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The Chanute times., 1905-05-19
By MILLICENT e. MANN

!, ing other profuse apologies, when he
discovered that the mirror was brok-
en-, shattered into a thousand tiny
bits A bad omen, ma cousine,' he
said, "a DEATH, His face glowed with
the liveliest interest, and malignity
was not far off. twitted him with
being spiteful because of losing the
wager-I was not gentle with him.
81 may say believed her, for upon
the telling of the circumstance, her
eyes sparkled like glow worms on
summers night" was Gil's comment.
"He dallied with the locket,' the
lady continued her narrative, in dis
dainful manner, turning it now this
way, now that, while l waited his
pleasure. Finally he gave it an extra
flip and the thin gold partition,
which backed the mirror, fell out. and
with it bit of paper folded into a
tiny square to fit the locket. Again
there was scramble, and again
Raoul Dwight was the successful one.
In spite of my expostulations, he
OpeHeu anu lSdu WhdI WOO "iiteSh
on the paper aloud-the dishonorable
hound! "A love letter. he cried mock
ingly; "a rendezvous, tool He then
held it up so that all the dandies pres
ent might see. | was in distress,
for now l thought l understood why
Mister Waters had been so solicitous
about the locket-he should have
trusted me if it is of any value to him.
1T is not mine cried, scarcely
knowing what / said. I see it is not,
cousin he replied, for the date on
the billet doux, although almost indis-
tinguishable, antedates your birth by
some years-and beg your pardon,
co., he added. The mems muttered
cries of Shame helped him to fasten
his slipping temper.
"'Then he hastened to hand it to
me, for he had seen what l too saw;
my father watching us. You must
know she explained to me, that
have a father here in London, al
though it's little indeed I see of him,
living, as l mostly do, at Lady
Dwight's. My father now came to-
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ward us, pushing back the crowd
debonairly. forestalled the words
on his lips by crying gayly to Raoul
Dwight: 4 have won the wager; the
gloves are mine But my father was
not so easily to be put to rout. AL
low me to see the paper, Mary, he re-
quested. But l courteseyed low be-
fore him, and replied, You must ex-
cuse me, sir; it would not interest
you. Moreover, it does not belong to
me- placed the paper back in the
locket and fastened on the gold back.
1.-The men began making apologies
for the fracas, and Raoul Dwight, as
if to make amends for his rudeness,
born of pique, and as l afterward
learned, desire to see if the locket
which Mister Waters habitually wore
contained the pledge of my hand, ling
cred to apDease Lord FELTON,. un-
derstood that Raoul Dwight was ex-
planning about the paper. l heard
him say (my ears are keen) words to
the effect that it was naught but an
old love letter written to Elaine, of
which Mister Waters must be choice
indeed, since he treasured it so; and
if it we're ever to come again under
his notice he would destroy it. And
his information was punctuated with
malicious chuckles. Which proved to
me that it was of value to it's owner,
and that Raoul Dwight had either
seen or heard of it before. l prom
ised myself that, as far as l had the
saying, he should never see it again.
"T did not look at my father, but
l could feel his eyes follow me as
walked down the ball room with my
partner, and l knew that he was furi-
Gus at being thwarted in his inquisi-
tiveness. That was not to be the end
of the affair. There is much more to
tell. much morel
"T thought to escape an interview
with him that night by spending it at
Lsdy Dwight's. l had hardly entered
the hall of her house when Lord Fel-
ton stood before me. After many
pleasant words and compliments, for
my father knows how to be most
gracious when he chooses. and he can
be the fiend incarnate when he
pleases, also, he asked to see the bill
let doux. Again refused graciously
but firmly. He was at a white heat
with anger. and was afraid that he
would use force TO wrench it from me.
should have known him better than
that. He recovered himself and in
his most suave manner said slowly
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cHAPIER xx-contlnued.


