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The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10
Horse Poisoning Is the Newest Graft

tain section Of the city. preferably one
in which one or more big stables are
located. His assistant is then sent out
to poison two or three horses q day
for q week. :
This is accomplished by giving them,
as the opportunity may occur. a lump
Of sugar, half an apple or some other
equine delicacy. loaded with poison.
There Is no monetary gain In this.
the preliminary stage, which IL mere.
ly done to create q favorable state OF
affairs--that Is. from the viewpoint
Of the CRATER. As soon as the poison.
ings begin to be talked Of tho finan.
cial man gets busy. He goes to the
owner Of large stable, mentions the
numerous deaths from poison, and OF.
fers projection for sum varying from
$25 to 500 week.
II the owner refuses to pay, coercion
Is brought to hear in the shape Of a
few deaths among his animals. The
fact that the two grafters were never
seen together made the game a difn'
cult one to stop; but the final rounding
up Of the gang Of poisoners should end
this peculiar graft. since the penalty
under the law Is heavy one.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10

Mrs. winsiow's Soothing syrup for Children.
teething. softens the gums. reduces inhammn-
0ons allays pain. cures WIND collie. 25c bottle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10

the parties. in case OF doubt, but this
law was frequently and successfully
evaded.
A common method OF evasion was
for the young man. II under age. to
put slip OF paper. bearing the mum.
ber 81. In his shoe. and for the girl to
put In her shoe q slip Of paper with
the number IS. and then the man
would cheerfully make afhdavit that
he was "over twenty.one." and with
equal sincerity the girl would make
afiidavit that she was ''over eighteen"
In few instances indictments have
been returned against bridegrooms for
false swearing, but uniformly the
fathers-in.law after a few weeks have
decided to make the best Of II. and
have refused to testify against their
unwelcome sonsin.law.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10
eABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT

"When my first baby was six months
old he broke out on his head with little
bumps. They would dry up and leave
. scale. Then 1t would break out
again and It spread all over his head.
All the hair came out and his head
was scaly all over. Then his face
broke out all over In red bumps and
1t kept spreading until 1t was on his
hands and arms. bought several
boxes Of ointment. gave him blood
medicine, and had two doctors to treat
him. but he got worse all the time.
lie had 1t about six months when q
friend told me about Cuticura. ] sent
and got bottle OF Cuticura Resolvent.
cake OF Cuticura Soap and box OF
Cuticura Ointment. In three days
after using them he began to i'm.
prove. lie began to take long maps
and to stop scratching his head. After
taking two bottles Of >Resolvent, two
boxes Of Ointment and three cakes OF
Soap he was sound and well, and never
had any breaking out Of any kind. His
hair came out In little curls all over
his head. don't think anything else
would have cured him except Cuti.
cura.
Il have bought Cuticura Ointment
and Cuticura Soap several times since
TO use for cuts and sores and have
never known them to fail to cure what
] put them on. Cuticura Soap is the
best that have ever used for toilet
purposes" (Slgned) Mrs. F. q. Har-
mon, r. F. d. 2. Atoka, Tenn. Sept.
10. 1910. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold everywhere. q sam.
pie Of each, with 32.psge book, will
be mailed free on application to "Cuti'
cura," Dept. 16 L. Boston.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10
)ME pl0N'rl |
WANT TO |
Lose
ANY TINE
!

Mrs. Jewell and her husband had
worked hard to pay.
Jewell died on Tuesday and the
funeral was held on Wednesday. The
next day the widow drove into SWANS.
boro. accompanied by Mcdaniel. and
went to the courthouse.
"The Widow Jewell amt losing any
time in settling up the estate" rc.
marked those who saw her enter the
courthouse. and her prompt attention
to business caused comment among
those who had feared the day before
that she would collopse at her hus-
bands funeral.
It wasn't the probate Judge that
Mrs. Jewell was looking for. however.
but the marriage license Office. Guild
ed by Mcdaniel. she walked into the
ONCE and gave her age as thirty.one
while he gave his as twenty.six.
Lifting her black veil so that she
could see to write her name. the
widow signed the affidavit and In q
few minutes they were married and
on their way back to the Jewell farm.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10

