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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-10
TIMELY TOPICS

The Hampson-Sellew Co. has seven- ty-five varieties of couches. See the White Frost refrigerators.
 A. Mailhiot has a lot of 30 cent goods. See to-day's ad.
 N. X. Uphan has witch hazel cream for the complexion.
 K. Doucberty has some specials for this week. See the prices and you will surely buy.
 The Curran Dry Goods Co. offers 15 extra special bargains in the July clearing sale. See the list and also observe the prices 4 lot of sales poole wanted for the big sale.
 Kefford's real estate agency has some fine bargains these days. See that Naugatuck property.
 Reid X Hughes will start another mill end sale soon. See the Democrat tomorrow night.
 The F.. H. Towle Co. have the Edi- son and Victor talking machines. All the latest records.
 The Langley Furniture Co. July sale of reliable goods is on. The White Mountain refrigerator is their favor ite.
 Cowles' millinery shop on Center street is the place to get first class millinery at popular prices.
 The Public Market has just the food you want for this hot weather. canned meats for 25 cents.
 The Miller X Peek Co. offer good opportunity for all in want of kitchen goods. Closing out everything at low prices.
 Upson-SingIeton X Co. are selling an outing trouser for s2Jo. It is bargain.
 J.B. MuIings & Son are selling out ing suits as low as s. Good ones too.
 The Trott Baking Co has nice fresh macaroons every Wednesday. Try them once
 The Lapalme Hoffman Go offer few suggestions how to purchase the right goods at the right prices
 PheIan. the tea man. says if you want a cold drink try his favorite tea. made and icei in the prOper manner.
 The Woodruff Grocery Co sells d. ives. the right favored kind at Pc bottle
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-10
TWO GIRLS ABDUCTED
Left Bridgeport in Coal Barge-Cap-
 tain Arrested

New York, July 1O.-The Society for the Prevention 6f Cruelty to Children of New York telephoned the Jersey City police last night that two child ren had been abducted from Bridge port, Conn. and were on the coal barge C. B. Hendrickson bound for Jersey City. The police boarded the boat, which was in charge of Captain Charles McManus and found the two children.
 They said they were Eva Ingalls,, II years old. of No 6SS North Wash. ington street. Bridgeport. Conn. and Solace Clark. 10 years old. of No. 5sj Washington street. The captain said the girls were playing about the docks at Bridgeport while his boat was he ing loaded with coal and asked to be taken on vacation with him. He told them to ask their parents and they returned later, saying their pa- rents were willing. The children cor roborated the captains story. The captain and Louise Thibeaud, the cook on the boat, were arrested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-10
ELkS IN BUFFALO.
The Buffalo Club of this City Started
 this Morning.

There were 5O.O0O Elks in Buffalo last night, and that number will be swelled to over 100000 before this is printed Every train from every direc- tion is carrying in crowds of the jolly members of the Elks order and the city has been thrown open to the vis- itors. It is the annual convention of the order at which all the dignitaries are present and at which each year new laws are enacted for the good of the order. It is during the week Of this convention, too, that each city where it has been held has endeavored to surpass any of the previous recep- tions given the members of the order. Buffalo it is believed will accomplish that purpose in electrical displays alone.
 Not the least among the number that will assemble there before night fall is the Buffalo club from this city terbury lodge and guests of the mem- bers. The following were in the party which left the city this morning on the regular train at 6:35: J. E. Madi- gan, J. F. Kilmartin, J. A. Lunny, H. A. Hellman, H. A. Reed, J. J. Dow ling, J. J. Henry, Louis Huss, F. A.. Wenzel, T. F. Lunny, A. J. Lallier, T. J. Brennan, J. J. McAvoy, E. J. Bouf- fard, Edward Hellmann. J. J. Buckley, J. J. Dillon, J. F. Griffin, J. NJ. Griffin, c. E. Egan, Richard Martin, A. J.. Lunny, J. F. Lunny, G L. Clearwater, John J. Mccarthy, Alex Rae, J. F. Tracy, E.. F. Moran, c. A. Dunphy and J. J. Mccarthy and Edward Burke. Charles Heichel will go with the Hartford lodge, Milton Well with the New Haven people.
 Edward F. Moran, secretary Of Wa terbury lodge, will have charge of the party and he it was who made all the arrangements for the trip. A special chair car was attached to the regular train and hundreds of friends of the members were on hand this morning to give them good sendoff.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-10
Ex.Confederate Spy Drowned.

