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1803
RA
THEY FEAR RENEWAL OF
in effect!
ANTI-JEWISH OUTRAGES
A
a. m,
the head of a large body of insurgents.
San Pedro de Macoris has declared
a line on him
the >ississi
ppi
oat
boats, where he was plying a cut-thr
of
DEATHS
Dr. 8.
The German cruisers Vineta and Ga-
warship DeRuyter has been sighted.
WATCH SOON RECOVERED.
tlon and shortly after 2 o’clock
(Continued from page One.)
and Colorado streets.
WH
YESTERDAY’S RACES.
Results at New Orleans.
Hil-
KILLED BY TRAIN.
WEDDINGS
t
Mr.
‘What odds will
Then he said:
RECORD OF FIRES
YARD
Funeral
new
The lady took a backward step, ap-
THE BRAVE OLD DAYS.
Companies—Was Arrested.
MONEY IN THE SCRAP HEAP.
Passed Around It.
On the 29th of March, 1848, Niagara
Many thousands of dollars are saved
to the railroad companies each year
won; Matt Hogan. second; Aunt Polly,
i
Rioting Feared in Georgia.
STOPPED THE BOUT.
there, though, to satisfy the wildest era and repair gangs is to pick u
Rioting is fehred as there
1 throw In little heaps along the
Is excitement among the blacks.
the
BACK TO THE FARM.
The women who shared
i
Ohl
N
a
rd for modem management, which in
dollars.
thing for amusement in Cairo, or at
been there
AV
; . ‘j.
609 €
KOO
won;
third.
Ocklawaha steamer of the Lucas line
In course of construction was burned
this morning at Boyd’s shipyard. The
dared,
mothers
AN EX-POLICEMAN IS HELD BUT
THE CORONER AND CHIEF OF
POLICE WILL NOT TALK ABOUT
THE INVESTIGATION.
won;
Best.
By Associated Press.
Loa Angeles. ChL Dec. 25. -A se-
was where I was mistaken. .
looking fellow who sat next
spoke up quietly and said:
Washingj
Riggs I
The fur
will take
Nethoelist
morning. I
are invite
his
street
Elkin
Ada-
opened a gambling house of his own.
“They weren’t very strict about such
things in any of the river towns in
those days, and I don’t Imagine he had
any serious difficulty with the local au-
Now Orb
St. Chi
Colorado I
Bruner
Mullin was 56 years of age.
THREATS OF VIOLENck.
furlongs: Gus Lanka won; La-
second; Oclawaha, third. Time,
while taking a prisoner to the city hall
and upon his return found the animal
missing. Up until a late hour no trace
of the horse had been found.
WANT GENERAL JIMINEZ
THE FORMER PRESIDENT
I Arriv
P. m.
Leavi
D. m.
Arrive
m.
Leave-
in.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF
A PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN
By Ausoctated Pre...
San Domingo, Dec. IS.—It l> rumored
that the greater part of the republic
i
open to everybody, and I was one of
perhaps a dozen men who were look-
ing on at the game.
Henry Castle in the office of auditor of
j the postomice department.
FORGED ORDERS
B. F. Cl
ly of Cre
Catchings
explosion
J. E. Hill
fortunate
yesterday!
trop coun
were inte
he said tauntingly,
you give?’
“Gilson hesitated.
that an unusually large game of poker
was in prozress.
810 BLILZRn 18
RAGING IN NORTH
Nins Neqroes Charged With Murder
Were Spirited Away.
; ar-
white
-Ives Lar
Leaves!
Lampas a
6:65 p. n
Leaves
11:10 p. J
THE AUSTN STTES"AN. SATURD[ DECEMBER 25.
hearts beat warm as of old in
each brave old breast.
As the pictures rise to their brave old
eyes in the brave old days of the
west.
Of the weary tram]
camps in the
Ho
Arrive:
>1:05 p. n
1 Leave
rushed into the streets. No damage is
reported.
IN NEW YORK STATE.
Fighting Was So Furious that the Po-
lice interfered.
least. I would in those days.
“Well as I Mid. he had
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A Maine Newspaper Sees a Turn in
the Tide.
Results at Ingleside.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Dec. 25.—Results at
Ingleside:
papers found in his pocket was an ac-
cident insurance policy for 15000.
Blizzard in Iowa.
By Associated Press.
Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 25.—A fierce
blizzard raged here today, accompanied
by a drop of 30 degrees in temperature.
Daily |
tween Lil
Stage ri
passenge
A. O
121 E. Si
The theft of a gold watch and about
$30 in money was reported to the po-
lice late last night by Edward Barden-
Wiper, a railroad man.
Sergeant Platt began an investiga-
dozen years, and I had come to know . . ------------- ------------------ -------- .
the place very well, for I always drop- directed eternally to discovering little
ped in when I was in Cairo, though new economies of operation, to unearth
I seldom played more than five or ten this novel Idea of caving money-—New
“Don’t |
ways dev J
genrcy?"
"Certair
ghum; "a
now is a
money th:
Washingt
rested a strange
man, at Fourth
Denver, C
A. erli
Mrs. Smith Guilty of Murdering Dep-
uty Sheriff.
r,
When I
The Stat
Ing place]
St Louis
Lindell
planter]
Union I
Chlcago,
Auditoi
ZanardeliFa Conditiom
Dr Axsociuted Press.
