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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13
Town of Many Languages.

There are few cities in the world
having more newspapers and of such
varied tongues than Buenos Ayres.
Altogether the number of dailies,
weeklies. monthlies and irregulars
published in the republic nuctuates
about 1870. Besides, of course, the ma
tional" language, with its Wide diver.
gencies from Spanish. there are pa
pers published in Castilian. in Cat.
alan. in Italian. French German and
English, in Basque. in Norwegian and
in Danish. in Arabic. Syrian, Hebraic,
Servian and in several dialects. while
in the Chubut territory tho Welsh or.
gan has considerable sale and infiu.
ence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13

generous tip came Keene's way. The
euraptured suitors of Mrs. Brown and
Mrs. Verrault regarded him as the
court Jester. Gregory Allen. who was
an amateur sculptor. became asso-
ciated with the matrimonial trick
sters through his acquaintance with
George T. Verrault husband of the
pretty brunette. He donned a uni
form and helped Keene in his job
as butler Mrs. Browns four broth
ers helped in many ways to keep the
syndicate going.
George Mason was one of the pro-
moters of the famous Kentucky Fuel
and Alcohol company, which was one
of the side issues of the syndicate.
He made his father-in-law, William
d. Angel, of Chicago. vice president
OF the concern without asking the
old gentleman's consent When the
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13
IMPRESSIONS OF OTHER LIVES.
OF Such Stuff II Is Possible Dreams
Are Made OF.

think very often our dreams are
tumble of ideas that we have In
herited, and that dreaming is largely
a kind of free play of what have
called ancestral memory.
We dream of things which we have
never experienced In our waking mo-
ments. l remember a very realistic
dream. 1t was a battle, and / was In
a regiment of cavalry that received
an order to charge. The whole scehe
is vividly before me as l write. and
were l an artist l could sketch the
face of a man who rode by my side.
l can feel the throb OF eagerness. the
thud ding of the horses roofs in the
mad rush as we quickened our pace
to get to closer quarters with those
we were pursuing.
Suddenly the squadron of men in
front opened. wheeling of to the right
and left, and we were looking into
the iron throats of masked battery.
They opened fire upon us-a moment
after the ear splitting thunder. and
was In hell of smoke, dust. blood,
and metal; every piece seemed to
sing war chant of its own. Then
l awoke. and l was shouting God,
l never knew 1t was anything like
this!" Here surely is something ex-
perienced by an ancestor which has
descended from generation to genera
ton and taken its place in my col
lection of impressions.-Ninet
Century.
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WHEN THE BED GOES ROUND
But Smith Was Too Wise to Wait on
the Procession.

That was an amusing story about
the congressman who caught his bed
the fourth time 1t came around. 1t
reminded me-" continued the narrator
"of the first time | heard the bed
phrase. 1t happened In Harrisburg.
where I was then stationed, and 1t
happened to legislator whom l shall
call Smith.
"At the first session Smith became
famous for his ability to comfortably
carry more liquor than any other man
In the legislature. At the opening OF
the second session some Philadel-
phians got together and put up job
on Smith. They arranged relays. so
that when one party had enough an
other should take hold. and thus keep
going until they had Smith down and
out. Well. they began with Smith
one evening, and after two relays had
succumbed their successors noted
with much satisfaction that Smith
was mixing his beverages-they
didn't know that was his custom, and
he fooled them all. The bout con-
tinued all night and all of the next
day. a:d when the second evening
came Smith was the only man able
to get away unaided.
Several days later I asked Smith
how he got along after he reached his
hotel. When l got into my room"
he replied, Il saw a procession of
beds coming In my direction.
grabbed the first one. fell into 1t. and
woke up the next afternoon Pitts
burg Chronic.eTelegraph.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13
DASHING WOMEN OPERATE
LOVE SYNDICATE IN NEW YORK
WRSOME WIDOWS" SPIDER WEB CAUGHT ONE HUN.
DRED RICH DUPES WHO WALKED INTO
IT WILLINGLY.
One Of the Victims Tsd His Story the District Attorney
and the Syndicate Came Unimey End
Secured 100000 While 1t Worked.

