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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-20
SHE SAW 1T FIRST.
Philadelphia Teamster who
Proved Himself n Chesterfield
in Manners.

He was only teamster, but his
soul was filled with a chivalry which
we are led to believe typified the
knights of old. And in a coat of
mail he might have passed muster.
for be was big, brawny chap, with
no little physical beauty of the rough
sort, says the Philadelphia Record.
AS he guided his heavy dray down
Market street hill the other morning
one of the horses slipped in the icy
street, and in his effort to recover
his equilibrium lost shoe. Putting
the brake down hard, the driver
jumped from his seat to recover the
shoe.
But, quick as he was another claim
ant was ahead of him. She was a
fashionably attired young girl of
about IS, with a roguish, laughing
face. just as the teamster leaned over
to pick up the horseshoe a dainty
gloved little hand reached in ahead
of his big red one and clutched the
coveted prize.
81 got it first" she cried. laughing
SleelullS' Leu NE Keep II, do' pIedSe
It's such good luck if you see it come
off yourself"
The big teamster removed his fur
cap and bowed with Chesterfieldan
grace. "Certainly, miss" he replied,
gallantly, "if [ can assist you to good
luck | shall be most happy"
Then, quite unabashed, he climbed
up to his seat, and the girl walked up
the hill with the horseshoe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-20
outline of the marks on the blotter,

outline OI Jne marks on the DlOtIer,
and you will st e, in the first place, that
the message would just fit snugly on
this sheet. Next, you will probably
admit that the first line of marks on the
blotter probably contain date; the
second, a name; the third an address;
the last, a signature, and the interme-
diate lines, a message"
81 am quite willing to concede so
much; for no business man would be
likely to write a telegram differently"
"Nery well. Now, then, let me hold
this blank so that the reflection of its
vertical rulings may appear just above
the image of the message. These lines,
remember, separate the words of the
message. Extend them mentally, and
note how they divide the letters of the
blotter. Will you hold these sheets
while | transCribe the result"
In a few minutes more the reporter
had drawn several lines on his copy of
the reflection in the mirror.
Il don't see that you are any better
off now than you were BEFORE" re-
marked Dunlap, examining the result.
we say, divide the words of the message.
There are five words to the line; only
two on the last line before the sig
nature; that is to say, Il words in
the message. Now, consider the first
word. Evidently the 'G' begins this
word since it is a capital; and the flour
ish on the tail of the 'e' tells us plain
" enough where the word ends. Note
the space between the 'G' and the e.
Have you ever taken the trouble to as
certain how constant in any giveD
| handwriting is the space occupied by
| the different letters? Try it some time.
Count the characters which you have
written IN a number of different lines,
reckoning spaces and punctuation
marks each as one character, and OBJ
serve how closely the results will
tally. Basing my conclusions on this
| fact, / may safely affirm that the
| first word of the message is Game,
| Gave Give or some other word of
| four letters beginning with 'G' and
| ending with 'e.' | shall proceed to fill
up the balance of the message as l
read it between the letters"
Sturgis wrote slowly and carefully
for few minutes.
There; behold the result"
The message had now assumed this
| form:
Dec. 81 1896.
-, B'way. City.
| Game up Meet to-day
corner South and Wall streets
J. w. Arbogast.
| Compare this with the reflection of
the original and tell me if you do not
now detect various isolated marks and
| incomplete letters, all of which tally
with the text | have inserted here"
Dunlap made the comparison.
81 am obliged to admit that your con-
clusions now appear plausible" he re-
| luctantly admitted.
Sturgis shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, call them plausible, and let US
proceed. Chatham kept the appoint
ment yesterdays; but for some reason
Arbogast was delayed in leaving the
bank. Perhaps the necessary prepara-
tions for his flight took longer than he
expected"
you think he intended to abscond?''
"Why should he have changed the
combination of his safe, as he did. if not
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-20
decision. This latter is the work or q

