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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18
Copyright 1906. BY A Conan Doyle.
illustrated by Joseph Clement Coll
1906, BY A. Conan Doyle.

you do" said angry voice behind them. Chandos
had stepped from the open door of the corner turret
and stood looking at them with harsh gaze
Presently, the matter made clear to him, his
face relaxed into a smile.
Hasten to the warden, archer, and tell him how
it befell. You will have the castle and the town
in arms 1 know not what the King may think of
SO sudden an alarm And you, Nigel, how in the
name of the saints you to play the child like
this?'
Il knew not its power, fair lord
By my soul, Nigel, l think that none of us
know it's power. / can see the day when all that
we delight in, the splendor and glory of war, may
all go down before that which beats through the
plate of steel easily as the 1eathern jacket. I
have bestrode my war-horse in my armor and have
looked down at the sooty, smoky lombard man
beside me, and have thought that perhaps l was
the last of the old and he the first of the new that
there would come time when he and his engines
would sweep you and and the rest of us from
the field
But not yet, trust, honored sir"
mo, not yet, Nigel. You are still in time to
win your spurs even your fathers did How is
your strength"
l am ready for any task, my good and honored
lord"
1T is well, for work awaits us-good work,
pressing work, work of peril and of honor Your
eyes shine and your face Pushes Nigel. l live my
then that though there is truce with the French
here there is not truce in Brittany where the houses
of Bois and of Montfort still struggle for the duke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

answered, looking at it with contempt and dislike
in his face. II have seen them here upon the
ramparts, and have also exchanged buffet two
with him who had charge of them He was jack
fool enough to think that with this leather pipe he
could outshoot the best archer in Christendom. l
lent him cuff on the ear that laid him across his
foolish engine"
1t is a fearsome thing" said Nigel who had
stopped to examine it. We live in strange times
when such things can be made. 1t is oosed by fire,
is it not, which springs from the black dust?" -
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
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0pL !:

Capt. Frank Frantz was ~inauguratec
AS the seventh Governor Of Oklahoma at
Guthrie. - ... 49,,
John NJ. Gearin, recently appointed
United States Senate from Oregon, Will
be the poorest man in that body.
Joseph II. Choate, former ambassador
to England, has been elected president
of the New York State Bar Association.
Herbert II. D.. peirce, our new min
lister to Norway and a native of Massa-
chusetts. is a relative by marriage OF Sen
ator Lodge.
Marcus \. Smith, who is again repre-
senting Arizona in Congress, is dean OF
the territorial delegates, this being his
eighth term.
President Roosevelt is to be honorary
president of the American Bison Society.
which has for it's object the preservation
Of the American buffalo.
President Roosevelt is to be invited to
attend the commencement exercises of the
Missouri university next June, there to
receive the honorary degree of LII. d.
The extraordinary session of the Penn
sylvania Legislature summoned by GoV.
PennyDacker to institute numerous re-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
BATTLE ON STATEHOOD BILL.
EouSc Passes Measure by Vote OF
1911 to 100.

EouSe Passes Measure by Vote OF
1911 to $50.
BY a vote Of 1911 to $50 the State
hood bill passed the House, and the
fight was at once transferred to the
Senate. The end of the lnsurrection
against President Roosevelt, Speaker
Cannon and the House organization
was peaceful. The vote uDon the
| passage Of the bill was ~perfunctory,
there icing no excitement whatever.
The galleries were crowded, but the
attendance upon the floor was not as
large as the preceding day. when the
opposition attempted to prevent the
adoption of the rule for the cOnsidera'
ton of the bill.
philippine tariff reform. Statehood
for the remaining Territories of the
uairland and railroad rate legislation
the three subjects Of greatest con-
Germ at the beginning Of the FIFTY
ninth Congress-haye now been put up
to the uncertain Senate.
The Statehood bill. which in Its
present form proposes to erect Okla
hnn,H and Indian Territory into n
State and Arizona and New Mexico
info another, has been thraShed over
in al It's aspects for several years.
The dcsirability of admitting the two
]frst-named Territories to joint State
hood is nowhere questioned. Oklahoma
has advanced rapidly and promises to
become Il wealthy, influential and pro-
cressive State. Whatever may be said
against the joint admission of Arizona
| and New Mexico. many think that they
| should come in together. if at all.
| Neither is sufficiently developed to
| merit Statehood alone, and the IDEA or
giving such sparsely settled
wealths 4 senatorial representation OF
four in Congress is declared to be pre-
MYSTERIOUS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02

