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— - 1 The Macon Daily Telegraph J SECOND SECTION THIS ISSUE CONSISTS OF FOUF ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA®, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1908 CHAMPIONING CAUSE OF 2,000 OSAGE INDIANS GOV. HASKELL MAKES DEMANDS OF ROOSEVELT Accuses Mr. Eoosevelt of Quibbling in Granting Oil Lease CLAIMS INDIANS WERE v l Alto Declare# the Tribe Was Not Per mitted to Submit Proper Evidence. SecreUry Root’s Letter to the Gover nor It, He Says, a Side-Stepping and Evasion of the Matter And He Will ; Not Accept the Secretary’s Statement * for the $15,000 or $20,000 DOB. GUTHRIE. Okla., Oct SI.—Got. Chas. N. Haskell has made public a letter writ ten to President Roosevelt on October 11, In which he calls upon the presldont to cancel the oil lease on 680.000 acres of Osage Indian tribal lands. If the presi dent does not cancel the lease. Mr. Has kell declares “tne authorities of the eUte of Oklahoma will present the mat ter te congress ns soon as It assembles, — * see ir that body Is de _ * * * demand for justice." and i The letter follows: Letter to the President. Guthrie. Okla.. Oct 21. 1908. Hon. Theoibre Roosevelt. President Washington. D. C. . Sir—In September I called your atten tion to complaint at the renewal of the oil lease on six hundred and eighty thousand acres of Osage Indian tribal lends. You Ignored thb matter. On October 6. having further pressure for investigation, of the unjust charac ter of that lease, and having ascertained from that the Osages. being our citizens, it was my duty beyond question to de mand of you oa the chief guardian of wno tnuuvuM, — explanation — to what good reason. If any. there might have been for the renewal of the .lease, at conditions fixed by you. I, on that date, mode the formal demand of you in writing. of your having referred my letter to him! . his explanation was that you had noth-1 ^n^^^jjt^helease. except Axing the compensation that the ! street where he has guided the greatest corporations of the land with his advlco, would doubtless then have saved you from the humiliation that your reckless and unreliable political associate, Mr. Hearst led you into. But aside with political dlsousi he question of whether the OnrHP Jans shall have the ordinary value of the oil upon their land, as adjacent land jg upon thalr — are able to obtain, or whether we shnll permit you to make the Standard Company a present of the greater of these oil values Is a business proposi tion. Haskell’s Demands. I represent the personal rights and In terests of the Osages because they — citizens of Oklahoma. You are sir . _ the chief guardian of these particular lands. Justice to the Osages requires the cancellation of the lease which mam have made without their knowledge the cancellation of the lease which you cended. the monkey reappeared and pelted Ebbela with oheatnul*. of which, it proved, It had a great stock In the hollow brr— office, tion I could put upon your act would, bo that that lease was made through Ignor- unduo haste at the i of conditions < solicitation of the agencies above refer red to. Let It be considered as settled finally you will either cancel that lease your self or the authorities of the state of Oklahoma will present the matter tf congress as soon as it assembles, am see if that body will be deaf to a right eous demand for justice. Slncerel; yours. (Signed) C. N. HASKELL, Governor. HOW-FOREST FIRES CAMPERS AND LOCOMOTIVES CONTRIBUTE LARGELY IN STARTING BLAZES. thing we objected to. namely, the gross ly Inadequate compensation to the land On October 12 I answered you. refer ring to the,interior department's expla nation, and stating to you: stating .The Complaint. ' (a). That you had refused to give the opportunity . to produce evi- (b) . That the oil field,. of which their lands were a part, was — rich, producing field, . and bonuses to land owners weri estab lished by long practices and i (c) . That among tho lowosl the Osages were at that'tirao entitled to at least seven million dollars cash bonus and one-alxth rovulty. „ (d) . That the Indian Territory Illumi nating OU Co., a subsidiary of Stand ard Oil Company, as the assignee of the original Foster lease, was by subletting year’s ‘figures, however, give tJX. " IvfnTrfiuch “moJTI. S * Idea of the thing, whlch cau.. us than the O.