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est noise and had entered the room on tip
toe. Scheim had neard nothing. He drew
a small package of writings from the niche
and added Miller's paper. Then he touched
the spring once more-the portrait moved
back to its place Deeply absorbed in
thoughts, ScheIm sat down on a chair near
by and said to himself:
"I must have money. This rascal has
cost me already 10000 rubles; if I were to
sell all I possess and to deny myself every
thing could hardly scrape together twice
as much. And what could I do with that?
must absolutely have 100000 rubles to
carry out such gigantic intrigue as this.
Where can get it?
Nicholas, who was standing close to the
wall, purposely made noise. Schelm
jumped up and fell upon him like tiger.
"Who are you? How dare you enter
here?" he cried, beside himself. "Answerl
I must know you. What is your name?"
"My name is Nicholas Popoff and till
Yesterday I had an Office IN the Ministry of
the Interior" said Nicholas quietly.
"Popoff!' cried Schelm, furious. "Did
I not have you turned of? How dare you
reappear here? This is open rebellion! You
shall pay for that!"
A sudden thought flashed through his
mind.
"How long have you been standing
here?'
zone moment and I heard your Excel
lency's words"
"Heard them? You confess that, you in
solent rascal"
While uttering these words Schelm turned
to his table to seize the bell that was stand
ing there near at hand. Popof did not let
him do it-he placed himself betweenhis
former chiet and the table. Schelm turned
pale with fury.
'sInsolent fellow i'' he cried again. "Do
you want to die under the knout?"
"More calmly, Your Excellency," replied
Popof, not without a slight admi1ture of
scorn. ST came to render Your Excellency
great service.
ia great service? You to me? Halo !
Is anybody there?"
His voice, however, hardly penetrated the
heavy portiere, and besides, there was no.
body in the adjoining room. The man on
duty had left Popof in his place and had
gone away.
II can furnish Your Excellency the money
you want" The firm voice of his former
cover his senses.
"Speak! What do you want of me?"
"Your Excellency has sent me out of the
Ministry, when was supporting my mother
and younger brother out of my modest
pay. I want to recover the lost place, be-
cause need it absolutely. I propose, there
fore, to Your Excellency this: If suggest
means to secure the sum of money you want,
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table, this time unhindered by Nicholas.
He promptly wrote this certificates:

