Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET JIM CROW STREET-CAR SONG. BY O. M. STEWARD. This song was written to be sung in the tune of the good old Irish song—"As she sat in her low back car"—which was very popular many years ago: [ ] In Richmond they have fine street cars To take you where you would. But if you ride, then woe betide, If you 're in suilen mood; For you must ride in a jim crow car. Where the two races are seated afar, And if by chance White ladies must the gauntlet run Of walking the whole length Of moving cars to reach their seats, Regardless of their strength, For they can't sit in the rear you know; But to the uppermost corner must go; If they refuse, Then they must choose Whether indeed they will ride or no. The ladies of the colored race Must take the seats in rear, As near the door as possible, And they must never stir Towards their white sisters who sit in front And they must never be bound And they must never be heard to grunt, For if they do, They'll surely rue That in their manners they were so blunt. Now people of America! What think you of a law Which makes white black and makes black white, The color line to draw? Mixing the races to separate! Till there are none to correctly state Which one is white! Nor wrong from right— How to treat each as the laws dictate! JUDGE WITT ACTED PROMPTLY. Sent Councilman to Jail. There have been persistent rumors of fraud in connection with certain paving contracts in this city. Councilman John T. West, (white) was heard to say that he had been offered a bribe of $1500, to remain away from a meeting of the street committee. He was summoned before the grand jury and he refused to give the name of the person who had approached him. He was carried before Judge S. B. Wheeler and apen declining to give the name he was committed to jail for contempt of court. He employed Charles V. Meredith, Esq, and finally consented to testify, giving the name of Nathaniel B. Bacon, (white) of Manchester, Va. Under the law, the case is a felony. Brother Wine's Troubles The Richmond, Va., NEWS LEADER of last Tuesday published under the heading of "Schism Occurs in'Rev John Jaspers Church, an account of a rupture between Rev. Randolph V. Peyton and Rev. Willis Wills, Jr," because the former is alleged to have said to the mourners that they were sinners and could not approach God in prayer and that to become converted they must rely solely upon the promises of God and the prayers of the saints. The affair seems to be "much ado about nothing." The matter is alleged to have been canceled the church-meeting last Monday night in a adjournment took place at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning. The paper intimates that Brother Wines would like to talk much, but that inasmuch as the popular pastor controls the congregation, he is finding silence golden "sawing wood ard saying nothing" on the outside." 12th Anniversary of Rev. W. F. Gaham, D. D. The 1st Sunday in June will mark the 12th Anniversary of Dr. W. F. Graham at the Fifth St. Baptist Church All the members are requested to give $1.00 for the purpose of securing a new pipe organ and repairing the church building. The programme is as follows: Sunday, June 5th, 11 a., m., sermon by Rev. Z. D. Lewis, D. D. Music by the Second Church Choir. Address; "The Pastorate," Hon John Mitchell, j. 330 p. m. sermon by Rev. Joseph Perry, D. D. Music by 5th Church (Sydney) choir. Address; "The B. Y. P. u." by J. Henry Erwin, Esq. 8 p. m. Sermor by Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D. Music by 1st Baptist Church Choir. Address; "Duty of the Deacons," Deacon Edenboro Archer. Thursday night, Sermon by Bishop Evans Payne, Music by 4th Baptist Church Choir. PASTOR'S RECEPTION IN LECTURE ROOM. Sunday, June 12th, Sermon by Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, A. M. Music by M. Olivet Baptist Church Choir, Address; "Our Sunday School," B. H. Peyton, A. M. 8 p. m., sermon, Rev. D. W. Davis, D. D. Music, 2nd Church (Manchester) choir, Address; "Conduits of Our Church," Jas. H. Chiles, Esq. As this closes the first twelve years of the Pastor's services with the church, it is hoped that all of the members and friends will give special attention to these services. By order of the Church, W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., Pastor. JAS. H. CHILES, Clerk. Mr. J. W. Purce of Lent, Va. was in the city last week visiting friends. PYTHIANS ENTER HARRISON- BURG. A Grand Time There—Fine Lodge Organized. Harrisonburg, Va., June 17, 2004. The first Knights of Pythias Lodge among the colored people was instituted here last night by Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., assisted by Col. E. R. Jefferson, Past Chancellors, James S. Forrester, William Custalo, Grand Master at Arms, S. S. Baker, and Capt. John G. Smith of Richmond; District Deputy Grand Chancellor A C. Mabrey of Stanton and Past Chancellor Rev. Thomas H. White of Clifton, Came, and also aided, being supplemented by Sir Thomas Dickerson and another Knight from New York. The party arrived here yesterday morning and were met at the B. & O. station by Mr. J. C. Holmes, Prof. G. A. Newman, Mr. Henry W. Frances, and others. They were conducted to Mr. Holmes' establishment, where breakfast was served. They visited the various points of interest and in the afternoon enjoyed a drive through the city and the sections adjoining. The visitors were much pleased. The initiation took place at the True Reformers' Hall. The new lodge is composed of some of the best colored citizens here. Mr. J. W. Cochran is one of the members, and also Rev. L. C. Garland. The candidates expressed themselves as being much pleased with the ceremonies. Thirty persons were introduced to the mysteries of Pythiaianism. The following are the officers of the new body which will be known as Rockingham Star Lodge, No. 72. Chancellor Commander, Ulysses G. Wilson; Vice Chancellor, Clarence Mauny; Master of Work, J. C. Holmes; Prelate, G. A. Newman; Master of Exchequer, Howard N. Dallard; Master of Finance, J. M. Randall; Keeper of Records and Seal, F. D. Goodlow; Master at Arms, A. P. Bruce; Inner Guard, C. O. Gaines; Outer Guard, Howard Hawkins. Trustees; J. W. Cochran, George Strother, John Spencer. Attendants; Rev. L. C. Garland, Jacob Johnson, Europe Johnson, Leewood Johnson. The work was completed at about 12:30 a.m., and supper was served at the residence of Mr. J. C. Holmes. The Grand Chancellor appointed Sir J. C. Holmes. District Deputy Grand Chancellor. This lodge was instituted through the efforts of D. Deputy Grand Chancellor of Malawi. The visitors were outspoken in praise of their good treatment here and they left this morning. Gone on Before. Mrs. Robinson Rowe, mother of Mrs. J. W Mosby better known as Mrs. Annie Mosby died April 6th, 1904 at her residence in Nottoway Co., Va. She died in the full triumph of faith, having been a follor of Christ for more than 100 years, a member of the Old Nottoway Baptist Church, the oldest church in the county. The funeral took place from the house Friday, April 8, 1904 and was well attended by members of the family and friends. She leaves six daughters, four sons, a host of grandchildren, a number of great grand children, and several great, great grand children. The active pall bearers were her sons, Jack Rowe, the oldest, Charles Rowe, Dennis Rowe, formerly of Richmond but now of Nottaway, Albert Rowe, James Rowe, a step son and John W. Mosby, her son-in-law, of Richmond. The honorary pall bearers were her grand sons; Frank Epps, Harry Epps, Arthur Rowe, Junius Rowe and Robert Mosby of Richmond. It was a sad scene to see all the members of so large a family gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to one they loved so well, and whose memory they still hold dear. She was a loving mother, it being her chief delight to administer to the care and want of her children. A precious one from us is gone, A voice we loved is still. A place is vacant in our home, That never can be filled. Marriages. WINSTON—WAFFORD—The quiet marriage of Mr. Joseph J. Winston and Miss Sarah E. Wafford took place on Monday night, June 6th, 1904 at the residence of the Rev. A. S. Thomas. ELAM—WHITE—Mrs. A. Eliza White respectfully requests the presence of friends to request a marriage of herdangher, Miss Janie J. O. Horson, Elam, Wednesday, June 15th, 1904, 7:30 p. m. Residence, 209 N. 3rd St., Richmond, Va. Reception after ceremony. No cards. Great Union. The regular monthly meeting of the National Baptist Sunday School Union will be held on next Sunday, June 12th, 1904 at the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, pastor. Excellent programme. One thousand scholars and Sunday School workers are expected to attend the Union. Rev. D. W. Davis will deliver a special address. All are invited. B. H. PEYTON, President, E. A. WASHINGTON, Vice, A. W. DANDRIDGE, Sec'y. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1904. NEGRO IS LYNCHED DOWN IN GEORGIA. Had Killed Young White Man and Crowd Strung Him Up and Rid- (By Associated Press.) ALBANY, GA., June 1st.—A special from Arlington says: "Arthur Thompson, a Negro, shot and killed M. Dudley, a young white man, early last evening. A crowd of determined men caught the Negro, lynched him and riddled the body with bullets before daylight. The cause of the difficulty between Dudley and the Negro is not known. Dudley was manager of the city electric lighting plant, and Thompson was a fireman at the same plant. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The Y. M. C. A. Conference met last Friday evening and was a meeting of much interest. The men did not forget the jail and alms house last Sunday. The boys took an active part in the Bible Study last Sunday. The last meeting of the greater meeting was well attended last Sunday. About 450 men were out to hear Kev. D. Webster Davis, A. M., who spoke to the men, Subject; "Striking the Wrong key." The Reverend made the hour very plain and simple. Snowing the many ways to strike the wrong key. Every man was helped. Mrs. S. Alice Kemp Burrell sang "Come Unto Me and Nothing to pay," which was well adapted to the occasion. The meeting was a blessing. Two men accepted Christ. Remarks were made by Mr. W. A. Jordan in special interest of the Y. M. C. I. At this meeting the men decided to pitch battle for a financial effort to be known at the Voluntary Rally contest under two Captains, Messrs John Y. Harris, Jr., and W. A. Jordan. Their aim will be to raise $600.00 which will pay off all back bills and meet the demands for the year's work. The Y M. C. A. colors have been chosen. Orange and blue. Mr. Harris orange. Mr. Jordan blue. Every man is invited to take a part in the contest. All this has grown out of the help which has been given to the men of Richmond by the Young Men's Christian Association. Meeting in the jail and alms-house Sunday 10 a. m., 11 a. m., and 3:30 p. m. Committees are requested to meet at the Y. M. C. A rooms 9:30 a. m. Boys' Meeting at the rooms Sunday 4 p. m. Brother E H. Allen, Chairman, will address the men at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday 5:30 p. m. Every man is invited. Do not lose interest men. Plenty of fans. Come and bring another fellow. Never in the history of the work has such interest been taken by the men in the Y. M. C. A. We see a great personal workers bank. We have been well paid. About 75 souls have been won thus far in the year's work. The Young Men's Christian Association is simply an arm to the church. This is proven by the many men who will join the many churches of our city who were led to Christ through the work of the Association. The women are patiently waiting for the Great Mass Meeting for women only Sunday, June 19th, 3:30 p. m., at the True Reformers' Hall. Rev. W. H. White pastor of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church will address the women. Subject; "What's the Cause?" Special music by a female Quartette. All women are invited. Free. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Meherrin, Va., June 5th, 1904.—This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, ($150 00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Sir Cal. Fultz, who was a member of Pocahontas Lodge, No. 41, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. & A., of Pocahontas, Va. Signed:— her MRS. SALLIE X STOKES. mark. Witnesses:— ARTHALIA FULTZ, his MR. JOHN X BOOKER BELL, mark. his MR. SIDNEY X GEE, mark. D. C. JOHNSON, D. D., G. C. Voting Contest. The Ebenezer Baptist Church is the only colored organization in the contest for the News-Leader Libraries. Send in your votes for said church or give them to some representative of the church. The trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary and College have conferred the title of A. M, on Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, pastor of the Mount Olivet Baptist Church. Mr. W. S. Morgan, who has been extremely ill with the typhoid pneumonia is now able to be out. He was attended by Dr. M. B. Jones, who handled his case with great skill, being remarkably successful in a case which many regarried as hopeless. MUCH MONEY THERE. The Knights of Pythias Have Grand Rally—$1323.34 Raised for the Business Department. The Pythian Mass-meeting and stock-rally at the Fifth St. Baptist Church last Wednesday night was a success, both in finance and enthusiasm. The total amount paid in cash was $1323.34. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., called the meeting to order at 9 o'clock. The religious exercises were conducted by Rev. B. Graham, assisted by Rev. Dr. C. H. Phillips. The report of the Grand Court session at Charlottesville was made by Miss M. L. Chiles, the Grand Worthy Register of Deeds. It contained much useful information and was embellished, with poetic selections which added much to the attractiveness of the language. It was very fine. The address of Cashier Thomas H. Wyatt was a gem and was not only interesting but amusing as well. Miss Eva E. Davis made a report of the condition of the Pythian Calanthe Industrial Association giving facts and figures as to its progress. The value of the property owned is $18,000 and of all this but $2,900 has been paid. This department pays 10 per cent, dividend on its stock. A call for money was made by Grand Chancellor Mitchell and one thousand, three hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty four cents were announced as the amount paid in cash. Rev. Dr. Graham made a rousing address, another hymn was sung and then benediction was announced. The Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythia, A. S. A., E. A., A. & A. was out in fatigue uniform and presented a fine appearance. Capt Chas. Steward and Capt. Adolphus Jackson were in command of their companies. Leuttenant-Colonel E. A. Wawer. Capt. Willis Wyatt, Capt. Thomas H. Wyatt. Lient. William A. Robbins. Directors Thomas Smith and William Cusain were on the rostrum. Colored Sunday-School Workers Walk in Sun [RICHMOND, VA., NEWS-LEADER, June 6. 1904.] With the mercury coqetting with the century mark between 2 and 8:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, some 3,000 or more colored Sunday school workers, representing all ages and both sexes, marched from every section of the city — from Fulton, Chimborazo Hill, Sheep Hill and Sidney— to Ebenene Baptist Church, at Leigh and Judah streets, where the monthly meeting of the Baptist Sunday-School Union was held, presumably as a protest against the "Jim Crow" law. President Burrell announced that there would be a meeting of the executive board at First Baptist Church Thursday night, at which time committees would be announced to arrange for the meeting of the Virginia State Baptist Sunday-School convention which meets with the Fourth Baptist school in August. Jim Crow Street Cars. [VICKSBURG, MISS, LIGHT.] The Jim Crow Street car law went into effect June 1st and all cars now have up a sign designating the two rear seats for colored people only. This law has cost the street railroad companies the patronage of the colored people as plainly seen on the first day of its operation. The towns are small and the colored people can afford to walk without any inconvenience whatever. The boycott by the colored people will last as long as the street car law lasts, if forever. The law was absolutely unnecessary and will only prove an inconvenience to the white people who are deprived of two seats and the street railroad company who will loose the entire revenue they used to receive from the colored people. Lodge of Colored K. P. Instituted Last Night. [HARRISONBURG, VA, DAILY NEWS.] John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Virginia Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias, (colored) instituted a lodge in Harrisonburg last night. The charter membership of the local order is 30 and it begins with an encouraging outlook. The Grand Chancellor, who is editor of the Richmond "Planet," a well known and well patronized Negro paper, was assisted in the institution of the lodge by several other grand officers. John Mitchell is regarded as second only to Booker Washington as a leader of his race. He is also president of the Mechaniques' Bank in Richmond, whose deposits amount to $400,000. D. Deputy Grand Chancellor A. B. Betts, of Sutherlings, Va. but temporarily of Athens, N. Y., was in the city this week. He was enroute to Sutherlings, Va. The Third St. Bapt. Church has been fortunate in securing Rev. D. Webster Davis, A. M. to preach for them Sunday, June 12th, at 3:30 P. M. Members and friends are especially invited to turn out and help the Church. Music by the Sixth Mt. Zion Bapt. Church choir. —Mr. and Mrs. William Irving Hopkins return thanks to their many friends for the large number of wedding presents, which they received. SHARP FIGHT WITH COSSACKS Japanese Outpost Driven From the Hills Near Putsiantun. SUBMARINES FOR THE MIKADO It Is Reported One Has Been Shipped From New York to Japan and That Others Are Under Construction. Newspaper Correspondent Killed By Chinese Soldiers. Liao Yang, June 8.—The Japanese have drawn in their advance guards from Vafangow. They blew up part of the railway and the telegraph station on the night of June 3. The damage was soon repaired. Samsonoff's Cossacks are harrassing the Japanese towards Port Arthur. Cossacks searching the hills occasionally catch detached parties unawares. In the clothing of a Japanese officer of the 14th regiment, who was killed, important documents were found, showing that the Japanese had lost heavily in the fighting May 30. Among the Japanese killed were Chinese clothes such as spies use. Samsonoff's fight with the Japanese June 3 in the valley of Putsiantun took place in an immense amphitheatre in the hills. Samsonoff threw forward skirmishers to feel out the Japanese positions. The Cossacks and dragons crept forward, examining the steep hillsides, deep ravines and dry water courses likely to protect Japanese ambushes. * Finally the Japanese fire on the crest of the hills located them, and the assailants swarmed up almost inaccessible cliffs. The Japanese first kept in the shelter of the rocks, but the Russian fire searched them out, and they filted shadow-like across the rocks as the Cossacks continued to advance, while the dragoons cleared the valleys leading from the amphitheatre. The Japanese cavalry retreated, unwilling to risk a collision at close quarters. The Russian line encircled one great hill on which was the principal Japanese position, and like a living ribbon crept toward the summit. Colonel Sereda led the advance until he fell wounded half way up the cliffs. The command devolved upon Lieutenant Colonel Chilesville, who continued the forward movement, clearing the Japanese from the heights. In the meantime a Russian battery placed an accurate shrapnel fire among the hilltops, hastening the Japanese retreat. Two Japanese sharpshooters on the summit of a hill seriously annoyed the Russians at a critical period of the advance. An officer of Terelleski's company scaled the rocks in the face of almost certain death and killed both the Japanese, returning unarmed. Soon after the Russians had occupied the hilltop and an entrenched village, they received an order to retire. Just then the Japanese artillery reserve was brought into action, and showered the retiring Russians with shrapnel, but failed to get the exact range. Besides Colonel Sereda, 17 Russians were wounded in the day's encounter. The Japanese losses owing to the accuracy of the Russian artillery fire seemed heavy. SUBMARINES FOR MIKADO It Is Reported the Protector Has Been shipped to Japan From New York. Bridgeport, Conn., June 8.