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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

How quaint her hunor, the echo of remembered
tune! She had nursed all OF the Colonels children
had nursed even the old himself. To the
latter-day children she sang song, about the
"Hog-Eye Man
Oh de hog-eve man he died long ago.
Erway back yander in de slavery time,
An his body's asleep whar de cotton woods grow,
An his soul is jedged ercordin ter his crime
Oh hope dat de Lawd has fergbben his sins:
An know Mars Jesus amt denied him smile,
Fer he sung ter de chillun, an song
In de mussy O de Savor-wen it's sung ter er chile.
Old Simon did not blow his flute in the daytime,
and so this gave him opportunity for gallantry, and
his galantry his repeated proposal of marriage
to Nanny Rachel An now look var" he said
one day. EFF you'll marry me, I'll blow dat flute all
de time
"Yas," she laughed "you'se like de bird dat sing
ter his mate while de mate do all de work. knows
you, Simon.
"No, you doan know me well ernuf, Gaze if you
did you'd be my blushin' bride"
Look var, man, how many blushln brides has
you had, fust an LAST"
Now, look var yose'f, lady. Wy you all de
time want ter go off inter rithmetc? Amt yo'
got no consolation fur er man o grief? Eff | has
had er good many wives, it showed dat de ladies
had confidence in me, an eft dey wuz tuck erway,
it showed dat de Lord loved EN-
Let me see, said Nanny" "dar was Emerns
an Sue an Jane"
'Hol on! 1t amt right ter remind me O all dat
grief In dis worl it's woman's place ter make er
happy. An whut's de use o you Twin var by
yose'f? Now you marry me an come on down to
my house. No, I'll come up var an live wild you,
an | kin sell my house Do it hit you in de hearth?
NO Simon Gaze eff l married yo' an you come
up var it peer like Miss Virginia wouldn't be
free ter come var an stay wild me, er stenin' ter
de tales O de long ago-about de day wen dat
fine sgenerman come from off yander an married
my sweet young mistress. her mother An laws
er massy! want da happy fur y ars an y'ars-till
de summons fur EN- bof! An wen Miss
Lucy she wuz her death-bed, she says ter me.
she say: 8" Nanny" Rachel, de white folks is good
ernuff in dar own way, but want you to look after
my little Virginia you has looked after me-
"An so it has been-de chile CROWN up wild
her white arms aroun dis black neck, lovin me
wild all her beautiful heart; an now she is de
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

childhood-then to you must we all of
us bow our heads.
Old Rachel lived alone, this poetic
past on the crumbling verge of the
present Out into the tempest of the
world had gone her children, to be
tossed, to be heard of no more; but
here she lived as in the olden day,
loving the world and worshiping God.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
b y O p / Z r Z A d
Author of "A kentucky Colonel The Starbucks.'
The Jucklins." up Terrapin


made visible. The country does not
merely lie about, it Tolls, and the farm
house, old and messed, appears as if it
too had come from the sprouting and the growth
of a seed. All the mingled parts of
dream reverie of gentle reproach against the greed
and the strife which the Fastening among
call the progress of the world
For one who had never taken up life burden,
for one weary of the gnarls and wnd-shakes of
business, how sweet merely to breathe here amid
the flowers, within the circle of this stwreath!
On still day when Nature seemed to hold her
breath the keen of ear sometimes boosted that they
could distinguish the whistle of a railway train far
beyond that mystic line, the horizon; but these
boosters the breakers of the idols of peace
youthful and adventurous spirits longing to engage
in the warfare of commerce. Those of the olden-
time the silvery of head, resented the whistle of
steam, the shrek of demoniac hurry-living on
from day to day, thankful for the soft and SYM
pathetic air. Age has taught that the tenderest
part of life is a dream" said the old Colonel And
if this be true, let us dream our little longer in
quiet There will remain time enough to mar this
river with mill
And then spoke the who had come bust
ness But, sir, | bring opportunity. l will pay
a good price for your land and this sawrnill-'
My dear sir" the Colonel broke in please
don't speak of sawmils. And don't tell me that
l sitting here blocking the progress of the
world The world is going to be here a good
while, sir-everything points to this probability
out my stay must De snort. you know that
old man lives in the past. And it great pleasure
to look back and to the surroundings of my
past almost unchanged-the river with it's
song, the same birds, the old negro sitting at
night the roof of his cabin blowing the moon
beams through his flute. Such things are not for
sale
And thus it the past ever beneath the
immediate eye, with disturbing future in sight
nothing except the years gone by, golden hinged
to the minute that
The Colonel had spoken of negro who sat
the roof of his cabin, blowing his flute. 1t old
Simon. He always began to play at the first peep
of the moon, and it then that the bird deep in
the shadow, unmuffled his lyric brought from
the daytime, sweets taken from the FEAST
and 1t was then too that the great frog amid the
rank rrshes "Wagnered" his notes upon the air
all aroused by old Simon, who blew the first of the
moonbcams through his flute No matter how
cloudy the night, the neighbors always knew when
the moon was rising, for there the music of
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ship, soft laughter
evolved out of a
groan, the tender
est motherhood
without perhaps
having been a mo-
Their, the sweetest
of love because it
was unselhsh-the
black nanny"
Ali they say that
in raiment of glory
the souls of the just
and the pure walk
upon the streets not
made by hands.
Then to you, great
est one because you
loved the most and
were humblest in
the sight of the
Lord-then to you,
sweet melody of af-
fiction, thou saint
ed one of MANY a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

