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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05

A THOUGH the stranger had reg
II isteTed at the Holland House as
from Illinois, the guneless look
on his face and the quietness of his
demeanor seemed to indicate that he
came from elsewhere. The lOungers
before the fireplace in tn hotel lobby
did not feel that they were coaxing
any particular trouble when they
dropped in his presence a small hint
as to the possibilities of a little draw
as a dissipat tor of inconsistencies.
The hint seemed to find the stranger
who had registered from Illinois IN
an appreciatively receptive mood He
remarked that he knew he would en-
JOY a quiet little game of draw i'm
mensely if he only knew the game; and
that there was no doubt he would en-
ioy il anyhow if some of them would
be kind and patient enough to show
him how it was played.
Bob Morgan, jr-, who exports lumber
from Texas, remembered that he was
expecting a c2DlegTam from Liverpool,
and went off somewhere to look for
it. Walter Thompson, the shipbuilder
from Perth Amboy, \. J., who is
building the big dry dock here, to be
towed from Orange through Sabine
Pass. across the Gulf of Mexico and
up the Mississippi river TO New Or
leans happened to think that he must
write d letter to the boys at Perth
Amboy describing the sensations Of &
long ride on the water wagon in Tex
as. and took his pen in hand to do it.
For the rest, a sense of numbness
and dumbness. possessed them-all eX-
cept Colonel Jim Furlong, who keeps
the hotel. Colonel Jim put his 500 dla-
mond scarfpin in total eclipse behind
his prehistoric beard, and, looking at
nobody in particular, and apparently
muSingly, said
Illinois, Ell? Um-m-m-m. Illinois.
/ used TO run a hotel in illinois Quin-
cy. III. I got it into my head that
Chicago wasn't hardly big enough for
me to slosh around in, so j left Chi
cago and went down TO Quincy.
Whenever guests came to my hotel
and ennui grabbed EN-, we used 70
shake 'em out a quiet little game Of
draw and give the ennui the chase One
time a nice, innocent, understanding
young man was among US, and we
talked I'D our antidote for that want
home feeling He happened to
hear it, and said ne believed he would
like il first rate if he only knew how,
and that he was willing TO take the
consequences and learn, If some one
would care TO show him.
Il felt sorry for the young fellow, and
1 said to him;
Tt won't take you long to learn,
and it's lots OF fun
$50 he sat in, and sure enough he
didn't know the game. By and by I
stood pat on q hand. and all the rest
but this raw player dropped out, leav-
ing a nice, snug little pot to be fought
for. / bet chip, and the homesick
young beginner raised me-
You better be careful. my young
friend said 1, admonishingly. You
know what a pat hand is, don't you2'
He said he didn't, and I told him.
A" You can draw your raise and stay
out if you want to- said I, kindly.
But the raw player looked at his
hand shook his head. and said he
guessed he'd risk it. So raised him
back pretty heavy. but he came rash
-ly TO the front and whooped ne up I'M
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05

duke, and we were escorted to our hotel
by the strikers.
We didn't know what they were but
you can tell the laboring men here be-
cause they wear blouses and look hun
CRY, and when they left us the landlord
notified the police that suspicious char
acters were at the hotel, and came
there escorted by the mob, and the po-
lice surrounded the house and dad
went to our room and used witch hazel
on himself where the Cossaclx hit him
With the loaded whip. He says Russia
viii pay pretty dear for that stroke of
the whip by the CoSSack. and | think
dad is going TO join the revolution that
is going 10 be pulled off next Sunday
They are going to get about a mil
lion men to take a petition to the
car. workinSmen and anarchists, and
dad says he is going as an American
anarchist who is smarting from injus-
tice, and | guess no native is smart
ing more than did is. cause he has to
stand no to eat and lie on his STUN
mick to sleep There is going to be
hades of p time here in St. Petersburg
this next week, and dad and / are go
ing TO be in it clear up to our necks.
Dad has given no trying to see the
car about stopping the war and says
the car and the whole bunch can go
plum (to the deviD and he will die with
the mob and follow a priest who is
stirring the people to revolt.
Gee. | hope dad Will not get killed
here and be buried in a trench with a
thousand Russians. smelling as they
do.
1 met young man from Chicago who
is here selling reapers for the harvester
trust. and he says if you are once sus-
-pected of having sympathy with the
working people who are on a strike you
might just as well say your prayers
and take rough on rats cause the
Cossacks viii get you, and he would
advise me and dad to get out of here
pretty quick, but when L told dad
about il he put one hand on his heart
and the other on his pants and said:
'Arnica, arnica, arnicai" and the po-
lice that were on guard near his room
thought he meant anarchy, and they
sent four detectives to stay in dads
room.
The people here. the Chicago young
man told me. think the Cossacks are
human hyenas. that they have had
their hearts removed by a surgical op-
Grafton when young and a piece of
and that they are natural murderers,
the sight of blood acting on them the
same as champagne on a human being,
and that but for the Cossack Russia
would have a population of loving sub
jects that would make it safe for the
Little Father to go anywhere in Russia
unattended, but with CosSacks ready
to whip and murder and laugh at suf-
fering the people are becoming like
men bitten by rabid dogs and they
froth at the mouth and have spasms
and carry bombs up their sleeves,
ready to blow UP the members OF the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05
TO TEACH A MEEK MAN POKER

