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THE RICHMOND PLANET UNITED STATES SU= PREME COURT DEFIED Prisoner Hanged in Defiance of the Full Tribunal's Order. REMARKABLE EXHIBITION IN TENNFSSEE—A COMPLICATION THAT INVOLVES THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT—PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ALARMED—THE NATIONAL MACHINERY PUT IN MOTION—CAN WE PROTECT CITIZENS AT HOME? VOL. XXIII NO 16. UNITED PRE Prisoner F REMARKABLE EXHIBIT GOVERNMENT— PUT Attorney General Moody took charge Wednesday of the investigation of the lynching of Edward Johnson, the colored man, at Chattanooga, Tenn., Tuesday, after the United States Supreme Court had granted a stay of execution. Government authorities under the Department of Justice have received definite instructions how to proceed, and if sufficient evidence is gathered, the participants will be taken before the Supreme Court on charges of contempt. Knoxville, Tenn., March 22—Gen J. R. Penland, United States district attorney, to-day received an anonymous letter, in which he was severely criticised for saying that he thought the lynching of the colored man Johnson at Chattanooga was not justified, and that the sheriff of Hamilton county had been negligent. The letter was mailed in this city and is well written. The district attorney is warned against proceeding in the interest of the government. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Mcp 19 Ed. Johnson, colored, was taken from the jail at 10:45 o'clock to night by a mob of seventy-five men and hanged to a beam of the county bridge over the Tennessee River. The rope broke and the colored man's body fell, and the mob quickly riddled him with bullets. Sheriff Shipp and the jailer were locked in a bathroom while the mob secured the prisoner. Johnson was to have been hanged to-morrow, but the United States Supreme Court to-day granted a stay of execution, and this action served to anger the citizens of the city, and all day there was great excitement, and it was freely talked on the streets that violence would result to night. MOB FORMED QUIETLY. Early in the evening, the mob began to form and it was all done so quietly that only those in the immediate vicinity of the jail knew when they were ready for action. At 10:45 o'clock, seventy-five determined men assembled at the jail and at once $_{\mathrm{e}}$ gained admission. Overpowering the sheriff and his deputies, they secured the prisoner and quietly led him to the bridge, where $_{\mathrm{e}}$ the hanging was carried out in the most orderly manner, the mob immediately dispersing. There was not the slightest attempt at rowdyism, and the mob was composed of men of mature years. DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE Johnson is said to have confessed when first taken by the mob, but when the rope was placed about his neck, he stoutly maintained his innocence. It is declared that the victim was dead of strangulation be fore the rope broke, but the mob to make sure work of him, filled his body with bullets. The city was as quiet at the hour of the hanging and afterwards as though nothing unusual had occurred. The crime for which Ed. Johnson was lynched to-night was an assault on a white girl at St. Elmo, a suburb, which occurred some weeks ago. Immediately after the crime, a mob made an unsuccessful attempt to get the prisoner, but Sheriff Shipp had taken him away. At that time the jail was attacked and almost torn down and during the excitement, several persons were seriously injured. A session of the United States Supreme Court was held yesterday at the home of Chief Justice Fuller. :0: —We learn the Summer Normal will not be held at Petersburg this summer because of extensive re- Resolutions. Richmond, Va., Mch. 21. 1906. Whereas, the messenger Death has again come into our ranks and has taken away Sir Richard Wilson, who had been a member of our lodge for nearly five years. And, whereas, we found Sir Wilson to have been a man of gentlemanly conduct, high morals and of sober mind, one who we believe endeavored to live up to the golden rule and his pythian obligations. And, whereas, it has pleased our Heavenly Father to take our deceased Sir Knight from labor to reward, be it therefore. Resolved, First, that we the members of Royal Lodge, No. 26, K. of P! do bow in humble submission to him who has thus afflicted us, knowing that He is omnipotent, yet too wise to err and too just to be unkind. Resolved, second, that we cherish the memory of our deceased Sir Knight and do all we can to comfort the hearts of his bereaved family and also protect his wife so long as she remains his respected widow. Resolved, third, that these resolutions be spread upon our minutes, a copy be given to his widow and also published in the Richmond PLANET. My God and Father, while I stray, Far from my home on life's dark way; O teach me from my heart to say, "Thy will be done." What though in lonely grief I sigh, For friends beloved no longer nigh, Submissive still would I reply, "Thy will be done." Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with thine and take a way, All now that makes it hard to say, "Thy will be done." Done by order of Royal Lodge, No. 26, K. of P. J. R. HOLMES, C. C. D. J. BRADFORD, K. of R. and S. Knights of Pythias Anniversary The Knights of Pythias and Courts of Calanthe will observe the anniversary Sunday, March 25th, 1906 on the same day but at different places. The Knights will hold their exercises at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church at 3:30 P. M. Rev. R. V. Peyton, D. D. will deliver the sermon and he will be assisted by Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. will preside. The Courts will observe their anniversary at 8:30 P. M. at the Fifth Street Baptist Church. Rev. A. E. Edwards, D. D. will deliver the sermon. The Grand Worthy Counsellor will preside. The Knights will meet at the new Pythian Castle^a at 2 P. M. and march in a body to the church. The Uniform Rank will assemble at the same hour and will lea1 the line of march. The staffs will appear in full dress. The Latest Song Hit. "Childhood's Fondest Memories" by Walter W. Wallace, former editor of the Colored American Magazine. To introduce we will send to a limited few a 50 cent copy of this song as a sample for 15 cent. Mr. Cary Lightfoot of Huntington, West Va., writes that the First Baptist Church is having a grand rally under the leadership of Rev. I. V. Bryant, who is doing a grand and noble work there. This well-known divine took charge January 1st, 1906 and the church is advancing rapidly under his skill. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY MARCH 24, 1906. Another New Court in Lynchburg The Deputies Rallying—The Grand Worthy Counsellor There Lynchburg, Va., March 20, '96, Grand Worthy Counselor John Mitchell, Jr., arrived here last evening, and was met at the train by Capt. U. S. G. Patterson. He was soon comfortably quartered there and supper served. He came to organize a new club to be known as Dunbar Court. No. 104. The exercises took place at the Masonic Hall. He was assisted by the ladies here, Mrs. Laura S. Williams, District Deputy Grand Worthy Counselor being present. The following are the officers: W. C., Mrs. Elizabeth Lushington; W. Inx, Mrs. Lillie Butler; W. Ina, Mrs. Lillian Higginbotham; O. Miss Alice Lewis; R. of D., Mrs. Geneva Fawcett; R. of A., Miss Evelyn Lewis; R. of Dep., Sir J. A. Parsen; E., Mrs. Nannie Black; S. D., Miss Olivia Smith; J. D., Miss Nannie Higginbotham; C., Mrs. Mattle Wade; Asst. Con., Georgia McDonald; H., Miss Irene Cloud; P., Sir Henry Wright. The candidates were well pleased Refreshments were served and music was a feature. This court was organized through the persistent efforts of Mrs. Gertrude Patterson, Special Deputy Grand Worty Counsellor. It was 33 strong and the Grand Worthy Counselor commended her highly for her work. He spent the night here at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. G. Patterson and left to-Jay at 2:30 P. M. for Roanoke. Another Court in Roanoke—Grand Worthy Counsellor There. Roanoke, Va., Mch. 21, 1906 Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr. arrived here yesterday afternoon from Lynchburg. He came to organize a Court of Calanthe and was soon pleasantly located at the palatial mansion of Dr. I. D. Burrell and his accomplished Madame. The initiation took place at Burrell's Hall last night and the following officers were installed: W. C., Miss Elnora Tyrrell; W. Ins. Mrs. Sarah Hughes; W. Inx. Mrs. Ella Jordan; E., Mrs. Mary Lovelace; O., Mrs. Mary Smith; R. of A., Mrs. Julla Woods; R. of D., Mrs. Nannie Page; R. of Dep., Mrs. Mary Halston; Con., Mrs. Mary Hale; Asst. Con., Mrs. Sallie Clark, S. D., Mrs. Nannie Gregory; J. D., Mrs. Halle Terry; H., Mrs. Mary F. Calloway; P., Mrs. Mary Marshall; Trustees: Mrs. Harriet Mead owns, Mrs. Bettie L. Parks, Mrs. Lu Rose. The Grand Worthy Counsellor was assisted by Mrs. Margaret H. Burrell, District Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor, Mrs. Rosa Burkes, Mrs. Millie Paxton, Miss Zenobia Jeffries, Mrs. Mollie Jeffries, Miss Gettie Hackley, Mrs. Annie Hackley, Mrs. Elizabeth Dillard, Mrs. Mary Penn, Mrs. Susan Steptoe, Sir J. M. Lipscomb, Mrs. Mary Harris, Dr. I. D. Burrell. Refreshments were served and all heartily enjoyed themselves. Grand Worthy Counselor Mitchell complimented Mrs. Rosa Burkes highly and praised Mrs. Margaret highly and praised that counselor was gotten up by the former under the supervision of the latter. Sir Mitchell left at 1:01 for Richmond. Industrial Class tc Open. Mme. Roberts of Newark, N. J. has established herself at 609 N. First Street, Richmond, Va., and will open a Female Industrial Class on Monday, March 26th, 1906. Mme. Roberts will give personal instructions in the arts of sewing, crocheting and everything made by bone or steel needles. Parents please call personally and view samples and have the work explained. Lessons 25 cents each. Daily classes: 4:30 to 5:30 P. M. Brown Services at the Fifth Street Baptist Church, Sunday, the 25th. 11:30 A. M.: Preaching by Rev W. M. Beckham, D. D. FIELD Secretary for the National Baptist Convention. Dr. Beckham is a pupit orator and also a ball of theological enthusiasm. Come and hear him. Communion at 3:30 p. M. Communion at 3:30 p. M. Annual celebration of the Courts of Calanthe at 8:30. Sermon by Pastor Edwards. All are invited to attend these services. —Mr. J. R. Wilson of Danville Va., called on us. Have you seen those two hands some bridal coaches of A. D. Price's? They are lighted inside and out by electric lights. The finest in Richmond. Call and be convinced. Strictly first class service in all branches of his business. Your patronage solicited. Grand Pink Tea Party There will be a Grand Pink Tea Party at Price's Hall, commencing March 26th, 1906 and lasting five nights for the benefit of Eureka Co. No. 1, K. of P. Attractions each night. Good music. Refreshments at city prices. Come one, come all and help a wom thy cause. Given by the Ladies Auxiliary. Admission. 10 cents. Help Wanted—Female. Experienced woman as cook and laundress wanted by a lawyer living on electric car line near city; modern home with all city convenience; nicely furnished separate cottage for help; monthly wages $12.00; Have other servants. Address or apply to second floor, 1102 E. Main St. Richmond, Va. Rev. Smith Wants Peace To Richmond PLANET, Dear Editor: Please permit me space in your valuable paper to say a word pertaining to the condition of our state work. Lately I have noticed articles in several leading papers respecting the work of the State Convention and Virginia Theological Seminary and College which tends to affect and injure the success of the work and the good name of the writers of such articles. Now, brethren, what can we hope to gain by fighting each other? If any member of the Convention or any one connected with the school has done wrong, why not call the Board together and discuss the matter which would be better than discussing it before the world? In two months the great Virginia Baptist State Convention will convene at Norfolk, Va. and the battle cry is $12,000. Can we hope to raise it by creating dissatisfaction in the great Baptist family? In all organizations each leader has his friends within or without it. When one leader exposes the short comings of the other or even magnify them, it tends to disorganize and divide the forces. Now, brethren, stop and don't fight the school or Convention, for you can not, without fighting the men who are supporting it; and since we all claim to love the principles for which they stanl, let all concerned lay down arms and come to Norfolk in May prepared to lay $12,000 on the table. Yours for success, JAMES H. SMITH, Pastor of 1st Bldg. Church, H. H. EDITOR MITCHELL IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY A Long Drive---Bad Country Roads--Mr. Bland's Ghost Stories---The Mule and the Wagon. CAPT. SMITH CRIES ENOUGH—THIRTEEN MILES IN A SPRING WAGON We left Richmond at 12:10 Saturday for Petersburg, Va., accompanied by Capt. John G. Smith, Dr. E. R. Jefferon and S. S. Baker. The party was in a happy mood and so E. A. Randolph, Esq, with tearful eyes bid Dr. Jefferson good bye while chasing a glad hand around the contents of the medicine chest. Reaching Petersburg, Mr. Edward W. Wood met the party and some time was spent at Mr. Hill's place of business, Later, Mr. D. B. Cornish was found at his place of business and the passing of the salute between himself and Capt. Smith was a fit subject for a photographer. It was after 3 o'clock when Editor John Mitchell, Jr. and Dr. E. R. Jefferson vaulted into Mr. E. D. Bland's wagon. His son, Freddie, drove the black horses. They made a lively pair and they went ahead at a gait that would have done creed it to a 2:40 mare. Capt. John G. Smith and Mr. S. S. Baker got into a four seat buggy behind a mule with Mr. John A Bland holding the reins. We never knew when they started, for they co didn't keep in sight of the team behind which we rode. Passing through Blandford, we reached the creek where the horses were watered. Driving on further Mr. Bland and ourselves got out to stretch our limbs, while Dr. Jefferson explored the contents of that wagon, fining exactly what he wanted. MANY ROBINS THERE Mr. Bland was no novice and the physician and surgeon found company. In the plowed field, just ahead was a flock of robins. A few moments later we were being rapidly carried down the road to the residence of our affable host and hostess. Arriving there we were ushered into a parlor, which had all of the comforts of city life. The blazing fire-place with its oak logs throw out heat that was enjoyable after our experience in the biting March wind. The mansion attracted our attention. It had evidently been the abode of some "before the war" slave-owner. Things had changed and the former slave was now the master of this aristocratic dwelling. It was in the midst of 400 acres of land and adjoining this was over 200 acres owned by Mr. E. D. Bland. THE MULE AND THE VISITORS There was a noise in the yard and the party went to the window. There was the mule with its human load. Capt. Smith was assisted to alight from the wagon, the long drive having stiffened his limbs. Mr. Baker followed and we all gath ered around that country hearthstone to listen to Mr. Bland as he portrayed the merits and demiserts of the whiskey business as he had found it, while engaged in his official business as United States Gauger and Inspector. He was of the opinion that the colored man was losing a golden op portunity from a financial stand-point, when he did not manufacture liquor, as well as sell it at retail. He claimed that the real money was in the distillery. DINNER AND ITS BENEFITS Dinner was served and here we met Mr. Bland's daughters, Miss Mamie, Miss Nannie, and Mss Agnes. Miss Melvina was a* her sister's residence. It was a jolly party that sat down to that table. Dinner being over, we vaulted into that springy buck-board wagon with its kind associations. The horses, Fanny and Black started off in a lively fashion. Dr. Jefferson was on the rear seat with us while, Mr. E. D. Bland sat on the front seat with his son, Freddie, who held the reins. THAT YELLOW OIL COAT Capt. Smith and Brother Baker took to that one mule wagon with Mr. John Bland. Brother Baker had borrowed a yellow oil coat used on the wharves by the stevedores. He did this in order to protect from the mud his new over coat given him by some of the members of the white church of which he is sexton. As the oil coat only reached about his waist and the long overcoat extended below this, Brother Baker had made something in the sleeves and drawing on the oil coat from below. But his fore-sight was not as good as his hind-sight and as a result the oil coat seemed to have been protected from the mud while the lower part of the overcoat was covered with mud when he reached the end of his journey that both seemed to be the same color in spots. AN EXCITING GHOST STORY But we left the mule party behind. It was nearly 7 o'clock and the gloom had settled over the roads, while the trees stood as silent sentinels as we wailled down the muddy roads of Prince George County. "Just here," said Mr. Bland, "is where