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o U. S. DEMAND IS HEEDED BY MEXICO AMERICAN FRUITGROWER TAK EN FROM JAIL AND PLACED IN HOSPITAL SENTENCE GIVEN FOR KILLING MAN Court In Considering Cast Disregard, td ConfeMlon of Another that Ht wa Slay- MEXICO CITY, Sept 23. W. C. Nichols, an American fruitgrower for whose release the American Ambas sador, Henry Lane Wilson, made a peremptory demand on Governor Mat las Guerrera. of the state of Tamaul lpls, bag been removed from the Tern pico Jail and placed in a hospital un der guard. Nichols is ill and his life was in Jeopardy as a result of his con flucment This action was taken by order of the supreme court judge, who pre viously had ordered his relmprison, ment and it has relieved a situation that was becoming fast acute. Nich ols was sentenced to eight years' im prisonment on the charge of having killed a Mexican robber. The court Is reconsidering his case disregarding the confession of a Mexican who ad mitted that he was the slayer of the robber. Governor Guerre ra acted promptly on the demand of the American Am bassador and gave assurances by tel egraph to Mr. Wilson that he would give the matter his personal atten tion, until it had been arranged to the satisfaction of the Ambassador. In his message the Governor practic ally admits the innocence of Nichols and says if there has been an error in Imposing sentence on the Ameri can it was due to Ignorance on the part of the Judge, rather than to per secution. Ambassadar Wilson expressed him self as satisfied for the present, but will admit of no unnecesary delay In further proceedings, which he is con fident will result in freeing Nichols. Senor Lascurlano, Mexican Foreign Minister, expressed his Indignation at the action of the supreme court of Tamaulpas in ordering the reimpris onment of Nichols, who before tne appeal had been removed from the Jail and kept under guard at a local hospital. The Ambassador has been advised thBt Nichols is ill and that nis uie i. i- umurHv aa result of his con- The. rharce against him is the killing of a robber, Caballos, who had been pursued Dy uie luuiumm While the. situation on the northern border of Mexico appears less acute as the result of the dissipation of the larger rebel forces in the neighbor hood of important towns, today's re ports from the country at large were anything but encuraging to those who have looked for an early return of peace. Among the many points mentioned Id the official dispatches, the only peaceful spot appears to be the state of Tobasco, where there have been no disturbances for the past month. TlftKCROi AS STAND FAILS TULSA, Okla, Sept. 24. When Colonel Roosevelt reached Tulsa to day he went to the platform of his car to speak, but he was told that an other crowd had gathered in the pub lic spuare. He shouldered his way through the throng to the grandstand. There he talked fifteen minutes and had Just 'stepped from the structure to return to his car when the struct ure gave way. A dozen men, most of them army veterans were thrown to the ground. Colonel Roosevett ran back to give aid- He saw that no one had been seriously hurt and waved the crowd back. It's all right," he shouted. Colonel Roosevelt appealed to the Democrats of the south to stand with the Progressive party. POWERS WILL DELAY WASHINGTON. SeDt. 23 The American Consul at Foo Chow, China, reports the situation is extremely critical. The PesMu government is tilling a lareer force to remove rom office the chief of police, who, de fying the autnorlty or me central government, threatens to destroy the city In case he is attacked. The con sul also reports unrest In the country districts. Thn atate denartment la not likely to change its attitude toward the new Chinese republic as a result of the lattar aenr hv tha China Society of America to President Taft asking for formal recognition of that govern ment Officials feel the appeal Is founded upon a misconception of the conditions existing In China. The United ataies Das oeeu m twu munlcation on the subject to Insure the existence of the new republic as an independent government, and they all have agreed that recognition should be deferred until the present provisional government gives place to a constitutional government PRESIDENT TO GO TO HOT 6PRING9, VA. BEVERLY7, Mass., Sept-20.