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DATES FIXED TO
INSPECT TROOPS
FROM FEB. 1 TO APRIL 16
OFFICERS WILL BE VISITING THE
VARIOUS COMMANDS.
Five Offirm of the lteuiilnr Army
Will Aid iit thr Inupecflon of the
Georgia State Troo|i— Ijitt V**nr
Hut One Wan Detailed for Thin
Dut>—The Dates Named for the la-
Klieetion of Savannah Comiuaud*
Are Feb. 17-25, Inclunlve.
Atlanta, Dec. 24.—Annual inspection
of all the troops in the Georgia state
militia for 1905 will begin on Feb. 1
next and will be concluded on April 16,
when the Governor's Horse Guard,
the last command on the list, will be
given a looking over in Atlanta,
The dates for the inspection of each
company and cavalry troop In the
state- have been announced in orders
from headquarters of the Atlantic Di-
vision, U. S. A., signed by Col. H. O.
S. Heistand, assistant adjutant gen
eral, copies of which were received to
day at the office of Adjt. Gen. S. W.
Harris.
These orders detail certain regular
army officers to accompany Col. Wil
liam G. Obear, inspector general,
Georgia State Troops, on the annual
tour of inspection of the state militia.
Five Army Officer* Detailed.
This year live United States army
officers have been detailed for this
duty instead of one, as heretofore.
Last year Maj. F. H. French of the
Sixteenth United States Infantry, was
the only army officer who accompa
nied Col. Obear and joined with him
In these inspections. This year an
army officer has been detailed to each
separate section of the state and at
various times Capt. John W. Bennett,
Sixteenth United States Infantry;
Capt. H. 11. Whitney, Coast Artil
lery; Maj. F. H. French, Sixteenth
Infantry; Capt. W. C. Bennett, Six
teenth Infantry, and Maj. Charles W.
Kennedy, Sixteenth Infantry, will ac
company Col. Obear on his inspection
tours.
The entire work of inspecting the
state troops will be completed in 1905
In about two months and a half,
whereas heretofore it has required
from three to foilF months.
Date* for Inspection*.
Under Capt. H. H. Whitney of the
Coast Artillery, Fort Screven, the fol
lowing inspections will be made: Com
pany E. First Infantry. Waynesboro,
Feb. 13; Company C, First Infantry,
Sivainsboro, Feb. 14; Company A, First
Infantry, Statesboro, Feb. 15; Troop
C, First Cavalry, Springfield, Feb. 18;
headquarters and Companies D, H, I,
K, L, M, First Infantry, Troop A,
First Cavalry, and headquarters;
Companies A, B, C and D, First Heavy
Artillery, Chatham Artillery; head
quarters and First and Second Di
visions, Naval Battalion; headquarters
and Companies H. D and F, First Bat
talion, Infantry, Colored, Savannah.
Feb. 17 to 25. inclusive: Troop B, First
Cavalry, Mclntosh, Feb. 27; Troon E, !
First Cavalry, Johnston Station, Feb. !
28: Troop I. First Cavalry. Jesup, j
March 1; Company G, First Infantry, i
Brunswick. March 2; Troop G, First |
Cavalry, Darien. March 3: Company |
F, First Infantry, Waycross, March 4.
Company B of the Fourth Infantry.
Valdosta, will be inspected under Maj.
F. H. French on March 10.
moreTpeter’slpence.
Will Be Sought for the Pope by
Archbishop C'hnppelle.
Rome, Dec. 24.—While Mgr. Cha
pelle. Archbishop of New Orleans and
papal delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico
soon will be relieved of his post In
the Antilles, he still will retain the
archbishopric of New Orleans.
With the relinquishment to Mgr.
Brodrick of the post of auxiliary Bish
op of Havana, It is said that he will
be entrusted with the confidential mis
sion of urging greater offerings of Pe
ter’s pence in the United States be
cause of the relations existing between
France and the Holy See.
CHRISTMAS IN ENDLAND.
