these missions were in
their best condition in 1914, although
In 1926 they had 100000 cattle, 2OO, 1000
sheep and 10000 horses. They also
kept at work $4,000 Indians and har-
vested nearly 100000 bushels Of grain
OF various kinds"
The mission system of Alta Culifor-
MIA, founded by the missionaries of the
order Of ST. Francis. consisted of TWEEN
ty-one establishments, extending from
San Diego on the south to Sonoma on
the north. The most extensive and
important Of these, Monterey excepted,
were in Southern California. and the
three best preserved in the Gordon are
Santa Barbara, San Buena Ventura
and San Luis Rey.
San Carlos de Borremeo, Mt Mon
terey, was partially restored in 1884,
on the one hundredth anniversary Of
Padre Junipero Serra's death, through
the efforts of the resident priest, Faith
erCassanova, and the late Don Antonio,
Caronel of Los Angeles Mission Santa
Clara has been built over with large
Catholic college Santa Cruz and San
Rafael, which were small establish
ments, have entirely disappeared, and
San Luis Obispo has been rebuilt The
others are standing in various stages
Of decay.
After the act Of secuMrlzatlon was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10
Women Dance for Mouse.

At exactly 0:45 O'Clock Thursday
morning little brown mouse stole out
from the main corridor OF the Missou-
ri-Lincoln Trust building at Seventh
and Olive streets and took short con-
stitutional of about twenty-five feet
west In Olive, says the st. Louis Post
Dispatch. In the course Of that limo
cent jaunt he frightened SO many
women that feminine panic ensued
and SO much screaming and scamper-
Ing about was done that the mouse
started back for the more masculine
calm of the Missouri Lincoln Trust
building.
AS he gained the entrance, however,
large and formidable looking wom
an espied him, and with wild shrek
and a frenzied grasping of the skirts,
began executing such remarkable
dance on the sill Of the big skyscraper
that the mouse lost his head and sour
ried clear across Olive street.
Arriving at the curb on the south
side, he passed under carriage from
which two women We're alighting and
emerged on the sidewalk simultane-
ously with them. At once they set
up an cutlery and circled around on the
pavement In dismayed minuet such
as has never before been seen In st.
Louis. BY this time big crowd had
gathered, and the laughter of men and
boys mingled with the shrieking and
screaming of women and girls. The
uproar became SO appalling to the
mouse that finally, reckless of conse-
quences, he preclpitated himself
through an open grating into a cellar
and has not been seen since His un-
usual and uncommon experience while
in quest of little fresh air lasted just
| FIVE minutaa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10

device, though both speed register
ana chronograph, is simple. An or
binary timepiece, with the dial reyolv-
ing, instead of fingers, furnishes the
chronosrnph. The dial. or clock face,
is separate cardboard disk, which
can be removed at will. The spaces
between the dial numerals, inestead of
being divided into "tives," as In ordin-
airy clock faces, are divided into four
sections of fifteen each, thus making
sixty In all, to denote the minutes In
each hour.
Attached to the timepiece is an or
binary speed register. connected with
the hub of the vehicle. This speed
register shows the usual rotary set of
figures denoting the number of miles
Travelled. AT the end of every mile,
however, marker, which protrudes
above the rim of the clock dial, shoots
forward and registers the fact that it
has been recorded This marker being
stationary and the dial chronograph
revolving. it follows that as every mile
is recorded on the dial cardboard the
lapsed time will also be shown.
Similarly when the vehicle Is stopped
the marker still continues to register
While the disk revolves. There being
no miles to be recorded. the register
Will show line parallel to the circum-
ference of the disk, denoting that the
vehicle was motionless during the
hours on the dial corresponding with
such straight line.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10

the genuine homeseeker-the man who
wishes to carve his fortune with no
other instrument than the plow-the
Grow reservation will make the most
effective appeal.
A Rich Region.
The Crow reservation Is just over
the northern boundary of Wyoming, in
Montana. 1t is one OF the greatest
reservations in the country, and has
long been coveted by the white man.
The Brush-Alliance branch of the bur-
llngton Railroad, connecting with the
Northern Pacific, extends entirely
through the reservation. There is a
southwark branch of the Burlington,
ut Toluca, extending to Cody, from
which one can make delightful jour
ney through the reservation by the
new "side door route" to Yellowstone
Park. Travellers who journey through
the reservation by trail are astounded
at the fertility of the scene that meets
their eyes. Under the magic touch Of
irrigation, rich farms dot the landscape
of bare, brown hills. But for the te-
PEGS that raise their smoke Drowned
tops on either side of the track, and
the Indians who are seen riding or
driving along the roads, one might i'm
agine he was pursuing his way
through peaceful and prosperous
Western agricultural community. Most
of the farms are leased by white men.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10

