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the sooner. / was lodging him for fui-
~ twenty minutes before I got hold
of q small parcel from one of the
shelves and gave it a toss that landed
it twenty feet away. The blind man at
once moved in that direction, and I
got down on hands and knees and
made for the stairs. He fell over a
box, got up and banged against a box,
and yet reached the stairs as soon as
I did. His bump of locality was Won
derful. We were standing ten feet
apart when he cried out:
4 hear you breathing! 7 know just
where you are! Boy, get me that trunk
or I'll be the death of you in one min
ute"
I involuntarily shrank back, think
ing he was coming for me. He Tea-
soned that I was sneaking down stairs,
and in his haste to seize me he let go
Of prudence. Three steps carried him
to the landing and at the fourth he
went headlong. When he brought up
at the foot of the stairs I waited
awhile to see if he would call out. and
as he did not I got the lamp and de-
.scended. The blind man lay there in
a huddle with a broken neck.
OF course the affair was inquired
into. but we never learned the man s
identity It ought TO have been easy
to locate a blind man, but we failed to
do it. The trunk he was after con
tanned title deeds and other papers of
value, and search of the dead man s
person proved that he had no order to
get Copyright 1906, by A. White
headO
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I had been employed about the place
for two years when there came a day
of unusual hustle. We took in and
sent out many goods, ard just before
6 o'clock my uncle was called away to
see about other goods to come in on
the morrow. He told me to lock up
when the hour came and take the key
when I made ready to go. I was stand
ing in the big door, key in hand, when
a man turned In from Larkis street
and came forward. I felt that he had
business with us and waited for him
The man was of middle age, tall and
powerful, and he had strange way of
staring when he spoke to one. I re-
membered afterward that he was not
the one to speak first. and that he
seemed a bit embarrassed until I ad-
dressed him. Then he replied:
Boy, I have an order here for a
trunk. Is it too late to have it at
tended to %
I replied that it was. He put his
hand into his pocket as if to produce
the order, but did not do so. When 7
told him that he would have to come
in the morning he hung in the wind
for a moment and then said:
1.-THE trunk was left here four years
ago, when went away to Russia. I
suppose it is all right, but if I could
see it once and make sure. 7 should
sleep better tonight. If that trunk
has been lost then I am pauper'
I asked him to describe it. We had
five hundred trunks up stairs. and, OF
course, many of them were alike I
had never received orders to cover a
case OF this kind, and certainly did
not suspect the stranger of any evil
intent. In my desire that he should
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not worry, and thinking to show off a
bit at the same time, I offered to take
him UP stairs and see If he could
identify his trunk. He thanked me
over and over again, and suggested
that 1 lock the lower door to make
things safe during our absence. The
shutters had already been closed up
stairs and down, and I had to light
one of the lamps. The man followed
after me, and when we reached the
head of the stairs he turned his head
about in a helpless way and re-
marked:
What sort of place have we here,
boy? Is it full or empty?"
about two-thirds full, sir" re-
piled.
Down at the far end. Come down
this alley way"
Y es-an right"
He followed me, but I noticed that
he bumped on either side quite fire.
quently, and tapped with his cane on
the floor. Before we reached the pile
of trunks l bgan to wonder If he was
not blind. stopped before the heap of
them, and asked if he saw one resem-
bling his, and at the same time 1 no.
4 tfced that his fingers were gripping his
4 cane and that he was preparing to use
/ it as q weapon. I stopped to put the
/ lamp in a sheltered position, and as l
did so his cane Whistled over my head.
The force of his blow threw him up
against the trunks, and before he could
recover was twenty feet away. Had
I run directly for the stairs I could
have got down first and trapped him.
but 1 took contrary direction. OF
course he had heard my movements,
and, standing with his face toward me,
he said:
Boy, I want a trunk out of here
marked E Jacobs The tag is tied
to the handle. Get that trunk for me
and TIL give you q guinea. If you re-
fuse, then look out fer yourself. I'm a
bad man when crossed"
I made no reply, but began retreat
ing. I moved like q mouse, and yet he
heard me. It was only when he start
ed to follow that I was sure he was
blind. He did not pick up the light to
guide his footsteps. and neither could
he avoid humping into various objects
I knew every inch of the big room. and
even in the dark I had no trouble in
getting about. Ny idea was to reach
the stairs, but he knew what I was at
ter and kept heading me off. He STUN
bIed over and picked up a piece of
iron and with this for a wea pon he
was no mean adversary. After offer
ing me the guinea. it was five minutes
before he spoke again Then he broke
out into fierce cursing and threats Of
vengeance. and warned me that if I
got downstairs and outdoors I would
find a man ready there to put a knife
/ into me. He increased his offer to five
guineas, and when I did rot answer
him he fell to cursing again.
IF the thing had not come upon me
! so suddenly could haVeS outWitted him
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A Woman Can.