cold and calculating nature, incapab BILE
of ordinary human feeling. The man
who wrote it would not have written
to his wife at all, or would have written
only to serve some selfish purpose.
From what L know of Arbogast, | do
not believe he was capable of compos-
ing these lines"
You think, then, that the letter was
written by Chatham" said Dunlap.
But what object could Chatham have
for writing such a letter."
"No," answered Sturgis. 81 do not
think that Chatham wrote this letter.
That is the curious part of it. / cannot
believe that if Chatham had been
aware of the important nature of its
contents, he could have been willing to
leave it for an instant within Arbo-
CASTS reach"
But who, then, could have been its
author, and why should he have in
trusted the letter to Chatham"
ITO your second question, my answer
is, probably because he wanted it
mailed from the main post office at
about the time that Arbogast would
leave the bank. To the first, | cannot
yet give any positive answer, although,
as you will presently see, there are
some clews pointing to our unknown
quantity * as the author of this let
ter. But let us not anticipate. Suppose
we return to our drama. When Arbo-
CAST read this letter, he evidently
thought, as / do, that somebody was
playing him false; that he was to be
gotten rid of in some safer way than
exile; in short, that, as somebody said
of one of the Turkish sultans, he was to
be 'suicided.' He must have had strong
reasons to suspect Chatham of treach-
cry; for he at once impulsively jumped
to the conclusion that his only chance
of safety lay in striking before he
could be struck. At any rate, while the
Arbogast stood near this desk, mechan-
ically tearing to pieces this letter,
while he planned the accountant S
death. He had taken with him your re-
volver. AS the thought of it flashed
upon his mind, his resolution was in
stantly taken. He stealthily crept to
the paying teller's wicket. Through it
he could see the telephone closet, the
door of which stood open. Chatham
was in direct range, as Arbogast raised
the pistol, and, without word of warn
ing, fired. The accountant held the re-
ceiver of the telephone to his ear. This
saved his life; for the bullet entered his
left hand and remained embedded in
his flesh. When the bullet struck him,
Chatham fell forward, striking his head
against a corner of the telephone
box, and infiicting slight scalp
wound. | found few hairs of an
intensely red hue, which are evidently
his. l also found shreds of his cloth
ing which caught on projecting nail
as he fell; and / infer from these his
taste for loud dress. He recovered
himself before Arbogast was ready to
fire a second time and ran into the
clerks room, probably hoping to make
his way to the street through the
Exchange Place door, But at the
same time, Arbogast rushed through
the reception room and this office,
reaching the vestibule in time to head
off Chatham, who then turned back
and ran through the secretary's room,
with Arbogast in pursuit.
ITO Be Continued
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-20
CHAPTER X.-CoNTINUED.

When the reporter came within sight
of the safe, Dunlap was closely inspect
ing the lock. Presently he uttered an
exclamati tion of surprise.
"What is t?" asked Sturgis.
81 don't understand it," said Dunlap.
81 cannot open the safe. The lock
seems all right; but"
perhaps the combination has been
changed"
apparently it has" admitted the
banker; ''but how came it to be changed
on a week day, and without my knowl-
edge?"
THAT is rather significant, isn't it? ~
suggested the reporter.
"Significant? What do you mean?"
exclaimed Dunlap, eXcitedly.
81 mean that Arbogast was de-
faulter. What his system of defraud-
ing the bank was do not yet know;
but an examination of the books will
no doubt reveal this; and should adj
wise you, Mr.. Dunlap, to lose no time
in having it made"
But" argued Dunlap, anXiously, 81
tell you the books were examined last
week"
"Yes; by Arbogast's accomplice."
what, Chatham his accomplice 2"
exclaimed Dunlap, family.
Chatham was in the plot beyond
doubt" answered Sturgis. $50 long as
no one had access to the books except
his accomplice Chatham, of course Ar
bogast felt secure. But when, yester-
day, the announcement was made that
after the beginning of the new year his
books would pass to the custody of an
other man, he saw that the game was
up"
The men had returned to the presi-
ident's office.
"Those are his very words" contin-
ued the reporter; "thosehe telegraphed
to Chatham yesterday, as you will see
if you hold before that mirror this
sheet of blotting paper which l found
on Arbogast's desk"
Dunlap, with an unsteady hand took
the blotting paper; and, holding it be-
fore the glass, studied the reflection
intently.
"What do you make out?" asked
Sturgis.
Nothing whatever" replied the
banker, promptly.
"What?" exclaimed the reporter;
"do you mean to say that you do not
distinguish any marks on the blotting
paper?"
II mean to say that do not see any
thing to which | can attach any sem
blance of a meaning. The blotting pa
per has been used, and of course,
there are ink marks upon it; but, as
far as | can see, these are wholly dis
connected. They are entirely void of
sense to my eyes, at any rate"
Examine the blotter again careful
ly in this direction" said Sturgis,
drawing an imaginary line upon the
mirror, "and pay no attention to any
other marks which seem to cross these
lines. Now do you see anything?"
The banker examined the image in
the mirror for some time before reply
ing.
'If I allow my imagination to enter
into play, | can complete several iso-
lated letters"
"Will you dictate these while I note
them here. BE careful to distinguish
between capital and Iower-case letters.
Also separate the lines, and state
whether letters come close together
or are separated by space"
Every WELL" agreed Dunlap, who
then proceeded to read off the letters
he saw in the reflection of the blotter
in the mirror
When he had flushed, Sturgis hand
ed him the paper, upon which were
transcribed the letters he had dictated.
They presented the appearance shown
below:
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-20
That Was Unrenson