GOV. lows: And now, "
Lord. helm these. men, for they are re-
formers, to get down to work, for the
man who refuses to indorse the acts
~ reform will be consigned to political
oblivion i, November Many reform
bills have already been introduced.
William McNeir. who succeeds Andrew
" Allen as chief of the bureau of rolls
and library. Department OF State, ae
Washington WIS orcc 4 page in the
House.
II is estimated thai Henry Labouchere,
who is about to retire from Parliament,
has spent more than S1,O0O,eOO IN de-
Tending libel suits brought against MIN
as editor of Truth.
senator Aidricl, is said to be OF
tho leading figures in the new 100000
O company formed to operate in Mex
leo. His son-in-law. John u. Rockefeller
Jr., is also in it.
Ad;t. Gen. Percy IIaiy is coming in for
full credit for the defeat of Joe BLACK
burn for Senator from Kentucky n the
election of Judge Paynter. Haly was
nupil of the late Gov. Goebei and rs oniy
%.
4 classmate at Williams of ex-Gov.
Briggs. explaining why he always wofs
. black stock and no collar, says the
Governor was interested in a young man
who was a d%runkard, who, when remon-
GRATED with on his tipping. said: IL
Won will never wear a collar again l VIII
never drink again. AgreeI' SAID lne
Governor and he never wore a collar
again. and the young a.aa EeTer TOOK an
othe, drink.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
1erRanSOm
By WILLARD MACKENZIE

He laid one hand on the nugget and
beckoned to the bank agent with the
other.
II leave it in your charge, Mr..
Smith, he said. PAY for my bid and
hand me the rest tomorrow" The
agent nodded. The crowd closed round
h nugget, staring at it. Neville
turned to the group Of women, and
held out his hand to the child.
"Wlll you come with meT' he said.
The great eyes stared at him for II
moment %vacantly, inc with no sign of
sense comprehension, then something
in his plying blue eyes seemed to
awaken the intelligence which the pro-
longed terror had numbed and almost
slain. and she leaned toward him.
He took her hand. 1t was cold as
ice, and Quivering like a leaf in the
wind, but she staggered, and he took
her up in his arms bodily and strobe
toward the opening of h tent.
As he did so Lavarick glided out
breast pocket. Neville slung the child
quickly but gently over his shoulder,
leaving his right hand free, and quiet
ly drew out his revolver.
go back and stop there" he said.
Lavarick, with an affectation Of sur
prise, shrank back, and Neville passed
him, and with the child still over his
shoulder and the revolver still in his
hand, went out into the open air.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
ANARCHIST BAND BROKEN UP.
Leader of a Gang Which Plotted
Ass~aasinatiOn Arc Arrested.

n,eaders of n Gang which Plotted
Assaasination Are Arrested.
Not since the hanging of the Molly
Maguires in Central Pennsylvania has
a more dangerous gang been broken up
than that which has terroriZed resi-
dents of Washington County. Pennsyl-
vania, for some time. Two ~ringleaders
are now under arrest, warrants are out
for three more and warrants viii be
sworn out against thirty-three others
by District Attorney Owen Underwood.
Revelations following the raid on
,a%narchistic headquarters at Baird. Ia.
are Of a character to shock the Amcri-
can people. It is clear that several
murders were planned by the anarcll-
istic group at Baird and at Paterson.
N. ]. In two cases the men marked
for assassination have been assassina-
ted. In other cases the plans to kill
the Governors of Pennsylvania II
Ohio and other public men had been
completed when the police authorities
took action.
The anarchists in this case are Ital.
fans, but they plot against men of their
own nationality as we'll as against ma
tive Americans. They strike at the
Republican Governor Of PENNSYLVANIA
and at the same time lay plans to as
sassinate the newly elected Democatic
Governor Of Ohio. .,
In some cases they demand money ;
In others they plan assassination with
ont reference to the character or poll
tics OF the public officials to be assass'-
mated. Operating on n line they IN
tfmfdate or rob men Of means, and OPP
Grating on another line they seek to
terrortze a nation of 100000 people
by assassination Of State and National
officers.
In other words, a few hundred men
driven from the country of their birth
or coming to the United States to en-
1oy greater freedom or to secure more
lucrative employment assume the right
to rob and the power to rule, through
Intimidation and murder, the people
OF the country that gives them shelter
and employment. The declared pur-
nose Of the Baird and Paterson anarch-
ists is to abolish republican form OF
government and exterminate public Of
ficfals from President down.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
MARSHALL FIELDS WILL.
Document DispOses Of Estate Reck-
Oned at Over 100000. 0