—The report reached this city that the submarine boat Protector had been shipped to Japan from New York, and that four boats modelled after the Protector are now under construction at the works of the Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding company. Bridgeport men interested in the construction of these boats decline to give any information as to what has been done with the Protector. Japanese agents have been in this city several times, and as a result it is said draughtsmen are working day and night at a local shop on plans and models of submarine boats. Some of these models are known to have been shipped to Newport News. CORRESPONDENT KILLED Lewis Etzel, of Butler, Pa, Shot By Chinese Troops. Newchwang, June 8. — A private telegram just received from Shan Halk Wan says that Lewis Etzel, correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, and Ernest Brindle, of the London Daily Mall, were fired upon by Chinese soldiers while in a junk between Shwantaize and Erdiko. Etzel was killed, but Brindle is believed to be safe. They left here on June 3 to investigate the movements of som- bandits. Etzel was a native of Butler, Pa., and his father resides now either at Denver, Colo., or at San Diego, Cal. United States Consul General Miller has left here by special train for the scene of the killing of Lewis Etzel. The consul will make a personal investigation of the death of M. Etzel. Taken For Pirates. London, June 8. — Ernest Brindle, the Daily Mail's correspondent in Manchuria, in a description of the death of Lewis Etzel, the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, who was shot by Chinese soldiers while in a junk between Shwantaitze and Erdiko, says: "Our intention was to cruise along the Liao Tung coast. About 6 o'clock in the morning the junk was surrounded by four sailing boats manned by Chinese soldiers, who, without explanation, opened fire, their shots falling all over our boat. We were below reading and writing, and Etzel, looking out, received a fearful wound in the back of his head and expired in a few moments. "The soldiers, who were dressed like pirates, said they mistook us for a pirate boat they were seeking. They afterwards donned uniforms. "I walked to Tienchwangtai to summon assistance. One of the Chinese crew was badly wounded, and it is not likely that he will recover." ARMIES ONLY TWO MILES APART Chefoo, June 6.—But two miles separated the Japanese and Russian armies on the Liao Tung peninsula on June 2, according to hinese who have arrived here from Dalny. The Japanese are reinforced by those men who landed at Dalny and occupied Twing Ching and also Sanchimpo, several miles west of Dalny. They then proceeded along the coast toward Port Arthur. On one side of the army are high mountains and on the other side is the sea, from which the Japanese gunboats are supporting the flank of the army. On June 2 the Japanese forces were within five miles of the outer forts of Port Arthur, only two miles from the Russians, which is ready to protest their further advance. It is believed there will be a big battle at this point. It is also stated by the Chinese that the Japanese have moved their base from Dahy to Tallenwan. The larger Japanese ships are anchored outside the smaller ones inside the harbor. Troops are being landed they say from small vessels, apparently coming from Pitsewo or the Elliott Islands. Heavy Firing at Port Arthur Chefoo, June 7.—The correspondent of the Associated Press at Teng Chow cables that there was firing at Port Arthur last night, beginning at 11.30 o'clock and continuing for several hours. A junk, arriving during the night from Dalny, reports that there was heavy firing all day yesterday in the vicinity of Port Arthur. When the junk left Dalny Monday morning all was quiet there. The arrivals on the junk deny the story of the sinking of a Japanese ship off Talienwan. RICHMOND BRIBERY CASE Councilman Released From Custody After Telling Who Offered $1500. Richmond, Va., June 8.—Councilman John T. West, who was sent to jail Monday by Judge Witt, of the Hustings court, for refusing to divulge the name of a person who is alleged to have offered him $1500 to remain away from a meeting of the street committee, of which he is a member, was released from custody on giving to the court the desired information. The person he named is Nathan B. Bacon, of Manchester, a travelling salesman for a paper manufacturer, who was at once placed under arrest by order of the court and brought to this city, where he is now held in custody. Bacon hitherto has stood high socially and in business circles in this city. The matter before the street committee at the meeting referred to above is understood to have been certain paving contracts which were recently awarded. TRIPLE MURDER AND SUICIDE Man, Probably Insane, Killed His Three Children and Himself. Roselle, N. J., June 7.—After killing three of his children and wounding a fourth Joseph M. Pouch, at one time an undertaker, shot himself through the head and died a few minutes later. Pouch lived in a little cottage with his four children. Monday he shot two of them and embalmed their bodies. He took the other two to an upper room with him. Meanwhile he had mailed a warning to County Physician Westcott, who, upon receiving the letter, notified the police. When the officials knocked at the door of the Pouch cottage Pouch shot and killed his little daughter and wounded his remaining son. He then shot himself and died as the police forced an entrance. The boy will recover. Pouch is believed to have been insane. Drowned at Tolchester Beach. Annapolis, Md., June 8. — Samuel Howard Baldwin, of New Haven, conn., who on Monday passed the physical examination for admission to the Naval Academy, was drowned off Tolchester Beach, an excursion resort on the eastern shore of the Cheapeake. In company with several friends he left here on a Sunday school excursion. Arriving at the beach, he and a friend named Boyton went into the surf and started for a swim to a vessel 200 yards from the shore. Baldwin was attacked with cramps when nearing the vessel and sank. Boyton reached the goal safely. Baldwin had passed his mental examination and could have been sworn in at any time upon presenting himself at the Naval Academy. Two Killed By Lightning. Johnstown, Pa., June 6. — Jacob Wurm, a miner, and his nephew, Lloyd Wurm, both of Frugality, this county were instantly killed by being struck by lightning, while another nephew, Henry Wurm, was seriously injured. The three men were returning to their home from work, when a thunder storm came up. They took refuge in a tool house, which was struck by lightning, causing the fatalities. PENNYPACKER HESITATING Looks Into Law Regarding Appointment of United States Senators Harrisburg, Pa., June 8.—A conference to determine whether the senatorial vacancy created by Senator Quay's death shall be filled by appointment or by an extra session of the legislature was held between Governor Pennypacker, United States Senator Penrose and Insurance Commissioner Durham, who control the situation, at the executive mansion. The governor spent several hours examining the law on the subject, and it thought he reached a decision and will announce it in the near future. The opinion still prevails here that an extra session of the new legislature will be held next December for the election of a senator, and that the governor is in perfect accord with the Republican state leaders. Those who profess to know the governor's plans say that he prefers to make an appointment for the remainder of Senator Quay's term which expires next March, but that he believes under the state constitution it is mandatory on him to call an extra session before the meeting of the next legislature, which will convene in biennial session in January. Oliver Won't Have I Pittsburg, Pa., June 8.-Georgia T. Oliver informed the state leaders and the governor that he did not wish his name to be further considered in connection with the senatorship. His reasons for this action were purely private and personal and had no connection with the probability or improbability of his selection. Hannah Elias Under Arrest. New York, June 8—Detectives battered down the heavy front door at the residence in this city of Mrs. Hannah Ellas, the negro woman who is charged with obtaining nearly $700,000 from aged John R. Platt by blackmail. They then placed her under arrest on a warrant charging her with extortion in having secured $7500 from Mr. Platt in May last. Mrs. Ellas was in bed when the warrant was served. Immediately afterward the papers in the civil action brought against her by Mr. Platt were served. Mark Twain's Wife Dead. Florence, Italy, June 7—Mrs. Samuel M. Clemens, the wife of "Mark Twain," the American author and lecturer, died of syncope here. Half an hour before her death she had conversed cheerfully with her husband Mrs. Clemens died painlessly. The body has been embalmed and will be sent to the United States. Mr. Clemens kneels continually by the coffin. He speaks to no one. Drowned in Atlantic City Surf. Atlantic City, N. J. June 6—George C. Appel, aged 27 years, of No. 6 West Lee street, Baltimore, was drowned in the surf while bathing with three companions. Four physicians labored over him for an hour, but life was extinct. Thibetans Repulsed With Heavy Loss. Simla, India, June 8. Thibetans recently attacked the British post at Khnagma. The British losses were one Ghurkha killed and five wounded. The Thibetans left 174 men dead around the post and many others were killed in the pursuit. r 2 = — emma eae lS ji Wavice. RMAs TEA eANen aa Wy F < Ny, Se Meme i! # @ Ree Pare oe BATUKDAi |... JUNE 11, 19 Se WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. Ki a @aitimore M@.—The Teleharmonte com. pony hats been incorporated. It will. wire uses and furnish any music desired the subscriter havingsonly to punch tt Becessitry button.) ‘They had a lovers’ quarret “ And were sitting fur apart, When she thought how Sentie musie Has been said to soothe the heart, So she softly pressed the button For a dulce melody, ‘Thinking that he'd lose his anger When be heard “O Promise Me." But her hands went up in horror And her heart wes filed with woe ‘When the switchbeard operator. Started in “Why Don't You Go?" ‘With a muttered impreeation He had started from hls place, When she pressed another button, Getting “I Don't Like Your Face.” Then, in grief and esperation, At ihe button boar she flew, Tabbing at the one Anprinted: “I Can't Tell Why t Lave You," ‘Came a crashing tune in answer “Twas the last and fatal blow, For the words surged through the parlor “You Can Take Your Things and Go!" ‘Then the tover rose in anger. Rose and started for bis hat, While she almost had bysterics As in dumb surprise she sat. He was teaving—then another Button she pushed in. Alack. “T_Don't Care,” the wires zent buzzing, “If You Never. Do Come Back’! Bo the loving hearts were severed By the hand of science coid; Thus another tale of sorrow: Born of progress must he (oid. For her hopes Were rudely shattered And bis bapplness was lost Through the songs that came unwanted All because the wires were erosscd. —W. D. N,, in Chicago Tribune. } The Story of a Telephone By ELIZABETH F. SEAT 1 was not beautiful; no telephone ever is, and Mrs, Harding declared fenat tt would never pay for itselt te forcing vsetul, but wines sue unde thet [istement she’ aid not take into eo Fount the nature of the owner of the jnew telephone. That telephone had long "been Nora's heart's desire, and now as jahe leaned back in her invalid’s chair jand gazed at the little oak box from fwhich hung the homely. black receiver, iher eyes were filled with happy tears. } How much it meant to aer to know fenat she was really no longer alone! Whe had only to take the receiver inte ther hand, and somewhere from out the ispaces siretching away towards Dal- foon she would hears Triendiy: voles to weply She turned in her wheeled chair and Hooked out of the window: the church iapires of Dalton gleamed above the $a wy ef Ee pr 1 AEN Bs ENG * 7] 4 lames | w AN a, BS SEAN SE LEA apy ‘Breen trees and cultivated fields in the walley; smoke from its huge factories and hundreds of homes lay in drifted masses towards the east. Down the road, a quarier of a mile away, the telephone men were speeding in they light wagon; glong the highway, paral- Jel lines of poles hung with’ wires marked the friendly approach to the country. While she was gazing at the scene ‘before her the telephone rang. ‘The Buddenness of the sound startled her. Her heart heat quichiy; she took up the receiver: “Is that Markley farm? Ig the telephone connection finished?” “Men are—" “Gone! oh, that’s all right; your number's Pike 12, Better make a note ofsit, until its printed in the directory next quarter. Good-by.” Nora hung up the receiver, turned Back to the window, and said self- Feproachfully: “I didn't really need it! Aunt was right; she said I'd nobody to call up, and as I'm shut in for life, I'm not likely to meet many new people, Dut it makes me feel as though T had @ real person right In the room!” Aunt Alice came in, glanced at the unwelcome intruder hanging so near ito the invalld’s chair, and sald: “A Wwaste of money, Nora; you could have spent it Going better for yourself and Your family than that!” \, Mrs. Harding, who had never been MM for a week during the whole 50 years fef her life, hurried out of the room bent on an errand to town, a tea at the Dome of a friend two miles in the country, and a week's mending all be- fore ten o'clock in the evening. To be fure, it was not yet 11 in the morn- Ang, and if one lost no time—but left ito herself, Nora refused to follow her aunt's itinerary any further. She re- turned to the contemplation of her telephone. “It’s the only one ia a half mile and it may prove useful. Perhaps she may want to call me up when she gets to town!” -~Taking the directory trom its book she scatined the names eagerly; there Were not many of them familiar. She put it aside and restlessly took up some fancywork, glancing often wistfully at the pleasant country scene spread be- fore her window. It was almost noon when her tele- phone rang sharply as though some ‘oue were in a great hurry she hasten- ed to receive the message: “That you, Nora?” (it was Aunt Alice after all.) “I left my desk unlocked, and there is @ large sum of money in it. As I'm not coming home for several hours I'd like to feel that all is right. Call down to Jane, tell her to lock it and bring you the key. I'll hold the line a min- ute to bear that she’s done it!” Nora wheeled herself to the speak- Ing tube and whistled several times, then out in the hall and called loudly, Dut could hear nothing in reply. She began to grow frightened; Jane was & comparatively new servant, and the two were alone in the house. ‘How her helplessness weighed upon her soul at this moment. She returned at last to the telephone. “Aunt Alice, are you there? Well, I can’t get Jane; Ive cdlled and whistled. Something's wrong; can't you come home?” “I'll come at once!” and Nora heard her aunt ring off sharply. After a few minutes the girl heard a footstep in the servant’s room overhead, then a door opened somewhere, and Presently the front door closed with a dang. From the window she saw the maid go out of the gate carrying a satchel. She followed the highway in the direction of a little station half a mile down the road, where the express trains would stop on signal. It was clear enough that she had rifled the desk and was running off. With trembling fingers Nora seized her directory and turned its pages. Yes! the station had a telephone. Quickly she told her story, describing the ap- Pearance of the servant, her baggage and her dress. She asked the operator to detain her, and he promised to have the policeman in charge look out for her. The girl's mind was working alertly now, and the telephone was rap- idly proving itself an able assistant. She next called up the Dalton police sta- tion, again told her story, and asked that an officer be sent out on the ex- press which would stop at Oakley, and would they please be quick about {t, for the train was due there at one o'clock! ‘Then she leaned back in her chair exhausted and waited. as the smoke marked the pathway of the express along the valley. She saw her aunt driving rapidly down the road; soon she burst into the room in a whirlwind of excitement: “Child, we've been robhed! What shall we do?” and strong Aunt Alice sat down weakly in @ rocker, actually on the verge of tears, Nora turned to the telephone: “Wait, Aunt Alico, I'l see if she’s caught!” | Mrs. Harding listened in bewilderment to the conversation that followed. Al- though it was one-sided, she gathered from it that in some manner Jane had | been apprehended before she had fairly started. Her niece turned to her after aminute, trembling, but eager: “They've taken her, and she had a lot of things besides the money; the chiet himself came out to arrest’ her, and the whole | party’s coming here so’s she can be identified!" ‘Then Nora told the rest of the story, While her aunt leaned back on the cushions of the chair and tried to un- derstand tt. | Mrs. Harding started to her feet as the chief, Jane, and the operator from | Oakley, with a miscellaneous party fol-' lowing, entered her front gate. “I, don't know which to admire most.” she exclaimed, “your presence of mind and | simple common sense, or that wonder of modern inventions, the telephone, but T believe I'l decide on the common | sense. Man may invent all he pleases, but only the Lord can fashion a mind that works when the occasion demands | it,” and the aunt departed to Interview her faithless servant, while Nora,| through these rare words of praise, re- celved an uplift that long afterward bore her triumphantly through hours | of Joneliness and pain.—Young People. | IN UNTRAVELED RUSSIA. | Part of the Great Empire That Re- mains Untouched by Any Foreign Influence. To the unknown south, across the mighty steppes to Vladikavkaz nestling below the snow-cloaked mountains of the Caucasus, a world of history and Tomance, Mes our route; and within two days we are in real Russia—the Rus- ‘tia untouched by foreign Influence, says Outing. Unexpectedly one finds here In the wilds of Russia a coterte of refined, charming people. The women {nteili- gent, well educated, some of them fpeaking four or five languages, and many of them excellent musicians; the men, mostly, officers or titled dignt taries of one branch of the government ‘or another, for nearly every man of po- sition in Russia is connected with the government. The bureaucracy andthe army constitute the nobility. House parties, merry informal dances and mu- sical matinees, are some of the features which tend to make the life of a great land proprietor in Russia pleasant an ‘the summer. On the other hand, the at- tendant cuties and trials are severe, with crops to be planted and reaped by methods more or less old-fashioned, al- though American harvesting machin- ery is now being introduced very exten- sively. } ‘Northward. southward, eastward, westward have grown the dominions of the great white “Tsar.” Not more than 250 miles to the southward of the an- elent capital of the grand dukes of Mus- covy are yet to le seen remains of bea- con mounds where warning fires against eee raids of the Tartars were burned not 300 years ago, and the Tartars are the faithful Cossacks of the empire to- day. Ten decades and more it took, but the southern boundary of Russia to-day is marked only by the hoary head of Mt. J Ararat, 700 versts to the south of Viadi- kavkaz as flies the gray-winged crow. Much Worse Bacon—Did you say your friend is a pusher? Egbert—He's worse than that; he's & kicker!— Yonkers Statesman, y ICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ICE MOND PLANET. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. : Scared for a Minute. { aympatny for r “Oh, I'm so relieved,” she said, after carrying out Teading the telegram which her husband | Life. had sent her from home. “I seemed to | Se bave a premonition when the messenger | u sold ‘It ‘was for me that it would say our | Bseeise his wi mald bad left us. Butit's nothing, The | ,.A{}Ks Mats il baby fell downstairs this morning and | Deng'broke | x broke her arm. ‘That's all.”"—Chicago | —Sudae. 2 I Overs, |! co - Confidence. > ——— “A woman will not esteem a man ! Two Model Husbands. whom she cannot trust,” said the mor- —<— Two colored women sitting on the alist. i front steps were overheard boasting of | “Yes,” answered Mr. Meekton, “and Ny [ES thee many lovable traits and manly vir- | { am delighted to note that Henricttaal- ||! \]{ [=> tues of their husbands. | ways trusts me to put the cat out and fix | tl & etGaxee sutslnierae goad an a Re! and tock the basement || |) ge a her" sald Mrs. Jackson, with feeling in goor and doa lot of things.”——Washing- || affzo ® hor voice. “Ah have nevah been with- ton Star. | Gata, out a,day’s wasn sence Ah mahied dat | = } i tian. He gits me all the washin’s Ah | How to Flatter. HG a. Sea “The wise man,” sald the thoughtful a { ZiVell, Ah has this to say foah Fara,” theorist, “praises ina woman tho-o | |e ghaiie declared Mrs. Johnson, with satisfac- things that she doesn’t possess. If she ai ; tion; “when Ezra gits drunk he gits Is pretty, he talks about her intelli. am drunk ike a perfec’ genneiman.”