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Queer Case.


Duluth-The wall of an infant on a
marble slab in the dead room of a
local undertaking establishment this
morning amazed those who heard it,
for the little one had been brought in
the night before to be prepared for
burial, and none but dead persons were
supposed to occupy the slabs contained
there.
The infant, it seems, was not dead
when taken to the establishment, but
it had appeared dead, and when
brought in the usual arrangements had
been made for the burial to take place
later.
The infant was boy about three
weeks old. The child is now IN st.
Mary's hospital, in an incubator, and
DR.. Robert Graham has hopes Of its
recovery despite the terrible exposure
Of ten hours in the chill of an under
takers dead room, but it finally died.
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Professor DiAs.

New York, Nov. 10-Edmund H. Mil.
Ter, professor of chemistry at Columbia
university, died at his home in West
Nyack of typhoid fever. He was 3S
years old and a graduate of Columbia.
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MINNESOTA NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered IN the
GOph0r State
NEW MAIN BUILDING. STATE UNIVERSITY.

The new main building, which was
provided for by legislative appropria-
ton in 1905 is taking shape and will
be ready for occupation in the fall of
1907. The classes which were pro-
vided for in the old main, which was
destroyed by fire in september, 1904,
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These facts are quite apart from
the tenets of Christian Science, so
called, and will appeal as forcibly to
fair-minded members of the cult as
to the general public.
MANY millions of dollars-just how
many the records fail to show-have
passed into Mrs. Eddy's personal pos
session since the founding of the
Christian Science cult Millions of
her books have been sold, and each
book has yielded her royalty of one
dollar.
From the mother church in Boston
she yearly receives a great sum, con-
tributed by devotees in all parts of
the world in the form of annual dues.
One of her closest friends and follow
ers estimates Mrs. Eddy's fortune at
s15,0O0,000, and her annual income at
s1,0O0,OOO.
''Of this vast sum there is practi-
cally no trace. There is no public rec
ord of its investment no clew to it's
distribution.
Her financial agent and cousin,
IN. cSSlCloly VI bhC
Loan and Trust Savings bank, of Con-
cord, while refusing details, has said
that Mrs. Eddy's estate is surprisingly
small, she having expended the bulk
of her fortune in charities.
Has Only One Apparent Asset.
But none of the charities aided by
Mrs. Eddy could *~ designated by Mr..
Laid or found ly searchers. Mrs.
Eddy's only visible asset is the Con-
cord house and the 40 acres of park
land that surround it - valued at
$4,000.
Christian Scientists the world over
doubtless will be anxious to know
what has become of the great fortune
of the helpless old lady, confined to
an upper story of her isolated home.
''Tbey will only have to consult the
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Suicide.

Cloquet-Determined to make GER
tain his attempt to end his existence,
Philip Smith, aged sixty years, weight
ed his body with heavy stones. waded
into the river at the dam short dis
lance northeast of here and fired a
bullet into his head.
Death probably was instantaneous
and the body sank at once to the bot
tom of the river, where the stones
kept it weighted down until two boys
playing about the dam yesterday dis
covered it. They notified others and
the body was pulled out of the water.
Smith disappeared from his home
two weeks ago, and it is apparent that
he had been dead that length of time.
The revolver with which the shooting
was done was found at the bottom Of
the river near where the body lay.
Smith was dyspeptic and had become
respondent over his inability to obtain
relief from his affliction. He is sur
vived by widow and three children.
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of agriculture is fast taking shape.
and will provide the necessary roon
for the needs of the school.
These buildings are all modern and
up-to-date in every respect, and when
completed will make the efforts of ths
teaching staff of the university much
more effective than it has been pos
sible to make it with the past crowded
conditions.
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in the United States.