Five days!" l repeated. This Is
the night when | am to meet Lady
FELTON, and receive it back again. I
must get up-help me, Gill;"
you cannot; you are not able"
said he.
She will think do not care" I
pleaded; 81 must get up"
ut does not matter, my lord; the
lady is not in London" said he.
"Ah, yes, you said that you had
seen her-where has she gomez" l
asked.
Il do not know" he returned.
I fell back exhausted from talking,
big drops of sweat stood upon my
face. l made a motion for him to ex-
plain.
Three nights ago." he began, "at
the close of another day of unrequited
search, tired out, was doing in my
chair. You see, sir, ! have not slept
in a bed since our parting"
Poor Gill" l murmured.
| remembered how he had ridden
to and from Long Haut without rest,
and now this wearying search.
you were right-it may be some
consolation for you to know-there is
nothing to beat this looking after
young sparks for taking the pounds
off one, hey Gil?" said drolly. "You
will be as slender as our friend, Noel,
when next you meet"
81 had not finished my supper" he
went on, needless of my interruption.
Il intended to go out again as soon
as my cloak was dried; and, as said,
| fell asleep in my chair. I was awak-
ened by lorraine, who came and said
that the lady was at the lodge door.
You will know that / am not at the
Blue Boar, but in an old house on the
fringe of town"
"'What lady?' l asked him.
1.-The handsome one that came to
the Tabard,' he explained.
81 hurried on my clothes to be
decent and went down to the door,
where the fool had left her standing
begged her to come in. She was
The Chanute times., 1905-05-19

JUDGING BY THEIR COLOR.
Fisherman Employed Somebody to
HRreak Inn His Shirts.

"Break In" HIS Snirts'
The late Capt. Alfred Rice. the
noted shad fisherman of the Delaware
river. was no less remarkable for per-
sonal cleanliness than for his un-
eoualed handling of the mile-long shad
seine. :.
Capt. Rice was not only clean ana
neat himself; he insisted upon clean
illness and neatness in his men. IL
new man proved to be a sloven' ne
very soon mended his ways under the
cantain's criticisms, or else he sought
another job.
There was new man, one shau
season. who always wore dirty white
shirt. In shad fishing it is best 10
wear black jersey. If, however a
white shirt is chosen, there is no rea-
son why it should not be clean one
So. at least, Capt Rice thought
He stood his new mans dirty white
shirts for a month. Then, calling the
fisherman up to him. he said:
"Friend, who the deuce is 1t tnar
YOU always get to wear your shirts
the first week for you?"-Los Angeles
Times
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wit Worth overeharae.

A commendable characteristic OF W.
T. Douglas, governor of Massaehu-
setts. is his enjoyment of a joke on
himself as much as on the other fel-
low. Not long ago he dropped into
n strange barber shop to have his
soant hair trimmed. After the job
rad been completed, the barber hand
ed Mr.. Douglas check for fifty cents.
sHow's this?" said Mr.. Douglas
Doesn't that sign over there say
.first-class haircut for twenty-five
cents'?"
"Yes-yes,' replied the barber, but
-ou haven't first-class hair"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
81 CHECKS FROM ROCKEFELLER.
His Gift of $4,000, 900 to the General Educa.
tIOu Board

New York (SpeciaD The $1oooo.-
900 gift of John ID. Rockefeller to the
general education board. which was an
nounced last June, was paid to the board
by Mr.. Rockefeller i'll cash In his let
ter of last June Mr.. Rockefeller an
nounced that this gift would be forth
coming on the Ist of October in cash or
securities, at his option, and the cash
was turned over to the board.
The $Io,ooo,ooo was delivered to the
executive committee Of the board while
in session by F. Y. Gates, a representa-
tive of Mr.. Rockefeller, and also a mem
Der of the committee.
The payment was made in a series of
checks made payable to George Foster
Peabody, treasurer of the board Six OF
the checks were for one million and two
for two millions each
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
A MOTHER KILLS
HER SEVEN CHILDREN
Throws Herself on Burning Bed
With Bodies.
SHE REVIyES, BUT SOON DIES.
Horrible Butchery by al Insane Woman In
an Illinois TOwn-KIIIs Her Children With
an Ak, Piles Their Bodies on a Bed Sat-
urated With Coal OIL and Sets Fire to 1t
Then Throws Herself INTO the Flames.

