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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONHAY, Jn.Y
RAID ON TAGGARTS CASINOS
NOT .-1
POLITICAL TRICK
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER
U in effort to save hl» do* from In.
hir, In Annel Langley, the 2-year-old
in of J. T. Langley, at No. 15 Tumlln
•met. waa nln over by * * trfet c * r »ni
Uitinlly killed Saturday evening about
t O'clock at the corner of Marietta and
willace atreete. Mlaa Clara Langley
i^owly eicaped death In attempting
ultra her little brother.
Kred Langley, the B-montha-old eon
„t Sr T. M. Langley, died Friday
rnoralng and a double ftineral was held
gunday morning over tha bodleg of the
two children.
They were burled In a elngle grave
la the Providence cemetery.
GRESHAM ASHFORD
SHOE CO.
93 PEACHTREE ST.
WIDOW OF JOHN HAY
IS IN FEEBLE HEALTH.
By Private leased Wire.
Newbury, K. J, July 8.—Mra. John
Hay, widow of Secretary Hay, la at her
rummer home In thla plate with her
ron. Mra Hay arrived here yeaterday
In the private car Wanderer from New
port, R. 1.. where ahe had been visiting
with her daughter, Mra Payne Whit
ney she la In feeble health. During
her atay In Newport her health Im
proved allghtly. but ahe la atlll suffer
ing from weakneaa. She will spend the
rummer here.
Subatitute in Demand.
Irrrlrt to The Georgian.
Newberry, S. C., July 8.—Since the
dlepenaary waa voted out of Newberry
county there has been a great demand
for a aubatltute for "booze.”
Thla long-felt want haa apparently
been aatlafled by some kind of "elder,"
which hu been put upon the market.
O CHURCH REVENUE CUT
O $5,000,000 IN ITALY. O
O o
O By_Private Leased Wire. O
Rome, Italy, July 8—Italy's O
5 parliament haa passed a law re- O
O duclng the annual Interest on O
o outstanding government bonds O
O from t
O from 5 per cent to IJ-t per O
O cent up to the end of 1811, and O
o then to 11-1. Thla will cut down O
O the revenue of the Catholic O
o church In Italy $5,000,000. The O
O law permits the exchange of O
O bonds for cash in six days, but O
O as the church's vast holdings O
o are deposited abroad, this Is lm- a
o possible. o
YOUNGEST CHANDPARENT8
IN STATE OF ARKANSAS.
Special to Tbs Georgian.
Little Rock, Ark., July 8.—O. H.
Payne, a well-known and reputable
cttlsen of Finch, Greene county, en
joys the distinction of being the young
est grandfather In Arkansas, If not In
the United States,
Mr. Psyne was born In Greene coun
ty on August 28. 1172. He waa married
Just prior to his seventeenth birthday
to Mlaa Caroline Pegg, who was one
month hla senior. They have alx liv
ing children and one dead, the oldest
being Mra. Caroline Levina who la a
little past 15. Mra. Levina waa mar
ried September II, 1805, and to her a
daughter wns bom June 28. 1801. The
grnnddaughter Is a healthy child, Its
mother being less than II years old.
and both its grandparents on the ma
ternal aide being less than thirty-four
years of age.
REPUBLICANS NOMINATE A
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRES8.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Asheville, N. C, July 8.—The Re
publican congressional convention here
Saturday unanimously nominated Pro
fessor J. J. Britt, of this city, as the
Republican nominee fbr congress from
this district, to oppose W. T. Craw
ford, the Democratic candidate.
Uy I'rlrste Leased Wire.
Indianapolis, lnd„ July 8.—In reply
ing to John W. Kern. Tom Taggart's
attorney, who declared that the raiding
of the casinos at French Lick Springs
and West Baden was a political move.
Attorney General Charles W. Miller
scored Taggart and bis associates.
"Mr. Kora says the casino Is in no
way connected with the hotel, the
building being built elmply for bowling
and billiards and situated on the com
pany’s grounds," said Mr. Miller. "I
wonder how nineteen slot machines got
Into the building that was erected for
bowling, and billiards. I wonder why
there waa a second story, divided Into
various rooms, where roulette wheels,
poker tables, klondlke tables, keno out-
tlta, I kniiiltcr.-' tallies .III.I I'.,m|ili.||.
pool selling paraphernalia were ar
ranged and Immense blackboards
placed on the walls.
