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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06

Armour EntertRins Kaiser.
TRAVEMUNDE. Germany, July 6.-Em-
Deror William was entertained at Dime
lest night by Allison V. Armour OF New
York on board the yacht Utowana
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-06
HYMENEAL
AGED Couple Married.

An aged couple was married by Judge
Cockrell at his home Sunday afternoon,
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ncnhnen-NnInrich
BROWN WINS
LEADING POINT
CONTINUED from First Page.)

expiration of the Fortieth congress and
the inauguration of General Grant rs presl.
dent.
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ALL BOYS CAN'T
BE PRESIDENT

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The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31

cattle and hogs seem to be profit
able.
Az an instance for profit in a good
orange grove, Mr.. n. r. Dotney, from
less than seven acres last season.
shipped $4,000 worth Of fruit.
Soil.
The soil varies a great deal from
high pine to low and high hommock,
ali within a mile. so that lands for
any purpose OF crops can be secured
San Mateo can be reached from
Jacksonville by Florida East Coast
railway or Beach and Miller line
steamers (see time tables elsewhere
in this paper). The Clyde's st. Johns
river steamers arrive here about 10
D. m. 80 do not advise this route.
Fare B. q NJ. lire SIPS; railroad 81
from Jacksonville.
Launch Rainbow leaves Palatka
every afternoon at 1-SO. Lucas line
steamers 2S0 p. m, every day but
Sunday.
B. a NJ. line from PaIatka p. m.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
and three trains daily on f. f. q.
railway. Fare from Palatka % cents
any route. Il
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31

AIDE. We handle no other
We endeavored
return friends have shown the appreciation avang
OF
other than a in a store"
demand the highest to
they It. Our will
tion of the state and present
therefore
ITY IS YoURS-DoNT MISS 1T.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
Boys Clothing.

big
o you
what getting yourself.
shoe made lines the Ralton
p Douglas, together the Rndge.
Kambach & Logic Swamp gng
these also making a bl g
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
Remember we Sell the Only Guaran-
teed Patent Leather Shoe Sold
Putnam County.

We have complete line pans-he
apparel hot weather Ver-l
your while.
Our Stock of Suit Cases. Trunks and Grips is Unex-
CeIIed In this Section. These we are Sell
ing AT FACTORY PRICES.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
SAN MATEO,
LOCATION, ATTRACTIONS. ADvAN.
TAeEs.
information for the Visitor or Home
seeker.
Location.

Johns River, and 30 feet above 1t.
The highest point In Florida, east Of
the St. Johns river, which is onO-half
nile wide at this point.
Five miles from Palatka, our county
Jeat, (oity OF 10000, 2S miles from
et. Augustine and about rs miles
from Jacksonville.
The terminus OF a branch OF the
Florida East Coast Railway. The de-
pot being three-quarters of a mile
from the river wharf,
Advantages and Attractions.
San Mateo has good shelled roads
and miles of hard sidewalks. Beauti-
ful wateroaks line both sides Of
streets. and meet overhead In many
places.
Two churches, public and private
schools, telegraph, telephone, express,
money order postohice, three mails
daily, meat market, two general
stores. who take orders anu deliver
goods at your door, weekly paper.
The place is incorporated, but no
town taxes have been collected for
over ten years; the many public i'm
provements are made by the push and
generosity of the citizens and pulling
together. The state and county taxes
are about 20 mills on about one-third
valuation.
Good hunting and fishing, deer, tur
key, ducks and quail, black bass aud
other Florida fresh water fish.
Good boarding house, Byrlyn Place.
open winters: rates eight to ten dol
lars per week; $500 day.
Six thousand people went through
the San Mateo Fruit Company's grove
here last season.
One OF the best advantages San
Mateo enjoys Is transportation; being
on both river and rail is an advantage
that few Florida points enjoy. The
past season, for instance, railroads
and terminals at Jacksonville were
more than congested and fruit ship
ped from points down the central
part of the state was, In some cases,
three weeks getting to Jacksonville.
en- route to northern markets., and
did not bring enough to pay freight,
while San Mateo shippers, at Same
time. would ship from here one day
and have fruit go out Of Jacksonville
on the Clyde ship the next. This lit
tie matter this season alone was
worth thousands Of dollars to the San
Nateo growers and the homeseeker
will do we'll to bear In mind trans
portation and cheap rates that come
With competition, in selecting Flor
ida location.
The population Is about $50, who
came mostly from the northern states.
As class they are men of means.
progressive and soclable. Have bek
tor class OF homes than oan be found
In any place in the south of its size.
Tho buildings kept painted and
grounds IN good order.
HealthfuIness.
On account OF its high altitude,
there is no healthier spot IN Florida
for all the year round or for the win.
ter visitors. For those who come TO
Florida ON account of health. many
find this higher altitude, dry and
balmy air is better than the lower.
more harsh air found I'm salt water
Ssctlons
Business.
The principle business is orange
growing. Some 400 acres In groves
are here, and as this proves proht
able. there is not much attention paid
other crops. although there are some
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The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
In Mems Clothing.

