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DEATHS.

ALLING--In this city, May 25, 1905 Sarah J. Rudolph, wife of Frederick N. Alling, in the goth year of her age. Funeral services will be held at No. 92 Carmel street, on Sunday afternoon at < three o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. S %2f+!& BEDELLIn this city, May 26, Eliza F., wife of Charles A. Bedell, in her 64th year. Funeral services will be held from hel late residence. 560 Howard avenue, Sunday at 2 D. m, Burial private. BRADLEY this city at 10 Brown street, May 26. 1905, John Bradley, ir the SSth year of his age.
 Funeral services will be held at St Paul's church on Monday afternoon at three Q clock. Friends are invited to attend. Please omit flowers. mgr 2t CHIDsEY- East Haven, May 25th, Emma I. Chidsey, the 43d year il her age. S Funeral services will be held from the residence of her brother, William $. Chidsey, on Saturday, May 27, at 2:30 o'clock. Relatives and friends in- Vited. & "
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of women in the souta of London ir Issz, found q certain peculiarity i'll his handwriting of material assistance to the police to dragging him to the fate on the scaffold lie SC we'll deserved. It was Creams S practise to poison a wo. man and then to send a blackmatling letter, generally to asadoctor- Neil was himself an American M. D,-demand- ing money, under a threat of the re- clplent being charged with the deed. These letters were, ofseourse, in dis guised handwriting, and Neil had de- vised an ingenious method of baff1ing detection. It was not good enough. however, and when the letters were collected and compared with others admittedly written by Neil there were remarkably similarities in each which made it clear that they were all the production of the same man. Recognized specialists in the examin- ing and comparison of handwriting ap- pear to have been unknown in England till lithographer, aJosephy Nether- clift, came before the publice as an ex- pert. A MT. James Wood, draper and banker of Gloucester died, leaving a fortune of e1,0oo,00O. Wood was an ec- centric character, with a partially to making wills and hiding them in the most absurd places in his house, where he lived a solitary existence.
 After his decease will after will and codicil after codicil were discovered hidden ill ceiling, under floors, in chimneys and in secret draws. The re- lative who rejoiced to-day, under a codicil making him rich, was in q few days time thrown into despair by the discovery of some dirty piece of paper, perhaps found protecting from a rat hole in an attic, which proved to be a %later document executed by James Wood, leaving him nothing. Were these will and codicils's true or false? It was
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Jcbnsolt < Brotbsr,
All-ais State St.. cor. Court.