Rome, Dec. 25.—The condition of for-
i
Wee Noticed Throughout St. Lnwrenoe , . -----
County—Not., of Thunder. iOn American .nd Canadian Expross
lerniai
Time,
Six
luka,
1.25.
Hot Spri
F. . B
C. H. V
They recall the frays of those brave
old days with the demons with
skins of red.
Of the wagons "parked” and the guns
that barked and bit with their
teeth of lead.
Of the hendish yells and the jingling
bells on the ponies of pointed
foes.
Of the art-o we* flight sent with arms
of might from the spring of the
bended bows.
And again do they hear the words of
cheer from the women as brave
as they,
Daily
tween Li
1p.m.; I
connectio
"Peck’s
Hancock’
night ple
a matine
principall
night by
was very
througho
p and
track
m, second;
, 1.31 3-5.
Falkland won; Fa-
Short Cake, third.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
Felt in Los Angeles and Lasted for
Eight Second*.
Results t Los Angeles.
By Associated/Pros*.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 25.—Results:
Six furlongsk Little Margaret, won;
Sir ChrlstopherXsecond; Madam Bish-
op, third. Time, 1.17.
During
Convalescence
Recovery is hastened, health
restored and vitality renewed by
the use of
ANWEUSER" BUSCHs
S wu tnaos WAAK.
The perfect malt tonic. A food
in liquid form. It quickly builds
I flesh and tissue.
All druzzista HU it. Prepara by th,
J Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass’n
St Loois, V. 8. A.
held a postmortem examination to-
night. but they decline to say what
developed. ___________
pl, i
c 9
“The first time I got
was on board of one of
" ran dry as a result of a great ice jam
at the entrance to the river near una-
lo. At that time the ice swept down
-----
time is near at hana when farming
will be held in the same high regard
here that it has long been in Fngland.
In that contry when a man achieves
the perils
i and old
ed by Minnesota members of congress
that Joseph J. McCarty, formerly city
it -* r“ 1 “I. has practically
been agreed on as the successor of
By Associnted Press.
Ogdensburg, N. Y. Dec. 25.—A dis-
tinet earthquake shock was felt here
today. Telephone reports show that It
was noticed all through St. Lawrence
county, being severest along the St.
1wrence valley. Buildings trembled
violently at Madrid, sixteen miles east
of here. The earthquake was accom-
panled by a noise resembling thunder
which was sufficiently loud to awaken
‘ people.
One of the Proprietors of the Philadel-
phia Sunday World.
And at memoi
passing away, and some time late in to ue iassvuu cvipmses vacu seus
the ’70s he settled down in Cairo and by detailing men to look after and care
But you will do ’most any-. York Sun.
GREATER PART OF BAN DOMINGO
NOW UNDER ARMS FAVOR HIM
AND ARE MARCHING ON THE
CITY—VESSELS THERE.
natural causes, due to eating, three government i very bad, owing to the
dozen spiced Christmas cakes. It was fact that the duties were mortgaged in
also stated that she was attended by advance by the government of Pres-
two physicians. Mrs. Clader Buid, that dent Wos y GIL
Munkle merely assisted her in admin-1 Phe United states ship Newport ar-
istering the medicine to her and l80 rived inport today.
said that the bruises were due to* — - — • •
Mrs. Leiby falling against a bed while
weak from her illness.
Coroner Seheirer and Dr. A. J. Yost
By Associated Press.
st. Louis, Dec, M.—Albert Cham-
bXss, colored, was shot and fatally
wounded today, and Patrolman Peter
Dolan was seriously wounded. by a
negro named Alington, who the polioe
were trying to arrest.
The sbootins occurred near Benton,
in the western section of the city,
where a number of negroes began riot-
ing this afternoon.
Alington, who did considerable pro-
miscuous shooting, retired to a cabin
which was surrounded by a dozen po-
licemen and a crowd of 200 citizens.
Owing to the presence in the cabin
of a negro girl the police refrained
from bombarding IL although Alington
fired at least fifty or sixty ahot at
When Alington’s ammunition finally
gave out, the police arrested him with-
out further trouble.
Typhoid Fever Cases.
By Associated Press.
Butler, a., Dec. 26.—By the addition
of three deaths today the total typhoid
fever victims number seventy-seven.
Two new cases were reported.
ietins concerning Signor Zanardell’s white man.
condition be sent to him daily.
Colored Pugilist Killed.
Uy Associnted Press
Snn Francisco, Dec. 25.—Muldoon
McDonald, a well known colored heavy-
weight pugilist, was shot and killed
this afternoon by W. H. Atkins, an-
other colored man. The shooting was
ths result of an attempt on ths part
of McDonald, his slayer declared, to
stel 31.35 from a card table.
won; Ben McKenna, second;
Scout, third. Time, 1.43.
Mile and a quarter: Little
won; Sidney Babath, second;
lante, third. Time, 2.13 3-5.
BARON ROTHSCHILD PRESIDED
AT A MEETING HELD IN LON-
DON TO CONSIDER CONDITIONS
IN KISHINEFF.
gray,
ries swarm how the
each valiant breast “Well, as I said, he had been there
ips and the fre-ltfve or six years when I dropped in one
brave old days O night and saw that something unsual
was going on. I looked on for a while
but all that I could tell certainly was
Found Portrait of Dante.
