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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-05-06

calling and coaxing. There seemed to
be no good reason why she shouldn't
come down, as it is as easy for cat
to descend as to go up, but the feline
remained fast to limb. Mr.. Bowser
! went to the kitchen after a stepladder.
AS he brought it out and placed it
against the tree two men came along
and halted. He had climbed half way
up the ladder when three more came
along. Then came two boys, and he
offered one of them nickel to go up
and bring the cat down.
I'm no cheap kid" was the reply.
''If go up after dat cat she'll bite me,
and cat bites mean six months in de
hospital. It's so cents or l don't CO."
whats the use, anyhow" queried
the eighth person who came along. eff
cat is fool enough to climb a tree,
let her be fool enough to come down
again"
Men," said Mr.. Bowser, as he look
ed around him, 'have you no hearts?
Would you deliberately permit the
helpless to suffer-"
But if she is sufferin why don't she
come DOWN." protested three of the
four voices in chorus.
Because she's lost her nerve. l
| wouldn't have believed that such cru
city existed in the twentieth century"
And Mr.. Bowser got to the top of the
stepladder and hung to the tree and
coaxed again. The cat was ten feet be-
yond him and refused to stir. He in
creased his offer to the boy to 10 cents,
but it was refused. He must either
climb the tree or back down, and the
reader knows that Mr.. Bowser is a
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HI NO &ncdp
you say of a woman who would listen
to her plaintive calls for mercy without
stirring a finger?"
I'D say it was our cats business to
keep out of trees"
The Bowser cat had walked in from
the kitchen to take a look at things.
and something like grin spread over
her face as she realized that there was
a row on.
Heaven help the human being with
such a heart as you have," groaned
Mr.. Bowser as he started down the
hall. That cat is coming down from
the tree if l have to get out the whole
fire department. In some home nearby
there are innocent little children cry
ing because she has not come home.
They shall cry no more"
He clapped on his hat and went out
on the steps, and his own cat followed.
In shade tree in front of the gate the
starlight showed him the strange cat
He went down to the tree and began
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man who never gives up unless knock
ed unconscious.
Say, you can't climb that tree!"
shouted one of the crowd below as he
witnessed the preparations.
"But l shalt"
"Bet you 10 to you come down ker-
PUNK! You are too fat and loggy.
Better cut the tree down.
People had been coming along and
halting, and the crowd now numbered
a score. OF the fifteen different re-
marks addressed to Mr.. Bowser as his
feet left the stepladder not one was
replied to. He was too busy. His
first move ripped his coat under each
arm and barked his knees. and the
crowd yelled and appiauded. There
was a momentary hesitation, and then
he went ahead and tore piece OF cloth
out of one leg of his trousers and rip
ped two buttons off his vest. The APP
plause that followed was enthusiastic
and sincere, and one of the crowd fol-
lowed it with:
well, if anyone had told me that
that old duffer was such a monkey to
climb l wouldn't have believed it.
BY the time the crowd had num-
bered fifty Mr.. Bowser was almost
within reach of the cat. His eyes
were CLASSY and his jaws set. He
knew that Mrs. Bowser was watching
him from a front window and that he
had not one sympathizer in the crowd,
but he would accomplish his object if
death overlook him in the doing of
it, He now got toe hold on limb
and reached for the cat, but the feline
spat at him and jumped away, and as
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head? Don't we call Haynes the Cen
tleman Corporal?' Isn't it agreed in
Troop A that he has the education and
manners of any officer from West
Point and that he's seen the day when
he trained with the tiptoppers?"
And they may have loved" unused
OBrien.
That's it, but it's all over now, me
boy. If me own sister was married to
the second lootenant I'd not dare to
as much as wink me eye at her. It's
big gulf 'twixt officer and man, and
if the man tries to bridge it he gets
dropped to the bottom. See the girl
walking to and fro? She's doing some
thinking, and don't We forget it."
And the corporal isn't a bit easy
in his mind added the other.
1t all took place in a minute, and
then Captain Cline rode up, followed
by the girls horse. She called out a
good morning and announced that she
was ready, and when the captain raj
lied her on being bit nervous she
forced laugh and charged him with
being four minutes behind the hour
agreed upon. AS she was lifted into
the saddle she caught one more
glance Of the corporal, and the watch
full Private Harkins again whispered
to his chum:
Jim, we've got mystery here or
I'm an old woman. The girl is flushiny
ag in. Who knows but what we may
have marriage between our Gentle
man Corporal and the colonel's daugh-
ter?"
Remember the gulf" growled
O'Brien.
I'D find way to fly over it if was
in love-"
The two riders went galloping away.
followed at a distance of 100 wards by
the escort. 1t was a beautiful morn
