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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

did the "Biebush gang" that operated
in and from st. Louis for more than
% 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 emigrated to this country when he
was q 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 his
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 wko
read my recent account of the ever IS
leading up to the attempt to steal the
body of Abraham Lincoln will recall
that | then made clear the different
hands through which counterfeit
money passes before it reaches the
public The engraver, printer, dealer,
shower and boOdle carrier each has his
distinct function to perform in the
process of robbing the people. The
dealer is the circulatoT, and, if he has
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 cf dealing in 'coney"
Biebush had devoted his time and
genius, yet he found leisure to act as
receiver of stolen goods, and was the
patron and financial backer 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 to
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.
Within a year of his arrival in the
/ United States Fred iBebush began his
criminal career, He was then a broad
shouldered man of fine physical ap-
pearanCe. The year 1850 found him
| keeping a saloon called the War Eagle,
after a famous steamboat OF ante
| bellum days, in Third street, St. Louis.
/ His place was frequented by river men
I OF the better class. for he was a joyial
/ clap and good business man as well.
t am not familiar with the way in
/ which suspicion first attached to him,
but one day the ST Louis police raided
/ ais saloon, and, buried In the walk.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

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, forfeiting $4,000 bail, and dis
appeared.
Secret service operatives were put on
his trail. A close watch was kept on
the movements of Mrs. Biebush, who,
in a 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 fired. 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 q dealer in high-class bur-
glars tools. John Eagan had retired
from the secret service to private life
and 1 was transferrd to the st. Louis
district from Chicago to manage the
pursuit of Biebush.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15
WORST FORM OF ECZEMA.
Black Splotches All Over Face-Affect-
ed Parts Now Cla@I as Ever-Cured
by tho Cuticura Remedies.

about four years ago | was afflicted
with black splotches all over my face
and few covering my body, which pro-
duced a severe itching irritation, and
which caused me a great deal of annoy
ance and suffering, to such an extent that
j was forced to call in two of the leading
physicians of my town. After a thorough
examination of the dreaded complaint they
announced it to be SKIN eczema. in It's
worst form. They treated me for the
same for the length OF one year, but the
treatment did me no good Finally my hus-
band purchased a set of the Cuticura Rem
edes, and after using the contents of the
first bottle of Cuticura Resolvent in con-
nection with the Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment the breaking out entirely stopped.
! continued the use of the Cuticura Rem
edies for six months, and after that every
splotch was entirely gone and the af
fected parts were left as clear as ever.
The Cuticura Remedies not only cured me
of that dreadful disease eczema, but
other complicated troubles as well. Lizzie
L. Sledge, $40 Jones Ave, Selma, Ala.
Oct. %, 1906"
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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 a large fortune. Then he went
into the manufacturing business him
self.
Not being an engraver nor a printer,
he had to hire these artisans, and soon
formed a 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 80 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 a malefactor 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
Gse 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 a consid-
Grafton. | am glad to say that such
operatives in the service rapidly grew
| fewer.
His wealth and power were also in
dicated by the finding in his possession
gate amount of 100000, signed by prom
! inent citizens of St. Louis. lie could
command the most powerful politicians
and state officers.
At the end of the civil war Col II. y.
| Whitley was appointed in chal &c Of
the newly organized secret servic, and
| determined to bring such criminals as
| Fred Biebush, Pete" Mccartney, John
I Hart, "Bill' Burney, Thomas Hale and
other notorious counterfeiters 10 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 a yigor unknown
10 BIobush. forced the prisoner to early
| IrIal md unnrnnhn1 In having him snn.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

and irregular, and contained a heavy
sediment, but in weeks time the urine
was clear and natural again and the
passages regular. Gradually the ach-
ing and soreness left my back and then
the lameness. used six boxes to make
sure of cure, and the trouble has
never returned
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

back. Every move
ment caused an agon-
izing pain, and the per-
sistency Off exhausted
me, so that for a time
/ was dazed and stupid
On the advice of a
friend l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills
and soon noticed a
change for the better.
The kidney secretions
had been disordered
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