Rome, Dec. 25.—The director of the
state archives at Bologna, which town
is the principal center of Dante’s fame,
has found a parchment dated 1323 on
which are two pen sketches represent-
ing Dante crowned by Bologna. This
discovery will prove of great interest
to those who are searching for an au-
thentic portrait of the poet.
all the bits of iron and steel that may
be found along the right of way or that
may be left whenever any piece of
work may be completed. At irregular
intervals a scrap train is sent over the
road for the purpose of gathering up
these odds and ends. They are taken
to the gathering end and there careful-
ly sorted.
sells also arrived today. The Dutch
Hummery:
Seven furlongs:
Has Created But Very Little Excite-
ment in Paris.
the Buddhist temple. He has organ- i
ized an army on the German model,
but his body guard is still composed
of Amazons—400 daughters of his
nobles. He has abolished the second
king, who exercised one-third of the
royal power, and has established in-
tead a legislative council of nobles. At
these cabinet councils one of the sacred
white elephants is always present.—
London Chronicle.
the United States for the purpose of
averting the further persecution
Jew* in Russia.
Ohio river indicate a terrific wind
storm.
At 5 o'clock this evening the temper-
ature registered 32 above with the
wind blowing a gale at the forty-mile
rate. At midnight the thermometer
stood 2. above zero.
By Associated Press.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 25.—Both
city and county authorities interfered
tonight in a boxing contest at Turner
hall in which ross and Brown were
the participants. Several preliminary
bouts had been given, and the last was
to be a fight to a finish. in the sec-
ond round the fighting was so furious
that the officers Interfered and pre-
vented further boxing, though no ar-
rests were made.
O
Subbub
servant g
Citimar
don’t you
Subbub
off. Tha
day.' "—P
New Yoi
Astor I
It Was Reported Stolen and Suspect
Is Under Arrest.
1.15 1-4.
Eleven-sixteenths: Souffriere, won;
They were telling stories in the
smoking compartment of the sleeping
car, and it was up to the commercial
traveler. The physician had just told
one about the extraordinary nerve dis-
played by a man who had his arm cut
off without taking any anaesthetic be-
cause he disliked the odor of ether,
and who went through the operation
without fainting, says the New York
Sun.
"Billy Farrell had a little more erve,
I think than any other man I ever
saw," said the traveling man. “Or, at
least, I never saw anybody else make
so good a display of it as I have seen
him make.
Officer’* Horse Gone.
Officer Bustin last night left
horse securely tied on Sixth i
the Joy and pain as they live
again those scenes of the stirring
past;
young wives
for their scrap, the pieces of Iron and
steel that fall off moving cars, that
come from abandoned machinery or
from broken pieces of equipment.
Almost all of the big transportation
game with another gambler named
Harding. They poth hailed from St.
Louis at that time, and I reckon the
truth was that they started down the
river with the idea of looking for suck-
ers and playing together in the game,
but something or other happened to
disturb the partnership, and there were
no suckers to be caught, so they had
made up a freeze out for themselves
for a thousand dollars a side.
“It was quite a good while ago, when
there was more poker playing on the
boats than there is now, but not ho
Killing in Arkansas.
By Associated Press.
Prescott, Ark., Dec. 25.—Jesse Cross
was shot and killed here this evening
by W. A. Moncrief. The two men
quarreled and Cross shot Moncrief In
the abdomen. Moncrief then wrenched
the pistol from Cross' hands and shot
him through the head. The two men
lived here. Moncrief is a business
man.
“Farrell was playing, as I woulm
have expected him to be, and I recogs
ized one of the other players as a prd
fes-ional from Chicago, named Geor€
Carter, but the other three were menE
had never seen. H
“On the surface there was nothing t
excite special attention, but almost oM
the moment I entered the plate I wiM
aware of a sort of suppressed excit
merit that I had never observed in ti
house before, even when the play w,
exceptionally high. So I got near n9a
of the attendants and asked him vhai
was doing. k I
“He told me that Carter had comAt®
town the day before with two frieni
to challenge Farrell to a game. H9
didn't know who the two men werf
but he had heard them called Browfl
and Hunter. They were not known al
professionals and Carter had deciarefl
that they were hot, but were high roll/
ers who had come from some distanci
simply to sit in a big game.
"Farrell, he said, had accepted the
challenge, but had proposed a lawye
from St. Louis, named Wharton, for al
fifth player, and the game had been!
made up. They had been playing twd
or three hours when I came in, anol
there had been some indications that!
trouble was pending.
“I asked the fellow what the indi-.
cations were, but he evidently thought]
he had said too much, and he would!
New Steamer Burned.
By Associated Press.
Palatka. Fla. Dec. 25.—The
Effervescence, second; Ora Rose, third,
fime, 1.20.
Six furlongs, selling: Mountebank,
A shrewd
L to me
Will Succeed Cattle.
R: terosinted Press
Washington. Dec. 25- is announe-
By Associated Press.
Paris, Dec. 26.—The Dreyfus deci-
sion has created very excitement.
