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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24

darkey was sitting in a chair near
a sideboard serving in the double ca
pacity of banker and distributor of
liquids. The game was a freeze-out
affair Every man paid for his chips
in the cold coin of the realm, and
when he was broke he had to quit.
Table stakes was the limit but there
was no rash betting. None of the
players wanted to he frozen out in
the early part of the game, and when
it was moving alOng very smoothly
a knock was heard at the door and a
fifth gentleman was ushered in.
"Ah! Two caught you at the game
at last, senator" said the newcomer
I've wanted to have a try at you for
a long time, and now I've got my
chance"
you had better not come in to-
night, John, said the senator, kindly
It's free, ont. and the pace IS swift"
THAT v.nt bother me, Wo.cott.
I've told you many times tAat I've
played in the biggest games in the
country. I'm no penny ante man"
Then the newcomer dived into his
pocket and pulled out a big roll of
greenbacks. Wolcott showed the
money over to the darby and the lat
ter began to count it laboriously. The
game stopped until the banker had
totaled up the roll, and in the mean
time the visitor had found a comfort
able seat at the table, had lit one Of
the senator's cigars ana was about to
begin little poker yarn when the old
darby turned to Senator Wolcott and
said:
Use counted it. sab"
How much is it. Dick?"
"Fo' hundred dollars, sab"
Well, give the gentlemen four
white chips, Dick"
1t is needless to say that the new
conner changed his mind about play
ing. In that game a white chip cost
800. a red chip 5000 and a blue chip
$500. There was close to 100000
worth of chips on the table when the
new poker fend flashed his immense
roll Of s4O0 on the crowd
A Record Breaker.
General Nelson A. Miles holds the
record in the matter of big games
The general was not a participant, for
he has never been Durdened with
wealth, but he was the only witness
Of a game which, for actual cash IN
VOWED, was the biggest thing, he says,
in the history Of poker,
1t was toward the end OF the war,
when he was in North Carolina. He
was sent by his superior officer to
make a round of the camp and see
everything was as It should be, and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24

He discovered that a change had
come over the town both in private
and public affairs, He heard, Of
course, that sometimes there was a
good game at Mr.. So and Sos house"
but it takes time for q new congress
man to penetrate the outer crust sur
rounding fashionable Washington,
and besides, Mr.. Crowley says. Il never
was much in the society biz" He
was happy to find a 25-ceut game in
stead of the regulation senatorial af-
fair of S. ante and IS limit.
If his wanderingS did not bring the
desired results. Mr.. Crowley certainly
collected a fine array of poker stories
OF Washington for few years ago.
Nearly every man he met could tell
him a good poker story, If nothing
else.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado figures
in quite a number of these stories.
There is no man in the country per-
haps who has sat in so many big
games as The senator. or who knows
more about the wonderful game of
poker, Yet Mr.. Crowley was in
formed that the senator had given up
the game like the rest Of Washington.
As an evidence of the kind of game
the senator used to play, this is told
about him:
He and three friends were sitting
in a room at Wizards one night play
ing a very quiet game. Each gentle
man had a nice stack of whites. reds
and blues in front of him and an old
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24
MEMORIAL DAY.

Memorial day, as out a sorrowing sea
A tide of tears sweeps over memory E
lea.
Swells all our nations woe to food OF
spray
Where weeping hearts their flowers
and laurels lay.
Again through mist the aureole glad
we see
Ger lowly beds where anguish bends
the knee
Our gloom Of loss and glow of pride
agree,
Commingling garlands on thy dawn
to pay
Memorial day
Again through mourning cloud Of
deaths decree
Our griefs and glories full may blend
ed be.
As heroes gone meet not in graves
decay
Eut 1--we beneath the cypress crowned
with bay.
hat symbol flames own life for them
thee.
Memorial day!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24

gresham did on reaching the capital
was to hunt up some of the great
gambling places which he supposed
lined Pennsylvania avenue from end
to end He made a careful and pains
taking search. but was doomed to dis
appointment In his wanderings he
heard with dismay that a reform wave
had struck the city and knocked it's
gambling gi0ries into a cooked hat
Miles was staggered but not
knocked out by all this. and he deter
mined to hunt up a few Of those
quiet games played by rich senator's.
Mr.. Crowley reasoned pleasantly that
of necessity some liquor would be
consumed at these sittings. and as his
own capacity was unquestioned, he
would both outdrink and outplay the
other gentlemen
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24

