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HIGHER COURTS.
Second Court Of AppeaIs.

Fort Worth, Texas, May Proceedings
In the court Of civil appeals for the Sec
ond supreme judicial district of Texas at
Fort Worth
Motions submitted: Shaw vs. Western
Land and Live stock Company ct al, for
rehcaring and for additional conclusions Of
fact and law: McLennan County vs.. Graves
ct al. supplemental motion for rehearing;
McI.ennau County VS. Graves ct al. dp-
pelee's motion for rehearin"; McIennan
County VS.. Graves ct al appeIiecs amend
ed motion for rchearing; Lester vs.. Elliott,
for rfhearing: Watts w. Gotten, for re-
hearing: Hill vs. Roach, for rehcar'Ig,
Lockett VS.. Glenn, 70 dismiss appeal; Seeorh
vs.. Ellor. to strike OUT statement of facts;
Frnnk Rive Kyle Williams and j. j. GaOs,
administrator. VS.. william A. Fletcher.
Motions oyerrued: Belcher Il NJ vs. Gas
sldy Bros. Live Stock Commission Com
pany, for rehearlng; Conanche County et
al rs. Brlghtman, for rehearlng; FoFt
Worth and Denver city Railway company
vs.. Davis. for rehearng; Lockeit VS.. Clean,
to dismiss appeal; Frank kice anu hFle
Williams ct al vs.. William \. fletchv',
for rehearing; McLeunan County VS.,
Graves ct m. supplemental motion FOR ir.
hearing; McLennan County vs.. Graves ct
al. appelee's motion for rehearing' McLen.
nan County VS. Graves, appellees amended
motion for rehearlng
Passed 10 he considered with main case
secord VS.. Eller, motion 10 strike STATE
Gases submitted: Stacey vs. GTesnwale,
from Bosque; Farson ys. CITY OF fof'
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A MOUNTAIN OF MARBLE.
Captain Jordan's Holdings Are to Be De-
veIoped.

Veloped.
Corslcana Times.
Captain NJ. D. Jordan. vice president OF
the newly organized oil and marble com
pany, and an old settler as well as front
lorsman OF the West. spent the latter days
OF the week in Corslcana, the guest OF Gov
ornor and Mrs Jester.
CAPTAIN Jordan's home Is at Maria, ia
Preside county near which place he has
owned vast marble formation, In tae
shape Of mountain OF solid marble 500
feet high and covering some thirty-fye or
forty acres OF land.
This immensely valuable property goes
into and will be developed by the hew
corporation and Texas will be supplied IN
the way Of tine marble from her own
fields. Captain Jordan realizes fuily ms
good fortune In getting Governor Jester as
sociated with him since the governor is
known far and wide as one OF the original
and most influential Industrial asitators
and developers In Texas, ana furthef tnat
his leadership always means success
In talking over the mineral outlook In
the upper Rio Grande country the captain
mentioned that silver ana quicksilver hau
come In az most important resources 81
that country and yet this vast Tertiary
was In it's virgin state. The Shafter silver
mine forfy-hye miles south of Maria, mines
and mills 1890 tons of free milling ore per
month This ore yields clear profit OF
some 500 per ron. They have Twenty-Five
miles Of underground work in their mines
and shafter has grown TO be pretty good
Interior town.
Al the rerllngua quicksilver mines, niue
tv-nve miles southeast OF Maria, they pro-
duced $4,000 from $500 tons OF ore iast
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Worth ct al. from Tarrant; Worley vs..
Smith from Estor: McGuffn VS.. McGufhn,
from Baylor; Sanders vs.. kirbie, from Par
ker: the Bugbee Coleman Land and Cattle
Company vs. Matador Land and Cattle
Company, from Han; Houston and Texas
Central Railway Company W.. Jacks Burns,
from rarrant.
Cases affirmed Stnnsbeuy VS. Bills ct
al. from Scurry; Foster ri al VS.. Bevering,
from Clay: Jones vs.. Dowlcu. from Ran
DAN: Trxns and Pacific Railway Company
vs. Dirk from Parker; Texas and Pacific
Railway Company vs.. Putnam, from Par
ker
Cases revised and dismissed: Deling ct
al vs. Wnddell ct al. from Mitchell.
Cases ordered set for submission on May
1S 1901 Buir VS. Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railway Company. from Montague;
Reid vs. Walsh, from Wichita Lockett Us.
Glenn. from Hood: Biggcrstaf vs.. Blair,
from Childress: Fort Worth and New Or
leans Railway Company vs.. baltimore and
Brewing. from Tarrant: Lasater ct al vs..
White, from Palo Pinto.
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Wharton Stirred Over Incorporation.