in the United States.
The botanical laboratory is nearing
completion and will be ready some
vide much needed equipment for the
time this fall This building will pro-
department of botany.
The new main building at the school
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New York.-The World, of this city,
recently published sensational story
to the effect that Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy, the revered founder and head
Of the Christian Science church, was
extremely feeble, physically and men,
tally, and seemingly in the shadow of
death.
The allegation was made that the
daily drive seemingly taken by Mrs.
Eddy through the streets of Concord,
N. H., her home, was fraud. The
World stated that ostensibly Mrs.
Eddy makes this daily public appear
ance, dressed in velvets and ermine,
to show her followers that she is in
perfect health. 1t is not Mrs. Eddy,
but an impersonator, trained and cos
tuned for the part, who appears in the
exhibition drive.
The article continued:
This impersonator is now known
to be Mrs. Parmelia j. Leonard, of
Brooklyn, head of the Christian Sci
ence church in that borough.
Mrs. Leonard has been an inmate
the last three years.
There she has perfected herself as
understudy to Mrs. Eddy, and has
impersonated the head of the Chris
tian Science church in the daily ex-
hibition drives when to move the real
Mrs. Eddy from her bed would have
meant almost certain death to the en-
feebled woman.
Powerless in Strong Hands.
Mrs. Eddy is powerless in the
hands of designing persons. They alb
solutely control her, and their en-
ployment of Mrs. Leonard's services
is for deep purpose. Just what that
purpose is may be easily imagined.
1.-The World has collected mass Of
facts bearing directly upon the sur
prising conditions that surround the
hidden life of Mrs. Eddy.
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Deep Sand in Desert.

The average depth of sand IN the
deserts of Africa is estimated to be
from 40 to so feet.
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must be cared for in the other build
ings, as best they may, for the present
year.
ology building is nearly completed.
and will provide excellent quarters for
the departments of pathology, bacter-
iology and public health. This build
ing is one of the best for it's purposes
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FOUNDER AND HEAD
OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHURCH A RECLUSE
GATES OF HOME CLOSED TO THE WORLD

Following Published Story That Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy Was at the Point of Death, Reporters Haze
hnteruielu luith Her at Her Hone-Sensational Ale
cations of Fraud and Deception Denied-Aged
Woman in Comparatively Good Health
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real estate transfers of Concord, N. H.,
for a clew to it's whereabouts.
These records show that Mrs.
Eddy's estate, Pleasant View, was orig
inally purchased in great part by Jo-
seph T. Mann, her former butler and
brother of her present coachman. They
also show that Mrs. Eddy's home, its
furnishings and all her jewelry, were
transferred few years ago to Calvin
A Frye, the present footman, secre-
tary and supreme power at Pleasant
View.
when an action for damages
against Mrs. Eddy threatened to re-
veal to the public this transaction, the
property was quickly transferred back
to it's aged owner.
Frye the Power in Household.
Calvin A. Frye is great name in
Concord. He is a footman in livery
on the box of Mrs. Eddy's carriage
during the daily drives of the real Mrs.
Leonard and fictitious Mrs. Eddy. He
is secretary at Pleasant View for the
rest of the time, the one in absolute
authority, who for three years has
guarded Mrs. Eddy with vigilance
known only in prisons.
"Devotees, rich, socially prominent
and loyal to the cult, have been
turned away from the door of Pleasant
View by Frye. They have been as
sured that Mrs. Eddy, although in per-
feet health, was overwhelmed with
work, and could not be disturbed"
They were told that she could only be
seen in her daily drives, and were
cautioned not to peer through the win
dows of the carriage under penalty of
Mrs. Eddy's displeasure.
Her Last Public Appearance.
Mrs. Eddy's last genuine public APP
pearance was three years ago, when
for a moment she posed on the bal
cony at Pleasant View in sight of the
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No Physician But God.

:" No physician but God. His ever
lasting arms are about me. That is
enough.
''As she said this Mrs. Eddy made
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The ContagIons HosrltnI.

