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THE RICHMOND PLANET Rev. J. Anderson Taylor's Troubles The Shiloh Baptist Church SCENES IN THE EDIFICE—ANGRY MEMBERS GUARD ITS SACRED PRECINCTS—POLICE SWARM THERE ON SUNDAY—THE ELDER DETERMINED—PREACHED FROM THE CHURCH STEPS—THE STORY OF THE CONTROVERSY—A RESIGNATION RECONSIDERED. VOL. XXIII NO 48 Rev. J. Tay The Shilo SCENES IN THE EDIFIC CINCTS—POLICE SWA MINED—PREACHED OF THE CONTRO Our people here are much inter- ested in the case of Rev. J. Anderson Taylor, who for so many years lived in this city. The affair is most unfortunate and it has resulted in publications calculated to injure seriously his usefulness as a minister of the gospel. As in every case there are two sides. It seems that the beginning of the trouble was due to the disability of a young girl in Washington and the mentioning of Rev. Taylor's name in connection with her immoral condition. Some members of the church found out where she was located and secured from her an alleged confession naming Rev. J. Anderson Taylor as being responsible for her 'predicament'. This was considered by the officers of the Shiloh Baptist Church and after many consultations it was decided that the best course to be pursued would be for Rev. J. Anderson Taylor to quietly resign and the church accept the same and he be permitted to part in peace. Rev. J. Anderson Taylor is said to have been induced by some of his alleged friends to take this view of the situation and avoid a scandal, which would injure not only him, but embarrass his family. Rev. Taylor sent his resignation. It was accepted and a letter of dismissal granted to him. Her deposited this letter in the Vermont avenue Baptist Church of which Rev. George W. Lee, D. D. D. is pastor and he now holds his membership there at the present time. But after he had done this, his friends became indignant and an investigation is alleged to have disclosed a conspiracy to get rid of him. Lawyers T. L. Jones and W. Calvin Chase were employed, so it is said and the "fun" commenced. The first step taken was to get the girl to deny all that she had said in naming Rev. Taylor as the man responsible for her condition. The extracts herewith appended, together with those already published in these columns will give an insight into this most interesting, but embarrassing and disgusting situation. [Washington, D. C. Post, Oct 27th.] One of the warring factions of Shiloh Baptist Church, colored, met last night at the church under the chaperonage of Acting Capt. Keefe of the Third police precinct and twenty patrolmen, and after being counselled to act with charity to all and malice toward none, resinified their former action accepting the resignation of their pastor, Rev. J. Anderson Taylor, and restored him to his connection with the congregation. They also expelled all the deacons of the opposing faction, as well as trustees, and elected members of the church more friendly to themselves. The opposing faction took no part in the meeting further than to register a strenuous kick at what its members considered radical action. After the affair was over, they announced from the curb that the whole matter would be taken to the courts this morning in the form of counter legal proceedings. The fight in the church is of several month's standing. The first of last August the pastor resigned, and his resignation was to have become effective on Nov. 1. He received permission from the board of deacons to preach his farewell sermon, but it was alleged last night that this permission was later withdrawn and a letter of good standing was refused the clergyman. CAUSED THE FINAL BREAK This was the beginning of the factional fight, which culminated in the meeting last night and the institution of legal proceedings by the opposing faction before Judge Gould in the District Supreme Court yesterday. That wing of the congregation led by Deacon Israel Cook, which was the faction meeting last night, named Deacon James G. Sample and many other deacons as defendants. The Cock faction asked the court to require Sample and his supporters to permit the holding of congregational meetings in the church building and to prevent interference with such gatherings. Judge Gould ordered a rule to be issued requiring Sample and his associates to show cause on November 2 why the congregation should not be allowed the use of the church. The Cook faction claims that, notwithstanding the resignation of the pastor was not to take effect until November 1, he has been debarred from the pulpit since August 1. They say that the church property, which they declare is worth $20,000 with a lieu of $13,000 on it, is in danger of being sold for the amount of the indebtedness and of being lost to the congregation. FORCED ENTRANCE INTO THE CHURCH While the leaders of the Cook faction yesterday were petitioning the court to interfere and give them permission to hold the meeting last night other members of the faction whose identity has not been established, went to the church, forced an entry, and held the fort until the hour set in the evening. Thomas L. Jones and W. Calvin Chase of counsel for the Cook faction, went yesterday day afternoon to Maj. J雁ester and asked for a squad of police at the meeting because a row was expected. Accordingly at 7:30 yesterday evening Acting Capt. Keefe and his men were on hand, waiting for the members of the church militant to arrive. After a prayer for harmony, the business of the evening was taken up. Jones, who also is a member of the church, operated with an address, in which he hinted very strongly that it was impossible to get an accounting of the funds, and charged the opposing deacons and trustees with double dealing. He also took pains to explain to the "sisters and brothers" that the policemen were there to keep order, and he would call for the arrest of any one creating a disturbance. A number of the members of the church who went to the acting captain in the premises were told that, although he and his men might be short on the doctrine and policy of the Baptist Church, they were long on fights and if anyone of the more pugnacious started out to find trouble, he would be sure to get what he was looking for. TROUBLE BEGINS After Attorney Jones had had his say Deacon Israel Cook began a long dissertation on "Manufactured Members," in which class he did not include himself. All this was taking time and the members of the Sample faction, who were waiting on the outside, became impatient for news and filed in; then the trouble began. One member of the Sample faction got the floor and warned the members of the Cook faction that the meeting was not legal. That was all he ever had a chance to say. The "sisters" and "brothers" of the Cook faction—and it was mostly made up of "sisters"—began to talk back at him. He was vallant, but no match for all the tongues, and in the end sat down, exhausted. The next thing on the programme was the adoption of the resolutions asking the pastor to withdraw his resignation. By a strange coincidence on the secretary's table was a letter from Rev. Mr. Taylor withdrawing his resignation and signifying his willingness to continue serving the church. This letter was received and the pastor restored to his former status. Then all the deacons and trustees of the Sample faction were expelled from their official positions and members of the Cook faction elected to fill the vacancies thus caused. Leader Jones then moved that a committee be appointed to notify the pastor that he would be expected to fill the pulpit next Sunday and every Sunday hereafter. The chairman of the committee then announced the committee of five, and at the same time instructed them that it would be part of their duty to see that the preacher reached the pulpit on Sunday and that he was able to stay there long enough to complete his sermon. [Washington, D. C. Post, Oct 28th.] Shiloh Baptist Church, colored, L street, between 16th and 17th St., the scene Friday night of a stormy meeting at which its pastor, Rev. J. A. Taylor, was reinstated, promises RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1906. another contention this morning, One of the opposing factions declares the minister shall fill the pulpit for Sunday services while the other side insists the doors will be closed. Three warrants were sworn out yesterday, charging Charles Daniels, Charles E. Richie and Edward Odom with threatening to do bodily harm to Pastor Taylor. Peter D. Morris one of the church trustees, and William H. Howard furnished bonds in the sum of $300 for the accused men. About the time the warrants were issued ten to the deacons and trustees applied to Justice Gould, of the District Supreme Court, for a rule requiring the pastor to show cause why he should not be kept from officiating. EACH SIDE ACCUSES OTHER Each side accuses the other of unlawful action, and each says the majority of the church members are with it. Those favoring Taylor go so far as to accuse the other side of working in "ringers" as active church members. The faction opposed to the pastor announced yesterday that the board of deacons and trustees had decided not to open the church to day, and that the following notice would be posted on the church door: In view of the extraordinary emergence arising out of the fact that at an unauthorized and unlawful meeting held in the church on Friday, October 26, 1906, Rev. J. Anderson Taylor was invited to preach therein on Sunday, October 28, 1906 and, as we are informed, intends to so, with great likelihood that the lawful resistance of the officers of the church will be met with violence CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE 12th Marriage Anniversary or Liner Wedding Reception. 1894----1906 Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Johnson will celebrate their Linen Wedding. Thursday evening, Nov. 15th 1906 from seven to eleven o'clock at their residence, 110 E. Leigh St. Richmond, Va. Friends are invited, No cards. 2t Supreme Lodge Organized An extra session of the State Grand Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of the Four and Twenty Elders met Monday, October 29th, 1906 at Hayes' Hall to form a Supreme Grand Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of the United States. G. H. Young, Grand Lecturer of Portsmouth, Va. was present. A. H. HUNTER, State Grand Chief. A. HAYES, Supreme Grand Ruler. "Harvest Day." There will be a grand day with the Fifth St. Bapt. S. S. next Sunday, Nov. 4th, 9:30 to 11:15. The school will observe "Harvest Day." An excellent programme will be rendered. All are invited to be present with a contribution for Home Missions. The scholars, officers and teachers are bestirring themselves and are anticipating a great time. You are asked to be on time and help in the noble cause. Bring a friend —Mrs. Laura E. Irvin of Manchester, is indisposed this week. —Mr. John A. Turner, Jr. continues sick at his home, 1904 Hull Street, Manchester, Va. —CaJet William Thornton continues quite sick at his home in Catherine St. —Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Johnson of New York are visiting Manchester, Va., the guest of Major and Mrs. J. B. Johnson in East 15th St. EDITOR MITCHELL AS A BANKER A VISIT TO THE STATE OF INDIANAPOLIS. A DELICATE OPERATION. (Continued from last week.) We were present at the 60th anniversary exercises of the Central Baptist Church, Rev. J. A. Stevens, pastor and the elfice was filled from rostrum to front door, Thursday night, Oct. 18th. The choir sang choice selections and Rev. E. C. Morris, D. D., president of the National Baptist Convention delivered a short but powerful discourse that unquestionably he hearers. He is unquestionably central figure. He in Negro Baptist is daily of the world to-day. His sound judgment and magnificent equipose as well as his commanding personality, tinge it as it is with becoming modesty makes friends for him long before he has ever spoken a word. He took a hopeful view of the situation, so far as it affected our people. SPOKE THERE We were not down on the program and we were surprised when we were ushered to the sacred desk, where for fifteen minutes, we forgot that we did not wear the ministerial gown, and we spoke of our experiences in St. Louis. The people gazed upon us as something of a curiosity and we were also recipients of the same magnificent evidences of approval as had been vouch-safed. Rev Dr. Morris in the shape of Chautauqua salutes. Every one who greeted us the next day asked the same question, "How are they treating you here?" We had but one answer to give and that was, "All right." THE PRESIDENT'S GREETING We were in the Hotel Jefferson, making enquiries concerning the departure of trains, when we were approached by a gentleman of a most pleasing personality, with a voice as soft and musical as a woman's. After greeting us cordially, he said, "I have seen you in attendance at our sessions. I am the newly elected President of the Association and I hope that you will continue to attend our sessions during my administration." We thanked him and after expressing regrets that we were not present when Mr. G. S. Whitson of New York, for it was he, was installed in office, we bid him a cordial farewell. A GREAT HELP Nothing during the entire week of the American Bankers' Association so infused new life into us as did this greeting, not even the felicitous greeting of that remarkable and able character, Mr. William Hanhart, Secretary of the Savings Bank Section. Viewed from any standpoint, the attendance upon the sessions had been a strain upon our mental and financial resources, for the subjects discussed and the questions debated called for the exercise of superior mental powers in order to digest and to vote intelligently upon the great financial issues now confronting the business world. HOMEWARD BOUND That we had made no mistake and that we had caused no embarrassment either to ourselves, the Association or the people whom we represented was a source of relief and we felt that we could go home once more secure that the past at least was safe. We left St. Louis, Sunday at noon and we were soon en-route to Indianapolis. We enjoyed a repast on the dining car and reached the capital of Indiana at about 6:30 P. M. A porter was on the look out for us and piloted us to Dr. J. H. Ward, Hon. George L. Knox, Mr. Samuel Welch, William Beasley and Mr. Taylor, General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. and others who were awaiting us. THE HOOSIER'S GREET US We reached the front stems of the station and then were conducted to an automobile, which carried four persons. It was only for a few moments when we were ushered into the well kept, handsomely furnished rooms of the Sumner League. We then were questioned as to our experiences at St. Louis and for nearly an hour we entertained them Mr. Tom Dixon's Play Shut Out. Mayor Weaver Meets Issue THE COURT UPHOLDS HIM—COLORED CITIZENS JUBILANT—RACE HA-TRED NOT TO BE PROPAGATED—MUST MOVE ON WITH "THE CLANSMAN." Philadelphia, Oct. 25th—Judge Sulzberger, in Common Pleas Court to-day, refused to grant an injunction restraining Mayor Weaver from interfering with the production at the Walnut Street Theatre of "The Clansman" which the mayor suppressed as the result of a protest by leading colored citizens. One act, not written by the author of "The Clansman," was presented to-day under somewhat dramatic circumstances in the court, when the hearing came up. The courtroom was densely crowded, large with colored people, who were present to uphold the mayor in his efforts to suppress the play, which he declared was engendering race hatred and producing disorder through its presentation. witness stated that an egg had been thrown from the gallery to the stage "Who made the fuss?" asked Judge Sulzberger. "Is there any rule against throwing an egg?" Mr. Booth endeavored to explain that it was disorderly conduct, and was therefore to be discountenanced. "So you make yourselves the judge, and the police the audience, I see, replied the judge. "The audiences may applaud, but may not show their Hisapproval." And Judge Sulzberger laughed heartily over his joke. When Dr. Dixon was called to the stand-he explained that he had spent twenty-two years studying the subject he had dealt with, and had read over 5,000 volumes treating on the reconstruction period. Distinguished Visitors We were favored this week with a visit by Mr. William A. Sinclair now of Philadelphia, who has been through the South in the interest of the Constitution League. He gave a glowing account of the work of the organization and he is confining his efforts to securing the co-operation of the best type of the citizens of color. He is thoroughly imbued with his mission, but spent only a short time in our city. Mr. E. E. Cooper of Washington, D. C. also called on us. He is employed by the government to collect statistics concerning the religious side of the colored people and we gave him such information which would be valuable. MEANS TO REVOKE LICENSE In the corridor leading to the court room a crowd of more than 100 people impatiently awaited the convening of the court, long before the hour set. This crowd was composed largely of well known colored men, some of whom had brought their wives with them. Nearly all the colored ministers, who had signed the call for the demonstration against the play last week, were scattered through the court room when Judge Sulzberger took up the case. The interest displayed by these ministers and other colored persons present, was of the most intense character, and the demonstration over the expressed determination of the mayor to revoke the license of the theater was such that it was with difficulty that order was restored in the courtroom, and then only by the threat of clearing the room if it was repeated. The colored men present represented the best Negro citizenship of the city, and it was evident they were there to show their approval of the mayor's policy, which that official stated to the court to be actuated by a desire to prevent an outbreak that would result possibly in the loss of one or more lives if the play were permitted to be continued at the Walmut. READS EXTRACTS FROM THE PLAY An unusual scene in court proceedings was presented when City Solicitor Kinsey read extracts from "The Clansman," emphasizing those portions that he sought to show the court would naturally produce a racial feeling that was inimical to goal order. Mr. Kinsey displayed considerable historic art in his reading. Dr. Dixon, the author of the play, also was given a like opportunity to read from the text of the play, and his dramatic talent and elocutionary skill was utilized to emphsize the contrary view to that of Mr. Kinsey. When the author attempted to explain the historic foundation of the play he was impatiently interrupted by Judge Sulzberger with: "What do we care for that. History may be as false as a lie itself. Don't we wear us with such matters. You can write a history of Pennsylvania from the records of the penitentiary, but that would not make it correct." During his testimony Dr. Dixon stated that his father was a member of the Ku-Ku Klan in Kentucky, which was rendered necessary by the nonexistence of law. It was his purpose, he said, to show what those people suffered. He denied strenuously that the play would excite racial prejudice, but admitted that it would arouse antipathy toward the brutal Negro. During the examination of Frank Howe, president of the Walnut Theater Company, the question was asked whether "The Clansman" was a moral play. When he replied that it was, laughter filled the court room and the court elucidated with some severity, "We don't deal with that here." Mr. Howe professed ignorance of the fact that the play had been suppressed in several of the Southern States, and denied that it had bred riotous feeling in the South. JUDGE SULZBERGER'S JOKE. In the course of the examination if Business Manager Booth, that witness stated that an egg had been thrown from the gallery to the stage "Who made the fuss?" asked Judge Sulzberger. "Is there any rule against throwing an egg?" Mr. Booth endeavored to explain that it was disorderly conduct, and was therefore to be discountenanced. "So you make yourselves the judge, and the police the audience, I see," replied the judge. "The audiences may applaud, but may not show their disapproval." And Judge Sulzberger laughed heartily over his joke. When Dr. Dixon was called to the stand he explained that he had spent twenty-two years studying the subject he had dealt with, and had read over 5,000 volumes treating on the reconstruction period. "You mean to say," asked the court incredulously, "that you have read 5,000 volumes on this subject?" "Yes, more than that," the play--wright replied. In describing his play, Dr. Dixon said he had not been unfair to the colored man. He had endeavored to show that the colored man has not received equality, and it was on that account, he said, that in the several Southern cities the authorities requested that the play be removed. "I was really trying to show that 'jim-crow' tactics are not the solution of the problem." When Dr. Dixon explained that he had placed the "pith of the play" in the scene between Stoneman and Lynch, in which the latter denied he had been given equality, the mass was on how much there was in this "pith" to which the author replied about half a dozen lines. PUT THE PITH IN SIX LINES "Then in these six lines you have the 'pith'. You have 18,000 words in the play, and the other 17,940 don't represent the 'pith,'" commented Judge Sulzberger, with pleasing sarcasm, and he appeared to enjoy his pleasantry. When the Court asked Dr. Dixon if he did not use the name Lynch for one of his characters, on account of its similarity to 'Judge Lynch', Dr. Dixon denied it, and declared that his purpose was to prevent lynching. When Judge Sulzberger entered into a discussion as to what solution the author had worked out, Dr. Dixon interjected: "I have not set out the solution in the play. I merely state in my play that the 'leopard cannot change his spots.' Mayor Weaver received an ovation at the hands of the colored people present, and when he left the courtroom he shook hands with many who gathered about to commend him on the stand he had taken. While on the stand he declared that he did not propose to put in jeopardy the life of