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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-11

Ice for sale. Not less than 25-cent
orders delivered. Walla Walla Cream
cry, Phone 267.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-11

WANTED-HOUSE APPLY
at 821 East Alder street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-11

bio Dance at Armory Hall August
% gentlemen, soc; Ladies, free.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-11

Harness and Shoe Findino comn.,,
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

Fine woman Mrs. Billy Blades-that's
she on the sofa She's been making
desperate love to Steen, but no go
The gay old dogs too clever for her
That long chaps her husband.
~NNatch him prowling round, looking
see if he can pouch a silver ashtray
or something. 1 expect. BY jove.
Phillips. but it's as good rs a play.
amt IT ?"
And this is London society?'' 1 ex-
claimed
NO" he cackled. shaking with vast
amusement. mo. man: no. It's the
Smart Set. that advertised. criticised.
glorious. needy brigade of rogues and
vagabonds-the Smart Set. Bless 'em
all, say I; they're the best of company.
but it's as well to lock Up your valu-
ables before you become too intimate
with them
/ finished off my tea while old Tai
man sucked at his cigarette in great
entertainment.
You'd like to see the house." he
commenced again. 'Come along. I'll
show you round-I want a walk before
dinner"
It was a most interesting ramble.
We passed from room TO room admir-
Ing the carved oak. the splendid pic
lures. the Sheraton furniture. the cab
inets of old china. the armor. and the
tapestry. For the manor was filed
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

l feel that the story which I have
now to tell may well turn me into an
object for ridicule. 1 can only de-
scribe that which saw; as for the
conclusions at which | arrived there
are many more practical people in the
world than myself who would have
judged not differently. At best il was
n ghastly business
/ had returned TO the dressing table
and was changing my dress -coat for n
comfortable smoking-jacket when I
heard lt-a faint and distant cry. vet
a cry which was crowded with suc0
terror that l. chung TO a chair with nv
white face and goggIing eyes staring
back at me from the mirror on the
table. Again it sounded. and again:
then silence fell like a shutter of a
camera l rushed 20 the window
peerinS out into the night
The great gardens lay sleeping in
the dusky shadows. There was noth-
Ing 10 be heard; nothing moved save
the curling wreaths Of mist that came
creeping up over the cliffs like the
ghosts OF drowned sailormen from,
their burial sands below. CouId =,
nave been some trick Of the imagino-
'uon? Could it-and the sugrestio,
Whlch l despised thrust itself Ipoy, me
could IL bear reference to that grim
tragedy that had been PLAYED i'm the
Old fir avenue so many years ago?
Ana then l first saw the thing thar
came toward me
u was moving up a narrow Datb
HedScd with yew, that led from the
gardens and passed 20 the right of the
wing In which I stood. The vew had
peeh clipped into walls some feet high.
OUT tht eastern gales had beaten out
gaps ana ragged indentations in the
INES OF greenery, so that I'm my side
ways view Of it the path itself was
mere and there exposed. II was
through one OF these breaches in the
walls that noticed a sign OF move
ment. | wscted. straining my eyes.
Yes, there il showed again. some
thing. moving swiftly toward the
house with Il clumsy rolling stride
1t Nvas never nearer 70 r1e than fifty
yards. and the stars gave a shif,v
light Yet it left me with an iunres-
sion that fl was about four feet i'm
height and of a dun white color
remember that its body contrastci
plainly with the dark hedges. bIt
melted into uncertainty against a
patch Of snow. Once il stopped and
raised itself on its hind legs as If
listening Then again il tlmbled for
ward In its shambling. ungainly fash
ion-now hidden by the yew wall. now
thrust into momentary sight by rag
Sed gap until il disappeared round
the angle of the house. Doubtless II
would turn 10 the left. round the old
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

