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The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Mad Fight of Trapped Eagle.

Jonas hester, the phenomenal trap
per, of Dryville, had a fierce combat
with an eagle on Tuesday. He had
caught the big bird in a trap, but the
imprisoned bird attacked him and sunk
Its talons deep into his flesh.
The heavy chain attached to the trap
was all that prevented the eagle flying
into Nester's face. He finally killed
the bird, which measured seven feet
two inches from tip to tip.-Kutztown
Correspondence Philadelphia Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Profitable Invention.

No one class of inventions has been
so profitable to both the manufacturer
and the inventor as musical instru-
ments and appliances for same. Nj
merous improvements to the piano
has been a source of large fortunes,
and various devices are at present be-
ing continuously applied. Radically
new instruments possessing real merit
are the inventions needed in this line.
The public is always ready to adopt
almost anything new in both wind and
stringed Observation-Disclosures.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
KILLED BY CHURCH BOILER.

Engineer Left His Two Friends in
Basement Just Before Explosion.
New York City. - The sudden and
mysterious explosion of a heating boil
er in the basement of the Greenwood
Baptist Church, Seventh avenue and
Sixth street, Brooklyn, instantly killed
Richard Hall, twenty-one years old,
of No. 261 Sixth street, and injured
Raymon Denton, sixteen years old, Of
No. 3SS Sixth street. Hall was nearly
decapitated.
The explosion occurred. at IL a. m.
Its force was so great as to lift the
floor three feet and to blow out several
large plate-glass windows.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

State, 1904, choice, per To-. . a 81
Good to prime. per b.. y "a -
Common to fair.......... p % Is
Pacific Coast, 1904, choice. % Ia 30
Good to prime, per b.. p a IS
Did odds. .......... II "a l.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

"Of course, Mr.. Sophmore, you are
familiar with all the great plays" re-
marked Miss Kulcher. "Now, do you
consider Goldsmith's as clever as Sher-
idan'S?"
Goldsmith" replied Sophmore. "He
must belong to some minor college.
Why, there isn't another halfback in
the country that can touch Sheridan of
u Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
KANSAS OIL LAW IN FORCE.
Legislature Applauds Message of Pro
Queer, Thanking 1t For Rate Act.

Topeka, Kan. - Governor Hoch re-
ceiyed this message from G. d. Webs
ter, Of Humboldt, president of the
Webster Refinery Company, which op-
crates the only independent Oil refin-
cry in the State:
Shipped first car of oil under the
new maximum freight rate law. Old
rate 1854, new rate $27.6O, saving US
on one car $50.74. Thanks to you and
the Legislature of good old Kansas for
breaking the monopolistic bonds of
the railroad and giving us an opportu-
nifty to do business
The Governor sent the message to
both branches of the Legislature, and
it was read amid applause.
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Why He Crossed.

Washington was asked why he
crossed the Delaware on the ice.
81 couldn't commit an anachronism,"
he explained. "It would have spoiled
the painting utterly.
Perceiving the wise foresight of their
leader, the soldiers cheered him on
Judge.
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q o 81 q

WHAT DO YOU THINK Of THESE YIELDS?
l20 bu. Beardless Barley per acre.
80 bu. Salzer's New National Oats per A..
so bu; Salzer Speltz and Macaroni Wheat.
1000 bu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre.
IA tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hay.
10000 lbs. Victoria Rape for sheep-per A.
100000 lbs. Teosinte, the fodder wonder.
$4,000 lbs. Salzer's Superior Fodder Corn
rich, juicy fodder, per A.
Now such yields you can have in 1905,
IT you will plant my seeds.
JUST SEM THIS NOTICE AND 1Oo
in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co.. Tia
Crosse, Wis, and receive their great cata-
log and lots Of farm seed samples. Ia. C. Ii
There are 1865 graduates of the Yale
University living.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
There are 252,436 miles of ocean cable in
operation.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma.
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c. a bottle.
The expectation of cattle from Mexico
to Cuba is increasing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Loon Overcome by Cold.

e. E. Skinner, caretaker at the town
farm, found a large loon in the road
yesterday near his house.
He caught the bird, carried it home
and fed it. 1t seemed to be suffering
from hunger and the severe COLDER.
lin CorrespOndence Hartford COurant.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
YELLOW CRUST ON BABY
Would Crack Open and Scab Causing Ter.
rible Itching-Cured by Cuticura.

rible Itching-Cured by Cuticura.
"Our baby had a yellow crust on his
head which 1 could not keep away. When
l thought l had succeeded in getting his
head clear, it would start again by the
crown of his head, crack and scale, and
cause terrible itching. l then got Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, washing the scalp
with the soap and then applying the Oint-
ment. A few treatments made a COM
plete cure. l nave advised many mothers
to use Cuticura, when l have been asked
about the same ailment of their babies.
Mrs. John Boyce, Pine Brush, N. Y"
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man of good rep
ing, writes: Five
utation and stand
years ago 1 was
suffering so with
my back and kid
neys that | often
had to lay off.
The kidney secre-
tons e unnat-
ural, my legs and
S t N a C b were
swollen, and |
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Foreign Farm Trade.

