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THE RICHMOND PLANET WHITE OFFICERS TO THE RESCUE. They Declare that Colored Soldiers Were Not Guilty=Startling Test= timony=Conditions at Brownsville EVERY SIGN OF A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE BATTALION-EVEN CAPT. MACKLIN PROCLAIMS THE MEN OF HIS COMMAND INNOCENT-RICH READING FOR THE UNPREJUDICED. VOLUME XXIV, NO. 18. WHITE They Dec Were timony EVERY SIGN OF A CONSP THE MEN OF HIS [Washington Poht, March 28, '07.] Lt. George Carson Lawrason, who was in command of Company B, Twenty-fifth Infantry, on the night of the affray at Brownsville, Tex., was on the stand nearly all of yesterday in the investigation being conducted by the Senate Committee on Military Affairs. On practically all material points his testimony corroborated that given by the men of his command and also by men of Companies B, C and D. He was shown bullets taken from the walls of houses in Brownsville, but could not say whether they had been fired from the Springfield rifles with which the Twenty-fifth Infantry was equipped, or whether they had been discharged from Krag-Jorgensen cartridges by Krag rifles or cartridges. He further gave testimony in inferring that the shells picked up in the streets may have been discharged on the range at Fort Nibrobara and carried to Fort Brown, and also that he was certain that two of the rifles identified by expert examination of the shells as having been used to fire a certain lot of cartridges had not been out of the chests in which they had been packed at Nibrobara. COULD NOT HAVE .CLEANED GUNS. The examination of Lleut. Lawrason was begun just before noon, most of the morning session having been devoted to the cross-examination of Spottswood W. Tallafero, the former sergeant major of the battalion, who was on the stand Tues day. Lleut. Lawrason told of having been awakened by the firing, and of his efforts to get the company formed amid the confusion attending the call to arms, as well as a number of other matters on which all of the members of Company B had been examined. He said that he had posted his men along the wall in the rear of the barracks at the order of Maj. Penrose. Senator Foraker asked the witness if the men could have cleaned their guns while stationed along the wall. Lawrason thought this would have been impossible, as they had no equipment except that in the butt of their guns and which he thought inadequate for the cleaning of guns for inspection if the guns had been fired. According to his story, on direct examination, Lawrason was with his company along the garrison wall for about two and a half hours when they were dismissed by the command of Maj. Penrose, who first gave instructions to Lawrason to see that all of the company guns were locked in the racks and that all of the guns not in use were accounted for. Lawrason saw the guns placed in the racks and the racks locked after he had carefully verified the count. Then he called his quartermaster sergeant, Walker McCurdy, and went to the storehouse. The witness said that the quartermaster sergeant did not know the mission at the store house until their arrival there. ARMS CHESTS UNDER IRON BUNKS. Lawrason called for the arms chests and they were found, as he had previously testified at the Penrose court-martial at San Autonio, Tex., under iron bunks, iron bars for the support of mosquito netting, and other property. He detailed to the committee his examination of the arms chests which contained all of the reserve rifles as well as three company shot guns. He told the committee that he was sure he would have detected it if any of the rifles had been missing, and he was equally sure that the chests had not been tampered with since they were packed at Fort Niobrara, before the removal of the Negro troops from that post to Fort Brown. The report of experts who made the microscopic examination of shells picked up in Brownsville identified one lot of these shells as having been fired from one of the guns known to have been in the arms chests. All of the guns, he said, were inspected the following morning when drill call was sounded, and ammunition was inspected as well. Lieut. Lawrson told the committee that he satisfied himself that no guns of his company had been used the night before, and that the men had all of their ammunition. COULD NOT IDENTIFY BULLETS Senator Foraker called for the six bullets taken from the walls of houses in Brownsville, and sent to the committee as a part of the Purdy testimony. He had the bullets laid before the witness, and Mr. Lawrenson examined them closely, but could not tell whether they were fired from a Springfield or a Krag rifle. The Ohio Senator then called for the report of the experts who examined the firearm shells offered in evidence in the message of President Roosevelt to the Senate, and which were picked up in Brownsville. First, the Senator took up the group of shells, which bore evidence of having been extracted from a rifle, or rifles, more than once, as if they had fallen in one rifle and then were fired in another. Lieut. Lawrenson said that while on the rifle range at Fort Niobrara the guns were new and the bolts of the guns cased in oil, and that frequently they missed fire there. He said that when this oil was wiped out and the men had got used to the new guns there had been no more trouble. He expressed the belief that there was not a rifle belonging to Company B that would miss fire after the arrival of the company at Fort Brown. ACCESSIBLE TO THIEVES The witness explained that shells picked up on the range are saved and decapped and are then shipped back to the arsenal. He said that at Fort Niobrara there was something wrong with Company B's decapper, and the shells, more than a thousand in number, were put in a box and shipped to Fort Brown to be decapped there. He did not know what had become of the box after the arrival of the company at Brownville, but there was considerable property left on the rear porch of the barracks. The inference plainly shown by Senator Foraker's questions was that this box may have been accessible to Mexican boys or others, and that shells bearing marks that could be traced to Company B rifles may have been carried into the town and afterward thrown in the streets for the purpose of manufacturing evidence against the Negro soldiers Senator Foraker had not completed his direct examination when the committee adjourned for the day. [Washington Post, March 29, '07.] Capt. Samuel P. Lyon, of Company D, Twenty-fifth Infantry, was the only witness examined yesterday in the Brownville investigation before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs. It is practically certain that the committee cannot conclude the examination of witnesses now here in time to take a recess on April 6 as had been intended. Although examined and cross-examined at length, Capt. Lyon was unable to add much more than corroborative evidence. His personal view that Negro soldiers did not do the shooting attracted much attention, as he said that he at first was convinced of their guilt, but his opinion was changed by the report of experts who examined the shells picked up in the streets of Brownsville. It was the finding of shells of the type used in Springfield rifles that had first caused the white officers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry to believe their men guilty. HOLDS CITIZENS RESPONSIBLE Capt. Lyon gave it as his opinion that Negro soldiers were not guilty of "shooting up" the town, but that the firing was done by the "rougher element" of citizens of Brownville. He was examined at length by Senator Foraker concerning the events of the night of August 13, and was asked if he had participated in the attack upon the town. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 6TH, 1907. Replying that he had not, Capt. Lyon was then asked by Senator O'verman if he had ever been caarged with doing the shooting. He said no charge had been made against him, but undoubtedly some people in Brownsville thought the officers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry must have known all about it, before and after the afray, and many persons seemed to think that Capt. Macklin may have been implicated. No material evidence was brought out in the direct examination of Capt. Lyon, except as it corroborated stories told by other witnesses. EXPERTS CHANGED HIS VIEW On cross examination, Capt. Lyon admitted that he had been convinced of the guilt of the Negro soldiers immediately after the shooting, but said that since the transfer of the Negroes to Fort Reno and their subsequent discharge, his opinion had undergone a gradual change. He said he was, convinced finally that the men were not guilty by reading the report of experts who examined the shells picked up in Brownsville. The portions of the report which caused him to decide the men were innocent were that the experts identified with the shooting two guns which he knew had been in the arms chest, where he was satisfied the men could not get them, and that some of the shells showed that two attempts had been made to fire them. He concluded from the latter fact that the shells picked up had been found on the range, and had been placed in the street by some one, but admitted that it was possible that the shells showing double marks had been tried in two different guns on the night of August 13. He thought this unlikely, however, as the guns had been used some time previously and were then in good working order. [Washington Post, March 30, 1907.] Lleut. Griet, quartermaster and acting battalion adjutant of the 25th Infantry on the night of the shooting up of Brownsville, Tex. last August was the principal witness before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs yesterday. In the absence of Capt. Macklin, Grier took command of Company C while the hhooting was in progress. He testified in detail concerning the events at the post that night. At the conclusion of a long direct examination, the witness told Senator Foraker that while he had believed the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry did the shooting, his mind was now open on the subject of their guilt or innocence. He thought the firing came from about the center of the town, and that shotguns and revolvers were used. It was his opinion that high-power rifles were not used in the firing he heard. He estimated that it would require forty or fifty minutes to clean a gun so that it would stand inspection after having been fired. He did not believe the guns could have been cleaned in the dark without showing traces of oil, if oil were used, and, if not used, the guns could not be thoroughly cleaned. During the morning session the committee examined Walker McCurdy, formerly quartermaster sergeant of Company B, Twenty-fifth Infantry, concerning surplus rifles kept in the storehouses. He was positive that none of the rifles in the arms chests had been used in the shooting. The committee will take a recess for two weeks on April 6. [Washington Post, March 31, 1907.] The Brownsville investigation yesterday, with Lieut. Harry S. Grier, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry on the stand, before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs dealt largely with the opinions held by the white officers as to the guilt or innocence of the former Negro soldiers. The lieutenant said he had been convinced of the Negroes' guilt by the finding of Springfield rifle shells and bandoliers in the streets of Brownsville on the morning of August 14, but that afterward he had changed to the opposite opinion. He did not approve of the course taken by the inspector's department of the army in trying to ascertain the guilt or innocence of the men, however, and after an ultimatum by Gen. Garlington that the men would be discharged without honor unless they produced the guilty men, the attitude of the men caused him to doubt whether they were guilty. On cross-examination, Lieut. Grier said that the latter part of the firing in the town on the night of August 13 was by shotguns and revolvers, as if coming from windows of houses. Senator Warner, in his questioning, drew the inference that the first firing was by high power rifles, and that this might have been done by soldiers and that citizens responded from the windows of their houses. Grier replied that this was a possibility. CHANGED HIS OPINION Concerning his opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the men, Grier said that after the finding of bandoliers and empty shells almost any reasonable man would have been convinced that the soldiers did the shoot ing. He said he changed his opinion when Gen. Garlington, inspector general of the army, issued his ultimatum that all of the Negro soldiers who were at Brownsville would be discharged without honor unless they delivered up the guilty men. Lleut. Grier concluded that the men were innocent because of the effect of this ultimatum upon the Negroes. He was of the opinion that all of the old and tried soldiers had done everything they could to determine if any of their men were involved in the shooting. The witness indorsed the first plan suggested by Maj. Penrose for the discovery of the guilty parties, which was that restrictions upon the soldierh be removed and that they be permitted to forget that they were being prosecuted in the hope that the Negroes might begin talking among themselves. Lleut. Grier was opposed to the threat to discharge the soldiers unless they confessed. FORAKER MAKES IMPORTANT POINT. An important point was made by Senator Foraker in bringing out the fact that when Lient. Grier was aroused by the fireing he ran across the parade grounds in the darkness and failed to see Sergt. Harley, who had been sent to call Capt. Macklin, until they were almost upon each other. He was examined carefully on this point, and said that although he knew Harley well, he could not recognize him, nor did he know that the man was a soldier until he heard him speak. Several witnesses testified, in former investigations, that they plainly recognized soldiers running through the streets on the night of the shooting. After examining several witnesses for the purpose of identifying guns charged to Company B, Twenty-fifth Infantry, which are affected by the reports of experts, the committee adjourned until tomorrow. [Washington Post, April 2, 1907.] The testimony of capt. Edgar A. Macklin, of Company C, Twenty-fifth Infantry, was taken by the Senate Committee on Military Affairs yesterday in the Brownsville investigation. It proved interesting, particularly for the reason that Macklin is to be tried by court-martial after his return to Texas, and for the further reason that he was shot by an unidentified masked Negro at Fort Reno after the Negro soldiers were taken away from Fort Brown. Although there is no evidence tending to show that the Brownville affray was responsible for the attack upon him, many persons have expressed the opinion that the two incidents are connected, particularly as he was the first of the white officers to produce damaging evidence against the former soldiers. He CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE. M. S. C. Baseball Team Organized. On last Thursday night the Manhattan Social Club organized their baseball team for 1907. Mr. Alex. Smith was elected captain of the team. Appropriate exercises were held after which a repast was spread and all heartily enjoyed themselves. Mr. Wm. B. Smith, Manager of the football squad of 1906 was presented with a photo of the M. S. C. Football Squad. —Mr. Wm. B. Wood of Petersburg, Va. was in the city this week and called on us. —Mr. Joseph O. Flippen of New York called on us in company with Mrs. Miles C. Debbress and Miss Goldie Debbress. —Mr. G. A. Thompson, the well known druggist has sent out a lovely Easter souvenir. It is winning golden praise from the ladies, and the only trouble that has been experienced is that he did not have enough to supply all of Richmond. —Mr. W. H. Hayes, Manager of the Capitol Shoe and Supply Company, in company with his wife will leave the city Sunday for Baltimore. —Miss Ollie B. Booker, who has been attending the St. Francis de Sales Institute and was called to the city on account of the death of her sister, Mrs. Wm. A. Elam will leave for that Institution tomorrow. MRS. COLEMAN DEAD Her Husband, Rev. Mr. Coleman Recently in Educational Work at Bluefield. Mrs. Coleman, wife of Rev. Mr. Coleman who was formerly pastor of the Colored Baptist church here, but who has recently been engaged in educational work at Bluefield, was buried this afternoon, the funeral services being held at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Nearly all the pastors of the city were in attendance of the funeral services. Mrs. Coleman was a woman of a great deal of strength of character, and had many friends among both the white people and the colored people in Huntington. The Huntington Ministers Association today adopted a vote of sympathy to Rev. Mr. Coleman in his loss. —Huntington, W. Va. Advertiser March 25th, 1907. Youth Wins a Scholarship To a young colored man falls the honor of winning the Cecil Rhodes Scholarship and representing Pennsylvania at the Oxford University, England. The fortunate student, the first of his race to win such a high honor, is Alan LeRoy Locke, of No. 712 S. Twelfth Street, Philadelphia. His appointment was announced Tuesday by the committee as the result of its deliberations, and the examination of all claims for the honor made last Saturday in the office of Provost Harrison, of the University of Pennsylvania. Locke was born in Philadelphia on September 13, 1885, and is therefore in his 22d year. He received his early education in the public schools, and went from the Close Grammar School, Seventh and Dickinson streets to the Central High School in 1898. Always studious and quick to learn he usually kept at the head of his classes. He graduated from the High School with honors in 1892, and went from there to the Philadelphia School of Pedegogy, from which he graduated No. 1 in June, 1904. In the fall of the same year he entered Harvard University, where he is still a student. Since going there he has won successively the Price, Greenleaf, Rebecca Perkins and Bowlditch scholarships, and last December was awarded a detur in recognition of his scholastic attainments. Mr. Locke won a place in the first group of Harvard Students, and is now after honors in philosophy. He is coxswain of his crew at the University. When he finishes his course at Oxford it is his intention to travel through Europe and study the school systems in vogue, and upon his return to America will take up teaching as a profession. The successful student is well known. He will leave for Harvard in a day or two and will sail for England in September. Philadelphia, Pa. Tribune. Daily to Baltimore. On and after April 1st, 1907, sched ule via the popular York River Line will leave Richmond at 4:30 P. M. daily except Sunday, returning leave Baltimore at 5 P. M. daily except Sunday. Very low rates one way and round trip to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. It's the best way to reach Northern and Eastern points. EDITOR MITCHELL'S TRAVELS A RIDE ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN—THROWN BY A KENTUCKY HORSE. The Mine Explosion—The Funeral Procession—A Wreck on the Railroad. Removing a "Battleship." (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.) "We must cross the mountain to night," remarked Mr. H. S. Staples. "I telegraphed you to come ahead so as to reach here earlier." But we saw no vehicle and on looking behind the depot building, there appeared about half a dozen as lively, prancing, excited horses as are to be found any where in that section. "We can't get across in a wagon," remarked Mr. Staples, "the road is too rough and muddy. I tried it and it took about six horses to pull the wagon out. It cost me $5.00." COMPELLED TO RIDE. To say that a look of dismay was on our countenance expresses it mildly. The thought of those six coffins at Green Ore or possibly a cripple for the remainder of one's life was not pleasant. Yet we were compelled to make the trip. In sheer desperation we asked which horse were we to ride. He pointed out the white one. We were about to mount, but the animal wouldn't stand still long enough. Then two men got at his head. We were about to pull ourselves into the saddle when that part seemed coming towards us. It was too loose and we told Mr. Staples so. ALL RIGHT FOR HIM. "That's all right," said he, "it's fixed so that it wont come off." But it was not all right for us. "Well," said he, "take the other one." We did so. "What about the bride? Have you a curb bit on this mare?" He replied in the affirmative and after trying the saddle and finding it tight and snug, we were about to vault into it. But the horse would not stand still and again the head had to be held. A RESTLESS ANIMAL Once on top of the back the animal wanted to go, and it was with great effort that we kept the horse with the rest before we made the trip to the mountain. Finally all of us were in the saddle and then there was a rush to the foot of the mountain. Every horse was doing his best and the "bumpy bump" in the night air gave a zest to the trip and a picturesqueness to the journey. OVER THE MOUNTAIN "They will quiet down when we get to the foot of the mountain," remarked Mr. Staples as he rode at our side. And they did. Dr. J. Alexander Lewis was riding with all of the case of a veteran. His long overcoat which had no slit in the rear part