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Ga.. and . you will receive by return mail a free package and an Illustrated booklet. Write ' before you forget It. FOUR PERSONS DTE IN HOTEL FLAMES FORT WORTH. Tex.. Jan 24.-Four men were burned or suffocated to death and another fatally burned here today In a fin which gutted the Southern hotel, oa Jones street, opposite the Santa Fe passenger station. An explosion of a gasoline stove E caused the fire, which also heavily dam aged six other buildings in the same Mock All were frame structures and the fire spread rapidly. . The dead have not yet been identified. The bodies were found near the windows, k .where they were trying to escape. Sev eral women employes of the hotel suf fered slight burnt. The dead are all be lieved to have been railroad employes. List of the Victims I The dead: i MILAM HAMILTON, of Cleburn, Tex. CHARLES BRYANT, of Fort Worth. F JOSEPH VAUGHAN, of St. Louis. DR. PETTY HUGO. Oklahoma. E Injured: J. B. Manning, of Dallas. W. 8. Stegall and wife. Miss Lou Alexander. After the explosion only a few minutes elapsed until the hotel was entirely wrap ped in flames. Efforts to awaken the e* sleeping men failed. The police fired their Revolvers as a last resort and it is be -1 Moved this aweke them, but too late to i save their lives. ft "J. B. Manning, of Dallas, risked his life and dragged out the bodies of Bryant and Petty. Manning was forced to leap p through a sheet of flame to safety and tn doing so fell, injuring one of his Umbs H > Mrs. W. 8 StegaE was ill in bed and eras forced to rush through the flames. She is now in a state of collapse. Four ' fbroors saved their lives by jumping from the third story of the hotel to a roof adjotning the bull ling. 15 feet below. Mr. Vaughan's wife and two children had , just arrived frem St. Louis today to •J* join him but were not in the hotel at ■ the time of the fire. READ THIS! fc. ,JXy r l'AN. 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SS Inman Bulldins. 22 1-2 South Broad SK THE ATLANTA SEMI-* E3XLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GTOBGTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 190 V. THE BARRIER Illustrated by DENMAN FINK CHAPTER VIII —The Knife. In every community, be It never so small, there are undesirable citizens; and, while the little party was still at break fast on the following morning, three such members of society came around the cab in and let fall their packs, greeting the occupants boisterously. “Well, well!” said i.ee, coming to the door. “You’re travelin’ k.nd of early, ain’t you?” "Yea—early and late,” one of them laughed, while the other two sprawled about as if to rest. “How far are you go in’?” “Not far,” the spokesm i answered. Now in the north there is one formali ty that must be observed with friend or enemy, and. though Lee knew these men for what they were, he said: "Better have some breakfast, anyhow.” “We just ate.” There was an uncom fortable pause, then the speaker contin ued: “Look here. It’s no use to flush around. We want a piece of this creek.” “What are you goin’ to do with it?” ••Cut that out. Lee. We’re on.” “Who wised you up to this?" inquired the tniner, angrily, for he had other friends besides those present whom he wished to profit by this strike, and he had hoped to keep out thi.. scum. “Never mind who put us Jerry. We're here, ain’t we?" Stark spoke up. “You can’t keep news of a gold strike when the wind blows, Lee. It travels on the breeze." The harm was done, and there was no use In concealment, so Lee reluctantly told them of hie discovery and warned them of the stakes already placed. “And see here, you fellers," he con cluded. "I’ve been forty years at this game and never halt creek named after me. but this one is goln’ to be called • “No Creek” Lee creek’ or I fight Does It go?" “Sure, that's a good name, and we'll vote for it" "Then go as far as you like.” said the miner, dismissing them curtly. “I’ll stay along with the boys and show them where our upper stakes are.” vol unteered Stark, and Runnion offered to do the same, adding that it —ere best to make sure of no conflict so early tn the game. The five disappeared into the woods, leaving the others at the cabin to make preparations for the homeward trip. “That man who did the talking is. a tin horn gambler who drifted in a month ago. the same as Runnion. and the oth ers ain’t much better.” said Gale, when they had gone. “Seems like the crooks always beat the straight men in." “Never knowed it to fall,” Lee agreed. “There’s a dozen good men in camp I'd like to see in on this find, but it ’ll be too late ’gin we get back." “Dose bum an’ saloon feller got all de be s' claims at Klondike," said Poleon. “I guess it’s goin’ be de same here.” "I don’t like the look of this.” ob served the lieutenant, thoughtfully. "I’m afraid there’s some kind of a job on foot ” "There’s nothing they can do,” Gals answered. “We’ve got our ground