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the service to secure the guilty ones
as well as ia destroy the product. l
had description OF White from the
engraver with whom he had made the
contract, and, depending on its being
correct, believed could pick out my
man when he returned to the } city.
From this time strict watch was
maintained on the engraving estab-
lishment. This surveillance was re-
warded few weeks later by my see
ing a man answering the description
Of Lucius A. White enter the building
OF the engravers. Satisfied that he
was the man wanted, called to my
assistance a deputy United States
marshal and from the time he emerged
from the building till his arrest he
was never out Of our sight, unless In
his room at the Moser hotel. He
made more than one trip to the es.
tablishment where the work was being
done. and in leaving he would pursue
a zig-zag course, as though he feared
being followed. He was waiting for
the completion of the work, and put
In the time sightseeing.
AS the work was now about ready
for delivery, believed the time was
at hand to take White into custody.
In company with a deputy marshal
we went to his hotel and followed him
into the dining-room at dinner time.
After he had taken his seat the dep
uty and sat down at the same table.
As soon as he had given his order n
slid my chair close to his and said, in
a voice that would attract no attention
at the next table:
You may consider yourself my pris-
oner. 1t win do you no good to make
. scene"
ureat beads Of perspiration stood |
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THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.
Woman Tells Of Her Brothers Terrible
- Sufering-Two Babies Also Cured
-cuticura invaluable.

MY brother had eczema three DIFF.
ferent summers. Each summer It came
out between his shoulders aud down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When it came on the
third summer. he bought box of
Cuticura Ointment and gave 1t a faith
full trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of &C.
zema with Cuticura A lady in In.
diana heard of how my daughter,
Mrs. Miller. had cured her little son
OF terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady's little one had
the eczema so badly that they thought
they would lose It She used Cuff
cura Remedies and they cured her
child entirely, and the disease never
came back. Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk. Cold.
water. Mich. Aug. Island Sept. 2, 1907.
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MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished on crape-Nuts