To Editor of the Journal and Courier
 As am not resident of the locality which has been advocated for the con- tagious hospital, and as I am not &C., quainted with anyone who does live near there, think I can speak from the point of view of the city as whole. not as a resident of the Twelfth ward.
 I think it is important to the city that factories should be located on the blocks that are vacant, or nearly va- cant in all that section of New Haven. This is one of the few localities remain ing where access to navigable water may be had for the receipt of iron, coal and some other freights that are too heavy to bring by rail, and compete with other ports like Bridgeport, Proyi- dence, Fall River, New London, etc, Such plants neel tide water to bring
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recognized, two rabbis, one Orthodox and one Reformed, may be named.
rHE YEW ENGLAND CLIMATE.

A correspondent who is in the glori- ous climate of California writes that he is so disappointed with it that he would be glad to get back into the New Eng land climate We don't know just what the trouble with the California climate is, but perhaps it is too monot- onous. Variety is the spice of climate, and anybody who likes variety in cli- mate could have gobs of it around here the last week. Twice in that time there have been changes of thirty or forty degrees in a few hours. Twice has the mercury in the thermometer dropped to zero or below Then there has been a sudden thaw. There have also been interspersed sunshine, rain, snow, slush and sleet, and perhaps a little hail. There hasn't been a thun- der shower, but that may have been accidentally omitted, and may soon come.
 Such is life in New England. No wonder her sons and daughters go forth to conquer and do conquer. Hardy, they call them, and they have to be hardy. If they were not they would never live to go forth and con quer. As 1t is, they are scattered all over the earth, and many of them, like this one in the glorious climate of Cal ifornia, are longing for the old climate at home. There's no place like home, and some of those at home are glad there isn't. When they get away they know better.
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their heavy freights, and railroads upon which to ship them away. The locality in the east part of the Twelfth ward has both these advantages in easy pros pect. The river can be deepened, and the railroad can easily reach the local ity. It is eminently the policy of the city to sell this square to some manu- featuring concern at a low price.
 As to a contagious hospital, there are other Localities where there are no resi-. dences near that are much nearer the center of the city than this section. If there is no objection to it's being placed on the hospital grounds, these grounds have great advantages in many ways. If there is no objection, let the hospital be located on some ground where there is no residence near, but much more accessible than would be this remote locality near Middletown avenue.
 Although I am not acquainted with anyone who lives in the Middletown avenue locality, 1t strikes me that the old rule of Do unto others as you would that they should do to you is a good one to apply in public as well as private affairs Let every alderman suppose that 1t was proposed to put this hospital within a block of his House. Would he favor it or not? If not, then he ought not to vote to put 1t near any home in the Twelfth ward but he should vote to put 1t in some place more than a block distant from where any person lives
 SQUARE DEAL"
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COURIER TUESDAY

THE NEF FRENCH GDYERN1IENT,
 The new French government is evil dently going to have it's troubles. The Paris correspondent of the London Times discussing the relations exist ing between Nj. Clemenceau and the great bulk of his supporters, says that whenever 9 new ministry is formed, there are q number of malcontents among the supporters. That has been specially the case on the present occa- sion. The prime minister did not se- lect as his colleagues the shining lights of the Radical majority, or those who considered themselves as such, but gave the preference to men of his own wayof thinking with whom he be- lieved there was a minimum risk of disagreement. In other words. as he intended the cabinet to be a govern ment of action, he considered that the first condition necessary was that his colleagues should be prepared to fol- low his leadership and to maintain harmony among themselves. The members of the different Republican groups, however, have yet to be edu- cated up to that point, and are evil dently bent on proving to the govern ment that they must be reckoned with. They apparently object to support the ministry blindfolded. Of course, the cabinet is in their hands, Never would the present prime minister or the group of stalwart Republicans by whom he is surrounded in the cabinet accept, merely to keep in office, the support of the Opposition or any fac tion of it. Therefore it Is necessary to find at once some plan of operation which, while giving free. initiative to the government. will not reduce the various groups of the majority to mere voting machines.
 France has got along so well so far that she will doubtless get along we'll awhile longer. She may even have no more disturbance than there is in our own dear republic.
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COMPA RATTTE.