Wharton. Texas, May 4,The great ques'
ton stirring Wharton's citizens Just now
is that of city incorporation. 1t takes pre-
cedence over all others, Yearly the battle
has been fought to finish between pros
and ants and the affirmative regularly de-
feated This time, however. the question
assumes new phase-timcs change and
mon and issues change with them. Two
nnvy railroads. the sudden swell in popula
zion. bringing out prominently the demand
lar n thorough system Of sanitation. the
hgttlc will he fought on new lines; hoth
sides have strong backing. The day OF
election has not yet been set.
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Company VS. Mrs. Ann Shelton, rehearing
by both parties, oyerruled; j. j, Segal vs.
j. A. Armistead, conclusions OF law and
fact, oyerruled.
Cases sci for May 49, 1901. Jefferson
and Northwestern RAILWAY Company vs..
William Woods ct al, from Marion;
Thomas Iinsey w. A. c. Ardsey ct al
from Dallas: WaXahachie Cotton on Com
pany VS. t. b. McLain. from Ellis; Philip
Brn vs.. II. V. McGregor. from Kaufman
Patrick Rowan VS.. J. W. Rainey, from
Harrison: W. II. Crabtrce VS.. Texas Mid
land Railroad from Hunt.
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illustrator and Narrator gives In last
months issue write-up OF Robertson
county and the Calvert, Waco and Brdzos
Valley railroad Several hundred copies
have been received here and prove Very
The Calvert. Waco and Brazos valley
work train has been at work for some
time on the roadbcd, making tho dmnp
larger. The road is In finc condition ald
fast time is made over the line.
Mcssrs William llama William McKlu-
ney g. c. Wood, John and win Astin and
Captain S. ID, Porter, prominent panters
of the bottom, came In on the Hearno aud
Brazos Valley this morning.
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were I'm attendance at Lakeside. Yesterday
the Cane Belt carried al out 100 Eagle Lake
people on the Cane Belt picnic Mt Garwood
and today the Cane Belt brought about 200
people from Scay TO Lakeside on the Sealy
high school picnic With three railroads
running through Eagle Lake their efficient
train service affords this point such cN'
cellent facilities for travel that naturally
MANY strangers come here especially since
the rice industry has become so extensively
developed here, And to view the crowds
week on the different picnic excursions one
might think that we had struck oil.
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a" Increase.
New York Moneu.

New York, May 4.-Money on call firm
ut per cent. Prime mercantile papcr
4@415 per cent Sterling exchange nomi.
nal with actual business In bankers, bius
NJ 4.sS for demand and 4s4Esd4. $40. for
sixty days; posted rates 4.S5Ild4. So aud
4.Soi commercial bills 4.S46IS. SAY. silver
Mexican dollars 4S14. State bonds weak:
Gailroad bonds irregular; government bonds
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FINANCIAL BRIEFS.

Paris. May A.Threc per cent rentes,
lOlf s2h for the account; exchange on
London psf, 17s for checks.
New York. May 4.-Clearlngs s4T5, 4os,.
31S; balances $15,56S, S44
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London ConsoIs.

London, May 4.-Consols for money o4k:
account 9iH. Bar silver firm, % Ole per
ounce Money 2d3 per cent Short bills
aNd4 ZIG; three months bills 3 7-1Gd3h
per cont.
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year, with much brighter prospects for the
present year
Captain Jordan predicts a great rush to
that country little later.
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london financial Cahle.

New York, May 4.-rhe Commercial Adj
yeftiser's London financial cablegram says.
me markets here were generally easier
today, though fairly active, Americans
again monopolized attention. They openea
Wen under parity, and there was no raIlv'
me close was fiat at from 10 nnlnis
under yesterdays closing prices. Union
Iacinc and the Atchlsons were the wenk
whole, far less active under the weakncss
man IL has been recently. during the rise
" Is generally believed that the wens
traders nave been wecded out and strong
buying Is reported. Conservative hulls So =
me slump puts the market In much
neaithier condition than 1t was before
Money was easy.
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Revival al Min,oIa.

