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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

Suddenly an impulse TO escape seized
him. He felt bOrnd. stihed-as though
-as though ne were in prison. He
turned and fed-first with a rapid
stride into a side street, afterward
breaking into a run when he was away
from the crowds.
The impulse became uncontTollable-
On. on, he sped. throwing startled
looks over his shoulder Once he fan
cied that a crowd was rushing after
him with a great hue and cry. but no
one followed At last. painting and
breathless. he drew UP In front of his
goal. In a subconscious way he had
all the time known whittier he was
making in his mad flight to escape
capture.
For a moment he leaned weak
against the little door. Then. With an
other look over his shoulder. he
brought all his strength together and
pounded iercely upon 1T.
The Warden himself appeared and
heard the gasp:
i've come back-hOme"
But the Warden shook his he@& sadly
and said:
Il have no power to take you In
There is no place for you here keW."
And he closed the door.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

while, you see that the sun is
behind the peaks and Estes
Park is filing up with violet
shadows, and the silver mists
are unfolding from the gulches
like the draperies of a titanic
bed, and you declare the night
was never anywhere so still
and sweet and deep. And the
white headed mountains are on
guard.
1t was through no lack of
love for Estes Park that Lord
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

These questions are not answered yet.
The man said he would volumes get 49,
Which they could take away and read
And find out why. Bostonians lead
In beans and culture and Goldfish cakes
And New England pie Of various makes.
They took the books and down they sat
To study Emerson the Autocrat.> -
Said TEDDY-B, "I'm sure it's true
These books were made for me and you,
But so was time and food and play;
I'll read them thru some other day.
Said TEDDY-G, "My books all right
But it doesn't help my Appetite =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

They rambled over to Copley Square
TO look at library building there.
They asked a man in charge if he
Would answer questions, two or three:
"!Tell us, good sir, what all this means;
-. Is Boston culture made Of beans?
And does it take but single week
For Boston children to learn their Greek?
And what do all these marble halls
Have to do with making Goldfish balls7
And if born in Boston, is it true
That that is all folks have to do
To master life and conquer fate
And pass Saint Peter at the golden gate?.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

The railroad line and the time to 60.
The note was signed down at the end:
''Priscilla Alden; your little FRIEND"
The porter thanked him for the fee: o.~~---.
''I'm sorry to leave you here, " said he; e
''Ill deliver the baggage as you say, - 49, :
And tell Priscilla Of the delay" ,~:>.,
The train was off and TEDDY-B =. IT,
Was left twelve miles from TEDDY-G. ..
TEDDY-G was called on telephone
With loud "Hello'' in an angry tone,
And told to hire wheel and see
If he could cover the distance to TEDDY~B
By nine o'clock; the road was fine;
A train would leave at half-past nine.
TEDDY-G came down the road that day
At such speed, the farmers say,
That time was turned the other way.
TEDDY-B had scarcely left the phone
When TEDDY-G in small cyclone
Of wheels and dust all whizzing round
Arrived at the station all safe and sound.
The Bears will get to Boston soon,
Said papers which came out at noon.
They're on the way; they'll be here at two;
From South Union Depot they'll drive thru
The city streets to Beacon Hill IL"
Where Priscilla Alden and her brother Will
Will entertain them days and nights
While they are seeing the Boston sights.
Great crowds had gathered along the route:
There we're girls in dresses gay and cute,
And boys with flags and their teachers, too,
For the schools were out and lessons thru:
"A jolly crowd the Bears to greet,
To cheer them along the street.
The Bears arrived; the crowds hurrah ID; =
The children laughed; the brass bands played.
The merchants closed their stores that day
Aud gave their clerks each double pay.
Flags were flying from poles and towers,
And factory whistles blew for hours.
Guns were fired and bells were rung; ~
A welcome sound from every tongue.
Flowers we're strewn along the street
To be trampled under the horses feet.
The Bears took off their hats and bowed
Both right and left to the happy crowd. -.
Priscilla's home was reached at three .. d.
"I'm glad to see you, said TEDDY-B, s
To Priscilla Alden at the gate; .-
IT ~ very sorry that we are late. -
The Bears were taken to their room
And made to feel like folks at home
At 4 o CLOCK they had cake and tea,
And then walked out the town to see.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