New York.-If Robert Emmett
Keene, actor, wit and adviser in the
court of love operated by Mrs. Izella
Brown and Mrs. George T. Verrault,
had not used bad judgment and let
James v. MacClellan, the obscure
Philadelphia grocer, into the West
Seventy-third street mansion, all the
fuss about the love syndicate might
have been avoided 1t was Keene
who used to determine which of the
eager applicants for love honor should
come in. When he passed favorably
upon MacClellan he let in the man
who. when ruthlessly rejected by the
charming Mrs. Verrault. promptly
went to the United States district
attorney.
The extent to which the love syn
dicate operated has amazed the dis
trict attorney. 1t is calculated that
in the three years during which the
combine ensnared its victims more
than 100000 was taken from them
A census Of the dupes shows that
they range from prosperous store
owners to millionaire Wall street
financiers. Probably one hundred of
them walked into the spider web.
Four women figured in the active
work of the love trust Mrs Brown,
shrewd and fascinating. was the
schemer who kept the syndicate afloat.
Mrs. Verrault was the official letter
writer. 1t was she who sent the cap
tivating love missives that won the
hearts of the susceptible dupes. She
attended To the cOTraSDOndpnce of
both herself and Mrs. Brown.
Daughter and Niece
as Side Attractions.
The golden-haired daughter of Mrs.
Brown was a conspicuous member of
the combination. She did not make
love to any of the men nor receive
their attentions, but it was handy to
have her around as milady's maid
The same interesting role was as
sumed by Mrs. Browns beautiful
niece, Miss Mary Mason. To the
credit of Mrs. Brown, it may be said
that she watched these two damsels
with the eye of a hawk and never
permitted the slightest indiscretion SO
far as they were concerned. The two
girls when not engaged in the palace
of love had the time of their lives in
going about the country with Mrs
Brown.
The niece is the daughter of
struggling Boston storekeeper. He al
ways held high regard for his sis
ter, and feeling that she could pro-
vide his daughter with better advan-
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13

their guests. Each of the women
would have three men a week calling
upon them. If Mrs. Brown had a
suiter who seemed to be particularly
recalcitrant about buying extravagant
presents, Mrs. Verrault, who was al
ways able to corral the most obstrep-
erous caller. would be called in to
use her persuasive influence.
Mrs. Verrault used to go out often
er than Mrs. Brown with the infat-
uated lovers. She would always wear
heavy veil and would tell her spell
bound admirer that she did 1t to keep
her wicked brothers from seeing her.
These relatives, she said, were always
trying to make trouble for her. They
were scheming to get part of the es-
tate left her by the rich husband she
said had died. Often when out with
one suitor dining at q fashionable
cafe she would be startled to find
another sweetheart sitting idly at a
nearby table. She would then hurry
the dinner through on pretense of
feeling faint and would hasten home
with her escort.
Ingenuity Exercised In
Receiving the infatuated.
Both widows" had to exercise some
ingenuity in receiving the society
women whom they had on their string
These members of the 400" they
met through the medium of adver-
tisements, and used them as a means
of getting unlimited credit for expen-
sive dresses. They had to arrange
it so that these fashionables would call
lors were given up to the explicit
use of the love victims.
There were many exciting scenes
at the front doors of the establish
ment run by the syndicate on West
Seventy-third street and later at No.
1923 West Eighty-second street. Dis
appointed lovers who had handed over
to the syndicate much of their money
used to storm on the front stoop and
threaten to dynamite the mansion If
their lady love would not see them.
Roebrt Emmett Keene was quite diplo-
matte in handling these excited in
divid uals and managed to save the
house of love from an explosion.
The parlor in which the lovelorn
admirers were received had a mas
sive mantel adorned with gold orna-
ments. Upon it would be placed pho
tographs of the callers, particular care
being taken that the right picture was
in the right place for the occasion.
Count Zolinoff. the Fifth avenue deli
catassen dealer, had his photograph
taken in 81 different styles and would
insist that Mrs. Verrault. whom he
was courting, should have them all In
plain evidence around the room.
Don't you think l take good pic
ture?" he would ask.
You're the sweetest thing in the
world Mrs. Verrault would reply
Then she would get the promise of
another expensive present.
The old man who caused Mrs. YER
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13
selfishness of MN.

