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woRKINGMARs WANTS.

WORKTNGMEN, we have started this col
umn for you; viii sell overcoats s. 70 s.:
suits Of clothes s. to 81; coats and vests 81 50
ana 81; pants $50 JUSTHS OLD STAND.
el9 y. mh2 II
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BOOMING HOUSE. 10 rooms. completely
furnished, for sale at great sacrifice. within
one block War Department. best location ia
city; quick action necessary. Owner leav-
ing city. BOX 90 Times Office mh2-3t
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SALOON; near market: last years business
SO, 90; retiring. DUGAN, CIT Louisiana ave.
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MASSAGE.

SCIENTIFIC MASSAGE. face and scalp;
Swedish movements; physical culture. mani
curing and chiropOdy- Appointments out.
open sundays. second-noor front. Walk In.
SIS 18th st. NV, fe22-30t
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FOR RENr-FURN1sHED ROOMS.

9Th ST. Sc. SZ7-Two communicating rooms
furnished complete for housekeeping; water
Ia room; heat, rent. and cooking gas SIS.
rnhNSt
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FOR SALE-Second-hand motorcycles for
YsaIe. One California Yale, one Thomas auto
bicycle one Mitchell; one l906-ls0T Harley
Davidson, two Indians. All in first-cIas IS
condition; can be seen at +. NJ. CORR. s24
9Th nv. fe2g-Tt
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LUNCH ROOM. paying $ per day: cheap
rent 5i2 = st. NV. mh3st
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WHY PAY MORE? We store for 75c 4. load
UNITED STATES STORAGE CO Sis-1s5-s5s
10Th ST. NV. Phone Main s229 defs-s8t
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a pass for both himself and for me, l
asked him why he was buying a
ticket. He said his arrangement with
the railroad forced him to buy ticket
but that the amount was rebated to
him afterward. He then checked the
trunk and gave me the check
At the fremont house Miss Shot
we'll paid her bill, had her baggage
loaded on the carriage, and told the
hotel employees she was going to Mo-
bile. Instead We drove to the Briggs
house, where she secured rooms. She
was to remain at the hotel in order to
be within call when needed:
The case seemed to call for quick
action. did not believe, as did my
fair client, that the trunk had been
broken open at the fremont house
From what Miss Shotwell had told
me, J. Stiles Armour and Frank W.
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the day the couple were delayed in
Detroit. From the head porter
learned that on that day, in the after
noon, a tall man wearing a light suit
and fur cap had summoned him to
aid in opening a trunk, explaining he
wanted to change clothes, and had
lost the key to the trunk. Pendleton,
the porter, had given him a hammer
and a cold chisel, which were returned
little later. Everett, however, haI
not changed clothes, and this fact
was remarked by the porter After
disappearing from the hotel a short
time, Everett had returned and or
dered the trunk sent to Chicago.
At the Office of the United States
Express Company found a clerk who
had received the package sent by &C.
A. Hayward" He remembered the
man who left it as tall man, wear.
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had left the papers with Chief Kelso,
was invited into a private Office.
Taking three packages of papers from
his safe Kelso said:
These were left in my care by
former Judge Cardozo and Mr.. Far
rell, attorneys for a client whose iden-
uty they do not care to make public
nor to inform you of at this time.
They have requested me to be present
when you examine them
With this he handed me the pack
ages and I began the examination.
Cardozo and Farrell, to whom l had
been introduced, were in the room.
The first two packages contained little
but Miss Shotwell's private CORE
spondence, and l found nothing in
them that l thought would be of any
service to me in the case in hand.
Among the papers composing the third
package I found a legal envelope,
empty, bearing the inscription: From
P. D. Roddy to c. F. Shotwell; Selma
and Gulf Railroad bonds, $4,000" /
quietly put this envelope into my
pocket. Another envelope, which had
evidently contained some sort of an
agreement between Gen. Roddy and
Miss Shotwell, was in the package
and I pocketed that. Finishing the
search l returned the packages to
Kelso
was mystified by the presentation
of the three packages of papers be-
longing to Miss Shotwell. There was
little doubt that Brooks was the mys:
FERROUS client Attorneys Cardozo and
Farrell declined to name. l could I'm.
derstand why the papers were present.
ed, as the men who had conspired to
get possession of the Shotwell bonds
and other private papers, argued, had
learned of the work done in Detroit
and of the closing of the net around
Everett and Brooks. Realizing this
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all knowledge or to have it proved on
them later. But why had they al
lowed the empty bond envelope to re-
main in one of the packages? To
this day l cannot explain why this
was done except on the theory that II
was an oversight. If it were not II
was decidedly stupid piece OF ousl-
ness on their part.
The Brooks case came up before
Justice Bowling, who was a proml-
nent member of the Tammany organl-
cation. Bowling and "Boss' Tweed
were close personal and political
friends. Kelso and Bowling were
closely associated as members OF the
same political organization, ana
Brooks attorneys were inf1uentlal Ill
court and police circles. 1t was LOT
these reasons that l had taken the
case to the grand jury, so that II II
were allowed to die a natural deatn
in the city court-as many cases IN
which defendants are influential are
allowed to do in all cities-the state
courts would still have jurisdiction.
During all this time Miss ShotWell
had maintained a consistently proper
attitude for a person who had been
robbed and who wished to see the
thief punished.
In 1876 I received letter from New
York, written in behalf of John D.
townsend, a prominent attorney of
that city. The New York state assem-
bly, had some time before appointed
a committee, known as the committee
m crime and the management of the
district attorneys office, for the pur-
nose of investigating certain alleged
irregularities in the administration
of the Office of district attorney under
BENJAMIN X. Phelps. am not ia
miltar with the details of the charges
made against Mr.. Phelps, but among
them was the general one that GER
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the clerk. Then from the baggage
master l learned that on the day in
question the baggage checks from No.
1900 to No. 1000 were used between
Detroit and Chicago, and that any
piece of baggage bearing any of the
intermediate numbers could not have
been checked east Of Detroit. The
check given by Everett to Miss Shot
we'll at Chicago in exchange for what
he said was the wrong one was No.
1902.
From Detroit the trail plainly led
to New York and lost no time in
reaching that city. From the first the
case had not appeared to me in the
light of ordinary larceny, although
that was the technical charge I was
endeavoring to establish. Everett was
an Englishman of education and good
address and cool under circumstances
which would arouse to Indignation or
breakdown many men, but l did not
believe him to be professional
thief
There was no doubt of his business
connections with Frank w. Brooks.
J. Stiles Armour and GSn. Roddy. the
latter president of the railroad the
securities of which had been stolen.
He had been general j., the confed-
crate army from Alabam1 and was a
man of high standing. IN Washing
ton he was something OF lobbyist
and was interested in government
contracts. At the time Of which I
am writing he was abroad. Gen. Rod.
dy and Frank w. Brooks wer.s i.,ti.
mate business associates and personal
| friends.
Brooks New York Offices were Mt
744 Broadway, where he was in tile
real estate, insurance and loan busf.
ness. He was known in New YORK
as imam about town" and a promo
| ter. 1t was to his New York address
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HE'LL FuI
ADVICE