-nges would receive as the "owner*.of ”the land on a ono*e!ghth bB ?e)I That against the original judg ment of the department of the Interior and upon the request of Messrs. Guffey. Bamsdale, Senator Depcw nnd other well known agents of the Standard Oil Com pany, you had granted an extension of the lease on this six hundred and eighty- thousand acres of land at the grossly In adequate compensation of one-eighth royalty and not one cont of cash bonus. Pursuing my duties to the Osage In dians. as citizens of our state, ,1 re quested that you cancel that lexse-to tho end that the Osage Indians might have an opportunity to receive by competitive •bids or otherwise, an Income from the oil values of their lands, which they could readily obtain eoual to the aver age obtained by the adjoining land own ers to the north, east and the aouth of their lands. , , I am today in receipt of the following letter from your secretary of state: Secretary Root’s Letter, fc. N. Haskell. Governor of Oklahoma Sir—Your letter of Octobor 18. 1908, to the president* of the United States, and signed by yoyi as governor of Okla homa. has been referred to the depart ment of state, which is charged with the conduct of correspondence between the prc-sblrnt end the chief executive of the several states. The character of this communication, which I understand to be mainly false and which I p«rc>lve to be wholly Inso lent. Is such that I am forced to regard It as a device to attract from the presi dent for the purpose of a personal con troversy a degree of notice which your self would not receive personally. Re spect for the state of Oklahoma, upon which you have Inflicted the Injury of signing such a letter over your«tltle as governor, leads me to acknowledge its receipt. The substance of the commu nication precludes any further official no tice of It. .Very respectfully (Signed) ELI HIT ROOT. A Mere Evasion. . WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—What starts these forest fires? This ques tion has been asked over and over again this summer by readers of the accounts of the destructive fires which have been raging In all parts of the country. Campers and locomotives. Is the usual answer. Many of the other things which start blazes in the for est are forgotten. It Is true that per haps one-half to three-fourths of the fires do begin as a result, of the care- there are a number of things which get tho woods afire. A complete report of forest fires on tho private forests of the country and their causes Is not kept by any ono. Uncle Sam, however, Is moat careful to account for the damage done by the blazes on his tlmberland under forest administration. aggregating about 188,000,000 acres .and each year tho total area burned over, the tlm berland burned over, the- amount of timber destroyed and its value, the cost of fighting Area, and the causes of fires are carefully checked up. These reports nro made at the end of the calendar year, and the announcement of this'year’s losses will therefore not JOCKO PROCEEDS TO SQUEEZE TWO GIRLS FLIRTATIOUS MONKEY HAS PLEAS ANT MANNER OF AT- NEW YORK Oot. It—Miss Stella Bruggeman and Miss May Wood, of Montclair, N. J., and young Jack EbbelsJ a Montclair beau, went ohestnuttlng lid the woods around the new state normal school. Montclair Heights, yesterlay. Of a sudden, Miss Bruggeman, who had wandered a little away from her oompan« Jack Ebbela funny bearded face and a long tali, jumped from Miss Bruggeman's shoulder, clambered up an oak tree and vanished through a hole hi a big limb. — The frlghteneraVMIVMPV seen the monkey until It sprang Frightened girl said aha had not “ .— —... .. - prana . on her around ly| would catch "that iriSEiy. 'and, with the girl’s help, he climbed tb' caught Its lowest branches. iranoh. As Ebbela approached, the monkey down the tree and again sprang on 1 Bruggemann’s shoulder, chattering «w _ edly as If it wanted to tell her what a very pretty girl she la. Miss Bruggeman monkey, as If to show no favoritism, chased, overtook her and leaping on * shoulder clasped her neok and held tight Miss Wood ran to the nearest -. .it, here s Jocko come home agal cried the woman, living in the hoi The monkey sprang In her arms; her c’.ill- runnlng and petted the i key. The woman revived Miss Wood, HAVE THEIR ORIGIN ROADS SEE BETTER THIS IN FUTURE GRADUAL RESUMPTION OF TIVITIE8 FOLLOW LATE DEPRESSION. BALTIMORE, Oct. 31.