“Just IhInk of It. Last March the
hoard ..f directors passed a j.solution
authorising the execution of a lease of
this building and directing a clause to
be Inserted prohibiting gambling. Does
any man In Indiana believe that such
a lease wns made In good faith nnd
thin Taggart and Lee W. Sinclair
thought of such a thing rh prohibiting
gambling, which for yean has been
conducted In these casinos; Certainly
not.
“That recreation nnd amusement
features nre ‘both varied and unusual'
U set forth conspicuously In the liter*
ature of the French Lick Springs re
sort nnd Thomas Taggart and hit
counsel knew of the unusual features
at the time of the execution of the
March lease.
-With the open, flagrant, notorious
\ <<f the i ;t w n . >f t! .
der the nos»*s of Taggart and Sinclair
and the men who speak for them, will
It appeal t«» the people »•• sn\ th.it It
was a political trick? How ridiculous.
How absurd.
-When the raid was made, man Just
Jumped out of the second story and
ran away. Two of them hart been
arrested. K. Deny, the gambler In
charge, wns caught at French Lick
Springs, eight gamblers at West Baden
Mini two carload* of gambling device
trtrv rapturtd Jintl shipped to PaoU.
“If Mr. Kern cares to designate thla
as a 'grand stand play’ no one will do
prhe him of that grout privilege.
“There Is no politics In thla move
ment. The local authorities should
have wiped these casinos‘out of ex
istence years ngo nnd this kind of
business must be stopped.-
TO BUILD FACTORY
AT
COTTON STALKS PRODUCT
COMPANY PLANS WORK.
$200,000 Worth of Stock Will Be
Issued for Building of
Plant.
Americans to Honor Baby Prince .
By Private Leased Wire.
Berlin, July 9.—Because the son of Crown Prince Frederick
William was born on the Fourth of July, tbo American colony here
will present to Lhe royal baby a silver cup bearing the American eagle
and the “Stars arid Stripes.” $
FIREMEN’S CONVENTION
TO MEET IN ASHEVILLE
Special to Tbs Georgian.
Asheville, N, C, July 8.—Everything
Is ready for the opening of the North
Carolina firemen's convention and tour
nament, which begins here tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock for a three daye'
session. Firemen from nearly every
town In the etate, besides, from Georgia,
South Carolina and Alabama, arc In
the city with apparatus to enter the
contests.
CITY OF LEADVILLE
DOESN'T OWN GOLD.
By Private Leased Wire.
Denver, Colo., July 8.—Leadvflle Is
not the iwner of the gold beneath Us
streets^ according to a decision handed
down by the supreme court in the
esses of the city of Leadvllle vs. the
Bohn Ntlnlng Company, the Coronado
Mining Company and others. The de
fendants are operating under the
streets of Leadvllle, ana the munici
pality objected.
TESTIMONY COMPLETED
IN NOTED COPPER SUIT
8pcclol to The flrorglnn.
Asheville, N. C., July 9.—Testimony
In the celebrated “Copper Mine case,"
offered by the Weatfeldt heirs. In tho
-“iilt brought against them by the North
Carolina Mining Company. In the Unit
ed States circuit court, was completed
Saturday and tiled by Examiner Don
ald GUIs in the clerk's office. Tbe tes
timony embraces 1,004 typewritten
pages, and Is bound In seven volumes.
MEET NEXT IN MEMPHIS
FOR ANNUAL SESSION
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July f.—Tha
Christian Endeavor convention, In ses
sion here, has decided to hold tha next
meeting In Memphis. Officers for tha
anaulntf years were elected as follows:
B. H. Beagle, Chattanooga, president;
A. H. Daly, Knoxville, vice president;
Lee Gloss, Memphis, secretary; W. I*
Wheeler, Nashville, treasurer.
At the first meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Cotton Stalks
Product Company, which was held In
Atlanta Saturday night. It was voted
to commence the building of one of the
factories at once, and Montgomery,
Ala., was chosen as tbe site of the first
operaffona of the recently Incorporated
concern. The Alabama city was chosen
largely because of Its advantageous lo
cation, being in the center of the cot
ton belt, and also because of the su
perior quality of the fleecy staple
which Is grown in that vicinity.