one citizen for the box receipts or ten times the box receipts of the theater, and as the mayor made this statement there was a pronounced murmur of approval throughout the courtroom. WANTED—Educated colored men to travel and distribute samples and circulars of our goods among their own people. Salary $80.00 per month and expenses. Saunders Company, Desk 10, Jackson boulevard, Chicago. Banner Presentation Quite a large gathering was present to witness a fine Banner Presentation at the Mt. Vernon Bapt. S. S. Rev. M. H. Payne, Pastor on last Sunday. The programme was indeed interesting, consisting of duet, solos and papers. Prof. B. H. Peyton in befitting words delivered the Banner. The same was made by the National Baptist Publishing Board of Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Willie Anderson acted as Master of Ceremonies. Short addresses were made by Profs. R. H. Fauntleroy, A. W. Dandridge, C. H. Hooper, Rev. M. H. Payne and Samuel Branch. A handsome collection was raised. The church and S. S. are progressing nicely. Subscribe to the PLANET PRICE FIVE CENTS on's ut Out. eets Issue NS JUBILANT—RACE HA- UST MOVE ON Distinguished Visitors We were favored this week with a visit by Mr. William A. Sinclair now of Philadelphia, who has been through the South in the interest of the Constitution League. He gave a glowing account of the work of the organization and he is confining his efforts to securing the co-operation of the best type of the citizens of color. He is thoroughly imbued with his mission, but spent only a short time in our city. Mr. E, E. Cooper of Washington, D. C, also called on us. He is employed by the government to collect statistics concerning the religious side of the colored people and we gave him such information as we had first hand. He seems to be the right man for the place and his even temperament and suave manner made for him many friends in this community. A Card of Thanks. Mr. and Mrs. Simon E. Parker desire to express their sincere thanks to their many friends for the hand-some presents given on occasion of their marriage. Pythians Enter Ashland Ashland, Va., Oct. 30th, 1906, A lodge of Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A., and A. was instituted here last night at True Reformers' Hall by Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., who came up at about 7 o'clock. He brought ten knights with him. He spoke to an attentive audience of both male and female residents and his remarks were appreciated. Special Deputy Grand I Chancellor E. W. R. Glenn presided and introduced Sir Mitchell The visitors present from Richmond were appointed as follows: Grand Vice Chancellor, Dr. J. Alexander Lewis; Grand Prelate, Dr. D. A. Ferguson; Grand Master of Work, E. W. R. Glenn; Grand Master at Arms, W. E. Mitchell; First Atten- tant, S. S. Baker; Second Attendant Sam Miller; Cornellus R. Scott, Baxter Scott, Geo. E. Booker, Peter Anthony, John Taylor, Grand Medical Registrar E. R. Jefferson, M. D. The *new body will be known as Scotland Lodge, No. 119. The following offices were installed: Chancellor Commander, Henry Key; Master of Work, Samuel Hamilton; Vice Chancellor, John Quarles; Prelate, William Johnson; Master of Finance E. T. Robinson; Keeper of Records and Seals, Isaham Morris; Master of Exchequer, P. A. Cross; Master at Arms, Richard Bowe; Outer Guard, John Johnson; Inner Guard, John Coleman. Attendants; Joe Burleigh, George Cross, Harry Tim- lakele, Thomas Elllett. Trustees; Mack Tinsley, Walter Thompson, Temple Quarles. Refreshments were served. This lodge was organized through the persistent efforts of Sir Cornellus Scott under the supervision of Special Deputy Grand Chancellor, E. W. R. Glenn of Richmond. Repeated efforts have been made here to get up this lodge, but all failed. Grand Chancellor Mitchell was delighted with the thoroughness of the work and the class of men obtained as members. All of the visitors left here at 6 o'clock this morning for Richmond except Grand Master at Arms W. E. Mitchell, who overstept himself. He left at about 8 o'clock. —Mr. Garfield Davis, who was called to Manchester, Va. recently on account of the death of his father has returned to his home in New York City. He was looking the best of health while here. —Mr. Earnest Eggleston, who was severely injured at the Tredegar Iron Works a few weeks ago is improving at his home in Manchester. —S. G. WoolJridge, the well known comedian and baritone soloist of Wilmington, Del. was suddenly called home Oct. 29th inst, owing to the severe illness of his mother, Mrs. B. P. WoolJridge, 1215 W. Chaffin St. The Marathon Mystery By BURTON E. STEVENSON Author of "The Holladay Case" Copyright, 1904, by Henry Holt and Company HEN Drysdale opened his window next morning he found the sun shining from a sky unclouded, and the air warm "Good morning!" cried Tremaine. "A beautiful morning, isn't it? Won't you join me?" "You seem to be an early riser," observed Drysdale, who had thought to find himself the first astir. "It is a habit one learns at St. Pierre. The dawn is, there, the only pleasant portion of the day—one rises to burn incense to it." "You have lived long at St. Pierre?" "Nearly four years." The merest flicker of amusement flashed across Tremaine's lips and they finished their cigarettes in silence. They went down together to breakfast presently, but only Delroy joined them there, and it was not an especially pleasant meal, despite the bright sun at the windows and Tremaine's imperturbable good humor. As they arose from table, the gentleman announced his intention of going for a walk about the grounds. Tremaine seemed to enjoy his walk; at least he did not return to the house until nearly the hour for luncheon. At that meal the women joined them, and a drive was planned for the afternoon, which ended at the vesper service at the little chapel at Babylon. For some reason the drive had not been a success; a certain constraint seemed to have fallen upon the party, a feeling of unrest, of uneasiness, which sent them severally to their rooms as soon as they reached the house. Drysdale dressed immediately. What instinct was it that told him to set his foot lightly on the stair, or was it only that he hoped to book down upon her for a moment unseen? The sound of voices reached him, and leaning over he saw two figures standing before the fire which the evening chill had rendered necessary—Miss Croydon and Tremaine. He started abruptly to descend when he caught a sentence that made him pause. "I'm not in the least like that," Tremaine was saying, and, though the voice was carefully repressed, it had in it a ring of savage earnestness. "In your heart you know it or you wouldn't stand there listening. I have come to you at once, boldly, because I'm sure that I shall win. He is not worthy of you—in your heart you know that also. He cannot hold you; he is too weak; I shall wrench you away! You're not the woman to be tied to a gilded medicoerity." She had been leaning away from him, staring into the fire, as though charmed into silence by this impetuous eloquence. Now she stood erect and looked at him. "What you are proposing to me is infamous," she said through clinched teeth. "It is not in the least infamous," he retorted coolly. "I am offering you the future I know you sigh for. It is a future that I sigh for, too; that I have sighed for from the first moment I saw you, and which I am going to make come true. Together we will conquer the world. As my wife"—"Your wife?" There was scorn, anger, fear in the words and in the glance she cast at him. "Certainly—my wife," he repeated, with emphasis. "If I should prove to you"—She stopped him by an imperative gesture. "You go too far," she said. "There is a limit to what even I will endure. W. W. "What you are proposing to me is infamous. "What you are proposing to me is infamous. Do not push me too far. Do not rely too much upon my forbearance. A man capable of any crime"— He held her by the motion of a finger. "Is a man who appends to you," he concluded. "You strangely mistake me," she said in a cold voice. "You are reading your own nature into me. I would ask no man to commit a crime for my sake. I should abor the man who TWO CHAPTER XIV. W did." He did not answer, but stood looking at her with a gaze which seemed to envelop her, to pierce her through and through. Drysdale felt the perspiration start across his forehead. He wished to cry out, but could not. A door at the further end of the hall opened, and Delroy came in. The bonds loosened, and Drysdale fled back to his room. He needed to compose himself. After dinner he at once sought Grace. "Grace," he said gently, "as I was coming down to dinner tonight I happened to see you and Tremaine standing here together, and, without intending to, I overheard a sentence which stopped me up there at the turn of the stair." She turned away from him, and her arms dropped wearily by her sides. "Your proper course is to inform Delroy," he continued doggedly, braving the certainty of offending her. "Or, better still, I will, and then kick that scoundrel out. Why did you permit him to talk to you the way he did?" "I can't tell you," she answered hoarsely. "But I have a right to know." "Yes, I suppose you have. Why not break it off? Then you won't need to worry about me any more." He started from his chair at the words, but controlled himself and sat down again. "Do you mean that you want to break it off?" he demanded in a quivering voice. "Do you mean that you can possibly care for that"— She turned upon him with blazing eyes. "Do you insult me too?" For an instant he sat motionless as stone. Then he fell at her knees and caught her hands and covered them with kisses. "Listen," she said, bending over him, instantly moved, instantly tender. "You told me last night that you trusted me." "I do with my whole soul." "And Kate, the queen, needs you, as she said she would. Only I must have time to think, to straighten out the tangle. Tomorrow I will tell you—tomorrow night—till then"—He seized her and drew her down to him and kissed her on the lips. "I never doubted you," he said. "And I'll fight the battle of my life before I give you up." At the farther end of the hall a door closed very, very softly. CHAPTER XV. OHN DRYSDALE accompanied the other men to town in the morning, not that he cared to be with either of them, for his indignation at what he considered Delroy's laxness in entertaining a man whose conduct was so mysterious and whose past was so little known had not in the least diminished, and his distrust of Tremaine had grown stronger with the passing hours. The prospect of a day alone in the house was intolerable, and he felt that Grace Croydon would wish to avoid him till the hour of explanation was at hand. Indeed, the sudden antagonism he had developed toward Delroy would have suggest. I a permanent return to town had not a point of honor, as it were, compelled him to stay. He could not, at this moment, desert Grace Croydon to the machinations of Tremaine. He must save her if he could, not only for his own sake, but for hers. It was this gloomy meditation which occupied him on the trip in to the city, for his companions, immersed in the details of the day's business, left him severely to himself. He bade them goodby at the ferry and, in a sort of desperation, went down to the Record office and asked for Godfrey. He felt that he was being swept into waters beyond his depth, that he needed a strong, cool hand to pluck him back to safety, but he found that Godfrey was out of town. Delroy and Tremaine went at once to the Wall street office where the conference concerning the railroad was to take place. Memories of that conference still survive in the street; wild legends concerning it—how a company of conservative, cold blooded, steel gutted capitalists were worked upon, bamboozled, hypnotized, wrought up to enthusiasm over a project which was proved by the subsequent reports of engineers to be about as practicable as a bridge to the moon. Even yet the glamour of that meeting endures with some of the investors who were present, and they are still convinced that a railroad in Martinique would pay a fabulous return. Tremaine set for the street a new standard of "smoothness" and one which has never been approached. The conference was over by noon, and Tremaine announced his intention of returning to Edgemere by the first train. "I'm feeling a little worn out by the morning's exertions," he explained, and he really looked it. "When are you coming out?" "I'm going up to Tiffany's first," Delroy answered, "and have a talk with them about my wife's necklace. I left it with them Saturday. If they advise a sea bath, I'll bring it along with me, and we'll see what virtue there is in the treatment." "Perhaps there isn't any," said Tremaine, "or it may be that Tiffany has some better method." "Well, I'll know by tonight," and Delroy held up a beckoning finger to a passing cab. "Goodbye till then." Delroy and Drysdale returned together on the 5 o'clock train and hurried into the house. They found Trenging in a great chair in the glance which Drysdale THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA nead at least self control enough to restrain any ill considered or hasty words. But he blamed himself bitterly for not having foreseen the possibility of Tremaine's early return, the reason for which he guessed at once. "We've just time to make the arrangements before dinner," said Delroy, and he held up a long morocco case. "Ah"—andl Tremaine rose lazily—"so you've brought it? Tiffany advises it, then?" "Yes—but come into the library, and you shall hear. It seems that the only thing to be done is to immerse them in their native element for a few days, and the sooner it done the better. That's what I brought this cage for. We'll put the necklace in it and let it down into the water at the end of the pler. Only living sea water will do; it seems to have no efficacy shut up in a vessel of any kind. I asked about that particularly." "I would suggest," put in Tremaine, "that a guard be stationed at the pier to prevent any possibility of danger." "Perhaps you're right?" and Delroy nodded. "Graham and his boy will be just the ones. They can relieve each other so that the time won't seem so long." The Grahams were summoned, and they came promptly. A single glance was enough to convince any one of their absolute probity. The elder man was perhaps sixty years of age, in the very prime of health and strength, with a weather beaten countenance, surrounded by a grizzled beard; the younger one was about twenty-five. Both showed the clean skin and clear eyes and firm muscles resulting from life in the open air, for they had the care of the acres of lawn and garden and woodland and meadow belonging to the estate. "This string of white stones," he said, "is Mrs. Delroy's pearl necklace, worth something over $100,000. I put them in this cage, close the lid and fasten it with these little hooks. Now, Graham, these stones have lost their luster, and live sea water's the only thing that will restore it. I want you to tie a rope to this cage and lower it into the bay from the end of the pier, securing it, of course, so that it can't thrash around or break away. It will have to stay there for three or four days, and during that time I'd like you and your boy to sleep at the boathouse and see that nobody meddles with it." The two men had listened intently with serious faces. "Very well, sir," said the elder as Delroy finished, and held out his hand for the cage. Delroy gave it to him with a little chuckle of enjoyment. "You'd better have a gun with you—not that I think there's any danger"—"Never fear, sir," interrupted Graham. "We'll 'tend' all that. Come on, Willum." Delroy watched them till the door closed behind them. "I believe Graham would say 'Very well, sir,' in just that tone, if I told him to burn the house down," he remarked. "We'll go down after dinner and see how he's arranged things. And now," he added, "my innards are beginning to clamor vigorously for refreshment." CHAPTER XVI DUNNER that night was anything but a cheerful meal. In fact, it was evident that the house party possessed that fatal bar to success, a spirit of antagonism. Drysdale and Grace Croydon maintained a careful silence, and Mrs. Delroy was so obviously depressed that her husband was alarmed. As soon as the meal was over she and her sister disappeared upstairs, while the men lighted their cigars and strolled down to the boathouse to view the preparations made by the Grahams for the protection of the necklace. The night was very close, with a promise of rain unmistakable. They went through the boathouse without finding any one, but out on the pler beyond old Graham was sitting, gazing across the water and smoking an odoriferous pipe. Between his knees he held a Winchester repeater and a revolver butt stuck from a case at his side. Delroy laughed quietly as he looked at him. "Why, you're a regular arsenal," he said. "You're taking it in earnest for sure. You're not going to sit out here all night. I hope." "Willum takes his trick at midnight, sir. He's gone over t' th' house t' bring a cot an' some beddin' down t' th' boathouse. We'll take turn an' turn about." "Well," said Delroy, turning away, "I see I can sleep without worrying any over the safety of the necklace." As they passed through the boathouse again they perceived young "Willum" busily engaged in making up his bed on a cot in one corner. Delroy nodded to him and passed on without speaking. "It's too nice a night to spend in the house," said Drysdale, a little abruptly, as they mounted the steps to the door. "I believe I'll go for a tramp. I'll take my raincoat, though. Then I needn't hurry back." Delroy shrugged his shoulders as Drysdale entered the outer hall with them and took down his raincoat from the rack. Thomas, who was stationed in the vestibule, helped him on with it. "Goodby," he called from the door. "Don't look for me for an hour or two." "All right, we won't worry," answered Delroy. "Though, for my part," he added, as he and Tremaline went on through the hall together, "I prefer a book before the fire. There's a chill in the air that strikes through one after awhile, and Jack 'll soon get enough of it. But I'd better go up and see how my wife's getting along. You'll excuse me!" "Certainly; and stay as long as you like. I'm going to my room presently myself. I have some letters to write." Delroy nodded and went on the stairs. Tremaline sank into one of the chairs before the fire and watched the blazing logs, with an expression intent, alert. For an hour or more Delroy sat alone before the fire reading. At last he yawned, "alld down his book, arose and walked to the door. The wind was rising; he could hear it roaring in the trees, and every minute a broad flash of lightning illuminated the clouds on the horizon. "There's a storm coming," he said to Thomas, who was nodding at his post. "I wonder where the devil Drysdale went. He'd better be getting in pretty soon." As though in answer to the thought, a dark figure appeared suddenly on the walk, strode up the steps and opened the door. It was Drysdale. He took off his coat, threw it to Thomas and went on into the inner hall, where he stood rubbing his hands before the fire, with a face so hopeless, fierce, despairing, that Delroy was fairly startled. "You may go to bed, Thomas," he said. Then he went to Drysdale and G. W. H. "Father's killed!" he whispered hoarsely, laid a band upon his shoulder. "What's the matter, Jack?" he asked. "You're looking regularly done up." Drysdale turned with a start. "Oh, it's you, is it, Dickie? Where is Grace?" "Upstairs with my wife." "Where has she been this evening?" "She's been down here talking with Tremaine most of the time—but, I say, hold on! What sails the fellow? he demanded, staring after the other as he bounded up the stairs. "Well, that beats me." He was still staring when Tremaine appeared at the landing and came down, a packet of letters in his hand. "I want to put these in the bag," he said, "so they'll get off by the early mail." "It's on the rack out there," Delroy replied, and the other went past him into the outer hall. He was back in a moment. "That's a good evening's work," he said, with a sigh of satisfaction. "But what's the matter? You look as though you'd seen a ghost." Drysdale came in just now looking as though he'd seen one, all nerves and raw flesh, and stalked upstairs as mad as a hornet about something. "Ah," said Tremaine, with just the flicker of an eyelash, "and yet one would have thought that a walk through the silence of the night would calm his nerves. There comes the rain!" There was a bliss, a flash, and a great crash of thunder split the firmament apart and shook the house to its foundations. They could bear the rain dashing in sheets against the windows. "That's a storm for sure. Listen to the wind! Drysdale got in just in time. But I never saw him like that before. Something extraordinary must have happened to him. He's been out of humor for a day or two. I wonder, now, if he was caught in that steel crash? By Jove, I did hear him say that he'd bought a block of stock on margin." A gleam of triumph indescribable flashed into Tremaine's eyes. "That may explain it," he said, with studied carelessness. "Yes—but it doesn't excuse it. If a man can't keep his temper when he loses he hasn't any business to speculate. Hello, who's that?" Some one was pounding at the outer door. Delroy strode to it and threw back the bolt. It flew open and young Graham staggered rather than walked into the hall, hatless, coattless, soaked with rain, his eyes staring, his face rigid with horror. "Good heavens, man; what is it?" cried Delroy. He opened his mouth, but only a low rumbling came from his throat. "Come!" cried Delroy sharply. "Be a man! What is it?" By a mighty effort Graham pulled himself together. "Father's killed!" he whispered boarsely. CHAPTER XVII OR a moment no one spoke. Only the boy's labored breathing broke the stillness. He was shivering convulsively, clutching at the hatrack for support. "It was the lightning, I suppose," said Tremaine at last in a suppressed voice. "I knew that bolt struck somewhere near." "Lightning don't cave a man's head in, does it?" asked the boy doggedly. Delroy grabbed a raincoat from the rack, and Tremaine caught up another. Across the lawn they