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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11
REPAIRING BRAIN
a Certain Way by Food.

Every minister, lawyer, journalist,
physician, author or business man Is
forced under pressure OF modern can.
ditions to the active and sometime.
oyeractlve use OF the brain.
Analysis of the exCreta thrown ont
by the pores shows that brain work
breaks down the phosphate OF potash,
separating 1t from its heavier compan-
ion, albumen, and plain common sense
teaches that this e'emcntal principle
must be introduced into the body anew
each day, II we would replace the loss
and rebuild the brain tissue.
We know that the phosphate OF
potash, as presented In certain field
grains, has an affinity for albumen and
that is the only way gray matter in the
brain can be built. 1t will not answer
to take the crude phosphate of potash
IF the drug shop, for nature rejects 1t.
The elemental mineral must be pre-
scented through food directly from ma
lures laboratory.
These facts have been made use Of
in the manufacture of Grape Nuts, and
any brain worker can prove the value
of the proper selection Of food by MAX
ing free use of Grape Nuts for ten days
or two weeks. Sold by grocers every.
where tund In immense quantities).
Manufactured by the Postum Co.. Bat
ue Greek, Mich.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11
THE WHITE PAINT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.

The White House at Washington,
which has been the kings Palace
OF the American People since 1t was
first occupied by President Madison
In 1909. has recently undergone a
thorough course of remodelling. reno.
walton and repair. Every American
citizen Is owner of an undivided
eighty or olghty-five millionth part OF
the White House, as well as of the
other Public Buildings and Monuments
In the Capitol City. An item In the
renovation of the remodelled White
House was repalnting. Every visitor
to Washington knows why the White
House is so called--because 1t is lit
orally white house. The exterior
paint must therefore be white Now
while the pure white surfaces and sim.
pie lines of the White House, set In
the midst of green lawns and beauti.
full trees, produce a very satisfying
effect OF digniiled simplicity. white
paint from a practical point Of view,
Is about the most unsatisfactory kind
of paint that could have been selected
by the original designers. First. be.
cause any white paint is easily dis.
colorod by smoke and dust, and sec.
ond. because ordinary white paint
itself gradually turns gray or brown,
ish yellow from exposure.
But white the White House is and
white It must remain or 1t would no
longer be the white House. SO the
renovators, making the best OF dis.
couragIng situation, sought for the
best KIM or white paint procurabe.
The average citizen If asked to guest
what kind Of paint they finally decid.
ed on would probably answer-"white
lead and OIL" but he would guess
wrongly The paint selected as the
best obtainable was ready mixed
paint, such as can be bought In any
well furnished village store, such as
is used by more than half of the
eighty or eighty.five million owners
of the White House on their own
homes. That one brand OF mixed
paint was used instead of another Is
a mere accidental detall-~there are
fifty or a hundred brands on the
market that might have been selected
in other circumstances, and In fact
A different brand was used In paint.
Ing the Capitol.
Every property owner therefore,
who paints his house with high
grade rcadymixed paint is following
the example set by the Government
Authorities at Washington. who used
rcady.mixcd paint, because they could
find nothing else as good
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11
Macedonian Refugees in Minneapolis
Slaughtered in Hovei They
Called Home.
ROBBERY CLEARLY NOT MOTIVE FOR CRIME
Fact That Currency and Valuables We're
Found with Bodies Proves This-Inter-
national Politics at Bottom. Is Theory
of Police Officials.

