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that, having proved that figures can lie,
he will now prove that Hearst has lost his
head. II hat doesn't surprise you, you
do get a chill when you note a recumbent
figure OF the Hearst size and form in one
corner. and, topping a short pedestal. a
lifelike head Of Mr.. Hearst. II 10 evident
that a serious accident has taken place.
Later the accident will be remedied.
Naturally the way leads. after this episode.
to the political corner recently furnished.
In a small room, the fac-simile Of a home
parlor in a d~ourishing Western town, stands
William Jennings Bryan addressing an
imaginary audiences. At his side is a rubber
plant. While he seems TO be concentrating
his glass eyes on the passing public, in
reality he is gazing past them 70 a room
on the other side OF the hall, where, fianked
by two palms. in a bijou apartment with
striped wall paper and a melodeon. sits
Charles E. Hughes with the breeze from an
electric fan blowing through his whiskers
and an expression Of confidence indelibly
stamped on his face.
II ia C relief after all this greatness to
hear she simple tale OF the Champion Checker
Player of Hudson county
He kept a grocery store up In Hudson
county and evenings they'd f~oregather IN
the back room and he'd lay EN- all out, all
the barrel boarders, On the checker board.
There wasn't anybody could touch him,
anywhere about.
-One night n OF his cronies strolled in
and said in a strangely aggressive way that
the champion didn't know anything about
checkers; that red been down TO York and
sawa tin figure there that could beat him all
hollow. Naturally the champion resented this
and offered to pay for suppers for the whole
crowd if he lost. and he followed this up
by coming down here with two picked COM
panions to see fair play.
He went up to the chess automaton's
corner and played four games and Ajeeb
beat him every time. When he went out the
tears were falling down his cheeks.
II don't mind payin' for the HeIlers' sup
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CrOnkite had abundant time in which
to familiaFize himself with Niggles's lodR-
ings at - level LAM before going TO the
station TO meet the ITO train. Perhapa.
too, he learned there something OF Akroyd.
for he recognized at once the hard mouthed;
furtive eyed, lAnky youth in soiled and
rum pied tweeds who came shambling down
the platform.
AkrOyd's recognition was not so ready.
what. Niggles. In ID really your he cried
after Cronkite had ~reproachsd him for
forgetting an old time pal. Il swear /
wOnldn't 'ave knowny yer. Egbert put You
on. did hsl Well. Pm glad for a good
plucked one; for things are going TO got
thick
-Yes. Pm the guide thai sesn the accident
with yon.' explained Cronkite.
-PVe . JOB f0E you iaah-
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We'll. there is big money, as / told you
last week; big money for both jobs"
I hain't seen the color OF il yet
But you will as soon as you have COM
pleted your part-cash on delivery, you
know. Listen. Akroyd comes in on the
Ito. You must meet him and let him coach
you up for tomorrow. Lucky, wasn't il, l
recognized you as an old time pal Of his
can take him?'
There are my odgin's at - Bowel lane.
where there's no questions asst, you kin
bet P'raps I'D better take him I've
got her there, though, you know, nou
the wuss for the racket, but knowin' too
much for your good
Nonsense, she doesn't know I bad any
thing to do with it, protested Conner,
whitening.
she don't, heyP She seen you LUX in
from the hall, l say. Why else did she make
a break for the winder Jest as l epped
in and hecksd her from the carnice1 And
what was she doing with this scrap Of paper
in her hand?"
Conner turned livid as be- read.
Part Of il missing. perhaps with my
name on i'll Niggles. o m Akroyd
must, you must. this very night
We won't; We won't: without the dough,
and plenty OF il, this very night
wait a moment and Conner slipped
through the siIken draperies.
Niggles did wait. a. first patiently, then
with restless pacings TO and fro, as II the
silence Which had followed the slight creak-
ing Of a door irritated him
Damn him. he muttered. Has he dared
give me the &c by"
And he. too. slipped through the silk
draped portals.
