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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-02-13

mount" He turned to the others.
"Have your consent, gentlemeny'
At the word he waved his hand,
and the boy at the weighing block
picked up his saddle and stepped on
the scales.
Ten minutes later they were in line
below the stand : sorrel and bay,
chestnut and gray; but, peerless among
them all, the son of Hindoo fretted
and paved, rolling his eyes, that now
showed the "battlefag" more than
ever. His foes were worthy of his
best stride-Zingara, the red mare,
queen of the Blackman stables; Fleur-
de-lis of Bannockburn, with the hon
ors of the Tennessee Derby still fresh;
Black Rover, Walpurgis, The Thun-
derer, Malcontent and His Highness,
a great red brute from the famous
Chanton stud.
Quivering. electric, with the scent Of
battle in their haring nostrils, as the
tense muscles rose and fell in great
cords in the mighty TANKS! The gor-
geous little figures sitting low down in
the saddles settled themselves as the
red flag fell. "Gov' and away down
the stretch flew prism of red, yellow,
green and purple, blending in the Ken
lucky sunlight, around the white rib
bon of track. The first quarter passed,
and the bunch closed up, neck and
neck, shoulder to shoulder. Another
quarter and one fell behind. Black
Rover was in the lead. Around the turn
and down the home stretch and Bay
Prince had crept to Black Royer's
shoulder. Now it was neck and neck,
and wild yell went up from 5000
threats as black and bay We're nose
and nose. Twenty yards, and the red
jacket lay down in the saddle. They
were near enough for the judges to see
the flash of the great bays eyes as he
gathered himself and with mighty
effort landed under the wire just
nose length ahead of the black. And
then pandemonium broke loose. Men
clambered down from everywhere. Up
went the numbers-Bay Prince first,
Black Rover second and Zingara third
1t was all over, and the Derby had
gone down into history. In the midst
of it little figure all in it's gay scarlet
satins dropped from the saddle and
was half carried by Jim to the weigh,
ing block.
"You go way, Mas Charley. Dis
heah boy amt nowise fifteen ter talk"
Jim had for once forgotten his rails
in" in his anxiety to bar me out, but l
brushed him aside and saw my Jess in
her close tailor suit standing just in
side the door. The scarlet jacket and
cap lay upon Jim's cot, and my dar-
lings pretty face rivaled them in color.
There was one shamefaced moment,
and then the little head went proudly
up.
II did it for papa and Bel Arp And
Jim went off chuckling to himself as I
drew the door close behind me.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-02-13

Ozark range. He was wet, cold,x ex-
hausted and, worse than all else, lost.
So when at last little speck of light
suddenly shot out Of the darkness he
hailed it as a harbinger of shelter and
rest and hurried forward with renewed
hope.
He had taken less than q dozen
steps, however, when he found himself
face to face with tall, determined
looking man and gun.
The two men scrutinized each other
narrowly, while half a dozen ruffians
gathered round. The man with the
gun finally broke the silence by saying:
Its a bad business, your coming
here, young fellow; but since you have
come We'll have to attend to you,
guess"
With that he made motion to the
other men, and they speedily bound
Jack hand and foot.
"What does this mean?" Warner de-
manded.
ooh, nothing much" the man with
the gun replied. about all it means
is that you will have to take a bath in
the Big spring, and anything that goes
in there never comes OUT
Warner comprehended the mans
meaning now and, aghast with horror.
cried:
"Great God! Do you mean to drown
me?"
1--WE mean to put you where you
won't never tell no tales" was the cool
reply.
Warner tried to collect his reasoning
faculties and speak calmly.
Before going any further let's sit
down and talk this matter over. There
is misunderstanding" he began.
The other slowly shook his head
II guess" he replied, "there amt no
misunderstanding our part, at
least. You made the mistake when you
came here to spy on u.s."
Fright there you are wrong" War
ner said. 81 did not come here to SPY
on you.'
"Ah, come! You can't fool us. If
you amt one of them revenuers sneak
ing round to locate our still, what are
you doing here at this time of night
and in all this storm?"
well, in the first place am the
new schoolteacher in this district. I've
been here week, and you have proba-
bly, heard of me. In the second place,
this being Saturday, l spent the day
fishing, remained too late, and with
this rainstorm l lost my way. In the
third place in my wanderings around
this morning l accidentally stumbled
on this spot. Now there's the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth, so help me-"
After pause the man with the gun
replied:
"That may be so, but still 1 don't see
that it changes matters any. You'd be
most sure to report on us for the sake
of the reward"
"l'll pledge you my word of honor
that will never whisper to any living
mortal word of all this"
Maybe you won't; but, you see, we
can't tell about that. Sometimes a
mans word and honor don't amount to
much, and we can't afford to take no
great chances. There's no use of all
this talk. We know our duty to our
selves. and we propose to do it. Boys.
bring him on and let's settle it."
Two men advanced and took Warner
by the arms to lead him away to the
Big spring. Pale with terror, he cried:
"Great God! Would you murder
met"
ut is better for you to go that way
than for us to go at the end Of rope.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-02-13
Attentive.