Minneapolis the old saying
that murder will out" bids fair to be
disproyed.
In the heart of Minneapolis, busy
city of the great Northwest, six ap-
parently inoffensive men have been
cruelty put to death, and ali the efforts
of men bred to the unraveling of
CHASTITY mysteries have been unavail'
ing. either to find the murderers or to
discover a motive for the crime.
The slayers have disappeared as com.
pletely as IT, indeed, they wore the
tabled invisible cloaks.
Love
Revenge
At the bidding Of secret order
Because the Turkish government
wanted them out of the way.
These are the various theories
formed by the police. And at theories
they stop
All that is positively known is that
six men, marked for murder, lie in
their graves In Minneapols--al six
killed by orders of some one while
they slept.
Motives Apparently Absent.
Everything SENS to point to poll.
ties. II was not money, because the
mems money and other valuablcs were
all found intact. 1t was not revenge,
because they knew no one in Mime.
apolis. 1t was not love, because they
No i
sweethearts in this country.
There is but one explanatlon-they
were put out Of the way by order Of
some. high political power on the other
side of the water. This Is what the
police believe. What were the intrl.
cacles abroad no one dares surmise.
And dead men tell no tales.
The six were found lying quite dead
In a ramshackle old wooden house, No.
245 South Tenth avenue, Minneapolis.
So little known were they whereabouts
that the police had hard time in find
Ing out the names of the six. Finally
IL was found that two were father and
son. Ncolo and Kirle Demetrl and
that the other foud were Kerstan
Yovke, Krivie Metie. Nukola Jaless
and Andri Jaless.
Bodies Not All Together.
The knives, the blood.stained
Ratchet, the splashes of blood every
where, the disorder. the signs of a
struggle, told the story as plainly as
words could tell It. Four OF the bodies
lay about the front room on the second
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

Turkey, Greece, Italy and the Balkan
States. Their money, their foreign
coins Of gold, several checks and
money orders were all found intact.
They had not been pursued TO be
robbed.
What was It. then?
There had been no drinking bout.
Neither wine nor spirits. or empty
bottles or glasses were found. There
was no love affair, apparently, at the
bottom of It, The men knew no wo-
men in this country II may have been
the vendetta, who knows? But every.
thing to-day points to politics
And now comes the story told by the
passports, that seems to point to pOlit'
cal murder. There were two pass
ports found among the belongings Of
the murdered men. One was issued to
young Demetri on January %, 1905.
This was n passport from Macedonia,
issued by the Turkish government IL
bore the seal of the sultan. Half Of
the document was In French. the other
half in Turkish.
It described him as smooth.shlven,
about 23 years of age, medium size a
native of Macedonia and n subject of
His Imperial Majesty the Sultan. The
other passports were old and indie.
chiperable.
Strengthens Theory of Politics.
And this pointed to the politics Of the
case. The Macedonian rebellion took
place about two years ago. The police
at once accepted this theory and went
to work on It, But the murderers had
covered their tracks too well.
This much the police believe;
That the victims were leaders Of the
rebellion and fled to this country and
that their murderers were agents Of
the Turkish government. The idea is
that they fed here, well knowing they
would be followed, but hoping to escape
into the far Northwest. where perhaps
they might be safe. They went West
cape pursuit.
But those whose appointed task was
to kill were cleverer than they and
were always close behind. Though the
chase led half way around the world.
the Turkish agents found their quarry
In an obscure corner of Minneapolis
and then went deliberately about the
Job of killing. They bided their time.
When all six were rounded up together
and asleep, and when all was quiet
and deserted without, they stole inside
and upstairs to finish the job for which
they had come so far.
The dead men were not caught en-
tirely by surprise. There are plenty of
signs that they struggled desperately
against overwhelming odds All the
furniture was upset, showing that
there was a struggle before the men
who had been aroused from their sleep
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