that Terry, as he was named, had been
intended for the church, but that his
father ruined himself on the stock ex-
change. had persuaded the baron TO
give him work. He was devoted to his
patron, which. she smiled was not sur
prising seeing that he must be well on
his way TO rebuilding the fortune his
father had lost.
I am not an ardent gambler. and
when / do play / admit a preference
for games in which brains are of some
account. The roulette table soon bored
me- and after I had seen the last of a
few pounds I contented myself by
watching the changing fortunes of the
rest Of the party. Just before II the
baron. who had parted with consider
able sums of money in perfect good
humor excused himself. and before
the rest had settled down to the table
again 1 slipped away to my bedroom
where 4 selection OF novels and a ia
vorite pipe offered more congenial at
fractions.
The room was OF considerable size
and majestically furnished. 1t was on
the first floor at the extremity of the
right-hand wing and looked out over
the gardens on the cliff. \ branch road
from the main drive ran beneath the
windows to an entrance at the back Of
the house
They had steam heat on the upper
floors, and the high temperature OF nv
room had drawn stale and heavy odors
from the tapestry on the walls and
the ancient hanginSs that fringed the
huge four-post bedstvsc. II was the
atmosphere OF an old clothes shop on
July day. I pulled back the cur
tains. opened the window and thrust
out my head for a mouthfuI of fresh
air
II was a quiet. moonlcss night. lit
by the stars that blinked ia their
thousand consultations. Though the
snow lay deep, the air struck mildly.
Indeed. If II were freezing II could not
have been by more than two degrees.
Upon the edge Of the distant cliffs
robes Of confusing mist curled in
wells as thin IS moonlight: but In the
foreground the yew walks and aisIes
Of ancient laurel showed clearly upon
the white carpet. About the central
avenue OF frs which carved the gar
dens into two the darkness lay, i'm i'm
pcnetrable pools of shadow As
waited the silence was startled by a
bells 1t rang the four quarters In a
tinkling measure, followed by eleven
musical strokes. / knew that the
sound must come from the little
church that lay 10 my right; but.
though l leaned from my window. the
angle OF the wing in which l was hid
the building from me
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

over him, the broken chain dangling
at its neck.
They say he was giant. this
Philip de Laune, and OF very wild
and passionate temper. Anyway, ne
went straight for the beast, and.
though he was dreadfully mauled ne
killed it-heaven knows how-with bis
bare hands. That's why the present
branch OF the family came by the
place. Pretty grewsome isn't it,"
"A strange story I told him: but
why must IL be kept q secret from the
ladies?'
Because the beast walks. man.
There's not a laborer in Norfolk who
would go into the lower gardens on
any night Of the year. much less on
Christmas Eve"
MY good Talman. do you mean 10
say you believe this?''
Il don't know-but / wouldn't 20
into the lower gardens tonight. II 1
could walk round. Think of It. Phil
lips. the white shape with the bloody
jaws lurking IN the shadows! UEl-
let's go and get cocktail before
Il beg your pardon. sir. but the
baron is looking for you"
He was a tall, hatchet-facc, fellow.
Win L4ldA AilAlblf OF respect ana GlE-
nifty that marks the well-trained Brit
ish manservant. Upon the soft pile OF
the rugs we had not heard his foot
steps.
He asked me 20 find you. sir" he
continued. addressing himself 10 me
with a slight bow. lie is waiting IL
his room"
AS he preceded us thither Talman
whispered that Henderson-meaning
thereby our conductor-was Steen' s
valet. and a very clever fellow by all
accounts.
The baron. tat. high-colored and
hearty. welcomed me with an open sin
ceTity of pleasure well calculated 70
place a guest at his ease. \ remark
able old boy was the Baron Steeu. He
always seemed to carry with him q
jovial atmosphere Of his own. in which
those to whom he spoke were lost and
blinded out of their better Judgment
He was kind enough 10 pay me some
compliments upon my water color
work. Whatever else can be brought
against him, no one can deny that he
was a sound judge OF art.
The dinner passed pleasantly enough
versation- our bachelor host was in
his most humorous mood. keeping
those about him In shouts of laughter.
Facing him. at the extremity of the
long table WAS his secretary. a thin.
melancholy youth Of about four-and-
twenty. My fair neighbor told me
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