half crossed never In 50 of the dead
 mans letters the "t'' in "to'' was un-
 crossed 1S1 times, wholly crossed 14
 times, but never half crossed In the
 pisputed codicils the ''t" was always half crossed.
 The jury decided that the codicils
 were not genuine.
 i The number of anonymous letters submitted to the expert in year is very large. Sometimes these letters i are written by the recipients them selves for certain purposes. An Ameri= l can expert tells an amusing story of 1 such a case. The minister of a certain church one day produced a letter he 1 had, he alleged, received from another 1 to them. To retain him the congrega
 congregation, offering him Iargersal- ary if he refused the call. | When other calls" arrived the dea- cons become suspicious. The letters and
 3 sermon in the pastors handwriting were submitted to an expert, and were emphatically declared by him to have been written by the same man. The minister went-but not to the congre- gation he represented as being so de- irous to secure him. l Some excellent handwriting com- parison was done in what is known as l the Whalley will case. A man named James Whalley a retired ironmaster, died in the cottage of . railway porter I at Leominster, where he rented rooms at nine shillings a week. When he was dead it was discovered that he had left property worth G70,000. .-. Whalley had a son who lived in l Derby, who, being his sole relative, naturally expected to inherit his wealth Upon his arrival at the cottage, and searching for a will, he found closed lenyelope among the dead mans papers Icontaining the precious document. When the envelope was opened and l the will read the son was astounded to find that his father had Willed more than half his fortune aWay from him. l to his lanIord and a third person. The step was extraordinary, as the old man had frequently toldahis son that he would inherit all that he possessed,
 and the young fellow immediately de nounced the document as fraud. But how to prove it? "t
 | Underneath the writing Of the Will the expert discovered the traces of pen cil written wrods. The words, under \ microscope, became senteces-the words \ of a dying man to his sona letter to
 young Whalley from his father on his 1 deathbed! But this writifig was not that of the dead man, but of the land- llord of his lodging! Only the sigma fture-James Whalley-was in ink, and in the dying mans hand!
 l The fraud was out. Upon his death bed Whalley hadictated a letter to Ihis son, which the landlord had written lin pencil, Whalley signing it in ink. When the old man was dead the Iand- loard had rubbed out the pencil writ ling with crumbs of bread, had writ ten the will above Whalley's signature, lhad opened the envelope in which the
 real will lay steaming it, and, having destroyed the real document, and i'm Iserted his forgery in it's place, had Ielosed the envelope again, and put it
 among the dead mans < papers. The Landlord and one of his aecomplices went to penal servitude,s another ac- fcempliee saved himself by making a lfullI confession and turning Queens evidence.
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 wardness of the situation. If a man of less poularity and ability than MT.
 Morton had stood in his place, it is probable that not only he. but the ad-
 ministration would have been severely criticised by the public.
 It is not in the nature of President
 Roosevelt to desert a friend, especially when that friend is under fire. We have no doubt that MT. Morton will re- main in the cabinet until the investiga- ton of the Santa F'e case is concluded. It is clear, however, that Secretary
 Morton's usefulness as 3 member of the cabinet is impaired, and that his retirement, within a reasonable time will greatly relieve the administration. The announcement that he will give up his portfolio next fall is, therefore not surprising. Washington post.
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a question in which handwriting ex- pert was decidedly necessary. Nether- clift, the lithographer, was called in, and from the assistance he was able to render the puzzled investigators in the case he became famous. From that time he was kept busy.
 In not one case out of ten in which, E he is consulted does the expert in hand writing appear in court. The others are compromised or hused up. The most
 common occasions on which he is con- suited are matriminia1 matters, libelous letters, abusive and threatening epistles,
 suspected signatures to wills, erasures in documents, valentines. The valentine crop has, however, been enormously
 reduced of late years. Not many years ago the offensive and anonymous val
 entine that found it's way to the hand
 writing experts table was very com mon. 4 %A
 The forger of signatures works either by copying the real signature by simp- ly writing an imitation of 1t as it lies before him, by tracing it, placing the original signature with the document to which the forgery is to be attached on, say, a window pane, going over the signature in pencil, and then covering the mark with ink, or by tracing 1t strainght off with ink. All these, me- thods are easily distinguishable by the expert. %3
 One of the most sensational pieces of expert work performed by 3 hand 1 writing specialist was in connection with the trial of Christiana Edmunds of Brighton for poisoning a child. Hav- ing bought some sweets, Edmunds irl1- fpregnated them with strychnine, and then, walking out, distributed them to various children she met One child died and others had narrow escapes. l At the, inquest on the victim it came out in evidence that a certain lady, who had not been indentifed, had bought strichnine at 8 local chemists and had signed the name s'Wood'' in his register of sales of; poisons. Chris tiana Edmunds. learning that i'm portance was attached to this sig nature, actually wrote, a letter to the chemist, which she signed with the Coroners name, and despatched 1t to the shop by a boy, requesting him to hand the bearer the register book for examination. @s,% ~ @.. The book was unsuspectin handed to the boy, who carried it to Edmunds, who tore out what she believed was the entry, and then returned the VOL ume by her messenger. 5 .-s.. J I At the trial it appeared that Ed munds had; in her terror and con- fusion, abstracted an entry signed by another customer named Wood.
 The signature; the letter forged in the Coroner's name and letters avowed- ly written by Edmunds were undoubt- edly written by the same person, and the trick. was discovered. Edmunds was sentenced to death, but the capi- tai punishment was afterwoard com muted to penal servitude for life, upon the suspicion that the wretehed woman was insane.
 In the famous Great Matlock will case the crossing of the ''t" in the word "to'', settled the question whether the codieils of a will were genuine or false. In the will,, which was in the dead man handwriting, the at' was uncrossed 51 times, wholly crossed 5 times, but
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JAIL FOR AUTOMOBILE sNEAKs. While no automobile sneak has yet got into jail, owing to the laxity with which existing laws are administered, l there is a good prospect that one or more of this class of lawbreakers will get his deserts before long. A good illustration of how the laws are defied-and deeency, too--is fur nished by 8 thing which happened in Northampton, Mass.,' on Sunday. The citizens of that quiet and we'll ordered place were disturbed on Sunday after-
 noon by a stranger in @ big auto-
 mobile who drove his machine up and
 down the streets at a dangerous speed. A company of citizens went out and with the help of an officer of the law managed to arrest the street-pirate.
 He settled in court for his outrageous
 performances, and we desire to call
 attention to the fitness with which the
 term sneaks may be applied to such a
 creature. The following dishonest and
 detestable things this niscreant did: 1. He concealed the number of his automobile, showing a purpose to avoid
 identification, and to defy the law. ?. He gave false name when ar-
 rested and lied about his performance
 all the way through.
 3. He insulted the persons who
 stopped him and behaved like the ruff
 fan he evidently is.
 Clearly. a three-months term in jail would be the proper medicine for a
 young man who behaves in this man.
 ner. We believe that every reputable automobilist will wish that he had suf- fered a jail sentence, but we suppose that was not to be expected, it being a first offense on his part in the town of Northampton.
 But the youth who conducts himself in this way, and who happens to have plenty of money, will do the same thing again so long as he gets no worse
 punishment than fifty-dollar fine. Therefore, let the New York, auto
 number 72S0 be duly. blacklisted throughout New. Englands and if any body in machine bearing that number
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#s Court, May 25th, Il 905s ESTATE of DELLA D BENEIAN, late
 of New Haven, in said district de-
 ceased.
 The administrator having represented said estate as insolvent. ORDERED, That commissioners to receive and decide upon the claims of ed at a court of probate to be held at New Haven, in said district, on the 1st day of June, 1905, at ten o'clock in the 4forenoon; and that the administrator give public notice to all persons in ia- 5terest to appear, if they see cause, be- fore said court, at said time and place. to be heard relative to said appoint .ment, by publishing this order three times i'll some newspaper having a cir culation in said district, and due return make,
 x By the court.
 GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
 m27 St Clerk.
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SECRETARY MoRToN's RETIRE MENT.