A report on foreign trade in farm and
forest products in 1904, issued by the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington, D. c., showed a balance of
trade in farm products in each year
from 1890 to 1904 in favor of exports
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Dog Tears Out BOYS Eve.

Playing on a rug in his fathers par
lor, Clarence Cook. of Newark. N. j..
was attacked by a bulldog. The boys
left eye was torn from its socket.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Improvement in Trade.

trade reports are still somewhat con-
ficting, but on the whole improvement
has followed more settled weather, and
the outlook is considered favorable.
even in sections where current business
is irregular.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics.

The name Of Mother Goose's husband
was Isaac Goose, and her rhymes were
first printed by her s~on-in-law, Thomas
Fleet, a printer, in Boston.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

Mercantile collections are not as
prompt in the East as elsewhere, but
the liabilities of commercial failures
in February were much smaller thar
a wear ago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Long Succeeds Wyndham.

Official announcement was made in
London, England of the appointment
of Walter Hume Long, president of
the Local Government Board, to sue
coed Mr.. Wyndham as Chief Secretary
for Ireland.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Profitable.

Agricultural communities have pros
pered, cash prices on all farm products
maintaining profitable positions, but
the speculative markets are cratic.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Machinery is Busy.

Little idle machinery is noticed in the
iron and steel industry, textile mills
are increasingly active, and New Eng
land shoe shops are shipping more
freely than a year ago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

The first two seedless apples received
from Colorado were sold in London at
Convent Garden for thirty shillings
each.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
ENDS NORTH SEA INCIDENT.

Russian Ambassador Pays $325,OO0 10
British Foreign Secretary.
London, England.-Count Benken-
dorff, the Russian Ambassador to
Grea: Britain, paid $325,O00 to Foreign
Secretary L%ansdowne in settlement of
the North Sea claims.
The incident was thus closed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
The Railway Earnings.

Railway earnings in February Vera
only 81 per cent. smaller than last
year, despite the severe weather at the
start.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Our Korean interests.

American commercial interests in
Korea were declared greater than those
of any other European Power by Mr..
Paddock, United States Consul General
at Seoul.
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To Continue War.

The Russian Government, it was
said. has decided to send another army
to the Far East, and to order Admiral
Rojestvensky to give battle to Admiral
Togo.
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Collision in Subway.

Fifteen persons were seriously i'll
jured and a score slightly hurt in a
collision in the subway at the Fourth
venue and Twenty-third street sta
ton, New York City.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer ,$2trial bottleand treatise free
DIR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd. ,931 Arch St.. Phila.. Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

There are now in the United States,
by conservative estimate, about 1OO,OOO
Japanese.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

So named because so acres produced Sc
heavily, that it's proceeds built a lovely
home. See Salzer's c~atalog. Yielded in
Ind. l57 bu., Ohio 100 bu., Tenn. 1913 bu.
and in Mich. 900 bu. per acre. You can
beat this record in 1905.
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A TO GIVE UP.

Suffered Agonies From Kidney Disorders
Until Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills.
George w. Renoff, of 1858 North
Eleventh street. PHILADELPHIA. Pa. q
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Knew One of Them.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
E. W. Groves signature is on box. 25c.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or P~rotruding
Piles. Druggists will refund money if Pazo
Ointment fails to cure in 6 to IA days. soc.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Use Anen,s Eo0t-Easa.

1t is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot Ease, apowdel
to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you
walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, NY
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

There are $4,000 hotels in the United
States. N. Y.-11
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Japan imports wool from many of the
European countries.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Mayor Harrison at Vale

Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, ILL.,, lee
tured at Yale University, in New
Haven, Conn.,, on municipal reforms.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Domestic Wheat Reports.
Failnres Ave Heaven.

Early in the week all domestic wheat
markets were excited and demoralized.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

The annual consumption of salt in Eng
land is forty pounds a head.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
Women Should
Beware Of
Contracting Catarrh.

conducive to catarrhal arrangements. Few
women escape.
Upon the first symptoms of catching cold
Peruna should be taken. 1t fortifes the
system against colds and catarrh.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
pnes;anS Evacnota Nulaan

Tie Russians have evacuated their
positions south and southwest of Muk-
den,
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
DESTROYED.
Two Lives Lost in Fire at Fridley.
Minn.-$500,O0O Damage.

st. Paul, Minn.-The village of Frid-
ley, Mimi, nineteen miles northwest of
st. Paul, was destroyed by fire at night.
The property loss is half a million dol
lars. Two men are dead in the ruins.
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rPe-ru-na for Colds and Catarrh.