-l'lans for President Taffs vacation here were changed today, and it became known that the President would prob ably remain in Beverly only until cZber 20. He had Intended stay Ing at Parramatta untl. a few days beC election, and then closing up bis summer borne, travel w ---- nati to vote. According i l"" plan the ITesldeni win with Mrs. Taft lor hoi Djir.u6., late in October. TAFT WANTS HONEY KEPT IN CIRCULATION WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. "1 think all the money we have should be In circulation In a system which Invites It and does not drive It Into socks and safety deposit vaults," said Pres ident Taft today, In addressing the American Association of Commerclnl Executives in session here before be lc.'t for New York. One of the. troubles with us. inhe rent In the character of our Govern ment, Is that Congress and our pub lic men ana itmne to deal wlth thoje things which attract men most easily and favorably In short, to 'headline' the attention of the general nubile. said the president. It Is Drettv hard to set the neonle to pay attention to a banking system but the nroblem must he cnlveit anil it up to the business men of the couu- try." Mr Taft alra discussed the hudcet system of Government finance, which lie favors, but which Cnntn-m at lt last session declined to adopt. OIL TRUST ACCUSED E - - -- "-j en. a uiau dard Oil Company, of New Jersey, Is assigning territory to oil refineries of its former subsideries outside of Its own territory given today at the hear ins f 'be Walters-Fierce-Standard Oil litigation by Kenneth Adams, as signment clerk of the New Jeniev Company. Adam was asked a series of Ques tions by S. M. Fordyce, of St Louis, counsel for the Walters-Pierce Com pany, in line witn mat company con tention there Is no real competition among the Star Standard Oil Com panies- "Do von receive stock rennrt of snv reflnerv other than refineries of the Standard Oil of New Jersey?" Adams was asked. "Not that I know of." was the re ply. "Have you assigned stations or ter Itory to refineries outside of the ter ritory of the New Jersey Company!" es, snia me witness. IT NEW YORK, Sept 20. The world's championship baseball series Is to be. gin on Monday, October 7. "This date is said to have been provisionally agreed upon by the National Commia. ston, wblch meets here next weanes. dav to draft the nlana fnr the eamea. The date for the opening of the series was oasea upon me assumption mai the New York Nationals and the Bos. ton Americans would win the pen. nants of their respective leagues. Thn Roston rluh has already won the pennant and the Giants expect to win within the next ten days. The playing season ot fhe Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants closes Oc. tober S, and one day's rest is deemed sufficient An early start of the series in de sired, as the commission wishes to take advantage of the good weather It is learned mat me commission uaa Dracticallv decided to play two con. secutive days in one city. The club ower3 will toss a com to aetennine which city shall have the opening game. ISO DROWNED AS PAUIS. Sent. 23. One hundred and fifty persons were -drowned today on the Northern Davina River near Archaneel. as a result of a collision between two steamboats, according to a dispatch from St Petersberg to the Information N'ewa Aeencv. The steamboat Obnevka, with 150 passen gers on Doaro, was proceeuing uiung the river vhen thn collision With an other boat moving in the opposite di rection. The Obnevka filled rapidly and sank In a few minutes, only 3o of those on board being saved. GET GREAT OVATION BOSTON. Sect 23. The Boston Club returned from the west today as champions of the American League to onn of thn prpntpat welcomins: dem onstrations ever accorded an athletic team in this city. Great crowds nnea thn rltv atreeta throneh which the players passed In automobiles to Bos ton Commons, where the welcome was formally made. Business was stopped temporarily all along the line while thousands of workers thronged the windows. On the Commons the welcome was official aa well as Donular. Mayor Fitzgerald presided and gave the keys of the city to the team, no member of ... ... i i i whlcn owns liosion as ms nome. iu - : . V. .1 tV,- .., the I U III III UU WILU 1113 Ulilll c 1" 11 I , ' Mayor expressed the hope and belief Uiai Uie veHIU WUU1 IIUIU 'iViVtio In the world'a series In October. Manager "Jake" Stahl, responding in behalf or the club, said: "This greafl demonstration will be an Inspiration to us in the games ahead." All the other players appeared and expressed their thanks for the wel come. LENIENCY IS CONDEMNED. ' LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 The jury which convicted George Figueroa. wife murderer and characterized lhrouEhout this country as the "tiger man , expresces strong disapproval of T.leutenant-dovernor Wallace's ac tlon In commuting the death sentence to life Imprisonment after Governor Johnson bad repeatedly reprieved OF PLAYING OLD WINNERS OF PENNAN PRESIDENT TAFT FAVORS BUDGET EXECUTIVE DIRECTS HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE ESTIMATES LETTER TO MAC VEAGH EXPLAINS United States Only Great Country That Does Not Have Budget People are Left to Judge HEYERKLY. Mass.. Sept 19. President Tatt tonight made public a letter to Secretary of the Treasury MaeVeagh, taking open