Again, there was a creak, cut on this
time by mufied sounds AZ Of a ~struRRle.
yet silence quickly succeeded heavy, per-
vaSive silence. broken only by the mantel
clock as it licked out a half hour.
Then q man passed INTO the front room,
wonderfully like to Niggles in dress, ap-
p~earRnce and bearing. He t~elsphoned 20
the Office in Mr.. Corners name that he was
overtired and must not be disturbed until
tn next day at noon, whenb breakfast might
be served. And the voice was the voice Of
Abe CrOnkite.
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Whar vzs IL thar aadc aarsed one 50 prumis-
nG Cd lnandDu s1ridenlv serious plans and
aks ~ anzartDus adventure for which
previously he mad shown No tasts3 Why hat
rner ntnssOf deAzh osen sent 20 ths brother.
distressed esErangeh. instead OF 10 himself.
lH~ver Ezf triend7
These and Oehsr problems must be solved:
Ind p~rhaps ERberr Conner might be led.
N thar solnElDn- rherpfors tho Judge.
-hDGSh sicE a heart. kept ms c~ountenancs
UnnEoueL
r suppose Won will admit I am the nsxf
~ KIN i@manied Egbers.
-Csrsainiy, yOH are the neHt Of kim.
1E-suHed the Judge. More than that. I
Aimlr- 80 TAR a. 7 know, George never ms
nHrriei or made n viii Therefore il this
dspinrabIe n@wS bstru@ you viii
Z wRA inhert ms entire fortune. beft in
your charge Good"
And 7 hope With H. NV dear boy. there
nay cam@ n sense q responsibility"
-R3ghr Won are. old t-ruepsnny. IthOuGhs
the pr~EnAnr knee would crook. and Exbers
AnEnsd aloud. -JusS Won b diigeus in
sh~Eling OuE and vel srt along like . hOuss
aGre
-bhG. drS. formal proceedings must %
hr0ugnG. formal proof must be adducsd
La me- zee Gs0rpe's body was not re-
e0x~rsi. baE his man Akroyd and the RlriJS
an him ssnk. ds-Uits their efforts. FOR me
nsS time In the mountain lake. They must
- brouGht on here
That has been attended to. said Conner
imporsanEIy. I wired Akroyd to come az
nee.
Prom your homo town."
-Nes-thaE il. Of course. immediately
On rso~ips Of his despatch. Why wOuldn't
Z I shOnld h<s 10 knOwP"
A heavy. sOms~has stOlid lookin9 man.
VINO had zen lndnseriousiy copying in
hOng hand "a a standing desk by the window,
nO~ numbered forward
i've qua thu msmorAndam fnishsd, ar
Ne sAih Perhaps I had batter taks 10 over
to Abssk n SesmsN I don't suppose yon
uIIl Be able 10 mssa with them for soma
tims yea.
YES. Aba. resumed the Judge If YOU
~ili BE- 80 good And say TO them. please.
thak I vii Do dslAysd here for q hAM hour
l0nGpx-wS1l wAnt all thai. wont Nc ERhsrt
- % Oxsr waSs and means by a ma4e
imp0raank eOnlersnca~
"A rswalAr Oid -psRsiOner." released
Conner. 4 wOndsrsd Why You had him
mallinx arOund half asleep. SOmeahinR Of
an inuEiliey. isn't hep"
Yea Cr0akts has bssn With me Cor a
good many years." the Judge rssurned
pafronizingly. -BHt hs 10 reliablss leo him
have his OWn way and TINA and no c&n IN
dspsnliad apoM I'm glad yOa saw him.
ExbsEa. IN have 10 send ham 90 you OtAon
in thass crossings
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The same here; but this amt no place TO
let loose what orter be corked.'
In silence then the twain proceeded
through dark and devious by-ways until
safe within he lodgings at Bowel lane.
Then, after the lamp had been lighted,
the bottle passed and repassed, and the
pipes were ~bubbling and agiow, Cronkite
drew his chair nearer. and his head lower.
1T amt a killing same a. mine, is it7" he
whispered.
