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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-02-23
COPYRIGHT, 1894 j
CHAPTER x.

CHAPTER x.
The visit of Fenning and his mys4
terious companion to Larala resulted
IN a way that neither he nor the yisi-
tor could have predicted. Hendricks
met him in the most gentlemanly man
Iaer; told him to make himself at home
In the hotel flor that was what the
sanitarium was frequently calledl;
gave him to understand that he would
have talk with him and fix the mat
ter up satisfactorily when he found q
good opportunity. Hc even sent him
down into the workshops, and treated
him SO Hospitality that the man was
outwitted at the start.
He had not been In the cave half an
hour when he encountered tho captain;
who very seldom left 1t, but occupied
all his time Id playing cribbage and
drinking rum. That parsonage greeted
him with a sailors cordiality and
swore that it did his blasted mole's
eyes good to see salt water man un-
derground.
The captain evidently knew him, for
he called him Jack Endicott, as tough
and tight q forecastle rnan ee e-cr ran
q blockade or drank q pint of rum be-
tween watches.
Whatever else Endicott may have
been he was not proof against the
temptation of good liquor and an ire
sponsible life and he never before en-
countered liquor quite SO good as the
captains, whose wel1-stocked buffet In |
his cabin made a seanlan's eyes gloat.
. Whether It was part of Hendricks
schemeto disarm Endicott in this way;
is not positively known. But he had |
told Fenning before that gentleman
left Laran that he could safely leave
the man with him. 9
u want he said, ito know how he
read that telegram. ''
Four days passed and Endicott had I
only seen Hendricks among the men at
work upon the furnace and electrical
works, but the captain told him every
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-02-23
MOTHER GOOSE.
There's book We all know and can quote
ras,

There's book we all know and can quote by
tho page,
No other book stands In Its place;
In childhood, In manhood in youth and in age
Its iingling wisdom We trace.
lis book that we love youth do well to con.
fess)
No matter what others we use
And Its title is-whatt Now couldn't you guessy
OF coursel It Is old Mother Goose
The first time you read II you skipped ali the
words,
The pictures alone took your eye;
Those wonderful pictures OF beasts and OF
birds,
or creatures that crawl, walk or ffy;
You cared not a bit for tho wisdom and wit,
Nor detected the rhyming was loose
On the floor by the hour you would silently SIT,
Enchanted by dear Mother Goose
There was Old King Cole, the merry old soul
And Miss Muffett with curds and wheyi
The men who went sailing the sea in bowl,
And the lady bug filling away:
There was Little Boy Blue, and Jack Herner,
too,
And Miss Flinders who suffered abuse;
And the birds In tho pie. and Cry, Baby. Cry
They're stu living in good Mother Goose.
Mother Goose does not rank very high ia the
list
OF best books-ohi give her O propl
Come help me to maintain her claims--to Insist
That she's given q place near the top
There may be some better. how many are worsel
Her maligners will cry for truce
II we take up her standard and stoutly rehsarse
The giories of good Mother Goose
William S. Lord, in Chicago News
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-02-23
Eecffctl Asktsfalee.

Billy Baredues-I'v We made d. bet of d
hundred dollars with JaclS Chumrnles
that If propose to you, you'll refuse
me. Now, if you do refuse me. Ill di-
vide with ycu.
Miss Bondstock And snpposing
should accept you?
Billy Baredues Then I'm afraid
shall hare TO call on you to help me
pay the bet. Harper's Bazar.
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FOR HIS FEE.
Thornton His Own Witness and
Counsel Against Wick.
erSham.
He Wants $I5,ooo-His Former Co.
worker Satisfied and Assist.
ing the Defense.

