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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

Warden's gray head, in easy reach of
his hand, his revolver was locked. To
secure it would mean his salvation, 10
be seen making an attempt would cost
him his life
There were four or five guards in
range of his voice, but had he spoken
above a whisper to summon one of them
the dirk would have severed him from
existence.
lie wrote on. as if undisturbed. his
heart humping, his hand steady
Mr. Warden, it's me that's here"
said Burns, finally. ard it's mighty
cool you are about it,"
Il know you are there" replied the
warden. coolly. why did you Gomez
II come because I'm tired of this. !
amt going to stand it no longer"
You are not?"
NO. I'm not. I've been N here
twenty years, and that's enough for any
man. I'd rather be dead than stay
longer. I've had enough. I'm going to
kill you and get OUT
How long did you say you'd been
here?"
Twenty years" The mans eyes
blinked. IT'S cool way you have of
facing death, Mr.. Warden. But I've
had enough of this. I'm going to leave
this hell hole. I don't know that I've
got anything agin' you particularly,
but I'm going to get out, do you hear ?''
He raised the dirk.
What do you mean by getting out.
Burns? DON'T you know tbas you
couldn't Get a yard beyond the wall be-
fore the sentineIs filed you full of bui-
lets?" The warden. sparring for Tina,
turned his keen gray eyes toward the
little drawer that held his revolver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
They Would Sick the House Detective onto Her

tore up his copy and threw the re-
mains in the waste basket. Then he sat
| down and laughed. He supposed that
the man on duty in Omaha would, of
course, see the joke and after laughing
himself over it would throw his copy
into the waste basket. But the Omaha
operator was a man who took every
thing seriously, and, hanging the cable
gram on the New York hook, thought
nothing more about it.
This happened about the middle of
the month and-nothing more was heard
of the fateful cablegram until about the
Mr.. Woodward, the Denver manager of
the Western Union office, received the
following message from the secretary
of the cable company in New York:
-" Please come down with the dust
Woodward scratched his head, but
could not solve the enigma and replied:
Don't understand your message
about dust. Please explain
In due time an answer was received,
saying:
Your cablegram to Emperor Ma
poleon, Garden of the Tuileries, Paris,
France. signed Governor Gilpin or any
other man, S1S7.50 in gold. please remit
AT this juncture Billy HOitham
stepped in and, pushing the message
toward him, Woodward remarked:
What do you suppose that New
York idiot means by that%
''Holtham read it, and. turning pale,
blurted out: why, ! sent that thing to
Omaha as a joke, supposing the man
receiving it there would see the point
and throw his copy into the waste bas-
ket. as 1 did with mine
Joke" replied Woodward, angrily.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

I'm take chances. It's enough. I've
had of il, AMI I'm going to run chances
and get out of here, alive or dead"
We'll, | wouldn't get excited about
this, Burns; let's talk it over coolly.'
Il don't want to talk it over"
Don't you think you're foolish
Burns? You have been serving long
time, your conduct has been good, and ]
was just thinking of asking the pardon
board to consider your case"
well, MIR. Warden, L
Burns faced the barrel of a revolver
aimed by the surest of hands. The
warden was on his feet. IF you move
that knife an inch to the right or left
you drop. Now turn and march to your
cell"
Il amt goin' back. I said 1 was goin
to get out of here alive or dead, and
I'm going to keep my word"
IN have to shoot, then"
You kin shoot" He watched the
warden unfiinchingly, the knife tight
ened in his grasp. He was waiting d
propitious second TO drive its blaze
horne
You're fool. Burns said the war
den. Ito luin your chances of par
DON
DO you promise me d pardon if"
"I don't promise anything. 1 simply
say that if you go back and behave
yourself I'll see what can be done"
The prisoner reflected a second. But
I said | was goin' to do this and it's
naggin' me to death they will be If ]
come back. 1 don't want them to know
lost my nerve
Go back. Burns: nobody but you and
me will know about it"
Very well, then"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
BRINGS LANDLORD TO TIME.
Gondon Tit Bits.)

