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rules of that race are too open" he
explained to Tuck. "All the riders
have to do to qualify is to get ten
life members to vouch for them.
don't propose to take any chance OF
keeping that certificate where it'll
do the most good. Give it to my
son? Oh, don't know. Why not?
Have you any objection to Roswell,
Mr.. Jackson?"
The president sneered and walked
away, and Tuck, biting at the ends
of his blonde mustache, shufiied away
to the stables.
However, there were seven entries
announced and posted on the day
OF the election, and everybody
laughed at the seventh, for it read:
Trigger Tail, ridden by Mr.. jack
son." Even his friends guyed Tuck
good deal, for he wasn't a horse
man at all and his stable" consisted
of nothing better than a spawned
hackney and half-broken polo pony.
They told him he'd make show OF
himself, but he paid no attention TIL
the other six entries, all full grown,
well groomed thoroughbreds, bearing
their proud owners, were saddied
and ready for the bell.
When it rang Tolliyer, splendid in
white duck, led the procession on
Posthorn, the favorite, the other five
prancing after him in true race
horse style.
jackson! Jackson!" shouted the
fashionable gallery in the little grand
stand, laughing and cheering for the
Joke" of the day.
| At the last moment, just as the six
were cantering back to the starter
the paddock gate swung open and
Trigger Tail, lean, fiery, little
broncho, with a tail like q whisk-
broom, darted down to the Judges
stand. Tolliver almost fell off his
horse as he saw Jackson" for the
rider was Harry, the red-headed
midget, instead of Tuck, his giant
cousin.
Tuck's friends howled with delight
when this vision dawned upon them
When Harry's weight-90 pounds
was posted they went round and lais
all kinds of odds on Trigger Tail
The women, who suspected nothing
serious in all this funny preparation
laughed at the pony and his tin,
rider as if it was all very fine joke
! But Tuck. who looked preternaturall,
solemn, sat still in the grand stan'
chewing the handle of his cane.
The track was third of mile il
circumference and the distance for tn
race was mile--three times round
The field got away at the first breal
: and came laundering down past tn
stand, with Posthorn and two other
leading. the second choices aligned be
: hind and the ridiculous Trigger Tai
two lengths in the rear, swaliowin
, the dust of his field.
4 ''Go it, rabbit" shouted the spects
/ tors, but Tuck leaned over to Bill
q RICHTER, who stood beside him grin
ming, and said: "Wait till they com
!. to the apex of this egg-shaped merry
go-round!"
The big thoroughbreds fairly ra
away from the pony till they sweT
down the narrow turn of the egg
|, shaped track. There the thorough
|, breds' long strides swung them far
(, the outside of the rail, and Harry, rit
ing like demon. his bronco clingin
to the inside rail with the agility of
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Those who are pining for primitive
conditions should be pleased with the
manner in which primary was con-
Quoted in one of the townships of
Montgomery county recently. The
question was choice between Egen-
bright and Wilson for congress. The
Egenbright men lined up on one side
of the road, the Wilson men lined up
on the other side, and the judges
walked down the middle counting
noses.-Kansas City Journal.
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by FREDERICK H. EHToN,

,UCK is worth more than college education to
the young man who wants to get to the Top.
Energy and pluck will overcome almost every
thing. Hard work, decent morals, high ambi-
tons, common school education and deter
mination to rise are the best recommendations
for young man nowadays ! would not dis
courage boy who has been SO fortunate as to
have gone through college. Far from it. Cen
orally he is not to blame His parents sent him
through and he could not help it. The things
that he has learned in school may even help him
little. He may be SO lucky as to forget them
-athat is, forget the useless things.
think that if you should look through the
list Of employees and officers Of the great com
panies you will find that the majority OF the men
who have forged ahead, who have overcome al
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PREHISTORIC TENNEssEANs.