staked out. and It’s up to them to choose what’s left.” They were nearly ready to set out for Flambeau when the five men returned “Before you go.” said Stark, "I think we’d better organize our mining district. There are enough present to do it.” “We can make the kind of laws we want before the gang comes along." Runnion chimed in, “and elect a recorder who wilt give us a square deal." v Til agree if we give Lee the job," said Gale. “It’s coming to him as the discoverer, and I reckon the money will be handy, seeing the hard luck he's played in.” ‘That's agreeable to me," Stark re plied. and proceeded forthwith to call a miners’ meeting, being himself straight way nominated as chairman by one of the strangers. There was no objection, so he went in, as did Lee. who was made secretaag, with instructions to write out the business of the meeting, together with the by-laws as they were passed. The group assembled in the cleared space before the cabin to make rules and regulations governing the district, for it is a custom in all mining sections removed from authority for the prop erty holders thus to make local laws governing the size of claims, the amount of assessment work, the size of the re corder's fees, the character of those who may hold mines, and such other ques tions as arise to affect their personal |or property interests. In the days prior l to the establishment of courts and the ! adoption of a code of laws for Alaska. ■ the entire country was governed in this ■ way, even to the adjudication of crim inal actions. It was the primitive ma jority rule that prevails in every new land, and the courts later recognized and approved the laws so made and admin- Tstered, even when they differed In every district, and even when these statutes were often grotesque and ridiculous. As a whole, however, they were direct in their effect and worked no hardship; in fact, government by miners' meeting is looked upon to this day, by those who lived under it. as vastly superior to the complicated machinery which later took its place. The law permits six or more people to organise a mining district and adopt articles of government, so this Instance was quite ordinary and proper. Lee had come by his learning slowly, and he wrote alter the fashion of a school boy, who views his characters from every angle and follows their in tricacies with corresponding movements of the tongue, hence the business of the meeting progressed slowly. It was of wondrous interest to Necla to be an integral part of such important matters, and she took pride in voting on every question; but Burrell, who ob served the proceedings from neutral ground, could not shake off the notion that all was not right. Things moved too smoothly. It looked as if there had been a rehearsal. Poleon and the trader, however, seemed not to notice it, and Lee was wallowing to the waist in his own troubles, so the young man kept his eyes epen and waited. The surprise came when they had com • pleted the organization of ttie district and had nearly finished adopting by laws. It was so boldly attempted and so crude in its working-out that it seemed almost laughable to the soldier, until he saw these men were In deadly earnest and animated by the crudest of motives. Moreover, it showed the first glimpse of Stark's spite against the trader, which the Lieutenant had di vined. Runnion moved the adoption of a rule that no women be allowed to locate min ing claims, and one of the strangers sec onded it. “What’s that?” said Lee, raising his By REX BEACH, Author of “THE SPOILERS" one eye from the note-book in which he was transcribing. “It isn’t right to let women in on a man’s game,” said Runnion. “That’s my idea,” echoed the second er. “I s’pose this is aimed at my girl,” said Gale, springing to his feet. “I might have known you bums were up to some crooked work.” Poelon likewise rose and ranged him self with the trader. “Ba Gar! I don’ stan’ for dat,” said he, excitedly. "You want for jump Ne cla’s claim, eh?” "As long as I’m chairman we’ll have no rough work,” declared Stark, glaring at them. "If you want trouble, you two, I reckon you can have it, but, whether you do or not, the majority is going to rule, and we’ll make what laws we want to. He took no pains now to mask his dis like of Gale, who began to move toward him in his dogged, resolute way. Necla, observing them, hastened to her father’s side, for that which she sensed in the bearing of both men quite overcame her indignation at this blow against her self. “No, no, don’t have any trouble,” she pleaded, as she clung to the trader. "For my sake, daddy, sit down.” Then she whispered fiercely into his ear: "Can’t you see he’s trying to make you fight? There’s too many of them. Wait! Wait!” Burrell attempted to speak, but Stark, who was presiding, turned upon him fiercely: “Now this is one time when you can’t butt in, Mr. Soldier Man. This is our business. Is that plain?” The lieutenant realized