table, this time unhindered by Nicholas
He promptly wrote this certificate:
Upon this voucher the Treasurer will pay 70
Mr.. Popof, my private secretary, the sum OF
1OO, 600 rubles, from the secret fund. need
this amount IN order to ascertain the charac-
ter, ETC.. of the conspiracy. La.
The Head Of the Division for Pol. Affairs,
SCHELM, PriVy Councillor.
SIS that satisfactory"
""Truly, your Excellency."
'Then you do not go to the Minister; you
forge his signature, keep back 10000 rubles
and bring me the remainder
Every well, your Excellency."
Popotf wrote the usual exequatur, with
signature of the Minister, and then handed
Mr.. Schelm the paper.
Excellent Now 90 to the treasury
Our compact is eoncludedP'
Popoff seemed to be unwilling to 90.
"Your E1cellency will have the kindness
to appoint me your private secretary"
"Well," said Schelm, and rang the bell.
The old invalid appeared on the thres-
hold.
"Call the head of Bureau No. T."
The soldier appeared instantly.
"But will the thing succeed. Your former
chief is perhaps no longer at the Treasury at
this hour" .
"We need not fear. The Treasurer lives
in the Ministry, and even when he goes out
he always leaves word where he may be
found; such are the regulations. The man
knows me personally and will make no diff
fculties."
The Head of Bureau No. entered the
room. At the sight of Popoff he was greatly
surprised, but his astonishment grew when
he heard Schelm's words:
Il did Mr.. Popof wrong, and TO make
amends appoint him my private secretary.
He will, however, belong as heretofore to
Bureau No. z, and only draw a large salary.
And now, my friend, go to the Minister and
attend to my commission there!''
81 thank your E1cellency" ssid Popof,
bowling.
scnelm dismissed him with a friendly
gesture, but retained the Head of the Bu-
reau No. Z, who was also about to withdraw.
After he was sure that Popof had reached
the end of the passage he quickly locked
the door and turned to the other man:
"You will receive letter from me, which
you will have to send instantly to the po-
lice"
Then sitting down at his table he hastily
wrote these words:
The Head of Division of his Excellency
Count Perowski directs the attention of the
police to the official Popof. He is q danger
Gus man; he cherishes revolutionary ideas and
is dishonest He has just stolen 20 900 rubles
in the Ministry. As the matter is secret the
Head of Division requests His Excellency, the
Chief Of the Police, to have Popoff arrested
tomorrow and quietly to be put aside.
After signing these lines Schelm ordered
the official to jump into cab and drive at
full gallop to the police.
Popoff, in the meantime, had become
thoughtful.
'It is, at all events, better for me to be
private secretary of the Head than to seek
place at the hands of an utterly unknown
Count. But one cannot be too cautious in
having to deal with man like Schelm."
With these words he stepped into the per-
fectly empty bureau, lit the lamp and got
the copying press; then he put ScheIm's
receipt under the press, copied it into the
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Some of the knives are still stained with
the blood of their victims. Bits OF rope
that choked conspirators and murderers
from August Spies, the anarchist, to the
Chinaman who perished SIX weeks ago on
the gallows in San Francisco are nailed
upon another panel. Bludgeons and all
the terrible contrivances of safe blowers
and highwavmen are clustered in one cor
ner.
When the room had been thus decorated
new rules were made. One of these was
adopted to accentuate the exclusiveness of
the club. 1t prevents introduction
of any stranger, into the club
rooms on any day except Satur-
dav unless perchance the visi-
tor is from out of town. Ii he is stranger in
the city he is welcome at all times. An ini-
tiation fee OF $40 was also adopted. This fee
has since been raised to SIS.
When the new room had been heavily dec
grated with its hundreds of historic and
grewsome relics, and the club had begun to
climb rapidly to the first phalan1 of Bohe-
mian clubs of the world, the members began
to give weekly entertainments to their
guests. These svmposiums were held for
three months every Saturday night. Many
of the most famous professional men in the
country have slipped their beer, smoked their
church warden's pipe and participated in
the whirlwlnd OF wit, song and oratory
which has SO often swept over the somber
board on these meeting nights. A card was
never turned nor dice thrown in the club
room, and woman has never been permit
ted to step inside the ghostly portals of the
den.
THE RULING IDEA.
It has been subject of comment why a
club composed OF SO many brilliant minds
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TWO MILLION ON DEUCES.
One of the Heaviest Games of Poker oil
Record, With Confederate Bills.

One of the Heaviest Games of Poker on
Record, With Confederate Bills.
New York Herald.I
"We were in winter quarters in 1852 al
White Oak Church." said an old veteran
sitting in game of draw the other evening,
when my corps captured a paymaster'
wagon containing 1 cannot say many
millions in bills and bonds. It gave my
company the opportunity for playing the
heaviest game of poker ever heard of. The
ante was 500 and there was no limit.
"In the foray something like S.. 900, 900 OF
the stuff came into the possession of myself
and my three tent mates, and as soon as we
got back to camp we started the game. I
had fairly good luck at the start, but after a
while the pasteboards went back on me, and
1 rarely got pair bigger than deuces.
"This went on until nv pile had been
brought down to about $4,000 600. There
was a 81 900 Jackpot" and when I picked
up my hand found the invariable deuces.
The man next to me opened the pot for
$1,000, the next man and myself saw him,
and then we drew. Each of the others took
three cards. but L contented myself with
one. When it came to my turn there was
$1,000 to put up, and without lifting my
hand, 1 raised the last better $1,000, 000
This drove the man next to me out ard left
the field clear for myself and one opponent.
He deliberated for long time. counted
over his pile-which contained Just little
more than the amount of the bet-and then
threw up his hand.
when looked at my cards 1 found that
had not bettered my two deuces. My op-
ponent threw down pair of kings. I as
certained later that at that very time certain
Southern sympathizers in Baltimore were
paying cents on the 81 for Confederate
money, and 1 wanted to kick myself for not
having known it sooner"
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CHAPTER V.