little roms on the upper floor. They
never drank liquor and were appar-
emily of the most peaceable disposition.
They went out regularly every day
and returned with equal promptitude
in the evening.
Even the people who lived below
heard nothing on the night Of the muir.
der. 1t was only guessed at because
the men didn't appear on the second
morning after the murder Some one
notified the landlord and he summoned
the police. They broke in
Peter Stuyanoff knew the dead men
He was arrested as a suspect at first,
but there was nothing to prove against
him. In fact. he gave the police all the
little they do know. He said the men
never had n quarrel in their lives and
never carried weapons. He said they
were all men who had come over here
to make their fortunes, and had no
thought of anything else but of max.
ing money and OF sending for their
loved ones on the other side OF the
world.
Pathetic Sight at Morgue.
It was a pitiful sight at the morgue
when poor Stuyanoff went there to
identify his dead friends, The sight
Of the gaping wounds moved him to
tears. He knelt before each body and
made the sign Of the cross as he
breathcd a prayer.
Then he arose to his feet and kissed
each dead man on the brow. When he
finally came to the body Of his cousin,
young Yovke, he was completely over
come Great tears rolled down his
swarthy cheeks; his big red handker.
chief was soon soaked with them. He
took the head of the murdered boy In
his arms and kissed the still face
again and again, Then he left the
room shaking with grief.
"They would not hurt a fly; would
not hurt fly" he moaned over and
over.
Fought Hnrd for Life.
When the house OF slaughter was
searched lamp was found burning in
the rear room upstair. A light had
been seen there the night before. 1t
looked, however as II the bodies found
in the cellar had ben dead longer than
the others. This only added to the
mystery.
Both bodies were terribly hewed and
hacked. In all, the six bodies between
them bore more than 100 wounds, al.
most any one OF them sufficient to kill
any abe-bodled man. There were great
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11
FREAKS OF FORTUNE.

Ulysses Grant would not have been
n military man had II not been that
his rival for West Point cadetship
had been found TO have six toes on
each foot instead of five.
Oliver Cromwell was once on board
a ship bouEd for America, but he was
taken back by constable and the re.
suit was that he became one of the
greatest men England ever knew.
Abraham Lincoln. after being a
member of congress, desired to secure
a clerkship in Washington, but he was
defeated by Justin Butter1eld. He
was disappointed, but had he not
been defeated he would have spent
his life in obscurity instead of becom-
ing president Of the United States.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

Robbery" said the police, as a first
guess, but that was knocked in the
head when a money belt was found In
plain sight, containing $500, besides
many other articles of value.
Finally the knives were traced by
trade marks upon them, Thomas Will
son, clerk OF the Kelley Hardware
Company, in Duluth identified them
as having been bought at tho store
by a party Of six foreigners a week
before the murder. That these were
the six murderers. one for each of the
intended victims. there can now be no
doubt
Plainly the dead six had been
marked for vengeance.
Their trail has been followed from
far across the seas TO the hidden fast
ness of the far Northwest by men who
evidently had sworn to kill. They had
traced their quarry to Albion, MINI.
tiny town. and from thence to Du-
luth. When the six came to Mime
apols they were hunted still.
Had Fled Far to Find Safety.
Adding TO the mystery, the vest
ments of some order, religious or Sc
cret, we're found in the house. What
had these to do with the strange
deaths? But most remarkable Of all
was the plain proof that the six had
fled halfway around the world to es.
cape their mysterious pursuers.
Passports proved this without doubt
The papers bore the earmarks OF
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

made their preliminary inquiries, the
bodies were buried together A Mime.
apols medical college attempted to get
them for dissection, by right OF law
allowing them the bodies of all paup-
ers without lSith or kin, but when the
$500 was shown the college had to give
in.
The police have worked hard, but
nothing turned up. They have been
to Chicago and to Duluth, where there
are other Macedonlans, but not single
clew has come to anything.
And now, who killed the slx?"
seems to bid fair to so down into his.
tory as one of the greatest murder
mysteries OF the century.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