that he had no place in this discussion, and yet their move was so openly brazen that he could restrain himself with difficulty. A moment later he saw the futility of Interference, when Stark continued, addressing the trader: “This isn’t aimed at you in particular. Gale, nor at your girl, for a motion to disqualify her Isn’t necessary. She Isn’t old enough to hold mining property." "She’s eighteen,” declared the trader. "Not according to her story.” ’’Well, I can keep her claims for he* till she gets of age.” “We’ve just fixed It so you can’t,” grinned Runnion, cunningly. "No man can hold more than one claim on a creek. You voted for that yourself.” Too late, Gale saw the trick by which Stark had used him to rob his own daughter. If he and his two friends had declined to be a part of this meeting, the others could not have held it, and before another assembly could have been called the creek would have been staked from end to end, from rim to rim. by honest men, over whom no such action could pass; but, as it was. his own votes had been used to sew him up in a mesn of motions and resolutions. , “No Creek” Lee had the name of a man slow In speech and action, and ono who roused himself to anger deliberately, much as a serpent stings itself into a painful fury’: but now it was appar ent that he was boiling over; for he stam mered and halted and blurted explosive ly. "You’re a bunch of rascals, all of you. tryln’ to down a pore girl and get her ground; but who put ye wise to this thing, in the first place? Who found this gold? Just because there’s enough of you to vote that motion through, that don’t make it legal, not by a damned sight, and it won’t hold, be cause I won’t write it in the book. You —you—’’ He glared at them malevolent ly. searching his mind for an epithet sufficiently vile, and, finding it, spat it out-»“dressmakers!” So this was why both Stark and Run nion had gone up the creek with the three new men. thought Burrell. No doubt they had deliberately arranged the whole thing so that the new arriv als could immediately relocate each ot Necla’s claims—the pick of all the ground outside Lee’s discovery, and the surest to be valuable—and that Stark would share in the robbery. He or Runnion, or both of them, nad broken Lee’s oath of secrecy even before leaving camp, which accounted for the presence of these things; and now, as he revolved the sit uation rapidly in his mind, the soldier looked up at a sudden ttfought. Poleon had begun to speak, and from his ap pearance it seemed possible that he might not cease with words; moreover, it was further evident that they were all intent on the excited Frenchman and had no eyes for tbe lieutenant. Carefully slip ping around the corner of the cabin, and keeping the house between him and the others, Burrell broke into a swift run, making the utmost possible speed for fear they should miss him and guess hla purpose, or, worse yet, finish their dis cussion and adjourn before he could com plete his task. He was a light man on his feet, and he dodged through thv forest, running more tirelessly the far ther he went, visiting tlrst the upper claims, then, making a wide detour of the cabin, he came back to the initial stake of Necla’s lower claim, staggering from his exertions, his lungs bursting from the strain. He had covered nearly a mile, but, even so, he laughed grimly as he walked back towards the cabin, for it was a game worth playing, and he was glad to take a hand on the side of the trader and the girl. Coming within earshot, He heard the meeting vote to adjourn. It could not have terminated more opportunely had he held a stop watch on it. From the look of triumph on Run nion’s face, the lieutenant needed no glance at Gale or r*oleon or Necla to know that the will of the majority had prevailed, and" that the girl’s Importu nities had restrained her advocates from a resort to violence. She looked very forlorn, like a little child just robbed and deceived, with the shock of its first great disillusionment still fresh in its eyes. Runnion addressed the other conspira tors loudly. "Well, boys, there are three good callms open for relocation. I’m sorry I can’t stake one of them.” “They won’t be open long," said one of the undesirable citizens, starting to turn down stream while his two com panions made for the opposite direction. But Burre.. stopped them. “Too late, boys. Your little game went wrong. Now! Now! Don’t get excited. Whew! I had quite a run." Gale paused in his tracks and looked at the young man queerly. “What do you mean?” "I’ve jumped those claims myself.” “You jumped them!” cried Necia. “Sure! I changed ny mind about staking.” "It’s a He!” cried Runnion, at which Burrell whirled on him. "I’ve been waiting for this. Runnion— ever since you came back. Now—” “I mean you haven’t had time,” the other temporized, hurriedly. “Oh, that sounds better! If you don’t believe me take a look for yourself; you’ll find my notice just beneath Miss Gale's.” Then to “No Creek” he continued, “Kindly record them for me so there will be no question of priority.” “I’ll be damned if I do!” said the bellig erent recorder. “You’re worsen’t these crooks. That ground belongs to Necia Gale.” Up to this time Stark had remained si lent. his impassive face betraying not a shadow of chagrin, for he was a good los er; but now he spoke at large. “Anybody who thinks the American army is sleep is crazy.” Then to Burrell. Copyrtxhted, 1901. by Harper k Brothers. All rl<hU reserved. Published Maxell, 19Ub. 