with the helriooms of the de Launes.
from whom the Baron Steen rented *.
And though the present peer. broken
down old drunkard. was living in a
little villa at Eastbourne on eSOO
year. the family had been great and
glorious one. finding mention on many
a page in English history.
At the end of the great dining
set in the blackjack wainscot above
the fire. was the portrait Of a boy. il
was a Reynolds. and a worthy effort
Of that master hand. The lad could
have been no more than fifteen years
OF age. but in his eyes was that grave.
distracted expression that usually
comes with the painful wisdom Of
later years. In more closely examiu-
ing the picture ! noticed that a large
portion Of II at the bottom right-hand
corner had been repaired OF painted
out I called Talman attention To
this misfortune. asking if he knew the
cause.
They painted out the wolf, he said.
''and with good enough reason. too
"A wolfe" / said.
III old de Laune were 10 hear me
gossiping about # he'd kick me out
OF the place-hc would. by Jove! But
with Steen in possession it's safe
enough. Mind you. though. you
mustn't mention it 10 the ladies-on
your word, now
Yes, yes / said, eagerly; "go on"
Such things frighten the women. -
he explained. well. It was in this
way. Phillip, and he was the sixth
earl; was our ambassador at ST Pc
tersburg somewhere about the year
100. Once when he was out hunting he
shot an old she-wolf that was peering
from the mouth of a cave. and inside
they found a thriving family OF four
cubs. One OF them was white. an al
binO. / suspect He saved II from the
dogs and took II home. When he came
back to Cloudsham the next year he
brought IL along with his wife and his
boy-an only son. They say il was
a great pet at first. but IL grew sulky
with age. and finally was kept chained
in the stables.
One Christmas Eve, Just as dusk
was closing in. de Iaune was trotting
down the drive-he had been hunting
at distant meetlng-when ne heard
fearful screaming from the lower
gardens toward the cliff. He put spurs
to his horse, and I'm two minutes was
galloping through the shadow of the
f1r avenue toward the sea All OF a
sudden his horse pulled up dead, threw
him, and bolted.
When. he got 10 his feet-he wasn't
hurt, luckily-what did he see but the
body of his son. lying with his throat
torn out. and the white wolf standing
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Continued on Page Nine. This scction.s 4
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-04-14

pofentlide 2uftperdnoerung Der.
oronen miilIenE = ar5t: Sor ge.
oorf sic oenn 10 iebr Der grbo.
lung2" -Vieper: a0seine Jrau nidt
aber idl"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-04-14

-
ar5t: .@uten Tag, Serr Weper, tuie
gebts2" Meper: nad, nid)t sum
geiten. 9ies Sabr meroen sic mel
ner Jrau nobl ooer libel cine mebr.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-04-14

@aroelientenant (5u ieinem fleinen
Stommbaiter): ngooo, wenn Oh
nidt iofort ortig bit, muBt OH ipd-
ter einrtul our Strafe bel Der 2inie
oieHen!M
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-04-14
IN h a.

Roble 4bmehsIung
n@obin ididen Sic beuer Sbre
6rau?" Mn Der Sit. nlo Woroiee
mar ie idon; beuer lol ie an Die
SiioIee geb'n"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-04-14
Hi6t mDaIid.

Hi9t mDsIid.
Stubent: nDieie Wadt trdumte if.
mein Ontel fei seftorben!"
3immerto1eee: so, besbalb bo5t
8u audi i'm S4laf 10 idper s%eieuf5t
unb seitObnt2"
Stubent: .Mie, id hattie gsFeufst
-. Menfd. id bin ia lein Grbe!!"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-04-14

lit gum 8er5meifeln; ieit Die 3eitun-
gen Die ausfiibrIifiten 9eridte iiber
Die Wontisnoio : affaire bringen,
meroe i'd feline iran5oiiiden Momana
mebr losl"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-04-14
Der 9ausfreunb.