—Announce ment tbflt two great railroad systems touching the south in their operatldns, .tho Illinois Central and tho Southern Pacific, have lately placed orders for bo known for more than two months. Uncle Sam’s Figures. fires In forests. Of the 1.355 fires discovered on the national forests last year, all of which were checked by the rangers ])efore they had burned over fourteen ' hundredths of 1 per cent (14-100 of 1 per cent) of this national forest orea. campers caused 346, while irallroada followed next with 27i; lightning came next, with 176; donkey engines used In lumbering operations, fourth, with 63; careless brush burn ing by homesteaders clearing land, 34; Your secretary of state says: "I am Insolent." Mr. President, If honest ad herence to tpy duties Is Insolence, then >e Insolence, but that absurd statement from secretary of state the Owige Indians. tract from the president for .the purpose of a p'-rsona! controversy a degree of notice which I could probably not .receive personality/* fires cadsed by Incendiaries and those set Dy. herders and hunters, 30. For n*ore than 400 of the flres^he cause la not known. This Is tot strange when It Is remembered that a fire may smol der for days. If the air Is too thick to permit the smoko to he seen at a dis tance before It breaks out, when fanned by a wind so as to revest* Its presence to tho watchful forest officer. Campers Are Careless. While campers caused more fire* than locomotives last year,'there art mans* seasons when the railroads hold undisputed claim to first place. Forest fires started by both are mostly un- nocowry. If campers would hxer- cfso Bare In starting comp fires And be sure that they are extinguished before they are left, and If the rail- 1 road companies would'use the most modem and efficient spark arresters, it Is reasonable to think that the an nual forest fire loss could be reduced new equipment, the one amounting to $1,000,060 and the other two $2,000,000, suggests a gradual resumption by tho rallroadB of the country of activities halted by the depression of -recent months. Bearing upon this are tele grams and letters published In this week’s Issuo of the Manufacturers’ Re cord from representative executive of ficers of great transportation compan ies. fiomo of thorn sea In the present conditions no Justification for expec tation that a general enlargement of activities In Improvement of railroad facilities will happen In the n«,ir fu ture. But others are quite hopeful. Illustrative of various outlooks aro tho following: President Lucius Tuttle of the Bos ton and Maine Railroad, notes that there is no particular significance In an absence of any disposition to or der additional equipment or to arrange for extenalvo Improvements upon any of his New England lines as the au tumn Is not the time when gcnoral improvements ere arranged for, adds: "While there scenes to be a slight improvement In commercial conditions in this section, and a slight consequent stimulation of railroad traffic, the im provement Is rather uneven nnd nbt as yet specially marked, although I think the situation looks more hopeful gen erally than at any time In the past nine months." ne monin*. # J. C. Stubbs, traffic director South ern Pacific Railroad. Chicago, wires: ’’Rallrbed traffic, estimated by move ment of excellent crops. Is Improve Ing slowly, but reasonably sure. I soe no reason to doubt permanence of trend. Railway managers have placed porno orders for equipment, which, Judging from their size, are apparent ly to offset cars destroyed and depre ciation only. Improvement orders, on about the same scale as equipment orders, are confined principally to completion of work checked by the panic of October, 1907. ’’ Gothamites Expeot to Spend $10,000,000 Getting tho Returns’, - NEW YORK, Oot. SI.—Thero -will not be any lid on in Now York elec tion night. There won’t even be a lid, but If thero were any attempt to put It on would simply result In Its being shattered Into a thousand pieces by the surging mobs. Election night here is always a iBacchanallan affair where every aort of regulation la thrown to the wind*, and no one who has not aeen it can conceive of the tu mult caused by 3,000,000 peoplo flow ing through the streets In a scream ing. shoving, prank-playing tide. This ypar election night promises to far surpass anything of the sort In the past, largely because of the Intense feeling over thtf choice of governor.' The police will be satisfied If they can. keep the crowds moving, and no method of sufaco locomotion except walking will be possible. Along Broadway, jvhlch Is naturally the cen- tor of excitement, every table at every hot.-] nnd enfo has long ago boon sold, and the lucky holders are being offered anywhere from $25 to $500 for their "rights," according to location. Hotol proprietors have requested patrons to arrive before a certain 1 hour, slnco after that time the doors will bo closed to prevent further Ingress. Ee- tenslve preparations have been made by all the hotels and theaters to keep their patrona posted aa to the returns. As the city headquarters of Governor Hughes, the Hotel Aa tor will probably bo tho center of Interest along tho Great White Way, and the election returns will be announced In tho fa mous Orangerle restaurant and In tho other public rooms. Every hotel Is certain to be full, howover. ns elab orate preparations have been made for