white beds are women and girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera
tions made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty of warning in that bearing down
feeling, pain at the left or right of the
abdomen, nervous exhaustion, pain in
the small of the back, pelvic catarrh,
dizziness, fiatulency, displacements or
irregularities. All of these symptoms
are indications of an unhealthy con-
dition of the female organs, and if not
needed the trouble may make headway
until the penalty has to be paid by q
dangerous operation, and lifetime of
impaired usefulness at best, while in
many cases the results are fatal.
Miss Luella Adams, OF Seattle, Wash,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
about two years ago was a great suf-
ferer from a severe female trouble, pains and
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that | had tumor and must
undergo an operation if | wanted to get well.
[ felt chat this was my death warrant, but |
spent hundreds of dollars for medical help,
but the tumor kept growing Fortunately
correSponded with an aunt inthe New England
States and she advised me TO take Lydia l..
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, as it was
said TO cure tumors, | did so and Immediately
began to improve in health, and was entirely
cured, the tumor disappearing entirely, with
out au operation. | wish every suffering
woman would try this great preparation"
Just as surely as Nj IS Adams was
cured of the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just so surely viii Lydia u.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
other women who suffer from fe-
male troubles, inflammation, kidney
troubles. nervous eNcitability or ner-
vous prostration.
Mrs. Pinkhan invites all young
women who are i'll to write her for free
advice. She is dauChter-in-ldw OF
Lydia T.. Piukham and for twenty-five
years has been advising sick women
free of change. AdJrSss, Lynn, Mass.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15
Robbed in Church.

Just think what an outrage it is to be
robbed of all the benefits of the services
by continuous coughing throughout the
congregation, when AntiGripine is guar
anteed to cure. Sold everywhere. % cts.
I. w. Diemer, NJ. d., Manufacturer,
Springfield, Mo.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15
Cause and Effect

Excuse me, madam said the polite
hobo, but I crave YOUR assistance. The
iron has entered my soul"
That" replied tho icy-hearted lady
els doubtless why YOU look so rusty
And she slammed the door.-Chica-
go Daily Newa
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15
HOSPITALS CROWDED
MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many
From this Sad and Costly Experience.

1t is a sad but
certain fact that
e v e y y e a +
brings a n / n :
ere a se in the
numberofopera-
tions performed
upon women in
o u + hospitals.
Moret than three
fourths of the
patients | yin g
on those snow
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

Many things may keep you from the
other trumphs of life, but only seltishness
can keep you from the victory of love.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

Send this to Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn,
N. Y, and receive in return a sample pack.
age of Garfield Tea, the herb cure for con-
stipation and sick headache.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

Whoever heard OF hungry man talking
about his heart?
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15
DAZED WITH PAIN.
The Suferings OF a Citizen of Olympia,
Wash.

L. S. Gorham, of BIG East 4th St.,
Olympia, Wash, says: six years ago
got wet and took cold, and was soon
flat IN bed, suffering tortures with my
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

All up-to-date hodselleepers use Red
Cross Ball Blue. 1t makes clothes clean
and sweet as when new. All grocers.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

A bigamist is a man convicted of matri.
mony in the second degree.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

Red Cross Ball Blue should be IN every
home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2
OF. package only 5 cents
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

When woman allows her husband to
have his own way look out for coming
back with request for cash.-Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

Men who command the most respect
have the least thought OF self.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

Shut your eyes when you look at the
faults OF a friend.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

If politics is an unclean game it is be-
cause unclean men have been permitted
to run it so long.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quiniue Tablets.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
E.W. GROVE S signature is on each box. 25c.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.
itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles
Druggists are authorized to refund money II
PAzo OINTMENT fails to cure in6to 14days. 5Oc
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15

A bad man is naturally suspicious of
every good man he meets.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15
STORY No. 8
Ihe eBiebgIsh
Band

Being an Account of the Capture and
Conviction of That Notorious Band
of Counterfeiters Of Which Fred
Biebush Was the Leader.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-15
FABLES OF AMERICANS.

