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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
TO FADS, FANC|ES and TOWN TOPICS.
Interesting Testimony in the Hap
good Criminal Libel Suit Mon
day in New York City.

Equitable Office came to my Office and she
said she knew the facts about q fight in
side the company. but paid no attention
to her."
Warren B. Schley. the witness said.
loaned him about 1880 and also carried
stock for him. Mr. Osborne then asked:
did Mr.. Schley write to you asking
you to quit printing things about E. J.
Berwind. the capitalist"
Il think something of the sort hap
pened."
Col Mann said that he paid back $1,000
which he had borrowed from G. S. Scott
by giving him a subscription to Fads and
Fancies. In this transaction Col Mann
said he received an extra $500 from Mr..
Scott to make up $500. the full price OF
the book.
Col. Mann said that there were perhaps
three or four persons who paid $500
apiece for the book called Fads and Fam
cies whose names did not appear therein.
They did not care to be mentioned in the
book, he said.
Mr.. Osborne rested the defence Of Mr..
Hapgood's case.
After recess District Attorney jerome
transaction which he said he had with
Perry Belmont. Mr.. Osborne had asked
him whether he sold Mr. Belmont Town
Topics stock and whether the lawyer,
Abraham Hummel. did not come to him
representing Mr.. Belmont concerning q
story in Town Topics. Col. Mann replied
that Mr.. Hummel may have come to him
about such story and that he sold Mr..
Belmont stock many years ago.
OF the $4,000 which he said he Dor
rowed frons James r. Keene Col Mann
said that he had paid back all but st;.-
COO and that for this amount he gave Mr..
Keenc a second mortgage on property
worth s1CS,0OO
The stockholders of Town TOPICS. Col
Mann testified. are w. X. Vanderbilt, q
shares; John w. Gates, 20 shares: Howard
Gould. 70: DIR. Seward Webb 90 and the
balance of the shares are owned by JUS
tice Joseph M Deul, Col Mann and his
wife and daughter Col. Mann said that
he himself owned but one share OF the
stock.
In accounting for Justice Dcul's connec-
ton with Town Topics he said:
''Ite had been kind to us, my daughter
and myself. and we felt that when We
could repay him we should and we did 1t
by giving him shares Of our own Stock
Just before leaving the stand Col. Nom
said:
II forgot to say that w. X Vanderbilt
sent me back my notes and later returned
me the stock"
The witness had previously testified that
he repaid a $4,000 loan from W. X Van
derbilt by giving him % shares in tho
Town Topics stock
Here the prosecution announced that it
rested it's case, and Mr. Osborne began
summing up for the defence The defencs
may call some witnesses tomorrow
I'VE claim said Mr.. Osborne, that
Judge Deul. judge of a children's court,
read the proofs of this vile Town Topics
We claim it was disgraceful for a Judge
to be connected with a paper that aimed
at tho destruction of the purity of the
youth Of the country. We claim Town
Topics produces scandal Judge, Dcul and
Col. Mann knew they were building up q
power of terror that was felt all over the
land.
Col. Mann went to Oliver Belmont. a
Continued on Page Tour.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

