The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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jl SURVEYORS
.l railway builders come
* to real war.
SUSPICION OF DANGER
Work Thelr Adva,,ce
■ u Met by a Fusillade of
Bullets.
Va!d«. Alaska, Sept. 27. - The
at work on the Guggenheim
'Cad the Copper River and North-
Crn! shot and wounded six survey-
i om nlnvprl hv t hp
and workmen employed by the
illska Noma Railroad In Keystone
rlon. fifteen miles from Valdez.
Jlesdav. The party were making
' preliminary survey for the Noma
Railroad, which is planned from Val-
J t0 Summit. They had advanced
.boat one hundred yards up the can-
on when they were surprised from
ambush by the Guggenheim men.
leaded by Edward Hassey, a secre-
cy Hassey called to the surveyors
-ni commanded them to stop, saying
his men would shoot if any further ad-
duce Was made. The surveyors be-
lieved Hassey was bluffing and con-
tinued working. They were met by a
jusilade of bullets.
It is reported one man was killed
4nd three others may die from wounds.
The cable says the wounded men were
shot from ambush and had no chance
to escape or to make a fight. It stat-
ed Deputy United States Marshals
armed with rifles left immediately for
the scene of trouble.
MASTERY of the pacific.
M1|SI IAKE BACK RIVER
""g"ion Company en Rlo Grln(|,
. Restore Channel.
Houston, Texas, Sept. 26. — United
J ""1 10 **• Duv.ll
an Antonio, representing the
»«»CcLR'° Ur,n"8 *»" *
gallon Company, a formal demand on
the part of the United States Govern
Grand j,,haVe the C0UrBG °t the Rio
( and Rlve«" restored, to its orielnai
location through the property of the
ns,?!"is the ca8«•» wh,c»» "t
hn« t the llrlKat!on company
stTuction ref8P0n8lblf'' th'-°«sh the con.
Btiuction of an irrigation canal, for
changing of the course of the river
to such an extent that something like
oOO acres or land has been thrown over
on the Mexican side,
l'hero have been a number of ef-
forts to reach an amicable settlement
of the trouble, and it was thought at
one time that this would be accom-
plished. Judge McDaniel visited the
Plant of the company and investigated
the circumstances. He has come to
the conclusion that the treaty be-
tween the United States and Mexico
.has been violated, and he has given
the counsel for the irrigation company
notice that unless the course of the
liver Is restored the company must
suffer the consequences.
remarkable if true.
Taft's Visit, Russians Say, Is to Cinch
the Situation.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 27.—Secretary
I Taft tour of the "world is being fol-
I lowed with unusual interest here, and
| the officials are taking measures to
I wound his journey through Siberia
I and European Russia with the atten-
I tlons usually reserved for rulers and
J itatesmen, and the press is busy
I epreading on the likelihood and advan-
I tages of a Russo-American convention,
I the object of Mr. Taft's visit to Rus-
I sia being, it is alleged, to negotiate
I agreements between the United States
I is Inevitable in the not distant fu-
f tare.
5 Novoe Vremya recently published
an article entitled "New World Pow-
tr," picturing the marvelous growth
j -of America as a sea power during
I President Roosevelt's administration,
warning Russian diplomacy not to be
| "caught unaware by coming events,"
and adding, "the day when the United
I States fleet passes out of the Straits
■ of Magellan and sweeps proudly into
[ the waters of the Pacific, will open a
new era for the Eastern world. The
[ official court trial and the temporary
| lull in talk do not conceal the fact
that America is reaching out for the
- mastery of the Pacific, and is already
I strong enough to attain It.
A French Chemist Plays with Bio-
plasm.
Paris, France.: Remarkable experi-
ments In the chemical development
of life has been recently effected by
Professor Delage of Sorbonne, In the
laboratory at Roseoff, in Brittany,
Prof. Delage placed the unfertilized
eggs of a sea urchin and star fish in
sea water, adding a solution of sugar
with a few drops of ammonia and tan-
j nin. In about an hour segmentation,
' which is the first sign of life, appeared,
I and the eggs produced larvae. A
j great majority of these larvae soon
i died out, buf Professor Delage,
by constant and minute care, brought
four urchins and two star fish through
the larvae stage and they are now
| healthy growing, specimens. Prof. De-
i lage's experiments go beyond those
made by Prof. Loeb, of the University
of California at Berkeley.
Cotton Fire at Celina.
Celina: The Celina cotton wharf,
with forty-one bales of cotton, was
burned last week. The wharf con-
tained forty-five bales of cotton that
lad been sold and placed on it for
loading, four bales of which were
wved by being removed from the
burning wharf. Loss, about $3000.