After noticing the more material de
struction wrought by the recent food
there is interest and fascination in
studying some of its freaks which ap-
peal more to sentiment and the stu-
dent. Ancient graves were washed up
at several places. The editor of the
Pulaski Citizen lately visited one OF
these. On Dave Wade's farm, between
his residence and Richland Mills, the
food washed up what is called an "old
Indian graveyard" The burying place
was located on knoll rising gently
from the creek and evidently supposed
to be above high water by the prehis-
toric people who buried their dead
there with such care. But all trace of
q graveyard had long since disappeared
and not even tradition remained
among the old negroes in the neighbor-
hood.
The field was worth $50 an acre be.
for the flood, and last year l6 acres,
including the old graveyard, produced
IA bales of cotton. The land had been
in cultivation long before it came into
possession of Mr.. Wade, and, as stated,
there was neither trace nor tradition
of graveyard.
But when the creek sperad over the
bottoms as never before, this knoll
extending down into the bend of the
creek suffered great destruction by the
swift current flowing across it. The
soil was swept away and when the
food receded the graves were exposed
We cannot tell how deep the bodies
were originally buried, nor how many
| graves are yet uncovered, nor how
many were swept away, leaving nj
| trace. About dozen graves were left
exposed. Some of these were evidentl,
graves of adults and some are graves o.
small children.
The vaults were formed somewhat
similar to vaults in graves of to-day
| Thin slabs of limestone, evidentl,
brought from some distance, perhaps
across the creek, are placed edgeway'
along the sides and ends. The grave
| are about two feet to six feet wide
Indicating that the bodies were burie'
on the side, as they are too narrow +
permit body to lie fat on the back
as we bury; and persons who frs
looked into the graves say the skele
tons were lying on the side. The bod
had been placed in the vault, which wa
covered by other fiat rocks, and thu
it was expected by the mourners an
loved ones who placed 1t there that tn
body would rest undisturbed to the en-
of time. But when the food expose
these carefully prepared vaults, the
were soon opened, and, in the absenc
! of other souvenirs, the bones of thes
ancient people were carried away.
seashell was found in one grave, br
the others contained nothing but d
cayed bones.
The Indians who occupied this coul
| try up to about 100 years ago did NJ
usually bury their dead with such car
They simply opened a grave, wrappe
a blanket about the dead body, laid
in the shallow grave and filed in Il
earth. Students Of ethnology clai
this county was inhabited by . raj
of idol-worshiping people, common
called the mound Builders" wi
were driven out By the Indians. The,
mound builders are believed to ha'
been superior to the Indian in many =
spects, but they worshiped idols, viii
<bo Tudfau xvo~ehsuod fho aGr>,
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"Who is that surly man who hardly
speaks to anyoney
Hes Z civil engineer"
"And who is that suave, polished. affable
gentleman near him who Is 20 pleasant
Toledo Bee
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1T doesn't take much to make some PEG
pie conceited."
what now?
why, since the, village blacksmith
himself blacksmythe. Chicago Daily
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
CONDEMNED MAN GETS NEW TRIAL.
NORTH CAROLINA MAN ACCUSED OF NUMBERING HIS SWEET
WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE.

reling with Nellie about a month
before, so during the evening he
had not spoken word to her, and
he had been paying especial atten-
ton to Carrie for week or two.
AS Wilcox rose to go, however,
he asked Nellie if he could speak
to her in the hall. She did not say
word, but followed him out of the
parlor, and from that time until her
body was found in the pasquotank
river, near the Cropsey home. 81
days later, the girl was seen by no
one save Wilcox.
He was Immediately arrested and
tried for murder, and he narrowly
escaped mob violence on several oc-
casions. The trial was short and a
verdict of murder was quickly re-
turned by the jury, and death SEN
tence was imposed.
The supreme court ingranting a
new trial, said that the evidence
against him was purely circumstan-
tial, and that the demonstration of
the spectators during the trial was
sufficient to prejudice the jury. The
jury was censured for returning
such q verdict
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
GAMBLING in EUROPE
IS ON THE INCREASE,
NEW CASINOS ARE BEING ERECTED AT NICE, AND
POPULAR RESORTS.