"Well," said Mr.. Giddings, at length.
I'D buy typewriter from you if you
would give me the proper sort of guar
antee."
"I'll give you every guarantee in rea-
son." said the agent. What do you
want?"
81 wish you to guarantee that it will
spell correctly."-rown Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-20

"Well," said the banker, "if you can
make anything out of that gibberish,
your Imagination is more active than
mine"
"1t is not question of imagination, -
said Sturgis; ''let us proceed systemat-
icalIy. Here is a telegram blank de
tached from & pad I found on Arbo-
CASTS desk. Compare its sizs with the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-22

He Is Charged With the Murder of
G. w. Bennett of Nichols.

Douglas, Ga, Feb. CIV. A. McRae,
prominent merchant of Nichols, was ar
raigned before Judge Bennett of Coffee
Superior Court yesterday, charged with
the murder of G.. W. Bennett, also
prominent merchant of the same village.
last year Their wives are first cousins,
and both men have host of friends.
The most of yesterday was consumed in
obtaining a jury. Seventy-two names
were called before the twelve men to pass
upon McRaes life were secured. No evil
dence was taken until this morning. Both
Mrs Bennett and Mrs. A1clRae Were in
court This will be one of the warmest
contested and most important criminal
trials ever held in Coffee county Soic-
itor General John w. Bennett, Hon. Tom
Watson and ]. Walter Bennett appear for
the prosecution, and Judge Twiggs, Quin-
cy & Mcdonald and C. A. Ward Jr., for
the defense. Mr.. Thad McRae of Missis
sippi, a cousin of the prisoner, and Mr..
John McRae. late of the United States
Army, a brother of the prisoner, are pres
ent at the trial, and the large court room
is packed with eager friends of the pris-
oner and the deceased.
Dennis Paulk was surrendered by his
first bondsmen and spent one night in jail,
but yesterday gave new bond in the
sum of 81 900.
Late yesterday afternoon j. c. Jernigan
pleaded guilty to retailing whisky without
a license. In view of his plea and salts
flying the judge of his reformation and his
pecuniary condition, and having large
and dependent family, Judge Bennett SEN
fenced him to pay a fine of 500, costs in
Guided, or in default thereof to serve
twelve months in the chain-gang of Coffee
county The fine will be paid.
Mr.. e. A. Buick formerly of Douglas,
but now of Triton is in the city.
On Thursday next an address will be
given in TIE interest of bringing the Au-
gusta and Valdosta Railroad by Douglas.
Our citizens will offer every reasonable
inducement to bring the road here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-22

tate, il traced back TO its source, would
not read, If 1t told the truth, 'wrested
from the Indians by the sword and,
therefore, without consent Indeed, every
title east of the Connecticut river may
properly be called a 'swamp-land' title,
the swamp here in question being the
last formidable camp of King Philip,
which, after capture by the ancestors Of
our anti-imperialists, a thousand Indians
being killed, the wigwams We're fired and
hundreds of women and children, the
aged. the wounded and the inhrm per-
ished In the conHagratton.' So says the
record But on the subject the consent
of the governed both ancestors and the
record are as silent as those they MUIR
dered.
at is not necessary to the argument
suggested by these remarks upon family
affairs to condemn the Pilgrims. or even
criticise their coHrse in any degree. My
object is to call attention to the undoubt-
ed fact that every New England anu-im-
perialist would on the least provocation,
fly to the defense of their ancestors and
their methods, no matter in what form
the attack might come"
Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, Governor of Iowa.
We Have Accomplished. He pictured
the progress of the country under Re-
publican rude I'm contrast with the situa-
ton during Democratic ascendency.
Letters of regret were read from Presi-
dent Mckinley and many other distln-
guished Republicans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-22
EFFORT TO GET UP QUAY CASE.
Hawaiian Bill Was Under Discussion
in the Senate