Issue with Congress on the question of a Federal budget and directing all heads of Gov eminent departments to make their estimates of revenue and expendi tures for the fiscal year In conformi ty with the budget plan. The IVsldent's letter to Mr. Mac Yeagh said the clause In one of the big supply bills pussed by Congress iu the closing hours of the last es slon, practically forbidding the use of a budget system, wes unconstitu tional. "If the Presidents Is to assume re sponsibility for either the manner in which business of the Government Is transacted or results obtained," the President writes to Secretary Mae Yeagh. "it is evident that he cannot be limited by Congress to such Infor mation as that branch may think suf ficient for his purposes. In my opin ion It Is entirely competent for the President to submit to Congress and to the country a statement of resour ces, obligations, revenues, expendi tures and estimates In the form he deems advisable. And this power I propose to exercise. "The United States U the only great country that does not have a budcet. Kach year the Congress has been making increasingly large ap propriations, baaed on estimntes which are submltteu by officers act ing in the capacity of ministerial agents to Congress, under a law which makes no provisions whatever for executive review and revision. Tkla I have anil cht In a mensure to correct by asking the heads of depart ments to send estimates to me Deiore they are printed, but the conditions ....-hot hv fnneresa have been such as to make executive review impossi ble. CHATTEN DECLINES DEMOCRATIC TOGA SALEM. Or., Sept 19. (Special.) Declaring that he was nominated on the wrong ticket. W. H. Chatten, of Portland, who has served In the Legislature as a Republican, but was nominated at the last primaries on the Democratic ticket, declined the nomination today. Ernest C, Smith declined the nom ination for District Attorney of the Seventh Judicial District on the Dem ocratic ticket and A. J. Derby as Dem ocratic nominee for Representee in the Legislature In the Twenty-ninth District. Both of these men are from Hood River. OF HEALTH URGED TVASHivriTfiv Sent 23. A Na tional Bureau of Health was strongly nriav hv President Taft In his address of welcome to the 15th an nual congress of hygiene and demo graphy, and by Dr. Henry P. Walcott, of Massachusetts president of the congress. Dr. John H. Long, of Northwestern t'nlvaroltv Medical Schools, told the delegates he had experimented with poison squads - ana naa louna no in of or to from the use of benzoate of soda and sulphate of copper. His ex periments with benroate or sooa, n declared had been practically dupli cated by Dr. Russel H. Crittenden, di rector of the Hnemeio ncienuiic School at Yale, who had reported sim ilar results. SCHOOL BOYS HAVE T NEW YORK, Sept 23. Police re serves were called out today to quell a riot of 1500 public schoolboys who took this means of protesting against transfer of their principals. Pupils of two schools were Involv ed, and for a short time they smashed routed the lanltOTS with showera 'of vegetables and terrorized thn neighborhood. The youngsters paraded the streets and prevented the children who did not Join them from entering the school buildings. Gen. Sickles Sued. x-e-to vnnif Cant X General Dan i E. Sickles was today made defendant , I . l . V. a.. vnvHA Crttirt In i in a sun m mo ruyic.uo uu,. ... .-M.h tha hanlr of the MetrODOliS ' l.i. " - " sues to recover 15000 on a promissory UUlC, Millionaire to be Missionary CHICAGO, Sept. 21. William Whit ing Borden, son of the late William Borden"and Mrs. Mary Borden, whose share of his father's estate Is said to be 15,000.000 is to become a for eign missionary and will take np his life's work at Kansu, China, as soon as his studies are completed. Postmasters to be Aided WlSItlVr.TnV Sent M it Ir. tually was decided today that Prsl- dent Taft would Issue an order plac ine fourth-class postmasters In the classified service. This order will relieve 26,308 post- , masters from th uncertainty of poll- j tical appointment WILSON SCORED AS FOE OF WORKMAN SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. !5. An attack on Theodore Roosevelt and the policies of the Progressive par ty In nation and state, marked the ad dress of Wllllnm D. Guthrlo tempor ary chairman, today, before the lie publlenn state convention. "We clearly see," said Guthrlo, "that the Progressive campaign Is doomed to pitiable defeat and that on ly a malevolent desire to work Injury to the Republican party continue Its campaigning." Guthrie gnv three reansons why the Republican national convention fulfilled Its duty In refusing to nom inate Colonel Roosevelt. "In the first place," ho said "the nomination of an ex-presldcnt of the Putted States for a third term would have been a violation of an unwrit ten