to go TO their death had not given in
without whimper. Every body bore
wounds enough to kill dozen men.
Imagine 1t, then--the semi.darkness.
lighted dimly by enc feeble kerosene
lamp at the window, the silent en-
trance of the murderers into the
gloom; the sudden awakening OF some
one OF the doomed When his wound did
not kill him at the first blow: his cries
to the others. their sudden awakening,
too; the clash OF the steel, the cries of
the unarmed victims as they vainly
tried to fight off the the knives the
graphing. wrestling, biting, scratching
of men fighting weapons with only
their hands; the thrust ut head and
heart; the death rattle of one after
another until there was none left to
die
Then the dragging OF two OF the
bodies to the mouth of the black pit
that passed for cellar, the dumping
of them down into the hole. and fin
ally the flight into the murky dark
ness OF the dawn.
Evidences Of Conflict.
It was sight to terrlfy when the
police broke in The six we're stone
dead. but there was plenty of evidence
that every one had fought for his life
till, weak from loss OF blood in the un.
equal contest. he had fallen at the feet
Of his enemy 20 receive his coup.
After satisfactory Identification had
been made, and the authorities had
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11
CrnudnI Defeats Dental Bunrd.

jefferson City-Thc application Of the
+. c. Crandall. of ST. Joseph. for writ
of mandamus directed against the state
board Of dental examiners, to compel
1t to issue to him a license to practice
dentistry. made TO the supreme court,
sitting In bare was granted The Ii.
cense and examination we're refused
Crandall by the board of examiners be-
cause he was not a graduate Of rec-
ognizcd dental school though h. had
been practiciLg dentistry for number
Of wears. The validity Of the law I'M
der which the board refused Crandall
the licensr Was attacked.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

metris--lay in dirty, muddy base
ment, where they had been dumped
BY the murderers.
Not thing was found on any Of the
men to give absolute proof Of their
identities. Even the landlord, Fl. Mag
nusson, didn't know their names. All
he cared about was that the men had
paid four months rent In advance
when they came there week before
The men ate, slept and lived in the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11
sheriff roIIs JAN Delivery.

Palmyra Sheriff Bowen frustrated
an attempt on the part OF prisoners TO
break jail, In one Of the lower cells the
floor had been torn mp and a tunnel
dug 10 feet long. the rock and brick
being placed In an empty cell, which
had he,n broken into and covered over
with bedding. The prisoners had =
piece Of iron torn from steam radia-
tor to dig with. and had been at work
for several days.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

st, LouIs-Counterfeit coins bearing
the date of 1899 and 1897, found in the
grave of man who died fifteen years
ago. furnish a puzzle for the secret
service agents. The coins were UNI
earthed near Arden, Douglas county re-
Gently, when the body Of John Keenan,
was disinterred by relatives for re.
moval to California
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

Columh!a-The most largely attended
social function ever given in Columbia
was held at the new gymnasium. Pres.
ident and Mrs. Il. H. Jesse, recently re.
turned from Europe being the guests
Of honor. The entire university, euro
tors, students, professors and officers.
attended the reception; over / 500 peo
pie attending.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

splashes of blood ali over the walls
and floors, and 1t seemed as IL the
dead, aroused from their sleep. had
made desperate fight for life. but In
vain.
Two big bowie knives were found In
the room with the four. Two more lay
In another room. A fifth, In its sheath.
lay In the basement beside the De-
metrls. Then there was the Ratchet
and not another clew.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11
Town orator win. ut warrcn~burs.

Warrensburg John Cheney. OF
Iowa. won the medal as the best orator
in the eleventh annual orato-tcal con.
test held by the interstate Leagues of
state normal schools at the normal
chapel in this city. Thomas Hardin
Douglas, OF Missouri, won securd, and
Elmer Cryilln Thompson, Of llliEoIs.
third place.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

ST. ,Ioseph-Mrs. Serena Lang, aged
&C, WIS thrown down a Hight OF stairs
By Ruth Mayes, ard received injuries
from which she died Mrs. Lang had
taken the Young woman In and be-
friended her.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

Rolla--At a special election, the prop
osition TO issue 81 500 in bonds to build
new ward school. and for levy OF
% cents Of the 500 valuation for one
year to purchase site, failed to carry
not receiving n two-thirds vote.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