NICE, Nov. 24.--Gambling on
the 'red and black" at trente-et-
quarante and at baccarat, is more
popular than ever on the continent,
in spite Of the strenuous efforts
that European governments have
been making recently to check it.
In Nice, 1t is true, such an cutlery
is being raised by residents against
the opening of the gambling Casino
now being fitted up here, that it
looks as If its promoters would have
to do lot of Consolidating" in Or
der to get license.
That the magnificent Kursaal at
Ostend Is prosperous Is evident
from the fact that its proprietors
have decided to keep open all win
ter, In spite Of the new law forbid
ding gambling In Belgium.
The first scheme to build a pala-
tial gambling hall at Corfu was
held UP In the Greek legislature.
but a company which offered bet
ter Inducements has Just received
a concession, and means to lose as
little time as possible In turning
Corfu into another Monaco.
Nices new Casino Is being fur.
nished gorgeously, and It is intend
ed that baccarat shall be the chief
Attraction, and that women as We'll
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as men shall be allowed at the ia
bles.
The campaign against the new
Casino was started by the news
PAPERS of Nice and the fight has
been taken UP by all classes. The
projectors, however, hardly expect
to be disturbed, relying upon their
ability to bride public officials.
AT Monte Carlo, though the sea
son hardly has opened, there has
been heavy play already, Baron de
Wietinghof, German nobleman,
has succeeded in breaking the bank
twice in three days. He plunges
recklessly and plays without "sys-
TEN" and with no regard whatever
for the maxims of gambling.
But the most remarkable story
that has come from Monte Carlo in
years is that of an Austrian embez-
zler, who came to Monaco and won
so heavily at the tables that he
soon could afford to restore his
stealings and make his former en-
ployers a peace Offering besides
He was a railroad official and the
amount with which he absconded
was only $1,000. On arriving at
Monte Carlo he promptly tackled"
roulette, and soon had won S22 900.
Having done so he lost 10 time in
returning to his old employers the
embczzled $1,000, to which he added
S14D as salye for their feelings.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
PET STOCK.
Big Bench Show Now On
in Virginia.

RICHMOND. Va, Nov. PA
notable exhibition of poultry and
pet stock opened in this city today
under the joint auspices of the Vir-
ginia Poultry and Pet Stock associ-
alton, the Virginia Bench Show as
sociation and the Southern Belgian
Hare association. The display of
dogs is particularly largo and fine,
including as it does priZe-winning
CANNES from some of the most fa-
nous kennels of the country. The
exhibition continues all week and
promises to be well attended.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
LABOR NOTES.

Delegate Burrows of the Ameri.
can Federation stated last evening
that by next spring the unions in
this city would be 5000 strong.
e Contract Use shows his inten-
ton Of doing the fair thing in re-
gard to the unions. 1t is reported
that he will sign contract salts
factory to the organizations.
The newly organized bartenders
union will hold a business meeting
Tuesday evening at the union hall,
corner of First ave. and Post ST. 1t
is expected that at this meeting the
membership of 80 will be doubled
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pany the unfortunate woman was
last seen.
The funeral services will be held
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from the American Episcopal
church.
Mrs. Gore has a brother who Is a
train dispatcher at Republic, Wash.
The young woman, who was a mu-
steal student from San Francisco,
was found dying from a revolver
shot in Rydzewski's apartments in
Paris. Rydzewski claimed it to be
the result of an accident while he
was IN her company. His accounts
conaicted and he was taken into
custody, but the Parisians are
working up sentiment for him.
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FOR THE BELT.
America versus England in
Fistic Bout.

LONDON, Nov. z4.-The interna-
tional fistic battle to he decided
tonight at the National Sporting
club has aroused considerable inter
est in pugilistic circles. The prin-
cipals will be Eddie Connolly, the
hard-hitting welterweight fighter of
st. John, N. b., and Jack Palmer of
Newcastle-on-Tyne, the champion
middleweight of England. The two
men will try conclusions in 15-
round bout for a purse of $500, a
side bet of $1,000 and the middle
weight championship of England.
Palmer is regarded as the best
man in his class in England at pres
ent and the American fighter will
have to do his best in order to win
the money and the championship.
Both men have been training faith
fully and appear to be in excellent
condition for the bout.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24