NJ EsW YORK.-The police here be.
~ lieve that they have finally sue.
ceeded in breaking up one of the
strangest as well as one OF the mean.
est forms Of graft which The e'members
Of the underworld, always fertile In
such schemes, have ever developed.
This form Of graft In no way resem.
bles the good old bunko games Of the
professional sharper. but has brought
about instead the new calling Of the
professional horse-poisoner.
THE methods Of earning livelihood
In this manner, as revealed by the
capture of gang Of poisoners. are
simple. As practiced here. the game
has been worked by men acting in
couples. one to handle the finances, the
other to do the poisoning. The for.
mor, to begin operations. selects a GER
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10
Texas Papas May Prevent Elopements

CORT WORTH. Tex.-Elopements Of
i lovers under the legal age. twenty.
one for the young man and eighteen
for the girl, will be effectually checked
In Texas by the new law adopted by
the late legislature and now effective.
Under this law no person under the
legal age can obtain marriage II.
cense without the written consent OF
the minors parents, and the paper
must be acknowledged before notary
public like q deed. II a minor has no
parents. q county judges consent to
the union 10 necessary. II the clerk
doubts that either the prospective
bride or bridegroom has attained the
legal age. he ID authorised to require
tho afIidavit OF some other than the
contracting parties. County Clerk
Beavers has interpreted the law To
mean that the written consent OF both
parents. properly executed. must be
dled, and that the consent OF the fs.
thsr or the mother singly 10 not sum
Client.
The old law authorized the county
clerk 10 require the bridegroom or 9th.
or person applying for marriage u
ccnse to make afhdavit to the ages Of
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10
Weeping Widow Quickly Weds Consoler

G WAINSBORO, Outstanding beside
~ the open grave into which the
body of her husband was about to be
lowered. Mrs. J. ]. Jewell was hyster.
ical with grief, and friends had to re.
strain her from throwing herself into
the grave upon the casket Of the man
with whom she had lived happily for
Is years and who was the father Of
her six children.
and the scene was an unusually pain
full one until Robert 8. Mcdaniel, .
young man who recently came here
from Joplin. Mo-. and who had become
very friendly with Jewell. stepped
close to the widow and whispered q
few words through her heavy veil Of
black.
Whatever Mcdaniel said seemed to
give the widow courage to bear up
during the soul.trying "ashes.to-ashes.
dust.to.dust" period Of the ceremony.
and she waited through those painful
moments with surprising fortitude.
considering her pitiful condition be.
fore the whispered consolation given
to her by Mcdaniel
Turning from the grave when It was
all over, she leaned on the arm Of Nc
Daniel as she walked to the gate.
where she and her children were
helped into a carriage by kind-hearted
neighbors and were driven to the ia
therless home, little farm for which
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10
City Wages War to Rout Army of Rat.

estimate Is based on an allowance Of
one ounce Of food for each rodent each
meal.
Dogs. ferrets and cats are used In
the war Of determination, and although
thousands Of rats are slaughtered
daily their number continues to In.
crease. This can easily be understood
when It is known that from one pair
Of rats to nest one thousand young
surmulots will breed In a year.
Back of the yards" crowds OF boys
gather nightly to 60 on hunting expedi'
tions for rodents. Garbage cans are
overturned, and as the rats scamper
away dogs accompanying the boys
catch and kill them.
The boys carry sticks or clubs In
their hands and kill the rats when
they attempt to escape. Many become
so expert at rat catching that in after
years they embark In II as a profes.
sion.
Some OF the stores In the loop dis
trict have a pack Of trained fox ter
riers to keep the rats away. but the
animal which has earned the name OF
natures police woman" Is the plain
alley cat that stalks the street al
night.
Rats cause heavy losses to business
cloth to build their nests, destroying
many thousands Of dollars worth ol
goods.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10
SEEFOUNDGU|LTY
Of ABDUCT|NG GIRL
cHtCAGo'S ABSOLUTE LIFE"
CULT LEADER 10 CONVICTED
AND FACES PRISON.
CONDUCTED A LOVE JUNGLE
Strange coreioneration of TeaehInss
Of . so.callsd Religious Cult In
Which Women Disciples Of the
Apostle Became Entanoisd.