Sffirit of the Season Abroad
Throughout the Land,
London, Dec. 24.—The Christmas
spirit was abroad throughout England
to-day, notwithstanding the continued
heavy fogs which normally act as an
extreme depressant. Not for years has
London had such a thorough dose of
that pea-soup atmosphere for which
the metropolis Is famous; but the pop
ulation which grumbled during the
"eek because of the inconveniences
attendant upon weather conditions,
and the tradesmen because of the re
sultant loss, (hanged their moods to
day, and. accepting the inevitable, pre
pared to spend a merry Christinas,
even welcoming ihe fog as a guest and
friend of old days.
Most of the cabinet officers and diplo
mats have left London. King Edward
and Queen Alexandra, with the imme
diate royal family, are gathered at
Sandringham Palace, where Christmas
will be celebrated in the usual man
ner.
CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK.
How Pro*laloa Wn Made for (he
Poor There.
New York, Dec. 24.-New York be
gan Christmas celebration to-night,
and various hospitals In the city had
tree* for the children In their wards. I
Nurses and attendants Joined In sing
ing carols, and In providing entertain- !
ment for the little patients.
For to-morrow and Monday the city
had prepared a grand celebration for
the little ones, and for the hungry In
the poorer sections. The Kalvntion
Army will feed MMSSi people and other
chatitable organisations will provide
for double this numWr.
ft Is CMllrriu'ci! to-'ilght that over
BSO,W*J Chflstma* trees have vi|.|
In the city during the u ten day*.
uioowt at fall hTakr,
Pd I* Needed b ihe kwgerlwa
‘lfterullle* lb ere,
Kail lU*rr, Maas.. t)v, zi. Mooting*
Iff 110 t acinus lemile lutrtii* Hl* to 1
<'*ll ■■• l *Hhin a short lime. If |* j,
*4. m 1 ‘r* * iffesti llw quest eat nf fur
tan iviritlmiitig llu niton mitt strike
It Is i gloomy iln Ist <n* aesisoii j (l
K lit* •t, sit hough svpry ,If ott Is
b*4<ig load* Ut thugs * 'hf Mffiw* Dsy ss
Istgiii ss psnttfr Ui the iii< uttteisn> <#
-I 4 gruta'i# of pay*
frost, Dos'on. tut latiui leaders say It
I# tnu4 fbsl the suite!in, rsllggs
iMIIfW Mr ¥ iu “I Msvtf Ut*
MUM*
“77”
Cures Colds and
GRIP
At druggists. 25 cents, or mailed.
Humphreys' Medicine Cos., cor. Wil
liam and John streets. New York.
SANTA CLAUS ON FIRE.
Hi* Heart! Caught W hile at a Christ
ina* Tree.
Southbury, Conn., Dec. 24. —A false
beard worn by Burritt M. Tuttle, judge
of the Town Court, who was enacting
the part of Santa Claus at the Christ
mas exercises in the Methodist Church,
caught fire from the Christmas tree
candles and Judge Tuttle was severely
burned.
The church was threatened by fire
and a panic was prevented with great
difficulty.
Judge Tuttle was enveloped in fire
and his life was saved by men, who
wrapped their coats about him.
ATLANTA CONCKKN SUES.
Wants Damage* From the Ruhlier
Tire Combine.
Cincinnati, Dec. 24. —Eleven rubber
manufacturing concerns, comprising
the so-called rubber tire combine, have
been made defendants in a suit filed in
the United States court by the Mun
ford Rubber Tire Company of Atlanta,
Gil .
The suit Is for damages under the
Sherman anti-trust law. the plaintiff
claiming that the defendants, through
their combination, have injured the
company’s business to the extent of
$19,700. The suit is for $59,100, three
times the amount of damage, in ac
cordance with Che Sherman law. An
other suit filed by the Munford Com
pany is against the Rubber Tire Wheel
Company. Seventy-two thousand dol
lars is asked for, on the charge of
violation of contract.
france¥ay siIZE
PORTS OF MOROCCO.
Paris, Dec. 24.—The crisis In Morocco
is assuming a warlike aspect, leading
the government to consider all eventu
alities, including the possibility and
even the probability of the occupation
of a chain of six or seven of the
most important ports, giving France
control of the Moroccan customs and
communications with the outer world.
This will not be definitely determin
ed until the Sultan responds to the
French demands for redress.
PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT
IN SYVETON AFFAIR.
