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I'liTY -TOUBTH YEAR NO. 8.
; Sin: IS DECLAEim INSANE.
: BUEULNuTOX, IaTApril 17. The
Des Moines county commission of in
sane to2ay adjudged Insane Mrs. Net
tie Craven, who once sued the estate
of Senator Pair, alleging she bad been
the eomomn law wife of the senator.
Another large snipment of the newest
SHIRT WAIST
SUITING SILKS
just opened. The new patterns are
svrelL i Oar prices are extremely law.
MOST
COMFORTABLE
SiioeTfieyEvorlVore
That 'i! i'hat the ladies say about '
"Brown's Process"
Turn Sole
This sole is a novelty in' shoe-making
which has genuine merit. It looks like
a Umidvear welt, but has all the flexi
bility of a tarn sole. We have them at
J2.60 and $2.95. Have you seen themf
fiel
iable
goods at cash prices. New
T.l
cs
Patterns
for May now ready la
our re
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goods department. Price 10c.
12c. : ' " v ":':":.
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Shoes
JPJEOJPUES HAHOAIN MSOUSISr
' UISIMATCHABLE VALUES
Offeree F?or
THIS WEEK'S SALES
Take a glance at this advertisement It will tell
a story of spirited selling to come. Just the things
the EASTER SEASON demands are here in fullest
assortment, in reliable quality, in desirable styles
and at prices lower than has ever been quoted on
like merchandise. ... We bought heavily, we paid out
cash we took advantage of everything that would
tend to lower the prices; that is why we undersell
them all; that's what makes Salem's Fastest Growing
Store. New goods for Easter in every -department.
FINE NEW SILKS.
Just arrived $1,000 worth of the
prettiest silks for suits, that ware
ever shown in Salem in Fancy, Plain
aad Iridescent; prices small. , tf
39c Wash India Silks in. all colors.
special yard -f ... .23c
85c Fancy Bilks for Butts, yd.. 59c
$1 Fancy Bilks fof Suits, yd., .69c
$1.25 Imported French Novelty silks
fiArSuJts, priee yil... .......85c
75e Blatk Bilk Taffeta,! yd. ....45c
$1.35 Black silk Pean de Bole ..85c
$1.39 Crepe de ?hine Silk In all col
ors and black, sale price yd.. 89c
$1.85 Black Bustle Taffeta silk, as
thick as a board, every yard
guaranteed, 36 inches wide, $1-39
FINE DRESS GOODS.
; Our Dress Goods Department has
been a wonder-this spring. We are
showing the latest novelties. . .
$1.49 Eouennes 46 in. wide; this is
a beautiful ailk and wool, .light
weight material and makes beau
. tiful summer suits, all colors,
, peryard ......'-
75c Black . and colored Bicileans,
t ideal shirtwaist uit , materials,
per yard .......... M 9c
50c fancy Mohair Suitings; will
- shed lint or dust; price yl. .S3c
500 yds of Assorted Fancy and pUm
; dress goods wdrth up to 50c,
.price yd " . . . . . . . w. . 25c
SALEM S FASTEST GROWING STORE. , h
McRVOY BROS.
Corner Commercial and
SHE ABANDONS LARGER BOUSE.
room Motives of Economy, Divorced
wue of King of Saxony Gires ,
Up VTU noxno.'
Montignoso, who has succeeded in sub-
American gentleman has now settled in
sra&iier residence, on the road near
'"Kg1 Imprfriale, in the environs of
Florence.: The countess, who ehanged
her abode from motives . of economy,
now keeps only three servants, all Ital
ians,, and absolutely trustworthy-
She told the owner of the small hotel
in Florence where she had been living
that the TCinfT at ftarnnv fn.r.t. v.
ihg the little Princes Monica. While
acknowledging that the king has the
law on his side, the countess maintains
that the claims of matdrnal love are
higher than, legal rights. The eonntesa
now lives verv. arpt nllv. a ml -i-
lows the Princess Monica
sight on any pretext whatever. ;,:
SENATE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION ASSEMBLES TO
. TAKE TESTIMONY.
Railroad Rate Legislation to Be Con
sidered by Body Railroad and Other
Men to Be Beard on Matter Will Be
in Session Two Months.
WASHINGTON, April 17. The sen
ate-interstate commence commission met
today and began its hearing on the rail
way rate legislation. The power to fix
rates for private car lines and terminal
facilities andoAher Cognate matters will
le considered.