Mr. E. W. Brown, who now lives in Richmond, says that he was driving during a political campaign many years ago, when as he was coming down the road a man got burgee with him on a dark night and rubbed his face until he got down the hill when the man got out and left him. FELL FROM THE TREE "He was telling me about it just before we got here. We were driving together and I tol him I did not believe it when I heard something fall out of a tree just here, Bo-jum! I didn't know what it was. I don't believe in ghosts, but it was certainly strange. When Fred there was much younger he said he saw a ghost at my house where you have just left and in which you will sleep to-night." FRED TELLS A GHOST STORY This started Fred to talking, "Yes," said he, "I was in that room when I heard a noise. I looked up and saw a man. I hollowed to pa and jumped out of the bed. He seemed to disappear over the other side of the bed, and I have never slept in that room since." We were proceeding at a rapid pace, when Dr. Jefferson decided that he had heard enough talk about spirits without seeing any of them and he then proceeded to commune with Brother Bland waile praying for our safe arrival at Salem Grove. MUD AND ITS HINDRANCES We had gone several miles when the horses stopped and on looking down in the gloom, we found that we were stalled in the mud with the wheels up to their hubs in this yellow product of Virginia. All eforts to pull out seemed to be hope less when Fred leaped out to dry ground, gave the reins to his father and by "cross-cutting" the front wheels succeeded in moving the wagon to firm ground. We went along merrily when suddenly we came to a full stop again. This time the horses would not budge. The entire party had to get out and leave the wagon and horses. We were in sight of the meeting place, however and the distance was not great. The wagon and horses were brought on afterwards. We were then said to be thirteen miles from Petersburg. THE MULE GOT THERE Capt. John G. Smith and Mr. S. S. Baker arrived later, having had a break down and being well lathered with mud, an experience "enjoyed" by both parties. The return trip at 2 o'clock in the morning was equally as eventful. Three times we were forced to get out of the wagon and Misses Mamie and Nannie shared our mips and told of similar misfortunes with the same team. The horses would always go in a trot, but balk they would at well-nigh every hill and then it was coaxing and whipping and showing the wag on them to get them to move off again. THROUGH TEAM TO PETERS-BURG. We passed the four mule team which carried the Petersburg visitors and which was going at a "snail's pace." The occupants were uncomfortably freezing. Capt. Jno G. Smith had vehemently declared that he would not go back behind that mule. He compromised it by going behind four mules, and he PRICE. FIVE CENTS GEORGE COUNTY roads--Mr. Bland's d the Wagon. S IN A SPRING WAGON. such a time and never wants such a time again. We spent the night at Mr. and Mrs. Bland's residence. We slept alone, but failed to see Fred's ghost. It was about 1 o'clock when we left for Richmond and 3 o'clock when we arrived at the end of our journey. Crossed to That Unknown Shore TAYLOR — Departed this life Friday, March 16th, 1906, at 11:40 P. M. Miss Fannie A. Taylor at her residence, to W. Duval St. She leaves one son, Rev. W. H. Taylor, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church, Elizabeth, N. J.; one brother, William H. Taylor; and one sister, Mrs. Henrietta Hill, Washington, D. C.; six grand children and a host of friends North and South to mourn their loss. Sister Taylor was a member of St. Martha's Council, I. O. of St. Luke, being one of its faithful Past Officers, a devoted member of the Women's Missionary and Education al Circle of the First Baptist Church, where she was known as a "ray of sunlight"; an ardent worker of the Church Aid Society; a cheerful giver of Circle, No. 15, having been treasurer since its organization, and a loving neighbor. For many years she was a faithful servant in the family of Mr. B. C. Wherry. The funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of which she had been a dutiful member for 30 yrs. Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D. officiated. He preached a pathetic sermon in which he portrayed the beautiful christian character of the deceased. Letters of condolence from the various organizations of which she was a member and one from the neighbors inferred to be noble qualities. In memorial in Evergreen Cemetery. "Sleeping in balcony." "Sleep on beloved, sleep and take thy rest, Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast. We loved thee well, but Jesus loves thee best. Good night, good night, good night. A Progressive Firm. The People's Real Estate and Investment Co. made enviable reputation, although comparatively a new firm, has made its mark in the real estate world of Richmond. It is a very active and progressive firm with a full force of men who are always on the alert. They report that business has been very satisfactory with them, and that outlook for the future is particularly bright. While prices have advanced in general all over the city, is a very active and progressive firm there has been no boom in real estate. They also say, that the people are beginning to realize the fact that in investing their money, the first thing they must look to see its safety. They realize there is no safer or more sound investment than in real estate. They strive to serve the public, and no misrepresentations are allowed under any circumstances. Every patron is treated alike, and treated well, hen or being the foundation upon which the company builds its reputation. While they handle all kinds of property, they make a speciality of investments for estates, lodges, associations and individuals. Mr. W. F. Denny, the secretary, has a record of several years as an investor for persons of small means and has never lost a dollar for any of his patrons. This of course speaks well for the company to have such a gentleman to help handle investments for their patrons. Their facilities for negotiating loans no matter how large or small is unsurpassed. The company's business has been steadily increasing, necessitating an increase in the office force and the enlargement of their offices. They have purchased a very nice two story brick building at 707 N. Second Street, which is now undergoing repairs for the new office space. Mr. J. J. Carter, the well known insurance man is president, and Mr. W. F. Denny, the hustling young financier is the secretary; while Mr. F. H. Ford does the managing and THE MAN ON THE BOX By HAROLD MacGRATH Author of "The Grey Cloak," "The Puppet Crown." Copyright, 1904, The Bobbe-Merrill Company. CHAPTER I.-Introduces the here, Warburton, a well to do West Point, Martins being wounded by an Indian resigns her commission in the army and leaves for European tour. CHAPTER II.-Introduces the here, Miss Bessy Annesley, daughter of a retired army officer living near Washington. A beautiful, representative young woman, whom Warburton has seen in Paris, is married followed to New York. Seeks introduction on board steamer but fails. CHAPTER III.-Upon reaching New York Warburton lays in hotel in which the Annesleyes are guests and dines there to see Miss Annesley once more. Charged whom he met on steamer bring Miss Annesley in to dinner. Next morning the count and the Annesleyes had disarray. CHAPTER IV.-Warburton goes to Washington to visit his relatives, a married brother, who holds a government position, and a sister engaged to accompany family to bail at British embassy, but declines. Concocts a scheme play a joke on his sister and sister-in-law. CHAPTER V. - Warburton meets his sister's dance whom he had not seen for over years. Seees the folks off for the embassy, and puts his joke into execution, which is to disguise himself as a coachman and drive his sister and sister-in-law, who is alone, from the embassy to their home. CHAPTER VI. - Warburton in his disguise goes to British embassy and takes the place of his brother's coachman, who mistakes his carriage number when called the wrong passengers without knowing it. Drives frantically about the streets pursued by mounted policemen. When he arrives, he and throws his arms about the first of his passengers to allight, who proves to be Miss Annesley instead of his sister. CHAPTER VII. - Warburton is arrested on a charge of drunkenness and adultery and locked up over night. In police court, where he has given the name of James Osborne, the charge of abduction is withdrawn but he is fined $5 for drunkenness, put on a jail bank, "his old chum, telling of his trouble. CHAPTER XII.-The French chef gives Warburton lesson in serving at table as he is to act as butler at a dinner table. He is to dress in a groom a shock when she orders him to drive her for a call on his sister. Fortunately he is not recognized by any of his relatives. CHAPTER XIII.-Four days gass and Warburton becomes an accomplished butler; has met Count Karloff twice and has not been recognized. Miss Annesley takes a notion to ride Pirate who runs away from Warburton and accident with great difficulty by Warburton. CHAPTER XIV.-While driving Miss Annesley in the city Warburton meets his friend "Chuck," who guys him unharmed. He is across the solonel of his old regiment and recognizes him but keeps his own council. CHAPTER XV.-An account of the downfall of Col. Annesley, who previously to the opening of this story lost his wife and his daughter's money at Monte Carlo. He is to Russian diplomat Count Karloff, who loans him $20,000, and tempts him by showing how he can make $20,000 by showing him a country to furnish military secrets to Russia. CHAPTER XVI—Count Karloff and Mrs. Chadwick while preparing to go to Annesley's dinner talk over a previous Count's love for Miss Annesley, who has once refused his offer of marriage. Count Karloff, who has the count, notifies him he has the love to destroy his future prospects and to prevent his marriage to her friend. CHAPTER XVII—After some final instructions, Warburton discharges the attention of his former commanding officer, but Warburton hosts regarding him and tells Miss Annesley stories of his doings as a soldier. CHAPTER XVIII—After his duties as baker were over Warburton goes outside and hosts a call to tell him the music. Miss Annesley appears on the balcony in the moonlight, and after refusing another proposal from Count Karloff, she throws away a flower she had returned to the house Warburton searches for and finds the flower, when he is surprised by Col. Raleigh, demands an explanation of his conduct. CHAPTER XXIII.-Count Kairoff after having his plans to force Miss Annesley to make him, defeated by Warburton, that lady and disappears never to return. CHAPTER XXIV.-Warburton arranges to pay Col. Annesley's note of $20,000, his outfits, out of his own funds and also to buy him what which are to be sold at auction, in order to give them as a present to The daughter and then return to the west. CHAPTER XXV.-Col. Annesley finds the canceled note for $30.00 which he has paid to the daughter, is mystified, but his daughter thinks it knows who has paid it. While on the last side before the horses are to be sold he tells Warburton she knows who he is. CHAPTER XXIV. Karloff remained in seclusion till the following Tuesday; after that day he was seen no more in Washington. From time to time some news of him filters through the diplomatic circles of half a dozen capitals to Washington. The latest I heard of him, he was at Port Arthur. It was evident that Russia valued his personal address too highly to exile him because of his failure in Washington. Had he threatened or gone about noisily, we should all have forgotten him completely. As it is, the memory of him to-day is as vivid as his actual presence. Thus, I give him what dramatists call an agreeable exit. I was in the Baltimore and Potomac station the morning after that unforgettable night at Senator Blank's house. I had gone there to see about the departure of night trains, preparatory to making a flying trip to New York, and was leaving the station when a gloved hand touched me on the arm. The hand belonged to Mrs. Chadwick. She was dressed in the conventional traveling gray, and but for the dark lines under her eyes she would have made a picture for any man to admire. She looked tired, very tired, as women look who have not slept well. "Good morning, Mr. Orator," she said, saluting me with a smile. "You are going away?" I asked, shaking her hand cordially. "Way, way away! I am leaving for Nice, where I intend to spend the winter. I had intended to remain in Washington till the holidays; but I plead guilty to a roving disposition, and I frequently change my mind." "Woman's most charming prerogative," said I gallantly. What a mask the human countenance is! How little I dreamed that I was testing with a woman whose heart was breaking, and numbed with a terrible pain! Her mald came up to announce that everything was ready for her reception in the state-room, and that the train was about to draw out of the station. Mrs. Chadwick and I had each other good-by. Two years passed before I saw her anna. At eleven o'clock I returned to my rooms to pack a case and have the thing off my mind. Tramping restlessly up and down before my bachelor apartment house I discerned Mcleu Zhames. His face was pale and troubled, but the angle of his law told me that he had determined upon something or other. "Ha!" I said rallying. He wore a decently respectable suit of ready-made clothes: "Lost your job and want me to give you a recommendation?" "I want a few words with you, Chuck, and no fear. Don't say that you can't spare the time. You've simply got to." "With whom am I to talk, James, the groom, or Warburton, the gentleman?" "You are to talk with the man whose sister you are to marry." I became curious, naturally. "No police affair?" "No, its not the police. I can very well go to a lawyer, but I desire absolute secrecy. Let us go up to your rooms at once." I led the way. I was beginning to desire to know what all this meant. "Has anybody recognized you?" I asked, unlocking the door to my apartment. "No; and I shouldn't care a hang if they had." "Ooh!" Warburton flung himself into a chair and lighted a cigar. He puffed it rapidly, while I got together my shaving and toilet sets. "Start her up." said I. "Chuck, when my father died he left nearly a quarter of a million in five per cents; that is to say, Jack, Nancy and I were given a yearly income of about $4,500. Nancy's portion and mine are still in bonds which do not mature till 1900. Jack has made several bad investments, and about half of his is gone, but his wife has plenty, so his losses do not trouble him. Now, I have been rather frugal during the past seven years. I have lived entirely upon my army pay. I must have something like $20,000 lying in the bank in New York. On Monday, between three and four o'clock, Col. Annesley will become practically a beggar, a pauper." "What? My shaving mug slipped from my hand and crashed to the floor, where it lay in a hundred pieces. "Yes. He and his daughter will not have a roof of their own; all gone, every stick and stone. Don't ask any questions; only do as I ask of you." He took out his check-book and filled out two blanks. These he handed to me. "The large one I want you to place in the Union bank, to the credit of Col. Annesley." I looked at the check. "Twenty-thousand dollars?" I gasped. "The Union bank has this day discounted the colonel's note. It falls due on Monday. In order to meet it, he will have to sell what is left of the Virginia estate and his fine horses. The interest will be inconsiderable." THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA "What—" I began, but he interrupted me. "I shall not answer a single question. The check for $3,009. is for the purchase of the horses, which will be put on sale Saturday morning. They are easily worth this amount. Through whatever agency you please, buy these horses for me, but not in my name. As for the note, cash my check first and present the currency for the note. No one will know anything about it then. You can not trace money." "Good Lord, Bob, you are crazy! You are giving away a fortune." I remonstrated. "It is my own, and my capital remains untouched." "Have you told her that you love her? Does she know who you are?" I was very much excited. "No,"—sadly, "I haven't told her that I love her. She does not know who I am. What is more, I never want her to know. I have thrown my arms 3 "YOU ARE CRAZY." roughly around her, thinking her to be Nancy, and have kissed her. Some reparation is due her. On Monday I shall pack up quietly and return to the west." "Annesley beggared? What in heaven's name does this mean?" I was confounded. "Some day, Chuck, when you have entered the family properly as my sister's husband, perhaps I may confide in you. At present the secret isn't mine. Let it suffice that through peculiar circumstances, the father of the girl I love is ruined. I am not doing this for any theatrical play, gratitude and all that rot," with half a smile. "I admire and respect Col. Annesley; I love his daughter, hopelessly enough. I have never been of much use to any one. Other persons' troubles never worried me to any extent; I was happy-go-lucky, careless and thoughtless. True, I never passed a beggar without dropping a coin into his cup. But often this act was the result of a good dinner and a special vintage. The $20,000 will keep the colonel's home, the house his child was born in and her mother before her. I am doing this crazy thing, as you call it, because it is going to make me rather happy. I shall disappear Monday. They may or they may not suspect who has come to their aid. They may even trace the thing to you; but you will be honor-bound to reveal nothing. When you have taken up the note, mall it to Annesley. You will find Count Karloff's name on it." "Karloff." I was in utter darkness. "Yes. Annesley borrowed $20,000 of him on a three month's note. Both men are well known at the Union bank, Karloff having a temporary large deposit there, and Annesley always having done his banking at the same place. Karloff, for reasons which I can not tell you, did not turn in the note till this morning. You will take it up this afternoon." "Annesley, whom I believed to be a millionaire, penniless: Karloff one of his creditors? Bob, I do not think that you are treating me fairly. I can't go into this thing blind." "If you will not do it under these conditions, I shall have to find some one who will."