The Post regrets to note growing irritation, amounting to peevishness, in the attitude of the secretary of. the navy toward the newspapers. Finding himself in an embarrassing and equivo- cal position, MT. Morton takes offence at the newspapers for mildly pointing out the fact"
 The truth is that the newspapers and the public have been exceedingly indul- gent toward MT. Morton. in recognition of his great ability, and because they have confidence in the determination of the President to probe the Santa Fe rebate case to the bottom, notwitt- standing his friendship for MT. Morton No one wishes to increase the awl1-
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misconducts himself hereafter let him be sent to jail as an example.
 The automobile sneak must go to jail, and nobody wishes this, we feel sure, more than the thousands of reputable automobilists who use the new vehicles in a considerate and decent way Hartford Times.
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CLAERVOYANT.

MARY J. WRIGHT, M D., and Clair the best known clairvoyant in the State; 27 years in New Haven. Her predictions on health, business, so- cial, never fail. Doctor treats all dis ' and evenings
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Wrist Bags

. New styles in Wrist Bags. in plain and fancy feathers, soc. E.
 The Princess" Wrist Bag, made of fine Morocco leather and long straps nickle frame. Price Sl 0G
 .as other styles and qualities, from SIPS to $50
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ON ACCOUNT of removal from New New Haven, the advertiser seeks to dispose of the lease of a desirable res- idence on Whitney Avenue, and will also sell at q sacrifice, part or all of the furnishings of the same. Ad- dress inquiries to P. o. Box 4,
 ", 11 ' l9 nv fl e
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NtisreII IIaarenars.
R. R. MALLORY
Patent Stove Brick are cheapest.
Patent Steve Brick are Cheapest.

LOST. A DIAMOND RING at the Pequot. Re- ward for information. Post Office. Box 1129. 1n24-2t
 LOST YESTERDAY, a Boston terrier, brfndle x body, white head Reward. mas St TIT LAWRENCE ST.
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IF .,,. -.
MORTlyARY CHAPEL.

Messrs. LEWIS & MAYcocK beg leave to announce that they have added to their undertaking establishment commodious mortuary chapel having a seating capacity of one hundred and fifty, and fully equipped with every convenience for funeral pur- poses. This chapel is freely rendered to those who, because of insufficient space at their residences, or for other reasons are in need of a place where funeral services may be conducted in quiet manner, aud, ifdesired, perfect seclusion.
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ALL good help should call here. We supply all the best places and always neeq large numbers. Sleeman's Re-
 iapIe Employment Agency, 763 Chap
 el. Open evenings ml4-tf
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Lawn Mower

grinding a Speciality. Also Horse Clip per. Called for and delivered. Imme- diate attention to postal. 131 St. John St.. AtWater Block. JAS. BARNACLE
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FOR. SALE
UNUsUAL oPPoRTUNITsY.

