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sides like she ticked to death Maybe it was
funny to her. it want to Fletcher
Come, McCabe," says he; well get to work ="
Say, can hold in about so long and then I've got
to blow off or else bust cylinder head I'd had about
enough of this Come, McCabe " business too. Say
Fletchy says l. don't be in any grand rush. amt
so anxious to take you on you to think"
What's that" he spits out
You keep your ears open long enough and you'll
hear it all, says 1; for gettn hotter n hotter
under the necktie. Il just want to say that I've
few minutes. l guess I'll chuck it up
That seemed to go in deep. Mr.. Dawes he brings
his eyes together until nothn but the wrinkle keeps
EN- apart and he gets the hectic flush on his cheek
bones. II don't understand" says he.
This is where l quit" says l. That's all"
But, says he, you must have some reason :"
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about her, but she dressed expensive enough
furs and silks and sparks in her ears Looked like
of the sort that had been up against long run
While arguin' in drifts Mr.. Dawes himself
gets glimpse of his face when he first spots the
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up everything, from the time Fletcher grocery
store and lodgin' house out to Butte, and Maria
helped him sell flour and canned goods, besides
maxim beds, and juggn pans, and takin' in washin'
the side; to the day Fletcher euchred prospector
out of the mine that gave him his start.
You were satisfied with the terms of the settle
ment, when it made" says Mr.. Dawes.
know, says she; but 1 didn't think how
badly I should miss BERTHE That is an awful big
house there, and l am getting to be an old
woman now, Fletcher"
Yes you are" says he his mouth corners 1iftin
little: But Berries in school, where he ought to
be- and 1d where he going stay anything
some, but that's all No, Fletcher" says she. Il
shall go now
She was Just about startin' when there's music
the other side of the draperies. 1t sounds like
Corson was havin his troubles with another female
Only this one had voice like brass cornet, and
she usn it too.
to know why! Eli, what's that? Awoman in there?"
And in she She pippin, all right AS
she yanks back the curtain and rushes in she looks
about as friendly as a spotted leopard that's been
stirred up with elephant hook; but when she
sizes up the compny that's present she cools off and
let's 60 OF laugh that gives us an vry display
'Oh! Fletchy who's the old one?" says she
Say, l expect Dawes has run into some mighty
worryin scenes before now, havin' been indicted
or twice and so on, but L II bet he never
: bucked up against the equal of this before.
= He opens his mouth couple of times, but
there don't to be any language on
tap. The mlssus ready, though.
Maria Dawes is my name my dear"
says she.
''Mara" says the other one 1ookin'
some staggered "Why-why, then you
you're Number One!"
Maria mods her head.
s. Then Fletcher gets his tongue out of tangle
Maria, says he, this is my wife Maize
'Yes?" says Maria as gentle as summer night.
Il thought this must be Maize You re very young
and pretty aren't you? l suppose you 60 about a
lot? But you must be careful of Fletcher He always
was foolish about staying up too late, and eating
things that hurt him. | used to have to warn him
against black coffee and welsh rabbits. He will eat
them, and then he has of his bad spells. Fletcher
is ffty-six now you know, and
. Marial" says Mr.. Dawes his face the color of
boiled beet, that's enough of this foolishnessi
Here, Corson! Show this lady out"
Yes, | was just going, Fletcher" says she.
lets out another Of her soprano ha-ha S. hodin her
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into his pockets, and looks Maria over careful
Then you have lost the address of my attor-
neys?" says he, real frosty
That don't chill Maria at all. She acted like she
was used to it. NO. says she; but I'm tired
of talking to lawyers 1 couldn't tell them about
BERTHE, and how lonesome I've been without him
these last two years, Can't have him, Fletcher"
vas al ,hnt apd m N e time shad cone ", m fr
four or five minutes l had the whole story Maria
was the ex-Mrs. Fletcher Dawes. Little BERTHE
grandson and grandma wanted Berthe to come
Fletcher had handed her when he snapped her off
for of the sextet and settled up after the decree
was granted.
the papers printed pages about the Daweses; rakin'
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Sure, says L; two OF
'em. Ones just gone out.
That's the other" and 1
jerks my thumb at Maize.
She'd been rollin' her
eyes from me to Dawes,
and from Dawes back to
me. What does this fell
low mean by that?" says
Maize. Fletcher, why
don't you have him thrown
out?"
Yes, Fletcher" says 1,
why don't you? I'd love
to be thrown out just nowl"
Someway, Fletcher was
mt anxious, although he
had lots of bouncers stand
in idle within call. He
just stands there and looks
at his toes, while Maize
tongue lashes first me and
then him. When she gets
through l picks up my hat.
so long, Fletchy," says
l. What work l put in on
you the other day I'm goin'
to make you a present of.
If l was you, I'd cash that
check and buy somethin'
that would please Maize. "
"D'jer annex another
five or six hundred UP to
the Brasstonia this after
noon?" asks Swiftly, when
l gets back.
Nix" says I. All 1
done was to organize a
myself disliked. That ten
say, Swiftly, just remember
bath rubber class, and I'm
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wife convention and get myself disliked That ten
minute deal is off. But say, Swiftly just remember
I've lodged maxim the bath rubber class, and I'm
satisfied at that"
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the old girl, and if
ever l see a mouth
shut like a safe
door and a jaw
stiffen as if it had
turned to concrete,
his did.
" What does this
mean, Maria ?" he
says between his
teeth.
Il couldn't help
it, Fletcher" says
she. | wanted to
see you about lit
tie BERTHE"
HUH" grunts
Fletcher. " Well,
step in this way.
McCabe, you can
come along too"
l wa Mt stuck
on the way it was
said, and didn't
banker for mixin'
up with any such
reunions; but it
didn't look like
Maria had any too
many friends ham
dy, SO | trots along.
When we're shut
in, with the drap-
cries pulled, Mr..
Dawes plants his
feet solid, shoves
his hands down
1
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
HARTMAN EXAMINED.
Gives Testimony Concerning Railroad
Transportation, but Refuses to
Answer Some Questions,

