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The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
IN A SALOON BRAWL
Bullets Fired Across the Bar After q
Few Moments of Angry
Taking

SAN DIEGO. Oct. S.-As a result of a
quarrel two men were killed in the Favor
ite saloon at Fifth and 1 streets at IL
O'Clock tonight They are James A
POsey, proprietor of the place, and Andy
Quinlan, proprietor Of near by saloon.
Posey was about so years old and Quin-
Ian somewhat younger. The two men
were standing on opposite sides of the bar
Angry words passed and they drew their
reVolvers and fired simultaneously. Posey
sank down behind the bar and expired al
most instantly. Quinlan sta aggered into
the street and fell He was picked up
and taken into a near by saloon, where
ne died in q few minutes.
But little could be learned tonight as
10 the cause Of the shooting. When the
men hred there was a general stampede
from the saloon and Of those who may
have been present none seem inclined 10
taik- IL Is the common belief. however
that business disputes were the cause of
the quarrel Posey was shot in the right
breast ana the bullet came out of his left
size. Qulnlan was shot in the left breast
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09
Silver Trophy for Yawl Gvpsie

The regatta committee of the Pacific
Interclub Yacht Association held a meet
ing last night at the Merchants EXCHANGE
to decide the protest made by the oWner
Gypsie after the annual Admission dav
regatta. The protest was disalIowed II
was found that the owner of the Merope
raised a protest against the wrong hoat
the Discovery being the one to interfere
with him, and also that the Gypsie had
the right of way against the other two
yachts, which had d free wind The re-
flIsa1 to entertain the protest gives tbe
first prize in the yawl class to the yawI
Gypsie and second prize to the yawi
Arcturus. Jaw
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09
Forbes Defeats Oscar Gardner.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. S.-C1arence Forbes
secured the decision over Oscar Gardner
tonight in the ninth round of their fight
Gardner was hopelessly overmatched
After two minutes fighting in the ninth
round the referee, Tommy Ryan, stopped
the fight to save Gardner, who was al
most helpless, from further punishment
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09
SHOT PIERCES EYE OF
HOTEL CLERK JOHNSON
Del Monte Resident Perhaps Per
manently Blinded by Hunt
ing Accident

DEL MONTE, Oct s.-Dr. Bowditch
Morton. resident physician of the Hotel
Del Monte, accidentally shot Clerk w. A.
Johnson in the head while the two were
duck shooting i9st evening at Laguna
Seca. eight miles cast of Monterey The
OF the lake and hidden from one another
Dy ihe tule growth A shot entered enc
OF dohnson's eyes. causing wound which.
u IS feared. viii cause total blindness.
Johnson was taken to San Francisco to-
day TO undergo treatment by a specialist.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09
WORK is COMPLETED
ON THE ASPEN TUNNEL
Millions of Dollars Expended in
Shortening Distance on the Union

SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct. S.-The great
Aspen tunnel on the Leroy-Bear River
cut-off on the Union Pacific Railroad. was
running over tho new route next SundaJ-
The cutoff and tunnel shorten the jine
nearly ten miles and reduce the grade
over that portion of the road from sew
tunnel mas been two years in course OF
construction and has cost even more than
tne sherman Hill cutoff which involved
an expenditure of over $3, 900 OOO
Monument Fund Growing.
SAN JOSE. Oct s-Tba NToLyir,,a,,
monument fund has reached $12, 800.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09
WOMEN IN COMPETITION
FOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Miss Griscom, the Present Holder of
the Title, Fails to Live Up.
to Her Reputation.

NEW YORK, Oct. Slime weather,
good links and surprising reversal of form
were the features in the play for the
womens golf championship of America,
which began to-day on the links of the
Baltusrol Golf Club near ShorthiIls, N ].
The present champion, Miss Frances E.
Griscom, failed to live up to her reputa-
qualify for the rounds which will occupy
the remainder of the week. The best
scores follow:
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09
sCHLEY WILL RETIRE TODAY.
and Endg A,

Rear Admiral Reaches the Age Limit
and Ends Active Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-Rear Admiral
W. S. Schley ended his active career In
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09
G1oucester's Com
mander Gives In
teresting Testimony
Comment Is Made on
Remarkable Spe ed
of Battleship Oregon

the navy to-day and tomorrow he will go
on the retired list by operation of the law
account of age. His retirement Will
have no effect whatever upon the court
of inquiry.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-23
CHAPTER iii.
THE MANSURA BELL