1AChN AASUoSCS vi EsStAlC 1tCCAo
oned at Over 100000, 900.
Marshall Fields last will and testa-
ment, embracing two codicils and dispos-
ing of IN estate reckoned as beyond the
value of $1OO,O0O,OOO was filed for pro-
bate in Chicago Wednesday,. The docu-
ment, which contains upward of $4,000
words, was attested in Chicago and bears
date of Feb. 25, 1904. After making spe-
ciic requests of $25,29s,OOO, the t~estator
provides that the residue of the estate
go to his grandchildren, Marshall Field
III. and Henry Field, ~ and 10 years
old, respectively. They are the children
of the late Marshall Field, Jr. To the
widow is left the Field residence and con-
tents, worth upward Of $2,OOO,OOO, and
s., 100000 in addition. In this connection
it is said that Mr.. Field made a large
marriage settlement.
The daughter, Mrs. Ethel Field Beatty
Of England, Is to receive the benefit of q
trust fund of $6,OOO,OOO and a life in
terest in $1,OOO,OOO was set apart for the
widow of Marshall Field II. Gwendolyn
Field, the granddaughter, now 3 years
old, has 100000 left in trust for her.
The Field Museum of Natural History
will get 100000 and four local chari-
ties are left $4,000 each. Scattering
millions are left to relatives, old en-
ployes and to a few friends.
The great magnitude of the inheritance
which falls to the grandsons Of Mr.. Field
may be noted from the fact that young
Marshall Field is to receive three-ffths
and Henry Field two-ffths of the residue
OF the estate and in addition the benefit
of a trust fund Of $5,OOO,OOO. Thus they
----A..zIIr ,ox,, oro WV ~%I, n a,ul,a.a -.
So, 900, 900 to %$5O,OOO,OOO each.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02

nearly large enough to support the BAR
onetcy properly, and Of course old Gre
Vile could have left his money-it was
an enormous pile-where he chose; to
his second boy, Neville, for instance
But when the will was read 1t was
found that Jordan had got the whole OF
it, estate, money, all, and that Neville
was left without a penny. should
think Jordan is one Of our richest men,,
and, as you say, a man who Will make
his mark. May be Prime Minister
some day"
Hush! Here he Isl" warned the
other, md the W men drew aside
into the shadow as Sir Jordan Lynne
passed.
He was not n bit like Neville. He
was thin and narrow chested, with a
long face and pointed chin. His mouth
he was clean shaven-was straight
and hard; the lips stuck close as II
their owner We're always on guard:
Very few persons knew the color of his
eyes. for he had an unpleasant trick
of keeping them yelled under unusual
ly thick and white lids.
"A strange lace, sala ohS VI tAo
two men who had been watching him.
Keen and intellectual, n all that.
and yet there's something about 1t I
don't like. The man looks-yes," as
Sir Jordan with his head bent passed
them again, clocks as If he weren't at
ease; as If he'd got something unpleas-
ant on his mind"
"P'raps he's thinking Of that unfor-
tunate young beggar Of a brother Of
his"
"Remorse,' said the other. Hem
At that moment Sir Jordan raised MS
head-"Remorse? No, it looks like
yes. fear" concluded the observer.
They went On their way, and Sir
Jordan returned to the House. He sat
on his seat with his arms folded. his
head bent down, apparently listening
~intent!y, until the House rose; then
he went out and, calling a cab, drove
| to Lady Marlow's reception.
Hrs CTo be c~ontinued.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02

conflict. He lived to again wear the
blue and fight for the stars and stripes
in the war with Spain. He was born
at Augusta, Ga, in 1886 and graduated
from West Point in 1859. When the
Civil War broke out he resigned his
commission in the army to fight for the
South. He entered as a lieutenant and
In two years was a major-general.
At the close Of the war Gen. Wheeler
practiced law in Alabama and served
eight terms in Congress, until he re-
signed to accept a commission in the
army for the Spanish war. AT the
close of that war he was made a brigu-
.dfer-general in the regular army, re-
firing in 1900 upon reaching the age
limit.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
National Capital Notes.