New York, Jan. 22.-Col. w. d. Mann.
editor Of Town Topics, testified at the
Hapgood criminal libel trial today that
he had borrowed nearly 100000 from j.
+. Morgan, James r. keene. w. X.
Vanderbilt, William c. Whitney and
other prominent financiers. Many of
these loans were repaid so far as Col.
Mann could recall and others were re-
paid i'll stock of the Town Topics Co.
at $1,000 per share. He testified that
the par value of the stock is $40.
Among the others named by Col. Mann
in the list Of men from whom he had
borrowed large sums We're Coils p.
Huntington. Chas. NJ. Schwab Howard
Gould, George Gould. Thomas F. Ryan
and John w. Gates. The largest single
loan was obtained from James r.
Eeene who loaned the Town Topics
editor 100000.
Asked whether he ever stopped the
Town Topics press to suppress an ar
ticlc about Loyal Smith, Col. Mann said
that such an article was taken from the
paper and that man who came with
Smith placed a $1,000 advertisement in
the Town Topics.
Col. Mann testified that he migth
have made the remark that scandal
was sent TO the Office of Town Topic.
Asked who sent it he replied that it
came from reporters, society people.
clubmen and others.
Col Mann's dealings with United
States Senator William A. Clark of
Montana. were taken up by Mr. Os-
borne The witness said he never re-
ceived money from the senator.
There was series of articles about
member of his family" Mr.. Osborne
asked
Il am rot aware of it," said Col.
Mann.
That series was stopped and you be-
came friends with Senator Clark
yes.
How did you become friendly with
him without money!"
There was some correspondcDcc
with him." said the witness. The
senator came to my office and talked
for an hour or two He said He was
building railroad. He said he was
going to issue bonds only when the
road was complete and that l could
have some of the bonds then. From
that day to this | have not seen Sena-
tor Clark
Asked whether there was a KEY to
anonymous paragraphs in Town Topics
Col. Mann said there was none.
Did you ever borrow from Charles
SchWab?" asked Mr. Osborne.
Il applied for lone of $4,000 from
him on stock Of the Alger Sullivan
Lumber Co. and he agreed to take the
stock and give me the $4,000"
Did you get it,
Some one brought the money in the
Office and it was left there. but I did
not handle it,
The relations of the Equitable Life As
suran Co. to Town Topics were then
taken up. Col. Mann tcstifying that tho
paper printed advertisements in several
languages for the Equitable.
Did you not have the story of the row
in the Equitable long before it became
public. and did you not suppress that
story because Of your friendly relations
with Mr.. Hyde or for other reasons?" H.,
was asked
NO"
D1d not a woman bring YOU the story
OF the quarrel in the Equitable?'
Col. Mann answered: Il now have !,
faint recollection that a woman who said
she was a stcnographer or clerk in the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
Worth knowinu

that Allcock's are the original and gen
uine porous plasters; all others are imita-
tiOna
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
IN CRITICAL STATE.
Elias Cobson. Assaulted in Woo::s
Shows Unfavcrable Symptoms.

Bangor. Me. Jan. 2o.-Elias DObson,
the man at the Eastern Maine General
hospital. suffering from a wound in his
skull. inflicted last Thursday with a
peavey in the hands of a man near
Howe Brook, was worse today than
he has since he was brought here. His
mind is not clear and there are other
unfavorabl symptoms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

The dead:
Perley G. Roberts. aged %.
Westbrook: leaves wife and
infant child.
Winfield S. Leighton. aged
16, son of Frank l.. Leighton,
Westbrook.
Seriously injured:
Pcrley Crockett, WcStbrook,
motorman, leg broken. internal
injuries feared, at Maine Cen
crJl hospital
Fred Robichaud. Westbrook.
head cut. body crushed.
Charles Mcbride, Westhrook,
conductor. back hurt. bruises,
nervous shock.
Miss Annie l.. Bowers. West
brook. legs cut to bone. bad
bad bruises on body. head ana
face cut, severe nervous shock.
Minor injuries:
William II. Howard. Port
land, bruises and shock.
W 100 I<S IL III y utii, N'Hl-
brook, face cut by glass.
bruises and shock.
Miss Katherine Doyle. West
brook. cut and bruised.
Joseph Rency, Wcstbrook,
cur and bruised.
Roy Wentworth, South
Nirdham, cut ana bruised.
Miss Lulu Merrill. Norway.
Ne. visiting ut South wind
ham. cuts, bruises aud shock.
Harlan Reed. Morrills Cor
nor. bruises.
+. l.. Dill. Wcstbrook. shak-
en- M badly and shock.
Frank Raymond, Wcstbrook.
conductor. bruises.
Sidney Smith. DcerinE Gen.
ter. arm injured.
Edgar 7. BragdOn, South
Windham. both legs injured.
bruises and shaken up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Stanley Tapley. the 'Veazic bad man.
is once more the unwilling guest of Sher-
IN Gilman at the county jail at Bangor
on an old warrant which alleges that he
stole COW from the Eastern Maine In
,1,nges that he wilfully defrauded Fred a
Gi,bert of a horse. harness. sleigh. robe.
onat and gloves. Tapley has been out OF
tb;s haiiwick since his escapade of a wear
. On and has but recently returned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Harry Middleton. negro IS years
Of age WAS held for the grand jury in
$1,000 Monday at Boston. on the charge
Of n1anslaughter in having caused the
death of Martha Barnett. a colored girl.
The girl was shot last week during a
party in a West End house. The mo-
tive is said to have been jealousy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