The government expects that the pub-
lic will grow tired of the case by the
end of three months' time which will
be required bv the court of cassation
to pass on the appeal.
rytus, hlmseif, refuses to talk for
publication,; but Joseph Relnach, for-
merly editor of the Siecle, and his
other friends express their delight at
what they regard as the first step to-
wards his vindication.
By Associated Pres
Allentown, Pa., Dec. 25,—Coroner
Schetrer and Chief of Police Eastrhan
Sinetsatnaheche alAhunow under arma is in tavot of General
day at the home of William Clader of Jiminez, the former president, who is
this city, under what seems to them sald to be marchng on this city at
suspicious circumstance*. In connec-
tion with the case the coroner request-
ed that the police hold William Mun- Th* provisional government is making
kle, an ex-policeman, until an Inquest active preparations for defense.
"tm wonanea podt way "rlmvea ban rearode atacoris haz.dedlarcd
from the ctader house last night andin favor of the insurgents. The situa-
taken to the home of her stepfather at j tlon here is becoming extremely critiy
in Denver
Mile: W. J. Deboe won; Reckoner,
second; Class Leader, third. Time,
1.45 2-5.
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 25.— Baron Rothschild
presided today at a joint meeting of
the foreign committee and the board
of deputies of the Anglo-Jewish a*'
sociation, which was attended by the
Rev. Dr. Harmann Adler, chief rabbi
of the United Hebrew Congregations
of the British Empire, and other prom-
inent Jews.
The meeting considered the latest
reports from Russia predicting a re-
newal of the anti-Jewish outrages at
Kishineff on the Russian Christmas
day.
It was decided to approach Foreign
Secretary Lansdowne and urge upon
him the necessity of joint action by
the governments of Great Britain and
,PATROLMAN IS WOUNDED
IN FIGHT WITH NEGROES
Damage at Cincinnati.
By Associated Press.
Cincinnati, Dec. 25.—A fierce blizzard
raged here for, a short time tonight.
The wind wrecked chimneys, de-
stroyed show windows and did other
damage. There was a fall in temper-
ature of twenty degrees in four hours.
Quite Natural.
Koozey— I see they've revived the
rumor that General Kitchener is to be
married.
Henperk—That wouldn't be surpris-
ing. It's naturul for him to want to
know something about every form of
warfare.—Philadelphia Press.
"It ran pretty even for a lime, though
Ferrel had a little the better of <11
when there came a jackpot that was
sweeetned several times. Then, on
Harding’s deal, Farrell opened it for
the size of it,’ which was about twenty
dollars.
"Harding raised it fifty and Farrell
stayed. Then he called for three cards
and Harding took one.
"Without looking at his three. Far-
rell threw in a white chip and Hurd-
Ing picked up his draw, and looked
at it carefully. Then he pushed his
pile forward, and Farrell looked at him
earnestly, still leaving the three cards
face down on the table in front of him.
“While he was studying, another
gambler in the room, whom I didn’t
know at the tinie. but who, I after-
ward learned, was a personal enemy
of Farrell's, named Gilson, said quietly,
but loud enough for everybody in the
room to hear: 'Three to one I name
the winner,’
“It was a curious sort of hreak to
make, and I did not understand_it at
the time. loiter on I concluded he
must have done It to rattle Farrell.
"Anyhow, I didn’t look to see any-
body take any notice of it, but that
Mile and a sixteenth, Hollywood
handicap: M. F. Tarpey, won; Ni-
trate, second; Haviland, third. Time,
1.49 1-2.
Mile and seventy yards: Moor, won;
Jim Hale, second; Erne, third. Time,
1.48.
Seven, furlongs: Orsina, won; For-
tunatus, second; Cloche d’Or, third.
Time, 1.40.
Blunden
pensive,
price of 8
wrong if
Pills for
ache. hv4
are gentl
cents, at
Funeral of Mrs. Hoar.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 25.—general ser-
vices were held today over the re-
mains of Mrs. Ruth Hour, wife of
Senator Hoar, at the residence of the
senator in this city. The services were
conducted by Rev. U. S. O. Pierce of
All Souls Unitarian church, and were
attended by President Roosevelt. Ac-
companied by the senator the remains
were this afternoon taken to Worces-
ter, where the interment will be held.
keep a string on me, but I’m very well
trained—very well trained—perfectly
safe.—The Pilgrim.
Back to the Parlor.
“The day is .done,” murmured
sentimental maid.
uy Associnted Press.
Hopkinsville. Ky„ Dec. 25.—Threats
of mob violence having become pro-
nounced during the past two days,
nine negroes charged with murder
were spirited away to Madisonville
for safe keeping, a
The negroes are charged with the
murder and inutilation of an unknown
man a week ago. One of the prison-
ers confessed that the stranger was
murdered and robbed of 1100 by him-
self and companions.
Shot and Killed His Father.
By Asocanted }resu
Jopli, Mo., Dec. 25.—Bedel Baron,
aged 17 years, shot and killed his
father, Mart Baron, a miner, here today
while protecting his mother from en
asault. The elder Baron was intoxi-
rated. Young Baron, who is under ar-
rest. aver* the shooting was accidental.
time, but I never could catch you be-
fore.
“ 'And now you have caught me, as
you say, what are you going to do 1
about it?" said Farrell, still as cool as
possible.' ‘I suppose that's what you 1
brought your pals alopg for.' |
“'Yes, just that,’ said Carter; 'and
they've got the drop on you. Now
you'll jut sign a confession that I'll
write, and I reckon we'll be quits for
that little trick you played on me in
St. Louis.’