SANTA CRUZ, Cal, July 10.-Mrs. Charles Gray of Boulder Creek, who was formerly Mrs. Amanda Monks, a Confederate spy during the civil war, was drowned while she and her bus. band were driving. Their horse took fright at an automobile, became un- manageable and backed into the stream, falling on top of Mrs. Gray. She was drowned before her husbands s eyes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-10
CARD OF THANKS

The family of the late Mrs Edward J. Cooke desire to thank all vho sym rarhized with them Il their he-eave- ment and also to express theIr aprre- ciation for the many handsome floral c6erines from relatives and frieod&
 MS l. c KAHIs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-10
Both Hit In Duel. One Fatally.

LONDON, Ky, July 10.-In pistol duel between Green Murrell and Har- vey Rice on Indian creek. near here, Murrell was killed and Rice sehously wounded
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-17
MUSICIAN LOSES LIFE
Director OF "NOihing But Money
Company Shot to Death.
COMEDIAN WOUNDED
Proprietor Of Hotel, Charged With
the Deeds, IL Also Accused Of
Eayiug Insnlted Actresses
Of Combination.

Ganney s. c.. Dec. i6.-The report
OF piston. followed by two others in
quick succession. alarmed Ganney. and
a woman's cry OF murder" brought a
crowd TO the Piedmont Inn. where MI
Ian Bennett. musical director OF the
Nothing But Money dramatic COM
pany. was found dead. and Abbott Da-
vison. star and comedian. badly
wounded. Both were shot by George
Hasty one ~ the hotel proprietors.
An inquest was held and the testi-
mony of Verne Sheridan and Miss
Bishop was 10 the effect that George
Hasty after repeatedly insulting the
young women. going so far as 70 en-
deavor 10 break into Miss Sheridan's
ROOM was upbraided for his conduct by
Dawson, and responded by shooting
Dawson In the abdomen and sending a
bullet through BENEFITS head WIN
Hasty brother OF George Hasty. ad-
mitted seeing the shots fired. but
claimed they were delivered IN self
defense. He claimed that a knife had
been found In the hall where the trag-
edy occurred. George Abbott Dawson
made statement In which he practic-
ally told the story related by the
women. His condition is critical.
George Hast~ Is under arrest. lie
made no statement.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-17
CONSPIRACY CHARGED.
Assistant District Attorney Rand Says
Goods We're Delivered and Paid For.

New York. Dec. l6.--The prosecution
opened its case Friday In the trial Of
Abraham II. HummeL the lawyer
charged with conspiracy IN the cele-
brated Dodge Morse divorce case.
Assistant District Attorney Rand. In
opening the case. said. In this case
the act Of conspiracy as described In
law was committed and the goods were
delivered and paid Tor. This particular
project was a very bold one. Il was
aimed not only az the laws OF the state.
but lis object OF tatack was nothing
less than the Institution of marriage
and the administration OF justice.
Captain James Morse OF the city OF
Boston, ship owner. had heard Mrs
Morse was divorced woman lie
started 10 work 10 see n he could not
break up the marriage lie went TO
the office 81 Hummel. this defendant
and few days Inter Hummel tele-
graphed 90 Morse IN Boston that he
had found such clear traces OF fraud In
the proceedings that be would take
the matter up n Ccptain Morse would
pay him $4,000. Captain Morse paid
Hummel the $4,000 to upset his neph-
ew's marriage.
In January. 1904, the grand jury
presented charge OF perjury against
Dodge. on the same day Dodge was az
the St Charles Hotel. New Orleans. on
his way to Mexico. He knew about u
before the district attorney. Why
should Hummel want TO get Dodge
across The border But Dodge was
pulled OF the train IN Texas
"Hummel telegraphed 20 Captain
Morse: They've got our man. send US
money
There was constant demand By
Hummel from Captain Morse and not
less than $4,000 was paid by him"
The first witness was Abraham II
Kaffenburgh. n member OF Hummers
law firm. He was asked whether he
had employed counsel In Texas 10 pre-
vent the extradition OF Charles r.
Dodge. and also whether. under Hum
mers instruction. he attempted 20 keep
Dodge in a perpetual state Of intoxica-
tion. hut 20 this and TO other questions.
he replied II decline TO answer on the
grounds that Il might degrade and in
crifr mate mo-" He was excused after
n short queytloning
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-17
canno, 0. peprIved Of Voc.