— gence; It she is brilliant, hé talks | MQM ‘Caroline Lockhart, in Lippincott's. |About her beauty, for woman. prizes —— | what she lacks and doesn’t have to be z ‘Gane | what she lack doesn’t have _ “Mamma,” said the little one, “‘there’s '& girl in the next block that’s a lot sicker than I am.” | “You're not very sick, pet,” repyjed the mother; “not even in bed. You'll de out playing again in a day or so.” _“L know {t, mamma, so don't you think we ought to do something for the little girl that’s so much sicker?”* “What would you like to do?” “I'd like to send her that nasty medl- cine the doctor left for me.”—Chicago Post. A Fiduciary Arrangement. “These trained bloodhounds often Tender great public service,” asserted the man with the wispy whiskers. “Oh, I don't know,” carped the man with the gimlet eyes. “Public servics @on’t go very far with them; it's all a matter of money.”" “Why, look at the—” “Look at nothing! Doesn't the dog pick up the scents while his owner cor- Tals the dollars?”"—Judge. Known by Different Names. “Are you ever troubled with insomnia sleeplessness?” “I should say Tam. Some nights 1 don’t sleep three hours.” “That so! I've got it awfully bad. T've been aMlicted now about two years. ‘The doctor calls it neuris insomnis Paralaxitis.” - “T've had it about 18 months, and we call It Ethel.”Schoolmaster. One Thine He Admitted. | Swiveller—Speaking of Smallweed, I consider him the most modest, unas- suming man I ever met in my life. | Quilp—Then he doesn't think too much of himself? _ Swiveller—Not at all; not a bit con- eeited, though he admits that any man possessed of his abilities would be— ‘Tit-Bits, . All Arranged. “No, Adele, you cannot have to- night off. Miss Genie will arrive some time to-day, and will want you to ar- range her hair for the reception this evening.” “O, I have arranged it, madam, and {v's up in her room awaiting her."— Chicago American, ‘What He Would Do. “If you was a millionaire,” said Plod- @ing Pete, “would you found a library?” “Tam surprised at yer ungrammatical- ness,” replied Meandering Mike. “I would not found a library. I would ind a brewery.”"—Washington Star, No More to Lose. ‘Towne—Do you mean to say you not!- fed the police as soon as you found you had been robbed? Browne—Yes; there wasn'tany danger In that. I hadn't any more money left.— Philadelphia Press. BETWEEN DESIRE AND DUTY. a) he Ai iN ral yy ih 43) d i s “Sil \ comes to-night to hear whether | will let fate.”"—Chieago Tribune. Bi aseptiae The Feet of Man. He—Why do you shrifik from me? Am I too unworthy even to touch your garment’s hem? She—You are certainly too blind not to step on it—Cincinnatl Commercial Trib- wre Sudden Reformation. “Billy Smith has given up smok- ing.” | “What made him do that?” “Dropped his cigarette butt In a kkeg of powder.”—Cornel! Widow. Consistency. _ Harold—There’s that handsome Miss Smitherton going around with that Uttle bit of a man again. /-Gerald—Yes, and they say women hate mice—Cleveland Leader. Perfectly Safe. ‘Tenaweek—It is a secret, sir, but I am engaged to your daughter, and— Olé Gotrox—Have no uneasiness, sir; ft will_go no further—Town Topics. Scared for a Minute. “Oh, I'm so relieved,” she sald, after feading the telegram which her husband bad sent her from home. “I seemed to have a premonition when the messenger raid it was for me that it would say our ‘maid had left us. Butit’s nothing. The baby fell downstairs this morning and broke her arm. That's all.”"—Chicago Record-Herald. Confidence. “A woman will not esteem a man whom she cannot trust,” said the mor- alist. “Yes,” answered Mr. Meekton, “and Tam delighted to note that Henrietta al- Ways trusts me to put the cat out and fix the furnace fire and lock the basement door and do a lot of things.”—Washing- ton Star. How to Flatter. “The wise man,” said the thoughtful theorist, “praises in a woman those things that she doesn’t possess. If she {s pretty, he talks about her intelli- gence; if she is brilliant, hé talks About her beauty, for woman prizes what she lacks and doesn’t have to be told what she really has.”"—Chicago Post. ‘The One Thing Avoided. Materials the self-made man ‘Of many sorts employs when he Is working on his bufiding pian, But has no use for modesty. Philadelphia Press. THE ETERNAL FEMININE. 5 sei oy & 9 Qeall\i = ee i [OP b YZ, OO) BA yy 2 ae Ki iX q cy ff KNOY AS CSS Gan Perey Saphead—Dut I hope my avow- XL won't coxt-me your friendship? Beatrico—No. but. it will cost you the price of cleaning your trousers— that floor has just been varnished— Chicago American. Mary's Bargain, The Util amd that Mary had Fort nad'been im aaygone Uy Ok taid and ena sheen. —Chicago Daily News Suenteious. | “The new cook comes with fine recom- mendations,” said Mr. Bliggins. “Yes,” answered his wife, “they sound | As if the people she was with thought a reat deal of her, or else that they were | willing to do or say almost anything in the hope of getting rid of her.”"—Wash- ington Star. One Thing"Phat Is Sure. “I don’t know what it is,” said the man who was examining the mysterious sifbstance which he had just’ touched with his tongue, “but it's powerful good stuff for the human system.” “Why? How do you know?” | _ “It tastes so nasty."—Chicago Record- Herald. Pointed Inquiry. “Yaws,” said young Saphead, “I-aw- have gweat pwesence of mind, doncher know.” “Indeed!” exclaimed Miss Canstique. “How do you manage to conceal it so successfully ?"—Cincinnati_ Enquirer. Advanced. “You say that Lord Fucash’s soelal position has improved since he married &@ rich Ameriedn girl?” “Yes, indeed. Formerly he was only a ‘nobleman; but now he belongs to our helresstocracy.""—Washington Star, Where They Exist. “Are you still searching for your ideal man?” asked the girl In the home- grown waist. — “No,” replied the gtl under the tailor-made hat. “I've quit reading novels.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Some Hope. | Mrs. Hiram Offen—What! another dish broken? See here, Bridget, at that rate, my dishes won't last a month, | Bridget—Oh, don’t worry about thot. O1'll be Yavin’ ye before a month, /ma’am—Philadelphia Press. ‘Telling Tales. | Mr. Oldboy—Atways respect gray hairs, my boy. Tommy—Why? My ma coesn’t. | Mr. Olkdboy—You shouldn't say that. ‘Tommy—She wouldn't dye them ifske. did.—Ally Sloper. . Her View of It. “Was It an elaborate wedding?” | “Blaborate!” exclaimed the fair di. vorcee, “I should think it was. Why, it was so elaborate that you'd think she never expected to have another.” =Chicago Post. At It Again. Bdyth—Jack said last night my com- plexion was a perfect dream. Mayme—Yes; and he told me long ago that he didn’t believe In dreams.— Chicago Daily News. : fe acne Ga “Hi, waiter! what do you call this?” “Bean soup, sir.” “Yes, it’s been soup; but what the deuce is it now?”—Judge. - ‘As Indicated. “That fellow,” remarked the propri- etor of the corner grocery, “is evidently a crank on electricity.” “Why do you think so?” asked the po- Hiceman, as he roved away from the cracker box. “Because he's always wanting things charged,” answered the man behind the eovnter.— Chicago Daily News, Saving His Sympathy. Mother—I declare, I am_ positively provoked at your father. I am doing my best to secure youa titled husband, ‘and he hasn't the least sympathy with amy plans. | Daughter—Perhaps he is keeping his Sympathy for me. in case you succeéd in ¢arrying out your pians.—Brooklyn Life. Because. Becaiume his wive cannot Stake hats like mother used to make, Bach spring he never talis tose Dend broke lke faiher used to break, Secret CONSISTENT. i {orate ; re Aa ii MES [8 WL = | ew = | Jeers = CHE AS = =| Tie |e MRC Rae SN rg As ee DN EMULE ii eh | 4 “4 G SUA Lt) Gas She—Yes, she's engaged to Smalley, although she once told me that she Wouldn't marry the best man living. He—Well, she has stuck to her state- ment even if she does marry Smalley.— Chicago Daily News. | A Point in His Favor. “I think it is to a young man’s credit to have worked his way through col- lege.” | “Yes; It means that he has already demonstrated his ability to get a job.” Judge. | Making Yellow Hair, __ Patience—See how yellow her hatris; and ft used to be brown, Patrice—Yes; she’s been sing one of those yellow journals to make curl pa- pers.—Yonkers Statesman. A Feminine Termination. She—Is there any difference between 8 fort and a fortress? Her Husband—Why, I should imag- ine that a fortress would be harder to Bilence—Puck, ‘Wanted an Understanding. Applicant (for position as cook)—How manny afthernoons out durin’ the wake, mim? Mrs. Highmore—Well, of course, you can have every Thursday, and— Applicant—I'm askin’ ye, mim, how many afthernons out ye want yersiti. Chicago Tribrne. ‘A Resemblance. “What do you think of my historie novel?” “It resembles some of the most suc cessful works of its kind,” answered Miss Cayenne. “In what respect?” , “In being neither novel nor historic.” —Washington Star. Willing to Put Up with Less. “Would you want a man to love you enough to be willing to die for you?” he asked. “No,” she replied, backing away from him. “When fellows love girls enough to be willing to die for them, they gen- erally Kill the girls first.”—Chicago Rec- ord-Herald. y No Dark Secret About It. “Am I to consider what you have told me about Mrs. Bickenham to be entre nous?” asked Mrs’ Oldcastle. “Oh, my, no! Josiah says it's all over town, but don’t breathe it to a soul, or at least I'd hate to have you let it get out that I told you."—Chicago Record- Herald. Probably Lost the Job. “I should like to have my hatr dressed in the newest style.” said the lady entering the hairdresser’s, “Yes, ma’am,” sald the girl attend- ant; “will you wait for it or shall we send it home?”—Yonkers Statesman, As to Mr. Higginside. Girl with the Gibson Girl Neck— You're the first person I ever heard say that young Mr. Hugginside Is clannish. Girl with the Julla Marlowe Dimple— I didn’t say he was clannish. I sald he was clammish.—Chicago Tribune. Diplomacy. . Mrs, Gramercy—Weren't you pleased when your husband sald you looked pretty in that dress? Mrs. Parks—No. I'm sure he just said it in the hope that I wouldn't ask him to buy me a new one—Judve. How It Was. “Did you ever take a chance in Wall street?” “No,” answored Mr. Ariiuck. “T put up my money several times. But T never got a chance.”—-Washington Star Fishing Time. ir : ht, Yeua 1 ihim back HARD TEOUGHTS. fora eae eae Sie: he ==} co san “e/a ee = Teacher—I whipped you for your own g00d; I really did. Now, tell me what you think about it? Bobby—If I told you what I_ think you'd give me another licking.—Chicago Chronicle. ‘The Successful Suitor. ‘He laid his true heart at her feet. 2k mom Philadelphia Press. B « Se Booker’ § WE Ups alke | ANN G Z a> 18 W.Eaker St. | Seer e re WY” A FULL LINE OF FIN ‘ W// Le GROCERIES ANI ER EAS ; MEATS & VEGETABLES Wood and Coal, Cigars and Tebecco. a pS NC eeeeaes ROS AT THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES, paneer ett PEO CAN SAVE MONEY BY GIVING ME A CALL. | 411 GOODS DELIVERED TO YOU FREE. | TELEPHONE 1507 ~<.—_ A. C. BOOKER, Prop, /e2°= 18 W. BAKER ST, RICHMOND, va. ~ { W. I. JOHNSON, 4 FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. , Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE: 4 | Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. 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Broad St. GAMBLING WITH FATE By WILLIAM WALLACE COOK Author of "The Gold Gleaners: A Story of the Cyanide Tanks," "Willy's Dan," "His Friend the Enemy," "Rogers of Butte," Etc., Etc. (Copyright, 1900, by William Wallace Cook) CHAPTER XIII. DARREL TALKS WITH AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. The principal hotel in Sandy Bar was fulsomely known as the "Grand Central." It was not pretentious and was lacking in many comforts which Mrs. Gorton and Miss Avery would, otherwise have considered necessities, but there was nothing else for it. not be much longer from Elise and it was God's providence that Roy Lenyard was there. Only a momentary indecision had prevented a reconciliation at their unexpected meeting at the hotel door. It was now Darrel's business to dispel every doubt and pave the way for the harsh news to follow. After that—Murgatroyd! After clearing his own name Darrel cared not The usual crowd of hangers-on clustered about the door of the Grand Central when the driver of the Anaconda stage drew up before it and halted with a flourish. Darrel stepped out and swept his eyes over the curious faces of the assembled throng. Almost the first to meet his eyes was that of the young man whom he had met, under such tragic circumstances, at Hawkbill's, and whom he had later seen at the Half Way house A man and a woman are standing in a doorway. The man is holding a hat and a briefcase, while the woman is holding a handkerchief. They appear to be in a hurry, possibly in a rush to get to their destination. "GOD BLESS YOU!" SHE SAID BRO-KENLY. In startled wonder the youth gazed at Darrel as he turned and assisted his companions to alight. Left and right the crowd broke to permit the ladies an unobstructed passage into the hotel. Darrel stepped back to attend to the luggage which the driver was handing down to him. An exclamation from Elise Avery caused him to turn in time to witness a dramatic little episode. Elise and her aunt had halted midway of the lane of curious faces and the youth, whom Darrel knew, was confronting the girl in slank amaze. For one intense moment, the two gazed at each other. "Elise!" came in a hoarse whisper from the young man's lips. He started forward, one hand wavering before him. The girl recoiled instinctively. The next moment she had pressed eagerly forward. "Roy!" she murmured. But by then the young man had retreated into the ranks of the crowd. A brief pause followed and Mrs. Gorton, taking her niece by the arm, hurried her into the hotel. A ripple of astonishment swept among the spectators and Darrel, a puzzled frown on his brow, followed his friends quickly. Elise had sunk into a chair in the office and her aunt was standing near her. Darrel halted an instant to flash a questioning look at Mrs. Gorton. She understood and returned a glance that left no doubt in Darrel's mind. "There is a little parlor upstairs," he murmured; "take her there. I will attend to everything." Elise arose at the touch of her aunt's hand and left the office like one in a dream. Darrel was also experiencing somewhat of her bewilderment, but it did not take from him his grasp of details nor make him any the less active. He secured the best rooms in the hotel for his companions and had their luggage taken there. He also ordered that their evening meal should be sent up to them. After Elise had left the parlor Mrs. Gorton came to him. "There is such a thing as destiny, Mr. McCloud," she sighed. "There is," he returned, with supreme conviction. "Who would have dreamed that we should meet Roy Lenyard here, in this little corner of the world, as we have done?" "The world is not so large." "It would seem so, yet—yet I can hardly credit my senses." "Love is a magnet," went on Darrel, softly, a distant look in his eyes. "A double magnet, it appears, has drawn Elise to Sandy Bar. You say there is a misunderstanding between them?" "A misunderstanding pure and simple, Mr. McCloud." He was silent for a little. "I am glad that it has so fallen out," he said, finally. She looked at him wonderingly. He started unsteadily toward the door, but the elder lady caught up with him and rested a soft hand on his shoulder. "God bless you!" she said, brokenly. He went downstairs and into the street, searching anxiously every face he met. He had no time to marvel at the course true love was taking insofar as it concerned Elise Avery and Roy Lenyard. What concerned him most was the misunderstanding between the two. That could be explained away and would help to heal the wound to be caused by the announcement of Ezra Avery's death. Knowledge of her father's fate could After that—Murgatroyd! After clearing his own name Darrel cared not what might happen. From one end of the street to the other Darrel walked, searching for Lenyard. The lights flamed out over the entrance of Hawkbill's and Darrel went in. Roulette wheels and card tables looked very tempting to him and something urged him to play another game there where he had played the last. He fought off the desire, looked around the long room and whirled and went out. His thoughts were never more busy with plans and expedients, but he was none the less watchful. Suddenly he became aware that Lenyard was following him, dogging his steps stealthily from point to point and trying to keep out of sight. Darrel did not ask himself what this might mean, but turned into the hallway leading up to Murgatroyd's office. He did not ascend the stairs, but halted and waited. In a few moments the young man showed himself at the door. Instantly Darrel stepped out and confronted him. "Your name is Lenyard," said Darrel, quietly, "and you may call me McCloud. I wish to talk with you." "I do not care to talk with you," was the short answer. Lenyard would have made off down the street had not Darrel thrust an arm through his. "Come, come," said Darrel. "For some reason you seem to have become suspicious of me, but I want to be your friend." "You can never be a friend of mine," was the harsh retort. "Very well," was the unruffled response. "You can at least grant me 15 minutes of your time—for the sake of Ellise." Lenyard's arm trembled against Darrel's and he walked a few steps without comment. "Where are you taking me?" he demanded, at last, halting abruptly. "To the Grand Central." "Not there! If you are bound to talk with me it must be somewhere else." They went to Hawkbill's. It was too early for the games and only a few people were at the place. At a table in an obscure corner they seated themselves, Darrel in such position that his eyes commanded the door. Hardly were they in their chairs when a white-aproned waiter came up for their order. "Nothing," said Darrel shortly. "Woolling," said Darrel, shortly. "Whisky," said Lenyard, with almost savage impatience. The waiter went away. "Now," he resumed, surveying Darrel with supreme distrust, "you can go on. The quicker you're through and the quicker I leave you the better I'll like it." "Mrs. Gorton and Miss Avery," said Darrel, plunging at once into the matter, "came to me in Anaconda a month ago with a letter from an eastern man asking my aid in an important matter." He paused. The waiter came up, set down the whisky and water and Lenyard flung him his pay. The waiter left. With a quick movement Darrel leaned over, caught up the whisky and swallowed it at a gulp. A muttered exclamation escaped the young man's lips and he started angrily to rise. "Sit down!" ordered Darrel, looking squarely into the young man's eyes. Lenyard returned the but sank mutely back into his chair. "I'm the one who needs the whisky, not you," resumed Darrel, calmly. "Mrs. Gorton and her niece are looking for Miss Avery's father, who left New York five years ago. Mr. Avery has not been heard from, in any way, for more than a year. The latest information secured by Miss Avery places her father in Sandy Bar; it came to her indirectly—" This bit of news had a strange effect on Lenyard. He whitened and a gasp escaped his lips. "Then there's no doubt," he muttered, huskily, "absolutely no doubt." Darrel's glittering eyes rived themselves on the youth's face. "No doubt of what?" he asked, in a compelling voice. "Why," answered Lenyard, slowly. "there was a man killed in this camp of Sandy Bar a month ago and there were letters in his pocket—letters and other things that went to prove that he was other than he seemed." "Who did he seem to be and who was he in reality?" "He seemed to be a gambler named Jack Sturgis. Now, from what you tell me, I know that the other proof was conclusive. His real name was Ezra Avery." "Ah!" muttered Darrel, resting his face moodily on his hand. "God help me!" whispered the pallid Lenyard. "I had never seen Avery and did not know him as Sturgis. Right here in this room he all but ruined me. As a result of a game I had with him I might have lost my life, but as it chanced Avery lost his. Oh, Elise, Elise!" CHAPTER XIV DARREL CONTINUES HIS TALK WITH LENYARD. The young man was shaken to the depths of his being. A swift sympathy surged into the look Darrel fastened on him. "I recall the occurrence," said Darrel, hiding his own feelings under an assumed coldness of voice and man- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. her. "Sturgis was shot by a scoundrel named Darrel." Lenyard straightened his lithe form in a moment. "Darrel was no scoundrel," he retorted hotly. "He was a gambler. How could he be that and not be everything else that a man could lay tongue to?" "You shall say nothing against Darrel to me," cried the young man. "I owe him my life and my honor—he