Miles Crowley was once congress
man from Texas. Years ago. before
he ever had an idea that he would
one day help to represent the lone
star state at the nations capital, he
read about the big games played at
Sam Wards and John Chamberlain S.
He had heard that in every block of
Pennsylvania avenue, from the white
house to the capital. there was a fine
gambling house, where anything from
stud poker to faro could be played,
with the game running wild.
He had heard of rich senators with
nothing but money to burn, and who
would rather sit in quiet game than
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24

II You don't chrlsten a ship. soma
thing may happen to Il says the Lit
10 Chronicle the chlldren's new week
ly of Chicago, or course things nap
pen 10 ships that are chrlstened, too,
but men whose life and business Il IL
to sail the sea think It's the safest way
after you make a ship not to leave the
christening out. A ship called the
Brisgavia, which was built at the ship
yard OF Workman a Clarke, Belfast,
Ireland, and launched there about ,
year ago, also changed ownersabout the
same time and In the change-about the
idea OF christening II was lost, some
how Since then the Brlsgayla has had
trouble. A little over n month ago
while outward bound from phladel-
phla for Hamburg with cargo OF
grain, she struck a hidden boulder In
Delaware bay which made a great rent
In her bottom and she was turned
back, put into one of those hospitals
for sick ships called dry docks, which
we described awhile ago, and repaired
Out she went into the ocean again and
before the voyage was done snap went
the main shaft. That's enough OF that
sort Of thing" says the captain. she
must be christened" SO when he got
into port at Philadelphia the captain
spoke 10 Edwin s. Cramp, the great
Of that town. VINO said his
little daughter Dorothy twho Is nine
years old would probably do the
christening, They spoke to Dorothy
about II and she said she would If they
would tell her now. SO the other Sat
urday afternoon. In the presence OF a
lot OF people among whom were crowds
Of school children, the Brisgavia, all
alive with the color and the futterlng
)f flags representing all the nations, was
duly named In the way that all good
should be and the next day
sailed for Hamburg
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24
Reggie's Love Letter.

N Il 4 ~ ~
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1870. t,,Io no .rnsood
VI N, >. ,o,',s W., ,,,s IN rrris-
t,1..,1I,. ,,l,,1nS, rool, oh,rt thc hand
49, -. ''',I Lt,,, n,n ,o,t,,o,l, cor-
a. - 49,, ,.,,,ni,,ons and hn rrottv
NAV 1,r, Mn, -, rnssihlt
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't'' "'A'n''" ''>'T' "'" S0' ,,,.l
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N"''' "'" "'V" WV" "'"
L,"0 '''"o'"'" " ''''','' ''''' , "', ,s,.
,'i' ''''''"''' " us ','',l,' ,.,,',
'''''' "''' WIN '"o p,'''' ,"o,' 49,. w.,
was ""s s',, "", '',,.., '" ,c ,'Cn
'",''7," ,", '"0,> ,S ,'S ,.,n, u,rm
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" p,''''", '''. ,N.i,,' n 0naoroG -
,o,J'S ,''" N,,,, =. n,3 a,nr md
'' , ~, ~, s e'nn ,,. n,, ~ ,,iow
GUM ,' t, ~ 49,, ,,, I,o,,o1 ia tho
dolic,te h,ndvrltinp, uo had never
ro,lfvoa before what a prcty name II
vas. RoeinaId Trevor. ESQ" How
dainllv She urnod her T's-how
Gracefully shn formed her RS! Reg.
gio 1,issod tho nrottv bmo monogram.
and ,l,hongb thoro was no one to
soo nIushod no mo ala so kissing II
poyn him no vorv definite sensation
Of Measure. lint n seemed the correct
thing IN do IN tbo circumstances. for
l,vo is an exactIng divinity and de-
mands any number Of these antlauat-
cd uttlo ceremonies When in love
for the fourth or nrth time one be-
but Reggie had novcr-wel hardly
oycr-been in love before, 50 naturally
he was anxious t9 comply strictly
with all the orthodox forms.
He opened the envelope very care
fully. cutting II with a paper knife
along the top so as to leave intact the
pretty blue monogram. The letter ran
as follows:
Dear MIR. Trevor. We are inviting
. faw friends to 90 with us to Ucnlcy
nm "Wednesday npvt and # will give
us mucb Measure If Won viii be one
of the marty hone Won are Olsen.
gagged and will he able 70 come, Yours
eincere,v Mary Chichester
m any one elise the letter would
have seemed prosajr enough but &c
Reggie there wasa wealth of mean.
inc in the customary Dear" and
poetry in every word. Il hope you are
disengaged and will be able to come
he emphasized the az with delight
and rapturously kissed the signature
He had understood that lovers usually
lost their appctltcs. but he was moi
going to follow tradition blndly, SC
he proceeded to eat his breakfast
After all one must eat TO live, and
was not life now doubly worth living
Before he had finished breakfast he
knew the letter by heart. This should
not have been a great strain on his
memory, but he looked at the note
several times during the day in order
to be quite sure he remembered It cor
rectly. The yours sincerely" de.
pressed him a little at first; he could
have wished it bad been Yours very
sincerely" Then he reflected that he
had often heard that a girls feelings
were In inverse ratio to the warmth
Of their expression, so that "Youra
sincerely" obviously meant more than
Yours very sincerely" @. e. d.
He called on the Chlcbesters the
next dav and accented the invitation
in person Mary looked more charm.
ing than over and ne felt a glow nj
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24