ELIZABETH CITY, N. c., Nov.
1.-THE second trial of James Will
cox, once convicted of the murder
of his former sweetheart, Nellie
CrOpsey, Is set for hearing in the
term of court which opens here to-
day. and extraordinary interest is
shown in this remarkable case.
Wilcox. who is the son of ex-
Sheriff Thomas p. Wilcox of this
city, up till year ago, had been
calling on Miss Nellie Cropsey, the
daughter of a well-to-do business
man, for the period of tire years
previous to that time. They were
devoted lovers.
On the night of Nov. 20, last year,
Wilcox called at the Cropsey home.
When he arrived the family was in
the sitting room, and another young
man, named Crawford, was there,
calling on Olive Cropsey, Nelle's
sister.
About 9 o'clock the family, ex-
cept Carrie Cropsey, who was visit
ing them from New York. retired.
At 1870 Carrie went to her room,
leaving the two sisters and the two
young men. Wilcox had been quar-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
no GAME
PARENTS SAID NO AT FIRST
BUT HAVE SINCE GIVEN
PERMISSION.

The football game which was ad-
vertised to take place on the Con
zaga gridiron yesterday afternoon
between the Oxford club and the
Gonzaga team did not come off.
Hundreds of people assembled on
the grounds to witness the contest,
but they were disappointed to learn
that four Of the players on the col
lege eleven had been refused per-
mission from their parents to take
part in the game.
One of the regulations adopted
by the Gonzaga faculty is that no
student shall be entered In the foot
ball club unless he receives the
written consent of his parents.
The boys who were prohibited
from entering yesterdays game
have since received permission
from home. so that football enthusi-
asts expect to see one of the live
Hest contests of the season next
Sunday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
LoYoLA's JUBILEE.
Golden Anniversary Of Famous Col.
Iege In Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. "a
Prominent Roman Catholic church
men and educators from several
parts of the country are here to
take part in the golden jubilee cele-
bration of Loyola college. The eel
citation commenced today with a
solemn requiem mass for deceased
alumni, the celebrant being the Rev.
John F. Quirk, s. j., rector Of the
college. The program covers the
greater part Of the week. Common
orative addresses will be delivered
by men of note and on Thursday
Cardinal Gibbons will celebrate
pontifical high mass.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
RACING STOCK.
Large Offering of Fine Horses in
Gotham.

NEW YORK, Nov. oi.-In ac-
cordance with a custom extending
over nearly a decade the horse
show of last week is followed by
an equally notable horse sale. The
sale commenced in Madison Square
Garden today under the auspices of
the Fasig-Tipton company and will
continue through the week. The
Offering is the largest ever made.
1000 trotting and pacing bred
horses having been consigned, in
Guiding the entire establishments of
a number of important horse breed
ing farms and great array of
light harness race horses that cam
paign successfully on Grand Cir
cult tracks through the season of
1902.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24

kingdom in the northwestern part
of Spain. 1t is situated among the
Pyrenean and Cantabrian noun
tains.
Its mineral wealth, besides petro-
leum, consists of mines of gold,
lead. tin, copper and iron pyrites.
The oil wells near Borselaw,
which resembles Pittsburg to a
great degree. are among the richest
in the world and. like it's mineral
wealth, is worked by foreign capt.
tai
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
COUNTY COURT.

The divorce mill now booked for
Friday promises to be another gala
day, two applications having al
ready been filed since the adjourn
ment Friday. These are Louis W.
Perkins against Ida Perkins, deser-
ton; John Miller against Anna
Miller, abandonment.
Sheriff w. J. Doust has been alb
sent from the city for a few days.
The sheriff declined to discuss the
nature of the trip.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
WILL NOT take THE
FRENCHMEN'S WORD
independent Autopsy by Americans to Be Held
Over Body Of Mrs. Ellen Gore.

PARIS, Nov. 24.-Consul General
Gowdy has appointed DR.. Magnien
OF the Paris American hospital, DR..
Whitman Of the Equitable Life In
surance company of San Francisco
and DR.. Turner of New York, all of
whom are Americans, to conduct
the special autopsy over the body
OF Mrs. Ellen Gore. 1t is q move en-.
tirely Independent of the French in.
vestigation and will be performed
this afternoon or tomorrow as soon
rs permission is obtained from the
authorities.
The-American consulate will send
q special representative to the
preliminary examination OF the
Russian, Rydzewski, in whose COM
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
AUSTRIAN petroleum
GOES UP IN FLAMES
Blaze Rose to the HeIghth Of Six Hundred Feet
Eighteen Lives Lost.