Chicago.-Evelyn Arthur See. re-
vealer Of the absolute life." who was
convicted by a jury in Judge Honore's
court on charge OF abducting Mil
dred Bridges, one of his girl disciples.
was released on $1,000 bail pending
the hearing Of q motion for an appeal.
The penalty for the crime which the
head Of the Racine avenue love Jun
gle" was convicted Is an indetermi'
nate term In The state penitentiary OF
from one to ten years.
Evelyn Arthur See was arrested in
his temple" on Racine avenue Janu-
ary 6, 1911, on complaint Of Stephen
II. Bridges, who charged the abduc-
tion of his daughter Mildred. Bridges
had at one time been follower OF
See and had been made president OF
the cult In return, 1t was asserted, Tor
his financial support. Mrs. Bridges
also was member Of the cult and at
the trial she took the stand In Sees
defense.
While the state was investigating
the case the federal authorities also
took up the quest to ascertain II there
had been any violation Of the white
slave" act. Sees wife sued him last
March for separate maintenance. The
Secs had been separated for years.
Following the filing Of this suit the
safe in the temple" was opened and
the "revealer's" book and papers, In.
cluding the manuscript Of the Book
Of TRUTH" we're seized.
Some parts Of the Book Of Truth"
have been published. Other parts. not
published but taught to the woman
and girl inmates Of the love jungle.
have been seized by the United States
government and form the basis Of a
prosecution against See in the federal
courts. The federal authorities say
the matter 10 unft to send through the
mails.
Sees counsel hoped for acquittal
largely on the testimony Of four won
On Mildred Bridges and Mona Rees
high priestess" Of the cult, testified
there had been no wrong at the See
apartments on Racine avenue. and
Mrs. Rees and Mrs. Bridges took the
stand and accepted responsibility fol
some Of the declarations in the "Boob
Of Truth"
During the trial, which dragged
along through several weeks and cos,
the state $4,000. q strange conglom
GRAFTON Of documents was offered "a
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10

You can't tell the age Of q saw by
looking at its teeth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10

HHlCAGO.-The health department
~ estimates there are more than 600,.
600 rats in Chicago and that the mum.
ber is increasing day by day. despite
the efforts Of professional rat catch.
ers and the use of mechanical devices
for their destruction.
War Of determination against mem.
hers Of the surmulot tribe Is carried on
In all parts Of the city. but in no place
is the slaughter greater than at the
stock yards. There the battle is waged
continually.
Every morning for breakfast men
who have studied the subject say the
little brown rat in this city consumes
quantity Of food equal to the meat
OF Sc cows. Since they eat three
meals day In each twenty.four hours
they consume three times that quantity
or equal to 156 head Of cattle. This
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10

evidence. Sees teachings embodied
In poems. documents. patterned after
the Bible and a spiritual dictionary.
were introduced.
Absolute life. the all with" Is the
definition given Of the cult in the do
tioI ary.
A kiss 10 defined 40 when the ion
of the absolute Yields with the ion OF
the spirit Of mortality. purified through
the finding Of the personal conscious.
ness seeking TO- be pure and with the
contamination Of the spiritual essence
Of man In God and God In man. there
comns the gentle benediction OF the
absolute. the door Of absolute life
yawns more widely and there has
come into beings kiss"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10
sIanssd BY Cellar Doors.

Portsmouth. O.-Frank Walker OF
this city had q narrow escape from
hanging between the cellar doors OF
bis home. He was coming up the
outside cellar stairs when the half of
the door he had left open was blown
shut BY the wind. Az the door fell
Walker jumped bacx and turned his
hend away from the falling door.
which landed on HE neck. He was
being choked betwcer ths doors when
liberated. ~
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10

The First Difficulty.
II can marry any girl ! please"
"Yes, but you can't please any"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10
Flown.

though luck Jipson had"
What happened?"
I'm order to keep his cook. he told
her she might have the use of his
touring car two afternoons a week"
"Well?"
Yesterday she eloped with tho
chauffeur"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10

Smokers like Lewis Single Binder cigar
Tor its rich mellow quality.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-07-29
AT BERLIN.
Thought That Knot Can Be United
But Perhaps With Some Delay.

Berlin. July 23-It is believed in official
circles that France and Germany will be
able to unite the African knot by direct
negotiations and without opening the
doors to the participation of Great Bri-
tain and the other powers Rosy opti-
mism, however. is not anticipated. Chan
cellor Won Bethmann- -hollweg and prob
ably Foreign Secretary Baron Won Kider-
len Waechter leave today to join En-
peror William, who will arrive at Swim
munde from his cruise in northern waters
tonight. Definite predictions would be
misplaced until after this meeting. The
foreign office was fully prepared for Pre-
mier Asquith's statement, and now con-
firms that it had earlier assurances that
Great Britain would not intervene so long
as Germany and France were trying to
settle the matter directly, and also that
Chancellor Lloyd-George's speech was not
meant as a veto of a Franco-German ar
rangement on the basis of French Con-
go understanding as section of the
British press has intimated.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-07-29
OF Steamer John Irwin
Tell Narrowing Tale,
Steamer Founders Tuesday of
Beaver HarbOr, n. S,
Mate Mcleod Washed Ashore After
36 Hours on Hatch.