sped, under the trees, down to the water front, with young Graham stumbling blindly along behind. The little white boathouse gleaned vivid in the glare of the lightning. They entered and paused uncertainly in the gloom. "Where is he?" asked Delroy. "Out there on th' pier," answered Graham brokenly. "Out there where they struck him down." At the pier end lay a dark, huddled figure. A lightning flash disclosed the staring eyes, the blood stained face. Delroy, swallowing hard, grinned back his seat control. "We can't leave him out here," he said. "Perhaps there's a spark of life. You take the legs. I'll take the head." They held their burden on the cot which the son had occupied and stood for a moment looking down at it. The boy seemed on the vege of collapse. His lips were drawn, his teeth chattering. The horrible sobbing did not stop. Delroy turned to him sharply. "William," he said. "I want you to show yourself a man. A good deal depends on you. Remember that—remember, too, that with your help we're going to catch the scoundrel who did this." The boy straightened up with a groan of agony. "Now, go up to the house and rouse Thomas, but don't alarm any one else. Get him to telephone at once to Babylon for Dr. Wise and for the coroner, and tell them both to get out here as quickly as they can. Do you understand?" "Yes, sir," answered Graham, and disappeared in the outer darkness. For some moments the two men stood looking down at the body without speaking. Then Delroy stooped and touched lightly the bloody forehead. "See," he said, "his head has been beaten in." "Yes," nodded Tremaine, "the murderer struck boldly from the front. He didn't think it necessary to steal up behind." "But why didn't Graham defend himself? He was armed. Why did he let him get so near?" "There's only one possible explanation of that," said Tremaine dryly, "supposing, of course, that Graham didn't fall asleep. He knew the man and thought him a friend. Perhaps they were even talking together at the time the blow was struck." Delroy's face turned livid, and great beads of sweat broke out across his forehead. Presently there came the sound of footsteps on the walk, the door opened, and young Graham and Thomas came in. "Dr. Wise promised t" come at once, sir." said the latter to Delroy, his voice dropped instinctively to a whisper. "He said he'd bring the coroner with him." Delroy nodded without looking up. Ten, twenty, thirty minutes passed—thirty centuries during which no one spoke. Then they heard the swift clatter of a horse's hoofs, the whir of wheels, and a buggy pulled up before the door. Thomas had it open on the instant, and the two men walked in. "What is it, Delroy?" asked one of them. "Nothing serious, I—ah!" he added as his eyes fell upon the cot. He went to it quickly, the other following; touched the hideous wounds, looked into the eyes, felt the temples. "He's dead," he said at last; "has been dead two or three hours, I should say. His skull is crushed—fairly beaten in. It's your gardener, Graham, isn't it?" "Yes." Delroy answered. The doctor stepped back. "I turn the case over to you, Heffelbower," he said. "It's in your province now. Mr. Delroy, this is Mr. Heffelbower, the coroner." Heffelbower bowed. He was a little, stout man, baldheaded and with wide open blue eyes that stared like a doll's. Primarily he was a saloon keeper, but had been elected coroner as a reward for his valuable services to his party. He possessed a certain native shrewdness which fitted him to some_extent for the office; also a lack of nerves and a familiarity with crime which might often be of service. "I presume," he began slowly, "tat 'tis man wasn't killed here in his bed?" "No," said Delroy, "we found him lying out on the pier yonder. We thought it only common humanity to bring him in, since there might have been a spark of life left." "Oh, of course," agreed the coroner instantly, visibly impressed by Delroy's presence. "Tat was right. Who found t'e body?" "His son, there," and Delroy indicated young Graham by a gesture. "I'll tell everything I know, sir," said William, coming forward eagerly. "I went up t' thouse about 9 o'clock and brought this cot down, intendin' t turn in here an' relieve father at midnight. Father was settin' out there on t' pier a-smokin' his pipe when I turned in. I went t' sleep almost as soon as I touched t' pilfer. I don't know how long it was, but after awhile I kind o' woke up an' heard voices a-talkin' out there on th' pier. I got up an' looked out th' winder an' purty soon I saw it was Mr. Drysdale with father." "Drysdale? Who's he?" asked the coroner. "He's a friend of mine," spoke up Delroy quickly, "an old friend. He's staying here at the house with us. In fact, he's to marry my wife's sister." The coroner bowed. "Very well," he said, turning back to Graham, "you may continue." "Well," went on the young fellow, "as soon as I saw it was Mr. Drysdale I knew it was all right, so I went back to bed agin. An' I didn't know nothin' more till a great clap o' thunder nearly took th' roof off th' house. I set up in bed, but I couldn't seem t' git awake fer a minute, my head was whirlin' so. Then I got on my feet an' looked out th' winder an' jest then it lightened agin an' an' I seen father layin' there"— He stopped with a sob that shook him through and through. "That will do for t'e present," said the coroner kinay. "It seems rather extraordinary." he added, turning to Delroy, "tat t'is man should have sat out t'e rain at t'at time of night. Was he fishing?" Delroy sprang to his feet with a sudden start. "Fishing?" he cried. "No! I'd forgotten. He was guarding my wife's necklace." He threw open the door and ran out on the pier, the others following. At the extreme end a rope was dangling in the water. He reached over and pulled it up. The wire cage was flapping open. The necklace had disappeared. CHAPTER XVIII THE horizon was gray with the coming dawn, but it was still too dark on the pier to see anything distinctly, so they went slowly back to the boathouse, and Hefelbower turned back to make a more detailed examination of the body. "Dr. Wise," he asked, after a moment, "from which direction should you say 'these blows were struck'?" "From directly in front," answered the doctor promptly. "But I see he has a pistol at his belt. Why did he not tefend himself? Why should he allow himself to be beaten down?" As he spoke he lifted one of the muscular hands. Then, with a little exclamation of surprise, he bent and examined it more closely. "Come nearer, gentlemen," he said, his face flushed with excitement. "I want you to witness tat he has something between his fingers." They stooped and looked as he indicated. They could see that the hand clasped tightly some small, dark object. "Let us see what it is," Heffelbower continued, and bent back the stiffening fingers. The object fell out into his hand. He held it up in the glare of the light so that all might see. It was a button with a little shred of cloth attached. "If we can find 't' garment 'tat 't'is came from," said the coroner triumphantly, turning it over and looking at it, "we shall probably find 't' murderer. It liss a good clew." He placed the button carefully in his pocketbook and turned to the window. "I tink 't' is light enough," he said, "to take a look at 't' scene of 't' crime. I shalt 't' return to Rabbon." They went together down the pler to the spot where Graham had fallen. The rain had washed away nearly all the blood stains. His rime lay on the pler beside the chair in which he had been sitting. The chair was overturned. "But'te wind may have done'tat," said the coroner when Delroy pointed out that the overturned chair suggested a struggle, "or maybe he knocked it over when he fell. Let's have a look at'tat little cage." He pulled up the rope. The lid of the cage was open, but it did not seem to be injured. "Maybe'te waves proke it open," suggested Heffelbower. "They couldn't have done that," objected Delroy. "See; here's how it fastened." He closed the lid and snapped into place three small, but very strong hooks, which locked automatically. Hefeblower opened his lips to say something more; then changed his mind, closed them and turned away with a significant smile. He examined the knots in the rope, the plier, the wa- C. J. Without answering, Graham sprang into the water. ters of the bay, on which, just beyond the pier, a small boat was riding at anchor. "Te boat iss yours, I suppose, Mr. Delroy?" he asked. "Yes; it has been there ready for use since Saturday." As he spoke a gust of wind swung the boat in toward them. Young Graham, who was standing on the extreme edge of the pier, glanced down into it and uttered a sudden exclamation. "What's that?" he cried, with arm outstretched. The others followed the gesture, but a second gust swung the boat over. a second gust swung the boat away. Without answering, Graham sprang into the water and with a few strokes reached the boat. He climbed into it and untied it from the buoy. Then, at the instant another gust of wind came from the ocean, he released his hold. The boat was swept against the pler. He fended her off with the boat hook and made fast. “This is what I meant,” he said, and pointed to a pistol lying at his feet. They stared down at it, amazed. It was the coroner who spoke first. “Pass it up,” he said. He turned it over carefully in his hand. It was a fine type of the Smith and Wesson. It was fully loaded. None of the chambers had been discharged. “Ah,” he said, “see tere,” and he pointed to a clot of blood on the butt. And, see, here are some initials—J. T. D. Whose are tey?” “They are John Tolbert Drysdale's,” answered Delroy in a low voice. CHAPTER XIX FOR a full moment the coroner stood looking down at the pistol in his hand without speaking, but his face hardened and grew stern, so far as lay in the power of a countenance so rubicund. "I tink I shall have to see Mr. Drysdale before I go back to Babylon," he said. "But first let us try to account for t' presence of 't's pistol in 'tat boat." "How can it be accounted for?" demanded Delroy impatiently. "Good beavens! I tell you Jack Drysdale never killed that man. Perhaps he was boating yesterday. No; he was in New York yesterday—well, Sunday, then—and had the pistol with him and left it in the boat by mistake. How else could it have got there? The murderer wouldn't have put it there. "Nobody's used th' boat, sir," said William. "How do you know t' at?" asked the coroner sharply. "Because, sir, I tied it t' the buoy, an' I know my knot. It's th' same one I jest unfastened." "Nobody went out except Mr. Drysdale." spoke up Thomas. "I was in th' vestibule till nearly midnight, when Mr. Delroy told me t' go to bed." "You saw Mr. Drysdale come in?" "Yes, sir, an' I never saw anybody so worked up an' nervous-like." "Do you remember what outer garment he wore?" "He wore his raincoat, sir. I helped him on an' off with it." Where are they raintools kept? "They usually hang on the rack in th' vestibule, sir. That's Mr. Drysdale's coat that Mr. Delroy has on now." "Yes," said Delroy, looking down at it; "I didn't notice. I snatched it down in such a hurry"— He stopped, staring down at the coat, his face suddenly livid. The others followed his glance. The top button of the coat was missing. It had evidently been wrenched away with violence, for the cloth was badly torn. Amid a silence strained, absolute, the coroner took from his pocketbook the button he had found in Graham's hand. "I believe Mr. Drysdale will find it difficult to explain 'tis, gentlemen," he said, his face glowing more and more, and he held against the place the button he had found. It fitted exactly; the button matched the others on the coat; the shred of cloth was of the same color and material as the remainder of the garment. It was a proof there could be no disputing. "Let us go up to 't'e house and have a talk with Mr. Drysdale," said the coroner. They followed him in silence from the boathouse and up the broad gravel path. "No," said the coroner; "I'd prefer to see him in his room." "Very well," the other acquiesced, and led the way through the still deserted hall and up the stair. At the top, Tremaine turned to the coroner. "If you don't mind," he said, "I'll go on to my room. I'm feeling pretty well used up." The others went on to the next door. Delroy knocked. "Who's there?" queried Drysdale's voice. "Open up, Jack," called Delroy. "We've got to see you on some rather important business." "Important business!" Drysdale repeated, and they heard him cross the room. Then the door was flung open. "Come in—why, what the deuce is all this about. Dickie?" "Come in and shut the door, Jack," replied Delroy quietly. "This gentleman is Coroner Heffelbower of Babylon. He wishes to ask you a few questions. Drysdale answered with a stare of amazement, but he stood aside and let them pass into the room. "I was packing, Dickle," he said. "I've got to go back to New York today, to look after some investments. I'd like to stay, old man, but I really can't"— Something in the faces of his auditors stopped him, and he changed color. "Yes," said Jack, "a Smith & Wesson. I was just looking for it. When I opened my trunk just now I missed it." "How long has it been since you saw it?" "I can't say—two or three days, perhaps." "Did you have your revolver last night?" "No; I haven't seen it for a day or two, I tell you." "Iss t's your revolver?" asked the coroner, producing the weapon. Drysdale took it and looked at it with an air of astonishment. "Why, yes," he said. "Where did you get it?" "And iss t's your raincoat?" "Yes; but what"— "You wore it when you went out last night?" "Yes; but I insist"— Drysdale sprang to his feet, his face red with anger. "Why, you infernal busybody!" he cried. "It's none of your business." "Ten you refuse to answer?" "I most certainly do, and I think you'd better go back to Babylon." "I shall go back in due time, Mr. Drysdale," retorted the coroner in a cool voice, holding up his hand. "Perhaps you have as yet not heard of 'e murder committed here last night and of 'e robbery which accompanied it?" Drysdale paled suddenly; his hands were trembling. "Murder!" he repeated blankly. "Robbery!" "Precisely. Graham, 't'e gardener, was murdered last night and Mrs. Delroy's pearl necklace stolen. You were 't'e only person who left 't'e house. Your revolver was found beside him. His button, torn from your coat, was found in his hand. I hope you will now perceive 't'e wisdom of giving us a tailed account of your movements while you were away from 't'e house." Drysdale had listened with a growing pallor. When the coroner had finished he was fairly livid, and he passed his hand helplessly before his eyes. But he did not speak. "Well?" asked Heffelbower impatiently, after a moment. Drysdale took down his hand and steadied himself against the back of his chair. THE PLANET "I have nothing to say," he murmured hoarsely. "Do you persist in 'tat decision?' asked the coroner sharply. "I certainly do." "Then," said Hefflebower, rising in his turn, "in'te name of'te law. I shall hat to arrest you. Please finish your dressing." Drysdae was ready in a few moments, and the little party passed out into the hall. Suddenly from the farther end came the swish of skirts, and Grace Croydon appeared, radiant as the new day. She paused in astonishment as she saw the group. Then she came forward. Her eyes went anxiously from face to face. "What is it, Richard?" she asked. "What has happened?" Delroy laughed a mirthless laugh. "Enough and to spare," he answered. "They're arresting Jack, here, for murder." "For murder! Oh, why did you kill him?" she cried, turning upon her lover. "Why did you not wait"— "Kill him!" echoed Delroy. "But he didn't, Grace! How can you think such a thing? He could clear himself by telling where he was last night, and he refuses to do it. Maybe he'll tell you." She turned her searching eyes to her lover's face. "Where were you last night, Jack?" she asked. "You'll tell me, won't you?" "Tell you?" he sneered, his eyes blazing with savage anger. "Where was it? You ask me that?" And with a gesture of fierce contempt he went on down the stair. TEMPERANCE THEN LET IT ALONE. "I can drink or let it alone." Then let it alone, my friend! For a habit but partly grown In a troublesome thing to fend. In a bitter to let it alone Than to check it with blow and moan, And have it cling on to the end. Says the boy: "I can let it alone." Then let it alone, my friend! Why not prove that your soul's your own. That your will is too firm to bend? Oh, you "sometime will let it alone." But just now you are no one's drone! Then look out for the bitter cnd! So the drinker can "let it alone." Then let it alone, my friend! To your cups you're already prone. And your ways give no sign to mend. You just say you can let it alone. That you are not overthrown; But you drink right on to the end! And the drunkard can "let it alone." Then let it alone, my friend! "No!" he shrieks; "I for years have known Deeper woes than were ever penned! For the drink will not let me alone. There it sits in my being's throne, And lashes me on to the end!" I I can't "drink or let it alone." But can let it alone my friend! O'er the wrecks in their passion strown I can help you to the tempted send. I can let it entirely alone; I can keep me in safety's zone. And quaff its pure springs to the end. From the hearts it would scar and rend. Never fancy to let it alone Till you bury it under the stone, And write: "You are there till the end!" "I can drink or let it alone. Thet let it alone, my friend! Ere your hopes to the grave are flown. To this counsel of mine attend. If right now you can let it alone, Let your purpose be daily shown, And let it alone to the end! - Rene W. F. McCailey, Litt D., in C. E. World. RELEASE FROM DRUNKENNESS. What Must Be Depended on to Give Deliverance from Habit. The first requisite of a cure is absolute restrain. There is no home cure, no magic powder to drop in the drunkard's coffee (provided he condescends to coffee). The cure is a matter of hygiene, not of medicine. It depends on wholesome outdoor life and mental stimulus, on time, more time, and again time. First, there must be restoration for the weakened body with its need of stimulant; air, exercise, sleep, plenty of good food at frequent intervals, precaution against fatigue or hunger, for every discomfort or depression tends at first to reawaken the craving. These will restore physical trim, but in most cases they will not suffice if the mind is left in the irritable, depressed state that demanded stimulants, and the will in the rusty lassitude of long indulgence. The mental life of the victim must be made as vigorous as his physical life. He must be interested, given a change of surroundings, kept active and alert. His initiative and ambition must be awakened. He must be encouraged to think for himself, to decide for himself; educated into responsibility and self-control. Change of scene, occupation and amusement will do much of this. The rest depends on the personal equation, the ability and insight of the director of the sanitarium, the skill and care with which he diagnoses and prescribes for the mental condition of each patient, and the interest, sympathy and activity that he can evoke. He is in the position of a teacher, or rather of a head master, as much as in that of a physician—American illustrated Monthly. A LESSON TO MERCHANTS Saloon Keeper Always Seeks to Get Close to Factories. A long-headed saloon keeper always places his saloon between a factory and mercantile houses, so that he can get a whack at the wages of the mechanics before the merchants do. In fact, it is the "cream" of wages they are after, as the following will show: A liquor dealer was speaking of his custom to trust good mechanics and industrious laboring men, allowing them to settle on their weekly pay day. "Don't you lose a great deal?" said the gentleman with whom he was speaking. "Very rarely from this class of men," was the reply. "If they don't have money enough to pay all their bills, they always pay me, for my place is near where they work, and they come in here first after they get their pay. I don't know whether they pay their grocers and provision dealers or not, but I always get all they wee me." How do grocers and provision dealers like the idea of having the liquor dealer take the cream of the laboring man's wages?—Record, Sons of Temperance. Too True. "I'll knock your brains out," said the ramseller to the workman, "if you ask me to let you have beer on trust," "Oh, you're too late," was the reply; "if I had any brains, shouldn't be here."—Temperance Leader. The Poor Robbed. The saloons of the country took from the poorer people of the country last year more money than the total capital of all of our national banks, which was $755,000,000. RIDES MILES CLINGING TO SIDE OF FLYER Man Travels from Fort Wayne to Upper Sandusky Holding to Rail- ing of Passenger Coach. Upper Sandusky, O.—Nearly crazed with fear and unable to speak James Smith, of Fort Wayne, Ind., was rescued from a perilous position on the side of the 18-hour Pennsylvania flyer after a ride of 133 miles from Fort Wayne in 133 minutes. He rode that distance hanging by his hands and toes. Smith is accustomed to ride home by catching hold of a handle at the end of a coach and placing his toes on the edge of the lower step. As the flyer coaches are vestibulbed, the footing is very insecure and the position J. dangerous, as it is necessary to lean back. Smith expected to get off when the train slowed up at a crossing, but the train was running 40 miles an hour and he did not dare to jump. He could do nothing but hold on until discovered, and not until Upper Sandusky was reached did the engineer observe him. He was so weak that he was just about to drop off. He said, after regaining speech, that he could remember passing but two towns, while the train passed through a dozen. Killed Animal in Blackberry Patch with a Wooden Pail. Sloux Falls, S. D.