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The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
Kind of Men Needed.

II one were to go to the president OF
the United States and ask him to name
The country's greatest need, he would
reply in his quick, conclusive way:
Clean men," He knows, says the De-
lineator. Smart men there are by the
thousands; rich men abound more than
i'll any other age OF the world; able
men are found in every state and
township, but even from population
OF S00O0000 the chief executive has
difficulty in finding the man of eXcep-
tional character for a post which re-
quires a square and tlawless morality.
1t is to his credit that he misses no OPP
portunity to preach manhood. But
neither presidents nor preachers nor
teachers can do the work of fathers
except in their own families. We do
not mean to underestimate the marvel
Gus influence of the mother. In most
lands men who reach success give
their mothers the credit 'All that
| am l owe to my mother" said Lin
coin. ut was you who taught me
to write so. You really did, dear moth
err" said the grabbed Carlyle. We get
our moral qualities from our moth
ors, our mental from our fathers, say
the Psychologists, and as we look back
we find this maternal affection the
loveliest thing on earth. But isn't there
q conviction down deep in our souls
1 ,,aI hot ar
if cur fathers had taken time and
trouble to share oud condolences in the
years that counted most?
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
New Missouri River Town.

Deadwood, S. D.-Changing it's
plans, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad in building its trunk line
to the Pacific coast will not cross the
Missouri river at Evarts, but will, in
stead, erect their big bridge at the
mouth of Grand river. There, on the
east side of the Missouri, they will
build new town, named Duroc. The
company has decided further to make
this the chief division point between
Minneapolis and the Rocky noun
tains. 1t will also build from Duroc
a branch to Sioux City and another
via Fargo to Duluth. A third line
will end at Belle Fourche, thus drain
ing the cattle region.
The extension from Glenham to the
new town of Duroc will be completed
by August list with force of not less
than 200 men who will be put to work
on the huge steel bridge, which will
require two years for its completion.
The townsite will be plated within a
fortnight and actual work will begin
at once.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
Chaptee XIX.-Continued.

The writ of ejectment was served.
Seven days interviewed, and writ of
summons followed Mr. Hamilton
agreed to recognize at the first term
of the Supreme Court, and he engaged
the counsel of Stone & Ferguson,
whose reputation by many was con-
sidered to equal that of Morley &
Stevens.
The claimant case was one of the
first presented. 1t was to be tried by
jury, and the chief justice and four
associate judges were all in the court
room when the case was called. The
principals sat with their counsel. Mrs.
Hamilton and her uncle together in
the audience.
Mr.. Morley opened the case for the
plaintiff in something like the follow
ing words;
1T is my purpose to narrate as
briefly as possible the main facts
upon which the plaintiff relies in sup
port of his claim to the estate fraudu-
lently withheld from him by his
brother, Victor Hamilton. To you,
gentlemen of the jury, has devolved
the task of re-establishment, of re-
turning to the enjoyments OF his
home and the honors of his position,
my unhappy client.
You all know the plaintiff as well
as | do. 1t was this man who lived
among you more than a dozen years,
and all that time held a responsible
place in the community
Mr. Morley then preached the sub
ject Of the plaintiffs mysterious year
ly absence as the result of his prom
Use to dying mother to seek for his
twin brother supposed by all but her
to have died soon after he was stolen
''The child was snatched from his
cradle by unknown hands, hidden
away where no search could find him
Two years of anxious seeking, and
the poor mother nearly frantic all
this time Then an anonymous let
tey was received. stating that the
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23