Since the adjournment of congress-
many petitions for and protests against
the Each-Townsend bill have been re
ceived. These were laid before the
committee today. A statement by Sen
ator Morgan was presented, and is to
be printed as a part of the hearings.
Senator Xewlands made a long argu
ment in support ofi his joint resolution
creating a commission to frame a na
tional incorporation act for railroads
engaged in interstate commerce.
It is expected the hearings will close
by June 1. The railroad men who have
tieen asked to appear are to be heard
first, and afterward the. men who noti
fied the commission that they would
like to be heard. r
Stars Ut
Thi Kind Yw Haw Always m$f-
Slgnator
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EASTER MILLINERY.
Swell dress and walking hats sold
at small priees.
Ladies' and Misses Street lists
75c, $1.00, $15
$2 White VK Hats, the latest ..98c
Ladies' Trimmed Hats
98c $1.50, fL95
Imported French Trimmed Hats. 3.95
;r SILK SUITS.
7e have sold more silk suits and
fancy wool soits this spring than we
expected to sell in one year,
415.90 Bilk Shirtwaist soits.. $9.90
$18.50 Bilk Shirtwaist suits.. $1?50
$29.00 Silk Shirtwaist suits. .$17.50
DRESS SKIRTS. f :
We sell every customer that visits
this department; the goods are eight
and, the prices right. ' 4 , ,
Dress skirts ia all kinds of material
Mohair, Panama and voiles, prices
$1.95 $20, $30, $4-60 and $5.90
EASTER KID GLOVES.
I 500 pairs to select from la every
shade yoo can think of. -Washable
$1.39 undressed kid
gloves W.. "98c
French lid gloves, white, black and
colors -.98c
" In the following departments we
are ready; for business. ' Men's
Goods, Shoes, Ribbons, . Laces,
Hosiery, Muslin Underweatv Wash
Goods, Parasols, Silk Waist and
rancy Neckwear. v .,
Court Streets, Salem
BEGINS
LABORS
IT LOSES ONE,
WINSANOTHER
IMPORTANT OPINIONS RENDERED
BY THE SUPREME COURT.
0. ft G, GRANT LANDS INVOLVED.
Company Moat Pay Judgment for VT,-
000 for Nonxnlfilment of -,
- .. . s Contract.
Decree of Lower Court Found Faulty
by Appellate Court and Other Case
Is Remanded for Further Proceedings
Involves Judgment for $21,619.
Two important opinions- were ren
dered by the supreme court yeaterdaj.
They are important on account of the
great sums of money involved in each
of them. Contracts of sale, of laads
granted to the Oregon k ; California
Railroad Company by the government,
by the act of congress of 1866, are in
volved in both eases, and, as a result
of the opinions renuered by the su-
frcme court, the company is obliged
o satisfy a judgment for $47,000 in
one of them, and may yet hate to pay
a judgment of $21,619 to the plaintiff
rn the other.
In the first ease mentioned, that of
Anthony- Nenpaeh, respondent, vs. The
Oregon & Calif ornia Railroad Company,
appenant, irom luunoman county, tne
plaintiff sued for damages to the
amount of $100,000 against the defend
ant for alleged failure to fulfil a con
tract for the sale of 3,200 acres of its
government grant lands.' He -secured
a judgment for $47,000 and the defend
ant company appealed. , The decision
of the lower court. Judge A. L. Fraser,
is affirmed by Justice Bean. After the
contract was entered into and the first
payment made by plaintiff, according
to the pleauings in the case, a contro
versy arose as to the ownership of the
land in question between the Oregon
& California Company and the North
ern I'acine as the land bad been given
to the latter company prior to the act
granting it to the O. A C. Co. Pending
the settlement of this controversy, the
O. u Co., by its land agent. Schulze,
refused to aceept any more payments
on toe contract, aitnougn tney naa been
tendered by plaintiff.
The dispute over the land was final
ly settled in favor of the O. k C. Co.
by the supreme court of the United
States. The plaintiff 1 then went to
wentuze ann oirerea to make nnai pay
ment upon the contract of sale; but
the latter? refused to accept it on the
ground that the plaintiff had neglected
to pay the installments when due. The
contract between Neppach and Schulze,
whereby it was mutually agreed to de
fer payments upon the land until the
controversy was settled, was of an oral
nature and the defendant company set
up the contention that Schulze had no
authority to dido tne company oy any
such agreement. The plaintiff brought
suit for damages for nonf uinlment of
contract and secure! a verrtict as stat
ed above.. In affirming the decision
of the trial court the appellate court
hous that Schulze was the recognized
agenV of the company and that he had
full authority to bind the company in
any agreement relative to the disposi
tion of such lands as were placed rn
his hands for sale.