That's jest what 10 it," answered Akroyd
surlily. Hell be here on the Northwestern
limited at 10 O'Clock; and II he amt downed
the jig ill be up
He, him; whOP'
why, George Conner. OF course. Oh, I
doused him for fair. all right; but he's got
the lives Of a batch. Ketched a sight Of
him in Cheyenne, where some ranchers
had druv him in; and thought il was a
sperrit; damme u I didn't. Since then it's
been nip and tuck betune US; and the wust
ia
The worst is interrupted Cronkite,
half forgetting his part, the worst 10 that
he hasn't given out his story or set the police
on you. Why7-
Hey. but you're gettin' sharp in your old
age. Niggles. That 10 the wust, though
l don't see how you guessed 10. And it's
'why1' I've been askin' Of meself every
TELEGRAPH pole Of the way.
This n how I fin1ly woolIed IL out, NigRles.
He's been sayin' to hisself, saws he, III
Akroyd, whom I allus trusted. sud do sech
a thing to me, what els must he We done
Of which this thing wore q partP
And thin he has remimbered, no doubt,
that il wa me that Egbert brought forrard
when he wud discredit his young wife:
and il was me that swore on a stack %
Bibles that l had seen her where she ouRhtn't
TO be and that she was no better'n she
should be.
Its that that's up his nut; that he t'rew
down his own wife without a carse. And
whin he finds it out. Niggles. which he
kin by openin' ~ eye, no more Hey
there; what the div
As AkrOyd had rambled on, intent over
explaining the psrils Of the situation. the
door from the rear had noiselessly opened
A young woman in black, pale, fragile,
hollow eyed, had crept behind him, holding
spread In her hands a stout rope In a run
ming knot. There abe poised, motionleaa.
awaiting a signal In ths detectives face.
As AkrOyd proceeded the wan look In
this young womah's face changed into A
moving picture OF womanly emotiona.
pathetic, Piteous. She could restrain her
self no longer. Down went the roo
tightening. s~trangling. in her infuriated
gTaspl
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and recast to reappear in strange guise.
Cleopatra becomes a Salvation Army lass,
Lucrezia Borgia waves a flag as a GOddes
Of Liberty. Don Juan looks severely from
a priests cassOck, b Spanish General
whose martial vigor you have admired
Vas an Australian snake chamer and the
Lady Macbeth Of yesterday ma be the
saucy soubrette Of to-day.
-Imperions CT sar, dead and turn'd to clay,
might stop q hole TO keep the wind away
said one Shakespeare. with a ~presentiment
of the Eden MUSES. existence, and Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, melted and turned
70 fluent wax, may-who knows?
IL Is all very Omar Khayyamish. and this
isn't the worst, for the manager. with his
first faint flicker Of humor, announces
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bus she ~as some while she lasted.

bus he was some while she lasted
Later, in the woFkrOoms. MIR. Langworth
Is discovered still in bridal fnery. propped
az nm angie against he wall. Near him
- tho wedding bell Of green immortelles,
but. Alice. where art thouP
The attendant becomes strangely EN-
oarrasssd when the question is asked.
then. under pledge Of secrecy. he cOnfesses
that Mrs. LOngworrh has been melted up
ami is nOw-well. the story of what she is
now - also the story Of another educational
chapter IN the Eden Music annals.
For each of the new figures. so lifelike
20 the ye. was at some not very remote
period somebody else. The principle Of
rcincanatiOn Is firmly establ ishg d here.
In the worxroOm figures are mel ted up
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",

you we're wondering the other day,
Judge said Abe Cronkite. a. master and
man sat together the next morning in the
private once, why George Conner sud-
denly abandoned his career and went the
Wild goose chase that ended In hia death.
Would you like mo 10 toll you whyi.
III you can tell ms Why" replied .sha
Judge stsrRly. Il doAt care for spscu-
Ations on such Q gabieaa.s
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I'm.