The board of directors further de
cided to Issue $200,000 worth of stock,
both common and preferred, the money
thus mined to be used in the pay
ment of the construction of the first
plant. Of thla amount $100,000 la to
be subscribed by Northern capitalists
Hint a llk<» tun-nun by Southern par
tite. Montgomery citizens have agreed
in subsrrlbr ooo of the required
amount ns a bonus for the erection of
the first plant In that city.
While the committee was In session,
tho outlook for tho new project was
discussed from nil sides. Northern
parties are taking a great interest In
tlie Idea and believe a bright future Is
In store for the Industry. If the plant
at Montgomery Is the success which It
Is expected It will be. many more will
be ••lerte.i in Antonin pml* -*f tin*
South, and Atlanta w HI i • « - l\ -* it leant
one of the number. The taking of
muIifi'ijptl..ns for st-u k li.m .itre.idy be
gun. and the promoters believe that
actual operations will be In progress
within six months.
It was further decided by the direct
ors at their meeting that tho $200,000
L" rained In per rent preferred stork
for the purpose of building nnd equip
ping the plant and with each $100
share of preferred stock the subscriber
will receive five shares of common
stock at $20 a share as a bonus.
More Goods Than
Room.
We have bought more goods than
we have space for, hence wc are
TOO CROWDED.
In order to reduce our stock we will CUT our profits
ONE-HALF on all BAGS AND SHIT CASES
for the next 10 days. If you are Bargain Seeking get
our prices before buying.
PINNACLE TRUNK MFG. CO., 62 Peachtree St.
Cotton Crop Noeda Rain.
Special to Th« Oaorilaa.
Decatur, Ala., July 8.—The paat week
hu not bean aa favorable, on tho cot
ton crop of tho valley of the Tannaaaee
aa waa the preceding week. Rath
throughout the greater part of thla
aoctlon la badly needed and in some
place, the ground la becoming too dry
to plow.
THREE GOVERNORS
and a host of depositors with Two Million, Thrco Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars to their credit, strongly endorsed
THE NEAL BANK.
Was first appointed a 8tato Depository by the late Gov. W. T. Atkin
son, then by Ex-Govornor Allen D. Candler, reappointed by him, then
appointed by his successor, Govornor J. M. Terrell, also reappointed
by him. We are so near the ten thousand lino accounts on our books
that we are oncouraged to roach out for
TWENTY THOUSAND DEPOSITORS.
If each one of our loyal patron, will «cnd ua one or morn account,
we will anon have the roll complete. Hum enabling ua to still further
Increase our ability to aid Morchanta, Manufacturers and Home
llulldera.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
One Dollar starta an account with a little Home Bonk end book
or with a book only. Wo allow Interval, compounded aeml-anmially, at
tho rato of
THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. PER ANNUM.
t H. THOUtTOH. Pm lift.!.
or. p. aimr, caii/w. if. c cutovru, tut. c»eitr.
WOMEN ARE POPULAR
A8 RAILWAY AGENTS.
Dy 1'rlrale heated Wire.
Kaahvllle, July 8.—The three moat
popular local agents on the Southern
between Nashville and Knoxville are
lag UMM warns agents stationed at
Waldencla. Osone end Mount JulleL
ll till'* he,Ml 1, ,|Uf‘1 I",I with r 1111 1
manngers for a long time whether
women would become tuccraaful
agente. So far as tha Southern ,1a
concerned, It haa proved the affirma
tive at leaet In theae three caeee. In
each of tha three caaea the women
are also telegraph operatora and han
dle all Ibe meaaagee and train orders
sent there.
MI88 REID’S BETROTHAL
IS OFFICIALLY DENIED.
By I'rlrste leased Wire.
London. July ».—The engagement of
Mlaa Jean Iteld, daughter of Amb*s-o-
dor Reid, to Lord Acheron, Is today of-
nclelty denied.
Independent Telephone Company.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Jaaper, Ala., July 8.—Papers of In
corporation have been Bled with the
probate Judge for the Homo Telephone
Company. K. M. Cranford la presi
dent; J. N. Odom and William Gur-
ganua, rice praaldanta, and John A.
Coleman, secretary and treasurer.
HOW A FIGHT FOR HONOR LED TO FAMILY’S STARVATION, TOLD IN ‘THE JUNGLE”
COURT “JUSTICE” RUINS HOMES IN PACKINGTOWN
STORY’S HERO SENT
TO JAIL; WIFE AND
BABIES FREEZING
CHAPTER XVII.