The second case is similar to the first
one and involved a portion of the land
purchased by Ilimple and Neppaeh,
mentioned. i.am B. Moffett, Jr.,
trustee, was the paintiff and he brought
snit against the O. & i;o. to recover
$21,619 on a contract for the purchase
of 5,172 acres of land in the O. kV.
railroad irrant. The trial court gave
Moffatt a judgment for the amount de
manded, but several questions were
raised in the appeal as to the sufficiency
of the complaint. In reversing the de
cree of the lower court in this ease,
Chief Justice Wolvcrton finds that the
complaint was sufficient in all respects
but that it was an error to give judg
ment on the pleadings and remands the
case for such further proceedings as
may seem proper and consistent with
the opinim. Judge A. L. Fraser also
presided in this ease in the lower court.
Another' opinion was handed 'down
by the supreme-court, that of W. M.
Roberts is appellant and the 8. ?R.
Templetoir estate is the respondent, (in
which Justice Moore affirms the deci
sion of Judge! J. W. Hamilton of the
cirenU eourt for Lane - county. This
was a suit to compel specifie perform
ance of an oral agreement to convey
an individual share of real property.
The sopreme eonrt holds, upon the . oaly
important question hrvolved, that tak
ing possession ty a cotenant is not sdeh
a partial performance as will, entitle
the plaintiff to maintain the suit.
BOTH SEEK DEATH.
Twins Decide to Commit Suicide and
Jump Througn Car Window
i Only One Dies. .
SEATTLE, April 17. Emil
sr Trapp, twin brothers on their Srii
Os-
car Trapp, twin unnucu vu vuc.
to this city, leaped from the window, of
a day coach of the Great Northern ev
erland train tonight within a few miles
of Seattle. Emil's neck was broken
and he died instantly. 'Oscar sustained
serions Injuries but win lire. The man
still living stated that he and hia broth
er had decided to kill themselves and
the first method that presented itself
was jumping" through the ear window.
Both men bad considerable money, j
JOSEPH JEFFERSON IS DTISO.
WEST PALM BEACH, April 17.
Joepfc Jffeirw" Brewing wcjtfr
and it Is feared his end is near. If is
reported that the members of the fam
ily, not already with him, bars leen
telegraphed to come. - 1 I '
Joseph Jefferson - Was till auva at
midnight and seemed to have rallied
somewhat. Dr. Potter, hU' physician,
and some member of the family have
retired. It is thought he wttl at Jeaet
BAT.EM. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL
STOLEN LLTTER3 SURRENDERED.
Taken- From ua Smiths Upon Their
. Arrest in Cincinnati, They Are
Finally Returned
NEW YORK, April If. There were
two developments in the Nan Patterson
ease today, and another ' postponement
of the trial nntil tomorrow was made.,
The surrender by the district attorney
of fetters aod other effects, whose re
cent seizure fro ma trunk of ' Mrs. J.
Morgan Smith, Naa Patterson's sister.
has caused widespread interest. The
bundle of letters, after considerable le
gal sparring, was ' finally returned to
Mrs. Smith's counsel, Mr. Limburger,
this atternoon. ' , -
DO TOU OWN WOOL?
BUTTE, April 17. A Miner special
from Helena says that Thomas Cruse
has sold 1 his wool clip, ' about 400,000
pounds, at 20 cents a pound to a Boston
firm. - " '' - ' : v
NEW ELDORADO
RUSH OF ' EARLY DATS WILL BE
REPEATED IN THE FRASER V
RIVER COUNTRY.
Shallowness of Water Holds Out Splen
did Opportunity to Placer Miners,
Who See in This Their Chance for
Splendid Strike in Gold Mining.
VICTORIA, B. C, April 17. Many
old-timers who were in the province
prior to the rush of 185S, and are able
to compare conditions then with those
which now prevail, think the present
year will sec one of the biggest Tushes
to the placer mining bars of the Fra
ser river that has taken place since the
great gold stampede of that year. The
snows upon the mountains at the head
waters of the Frase river are this yeaf
less than i they have been since the
memorable year of 1858. The greatest
depth d urine the past winter was four
teen feet, as opposed to an average of
thirtv-three feet in otbc years, and
a maximum depth of fifty-four ' feet.