was rolled up on the back of that horse like an army blanket. Well, that was a mountain. It was about as steep as the most fastidious wall fly could desire. The horses were good climbers. The road was rough and muddy. The constant tendency of the saddle was to go to the hindquarters of the horse. DOWN TO THE VALLEY Once on top, the situation changed and the burden shifted. Several times it looked as though we would go over the animal's head. At some places on the road one false step would have thrown the horse and rider many feet below. We never want such an experience again. Reaching the valley we were soon at the village of Dorchester, where the coke ovens with their sputtering flery crowns made a wierd scene in the night time. We looked in vain for Dr. Lewis. He was nowhere to be seen. A MISHAP TO THE DOCTOR We went a short distance in search of him. Somebody said that Dr. Lewis had been thrown from his horse. In the darkness and gloom we saw him coming. He was leading the animal while the girth almost reached the ground. "The PRICE. FIVE CENTS saddle came loose," he remarked, "and I jumped off." We must accept his statement of it. Mr. A. E. Miller of Stonega, who accompanied him says that the last he saw of him, the horse made a sudden turn and went one way and Dr. Lewis went another. The Doctor held to the bridle and brought his horse into Dorchester. THE TRIP TO NORTON There were numbers of people to meet us. We were soon enjoying supper at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Booker. It was about 2 o'clock before we retired for the night. We were scheduled to leave at 6 o'clock for Norton. We got out and walked around breathing the pure air. Range after range of mountains with their cloud kissed peaks could be seen on every side. In a short while Mr. Staples appeared astride of one horse and leading two others. Then he returned and brought the other three. In the last batch was our restless steed of the night before. We made friends with that animal again, and we were more successful in mounting than we were the night before. The word was given and we started on a canter for the foot of the mountain. We had light now and we were able to realize fully the risk of a trip over this dangerous mountain road in the night time. SWAPPED HORSES About two-thirds of the way up the mountain side we noticed that our saddle was travelling slowly but surely to the flanks of the spirited animal that we were riding. We called to Mr. Staples, but Mr. Miller volunteered his services and we dismounted, while he readjusted the saddle. We remounted and started off, but as the horse was climbing an almost perpendicular mountain side, the saddle continued to "back water" so to speak. We again dismounted. This time Mr. Miller proposed that we swan horses. To this we readily consented and when we got over the mountain he galloped away in company with Dr. J. Alexander Lewis, while we continued to ride at a slow speed. The horse he had given us was what is commonly called a "plug." There was but little "go" in the animal. THREW THE RIDER. When we reached the town of Norton, Mr. Miller came towards us with an offer to take the horse we rode to the stable. We did not accept the suggestion. Afterwards we found out the cause of it. Dr. Lewis says that after he and Miller left the party, Miller continued to use the horse onward. When they reached the town, the next thing he knew the horse had thrown Miller squarely over his head in the middle of the street and had started on a run to the stable, where the owner was much surprised to meet him without a rider. DR. LEWIS IN DANGER Dr. Lewis had a narrow escape as the affair frightened the horse he rode and it was all he could do to stay in the saddle. Mr. Miller seemed to have lost sight of the fact that the horse we rode was much more spirited than the one he had traded off with us on the mountain side. We knew it, however, and had decided that if there was to be any foolishness, it would have to come from the horse and not from the rider. A BRICK UNDER THE SADDLE Another discovery was made at the stable. When Mr. Staple's horse was examined, a piece of brick was found under the saddle. It had evidently been placed there by some person at Dorchester for the purpose of causing the horse to throw its rider. As Mr. Staple is a heavyweight, the only thing that saved him was the fact that he rode slowly back to Norton. It was a rare chance that the back of the horse was not permanently disfigured. He was the one that had been selected for us and the loose saddle was used from the fact that his back was tender. ON TO STONEGA. The train was scheduled to leave at 7:15 that morning. Mr. A. E. CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE. Shoes! Shoes!! Shoes!!! The Capital Shoe and Supply Co., 210 E. Broad St. is the place to buy stylish shoes. Oxfords of the latest style. Prices are right. The best $2.00 oxfords in the city. Don't say a word about $2.50 and $3.00 goods. You are the only source to draw from. Come to see us. WANTED—To employ several attendants or nurses at the Central State Hospital, Petersburg. Apply to. THE Masquerader By KATHERINE CECIL THURSTON, Author of "The Circle," Etc. Copyright. 1905. 1904. by Harper & Brothers TWO CHAPTER XXX AND so, once again, the woman conquered. Whatever Eve's intentions were, whatever she wished to evade or ward off, she was successful in gaining her end. For more than two hours she kept Loder at her side. There may have been moments in those two hours when the tension was high, when the efforts she made to interest and hold him were somewhat strained. But if this was so it escaped the notice of the one person concerned, for it was long after tea had been served, long after Eve had offered to do penance for her monopoly of him by driving him to Chicago's club, that Loder realized with any degree of distinctness that it was she and not he who had taken the lead in their interview; that it was she and not he who had bridged the difficult silences and given a fresh direction to dangerous channels of talk. It was long before he recognized this, but it was still longer before he realized the far more potent fact that without any coldness, without any lessening of the subtle consideration she always showed him, she had given him no further opportunity of making love. Talking continuously, elated with the sense of conflict still to come, he drove with her to the club. Considering that drive in the light of after events, his own frame of mind invariably filled him with incredulity. In the eyes of any sane man his position was not worth an hour's purchase, yet in the blind self confidence of the moment he would not have changed places with Fraide himself. The great song of self was sounding in his ears as he drove through the crowded streets, conscious of the cool, crisp air, of Eve's close presence, of the numberless infinitimal things that went to make up the value of life. It was this acknowledgment of personality that upheld him—the personality, the power that had carried him unswervingly through eleven colorless years; that had impelled him toward this new career when the new career had first been opened to him; that had hewn a way for him in this fresh existence against colossal odds; the indomitable force that had trampled out Chilcote's footmarks in public life, in private life—in love. It was a triumphant pane that clamored in his ears, something persistent and prophetic, with an undernote of menace—the cry of the human soul that has dared to stand alone. His glance was keen and bright as he waited for a moment at the carriage door and took Eve's hand before entering the club. "You're dining out tonight?" he said. His fingers, always tenacious and masterful, continued to hold hers. The compunction that had driven him temporarily toward sacrifice had passed. His pride, his confidence and with them his desire, had flowed back in full measure. Eve, watching him attentively, paled a little. "Yes," she said, "I'm dining with the Bramfells." "What time will you get home?" He scarcely realized why he put the question. The song of self still sounded trumphantly, and he responded without reflection. His eyes held hers, his fingers pressed her hand; the intense mastery of his will passed through her in a sudden sense of fear. Her lips pressed in depreciation, but he closely attentive of her expression, spoke again quickly. "When can I see you?" he asked very quietly. Again she was about to speak. She leaned forward, as if some thought long suppressed trembled on her lips, then her courage or her desire failed her. She leaned back, letting her lashes droop over her eyes. "I shall be home at 11," she said below her breath. Loder dined with Lakeley at Chilcote's club, and so absorbing were the political interests of the hour—the resignation of Sir Robert Sefborough, the king's summoning of Frade, the probable features of the new ministry—that it was after 9 o'clock at last he freed himself and drove to the Area-dian theater. The sound of music came to him as he entered the theater—light, measured music suggestive of tiny streams, toy lambs and painted shepherdesses. It sounded singularly inappropriate to his mood—as inappropriate as the theater itself with its gay gilding, its pale tones of pink and blue. It was the setting of a different world—a world of laughter, light thoughts and shallow impulses, in which he had no part. It was the interval between the first and second acts. The box was in shadow, and Loder's first impression was of voices and rustling skirts, broken in upon by the murmur of frequent amused laughter. Later, as his eyes grew accustomed to the light, he distinguished the occupants, two women and a man. The man was speaking as he entered, and the story he was relating was evidently interesting from the faint exclamations of question and delight that punctuated it in the listeners' higher, softer voices. "Ah, here comes the legislator" exclaimed Leonard Kaine, for it was he who formed the male element in the party. "The revolutionary, Lennie," Lillian corrected softly. "Bramfell says he has changed the whole face of things." She laughed softly and meaningly as she closed her fan. "So good of you to come, Jack," she added. "Let me introduce you to Miss Esseltyn. I don't think you two have met. This is Mr. Chilcote, Mary—the great, new Mr. Chilcote." Again she laughed. Loder bowed and moved to the front of the box, nodding to Kaine as he passed. "It's only for an hour," he explained to Lillian. "I have an appointment for 11." "Only an hour! Oh, how unkind! How should I punish him, Lennie?" Lillian looked round at Kaine with a lingering, caressing glance. He bent toward her in quick response and answered in a whisper. She laughed and replied in an equally low tone. Loder, to whom both remarks had been inaudible, dropped into the vacant seat beside Mary Esseltyn. He had the unsettled feeling that things were not falling out exactly as he had calculated. "What is the play like?" he hazarded as he looked toward his companion. At all times social trivialities bored him. Tonight they were intolerable. He had come to fight, but all at once it seemed that there was no opponent. Lillian's attitude disturbed him; her careless graciousness, her evident ignoring of him for Kaine, might mean nothing, but also it might mean much. "It is a good play," she responded. "I like it better than the book. You've read the book, of course?" "No." Loder hard to fix his thoughts. "It's amusing, but far fetched." "Indeed?" He picked up the programme lying on the edge of the box. His ears were strained to catch the tone of Lillian's voice as she laughed and whispered with Kaine. "Yes; men exchanging identities, you know." He looked up and caught the girl's self possessed glance. "Oh?" he said. "Indeed?" Then again he looked away. It was intolerable, this feeling of being caged up! A sense of anger crept through his mind. It almost seemed that Lillian had brought him there to prove that she had finished with him, and cast him aside, having used him for the day's excitement as she had use her poodles, her Persian cats, her caial gasing. All at once the impunity and uncertainty of his position graded him. Turning swiftly in his seat, he glanced back to where she sat slowly swaying her fan, her pale, golden hair and her pale colored gown delicately silhouetted against the ground of the box. "What's your idea of the play, Lillian?" he said abruptly. To his own ears there was a note of challenge in his voice. She looked around languidly. "Oh. it's quite amusing." she said. "It makes a delicious farce—absolutely French." "French?" "Quite. Don't you think so, Lennie?" "Oh, quite." Kaine agreed. "They mean that it's so very light and yet so very subtle, Mr. Chilcote," Mary Escalfyn explained. "Indeed?" he said. "Then my imagination was at fault. I thought the piece was serious." "Serious!" Lillian smiled again. "Why, where's your sense of humor? The motive of the play debars all seriousness." Loder looked down at the programme still between his hands. "What is the motive?" he asked. Lillian waved her fan once or twice, then closed it softly. "Love is the motive," she said. Now, the balancing—the adjusting of impression and inspiration—is, of all processes in life, the most delicately fine. The simple sound of the word "love" coming at that precise juncture changed the whole current of Loder's thought. It fell like a seed, and like a seed in ultraproductive soil, it bore fruit with amazing rapidity. The word itself was small and the manner in which it was spoken trivial, but Loder's mind was attracted and held by it. The last time it had met his ears his environment had been vastly different, and this echo of it in an uncongenial atmosphere stung him to resentment. The vision of Eve, the thought of Eve, became suddenly dominant. "Love?" he repeated coldly. "So love is the motive." "Yes." This time it was Kaine who responded in his methodical, contented voice. "The motive of the play is love, as Lillian says. And when was love ever serious in a three act comedy-on or off the stage?" He leaned forward in his seat, screwed in his eyeglass and lazily scanned the stalls. The orchestra was playing a Hungarian dance, its erratic harmonies and wild alternations of expression falling abruptly across the pinks and blues, the gilding and lights of the pretty, conventional theater. Something in the suggestion of unfitness appealed to Loder. It was the force of the real as opposed to the ideal. With a new expression on his face, he turned again to Kaine. "And how does it work?" he said. "This treatment that you find so—French?" His voice as well as his expression had changed. He still spoke quietly, but he spoke with interest. He was no longer conscious of his vague uneasiness; a fresh chord had been struck in his mind, and his curiosity had responded to it. For the first time it occurred to him that love—the dangerous, mysterious garden whose paths had so suddenly stretched out before his own feet—was a pleasure ground that possessed many doors and an infinite number of keys. He was stirred by the desire to peer through another entrance than his own, to see the secret, alluring bywaw's from another standpoint. He waited with interest for the answer to his question. For a second or two Kaline continued to survey the house; then his eyeglass dropped from his eye, and he turned round. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. "To understand the thing," he said pleasantly, "you must have read the book. Have you read the book?" "No, Mr. Kaine," Mary Esseltyn interrupted, "Mr. Chilete hasn't read the book." Lillian laughed, "Outline the story for him, Lennile," she said, "I love to see other people taking pains." Kaine glanced at her admiringly, "Well, to begin with," he said amably, "two men, an artist and a millionaire, exchange lives. See?" "You may presume that he does see, Lennile." "Right! Well, then, as I say, these beggars change identities. They're as like as pins, and to all appearances one chap's the other chap—and the other chap's the first chap. See?" Loder lingered. The newly quicker interest was enhanced by treading on dangerous ground. "Well, they change for a lark, of course, but there's one fact they both overlooked. They're men, you know, and they forget these little things." He laughed delightedly. "They overlook the fact that one of 'em has got a wife!" There was a crash of music from the orchestra. Loder sat straighter in his seat. He was conscious that the blood had rushed into his face. "Oh, indeed?" he said quickly. "One of them had a wife?" "Exactly!" Again Kaine chuckled. "And the point of the joke is that the wife is the least larky person under the sum. See?" A second hot wave passed over Loder's face. A sense of mental disgust filled him. This, then, was the wonderful garden seen from another standpoint! He looked from Lillian, graceful, skeptical and shallow, to the young girl beside him, so frankly modern in her appreciation of life. This, then, was love as seen by the eyes of the world—the world that accepts, judges and condemns in a slang phrase or two! Very slowly the blood receded from his face. "And the end of the story?" he asked in a strained voice. "The end? Oh, usual end, of course. Chap makes a mess of things and the bubble bursts." "And the end of the wife?" "The end of the wife?" Lillian broke in, with a little laugh. "Why, the end A. M. "Outline the story for him, Lennie," she said. "Outline the story for him, Lennie," she said. of all stupid people who, instead of going through life with a lot of delightfully human stumbles, come just one big cropper. She naturally ends in the divorce court." They all laughed boisterously. Then laughter, story and denouement were all drowned in a tumultuous crash of music. The orchestra ceased; there was a slight hum of applause, and the curtain rose on the second act. CHAPTER XXXI FEW minutes before the curtain fell on the second act of "Other Men's Shoes" Loder rose from his seat and made his apologies to Lillian. At any other moment he might have pondered over her manner of accepting them—the easy indifference with which she let him go. But vastly keener issues were claiming his attention, issues whose results were wide and black. He left the theater and, refusing the overtures of caben, set himself to walk to Chilcote's house. His face was hard and emotionless as he hurried forward, but the chaos in his mind found expression in the unevenness of his pace. To a strong man the confronting of difficulties is never alarming and is often fraught with inspiration, but this applies essentially to the difficulties evolved through the weakness, the folly or the force of another; when they arise from within the matter is of another character. It is in presence of his own soul, and in that presence alone, that a man may truly measure himself. As Loder walked onward, treading the whole familiar length of traffic filled street, he realized for the first time that he was standing before that solemn tribunal—that the hour had come when he must answer to himself for himself. The longer and deeper an oblivion the more painful the awakening. For months the song of self had beaten about his ears, deadening all other sounds; now abruptly that song had ceased, not considerably, not lingeringly, but with a suddenness that made the succeeding silence very terrible. He walked onward, keeping his direction unseeingly. He was passing through the fire as surely as though actual flames rose about his feet, and whatever the result, whatever the fiber of the man who emerged from the ordeal, the John Loder who had hewn his way through the past weeks would exist no more. The triumphant egotist, the strong man who by his own strength had kept his eyes upon one point, refusing to see in other directions, had ceased to be. Reen though it was, his realization of this crisis in his life had come with characteristic slowness. When Lillian Astrupr had given her dictum, when the music of the orchestra had ceased and the curtain risen on the second act of the play, nothing but a sense of stupefaction had filled his mind. In that moment the great song was silenced, not by any portentous episode, not by any incident that could have lent dignity to its end, but, with the full measure of life's irony, by a trivial social commonplace. In the first sensation of blank loss his faculties had been numbed. In the quarter of an hour that followed the rise of the curtain he had sat staring at the curtain, seeing nothing, hearing nothing, filled with the enormity of the void that suddenly surrounded him. Then from habit, from constitutional tendency, he had begun slowly and perseveringly to draw first one thread and then another from the tangle of his thoughts, to forge with doubt and difficulty the chain that was to draw him toward the future. It was upon this same incomplete and yet tenacious chin that his mind worked as he traversed the familiar streets and at last gained the house he had so easily learned to call home. As he inserted the latchkey and felt it move smoothly in the lock a momentary revolt against his own judgment, his own censorhip, swing him sharply toward reaction. But it is only the blind who can walk without a trenor on the edge of an abyss, and there was no longer a bandage across his eyes. The reaction flared up like a strip of lighted paper; then, like a strip of lighted paper, it dropped back to ashes. He pushed the door open and slowly crossed the hall. The mounting of a staircase is often the index to a man's state of mind. As Loder