VIENNA, Nov. "a. The fire
which this morning broke out in
the immense petroleum wells at
Boreslaw in Galicia has spread to
the buildings of the town, which are
being destroyed.
The flames rose to a height of
500 feet and were visible for 200
miles. The damage will be millions
and IS lives are known to have
been lost.
Borselaw is one of the largest
towns in the province of Galicia.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
May REPEAT
Mathews May Whip Ken
nedy Again.

P1TTSBURG, Pa, Nov. 24.--Mat-
ty Matthews, the welterweight
champion, and Eddie Kennedy Of
Pittsburg are booked to clash in a
20-round bout before a local club to-
night. The last time the men met
was at Toronto, over a year ago, on
which occasion Matthews defeated
Kennedy, and it is the prevailing
opinion in sporting circles that he
will repeat the trick when they
come together tonight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
keep INTACT
Krupp's Widow Cannot
Sell Factories.

BERLIN, Nov. 24.-In the will OF
the late Baron Krupp, who died Of
apoplexy here Saturday, his widow
is named as the sole heir.
The instrument provides that the
Krupp gun interests remain intact,
that they be not put into a stock
company nor sold for rs years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
MORGAN
Buys a Permanent Home
in England,

MANCHESTER, Nov. 24.-The
Dispatch todays says that J. Pier
pont Morgan has made a perma-
nent home in England by buying a
beautiful residence in Grosvenor
square. FoXhall Keene, it is stated,
will also eXpatriate himself.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24

London: British newspapers are
winding John Bulls alarm clock
again Afraid parliament will give
Yankees more traction franchises of
the Yerkes variety. And that would
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
A RECORD CLIP.
Wool Production Increased by Nine
Million Pounds.

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.--Accord.
ing to the Annual Wool Review for
1902 just issued there are 42,184,122
sheep in the United States, exclus-
I've of lambs under one year old, and
the clip, exclusive of the pulled
wool during the last year, compris-
ed 274,341,031 pounds, as against
265,502,328 pounds in 1901. This
shows an increase Of about 100000
pounds.
The number of sheep reported a
year ago was 41,920.9OO. The only
states which show any consider
able increase in number of sheep
since 1901 are Kentucky, Montana
and Wyoming.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24

SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 24-The
big elephane Gypsy ran amuck
here, killing her keeper, James
ORourke. and escaping to the
woods, where she was afterwards
found and shot,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
ANOTHER FURNACE.

The Sunset smelter of Boundary
Falls, B. c.. is arranging for the in
stallation of another furnace by
the Union Iron Works of this city,
the first being entirely satisfactory.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24
PLOT
AGAINST LOUBET
Maps and Papers Found Indicate an Attempt to
Kill the French President.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2i.-Santon
and Mcntz, the self-cOnfessed anar-
chists who were arrested last night,
and who had in their possession
maps and papers indicating a plot
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24

France were fined SO each this
morning for disorderly conduct and
were released until the police can
make out a stronger case.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24

Entries for the hand ball cham
pionship of the city closed Saturday
and the schedule will be filed to-
night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-24

A. B. Hodges, superintendent Of
the smelter at Grand Forks, B. c.,
Is in the city on business trip.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-09
FIXING THE WAGES.

At the recent meeting of Federal
Union, No. IT'S, of the w. L. u, the
scale of wages submitted to the
union for Endorsement was ratified,
and further ordered that 1t be pub
lished for the information of en-
ployers.
These rates become effective from
and after April 1, 1902, and were sub
mitted for Endorsement as represent
ing the majority action of the vari-
Gus crafts concerned in the business
in Kalispell:
Building Trades-Plasterers, stone
masons, bricklayers, plumbers and
timers formulated the following
Gale, which was unanimously
adopted:
Plasterers, IS per day of hours
work. Stonemason SIS day 9 hours
work. Bricklayers. $3.50 per day OF
8 hours work. Plumbers, 81 per day
of hours work; time and one-half