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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

Biebush appeared in court he was sud-
denly brought face to face with Shell
ley, and his bravado failed him for the
first time. He escaped from the court
room, FORGETTING $4,000 bail, and dis
appeared.
Secret service operatives were nut ON
his trail. A close watch was kept on
the movements of Mrs. Biebush, who.
in day or SO was traced to Cabaret
island, opposite the town of Venice,
In the Mississippi river. There she met
her husband In corn field. Biebush
retiring to a hut in which he had
taken shelter. The hut was surround
ed and several shots fired to frighten
the fugitive out. The shots were re-
turned by the counterfeiter Then the
hut was fred. Biebush rushed out
and made a mad dash for liberty, but
was caught at high fence, and, after
being manacled, taken back to st.
Louis. Once more he was tried, and
in December, 1870, he was sentenced
to Is years in the Missouri peniten-
tiary.
He served five years and was again
pardoned, returning to st. Louis to re-
sumo not only his old calling, but to
set up as a dealer in high-class bur-
glars tools. John Eagan had retired
from the secret service to private life
and was Transcend to the st. Louis
district from Chicago to manage the
pursuit of Biebush.
ITO Be Continually.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
THE BARND1AGRAM.

for the man who feeds the stock to n.
range things. In our barn, explains an
Illinois correspondent of Prairie Farm.
We have the feed rs handy as possible.
give herewith the plan of a barn that
has many advantages. A is the mixing
room; B, horse stable; C, feed alleys; d.
COW stalls; E, box stall; F, passage be-
hind cattle; G, manger; H. root house.
under driveway; l, silo. This plan is
for a barn 36x50 feet, with silo. and Is
suitable for three horses and Is cows.
The framework above the basement
provides for an 1S-foot bay above the
horse stable, then a 12-foot driveway
and then 20-foot bay. In order to have
corn for team to be taken out beside
a loaded wagon, there should be an over
lay of six feet in the NOW over the cat
tie. This will give plenty of room on
the thrashing floor. The stairway to the
basement is from the mixing room and
the hay or feed from above is let down
through q swinging door beside the stair
way.
The basement consists of 16 single COW
stalls, box stalls and four horse stalls
with feed rooms. Provision is made for
a concrete root house arched over with
concrete under the driveway. The silo
is on the outside Of the barn beside the
driveway and 1t can be made any size de-
sired, one Is feet in diameter and 30 feet
high would be required for the stock
the basement will house.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

did the "Biebush gang" that operated
in and from st. Louis for more than
Is years. In fact, long before there
was such a government institution as
the secret service division of the treas
ury department the name Of Biebush
was a proud one in criminal circles
1t had been carried to distinction in
tie annals of crime by Frederick Bic.
bush, who was born in Prussia in 1928
and emigfated to this country when he
was 81 years old. Prior to his arrival
In America nothing is known of him.
but his history since is a romance OF
crime. His whole life was devoted to
crime as a chosen profession, and Lis
principal pursuit had been the exact
Ing one Of a wholesale dealer in coun.
terfeit money. In this business he had
gained the soubriquet Of the "great
southwest koniacker."
The readers of this narrative wLu
read my recent account Of the events
leading up to the attempt to steal the
body Of Abraham Lincoln will recall
that I then made clear the different
bands through which : counterfeit
money passes before it reaches the
public. The engraver. printer, dealer
shower and Doodle carrier each has his
distinct function to perform in the
process Of robbing the people. The
dealer is the circulator, and, if he las
suitable plates or dies, can flood the
country with counterfeit money long
after every engraver or die cutter in
the business is behind prison bars.
To the business of dealing in "coney'
Biebuah had devoted Ills time and
genius, yet he found leisure to act as
a receiver of stolen goods, and was the
patron and financial hacker of thieves
and burglars. He furnished the en-
gravers of counterfeit plates with cap
ital, helped produce the plates, bought
plates. bought presses, ink and paper
and then found Trustworthy men tc
act as his agents in the circulation
of the spurious currency. For 80 years
he had followed his chosen calling with
unequaled success, his bold and profit
able operations extending from Illinois
to Texas. a4
Within a-gear of his arrival in the
United States Fred iBebush began his
criminal career. He was then broad
shouldered man of fine physical ap
pearance. The year 1850 found hin
keeping saloon called the War Eagle
after a famous steamboat Of ante
bellum days, in Third street, St.. Louis
His place was frequented by river mer
of the better class, for he was jovia
CLAP and good business man as we'll
am not familiar with the way II
which suspicion first attached to him
but one day the st. Louis police raidet
his saloon. and. buried in the walls
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
FABLES OF AMERICANS.
Advice Of Sage Who Has a Word
for Every One Who APP
proaches Him.