—resolutely. I looked at the checks and then at him. Twenty-three thousand dollars! It was more than I ever before held in my hand at one time. And he was giving it away as carelessly as I should have given away a dime. Then the bligness of the act, the absolute disinterestedness of it, came to me suddenly. "Bob, you are the finest lover in all the world! And if Miss Annesley ever knows who you are, she isn't a woman if she does not fall immediately in love with you." I slapped him on the shoulder. I was something of a lover myself, and I could understand. "She will never know. I don't want her to know. That is why I am going away. I want to do a good deed, and be left in the dark to enjoy it. That is all. After doing this, I could never look her in the eyes as Robert Warburton. I shall dine with the folks on Sunday. I shall confess all only to Nancy, who has always been the only confidante I have ever had among the women." There was a pause. I could bring no words to my lips. Finally I stammered out: "Nancy knows. I told her everything last night. I broke my word with you, Bob, but I could not help it. She was crying again over what she thinks to be your heartlessness. I had to tell her." "What did she say?"—rising abruptly. "She laughed, and I do not know when I have seen her look so happy. There'll be a double wedding yet, my boy." I was full of enthusiasm. "I wish I could believe you, Chuck: I wish I could. I'm rather glad you told Nan. I love her, and I don't want her to worry about me." He gripped my hand. "You will do just as I ask?" "To the very letter. Will you have a little Scotch to perk you up a bit? You look rather seedy." "No," smiling dryly. "If she smelt liquor on my breath I should lose my position. Goodbyy, then, till Sunday." I did not go to New York that night. I forgot all about going. Instead, I went to Nancy, to whom I still go whenever I am in trouble or in doubt. CHAPTER XXV Miss Annesley possessed more than the ordinary amount of force and power of will. Though the knowledge of it was not patent to her, she was a philosopher. She always submitted gracefully to the inevitable. She was religious, too, feeling assured that God would provide. She did not go about the house, moaning and weeping; she simply studied all sides of the calamity, and looked around to see what could be saved. There were moments when she was even cheerful. There were no new lines in her face; her eyes were bright and eager. All persons of genuine talent look the world confidently in the face; they know exactly what they can accomplish. As Karloff had advised her, she did not trouble herself about the future. Her violin would support her and her father, perhaps in comfortable circumstances. The knowledge of this gave her a silent happiness, that kind which leaves upon the face a serene and beautiful calm. At this moment she stood on the veranda, her hand shading her eyes. She was studying the sky. The afternoon would be clear; the last ride should be a memorable one. The last ride! Tears blurred her eyes and there was a smothering sensation in her throat. The last ride! After to-day Jane would have a new, strange mistress. If only she might go to this possible mistress and tell her how much she loved the animal, to obtain from her the promise that she would be kind to it always. How mysteriously the human heart spreads its tendrils around the object of its love! What is there in the loving of a dog or a horse that, losing one or the other, an emptiness is created? Perhaps it is because the heart goes out wholly without distrust to the faithful, to the undeceiving, to the dumb but loving beast, which, for all its strength, is so hollows. She dropped her hand and spoke to James, who was waiting near by for her orders. "James, you will have Pierre fill a saddle-hamper; two plates, two knives and forks, and so forth. We shall ride in the north country this afternoon. It will be your last ride. To-morrow the horses will be sold." How bravely she said it. "Yes. Miss Annesley." Whom were they going to meet in the north country? "At what hour shall I bring the horses around?" She entered the house and directed her steps to the study. She found her father arranging the morning's mail. She drew up a chair beside him, and ran through her own letters. An invitation to lunch with Mrs. Secretary-of-State; she tossed it into the waste-basket. A dinner-dance at the Country Club, a ball at the Brazilian legation, a tea at the German embassy, a box party at some coming play, an informal dinner at the executive mansion; one by one they fluttered into the basket. A bill for winter furs, a bill from the dressmaker, one from the milliner, one from the glover, and one from the florist; these she ladd aside, reckoning their sum-total, and frowning. How could she have been so extravagant? She chanced to look at her father. He was starling, rather stupidly at a slip of paper which he held in his trembling fingers. "What is it?" she asked, vaguely troubled. "I do not understand," he said, extending the paper for her inspection. Neither did she at first. "Karloff has not done this," went on her father, "for it shows that he has had it discounted at the bank. It is canceled; it is paid. I did not have $20,000 in the bank: I did not have even a quarter of that amount to my credit. There has been some mistake. Our real estate agent expects to realize on the home not earlier than Monday morning. In case it was not sold then, he was to take up the note personally. This is not his work, or I should have been notified." Then, with a burst of grief: "Betty, my poor Betty! How can you forgive me? How can I forgive myself?" "Father, I am brave. Let us forget. It will be better so." She kissed his hand and drew it lovingly across her cheek. Then she rose and moved toward the light. She studded the note carefully. There was nothing on it save Karloff's writing and her father's and the red imprint of the bank's cancellation. Out of the window and beyond she saw James leading the horses to the watering trough. Her face suddenly grew crimson with shame, and as suddenly as it came the color faded. She folded the note and absently tucked it into the bosom of her dress. Then, as if struck by some strange thought, her figure grew tense and rigid against the blue background of the sky. The glow which stole over her features this time had no shame in it, and her eyes shone like the waters of sunlit seas. It must never be; no it must never be. "We shall make inquiries at the bank," she said. "And do not be down- cast, father, the worst is over. What mistakes you have made are forgotten. The future looks bright to me." "Through innocent young eyes the future is ever bright, but as we age we find most of the sunshine on either side, and we stand in the shadow between. Erave heart, I glory in your courage. God will provide for you; He will not let my shadow fall on you. Yours shall be the joy of living, mine shall be the pain. God bless you! I wonder how I shall ever meet your mother's accusing eyes?" "Father, you must not dwell upon this any longer; for my sake you must not. When everything is paid there will be a little left, enough till I and my violin find something to do. After all, the world's applause must be a fine thing. I can even now see the criticisms in the great newspapers. 'A former young society woman, well-known in the fashionable circles of Washington, made her debut as a concert player last night. She is a stunning young person.' 'A young queen of the diplomatic circles, here and abroad, appeared in public as a violinist last night. She is a member of the most exclusive sets, and society was out to do her homage.' 'One of Washington's brilliant young horsewomen,' and so forth. Away down at the bottom of the column, somewhere, they will add that I play the violin rather well for an amateur.' In all her trial, this was the one bitter expression, and she was sorry for it the moment it escaped her. Happily her father was not listening. He was wholly absorbed in the mystery of the canceled note. She had mounted Jane and was gathering up the reins, while James strapped on the saddle-hamper. This done, he climbed into the saddle and signified by touching his cap that all was ready. So they rode forth in the sweet freshness of that November afternoon. A steady wind was blowing, the compact white clouds sailed swiftly across the brilliant heavens, the leaves whispered and fluttered, hither and thither, wherever the wind listed: it was the day of days. It was the last ride, and fate owed them the compensation of a beautiful afternoon. The last ride! Warburton's mouth drooped. Never again to ride with her! How the thought tightened his heart! What a tug it was going to be to give her up! But so it must be. He could never face her gratitude. He must disappear, like the good fairies in the story-books. If he left now, and she found out what he had done, she would always think kindly of him, even tenderly. At twilight, when she took out her violin and played soft measures, perhaps a thought or two would be given to him. After what had happened—this contemptible masquerading and the crisis through which her father had just passed—it would be impossible for her to love him. She would always regard him with suspicion, as a witness of her innocent shame. He recalled the two wooden plates in the hamper. Whom was she going to meet? Ah, well, what mattered it? After to-day the abyss of eternity would yawn between them. How he loved her! How he adored the exquisite profile, the warm-finted skin, the shining hair! . . . And he had lost her! Ah, that last ride! The girl was holding her head high because her heart was full. No more to ride on a bright morning, with the wind rushing past her, bringing the odor of the grasses, of the flowers, of the earth to tingle her nostrils; no more to follow the hounds on a winter's day, with the pack baying beyond the hedges, the gay, red-coated riders sweeping down the field; no more to wander through the halls of her mother's birthplace and her own! Like a breath on a mirror, all was gone. Why? What had she done to be flung down ruthlessly? She, who had been brought up in idleness and luxury, must turn her hands to a living! Without being worldly, she knew the world. Once she appeared upon the stage, she would lose caste among her kind. True, they would tolerate her, but no longer would her voice be heard or her word have weight. Soon she would be tossed about on the whirlpool and swallowed up. Then would come the haggling with managers, long and tiresome journeys, gloomy hotels and indifferent fare, curious people who desired to see the one-time fashionable belle; her portraits would be lithographed and hung up in shop-windows, in questionable resorts, and the privacy so loved by gentlewomen gone; and perhaps there would be insults. And she was only on the threshold of the twenties, the radiant, blooming twenties! During the long ride (for they covered something like seven miles) not a word was spoken. The girl was biding her time; the man had nothing to voice. They were going through the woods, when they came upon a clearing through which a narrow brook loitered or sallied down the incline. She reined in and raised her crop. He was puzzled. So far as he could see, he and the girl were alone. The third person, for whom he reasoned he had brought the second plate, was nowhere in sight. A flat boulder lay at the side of the stream, and she nodded toward it. Warburton emptied the hamper and spread the cloth on the stone. Then he laid out the salad, the sandwiches, the olives, the almonds, and two silver telescope-cups. All the time not a single word from either; Warburton, busied with his task, did not lift his eyes to her. The girl had laid her face against Jane's nose, and two lonely tears trailed slowly down her velvety cheeks. Presently he was compelled to look at her and speak. "Everything is ready, Miss." He spoke huskily. The sight of her tears gave him an indescribable agony. She dropped the bridle reins, brushed her eyes, and the sunshine of a smile broke through the troubled clouds. "Mr. Warburton," she said gently, "let us not play any more. I am too sad. Let us hang up the masks, for the comedy is done." CHAPTER XXVI THE CASTLE OF ROMANCE THE CIRCLE OF HOMANCE How silent the forest was! The brook no longer murmured, the rustle of the leaves was without sound. A spar of sunshine, filtering through the ragged limbs of the trees, fell aslant her, and she stood in an aureola. As for my hero, a species of paralysis had stricken him motionless and dumb. It was all so unexpected, all so sudden, that he had the sensation of being whirled away from reality, and bundled unceremoniously into the unreal. . . . She knew, and had known! A leaf brushed his face, but he was senseless to the touch of it. All he had the power to do was to stare at her. She knew, and had known! Dick stepped into the brook and began to paw the water, and the inter- mission of speech and action came to an end. "You—and you knew?". What a strange sound his voice had in his own ears! "Yes. From the very beginning I knew you to be a gentleman in masquerade: that is to say, when I saw you in the police-court. The absence of the beard confused me at first, but presently I recognized the gentleman whom I had noticed on board the ship." So she had noticed him! "That night you believed me to be your sister Nancy. But I did not know this till lately. And the night I visited her she exhibited some photographs. Among them was a portrait of you without a beard." Warburton started. And the thought that this might be the case had never trickled through his thick skull! How she must have laughed at him secretly! She continued: "Even then I was not sure. But when Col. Raleigh declared that you resembled a former lieutenant of his, then I knew." She ceased. She turned to her horse as if to gather the courage to go on; but Jane had her nose hidden in the stream, and was oblivious of her mistress' need. He waited dully for her to resume, for he supposed that she had not yet done. "I have humiliated you in a hundred ways, and for this I want you to forgive me. I sent the butler away for the very purpose of making you serve in his stead. But you were so good about it all, with never a murmur of rebellion, that I grew ashamed of my part in the comedy. But now—" Her eyes closed and her body swayed; but she clenched her hands, and the faintness passed away. "But for you, my poor father have been dishonored and I should have been forced into the arms of a man whom I despise. Whenever I have humiliated you, you have returned the gift of a kind deed. You will forgive me?" "Forgive you! There is nothing for me to forgive on my side, much on yours. It is you who should forgive me. What you have done I have deserved." His tongue was thick and dry. How much did she know? "No, not wholly deserved it." She fumbled with the buttons of her waist; her eyes were so full that she could not see. She produced an oblong slip of paper. When he saw it a breath as of ice enveloped him. The thing she held out toward him was the canceled note. For a while he did me the honor to believe that I had betrayed him. "I understand the kind and generous impulse which prompted this deed. Oh, I admire it, and I say to you. God bless you! But don't you see how impossible it is? It can not be; no, no! My father and I are proud. What we wee we shall pay. Poverty, to be accepted without plaint, must be without debts of gratitude. But it was noble and great of you; and I knew that you intended to run away without ever letting any one know." "Who told you?" "No one. I guessed it." And he might have denied all knowledge of it! "Won't you—won't you let it be as it is? I have never done anything worth while before, and this has made me happy. Won't you let me do this? Only you need know. I am going away on Monday, and it will be years before I see Washington again. No one need ever know." "It is impossible!" "Why?" She looked away. In her mind's eye she could see this man leading a troop through a snow-storm. How the wind roared! How the snow whirled and eddied about them, or suddenly blotted them from sight! But on and on, resolutely, courageously, hopefully he led them on to safety. He was speaking, and the picture dissolved. "Won't you let it remain just as it is?" he pleaded. Her head moved negatively, and once more she extended the note. He took it and slowly tore it into shreds. With it he was tearing up the dream and tossing it down the winds. "The money will be placed to your credit at the bank on Monday. We can not accept such a gift from any one. You would not, I know. But always shall I treasure the impulse. It will give me courage in the future—when I am fighting alone." "What are you going to do?" "? I am going to appear before the public,"—with assumed lightness; "I and my violin." He struck his hands together. "The stage?"