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fdence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case. Such letters as the fol.
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond a doubt the pOWer of
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the following narrative without excite.
ment or the use of unnecessary
words:
Il am Carlotta Frances Shotwell. l
am % years old and native of New
Jersey: L. sl,euda most. of ny-t tt1o IN
New York and Washington, but travel
a good deal, as my business affairs
require. l arrived in Chicago this
morning from New York, and was on
my way to Mobile, Ala, where had
business in connection with some
bonds of the Selma and Gulf Railroad
which l own. On my arrival here
registered at the fremont house and
had my luggage sent to that hotel:
A few hours after I reached the city
had occasion to open my trunk, and
found that the lock had. been broken.
On examination of the contents
found package containing bonds of
the Selma and Gulf Railroad to the
amount of $4,000, together with 9th
er valuable private papers and CORE
spondence, had been stolen"
Did you travel from New York
alone?" l asked.
,"No;" she answered. Il was &C.
companied by gentleman named
George A. Everett"
e"What do you know of this man."
VERY little. While living at the
Grand Central hotel in New York, l
was introduced to him by J. Stiles Ar
mour, gentleman who is interested
with me in a business venture. This
was about two weeks ago. Mr.. Ever
EFT was stopping at the same hotel
and one day Mr.. Armour mentioned to
him in my presence that was going
south on business. Mr.. Everett said
that he was going to Chicago about
the same time to see his wife and chill.
dren, who lived there, and that if ]
cared to go south by way of Chicago
he would get me passes covering my
entire trip. His offer seemed to me
not so extraordinary, in view of the
fact that he was close personal
friend of one of my business associ
ates, and seemed to be able to secure
railroad passes for the asking. l &C
copied his offer, and we reached Chi
cago together"
WAS he in your company all the
time en- route?"
"He had a berth in the same Pull
man and was in my sight most of the
time. At, Niagara Falls he informed
me that Frank w. Brooks, who is al
so a member of the company l spoke
of, had asked him to call on a bust
ness acquaintance at Detroit. W.
reached Detroit too late to make the
Chicago train connection, and we were
forced to wait there from 1880 to $50
in the afternoon. These four hour:
Mr.. Everett spent in the city, while
remained~in the train =
= did you check your own baggage
in New York;" 1882 ........ -
mo; Mr. Everett checked my trunl
for me- At the station saw him bu.
a ticket, and, as he claimed to have
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check, if he had done so. should call
for any particular confusion on his
part when he made the exchange.
Everett's actions at least called for
some explanation.
That night asked for the services
of two policemen, one of whom I sta
toned at the rear of the Twenty-sec-
ond street house, which Miss Shot
we'll said~was Everett's home, and the
other in front, with orders to hold
anyone seen leaving the place. At
one o'clock in the morning climbed
the stairs to the fiat over the store.
My knock was answered by a man of
whom l inquired If Everett were at
home
"You are friend?" he asked.
AN acquaintance" 1 answered.
He admitted me, and, pointing to
another door, said Everett was asleep
in the room designated. l knocked
and Everett responded, asking what
was wanted. Pushing my way into
the room, told him who l was and
that he must consider himself under
arrest.
After the arrest l went to the
Briggs house and asked to see Miss
Shotwell. Owing to the hour, about
three in the morning. there was some
parleying on the part of the clerk,
but at last I succeeded in having
word sent to her, and she met me in
| the parlor.
II have arrested George A. Everett
l informed her, land it will be neces
sary for you to appear in police court
this morning at nine O'clock"
What" she exclaimed. You have
arrested Mr.. Everett?"
Proceeding at once to the Detroit
baggage-room of the Michigan Central
road and to the baggage-rooms of 9th
er roads from New York, found that
on the day Everett and Miss Shotwel
passed through Detroit no trunk had
been opened at the railroad stations
Then r began "a search of the hote
registers. !: After failing to find what
l was looking for at several at last
found the name, George A. Everett
on the register Of the Cass house or
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white, spongy metal in the midst Of
the copper. When the latter is dis
solved out the dried residue is q bril-.
liant, spongy mass Of nearly pure
chromium in the form of interlaced fl
aments or crystalites grouped like
snowflakes or moss leaves. The small
amount of boron present may be driv-
en- off by heating. The spongy chro-
MUM is. attacked more easily than
the ordinary metal, does not oxidize
in air, but in flame burns like finder.
CLOVIS very brightly in oxygen and 10
attacked by hydrochloric and sulphur.
jc acid, but not by nitric acid. ~
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LYDIA PlNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
"Ever since I was sixteen years of
age had suffered from an organic de.
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence I had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous. Ny physi.
clan said I must go through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you I am to-
day . well woman, and I am telling
Ill my friends Of my experience"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcers
ton, f1broid tu1nors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
Inc down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness prnervousprostration.
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Promoters Champagne Dinner
,,; Western Style Made Stir.