Get off yourself and wait for me;
Let the train 20 on,'' signed "TEDDY-G."
"He's off his trolley, sure enough
Said TEDDY-B, little gruff.
The porter was asked by TBDDY-B,
AS he tossed him over a good sized fee,
To get his baggage and fasten tags
On trunks and canes and travelling bags,
And to deliver all to an address he wrote
From directions given in dainty note
Which reached him from little Miss,
When in Chicago and which read like this:
"Dear Roosevelt Bears: Papa says may
Invite you both to come and stay
With us at home three days and nights
When you come to Boston to see the sights"
Her address she gave on Beacon Hill,
And postscript said her brother Will s.
Would meet the train if they'd let him know
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18
They closed the books and took them back

They closed the books and took them back
And placed them on library stack,
And told the man they d come again
And study Holmes and Emerson.
They turned their steps toward the golden dome
And across the Common to Priscia's home;
And as they walked along the way
They made some plans for the following day.
s'Boston' s big and there's much to see;
We must lose no time,' said TEDDY-B.
"We1l 90 tomorrow to Bunker Hill
And take Priscilla and her brother Will"
CONTINUED next Sunday
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18
XII. THE BEARS ARRIVE IN BOSTON.

Copyright, 1905, Seymour
The news teegraphed ahead
That the Bears tired and had gone to bed.
The crowds at stations saw the two
At the sleeper windows peeking thru,
Noddng at children left and right
Who travelled miles and stayed up ell night
TO see the car of the train at least
Which carried the Bears on their journey East
Things went we'll till half past six
When the Roosevelt Bears got in q mix
The train had stopped at little town
When TEDDY-G stepped out and down
And across the platform to a stand
Where folks eat breakfast from their hand.
He ordered steak, well-done, and ham,
And chicken pie and toast with jam,
And fried potatoes and coffee hot
And Boston baked beans In q pot
The waiter nearly had At
But he placed the order bit by bit
While TEDDY-G stood by and read
The things the morning papsr said.
Meanwhile tho train had gone ahead
70 another town az lively rate
Where TEDDY-B who had risen late
Goa telegram from his travelling mate
Which read this way: sym off my trolley;
I'm left behind; my breakfasts jolly;
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30

heart, that gnaws at me night and
day" She looked Mt the brave old face
wistfully. "Do you think that the gen.
eral could have borne that?" she
asked.
The old soldier felt sudden queer
tightening of his throat. He looked
at the girlish figure in its rough blue
serge. then hastily rose, striking his
, stick firmly into the gravel path. All
the old martial fire and vigor were in
his bearing as he stood in front of her.
He felt intuitively that it was case
where action of some kind was needed.
The general would never have given
up, miss" he almost shouted, all the
more sturdily because conscious of an
unwonted tremor in his tones, which
he wanted to conceal. Never! There
wasn't anything that he couldn't have
borne. and anyone with fighting blood
in his veins ought to feel that way,
too. Anyone belonging to the general
is just bound to stand by his colors!"
The girl looked up quickly, her lips
parted, and her face was suffused with
an inward glow.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30
He met her look directly.

He met her look directly.
And you his blood. miss!" he said,
reproachfully-"the fighting blood!
The words stirred the girls senses,
like call to arms. She sprang quickly
TO her feet, sweeping her long skirts
aside, and drawing her 1.-THE figure to
its full height.
You're right" she said, abruptly.
"The fighting blood does not give in.
What is your name? 'MacallonY Now
Mr.. Macallon, we're ready for the en-
emy. Hurrah for the banner of the
fighting bloodw She smiled brightly
at the old man, who, instantly divinlng
her changed mood, and catching the
spirit of excitement. swung involun-
tarily around. Together they saluted
the grave, the old and the young eyes
flashing in unison. The clear note of a
departing bugle lent color and reality
to the scene. The old mans voice
quavered on the air
"'Tentiong' he piped. shrilly. Eyes
front! Forward. marchw-Lucy Baker
jerome, in Success.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30

general had had them to endure, might
have conquered even the fighting
blood"
Don't you believe it, MISS" began
the old soldier, stoutly. but glance at
her downcast face checked him. "Yes,
miss?" he said, interrogatively.
"Yes, | do" she said, more firmly
There are forms of battle of which the
general had no conception. 1t is so
different with a man! His life was
one of action. vivid, stirring action,
and each act was appauded by a ma
ton. He stood high in the estimation
of men. He had wealth, power and
fame. Did he ever know"-she went
on, stormily-"wbat it means simply TO
exist to spend ones life in waiting, till
your youth and strength and hope are
gone? Did he ever know the humiliat-
ing sensation of failure? Did he ever
mean well, and try hard. and have it
all end in defeat? No! he never knew
these things. Even his courage might
have given way before such over
wheming odds as these"
Tie soldiers stiff features melted
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30
BURTON MUST GO. TO PRISON
Supreme Court Decides Against
Senator From Kansas.