New York;. II. Hartman, head
Of the Union Pacific system, spent
Monday in a recital OF portions OF the
intimate history OF the financial opera
tions OF himself and his associates be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. which. in behalf OF the gov
ernment, is investigating consolida-
tons and combinations of carriers. re-
lations between railroads and cOmmu.
nifty Of interest therein, their rates,
facilities ard practices
Special counsel for the government
made particular attack on the reorgan-
iZation and financing of the Chicago &
Alton railroad by the Hartman syndi-
cate, and their action, with a challenge
by counsel for the railroads OF the
right of the Interstate Commerce Com
nossion to inquire into the private
transactions of an individual. consti-
tuted the two chief events OF the days
proceedings.
Mr.. Hartman declined to tell what
proportion OF the preferred stock of
the Alton sold to the Union Pacific be-
lcnged to him individually. and the
way was paved for taking the question
into the Federal Courts. The point
1aised involves material limita alton
en- the inquisitorial power Of the com.
mission. and Is Of serious Importance
to the whole question Of interstate cor
Loration investigation.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
ANOTHER TRAIN SMASHED.
Fatal Wreck on the 3. & o. Due to Fast
Running.

Connellsville, PA Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train, westbound, run
ming eighteen minutes late and forty
miles an hour, was wrecked Thursday
night near Indian Creek, seven miles
east OF here.
The entire train, consisting of a com.
bination smoking and baggage car, two
day coaches and the private car OF
Robert j. Finney, superintendent Of
the Pittsburg division of the road, left
the track and after running for 200
feet along the ties was thrown into a
ditch, where the wreckage was com
pletely burned.
WyIie Irwin, engineer, of Pittsburg,
was killed, the fireman fatally injured
and the baggageman. express messen-
ger, conductor and six passengers Sc
riously injured. About thirty passen-
gers were more or less cut and bruised.
Irwin was caught under the wrecked
engine and burned to death before the
passengers, who were powerless to lib.
crate him.
When the train was three miles east
of Indian creek the engineer began to
speed in an endeavor to make up lost
time. The train was making about
forty miles an hour. Suddenly the
whole train swayed and with much jar
ring and cracking left the rails.
The passengers managed to break the
windows and gained places OF safety
Just as all the cars commenced to burn.
Within few minutes all had escaped.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Denver Street Car Wrecked.