—horrified. "I must live,"—calmly. "But a servant to public caprice? "It ought not to be! I realize that I can not force you to accept my gift, but this I shall do; I shall buy in the horses and give them back to you." Perhaps she knew the answers to her own questions, but, womanlike, wanted to be told. And at that moment, though I am not sure, I believe Warburton's guarding angel gave him some secret advice. "You ask me why I have played the fool in the motley?"—finding the strength of his voice. "Why I have submitted in silence to your just humiliations? Why I have acted what you term generously? Do you mean to tell me that you have not guessed that riddle?" She turned her delicate head aside and switched the grasses v with her riding-crop. "Well"—flinging aside his cap which he had been holding in his hand "I will tell you. I wanted to be near you. I wanted to be, what you made me, your servant. It is the one great happiness that I have known. I have done all these things because—because, God help me, I love you! Yes, I love you, with every beat of my heart!"—lifting his head proudly. Upon his face love had put the hallowed seal. "Do not turn your head away, for my love is honest. I ask nothing, nothing; I expect nothing. I know that it is hopeless. What woman could love a man who has made himself ridiculed in her eyes, as I have made myself in yours?"—bitterly. "No, not ridiculous; never that!" she interrupted, her face still averted. He strode toward her hastily, and for a moment her heart almost ceased to beat. But all he did was to kneel at her feet and kiss the hem of her riding-skirt. He rose hurriedly. "God bless you, and good-by!" He knew that if he remained he would lose all control, crush her madly in his arms, and hurt her lips with his despairing kisses. He had not gone a dozen paces, when he heard her call pathetically. He stopped. "Mr. Warburst, surely you are not going to leave me here alone with the horses?" "Pardon me, I did not think! I am confused!" he blundered. "You are modest, too." Why is it that, at the moment a man succeeds to his embarrassment, a woman rises above hers? "Come nearer."—a command which he obeyed with some hesitation. "You have been a groom, a butler, all for the purpose of telling me that you love me. Listen. Love is like a pillar based upon a dream: one by one we lay the stones of beauty, of courage, of faith, of honor, of steadfastness. We wake, and how the beautiful pillar tumbles about our ears! What right have you to build up your, pillar upon a dream of me? What do you know of the real woman—for I have all the faults and vanities of the sex; what do you know of me? How do you know that I am not selfish? that I am constant? that I am worthy a man's loving?" "Love is not like Justice, with a pair of scales to weigh this or that. I do not ask why I love you; the knowledge is all I need. And you are not selfish, inconsistent, and God knows that you are worth loving. As I said, I ask for nothing." "On the other hand," she continued, as if she had not heard his interpolation, "I know you thoroughly. I have had evidence of your courage, your steadfastness, your unselfishness. Do not misunderstand me. I am proud that you love me. This love of yours which asks for no reward, only the right to confess, ought to make any TABLE HE WAS DUMB. good woman happy, whether she loved or not. And you would have gone away without telling me, even!" "Yes." He dug into the earth with his riding-boot. If only she knew how she was crucifying him! "Why were you going away without telling me?" He was dumb. Her arms and eyes, uplifted, appealed, to heaven. "What shall I say? How shall I make him understand?" she murmured. "You love me, and you ask for nothing? Is it because in spirit my father has committed a crime?"—growing tall and darting a proud glance at him. "Good heaven, do not believe that!" he cried. "What am I to believe?"—tapping the ground with her boot so that the spur jingled. A pause. "Mr. Warburton, do you know what a woman loves in a man? I will tell you the secret. She loves courage, constancy, and honor, purpose that surmounts obstacles; she loves pursuit; she loves the hour of surrender. Every woman builds a castle of romance and waits for Prince Charming to enter, and once he does, there must be a game of hide and seek. Perhaps I have built my castle of romance, too. I wait for Prince Charming, and a man comes, dressed as a groov. There has been a game of hide and seek, but somehow he has tripped. Will you not ask me if I love you? "No, no! I understand. I do not want your gratitude. You are meeting generosity with generosity. I do not want your gratitude,"—brokenly. "I want your love, every thought of your mind, every beat of your heart. Can you give me these honestly?" She drew off a glove. Her hand became lost in her bosom. When she drew it forth she extended it, palm upward. Upon it lay a faded, withered rose. Once more she turned her face away. He was at her side, and the hand and rose were crushed between his two hands. "Can you give what I ask? Your love, your thoughts, your heart-beats?" It was her turn to remain dumb. "Can you?" He drew her toward him perhaps roughly, being unconscious of his strength and the nervous energy which the sight of the rose had called into being. "Can we give those things which are—already—given?" Only Warburton and the angels, or rather the angels and Warburton, to get at the chronological order of things, heard her, so low had grown her voice. You may tell any kind of a secret to a horse; the animal will never betray you. Warburton would never tell me what followed; and I am too sensible to hang around the horses in hopes of catching them in the act of talking over the affair among them- THE PLANET SATURDAY....MARCH 24, 1906. selves. But I can easily imagine this bit of equine dialogue; Jane: Did you ever see such foolish- ness? Dick: Never! And with all this good grass about! Whatever did follow caused the girl to murmur: "This is the lover I love; this is the lover I have been waiting for in my castle of romance. I am glad that I have lost all worldly things; I am gled, glad! When did you first learn that you loved me?" (Old, very old; thousands of years old, and will grow to be many thousand years older. But from woman's tips it is the sweetest question man ever heard.) "At the Gare du Nord, in Paris; the first time I saw you." "And you followed me across the ocean?"—wonderingly. "And when did you first learn that you loved me?" he asked. (Oh the trite phrases of lovers' altant.) "When I saw you in the police-court. Mercy; what a scandal! I am to marry my butler!" Jane: They are laughing! Dick: That is better than weeping. Besides, they will probably walk us home. (Wise animal!) He was not only wise but prophetic. The lovers did walk the horses home. Hand in hand they came back along the road, through the flame and flush of the ripening year. The god of light burned in the far west, blending the brown earth with his crimson radiance, while the purple shadows of the approaching dusk grew larger and larger. The man turned. "What a beautiful world it is!" he said. "I begin to find it so," replied the girl, looking not at the world, but at him. I believe they sent William back for the saddle-hammer and my lebu's can. Selfish Monopolist. Two men were discussing monopolies, one maintaining that there are both good and bad monopolies, and that those he was connected with are distinctly of the good sort. Then he proceeded to illustrate what a good monopoly is, and to show the nature of a bad monopolist. There was a young man in the south who went one summer on a visit to some relatives in the north. On his return he sought out another young man and said, impressively: "Look a-here, I understand that you took advantage of my absence from town last month to go calling on Miss Henrietta Brown." 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Loft.—Four hundred and sixty lineal 12 x 14 Sheep Pen 12 x 14 Feed Nack Feed Room 4 x 4 Feed Nack 12 x 14 Sheep Pen 12 x 14 Feed Nack LAWN SHOWN ARRANGEMENT. Width, 3 spans, 12 plus 12 feet—equals 36 feet, 3 spans, 16 plus 16 plus 16 feet—equals 48 feet, Height, 16 feet. Stables, 8 feet, Loft, 8 feet. Curb roof three-quarter and one-quarter pitch. Vertical siding. Shingle roof 5-inch lap. feet bridging, 1 by 2 inches, 1,740 square feet loft boards. Siding.—Thirty-five hundred square feet siding, 2,800 square feet roof boards, 220 linear feet fascia, 21,500 shingles. Other Material.—Twelve battens 1¼ by 6 inches by 10 feet, 6 battens 1¼ by 6 inches by 4 feet, 600 square feet plain boards. Hardwood, Etc.—Two tracks 30 inches, sight pair hangers, three pair hinges, strap; 80 pounds 60d spikes, 100 pounds 40d spikes, 300 pounds 20d spikes, 100 pounds 8d nails, 100 pounds 7d nails; 80 pounds 3d nails; 12 sash, 36x48 inches; 12 pair butts. WATER FOR DAIRY USE. The makers of butter need to be very careful about the kind of water they use in washing the butter and in washing the churns and other utensils. We have called attention frequently to the fact that much of the "off" flavor in butter has been found to be due to the bad way in which butter was worked. At one large creamery it was found that the water was being taken from a large tank which, on investigation, was discovered to be very foul. The discarding of this water supply and the securing of pure water resulted in a very decide improvement in the quality of the butter. The Ohio State university reports that recently one of the dairy experts connected with that university was called to Greenville, O., by a creamery company, to determine the cause of the butter rapidly deteriorating. They had a concrete building, well ventilated, well lighted, and clean. The water for washing the butter was taken from a well 133 feet deep, driven in solid rock. The water was found very hard. The dairy expert had an analysis made of the water, and it was discovered that there were 1,800 germs in a single drop, or 35,000 in a cubic centimeter. Another well near by was tested, and, although this well was only 15 feet deep, it was found that the water only contained two per cent, as many germs as that found in the deep well water. A third well was tested, this third well having been sunk to a depth of 90 feet in the same strata of rock as the first; the water contained a very large percentage of bacteria. This is contrary to the usual experience, says the Farmers' Review. In most cases the deep wells produce water almost entirely free from bacteria. The case in Ohio illustrated the fact that no rule can be laid down as to the purity of the water supply, but that each man must know for himself that the water he uses is pure. POINTS OF THE HORSE. Technical Terms of the Parts of the Animal and Their Location. In response to the request for the external points of the horse and where they are to be found the Prairie Farmer replies as follows: We can answer this question no better than by printing an outline of a horse and by refer- THE POINTS OF A HORSE. ring to the points by numbers. It can be readily seen that 1 is the muzzle, 2, the face; 3. forehead; 4, poll; 5, crest; 6, cheek; 7, lower jaw; 8, throat; 9, neck; 10, withers; 11, point of shoulder; 12, breast; 13, elbow; 14, forearm; 15, knee; 16, cannon or shank; 17, fetlock; 18, pastern; 19, coronet; 20, foot; 21, girth; 22, belly; 23, flank; 24, back; 25, loin; 26, haunch or hip; 27, croup; 28, dock; 29, thigh or quarter; 30, lower thigh or gaskell; 31, hock; 32, the heel. Obviously these points will apply in a general way to all horses. The only difference there may be is that in some they may be more readily discerned than in others. HANDY SHEEP RACK. Very Simple in Construction, But Serviceable, Especially in Lambing Time. It is made of two one-inch boards 16 feet long, uprights four feet long. spaced seven inches. Set 15 or 18 inches from the wall and secure by stakes to keep spotted seven inches. Set 15 or 18 inches from the wall and secure by stakes to keep from slipping. Heavy twine or rope keeps it from falling while being filled. A 16-foot rack accommodates ten sheep. These are good to use in lambing season for a pen for ewes to keep them separate, says the Farm and Home. I use one in the yard up against the fence to feed cows. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA The Modern Home COMPLETE PLANS AND DESIGN OF MODEST DWELLING [Copyrighted, 1985, by Stanley A. Dennis, 214 Broadway, New York City.] We herewith show the elevations of floor plans for a model low cost double house. With all modern improvements it should cost £2,200. This house can be erected on a 25-foot corner lot, or larger. There is a cellar under the entire house, with 12 and 8-inch brick walls, which are all laid in cement mortar. The cellar floor is also of cement. The hot air furnaces are also Stoop Stoop Kitchen 8+130 Kitchen 8+136 Close Class DiningRoom 90 x 140 DiningRoom 90 x 140 Parlor 102 x 120 Hall Parlor 102 x 120 Piazza 60 Wide placed in the cellars, which heats the house complete. The entire frame is built of hemlock lumber complete. The house is sheathed and covered with two-ply building paper, narrow beveled siding of cypress and white cedar shingles, as shown on the elevation. The main cornice is covered with cypress dimension shingles on 1x2 inch spruce lath. Main roof is tar and gravel. All windows, except the cellar, are fitted with outside blinds, hung with up-to-date hardware, etc., complete. All of the exterior woodwork is painted two good coats of white lead linseed oil paints, of such colors as may be desired. All of the interior walls are lath and DOUBLE-HEADED TORTOISE. That nature is not without a latent sense of humor is often demonstrated by the strange abnormal creatures and freak growths she produces, and rarely does a week pass by that some one of the many illustrated publications does not contain a photograph of a curiosity of this character. Accordingly, the Scientific American adds one more to the list of oddities in the accompanying engraving of a two-headed box tortoise, the property True to Life. "Gracialous!" exclaimed the shocked old lady as she adjusted her spectacles. "If you big boys don't stop pummeling that little lad he will have to go to the hospital. I hope you don't call that playing soldier?" "We ain't playing soldier," retorted the tough boy in the green sweater. "We're playing naval cadets."—Chicago Daily News. plastered with two good coats of pat-ent plaster and finished with white hard walls. The floors throughout are of North Carolina pine, well blind-nailed. The stairs are all built of cypress, with ash newels, rails and balusters complete. The trim for entire house is of No. 1 clear cypress complete. Parlors and dining-rooms are fitted with quartered oak mantels, with bevel plate mirrors, the facings and summer pieces complete. The kitchens and bathrooms contain full and complete plumbing and fixtures of the latest and most improved make, put in, in a thoroughly first-class and up-to-date manner complete. The hardware throughout is all of plain imitation bronze, with apple-wood knobs, roses and escutcheons complete. The building is piped for gas throughout. The interior woodwork is all finished in the natural wood on the first floor Bed Room 82'x810' Bed Room 82'x810' Bath Room Bath Room Hall Bath Room Hall Bed Room 1110x140' Bed Room 1110x140' Bed Room 1110x120' Bed Room 1110x120' Roof Record Pipe and on the second floor with water color stains of such colors as desired. All of the same is to be properly rubbed and finished with two good coats of light hard drying varnish. Those desiring to build such a building as this will do well to study this plan and design carefully, as it contains many unique and attractive features and can be built for a home or investment. of Mr. E. S. Schmid, a taxidermist of Washington. The turtle, which is of a common and well-known variety and whose scientific name is Terrapene Carolina, was found in Fairfax county, Va., near Mount Vernon, and with the exception of its superfluity of heads appears to differ little from the ordinary representatives of its kind. The truth of this, however, could only be ascertained at the cost, we fear, of the creature's life, for its armor-like shell would make an investigation of its internal economy hazardous if not impossible. The animal appears to be about four months old, and measures some two by one and three-quarters inches, the shell being possibly a trifle larger than would ordinarily be the case. The two heads are nearly of the same size, and as far as can be seen are perfect in all respects. Its other visible members do not exceed the usual number, and it is probably not incorrect to conclude that the multiplicity is confined to the heads. These do not feed together, but do separately and alternately, and appear, furthermore, to be otherwise independent. The photograph clearly shows the disposition and the perfect state of both the heads. Credentials Sufficient Young Usher—in fashionable church —Take a look at that stranger down there waiting to be seated. That's a cheap-John suit he has on, isn't it? Old Usher—after critical examination—No, that's the new style of French goods; cost $50, if a cent. Show him to a front pew.