Paris, Dec. 24.—The mystery of the
death of Deputy Syveton is developing
into a plot and counter-plot rivaling
Paul Hervleu's most intense dramas.
Evidence of assassination is accumu
lating, leading to the expectation of
sensational arrests.
Madame Syveton has begun an ac
tion against the newspapers, charging
her with responsibility for her hus
band's death.
Mill Investigate Trust.
Milwaukee, Wis„ Dec. 24.—The Daily
News to-day says:
Government investigations regarding
the operations of the so-called tobac
co trust are to be made in Milwaukee
and other points in Wisconsin. Pre
dictions are made by some of the inde
pendent operators that the government
investigators will find Wisconsin a fer
tile field. The chief points that will
be covered are Milwaukee and Edger
ton-Milwaukee as the field for manu
facture, wholesaling and retailing; Ed
gerton as the seat of the tobacco grow
ing industry.
Memphis Xew—Scimitar.
Memphis, Term., Dee. 24. —Announce-
ment has been made that Hon. Gil
bert D. Raine. who recently bought
the Memphis Morning News, has ac
quired control of the Memphis Evening
Scimitar and beginning next Monday
the two papers will be consolidated as
an afternoon journal to be known as
the News-Scimitar. The paper will
also print a Sunday morning edition.
The financial consideration has not
been made public.
\ Mediation tetter.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 24.—The French
embassy absolutely denies that the
French ambassador, M. Bompard, who
has started for Paris, is the bearer of
any letter from the Emperor to Presi
dent Loubet accepting the mediation
of France In the war, as announced
in the United States by a news agency.
He did bear an autograph letter to M.
Loubet, but It is of a felicitous charac
ter. M. Bompard left here as con
vinced as ever of Russia's purpose to
prosecute the war until victory is
achieved.
OBITUARY"
W. 11. lU-nnett.
Mr. tV. H. Bennett, who was best
known by his friends by his sobriquet
"Dukey" Bennett, a well known and
respected citizen, died In this city yes
terday in his fi3rd year. The deceased
was a son of the late Capt. Alex F.
Bennett.
For years he tfas In the employ of
the old Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,
first in the president’s office and then
In the treasurer's, and upon the or
ganization of the Plaint System he
continued with that company. For the
last fifteen years he was employed
by the Central of Georgia Railway
Company. During the Confederate
war Mr. Bennett served gallantly In
the Oglethorpi Light Infantry (Com
pany I!, Eighth Regiment of Georgia
Volunteers), ta me one of that company
who left this city under the oiininand
of the gallant Bartow In 1811
He was an enthusiast In everything
that he was Interested in, and an
ardent friend of his friends. He was
noted for his tnuny amiable traits of
charseter, The funeral servlees and
Interment will lake place nt Laurel
Grove Cemetery at U.9U o'clock to-
Mrs. .lulls It. Kenly, M ilmlnif*M,
ft. C.
Wilmington, K. C„ Dec, 24. —Mrs.
Klnma G Kenly, wife of John It. Ken
ly, fourth vie* pi evident and general
manage* of the At Untie Cose! Dine,
died id ;eo|y tonight of m ute Indi
gestion.
W* —<——
Did my du mood# tall I forth any
tomtoeni" asipsd Mis. f'timrog.
***** I law 4 wonil luopie refer”to
yog ft* Git human tJtendwi**, - Wueli
ingUm itl*i.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1904.
BUSY RAILROAD
PRESIDENTS
HARDLY PRIVATE CITIZENS.
HEADS OF THE GREAT CORPORA
TIONS ARE HARD WORKING MEN.
The Railrnml Prenident AVlione At
titude Toward the l'u*lic Presi
dent Rnonevelt Commended in Hlm
McNkOKr—Thf Varied Untie* Tlmt
Are Expected of the Head of n
Bin; Railroad—**Mi*t He No Front
tin Hi* Office Door.”
New York, Dec. 24.—1n his recent
message to Congress the Presi
dent established a precedent by
quoting at length from a speech
made by President Charles S.
Mellen of the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad before the Hart
ford Board of Trade in January last.