ascended the stairs of Chilcote's house his shoulders lacked their stiffness, his head was no longer erect. He moved as though his feet were weighted. He had ceased to be the man of achievement whose smallest opinion compels consideration. In the privacy of solitude he was the mere human flotsam to which he had once compared himself—the flotsam that, dreaming it has found a harbor, wakes to find itself the prey of the incoming tide. He paused at the head of the stairs to rally his resolutions. Then, still walking heavily, he passed down the corridor to Eve's room. It was suggestive of his character that, having made his decision, he did not daily over its performance. Without waiting to knock, he turned the handle and walked into the room. It looked precisely as it always looked, but to Loder the rich, subdued coloring of books and flowers—the whole air of culture and repose that the place conveyed—seemed to hold a deeper meaning than before, and it was on the instant that his eyes, crossing the inanimate objects, rested on their owner that the true force of his position, the enormity of the task before him, made itself plain. Realization came to him with vivid, overwhelming force, and it must be accounted to his credit in the summing of his qualities that then, in that moment of the trial, the thought of retreat, the thought of yielding, did not present itself. Eve was standing by the mantelpiece. She were a beautiful gown, a long string of diamonds was twisted about her neck, and her soft, black hair was coiled high after a foreign fashion and held in place by a large diamond comb. As he entered she turned hastily, almost nervously, and looked at him with the rapid, searching glance he had learned to expect from her. Then almost directly her expression changed to one of quick concern. With a faint exclamation of alarm she stepped forward. "What has happened?" she said. "You look like a ghost." Loder made no answer. Moving into the room, he paused by the oak table that stood between the fireplace and the door. They made an unconscious tableau as they stood there—he with his hard, set face, she with her heightened color, her inexplicably bright eyes. They stood completely silent for a space—a space that for Loder held no suggestion of time. Then, finding the tension unbearable, Eve spoke again. "Has anything happened?" she asked. "Is anything wrong?" Had he been less engrossed the intensity of her concern might have struck him, but in a mind so harassed as his there was only room for one consideration—the consideration of himself. The sense of her question reached him, but its significance left him untouched. "Is anything wrong?" she reiterated for the second time. By an effort he raised his eyes. No man, he thought, since the beginning of the world was ever set a task so cruel as his. Painfully and slowly his lips parted. "Everything in the world is wrong," he said in a slow, hard voice. Eve said nothing, but her color suddenly deepened. Again Loder was unobservant, but with the dogged resolution that marked him he forced himself to his task. "You despise lies," he said at last. "Tell me what you wound think of a man whose whole life was one elaborated lie." The words were slightly exaggerated, but their utterance, their painfully brusque sincerity, precluded all suggestion of effect. Resolutely holding her gaze, he repeated his question. "Tell me! Answer me! I want to know." Eve's attitude was difficult to read. She stood twisting the string of diamonds between her fingers. "Tell me!" he said again. She continued to look at him for a moment; then, as if some fresh impulse moved her, she turned away from him toward the fire. "I cannot," she said. "We—I—I could not set myself to judge—any one!" Loder held himself rigidly in hand. "Eve," he said quietly, "I was at the Arcadian tonight. The play was 'Other Men's Shoes.' I suppose you've read the book 'Other Men's Shoes?' She was leaning on the mantlepiece, and her face was invisible to him. "It is the story of an extraordinary likeness between two men. Do you be heve such a likeness possible? Do you think such a thing could exist?" He spoke with difficulty. His brain and tongue both felt numb. Eve let the diamond chain slip from her fingers. "Yes," she said nervously. "Yes, I do believe it. Such things have been." Loder caught at the words. "You're quite right," he said quickly. "You're quite right. The thing is possible. I've proved it. I know a man so like me that you, even you, could not tell us apart." Eve was silent, still averting her face. In dire difficulty he labored on. "Eve," he began once more, "such a likeness is a serious thing—a terrible danger, a terrible temptation. Those who have no experience of it cannot possibly gauge its pitfalls"—Again he paused, but again the silent figure by the fireplace gave him no help. "Eve," he exclaimed suddenly, "if you only knew, if you only guessed what I'm trying to say"—The perplexity, the whole harassed suffering of his mind showed in the words. Loder, the strong, the resourceful, the self contained, was palpably, painfully at a loss. There was almost a note of appeal in the vibration of his voice. And Eve, standing by the fireplace, heard and understood. In that moment of comprehension all that had held her silent, all the conflicting motives that had forbidden speech, melted away before the unconscious demand for help. Quietly and yet quickly she turned, her whole face transfigured by a light that seemed to shine from within—something singularly soft and tender. "There's no need to say anything," she said simply, "because I know." she said simply, "because I know." It came quietly, as most great revelations come. Her voice was low and free from any excitement, her face beautiful in its complete unconsciousness of self. In that supreme moment all her thought, all her sympathy, was for the man- and his suffering. To Loder there was a space of incredulity; then his brain slowly swung to realization. "You know?" be repeated blankly. "You know?" Without answering, she walked to a cabinet that stood in the window, unlocked a drawer and drew out several sheets of filmsy white paper, crumpled in places and closely covered with writing. Without a word she carried them back and held them out. He took them in silence, scanned them, then looked up. In a long, worthless pause their eyes met. It was as if each looked speechlessly into the other's heart, seeing the passions, the contradictions, the short-comings, that went to the making of both. In that silence they drew closer together than they could have done through a torrent of words. There was no asking of forgiveness, no cloakate confession, on either side. In the deep, eloquent pause they mutually saw and mutually understood. "When I came into the morning room today." Eve said at land, "and saw Lillian Astrupp reading that telegram nothing could have seemed farther from me than the thought that I should follow her example. It was not until afterward—not until—he came into the room—until I saw that you, as I believed, had fallen back again from what I respected to what I despised—that I knew how human I really was. As I watched them laugh and talk I felt suddenly that I was alone again—terribly alone. I—I think—I believe I was feaulous in that moment"—She hesitated. "Eye!" he exclaimed But she broke in quickly on the word. "I felt different in that moment. I didn't care about honor or things like honor. After they had gone it seemed to me that I had missed something—something that they possessed. Oh, you don't know what a woman feels when she is jealous!" Again she paused. "It was then that the telegram and the thought of Lillian's amused smile as she had read it came to my mind. Feeling as I did—acting on what I felt—I crossed to the bureau and picked it up. In one second I had seen enough to make it impossible to draw back. Oh, it may have been dishonorable, it may have been mean, but BENNETT "There's no need to say anything," she said simply. I wonder if any woman in the world would have done otherwise! I crumple up the papers just as they were and carried them to my own room." From the first to the last word of Eve's story Loder's eyes never left her face. Instantly she had finished his voice broke forth in irrepressible question. In that wonderful space of time he had learned many things. All his deductions, all his apprehensions, had been scattered and disproved. He had seen the true meaning of Lillian Astrupp's amused indifference—the indifference of a variable, flippant nature that, robbed of any real weapon for mischief, soon tires of a game that promises to be too arduous. He saw all this and understood it with a rapidity born of the moment; nevertheless, when Eve ceased to speak the question that broke from him was not connected with this great discovery —was not even suggestive of it. It was something quite immaterial to any real issue, but something that overshadowed every consideration in the world. "Eve," he said, "tell me my first thought—your first thought after the shock and the surprise—when you re-membered me." There was a fresh pause, but one of very short duration; then Eve met his glance fearlessly and frankly. The same pride and dignity, the same indescribable tenderness that had responded to his first appeal, shone in her face. "My first thought was a great thankfulness," she said simply. "A thankfulness that you—that no man—could ever understand." CHAPTER XXXII A she finished speaking Eve did not lower her eyes. To her there was no suggestion of shame in her thoughts or her words, but to Loder, watching and listening, there was a perilous meaning contained in both. "Thankfulness?" he repeated slowly. From his newly stirred sense of responsibility pity and sympathy were gradually rising. He had never seen Eve as he saw her now, and his vision was all the clearer for the long oblivion. With a polignant sense of compassion and remorse, the knowledge of her youth came to him—the youth that some women preserve in the midst of the world when circumstances have permitted them to see much, but to experience little. "Thankfulness?" he said again incredulously. A slight smile touched her lips. "Yes," she answered softly—"thankfulness that my trust had been rightly placed." She spoke simply and confidently, but the words struck Loder more sharply than any accusation. With a heavy sense of bitterness and renunciation he moved slowly forward. "Eve," he said very gently, "you don't know what you say." She had lowered her eyes as he came toward her. Now she lifted them in a swift upward glance. For the first time since he had entered the room a slight look of personal doubt and uneasiness showed in her face. "Why? she said. "I—I don't understand." For a moment he answered nothing. He had found his first explanation overwhelming. Now suddenly it seemed to him that his present difficulty was more impossible to surmount. "I came here tonight to tell you something," he began at last, "but so far I have only said half" "Yes, half." He repeated the word quickly, avoiding the question in her eyes. Then, conscious of the need for explanation, he plunged into rapid speech. "A fraud like mine," he said, "has only one safeguard, one justification—a boundless audacity. Once shake that audacity and the whole motive power crumbles. It was to make the audacity impossible—to tell you the truth and make it impossible—that I came tonight. The fact that you already knew made the telling easier, but it altered nothing." Eve raised her head, but he went resolutely on. "Tonight," he said, "I have seen into my own life, into my own mind, and my ideas have been very roughly shaken into new places. "We never make so colossal a mistake as when we imagine that we know ourselves. Months ago, when your husband first proposed this scheme to me, I was, according to my own conception, a solitary being vastly ill used by fate, who, with a fine stolicism, was leading a clean life. That was what I believed, but there, at the very outset, I deceived myself. I was simply a man who shut himself up because he cherished a grudge against life and who lived honestly because he had a constitutional distaste for vice. My first feeling when I saw your husband was one of self righteous contempt, and that has been my attitude all along. I have often marveled at the flood of intolerance that has rushed over me at sight of him—the violent desire that has possessed me to look away from his weakness and banish the knowledge of it—but now I understand. "I know now what the feeling meant. The knowledge came to me tonight. It meant that I turned away from his weakness because deep within myself something stirred in recognition of it. Humanity is really much simpler than we like to think, and human impulses have an extraordinary fundamental connection. Weakness is egotism, but so is strength. Chilcote has followed his vice; I have followed my ambition. It will take a higher judgment than yours or mine to say which of us has been the more selfish man." He paused and looked at her. She was watching him intently. Some of the meaning in his face had found a pained, alarmed reflection in her own. But the awe and wonder of the morning's discovery still colored her mind too vividly to allow of other considerations possessing their proper value. The thrill of exultation with which the misgivings born of Chilcote's vice had dropped away from her mental image of Loder was still too absorbing to be easily dominated. She loved, and as if by a miracle her love had been justified! For the moment the justification was all suffice. Something of confidence, something of the innocence that comes not from ignorance of evil, but from a mind singularly uncontaminated, blinded her to the danger of her position. Loder, waiting apprehensively for some aid, some expression of opinion, became gradually conscious of this lack of realization. Moved by a fresh impulse, he crossed the small space that divided them and caught her hands. "Eve," he said gently. "I have been trying to analyze myself and give you the results, but I shan't try any more. I shall be quite plain with you. "From the first moment I took your husband's place I was ambitious. You unconsciously aroused the feeling when you brought me Fraide's message on the first night. You aroused it by your words, but more strongly, though more securely, by your underlying antago- nism. On that night, though I did not know it, I took up my position; I made my determination. Do you know what that determination was?" She shook her head. "It was the desire to stamp out Chicote's footmarks with my own, to prove that personality is the great force capable of everything. I forgot to reckon that when we draw largely upon Fate she generally extorts a crushing interest. "First came the wish for your respect, then the desire to stand well with such men as Fraide—to feel the stir of emulation and competition—to prove myself strong in the one career I knew myself fitted for. For a time the second ambition overshadowed the first, but the first was bound to reassert itself, and in a moment of egotism I conceived the notion of winning your enthusiasm as well as your respect." Eve's face, alert and questioning, suddenly paed as a doubt crossed her mind. "Then it was only—only to stand well with me?" "I believed it was only the desire to stand well with you. I believed it until the night of my speech—if you can credit anything so absurd. Then on that night, as I came up the stairs to the gallery and saw you standing there, the blindness fell away, and I knew that I loved you." As he said the last words he released her hands and turned aside, missing the quick wave of joy and color that crossed her face. "I knew it, but it made no difference. I was only moved to a higher self glorification. I touched supremacy that night. But as we drove home I experienced the strangest coincidence of my life. You remember the block in the traffic at Pieceadilly?" Again Eve bent her head. "Well, when I looked out of the carriage window to discover its cause the first man I saw was—Chilote." Eve started slightly. This swift, unexpected linking of Chilote's name with the most exalted moment of her life stirred her unpleasantly. Some glimmering of Loder's intention in so linking it broke through the web of disturbed and conflicting thoughts. "You saw him on that night?" "Yes, and the sight chilled me. It was a big drop from supremacy to the remembrance of—everything." Involuntarily she put out her hand. But Loder shook his head. "No," he said; "don't pity me! The sight of him came just in time. I had a reaction in that moment, and, such as it was, I acted on it. I went to him next morning and told him that the thing must end. But then—even then—I shirked being honest with myself. I had meant to tell him that it must end because I had grown to love you, but my pride rose up and tied my tongue. I could not humiliate myself. I put the case before him in another light. It was a tussle of wills, and I won, but the victory was not what it should have been. That was proved today when he returned to tell me of the loss of this telegram. It wasn't the fear that Lady Astrupp had found it. It wasn't to save the position that I jumped at the chance of coming back. It was to feel the joy of living, the joy of seeing you, if only for a day." For one second he turned toward her; then as abruptly he turned away again. "I was still thinking of myself," he said. "I was still utterly self centered when I came to this room today and allowed you to talk to me, when I asked you to see me tonight as we parted at the club. I shan't tell you the thoughts that unconsciously were in my mind when I asked that favor. You must understand without explanation. "I went to the theater with Lady Astrup ostensibly to find how the land lay in her direction—really to heighten my self esteem. But there fate or the power we call by that name was lying in wait for me, ready to claim the first interest in the portion of life I had dared to borrow." He did not glance toward Eve as he had done in his previous pause. His whole manner seemed oppressed by the gravity of what he had still to say. "I doubt if a man has ever seen more in half an hour than I have tonight," he said. "I'm speaking of mental seeing, of course. In this play, 'Other Men's Shoes,' two men change identities—as Chilcote and I have done—but in doing so they overlook one fact—the fact that one of them has a wife! That's not my way of putting it. It's the way it was put to me by one of Lady Astrupp's party." Again Eve looked up. The doubt and question in her eyes had grown unmistakably. As he ceased to speak her lips parted quickly. "John," she said, with sudden conviction, "you're trying to say something—something that's terribly hard." Without raising his head Loder answered her. "Yes," he answered, "the hardest thing a man ever said"— His tone was short, almost brusque, but to ears sharpened by instinct it was eloquent. Without a word Eve took a step forward and, standing quite close to him, laid both hands on his shoulders. For a space they stood silent, she with her face lifted, he with averted eyes. Then very gently he raised his hands and tried to unclasp her fingers. There was scarcely any color visible in his face, and by a curious effect of emotion it seemed that lines, never before noticeable, had formed about his mouth. "What is it?" Eve asked apprehensively. "What is it?" By a swift involuntary movement she had tightened the pressure of her fingers, and, without using force, it was impossible for Loder to unloose them. With his hands pressed irresolutely over hers he looked down into her face. "As I sat in the theater tonight, Eve," he said slowly, "all the pictures I had formed of life shifted. Without desiring it, without knowing it, my whole point of view was changed. I suddenly saw things by the world's searchlight instead of by my own miserable candle. I suddenly saw things for you, instead of for myself." Eve's eyes widened and darkened, but she said nothing. "I suddenly saw the unpardonable wrong that I have done you, the imperative duty of cutting it short." He spoke very slowly in a dull, mechanical voice. CONTINUED ON SIXTH PAGE. THE PLANET HORTICULTURE A TREE GUARD. How Young Trees Can Be Protected From Cattle. Very often young trees, maples especially, are entirely destroyed by cattle reaching up and pulling the tops down, even when the tops would seem to be out of reach. Of course, cattle should not be where young trees are planted, especially fruit trees; but it sometimes happens that this is not practical. When this is the case use ```markdown ``` The Tree Guard. a guard such as is shown in the illustration, says Montreal Herald. It is made as follows: Take two pieces of board (such as have come off some old building), say about seven feet long, breadth between eight and 12 inches. Leave one of these boards intact. Cut the other into three equal lengths, and nail into the top of the uncut board, as shown in the illustration. Sometimes, if the fence is high enough, a short board, the one facing the fence, can be left out and a cleat used instead. The tree, before putting up the guard, should be posted and the guard nailed to this post. MISTAKES IN ORCHARDING. Common Errors Committed by the Inexperienced. The first mistake I think all beginners make is in assuming that it is only necessary to secure a piece of ground, and without any knowledge of soil adaptability plant Ben Davis trees and then expect, without much expense or labor, to in a few years reap a golden harvest. Another mistake is in neglecting