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WORKS FOR PLEASURE OF IT
A Man Worth Half Million Is Hired
Hand at SO Day.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

Boston-Altho possessed Of a for
tune Of one half million dollars, John
A. Conquest, father of Ida Conquest,
the actress. is a laborer at T. wharf,
packing fish at So a day. Dissatisfied
with life of ease and disguised with
the frivolities of the world, he works
for the sheer love Of working. He re-
now he has returned to the mental labor,
where he began, and he is happy at his
work.
Mr.. Conquest lives in a superbly furn-
ished house in Brookline. There occa.
sionally his daughter, Ida Conquest,
comes to see her father and mother.
She has won high place theatrically,
having been leading woman for Richard
Mansfield, John Drew and Nat Good
win.
The father, iovial, round faced, gray
packer, tossing Goldfish about with a
pitchfork, and enjoys it. Like other
laborers at T. wharf he dresses in fish
scaled Bumpers, coarse flannel shirt
and cowhide boots, yet he could sign
a chack that would buy out his en-
ployers' firm.
fHard work and regular hours bring
good health, and good health. means
much more than superficial enjoyment
of wealth." he says. g know what
I'm talking about, for I retired from
u uuh man going until | got back
| to work again. Killing time and pleas
ure-seeking was the hardest work I
NThere is only one way to get hon
estly rich. That is to work hard, to
save your money, and at the same time
be reasonably charitable.
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9. Introdustion-T shades of Washington JEFF
ferson and Samuel Adams visit late at night the
in conversation with his friend Brown. Smith
mistakes them for masqueraders, demands an
his eyes after promising to return on the fol.
lowing evening. 1t is arranged that they shall
the Following is continuation of the first con-
ference. Jefferson is attempting to prove from
me records that the founders Of the constitution
reared and dlstrusted the people, and that they
an aimed to form government which would hold
"Not until the American people
learn to take an intelligent and dis
passionate view of their constitution, -
began Jefferson, twill it be possible
political ills under which they suffer.
So that you gentlemen may not mis-
understand me, l will frankly state my
opinion that most of your grievances
flow from the unfair and undemocratic
features of that document. Powerful
selfish interests have taken advantage
OF constitutional provisions which were
incorporated because of the mex
perlence, the fears, the weakness, the
combined helplessness, cowardice, sor'
didness and grasping ambition Of dele.
gates who represented distracted and
jealous colonies
He spoke so rapidly that I had diff
ficulty in recording his words, tho an
skilled at stenography. When he bega1
this remarkable outburst he was half
reclining on settee in a lounging ma
ner, on one hip. and with his right
shoulder elevated much above the 9th
err. His whole figure had loose, shack
ling air, but after the first sentence
he came to his feet, threw his shoulder
back and gestured with his right hand
shaking his long forefnger in Wash
ington's direction. The latter sat will
stern face and half closed eyes.
"Josiah Quincy spoke the truth whel
he declared in 1903, that 'the consti
tuition has been extorted from tn
grinding necessity of a. reluctant PEG
ple',' asserted Jefferson. Generation
passed before it was discovered tina
it's trainers were an assembly Of demi
gods; that they met in peaceful con
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ferson. ttThe history of those days
has not yet been written, but when it is
recorded James Wilson. will be given
the high place which is his due. More
than any character in that convention
he stood for the rights of the producing
classes. He once made a motion that
the senate be elected by the people, and
not delegate in V yhat convention hal
of inspiration that he feared that in
spite Of all the checks the legislature
would swallow up all the other powers
and he wished the Judiciary to have re-
visionary power on laws before finally
passed and put into effect. By vote
Of eight states to three, the convention
refused to give SO vast power to the
supreme court. Behold what has hap
the legislature, and the judiciary has
successfully defed both Of them, and
has arrogated to itself a power which no
monarch dare employ. Thus we see
that the purest patriot in all that as.
sembly fell far short of infallibility."