CHEAP, BICYCLE, high grade and in
 good condition Address K, this of
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FAMOUS FORGERY CASES.
GRIMES PROTED BY WORK OF HANDWRITING EXPERTS.
How II Mysterious Poisoner of Women was Discovered--Proof of the Many Wills of an English Banlxer--yalue of q Crossed "f' in CodiciI as Evi- denpa.


 ss < .#5s.ss-s5-s*.>5- As, g Forgery" said Chabot, the great handwriting expert, lis one Of the most unsatisfactory crimes man can commit nowadays. It can be so easily discovered" <
 That was not always tho case, says . Answers. There was once nothing easier than initiating handwriting 50 successfully that the fraud could not be discovered, and the skilful forser was one of the least often detected and most successful scoundrels in the criminal world. How common and how successful he was experts who have had ancient documents put before them well knoW It is wonderful how many of these, the genuineness of whict has never been suspected, the experl is able. by aid of modern science, unhesitating- ly to pronounce forgeries.
 By nature and habit individuals contract a system of forming letters which gives a character to their wit ing as distinct as that of the human face,n declares Netlttrclift, the first recognized handwriting expert, It seems perhaps, a startling saving, but 1t is true, as thousands of criminals have found to their cost.
 Neil Cream, the mysterious prisoeer
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- @ams.

One eeat uoEd for each insert,e..
 five cents word for fan week. sevs.
 times
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WANTED.

SITUATION as housekeeper. care of
 A. B. Courier office. ms5-7fs1
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kNANTRn

SITUATION to do cooking. No objection Io Ihe shore. Apply at
 nl2I 1ts 4e NICoLL ST.
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WANTED.

BY RESPONSIBLE concern, factory With approximately ten thousand
 square feet floor space. for manufac-
 turing purposes Ten year lease guar anteed- Can wait for Construction
 new building. Railroad site pre-
 Ierred. Address F. O. Box 12S1 New maven. 1n95-7fn
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BELTS ! BELTsi

White Kid Belts, tucked and stitched. round or square buckles. Price soc. 4*s \ Leather Belts tucked, plain and embossed. Prices, soc and 75c. .ss%.<.... KS Silk Belts In white, black and coIors. tucked. pait cd and stitched. Price, 5Oc }@.r ..r @@
 Special lot of pretty Belts, made of rnercerized satcen, copies of 75c and SI.oo belts. Price, 25c.
 White Washable Bel,s plain, tucked and cnbroid- cred, 25c and 5Oc .-~
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MARINE LIST.
55 k59 gG'-- 7-5zl4 [ -sl.
 Fort oK New Haven.

To Whom Ii May Concern. My wife, having left my bed and 1ebts she may contract in my name. 70 m27 3t3 B. TULIP
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MIHIATURE ALMANAC. 4

94I ----4 :. s Rises 4;23 Mion Rises H'h Water $ Sets 7:i6 Ill l 6:55 P. m
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SHELL GOODS

New line of Back and Side Combs separate or in sets shell and amber color. plain or mounted. Prices, 19c, 25c, to $50. ss.s~-
 Shell Hair Pins, all sizes and styles Prices. 1Oc, l5c 25c and soc per doscn s%:s. ..$.,s
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WANTED.
JONES, EMpLoyMuNr .crrrv

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY-Take notice. Mrs. s A. G1adwin has moved from l02 Orange Street to 9o2 Chapel St., Room No. GA, New Malley Building. The best help, also the best place to ind situations, city of country. Hours S:S0 a. m. to D. m.
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14
The News Of the Csnrn

We We're all disappointed p,
not having Rev. Ticcrt preach {.
as Sunday evening. the diaap
Pointmca- was caused by lal
train.
Mr. N A.. Moore visited WA,
Valley and vicinity Saturday.
G. 7. iiu-,'Hs wasuaaniroas-
y elected captain Of tbc toot-bal.
team far the aason OF 1895.
Mr.. a p. D6dI former c.rt-ia
OF the io-ha'l team was pre-
scntcl beautiful gold watch bv
the stslea,t Dr. Hume persent-
sentra i-a watch in the cA pei
MoRd " morning. and proved
him nii 4a.,r an orator. and W.
arr proud o. him.
"ev ". G. Lester on has re-.
turn irom conference. spent a
night with his son. Cook Lester. 4
We are greatly disappointed
ha- Brother Counties was no,
icat back TO Oxford.
D-. Deup-ce is improving
Fewer Gallons. Wears toner
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14