The following interesting letter gives one
young woman's experience with Peruna:
Miss Rose Gerbing, a popular society
woman of Crown Point, Ind, writes:
Recently | took a long drive in the
country, and being too thinTy clad l caught
a bad cold which settled on my lungs, and
which l could not seem to shake off. [
had heard a great deal of Peruna for colds
I am pleased that l did, for it brought
speedy relief. 1t only took about two bot
ties, and l consider this money well spent.
"You have a firm friend in me, and |
not only advise its use to my friends, but
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
LARGE FIRE IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Explosion in a Grain Elevator Threat.
ems the City.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.-The boiler in
Elevator b of the American Cereal
Mills, exploded and instantly the
structure was in flames. The Fire
Department was unable to check the
names and all buildings neal by wers
doomed at midnight.
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have purchased several bottles to give to
those without the means to buy, and have
noticed without exception that it has
brought a speedy cure wherever it has been
used."-Rose Gerbing.
Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics.
One reason why Peruna has found per-
manent use in so many homes is that it
contains no narcotic of any kind. Peruna
is perfectly harmless. 1t can be used any
length of time without acquiring a drug
habit. Peruna does not produce temporary
results. 1t is permanent in its effect.
1t has no bad effect upon the system,
and gradually eliminates catarrh by remov-
ing the cause of catarrh. There are a null
titude of homes where Peruna has been
used on and off for twenty years. Such a
thing could not be possible if Peruna con-
tanned any drugs of a narcotic nature.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
All correspondence held strictly conf
Dental.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

Graham County Jail at Clifton, A. T., i;
the strongest Jail in the world.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17
6bsNqBkrtS
Wholesale Prices OuOtel in New York

MILK.
The Milk Exchange price for standard
quality is SIC. per quart.
RrrTTED
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-17

The cold wind
and rain, slush
and mud Of win
ter are especially
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-08

lance Of detectives. and Burns told
Harlan and Walk to keep the appoint
ment and to take any money which
was offered them. The trap was sprung
and Burns, 1t Is said. has 500 which
was given to Walk and 5000 given to
Harlan. marked and held for future
reference.
An Important Arrest.
Benson was Immediately arrested
and taken before the United States
commissioner. He gave bonds for
$4,000. but defaulted and skipped to
New York, where he was again ar
rested and where he has been fighting
the removal proceedings ever since.
The case has at last reached the United
States supreme court, from which a
decision is expected soon.
How Clerks Were Bribed.
And now just word here as to the
skillful way In which the clerks in the
general land Office. at Washington and
the special agencies in the western
states were approached and finally COM
pletely brought under the control Of the
land sharks. One of the
would call upon them and
ask for ordinary information that had
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-08

sDscisl agents of the Land ONCE and a
former judge.
10 Oregon convictions have already
been secured In the cases OF Clyde
Lloyd, .. A. ID. Puter, Horace q. Nc
kiuley, Emma l. Watson and ID. w.
Tarpley. Franklin Pierce Mays, state
senator from Portland, IL now on trial,
and the trial Of Senator Mitchell Is to
begin shortly.
Judge A. H.. Tanner. the law partner
Of Senator Mitchell. was indicted for
perjury and later pleaded guilty and II
is stated made a confession impIicat-
ing Senator Mitchell
Former Land Commissioner Her
mann, now congressman from Oregon,
Is under Indictment on the charge of
destroying records Of the land ONCE
at Washington. and in addition to this
he is under Indictment with John n.
Hall, ex-district attorney; Edwin Mays.
ex-assistant district attorney; +. p.
Mays. state senator; Hamilton II. Hen
bricks, secretary and treasurer of the
Butte Creek Land. Live Stock & Lum-
Der company, and Special Agents
G. e. LOOMS and q. d. Stratford Of
the land office, on the charge of fenc-
ing in a large part Of the county Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-08

the barriers raised to investigation be-
came more determined and enectual.
But as Secretary Hitchcock and Attor-
ney General Knox came to appreciate
the extent of the land frauds, they de-
.cided to have more legal aid, and Fran
els J. Heney, one Of the ablest criminal
lawyers Of the Pacific coast, was secured
to look after the Oregon end Of the
cases: And here is where Senator
Mitchell and others Of the big fry come
In, and right here is one of the most
Interesting and startling portions of the
lands fraud story. When the grand
jury had been summoned and a vigor-
GUS investigation begun, Attorney
Heney tried to induce Senator Mitchell
to go to Oregon from Washington as a
witness, but this he at first refused to
do. But when he was informed that
matters were becoming serious for him
and Hermann, they both started for the
west.
Startling Developments.
But II the grand jury could not get
hold Of Senator Mitchell as a witness,
1t could and did secure his law partner,
Judge A. H. Tanner. and the develop
ments resulting from his testimony,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-08

