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eyes, The hair of his head and the hair of his face met and tangled up together, and he darted his round eyes at us out of the thicket like snake. laid WilPs clothes down on the counter and said they were bought there and that I would like to get a better suit and pay nttis more money.
 The man opened the bundle and said that he couldn't allow the full price, but
 he'd throw off enough on another suit to make up. Then something about the clothes seemed to attract his attention. and he grabbed them up quick and start cd for the front door, where 1t was light CT. heard him muttering. and when he came back to us he pretended to be in a great rage.
 why do you bring these rags here?"
 he demanded. "I never saw them be- fore"
 I was just dumbfounded for a second,
 but there wasn't a thing I could say. so
 I took the clothes and went away. When
 We got back to our little room in the ho- tel, I sat down and cried 1t looked so black for Will, but in a minute an idea | came to me like inspiration Now, Mrs. Lawson,' said. i've were not prospered in that undertaking be- | cause I wen: about 1t with lie in my
 mouth. l hope God'n forgive me for the l falsehood, though it was told in a good | cause. But We found out one thing by | going there and that is that there Is something wrong about those clothes. | You saw how the fellow acted when he | came back from the door with them? | Well, to my mind, he wasn't angry. He was just sc:red. Now, why? And why
 did he lie about selling the clothes? If
 there was only some way of proving that | he sold the clothes, 1t might be possible
 to frighten him into telling the tfuth.'
 "Why,' said Mrs. Lawson, there are
 the tags. Will saved every one of them. | thinking he might want to change the clGthes or something. We can send home
 and get the tags They've got the store's s
 private marks on them" E. ~'s l We sent for the tags that night, and
 by the time they reached us we'd done l a lot of running around, but we were all ready for the clothing dealer.
 | Well things were all fixed at last, and | Lawyer Clapp got a policeman in plain l clothes to go along with us. We left the policeman outside and marched into the | store bold as brass. The proprietor didn't t | recognize us at first, l guess. and came | forward to wait on us, though there
 wasn't thing in his store I'd "a bought
 at a quarter of the price he asked for it. | How Will ever came to trade in such a
 place Is beyond my comprehension. Be- fore said word picked up a coat that
 was lying on the counter and looked, at
 the marks on the tag sewed at the back
 If the collar. They were the same as the marks on the tags l had in my
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sense you've got before we're through with you We're from the country, but We ain't so green as We look"
 Well, what do you want?' he asked, and, my. how his black eyes snapped!
 We want to know about these clothes, '" I said, and who had them before you sold them to Will Lawson, and we've got an officer outside, and we mean to know all about it before we leave this place."
 had never before thought of some one else buying the clothes before Will bought them, and I don't know what made me think of such thing then. I guess 1t was the goodness of God that put 1t into my heart when I most needed it. 'I don't know any Will Lawson" said he, and I don't know the clothes, so you'd better get out"
 "It seems to be the will of Providence, said I, that everybody that touches that suit of clothes becomes a liar right off I told you whopper here the other day when I pretended to want to exchange if for better suit and pay more money hut I've asked God to forgive me for it
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must be accounted f, If we are to save him from the gallows.'
 I thought about it just as the lawyer did. but somehow I began to have more confidence in Wills word. It didn't seem to me that we would lie himself right into a dishonored grave.
 one day just before the time set for the trial. Mrs. Lawton came over to my house and sat there grieving and crying over the plight poor Will was in until my heart almost broke at the sight of her misery. Finally l told her that was going to the city the next day though l had never thought of it before and that I meant to stay there until found out all about that ticket and how it got into the pocket of the boys new pantaloons.
 "Fm not going to sit here with folded hands" l said, "and see Will hanged. and that's the end of it. You may go with me if you want to, but l want you to remember that I'm to command the expedition and to do whatever l see fit to do.'
 'I think my positive way cheered her up little She went with me, and we saw the poor boy sitting alone and dis consulate, in his cell. Such a crying time as We had over him!, He told us where he had bought the clothes, and We found the store and looked it over, pretending to want to buy something. It was little bit of a place fin q dirty part of the city, with low, smoky cell | ing all covered with fly specks and a chilly atmosphere It was dark in there, too. though it was a bright winter day and there wac smell of dye-stuffs about the frosty interior that most turned my stomach.