to carefully prune each and every year until bearing. If pruning is neglected for three, four or five years at a time, it is almost impossible without great hazard to ever get the top in such condition as will make a profitable bearing tree. It is a mistake, says Farm and Home, to set trees perpendicular. They should lean sharply, perhaps 20 degrees, to the southwest if you would have them standing erect at bearing. Corn, peas, beans or potatoes may be cultivated among young trees, but small grains or grasses never. Wheat, rye or clover is less injurious than oats, which is about equal to a fire in destructive elements. It is a mistake to allow cattle or sheep, under any circumstances, to pasture in apple orchards in any season of the year. It is a great mistake after the trees get to be five years old not to keep the orchard well stocked with young hogs. I find young hogs a very efficient and cheap cultivator to have around the trunk of the tree, if properly encouraged by sprinkling a few handfuls of wheat or rye under the tree where you want rooting done. They are also one of the very cheapest and best exterminators of field mice, which are getting to be one of the worst species of apple tree pests in some regions. Another mistake I think we all make, more or less, is in allowing the grub and flat headed borers to take care of themselves and likewise of the trees. Trees should be carefully examined twice a year, spring and fall, for these pests. Most of us only examine such trees as show by the unhealthy appearance of the foliage that they are affected. I think the foliage of the trees will not indicate the ravages of borers until the second year after first attacked. There will be nothing lost in examining each and every tree for borers, whether you find them or not. Pruning the Peach The Massachusetts Experiment station recommends the following as the best method of pruning the peach tree: Prune peach trees moderately, removing not more than one-third to one-half the previous year's annual growth, when the wood has been injured by freezing. When only the fruit buds are killed the wood being uninjured and the trees in good condition, prune severely, cutting back the annual growth to two or three buds. It may be expedient to cut some branches back even into two or three-year-old wood. MARKETING APPLES A Lesson Which the Farmers Have Learned This Year. Selling on the trees is an expensive way of selling fruit, for one has to sell at a discount. The buyer must protect himself and he must have a guarantee against loss from windstorms and the like. This year the growers of apples in Illinois found it difficult to get into touch with the sellers. Senator Henry M. Dunlap believes that the Illinois fruit growers have learned a lesson this year they will long remember. For a few years past the buyers have had to come to them, and the fruit growers have insisted that the buyers should provide packages. But this year the tables have turned, says Farmers' Review. The growers have had to hunt the buyers, and they were hard to find. This year the buyers were scattered all over the United States looking for apples, while in recent years many have been found in Illinois and neighboring states. The large supplies of apples in other states this year drew away the buyers and the growers had to hasten to get buyers for their stuff. Some of the buyers that generally look after Illinois apples were this year in New York. There they watched the crop and tried to buy it, hoping to get it at from 75 cents to $1.25 per barrel, or at most $1.50 per barrel. The New York growers refused to sell at that figure and sat down and waited. At every large apple center in New York were found buyers waiting for the farmers to "come to their senses." But the farmers did not come to their senses, and the buyers had to give in. They finally paid from $1.80 to $2.25 for their apples. But in the West the apples sold for a very low price where the growers were not in a position to pack their own apples. The buyers prefer that the farmers pack their own apples when they do it right. The only reason that the buyers want to pack the apples they buy is because the farmers do not generally pack the apples as the buyers want them packed. Other things being equal, the buyers prefer to have the growers do the packing, as that relieves the buyers of the necessity of packing the fruit. The growers can pack the fruit much more cheaply than the buyers, as the growers can generally get some help from their families, and they also have hired men that are working by the month. The buyer has to go out and hire day labor at a high price, and he has to spend his own time in supervision. OUT-DOOR APPLE CELLAR How Safe Place to Keep Fruit May Be Constructed. I have a plan of an outdoor apple cellar which I have just built, and which I think may interest others, writes a correspondent of Prairie Farmer. The general idea of the plan CELLAR GIT WIDGE BUTTER MATTER MATTER DOOR EX2 BUTTER MATTER 10 FT LONG BUTTER MATTER 1 FT WIDGE AND PARKING AREA Plan of Outdoor Apple Cellar. is furnished in the accompanying illustration. The buildings is six feet wide, ten feet long, surrounded by two walls with a foot space between them. The measurements given are for the inside. Five rafters are placed on the inner wall. These rafters are covered by good slabs with sawdust on top. If desired, earth may be used instead of sawdust, or both may be combined. The whole of the building other than what is occupied by door, is covered with a solid wall of sawdust. I have no doubt dirt can be used instead of sawdust if it is not convenient. NOTES There is big labor economy in keeping the ax sharp and the saw in good shape; besides there is pleasure in working with sharp tools. Winter leisure may profitably be employed in studying improved methods, reading horticultural matter, visiting different growers, and attending the meetings of the societies. Some men tie a string around the bottoms of their overalls to keep them smug in the rain or snow. I sometimes use a pair of ordinary bicycle trouser guards for the same purpose. They are easy to put on or off. Some years ago I bought a spool of No. 24 copper wire, and ever since then I have always had some around. It has repaired almost everything around the place, from a hayfork to a harness—and about everything and anything between. Look at the hoops on the vinegar barrel once in awhile. They are liable to rust off and let the vinegar run out, and that makes a bad mess on the bottom of the cellar. 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SATURDAY 4, APRIL 6, 1907 Good time young folks make hard time old ones. An ounce of self help is worth a pound of other folks help. Yet, we need both. While there are many white folks turning away from our cause, there are many others taking it up. This is the high tide of American prosperity and colored folks should know it, and they should take advantage of the situation. Negro representation in Congress or anywhere else so far as legislative bodies are concerned seems to be a thing of the past, but they are coming again. Every white politician or statesman who has turned against the colored people and used them in their public speeches or official acts as a target for their abuse or "disfavor has met with disaster. Bilant colored men, with private axes to grind and who wanted everything in sight are largely responsible for our undone political condition and for the steady tide of popular disapproval that has set in against us. The Philadelphia, Pa. Odd Fellows Journal facetiously announces to the officers of the military tribunal that sat at San Antonio, Texas to try Maj. C. W. Penrose, commanding the battalion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry that the battalion itself was not on trial. But then these agents of the War Department did not seem to know this. White people who believe that the separation of the races is the best thing for the perplexing questions now confronting them deceive themselves. The deportation of the Negro is as impracticable as is the deportation of the white man. The colored people will remain in this country, because there is no power that can take them away. The only proper course is for the one race to continue in friendly relationship with the other. The race-hating element in both races should be suppressed. It seems to us that race pride is dormant in a large proportion of the upper class of colored people. They are in favor of the Negroes, but they themselves are the Negroes that they favor. They use the racial question to advance their selfish interests and then abandon the Negroes and their cause as soon as they secure a large measure of prosperity. President Roosevelt is reported to have decided to engage in Ohio politics to the extent of telling the people of that state who they shall name as their candidate for the presidency. This seems to us to be an unwarranted interference. If he can figure out a Republican majority in New York next time with his candidate at the head of the ticket, this should be about all that he can reasonably expect. HARRIMAN'S TALE WILFULLY UNTRUE President Denies He Ever Ask Him to Raise Campaign Fund. ISSUES EMPHATIC STATEMENT Washington, April 3. — President Roosevelt emphatically denied the statement contained in a letter purporting to have been written by E. H. Harriman to Sidney Webster, of New York, in the latter part of December, 1905. In Mr. Harriman's letter the statement is made that at the request of President Roosevelt, he (Harriman) assisted in raising a fund of $250,000 to be used in carrying New York for the Republican party at the election which was then approaching. This statement the president characterizes as "a deliberate and wilful untruth—by right it should be characterized by an even shorter and more ugly word. I never requested Mr. Harriman to raise a dollar for the presidential campaign of 1904." The president's denial was contained in a brief statement and copies of letters written to Representative Sherman, of New York. The letters are dated October 8 and October 12, 1906 respectively. In the first letter reference is made to a conversation between Mr. Harriman and Mr. Sherman, which was repeated to the president, in which Mr. Harriman is said to have given as a reason for his personal dislike of the president, partly the latter's determination to have the railroads supervised and partly the alleged fact that after promising Mr. Harriman to appoint Senator Depew ambassador to France, he (the president) failed to do it, "and," continues the president, "I understood you to say, that he legeed that I made this promise at a time when he had come down to see me in Washington, when I requested him to raise $250,000 for the Republican presidential campaign which was then on." It appears from the conversation repeated to the president that Mr. Sherman had gone to Mr. Harriman to ask him for a contribution for the campaign. The president says that Harriman also (more than once, he thinks) urged him to promise to make Mr. Depew ambassador because this would help Governor Odell by pleasing certain big financial interests. The president said he informed Mr. Harriman that he did not believe it would be possible to appoint Mr. Depew and furthermore expressed his surprise at his (Harriman's) saying that the man represent big financial interests of New York wished the appointment made in much as a number of them had written asking that the place he given to Mr. Hyde, Mr. Harriman, on learning Mr. Hyde was a candidate, hastily said that he did not wish to be understood as antagonizing him, and would be quite willing to support him. The president says that although he understood that he (Harriman) still preferred Mr. Depew he left a strong impression that he would be almost as well satisfied with Hyde. Some correspondence is then given between the president and Mr. Harriman from which it appears that on October 10 the president said to Mr. Harriman that in view of the trouble over the state ticket in New York he would like to have a few words with him. Later, on October 14, in a letter to Mr. Harriman in which the president says that a suggestion has come to him in a roundabout way that Mr. Harriman did not think it wise to come in the closing weeks of the campaign. The president told Mr. Harriman if he thought there was any danger of his visit causing trouble to give it up. Here the president in his letter to Mr. Sherman says: "You will see that this letter is absolutely incompatible with any theory that I was asking Mr. Harriman to come down to see me in my own interest." "So much for what Mr. Harriman said about me personally." says the president in concluding his first letter to Mr. Sherman. Far more important, the president regards the additional remarks which Mr. Sherman said Mr. Harriman made to him when he asked him if he thought it was well to see "Hearstism and the like" triumphant over the Republican party. "You" says the president. "inform me that he told you that he did not care in the least because those people were crooks and he could buy them," and other similar remarks. This the president says was doubtless partly in boastful cynicism and partly in a burst of bad temper, but it showed in the president's opinion, a cynicism and deep seated corruption which he denounces in strong words. HABRIMAN'S STATEMENT Reiterates That President Asked Him to Pause Correspondence Draft to Raise Campaign Fund. New York, April 3.—E. H. Harriman gave out the following statement in THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA response to the statement made public by President Roosevelt at Washington: "For many years I have maintained an intimate, confidential correspondence with my friend, Sidney Webster. What I wrote him and what he wrote me was, of course, intended for our eyes alone. In the course of a letter which he wrote me in December, 1905, he warned me against being drawn into politics, and questioned whether I had any political or party instinct united to what he was pleased to call my business instinct. This drew from me the reply to Mr. Webster's inquiry, which, in a substantially correct form, has been stolen and published. This letter was written on January 2, 1906, at a time when no one could doubt a cordiality of my relations with the president. "About 10 days ago I was told that a discharged stenographer was trying to sell to some newspaper a reproduction from his notes of one of my private letters. I could hardly believe that any matter so obtained would be accepted or published, yet I made every effort to prevent it. When I learned that a New York newspaper had a transcript of these notes I notified the publisher at once of the facts, and urged upon his attention the gross outrage that the publication of it under such circumstances would involve. While deploring, of course, that the sacredness of a private correspondence should thus be violated, I cannot withdraw anything in the letter. "I have read the president's statement. I am most anxious to treat him and his other utterances with consideration due to the high office which he holds. Nevertheless, I feel bound to call attention to certain things in regard to which he does me injustice." "In his letter to Mr. Sherman he clearly seeks to convey the impression that the personal interview with him in the fall of 1904 was of my seeking and not his." Mr. Harriman then quotes from letters he received from the president urging him to visit him in Washington, and then says: "The president dwells at length on the assertion that he did not ask me to contribute 'for the presidential campaign' nor for his 'personal benefit.' I do not deny this statement, nor is it all consistent with the assertions I made in the Webster letter respecting the interview. Therein I distinctly said: 'The president sent me a request to go to Washington to confer upon the political conditions in New York state. I complied, and he told me he understood the campaign could not be successfully carried on without sufficient money, and asked if I would help them in raising the necessary funds, as the national committee, under Chairman Cortelyou, had utterly failed of obtaining them and there was a large amount due from them to the New York state committee.' "If that means anything whatever it must be that he was urging me to help the New York state committee and not the national committee or presidential campaign, except so far as the success of the state ticket in New York would contribute to the national ticket. "I was asked to go to Washington by the president in the interests of the state ticket. I could help to raise money. That I did help in this regard that I did raise funds immediately upon my return from the interview with the president is undeniable, and to this fund I contributed $50,000. "I am not responsible for what Mr. Sherman may have said to the president with reference to the conversation he had with me. All that I have to say is that I did not meet his urgent requests that I contribute to his campaign fund, and that the statements alleged to have been attributed to me by him are false. The president was assured of this fact by a mutual friend who was present at the interview." DROWNED HERSELF AND BABES Mother Fastened Two Little Ones' Gar ments to Her Own Dover, N. J., April 1.—Having fastened their garments securely to her own, Mrs. Otto Britting carried her two little children into Shongum lake, where all three were drowned. The three had died in shallow water and the mother's body was in a stooping position, as though she had bent over to place her head under the water. With her right arm her 9-months-old baby George was clapped to her breast, while its sister Grace, 3 years old, was held firmly between the dead mother's knees. As thought to make sure that the children would not escape her even in death, Mrs. Britting had used safety pins to secure the clothing of the little ones to her own. Mrs. Britting is said to have been passionately fond of her children, and her act is ascribed to a mental trouble. Preached His Own Funeral Sermon. Preached His Own Funeral Sermon. Spartansburg, N. C., March 30. — Thomas Harris, a young white man, formerly a Baptist preacher, was hanged in the jail yard at Gaffney, S. C., for the murder of Mrs. Hortense Morgan, an aged white woman, last November. Before the black cap was adjusted Harris preached his own funeral sermon. He killed Mrs. Morgan by cutting her throat, after which he took $800 from her clothes. Fire Truck Driver Killed Trenton, N. J., March 30—Edward Hizer, driver of one of Trenton's fire trucks, was thrown from his seat while driving to a fire and was run over by the truck and killed. 1907 APRIL 1907 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 BATTLE OF EXPERTS IN THAW CASE Allenists Give Conflicting Testimony Before Lunacy Commission. A PRIVATE TEST TO FOLLOW New York, April 3.—It was definitely stated that the lunacy commission which is inquiring into the present mental state of Harry K. Thaw will conclude its labors today (Wednesday) and will have reported its conclusions to Justice Fitzgerald before the hour set for the Thaw jury to report in court on Thursday. There will be a brief public session of the commission to hear a final witness—an alienist—offered by District Attorney Jerome, and then will follow a private mental and physical examination of the defendant. It was stated that only the members of the commission and the official stenographer would be present at Thaw's last ordeal, both attorneys for the defense and the district attorney being barred. The announcement that the commission desired to renew its private examination of Thaw came at the end of a day of many witnesses and was in the nature of a complete surprise. The decision was probably due to the conflicting character of the testimony heard. It was another battle of allenists, with those engaged by the district attorney declaring Thaw to be absolutely incapable of understanding his own condition, of realizing the nature of the charge against him, or of rationally conferring with counsel, while those engaged by the defense declared that Thaw throughout the trial had acted in a rational manner, had rationally advised his counsel in their hearing and fully understood and appreciated everything connected with his case ant trial. The experts for the prosecution admitted that they had reached their conclusions as to Thaw's present state of mental unsoundness from distant observations of him in the court room and from writings alleged to have emanated from him during the trial. Among the latter were 24 pages of newspaper clippings and memoranda written by Thaw as suggestions to his chief attorney, Delphin M. Delmas, for his summing up address to the jury. Mr. Jerome's experts declared these writings, introduced before the commission by the defendant's own counsel to prove his sanity, were the writings of an insane man. The experts for the defense declared there was absolutely nothing in the writings upon which to predicate an opinion of mental unsoundness. When the experts had finished, Mr. Delmas himself took the stand, declared that many of Thaw's suggestions were most valuable, and that he intended to incorporate some of the suggestions in his summing up address. The alienists for the defense in testifying declared that they had the advantage of constant personal examinations of the defendant, while the prosecution's witnesses had not. The Tombs physician, two chapains of the city prison, several guards and a probation officer took the stand and testified that Thaw in prison had acted and spoken like a rational man. EXPLOSION WRECKS CHURCH Blew the Floor Through Ceiling and Nearly Killed the Sexton. Scranton, Pa., April 2. An explosion of gas in the basement of the Dunmore Presbyterian church blew the floor through the ceiling and badly injured John Helper, the sexton, who was in the auditorium just at the point where the greater force of the explosion was expended. A beam pinched him in the debris, which had taken fire, and it was only by heroic work that he was liberated, after his hair was burned off and his face and hands scorched. He was otherwise severely injured by the force of the explosion. Two women, one of them the organist, who were in the rear of the church, escaped with slight injuries. The firemen succeeded in saving the church from total destruction. The basement filled with gas from a broken pipe, and the gas was ignited by the furnace. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, March 28. Governor Stuart has appointed Edward A. Anderson to be associate judge of the Philadelphia orphans' court. James Henry Smith, one of the wealthiest capitalists of New York, died in Japan while on his wedding trip around the world. Samuel Logan, a clerk in the Philadelphia postoffice, is under arrest, charged with embezzling $1.33 from the sale of postage stamps. While suffering from a headache, the wife of Dr. W. J. Blewett, of Chilago, took by mistake a tablet containing strychnine and was found dead. Friday. March 29. Dr. B. H. Warren, of West Chester, has resigned as state dairy and food commissioner of Pennsylvania. Rev. Robert Blight died in a hospital at Norristown, Pa., from burns received by upsetting a lighted lamp. Rev. Dr. J. H. Boyd, a prominent Methodist minister of Baltimore, died at Roanoke, Va., after an extended illness. William R. Hearst has filed five libel suits against the Chicago Tribune for $300,000 each for publishing extracts of Elibu Root's speech at Uica, N. Y., last November. Hamilton F. Lee, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars and a nephew of General Robert E. Lee, died at Colorado Springs, Col., aged 87 years. Saturday. March 30. Safe blowers robbed the Farmers' and Merchants' National bank gt Hanover, Mich., of $3000. Governor Carter says in his opinion President Roosevelt has abandoned his policy of Americanizing Hawaii. Friday was the hottest March day on record in Philadelphia, the thermometer reaching 88 in the afternoon. Two Italian workmen were fatally injured by an explosion in the excava- tion for the new Pennsylvania rail- road station in New York. Former Congressman James T. Mc Cleary, of Minnesota, was sworn in as second assistant postmaster general, to succeed William Shallenberger, resigned. Monday, April 1. Orders for 40,000 sacks of flour for Chinese famine relief have been received in Minneapolis. A dog, supposed to be mad, bit Mrs. Frank A. Suter and half a dozen other persons in Lancaster, Pa. The submarine boats Viper and Tarantula, for the United States navy, were launched at Quincy, Mass. A movement to gather a mile of pennies for the church debt has been made by the Ladies' Ald Society of the First Reformed Church, South Bethlehem, Pa. John Wyeth, one of the best-known manufacturers of pharmaceutical preparations in the United States, died at his home in Philadelphia of pneumonia, aged 73 years. Tuesday. April 2. With the temperature below freezing an inch of snow fell at Frostburg, Md., and rained early vegetation. John Glancy, 70 years old, fell from a second story window of his home in Philadelphia and was instantly killed. In a collision between a tug boat and a ferry boat in the North River at New York two men were drowned and the tug sank. Six trainmen were killed in a collision between freight trains on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad at Fort Worth, Texas. F. A. Holbrook, secretary of the school furniture trust, pleaded guilty in Chicago to restraining trade and sentence was deferred. Wsdreaday, April 3. Governor Stokes has re-appointed William Riker, Jr., chark of the supreme court of New Jersey. President Roosevelt has re-appointed Brigadier General Charles F. Humphrey as quartermaster general, to succeed himself. The Shamokin (Pa.) Wagon Works, an adjoining planing mill and seven small dwellings were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $75,000. The National Association of State and National Dairy and Food Departments will hold their annual convention at Norfolk, Va., July 16-19. Harry W. Myers, fire boss of mine No. 2 of the Pittsburg & Eastern Coal company, near McDonald, Pa., was burned to death by an explosion of fire damp in one of the mine rooms. SALUSHA A. GROW PASSES AWAY Former Congressman-at-Large of Pennsylvania Is Dead. Binghamton, N. Y., April 1.—Former Congressman Galusha A. Grow died at his home in Glenwood, Pa., as a result of a general breakdown attributed to old age. Mr. Grow was elected to congress from the Wilmot district of Pennsylvania as the youngest member of that body in 1851, and after retirement from public life for nearly 40 years, he re-entered the house of representatives as a congressman-at-large from Pennsylvania 14 years ago. He retired four years ago, his public service in the house extending over the longest period, although not continuous service, of any man who ever sat in that body. During the ante-bellum days he was one of the best-known men in the United States, and in 1864 he came within one vote of being nominated for vice president in place of Andrew Johnson, who became president on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Grow was elected speaker of the house of representatives in 1861, and occupied that position during the first two years of the war, until his retirement from congress in 1863. Mr. Grow's greatest public service was as the "father" of the homestead act, through which measure many million acres of western farm lands were opened up to settlement by homesteaders, an act which has been credited with doing more than any other one thing for the development of the great west. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED CHUM Top of Boy's Head Blown Off Trying to Extract Cotbridge, From Cura Extract Carriage From Gun Philadelphia, April 3. — Raymond Kane, aged 6 years, was instantly killed here by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of Albert Otto, a companion, aged 12. Otto had been left in charge of his home. While the boys were in the cellar they thought they heard some one trying to enter the house, and Otto went up stairs and got a shotgun. Later Kane wanted to play soldier and use the gun. His older companion refused to let him have the loaded weapon, and attempted to break the gun, which was a breech-loader, and remove the cartridge. While Otto was trying to extract the cartridge the weapon was discharged. The full load of shot struck Kane, blowing off the top of his head. Otto was arrested. DOGS LAPPED HIS BLOOD Man Shot Down and Left to Die In the Street. Richmond, Va., April 1.—Isaac B. Ritter, 30 years old, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, was shot and almost instantly killed by Otho N Hillard at Carpenter's Valley, two miles from Winchester, Va. Hillard who is in jail, claims that Ritter at tempted to force his way into his home and that he shot in self-defense Ritter bled to death in two hours and was left lying where he fell until the coroner's inquest. Dogs lapped up the blood from his wounds. A woman is said to be at the bottom of the affair. SHOT WIFE AND BABY DEAD Winchester, Va., April 3.—The details of a shocking tragedy, which occurred at Flint Hill, Rappahannock county, reached here. Henry Foster, a young farmer, while out walking with his wife and 2-months-old baby, suddenly drew his revolver and shot and almost instantly killed both of them. Foster then turned the weapon upon himself and blew out his brains. No reason is known for the deed. A Poem for Today By Wallace Irwin U PON the road to Romany It's stay, friend, stay! There's lots o' love and lots o' time! To finger on the way. Popperies on twilight. Roses for the noon; It's happy goes as lucky goes To Romany in June. But on the road to Rome—oh. It's march, man, march! The dust is on the chariot wheels, The scar is on the larch; Helmets and javelins And bridles flecked with foam— The flowers are dead, the world's abate. Upon the road to Rome. 1 HUGE PROFITS ON CAPITOL WORK Contractor Made Over 400 Per Cent on Furnishings. SAMPLES OF HIS OVERCHARGES Harrisburg, Pa., March 29. — The enormous profits of John H. Sanderson & Co., of Philadelphia, contractor for the furnishings of the new capitol, were disclosed in detail at the sessions of the capitol investigating commission. The sub-contractors for the furniture and interior woodwork supplied by Sanderson upon his contract with the board of public grounds and building testified to the prices they were paid by the contractor. Their testimony showed that some of the work was done through Payne & Co., contractors for the construction of the building, as sub-contractors for Sanderson, who supplied all the furnishings except the metallic filing cases. After the sub-contractors had been called and testified to the prices they received from Sanderson or Payne the official records were produced by James Cameron, auditor for the commission, to show what Sanderson received for the furnishings. No attempt was made to show that the schedule upon which Sanderson was awarded the capitol furnishing contract was so arranged as to make intelligent bidding impossible. This has already been brought out by the testimony of several blinders, who said they could get no information from Architect Joseph M. Huston upon which to make an intelligent bid. It was shown that the state paid Sanderson $94,208 for the woodwork in the governor's suite, exclusive of the grand reception room, for which the sub-contractor was paid $16,089.75. Sanderson collected from the state $62,486.40 for the woodwork in the senate postoffice, telegraph room and other rooms about the senate chamber, for which the sub-contractor was paid $6145. The testimony also showed that the state paid Sanderson $3256.80 for a mahogany case in the senate barber shop for which the sub-contractor received only $325. Sanderson collected $1619.20 for a mahogany bootback stand in the senate lavatory which was supplied to him by a sub-contractor for $50, exclusive of two chairs, which cost $25 each, and the foot rests, the cost of which did not exceed $25. For 38 mahogany clothes trees Sanderson collected $73.60 each and paid the sub-contractor who supplied them $12 each. For 31 umbrella stands the contractor received from the state $73.60 each and paid the sub-contractor $14 each. For a desk in the lieutenant governor's room Sanderson collected $349.60 and paid the sub-contractor $130. The auditor's report shows that 147 additional clothes trees were furnished by Sanderson at $27.60 each and 109 additional umbrella stands at $39.80 each. The commission made a futtle attempt to show by Stephen DeKonsenko, of New York, that there was collusion between Architect Huston and John H. Sanderson. Mr. DeKonsenko is connected with the Sterling Bronze company, which absorbed the Pennsylvania Bronze company, organized by Sanderson to supply him with the electrical fixtures for the capital after the latter concern had completed its contract. The witness admitted that three months before Sanderson was given the contract he prepared designs for certain chandeliers in the building and that he expected to get half of the contract. He denied having told Harvey M. Watts, managing editor of the Philadelphia Press, in the presence of a witness at the University Club, Philadelphia, some time ago that there was collusion between Huston and Sanderson and that he, DeKonsenko, was to get the entire sub-contract with Sanderson for the chandeliers, and that the entire job would be worth $300,000. He said that after he had furnished designs to Sanderson for the chandeliers he went south for his health, and was then asked by Mr. Scarlet attorney for the commission, if he had not told Mr. Watts that his designs were returned to him and that Huston stole his ideas. Mr. Konsenko replied in the negative before Mr. Scarlet could finish his question. "Walt a minute," said the attorney sarcastically, "you might as well deny it all in toto." Then Mr. Scariet asked the witness if he did not say to Mr. Watts that Huston and Sanderson agreed together that the best thing to do was to organize a company to execute the contract for the electrical fixtures. Mr. DeKonsenko replied that he probably said the best way to handle a big contract of this kind was to form a separate company. The witness also denied having told Mr. Watts that the specifications were purposely vague and of such a claac But on the road to Rome—ah, It's fight, man, fight! Footman and horseman Trending left and right, Campires and watch fires Ruddying the gloam— The fields are gray and worn away Along the road to Rome. Upon the road to Romany It's sing, boys, sing! Though rag and pack be on our back, We'll whistle at the king. Wine is in the sunshine, Madness in the moon. And de'll may care the road we fare To Romany in June. Along the road to Rome, alas, The glorious dust is whirred! Strong hearts are fierce to see The city of the world, Yet, footfall or bugle call Or thunder声 as well. Upon the road to Romany The birds are calling still. ter that he could not make an intelligent bid, that the "per pound" method by which the chandellers were paid for by the state was adopted to make them as costly as possible, or that he had an understanding with Huston and Sanderson prior to the letting of the contract that Sanderson was to get the contract and that the witness was to get a share of it. Perth Amboy, N. J., April 1.—Stephen Houska, 31 years of age, was instantly killed while firing a salute which was a part of the Easter celebration in Holy Trinity Hungary Catholic church. A mortar burst, and a piece of the metal struck Houska over the heart. Former Receiver of Taxes of New Castle County, Del., Under Arrest. Wilmington, Del., April 2.—Horace G. Rettwein, former receiver of taxes and county treasurer of New Castle county, was arrested at his home here on a charge of appropriating $5000 of the county taxes to his own use. The warrant, which was sworn out by Magistrate Hollis, was served by Constable Jones, who found Rettwein ill with heart trouble. As the $10,000 bail was not forthcoming he remained in custody of the constable at his home. The levy court directed his arrest, the complaint being made by President McFarlin. Rettwein is alleged to be short about $36,000. CHICAGO GOES REPUBLICAN Municipal Ownership of Traction Lines Defeated In Windy City. Chicago, April 3.—The most intense campaign in municipal politics that Chicago has experienced in many years closed with the election of Fredrick A. Busee, the Republican candidate for mayor, over Edward F. Dunne, his Democratic rival and candidate for re-election. Busee's plurality was 13, 121. Hung to Ties to Save Themselves. Pittsburg, Pa., April 1.—Three men were caught on the Bessemer & Lake Erle railroad bridge at Turtle Creek, near here, by a fast passenger train. Two of the men hung to the ties, allowing the train to pass over them, but the third, Samuel Cardiac, was knocked off the bridge to the ground, 50 feet below, and killed. Maryland Fruit Crop Killed Bowie, Md., April 3. — The fruit crop of Southern Maryland has been killed by the cold weather, when the thermometers registered 22 degrees. Vegetation had become far advanced by the summerlike weather of March. Peach trees in numerous instances were in full bloom, while apples, pearls and all other fruit trees were in such an advanced state that the total destruction of the fruit is believed certain. Vegetation, aside from the fruit crop, has suffered immeasurably. Burglars Make Rich Haul Baltimore, April 3. — Burglaries entered the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ross W. Whistler, and without awakening them took jewelry valued at $7000 from the bedroom In which Mr. and Mrs. Whistler were asleep. The burglary was not discovered until the servants arose. The police have no clue to the identity of the robbers, but say that the work was evidently done by experts. Mr. and Mrs. Whistler are prominent socially on both sides of the Atlantic. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR firm; winter extras, $2.70 @ 2.90; Pennsylvania roller, $2.95 @ 8.15; city mills, fancy, $4.50 @ 4.60; RYE FLOUR firm, $4.90; Pennsylvania, red, 77 @ 77.40; Corn firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 54c, OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped, 49c; lower grades, 47c, HAY steady; No. 1 timothy, large bales, $19.50; BEF steady, $19.50; BEF heams, per barrel, $19. POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 16% @ 17c; old roosters, 11c. Dressed steady; choice fowls, 15c; old roosters, 10c. BUTTER steady; extra creamato, 33c. EGGS steady; southern, 16% @ 17c; nearby 17%; southern, 16% @ 17c. POTATOES steady; 55% @ 58c, per bushel. Killed Firing a Salute IS SHORT $36,000 Live Stock Markets. THE PULSE SATURDAY.....APRIL 6, 1907. STARVING BRUTES ATTACK A WOMAN SIX WOLFISH DOGS TRY TO REND MRS. PETERSON TO PIECES. HER STORY OF THE FIGHT Backs Up Against a Tree and Battles with Furious Beasts—Cries for Help, Which Finally Arrives. Stamford, Conn.—Six wolfish dogs, maddened by hunger probably, furiously tried to rend Mrs. Malcolm Peterson in Darien. "While I stood there all alone with those wild brutes trying to tear me to pieces, I thought of my husband and my home. Only that thought gave me strength to fight them off, to keep my senses until help came to me," said Mrs. Peterson. She is a sturdy young woman, but the mere narrative of her narrow escape made her semi-hysterical; now she sobbed, now laughed foolishly as she told it. She went to Darien to visit her friend, Miss Emma Delafield, a wealthy spinster. Mrs. Peterson was passing Mrs. M. I. Hennen's summer residence on the Collender's Point road, near that of the late William Ziegler, the baking powder king. Mrs. Hennen, a rich widow, passed the winter in New York; the six dogs belong to her, the neighbors say, and having been left to forage for themselves, have reverted closer and closer to their ancestral savagery. As Mrs. Peterson was walking by the Hennep place the six dogs rushed at her. A shaggy, snarling brute led the hungry pack. "The leader jumped at my throat," she said. "I put out my arm to ward him off, and his teeth closed on it. I shook the dog off and he sprang again, but missed me. "Then the others jumped at me. Two of them caught my furs and another caught my muff in his teeth. Still another seized the back of my coat. The big leader grabbed my skirt and bit through it into my knee. "The brutes were trying to throw me down. I knew if I fell they would bite me to pieces, so I turned face to them and backed toward a tree. Two J. H. She Was Beset on Every Side by the Dogs. houses were nearby, and I screamed for help. Had I known then the houses were unoccupied I'm sure I would have died on the spot. Even the thought of husband and home would not have supported me. "The dogs kept jumping at me, snarling and baring their fangs, the sight of which I will never forget. One climbed up my back and tried to get at my neck, but I shook him off. "It seemed an age before anyone came to help me. William Fitch, a business man, was in his office, a quarter of a mile away, and he heard my cries. He ran all the way, with a big hammer in his hands. The dogs turned on him, but a few blows put them to flight. "When they were gone, I fainted. Mr. Fitch assisted me to Miss Delafield's house, and Dr. Noxon was called and cauterized my wounds. See, the clothing I wore was ripped, torn, ruined." Very little is known in Darlen of the owner of the dogs, except that she is Mrs. Madge I. Hennen, it's wealthy, and spends most of her time in New York hotels. A. Floyd Delafield, member of the New York stock exchange, who lives in the house adjoining the Hennen place, said: "Mrs. Hennen's dogs have attacked my wife and servants several times. There are at least 17 dogs all told, but some of them are kept shut up. About seven of them are at liberty and they run in a pack always and are a vicious set." Springfield.-Dorothy Rockwell, the 13-year-old daughter of Jonas Rockwell, of this city, is afflicted with one of the rarest diseases known to the medical profession, and is in a critical condition. The disease is purpura hemorrhagica. The patient's blood vessels are attacked, the tissues becoming thin like paper, and the epidermis at the affected parts turning purple. Her arms and body are now of that color. STRAP GIRL TO BED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS PARENTS OF NEW JERSEY GIRL DECLARE SHE IS POSSESSED OF STRANGE MANIA. Hoboken, N. J.