The flre is supposed to have originated
from sparks from passing locomotives.
The Are had gotten under good head-
er before being discovered.
New Line Will Be Built.
Jefferson: Because of a report to
'he effect that a large saw mill will
be erected and a new railroad built
to connect with the Kansas City,
Pittsburg and Gulf at Vivian, La., res-
idents of this place and section are
showing Interest and enthusiasm. A
irther report Bays that the Jefferson
wd Northwestern will become a stand-
s-gauge line, will be completed to
arksville, and from that place to the
«>al fields.
Died In Dentist's Chair.
Houston, Tex.: While in a dentist's
chair and under the influence of chlor-
oform, A. P. Scott, a lumberman from
Bessmay, Texas, died Wednesday aft-
ernoon. On Tuesday Mr. Scott ap.
peared at the office of a local dentist
and had twenty-two teeth extracted.
Chloroform was necessary to the a©
complishment of the operation, and no
evil results were noted. Four teeth
remained to be pulled, and the pa
tient returned on Wednesday at 1:40
o'clock. He insisted upon the use of
the same drug, and it was adminis-
tered. Two teeth were removed be
fore the condition of Mr. Scott be
came apparently serious. He was re
moved from the chair, but died with
out regaining consciousness.
Historic Homestead Burned.
Overton: Will J. Coolidge, rural let-
ter carrier No. 4, lost bis home and
contents by 'fire about 11 o'clock
Monday night.. The family barely es-
caped with their lives. This was an
historical home, it being the home of
Captain James a llowze. C. S. A.; also
the birthplace of Captain Robert L.
Howze, U. S. A., and of Dr. Joe E.
Howze. of Austin. Loss at least $2500
or $3000; insured in the Hartford In-
surance Company for $1000.
President to Sign Constitution.
Outhrlo, Ok.: The announcement
from Washington that President
oosevelt will sign the Oklahoma Con
■tltutlou was received here with much
^rprige, even by Democrats, who, al-
0,J6h expressing confidence In the
0utcome, were not anticipating
an early expressing from Mr.
oosevelt. The general sentiment ex-
re'sed is that the majority given
5 institution caused the President
!•*# this early statement.
I 8°me Cotton Figures.
"illsboro: W. H. Wood, a success-
1 armer residing near Hillsboro, has
py tt r®cotd of the cotton sold from
Km iarm each year' w,th datcs °'
Hf th'elC' recor<* "ho^ys the date
th» sale of his first bale each year
"ve been as follows: 1904, sold
■P-24., price 10.70; 1005, sold Sep-
i -r 12, price 9.80c; 190G, sold Aug-
ftasiw 7>rice 8,77c: 19071 K0ld Sep'
lh,i Pr H Price 11.75c. The average
p ved has b«vn 1 I 4.
Most Foul Assassination.
Cameron: Theo Horstmann, a prom-
inent and well-to-do citizen of Buck-
holts, was assassinated in that town
about 11:30 Tuesday night. One ball
passed through his chest and one
through his arm and leg. No one
knows who did the shooting. The de-
ceased stood high, and was regarded
as an excellent citizen, and no one
thought of his being waylaid and
killed. The people ave much worked
up over the tragedy.
Unaccountable Suicide.
Louisville, Ky.: Dr. Peyton Randolph
Henderson, a member of an old Ken-
tucky family, committed suicide Tues-
day night by shooting himself twice
through the head. The deed was com-
mitted in Dr. Henderson s room at his
home, and his wife.
shots, opened the door just n time
to catch her husband as he fell. The
family and friends are unable to fur-
nish any theory as to why he should
end his life-
Howl You Have Your Dog Cooked?
City of Mexico: The price of meat
has soared to an almost unattainable
height on account of the falling off of
^shipment* «f beef cattle to this
c,ty. Only those in very good circum-
stances are able to buy meat, as the
h nrirra have entirely cut off the
wpir for th« r>°°r'
to horse and mule flesh.
C
J
TtlEBELUCE
By DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS, Author of "THFCGSZTMcr
J9QS toaaaB3-lPZ*JU. ccmicrr"*
CHAPTER XXXIII.—Continued.
I issued a clear statement of the
situation; I showed in minute detail
how the people standing together un-
der the leadership of the honest men
of property could easily force the big
bandits to consent to an honest, just,
rock-founded, iron-built ^ reconstruc-
tion. My statement appeared in all
the morning papers throughout the
land. Turn back to it; read it. You
will say that 1 was right. Well—
Toward two o'clock Inspector Craw-
ford came into my private office, es-
corted by Joe. I saw in Joe's seamed,
green-gray face that some new danger
had arisen. "You've got to get out of
this," said he. "The mob in front of
our place fills the three streets. It's
made up of crowds turned away from
the suspended banks."