Crittenden Thornton was his own coun-
sci and chief witness in Judge Seawell's S
court yesterday in the case of Thornton
VS.. Wickersham.
The suit is to secure $4,000 for legal
services rendered in 1891, when Barclay
Henley, E. s. Lippitt and Crittend
Thornton were counsel for l. G. Wicker :
sham in his fight to get his stock Of
100000 out of the San Luis Obispo Bank
on the ground that the other directors were
ignoring him and that the president had
loaned the banks money to him self and to
the favored directors without security and
without interest.
The aged Wickersham lived near Peta-
luna. He had employed Lippitt & Lip
pitt, a law firm of that place, and Barclay
Henley of this City to bring suit for the re-
covery of his property invested in the
bank. The agreement was that counsel
were to receive as fees one-fifth of the
amount recovered.
It appeared in the testimony that
Henley wanted to associate Thornton in the
case and took him to San Luis Obispo upon
his first visit; that he told Wickersham
that he was very desirous of having Thorn
toms services and offered to give half his
own fee to Thornton, and the banker
agreed to the proposition; that afterward
Lippitt consented to give one-fourth of his
fee to Thornton, whose share was thus in
creased to three-eighths of the whole
amount that might come from Wicker
sham.
1t seems now that Thornton has never
received a cent, Henley has got only his
retaining fee of $3.50 received before Thorn
toms union with him, and Lippitt has
obtained $3.50 fee and $1,000 as his reward
for little over $40 600 recovered by Wicker
sham through his suit with Crlttenden,
the president of the bank.
Lippitt is satisfied with what he has re-
ceived and is now assisting Samuel Short
ridge in defending Wickersham.
Thornton asserts that as he first under
stood the apportionment of fees Lippitt and
Henley were each to receive 5 per cent.
Had he known that the per cent was to
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be shared between them he would never
have entered the original contest. He de-
clares, and his former associates practically
concede it, that he performed the burden
of the work in the trial.
He went on yesterday to say that alone
and single-handed he had completely vim
dicated all Wickersham's rights to the
bank and had been successful in asserting
them.
SIT is not my idea. it is my fixed opin-
ion," said he, "that $15, 600 worth of service
was performed" He said he had little
sympathy with man who would be salts
fed with fee that he termed beneath the
dignity of decent lawyer.
While the suit was pending Thornton as
serts that he repeatedly asked Wickersham
to reduce the agreement on fees to tangi-
BILE terms, but that he was always put off
with the reply: II have made contract"
The existence and applicability OF that
contract are now matters of contention.
Thornton claims that in addition to over
$40, 900 that Wickersham recovered, he
was placed in control of $685. 900 more, and
is consequently liable for fees based on the
whole amount.
Henley and Lippitt were both on the
stand, alternating with the plaintiff who
only vacated the witness-chair to resume,
as counsel, the controversy in which he is
trying to prove that he is entitled to three
eighths of $15, 900 fee, although one of his
co-workers is opposing him.
The case will go on next Monday at 10
o'clock.
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Walter Hobart, on Ferrier, Took
the Gentlemen'S Race,
Hands Down.
WAS INJURED AT THE POST.
A Very Poor Day for Favorites-The
Wise Ones Backed Doubtful and
Got the Coin.

The shades of night were falling before
Starter Caldwell dropped his flag on the
gentlemen riders in the last race of the
day at Ingleside yesterday. The event
was expected to prove quite society
affair, but the cloudy, threatening weather
prevented the four hundred from turning
out to any extent. However, the usual
crowd of race-goers was in attendance.
The track was muddy, but this did not
deter the riders of swelldom from sporting
silk; for, with one exception, all of those
carded 20 ride were on hand to weigh out.
In the betting Walter Hobarts mount Fer
rier was a to favorite, closely pressed by
Philomena, with W. B. Sink Jr. up, who
had twos about her. Just before bugle-
call stiff play on Service, ridden by Harry
Simpkins, knocked the odds against Bar
ney Schreibers horse from skies down to
to /.
Talbot Clifton's recent purchase, Johnny
Payne, carrying "Mi Lawd" and 1S3
pounds, the bookmakers laid 100 to L
against, and had he won several of them
would have been out of the business. for
his owner had a swell commission down.
Oregon Eclipse, ridden by Harry Dimond,
was played somewhat at to 1, but the
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Track and Paddock Items.