"What that trick was I never knew,
but Farrell actually smiled as he said:
“‘Yes, we’ll be quits when I sign,' but
on the instant he twisted his hand out
of Carter's grip and ducked his head.
"Two pistol shots rang out as he did
so, but they both went astray, and the
next instant there was a fusillade of
shots. I had seen all I wanted to, and
as I fled from the room I caught a
glimpse of Farrell with a gun in each
hand taking an active part in the pro-
ceedings.
“There were four or five men killed.
Carter and Brown being among them,
and Hunter being badly hurt, but Far-
rell didn't get a scratch.
"How he could have ecaped I never
understood, any more than I could un-
derstand why three men should have
taken the chances that Carter and his
pa!s did, but the west,was full of queer
doings in those days. I never saw a
man look in two guns at the same time
and smile coolly as Farrell while he
was calculating the chance of a quick
dodge. He was a man whose nerve, I
reckon, couldn’t be shaken."
vere earthquake, shock lasting about
eight seconds occurred here at 9:45
this morning. The buildings in the ,
business center swayed for an Instant that Joseph J. McCart
as though they would fall and people comptroller of St Paul
. .. . ... . . .. nnnn AG rono en no * ■
Bethlehem. It is said her face was cal, though the city is quiet in expec-
more or less bruised. Munkle was ar- l tation of events.
rested because he is said to have been There is great depression in busi-
with her when sho died. Inquiry at j nss circles as the result of the con-
the Clader house brought out the in- stant disturbance of the financial sit-
formation that the woman died fpm uation. The financial condition of the
er in town, a
the lake in such quantities that a jam
of unusual proportions was created al
the entrance to the river. So effective
was the Ice Jam that no water passed
around it. After the falls had drained
the river channel the spectacle of the
falls running dry was developed. There
were many remarkable sights, and res-
idents of the locality ventured to places
that they had never expected to reach.
Horses were driven far out in the river
bed, and the most distant point in mid-
stream knew the sound of footsteps.
Millers, when called in the morning,
were amazed at the information that
there was no water in the river. Peo-
ple left Table Rock, on the Canadian
side, and walked along the brink of
the Horseshoe fall one-third of the way
over to Goat island. On March 22,
1903, a similar condition existed.—
Booklovers Magazine.
Jam So That No Water
thorities; but if he had any at all it companies in the United States main-
was satisfactorily adjusted, and I never tain what they call scrap departments,
knew Farrell's place to be molested. At two or three points on the road.
' As a matter of course, he ran a faro generally where there are any con-
bank, for faro was the great game out- struction or extensive repair shops,
side of poker, but I never saw any game this scrap is gathered from all parts of
played in the place, excepting those the system.
two. There was always enough doing' One of the duties of the track walk-
dreth’s good filly Witful added another
victory to her already long Hat this
afternoon when she won the Christ-
mas handicap, worth $1575, by three
lengths. A morning rain storm made
the track heavy. Wilful was always
favorite in the betting at twos with
Rig Ben second choice at fives. The
filly broke fom the outside, was out-
run through'the first quartet and only
became a serious factor as they turn-
ed into the stretch where she caught
Big Ben and Dan MeKenna, tiring,
and came away without an effort.
Falkland, Little Elkin and W J. De-
boe were the other winning favorites.
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much as in the old days. On this par-, , i
titular boat It waant allowed in th ,,0‘ tell me. As the prospect of .seeingl
main saloon, but there was a card room i a disturbance was attractive to me. I
next to the barroom that .was widelnowever. outside of the interest of
watching big poker, I joined the small
crowd of men who were looking on. I
"There was very little pretence of J
Run Down By an Engine.
Special to The S(* tesmaw.
Houston. Tex.. Dec. 21.—Otto Knuf- _ .......................
man, a shopman in the employ of the “That's right," admitted the prosaic
Houston and Texas Central railway, youth, 'but the night is pretty new."
wus run down by a light engine in Whereupon they both shivered and
the Southern Pacific yards early this , broke up the camp on the front stoop.-
morning and killed. Chicago News.
Ev Ansortated Preus
Philadelphia. Dec. 25.—Hugh A. Mul-
lin, one of the proprietors of the Sun-
day Philadelphia World, and well
known in local politics, was killed by
being struck by a train. Among the
Six furlongs: Eugenia B.»
Quest, second; Colonel Bogey,
Time, 1.02 1-4.
Six furlongs: Ocean Dream,
Bragg, second: Beautiful and
third. Time, 1.17.
Mrs. J. 8. Langs.
Special to The Statesman.
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 25.—Mrs. J. S.
Lange, daughter of Mrs. H. Riek, died
in l-os Angeles, Cal., today of pneumo-
nia. Mrs. Lange was famous as a
musician all over the southwestern
country a few years ago, and was
known as one of the Riek sisters. The
body will be brought to Dallas for
burial.
third. Time, 1.14 1-2.
Mile and a quarter, Christmas handi-
cap: Proper, won; Falcon Bridge, sec-
ond: Divina, third. Time, 2.06.
