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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-04-15

come clear? Which of usll be the
next he'd kill?"
We'll" said a conservative, sooth-
ingly, lets wait till to-morrer Let's
let the Cote set another day, any
how"
Yes, l reckon that's right; yes
that's So" said others; wed better
wait till to-morrer."
A brief silence fell upon the gather
ing. a silence broken only by tinklings
or sbuflings along the bar. Then, FAR
off over the prairie, there came 1T
tie fiat, recurrent sound, or series Oh
sounds, as of one patting his fingers
softly together. 1t fell and rose and
grew. coming rapidly nearer, until at
length there could be distinguished
the cracking and popping OF the hoofs
of running horses.
ITS the Bar o outfit, from the Bra
EOS. coming in" said some one. the
crowd pressed out into the air. 1t
opened and melted slightly. The
crowd at Curly's shanty increased
slightly, silently. Inside, Curly and
his friend still played cards. The
giant prisoner lay asleep upon the
floor.
The rattle of many hoofs swept up
to the door of the Cottage, where the
FESTIVE. nervous horses were lett
standing while the men went in, their
leader, a stocky, red-mustached man.
bearing with him the rope which he
had loosened from his saddle. Having
drunk. the leader smote upon the bar
with a heavy hand.
Come along, men," he called out
1.-THE quicker we hang that ID
Greaser the better it will be-"
He moved toward the door, followed
by many silently, by others with steps
that Jagged. 'Well, you see-"begar
| one man.
ITO HI with all that said the new
conner. turning upon him fiercely
I'VE don't need no cowards!"
mo. that amt it," resumed the frs
man. but we got to respeck the Cote
-fust Cote ever did set here, you see
The fellers, some of 'em, thinks
some o. the jury thinks-that the fel
| ler's too crazy fer to hang"
Crazy be id! We're goin' t.
hang him. an that settles 1t. Law an
order kin take care Of It afterward.
All the time they were shifting
toward the door. AS though by concer
they swung into saddle and swept OF
| an fba sfrnef in n body above tn
noise of their riding now breaking
careless laugh. now a shrill yell o
sheer joyous excitement. More than
hundred men drew up in front OF tn
fran shelter over which was sprea
4 the doubtful aegis of the law.
Fifty men met them Tue light
went out in the house In an instant
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Othars ca:rht at

two prone figures. Others carsht at
the rope, groveling, snarling'
They were saved tho last stage OF
their disgrace. Into tho crowd there
pressed the figure of a newcomer
hatless man. whose face was pare
whoee feet were urahod ana VINO
bore one arm helpless in dirty SING
which hung about his neck. Hagsaru
and unkempt, barefooted, ha!i'ciao as
he had stumbled out OF bed at MS
ranch six miles away, Bill watson
the sheriff appeared. a figure heroic
enough. With his broken arm hang
ing useless and jostled by the crowd
he raised his right hand above his
head and called out in voice weak
and hating, but determined:
Men, go--go home! command
youth the name--of the law. .t,.t
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CHAPTER xxII.-continued.

Cf1Af EN- NNII-SOiIth'oShs
At this place they saw few men
sitting outside the door, calmly smok'
ing-among these Sam, the llveryman,
merchant by name of Chapman, and
homesteader, who was known as
Oneeyed Pennyman. Inside the
house, playing cards with Curly, were
four other men. Franklin noticed that
they all were armed They all ap-
peared from their story, to have just
dropped in to pass little time with
Curly. From time to time others
dropped in, most of them remaining
outside in the moonlight, sitting on
their heels along the porch, talking
but little, and then mentioning any
thing but the one subject which was
uppermost in every ones mind. Yet
though nothing was said, 1t might well
be seen that this little body of men
were of those who had taken the
stand for law and order, and who were
resolved upon new day in the his
tory Of the town.
It was battle of the two hotels
and what they represented. Over at
the great barroom of the Cottage
there was at the same time assembled
a much larger gathering, composed
chiefly of those transient elements
which at that time really made up the
larger portion of the population of the
men, with narrow
boots and broad belts at which swung
heavy, blued revolvers with broad
wooden butts-a Withholding, wild
living body of men, savage in some
ways, gentle in others, but for the
most part just, according to their
creed. All drank whisky, and drank
it regularly Up to ten O'Clock the
whisky had produced no effect.
At ten o'clock a big Texan raised
his glass high above his head and
smashed it upon the bar.
Law an order be damned said
he. What kind O. law an order is it
to let murderin' Greaser like that
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BOOK Nv
The Day of the Plow
CHAPTER XIII.
The End of the Trail.

