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doing at Mawson's? What should We
do, Mr. Holmes? Tell me what to do
I'VE must wire to Mawson's.
'-They shut at 12 on Saturdays.
Never mind. There may be some
doorkeeper or attendant
''Ah yes. they keep a permanent guard
there on account of the value OF the Sc
curities that they hold. I remember
hearing it talked of in the { ry.'
Very good we shall wire to him.
and see if all is well, and if a clerk of
your name is working there. That is
clear enough: but what is not 50 clear
is why at sight of US one OF the rogues
should instantly walk out Of the room
and hang himself"
THE paper!" croaked a voice behind
us. The man was sitting UP, blanched
and CHASTITY, with returning reason in
his eyes, and hands which rubbed
nerYously at the broad red band which
still encircled his throat
THE paper! OF coursel" yelled Holmes
in paroXysm of excitement. Idiot that
I was! 1 thought so much of cur visit
that the paper never entered my head
for instant. To be sure, the secret must
lie there" He flattened ii cut upon the
table, and a cry of triumph burst from
| his lips. Look at this, Watson he
cried. 1T is a London paper, an early
| edition of the Evening Standard. Here
| is what we want. Look al the head
| lines: Crime in the City Murder AT
| Mawson & Williams. Gigantic attempt
| ed Robbery. Capture of the Criminal.
| Here. Watson, we are all equally anx-
| ious to hear IL. so kindly read it aloud
| to us
! 1t appeared from it's position in the
paper to have been the one event of
| Importance in town, and the account OF
| ii ran in this way:
"a desperate attempt at robbery,
| eliminating in the death of one mar
and the capture of the criminal, oc-
CURED this afternoon in the city. For
some time back Mawson & Williams
| the famous financial house. have been
the guardians of securities which
amount in the aggregate to sum OF
| considerably over a million sterling. Sc
conscious was the manager of the re
| sFonsibility which deVolved upon him
| III consequence OF the great interests al
stake that the safes of the very latest
construction have been employed, anC
an armed watchman has been left day
and night in the building. II appears
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derstand In this matter If ever man
was three parts mad with terror. that
mans name is Pinner. What can have
put the shivers on him?''
''He suspects that we are detectives, .
I suggested.
That's it," cried Pycroft.
Holmes shook his head. He did not
turn pale. He was pale when we en-
tered the ROOM" said he. 1T is just
possible that
His words were interrupted by sharp
rat-tat-tat from the direction of the
inner door.
What the deuce is he knocking al
his ewn door for?" cried the clerk.
Again and much louder came the rat
tat-tat We all gaZed expectantly al
the closed door. Glancing al Holmes
saw his face turn rigid, and he leaned
forward in intense excitement. Then
suddenly came a low guggling, gargling
sound, and a brisk drumming upon
woodwork. Holmes sprang franticailS
across the room and pushed at the
door. 1t was fastened on the inner side
| Following his example. we threw our
selves upon it with ali our weight. One
hinge snapped then the other, anG
down came the door with a crash Rush.
inner room. II was empty.
But it was only for a moment that WI
were al fault. At one corner, the cor
ner nearest the room which he hat
left, there was a second door Holme:
sprang to- 1t and pulled it open A Goa
and waisJcoat We're lying on the floor
and from a hook behind the door, witt
his own braces round his neck, wa!
hanging the managing director of tn,
| Franco-Midland. Hardware Compan,
His knees We're drawn up. his heat
| hung at Ia dreadful angle TO his body
and the flatter of his heels against thr
| door made the noise which had broke,
in upon ! our conversation. In an in
stant had caught him round the wais
and held} him up while Holmes and Py
| croft united the elastic bands which
had disappeared between the livi
creasesf of skin. Then we carried hir
into the other room. where he lay wit
a clayfcolored face, putting his purpi
| lips iri and out with every breath
| dreadful wreck OF all that he had bee
but fiTe minutes before.
What do you think of him. Watson !?
asked HolmeS
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afternoons. These are courts Of the
Bachelors Tennis Club, Chevy Chase
Club, and the Young Mems Christian
Association. From 3 o'clock until sun
down the courts are occupied and about
4 80 o'clock when nearly all of the men
are free from their offices, the courts
are crowded and many wait on the
benches fer a chance to play.
In Washington. as everywhere else, a
tennis player must first be born, then
made. This sounds like a natural and
common place sequence of events, but it
is not as simple as it sounds. Both
events must happen 10 the man or wo-
man who is to win on the courts It is
not sufficient to be born with the possi-
bilitfes of turning out a first-class play
er, nor il is sufficient merely to practice.
unless born with those latent possibili-
ties Just as man has 1t in him to
become singer or a football player
as he has something in his physical get
up which is necessary 10 success on the
operatic stage or the gridiron-so it is
in tennis.
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himself together. and licking his dry lips
before he spoke Who are these gem
tlemen whom you have brought with
your
.One is Mr. Harris, of Bermondsey.
and the ,other is Mr.. Price, of this
town" said our clerk. glibly. They arc
friends of mine and gentlemen of ex-
perience, but they have been out of a
place for some time, and they hoped
that perhaps you might find an opening
for them in the company's employ
ment"
Very possibly: very possibly cried
MIR Pinner with a CHASTITY smile. Yes,
I have no doubt that we shall be able
10 dc something for you. What is YOUR
particular line, MIR. Harris?'
Il am an accountant" said Holmes.
"Ah yes. we shall want something OF
the sort. And you. Mr. PRICE,"
"A clerk said I.
Il have every hope that the company
may accommodate you. l will let you
know about il as soon as We come 10
any conclusion. And now I beg that you
will go. For Gods sake leave me to
myself
These last words were shot out of him.
as though the constraint which he was
evidently setting upon himself had sud
denly and utterly burst asunder.
Holmes and I glanced at each other. ana
Hall Pycroft TOOK step toward the ia
BILE
You forget. Mr. Pinner. that I am
here by appointment to receive some
directions from you said he.
Certainly. Mr.. Pycroft. certainly, "
the other resumed in a calmer tone
You may wait here a moment: and
there is no reason why your friends
should not wait with you. 1 will be en-
tirely at your service in three minutes
If ] might trespsss upon your patience
so far" he rose with a very courteous
air. and, bowling 10 us, he passed out
through a door at the farther end ot
the room. which he closed behind him.
What now?' whispered Holmes s'Is
he giving us the slip?"
Impossible" answered Pycroft.
| ''Why so?'
THAT door leads into an inner room.
/ There is no exlt?''
/ None"
rs il furnished?''
ut was empty yesterday"
."Then what "a. earth can he be doing
| There is something which l don't IN
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say. *'He can do 1t but he won't try
Its five hard clay courts are already in
excellent .rim this spring and should be
in first-class condition by the time
Southern championship is played. The
tournament comes this year the last of
May and rst of June. The contests for
the championship Of the South, which
are held at the Bachelors Tennis Club
annually, bring out the best tennis
played south of Philadelphia. and from
all reports, this year will be no differ
ent in this respect from others. The
only reason which gives this tourna-
ment the ghost OF q. right to be called
the Championship of the South lies in
the fact that it is held south of the
Mason and Dixon line. Far from being
tournament in which only Southern
men take part, 1t is open TO all comers.
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When Girls Play.