TI HE fair and election we're had
as notified to Oakfell by Fa-
s ther Grhe. 1t was notable
occasion. The quaint little
hamlet Of AIansura, whose
residents were all French and whose
verandaed dwellings and shops fronted
it's single street, broad and umbra'
geous, in two ranks Of unequi7ocal yell
low, was throughout the day denied its
accustomed sleep by noise Of buggy
teams and saddle horses hitched to
it's trees and the chatter and laughter
Of women. young and old, pretty and
otherwise, who vended gumDo, roast
fowl, coffee. cake and claret punch at
famine prices to the men boisterously
patronizing their tables. The con-
course was distinctively French. No
English word was heard in the greet
ings, jests and Gatherings. The pale
nuns Of the Holy Family converts at
AIarksville and Mansura chaperoned
covcys of shy girl pupils and stood
between them and the bold glances of
dark eyed youths, and the priests Of
Moreauville, Choupique and Marks
vile lent the influence Of their pres
ence to the interests o. their good
brother Of Mansura.
The four reverend gentlemen, smok-
ing cigars in front Of the schoolhouse
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In front of the fire sat stout, broad
faced, dark skinned man.
Catholic priest. His hair was thick
and as yet untouched by the gray Of
age, eyes large and strong, and his
countenance, though confessing to good
living, advertised spirit of benevo-
lence and charity. This was Father
Francois Grhe, cure Of Mansura, whose
ecclesiastical dominion extended south
ward to the Bayou Beuf. He had
heard a call to the ferry, and later,
when the sound of rushing hoofs and
wheels in the road fell upon his ear,
he had peered out into the darkness,
but, Notwithstanding the illumination
Of q lightning fash, had discovered
nothing. Valsin entered the room
swishing the rain from his broad felt
hat and, stamping his wet and muddy
boots upon the floor, said:
81 don't like night like this, father
hot and dripping and heavy. It always
makes me feel that something bad Is
going to happen"
Keep your soul clean, Valsin," said
the priest, "and whatever happens on
night like this cannot be bad for
you"
"Oh. it Is not for myself-no-that I
am uneasy, but I think that persons
travelling abroadar sure to meet with
accident, and if a man is hurt in the
Magnolia hills on such night he may
lie there until morning ard no one
know Of his suffering"
~ have just heard some one drive up
from the ferry" observed the priest,
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in which the fair was held, were ac-
costed by Quillcbert. whose manner
eyinced but slight respect for their pro-
fession and who was, truth to tell, dis
pleasing to them by reason Of his boast
ed fondness for the literature Of Vol
taire.
Good day. fathers four" was his
airy salutation as he approached. do
you know Il strange thing? Whenever
meet more than one nun or more than
cne priest there are always two CT
four or soma greater number Of them,
but never three. They seem to avoid
the number OF the Trinity as if they
feared it would bring bad luck. Now,
that is even odd, is it not. my good IA
thers? How do you account for it,"
And he laughed loud and hard at his
own wit.
"That is no more strange than my
own experience. Constant" said Fa-
ther Galotte. "Whcneyer | have met
the devil be has always been alone"
And, jabbing his pudgy forefnger
against Quillebert's ribs. he shook from
his throat an oleagnous gurg!e which
had served him as 4 laugh since his
first appointment to parish in Louisi-
ana.
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Copyright, 1901, by T. H. Thorpe.