THERE is many
a river that
lives in song,
but this river lives
only in the song
that it sings itself.
Far from the clock
timed toll of man,
this river is in the
day a ribbon raveled
from the sun, in the
night a sister to the
Milky Way. It's
pebbles, white and
blue and amber, are
like the eggs of the
birds that sing along
the shore-sing with
low and drowsy
sweetness in the
noontime when
Nature takes her
dazzled doze, sing
in rehearsal of riot
o1Ic oDera when the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
MOUNTAIN BANDITS
SURRENDER To. SHERIFF.
All Of the blind Tiger" Gang in
Custody But Leader Frank
Ball.
(By Associated Press

KNOXVILLE, TENN, November s.
a special from Middlesboro, Ky, brings
news that all the rIngleadcrs in the trou-
Bile In that city have been arrested w..n
the exception OF Frank Ball, and 1t is
announced that ne will come in and give
himself UP to the authorities In a short
time. The members Of the gang who
are now In custody, are Shelby Ball, his
son, Riley, Jim Stewart and Pete Gulley.
Riley Ball. who is only sixteen years Of
age, but who led the gang that defended
the "blind tiger against the militia sun
day, was the first to be taken into GUS
tody, Ills arrest was prearanged Tues
day night, and this morning he sur-
rendered to Sheriff Elliott Johnson and
&C. D. Ball, his uncle
This afternoon Shelby Ball went to
FineyIlle, KY. the county seat, sur
rendered. and is now In jail there.
stewart and Guley were arrested at Cum
berland Gap Tenn, by Sheriff Greene,
of Claiborne county. They had ridden IN
to shoot the town up In Nre western
style, on Tuesday afternoon, 81 and
promised to return Wednesday morning,
The sheriff was notified and after
deputizing several citizens, prepared for
their arrival When they came they rode
into the sheriff's trap, were Quietly dis
armed and arrested.
d. posse headed By sheriff Johnson, Of
Bell county, rode into the mountains
this afternoon In search of Will Burch
and Neil Daniels. two other members
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Messrs George b. Wilson, Ion waller.
stein and John b. Mezgor, Of Rich
mond No final action was taken by the
association itself. decision being left. as
alrcndy indicated, to the Executive Com
nittee, which yesterday held further
conference with the gentlemen from Bal
timore and Norfolk, with the result
stated
Among those present at the Tuesday
night meeting were w. j. Carter and S.
D. Buck, of Baltimore: Mcssrs. Rawlings
and Conrad, nt Norfolk: Colonel 10 Lane
Stern and Mcssrs. j. w. Young, s. M.
Black, Randolph Holiday, John 9.
Metzgcr y. r. Harrison, George z.
Pcnder, George Wilson, w. NJ. Hill. Fl
s. Binswanger. letter Jones, Waller Hol-
laday, Bache, Chambers, Brown. Francis,
Nealc, Bowers, MoBain, Shunlan, Cole
man freeman, Woodhn, Antrim, Chal-
mers wallcrstein. Terrell. Laird, Flem-
ing, Armitage. Craig, Seaton, Brady,
Grymes Stokes I,andstreet, Bell We'll
cher Jones, Kessee, Fairbank md
Dance, all OF Richmond.
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no longer be any necessity, If, indeed, j