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"I double-crossed you, Stark, nobody else.” The Kentuckian glared at him with a look like that which Runnion had seen in his face on that first day at the trad ing-post. The thought of these five men banded together to rob this little maid had caused a giddiness to rise up in him, and his passions were beginning to whirl and dance. "There's no use mouthing words about It,” said he. “These thugs are your tools, you tried to steal that ground be cause it’s sure to be rich.” Stark exclaimed angrily, but the other gave him no time to break in. "Now, don’t get rough, because that is my game, and I’d be pleased enough to take you back a prisoner.” Then turning to Lee, he said: "Don’t make me force you to record my locations. I staked those claims for Miss Gale, and I’ll deed them to her when she turns eighteen.” Poleon Doret called to Runnion: "M’sieu, you ’member w’at I tol’ you yestidday? I’m begin for t’ink it’s goin’ be you." ‘ The man paled in his anger, but said nothing. Necia clapped her hands glee fully. Seeing that the game had gone against him, Stark got his feelings under control quickly, and shrugged his shoulders as he turned away. "You’re in the wrong, lieutenant,” he remarked; "but I don’t want any trouble. You’ve got the law with you.’ Then to Runnion and the others he said, "Well, I’m ready to hit the trail.” When they had shouldered their packs and disappeared down the valley. Gale held out his hand to the soldier. "Young man, I reckon you and I will be friends.” “Thank you,” said Burrell, taking the offer of friendship which he knew was genuine at last. "I’m in oa that!” said “No Creek” Lee; "you're all right!” Poleon had been watching Starks party disappear, but now he turned and ad dressed the young soldier. , "You mak* some enemies today, M’sieu. "That's right” agreed Lee. "Ben Stark will never let up on you now.” “Very well, that is his privilege.” • “You don’t savvyrwbat it means to get him down on you,” insisted Lee. “He’ll frame things up to suit himself, then pick a row with you. He's the quickest man on . a trig ger in the west, -but he won’t never make no open play, only just devil the life out of you with tittle things till you flare up, then he’ll down you. That’s how he killed the gold commissioner back in British Columbia.”* . Necia had said little so far. but the look In her eyes repaid the soldier for his undertaking in her behalf, and for any mischief that might ensue from it. She came forward and laid her hands upon his. “Promise that you won’t have trouble with him," she begged, anxiously, “for it’s all my fault, and I’d—l’d always blame myself if any hurt came to you. Promise! Won’t you” “Don’t worry, '< daughter,” reassured Gale. “There’s nothing Stark can do, and whatever happens we’re with the lieutenant. He’s our kind of people.” Burrell liked this grizzled old fellow with the watchful eyes, and was glad now that he could grip his hand and face him squarely with no guilt upon his con science. ■<’ -> . By this time Doret had finished with their blankets, and the four set out for town, but instead Os following the others they accepted Necla as guide and chose the trail to Black Bear Creek. They had not gone far before she took occasion to lag behind with the lieutenant. “I couldn’t thank you before all those people—they would have read our secret— but you know how I feel, don’t you, Meade?” “Why! It was a simple thing—” “It was splendid when you defied them. My, what a fierce you are! Oh, boy! What if something should happen to you over this!” “But there’s no chance. It’s all done, and you’ll have your fine dresses and be able to hold your nose just as high as you want.” “Whatever I get I will owe to you. l— l’ve been thinking. Suppose—well, sup pose you keep two of those claims; they are sure to be rich— ’’ “Why, Necia!” he exclaimed. “They’re yours, and I have no right to them under the law. Os course it would be very handsome of you to give me one— the poorest.” “You ought to have your ears boxed, ’ he laughed at her. “I don’t see why. You—you—may be very poor, for all I know.” “I am.” he declared, “but not poor enough to take payment for a favor.” “Well, then, if they are really mine to do with as I please, I’ll sell one to you.” s “Thanks. I couldn’t avail myself of the offer,” he said, with mock hauteur. Continued in Next Issue REWARD IS OFFERED FOR ALABAMA LYNCHERS MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 26. —Governor B. B. Comer has offered a reward of $250 and ordered rigid investigation of the lynching of the negro here last Satur day morning. , HOW’S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. 