One reason why the Bachelors Tennis
Club courts are so popular is because
they are very accessible. and can be
readily reached after business hours.
There are many ATTACHES of the foreign
embassies and legations IN Washington
among the ."embers of the club. They,
too, seem . have been caught in the
craze for tennis which holds the city
in it's grasp. and they are TO be found
playing nearly every afternoon.
in years gone by the Bachelors courts
have been turned over to the girls IN the
morning hours bat a new rule has been
made this year granting them the privi-
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the window, and we hardly drew anoth-
er word rom him until we were in
New street
At O'Clock that evening we were
walking. the three of us. down Cor
poration street TO the company's offices.
1t is 10 use our being at all before
our time said our client. He only
Genes there to see me, apparently, for
the place is deserted up TO the very
hour he names
THAT is suggestive" remarked
Holmes
BY Jove, I told you sol" cried the
clerk. That's he walking ahead OF
US there
He pointed 10 a srnallish. dark. we'll
dressed man who was bustling along
the other side of the road. AS We
watched him he looked across at a boy
who was bawiing out the latest edi-
ton OF the evening paper, and running
oyer. among the cabs and buses. ne
bought one from him. Then, clutching
II in his hand, he vanished through i
doorway.
There he goesr cried Hall Pycroft.
.nrhese are the company's offices into
which he has gone. Come vita me, and
III fix it up as easily as possible
Following his lead. we assembled five
stories, until we found ourselves out
side a half opened door. at which our
client tapped a voice within bade
US enter, an p'e entered bare. unfuF-
nished room such as Hall Pycroft had
described. At the single table sat the
man whom we had seen in the street,
with his evening paper spread out in
fro1f of him, and as he looked up at
us IL seemed 10 me that | had neyer
looked upon d face which bore such
marks of grief, and of something BIZ
yond grief-of a horror such as comes
20 few men in a lifetime His broT
elistened with perspiration, his cheeks
were OF the dull. dead white Of fish's
belly. and his eyes We're wild and star
ing. He looked at his clerk as though
he failed 20 recognize him, and | could
see by the astonishment depicted npor
our conductor face that this was bs
no means the usual appearance of his
employer.
You look Ill. Mr.. Pinner!' he ex,
claimed,
Yes. am not very WE'LL answered
the other. making obvious efforts To pul
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At the Bachelors i.