Mineola. Texas. May 2.Eider Fay %.
wallace Of Joshua, Texas opened up re-
yiyalI meeting here this week at the Carts
tian church, services day and night.
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pionics at EAGLE Lake.

Eagle Lake Texas. MAY 3Ths week
has nut Eagle Lake in the front ranks as
a picnic resort, Wednesday at the Union
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Weeklv Rank Statnn,an.

New YORK, May 3-The statement Of the
associated banks for the week ending to
day, shows:
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1ue FIGURES.
c,o.i,, Quotations for Stocks and

Bonds at New York.
~.w York. May 4.-.Followins are the
,slnc quotations for stocks and bonds:
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West Shore fours ..... IN
| w seonsil Central firsts .. t,niI
virginia Centuries totfcredl .. 49,.
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,uoving are the snles OF stock and clos
nrlces on the New York stock market:
Egosinr
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-11-07
Jumped on IL Ten Penny
Nail.

The little daughter of Mr.. j.
N. Powell jumped on an invert-
ed rake made OF ten penny nails,
and thrust one nail entirely
through her foot and a second
one half way through. Cham
berlain's Pain Balm was prompt.
ly applied and five minutes later
the pain had disappeared and no
more suffering was experienced.
In three days the child was
wearing her shoe as usual and
with absolutely no discomfort.
MIR. Powell is a well known mer.
chant of Portland, Va. Pain
Balm is an antiseptic and heals
such injuries without maturation
and in one.third the time requir-
ed by the usual treatment. For
sale by the Hadley Drug Com
pany, the Leading Druggists.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-11-07

poker dice, Jackpot, hlgh'dlce'
high-die, low dice, low die, dom
inoes, euchre with dominoes,
poker with dominoes, selt with
dominoes, muggins, crack'loo,
crack or loo, or at any game OF
any character whatever that can
be played with dice or domlnoes
or at any table, bank, or alley,
bv whatsoever name 1t may De
known, aud without reference
as to how the same may be con-
structed or operated, he shall be
fined not less than ten dollars
nor more than twenty-five dol
lars; provided. no person shall
be indicted under this section
for playing any of said games
with dice or dominoes at pri-
vate residence.
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CHAPTER VI.
THE ARTIST.

Sprague was a dilettante in art as
he was in life. If he had not been
rich, he might perhaps have become
a great artist. But, lacking the spur
Of poverty, he seemed incapable of
sustained effort. Occasionally he was
seized with a frenzy for labor; and,
for weeks at a time he would shut
himself up in his studio, until he had
creditably accomplished some bit of
work. But the fever was soon spent,
and a reaction invariably followed,
during which palette and brush were
taken up only in dcsultory fashion.
Thus il was that at the age of eight
and twenty, Sprague had painted
few pictures which had attracted IA
vorable attention at the annual cxhi-
billions Of the Academy Of Design, and
which the critics had spoken of as
"promising;" and thus it was that
the promise was as yet unfulflled,
and that Sprague, though man of
undoubted talent, was not likely ever
to rank as n genius in his profession.
Sturgis, with his keen insight into
human nature, fully realized the po-
tential capacities of the artist, and at
times he could not control his impa-
thence at his friends inert drifting
through life. But, with all their diff
ferenccs, these two men held each
other in the highest esteem. each adj
miring in the other those very quail
ties which were lacking in himself
The artist lived in a fashionable
quarter of the city, in bachelor
apartment which included large
and commodious studio fitted up ac-
cording to the latest canons of artis-
tic taste.
On this particular New Years
morning, after waking and observ-
ing, by the filtering of a few bright
sunbeams through the closely drawn
blinds. that it was broad daylight. he
stretched himself with voluptuous
yawn and prepared to relapse into the
sensuous enjoyment of that semi
somnolent state which succeeds a
night Of calm and refreshing sleep.
Just as he was settling himself
comfortably. however, he was startled
by knock at the bedroom door.
Most men, under the circumstances.
would have betrayed some yexation
at being thus unceremoniously dis
turbed. But there was no suspicion
OF annoyance in Sprague's CHEEKY
voice, as he exclaimed:
"ioa cannot come in yet, Mrs.
OMeagher. / am asleep, and shall
be asleep for another hour at the
least. Surely you cannot have forgot
ten that to-day is a holiday. Happy
New Year. You have time to go to
several masses before"
Get up, old lazybones; and don't
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-11-07
CHAPTER VII.
AGNES MURDOCH.