The Cottage Hotel of Ellisvile was,
singularly enough, in its palmy days
conducted by woman, and very
good woman she was. 1t was perhaps
an error in Judgment which led the
husband of this woman to undertake
the establishment of hotel at such a
place and such a time. but he fastened
to repair his fault by amiably dying.
The widow, large woman. of great
kindness of heart and certain skill
in the care of gunshot wounds, fell
heiress to the business, carried 1t on
and made a success of it. All these
wild range men who came FOSTERING
IN the Trail loved this large and
kind old lady, and she called them all
her boys" watching over the wild
brood as a hen does over her chickens.
She fed them and comforted them,
nursed them and buried them. always
new ones coming to take the places OF
those who were gone. Chief mourner
at over threescore funerals, neverthe-
less was Mother Days voice always
for peace and decorum; and what
good she did may one day be discover
ed when the spurred and booted dead
shall rise.
There was yet no key to the Cottage
bar when there came the unbelievable
WORD that there was no longer buff
falo to be found anywhere on the
range, and that the Indians were gone,
beaten, herded up forever. Far to the
north, it was declared, there were men
coming in on the COW range who had
silver-mounted guns, who wore gold
and Jewels and who brought with
them saddles without horns! 1t was
said however, that these new men
wanted to buy cows. so COWS wero
taken 10 them.
Mother DAILY looked upon this, and
| it was well. She understood her old
boys and loved them. She was glad
the world was full of them. She look
ed out over the wide, wind-swept
plains. along the big chutes full Of bel
lowing beeves, at the wide corral with
its scores of saddled Nemeses, and she
was calm and happy. 1t was good
| ly world.
1t was upon one day that Mother
DAILY looked out opon her world; upon
the next day she looked again, and all
the world was changed. Far as the
eye could reach, the long and dusty
roadway of the COWS lay silent, with
it's dust unstirred. Far. very far of.
there was approaching a little band
of strange, small, bleating, woolly
creatures, to whose driver Mother
DAILY refused bed and board. The cat
tie chutes were silent. the corral was
empty. At the Cottage bar the keeper
had at last found a key to the door.
Tn and down the Trail, east and west
of the Trail. all was quiet, bare and
desolate. At some signal--some sig
nal written on the sky-all the old
life of Ellisville had taken up its jour
ney into a farther land, into another
day. The cowman, the railroad man
and the gambling man had gone, leav'
ing behind them the wide and we'll
perforated Cottage, the graveyard
with it's double street, the cattle
chutes with well-worn hairy walls.
(To be continuedD
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neecher and the Medium.

While in England Henry Ward
Beecher was entertained by a gentle
man who believed in spiritualism and
was himself a medium. says the Ar
gonaut. One day he asked il Beecher
would like to talk with the spirit OF
his father. DR.. Lyman Beecher. Mr..
Beecher replied that it would please
him immensely. After the seance was
over he was asked how it had i'm
pressed him. at Which, with the
twinkle in his eye. Beecher respond
ed: All have to say is that If
deteriorate as fast for the first ten
years after / am dead as my father
has. shall be a stark naked fool"
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and in front of the door there swept
a dark and silent Gordon. The leader
of the inyaders paused, but went
straight forward.
I'VE want that mani" he said,
you know very we'll you cant have
him"
I've don't know nothin' O the sort
We want him. an we're goln to have
him. Git out Of the road"
A second figure stood by the side OF
Franklin, and this man was recognized
by the leader.
Jaw, now, Curly, what id foolish
ness is this here? Bring him out
You know won't jim" said Curly
simply. We're tryin him on the
square. You amt the Cote. | koin't
give him to no one but the Cote.
Silence fell for an instant, then from
the rear of the party there came push
ing and crowding and cries OF Burn
the house-drive him Quit" There
was a rush, but it was met by silent
thickening of the line at the point as
sailed. Men scufIled with men. swear
ing and granting, painting hard Here
and there weapons flashed DULY
though as yet no shot was fired.
The rushers toward the house grew
closer. so that assailants and besiegers
were now mingled in fighting. swear
ing mass. G.
you're no cowman, Curly" cried
one voice, bitterly.
You're a ID liar" cried Curly in
reply. whoever says that to me! I'm
only a-keepin' of my word. You KANT
clean us out III shoot the Twin
soul out O. any man that touches that
door! This here is the Jail, an I'm
the deputy, and, by! you'll not
have my prisoner!"
Quite right, me men," said COO
voice at Curly's side, and a hand fcl
on his shoulder as tall form doomed
sprang toward the building. The cries
became savage, beastlike. 1t was nc
longer human beings who commended
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y-jgITrd- 1909. ~ ID. Nrw T"rA D
The daily palladium., 1904-12-16