There is no record of the depth, of the
snows on the mountains in the winter
of 18d7 and 1838, but it is thought that
it was about twenty feet, and the wat
ers of the Fraser will probably be even
mn.ru shallow than the v were in that
year when the bars of the upper reaches
of the river gave up their golden treas
ira thousand tdacer miners. '
Ever since then the high waters of
the Fraser have prevented any Individ
ual placer mining being done on them,
but this year Mill's bar, China bar;
Boston bar and all the other sand banks
lin the raaser wnose names are wnnen
wun leiiers oi K"1'1 uc
mining in this province, will be uncov
ered and opened to give up their stores
of gold, which have been accumulated
untouched since the rush or jsds.
"The little snow that there was at the
headwaters of the Fraser has nearly all
gone, and low as the watear of the river
now is, the indications are that it will
be little higher at any time during. the
coming spring or summer.
MANY TRAMPLED
FALSE ALARM OF "FIJiE . RE
SULTS IN DEATH AND INJURY:
OF MANY NEWSBOYS.
Jammed Together is Narrow Hallway,
Waiting to Procure Free Tickets, at
Cry ' Newsies" Stampede and Crowd
Files on Stairs in Frenzied Mass.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 17.-Frcn-
zied by a false alarm of fire, several
hundreds of newsboys, who were strug
gling to obtain a share of free tickets
to a local tueater, which were Deing
distributed by a traveling representa
tive of a patent medicine ; company,
were stampe..v.'v. in a narrow stairway
in Mascmie temple tonight, crushing
the life out of four boys and injuring
twenty-sis. others, seven seriously. Long
before tne appmnrei time ior tne is
tributton of the tickets the "stailvay
was erowdel with -a pushing, yelling
crowd of newsboys. When the distri
bution began, the excitement; became
more intense alid the efforts of several
policemen were unavailing. f
It ia alleged that one of the bojrs,
in an endeavor to hasten the exit of
those who had received passes, shouted
", " 1mmdiatilv those at the too
faccl about and with almost super
human strength began to force their
way to the bottom of the . stairs.
Shrieka and physical encounters fol
lowed for- a few aeeoods, when, from
some eanse, those near. ; the top fell
headlong on the struggling mass at the
bottom. Four boys were dead when
extricated from ( their position at the
4xttom of the stairs. ; -
.Others, believed to be fatally
crushed, were taken out as fast as they
could be disentangled from their fren
zied companions, who fought and clung
to each other ia desperation. v f ,
t After : the injured had been taken
from the scene of death and the crowd
hid left the sidewalk the sight present
ed, by the stairway and walk in front
of tee door and in the upper hallway
was gruesome "la the exvreme. Blood
trickled down the steps. ' Fragments
6f clothing and flesh were strewn here
there. The accident evidently had lit
tle effect on about forty of the boys,
who, when the excitement Was over,
went to the theatre. .
SYSTEM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
; WARSAW, April 17. A conference
aader the presidency of Governor Gen
eral'MaximoviUh. will be held early ia
May to discuss ,and ' formulate ' plans
for a system of local government in Po
Usl ca liaet fiasilat to the ZezzzlSoh
18. 1905.
ARE NOW OFF
COCHIN, CHINA
RUSSIAN VESSELS SAID TO BE
'COALING AT KAMRANH BAY.
ALSO EXTORTED 0IT H0NO K0NQ
Tie Neutrality Question Will Now Be
' i Put Up to tha French
- OoTernment.
Prince Heinrich Gives Story to Effect
That Rojestrensky's Fleet Was Coal
tng Outside Bay at Singapore on Fri
dayOther Rumors.
PARIS, April 17. A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to the Echo" de , Paris
states that Rojestvensky, with .a por
tion of . his squadron, Was sighted off
Hong Kong, sailing northeast. This is
not confirmed by any other sources.
London, April 18. In the absence of
further information regarding the po
sition of the Russian, and Japanese
fleets, the London morning papers are
keenly discussing the' neutrality ques
tion. The Daily Mail's correspondent
at Singapore gives a further report
from the steamer Heinrich, received on
Friday, April 14, that two Russian
cruisers were scouting outside the bay,
while a tng was bringing colliers along
side the warships, which were coaling,
and that many boats were transferring
provisions to Russian vessels.