Denver.-Loaded with twenty.six
passengers, Lawrence street car No.
141, inbound. jumped the track
while turning the corner at Thir-
teenth and Lawrence at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. was hurled
distance OF fifty feet, striking on It's
side and throwing all on board into .
wild state OF panic. 1t was only stopped
from descending into the water by the
high iron railing OF the bridge that
spans Cherry creek at this point. In
number on the -. twenty-four were
women
After all had been relieved from
their painful positions. only two were
found to be injured. neither OF them
seriously. Mrs. Mary Mumma sus'
talned a sprain to her right hip. She
was removed In the police ambulance
to her home at 7lS Twentieth street.
Mrs. F. Randall, 3OG3 Welton street.
was cut and bruised about the hands.
Others were badly shaken up. but only
two required the attention OF the po'
lice surgeon.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
RAILROADS MUST PAY.
Nebraska Counties Win Suits for
Taxes.

Washington. - The cases OF the
Union Pacific ana Burlington railroad
companies against the various county
treasurers OF the state OF Nebraska,
involving the tax rate upon the prop
erty Of the railroads, and calling into
question the administration of the Ne
braska state tax law, were decided ad-
versely to the railroads by the Su-
preme Court of the United States to-
day. The decision was announced by
Justice Holmes.
Omaha.-The decision Of the Su-
preme Court OF Nebraska tax cases
means that the railroads parties to the
suit must pay into the treasures OF the
s!xty-one counties interested an aggre-
gate Of about $3,100,OOO of taxes now
due, including penalties. This includes
the taxes for 1904, 1905 and 1906. The
railroads had rendered about $1,000, 900
rs what they considered the proper
amount of their taxes, SO that the
amount really involved was about
100000. However, the other roads
operating in Nebraska have paid their
taxes under protest, and had these
cases gone against the state would
nave demanded refund OF about one.
tnird OF the amounts paid.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
OFFER OF ARBITRATION.
Possible Solution Of Difficulty WIN
Railroad Men.

Chicago-Arbitratio as means 10
avert a strike in the event of an un-
favorable vote by trainmen and con-
ductors or a wage proposition made by
the railways was offered by the
general managers.
l. G. kawn of the Illinois Central.
who acted as chairman OF the
managers committee. said the man
ayers felt they had offered concessions
which would really prove to be op'
pressive 10 a number of railroads. Tho
exact amounts of the proposed IN.
crease, Mr.. Rawn said was qucs.
tion to be computed by the different
roads, as the same conditions do not
apply to all systems.
In general way. the officials
contemplated increasing the pay OF
conductors in the passenger service
$40 a month, baggagemen Sc and
brakemen and fagmen S., with extra
for overtime The increase offered
men in the freight service, he said.
was a fla. ten per cent, while on work
trains AMI mixed trains the increase
amounted in some instances to eigh-
teen per cent.
Whether arbitration ultimately vii.
be accepted by the employers none or
the officers Of the organizations in.
volved would venture an opinion.
The last of the trainmen's commit.
tees left the city to-day, as no fur.
ther efforts to seek a conference with
the managers will be made, it Is said
until the result of the proposed strike
vote is Known.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
New Plan to Save Child Labor.

A proposition to take all children
under IA years of age from factories
and other places OF employment and
send them to school has been made by
N. o. Nelson, a millionaire manufac-
turer, to the women's clubs Of st.
Louis. Mr.. Nelson is to pay the chill
dren half the amount they would re-
ceive for their work, and the clubs the
other half. The clubs have yet to give
their decision and. pending it, Mr.. Mel.
son has undertaken to do the work
himself. says Reader Magazine. He
has Investigated for several weeks
pas every application to the truant
officer for permits for children under
age to work in the factories, and has,
1t the present writing, found seven
worthy cases. Each week these chill
aren call at Nelson's Office and receive
the money they would have been paid
Tor working-an average of three dol
lars week. Then the children have
been returned 70 their schools. In
less than one-third Of the cases inves-
agated by Mr.. Nelson did he find the
seople to be actually in need of the
thildrens services
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
FL. HEARNE DEAD
eUCcUMeS TO PERiToNITIs AT.
TER A BRIEF ILLNESS,
HEAD OE The C. F. AND |
Since Coming to Colorado -Four Years
Ago Mr.. Hearne Had Built Up a
Magnificent Business for the Com.