child had died a month after it was
stolen. AS time wore on and no trace
of the child could be found, all but
I the mother gave up. Meanwhile, Mr..
| hamilton, the father lost the greater
part of his property. and after time,
as | have said, the search for the
child was given up as unavai!ing. And
the mother at last acquiesced. But
| on her deathbed she solemnly charg-
ed her son to seek for his brother
Take two weeks of every year, she
said; you will then have fifty left
for yourself He promised. She
gave him a ring with the words in
trust engraved inside. Many people
have seen the ring. 1t is now worn
| by the defendant whom we claim is
Victor Hamilton If so, the ring be-
longs to him.
Now for the proof of the plaintiffs
statement in the deposition of the
nurse, Hannah Sargent. who confess
ed that it was she who wrote the
anonymous letter saying that the
child had died soon after being
stolen, for the purpose of easing the
mind of her former mistress, whom
she had often heard say that she
should feel better to know her son
WIS dead than living in the midst Of
evil associates.
After his mothers death, vane
Hamilton, the plaintiff, set out on his
sacred quest. 1t was in the month of
May, the time set by his dying moth
err. Seven periods of search followed
the plaintiff in the last two getting
upon the track of his long-lost broth
err. He was led into strange places
and haunts if not OF crime, of bad
came convinced that his brother was
no other than Ashley, the notorious
bank defaulter, at this time fugitive
from justice. He also learned that
this man had a wife named Lenora,
or Nora. Thus far his knowledge ad-
vanced up to the period of his seventh
Journey. Mrs Hamilton would :ssti-
fly that her husband was greatly dis
| turbed in his mind previous to going
away; so much so that she tried to
detain him. He was very thin; his
weight was twenty pounds less than
usual; he had little appetite, and was
exceedingly nervous.
THE result of all this overwork
and mental disturbance was soon to
manifest itself But first he was met
and accosted by a young and hand
B6x house to speak to him. She had
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
KIDNAPPED BOY FOUND.
Lltsis Frederick Muth Stolen for Ran
som and Recovered.

Philadelphia.-Little Frederick Muth.
who was kidnapped from school on
Tuesday last, was recovered from
his captor in sensational man
ner Monday afternoon. For several
days the identity of the kidnapper
has been known to the police, but
despite the efforts of 400 men who
have been working on the case, be
was not located until Monday.
Accompanied by one of his men,
Chief of Detectives Donaghy went to
426 North Sixty-second street in West
Philadelphia and there found John Jo-
seph Kean with his captive. kean at
tempted to escape and was shot at by
the detectives.
The bullets missed their aim, but
Kean surrendered and was taken to
police headquarters. The kidnapper,
who is forty-two years old, is de-
scribed as a former stock broker, who
had recently been a real estate agent.
He has a wife and three children, and
it is believed that his desperate tinan-
cial situation drove him to his crime.
In communications to the father of
the child he demanded $4,000 for its
return, and in letter written on Fri
day declared he would kill the child
and himself if the money was not
forthcoming. Kean's terms were &C
coded to in a personal inserted in
all of Saturdays papers. In subse-
quent letter Kean proposed new terms
and these were likewise accepted and
another personal" was inserted in
Sundays newspapers.
Meanwhile misleading stories have
been given to the public by the police
in order to serve their purpose.
The boy, who is only seven years
old. was apparently unframed except
that he bore evidence of suffering
from hunger and exposure.
When the kidnapper and his victim
were brought before Superintendent
of Police Taylor the boy still had in
his hand the school books he had
when he was enticed from school by
decoy note purporting to be from
his mother.
The house in which they were found
is an unoccupied dwelling on the out
skirts of the city.
The capture was primarily due to
the publication in Sundays newspa-
pers that the police had abandoned
their search for the kidnapped boy.
This threw kean off his guard and he
ventured outside the house. Detective
Blair, who was watching the house.
pounced on him and succeeded in fore
ing a confession from him. When the
boy was found in the house he was
very dirty, not having been washed
since last Tuesday. He said he had
been kept constantly in the house, had
been given bread and milk to eat and
was not miStreated.
kean was locked up and the boy
was taken to the home of his parents.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
Good of Fairgrounds.

Fairgrounds are necessary in every
community for young and old. A few
weeks ago the National Playground as
scclation was formed. Its chief movers
were not those primarily interested in
sport. but educators and sociologists.
In an address to the delegates, Presi-
cent Roosevelt said: Il owe my first
interest in the playground question to
Jacob Riis, when he spoke of the poor
children who were not allowed to play
in the streets, but had to play in the
streets because they had no other place
to play" Every town, even the small
one, where the child and the young
man are free from the terrible contine-
ments of the city, knows that it is
wise TO provide a generous playground.
Play is a right of youth. Just as sure
as there is no appointed adequate field
for games and romping, so sure are
forbidden lawns 20 show wear, and
the windows in the barn to show
broken lights of glass.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
Norway's Democratic King.