no longer be any necessity, II, indeed, II
ever existed. ~
It was Inadvertently stated in this
paper yesterday that the Democrats car
rlcd every precinct In Richmond, save
one, that being the Fourth Monroe. rms
was a mistake. 1t was the Third Henry
that went Republican, y
This was one of the few elections IN
Richmond when every precinct save one
went Democratic. but the result was not
an unnatural one, for the 'dehorned
darkey" OF whom Mr.. Glass spoke mere
the other night, had passed into. situa-
ton, however. reluctantly, where ne
could render no assistance.
Mr., Swanson to Rest.
Governor.elect Claude A. Swanson was
IN Iynchburg last night. on his way TO
some quiet fishing grounds IN Virginia
10 rest after the arduous toils or ms
two hard-fought campaigns which led
him to tho goal Of his LIES ambition.
long distance talk with Virginia's
rext executive left the Impression that
he is in a very happy frame Of mind,
and that he intends to devote all the
energies OF his vigorous young life to
the best interests OF his people for the
next four years
Mr.. Swanson did not care to talk for
publication further than to say he was
very proud of the. victory achieved by
his party. and that he would never for
get the people for their kindness md
loyalty to his aspirations
Mr. Swanson did not say at what point
he proposed to recuperate and 1t Is pre-
suned that he desires to be free from
cares and calls until he shall have thor
oughly rested from the long Siege through
which he has 1uSt passed.
1t is understood that Mr. Swanson VIII
attend the opening OF the Fifty-nlnth
Congress to which he was elected last
fall and that he Will not resign his seat
until Just prior to his inauguration as
Governor. which will be on February i.
1905
Who Will Succeed Him,
Proceeding upon the theory. 4 hat Mr..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09

Swanson would be elected Governor,
Democratic leaders have spent good
deal OF speculation as to his probable
successor in Congress. but SO far as Is
known It Is an open fight. with no nyowed
candidates. f Judge II. w. Saunders, or
Franklin, will consent to run. he Will
have no Democratic opposition.
The brilliant jurist and erstwhile
speaker of the House. however, has not
indicated a desire to retire from tho
bench even for Congressional honors and
1t Is not known that his friends can pre-
vail upon him to do So With Swanson
out, 1t Is not speaking dlspangingly OF
any to say that Judge Saunders Is per-
haps the strongest and most popular
public man in the "I3loody Fifth"
If Judge Saunders runs for Congress,
two able lawyers are mentioned to wear
the ermine he Will throw off as circuit
judge, One is former Senator u. j. Har-
vcy. of Patrick, and the other Mr.. VIM.
Leigh. OF Danville. Either viii makeE
according to his friends. an admirable
circuit Judge. And II Judge Saunders
prefers to remain on the bench, an alter
native proposition will arise as to which
or two gentlemen shall run to succeed
Mr.. Swanson
Senator Harvey. hitherto mentioned and
Hon. j. NJ, Hooker, OF Patrick. have
both felt the buzzing liof Congressional
bees above their bonnets. 1put. they ARE
law partners. and Will snqt oppose ono
another, 1t would mean that one Or the
other would run, and that perhaps n
Danville man and Hon. w, u. GraYely,
OF Henry. might enter the lists.
Cussing the Dog Law.
u am not going to vote to-day" said
a white man at one Of tho precincts OF
a nearby county to an election officer on
Tuesday, The citizen In question re-
peated his declaration several times, as
though he desired to engage the judges
In conversation. u am not going to
vote, say, for either party" ne went on.
I've got my poll taxes paid, and I'm
registered, too, but Inns pots goislg ito
vote" s5..,,S ~ /. t,se
Elnaly one Of the oillcprss asked /, Why
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
Even Money, Hearst Elected.
(By Associated Press

NEW YORK, November Sin the COM.
mercial district practically all bets mads
on Mcclellan will be held UP pending
developments. Conservative estimates
make tho amount wagered on Mcclellan
al not less than 100000, while probably
half that much was bet on Jerome,
few Jerome bets were cashed this
morning, but the shareholders have DE-
cided not to pay the bulk Of the Jerome
money until the official count 10 IN. Bets
on Mcclellan may be held up indefinitely.
or at least until the courts decide the
contest A broker to-day offered to bet
$1,000 that the official recount would
show that Hearst had been electsA
Mayor,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
BURNED TO DEATH
IN LODGING HOUSE
(By Associated Press. )

Fl Il KANSAS CITY, MO. Nov. s,--One per-
son was burned to death, two We're fatally
burned, and one waa serious burned IN
a fire which destroyed q rooning house
at 1921 Grand Avenue to-day. The dead:
Charles Tanzey; fatally burned, Mrs. Tess
Burkhardt. and unidentified man; serious
.ly burned, unidentified man.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
Sales Light Yesterday

4 The tobacco sales yesterday We're rathg
day before, though they are better than lase
week. slockoe warehouse sold about $500
Crensfaw, 1900 pounds. light sales are CT
pected again to-day. as the damp weather
Necessary for seasoning the week has not ~
Il The sales to-day VIII take place as tollow.l
FIRST Crenshaw; second. Sheburne; tht0s
Stonewall,t and fourth, Shockoe. ts 55t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
Thorp to Referee.