ITO Be Continued. ]
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
$6-Chtcago and Return-$6
Viz yNiSo4,,e CIV. r4~,4,.o1

Account Minnesota-C Chicago football
game at Chicago Nov. 10. Sc rate on
sale Nov. 8, good in Pullman Tourist
Sleeping cars, double berths 81. So
rate on sale Nov. and 9, good in Pull
man Standard Sleeping cars, double
berths 50. For tickets and sleeping car
reservations apply toaFrank L. Towne,
city ticket agent, 23o Nicollet avenue.
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|A.lE RICAN HE|REss
SHARES LORD 5 EXILE
Wife Of Baronet, Stunned for
rs Cheating at Cards, True
to Husband.
Special Correspondence Of The Journal.

Special Correspondence Of The Journal.
London, Oct. 26.-I met the Gordon
Cummings in London this week on their
way home to Scotland. Lady Gordon
Cumming was Florence Garner of New
York, one of the Garner heiresses, her
sisters being the Countess de Moltke,
and the Marquise de Breteuil. No
woman ever made greater sacrifice for
love than Florence Garner. To marry
a man brought in guilty Of cheating at
cards meant and means to the day Of
her death social ostracism.
At the time of the famous trial, she
and Gordon Cumming were only en-
gagged and after the verdict, which
made him marked man for life, he
came straight to her and offered to re-
lease her. She rose to the occasion in
a manner which touched everyone who
knew them, saying if he insisted upon
giving her up she would kill herself.
Gordon Cumming. turned to her and
replied: s'That is precisely what I
had intended to do with myself had you
taken me at my word. =
Cut Dead by Society.
, To this day: they are still .scut
but little trouble, for they are just as
much in love as in that terrible hour
when Gordon Cumming was drummed
out Of his own set for all time. q.
There are people who still say he is
innocent, notably all his humber
neighbors in Scotland, who just adore
him. Some time ago, the Wilson's Of
Tranby Croft, at whose house the al
Legged cheating took place, were about
to build mansion near the Cummings;
but the .workmen engaged on it were
stoned from the premises and alto
gether things were made SO hot for the
Cummings poor neighbors that the
Wilson's thought discretion the better
part of valor, SO they abandoned the
idea of erecting this Scotch seat. The
site upon which it was to have been
built is overgrown with weeds and has
become a kind Of common.
Auto to Restore Complexion.
When a woman loses her complexion,
you may regard her socially as a person
Of the past. This is what happened to
the Countess Of Essex, who before her
marriage was Miss Adela Grant,
daughter of Beach Grant Of New York.
She was in despair, more especially as
she is one Of the women whose good
looks depend so much upon their color
ing. The loss of her complexion was
caused by acute dyspepsia She con-
suited every specialist in London and
the. continent. One suggested vege-
tartan fare, another fruit, a third
grains and 50 on. = ~
Tho somewhat better than when far
ing on meat, she was still far from
we'll when she went to Paris
-" quack - have heard him called.
Anyway, he has given her back her
looks! His prescription chiefly was to
motor at an unholy rate, the idea being
to take in-with the greatest rapidity-
as much oxygen as possible. This is
supposed to stimulate the digestive
organs more successfully than anything
else. It worked marvels in the case
Of Lady Essex, who has just com
pleted a. "scorching'' trip thru the
south Of France, and is now looking
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
snubbed the queen.

Well, Mrs. Chamberlain has had her
trlumph-no one more so-and she had
the distinction Of once snubbing, in a
very ladylike way, Queen Victoria her
self.
You are not a bit like an Amer
lean, said the queen.
That is the very worst compliment
you! could possibly pay me,' was the
reply. s.
could not tolerate at any price. Like
society Of her time, she used to say
they. were, all the daughters Of pork
butchers, whose fathers had suddenly
made "piles. "
Mrs. Chamberlain has had no ambi-
ton to shine socially. AS hostess
she has been dire failure. On a
memorable occasion, things were so
badly managed atEoneS Of her parties,
that royalties who were invited, never
got beyond the hall, so great was the
crush. The chancellor of the ex.
chequer, rs Chamberlain then was, be-
haved like a maniac when he heard
what had happened; but the hostess in
her quiet way, remarked: -,
Such a pity, dear; but it really
couldn' It be helped. Had they had the
courtesy and: presence Of mind to have
gone into the lower rooms and sent for
me, could easily have made way for
them on the staircase!'' :.
-. Lady Mary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04

Talk about roasted fresh daily. the
way to get cup Of coffee that tastes
like coffee, with all the delicious flavor
and aroma intact, is to buy Arbuckles'
ARlOSA and grind it as you want to
use it. Warming i. Little develops the favor and
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like the proverbial peach. !, What
she paid in fines is a. detail. Has she
not accomplished the all important9
Wife Chief solace.

