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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08
NOTICE TO FIsHERoI EN-.

We insure fish nets aud fish houses in
our, Class X Oerat,mPnt Apply TO
nearest ageof, or u Northern Nrck
Mutual FIRE Association, Irvingtuu, Va
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Rev. L. Il. COMES. Rector.
White Chapel. First aud Fhirl sunday IL An.
Trinity. First aud Thicd Sundays. 100 Z. NJ.
Grace, second Sunday, II A. NJ; Fourth sun
day, =. ".
wieomic0. Second SUNDAY, y. IL; Fourth
Sunday. II a NJ.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

white stone. First snC Third Sunday. n a.
M.;SecOnd ami Fourth sundays, 3 L. N.
Fleets Island. Second N0C fO'1rtn Sundays.
llA.N..Firs; and Third SJudsys, ; p. II.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08
lMONpROSS.

The case of Murphy US. The Mary
land, Delaware and Virginia Railway
Company will benresunAeth on the 9th
instant. This damage suit has been on
trial the past week and bids fair to
continue much longer. The hotel of
this place is hardly sufficient to enter
tain those, interested in the case.
~ ~ T,1ttla of Hano,ra,. oo,,,,t,, x,,I,,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

The Va. Negro Development and Exc
position Company win spend nearly D
million dollars on buildings at the James
town Exposition in 1907, as outlined by
Director General Giles Il. Jackson.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08
SAVE THE GAME.

d. Amelia board of supervisors passed q
law that no more cartridges should be
killed in the county during this season.
This wasdone on account of the scarcity
of birds. Supervisors have the power
to limit the season. .. ..
F. M. Aldridge, game warden, inter
viewed Messrs. M. B. Rowe g. Co., o.
M. Armstrong, J. T. Brauer, S. Hirsh
& Bro, and Marshall & King Monday
and they agreed not to purchase any
partridges after December 9TH. This is
done to stop the killing of the birds. -
Fredericksburg Free Lance.
paper has once or twice suggest
ed TO the Board of Supervisors in the
adjacent counties the ACCESSIBILITY of
projecting the partridges by closing the
season early in December. We are
gratifed, to learn that the Stafford
board has declared the season closed on
December list for partridges, and on
January LIST for all other game. We
understand in addition that the King
George board will take similar action
with this difference, that December 9th
instead Of December 1st will mark the
close. : Fredericksburg Free Lance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08
IT'S UP TO you

~ Whether you want Ready.to-
wear Clothing that is equal in
every particular to the exclusive
merchant tailor's output at
about one-half the cost. 79T' %, D.
Desirable Suits and Overcoats
and everything else to wear can
he found in our great stores.
Keep yourself warm by getting
a good pair of blankets from us,
from so cents up to So So. You
can also keep your feet dry by
getting pair of our guaranteed
waterproof, handmade boots,
which we were lucky in getting
new supply of. In doing that
you will be able to keep yonr
head clear, while wearing GOOD
hat that comes from us, and not
allow any body to fill your head
with statements that are never
fulfilled. '' 9Hl GI I
Our mottois TO do what we say.
Yours for business, i-h.
SCiIVAIiTZMAN BROS.'
KILNAeN0CK and WHITE STONE
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

For the first time this season Car
ters Creek (salt water) was frozen
across as low down as the Irvington
Beach Wednesday morning with a
quarter of an inch OF ice. Last year
similar thing occurred as early as the
18th of November. The lateness of the
freeze this fall and the scarcity of
berries and wild fruit would point to
moderate or mild winter.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08
HOME FOR SALE
NOVELTIES IN
XMAS PRESENTS!

Go to RICHARDSON, the
Old Reliable, for all kinds
of Xmas Presents. The
finest line to select from.
A m erican and Foreign
Wares, and Cheaper than
city prices. | ask your in
spection before purchasing
elsew here. cold Santa"
will be at my Drug Store
from 1 o'clock Saturday,
December card, to p. m.
He would like to see and
meet all the children and
find out what they want in
Presents. Don't fail to
come.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08
READERS oF,INTERIssT

The w. l.. Douglass 80. $3.50 ADD 81 shoes
are acknowledged to be the best on the
market. Mcssick 81 Gunby have lust laid in
fun line of this famous dress shoe.
" you want dwellings, churches tcnrs OF
houses OF any description built write Co w. Il
Jesse, contractor, Litwalton, Va Estimates
wa iowus mills located IN Lancaster county
Encourage homo enterprise and buy your
lumber OF w. III. Jesse, Litwalton. Lancaster
Co. Material the best, prices low, big freights
saved r.. ...... '.'.| ~ l"I
Has stood the Test p Years.
The old. original GROVES Tasteless Chill
Tonic. You know what YOU are taking. Tits
iron and quimne in q tasteless form, No cure.
no pay. so. n ......f .....I
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08
LUMBER FOR SALE.