For the game with William and Mary College
on Saturday next Manager Carver, OF the Rich
mond College team, has secured the services
of Mr., Thomas u Thorpe, Of the University
wide notoriety BY reason OF the objection made
BY ~ President Alderman to HIS playing on ne
,Thorp Is famous player especially as a
tackle. and was lately. CAPTAIN Of the Column
bia University football team. He Is at this
University.
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he would decline to exercise this high
right Of citizenship, and tho quick reply
was, dog law" They make a man pay
as much tax on his dog now as he has TO
pay on himself, and 1t Is wrong.
~ am not going to vote for people TO
make laws to tax my dog" And with
this the citizen shamblcd off mutterlng
to himself concerning the alleged injus-
tees of the law.
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Federal Matters.

From Our Regular CORRESPONDENTS
/, WASHINGTON, p. G., November g.
North Carolina rural routes ordered es-
,ahlished January LIST: Cedar Greek. Cum
iand county i1a: , route population 46i,
route |, population AGO. houses So; iron
Station, Lincoln county, route i. popi,ln.
Non $40. houses l24. " N
) Joseph T. Richardson appointed rerlL
lar n. F. TRAILER. substitute. rural 4 "a n
.rier, route ]. at Benaja, NJ c, ~ w
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
Henriico Wedding.

A marriage license was issued In Hsa.
rico county yesterday to Mr.. Floyd J,
Brown and Miss Samantha Montague
Netherland, The pride-t be Ia the daugh,
ter of Mr.. and Mrs, w. II. Netherland,
and is quite popular in the neighboT.
hood In which sho resides. Mr.. Brov1
is an upholsterer In Richmond.
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of the gang. The arrests and confins-
tment in jail of 4le men, for all VIII %
taken tonight to- Pineyille BY soldiers
and officers, greatly relieves the sltua-
ton here The torch was applied to the
blind tiger in which the desperate n.en
battled with the soldiers last Sunday.
and 1t has been destroyed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-26
MEASLES ARE EPIDEMIC.
About Fifty Families Afflicted in Nit.
Pleasant

Mt Pleasant May 25--This city has an
epidemic Of measles For the past
month The disease has been here, begin
ming before the public schools closed.
While no one was aware of the fact at
The time. some child attended school
while sick with the disease. Soon aft
erward cases began breaking out here
and there over town. and they have
continued 20 come until now there are in
thE nelsnhurhoOd OF sixty families with
children sick with the disease In nearly
an OF them more than one case exists.
and I'm the one that has been reuOTtpd that
Of Joseph Secly- there are six little ones
Down with it, In the family of Andrew
Romero there are five cases The city
aHLn"TtteS are uUarantininE All the cases
-Iid are doing all that can he done to
prevent II spreading further but so far
tneIr efforts have been of bat little avail
tlir OF Two cases have been reported
where pneumonia has stricken the child
while sick with the measles and a serious
case has developed. In ain other cases
The disease y in MILD form and SO far
no fears arc felt of immediate results
Little Ruth Candland. the four-yCar-oId
Daughter of Hon W d. CandIaud mem
Der OF the senate land board has been
II. critical condition for the past ten
days as the result of an attack Of drop
- Larry lu the present week the at
tending physician despaired of her sur
wing more than 90 few hours hut sna
revived and since has been lowering be
tween lie ana death
Several people of this city went TO Man
u TO-DAY 10 attend the funeral of Miss
Iieien Lowry of that city, who died i'm
Salt Lake MONDAY morning. her death
being the result of an operation undergone
al hospital there Miss Lowry was a
resident Of this city "a couple Of years
ago
At the county examinations. held in
lHlS city last week eVcrE member Of the
EIduuallng class OF Jhe Local. schools
PASSED successfully the class numbering
thirty-one. the largest ever known in
the history Of the city or the county. The
graduating exercises were held Tuesday
evening before large crowd Of people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-26
STATE NEWS.
COUNCIL IN EXTRA SESSION.
Hear Discussion for and Against
GRANTING Telephone Franchise.