befriended me at a time when it required courage and skill and he suffered dishonor and lost his own life because of it. Do you hear me?" Lenyard's voice rose excitedly. "I will not hear a breath against him." "Very well," said Darrel, in a pacificatory tone. "Please lower your voice—you are attracting attention this way. Circumstances all point to the fact that Nate Darrel killed Sturgis, as you must know." "Circumstances!" sneered Lenyard. "All I can say is that circumstances lie, and I shall prove them a lie and—" He broke off sharply, the old distrust in the look he flashed at Darrel. "I have heard, too," persisted Darrel, "that Darrel and Murgatroyd had a murderous feud, based upon some of their rascally practices, no doubt." "I have looked into that," returned Lenyard with an obvious desire to parry every thrust at Darrel's reputation. "The rascally practices were all on Murgatroyd's part. Darrel, as I happen to know, acted like an honorable gentleman." "You surprise me!" "It is the truth, whether you are surprised at it or not. Murgatroyd, under a false name, had laid his plans to marry a young woman in Denver. The young woman was of good family and her father was one of the wealthiest mining men in Colorado. Murgatroyd had his eye on the money and his schemes would have succeeded but for Nate Darrel." "Darrel medded in the matter, I suppose?" "Murgatroyd took him into the plot and Darrel went with it to the girl's father." "An informer, eh?" "Who would not have been an informer under such circumstances? Murgatroyd was given 24 hours to get out of Denver and has never dared to go back there since. It was then he swore to shoot Darrel on sight, and he'd be equal to it—if he could." "Strange that the woman in the case should have been taken with Murgatroyd, in the first place. Don't you think so? These gambling gentry usually show what they are." "Murgatroyd has a way with women, and with men, too, that's hard to understand. He's a success at gambling as well as at other lines of business, all through some infernal power which he wields over his dupes. He's a thoroughbred villain, if there ever was one. Now that I have set you right concerning Darrel I'd like to know if you have finished your talk with me?" "I haven't yet touched upon the matter that spurred me on to seek an interview. There is a misunderstanding between you and Elise Avery, is there not?" "That is none of your affair, Mr. McCloud," was the sharp and threatening answer. "You defend this gambler, Darrel, for interfering in a love affair and now you question my right to trench upon a subject of the same kind." "It is not the same kind and you are not Darrel." The young man got up. "Is that all?" It would not have been all had not Darrel's gaze encountered a familiar figure just entering the door. A tall, square-shouldered man with sleo-black eyes and overhanging brows. "That will be all for now, Mr. Lennard," said Darrel. He did not deign the youth another glance, but watched the tall man with cat-like intensity. "You may be done with me, Mr. McCloud," said Lenyard, leaning across the table, "but I'm not done with you." With this enigmatical remark Lenyard walked away. The tall man peered around the room, caught sight of Darrel and advanced upon him with slow deliberation. Darrel's hand dropped beside him into his coat pocket. One, two, three, four—Darrel counted the tall man's steps as he crossed the room. Presently he was at the table, looking down at the man in the chair. "You will come with me, McCloud," said the tall man, at last. His black eyes seemed to burn as they looked into Darrel's. "You will come with me." "Very well, Mr. Murgatroyd." Murgatroyd turned slowly and walked away, Nate Darrel following him. CHAPTER XV DARREL'S FIGHT WITH MURGATROYD. Darrel was a man of quick wit. Following the cards whets a man's faculties and makes them keen and alert. In a second his mind had explored the depths of Murgatroyd's singular action and had evolved a startling conclusion. McCloud was known to be a stranger in that part of the country, yet he had had Murgatroyd's revolver and Murgatroyd, in calling Darrel by the assumed name, showed that he was acquainted with the easterner. The conjecture which swept over Darrel with the force of supreme conviction was this: Murgatroyd was the man whose uncanny powers had worked the great ill to Junius McCloud. So Darrel followed in the track of his enemy. A crisis was at hand and their differences were soon to be settled. Not once did Murgatroyd turn and look back, so sure was he of his mastery over McCloud. At any time during that brief walk from Hawkbill's to the office of the gambler Darrel could have drawn that ebony-handled revolver and pressed the trigger with fatal effect. But such tactics were foreign to Darrel's nature. He would meet his enemy face to face, with no advantage on either side. Before turning into the hall at Kallper's place Darrel brushed past a group of men, their heads together in earnest discussion. One was the burly marshal, another was Roy Lenyard, a third was the sallow-faced clerk whom Darrel had met in Murgatroyd's office and the fourth was a heavy-set, well-dressed man with a small leather case under one arm. At a sharp word from Lenyard the quartette broke apart and directed their attention at Darrel. Murgatroyd, apparently, took no notice of his clerk, nor of his three companions, but passed into the building and up the stairs to his darkened rooms. Darrel stumbled after him, reaching the landing as Murgatroyd unlocked the door, pulled it open and stepped back, an ominous figure in the gloom of the upper hall. "Go in," said he, curtly. Darrel went in and Murgatroyd followed, locking the door after him and putting the key in his pocket. The darkness was relieved by light reflected through the front windows from the street, and in the semi-gloom Darrel stood, silent, watchful, waiting. "There's a chair in the corner," Murgatroyd went on: "sit down." The command was mutely obeyed. Murgatroyd then lighted a lamp, drew the shades at the windows and took a chair, fixing his dark gaze on Darrel. A year had passed since these two men had last parted in Denver. Before that they had known each other well. Darrel, in returning Murgatroyd's look, searched for some sign of lurking recognition, but found none. The silence lengthened and Darrel swept his glance about the room. The clerk's desk, with its lititter of papers, the brickwork and door of the vault which served Murgatroyd in lieu of a bank, a tall mineral cabinet against the wall, its topmost shelf supporting a large block of "Galena" ore, heavy and sparkling, maps of the mining district, a letter press—the passed in slow review before the owner of the premises saw fit to speak. "I got your letter, McCloud, but I doubted whether you would be fool enough to come here—here, of all places in the world." Darrel swerved his eyes to the speaker's face, but hesitated to trust his voice. "Letter?" he murmured, at last. "You must have been in one of your spells when you wrote it," was the sneering comment. Murgatroyd took a folded sheet from his pocket, opened and read: "I shall be in Sandy Bar to-night. You may look for me, for I shall surely come." With a jeering laugh the letter was returned to the pocket. "And here you are," added Murgatroyd. "Allow me to tell you, McCloud, that you're a crazy fool." The letter was a surprise to Darrel and he stirred restlessly. "I don't know what wild notion brought you here," went on Murgatroyd, "but I do know that you're going to pike out of camp as quick as a horse can carry you. Luck has favored you so far, but you're so irresponsible you're likely to spoil everything. A few words from you about Nate Darrel and the game will be a losing proposition for both of you. That blow-up on the War Eagle trail was the best thing that ever happened—for us. If you yield to any of your mad eccentricities now there's no telling what harm you may do." This touched at a vital point of the Sturgis matter. Darrel longed to learn more, but knew he could not question without arousing suspicion. He made no answer. "What have you done with that revolver?" Darrel took the ebony-handled weapon from his pocket. "Give it to me," said Murgatroyd, starting up and snatching it roughly. "Didn't you have one of your own? You played hell using this that night." Fiercely Murgatroyd pulled down the cylinder and examined the cartridges. "One empty shell," he muttered, frowning blackly; "slugs in the other five shells and the slugs marked." He stamped his foot in a fury. "How in the devil's name did those marks come there? Did you do it, you?" He hurled the question at Darrel, who received it silently. "But you couldn't have done that, you'd have had no object in doing it. It must have been Darrel, when he sat in that office, there, writing his note that afternoon I was away in the hills. Much good that evidence will do Darrel now." A steel letter opener—either a replica of the one Darrel had used in the inner office when he marked the bullets, or else the same—lay on the clerk's desk near the lighted lamp. It was sharp and might prove of use in an emergency. Darrel leaned one arm on the desk close to the instrument and bowed his head on his lifted hand. In disarming himself by yielding up the weapon he believed he had effectively disarmed any doubts of Murgatroyd's, present or to come. He was eager to know more of this man's relations with McCloud. "I'll put this revolver in the vault for now," said Murgatroyd, "and when I have seen you safe out of town I'll put six fresh cartridges in the cylinder." Then, while he worked at the knob of the combination, he dropped the weapon into his pocket. In a few moments he pulled open the vault door, made as though he would step inside but halted and whirled around to see what his companion was doing. Darrel had not changed his position and still had his elbow on the desk and his chin in his hand. A sparkling gem on Darrel's finger drew Murgatroyd's eyes and brought an exclamation to his lips. The circlet was a coiled serpent with diamond head—a ring Darrel had worn for years. Murgatroyd had seen it often and knew it well. Recognition came with a rush. Murgatroyd's hand dropped to the pocket that held the revolver and Darrel's leaped to the letter-opener, and there was an overturning of chairs as the men hurled themselves at each other. A hurled oath broke from Murgatroyd but was stranched under the gripping white fingers of his adversary. The revolver was not drawn nor the letter-opener used; from the first shock of contact necessity threw them back on their bare hands. Neither spoke. Each felt that this was to be their final battle and the sharp, hard breath came from their lips as they clinched and fought. Then followed a terrible half-minute, Murgatroyd was like a wolf, remember- A THERE WAS AN OVERTURNING OF CHAIRS AS THE MEN HURLED THEMSELVES AT EACH OTHER. ing only the injury suffered at the hands of one whom he had believed to be his friend. Darrel was calmer, but none the less determined. Chairs were tipped over, the desk and lamp barely escaped, and then, in a frenzy of brute force, they fell against the mineral cabinet, dropping to the floor with the cabinet on top of them. Darrel was no match for his antagonist in such rough work and he was underneath. A feeling flashed through him that he had failed, and that the victory would be Murgatroy'd's, but the block of galena, tipping with the cabinet, struck the stronger man on the back of the head and crashed to the floor. Murgatroyd was at his mercy and what should he do with him? As he debated the question he heard a quick tread of feet in the hall below. Acting on a quick impulse, he flew to the vault, pulled open the inner doors, dragged the unconscious Murgatroyd inside and had closed him in and turned off the combination when the marshal burst open the hall door and flung into the room, followed by the thick set man. Darrel, leaning against the wall, eyed the newcomers calmly. CHAPTER XVI DARREL ACCUSED AS McCLOUD. "Ah, the marshal," said Darrel, relieved to find that the officer was one of the first to be drawn to the scene. "I am glad you have come." The marshal pushed farther into the room, followed by his companion. "What's been going on here?" "Murgatroyd and I were settling an old score," answered Darrel, pulling his disarranged clothing into shape, "but I am glad to say that it did not result seriously." "Where is Murgatroyd now?" The officer had peered about the place and had even cast a hasty glance into the inner office. "I have him—safe," Darrel smiled grimly. "Who is this gentleman?" he asked, turning to the thick-set man with the leather case under his arm. "That's Doe Payton," replied the bewildered marshal. "Not the same gentleman who had charge of the body of Sturgis?" "I am the coroner," spoke up Payton, "and held the inquest." "Better and better," said Darrel. "Naturally, gentlemen, you are curious. You see me follow Murgatroyd upstairs to this place and later you hear sounds of a scuffle and come to investigate. What you see merely increases your curiosity and suspicion. I want to talk with the two of you and beg of you to set a couple of those chairs upright and be seated." As he finished, Darrel settled himself comfortably on one corner of the desk. The marshal was inclined to parley on Murgatroyd's account. "I want to understand this thing," he began, aggressively, and Darrel interrupted him with: "Precisely! The quickest way to understand it is by listening to what I wish to say. If anything has gone wrong, I am here to be held to account." "He's right about that, Merrick," said the doctor, righting one of the overturned chairs and seating himself in it. "Let's hear him." Merrick had an uncomfortable feeling that matters were strangely wrong, somehow, and he picked up the lamp and stepped apart to survey the other room. He came back directly and again set the lamp on the desk. "I don't like the looks of things," he grumbled as he sat down, "and we seem to be leaving the whole matter to you entire. But I reckon you can fire away." Darrel, fearing interruption from the vault, plunged into the subject at once. "What was the verdict of the coroner's jury in the Sturgis case, doctor?" he asked. "It was found that Sturgis met his death by a bullet, 45-caliber, fired by one Nathan Darrel, of San Francisco," returned the doctor. "Were the proofs of Darrel's guilt quite conclusive?" "The jury found them so." "But you, in your own mind; were you quite convinced?" "I don't recognize your right to ask such a question. I am the coroner and I have repeated to you the jury's verdict." In spite of this Darrel could see plainly that Dr. Payton had an honest doubt. "What's the use of splittin' hairs?" said the marshal. "And what has the murder of Sturgis got to do with your row with Murgatroyd?" "Just this, Mr. Merrick," returned Darrel, steadily; "Murgatroyd killed Sturgis—" "What!," exploded Merrick, starting up. The doctor was less amazed, al- though not a little startled. Darrel repeated his words. "Why," exclaimed the marshal, "Sturgis and Murgatroyd was friends!" "Murgatroyd would have no motive," added the doctor. "Murgatroyd and Darrel were not friends," said Darrel. "That's no news," came from the marshal. "It don't bear on Murgatroyd and Sturgis, anyhow." "Yes, it does," persisted Darrel; "Murgatroyd killed Sturgis in such a way that they would hang Darrel for it." "Preposterous!" declared Dr. Payton. "You're a fool," averred the marshal, frankly. "Do you think Murgatroyd would shoot a friend in cold blood just for the sake of having Darrel hung?" "Did you ever know Murgatroyd to make a play that wasn't cruel, crafty and safe?" asked Darrel. "He's a snake and would trail his slimy length over any friendship for the sake of getting his fangs into an enemy's throat." "Be reasonable, young man," said the doctor, impatiently, "be reasonable." "Talk's cheap," supplemented the marshal. "It would take strong proofs to make me believe anything like that." "Gentlemen," resumed Darrel, "I happen to know that Nate Darrel came to this town on the day the murder was committed. He came to Sandy Bar to settle his differences with Murgatroyd and, directly after he reached the camp, made straight for this office. "Murgatroyd was out in the hills and Darrel went into that private office and wrote a line for him. Murgatroyd had forgotten his revolver and left it behind—it was lying on the desk in front of Darrel as he wrote his note. "Before leaving the room Darrel marked every cartridge in that gun—" It was then the doctor's turn to leap from his chair. "You know Darrel did that?" he interrupted. "I do." "Why did he do it?" "Because he feared Murgatroyd would shoot him down from behind." "Still," returned the doctor, sinning back into his chair. "I can't see—" "In his pocket-book Darrel placed a slip of paper stating that, if he met with foul play, the coroner would please recall that Lester Murgatroyd had sworn to shoot him on sight; and that, if the bullet that took Darrel's life bore the letter 'M,' it would be found to correspond with other cartridges in Murgatroyd's revolver." Dr. Payton drew a deep breath and Merrick straightened out in his chair, thrust his hands into his trousers' pockets and peered at Darrel through half-closed eyes. "The bullet that killed Sturgis bore such a mark," said Payton, slowly. "I probed for it myself and it hasn't been out of my possession since." "Why in the fiend's name didn't you tell me something about that?" asked Merrick, his indignant eyes on the doctor. "The jury knew of it," answered Payton. "We all kept quiet about it, hoping that something like this might develop." "But what do we know about this fellow?" queried Merrick, jerking his head toward Darrel; "he's a stranger in camp and his story may be cut out of whole cloth." "A month has elapsed since the shooting," went on Payton, addressing Darrel. "Why have you kept silent so long? "The delay was unavoidable," replied Darrel. "Possibly, but the chances are it has defeated the ends of justice providing what you say is true. If we can find Murgatroyd's revolver in his possession, Merrick," the doctor added, turning to the marshal, "and if the revolver, after these four weeks, is found to contain the marked cartridges, this man proves his case." Darrel's heart leaped in his breast. He was sure of Murgatroyd's guilt and the fact that the revolver would now be found upon him—harring the technical point that it had been out of his possession for the four weeks—would prove his guilt. The technical point, which Murgatroyd could not prove without Darrel's help, was the only thing that could throw a cloud over Darrel's theory. Darrel was just asking himself how he should proceed in dealing with that phase of the question when another diversion occurred. "Mr. Merrick," said he, sharply, "I requested you to wait below until I rejoined you and the doctor." "Things happened up here, Lenard," returned the marshal, "that we had to look after. There was a fight of some kind, as you can see,"—Merrick nodded toward the overturned cabinet—and Doc and I breezed in. But that don't make no difference. Here we are and if you've got a card up your sleeve now's your chance to play it." "Then," cried Lenyard, whirling on Darrel and leveling a forefinger in his direction, "that man is Jannus McCloud and I demand that you put him under arrest. It was he, and not Nate Darrel, that killed the man you know as Jack Sturgis!" "Holy Smoke!" roared the marshal, on his feet in a second. "Why, he's all but proved that Murgatroyd did it. First thing I know you fellows'll have it on to me—or Doc, there." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Long Caances. "Did you go to Dr. Skillman's as I suggested?" inquired the horseman's friend. "No." replied the horseman, "the sign on his door said 'ten to one,' and I wouldn't monkey with a long shot like that."