I remembered the sullen faces and
the hisses as 1 entered the office that
morning earlier than usual. My win-
dows were closed to keep out the
street noises; but now that my mind
was up from the work in which I had
been absorbed, I could hear the sounds
of many voices, even through the thick
plate glass.
"We've got 200 policemen here,"
said the inspector. "Five hundred
more are on the way. But—really,
Mr. Blacklock, unless we can get you
away, there'll be serious trouble.
Those damn newspapers! Every one
of them denounced you this morning,
and the people are in a fury agaiust
you."
I went toward the door.
"Hold on, Matt," cried Joe, spring-
ing at me and seizing me. "Where
are you going?"
"To tell them what I think of them."
replied I, sweeping him aside. For
my blood was up, and I was enraged
against the poor cowardly fools.
"For God's sake don't show your-
self!" he begged. "If you don't care
for your own life, think of the rest
of us. We've fixed a route through
buildings and under streets up to
Broadway. Your electric is waiting
for you there."
"It won't do," I said. "I'll face 'em
—it's the only way."
I went to the window, and was about
to throw up one of the sunblinds
for a look at them; Crawford stopped
me. "They'll stone the building and
then storm it." said he. "You must
go at once, by the route we've ar-
ranged."
"Even if you tell them I'm gone,
they won't believe it," replied I.
"We can look out for that," said
Joe, eager to save me, and caring
nothing about consequences to him-
self. But I had unsettled the in-
spector.
"Send for my electric to come down
here," said I. "I'll go out alone and
get in it and drive away."
"That'll never do!" cried Joe.
But the inspector said: "You're
right, Mr. Blacklock. It's a bare
chance. You may take 'em by sur-
prise. Again, some fellow may yell
and throw a stone and—" He did not
need to finish.
Joe looked wildly at me. "You
mustn't do it. Matt!" he exclaimed.
"You'll precipitate a riot, Crawford,
If you permit this."
But the inspector was telephoning
for my electric. Then be went into
the adjoining room, where he com-
manded a view of the entrance.
Silence between Joe and me until he
returned.
"The electric is coming down the
street." said he.
I rose. "Good," said I. "I'm ready ."
"Wait until the other police get
here," advised Crawford.
"If the mob is in the temper you
describe," said I, "the less that's done
to irritate it the better. I must go out
as If 1 hadn't a suspicion of danger."
The inspector eyed me with an
expression that was highly flattering
to my vanity.
"I'll go with you," said Joe, start-
ing up from his stupor.
"No," I replied. "You and the other
fellows can take the underground
route, If it's necessary."
"It won't be necessary," put in the
Inspector. "As soon as I'm rid of you
and have my additional force, I'll
clear the streets." He went to the
door. "Wait, Mr. Blacklock, until I've
had time to get out to my men."
Perhaps ten seconds after he disap-
peared I, without further words, put
on my hat, lit a cigar, shook Joe's wet,
trembling hand, left in it my private
keys and the memorandum of the
combination of my private vault.
Then I sallied forth.
I had always had a ravenous appe-
tite for excitement, and I had been
In many a tight place; but for the
first time there seemed to me to be
an equilibrium between my internal
energy and the outside situation. As
I stepped from my street door and
glanced about me. I had no feeling
of danger. Thl whole situation
seemed so simple. There stood the
electric, just across the narrow
stretch of sidewalk; there were the
200 police, under Crawford's orders,
scattered everywhere through the
crowd, and good-naturedly jostling «nd
flushing to create distraction. With-
out haste. I got machine. 1
calmly met the gaze of those thou-
sands. quiet as so many barrels of
gunpowder before the explosion. The
chauffeur turned the machine.
"Go slow," I called to him. "You
might hurt somebody."
But he had his orders from the in-
spector. He suddenly darted ahead
at full speed. The mob scattered in
every direction, and we were in Broad-
way, bound up town full-tilt, before
I or the mob realized what he was
about.
I called to him to slow down. He
paid not the slightest attention. I
leaned from the window and looked
up at him. It was not my chauffeur;
it was a man who had the unmistak-
able but indescribable marks of the
plain-clothes policeman.
"Where are you going?" I shouted.
"You'll find out when we arrive,"
he shouted back, grinning.
I settled myself and waited—what
else was there to do? Soon I guessed
we were headed for the pier off which
my yacht was anchored. As we
dashed on to it, I saw that it was
filled with police, both in uniform and
in plain clothes. 1 descended. A de-
tective sergeant stepped up to me.