Washington, Feb. Alan effort is 70 be
made to get the question involving the
seating of former Senator Quay of Penn
syiyania. formally before the Senate for
consideration. Mr.. Penrose of Penusyl-
Vania gave notice to-day that he would
call up the case tomorrow. As it is a
privileged Question, he may be able TO Sc
cure vote ON the taking up of the case
for consideration, and thus develop the
Quay strength in the Senate, at least APP
proximately.
During the early part of to-day's ses-
sion the Hawaiian government bill was
un6Ar consideration. But little progress
was made.
MIR. Morgan of Alabama presented
substitute for section IS of the Hawaiian
bill, providing for an investigation and
report on the public lands and agricui-
tural and forestry conditions, SIS, 600 to be
appropriated for each of the inves tiga-
tions. The substitute was agreed to.
Mr. Plat of Connecticut offered amend
ments to section 81 of the bill, providing
that the President and not the Governor
of the territory shall appoint the chief
justice and justices of the Supreme Court
and the judges of the Circuit Courts; and
that the tenure of office of such appoiutees
should be four instead of nine, years.
Mr.. CuNom, in charge of the measure,
explained that 1t was the desire of the
committee TO afford the people of Hawaii
as full and free government as possible
Mr.. Morgan objected to making those
positions political footballs. He was in
terrupted by Mr.. Tillman, who wanted to
know how many registered voters there
were in Hawaii at the present time. He
thought about 4,000, composed largely of
Americans, Germans and other white for
1igners.
Mr.. Culom interjected the Information
that in 1880 the voters numbered about H.
600.
At this point Mr.. Woloott of Colorado
expressed a desire to offer a suggestion"
10 Mr.. Tilman. He then called attention
to the small vote cast in South Carolina
in proportion 10 population at the last
general election.
Mr.. Tillman attempted to reply, but Mr..
Morgan, who held the floor, refused to
yield, whereupon Mr.. Tillman retorted
sharply:
"Of course, I shall have to yield under
such a gag rule, l suppose"
Without concluding, Mr.. Morgan yielded
fer an executive session, and the Senate,
at 4:45 p. m. adjourned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-22
BRYAN SPOKE AT ORLANDO.
Greeted by IA Large Crowd Which
Warmly Welcomed Him.

Orlando Fla, Feb. 21.-Quite delega-
ton of prominent citizens ran down to
Kissimmee this morning to meet Hon.
William Jennings Bryan, and escort him
to Orlando, where he was announced to
speak at II o'clock. His train was TWEEN
ty minutes late in arriving and by this
time. dense crowd had gathered at the
depot where a temporary platform had
been improvised
Probably two thousand people greeted
him on his arrival. He was accompanied
by his cousin Judge Jennings of Brooks
Vile, and was introduced by Hon. ]. d.
Boggs of this place. These gentlemen
were the only ones on the platform with
Mr.. Bryan. Both are aspirants for the
next Democratic nomination for Governor
of Florida They constituted a trio of
prominent men.
Mr.. Bryan said he felt a pang of con-
science in speaking in Florida at all. The
situation here needed no aid from him,
while he was needed elsewhere. But his
friends in inviting him to speak, gave
three reasons. Where he had received a
solid vote in the last campaign they
claimed that it was due that he come and
talk to his friends; where he got no votes
he was needed to convert the people, and
WIleFS the vote WAS nearly evenly divided
he was needed to bring the scales the
right way.
He spoke briefly of monopolies and the
relations between capital and labor and
wanted to see the government so admin
istered that the wage-earner and wealth
producer would receive his full share of
the benefits. The next national campaign
will give the Republicans so much to do
that they will not be able to prevent a
settlement of the financial problem and
when the smoke of the battle shall be
cleared away it will be found that free
silver at the ratio of Is to 1 will have
triumphed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-22