/ have in operation q good mill on the
Millenbeck tract of lumber situated on
Whitehouse creek. Am prepared to fur
nish all grades of lumber on short notice,
either aboard boat or on shore ....
% l.. ID. SToNRHAM, Molusk, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

doc" Baugher, of Baltimore, was
at the home of his aunt, Mrs. l.. NJ.
Irving, a few days the first of the
week.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

II you are up-todate, putting in big
Nmas stock, let the people know ii by
advertising in the CITIZEN.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Mrs. Jesse Long and Mrs. Ernest
Longworth, of Poplar Neck, were Tues
day visitors of Mrs. J. G. Brewington.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Hiram H. Blackwell, a prominent
citizen Of Wicomico. was here recently,
bringing back to the Academy his son
who had been temporarily indisposed at
home
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

"Uncle Jim" Sanders and Mail Agent
Willie X. Rogers were at the home of
Capt. s. p. Simmons recently.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

T. M. Cogswell, of the U. s. Bureau
of Fisheries, Washington, is here this
week gathering statistics of the oyster
and fishing industry of the Northern
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Gatherings and hominy What hog
killing time $50 say some).
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Miss Cordelia Weston, Of Baltimore,
spent few days the past week with
Mrs. ]. Robert George.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

The Anti-Saloon League of White
Stone District will meet next Tuesday
at 2:S0 p. m. at Irvington Methodist
church.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

D Monday next is Heathsville Court.
Editor Lee hopes to be there in the in
terest of his paper and our home fire
association.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08
LOCAL MENTION,

All communications should be addressed e
the YiRGINIA CITIZEN. Irvin2tOn. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Barker Hopkins left last week to
work on harbor tug for the Southern
Railway.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08
Big TIME IN "a
KlLMARNOCK.

A. T.. BRENT has Just received
from Baltimore and New York over
800 worth of General Merchandise
such as Meme, Boys aud Chi,dren's
Clothing, all sorts, kinds and sizes;
also q big line of Ladies' Ready made
Skirts and Goats, all sizes, kinds aud
colors. A big line OF Notions, such
as Ladies, Misses aud Cbildren's
Underwear, all kinds. sorts and sizes.
a big, new lot OF Toys aud Presents.
A big line of nice, new Furniture,
such as Bed. room Suits, Couches,
Centre Tables, Dining room Chairs,
Children's Rockers, Wicker Chairs,
Book Stands, White Enamel Bed, -
Steads with brass rails and knobs.
want 10 call your attention TO this
tact, / make n specially in Clothi
and Furniture aud have laid IN "A big
stock. IL you want Ia bay 81 worth of
clothing for + this is the place All
we ask Is that you give Us cali,
and Mark aud my self willtaSe great
pleasure in showing you through
our large department sto:e, which is
up-tn date ia every respect Come
early and get first pick. Don't for
get the place,
THE BIG STORE.
A. Z. BRENr. PROP, -r..
Corner Light and Broadway
't'-.a KILMARNOCK, VA. phi
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Advertise your Xmas entertainments
in the CITIZEN.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Mrs. j. Edwin Bussells and children
spent Saturday and Sunday with the
lady's sister, Mrs. Harley Z. Robert
son, of Anti-Rapp. Occasion was the
birthday celebration of enc of Capt.
Robertson's children.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Treallle spent
Thursday night with Capt. and Mrs.
Fred Gunby.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Clifford Krkmyer, student of Will
liam & Mary, returned home to attend
the obsequies of Charlie Mitchell and
will remain until after the holidays at
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

Capt. J. N Wilder was summoned
to Baltimore Tuesday to attend the
nuptials of his friend, Will Carter, and
Miss BERTHE Gettamiller, which came off
Wednesday night.
The Jewish outlook. (Denver, Colo.) 1903-1913, 1905-10-13