At 7 o'clock the next morning Jurgls
*'* let out to get water to wash hla
«ll-a duty which he performed faith
fully, but which most of the prisoners
*ere accustomed to shirk until their
cell, became so filthy that the guards
inierpoMti. Then he had more 'duffers
•ad dope" and afterwards waa allowed
turee hours for exercise In a long, os-
jjeat.walled court, roofed with glass.
„ <re w ( re all the Inmates of the Jail
™ ,0 **ther. At one aide of the
waa a place for visitors, cut off
two heavy wire screens, a foot
that nothing could be passed
1" to the prisoners; here Jurgls watch-
•ee'hlm” 1 ’ y ‘ bUt * , " r * cam ® no one ,0
*fter he want back to hla call a
„ £* 1 r opened the door to let In anoth-
f.u„ ,on * r ' H ® w *» * dapper young
!Jl *' *lth a light brown mustache
h. ttid a graceful figure.
Me nodded to Jurgls, and then, aa the
,h * door ttpon him, began
**fi“*i,critically about him.
P*'. he aald, as hla glanca
encountered Jurgls again, "good-mom-
'Good.morning," aald Jurgls.
the Other ,0 for cl, rlstmaa, eh?" added
Jurgls nodded.
tn.„„. n M WC " m « r w * nt to 'ha bunk* and
min,. 1 11 the blankets; he lifted up the
, * «" and then dropped It with an
the .™ 0 "- " My Oodl- ht aald. “that's
“L-arst yet."
a. If IIW V Jurats again. "Looks
Coiiw... hf,dn ' been alapt In last night.
.! Id " «,and it, aht"
said Jure,! " ,nt 10 »>—P l“‘ night."
-v2? n S' d >'•>« come tnr
Yesterday."
nd ,h lh,r h,d another look round.
tS, wrinkled up hla nose,
he mm ! h * d ®! 11 °f * "'Ink In here,”
*S? d,B Y' “What •* Itr
•ion?* 1 *® “ JurcU -
-jff*’ me."
they make you wash?"
»y- "w raewe you wasi
-Whit uf uL* don '‘
Flat Silver
Iattems embodying all
" c la ^8t and most artistic
_ •’••options of the best
makers are here, subject to
J°'»r critical study.
Jhe quality is perfect—
Y°u expect
0,ir house—no matter
•vhcthor we sell you a small
-°* silver or a
" r, ' af family chest.
"Fertlllxer."
"Fertiliser! T(le deuce! What are
you?"
"I work In the stock yards—at least.
I did until the other day. It’s In my
clothes”
"That’s a new one on me," said the
newcomer. “I thought I’d bean up
against ’em all. What are you In
for?"
"I hit my boas."
"Oh. that's Itl What did ha dor
"Ha—he treated me mean."
"1 see. You're what's called an hon
set workingman!”
"What are your Jurgls aaked.
"ir The other laughed. "They say
I’m a cracksman," ha aald.
"What'a that?" aaked Jurgls.
"Safes and such things." anawared
the other.
"Oh.” said Jurgls, wonderlngly, and
stared at the speaker In awe. "You
mean you break Into them—you—
you—”
"Yes,” laughed the other, “that's
what they say.”
He did not look to be over twenty-
two or three, though, aa Jurgls found
afterward a, he waa thirty. He apoke
like a man of education, like what the
world calls a "gentleman."
“Is that what you'ro here forr Jur
gls Inquired.
"No," waa the'aaswer. "I’m here for
disorderly conduct. They were mad
because they couldn't get any ovl-
denCe.”
"What’s your name?" the young fel
low continued, after a pause. “My
name's Duane—Jack Duane. I’ve more
than a dozen, but that’s my company
one." He seated himself on tbe floor
with hla back to the wall and hla legs
crossed, and went on talking easily;
he soon put Jurgls on a friendly foot
ing—he waa evidently a man of the
world, used to getting on. and not too
R roud to hold con venation with a mars
iboring man. He drew Jurgls out.
and heard all about hla lift—all but tha
one unmentionable thing; and then he
told stories about hla own life. He waa
a great one for stories, not always of
the cholceat. Being sent to Jail had
apparently not disturbed hla chearful-
nesa; he had “done time" twice before,
It seemed, and he took It all with a
frolic welcome. What with women and
wine end the excitement of hie vo
cation. a man could afford to rest now
and then.