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NT/NTri-'k pnvnlinn (••) No person who receives one of the first prizes and -North Carolina. . wlll be anowed to w i n one of the district offers, these Making Seventeen dis- will act aa second and third prises in such districts . . e .. or in case more than one of the five goes in district, tncts in all. the $15.00 and $6.00 offers will go to the next high- Two offers in each dis- wording to the rules of the contest. . . , T7(- , /VI. az.z.zvn/1 No orders can be changed after they are cred- tnct. hirst $lO.vU, oeconu. j ted t 0 an agents thus consolidating the work ot B $5 00 more than ono agent against others in the contest. Ask AU the Questions You Like. It Is Much Easier to Answer Ques tions Than to Correct An Error. FRANCE TO PROHIBIT USE OF GUILLOTINE UARPENTRAS, France. Jan. 26.—The second execution in France under the re vival of the law of capital punishment took place here today and although the scenes accompanying it were lees regret table than those attending the quadruple execution at Bethune, January 11, never theless, they were distinctly unpleasant and they undoubtedly will hasten parlia mentary action towards making future executions private. The guillotine was erected on a public square alongside the prison. The locali ty was cordoned with soldiers who effect ually blocked all the streets, but an im patient crowd which had assembled dur ing the night demanded that it be given a chance to witness the decapitation. Some of the people climbed up on ladders from which they kept the others inform ed of the details of the proceedings, while the windows of the houses overlooking the square were jammed with people. The condemned, a man named Remy Danverse, who had cruelly shot an aged farmer and his wife, was first made aware of his fate by the yells of the crowd that surrounded the prison. He came out of the prison yard with livid face and staring eyes and it was neces sary to make use of force to get him to the guillotine and his head in position for the fall of the blade. NO CONVICT MONEY TO BE APPORTIONED It Is accepted as a sound probability that none of the moneys yet to be col lected from convict lessees for hire of the state’s felony men during the last quarter of 1908 or for the first quarter of 1909. will be left as a balance for ap portionment among the counties of th* state that do not use convicts. Governor Smith, it is understood, con siders that the law Is clear on the sub ject. The construction which he is sail to place on it gives the prison depart ment of the state full authority to retain all of the money collected for convict hire, if needed for its own expenses. The appropriation act of 1907, which gave to the department its $150,000 annual allow ance, provided that the money should come from the hire of convicts, and that after it had been set aside for the prison department’s expenses, the balance should be apportlonel among the counties of the state not using convicts, for ex penditure by those counties for purposes of schools or roads as they might elect. Attorney General Hart has no opinion on the subject. The matter has not been referred to him yet, he says, and he has not studied it. State School Commissioner Pound says II sss (KJUfIQa * == Kentucky’s Great Whiskey B“xpress8 “xpress Prepaid from Distiller to Tou • « II #R of thoroughly matured highest medicinal. STRAIGHT 2 Gallons for Rye or Bonrbon or one gallon tach, in Myers’ patent glass demijohn*. and to prove FULTON is the best Whiskey, you need send no money Full Ooart Bottles prep*«i tn plamDCoaa. either 4 for $3.. 8 for $6. or 12 for 59. If not w W-ed with goods, re- II Or4w» ftvai Mani., Wya- II twua«sefcUg»art**UM.S<»aoe»ta*— V< ITT "Write for ear look, A Fair CmAmmt, mA Rtw IM eeeleA, —■ ■ ■■ * that the counties that do not use con victs made up their yearly sheets for 1908 on the understanding that they would get their share of the balance left over from convict hire. The majority of the coun ties benefiting by this apportionment. Commissioner Pound believes, employ the funds on improvement of their roads. Those counties that j*e the funds so re ceived for school purposes have other sources of revenue for the same expens* and Commissioner Pound belleevs that f». would not result in the closing up of any great number of schools, if Any at alt. The apportionment of convict lease money among some counties is in addition to the shares received by all the coun ties in the state school fund. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan.- 2«. George W Jarrett has been appointed postmaster at Deer-Court, Stephens county, vice V. A. White, resigned.
