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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-02-26
robson OPERA HOUSE
0ht NIGHT ONLY
FEBRUARY 9th

TIE Kings and Queens of Com.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

''Now you are talking nonsense he cried. You
have known me some years. Surely you can trust
me-"
Yes, indeed, I have not forgotten your kind
words last night.
Yet YOU did not believe me- it seems. told
YOU not to bother your pretty head in the slightest
degree as to the future, and now l find a dlscon-
solate little maid to greet instead OF the lively
young party l expected to cheer my breakfast.
Please forgive me. l am so sorry /
No excuses. and no more tears. have ordered
breakfast for two. You viii oblige me by sitting
down and showing that your early morning III the
garden has not destroyed your appetite
You saw me, them
Who could help it. Even if the rose-trees had
hidden you, Mr. Warren's desperate anxiety to
overtake you would have revealed your where
abouts."
4 little smile brought a faint blush to her white
cheeks AT any rate I shall not lack friends,
she nlurmured
No, indeed" was the gruf comment and Edith
was surprised by Anglers emphasis.
What did Mr.. Warren say to manifest his
friendliness2" went on the lawyer.
She flushed still more deeply I ought to tell
YOU, I think she said, with hesItancy that did
not escape the keen cid eyes. Mr.. Warren has
asked me more than once Of late to marry him.
He renewed his proposal this morning.
And what was your answer? You are your own
mistress but l hope YOU VIII not refuse me your
confidence
WHY should I? I have very few friends, You
are the only person I speak to on such matter
I cannot help feeling grateful to Mr.. Warren, but
have told him that the present was no time for
such considerations.
In other words YOU did not decline the prof
fered honor2" The lawyer. from sheer force OF
habit. could scarce control the cross-eNarnining
ring OF his voice.
Again Edith looked her surprise. 4 found it
hard to be as decided in my answer as would have
been the case under different circumstances. Though
was not. perhaps, in the best of taste TO revert
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course am the exception that proves the rule In
any case YOU had better not listen any proposals
of marriage just at present. For all you can tell
Our dear old friend may have left you snug little
fortune; and though I know you too well to suppose
that monetary questions would influence YOU IN the
slightest degree vet experience has taught me that
in the first flush OF a bereavement women are apt
to attach an altogether exaggerated value to any
trivial act of kindness or expression OF SYM
pathy."
Il have the best of reasons for knowing that
have nothing to expect from Lord Arncliffe's
estate" SAID Edith, with a little smile. i
owe that dear old man even more than you can
guess. but it was thoroughly understood between
us that whatever benefits l was to receive would
be received during his lifetime.
What do YOU mean?" demanded the lawyer
sharply. Has Lord Arncliffe made any fresh viii
since | was here last!
why. no. l do not think so. But
Then don't talk nonsense, child. Look here.
I want YOU to send Mrs. Warren and her son, and
Simpson, Lord Arnclfe's valet here to me, and
OF course come back yourself,
Edith appeared little astonlshed, but rose
obedient1v to execute his wishes.
Left to himself Angler INDUCED in something
anDroacbing to an unhoIv chuckle. As we'll now
as later" he murmured And l think this viii
put a spoke in that ul-headed boobys wheel He
might have broken my neck, confound HIM The
old solicitor had never had an exalted opinion of
Harry Warren and the consolidating drive OF
the previous night had put seal to the instructive
dislike NO" continued Angler, with grim
smile, g. don't think shall hear any more OF
Master Harry Pretensions-
He took document from his breast-Pocket and
studied it with much satisfaction; and he was
still engaged in this pleasing task when the door
opened and Mrs Warren entered, impressive as
ever, followed by Edith and Simpson, the deceased
peers attendant
You wished to see me, sir said Mrs, Warren
I am sorry that my son is not in at present
"Oh, never mind his presence is not really neces-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