One day as the sage was sitting I'M
der blue-gum tree and eating his din
ner Of thistle and burdock roots, q
young man approached him and SAID:
relates the Chicago Daily News:
20. sage, have travelled many a
weary mile to ask thy advice"
why didn't you send postal
card?" was asked. ut has got SO you
can send most anything on a postal
card nowadays and no one will read it
except the party addressed"
What I craved for, o, sage, was a
heart-to-heart talk"
well, out with it. l suppose the
girl saved all your letters, and that
in at least 200 of them you asked her
to marry you? That's always the way
with fool of a man.
ut is not breach of promise suit,
O, man of wisdom. / should be glad
II 1t were only that. The fact is have
been the confidential man of a great
firm"
"As usual
Having figured out a scheme to beat
the races, I found that 1 hadn't money
enough of my own"
"As usual some MORE"
II therefore dipped into each cash
box, meaning of course to replace the
amount"
"'Just So"
But as my favorites constantly came
in last, instead of first, I steadily lost.
In time found myself in the hole to
the tune of 5000 plunks. and there
was nothing for me but fight
But you stole at least 5000 more
before you flew, didn't you?"
"Of course. That is, thought 5000
wouldn't be much of a steal, SO took
10000. have the Doodle here. Advise
me, o, sage"
IF you had flown without making
grab I should have had no advice to
OFFER" replied the wise man, "but be-
ing you have brought most of the
Doodle along shall give you straight
tip. I take 5000 for settling the case,
you retain the same amount for not
stealing all the firm had, and they &C.
|cept of 10000 because they can get no
more. You will help along the sage
business, I help you out of the coun-
try, and the firm counts up its cash ev.
cry Saturday night after this. Hand
over my share before the corners OF
the bills get worn or
Moral: It was later on discovered
that the sage was q lawyer in disguise
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
By CAPTAIN PATRICK D. TYRRELL

copyright, 1905. by Marion G. scheitlin.l
Rev. Andrew Jackson Thomas had
delivered a strong sermon at the Nor
gan street Methodist church in st.
Louis, and at its close extended an
earnest invitation for sinners to come
to tie "mourners' BENCH" seek Divine
forgiveness and forsake the errors of
their past lives. In the good old-fash-
Toned Methodist way Rev. Mr.. Thomas
left the pulpit at the close of the SER
mon and, in fine barytone voice, took
the lead in the ringing song OF invita-
ton to the unrepentant. The lines of
tie hymn as he sang them were fire.
'quently punctuated with short i'm
FASHIONED appeals to those who were
not known as church members. Then,
to render his appeals more direct and
personal, the minister started down
the aisle, shaking hands with tie ''un-
lprofessed," speaking an earnest word
to this one and that one as he went.
/, Rev. Mr.. Thomas was the type Of
minister Familiarity known as the re-
Ivivalist. He was about As years old,
almost six feet tall, of robust physique.
His hair and beard were brown, and
his eye open and fearless. He was a
vigorous and magnetic, If not polished
speaker, a fine singer, a good tinker"
among all classes and apparently Inn
bued with q sincere desire to bring
sinners to repentance. He had not
been in st. Louis long at the time Of
which I am writing, 26 years ago, but
during his residence there, by his de-
votion to his ministerial labors. had
endeared himself to the little flock Of
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

round, and the directors, as much men
of fashion as Of wealth, rule strictly
upon applicants. Money alone cannot
procure place in the Golden Circle.
Very well. Money will buy boxes at
the horse show, where they are auc-
toned of. more than $500 being paid
for the best. The opera is not the
only golden circle. Wasn't there
something said about the need of a
National theater, an-er-palace of art.
where-er-good plays by native au-
thors. and all that sort of thing, don't
you know? Let's have one!
So 1t is to be done. A beautiful
building is to be erected, q company
hired and good plays given. They will
undoubtedly be good, for Herr Direk-
tor Conreid will not stand for bad
work. And there will be seats at low
prices for the truly earnest-all of
which is like the royal theaters snd
operas on the continent. The little
joker is in the innocent statement tina.
there are to be 30 boxes. Practically
the 30 box owners are to finance the
show, build the theater, guarantee the
expenses and-sit in the boxes. Their
names will be printed in the program,
just as the names of the opera box
holders are printed in that program:
and I always think that feature of
opera is funnier even than a fat tenor,
But the names will not be the same
names.
Thus. art for arts sake is justified
Of her lovers. and the great problem
of elevating the stage as it is done in
other lands is solved-perhaps.
OWEN LANGDON.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