Naturally the aspect of prison life
waa changed for Jurgls by tha arrival
of a cellmate. He could not turn hla
face to the wall and sulk. He had to
apeak when he waa spoken to. Nor
could he help being Interested In the
conversation of Duans—tha first edu
cated man with whom be had ever
Miked. How could he help listening
with. wonder while the other told of
midnight ventures and perilous es
capes, of feastlnga and orgfta, of for
tunes squandered In a night? The
young fellow had an amused contempt
for Jurgls, aa a sort of working mnle.
He, too, had felt the world’s Injustice,
Maier & Berkele.
had struck back, and rtrud
waa striking all tha time. There waa
war between him and society. He waa
a genial freebooter, living off the ene
my, without fear or shame. He waa
not always victorious, bat then defeat
did not mean annihilation, and need
not break hla spirit
Withal hs was a good-heartad fel
low—too much so, It appeared. His
story came out, not In the first day,
nor the second, but In the long hours
that druKK' 1 '! tiy. In whl'-h tli.-y In n I
nothing to do but talk, and nothing to
talk <if lint thi'iiwlvi’i. Jm’k Duani'
was from the Bast; he was a college-
bred man—had been studying electri
cal engineering. Then hie father hod
met with misfortune In business ond
killed himself; nnd there hail been his
mother and a younger brother nnd sis
ter. Aleo, there was an Invention of
Duane's; Jurgls could not understand
it clearly; but It had to do with tele
graphing, and It waa a very Important
thing—there were fortunes In It, mil
lions of dollars. And Duane had been
robbed of It by n great company, and
B it tangled up In lawaulte and lost all
a money.
Then aomebody had given him a tip
on a hone race and he had tried to
retrieve hla fortuna with another per
son's money and had to run away, and
all the rest had come from that. The
other aaked him what had led him to
safe-breaking—to Jurgls a wild and ap
palling occupation to think about. A
man ha had mat, hla cellmata had re-
B lied—one thing leads to another.
Hdn't he ever wonder about hla fam
ily? Jurgls aakad. Sometimes, the
other answered, but not often—he
didn't allow It. Thinking about it
would make It no better. Thla wasn't
a world In which a man had any bust
ness with a family; sooner or later
Jurgta would find that out also and
give up the fight and shift for himself.
Jurgls waa ao transparently what he
pretended to be that hla cellmata waa
as opan with him aa a child; It waa
pleasant to tell him adventures, ha was
so full of wonder and admiration, he
waa ao new to the ways of the coun
try. Duans did not even bother to
keep back names and places—hs told
all his triumphs and hla failures, hla
loves and his griefs. Also he Intro
duced Jurgls to many of ths othsr
E rlsoners, nearly half of whom he
new by name. The crowd had at-
him "the etlnker." This waa cruel, but
they meant no harm by tt, and he took
It with a good-natured grin.
Our friends had caught now and then
a whiff from the sewers over which hs
lived, but this was ths first lima that
ha had aver been splashed by their
nith. This Jail was a Noah's ark of
the city’s crime—than ware murderers,
"hold-up man" and burglars, embes-
slera, counterfeiters and forgers, biga
mists, "shop lifters," "confidence men,"
petty thieves and pickpockets, gam
blers. and procurers, brawlers, beggars,
tramps and drunkards; they were black
and white, old and young, Americans
and natives of every nation under the
aun. There were hardened criminals
and Innocent men too poor to give
yet In thefr teens.
drainage of ths gnat festering ulcer
of society; they
upon, alrkenlng to talk to. All
turned to rottenness and stanch In
them—love was a beastliness, Joy was
a snare, and Ood waa an Imprecation.
They strolled here and there about tbe
courtyard and Jurgls listened to them.
He was Ignorant and they were wise;
they had been everywhere and tried ev
erything. Into this wild beast tangle
these men had been borne without
their consent, they
_ had Uken part In
It because they could not help It; that
they were In Jail was no disgrace to
them, for the game had never been
fair, tha dies were loaded. They were
swindlers end (Aleves of pontiles end
dimes, and they had been trapped and
put out of the way by the swindlers
and thlsves of millions of dollars.
