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The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-07-14

could for the sufferer. Mr.. Marks is a
respectable man who was known to
the Hamilton family in early life, and
as an old acquaintance was kindly re-
ceived by my client. He has followed
the calling of book agent, and fingered
a few days in Grovedale till consign-
ment from the publishers should ar
rive"
Mr. Ferguson spoke with earnest
ness and eloquence well sustaining
his reputation. The counter-charge of
murder against the plaintiff created no
little excitement among those who
now heard it for the first time.
Mrs. Hamilton's letter signed Gala
Lily was produced in court and sworn
to as genuine. Even she did not deny
it. but said it was one she wrote to her
husband at least year ago, and she
preferred to believe 1t additional proof
that the claimant really was her hus
band.
Her declaration was evidently so
sincere that many gave it instant be
lief They felt convinced that in some
way the letter had come into the pos
session of Edes, perhaps with the key
and notes. This was the one which
Mrs. Fry found in the lining of his
coat, and which she sent TO Mr.. Swan
and by him was transmitted to Mr..
Bruce Two witnesses from the neigh
borhood where Mrs. Ashley resided
testified to the manner of her death,
and the curious report was read in
court. The letter written by her hus-
band they stated could not be found,
but one witness, woman, Mrs. Mann,
testified to having seen and read it
that Mrs. Ashley showed it to her, and
the ring. on the day of its receipt.
At the close of the testimony for the
respondent it seemed a clear case in
his favor, and, as the public judged, it
must so appear to the jury. Still, the
interest did not subsde, and on the
morning of the seventh day of the
trial the court house was thronged to
hear the closing arguments by the
counsel.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-07-14
THE MISSING MAN
BY MARY p. HATCH
Author of The bank Tragedy"
by Lees shepard


a' the 'ihe wien ne returneu' anu she
hau NJ othef reason ioi ner uehiai eA
cept the absurd one Oh lndlVldual
ouoi, something "hlch never before
hau peeh proached IN any court OF JUS
'ice' ohe naa laihteu "heh she hrst
sd" MIN "hlch lact spoke OF instant
Iecoshi'ioh' put CANNED 10 nave lmme
ui"'eis di'ei wal US uoup'eu MIN ny 'he
apsehce Vi me ihul'iuuai ouor.
Inc lutlil'S Oh such reasoning as
this must De apparent TO every one
VINO hearu IT, matter ol preath OF
uleI! IL was not worthy Oh the least
Consideration. but other matters
were AT me momeht Oh ms return
MIS- f'a"l'oh was tdihlhs win MT.
Alleh ABOUT 'he monument "hlch was
just competed 10 De erected 10 the
memory oi ner huSpailu' She was
dressed IN piack' out she was far
from oelhs unhappy LOT Sne had other
hopes III her heart regarding the I'M
known frlhAus hdes' VINO IN some
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-07-14
TAFT TALKS POLITICS.
Opens Congressional Campaign in
South Carolina

Greensboro, n. C-Secretaiy of Wa
Taft Monday night. before meeting
Of North Carolina Republicans on the
eve of their state convention, delivered
n speech that was generally regarded
as the opening one of the congressional
campaign of 1906.
He sharply arraigned southern state
legislatures for depriving the negro
of the ballot by laws which We're
framed to cover both RACES, but were
enforced only against the black, add
ing that if these laws wre enforced
regardless of color, nobod would com
plain of or be injured by hem.
He cited the political revolution in
Maryland and West Virinia to show
that changed industni conditions
were fast working out tn regeneration
of the South.
The speech also deal with current
political questions, opeing with ad-
vice to the rank and n, of the party
In North Carolina, and he South par
ticularly, and referred the achieve
ments OF the party inthe session OF
Congress just closed.
The opera house US packed to
overlooking by thror eager to hear
the secretary Of war nd hundreds of
persons were turned way because OF
the limited size of tn hall.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-07-14
Diplomatic Small Bow.