the fabrics
suits that originally
eO7sn
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31

This Sale is No Fake.
been purchased
be bargains giving
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
Business.

The principle business is orange
growing. Some 400 acres in groves
are here. and as this proves proht
able. there is not much attention paid
other crops. although there are some
vegetables grown for shipment and
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02

son knows It. but only half of it. But
know his two halves. know the
whole man, -
Robert DarZac opened his eyes WITT
a look that showed he had not under
stood a word of what Rouletabille had
said to him At that moment the con-
yeyance arrived, driven by Frederic
Larsan. Darzac and the gendarme en-
tered it, Larsan remaining on the driV-
cr's seat The prisoner was taken to
Corbeil.
That same evening Rouletabille and
I left the Chandler. We were very
glad to get away, and there was moth
ing more to keep us there. I declared
my intention to give up the whole mat
ter. 1t had been too much for me-
RouletabiIle. with friendly tap on my
shoulder. confessed that he had moth
ing more to learn at the Chandler; he
had learned all had to tell him. We
reached Paris about s o'clock. dlned,
and then, tired out, we separated,
agreeing to meet the next morning at
my rooms.
Rouletabille arrived next day at the
hour agreed on. He was dressed in
suit of English tweed, with an ulster
on his arm and valise in his hand.
Evidently he had prepared himself for
journey.
How long shall you be away?'
asked
"a month or two" he said. cit all
depends
asked him no more questions.
"Do you know" he asked, what the
word was that Mile Stangerson tried
to say before she fainted?'
mo Nobody heard it."
81 heard it," replied Rouletabille-
"She said Speak,"
"Do you think Darzac will speak?"
"Never."
I was about to make some further
observations but he wrung my hand
warmly and wished me goodby. l had
only time to ask him one question be-
fore he left.
"Are you not afraid that other at
tempts may be made while you're
away"
mo; not now that Darzac is in pris-
on?" he answered.
With this strange remark he left
was not to see him again until the day
of Darzac's trial at the court when he
appeared to explain the inexplicable,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02
ING HIM,

only tell Rouletabi11e later when we
were alone.
Rouletabile and Frederic Larsan ex-
perienoed cruel disappointment at the
result Of the nights adventure They
could only look In CONSERVATION and
stupefaction at the body Of the Green
Man.
Daddy Jacques showed stupidity
sorrowful face and with silly lamenta-
tons kept repeating that we were mis-
taken-the keeper could not be the as
sailant We were obliged to compel
him to be quiet. He could not have
shown greater grief had the body been
that of his own son. l noticed, while
all the rest Of us were more or less I'M
dressed and barefooted, that he was
fully clothed
Rouletabille had not left the body.
Kneeling on the flagstones by the light
OF Daddy jacques lantern, he removed
the clothes from the body and laid
bare its breast. Then, snatching the
lantern from Daddy Jacques, he held
1t over the corpse and saw gaping
wound. Rising suddenly, he exclaimed
in a voice filled with savage irony:
"The man you believe to have been
shot was killed by the sta b of a knife
In his hearth
j thought Rouletabilie had gone mad,
but. bending over the body, I quickly
satisfied myself that Rouletabille was
right. Not sign of'a bullet anywhere.
The wound evidently made by a sharp
blade, had penetrated the heart.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02

darkened the night, so that we were
una Bile to make out the features. Dad
dy Jacques. who had now joined us,
helped US to carry the body into the
vestibulc. where we laid it down on
the lower step of the stairs. On the
way, had felt my hands wet from
thu warm blood flowing from the
wounds.
Daddy Jacques few to til" kitchen
and returned with a lantern. lie held
it close TO the face Of the dead Shad-
ow. and VIC recognized the keeper, the
man called by the landlord OF the
Donion inn the Green Man, whom an
hour earlier I had seen com" cut OF
Arthur RANGES chamber carrying n
parcel But what had seen ! could
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02