Parts of Huntsville. Ala. were
flooded Monday morning by Il cloud
burst, Many houses were inundated.
bridges washed away and electric rail-
way traffic stopped. No loss of life is
rcportcd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23
RAIN OR SNOW COMING,

Washington, Jan. 22.-Forccast for New
England: Rain late Tuesday. Wednes-
day snow in north portion. rain in south;
colder. brisk south winds.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
Going through the hospitals In our

Going through the hospitals In our
large cities one Is surprised to find such
a large proportion Of the patientsl lying
on those snow-white beds women
and girls, who are either awaiting
or recovering from serious operations.
Why should this be the cascp Sim.
ply because they have neglected them.
selves. Female troubles are certainly
on the increase among the women of
this country-they creep upon them
unawares, but every one Of those
patients in the hospital beds had plenty
of warning in that bearing-down feel
ing, pain at left or right of the abdomen,
nervous exhaustion, pain in the small
of the back. dizziness, flatulency, dis.
placements of the organs or irregular.
tiles. All of these symptoms are indi-
cations of IN unhealthy condition of
the female organs, and if not needed
the penalty has to be paid by a danger
Gus operation. When these symptoms
manifest themselves, do notdrag along
until you arc obliged to go to the hos
pital and submit to an operation
but remember that Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has saved
thousands Of women from surgical
operations.
When women are troubled with If.
regular, suppressed or painful periods.
weakness. displacement or liberation
of the organs, that bearing-down feel
ing, inflammation, backache, bloating
Tor flatulency), general debility. indi'
gestion, and nervous p~rostratior, or are
beset with such symptoms as dizziness,
lassitude, excitability, irritability, ner.
%vousness, sleeplessness, melancholy,
"all-gone" and "want-to-be-left.
alone" feelings, they should remember
there Is one tried and true remedy.
LYDIA E. Plnkham's VeAetahle Con
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES.
Inducements Held Out by Western
Canada Are Powerful.

A recent number of the Winnlpe.
(Manitoba) Free Press contains ON
excellent article on the prospects in
Western Canada, a portion of which
wo are pleased TO reproduce.
The agents Of the Canadian Gov.
eminent, located at different centres
In the States, will be pleased to give
any further information as to rates,
and how to reach these lands.
"Just now there is a keener inter.
est than ever before on the part Of
the outside world. in regard to the
claims Of the Canadian West as a field
Of settlement. At no previous time
has there been such a rush of immi.
grafton, and tho amount Of informa.
ton distributed broadcast is unprece.
dentedly great.
"In the majority Of the States of
tho Union and in Great Britain the
opportunities for homc-making and
achieving Of even a modest compe-
tence are at the best limited. More.
over, according to the social and in.
dustrial conditions prevalent in those
communities, the future holds out no
promise Of better things. 1t is not
strange, then, that energetic young
men should turn their eyes to Can.
ada's great wheat belt, where every
man can pursue fortune without the
hindrance Of any discouraging handi.
cap.
"The inducements held out by West.
e-n Canada are powerful and made
manifest by the great movement now
In progress. That the prospects are
considerably more than reasonably
certain is borne out by the history Of
the country and its residents. The
promise Of gain is powerful, but when
added to it there is the prospect Of q
corresponding social and civil eleva.
ton. 1t should prove Irresistible to
young men of a particularly desirable
class for any new country.
"The Canadian West is alive with
opportunities for the young man who
aims at becoming more than a mere
atom in the civil and national fabric.
Some Of the eager young fellows who
arrive on the prairies daily are des.
ilC W USCOIlC AuOlc THAN UlclClJ
prosperous farmers. In the near fu-
ture great municipal and provincial
development will be in the hands of
the people. The stepping stone to
both financial prosperity and civil
prominence is. and will be, the farm.
For every professional opening there
are hundreds of agricultural openings.
The Canadian prairies are teeming
with opportunities for the honest and
industrious Of all classes. but they
are specially inviting to the ambitious
young man who seeks a field for the
energy and ability which he feels in.
herent within him. The familiar cry
Of Back to the soil!" Is more than
a vain sounding phrase when applied
to Western Canada"
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