Cambridge, Ill. (Special) The neigh
bors of Clarence Markham. a farmer
living southwest of Cambridge, discov-
cred that the Markham house was on
FIRE. Fastening there to assist in sub
DUNG the flames, they were horror
stricken upon their arrival to see the
bodies of Mrs. Markham and her seven
children lying inside the burning build
ing in heap on the floor. covered with
blood
After frantic efforts they succeeded in
pulling the bodies from the flames. only
to hnd them horribly mutilated. gashed
and burned All were apparently dead.
but later signs of life were discovered
in the woman and she was revived.
Mrs. Markham at first said a strange
man had killed the children and then set
the house on fire. Later. and lust be-
lore dying. she confessed that she had
killed the children with an AK. She
had attempted to kill herself with the
same implement she said, but failing. she
placed the bodies of the little ones on a
bed saturated with coal oil, which she set
ahre. She threw herself on the burning
bed and was horribly burned.
After her death letter was found in
the rural mail box addressed to her hus-
band, telling him she was going to kill
herself and the children; that she loved
him and the children, but believed
they would be better off and safer in
the arms of the Lord than they were
on earth.
The woman is supposed to have been
temporarily insane. The husband was
away from home at the time. He is
Frustrated. The family was poor The
children ranged from 10 years to a baby
in arms.
The Markhams lived apart from
neighborS, the husband being employed
as a laborer on a nearby farm. He was
compelled to be away from home during
the day. Having noted his wife acting
queerly for several weeks, he had kept
the children, the oldest of whom was
but nine years of age, out of school. to
be with the mother. She was never
known 10 exhibit violent tendencies pre-
viOuSlv.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.

Thomas P. Mofat, of New York,
American consul at Turks Island, w. L.,
has been appointed consul at Laguayra,
replacing there Carl Bailey Hurst.
Captain HebbinghauS, German naval
attache, presented to President RooSe-
welt in behalf of the Emperor a collec-
ton of steel engravingS.
New indictments were returned against
Edwin S Holmes, Jr., the Agricultural
Department clerk involved in the cotton
leak scandal
Secretary Taft arrived in Washing
ton, having made a remarkably quick trip
from Yokohama to the national capital.
A bulletin issued by the Census Bu-
reau shows the cotton ginned up to Sep
tember 25 10 be 2,35o,o3I.
1t has been decided that the President
will go to New Orleans and return to
Washington on a cruiser.
A herd of milking goats imported
from the Island of Malta has arrived III
New York.
According to report from Minister
Lyon, OF Liberia, American trade with
that country has dwindled TO insignificant
proportions. He attribates the falling
off 10 the loss OF American merchant
marine
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
HIGH HONORS TO BE GIVEN wIrTE..
The Russian Statesman Joins Gear on His
Yacht

St. Petersburg (By Cable).-NT. Wittc
left ST. Petersburg by boat to meet En-
peror Nicholas, who, with his family, is
prolongng his yachting trip in the Fin
nish Gulf. The meeting will take place.
at Bjoerke, the unfrequented little fish
ing port where the historic intcrviA1< be-
tween Emperor Nicholas and Emperor
William took place just before the peace
conference, and where the imperial yacht
Polar Star IS now lying.
1t has been reported that Witte wiz
be made count and receive the Order
OF ST. Andrew, with which Presidents
Faure and Loubet were decorated, but
more substantial honor may be his
nomination to the post of chief of the
cabinet of ministers. the details of which
are now being elaborated and which
would make him the first subject in the
realm, with the right OF naming all the
ministers except the court and war min
lSterS
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
Pullman Cars In Big Smash.

St. Paul, Mimi (SpeciaD n 500
Line Passenger train frorl the East leav-
ing the Osion Passenger Station at o.os
o'clock ~ Nj. collided with Chicago
Great WeStern fast stock train at the
Fourth steet viaduct The for : of
Tie collision sent five Of the nasscnoc r
cars down a 2z-foot embankment One
passengerk lis dead and FIVE were in.
jured. wiz y a scorc or more were .l;oht.
y cur anS bruised That no more were
killed y .dae TO the fact that the train
was nsarly.sr,c,v
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
FIRST DIP OF NEW WARSHIP.
Launching of the Battleship Mississippi at
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia (SpeciaD In the pres
enc of distinguished party of guests
the battleship Mississippi was launched
here at the yard of the William Cramp
Ship and Engine Building Company.
The vessels sponsor was Miss Mabel
Clare Money, daughter of United States
Senator Money. Owing to the prevalence
of yellow fever i'll the South, Gov. J. K.
Nardaman, of Mississippi, and his staff
were unable to attend the launching. The
Governor was represented by Senator,
Money The guests included Admiral
Dewey. Lieutenant Commander Wood.
Rear Admiral Rogers, Mayor Weaver.
OF this city; naval officers stationed here
and in Washington and prominent civil
iaDS
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
WOMEN HIS VICTIMS.
Successful SwiudIer Finally Comes to
Grief.