The Mail's correspondent at Hong
Kong reports that the steamer Norta
Angha on Friday night, encountered a
strong fleet of cruisers off , Bombay
reef, steering south and using search
lights. The North Anglia was unable
to distinguish the nationality of the
cruisers.
WITHOUT HOPE
MAYOR DUNNE WILL MAKE ONE
MORE EFFORT-TO SETTLE
LABOR TROUBLES. 1
Neither Side to Chicago Strike Snows
Inclination to ' Compromise Riots
Block Street and One Man So Badly
Beaten He May Die. , .
CIliCAGO, April 17. After a con
ference -held this afternoon with -representatives
of the union teamsters,
Mayor Dunne announced that he had
practically given up all hope of set
tling the Montgomery Warde k Co.
strike. V ,
41 1 will hold eoferenecs tomorrow,"
said the mayor, "with representatives
of froth sides, but I have no idea that
anything will result' from the meet
ings." There were numerous disturbances in
the streets during the day and others
around the freight houses. Several
non-union men were followed by strike
sympathizers and badly beaten, one of
them so badly that he may die.
1 The most serious disturbance of the
day occurred late in the afternoon at
the intersection of State and Madison
streets,' A mob, numbering' 2000 peo-
Ce, gathered about a State street ca
le ear on which were riding two col
ored men who had driven a wagon to
Montgomery Ward k Co. s. Stones
and sticks were hurled at the car, and
in the twinkling of an eye the window
ia the car was smashed. . Two police
men, in order to protect the colored
men, placed them under arrest. A riot
call was sent to the Central station,
aad it required twenty .officers, who
responded; thirty minutes of time to
drive the crowd away and open up the
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KILLED BY ANGERED STWASHES.
This Is Supposed to Hare Been the Fate
of Walter Taylor of Van
couver, B. C. ,
VANCOUTER, B. C 'ApVil 17. Mur
dered by, Siwashes in the vicinity of
Shoal bay,, is believed to be the fate
of Walter Tavlor, who. disappeared five
weeks ago. The residents of the ap-
coast logging country think Taylor was
killed by natives, in revenge for little
mistakes alleged to, have been made by
in ia bnaiaess dealings with, the In
dians. ' . -
NEW HOME IS DEDICATED.
WA'SUfNOTO, April 17. Memorial
Continental Half, the new and handsome
home of the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
was dedicated , today. Although the
Mulcting is not completed, the annual
meeting of the society, which began
this afternoon, is being held within its
walls. - - ' ,
FILE AFFIDAVITS
HENEY. DEFENDS INDICTMENTS
AGAINST ATTACK MADE BY
THE DEFENDANTS.
Binger Hermann Follows Suit of Oth
ers and Demurs to Charges Against
Him In Land Fraud Cases Counsel
Agree on Legality of Answer.
Portland,; April 17. Congressman
Binger llerrman was today . arraigned
on the indictments charging him with
conspiracy to defraud the government
of its public land. Hermann filed de
murrers and pleas in abatement.
District Attoixey Heney today pre
sented, three affidavits defending the
legality of the indictments against
Mitchell, Williamson and Hermann.
The affidavit of George Guiston, the
juryman alleged to be disqualified, and
the other two by Heney himself, de
claring that he was a duly appointed
deputy district attorney and that he
was not prejudiced. The defense ob
jected to Honey's methods, and the
point was being urged when the court
adjourned.
Ex-District Attorney Hall,' , Deputy
District Attorney Edwin ' Mays,- Earl
Benson, W. X. Jones' and Thaddeus
Potter pleaded not guilty .or entered
pleas in abatement.
ENTHUSE OYER GRUESOME SIGHT
Women Ask to Examine Skull of Mur
dered Wife and Are Rebuked
by Court. ;
ROME, April 17. There was a dra
matic episode in the remarkable crim
inal trial at Perugia this week, in which
lieutenant Modugno is charged with,
having murdered his wife' after com
pelling her t write a lcttrtr stating
that she was about to commit suicide.
The skull of the dead woman, was band
ed round to the jnry and to the experts
connected with the case. "A hole was
visible in it through' the right temple.
The prisoner was horrified at the
sight of it and sobbed loudly, coveirlng
hia eyes. The ladies' present in the
court were most eager to examine the
relic, for which they were rebuked by
the president, who threatened to send
them out of the court.
