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The Princeton union., 1902-06-05

Once in the drawing-room and
Miss Betty came to him quickly. She
was clad in dress Of some light,
ldiaphanous material and her Titan
hair was a golden gloB under the
soft light. He wanted to get down
on his knees and ask her not to pity
him, not to offer him money, not to
tender any mistaken kindness which,
at her hands, could only abase him
IN his own estima ton. She seated
herself close to him, so close that he
could look into her blue eyes and
note the faintest lights and shadows
that played there. A woman's eyes
do all the mischief here below They
invite or they flash disdain, reveal
nothing of the heart or everything,
are angelically kind or cruelty indif-
ferent. A little idle chat and then
Miss Betty inquired:
"You came to Jamestown directly
after leaving Concord in such a pre-
cipitate manner, did you, Mr.. Her
bert?"
"Directly," he answered.
'And united your fortunes with
those of the Jarvis Loan & Invest.
ment company?'
II went to work for them,' he
said, bluntly, for he had no desire to
take refuge behind high sounding
phrases. "At one time I was my faS
theirs private secretary and kept his
books. Itsis a good thing for a young
man to know trade''
1T is, indeed.'' She spoke care
lessly as though not very deeply i'm
pressed. -
''Have you heard anything of Col.
Keever?" Guy inquired, forcing him
self to sudden interest in a topic far
from" his thoughts.
Nothing is known about the
Colonel except that, after collecting
the price of his treachery, he fed to
the west.''
II felt all along" said Guy, "that
he was a man who could not be
trusted'
"Mr. Herbert" she continued.
earnestly, II came here to find you
| and to assure you that I knew moth
ing of the transaction that lost Con-
cord the county seat. If I could undo
The Princeton union., 1902-06-05
His Friend, The Enemy
BY WILLIAM WALLACE COOK,
Author of "Rogers Butte, 'The Spur Necessity,
t. "r1r. Fitt, Astro1oger,'' etc 5,
Copyright, 1901, by the s. s. Mcclure Co.,

BILE into the road. Where are you
bound for?' -.,|. 49,,
"Concord.' /, -. :- ."~@ IT.
'Take my advice and turn back p
"Why?"
1T won't be healthy for you to go
there, that's why. There are all
kinds of stories afoat about you. In
their present temper the people
wouldn't like anything better than
you better, and don't take any stock
in their yarns. A pair of blue eyes,
says I, and I make Allowances
what are the yarns?' queried
Guy, hastily. He resented that allu-
sion to ''blue eyes, especially on the
squire's account.
"Why, Bilkins got back from Har-
mony last night and told about your
being at Vlandingham's. People in
town, though, didn't think much
about that until those Jimtown ras-
calls voted for Harmony, every man
Jack of 'em. Two hours ago a mob
of citizens waited on Keever with a
rope and they'd have lynched him, 4
guess, if he hadn't sworn that you
played into the enemy's hands all
through, and that those imported
voters cast their ballots in accord
ance with your orders.'
The squire muttered an angry i'm
precation.
''Those jamestown men would have
given the lie to the Coloners words, 2
cried Guy, with some heat.
POSSIBLY; but they all left town
in body, nearly scared out of their
| wis.,
Squire Vlandingham,'' said Guy,
appealing to his companion, "tell
Pettibone that Keever is wrong"
II don't need Vlandingham's testi-
mony," broke in the sheriff; II know
The Princeton union., 1902-06-05