rule established by Washington, Jefferson and Monroe and followed ever since." Colonel Roosevelt, he declared. ha fomented more than any man living the discontent and class hatred ex-istina- anions- neonle. He was known to be a Socialist at heart, he said, al though protesting that be alone could save the country from Social ism. He also said Wilson was a foe ot the worklngman. ' Guthrie defined the great Issues ot the national campaign as follows: "First, the constitutional right and power of Congress to protect Amer ican Industrlos and to preserve our present Industrial system; second, the threatened overthrow of the rep resentative system ot government In state and nation by the Introduction of the Initiative, referendum and re call: and third, the assault upon the administration- ot justice In American courts." Almost the only reference Guthrie made to fhe Democratic party's can didate was In his discussion of the tariff. "As pointed out by a Republican In congress." he said, "although we may be willing to face free competi tion with Europeans, we cannot be blind to the menace and danger of free competition with Asiatics. Just across thet, Pacific ocean, with con stantly cheapening freight and ras senger rates are populations of 60. flOfl.OilO In Japan. 450.000.000 In China. 300.000.000 In India and they win nir nlsh efficient labor at wages ranging from six to thirty cents a day for 12 hours' mprk.on the same kind of ma chines at which American men and women are working." "SPEAK 0UTI SPEAK 0UTI" Democratic Stomachs Revolt Against Wilson-Marshall Mush. "Speak out! Speak out!" Is tha al most desperate cry of the New York World, the newspaper chiefly re sponsible for tha nomination of Wood row Wilson In 112, as It was for the nomination of Alton B. Parker In 1904. Day after day, It seems, the World haw been waiting with ears to the windward for some point, some virile, vital expression from IU latest presidential Jack out of the box on questions of the hour, some solid positive utterance by the candidate, which It could grab and lay about with as a campaign sblllelah. It has waited In vain. Rounded periods of dreary drivel, pedagogical common places that might have come out of a third reader and which had about as much relation to Issues of the cam paign a "It la a sin to steal a pin" has to Metropolitan opera, have been fed to curious crowds and to editors waiting with whetted pens for red hot meteors of Inspiration. Disappointment and disgust are not cor, fined to tha World office. "We asked you for bread and you gave us a stone" Is paraphrased In Democratic sentiment by "We asktd you for meat and you gave us mush." Nause ated with Wilson they turned to Mar shall only ta find him as aperient of vacuous platitudes as his coadjutor. It's a hopeless appeal. As well try to seize the elusive tall of a greased pig at a county fair as expect to get anything definite out of Wilson. H waa definite enough, when be said In his "History of the American Peo ple" tbat "the Chinese are more to b desired as workmen, If not as citi zens," than "the coarse crew crowding la at eastern ports" that Is, Immi grants from Europe. He was definite enough In saying In the same book that congress had "dealt very harshly" In passing the law excluding Chines from the United Stales. He was defi. nlte enough In denouncing Immigrants from Poland, Hungary and Italy. Evidently Wilson can speak out II he wants to, and the Inference la that he Is afraid to. On the Issue of a navy powerful enough to defend th Interests and uphold the honor of ths United States he Is silent for fear ol offending the Democratic majority In congress opposed to strengthening ths navy. On the tariff be Is, to quote an old, comparison, "neither a man, noi a mous, nor a long tailed rat," but more like one of those ancient Egyp tian monstrosities carved on the mum my cases, with heads looking contrarl wise. On one point he Is definite b wants to be president, and be doesn't care much bow he gets there. He ii wllllnr to slosh through a sea of bosh U the White House, and now that b has the nomination he counts upon the world and the rest of the whang- doodles to follow, whether they Ilk bis style or not Perhaps they will, notwithstanding grimaces of disgust and protesting cries to speak out But the people they want a man for president OIL KING ARCHBOLD HAS GUARD OF THREE SOUTHAMTON, England, Sept 25. John fl Arr-hhoM iu alrk of hetne bothered about political exposures, be declared In a brief interview here to day before sailing for the United Statea cn tha Maioatir He declined to add anything farther and three men were placed on guard at the door of his cabin to keep off interviewers. WHERE THE CASH IS- COMING FROM Women Work at Night to Finance Roosevelt Campaign. AWFUL FACTORY CONDITION Ntw York Stats Investigating Commit te round