Although the Bachelors Tennis Club.
in NJ street. between Seventeenth street
and Connecticut avenue, has not all OF the
best players of the District on its list,
notable exceptions being Geoghegan, the
Doyles, and Parks. its membership in
cludes the large majority Of the best
players. 1t is the largest club that is
a strictly tennis club. Chevy Chase be-
ing golf club primarily. and the Y. NJ.
c. A. is as varied in its interests as the
kind of man about whom his friends
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Ieges of the club Wednesday afternoons,
together with the men. Thus breaking
down the Quaker-meeting eject of the
old rule.
Out at Chevy Chase the courts are
crowded every afternoon, in spite of the
fact that 1t takes nearly three-quarters
of an hour TO get out there from town.
Fewer prettier sights are to be found
than the firm dirt courts with their
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Dotted With Courts.

While the city is dotted with scores
of courts where play goes on every day
in the week and would on Sunuay too,
if a city government which is very care
full of the morals of the people. did not
stand ready to interfere. there are three
places where the largest crowds OF play
ers are TO be found in the lengthening
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quota OF men and girls. the spectators
clad in bright spring coiors, and tha
green country as 3 background. Tennis
seems to have found as much favor this
year with girls as with men, and many
of them are deserting the golf links for
the courts. 1t is decidedly the usual
thing for "A party of girls 10 60 out in
the morHing to Chevy Chase. play tennis
until lunch time, and then follow it up
with an afternoon of more tennis or
possible bridge under the trees
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Indeed, the title of champion of the
South is at present held by New
Yorker, Harry Allen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
PLOT TO MURDER
is ESTABLISHED
Farm Hand Who Sought to
Kill Elderly Recfuse Con-
Victed of Assault

Fred Miller, a farm hand, was found
guilty of the charge of assault in the
first degree. 1t was alleged that he at
tempted to murder Louis D. Borck, an
aged farmer and recluse, who lived near
Minnetonka Mills
Early in December some person fired a
revolver through the window of the house
in which Borck lived. The old man was
wounded. but was not hurt seriously. He
made a search for his assailant and the
next day identified Miller who was ar
rested and held to the grand jury.
At the trial it was shown that Miller
had made the statement to several per-
sons that he had purchased the herd of
cattle owned by Borck, and had also Sc
cured title to the forty-acre farm. He
purchased a quantity of gasoline, but
represented he secured it for the purpose
of cleaning his wearing apparel.
He stopped at the home of c. 0. An
derson and told him he had a bill of sale
of the ''old mans CATTLE" and that the
elderly farmer and bachelor had gone to
St. Paul. where some one was likely to
do him up" He left AnderSon's place on
the night of the shooting and said he was
going to Borck's place for the purpose of
taking care of the cattle.
On the stand he denied that he had
told the Andersons that he had purchased
contradicted by the other witnesses The
prosecution made it appear that Miller
had circulated the stories to the effect
that he had purchased the farm and cattle
in order to cover the crime The jury
was out only a few moments and a YER
dict of guilty was returned. Miller was
Temanded for sentence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
.,e.'c RAILROAD NEWS NJ.
INCREASE OF POWER
SPELLS DISASTER
Witness Declares Strongly
Against Government Rate
Making Bill