"Most Of the delegates,'' said Wash
ington, Cleared that the popular branch
Of the congress would subvert all the
other powers. 1t was impossible for
us to foresee the arrogance Of the SEN
ate, the influence Of the appointive pow:
er IN Ine naHQS VI VIC eAeCutlVe, anu !
am sure no human intelligence could
have OWNED the extension Of the judi
cial power from the limits plainly set
forth in the constitution
"Mr. Gerry foresaw it, observed
Jefferson. "Let us pursue our investi
cation. Gouverneur Morris was fine
type Of the liberal aristocrat Of our day
! He believed that wealth should domin
ate, but that the people should have the
. power to curb it. Listen to him: The
senate must have great personal proper
ty; it must have the aristocratic spirit
it must love to lord it thru pride. II
make it independent it should be fol
life. It will then do wrong, it is said
He believed so; he hoped so. The ricl
will strive to establish their dominic,
and enslave the rest. They always did
they always will. The proper security
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"Mr Ellsworth was no visionary
observed Jefferson. "He had no idea,
that the new constitution would abolish
poverty. On the contrary he believed
that poverty would increase. In the
discussion on the slavery issue he pre-
dicted that as population increases poor
laborers will be SO plenty as to render
slaves useless. -
He was q true prophet" laughed
investment today"
cut, declared that, the people should
have as little to do as may about the
government They want information,
and are constantly liable to be mis-
led continued Jefferson. "There
was hardly a delegate, who at some
time or other, did not voice the senti-
merit expressed by Mr.. Sherman, who,
later in the convention joined with Mr..
Gerry and others in. an attempt to pre-
vent the majority from trampling down
all semblance Of popular rule.
civilian Paterson and the other del
egates from New Jersey feared that the
people would not accept the constitu-
ton, and strongly urged that it be sub
mitted MOTTO them, but to the state leg
islatures. They wished the president
! elected by the states, each state casting
one vote. In this connection / will say
that Pennsylvania was the only state
which voted in favor Of an election OF
the president by the people,
"The staunchest democrat and the
sturdiest defender of the rights Of the
people was James Wilson of Pennsyl
vania,'. said Samuel Adams. "He was
one of the ablest men Of his day; he was
a scholar, an orator, and patriot with
exalted motives. More than any one
monarchists and aristocrats in thai
body, and to his genius and influence
the American people owe the best feat
ures Of that document, and yet he il
unknown to fame compared with those
who opposed him. Such is the justice
Of history
"Demo crats make history; aristo
Gratis write and distort it, smiled JEFF
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sultation and formed federal state of
mastery construction; that 'our
fathers, by an almost divine prescience
struck the golden mean,' and similar
exaggerated panegyrics expressed by
demagogs or written by ill-informed
historians It has been assumed that
the people wish to be told such folly;
that it is we'll to cultivate their venera,
ton, and that historical truths should
be revealed sparingly. Such reasoning
is false.'
cit is more than false; it is Vicious
said Samuel Adams. "You teach your
selves that your forefathers were in
spired, that they provided for you a
perfect system Of government. What is
the consequences When things go
wrong, when abuses arise and flourish,
you refuse to consider the possibility
that the cause may be found in the an
Instead 11uae 'a Of graapp p with admitted
wrongs, and applying to them that Wis
dom which comes from experience, you
implore your lawyers and your Judges
to reveal to you the occult secrets or
your constitution.
eve have ascertained that Massa-
chusetts was represented in the Consul
tutional convention by men, and not by
demigods, continued Jefferson. 'We
have learned that all of them were op'
posed to popular rule. ], shall now
quote from other great characters IN
| that convention. Oliver Ellsworth was
from Connecticut, and later was the first
chief Justice Of the United States. he
steadily refused to grant, power to the
people. He was opposed to their vot'
ing on the constitution which was. to
govern them. "A new set of ideas, he
Complained on one occasion during the
debates, Seems to have crept in since
the articles of confederation were estab
lished. Conventions of the people, OF
with power derived from the people
were wn hot then Thought of. -
"You will note from this" comment
ed Samuel Adams, "that Ellsworth re
sented the dawning of democracy. i
surprised and annoyed him to think
that the people should wish to be con
shifted -
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against them is to form them into sep
arate interest. l am against paying
the. senators. They will pay themselves
IF they can. ~
He certainly was candid" laughed
Brown, "and he is the only one you
have quoted who had a prophetic eye.
Our senators have plenty Of property,
cratic spirit. From the price the aver
age senator pays for his seat, I should
himself back.'