no trace of lassitude IN
The old LAWYERS appear
ance when he entered
the Mushroom next
morning
Mrs. Warren was there
10 greet him with her
stately curtSv. II which
q certain assertion Of her
OWN important position
IN the household was
Blended with recognition
Il one who had acted as
j. !. !. !. ): !. j" !: !. !" a
L9-d Arnc1lffe's legal - a
adviser and was his "a ~
trustee. HI
81 trust YOU are better
ans morning. Mrs War "a E
-er." SAID he cheerfullv. 8
You must not let his H
lorGships death depress
You 100 greatly. He was
an old man, YOU know. Ia It
old enough to make YOU -
and me feel quite youth
i'll
Death Is always ter
ribIe thing" she replied.
and its terror IS added "a
70 If there IS even sug
g-st.ou Of foul play"
Oh. that IS the last
thing YOU should think
OF Our poor friend was
slightly eccentric, Ell: It
Is probable that all these
disturbing -u-nOrs viii he
set At rest within the
next twentv-four hours
b the way, has Miss Holt breabf.
i do not know, Mr.. Angler.
VIII YOU ask her to favor me with h
IN any case. And-er-I might mer
am relegraphing to my wife to come her
bear the young lady company during
time In future. We three will take o.
gerher."
Mrs. Warren had the rare gift OF
questions She smiled pleasantly, an
herself with saving that she hoped
would tell her instantly if the servar
execute his commands. Many houseke
have wondered why Lord Arnclltte
tive should be 50 concerned about
of a GIRL who was only an arnAnuens
Warren INDUCED n any natural spt
the point. she uttered no word
from the room with a quiet jingle OF
arabic keys.
Soon Edith appeared. pale but dellgf
looking. wearing a black dress which
wonderful setting TO the sunllt glory o
tiful hair.
I could almost condemn YOU to We
-17s -a-r7a1-7de- OF -0r-r life Il becomes
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Forty ThOus-
and Pounds
q 7 ear

THOUGH Anglers
u rest had been dis
l \ turbed. there was
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to such a subject at such
a time, l cannot but ap-
preciate the kindness
which prompted a renew
al of his offer, However,
l do not think l shall
ever marry Mr.. Warren.
I should think not,
indeed It's like his con-
founded impudence to
suggest such a thing. He
must be an idiot"
Whatever her senti-
ments toward a declared
admirer. it is not in fem
mime nature for a girl to
regard as an idiot one
Who has given so con-
vincing a proof of his
intelligence as to be most
anxious to wed her. |
think you are rather IN
just, said Edith discon-
solately. After all, l am
a poor, friendless girl, and
although my feelings do
not permit me to accept
Mr., Warren's proposal, 1
should be none the less
grateful. l am sure his
only idea was to let me
know that | need not be
without a protector.
Fiddlesticks. When
YOU grow a little older,
my dear, you VIII learn
to regard all your fellow
creatures with suspicion.
Besides, how dare you
say you are friendless?
Doesn't a certain old
fogy named Angler count
for anything
You tell me to mis-
trust all my fe11ow-crea-
lures, retorted Edith
archly.
Ali That is more
like your old self. OF
-,g+ r,-,y-ac tho -r,1a II
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
INSURANCE

In the United States there are over S2O,OOOOOo,OOO Of
various kinds of life insurance in force. AT the present
time multitudes of policy holders have food for disquiet.
ing thoughts owing to the astounding revelations of graft
and extravaganza in the management Of the three larg-
est and nominally the most conservative companies in
the country. The policy holders in those three compa-
MES are disposed to be alarmed.
In the face Of the astounding exposures that have
been made. it is reassuring to note the absence of a rea-
so7sble belief that these three big concerns are about to
lose their stability. The most radical authority on insur-
ance has failed to predict ruin of the companies or the
policy holders. The companies have been bled. The
reason it has not been felt is that the companies are enor-
mously wealthy. So wealthy, in fact, that it is hard to
realize. Under the mutual plan of life insurance, the
policy holder is entitled to a helping from this vast mere
ment, but he has been satisfied with the mere fact of the
companies solyency. He has been content to see the
surplus increase as a reinforcement of their solvency.
The very unwiediness of this surplus has made extrava-
gance and graft easy for the officers.
Restitution should be forced of all that has been d.
verted from the policy holder. The tone and temper of
the present agitation indicates that it will be forced. AS
it now stands, the situation is not one to precipitate a
panic among policy holders. In some ways it is reassur-
ing. 1t is fortunate that the exposure, though delayed
came at a time when it can insure the integrity Of the
great bulk Of the SURPRISES and reform the stewardship
thereof
Among them, the New York Life Insurnce company,
the Equitable Life Assurance society and the Mutual Life
Insurance company have over $4,500y 100000 worth of in.
surance in force. Every cent of this is more than paid
for by itself under the rates in force in those companies.
1t amounts to the policy holder simply piltng up his
money in the companies treasures to have it paid to
him at his death, and this money reinvested provides an
income for the companies so ample that millions skinned
from it have not weakened it vitality. These three compa-
MES have gross assets, according to their reports-and
these reports cannot be much magnified-of over ST.
600 OO0, 600
The total number of policy holders in these three
companies is about 100000. Every one of them has
probably wondered whether his investment is safe.
There is no doubt that it is, and there is even the OPP
portunity to make the present scandal in life insurance
turn out a blessing, which may take the form Of direct
control of the affairs of the companies by the policy hold
ers, the institution of immediate instead of deferred dfvi-
dends, a large reduction of the rates, government super
vision, publicity, restoration of plundered funds and sharp
and heavy penalties for future offenses. l
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
WESTERN TRAVEL HEAVIER
THAN FER MANY YEARS