Der 9dusfreunb.
Oer feline @barles: .Ni9t tpa6r.
4nne. tuenn i9 NAL groB bin, iperb'
i'd 9ein 9atte!l"
anne: Rod mebr. 0u barfit mein
9ausfreunb peroen!"
9od ettpas.
Batter: sd boffe. mein So9n, Du
baIt Dir auf Der llniperiitGt bas
Gpri6tport gu Riibs eemudt. baB man
niemals bergen unb niemals perlei9en
ion!"
STUDENT: .WenigItsns tbeiIipeiie,
lieber Batter. perlieben babe ia ME ct.
tpas!"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-04-14

Ser @aiierfeino. Ser
gcant: .@arum muB Der Soloat ba-
benz" Meper: aSa, Serr Ser
geaitt, bas iage id aud imlnerl4
Gin grfat.- 9udb1nbIer: ues
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-04-14

8fitbenIee.
SIN .praser Sasbldtt", 10. Sebruar
1905, ftebt folsenoe 4naeise:
,Siibnsrausen, 9ornbaut unb elm
aepafIene Ndsel offeriert am
beIten Grbaro Neumann, 9raben 80
neu."
Sc eibt bod nod quite MenTden!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
,apt. Frank P. oBrien, near the corner

Capt Frank P. O'Brien, near the corner of Nineteenth street and Avenue I, south. The actual work was practically completed but it had not been inspected by the plumbing inspector nor had it been paid for. The house was rented. and the tenant wanted the boiler and range connected. The Alabama Supply company was communicated with, and Mr. Stephens was sent to make the con- nection. The job was not completed at 430 o'clock in the afternoon, or quitting tlme and MT. Stephens left his tools at the house. A short time afterWard, It seems, MT. Gayle put in his appearance on the scene and was surprised to find that some one had been at work with a view of connecting range with plumbing job that had not been accepted by the city. He gathered up the tools and told the cook to tell the man where ne could find them. MT. Gayle said that his idea was to find out who was doing the work, claiming that it was not the custom for one plumber to begin work on any job of another before 1t had been inspected and pronounced ready for use.
 When the plumber from the Alabama Supply company went to work next morning, or last Wednesday, he was in- formed where his tools were. Instead of going after them he sought policeman and preferred charges. As soon as MT. Gayle had made the necessary bond for his appearance in court, he is said to have called up MT. Colvin, president Of the company employing Stephens, and warm words are said to have passed. This resulted in additional charges of abusive language over the phone being made by MT. Colvin
 When the case was postponed yester- day, Attorney Hill told his client that It would be good idea to return the tools to the owner MT. Gayle said they were at his place of business. ready for the owner at any time. To this MT. Stephens retorted that he did not take them there and that he did not propose to go after them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
[Z2gDMArY GMNT

the situation so far as it was possible for him to do so, and paroled Johnson who has a sentence for thirteen years for murder in the second degree, so that he might go to the bedside of his dying companion. It Is one of the pathetic cases of the history of the pardon business and made the tears come to the eyes of many of those who had part in 1t.
 There are several letters showing the interest of the people of his home coun- ty, Chiffon, asking that the governor give the man a chance to go back to Maplesvlle, to be with the dying woman during her last hours. The pardon board to man signed the recommendation. the signatures coming Massey Wilson, att torney general J. NJ Carmichael, auditor, and E. R. McDavid secretary of state. s. D. Fields, warden, said that the be- haviour of the convict was such as to make his appeal reasonable, and others of the prison officials did the same thing.
 D. M. Apperson, evidently neighbor, tells of the condition of the wife and relates that the women of his family have been to see her. Not only was the wife i'll. but the baby also, he said and lne uOclor nau tolu nm that the former would hardly get well. There Is also a message from the doctor to the effect that the woman is very i'll and may not get well.
 It was an appeal that could not be resisted. The governor ordered a parole for seven days beginning today at noon and endorsed further on the papers: '1t has been brought to my attention that the wife of this man Is probably in a dying condition at her home in Naples vile. The board of pardons recommend that he be given parole for one week to visit her. Parole Is ordered effective from noon this the 10th day of Novem- ber 1905, to noon on the 17th day of No- vember. 1905."
 George Hill, a helpless negro of Tala- dega, with a short sentence for burglary and grand larceny. was also released 1t being shown that he was not only para lyzed but suffering from tuberculosis His relatives said if paroled they would take care of him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
INJURIES FROM ROCK
 CAUSES HIS DEATH
Oscar Conner Succumbs to Effect of Wound Inflicted By a Negro
 While Hunting.