"We are here to help you to your
yacht," he explained. "You wouldn't
be safe anywhere in New York—no
taxes than ever, and a vaster and
more expensive and more luxurious
army of their parasites.
The people had risen for financial
and Industrial freedom; they had paid
its fearful price; then, in senseless
panic and terror, they flung It away.
I have read that one of the inscrip-
tions on Apollo's temple at Delphi
was: "Man, the fool of the farce."
Truly, the gods must have created
us for their amusement; and when
Olympus palls, they ring up the cur-
tain on some such screaming comedy
as was that. It "makes the fancy
chuckle, whilst the heart doth ache."
CHAPTER XXXIV.
"BLACK MATT'S" TRIUMPH.
My enemies caused it to be widely
believed that "Wild Week" was my
deliberate contrivance for the sole
purpose of enriching myself. Thus
they got me a reputation for almost
superhuman daring, for satanic astute-
ness at cold-blooded calculation. I do
not deserve the admiration and respect
that my success-worshiping fellow
countrymen lay at my feet. True, I
did greatly enrich myself; but not
until the Monday after Wild Week.
Not until 1 had pondered on men
and events with the assistance of the
newspapers my detective protectors
and jailers permitted to be brought
aboard—not until the last hope of
turning Wild Week to the immediate
public advantage had sputtered out
like a lost man's last match, did I
think of benefiting myself, of seizing
the opportunity to strengthen myself
for the future. On Monday morning
I said to Sergt. Mulholland: "I want
to go ashore at once and send some
telegrams."
The sergeant is one of the detective
bureau's "dress-suit men." He is by
nature phlegmatic and cynical. His
experience has put over that a veneer
of weary politeness. We had become
great friends during our enforced in-
separable companionship. For Joe,
who looked on me somewhat as a
mother looks on a brilliant but erratic
son, had, as 1 soon discovered, elab-
orated a wonderful programme for
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•GO SLOW,' I CALLED TO HIM. 'YOU MIGHT HURT SOMEBODY.' "
more would the place that harbored
you."
He had both common sense and
force on his side. I got into the
launch. Four detective sergeants ac-
companied me and went aboard with
me. "Go ahead," said one of them to
my captain. He looked at me for or-
ders.
"We are in the hands of our guests,"
said I. "Let them have their way."
We steamed down the bay and out
to sea.
From Maine to Texas the cry rose
and swelled:
"Blacklock Is responsible! What
does it matter whether he lied or told
the truth? See the results of his
crusade! He ought to be pilloried!
He ought to be killed! He is the
enemy of the human race. He has
almost plunged the whole civilized
world into bankruptcy and civil war."
And they turned eagerly to the very
autocrats who had been oppressing
them. "You have the genlua, for
finance and industry. Save us?"
If you did not know, you could
guess how those patriots with the
"genius for finance and industry" re-
sponded. When they had done, when
their programme was in effect, Lang-
doh, Melville and Updegraff were the
three richest men in the country, and
as powerful as Octavius, Antony and
Lepidus after Phillppi. They had
saddled upon tno reorganized finance
and industry of the nation heavier
*>v
me. It included a watch on me day
and night, lest, through rage or de-
spondency, 1 should try to do vio-
lence to myself. A fine character,
that Joe! But, to return, Mulholland
answered my request for shore-leave
with a soothing smile. "Can't do it,
Mr. Blacklock," he said. "Our orders
are positive. But when we put in at
New London and send ashore for fur-
ther instructions, and for the papers,
you can send In your messages."
"As you please," said I. And I gave
him a cipher telegram to Joe—an or-
der to invest my store of cash, which
meant practically my whole fortune,
In the gilt-edged securities that were
to be had for cash at a small fraction
of their value.
This on the Monday after Wild
Week, please note. I would have
helped the people to deliver them-
selves from the bondage of the ban-
dits. They would not have It. I
would even have sacrificed my all In
trying to save them In spite of them-
selves. But what is one sane man
against a stampeded multitude of mani-
acs? For confirmation of my disin-
terestedness, 1 point to all those weeks
and months during which I waged I
costly warfare on "The Seven," who
would gladly have given me more
than I now have, could I have been
bribed to desist. But, when I was
compelled to admit that I had over-
estimated my fellow won. that the
people wear t$|i yoke because they J
have not j«t become Intelligent aud
! competent enough to be free, then
1 and not intil then did I abandon the
I hopeless struggle.
And I did not go over to the ban-
I dlts; I simply resumed my own neg-
lected personal affairs and made Wild
Week at least a personal triumph.
There is nothing of the spectacular
in my make-up. I have no belief in
the value of martyrB and martyrdom.