Police Capt. Hardy tells sbout run.
ming across two old waits II the tene-
ments on a rainy day last week:
The Woman tshivefingly)- oh,
Tim, wisht | was in Heaven
The Mani wisht | was in Casey's,
on the corner. wild half Reg o. mix
and a whole chicken SAND p'ich.
The woman tangrily)- That's the
way wild you men, always wishin' for
the best Of everything.-N. z. Tribune
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13

az r. 5fossd Street. CoiHmSas. Ohio.
LAY FEVER is endemic catarrh. It
Is caused by some irritating sub
stance in the atmosphere during the
late summer months 1t is generally
thought that the pollen of certain weeds
and flowers is the cause of it.
Change OF locality seems to be the
only rational cure. The use of Peruna,
however, stimulates the nervous system
to resist the effect of the poisonous
emanations and sometimes carries the
victim through the hay fever season
without an attack of the disease.
large number OF people rely upon
Peruna for this purpose. Those who
do not find it convenient to change
their location to avoid Hay Fever,
would do well to give Perunn n trial.
1t has proven of priceless value to
many people.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13
Matrimonial Mansion Was
EIaborately Fitted Out

The matrimonial mansion was fitted
out in way calculated to inspire the
dupes. Each room has a name ac-
cording to the kind of paper on the
wall. The parlor was the green room.
because 1t had green paper with lit
tie splashes of pink. The library was
furnished in red. All the books were
of red. The library cost Mrs. Brown
$4,000.
Mrs. Brown had red room on the
third floor which harmonized with her
blond hair. Mrs. Verrault's boudoir
was of delicate pink.
Mrs. Verrault and Mrs. Brown were
always very careful about receiving
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13

skyrocket company exploded. leaving
a large number of financiers holaing
bogus stock. Angel felt like troucing
his son-in-law. but never could ina
him.
This chimerical concern procured
its victims by advertising in newspa-
pers and also through the means of
the spiritualistic seances that were a
part of the matrimonial plans.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13
Taking Things Too SERIOUSLY.

Miss Jenks-Have you really broken
off your engagement to I'm?
Miss Flytie-Oh. yes. | Just had to.
He was getting too seniimentaI-be-
gan to talk to me abou; i1atrimony.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13
As a suppIanter.

The Maid-Do you think the auto
mobile will ever supplant the horse.
The Man-No but 1t may supplant
the mule in the course Of time. One
Is fully as unreliable rs the other.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13
HAY FEVER

"Having used P<rsna fer eakayyA ana
hay J<vey, Z eas r<romm<sd IL to all who
are suffering soik6 tie a6ovs diseases. I
an hatty to be e6Ls to say II has Islb<d
ne wond<g5SLy.
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Il Is.

Gee. | had rotten luck to-day"
John, don't you think rotten Is
a-er-rather rotten word for father
of family to ?"-Houston Post.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13

| land in Kentucky He called at the
ers about fuel 1t is said that the
broker invested considerable money
in the scheme.
Mrs. VerrauIt Had
Real Love Affair
Among the real love affairs that
Mrs. Verrault was interested in was
one with a Boston lawyer. She was
greatly attached to him. One day
after he had failed to call around and
see her at her Boston home she went
/ to his office and created scene. The
lawyer ordered her out. The next day
Mrs. Verranlt was taken to a hospital
Her nerves were all unstrung and 1t
was alleged she had taken bichloride
of mercury In an effort to end her
life.
Mcclellan, the Philadelphia. has
been quite upset because of the fuss
he has caused in having his erstwhile
sweetheart arrested. The next day
after Mrs. verrault appeared in court
MacClellan came to town and tele-
phoned to the West Eighty-second
street mansion. He got Mrs. Brown
on the phone and told her he was
sorry he had caused all the trouble.
If Mrs. Verault would return the pres
ents he had layished upon her he
would withdraw the charge.
Go on. you fool" was the snappy
reply. Mrs. Verault doesn't care
what you do"
Mcclellan, the picture of despair.
hung about the house seeking
chance to speak to his lady love, but
when Mrs Verrault emerged from the
mansion she swept by him as though
he didn't exist
The Philadelphia Lover
Kicked over the Traces
The wall of all the overthrow suit
money. 1t is this very thing that
has given Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Yer
rault such keen delight. In one of her
merry moods Mrs. Verault said:
What a fine spectacle this is, all
these men having me arrested because
was too sharp for them! They are
fortune-hunters, and of a very low
type. They are like the foreign no.
blemen who come over here to win
rich American girls, but they go It on
cheap scale. They think the Amerl-
can women soft, and all they have to
do is to look wall-eyed at them and
they will break their necks to hand
them money. They only called be-
cause they wanted to get homes where
they wouldn't have to work. / really
think that ! have done a service to
American women in showing these
brutes up.
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love palace many times to get point
ers about fuel 1t is said that the
broker invested considerable money
in the scheme.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-13

ter Lillian. 1t is said they are en-
gagged tc be married.
The copper era., 1906-06-28
Southwestern Makes Cut in Fares on
It's Arizona Lines.