—Two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. Olson, who live on a farm in Bon Homme county, with no weapon other than a common wooden pail, succeeded in killing a fierce wolf and at the same time prevented the animal from killing their two dogs. The wolf was one of the largest ever seen in that part of the state. The girls were out gathering berries, which they placed in a wooden pail. They were followed by their two dogs. While passing along a road which was skirted by timber, the dogs discovered a huge wolf lying partially concealed in the shrubbery near the side of the road. The wolf was immediately attacked by the dogs; but soon demonstrated that it was more than a match for both of them. Notwithstanding the danger of being attacked by the wolf, one of the girls approached near enough to deal the wolf a number of blows on the head with the pail. This partially stunned it and before it could recover it was killed. Naturally She Was Surprised. "Why, papa," said the fair girl, "wasn't that singular?" "Wasn't what singular?" the old gentleman asked, as he examined the railway tickets which he had just purchased. "The man at the window was actually polite, and he didn't seem to think it impertinent of us to want to ride on this road."—Chicago Record-Herald. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA For the Polished Floor. A Polished floors have come to stay. They are too hygienic, too easily cared for and too economical to be dispensed with now that we have learned it is possible to live without dust-raising, moth-catching and germ-spreading carpets. The first thing in doing up one of these soft wood floors—hard wood should always be treated professionally—is to see that it is perfectly smooth and clean. If it has already been painted or varnished remove the stains with strong liquid ammonia and a thorough scraping. The floor should be rubbed smooth with steel wool, dipped in a bucket of warm water in which soapine has been dissolved. Do a board at a time. This will cut all grease and dirt. When the floor has been gone over remove the dust, and if there are any cracks fill them with putty. The floor is now ready for the filler. This may be purchased from any paintshop or department store, all ready to apply. It may have a little color mixed in it, or some of the stain, to imitate any wood desired, may be used. Put on carefully with a flat brush, or a piece of cloth, working with the grain of the wood, and doing a board at a time. When the floor is finished close the room for at least twenty-four hours—the longer it stands the better. At the end of that time pin a piece of carpet to a long-handled, weighted brush, and rub one or two boards at a time, till they are smooth and shiny. If you do not use a weighted brush, a heavy iron covered with carpet or cloth makes a good but somewhat back-breaking polisher. A second coat of filler and a second polishing will improve the appearance. The floor may now be polished with boiled linenseed oil and one-third turpentine. Rub the mixture in well with a cloth and let it stand an hour or so to dry. Then polish with the weighted brush or iron. In keeping a stained floor clean never use water on it. Remove all dust and rub in crude petroleum, giving it an extra rub after it has dried. OF AID TO HOSTESS SUGGESTIONS FOR NOVEL AND PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS. Much Amusement in a Watermelon Party—An Evening with Celebrities—Interesting to Prospective Brides. Just as long as hot weather continues "watermelon parties" will be one of the favorite methods of entertaining. The delicious fruit must be kept on ice at least 24 hours before serving, then cut it in fancy shapes and place on large platters. Have colored waiters dressed like real old-time plantation darkies, with a banjo or two; they will provide just the kind of entertainment for a party of this description. Of course their star song must be "Den, O Dat Watermelon." Ask each guest to count the seeds in their portion, the one obtaining the largest number to receive a prize; there must also be a souvenir for the person having the smallest number. For the latter take a small melon, cut off the top and scoop out the fruit, line with tin foll or wax paper and fill with bon-bons, then tie the top back on with pink and green ribbon. Fill tiny bottles with extract of pepper mint, tie the corks in with narrow pink and green ribbon and put one at each place for a souvenir. An Evening with Celebrities. All Evening with Celebrities. For this affair the hostess had saved pictures of famous people and mounted them on colored cardboard, then they were pinned on the wall and put in conspicuous places throughout the rooms. Each one bore a number which was duplicated in the catalogue which was handed to the guests as they entered the rooms. A very interesting time followed. There were some 20 pictures in the "Gallery," among them "Longfellow," "Queen Wilhelmina," "Alexandra of England," "Susan B. Anthony," "Mrs. Potter Palmer," etc. After the allotted time the correct list was read and prizes awarded for the best and poorest lists. When the refreshments were served, partners were found by piecing out the sections of "Mother Goose" rhymes. For Prospective Brides. The following information will doubtless be acceptable to many of our readers, others may like to cut it out for "future use." What the color of one's wedding gown signifies: Married in gray, you will go far away. Married in black, you will wish yourself back; Married in brown, you will live out of town. Married in red, you will wish yourself dead. Married in pearl, you will live in a whirl; Married in green, ashamed to be seen. Married in yellow, ashamed of your fellow; Married in blue, he will always be true. Married in pink, your spirits will sink; Married in white, you have chosen aright. In for it. "What's the matter, my boy? You look discouraged." "I am. My boss invited me out to his house to dinner a few evenings ago." "Well, that's not so bad." "Well, that's not so bad." "You don't unde stand. I accepted his invitation, and I'm afraid not that I have to marry his elide laughter or lose my job."—Chica record Herald. Having selected the color of the wedding gown, next comes the choice of the all important day and again ancient lore comes to the front with this jingle: Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all; Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday no luck at all. However, in spite of the dire fatality attuned to "Saturday," modern brides have thrown superstition to the winds and it has become the most fashionable day for weddings, especially since the president's daughter chose it to wed the man of her choice. Books for Children A correspondent asks: "Would it be out of Madame Merril's province to give me a list of books for children from ten years of age and older? I live in a country town and at the litle library the books are not very up-to-date. I would like something instructive to read aloud."—"Rural." Here is a list which has been passed on by a youthful reader and I gladly submit it to the department readers: "Overhead, or What Harry and Nellie Saw in the Heavens," by Annie Moore and Laura D. Nichols. "Underfoot" Sequel to "Overhead." "Three Greek Children."—Alfred Church. "Fairy Tales of Ireland."—Eytinge. "Ungara, Tale of Esquimaux Life." —R. M. Ballantyne. "Boy Travelers in the Far East."—Knox. "Our Young Folks Abroad."—McCabe. "Our Christmas in a Palace."—E. E. Hale. "Girls Who Became Famous."—S K. Bolton. "Boys of Other Countries."—Taylor MADAME MERRL Latest Fashion Frills to Attain Popularity. Latest Fashion Frills to Attain Popularity. Attractive Striped Designs in Walst Flannels—Buttons of Carved Ivory and Tortoise Shell—Cushion One of the beautiful long motor veils is a useful thing for covering the hawcock wrought in summer hats by sun and dust. Street hats are prone to shabbiness at this time of the year, but a delicate hued veil of silk mousseline gauze or chiffon, swathing the hat and with ends drawn forward over the shoulders or, in French fashion, falling down the back, will make the old hat last until the season is quite ended. Buttons of carved ivory and of tortoise shell are particularly popular in Paris. Many attractive striped designs are offered in waist flannels, the color scheme often including many colors but blending them into inconspicuous harmony. Radiate is the latest variation upon radium sik. Heavy cushion embroidery will be much used upon winter frocks. Black silk laces are acquiring unprecedented prestige. Papa's Wisdom. "What do you suppose your father would say if we were to elope?" asked the poor but proud young man. "Oh," replied the pretty girl in the hammock, "he wouldn't say a word." "Are you sure he wouldn't?" queried the y. m. anxiously. "Yes," answered the p. g. "He'd simply move away and forget to leave his address."—Chicago Daily News. 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 no Pythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgrize one. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address PERFECTLY SATISFIED. "I don't wish to take up your time," the caller said, "unless you think it is likely I might interest you in the subject of life insurance." "Well," replied the man ta the desk, "I'll not deny that I have been thinking about it lately. Go ahead. I'll listen to you." Whereupon the caller talked to him 45 minutes without a stop. "And now," he said at last, "are you satisfied that our company is one of the best, and that our plan of doing business is thoroughly safe?" "Yes." "Have I convinced you that we furnish as good insurance as any other company, and at rates as cheap as you can get anywhere?" "Yes; I am satisfied with what you say—perfectly satisfied." "Well, don't you want to take out a policy with us?" "Me? Oh, no! I'm a life insurance agent myself. I thought I might be able to get some tips from you!" _ Edith—Is that your earliest ancestor? Chawley—Naw! That's only the guy that left us the money to buy the others with!"—Chicago Daily News. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAST. F.C.B. only absolutely necessary rega apply at the main office. The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a court Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial bene dues. The only expense for rea rosette, costing 25 cents for fui THE BANDS OF CALA stitutes a feature and persons c circle. The expense is nomine $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and de Lodge or Court or Band in you For all information concerni For all information concern membership in the lodges and THE WAY TO HIS HEART. Sylvia runs her motor car, while Clarice goes canoeing; Amella wields a tracket in the hope of getting thinner; Phyllis warbles; Rosala fine metal work work is doing; But Jane, Plain Jane, Gets dinner. Comes a man upon the scene. The other girls in rapture (While Jane, plain Jane, for the man gets dinner). With music, tennis, art, canoeing, motor-ing, seek his capture; But Jane, Gets the man With the dinner! STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club. 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. Fine Photographs. True to Life. High-class service. Latest improvements in Photograph- out-Door Work executed. Reasonable Rate. Free Shipping. Not available from Old negatives or Photographs. 3-m² Irs. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M., 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. of JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. United Aid Insurance Company. THE PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE AND SONG OF A BALLOON the style, and, filled with dolls, gave me up above the crowds I ride at earthly things I pass. Nobody may run over me nor mangle me, indeed; and there's no limit, you'll agree, to my aerial speed. With every current I may glide, nor do I turn quite pale; if eight miles an hour I ride they can't put me in jail! Indeed, the air, a rounder, you'll agree, and autos, as I sail the air, must all look up to me At times I have a lot of sand, I'm full with such a load. The only oath that I command is this: "Well I'll be bloody!" as I sail High O! I sail in l o r d i y s t a t e across the checkered sky I do not even have to wait until the clouds roll by! -Life. It Was a Good Thing. "Excuse me, madam," said the agent, addressing the lady of the house, "but I'd like to show you a little device that I am introducing. All you have to do is simply place it in your refrigerator and it will save half the ice." "Indeed!" exclaimed the lady. "And do you guarantee that it will save half the ice?" "Certainly, madam," answered the agent. "Then I'll take two," said the practical woman, "so as to save all the ice."—Chicago Daily News. No Settlement Thers. "Mrs. Splash has gone into settlement work." "I know one person who wouldn't believe it." "Who's that?" "Her dressmaker." -- Detroit Free Press. "Decarest," he whispered, as the pale moon floated behind a cloud, "how long will you love me?" "Till the very last," she answered, as she nestled to his breast. "Till the last day of your vacation."—Milwaukee Sentinel. Organization is one of the most powerful has been phenomenal. The Grand Court over all of the cities and counties is intended to organize a new lodge. The largest features, but the principles based on Friendship, based on Charity, the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. An endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 funeral occasions. ANTHE or Children's Department cannot do better than to enter the final and the benefits all that could death benefits of from $30.09 to $40 per neighborhood, or organize one. During the Children's Department and Mrs. Anna Tait 120 W. H. morning special rates of JOHN and courts, address 312 United Aid Insurance HOME OFFICE, 312 East Incorporated 1894 under the laws Has written over Three Million business since organization. Over sixty-five thousand Over twenty-five Branch All claims paid to date. Ten Thousand Dollars on Deposit OFFICE J. E. Byrd, W. W. Lee, D. S. Alston, W. J. Spratley R. L. Clay, R. K. Stokes, R. C. Malloy, BOARD OF J. E. Eyrd, W. J. Spratley W. W. I. Bailey, W. C. Carter, P. S. I. Stokes, F. I. 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Thirty males the benefits paid constitute one is greater than anything clarity and established on Be- of the state will find it an order of of $200.00 for all ages. It are costing 75 cents each is the ing the organization of lodges MINT ment also con- ne little ones into this mystic did be expected. It pays from $40.00. If you have noPythian address, TAYLOR, W. M., Hill St., Richmond, Va. N MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. Insurance Company, First Broad St., Richmond, Va. Wesof Virginia. Capital Stock, $25,000. on ($3,000,000-00) Dollars worth of and policy holders. mches. It with the Treasurer of Virginia. NICERS. I, President. He, 1st Vice President. On, 2nd Vice President. Tley, Sect'y. and Gen'l. Manager. V, Asst. Secretary. Kes, Cashler and Treasurer. Oy, General Inspector. DF DIRECTORS. T. Lee, D. S. Alston, R. L. Clay, V. S. Brown, C. H. Jones, R. H. E. Puryear. As solicitors and agents. UNITED AID INSURANCE CO., 312 E. 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It goes down fighting to the last. It was ably edited. The Washington, D. C. Herald of October 29th publishes communications for and against Mrs. Mary Church Terrell as a member of the school board of the District of Columbia in connection with the dismissal of Supervising Principal F. L. Cardozo. Viewed from this distance it seems to us that some means should be found to get the colored people to agree upon something and upon somebody. THE CLANSMAN BARRED The colored people of Philadelphia acted with consummate skill and rare judgment in their fight against the production of "The Clansman" at the Walnut Street Theatre of that city. Mayor Weaver is to be commended for his action in revoking the license of the theatre. Mr. Thomas Dixon, Jr. has had the doors of many cities in the Southland slammed in the faces of himself and company and it is to be hoped that the feeling may be universal throughout this country. Mr. Dixon has had his day. Its close came when the work of murdering innocent colored people began in some of the most influential localities in this section of the country. He has not been true to history and there are evidences everywhere apparent that he has been and now is the victim of an itching palm. A play that necessitates an explanation from the author at every rendition of the same is hardly calculated to win the approval of the conservative public although it may win rounds of applause from the lawless elements now so plainly in evidence in this country. Mr. Thomas Dixon, Jr. may not reach hell, but from this distance we are unable to observe a seat in heaven that he is qualified to occupy LOAFERS AND THE PANAMA CANAL. It is announced that Col. N. F. Thompson of Chattanooga, Tennessee had an interview with President Roosevelt and incidentally made a suggestion relative to solving the labor problem on the Panama Canal. Naturally one would think that a gentleman of his experience and prominence would have said something that would have been entitled to consideration at the hands of the Chief Executive of the nation. As a matter of fact he really made himself an object of ridicule for he proposed that idle Negroes be utilized for this purpose. Here is the language attributed to him: "While talking to the President I made a suggestion," said Col. Thompson, "which I told him would help to solve the labor problem on the Panama Canal, and at the same time help to solve the race problem in the South. "The suggestion made was that the idle Negroes in the South be utilized for labor on the canal. No force would be required to secure their services. The better class of Negroes in the South would aid the white people in securing this class of labor for construction work on the great interoceanic waterway. It is the Idle Negro that makes the trouble in the South, and it is their kind that reflects on the better class of Negroes. Their presence interferes with the introduction of foreign immigrants. The President was impressed with the suggestion, and asked me to see Secretary Taft and Chairman Shonts, of the Panama Canal Commission, before leaving and talk with them on the subject. I will call on them to-morrow." We are unwilling to believe that President Roosevelt considered the matter seriously. If such labor was dumped on the canal zone, it would not only prove unreliable, but worthless. Negroes who cannot be made to work at home, cannot be made to work abroad. Ninety-five per cent of this worthless material would be in the hospital before it had been in Panama two weeks and the other five per cent would require an overseer, who would be clothed with the power to give it a lashing whenever it lagged in its efforts to make the dirt fly. The kind of Negro labor wanted on the isthmus is wanted in this country. Loafing, tile Negroes of the stripe referred to and of the kind so heartily despised by the industrious colored people of this country are absolutely useless for work unless it is in a chain-gang, a work-house, or a penitentiary. This is as true of the white loafer as it is of the black one. Both despise work just as much as the Devil is reputed to hate holy water. It would take an army with cannon to force this class of humanity to go to Panama or anywhere else if they thought that work was at the end of the journey. They would willingly go to heaven because they have been informed that they are to live on milk and honey and there is to be no sickness, sorrow, pain or death and no work there. But we learn that there is to be singing, and the crying out of "Hosannas to the Lamb," and if they were told of this and impressed with the fact that it is to be kept up eternally, they would construe this to mean work for them and they would prefer the regions of Hell, where with all of its burnings in the brimstone and fire, there would be no work save for the imps of darkness who were burning them. They might go to the central portion of Africa, where there is no labor needed and where the fruit from the bread tree satisfies the most voracious appetite, but the idea of going to Panama to work is as ridiculous as it is absurd. The white loafer is known as a trampet, a bar-room pimp and a ward heeler and while the Negro loafer as a rule is harmless, the white loafer is dangerous. All of the self respecting colored people are in favor of removing both, but for God's sake, Colonel, do not deceive yourself or that confining Panama Canal Commission that has the work in charge. When you want work done, do not employ loafers. It is something about which they know nothing and the cost of maintaining them will be double that of the most reliable and expensive labor in the world. Well, enough on the loading Negro and the loafing white man question. WHAT WILL THE PRESIDENT DO? To our infinite surprise, we note that Inspector General Garlington has made a report as a result of his investigation into the rioting at Brownsville, Texas, in which he admits that he has been unable to ascertain who are the guilty parties. This is of course an indirect reflection upon the action of the Texas authorities, who have sworn out indiscriminate warrants against members of the Twenty-fifth Infantry charging them with murder. Inspector General Garlington is just as bad a specimen of humanity as are his white citizen colleagues in Texas, if not something worse, for he recommends the dismissal of the entire command of the Twenty-fifth Infantry as a punishment for the alleged action of a few of them. This too is to be done if his recommendations are approved without even a form of a trial, while the Texas officials are kind enough to guarantee the same results, by actual dismissal of those whom they are anxious to get into their clutches from this mundane sphere, but with all of the forms of a legal trial save that which guarantees a citizen a fair and impartial trial by a jury of his peers. It is a difficult matter for us to believe that a man wearing the THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA shoulder straps of a United States officer would punish more than 150 men for the alleged offenses of about half a dozen of them. It is a well known principle of law that it is better that ninety nine guilty men should escape than that one innocent man should be punished. Inspector General Garlington knows that there are innocent men in the three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. He knows too that no man in the army could remain in either a white or a colored regiment who would