President Roosevelt plans to go tiger
hunting in Africa when he ~retires from
the presidency in 1909.
Ensign Wade, U. S. ~. has been ac-
quitted on all charges in connection with
the Bennington disaster and has been
restored to duty. .
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate was that of Capt. William 8.
Cowles, the Presidents brother-in-law,
to be chief Of the bureau of equipment
of the Navy Department.
Alexander Goehr and Harry !. Col
Inns, at one time officers in the United
States army, were arrested at San
Francisco. on the arrival of the trans
port Sherman from Manila. They will
be held pending investigation.
The Secretary Of the Interior has
withdrawn from all forms of disposals
except under the mineral laws, 1900 900
acres of pubic lands lying in Missoula
and Flat Head counties, Montana and
Kootenai county, Idaho, for the proposed
cabinet forests reserve.
WiInam L. Buchanan has been select
ed by the President as Il Of the dele
gates to the pan-\merican congress in
Rio de Janeiro next July. MIR. Buchan-
an was a delegate to the second con-
gress. which met in Mexico Eve years
ago.
Charges against James w. Reynolds,
renominated by the President as secre-
tary for New Mexico, are being consid-
cred by the Senate committee on terri
tories, and the confirmation will be held
up until they can be investigated. He
is clarged with being an offensive par
tisan.
A joint resolution pending in Congress
asks the International waterway commits
sion for an early report on the use Of
the water flowing over Niagara Falls.
Republican House leaders have agreed
to rush through the three important
treasures recommended in the Presi-
dents message-the Philippine tariff
bill, the statehood bill and the railway
rate bill.
Prominent European statesmen, edu-
cators and publicists have Joined in a
petition to President Roosevelt asking
him to attempt to bring 10 an end the
oatrages in Turkey. The petition ri
presented by James 3. Reynolds of New
York.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
As TO THE WEATHER.
which
One Topic of Conversation Which
= sa Americans Overwork.

One Topic Of Conversation Which
i % Americans Overwork.
Foreigners coming to this country
express surprise at the amount OF con-
yersation Americans give to the wealth
er. They say that we discuss h
weather more than any n subject
and not. only the weather that Is, but
that which has been and the probabilt.
ties for o or next week, says
the indianapolis News. tLs 3esN
1t is true that the American talks
Of the weather. II he meets an ac-
quaintance in passing and he wishes
to appear agreeable, in addition to say
ing good morning" he adds, nice
day. or ''beastly weather." or q like
sentence, that is more than the nero
morning salutation. When strangers
are introduced, or ven IL they have
not been, the first subject for discus
sion is the weather. When women call
on each other it is the weather that
furnishes the first part OF the CONVEX
sation and 1t has been known to fur
nIsh the only subject for an afternoon
call.
The first hot days OF summer al,
ways bring put the weather" and
there is a general tone of complaint
that the sun is hot. Merchant and
clerk, mistress and maid, friend and,
friend, members Of the family, all talk.
about the weather.
Herman Lieber, president Of the
North American Gymnastic Union, II
ii philosopher about the weather. When
the clouds threatened he only smiled
and said: I'VE cannot do anything
about the weather." His spirit was
not daunted, nor did his lips express
any regret. Mr.. Lieber, however, -
an exception, and it must be that.
while he lives in Indiana, he has the
strong foreign nature that has some
thing other than the weather to talk
about or even to worry about.
The weather is the first thing In
the morning for the Americans, for BY
the prospect of the morning sky does
he wear his clothing and does he gauge
his temper. The weather man. in his
station, is called up by telephone num-
erous times, when persons wish to
make inquiry about the weather. Often
this is a legitimate inquiry, but quite
as often the question is from mere
curiosity, so that the answer received
may form the subject Of talk.
Men, as well as women, n even
| children, talk in all seriousness about
the weather yesterday, to-day. to-mor-
rows outlook or even go back a week
or more to discuss a rain and tell in
cidents Of being caught out in a down
pour, or OF nearly melting" from the
heat.
There are persons to whom the
weather is never agreeable and they
take particular care that people shall
know it. Be the day eve SO bright
a summer day, with a delicious breath
OF ozone, waiting sweet odors that al
most intoxicate, this n~ever-pleased
person has some fault to find, while,
should there be a suggestive haze at
the horizon, that is enough to make his
temper ever more murky than hydrant
water after a fire.
1t Is the weather, weather, weather.
whether fair or foul, warm or cool,
the crystalline draft Of springtime or
the mellow flavor Of October.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
WRECK OF THE VALENCIA.
Disaster Adds Another Tragedy to
tho Annals of the Sea. ,