As Christmas day falls on Wednesday
the coming Monday will be Ladies' day at
Ingleslde.
Charley Ballard, the well-known Eastern
rider, arrived from the East yesterday.
Charley rode some very clever races on the
horses owned by Marcus Daily the latter
part of the Eastern season and will ride
the horses owned by Mr.. Daily at present
quartered at the track trained by w. D..
Randall.
Tod Sloan, who had the mount on Mary
S in the third race yesterday, was set down
for the meeting by Starter Caldwell for
breaking up several starts.
Pittsburg Phil saw the wise coin going
in on Doubtful and followed it with good
bet in nearly every book in the ring.
Andy Godfrey, the well-known owner,
started IN the day with SIS and rolled this
small amount up to $17O0. This after los
ing $500 on Potentate.
Talbot Clifton was very we'll satisfied
with his latest purchase, Johnny Payne,
but remarked in the dressing-room after
the race that he was ''deuced puller'
and that strong as he is be could not pull
him up.
Montalvo was backed down from Is to 6
to 1 for mild killing. When Earl Coch-
ran, who rode him, looked over toward the
outside fence and saw Mary S ahead of
him, he looked up at the sky to see what
cloud she fell from.
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ing the 10-cent brokerage per order or
not. They, as well as the Kennedy & Co.
faction on trial, hold that the brokers in
mining stocks downtown frequently
bought or sold stocks or pools for friends
without making a charge for commissions.
OF course this is but technical evasion of
the law with which jury can best deal.
Where Kennedy & Co. are strongest is
the fact that they alone of all the firms ar
rested depended on Corbett & Co. for their
odds. The latter firm, as member Of the
"Big Eight" received it's odds from the
racetrack and posted them just prior to
the race to which they belonged.
Kennedy & Co. had man stationed at
CorDett's place who copied the odds, and
they posted them subsequently in their
rooms.
In that way the business had veneer
OF legitimacy to which Corbett d
Co. alone might have ssobjected. But
the other poolroom keepers made no
pretense of conducting the selling
on the track odds, but made their own,
hours ahead of the time when when they
were posted at the track. 1t is in this that
the Ellert ordinance has been violated for
months.
Two more warrants were served by the
police yesterday. the parties arrested be-
ing J. P. Miles, probably fictitious name,
as the new combine does not know the
fellow under that name, and Harmon
Phngst.
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WILL TACKLE RELIANCE,
An Aggregation Of Eighteen
Footballers Here From
Montana.
Spent Their First Evening Quietly at
the Olympic Club and Returned
to Their Private Car.

The Butte football aggregation is here.
1t arrived on the special car Minnewaska at
10 o'clock yesterday forenoon.
Pringle, the Reliance manager; Sexton,
the Olympic tackle, who is to be Reliance
tackle Saturday; few reporters and few
athletic clubmen completed the little self
appointed committee that welcomed the
big strangers upon their arrival at the
Oakland side.
Eighteen players, the club treasurer,
d'Gay Stivers, the manager; B. E. st.
Charles, special correspondent of the Butte
Miner; H. B. Smith, special reporter for
the Anaconda Standard; cook and
porter form the complete party that left
Butte last Monday and came here by way
of Portland.
The players and their positions. ordi-
n ary weights, heights and ages, as verified
last night, are given. 1t will be seen that
the men are several years older than the
average of the local teams and heavier.
King, left end, 16s pounds, 5 feet 10 inches,
81 years; Slater left tackle, 1872 pounds, 5 feet
inches, % years; J. Hooper, left guard, 205
pounds, 6 feet inches, "a years; c. Hooper,
Perham, right guard, 200 pounds, 6 feet, %
years; Weiss, right guard, 205 pounds. 6 feet,
25 years; Ellis, right tackle, 1876 pounds, 6 feet
Smith, right end, 1S0 pounds, 5 feet 10 inches,
26 years; Richards guard, 174 pounds 3 feet
inches, q years; Captain Brooks, left half,
160 pounds, ) feet inches, 27 years; McMil-
Ian, right half, 188 pounds, 5 feet 11L4 inches,
26 years; ellis, right half, 170 pounds, )
feet inches, % years; Hsrtzell, full, 200
pounds, feet 8 inches, 25 years; Haswell,
full, $50 pounds, feet inches, % years;
Boyee, substitute end, 169 pounds, 5 feet II
inches, 81 years; McPherson substitute, 155
pounds, 5 feet inches, 26 years; Monroe, SUBJ
stitute, 1919 pounds, 6 feet, 21 years.
The men put on their suits and went
through a half hours light practice at
Central Park yesterday afternoon just be-
fore o'clock. This afternoon at o'clock
they will go through final practice at the
grounds.
Last evening the men amused themselves
at the Olympic Club watching the swim
ming and diving tournament, and after
ward they returned on a late boat to Oak
land, where their car quarters are tenn
porarily located on the sldetrack. The
men hope to have the Mime waska moved
to this side to-day and sidetracked at
Fourth and Townsend.
An effort may be made to secure game
with the Stanford team on December %,
as two of the clubs scheduled for games in
the Northwest have backed out of their
formidable undertaking, Portland alone
standing ready to meet the Butte team.
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SWIMMING TOURNAMENT.
Natators Who Won Prizes at the OIym-
pic Club Last Evening.