tell on his comrade. He would be placarded as a traitor. This feeling is prevalent in every military school in the land and why he should think that men who fought at San Juan Hill and El Caney and who braved the bolos in the Philippines would fear summary dismissal from the service of the United States where they get much "cussing" and but little salary is a mystery to us. We have no fear that President Roosevelt will approve any such report. It would be more in keeping with his nature to administer to this Inspector General at least a mild reprimand. Let us reverse the picture and presume that the settlement was colored and the troops white, would this officer have made such a report and had he made it, would he not have been derided from Maine to Texas, from Canada to the Gulf? Crimes have been committed recently on citizens of color at Springfield, Missouri, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Salisbury, North Carolina, Mobile Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, Argenta, Arkansas and their neighborhoods and in practically all of the cases the men concerned in the outrages have "gone scot free," because white men would not tell and now when colored troops, who have been observing these occurrences do the same thing, following in the footsteps of secrecy so well trod by these white men, it is proposed to dismiss not the guilty alone, but all of them without honor. It may be that this course will be pursued, but we give forth no secret, when it is done, "There'll be a hot time in the old town to night." In view of this report, how can the colored men now confined at Fort Sam Houston, Texas upon the nominal charge of murder, be longer so incarcerated? This report liberates them so far as we can see, although it was evidently not so intended. Race prejudice is a great handicap The average Negro is no worse than the average white man and human nature is the same the world over. The best place for that report is in the President's waste basket, but as that would indicate a discourtesy of which he could not afford to be guilty, we hope that the words "Disapproved" will be written across its face and it be allowed to simmer and age in the pigeon-hole of the Chief Executive's office at Washington. By the way, Inspector General Garlington is something of a curiosity. We most assuredly would like to see him. Selah. THE CONVICTION OF JOHNSON. The case of Austin Johnson, (colored), charged with criminal assault upon Ruth Pinchback (white) is one of the most remarkable in the criminal annals of this state. That she was criminally assaulted admits of no question and that the fiend who assaulted her has gone "unwhipt of justice" is a fact that all thoughtful observing men will recognize. We would like to see him given the extreme penalty of the law. The fact that the alleged guilty colored man was given twenty years in the Virginia penitentiary by a Henrico county jury is very good evidence that Johnson is innocent. He was prosecuted by a gentleman, who is past master at that business. On either side of a contention, Mr. L. O. Wendenburg is a "holy terror." We sometimes think that he permits his zeal to win to outstrip his judgment. That /Mr. E. B. English, the self-sacrificing attorney for Johnson should have been able to snatch him from the gallows, he having been once before convicted is as remarkable as it was surprising. From the stand point of the preponderance of evidence there is and never has been any way to convict this man save by the introduction of perjured witnesses. It was plainly proven that an effort in this direction was being made. The disclosures made on the witness-stand when Henry W. Spencer, one of the most notorious crooks in this section swore that Johnson had made a confession of guilt to him, was only equalled by the sensational turn when even the authorities rallied and proved that this man could not be believed on oath. Our view of the situation was that no jury of white men could be found in Henrico county who was willing to take the odium of acquitting Johnson unless the girl swore that he was not guilty. That she was not certain who outraged her is evident and so Austin Johnson must suffer. A man with money has but little chance in a fight of this kind and a man without money is practically helpless. The placing of Austin Johnson on the witness stand did not help mat- ters. Wrought up over the injustice of the attacks made upon him, he made anything but a good witness for himself although he at no time was broken down in any of his statements or confused in any of his utterances. He needed sympathy and when before the jury, it was his mission to play upon their stony hearts. A southern white man is a peculiar specimen of humanity. He is either radically for you or violently opposed to you. To our mind the wrong man has been sent over the hill to the "white house" and thereby closed forever all hope of the punishment of the guilty party. The sleuths who have failed will console themselves with this evidence of their shrewdness and set themselves up as being able to ferret out crime and punish the perpetrators of it. Attorney English had a long chase and that his client did not receive the death penalty is a great testimonial to his skill and acumen as a practicing member of the Richmond bar. FIFTY-EIGHT DEAD IN HORROR AT ATLANTIC CITY Three Crowded Electric Cars Plunged Into Water. DROWNED LIKE RATS IN TRAP Cars Left the Rails at Drawbridge Over the Thoroughfare and Were Submerged in Water and Victims Had No Chance to Escape—Pathetic Scenics at Morgue When Dead Were Identified. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 31.—Bearing out the contention of Coroner Gaskill that a number of persons who lost their lives in the electric train wreck on the Thoroughfare bridge may be buried in the mud where the cars plunged in, the bodies of Mrs. Paul Felsburg, Mrs. Selina Johnson and that of Mrs. Sarah Miller were recovered from under the third car. This car hung from the abutment in the centre of the bridge, with its nose in the mud, and when the workmen were trying to lift it from the water the bodies worked loose. That of Mrs. Miller was plinned fast in the wreckage, but that of Mrs. Felsburg floated up to the view of the workmen. Mrs. Johnson's body was found sometime later, caught under the wreckage. All were cut and battered. The finding of these bodies increases the official identified dead to 51, and the total number of bodies recovered to 54. There are still known to be among the dead the bodies of Mrs. Frank Monroe, 3-year-old Joseph McElroy, H. N. Burch and Arman Alexis Tadesco, which makes the certain number of dead in the wreck 58, there still remaining at various mortuaries three unclaimed bodies. The Dead. Emanuel Freed, of New York, an act or known as "Manny" Bernard nephew of Sam Bernard. Mrs. Mary Benckert, Philadelphia. Clarence Benckert, 12 years, a gon. W. L. Carter, Philadelphia. Mrs. W. L. Carter, his wife. James Paul Dempsey, Camden. Ida Dempsey, his wife. Mrs. Walter Bradish, Eastport, Me. Mrs. Cora Bibbe Brown, Eastport, Me. Mrs. Selma Womfer, Atlantic City. Mrs. Laura Lawrence, Philadelphia. Samuel and Rachel Iffell, German town. Walter Scott, Atlantic City. Dr. and Mrs. Alvin C. Hudders, Phili adelphia. Dr. and Mrs. Paul Felsberg, Phili phla. Frank Monroe, Atlantic City. Eddie Nleessa, 5 years, Philadelphia. Gertrude Hayes, colored, Camden. Mrs. Evelyn McElroy, Philadelphia. Olivia McElroy, 5 years, a daughter John Zimmerman, Philadelphia. B. Finkelstein, Reading, Pa. Mrs. Ella Rittenhouse, Philadelphia Ella Mary Rittenhouse, a daughter. Albert L. Getman, Philadelphia. Albert Kessel, Camden. Charles Kessel, a brother. Mrs. W. H. Stewart, Wenonah, N. J. William Stewart Klyne, young adopted son of Mrs. Stewart. Martha Helsch, Philadelphia. William Edwards, Woodbury, N. J. Frank and Joseph Merward, Philadelphia. Constantine C. Veorado, Philadelphia. Vincenzo Domable, Atlantic City. George Turner, colored, Atlantic City. Thomas Culence, Philadelphia. Clifford and Sinclair Harris, colored, Philadelphia. John Kober, Philadelphia. Robert Brower, Philadelphia. George Womfer, Camden. Mrs. Sarah Miller, Philadelphia. Lester Miller, her son. Samuel Kleinberger, Atlantic City. The injured. Among the injured are: H. B. Joseph, Camden; Al. Reeuse, 59 Archibald street, Scranton, Pa.; John Fortunato, Philadelphia; Joseph Devilio, manager of Royal Artillery Band, severely injured about head and ribs; Creste Roy Mallello, Philadelphia; W. H. Stewart, Wenonah, N. J.; Frank Decerli, Philadelphia; John Fortunato, Philadelphia; Angelo Fanzein, Philadelphia; Andrew Taylor, Camden, N. J.; Ida Debal, Florence, N. J.; Edward Morgan, Scranton, Pa.; Orestes Roy, Philadelphia; H. B. Joseph, Camden, N. J.; George McGee, Philadelphia. The second of the death dealing cara was raised, and it is probable that when the last one is entirely out of the water several other bodies will be recovered. Coroner Will Make Rigid Inquiry. Aside from the search for the bod les, interest now centers on the inquest, which will be held by Coroner Gaskill on Thursday. While he will not express an opinion before the inquiry as to the cause of the accident, it appears from his statement that he is convinced that the bridge on which the accident occurred is not as it should be and may have to be rebuilt. That the officials of the city generally want a most rigid inquiry so that responsibility for the accident may be placed, is shown by the action of councils in adopting resolutions expressing sympathy for the bereaved and embodying the following: "Resolved. That every officer of the city government, who by reason of his presence in the work of rescue, or for any other reason, can give assistance to the county officials charged with the work of determining the cause of this disaster, is hereby directed to give such assistance in order that those responsible for the appalling loss of life may be punished and the lives of railroad passengers safeguarded." The central figures in the inquiry on Tuesday will probably be Daniel Stewart, the old bridge tender, and John Spiker, the towerman who operates the signals. Stewart declares positively that he locked the draw properly after the schooner yacht Sinbad passed through, and the railroad officials say that in any event the signal for safety would not have been set when the train came along had the rails not have been right. John Spiker, the towerman, when asked about this said that he could not see the tracks clearly enough from his position to know whether the tracks were in line, but he said he got the signal from the tender that they were all right and gave the train a clear track. When the rear car of the train caught on the abutment on the bridge where it hung polsed for a minute there was a frantic rush of the passengers for the rear door. Probably a score or more got out and as the car plunged over the edge others leaped into the water. The last car that went over the bridge fell upon the others and slowly slid off into the water. The moment's delay, however, gave several passengers the opportunity to leap into the water before the car was finally submerged. Motorman Scott stuck to his post and went down with his train. The third trainman, Brakeman Wood, proved himself a hero. When the train left the rails and was bumping over the ties Wood ran to the rear door of the last car, threw it wide open and held is open for the passengers to escape. He held the door open until the car slid off the bridge, and went into the water with it. He then swam to the shore. His action in holding the door open probably saved many lives. No Warning of Death. On leaving Westville the third-rall electric car was applied, and the train from there on bowled along at its customary speed. Not the slightest incident occurred to cause the motorman to slow down. When the drawbridge, which crosses the stream popularly known as the "Thoroughfare" was approached, the motorman saw a clear track before him. There was nothing to warn him of danger, nothing to show that the rail might not have been in place, in fact, nothing to indicate that everything was not as it should be. So the train bounded along over the bridge with never a hint to the unsuspecting passengers that death would come to many so suddenly. All at once the forward coach lurched, the ponderous wheels leaped the rails and came down upon the ties. Swerving to the left, the first coach dragged the others after and plunged over the edge into the water. The third coach, however, struck a heavy abumtment, and was left momentarily suspended in midair. As soon as the first coach was precipitated into the water there were screams of men, women and children. Caught like so many rats in a trap, they were thrown in heaps, and what little chance these might have had to escape was cut off by the wild scramble which ensued. The two cars which were hurled from the bridge sank quickly in 20 feet of water, and are now completely hidden from view. Heartrending Scenes at Morgue. The scene at the old Empire Theatre, the temporary morgue, on Atlantic avenue, where most of the bodies were taken for identification, were heartrending. Weeping men and women filed along the lines of corpses, pausing for a second while an attendant reverently lifted a sheet, then either passed on with a shake of the head, or, with a scream would say: "That is my mother, sister or husband!" as the case might be. Among the most pathetic of these identifications was made by Andrew McEloy, of 2023 Greene street, Philadelphia. McEloy was in Atlantic City awaiting his wife and two children. They expected to take the 11 o'clock train, but for some reason postponed their start until the fatal train. He was at the station here to meet them, and when he learned of the accident was crazed from grief. He had to be restrained from killing himself, and it was not until Monday that he was allowed to view the bodies in the morgue. When the sheets were pulled back and he saw the faces of his wife and children he dropped as if shot, and had to be carried from the room. Mrs. McEloy was only 28 years old herself. The children were Olivia, 5 years old, and Joseph, 2 years old. Gertrude Hayes, a 20-year-old colored girl. Living in Camden, who was on her way to Atlantic City to sing at the St. James church, one of the largest colored congregations in the city, was wrongly identified as Mary Thompson, also of Camden, but her brother, William Hayes, made a positive identification. Hayes was so overcome with the horror of the scene that he went into violent hysterics. Foaming at the mouth and his eyes nearly popping from his head, three policemen were required to take him from the room. —Subscribe to The PLANET. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE Stories of terrible experiences are told by those who escaped death in the submerged coaches. A Mrs. Mc Donald, of Philadelphia, who was in the third car, had the following to say of her experience: "When the cars went overboard I was looking out of the window. It was terrible. I saw that we were all doomed, and my first thought was of my husband. The cars plunged over and the water rushed into the windows and doorways. Fortunately I am a good swimmer. The Lord only knows how I broke my way through a window but I did it. As rose to the surface I thought of my husband and dove down in the faint hope that I could rescue him. I went down and finally grabbed hold of a body. I came up with it, but discovered that I had resumed some other man and he got safety ashore. I dove twice more and each time I brought up a strange man. The fourth time I went down I reached my husband and succeeded in landing him safely ashore." Mrs. McDonald is now at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Townsend, on Pennsylvania avenue, in this city, and her husband is with her. Both are pretty well bruised and suffering from shock. Saw Train Plunge Into Water. J. S. Deford, a trainman, who was on the meadows, about 50 yards from the bridge, when the accident occurred, sald: "I was looking out of my bunk window and noticed the electric express as it entered on the bridge. As I looked I saw it give a twist, and the next instant I saw the whole train go over into the water. At this time the tide had just started to run in. I hurried over to do what I could, and caught two dead bodies and saved one man. As we were all working hard the tide began to rise and the cars, which first showed the tops of their roofs, gradually disappeared. I can well imagine the horrible state of affairs that existed within the cars. I saw a woman's hand sticking out through the ventilator in the roof of the first car, and the sight almost caused me to faint. There were hats, coats, umbrellas and every sort of wearing apparel floating around on the surface. "It was not long before crowds began to arrive and the work of rescue commenced. Charles Keesler, a local commission merchant, was the first man to jump in, and, acting as leader, he seized an axe and began to hack away at the top of the car, trying to liberate the entombed passengers. He could not make much headway, however. About this time John Cooney, a diver, arrived, and, hastily donning his diving suit, he went down and made a survey of the situation and commenced to break the windows and pull out the bodies. It was dark by this time and he had to quit. As the electricity was shut off we could get no electric lights to work by, and the wrecking crew had to work as best they could." HOOE GUILTY OF PERJURY Jury Declares Story He Told About Mrs. Hartje Was False. Pittsburg, Oct. 31.—Clifford Hooe, the negro, formerly coachman for Augustus Hartje, was convicted of perjury in connection with a deposition against Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje and which formed the basis of the recent sensational Hartje divorce trial. The closing features of the case were sensational and exciting in the extreme. The attorneys during the arguments attacked one another indiscriminately with accusations and during the address of Assistant District Attorney Robb the negro defendant jumped from his seat and shouted that the attorney lied. Judge Frazer's charge to the jury was an impartial review of the law and evidence and thus ended a trial which for scandal has seldom, if ever, been equalled in Pittsburg. ITALIAN MURQERS BOY Barber Fired Gun Into Noisy Crowd Before His Shop. Philadelphia, Oct. 31.—Angered at a number of young men who had been making a disturbance in front of his place of business, Anton Dazello, a barber, rushed from his shop with a shot gun in his hands and fired into the crowd, instantly killing Charles McEwen, aged 14 years. The boy was shot in the neck. After the shooting Dazello run through his house 2nd escaped. Shot His Tormentor Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 31.—Jesse McSherry, 26 years old, lies in the general hospital here in a serious condition, with a load of buckshot in his arms, legs and abdomen, and Benjamin Brenneman, over 70 years of age, is under arrest for the shooting. McSheery and some companions were returning from a sauer krout supper and stopped in front of Brenneman's house when, it is alleged, that the latter shot at them. From admissions of McSheery and what the police have learned it is believed that they were plaguing the old man. Mitchell Day In Coal Region. Mitchell Day in Coal Regions. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 29.—Mitchell day was observed here by the United Mine Workers of America. There was a general suspension at all the mines throughout the Wyoming region. John Mitchell, president of the Miners' Union, who delivered an address at Coaldale, Pa., was not able to reach here. Secretary W. B. Wilson, of the United Mine Workers, was the principal speaker of the day. Fully 10,000 people turned out in a parade. Four Negroes Saved From Mob. Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 30.—The sheriff of Conway county brought four negroes to the state penitentiary, where they are held to escape the fury of a mob. The negroes fired upon several white people near Morrilton. William Moore, a white man, was killed, and Joseph Jones was wounded. The sheriff had difficulty in getting his prisoners across the river. PARLIAMENT FOR FILIPINOS President Prepares to Redeem Promise of National Assembly. TO BE INSTALLED NEXT SPRING Washington, Oct. 31.—The president is preparing to redeem his promise made to the Philippine people through Secretary Taft that they shall have a parliament of their own, conditioned upon their good behavior for a term of two years, and it is understood that Secretary Taft himself will proceed to the Philippines next spring to witness the installation of the new form of representative government. March 27, 1905, the Philippine census was published, and consequently two years from that date, March 27, 1907, under the terms of the act of congress the president will direct the Philippine commission to call a general election for the choice of delegates to what will be known as the Philippine assembly. This body is to take over all legislative powers heretofore exercised by the Philippine commission in all that part of the archipelago not inhabited by Moros or non-Christian tribes. As this date draws near the Philippine people are showing signs of agitation, and to the officials here it is evident that they are expecting some benefits that cannot at once be realized. For instance, the assembly of provisional governors recently in session in Manila with a view of arranging the preliminaries for the meeting of the Philippine assembly is reported to have recommended that the suffrage be widely extended. It is pointed out here that this is not possible, for the reason that the act of congress under which the assembly will be convened expressly states the qualifications of voters. These, in brief, are that the voter must be at least 23 years of age (which was the Spanish requirement); must be able to read and write either Spanish or English; or must own a certain amount of property or must have been in the past an officeholder under the Spanish government. These qualifications were framed upon the old Spanish practice, and no Philippine assembly can change them. The new assembly or legislature will consist of two houses, to be known as the Philippine commission and the Philippine assembly, the latter to consist of not less than 50 nor more than 100 members. It is probable that the present commission will be merged in the upper house. DROWNED IN MID-OCEAN Bayard Gable Fell Overboard While Bound to South America. Altoona, Pa., Oct. 30.