The value Of this famous food IL
shown In many ways. In addition to
what might be expected from its chem
teal analysis.
Grape-Nuts food is made Of whole
wheat and barley, Is thoroughly baked
for many hours and contains all the
wholesome ingredients in these CO
reals.
1t contains also the phosphate OF
potash grown In the grains, which Ma
ture uses to build up brain and nerve
cells.
Young children require proportion
ately more of this element because the
brain and nervous system OF the child
grows so rapidly.
A Va. mother found the value Of
Grape Nuts In not only building up her
own strength but In nourishing her
baby at the same time. She writes:
After my baby came / did not re-
cover health and strength, and the
doctor said could not nurse the baby
as / did not have nourishment for her.
besides was too weak.
He said l might try q change ~
diet and see what that would do. and
recommended Grape-Nuts food.
bought pkg. and used It regularly.
A marked change came over both
baby and |.
MY baby is ntrw four months old.
Is In fine condition. am nursing her
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sheets were In his possession. al
though they had not seen him receive
them. the officers went to Whites
home, placed him under arrest and
searched the house.
In the meantime Lucius A. Whita.
having seen his plan fall miserably
and himself prisoner. gave the au-
thorities complete confession. While
In Brazil he and his brother had con-
ceived the idea Of manufacturing In
the United States a large issue OF Bra
lillian currency and returning to that
country to float 1t. Lucius admitted
that he was the originator OF the idea
Lucius A. White, after pleading
guilty, was taken to Texas as a wit
ness against his brother Lucius was
33 years old at this time and his
brother was a man OF 80. As l have
said, the elder brother also had stood
In the relation of a .father TO the
younger man, and the scene In the
Waco courtroom when Lucfus was
placed on the stand and told the story
that meant penitentiary sentence for
his brother was most affecting one.
Il would rather suffer than have
Lucius suffer; he's only boy to me-"
After the evidence was in and
Lucius was being led from the court
room by the deputies. Joseph grasped
him by the hand and with tears In bis
eyes said:
"Good-by, Lucius. God bless you"
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: make an exception in this case, 80
that other sufferers from kidney trou-
bic may profit by my experience"
Sold BY all dealers. so cents a box,
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. T.
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How Hammer Of Death Struck James.
The old parish church of Plumstead,
which has just been reopened, is prob
ably at least 1000 years old. The pic
turesque churchyard. a cherished
haunt Of the poet Bloomfield during
his visits to Shooters Hin. contains Z
delightfully."- choice arrangement OF
epitaphs." One OF these. on Master
James Darling, aged ten." teaches =
lesson Of moderation during the pres
ent cherry season to the youth Of other
places besides Plumstead. Speaking
from his tombstone. Master Darling
exclaims:
The hammer of Death was give to me
For eating the cherries on the tree"
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A Scotchman stood beside the bed
of his dying wife, and in fearful ac-
cents asked was there anything he
could do for her.
Yes. Sandie," she said; I'm hop
ing you'll bury me in Craeburn kirk
yard"
but. my lass" be cried. "only think
of the awful expense! Would 70
no be comfortable here In Aber-
deen?"
mo. Sandie: I'd no rest In my
grave unless were buried In Crae-
burn"
ITS too much you're askfn'." said
the loving husband, land ! cannot
promise ye> ony such thing"
Then, Sandie. I'll no give you ony
peace until my bones are at rest In
my native parish"
-Ah. weel. Maggie" said he, "Tn
just gle We three-month trial in
Aberdeen. an see how We get along"
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and settled down to the life OF a Tex
as farmer.
In the early part of the summer o.
1888 the United States district attor
ney at st. Louis received an anonym
Gus letter stating that certain en-
craving house of that city was pre-
pairing plates from which were to be en-
graved large number of slips which
mad the appearance of being imita.
tons OF the currency of the Empire of
Brazil.
The letter in question pointed ont
that which seemed to be crime in
process of execution. and, anonymous
or signed. the letter was not to be
ignored. 1t was turned over to me.
and | went to work on the case.
found the manager and was
informed by him that he believed
his firm did have contract
to engrave plates for and print
some Brazilian matter: but he
claimed to be ignorant of the idep.
tity of the party with whom the con.
tract was made and of the exact char
acter OF the commodity contracted for.
was told to return later and consult
with the official of the concern who
mad made the contract and who was
conversant with all the details. This
| did. This gentleman, after learning
who was, told me that a man named
Lucius A. White had contracted with
the firm for plate of a Cigar LABEL
to be used In the Brazilian trade. The
work was under way at that time.
With this information the Brazilian
consul was called into consultation.
The appearance of the plate was de.
scribed to him and he pronounced it a
duplicate of the front of the Brazilian
"Duzentos Milreis" note, or a treas
ury note of the Empire of Brazil rem
resenting 200 milreis. AS a milrejs
of Brazilian money was equal in value
to approximately $40 cents of United
States money each one of the labels"
would be worth in Brazil Sos. 20.
So far as could learn the order
left In St Louis by the mysterious
Mr.. White called for the engraving of
but one plate. II a currency note were
TO be produced there would OF ueces-
sity be two plates, one for the front
and another for the reverse side. The
spokesman for the engraving firm
claimed to take this as evidence that
the plate was to be used for the pur |
pose set forth by the man who had
made the contract, and In this claim |
the engrayer may have been honest |
Immediately came to the conclu- |
sion that the men who were planning
to initiate the Brazilian currency had
made contract with one firm for the |
front plate and impressions printed
from IL and with another firm. prob. |
ably in another city, for the plate
and impressions Of the reverse side.
from the engraving firm | learned
that White had reached st. Louis MAY
Is and had asked for a price on the
work he wanted done. He said he
was going to New York and world
return in few weeks. He kent his
word end closed the negotiations for
The fr'nt plate. These negotiations
we're under way two weeks before
hey were finally closed, and after the
contract had been signed White dis
appeared.
~ would have been an easy matter
= TINS time to have confiscated the
plate; but 1t was always the plan Of
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ago l suffered mis-
cry with lumbago.
f v 9 r y movement
was one Of pain.
Doan's Kidney Pills
removed the whole
difficulty after only
a short time. Al
though I do not
like to have my
name used publicly
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IL the late Cos the movement for a
Democratic government in the empire
Of Brazil had taken on great strength.
Stories Of the marvellous resources of
the country and Of the unlimited pos
sibilities for achieving power and
money were reaching the United
States. A political upheaval in a
country Of great natural wealth is al
ways a tempting bait to soldiers of
fortune the world over, and the &C.
counts Of Brazilian conditions that
reached southern Texas about this
time we're not to be resisted by the
more adventurous. A party was made
up for Brazil. and in this party were
two brothers. Lucius A. and Joseph A.
White. Lucfus was a mere lad In hts
teens. while Joseph was nearly 90
years his senior and more a father to
the boy than a brother. Joseph was
married. The Whites were the sons of
Judge White, who settled in southern
Texas in 1899 and who was a noted
lawyer and jurist of that section.
Judge White was a man who was held
IN the highest esteem on account of
his strict integrity and learning. and
his sons grew up respected in their
native state. Lucius had studied civil
engineering and was an engineer or no
meager ability. Joseph was farmer.
But In both the brothers there was a
strong spirit Of adventure, and after
listening to the stories OF gold and
diamonds to be found and fortunes 10
be made easily in rubber. coffee and
general agriculture, told by returned
Texans. the brothers decided to join
the party bound for the South Amer
lean empire. which finally landed at
Rio Janeiro.
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RIOR TO the year 1884 there
was no law of the United
States that prohibited any
one from couaterfeiting in
this country the money OF
a foreign nation. Out of
the lack Of legislation on
this point had grown
many cases of much i'm
portance to other govern
ments, for your counter
feifer is a man usually
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on the mans face, but he collected
himself almost instantly and said:
Il don't want a scene; what do you
want me to do?"
Come with u.s." I said.
We all arose quietly and walked out
Of the dining-room without attracting
attention. White was taken to the
federal building and subjected to an
informal examination. When
searched him found documents bear
ing on the milreis transaction and
placing the firm that did the work In
peculiar light. One of these papers
was the formal bid made by the firm.
Offering to engrave an exact facsimile
of the front of the 200 milreis bill on
stone for $3.50 and a facsimile of the
back for 1910, or facsimiles of front
and back on steel for $50. Another
discriminating paper was a receipt
from the engraving firm for payment
OF the "cigar labels" and for a 200
milreis Brazilian bill, to be returned to
White. According to the papers found
on White, he had increased the size
Of his order from 1000 to 5000 sheets
Of bills, four bills ON a sheet. At first
White denied any part In counter
feiting plot, but later broke down and
admitted his guilt. He claimed to
have a partner named Lane, but re-
fused to give detailed information
concerning him further than to say
that he lived In Texas.
| shall always question the propriety
OF the course followed by the federal
attorney in making his case against
Joseph White, which was as follows:
A package was made of $40 OF the
sheets had brought in. Attorney
Bliss then wrote out . telegram to
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No fewer than 372 different ways Of,
spelling Ypsilanti have been copied
from envelopes and recorded b. Q
postmaster of that iowa
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While in Rio Janeiro Lucius White
met young woman who was visiting
there and whose home was In Florida.
He courted and married her, and three
children were born to them. In 1854
he decided to return to the states to
i've. and brought hts family to Florida.
Dhers he stayed few months. going
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epsaIes Out for the esnsft Of sunsrins
Thousands.