Natators Who Won Prizes at the OIym-
pic Club Last Evening.
The swimming contests at the Olympic
Club were witnessed by very enthusiastic
gathering of the members last evening,
among whom were several of the Butte
City football team, who arrived YESTERDAY.
at $3.50 o'clock the first event of the
evening was called. 1t was the Seward
maiden closed race and was won by H.
Turner, with +. III. Smith close second.
The 50-yard novice race was won by H..
Healy, w. A. Bacon second and J. w.
Cofforth third.
T.@F. Kennedy, H. Turner second.
100-yard open won by d. III. sRenear of
the California Swimming Club, G. K. Mel
rose of the Olympics second. Time, l
min. 8 As sec., which breaks the coast
record of min. 10 sec. held by Thompson.
Diving for obiects-A. Taylor first, z. A..
Stole second.
100-yard, closed race-C. K. Melrose
first, A. w. Pope second.
Plain diving-G. McComb first, J. P.
jackson second.
One-quarter mile open dash, E. A. Stole
first, R. B. Cornell second.
Candle race--A. w. Pape first, G. T.
Krelling second.
:. Tub race-J. Mulve first, C. T. Krel-
ling second.
Obstacle raced. Renear first, w.
Smith second.
Fancy driving-H. P. Henley first and
and w. Pomin tied for second place
Iii the final contest, McComb won the
second honors.
The judges were: DR.. w. A. Bryant
and Tom Butt; timer, G. P. Jones'; an
nouncer, w. s. Taylor.
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court yesterday was that of George d.
Givens, the secretary of the new com bine.
Peter Dunno and Samuel Regensburger
represented the defendant, and, in fact,
will represent all the defendants in these
cases, by virtue of the new arrangement
made by them for mutual protection.
Attorney Dunno made strenuous eff
fort to have the case continued for few
days that he might look into its merits,
but the court had already secured venire
of jurymen and insisted upon an i'm medi-
ate hearing. Out of the entire venire only
seven were accepted. Their names are !:
A. Lux. Julius Cahn. Leopold Newman,
Charles T. Eyson, H. G. Weisknod, J. s..
Irvine and T. M. Cohen. Another venire
will be summoned for this afternoon.
Among the veniremen examined num-
Der OF gentlemen past the meridian of life
dropped in. Not one of them expressed
disapproval of betting on horse-racing, but
they were all excused by the defense. As
the jury figures now 1t is composed of
young men, not one being over 35 years
of age.
There seems to be decree of fate that
says the iniquitous must be protected. If
there is not, why on earth did the Ken
nedy & Co., to which George Givens be-
longs, come up first on the calendar? OF
the half dozen or more arrests the police
have made they picked out the very one
wherein the QeIenudItS CoulQ make any
showing of doing legitimate business.
Instead of bringing up Fleming g. Co. or
Bawnan & Co. for trial first, the Kennedy
e. Co. case has been picked out, and If
there is failure OF conviction the parties
responsible for it must blame their own
judgment.
All the other booksellers under arrest
were caught red d-handed making pools and
placing odds hours ahead of the time such
pools were sold or odds laid at the race
track. They also did business without
charging commission. and they acknowl-
edge they were violating the law. Charley
Stensil, one of the arrested parties, pro-
claims quite openly that he will plead
guilty to-day and pay his fine.
These men say plainly that they did not
pretend to charge commissions, although
they dealt in the commission-brokerage
business. They claim that they had the
right to do business as they saw fit, charg.
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The Arrested BOOKSELLERS Make
a Strong Protective
Combination.
AGAINST THE "BIG EIGHT
Dangerous Error Said to Be Made by
the Prosecution in Taking
Up the First Case.

The trouble into which the downtown
booksellers of the "Belfry" have been
dragged through the interference of the
police is growing into unthought. of pro-
portions.
The men under arrest do not propose to
be shut out of their lucrative business and
they have combined, on the principle that
in union there is strength. They do not
show any great degree OF vindictiveness
against the people they believe are the
cause of their arrest, but they speak out
their minds without mincing words, de-
claring that it is not the public or the
police who want to shut them up but the
Solid Eight big poolrooms, headed by
Hallinan & Co., Harry E. Corbett & Co.,
Jerry Driscoll, Grant Israel, Sam White
head and Levy & Co. These firms were
the originals in the business of pool-selling
on the commission basis, whose methods
were approved by Judge Wallace, and the
other firms, following in their wake on the
strength of that decision, declare that they
are equally entitled to earn living III the
same line
and threes each day, to their disgust, and
they finally decided yesterday afternoon
that they would form combine and fight
the battle through shoulder to shoulder.
If they are to be prevented from doing
business they will cause the same restric-
ton to be placed on the "big eight" who,
they claim, are the instigators of all their
woes.
Last evening the dissatisfied ones held
meeting at IL Ellis street in the rooms of
the deserted "Crescendo Club" Twenty
interested booksellers took part in the de-
bate, but only seven were in position to
furnish the required sinews of war to
make the fight.
w. L. Kennedy was elected chairman of
the meeting by reclamation, George Civ
ems officiating as secretary. The following
agreement was drawn up:
We, the undersigned, agree to join in one
body for mutual protection in conducting our
respective businesses as commission brokers in
buying pools on races in this City and County
We likewise agree 10 help each other out in
all legal ways to meet the opposing elements
institutions which represent our mode of live
lihood. Moreover, we agree to share pro rata
the expenses OF conducting the legal features
that have already presented themselves and
are now pending, and those legal expenses
that may be incurred III the event of appeals
having to be made 10 the higher courts
W. l.. KENNEDY,
C.J O'DoNNELL,
J. CALIsHER,
J. BAER d Co.,
FRANK G. PATTERSON,
w. JACKMAN & Co.,
j. d. BAUMANN.
But one firm, Fleming & Co., was repre-
sented. Their hearty accord in the move
ment on foot, however, was evinced by the
message which Chairman Kennedy read
from his elevated station on top of the
counter, where he sells pools "on commits
sion" during the day. The epistle was:
FRISCO Dec. 10, '95.
Bill: Tell de gang Pm wild 'em. l can't cum
up to nite-got another date. Yours in trouble
F.C.
The first case against the poolmen called
on the calendar in Judge Joachimsen S
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Our Prices
BY Far the Lowest
in the City for
Similar Qualities.

