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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27

might be more imminent. He was
seen on one occasion while walking
through the town to turn suddenly,
clapping his hand to hts right hip It
was noticed that when looming to a
corner before advancing to cross a
street he would hastily glance to the
right and left as people In crowded
cities do to avoid swift moving vehi-
Giles.
One afternoon the shadower was
seen walking rapidly toward wood
on the outskirts Of the town. A boy
who saw him said he was talking to
himself. Suddenly from the wood sew
erai shots rang out There was no
doubt about this. for they were heard
by four different people who noticed
them particularly. there having been
no shooting in the town or vicinity for
long while. They differed, however.
in the number Of the shots.
Two of these persons were chatting
together when the shots were fired.
They were talking about the stranger,
who had hurried past them few min
utes before They went to the wood,
and there lay the shadower with bull
let In his temple One chamber OF his
revolver had been emptied, and after
searching a ball was found in the
trunk Of tree near by.
The body Of the shadower, who now
seemed to have been really the shad-
owed, was examined and the clothing
searched carefully for evidence of his
identity. On the body number Of
scars were found, and the clothing
was bare OF any evidence whatever.
Search was made for the man who
had killed him, but he was not found.
The ground was examined for his
tracks, but it was not OF character
to receive impressions, being coarse
and covered with dead leaves. Some
were surprised that the bullet found
In the tree was Of the same caliber as
those of the strangers weapons, both
being As caliber But In that country
everybody carried a Is caliber re-
voIver
People were divided between sever
al opinions. There were those who
as appearance indicated,
that the stranger had been killed by
an enemy. There were those who be-
lieved the man had committed some
crime and feared retribution till he
imagined he was followed and had
eventually killed himself. A third
class believed that punishment had
been visited upon him by the ghost of
some one be had wronged
OF course every effort was made to
induce Eunice Parks to tell what she
knew-if. indeed. she knew anything.
she did not admit that she knew any
thing and would tell nothing. She
was much affected by the strangers
death and would not look at his body
after death. 1t was buried where it
fell and stone put up bearing only
two words. s'The Unknown"
Eunice Parks pinned away and died.
ANDREW C. EWING.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
HASKELL CAN'T GET PAPERS.
Court Rules That Hearst Documents
Shall Stay in County Court.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 27.--In chambers
Monday the state supreme court decided
that the papers in the Scott MacRey.
nolds case shall remain in the hands of
the county court until final disposition
Is made of the case. These papers make
up evidence collected by MacReynolds
for William r. Hearst, in the libel suit
filed by Governor G. N, Haskell, against
the New York editor. They were. seized
last week upon warrant of Governor
Haskell, but were later placed in the
hands of the sheriff. The governor then
asked the court to enumerate the diff
ferent papers. To this MaeReynolds
filed protest and the ruling was in his
favor. Argument in the criminal case
of MaeRyenolds, in which Governor Has.
kell charges an attempt to defame his
character was postponed. AT the con-
clusion of the hearing, Judge Strang took
the case under advisement and announe-
ed that he would return an opinion later
in the week,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
The Rockiand ~
~ ~ Mystery.