IE certain London suburb which need
not be named there is a row of typical
modern twentieth century, jerry-buiIt
semi-detached villas. The houses. al
though quite new. are jerry-built struc-
lures of the most perfect stamp. with
damp. cracked walls and plaster and win
dows and doors which rattle al the slight
est breath of wind.
The tenant of one of them has repeated
l. petitiOned the landlord TO make the
necessary repairs. but each time he was
put off with unfulfilled promise to attend
to the matter as soon as possible
At last. rendered desperate and reck-
less, the tenant painted the following no.
tee on a big board and stuck it in his
front garden:
Caution! Pedestrians are earnestly re-
quested to walk softly past this house
Drivers of vehicles of all kinds are i'm
plOTed to slow down when passing or
preferably. TO go round by the other
road. as the slightest disturbance NAV
bring the building down, the CObwebs
which the spiders have woven in the cor
ners of the rooms being not yet quite
strong enough to hold the walls to-
gether."
The landlord has capitulated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
Old Stories Revised

Copyright, 1906, by George Ade.)
The story of Maud Muller was q
Corker IN its day. It is now what
President Eliot of Hovvad would call a
Lime. If it We're larger it would be
called a Lemon.
Come forty summers ago every senti-
mental Sarah in the whole country kept
In her room a Gift-Book containing the
verses about Maud In the bayfield, and
the Judge riding by on his chestnut
horse. 1t was simple yarn. but sadly
sweet withaL
When a Belle of the sixties retired to
her yappy little BOudOir with the card
board Notices, the kerosene lamp and
the handworked Shams. she always had
to read about Maud and her hard Fin
ish before she could sink back into the
Feathers.
First che would remove the stingy lit
tie Hat that usually had one rooster
feather I'm IL and was worn tilted over
the right eye.
Then she would loosen up the Net
and the ChignOn and the Waterfall, and
carefully put away the Cameo Brooch
Weighing one-haif pound.
Then she would take Off the queer
Caters that had Elastics on the side.
Also the Bead Bracelets.
She would back out of the Velvet
Basque and climb over the Hoops and
divest herself of various Garments made
famous by Godey's Lady's Magazine,
after winch she would be ready for her
evening dose Of Maud Muller.
If I'm war time Belle made up in the
freak costume that vas IL vogue when
Pa and Ma We're young, should walk
along Alimony Alley in the Waldorf
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10 you understand that gold is now
worth just two to one. and the cost of
your little joke is $375?'
manager Woodward wrote a letter
10 the cable authorities explaining the
matter to them. and asking that the
caDieSram be cancelled, but they were
iiiexorable and demanded payment in
IulI. AT that time cablegrams were
enormously high and payable in gold
at that. The result was that poor HoI-
imam had to make the amount good
ana the telegraph company permitted
him TO pay $50 a month until the whole
sum was paid. Fortunately operators
We're then paid S125 a month salary and
II was not as hard upon Holtham to
hquidate the obligation as it would be
upon a telegrapher at the present day,
win salaries so greatly reduced.
The late Edward Rosewater. who
was manager of the Western Union Of
nee at Omaha when the incident took
place, secured copies of the cablegram
ana OF all the correspondence relating
tnefeto and put the whole thing in a
frame and it is no doubt somewhere
among MS collection of telegraphic Gu
riOsitieS'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

| He pulled up in the shade of the old
apple tree and asked the girl to bring
him drink of cold water. 1t might
! occur TO some that a strong, husky man
who had been riding all morning. would
go and get drink for himself. instead
of asking come peer working girl to
do it for him.
cup from the spring and brought it to
him, and IS she took 1t she blushed. for
she realized that she was not rugged
out to receive swell company
The Judge thanked her and remarked
that "a swe5ter draught from fairer
hand was never quaffed.''
This was going some right off the
reel. He went on TO talk about the
flowers and the birds and the bees and
finally got around to the weather. A
man dealing in this line of conversation
could not stay in the game for any
great length of time at the present day.
but nevertheless 1t seems that the
Judge made ten-strike with Maud.
After he rode away she watched him
and said TO herself. as nearly as her
remarks can be translated into the
sweet Vernacular of the twentieth CEN
tuTy:-"Oh, If l could only land some
man like that. Our family would GER
tainly put crimD in his Bank Ac
count. He could buy all fathers
clothes, and lend money to brother and
pay mothers travelling expenses"
1t was evident that Maud really loved
the Judge. f .
As for the Judge, he looked back from
a hill and saw her still soldering and
gazing at him and said:-"She looks all
right to me. If l could get some girl
like that. me for a quiet place in the
country. But I don't think that my
family would stand for her"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