Travel to the Pecos valley and
southern California under the home
seekers excursions which are run by
the Santa Fee on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month, is nov at its
height, Never before has the Santa
Fe carried as many of these home
seekers. While these excursions COM
meme on Tuesdays, the rush does not
begin to 20 through Albuquerque I'M
til Thursday and Friday nights.
All of the regular trains on the
Santa Fe have to put or additional
cars to handle the crowd and last
night trains Nos. l and Z were crowd
ed to the doors with people from the
east and middle west who are taking
advantage of the unusually low rates
to so and look over lands in the south
west that are being reclaimed. As
the result Of the heavy travel on last
nights trains both were many hours
ate, No. 1 not reaching here until
midnight. while No. Z did not arrive
until > o'clock this morning.
A good many of the hOmeseekers
travel i'm style, for they are the
guests of some big land companies
that are interested in the development
of the new country and the company
furnishes them with Pullmans. both
standard and tourist.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
POLICEMAN MARTINEZ
OF SANTA FE SH0T
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE RICARDO
ALARID INFLlcTs A SERIOUS
WOUND WITH REVOLVER.

Tuesday evening about 3 o'clock,
people along .1wer san Francisco
street, Santa be-. were startled by tne
crack of a revolver and the yelling
of a number of men. The cause of the
disturbance was the shooting Of City
Policeman Camille Martinez by Jus
tice of the Peace Ricardo Alarid.
Both men, be-. ween whom bad blood
existed, had engaged in some argu-
ment, the justice using a number Of
vile names i'm reference to the officer.
Martinez then 'ulned to arrest Alarid,
when the latter pulled a six shooter
from his pocket and fired point blank
at him. The bullet entered the body
of the officer. just above and to tho
left of the navel. Martinez was also
struck severa' times over the head.
Henry Alarid, a nephew of the JUS
tice of the peace, then came upon the
scene and prevented any further shoot
ing, and iueZ escorted Ricardo
Alarid to the Jail. After placing the
mar under lock and key, Martinez
walked to the office Of DR.. J. NJ. DiaZ,
where his wounds were dressed, the
bullet being taken out about six inches
from where it entered and on the left
side, a rib having DETECTED the orig
inal course. AIarid was released from
the Jail Tuesday evening, upon $500
bond to appear before Justice of the
Peace Jose Nh. Garcia, on Saturday
morning, for a preliminary hearing on
the charge Of assault to kill. DR.. Diaz,
with his excellent APPLIANCES for such
cases, dressed the wounds of Mar
tinez in twenty minutes and sent. the
wounded man to his home. He says
that the wounds will heal quickly
and that nothing of a serious nature
will result. The city physician made
an official examination Of the wounds
and concurred in the diagnosis of Dr..
DiaZ.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
TERRITORY DUCK HUNT.
ING GOOD THIS SEASON

The cool weather of the past two
weeks has brought thousands of ducks
to the lakes and small steams of
New Mexico and hunters are having
great sport. There is better duck
shooting in the fall in the territory
than at any other time. At this sea
son the ducks alight on the small
lakes and ponds and hang around the
valleys along the Rio Grande. Out OF
the big ranches the. e are many ponds
or tanks as they are called by the
cattlemen. These are artificial lakes.
The ducks alight on them by the
hundreds al night and take flight
early the next morning. The hunter
who gets up before daylight and goes
to these tanks is usually rewarded
with some good shooting and a nice
bag of game. 1t is reported that the
lakes in the vicinity of Bernalillo are
literally alive with ducks, and a num-
Der of local sportsmen are making
nightly trips there and they never fail
to return with a bag of from twenty
five to fifty ducks.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
OLD SOLDIER MAKES APPEAL
OR MILDLY cRITIcISES ROOKIE.
FELLER'S TEN MILLIONS TO Ed
UCATION,