distributing returns. Probably $10,- 000,000 will he spent by tho revellers In food and drink and the settlement of wagers, and the New Year’s Evq cleboratlon, which usually Is the noln- est of tho year on Broadtvay, will bo outdone, Trusts’ Plan to Mova Abroad. According’ to reports thkt»have been In circulation here during the past few days some of tho big corporations which have been the subject of attacks In the courts aro considering the plan of taking out charters In Great Brit ain as a means of escape from the xeal of prosecutors In the varloqs states A prominent corporation lawyer con nected with the combination of pack ers known as the beef trust, admits that these Interests,have >been consld For the Hard-to-Please erlng the. Idea of establishing head quarters abroad and having their bus* Iness In. the various states conducted by companies entirely Independent of ono another, all books and! correspond ence being kopt In the European of fice, where they would he beyond tho reach of prying attorney genernls and other executors of anti-trust legisla tion. It Is said here that no-definite action of this sort Is likely to bo taken -Immediately,- but that It has been discussed as a result of the re cent decision against one of tho sub sidiary companies of tho combination In the California courts. Nearly all the other states have similar laws against combinations and In several states, as In New York, suits against the trust are already under wav or else are threatened. The proposal has awakened, tho greatest Interest among corporation lawyers and financiers for the reason that If the plan suggested* Is tried by the packing companies and Is found to work successfully It is likely to be followed by other big cor po rations. VTTE man who knows what he wants and who will take nothing short of it—. ho’s welcome here. He’s wclcomo to search, and pick over, nnd tost, and try on, and look for flaws with all his eyes. We’ll help Him looks Because when we’ve once convinced a painstaking, particular buyer that qur clothes prove genuine quality in every test and comparison, we’ve made a customer worth having. We have hundreds of those worth.having customers who have found out for themselves tho value of Kuppenheimer Clothes—whose faith is in tho Kuppeuhcimer label becauso of what it means, not now-and-then, but always. Tho illustration abovo shows the,Kuppenheimer Watershed, a rainproof coat. Under storm clouds or fair weather, the Watershed is unusually good form, good style, good proteetioa^ JCmiZdmvorJuMBE .it wag, a rain coat—t ill it mins.. And quality distinguishes tho Watershed, as it does every other Kuppenheimer garment. STAR CLOTHING COMPANY Exclusive Agents for Macon and Middle Georgia. mors than onc-half. Lightning ranks third among the causes of Area, and, of course, man has no greater raapon nihility In this case than to put the fire out as soon as possible after dis covery. Careless brush burning by homesteaders and persons clearing land Is said to be the cause of many of the fires which have started this yqp.r, particularly those which have swept over the lake states. The ranger force on many of the national forests have been kept busy fighting fires which, If left to damage, ay qmcncmns winiiiiniiw- tlon between Important points throogh the construction of telephone lines, and building roads and trails, the na tional forests have been made more accessible .during the past two yeers and fire fighting has been greatly fa* dlltatod. Mr. President. It Is Immaterial to m* wist conatruetlou State desire* to put In hi* attempt to sh.. PWi serk prominence, hut I do seek Justice, because It !* a friend of yours. Root’s View Ludicrous. Indeed Mr. President tills expression . . ,»n view or um raci tiu f Weeks sgo descended ' that vaur DrMl#TM«nri the dimity ■ sefaMMttd for the high office of president and sought to -carry me down with yon to the level of petty precinct polities. This effort to fluctuate from the high est respect In the land to tha lowest practices has never been equaled in the extent of its fluctuation* of his watered stock on the market. It la possible that your astute secretary of state might nave advised you,at that time to your own advantage, aa his twenty-six year V experience st his law office in Wall RIVERSIDE TO PLAY THE LOCUST GROVE TEAM OAINKRVILLK Ga^ Oct. 31.