Rev. @. N. Gray. Baptist Clergyman.
% Whttesb0ro. Tex. saws: -Four yeara
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from there to Whitney. Tex. where
he bought a 90-acre farm for $4,000
and settled down to the life OF Tex
as farmer.
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One Of the most notable of these
cases was that of the manufacture in
this country Of large amount of the
currency of CHINA job that was
eunningly conceived and cleverly car
NED TO the point where the counter
felt currency was manufactured and
ready for shipment to the Orient for
circulation. Another plot of great in
ternational importance. was that con-
ceiyed by Mcdonald, Scott and Sheri-
dan, who made and threw into circu-
lafion a counterfeit Bank of England
note to the amount of about $4,000.
goo. The criminals in this case were
Americans and their daring was shown
by the character of the task they set
Tor themselves.
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Well versed in the laws bearing on his
Trade and he had not been slow in
perceiving the possibilities Of large
and quick gains in using the United
States as a place for manufacturing
bogus currency and coin to be circu-
lated in other countries.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-16
N : y
Northwest News
MASTER FOR GREAT WESTERN
JUDGE sANeoRN APPOINTS A. r,
MOORE OF ST. PAUL TO ACT
FOR THE COURT.

st. Paul, Jan. 11.-Judge Sanborn
yesterday appointed Albert r. Moore
Of st. Paul special master in chancery
in the receivership of the Chicago
Great Western railroad. of which A.
B. Stickney and c. Fl. F. Smith were
appointed receivers in the United
States circuit court on Wednesday.
The special master is invested with
broad powers. He is authorized, in
his discretion, to hold a masters court
at any point whenever he is satisfied
that costs and expenses may be saved
or the convenience of the parties pro-
NOTED by so doing.
When the receivers file their report
the master will examine the same,
with the assistance of competent &C.
countants, whom he is authorized to
appoint.
The powers conferred by Judge Sa...
born's order extend only to the Eighth
circuit, and it will he necessary for
another appointment to be made in the
Seventh circuit on account of the as.
sets in Illinois. 1t is expected that
Mr.. Moore will receive similar ap.
pointment in the Seventh circuit.
The Chicago Great Western road
formally began operating under the
direction of receivers yesterday. For
the present, at least, there will be no
change in the personnel of the Off.
c.als, and it is said that there is little
probability of retrenchment along the
line of discharsing employees.
Accompanied by Frank B. Kellogg,
G. H. F. Smith went to Chicago Wed.
nesday night to go through the formal
ity of application for receivership in
Judge Kohlsaat's court. This was nee.
essaly in view OF the fact that the
properties of the road extended be.
ycad the jurisdiction of Judge San.
horn
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-16
AGED new ULM Man
f0ULLY MURDERED.
CHRIS WALKERS BODY FOUND IN
HIS HOME IN THE CENTER OF
THE CITY.
ROBBERY Was The MOTIVE