The Crow-Are you listening to me?
The Rabbit-Yes; am all ears-Chi-
cago News.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31
ADVANCE IN FRISCO STOCKS.
st. Louis Investors Said to Have
Cleared Up $3,000,000.

News of the acquisition of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois Railroad by the Frisco
and the marked bulge in the stock OF the
latter company caused quite little furry
among local fnanciers and brokers yester-
day. II formed the principal topic of con-
yersation in financial circles, and during
the day the leading brokerage offices
swarmed with people seeking definite news
and watching the tickers and bulletins
recording changes in the stock market
1t is generally known that great block
of the Frisco stock is owned by few 81.
Louis dealers. and great interest was felt
on this account. Besides. IL is stated, local
brokerage firms have been buying heavily
in the securities for st. Louis customers.
In fact. the present bullish aspect of the
stock is credited TO St. Louis interests.
1t Is estimated that local holders of
Frisco stock are upwards of S.001O0O ahead
on their holdings. The large stockholders
are known to have been steadily buying for
more than a year. Among the largest
holders. ii is said. are James Campbell
John Scullin, Ed Butler and Harrison L
Drummond. Mr.. Campbell is said to held
about 20.0O0 shares
Without any warning whatever Frisco
stock rOse steadily from ISL 10 s2st. News
of the raise was telephoned to the local
Stock Exchange during the morning ses-
sion. As a result of the announcement
many brokers left the exchange and hur-
ried to their offices. This was especially
true of representatives of houses having
New York connections
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31
CASTELLAHES SETTLE
WITH WERTHElMER.
Agree to Pay Full Amount of Lon
don antiquity Dealers
Claim. Sl20,OO0.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NV YORK
HERALD -NSD THE ST LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Paris. July S0-tCopyriSht- Is2l-u
leaked out to-day that Mr.. Samuel Inter
meyer of New York. while in Paris couple
OF days ago. en- rout to st. MoEtz. sue
caeded in effecriIg 4 settlement of the long
pending litigation between Asher Werthein,-
cr. the London antiquity dealer. and Comte
and Corrtesse Boni CasteIlane.
Suits have been before the American
courts for more than a year and are still
undecided. six Judges who have thus far
heard the cases being divided equally in
opinion
The case is now on appeal to the highest
court of New York.
BY the terms of settlement. Mr.. werthsi-
mer's claim is admitted for the full amount
with interest at per cent Comtes5e Boni
de Castellane agrees to pay at the rate o.
$4,000 per year.
As the claim, with interest amounts to
about $4,000 this arrangement is equiya-
lent TO undertaking to pay in four annual
installments.
To secure the payments the American
courts are to make an order fo- install
rnents to be paid out of the income in tie
hands of AIr. George ]. Gould. trustee.
To provide against the possibility of los
in the event of Comtesse Boni de Cas- ell
lanes death. II is agreed that she furnis 4
NJ. Werthsimer with life insuIanc' } i
cies for the amount of the claim In full
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31
HIarine InteIIirence.