Causes are not won—and in my hum-
ble opinion never have been won—in
the graveyardB. Alive and 'afoot and
armed, and true to my cause, I am
the dreaded menace to systematic and
respectable robbery. What possible
good could have come of mobs killing
me and the bandits dividing mr
I estate?
But why should I seek to justify
myself? I care not a rap for the
opinion of my fellow men. They
sought my life when they should have
been hailing me as a deliverer; now,
they look up to me because they'false-
ly believe me guilty of an infamy.
My guards expected to be recalled
on Tuesday. But Melville heard
what Crawford had done about me,
and straightway used his influence to
have me detained until the new grip
of the old gang was secure. Saturday
afternoon we put in at Newport for
the daily comunication with the shore.
When the launch returned, Mulholland
brought the papers to me, lounging
aft in a mass of cushions under the
awning. "We are going ashore," said
he. "The order has come."
I had a sudden sense of loneliness.
"I'll take you down to New York,"
said I. "I prefer to land my guests
where I shipped them."
As we steamed slowly westward I
read the papers. The country was
rapidly readjusting itself, was return-
ing to the conditions before the up-
heaval. The "financiers"—the same
old gang, except for a few of the
weaker brethren ruined and a few
strong outsiders, who had slipped in
during the confusion—were employing
all the old, familiar devices for deceiv-
ing and robbing the people. The up-
set milking-stool was righted, and the
milker was seated again nd busy, the
good old cow standing without so
much as shake of horn or switch of
tail. "Mulholland." said I, "what do
you think of this business of living?"
"I'll tell you, Mr. Blacklock," said
he. "I used to fuss and fret a good
deal about It. But I don't any more.
I've got a house up in the Bronx, and
a bit of land round it. And there's
Mrs. Mulholland and four little Mulhol-
lands and me—that's my country and
my party and my religion. The rest
is off my beat, and I don't give a
damn for it. I don't care which fakir
gets to be president, or which swin-
dler gets to be rich. Everything
works out somehow, and the best?
any man cn do is to mind his own
business."
" M u 1 hoi land—Mrs. M ulhol 1 and—four
little Mulhollands," said I, reflectively.
"That's about as much as one man
could attend to properly. And—you
are 'on the level,' aren't you?"
"Some say honesty's the best pol-
icy," replied he. "Some say it isn't.
I don't know, and I don't care, wheth-
er it is or it isn't. It's my policy.
And we six seem to have goti along
on It so far."
I sent my "guests" ashore the next
morning.
"No, I'll stay aboard,'' said I to
Mulholland, as he stood aside for me
to precede him down the gangway
from the launch. I went Into the
watch-pocket of my trousers and drew
out the folded two $l,000-bllls I always
carried—it was a habit formed In my
youthful, gambling days. 1 handed
him one of the bills. He hesitated.
"For the four little Mulhollands," I
urged.
He put it in his pocket. I watched
him and his men depart with a heavy
heart. I felt alone, horribly alone,
without a tie or an interest. Some
of the .morning papers spoke respect-
fully of me as one of the strong men
who had ridden the flood and had
been landed by it on the heights of
wealth and power. Admiration and
envy lurked even in sneers at my
"unscrupulous plotting." Since I had
wealth, plenty of wealth, I did not
need character. Of what use was
character in such a world except as
a commodity to exchange for wealth?
"Any orders, sir?" interrupted my
captain. •*,
I looked round that vast and vivid
scene of sea and land activities. I
looked along the city's titanic sky-lint
—the mighty fortresses of trade and
commerce piercing the heavens and
flinging to the wind their black ban-
ners of defiance. I felt that I was
under the walls of hell itself.
"To get away from this." replied I
to the waiting captain. "Go back
down the Sound—to Dawn Hill."
Yes, I would go to the peaceful,
soothing country, to my dogs and
horses and those faithful servants
bound to me by our common love for
the same animals. "Men, to cross
swords with, to amuse oneself with."
I mused; "but dogs and horses to
live with." I pictured myself at the
kennels—the Joyful uproar the instant
Instinct warned the dogs of my com-
ing; how they would leap and bark
and tremble In a very ecstasy of de?
light as I stood among them: how
jealous all the others would be, as I
selected one to caress.
"Send her ahead as^fast as she'll
go," I called to the capfain.
(To be Continued.)
Not Easy to Do.
"Pop," began little Patsy, at the
table, "kin 1 have some—"
"Here, now!" Interrupted his fa-
ther, "ye've a plate full o" food before
ye." ,
"Yes, bat—"
"Well, thin, kape yer mout' *hut
an' ate It"—Philadelphia Proaa
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