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 19.-W. d.
Kinds, representing the Atlantic Coast
Line and the Louisville & Nashville. con-
tinued his testimony against government
rate making for the railroads before the
house committee on interstate and foreign
commerce today.
A fundamental error on the part of the
advocates of government rate making,
Mr.. Kinds believed, was a references of
questions involving commercial rivalry
between localities to any tribunal.
Such a method, he said. would put the
government in the attitude of dispensing
prosperity to some localities, which ac-
ton would withhold it from some other
locality. This was not a proper function
Of the government Undue discrimina-
ton regarding the long and the short haul.
he maintained, could be corrected under
the law as it stood today
There was reason, Mr.. Kinds explained.
for a difference in the rates on the long
or short haul. II a short haul rate was a
reasonable one for the service performed.
it should not be necessarily compared to
a less rate for longer haul on freight
destined to still further point. and
which rate had to be made to meet GER
tain commercial conditions. There was
no question in Mr.. Kinds mind as to the
right of the commission to raise rate,
in making a readjustment. should the
power be granted it to fix rates.
Mr.. Stevens asked:
What should be done when the rate
on oil from Cleveland to New Orleans is,
26 cents and from Chicago to New Or
leans "a cents. the Cleveland rate being
considered fair and reasonable rate %
The reply was that there was no rea-
son for comparing the two rates; the
Chicago rate on oil should be compared
with the rates from that city to New
Orleans on other commodities, and if the
rate on oil was found to be lower than
that on other commodities. 1t should be
raised. The tendency would be to reduce
rates in case action should be taken by
a government tribunal. The tendency to-
wards reduction was universal on the
part of all state commissions and the
only reason it did not work greater dis
aster to the roads was that state commits
sioners could not touch interstate com
merce, which constituted the bulk of the
business of the roads.
Mr.. Kinds said he could not escape the
conclusion that the power proposed to be
given the commission was absolute au-
thority over the earnings and capital of
the railroads, and over the commerce of
the country. At the same time the per-
sonnet of the commission could be changed
every. three years at the option of any
president
Mr.. Townsend asked if the commission
had abused the power to make rates,
! which it was supposed to have had dur
ing the first ten years of its existence
Mr.. Kinds said the commission made
many rates during that time which the
railroads never observed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
COFFIN MEN AT WAR
Two Undertakes and Attorneys
File Many Affidavits

Charles G. Laybourn, candidate for
the district bench and a brother of the
senator from Duluth, has filed an exceed
ingly tepid affidavit in the district court.
The subject matter is somewhat grew
some. 1t is dispute over business mat
tiers between two undertakerS, James
Amor and George D. Craig.
Amor and Craig, so it is asserted, had a
sort of partnership. Craig was to have a
salary for managing an undertaking es-
Enlistment in South Minneapolis and he
was to divide with Amor the profits
There was dispute over the apportion-
ment of the returns and on the application
of Amor, George w. Meyer was made re-
ceiver and Mr.. Craig took vacation in
the early part of the present year.
linen the receiver and his attorney,
HAIRY S. Mead, made some affidavits to
the infect that the books of the Craig es-
: tabiisNment could not be found and they
asked an order from the district court di-
recting their production.
: Mr.. LSybourn, in his affidavit, says the
books weTs in his office for some time and
were inspected by the receives' and his at
torney,. and finally he directed Craig to
remove them. He also says that on Tues
day of this week he saw the books in
Meyers office in the Temple court and he
does not see why he should be enjoined
from concealing them, for the reason they
are in the possession of the receiver.
The two undertakes are at outs. Amor
has brought suit against Craig and Mr..
Laybourn says he does not know the
whereabouts of his client, Craig, but be-
{. lieveS he will be present when the case
comes to trial.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
TRISTATE AND OTHER
MEETINGS AT FARGO
Live Stock Men and Opticians, With New
Elevator Association