mer mer employer for the purpose Of Of
lfering a suggestion. "Ride the gen
tleman out Of town!''
! In lieu of a rail, excited hands pro-
Irured a length of ''four-by-four.
| keever was placed astride it and
then carried, amid boots and ieers.
down the main streets of the town.
| And melancholy figure the dough-
| ty Colonel presented.
That white hat, so often and
proudly declared to be the badge of
his political rank and social position,
was still about his ears, while the
crown, hinged by thread at the;
back, opened and closed with everv
movement of the four stout men who
carried the timber on their shoul-
ders. =
Ihe ColonePs clothes were torn.
one end of his collar was Tapping
dlsmaly about his neck and he had
lost shoe, but never once did he
forget himself and release his hold
upon his cane.
Some two miles out of town the
angry .citizens dropped their victim
roughly and gave him warning. in
terms more forcible than polite,
never more to show his face within
the corporate limits of Concord.
Sampson was the last OF the in
dlgnant people to make his wav
back to town. AS he was about to
pass from sight he turned for one
final glimpse Of his former employer.
And there the Colonel sat, he, the
great man, who had raised out of
nothing that monument of tireless
energy and intellectual grandeur,
The Concord Blizzard! The monu-
ment was gone-passed away in a
breath-and there he sat, solitary
and alone, pondering the depth of
his fall
And Sampson-was he touched bv
the woful spectacle?
Rearing himself to his full height.
he gave shout of triumph and
waved his hat.
Hit me with your camel" he shout
ed, shrilly; chit me with your cane.
will you?"
Then the printer shook his
c1enched fist, whirled about and dis
appeared. =
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the wrong, if the election might be
recalled and held over again, believe
me, Concord would hold it's own.
Neither I nor my father knew any
thing of that despicable affair until
late Tuesday night
II was sure of it," returned Guy.
"Why were you sure of it?" she
| asked, looking at him steadily. Had
| I not told you that it was case of
diamond cut diamond? Did you not
see me actively concerned in the
stealing of your courthouse? Why
should you think we'll of me after
that?"
"But for you, Miss Vlandingham,''
he replied, gratefully, that contest
would have been a sanguinary one.
1 had no influences; you threw the
weight of yours, into the scales and,
by a diplomacy as rare as it was
skillful, warded off the violence that
seemed bound to come. The loss of
one life would not have paid for
a dozen county seats.''
There was a strange something in
and why could he not read their
mystery?
II am glad you think that" she
said, simply. Il was afraid you had
gained wrong impression. Mr.
Pinchbeck paid those 20 jamestown
men and took Harmony lots for the
amount. My father has also paid for
the courthouse"
This was the nearest she had vet
come to striking the blow he feared
1T is all very well for the pay
ment of the Jamestown men to come
out of Harmony" observed Guy,
"but> shall pay for the courthouse
myself
She saw, that he was determined.
"You may do so some time," she
answered. 81 don't think you should,
but I shall not attempt to set nv
| Judgment against your own
He thanked her for that. Saving
ten dollars per week it would take
him little less than two years to
pay for the pile of ashes on the
| Harmony square. Nevertheless, he
thanked her mentally and heaved a
sigh of relief.
Have all the Concord people
moved over to your town, Miss
Vlandingham?" he queried, smiling1y.
'The county officials have Joined
us-Mr. Pettibone and Mr.. Biggs. If
Mr.. Pettibone had not been in Har-
mony 1 presume should not have
discovered your whereabouts
"Are the rest of the townspeople
going to remain in Concord, do YOU
know?" ~
| Il understand that there will be
no radical change. To be frank. Mr..
Herbert, although Harmony is now
the county seat and is enjoying the
| benefits of a boom as they call it,
yet Concord is nearer the center Of
the county and has more good farm
ing land tributary to it. My father
says SO and I have confdenceain his
| Judgment
so have l." returned Guy, hope
fully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
NOT FIGHT HERE.
Government Won't Get After
Beef Trust in Kansas.

Prosecutions against the beef trust
viii probably not be begun in the
United States court for the district Of
Kansas. United States Attorney ]. S.
Dean declares he has had no official
Instructions in regard to the matter,
and says that the logical place for pros
ecutions to begin would be at either
Chicago or Kansas City, where the head
officers of the big packing house corpor-
atoms reside.
A Kansas City paper prints the fol-
A local retail butcher here says that
While the nominal head Of the trust IS
in Chicago, yet the Kansas City pack
ers meet IN Kansas City, Mo, and nix
prices. The cards sent by each to its
travelling men are IDENTICAL he says,
and are all printed at the same time
and place. He is also authority for the
statement that the Charles Wolff Pack
ing company Of Topeka is. now in sc
trust. It's statesmen sell by the card,
the same as the rest
Every article manufactured by the
packers is now on the trust list, said he.
This includes even butterine The nem-
6ers Of the trust have two ways of seal
sion from the trust itself FOR instance
when one packer is long on loins and must
dispose of them. he viii ask the trust for
the privilege of scaling down the trust
price in order to unload his loins. Another
NAV be long on rounds and get a conces-
sion. The others maintain the card prices
and when those who get concessions un-
load their surplus thea they go back TIC
the card rates. The other way is to give a
rebate by crediting the retail butcher with
q. spoiled lamb or q spoiled ham or some
thing of that kind. No rebate is made in
cash. If the salesman cuts the trust price
he figures the amount OF. that cut and
then credits the retailer with that amount
for spoiled lamb or spoiled ham,. OF
anything else that viii make about the
amount of the cut The Kansas City
packers are now taking back good many
spoiled hams and 1ambs-on paper. We
continue to sell the spoiled stuff right
along though The spoiled business is al
a myth. It is simply a way the packers
have of cutting under the trust prices
and the funny thing about it is that all OF
them are using practically the same
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other Daclzers..,
MANY QUESTIONS ASKED.
State Board of Medical Registration
Receives Queer REQUESTS.