1VEl for the second time almost
III murdered. Unfortunately she
CJ was In too weak state to bear
the severer injuries of this second at
tack as well as she had those Of the
first. She had received three wounds
in the breast from the murderer's
knife, and she lay long between life
and death. Her strong physique, how
ever, saved her; but, though she recov-
cred physically, 1t was found that her
mind had been affected. The slightest
Rllusion to the terrible incident sent
her into delirium, and the arrest Of
Robert Darzac, which followed on the
day following the tragic death Of the
keeper, seemed to sink her fine intelli-
gence into complete melancholia
Robert Darzac arrived at the chateau
toward half past 8. saw him hurry
ing through the park, his hair and
clothes in disorder and his face dead
ly white. Rouletabille and were look
ing out OF window In the gallery.
He saw us and gave despairing cry.
I'm too late!" IL
Rouletabille answered, "She livesw
A minute later Darzac had gone into
Mile. Stangerson's room, and through
the door we could hear his heartrend-
ing sobs. 3. &C.
There's fate about this placer
groaned Rouletabille, Some internal
gods must be watching over the mis-.
fortunes Of this family! II had not
been drugged would hare saved
Mile Stangerson. should have si-
fenced him forever And the keeper
would not hare been killed.
II N, Darzac came In to speak with us
His distress was terrible. Rouleta-
billie told him everyt hing-his prepare
lions for Mile. Stangerson's safety his
plans for either capturing or for dis
posing OF the assailant forever and
how he would have succeeded had 1t
not been for the drugging.
IF only you had trusted meH' said
the young man In a low tone. II you
had but begged Mile. Stangerson 70
1eonfide ID me! Bnt, then. everybody
here distrnsts everybody else. The
daughter distrusts her father and even
her lover While you ask me e pro
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02
Continued

O. " 10 rfe
'.Malheurr' roared Rouletabille. I'VE
shall be, too late"' l.. ..
He tried to rush to the door, but he
was too dazcd and fell against the
wall. ! was already III the gallery, re-
volver In hand, rushing like mad
man toward Mile. Stangerson's room.
The moment I arrived ut the intersec-
ton of the .off turning" gallery and the
right gallery l saw figure leaving
her apartment, which in n few strides
had reached the landing place.
/ was not master of myself. | fired.
The report from the revolver made a
deafening noise, but the man continued
his fight down the stairs. l ran be-
hind him. shouting: stop! Stop, or
will kill you!" AS l rushed after him
down the stairs came face to face
with Arthur Rance coming from The
left wing of the chateau. yelling:
~What is it? What Is it?'' We ar
rived almost at the same time ut the
foot Of the staircase. The window Of
the vestibule was open. We distinctly
saw the form of man running away
1nstinctively we fred our reyolvers in
his direction, He was not more than
ten PAGES in front Of us. He stag
gered, and we thought he was going to
fall We had sprung out OF the win
dow, but the man dashed of with re-
newed vigor. Il was In my socks, and
the American was barefooted. There
being no hope Of 0yertaking him, we
dred our last cartridges at him. But
he still kept on running, going along
the right side OF the court toward the
end OF the right wing Of the chateau
which had no other outlet than the
door OF the little chamber occupied by
the forest keeper.
The man. though he was evidently
wounded by our bullets, was now
twenty yards ahead of u.s. Suddenly,
behind us, and above our heads, win
dow In the gallery opened and we
heard the voice Of Rouletabille CRYING
ont desperately:
Fire. Bernier! Firer'
8 AT that moment the clear moonlight
night was further lit by d broad fash.
BY its light we saw Daddy Berniers
with his gun on the threshold of the
donto door.
He had taken good aim. The shadow
fell But ms 1T had reached the end of
the right wing of the chateau, 1t fell
ON the other side Of the angle of The
building that is to say, we saw IT..
about to fall. but not the actual sink
ing to the ground Bernier, Arthur
4 Rance and myself reached the other
side twenty seconds later. The shadow
was lying dead at our feet.
ss Aroused from his lethargy by the
cries and reports. Larsan opened the
window Of his chamber and called out
TO us. Rouletabflle. quite awake now,
Joined us at the same mome;..., and j
cried out to him;
He Is dead lis dead =.
5s So much the better. 4 he said axe
him into the vestibule OF the chateau
Then as il on second thought, he said
Mono! Let us put him in his own
room. =
Ronletab ilie knocked All the door. \
Nobody answered. Naturally, this did
not surprise me.
sHe ii evidently not there, otherwise
~ would have come out, |" said the re-
porter sIet Us carry him ID the YES.
Thule then. Z
B atIsce reaching the dead shadow, d
NIX cloud Ind covered the moon and
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02