Kansas City--MichGel Angelo McG.n-
mis-, former college professor and au.
thor Of standard worl on mathemat-
les, was convicted Of forgery in the
criminal court here and sentenced to
ten years in the penitentIary McGin-
mis- and confederate forged deed TO
a city lot and sold the property for
$500.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

Clayton-Robert II. Clifford. Of Fer
guson. fell on carving knife. His
heart was pierced, and death was in
Simultaneous. No inquest was held.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

jefferson City--State Treasurer
Gmelich's report shows the balance on
hand In the state treasury on Marca a
n have teen 2.T37.31a.S7,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11

Los Angeles-E. c. Markham. Prom
inent In southern Missouri, died here.
His home was In West Plains. Mo. and
he came here for his health.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11
ALL OVER THE STATE.
Rate. tounty's Mia Canal.

Butler-Tho Bates county court let
the contract for the propored drainage
canal in the south part Of this county
and all Of its latorals to Timothy Too
hey e. Co., Of Fort Wayne, Ind, for
$i07. 1864 OF this amount the high
ways and railroads are assessed s2l,-
900, and the land owners benefited are
assessed the remainder. Thousands Of
acres Of land will be benefited as the
Marais doS Cygne river, which flows
clear across the county. Is very crooked
and frequently overiIows. doing great
damage TO the fertile bottom land and
crops. There was much opposition to
the ditch. and petition headed by
John B. Egger, of Appleton City, Mo,
receiver Of the defunGt Salmon & Sai-
mon bank, was presented to Judge
Genton OF the circuit court for an in
junction TO restrain the county court
and engineer from letting the contract
and issuing the bonds Judge Mention
refused to issue the injunction.
Good Roads Meeting Postponed.
ton Of an opinion by the supreme court
invalidatng tEc legislative enactment
which empowered county courts tc
make a levy Of 10 cents on the 500
assessed valuation, the act being de.
clared unconstitutional because It ex
enptcd Kansas City and St Joseph the
county court Of Boone county took
stems looking 20 the securing Of rene.
dial legislation which would not retard
or interrupt road work, The cOuEU
court there sent out a circular letter
to other like courts throughout the
state inviting them to be represented
at a meeting TO be held In Columbia
May s, at which the whole question OF
good reads was to be considered and
discussed This meeting has been post.
poned until May Is. There are assur-
ances that n large number of the courts
will be represented.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
PRICE COURT-MARTIAL ENDS.
The Accused Major Recalled to e xpiain
His Upstate Conduct.

Major David Price of the Coast Artillery
who is being tried for neglect of duty, due
to intoxication. was called to the witness
stand again yesterday by the rita
in the Army Building, although the prose-
oution closed its case on Wednesday.
The Major was asked by Judge Advo-
cate Shanks why he had made no immediate
report of his failure to inspect the State
troops in Syracuse. Albany and Troy. The
Major replied that he thought at the time
that he had missed only one inspection
and could catch up in Troy. He said that
he was not in full possession of his mental
faculties while staying at Syracuse. He
also repeated his statement that he had had
not taken any intoxicating liquors while
in that city.
After considerable questioning the Judge
Advocate asked permission to submit as
evidence the report which Major Price
made to Gen. Mills accounting for his physi-
cal incapa city while in Syracuse, on the
ground that it contra dicted statements
the Major had made before the court.
Lawyer lie Barber objected, but the
court decided that the paper should be
Rad, the text not to be mad public.
In the report the Major said that he had
gone to the Yates Hotel and then had gone
out for a glass of malt. In his testimony
he declared that he had had the malt
before going TO the hotel. In explaining
the discrepancy the Ma ior said that the
statement in the report referred to an in
cident the day after his arrival.
Major B~ridgeman. summed up for the
prosecution, touching incidentally on the
legality of the pledge Of total abstinence
which the Major is alleged to have broken.
Mr.. lie Barber replied for the defence.
sent to Gen. Grant as soon as they can be
prepared.