the remainder. II many STACKS. "ef>
before Quillebert.
The young man sat at distance
from the three, but not so far that theiE
conversation was not audible to aim.
Quillebert in a half jocular and half
banterlng tone had said:
"Leonidas, if were not man Of ex-
traordinary good nature you and I
would now be at outs instead Of sit
ting here over a friendly game Of Dok-
er and clinking our social glasses,
because it wasn't neighborly in you to
sue me for $4,000 for that old negro of
yours when you know that you couldn't
have sold him for 500 even on credit"
"No, don't know that" replied
Latiolais. 81 could have sold him for
$3.50. But that isn't it. I never tried to
sell him, didn't want to sell him, and,
although he was so years old when you
shot him, wouldn't have sold him for
$4,000 cash. l was attached to Bap-
tiste. lie was the best judge Of horses
among my negroes. He was faithful
and nursed me and my son through the
yellow fever, and, although my son
Gied, I have always believed that had
it not been for Baptiste's care and
watchfulness I should never have re-
covered. Therefore I never thought
that $4,000 could have at all repaid me
for his loss. Moreover, it would have
been the act Of q good neighbor In
you to have complained to me Of any
offense Baptiste had given you and
allowed me to correct him. Instead of
that you shot him dead"
"I admit that" said Quillebert "but
when he struck my pointer dog with
that OK whip and I saw the blood red
den the white skin Of the poor brute
was so enraged that couldn't help
shooting the Internal negro down in his
tracks, and you would have done the
same"
"But had not the dog bitten the
negro before he struck it with the
whip?" Latiolais inquired.
I have heard something Of that
sort" said Quillebert curly.
"Tt was a fact" insisted Latlolais,
"and the wounds inflicted by the dogs
teeth were found upon the dead mans
BODY. But, as we never quaueled about
that" Latiolais continued, "let's rot
quarrel now. OF course, when you de-
stroyed my property you owed me
something. and, since we couldn't
agree upon the amount, there was
nothing to do but leave it to jury,
so brought the suit. was willing to
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the three.
abide by, the award Of the jury, al
though it was only $1,000; but you
have seen 6t to carry the matter on
appeal to the supreme court and pro-
long this only cause of difference be-
tween u.s."
"I think" Dr.. De Roux remarked,
@that you both made mistake by let
ting the matter so into the courts. Lit
igation always begets bitterness. The
longer it is drawn out the more in7et-
crate becomes the i'll feeling. I think
yet you ought to take it out Of court
and settle it as friends and gentlemen"
'T am afraid it is too late" said La
tiolais, "as Constant perfected bis ap-
peal yesterday and employed q city
lawyer to argue his cause for him in
the supreme court
"No, it is not too late" Quillebcrt eS~
claimed; 'it is never too late to do
good. Let US have another toddy, and
when we drink that to friendship l
will make a proposition to you"
Their glasses were filed and drain
ed with expressions Of good feeling.
"Now," said Quillcbert, with a know
ing leer in his eyes, you say. Latiolais
at least have heard you say many
times-that you are the best old sledSe
player in the parish Of Avoyelles. l
know you play that game better than
you do poker" And he significantly
glanced at the bare space on the table
in front of Latiolais. then at the piles
Of red and blue chips on his own side,
and continued: 81 will offer to play
you IL games Of old siedge. If you win
six out Of the l.. will pay you $4,000
as soon as we reach home. If ! win
six out Of the II, you will give me a re-
ceipt in full for the judgment and
costs in your suit against me for kill
ing Baptiste. If you agree, will now
write to my attorney in the city in
structing him to withdraw the appeal
and deliver the letter to the cap-ain to
be mailed when the boat stops at Ba-
you Sara"
THAT certainly is a liberal PROPOSE
tion," said DR.. De Roux. "iou would
do we'll to accept it. Leonidas."
Latiolais looked down, and his face
assumed al expression Of doubt and
trouble. Oakfell watched the work
ings Of his countenance intently.
"Let's have one more toddy before |
decide"
Agreeable"
With this aid Latiolais accepted the
proposal Calling for writing material
and a new deck of cards, Quillebert
wrote the message to the lawyer n
New Orleans, passing it to Latiolais to
be read, addressed, sealed, and handed
it to the captain Of the boat, with the
request that he mail it at Bayou Sara.
The cards were shufled and the game
was begun, DR.. De Roux keeping score.
The play was silent. Victory went
alternately from the Que player to tie
Other through ten games. The eleventh
was close, but by turning knave as
trump and scoring six spot as low
Qu:llebert won by q point. I.atiolais
tooi. pen and paper. wrote and signed
a receipt in full Of the judgment, prin-
cipal, interest and costs which he had
obtained for the killing Of his negro
man Baptiste and gave it to Quille-
bert: also an O. Q for. the sum Of
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$500, representing his loss in the game
Of poker they had previously played.
Forcing a smile. be ordered three more
glasses Of whisky, and when these had
been tossed off bade his companions
good night and retired. Quillebert and
DR.. De Roux strolled to the hurricane
deck TO soothe their nerves with cigars
before seeking sleep. Oakfell repaired
to his stateroom soul sickened by what
he had witnessed.
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Latiolais hesitated, then consented,
and the three proceeded to the one sto-
ried public house Of the village, where
in the back room they were Joined by
the brothers Tailleur Of Isle de Cote.
and, supplied by Dede, the stunted.
swarthy, pock pitted proprietor, with
cards, chips, rum and whisky toddies,
they were soon absorbed in the prob
lens Of American poker. Quillebert
was not without ulterior aim Ii his
proposal. He was confident Of Laure
Luneau's election should no especial
activity be displayed in her rivals in
terest ard concluded that the surest
means to prevent that would be to Sc
duce her champion from the field;
hence be set about to make the game
unusually attractive Dy betting boldly
anil drinking freely, and in d measure
his tactics proved successful, for soon
the attention Of the players was so en-
crossed that they were unconscious Of
the light Of time and the passing or
many buggies and troops Of horsemen
oyer the coulee bridge into the one
street Of Mansura.
TO the surprise and, it must be ao-
mitted, the disappointment Of Fatner
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-30
FRONTIER EXPERIENCE.
Pioneer Family Had to Pick Their
Wheat Over. Kernel by Kernel.