Mr.. Morris certainly did not mean
to suggest that senators would be iusti-
ned IN using their official positions for
the purpose of increasing their private
fortunes! ! exclaimed. "You would
not accuse him Of that, Mr.. Jeffersons'
~ accuse him of nothing,'' retorted
Jefferson. "Mr. Morris was a banker.
and he belonged to a school Of politics
which was not SO mealy- mouthed and
hypocritical as that which now uses the
government for purposes of loot. He
was an admirer of the British house of
lords, and he knew that these peers
openly accepted BRIDES and favors. He
wished to pit the rich squarely against
the poor, and held that in such con
| aict each faction would emerge with
it's rights In the same speech he de-
clared that he did not hesitate to de-
clare that loaves and fishes must bride
the demagogs. A senate for life will
be. a noble bait. Without such capt.
waiting prospects the popular leaders will
oppose and defeat the constitution He
repeatedly avowed that he feared the
ascendency of the rich, and thought it
best to mass the weather. in a senate
for life, so that they would not be
forced to mix with the people, and bride
and debauch them'' ~.,a..
In other words,' suggested Brown
che hoped to save the country by let
ting the rich have everything their owl
way. His plan has many advantages
It is very annoying that man worth
millions cannot become an American
peer without bribing a vulgar state
Legislature, and we have prospered 81
that there are hundred millionaires fo
: every vacant senatorship.' f.'--.
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nECTNFC< A MYSTERY

noting that the door was not, in use,
the room beyond had been one Of
those rented by Mrs. Talmage Eglin-
ton. The discovery and his own de-
duction caused an odd little crease at :.
he seized the, earliest opportunity to
put in his word
: tive got some news for you, Mrs.
Talmage Eglinton. You are about to
be the recipient Of a very high honor:
Greatly! But this is extremely in;
terestning," was the reply. accompanied
by eh ssh Gf ss sm PStE s4aRs ssp
men in suspense general. Am to 60
for a cruise in the royal yacht, or
dine with the Lord Mayor?'
"The Duke of Baumanoir is going to !,
ask you down to his country-place at
Prior's Tarrant," said the general, i'm
was WITH sRRG m ibis her or PGPsa sSa
! tation in the course of the day. We re
all going down. The duke is Alec IS
new boss, don't you know, and he has
taken liking to the lot Of u.s.
He carefully. avoided his wife IS eyes
and those Of his guests as he burst this
himself of the sight of toss of Leonie s
pretty head and of the raising Of two.
pairs of elderly eyebrows. His hostess
| had his sole attention, and she re-
paid it fully. For the first time in his
experience Of her Mrs, Talmage Eglin-
ton changed color and seemed at loss
for. words; He helped her out, and him
self, too, with the same old lie, and
his manner was perfect-just that Of
the simple old soldier:
The duke dotes on Americans, don t
you know. Says he was introduced to
| you by my nephew outside Beaumanoir
house the day he landed, and when it
came out in conversation that we knew
you, he insisted on your being asked.
Thought it would please Alec, don t
you KNOW
The last sentence was spoken care
lessly, as tho it was an afterthought,
but it had an effect that all the skill
at Mrs. Talmage Eglinton's disposal
could not hide-an effect transient only,
but so marked that the three other
women in the room, coldly hostile as
they were, did not fail to note it. The
flush. which had tinged her cheek on
hearing Of the invitation deepened, and
a softer light cleaned for moment in
her fine eyes.
/ But whether the generals explana-
ton was deemed adequate, or whether
she intended to accept the invitation.
there was no present means Of know.
ing. For the. sedate calm Of
the afternoon call was suddenly inter.
rupted by tremendous uproar beyond
the closed door that was blocked by the
writing table-a babel Of confused
voices and the shuffling Of feet. The
ladies looked at one another in alarm,
Mrs. Talmage Eglinton fully sharing
the agitation Of her visitors. Indeed.
. she rose and glided swiftly towards, the
closed door, and then, as tho recollect-
= ing that it was not available, made for
the principal entrance of her suite.
! To Be Continued Next Saturday.
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fYour sarcasm would have been lost
on the delegates, who sincerely believed
that the salvation Of the nation de-
pended on the formation Of an aris-
tocracy thru the senate, said Jeffer-
, HWhy so9' asked Brown.