Christiania. - King Haakon and
Queen Maud journeyed Monday from
Mode to Christiansand and were re-
ceived everywhere, with enthusiasm.
Their greeting at Christi Sand was
particularly warm. The municipality
of that city extended a formal welcome
to the sovereigns, presenting the
King with an address and begging him
to be their city's guest at a banquet
at which the health of the new mon
arch was enthusiastically pledged.
Crowds thronged the streets and
cheered the King and Queen whenever
they appeared. During the Kings
speech at Mode, in acknowledging the
welcome extended to him, he said:
81 thank you in behalf of myself and
wife"
The fact that the King used the
word wife instead of queen" has at
tracted considerable attention. The
King is greatly pleased with the DEM
ocratic spirit of Norway.
His tour has been marked by in
formally, resulting in marked in
crease in the popularity Of the sov-
ereign.
An interesting feature Of the day was
the arrival Of the Norwegian delegates
from America to King Haakon's coro-
nation.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23

curious colored hair more green than
anything else, and by this the plain
tiff recognized her as Lenora, his
brothers wife. who was described by
the papers to have such hair. So
when she spoke to him as il she
knew him, he at once concluded that
she took him for his brother, her hus-
band. You here!' she said. The
plaintiff assured her that he did not
know her, when she said, oh, | for
got This woman was registered as
Mrs. Anderson, Newark, N. j.; but
the name was no doubt assumed, for
she let out TO table girl named Mary
O'Neil that her name was LenOra.
All this makes it evident that
! Lenora expected to meet her husband,
but rot in Grovedale, for she was
surprised when she thought she saw
him coming, This argues a strong re-
semblance on the part of the twin
brothers, and which we know existed.
| When Mr. Hamilton recognized her,
as he did by her emerald hair. he
| asked her if he might talk with her,
and mentioned that he was intending
to take the next train for Portland.
/ The woman appeared puzzled, but
replied readily enough that she would
talk with him on the train.
What does this prove but that she
still supposed he was her husband,
and that from prudent motives he did
not wish her to recognize him on
the street? l shall prove to you that
her husband, Victor Hamilton, other
wise Ashley. was a fugitive from JUS
tice, and his wifes caution was need
full not to bring detection upon her
husband. whom Unexpectedly she sup
posed she had met in Grovedale when
she thought he was safe in Canada
In her first excitement she forgot her
caution but from that time was pru-
dent In proof of this wrong conclu-
sion regarding the identity of her hus-
band she took the train south instead
of the one north. Why did She do
this? Simply to travel with her hus
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
Record-Breaking Balloon Voyage.

New York.-After a night of fight
above the clouds in a balloon, some of
the time with their clothes frozen stiff
and at other times in the midst of a
terrific electric storm, DR.. Julian p.
Thomas OF this city, and Charles
Levee, a French aeronaut, returned
safely Monday night, confident that in
several ways they. have broken all aer-
onautic records in America. They left
New York in DR.. Thomas big balloon,
the Nirvana, at 6 O'Clock Sunday night,
ard for fourteen and one-nalf hours
We're buffeted about over New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, landing
on the farm of C. l.. Miller, in the
township of Butternut, Otsego county,
New York. The distance covered by
the balloon is practically $50 miles and
at times an altitude of 5000 feet was
attained.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
Tobacco Trust Indictments.

New York.-The federal grand jury
Monday handed down an indictment
charging the McAndrews and Forbes
company, the John s. Young company
of Baltimore and the presidents of the
two corporations, E. Karl Jungbluth
and Howard A. Young, with violation
of the Sherman antitrust law. Com
plants which led to the investigation
were made to the government by indie
pendent tobacco manufacturers that
the NcAndrews and Forbes company
and the John S. Young company had
entered into an illegal combination to
control in this country the sale of
licorice paste. Without this COM
modify the Independent plug tobacco
manufacturers were unable to continue
business.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
HOUSE PASSES BEEF BILL.
Substitute for 8everidge Amendment
Is Adopted.