Seven furlongs, selling: Saintly,
won; El Piloto, second; Louis Wagner,
third. Time, 1.28.
Mile, selling: Ada N., won; Heather
Honey, second; Somenos, third. Time,
1.42.
who was found to have the watch in
his possession.
The man claims that Bardenwiper
gave him the watch. The money has
not been recovered.
He Was “Perfectly Harmless.”
Mark Twain never occupied the
house at Tarrytown, which he pur-
chased a year and a half ago—the one
the astute village tax collectors as-
sessed at three times what he paid for
it—but he was wont to run up from
Riverdale occasionally before leaving
for Italy to see that no local Huck
Finn had broken out the windows.
There were no cabs at the station
one hot day recently when he arrived,
so he essayed to walk up the Main
Street hill. The Tarrytown hill is ex-
ceeded in steepness by the Newburg
hill alone. When half-way up he sat
down on a stone carriage block to rest,
holding his hat in one hand; A street
gambler.
"Farrell had a good roll, and although
the nominal limit at the bank was two
hundred dollars. I never heard of his
refusing bigger bets if anybody wanted
to make them. There was a confder-
able craze about that time for playing
system, and the favorite system was
'progression,’ so I fancy the only rea-
son he fixed any limit was to break up
You will see them meet on the busy
street, old fellows of tottering
walk.
And the eyes grow bright with the old-
day light as their old hands meet
and lock,
And it’s "Hello, Jim," and It’s “Hello,
Tim," and "How do you do to-
day?"
And they draw aside from the human
tide, for a chat in the old-time
way.
They talk of the time they were in
their prime, ere they suffered
from age's pains,
Of the songs they sang when the bull
whips rang way out on the dusty
plains,
Of the perils faced on the desert waste,
of the pioneer Joke and jest,
As they trudged through sand to the
promised land in the brave old
days of the west.
piano man struck up a tune inhs im-
mediate neighborhood, but th humor-
ist sat unmoved. An elderly(lady hap-
pening along conceived him, to be the
musician’s helper, and dropped a penny
in his hat. Mr. Twain rose And bowed
solemnly with a stately "Thnk you."
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Dec. 25.—Sam
financial success he at once seeks a
country estate for a home.
Here the reverse has long held true,
an dthe city home has been held up
as the idea). This false system of eth-
ics is rapidly going to the wall and a
more exalted Idea of country life is
taking its place. Rich and poor alike
are beginning to take to the farm. It
is the ideal spot for a. home.— Lewiston
Journal.
Her Ladyship Still incapacitated.
The Invitation Het of the governor
general of Canada is made out strictly
in accordance with precedent, but is
not kept up to date always, the aid who
has to send the nvitations out, gener-
ally and Englishman or Scotchman,
not always being au courant with
changes on the list.
The late Sir Antoine Dorion, chie
justice of Quebec, was once invited to
some function, as was proper; but
lady Dorion, who was dead, was In-
vited likewise. Sir Antoine accepted
for himself, but declined for her la-
dyship, on the ground that she was in
the cemetery. The next year, however,
the same mistake was made: so the old
judge wrote back to the aid-de-camp
in waiting:
“Sir Antoine Dorion accepts, &c.,
but her ladyship being still in St.
Anne’s cemetery, Sir Antoine is com-
pelled again to decline the invitation
for her."—New York Times.
Economy Introduced By Railroads .
Which Saves Thousands.
Can Be Full and Rich.
Hamilton Wroght Mable has no more
earnest admirer than Mr. Low. who
was deeply impressed with Mr. Mabie's
eloquent address at the celebration of
the ninety-ninth anniversary of the
New York Historical society. In the
course of his remarks, Mr. Mable said:
“New York is full of crudity; it is
also rich in aspirations."
As the mayor's party drove away
from the American Museum of Natural
History, one of the group—a slick Co-
lumbia student who reads Walter Pater
for style—remarked: “I Imagine I’ve
caught Mr. Mabie napping. How can
an object be ‘full’ of one thing, and
have room to be ‘rich’ in another?"
“Did you ever see a politician full?”
inquired Mr. Low.
"Yes, a Tammany alderman.”
“And wasn’t it rich?"
The slight embarrassment that en-
sued was relieved by the mayor, who
added:
“Hamilton is always Wright, Mable."
—New York Commercial-Advertiser.
Special to The Stutesnean,
Belton, Tex., Dec. 25 — The jury in
/th* case of Mrs. T. E. Smitb, charged
by indictment with the murder of Dep-
uty Sherift Ike Grubb, brought in a
verdict of guilty thia morning, assess-
ing her punishment at five year*.
Her husband and son are also under
indictment for the same offense and
are yet to be tried.
At the time Grubb met his death he.
wrfh another officer, had gone to the
Smith home to serve papers from
court, dispossessing them as the ret
suit of a foreclosure.
DREYFUS DECISION
institutions. Hence, while building j
canals, railways, lighthouses and hos- “Til take fifty of that,’ and Gilson
pitals, he still serves as a priest in said:
One of the most serious problems
that confronts the economic world to-
day is to keep the young men or the
farms. For many years there has
been a tendency to congregate in the
ities and to such an extent has this
been carried that all the vocations of
city life have been so overcrowded that
today it la well-nigh impossible for a
stranger to get a foothold. For every
situation there are a score of appli-
cants, and the young man who has no
influential friends to render him aid
is indeed unfortunate. We have long
believed .that this condition of affair*
would correct itself. Onio of the rea-
sons that our young men have been
so willing to leave the old country
। home has been the lack of courtry at-
trnctions. This can hardly be said to
hold good today. The trolley car, tel-
ephone and free rural mall delivery
have well nigh wiped out the distinc-
tions between city and suburban life.