New York, July 30-Arrived: Steamer Graf
Waldersee from Hamburg.
Naples, July 30.-Arrived: Steamer Lain
Liverpool, July so-Arrived: Steamers
Oceanic from New York; Noordland from
GLASGOW, July 3O-Arrived: Steamer
Ethiopia from New York
Sydney, New South Wales, July 30.-Ar-
rived previously: Steamer SonOma from San
Hong-Kong, July 3O.-Arrived previously:
Steamer Empress of China from Vancouver;
Hong Kong Maru from San Francisco.
New York. July 30.-Sailed: Steamer Ma
5estic for Liverpool; Carthagenian for Glas-
gov.
southampton, July 3O.-sailed: Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse for New York via Cher
bourg.
Liverpool. July so.-Arrived: Steamer
Canadian from New York; Norman from
Portland.
London July s0-Arrived: Steamer Bos-
tonian from Boston.
Bremen. July 30.-ATTived: Steamer Casssl
from Baltimore.
Queenstown, July sO.-sailed: Steamer u
tonia for Boston.
Sicily. July So.-Passed: Steamer Bremen
from New York for Chsrbourg and Bremen.
Rotterdam. July 30.-Arrived: Steamer
Rotterdam from New York via Boulogne-
Sur-Msr.
Cherbourg, July 30.-Sailed: Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, from Bremen and South
ampton for New York.
Plymouth, July 3o-Arrived: Steamer Bre-
men, New York for Cherbourg and Bremen
tsnd proceede9.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31
TEXAS FLOODS
ARE GROWING
STEADILY WORSE.
Continued From Page One.

Texas: Train service on the san Antonio
Division Is discontinued until further 10
tice. San Antonio and Aransas Pass Di-
vision. Sell no tickets TO local points on
the san AEtorIo and ArGnsas Pass. between
Waco and Cameron
Texas and Pacific Railway: S7ll no -
cts to points on the Texas and Pacific ws-it
OF Abilene. Tex.
Texas Central Railway: Discontinue 'he
sale of tickets via Waco and Texas Cen
trail Railroad to points west Of Whitney.
The floods on the Texas and Pacific that
have been so destructive and prolonged in
West Texas struck the eastern end OF the
system with force last night and to-day
The track is under water ut Grand Saline.
and big washouts are reported a; FOrney.
Elmo and other points No Texas and Pa
cifc trains from 81. Lous and intermediate
points have reached Dallas sine yesterday.
The weStbOund Cannon Ball. due here 4; 8
o'clock this morning. will not reach here
until tomorrow morning.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31
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New York. July 5o.-Between 1900 and
1900 women and children were the guests
OF former Chief Of Police William S. Deverv
on a water picnic to-day.
Devery is a candidate for the Democratic
leadership Of the Ninth Assembly District.
and the monster outing was a feature Of the
spectacular campaign he has been conduct
ing.
Men were excluded and the six shIpIoads
of excursionists consisted only of women
and children from the Ninth District
1t was the biggest excursion ever handled
in this city. Two large steamers and four
barges were required TO handle the crowd,
and Devery was personally in charge. Ten
physicians, corps OF trained nurses. life
savers, an opera company. a vaudeville
troupe and four bands were taken along and
refreshments served In unlimited quantities
The chief commissary OF the expedition
had lJ0 assistants.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31
TO SUCCEED JUDGE BRousTER.
Pnge. AIbers and Cunningham Men,
toned for the Appointment.

toned for the Appointment.
Several candidates are already in the field
for the appointment of Judge of the St
Louis County Court, to succeed Judge James
B. Brouster, who died Tuesday night
Pendleton W. Page of Ferguson, Alder
man from the First Ward; Henry B. Al
bers of F1orissant and Charles Cunningham
are among those mentioned for the place
The appointment, which will be made by
Governor Dockery. will be for the uneN-
pired portion of Judge Brouster's term.
which ends next January. The election will
not be held until November, and the par
ticular desirability of the position now is
that Ii probably will result in the nomina-
tion of the man who gets the appointment
from the Governor.
Mr.. Pages friends lay stress on the fact
that he Is and always has been strong ad-
ministration man. They claim that il was
due TO their activity in the matter that the
County Democratic Committee has decided
10 put a full ticket in the field next Novem-
ber, and make a strong fight, not only TO
cut down the Republican majority. but also
to insure the election of several candidates
Mayor Reid of Ferguson is one of the ardent
supporters of Mr.. Pages candidacy, believ-
ing that the Ferguson Alderman's good
work in the interests of the party entiue
him to the appointment.
Mr.. AIbers also has many friends who are
urging his claims Twice he has been nom
mated for the position and defeated, but
this II IS asserted, should be a reason for
his selection at this time. Mr.. Cunningham's
friends express confidence IN his chances In
the event he openly announces his candl-
dacy Neither of those spoken of for the
place has vet made formal application 10
Governor Dockery.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31