Astoria, thay would sick the. House
Detective or her.
And by the same rule, when you try
to hand a Maud Muller poem to Ma
belle, OF the class of '07, who has a
Track Record of 1862, she simply
chiTps q couple of times and says,
Twice ten plus three for you and beat
the barrier"
The Maud Muller kind Of Poem has
gone into the Discard with the Nelo-
deon, the Lap-SupPer and the Kissing
Game.
What the Fly Public wants nowadays
is PlO- and Something Doing.
What is there in the whole Maud Null
Ter business when you come to sift il
right down and analyze it according
to the methods of Modern Criticism?
1t seems that Maud Muller was out in
the field trying to be a full hand and
save her father some money. We find
accurate pictures Of her in the old Gift
Book. she was baTefootcd and her
hair was let ont TO dry Evidently she
had been washing it. She had a round
shiny face. and the fire, large BELLA
pjonna eyes of the Anna Held variety.
She sang rs she worked until she
happened to glance at the ar off town,
when she experienced a vague longing
10 discontinue manual labor and move
into the city. This same symptom
prevailing to the present day, accounts
fer the large supply of Msnieures.
A. this point the Judge comes by on
horseback. He is supposed to be a very
rich mar. At the time the poem was
written judges were getting as high as
twelve hundred dollars a year, and the
query Immediately suggests itself to
The reader OF the present day-did he
have some side line Of graft?
At any rate he was rich-therefore
.licr-nrntr+ , lnlo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
COSTLY JOKE.
Telegraph Operator Sends Message to
NapoIeon-Gets Bill for Sf97.50.
(Kansas City Starr


(Kansas City Starr
"The story of Billy Holtham's costly
Joke illustrates that the laugh is not
always on the side of the joker" said
w. B. Bassett, an old-time telegraph
operator.
"The incident occurred a short time
after the civil war, when Holtham was
assistant operator in Denver, Colo. In
those days two operators did all the
work in the Denver office. Holtham
opened the office one morning, took the
daily paper and began reading about
the war between Germany and France.
All at once the desire to perpetrate a
practical joke seized upon him. Taking
the pencil from his pocket he indited
the following cablegram upon one of
the office blanks:
Ito the Emperor Napoleon, Garden
of Tuileries. Paris France: Colorado
will not accede to the ceSsion of Ger
many to France. Please let Bohemia
alone Governor Gilpin or any other
man.
''Holtham called up Omaha and sent
the cablegram to the man on duty
there. just as be would have sent a
bona fde cablegram.
Omaha was the repeating Office for
all eastern business. Holtham then
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

So the Judge rode on into town and
hack to the Court House, while Maud
stood around thinking of him, until
she was caught in the rain.
He married a rich wife who Travelled
with the hish-rallers, and often at
night when he vas waiting for her to
come home he would gaze into the fire
and wish that he could get out of it
without having his picture in the pa
Ders.
Sometimes lie wondered why he hadn't
played a few return dates with the
good locker that brought him the wa
ter. a.sssl ,s- ass--,-r ~ --
As for Maud, she married poor man.
but what the couple lacked in Furni-
ture they made up in Family.
Very often she would sit around dur
ing the long, lonesome evenings, with
nothing to do but read the agricultural
papers. and try to imagine what might
have been If she had made a little
stronger play for the Judge
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

A half century ago, when married
people got i'll wrong and found that
they were up against it, their only re-
lief was to sit around and gaze into the
fire and dream of what might have
BEEN
They were simply Stung and that set
tied it.
Nowadays when Folks find that they
have miscued the matrimonial venture
they turn their troubles over to a law
yer.
In the revised version Maude goes
into court and proves that her husband
invariably wears red necktie, thereby
giving her many hours of acute suffer-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

ing. and that she. can no longer remain
under the same roof. So the Court sets
her free and enters an order that she
shall not be permitted to marry again
for two weeks.
In the meantime the Judge proves
that his wife has been excessively cruel
in that she does not always agree with
him, and of course heegets his decree.
Then the Judge and Maude get to-
gether and take the tall Hurdle hand in
hand.
In the antiquated romance when Mrs.
Z. ID. \. Southworth was the Real
Thing, the marriage of the two would
be the Final Chapter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
TOOK A CAB.
(Bon vivant)

ten-year-old Toto was going to a party
for the first time
Here are two francs. Toto" said his
tatner If 1t rains be sure to take a cab
nome When Toto got home he was
thoroughly drenched.
why didn't you take a cab?" ex-
claimed his father.
L did. father replied Toto. land
sat on the box all the way home. 1t was
superb
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
SOCIALISM,.