b Annals OF the Sea.
The wreck of the steamer Valencia
Off the west coast of Vancouver island
adds to the annals of the sea a tragedy
that will long be remembered. All
but fifteen of the $50 persons on board
We're drowned. The loss Of life was
not 50 great as that in a number of
wrecks of similar character, but the
peculiarly dramatic and cruel circum-
stances of the disaster hc'ghtcn it's
horrors. AS in the case of many III
fated vessels wrecked in that vicinity,
the Valencia, steering by dead reckon
ing in a fog. got off its course aud
struck Il reef. Threatened with sink
ing. the captain chose to hurl his ship
against the coast, which at this point
is a PERCEPTIONS wall of rock.
From an early hour Tuesday morn
ing until sometime Wednesday the
men INT women huddled on the deck
Of the Valencia confronted the pros
pect of almost certain death with dry
land and safely lying apparently al
most within a stones throw. The
heavy sea which kept pounding the
vessel against the rocks prevented the
use Of lifeboats, those lowered being
beaten to pieces against the side of
the ship. Two sailors managed to
gain the shore and climbed up the
cliff for some distance, only to reach
a point wrere they could neither pro-
coed nor retreat. AS they were below
high-Water mark, this added horror,
enacted before the eyes of the passen-
gers, showed the hopelessness of es-
cape In that direction. Even the YES
sells which were sent to make a be-
lated attempt at rescue succeeded only
in raising false hopes.
Various reasons are advanced for
the fact<that the Valencia was out of
It's course. The fog, the difficulties Of
navigating the channel leading into
Juan de Fuca strait, and the powerful
ocean currents doubtless combined to
deceive the navigators and bring the
ship into danger. 1t remains to be
seen whether Il measure Of RESPONSE
bility does not also rest upon the Can
adam government for its failure to
maintain lights and bell buoys and
other protective devices on a %treacher-
GUS shore which has caused the de-
struction of ffty-six vessels and the
loss of I'll lives within forty years.
At least the absence of coast guards
and lines of communication seems to
have been responsible for the long in
terval that elapsed before news of the
vessels predicament reached the near
est port and an attempt at rescue was
made possible.
The deadly "west coast of VAN
COVER island is one of the worlds
most famous marine g~rayeyards. In
forty years tifty-six vessels and I'll
lives have been lost, all within a few
miles Of the scene of the wreck Of the
Valencia. In addition to the Valencia
the King David and Pass Of Melford
have been wrecked in the past month.
With the King David seven lives were
lost, while twenty-six persisted on the
Pass Of Milford. In the last forty
years the following wrecks, in which
more than ten lives were lost, have
occurred on the same coast:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
Told In q Few Lines,

Charles Hamilton, an a~eronaut, fell
800 feet with an %aeroplane at Ormond,
Fla. He escaped serious injury.
Lois Feurt, a Seattle (Wash.) girl,
with a c~ontralto voice, sung for Nine.
Calve recently. The prima donna will
adopt her and give her a musical edu-
cation.
Mrs. Elizabeth 81. Holmes, the New
York woman who e tohee President
Roosevelt and who was detained by the
police ut the instance of her husband
and who was examined as to her mental
condition, was taken to New York By
Mr.. Holmes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
Mig Gain In Building,

According to the statistics gathered by
the Construction News, the building op-
erations for which permits were issued in
twenty-six Of the largest cities in the
United States in 1905 show a gain over
the previous year of 40 per cent, or $780,
G15,2S2. The showing made by st. Louis
is particularly worthy of notice, because it
is unusual for a city in which an inter-
national exposition has been held to have
such gains in building in the year follow.
ing the close of the fair.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER DEAD.
Famous Cavalry Leader of civil
War n Victim of PncumOnin

W ar a V1ctfIn OF FEcUTnOnIA.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the ia
nous Confederate cavalry leader and
a brigadier general Of the United
States army since the war with Spain.
died Thursday afternoon at the home
Of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, in
Brooklyn. Pneumonia which developed
from a cold caused his death.
Gen. Wheeler fought in about 200 en-
gagements on the Confederate side in
the Civil War, being renowned as one
OF the greatest cavalry leaders of that
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02

forms began its ses-
sions Mt Harrisburg.
In hi1 message the
Governor refers to
the "wave of popular
and political unrest
and o M m o t n
which has spread
over the country"
A somewhat striking
feature Of the second
days session was
the prayer of Chap
lain Moore, as fol-