To most of this Jurats tried not to
listen. They frightened him with their
savage mockery; and alt the while hla
heart was far away, where tits loved
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
Tlu» *torj 6t “Tho Junglo," Union Sinclair's novel, which rinsed the gov
ernment invesilgntlon Into tbe methods employed bv the beef trust, has Its
origin in an actunl 1'arklngton-n rutnanee.
A simple-minded roterio of Lithuanians arrive In Chicago, seeking employ
ment* and era conducted to rarklogtown by a friend. Jurgls. a giant In
strength. Is betrothed to Onu, and tbe drat chapter tplls of tbe wedding Tu all Ita
grotnsqoeneaa. After much tabulation, tbe entire family obtains Work Is the
stock-yards—el! but Ona, who. Jnrgla said, should never work.
vho, Jl_.
Tbe terrible tnle of the slaughter houses* l» told with almost revolting de-
faff—the ttltli. the overworking of hands, tho struggle to keep up with the pace
makers, la all vividly depicted. Tho little family luira a house on the Install
ment plan, only to And they bate been swindled, and Ona la forced to seek work
to meet tho actual living expenses, sud tbe Interest on the purchase contract, of
which they learn too late. .
MarIJu discovers that tha forelady la cheating ner, by taking money which
should have gone to tbe worker. Hhe protests violently, and Is discharged.
Finally, she obtains a man s work at hair tbe nay of a man. A baby cornea to
Ona and Jnrgla, but tba little mother can taae only a week off, fearing tbe
lots of ker Job. i H
klo and Is laid np for months. Ilia nature begins to rlinoge. ir, becomes cross
end savage With pain. Starvation stares the faintly In the race. Tbe smeller chil
dren are .sent out Into the enow to sell papers.
Finally Jurgls In-gliia work In the fertiliser plant—the deadliest of all—and Fir,
Meta alavaa la the Maaago HiurriiiK tie|.iiniii-Mi i it.- inn.- boys of tha family
legrn to iwaar, drink and smoke, dradtinlly the grind throws tbe fsmlly Into
constant stupor. Tbey nul pN MM v*i»nt (hay can, sleep when they can*
and work. It aeems to them, nhvnje. The author describes the almost Incredible
conditions In the fertlllrer plant, sud goes deeper Into the criminal treatment of
employees, and the adulteration of the ''meat.'* Tbs future lies dark, hopeless,
tiefore them. Only death can be eevn at the end of the vista. And the strength of
tbe vrbole family la l*lng surely napped.
Then Ona confesses, under compulsion, that. In order to save the entire fam
ily from financial destruction and loss of Jobs, Connor, foreman of her depart-
■Matin* hi. tretk Into him. and Snail* Max dritccd off W a doaan i
Is ttwa amatol, and ,paixl. I’krtitmas ava la nrlaou, awaltlnx trial.
Cop.rixkt, 1808, b* Upton BlncUlr. All rl.hta rsMfvad
ones wars calllnx. Now and then In
tha mldat of It hla thouxhta would take
fllxht; and then the tears would come
Into hla eyes—and he would be called
baby by tbe Jeerlnx laughter of hla
companions.
II* spent a week In thla company,
and during all that time he had no word
from hie home. He paid one of hla 1$
cents for a postal card, and hla com'
K nlon wrote a note to the family, tell-
l them where he waa and whtn hs
would be tried. There came no an
swer to It, however, and at last, ths
day before New Year's, Jurats bade
good-bye to Jack Duane. The latter
gave him hla address and mads Jurgls
promise to look him up. "Maybe I
could help you out of a hole some day.”
he said, and added that he was sorry
to have him go. Jurgls rods In the
patrol wagon back to Justice Catahan'e
court, for trial.
One of ths first things he made out
ae he entered the room wae Tela Elz-
bleta and little Kotrlna, looking pale
and frightened, seated far In the reer.
Hla heart began to pound, but be did
not dare to try to algnal them, and
neither did Elsbleta. He took hla seal
In the prisoner's pen and sat gaslng at
them In helplees agony. He >,» that
Ona was not with them, and waa full
of foreboding aa to what that might
mean. He apent half an hour brood
ing over this—and th-n suddenly hs
stralghtentd up and tha blood rushed
Into tile face. A man hod corns In
jury Is could not sss his features for
the bandsges that swathed him, but
he knew the burly figure. It was Con
nor! A trembling eelsed him, and hla
limbs bent as If for a spring. Than
on hla collar.
suddenly he felt a hand on
and heard a voice behind ..him: "Sit
down!”