Ladies' Home Journal: In narrating
the frontier experiences OF "The First
White Baby Born In the Northwest"
w. S. HARDWOOD tells Of q queer X
p%erience that befell the family the first
year after settling on a farm far re-
moved from the settlements. THE
winter had been unusually long and
severe, and their store OF provisions
ran low. 1t was a long distance to the
nearby base of supplies, and commune
cation with the outside world had been
cut off. Indians in the neighborhood
one night broke into the granary where
the wheat was stored and stole a guam
tity.
"In doing this a large quantity Of
broken glass became mixed with the
grain which the Indians left, so for
many days, amidst much merry story
telling and many a joke and laugh, in
spite of the serious situation, the fam
lily gathered about q large table In
the dining room and spent the short
winter days picking over the wheat,
kernel by kernel, in order to free 1t
from pieces of glass. For this wheat
stood between them and starvation,
and none of its precious kernels must
be lost. Their stock Of flour a long
since wasted away, as had most Of
their food supplies, so they boiled and
ate the wheat without grinding. Relief
reached tnem just in time 30 prevent
q sad ending to the experience"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-30
And the Boy Guessed Riaht,

New York Times: The house in which
e~x-Speaker Thomas b. Reed was born is
still standing In Portland, Me. When Mr..
Of the better residence part Of the city,
not far from the water and commanding
a good view OF Portland harbor. Years
ago the railroads found 1t convenient to
bui!G tracks IND erect freight houses
along that part Of the water front, and 1t
ceased to be attractive for those who
could afford to go elsewhere. About two
years ago the people of the city erected
memorial tablets to mark the birth spots
Of some OF her distinguished sons, and the
modest house In which Mr.. Reed first
saw light OF day Is now thus adorned,
II was occupied some years ago by a fam
lily named Hennessy. All the boys and
girls of the neighborhood knew that II
was Mr.. Reeds birthplace, and were al
ways glad to tell inquiring visitors all
about it. In one of the schools one day
the teacher was asking n class OF small
boys some questions in history.
Where was Washington born?' she
asked.
Virginia" was the answer.
"Where was Adams born?" and the next
~youngster replied, Massachusetts"
So the teacher continued through the
list of presidents, and then, to stimulate
local pride, she went over the names OF
scme of the distinguished sons OF Maine,
Finally she asked;
And where was Speaker Reed born?'
Right up in Tom Hennessy's dining
room," answered the boy whose turn II
was, and the teacher could not mark him
anything but perfect.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-11-30
CANADA'S CAPITAL AROUSED.
Never Was There Such Excitement
Physician Association Trying
TO Exnlaju.