QreSSlnS Mdn1CuTluS, 1OF IueI, WOHSu anu
children. Artesian water Haines Hair
Store. 621 Sixteenth street
Mr.. William Hahn, who has been con-
nected with Wehrle for the past eight and
one-half years, will, after November 1st be
associated with Mr. Joseph I. Schwartz, the
well-known Sixteenth street jeweler.
The oil painting of Mr.. David Kline,
painted from life by Mr.. Martin Jackson,
recently on exhibition in Gamossi's glove
store, Sixteenth and Stout streets, is con-
sidered one of Mr.. Jackson's best portraits.
The German American Trust Company,
143O Sixteenth street; capital, 100000; gen.
eral banking and trust business; fire insur-
ance, loans and investments; four per cent.
on time deposits.
Among those who ably assisted DR..
Friedman in the services on the day or
atonement were Messrs. S. r. Zwetow, Al
fred Muller, Ernest Norris Meyer Friedman,
Sig Strauss, David Kline, David Plessner,
Max Klein and J. H. Arkush.
STOP
In front of our window long enough to
look at our new Wall Papers. You'll be
surprised at the artistic effects that we
offer at little prices. Schayer & Gollick,
Josephine and Colfax streets.
Mrs. Marcus Summerfeld, Mrs. Jerome
Dryfuss, Mrs. Alfred We'll, Mrs. Edward Mo-
nash, Will entertain IN nOuOr Vi MIS- ElldS
Summerfeld of New York and Mrs. Amelia
Bacharach of Chicago Thursday afternoon,
October 10Th, at o'clock, at Progress Club
Jesse Shwayder wishes to announce that
he is making the biggest and best line of
trunks and travelling bags in the city. The
name of the place is-The Shwayder Trunk
Manufacturing Company, at 92S Fifteenth
The first meeting of the Jewish Womans
Council held in the temple Wednesday, Oc-
tober 4th was one of the largest and most
enthusiastic meetings of the council. Mrs.
Pisko, the new president, gave an address
of welcome which warmed the hearts of
each member toward her and brought forth
enthusiastic applause when she expressed
her hopes for the work to be accomplished
the coming year. Mrs. PiskO will surely
make the majority of the council members
mount and ride her chief hobby. which is at
tendance at the Sabbath morning temple
services, an object so worthy that it must
succeed The meeting was mostly business
and the reports of all committees were read
and enjoyed for they showed a renewed v1gOr
and interest in all the lines of work. The
programs for the coming year can not but
prove most interesting, with lectures at each
meeting by Rabbi Friedman and discussions
and beautiful music. The work of the phil
anthropy committee as explained by the vice
chairman, Miss Garbarsky, is along new and
extensive lines in Colfax with night school
where trades may be learned by the boys
and stenography by the girls, and club
which will be benefit in every way to the
growing Americans on the West Side. The
board of directors elected Miss Florence Sill
verstein recording secretary in place of
Mrs. w. Bensev, who had resigned. Mrs.
Charles Haas of Chicago, who was the
The Jewish outlook. (Denver, Colo.) 1903-1913, 1905-10-13

We Want Your Glove Trade This Season
and an inspection of our stock will convince
you that never was such a large range Of
novelties shown in Denver. All Gloves pur-
chased here kept in repair free of charge.
The Jewish outlook. (Denver, Colo.) 1903-1913, 1905-10-13
H$Hs$ LOCAL ITEMS &4s%

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Altman and family
are at the Brown Palace hotel
Post for photos. 1906 Fifteenth street
and go Sixteenth street.
Mr.. Ben Syman of Springfield will spend
the winter here with his relatives.
Mrs. c. Wisebart gave an elaborate lunch
con Friday afternoon for Mrs. Charles Haas
of Chicago.
B. Schradsky. Denver's we'll known mer-
chant tailor, 1901 Larimer, for stylish
clothes.
The wedding of Mr.. Herman Bendix to
Miss Clara Kohn of Chicago will take place
in that city October 25th.
Lehman & Stewart Denver's leading fire
insurance and financial agents, 1541 Champa
street.
Mr.. Isaac May of Colorado Springs
stopped off in the city last week en- route
to Cincinnati and New York.
Best-equipped firm in the West for do
ing your cleaning and dyeing. The Panti-
forum Co., 8O5 18th ST., Phone 4168.
The Young Ladies' Aid Society will give
a social at Temple Emanuel October 26th
There will be number of novel attrac-
tons.
The Ladies' Aid Society will give dance
next Tuesday, October 18th, at New Fern
hall, 2711 Welton, for the benefit of the poor
1lChSlS 20 COAIo.
J. H. Arkush, fire, life and accident IN
surance; telephone 1868, 3O4 and 3O5 Appel
building, Sixteenth and Larimer streets.
Mrs. Alfred Muller entertained at dinner
Sunday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs M. Summer
field Mr.. and Mrs. E. Monash and Mr.. and
Mrs. D. S. Lehman.
Drs Robert Levy, S. Simon, G. D. Spivak,
A. Taussig, Robert Bren and Moses Collins
attended the state medical meeting at Colo
RADIO Springs last week.
W. A. observation-disclosures taken
for all magazines; special rates for clubs
Room 3O2 1880 Sixteenth street, Denver,
Colorado. Telephone White 1856.
The Young Ladies' Aid Society will hold
it's regular meeting at Temple Emanuel
Sunday afternoon, October 18th, at 2:3O p.
m. Important business.
Mr. Sam Cohen, Mrs. Max Guldman, Mrs.
Max Bendix and Mr.. William Hahn will
leave about the 18th for Chicago to attend
the Kohn-Bendix wedding.
If you are interested in the latest styles
of Fall Millinery it will pay you to see Miss
Fischer, lila Sixteenth street, before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
Mrs. E. Warsher and Mr.. Louis Warsher
of Hudson, New York, spent few days in
the city on their way home They have
been making an extensive tour of the West.
The National Jewish Hospital acknowl-
edges donations of clothing from Mrs.
Bohm, Brown Palace hotel; DR.. Fell, one box
of hats from Charles Levy, Breckenridge,
Colorado.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-12