\ copyright, 1859 by American Press Asso.
ciafion.l
Roclland had been a rough town, but
It had settled down into a town with
put the adjective.
One day man without q record
fame to town. Since he gave no name
as was customary in such cases, a
name was given him. But this was
not till Il was noticed that he appeared
to be looking for some one. Then they
rallied him "the shadower" He had
no coniidants, no associates. He en-
tered upon no business, but seemed to
have what money he needed. He was
continually walking about, always with
revolver at each nip. and 1t was no
ticed that be usually kept an eye to-
ward his rear.
He was q well favored man about
twenty and what few young
women there were In Rockland adored
him. Perhaps 1t was the mystery there
was about him, though he never took
any notice of them. One of the girls,
Eunice Parks, bet she could make him
smile. but she lost the bet Neverthe-
less she succeeded In at least estab-
fishing an acquaintance. They were
seen occasionally walking together and
usually in earnest conversation. Eu-
nice was a good deal of hoyden, just
the girl to make such a bet, but from
the time she fell in with the shadower
she began to get sober, and It wasn't
long before she was going about APP
parently with Just such a load on her
shoulders as the stranger seemed to be
carrying.
Her intimate friends questioned her
about the mysterious man who never
smiled and who seemed to have drawn
her under the spell by which he was
influenced. They got nothing out Of
her, and by and by her parents, per-
ceiving that there was something
wrong with her. made every effort to
induce her to give them her confidence.
They succeeded no better than her
companions. who were her companions
no longer, for, like the stranger, she
was without associates, without con-
fidants. When she was asked IL he had
confided in her she answered mo" but
hesitatingly, as much as to say that
she was In a measure at least in the
dark. Was he influencing her without
telling his story. or had he no story to
tell?
Wherever there is a mystery there
are a thousand explanations, and Of the
mystery Of the shadower now extended
to Eunice Parks no two explanations
were alike. After Eunice was drawn
into the vortex the parents of those
who had been her friends feared that |
their daughters might be contaminated |
as people catch diseases from one an
other. But IL this contributed to the
separation between her and her for
mer associates it was but slight part.
for Eunice dropped them before any
of them dropped her
AS time went on the shadower grew
more cautious in bis motions, as IL the
he seemed to- be expecting
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
MONTREAL sToRM-swEpT.
The Total Damage is Placed at Half.
Million.

Montreal, Jan. e7.--The big storm If
the past few days created conditions
unparalleled in the history of the city.
Damage was done to the extent OF
Sa5o,0oo, and when private losses are
taken into account this amount will
exceed the half million mark.
Sunday night the fire alarm service
was cut of commission, telephone and
telegraph wires were down, and in some
parts of the city there was no water
Yesterday the northern districts were
still without water. and some of the
fire stations cut off from wire communi
cation. The railway service was com
pletely disorganized and trains left yes
terday as best they could, without de-
spatches and feeling their way.
Prom Sunday evening until yester-
day afternoon Montreal has been with
out telegraph communication. The wires
went down Sunday night, and the
papers were obliged to 90 to press with
out any news from abroad. Telegraphic
with Toronto was re-es
tablished yesterday afternoon.
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was paid out, while the women prayed
aud the men listened for some sound
from below Six hundred feet had
been paid out when there came a
jerk on the rope, and the men began
to pull
The weight was doubled.
There was breathless silence while
the men pulled, but when the man OF
melancholy came to the surface bear
ing a human body shout arose from
among the onlookers that long rever-
berated among the surrounding cliffs.
The tourists watch and money were
found on the body. Twingle was in
nocent.
The people crowded around Twingle
to congratulate him, but be broke
away from them and strobe toward
the stranger.
"In heavens name, who are your
he cried.
"Who am II am the man whom
years ago you accused Of cutting the
rope that bound me to my charge. I
am William LIbkin."
Had an avenging angel come from
heaven to punish Twingle the scene
could not have been more awe inspir-
ing than the sight OF this man who
had indicated the name OF one who
had blighted his life. Twingle's eyes
fell to the ground; his head sank upon
his breast; then. staggering, he left
both his vlndicator and his friends
and descended alone into the valley.
Silently the people gathered around
the man Of melancholy. Some Of the
older ones took his hand and kissed II,
while the younger ones looked on awe
stricken, Finally an old man who had
known Lubkin when boy said:
This is an awful revenge, William.
1t would have been more merciful IL
You had driven knife into his breast"
Lubkip made no reply. Turning
from the faces that were all toward
his, he walked down alone toward
Chamonix. But If he went there no
one saw him enter the town, and he
was never seen there again.
ERNEST TUCKER.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
DUMMIES NAMES MISSING.
Not on the Lists of Entry in Okla
homa.