Park City. May 25--The extra session 5,oLl
Of the council. held last evening, cdlled
for the purpose Of allowing a Hea ILLS
OF the two sides OF the tele-iioliS 0Oii
panies met with a fun board
Mr. Wallace and Mr.. Fmnimore OF Satt
Lake represented the Rocky Mountain 4lll
Bell Telephone company IN snort
speeches. explaining their Side OF Clt
question why the Utah Independent Iele-
phone company should not be granted
The fact that Park City men were
stockholders in the company was present
ed 10 the council and figures galore were
given in favor Of the Bell company
Ex-Governor Wells. Mr.. Harris ana
Mr.. LOckhart APPEARED for the indepeh-
dent company and made remarks on the
Mr.. Harris went into detail, assuring
the Bell representative that the com
panv has money enough to get along and
promised the Bell company that they
would duplicate every line the Bell
owned.
The final vote on the franchise matter
will be taken Wednesday evening May
81, at the regular meeting of the city
council
The funeral ARRANGEMENTS Of H Ben
Hampton who was killed at the Silver
King mine Wednesday morning. have al
most been completed and 1t is almost
certain that the remains VIII be taken 10
salt Lake Friday afternoon where pTl-
Vate funeral viii be held from the home
Of his father.
Last evening the regular meeting of
lodge No. r and 4. N was held. Work
was done in the NJ. VI. degree and one
candidate was raised. After the regular
work some very dainty refreshments were
served and a good time enjoyed by an
The final eNamina lions Of tho Park City
schools viii be held next week and the
schools viii close Friday. June ,
The commencement exercises Of the
Park CITY High school viii be held i'm
the Dewey theatre Monday evening. when
Inc following students Will receive their
diplomas Miss Rose Barnicott Miss
Pcarie Snyder. Miss Maggie Wilson Nj
Charles Carpenter and Mr.. Arnold Smith.
John DunSmore returned home TO Park
this morning
Mr. and Mrs H. Z Wright were among
the morning arrivals from Salt Lake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-26
NEW LIGHT PLANT AT PARK
Summit Electric Company Prepares
to Get Down to Business
at Once.
Especial to The Herald.)

Park City. May 5-The first of the
work of the new electric light company
which Park City is 10 have in the near
future, is completed and the articles Of
Incorporation are now made and filed
with the clerk of Summit county.
At the time OF the application there
WIS much talk OF the matter and the
idea OF putting in "A new electric light
plant, which IL was admitted BY all was
q very necessary thing. was TO certain
extent ridicuiod by the knowing ones.
However, at this time, the moving spirits
OF the enterprise have begun to act and
IL d very short time II Is promised, the
new company Will be making heddWay
fl Park CITY, and the work Of installing
its plant viii be taken up at once so
HAT the requirement that the company
gin work and CXpend Sl,ug, within six
months VIII have been COInphed with and
The new company viii be furnishing light
u. the citizens within q comparatively
short time.
Sll40O0, which amount is divided into a
capitalization of stock amounting TO 10
90 shares with par value OF $40 per
snare Fifty-one per cent OF the stock
has 10 be issued 10 the stockholders and
the remainder left in the treasury to be
sold under direction OF the board of di-
Tectcrs-
The incorporators Of the new company
are Henry Shields. OF Park CITY; w. f
Snyder. g o Eilingwood and Gideon
Snyder all Of SAT- Lake.
The life of the company Incorporation
is lO9 years and its principal place of
business Is Park City. Utah, and is to be
known as the Summit Electric company.
Officers Of the new company are ". F.
Snyder president Henry Shields, vice
president. @ O. EllingWOOd, secretary
nd treasurer. and these three officers
with r j. Raddatz and Gideon Snyder
,dorm the board of directors
There is no question but that the ven
~IUre viii meet with earnest support from
the citizens, for while the old company
has always given light, neat and power
there seems to be nothing in the world
which seems to improve the service of
Rny commercial enterprise like COmpeti-
zion does.
Another feature Of the new company
which viii greatly appeal TO Park Cftv
) the fact that the new company is 10
furnish power for hosting purposes and
general work which is now done only in
this camp by steam The reduced price
Of working which such power is bound 10
insure viii greatly encourage mining on
eTstiOns in Park City. and many pros
poets. which are now unwOrked and IN
developed on account of the heavy ex-
penss necessitated by having tOl use
steam power for sinking shafts, will he
opened and operated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-26
DIAMOND COAL.

Sold only by Citizens Coal company.
Removed 10 153 s Main Phone 49.