Special to The Globe
FARGO, N. D., Jan. 19.-The North Da-
kota Live Stock association elected
Charles Stanford, Valley City, president;
James Austin. Hannah, vice president;
Dugald Campbell treasurer and Prof.
Richardson, Fargo, secretary. The entire
programme at the tristate convention to-
day was under the direction of this as
ISOLATION, and in addition to the annual
address by retiring President Shep-
pard,. addresses by Prof. Richards, James
Austin. Dugald Campbell, w. E. Laux and
others brought out points of interest rela-
tive to breeding. The convention will close
tomorrow with horticultural day
o. G. Major, of Hope. is president and
G. S. Shippy. of the same place, secretary
of the North Dakota Farmers Elevator
association, organized here today with
thirty-two independent elevators in the
state represented and word from others
that they would be in if an association
was formed. North Dakota will associate
with Minnesota Independent elevators.
The annual meeting of the North Da-
kota Optical association was held here to-
day. The new officers are: C. G. Coin,
Mandan, president; o. A. Void, Langdon,
vice president; A.G. Teller. Jamestown,
treasurer, and Walter Blakesley, Grafton,
secretary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
CITY NEWS
RECALL AND GRANT
HELD UP LICENSES
Assembly Takes Matter From Ohage
and Acts on Petitions

Despite the protests of Assembly
men Whitcomb and Schiffmann and the
adverse vote of AssemblyTnan Haas.
the assembly, by a bare majority, re-
called from Health Commissioner
Ohage and granted last night the an
pilcauons for licenses that had been
presented, two weeks before, by the
st. Paul Sanitation company and the
Ramsey County Sanitation company.
At that time Dr. Ohage criticised the
methods of sanitation companies. The
applications We're then referred to him
Tor his approval on motion of Assem-
blyman Whitcomb.
Last night Assemblyman O'Brien
moved that the applications be re-
called and granted. He said that they
had been two weeks with DR.. Ohaee.
who had failed to take any action on
them.
DR.. Whitcomb said he understood Dr..
Ohage intended to approve the appli-
cations. 1t would be diseourfeous 10
the commissioner to recall the appli-
Mr.. O'Brlen disclaimed any intention
OF beng dlscourteous. The appliea-
tons. he said, had been too long de-
layed.
Dr.. Schiffmann agreed with Dr.,
Whitcomb that the adoption of the
motion would be discourtesy to the
health commissioner.
Then Assemblyman Haas, the voting
having already begun, changed his vote
TO the negative. But President Doran.
Messrs. QBrien, Regain and Yoerg
voted in the affirmative
The result was announced to 8.
PRESIDENT Doran asked the corporation
attorney if the vote granted the APP
piicaoons, inasmueh. presumably, as
tWo members were absent and four
was less than half the assembly. At
torney Michael said .'yes.n The appli-
cations Were SO granted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
LOOK FOR AMICABLE
SETTLEMENT TODAY
Trouble on the Pennsylvania
Likely to Be Adj
iusted

(. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 19-Though
both sides are firm and not disposed to
yield anything, developments today in the
controversy between the Pennsylvania
railway and the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, indicated that an amicable set
tlement of the dispute may be effected
shortly wlthout-a resort to extreme meas
ureS.
The chance of break was temporarily
averted by the decision of Vice Grand
Master Lee and his associates to send for
Grand Master p. H. Morrissey for the
purpose of consultation
Upon the latter's attitude and the re-
suit OF a conference which Mr. Morrissey
and the brotherhood committee will have
with General Manager Atterbury tomor-
row the question of a strike is dependent
All OF the eighty-five local unions in the
brotherhood east of Pittsburg and Erie
have been supplied with cipher codes, so
that IN case strike is decided upon the
effect at once.
The failure of the grand master to ar
rive during the day, however, led to
postponement of the conference until to-
morrow morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
PLUMBERS LICENSE
ORDINANCE KILLED
Assembly Accepts Adverse Report With.
out Debate

The plumbers license ordinance was
killed last night in the assembly, which
adopted unanimously without debate the
adverse report of the committee on
streets.
This ordinance was introduced by AS
sembiyman O'Brien last November. Pro
visions were made under which both the
master plumbers ana the journeymen were
TO take examination before municipal ex-
aminers. If the test demonstrated suf-
hcient skill and sef-restraint on the part
of the applicant, he might then obtain a
city license.
The ordinance did not go to the alder
men. 1t was referred, on its Introduction
70 the committee which reported it back
last night.
The principal opposition to the ordi-
nance is said to have come from, the mas
ter plumbers