New York. Dec ie.-The appellate
division OF the supreme court handed
down decision holding that a man
cannot be deprived OF his vote. even
though some one else has already voted
fraudulently In his name.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-17
JEWISH RIGHTS.
international Society TO This End Has
Been Founded by a Rabbi.

pNNW FVH''uNN " N"VV''
San Francisco. Dec. i6.-An inter-
tional sociay for the promotion Of jew
ish rights has just been founded by
Rev. DR.. Jacob Voorsanger II Is the
outcome OF the persecution 10 which
the Hebrew community In Russia have
been subjected The object OF this So
ciety Is to actively assist oppressed
Jews throughout the world. secure civil
rights and begin n political propaganda
looking TO the elimination OF all class
legislation from statute books OF CIV
lllzed nations
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
GOOD SEED BEDS PAY.
The Careful Cultivation Of the Soil
Has It's Reward in Fuller
and Better Crops.

Some years ago the writer had a
three-acre plat ready" for oats, but
when he started the drill he found the
rubber pipes so worn that they would
not allow the seed to run down, SO he
started the hired man to narrowing the
Land again and went away for new
drill hose. The hand spent an entire
afternoon with harrow and two horses
on less than three acres, after it was
considered fitted for the crop, and the
result was that the crop on the we'll
lifted land was fully so per cent. bet
ter than on the small patch drilled be-
Tore going to town for new drill hose.
On our present wheat crop we have q
plain case Of the value of good culture
OF the soil before planting. The writer
was hitting the land with plank, drag
and harrow, and the boys had gone to
. neighbours for few bushels of seed
wheat. Something detained them 90
We kept the drag and harrow going
along one side of the field. The wheat
at this writing is Is per cent. better on
that strip than on the rest of the field
and the stand Of fall-sown grass is
fully so per cent. better.-Prairie
Farmer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28

popular attention. l now propose to
tell, after nearly 80 years, the GRIM
inal operations. plots and counter
plots that led to the great Lincoln
body-snatching case"
II was on the 5th day of February,
1875, that quiet hammered man ap.
pea1ed at the Palmer house in Chi
cago and registered as "E. Washburn,
Washington, d. c." While having a
wide acquaintance in Chicago the
guest, on this occasion, kept much to
himself. Almost Immediately on his
arrival received from him an urgent
message to meet him at his hotel, and
promptly respo-- led, as the call
came from the chief Of the United
States secret service. No time was
wasted by Chief Washburn in getting
to the meat Of what he had to say,
and, after nearly q third of cen.
fury, I recollect his words as follows:
'Tyrrell. there are two men the gov.
eminent must get. They are Nelson
briggs and Ben Boyd by name, al.
though between them they have
dozens Of aliases. Boyd is the most
expert cutter of counterfeit plates in
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
THE LIVE STOCK.

Whatever you may feed your horse.
feed judiciously and regularly. Use
system.
While it is always an item to feed
we'll, young pigs may easily be stunted
by overlooking.
Keep breeding sows by themselves,
and feed them according to the de-
mands of the condition.
Hogs furnish one of the best me.
diums for marketing the bulky prod
ucts of the farm in concentrated
shape.
It is the hogs that make the best
growth in the shortest time and upon
the smallest amount of food that re-
turn the best profit.
A tablespoonful of copper sulphatc
dissolved in hot water and given with
gallon Of milk to the brood SOW will
stop scours in little pigs.
Owners of waste, brushy land would
ind q flock of Angora goats a very
valuable az luisition. They are money
makers as wei as land clearers.
In selecting a young animal for
breeding purposes one with a gentle
and tractable disposition should be
chosen as nearly as can be judged.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28

am free to say that ter . time il
the Boyd-Brizgs case vas cropping in
the dark A single crime confined II
one spot, Is a murder. always fur
nishes clews of some kind on which
to work: the location of two men OF
vague description who are supposed
to have been parties to the circula-
ton of counterfeit money which has
made its appearance in scores of places
widely scattered at practically one
time, is another matter. At that time
John Peter Mccartney. q particularly
cunning and dangerous counterfeiter.
was at large. Mccartney was born in
1924 in Shelby county, ILL.,. and adopt
ed the career Of counterfeiter early
in life. In 1864 he had settled in
Nauyoo, H., and while there en-
graved the plates from which were
printed the counterfeit of the ten dol
lar United States treasury note Of the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
RELATED OF RACES.