 The proprietor wasn't a bit more at tractive than his place of business. He looked like a Russian and was tall anc stout with big nose and black hair and
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foot there before.
 When Mrs. Lawson came to. Will told her not to worry, that he had done noth- ing to be arrested for and that 1t would all come out right in time.
 i've got to go away with these men tonight" he said, but I'll be back in few days. And Lawyer Clapp is going with me, and you can hear from he through him. But. whatever happens. you must always believe that I told you the truth about that ticket"
 They went off that night. The follow ing day was Christmas. and what a Christmas it was for poor Mrs. Lawson and me! Lawyer Clapp came back the day after Christmas. He told us that the men who bought lottery ticket No. 9S,567 had been stabbed to death in the street l on the very night Will bought his new | clothes, and not far from the place where he bought them. He was strang- CT in the city. only one man knowing
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Will Lawcon'S Luck

and hope he will"
 Don't you como into my store and call me . IIsrI'' shouted the fellow. Because x you do I'll call the ofncer you talk about and have you thrown into the ytroet."
 "You don't dare to-" said I. "and if you did the officer wouldn't obey you. He's here to protect us and to subpoena you to 70 to tho trial. And you do lie when you say you didn't sell these clothes to win Lawson, for I've got the tags that
 were on them-got them in my pocket this minute-and the marks on them are the same as the marks on the clothes you've got on your shelves. So the quicker you call the officer in and give htyn history of the clothes the better It will be for you.'
 All the time was talking. Mrs. Lawson stood there all of a tremble. holding on to my arm with both hands. as though
 she was afraid meant to fly at the man
 and stratch his ugly face. and claw tne truth out of his throat. The fellow LOOK ed at me, with snaxy eyes flaming wtn rage and hate, though could see that ne was scared too.
 'sYou talk pretty strong for an old wo- man." he said, land when you've nnisneo your say you can take your old clothes and walk out"
 I started for the door. and suppose he thought he'd scared me out Tor l heard him chuckling, but he soon nao cause to change his mind, for knocked an the glass with my umbrella, ana Tn walked the officer. The storekeeper was taken aback. but he tried to put on bold face and asked the officer II, ne was conducting a branch insane asylum. Because if you are,' he said, you better take your patients to some other shop"
 even see about that directly said the officer. but I've got a little business to | do with you first" And he read him the subpoena and gave him a copy Of 1t. all in printing and writing. plain as you please.
 of the court said the man, speaking
 milder. but I can't see what you're get ting at." You'll find out soon enough" said the officer. and we all started for the ooor' But I kept my ears open wide, for ex- nected to be called back. And, sure enough. before we got into the street the proprietor called to us to wait ana came wiggling up to where we were. What Is it about the clothesF ne asked. keeping his evil eyes fixed on Mrs'
 Lawson, thinking perhaps that shed De the easiest one of the party to scare into an answer that might give him some thing like a hint to be guided by. She did | look pretty timid and shrinking, but | gave her arms a good pinch ana Whls- pered to her to be firm, and she seemed Am1r
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to take on cOurA8@
 What is it about the clothes?'' re- peated the man. And what if I did sell them2 It's my business to sell clothes, and there's no law against it that I ever heard of. So there's no harm done, is there?"
 "Yes,' said the of- hcer, there's harm done, and a young man is to be tried for his life on &C., count of you, and you can make things right by tell ing the truth, if you haven't forgot ten how"
 I could see by the changing expres' sion in the fellows eyes that he knew all about the arrest of the poor boy ant had followed the case in the news papers, and I felt like going down or my knees there or his dirty floor. for I saw, too, that he
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ing l,UO, ,OOO,W ,WO; 1O0,- GOO, 900 will be con- stunned oi expenses, 450, ,0O0, 900 will be dis tributed in prizes, and this will leave 45O. 900, 900 to pay the
 indemnities! This is certainly one of the most gigantic bub- bles ever set afioat in the world-Shang- hai Mercury.
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to his little mother, kissed her right be- fore the crowd.
 Its all right" he said. I've got the money, and I've paid Mir. Clapp for his time and trouble, but we both think it's better not to say anything about this to the neighbors. Re- member, mother, not a word
 Mrs. Lawson was SO excited that she could only humble out her promise to regard Will's wishes. she remarked:
 On the way home
 will, I am that upset I wish you
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pocket.