For the first time the fact has been
officially stated, though it is apparent
to everyone that the heads of great
corporations, and especially of the rail
roads which play so large a part in the
daily life of the American people, are
hardly to be considered as private citi
zens.
Any real conception of the duties of
a railroad president and of the ex
tent of the interests committed to his
care, is obviously difficult for the lay
man to get. In the speech quoted by
President Roosevelt as showing “good
sense,” Mr. Mellen was speaking of
the attitude of corporations to the pub
lic, of the necessity of satisfying the
people, of meeting their demands or,
where that could not be done, of ex
plaining to them precisely why it was
impossible. That a railroad official
presents such a point of view is sig
nificant of the breadth, the ability to
see all the sides of various questions,
which are nowadays essential char
acteristic of the head of a railway sys
tem.
The Head of a Great Army.
A railroad president is in fact the
chief of a fair sized state, every in
terest of which he must be prepared
to serve. The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad, for example,
employes more than 30,000 men and
owns an amount of real estate that
is quite proportionate to the size of
its territory, the welfare of its men,
the good will of its patrons, are vital
conditions of its success. Ultimate
decisions involving these and other
important matters must rest with the
president.
The head of an organization of this
magnitude must be bound by no rules
as to the disposal of his time, must
have as little routine business to occu
py him as can be brought about un
der a thorough system of administra
tion; must be at liberty to attend at
leisure to alters which he alone can
decide, lea ; details to subordinates.
Ihe matiaji .nent of a railroad is in
fact much like the government of a
nation. Its president is its supreme
executive head, who acts in concert
with the board of directors, his legisla
tive body.
The President** “Cabinet.”
In the work of administration,, the
president has his cabinet, composed
of the general counsel who acts as
bis attorney general; a vice president
or general traffic manager, who is in
charge of the traffic department con
necting the railroad with the outside
" orld—its foreign relations, so to
speak—and who occupies a position not
unlike that of the Secretary of State;
another vice president, a rhief engin
eer, to whose province falls the task
of supervising all improvements; a
controller in charge of the revenues
and expenditures, much as the Secre
tary of the Treasury is in charge of
the revenues of the United States;
the treasurer in whose hands is the
actual care of the railroad's funds,
just as the treasurer of the United
States is responsible for those of the
nation. On Western roads, frequent
ly built through undeveloped territory
and with governmental assistance,
there is another official, the land com
missioner whose position is not unlike
that of the Secretary of Agriculture—
an official of great Importance, as one
realizes when one remembers that the
original land grant to the Northern
Pacific has been estimated at 65,000,-
000 acres. The parallel, which is far
from being fanciful, may be still fur
ther extended by the addition of the
Secretary of the Navy in the person
of the superintendent of the marine
district, who is in charge of the rail
road's steamers.
More Than n Railroad Man.
Properly to govern such an empire,
a modern railway president must have
far more than the qualities of an ex
cellent railroad man. He must, it is
true, have a thorough knowledge of
railroad operation—and for this reason
most of the more prominent ones are
selected front the class of what are
known as "practical men”—but he
must also have the qualities of a
financier of the highest order. He
should, in short, be a man familiar
with the industrial interests of the
country, and able to do his part in
furthering them. He must know the
needs of his territory without wait
ing until someone else calls his at
tention to them. In addition he must
face the labor problem, for in nearly
all roads the president is the court
of last resort not only for every griev
ance committee of his inen, hut also
for every Individual who has a real
or an imagined cause of complaint.
President Mellon, whose views on
economic questions have been so re
cently quoted by the President of the
United States, began his railroad ca
reer as a clerk in the office of the
now defunct Northern New Hamp
shire Railroad. He rose rapidly
through various grades of service on
New England lines, until in 1897 he
was elected president of the Northern
Pacific Railway. He found Western
railroading a strenuous occupation.
*• \o SniKlny In (lie W—t,”
As the old maxim says, “West of the
Mississippi there is no Sunday." An
other railroad injunction declares, “Six
days shalt thou labor and do all that
thou hast to do and on the seventh day
shalt thou go to thy office and catch
up," Tours of Inspection lasting sev
eral weeks are frequent on these long
tmiis-iontlnental Hues and on them* oc
casions the special car is hotel, office
and everything combined, a place
where Sunday n sometimes pass unno
ticed. I'oinnressed Into small span*
are kitchen, dining room, observation
room, stale roams, Pullman sections,
wash rooms, desks, typewriters and
sleeping accommod.ittons for servants.