For generations the Crows have
chung to the lands on which they are
now located. Occasionally they were
driven Off by the warlike Sioux or
Cheyennes, but always they came
back. In the days of the fur traders
they were friendly to the white men,
and have been so in the years that
have followed. In fact, there has been
no Indian tribe so consistently at
friendship with the white people as
the Crows. They might have progress
ed more had they not been so friendly,
for 1t is lamentable fact that the
white men who have come most in
contact with the Indian have not al
ways been the ones fitted to do the
red man the most good. To-day there
are only about 1900 members of this
once mighty tribe. They are strug-
Cling to learn the white mans ways
rs best they can. Earnest sincere
white men are working among them,
and good results will certainly follow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10

sum of money against the grain which
they would soon market. One day two
farmers hailing from n rather remote
locality with which he was not partic.
ularly familiar came to him and asked
for an advance upon the crops they
were then cutting. The men appeared
to have met by accident at the elevator
and claimed to know each other only
casually, saying that their farms were
some five or six miles apart.
As these men We're dressed in over
alls and hickory shirts, their faces AMI
arms being well Drowned by the sun,
the grain buyer naturally concluded
that they We're genuine farmers, and,
after asking them few questions as
to their acreage, gave them the cash
advance on their crops which they
asked.
Later the elevator man learned to
his sorrow that they were pair of
clever confidence men carefully "made
up" In farmer style. They had con-
sistently worked" the grain buyers of
that region, being careful, however, to
keep out Of the territory covered by
the organization. The campaign of
swindling could not have been sue
cessfully prosecuted among buyers
who belonged to an association, as
their first swindle would have been
promptly reported to every member of
the organization and efforts for the ar
rest and prosecution of the cOnfidenca
men would have been made at once.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10
HISTORIC GROUND
THE CROW INDIAN RESERVATION
IN MONTANA.
Great Tract Which Is to BE Thrown
Open to Settlement by the Whites,
Contains the Battlefield Upon Which
Custer Fell A Rich Region.

Notwithstanding the fact that there
are 473.0O0,O00 acres Of vacant unap-
propriated land, excluding Alaska,
open for settlement, pressure is con-
stantly being brought to bear upon
Congress for the opening Of lands hith-
erto set aside for the Indians. One
reservation after another is being
thrown up to settlement, the aborigin-
al occupants being given farms in sew
crafty II they desire to live the lives
OF white men, or being compelled to
take circumscribed quarters If they
wish to live the tribal or blanket life.
Last year the greatest reservation
opening was that of the Rosebud, in
South Dakota. This summer two res
ervations will be thrown open to GER
tainty-the Grow, in Southern Mon
tana, and the Uintah, in Eastern Utah
To these will probably be added the
Wind River or Shoshone reservation,
in Wyoming. All these reservations
offer vast opportunities to the white
man. The Uintah and Wind River res
eryations are rich In minerals. but to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10

demanded by life as we know it to-
day. 1t Is not modern showhouse,
but just nice. sensible abode into
which to retire from the glare of the
theater.
Miss Adams spends nearly all her
spare time ON this farm, although she
also owns picturesque cottage at
Onteora, in the Catskills, to which she
Is apt to retire In the autumn for a
complete change of air, Just before be-
ginning her season.
Besides these country homes she
owns house in New York, on East
41st street, near Madison avenue. Here
she resides during her long New York
engagements. But even during these,
she puts In as much time as possible
at Sandy Garth. Every Saturday
night, when she leaves the Empire
Theater, 1t is to hurry as fast as a
special train can carry her to Ronkon-
koma.
On her farm she is outdoors from
daylight to dusk. She raises pigs and
chickens and sells them, and also has
wood cut and disposed of for profit.
She Is, In fact, a lady farmer" and
SO much enjoys being one that IL she
ever retires from the stage she GER
tainly will devote herself wholly to
farming.
She carefully guards her privacy. A
fine kennel of st. Bernard dogs is one
OF the features Of the place. These
handsome dogs have been taught to
know camera when they see one and
make furious charge upon any per-
son who trespasses upon the grounds
with malicious Photographic intent.
The trespasser is apt to make what In
theatrical parlance is known as a
quick exit"
Miss Adams cottage at Onteora COM
mandsa picturesque view of the region
so famous in legend. 1t is partly of
rough stone, partly frame, with wide.
roomy veranda. In one especially at
tractive corner the floor is laid with
rugs, there is comfortable furniture.
even a table with lamp for reading
In the evening hours, and n spinning
wheel which gives quaint, old-fash-
Toned touch to this charming outdoor
nook in the actress mountain home.
The drives and bride paths about
Onteora are beautiful and Maude
Adams Is as familiar with them as she
is with the ins-and-outs behind the
scenes of a theater. While at Sandy
Garth she takes most Of her outdoor
exercise on horseback. At Onteora she
drives great deal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10
VENUS ON CRAB SHELL