 When the man saw who it was. he began to seem mad a again. but I saw him trem- bling.
 You take your old clothes and go away" he said. " l don't want you here. l never saw the clothes before, and l told you so once
 Now, you keep your temper I said. just as cool as if I'd been standing in my own kitchen, flor you'll need all the
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anything aDout nm, and that man was his roommate at a cheap hotel.
 But this roommate had seen the ticket. He remembered the number and thought 1t strange it wasn't found on the dead mans body. He told tho police about it, and so when the ticket was cashed for Lawyer Clapp in New York 1t was traced back and TO m p t l y landed Win Lawson in pris- on. l heard that the broker who bought the ticket came very near being arrested for the murder and only escaped by giv- ing Wills name and address. If the tick
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ct hadn't drawn that prize, it would never have been heard of again. and Will wouldn't have been arrested.
 Will stuck to the story he first told about the ticket, and Lawyer Clapp didn't believe it. : "I could do better for him if he'd tell the truth" Lawyer Clapp said to me one day, flor his possess sion of that ticket
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CHINA's LOTTERY SCHEME.

The present shape of the lottery scheme to provide money for the payment of the indemnity to foreign governments is as follows: One hundred million tick cts will be sold, each for 10 taels. produc-
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I handed the tags to the officer, and he let the proprietor look at them. be- ing careful to keep one hand on them all the time.
 "Yes," he said defiant like, 'I did sell this suit to young man matter of three or four weeks ago. But before that and on the same night I sold
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woudld not go to the Christmas Eve jolli- fication down at Dis trict school No. g."
 ''Oh, I couldn't dis appoint them. I've promised, and I must be there. Besides, I took ten dollars of the money I got from the ticketr'-'i and bought a few little presents for the youngst e r s. And then, too, you know if I don't go there'll be no Santa Claus"
 When the mother and son reached h@A h.
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meant to tell what he knew about it. I looked at Mrs. Lawton, and there we're tears in her eyes.
 That old wo- man." began the man. "said a mo- ment ago that she had in her pocket the tags taken from these clothes. Show me the tags, and I'll talk fast enough. for the law can't touch me for what I did"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-05-22
RECEPTION BY
KNIGHT TEMPLARS
President Mckinley Made Soul
Stirring Speech at a Festal Gath
ering at San Francisco,
mrs. M'KINLEY IMPROVING
America is Sung by Twelve Thousand
Notes.-The President and Wife Will
Start for the National Capital
on Saturday.

San Francisco, May 22.-The re ep-
tion of President Mckinley by he
Knights Templar was a feature of the
presidential program today. The re-
ception at the Mechanics pavili n WAS
preceded by a parade of the ka3ats
from all parts of the state. General w.
III. L. Barnes presided at the pavilion,
and introduced the guest of the day.
his address being highly eloquent. a
chorus of $50 knights chanted the
Lords prayer. President Mckinley res
ponded with a soul-stirring speech, af-
ter which nearly $1,000 voices sang
America" to the waving of flags.
President Mckinley will receive as
souvenir of the occasion a handsome
silk flag inclosed in a case of morocco.
PASSED A GOOD NIGHT.
San Francisco May 22.-Mrs McKin-
ley is reported as having passed a good
night, becoming stronger daily.
WILL START ON SATURDAY.
San Francisco, May 22.-Mrs. McKin
ley's condition has improved SO rapidly
lfldt OlICldl IlotS DCCI
made that the president expects to
start for Washington on Saturday. 1t
has been definitely decided that all
members of the cabinet remain here
until the departure of the president
NASH IN COLORADO.
Glenwood Springs. Colo, May o.
Governor Nash and hundred others
from Ohio spent the morning here
bathing and sightseeing. Tomorrow
they spend the day in Denver and ex-
pect to reach Columbus on Saturday.
GAINING IN STRENGTH.
San Francisco, May 22--At 1 o'clock
Secretary Cortelyou gave out the fol-
lowing: Mrs. McKnley's physicians
report that she is now convalescent
and daily gaining in strength"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-05-22
ELIZABETHTOWN MINES.
The Placers Are Again Being Worked-A
Good Water Supply.

The Golden Era is working a force of
men in the mine and is taking out ore.