—Qn Monday fan Riverside football team, which claims tha distinction of play ing three games without allowing tha opponents a scorn, will meet the teat Locust Grove team, which defeated tha Atlanta high school 43 to 0. Inasmuch t ^ m eg Riverside onjy succeeded In beat- that* vour*predecessors *\»ve ^tahUahed I ink the high schyoIJi to 0. a nary close game with Locust Grove is an ticipated. and k>cal fans aro groatly interested In tha outcome. The came will be played upon the Riverside grounds In full view of tbfe Blue Ridge mountains, and the yon to fu' warriors may wan imagine that tv r'} centuries (and more) Aook down upon them and watch thy out come of the contest. / Garrett Is Optimistic. • W. A. Garrett, general manager of the Seaboard Air Line, Portsmouth, Vk., .wires: "Fright earnings show slow, but gradual Improvement, with prospect for greater gain after the election. Better bids for power and equipment can be secured during the remaining months of 190* than In 1909.’* J. T. Hdrahan. president of the Il linois Central railroads, Chicago, wires: ’’Business Is somewhAt Improving, with Indications pointing to further Improvement, particularly In the south, where crops ere good. We have or dered considerable new equipment, and other roads have done likewise. We are making no addition to the property, but are Increasing facilities wherever needed to take care of .the business.’’ What Harry Atkinaon Sayi. H. M. Atkinson, president of the At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rail road, Atlanta, wires:’ "I think the outlook for Improve ment in railroad bualness good. But so far It has been slow ’and Irregu lar.- Railroads generally are still hold ing up Improvements and orders for new equipment/’ . George W. Stevens, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com pany. of Richmond. Va. r writes: "The improvement In railroad busi ness Is not as apparent as It was a month sgo. Our earnings for Octo ber are not showing as well aa those for September, This company Is not contemplating the ordering of any new equipment, butyls completing the Im provements that were started some time ago and held up for a period.” Roswell HfUer. chairman, Chicago, Milwaukee And St. Paul Railway, New "There/ls already some Improvement luence of Urge shipments of grain ghd a moderate Increase In mer chsndiie movement. But permanent improvement will not come until -the revival of industries. I.think thU re- til will begin after election. There no Indication that railroads are or- ing new equipment and making Im provements, except In special E. P. RlpUy..president of the Atchi son. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Chicago, wires: "Business shows alight Improvement due to crop movement. I do not think that there are anr considerable orders for equipment. Moat roads have enough or too much.” $39,000 Demanded For $50. Not*. This city has Just received a sur prising Illustration of the Importanco of little things, nnd more particularly of the disadvantages of letting small obligations run too long. Just 117 year*, mto the colony of Now York obligated Itself In the form of a note for ten jfbunds, or fifty dollars, Claim is now made on the comptroller’s of fice tor the settlement of this debt by the holder of the note. The sum demanded is considerably more than $50, however. It Is In fact 740 times that amount or a trifle of $19,000, this being the result of compounding In terest at 6 per cent for 117 years The original note Is now In the hands of tho city authorities, pending settle ment of the matter. It Is a curious document, and reads: TEN POUNDS—No. 15.486. By a law of the Colony of New York this hill shall bo received In all payments In the Treasury for Ten Pounds. New York, February 1771, WALTER FRANKLTN. SAM’L VERPLANCK. Ol low. T*Ib desth to counterfeit. The claim for settlement was made by a well-known bank representing a country client. Question of WaUr Powar Rights. The unfortunate etato of New York _ valuable water power rights at Niag ara has aroused keen Interest here In tho report that bills are to be present ed In congress this winter granting a practical monopoly of wster power rights In many parts of the country to a handful of Individuals, and corpora tions. A report on the subject of wa ter power and Its value has been pre pared by a prominent engineer of this city and submitted to tho government authorities. According to this report the total water power of the United States Immediately availably amounts to over 30,000.000 horse power, or more than enough to do the entire mechanl. cal work of the nation. Of this enor mous amount, now almost entirely un used. 7,000.$00 horse power Is repre sented by Niagara. The .eastern states aro credited with nearly 3.000,000, the upper Mississippi valley wttr 1.000,- the state of Washington with 3.000,- 000. and northern Ollffornla with over 5.000.000 horse power. It Is estimat ed that the ultimate power available in the streams of the OMUftfF under Improvement win be well ©*er 1J)0.