Beggar-I've lost all my kinffolks.
 Lady-You poor man! All dead??
 Beggar-Naw; rich.-Woman's Home Companion.
 'Is Muffier getting pretty fair sal- ar1r?"
 "Oh, yes; enough to keep body and soul and automobile together. Life.
 Kind Lady-Didn't you ever have a loving wife to care for you?
 Tramp-No, lady; but that's about the only misfortune I ever escaped Comic Cuta.
 First Doctor-Ts this operation abso- lutely necessary?
 Second Doctor-It is. The only pos sible chance we have of collecting our bill is from his life insurance!-Life.
 I'd like to meet this man Roclsefel- Ter" declared the Sultan of Turkey.
 "Sayest thou so, sire?"
 T dost. I'd like to compare his as- sortment of indictments with my ht- tie collection of ultimatums. ."-Colum- bus Press.
 she-How false you are, At first you called me your angel, as if you really loved me, and when I ask you for an automobile you refuse me.
 He-But, my darling, angels fy naturally they don't require automo- b!les.-Flab.
 Hubby-My pet, you will pardon me, but aren't those grlddle cakes a little burnt2
 Wifey (almost in tears)-O Tom! And I tried to make them so 2retty for you with the pyrograph set you gave me-Boston Transcript.
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The land is full of promise,
 Joy is spreading everywhere: They are raising peoples wages, They are lifting loads of care; The granaries are bursting
 With the mighty crops they hold; They are rescuing the children, They are pensiOning the old: But her breast is filled with sadness. Shes no longer standing pat Oh, if she might only do so
 She, in truth, is getting fat Once her laugh was like the ripple Of glad waters, once her waist Was so small you might have spannej
 it
 With your hands If you had placed Your two thumbs and middle fingers Tip to -tip-you know the way But her laugh is heard no longer. For, alas, alack-a-day She that once was glad and sylph- like And so well worth looking at Has double-chin and waddies-- And continues to get fat Science keeps progressing daily,
 Virtue spreads and wisdom grows: Peoples comforts are increasing, One by one we cure our woes; Fitted out with graceful pinions,
 We shall fly through space ere long And the weak will be supported
 By the fortunate and strong All the world is growing better
 But she doesn't care for that; She can find no cause for gladness, She is 36 and fat
 Chicago Record Herald.
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4 HnMRnG IN pAYG FIR.

Well, well! What's this? Is the free seed humbug in real danger? Ob- serving ones in Washington say it is. It has long been dfsapproved by many At the last session of Congress the House Committee on Agriculture, after careful deliberation, reached the con- clusion that as the government had been distributing the same varieties of seeds for many years, and as all the seeds sent out have been on the market for from ten to fifty years and could be purchased at any seed store, 1t was a waste of money to spend $242, 900 an- nually in distributing such common va rieties of garden seeds. The committee also took cognizance of the fact that the seeds were distributed through the mails and entailed 9 burden on the Postofflce department and considerable expense, estimated at from $5000O to $25O,OOO annually, The committee omit ted the item for free seeds distribution but it was reinserted by the House of Representatives by vote of 155 to s. after debate which lasted nearly a week.
 Now there is going to be another eff fortto stop the expensive nonsense, and it ought to be successful. It is asserted that the antl-free movement has the support of all the important na- tional State and local organizations of farmers, together with the horticul- ture societies, both State and local and the faculties of many, if not all, of the State experiment stations and agricul- turaI colleges. The farmers protest that while the appropriat ton is made os- tensibly for their benefit, there are mil. lions of packets that are burned ol otherwise destroyed or are distributed to merchants, bankers mechanics, la borers and others who cannot possibly have an interest in them They also maintain that as they are perfectly ia. miliar with the varieties of seeds dis trlbuted, they can learn nothing from them, and as they are distributed in pennyweight packages the amount re- | ceived is too small to justify the major. ity of farmers in planting them. They therefore contend that this money should be turned over to the Depart ment of Agriculture for use with the State experiment stations in developing new, rare and valuable seeds and plants of both domestic and foreign origin whose adaptability to the locality car be determined by the experiment sta. tions. If their proposition were adopt ed the department would have from $5 ,OOO to $1O,0OO annually available fol additional work with each of the exper iment stations, and this idea strongly appeals to the experiment stations ant agricultural colleges.
 Congress has cut off free passes which were much in demand. It ough to be able to cut off free seeds, whiel ! few care darn about,
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BID MEN FOB coop RoAps.