- HAD hardly uncovered from the
surprise into which this new
III discovery had plunged me
- when Rouietabille touched me
on the shoulder and asked me to fol-
low him into his room to think 1t over.
confess was In no condition for
doing much thinking. His self control
was more than could explain. Closing
the door Of his room, he moti6ned me
to chair and, seating himself before
me, took out his pipe. We sat there
for some time in silence, and then /
fell asleep.
When awoke it was daylight. It
was s O'clock by my watch. Rouleta-
bile was no longer In the room. +
rose to so out. when the door opened
and my FREUD re-entered He had evil
IDENTIFY lost no time s5
How about Mile Stangerson?', I
asked him.
Ter condition, though very alarm
ing, is not desperaf e.'.
hen did you leave this room n
Toward dawn
Have you found out nythinga r.
I'M Two sets OF footprints. = sgs
Have they anything to do with tho
mystery Of the keepers body r.
& es;; the mystery Is no longer d
mystery This morning, walking round
the chateau, found two distinct sets
of footprints made at the same time
last night. They we're made BY two
persons walking side by side. / fol-
lowed them from the court toward the
oak grove Larsan joined me They
were the same kind ot footprints as
were made ait thu time Of the assault
~ the yellow rom, One set was
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02

from clumsy boots and the other was
made by neat ones, except that the
big toe Of one Of the sets was of a
different size from the one measured
In the yellow room incident
"Still following the tracks OF the
prints. Larsnn and l passed out Of the
oak grove and reached the border of
the lHh" There they turned off to
Il littl" l'alh leading to the highroad to
Epinay. Whrr" we lost the traces in
the newly lnaradamiZcd Highway
we went back to the chateau and
parted at the courtyard. We met
again, however, in Daddy Jacques
room, to which our separate trains of
thinking had led US both. We found
the Old servant in bed. His clothes on
the chair w"r" wet through and his
boots very muddy. He certainly did
not get into that state in helping us
to carry Tho body of The keeper. It
was not raining then. Then his face
showed extreme fatigue, and he looked
at vs. "u Of terror stricken eyes.
con pl"sst" him he confessed that
he had been away from the cha teau.
/ Tie explained his absence by saying
| that h" had Il headache and went out
into tn" fresh air. but had gone no
farther than tn" oak grove. When we
then Described 10 him the whole route
has had followed he sat up in bed trem-
bling.
"And YOU were not alone" cried
LarsHn.
| "I,id You see it. them gasred Dad
dy Jacques.
"'WhatE asked.
"'Thr plant Om-thc black phantom!
"Thcn he told us that for several
nights he had seen what he called the
black phantom. 1t came into the park
at the stroke OF midnight and glided
stealthily through the trees 1t ap-
pearcd to him to pass through the
trunks Of the trees. Twice he had seen
1t from his window hv the light Of the
moon and had risen and followed the
}strangc appnrition The night before
last he had almost overtaken it, but
1t had vanished at the corner Of the
donjon. Last night. however. he had
not left the chateau, his mind being
disturbed by Il prcsrntiment that some
new crime would be attempted. Sud
denly he saw the black phantom rush
out from somewhere in the middle of
the court. He followed it to the lake
and to the highroad to Epinay, where
the phantom suddenly disappeared.
"'Did YOU see his faceT dema nded
Larsan.
"'No. I saw nothing but black wells
"'Did you go out after what passed
on the gallery:
az could not. I was terrified
DADDY jacques said in threat
ening voice, you did not follow 1t. You
and the phantom walked to Epinay to-
gether, arm in arm
"'No,' he cried, turning his eyes
away; 4 did not. 1t came on to pour
and turned back. I don't know what
became of the black phantom
1--WE left him, and when we were
outside I turned to Larsan, looking
him full in the face, and put my ques-
ton suddenly to take him off his guard;
"'An scc0mplice?
GLOW can tell| he replied and left
me, saying he was off to Epinay."
"Well, what do you make of ftp
asked Rouletabllle after he had ended
his recital. PERSONALLY am utterly in
the dark. I can't make anything out of
it. What do you gather?'
Everything, everything" he ex.
claimed. But" he said abruptly, 'lets
find out further about Mile. Stanger-
SON"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02