The champagne dinner is an old de-
vice of the stock salesman in the
west. but it seems to have been some
what overlooked hereabopts, says .
New York; dispatch to the Cincinnati
Times-Star. At any rate, one dinner
given in one of the exclusive clubs
up. town has made So much stir In
brokerage circles that you'd think the
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lowshfp Of the occasion, he declared
that he couldn't see so many of the
proper sort outside the breastworks.
I'm going to take you boys in, every
one of you, right on the ground floor!"
he shouted. "You shall have what
shares you want at the figure they
cost me, and before single share is
offered to the public" He had previ-
ously told of the surprising richness
OF his mine. The subscription list
was passed, and practically every one
present subscribed. Thousands of
shares in the aggregate were disposed
OF. The proposition certainly did look
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Gen. Roddy was called to testify.
He related the alleged facts concern
ing the appropriation by the defend
ant of the valuables in question.
us this woman your wife," asked
the lawyer.
''She is not" answered the general,
finally.
During the recital there was deep
silence in the courtroom, and when
Miss Shotwell was called to testify
in her own behalf the interest gre
intense.
Il took the opera glasses and sou
ereigns,' she said in voice strained
but we'll under control, because
was his legal wife and considered
had right to them
"As Gen. Roddy said, first met him
in 1867. He apparently fell in love
with me at first sight and began to
pay me ardent attention. He told me
he had been married and had chill
dren, but that he was divorced from
his wife, who was living in Havana.
In confirmation of the assertion con.
corning the divorce ne showed lie
what purported to be an order OF
court granting a decree of divorce.
believed him free to marry again.
"A year after our first meeting he
persuaded me to come to New York
and marry him. He drew up an
agreement which we both signed and
which, he said, constituted a legal
civil marriage under the laws of New
York. He proposed that the religious
ceremony be delayed while until
certain matters then pending were
adjusted. We lived in first-class no.
tells, and he always introduced me, re-
ferred to me and treated me as his
wife. He supported me in comfort,
but not extravagantly. had con-
siderable money which I had inherit
ed from my father, and assisted him
in business enterprises which made
him a great deal Of money.
Thus after years of mystery the
Roddy-Shotwell case simmered down
to a question of veracity between the
principals.
copyright, 1905, by Marion G. Scheitlin.)
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good, and even yet the subscribing
guests are we'll pleased with the stu
alton, but it is an odd fact that not
one of them can tell anything CO.
herent of the mine. And you annoy
any Of them frightfully by indiscreet
queries
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Sponqy Chromium.