II have read in books and heard
plenty Of men say that no woman can
play a real good game OF poker said
a Baltimore drummer at a club the
other evening, but I have been cen
WINGED to the contrary
Don't believe it, muttered three or
four men, as they laid down their cards
-Four Of us were invited to a friends
house for a social 81 me- continued the
salesman. but 1t transpired that one
couldn't show up. Our friends wife was
called in to make the number good.
Three Of US, at least, were ready to 60
home when the game opened as rome
Of US believed that a woman knew
flush from a fun house Ten minutes
later we had changed our minds. Here
is what she did during the evening, and
none Of US said a word:
'She played with from one to three
cards in her lap and substituted them
to make straights and Pushes
"She held her thumb over a spot to
conceal the real value OF the card
"She held four XIII gs three times b.
slipping in a card from her lap.
"She held Pushes five times BY dof1E
the same thing.
"On three occasions she claimed two
pairs when she had but one"
And what did you DC about it2' was
asked.
why. I simply made up my mind
that the mar who said that a woman
couldn't play poker 6f61't know what
he was talking about M. Quad
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PAVING OF WESTLAWN.
Mr.. Lyle Explains What It Means to
Topeka.

From the standpoint of a public
spirited citizen and q. taxpayer, G. D.
Lyle owner OF the Westlawn prop
erty, is opposed strenuously to any
action on the part of the city council
to cut down the amount of paving
which has been planned for various
parts of the city. Propositions have
been made for the paving of thirty
city blocks in the near future. but
there is an inclination on the part of
members of the city council to reduce
this amount
There is nothing which adds so
much to the value of city property as
paving" said Mr.. Lyle, tand while
the immediate cost may seem a trifle
large the succeeding benefits to the
city are much greater. This is par
ticularly true Of unimproved property
like Westlawn, where our requests for
four blocks of paving has been favor
ably passed on by the streets and
walks committee of the council.
Here is a piece of property which
is now paying taxes on an assessed
valuation Of 1880. With the pave
ments asked of the city it will not be
long before this property will be made
worth at least $4,000 through the
improvements which viii be made
It would then go on the tax rolls at
valuation of say $50, 600, and with the
tax rate at 5.55 this would mean that
the property would then pay to the
city over $4,000 in taxes more than 1t
now pays. In ten years time 1t would
not only have paid for the paving but
would also have paid over $4,000 to
the city in taxes.
ION such a basis the city cannot
afford to turn down paving. especially
on property which is subject to such
Improvement as Westlawn.
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WANT TO ARBITRATE.
Southwestern Operators Send a TeIe-
gram to the President.