Another powerful factor now working
for the upbuilding of the country life
is the agricultural college. Our young
men are fast learning that fanning is
no longer the haphazard business of a
iormer day, but is one of the most ex-
rcting and sclentifle of pursuit*. With
this knowledge comes a Meher respect
for the vocation ami a stronger desire
to enter the industry. The tide is thus
Eradually but surely turning, and the
By Associated Press
Halifax, N. 8„ Dec, 25.—A man giv-
ing the name of C. M. McMichael and
his address as Kamloops. B. C., was
arrested here today on the charge of
passing forged Canadian and Ameri-
can express money orders, several of
which he succeeded. In having cash-
ed. Each called for 247.50, and pur-
ported to have been issued from the
London (Ont.) office. Michael came
here Sunday from Boston and attracted
attention by his liberal expenditures.
"'You’re on. I name Harding.’
“It only took a moment, and Farrell
was still looking at Harding. He con-
tinued to look for a full two minutes
withodt saying anything or raising his
three cards irom the table. Then he
said without turning around:
" 'Is there any more of that to be
had, Gilson?’ And Gilson said:
" ‘As much as you like, up to >5000.’
"Til take it all,' said Farrell. Put
up your money.’
“Then Gilson weakened. It was the
first time I ever saw a professional
back down from his own proposition,
but Farrell’s coolness shook him, al-
though 3 to 1 looked to me like a pretty
good bet, considering the play. How-
ever, he said:
" 'I reckon I don’t like the odds. I'll
take water.’
"But Farrell wasn’t to be shaken off.
“ 'I always took* you for a tin. horn,’
cl
n
is
L
mer Premier Zanardelll is extremely By Associated Press.
grave. His doctors report the exist- Quitman, Ga., Dec, 25.—Reports
ence of a tumor in the stomach, and reached here tonight of trouble at the
add that they have given Up all hope village of Burney, eighteen miles east,
of their patient's recovery. This news The sheriff with a posse has gone to
has produced a deep impression. King the scene. The trouble grew out of
Victor Emmanuel has ordered that bul- the killine of a negro desperado by a
joy lights their eyes that they won
the prize—a home In the west—
at last.
And their tones grow low as they feel
a blow from the merciless hand
of je,n
A* they talk of the braves they laid in
the graves near the camp of the
wagon train.
Thus they often meet on the busy
street, those grizzled old pio-
neers,
Anl the pictures seen on the memory
screen oft atari the unbidden
tears
As the lips and eyes apeak the thoughts
that rise from their fount* in
fire was of incendiary origin. No re- ....___. ___.. ._________ -p
liable estimate of the loss could be ob- parently vaguely auspicious that she
tained, but the boat was Insured for had made a mistake. ,
33.000. j “Don't be frightened, madam," went
------on Mark. “It is true the man doesn't
William Cogswell.
Pasadena, Cal., Dec 25.—William
Cogswell, one of the best known ar-
tists in the country, is dead, aged 85
years.
The Lawrence Disabled.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The navy de-
partment has been advised that the
torpedo boat destroyer Lawrence was
disabled in a storm off Hatteras while
on her recent run with the second tor-
pedo flotilla from Hampton Roads to
Key West. RepatrA which will con-
sume a month will be made at Key
West.
King of Siam.
The king of Klum, whose jubilee is
being celebrated with unprecedented
magnificence in Bangkok, is only six-
ty-five years of age, for he ascended
the throne at 15. Mrs. Leonowen, an
English governess, whose pupil he wits’
for six years, described him as an apt
scholar, handsome, affectionate and
generous, with lofty ideals. Chula-
longkorn has verified that character by
progressive rule. He has given Slam
an enlightened government, and yet
zealously guarded native customs and I
CHRISTMAS SHOOTING AT ST.
LOUIS—NEGRO WAS SURROUND-
ED IN A CABIN BY CROWD OF
TWO HUNDRED CITIZENS.
Fall Forty Degree*.
By Associated Press.
Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 25.—There
was a drop in the temperature of 40
degrees here between 3 o’clock this
morning and 8 o’clock tonight. The
mercury stood at 6 below zero at the
latter hour.
the west. }
—James Barton Adans
Post.
ExGovernor Isaac Sharp.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 25.—Ex-Governor
Isaac Sharp, of Kansas, died today,
aged 71 years. He was a native of
Pennsylvania but went to Kansas in
the early fifties where as a Free
Sutler he played a prominent pari in
the Kansas-Missouri struggle. He had
lived in Washington since 1882.
J. Watts Kearney.
New Orleans, Dec. 25.—J. Watts
Kearney, postmaster of New Orleans,
died tonight. He was prominent in
business, social and religious circles,
and was a prominent confederate vet-
eran. though born in New York and a
loyal republican.’
" 'I'll go you even money.'