On one occasion a |►*-*-In 1 car was the
scene at & o'clock in ihe morning of a
inerting of directors of a subsidiary
company and on such a flip any of the
I went y-four hours Is as good lo do bus
iness In as any oilier In the t East,
will) Ms abundance of Itolels, railroad
men ace lad always 1 omjeiled |o carry
•ns along with thou, and kundgy Is
•till 111 rslslcncs on this side of Iks
M iselseippi
Mmmlliiss l • Msilrosg Manages.
Tbs Speech quoted by pi iSlbSl
fbeceasvell in wh n S Mr. M * i ic*i declared
* nr* Iks Uga lad goos by wksai mm-
porations could afford to Ignore or to
deceive the public expresses the ideal
atiitude of the successful railroad
manager of to-day. With expert knowl
edge of practical railroading he must
also have a firm grasp of the commer
cial situation of his road's territory
and must find means to advance its
prosperity. With supreme authority
he must see to it that, as Mr. Meiler.
has said, there is "no frost on his office
door." He must be able and willing
to meet men of all conditions and oc
cupations from the Wall street mag
nate and the local Board of Trade to
the fireman and the brakeman justly
or unjustly reprimanded, and he must
be able to discover what is needed by
one and all. In spite of luxurious of
nces and private oars, secretaries and
attendants he must be, at bottom.
\ery human. Many of our most prom
inent railroad men might say as Mr
Mellen said in a speech to the working
men of Hartford, “In the beginning,
let me say I am nothing more nor less
loan a workingman mvself. * * * I
yield to no one of you that you have
worked harder, or longer hours, or for
less pay; that you have had harder
task masters or more dßagreeable.
MILES WILL NOT BE
ADJUTANT GENERAL
Decide* that He Will Not Take Two
Snlario*.
Brockton, Mass.. Dec. 24.—A rear
rangement of the most important posi
tions on the staff of Gov.-Elect W. L.
Dauglas has decided upon to-day.
Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A.
(retired), instead of being made Adju
tant General, will be appointed inspec
tor general. This change was made at
the request of Lieut. Gen. Miles, who
does not wish to draw two salaries
one from the nation and the
from the state, as he would be entitled
to do if made Adjutant General.
COMMISSION TOO LAKGE.
Roosevelt May Cut Down the Pan
lima Membernlilp.
Washington, Doc. 24,-President
Roosevelt has given consideration re
cently to suggestions looking to a re
duction in the membership of the Pan
ama Canal Commission, but thus far,
it can be said, no definite decision has
been reached.
It has been urged by some members
of Congress that the commission is so
li rS . e ri 18 to be unvvie| dy- It is known
that Representative Hepburn of lowa,
chairman of the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce, is
inclined to the opinion that the com
mission is too large, and that the chief
engineer of the canal ought to have
greater initial authority than he now
has.
SUFFOCATED HALSTEAD.
Iliieve* Then Kohlied Him of Hi*
Money and Effect*.
Beaver, Pa.. Dec. 24.—Colonia, the
new town built about the Colonial
Steel Works, has, marked her brief
existence with a murder, fiendish in
detail.
At an early hour to-day unknown
persons assaulted W. H. Halstead in
his pool room and restaurant, knocked
out two ot his teeth and badly bruised
his face. They then bound and gagged
him, placed his head on a pillow of pa
pers, turned on the unlighted gas in
the stove and four illuminating jets
and left him to die by suffocation.
He was known to have a large
amount of money, a gold watch and
gold rimmed glasses. All are miss
ing.
GIVEN THEIR FREEDOM
AS CHRISTMAS GIFT.
New York, Dec. 24.—Ante-Christmas
mercy was dispensed In an unusual
manner by Judge Frank J. Higgins in
the first criminal court in Jersey City
to-day, in releasing fifteen prisoners
from the county jail. After the reg
ular session of court to-day the judge
called together the court attaches and
the police reporters, who usually- are
on duty In the court, and informed
them that In recognition of the Christ
mas season, he had decided to permit
each of them to name one prisoner In
the county jail whose release they de
sired. The prisoner thus named would
be given immediate freedom by order
of the judge. The beneficiaries were
to be eleven men and four women, he
provided.