Bad men for good roads sounds well, and it also seems to do we'll in some places. For instance, the convicts of the State of Illinois are becoming i'm portant factors in the good roads movement. The prisoners at Joliet prison are employed in getting out and crushing stone with the latest devised crushers. The product of these crush CTS is offered free to any town in the State that has plan of road improve ment. All the State requires of the town is to pay the freight from the prisons. The capacity of the Joliet crushers is four hundred cubic yards a day, filling eleven of the largest cars, and 1t is planned to increase the output to twenty cars day in both prisons. Every yard of this crushed rock will be at the disposal of the towns of the State, providing the towns follow an established and uniform system of road working.
 This is a promising situation, and will probably improve both the convicts and the roads of Illinois.
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District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court, December 5, 1906. ESTATE OF SUSAN GREGAN, late of New Haven, in said District, de- ceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trct of New Haven hath limited and appointed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said deceas- ed to bring in their claims against said estate Those who neglect to ex- hibit their claims within said time will be debarred.
 All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment to
 PHILIPP GREGAN,
 Administrators Clark, Hall and Peck, 152 Orange street, New Haven, Conn.,, counsel for ad- minstrator d8 St
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL,
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, One Cent Word' each insertion. Five Cents Word for . full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch, ore insertion, s1.2o; each subsequent inser- tion, 40 cents; one week, $3.2O; one month, S1O; one year, $40.
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The wise men continue to say wise things. Thus the wise man of the St. Louis Globe Democrat: DO not worry when you think you have made fool of yourself It is probable that no one noticed anything unusual"
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The fire losses in the United States and Canada during the first eleven months of the current year are comput- ed at $43O,7OS, $50. Which is lot to lose.
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The Springfield Union thinks that Harry Thaw's life may be saved through the natural reluctance of any jury to send an aged and infrm man to his death.
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In the upper house of the Hungarian Parliament various religions of the country are represented by prominent church dignitaries. There are about nine hundred thousand Jews in Hun gary but the religion not having been officially recognized until 1895 it has never had a representative in the House Of Lords. The municipality of Tolua has called this fact to the attention of the government, and has asked that steps be taken toward Jewish repre- sentation. It is believed that in con sequence of this petition a rabbi will soon be named for place among the peers. It will be difficult, however, to find a man who will be acceptable alike to the Orthodox and the Reformed Jews, and as both wings are officially
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A new British steamship line is to in stitute service between Hamburg and East Asia this autumn, in which it will employ fleet of fifteen steamers, each with capacity of about 4,OOO tons. The Hamburg American line will enter up on the struggle with the British line by establishing a service between Ham burg and Gottenborg.
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It has just leaked out that>one of the women who recently obtained license from the municipality authorizing them to drive cab in Paris is really a countess, a descendant of the crusad- CTS, named Countess du Pin de la Guer- iviere and that her name is registered in the Almanach de Gotha, In an in- terview with a Partisan newspaper man she stated that her present name is Mime. Lutgen, and that she owned horses and carriages before the mis- fortunes that caused her to seek the position of cab driver. She is about forty years old and is the mother of eleven children. Her husband is a professional singer, who makes a scanty living at cafes and concert halls.