The Citizen is in receipt of the fol
lowing circular letter from the Sol
diers' Home, Los Angeles county, Cal,
written by II. Hansen:
Brother Rockefeller's donation to
education is grand and Cody. 1t
shows a desire to help the young sons
and daughters to a better life. He is
an honest man in an honest business.
All the time the whiskey trusts and
whiskey parties have tried their best
to smilch and muddy his character
and have failed. But he should, with
his donations, make the contract that
these educated organizations should
teach godliness, good morals and
warnings in all of their school books
as to the dangers in life, and how to
avoid them. For, as it is now, and
has been all along, our schools and
colleges have very strictly left out
all goodness and all good morals ana
all honest business, and no warnings
as to the dangers of life and how to
avoid them, so that all of our jails
and states prisons are full of the ed
.ucated sons, and our nation is now
full of educated drunkaTds and Grim
inals.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
WHAT DO ALL WORLDLY
CONDITIONS SIGNIFY?
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Wealth and glory, place and power,
What are they worth to me and you?
For the lease of life runs out i'm an hour,
And death stands ready to claim his due.
Sounding honors or heaps Of godJ
What are they all when all is told?
A pain or pleasure. a smile or tear,
What does It matter what we claim?
For step from the cradle into the bier,
And a careless world goes on the same.
Hours of ~gladness or hours of sorrow,
What does it matter to US tomorrow?
Truth of love or vow of friend
Tender %caresses or cruel sneers-
What do they matter to us in the end?
For the brief day dies and the long nights near
Passionate kisses or tears Of gan,
The grave will open and cover them all.
Homeless vagrant or houored guest.
Poor and humble, or rich and great
Are all racked with the worlds unrest,
All must meet the common fate.
Life from childhood till we are old,
What is it when all is told?
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
sAFErY

The travel of the president through the south has
raised in some minds the question of our chief magts-
trate's safety, both at home and abroad. On this subject
an exchange says that the answer to the question wheth-
er the American president is properly guarded, depends
on what is meant blythe expression.
Continental methods have not been copied in protect
ing him. He does not ride in a bomb proof car and his
meals do not pass through the hands of a royal faster.
Nor in HIS private Office is Mr.. Roosevelt without wea-
pons. About six feet from the chair which he occupies
when at his working desk, standing in a corner near one
ed. In another corner of the room, apparently for orna-
mental purposes, is an old-fashioned flint Flock musket,
which 'clubbed' would be a nasty weapon in a handto-
hand s~crimmage. One of the desk drawers could, on oc-
casion, no doubt yield up a seTviceable revolver. And
then there are chairs, which, in a rough house affair,
can be used to advantage. This is all over and above the
regular precautions of a few secret service guards. In ad-
dition the president is known as a handy man. with his
fists, and an awkward man in a row,-as the late John
Hay said of Jim Bludso. Then, as far as proper precau-
tons are concerned, it would seem that they have been
taken. Beyond that the welfare of the president must
be trusted to a sane, loyal, law-abiding, levelheaded peo.
pie.
And really, after all, there is where the safety OF
any of our presidents truly lies. One was assassinated
in the boiling heat of a civil war. when a frenzied fool
imagined himself as the avenger of the defeated section.
The other two cases were where death was caused by
madmen. Such cases may occur again, but they are not
likely; and it is only, against the possibility of another
such case that the president must be protected.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
U EASTERN