‘“All right,’ said Farreil, producing
his own roll. 'Put up your 3000. And
none of that,' he added quickly, seeing
that Gilson was looking at Harding,
as if for a tip. 'No betting on inside
information.'
“Still Gilson hesitated. To do Hard-
ing justice he made no sign, so far as
I could see, and I looked at him closely
myself.
“Probably he thought he had enough
to do to back up his own bluff. But it
looked like a safe bet for the outsider
anil he finally put up 2000, saying lame-
ly that that was all he could bet, and
Farrell covered the money.
"Then he called, showing down a pair
of queens.
" ‘I don’t know what I drew,' he said.
“And Harding had showed his busted
flush. It was the nerviest play I ever
saw at the poker table. Of course.
Farrell was gambling on his conviction
that Harding was bluffing, and he must
have known Harding’s style of play
tolerably well, but it showed nerve, all
the same.
"And nerve was something that Far-
rell never lost. He worked the river
boats for quite a while and did as well
as most of the old time gamblers, but
he was shrewd enough to see that the
days of the river boat gambling were
the system players. | Home ingenious mechanics have de-
"Farrell never dealt faro himself, but vised machinery to separate and handle
he had two dealers who were called these scraps. After being run through
two of the beat in the west. Don’t ask a sort of hooper that divides the small
me if they dealt a brace game. I don't and the large from the other different
know. sixes, men are put to work to pick out
“If they did, they did it too cleverly from the various heap* what may be
for me to detect them, and I have again utilized. Bolts, nuts, bars, coup-
watched them carefully more than lings and the Uke. which may be used
once, out a crooked dealer always known again, are laid aside, later to be turn-
he is being watched, and if he can’t ed over again or worked over for fur-
fool a sharper man- than the average ther use. The refuse, amounting to
player, you can't call him slick. All thousands of pounds, is shipped to
I know Is that It was a rare occurrence some ifon works that has a contract
when the bank lost on a night's piny. with company for using all this waste
"But if there was a poker game go- iron and steel.
logon in the house, and there generally This plan of systematically caring
was one every night. Farrell usually for the waste iron of railroads In of
Mt In it if the game was heavy enough recent origin. It is one'really of slow
to tempt him. He had been called one growth. Of course, pieces of Iron and
of the bent on the river, and his repu- steel, waste material or the refuse of
tation grew after he located In his own shops and wrecks have been taken care
house. I of for years, but only in a desultory
“He had been there perhaps half a and haphazard fashion. It has remain-
Senator Hanna at Home.
By Associated Press.
Cleveland, Dec. 25.—Senator Hanna,
who was taken ill several days ago
in New York and who arrived here
yesterday on a private car, was re-
ported to be feeling much better to-
day. The senator was able to be about
his home during the day and received
a number of callers.
WHEN NIAGARA RAN DRY.
Patents and Trad* Marks.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. 25.—More specif-
cations and trade marks were printed
in the patent office gazette this year
than in any previous year. A report of
the work of the division shows 31,165
patent*. 1886 trade marks and 369 de-
sign specifcations.
WOM AN CoNVICTE D.
Gore-Vannoy.
Specll to The Statesman.
Palestine, Tex., Dec. 25.—Mr. D.
Wellborne Gore' and Miss Vern Van-
noy were united in marriage in this
city Wednesday- night. Only a few
friends and relatives witnessed the
ceremony. Mr. Gore Is superintendent
of public road construction of Ander-
son county, and his bride is very pop-
ular in this city and county.
Six and a half furlongs: Mayor
Johnson won; Tioga, second; Bard of
Avon, third. Time 1.24 2-6.
Christman handicap, mile: Witful
hh ---- • Little
concealment of the nature of the house. fl
Entrance was easy to any one who
wanted to go in. and inside the house ■
it was no breach of etiquette to watch,
any play that was in progress.
"They were playing no limit, as I ■
presently saw when Wharton went ■
down in his pocket to call a bet of a
thousand dollars, he having all his
chips in the pot before the bet. He ■
won the money, too, on three king*, ■
and that gave me an idea of the size ■
of the game, for a thousand dollars ■
seemed a lot to bet on aces up,
“Still, it did not seem to me that I
the mere size of the game would ac- ■
count for the excitement and I waited I
for the row that I felt was coming. I I
hadn't long to wait, for in a few mo- {
ments more Carter reached over sud- 1
denly and caught Farrell’s wrist as the I
latter was about to serve the draw, he I
being the dealer,
"As he did so, Brown and Hunter ,I
each drew a gun and leveled it at Far- 'I
roll’s head. There could be no possl- ||
bility of a doubt that it was precon- I
certed action, any more than there I
could be any question that they had I
the drop on Farrell.
“There were a dozen men In the room 11
who would have taken Farrell's part I
in a row, and who would have drawn 1]
quickly enough in his defense. but ']
though nearly all of them put their ‘|
hands to their pistol pockets, not one I
pulled his gun. They7 saw, as Farrell 1
and everyone else sw, that the slight- 1
est motion in his defense would have
meant his instant death’
"Yet Farrell did not even change I
color. He looked up at Carter as coolly 68
as if he had been belting a white chip, '
when the latter exclaimed:
‘“1 caught you that time. You slip- l
ped a card off the top of the deck 1
when you picked it up. I’ve had you
spotted for a crooked dealer for a long ;
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