The native Of India has an average
life of "a years. IS against A in this
country.
An Arabian woman while in mourn
ing for a near relative will not drink
milk for eight days, as the color of
the liquid does not harmonic with
her mental condition.
Many Greenland women are perfect.
ly bald on the sides Of their heads.
owing to their method of dressing the
hair, which is pulled back with pain.
full tightness. and held in place by =
ribbon.
japanese women now have, under
the new civil code, property rights
and privileges Of divorce. which nut
them nearly on par with women in
England or the United States in those
respects.
In the matter of q woman's riehts
Abyssinia is far ahead Of Europe. The
house and all its contents belong To
the wife, and IL the husband offends
she turns him out until he is duly re-
pentant and makes amends.
Russians do not consider It correct
for q girl to dance whole waltz with
one partner. Three or four men
dance q round or two each with the
same lady, returning her to her
original partner at the end Of the
dance.
The Tarahumara Indians believe
that there is God, but they have q
very poor idea Of Him. Those who
live near civilized towns sometimes
attend Catholic churches. They have
in their tribal religion a certain
mixture Of the Catholic creed. They
are also highly superstitious.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28

In the employ Of the government en-
ploy the most elaborate and expensive
machinery and other paraphernalia
that the counterfeiter could not en-
ploy without laying himself open to
innumerable chances of detection.
Our quarry, then, undoubtedly con-
sisted of men who had spent years
under efficient tutors in the art of en-
craving. We also knew that but one
of them was doing, the actual engrav-
ing, this lesson having been learned
from experience.
Before counterfeit money finds its
way into the pockets of unsuspecting
men and women three. and ofttimes
four, groups Of men, each with their
speciality, have to do with it. The en-
graver of counterfeit plate does the
cutting and nothing else, making the
plates, and sells them for specified
sum to the dealer. Here the cutter s
connection with the business ends,
and that of the dealer commences.
The latter sometimes does his own
printing. but oftener has it done by
confederates, who do nothing else,
turning the finished product over to
the dealer, together with the plates.
Then begins the work of the "shov.
ers." In this part of the business two
men always work as a team, one of
them being the shower" proper and
the other the "boodle-carrier." In a
town in which team is working the
two men are supposed to be strangers,
and never allow themselves to be seen
together.
One note at time is given to the
shower" who makes trif1ing pur-
chase, gets his change in good
money, meets the ''boodle-carrier" Sc
cretly, gives him the good change and
is given another bill. 1t is not my
purpose, in this narrative, to deal with
the methods of counterfeiters in ply.
ing their trade, but the foregoing
DEPRESSION into some of the "tricks of
the trade" will be found to illuminate
various points in the story to follow.
In the spring of 1875, then, after
Chief Washburn had returned to
Washington, found myself confront
ed with the problem of running to
earth two, and probably more, men of
great cunning, with practically no
clews to work on but the names of
the suspects. My task was set and my
future depended on my unraveling
the problem. In addition to this job
I was working on information con-
corning the operations of bands at
Boscobel, Wis, and st. PAul, MIMI,
and with the three my hands were
full.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28

the United States and briggs is the
most extensive dealer in -coney'
laoney in the country. Benson of this
department has spent 5000 in try.
ing to locate them. but has not sue
ceeded SO far. II you can get them
dead to rights you will break the
backbone of counterfeiting in the
United States"
Are they rs important rs that?''
I asked.
"Yes," answered Chief Washburn,
''they are the most important 'coney'
men in existence today. We know
nothing about them except that Boyd
and briggs are their right names.
The rest is for YOU
My chief gave me such information
as had been gathered-practically
nothing. as he himself had said-and
returned to Washington. There may
be men who still remember the food
of counterfeit money that had been
poured over the west and middle west
in the early '7Os. In those days scrip
in denominations of 10, % and SO
cents was in use extensively, and this
scrip had been counterfeited till the
owner of this fractional money never
knew whether his money was good or
bad. In addition to this a five-dollar
note of the Traders national bank Of
Chicago had been counterfeited most
cleverly, and these notes were as
thick in the middle west rs falling
leaves in autumn.
Further, to add to the troubles of
the treasury department and the Sc
cret service, a treasury note of the
denomination of 500 had been
showed" a short time before. This
bore the head of Abraham Lincoln,
and was as nearly perfect a counter
felt as human skill and patience could
have evolved. A $50 treasury note
was also gaining circulation. From
expert examination OF these counter
felt scrip and notes We found that the
work had been done by men of the
highest skill. In detail. material and
workmanship, the notes, from the
viewpoint of the "coney" men. were
masterpieces. The geometrical lathe
work on the treasury notes was fully
as perfect as on the original notes is
sued by the government. There was
one conclusion, therefore, to be
drawn-that the work was that of
highly skilled men, working months
and, perhaps, years on the plates by
hand or with the crudest machinery.
In the engraving, or cutting, of
plates for paper money the workmen
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
lcopyrisht, 1905, by Marion G. schcitlin
PART I.


PART I.
In October, 1876, the United States
and Europe we're startled by the at
tempt of band of Illinois criminals
to steal the body of Abraham Lin
coin, bury it in the shifting sand
dunes of northern Indiana and have
its recovery effected through the agen.
cy OF a convict then in the Joliet peni-
Tertiary. The plot had two purposes
the release of the convict through
the agency of a public grateful for his
aid In recovering the sacred remains
of the great emancipator, and the Sc.
curing of 100000 in the form of ran
som. either from the federal govern
ment or from fund which the con-
spirators believed would be quickly
raised to recover the body. This plot
the most ghoulish and daring of its
kind in history-is but a faint mem
ory to the present generation. To the
men of those days the flashing over
the world of the news that ghouls had
marked the Lincoln tomb for desecra-
ton came as shock, the memory
of which will ever remain with them.
Men and south alike, as we'll as Eu-
rope, shared the deep indignation and
heaped unspeakable anathemas on the
members of the band that conceived
and sought to carry the plot to its
base end. But even at that time,
while the country was at the white
heat of indignation and details of the
affair were eagerly sought by the pub.
lie, the long and tangled chain of
criminal events that had its culmina-
ton in the attempted "body-snatch-
ing was comparatively unknown to
the public at large.
In general way it was known that
q band of criminals had attempted to
use the theft of the Lincoln body to
secure the release of ''pal' and, in
cidentally, to make money. It was
known that the plot had been frus-
trated and the body of the beloved
Lincoln rendered secure from any
future attempt of the same kind. This
satisfied the public and the whirl of
workaday life swept the incident from
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
Value Of Sunshine.

It is quite impossible for thorough.
" healthy person to have too much
daylight. One might as we'll say it is
possible to have too much fresh air.
Daylight does not mean the direct
glare of the sun. And a healthy per-
son is not one whose eyes demand
darkness. Whether the house furnish
ing is rich or mean does not matter in
the least. There are mansions in which
one feels gloomy, despite the evidences
of wealth, and there are cottage homes
that make one sing from lightness of
heart. Let the light into the rooms.
See that stairways and passages are
bright as the garden outside. Shun
the "dim religious light" as you would
the plague. 1t has much dimness and
precious little religion about it.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
GET POWER.
The Supply Comes from Food.

If we get power from food, why not
strive to get all the power we can. That
is only possible by use Of skillfully Sc.
lected food that exactly fits the re-
Quirements Of the body.
Poor fuel makes a poor IRE. and 4
poor fire is not q good steam producer.
"From not knowing how to select
the right food to At my needs, suf-
fered grievously for long time from
stomach troubles" writes . lady from
a little town in Missouri.
1t seemed as If would never be
able to find out the sort Of food that
was hest for me. Hardly anything
that I could eat would stay on my
stomach. Every attempt gave me
heartburn and filed my stomach with
gas. got thinner and thinner, until
I literally became q living skeleton.
and in time was compelled to keen to
my bed.
"A few months ago was persuaded
to try Grape-N food. and 1t had
such good effect from the very begin
ming that have kept up its use ever
since. was surprised at the ease
with which I digested it. It proved
to be just what I needed. All my
unpleasant symptoms, the heartburn,
the inflated feeling which gave ma SO
much pain disappeared. My weight
gradually Increased from SO to 116
lbs, my figure rounded out, my
strength came back, and am now able
to do my homework and enjoy It. The
Grape Nuts food did It." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
A ten days trial will show anyone
some facts about food.
there's . reason"