Homer L. Castle, prohibition candidate for superior
judge, in Pennsylvania, must be one of those castles about
which one reads so frequently-castles in the air. For
some reason, probably known to himself though not APP
parent on the face of it, this candidate seems especially
anxious to mix up the Enterprise bank failure, Senator
Andrews, the Pennsylvania Development company, and
the Santa Fe Central railroad, with his political can
vass.
He flatly contradicts Senator Andrews and the other
Pittsburg directors of the Santa Fe Central With this
point, at present, The Citizen has nothing to do other
than to say that If he comes no nearer to stating the
truth on that point than he does on what he says about
the Santa Fe Central, wouldbe Judge Castle is so high
in the air he Will never come down. Here is what the
dispatches represent him as saying:
do you know what the Santa Fe Central railway
is? Where II begins and where it ends? / can tell you.
1t begins at one collection of shanties, known as An
drews, and it runs TO another collection OF shanties,
known as Torrance; and this is the proposition on which
the statements of the Enterprise banks officers show
that 100000 Of the $4,000 of state deposits was loan
ed"
OF course, Castles Islander of the Santa Fo Contra
can do no harm here in New Mexico. where the enormiJy
of his fabrication is well known; but il may do evil in the
east. However. Senator Andrews today telegraphed The
Citizen, in reply 20 this papers telegram to him, that al
arrangements for building the Albuquerque Eastern wer,
made (before the suicide OF Treasurer Clarke and the
senator was sure it will be done,
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
THE POWER OF A POEM
Tho READ IN A PAPER

After reading a poem by Miss Laura NJ. Ford, who
has been dubbed by her friends the Germantown Poetess
of Passion" w. Foster Smith, a wealthy farmer of Bucks
county, Pennsylvania, fell in love with the author. AS
a result the pair will be married October 2S. The poetic
arrow used by Cupid was entitled "To a Farmer The
first stanza read:
Ho, We farmers, hearkenl hearken!
Wouldst a thrifty helpmeet WOO?
Listen, then, for here's a maiden
You may win if you will sue.
She is fair and bright, and rudy
Like a rose in summer time.
She has known full thirty summers,
But her charms are in their prime.
She has virtues rare and many,
She has graces rich and sweet.
And you ne'er would want another
Once this maiden you should meet.
Upon reading thus far Mr.. Smith laid down the pa
per. His eyes stared through the window out upon his
broad estates, but he saw neither the window nor the es-
tates. Mr.. Smith was meditating.
Here 1 am, % he thought, "a midd.e-aged scotchman,
with a scientific education and money. | have retired to
spend the rest OF my days in peace and comfort and l
have no wife. need a wife. I've ben forced to admit
that for a long time. Here's a girl who can write fine
poetry and she wants to marry a man just like me. She
says she's pretty and attractive. | wonder if she can
cook?"
Mr.. Smith picked up the farm journal and read the
second verse. 1t answered his question as tersely as il
the writer had been there and had overheard his re-
mark; ..LHE.
She can cook the choicest viands,
Bake the .lightest bread and cake;
Finest coffee, jams and jelies,
Pies and pudding She can make.
She can fashion neatest garments,
Missing buttons know no place,
For her deft and nimble fingers
Never leave of these a trace.
'"Thats fine" said Mr.. Smith, but maybe she would
MT have me-
He was inclined to feel much cast down about this,
but when he read the last few lines of the last verse his
doubts were dispeled:
You have purse strings rather lengthy,
Which would open at her will,
Then, good farmer, you think doubtless,
You're the one to fill the bill.
BY George" exclaimed Mr.. Smith, shaping his knee,
III do it" and he sat down at his desk and dashed off a
note TO Miss Laura NJ. Ford. the poetess.
1t isn't necessary to recount ali the details of the
romance that followed. Suffice to say, the invitations are
out.
Miss Ford lives with her widowed mother and for
twelve years has been employed by the New York Mutual
Life Insurance company.
Miss Ford regards "To a Farmer" her best effort,
which might be natural.
Cupid shot his darts at me several times before
said Miss Ford, This is the first javelin that flew true
We are both of the sam poetic temperament.
Il only received s. for that poem, but | was paid with
something else that was priceless to me."-Denver News.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-20
Hopeful Outlook.

Tide of immigration has at last turned toward the
southwest and New Mexico may as well get ready for
such an era of prosperity as she has never yet experience
ed. The half Of the story of the territory's natural re-
sources has never yet been told. This favored land is al
ready known 10 be rich in possibilities N all lines of ag-
riculture, stock raising, mining and manufacturing, but
every day the wonder grows. The right kind Of people
and the necessary capital are coming this way, aud the
next few years will see a gratifying development here I'm
all lines of industry-Socorro Chienatn.