—Bayard W. Gable, aired 23, son of William F. Gable, of this city, fell overboard a sailing vessel and was drowned in mild ocean, while bound from New Bedford, Mass., to Buenos Ayres, South America, gathering material for a book on the sea. Gable was formerly a newspaper man, having worked in Altoona, Pittsburgh and New Bedford, and friends predicted a bright career for him in the literary field. Word of his death was received here. STEAMER SUNK; 23 DROWNED Collided With Unknown Vessel Off Coast of Belgium. Ostend, Belgium, Oct. 31.—The German steamer Hermann, from Antwerp for the Mediterranean, was sunk in the channel, October 28, as the result of a collision. Twenty-three of her crew were drowned. The collision occurred when the Hermann was near the East Goodwins. The name of the vessel with which she collided is not known, but it was ascertained that she had four masts. The Hermann was an iron vessel of 1453 tons net. Supreme Secretary of Arcanum Dead. Boston, Oct. 29.—William O. Robson, supreme secretary of the Royal Arcanum, died of pneumonia at his home in Wellesley Hills, after an illness of two days. Mr. Robson was elected supreme secretary in 1877, and has held the office ever since. He was born at Loyal Oaks, Md., in 1823. SHOT IN MISTAKE FOR BURGLAR Son of Prominent Philadelphiaian Fatally Wounded at Bryn Mawr. Philadelphia, Oct. 29.—Mistaken for a burglar, Clayton B. French, son of Harry B. French, member of a firm of wholesale chemists, was shot and probably fatally wounded by W. G. Audenreid at the Montgomery Inn at Bryn Mawr, near here. Mr. French had lost his key to the hotel and was endeavoring to gain an entrance through a window. The window opened into a room occupied by Audenreid and as French stepped through the opening Audenreid discharged his revolver. The bullet lodged in French's lungs, and physicians have little hope of his recovery. French, who is a Harvard graduate, is 24 years of age. Mr. Audenreid is a member of a brokerage firm and is prostrated by the unfortunate occurrence. WILLS $122,000 TO STUDENTS Lehigh University Graduate Leaves Trust Fund, For Scholarships Trust Fund For Scholarships. South Bethlehem, Pa., Oct. 29. As a mark of appreciation of Lehigh University, from which he was graduated in 1887, from the School of Mines, Frank Williams has left his entire residuary estate to the institution in trust, the income to aid poor students. The bequest amounts to $122,000 or more. Mr. Williams entered the university as a poor boy. After graduation he made a fortune in business, largely through the establishment of firebrick plants in the western part of the state. He was only 35 years of age at the time of his death. THE PLANET WORTH REMEMBERING Education don't change a man's blood nor his heart. A mother's knowledge is the only bottomless pool that has never been fathomed. What most people call luck is only a matter of knowing what you want and getting it. There is many a hero among men who is more or less of a coward in the face of clothes. It is remarkable how few people have the courage to hear their own voices in a silence. It is a weak leader who must have the mark of his position planned upon him to be recognized. Most people are so commonplace that they're deadly dull even when they are insincere. What would they be if they told the truth? It is a strange fact that people who think that their dignity has been trifled with, almost always "sputter," and so forfeit all claim to the dignity they believe they possess.—From the Balance of Power, a New American Novel. LITTLE GOLFING PROVERBS. Celerity is the soul of hit. A "miss" is good for a smile. A caddle may laugh at a king. "Fore" warned is before harmed. Spare the club and spoil the drive. A ball on the tee's worth two in the bush. Out of the flying sand into the byre. Never make a mountain out of a sand hill. "Fore!" This word to the wise is enough. Never put off from the hole what you can do in one. You may drive a ball to the water, but you can't make it jump. Two heads are better than one—ex cept when there's a ball coming. ITEMS OF INTEREST. In Christiania the unvaccinated cannot vote. In Southampton it is against the law to whistle in the streets on Sunday. In Tokio every workman wears on his back an inscription telling his trade and his employer. Amoy (Packingtown excepted) is the world's unhealthiest city. All Amoy's sewage is thrown into the streets. In Paris nearly all cafes have tables on the sidewalk. From these sidewalk rentals the city's income is over $200,000. Cannes, the perfume-making town of southern France, smells so powerfully of flowers in the busy season that visitors are often afflicted with a flower headache. POINTERS. Every overdraft on the bank of nature must be paid with compound interest. If we find ourselves in the slough of despond, let us make an effort to get out of it, and there is no time like today. A rich man may be a poor man, and a poor man may be a rich man. This may seem paradoxical, but truth generally does. The man who starts life with great expectations does not always set the Mississippi on fire; it is frequently the man who has only his own exertions to depend upon that makes his mark. —St, Louis Republic. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. A girl will hardly ever let you kiss her unless you do it. It pays to tell the truth once in awhile to throw people off the scent. It takes a woman to believe what she knows isn't so because she wants to. Generally a woman can make a much better living at stenography than at getting married.—N. Y. Press. A FEW REMARKS ON MONEY. Money—it is largely imaginary.— The Stock Broker. Money—it isn't everything, but it's about all that is desirable.—The Magnate. Money—A minor consideration with few—a minus consideration with many. Money—if you see any of it lying around loose, don't fail to drop me a line—J. D. R—Boston Transcript. A trade mark is held, in Falk vs. American West Indies T, company (N. Y.), 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 704, not to be assignable apart from the good will of the business to which it is attached. The right to mandamus to compel payment of a salary to a public officer alleged to have been removed from office is upheld in State ex rel. Hamilton vs. Grant (Wyo.), 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 588. A holder of a demand certificate of deposit issued by a bank is held, in Elliott vs. Capital City bank (Iowa), 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1100, to be under no obligation to demand payment within the period of the statute of limitations. A statute providing that no action shall be brought on a claim for usury after two years from the time the cause of action arose is held, in Slover vs. Union bank (Tenn.), 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 528, not to affect rights of action which accrued prior to its passage. A barnman of a street railway company, charged with the duty of substituting a perfect car for one which has become disabled, is held, in Chicago Union Traction company vs. Sawusch (Ill.), 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 670, not to be a fellow servant of the conductors on the road. SOME DEFINITIONS. Race—A run for your money. Bohemian—Talent without a napkin. Paper Knife—An obstacle to criticism. Phillistine—Generally the man next door. Welcher—One who makes the running. Bookmaker—The recipient of money for your race. Tallor's Goose—A bird with an abnormal long bill. Gratitude—One-tenth of the interval between two favors. Temperament—An apology for character. The artistic temperament connotes artlessness; the poetic drives men to drink. The artist soul is a divining rod which never falls to find pure gold. Every man who writes writes himself down a man of sense or an ass. Now blessings light on him who first invented courtesy; it makes even a villain almost tolerable. Miss Rosemary Sartoris Married New York, Oct. 30.—Miss Rosemary Sartoris, daughter of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and the late Algeron Charles Frederick Sartoris and grand daughter of the late General U. S. Grant, was married here at noon to George H. Woolston, of Hibernia, Fla. The wedding took place at the Calvary Episcopal church, Rev. Thornton F. Turner officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Woolston left immediately on a wedding trip. Mrs. Sartoris and her daughter returned from Europe Saturday. Mr. Woolston is the owner of a large plantation in Florida. President Starts For Panama Nov. 8. Washington, Oct. 30. — The yacht Mayflower will be used to convey the president and his party down the Potomac river and Chesapeake bay on their trip to Panama. At the mouth of the Rappahannock river the party will be transferred to the battleship Louisiana. The start will be made from Washington on the afternoon of November 8. Beside the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, the party will include Surgeon General Rixey and M. C. Latta, an assistant secretary to the president. Switchmen Drop Eight-Hour Demand. Chicago, Oct. 31. — The Switchmen's Union has waived its demand for an eight-hour day, made recently in conjunction with a demand for increased wages. In further negotiations it is declared that the men will insist upon an increase of 10 cents an hour. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices in the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR firm; winter extras, $2.80@3; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.05@3.20; city mills, fancy, $4.40@4.65; RYE FLOUR firm; Pennsylvania red, $49 @ 74%; CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 53%; OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped, 39%; lower grades, 38%; HAY steady; No. 1 tmothy, $17@17.50, large basks, PORK steady; No. 1 tmothy, $19 @ 74%; FEED steady; No. 19 POULTRY. Live hens, $14@14%c; old roosters, 10c; Dressed steed, choice fowls, 15c; old roosters, 10c. BUTTER firm; creamery extra, 30c. EGGS steed; selected, 28c. 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Hartford, Conn., Oct. 30.—Resolutions denouncing King Leopold II., of Belgium, as the author of conditions in the Congo Free State which are characterized as "atrocities;" calling for the exclusion of Reed Smoot from the United States senate, because of his relations with the Mormon church; opposing the sale of beer or other intoxicants at army posts; advocating the making permanent of the temporary prohibition of the sale of beer at national soldiers' homes; protesting against the issuing of liquor tax receipts in prohibition territory; declaring for the highest standards of purity for men and women alike, and declaring in favor of the right of suffrage for women, were adopted by the National Women's Christian Temperance Union. When the resolution dealing with the Congo Free State was first introduced the Belgian government was the object of denunciation, but after some discussion the name of Leopold II. was substituted for that of the Belgian government. A resolution was also adopted urging that state legislatures demand an "anti-polygamy" amendment to the constitution of the United States. SO STRAIGHTENS KINKY or CURLY HAIR that its can be put up in any style desired consistent with its Cards, Policies, both straight life and benevolent, Physician's Certificates, Sick Cards, Application blanks, Agents Report Sheets, Rate Cards, etc. VISION WORK Charter-Sheets, Half and Whole Placards, Society Cards, Min- ing Stationery. WE AN ELSE WHICH WE WILL Stock Roof LATEST STYLE BOND, F AS SMALL AS A DODGER Sheet Poster A FRONT DOOR. OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYE IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF refired and has no objectionable enter without embarrassment o , 2213. AN WORK C e, Half and Whole Society Cards, Ministry. is to please give them the lowest with satisfaction. AN ELEGANT WHICH WE WILL SHOW AND ROCK ROOM D STYLE BOND, FINE WRITING. AS A DODGER. Poster DOOR. PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYEES ARE IN EASY REACH OF THE PUBLIC. 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Jurgen's Son 421 EAST BROAD ST. between 4th and 5th Street sry LS nie OTE ta Dos - « be See TORLESISE Canoe : ney SENS ZA bei WAR “CAPTURED TWO GENERALS. eee The reunion recently at Moorefield, W. Va., of MeNeiil’s rangers of the con federate army, recalls one of the most famous exploits of the civil war, wherein two generals of the United States army were captured in one day by a daring dash of this celebrated band. That the commander of this organization, who participated in the raid which captured Gen. Crook, the famous Indian fighter, and Gen. Kelly and took them both to Richmond, Va., is alive fs probably not known to many, Capt. McNeill is an old and well-known resident of Champaign county, Ill, and will meet once more the survivors of his band. He was re cently @ prominent figure at a reunion of the blue and the gray which wan held in Macon county, MM. which was attended by old soldiers of both sides, Capt. MeNeil! ts stil a robust and hale man despite his years. The ex- ploit of which he was the central fic- Ure would have occupied a prominent place in history had it taken place at an earlier poriod of the war, when it would have made a more marked im- Pression on the public mind. Capt. MeNelll is mentioned in the memoirs of Gen. Phi! Sheridan. His father was the captain of the rangers when they: Were originally mustered, and the son. was a lieutenant. When the father fell the son took bis plice and he ac- quitted himself to the complete satis: faction of his superiors. In his reminiscences Gen, Sheridan refers to the annoyances of these Fangers and how he put a check to the operations of one band under Capt. Glimore by capturing the commander. eB we a =| . ee IB | Hae EB) eae =|| | Mag = b —) a! Ve ans oo = (sit) i = =— A ie ae Pde) AN i | ey ee | le The feat was an ingenious one. Twen- ty union soldiers disguised as confed crates were apparently fleeing from 2 squadron of 100 union cavalry and came upon Gilmore, surprising him and effecting his capture, the cavalry supporting the return to the federal Nnes. To play even, young Jesse Me. Neill, with his band, made a dash upon Cumberland and captured Gen. Crook and Kelly, both prominent com: manders in the Army of the Cumber land. At that time Cumberland, Md., was 80 completely invested by the federal troops that a man was presum- ably as safe as in his home in the north, ‘The surprise upon the two generals was 50 unexpected and so complete that the captors, with their prisoners, were far away before the negro watch: man could recover from his fright and give the alarm. The confederates were given a hot chase far down into West Virginia, but got away Gen. Crook was the seme man who in later years became famovs as an Indian fighter. At the moment of his eapture he doubtless felt greatly chagrined, but in all probability he was thankful for it in later years, for that incident brought him more happiness than any- thing that came to him during the war. After a ride of 20 miles a stop was made to change horses. At a hotel kept by the father of one of the rang- ers Gen. Crook met the innkeeper’s daughter. It wes 2 case of love at first sight, and a few moaths later, when the war closed, Gen. Crook re newed his acquaintance and later made her his wife. She still lives, but he has been mustered out. Although it was of no special mill- tary importance, this was the last and most brilliant exploit of the rangers. It fs an almost forgotten event, for the eyes and the interest of the people of the north and of the south were anxiously centered at the time upon the death struggle of the confederacy, then taking place at Petersburg. and they had eyes and ears for nothing else. Lee, at the h-nd of the ragged remnants of his once in {scible army, THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. — “were soon ~ succumb to the trresist- nt tn the" overpowering Se of ‘The principle of at- ‘was being applied in modern warfare by 2 master hand and the big ‘stone finally wore out the little one on the fateful field of Appomattox, By an act of the confederate con- gress, February 17, 1864, all Indepen- dent organizations ware abolished as such, and the same were merged into the regular service. A proviso, how- ever, gave authority to the secretary ‘of war, when in his Jadgment the in- tereste of the service demanded, to exempt from the operations of this act any organization of the kind that operated “entirely within the lines of the enemy.” Under this proviso the commands of Mosby and McNeill alone, of all the independent forces connected with the Army of Northern Virginia, were exempted from the operations of this act, and so romained ‘until the final collapse of the southern. confederacy. Mr. John B. Fay has prepared the following sketch of this famous troop, whose exploits during the civil war elicited especial praise from Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee on more than one oecasion “John Hanson McNeill, a native of Hardy county, Va., raised the com- Pany and was its first commander. Keing a resident of Missouri, during: the early part of the war, as captain of mounted riflemen, he performed gale lant service in that state under Gen. Price, and was prominent in the cap. ture of Mullican at Springfield. He Was soon after taken prison himself and confined in St. Louis, but es caped thence and safely reached the confederate lines In Virginia. There he secured authority to enlist a com. pany for Independent service In con nection with the brizade of Gen. Im. boden, then in course of formation, and his earlier exploits .were per formed while nominally under com: mand of that oificer “When Imboden's command was afterward mustered into regular sorv- fee a portion of MeNedit’s men elected. to go with it and formed a new com- pany, which, under Capt. A. 8. Seatt, became a hart of the Eighteenth Vir sinla cavalry. ‘The parent company then reorganized with ateNeill captain and his son, Jesse C. MeNelll, Isaac §. Weiton, and Rernand J. Dolan first, Second, and junior second Meutenants Fespectively. ‘The ranks of the new Company, because of its active and @aring achievements, were rapidly filled, and McNeill was soon at the head of as gallant a body of men as ever drew blades in fight. The com pany rarely mustered more than 7 men for duty at any one time, but it had during its two years’ existence nearly, if not quite, 200 names upon its roster. The treo inflicted an im mense amount of daznage on the ene. ty during its brilliant career und kept & large army on the qui vive to defend the long line of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and the upper Potomac bor der from its daring incursion: dt is @ question whether Mosby, with five tlmes the number of men, caused as Much damage to the common foe as was intticted by this single troop. That MeNellt managed to keep his opponents along the barder in a con. stant state of anxlety and alarm ts! evidenced by the fact that Gen, Kelly, the union commander in his” front made Inceasant endeavors to crush him, and in giving orders to subordt Rate officers invariably repeated his Injunctions to “kill, capture, or drive MeNeill out of the country,’ adding In one of his dispateies: “We must a this before we can expect quict oF safety along the lino of road.’ “MeNeilt was a born partisan lead- er, and, like Mosby, could accomplish more with a handful of men than many officers could with a regiment Always on the alert, perfectly familiar with the country in which he oper- ated, ever taking his foc unawares, striking swift and stunning, blows when and where least expected, re. sourceful in the face of greatest dan- Ser, and never caught anapping, Me- Neill was a veritable wizard of the saddle, and well deserved the title of the ‘Marion of the South Branch Val- ley,’ the fairest land beneath the sun and his favorite rendezvous.” Ee eR Eis sees ste SEC » TT WILL PAY YOUS— : Bi To interest yourself in promot- é q Of in. the CIRCULATION of the: : +IRICHMOND PLANET]. | IF YOU WILL TALK WITH YOUR NEIGH- - BORS AND INTEREST THEM IN THE PLANET, i. % t a ‘TN REAL PE SS # WE WILL HELP YOU TO OBTAIN A PREMIUM. ; SE TS | IN ORDER TO FURTHER INCREASE OUR STEADILY GROWI > WE WILL SEND YOU g@THE PLANET + AND THE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, SEMI-WEEKLY : GLOBE DEMOCRAT, ONE. 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ON WHO TRIES TO GET FORTY 3S AND GETS TIRED MAY INDI- aN WISH AND WE WILL SEND THE é@=g) "OR THE NUMBER HE HAS SE- re SR FIVE. i} 7 JMBER WILL BE FOR NOT LESS ' NOR MORE THAN TEN AND NOT oo TEN NOR MORE THAN TWENTY ee LESS THAN TWENTY NOR MORE "i rY, TO DETERMINE THE PRIZE TO /\) i = WORKER IS ENTITLED. ] NYTHING IS DESIRED NOT SPECI y IS LIST, WRITE US ABOUT IT AND Pr, ELL YOU IN WHAT CLASS IT BE- 4) : ' Rc tao Re ages EN eee ® ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO 444 . AERA eh f] Z HERO OF THE KEARSARGE. Koester, Although Fatally Burned, Wanted to Help Others. Koester was badly burned. Some- how, he had managed to get out of the turret, but no sooner was he outside than he wanted to go back in to heip those who were still there, ‘says the New York Sun, in telling the story of the awful explosion. An ensign ran forward. His first words to Koester, standing there elghtless and dying, with ciothes and. flesh burned away, were: “Don't touch yourself.” Koester was doing his best to keep on with his work “I'm hurt bad,” said he, “but I'm not saying anything Butter and lard were brought up from below and appiled io his awful wounds. Koester was taken to the sick bay and Isid on a cot. He be came delirious and it was evident that he was going to die. ‘The attend- ants, busy with other wounded, lis- tetned to him, With voice just as clear and sharp as it had been a few minutes before when the Kearsarge was bounding through Mazanilio bay, with the big inch gun blazing away at the tar. get, Koester wan putting his crew through target practice. “Bull’scye—a beauty,” he calied, as his delirious brain saw a sheil hit the distant target. “Bull'seye,” he sang out again. “Bully work.” One by one Koester counted many hits. He reached 19 “bull’s-eyes,” and add- ed a word of encouragement. “Twenty shots and 20 hits Hur- rah for the Kearsarze!” and Koester threw up his arms and died. Accident. Knicker—So their auto caused a runaway?” Bocker—Yes, their daughter eloped with the chauffeur—N. Y. Sun, THE PLANET SATURDAY...NOV. 3RD. 1906 GIRLS, IN GARB OF MEN, HOLD SMOKER TWENTY-ONE CHICAGO MAIDENS ATTEND UNIQUE FUNCTION. Comely Female Bachelors Dress In Male Attire—Shock Nurses with Whom They Try to Flirt—Affair a Success. Chicago.