Be il ordained IS the Board OF
Mayor and aldermen 81 the town OF
Oxford. Miss, that il shall be unlaw
full for boys under tue age Of eighteen
years to be on the *. Gets OF the town
at night later than the hour OF 5
O'Clock, P. u. without the written per
mission OF parent, or psrscn IN plaza
Of pare uts, in his possession.
Any enc violating the provisions 0.
this ordinance shall be guilty OF i
misdemean0r, snd on conviction shall
be hned in the sum OF not lees than
one dollar For n'0Fe taaE ten dollars
or be confined in the county jail 10
more than ten S-yF, or both.
That this ordinance b. n force from
aud after it, passage by -eason OF At
urgent necessity
/. snail be The duty Of the nigh
7 watch 20 ring the court house be. {
+ $ o'clock each night.
The above ordinance was read an
/ passed on the following yea ard NJ,
vote, viz: Those voting yea, 2.
Gray, d. T. Carter. .. II. Kimbrough
e. L. Slough and ". y. Walker
Those voting nay, none. Passed III
Dec. ., 1905.
Z. J.. MATTHEWS, lszyer.
I. l.. STEPHESa, CLERK.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14
con1lssloNgE5 SALE

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rect.cf ta a.e given ht q ,i..,r,'..,t ihe
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THURSDAY, f. 1i-t DAY OF
De ENlEtt. 1850.
between tls hours %. o. l'c, TX am
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South hlt ot ths SI1tl hs.f OF o. e
south s9st qla.iar of cti1u Ten
I. wnsiip even. 4.ange five. contain
ing eighty acrcs more or lass. an Pc.
ing q e;r.l ~ saine across te seeti..f
h9uu-ei on THE West ty tie pGno.e
Count Hle, - isap..I as tine %. 4
Taylor home pttss. The commits
si9uer nid not eut.r-a n bin l.a
than 80 %. ! D ks,..F.
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Pytiti1uers.
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N3a-Resi.eai NOi.ec.
. L. De a4-o, &C a.,
V- $50. g 5s
Mrs.. trmlr Cnii4ers. e a,
r. frankie stroud, minor. without
father. mother Or guar i'lls whose
pust-oilicc Era Cbit,. iniili
rcrTitlre. NoI arf hereby com
na-dcl ta appear OFT r. the Honor
tbln 1tan- 80 Clu-t 81 LaFay &C..
County. Nieis.ipri. n tie
SECOND tONDAA ~ MARCH, 1915
at Roles 60 ansae- the suit OF - l..
peshe-o. 10 80 tlis iay died against
N-'. Arm1r i-r7. e.. o., % which
YOU are one ol the defendants.
T.ls Nov -, 1893.
J. %. RAMEY. clerk
F.f.-NEg & X ---lLF. Sois Tor Pet =
tuls
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14
MARRIED.
HoUsrox-sMlTH.

At Harmontown Sunday after
noon, Ali-a Alice Smish, OF thas
place. and Mr.. +. Z. Houston. 81
Oxford. Miss smith is the daurh
ter OF Mr.. 2. T. Smith. a promi-
ncnt citizen Of that section and q
most lovely young lady. Mr..
Houston is a son of Mr.. William
Houston. . valued member OF the
Board If Supervisors. and is Il
business young man IL much
promise. We tender our best
wishes % the happy young cor pie
Tor long ami useful life.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14
Cotton Association Mt.

The Lafayette County Cotton
Growers Association held a very
enthusiastic meeting at the court
house Saturday. a representa-
tivo BODY of planters were pre-
sent and quite number OF new
members enrolled their names.
An election was held esulting IN
the old officers being re-eiected
for another year.
President-M. p. Bishop.
Secretary. L. ShinaIlt.
Treasurer. N. Slough.
Messrs. 4. W. Hardin, 4. b,
Jones and j. A. Bigger were
chosen delegates to the state
/ Convention or Monday, Jan. oth
and adopted a resolution favoring
a State Agriculture com missioner