To illustrate point of statecraft
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, the
English statesman, has been telling
his constituents story of a small
boy who went to his mamma and ask.
ed her to lend him pencil. But"
said the mother, Il left pen and ink
for you to do your lessons with on the
nursery table. Why don't you use
that instead Of pencil?" Clarence
hesitated for moment. Don't YOU
think, mamma" he said at length,
that the Times is a very useful pa.
PERI" "Of course, | do" answered
mamma; but what We'll. Won
see." the little lad explained. 81 want
a pencil to write to the editor and ask
him what1l take ink stains out of q
carDc&"
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has been adduced to give some idea OF
There was no doubt 1t had been well
considered. and it evidently bore upon
its face the individual belief of the
lawyer. At its close friends gathered
around him, and both he and Mr.. Ham
ilton were warmly congratulated, for
court had adjourned, it being near
noon.
The claimant Edes Games in for a
good share of the popular attention
during the plea, for he seemed instinct
with determination and defiance.
When allusion was made to Mrs. Ham
ilton he was seen to clench his hand
and start wrathfully in his seat, and
he leaned forward to say to his conn-
sci. Mr.. Stevens. that he was glad she
was not present.
Mr.. Stevens was not glad. He felt
had she been in court Mr.. Stones
speech must have lost some of its ac-
rimony, and that her calm, ladylike
demeanor would have presented
speaking contrast to his words. How
ever. the opportunity had passed, and
the counsel for the prosecution trem-
bled for the result.
Mr.. Stevens began his argument at
about two O'Clock, and he rejoiced
when he saw Mrs. Hamilton enter the
court room, for her presence nerved
him to greater effort and belief in the
Justice of the cause he advocated.
He spoke of the able and exhaustive
Of of q
manner in which the evidence had
been presented to make it show to
the best advantage. No men know
better, how to conceal weak points
than they" but in this case they had
overdone the matter.
When the two men met at Portland
depot-as they most assuredly did
meet on the Friday in questionable
respondent had ample opportunity to
see for himself the condition of the
true claimants mind at that time. 1t
was perfectly evident that he had for
gotten his own name; and when after
the supposed death of his victim he
came here to take the place of his
brother, to fraudulenuy take possess
sion, what course would look so plaus-
ible as to pretend he had lost his MEM
DRY. as ne knew the other to have
done. This would account for the
long absence, the probable manner OF
Hamilton on his way to Portland, and
and inconvenient lack of kowledge re-
garding people and events which
would of necessity recur to him. He
could lay it to lapses of memory, as
he had done more than once.
The respondent, who was in reality
Ashley himself, was a man of great
resources. of great fertility. He came
to Grovedale to step into his twin
brothers possessions. after the sup
posed death of the true Nane Hamil-
ton; and he laid claim to the latter's
manner. peculiarities, and so forth,
much of which was natural to him.
The great resemblance was true and
mdoubted. but probably no greater
than is often observed between twins
of both sexes.
(To be continued.)
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-07-14

Washington.-The exclamation ser
vice has issued the flowing bulletin:
Our engineers are jitly proud of the
progress being madon the Gunnison
tunnel in Colorado, Nich is being con
structed by contrac The first mile.
or one-sixth of the unnel, wa, com
pleted November In last. July LIST,
13,767 feet had be- excavated. 1927
feet having been ompleted during
June. Night and day increasingly
drills are breaking heir way through
the granite wall al the worlds rec
ord In tunnel excation has been es-
tablished on this ,rk."
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-07-14
CHAPTER XXI.
The Closing Arguments.

Mr. Stone. whose mind was particu-
larly keen and alert. reviewed in tell
ing manner the evidence which had
been presented for the defense. ut
had been claimed" he said, that the
case was one of identity only: but it
was not so. II was a wife's unfaithful-
ness that was the root of the whole
matter. No one had denied the identi-
y OF Mr. hamilton, except his wife.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-07-14
Pig Iron Statistics.

According to preliminary statistics
which have just been issued by the
bureau of census at Washington the
production of pig iron in the United
States in the calendar year 1904
amounted to 16.263.625 gross tons, val
ned at s22S.911.11 against 14,447,,
79l tons, valued at $206, 512.7 1855, in the
census year ended May 81, 1900. The
wage earners employed in 1904 num-
bered 35.077, who received $1S,934 .5l3
in wages, against 1924 in 1900 who
received $1S.4S4, 400 in wages. The
consumption of iron ore in 1904
amounted to 30,033.S62 tons, valued at
$1OO, 945,369. as compared with 25,-
366.S94 tons in 1900. valued at $685.
902. 1922. OF the iron ore consumed in
1904 29.2O3,994 tons were domestic.
valued at 500, ZOO, 246. and s29,91s tons
were foreign, valued at s4,739.1 1923,
while in 1900 the domestic iron ore
consumed amounted to "a, 81 tons,
valued at 6l.795,473 and the foreign
ore to 1888 tons, valued at $4,107,-
449. The daily capacity of the COM
pleted furnaces in 1904 was 1870
tons, as compared with 54,425 tons in
1900.
AS ascertained by the American
Iron and Steel association the produc-
ton of pig iron in the United States
in 1904 was 6,497 ,O33 gross tons.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-07-14
Killed BIllectriclty.