eat pie with the president. Now
Miles was something of a poker
player himself. and the pleasant pic
lures painted by his fancy made life
in Washington seem very pleasant.
During his cowboy days Miles had
played every kind of a gambling
game, in all sorts of company and he
felt reasonably confident that he
would be able to hold his own end of
the game in the tenderfoot society of
Washington,
About the first thing the Texas con-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24

much he adores her, could anyone be
moro surprised than dear mamma
But between you and me, should they
come back looking dreadfully bored,
With nothing 10 confess but their ad-
mtraton Of the current bushes or
whatever it was they went out to In
spect, mamma is more surprised still,
only she succeeds in Disgusting her
feelings good deal better.
by just such 4 happy chance Reg
sic and Mary went out one afternoon
to look at a wonderful well that had
lately been sunk is the gatden; but
oddly enough, they got no farther
than a particularly shady summer
house, where they looked into each
others eyes instead, and there they
made the remarkable discovery that
they were both exceedingly fond of
one another,
when did you first know you cared
for mes" asked Mary,
"rhe moment first saw YOU said
he boldly,
That's not true. You first saw me
at tho Fosters ball, and YOU danced
nearly the whole evening with that
tall Miss Johnson"
Reggie could not very well deny the
tmputatiou, but he protested vehom-
emily that he could not imagine how
he had ever been SO blind as to prefer
the ungainly Miss Johnson to the
lovely Miss Chichester,
Anyhow" he said, Il fell in love
with YOU very soon afterward,"
"But now, how am to believe
you9"
why" he cried oxultingly, recolloct-
ing his precious letter do you ro-
member the letter you wrote to me
last july
what letter?' she asked
why surely YOU remember asking
me to 30 to Henley%'
81 remember you're coming with us
So suppose we asked YOU"
Roggle was seized with a momontary
panic lest he should have forgotten
drew 1t out triumphantly
There" he cried, kissing the note
oulc more, "l've carried that dear lit
tie letter about with me ever since
got It,"
lie had looked forward to this mo,
ment; he had pictured the sweet won.
der In her pretty eyes as she would
glance uQ at him and murmur: "Oh
Reggie, all this timc," But, to his
great CONSERVATION, she did nothing
of the kind. On the contrary, directly
she saw the letter she burst out laugh.
nE. Reggie was dismayed; such con.
duct showed an utter want Of proper
feeling,
well" he said, reproachrully, 81
don't see what there Is to laugh at"
Mary took the letter out of the en-,
vclopc and laughed stll more. Reg
gle remembered how sacred that letto,
had been to him, and how often h,
had pressed it to his lips, and begar
to grow angry ut her rrivolity.
"Wel?' he said again,
why" she cried, MS soon as sht
could speak for laughing, you poo
dear boy, don't you see. this Is nam
mas writing; her names Mary too"
And little Tommy Chichester, w4C
was out earshot but who had watched
the whole affair with breathless inter
est from the shelter of nelghborinl
holly tree, has never understood t,
this day why his sister should hnv'
laughed so much, and his brother In
law should have looked 80 oXcessivel!
foolish.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24
COLOSSAL JACK POT
THE STIFFEST POKER GAME ON
RECORD.
CHANGES IN WASHINGTON

Gambling Somewhat Passe-A Tex
ans SaG Hunt for Gilt-Edged
Resort-One of Senator Wolcott'S
Famous Seances-General Comes
Across a Big Game in a Humble
Tent
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THE COMMITTEE 70 MEET
Conference Co be- Hold n Honolulu ON
July Especial Committee TO Pre-
pare and Issue Literature.