—N. Y. Weekly. Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalla. For information concerning the organization of lodges, apply at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children's Department also constitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.09 to $40.00. If you have noPythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrnize one. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address "Can you bake bread?" "Indeed, an' I can, ma'am." "And can you make hot cakes?" "I can that, ma'am. But if ye'd asked me to make cold ones, ma'am, I'd have to say no."—Chicago Journal. A More Matter of Form. 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The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a co- Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial bene- dues. The only expense for re- a rosette, costing 25 cents for f THE BANDS OF CALA stitutes a feature and persons circle. The expense is nomin THE PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY. STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club, PURE WHISKEY Will Satisfy the lover of the right kind of stimulant. Special prices. We have all grades of good liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and see us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO., 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia. GEORGE O. BROWN PHOTOGRAPHER. Fine Photographs. True to Life. High-class service. Latest Improvements in Photographs to Go. Work executed. Lessonable Estimates and Prompt service. Pictures Enhanced from Old negatives or Photographs. 8 mts. WANTED. 100 young Colored girls to do light manufacturing work. Will be well paid while learning. 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The longest features, but the principles funded on Friendship, based on Charity the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. an endowment and burial benefit o per week sick dues. The badge galla. For information concerning THREE Consult! THE 3 CELEBRATED MEDIUMS, CLAIRVOYANTS AND PALMISTS. CALL FULL NAMES, RE-UNITE THE SEPARATED. CAUSE SPEED-Y MARRIAGE. WHEN IN DOUBT OR TROUBLE, CALL. DO NOT WRITE. WE HAVE NO TIME TO ANSWER LETTERS. GONZALES, 236 Bergen St., Brooklyn, N. Y Between Bond and Nevins Sts. Bergen Street Cars Pass My Door. RICHMOND MEDICAL COLLEGE 406 E. Baker Street. Chartered June 14, 1905. Co-educational. The only Colored College in Virginia for a thorough course in Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy. Session: 1905—1906 begins Oct. 2, 1905. For further information, write. J. ALEX. LEWIS, M. D., Secretary. 9-23-3mos. 9-23-3mos. 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SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1906 It is now conceded that the Hepburn Rate Bill, under the management of "Blunderbuss" Tillman will never pass the United States Senate. That gentleman made a speech that convinced nobody. His attack upon President Roosevelt broke the last tie that binds and caused the friends of the occupant of the White House to make up their minds that no measure should be put through that would give any credit to this fiery "Pitchfork" Senator from South Carolina. --- The legislature of Virginia has adjourned and it is conceded by many of its friends that it was the sorriest body that has assembled here in many a long day. It did everything it could to cause trouble and raise a rumpus and finally ended it all by doubling its own salary. There has been much unfavorable comment on account of this. It has always been regarded as an improper thing for a body to set its own salary. It passed the "Jim Crow" Street car Bill, giving to conductors the power to separate passengers according to race. Some of its advocates humorously announced that the Richmond Negroes are in favor of the system, because some of them find it to their necessary convenience to ride three or five miles rather than walk that distance when they can ride before 7 o'clock and after 6 o'clock for two and one half cents, and despite the fact that they no longer ride in the street cars for pleasure. The Richmond Negroes fought the "Jim Crow" law in every way conceivable and there are many here still fighting it. There are colored people here who do not ride on the street cars and hope never to have to do so. They accept all of those discriminations under protest. To be plain they oppose all legislation based upon race, color or previous condition of servitude, the Supreme Court of the United States to the contrary, notwithstanding. TAMPERING WITH THE LAWS. Fast as we predicted, the robbing of the Negro has led to the robbing of the white man. The evil has not been eradicated. Its field of operations has been shifted. A downright sensation was created in the state senate when Senator Thomas declared that a bill had been "dectored" by the insertion of an amendment that would have de feated its purpose. A committee on investigation was at once appointed and a law enacted making it a felony for any one to be guilty of such an offense. An attempt was afterwarJs mad to make light of the affair and to claim that the charge was a mistake, but the more it was probed the deeper the mass of corruption and it was ascertained that not only had this measure been tampered with, but others had before been treated in a similar fashion. Yet, it was alleged that it was necessary to eliminate the bulk of honest colored men as a voting factor in order to purify politics and it is now being demonstrated that there is just as much corruption rampant as there ever was during the palmy days of Negro political equality. There are hundreds of white office-holders and office-seekers who are wholly incompetent and honest, justice-loving white men of means and respectability have actually no chance of being elected to office. The day of retribution was promised, but to the initiated and the observant, it seems to have already arrived. Oh, this practicing and condoning of evil that good may come! THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DEFTED. The lynching of Ed. Johnson, colored at Chattanooga. Tenn. last Monday night in defiance of the mandates of the United States Supreme Court is an object lesson to the lovers of law and order and shows to what extremes the lawless elements in this country will go. Here is a tribunal that has not failed to emphasize its respect for local autonomy and state's rights by decisions that have been the source of criticism, both favorable and unfavorable. As to its final conclusion in a case like Johnson's, no one who will pay the least attention to its past record, will doubt. It has just vacated an order in Kentucky and has relegated Caleb Powers to the tender mercles of the Kentucky officials. In the face of all of these facts, this mob deliberately murdered Ed. Johnson and thereby placed itself in contempt of the Supreme Court of the United States. In some respects, it is a god-send that the lynching occurred. It will establish a precedent and it will permit this august tribunal to go on record and maintain its dignity in the face of one of the most disgraceful happenings in its history. Life is entirely too cheap in this section of the country. The question of guilt or innocence of the victim is of secondary importance now. Shall the laws of our country be respected and the dignity of our courts maintained? It is for the Supreme Court of the United States to give an answer. Lynch-law must go! MAYOR McCARTHY'S DECLARATIONS. The speech of Mayor McCarthy at the Academy of Music Thursday night, March 15th, 1906 was a remarkable deliverance in more ways than one. It shows that President Roosevelt is not alone in setting a high moral standard for his political followers. The Sermon on the Mount was not exactly recited, but he gave voice to some declarations just as good. He stood upon a firm platform and if he will adhere to its principles, he cannot fall for right is eternal and wrong flourishes only for a little while. Mayor McCarthy has certainly convinced Richmond of his sincerity. He has made some blunders, but there is no question but what he was prompted by pure motives and a heartfelt desire to work a reformation in this ring-ridden city. If the Mayor succeeds in squaring himself and his followers to the principles of the Golden Rule, he will have accomplished much and will hand his name down to posterity as blessed. He did not call any names, but his intimations and plain declarations concerning the Richmond City Council were startling. Some of the facts cited by him have been known by us for years. The city of Richmond has never selected its best material for membership in the City Council. It has been one of the wonders in our mind to note the calibre of some of the white men sent to represent some of the wealthiest wards in this vicinity. When the Mayor charges that there are attorneys who make the laws in the Council Chamber and then attempt to break the laws in the Police Court, he has rung the changes on a very important subject. When he alleges that there are attorneys who accept the stolen loot of their clients in pay for their services, he reflects seriously upon the character of the aforesaid attorneys and make them fit subjects for expulsion from the Bar Association. It should not be forgotten that it was asserted that the elimination of the colored man as a voter would THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA purify politics and improve existing conditions. Has it done so? Read the address of Mayor Carlton Mc Carthy before a crowded house at the Academy of Music and you have your answer. It is just what we predicted. It is a very poor states man, who practices evil that good may come. THE CUTCHERY IN THE PHILIP PIMES. The massacre of the Moros in the Philippines, including as it did men women and children has not been surpassed in its cruelty by any official act during a decade of the nation's history. It is closely akin to the Fort Pillow massacre, which aroused every colored man in the United States. The official explanation is answered, when it is conceded that the crater refuge of the unfortunate inhabitants might have been taken by a siege. Rev. Dr. Chas. H. Parkhurst of New York in speaking of the affair last Sunday said: "Consider," he said, "the easy and self-satisfied way in which we regard the mowing down of the savage and semi-savage in the Philippine Islands, when they stand in the way of the national purpose, of which, after eight years of 'benevolent assimilation,' we have just had a most startling and heart-rending example in the bombarding to death of six hundred men, women and children, collected in a Crater in the Moro Islands. "There are two things to be said about the jubilant congratulations sent by the chief executive to General Wood. The first is in reference to the designation of the performance as a 'brilliant feat of arms.' Basing our estimate on the reports rendered by General Wood, it was no more a 'brilliant feat of arms' than smoking bees out of a hive or rats out of a nest. Who can fail to be impressed with the force of all that Dr. Parkhurst said? He continued: "But a far sadder feature of the executive communication to General Wood is that it contained not one word of sympathy, one word of tender distress in view of the indiscriminate slaughter perpetrated 'in honor of the American flag.' "We have been taught to believe, and we like to believe that the President has a great heart. "And so I prefer to think of that cablegram, composed as it was in the presence, practically of mangled men, torn women, armless and headless children. I prefer to think of it, not as being the expression of the man Roosevelt, but of the President Roosevelt in whom officially the heartlessness and the greed of unregenerate nationality is functionally represented. I want to find a way out for Roosevelt, for the performance on the Jolo Islan I has a gauntly look, and the cablegram matched it. "With the exception of the main tenance in the South of Negro slavery, there has been, I should say, nothing sadder in our history than the national attitude in which we to-day stand as toward the little brown people of the Philippine Islands. Dr. Parkhurst expresses the opinion of every conservative, justice-loving citizen in the United States. The reference to the Man Roosevelt is the happy and fortunate expression of a charitable friend. The distinguished occupant of the White House made a mistake. The American troops can find no glory in such exploits. Colored troops have won imperishable fame in many wars and we have never heard it charged against them that they had the hardihood to fight women and butcher children. When they reach that stage of depravity, it will be well for them to rend their uniforms and turn in their rifles for shame will have perched upon the banners, where eagles formerly rested. EARTHQUAKE KILLS THOUSANDS London, March 21. — According to the Dally Telegraph's correspondent at Tokio, it is now estimated that several thousand persons were killed by the recent earthquake in Formosa. The whole island was shaken. Telegrams from Formosa state that the prosperous towns of Dattyo, Raishiko and Shinko were completely destroyed. At Kagi alone 2000 natives and seven Japanese were killed. At a rough estimate the damage amounts to about $45,000,000. William Rockefeller Has Cancer. New York, March 20—The World says: "Private advices received in this city said that William Rockefeller, who has been in Europe since early last fall, has cancer of the stomach. The secret of Mr. Rockefeller's illness has been guarded with the greatest care for months. The nature of his disease was known to a few members of the Rockefeller family and to two or three of the most prominent men in the Standard Oil company at the time Mr. Rockefeller sailed for Europe, but the information was never permitted to have any circulation. William Rockefeller is 61 years old, next to his elder brother, John D. Rockefeller, he is probably the richest man in the United States." Steamer Cearanee Floated Atlantic City, N. J., March 20.