at another time of notes for an aggre-
Christian men and women worskiping
in the church at Morgan and Twenty
fourth streets.
While he was passing among the
sinners in his congregation the night
on which introduce Rev. Mr.. Tkom.
as to my readers he stopped at pew
we'll toward the rear of the church.
The visitor was plainly dressed man
OF middle age, evidently workingman.
The minister spoke a few words to
him, still grasping his hand, and there
was some response by tie visitor. The
singing was in progress and the con-
versation held in undertones, so that
the words passed between the two
we're not distinguishable by those near.
The incident was no different, to all
appearances, from score of others
in the church that night when the
minister importuned the hayward to
repent.
The church. services ended, Rev. Mr.
Thomas left the building with several
members of the congregation, chat
ting Of religious matters, until tkeil
homeward- paths diverged.
No attention had been paid the Wis
itor ct the church after the minister
apparently had failed in inducing him
to come to the "mourners' bench" but
he lad left before the services closed
md had taken a rapid westerly course
AS soon as the pastor separated from
the members of his flock he walked
we'll out Of their sight and hearing in
q leisurely way and then suddenly
adopted q quick, business-like gait
Walking rapidly west to Grand avenue
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
Life of a Dairy Cow.

A dairy cow should not show any
marked falling of until after ten years
of age; many excellent records have
been made by cows older than this.
The quality of milk produced by heif-
ers is somewhat better than that Of
older cows. for we find decrease Of
one to two-tenths of one per cent. in
the average fat contents for each year
till the cows have reached full age.
1t is caused by the increase in the
weight of the cows with advancing age:,
at any rate there appears to be paral-
lelism between the two sets of figures
for the same cows.-Midland Farmer
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turns. No New York paper has
printed the facts; Mr.. Hearst's
because they have been too
busy with hysterical shrek.
Ing, the others because it is not their
fight. Besides, the New York editor
is apt to think election fraud an old
story. So 1t is. Still
For once Tammany was deceived by
its preliminary secret canvass, usual.
ly a marvel of accuracy. The lead
ers thought McClelland was safe by q
fair plurality. So they made little
more than the usual preparation for
the voting. OF course, they did not
neglect the ordinary precaution of
planting" about a hundred of their
men among the Hearst watchers, of
registering few hundred repeaters
and of seeing to it that in the tough
districts, where the dirty work is done,
they owned both the democratic and
the republican election inspectors.
This. also, is an old story. The plu-
rality in these districts is ordinarily
30 tremendous that the district lead
er can tell OF enough of his men to en-
roll as republicans to control the mi
nority organization also. This is the
case in Tim Sullivan's kingdom, in
Oakley's, in Murphy's own. which was
Croker's before him.
The real uncertainty, Tammany
thought, was Jerome. The leaders
knew that the people wanted to vote
for him; they thought that the diff
culties of "split ticket would pre-
vent most of them, but this was not GER
tain. That was why such a deter
mined effort was made in the daytime
to "beat up the Jerome watchers.
These were magnificent body Of
men, gray-haired business men and
lawyers with more than q sprinkling
Of college athletes who went to the
fighting districts. It was a bloody day
for many Of them. During the day the
Hearst men were not much molested
because they were not believed to be
dangerous and because 80 many were
Tammany men in disguise.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

third floor Of the store to make selec-
lions of material and have measure
ments taken. e
formerly you had your made-to-
order department on the first floor"
grumbled q patron to the manager;
now you've placed it on the third floor.
Those steps are little tiresome."
Gust for this week only, my friend"
consoled the manager, as he tapped the
aggrieved customer on the back. you
understand, we cannot make exceptions,
but there is no money in 1t for us to
make suit Of clothes for q fat man at q
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