til things got exciting I got madder
and madden TO see what a fool player
that greeny was, and by and by ne
called me.
What" said L Call a pat hand.
That amt poker!
" 'PshawH said the greenhOrn- Is
that SOP Well, l told YOU 1 didn't
know But since I've gone 50 far
guess I'll call you and take the con-
sequences
I slammed my hand down and re-
marked that I would be sOmething-or-
othered if there was any ding-dOng
use in playing the game right any
more at all 1 held six high
What did you call me on?'
snarled at this raw hand a the game.
He showed down his hand. He held
seven high.
"The way I thereupon lectured that
young man on being a fool player 1
suppose was worth coming miles 20
hear at 81 q seat. He excused himself
by meekIy saying:
We'll. I told you didn't know the
game. But I'm willing to learn
And he raked in the pot looking
as If he was real ashamed Of himself
for being such a chump at poker He
said he would drop out If wanted him
to; but 1 said no, he needn't do that:
only ne must be quicker at getting
onto the points of the game
so we played along, and by and
by made 1t a jack 1t circled round
several times. and at last a couple Of
kings tumbled in to me, and opened
her
'eThey ali stayed. and, true as tell
you, got the other two kings. Every
body fed the pot for two or three times
round, and then all fell out but his
nibs, the raw hand. He had taken three
cards, same as had, and he stayed
right along with me-
a. Now, my son. said I, I don't want
to warm your jacket, so give you
fair warning I haven't got a pat hand
this time and I hold a trifie better
than six high. I give you the chance
to lay down now If you want TO, ana
you had better do it.
But the doggOne idiot was stubborn,
and said he was willing TO pay for
learning the game He stayed in, and
I threw friendships promptings to the
four winds The raw player came back
at me with a raise every time, and at
last I said:
Here! I haven't got the heart to
see you chucking your money away
longer. I call you What have you
a why, said the young chap. 7 got
four O. them what-do-you-caIl-'e ems.
Them little one things in the center
of the card
And ne laid down four aces cold"
Colonel Jim let the rays from his
500 diamond shoot through a rift In
his patriarchal beard straight in the
face of the SIileless-faced stranger,
who winked solemnly a moment and
said:
''And what was trumps?
Colonel Jim's Texas-groWn perfectO
dropped from his fingers. He turned
the full light of his diamond on the
stranger and glared at him moment
Then he hid the light in the depths
of his whiskers, pOndered awile and
said:
Say, old mani You may live in IL
linois all right. but, by ganderfooti II
you do. you've only Just moved in
| Orange. Tex, Correspondence New
York sun.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05
PECK'S BAD BOY ABROAD
The Bad Boy and His Dad Go Stop the War;
BY GEORGE w. PECK.

T. PETERSBURG. Rus
sia.-My Dear Gro
ceryowski: Well. sir,
'sDoSe you will be sur
czz.E..zzlz prised to hear from me
EEE&e in Russia, but there was
&zs9E no use talking when
- Dad said he was going
10 St Petersburg If it was the last
act of his life. He got talking with
JapaneSer in Rome. and the Jap said
the war in the far east would last I'M
I'll every Russian was killed, unless
America interfered to put a stop to
St, and as Roosevelt didn't appear TO
have sand enough to offer his services
10 the car. what il needed was for
some representative American citizen
who was brave and had nerve to go
70 st. Petersburg and see the caro-
witch and give him the benefit Of a good
American talk The Jap said the
American who brought about peace by
q few well chosen remarks. would be
the greatest man of the century, and
would live to be bowed down to by
kings and emperorS, and all the world
would doff hats to him.
At first dad was d little leary about
going on such a mission without Gre
dentialS from Washington, but as luck
would have il, he met an exiled Rus
sian at a restaurant, who told dad that
he reminded him OF General Grant, be-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05

e Old Binks--Did year wife scold you
when YOU went home so late last night?
Young JinkS-YOu don't know what il
is to have a wife who was once a school
teacher She simply made me write out
Il must be home at en."-Ally' STOPPER.
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royal family, and there you are.
If you do not hear from me afte4
next Sunday you can put dads Obitu-
airy and mine in the local papers and
say we died of an overdose of COSSack-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05

lutte, and then the devil was to pay
It seems that the gentlemen who
handled the guns, and who were sup
posed to fire blank cartridges into the
air, put in loaded cartridges, filed
with grape shot. ana took aim at the
Winter palace, and cut loose at Mr..
Ca.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05