Never Was There Such Excitement
Physician Association Trying
10 Explain.
Ottawa, Canada, Nov. 25.-This city
is stirred up as never before. Some
seven years ago the local papers pub
lished an account OF a man named
George III. Kent, of 40S Gilmour street,
who was dying of Bright's Disease and
who at the very last moment, after
several OF our best physicians had de-
clared he couldn't live twelve hours,
was saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
People who know how low Mr.. Kent
was refused TO believe that he was
cured permanently, and the other day,
In order TO cllnch the matter, the pa
pers published the whole case over
again and backed up their story by
sworn statements made by Mr.. Kent,
in which he declares most positively
that in 1894 he was given up by the
doctors and that Dodd'S Kidney Pills
and nothing else saved him, and, fur
Their, that since the day that Dodd's
Kidney Pills sent him back to work,
seven years ago, he has not lost n sim
gle minute from his work Che is a
printer in the American Bank Note
Printing Company.
Mr.. Kent is kept quite busy during
his spare hours answering inquiries
personally and by letter, but he is so
grateful that he counts the time well
spent. Indeed, he and his wife have
shown their gratitude TO Dodd's Kid
ney Pills in Il very striking way by
having their little glrl-born In 1906
christened by the name of "Dodds."
Altogether IT Is the most sensational
case that has ever occurred In the his
tory Of medicine in Canada, and the
perfect substantiation of every detail
leaves no room to doubt either the com
pleteness or the permanency Of the
cure.
The local Physicians have made the
case Of Kent and Dodd's Kidney Pills
the subject Of discussion ut several OF
the private meetings Of their Assocla-
ton.
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CHAPTER VIII.
ON THE DALTON TRAIL.


The two young men followed him In
silence. When they reached the tent
Tom repeated the story OF his ac-
quaintance with the old miner, touching
as lightly as possible on the two occa-
sions In which he had risked his own
life, but a pair of blue eyes were fixed
upon him all the while, and the girls
face showed that she fully appreciated
and admired his daring.
Her father made but few Interrupt
tions until Ton described the deathbed
scene, and then he said:
Have you the papers now?"
mo" replied Tom, but l know them
by heart. / was waylaid and robbed IN
San Francisco. See, here is the scar
AS he spoke he ben his head, and
then went on:
I'VE have cas- to believe the mate
OF the vessel, q man named Rider,
heard what your brother said to me
when he was dying and that he. was
the rascal who nearly killed me ana
took the papers,. He disappeared, and
we think he came here and started up
the trail to pass himself off as the
rightful owner of the will. He has had
q long start, and may be there before
this"
Avery was silent for a moment, and
hen he said, frankly:
Continued Next Weekly
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down. Then the rest came and took
the rascal Off to duck him; that's ALL"
That's enough. 1 should say was
the reply, and, turning to Tom, the
man extended his hand, saying.
II thank you, young man. It's the
first time I've known a woman to be in
suited here, and I'm glad you came to
my girls aid SO promptly. I'm obliged
to you. Perhaps i can do you a good
turn some day. I'm an old miner, and
you are probably new at this sort of
life. Where are you from?"
Tn from New Hampshire" replied
Tom, who could not keep his eyes from
the girls face, MY name is Scott, and
this is my partner, Mr.. Green"
My name is Avery" said the
stranger, "and I'm from the east, too.
Drop in and see me tomorrow. That's
my tent over there. Good night. Come,
Clara"
There had been something strangely
familiar in the mans one5 to Tom,
and when he announced his name the
truth burst upon the young man all at
once.
"Wait!' he cried. avery! Surely
you must be John Avery's brother!"
The elder man turned with an excla-
nation Of amazement, while the girl
cried:
30, father! He knows Uncle John!'
NlldN Nv yOu hbpn VI oOiiiA hNN y .
said he at length, looking Tom full in
the face, as If he doubted the evidence
of his own ears.
II sailed with him from Boston last
winter" was the prompt reply. MIR.
Green, here, was the second mate OF
the vessel. We came round Cape
Horn"
And where is he now?"
Tom was silent. He knew not how to
tell the sad news, and locke helplessly
at his partner, who dropped his eyes.
why don't you speak2 Has any
thing happened to him?"
The mans voice was husky, n he
took a step forward.
I'VE buried him at sea-" said Tom, in
a broken voice In which the other could
but feel the ring Of deep sorrow.
John dead!"
For a moment the stricken man
struggled for composure, the big tears
coursing down his cheeks the while, his
daughter burying her face on his sleeve
and sobbing aloud. When he could
speak the former said:
This is sad news, gentlemen, to
come so sudden. Come to my tent. I
must know the particulars. Poor John!
To think that he should be taken
away in the prime Of his life!"
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