Indianapolis, March 31.-The execu-
tive committee of the operators of tn e
Southwestern district today sent the
following telegram to President Roose-
velt:
"CIaypool Hotel, indianapolis. Ind.
March 81, 1906.-TO the President,
Washington, D c.: Coal operators
representing more than 90 per cent Of
output of coal in the territory named,
this afternoon offered the following
resolution in joint convention:
90 The operators Of the southwestern
interest coal operators association, en-
bracing Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas and Indian Territory. realizing
the gravity of the crisis caused by the
failure of themselves and the miners
to agree on a wage scale and condi-
tiOns of labor in that field, now pro-
pose to submit all questions al issue
to arbitration before a commission to
be appointed by the president Of the
United States, the award of said com
mission said to be binding on both op-
orators and miners
THE miners voted against the
resolution, but Notwithstanding their
action the operators are still anxious
that the differences between them and
the miners be adjusted as suggested in
the resolution.
CIV. c. PERRY.
President Southwestern Interstate
Coal Operators Association"
Says It's Merely a Cessation.
Fort Smith, Ark, March 31.-Presi-
dent Brackney of this district Of the
mine workers union of the southwest
has issued an order for all miners to
lay down their tools on Monday. The
engineers, 1remen and pump men
have been instructed to remain at
work to take care of the properties
pending a solution of the difficulties
between miners and operators.
President Cunningham of this dis
trict says that the present movement
is not a strike, but merely a cessation
of work pending further conferences
He says he does not expect an agree
ment to be reached for a month or
more. Three thousand men win be
affected in this county. There Is no
coal on hand here for domestic use
and the railroads for the past month
have cOnfiscated all shipments
$500 VIII Go Out
Nashville, Tenn, March S1-A
Hopkinsville, Ky. special TO the Ban
ner says:
From reports received here from
the western Kentucky coal fields there
viii probably be $500 union miners.
who viii refuse to go to work next
Monday should the joint meeting at
Indianapolis fail entirely in it's purpose
of settling the wage scale. The min
ers Of eastern Kentucky can not be
disturbed at present as their contract
with the miners under their present
scale will not expire until next Sen
( TENDER.
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LOCAL MENTION.

J. H. Armstrong, a driver for the
AthertOn Transfer company, was
thrown from one of the wagons of the
company this morning at the iuterssc-
tien of Fifth and Madison streets and
badly bruised. An ambulance was
called and he was taken to his home
where he will probably remain for
some time.
Governor Hoch and AdiutaDt General
Hughes went to Leavenworth yesterday
to attend the Bell reception. They
were not back in their Offices this
morning.
Assistant State Auditor James Nation
is attending the Republican county
convention at Pittsburg today.
State Accountant J. c. Gafford is at
Beloit today for the Mitchell county
convention.
John W. Newell. who has been over
in Missouri on law business FOR q few
days, returned home today.
Attorney General Coleman has gone
to his home in Clay Center TO spend
Sunday.
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Pardons Egg steaIer.

Governor Hoch this morning issued a
pardon to Robert Graham. who has been
serving six months in the Atchison coun-
ty Jail for stealing two cases of eggs out
Of a freight car. Grahams term will ex-
pire in the latter part Of April, and as
his father is seriously III in Kansas City,
the pardon was issued on condition that
Graham go TO Kansas City to take care
of his father.
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3 800 win Go ont.


Charles Arnold, an escaped patient
from Missouri state hospital No. 2, St.
Joseph was captured last night by Of
hcers Hendricks and Duncan Al
though the man seemed to be sane.
Judging from his conversation, a teIe-
gram to the St Joseph asylum brought
the information that Arnold was want
ed, and an officer of the institution
would be after him this evening.
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Laura" said Mr. Ferguson. ssvrhs z
kind Of a looking girl is this Miss wiz
merson. who is coming to visit you next
week?'
Shes the hahdsomest girl Of my. ac-
quaintance," answered Mrs. Ferguson
'fWell, that means that I've got TO
take that cracked mirror of the bureau
in the spare bedroom and put z. new ore
in its place. Chicago Tribune.
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leach succeeds Sessions.

Charles Sessions who viii on Monday
assume his new position q g private sec
Rotary to Governor E. w H0ch. win not
7rtIrely sever his connection with the
Kansas CITY Journal fer the present. He
WIN continue TO edit the kansas Topics"
column Of the Kansas City paper for the
present Jesse Leach. formerly with the
Kansas City Star has been appointed to
ruceead 1Tr Sessions as correspondent for
fhe WanHas City Journal. MI Leach has
Been in the newspaper work in Topeka for
some vearH. and Of late has been handling
EAe Globe-D Democrat work H. this city
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g. Toneka FfrT11 .