Trinidad, Col-W While walking
through the tunr in mine at Pri-
nero. Thomas leming, colored
miner, was electcuted Monday after
noon. The mil operates a trolley
system for han.ng coal cars and
Fleming was kid by his pick COM
Ing in contact VII the trolley wire.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-07-14

Lake commerce during April and the
nrst four months of 1906 exceeded that
OF like periods in any earlier year, and
suggests a new record for lake tonnage
in 1906. For the month shipments
from all points on thasa great bodies
of water amounted to 4,365,505 net
tons, while for the year to April 30
they aggregated 5,4lS,4S1 tons, = gain
for the month of 1.275,042 tons, and
for the four months of 1,592.656 tons
If compared with corresponding move
ments in the same period in the year
1905.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03

1t has remained for William A.
Woodbury., Of New York, to discover
that the mosquito has a. commercial
value, and that it should be cultivated
instead of eradicated.
Mr.. Woodbury. is the man who
gained notoriety year ago by Offering
a reward of $1,000 for a married man
that could prove that he was perfectly
contented. The reward was never
paid.
Mr.. Woodbury. has summer home
on Oak Island, just across the water
from Long Beach, L. l.
while l was a sworn enemy at
first" said Mr. Woodbury., Il now
know that mosquitoes were sent here
for some purpose. l have discovered
that mission.
There is nothing in the world that
ducks and chickens thrive on so much
as. they do on flies and mosquitoes.
eve all know that flies and other
insects are attracted by light. Well,
one night l set up net with large
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03
Wounds. Bruises and Burns.

By applying an antiseptic dressing
to wounds, bruises, burns and like in
iuries before inflammation sets in
they may be healed without matura-
ton and in about one-third the time
required by the old treatment. This
is the greatest discovery and triumph
OF modern surgery. Chamberlain 5
Pain Balm acts on this same principle.
It is an antiseptic, and when applied
to such injuries, causes them to heal
very quickly. 1t also allays the pain
and soreness and prevents any danger
of blood poisoning. Keep bottle OF
Pain Balm in your home and it will
save you time and money, not to men
ton the inconvenience and suffering
such injuries entail. For sale by Daw-
son Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03
BOOTY BURIED IN A CACHE
AMONG THE ROCKIES IN COLO
RADIO is $4,000.

Somewhere along the 100 miles OF
railway which connects Cripple Creek
and Florence, Col, is cached a fortune
in golden eagles. Among the rocks
and powders lies hidden $4,000 in
gold, and it is very probable that il
will never be found, unless some lucky
hunter, by chance, discovers the cache
where is hidden the fortune.
In the summer of 1898 the money
was taken from the safe of an ex.
press. car by six masked train rob-
bers. All of the robbers are now dead
and there is nothing to mark the hid
ing place of their ill-gotteh wealth.
The last of the robbers was a man by
the name of Marks On The day which
he set to unearth the treasure he died
at his Office in Cripple Creek from
pneumonia Marks and one other rob-
Der were the only men who knew the
hiding place of the money
They carried it in canvas bags into
the hills along the railroad tracks near
the scene of the hold-up, and buried it
under the rocks while their four con-
federates held the trainmen and eX-
press messengers at bay with their
rifles.
The robbers planned to allow the
money to remain hidden for several
years, so that there could be no
chance of their being discovered IL
passing it. After the hold-up, the six
men separated, going in different di'
rections to various parts of the coun-
try. Marks and the man who had as
sisted him in burying the gold re-
NAMED in Cripple Creek together.
Each feared the other and they watch
ed each other like hawks to guard
against any attempt to obtain the
money. After two years had elapsed
Marks had become a real estate man
and a lawyer. The other man had
died a year after the hold-up.
The story of the hidden treasure is
told by Mayor F. L. Baldwin, OF
Youngstown, O., who obtained it from
2 half-breed Indian named Clark, while
he was in Cripple Creek in 1897. No
living person knew what had become
of the stolen $4,000 at the time Mayor
Baldwin obtained the story but Clark.
The robbers had selected the year
of 1897 to unearth the money, and di-
vide it. They were all to meet IN
Cripple Creek on May %, when Marks
and the other man who knew the hid
ing place were to get the gold and
there was to be a division. None OF
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03
MOSQUITOES FINE HEN FODDER,
SAYS GENIUS FROM LONG ISLAND
What Lord Created Them for But Solved Mystery
e Began Feeding Them to the Biddies