Pale, Worn Women Work Ing In Twin Manufacturing Cotv crn Owned by the International Harvester Company. Awful condltrons have been found by the state factory Investigating com mittee of Nrw York In the mills of the Osborne Twin company, No: 3, at Au burn. N. Y., owned by th Interna ilonal Harvester company, of which tleorge W. Perkins, chief financial backer of Theodore Roosevelt in hi scheme to ruin th Republican party. Is a director. "The appearance of the women workers lu this plant" aald a member of the committee, "was very dis heartening. They were worn and pale and their clothes, faces and hands were covered with oil and hemp cloth. Many of these women, so called are only children In ag and they have to lug huge piles ot hemp, weighing 150 pounds each, across .the floor, th load In soma cases being bigger than the women themselves. In the spin ning room, where women are employ ed alone, to the exclusion of men, who would have to receive higher waces, the clatter of machinery f so fright ful that a voice below a shriek cannot be heard. The rooms are dark, though for no necessary cause, and no at tempt Is made to remove th dust, which Is kept In constant motion by the Hue shaftings despite tho require men's of the law. This dust 1 breathed continuously by the women, many of whom complain of chroulo coughs and colds. The dust and dirt are so thick upon the clothes ot the girls that at the noon hour whlcti in msny cases consists of but a few minutes and at the close of the day's or night s labor, the girls have to sweep each other clean with brooms.' It Is further stated that the custom of working the women an msm permanent, married women being se lected for night work, tholr hours be ing from sundown until (:30 o'clock In the morulug. Of 400 women ftn ployed In the mills, 200 work all night When George W. Perkins was asked by a New York Times reporter for an explanation of the condition In an eatabllshment ot which he la oue ot the directors, he made. In part, th following remarkable reply: "This night work has been rendered neces sary largely because of the govern ment's perfectly unreasonable attitude toward large corporation, which has made It Impossible tor managers ot large concerns to know whether they were on foot or horsoback. whether they could expand their plans to keep up with Increasing demands or not." The late Mark Twain In his bright, est moments never nttered anything more grimly humorous than the tore going explanation by George W. Per kins of why the company of which he is a director is working women all night under the frightful conditions disclosed by the New York state fao tory Investigating oommtttee. Meantime It ought to be of Interest to millions of Republicans throughout the United States to know where th money comes from ta finance Thoo dore Roosevelt in his campaign ot "nil or ruin." BOUGHT HIS SOCKS IN SCOTLAND. Governor Wilson la a free trader and la so reoognlzed by the rank and file of bis party. Th truth Is emphaslsei r little by the fact that he buys bis socks In Scotland. His apparent Indlfferenc to the condition ot American laborers may be due to his abil ity to fet along without being obliged to eat bread in the sweat of his brow. He baa been extremely fortu nate In this respect His auto cracy has been deeply tinged with aristocracy during his en tire career aa an educator and dabbler In literature. He has neither by personal ex perience or observation ac quainted himself with the actual struggles and needs of the ordi nary wage earner. During the trying times that this country was under the blight of f-ea trade In 1894, '95 and '96, Wflodrow Wilson was enjoying a liberal Income that was In no degree affected by tho deplorable conditions surround ing thn laborers In this country. Mr. Wilson Is not to be con demned for his good fortune. On the contrary, we should be disposed to congratulate him, but In self Interest the less for tunate should protect themselves against the enforcement of his tariff theories and policy, a trial of which has been given more than once with deplorable effect upon the Industrial life of thl country. Trenton Gazette. AGED 80LDIER GOES TO FINAL BIVOUAC , I)3 ANGELES, Sept 25. John H. Savage, aged seventy-one, a veteran of the civil war and a unique figure In more than a score of Grand Army conventions, died here today of pneumonia. Savage marched In many Grand Army parades at the National reunions, carrying a stuffed goose perched on a long pole with a banner bearing the Inscription: "Everything Is lovely and the goose hangs high." He came to Los Angeles from his borne In Cerro Cordo, III. WILSON WOULD RIPIAL ALL PROTECTIVE TARIFF LAWS. The following Is taken from an address delivered by Pro testor Woodrow Wilson before the tnrtlT board In lNg, showing Ills view then on the quent.on of the tariff and th illstlm-t