Guest-What dis you pay for these CT
gars?
HOst-Twenty-five sous for two.
Guest ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS?
Host-Yes, 20 sous for mine and ) sous
for yours.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
EXPERT KODAK FINISHING.

Harry Simpler. Commercial Photog-
rapher. 151 Main street. Get my new
price list.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02

He dropped his dirk on the floor ana
marched off the way he had come.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
NO ACCIDENTS IN NATURE.
Every Calamity, No Matter How Great,
Has a Definite Beginning.

There are no accidents in nature.
The avalanche that without mo-
ment's warning PUSHES headlong down
the mountain side is not an accident.
For years previous tiny atoms have
been crystalliZing and adding their
minute weight to the mass which LEFT
it's base when the accumulation reach
ed certain point.
Neither is badness an accident. The
infinitesimally small germ which is the
cause of dandruff and badness feeds
silently and long before the result is
seen.
The small germs which thrive on the
scalp and which are the cause of bald
ness and dandruff cannot exist. how
ever. when Newbro's Herpicide is APP
piled.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10
cents in stamps for sample to the Her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
t Mueller Lumber company.

at Mueller Lumber company.
Cleaning. pressing and dyeing. Pan.
itOrium, 1909 Second avenue.
Fly screens. improved make. for sale
at Mueller Lumber company
Ice cream and ice cream soda at
Peterson's, 1914 Third avenue.
II. T. Siemon wants your tin and fur
mace work. 1526-152S Fourth avenue.
Plenty of fresh fish every day at
Aten's fish market, 1910 Second ave
nue..
See Gus Fisher for terms on all
kinds of cement work. 1929 Fourth
avenue.
Lewis Single Binder costs more than
other cents cigars-high priced to-
bacco used.
The Rock Island Sand & Gravel COM
pany has just received cars of Hook
ing Valley coal for domestic use.
This is the last week of the season
at the roller rink. Go and have a good
time before the close. Ladies' race
Thursday.
church will meet tomorrow afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock with Mrs. Helm, 1872
Ninth street.
The l.. A. to Il. r. r. lodge, No. 2G7
will give card party and social this
evening at Engineers hall, Fifth av-
enue and Thirtieth street.
Eudora Rebekah lodge. No. II, will
give a card party at |. O. o. F. hall
tomorrow evening Admission, includ
ing refreshments. - cents.
Expert manicuring, shampooing and
thorough treatment of the hair and
scalp given by Mrs. Lol Levi, 736 Sew
enteenth street. Old phone west SO.
Fertilizer, steam dried. odorless for
lawns, gardens and farms, delivered to
any address in town at $3.50 per 100
pounds. Special price in ton lots.
Twin-City Rendering company; phone
aOS west. - ssHu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
Standing Near Machine.
DRAFTS ARE SENT FORWARD
CONTINUED from Page Six.)

Continued from Page Six.)
as repositories announced that they
would continue 70 receive subscriptions
for an indefinite period, and forward
further drafts later on.
The Associated Charities.
The Associated Charities completed
the collection of supplies 10 be sent 10
the San Francisco sufferers last even
ing. and a car will be sent on with the
same.
Net Neat sum.
The Daughters of America Melted a
neat sum in their dinners for the ben
eft of the relief fund which was turn
ed into the banks today and went for
ward in the amount represented in the
drafts.
Bishop SpaIdIng Issues Appeal To PeO-
ria Diocese.
Dean J. J. Quinn of ST. Joseph's Ro-
man Catholic church this morning re-
ceived the following appeal from Bish-
op Spalding for church contributions
for the relief of the San Francisco suf-
ferers:
St Mary's Cathedral. Peoria. H..
April, 1906.-Rev. and Dear Father.
The heart of the nation has been stir
red to profound sympathy and more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
ASKS $4,000 FOR
LOSS OF AN EYE
Robert McMeekin Brings Suit Against
Wright Carriage Body Company
Was an Employe.