In quarter of the city which is
rapidly surrendering to the relentless
encroachments of trade. there still
stand few oldfashioned houses. the
sole survivors of what was once an
aristocratic settlement
One by one their fellows have been
Slapped and swept away by the resist
less tide of commerce., until these an
Gent dwellings, stubbornly contest
ing a position already lost, now rear
their sepulchral brownstone fronts in
stiff and solitary grandeur--huge sar-
cophagi in n busy mart.
One of these houses stands well
back from the street line. the tradi-
tional backyard of the ordinary New
York dwelling having been sacri-
feed, in this instance. TO make room
for tiny garden, which is separated
from the street by tall spiked iron
railing, behind which grows an ar
Dor vitae hedge. The former serves
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-11-07
narcotic poisoning"

haiSotiS poisOHlUR. aNa.l4sai ~, ts55la ;.
Then the presumption Ii that he
had been drugged by those who wished
to place the wounded man in his cab
] observed him closely and am salts.
fled that he knows as little about his
dead passenger as we do. lie prob
ably knows less about him, Mt all
events, than the young man in the
sen!skin cap who gave the police. tbs
slip during the excitement which fol
lowed the overturning of the cab"
Sturgis paused q moment.
This, / think" he continued, "cov.
ers all the evidence we have thus far
collected in the Cab Mystery. 1t is
quite satisfactory, as far as it goes
for il is circumstantial evidence. and,
therefore absolutely truthful. In the
KnicSerbocker bank mystery we have
as yet no satisfactory data whatever;
for everything we have heard concern
ing it has its origin in the fallible evil
dence of witnesses, and has, more
over, reached us third or fourth hand.
There is. however, one fact that may,
or may tot. prove to be important. Have
you Noticed that these two mysteries
are contemporaneous, and, therefore,
that they may be related?"
DO you think there is any connec-
tion between the two?"inquired Thurs
ton, interested.
II do rot allow myself to think about
it at all as yet" replied Sturgis; II
simply. note the fact, that, SO far as time
is concerned, the Cab Mystery could be
the sequel TO the Knickerbocker Bank
Mystery-that is all. Facts, my dear
boy, are like words. A word is only
an assemblage of meaningless letters
until it becomes pregnant with sense
by context. So. fact, which. stand
ing by itself, has no meaning. may,
when correlated with other facts, be-
come fraugh; with deep significance.
And now he continued, after a
pause, 81 think our work is concluded
for the present. shall be able to lay
it aside for the night. Let me offer
YOU glass of sherry. Pleasant evening
we spent at Sprague's tonight. have
n great admiration for him as an artist,
and great fcndness for him as n man.
Most of his friends are strangers to
me, though. You know / have very
little time to indulge in social dissipa-
tion. by the way, who is that DR..
Murdoch with whom / have made this
bet?"
oh! he is a physician. though now
retired from practice. He devotes him
self entirely to scientific research. es-
pecially in the domain of chemistry.
lie has made some important discov-
cries in organic chemistry, and they
say he has succeeded in proving some
of the supposed elementary metals to
be compounds. He has quite an envi-
able reputation in the scientific world.
l understand he is remarkable man"
THAT is evident at a glance. He
showed himself this evening to be a
clear thinker and brilliant speaker.
] should say he was something of
genius, and l should judge. moreover,
that he was . man of magnificent nerve,
capable of the most heroic actions,
or"
Sturgis hesitated.
"Or--?' asked Thurston.
"Or of the most infamous cruelty
and crime. 1t all depends upon wheth-
er or not his great mental attributes
are under the control of a heart; a
point upon which l am somewhat in
doubt"
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-11-07