Of equal Importance is the
fact that our ENORMOUS
FORCE of EXTRA SALES
PEOPLE, taken in conjunction
with the VAST AREA OF OUR
SALESROOMS, enables us to
handle our immense holiday
trade so expeditiously that OUR
PATRONS experience NONE
OF THE INCONVENIENCE
OR DELAY THAT IS UN-
AVOIDABLE IN SMALLER
STORES.
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other starters did not command much sup

other starters did not command much sup
port.
Much time was consumed at the post
and Clifton played in his usual hard luck.
In one of the breakaways the hard
mouthed Johnny Payne took the bit be-
tween his teeth, and despite the athletic
efforts of his rider nearly reached the
judges stand before he could be pulled up.
He was again galloped to the post for an
other trial and this time showed no ten
dency to run away.
And now for another accident. Service
took on an ugly mood and. eleyatlng his
heels, one of them caught Mr.. Hobart on
the leg, narrowly escaping fracturlng the
shinbone. Although suffering consider
able pain, he gamely kept his seat in the
saddle. A start was finally secured, ana
off went Philomena and Ferrier IN the lead.
Mr.. Sink managed to keep the mare
slightly in front until the stretch was
reached, when Mr.. Hobart gave Ferrier
his head and he galloped in an easy WIN
ner. Harry Simpkins brought Service up
the last 100 yards with a fine burst OF speed,
nipping the place from Phllomena.
Mr. Hobart rode with the skill of a vet
eran knight of the pigskin. and was the
recipient of praise on all sides for his
horsemanship and pluck. He had to be
helped from his horse to the weighing
room and also to his dressing-room.
The beautiful silver cup given by the
club was presented to him as he was be-
ing carried to the paddock, which in a
manner was balm to his bruises.
1t was rough day for the talent at
large Outside of Ferrier but one favorite
finished in front. The Western contingent
made killing on Doubtful, who ran
good race when the right kind of money
was down.
The opening race was taken by Dan
Honig's mare Minnie Gee, who took the
lead in the stretch and won easily, run
ming the mile in 1:50H. Ike L was second
in front of Fl Fl.
Louis Ezell's Doubtful, heavily backed
at odds of 10 to L, was away in front in the
two-year-old race at six furlongs, and ra n
like a scared wolf, winning easily from the
favorlte, Caliente. Walter J finished third.
The Spreckels entry, Gallant, looked the
best of the lot in the third event over 8
mile, and was made to favorite. He
was away from the post poorly, and was
made too much use of the first part of the
journey by his jockey. Mamie Scott made
the running for a half, followed by Mary S.
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AS the horses hit the stretch Gallant was a
head in front of Montalvo, with Sloan on
Mary taking matters easy in third place.
While Gallant and Montalvo were having
a ding-dong finish to the wire down the
center of the track, Sloan brought Mary 5
up on the outside and won by a scant
length at the wire. Montalvo took the
place by short head.
In at top weight, the six-furlong handi-
cap was thought to be a good thing for
Potentate, who was made a 9 to 5 choice,
but he finished third. Sir Play, the second
choice, led all the way and won by two
lengths. Can't Dance finished second, in
front of the favorite.
The fifth race, at six furlongs, resulted
in an easy win for the favorite, Montana,
who won hands down from imp. Ivy, a
100 to shot ridden by Piggott.