New Uln, MIMI. Jan. Ill Chris
Walher, sixty-five years old, was found
yesterday murdered in his home In
North German street, about six blocks
from the business section of the city.
From the condition of the house rob-
berry plainly was the motive for the
crime, but there is no clue to the
identity of of the murderer other than
that the police believe it to have been
somebody familiar with the habits Of
the man. They think the act was
deliberately planned and that Waller
had been watched for some time.
There is nothing to show when the
crime was committed, and the man
may have lain dead fully twenty-four
hours before he was found. He had
10 relatives in this part of the coun-
try except brother, Fred Walher.
farmer in the town OF Cottswood, who
had been gifted of the tragedy.
Whole House Ransscked.
Going through the house the police
found everything in disorder, and
t:.ere was every indication that the
whole place had been thoroughly and
systematically ransacked. Clothing
was strewn about in the various
rooms, and even the mattress of the
bed had been removed and ripped
ope:l. Walher was known to have
some money and during the recent
financial stringency he was known to
have drawn what money he could from
the banks, and always insisted on re-
ceiv;ng gold when he made those with
drawals From reports secured from
these institutions it is believed that
he may have had several hundred dol
lars in tie house, but no money was
found during the search by the Off
GERS.
There was no fire in the house and
Coroner L. A. Fritsche, after examin-
ing the body, said he was not certain
whether the man had been killed this
morning Or last night, or even earlier
than that. Neighbors have not seen
him for the last two days.
The council passed resolution Of
fering reward of $500 for the detec-
ton of the murderer.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-16
The WESTERN COUNTIES
COMMITTEE TO PROBE CHARGES.
Patterson Investigation Reaches :
Head In North Dakota.

Patterson Investigation Reaches a
Head In North Dakota.
The special committee of the state
bar association, to which the supreme
court referred the petition Of E. G.
Patterson Of Bismarck for an inves.
tigation of the official and personal
conduct of States Attorney A. T.
Patterson Of Burlefgh county and An.
drew Miller, formerly assistant attor-
ney general of the state, with a view
to their disbarment as attorneys, will
meet in Bismarck on Tuesday. The
committee consists of Herman Win.
terer Of Valley City, p. G. Swenson of
Hfllsboro and r. NJ. Pollock of Fargo.
The petition of E. G.. Patterson
was filed some months ago. Subse-
quently the committee of the state
bar association to consider these mat
tiers called upon the complainant to
deposit $500 to cover the costs Of
taking testimony and hearing the
evidence, and this sum has been de.
posted by Patterson with the clerk
of the supreme court. The meetings
Of the committee will not be public.
These charges are the outcome of
the liquor prosecutions begun in Bis.
marck last spring against Patterson,
the complainant, by States Attorney
Patterson and Miller, as assistant at
torney general. Patterson was ar
rested on several counts, charged
with maintaining nuisance under
the liquor law, and in secret proceed.
ings presided over by Judge Spalding
CT the supreme court, sitting as a
committee magistrate, a large guam
tfty of testimony was taken tending
to show that Patterson had violated
the prohibition laws.
Patterson's employees were sum-
moned before Judge Spalding and
called upon to give testimony at the
secret hearing, and upon its conclu-
sion Judge Spalding ordered warrants
issued for Patterson upon several
charges. Following this. grand jury
was summoned in Bur1eigh county.
but reported no indictments. and the
cases against Patterson fell through.
Patterson charged that States At
torney Patterson and Miller had been
guilty of violating their oath of Of
fee, and charges were brought against
the states attorney in the district
court, but they were dismissed by
Judge Pollock. on the ground that it
appeared that E. G. Patterson had
not sworn to the facts charged in
his complaint as of his own know
edge.
Then Patterson brought the actions
in the supreme court, making prac-
tically the same charges that both
Patterson and Miller had been fire.
quenters of places where liquor was
sold and gambling was conducted,
and had thereby violated their oaths
of Office as prosecuting officers.
The defendants say the whole mat
ter is political and personal.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-16
DOES THE sLEuTH ACT?
Receiver Nash Discovers Some Queer
Transactions,


Receiver Dudley l.. Nash has dis
covered some queer transactions in
connection with the closing of the
stores of F. Frank & Sons in Willis.
ton and Minct. The receiver traced
a wagon load of goods to .Tunbridge
and ascertained that they were shi;::
ped to H. German. Grand Forks. All
Of these goods. amounting in value to
about $500, have been seized, and
Frank admits they were taken from
the Hub store in Minot
In addition the receiver seized a
trunk at the 500 station in Minot,
which had been checked to Minot
from Velva, and which contained
about $500 worth Of goods from the
Hub stock.
The inventory at Williston showed
several hundred dollars worth of la
dies silk waists and skirts and
quantity of gloves and cravats miss
ing. These have also been traced by
the receiver, and will be taken pos.
session of. Some sensational devel-
opments are promised.