tory thereto should be free from passion
or class prejudice. 4 deaf ear must be
turned to those whose judgment has been
warped by mere envy or dislike OF wealth.
ana who. by destroying the trusts. would
tEoughtlessly bring down upon themselves
worse hardships than those now endured.
No questions ever came before Congress
with greater pOtenttalities for widespread
deranf ement than the trust problem. and
no question ever made greater demands
upon our national Intelligence. ability and
seif-restraint
combination. properly organized and con-
Quoted. is more efficient and economical for
many OF the larger departments OF prOduc-
tiOn and distribu,Ha than the older meth
ods; further. IL has come to stay and its
use for the benefit OF the people is simply
a matter Of iudicious regulation, adapted
10 the new conditions.
Thus far the trust system has fallen far
short Of the expectations of its promoters;
u has only partially succeeded in suppress
ing competition. and. through one defect or
another. it shows many symptoms OF
weakness which a period of financial de-
!r preston might only too rapidly develop
evils being Sslf-CorreCtive.
0PPORTUNE TIME FOR
REGULATORY LEGISLATION
No more Oppo-t11e tine could be select
ed for regulatory legislation than now
when the country is prosperous and favora-
pie TO rational agitation. While there may
De no need for -ali,ll legislation. there is
heveFtneless. a class OF abuses connected
with the trust system which call for
prompt ana thorough correction. They are
especially those Of the class resulting from
special legislation in the form of tarin.
patents. public franchises and reckless cor
poTation laws. which have proved particu-
iailS injurious from the standpoint of pub
lie policy. These have fostered monopoIies
and onorded undue power and Opportunity
TO wealth. the real basis OF the everywhere
rising public jealousy
Reduced to the simplest terms of ex
preston, the trust evil ia largely due 70
special legislation and the inefficiert en-
forcement OF existing laws. IL this - true
the course is clear and straight IseisIa
ton must be readjusted to the new condi-
uons; special favUrs must be withdrawn.
natural economic forces must have freer
play and such restraints as may be neces-
sary must be imposed upon personal or cor
porate ambition and power
Public supervision and regulation are TO
be Infinitely preferred TO either nolicy ~
destruction OF the other extreme ptibIIc
ownership. The latter is hardly thinkable.
unless we wish TO invite universal confusion
and turn our backs upon the ideals which
have made America what IL is With such
a policy the trust movement NAV be safely
lett to work out its own solution Withhold
these corrections and We may drift into a
sea Of sOcialistic fantasies where all our
boasted freedom and order will vanish"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31
DIED IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
w. p. Stewart of sprinkheId, Mo-,
Found Dead in Bed.

no-g
Found Dead in Bed.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Muscogee, l. T. July 30.-It has been
learned here that w. p. Stewart of the
Mo. died suddenly OF heart failure at the
Green Hotel in Vinita last night
Mr.. Stewart had taken orders for his COM
pany. and on retiring left call for the ID
Frisco fast train going West. When the
porter made the call he got no response The
door was forced and Mr.. Stewart was found
dead.
MRS. MARY WILLIAMS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Clarksville. Tenn. July so.-Mrs. Mary
Williams aged 81 years. died at her home
near here. leaving four children. She was
DOCTOR COY LITTLE.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Pana. Ill. July 5o.-Doctor 10y Little, aged
g years. OF East St Louis. died to-day at
Rosemond.
J.w. GEORGE.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
soldier and prominent resident Of Pana, died
to-day. aged a years.
j. II. WILLIAMS DROWNED.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Georgetown. Tex. July sO.-News reached
here to-day from Liberty Hill, eighteen
II. Williams. aged 81 years. once County
Commissioner of this place. He attempted
TO cross the san Gabriel River, which was
swollen from recent rains. The horse and
buggy in which he attempted to cross were
lost.
JOHN SUTTON.
REPUBLIC SPE-IAL-
Bowling Green. Mo. July 3O-John SUIT
ton. an old citizen. died to-day az Watson
Station. aged Is years.
CONRAD BLOOM.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Carlinville. Ill. July 30.-Conrad Bloom.
aged 60 years. one OF the prominent farmers
OF this vicinity. died at his home northeast
Of Carlinv!lls. Ill. to-day.
MISS SALLIE KITSEN.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Elsberry, Mo. July SO.-AiIss SallIe Kitson,
daughter Of Ed Kitson. who lives four miles
north OF here, died to-day. aged . years.
W. h. MCFARLAND.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Jacksonville. Ill. July 5o.-w. K. McFar-
lane: longtime resident, died here to-day.
aged 73 years
WILLIAM BROWN.
SPECIAL
Ramsey. Ill. July 3o.-william Brown.
aged % years. died here last night. The
funeral VIII be from the Christian Church
tomorrow at 2:20 p. NJ.
II. l.. HUME.
REPU BI.IC SPECIAL
Cape GIrardeau. Mo, July Sl-H. L.
Hume. al old and prominent citizen OF ihI,
city. died at his home this morning. Captain
Hume was a Councilman frCm the FRS
Ward and has always been prominent n
business circles Of thu town.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31
WORKING TO UPLIFT
RUSSIAN PEASANTRY
Agricultural Commissions Efforts
Are Attracting Wide
Attention.