AS soon as Schelm was alone he looked at
the door to make sure that it was locked,
then be drew curtains and portieres closer
together, opened drawer and began to e1-
anime Miller's acknowledgement of debt
most carefully.
"One agent have" he said to himself,
"but that is not enough. He shall serve my
personal revenge. He is right when he says
it will be easy for him to play the part of
friend. Then closer intimacy must, and no
doubt will, spring up. So, that is settled!
But it has cost dear. In order to attain my
ends want more; must have regular Or
ganization. But how? 1t must be done
for the Minister was very cool last night"
While thus thinking aloud Schelm
pressed spring in the portrait of Alex
ander; it turned itself half round and re-
vealed secret compartment in the wall.
In the same moment Nicholas Popof had
opened the door without making the small
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The AnGrchfst Panel

by birth, gentleman by instinct and good
fellow at all times and in all places. The
rigid observance of this rule made many
enemies for the club, because scores of ap-
plicants for membership were rejected for
the reason that they were lacking in one or
in all OF the essential points. But the de-
termination of the members to uphold this
rule has doubtless proved the salvation of
the club, for If a bar had been let down it
would have been a matter OF a short time
when the club would have toundered.
BALIoTING ON APPLICANTS.
The method of election is novel. The
candidates name is posted for three weeks.
If, in that time, no objection is filed with
the directory against the applicant his name
comes to ballot The lights in the skull
chandeliers are turned low. The members
who are known by numbers sit in long lines
at the clubs table. A single black ball re-
jects the applicant for all time. The ballots
are matches. As each member votes favor
able for the candidate the head of the match
is broken off and the white stick cast into
an urn. If black ball is used the per-
cussion head of the match is cast.
The steady growth of the Whitechapel
Club in the face of tremendous, and at times
malignant opposition, soon became the talk
of all Chicago. Its applicants for member
ship included Congressman, urists and
men of all professions. The little club
room, with its rude decorations, was aban-
doned and large room secured. Observing
the true spirit of Bohemianism, the members
began to hang the walls with the most
grewsome relics. They wanted no carpets;
no portiers Good oak flooring, with blinds
upon which the dust of dozen years had
settled, were good enough for them. Skulls
of train robbers of suicides and of persons
who died suddenly were nailed upon the
walls. Then came the ashy bones OF Mound
Builders and of Indians with dead mems
shoes here and there, some of them bespat-
tered with blood, to relieve the stare of 80
many vacant eyes.
EMBLEMs OF WAR AND RIOT.
A cayalryman's shoe filed with the foot
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bones of a gallant trooper in General Gus
ter's command was laced in niche beside
fattened rifle bullet that had also been
picked up on that famous battleheld.
Bombs, guns and daggers, some OF them
wrenched from anarchists during the riots
of 1856 and others used to kill and MAIN,
hang like glittering fan upon one wall.
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tyl" "a bedroom for a
Princess!!" ga home
for a goddessl!!"
So spoke one of the
ladies of the diplomatic
circle as she stood in the
boudoir of the daughter
of a wealthy Western
Senator last night. There
is no truth in the sneer-
ing fling of the English
writer that Americans
put all their money on
their persons and their
parlors; that everything
is for show and nothing
for comfort The uDner
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two in the upholstering but the chair is soft
and easy for all that. When Mr.. Depew,
Who has spoken many kind words for the
club, comes to town he will sit upon
this seat. There are other valuable
chairs in the room. All are easy and not
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PEEPS AT B0UD0IRS.
Bowers of Beauty in the Fashionable
Homes of Washington.
MISS LETTERS LOVE FOR OLD GOLD.
A Pretty Little Bedroom That Was Planned
by Mrs. John A. Logan.
GRUEsOME TRAPPINGS IN A GARRET