They lamented that there were not
enough men of wealth to properly con-
stitute such a senate responded JEFF
ferson.
care you serious in making that
statement9' I exclaimed.
Listen to the remarks made by
Charles Pinckney when there was under
discussion senate which should repre-
sent monied aristocracy,0 returned
Jefferson. 'tNo man in the convention
welded so great an influence as Charles
Pinckney Of South Carolina. You may
Judge from his words, and from the
question then seriously discussed, Of the
qualifications Of the men Of that age t.
form constitution for the people OF
today. He said:
"sWe have few rich men among Ut
by rich I mean those. whose riches
may have dangerous inf1uence-per
haps there are not a hundred on this
continent. It is not probable that thi!
number will be greatly increased in {
country which will be a new one fol
centuries. Where then, are the richie
and wealth whose, representation. am
permanent senate9 Where are tn
sources from which it Is to flows From
the landed INTEREST," No, that is too, un
productive. From the moneyed interest
If such exists at present little is to b
apprehended from that source. Is it t
spring from commerce. / believe /
would be the first instance in which
mobility sprang for merchants
Brown laughed heartily, and his merr!
ment was. contagious, even Washing
"Mr. Pinckney would revise tina
prophecy If he could gaze on our regs
nobilityl" exclaimed Brown. eve ca
furnish material for his model senat
which would make the British hous
of lords look cheap. We have none
kings, merchant princes, real estat
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she was met by the person who called
here last night dressed as a clergyman,
only he was dressed as a workingman
today. They went away together in
a four-wheeler.' - ,.--.'
considerably said the general, and,
announcing his intention of returning
later, he babe the footman call cab
and followed him out of the room.
81 wonder what he has got up his
sleeve,' Forsyth unused aloud, as he
and Sibyl watched the wiry figure into
the cab. "The spirit of the chase has
grippeed him tight and he's in full cry
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SITUATION STRAINED
lyMcLE SAM MAY BE COMPELLED
TO USE FORCE in DEALING
WITH VENEZUELA.

f+ As-e
Warrington, Jan. IL The informA-
uon respecting the situation at Ca
racas received by the state department
from Minister Bowen in cablegram
Of Thursdays dateis to the effect that
President Castro has made q PROPOSE
ton for the settlement Of the asphalt
claims and other issues between the
United States and Venezuela Of q ma
ture that makes 1t impossible Of ac-
ceptance by our government and, be-
ing notified OF that fact and having left
the capital for an indefinite period, he
has terminated the negotiations at
least for the time being. The effect Of
this action is to place the relations be-
tween the United States and Venezu-
ella under a decided strain. However,
there is no intention on the part Of the
administration to act with undue haste
and though it is now almost certain
that some action Of compulsory ma
ture will in the end be forced upon
our government this will not occur
until every resource of diplomacy has
been exhausted.
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Saturday Jan. 2i.


Frederick A. Poth, head Of the p.
y. Poth Brewing company. II dead q
Philadelphia.
Edward Fletcher, for many years
identified with the financial side Of the
theatrical business. Ii dead In New
York city.
Norman Rockefeller, 4 prosperous
farmer and an uAcle OF John d. Rookie
Teller, died at Phelps, N. II. Friday,
aged ninety-two.
Secretary Hay and Minister Grip of
Sweden and Norway have signed an
arbitration treaty between this coun-
try and Norway and Sweden.
Frank Wella Of ansing, Mich, for
the past twenty years presid lent Of the
Michigan state board OF health, Id
dead, aged seyenty-six years.
The New York Stock Exchange seat
of Daniel j. Sully, the cotton oper-
ator, who failed almost 81 year ago,
has been sold to Stuyvesant Fish Nor
ris, Jr, the reported price being s76.-
900.
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JURY FAILS TO AGREE
NO VERDICT RENDERED IN SEN
sATIoNAL NEW uLM (MlNN.)
MURDER TRIAL.

New Ulm, Mimi. Jan. 21.--Dr.
George r. Koch must stand another
trial for the alleged murder Of DR.. L.