—The British steamer Cearense, from Para for New York, which went ashore near the Toms River life saving station last Friday, has been floated. After a preliminary examination of the condition of the vessel had been made, the steamer proceeded to New York under her own steam. A survey of the Coarense will be made at New York to ascertain what damage, if any, the vessel sustained. "BLACK HAND" LEADERS IN TOILS Two Italiana Hold in €18,000 Bail For Dynamite Outraga Scranton, Pa., March 21. — Paul Trapi and Giuseppe Cagliano, the two Italians arrested while being hand-marked money by Giovano Fazio, a macaroni manufacturer, who, it is alleged, they had repeatedly threatened and whose store was dynamited New Years eve, supposedly by these two, were given another hearing before Alderman Kasson and put under $10,000 additional bail, making $18,000 bail for each man. At the hearing the young daughter of Fazio swore that Trapli is the man whom she saw throw the bomb which wrecked her father's store. She was looking cut of a window on the second floor, where the family lived, when she noticed three men on the opposite side of the street. While she was watching them, one of them, who she identifies positively as Trapli came across hurriedly and threw some things on the porch of the store. Immediately there was an explosion, and the lower front of the building was wrecked. Fazio himself swore positively that Trapli and Cacchiano were the men who came to his store no less than 12 times after the explosion, demanding money to use their influence to prevent further explosions and the death of him and his family. According to Fazio's daughter, they represented on one of their visits that they had been hired to "put him out of business" by a rival macaroni manufacturer, who is one of Scranton's leading and wealthiest citizens. The purpose or the authorities in demanding such heavy ball is to prevent the possibility of a repetition of the experience in the John Costa case. Costa was the leader of the Carbon-dale "Black Hand." and the police had a sure case against him. He got a trust company to go on his ball in the sum of $4000 and got out of jail. He at once fled to Italy. Trapi, who has a number of aliases among them Pelligrino Niccoli, is said by the local police and Captain Walsh of the United States secret service, to be one of the men implicated in the "barrel mystery" in New York, in which it will be remembered a wealthy Buffalo Italian was robbed and murdered and his dismembered body put into a barrel. It is also said that he is wanted in Italy to serve 25 years for attempted murder and 15 years for felonious assault on a girl. He lived with his wife and children in Raymond court under the name of Trapi, but got his mail at 214 Linden street under the name of Pelligrino Gulero. Both Trapi and Cagiliano are intelligent and prosperous looking. It is claimed by the police that they are the leaders of the "Black Hand" in this region, and that between them they have exorted between $15,000 and $20,000 from Italianes hereabouts. MURDER AT COLUMBIA, PA. Clayton Christy Shot Frank Mellissinger For Prejudicing His Sweetheart. Lancaster, Pa., March 19. —Clayton Christy, aged 24 years, shot and killed Frank Meissinger, 47 years old, at Columbia. Christy claimed that Meissinger had attempted to prejudice against him Miss Grace Findley, to whom he had been paying attentions. After drinking heavily, shortly before midnight, Christy called at the Meissinger home, on Front street. He shot at Washington Meissinger, a son, who opened the door for him, but missed his mark, and then fired a bullet into the breast of Frank Meissinger, who had come to the door at the sound of the first shot. Meissinger died almost immediately. TWELVE DEAD IN SNOWSLIDE Miners Met Death While Trying to Escape Starvation. Silverton, Col., March 20—Twelve miners employed at the Shenandoah mine were caught by a great snow slide and swept to their death. Their bodies have not yet been recovered. Assistance has been summoned from Silverton to help dig the victims from beneath the snow. According to a report received from Howardsville, the 12 men were killed by a snow slide which struck the boarding house at the Shenandoah mine while they were at dinner. It is reported that 21 men were caught in the slide and that nine of them dug their way out. Grover Cleveland is 69. Princeton, N. J., March 19—Former President Grover Cleveland spent his birthday away from home Sunday for the first time since he moved to Princeton. This is his 69th birthday. Mr. Cleveland is now in Florida with Professor Howard McClenahan, where the two have been for ten days. He will likely remain in the south a month longer on account of poor health. Mrs. Cleveland said that his outing in Florida was improving him, and that she expected him to return much better. Three Men Killed By Cave In Hammonton, N. J., March 21.—Antonio Macri, Mattio Shani and Giuseppe Costa, Italians, lost their lives at Folsom, on the Cape May division of the Atlantic City railroad, by the caving-in of a gravel bank. They were suffocated. Fifteen men were digging out an embankment, when it suddenly caved in and the three unfortunate men were caught and covered up by 50 tons of earth. Palma Re-Elected President Havana, March 20. — The Cuban presidential electors formally met here and unanimously elected Tomas Estrada Palma president of the republic COUNT WITTE WILL RETIRE Russian Statesman Declares Career as Premier is Ended. HIS ACTION DUE TO ILL HEALTH St. Petersburg, March 20.—In high circles the rumor is current that Count Witte has definitely decided to retire from the premiership. The Associated Press is unable to confirm the rumor. From an absolutely authentic source, however, it can be stated that Count Witte, at a session of the council of the empire, made an enigmatical statement, which is interpreted by many members of the council as a virtual declaration that his career as premier is ended and that he will be succeeded by Privy Councillor Kokorsoff, former minister of finance A project for the solution of the agrarian problem by the purchase of lands from the nobles and other large proprietors through the peasant banks and their resale to peasants on long term instalment payments was under discussion. As the treasury is in no condition to advance money to the banks for this purpose, Count Witte advocated a scheme under which the banks should purchase the lands with 15-year credit bonds instead of cash. A very marked division of the cabinet developed. Finance Minister Shipoff opposed the premier. Suddenly M. Kokovsov arose and in a warm speech earnestly supported Count Witte's views. When he had concluded Count Witte closed the debate in a few words, rather apologizing for his seeming indifference and thanking M. Kokovsov for his support, adding: "I also might have made a better defense had I been as much interested in the future as Alexander Nicholae vitch," meaning M. Kokovsoff, Russians even on formal occasions referring to persons by their Christian names. On what is apparently reliable authority, it is stated that the condition of Count Witte's health is quite unsatisfactory. He is said to have experienced a rather alarming attack of heart trouble a few days ago. His physician advised him some time since to give up work. It is known that Count Witte, believing that he had weathered the political storm, formed a determination to relinquish the premiership upon the meeting of the national assembly. Recently, however, the strength of the reactionaries increased and the premier was obliged to keep up the fight against heavy odds. It may be that his endurance was thus exhausted and that, feeling that his health was declininf, he has reached the decision to retire immediately. ROBBERS GET $425,000 Twenty Armed Men Hold Up Credit Mutual Bank at Moscow and Escape. Moscow, March 21.—The Credit Mutual, one of the largest banks in Moscow, was mysteriously robbed by masked men, the robbers securing $432,500. It was an extremely daring job. The last of the clerks had just departed, leaving an inside guard of three men, while under the porte cochere outside were a policeman and the house porter. According to the story of the guards, in the twinkling of an eye they were confronted with revolvers in the hands of 20 masked men who had entered silently by the main door, which had been locked when the office force left. After a command to the guards to hold up their hands not a word was spoken. The guards were quickly bound and gagged and thrown into a dark corner. When all was ready, the chief of the robbers went to the heavy, burglar-proof safe and with a few whirls of the knob threw the combination of the lock, the heavy doors swung open and the treasure of the bank was revealed. The plunder, consisting of gold, silver and notes, was speedily thrust into sacks. When a clean haul of the money had been made, not a kopec being left, the robbers departed as silently as they came, making their exit through the main entrance and leaving no trace behind them. It is the general impression that the key to the mystery is within the bank itself. Negro Murderer Recaptured Towson, Md., March 20.—Isaac Winder, the colored murderer who escaped from jail here two weeks ago, was captured near Loch Raven. Winder is under sentence to be hanged March 30 for the murder of a toll-gate keeper on the Dulaneys Valley turnplke, a few miles from here, last December. On March 5 he escaped from jail, and by his intimate knowledge of the surrounding country he has ever since been able to elude the many searching parties that have attempted to recapture him. Wants New Judicial System For Jersey Trenton, N. J., March 21. — The commission appointed a new role ago to recommend changes in the state constitution regarding the judicial system, has completed its labors and will submit its report to the legislature in a few days. The report will provide for a substitution of a supreme court for the present supreme court, chancery court, court of errors and appeals and prerogative court. The new supreme court will be divided into three divisions—appellate, chancery and law. The circuit court judges are to be abolished. A new court of pardons will be provided, to consist of the governor, chancellor, chief justice and two specially appointed judges. Justices of the peace are to be made legislative instead of constitutional officers. Mother and Child Killed By Train. Grand Rapids, Mich., March 21.—Mrs. Cornelia Botesma and her one-year-old child were struck by a Michigan Central passenger train near this city while driving across the track. The child was instantly killed and the mother died at Butterworth hospital. CASHIER AN EMBEZZLER First National Bank of Freeland, Pa. Loses $56,900. Hazleton, Pa., March 17.—F. N. Everett, cashier of the First National Bank of Freeland, was arrested here on the charge of embezzling $56,900 from the institution. William Beckley, a lawyer, of Bloomsburg, was arrested at about the same time on the charge of conspiracy. Both warrants were sworn out by A. Oswald, president of the bank, before United States Commissioner C. F. Hill, of this city, who committed both the accused men without bail for a further hearing, when a national bank examiner will be here. Everett and Beckley claim the money was sunk in the Pennsylvania paper mills of Catawissa. The capital stock of the bank is $50,000. It was organized in April, 1902, and Mr. Everett has been its cashier ever since. He is under $15,000 bond with a Baltimore surety company. It is said all the depositors will be fully protected. Robert Lyons, who has been appointed receiver for the bank, has arrived at Freeland, and had a conference with the officers of the institution. After the meeting, Receiver Lyons said he was authorized to make the announcement that if no further discrepancies are found the bank will be able to resume business in a short time. MAY PUNISH LYNCHERS U. S. Supreme Court May Investigate Killing of Negro In Tennessee. Washington, March 21.—Some of the members of the supreme court of the United States are considering the advisability of an attempt to secure the punishment of the members of the mob which took from the jail in Chattanooga, Tenn., Ed Johnson, the negro rapist, whose legal execution was stayed by an order issued by the supreme court. The department of justice also is considering action in the matter. The supreme court is not now in session, and will not be for a fortnight yet, but it is possible that conference may be called at an early date to consider what course should be pursued. So far there has been no effort on the part of its members to reach a common understanding, but two modes of proceeding have been suggested, one contemplating the taking of the matter in hand by the supreme court, and the other turning the matter over to the executive branch of the government. In the first event the officers responsible for the custody of the prisoner would probably be called upon to answer to the court, and in case the matter were turned over to the executive branch, there would be an effort to secure the arrest and punishment of members of the mob. OVER $4,000,000 INVOLVED Pittsburg, Pa., March 20—In common pleas court No. 2 F. N. Hoffstot, president of the Pressed Steel Car company, and J. W. Friend, also an official in the same company, were made defendants in a most sensational suit involving $3,833,000 worth of securities and real estate valued at about $250,000. It is alleged by the Colonial Trust company, the Mercantile Trust company and Mrs. Jane C. Jutte, administrators of the estate of the late W. C. Jutte, a millionaire Pittsburg coal operator, who died suddenly at Atlantic City last summer, that the latter, while a mental wreck, gave over the securities for a loan of $200,000, besides paying $6000 interest and $6000 commission for getting the loan. In the bill filed Hoffstot and Friend are alleged to have secured the securities and property while professing friendship for Jutte and his family. HAZING BILL AGREED ON Sub-Committee on Naval Affairs Ready to Report Measure Washington. March 26.—A hazing bill was agreed upon by the sub-committee sent to Annapolis to investigate discipline there. The bill will be reported to the full committee on nal affairs and doubtless will be introduced in the house in a few days. It provides for a graduated system of punishment for hazing; empowers the secretary of the navy to dismiss midshipmen when he sees fit, and makes it possible for him to have cases of hazing investigated by court martial. The bill embodies most of the recommendations of Secretary Bonaparte and vests the whole responsibility for discipline at the academy in the secretary of the navy and the commander of the academy. Boy Shot In Quarrel Philadelphia, March 20.—A quarrel over a 10-cent brass ring here resulted in the killing of Herbert McArthur, a 16-year-old boy, by William Johnson, a companion, who is only 14 years of age. They had a dispute over the possession of the ring and began to fight. Before anyone could interfere Johnson took a small revolver from his pocket and shot McArthur. The latter died in a few minutes. Johnson was arrested. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, March 15 The North Carolina Pine Association, representing $20,000,000 capital, held their annual meeting at Norfolk, Va. Lena Fisher, 7 years old, of Philadelphia, died of meningitis, superinued by a fractured skull, sustained by falling while jumping rope. While sweeping snow from the tracks of the Delaware railroad, near Dover, Del, Harvary Dyer, an assistant foreman, was struck by a train and instantly killed. Fire destroyed the warehouse of Inman, Akers & Inman, the plant of the Atlanta Compress company, 700 bales of cotton and seven loaded freight cars at Taccao, Ga. Los. $175,000. Friday. March 16. B. H. Kauffman, publisher of the Washington Evening News, died suddenly. Rev. William D. Shea, one of the oldest and best known Methodist min- laters in the south, died at Atlanta, Ga., aged 77 years. Eight workmen were burned, three fatally, by an explosion of hot metal in the converting mill of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works at Braddock, Pa. The house committee on military affairs reported favorably a bill appropriating $75,000 for the purchase of a building in Washington to be used as a temporary home for soldiers and sailors. Saturday. March 17. A block of stores were gutted by fire at Pittsten, Pa., causing a loss of over $50,000. John S. Pershing, father of Captain John J. Pershing, of the U. S. army, died at Lincoln, Neb. Four guests were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the Hotel Compton, at Osceola, Mich. Edward Lynch, a New York iron worker, was sent to prison for one year for assaulting a non-union man. Dr. Hermann Freist was arrested at Nashville, Tenn., charged with the murder of Mrs. Rosa Mangrum. The Dresses Machine Tool Company's plant at Cincinnati was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $100,000. Monday, March 19. Found guilty of improper conduct, Frank Z. Wilecx, leader of the opposition to the increase of rates, has been expelled from the Royal Arcanum at Rome, N. Y. During a fight in a saloon at Chicago, William Curry was killed and three other men were wounded, Henry Dusing, the proprietor, being arrested for the shooting. Trustees of the New York Life Insurance company, who were members of the finance committee in 1896, 1900 and 1904, declined to pay back the $148,000 presented to the Republican campaign fund. Tuesday, March 20. The supreme court of the United States took a recess until Monday, April 2. Valentine E. Tiller, under arrest at Chester, Pa., for bigamy, attempted to commit suicide by opening an artery in his wrist with a piece of glass. The postoffice appropriation bill reported to the house provides for an expenditure of $191,373,848 for the fiscal year 1907, an increase of $10,351,755. Worry over an investigation of his accounts caused Charles P. Lyle, warrant clerk in the city controller's office, Buffalo, N. Y., to shoot and kill himself. Wednesday, March 21. The body of Johann Most, the anarchist, was cremated at Cincinnati. The pension appropriation bill, amounting to $140,000,000, has been passed by the genate. A railroad snow plow ran into a horse near Dayton, O., and was hurled from the track, killing the three men who operated it. Hon. W. C. Arnold, a prominent lawyer of Dubois, Pa., died suddenly at Muskegon, Mich., where he was looking after legal matters. A fast freight train on the Reading railroad was wrecked near Shamokin, Pa., by running into a pile of lumber. The engineer was killed. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR steady; winter extras, $3@3.25; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.25 @ 3.40; city mills, fancy, $4.60 @ 470. RYE FLOUR firm; No. 2 Pennsylvania red, new, $3@3.83; CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 61c; OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped, 36c; lower grades, 34c% HAY firm; timothy, $15.50 for large bales. PORK stock, $15.50 for beef BEEF steady; beef heams, $23 @ 24. 