He auhelded, but he never took hla
eyes off hla enemy. The fellow waa
still alive, which was a disappointment.
In one way; and yet It was pleasant to
see him, all In penitential plasters. Ha
and the company lawyer, who waa
with him, came and took avals within
the Judge’s raffing; and a minute later
the clerk called Jurats' name, end tbe
policeman Jerked him to hla feet and
led him before the bar, gripping him
tightly by the arm, lest he ehould
■prtng upon the boas.
Jurgls listened while the man en
tered the wltneae chair, took the oath.
and told hla story. The wife of the
prisoner hnd been employed In a de
partment near him, and had been dis
charged for Impudence to him. Half
an hour later he hod been violently at
tacked. knocked down and almost chok-
ed to death. He had brought wit-
CHICAGO WINTERS
ADD TO SUFFERING .
OF THE WORKERS
•Tea, I know," aald the Judge. "I
hear It often enough. Tho fellow Beams
to hava handled you pretty roughly.
Thirty days and costa. Next case."
o had him by the arm turned nnd
etarted to lead him away that hr real
ised that aentenen had haen passed.
He gated round him wildly. "Thirty
daytl" he panted—and then he whirled
upon the Judge. “What will my family
do?" ha erltd frantically. "I have a
wife and baby, air, and they have no
money. My God, they will starve to
death!”
You would have done well to think
about them before you committed the
I—
aaaaull," aald the Judge, dryly, aa he
the next prisoner.
'They will probably not be n
ary," observed tbe Judge, as hs
•ary,
ed to Jurgls.
"You admit attacking tha plaintiff?'
h# naked.
"Him?" inquired Jurgls, pointing at
tha boss.
"Yes," aald the Judge.
"I hit him, air,” aald Jurgls.
"8ay ‘your Honor,"* said tha offlear,
pinching Ms arm hard.
“Your Honor,” aald Jifrgle obediently.
"You tried to choke him?”
"Yee, air, your Honor."
"Ever been arrested before?"
•'No, elr, your Honor."
"What have you to aar for your'
•Mfr
Jurgta hesitated. He tried once or
twice, summering and balking, to the
Ing from the odor
the prieoner made It understood that
hla vocabulary was Inadequate, end
than stepped up a dapper young man
with waxed mustaches bidding him
apeak In any language he knew.
Jurgta began; supposing that hs
would be given time, he explained how
the boas had taken advantage of his
wife’s position to make advances to
her snd had threatened her with the
loas of her place. When the Interpreter
had translated this, ths Judge, whose
calendar was crowded, and whose auto
mobile was ordsrsd for a certain hour.
Interrupted with tba remark; "Oh. I
see. Well. If he made love to your wife,
why didn't she complain to ths super
intendent or leave the placer*
Jurgls hesitated, somewhat taken
aback. He began to explain that they
were very poor—that work waa hard to
get—
"I see." aald Justice Callahan; "ao
Instead you thought you would knock
him down.” He turned to the plaintiff.
Inquiring, "fa there any truth In this
etory, Mr. Connor r -
"Not a particle, your honor,” said
the boas. "It la vary unpleasant—they
tell aome such tsls every time you have-
to discharge a woman"—
turned to look at
Jurgls would hava spoken again, but
tha policeman had aelaed him by the
collar and waa twisting It, and a sec
ond policeman was making for him
with evidently hoatll' Intentions. 8o
he 1st him lead him away. Far down
the room he saw Mlzbletn and Kotrins,
risen from their seats, staring to fright.
Hs mods one effort to go to thsoi, and
then, brought bark by another twist
at his throat he bowed hla heed and
gave up the struggle. They thrust him
Into a cell room, where other prisoners
were waiting; and as soon aa court hod
adjourned they led him down with
them Into the “Black Marla” and drove
him away.