bition is today more than ever since
moving pictures became an institu-
ton, uncompared, because incompar-
able. The program throughout pos
sesses that rare charm and fascina-
tion of pleasing alike, old and young.
In many cities the exhibition is now
on its twentieth semi-annual visit.
Surely no more could be said for the
sterling merits of any attraction.
AT the Gennett Theatre next Sat-
urday matinee and night will be seen
for the first time in this city the
new melodrama, "Queen of the
White Slaves,' in six acts and nine
teen scenes, from the pen of Arthur
J. Lamb. The play has been produc-
ed under the direction of A. H.
Woods, formerly of the firm of Sulli-
van, Harris & Woods, and is said TO
be one of the greatest melodramatic
productions ever made. The plot of
"Queen of the White Slaves is a
novel departure from the hackneyed
and time worn plots of the unusual
conventional melodrama, and tells
coherent and we'll known story. The
story relates to the abduction of a
beautiful and refined young woman
by agents of "The Terrible Nine,'
San Francisco branch of the infa-
nous highbinders, her rescue through
the instrumentality of a brave detec-
tive, his marvellous escapes from a
horrible fate, and his rescue by an
other young woman. who had herself
been stolen and taken to China by
the same gang. There are many sub
sidiary characters. all of them true
types in this great play, a double
love story and genuine investiture is
something very fine, and no local the
atre goer can afford to miss the heart
stirring scenes of the Chamber of
Death, Dead Mans Corridor, and
the raft in the middle of the Pacific
Ocean.
The daily palladium., 1904-12-16
A Good Show.


my Friend from Arkansaw,'
comedy drama, put up by a capable
company, drew a large house at the
Grand Monday evening, in spite of
the great enthusiasm over the cleo
ton, and made a good impression.
The play has number of clever
scenes that are well acted. In the
first act there is something new when
the heroine, stabbed by the villain,
manages to crawl to the blackboard
and write the name of her murderer,
and when the william returned and
erased his own name to write on the
board the name of the hero, there
were scores of men in the house who
felt like forming a mob and lynching
him. All ends well, Of course, and
the william is brought to justice at
last. Robert Sherman heads the com
pany as Tom Howe, the ex-sheriff,
who is unjustly accused, and lthe
support is adequate. The same bill
will be repeated tonight and tomor-
row night and at a matinee Wednes-
day. 0owa State Register, Des
Moines, Iowa.. The above play will
be seen at the New Phillips Saturday
Dec. II.
The daily palladium., 1904-12-16
Head About to Burst From Severe
Bilious Attack.

81 had severe bilious attack and
felt like my head was about to burst
when ] got hold of a freesample Of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. took a dose of them after
supper and the next day felt like a
new man and have been feeling hap
py ever SINCE" says Mr.. J. W.
Smith of Juliff, Texas. For bilious
ness, stomach troubles and constipa-
ton these Tablets have no equal.
Price % cents. For sale by A. G. Lu-
ken & Co., and W. II. Sudhoff, fifth
and Main.
The daily palladium., 1904-12-16
Ancient and Modern Ideas on
These Interesting
Subjects.
UP.TO.DATE METHODS
For Purifying and Beautifying
the Skin, Scalp, Hair
and Hands.

Socrates called beauty q short-lived
tyranny, Plato a privilege of nature,
Theocritus, a delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades
a solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious
gift of nature, Ovid favor Of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters Of rec.
ommendation in the world, and yet
none of these distinguished authorities
has left US even a hint Of how beauty
is to be perpetuated, or the ravages Of
age and disease defied. Time soon
blends the lily and the rose into tho
pallor OF age, disease dots the fair face
with cutaneous designations and
crimsons the Roman nose with insight
ly f1ushes, moth, II not rust, corrupts
the glory of eyes, teeth, and lips yet
beautiful by defacing the complexion,
and fills the sensitive soul with agony.
If such be the unhappy condition Of
one afflicted with slight skin blemishes,
what must be the feelings of those in
whom torturing humors have for
years run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements to be-
come part Of the system until deathP
1t is in the treatment of torturing,
dis1guring humors and affections Of
the skin. scalp and blood, with loss Of
hair, that the Cuticura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Orig
inal in composition, scientifically COM
pounded, absolutely pure, unchange-
able in any climate, always ready, and
agreeable to the most delicate and sem
sitive, they present to young and old
the most successful curatives of mod
ern times.
The daily palladium., 1904-12-16
HUGH L. SPINK,

Attorney at Law and Justice of the
Peace.
Prompt, personal attention to all
business. Office over 504 Main ST.,
Richmond, Ind. Office open Satur-
day evenings.
The daily palladium., 1904-12-16
A Big Sensation Company.