Topeka is fortunate in having as one
of its new business enterprises the well
known fir moi D. H. Bane & &c. of Chi
cago Messrs. Bane & Co. own thous-
ands of acres of valuable irrigated
lands in western Kansas and eastern
Colorado and are putting the same on
the market at very low prices. On
every Homeseekers' date this company
runs special cars for the accommoda-
ton of homeseekers and investors.
Parties who want information about
this wonderful section should call on
or write to P. c. Reilly. representative
of D. H Bane & Co., who has Offices
in the new GODDARD building.
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Abilene school Bonds Good.

Attorney General c. c. Coleman, in an
opinion made public today, sustains the
validity OF the schol bonds issued by the
city of Abilene. Mr.. Coleman holds that
under a decision Of the supreme court,
the word erection as applied to a school
house may include the purchase of land
for the building
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Hit Him with CusDsdor.

lobe Harris accused of hitting John
Wilson across the head With cuspidor.
was discharged in the city court this
morning, WAer she was tried for assault
and battery. The defense WIS that VII
son was trying to get into her rcorn.
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The shawnee County Medical Society

LII5 SIEaEFIIlC
Will hold It's monthly meeting at the
National hotel, Monday evening. April
2, at 8 o'clock sharp. Programme:
Ida c. Barnes, NJ. D., The Value of
Extraordinarily in Gyneclogy" T. w.
Peers, NJ D, will open the discussion.
Reports and presentation Of cases F.
J. Ernest. NJ D., Harriet z. Adams.
NJ. D, A s. Andrews. NJ. D. Doctor.
Come and join our society.
0. P DAVIS, NJ. D., President.
CORBAN E. JUDD. NJ. D.. Secretary.
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TOO LATE TO classify.

FOR SALE-At a bargain bicycle, Coas-
ter brake, only slightly used. good as
new. Inquire 1025 North Jackson. ST.
TO tone down, refine. beautify the face.
use Satin skin powder 4 tints. Only &c.
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DR.. r. S. Fairchild, expert truss filter
of Cincinnati. Ohio, has been in the
city this week giving Fred A. Snow
the druggist, instructions IN truss TT
ting.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL HADLEY WHO COMPELLED h q. ROGI
TO ANSWER HIS QUESTIONS


through H. and other oil
Missouri
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24
WON'T ENFORCE
PROHIBITION LAW
RX Associated Press.

Topeka, Kans., Nov. 2S.-Addition-
al custer suits. for the non-enforce-
ment of the state prohibition law
were brought to-day by Attorney Cen
eral Coleman against Finley Ross,
mayor of Wichita, and Peter Ever
hardt, mayor of Leavenworth. The
state supreme court is asked to Dust
these men from Office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24
MONTGOMERY WILL REVOKE
STREET CAR FRANCHISE
COMPANY Refuses to Observe Jim Crow Ordinance ana
Council Will Revoke Its Right to Operate In lhd'
City-Traffc Held Up For 21a Hours.

because of the rule requiring twenty
four hours notice of special meetings.
A call has been issued for meeting
tomorrow afternoon when it is PROD
able that action will be taken reVoKlns
the privileges. Since the issuance Oh
the injunction this morning the cars
have been running, after suspension
of traffic for two hours and a hail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24
By Associated Press.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 2S'-At d
meeting for the avowed purpose OF re-
voking all of the franchise privileges
of the Montgomery Traction Company
because of its failure to observe the
Jim Crow street car ordinance whleh
went into practice to-day, the Guy
council could not take action tonight
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24

Majority against drainage. 5,007
The following is the vote by coun-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24

Mrs Herbert Parsons, daughter Of
Henry Clews. the New York banker,
and wife of Congressman Parsons, in
her new book soon to be Issued sas-
Iests and argues that all marriages
should be on trial; that couples be al.
lowed to live together on probation.
as IL were. for a given time. and if
mutually agreeable the arrangement
,ould be made permanent; il not they
sould sever their relations without
appealing to the courts. The legal
fraternity, at least, will oppose this
,lan Of cutting down a source Of ,heir
evenue
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24

A New York telegram reports that
the Thanksgiving turkey roosts so
high that none but the rich with pat
snt step ladders can reach them. Why
should .he poor mortal cry so tong as
'possum am potatoes and the yellow
legged country hen roost low? What
comparison is to be found between the
dry meat of a fancy priced turkey and
The deliciously juicy product OF Il we'll
stuffei form of hen brought to the
table steaming hot from the stove
Mobile Item.
Even chickens come high in this sec
tion of the country, but according to
the latest reports 'possum meat is still
plentiful
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24
The Vote On the
Drainage Amendment.