V. R. Stiles, general passenger
agent of the Ell Paso & Southwestern,
made the important announcement
of reduction in the passenger rates
from 5 cents to cents per mile on
the western division of the road.
The action of the Southwestern is in
concurrence with that of the South
ern Pacific and Santa Fe to reduce
fares in New Mexico and Arizona,
the conclusion to make the reduction
having been arrived at by the
officials of these systems at a meet
ing not long ago.
This reduction is one of the most
important changes in railroad rates
that has been made in the southwest
for many years.
The change in the rate will become
effective July 1st, and other roads
will be advised to change their tables
accordingly.
The Deming and Tombstone
branches are the only ones of the
Southwestern which are not affected
by the change and the present rate
of cents will continue to be opera
tive on those branches.
General passenger agent Stiles
stated also that the rate on mileage
books would likewise undergo no
change, and books of 1000 miles
passage will continue to be sold at
the rate of cents per mile.
Throughout the territories of
Arizona and New Mexico the pas
senger rate on the main lines of the
railroad will, after July l, be 4 cents
per mile instead of as heretofore.
The copper era., 1906-06-28
THE c. B. 0. CONVICTED.
Road Could Not Hide Behind Failure
TO Publish Schedule.

The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railway company was found
guilty at Kansas city by jury in
the United States district court on
four counts of granting concession
on packing house shipments for
export to the Armour Packing
company, Swift company, Cuday COM
pany and the Nelson Morris Packing
company. The conviction carries
with it fine of from $1,000 to 100000
On each count, Judge Smith McPer-
son, presiding judge, deferred SEN
tence until June %.
All four counts are practically the
same. The case of Armour Packing
company on which instructions were
read to the jury, charged specifically
that the Burlington, on August II,
1905, accepted a shipment of oleo
oil from Kansas City to Liverpool at
a rate that included a rate of %
cents a hundred pounds from the
Mississippi river to New York where
as the regular tariff at the time was
So cents.
To simplify the case, A. S. Van
Valkenbergh district attorney for
the government, and Judge o. M.
Spencer, of st. Joseph, presenting
the defendant, signd an agreement
of facts, which was in effect that the
Burlington did contract with the
packers to carry their product at %
cents for the distance named, at the
rate of 40 cents for the whole dis.
tance from Kansas City to Liverpool.
But half a dozen witnesses were
examined, their testimony being
largely technical and pertained to
tariffs in existence at the time covered
in the indictment.
Judge Mcpherson, instructing the
jury, said that the Burlington rail
road had no right to make contract
for period longer than the estab-
lished rate of 2 cents should be in
force. To have carried shipments
for 2 cents after August II, 1906,
when the tariff was raised to So cents
would be considered a concession.
The failure of the Burlington TO file
the schedule of % cents was inn
material.
The jury retired at O'Clock and
returned with their verdict at 5:35.
The copper era., 1906-06-28
FORMER MORENCI MAN
ACCUSED OF A MURDER.
Held in Connection With a Woman Whost
Husband Met Mysterious Death.