u nniuiceiiielit of III position a u free trader, opposed to all tariffs except mruly for th pur mio of rnlslng revenue: "Hut thn diuisnr of Imposing pitluMve duties t tluit.hrn the pulley Is once embarked upon It rnnnnt be eiinlly receded from. I'nitictlon Is nothing more than a bounty, and huti v. e ptrr bounties to ninnufnctur ci s they will enter Into Indus tries and build up IntiM-usts and when at a later day we seek to overthrow this protective tariff we must hurt somebody and of course there Is objection. Tli'-v lll say, 'Thousands of meu will bo thrown out of employment an. I In i"'r.l i of prupl-j a III 1-n-e their capital.' This seems vsry plsuslhle; but I maintain that msiiuraeturers are mad better limmifaeturers whenever they ant thrown upon their own re sonrees and left to tha natural competl'ton of trade." "lrotertlon also hinders com merce. Immensely. The English people do not send as many goods to this country a they would If tha duties were not so much and In that way there I a restriction ot commerce and we are building up manufactor ies here at the expense of com merce. We are holding our selves aloof from foreign coun tries In effect and saying. 'We are sufficient to ourselves; we wish to trad, not with England, but with each other' I main tain that It I not only a per nleloiia system, but a corrupt SYKtcm. "I'y Commissioner Garland: Are yoN advocating lb re peal of all tariff lawsT "A. Of all protective tariff luws; of establishing a tariff for revenue merely. It seems to me vi-rv atiHiird to maintain that we shall have free trade between different portlou of this country and at the same time shut our selves out from free communica tion with other producing coun tries pf the world. If It I neces sary to Impose restrictive duties on goods brought from abroad It would seem to me a a matter of l.'glc. necessary to Impose similar restrictions on goods taken from on, stitt of th'-s Union to another. That follows as a necessary consequence; there Is no escape from It." HAS CHANGED AS CANDIDATE Woodrow Wilson's Speeches Now Those of Office 8tkr. Scattered among the platitudes of Dr. Wilson's speech ot acceptance are some truths. None Is more significant than this: "We stand In the presence of an awakened nation, Impatient of partlsau make believe." Following which he makes believe that ho Is telling the voters of the coun try his position on the campaign Issues. No one has yet been able to determine from a reading of the speech precisely what that position Is. Borne slight en lightenment comes from time to time In his later utterances. Ilk, for ex ample, the declaration the other day that Tammany Is to be safe from his assaults; but none of It Is satisfying. Dr. Wilson. In ths preconventlon days, was represented to the country as a scholarly gentleman, too lofty of mind to practice the wiles of the pro fessions! politician, too earnest In the cause of good government to be aught but frank and fearless In his expres sion, too unselfish to put private ambi tion above the public weal, too idealis tic In character to truckle to the forces ot evil In the nation. But how singularly ha has masked all of these qualities since William Jennings Bryan forced bis nomination at Baltimore. There Is no difference, save In the rurltv of the English, between his speeches and the speeches of the pro fessional office seeker of tne worst period In American politics. II steps nussv footed over all the large ques tions of the day. He exhibits a sus piciously broad tolerance for all ele ments in the body politic, even the elements which, to nominate him, Bry an found It expedient to denounce oy came In the convention. There Is none of the ruRied franknes of ut- teranoe that characterized his writings In the days before he was Inoculated with the virus of political ambition. He Is proving over apt as an advanced student of practical politics. It Is not a pleasant nor a heartening exhibition be makes of himself. The right minded citizen can feel nothing but sadness In contemplating a man of education and aultur so InUnt upon partisan and personal victory tbat he sacrifice those Ideals of truth and honesty for which he has always stood to fawn upon and honeyfugle the voters. Dr. Wilson as a candidate Is not In chapter with th Dr. Wilson that was pictured to us prior to the Balti more convention. This "awakened na tlon, Impatient of partisan make be I. eve." detects th difference. filandar. RonThev sav I am the living pic hire of you. dud. Fnther-lt was your mother who aald It I suppose. She Is mad at me because I wouldn't give her the price of a new bat New Orleans Times-Democrat A Fitting Person, "Shakespeare ought to have msd Hamlet give that speech sbont rntber being a dog and baying the moon." "Why should Hnmlet have snld It?" "Wssn't he a great Dune?"