II we get through this revolution alive
you will hear from me. but this is the
Yours HENNERH-
Copyright. 1905 by Joseph B. BowlesO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05

ace, where the car was peeking out
Of a window, wondering from which
direction bomb would come to blow
him up, when battery of artillery
across the river started to fire a sa-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-24
a WARM CAUCUS.
hon. e. S. Crosby Is Nominated Re.
publican Candidate for Mayor.

Bath. Me. Feb. %. (SpecinD.-In the
publicans have ever held in this city.
lion. ElMell :. Crosby was, tonight.
nominated for MAYOR. For Il week past
tire political pot has been boiling, Mr.
Crosby fighting the Republican city
committee and practically all Repub-
liCan organizations. but mas kept stead
lastly at it. Mr.. Crosby was Il year
ago promised the support of the city
committee for the year 1908, having
At that time Withdrawn III favor of
Hon. Edward ~. Hyde with the assur-
ance IhLt he should be supported, this
year. Last Thursday. Mr.. Crosby pub
liclT announced his candidacy and was
1T once opposed by the city committee
while no announcement had been made
from Mr.. Hyde and il was not known
until Tuesday that he had withdraw
Prominently. On Monday, the tepub-
iican Or;raniZat ion secured the name of
Seth T. Snire AID got his consent 10
become the party nominee. Last night
runnrs We're iiioat that Mr.. Hyde
should be j candidate, although, today,
Nc denied that these rumoIS We're au-
thoriZrd by him. The caucus, tonight.
met ut City hall and then adjourned to
the Alneda which was completely filled
by demOnStrative crowd. Hon. San
ford l.. Foge presided and Henry w.
owen ;icted as secretary. Hon. Silas Fl.
Duncan nominated Mr.. Crosby and The
S'coudin.s speech was made by Frank
f.. Southland. Judge Frank l.. Staples
nominated .,ir. Shine and Charles A.
Adams nominated Mr.. Hyde. No sec
onding speeches being made to the last
two. The result OF the balloting was
Il. votes. of which Mr. Crosby had 81;
M. Hyde. .16; and Mr.. Snipe. 124.
thus giving Mr.. Crosby a majority of
-. George Gould was nominated Il
member of the street ana sewer COM
mission i'm place of Hon. Charles r..
HYDE.
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Passed to be Enqrossed.

An act to amend chapter sc of the
private ana special laws of 1909, en-
| titled AN act 10 authorize the Orono
Pulp and Paper Company to generate
sell and nse electricity"
An act TO extend the charter of the
MattlnawcOok Manufacturing Com
pany.
An act to extend the time in which
the Van 1:uren sewerage Company is
authorized TO commence business.
An act ADDITIONAL to chapter 40 of the
Revised Statutes. defining fraternai
benelic larry associations doing business
in 1889.
Az act relating to the Pine Grove
Cemetery of Falmouth, Maine.
An act To incorporate the Stockton
Springs Water Company.
Resolve i'm favor of Maine Children S
Home Society.
Resolve in favor Of Peter F. Neptune
tribe OF Indians.
An act to authorize the European
and North American Railway, and the
Maine Central Railroad Company. its
lessee, TO change the location of its
railroad bridge across the Kenduskeag
stream. in Bangor.
An act to extend the charter of the
PASSPORT Street Railway Company.
An act 10 extend the charter of the
Wilton Trust Company.
An act to continue in force the char
ter of the Van Ruren Trust Company.
An act 10 extend the charter of the
Cumberland Trust Company.
An act To provide for the protection
of trees and shrubs from the introduce
ton of ravageS of dangerous insects
and diseases.
Resolve providing for preventing
diseases among cattle ANA
horses.
Resolve in favor of Maine State
Poultry and Pet Stock Association.
An act to authorize James era wford
and his associates TO erect and main
tain piers and booms in the ST. John
river in the town OF Grand Isle.
Resolve authorizing the land agent
to sell certain public lots in Walla-
grass and Eagle Lake plantations.
An act to regulate fishing in Shadow
pond so called in Squaw Mountain
10 NnSnlf', county Ol TIstdtdpuiS.
An act to amend section Al of chapter
4 OF the Revised Statutes relating to
lose time on Smelts.
Resolve making an appropriation for
he Passamaquoddy tribe Of Indians.
An act to authorize the county COM
nissioners of ArOostoOk county to Gre
ate a sinking fund for the purpose OF
,ayine the bonded debt of said |
county.
An act to amend section IL OF chap |
or loS Of the Revised Statutes relating |
o malicious mischief.
CONTINUED ON page ~
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Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington. f"b. -. Forecast: New
England. Fair Friday ana Saturday:
diminishing north winds.
Weather conditions and general fore
cast:
A disturbance Of wide extent and
tons;do rabie mercy is al parently CEN
tral over the Atlantic, Southeast Of
Halifax. The movement of this distur-
barcr has had the effect of checking
the eastward advance of the depression
central this morning north OF the Da-
kot:,s: Rain is probably Saturday in
Atia"tic coast districts. 1t will be
warmer in Northeastern districts. Thu
.inds ;i.ong III" Atlantic coast will be
mostly light north.
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HORRIBLE CRIME.
Mother Cuts Sons Throat
As He Is Asleep.
temporary Insanity Cause for
Terrible Deed.
Later She lnflicts Probably Fatal
Wounds On Her Own Person