maaninCent ouS'nesS TOT the Com
pany.
Denver.-Death ended the suffering
Of Col. Frank J. Hearne. president Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron CompaLl
at 7:45 o'clock last Monday night in
his apartments in the Brown Palace
hotel. The body will be taken to Kan
sas City tomorrow and the inferno Mt
will occur In that city Thursday. Mrs.
Hearne and her son. William, and Mr..
X. B. Armour and Mrs. Edward Smith.
sisters Of the deceased, will accom-
pany the body to Kansas City. Colonel
Hearne was sixty years Of age when he
died. and had been president of the cor
poration named about four years.
Directors Of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company will elect a successor 10
Colonel Hearne at some date yet to be
announced. J. F. Welborn, vice prcsi-
dent, will be the executive head of the
company until the successor Of Colonel
Hearne Is chosen. The deceased was
a wealthy man and leaves an estate
probably worth several million dollars.
He was a man Of high character and
his associates and employees united in
paying tribute to his worth and gener-
osity last night. Peritonitis. which at
tackled him about a week ago, caused
death. No operation was attempted. as
1t was deemed unwise.
The deceased leaves a wife and one
son, William L., and three sisters re-
siding in Kansas City. Missouri, Mrs
Kirk Armour. Mrs. Edward Smith and
Mrs. George Nettleton, wife of the
president of the Kansas City. Hanni-
oal & Fort Scott railroad.
The body will be taken to Kansas
City. leaving here at 2:30 tomorrow
afternoon and arriving there about
$50 Thursday morning. The funeral
will be held from Armour chapel.
During these four years Mr.. Hearne
had remained In active charge OF the
company until some weeks ago when
he was first stricken with the grip
and his marvellous executive ability
had built up for the Wall street owners
the largest industrial corporation in
the West. But this zeal on Mr.
Hearncs part and the overwork Incl
dent to 1t broke down his health.
Mr.. Hearne recently purchased the
residence at 1875 Grant avenue, built
by Donald Fletcher and later acquired
by Col. w. E Hughes. Pending the
completion Of some alterations or
dered by him the Hearnes were max.
ing their home in the Brown Palace
hotel. Mr.. Hearne'5 salary from the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company is
Caid to have been $4,000 a year.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Miners Laid on at Butte.

Butte, Mont.-Although 1900 miners
and top men are idle. owing to the ac-
tion OF the Miners union in demand
ing an Increased scale of wages May
1st, no apprehension is felt that any
of the mines will close down. One
thousand men in addition to the 1000
laid off were discharged to-day. 1t Is
understood that It will be the policy
of the operating companies in the fu'
ture to pay the scale. but to employ
only about half as many men as al
present. Only the most urgently nee
essary development work will be car
ried on. Sufficient ore bodies have
been blocked out in the larser proper
ties to keep good force Of skilled min.
ers ut work for the next fifteen years.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Index to Prosperity.

The earnings Of the great steel cor
poration afford an infallible index to
the prosperity of the country. The
figures for the calendar year 1906 are
impressive, the total being over $780,.
$4,000, against $119,S5O,O00 in 1905,
S73,176,000 in 1904, and $1O9, ,271, 900 in
1908. The showing for last year was
a result of the phenomenal activity in
building. railroad construction and i'm
provement and steadily increasing de-
mand for iron and steel in every form.
And. continues the Troy Times, the
business done by concerns outside the
Io-called trust" attained still larger
proportions. The new year begins with
mills overcrowded with orders, those
of the trust" yet untitled amounting
20 S,4S9,718 tons, the largest ever
known, and the prospects are favora-
BILE to another record breaker.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Postoffice Officials Changed.

ashington-President Roosevelt has
accepted the resignation Of Second AS
sistant Postmaster General w. S.
Shallenbarger.
Representative James r. McCleary
of Minnesota, who Is to retire from
Congress at the close OF the present
session, will be appointed as Shallen-
barger's successor.
The resignation Of Third Assistant
Postmaster General Edwin c. Madden,
It Is expected. will be submitted to the
President in a day or two. No intima-
ton is yet given as to his successor.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
decided to appoint Alexander Grant as
successor to James l.. White as gen
eral superintendent of the railway
mail service. Grant for several years
has been assistant superintendent OF
the railway mail service. General Su.
perintendent White resigned several
weeks ago.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Trouble Ahead,