state banks. He did no manufactur-
ing in those days, but from his head
quarters in st. Louis he jobbed the
'coney' in enormous quantities all over
the country through such distinguished
dealers as Nelson briggs, Louis Sleight
and others, the amount Of representa-
tive dollars running into the hundreds
of thousands. In this way he accumu-
lated large fortune. Then he went
into the manufacturing business him
self. 4,
Not being an engraver nor printer,
he had to hire these artisans, and soon
formed partnership with John Peter
Mccartney, for whom he had former
ly been an agent. Mccartney was an
engraver of high rank and the new
criminal team was strong one. Nc
Cartney did the engraving and Bic
bush superintended the printing and
circulating. Later he acquired plates
engraved by such high-class cutters as
Benjamin Boyd and William Shelley.
His fortune grew by tremendous leaps.
He was arrested SO times in all; but
the early arrests never resulted in con-
viction for two reasons-his caution
with whom he dealt and his wealth.
Many times he was arrested un-
doubtedly so that the officers making
the arrest could "bleed" him. Never
was maletactor more adroit in the
use of money with public officers, po-
lice and court officers than Fred Bic
bush. One of his favorite methods of
escaping conviction was to railroad
the states witness out of the way by
use of money or his secret power over
them. After one arrest there was
found in his possession letters from
different members of the secret service
Offering to stand by him and help him
out of trouble, of course for consid-
Grafton. am glad to say that such
operatives in the service rapidly grew
fewer.
His wealth and power were also in
Dictated by the finding in his possession
gate amount Of 100000, signed by prom
inent citizens of St. Louis. He could
command the most powerful politicians
and state officers.
At the end of the civil war Col. H. c.
Whitley was appointed in charge Of
the newly organized secret service and
determined to bring such criminals as
Fred Biebush, "Pete" Mccartney, John
Hart, "Bifl'' Burney, Thomas Hale and
other notorious counterfeiters to JUS
tice. Operative John Eagan was put
in charge of the st. Louis district, and,
after much work, arrested Biebush for
selling counterfeit money. Eagan
pushed the case with q vigor unknown
to Biebush, forced the prisoner to early
trial, and succeeded in having him SEN
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
M1stletoe and Green Bcuehs.

On ranch where was some years
ago during the summer, when green
feed was scarce, wood chopper cut
down sore live oak trees, and the
cows, which we're all with calf, ate the
mistletoe and green boughs, and they
all skunk" their calves. Another COW.
on the same ranch, which did not eat
the mistletoe. carried her calf to full
term. Feeding some fresh mistletoe
to cows which retain the afterbirth I
found would cause them to clean ell
eight
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

ing that strangers were admitted to the
grounds. Archduke Joseph rather en-
joyed the mistake, and said he would be
very pleased. He talked in plain, blunt
manner, and seemed so little the man
Of consequence that the visitor on leav-
ing presented him with a form for the
trouble he had been at.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
Selling NIX to shippa,s

The man that sells milk to shippers to
he sent to the city cannot afford to &C.
cept small price TO. 1t. Under exist
ing conditions in the west dollar q
hundred is a small enough price for q
man to receive throughout the year, and
in the winter season it should be higher
than this. The man that sells milk in
this way has no skim milk for his cows
nd pigs. This interferes very much
with the business of hog raising, which
is one of the most profitable enterprises
of the farm.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
cost Of SIS. And fat men don't like to
climb steps,
The Fact,

II see your hair is falling out. sir"
remarked the hairdresser, who was
getting ready to work the hair tonic
idea on the customer.
''You don't see anything of the
sort," rejoined his victim. what you
see is the sequel to falling out be.
tween Mrs. Codgers and myself
London Tit-Bits.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
Art and Thirty Boxes.

[16 ueW N6tlOO0l
theater"- treat 1t
seriously If you
like, but have q
sleeve handy to
chuckle in.
The opera is the
great show place
Of wealth and
fashion. xe 8
are in demand by
the newly rich,
but there are not
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
Rare Bequest.

Among the requests Of Archduke Jo-
sseph Of Austro Hungary to his son 10
ssthea only horin I ever really earned. It
hangs IN Q gold trimmed tortoise shell
frame above my desk at Buda-Pesth.' -
The archduke earned It at Fiume BY
allowing . French engineer from Creu-
rot over the gardens and greenhouses of
his place there. This person had rung
~ q pf4yate gate, which the archduke
opened, and, thinking the latter q stew
arA' assistant or a gardener, asked
him totake him around. he understand
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21

! 4 IA CA0 IA 81 &0
turns the amaz-
ing plurality OF
Jerome was ap-
parent, and orders
W ent forth to
count him out. -
Half an hour later
it was apparent
that Hearst was
elected, in spite of
the way in which
his extemporized
machine went to
:
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-21
Cause and Effect.

Excuse me, madam" said the polite
hobo. "but crave your assistance. The
iron has entered my soul.''
THAT" replied the icy-hearted lady.
lis doubtless why you look so rusty. {"
And she slammed the door.-Chica,
60 Daily News.
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Horrid Doubt.

Lady-Don't you know that bark
ing dog never bites?
Tramp-Yes, but how am to know
that all Of sudden your dog won't quit
barking?-Detroit Free Press: