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WASHINGTON, March I3.-Tbe SUI
preme court of the United States has
refused to grant a writ of habeas cor
pus In the case of Anna Valentino, the
Italian woman who is under sentence
of death at IIackensack ~ j., on the
charge of murder in that city in IDOL
thus affirming the decision of the cir.
cult court, The Valentino womal
pleaded guilty toe the Indictment of
murder in the first degree.
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You cannot accomplish very much
n yosr liver is Inactive a. you fcsi
dull. Jour eyes ara heavy and slight
etrrtiun sthsusis yoa. Orino Lara
tive Fruit S,fBp stimulates ne liver
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aud sc'ivc. OFiBo Laxative Fruit -
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mild and tcry pleasant 80 take. Or.
ino il more effective than pills or or.
binary csibartics. Refuse substitutes.
Sold b. u A Qlinlan.
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Estate of Honora Kelley ,

Mott e Of Settlement and Application for
Distribution.
STA1E OF VERMONT Alta session
- District OF Benn ngton. IS Ofthe Probate
Court holden at the Probate ONCE In BE ming
ton. In said district on the oath day OF February
a. d 1906.
Present. John V. Carney. Judge.
w b. sheldon. executor Of the estate OF
Honora Kelley, late of Is, nninRton, In
said dis rict, deceased presents his adminlstra-
ton account for examination and allow nee, and
makes application for decree Of dlstr button
and partition OF the estate OF said deceased.
Whereup0n, 1t Is ordered by said court that
said account and said application be referred
TO session thereof, 10 be held at the Prob to
once aforesaid, on the l4th day of March,
A. ID. 1908 for he ring and decision thereon:
And 1t is further ordered that notice the eof be
given TO all parties interested by public ton
of thu same three weeks successfully In the
Bennington Evening Banner. a newspaper pub
lshed at Bennington. previous to said time APP
polluted for hear ny, that they may appear at
said lime AZ place. and show cause II any they
may have why said account should not be al
lowed. nd UGH decree made.
A record whereofis ordered to be made.
A true record.
Attest, JOHN v. CARNEY, Judge.
A true copy Of the original record.
Attest. JOHN V. CARNEY, Judge
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WASH NGTON. March 13.-Thc in
terstate commerce commission has Sc
lected as counsel In the investigation
directed by recent joint resolution o.
congress into alleged rate dlscrimina-
lion on coal and oil Messrs. Edward Il.
Whitney of New York and William A.
Glasgow of Philadelphia.
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Congressman MADDEN. - this ri'y.
vas discussing the traits OF character
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siiiusnt u mine said Mr Madden.
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younEsisf 40 battered %. black AMI
blue IN spots What's the matter with
HIM asked oh. nothing. answered
bis mother. You see. be was christsned
yesterday and while his daddy vas
holding him the sir o'clock whistle
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CONSTANTINOPLE, March 10. -
The American minister, Mr.. Leishman,
has started for Paris. Thence he will
20 to the United States for holiday
lasting some months.
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Teachers Examinations

Public examinations for the
ratification Of teachers will be
held ~ follows
Al Bennington IN school
house on School street. Monday
and Tuesday. March 20 and
q; Readsboro, Wednesday
aud Thursday, March 20 and
90; Manchester Center. Friday
and saturday, March Soand 81
ALBERT W. vARNEY,
Examiner.
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Take LAXATIVE BROMo QUINiNE Tab.
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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26

suppressed upon thatoccaslon, since the
use Tor the prosecution was so over
heimlngly strong that IL wasnot neces-
sary 10 bring forth all the facts. ONLY
now, at the end of nearly ten wears. am
l ailoWed to supply those MISSING. links
Wnlch make up the whole of that re-
markable chain. The crime wus or IN
lefest ! n Itself, but that interest a
as mounting to me compared to the in
conceivable sequel, which afforded me
the greatest shock and surprise of any
event In my adventurous life. Even
now, after this long interval. I find
myself thrilling as I think of II. ana
,eelns once more that sudden flood OF
10y, amnZement, and incredulity which
utterly submerged my mind. Lei me
say to that public, which has shown
some Interest in those glimpses which
have occasionally given them OF the
thoughts and actions of 4 very re-
man, that they are not to
Dlafne me III | have not shared my
knowledge with them, for I should have
considered 1t my first duty to have
done so, had | not been buried nv n
positive prohibition from his own Inns,
which was only withdrawn upon The
third of last month.
II can be Imagined that my close in
limacy with Sherlock Holmes had in
terested me deeply In crime, and that
after his disappearance 1 never failed
70 read with care the various prob.
!ems which came before the public. And
! even attempted, more than once. for
my W private satisfaction. to employ
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26

lips. Holmes was bending over nv
chair. his flask in his hand.
My dear WATSON said the well-re-
membered voice, II owe you a thousand
apologies. / had no idea that YOU would
be so affected" -
I grtpped him by the arms.
"Holmes!" 1 cried. as It really vo,,s
Can 1t indeed be that you are alive?
Is it possible that you succeeded in
climbing out Of that awful abysso"
Walt a moment" said he. Are you
sure that YOU are really fit to discuss
things? I I'VE given you a serious
shock by my unnecessarily dramatic
reappearance."
I am all right, but indeed, Holmes, I
can hardly believe my eyes. Good
heavens! to think that you-you Of ali
men-shou!d be standing in my study"
Agar gripped him by the sleeve, ana
felt the thin. sinewy arm beneath It.
Wen. you're not a spirit. anyhow
said i. My dear chap. I'm overjoyed
to see you. Sit down and tell me how
you came alive out of hat dreadful
chasm..'
He sat opposite to me, and lit a Gig
arctic In his old. n%onchalant manner.
He was dressed in the seedy
frock coat Of the book merchant, but
the rest of h a individual lay In a pile
OF white hair and old books upon the
table. Holmes looked even thinner
ana keener III of old. but there was
a dead-white tinge in his aquiline face
which told me that his life recently
had not been a healthy one.
& Continued Next Week.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26

with a revolver inlet so deadly a
wound. Again. Park Lane is a fire.
quented thoroughfare: there is a cab
stand within a hundred yards of the
house. No n had heard a shot. And
yet there was the dead man, and there
the revolver bullet, which had m,ush-
roomed out. as soft-nosed bullets will.
and so inflicted a wound which must
caused instantaneous death, Such
We're the circumstances of the Park
Lane mystery. which We're further com
plicated by entire absence of motive,
since. as I have said, young Adair was
not known to have any enemy, and
no attempt had beer made t. emove
the money or %valuables in the room.
4Al8day I turned these facts over in
my mind. e~ndeavoring to hit upon some
theory which could reconcile them all.
and to find that line of. least resistance
which'ffy DOR friend had declared to
be the startling .Point ofsevery. invests
gation. sf confess that .Iamade little
progress. IIn::; thea evening I strolled
across thxyss1psark, and found myself
about stSsSaS4fgErk atsthe oxford street
end of PaEKs3Sslpe:: Asgroup of loafers
upon the !Rnvedients, ALL staring up at
"a particular %hld6w, directed me to.
the house WhicNashada come to see. A
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
AMioator Tails New p~elicacy,

From the Cleveland Leader.
There is nothing better, am told. than
the tip Of the tail of an alligator which has
reached. say. the pullet period" said
Frank Holden yesterday. ut is creamy in
color, tasting a little like frogs legs, but
with a more pronounced gamy flavor.
jnicy-altogetller tempting. I'm told. The
dish is a great favorite in Florida. where.
it's serving is considered a great honor. !.
Alligator tails are best at this time of
year, Just after the riceblrd season. The
big %allfgators float in the water with only
their eyes showing. When they see u
flock of these fat, juicy little birds they
dive to the bottom. Their long. wide snout
scoops up some of the loan ana they float
to the surface again with just the rich
soil showing. The birds think ii is an
island. They alight upon IT.. When the
whole family Is there the big beast turns
suddenly. Just as the bird scrambles off
he opens his mouth once. They arc gone
The birds are neat little feeders and the
alligator Is an epicure at this time of tina
year. The ricebird diet makes the tip OF
his tail, of which he most vain. tender and
sweet,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26

tall. shin man with cOlOred glasses,
whom | strongly suspected of being a
plain-clothcs detective, was pointing
out some theory of his own. while the
others crowded around him to listen to
what he said. 1 got as near him as l
could. but his observations seemed to
me to be absurd, 50 / withdrew again in
some disgust. AS I did so 1 struck
against an elderly, deformed man, who
had been behind me. and l knocked
down several books which he had been
carrying. ! remember that as l picked
OF them, The Origin of Tree Wor-
ship and it struck me that the fellow
must be some oor bibliophile. who.
either as a trade or as a hobby, was a
collector of obscure volumes. I en-
deavored to apologize for the accident,
but it was evident that these books
which l had so unfortunately maltreat-
ed were very precious objects in the
eyes OF their owner With a snarl OF
contempt he turned upon his heel, and
l saw his curved back and white side
whiskers disappear among the throng.
My observations of No. 427 Park
Lane did little to clear up the problem
In which l was Interested. The house
was separated from the street by a
low wall and railing. the whole not
more than five feet high. 1t was per-
fectly easy. therefore. for anyone to get
into the garden, but the window was
entirely inaccessible, since there was no
waterpipe or anything which could
help the most active man to climb 1t.
More puzzled than ever. l retraced my
steps to kensington. I had not been
in my study five minutes when the
maid entered to say that a person de-
sired to see me. To my establishment
1t was none other than my strange
old book collector. his sharp, wizened
face peering out from a frame of white
hair. and his precious volumes, a dozen
of them at least, wedged under his
right arm.
You're surprised TO see me, sir said
he, in a strange. croaking voice.
/ acknowledged that 1 was.
We'll I've Il conscience, sir, and
when | CHANGED to see you go into this
house. as l came hobbling after you,
l thought to myself. I'll just step in and
see h q kind gentleman. and tell him
that II | was a bit gruff in my man
ner there was not any harm meant.
and that | an much obliged to him for
picking up my books"
You make too much of a trine." sale
1. May I ask how you knew who 1
was?"
Well. sir. if 1t isn't too great a lib
erty, I am a neighbor Of yours, for
you'll find my little bookshop at the
corner OF Church street, and very
happy to see you, I am sure. Maybe
you collect yourself, sir. Here's Brit
lsh Birds and 'Catullus,' and The Holy
War-a bargain, every one of them.
With five volumes you could just fill
that gap on that second shelf. 1t looks
untidy, does 1t not. sir?"
I moved my head at the cabinet be-
hind me. When I turne again Sher-
lock Holmes was standing smiling at
me across my study table. l rose to
my feet, stared at him for some sec
onds in utter amazement, and then It
appears that l must have tainted for
h e first and the last time in my
fore my eyes. and when it cleared I
found my collar ends undone and the
tingling after-taste of brandy upon my
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
Schools for Wild Animals,

4 most lucrative branch OF traffic In
wild beasts is the sale of performing
animals, says w. G. Fitz-Gerald in his
article Romance of the Wild Beast
Trade" in the February Technical
World magazine. At Stellingen there
are regular schools Or academies"
wherein wild animals are educated.
whether they be boxing kangaroos,
wrestling lions. elephants that are their
own chauffeurs in motor cars. polar
bears that drink toasts at festive par
Ties, tigers that draw chariots as:
though for jovial Bacchus himself, or
seals that juggle with fiery brands.
Hither come the great circus compa-
MES buying agents in search of novel;
ties: and such is public appreciation
that IA new feat. Il clever idea in train
Ing. may actually double IL wild beasts
value in the market.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26

and such Il loss could not in any way
affect him. He had played nearly ev-
cry day at one club or other. but he
was Il cautious player, and usually rose
a winner 1t anne III in evidence
that. in partnership with Colonel
Moran. he had actually won as much
as four hundred and twenty pounds
In a sitting. some weeks before. from
Godfrey Miner and Lord Balmoral. SO
much of his recent history as 1t came
out at his inquest.
On the evening of the crime he re-
turned from the club exactly at ten.
His mother and sister were out SPEND
Ing the evening with a relation. The
servant deposed that she heard him
enter the front room on the second
moor. generally used as his sitting
room. h had lit Il fire there. and as
It Smoked she had opened the window.
No sound was heard from the room
until eleNen-twenty, the hour Of the
return Of Lady Maynooth II her
daughter. Desiring to say good night.
she attempted to enter her sons room.
no answer could be got to their cries
and knocking. Help was obtained, and
the dOor forced. The unfortunate
Noung man was found lying near the
table. His head had been horribly mu-
tilated by an expanding revolver bull
iet, put no Weapon OF any sort was to
be found in the room. On the table
lay two b~anknotes for ten pounds each
II seventeen pounds ten in silver and
gold. the one arranged in little piles
OF varying amount. There were some
figures also upon a sheet OF paper, with
the names of some club friends oppo-
site to them, from which 1t was con-
Jectured that before his death he was
en%deavoring to make out his losses or
winnings at cards.
a minute examination of the circum-
stances served only to make the case
more complex. In the first place, no
reason could be given why the young
mar should have fastened the door
upon the inside. There was a possi-
bility that the murderer a done this.
and afterwards escaped by the window.
The drop was at least twenty feet,
however. and a bed OF in full
bloom lay beneath. Neither the flow
ers nor the earth showed any sign of
having been disturbed, nor were there
n marks upon The narrow strip Of
grass which separated the house from
the road. Apparently. therefore, it was
the young man himself Who had fast
ened the door. But how did he come
by his death? No one could have
climbed up to the window without
leaving traces Suppose a man had
fired through the window. he would in
deed be Il remarkable shot who could