Muskogee, Okla. Jan T.--Goyernment
officials now in Muskogee asert that no
fraud in town lots ever investigated will
equal the stupendous proportions Of that
now figuring in the government case
here. Witnesses from dozen states be-
gan to arrive Monday to testify before
the federal grand jury which met on
that day. The government officials say
there is nothing in the records to show
who these persons are, but that large
corps of secret service men have worked
for months to find them These secret
service men, it is said, have got from
the witnesses iafidayits that they were
used as dummies" in scheduling the
lots, and that they knew nothing Of the
use of their names until asked within
the past three years to sign quitclaim
deeds to ten lots. About halt Of this
numebr are reported to have signed the
deeds while the other half, suspecting
something irregular, declined to affix
their signatures The discovery was
made Monday that one of the men sum-
moned to serve upon the grand Jury il
the son-in-law of onso the men accused
and brother-in-law of another These
men will be protested as jurors, and
other prospective jurors will be exam
ined, particularly with view to weed
out any relative of the men involved.
Governor G. N, Haskell and Adjutant
General Canton arrived here Monday.
The governor declined to talk for publ.
cation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
MAGAZINE REVIEW.
A Prophet Of Prosperity.

This is what Walt Mason calls Sec.
rotary F. D. Coburn, of the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture, in an up-
usually entertaining article in Subur-
ban Life for february. Writing about
Mr.. Coburn's popularity in his own
state, he says: Last summer, a can.
didate for high state office was so
reckless or fooihardy, as 10 speak dis
paragingly OF the work OF Secretary
Coburn. Before that, his chances seem.
ed very good but, ON election day the
voters cast ohm into outer darkness
where there is crashing of teeth. When
you are in Kansas, you may say slight
ing things about the eagle, and even
criticise the colors Of the spangIed ban
ner, but you will learn to speak Of
the Kansas prophet reverently."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
How Lincoln Listened to a. Soldiers
Complaint.


Ida M Tarbell tellssa wonderful story
Of Lincoln in the February American
Magazine. 1t is Billy Browns accout
of Lincoln and his relations with the
soldiers. Billy Brown was an old Spring
field, Ill, friend Of Lincolr's. Here il
something that Lincoln himself once
said 10 Brown:
"a while after Bull Run met boy
out on the street here on crutches. thin
and white, and | stopped to asked him
about how he got hurt. Well, Billy,
he looked at me hard as nails, and he
says: BE you Abe LncoinY' And
said, Yes Well he says, all I've
got to say is you don't know your Job.
/ enlisted glad enough to do my part,
and I've done It, 'but you amt done
yourn. You promised to feed me, and
/ marched three days at the beginning
of these troubles without anything to
eat but bareback and swo chunks Of
salt pork--no bread, no coffee-and
what / did get wasn't regular. They
got us up one morning and marched us
ten miles without breakfast. Do you
call that providin' for an army? And
they sent us down to fight the Reds
at Bull Run, and when we were dom
our best and holdin' 'em--I tell you,
holdin' EN- they told us 10 fall back.
] swore I Wouldn't hadn't come down
there for that. They made me--rode
me down, got struck struck in the
back. Struck in the back and they left
me theret-never came for me, never
gave me drink and | dyin' Of thirst.
crawled FIVE miles for water, and I'd
be dead and rottin' in Virginia today
II teamsser hadn't picked me up and
brought me to this town and found an
old darkey to take care of me. You
amt doin' your job, Abe Lincoln, you
won't win this war until you learn to
taka care of the soldiers"
Il couldn't say thing. II was true.
It's been true ell the time. It's true
today. We amt taking care Of the
soldiers like we ought"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
WHEEZER OR SNEEZERp
Have You Heard Of Hyomei for catarrh,
Asthma and Hay Fever.

If you whee2e or sneeze, hawk or spit
1nuffie or blow, something is the matter
with the membrane of your respiratory
tract, and you need Hyomei. .
And you need Hyomei because It will
,ure you Of any catarrhal or infamma-
orv condition that exists.
1t isn't stomach medicine, or spray
.r douche, but very pleasant, healing,
sntiseptic balsam, from the eucalyptus
forests of Austria. You breathe this
balsarnio air through small, hard rub
her inhaler, and it reaches every nook,
corner and crevice of the membrane, and
promptly kills catarrh germs.
The Red Cross Pharmacy will sell you
: complete Hyomei pronounced High-o-
mel outfit for sl.0o, on the money back
plan.
aThe use Of Hyomei cured Mr.. Cutler
of scatarrk in 1904 He has strongly en-
6orssd the use Of Hyomei in many in
stances, and we are glad 10 go on record
regarding this marvellous catarrh cure,
and endorse its-Mrs. 4. Cutler, 2ol
Hsst Ave, Battle Creek, Mich.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
chIeaao labor osttina busy.