investigation, news items in the papers
of the country have told of the devel-
opments in the case. Occasionally the
public has been startled by the name
of some prominent man being connect
ed with the frauds, as was especially
the case when Senator Mitchell was in
dicted on the charge of accepting a
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 aggre-
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 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 a more thor
oughly organized system than have the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-12


special agents of the land Office and
former judge.
In Oregon convictions have already
been secured in the cases of Clyde
Lloyd, S. A. D. Puter, Horace G.. Nc
Kinley, Emma L. Watson and D. w.
Tarpley. Franklin Pierce Mays, state
senator from Portland, is 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 it
is stated made a confession implicat-
ing Senator Mitchell.
Former Land Commissioner Her
mann, now congressman from Oregon,
is under indictment on the charge of
destroying records of the land office
at Washington, and in addition to this
he is under indictment with John ii.
Hall, ex-district attorney; Edwin Mays,
ex-assistant district attorney; F. P.
Mays, state senator; Hamilton H. Hen
bricks, secretary and treasurer of the
Butte Creek Land, Live Stock & Lum-
Der company, and Special Agents
G. e. Loomis and e. D. Stratford of
the land Office, on the charge of fenc-
ing in a large part of the county of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-12
They Are Far More Gigantic Than Peo.
pie Generally Imagine.
SOME CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK DONE
BY w. j. BURNS.
He Has Enrapped CUlprits Both High and Low by His
Carefully Laid Plans-How the Schemes of the
Land Grabbers Worked-Some
Startling Evidence.

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 uI
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 a sys-
tenn by which to operate. But more
of this later.
Startling Summary.
To summarize our story before at
tempting to develops it in it's startling
details, let us consider that it's 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
fraudulent system. And in California
applications 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. 1t is estimated that the
land grabbed is easily worth 10000 900
to $25,000,000.
Sixteen of the principals involved in
these land frauds have been indicted
and ten or II implicated in greater
or less degree. Ten men in the employ
If the land ofnce 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,
IN ex-assistant district attorney, the
former head of the general land office,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-12

the case: AS preliminary to MS WORK
Mr.. Burns spent a month in the gen.
eral land Office, familiarizing with the
general details of the work and gather
ing all the evidence at hand.
Fine Detective Work.
Fortunate circumstances favored him
and before he started for the west he
had secured confession from J. J..
Barnes, who had been employed in the
general land Office for 80 years. This
gave him inside information which he
was not slow to use on reaching Cali
fornia. His Investigations led him
into Arizona and Oregon and other
western states, and when he had the
details well in hand, he boldly faced
B. F. Allen, who for years had been q
trusted agent of the interior depart
ment and who at the time was forest
superintendent at Los Angeles, Cal,
and charged him with completely in
the frauds, with the result that Allen
broke down and confessed that he was
connected with F. A. Hyde, an extern
sive land SPECTATOR, and at present
under indictment for conspiracy and
awaiting removal to Washington for
trail.
The trail now led to the Office of the
forest supervisor, Grant 1. Taggart,
whose reputation up to this time had
been above suspicion. Burns rigid
examination forced the details from
Taggart of how he had established the
boundaries of the forest reservations
in his territory, under the direction
he said, of John A. Benson, who was
another land Spectator, and who with
Hyde is now under Indictment.
Traps Set.
With the inside information thus OBJ
tanned, the secret service man returned
to Washington, and proceeded to en-
trap certain men in the general land
Office, for by this time he knew the
men he wanted. There were two men
especially implicated in the chain OF
evidence which he had thus far forged
link by link. One was w. D. Harlan,
chief of the special service division.
and who up to this time had the entire
confidence of the department. He had
charge of the special agents whose du-
ties are to investigate, all depredations
of the land Office. The other man was
William E. Walk, who had charge OF
the line selections. Burns succeeded in
wrestling confessions from both men.
At the dictation of the detective, Har-
Ian wrote decOy note to Benson,
stating that he had matter of great
Importance to communicate to him and
asking him to write nim care general
delivery, as he feared his mail was be-
ing watched. No reply was received to
this and it developed later that by
some means Benson had been warned
of the trap. Another letter was writ
ten and mailed to Benson and this time
Burns made certain that Harlan did
not send any warning. The result was
that Benson on the receipt of the letter
informing him that he was needed in
Washington came on at once, and from
the New Willard summoned Harlan
and Walk to visit him. All three men
We're now under the closest surveil