Egosra Conner uaStoO thorough a soldier
Of fortune ma IN kn0~ hO~ 70 hive on his
D-rompsMnsN Cronkhs found him Ona sxon-
inwA a uaala aasr. sunahlnhed In The raosa
h-aHauauN ~aika q tn 0HmnA
~RaA Mnnaalknn1. ~ gannak nfhuR a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-18
ANGRY HEBREWS
COMPEL RABBI To
QUIT SYNAGOGUE

New York, April 1S.--fhe services IN
commemoration OF the last day OF the
Passover at the synagogue at 20 Wilie:t
street yesterday were marred by row
and were followed by the abdictation, OF
the leader OF the flock, Rabbi Moses Vein
berg
Four hundred members OF the Congre-
cation h-Hamedrash-H II l4yodal had
crowded into the little synagogue and
when Rabbi Weinberg ascended the altar
and started TO speak there was an out
burst OF catcalls and kissing.
Policemen managed 10 get near the pull
pit and were pushing back the bowling
mob when a more serious trouble devcl-
oped The women members OF the con-
gregation. who are separated from the
males and sit in the gallery during SER
vices. violated custom and made for the
ground floor. The policemen were conf
pletely overwhelmed
The policemen were the centre OF a
swirling mass Of humanity. They had lost
their helmets and buttons were beginning
to give way Outside a crowd OF sew
eral thousand had flocked TO the front of
the building The police finally cleared
out the synagogue.
When order had been restored a few of
the members of the congregation drifted
back into the synagogue and quietly went
TO their seats Rabbi Weinberg then
asked TO be allowed 10 speak for five min
utes. and did 80.
With tears streaming down his checks
he announced that he would bow 10 the
will OF the congregation and resign. After
delivering his farewell address Rabbi
Weinberg was escorted TO his home in
Fifth street by two policemen. The crowd
Jeered the rabbi as he emerged from the
church and followed him for several
blocks
The police learned that up to a few
months ago one OF the leading lights OF
the congregation had enjoyed a monopoly
on the matzos output OF the congregation.
This man has A bakery near the church.
and every member OF the flock has pur-
chased the matzos from him. Rabbi
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New York. April 1s.--without mishap
the Willamette meteorite, Weighing 10
tons, purchased by Mrs. William +.
Dodge at a cost said TO be 20.6O0. and pre-
sented by her to the American Museum
OF Natural History. has ended its long
journey from Portland. ore.
Many were the comments OF spectators
as the huge mass on a truck. swung from
Twenty-eighth street into Broadway and
continued up 20 Columbia Circle and into
Central Park.
According 20 Henry A. Ward. a scien-
tist, this specimen, which derives its
name from the fact that 81 was found
near Willamette. ore. IN 1902. is remark
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SPIRIT OF brotherhood
MUST DOMINATE new AGE

Rev. Charles L. Goodell, u D., pastor
OF the Calvary NJ. Il. church OF New York,
but for several gears pastor of the Chest
nut street, Trinity and Broadway Metho-
dist churches OF this city, spoke at the
Broad Street Christion church last eve
ming on THE New Men for the New
Age"
The man or nation whose only claim
10 brilllancy is IN It's past Is TO be pitied -
said the lecturer.
What a change there mas been during
the last century. The pen has given way
90 the typewriter: the cumbersome coach
TO the automobile and the electric. and
today the president can sit In his office
at washington and communicate with the
ends Of the world In less time than II
takes TO walk from the white house to
the capitol and back
And now. what for this century and
the new men who are TO make the new
age? What kind OF men will they prove
TO be? They must be men OF character.
men OF training and men OF work. When
q man sees nothing ahead 10 spur him on
TO his best efforts he Is a dead one, be
he 16 or 90. The virtue that must domi-
nate the character OF the new man of
the new age is the. broader spirit OF
brotherhood
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BEN FRANKLIN
Anniversary
CELEBRATED

Philadelphia, April 1S.-Tn the presenate
Of brilliant gathering OF persons dis
tinguished in the arts, sciences. litera-
ture and IN many branches Of education.
the four days celebration In this ely OF
the Tooth anniversary OF the blrth ot
Benjamin Franklin was formally opened
IN Witherspoon hall last night by it's re-
ception OF delegates from societies and
institutions OF learning I'm all parts OF the
world.