opening and a brilliant light at the
small end. The result was astOnish-
ing. The next morning the net was
filled with mosquitoes, flies and bugs
of different varieties. l fed them to
the chickens. Other nets were set up
in the salt marshes. Very soon there
was noticeable diminutiOn of mos
quitoes, and we could sleep undis-
turbed.
During the summer l have sue
ceeded in catching about a ton of mos
quitoes. What l propose to do is to
organize a company, take the mosqul-
toes, pour cornmeal or shorts over
them and grind them UP with oyster
and clam shells that are thrown out
from the summer hotels. There is no
more excellent chicken or duck feed.
I'm this simple manner l expect to
obtain enough food for large hen
merry all winter and materially cheap
en- the price of Long Island ducks and
broiled chickens, while Kidding the re-
sort of the one-time pests"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03
ARECORDCROP
The Liar Tells, While the
Train Waits, of a Sub
terrdnean Yield.

We were waiting at Manhattan
Kans., for a west-boun1 Rock Island
train. The string of coaches, one OF
which was partially inhabited by The
Liar and myself, had backed into a
siding, and the engine stood gazing
like an angry cat in the presence of
Il cross dog. 1t was midnight, and we
were anxious to reach Mcfarland
junction before the east-bound from
Denver should leave the ancient and
filthy union station.
On piles of lumber and ties by the
tracks, underneath the water tank
and on the bare wet ground itself
the prone forms of buns" were re-
vealed by the soft, clear moonlight.
The train-crew stood huddled in Ian
tern-lit groups, talking lowly, and cast
ing watchful eyes toward the negligee
heaps Of humanity.
They'll be tryin' to get on nine
when she comes west, if her crew
doesn't keep their eyes skinned" said
the brakeman. 4 had to smash one
of em tother night. 7 told him to
git off the pilot, an he damned me
an was githin ready to hit me-
seen it was him or me, an smashed
my lantern on 'em right quick He
got off. An he didn't say nuthin',
neither"
Where are they all headed for?"
asked
Headed for? Why, the wheat har-
vest and thrashin, of course. They're
all maxim for West and Northwest
"Speakin' Of wheat harvests," began
The Liar, as he reached out and kick
ed a piece of coal into the ditch, re
minds me of my boyhood. | was
talking with one of these farmers
around Clay Center the other day, and
he told me a popularity of this years
crop was the shortness of the straw,
and the heaviness of the head. He
said the crop looked bad and short,
but that in the thrashing it turned out
wonderfully.
"Once, when | was little fellow,
down in southern Ohio hills, my father
raised crop of buckwheat like that.
1t was awful late coming up, and we
thought of resolving it. Just about
the time we were getting ready to SOW
it again in buckwheat, or put it in
turnips, we noticed the ground crack
ing all over, and humping up in few
million spots. Father got down and
brushed away the dirt in place or
two, and there came the leaves and
buds already to bloom. That BUCK
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03