- 000,000 horso powey represents. I;bw- evr-r. energy equivalent to that con tained In $50,000,000 tons of coal .or 50 je-r cent In excess of the present annual production of coal, representing an expedliure of $2,000,000,000. present the rights on navigable streams are granted by the government In perpetuity and without compensa tion. The* present Investigation Into the extent of the national resources may to so attempt alter tb<s tomi of grant so as to provide tor compen Nation to the people tor the enormous value the rights. ' 100 Robberies Every 24 Houre. While Its various guardians of tho pence were squabbling us to the best way of protecting their municipal pa tient. that patient—in other words, Father Knickerbocker—Is suffering tho usual result. Burglary and lurceny crimes aro becoming uncomfortably frequent, now totalling over >5,000 an nually, while the total value of theso hauls Is nearly $16,000,000. Brought down to & dally -basis, Now York has almost 100 robberies every twenty-four Hours, this being at tho rate of one for every fifteen minutes day and night. Nor aro theso potty affairs In which property of little vuluo Is In- volvod. The average value of each lot of loot secured by burglars and thieves Is $460 or moro than a good many honest folks earn In a )W* Every hour marks the theft of $2,000 worth of property and every day near ly $50,000 worth. In splto of tho fact that these rohberlea total >5.000, an nually, the average annual number of anreata has been only 1764. or Just about one in twenty. Of those ar rested only one In four Is convicted, so that the chances In favor of the burglar would aeem to be about *0 to .. It la aald thnt under tho proaent police system only 7 per cent of the stolen property la recovered ROOSEVELT, JR., CLIMBS TTAJlTPOna Conn., Oct. ll.-tfh.odoro Roomv.h, Jr., I... flnl,t».<l hi* .ppr.nMc.- iihlp Jn'th. wool a,sorting dopartmmt of the Hartford c.rpet Company, and ta. i the work dune in the Art Headquarters and Inspected tha chetn-l OrerlMr W. J. nine, .pnk, wry high- ly of young Roosevelt aa a workman, and mm that he is very studious and ambl- —"nwent to the Vanderbilt cup are and was back when the bell rang .or work this morning. He expect* to remain In Thompnonvilla at least a year, and I* about to rhange hie quarters to the residence of Robert King on Enfield He wee at the recaption that his Mrs. Cowles, gave at her house (treat. He kunt, Mrs. In Farmington to was also hie sister Coffee planters in Sao Paulo report that there Is little that Is encouraging about the results of their attempts to grow rubber in connection with their coffee plantations. They report that Para or Haves, variety l* not a rese. and that while tha Cryxra variety grows very well. It Is d'libtful If It will yield sufficiently to be of material profit to the grower. HEART BROKEN SHE SUICIDES Pretty Dressmaker Couldn’t Euduro Faithlessness of Her Betrothed NEW YORK, Oct. >1.—Despondent over the fact that aha had been dis appointed In nn engagement made .with her awoethnart, Mlsa Ida M. KIs sum, a dressmaker, committed suicide early yesterday In her homo In Now Rochelle. Miss Klssam, a woman of 25, of beautiful face and perfect figure, with extensive social acquaintance, engaged In trade and soon established a large fashionable clientele. Hhe became a modiste nhd to hor frlenda „professed entire uatlsfactlon with her venture. Hhe had been in business only some three or four years when she had prospered financially so that-she was enabled to buy for herself and mother a villa In Naw Rochelle. Planned 8uiclde With Cara. Miss Klssam planned her suicide with elaborate detail. Hho wrote notes to her mothdr and sister, to some of her girl friends and to A. Perry Fal cone/, of No. Z>9 West one Hundred and "Thirtieth street, this city. Then she went to her bathroom, attached an end of a tube to the gas burner, put the other end In her mouth, sat down and died. When Coroner Van Patten, of Mount Vernon, waa called, ho said ho under stood that the Mr. Falconer mentioned In the letters left had promtsod to marry Miss Klssam. and that she had yd room. Twy_Bwwv.itjow outjg SSi"m5iy*w«niS« wbm h»>lS4 $ thl fc;".- SiSirM to ?»"»:.