The celebration is in charge OF toe
American Philosophical Society for Pro-
noting Useful Knowledge. founded in lIi3,
and OF which BENJAMIN Franklin was tao
FIRST president
Witherspoon hall was crowded 20 the
doors when Vice President Edgar +.
Smith OF the University OF Pennsylvania
and president OF the American Philo-
sophical society called the meeting TO
order
Following the address OF welcome the
presentation OF addresses took place.
fine reception was extended TO Sir
George Howard Darwin, X. c. b., OF the
University OF Cambridge, who brought
from that institution an address In Latin,
which bore the ancient seal of Cam
bridge university OF the time OF Henry
VI.
Andrew Carnegie, as the lord rector OF
the University or st. ANDREWS, presented
the address OF that institution. St An
drew's conferred a degree upon Franklin
in 1859, and Mr.. Carnegie said ne had
been charged TO say that I'm looking back
over five centuries OF its history St An
drew's found no greater satisfaction In
any action IL has taken than In honoring
Franklin at that time
Grand Duke Constantine. president OF
the Academic Imperiale des Sciences OF
st. Petersburg. cabled the fluctuations Of
the academy.
In comforting the degree OF doctor OF
laws upon Miss Agnes Irwin, dean OF
Radcliffe college, a great-great- grand
daughter OF Franklin. Mr.. Carnegie spoke
OF the prominent parts she has taken
in education. and said IL was only the
fourth time In its academic history of
500 years that st. Andrews had conferred
the degree upon a woman.
The evenings exercises were brought
20 close by an informal reception 20
the delegates and invited guests OF the
Philosophical society.
The portrait of Benjamin Franklin
which was taken by Major Andre during
the Revolution arrived here today and
was placed In the Pennsylvania Academy
OF Fine Arts. The picture had been in
the possession OF Charles Grey and one
OF his descendants, Earl Grey. governor
general OF Canada, presented IL to this
city.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
STATE BOARD OF
PUBLIC ROADS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals for the construction OF
a section OF State highway In the town OF
Glocester, about 1890 feet IN iengtn' "a a
Smithfed. about 13, 200 feet In length; a
section OF state highway in the town or
East Providence. about 600 feet In length i
q section of state highway In the town OF
Johnston, about $500 feet In length: sec
ton OF State highway In the towns OF
Cranston and Warwick, about IA, $50 feet
in length; a section OF state highway In
the town OF Burrillville, 1000 feet in
length, e. section OF State highway In the
towns OF Coventry and West Greenwich,
State highway in the town OF North
Kingstown, about 12.s .s25 feet in length: a
section OF state highway in the town OF
ss s,se hsSwss S In snsn ths town
Portsmouth. 1920 feet In length: a sec
ton of State highway In the town OF Lit
tie Compton. lo,s6o feet In length; a sec
ton OF State highway in the town OF Ttv-
erton. about $50 feet In length: a section
OF State highway In the towns OF Wester-
ly and Charlestown, about 1920 feet In
lenath. will be received by the State
Board OF Public Roads at fits office. State
WEDNESDAY,. April Is, 1906, at which
time and place they will be publicly open
BIDS must be made upon blanks to be
Furnished by the Board.
panied by a certified check for the sum OF
800. payable 10 the State OF Rhode Island.
The Board reserves the right TO reject
any and all bids, and 10 give preference 10
towns or cities In accordance with section
No. 8 OF chapter es2 OF the Public Laws.
Plans. Specifications and drawings may
be examined at the office of the state
Board OF Public Roads at the State
House Providence r J., on and after
WEDNESDAY. 18th day OF April. 1908,
every week day, between the hours OF 10
a. m. and y. m, excepting Saturdays
and holidays.
JOHN II. EDWARDS.
ROBERT y. TREAT,
FREDERICK E. PERKINS,
WILLIAM c. PECKHAM,
JOHN r. RICHMOND,
State Board Of Public Roads.
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