The state board of medical registra-
ton is the target for all kinds of re
quests now from doctors who wish to be
licensed to practice medicine without
having to pass an examination Those
of the afiopathic school appeal to the
members of the board who are allopaths
to get them through in some way with
out the examination; the homeopathic
appeal to the homeopathic members, and
those without representation get some
friend to intercede for them.
a travelling doctor in the east who
makes tours through Kansas occasion
ally, recently wrote to the board ask
ing what the fee is for securing a IL
cense to practice medicine in Kansas.
The board replied that it is ten dol
lars. He wrote back. apparently in all
seriousness. asking the board to send
him a license c. o. D.. and he would
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500 PERISH.
Reports of Disaster in Guate-
mala Are Confirmed.
Earthquake Shocks Extended
Over Period of As Hours.

New York April 22-Late dispatches
from Guatemala are to the effect that
the whole republic was shaken by
earthquakes from half past eight O'Clock
on Friday night up to o'clock Sunday
night only short intervals between the
shocks, says a Panama dispatch TO the
Herald.
The dispatches concerning the disas-
ter in QHezaltenango are confirmed It
is estimated that 800 persons were kill
ed and millions of dollars worth of pro-
perty was destroyed there.
Fires which followed the earlier
shocks. added to the loss. and many
heartrending stories of suffering are re
eeived. The whole country is panic
stricken.
The towns of Patzum and Mazaten-
ango, the latter in the great coffee dis
trict, We're destroyed. The visitation
was spectacular in character. The first
shocks We're accompanied by terrific
thunder storms. The lightning was fol-
lowed by a deluge OF rain.
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BUFFALO BILL OPENS.
Crowd Fills Madison Square Garden
Completely.

New York, April 22.-Buffalo BilPs
Wild West show opened here last night
to a crowd which completely filed Mad
ison Square Garden. There were many
well known people present, among them
General Miles, General Brooks, Briga-
der General NJ. V. Sheridan (retired),
Lieutenant Colonel NJ. P. Maus, Rear
Admiral Barker and Senator ". A.
Clark of Montana.
At one point in the performance when
the military contingent held the ring It
drew up in front OF General Miles box
and saluted the general. The spectators
were kept in suspense over the actions
of the horses. fearful of an accident.
Two hundred new horses were placed in
the show to take the places of that
number lost in a railroad wreck They
were given but one rehearsal and the
electric lights tonight made them ex-
ceedingly wild. Two rough riders were
thrown with great force against the
rail, but escaped serious injury.
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SEEN MANY MILES.
Big Fire in London Calls Out Forty
Engines.