-Philadelphia Press. The Supreme Test. thinks of me," said the young married man. "It is easy to find out," said the elderly married man. "Just sit down on her hat, and she will tell you what she thinks of you in less than a minute." — Tit-Bits. PLAYING THE RACES WASHINGTONIAN SAYS IT IS AN EXPENSIVE SPORT. He Attended the Bennings Meeting Nineteen Times at Eaormous Cost of Hard Cash and Self-Respect. On Thursday evening a worried and "all-in" looking Washington man spent an hour or to make idle fig- ures on a scratch pad. "I'm just trying to dope out where I stand," he explained, disconsolately, to a Star reporter. "I've lost an average of $20 a day during the 19 racing days of the meeting. That makes $750. Of course, I won a few bets, but I've made allowance for those, and the average net loss per demi for me was $30. I neglected my business at the very least $500 worth, it not more. Let things get away from me, in my eagerness to make the track, that is to say, that would have brought me in $500 if they'd have fetched me in a nickel. Then, I've framed up about 912 different kinds of lies, and no two of them alike, explaining to customers how it was that I couldn't meet them, in order to make a wild dash for the track as the raining hour drew night. "I've spoiled three suits of clothes, one rain coat and one overcoat and two pairs of shoes, in the betting ring, being jostled and joggled and pushed and pulled and tugged and hauled and knocked around and stepped upon and gouged and elbowed and prodded and chucked aside, and so on. "I have suffered the physical and mental torture of having my horse left or nearly left at the post eight times, and there's no way of estimating just how much that's taken out of me. Every time a man goes through the grueling misery of being left at the post just so many days are lopped off his life. I know it. You can't tell me any different. "I've been mistaken in the colors of my horse four times, so that on four occasions I have presented the idiotic and egregious spectacle of rooting violently and noisily for the horse sweeping with long strides into the stretch when he wasn't the one I played to win at all. The charm which affords A TELLING HIS TALE OF WOE. a man who does this is also of so keen and agonizing a nature that it is bound to shorten his days. "I have been grossly insulted by eight or ten different heavy-jawed bookmakers when, after having bet all of my money except a dollar, I have sneaked up to their stools and offered to make dollar bets. "Aw, I ain't takin' no dollar bets from pikers! these bookmakers have overwhelmed me by growling at me out of one corner of their mouths, while people I knew standing about have chuckled at my discomfiture. "I have been compelled to make all sorts of groveling explanations of my weakness to friends to whom, at the close of the Bennings meeting last fall, I swore that I never intended to look at another race as long as I lived. "I have been so stingy with myself in order to have all of the incoming dough to bet that I haven't bought a necktie or a pair of suspenders or a collar since the middle of March, and the first thing I know, if I don't buck up, I'll be pointed out by my friends as a buzzard who got to his sad estate through playing the ponies. "I have clung to trolley cars by my eyebrows in my eagerness to get to the track, and on one day I got to the track too late to play the 50 to 1 shot in the first race that I had been told was a sure thing, and that I found, when I arrived late, had won in a common canter by 15 lengths. "I have growled like blazes when my wife told me that she needed $8.79 to buy a spring hat that had made a hit, with her, when I've had in my jeans several hundreds of dollars of money carefully hoarded to chuck at the book-makers in order to enable them to get their wives hats and things of the kind that my wife never even dreams of. "I've paid 25 cents apiece for dozens of rotten race track cigars that I wouldn't use for cholera fumigators anywhere else. "I forgot to mention the $1.50 a day that I paid for badges for straight 19 days in order to get a chance to throw my hard-wrung coin at the birds. "I've got my perves in such a jangled up state that I won't be able to transact any business until I begin to smurmer down, which will take at least a week. "In short, now that the tumult and the shouting have died away, I feel like an infinitesimal portion of fromage de brie. "Great game, the sport of kings, hey?" His Plea "But many of the ordinances," urged the modern mayor, "are not intended to be enforced." "How can you tell which are which?" the people asked. "Oh, very easily," he replied. "I always consider the ordinances that I don't want to enforce to be the ones that the council passed as a matter of pleasurable recreation."—Chicago Post. THE PLANET HN MITCHELL, JR.. 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CHANGE OF ADDRESS—In order to change the form or address, we can be the former as well as the present address. Entered in the Post Office at Richmond, I second class letter. ATURDAY . . . JUNE 11, 1904 R. PAGE AND HIS FALLACIES. MR. THOMAS NELSON PAGE's article in the May number of McCLURE'S Magazine was unquestionably the most remarkable production that has ever emanated from the pen of any alleged southern friend of the Negro. It seems to show a deep-seated purpose on his part to ingratiate himself in the favor of our friends at the North by citing statistics and facts apparently in our favor and then by assassin-like blows send home under-thrusts of assertions, based upon his personal observations and experiences to undo all that has been cited in our defense for fifty years or more. That Mr. ROOSEVELT should have named and accepted Mr. THOMAS NELSON PAGE in matters political concerning us is a seven days wonder, and as we shall lay bare the intent and expose the fallacies of his argument, the surprise will increase with no evidence of diminishing. But to the article in question, Mr. PAGE said: "Such is the showing of statistics, but under this economic presentation lies a deep question. What have the thieves of churches and schools and colleges maintained at the cost of hundred and forty million dollars, produced? What kind of men and women have they turned out? What fruits have they brought forth, of moral staining, of character; of purity of life; of loftiness or even correctness of ideals? These are the true tests of progress. To reach a correct answer to these questions, we may inquire first: Has the percentage of crime decreased in the race generally? Has the wage-earning capacity of the race generally increased in proportion to the rise of wages. Has the race generally improved, morally and mentally? Is the relative position of the race to that of the white race higher than it was?" To ask this question is to answer it. Certainly the very remarkable article of Dr. Wilbur P. Thirkield, which we published week after week in these columns dealt with the very queries which Mr. Pace has propounded and was the result of the personal observation of one of the most distinguished and outspoken white men that this country has ever produced. We have shown that the Negro has produced sixty-five thousand million dollars worth of cotton alone during the past seventy-four years. This is not chargeable to the schools and colleges. That phase of it is dealt with by Dr. THIRKIELD in his remarkable article on the "Higher Education of the Negro," when he says: "The Negro is fast becoming his own teacher. The common schools in every Southern State are now largely under his control and direction. Teachers institutes are conducted by him. Many of the normal schools, academies, and colleges are now in his hands." * * * * * "Years ago I met a young man just graduated from one of the best Eastern colleges. His taste turned him towards electricity. I found him one night making some rough experiments in electricity. He possessed high literary culture and had mustered the sciences in his college course. He even wrote good poetry. Yet he soon rolled up his sleeves and went to work in the shops of the General Electric Company, in Lynn, Mass. Less than ten years afterwards, I met him in Berlin. He was already at the head of one of the greatest electrical companies in Europe." * * * * "As the result of personal observation, over a score of years largely spent in the South, I would affirm that the easiest and safest leaders and helpers of the Negro race are the men and women who have come from our colleges and professional schools. Go into any Southern city where our teachers, preachers, and physicians are engaged in work among their people, and you will find them, in most instances, by their conservative attitude and constructive work, standing for the best interests of both races." Mr. PAGE asks "Has the wage earning capacity of the Negro generally increased in proportion to the rise in wages?" Let us see. According to the New York "Commercial and Financial Chronicle," the number of bales of cotton produced in 1829 was 870,415. In 1850 it was 2,096,706 bales. In 1860, it was 4,669,770 bales. In 1870, it was 3,154,946 bales. In 1880, it was 5,757,397 bales. In 1890, it was 7,313,726 bales. In 1902, it was 10,701,453. This is for cotton alone, Mr. PAGE and a corresponding increase will be shown in tobacco, wheat, oats, corn and sugar, etc., which is produced by the Negroes labor. The number of bales of cotton produced from 1829 to 1863, a period of 33 years was 82,870,778. The number of bales of cotton produced from 1865 to 1902, a period of 41 years was 231,880,357. This shows an average yield of cotton per year before the Civil War of 2,511, 235 bales which upon a basis of only $40 per bale would amount to ($100, 449,400) one hundred million, four hundred and forty-nine thousand four hundred dollars. Remember this represents the Negroes producing power for one year in the field of cotton alone. The average yield of cotton per year since 1865 to 1902, a period of forty-one years was 5,655,618 bales, the approximate value of which at the low rate of a fraction over 10cts. per pound or $40 per bale was ($226,224,720) two hundred and twenty-six million, two hundred and twenty four thousand, seven hundred and twenty dollars. "Has the wage earning capacity of the Negro generally increased in proportion to the rise in wages?" You have the answer to your question, Mr. PAGE and it is based upon the statistical information furnished by the Whites themselves. He asks, "Has the race improved morally and mentally?" Such a question answers itself. As to the moral side of the question, Mr. PAGE, you and yours taught us to disregard the sanctity of marriage, for you herded us together like cattle and breeded us like hogs. You placed us on the auction-block and the value of a woman was increased by her skill as a laborer as well as by her fecundity as a mother. Do you think, sir, with the hundreds and thousands and tens of thousands of white Negroes, properly known as mulattoes, who are breathing and living throughout this southern country of ours that it becomes you, sir, the representative of the cause of all of our shame and misery to enquire as to our moral condition? For two hundred and fifty years, sir, this class of white men have looked after our immoral condition and they have seen to it that it should become a most putrifying feature of our social life. True, God has made the wiles of the Devil to serve Him for they have diverted the Negro from a desire for white wives in marriage or white concubines in bestiality. We have no need of either, for we have white women on our side of the line as well as black ones, with all of the shades and colors of the rainbow mixed in between, hence it has had a tendency to keep your race pure at our expense. Still, the feeling of paternity has made for us friends among many white families in the south and the half-white brother and sister of a white man's family has been one of the anomalies in southern life. This condition does not now exist to such a great extent as it once did, and for this reason, Mr. PAGE, we answer your question in the affirmative and say that the race generally has greatly improved from a moral standpoint, practicing only now and then the white man's vices, and imitating right along the white man's virtues. Mr. PAGE asks, "Is the relative position of the race to that of the White race higher than it was?" Let us take Virginia, Mr. PAGE's own state, for from his citations from the official records of Georgia, a similar increase in the wealth of the Negro is shown. Hon. MORTN L. MARYE, the Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia in his report for 1902 showed that the value of the property both real and personal of the colored people was ($17,580,390) seventeen million, five hundred and eighty thousand, three hundred and ninety dollars. His report for 1903 shows that the value of the property both real and personal was ($18,500,-258) eighteen million, five hundred thousand, two hundred and fifty eight dollars. This is an increase in one year in the value of the colored people's property of ($919,868) nine hundred and nineteen thousand, eight hundred and sixty eight hundred dollars. This is well-nigh a million dollar increase in one year. During this same period of time Mr. PAGE, the white people's increase was only ($10,558,066) ten million, five hundred and fifty eight thousand and sixty-six dollars. Much of this was the product of Negroes labor. The Whites THE RICHMOND]PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA have the mills, the factories, the machinery, and all of the modern methods for making money while the Negroes have only nature's weapons, the brawn, the muscle and the sturdy determination to achieve success and win a place among the nations of the world. The white man had the steam-engine and the passenger coach to carry him to his destination, while the Negro was left with a four seat spring wagon drawn by draft horses, and yet the ratio of progress was only as 1 to 10, whereas it should have been 1 to 100. Are you satisfied, Mr. Page? Well, we will give you another object lesson compiled from the official statistics of the Auditor of Public Accounts, Mr. MORTON L. MARYE, one of the scions of the old stock. His report for 1902 shows that the number of acres of land owned by Negroes in 1902 was (1,143,682) one million, one hundred and forty-three thousand, six hundred and eighty-two. His report for 1903 shows that the number of acres of land owned by Negroes in 1903 was (1,304,471) one million, three hundred and four thousand, four hundred and seventy-one acres. This is an increase in one year of (161,889) one hundred and sixty one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-nine acres. Does this increase satisfy you, Mr. Page? Remember this is your own state although you reside in Washington. But what about the Whites? The same report shows that the number of acres of land owned by the Whites in 1902 was (24,857,662) twenty-four million, eight hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred and sixty two acres. The number of acres of land owned by the Whites in 1903 was (25,081,848) twenty-five million, and eighty one thousand, eight hundred and forty-eight acres. This is an increase of only (224,186) two hundred and twenty-four thousand, one hundred and eighty-six acres in one year and only sixty-two thousand two hundred and ninety-seven more acres than the increase shown by the much abused and despised Negro. It should be remembered too that in this wealth is represented a part of that sixty-five thousand million dollars worth of cotton without counting the tobacco, corn, what, oats, sugar, molasses, and the products of the truck-farms, all of which have gone to enrich the Whites, who now exploit to our detriment the prosperity which they enjoy to-day. But enough for Mr. PAGE this week. We shall discuss this subject further and show to those who care to investigate, the fallacies of his untenable position. Mr. PAGE, it should again be remembered is one of Mr. ROOSEVELT's referees in matters political affecting the Negroes and the Southern Republican leaders in the Southland. BULL FIGHT ARENA BURNED BY MOB Performance at St. Louis Stopped and Riot Fellows. THE BUILDING A TOTAL LOSS St. Louis, June 6.—Incensed over their failure to see a "genuine Spanish bull fight," which the authorities had ordered stopped, a riot was started in an area near the World's Fair grounds by a crowd of 2500 men and boys, who were unable to get their money back, and the building was burned to the ground. The price of admission charged was one dollar. Four men were placed under arrest by the authorities of St. Louis county, charged with destruction of property. The crowd, thinking these men were connected with the show, made an attempt to mob them, and in their encounter with the deputy sheriffs a number were roughly handled and some received scalp wounds. The building is said to have cost $25,000. It is a total loss. The initial performance of the company of Spanish bull fighters had been advertised widely, but Governor Dockery, to whom numerous protests had been made by humane societies, ordered that it should not be allowed to take place. Despite these orders, a large crowd assembled in the arena at the advertised time of opening. Before the regular performance a number of cowboys drove in some bulls, which they ran around the arena in true wild west style. The crowd soon became tired of this and called for the bull fight. The announcement was then made that the ball fight would be proceeded with. As the matadors came into the ring a county official stepped up to the announcer and handed him a paper informing him that the proposed show could not take place. When this became known to the crowd they leaped into the arena and demanded the return of their money. Failing to get this, the crowd went to the office, which was located in a small building outside the arena, and began to stone the structure. This was followed by attempts to burn the arena, which was an immense building constructed of pine. Bits of burning paper were thrown at the woodwork and finally some one went inside and dropped a lighted match in a pile of hay under the arena. The whole structure was soon on fire and before long was in ruins. A call was made for the fire department, but the single engine that responded stuck in the mud and there was nothing to stop the progress of the flames. The fire department of the World's Fair was called out to protect the exposition buildings, should it become necessary, but as the wind blew in the opposite direction there was no danger. WILL GO TO OXFORD Candidates Who Are Now Eligible For Rhodes Sci. scholarships. Montreal, June 8.—Dr. Parkin has received at McGill University the re- port of Oxford examiners upon the papers of candidates examined on April 13 and 14 throughout the United States and Canada which have no college affiliated with Oxford. Altogether 120 candidates have passed from the different states and territories of the Union and thus become eligible for selection as Rhodes scholars. They include the following: Pennsylvania—B. Leigh Alexander, Richard M. Gummere, Thomas E. Robins, Sydney J. Watts. New Jersey—Russell W. Leary, Benjamin M. Price. Delaware—Charles W. Bush. Maryland—George M. Brithart, Paul Kieffer, Elliot Ross. Virginia—A. Paul Bagdy, H. Lewis Brown, W. A. Fleet, Beverley D. Tucker. North Carolina—William W. Arrowwood, Thomas P. Sprunt, Henry Trantham, J. Horner Winston. Celebrated Jefferson Davis' Birthday Celebrated Jefferson Davis' Birthday Richmond, Va., June 4. — Jefferson Davis' birthday was observed as a half-holiday by state officials here yesterday and as a whole holiday by the schools of the commonwealth. It was made a public holiday by the state legislature in 1900. At Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans' Hall, the Daughters of the Confederacy presented "Crosses of Honor" to surviving members of the Confederate army, as is the custom now on this anniversary, and awarded a prize of $10 in gold to the Richmond high school pupil who wrote the best essay on the president of the Confederate states. Another Moorish Outrage Tangier, June 8. — Armed Anjera Moors invaded the residence of an Englishman here and compelled his wife to give up the rifles of her husband, who was absent. The outrage took place in broad daylight. The British consul demands the arrest of the tribesmen, but the Moorish officials hesitate because the perpetrators are influential. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. The 10th annual convention on International Arbitration was held at Mohonk Lake, N. Y., with 300 delegates present. James G. Wilson, aged 74 years, of the Baltimore banking firm of Wilson, Colston & Co., died from a general decline in health. President Roosevelt appointed Wm. M. Lanning, of Trenton, United States district judge for the district of New Jersey, to succeed Judge Fitzpatrick, deceased. Charles L. Thayer, of Brooklyn, was committed to jail in default of bail, charged with defrauding J. N. Patterson, of Devon, Pa., out of $18,000 in a stock transaction. Friday, June 3. The last section of the second cable between America and Germany has been completed. August Schmitt, a prominent florist of Cleveland, O., while lying in bed, committed suicide by shooting himself. Richard Vancott, assistant postmaster at New York, has resigned as a result of the recent investigation of that office. President Roosevelt has been invited to attend the installation of Dr. Charles W. Dabney as president of the University of Cincinnati next November. He will probably accept. Saturday, June 4. Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan minister, has returned to Washington, after a two months' visit to his home. The American golf champion, Walter J. Travis, has acquired the title of amateur champion of Great Britain by defeating E. D. Blackwell. Two workmen were killed and several others injured by an explosion of a mixing furnace at the Monongahela Steel company at McKeesport, Pa. Judge Cook, of San Francisco, Cal., has postponed until August 8 the hearing of a motion for a new trial for Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, convicted of murder. Monday, June 5 The assessed real estate valuation of Allentown, Pa., is $24,553,879. Prominent Wisconsin Democrats are booming Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, for the vice-presidency. The 13th annual meeting of the New Jersey Medical Society was held at Atlantic City with over 200 members present. President Roosevelt received 50 boys, members of the Young Crusaders, of Akron, O., who have gone into camp at Washington, D. C. Joseph Flory has tendered his resignation as secretary of the St. Louis world's fair commission, and will be succeeded by L. H. Graham, of New York. Since sluicing began, May 8, in the Kloondike region, royalty has been paid on 55,753 ounces of gold, the largest amount ever produced in that time in that district. Tuesday, June 7. S. M. Lindsay, commissioner of education, and W. F. Willoughby, treasurer of Porto Rico, have arrived in New York. Rev. J. W. Knappenberger has resigned as president of the Allentown (Pa.) College For Women after 12 years service. Robert Gibson, aged 15, elevator boy at the Colonial Hotel at Media. Pa. fell down the elevator shaft and was instantly killed. Mrs. Henrietta Moore, colored, aged 103 years, who was born a slave in Maryland, but escaped, died at her home in Binghamton, N. Y. Jesse Baker, former bookkeeper in the National Howard Bank, of Baltimore, Md., was sentenced to five years in jail for embezzling $12,500. Wednesday. June 8. Twelve buildings at Johnstown, O., were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $100,000. New Jersey will be represented at the military manoeuvers at Manasses by the Fourth regiment, of Jersey City. Dominic J. Murphy, commissioner of pensions under Cleveland, has been elected secretary to the Panama Canal commission. The annual convention of the International Association of Sunday School Editors and Publishers was held at Richmond. Va GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., June 8. — Flour steady; winter superfine, $3.25@4.40; Penna, roller, clear, $4.40@4.70; city mills, fayes, $5.25@5.35; city flour quiet per barrel, $4.20. Wheat firm; No. 3 corn, red, $1.05@1.06. Corn firm; No. 4 wheat, $1.05@1.06. Cuc dairy; No. 2 white, clipped, $6.48. lower grades, 4c. Hay steady; No. 1 timothy, $17.50@18. large bales. Pork firm; family, 16. Beef steady; beef hams, $20@21. Live poultry steady; hens, 14@21. old roosters, 10c. Dressed poultry firm; choice fowlls, 14c.; old roosters; steady, creamy, 19c. Eggs firm; New York and Penna. 19c. Potatoes steady; new, per bushel, $4.50@5.25. Baltimore, Md., June 8. — Wheat dull; spot, contract, $1.02% @ 1.03; spot. No. 2 red western, $1.03% @ 1.04; steamer 2 no. 2 red, 90@90%!c; southwestern, 90@90%!c; $1.03. Corn weak; spot, $52% @ 23%; steamer mild, 49@49%!c; southern white corn, 50@56%!c; southern yellow corn, 50@57%!c. Oats firm; No. 2 white, 48%@49%; No. 2 mixed, 45c. Rye dull; uptown, No. 2 western, 79c. No. 1 dover, mixed, $14$14% @ 16$16.50; No. 1 dover, mixed, $14$14% @ 16$16.50; firm; fancy creamy, $25@26c; do, imitation, 19@20c; do, ladle, 15@16c. Eggs steady; per dozen, 17c. Live Stock Markets Union Stock Yards, Pittsburgh, Pa. June 8—Cattle steady; charge, $5.75 @ 6, $6.99@ 5.70; fair, $4.75@ 10. Hogs and cattle, $4.99@ diums and heavy Yorkers, $4.99@ light Yorkers, $4.85@ 4.90; pigs, $4.65 $4.75, roughs, $5.35@ 4.10; Sheep $4.75, roughs, $5.35@ 4.10; Sheep common sheep, $2@3; choice lambs, $4@ 7; veal calves, $5.50@ 5.75. FIENDISH PLOT TO KILL MINERS Twelve Men Blown to Death by Infernal Machine Near Cripple Creek. DEADLY RIOTING AT VICTOR Cripple Creek, Col., June 7.—Twelve men were killed and seven were severely wounded by the explosion of an infernal machine at the railroad station in Independence. Eleven men were killed outright, being blown to pieces, and one died later from his wounds. All the killed and injured, with the exception of two men from the Deadwood mine, were non-union miners employed on the night shift of the Findley mine. The infernal machine with which the murder was committed consisted of a quantity of dynamite, probably 300 pounds, a loaded revolver, and a long, fine steel wire attached to the trigger. The revolver was fastened so that the pulling of the trigger would not draw it away. The wire ran from under the station platform to the cribbing of the Delmonico property, about 400 feet away, where its end was fastened to a rung of a chair. The dynamite was placed close to the muzzle of the revolver, which was discharged by pulling the wire. The ball from the revolver and the resultant concussion exploded the dynamite. A man was seen running dwn the hill from the Delmonico property after the explosion. The Victor troops, who were ordered out by Mayor French, were so stationed as to keep people from passing over the path taken by this man and bloodhounds were sent from Canyon City and Trinidad to trail the assassin. The men had quit work and were waiting to board a suburban train on the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad to return to their homes in Cripple Creek and Victor. Just after the engineer of the approaching train blew the whistle as a signal to the miners, according to custom, a terrific explosion occurred underneath the station platform, on and near which 26 men were gathered. The platform was blown to pieces, the station wrecked and a hole 20 feet in circumference and 20 feet in depth was torn in the ground. Fragments of bodies were hurled several hundred feet. Several bodies dropped into the pit made by the explosion, but heads, hands, ears, legs, arms and trunks were strewn about on all sides. Pieces of flesh were found on buildings 500 feet away, while splashes of blood were found on everything within a radius of 50 feet. The force of the explosion was felt throughout the camp and the crash awakened everybody. The approaching train was stopped and the trainmen rushed ahead to the scene of the disaster. They were joined in a few minutes by hundreds of persons and relief work was begun at once. Without explanation and with a suddenness that has caused great surprise Sheriff Henry M. Robertson resigned his position and Edward Bell was named to succeed him by the county commissioners. Bell is a member of the Citizen's Alliance. DEADLY BIOTING AT VICTOR Shots Fired Into Crowd While Discuss- cussing Dynamite Outcome Cussing Dynamite Outrage. Victor, Col., June 7.—Deadly rioting broke out in Victor while a mass meeting was being held to discuss the murder of 12 non-union miners by means of an infernal machine, at independence. Forty shots were fired into a crowd in the street. R. McGee was shot dead and six persons were injured, several of whom will die. Secretary Clarence H. 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It was reported to General Bell that a number of men were killed, but none of the guardsmen were injured. COURT UPHOLDS GOVERNOR Refuses Habeas Corpus For Military Prisoner at Telluride. Denver, Colo., June 7.—The state supreme court, Justice Steel dissenting, refused the application for a writ of habeas corpus made by counsel for Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners. Moyer is held as a military prisoner at Telluride by order of Governor James H. Peabody. The main points of the opinion are as follows: The governor has ample power to determine when a state of insurrection exists in any county in the state. The courts have no power to interfere with his exercise of this prerogative. The governor has the right to use the military forces of the state to suppress insurrection. He also has the power to order the imprisonment and the killing of insurrectionists if in his opinion that extremity is necessary. He can detain military prisoners until he decides that the insurrection is quelled. The courts have no right to interfere with the military authorities and their handling of prisoners. They have no power to attempt to discharge military prisoners. The contention of the appellant that the military prisoners should be turned over to the civil authorities is characterized by the court as absurd. DELAWARE INSTRUCTS FOR GRAY Democratic Convention Paid No Attention to His Wishes. Citation to His Wishes. Dover, Del., June 8.—Contrary to the expressed wish of Judge George Gray, the Delaware Democrat state convention by a unanimous vote instructed its delegates to the St. Louis national convention to present the name of Judge Gray to the convention as the choice of the Delaware Democracy for president and to work for his nomination. This action was taken after one of the most stormy conventions ever held in the state. The leader of the opposition to the Gray resolution for former United States Senator Richard R. Kenney, who was opposed to the word "instruct." He offered a resolution that the delegates be "requested" to place Judge Gray's name before the national convention. The fight between the Gray and the anti-Gray factions became so bitter that the former paid no attention to Judge Gray's letter in which he asked that the Delaware delegates be not instructed. They fought to defeat Kenney and would not listen to anything that his supporters offered. Judge Gray knew nothing of the action of the convention until informed by reporters. In reply to a question as to whether the action of the convention would change his attitude, he said: "I have not changed my attitude at all. I am not a candidate for president. The instructions were against my expressed wishes." The national delegates elected are: Willard Saulsbury, I. Irving Handy, R. R. Kenney, Alexander M. Daly, Elisha C. Dukes and John P. 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Most modest beast that ever was born This huge one is, although it Is still fitted with its own horn It simply cannot blow it. —Catholic Standard and Times. The Rise. First Rabbit—What makes Cottontail so stuck up? Second Rabbit—He heard that cotton is advancing and thinks he must be rich. —Brooklyn Life. "Do you think she is a suitable match for your son. Mrs. Bagstock?" "Oh, no, but then I suppose he must marry somebody.—Chicago Record-Herald." Tommy—Papa, what is obscurity? Tommy's Papa—Obstruction, my son, is best exemplified by the husband of a successful woman. The Barbershop. A $ ^{a} $ Strenuous Occupation English Tourist - I suppose there is a great deal of work attached to the presidency of this country. American - There is when you are looking for renomination - Town Toptes. Church—Did you say your wife got that new white cloak for a mere song?" Gotham—Indeed, I did not. She got it for the opera. "You're Statesman, The Way of the Sex. Brother—I shall take a day off on my birthday. Sister (absent mindedly)—Shall you? I shall take a year—My Sloper. Legal Copts Considered. "So he married her to get rid of her?" "Yes. He explained that divorce suits are cheaper than those for breach of promise"—Brooklyn Life. Comfort. The Rise. His Mother. Example Given. An Opera Cloak HE PLANET SATURDAY ..... JUNE 11, 1904 RELIGIOUS MATTERS THE FIVE THOUSAND. "Send them away, this countless throng, That they may all be fid, For night comes on, and no one here Hath either meat or bread." Thus spake the Twelve, but not the Christ, He in love replied: "Give pieces ones, And let them abide." "Kind Master, how shall we supply Their hungry mouth with meat? Two hundred pennyworth would scarce Provide enough to eat!" But in the multitude there moved A lad unknown and poor, Whose fish and bread the Saviour used To show His mighty power. All seated on the ground, the throng Beheld the mighty dead, Jumped from a gaming store, Supplied their even food. The children, too, His thought controlled, And none were sent away. For every soul was satisfied Brew sank the light of day. The world about us everywhere Has many a desert spot Where souls are hungering for God's food, And there are the tears. Oh, let us heed the Saviour's voice, And answer Him in love, With willing hearts and eager hands Bring blessings from above. John Timothy Stone, in Christian Work. THE PASSION FOR A CROWD Crisis Which Comes to the Minister and the Church in the Time of Success The coming of the crowd makes a crisis for the Christian preacher and for the church, says Rev. Geo. E. Burlingame, in the Baptist Standard. Popularity is a promise of peril. It is not in the isolation and obscurity of a narrow sphere of influence that the preacher's fiercest battles with the tempter are fought; not when Nicodemus talks with him by night; nor when he ploughs the heart of alone woman at the well for the sowing of the word. The real test comes when all Jerusalem is astir with wonder at the adoring thousands who cry hosanna; when Sychar empties itself at the preacher's feet; when the multitudes press, and throng the man whose message has caught their ear awakened their transient interest. How often, alas! does the coming of the crowd prove to be the undoing of the preacher who drew it together! Nicodemus becomes a mere incident, the Samaritan sinner fades into insignificance, and the patient toiling teacher is transformed into a crowd-intoxicated demagogue. If we may parody a part of our text in order to fit this man, we should read it thus: "But when he saw the multitude, he was moved with the passion for a crowd." This passion for a crowd brings upon the preacher—and upon the church as well—an avalanche of temptations which are well nigh irresistible. It tends to superficiality in service. In the smaller sphere we demand of ourselves the most thorough and genuine effort and method. We lake nestling in the mountains has the passion for a crowd leads us to a tolerance of less thoroughness. We become more extensive, but less intensive; broader but thinner; the blue lake nestling in the mountains has become an overflowing sea, but the little lake had depth; the great sea is a shallow fraud. The passion for a crowd depreciates the individual. He is no longer a soul to be won at every cost, a life to be rescued from peril and woe. He is simply a bead on the counting frame; he has value only as he is a part of a crowd. A story is told of Bishop Grafton, of Fond du Lac, who once went to church to deliver a sermon. He found an audience of six or seven persons gathered to hear him. He was angry and chagrined, and after a sharp scolding at the parish for its indifference, he left. He told some of his auditors that he had spent four days on his sermon and he did not propose to waste it on a handful of people. The doughty bishop was sorely afflicted with the passion for a crowd. Individuals had no value and presented neither opportunity nor obligation. The passion for a crowd leads to the love of popularity. Where the crowd is considered essential to success it is accepted as a sure sign of that success, and thus becomes an end in itself. The soul of the preacher is drawn into sympathy with the popular estimate of himself, and the graces of self-satisfaction and self-adaudation are rapidly developed. It is far easier for the average Christian teacher to be popular than for him to be inflexibly true to his divine commission. For the passion for a crowd further tempts him to compromise with the truth. If the crowd is so essential to his success, and even to his personal satisfaction, then no word must be uttered to alienate or alarm his impulsive and easy-going constituency. He must handle their failings gently and ignore their sins entirely. If he must have homilistic exercise, he may use the Jews for a punching bag or the Mormons for a cushion to jump on. The crowd is his only while he tickles its ear and warms its fickle heart. Truth must waive its claims in favor of truckling. Conscience retires to make room for compromise. The crowd cries for smooth things; their fitching ears can endure only teachers after their own lusts, and the man who has a passion for a crowd must bow at the shrine he worships. This malady of the soul of the teacher or leader, so fatal to the character of its victim, is not inevitable and a necessary evil. If it were so, we should need to pray for empty pews, and hope for general indifference in religion. We should view with regret and fear the growth of our classes in Sunday school. We should seek to restrict our circle of friendship and acquaintance. If the coming of the crowd must mean the birth of the passion for a crowd, then Paul should stay away from Ephesus, and Spurgeon from London, and Moody from Chicago, fleeing from the teeming populace as from the plague. There is a preventive of this perilous passion—an anti-toxin which renders the preacher and the teacher and the church immune to the vicious poison. Jesus had crowds; he preached to them; he taught them, he healed them, he saved them; but he was never for a moment fascinated nor captivated by them; he had no passion for a crowd; he was immune to it by virtue of the preventive which possessed his soul. Our text tells us what this preventive was: "When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them because they were distressed and scattered as sheep not having a shepherd." Not passion for a crowd, but compassion for the multitude—a divine and tender pity for them all, in their sore distress and need. It was because this tender sympathy for the multitude filled the Saviour's heart, that the crowd could never prove a temptation to him. He refused their proffered crown because he was not a candidate for popularity; he uttered plain truth that scattered and drove them from him, because they needed the truth more than he needed their praise. He healed their sick and opened the eyes of their blind, because to him each needy one was a single individual sufferer, and he loved them each and all. There was no room in his heart for the passion for a crowd; for it was moved with compassion for the multitude. LUXURIES ONE MAY HAVE. A Distinction Between the "Things" That Money Buys and What We Are Ourselfs. There is much difference between the luxury of things and the luxury of life, says the Baptist Union. One may live a luxurious life with very few luxuries in the way of things. It is such a wrong notion that rich surroundings indicate a rich life; that only money can purchase the real luxuries of life. The truth is, that quite often the luxuries of "things" indicate the lack of real luxury. Many a modestly furnished home is luxuriously furnished, after all; for the furnishing is in that which money cannot buy. There is the luxury of ideal love; where hearts are knit together in ideal union; where friendships are rich, where life is filled with the luxuries of the soul, that money cannot buy, which poverty can never take away. These are not only the permissible luxuries, they are the possible luxuries to all true hearts. When one reads the best books, mingles with the best friends, enjoys the truest love, and gives it in return; when the love of the Christ is the power pervading all, there is the luxury of life, which is not dependent upon things, either in possession or absence. Earl Cairns was once addressing a company of laboring men, among whom were many unbelievers and agnostics. The earl was a very rich man, and lived in what one would call a luxuriously furnished home. Referring to his own home, and to his faith in Christ, he said: "It is a pleasure to me to know that the costly things in my house, which you cannot possibly share with me, are not the things out of which my happiness is made. Had I to leave them all toorrow and to take to the humbest of homes, I should carry all my joy with me. I rejoice that in my own life what exceeds in value all other things is what I can share with you, for it is within your reach as well as mine. My most earnest desire and prayer for you is, that Christ may reveal Himself to you, satisfying, as I know He only can, every desire of your hungry hearts." That was a luxurious life, and it is possible to us all. There are many folks living on common food, having poor friendships, knowing nothing of the richer life possible to them. There are others who live on scanty fare, who have an abundance of the luxuries of real life; they are large-hearted, open-visioned, gracious souls, whose lives have been fully yielded to their fellows in loving service, to their Christ in sweet surrender of will and affection, and the riches they possess are of the sort the world cannot give, nor take away. Faith and hope and love—human and divine—are luxuries; but they cannot be bought in the markets of the world. Yet they can be had for the asking, for the living. Be luxurious in your life. RELIGIOUS GEM THOUGHTS To-morrow's good fruit will come from to-day's good seed.—United Presbyterian. Doctor Torrey has figured it out that at the present rate of soul-winning there is an average of only one soul saved to each professor in 20 years. Some people live looking within at their failures. Some live looking around at their hindrances. Some live looking at their Saviour; they face the sunny south.