TO build up solid foundation of facts
before you allowed your Imagination
to run riot!'
"Well?" inquired the reporter, in ap-
parent surprise.
We'll. the cnly fact you have men
toned is the approximate age of the
dead man. The rest is pure assump-
ton. How can you know anything
certain about his occupation and the
amount of his salary?'
True; forgot you had not followed
the steps in the process of induction.
Here they are the dead mans sleeves,
IN the under side below the elbow.
were worn shiny. This shows that
his occupation is at desk of some
kind"
.'Or behind counter" suggested
Tburston quizzically.
NO. Your hypothesis is untenable.
a clerk behind counter occasionally.
it is true, leans upon his forearrs. But
incessant contact with the counter
leaves across the front of his trousers
an unmistakable line of wear. at a
level varying according to the height
of the individual. This line was not
present in the case of the man in the
cab. On the other hand. his waistcoat
is frayed nj the level Of the fourth but
ton from the top. Therefore / main
tain that he was in the habit Of work
ing at a desk. Now the trousers, al
though not new. are not baggy at the
knees. though free from the seams
which would suggest the effect Of press
ing or Of trouser stretcher. Conclu-
sion, the desk is high one; for the
man stood ct his work. Most men who
work standing at high desks.are book
keepers of one kind or another. There
fore, as ] said before. this man was
probably bookkeeper Now. as to his
salary: ! do not pretend TO know the
exact amount of ii, of course. But
when man. who was evidently not a
dude, has his clothes made TO Order.
OF imported material. and when his
linen, lis hat and his shoes are of good
quality, it is fair to infer that the mans
income was comfortable.
Il proceed with the arrangement of
my data:
secondly: the man in tie cab died
OF wound caused by bullet fred at
very close quarters. Indeed. the weap-
on must have been held either against
the victims body, or, at any rate. very
near to it; for the coat is badly burned |
by the powder"
"on these points at least" assented |
DIR. Thurston, 81 can agree with YOU.
The bullet probably penetrated the
upper lobe of the left lung"
Yes added Sturgis, 'and it passed
out at he back, far below where IL
went in"
What makes you think il passed
out? The wound in the back NAV
have been caused by another bullet
fired from the rear"
THAT hypothesis might be tenable
were il not for this"
with these words the reporter pulled
out his watch. opened the case. and
with the blade Of penknife took from
the surface Of the crystal a minute OBJ
ject. which he handed to the physician.
Look at it," said he, pushing over
a magnifying glass.
DIR. Thurston examined the object
:. ....-.ler of bone. he said, at last
Eyes. | found il on the surface of
the wound in the back. How cid it get
,here?"
You are right" admitted the physi-
nan; Il, must have come from with
in, Clipped from a rib and carried out
by the bullet which entered from the
'front.'"
Il think there can be no doubt as to
shat Now, the bullet docs not seem
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light 1892. by Frederick A. Stokes co,np.ny.I
CHAPTER V.

A FOJ NDAIION OF tACTS.
When the two men were comfortably
settled in the reporters study, Sturgis
produced pipes, tobacco and writing
materials.
There, now" said he, as he prepared
10 write, Il begin with what ] shall
call the Cab Mystery. The data in this
case are already plentiful and curious.
l shall read as | write, and you can
interrupt for suggestions and criti-
cisms, a the points occur to you. In
the first pace, the dead man is about
fifty years old, and was employed in
some commercial house or financial in
stitution, PROBABLY bookkeeper, at
fairly good salary"
Hold on there, Sturgis," laughed
Thurston. Il thought you were going
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-11-07
Sturgis hesitated.

"Or--?" asked Thurston.
"Or of the most infamous cruelty
and crime. 1t all depends upon wheth-
er or not his great mental attributes
are under the control of a heart; a
point upon which l am somewhat in
doubt"
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1901-11-07
Her First Potato Salad

She boiled the eggs and sliced them with
discriminating care.
She cut the onions finely. with q most i'm
portant air:
With comprehending art she mixed the
golden mayonnaise,
which. really to her credit. was deserving
highest praise
1heh she added the potatoes Cumming
gay little ballac),
AS she thought: How pleased will hubby
be with this delicious salad
But at lunch she was the saddest ii,,i.
girl you ever saw,
"hen he said; Aren't these potatoes.
deareet. just little raw2'
London Tit-B!ts.
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as a defense against the mnraudng
OF the irrepressible metropolitan
gamin; while the latter confers upon
the occupants of the garden SEM
blance of protection from the Gu
rious gaze Of the passers-by.