ST. Petersburg. July SO--The Commission
on State OF Agriculture and the Peasantry
is attracting more and more attention
Many opinions as to TIE cause of the ex-
listing agricultural depression and many
schemes for its improvement have been
published.
Irrigation. cloud cannonading, reforestirg
and increase OF cattle for manuring, aboli-
ton of communal ownership. more rail-
roads, development OF rural industries, ag-
ronomic education and bimetallism have
all been warmly advocated. but it remains
TO be seen whether any practical result will
be attained.
Regarding abolition of communal owner
ship. Minister witte said:
II believe that for the present this insti-
tuition is not threatened. The statesman in
Russia is likely to realize the difficulty OF
suppressing the village commune.
1T seems to me that without immediate
ly raising this question, the Government
desirable features Of the communal owner
ship. For example, We have already been
endeavoring to check further subdivision
and department of the fields and have con-
sidered abolishing mutual liability for
taxes"
one expert has proposed to take from, the
peasants the right to hold members OF the
communes fixed to the soil or require them
TO return from the factories periodically
to renew their passports. which is the
source of endless abuses He would also
allow every peasant TO renounce his share
in the communal land. with or without
compensation. as circumstances. especially
the value or worthlesSreSS Of the lands In
each case might dictate.
Mr.. witte also SAYS that the Gar is
deeply interested in the work OF the a1rf-
cultural commission and wants the fullest
freedom of expression given to everybody
concerned.
Continuing. Mr.. witte defended his finan-
cial policy against the attacks of bimetal-
lists. and characterized the legal organiza-
tion of credit one OF the most pressing
governmental tasks in Russia He laid par
ticular emphasis on the necessity of cheap
rural. in fact. village credit One of the
crying evils at present is the practice OF ex-
tortionate usury upon the peasantry, adj
vances on crops being often made at from
20 90 per cent interest per aunum.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. July 30.-The Journal OF Com
merce. which is perhaps the most conserN-
ative and certainly the Oldest newspaper
devoted to the business interests of New
York City and of the United States. in its
issue OF to-day. contributes the following
thoughtful editorial to the discussion of the
best way of applying the curb OF legislation
10 commercial monopolies:
For better or for worse. the monopolistic
tendencies of the times are forced upon
public attention as the leading political is
sue. From the Atlantic to the Pacific. the
haphazard concentration OF industry is the
uppermost topic of the public mind and
with the approach of the elections its dis
cussion inevitably becomes more acute.
President Roosevelt has already endeav-
ored to impress upon his party the neces-
sity of dealing courageously with this ques-
tion. We are net among those who doubt
his sincerity of purpose: but how far his
party leaders will follow his advice is ex-
ceedingly problematical
Unfortunately. the Republicans have
record Of little more than evaded promises
on this issue and are with reason suspected
OF monopolistic sympathies. The Demo-
Gratis have little better to offer than a
easily involve US in worse alternatives.
Smashing the trusts might serve well for
a campaign war cry, but the results would
be national disaster and a remedy far
worse than the disease.
PUBLIC AMAZED BIZ
CONGRESSIONAL INCAPACITY.
While both parties have maintained this
attitude of imbecility. the great body of
public opinion has patiently waited for ac-
ton. amazed and disappointed at congress
sional incapaciTy and thoroughly determined
to find some relief from the burdens i'm
posed by dominant combinations OF capI-
tai or labor which are a menace to our
peace and stability when governed by men
using their power without regard to public
interests.
Admission of our incapaclty to deal
with these conditions is. OF course impos-
sible. 1t is well. therefore. to recognize
few hard facts. chief among them that
sooner or later these industrial combina-
tions must submit to such restraint and
regulation as an intelligent. self-governing
people may see Mt to impose.
Opposition 10 such control will only
more radical intervention New
legislation will have to be introduced to suit
the emergency. and the discussion prepara-