only each and all of you would prove
your loyalty TO your Emperor and love Of
country what indeed is there to fear from
any INVADER Let no one think of making
peace, but let each strive to preserve from
destruction and spoliatiou his ancestral
home ana graves from the ruthless hands
Of the invader. Let these our words be
made known to each and all within our
domains"
The circular dispatch issued by the
Tsung-li-famen to all the viceroys and
governors of the Maritime and Yang-tsze
provinces in obedience to verbal nstruc-
tons OF the Dowager Empress, was trans
mitted through the Grand Council TO the
Ministers TO the Yamen and says:
LAS the Italians have not had their am
billions gratined in respect to the cesslcn
of Sammun bay to them, II is apprehended
that they may try to seek opportunity for
selling other portions of our coast. MoTe-
over, the arbitrary and aggressive actions
Of the French at Kwan-chau-wa where
they are stirring up disturbances in order
10 obtain further preteXts for demanding
concessions from the imperial government
may lead to actual hostlities between Chi
ma and France.
at behooves us, therefore. to exercise
the utmost vigilance and watchfulness 10
guard against sudden aggression and 10
be always prepared to resist an enemy.
Your excellency Is, therefore. urged 10 en-
JOIN all this upon the generals and COM
nanders of troops garrisoning important
points within your jurisdiction; and not
only this. but TO be prepared to give aid
TO your brother viceroys and governors
whose territories adjoin your own II has
been an evil practice among the high pro-
vtncial authorities to consider that the
duty of any one of them lies only in guard
ing safely the region lying within his own
jurisdiction, ignoring the crises that may
he taking place in the next adjoining Prov
ilces. forgetting that, his neighbor being
overcome, his turn for overthrow becomes
near possibility. This lack of union Is
lamfftable, but 1t must not be continued
from this date. This Yamen has received
the special commands of her imperial mai
esty The Dowager Empress, and his i'm
perial Majesty the Emperor to grant you
fun power and liberty to resist by force
OF arms all aggressions upon your several
JurisdiCtiOtis, proclaiming a state of war
If reoessary, without first asking for in
structions from ekin; for this loss Of time
may be fatal to your security and enable
the enemy to make good his footing
against your forces. Finally, your excel
leucy viii De held responsible for any rep
etition of indecision or too great trust
fuiness in the declarations of an encroach-
ing enemy, such as happened, for Instance.
TO Gen Chang Kao-yuan In Shang -tung.'
The North China Herald adds that the
general here mentioned was in command
of the Tsin-tao forts when the German
fleet seize Kiao-chau bay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-22
COL. BRYAN LEAVES FLORIDA.
SPOKE TO AN AUDIENCE or 5000
IN JACKSONVILLE,

More Enthusiasm over the Question
of Expansion ana Imperialism
Than Anything Else He Said.
Crowd Did Not Take to Sympathet-
ic References to the Boers-Made
Speeches at Orlando, PaIatka ana
Kissimmee.
jacksonville, Fla, Feb. A.-William Jen-
nings Bryan addressed an audience of
about 6,OO0 here tonight on the issues be-
fore the people in the coming national
campaign. The meeting was held in the
open air.
A high wind from the west chilled every
body, but the speaker stood for nearly two
hours bareheaded. speaking with as much
visor and fire as if the occasion had
been a summer evening.
Mr.. Bryan's speech covered all the is
sues that he has placed before the peo-
pie in all parts of the North and East
His utterances on the silver question were
not received with old-time interest, but
his remarks on the policy of the Republ-
can party since 1896 called forth approval
and laughter. His denunciations of trusts
was greeted with mild approval and his
distinction between expansion and inn
perialsm reused the most enthusiasm in
all that he said.
A reference of sympathy for the the
Beers against the English In the South
African war fell on unsympathizng listen
ers and excited but little approval.
On his way here to-day Mr. Bryan ad-
dressed audiences at Kissimmee, Palatka
and other points.
Mr.. Bryan left at midnight for Colum-
bus, Ga. by special train, escorted by a
committee of citizens from that city.