London, April 22.-London firemen
under Commander Walls fought a con-
migration on Barbican, z. c. today.
The fire was one of the biggest since
the famous Cripple Gate fire of. Novem-
Der, 1897. Tt began in Macuqueens hat
mandatory and spread rapidly to the
opposite side of the street, the wind
tanning the flames and the burning
embers falling in all directions. Three
hundred dremen and forty fire engines
were engaged at midnight in prevent
ing the further spread of the flames.
Owing to the danger that the Aldersgate
street station might catch fire traffic
was suspended on the Metropolitan
railway. The flames were visible for
many miles. The guests of the Man
chester hotel, adjacent to the Alders-
gate street station, hurriedly left the
building Altogether three large ware
houses on the south side of Australian
avenue. two on the north side and
buildings on both sides of New Zealand
avenue were ruined. Twenty firms and
shops We're burned out Two firemen
We're injured.
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in Kansas City, and who is wanted on
this side of the state line for picking
pockets at a funeral-what an awful
mani
The total cost of the city election was
81 163 p OF this amount S447 so was
paid to judges and clerks for their days
work. This is the most expensive city
election the city has held for a long time.
The big expense is caused largely by the
requirements OF the new election law
The Mission Flower" a Topeka
book which was written 20 years ago by
a man who wanted to get even with
people and which contains bitter
"roasts'' Of well known citizens, is now
exceedingly rare but nevertheless a To-
peka man picked up copy for 20 cents
a few days ago
Hereafter packages found in street
cars VIII be turned into the Office of
the company with the name of the con-
ductOr who made the find attached. If
after a sufficient time has elapsed for
the owner to present claims for the
lost package, it is not redeemed, it Will
then be given to the employe who found
it.
Senator Lucien Baker was over from
Leayenworth yesterday on legal bust
ness On his last visit to Topeka the
senator said ne was not taking any in
terest in politics, but since then he has
been elected to head the LeavenWOrth
county delegation to the state conVen-
ton, so he is taking notice in -po4tics
again.
Every few days somebody comes in
and tells Mrs. Thorpe a pitiful tale of
some family too proud to ask charity,
who are in distress, and who can't bear
10 have their names told. etc Such
cases come to both Mrs. Thorpe and
Mr.. Hale. the poor commissioner. but
investigation in every instance for the
past six months has proven the parties
to be habituaI dependents, imposing
their stories on some new charity work
er.
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HIS TOMB OPENED.
Body Of Bishop Neumann Disinterred
and Put in New Coffin.

Philadelphia. April 22-The tomb in
which the body of Bishop John N Neu-
mann was placed A years ago, was OPP
ened today by special ecclesiastical
court, the proceeding being one of the
final acts preliminary to the beatifica-
ton of the prelate, The disinterment
was made in secret and was for the
purpose Of Identifying the remains of
Bishop Neumann and to ascertain their
state of preservation.
Two witnesses swore that they wit
messed the burial of the bishop and two
physicians wrote a minute description
Of the remains They We're then placed
IN a new coffin and restored to the vault
which was sealed by Archbishop Ryan.
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APPEAL BOND CASE.
Kearney County Litigation to Go Into
Court of Appeals.

The Kearney county bond case will be
appealed to the United States circuit of
appeals at St. Louis. Milton Brown,
who represents the board ofcounty COM
nissioners of Kearney county in the
controversy has signifed the intention
Of the Kearney county people to con-
tinue the fight for the reputation Of the
bonds. Kearney county has popula
ton of only a little over 600 people and
the enforcement of the payment of the
bonds will work hardship for the tax
payers of that county.
4 had a running. itching sore on my
leg. Suffered tortures. Doan's Oint-
ment took away the burning and itch
ing instantly, and quickly effected per-
manent cure" c. W. Lenhart, Bowling
Green. O.
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CRISIS IS PASSED.
Queen WilheImfna is Now on
Road to Recovery.

The Hague, April o. - Dispatches
from Castle Loo announce that the con-
dition of Queen Wilhelmina, according
to her physicians, continues to be favor
able.
This mornings news from Castle LOO
leads TO the Impression that a favor
q bic turn has occurred in the queen
illness, which renders it possible that
the affairs of state viii soon resume
their normal course. The rumors of the
intention Of the government to take
steps looking to the establishment of a
regency VIII therefore probably not ma
terialize.
Prof Rosenstein, the pathologist of
Leyden university, had a further con-
suItation today with her majesty's ply
sieians.
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COMMITTEE STAGE.
It Has Been Reached by the Amalga-
mated Association Convention.

Wheeling. w Va. April 22.-The
Amalgamated association today reached
the committee stage and for several
days there viii be little of interest on
the floor of the convention.
This morning the three trustees, Tylor
of Pittsburg, Jenkins of Youngstown
and Rudd Of Newport. Ky, made their
report. The all-absOrbing topic con-
tinues to be President Skaters report,
just submitted to the convention. There
is no doubt it has strengthened his posi-
ton with the delegates. Ben 1. Davis
says he never witnessed in an Amalga-
mated convention such an ovation as
that rendered Shaffer when he concluded
his five hours address in which last
summers strike was detailed from start
to finish
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GO BACK TO WORK.
Belgian Strikers in Factories and
Mines at Liege.