The following letters cannot foil to
bring hope to despairing women.
Miss Ruby Mushrush, of East
Chicago, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
~ have been a great mi erer with irregular
periods n female trouble, and about three
months ago the doctor, after using the X-Ray
on me, said ! had an abcess and would have
to nave an operation. My mother wanted
mo to try Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as a last resort, and It not only
saved me from an operation but made me en-
tirely WE'LL"
Mrs. Alice Berryhill. Of 3l3 Boyce
Street, Chattanooga. Tenn, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"Threo years ago life looked dark to me.
I had liberation and Inflammation Of the
female organs aad wal in O serious condition.
my health was completely broken down
and the doctor old me that II I wes not OPP
Grated upon l would die within six months.
I told him I would have no operation but
would try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. He tried to influence me against
it but sent for the medicine that Same day
and began to uso it faithfully. Within five
days I felt relief but was not entirely cured
until l used it for some time.
"Your medicine is certainly fine. I nave
induced several friends and n%eighbors to take
IL uIu 1 KNOW more tuou q uOZen VINO nA0
female troubles and who to-day are as well
and strong as ! am from using your Vege-
table Compound"
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound at nee o such troubles.
Refuse to buy any other medicine, for
You need the best.
Mrs. Pinkhain, daughter. in law Of
Lydia e. Pinkham. invites all sick wo.
men to write her for ndyice. Her advice
and medicine have restored thousands
to health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
pound Succeeds Where others Fall.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
Reush Riders Make Good.

Cole Younger Is still at work on his
proposed electric line in Jackson coun.
ty aud Frank James on his farm In
Clay county expects to raise the larg.
est crop he ever harvested; two more
rough riders that have succeeded t.
good jobs.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
Two Banks Chartered.

The secretary of state, Mr.. Swangef,
has chartered the following banks:
Harrisburg bank, at Harrisburg, Boone
county, with Il capital stock of $4,000.
one-half paid in; Peoples Savings
Bank of Lamar, at Lamar, capital &c..
900, all paid in.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
Game Wnrdens Busy.

TWO state game wardens arrested
several fishermen in the southern part
OF Bates county for fishing in the
Marias Des Cygnes river with nets and
seines. The wardens went to the home
Of Matt Adams under the p%retence Of
wanting to buy fish. Adams took them
to the river and hoisted his laden net
His fine and costs were SOB.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

Jesse Howard, II years old. left his
home IN Odessa, to visit relatives In
Kansas City recently. Since then moth
Ing has been heard Of him.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

The fact that a man IL all pulled VI
with pride will not mitigate the jal
when he takes his fall.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

Lewis Single Binder straight &c cigar !
f%SS P' Faesor r, Pee Peor rianei IN. your dealer o
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
Singular Fact,

The way to make a woman real
happy is to bring her a potted plant
on a t~housand-mile railway journey
that she could buy around the corner
for ten centS.-N. Y. Press.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

MISSOURI STATE NEWS {
Large GIFT to Kansas city,

~ SlN
There we're outbursts of expressions
of intense satisfaction from the board
of park commissioners at Kansas City
when the secretary turned over q
warranty deed from Col. Thomas H.
Swope to the 1854 acres embraced in
Swope park, with the statement that
Col. SwOpe would o insist on an
accounting of the last years expendi-
lures of the board in improving and
identifying the grounds. MIR. Dog
gets suggestion that Col. Swope DO
Informed of the boards appreciation
Of his gift and the high regard in
which he is held by the public was
unanimously adopted. Ten years ago
Col. Swope gave to the city the vast
grounds under an agreement that S.
600 a year be expended on them for q
period of ten years, and that when this
arrangement was complied with no
would give it a deed. The city through
its board of park commissioners, has
complied with its part of the contract,
and Col. Swope is SO well pleased that
he did not wish to take advantage Of
the limit, and is satisfied that the
terms of the agreement will be com.
piled with so far as the expenditure
for 1906 Is concerned.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

II men couldn't go into politics the
would inveot something else just a
bad to don. Y. Press.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

The sun that shines In the face
rises In the heart.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

Garfield Tea puriiies the blood, regulates
The digestive organs, brings good health.
Lightweight men always think they
arc heavyweight thinkers.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
Variety.