Every precinct in the city Of Chicago
Will be politically organized in the in
terest OF organized labor at the coming
election II the plans Of the political
action committee Of the Chicago Fed
GRAFTON Of Lsbors bears fruition. Re,
ports from unlon leaders In various sec
tons Of the city indicate that there Is
a streng sentiment among members or
labor unions in favor Of the policy
suggested BIZ President Gompers to
defest the Oppoaents ef organized labor
81 the polls and to elect these friendly
n IL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
SEVEN NEGROES UNDER ARREST
Wholesale Lynehing Feared in Iverness
Miss.

Indianola, Miss, jan 27.-Following
the killing. near Inverness, Miss, Sun
day night of B. A. Bradley. a promin.
ent planter. and the arrest yesterday
Of seven Negroes, five men and two
women. charged with having a part in
the crime, the most intense excitement
prevails in that vicinity, and the lynch
ing Of several if not all the Negroes
under arrest before tonight is feared.
Bradley was shot from ambush after
visiting the cabin Of one OF the tenants
on lbs plantation. who. II was stated
10 Bradley. several persons had express
sed an intention Of whipping.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
ASTHMATIC Cures ;.E;s. A I 1.. sur.

L. Z. Lowell, Methuen. Mass, writes. my
son vas cnred Of Asthma with Respfro
Remedies in 1892, Tais was a very severe
case. We used the three Remedies IS d.
rected. ana from the first he Improved, vas
soon perfectly wen and has never had 50 at
tack since" send fer (freel sample. FRANK
EMERSON tApetheeary) Lawrence, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-27
Artificial Butter.

In Denmark artificial butter is made
by stirring little salt and sugar into
cocoanut fat then kneading 1t with
milk containing Tactic acid bacterit
yolk of egg and coloring substance
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

terms as governor of Iowa. He was
born in Pennsylvania in 1850. He
studied surveying and became chief
engineer of the Cincinnati, Richmond
& Fort Wayne railroad. Early in the
'70's he moved to Chicago and studied
law in the offices of Mcclellan &
Hodges, being admitted to the bar in
1874 and practicing in Chicago until
1878, when he removed to Des Moines,
where ten years later he was elected
to the legislature. He was a member
of the Republican national committee
from 1896 to 1900.
The election of Gov Cummins to the
senate closes a fight which began Is
years ago with his announcement on
November "a, 1898, that he would be
a candidate for the senatorship to sue
coed James F. Wilson. In that con
test he received only IS votes. He was
a candidate again in 1900 and was de-
feated by John H. Grear by four votes.
He then became governor, and after
seven years in the executive Office
goes to the senate without opposition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
BANK INVESTIGATOR
G. p. MOxEY NEMESIS OF DiSHON-
EST FINANC!ERS.
Finds Study of Loans and Discounts
InfaIlible Means of Detecting
Crookedness-Exami Books
of Walsh and Morse.

Philadelphia.-The name of the man
who makes the torpedo that sinks a
battleship seldom goes down in his
tory with that of the man in command
of the ship that fired it. Yet the trade
Of the maker may be no less interest
ing than that of the man in gold braid
and brass buttons.
Charles J. Bonaparte, attorney gen.
eral of the United States, and William
B. Ridgely, comptroller of the cur
rency, jointly gave the orders for the
construction of the evidential torpe-
does that wrecked the first-class
cruiser, the Charles w. Morse Of New
York, and it's sister ship, the John R.
Walsh of Chicago.
Edward P. Moxey made the tor
pedoes. He is precisely the sort of
man one would expect to find in
other business. One associates the &C.
cupation of clinching great criminals
with a certain sternness, a certain
gruffness, and, perhaps, a certain rug
gedness of physique. Mr. Moxey pos
sesses none of these attributes. At
the age of so it seems to have be-
| come plain to him that one might as
we'll laugh in the midst of the hardest
| days work. So he laughs-With his
whole face and eyes. And the small
est man he ever sent to the peniten-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
HrnfRHatnnal Uurna