Robert c. McMeekin of Moline has
commenced suit against the Wright
Carriage Body company for $40, 900 for
the loss of an eye. by reason of alleged
defective machinery. while employed
by the defendant company. Kenworthy
& Kenworthy are attorneys for the
plaintiff.
Pearl Cox has filed a bill for separate
maintenance, her husband. Jesse Cox,
being made The defendant. The par
ties to the suit were married July Is.
1905. and separated August /. 1905.
The complainant alleges cruelty and
nOn-support. p. Fl. Wells is her attor
ney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
May Pole Ball.

Given by the May Pole club at the
big roller rink hall Monday April 80.
promises to be the finest of its kind
of the three cities. Music by a full
brass band. Prizes awarded for the
best walters. The floor will he put in
excellent shape
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
CITY CHAT.

Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
LaSalle coal at Mueller's only.
Half price sale. Pru-ri-ta store.
Half price sale. Pru-ri-ta store.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Kerler Bros.-your carpet cleaners.
For bus, baggage, express call Robb's.
For bus or express, Spencer & Trefz.
Lowest summer prices on hard coal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
TORE HIS LEG OFF
Explosion of Oxygen Retort In
jurss Thomas Gallagher,
of Davenport.
LESS SERIOUS WITH OTHERS
Two Other Men, and Wife and Child
in Room at Time and Also
Hurt.

Five were injured, two seriously, by
an explosion of an oxygen retOrt at the
home of Thomas Gallagher, 1899 Union
street. Davenport, last evening. The
interior of the building was consider
ably damaged.
The accident took place about 8
O'clock The retOrt, which had been
out OF use for some time. had been
sold by Ed SchiesSer to MIR. Gallagher
and the former was assisting in oper-
ating it and preparing oxygen for Il
stereopticon machine. In the room in
addition to these TWO were Mrs. Gala
CHER and her child and Henry Hull
mann.
Standing Near Machine.
When the explosion occurred, Gala
CHER. Schiesser and Huhlmann. who is
Mrs. Gallagher's brother. We're stand
ing close to the machine. Gallagher's
left leg was torn off. Huhlmann's right
leg was broken ut the ankle and left
ankle dislOcated. and Schiesser. Mrs.
Gallagher. and the child were badly
burned about the head.
Surgical attention was quickly pro-
vided and unless complications ensue.
IL is expected thar all will recover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
Praise for Miss May Lindsay oliver

The Musical Leader and Concertgoer
in its issue of April II has an excel
lent likeness of Miss May Lindsay
Oliver of Moline on the cover page,
and 4 well written review of her work
in the tri-cities OF her work the Mu-
steal Leader says: Miss Oliver has
established herself as musical power
and critic in the tri-cities. the more
on account of her determined adher-
ence to upholding and teaching only
the best and most ennobling in music"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
THE WEATHER.


Areas of low pressure which are cen
trail over minnesota and northwestern
Texas hnve been attended by precipi-
tatiOn along the north Pacific coast.
over the central and northern portions
of the Rocky mountain region, in the
upper Missouri valley. and at scatter
ed stations from the upper Mississippi
valley tn the middle Atlantic coast. Mi
merous thunderstOrms are reported
from this territory and "a heavy rain
occurred mt Elkins. w. Va. A high pres
sure covered the Pacific coast and IL
causinis cool weather eastward 10 Iowa.
Generally fair and cooler conditions I'm
this vicinity are Istfcatcd for tonight
and Friday.
j. VI. SHERIER, Local FOrecaster.
Temperature ut a. M. 81; ut 3:30
p. m. 30. Maximum temperature i'm .
hours. so; minimum. ~. Velocity of
wind mt a.. M. IL miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
Petition for Saloon License

To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of the City of Rock Island,
Ill:
We, the undersigned owners of prop
erty on Seventh avenue. within three
hundred feet of the front door of the
premises known as GA Seventh ave
nue.. in the city of Rock Island. in each
direction. hereby consent TO and petit
ton your honorable body to permit
Julius Breat TO open and conduct sa-
loon ut GA Seventh avenue:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
House Concurs.

The lower house of congress yester-
day concurred in amendments intro
duced by the senate into the bill au-
thorizing the building of dams in Rock
river by S. S. Davis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
Licensed to Wed.

Cure the cough and save the life
Dr. Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs and colds. down to the very
verge of consumption.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-26
Civil Marriage Performed.

Paris. April 26.-The civil marriage
of Spencer Eddy, secretary of the
American embassy at st. Petersburg
and Lurline Spreckles. daughter of c.