ing in summer, with the blue haze ly-
ing thick over the distant mountains
and an exhilaration in the air to make
the blood of both horse and man tingle.
Now and then the pace was slackened
down a bit to breathe the horses, but
no halt was made until the DEVILS
basin was reached. Close up against
the base of Fire mountain was nat
ural dip, and in this dip, or basin, were
half a dozen spouting hot water
springs. There was also a circular
lake which steamed and dubbed, and
now and then from the crevices of the
rocks at the west end of the basin
steam was forced out, with the notes
of a fog horn. The escort halted forty
yards from the riders, and the men sat
about on the rocks and ate the break
fast they had brought with them and
smoked their pipes and gossiped.
Meanwhile Corporal Haynes climbed to
the top of the great bowlder and sur
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he started back the limb broke, and
there was Fourth of July yell from
the crowd below. Mr.. Bowser de-
scended like load Of brick, but for
tunately the stepladder was below to
receive him. He struck it in heap
and twisted around till he lay across
it on his stomach, and he heard far
off voices saying:
Somebody go to the drug store and
ring for an ambulance"
Didn't the old coon know more than
to climb a tree? Who knows where
he lives?'
"Dere's a woman comm out, and
mebbe she owns him." called a boy as
Mrs. Bowser appeared.
She soon settled all doubts of her
. ownership. She asked assistance to
lower Mr. Bowser from the stepladder.
and when he had been Strengthened out
as well as possible four men volunteer
ed to carry him into the house. He
knew he was being carried, but he
made no resistance. He knew when
they bumped his back along the hall
floor and left him in a disorganized
heap in the sitting room, and he plain
ly caught voice which said:
Here he is, ma'am, and, though he
/ amt dead, he'll probably let cats alone
after this. When a cat gifts up a tree,
It's her bizness to git down ag in
Lands alive, but he must be queer
man to pay any attention to cats!"
Little by little Mr.. Bowser recovered
from the shock. He opened his eyes
and saw the family cat and Mrs. Bow
ser watching and waiting. He sat up
and decided on what he would do, and
as he crawled over to the lounge and
sat down on it he hoarsely whispered:
Woman, do you think III ever for
give you if l live to be a thousand
years old! Think of me-Mrs. Bowser!
Think of the ridicule and contempt"
'The cat came down while they were
bringing you in" she quietly replied.
DO you mean-mean"-
Il mean that the cat came down.
She could have come any time. If you
haven't any papers to look over in the
library and don't want to see your
lawyer about a divorce, you'd better go
to bed"
And Mr.. Bowser went.
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veyed the country about with his keen
eyes. 1t was three quarters of an hour
before he suddenly started and looked
flxedly into the north beyond the basin
and after three or four minutes came
sliding down the rock and said to the
lounging troopers:
Men, see to your arms and lie close.
I'm going up to make my report to the
captain"
Captain Cline and the colcnels
daughter were breakfasting on fiat
topped rock overlooking the basin
while their horses were fastened to a
tree near by. They saw Corporal
Haynes approaching. and the captain
likewise noticed that the girl flushed
and became nervous. He was a single
man. and. though not exactly in love
with her, spark of jealousy blazed UP
in his heart. The corporals past was
a sealed book to his troop commander
as we'll as to his comrades. He had
been made a corporal because of his
attention to duty, his soldiery car
riage and the moral influence an ed
ucated man always exerts. The cap
tain had been rather proud of tbs
Gentleman Corporal" In a fash il
came to him that this soldier and the
colonel's daughter might have been
something to each other in the past
and the thought angered him
Did | call your" he harshly askei
as the corporal came to a halt and
saluted.
mo, sir" was the reply, "but !
thought it best to tell you that have
made out Indians beyond the basin
to the north
It's all nonsense. Not an Indian
has been seen hereabouts for months. "
But there are Indians skulking
about, sir, persisted the corporal. Il
made sure of it before came to you. .
go back to your men," was the sui
len reply.
The corporal had looked straight al
his officer and seemed unaware OF the
presence of the girl She was flushing
and paling alternately, and as he stood
there twirling the cap he had dotted in
silent recognition she protested:
But, captain, if there are Indians,
there is danger. If this-this soldier
saw Indians
Didn't you hear me?" shouted the
captain at the lingering corporal.
The corporal saluted, turned on his
heel and returned to his men. The
gulf between officer and men did not
permit him to explain in the face of
that blunt command, but when he had
reached the troopers he quietly said:
Men, | have been up TO the captain
to report that there is band OF at
least so Indians skulking down this
way from Red Bird pass. They have
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MIR. BowsER's TRIBULATIoNs.
The Results That Followed Cat
Up a Tree.


Copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.
AS Mr.. Bowser sat smoking and
reading the other evening the monot-
omous meow of a cat annoyed him
until he put down his paper and quer-
led of Mrs. Bowser:
do you know whether our cat is in
the house or caught in trap in the
back yard?"
Il saw her in the dining room few
minutes ago." was the reply. "The
cat you hear meowing Is strange one
and is up shade tree in front of the
house."
s'But you never told me when I
came home that there was a cat up a
tree"
why should I? What have you got
to do with cat up tree?"
How long has that cat been UP the
tree?" he demanded, as he flushed up.
"Since about o'clock"
"And how came she to get up
there?"
"A dog was chasing her"
'And you-you have never moved
hand or foot to rescue that poor crea-
ture from her perilous position!" he
Numbered as he struck the wall a blow
with his fist.
I'm not climbing trees to rescue
stray CATS" answered Mrs. Bowser.
That's you-thats you to dot!
Right in front of our own house poor
creature has been suffering for hours,
and you have been too stony hearted
and Indifferent to even inform me of
the fact 1t is monstrous. Mrs. Bow
ser, perfectly monstrous"
''Have l hindered the cat from COM
ing down the tree?" she protested
do you expect that every time 1 see
dog with a tin can tied to his tail run
past the house 1 am going to follow
him?"
"But you haven't a grain of mercy in
your SOUL" he went on. ct is your
utter Indifference, your callous heart
edness, that | complain of. All, there
Is our cat! Suppose she were up a
tree over on Beach street and suffering
untold agonies of mind. What would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17
TAuN[Y HAS A HARD ROW
REPUBLICANS OF THE FIRST DIS
TRICT PRETTY WEARY OF
THEIR CONGRESSMAN
ANDERSON MAY DEFEAT HIM
Even If the Puerto Rican Bill Cham
ptOn Gets the Nomination,
He May Lose at the
Polls.