Washington.-With practical unan
unity the House Tuesday adopted tho
substitute amendment for The Bever.
idge amendment to the agricultural APP
preparation bill relating to the meat in
spection, the Objectionable feature OF
former amendments being eliminated
and the amendment perfected to meet
the wishes of the President An effort
was made to extend the time of debate,
but Mr.. Wadsworth chairman of the
committee on agriculture, desiring to
get the bill into conference as soon as
possible, objected. After the adoption
of the amendment the bill was sent to
conference, the conferees being Mr..
Wadsworth, Mr.. Scott of Kansas and
Mr.. Lamb of Virginia.
When the bill was returned to the
Senate, Senator Proctor, chairman OF
the committee on agriculture, asked
that the meat inspection amendment
be printed and that the bill lie on the
table.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
THE GLENWOOD POST
A. J. Dickson, Editor and Prop.
GLENwooD SPRINGS, COLORADO.
Sizeable Legal Fees.

One million dollars for fee! Tia
sounds like a big amount, and yet an
assertion was made shortly after the
supreme court made its decision which
compelled the general government to
pay 100000 for the removal of the
Cherokee Indians to Indian Territory
that one-fourth of that amount was to
be paid as fee. 1t would not be
strange, remarks the Washington Star,
If the report was correct When we
remember the large fees that have
been paid in Indian cases there is a
natural inference that nothing is i'm
possible in the way of fees when claims
against the government are involved.
Contracts have been made in Indian
cases which meant that when the laws
were enacted and the money paid that
enormous fees were to be given the
attorneys. The case of the Methodist
church south is too vivid in the minds
of men in Washington not to be re-
called when other big fees are dis
cussed. Here was case where more
than one-third of the whole amount col
lecteG was paid to the attorney, the fee
being more than 100000 There have
been cases known where fees of $780,
00c and perhaps larger in Indian
claims cases were paid Nowhere has
the shrewd attorney Jared SO well as
in the Indian claims. Sometimes there
has been legislation seeking to protect
the Indians and providing that no
more than ten per cent. of the claim
shall be paid to the attorney. But
long before the legislation passed con.
tracts were made which gave the at.
torEeys these enormous fees.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
Bunker Hill Celebration.

acknowledgements by the roar
of guns, the swapping of tirecrackers
and the ringing of bells, the celebra-
ton Monday of the 131st anniversary
of the battle of Bunker Hill, always
a local holiday. began at midnight. At
that hour Mayor Fitzgerald lighted an
immense bonfire on the Charlestown
playground. At O'Clock city officials
and invited guests sailed down Boston
harbor to meet the king of the carni-
val and escort him to his landing
place at the navy yard. The parade,
under the auspices of the Seventeenth
of June Carnival Association, and con-
sisting principally of allegorical floats,
followed. An electrical parade this
evening wound up the days events.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23

band, as she supposed him to be, and
learn his plans.
My client remembers vaguely that
he saw her on the train and talked
with her, but recollects nothing that
was said, for it was at this time that
his mind became eclipsed What fol-
lowed. The woman, doubtless con
WINGED of her mistake, left the train
at Mechanic Falls and went north to
join her husband at Coaticoke Mr.
Hamilton went on his way to Port.
land. Conductor Libby testifies that
he saw him at the Portland depot, but
after that lost sight of him
Now comes in the testimony of a
commercial traveller. named George
Barnstead. His testimony is of so
astounding a nature that it needs to
be well authenticated and youched
for, as it is in this instance. Mr..
Barnstead is of an active. alert ma
ture, and little goes on under his
gaze without notice.
And this was what he observed at
Portland depot, where he loitereG for
some time, expecting to meet an
other runner named Hurd. He saw a
man-whom he has since recognized
as Nane Hamilton, the plaintiff, by
his photograph-stan irresomtely
by himself. travelling bag In hand and
dressed as Mr.. Hamilton was dressed
when he left Grovedale. He stood
there in the same attitude for at least
two minutes. He appeared to be
troubled in his mind, Mr. Barnstead
thought. At the expiration of the two
minutes, more or less. another man
entered and looked at Mr.. Hamilton
as if deeply astonished, literally as
if he could not keep his eyes off. He
was a man of about Mr.. Hamilton's
height, with long, dark whislers and
dark hair. In some respects he re-
sembled Mr.. Hamilton, particularly
about the eyes. He looked at him
so intently, walking away and then
returning as if about to accost him.
that he was observed at last by the
subject of his scrutiny. who, to Mr.
Barnstead's surprise, walked up close
to the man and said:
"'Y'ou appear to know me. Who
am ~
"The man was evidently taken
aback by this strange query. He hest
tated only for a moment. however re.
plying:
You are Henry Ashley
"'AIe you sure?' asked Mr.. Hamil
ten, anxiously.
Perfectly said tho man. I know
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23
HIGH BUT UNFULFlLLED HOPES
Ambitious Boy Came Back to Home
With at Least Hat.