wheat was doing subterranean stunts
for fair
I'VE let it alone, and pretty soon
she peered above the ground in full
bloom. She got about six inches tall,
and there she stopped and ripened.
Got dead-ripe, without single inch
of stock showing above the ground.
"Then we were up against it about
the harvesting business, We couldn't
cut the stuff-no scyths or reaper
would reach it-not even sickle or
reap hoop would get half the grain.
'While we were pulling over this,
grand pap came to the rescue. He had
been sitting around for years living in
the past, talking about his boyhood
and ignoring the present. When he
found out what the difficulty was in
that buckwheat proposition, the old
chap shook himself together and
seemed to lose thirty or forty years
of his age. He took an ak, put on his
hat, yelled, Come on, boys and he
led off to the woods. We followed
Selecting some little saplings just
the right size, he cut us all fail
apiece, and then for the buckwheat
patch. Led and directed by grandpap,
we failed that buckwheat right where
it stood. The ground was loose and
dry, and it got so dusty we couldn't
see thing; but we failed and tramp
ed right on, beating the daylights out
of that crop.
Finally, the old man got down and
examined the headth that stuck up
through the dry and now pulverized
soil, and found that all the grain had
been separated. Then he sent father
-bossing the job with all the import
ance YOU ever saw - for the road
scraDers (my father was SUPERVISOR
and we got busy shoveling up that
crop, dust and ell, and hauling it to
the barn near by. First, we poured 1t
all through COChSl6NG anu du Olt'
threshing machine screen we had,
then we put the stuff through a fan
ming mill, and we got out OF that
buckwheat patch more than fifty
bushels of clean grain to the acre.
But that field would never raise
anything after that We had carted
all the soil away, and what was left
had the ginger so taken out of it by
that enormous buckwheat crop that
you couldn't raise objections on it"
Just then Mine" whistled and 4
white light showed away down the
line toward the east.
The brakeman started back toward
his train.
Come on, fellers," he said you're
likely to get left. When that nine
goes by here we go out of here like a
bat out of hell"
And we did.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03

the robbers arrived at the meeting
point on the date selected. Days pass
ed into weeks and weeks into months
and the train robbers did not arrive.
Marks was the only living man who
knew the hiding place, and he knew
that none of the other men had OBJ
tanned the money.
He felt that he was being watched
by the other four men constantly and
he lived in constant terror for months.
He believed the other men must be
dead, and in October he decided that
he would go and get the fortune him
self. He needed some one to help
him carry the gold, ana he told his
story to Clark, who was a prospector
at that time, reserying the important
details, and simply giving a general
idea of the location of the hidden
wealth.
A day was appointed. The men
were to meet at the cabin Of Marks,
who lived alone, early one morning.
When the morning came with it came
q light fall of snow. Marks feared
that they would be followed, and could
be tracked in the snow. He would
not consent to take the chance His
limbs quaked with terror when he
seemed so near to obtaining the for
tune which had been buried for four
years. Clark described his terror as
most abject. He thought that every
man who looked at him and was a
stranger was one of his robber con-
federates in the hold-up.
Another day was set when Marks
and Clark were to go to the cache
and obtain the money. 1t was des-
tined that the robber was not to reap
the reward of his four years vigil over
the treasure, for the night before the
day appointed, when the money was
to be unearthed, Marks was found in
his office dead.
Shortly after Marks death Clark
told the story to Mayor Baldwin, who
was at that time in Cripple Creek es-
tablished as an attorney, and enjoy
ing the excitement of the early min
ing camp. With the death of Marks
also passed away the secret of the
hiding place of the money, for he left
no chart, no papers of any kind by
which the fortune could be located and
the gold stolen from the express safe
thirteen years ago still lies buried
among the hills along the Florence
and Cripple Greek railway
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03
thousands Were Killed.

Over in and around the Philippine
islands they have had severe ty-
phoon which wrought great devasta-
ton to both life and property. Amer
lean interests are badly paralyzed,
especially the ships and other coast
defenses. 1t is reported that 10000
people we're killed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03
THE CHICKEN PIE HOUSE.

Famous Hostelry at Smithville Again
Changes Hands.
Mr.. George Dozier and family have
moved from Morgan to Smithvllle to
rnake their future home, and will run
the McAfee hotel at that place. Mr..
Paul Dozier has succeeded Mr.. George
Dozier as proprietor of the hotel and
livery stables in Morgan
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03

For the ladies we have the
Drew-Selby line of footgear in
many lasts and all sizes. For
durability and style they are
worth twice what we ask. There
are none better.
Our dress goods line is replete
with all late styles and weaves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03

We are selling the Thompson
Glove Fitting Corset, and there
is none better. All sizes, all
styles and quality.
= We have a complete line Of
the popular H. &. w. children's
waists; also Of boys blouses and
jackets.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-03

See our beautiful line Of para
soils. They are the best in the
city for the price.
When in need Of Rugs, Art
Squares, Curtains, Shades, Fur
niture, don't forget we handle
them and will appreciate your
trade.