SPRING VALLEY, Mimi, April 16-
Especial )-Since the officers of the Ma
tional Dairy union have dragged that or
ganization into politics, by sending letters
all over the First district urging the nom
nation of Congressman Tawney to sue
coed himself, for fear the Grant bill may
be defeated, your correspondent has inter
viewed many of the citizens here, espe-
cially those interested in the largest
creamery in Minnesota, located right here
in Spring Valley. 1t is a cooperative as
sociation and owned principally by farm
ers who fully realize that Southeastern
Minnesota is one of the great dairy dis
tricts of the nation, and no member
elected to congress from this district, no
matter what his politics. would be stupid
enough to work against one OF the lead
ing industries of the great Northwest 1t
only goes to show the danger Mr.. Tawney
is in, not only in securing a nomination,
but election If nominated. Mr.. Tawney
cannot gain anything by such methods
Of campaigning, but there are number
of things Mr.. Tawney has done, and
others he has not done, that will add to
his defeat, either in the convention or at
the polls.
With the exception of few "a very few
of the local Republicans, who may be
designated as Tawney's personal friends,
the sentiment in his own party here seems
to be almost unanimous that grave mis-
take has been made, and that Mr.. Tawney
misrepresented his constituents by his &C
tivity. on the Puerto Rico tariff and other
bills. Our people believe also they are be-
ing oppressed by the lumber barons for
whose interests Mr.. Tawney has been, in
and out of congress, so active
There Is a deep-seated undercurrent OF
satisfaction with Mr.. TaWneys course
in congress, and If the sentiment among
Republicans in this locality is any cri-
terion the Republicans of this district
will refuse to longer follow his leadership.
Mr.. Tawney's proposition that the people
of Puerto Rico shall have free whisky,
but must pay a tax on flour and beef IS
not indorsed here, and his theory that
the lumber industry needs the protection
of high tariff finds no favor among our
people.
The approaching Republican convention
of the First district will be intensely in
teresting. While w. b. Anderson, OF
Winona is undoubtedly the choice of the
rank and file of that party, Tawney has
strong organization and one that may
run things high handed. The first dis,
trict, though strongly Republican, may
repeat their action of 1856, when Thomas
Wilson defeated Lovely, and in 1850, when
Capt. w. H. Harries wrested the seat
from the venerable Mark H. DunneIl. The
fusion forces stand a better chance of
electing a congressman in this blacklist
Africa" than ever before by reason of the
miserable administration of affairs at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Outline of What administrator
Leaders Have Agreed Upon.

Outline of What Administration
Leaders Have Agreed Upon.
WASHINGTON, April 1s-Administra-
ton leaders have agreed upon the issue
and articles of Republican faith which
will be incorporated in the national plat
form, to be submitted to the Philadelphia
convention for ratification. A rough draft
of the Republican party creed has been
accepted by Republican leaders of the SEN
ate and Republican national committee
men.
The opening declaration will be a hearty
Endorsement Of President Mckinley and
a tribute to his personal management of
the most brilliant military and naval
achievements of the close of the century:
Unqualified approval will be accorded to
all the administrative acts.
The establishment of a gold standard
will be dwelt upon, and a plank will be
devoted to make allegiance to the gold
standard, while the keynote Of the plat
form will be the expansion issue.
A strong, clear utterance in favor of
the retention of the Philippines and of
vigorous foreign policy will be deliv-
cred. There will be no positive afflrma-
ton of the right of this government to
govern the Philippines-that must be left
for future adjudication
The policy of protection will be affirmed
and the platform will pledge the party to
the support Of the doctrine of reciprocity.
A greater merchant marine and liberal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17
ANOTHER FIREMAN'S SCALP is
TAKEN BY THE INVESTI-
eating ALDERMEN
GR0CERs UNITE FOR ACTION
They VIII Press Upon the Council
the Passage OF a Ped
dIers' License
Law.
0LCEE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
u 20 WASHINGTON Az. SOUTH.

After a heated meeting, during which
the lie was passed, the council fire de-
partment committee yesterday decided to
approve the recommendation of the board
of fire engineers that Ladderman Henry
Unger, Of Truck No. 4, be dismissed from
the service because of alleged cowarlice
shown at the Hennepin block fire, when
Mrs. Carrie Crawford lost her life.
i The committee further recommended to
the chief that Capt. Charles H. Lent,
whom the board had reduced to a pipe
man. be also dismissed, and that the
other members of the company, Lieut..
Stoffes, Truckmen Canterbury, a brother
of the chief Kersten and Meithke and
Assistant Driver Barlow, be reduced from
first to second grade flremen, which
means $S.12 a month less salary for them.
Chief Canterbury acted upon the rec
ommendation and informed the men
concerned that the change would go
INTO effect at midnight
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17
ASK FOR 4 new COUNTY
EAST GRAND FORKS AND FISHER
UNITE IN DEMAND TO d.
VIDE POLK
FISHER TO BE COUNTY SEAT
Big Meeting Is Held and Various
Committees Are Appointed to
Look After Campaign
for Division.