Brussels, April 22.-King Leopold has
responded to the petition of the chamber
Of commerce asking for his intervention
in the present crisis, in a conciliatory
but n-committaI manner, intimating
that the government is carefully consid-
ering the situation and can be depended
upon to loyalty maintain the constitu
ton and fulfill its duty by adopting the
policy which it deems most useful for
the we1being and tranquility of the
state.
There was a general resumption of
work this morning in the factories and
coal mines of Ldege.
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Gen. Jefries Takes Command

r Panama, Colombia, April 22.-General
Jeffries, who was recently appointed
commander of the government fleet.
assumed that post on Sunday Perry
M de Leon, former United States con-
sui at Guayaquil, Ecuador. sails for
New York on the steamer Orizabo from
Colon today. He takes with him a col
lection of birds and animals for the
National Geological park at Washing
fon
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a Nearly Fatal Runaway

Started a horrible ulcer on the leg of J. B.
Orner. Franklin Grove, III. which defied
doctors and all remedies for four years
Then Bucklens Arnica Salve cured him
Just as good for boils, burns. bruises, cuts
corns, scaids, skin eruptions and piles 5c
at A J. Arnold & Sons drug store, 81
North Kansas avenue.
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Fire Burns Young Calves.

salina, Kan, April 22@The- Union
says: e. J. Lockwood's dairy, south of
Salina, was the scene of eonhagration
yesterday noon. in which a cattle shed.
20 feet in length, and eleven young
calves We're consumed. Several fruit
trees standing close by We're also de-
stroyed by the flames.
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The evidence collected by the eccles-
iastical court during its inquiry, which
has been in progress for several years.
viii now be forwarded to Rome.
Bishop Neum ann was born in ROlhe-
mia in 1911 and came to America at the
age of % years He was made bishop
of this diocese in 1852 He died sudden
lN n 1850
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PACKING PLANT FAILS.
High Price of Live Stock Shuts Down
Salina Institution.

Salina, April 22.-At a meeting of the
directors of the Butter Packing & Pro
vision company it was decided to close
action was taken on account of the
scarcity of hogs and cattle and the ina
bility of the company to make anything
when paying such high prices for live
stock. The closing Of the packing plant
viii throw twenty men out of employ
ment. The closing of the plant is only
TEMPORARY.
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Children Burned to Death.

Des Moines. Ia, April 22-The Swear
old twin children of NJ. Shields. resid-
ing at Bear Grove, Dallas county, We're
found in debris resulting from a fire
that consumed a barn last evening. I'm
til the charred remains of the children
were accidentally discovered they had
not even been missed The fire orfgina
ted in a pile of rubbish and communi-
Gated to the barn. Unknown to the par
ents, the children were playing inside
the building and no effort was made to
rescue them.
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Trouble Threatened in soudan.

Cairo, Egypt. April 22.-British troops
are held in readiness to proceed to the
Soudan, owing to the fact that trouble
is threatening in that part of Egypt.
Wheatling. the ideal wheat food for
breakfast.
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lydia e PinkhanSss Vegetable Com pOuHse

It viii entirely the Female Complaints all Oga
troubles, Inflammation liberation, Falling
adapted to the Change Life.
It has cured more cases Of Bacaehe and IeuoorI than any
dsoves and es tnor from the Uterus early stage
checks tendency
Irregular Suppressed Painful Menstruation Weakness Of the
Indigestion Boating Flooding Prostraon
acne, General Debility quickly yields to it.
Womb troubles causing PAIN weight backache instantly
permanently
harmony with the laws that the female and
as
1t quickly that Feeling, extreme a
"dOt feeling exciabiy
irraby sleeplessnes faulency
Female Weakness OF the Uterus, which this
medicine always
Kidney Backache of the Vegetable
Compound always
10 in he word has
widespread medicine
a o. of fena trou
Those who refuse anything else
wardeda thousand
Sold by Druggists everywhere Refuse all substitutes
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pay the fee. He seemed to think that
the new license law is for revenue pur-
poses only.
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Wheatling is the most delicious.
healthful and nutritious breakfast food
on the market.