Chicago (SpeciaD George Moore. so
years old and of clerical appearance, who
admits that for four years he has made
a business of swindling women of Chi
cago. Milwaukee and other places. is
under arrest here
Moore claimed to he an agent for an
art journal published by a department
store. He offered yearly subscriptions
to houSekeeperS at $I.5o and gave them
an order on a department store for six
yards of dress goods. He said the store
filled these orders free to get the mag
azine starter. He secured subscriptions
readily and his weekly receipts are said
by the police 10 have been large
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
jap Commits Suicide.

New York (SpeciaD.-A well-dressed
and educated Japanese, who registered
at the Delaware Hotel, Third avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, as X. Nakamsf
committed suicide by slashing his thr,
from ear to ear and then jumping
the roof to an extension, 4 distans
four stories. Both legs and severa
were broken, and he was dead
found He had been broodng
Japanese Russian terms Of ~
had told the hotel props,S
eonnfrv had hrnr I--x..x
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
Alleged Lyncher Acquitted.

Springfield, o. (SpeciaD. James
O'Brien was acquitted of completely in
the lynch;ag of Richard Dixon. 1t was
stated by several prisoners in the Jail
that they peeped from their cells as the
mob burst into the halls and that they
saw O'Brien grab Dixon and take him
from the cell, turning him over to the
mob. A few minutes later the negro was
lynehed. O'Brien was one OF six indict-
ed for completely in the lynching and the
secov{AIo De tried and acquitted
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
Albers Sentenced.

Washington (SpeciaD Minister Mer-
ry, at San Jose, Costa Rica. cabled the
State Department that William S. Al
berS had been sentenced 10 three years
i'll prison, but that an appeal had been
taken TO the Supreme Court. Mr.. DON
aldson. American consul at Managua,
whose exequatur was Cancelled as an in
cident of this case, is expected to arrive
here early next week.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
Killed With Baseball Bat.

Detroit, Mich. (SpeciaD While pro-
tecting his I6-year-old invalid daughter
from assault in the yard in the rear of
his residence, William T. Harrington
beat Charles Martin, who boarded at his
home, so severely with a baseball bat
that Martin died later in a hospital.
Martin, it is alleged, had been drink
ing and attacked the girl. Her cries
aroused the father, who rushed to her
rescue with 4 ball bat
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
Rich Man Killed By Auto.

Des AloineS, Iowa (SpeciaD Fred
erick A. Hartman, lawyer, banker and
one of the wealthiest men in Northern
Iowa, was killed i'll an automobile acci-
dent. He was descending a steep hill.
lost control OF the machine and was
thrown into a deep gulch. the car crush
ing him to death. Arthur and Frederick
Reed, who were with him, were badly
hurt
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
Wealthy Woman Killed.

Cleveland (SpeciaD Mrs. Edith NJ.
Bailey, wife of wealthy manufacturer.
beneath whose automobile Joseph BroeS-
tie was fatally injured, was held for the
grand jury on charge of manslaugh-
ter. The accident happened at the Su-
perior Street viaduct September Is.
Mrs. Bailey was driving the machine.
Broestle, who crossing the street, was
struck by the automobile, dying next
day.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
Ylee.Presldent Provost Dead

Philadelphia (Spcc iaD Sutherland
NJ. Provost, third vice president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. died
at his home here of complication of
kidney and heart trouble. He was 90
years old Mr. Provost had been ailing
for more than a year but his illness did
not become serious until last July, when
he was compelled to give UP his duties.
He had been bedridden several weeks
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
Ohio Town Burned Out.

Jeffersonville, O. (SpeciaD Fire
broke out at Jeffersonville. a town of
1000 inhabitants, lying in Fayctte coun-
ty, near Clark county bo-der, and in a
short time had wiped out the entire busi-
<ess section of the village
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
Railroad Officials at SwIthes.

Chicago (SpeciaD Railroad officials
worked as Switchmen Saturday in the
yards OF the Grand Trunk Railroad,
where the yard men struck Division
superintendent +. w. Egan, Assistant
Superintendent w. L. Costello, Yard
Master NJ. ]. Conron and others assisted
handful of nOn-union switchmcn to
make up trains and throw switches.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
AUTUMN LEAVES.