Z
No woman is having atworse time
just now than Mrs. Joseph Chamber
lain. The illness thru which her hus-
band is passing-I may almost write
passing away" for that is practice
ally what 1t amounts tots Of a most
serious nature, and hissnerYes being in
snchaa strained condition Shave caused
his temper to be most trying.
| never before knew Of an American
woman, becoming slave, yet this is
what she has arrived at. she is never
out Of the sickroom, and tho there are
nurses. Of course, they count for little,
as it IS his wife who does every thing
for the fallen chief. She is to him
exactly. what Mrs. Gladstone was to the
great liberal premier-the sole individ-
life.
When he is out Of pain, she has the
rules him by canoodling' him into
believing he has his own way! She
has never posed as being clever
woman, but that is where her cleverness
comes in, for this great statesman has
a holy terror Of all femininity which
apes that cult.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-21
WATER SPORTS At
LAGOON TODAY
First Annual Swimming Tour
nament Promises to Bring
Out Fast Men.

swimmers, water dogs and aquatic Won
ders will hold forth DIT Lagoon this aft
ernoon. The occasion is the first an
nual swimming carnival ever held in the
state, and it will bring together the best
and fastest men in water the state can
produce. Fathered by the Y Nj. C. A.
of this city, the tournament is arranged
to further the interests of swimming and
from all the indications it will go a
long ways to do this very thing.
In all about thirty or forty swimmers
will compete. While the entries closed
last evening, Physical Director BURNER,
who is managing the affair, said he had
several telephone calls saying entries had
been mailed from outsiders, which leads
him to believe there will be fully the
above number of athletes ready to face
the starter.
The races start promptly at $50 this
afternoon and swimmers and those who
wish to see the races should not leave
the city later than the o'clock train TO
be there on time for the events.
The program consists of 80, 100 20
and 440-yard half-mie and mile, for se-
niors, and 50-yard race for boys under
10. Bronze medals, emblematic of the
state championship, will be given to the
winners, and ribbons for second place.
While majority of the entries come
from the Salt Lake Y. NJ. G. A., il is
among this bunch of swimmers that the
winners are picked: In the short dis
lance races Jack Roe, George HOFFMAN,
Runyon and Fowl are picked as the best
men. In the half-mile and mile Hoffman,
Churchill and Bird, of the Y. NJ. G. A,
and Altree and Walker. of the Sanitarium,
are looked upon as among the winning
bunch But there are always surprises
in every athletic event, and some in
charge would not be surprised TO see
some outsider come in and turn the trick.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-21

BILLY DUTCH SUSPENDED
President Shepard Hands Out Five
for Not Going to Park
Civ.

Umpire Billy" Dutch has called down
upon his head the wrath of President H.
o. Shepard and Dutch will have to sit
in the grand stands and watch the game
in the Utah State league for a period OF
one week. Billy is a mighty good UNI
pire and one who has the confidence OF
the fans and it is on this account that
Dutch is now watching the balls and
strikes from a point of view where no
one can kick, no matter what he thinks
The Ogden and Park City management
asked for Dutch to umpire the games at
Park City last week and as President
Shepard likes to be accommodating he
told Billy to be on hand for the game.
Dutch said all right and good. Il will be
johnny on the spot" When it came
time to play ball there was no Dutch in
sight and he could not be found in the
town. Spillman was substituted and the
decision came up which stopped the
game. President Shepard on learning
that Dutch was not on hand, promptly
suspended him and it is now up for Billy
to explain.