A. Gebhardt.
The jury, after being out forty.one
hours, came into court at 9:40 a. m.
and announced it's inability to agree
upon verdict. Judge Webber there
upon discharged the jury. .s
Not since the twelve men retired to
deliberate on the case has the jury
Indicated a desire for further instruc-
ton from the court nor has single
word leaked from the juryroom to in
dicate how the members stood on the
question Of conviction or innocence.
As near as can be ascertained the
jury stood nine for acquittal and three
for conviction. sS53
Attorney Brown. ii the interest Of
the defendant, made q motion for an
Immediate new trial. This the court
denied on the grounds that General
5Childs, the prosecuting attorney. did
not desire immediate retrial.
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was followed by shTieks and cries Of
the wounded. AS the Cossacks fol-
lowed up the volley with charge the.
workmen fled before them, leaving
about 100 dead or wounded.
1t was evident that the soldiers de-
liberately spared Father Gopon. One
Of the ciergymen by his side was
wounded, but he escaped untouched
and hid behind a wall until the Co.'S
sacks passed and he was then spirited
away by workmen.
The estimates of the number OF dead
and wounded cont Aue to vary greatly,
as at least majority of the killed and
wounded were carried off by their
comrades. Few of these taken to the
hospitals have been reported. The
official account of the rloting by no
means indicates the total of killed and
wounded. From careful investigation
by the staff of the Associated Press It
appears that the estimate Of 500 cabled
seems liberal.
EMPEROR is COMPLETELY
FRUSTRATED BY GRIEF.
Emperor Nicholas is completely
prostrated by grief. He is represented
to be almost in state of collapse over,
the situation. In the meantime every
thing awaits his decision. All the
schools are closed.
st. Petersburg has often Witnessed
rioting, clearing the streets of demon
strators and Cossack charges with
whips and sabres, but the bloodshed
Of Sunday is unparalleled in its history
and the many stories of brutality told
by the populace seem to have con-
vinced them that programme of de-
hberate blood letting was planned to
overawe the strikers. This is most in-
dignantly denied by the authorities,
who protest most earnestly that they
regret that the situation compelled
{ such stern measures. They say order
had to be restored or the city would
( have fallen into the hands of the mob.
The sale Of petroleum has been for
hidden by the police tc prevent the
possibility Of the strikers attempting
to destroy the city by fire.
The authorities have advised the
factory owners not to admit the men,
as they had stolen a lot Of dynamite
bombs and might destroy property.
No newspapers have appeared since
Friday except the Official Messenger,
containing the government DEGREES,
which Is printed under military protec-
tien at the Office Of the State bank,
sleae the bank notes are issued. Off
cial accounts of Sundays affair were
posted on all the bulletin boards. Strik-
ers who came to read spat upon them.
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St PETERSBURG QUIET
Situation at Moscow gives Gov.
ernment Much Concern

st. Petersburg, Jan. 25.-St. Peters
burg will be declared in a state Of
siege Wednesday,.
General Trepoff, until recently chief
of police of Moscow, has been appoint
ed governor general of st. Petersburg
and has taken up quarters in the win
ter palace. Strangely enough the
only precedent is the case of General
Trepoff's father during the reign Of
nihilistic terrorism under Alexander
I. and it Is also a strange coincidence
that unsuccessful attempts were made
upon the lives of both. General Ire
poff is man of great energy, but the
measures he adopted at Moscow for
suppressing student demonstrations in
December last provoked much resent
ment and the revolutionists recently
condemned him to death.
The aspect of the Russian capital is
decidedly more calm. Business, which
had been at a complete standstill, has
been resumed upon limited scale.
The employees in few small factories
went to work Tuesday and the crowds
of strikers in the streets were dimin-
1shed. The troops in evidence were
not so numerous as on Monday and a
more confident feeling exists in official
circles that the energetic measures
which have been inaugurated will Ell
sure the safety and quiet of the city.
There will be big demonstration
in Moscow Wednesday and 1t is feared
1t will be accompanied by bloodshed.
The situation confronting the military
authorities at Moscow Is much more
serious than at st. Petersburg. Out
Of over 100000 Inhabitants of Mos
COW, over two-thirds are workmen, in.
cluding an exceedingly rough and
turbulent element. The troops there
ere fewer and the city does not lend
itself, like st. Petersburg, to natural
barracks to prevent congestion of men