The new mill is ready for business and
will soon make its first run on Golden
Era ore.
The Eizabethtown placers are again
being worked in a very systematic and
profitable way. The water supply is on
in good shape and the hydraulics are
making the dirt fly. A clean up will
soon be made on the placer just east of
Elizabethtown.
The Senate Bobtal has recently en-.
countered body Of fine ore. The body
is very large and the ore is said to run
from $25 up to $50, and probably more,
per ton. The property is being worked
extensively and the development work,
which is being done in systematic way,
is placing the property in the front rank
of the district.
DR.. Black of the June Bug company
arrived Friday to spend some time in
the interest of the company. The June
Bug has the new mill in position and
within two weeks will be grinding away.
The people of the camp are much in
terested in the success of this mill and
is hoped that the first trial run may
prove flattering success.
Work is progressing on the Reling
dredge dam and the company is conf
dent of the success Of the plant and is
rushing the work along us fast as pos
sible in order that the plant may be put
in active operation by the first of Septem-
Der. The machinery for the plant is ex.
pected to arrive in a short time. The
type OF dredge to be used is said to be
very successful in other localities.
The Black Copper mill has proven
successful plant. Five stamps are kept
in constant operation and both mine and
mill are in active operation. Some $75,-
600 has been spent on this property in
development and the Black Copper is no
longer prospect but producing and
paying proposition. There are many
Others 10 the district that will prove
profitable mines If developed systemati-
cally
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-05-22
A BIG LAND DEAL.
A New Mexico Cattle Company Bought
284 900 Acres in Texas,

One of the largest land deals made in
the southwest for years, was closed
last week in the purchase by Capt. G..
w. Lttlefield, president of the Little
field Cattle company and of the Amer-
can National bank of Austin, Texas, of
about 254 200 acres OF land from the
Capital Syndicate company. The land
lies in the Texas Panhandle adjoining
the eastern boundary of New Mexico and
is as fine a body of grazing land as there
is in the country, and belongs to what is
known as the Yellow House division of
the immense holdings of that company,
The price paid was SO per acre and foots
up $56s, 900. Capt. LttIefeld also bought
of the same company 5000 cows from 3
to years old, each COW to have calf
by her side. j. p. White, one of. Capt.
Littlefeld's nephews and manager of
the Littlefield Cattle company, took an
interest in the land and cattle and will
make his headquarters at the ranch and
have full management. His headquart-
ers viii be about $50 miles nearly due
east of Roswell He will remove the best
cattle in the l. d herds heretofore
ranging on their range from the Pecos
river to the Texas line, onto the purchase
and their New Mexico range will be
stocked with ordinary breeds of cattle.
Thos. d. White, his brother, will have
charge of the New Mexico range and
cattle, with his headquarters at Roswell.
They are to be given possession OF the
land and cattle at once, Capt. Littlefield
having returned there from Roswell last
Friday night for the purpose OF making
arrangements to receive them. In addi-
tion to the cows purchased, 300 head OF
bulls were also bought from the Syndi-
cate company.
The land is enclosed by the best lot Of
fencing to be found anywhere in the
west, with cedar posts 40 feet apart, and
between them, two iron posts with iron
stays.
Capt. Littletield is known as one of
the most successful fnanciers In Texas
and all his cattle operations in New Mex
leo have been under the able manage
ment of his nephew, j. p. White, who Is
known as one of the best posted and
most successful cattle men in the ter
ritory. The Littlefeld Cattle company
began operations in the Pecos valley in
1881, when j. p. White, his brother Il.
d. White, w. j. Wilkinson and c. S.
McCarty located at Bosque Grande on
the Pecos river, 35 miles north of Ros-
we'll. The following year, they brought
cattle unto the range from Texas and
have been extensively engaged in the
business ever since, their immense herds
ranging over a large portion OF the
country between the Pecos river and the
line between New Mexico and Texas.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-05-22
GERMANY MUST
ACT ALONE
The Other Powers Will Not Join in
Another Military Expedition
in China.
WALDERSEE'S LATE DEMAND
The Chinese Imperial Court Must Return
to Pekin Before the Germans Will
Rvacuate the City Import Duties
to Be Doubled.