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATcB.l
WASHINGTON, April 10.
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Chauncey M. Depew's chair stands in
another corner. There is human bone OF
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which there are so many that one can easily
guess the tastes of the sisters.
MADAM RoMERo's MEXICAN BEDROOM.
A boudoir equally distinct, but in differ
ent fashion, is that Of Madam Romero, the
wife of the Mexican Minister. The prettiest
American rooms would hardly equal it in
richness, for the wealthy Mexicans Iavishly
furnish the private rooms of their wives and
daughters. Madam Romero's room is mod
eled exactly after the one in her home in
the City of Mexico, and most of the furni-
ture was brought from there. The bedstead
is so delicately wrought that it makes the
finest of ours seem clumsy.
Almost as regal in its appointments is the
boudoir of Mrs. Hammond, the wife of DR..
William Hammond. 1t is the gem of all
the handsome apartments in Belcourt, their
new home on Columbia Heights, and was
designed by Mrs. Hammond herself, to rep
resent a section of the Alhambra. The
floor is perfectly bare.
Another matron who has a boudoir fit for
a princess is Mrs. John B. Henderson, the
wife of the American delegate to the Pan
American Congress. An especially rich
effect is given to it by the silk web on the
walls, not paper, but genuine silk, which
wealthy people to-day use to cover the
square yards of wall space. 1t scares one to
think of the cost, but L venture that the
covering for walls in this day costs more
than the finest Wilton carpets. The design
of Mrs. Henderson's silk paper is in blue
bands with tiny nosegays of pink roses, the
striped effect giving height to the room.
Mrs. Harrison has the little room at the
southwest corner of the White House for
her boudoir, and she has it charmingly
fitted up. She lives in it more than in any
other room and has in it her desk. Near
her is small table containing pictures of
her children and grandchildren, and down
the length of one side are tall wardrobes
containing the dresses of the mistress of the
White House. MISS GRUNDY, JR.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-02-01
AN UNPOPULAR BRAND.
DRrMMING UP TRADE.


One of the witnesses told a story
which, as an illustration of the methods
of the gamblers in drumming up trade,
interested the jurors exceedingly. The
heroes of this story are Jack Hum
phreys and Jim Flint, two fellows who
did a thriving business under the cloak
of money loan office" Mt Rooms Is
and Is, No. l62 Washington street,
under the name of Humphreys q Co.
up to last September, when they got
scared needlessly at the investigations
of gambling entered into by the Sep
tember grand jury and hastily left
town. One of the pair is now in Can
ada and the other in Colorado.
"These fellows, said the witness,
advertised extensively il country pa
pers, offering to sell for $1,000 or
thereabouts business chances paying
from 81 900 to 81, 800 per annum. The
advertisement expressly stated that no
one without money need answer, and
you would be surprised at the number
Of applications they had. Countrymen
came focking in by the dozen, and
then the fine work Of the firm began.
They would show their customers the
sights Of the city, while keeping them
waiting on one preteXt or another, he.
fore entering into any business ar
raugements. Among the sights, some
Of the gambling houses, usually Han
kins'. We're always included and they
always came in the first night IT was
not hard work to get the countrymor
interested They were made to bclry,
thev saw q chance to win lots of money
and it was not once out Of ten time.
that they were not hccced ont OF thau
last cent within week OF cours,
they we're u no condition then 10 tall
business tp Humphreys Is Co.. 600,
those gutepn.ug gentlemen .peeHl,
ea. 1I uI them Humphrey Is GO
g.t anywhere from $50 10 per cont
off tbr winnings from their victims
Harry upJsi. atuhneaua.tuh .r
.are. the d.st haor of 30. ll9 sa.tl
lhr. fr..t ent fbc lhry u.U.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-02-01
GIkI-NT NINNH

Pen Picture of one OF the Most Dam
gceou~ Gambling Houses in the world
Some of the People Who Frequent
II smooth hirll Cuun and His Lair tor
Busncs, Men.
While Hmllius' hell-hole can not
he equaIed in the country for total
whiIe Hanllius place does
vastly more harm than any otn-
cr because Of the number of finn
lies that it ruins and the amount
of wretchedness it causes among the
poor, there is another place far more
dangerous to the business community.
This is none other than the gambling
house run by Kirk Gum, Mt 9S Ran
dolph street This place is regarded
rs the bon-ton establishment uf the
city, and it is run by one of the smooth
est articles ON the turf. Kirk Gunu
invites none Of the trade of the
dinner pail brigade. He prefers
business men in his. and more bus
mess men have been ruined i'm
Kirk Gums establishment than in
any other place in the country.
The EAGLE has been quietly collecting
evidence about Mr.. Gunn and his
methods, and it has list of forty-twc
of his steady customers that will make
interesting reading one of these days
Mr.. Gunn has been convicted once il
the Criminal Court, and another con
viction will give him six months
visit in the county jail. The facts
about him now in the possession of TIN
EAGLE will make mighty interesting
reading, and lack of space prevents the
publication of all of them in this issue
There is plenty of time, however, tC
get them all before the public, rs TIL
EAGLE will keep up this battle unit
Mr. Gum and. Mr. Hankins are botl
closed up. Mr. Gmn is one of tn,
attractions at Chaplin x Cores plac,
on Monroe street Here ne is in tn,
habit of meeting business men wh'
frequent that Joint and who are steereC
against his Joint to their sorrow Thi
picture represents Mr. Kirk Gunn il
! his fayOrite attitude at ChaDin a
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-02-01
Hankins' Dinner-Pail Joint Still Running
Wide Open, in Violation
of Law.
Kirk Gums Embezzlement Fac
tory Also Doing Great
Business,
While John Condor, Sam Dahl, and
the Rest of the Gamblers
Are in Clover.