It required but a moment for the
officers and reporters to make their
decisions, and fifteen cell doors swung
open and the prisoners were told that
they were at liberty.
THE IRISH GIANT HAS
GONE TO POOR HOUSE.
New York, Dec. 24.—After having
been exhibited for more than forty
years, during which time he has visit
ed nearly all the principal cities of the
United States and Europe, William
Connery, known as “the Irish Giant,”
* to-day was sent to the city almshouse.
He had hoped to postpone the ordeal
until after Christmas, but the season
found him entirely destitute, and to
day’s boat carried him to the island.
Connery is 7 feet 1 inch in hight. His
favorite trick was to hold a SIOO bill in
his hand above his head and offer it to
any one who could reach it.
Schooner Still Aground.
New York, Dec. 24.—The schooner
Frank W. McCullough, which went
ashore on Fire Island bar yesterday,
was still aground to-day and full of
water. Her crew has abandoned her.
but it is believed she can be saved.
HE “TOUCHED*
LUCKY BALDWIN.
From Ihe Washington Star.
"When Lucky Baldwin was racing
his famous string of racers on tho
Chicago tracks he was noted for his
untouchableness," said a correspondent
for a Chicago newspaper. "He had a
reputation us a man who absolutely
would not stand for a touch, no mat
ter how scientifically the same was en
gineered, that was heart-breaking to
the brigade of well dressed touchers
who Inhabited the downtown hotels of
Chicago during the racing season.
"One night the racing reporter of the
paper for which 1 worked was telling
iih about Lucky's adamantine counte
nance when ho was listening to the
carefully rehearsed tales of touchers,
when (J iie of the listeners * new inun
on the paper, who hailed from the I’a
cHl' * oust chimed In,
What you say about Baldwin be
ing the craggiest of living propositions
wln-li It comes to u touch Is quite true,"
said he, 'lb hog tin- same reputation,
but magnified, on the I'aelfle slope, |
never bupiiened to run across film
when 1 was In Man Francisco, t„r when
I wms mil I lin e he was e la nding mast
of his inns here in the ssa*t with bis
stung of I Utile is Hot ||| (ell you
abet I'll 4o I'll lee I you s, v to |{t
that In o,o* low aflffno*, u tlie race
<ra<k 111 ***** ■ • **.*ally touch Loegjr
koJdwui tm levy, iwmi log kirn •*, j
'PERU-AA IH£ swn. CLAIS
VISITS MILLIONS OF HAPPY HOMES
more than *l. Am I on'?’
“That's what you are,’ said the rac
ing reported. ‘That's like getting SSO
in a letter. You don't know what you
are going to stack up against.’
‘AH right,’ said the reporter from
the Coast. ‘l’ll go out to the track
with you, and you can see me make
the touch.’
“The next afternoon the racing re
porter and the new man went out to
the track together. They new man
was got up in pretty hefty style
paddock coat, flat topped racing bow
ler, field glasses and the rest of the
racing make-up. On the third fin
ger of his left hand he wore a ring
big sparkler in the middle and
smaller gems on either side of It.
The ring was a phony.
“ ‘Where did you get It?’ asked tho
racing reporter of the man with whom
he had the bet.
“ 'Bought it on Clark street this
morning for six bits,’ was the reply.
"When the two men reached the
track the racing reporter went into
the press stand to attend to his work,
and the man who was going to dig
S2OO out of Lucky Baldwin made for
the betting ring. Two races were run
off before the racing reporter saw his
colleague on the paper again. Then
the latter turned up in the press box
and plucked the racing reporter by the
arm.
“ 'Come on down Into the betting
ring,’ he said, ‘and lose that $25.’
"The racing reporter followed the
other man. Now, In the race that was
about to be run off one of Baldwin's
horses was entered. The bookmakers
didn't figure that Baldwin’s horse had
a chance in the world to win, and so
they laid 20 to 1 against the Baldwin
nag. The man who was going to
touch Lucky dragged the racing re
porter over within spelng distance of
Baldwin, who stood chewing on an un
llghted' cigar outside the circle of bet
tors.