The trustees OF the public library at
aalden, Mass, announce that they
Uill not put in circulation a novel
which a decent woman may not read
70 a decent man without blushing." As
This is standard of excellence which
cannot be applied priori, it may be
necessary to appoint committee to
exercise the novel censorship. The
difficulty Of finding a decent man will
be equalled only by thai Of submitting
= decent woman to such an ordeal,
says the New York Post. The latter
might, after time, grow hardened
And maintain deathly pallor while
reading aloud from dubious works. It
would not always be easy to distin-
guish blush of modesty from what
novelists call flush of vexation."
The man might even blush while the
woman remained pale, and, lastly, the
blushing might be caused not by the
book, but by the presence Of the man.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Appointed on Canal Commission.

Washington.-The President con
ferred at the White House "Wednesday
with Secretaries Taft and Root regard
ing details OF the reorganization
scheme OF the Panama canal work.
1t is understood that Colonel Haines
and Benjamin Harrod. civil engineers,
both members OF the present commits
sion, shall retire. Admiral Endicott.
the only remaining member OF the old
commission, will be retained. as the
law requires that one naval civil enSl.
neer shall be included in its member
ship.
Majors Cocktails. Gaillard and Sci.
bert, who yesterday were named as
members OF the commission and engi-
neers to conduct canal construction,
will receive salaries considerably In
excess of those they now receive.
namely $4,000 a year 1t Is the inten-
tion to divide among them the salaries
now paid to Messrs. Shonts and Stev-
ems, aggregating 100000 per annum. AZ
long as they are engaged in canal
work
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Interstate Commerce Hearing.

New York-The Interstate Com
merce Commission has concluded Its
New Yorl; hearing upon the investiga-
ton of the operations and relations
of the Union Pacific System. and
while there will be oral argument
heard at Washington in April, the
date to be decided later, the testimony
has probably all been taken.
There has been no decision as to
an appeal to the courts to compel Ed
ward H. Hartmann and Otto Kahn
to answer the many important ques-
tions declined by them, but the ques-
tion viii, be considered after the
commission returns to Washington.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE.
Possibility Of Il Owing to Failure to
Reach Agreement,

Chicago.-Negotiatio between the
railroad managers and the trainmen
and conductors were abruptly termi-
mated Tuesday without an agreement
being reached.
The question OF the greatest strike
In railroad history Is now up to the
men. Committees representing $4,000
men on forty-two railroad systems
throughout the West left the city to-
night carrying with them strike bal
lots to be voted on.
About fifteen days will be required
10 take a secret ballot. That the vote
will be in favor of accepting the COM
promise offered by the railroads Is not
expected.
The ballot places before the men
the two questions whether they shall
accept the offer or place the authority
to order a strike in the hands of their
executive officers.
II Il strike vote is carried. the officers
will again put the matter up to the gen
eral managers before calling out the
neE.
Several concessions were offered by
the general managers. but few Of them
were acceptable to the committee. Last
night the officers received a communi-
cation from the general managers,
stating that they would 20 no further.
Tie committee replied that they also
had made all the concessions from
their original demands that they felt
justified in making. and that 1t was up
to the rank and file OF their respective
organizations TO decide on the next
step.
The offer made by the railroads av-
erage about eight per cent. increase In
wages with practically no change In
the hours of working conditions. The
men on all freight trains were offered
q fiat increase OF ten per cent. while
men on passenger trains were offered
less than seven per cent. increase.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
Paid the GRAZING Fee.

Denver.-Says the Republican: Act.
Ing United States District Attorney
Ralph Hartzell has dismissed the case
Of the federal government against An.
drew Novel;, ranchman living in the
neighborhood Of the Park Range forest
reserve.
Proceedings had been begun against
Novel; in the United States District
Court In the federal building on the
charge Of illegally grazing his cattle
Dn the government range and refusing
10 pay the range fee assessed by the
federal government,