FISHER, Mimi. April 16-(Special)-A
determined effort to divide Polk county
on the west end and make a new county,
to be called Fisher, with the village OF
Fisher as the county seat is now an as
sured fact
A mass meeting of the citizens was held
and was attended by nearly If not every
voter in town, and the general sentiment
was for division.
Capt. w. c. Nash, of East Grand Forks,
was present, and in some good remarks
pledged that East Grand Forks would be
with Fisher if we would make the start;
that they would do everything in their
power to be set off from the power of
Crookston, and wanted new county on
this end.
The general sentiment was that q most
determined effort would be made to divide
the county on the town lines between the
running south to the lines between Hub
part of the county, the county to be
bounded on the west by the Red River OF
the North, the whole comprising eighteen
townships.
The new county is to be named Fisher
county, with Fisher as the county seat
With the combined assistance of East
Grand Forks on the west and the proposed
new Columbia county on the east there
is no doubt of success.
A committee on finance was appointed
and one to prepare the petitions, fix the
boundary lines, appoint the commission
ers, ETC., was also appointed, who will
at once commence their work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17

Washington, for the German-Americaa
vote is In revolt. They are solid against
expansion and trusts as organized under
the present administration Wabasha.
W1nona, Olmsted. Dodge, Steele and Wa
SEGA counties have large German popula,
lions that heretofore have swelled the G..
". T. ranks wonderfully. The foreign vote
In Houston, Fillmore, Mower and Free
porn counties is largely Scandinavian, but
many Of them are also getting dissatisfied
with the 1mperialistic policy as carried
out at Washington and in which Mr..
Tawney is so active. If Tawney is norni-
mated and has to oppose some German
or Norwegian, he will surely be defeated.
But there are others capable of chang
Ing the complexion of this district, not
ably such men as Thomas j. Meighen. of
Fillmore county, or l.. L. Brown, of WI.
mona Hon. James F.. Child, of the Wa
SEGA Herald, has great many strong adj
mirers all over the district
First district politics is bound to be In.
teresting from any point of view and the
trade winds go to show the danger
Mr. Tawney is in, not only to secure the
nomination, but election if nominated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17
BOYS STEAL LEAD PIPE.
WinOna Street Railway Obstructs
Needed Municipal improvements.

WinOnR Street Railway Obstructs
Needed Municipal improvements.
WINONA, MINI, April 16.-(Special) y
The capture Of two small boys yesterday
by the police brought to light the theft
of lead pipe and plumbing material from
vacant houses valued at $500 The stuff
was sold to local junl1men. The boys
were caught ct work in an empty barn
and confessed to the police concerning
the thefts.
Miss Isabelle McConnon, a teacher in
the public schools, died last evening, af-
ter only few days illness, from perl
tonitls. She was extremely popular and
the city schools have been ordered clos
ed for half day in order to allow the
teachers to attend her funeral which
takes place tomorrow
The city is about to lay what is known
as the second sewerage system. Fifteen
blocks of this lay along the tracks of the
Winona Street railway, and the company
close the line. The tracks along the pro-
posed route were repaired at a cost Of
about $1,000 q year ago, and this, the
street railway officials declare, would be
a total loss: They want the pipes laid to
center of the street.
William Zell, resident Of Wabasha
was. today taken to the asylum at
Rochester: Some months ago he was ar
rested at La Crosse for stealing a horse,
time, his mania for stealing horses has
reached an acute stage, necessitating his
confinement in the asylum. He so far
has two teams of horses and two bug
gies to his credit, the last being stolen
from Eau Claire, Wis, parties week
ago. Three men accompanied him to
Rochester for fear he would become Vio-
lent and attempt to harm himself.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17
TELLER FARRAR CAUGHT
WATERBURY, BANK DEFAULTER
ARRESTED IN BOSTON.


WATERBURY, VT, April 16.-Teller ].
Farrar the missing officer of the Water
bury National bank, is under arrest in
Boston tonight. tt
All day former Gov. Dillingham;, pres
ident of the bank, and several directors
of the bank looked over the books and
securities. and tonight 1t was given out
that Teller Farrars reported embeZZle-
ments were not so large as earlier stated,
being less than $25, 000
1t is not yet determined how far back
the misuse of funds began. A cursory
look at the books would seem to indicate
that singular means and a very easy
one was used to balance the cash ac-
counts. The itemized accounts were cor
rect, but the footings were wrong, and
1t is thought that the latter figures were
changed to correspond with the cash bal
ances. The town accounts are said to
be all right.