“ ‘Here goes,’ said the new reporter,
and he rushed over to where Lucky
Baldwin stood.
“ Sir,’ he said, stepping directly in
front of the California Croesus. ‘I don't
know who you are, nor whether you
are In funds r not, but I do know that
I am not.' I've Just dropped $2,000 on
the favorite In the last race, and that
tapped me for to-day. I haven't time
to get to my bank before the next
race, and 1 have a chance to get even
and a great deal better by playing Mr.
Baldwin's horse in this race to win.
Lueky's horse simply ean't lose this
race, and he's at 20 to 1 in the betting.
This ling,' pulling the phony circlet
from his linger hurriedly. Is worth SSOO,
and It la a good deal more valuable to
me thnu that on account of its hhko
olattone. la-t me have S2OO on It until
after this race. I want to go to Bald
win's horse, and Baldwin's horse can
fall down and win. In the remote jios
ni hi lit y that Baldwin's horse does not
wftt, I’ll redeem the ring to-night upon
my return to the city.'
"It mi ,1 star nlay. The nqiortcr
from hail Fianclaco knew Lucky’s
weakness wh*n it came to a quest lan I
of the ability of his horses Moreover,
his make-up was great and he hud n |
very persuasive manner. Lucky sized ,
him up carefully, chewing on his file- I
leas cigar.
" 'D’ye think Baldwin has su< h a j
elm h with Ida borseT Ln< ky asked
after ■ minute's pause,
“ Baldwin'* hors* will stroll In,* J
Sabi tile newspaper man,
"Du* ky rea< tied Into Ida tiouseis ;
pocket, dug out a huge wad. peeled nff
two bundled and handed Ihi If) in Go- !
newspaper man, talking the- ring In re- j
tqru wlthreui more (ban glare big gt j
toe Ml of bogus Jew airy. ib sew*, j
paper man thanked him profusely and
returned in triumph to the racing re
porter, who saw the whole transaction.
The racing reporter, with a woebegone
countenance, doled out the $25 that
he had lost.
“Baldwin walked over to the book
ies as soon as he had delivered up
the S2OO in exchange for the counter
feit ring, and in five minutes he had
spraddled enough money around the
ring on his horse to knock the price
down to 3 to 1. A lot of big bettors
noted this, and suspecting that there
was something doing on Lucky’s horse,
plunged on the nag themselves, and
the horse went to the post second
choice in the race.
“Lucky's horse won galloping by ten
lengths.
“Directly after the race the two
newspaper men hunted up Baldwin In
order to return the S2OO and to make
an explanation. The man who had
mhde the touch told the story to
Lucky, and the latter grinned good
humoredly.
" 'Here’s your two hundred,’ said
the newspaper rnan, handing over the
pair of hundred dollar bills. I'll take
back that glass ring.'
"Baldwin handed him back the ring
still smiling.
“ ‘Keep the two hundred In your
clothes,” he said. ‘Your warm, clnchy
conversation about my horse gave me
the nerve to bet enough on him to
jolt the bookmakers to the tune of
$65,000. and you may call the two hun
dred your rake-off. But I'll say this
for you; you're good.’ ”
THREE NIGHTS IX A CnEVASSK.
Terrible Experience of Three Ger
mnn (limbers On tbc .In ngCrii u .
Geneva Correspondence Pall Mall Ga
, zette.
The adventures of three young Ger
mans on the Jungfrau have been the
topic of much discussion and the
causa of great anxiety at Grindelwald.