Title time Jurgle was bound for the
“Bridewell," a petty Jail where Cook
county prisoners serve their time. It
waa even filthier and more crowded
than tbe county Jail; all the smaller
fry out of the latter had been sifted
Into It—the petty thieves and swlnd-
ll.
lent, the brawlers and vagrants. Fo
his cell-mate Jurgls hod an Itallai
his graft to the policeman, and
been arrested for carrying a large
pocket knife; as hs did not understand
a word of English our frtand was glad
whan he left. He gave place to a Nor
wegian sailor, who had lost halt an ear
In a drunken brawl, and who proved
to he quarrelsome, riming Jurgls be-
causs ha moved In his bung and caused
tbs roaches to drop upon ths lowsr
one. It would have been quite Intol
erable, etaylng In a cell with this wild
beast, but for the fact that all day long
the prisoners were put at work break
ing stone.
Ten days of hla thirty Jurgta Spent
thus, without hearing a word from hla
family; than one day a keeper came
and Informed him that there was a vis
itor to see him. Jurgls turned white,
and eo weak at the knees that he could
hardly leave his cell.
The man led him down ths corridor
and a flight of stepa to the visitors’
room, which was barred like a cell.
Through the grating Jurgls could see
some one sitting In a chair, and aa ha
came Into the room the person surfed
up. and he saw that It waa little Btan
home the big fall
pieces—he had to steady himself by a
chair, and he put hla other hand to hla
forehead, aa If to rlrar away a mlsL
"Well." he aald, weakly.
Little Stanislavas waa also tremb
ling. and all but too frightened to
Speak. "They—tbey sent me to tell
you"— he «a!d. with a gulp.
"Well?" Jurgla repealed.
He followed the boy’s glam e ■
where the keeper was standing watrl
Ing them. "Never mind that." Jurg
rrled. wildly, "llow are they?"
"Ona la very sick,” ■tanlalovns ael<i
"end we are almost starving. Wo can
get along: we thought you might I
able to help us."
Jurgla gripped the chair tighter
there ware beads of pernptrstlon or
forehead, and hla hand .hook,
can’t—help you," he eni'i
“Ona lies In her room all day,"
boy went on. breathlessly. • 8h® w
won't eat anything, and ahe erlea
the time. Hhe won’t tell what la
matter and she won't go to work al
Then a long tints sgo tbs msn entnr tor
the rent. He wss very cross. Hs SBggi
again last >ytsk. * He sold he would
turn us out of the house. And then
Marija"—
A sob choked Htenlslovas, end he
stopped. “What's the matter with
Marija?" cried Jurgla-
"Hhe'a rut her hand!" said tha boy.
"Hbe’a rut It had, this time, worse than
before. Hhe can’t work, nnd It'a nil
turning green, nnd the company doctor
say. she may—she may have to'hnvn
It cut off. And Marija cries all the
time—her money Is nearly all gone,
too, and we can't pay the rent nnd the
Interest on (he house; and we hn\, mo
coal, and nothing more to eat, and the
man at the store, hs says"—
The little fellow stopped again, be
ginning to whimper. "Go on!" the
other panted In frenzy—“Go on!"
T—I will.” sobbed BUnlalovae "It's
-oo cold all the time. And last Sun
day It snowed again—a deep, deep
•now—and 1 couldn't—couldn't set to
work."
"Ood!" Jurgta half shouted, and he
took a step toward ths child. There
was an old hatred between them be
cause of the snow—evsr since that
dreadful morning when the boy had
had hla fingers frozen nnd Jurgls hud
had to beat him to sand him to work.
Now he clenched hla hands, looking h -
If he would try to break through the
grating. "You little villain,” he cried,
"you didn't try!"
"I did—I did!" walled Staru-ho a-,
shrinking from him In terror. ~1 tried
all day—two days, Elisabeth waa with
me, and she couldn't elthsr. Ws
couldn't walk at all. It was an dccr.
And we had nothing to cat, and oh. It
waa ao cold! I tried, and then ti.o
third day Una went with me"—
'Ona!”
'Yes, she tried to go to work, loo.
Hhe had to. We were all starving. But
she had lost her place"—
Jurgta reeled, and gave a gasp. "Hho
went back to that pises?" he screamed.
"She tried to,” said Btanlslovas, gaz
ing at him In perplexity. "Why not,
Jurgla T*
The man breathed hard, three or four
times. "Go—on." he panted, finally.
"I went with her." aald Htiuilaluvus.
"but Mlaa Henderson wouldn't take h-r
back. And Connor saw her and
her. He was still bandaged up—why
did you hit him. Jurgla?" (There was
aome fascinating mystery about this.