Shanghai, May 22.-Reports have
been received from Pein that Field
Marshal Count Won Wmadersee m
formed the Chinese that his troops will
not leave Pekin until the court returns
and he himself is received in imperial
audience. The French have withdrawn
from the Shan 81 expedition, and the
English refused to take any part in 1t.
1t Is probable therefore that the Ger
mans will be compelled to go alone.
RAISING REVENUE
Berlin, May 22.--It is authoritatively
announced that the powers Will agree
to require the present Chinese import
duties to be paid in gold which is
equivalent to doubling the duties.
Same payment also probably will be
required in case of the salt ana opium
tax. Germany is apparently averse TO
with the likin dues since
they are too complicated.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-05-22
THE STRIKING
MACHINIsYs
A Prolonged Struggle is Likely at San
Francisco But Elsewhere
the Strikers Are
Winning.
FORTY THOUSAND MEN STILL OUT

Washington, May 20. - President
O'Connell of the International assocla-
ton of machinists, estimates that the
number of machinists engaged In the
strike today is 10000. by next Mon
day morning" he said, probably 30
per cent of the men who went out Will
be back at work with their demands
granted. The other 10 per cent are
mostly on the Pacific coast and in sew
eraI Ohio cities AT San Francisco Is
the only place where we look for a pro-
tracted strike"
President Mulholland of the Allied
metal trades association comprising
the semi-skilled men in the machine
shops, notified the machinists head
quarters here that he is ready to start
out his men whenever the latter body
deems it necessary.
THE SITUATION IN MICHIGAN.
San Francisco, May 22.-The strike
situation remains unchanged The
are orderly. The manufacture
ers are emphatic in the statements
that they will not give in.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-05-22
PROSPEROUS
Sheriff Gonzales Who Arrived Hers Last
Evening With Three Prisoners Gives
an Account Of Progress and
Prosperity.
PRAISE FOR JUDGE. AND ATTORNEY

Alfredo Gonzales, sheriff of Lincoln
county, and Octaviano Perea, chief dep
uty sheriff of the same county, arrived
last night with the following prisoners
for the territorial penitentiary: Rob-
erto Pena sentenced at the April term
for IL years, charged with larceny;
Justo Salas, 8 1-2 years, charged with
assault to commit murder; Guadalupe
Carrillo, years, assault with intention
to kill. Jose M. Reverb is sentenced to
hang on the 18th of June for the mur-
der of Jose de La Luz Leal at White
Oaks, last August. The killing was
done at dance which the two men at
tended and at which they got into a
row.
Sheriff Gonzales states that Lincoln
county is at present very prosperous.
The town of Captain on the El Paso &
Northeastern railway has an estimated
population of about 1000, and 300 miners
are at work in the coal mines in the VI
cinity. Grading on the road bed of the
El Paso and Rock Island railway Is
rapidly and the graders are
now about 80 miles from Carrizosa
Springs. Within the last few days the
we'll borers have struck water near the
grade in the vicinity of GalIInas The
supply is said to be first class and the
water very good Lack of water here
tofore has kept back the grading and
track laying, but both of these from
now on will be pushed with great rap
idity, as the managers of the road are
very anxious to get to- the Pecos river
by September 1.
Mr.. Gonzales also reports OF there
having been plenty of rain this spring,
that the range is in first class condition,
that shearing and lambing Of sheep is
with remarkable success,
that stock of all kinds is doing well; al
so that fine crops of grain and fruit are
expected this year. Indeed he says,
Lincoln county was never more pros
porous and was never in any better
shape.
The recent term of court was very
and Judge Mcmillan as
judge, has given great salts
faction; he is courteous, urbane but al
so firm and strict; business is rapidly
with him on the bench. The
universal expression among the people
of Lincoln county is very favorable to
Judge Mcmillan. AS to District Attor-
Gey G. ". Pricha,i. the sheriff thinks
he is the best the county ever had, that
he prosecutes with vigor, ability and
success. The people approve Of his ap-
pointment as district attorney by Gov
ernor Otero and are very glad of It,
Already there are a great many rail-
road laborers in the county and a good
many miners, but the sheriff reports
the condition of the county to be quiet
and orderly. The sheriff and his depu-
ty expect to go home tomorrow after
noon.
The grand jury at the recent session
IF court found 6S indictments and there
were fifteen convictions.