—Mark Guy Pearse. Cigarette smoking is an intellect wrecker. The father who permits it in his boy may as well abandon hope of that boy's future. He is laying the axe at the root of the tree and employing the woodsman to do his work.—United Presbyterian. Dr. P. S. Herson told the students of the Boston Divinity School that many pulpits in Boston and vicinity were dying of propriety. In political matters, he added, the people could be enthralled, but in matters of religion they spoke with bated breath. Many Duels in Germany. There were 6,000 duels in Germany, with a mortality of 22.2 in oncial reports. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. SILLY YANKEE MAID. MARRIES A LAZY JAP AND IS DESERTED BY HIM. An International Love Story with a Sad Ending—Girl Carried Away by Sentimental Notions and Whims. Mrs. Irene Tyler Fuwa, a pretty American girl with fluffy blonde hair and blue eyes, lives with her parents at Georgetown, Mass., with her little boy, a black-haired, beady-eyed little Jap, in a Buster Brown suit. Eight years ago Irene eloped with a Japanese student at Howard university. She married him at Annapolis, thinking he was a Tokio prince of some kind, and that she loved him. He deserted her. She followed him to Japan and discovered there that he was of humble origin, and that he had grown tired of her and of all things American. So she returned to America. Irene Tyler was a college-bred girl, with a liking for things odd and quiet. In 1891 she left her home at Georgetown to accept a position as librarian at Howard university, at the national capital. Tomotsu Fuwa, a good-looking young Jap, was a student at the university. It was supposed that he was an attachment of the Japanese legation at Washington. But when the embassy was changed, he said he preferred to remain in America to perfect his education. Tomotsu Fuwa took to American ways with the characteristic readiness of the Japanese. He wore good American clothes. He spoke English fluently. He adapted himself to American social ways, and took a lively interest in everything American. Finally Fuwa enrolled himself as a student in the law department, and thus became a frequent visitor to the library. There he met Irene Tyer, and she struck his fancy at once. He studied so hard, and consulted so many books, that he had to visit the library many times a day, and each time he lingered for a little chat with the pretty librarian. It was not long before all the university knew that the Japanese law FUWA IN NATIVE GARB. student had "serious latentions." Miss Tyler met him on equal terms. She went with him to social gatherings, walked with him in the graves and spacious grounds surrounding the university. Everybody at Howard university knew how it would end. All knew that Irene Tyler believed Tomotsu Fuwa held a position of prominence under the government of the milkado. She even confided to some of her friends that he was a prince in disguise. The members of the faculty tried to interfere. They told the infatuated girl that Tomotsu Fuwa had all the characteristics of an ordinary plebeian Jap, without any particular claim to genius. Their warning, however, only hastened the climax of the romance. In 1897 Irene Tyler resigned her position as librarian, went to Annapolis, and became Mrs. Tomotsu Fuwa. She was proud of her husband—her Japanese prince in disguise—and took him to her parents' home for her honeymoon. Her parents were shocked, but accepted the oriental son-in-law with what grace they could. The villagers did not approve of the Jap. He was coldly received everywhere. Finally he tired of living in a village and one day kissed his wife and baby good-by and went home to Japan. No word ever came to Georgetown, Mass., from Tokyo. Mrs. Fuwa, however, with true American spirit, decided she would not be deserted. So she packed up her trunks, took her baby, and went to Japan. There, after some search, she found her husband. He had lost all interest in things American. He had resumed native dress, habits and occupation, or, rather, indolence. Mrs. Tomotsu Fuwa was compelled to earn her living for herself and her little boy in a strange land. She readily obtained a position as teacher of English, and soon became contented and happy. Except while teaching, she lived as all Japanese women did, and the costumes and pretty country delighted her. In other ways, however, life in Japan was a disappointment, and last year Mrs. Fuwa returned to Georgetown, where she now lives with her parents. She is writing short stories of life in Japan, and declares that when her little Hamao—the name she gave her boy—is older, she will recross the Pacific and make Japan her home. A. 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HE PLANET TEMPERANCE With the origin of this fable the writer is unfamiliar. It was told recently by a skilled raconteur at a famous club in an eastern city whose members are alleged to be only too familiar both from experience and observation with the lesson it conveys A solitary traveler, so the fable runs, was crossing a desert waste. No living thing gladdened his sight. No cheerful sound broke the monotony of loneliness and silence. Suddenly the traveler's eye lightened when, at his feet, he discovered a tiny plant. Its presence seemed a harbinger of companionship and cheer. Carefully uprooting it from the sand, he carried it in his hand, ever regarding it with more and more interest. What was his delight to notice soon that, warmed in his enfolding palm, its stalk was vigorously shooting up and its rootlets were extending downward. 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Thus laden with his flourishing treasure in its extraordinary urn he arrived home, and when his wife learned its story, she said: "Plant it by the arbor where the honeysuckle died. So rapid is its growth that it will soon make of a bower of beauty." Her prophecy proved indeed true. After it had enwreathed the arbor, tiny, fragrant green blossoms appeared, followed in good season by great rich clusters of wine-red fruit. "Why, it is a grape vine!" they said. "Of these beautiful clusters we will make wine to be drunk at the anniversary of our wedding, when we will give a banquet and invite many guests." The evening came, the guests assembled, the distilled juice of the wondrous plant of the desert was brought forth to the smiling, eager company. The wineglasses were filled, and when they had drunk, the guests sang like birds; again and again the glasses were replenished when, horror of horrors! they roared like lions, and finally, so the legend pitifully concludes, they made asses of themselves. -Philadelphia Young People. REFORM NOTES. The men who can stop drinking when they get ready usually stop because there are no saloons in the grave.—Ram's Horn. Judge Thomas f. Tipton, of Bloomington, Ill, says: "I have sent 300 men to the penitentiary, and 250 committed the offence from the use of liquor." It is proposed that a national delegate convention to all religious denominations be held in Washington, D. C., in March, 1906 to consider methods of dealing with the liquor traffic. The Literary Digest says that since 1880 our alcoholic beverage bill has about doubled, going from 10.09 gallons per capita to 19.48. The alcoholic drinks cost last year $1,172,565,235, and coffee, tea and cocoa combined only $196,535,041. It is a splendid fact that the precincts of the Washington capitol have been purified or the sale of liquor. There is now not a single bar anywhere in the vast building. Not many years ago every other room in this headquarters of the American legislature was a bar room, and a great business was done by the bar-tenders. Last session only one such room remained, and the temperance reformers deter minded to sweep that clean of the liquor. And now they have succeeded. No senator or member of the house of representatives can purchase a drop of wine, or whisky, or beer in Uncle Sam's parliament house. DON'T ALWAYS SEE SNAKES. Men Attacked by Delirium Tremens Sometimes Have Visions at Which They Laugh. The generally accepted belief that when a man is suffering from delirium tremens he sees snakes in his boots was dispelled by a hospital superintendent, who says that he has observed several thousand cases. He declares that he never encountered one patient who imagined that he saw serpents, but that, on the contrary, the hallucinations of some of them are very happy. He said that it was customary in the local hospitals treating such cases to keep the men fresh from prolonged sprees in a general room, where they are allowed to play cards or other games and engage in conversation with one another. For misery likes company. He relates as an illustration of the freaks of men so deranged the case of a bartender who was happily playing cards in this general room, seemingly at peace with all the world, and, to the average person, perfectly free from liquor. The man suddenly began to tell a story, laughing heartily as he did so. He said that he had just served two gentlemen with drinks of whisky and that when he turned to restore the bottle to the shelf his two guests disappeared as though by magic. He had turned but an instant, but the empty glasses were all that were left to indicate that anyone had been there. The bartender said that he leaned over the bar to see if the men had hidden there to avoid payment and that he could not see them, but that to satisfy himself he stepped around the bar to the front. "Do you know," said he, relating the story, "that those fellows had shrunk to little bits of fellows not more than six inches tall, and they were engaged in a spirited argument over who should pay. As I walked up to them one of those little fellows leaped into my right pocket and the other jumped into my left trousers pocket, and, do you believe it, try as much as I would, I could not dislodge them?" As the old habitues of the tremens department of the hospital listened to this story, relates the superintendent, they looked knowingly at one another and quietly waited to a drainpipe passing through the room and vigorously rapped on it. It was a signal for the attendants below, who came in with handcuffs and removed the storyteller bartender to the "booby hatch" below, a name they have given to the padded cell in which recalcitrant men crazed from liquor are thrust for their own protection and for that of all concerned. The hospital superintendent told me that that fellow was raving like a mad bull within half an hour, and that for three days they despaired of his life. He said that in their raving condition the victims believed that some one was pursuing them, and that to all intents and purposes they were maniacs, the only cure for which was sleep, induced by more liquor. He said, however, that the premonitory signs of approaching madness were always some queer speech, such as that of the bartender.—Pittsburgh Post. SOME EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL London Doctor Explains Its Peculiar and Destructive Work. Alcohol contains no nitrogen. It therefore can never and does never produce tissue. Its food value depends exclusively on its production of energy; and the first indisputable fact is that alcohol can be burnt within the body. It may therefore be a food, and in fevers it is probably the most valuable food that can be given to a patient, for in fever one cannot digest, and alcohol needs no digestion it is, so to speak, a predigested food and passes unchanged to the tissues, there at once to be utilized. What are the facts in health? It has been experimentally proved, not once but often, not in one country or continent, but in physiological laboratories all over the world, that in health only about one and a half ounces of absolute alcohol can be burnt within the body each day, this only obtaining when the substance is taken in sufficient dilution and at sufficiently numerous intervals. Approximately three ounces of whiskey or brandy taken in four-hourly doses of half an ounce, well diluted, is all that the average man of normal temperature can utilize. How does it come about that so many of us take alcohol to keep out the cold? Simply because the nerves of our sense of temperature end in the skin. Be our skin well supplied with warm blood we say we are warm, and vice versa. Furthermore, we normally lose heat and keep our temperature at the proper level by radiation from the skin. Any drug that dilates the blood vessels of the skin will therefore tend to make us feel warmer and be colder. Infinitely more important than all these considerations, is the action of alcohol on the nervous system. I have no business at this moment with the records of insanity or crime, but it is worth while to dispel another popular fallacy as to the influence of alcohol on the mental processes. Numberless tests have been carried out with such processes as adding up a column of figures, writing an account of a simple occurrence, discriminating between colors, and so forth. And the singular result well established and confirmed, is that alcohol delays the rapidity and impairs the accuracy of these processes while producing the most convincing illusion of ease and rapidity. The calculator has a subjective impression of facility which the cold clock entirely fails to confirm.—Dr. Saleeby, in London Mail. The Ground Hogs "Do you think they will ever partition off China?" "Oh, yes. There'll be another piece conference soon—Harvard Lampoon. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. JOB DEPARTMENT It is thoroughly equipped to do all kinds of printing on short notice. 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And yet this can be done and by consulting with the seemingly mystery becomes a realization. This subject has received no little attention by eminent men and, even college professors, and by many high school students. There are infringers in our midst with oily tones, perhaps the gates of wisdom have not been closed in our profession. It takes a great degree to become an accomplished medium and by a continuous and untiring effort, the key to the well apparently unfathomable mysteries has been secured by MRS. MARTH for the benefit of humanity. ADVICE BY LETTER, $1.00. HOURS FROM 10 A. M. TO 9 P. M MRS. M. B. MARTH, 246 W. 31st St. (Near 8th Avenue.) NEW YORK CITY Enclose Stamp for reply Please mention the PLANET. We furnish "cuts" when desired and we will arrange to complete special work in our line. When in need of any work in our line, call and see us and estimates will be furnished. 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NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. JOHN M. HIGGINS, DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES, WINES LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. PURE GOODS, FULL, VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin Street, [Near Old Market.] RICHMOND. VIRGINIA HE PLANET LIVE STOCK Structure Like the One Here Described Will Suit the Needs of Most Farmers. "I would like to get some good plan for a sheep barn 32 feet long by 23 wide, with corn-crib along one side, 32x5 feet wide and 8 feet high, and one shed on the other side, 32x9 feet wide. Will some sheep breeder please give height for said building, what pitch, AAY Door Shed door Sheep Sheep FIG.1. what kind of roofing to put on, with nine-foot driveway alongside of corncrib. I want sheep below and hay above, asks an Ohio farmer reader. The correspondent asks for a plan, but describes the plan very fully himself. Probably he seeks the method of construction more than a plan. Fig. 1 shows a structure 16 feet high, with well braced frame made of 2x6 and 2x4 scantling. This will give quite a good deal of storage for hay in addition to the sheep stall, corn crib and tool shed. If, however, he does not care for so much storage for hay, he can use structure shown in Fig. 2, which will of course take some less timber and sliding, but will require the same amount of roof and flooring. This loft will hold enough hay to feed the sheep that can be properly sheltered in this size stable. unless they are given a small paddock in which to run for exercise. With a good run in connection it will accommodate 100 sheep under the rule of six square feet to the sheep; but ten square feet is better for the sheep, and in that case 60 sheep will be the limit after allowing for the feed racks. Fig. 3 shows the floor plain with feed rack, which may be filled from the loft above. If this rack be made continuous the length of the stable, it divides the stable into two divisions, which is a desirable feature—Ohio Farmer. The Draft Horse Business. The Draft Horse Business. Some say the draft horse business is going to be overdone again. I want to say there never has been a time in the history of the draft horse when a good one was not wanted at a price considerably above his reasonable cost, even when the market was at its worst, not to mention the more profitable period. In Europe, where the improved breeds have been kept continuously for centuries, the draft horse is considered the most profitable animal on the farm, and this with land worth 20 times as much as ours, and feed much more expensive. In studying the draft horse, we must not overlook his twofold relation to agriculture. First, his great usefulness in actual labor performed in the pursuit of agriculture; second, as being himself a profitable product of agriculture.—Prairal Farmer. The Lion and the Lamb The Philadelphia Ladder tells this interesting story "A Callaway county farmer, Bas Kimbrell, made the old discovery the other day that he was harboring lambs and foxes under the same roof without either attempting injury to the other. Mr. Kimbrell had noticed a fox about his place a good deal lately, but as he had no gun and had not missed any of his lambs, he made no effort to kill it. One day he noticed Reynard creep into the straw shed, where he kept his lambs, and he ran to see what the animal was about. In a nest in the straw of which the north wall was built he found the old fox and three little ones comfortably enscenced. The lambs had been playing all about the old she fox, but she never molested them." A smooth wire fence of any kind is more desirable than a barb wire one. HORSE'S FEET ARE TENDER. How to Treat Little Injuries That Quite Often Lead to Lameness and Disablement. The horses' feet require looking after frequently, as they are liable to unex-rectely get in a condition to annoy the animal and to seriously militate against an otherwise thriving condition, remarks a writer in Farm Stock Journal. The horse is liable to pick up nails, strips of metal, splinters and pieces of glass. If he steps on a nail, for instance, even though the head be up, he may catch it in a tender part of the foot, and forcing it out of the rotten board in which it was held and carry it along. Succeeding steps drive the nail further in and the horse becomes lame. The part of the foot that is most subject to such mishaps is the frog and cleft just behind the frog. Even splinters of wood are liable to find their way into this vulnerable region and thus become the source of great irritation, amounting sometimes, but not always, to visible lameness. Quite often the injury is not sufficient to produce lameness, yet it is sufficiently great to cause pain which may last for some time. Frequently the injury is manifested by a disinclination to rest the weight on the foot when standing. When in motion the pain is not sufficient to prevent the horse putting his foot down as usual. Such injuries often are observed when the horse is started off quickly after standing for some time. When the nail, or other article that produced the wound, has been removed, follow the puncture through the sole or frog to the soft tissues, then fill the cavity with a solution made of equal parts of gum camphor and carbolic acid and pack with cotton. The treatment should be repeated daily until recovery is complete. Where this treatment is promptly and properly carried out, the wounds produced in the foot of the horse by nails, glass, scraps of iron and other like things, rarely result in abscesses and suppuration. In cases which culminate in the formation of abscesses the treatment necessary is to remove all loose horn and dress with cotton saturated with the gum camphor and carbolic acid solution. The cotton may be held in place by a bandage around the foot. A PACKING HOUSE SECRET. Steam Is Now Used in Keeping Meats Sweet and Perfectly Pure in Refrigerators. A superintendent of a meat-packing establishment tells the Louis Globe-Democrat that steam is used to assist in keeping meats sweet and pure in refrigerators. Cool air alone keeps them fresh, but not entirely untainted. The Australians solved the problem first. They tried experiment after experiment without avail, until some one thought of using steam to volatilize the gases which cause these annoying conditions and draw them off. A steam pipe was placed in a wooden duct at the bottom of a refrigerator chamber stored with meat; the gases of this kind are low lying, and the duct led directly to the brine tanks. The experiment occurred at Sydney, and for 89 days the refrigerator compartment was kept closed, at the end of which time it was opened, the meat drawn forth, and every piece thoroughly tested. It was as fresh and pure, without the slightest suggestion of bone odor or mold, as on the day it was packed. The gases had been volatilized by the steam, carried off by the wooden duct, and the entire noxious condition purified by the brine tanks. With this aid to the refrigerator process, provided care be taken that the temperature never falls below freezing point, save occasionally, so that the meat will not become frozen, it may now be kept for years, and be perfectly fresh when taken out for consumption. CEMENT TROUGHS FOR HOGS They Are Not Only Much More Convenient But Also Much Cheaper Than Wooden Ones. When made of wood, troughs for hogs are more or less unsatisfactory. The best and most durable trough can be made with good cement and coarse, clean sand ... the proportion of one bucket of cement to two buckets of sand. CEMENT TROUGH. Make a temporary frame for the outsides of your trough, then pour in the grout material, and with a trowel fashion that inside as you wish. Leave the bottom concaved on inside like a bowl or kettle. The top edges should be two and one-half to three inches thick. A piece of chain put in the end of the trough in making, near the bottom, makes it convenient and handy to move. If cleats are desired, rods of round iron can be imbedded in the grout before it sets. These prevent hogs from lying down in the trough and wasting the contents. After having fashioned out your trough, and put in iron bars for sleets, fill full of water. The material will set better and your trough will wear for all time. Troughs of this kind six feet long are most convenient and much cheaper than wooden ones.