DR.. QUITMAN KOHNKE
mas established his residence and
once In COVINGTON, LA, at the
Sorner OF Massachusetts and Boston
streets. Telephone "a.
Morning Hour: 8 to 10,
Evening Hour: 3 to 4.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

Is narrow, and at one point, on an ex'
ceedingly narrow ledge, it is necessary
to climb around what is known as
Danger Rock" which affords but a
scant place to hold to in so doing.
Emily BoyntOn was accompanied on
her ascent of the peak by her father,
editor of the Longmont Ledger, and
her sister. All of them are expert
enced climbers, and claim that there
is no danger to the climber who pos
sesses steady nerves. On another &C.
casion Emily accompanied her father
on "trip to the Chasm lakes.
To the dismay of her mother, little
Miss Boynton insists upon wearing
the overalls, in which she does her
climbing, much of the time around her
home. AS she runs about, often with
her hands thrust into the pockets of
the overalls, her mothers protests in
variably meet with the response that
they are so much more comfortable
than skirts.
When not busy exploring some bare
ly accessible mountain top or off on
an excursion with her father, Miss
Boynton is the model pupil in the
school at Longmont Of physical ge-
ography and geology she has surpris-
ing fund of knowledge, for she has Sc
cured much of her information at first
hand while climbing about the hills
and mountains.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
"Then Mumme Was Wrong" She
Said TriumphantIy.

particularly serious after Kathleen
had gone to bed.
"Auntie Merva will be there, of
course" ventured to suggest.
course she WILL" replied Kath-
leen.
Then she made tour Of the room,
came back and resumed her seat, and
asked me seriously: rs this where
you play all by yourself in the day
t1me?"
We'll, yes, suppose l do
do you keep your toys in those
big tin boxes?"
well, they're not toys like those in
your nursery"
+ do you sit here all by yourself,
then 90
l nodded.
And never feel lonely?"
Sometimes" 1 said, smiling in spite
of myself at the serious little face.
81 heard mummie tell daddy one day
you were lonely man."
"Oh!"
I was certainly hearing some home
truths.
But you won't be lonely when you
come to my party, will your"
mo, dear. 1 like to come as often
as can to your house." and I spoke
the truth.
By this time Kathleen's nurse had
returned-I expect she had been wait
ing outside all the time-and with
strict injunctions mot to forget the
party next We'n'sday," my little Wis
itor kissed me good-by, and tried to
settle down to work again.
But pair of blue eyes would keep
dancing in front of me on my blotting
pad. Sometimes l thought they were
Kathleen's, and sometimes l thought
| they were-some one else's. Kath,
leen's eyes and her Aunt Merva's were
strangely alike. l had noticed it be
| fore.
The room seemed quite cherries
now that she had gone.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
TO COMPLETE ALLIsoN's TERM
Gov. Cummins of Iowa Elected to
United States Senate.

Des Moines, Ia.-Albert Baird Cum
Minis, who has been elected United
States senator to fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator William B.
Allison, has served three successive
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
United States Leads the World in the
Fertility of It's Soil.

From the official and trade reports
of various countries a writer has re-
Gently compiled statistics from which
he draws the deduction that the
United States produces annually
larger quantities Of nearly all the
staple agricultural articles than any
other country, and in many instances
more than all others combined.
According to the writer, the United
States produces per year more corn
that all other countries-2,927, 100000
bushels out of 3,S88,O0O,000; more
wheat than any other country in the
world-634 100000 out of 3,180,000,000
bushels; more wheat flour than all other
countries communicable 100000 out Of
26, 900 900 bushels; more oats than any
other ountry-754,00 out of
1852, 100000 bushels, more cotton
than all other lands-13, 100000 out of
100000 bales; and more fiaxseed
than any other country-25, 900, 900
out of 100000 bushels.