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BALTIMORE - WHEAT steady; No. 2 spot, 83@83%c; steamer No. 2 spot, 77@77%c; southern, 77@83c; CORN mixed, 77@47%c; steamer mixed, 77@47%c; southern, 45%@47%c; OATS firm, 77@47%c; No. 3, 34%@35%c; No. 4, 34%34c; mixed, No. 2, 34%@34c; No. 3, 33%@34c; No. 4, 32%@34c; BUT TER less firm; creamy separator, extras, 27%@28c; held, 23%@24c; juices, 27%@28c; Maryland and Pennsylvania, 27%@16%c; EGGS firm; fancy Maryland and Pennsylvania, 14%c; Virginia, 14%c; West Virginia, 14%c; southern, 13%c Live Stock Markets PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards) CATTLE steady; choice, $6.55@ 5.85; HORSE steady; choice, $6.55@ 5.85; prime, $6.55@ 6.70; heavy Yorkers, $3.80@ 6.85; light Yorkers, $6.75@ 6.30; pligs, $6.60@ 6.70; roughs, $5 @ 5.75; SHEEP strong; prime wethers, $5.85@ 6; common, $3 @ lambs, $5 @ 7.35; calve calves, $7.50@ 8. One Enough Tommy—Mamma, give Lucy an apple? Mamma—I suppose you'll want one for yourself then, too. Tommy—No, ma'am; just give one to Lucy. 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"No," answered Miss Cayenne, "and yet I don't think I should regard a man as being especially desirable because of his poverty."—Washington Star. a a“ oo 4 7 aN eee SR oe ie + \) BY td ee a 2 ‘ , SATURDAY,....MARCH 24, 1906 wrecker, it wos arren-ed that the wom- fn should cause hie arrest and. cain the reward Baughman asserted that Mrs. Car- penter persuaded him that when at Tested he could offer the plea of Im: sanity and escape with a light. sen: tence. He told the police he fell in with her scheme, and was willing to BEET) € > BS ee Se th, “gh a ts LS em ee sy A @ Zi 8 { 3 iN . = Py ON SS =e < At = OS. AN Sa ON = Lip Oe G->. ~ =u YOUTH HYPNOTIZED TO WRECK A TRAIN AT HER COMMAND HE THREW THE SWITCH. Wealthy Ohio Poetess Accused of ‘Using Mysterious Power Over Boy to Obtain Money—Both De- clared Insane. serve a year in prison. When his sen- tence had expired he declared he and the woman planned to live a life of ease on the reward money. According to Baughman’s story he had been paying visits to Mrs. Carpen- ter’s house for some time, and since last November she had been trying to get him to wreck a train. The othec night he visited her house, when she again proposed to wreck a train, stat- ing that she would then tell that ne did it, and he would be sent to the workhouse or penitentiary for a few months, that she would get a great reward for exposing him, and when he got out she would divide with him. Baughman claimed that he refused until she threatened to shoot him if he aid not do as she said. He said they left her house about 6:30, and went west to the first frog on the Pennsyl- vania track, and placed a piece of rail and angle bars in the frog, both doing the work, and then returned to Mrs. Carpenter's house, watching from the window to see the wreck. They expected that it would be a passenger train. He said that after he got back to the house he commenced to worry for fear some one might get burt, and was going back to remove the rail, but the woman would not low him to do so. After they had heard the noise of the wreck they went to the train. Later they returned to Mrs Carpenter's house. He stated that prior to his leaving her house she again threatened to shoot him !f he told anyone about the matter. Tifin, O.-Mrs. Dura Carpenter, a ‘wealthy woman and poetess, of Pleas- ant township, and young Grover Baughman, who were held here on a conspiracy to wreck two Pennsylvania ‘trains, were both adjudged insane. Baughman's mother charged that ‘Mrs. Carpenier hypnotized her soa and has absolutely ruled his actions since last November. Mrs. Carpen- ‘ter, when on trial, admitted her com- plicity in the crime. ‘The boy, when beyond his conspir- sator’s presence, asserted also that she controlied his will absolutely. 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WE i work f e TLEMEN'S CLOTHES, ONE GOLD-HEADED ##%: Se eEL ERAMES FOR AN cae ae PY CANE, ONE GOLD-HEADED UMBRELLA, ONE. ‘bt SS ee an eon ate Ryo CHINA SET, ONE DOZEN SILVERPLATED ¥# ; DITIONAL. BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, BAT-/ ig \@ IKNIVES AND FORKS. ONE HAT.RACK ONE 2. ¥ee ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO 444 JOHN MITCHELL, IR., 341% North Fosrth Street, RICHMOND, 3 - - VIRGINIA. EEE EEE EE PO EO EG me me ee iE a babe ok oh ok ohne at eho eed ee oY READ THE GREAT INDUCKMENTS OFFERED BY THE PLANET A Poem for Today By Charles Mackay VE me the man, however old and stald Or worn with sorrow and perplexity, Who, when he walks in sunshine or in shade, By woodland bowers or bare beach of the sea, O'er hiltop or in valleys green with me, Throws off his age and gambols like a child And finds a boyish pleasure in the wild. CURE FOR BLACKHEADS. How to Rid Yourself of Facial Blemishes. 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The Fate of the Serpent A St. Patrick's Day Story IT will be admitted that a man who is to play the part of a serpent might select a better day than March 17 for such a performance. In the case of Harvey Miller, however, the decision was not made in advance, but upon the impulse of the moment. Circumstances, he would claim, and not deliberate choice put him into the role of tempter of his friend. He was an Englishman in a national guard regiment whose roster shows a clear majority of good old Irish names. According to its custom, this regiment paraded on St. Patrick's day in an east wind which for penetrating chill was unmatched in the memory of any soldier or civilian in the procession. After the parade and the resumption of his ordinary attire Miller came out upon the steps of the armory, and the first gust that struck him made his teeth chatter. Immediately he was aware of a shivering, childish voice which said: "A note for you, lieutenant. It came to the house after you'd left." Miller beheld a blue visaged boy named Michael Healy, whose mother was landlady at the house where the guardman boarded. Miller took the note from the boy's hand, ordered him to "report" to his mother and dismissed him with flattering formality. Then as he walked along the street the lieutenant opened and read the communication, which disclosed to him the fact that he would not have the pleasure of escorting Miss Florence Lantry to the masked ball to be given that evening. The young lady, who had been visiting her cousin, Miss Kate Mahan, had been called suddenly home. For certain reasons the reading of this note set up such a confusion of thought in Miller's brain that he forgot to continue walking, but the extraordinary chill of the afternoon struck to his vitals as soon as he stopped. At that moment a door opened opportunely just beside him, and he walked into the ornate cafe of a hotel. The warmth of the place affected him with a childish sense of gratitude. The armory had been as cold as a barn—almost unendurable, in fact—after five hours out of doors on that raw day. He had thought that he should freeze while changing from his lieutenant's uniform to his civilian clothes, and his vitals still quivered with the chill. A temptation to have something to drink assailed him, and he moved toward the bar, but turned aside and stood irresolute in a corner. Presently he was aware of voices just outside the window by which he was standing. Half a dozen members of his regiment had halted there, and one was saying: "Come along, Larry. One drink on a day like this can't hurt a fellow." Miller was alert in a moment. Previously more than half his mind had been concerned with the note from Barnes DONOVAN WAS MARCHED INTO THE CAFE AT DOUBLE QUICK. Miss Lantry, and only a small fraction of his attention had been given to his surroundings. Now he was recalled to complete self consciousness and active, practical thinking. His face flushed. He thrust the note into a pocket of his overcoat and walked to the door. "Come in, boys," he said. "Here's where we all save our lives after that march today. Larry, you're the color THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA of a drowned corpse. You ought to see yourself in a looking glass." He took a step or two forward and laid a hand on Larry Donovan's arm. Some one else immediately seized the other arm, and Donovan was marched into the cafe at double quick. "Nothing strong for me," declared Donovan. "I've been on the water wagon for a year, and I'm going to stay there. I know when I'm safe." One of the men on the other side of the table looked across at Miller with a shake of his head. He was aware, as Miller was also, that Donovan had not always known when he was safe. but, on the contrary, had put himself into very grave peril. That warning glance embarrassed Miller, who had been upon the point of ordering something hot and strong for all hands without regard to Donovan's refusal. While he hesitated some one else stepped in to the breach and gave the order. "What time are you going to show up at the dance tonight?" asked one of the men. Donovan turned to Miller. "What hour did you mention to our coachman?" he inquired, with mock dignity. "Aren't the trolleys running this evening?" inquired some one. "Not for us," responded Donovan. "If I should get into a trolley car in the costume I'm going to wear tonight I'd be mistaken for the owner of the whole street railroad outfit." "What's the costume?" "A suit of red tights, two horns and a tail," answered Larry. "No, sir; I don't want to make the conductor nervous, Miller and I," he added in a more serious tone, "are going to escort Miss Mahan and her cousin from out of town, Miss Lantry. Did you see about the carriage, Harvey?" Miller nodded, while two or three of the other men secretly exchanged glances. It was more than suspected among their inmates that both Miller and Donovan were seriously snitched with sweet Kitty Mahan and that Miller had been the less successful rival for her gracious notice. There had been gossip that he had not taken his defeat with a good grace, and as he had the heavy tenacity of purpose characteristic of many men of English blood it was regarded as surprising that he should be found playing the part of serviceable friend and escort to the country cousin. Now, the truth is that this was more surprising to Miller than it could possibly be to anybody else. His pride gnawed his vitals whenever he realized the position into which he had been drifting during the last few months and especially since Miss Lantry had come to the city. He cared nothing at all for that estimable young lady. Her presence gave him an opportunity for seeing more of Kitty Mahan, particularly for seeing her and Lawrence Donovan together, for spying upon them in order to discover whether there existed between them anything that could be called an understanding. This observation had filled his heart with bitterness, for it had revealed to him the very many ways in which Donovan excelled him as a cavalier, and yet it had satisfied him that Kitty was still heart free, so far as she herself knew. If Donovan could be removed from the scene for awhile, if he should suffer some reverse in this sentimental battle, if he should cease to be so annusing to Kitty, with his songs and stories and unfailling light heartedness, there might be a chance for Harvey Miller. "I'm told Florence has a stunning costume," said Donovan aside to Miller. "I suppose she wouldn't tell you what it was." "No," he replied, "but we shall soon see. Here's her health with all my heart. She is a very charming girl." He touched his glass to Larry's, and the trick was done. Larry had not quite the strength to decline the toast, and so he raised the glass to his lips. Five minutes later every glass was empty and others were on the way. When Miller was upon the street again it was half past 3 o'clock. He had been in the cafe less than an hour and had not drunk very much, and yet the clock on the railroad station opposite seemed to have acquired three or four extra faces, which hurched and gyrated and melted into one another so mystically that it was amazingly difficult to tell the time. He realized his condition and knew that all the other men were as bad, except Larry Donovan, who was worse. Miller observed with satisfaction that two of the most reckless of the men had attached themselves to Larry and that they were leading him in a direction which would never bring him to his home or to the Irish societies' masked ball unless continued all the way around the world. Considering what Larry's tendencies had been for a couple of years before he became an abstainer, there was no reason to doubt the issue. One of two things must happen—Kitty Mahan would not see him at all that evening or she would see him at his very worst. With Larry out of the way he could present himself at Kitty Mahan's house in the handsome costume which he had provided for this festal occasion. He would be informed that Miss Lantry had gone, and he would exhibit surprise, an appropriate sympathy, too, because of the bad news about her mother. Her note to him must have been mislaid at the boarding house. And what has become of Larry? Not here? How surprising! He was not at his home. It was natural to suppose that he had gone on to the Mahans alone. Let us wait for him. Half an hour's waiting perhaps and no sign of Larry. Miss Mahan is offended. Mr. Miller escorts her to the ball; he makes himself extremely agreeable; he obliterates the memory of Larry from the young lady's mind. It is the beginning of victory. Thus he forecast the evening's events. They would make a sensation and exalt him in the estimation of his friends who now believed him beaten in the game of love. Would he be blamed! for Donovan's downfall in case his comrade should really go on a protracted spree and seriously injure his prospects? Perhaps by a few, but he would manage to crawl out of it somehow. The word gave him a momentary sensation of being a crawling creature. a brother to those that St. Patrick drove out of the Emerald Isle but he shook off such fancies and defied the saint There was another consideration, however, which demanded attention. It was the matter of finances. He had spent an extravagant sum on his costume and had not reserved enough to carry him through the holiday with perfect security. Donovan, who was to have been his companion, had agreed to lend him whatever he might need, but Miller himself had cut off that source of supply and must now look for another. He counted his cash and was amazed to learn how much he had spent in the barroom. He was aware, however, that this is the common penalty of such foolishness, and he was no time in regret. Instead he acted upon a genuine inspiration and called up on the telephone a certain friend of his whom he knew to be well supplied with ready cash. The response was cordial. "Be at my house between 6 o'clock and half past" said this obliging gen- BE HAILED THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. tleman, "and I'll let you have as much as you want." So that was all settled, and Miller went home with a light heart and a lighter head. Upon the stairway he met his youthful admirer. "Mike," said he, sitting down without intending to do so, "can you tell time by a clock?" "Sure," responded the boy. "I'm feeling a little under the weather, and I'm going to turn in. Understand?" "That means go to bed," said Mike. The lieutenant struggled to his feet. "Knock on my door at half past 5," said he. "Don't you dare to forget it. That's orders." He went on to his room, put on about half of his masquerading costume and then dropped upon the bed, asleep before he had fairly struck it. Faithful to his orders, little Mike Healy rapped upon the lieutenant's door at precisely half past 5. Miller sprang up, dazed, groped for his watch and after a glance at it dismissed the boy with thanks. Five minutes later he was upon the street, shivering and confused and presenting a figure sufficiently grotesque in his courtier's costume of two centuries ago under an overcoat of today's pattern. An empty cab was passing, and Miller was reminded that he had given no notification to the cabby whom he had engaged that he had made a change in the hour of his departure. He hailed the driver of the chance vehicle, gave him the address of the kind friend who was to lend the money and climbed aboard. He sank shivering into a corner and tried to make plans for the evening. The ride seemed very long, and the passenger's wits were gradually restored. Suddenly he put up his hand to his forehead and became rigid from top to toe. What was the matter with the street? It should have been thronged at this hour, but, on the contrary, was almost deserted. Moreover, by some strange miracle it was growing lighter. The gas lamps were pale. A peculiar quality was perceptible in the chill and murky air. A shiver that was not of cold passed over Miller's body. He thrust his head out of the window and shouted to the driver hoarsely, "What time is it?" Cabby pulled up his horse and looked around sleepily. "About 6 o' the mornin'," said he. "There's a clock forinst ye." "Morning!" There was a long silence. The cabman gathered up his reins and urged his tired horse forward. "Hold on!" called Miller. "Drive back—back where you took me from." Mike Healy was upon the steps of the boarding house as Miller, scowling and muttering, crossed the sidewalk. "I was afraid I'd make a mistake," said the boy proudly. "Guess I laid awake pretty near all night"—Miller pushed by him roughly and entered the house. His temper was not improved even by a good breakfast, and he was the sourest rascal in town when he arrived at his place of employment at half past 8. One of the first persons upon whom his eyes rested was his fellow employee, Larry Donovan, who seemed to be in even better spirits than usual. "Pity about Miss Lantry," he said sympathetically. "But why didn't you come along anyhow? We had the time of our lives. Narrow escape for me, though. If I hadn't got away from that blasted barroom just as I did—However, it's all right now. Never again—not a drop. I've given my solemn word to Kitty Mahan, and you know what a pledge like that will mean to me." How to Relieve a Sore Throat. To inhale steam from a bowl of boiling water is very good for a sore throat. The sufferer should lean over the steam, drawing it into both throat and nostrils. 