If ever the business men and good
people of Chicago felt the need of a
strong enforcement of the law, that
time is now For two weeks, they
have been treated to the spectacle of a
Grand Jury, on which were several
men known to be friendly with gam
blers, examining into the wide-open
gambling in Chicago. All of this time
the boss gamblers have been laughing
Not laughing in their sleeves, but
laughing openly, and declaring that
the present Grand jury would do no
harm, that it was made up Of their
friends and that no indictments would
Toe found by il. Witnesses who were
before the body complain of having
been brow beaten while it is openly
asserted that several members of the
body were in constant communication
with the gamblers One Of the
Grand Iurur was sccu ,u korns
iu company with we'll known
gambler and politician Another IS
au,gsl ta have been seen no "a hotel
with Huatbe gambler while lt Is de
gh.,1 that thr proceedings m ih.
BONA uaH ara regularly furnished a
th. gamblers etu, day Certain lt b.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-02-01
CALL THESE WITNESSES.

Here Are some Men who Can Tell the
Coming special Grand Jury Some Things
of Importance.
The coming special Grand jury
should call the following persons be
fore it and ask them what they know
about gambling in Chicago, and about
its connection with the city admins
tration
Milton Weston.
Henry T. Murray.
Cregiers friend Hamilton.
The owner and agent of II Quincy
street, "The Golden Shaving Mug.
William Reilly.
John Bonfeld.
Charles NJ. Brennan, Of ~ Clark
street.
DIR. De Wolf.
Harry Romayne.
George Fagley
Louis De Castro, alias French
Louis
Charles Atwood
Dayey Johnson.
Charles Matthews.
The last six can tell who runs l3I
Clark street
Ex-Judge Shreye the lawyer.
Isaac Lansing
Mason q Company.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-02-01
THIS Is rIIE wv.

Raids to Re Made independent or the
Police.
The Citizens Association is, it is
stated, to adopt new plan of action
Warrants are to bo sworn ont in open
court before the presiding Judge
This will be served and the gamblers,
their implements and belongings
brought into open court by special odi-
GERS
In this way some pretty valuable
testimony can be gotten mp for the
coming special jury.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-02-01

traceable to this horrible den, have oc-
CURED in this city
Most of them were Young men Of
promise, who were lurcd into Haukms'
place only to lose their regulations,
their money and their lives.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-17

openings in it, picks up the orange as it
comes down theincline. This drum. as it
revolves, raises the fruit and let's it into
trough, where it is held by two iron
hands until it is time for it to pass for
ward. In the meanwhile, whilst this is
going on, there is a large roll of tissue
paper suspended over the machine. The
end OF this paper passes between two
small iron rollers, which continually feed
it to the machine. Whilst it is going for
ward the owners name and the name of
the grove, the locality OF the business, is
all printed on each sheet of paper in which
the orange is wrapped. The paper, hav-
ing been pulled far enough forward, just
at the proper time a serrated knifejumps
out of a slot in a wooden roller and cuts
off the sheet, and at the same instant the
iron hand raises and let's the fruit drop;
it is carried down, the paper is pulled
around it, two iron fingers grasp the
edges and hold it, revolving rubber
band gives the orange a twirl, the plates
move out, and the orange drops into the
receptacle of an elevator and is delivered
to the ''packer." The car stands imme-
diatey at the door, and the fruit is ready
for consignment.
These machines are the invention ofMr.
Williams, OF New York, and they come
about as near seeing and feeling as it is
possible to make machinery. They were
tried here on a crop of some IL, OO0box-
es last season, and worked satisfactorily,
all except as to the handlingo OF thepaper,
and the inventor being on hand the whole
season and seeing the defect, has i'm
proved them until everything works like
q clock.