senator from Kansas.
The supreme court of the United
States rendered a decision in the case
of United States Senator Joseph R
Burton of Kansas. The decision wai
against Burton, affirming the decision
of the United States circuit court foi
the eastern district of Missouri, by
which Burton was sentenced to siz
months Imprisonment in the jail oil
Iron county. Mo-. required to pay 8
fine of S2,500 and deprived of the
right to hereafter hold Office under
the Government.
Senator Burton was prosecuted on
the charge of violating section 1882
of the revised statutes, which pro-
hibits senators and representatives
from receiving compensation for SER
vices rendered before any govern
mental department in any matter in
which the Government may be inter
ested. He was specifically charged
with accepting a fee of $500 per
month for five months from the Rial
to Grain and Securities Company, OF
st. Louis, for services rendered thai
company, in an effort to prevent the
issuance of an order by the post
Office department prohibiting the use
of the mails by the company.
This was Senator Burton's SECOND
appeal to the supreme court.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30
STANDARD OILS METHODS
Msn of Slaughtered Competitors
Testify Against Oil Trust.
SMALL DEALERS HAD TO QUIT.
An Old Agent of the Standard Makes
Full Confession of Its
Methods.

A total Of 19 witnesses was called
by Interstate Commerce COMMITS
sioners Prouty and Clements in the
Standard Oil inquiry at Cleveland
o., in one day.
Testimony bordering on the sensa-
tional was obtained from several wit
nesses. That of George L. Lane, OF
Mansfield, o., former employe OF
the Standard OIL Company, was re-
garded as particularly important.
According to his evidence Lane was
for about IA months, in 1901 and 1870 ,
employed by the Standard Oil Com
pany for the express purpose of driv-
ing all the Independent oil peddlers
in q dozen or more of the principal
cities and towns of Northern Ohio out
of business He said he was EN-
plOyed by G. z. Lyons, of the Cleve-
land Office Of the Standard Oil Com
pany to go TO designated places and
use every means, fair or foul, to force
independents to quit. He described
the methods pursued in detail.
my instructions" he said, "were
to kill them. and | was told that if /
could not do the job somebody else
would be sent TO take my place.
worked in Youngstown and surround
ing small towns, Canton, Girard War
rem, Ravenna, Massillon. Mansfield,
Elyria, 0berlin and other places.
In all the towns. with the excep-
tion Of Youngstown, the independent
pedlers were forced to abandon their
business In Youngstown a man
named William H. Vahey was en-
cOuntered, and despite everything we
could do he held mis- trade. We gave
oil away by the barrel and tank load,
but 1t did no good. Vahey's custom
ers threw it OUT
Miss Elizabeth Protzman, a steno-
graPher and bookkeeper in the Dayton
(O.) Office Of the Standard, testified
that information concerning the oil
shipment Of rivals was brought into
the Office by draymen and that she
made careful record of them and gave
them to her superior.
w. j. Cram, who was engaged in
the oil business at Marietta from 1885
TO 1891 testified that the Standard
Company for years used coercive
methods, and the Standard was SO
persistent in it's efforts that his com
pany was finally compelled to sell out
to the Galena OIL Company, Stand
ard branch, at a lower figure than
might otherwise have been obtained.
Many other witnesses gave similar
testimony.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30