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NEW ORLEANS SHORT LINE PULL man Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg, Peters burg to Koanoke; Lynchburg to Chattanooga Dining Car Trans arrives from the west 7:20 p.m., 7 p.m and 8:56 p.m. from Norfolk 11:10 a.m. 11:32 a.m. a.m and 6:36 p.m. 18:58 East Mac Street W. B. REVILL Gen. Pass. Arg C. H. POSLEY Diy. Pass. Argent For Florida and outh, 8:05 A M., 7:25 and *11* F M. For Michigan, 9:05 A M., 3:00 P M. and *7:25* F M. For N. & W. Ry. West, 12:10 and 9:00 For Petersburg 9:00 A M., 12:10, 3:00, 5:45, 9:25 and 11:30 P. M. For Goldboro and Fayetteville, **32.58 P. M.** Trains arrive Richmond daily. 41. 17 4. 60 **8.33** ***10.45 and 11.40 A. M.** *1.00, 2.05, 6.50, 8.00 and 9.20 P. M. * Except Sunday, **Sunday only. NIGHT LINE FOR NORFOLK Love Richmond every evealing (foot Ashleigh) Street Cars at Newport News en route. Fare. $25.00 round trip, in budding stateroom both meals, 500. each. Street Cars to Steamer's Wharr. FOR NEW YORK. 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TAYLOR, District Passenger Agt City Ticket Agt 803 East Main St., Richmond, Va EIGHT THE PLANET OPERATORS WILL MEET MINERS Baer Notifies Mitchell They Are Ready For Further Conference. BUT PROMISES NO CONCESSIONS New York, March 21.—There will be conferences between the two committees of seven members each, representing the anthracite coal operators and the miners of the hard coal district. This was decided upon at a meeting in this city of the committee of operators. Later President George F. Baer, of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, forwarded a letter to President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, notifying him that the operators' committee are willing to meet the miners' committee at any date Mr. Mitchell may select. President Baer's letter is in reply to a communication from President Mitchell, in which the leader of the miners expressed disappointment because the operators' committee had rejected the demands of the miners without calling their committee into conference before doing so. Mr. Mitchell then asked for another conference. In reply, Mr. Baer says that the operators fully expected to have another conference with the miners, and asserts that President Mitchell has not replied to a counter proposition made to him by the operators' committee, to the effect that the miners allow the present conditions to prevail. President Baer's letter to President Mitchell is as follows: Mr. John Mitchell, Chairman, Indianapolis: Dear Sir—I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 11. There is no misunderstanding between us as to future meetings of the committee. The minutes of the meeting held on the 15th of February, 1981, are presented to the understanding. To my suggestion that committees be appointed, the record of the minutes is as follows: "Mr. Mitchell—What we understand is that the separate committees be appointed, seven on each side, and that the miners formulate in detail the propositions to be made to the three members as they choose therefor, and after their scale had been prepared they will submit that to the seven representatives of the mine operators for their consideration, that the seven gentlemen representing the operators will then reply to the mine operators as to the mine operators, is finally an agreement or disagreement it shall be reported back to our whole committee." "Mr. Baer—I have no objections to that. I speak for myself only. It is a matter of detail." "Mr. Mitchell—There are no objections; only seems to me it will take a little more time." "Mr. Mitchell-We want to be perfectly frank in this matter, and we do not want to enter into these negotiations under any misapprehension. We do not want to discover later on that there has been any deception; do anything that will lead you to believe we practice deception on our side. Of course, any agreement arrived at by this whole committee would be subject to the ratification of a convention entered into." "Mr. Baer-Is that so? Do you come here without power?" "Mr. Mitchell-Anything that we do is subject to ratification." "Mr. Beer—All you can do is to make a tentative arrangement, and that had to be reported to the convention and to be paused upon by the convention?" "Mr. Mitchell—Yes, sir. But that really amounts to nothing. That is the instructions from the Shamokin conference of anthracite mine workers." "Mr. Thomas—If the anthracite convention votes for it, will that settle it or will it have to go further, to the central committee at Indianapolis." "Mr. Thomas—the settler the matter. And there will be no trouble, that is not important. This committee represents the anthracite mine workers and they are the executive officers." In accordance with this understanding, we have frankly and fully answered your propositions. We make a counter proposition to you to continue the existing conditions, which have been highly beneficial to you. We have not answered the proposition we made to you. We sincerely believe that nothing can now be done to improve the situation as it exists, and has for the past three years existed, in the coal regions. The miners are contented. They have been fully employed. They have been paid well. All the conditions attending the workingman's prosperity are as favorable in the anthracite regions as it is possible to make them. Under these circumstances we have hoped that you would accept our proposition, and until we heard from you we still continued to form a committee. I assumed from a report of a conversation over the telephone you had with E. B. Thomas, that owing to your arrangements at Indianapolis, an earlier day the 26th of March would not suit you for a meeting. We are prepared to meet you at any time you may name, and we will do so when you desired to meet us. You will observe that your own statement says: "If there is a final agreement, or disagreement, it shall be reported back to our whole committee." We never had a thought of abrogating this understanding and have acted throughout on the assumption that there would be a meeting of the whole committee to hear our report. Yours truly. GEORGE F. BAER. Chairman. SOFT COAL CONFERENCE Demand of the Miners Referred to Joint Scale Committee. Indianapolis, Ind., March 21. — The second joint conference of the coal operators and miners of the central competitive district, comprising the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, which is the result of the efforts of President Roosevelt to effect a permanent peace in the coal industry throughout the United States, adjourned after referring the demands of the miners to the joint coal committee. scale was read. It embodied a der and for a general advance of 12½ pe. cent. in wages; for a run of mine basis; for a flat differential of seven cents a ton between pick and machine mining; the exclusion of boys under 16 years of age from the mines, and for an eight-hour day. John H. Winder, of Ohio, the newly-elected chairman of the operators, prefixed the motion for the adoption of a resolution by a brief address in reply to the remarks of President Mitchell. The resolution, which provided that the present wage scale, with all attending conditions, be adopted for a period of one year, beginning April 1, was defeated. After the motion offered by Chairman Winder had been defeated, Mr. Robbins moved that the matter at issue be referred to the joint scale committee, which will meet at once, and that the conference adjourn to reconvene at the call of the committee. Mr. Mitchell seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. CAMPAIGN GIFTS NOT A CRIME Jerome Says Contributions of Insurance Companies is Not Larceny. New York, March 21.—The giving of political contributions from the funds of a life insurance company by the officers of such company does not constitute a larceny of any other crime. In the opinion of District Attorney Jerome. This opinion was submitted to Justice O'Sullivan in the court of general sessions. The opinion was given in connection with the presentment on the insurance investigation, which was handed to the court by the grand jury several days ago. In its presentment the jury asked Justice O'Sullivan to advise them whether he considered the giving of such political contributions as constituting grand larceny. The district attorney in his opinion to the court says that after a careful examination of authorities he is led to the conclusion that the actions embodied in the four statements of fact found in the presentment do not show the commission of the crime of larceny or of any other crime. Help Wanted—Male An industrious boy, between 16 and 20 years old, to make himself useful around a gentleman's country home near Richmond and to drive; one with some experience preferred; good home and wages with chance of advancement. Apply to LAWYER. P. O. Box, 348, Richmond, Va. Pythian Anniversary. The anniversary exercises of the lodges of this city will be held Sunday, March 25th, 1906 at the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church at 3 P.M. The anniversary of the Courts of Calanthe will be held at the Fifth Street Baptist Church March 25th, 1906 at night at 8:30 o'clock Gone to New York. I. J. Miller, our Broad Street clothier has left for New York, from where he will bring back a mammoth stock of all the latest styles in spring and suximer clothing, aats shoes, and furnishings. He has gotten rld of all the old stock which he had on hand, and expects to open up within the next ten days a brand new stock in every line. It would pay you to go and examine his line when he gets them in, and we are sure that you will be pleased with the improvement that has been made in the store. Don't forget the place—528 E. Broad St., The New Enterprise Store, I. J. Miller, Proprietor. DOLLAR PACKAGE FREE. Man Medicine Free. 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The party was in charge of Deputy Revenue Collector E. D. Bland and his sons, John and Fred. They were reinforced later by a team from Petersburg as follows: Sir E. W. Wood, District Deputy Grand Chancellor; Sir W. T. Stokes, Sir J. W. Harris, Sir Albert Bailey, Sir Willie Robinson, Sir Henry Isbell, Sir Henry Gee, Sir Crawley Pegram Sir F. F. Hill. The paraphernalla was sent on ahead. The place of initiation is a bout thirteen miles from Petersburg and the party drove it behind mule and horse teams. The Richmond party dined at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bland where they met Misses Mamie and Nannie Bland. Mrs. Cook and the other daughters. The following are the officers of the new body which will be known as King Solomon Lodge, No. 105: C. C., Sir Richard Cook; M. of W. Sir John A. Bland; V. C., Sir Richmond Washington; P., Sir Dudley Lincey; K. of R. and S., Freely Thomas; M. of F., Sir B. M. Harris; M. of Ex., Sir F. H. 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Pay the Freight and send us the order. We will learn everything and get much valuable information by simply writing to us. NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. Result of 15 years experience in tire making. No danger from THORNS, CACTUS, PINS, NAILS, TACKS or GLASS. Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can be vulcanized like any other tire. Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual use. Over Seventy-five Thousand pairs sold last year. DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lovely and cute with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of of these are waxed, been pressed up once or twice in an aniline oil, the paint is pressed into a prepared fabric on the trend. That "Holding Back" sensation or soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basket Weave" which out between the tire and the road thus overcoming tires so we do not per pair, but for advertising purposes we are only of only $5 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter in. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found it. We will sell your cash discount of $5 per cent (thereby making it more attractive to advertisers). Plated brass hand pump and two Sampon metal puncture cloers to be used in case of intentional knife cuts at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory. We will sell your Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We feel it is safer to order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. BOASTER-BRAKES built-up wheels, so thick clamped by denters and repairers. We do NOT WAIT bicycle or a pair of tires from condemned we are making. It only costs a post to make. MEAL CYCLE COMPANY, Dept. " all sizes. It is lovely and easy riding, very durable and lined inside when never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures seep. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers staining these pieces when wearing a whole season. They weigh no more than existing qualities and are a special price at "Holding Back" sensation commonly felt when riding on a patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all air from being worn and we are forming all suction. The regular price of these artisanal purposes is making a special factory price to the rider shipped same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. in a approval have examined and found them strictly as represented. Of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send them in mail we are making a special factory price to the rider of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned son they are not satisfactory on examination. In print or the Editor of this paper about us. If you order a pair of yell will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased with your order. We want you to send us a small trial tire offer. Built-up wheels, saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and everything in the bicycle line are sold by us at half the usual pair price. Write for our SUPERB TEAM to write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a cycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and it only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. EMPANY, Dept. "J L" CHICAGO, ILL. DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a card. We are making it. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it now. To Sell the New Book that is Attracting Wide Spread Attention From all Classes. A new book written by a young Negro, R. G. Wells, raised in Jefferson county, Louisville, Ga. This book is entitled Anthropology, Applied to the American Negro and White Man. It is illustrated with fifty plain practical pictures, describing two men conversing with each other. Mr. Jones, an ex-slave holder and Sam, an ex-slave, both speaking before millions and millions of people upon the two races, on the subject of matter and mind that composes the two men. This book is handsomely bound in cloth and morocco. Cloth $1.50, Morocco $1.75. It contains 301 pages and 48 different subjects. R. G. WELLS & CO. BOOK CONCE R. G. Wells & Co. Book Concern, Buxton Iowa. 3t I Desire to know the whereabouts of Moselle Warner, a little girl about eight years of age. When last heard of, she was living in Richmond. Her mother's name is Mrs. Mattle Lee Warner, Address, A. A. MARTIN, U. S. 6. Monongahela, Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay. or for to $8.50 Regular Price $8.50 per pair. To Introduce We Will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only AGENTS WANTED. Do You Know Her? S. CAC- GLASS. cuts, can use. Over Notice the thick rubber tread in "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D"; also rim strip "E" to prevent rim cutting. This tire will outlast any other make-SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. R. F. & P. Richmond, Fredericksburg, und Poto mac Railroad. Trains Leave Richmond----Northward 12:05 noon, week days. Byrd st. Through. 4:00 p.m., week days. Byrd st. Fredericks- burg accommodation. 5:05 p.m., daily. Main st. Through. 6:30 p.m., week days. Elba. Ashland ac- commodation. 8:30 p. m., daily, Byrd st. Through. 8:20 a.m., week days, Byrd St. Fredericksburg accommodation. 5:48 p. m. week days. Elba Ashland accom- modation. 7:15 p. m., daily. Byrd St. Through. 7:15 p. m., daily. Byrd St. Through. Local stops. 9:42 p. m. Daily, Main St. through. All Pul- man cars. 10:50 p. m., daily. Main St. Through. 11:40 p. m. Week days, Byrd St. through. All pulman cars. W. M. Nimble Sleeping or Parior Cars on all above trains except train arriving Rich- mond 11:26 a. m. week days and local accom- modations. W. D. DUKE, C. W. CULP, W. P. TAYLOR, Am. t. to Pres. Genu'p Stf. Traf. Mgr. 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