Halifax, July 2s.-Lone survivor of
the crew of IL or Ia men Of the steam
er John Irwin, which foundered Tues
day morning during a storm off Beaver
Harbor, William Mcleod, first mate of
| the steamer tonight told of his awful
experience while his companions Qt is
not yet certain just how many men
were aboard the boat) were washed in
to the sea. He was washed ashore at
Marie st. Joseph, little fishing ham
let in western Guysboro county after
3b hours afioat on a rickety hatch
which he had shared with companion.
Courtney Josey. of Spry Bay, cook of
the steamer. even after the latter had
died from the wracking of the seas. un-
I'll the fight with the elements forced
Mcleod to release his charge and look
after his own safety. The body rolled
overheard and Mcleod said he watched
1t for some time as it was tossed high
on the seas
Ihe John irwin which sailed from
FORT Morien, c. B., on Monday with a
cargo of coal for Halifax, carried a
crew Of IL men shipped from this port.
ana 1t was reported tonight that two
additional men had been shipped at the
cape Briton port. Their names are
not known. The men shipped from Hal
ifax. all of whom, with the others if
they were aboard, are given up as lost.
are: Capt. w. j. Heater of Halifax;
Chief Engineer George w. Payne. 81
years, Halifax; Samuel Lisk, 81 years,
Sable River, second engineer; a Nc
Intosh. 19, Hawkesbury, fireman;
Courtney Josey. 80 years. cook. P A.
Spenvee. 81 years; Thomas Meyer.
Richard Gray. 23, Robert Sutherland
"a, all seamen.
The John Irwin went down in the
darkness of the early hours of Tues
day morning while the crew. except
for the watch on deck. were asleep in
their hammoeks. Mcleod is not Ger
tain that all the crew reached the deck
With Josey. the steamers cook, Nc
Leod pulled one of the matches from
the vessel and placed 1t in the water,
the men lashing themselves to its top
timbers. Tossed about like a shell in
the angry seas the hatch and its un-
fortunate occupants were often buried
completely below the waves.
The battle with the waves together
with the weakness induced by hunger
and thirst ate the heart out of Josey.
who had remained on the hatch only
through the strength of McLead. Josey
died in McLead's arms The mate.
afraid of the awful loneliness and de-
string to save the body of his COM
panion. clung to it in death for several
hours, but eventually the strain be-
came so great that he was forced 10
let go his burden. The body rolled OH
into the sea.
Mcleod without food or drink. his
raft at the mercy of an aggravated sea.
does not know how he passed through
the remaining hours until he was cast
up on the shore.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-07-29
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The collier Neptune has competed
successfuI trial much to the gratln-
cation of naval designers who are IN
terested in the working of newly in
stalled turbine reduction gear. tele-
gram from the inspection board at
Rockland Me. received at the navy de-
partment Friday says the vessel made
1412 knots per hour on standardiza
non trial Thursday, whereas the con-
tract guaranteed speed was only IA
knots
An achievement, said to be unique
in naval annals was completed Friday
at Portsmouth, N. H. when the
cruiser Boston left the dry dock at
the Portsmouth navy yard and sailed
for Provincetown. Less than 48 hours
before the cruiser came in from sea
and without stopping steamed into the
drydock where she was scraped, paint
ed, had her sea valves adjusted and
then passed out of the dock under her
own steam and Immediately put to
sea again.
Following the disappearance of the
man whom she was to have married
next week, Annie Mulaski a weaver
~ AudillSs MASS, lntoTHleu lle poiice
Friday that her life savings of $500
had vanished. The police immediate
ly began a search for Joseph Winoski,
the intended bridegroom. According to
the woman's story. she recently drew
her savings out of bank in Fall Riv-
err where she was formerly employed.
She put the money in a trunk in her
home and gave the key to Winoski.
On Wednesday she found that the
money was missing and at the same
time she learned that the man had
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-07-29
Canadians Take
Rowing Hon0rs,