Flower and leaf of vine and tree,
A. 1rass OF meadow, weed OF mire-.
Summer gathered them to be
: Faggots for the autumn's fire.
Smoke-lke haze on vale and hill:
Flames of gold and crimson bright
Into life now leap and fiji
! Field and forest with their light.
All the glory of the year
kindled into beauty so:
Soon the winter will be here.
Soon the curfew-then the snow.
So these lovely leaves l lay
In my book, all gold and red:
Embers for a winters day
, When the autumn's fire is dead
Frank Dempster Sherman. in the Amor.
lean Illustrated Magazine.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05

Explaining the early movement of gold
to tins country this season, a prominent
Wall Street banker says that Europe has
been an unusually heavy buyer of our
securities during the past summer The
heaviest buyer has been Holland, which
holds about S2S+OOO,OOo in American
railways and S2oI, 100000 in American
industrial securities, face value.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05

~ III the news gently want
to tell you about II plan
I've got in my head"
Il know what it is" interrupted her
brother, turning pale. Il knew all
about it before l came down here"
I'D like TO know how?' asked Mrs.
Green, i'm great surprise. Il never told
anybody except John, and I'm sure he
hasn't let it out
No, he hasn't" answered Mr.. Bangs.
But the minute 1 read your letter. l
felt what was in the wind You didn't
say in so many words that you'd got n
match planned out, but l understood it
well enough. WHO is it, Selma? Bet
ter get the load off your mind as soon
as possible. I'm prepared TO know the
worst" aud Mr.. Bangs gave utterance
TO sigh of forced resignation.
It's widow" answered Selma:
"just the kind Of woman 10 suit You.
'Rastus. do hope you'll be sensible
this time, and not let your foolish bash
fulness spoil your chances of getting q
good wife"
"A widOwi-Mr. Bangs turned q
triae paler. and shivered -'I-l'm
afraid l can't stand this siege. Selma.
l came mighty near knocking under TO
that old maid last summer. but | was
helped out of the scrape some way.
I've always heard say that man
couldn't hold out long against widow
il she'd got her mind really made up TO
get him"
Don't he fool. 'HastuS." said her
~, tersely. "Maria's too good for
aud. If you know when you're
Is you'll make sure of her"
she won't be made sure Of"
Bangs, to whom this cOnver-
i somewhat alarming.
she WILL" answered Selma.
with her about matters.
J. W l' - he'd have no objections"
II Rpus. SELMA exclaimed
aspiring all over you
3S that you've actually
: Aslnan about my mar
&Vhy. she'll expect
~ + -. r. and, if don't,
81 i for breach Of
4 !, e Il man,
II IS "a Of the
|1< ce''
Ou're talk
{. |3 S = 5gs. shaking
s. = 3 | SF Fre n woman,
! = + t;now.
s d let me intro
IL ina. and she
htA
! i & I Z < being led to the
IS & ! 81 : ~ Mr.. Bangs. MS
+. IS 'lor door to wipe
Fwere home again,
4 - = fool, 'RastuS.T re-
- - {| e. by way of encour-
- n he was ragged
ii - ~ and he remembered
something i'll the shape>
~ u rose up. and said some
Il Selma had said something
"a those something were, he
S. w
G came to, sufficiently tc
hit was going OH about him.
lone with the widow She
s ad-looking woman, he had to
|l.7 fact, he rather liked her
g result was, lie fell in love
Smith. He generally fell in
The women Selma selected
ubiectS for matrimOny. But
he felt so completely done
was sure all his capabilities
in love were exhausted.
never love again.
H. { ld of a week lie felt that his
reached its climax, for he
Ia rose she had dropped, and
it under his pillow.
pr, old fool,' he said to him.
xt morning, as he stood be-
ass. "To think that you've
enough for that I'm glad
bwS it, But the widow is
tive, and / don't see as I'm
II can't help it,"
ina and Mrs. Smith went
ter tea. AS Mr. Bangs
M the hall he saw that
door stood partly
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
q 81 q

In opposing habeas corpus proceedings
on behalf OF Henry Kopp, % Manhattan
avenue, Williamsburg, now confined in
a sanatorium at Amityville, Mrs. Kopp
declared he had insisted upon her skat-
ing on rollers while he sailed kites, and
in one day bought 10 dogs, Is pictures
and 200 padlocks for his trunk Kopp
was in court and denied his wife's
charges. Mrs. Kapp, in pleading with
the Court to keep her husband under
restraint, said he drank IS to 20 glasses
of whisky daily, and sometimes two
quarts.