Old Traveller Vows WitchinE Outlines
Are Found Oh Crnwtish.
Every crab shell contains the form
of n woman. At least so maintains
Samuel o. Trudell, OF al 9th avenue,
linguist, traveller and author and now
owner of n tobacco store, says the New
York Press. and he is prepared to
prove his assertion. not only from the
shells he has in his possession, but
from any that may be taken to him.
Not only is the female form divine
outlined in native grace and detail, but
in many instances it is attired in the
conventional habiliments of the pres
ent time, for the drawing room or the
street or draped in clinging garments
as If for the stage. Some, too, have
headdresses of the towering style of
the women of certain provinces of
France.
The two species of shellfish which
bear the outlines most clearly are the
ordinary table crab and the rock crab.
but the decorations are not confined to
those of any one part of the world.
They may be found even on shells
picked up in New York bay, although
the finest specimens which Trudell has
are from the Gulf Of Mexico and the
English coast.
1t was back in 1870 Trudell said,
that he discovered the strange decora-
lions. part drawing and part bas re-
lief, which the crab bears on its back.
He was taking luncheon in Il restau-
rant in Pascagoula, near New Orleans,
when he recognized the form. Since
that time he has examined hundreds
of shells. and never has he failed to
find the tracings. Often. he says, it
requires careful study to pick them
out, and sometimes magnifying glass
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10

as the Indian owners are not yet suffi-
GENTLY skilled in the white mans
methods to be success us agriculture
lists. But these farms in the valley Of
the Big Horn show that the Grow res
ervation can be made to blossom as
the rose when once 1t is dominated by
the white mans touch.
For over a year the government has
had surveyors at work in the northern
half of the Crow reservation, making
surveys. Not all Of the reservation
will be thrown open. The Crows have
ceded 1,150.00O acres to the govern
ment, and this is the portion to be
taken up by the white men. The land
lies along the valley of the Big Horn,
and it is estimated that about 100000
acres can be cultivated. The remain
der will be used for grazing purposes.
Thus the individual who draws
homestead will be doubly lucky, for
not only will he have 160 acres of as
fine agricultural land as there is In the
West, but he will also have the privi-
lege of using vast acreage of grazing
ground which cannot be irrigated, but
which Is rich in succulent grasses and
which has been used as pony range
by the Crows for generations. The
main canal to irrlgate the homesteads
will be taken from the Big Horn, and
the supply of water is inexhaustibe.
The proceeds Of the sale of the land
will be used by the Crows to benefit
their own lands and herds.
On Historic Ground.
The homesteader who settles in the
Crow reservation will find himself In
historic ground. The chief place of in
terest on the reservation is Custer bat
tlef1eld, at Crow Agency. The Custer
monument can be seen from the rail-
road trains, on top of knoll, about
six miles from the station. 1t was
here that the redoubtable Rain-in-the-
Face and other Sioux chleftains over
whelmed Clusters detachment of 30
brave men, leaving not one to tell the
story. White headstones are scattered
about the monument on both slopes of
the hill, showing exactly where the
men lay when their bodies We're found.
Near Mt hand are many other head
stones. as Custer field has been turned
into a national cemetery, and here are
buried the victims of the Fetterman
massacre and many others who lost
their lives on the plains fighting for
the flag. The field will always re-
main one of the most interesting spots
in America. Only four miles away is
Reno's battlefield. where one may yet
see the bones Of the horses used as
breastworks by the troopers who, ac-
cording to many military critics,
should have come to Clusters aid.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10
At the capta,n,s Table,

AS the liner cleared the heads and
the heavy swell of the open Atlantic
became noticeable dinner was served.
The 90 places at the captains table
were. filed and as the soup appeared
the captain addressed his table COM
panions.
II trust that all 25 of you will have
Il pleasant trip" he said. land that
this little assemblage of "a will reach
port much benefited by the voyage. Il
look upon the % smiling faces as a
father upon his family, for am re-
sponsible for the lives of this group
of 10. hope all II of you will Join
me later In drinking to merry trip. /
believe We I fellow passengers are
admirably suited to each other and I
applaud the judgment which chose
from the passenger list these 3 per-
sons for my table. You and I, my dear
sir, are--"
The captain chuckled Here. stew
ard, bring on my fish and clear away
these dishes. indianapolis Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-10

large measure Of
popularity that enjoyed Joseph
News 1t be doubted them all there has
American
Wrinkle friendship
to of
is question whether
Jeherson be
welcomed all
1t
throughout his
by passing possible
theatrcasm acting
by quiet nurasm which his peculiarly genial
its
Ions in paywring
vndicaton
tempered by the consolation
has exceeded the allotted