—Strapped to a bed each night for 14 years is the ordeal that Helen Smart, of this city, has passed through, but it has not pre- vented her from becoming a young woman of unusual beauty. Recently Mrs. Annie Mullins, of New York, called on Harry L. Barek, postmaster of Hoboken, and said that Miss Smart was her niece, and that her condition was such that she wan- ded him to send her to the county asylum for the insane. She said the girl had lost her mind, but her par- ents would not consent to her being placed in an institution. The aunt M. At Night They Tie Her in Bed. sald that, although the girl was well treated, she did not get the kind of attention she required, and she would be better off in an asylum. The city physician of Hoboken visited the house and found the girl in the front room of apartments on the third floor. The furniture consisted only of necessary articles and a bed, which was clean and tidy. When questioned, the parents, John and Annie Smart, said that when their daughter was four years old she had a fall, and after that until five years ago she suffered from epilepsy, and to guard her from danger it was necessary to secure her to the bed at night with straps. In the daytime she was liberated and permitted to go at will about the apartments, but always was under surveillance. Five years ago her mind became so deranged that she was not mentally responsible for her actions. She had a mania for moving furniture from room to room and for throwing water out the window. One night not long ago she succeeded in removing the straps that secured her to the bed and, filling a pail with water, poured it upon her parents, who were asleep in bed. At night when she could not sleep she passed the time crying, and in the daytime she constantly watched for an opportunity to get on the fire escape. This feature of her mania the parents deemed the worst, for they feared she would some time throw herself from it and be killed. The city doctor, accompanied by another physician, will again visit the girl, and a careful examination will be made into her sanity. If the result warrants it, they will ask that she be sent to the city asylum. GHOSTS HAUNT BRIDGE. Iowa Citizens in Terror at Alleged Spirit of Man Hanged There. Des Moines, Ia.—Flitting to and fro in ghostly raiment and holding high carnival with kindred spirits, ghosts are said to nightly take possession of the Charles City bridge, from which James Cullen paid the penalty for murder at the hands of a mob. The editor of the Mason City Globe-Gazette declares that the town is in the midst of a reign of terror and quotes as his authority George Wright, who met the ghost on the bridge at midnight, and says the specter kneeled down, then rose up and stretched his hands toward the beams of the bridge overhead, where the rope was fastened that hanged Cullen, emitting strange unearthly sounds. Wright, naturally, was frightened and retreated at a rapid rate to his home, where he sought his shotgun, but his wife, who became alarmed also, refused to allow him to return. Another citizen is reported to have met the ghost, who accosted him with gutteral sounds, like a big, round "huh," then, retreating a step or two, was joined by another ghost, and there were heard strange sounds of voices. Subject: Exhausted. Little Alice—Oh, dear, I'm afraid if Mrs. Blank don't go pretty soon we won't get our ride with mamma. Ain't her call most over? Little Dick—I guesso. Mamma is talking about the second girl now, an' there is only the nurse an' the janitor—N, Y. Weekly. Through the Mouth "What do you think of that scientist's assertion that the human body contains natural soap?" "Can't say. But I know there's lots of soap in mine." "How come it there?" "Swallowed it in the barber shop."—Milwaukee Sentinel. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA JOB DEPARTMENT EXCURSION WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheets, Half and Whole Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placards, Society Cards, Minutes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stationery. OUR AIM is to please our patrons and to give them the best service at the lowest prices, consistent with satisfactory work. We furnish "cuts" when desired and we will arrange to complete special work in our line. When in need of any work in our line, call and see us and estimates will be furnished. WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL AS A DODGER. A Three-Sheet Poster AS LARGE AS A FRONT DOOR. Our street-entrance is retired and has no objectionable features, the most fastidious lady being able to enter without embarrassment or annoyance. It is thoroughly equipped to do all kinds of printing on short notice. We make a specialty of Society printing and work for Insurance Companies, such as Financial EXCURS We print Handbills, Quail Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, L utes, Visiting Cards, Mourning WE HAVE OF THE WE CAN PRINT A BILL A Three-S AS LARGE AS A Our street-entrance is reti fastidious lady being able to e LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, VERY VIVID. Day-Is Belle really such an imaginative girl? May-Imaginative? Why, she kissed Jack through the telephone the other day and actually said his mustache tickled her.-Chicago Daily News. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court for the City of Richmond, this 5th day of March, 1907. Isabella Hill Plaintiff. vs. Andrew Hill Defendant. IN CHANCERY. The object of this suit is to obtain a Divorce, a Vincuilo Matrimonii from the defendant. And an affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used by and on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or corporation the defendant, Andrew Hill is, without effect and that she does not know his whereabouts, it is ordered that said defendant, Andrew Hill, appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein. To Andrew Hill; You'll take notice that I shall on the 2nd day of May, 1907 at the office of Phil B. Shields, room numbered 60, Chamber of Commerce Building, situated at S. W. corner of Main and 9th Sts., city of Richmond, Virginia between the hours of nine o'clock A. M. and six o'clock P. M. of that day and proceed to take the depositions of witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, Virginia, wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff and, if, for any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day or if commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall have been completed. RESPHRAIR, ISABELLA HILL, By Counsel. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, pq. Office: 1211 $ \frac{1}{2} $ E. Broad St. Richmond, Va. Cards, Policies, both straight life and benevolent, Physician's Certificates, Sick Cards, Application blanks, Agents Report Sheets, Rate Cards, etc. VISION WORK C Charter-Sheets, Half and Whole Placards, Society Cards, Min- ing Stationery. is to please give them the lowest with satisf WE AN ELEGANT WHICH WE WILL SHOW AN Stock Room D LATEST STYLE BOND, FINE WRITE AS SMALL AS A DODGER. Sheet Poster A FRONT DOOR. OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYEES ARE IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF THE PUBLISH tired and has no objectionable features, the center without embarrassment or annoyance , 2213. WORK OF ALL OUR AIM is to please our patrons and to give them the best service at the lowest prices, consistent with satisfactory work. LEGANT I SHOW ANY ONE DESIRING from Embrace LINE WRITING—FLAT AN ELOYEES ARE COMPETENT AND QUALIFIED OF THE PUBLIC, BEING WITHIN F features, the most or annoyance. FOR FUR Jol OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYEES ARE COMPETENT AND QUICK-WORKING. 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Ford's Hair Pomade since about 115, and label, "OZONIZED X United States Patent Office," in the United States Patent Office, uses the hair STRAIGHT, Remember that Ford's Hair Pomade is put on only in 40 cts, and is made only by signature Charles Ford. Prest on each pac- signature Charles Ford, every bottle, price only 60 cts. Sold by drugstore or your drugstor or your druggist or your employer, you qualify for your wholesale price. $1.40 for three bottles or $2.50 for six bottles, express payment or pay postage and express payment. Mail pay postage and express send postal or express money order, and mention name or this paper. Write your 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. Respectfully, FRANK DOYLE. By Counsel, J. HENRY CRUTCHER'LD, pq. Office: 1211% Broad St., Richmond, Virginia. Do You Want The Christi stitute is pl Do You Want An Education? Then Read This. The Christiansburg Industrial Institute is planning to enlarge its plant and provide for more students than it has heretofore been able to accommodate. The following additions have been provided for: Two young men to learn printing The requisite necessity to take up this trade, are a fair knowledge of english, especially spelling and punctuation. Your letter must be in your own hand writing. Four young men to learn carpentry. Must, e pretty well advanced in arithmetic. Excellent chance to right persons. State how far you have gone in arithmetic. Six young men who have had some experience in farm work. Tao's who have had experience in milking cows preferable. Must know how to plow both single and double teams. Four young women willing to do house work and laundering for an education. Special inducement to those having had experience in cooking. Two young women who understand canning and preserving fruit A special offer will be made for these No money will be necessary in any of these cases, all that is required is that persons applying must have good moral character and are willing to work. Address WANTED—Graduate in Pharmacy as clerk. Good opportunity for right person. For particulars ad dress. VIRGINIA: In the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond this 20th day of March, 1907. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce, a Vinculo, Matrimonil, from the defendant and an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant, Josepina Doyle is a non-resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do what is necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy—Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. To Josephine Doyle: You'll take notice that I shall on the 16th day of May, 1907 at the office of Phil B. Shield's room No. 60 Chamber of Commerce Building, situated S. W. corner of Main and 9th Streets in the city of Richmond, Va. between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day proceed to take the depositions of Witness to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, Va., wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff; and if from any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on the said day, or if commenced be not concluded on that day the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time until the same shall have been completed. "You Will Miss the Colored Soldiers." Have you seen the picture of our Colored Soldiers Storming San Juan Hill? It is a beauty! All ready for framing. With a War History of the Negro printed at the bottom. This picture is given free of charge with every copy of the greatest Negro soldier song, "You Will Miss the Colored Soldiers." No loyal colored persons will be without this magnificent tribute to their race Send 25cts. to DABNEY PUBLISHING CO. 420 McAllister Street, Cincinnati, O. SEABOARD SOUTHBOUND TRAINS SCHED- ULED TO LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. 9:10 A. M.—Local to Norlina, Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington. 2:20 P. M.—Sleepers and coaches, Savannah, Jacksonville and Florida points. 9:43 P. M.—Solid Pullman train to St. Augustine. 10:50 P. M.—Sleepers and coaches, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Savannah, Jacksonville and Southwest. NORTHBOUND TRAINS SCHED- ULED TO ARRIVE RICHMOND DAILY. 6:30 A. M., 6:52 A. M., 6:10 P. M., 5:55 P. M. We print Wedding Invitations, and High Class Stationery for Balls, Parties, Picnics and all entertainments of a social nature. We print Church Envel. ALL DESCRIBE us and to service at consistent work. 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Berry growing, like market gardening, requires both experience and rains. JOSHUA BANKS & SONS EVERY FACILITY CONSISTENT WITH FINE CATERING. Special Attention Given to Balls, Suppers, Installations and Smokers at the Shortest Notice. Address all communications to LLAM L, BANKS, 511 N. 3d St Residence: 1312 N. 26th St. BLACKWELL & BRO. Practical House and Sign Painters, Graining and General Contractors. .....ALL WORK GUARANTEED..... Cards, Letters or Orders. ...Give us a trial, you will never regret it.... Address, Cor. Price and Jackson Sts. RICHMOND, VA. PLANET DEPOTS NEW YORK CITY. P. Ritzbhelmer, 7 N. 134th St. Green and Bailey, 249 E. 127th St. J. H. Parker, 144 W. 26th St. Charles Devan, 1.1 W. 30th St. W. J. Buckner, 150 W. 53rd St. M. W. Slaughter, 312 W. 40th St. W. W. Johnson, 247 W. 47th St. E. H. Mitchell, 152 W. 27th St. Turner R. Robinson, 12-6th Ave. E. A. Williams, 200 W. 63rd St. M. B. Walker, 309 W. 37th St. J. H. Jarrett, 453-7th Ave. Smith & Miles, 232 W. 41st St. M. 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Wood, 144 Broadway, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Hursey Bros., 1217 Commerce Ave. BRONX BOROUGH, N. Y. J. H. Barrett, 603-162d St. PLAINFIELD, N. J. Thes. H. Bridges, 614 W. 4th St. WASHINGTON, D. C. L. H. Singleton, 20th and E Stn. Southwestern Drug Co. 732-2d Street, I. W. LAWRENCE, MASS. A. E. Evans, 382 Essex St. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. W. H. Brown, 13 Stockbridge 94. COVINGTON, VA. Daniel Braxton, Box 91. NEWPORT NEWS, VA. THE PLANET SATURDAY.....APRIL 6, 1907 THE MASOVERADERS. THE MASOVERADERS. CONTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE Eve, her eyes still wide, her face pained and alarmed, withdrew her hands from his shimmer, "You mean," she said, with difficulty, "that it is going to end? That you are going away? That you are giving everything up?" Oh, but you can't! You can't!" she exclaimed, with sudden excitement, her fears suddenly overmastener her incredulity. "You can't! You mustn't! The only proof that could have interfered— "I wasn't thinking of the proof." "Then of what? Of what?" Loder was silent for a moment. "Of our love," he said steadily. She colored deeply, "But why? she stammered. "Why? We have done no wrong. We need do no wrong. We would be friends, nothing more, and I—ob, I so need a friend!" For almost the first time in Loder's knowledge of her voice broke, her control deserted her. She stood before him in all the pathos of her lonely girlhood—her empty life. The revelation touched him with sudden poignancy. The real strength that lay beneath his faults, the chivalry buried under years of callousness, stiffed at the birth of a new emotion. The resolution preserved at such a cost, the sacrifice that had seemed well nigh impossible, all at once took on a different shape. What before had been a barren duty became suddenly a sacred right. Holding out his arms, he drew her to him as if she had been a child. "Eve," he said gently, "I have learned tonight how fully a woman's life is at the mercy of the world, and how scanty that mercy is. If circumstances had been different I believe—I am convinced—I would have made you a good husband—would have used my right to protect you as we'd as a man could use it. And now that things are different I want—I should like"—He hesitated a very little. "Now that I have no right to protect you, except the right my love gives, I want to guard you as closely from all that is sordid as any husband could guard his wife. "In life there are really only two broad issues—right and wrong. Whatever we may say, whatever we may profess to believe, we know that our action is always a choice between right and wrong. A month ago—a week ago—I would have despised, a man who could talk like this and have thought myself strong for despairing him. Now I know that strength is something more than the trampling of others into the dust that we ourselves may have a clear road; that it is something much harder and much less triumphant than that; that it is standing aside to let somebody else pass on. Eve, he excalmed suddenly, "I'm trying to do this for you. Don't you see? Don't you understand? The easy course, the happy course, would be to let things drift. Every instinct is calling to me to take that course—to go on as I have gone, trading on Chilcote's weakness and your generosity. But I won't do it. I can't do it." With a swift impulse he loosed his arms and held her away from him. "Eve, it's the first time I have put another human being before myself." Eve kept her head bent. Painful, inaudible sobs were shaking her from head to foot. "It's something in you, something unconscious, something high and fine, that holds me back, that literally bars the way. Eve, can't you see that I'm fighting—fighting hard?" After he had spoken there was silence, a long, painful silence, during which Eve waged the battle that so many of her sex have waged before, the battle in which words are useless and tears of no account. She looked very slight; very young, very forlorn, as she stood there. Then, in the oppressive sense of waiting that filled the whole room, she looked up at him. Her face was stained with tears; her thick, black lashes were still wet with them, but her expression, as her eyes met Loder's, was a strange example of the courage, the firmness, the power of sacrifice that may be hidden in a fragile vessel. She said nothing, for in such a moment words do not come easily, but with the simplest, most submissive, most cloquent gesture in the world she set his perplexity to rest. Taking his hand between hers, she lifted it and for a long, silent space held it against her lips. TO BE CONTINUED. Weary's Woe. Weary Wiggles—Lady, can't yor help a poor teller what de coal strike has knocked out of his living? Mrs. Kindart—Here take this sixpence; and so you are a miner, eh?" Weary Wiggles—No, ma'am, I make a specialty o' fallin' down open coal-holes an' suin' fur damages. Kindly Critical. Biggs—Have you read Clipp's new novel? Biggs—Yes. Biggs—Is it historical or classical? Biggs—I am not quite sure which it is, but nearly all the epigrams are to be found in ancient history.—Chicago Daily News. Useful. Madge—Have your gymnasium exercises proved of any real benefit to you? Marjorie—Indeed they have, my dear. I am now able to fasten my waists in the back—Puck. SCHOOLBOYS' LOVE IS CAUSE OF DUEL LADS 17 YEARS OLD FIGHT WITH PISTOLS FOR SMILES OF PRETTY TEACHER. LATTER ARRANGES ARMISTICE She Arrives at Scene of Contest Just After First Volley is Fired and Her Plea to Desist is Successful. Granville, N. Y.-Such valorous love as inspired the knights of old to fight to the death for my lady's hand attended John Henry Willard and David Daley as, armed with pistols, they sought a secluded wood on the outskirts of the village. Each is 17, and each attends the same classes at high school where Miss Flora G. Carson, 19 years of age and charming, has taught for the past year. She smiled on Willard for several months and he was madly in love. He was therefore distracted when village gossip reached his ears a few days ago that Daley was boasting of the success attending his courtship of the pretty schoolma'am. Willard went straight to Daley with a demand to withdraw his suit. Daley demurred emphatically. It transpired that the lovelovel youths met at the fair charmer's home, whether they had gone to pay their respects. Fast on the heels of angry words came a challenge to fight with pistols. Plans for the duel were discussed in the hearing of Miss Carson, and the callants departed impetuously. Miss Carson was determined to avert a fatality, but her suitors were fleeter of foot than she in reaching a moonlit clearing in the woods at the village boundary. She was still a hundred yards from the clearing when two shots rang out. She pressed forward through the woods with desperate energy, screaming as she ran to distract the attention of the duellists. Their first shots had gone wide, and as she came into the open their pistols were polsed. She begged for opportunity to be heard before they persisted in the fight. The eloquence of her pleas is best attested by the fact that the pistols A All for the Love of a Schoolma'am, were put by. With an armed gallant on each side Miss Carson led the way back to the village. She wheedled them into taking cozy chairs in her parlor, and with tact and vivacity which charmed away their rancor she soon had them passing occasional words. Before they said their adreas she had exacted a promise that there would be no more murderous pistol work. Granville is in the dark concerning the terms of the armistice, and signs which will betoken the accepted suitor are awaived with interest. Cat Saves Girl From Fire Kokome, Ind.—Tom, a household cat, saved the life of Miss Bessie Jones, a niece of Mrs. Carl Spangler, when the home of the Spangler family burned. Miss Jones had a narrow escape from death in the flames just as the roof and floors fell in. She turned on a roaring fire in the kitchen stove, intending to "bake out an attack of the grip," but fell asleep. She was awakened by the cat pulling at her dress. The room was filled with smoke and the burning wood crackled with the flames. She ran to a small balcony, but finding the distance too great to jump threw bed clothes over her head and threw bed along the burning stairway. Below she found her exit barred by locked doors she herself had fastened. With severe injuries to herself she dashed through a window, the cat escaping without a scratch. Has Slept for Two Weeks. Marysville, Kan.-Miss Hilma Olson, a school teacher near Frankfort, is suffering with a disease that physicians are unable to diagnose. For a week she has been in a somnolent condition, and it is impossible to arouse her. Previous to the attack Miss Olson was an unusually active girl. Growing Monetaries Mother—There! The baby's fallen downstairs again! Father—Dear me, I wish he'd learn to do another stunt—Detroit Free Press. Its Advantages. Maud—There is one thing I like especially about this fad of women's fencing. Jack—What is that? Maud—None of you horried men can say to a girl 'How like a woman?' when she feints—Baltimore American. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. DOG SOARS SKYWARD IN TALONS OF BIG EAGLE DOG SOARS SKYWARD IN TALONS OF BIG EAGLE BIRD DIVES FOR FLEEING RABBIT AND, MISSING IT, NABS HOWLING CANINE. Macwahoc, Me—Hiram Chase was running rabbits with his pet hound, Sport, the other day when he noticed a huge eagle loitering in the sky overhead. Now and then the bird would come almost within gunshot; then he would mount so far into the blue that he looked little bigger than a robin. At this time Sport was running the most erratic rabbit that ever led hound a chase. Instead of progressing in a circle he scooted back and forth A WINGED EAGLE JUMPS AWAY FROM A DOG The Eagle Rose with the Howling Dog. The Eagle Rose with the Howling Dog. at all kinds of angles, until his trail was a study in geometry. Evidently the rabbit had something on his mind, and Chase rightly guessed that this was the eagle. It was nearly an hour before the hare dodged by within sight, and the hunter had an opportunity to fire at him. The brush was thick, and instead of killing the little animal he broke one of his back legs. It is with these long legs that Mr. Rabbit propels himself, and with one of them out of commission he was forced to decrease his speed. The hound took advantage of this, and at the end of another quarter of a mile he grabbed the hare by the loose skin at the back of the neck. Sport was shaking the little fellow in a way to make the fur fly when the eagle shot down like a plummet. Evidently he intended to gobble up the rabbit. If he did he missed his calculations, for he set his talons firmly into Sport's side. The next instant he rose with the howling and struggling dog hugging his tail between his legs. Up and down the pair seesaw, while Chase rushed to the rescue, firing his gun as he ran. Getting directly under the bird and dog he let go both barrels, and down came Sport. Two shots hit the dog in the head and some evidently perforated the eagle, for he shed a handful of feathers. One of Sport's legs was sprained, but otherwise he was not badly off for his sudden rise and fall. HIGHER WAGES TO NEGRO WORKMEN Secured by This New Union Order—Grows By Leaps and Bounds—Started Five Years Ago with Nothing But a "Principle"—Now Has Over 400 Subordinate Lodges and 36,000 Members. Over 30,000 homes of our people have been filled with joy, because of the Protection of a great and powerful Union Order, which is using its strength and influence to secure better conditions for our people. This is the first and only great Union Order in this country, holding an International Union Charter from the Courts, which give a full Protection and Benefits to our race. There is no color, race or sex discrimination in this Order. The negro has an equal standing with the white members, and can be elected to hold any office. Every effort is made to advance the condition of the members, by securing equal opportunities to work with other workmen to learn the trades and to have steady work at high wages and Union hours. The Grand Lodge donates $100.00 for the burial of each deceased member. A monthly journal is published. A Membership Book of the Order is recognized by all Lodges everywhere. Distressed members are assisted. Each member and Subordinate Lodge has the privilege of buying stock in the Order, on low monthly payments, said stock paying 8 per cent interest, guaranteed. A Leading Negro Deputy is wanted in each locality, AT ONCE, to form Lodges, sell Buttons, take Journal Subscriptions, sell Stock and act as DISTRICT DEPUTY ORGANIZER. This work can be done in spare hours, but many are devoting their whole time and attention to it. Big money is made by good hustlers. Write at once. State name of this paper, and enclose 10 cents for full information and postage. Address THE L. L. U. GRAND LODGE, 34 to 40 Canby Building, Dayton, Ohio. HE WAS THE VICTIM. As the train emerged from the darkness the pretty girl was observed to be very indignant. "Sir!" she exclaimed, with fire in her eyes, "how dare you kiss me while passing through the tunnel?" The drummer raised his hat with a polite bow. "Excuse me, miss," he hastened. "Er--really it was an accident." Er—really it was an accident." "An accident, eh? Well, railroad accidents these days are extremely dangerous." And then she proceeded to pummel him with her blue umbrella.—Chicago Daily News. 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Remit cash with order and address: THE CASPER CO., Inc., Roanoke, Va. (Also Winston-Salem, N.C.) Owners of Distillery No. 295, No. 600, All whiskey makes under supervision of E. J. Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. 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 regalia. 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, orgrnize one. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address Lateat. Mr. A.—Dear me! Why is the audience wearing automobile goggles instead of using opera glasses? Mrs. Z.—Why, my dear, this is an automobile drama—Chicago Daily News. Slander Suit. Singleton—So you think Oldbatch is courting trouble, do you? Wedderly—Well, it's something like that. He is calling on a widow twice a week.—Chicago Daily News. "Yes, but the probabilities are he has to pay cash."—Baltimore American. A Spendthrift Gertie—My brother is just awful; he can't keep a penny. Bertie—He's been keeping ten shillings of mine a long time. 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 co- Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial bene- dues. The only expense for re- a rosette, costing 25 cents for f THE BANDS OF CALA stitutes a feature and persons o circle. The expense is nomina- $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and de- Lodge or Court or Band in you. For all information concerni For all information concer- membership in the lodges and "I'm told that in some parts of South America women are car conductors." "Then I suppose they are all beauties." "Why suppose that?" "To get the job don't they have to be fare malds?"—Baltimore American. Too Applicable. "Why doesn't Mrs. Gossip invite Witticus to any more of her entertainments?" "Because she asked him to help her out with appropriate decorations for that last big fee she gave and he suggested a lot of rubber plants."—Baltimore American. Managing a Boy Anxious Mother—I am so worried about my boy. He is on the street the whole time, rain or shine. I should think he might sit down and read occasionally, as his sisters do. Old Friend—Tell him reading is bad for his health—N. Y. Weekly. Hopeless. "No," wailed the woman, "she will never forgive me." "Perhaps you misjudge her," replied the man. "Surely she has pity in her breast." "But I once snubbed her in society." —Chicago Record-Herald. 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The strongest features, but the principles founded on Friendship, based on Charity, the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. An endowment and burial benefit of $50 per week sick dues. The badge of regalia. For information concerning Courts of Calantia of the Order. It requires a member court. Its members are pledged and prove Love one for the other. 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 our neighborhood, orgnize one. Mrs. ANNA TA 120 W. H. Norning special rates of JOHN and courts, address 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 Branche All claims paid to date. 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Notary With Seal. Established 1892. SMITH'S BUSINESS COLLEG LYNCHBURG, VA. COURSES: Phonographic, Commercial, Penning English, Electric wiring, Civil Engineering. No Vacation. Instruction Thorough...Positions Secured. Correspondence Solicited- Send 2e for particulars. Address: T. P. SMITH, A. B. President 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. Richmond, Virginia. S. W. ROBINSON. NO.23 NORTH 18TH ST. FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. Your parental is respectfully solicited. —Subscribe to the Richmond, Va. PLANET. $1.50 per year. BEFORE Your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of Refrigerators, Mattings, Oil-Cloths, And in fast everything that is needed in house furnishings. Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. C. G. Jurgen's Son 421 EAST BROAD ST., between 4th and 5th Street A. Hayes OFFICE AND WARE-ROOMS, 727 North Second Street RESIDENCE, 725 N. 2nd St. First-class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All country orders we give special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited or indly. 'Phone, 2778. THE PLANET SATURDAY.....APRIL 6, 1907 CAT BATTLES WITH BIG RATTLESNAKE CONSTRUCTION GANG WITNESSES STRANGE FIGHT BETWEEN TABBY AND REPTILE. Goes Wild with Fright and Fury at Sight of Colled Monster—Slowly But Surely the Enemy is Vanquished. Minneapolis, Minn.—Life in a railroad construction camp at its best is a hard, hundrum existence, but men, no matter where they are or what may be the conditions under which they earn and eat their daily bread, will find some way to pass the tedious hours while they rest their weary frames. Such a camp was the scene of one of the strangest battles between two widely different species of living beings one warm Sunday afternoon. The place was among the rugged hills of Iowa, just over the Minnesota line. It was there that a gang of about 100 men watched a fight to the death between man's worst enemy, a big rattlesnake, and the pet of the camp, a half-grown kitten. Somehow, from somewhere, this kitten had come and cast its lot among the rough laborers, attracted, perhaps, by the promise of food from the company's boarding car. It quickly made friends with the lonely men, but was wild and hard to approach, although it tried to be friendly, and in spite of the life she had led was a pretty animal of the striped or "tiger" variety. On this particular Sunday afternoon the men were passing the time as best they could, gathered around the bunk cars, when one of them noticed the camp cat circling around a certain spot on the right of way. The cat was lashing itself with her tail and seemed wild with fright and fury. The workers gathered quickly, forming a ring, and the reason for the cat's strange action was found to be a large rattler coiled into the sand with its head raised to strike and its rattles playing a lively hum of warning. The cat paid no attention to the gathering of the men and the crowd remained quiet, watching proceedings, curious to see what would be the outcome. Round and round went Tabby, each time making the circle smaller. With eyes shining like living coals of fire, her fur stood on end and the white froth streamed from her champing M The Kitten Made Short Work of the Snake. Jaws. Crouching low, carefully and guardedly she crept nearer and nearer to the deadly foe. When the feline had reached a point within a few feet of the coiled and watchful reptile, it came to a dead stop and prepared to spring, setting her paws firmly into the gravel. Slowly the wicked head and beady eyes of the snake rose from the coll, while the black forked tongue played between the deadly fangs. Like a steak of lightning the rattler struck at the cat, but she was far too quick and swifter than the eye could travel had sprung to one side and buried her teeth in the snake's writhing body before it could recover, coil and strike again. Giving the reptile a flop to prevent it reaching her and before her actions could be fully comprehended by the watching throng, the cat was out of harm's way, again going round and round, still frothing at the mouth and still lashing her tail. Again and again was this performance repeated until it could be seen that the descendant of the tiger family had conquered mankind's most hated enemy. Finally the snake struck more feebly and recolled more slowly. Then Tabby succeeded in shaking her teeth in the snake's neck. This time she did not get go her hold, but crunched and crunched until she had finished her job and killed the enemy. That night there was but little said when the latters were lighted and hung in the bunk cars, but from that day until winter broke up the camp and closed the season's work one construction camp had its little heroine, who was always treated with kindness and respect. TRAINED ROOSTER IS DRIVEN TO HARNESS GIVES DOLLS A DAILY RIDE AFTER BEING FED, WATERED AND DRIED BY OWNER. Brattleboro, Vt.—Ruth Prentiss, a small miss of West Brattleboro, has as a pet an old Leghorn roofer which, in many reapests, is a most remarkable fowl. By persistent training its mistress has taught it tricks which greatly amuse the townfolk and astonish those who have always believed that roosters have no brains. Ruth has named her pet Teddy, in honor of President Roosevelt, and J. Ruth's Strange Steed. takes great delight in putting him through his paces. His first duty each morning is to crow loudly outside his mistress' window, after which he waits patiently for her to arise. After he has been fed Teddy trots to a washbowl filled with warm water, hops in and stands quietly until he has been thoroughly soaped, washed, rinsed and dried with a hairbrush and a crash towel. He is then ready to show what he can do in the way of tricks. Of all his stunts the best is playing horse. Little Miss Prentiss has a small doll cart made by her father, to which are attached a pair of widespread thills. Between these thills Teddy backs and is fastened in with ribbons. He then strides off ostrich like to the nursery, where the cart is laden with dolls. The dolls are now given an airing on the plaza, about the lawn and down the road when the weather is propitious. Teddy is guilded by the gee and haw method used with oxen. The roofer has never been known to run away or overturn his charges. HUNGRY EAGLE WHIPS WOMAN. Big Birds, Nearly Starved, Carry Off Chickens and Lambs. Piqua, O.—Wintry blasts have made game to the north of Piqua seek coverties and in consequence eagles haunting that region have been driven to remarkable daring and ferocity. Barnyards and henroosts are being ravaged by the hungry birds. Some of the stories of their tenacity in open defiance of housewives are wonderful. A few days ago Mrs. Calvin Yancey, a farmer's wife, heard a commotion in her barnyard. When she went to investigate she was surprised to find an eagle in the act of pulling a fat pullet's head off. She rushed at the eagle fluffing her skirts to frighten him away. Her interference only maddened the bird and he dropped his dying victim and advanced upon the woman, his sharp eyes flaming angrily. Mrs. Yancey fled for the house precipitately. "That thing's unearthly scream rings in my ears yet," says. A farmer living some distance from the Yancey home says he recently saw one of the eagles swoop down and carry away a lamb in its talons. Eats Lace for Cabbage. Winsted, Conn.—Returning home at midnight and laboring under the stress of heavy weather, a Woodbury man asked his wife where she had put the cold cabbage. "On the second shelf in the pantry," she replied. The husband found the "cabbage," got the oil, mustard and vinegar, cut up the "cabbage," dressed it to his taste, and ate it all. In the morning the housewife noticed the cabbage where she had put it and innocently asked, "George, why didn't you eat the cabbage?" "I did," he responded. On further investigation George's wife discovered that a bowl which contained lace valued at $20, which she had put in starch, was missing. Walk on All Fours; Get Well. Ansonia, Conn. — Many persons, women and men, who suffer from indigestion or other intestinal alliments are being treated by the "Nebuchadnezzar cure." Those who read their Eibles know that Nebuchadnezzar, who was a very bad man, was condemned to go on all fours and eat grass. The cure named after the wicked king does not compel the patient to eat grass, of course. Any of the breakfast foods that come out of Michigan will do. But the patient, woman or man, must go on all fours for a certain fixed time each day. If the patient is a weak woman a quadrupedal tour of a large room once a day suffices; if a comparatively strong man half a dozen circuits of the room on all fours is enough. Paradoxical Wit. "Bibbles has a lot of dry humor." "Yes, especially when he's been drinking."—Baltimore American. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Everthing! Everthing! IN FURNITURE AND FLOOR COVERINGS SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, INC. Leaders. 709 711 713 EAST BROAD STREET. The People's Restaurant, 750 North 3rd St., Richmond, Va MEALS at All Hours—Hot or Cold. Board by Day, Week or Month. SOFT DRINKS. POLITE ATTENTION..... GIVE ME A CALL. Mme. SYLVIA L. MITCHELL, Proprietress. RESTORATION OF HIGHWAYS. R. H. Fuller Tells How Good Roads Benefit farmers and Others. There has been an effort to induce congress to resume road building where it left off 75 years ago. It is argued in favor of this plan that the rural districts receive a disproportionately small share of the receipts from federal taxation, and the appropriations made for the improvement of rivers and harbors are cited by way of precedent for good road appropriations. It does not seem probable, however, that the national government will relieve the states of the duty of providing good roads, at least in the near future; and meantime the states are showing themselves quite capable of solving the problem. New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York are the pioneers in the work of good road construction on a comprehensive scale. Pennsylvania, UNDERWARD ROAD IN SPRING THE GANE ROAD IMPROVED New Hampshire, Vermont and other states are falling into line, and it is only a question of a few years before every state in the Union will have joined them. The general scheme of road improvement contemplates the construction of macadam or equally serviceable roads between the chief points in each county, so laid out that they will form a continuous network throughout the state. The less important roads are to be improved by methods not so costly. Macadam roads require an outlay for construction of from $5,000 to $10,000 a mile. This heavy initial outlay would be too great a burden for the scattered population of the farming regions to bear unaided. Outside help must be given, and inasmuch as good roads increase the prosperity of the entire state the principle of state aid has been generally accepted as just. It has been adopted in various forms by all the states which have seriously undertaken the improvement of their roads. Even the portion of the expense which falls upon the localities, is usually too great for them to meet by immediate direct taxation, and here again the state may come to their assistance by lending them its credit so as to enable them to borrow money at a smaller rate of interest than they would otherwise be forced to pay. Naturally, where the state helps to build the roads, their location, construction and maintenance must be under state control through an official or a state commission. This insures the laying out of the roads so that they will form a comprehensive state system, and their maintenance in a condition of efficiency after they have been built. Another important branch of the good roads movement is the introduction of wide tires on wagons intended to carry heavy loads. Narrow tires are road destroyers, while wide tires are road makers. The narrow tire cuts the road into ruts, the wide tire serves the purpose of a roller in compacting and hardening it. Tests have shown that the same force that is required to move 2,000 pounds on narrow tires will move on broad tires 2,500 pounds on a macadam road, 2,482 on a gravel road, 2,500 on a dirt road and 3,200 on a wet clay road. Various methods of road improvement have been tried with success in different parts of the country. In California more than 2,500 miles of sandy highways have been made hard and smooth by sprinkling them with crude petroleum, which binds the loose particles of sand together. In Florida phosphate clay has proved to be excellent road material. Alfalfa Ground The alfalfa ground should be put in good condition. Many plow their ground early in April, harrowing thoroughly to make a fine seed-bed, then sow the alfalfa seed with a broadcast seeder. Sow plenty of seed, 18 to 20 pounds per acre. A thin stand gives weeds too good a show while the young alfalfa plants are becoming established. Why They Fail. Many fall down on sheep raising because they do not give enough attention to the foundation stock. The ewes must be strong enough and vigorous. These are usually good milkers and they bring strong lambs. Sheep are more financial than cattle or hogs, and they need closer attention. The Farm Team The farm teams should now be exercised daily, and light work will harden them up to the heavy work of late spring. See that the collars and harness fit snugly. It does not take very much now to chaff the shoulders. IMPORTANT EARM IMPLEMENT A Plain Talk on the Modern Harrows and Their Use. The harrow is a necessity on every farm, and whether that farm be large or small. The principal use of the harrow is to pulverize the soil. The implement came into use after men learned that it was advisable to reduce the soil to as fine a state as possible. The harrow has been greatly improved since it came into use. The little old three-cornered or wedge-shaped harrow having wooden teeth soon gave way to a harrow having iron teeth, and that had to give place to the harrow with steel teeth. Now all harrows have teeth of steel, but these take a multitude of forms. Some of the teeth are merely hooks, some are still straight spikes, others are a multitude of little plowshares in their effects on the soil, while still others are discs. The great number of styles show the great interest taken in the putting out of a harrow having the greatest possible power of fining the soil. Any farmer will find himself well repaired by making some study of this matter of harrows. He will be perhaps surprised to find that one kind of harrow will do the best on one soil and another kind of harrow on another soil; for the reason that different soils respond best to different conditions. On some farms where the soils are diverse in character and where different crops are being grown it will pay farmers to have several harrows of different styles. The soil should not be harrowed when wet, because in that condition it is impossible to pulverize it. When wet the harrow will but make some of the soil more compact. When the soil is in a state to crumble the harrow is put in and be used behind a good team of horses, as a rapid harrowing will give a better pulverization than a slow harrowing. The finer the soil the better will the plants be able to get the fertility that is in it. A soil that is not well fined is full of lumps little and big. The roots do not penetrate these lumps to a large extent. But in these lumps is much fertility that is rendering no service at all. Plants growing in thoroughly pulverized soil, says Farmer's Review, will send out more roots than plants growing in poorly pulverized soil. The more roots the more rootlets, and the more rootlets the more thoroughly will the plants be supplied with plant food. In soils thoroughly pulverized and that are supplied with an abundance of plant food the crops increase with surprising rapidity. Man on such land gives the greatest possible returns. On poorly pulverized land it may take years for much of the barnyard manure to become available. As a means, therefore, of better utilizing the barnyard manure, harrows should be used freely. Often it pays to harrow a field several times. The many modern harrows now on the market make it expedient to use the old crude affairs, even though they may still be found in the toolhouses of some of our modern farms. Wasn't Blaming Him. "Don't take any offense, old chap. I wasn't blaming you."