Lawrence, Mass. Feb % ,,.,
Bridget Sheridan. aged AZ on, ber ,
"hlic ne was leep at their
'"' i ":iloW street early This
"."i mig IN tn" struggle that follow
co. SIC stabbed him in the back ana
cut ms neck again. Sha then cut III,
own throat DR. A. II. Cutter We en-,
h,"hed and when ne was annro,oh;,,..
me woman. she nad.. n fush !, Mn
ana attempted to stab him m,
Arbdued by III" ,,Olic. She was rome,
ei to the general hOsoifal in a cri,ioo,
condition. The 10y will Recover .r.,n,
Io.,iry insanity is assigned &C tho
cause. The deed was done with = ca,or
The woman has been suffering mem
tally in a mild way for a year ana ),
faF. Violence. However. lad NOT hen
feared.
While her husband. Edward Sheri-
"ah' M employ" of the Arlington mills
slTHt' th' woman got out Of bed and
taxing me razor entered the chamber
~ h'r son. VINO was between Is and I6
Years old. As he lay asleep the mo,har
made fright :ul gasn in his meek tho
cut beginning on the cheek and ending
on the shou'd.:. The laI awOke and
sprinsing from bed seized the razor
receiving severe Gu. across his fing
trs. He then started TO run out of The
room and the mother following. made
Another cash in his hack before he &C.
'ared. The husband Heard the distur
Dance and ascertaininr the cause. call
I'd physician and the police. When
these men arrived Ms. Sheridan rush
ed at them. still armed with the razor
hut the police Succeeded in subduiny
net. AFTER, while the doctor was at
tending to the toy's Wounds. she cut
her own throat. inflitting a wound
which the hospital doctors fear NAV
prove fatal, although the fact that the
physician who was attending her son
vas close at hand to are for her con-
trlbnteS tn her chances OF recovery.
Mrs. Bridget Sheridan. who cut her
sons throat with a razor Thursday
morning, and then slashcd her OWL. is
resting quite comfortably at the gen.
eral hospital and she has fair chance
OF recovering. Her son Martin will re-
cover.
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MILES WILL ANSWER.
Thinks Letter Published in Savannah
Press Offensive.

Boston Feb. 23.-"In my own good
way and in my own good time I shall
publish a Photographic copy Of the let
ter sen, to me by Mrs. Davis when her
husband was a prisoner at Fortress
Monroe"
This is Gen. Miles answer to Mrs.
Jefferson Davis demand. as written by
her to 4 Savannah paper. that Gen.
Miles publish any letter he has received
from her thanking him for his treat
ment of her husband. the President o:
the Confederate state Of America.
Gen. Miles continued 10 a reporter:
81 shall lot make any answer to Il
l.1ter Of such offensive character as
the one written by Mrs. Davis to the
savannah Iress. That is all will say
about This incident at this time"
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ALARMING REPORTS
Have Been Received in Constsntinople
Concerning Situation in Batoum.

t"nst2ntinople, Feb. % Extremely
alarming reports are current here con-
corning the Si.C1tioh at Batoum AMI
Pot:. 1t is alleged that some vessels OF
The Llack Sea squadron Hussian)
have Dombardcd Poti.
An English merchant who has lust
arrived here says he was obliged 70
ntt from Batoum, wne."r his life was
mehaced by strikers .nd his office de
stroyed. The merchant says the au-
tho:ltleS OF Baioum, ere powerless.
The strikers are all GtOrgians and are.
eStImated to number 10000.
The steamship lines fium CONSTANT
nopit 1" BatouIn have suspended SER
vice. a. 4
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MAINE A. o. U. W.
Hollis An Interesting Session at Lewis
ton-Officers Elected.