Anniston November 10.-(Special)- Early this morning Oscar Conner. about IS years of age, son of Coleman Conner, living near Dearmanville, died from the effects of a wound on his head inflicted with a stone in the hands of Kirk Piles, a negro youth of about the same age
 Last Monday night young Conner with others, went possum hunting. After difficulty with the negro Piles slipped up behind Conner and dealt him a fearful blow in the back of the head with rock which knocked Conner down. later causing his death.
 The negro had not been arrested up to noon today though the sheriff and other persons have been trying to locate him since early this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
Shall Vulcan Go to Bessemer?

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Believing as do in absolute commercial integrity we have the truest guage of man sincerity and worthiness of trust II, matters of politics, religion and business. and despising as I do all quibbling and shortage in measures, weights or change. and believing that every man and body of men should measure up full thlrty-six ihches In every yard of professed honesty In every contract, promise. and assumed obligation. and remembering as l do that when the Commercial club of Birmingham was soliciting contributions from our citi zens for the Vulcan fund" that prom ise was given that as soon as the exposi- tion at St. Louis was ended that the statue of Vulcan would be returned here and re- erected ill one of our city parks (not or, Red mountain). Now I want to ask why has not the Commercial club kept faith with the many persons who contribute to the fund for its creation, exposition, and recreation here.
 How can the club maintain the faith of the people in it's integrity if it fails m setting up Vulcan as promised? What right has the club to dispose of the
 
 club is an incorporated or legally char tered body cannot any subscriber to the original fund by mandamus procedure compel the club to fulfill it's contract in the matter to the full measure of it's promise and obligation? But if the club be not legally incorporated or chartered. how does 1t matter since it's member ship Is supposed to be composed of men of the strictest commercial integrity, and should not require any force of law or of public opinion to make them see their duty and to do it. If the club will but view the matter from my standpoint as regards it's obligation we will have the Vulcan statue erected in one of Birming- hams parks and not at Bessemer or else where. O. T. DOzIER.
 Birmingham, November 10 1905
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
Will Examine Land Titles.

Scottsboro, November 1o-(Special9OJ. H. Gregory, who Is considered an expert on land titles, has been appointed by the Southern Railway company to examine into the legality of land titles on all the right of way on the Stevenson extension from the Tennessee line to Stevenson. This line Is the new road being built by the Southern from Chattanooga to Stevenson, forty-two miles distant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
New Bank Is Organized.

Scottsboro, November 10.-(Special.)-At meeting of the representative business men of Paint Rock at that place yes terday, the 9th inst, the Bank of Paint Rock was organized and officers elected. Col M. A. Clay of Princeton, Paint Rock valley, this county, was elected president and Judge w. Brice Bridges of Scottsboro, cashier. The capital stock of the new bank was placed at $10,000, and it will be ready for business on December 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
PLUMBERS APPEAR
 IN POLICE COURT
ONE PLUMBER REMOVED TOOLS OF ANOTHER AND WAS ARREST ED-QUESTIoN OF HIS INTEN- HUNS BROUGHT UP.

Ethics between master plumbers the question of Intent in the removal of a kit of tools and a number of other things are involved in charges that have been made against R. w Gayle the well known plumber by J. F. Stephens, an employe of the Alabama Supply company and Gus Colvin, president of the same company. MT. Stephens charges larceny of tools from building in which he was sent to do some work, and MT. Colvin charges MT. Gayle with using abusive language over the telephone.
 A dozen or more plumbers, several lawyers and a number of others were in the police court yesterday when the case was called. MT. Gayle was repre- sented by Attorney w. T. Hill. while Attorney Charles Denegre looked after the prosecution
 Mir. Gayle showed considerable emotion during the taking of his testimony, and declared his willingness to fight 1t out with any man who dared to accuse him of taking tools or anything else with felonious intent. The evidence bore him out, according to the opinion of Judge Feagin, that he had no idea of taking the tools for the pecuniary value. but the court wanted to take the case under advisement to find out what motive MT. Gayle had in removing the tools MT. Gayle said he took them to find out who was interfering with a plumbing job for which he had the contract and which
 had not been officially inspected and paid for. After all the evidence was heard the case was postponed until Tuesday, November Il. for the purpose of giving the attorneys time to look up the law covering Mir. Gayle's motive.
 According to the evidence given in the case yesterday, MT. Gayle had the plumb l ing contract for work in house of