Prof G. A. Hill, of the United
States Naval Observatory, said, before
sailing to study the suns eclipse:
Il have high hopes of this eXpedi-
ton, but cloud may ruin all. | de-
sire to come back overloaded with
priceless solar photographs, but ev-
erything depends on chance, and per-
haps | will return as empty-handed as
| go away.
High hopes, great eXpectations-in
the end. nothing. In this aspect
eclipse expeditions are like the expe-
ditio1s of young men from the coun-
try, who give up the pillow and haste
cityward, expecting in a little while to
become bank presidents, captains of
industry, and millionaires.
Alas. hopes high enough accom-
pany the expeditions of these youths.
The boy departs bravely. His honest
father and mother while away the
long and lonely evenings on the farm
with dreams of his future success.
They recount to one another his In
Vulnerable virtues. Such virtues, they
say, must inevitably lead him to the
governors chair, to a senatorial toga,
to a mayoralty, and so on.
High hopes, great expectations-in
the end, nothing.
"A farm boy from Elizabeth, my ma
tive town, went to New York to seek
his fortune. For six months not a
word was heard from him. Then, one
winter afternoon his father got this
note
{" Dear Pa: Meet me under the old
bridge tomorrow light after dark
Bring with you a blanket or suit OF
clothes, l have n hat
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23

Rev William Pierson. local exhort-
err who ran a Gospel wagon for many
years, was stricken with apopleXy in
Washington the ether night while in
hiu wagon just as he was giving out
a hymn. He fell to the floor of the
wagon, was taken to a hospital and
died. A reporter asked Mr.. Pier
sons assistant what hymn the ex-
horter was giving out when he was
stricken. Il don't just remember the
title of the hymn, said the assistant,
bit it was No. 30"
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23

The large instrument used by the
ice man for carrying the chunks is
saiG to be entirely too large this sea-
son. He is thinking Of using bon
bon tongs.
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23

In the course of the conversation on
psychological matters the talk rested
On that ancient theme, the solitude of
the soul. Some one asked the girl who
was to graduate in June if she liked
being alone. THAT depends" she an
fwerod, sweetly, ION whom am alone
with"
The Glenwood post., 1906-06-23

The excessive pleasures we feel in
talking of ourselves should make us
apprehensive that we afford little to
our rs.-Rochefoucaud.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-04
CRAzeD BY DRINK.
John Aubrey Creates a Sensation
About Prospect Heights.

Last evening at $3.50 o'clock Chief
Donahue and Officer Riley were called
upon to search for crazy man OH Pros
pect heights. The man proved to be
John Aubrey, who lives in the country
and was before the court the other day.
He startled the residents of that section
of the city by running hatless up the
hill, as though pursued, and refused to
answer those who spoke to him. The
officers procured carriage and tried to
drive up Prospect avenue, but found
that washed out and impossible. They
then went around by Lewis street, and
there got their horses mired and both
of them down. 1t took some time and
much work to get them up and out.
Finally they got to the top of the hill
and found Aubrey smoking quietly in
a brick house that he had entered un-
tremendously, although he was a
stranger to the residents. He was taken
to the city hall and held until ii p. m,
when he was sent home He seemed to
have been crazed by drink. He told one
person that he had been in fight, but
he did not show signs of it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-04
PROF. HANCOCK APPLICANT
Seeks the Appointment as President
of Stevens Point Normal.

Madison, May 1T was stated today
that Prof V. Z. McCaskill of the Super
ior normal, at one time institute conduc-
tor of the Stevens Point normal and
who was considered by some as the
strongest man in the state for this po-
sition because of his popularity in
Stevens Point, has refused to allow his
name to be mentioned in connection with
the appointemnt as president of the
Stevens Point normal.
There are several applications from
men outside the state, and among these
are Prof John A. Keith of De Kalb nor.
mall Prof j. A. Hancock of MankatO,
DR.. Alley of the University of Indiana,
President Crabtree of the state normal
of Nebraska and Dir. Young of the Uni.
versity of South Dakota. The outside
man who has the most Endorsements is
Prof. Charles S. Koehler of Winona.