"A Big SenSatlOn company VIII
draw a great crowd to the New Phil
lips Monday night. This is said to
be one of, if not the best burlesque
organizations extant and those who
delight in show of this character
will be delighted with the many nov
ell features to be presented.
X %*
Pleasant memories! Well I should
say so! Why? Well I think l have
just cause to feel good for Hoyt S
GA Trip to Chinatown that great
comedy success that has made more
people forget trouble than any piece
of like nature ever written will be at
the New Phillips next Wednesday
evening.
"The Katzenjammer Kids
That perennial favorite comedy
drama, "The Katzenjammer Kids'
under the management of its produc-
ers Messrs. Blondell & Fennessy, has
been engaged to give their unimita-
BILE entertainment at the Gennett
Theatre on Tuesday. Dee. 20. The
company of comedians producing the
piece this season is said to be made
up of the most capable that has ever
interpreted it. An entertainment
made up Of witty dialogues, actchy
music, pretty girls handsomely cos
tuned, high-class specialties, COM
bined with a perfect cyclone Of mer-
riment. briefly describes "The Kat
zeniammer' show. The company in
cludes such we'll known artists as
Baker & Lynn, the premier delinea-
tors of Juvenile Comedy, Wally
Clark, the popular German comedian,
Robinson Sisters, acrobatic marvels,
Major CIRQUE, the tiniest comedian
before the public, Day & Vestal, Nov
city Act, William Baker Monologue
comedian, Josie Ralson, chic SOU
brette, Geo. V. Baker, character COM
edian and many others equally well
known to fame.
Literally 6leCLI1ueS.
Figuratively as well as literally
Mr.. Howe "electrifed' every
spectator of his fine exhi-
bition of life-size moving
pictures, which will be presented in
Richmond at the Gennett Theatre on
next Wednesday evening. The true
reasons of great success are common
to all achievement. 1t is by infinite
and painstaking attention to every
phase and detail of the mechanical
and electrical points of moving pie
lures. combined with a native ingenl-
tv and resource that characteriZes
and distinguishes the Lyman ID.
Howe exhibition over every similar
exhibition In existence. In brilliancy
of projection. scope of subjects. and
accuracy of sound effects, this exhi
The daily palladium., 1904-12-16
ADJUSTMENTS
Fowler on Lincoln.


(By Levi Gilbert, D. d.
L listened tranced in eloquence that
woke
Within my souls abyss emotion
deep,
Impressions memory will ever keep
Beyond oblivion power to revoke.
What CLEANS of greatness on the Wis
ion broke:
What dormant aspirations, reused
from sleep,
Were caught on the flight of words
and sweep,
Of thought and feeling while inspired
he spoke.
Aye there he stood, our Lincoln,
matchless, grand,
Gigantic frame, imperial heart and
brain,
Controlling, guiding, firm beneath
the strain,
The providential savior of a land!
And then l prayed his god-like
spirit might
Direct our march like Israel's pill
Jared light.
Central Christian Advocate.
Popular Lecture Course next Mon
day night.
The daily palladium., 1904-12-16
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The daily palladium., 1904-12-16

Mrs Pnkham there anything about her symptoms
Pnkhams
8 ailng
wi 10
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-02

John N Gates. ths chicago ri;
~aonaite, las dsesaed 70 change hs
pace III r~estoeSee 10 se~ York. ii
aH for few years. What the o5see;
a the change 4. has not besa annaa1
nsd ri; il II bssieFea that business
considerations ard nj Boetai reasoak
are rsspaalble tof Il Strange 10 raj
Nr Gates La nj purchases = resi-
ssnee 81 eue 81 she sriStocFatEe zYs-
apeH a he g. bit las }ease4 TOR
three 5easN rs pirate spS2rmsnu
formerly ocespd By Gexugs 4 Be34s
II ne Wal1orfAsU3ria The appart
fasntg are quite separate from the
~ proper ARD hzre egen Z separate
eapanee from Thirty Fourth street
tir Gates viii taose I'll Wv soon ss
tic furniture III hts Chicago r~estsenee
has been transferred 10 his rev apr
paStfaebN He vii also aring ALI
seryagte fra1n Chicago
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-02