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KENTUCKY LAW IS INVALID.
Washington; April 17. The su
preme cocfrt of the United States af
firmed the decision of the United , States
circuit court for the eastern district of
(Kentucky in the esse of the .city of
Covington, vs. the National Hank ol
Covington, holding as invalid the Ken
tucky law requiring the national banks
of that state to make a return of all
the'W shares for taxation purttoacs. The
opinion was based on the (ground nf
discrimination against national banks.
WORKWOMEN'S EXPOSITION 1909.
PARIS, April 17. The chamber of
deputies today passed a bill providing
for a. workingmen'a exposition in 1WTJ.
To all our friends and patrons we extend an Easter
Greeting. j
Easter is the time for sunshine and for flowers.
It's the time when nature smiles and we all take
.afresh grip on life.
s It's the natural 'desire of every Man and Boy to
appear jn nv garments on
We're in full bloom of
Top" Coats, Hats, Neckwear and all sorts of
"Springy" things for Easter. ;
If you're not ready for Easter Sunday we can put .
you in order in about thirty, minutes, and you'll be
as well dressed as any man in the Easter parade.
Fair and satisfactory prices, as usual.
first section eight pac:
SPURIOUS COIN
IN MILL RACG
SALEM BOYS XJAEE QUEER FIND
IN EMPTY WATEB DITCH.
Several 'Phoney" Coins Bear Evi
' denes of Having, Been Very Ee
' cently Molested.'
No Evidence That Effort Has Been
Made to Clrculat Bad Money But
Officers on Alert Believed to Have
. Been Cast Away Because Imperfect.
Is there a regular band of counter
feiters operating in this cityf That is
the question with which the officers of
Salem have been confronted and it will
be thoroughly investigated. '
The question is suggested by the re
vealing of a quantity of counterfeit
coins of 5-cent and 50-ccnt denomina
tions in the mill race on Church street
by the two young sons of It. B. Coshow
yesterday morning. It quite frequently
occurs taat the ditch which conveys the
water to the different institutions
which derive power from it gets out of
repair, and ia order to set matters
right the water has to bo shut off
above. It became apparent on Satur
day that some repairs were needed for
the wator way and the water was shut
off Saturday night that toe work couM
be attended to on Sunday when tho
power was not needed.
The water was very shallow in tho
ditch, and when the two Coshow boys
were in Cue act of crossing the bridgo
they noticed something shining in tho
water. Upon investigation they found
it was; a coin, and thoy searched around)
until they had gathered six pieces, a
( 50-cent .piece and Ave nickels. It was
Ian, easy matter to discover that they
were counterfeit and of very recent
coinage', as they were still bright and
new.' It was also quite apparent that
the. coins were cast from molds and not
from dies, as some of the coins bore
ra titer indistinct impressions, while the
others were very good, but they were
all rather crude, and there was a faint
but disccrnablpt yet Ineradicable im
pression ef tfie circular metal hole of
the: mild
Careful Inquiry about town failed to
show that any of the spurious coins
had been passed upon the business
men or merchants as yet, and it is
tuought by the officers that, if a coun
ter fevers' den has been established, it
is of recent date, and that tho parties
have not had time or opportunity tq
begin operations unless tbey have
adopted the policy of. manufacturing
their goods here and peddling them
elsewhere. Experts w'no Lave exam
ined the bogus coins found by tho loys
pronounce them as . a species of alloy,
and if perfect impressions could be pro
duced they could bo passed almost
anywhere, with tho possible exception
of a bank, where coins are frequently,
tested.
It is the opinion of those who have
given the matter thought that tho coins
were either thrown in tho mill race by
some party or parties who' had been
hard pressed and did not want to be
caught with them on Iheir persons, or
that the manufacturers of them 'ial
discarded them on account of. their
imperfections. The polic authorities
have been advised of the find and are
oa the lookout for the perpetrators as
well as for their rendezvous.
WILL CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY.
UTICA, Y. N AprlK 17. Hiram
( ronk, of the town of Ava, tho only
survivor of the war of 1 812, will celo
brato bis" 0."th birthday Wednesday
next. The aged veteran lives with his
daughter on a farm near Ava. He en
joys splendid health for a man of such
years, and bis faculties are as keen as
those of many persons half bis age.
Easter Sunday.
Snrine disDlav of. Suits.
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