4
~ narrated-the Epoque printed
as the first column of the front page
the following sensational article:
THE Seine-et-Oise jury Is summon
ed today to give its verdict on one Of
the most mysterious affairs in the an
nails of crime. There never has been
case with so many obscure, ,incom-
prehensible and inexplicable points
And yet the prosecution has not hest
tated to put into the prisoners dock
man who Is respected, esteemed and
loved by all who knew him-a young
savant, NJ Robert Darzac. There is.
no doubt In the mind of anybody that:
could the victim speak she would
claim from the jurors of Selne-et-Oise
the man she wishes to make her hus-
band and whom the prosecution would
send TO the scaffold 1t Is to be hoped
that Mile. Stangerson will shortly re-
cover her reason, which has been tenn
porarily unhinged by the horrible mys-
terry at the Chandler. The question
before the jury Is the one we propose
to deal with this very day.
eve have decided not to permit
twelve worthy men to commit q dis
graceful miscarriage Of justice. Up.
to now everything has gone against
NJ. Robert Darzac in the magisterial
inquiry. Today, however, we are 60
ing to defend him before the jury, and
we are going to bring to the witness
stand light that will illumine the
whole mystery Of the Chandler, for we
possess the truth
when attention was first drawn to
the Chandler case our youthful re-
porter, Joseph Rouletabile, was on
the spot and installed in the chateau
when every other representative of
the press had been denied admission.
he worked side by side with Frederic
Larsan. He was amazed and terrified
at the grave mistake the celebrated
detective was about to make.
France must know-the whole world
must know-that on the very evening
on which M. Darzac was arrested
young Rouletabille entered our edito,
RAJ office and informed us that he
was about to go away on a journey.
How long shall be. away he said,
- NoiihoS say, ptIhdpS uOUIu, per
haps two perhaps three. Perhaps
may never return. Here is a letter.
II am not back on the day on which
N. Darzac is to appear before the
assize court, have this letter opened
and read to the court after all the Wit (
nesses have been heard. Arrange it 4
with NJ. Darzac's counsel M. Darzac
Is innocent In this letter is written
the name of the murderer, and-that
is all 1 have to say. am leaving to
get my proofs-for the irrefutable evil
dence Of the murderer's guilt Our
reporter departed. For a long time we
We're without news from him. But
week ago a stranger called upon our
manager and said: Act In accordance
with the instructions OF Joseph Roule
|tabille il It becomes necessary to do
so The letter left by him holds the
truth, The gentleman who brought
as this message would not give us his !.
name. n,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02
CHAPTER XIV.
RouIetabilIe Knows the Two Halves
of the Murderer.

N FILE STANGERSON had been
iM for the second time almost
murdered. Unfortunately she
was In too weak a state to bear
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02
CHAPTER XIV.
In Winch Joseph Rouletabille Is
Awaited With Impotence.

N the 18th of January-that is
to say, two months and half
after the tragic events l have
narrated-the Epoque printed
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Double Scent.

HAD hardly recovered from the
surprise into which this new
discovery had plunged me
whap Rnu,ata1nfrla tn,1chad mo
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-02

without any further delay. Probably
1t chimed in with the conclusions he
had already arrived at as to the keeper
and his intrigues with the wife of
Matthew, the landlord of the Donion
inn. This Matthew later in the after
noon was arrested and taken to Cor
bell In spite of his rheumatism. He
had been heard to threaten the keeper,
and, though no evidence against him
had been found at his inn, the evil
dence Of carriers, who had heard the
threats, was enough to justify his re-
tention.
The examination had proceeded thus
far when, to our surprise, Frederic
Larsan returned to the chateau. He
was accompanied by one of the em-
ployees Of the railway. At that mo-
ment Rance and were in the vesti-
bule discussing Matthews guilt or In
nocence, while Rouietabille stood
apart. buried apparently III thought.
The examining magistrate and hisreg-
istrar were In the little green drawing
room, while Darzac was with the doc
lor ana Stangerson In the lady's cham
Der. AS Frederic I,arsan entered the
vestibule with the railway employee
Rouletabille and I ut once recognized
him hy the small blond beard. We ex-