—Milwaukee Sentinel. uniting the separated and bring back the lost one. Tracez lost or stolen goods. Unearths hidden treasures. 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[TRADE MARK REGISTERED.] Has proved to be a fortune to many of the unfortunate, who are to-day delighted with its wonderful results. The merits of this great hair preparation naturally places it in a sphere all of its own, and the glowing terms in which our patrons speak of it reassures us of its satisfactory results. We can well boast of a large patronage throughout this and other States and also enjoys the commendation of the very best white and colored people in this immediate community. In order to convince the most skeptical renders of the merits and results of the J. V. Hawkinson's Hair Grower and Restorer, we will from time to time produce in print the photographs of those giving us permission to do so, who have used our preparation, and are among the many bearing witness of its genuine qua correspondence of those expecting a miracle or any rhythm is a natural and pure compound, the ingredi haste to put in print. We will just here remind States Government has placed national patent right which it is protected and we are in turn responsible est 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; eight boxes, $2.80 overdue. The Face Beautifier makes the use of powder entirely unnecessary, and is perfectly harmless. Sale price: 25.50 cts. and $1.00. are to duly assess of its genuine qualities. We do not desire the agri-mirage or anything unreasonable. Our prepa- pound, the ingredients of which we would not just here remind the public that the United national patent rights on our hair preparation by in turn responsible to the government for hone- s. among the many bearing witness of its genuine qualities. We do not desire the correspondence of those expecting a miracle or anything unreasonable. Our preparation is a natural and pure compound, the ingredients of which we would not hesitate to put in print. 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; 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. Address all communications to MME. J. V. HAWKINS, 612 N. First Street, Richmond, Va. 'PHONE, 4601. Correspondence strictly confidential. 'Phone, 577. A. D. PR Funeral Director, Embalmer All orders promptly filled at shortnotice by Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainment with all necessary conveniences. Large p Richmond, Va. . PRICE, Embalmer and Liveryman. at shortnotice by telegraph or telephone. and nice entertainments. Plenty of room ences. Large pisnic or band wagons for nothing but first-class carriages, buggles, and fine funeral supplies. 2 East Leigh Street. Residence Next Door. A. D. PRICE, All orders promptly filled at shortnotice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large plasic or band wagons for baggage. Large baggage carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine funeral supplies. PROF. D. D. BRUCE, M. D. Strange, Wonderful but True are the awe stricken tests given by The Great Austrialian Medium. PROF. D. D. BRUCE. M. 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Buffet Pullman to Atlanta and Brimmington, Orleans, Memphis, Chattanooga and all the South. Throughout校对Chase City, Oxford. Dur- hance 6:00 p.m. ex. Sunday, Keysville Local. 11:30 p.m. daily. Limited. Pullman ready at 9:30 p.m. for all the South. ORR RIVER LINE 4:30 p.m. Keysville. No. 16. to West Point, connecting for Baltimore Mondays. Wadnesd yand Fridays. 2:45 p.m. No. 10. to West Point Mondays and Friday. 4 45 a.m. Except Sunday, No. 74. Local to West Point. TRAINS ABREVE RICHMOND. 6.55 a.m. and 8.15 p.m. From all the South. 5.95 a.m. p.m. From Charlotte, Durham, Chase City, Kaleigh and local stations. 8.40 a.m. p.m. Keysville and local stations. 9 15 a.m. p.m. 15. Baltimore and West Point. 10 a. 54 m. Wednesday and Friday No. 9. m. 11 m. 78 From West Point and local 5. 54 h. 78 From West Point and local W. WESTERH. D. "A" W. WESTERH. D. "A" 160 E. Main St. Richmond. Va. H. HAEDWICK V. P. & Gen. Mgr. W. WESTERH. D. "A" W. WESTERH. D. "A" Washington D. R. F & P Richmond, Frederickburg, and Poto- a in Daily, Main St. Through, all Pullman Cars 4.55 a.m. Front Ward, Pullman 8:40 a. m., daily Byrd st. Through Local stops. 12:55 noon, week days. Byrd st. Through. 4:00 p.m. week days. Byrd st. Fredericks- burg accommodation. 5:20 p.m. daily, Main st. Through. 6:30 p.m. week days. Elba. Ashland ac- mulation. 6:30 p.m. daily, Byrd st. Through. Trains Arrive Richmond—southward. 6:40 a.m. week days. Elba Ashland acmulation. 6:40 a.m. Daily, Byrd street. Through. 8:25 a.m. week days, Byrd st. Fredericks- burg accommodation. a.m., week days, Byrd st. Through. Localization. 2:12 p.m. daily Main st. Through. 5:40 p.m. week days. Elba Ashland acmulation. 5:40 p.m. daily, Main st. Through. 5:00 p. m., daily, Byrd St. Through. Loca ops 9:40 p. m. daily, Main St. Through. All I-lll-oan cars. 10:30 p. m. Daily, Main street. Through. 10:30 p. m. Daily, Days, Byrd st. through All Pulman cars. Fulhamian Sleeping or Parlor Cars on all above trains except train arriving Richmond 11:50 a.m. week days and local accommodations. Time of arrivals and departures and connections not guaranteed. W. D. DUKE, G. W. GULP, W. P. TAYLOR Assist. to Pres. Genl'sup' Traf. Mgr. SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST ROUTE 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 Newport News and OLD POINT. 7:35 a.m. and 5 p.m. week days. JAMES RIVER LINE: 10:20 a.m. daily; 5:15 p.m. Arrive Malu Line from West; **"30 A. M.** * "35 P. M.**; **"35 P. M.**; **"35 P. M.**; **"30 P. M.** East; **"30 P. M.**; **"30 A. M.**; **"30 P. M.** **"30 P. M.**; **"James Riley**; **"30 A. M.**; **"30 P. M.** (Daily); **"Ex. Sunday**; NIGHT LINE FOR NORFOLK Leave Richmond every evening (food Ash Street) at 7 P. M., stopping at Newport Fare, $2.65 one way, $4.50 round trip, in train at stateroom bed, meals 50c. each. Street Cars the Wharf FOR NEW YORK Via Night Line Steamers (except Saturday) making connection in Norfolk with Main Line showing day at T P M., also Norfolk and Western showing day at T P M., also Norfolk and pease &shire R. at 9 A. M., and 4 P. making connection daily (except Sunday) at T P M. Tickets, 808 E. M. Station sailing at 7 P M. Steamer Pocosothes leaves Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7 a.m. for Norfolk Portsmouth, Old York, Newport News, la. A river Riverview, Washinton, Baltimore at Old Point for Washington, Baltimore and the North State rooms reserved for t nine-hour promenade electric cars迎 to the wharf. Fare only $1.50. Norfolk Freight received for above named places on all points in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. ATTENDS HISGEN, Gen'l Mgr E.A. Barber, J.F. Secretary. Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A.M. MORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk 11:30. Hops only at Petersburg, Waverley and Suffolk. 9:00 A.M. CHICAGO EXPRESS Buffet Parlor MORFOLK. LymphBush and Roanok Pullman Sleeper Bussels, Columbus and Bluedefield to Cincinnati, also Roanok Village and Knoxville to Chattanooga and Memphis. 12:10 P.M. MOROake Express for Farmville LymphBush and Roanok. Ocean Shore Limited Arrives Norfolk 5:20 P.M. Waverley and Suffolk. Connects with Petersburg to Boston, providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 6:20 P. M., for Norfolk and all stations east of Petersburg. 9:30 P. M. NEW ORLEANS SHORT LINE. Pelham Sleeper Heirloom to Lynchburg, Lynchburg burg to Roanoke; Lynchburg to Chattanooga, Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dining Car Trains arrive from the west: 7:35 a.m. to 3:05 p. m. to m. from Norfolk 11:00 a.m. Office: W. B. BEVILLE. C. H. BOSLEY *Gen. Pass, Agt. Div. Pass Agen.* For Florida and -outh, 9:05 A. M., 7:25 and Narfolk, 9:00 A. M., 3:00 P. M. and 6:20 P. Custalo House, 702 East Broad Street. Having remodeled my BAR, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. New 'Phone 1261, WM. CUSTALO, - Prop. —Bring or send us your JOB WORK; we do it nicely. We do it quickly. THE PLANET EDITOR MITCHELL'S TRAVELS. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE Miller was nowhere to be seen when it pulled out. Reaching Appalachia we waited for the Interstate Railway train to Stonega. Arriving there Sunday morning after breakfast at Mr. A. E. Miller's residence, where the Madame made us comfortable, we took a nap; while Dr. Lewis after making several efforts to keep asleep finally resorted to his habitual practice of reading in bed. We slept. At night, services were held at the Methodist Church, where Rev. J. M. Coleman is the popular pastor. This Church is modern and it is admirably located. We met the presiding elder Rev. W. M. Anderson, Miss Bennie Hankal and others. SURPRISING INFORMATION We were told that the horses we rode were from a sales-stable and had only been in Norton one week. They were shipped from Kentucky. Had we known this beforehand, we would have "footed it" to Dorchester even though it had taken until 3 o'clock in the morning to do it. BROKE HIS NECK Mrs Susie B. Johnson looks well after her experience. When we were at Stonega before, her husband, Mr. A. D. Johnson was well. He had fallen the victim to the mine horror, the falling glate. The miners must prop the slate in the roof as they go. By some means, the slate fell, catching him beneath it and breaking his neck. Earth's bosom holds him now until "the sounding of the last trump."" "WET" GOODS FOR A "DRY" SECTION. We left Stonega Monday morning, 18th inst at 8 o'clock bound for Lynchburg. The coaches were packed. Barring unpleasant remarks by a Deputy Sheriff, who seemed to have a poor opinion of colored passengers, all went well. Reaching Appalachia, we awaited the arrival of the L. and N. train for Norton. Reaching Norton, we bid our friends adieu and then began the run to Blue field, West Virginia. Southwest Virginia is "dry" and the importation of jugs on a Saturday night is a feature. A GRIEVING FAMILY. When Green Ore was reached, we saw the baggage-men putting aboard the train one of the coffins that had been taken off the day before. A party draped in black came aboard. We learned afterwards that the ladies were respectively wife and mother of the dead miner who had been killed in the mine explosion at Green Ore, Va. We looked up and two seats further sat the husband of the mother of the dead miner. His face was black with contusions in some places, the skin was off. He told the following story: A NARROW ESCAPE "You see the report had gone out that the air in the mine was bad. I went in but didn't go any further than the entrance." "How far is the entrance of the mine from the opening on the side of the mountain that I saw, as the train passed," we asked. "Only about three quarters of a mile inside there is the opening to the mine," he replied. "I was sitting there last Saturday morning, I would not go any further because the air was so bad. I went in about 7 o'clock. RESCUERS FOUND HIM "I heard a sound like a hurricane. That's all I remember. When I came to myself, the doctors were working on me. The party from the outside came in and found me lying there. They brought me out. I am somewhat weak, but I am improving. No, I shall not work there any more." WHITE MEN KILLED TOO Five white men were killed, two of them were brothers in one family and two brothers in another family. The train had reached a point between Tom's Creek and the station, the nearest approach to the cemetery, and the mournful cortege filed off. The glances were sympathetic from both the white and the colored. We were soon enjoying dinner brought aboard at fifty cents per head. It was worth it, and we made no complaint. Dr. Lewis enjoyed his repast and after looking after his satchel of surgical instruments and medical preparations, was lost in admiring the beauty of the scenery on the Clinch Valley Railroad. A WRECK ON THE RAILROAD Reaching Bluechild, we were delayed for nearly an hour. An enquiry elicited the information that a freight had been wrecked about 12 miles ahead of us. A wrecking crew and train left for the scene of the trouble. Finally we moved on and then stopped at a switching station called Ingleside. Another wait, and another hour had passed. We saw no sign of the wreck. Finally the train moved again and then stopped. There was a freight train ahead. REPAIRING THE DAMAGE "The wreck is around that bend," remarked one of the wrecking crew, "and it will be some time before the track is cleared." Accompanied by Dr. Lewis we got out and walked to the scene of the trouble. There was a large iron coal car that had left the rails tearing up the track for about 25 yards. It was filled with coke. The wrecking crew were endeavoring to raise it with a derrick and throw it out of the way so that the track could be relaid and travel resumed. It seemed that the middle of a long train of coal cars had become derailed and had travelled on the ties for about a mile. Only a girder kept it from leaving the bridge over which it had passed in safety only to be derailed about half a mile beyond. THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. A wreck of coal cars had taken place at the same spot only a few days before. Finally all of the cars were gotten on the rails, but one, which the engineer sententiously called a "battleship." This was turned over on its side and the coal emptied. Our train backed again to Ingleside. In about an hour more, the track had been relaid and we were travelling towards our destination. AT DR. BURRELL'S MANSION Reaching Roanoke, the train which should have gone on to Lynchburg, was side-tracked with orders for all passengers to take 16. We decided to stop at Dr. I. D. Burrell's residence and as it was just past midnight we went a mile out of the way rounding up there at about 1 o'clock. We were to leave Roanoke at 6:45 the next morning for Lynchburg, where we intended to remain until 4:20 that afternoon. THE TRAIN WOULDN'T WAIT. We had just ten minutes to make the train when we awoke. We would have made it but we had not counted in Dr. Lewis. He made "lightning" time when he got in the street. But what's the use of talking. We saw the train anyhow, but we didn't see Lynchburg that morning. We reach ed there that afternoon at 3:30 and then eft at 4:20 for Clifton Forge, where Mr. E. F. Scott greeted us and where after a refreshing ablution we ate supper. "ON TO RICHMOND" The train that night was one hour late, but we took it and reached Richmond Wednesday morning, 20th inst. just fifteen minutes behind the schedule time. Dr. Lewis says that he had a fine time but that he worked very hard. But then that is for "home consumption" and we have no right to dispute it. He complained of rheumatic pains in the back and muscles. AN ECHO FROM DORCHESTER We prescribed witch-hazel for the complaint, reminding him at the same time that horse-back riding at a rapid gait, with an overcoat rolled up behind instead of being rolled up under the rider usually causes those kind of "rheumatic" ailments. But then, we are not practicing medicine and surgery and way should we prescribe for patients? Selah. WHITE OFFICERSTO THE RESCUE. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. does not now believe the Negroes were guilty of shooting up Brownville, according to his story told on the stand yesterday. Capt. Macklin said that when the firing occurred on the night of August 13 he was in bed in his quarters having retired at about 11:50 and was not awakened until 12:55, some time after the firing had ceased. He then joined his company and had charge of the guard for the balance of the night. PICKED UP CARTRIDGE SHELLS Early the next morning he made an examination of the garrison to ascertain the effects of the shooting, and, finding no damage there, he went outside the gate, and at the mouth of an alley not far from the garrison wall he found six cartridge clips and seven cartridge shells of the type used for the Springfield rifle. These shells were found in a circular space about ten inches in diameter, which, in reply to a question from Senator Foraker, he declared to be an impossible position unless they had been placed there by some one. After testifying at length concerning the incidents of the night of August 13, before and after the shooting, Senator Foraker asked Capt. Macklin if he had taken steps to discover who did the shooting. The witness replied that he had done everything possible, including the careful questioning of all of the men of his command. Senator Foraker then asked the witness to give his opinion as to who did the shooting. Hesitating a moment, Capt. Macklin said: SAYS MEN ARE INNOCENT "Well, I don't think the men did it." Afterward he said that in their excitement and confusion the men might have fired a few shots from the barracks, but that he had seen nothing to indicate they had done so, and he could not believe it possible. He described the attitude of his men toward the investigation, and said he had read every line of testimony that has been taken in the various inquiries, and that he is convinced that the firing was not done by the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. At the afternoon session the witness was cross-examined, principally as to his whereabouts when the shoot ing occurred and the evidence given by former Negro soldiers that they had been unable to find the captain in his quarters when Maj. Penrose sent them to arouse him. Capt. Macklin said he did not believe the soldiers had come to his quarters. He said he had a theory as to where the men went to find him and his attorneys had talked to them about it, and their statement would probably come out when he is tried by court-martial. He was not pressed further on this point. ASSAULT WAS NOT FOR ROBBERY. The shells which Capt. Macklin picked up outside the garrison wall were put in his desk, he said, and were forgotten until after the battalion left Fort Brown. Search for them later had been unavailing. 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Penrose, Mayor Combe, of Brownsville, and to Major Blocksom, inspector, but he had not told Col. Lovering of them, because the colonel asked that witnesses answer only such questions as were put to them in their examination. Chairman Warren questioned Capt. Mackilin concerning the attack upon him at Fort Reno after the Brownsville affray, when the captain was shot through the head. The witness said that he was in doubt as to who did the shooting. "Officers of my regiment tried to make me believe that the shooting was for the purpose of robbery," he said, "but it is my own theory that it was not." He said that the shooting had been done by a masked Negro, but that he knew nothing more concerning it. Corporal Knowles, of Company A, Twenty-fifth Infantry is under arrest charged with having committed the assault, but Capt. Macklin said that the evidence against Knowles is purely circumstantial. Knowles was not garrisoned at Brownsville. The examination of Capt. 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