° u ‘ *»* Th * 1,tter to Mr. Falconer which waa found In the woman’s parlor waa: "To A. Perry FUlconar: When this you receive I shall be whore your cruel treatment can oo longer harm me. I have told you bafore you would regret treating me In thq way which you did. But probably you will be glad I am out of the world. I nevor did anything In the world far you but klndnaas. ^ Woman’s Bittar Latter*. ”Last Sunday I spent tha greater part of the day staying In the kitchen cooking what you liked. You have repaid me by staying away and not coming to take me out today. To think the woman you Intend to marry years, If you did not mean all you said? "I have never run after you, why didn’t you leave alone when i had’learned to forget you, and was, nucceNMfully getting along In business" You are- a coward, nnd will. I hope, lio punished. I have been so elck; slnco you ware horo I hnv« not beep Able to walk and I was waiting to nee a doctor after I saw you today. But now no doctor can do mo nny goon. "Ooodby; do not treat nnothar wo man as you have me. You may re pent, but I shnll not hear, for no Hu man voice can he heard by cold ears of death. IDA* , Hho also wrote a letter addressed; tp her slater. Mrs M. J. Pearson, of No. her sister, Mrs M. J. **ear*on r «» wu, 71 Churcn street, Now Rochelle, in which she says In part: "My Dear Priscilla: Many times I have started to write what now’ no earthly power could atop mo writing. I am this tlmo firm. I have been bravo long ns I can. . Thero Is a, limit. I now have nothing to llvo for, ao, dearest, goodby. Do not shed ft tear. I snail be happy and out of my mlnery. Sell my business, out of which take of mamma as long as she llvo*. After making » number of presents Mine Klssam adds: . • "Last, but not least, you can blame A. Percy Falconer, whom you will find at fto. 239 West One Hundred and Thirtieth street, for It all, W last request of you 1s t* make hi suffer. Don’t mourn my loss or I In blacked hato It. At last I shall be happy out of this wicked world. Ooodby. Your sister, IDA.’ »P. M., Oct. 25. 1908. St home.” ^ At No. 239 West Ono Hundred and Thirtieth street. Manhattan, last night It was admitted thnt a mnn named A. Percy Falconer roomed there with bis brother. It Is a furnished room bouse and the coretnker said that about 11 o’clock last night both men on receipt of a letter or telegram, which tho messenger said was Important, had 81 gone out and up to \ o clock had not Ir returned. AND CHINK GOT IFnPTED DALLAS. Tex.. Oct. 3!.—A Chinaman going by the namo of John Johnson got "aanvy" in United States CommUalonor May’s court today and must go back to a result. United States Attorney Atw*ll asked Johnson: "IL>w long hove you been In tha United Btatea did you cut off your-queue?" retorted: "When, did you cut off : tII again asked: "Ilow Jong have you should treat hke that! after that, you would torture beyond endurance. Why have you told m«i Ih( . n you loved me moro than any woman In [ j., r t , the wholt world and called oa mo five | ported. Why. I you been in the Unit* "yond' >oped tho ! ordered Jolnuou to^bi^c- BILL PAID HENRY QUITE NICE TEES HENRY W. TAFT OOT 111,872.80 WITH IN LESS THAN ONE / WASHINGTON. Oct. *l. r Tho rcc^rn* of the department of Juitlro »-iow that Henry W. Taft waa on th«« pay-roll of tho department of Justice while his bror.i- tr. Win. If. Taft, was bead of the war department. Ho was one of the inrta galaxy of attorneys hired)-to prosj-emo the trusts. Tobacco waa hla specialty. According to the records ho received $11,472.89 within leu* than a year. Hon * of It waa paid as reimbursement for ex- penae* Incurred and some a* salary. Ills first employment wm on Jim. 1905, during the height of .the negotia tions for th# Philippine railroad conoas- The second bidding for tha coue, *- ... _ - co. 1 ■Ion*, at which Bpeyor fc Co. won, wna on Jan. 20, 1906, five Oaya.before Mr. Taft was employed. HU compensation Was to be determined by the attorney general, but 11,000 was given him aa a retainer. Tlrnt employment lasted W. 1906. when ha received 8«*2,80 n* ex- PC On # Dec. 1. 1905, he waaagalnemployft at a stipend bo be determined by tbS at - tom#/general on completion ofth* er\- Jee. The allowance on that occasion. »u July !. 1KM. w»» It.MO a. .»l»ry, wlm no expense allowance. m On July 2, 1906, the third and last em ployment of Mr. Taft vras bexun, and that tlm*, too. he was depen- • nt uron tho *ooJ will of thr uttorn.j r-n.'. 'I •;■ J hi* compensation. Tho •mployment touted hi* compensation un i'J bx«h*« «lm. ;;n. the head «T the department of Jus •• •» and payment wa* more liberal. »> '• *i#got $5,000 a* salary, and then ho^p-1 ;i,$M, ud .finally IW0 as expen-- * In all the total above stated. ‘ r . * .Hnfl In til, Th.r.‘lit*''n'> l e’xpla , iatloir!n th® of why Mr. Tuft wai .hlftei »rmir why Mr. Tart wa» i Job to anotner. FINDS $1,000 PEARL WHILE EATING OYSTERS pmumma <*«. jl- contracting blfkw found » term pr-ati f»Uy.la.*n. cud Lusky has already rmaaaa a offer of a Market street J®w I gem. which 1* more than half a In diameter. Lu*ky came nt-ar • v Ing Ilia treasure; also n« came throwing It out Into the ash pile. According to statistics Just publish ed the number of miles of railway Irt Brazil In actual Opar..?! -n on January l »H«. WMttjtg S. wmj®, undue actual construction the co»-i attuctlon of 4.19J more.