—West side girls to the number of 21 the other night dressed in clothes borrowed from brothers, fathers, or masculine friends, smoked cigarettes, indulged in free lunch, flirted with West side hospital nurses, and otherwise disported themselves as if they were mere men. The occasion was a smoker given by the Vassar Bachelors Girls' club, an organization composed of 21 "buds" who have promised—but only promised—to remain single until the age of 30, or pay a fine of five dollars. Except for a feeling of "waspiness," as one of the bachelor girls termed the empty feeling where father's or big brother's clothes failed to fit around the waist, they felt fine, according to their unantimous declaration after the party broke up at midnight. In four carriages they drove around the city, leaving a cloud of Egyptian cigarette smoke behind them, made the night reverberate with songs and laughter, and finally stopped at the residence of the president and originator of the "stag" party, Miss Bessie Taylor, a pretty blonde. When all the members had entered the house some one thoughtfully jerked the electric doorbell out, and no human being, especially a man, could enter the sacred precincts. A few minutes later six "bachelor's" emerged from the house. They explained they were "out on a dare," and intended to walk around the entire block. The party consisted of Miss Bessie Taylor, wearing her father's black suit, white vest, Panama hat, Miss Katherine Lavelle, with short breeches belonging to her brother and high rubber boots; Lenore Poshepshy, attired in a regular "ra-rab" suit, with long coat swung in the back, and with "high water" trousers; Miss Dorothy Wilson, in a nobly suit, borrowed from one Forest Taylor; Caroline Antlers, with a light overcoat, jaunty fedora hat, "fried eggs" pattern, and Alice Wilson, in her father's best suit. The sextet smoked vigorously, saun They Flirted with the Nurses. tered by a dental college and suddenly espied two winsome nurses. "Hello, sweet thing," said "Mr." Bessie Taylor, to one of the nurses, tickling her coyly under the chin. "Go away, you brute," said the nurse, but it is stated on good authority that she smiled. A stack of empty cigarette boxes and a peculiar odor met the inquisitive ones who sought details of the unique function. Something in tinfoil lay on the front porch of the Taylor home. Everybody gave it a wide berth. "Oh, that thing," said Miss Taylor. "Well, you see, my brother told us that no Dutch lunch was complete without limburger and he got a dollar's worth. He put a piece in each girl's shirt waist. A chop suey institution was invaded by the roving bachelors on their round about town. Miss Bessie Adler, a pretty member, who is said to be the first one expected to pay the five-dollar fine, was compelled to eat unleavened bread. Alma Dibb brought a few yards of sausages. Other members brought pickles and sauerkraut, but nobody volunteered to explain the presence in the house of a case of beer. Miss Lavelle, Florence Belding, Marlon Keys and Nellie Smith proposed to return to their homes in their borrowed attire, when they discovered the sudden, clinging aroma of their waists. The first member to weaken and utter a desire for her natural attire was Miss Lavelle, and she was nearly mobbed when she made an attempt to dress in a skirt. After a short conference the members agreed to allow her to compromise by putting on an apron. It was decided that the "smoker" was a success, and at the next monthly meeting it will be repeated. SPOONING TABOOED IN THIS GEMETERY Sexton Decides That Burying Ground Is No Proper Place for Tender Young Couples. Joplin, Mo.-By order of Jake Staab, sexton of Fairview cemetery, spooning in that graveyard has been tabooed. Spooning has always been tabooed, but like some of the city ordinances, the rule has not been as rigidly enforced as it might have been. But now the little blind god will be compelled to carry on his operations in other places. Staab has come to the conclusion that the graveyard is a place for sorrow and not for love-making, and he wants soft young couples to distinctly understand that no WILLIAM H. HENRY A Spoony Couple Was Found Under a Weeping Willow. more courtships can be held on the graves of those who have gone to the great beyond. This decision was arrived at when a spoony couple were found seated beneath the sheltering shade of a weeping willow. One of the assistant sextons witnessed the lovemaking of the young couple for a long time before reporting the affair to Staab. The evidence thus gleaned left no doubt but that the young folks had actually been spooning. The assistant sexton disturbed their lovemaking by breaking in upon them and informing them that such actions were very inappropriate in a place of burial. The young man was embarrassed and said that he would never again use the cemetery for such purposes. "Joplin should have a park of some kind," he said. WATER SNAKE WITH WINGS Reptile in Allegheny River Is Rival to Sea Serpent. Warren, Pa.—Persons at Grunderville, three miles below this town are excited over the appearance several days ago in the Allegheny river of a strange water monster in the form of a serpent, with wings. Mis Rachel Talbot, daughter of W. A. Talbot, who has a summer villa opposite Grunderville, was first to see the creature as it came swimming up the middle of the river, its head protruding several feet feet above the surface. She called to 'Hank" Jackson, ferryman for the Warren Lumber company, who ran for his rifle and opened fire. Immediately the reptile reared its head at least ten feet in the air Jackson says, and charged for the shore, its eyes, as big as saucers, fixed on him. Jackson steadied himself, and, taking careful aim, the bullet hit one of the wings, disabling it. Jackson say the snake finally flew as high as the ferry cable, which hangs 20 feet above the water, and then vanished. Drinks in Wife's Dress Cincinnati, O.—Charles Groves, a traveling salesman, sometimes gets thirsty. He was so conscientious in his labors to assuage it that the other day his wife took his clothes away from him and locked the erring one in a room to meditate. He stood it well all day Sunday, but Monday he reached his limit of endurance. He had to have a drink. His own clothes were not at hand, but in a close he discovered some of his better half's. A loose flowing kimono, black skirt and waist, his wife's shoes, and her hat were the sum total of the wearing apparel to be found. So decked out, his thirst still much in evidence, he started. Patrolman O'Connor found his at Sixth and Plum streets in search of thirst quenching emporiums and arrested him. Inducements for Boy Babies Inducements for Boy Babies. New Haven, Conn. - Alarmed at the drop in the number of male births in the town of Berlin, this state, J. E. Beale, editor of the Berlin News, the country weekly, which wields power and influence in Berlin, has come out with a generous offer to bring the birth rate of boys up to the normal standard again. Until further notice the News offers a free yearly subscription to the parents of boy babies in the town of Berlin. As no well regulated family pretends to get along without the News, the offer is considered a remarkably generous one. The News says: "A community of girls would surely develop into an abiding place for old maids. We must have breadwinners. Who will take the first prize?" One Lack. "Grouche is said to be a gentleman in every respect." "Yes, except in the respect of those who know him intimately."—Judge. Take Their Place. "Wars are necessary to prevent the world from becoming overcrowded." "What's the matter with automobiles?"—Houston Post. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND VIRGINIA FARMER BECOMES AERONAUT, BUT NOT AT HIS OWN DESIRE Is Caught by Balloon's Ropes While Witnessing Ascension and Has Thrilling Experience. BULL ON PROMENADE CAUSES TERROR NEAR PACKINGTOWN Reading, Pa.—Jacob Gehring, of Hummelstown, a farmer, came to Reading and secured a job as laborer at the fair grounds. When La Rue, the aeronaut, began his preparations Gehring took up a position near the big gas bag. With head in the air and hands in his pockets, Gehring stood gaping without noticing that his feet were among a coll of ropes. The word was given and the balloon, with La Rue performing upon a trapeze, shot skyward. With it went a shriek of horror from the crowd, for before the eyes of thousands was a man dangling from the end of an anchor rope that had turned about his feet. La Rue shouted to his involuntary passenger to swing himself upward and catch the rope above his feet with his hands. This Gehring succeeded in doing after several unsuccessful attempts, during which it seemed that any moment he might be dashed to death from a rapidly increasing height. Just as Gehring caught the rope with his hands a gust of wind caught the balloon and he was swung way out. At the terrifying sight women in the crowd below fainted, while all was still as hundreds prayed for the safety of the man. The balloon was whipped from side to side by the gale in which it had been caught. Finally, when a height of 1,000 feet above the fair grounds had been reached, Gehring, breathless and bleeding from torn hands, dragged himself to the side of La Rue, who was sitting on the cannon suspended from the balloon. A shout that went Chicago.—A fugitive bull went apromenading on the West side the other day. Before it had concluded its morning stroll it had caused a tempestuous chase through many streets and alleys, had engaged in a tug of war with a patrol wagon and had brought more or less humorous shocks to a number of lunocent bystanders and others, here and there, indoors and out. It was a hornless bull, something like a toothless mad dog, that created these morning scenes of panic, and for three hours A A Well-Directed Blow Sent the Woman into the Basket. it kept several miles of residents in sobs and smiles—chiefly smiles. This escaped prisoner from the stockyards turned up on a plot of nice green grass at West Twelfth and Wood streets at six a. m. A small boy got into action at that hour and a stone was thrown. This bull didn't care much to have a placid breakfast disturbed by a missile in that way and it proceeded to vent its indignation on the youngster, or, rather, toward the youngster. The little chap ran for all he was worth and shouted the alarm. Small boys can always gather in scores at any time of the day or night when there is anything doing, and this was no exception. "Mad bull! mad bull!" went up the cry in the neighborhood. Soon the patrol wagons were turning into the community and the people were rushing out into the streets from their homes and then back again. There was much subdued preparation on the part of the police, as some of them got ready their lassos and stood up in their blue wagons with much posing and stretching of shoulders, while others fondled ferocious looking revolvers, ready at the right moment to sent a bullet tearing through the "maddened beast." After the bull got its blood warmed up, which took half an hour or so, the scenes of approximate terror began. Mobs formed in all streets within a radius of half a mile and prepared to do battle with the invader. The animal put to flight crowds that gathered dangerously close and went galloping down toward West Polk street. "I didn't know he was such a mean man." "You didn't! Gee! You couldn't see a bunch of plink ribbon through a peek-a-boo waist."—Houston Post. "Well, I guess my mother-in-law is going to."—Houston Post. up from the crowd was answered by La Rue's releasing the parachute. Gehring still held to the balloon's ropes. The balloon, relieved of La Rue's weight, again, shot upward A man in a balloon is being pulled down by a gun. He is falling through the air. Is Caught by Balloon's Ropes While Witnessing Ascension and Has Thrilling Experience. Is Caught by Balloon's Ropes While Witnessing Ascension and Has Thrilling Experience. Gehring, however, found the cord and opening the valve, began to descend slowly toward the river. An hour later he alighted. When he returned he was greeted as a hero and a comfortable purse compensated him for all the alarm he had experienced. For the next hour the bull amused itself by scampering around the corners where people were awaiting street cars and delaying their plans by guiding stampedes into numberless stores and other points of refuge. About eight a. m. the bull found itself in Winchester avenue, near West Harrison street, and conceived the idea that its frolic was moving along in too humdum a sort of way. "Do something unique," shouted a facetious pedestrian, who reads the newspapers. "Kick a hole in the sky." This may or may not have fired the bull to original exploits. Straightway it spied a peddler woman standing next a curbing with a large basket of tomatoes ready to holst on her back and proceed on her way. But the bull "beat her to it." A well-directed blow sent the ill-fated woman plump into the basket. She was heavy, and, remember, there were tomatoes in that basket. Splash! The bull pranced away saucily. The victim looked as cross as sour catchup. Then upon the scene there careened one of the blue patrol wagons chock full of brave policemen. One of those policemen was polished there with a rope all curled around his arm and his eye keen to the peril of the situation. "Look there!" shouted the multitude as this policeman hurled that stout rope and caught the bull by a blind leg. There was a dash by the animal, a sudden pulling up and a glare at the police. One end of the lasso was firmly grasped by all the puffing policemen in the wagon. The other end, as is known, was fastened to the hind leg of the bull. "Now, boys, all together!" eried the leader, and the men strained at the rope. The bull only snorted sarcastically. Thus a bitter tug-of-war developed. The bluecoats pulled one way and the red faces above the brass buttons added more picturesquely while the bull, alone in his might, drew back the other way, slowly yet steadily the pompous patrol wagon and all the "finest" being dragged along meekly. Suddenly the rope snapped, the police fell crestfallen in a jumble and away went Mr. Bull, as happy as a lark and looking for new fields of adventure. Medical students attending a neighboring college joined the throng about this time, and one of them suggested throwing some salt on the animal's nose. Before this bright scheme could be carried out the poor thing from Packingtowa showed exhaustion and in a few minutes it was tied to a tree at West Jackson boulevard and Wood street. Lightning Kills Hen, Hatches Chick, Winchester, Va.—At the home of Greenville Chapman a hen was sitting on eggs which were in a box leaning against a cherry tree, when a bolt of lightning passed down the tree, splitting the box, killing the hen and all the chickens in the eggs, with one exception. This one little chick, which was literally stripped of its shell by the lightning, is living and healthy. A wonder. "Jinx has got a funny wife." "How's that?" "Why, they were going to Galveston Sunday, and she only had half an hour to get ready, and—" "And it took her two hours to get her hat on straight—nothing funny about that." "You've got it wrong; they were at the depot 15 minutes before train time."—Houston Post. Esmeralda—Have you heard what the doctors are saying about motoring? It gives you what they call the automobile mouth—spoils the mouth for kissing. Gladys—That isn't true, and I know it. Harold has been running an automobile for years!—Chicago Tribune. "Julia has never been progressive enough to be socially prominent." "Why, I always thought she was very smart." "Smart! And married to one man for 20 years! Mercy! what are you thinking of?"—Judge. She—Is there not a pensive charm in looking backward? He—No; it makes me feel like a fool to see the other fellow has turned too.—N. Y. Sun. Mrs. Boreing—Imagination! What is imagination? Mr. Boreing—It is that faculty, my dear, which makes men believe that marriage is bliss. "He worries about what would become of his family if he dled." "He'd better worry about what would become of himself."—Cleveland Leader. Willy Wishywashy—What are the proper calling cards, old chap? Jack Potts—It depends entirely on the cards that are out against you, old chump.—Puck. Mechanics' Savings Bank 511 NORTH THIRD STREET Capital, $25,000. on deposit and interest paid on a which remains 60 days and over. Satisfactory Security. Handled Promptly. nuts and upwards received on deposit up in the most improved style, having a large chest, electric lights and every modern conveni- modation of the public. Bring Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the arranged for the special convenience of the work to 4 P. M. Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 8 P. . . We open again at 5 P. M., remaining open until 7 work. on deposit and interest paid on s which remains 60 days and over. Satisfactory Security. 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We will just here remind the public that the United States Government has placed national patent rights on our hair preparation by which it is protected and we are in turn responsible to the government for honest methods and square dealings. It will positively remove Dandruff, Cure Scalp of all impurities, Restore Hair on Clean Temples or Bald Heads, where the roots are not dead. PRICES:—25 cts. per box (local orders); 35 cts. out city; eight boxes, $2.80 express prepaid. The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder entirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Sale prices; 25, 50cts and $1.00. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order or Express Money Order. A charge of 10cts. extra is imposed on all out of city orders. PRICE, Embalmer and Liveryman. It short notice by telegraph or telephone. and nice entertainments. Plenty of room naces. Large plasic or band wagons for nothing but first-class carriages, buggies, and fine funeral supplies. 2 East Leigh Street. Residence Next Door. NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night A. D. PRICE. Funeral Director, Embalmer and Liveryman. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large plasic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine funeral supplies. OPEN ALL DAY & NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night Not in the Smart Set. Imagination. [Pictorial portrait of a man seated in a chair, surrounded by trees and flowers]. A. B. Diggs--Did you hear about Mrs. Weeds? Diggs--No: what of her? Diggs—No; what of her? Diggs—Why, she married her form- er husband's brother last week. Diggs—You don't say! Diggs—Yes; and now she refers to the late lamented as her deceased brother-in-law—Chicago Daily News. "We want a man for our information bureau," said the manager, "but he must be one who can answer all sorts of questions and not lose his head." "That's me," replied the applicant. "I'm the father of eight children."—Cassell's Journal. "Why is a great man more appreciated after he is dead?" "He is not more appreciated," answered Senator Sorghum. "He is more freely complimented because he is less feared by envious rivals."—Washington Star. "I may be old, fashioned," said Uncle Jerry Feebles, "but I’m durned if I can see any economy in buyin’ a 25 cent chunk of ice to keep slx cents’ worth of blue milk from spoilin’." Chicago Tribune. Jack—You're not in love, Bob. You only think you are. Bob—Well, how on earth am I to find out my mistake if I am mistaken? "Oh, marry the girl, by all means." -Cassell's lover. Capital, $25,000 WILL AM CUSTALO, J. J. CARTER THOMAS M. CRUMP, SEC. Family Ties Had Had Training An Explanation. Domestic Science And Then. A. B. C. Richmond, Va SEVEN SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND N. B.-Following schedule figures published or as information, and are not guaranteed. m. bairy - bairy, local for Charlotte 12:30 p.m. - Lima, Lima, local for Pulham a Atlanta and Birmingham, New Memphis, Chattanooga and all the South. Through coach for Chase City, Oxford, Durham, Raleigh, Atlanta, KY. 6:50 p.m. - t. x. tundra, Keysville Local. 11:30 m. - d. m.aily, limited; fullman ready at 9:30 p.m. - south. YORK RIVER LINE 4:30 p. m. Except Sunday, No. 16, Baltimore limited 1 2:15 p. m. Except Sunday, No. 10, Local to West Point. 4 5 a.m., Except Sunday, No. 74, Local to West Point. MAINS ARIEVE RICHMOND, 4 5 a.m., and 7 50 p.m. - From all the South City, Raleigh and local stations. 1100 - f1100 Keysville and local stations 9 15 am No 15, From Baltimore and West Point 10 4 a, 3 m, No. 9, 5 15 p, m, No. 73, From West point and local stations. No 15 and No 16 stop Quinton, Tunstall's White House and Lester Manor. C. W. WESTBURY D. P.A. 20 E. Main St. Richmond Va. B. H. SPENNER 20 E. Main St. H. HARDWICK General Manager. Pass Traf M'g'r. W. H. TAYLOR, G. i. r. W. H. TAYLOR, G. i. r. SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS, ST. LOUIS CHICAGO, LOUISVILLE, NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, 2:15 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. daily. WESTBOUND LOCAL TRAINS. 7:30 a. m. daily and 5:15 p. m. week days. NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK AND OLD POINT. 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. daily. Local. For 4. Network. New. ```text dailyly $15 p.m daily. Arrive Main M. *838 A.M. $45 p.M. *745 A.M. M. From *838 A.M. $45 p.M. *745 A.M. M. From *838 A.M. $45 p.M. *745 A.M. M. ?0. P.M. *849 P.M. James M. *40 A.M. M. *6:35 P.M. (Daily) *Ex. Sunday) ``` Leave Richmond every evening (food Ash Street) at 7:30, stopping at Newport Broadway, 10:30, round trip, in lading stateroom bed meals four, each. In summer's Wharf, FOR NEW YORK Via Night Line Steamers (except Saturday) making connection in Norfolk with Main Line shipment day at 17 M., also Norfolk and Western Railway, 17 M., and Cheapeake & Ohio Railway, 9 at 1 A. M., making connection daily (except Sunday) at making connection ships sailing at 7 P. M. Tickets, 80 E. M. **Steamer Poolehouse** or **Bay Lin.