Variety.
She-Don't you get tired OF this
modern life, with its heartburnings, its
lOngings, its cruel disappOintments, Its
unutterable ~inadequac?
IIe-Oh, yes, But always Just about
that time seem new girl along.
Life.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

Garfield Tea, the herb laxative, 10 better
than drugs and strong cathartics; it cures.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

Yellow clothes are unsightly. Keep then
white with Red Cross Bali Blue. Al
gr0cers sell large 2 OF. package, 8 cents
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

It's gasolene that makes the world
70 round.-Life.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
A Positive
CURE
EIy's Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief al 0ace.

Is quickly ABSORBED.
Gives Relief al 0ace.
It c~leanses, soothes
heals and protects
tho diseased mein-
branc. 1t cures Ca
tarrh and drives
away n Cold in the
Head quickly. Re
stores the Senses OF
Taste md Smell. I
gists or by mail; TT
Ely Brothers, IS "
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

If you use Ball Blue, get Red Cross Ball
Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 OF.
package only 8 cents.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
An Editors Ill Luck,

A Springfield editor thus complains:
We are so unlucky that If it were to
rain soup w would be caught with a
fork in our hands. The dental sur
geons who will be in Springfield next
month that they will per-
form dental work free and durn the
luck, we haven't an unsound molar In
our dental Office.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
Somewhat Of q Steerer Himself.

Somewhat Of q Steerer Himself.
kin Se tell me where ! kin fiEd
Z bunko steerer?" asked the rural Wis
itor.
mo. I can't" answered the police
man. "What does yez want wild q
bunko steerer, anyway"
"I've done spent all my money. but
n I kin find a bunko man he'd be
good fer a dinner, b'gosh!"-Louis-
VILE Courier Journal.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

The state board of equalization re-
Gently listened to arguments from the
representatives of the two terminal
railways Of st. Joseph, relative to fix
ing a valuation on their property for
taxable purposes. G. F. Uhlman, audi.
tor of the st. Joseph Terminal COM
pany asked the board to reduce the
assessment of that company. In 1904
It was assessed at 1924 GOO a mile and
last year at 100000 per mile. Mr..
Uhlman argued that the reduced as
sessment is still too high in compari.
son with the valuation of other rail-
road property in the state. John F..
Dolman, attorney, and John BrCckett,
tax commissioner of the Union Ter
minal company of st. Joseph, appeared
for that company. The property of
that company Is assessed at $780, O0
per mile. The board will no pass
upon these values until some time in
June.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25
Asking Clcmency for n slayer.

U. s. Anthony, of Pennington, has
been in Jefferson City in the interest
Of a pardon for o. p. McCarver, who
Is sentenced to be hanged in st. Fran
els county, June Is, for murder. He
presented he governor with a petition
signed by citizens of st. Francis coun.
ty, asking executive ciemency. Nc
Carver's wife and little daughter also
governor. McCarver's father and
mother were with them.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-25

Art Windows I'm Il Court House.
The Jackson county court has let the
contract for the art windows to bs
placed in the circuit court room. The
center window will contain the seal
Of the state, the right window the seal
Of Jackson county and the left win
dow the seal of the city of l%ndepend.
ence. The art windows will cost the
county $3.50.
New College Gymnaaium.
Ground has been broken at Fayetts
for Central colleges new gymnasium,
to cost $l2,5O0. Addresses were made
by President Morris. Mayor Davis and
Prosecuting Attorney Walker. Miss
Edith Gray of Fayette turned the first
shovel CT dirt.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-07-21
Food of the oyster.

''Mang gallons. probably many bar
rels, of water are drawn through the
giIls of each oyster each day" writes d
university professor. "and the micro
scopic beings that 1t may hold are
strained out and pushed along into the
oysters mouth. Each microscopic or
ganism is long time In travelling from
the point where 1t first tou hes the gill
90 the oysters stomach; all this while II
is alive and capable OF becoming the
parent OF new generations when re
moved from the gill and placed under
suitable conditions. Most OF these or.
ganlsms are wholesome to man, and all
that enter the oysters stomach are
quickly killed and converted into its
palatable and nutritious substance, hut
so long as they are travelling along the
gills all are alive and, so.ue are ex.
tremely dangerous to man. The oyster
exercises choice In the selection Of its
iood rejecting some of the microscopic
organisms and swallowing others, but
thoee that are discharged into the wa.
ter with the sewage Of cities are not
unfortunately among the ones that are
rejected, and before these have entered
the oysters stomach they are most IA.
vorably placed for gaining entrance
into human stomachs sGd multiplying
there"