investigation fsess semS Is st.s yaysss
-d the esroalsg nAss a1.l ~ toe 6evsi,
opmsnts in tfss e&ss Is.aaatVualiy the
public has Dssn sta<issc by tss name
Of some prominent nau trsing connect
ed with the frauds, as was especially
the case when Senator Mitchell was In
dicted ON the charge Of accepting q
bride In connection with some Of the
land cases, and his now famous, burn
this letter." was made public.
One Gigantic, Systematic Plot.
First Of all we want to remember
that the land frauds are not an aZgre-
cation OF isolated cases. Independent OF
each other in methods and purpose.
but are really one gigantic. deep-laid
and systematic plot which was being
persistently and successfully carried
on in Arizona. California. Oregon and
other western states by men OF wealth
and influence who had a lust for the
public domain.
Lawson, in his revelations Of Wall
street methods, speaks of "the system"
but the New York money kings in
their alleged raids on the stock mar
kets and the pocketbooks of the small
investors never worked more thor
oughly organized system than have the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-08
They Are Far More Gigantic Than Peo-
pie Generally Imagine.
SOME CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK DONE
BY w. j. BURNS.
He Has Entrapped CUlprits Both High and Low by His
Carefully Laid Plans-How the Schemes of the
Land Grabbers Worked-Some
O Startling Evidence.

washington.-The story Of the big
Is one Of the most startling and inter-
esting OF modern annals.
II is a gigantic conspiracy. a detec-
tive story and a tremendous legal bat
lie all in one.
The conspiracy reaches back through
the years, involves hundreds of thous-
ands of acres of the finest public lands
In Arizona. California, Oregon and 9TH
er states, and includes among its long
chain Of conspirators, men prominent
r in state and nation, government OFF,
s Gals and employees, and wealthy cor
porations, including at least one rail-
road.
The detective story equals any of the
Sherlock Holmes variety in the keen
:ness and nicely with which the faint
= est clews have been followed up, mys-
Veries unraveled and the guilty. high
and low, at last cornered, in spite OF
unlimited power and influence and
loads of money used to block investi-
cation and checkmate the detectives.
The tremendous legal battle begun
some time ago when sufficient evidence
was secured to start court proceedings
and which is still raging, is a conflict
of giants. The government has en-
ployed the finest legal talent to be had
to prosecute the cases and the men
on trial, and to be tried, are sparing
no efforts or money in trying to escape
conviction. 1t is fight every inch OF
the way, with several points scored by
the government thus far.
And all this is included In the COM
plete story of the land frauds-a story
of fascinating interest because of its
startling revelations.
1t is a story one wants to read.
From the time some three years ago
when Secretary Hitchcock. of the in
terror department, first received the
hint that gigantic land steals were go
ing on and started the machinery OF
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-08

land -grabbers OF the west. First, we
have the conspirators. bold. rapacious
unprincipled, Unsuitable. Next were
the vast tracts of valuable government
land as a stake for which these con-
spirators were ready to play, and judg-
ing from the hundreds of thousands OF
acres of land fraudulently obtained up
to the time the Investigations were be-
gun the stake was an elastic one, which
ultimately was to include millions. And
because the conspirators were bold and
the prize to be won almost limitless in
extent and value, they devised sys-
TEN by which to operate. But more
of this later.
s Startling Summary.
To summarize our story before at
tempting to develops 1t in its startling
details, let us consider that its rami-
fications lead us through three states,
with still others to hear from. I'M
mense tracts of timber land, aggregat-
ing 100000 or more acres in extent,
are involved. In Oregon, one firm alone
acquired 100000 acres of the finest OF
the public domain by the use of the
system. And in California
were made for 100000
acres of school lands, indicating that
the only limit to the fraudulent entries
was to be the outermost boundaries of
the land itself. It is estimated that the
land grabbed is easily worth 500, 600 900
to $25,00O,000.
Sixteen of the principals involved in
these land frauds have been indicted,
and ten or IL implicated in greater
or less degree. Ten men in the employ
of the land ONCE have been discharged
for completely in the frauds and sew
eral convictions have already been Sc
cured.
Among the indicted are one United
States senator one congressman, two
state senators, an ex-district attorney,
an ex-assistant district attorney, the
former head of the general land Office,