A few days ago the three young men,
two of whom have had considerable
Alpine experience, while the third, an
Alsaeian, is a novice, started without
i a guide to make one more of those
! foolish attempts at a big climb unald
t ded which have been so common and
so fatal this season. leaving l-auter-
I brunnen in the afternoon they passed
the night at the ltottal cabin. A storm
however, overtook them on the way
UP, a signal of danger which no pru
dent Alpinist would have failed to prof
it by. At 2 o'clock the next morning
though had weather was threatening
they resumed their mnreh. The Alsa
< Inn whs already showing signs of dis
tress. but refused to go back or to
listen to the advice of his more expe
rienced companions. Three hours aft
erward a blinding snowstorm broke
over them, rendering progress both
dangerous and difficult. and blotting
out all signs of the track and land
marks. Plodding doggery on how .
ever, the trio managed to reach the Hll.
berhorn slopes, a little below the sum
Ihe'nTghT **** ® l>ss
Hbeltcr w as difficult to find, sod their
position ,ip|H-ared desperate, when one
ol the party not teed that a *
near at hand itoiaiired to terminate at
S depth of solus twenty feel
fully roping hill e. If. one of the
Was lowered over th edge and found
that there was sufficient Spare Mlel el*
eelleiit shelter St tha bottom lly flrml
ly wedging their lee ages Into (He |ee
lls cornpauWaui were able to lower
tlxtnaclves xiao. and Iti this nrrifloed
*U*t lit by solid Urn mot in
imminent liungor from failing ice
above, the night was spent.
Fortunately a small stove and a good
supply of eatqbles formed part of the
climbers' equipment, and the hot cof
fee which tlu-t: were able to brew
probably was the means of saving their
lives. Huddled together and almost
frozen, the three waited for dawn. The
snow, however, still fell pitilessly all
next day and the day following; prog
ress or retreat was impossible, and a
second night, and then a third, had to
be faced in the icy shelter.
The Asacian, unable to stand the bit
ter cold, began to complain of severe
pains in his feet, a well known sign
of evil omen among snow climbers.
Next morning his two companions
emerged from their refuge to find the
weather still and clear, and completed
the ascent, returning to find their com
panion evidently in great pain and
quite una-ble to move. The two others
thereupon set oft for the Concordia
hut, half leading and half carrying
their unfortunate comrade. There the
half frozen man was left while one of
his friends hastened down to the Eg
glshorn Hotel. A relief party was at
once sent out, and with great difficulty
the sufferer was borne down to the ho
tel. Both his feet were frozen, and his
condition for some time caused the
greatest anxiety. Meantime, from the
Lauterbrunnen side, search parties
work hunting for the missing: men,
who, it was believed, could not have
lived through three days of such
weather on the Icy hights of the Jung
frau. It is said to be the first time
that a climbing party has ever emerged
safely from so prolonged a stay below
the surface of the glacier ice.
Wichita Falls, Texas,
Proprietors P. p. p.;
it becomes my duty to add my tes
timonial to the wonderful curative
r r "Perties of P. p. p. <p r ickiy Ash,
1 oke Root and Potassium). Some
years ago I bruised my ankle on my
saddle stirrup; from a little scratch
the place to enlarge until It
was as large as the palm of itiv hand,
discharging pus, exposing part of the
none. I called to see physicians, and
they pronounced it a fever sore, and
incurable. It became so painful, and
swollen so badly that I tried bandage
for relief until I secured a rubber sup
porter; after securing the rubber sup
porter for temporary relief, I began to
use internal remedies, trying several
different kinds without any apparent
relief. I resolved to try P. P. P..
which I did. After using one bottle
the result was such that I continued
until the sixth bottle was used, when
my rubber supporter was no longer re
quired. as the sore was completely
healed and swelling entirely gone. I
therefore ink*, pleasure in saving to
[he public generally that It Is my be
lief, from actual experience, that the
use of P. P. p , if properly persisted In.
will cure any case of impure blood or
blood poisoning Respeelfully
PKt )F. H. F. IIH'KBY,
Post master, Wichita Falls. Texas.
I. the undersigned, knew Prof.
Hickey at the time he commenced to
lake p. p p f,, r ),)„ Mr|t |„ K a nd I
did not think w cure possible, j notic
ed Its progress from the slsrt slid
must say the remarkable cure P. P. P.
brought shout was aomethlug marvel'
°u*. R. TAYMAN.
Druggist, WJghlt* Kalla. Tex.
!’ P. P la a sure cure for rheums'
Ham. Uphills. Kcrofuls Blood Poison
big, HI. •lobes pimples snd all akin
sod Mood diseases
I’gneerou# asm on the face, yeara of
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