E. j. Stackpole, formerly of Mo-
renci, Arizona, is under arrest in Los
Angeles in connection with the muir
der it that city of Joel Scheck, a
laundry worker, whose wife has con-
fessed that she and Stackpole COM
mitted the deed.
Scheck was found dead in bed, his
wife's screams attracting neighbors
and officers, and she declared that
two burglars had entered the house
and shot her husband. They lived in
two rooms in a small house in the
rear of a larger one and the place
was so squalid that the police secuted
the burglary theory and declared it
was murder.
Stackpole, it was charged, had
been a frequent visitor to the house,
and had acted suspiciously when the
husband was around, and on this and
the further evidence that light was
seen in his room, IN boarding house
few blocks away, a few minutes
after the crime, the police arrested
Stackpole and the widow. They
then found a bloody handkerchief in
the house which was, identified as
Stackpole's.
The woman then confessed that
she and Stackpole had planned and
executed the murder, and that she
was under some sort of influence
welded by Stackpole. Both are held
without bond.
In giving the details of the case
the Los Angeles Examiner says:
Mrs. Scheck is a human anomaly.
She grieves for the man to whose
death she so deliberately consented.
She appears to count her own fate as
of little moment and cries, "Joel,
I love you, L loved you, Joel. [ was
hypnotized. My God, how could
have done it?"
She is peculiarly undemonstrative
woman and yet once since she has
been in Jail, she lifted her clenched
hands and shrieked, "Brute, devil,
fehd, you will hang for this" She
was addressing herself to an imagin=
airy Stackpole.
But she did not denounce him when
she and Stackpole met in the same
room. That was when they were
identified
Stackpole saw Mrs. Scheck across
the room, and, holding out his hands
toward her, he called with intense
feeling in his voice, "Aurellia, oh,
Aurellia."
The young woman did not turn, but
tremor went over her body, and a
peculiar expression seized her face.
1t was as though a-spell of irresisti-
bic power had passed from Stack
poles hands and voices and eyes
through her body.
She|says she loathes him and in the
same breath confesses that were they
placed together he could control her
and lure her into the whirlpool of an
other infatuation.
The copper era., 1906-06-28
Heinze Coming to Arizona.

Since the settlement of the Mon
tana copper war many rumors have
circulated throughout the southwest
to the effect that both Heinze and
the Amalgamated Copper company
were looking up mining property in
Arizona. The rumor, so far as
Heinze is concerned, is now known to
be true. Within the next few weeks
experts representing the Heinze in
terests will examine properties in
the Ash Fork district in northwest
ern Arizona.
Patrick O'Neil, who recently re-
signed the position of foreman at
the Orc Blanco mine, left Nogales
last week for Los Angles, where he
met Mr.. w. w. Wishon, representa-
tive of the Heinze interests. Mr.
O'Neil, as well as Mr.. Wishon, was
connected with the Heinze mines in
Montana for many years.-Oasis.
The copper era., 1906-06-28
Railroads Racing for Best Route Below
NacOzari.

There are several things doing in
railroad surveying in Sonora which
will probably interest Douglas and
the mineral country to the south of
Tucson.
Last week there was a large El
Paso & Southwestern surveying party
taken across the line and sent to
Nacozari. This party consisted of
twelve men and a carload of wagons.
camp equippage and supplies, and a
number of teams. Mt. Campbell,
chief engineer of the Southwestern.
accompanied the surveying party to
Douglas and went with it to Naco-
zari
Nothing definite could be learned
dis to the work to be done by this
party but it is pre5umed, of course
that it goes to begin the survey OF
the extension of the Nacozari line
from it's present terminus at Naco-
zari.
From party who is in a position
to obtain information it Is learned
that one of the. Southern Pacific sur
veying parties, which has been sur
veying the proposed Southern Pa
cific line down the Yaqui river, has
returned to Nacozari, and is now sur
veying a preliminary line from that
poiat south to Cumpas. This gentle
man gave it as his opinion that the
Southern Pacific and the Nacozari
were now making for the same route
through the canyon south of NaCo-
zari to Cumpas, and some fast work
is expected in that vicinity, with the
prospects of disputing the ground,
similar to the trouble in the Gila
canyon below San Carlos, between
the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe.-
Tucson Post
The copper era., 1906-06-28
A Nice Income.

Last week the county received
drafts from the various banks of the
county to the amount of S6O.97 for
interest on county funds on deposit
during the month of May. Since
January 15 the banks have been pay
ing 1 per cent. interest on their
daily balances of county money OF
deposit and the receipts from that
source have been as follows: Feb
ruary $52.s2, March s99.14, A pril
s4607, May S6O.97. The income to
the county will amount to nearly
$1,000 a year, which is a very ac-
ceptable sum, while the l per cent.
interest is certainly as low as the
banks could Xpect.-Bulletin.
The copper era., 1906-06-28
Deadly Serpent Bites

are as common in India as are
stomach and liver disorder with us.
For the latter however there is a
sure remedy: Electric Bitters: the
great restorative medicine, of which
S. A. Brown, of Bennettsville S. G..
says: "They restored my wife to
perfect, health, after years of suffer.
ing with dyspepsia and a chronically
torpid liver" Electric Bitters cure
chills and fever, malaria, biliousness
lame back, kidney troubles and
bladder disorders. Sold on guaran
tee by all druggist. Price soc