—J. E. Sammon, in Farm and Home. Jayson—Why, that the oldest inhabitant is always a man—never a woman—Judge. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND VIRGINIA RAN HOME IN DESHABILLE Yale Student Lost Clothes in a Poker Game and Appeared on Street in Pajamas. A Yale "freshie" dashing home across York street to Pierson hall, at New Haven, Conn., with an electric light burning bright on a corner two rods away, a policeman standing under the light and men and women pedestrians passing to and fro from the theater, led to an investigation by the policeman, and the discovery of the most remarkable game of poker ever played at Yale. According to the "freshie," who told the story only on threat of arrest, half a dozen of his fellow classmen gathered in a room across the street from the dormitory. As is usual this season of the year, none of them could raise a "sou," not having heard from home in a long period. A game of poker was DESSED ONLY IN PALAMAS proposed, but how to make it interesting without some cash was a question. One freshman proposed that they play for their clothing. The idea was seized upon at once. It was decided to set a price on each piece of clothing won by the various youths and use them by removal as needed in the game and depositing the same in the chair of the winner. It was agreed that if any one lost his clothing he must seek his abiding place in night attire only, to be loaned by the man who occupied the room, the clothes to be returned to the owner next day. The game grew exciting. Some of those engaged lost so heavily that at times but one sock remained in their possession. Then luck changed and they won back portions of their attire which they donned again. It was near midnight when the unlucky freshman "went broke." A freshman yell rent the smoky atmosphere of the apartment and, dressed only in pajamas "Freshie" was turned out into the cold. "For excitement it's the greatest poker game I ever sat in," said he to the policeman. It is thought the fad is likely to spread. SMILED A SICKLY SMILE. Why Mr. Ticker, a Disputative London Broker, Did Not Pursue a Racy Argument. A member of the London stock exchange was married a short time ago, and of course the first time he appeared on 'change after the honeymoon he was subjected to many congratulations and much good-natured bantering. One of his friends, after congratulating him, suddenly reached over and took a long brown hair from his shoulder. "Looks bad in a married man, Ticker," he exclaimed, holding it up to the light. "Oh, that's all right," replied Ticker, smiling; "it's my wife's." "No, no; that won't do," responded the friend; "your wife's hair is darker than that." This made Ticker a trifle angry, and he exclaimed, excitedly: "I tell you it's "OH THAT'S ALL RIGHT." my wife's. I fancy I know my wife's hair when I see it." "Well, you certainly ought to," said the friend. "But are you sure?" "Sure? Of course I am. Why do you ask?" "Oh, I thought, perhaps, there might be some mistake. You see, I found it on Brown's shoulder just before I saw you." Sawdust Sold in Bricks. Sawdust is converted into portable fuel in Germany by a very simple process. It is heated under high steam pressure until the resinous ingredients become sticky, when it is pressed into bricks. Many Holidays in Russia. The Russian's saints' days and imperial fete days are so numerous that he works not more than 21 days in a month. In Other Words. "Yes," remarked the Boston maid, "It is an incontrovertible actuality that the anticipatory avis invariably appropriates the prematurely active vermicular specimen." "What's that?" gasped her Cincinnati cousin. "In other words," explained the female bean destroyer, "the early bird catches the worm."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Skilled Labor modest, reserved and unobtrusive. Office Boy—Well, say, I can't do all dat fer two dollars a week.—Puck. Too Eager. "Would you rather have me or my money?" she asked. "They can't be separated, can they?" he asked eagerly.—Chicago Post. The City Gardener. Van X—So you have a garden. What do you expect to raise? DE Q.—Muscle.—Detroit Free Press. Nov. 1st, 1903. C & O ROUTE. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY. 2 Hours and 25 Minutes to Norfolk. LEAVE RICHMOND—EASTBOUND. 7:50 a. m.—Daily—Local to Newport News and way stations. 9:00 a. m.—Daily—Limited—Arrives Williams- burg 9:50 a. m., Newport News 10:30 a. m. m., Old Point 11:00 a. m., Norfolk 11:25 a. m. 4:00 p. m.—Week days—Special—Arrives Will- hamburg 4:56 p. m., Newport News 5:30 p. m., Old Point 6:30 p. m., Norfolk 6:25 5:00 m.—Daily—Locals to Old Point. MAIN LINE—WESTBOUND. 10:10 m.—Daily—Clifton Forge. 20:00 m.—Daily—Special to Clifton Louis- ville, St. Louis and Chicago. 11:00 m.—Week days—Local to Fred's Hall 10:30 m.—Daily—Clifton, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago. JAMES RIVER LINE. 10:20 m.—Daily—Express to Lynchburg, New Caddisbury, St. Louis and principal sta- tions except Sunnybrook. 5:15 m.—Week days—Local to Bremo. IN3 ARRIVE RICHMOND FROM Norfolk. 10:30 m. 7:55 a.m. daily. 11:45 m. ex. Sunnybrook. 7:30 a.m. daily. Newport News Local 8:00 m. daily. From Cincinnati and West 7:45 a.m. daily. From Cincinnati and Main Line Local from Clifton Fence 8:30 a.m. Frederick's Hall Accommodation 8:10 a.m. Frederick's Hall Accommodation. 8;10 a.m. Ex. Sun. James River Line Local from Ulfton Forge James River, Bremo. Accommod. 8:30 a.m. m. Eck. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! DOYLE. W. O. WARTHEN. Gent Manager. Dist. Pat. Art SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective May 29th, 1904. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. 7:00 a. m.-Daily. Local for Charlotte. 12:30 p. m.-Daily. Limited. Bret Pullman to Atlanta and Florida mingham, New Orleans, Maryland, and South. 6:00 p. m.-Ex. turlay, Kaysville. 11:30 p. m.-Daily. limited. Pullman ready 1:00 p. m. - Daly, m. h. hitted; Pullman ready 9:30 p. m. - Maitland, m. hitted YORK & IVER LINE The favorite to route Baltimore and eastern points. Leave Richmond 4:20 p.m. Daily expe- nience 4:25 a.m. - Except Sunday. Local mixed for 2:35 a.m. Daily except Sunday. Local for 2:35 a.m. Daily except Sunday. 2:35 p. m.—Daily except Sunday. Local for West Point. 4:20 p. m.—Except Sunday. For West Point, with steamers for Baltimore and New York. Steamers call at City Bank and Yorktown, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and at Houston, Thursday, Almond, Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays. TRAINS AREIW RICHMOND. 4:25 p. m.—From all the South. 4:30 p. m.—From the North. 4:38 p. m.—From Durham. 4:44 p. m.—From Keywille. 2:25 m.—Baltimore and West Point. 10:25 m.—From West Point. 10:40 p. m.—From West Point. S.H. HARDWICK, Pass Traf. M.g.'r. H. C. ACKERT, G.M. W. H. TATLOE, G.P.A. C. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., Richmond. Va. TRAINS LEAVE JICHMON DAILY BYRD STREET STATION. 9:35 p. m. 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It is be—including 60 contes sold Write your name, full address, and write pieces wanted by the numbers; this, with stamps or silver, and mail to address given below, and the number be sent direct from Boston, postage prepaid. subscribers PLANET. MITCHELL, JR., N.4th St., Richmond, Va. Offer Yet! THE PLANET SATURDAY JUNE 11, 1909 DRAWING THE BLACK BALLOT MEANT INSTANT DEATH. Trying Ordeal for Two Confederate Soldiers in Civil War—How Retaliation Was Met and Satisfied. On almost any Saturday or court day there can be seen on the streets of Wytheville, says the Wytheville correspondent of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, two farmers, simple and retiring in their tastes and habits, who were called upon to undergo as trying an Ordeal during the war between the states as any soldier on either side of that memorable struggle. The old confeds, are Joseph Headrick, a farmer who lives on and owns a comfortable country estate lying on the waters of Stony fork, nine miles west of Wytheville, and Jackson Grubb, likewise the possessor of a goodly country home a few miles south of town. They, like thousands of other young mountaineers of southwest Virginia, answered promptly to Virginia's call for volunteers in '61 and later became members of the Sixty-third Virginia regiment, which was afterward assigned to and became a part of Gen. Palmer's brigade in Gen. Hood's army, and while in that command they were captured by some of Gen. W. T. Sherman's men at Midway Station, nine miles west of Branchville, in South Carolina. That was on the 7th day of February, 1865. Some days after their capture a federal soldier was found dead in the swamps not far from Orangeburg in that state. There were marks upon his person which indicated that he' had been beaten to death with clubs. A hasty conference of the federal officers was held and they determined upon retaliation, so 100 of the 400 con-federate prisoners in their charge were marched out, and Joseph Headrick and Jackson Grubb were with them. Three federal officers accompanied them, and without any explanation the prisoners of war were lined up. The three federal officers took position at a short distance, one of them holding above his head a cigar box, while the two others acted as guards. The con-federate soldiers were then commanded to march one by one between the DREW THE BLACK BALLOT guards and past the one holding the cigar box and draw therefrom a slip of paper. Then, for the first time, did it dawn upon the prisoners what was being executed of them. The ordeal of that moment can better be imagined than told. The fearful agony and strain which 99 of the soldiers endured was soon over with, for the orders were soon executed, and the "die was cast." Jackson Grubb was fortunate in that he was among the first to draw and he drew a white ballot, which eventually meant life, home and loved ones in old Virginia again. Joseph Headrick was not quite so fortunate, being late to draw, seventy-fifth in number, but he drew a white ballot also. The one who paid the awful penalty was No. 31 to draw. As soon as he drew the black ballot he was halted, told to step aside and the drawing ceased. He was at once marched off to Gen. Sherman's headquarters and in an hour or so afterward gunshots were heard and the fullest terms of war retaliation had been met and satisfied. When Mr. Headrick recalled the events of that moment tears came into his eyes, and he said that he had often fenced cannon loaded with all of the deadly missiles of war; that for four days and nights he had been exposed to the shot and shell of the federals before Nashville, but that none of them was as trying as when he faced that elgar box with its 100 ballots on that spring morning in 1865. Public Auctions in China To a stranger a Chinese auction is a most curious spectacle. The auctioneer leans over a slightly elevated counter and exhibits his wares. He says nothing, neither does the bidder, who merely steps forward to the auctioneer and runs his fingers up his sleeve, making pressure on the salesman's arm, thus indicating how much he will pay for the article. Then another and another repeat the action until the one signifying the highest price receives the article without a word being exchanged on either side. Only the auctioneer and the successful bidder know the price offered and accepted. Papa Was Full of Joy. A coffee planter in Madras, India, recently became a father for the first time. He was particularly overjoyed, especially as the progeny was twins. The happy father galloped to the nearest telegraph office and wired to his wife's sister in Calcutta: "Twins to-day—more to-morrow." "JEFFRIES AND CORBETT." Game Rooster and Bull Terrier Have Caused Three Accidents to Their Master. The feud that has existed between "Jeffries" and "Corbett" is likely to end in the death of one or the other of them or their owner, Robert Tweddy, of Morristown, N. J. "Jeffries" is a gamecock, active and wicked, while "Corbett" is a brindle bull terrier, with all the pugnancy characteristic of such animals. They were reared together as chicken and puppy and got along fairly well for the first year of their lives. After that they had a falling out and for the past few months have never missed an opportunity to fight. A man is falling down a tree while a dog is running up to him. Sometimes the honors would be with the dog and sometimes with the rooster. Usually Mr. Tweedy had to separate them to keep them both alive. Now he is suffering with a broken collar-bone because of his last attempt to act as peacemaker. He had tied "Corbett" to the front stoop and had given him the run of a rope about a rod long. "Jeffries" was supposed to be in the back yard. All seemed peaceful as Mr. Tweedy stepped out to take a walk in the midday air. He was just recovering from a broken leg and the spring day was grateful to him. "Jeffries" suddenly came in sight around the corner of the house. The next moment dog, chicken and man were all mixed up in a heap. The brindle bull pup had seen his enemy and, making a bolt for the chicken, had tangled the legs of Mr. Tweedy in the several yards of rope. Mr. Tweedy landed on his shoulder and arose with a broken collar-bone. "Jeffries" escaped to the back yard, while "Corbett" tried in vain to get loose. This is the third serious accident Mr. Tweedy has had from these same two pets. A couple of months ago he broke his leg by slipping on the ice when he was hurrying to the rescue of "Jeffries," and a month before that he sprained his wrist in the same fashion. Now he says it has come to the point where either chicken, bull pup or man must succumb to the great law of the survival of the fittest. FIGHT WITH MAD ROOSTER Father and Child Are fiercely Attacked by Enraged Fowl of the Game Variety. Driving its long, sharp spurs repeatedly into the little girl's body, a game rooster seriously injured the three-year-old daughter of Charles Christy, of 2930 Thompson street, Camden, N. J. Twice the spurs narrowly missed the eyes of the child. So fierce were the onslaughts of the rooster that the little girl was knocked down. Before she could arise the rooster was striking her again and again with its spits. Trained to fight, and strong, the rooster was much more than a match C. for the child, whose screams attracted the attention of her father. When Mr. Christy went to the defense of his child the rooster attacked him, and was only driven away when Mr. Christy, obtained a club. The rooster belonged to a neighbor, and had strapped into Mr. Christy's yard. Men Loaf and Women Work. The male Koreans are among the laziest people on earth. They do little more than eat, and smoke, and chatter all day long. They permit their wives to do all the work, and consider them no better than beasts of burden. Great Military Invention. George Boigot, a young French engineer, now completing his term of military service at Toul, is said to have invented an appliance that renders the discharge of cannon smokeless, flameless and noiseless. Jenny—This paper says women live longer than men. Fred—Yes; men don't talk to women as much or as harshly as women talk to men.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA BURIED LEG WITH HONORS. Member Had Been Useful Enough to John Haverty To Be Entitled to Burial. A faithful friend of John Haverty—his left leg—was buried in St. Raymond's cemetery, at New York. Haverty was crossing a track Wednesday evening in the Melrose yards of the New York Central & Hudson River railroad, at One Hundred and Fifth street and Park avenue, accompanied by Mrs. Katherine O'Keefe, a car cleaner, when he saw a train bearing down on the woman. He started to throw her aside when the engine hit both of them. The woman had half a dozen ribs broken and HAVERTY ORDERS FUNERAL. was internally injured. Haverty's leg was cut, off just above the knee. As soon as Haverty recovered consciousness in Lebanon hospital and discovered that his leg was gone he inquired what had become of the limb. They told him that it had been sent to the hospital morgue. Haverty objected to this. "That old leg of mine," he said to the doctors, "has helped me earn a living for some years. I think it is entitled to decent burial." Haverty gave orders that the leg should be dressed with a new sock, the foot encased in a new shoe and the whole placed in a coffin. A white child's coffin was used for the purpose. The leg was placed on a cushion in the coffin. The leg was waked in the hospital morgue Thursday night by several of Haverty's friends. The board of health refused to accept the certificate made out by the hospital surgeons for the interment of the leg so the coroner's office was appealed to and Coroner's Physician Riegelman issued the permit. The funeral cortege was followed to St. Raymond's cemetery by several of Haverty's friends and by his sweetheart. The coffin was lowered into the grave with all the ceremony attending a regular burial. Brownovitch—Enpeck's wife doesn't jaw him like she formerly did. Smithinski—The worm has turned, eh? Brownovitch—No, it wasn't that; she had some kind of throat trouble, and lost her voice.—Cincinnati Enquirer. **Point of View.** Stringer—That man Ardup is certainly a high liver. Easyun—Why, I thought he was a poor man? Stringer—He is; but he occupies the attic room in his boarding house.—Cincinnati Enquirer. **Balancing Feats.** "You say you have a brother residing in Canada?" "Yes; he used to do some wonderful balancing feats when he was in New York." "Acrobat or bank cashier?"—Yonkers Statesman. Griggs—Fond of it! Why, when I first began to play people asked me how I could find time to devote to it, and now they ask me how I can find time to devote to my business—Town Topics. Securing a Substitute. Nell—I was awfully sorry to learn of your favorite poode's demise. How can you ever console yourself, dear? Bess (sobbing) I d—don't know; b—but I s—suppose I'll h—have to get m—married.—Cincinnati Enquirer. One of the Few. Smith—Jones is certainly a queer chap. Brown—Queer? Smith—Yes. Why, he's actually satisfied if it's cold in winter and hot in summer.—Chicago Daily News. Couldn't Be Disturbed. "I'd like to see the master of the house," said the man with the peddler's pack. "The baby's aslake, sor," snapped the kitchen maid, slamming the door in his face.—Chicago Tribune. His Explanation. "Br'er Williams, did you ever sell a vote?" "No, suh; but I has foun' many a dollar whar de wise canderdates lost it!"—Atlanta Constitution. HALL MEMORIAL HALL MEMORIAL INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL MASSILLON, OHIO. ONE OF THE FINEST EQUIPPED YOUNG LADIES IN THE NO. Our building has been newly furnished. Heated and Lighted by Natural Gas. GIRLS ADMITTED I Special Preparatory course for those desi COURSES DRESS MAKING Music (Instrumental and vocal.) SPECIAL COURSES IN ALL BR WRITE FO FRANCES A. RILEY, Tuition. 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