Lewiston. Ne. Feb. 1.-THE Grand
Lodge of Maine a. @. L. W. is in scs-
sion here with 81 delegates ana all The
grand officers.
One of II" most important questions
is ihe proposal 10 cleo; officers f0r two
Years instead of one year
The following officers were elected:
Grand master workman. Joseph b. Hall,
RanSor: past grand master ID. h. PhrEln
Daniorth: grand foreman. Edwin Stone.
Bidd"foru: grand overs1er George
l.ongley. Lewiston; grand recorder. Judge
A. G. Andrews. Augusta; grand RECEIVER
{. =. Roberts, Portland: grand guide W
u. faylle. Skowhrgfn: finance committee
r. NJ Fish. Halloween; Delegates to su-
preme conven ion, June. 1905 l.. NJ Sta
pies and Washington. and \. q. Andrews
of Augusta.
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Reports Of Committees.

Mr.. Simpson, for the committee on
Geit and shore fisheries. on report of
the commissioner on sea and shore
fisheries for the year 1904. report ed
that no legislation is necessary. Re-
port accepted.
MIR. Putnam. for the committee on
appropriations and financial affairs. on
Resolve in favor of the Waldo County
General Hospital" reported same in
new draft under same title and that il
ought TO pass. Report accepted.
Mr.. Topper, for the committee on
sea and shore fisheries, on bill. An act
authorizing the West Harbor Ice Com
rany to construct Il fish way and TO
Protect alewiVes in West HarhOr Ica
Pond ana its tributaries" reported
same ought to pass. Report accept
ed
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IN THE HOUSE.
River and Harbor Appropriation Bill
Discussed at Length.

Washington. Feb. a2.--WithOut dol
lar being added or subTr3cted. the river
and harbor appropriation bill passed
the House today. after the session had
run we'll into the evening. The total
amount carried by the hill is Sl1.23i.-
G57
Throughout the dag, the progress Of
the bill was imnedod by the Offering
Of amendments. hut only those pre-
Continued on page 80
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REPUBLICANS IN ELLSWORTH
Nominate Their Officers for the Comma
Election.

Ellsworth. Me, Feb. 23.-The Repub-
leans III caucus. tonight, Nominated
Or Alexander {. Hagerthv for 4 third
term as mayor and the present board
of aldermen for reelection All BY
unanimous vote
For the first time in many years the
Democrats held caucus and adjourn
cd without making nominations, the
placing of ticket in the field being re-
Terrell TO committee to renort AT Il
tut ure meeting.
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pEcNEcE AND WHiTEcAPPiNc.
Grand Jury Of Alabama Returns :
Number Of True Bills.

Montgomery Ala. Feb. o3.-The
Grand inry in the United States court
tor t,a middle district of Alabama. to-
dow r.norted number of true bills
charging Peonage and whitecapping.
s. D. May. sheriff Of crenshaw county.
VINO recently disappeared, was indicted
for peOnage.
,o.a hi failed 10 return an indictment.
I, is alleged that several Witnesses were
spirited.
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Headache Goes
PROMPTLY. L. F." Safe to Use.

Dear Sir;:-
have taken your Il. F" Bitters
I'F a good many years, and have al
Ways derived bcncIi from it.
Il Is uncqnalcd Tor headache and
I,'"'"ath trouble. also d;Sordered liver.
""d-d no: be without it in the house.
Yours respectfully.
r, MRS. JULIA y. COUSINS.
rn' >: 1904. East Blue Hill, Ne.
l.. i. Atwo0IS Bittcrs remove the
Ga"Se OF the headache. Don't take
u1'seFo"s powders that deaden the
'-'H '"I ioa"c the poison i'll the system
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A Brewer Nomination.

Brewer, Me-, Feb. 23.-Hadley c.
Clapp was nominated for MAYOR NJ tho
Republican caucus. tonight. by accla-
walton. there being no opposition. AIR.
Clapp will be the next mayor, as the
Democrats will place no candidate in
the field.
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ANOTHER DEADLOCK.
Republican Voters Fail to Nominate a
Candidate for Mayor.

Lewiston. Me. Feb. o3.-The second
Republican caucus held. tonight. to
nominate candidate for mayor re-
suited in another deadlock. neither OF
Iii" three candidates securing a major
ity of the votes. The c@ucus adjourned
until Friday night.