Saratoga. n. Y. July 23.-Canadians
carried off the honors in three of the
six events in today's regatta of the
National Association of Amateur Oars
mon on Saratoga lake. Boston took
two races and the other went to De-
troit in the most exciting struggle of
the day. All the races were rowed
over a mile and quarter straight
away course in a drizzling rain. The
champion seniors single scull event.
the feature of the day was won by
e. B. Butler. of Toronto. of the Argon-
aut Rowing Club. The Senior Boat
Club of Boston won both the interme-
diate single and doubles scull events,
Seven crews in the doubles fought
their way down the course and the
Boston oarsmen wrested victory
from the Vespers of Philadelphia by a
narrow margin.
The Arial Rowing Club of Baltimore
was picked to win the intermediate
four -oared event, but the race went
to the Detroit Boat Club by a length
in the closest struggle of the day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-07-29
EDWARD SHEPARD.
CONTINUED from Page one)

his condition showed marked improve
ment. but this was contradicted TINS
morning with the news that he would
not outlive the day. His bad turn
came during the night. DR.. I. G. Hen
ming was hastily awakened and did
everything in his power to relieve the
sick man, but Mr.. Shepard became
gradually worse and DR.. r. G. Butler
was summoned for consultation not
long after the family was Informed that
death was to be expected before night.
Members of the family at the bed
side were Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Shepard Miss Edna Shepard. Mr.. and
Mrs. John F. B. Mitchell and Mrs. r.
C. Leffingwell.
Edward Morse Shepard was one of
New York's best known Democrats. a
lawyer by profession. Mr.. Shepard
identified himself with the reform ele-
ment in politics and had been men
toned for many public offices in the
city and county. He was born in New
York City July 23. 1850 and after pre-
paration in the local public schools and
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-07-29

at Oberlin, Ohio. he studied at the Col
lege of the city of New YORK
He afterward obtained degrees al
Washington and Lee University and
Williams College and Tulane univer-
sity.
Mr. Shepard loomed large in political
life when as special attorney geherai
he directed the prosecution OF the fam-
Gus boss John Y. McKane and 20 other
offenders for ballot stuffing at Coney
Island in 1898. McKane was an abso-
Lutte boss within his district. but Shep-
ard broke his power and sent him to
prison.
Mr.. Shepard has been constantly ac-
tive in Democratic and reform politics
and was leader in the Democratic re-
form party in Brooklyn in 1892 and
1898 He was a promoter Of reform in
the tariff, civil service. ballot. tax and
other matters.
Though he had often warred against
Tammany Hall, he was made the
Democratic candidate for mayor of
New York in 1901. but Vas defeated
by Seth Low. Last year he was con-
sidered as candidate for governor
and later his friends urged his selec-
tion as United States senator to sue
ceed Chauncey NJ. Depew He was the
insurgents" choice against W. F.
Sheehan for the senatorship, but with
drew after time from the contest.
James A. O'Gorman was finally select
ed
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-07-29
HEAD ON.
Continued from Page one.)

tonight in a head-on collision a quar-
ter of mile south of this station be-
tween Train No. 511 from Van Buren,
to Bangor and an excursion train from
Kidders Point, Searsport. to Presque
Isle
1t is understood that the collision
was due to the fact that the excursion
train was late and was running on
No. 511's time. but this report has not
yet been fully confirmed.
One minute later the trains would
have met on the bridge that spans the
east branch of the Penobscot and in
all probabilities comparatively few of
the passengers would have escaped
death.
F. w. Garcelpn of Bangor, the en-
greer of the excursion train, was in
stantly killed and Engineer Will Orr
of the other train was injured about
the head and hands. There was a
rumor that he had died from his in
juries, but this proved incorrect
DR.. Hugh Pipes of Pressure Isle, d
member of q band that accompanied
the excursionists, was among the kill
ed and j. r. Ellington, a mail clerk
on No. 511, was badly hurt
Both of the firemen are missing and
| it is believed they are buried in the
wreck.
AS soon as Engineer Orr saw that
the collision was inevitable he threw
on the emergency brakes and this no
doubt lessened the shock when the
trains met.
Train No. 511 was made up of an
engine and six cars, an express and
mail and smoker, two passenger cars
and Pullman
The express and mail cars. which
were at the front of the train, were
the worst damaged.
| Immediately after the accident news
of it was sent to Houlton and Bangor
and working trains were ordered out
| from both places.
| DR.. Foster of Bangor. who was a
passenger on No 511, rendered much
valuable aid to the injured