That's right, too" said the soldier.
eagerly. why, miss, the day we made
that charge at -, it was hotter than
blazes, and the general was in the
thick of it, and always at the front,
miss, always at the front" He shook
his bony forefinger warningly-"Don't
you forget that The bullets were
sitting his horse like an iron man, and
we were plunging after him, when
Dick Fallon's horse was shot under
him, and he tumbled on the ground
right alongside of the general. Dick
expected it to be the last of him, for
the cavalry was sweeping solid over
the field. Was it? No, indeed! The
general just swooped down on him
sideways, and lifted him across his
saddle bow, and led the charge just
the same. Dick never forgot that.
I've heard him tell it over and over,
and not ono of those who saw it ever
forgot it, either. Oh, tell you, miss"
the old man chuckled, carried out of
himself by the memory of brave war
days, and becoming loquaclous in
praise of his hero-"there never was
anything could daunt the old general.
He had the real blood in him-the fight
ing blood. we called it. Nothing ever
| beat it yet" He turned to the girl,
his eyes luminous with feeling, and
his white hair blowing in the wind.
Her gaze was fastened on the vanish
ing line of smoke from an ocean steam
er. and the old soldier looked disap-
pointed.
II think" Lucinda said. slowly. her
hands unconsciously destroying the
daisies that she had, that there are.
perhaps. some things which, If the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30

strange" he said,' speaking with a
Western accent, and laying one hand
tenderly on the stone, but I've saluted
the general every Memorial Day foI
twenty years, miss; I've followed him in
many battle, and don't forget; and
somehow l can't think that the general
does, either" His shining eyes looked
across the tablet at the girl. Maybe
he did you kindness, too, miss?' he
asked, sympathetically. HE did many
one in his day, I'll be bound"
The girl flashed a pleased look at
him.
General Eastwood was my uncle"
she said, simply.
The old soldiers face beamed.
Your uncle, missY he said, earnest
ly. "Well, I've wondered many a day
if l should ever be lucky enough to
run across any of the generals kin;
but my time is getting so short now
that I'd about given up hope" He
reached his hand impulsively across
the grave to the girl.
She took it, smiling in comprehen-
sion.
81 am always glad to meet anyone
who served under my uncle" she said,
winningly. 81 have often heard my
mother tell how much he thought of
his men,"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30

SONS, the tribute of a nation to its
honored dead. The inscription bore the
name of one of the most famous gen.
erals of the Civil War, but Lucinda
Randall, sitting idly on top of the
rough coping, surveyed the memorial
stone with gloomy eyes. At that mo-
ment she was wondering, as she had
wondered many times before in her
twenty-five years, If life were all that
she had been led to believe that she
would find it. In spite of her fixed
belief in the general correctness of the
scheme of the universe, she could not
refrain from thinking that there were
rome things that she would have ar
ranged differently. That very morn
ing, in despondent mood, she had
confronted her cares and troubles,
drawn up before her in formidable ar
ray, and, after severe struggle with
her common sense, had finally owned
herself defeated. Usually, Lucinda
was person on whom the perplexities
of life sat lightly; but about every six
weeks, as she put it, she was obliged
to think, and the result was always
disastrous. 1t was in this mood that,
sitting there, the fresh, strong wind,
straight from the ocean, whipping loose
strands of her black hair from their
fastenings, and buffeting her slight
figure like live thing, she withdrew
her gaze from the wave-washed hori-
zon, and looked again at the stone.
"Killed, while CALAMITY leading a
forlorn charge" she said, aloud. "That
j can understand. The heroism of the
moment, the wild charge in the glory
and blaze of battle; sudden, swift ex-
tinction, exulting in the face of death,
that is a glorious way to die; but to
wear out ones life in the tragedy of
the commonplace, ones worst foe one
self, that is dying by inches; it is
worse-it is living DEATH"
Her eyes suddenly widened as she
perceived figure on the other side of
the mound sihoutted against the sky.
1t was that of an old man, bent and
shrunken with age, but Lucinda no.
ticed the square set of the shoulders.
the attempt at carrying them well set
back, and general air of alert brisk
ness, which, to her observant eyes,
proclaimed him to be an ex-soidier.
He climbed the wall stifliy, his eyes
fixed upon the sunken grave, with the
flowers piled high above it, and the
fluttering flags at either end. Wheel
ing sharply, as he reached the spot, he
stood erect. and gave smart military
salute, with precision evidently born
of long training; then, STOPPING, he
placed on the grave small bunch of
dandelions that he carried.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30
CHURCHES UNITED.
Cumberland Presbyterians Absorbed
by Presbyterians-onIy Two
Dissenting Votes.