Chromium in a remarkably new
spongy form has been produced by b.
net. de Jassoniex by heating cast chro-
MUM containing Is per. cent. of boron
in an electric furnace with 4 large
mass Of copper. The ingot shows the
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Brooks, both of New York,
and she were three of five
partners who owned and
operated the Ship VENT.
lation and Bilge Water
Pumping Company, which
had contracts to cleanse
ships in dock. Everett
was an intimate friend of
both Brooks and Armour.
and there seemed to be
nothing unreasonable in
Everett's offer of trans.
portation. While this was
true, l could not under.
stand why Everett should
have bought a ticket for
Miss Shotwell after tell
ing her he had a pass for
her. Neither could l I'm.
derstand why his giving
her the wrong trnnk
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that she was to tell her story
to ME and that I would have
charge, ,qf: the matter from that
time. Left to ourselves and in an,
swer to a look of inquiry from me, the
young woman Immediately plunged
into her story in an unusually intelli-
gent and businesslike way, relating
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1T WAS NEW TO. GOTHAMITES
ae thing had never been worked

same thing had never been worked
before: t;-'
The host Of tho occasion, a we'll
known promoter, issued invitations to
about 60 of his friends Ito celebrate
his recent good fortune" They were
permitted to understand that the pro-
moter had recently made a barrel of
money and wasn't averse to loosening
a few hoops. The principal dining
room of the club was engaged for the
occasion and the chef was given carte
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blanche to get up the best dinner he
knew how to cook.

And champagne! Champagne didn't
flow; it came in a cloudburst. The
host made brief speech, telling how
the mining industry of the west was
flourishing, and limiting delicately ut
his own tremendous success. Then
other speakers got up and talked
along the same line, closing by brief
congratulations to the host upon his
fortune. When every one was fairly
we'll picked the host rose again and
made Q; spread-eagle speech. Finally,
as though overcome by the good tel.
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N THE day after Christ
mas, 1872, l received I a
summons from General
Superintendent Of Police
Washburn of Chicago re-
questing ME to report to
him in his private Office.
When l entered the super
intendent was in cOnversa-
ton with a handsomely
gowned young woman, to
whom he introduced me,
saying as he did so
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BUICK AUTOMOBILES
The Winner. Send for FREE Catalog
Pence Automobile Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
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TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD.

Pfnxit-I have just finished the late
Mrs. Peck's portrait. It's speaking
| likeness.
The Widower Peck-Would 1t be
| too much trouble to-er-change it a
bit in that respect?
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Microscopic Writing.
A remarkable machine made BY q
lately, deceased member of the Royal
Microscopical society for writing with
q diamond seems to have been broken
up by its inventor. A specimen of it,
works is the Lords prayer of 227 let
tiers, written in the 1,237,000 of q
square inch, which IL ut the rate OF
53,SS0,000 letters or Is complete
Bibles. to a single square inch. To
decipher the writing it is necessary to
use 1-12-inch objective, which is the
high power lens physicians employ for
studying the most minute bacteria.
A Carlyle Wedding.
Craigenputtock, where Carlyle's
"Sartor Resartus" was written, has
just been the scene of notable we'd
ding. The bride was Mary Carlyle OF
Craigenputtock, a grandniece of Thorn
as Carlyle, a farmer, of Pingle, Dunn
friesshire, a son of Thomas Carlyle's
favorite nephew. Pingle is about four
miles from Ecclefechan, Carlyle's
birthplace, and this village is the
original of the Entuphl of "Sartor
Resartus. "-London Standard.
incomplete.
Young Mother-Georgc, I want to
show you baby's new carriage. See
1t is collapsible."
Bachelor Brother-I see it is, but
what good does that do? It's the baby
that ought to be collapsible. Alvira.
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Married life should be one grand,
sweet song, but the divorce courts fire.
Quently make duet of it.
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learn to be content with little
Seneca.
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ing a fur cap and a
light suit, this unusu-
al sartorial combina-
ton having marked
Everett at several
places. The package
was a small one, said