** Wednesday and Friday at 7 a.m. for Norfolk monthly, Old York, Newport News, in monarch and River lakes, and come stated Old Point or Washington. State rooms reserved for t night at codemouth. State rooms reserved for t to the wharf. Fire only $150 and care all points in Eureka, Calif. **INVIN WEISIGEN, Gon'Mil** A. B. Rivière SEABOARD Schedule Effective, May 27, 1906. Short Line to the principal Cities of the South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba and Mexico. SOUTH Bound Trains LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY 9 30 a. m. Local for Norlina, Durham, Raleigh, Huntington and Charlotte. 2 20 p. m. Fast trains to Columbia, Jacksonville and to Cairo, Columbia. Jacksonville and to points, through sleeper to 2 75 lasta, Birmingham to these points and the entire south-west. 10 00 a. m. Columbia, Savannah and coaches Florida points, also to Atlanta, Birman ham and Memphis, in connection with the Penn System, making immediate connec for all squares and pots. Northbound Trains Arrive Richmond Daily, 6:30 a.m. M-55 P. M-53. 5:30 P.M H S. LENO, W M TAYLOR, C T.A. 830 East Main street, Richmond, Va. Richmond, Frederick licksburg, and Poto mac Railroad. Trains Leave Richmond — Northward. 5:30 a.m. daily, Byrd St. Throng. 12:05 noon, week days. Byrd st. Through. 1:05 p. m., week days. Byrd st. Fredericksburg burg. Through. 5:05 p. m., daily. Main st. Through. 5:05 p. m., week days. Elba. Ashland accommodation. 8:20 p. m., daily, Byrd st. Throngh. 8:20 a.m. week days, Byrd St. Fredericksburg accommodation. 8:20 a.m. daily, Byrd St. Through. 11:50 a.m. week days, Byrd St. Through. Local stops. 1:23 p.m. daily Main St. Through. 1:23 p.m. week days, Ela Ashland accommodation. 7:15 p.m. daily, Byrd St. Through. 9:20 p.m. daily, Byrd St. Through. Local stops. 9:20 p.m. daily, Main St. Through NOTE - Pullman Sleeping or Parior Cars on all transs except train arriving Richmond 11:50 a.m. week days and local accommodations. Time of arrivals and departures and con- nections not guaranteed. Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 560 A. m. NORFOLK LIMITED Arrives at Petersburg only at Petersburg Waverly and Rufolk 9.00 A.M. , CHICAGO EXPRESS Buffet Par Car Peter'sburg to Lynchburg and Roanok Park to Cooper Roanok to Columbus and Buffield to Cochrane to Knoxville and Knoxville and Knoxville to Chattanooga and Memphis. 12:10 P. M Roanok Express for Fa-mville Lynchburg and Roanok # r-aviviine Lyrebird and Ranooke Museum of Art Arvivee Norfolk 5:20 P. M. Steps only at Pete's Norfolk 5:20 P. M. Steps only at Pete's Norfolk 5:20 P. M. Connects with Steamer to Boston, New York, Baltimore, and Washington. 6.20.11. M., for Norfolk and all stations east of Petersburg. 8:30 P. M. NEW ORLEANS SHORT STREET. Pull- nell Ave. to Lynchburg, Petersburg burg to Roanoke Island. Cafe Dining. Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dining. Trains are on the 7:35 a.m. a. 2:05 b. 3:05 p. m. in Norfolk. Office Ng888 East Main Street. W. R. B. BROOKLYN. Gen. Pass. Art. DOLLEY. ATLANTIC COAST LINE EFFECTIVE MAY 27 For Florida and onth, 9:00 A. M., 7:25 and For Norfolk, 9:00 A. M., 3:00 P. M. and M. 6:00 P. M. For N. & W. Ry. West, 12:10 and 9:00 P. M. For Petersburg, 9:00 A. M., 12:10, 9:00, 6:20, 9:00 and 11:20 P. M. For Goldbark and Fayetteville, "S.38 P. M. arrive at Richmond daily, 5:10, "S.38 **10:10, 11:40 A. M., "1.00, 6:20, 8:00 and 8:50 P. M. * Except Sunday, * **Sunday only.** C. S. CAMPBEE' 1 D. P. A EIGHT HE PLANET WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, October 25. President Roosevelt has been muscled in as an honorary member of Farnsworth Post, G. A. R., of Mount Vernon, N. Y. Robbers dynamited the safe in the postoffice at Dublin, near Doylestown, Pa., and escaped with $2 in cash and $20 worth of stamps. W. H. Stewart, of Toronto, Can., committed suicide in a bathroom at the Saratoga hotel, Chicago, by shooting blimself in the head. Mrs. Ida Pollock, wife of Dr. J. B. Pollock, of the University of Michigan, committed suicide at Ann Arbor by inserting a tube in her mouth and turning on illuminating gas. Friday. October 26. George Williams, a negro, was sentenced to be hanged at Indianapolis, Ind., for the murder of a policeman. The National Civil Service Reform League will hold its 26th annual meeting in New Haven, Conn., November 19 and 20. Robbers blew open the safe in the postoffice at Livingston, Tenn., and escaped with $150 in cash and $45 registered letters. Carlo Morello, a laborer, was instantly killed at Wilmington, Del., by falling from the 10th floor of a building on which he was working. Saturday, October 27. The Bank of Jisknestown, Mo., was entered by robbers who blew open the safe and secured $2700 and escaped. Mrs. Elizabeth Adams hanged herself at her home at Rothsville, near Lancaster, Pa. No cause for her act is known. Mrs. Lou Fuller, wife of a farmer near Goshen, O., was shot and killed in bed and her house robbed of several hundred dollars. John Fogus, a well-known war veteran of Marietta, O., died of hydrophobia, having been bitten by a rabid dog three weeks ago. Isadore Brown, who conducted the "penny arcade" in Lebanon, Pa., committed suicide in a hotel in that city by shooting himself in the heart. Monday, October 29. The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, has decided to fight through the courts the negro organization in Georgia of the same name. Bishop Vincent, before the National Methodist Sunday-school convention, at Topeka, Kan., advised against the holding of long family prayers. The railroads have notified Grand Master Hawley, of the Switchmen's union, that demands for an eight-hour day and increase of wages will be refused. Peter Mann challenged a fellow laborer at the Bethlehem, Pa., steel works to fence with shovels, and is now at a hospital with part of his face sliced off. Tuesday, October 30. Fire at Somerset, Ky., destroyed the Newtonian hotel, a drug store and a dry goods store, entailing a loss of $100,000. Thomas Gleason, former commander of the Georgia department, G. A. R. dropped dead in his home at Savannah of heart failure. During a political disturbance at Colburn, Wise county, Va., Policeman George Hughes was shot and killed by Clark Edwards. While seemingly in perfect health, James German dropped dead at Laurel Del., while arranging to visit his brother, whose death is daily expected. Mrs. Russell Sage has contributed $50,000 for the erection of a new public school building at Sag Harbor, L. I. Wednesday, October 31. John Lapliere, a traveling salesman, was killed by falling down a cellar stairway at Buckeyestown, near Frederick Md. George Basore, town marshal of Franklin, near Dayton, O., was shot and killed by George White, a negro whom he tried to arrest for robbery. Henry C. Ide, late governor general of the Philippines, arrived in San Francisco Tuesday to attend the marriage of his daughter to Bourke Cockran. George Estes, colored, who shot and killed an officer at Hale's Point, Tenn., when a crap game was raided, was taken from the sheriff by a mob and hanged. OLD MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER Thomas Pavitt, of Near Media, Pa. Charged With Killing His Wife. Chester, Pa., Oct. 31.—Thomas Pavitt, an aged farmer, was arrested and held without ball charged with the murder of his wife on September 13. Pavitt was arrested at the instance of District Attorney McDade, who claims to have evidence which will substantiate the guilt of the old man. Mrs. Pavitt's body was found in the home of the aged couple in Marple township, near Media, this county, by the husband on his return from market. The head had been crushed to a pulp and there were numerous wounds on the aged woman's body. Suspicion pointed toward Pavitt, but until Tuesday sufficient evidence had not been obtained to warrant his arrest. At the time of the murder two colored men were taken into custody but subsequently proved alibis and were released. Ever since the date of the murder District Attorney McDade has had Detectives Berry, of this county, and a Philadelphia detective working on the case, not being satisfied with Pavlit's indignant and oft-repeated denials that he knew anything about the murder of his wife. EDITOR MITCHELL AS A BANKER CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE along business and financial lines. We repaired to the Parker House where a meal of roast duck was served. Dr. J. H. Ward was the host and we did not fail to do our duty in the matter of causing the magnificent repast to disappear. Tired out, we soon retired and it was only a few moments later we were in the land of dreams. MET FRIENDS THERE We met Mr. A. W. Strickland, M. D., Mr. A. Greathouse, Mr. H. W. Armistead, R. M. Moore and Dr. B. W. Porter, Prin. of Robert Gould Shaw Colored School. The next morning we were scheduled to witness an operation at the private sanitarium of Dr. J. H. Ward. This distinguished practitioner is a rather remarkable character. Handsome, impulsive, quick acting, brilliant, he would hardly strike one as being a surgeon of the "first water" and yet he. A DELICATE OPERATION He has his own quarters with a trained nurse as an attendant. He was assisted in the operation by Dr. F. C. Klein, (white) and Dr. H. W. Armistead (colored). The form administered the ether. During the progress of the same Dr. Ward, who was doing the operating would enquire, "How is she acting, Doctor?" "Beautifully," would be the reassuring response as he continued to pour the ether into the cone at regular intervals. We were astounded at the thoroughness of the work. It was a bad case, but the Dr. Warl on the street was another person at the operating table. He seemed not to forget anything. A SKILLFUL SURGEON His hand was steady and he acted with decision. The case was worse than he expected to find it, but he had met with similar ones before. Still there was a violent heaving of the chest of the patient. Other than this there was no sign of life and the knife had no terrors for the unconscious unfortunate, who had sought the operating table as a method of relief from her troubles. THE WORK COMPLETED The ether did not set well on our stomach and the intense heat from the open grate threatened at one time to over-come us in this our first lesson in surgery. We breathed a sigh of relief when the work was completed and the patient was removed as one who was dead to the adjoining slek room, where she was given all attention and was carefully nursed back to consciousness. Her husband came just after the work had been completed. Later in the day, we learned that she rallied all right and suffered no particular inconvenience as the result of this heroic treatment. SIGHT-SEEING THERE We enjoyed a drive through Indianapolis the next day with Dr. Ward and we were shown the residences of Vice-President Fairbanks, the residence of the late Pres. Benjamin Harrison and those of Chairman Taggart of the National Democratic Committee and of Chairman New of the National Republican Committee. We visited the office of the Freeman and saw Mr. E. C. Knox who was in charge. THE RECORDER'S OFFICE Just across the street we called on Mr. George P. Stewart, publisher of the Recorder. He was costly located in his job-print establishment and seemed to be doing a good business. He was well poised on the current events and he made us feel at home during the few minutes spent in his establishment. He is progressive and gave every indication of having an ever-really eye for business. OFF FOR CINCINNATI The Post Office building in this city is one of the finest in the United States. The war monument was explained to us by Dr. Ward. It was time for us to leave and a few moments later, we had bid this hostile gentleman adieu and we were enroute to Cincinnati, where we arrived at about 6 o'clock. We found Mr. W. L. Anderson and his devoted malame in their office at 22 6 W. 8th St. Mr. Anderson has a Simplex type-setting machine and he is enthusiastic over it. He has a nice business and he seems to be well patronized. IN VIRGINIA AGAIN While passing down the street, we met Capt. S. T. Sneed, and after a short conversation, he left us. Mr. Joseph L. Jones was not in his office, when we called and we were unable to see him during our brief stay in Cincinnati. We left at 9:15 for Hot Springs, Va. where we spent Tuesday. At Covington, we met Mr. C. B. Brown. We were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Pannell. The trip to Flag Rock was well worth the visit. As we passed in front of the Homestead Hotel, we could see the well kept golf links. Here people live in opulence and luxury. Occasionally some of the old residents will make vague hints as to the remarkable revelries of the smart set, who have more money and time than they can conveniently make use of. Away up the mountain side we journeyed and we saw the Warm Springs after passing through Germantown. Then began the direct ascent of the mountain. The same was gradual, but near the summit the carriage was at times well nigh perpendicular. The mountain horses understood their work and they brought us safely to the place where some one had erected a flag-pole of home-made variety and from which floated the flag of the nation. ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN The view repaid all of the trouble In the distance could be seen every wagon road for miles and visitors could go to any point from this place by wagon route. It also was evi- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA dent why this point of vantage had been selected to watch the approach of advancing armies luring the late war. On the right and left, could be seen range after range of the Alleghenies kissing the clouds and at some points towering above them. For half an hour we enjoyed the glories of nature and after basking in the rays of the setting sun, we reluctantly retraced our steps to the waiting carriage below and a few moments later we were on our return to the scenes of gayey, the locality of pleasure, where millions are being spent in the worship of the goddess of pleasure. THE LADIES PREDICAMENT We reached Pannell's cottage safely. The Madame accompanied us to the switch. She thought she heard the approaching train and hastened down Pannell's Mountain. She fell sprawling and her companion Mrs. Noel had a similar experience. They were on their feet in an instant only to learn that they were mistaken and that the train had not even left the Hot Springs Station. Our watch satisfied us on this point. We did not find our roving friend, King Burrows. He had gone to Washington, no Joubt to join the army of the unemployed, where living is easy and gamblers reap a harvest. We spent the night at Covington with Dr. W. W. Johnson and left on No. 4 for Richmond. About three miles from Ivy, we saw signs of the recent wreck in which a white fireman had lost his life. We reached Richmond Wednesday afternoon at about 6 o'clock, being over two hours late. REV. J. ANDERSON TAYLOR'S TROUBLES CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. and force, calculated to bring the church into public scandal, we the undersigned deacons and trustees deem it for the moral welfare of the church and more consistent with the orderly worship of God to avoid the situation, even at the expense of closing the church for one day. We therefore direct that the services in the church be dispensed with on Sunday, October 28, 1906, and advise our brethren to accept the hospitality of sister churches for this occasion. (Signed) James A. Payne, Peter D. Morris, James R. Moss, Minor Williams, Thaddeus Fields, Arthur E. Brown, trustees; James E. Kent, James Schools, Washington Grady, Charles P. Ray, William Linear, deacons. LIKELY TO BE TROUBLE Members of this faction say they intend to see to it that there are no services to-day. They have asked Maj. Sylvester for police protection, and have been assured that order will be kept. The pastor's faction are just as determined that services will be held. In the suit filed yesterday, the legality of the election of trustees and deacons at the meeting held by the Cook faction Friday night is attacked, and the court is asked to enjoin them from acting. The petition says it became rumored in the congregation that the pastor had been guilty of immorality. The rumor was being investigated by the deacons, it is alleged, when the pastor requestel an investigation by all the officers of the church. When called upon to disprove the charges however, he did not do so, or attempt to do so, and voluntarily tendered his resignation. On recommendation of the deacons, it is averred, the congregation accepted the resignation, to take effect Nov. 1, and granted Taylor leave of absence until that date. At the meeting of the Cook faction on Friday night Taylor was reinstated by a resolution accepting the withdrawal of his resignation and inviting him to preach at the church to-day. Taylor announced his intention of accepting the invitation. The rule is returnable November 2 when Taylor and his supporters are required to show cause why the injunction should not be granted. [Washington, D. C., Oct. 29th.] With the doors locked, barrel, and bolted and about twenty-five men behind them determined to prevent services, Rev. J. A. Taylor stood on the steps of Shiloh Baptist Church, colored and preached his Sunday morning sermon to a congregation of more than 500 persons. That there was no antagonistic demonstration was due to the fact pro bably that a large detail of police was present. Some time during the small hours a crowd of members opposed to Rev Taylor entered the church and began barricading themselves within. For several hours the sound of hammering could be heard in the neighbor hood. It was announced by this faction that if the police failed to keep out the other side and they attempted to enter the church and hold services they would be met with a warm reception. Long before the usual hour for morning worship a large crowd of members and internecled spectators gathered in front of the building. On the spot were Capt. Bovle, Sergt. Evans and a dozen policemen, bicycle officers and plain clothes men. Understanding that Maj. Sylvester had assigned the police to prevent entrance into the church, T. L. Jones, a lawyer, on behalf of the party upiding the pastor secure a permit to conduct services on the church steps. PASTOR HAS BODYGUARD Pastor Taylor, waiting at home for word, was sent for and arrived shortly after 11 o'clock with a body guard. He appeared nervous, and asked for police protection. Previons to the opening of services Assistant Pastor White announced the proposed services were contrary to the decree of the deacons and trustees. However, the police were honoring the permit, and the meeting opened with a hymn. The pastor's subject was the "Persecution of Paul" in discussing which he drew an analogy between St. Paul's troubles and his own. His discourse brought tears to the eyes of many stamina feminine members who surrounded him. There were many and fervent exclamations of "how true" and "so it is." The minister made a strong appeal, and his auditors were visibly moved. He finished by saying he might never speak to them again, and that there would be no more services in the church under any circumstances until the court had reached a decision. Deacon Harris called for a collection for the benefit of the pastor, and after receiving many handshakes and expressions of esteem and some dollars, Taylor was escorted back to his home. The police dispersed the crowd. GUARDS REMAIN ON DUTY. Fearing the Taylor faction might attempt to take their stronghold, the opposing party within the church stayed behind the barricaded doors, all yesterday afternoon and all last night. At no time were there less than twenty-five or thirty men within the building. The relief system was used, three or four men going off duty at a time and their places being filled by as many more. Several of the deacons and trustees took an active part as guards. Late last night Trustee Minor Williams upon being relieved from duty said the church would be guarded 2, when the trouble will be decided in court. He said if the opposing by an equally large force until Nov. faction attempted to enter the building there would be trouble. The guards declared they had seen many of the opposing party walking suspiciously up and down the opposite side of the street during the evening. DID NOT THREATEN PASTOR Charges Against Shiloh Members Not Sustained in Police Court. [Washington, D. C. Post, Oct 30th.] Charges of threatening to commit injury upon the person of Rev. J. A. Taylor, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, colored, against Charles Daniels, Charles E. Richle and Edward Odom were dismissed by Judge Mullowny in Police Court yesterday morning in the trial's appearance in court was the reason the strife in the Shiloh Church Friday night between the factions for and against retaining Rev. Mr. Taylor, their pastor. Many witnesses for both sides were examined and decision was rendered before half of those summoned had been called upon. There was much conflicting testimony, and several witnesses caused much merriment, Capt. R. H. Taylor said that when the congregation began to throw compliments at each other he did not stay to see the finish. He said he was from the South, and that when people talk that way in his part of the country, he was sure somebody was going to get killed. Neither faction expects to have any further difficulties, and are waiting anxiously for the case to be settled in court on November 2. Those opposed to Rev. Mr. Taylor are taking no risks, however, and continue to hold the barricaded church with a strong hand. —Mr. Daniel Hopeen has returned to the city (Manchester) after an absence of ten days. —Mr. Mat Foster of West 22nd St. Manchester, met with a painful accident last week at the Eagle Paper Company. His hand had to be amputated. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. A luxury becomes a necessity after you get used to it. Easy street's sunny side isn't paved with good intentions. The average woman would rather be married than happy. 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