At meeting Of the Republican COM
mittecmeu of the Fourth ana Firth
Districts held last evening the follow
Ing resolution, presented by Colonel a..
T.. laukea, was unanimously adopted.
Resolved. by the members uf the
Fourth and Firth Districts In conven-
ton assembled, That a meeting of the
Territorial Central Committee of the
Republican party be called for july 1f
next for the purpose of appointing per-
manent officers, as provided i'm the
rules and regulations as adopted by the
Republican Convention held in May:
and
Resolved That the secretary be in
structed TO notify the members of the
said Territorial Central Committee re-
siding on the other Islands to attend
or send their proxies to other members
of the committee in case of their in
ability TO attend.
This result was achieved after pro-
longed discussion of the question of
whether or not the Oahu members
should proceed to elect officers and per-
feet permanent organization, submit
ting their action later to the country
delegates for approval. j. A. Hughes
was most persistent in favor of imme-
date action and Colonel Iaukea led the
opposition. Mr.. Towse for and Mr.. Gear
against were other speakers.
When Iaukea's resolution was pre-
scented it was accepted by all and pass
ed unanimously.
II was therefore decided to hold the
general meeting on July 16. At that
time not only will permanent officers
be elected, but plans for the primary
and general election will be completed.
The work and probable effect of the
tour of Wilcox, Kaulia and Kalauoka-
| lani in the country districts of this
island were discussed. 1t was decided
that literature should be issued and
speakers sent out. ]. l.. Kaulukou was
suggested as one of the speakers. Col
onel Iaukea gave it as his opinion that
| little progress had been made by the
Independents at Waialua. He believed
| however, that Robert Wilcox would be
| the delegate to Congress.
The idea of sending out literature
was approved, and the following were
appointed a committee to prepare and
issue it: ]. A. Hughes, James H. Boyd
Colonel c. p. Iaukea, Enoch Johnson
and Frank Archer This committee is
given the privilege of enlisting such
other assistance as it may require.
The resignation of James A Kennedy
from the committee was accepted and
w. r. harrington was elected in his
stead.
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MOUNTED POLICE TO MAUI
WILL LOOK AFTER THE RIOTERS
OVER THERE.
High Sheriff Brown Accompanies the
Party-Captain Fox in Command
Maui Citizens Views.

High Sheriff A. NJ. Brown, Japanese
Interpreter c. A. Doyle, Captain A. A.
Fox of the mounted patrol, and eight
white mounted patrolmen left by the
Claudine late yesterday for Maui, and
probably landed at Kahului this morn
ing. At Waikiki the high sheriff will
Immediately consult with Sheriff. Bald
win, and will them make such DISPOSE
ton or distribution of the force under
his command as may seem best. II
any trouble is in sight Captain Fox will
be placed in charge of all the mounted
men, and Sheriff Baldwin will direct
the foot police.
The force was sent to Maui on aC-
count of representations by plantation
managers and prominent Maui people
that there might be serious trouble at
any time. The strikes at and around
Lahaina, followed by the assault of the
laborers upon the United States census
enumerator and the police at Spreckels-
vile, seemed to pOrtend a grave situa-
ton. 1t is expected that the ringlead-
ers of the Spreckelsville riot are on trial
at Wailuku today, and it was feared
that outside Japanese might make a
demonstration at the courthouse. II
seems that the lawless element on the
Island have absolutely no fear of the
Maui police unless it be of Sheriff
Baldwin personally.
Attorney General Dole was tlrm IN the
opinion that men should be sent at once
and an end put to the trouble. His
instructions to Sheriff Brown We're to
use all the force required to maintain
absolutely good order in the upholding
of the law. In compliance with this the
high sheriff not only took the mounted
men, but left such orders here as will
mean the prompt dispatch of foot police
in case they are sent for. If everything
is quiet there, the high sheriff will
likely leave the mounted police In
charge of Captain Fox and return HIM
self by the next steamer.
A prominent Maui man, who returned
home by the Claudine yesterday, said:
THE government should have sent a
military company to Maui before now.
In any State or Territory this would
have been done for far less provoca-
ton. For several days Lahaina was in
a state of riot, and there was only one
armed man in the town. How on earth
the community escaped without murder
and arson cannot say. The police have
not got the situation in hand, and never
will have. 1t has been demonstrated
time and again that the hard characters
of Maui do not fear the police at all.
Nothing was accomplished by the ar
rests at Spreckelsville except to give
the agitators a lever with which to
work up more serious trouble.
What is required is a military COM
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tatiOn and settlement This would not
only restore order on Maui, but would
be an object lesson that would have
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