O1e n tte hszgsss sxczsstsng con,
tracts efer zsarsea IL thss eygrsry,
vas axstsee tie Uhr 6sy 10 TIE sss
Yofk Contracting sri Trsekang Com,
psrY. TIE eOrtrset ID tor exczyattrg
re cite x tie PerrsylFarig Rziiroae
Tsnael terriaai ard for erecting .
wan to keep IL side n TIE excavation
fHrm caring u The eoasraet price
d five ntliaoa dol1aEs TIE sork Wit
A begun b, ocee and severas Thousand
men Will le employed ID lie Job
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-02

& '
TIC serFsee en- the surface Hne3 q:
tie city Il n anEatistactots, thai tbf
public rashef anastsoes Inc inooaYe
nlence f LIZ aaIly erush during rush
hours DAB q submit b he exasperst.
sng 1siays % TIE surface lines Eses
since tle eIeyatsd roads have intro
aucsd moGern electric service. fhe
business " he surface lsneg has ateaei
" decreased "A statement IN the
earnings Df he various lines Or the
Metropolitan shows d decrease III
gsoss earnings for the last quarter Ot
s25s9og Wills Increased operating
expenses have decreased the net earn.
!nga by half d million doilars Every.
body II inn~pataeutly looking forward
n the opening ~ The subway system,
whieh promises ne only ieAsshle no
LUTON N the transportation problem
n this dty
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-02

The conditions Oh Eilis Island.
where the emigrants arriving here are
detained pending Investigation of their
qualifications for admission ID this
country, are becoming worse every
day owing 70 The continuance or the
ateeraee rate var between the trans.
atlantic spsaIfship companies. on.
an average more than one thousand
smigranta arrive here per day and 4
great many Of them are quite unde.
.sirable. Even the fact that the steam.
En- companies are compelled 10 taxa
I'll those, refused admission % this
country, baek 70 Europe. has not been
ahie q put an end to the rate war.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-02

Mrs. II. ]. Kimbail and children III
springer are spending the weak III
MAXWELL. y
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-02

. 80 e.
Santa Re Time Table
East soune.
No . ldal9-Arrives las p. n
departs s:isp n
No. 8 tdaslyl-Arrires i:3o L N
departs 1:4a y
No 4 fsailgD-Arrives f:55 q. m;
departs 40 {.
West Bound.
Nc. j ldslly1-Anirss i:s5 p. N;
departs 200 p L
No. 7 tdsllyl-ArriFss sis D.. L.;
departs 5:4s p, Z.
No. 3 6x.lyl-Arrives $40 = N;
departs s:45 8 u.
S0s. 8 and i-Cal1ornia Liniteds;
solid Pullman trains, with dining CON.
partmsrt and observation car.
No. z-Has Pullman and tourist
cars % Chicago and Kansas City. and
. Pullman car for Denver ia added al
Trinidad. Arrives Al La Junta 1920
p A. connecting with No. {. ieaFing
La Junta At $40 q n; arriving ii
Pueblo 500 a. m; Colorado Springs
s:s5 = n, Denver s:3eam.
No. s-Has Pullman ami tourist
cars to Chicago ard Kansas City. Ar
riyes At La Junta 1898 a. m, connect
ing with No. eos-lesving La Junta
iz:io .. m arriving at Denver at 500
p. m
No. HAS Pullman and tourist
cars fer Southern California points.
No. Has Pullman and tourist
cars for Northern California point ana
95lnan car for FL Paso and City Of
. Connection for FL Paso, Dem.
'er City and all points in Ner.
ico Southern New Mexico and
Arizona.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-02

asagemeau win tle Lev eompaa
tSos-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-11-17
10. $50.

STATEAEENT.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-11-17
OF THE CONDITION Oh
THE
Farmers Bank

Located at Clarksburg in hesitate
II West Firginiaat the close Of bust
ness Nov. 10th, 1901
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-11-17
Cot that sack VIM. TELL FLOUR YETI

Got that sack VIM TELL FLOUR YETI
Grand, Nov. ~ The Beauty Doctor
Assesor-eleet Z. /. Flgo't r'tufne"
70 nj home IN Eagle district looF''aF
morning.
Got that sack VIM. TELL FLOUR YETI
Grand, Nov. IS The Beauty Doctor
Mrs. Salhe Dawson ana SON lRarle7'
Wre her5 from WIisonburg thursday
shopping