Union between the Presbyterian
and the Cumberland Presbyterian
Churches was consummateu at Des
Moines, It., when the general assem-
bly, of the former church adopted the
report of the committee on church
cooperation and union. But two
commissioners voted against the
union of the denominations, one be-
ing the Rev. Dr. William Laurie of
Bellefonte, Pa, who asked his vote be
recorded in the negative, and DR.. R.
II. Cressy of Jacksonville, Ill. DR..
Laurie said his conscience compelled
him to belong to a small minority.
The report of the committee on
union was presented by the chairman,
the Rev. DR.. William H. Roberts, and
the Rev. DR.. James II. Roberts of
Washington, Pa, moved the adoption
of the report Immediately follow
ing the vote the commissioners sang,
"Praise God from Whom All Bless
ings Flow" and "Blest Be the Tie
That Binds" Moderator Hunter
Corbett then stated: II do SOL
emnly declare and here somenly an"
nounce the basis Of reunion and union
Is now in full force and effect and the
Cumberland Presbyterian church is
now reunited with the Presbyterian
church in the United States of Amer
lea as one church
Heary applause followed the con-
summation of the overtures which
have been in negotiation for several
years. The stated clerk then wired a
message to the general assembly of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
at Decatur, H., announcing the union
had been effected.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30

into sympathetic lines at the girl's'out-
burst, but his faith in his hero was
not to be shaken.
mo, miss" he said. patiently. Reg
ging your pardon, for | can see that
you must have had hard battle your
self, to talk like this, but even all you
say wouldn't have made the general
give in" His eyes met hers. ITS
harder for woman" he said, gently.
The girls eyes filed at the words.
but she kept her head defiantly high.
II have lost all l cared for in the
world" she said, steadily, "and there's
only left me big, empty, starving
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30
Pneumatic Tube Service.

The Senate Committee on Postofii-
ces and Post Roads, agreed upon an
amendment to the appropriation bill,
adding SSS,735 to the amount to be ex-
pended for the extension of the pnue-
matte tube service. making the total
appropriation $1.27O, ,0Oe. The new
service was confined by the House
provision TO Pittsburg, Brooklyn
Cincinnati and Kansas City, and the
Senate has added Baltimore and San
Francisco.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30
AMPLE RAINS HELP TRADE
Good Crop Weather Proves Import
ant Factor; Building Opera
tons Are HEAVY.

t'OiS TfC r1CdNJs
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review Of
trade says:
Ample rains throughout the farm
ing regions proved the most import
ant commercial factor of the pas
week, large crops being essential t,
maintenance OF Nation prosperity
the maximum position recently at.
tanned. Retail trade responded to thf
stimulus of warm weather, light
weight wearing apparel going freell
into consumption, and there is an un
usually liberal volume of wholesal,
business for this time of the year.
Mercantile collections are still
somewhat irregular, but at most citieI
payments are improving, and the Fl
nancial situation is more encouragini
now that the San Francisco bank,
have resumed business without anJ
disturbance.
Manufacturing plants are well 90
cupied and building operations art
heavy, but there are indications OF |,
lower level for commodity quotations
for the month OF May. Customary
summer quiet is noted In some de
partments, although there is less thai
the usual interruption, and prepara
tions are already in progress for |;
very heavy fall season.
Labor conditions have improved
the only new disturbance of note be
ing locally among the painters, Will
the steel industry suffers less delay
from old disputes. hallway earningl
thus far reported for May exceed las3
years by II per cent and foreign com,
merce at New York for the last weel
showed gains of 81 1,934,259 in exports
and $1,134,601 in imports over thu
movement of 1905.
Absence of interest is the feature
of the primary market for cotton
goods the lethargic attitude of pur
chasers being assumed in anticipation
of obtaining concessions.
"No cheapening of cost is noted IL
the hide market, but there are more
evidences of uncertainty and increas
ing efforts to restrict purchases on the
part of tanners. Failures this week
we're 1888 in the United States, against
211 last year and in Canada. com
pared with 19 year ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-30
Pension Law Defect Fixed.

The House passed an amendment
to the present pension laws, curing
a defect by joint resolution of Sec.
ton of the resolution approved
July 1. 1902, constituting the act OF
June 81, 1890. The resolution makes
the section harmonious and equit-
able in its application to any en-.
listed man of the army, including
regulars. volunteers and militia, who
was honorably discharged from the
last contract of service entered intJ
by him during the Civil War.