-Ualtl mora American. He Showed Them a Neat Trick IV F..A. MHCIIEL A mini ull.liied from a stiigactmch -tills huppeiied when llitwt of tlmt re gloii lying liejond tho Missouri river was known as (lie wild miti woolly went -at a Mnt culled Hllver t'lty. lie wore an (llplue hut. N tweed suit, fnalilonnhly cut, with Hups on the lilp IHx-kelHi Inn miller mid titnlily hiIIhIi. d shoee, Crossing Ills wnlstcont was a gold wntcli chiilii. nud In one eye he wore a single gliisa, The only ornii meut on hint was a cross. iiuireiiily liinds of limine, which iliiulcd from the wnli'h i hulii. "Beg im'doii." he snld lo n liiuii who stepped out of a suluui. "could you tell mo what time the stngo going north comes along T" The queHtlMiiitl intin wns so aston ished at Ibe questioner's liiukeii-re-Uinrkuble for thut country at tlmt time t tint lie forgot to reply, but stool Biiplug at the well Ureased liinii as If tie were an aipnrllluu sprung from th bowels ut th earth. "And I beg your pnrdlng, stranger," said the mnn from the saloon. "Would you mind telllu' uie- where the show Is you come nut off" "I don't think I quite understand you." "Due o' the wal Aggers, 1 surmise." By this lime another man had enietg t from th snlmin with a long red mustache, a red ftu-e and smelling of lli nor. He, too, started St beholding th gen tleman In the tweul suit. "I'm milking for Canada." said the latter. "I'm to tnko the coach hens Would either of you mind telling m where the Invoking office IsV "The hooking offlcel" exclaimed the last comer. "What's a booking ortVeT" The stranger druMed his monocle by winking and regarded the spenker with surprise. "Iion't know 'what a Itfu.kliig office 17 Why. It's on of those places where a fellow takes a seat In a coach." "You don't mean Itl IH you know how to dnneeT" "I do." "Well." drawing an enormous revolv er from hi hip. "suppose you show off some." "Ob, let 111 m alone, Jim." snld the man whom, the stranger tuul llrt ad dressed, "lie's a wax tU'ger of the Prince o' Wale from a muemii." "I reckon the prince knows how to dnnce." snld Jim. and be knocked the slrnuger'a lint off with bullet. "Oh. I don't mind dnunclng n bit for a fine gentleman line you. mil non willful you like a handful of gold pieces Instcitiir Hi you take me for a rond agent r asked Jim. "You mean a highwayman? No, In deed Hut you feel at l!lrty to me to dnnce. don't your "Reckon we like to give a mnn a chnnce to show off all there Is In him." "Well, I'd much rather sntlsfy vou In some other way. n see, there s no plnce here for dnunclng. I cawn t dnunre In the road, yon know." "You caun't. ehT" Jim fired another shot thnt whlsxed Ithln an Inch of tho Britisher's ear. "Now. suppose I show yon a new trick with coins," sahl the latter. "I've won no end of money ut It. I toon in fCOO itlvnnrtl ship coming over" Tills was something the roughs could understand. ' "What do you say. rtlllf Bhan w take hi gnme Instead of a dancer' "Reckon." acquiesced Hill. "Go In. Mr. Wsi Flgger, and don't be too low altout It It's a hot day, and you might melt before you show us your trlck.1 Jim lowered his revolver, and Bill stood with his thumbs In his belt The Britisher began bis exhibition. "I have half a crown in mo right linnd pocket and a sovereign lu uie left Now, I'll put a hand In each pocket this way." He crammed a band down into ench pocket "Then I'll pull 'em out Uke this." He drew a fist doubled op from each pocket The audience stood looking at him with evident In terest Ench fist as It came out of Its pocket was drswn up under a large cufT. so as to be partly concealed. "Now, I want you to tell which hand hold th half crown and which the sovereign." II extended oue hand toward Jim and th other toward Hill. Something cracked; a puff of smoke eusued from his right fist and Jlin fell forward with a bullet In bis brain. "Hands np!" said th wax flgger to Bill. BUI saw tha trick In an Instant and. knowing that before he could get bis band to his blp and draw his revolver the stranger would serve blm with the other hand, as be bud served Jim, bis bnnds went up In a hurry. The Britisher went to him and detached his revolver. Several personsy loitering nenr heard the shot and saw Jim fall. Tbey approached the Britisher and beard his story. He showed them a short Derringer pistol he held In each hand. Only one shot wltjtit reload ing could be fired from cui-h, but they were cnpnble of being concealed. "You see," said the strungcr. "I wns told there wns shooting going on out here, and I prepnred myself." "What's thut cross you wear on your watch chain, stranger?" asked one of the party. "Oh, that's a bit of a trinket I got In the Boer wnr Inst summer." "A kind of a medal T' -'Yes." "Any special name for lt?', "The Victoria cross " Glorious News comes from Dr. J. D. Curtlss, Dwlght, Kan. 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