The Lake City Index has been keep
ing tab on the drainage amendment
vote as it has come in, with the result
as shown by the figures given below:
No returns have been received from
Lafayette. Pasco and Wakulla. The
mark 81 indicates the official vote:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24

Some one has been seeing ghosts in
the Georgia State Capitol. A certain
kind of ghosts, familiar to printers,
has been known TO walk in the build
ing over at Tallahassee, notably dur
ing the discussion of the insanity d.
vorce bin and the dispensary measure
some years ago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24
CHRISTMAS
CASE DEFENSE
IS PRESENTED
Witnesses Testify AS to the
Blood Stained Shirt
and the Will.
CLAIMS BLOOD ON
SHIRT CAME FROM HOG He
KILLED THE DAY BEFORE THE
MURDER OCCURRED.
reuInor suI OF IelosdS

Mariana, Nov. 23.-Miss Allie
Richardson, stenographer, was re-
called to the stand last night and tes-
titled regarding the testimony gwen
by witnesses at the preliminary ana
habeas corpus trials. After refresh
ing her memory from notes taken at
those trials, she testified that Boone,
Joe White and w. L. Pitcher had
made variations in their testimony at
this trial, from that given in former
hearings. Was examined minutely
by states counsel as to the manner
of recording the words of witnesses
bv stenographic characters, and trans
cribing same on typewriter.
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shows this

Majority against drainage. S04
These figures very clearly indicate
that, whatever may be the real merits
OF the drainage scheme. the people as
they understand it are opposed nearly
two to one to the proposition.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-24

Majority against drainage. 1896
The members of the Internal I'M
prOvement Board are Gov. Broward,
Comptroller Groom. Atty-Gen. Ellis,
State Treasurer Knott and Commits
sioner of Agriculture McLin. The vote
in the counties from which they come
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-18
Enough is Enough.

Quitting work with a million dollars
saved in twenty-five years, the mana
ger Of the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York sets an example that might we'll
be followed by those men who get the
money-making craze and develop
from captains OF industry" through
"plutocrats" to something worse
Thomas H. Hillard came from Ireland
when he had attained his majority.
He is now forty-six and a millionaire,
having made it all in hotel manage
ment and careful investment of his
savings. He is of the opinion that he
has worked hard enough and long
enough. Acquaintance with the range
of hotel prices. in connection with ho-
tel tips, would indicate that he had
also worked people enough, although
there has been nothing in Mr.. Hill
lard's career to show that he has ever
made an overcharge. On the other
hand, he has devised many of the
modern conveniences that add to the
delectability Of hotel existence. But
the best thing he has done has been to
know when he had enough and TO
stop when he got 1t.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-18
Nine Million PIows at Work.

It's plowing time. Two hundred
million acres of land will be plowed
this year in the United States and
about 100000 plows are on the farms
to do the work. The capital invested
In plows alone represents $S0,00O,OOO.
Such a multitude of types of plows
and plowers can be found on this old
continent that we can but name a
few. In the great southwest the Mo
have with his three or four squaws
starts for the planting ground. Each
woman carried her digging stick, the
most primitive of fall plows, and the
man stands, guard all day while the
"original farmers" of this country dig
the land and plant their gourd seeds.
In Canada but for the interference of
the government we might see the
Doukhabor women drawing the plow
in exactly the same way that they
have done for centuries. In New
England the oxen are being yoked,
and in the middle west the fourhorse
teams are ready. In the south the
negro sits on his plow hilt to watch
the train go by.
In other parts Of the country we find
traction engines at work, plowing
forty OF more acres day and requir-
ing but two or three men to do It,