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The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04

portunity to rest from your journey
and your-ahem-your health has i'm
proved somewhat"
regretted my words on the instant.
In spite Of the mans condition, they
seemed to have cut him to the quick.
An expression of anguish, pitiful to
see, passed over his face and his whole
body .trembled. After moment he
said slowly with the same wonderful
self-control:
my health. as you choose to call It.
Mr.. Ware, will not improve to any Sp-
preciable degree, and my mind is, at
this moment, as clear as it will ever
be. wish you to draw up will leav-
ing everything l possess to my sister,
Florence Carney. and l wish, also, to
give you power of attorney SO that
from this time on. yo. can conduct
the estate in my stead and supply her
do not expect to spend much time at
Carney-Croft and l want these mat
ters attended to now, before go there
at all"
His ideas were so thoroughly in ac-
cord with his duty to his sister that
was now anxious to carry them out at
once as he requested, lest another op-
portunity might never occur. 1t took
but short time to arrange the details
of the will, and then it and the power
of attorney were signed by him in a
trembling hand and witnessed by
members of my Office staff.
When these formalities were over
and we were alone again, Mr.. Carney
said abruptly:
Il am going to Carney-Croft tonight
and have wired Florence to have a
carriage for me at the midnight train
and not to sit up. l don't expect to
stay there long, and / should think it
would be better to close the place and
have her take a house here in town
where she would be more comfort
able"
81 made the same suggestion my
SELF" l replied, but she wrote that
she felt perfectly safe at home, and
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04
DUMPED INTO THE SEA.
Pier Collapses and browns Half a
Dozen People,

Baltimore, Md-A section of 500 feet
of the new pier being erected at the
immigration station at Locust Point,
South Baltimore, for the Baltimore d
Ohio railroad for the use of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company,
collapsed April 27th, carrying down be
tween twenty and twenty-five work
men, of whom six are known to be
dead, ten missing and fifteen injured.
Among the injured is w. N. Edison,
general superintendent of the Balti-
more Bridge Company, who had charge
of the steel construction. 1t is not yet
known how seriously hurt he is. He
was caught while warning the work
men off the pier.
Dead:
Tony Wolf Robert Sweetman ana
four unidentified men.
The latter were drowned.
The pier is two-story structure L.
900 feet long. Its estimated cost is
100000.
Warning of the disaster was had sew
eral days ago when some of the piles
began settling. Shortly before the dis
aster the piles settled in such an
alarming manner that orders to leave
the place was circulated among the
fifty odd worimen. 1t is due to this
fact that the casualties were not
greater Those caught were at the end
of the pier upon the roof.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04
ON RACE SUICIDE
PEOPLE .rIE FASTER THAN
OTHERS ARE BORN.
ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS
Unless Race Suicide is Checked the
Last of the Human" Race Will
Soon Be Written by Spirit Pen.

New Gork.-In letter to the editor
OF the Review of Reviews, President
Roosevelt takes exception to certain
statements made in an article on 1.-The
Doctor in the Public School," pub
hshed in the April number of tina:
periodical, and takes occasion to re-
new his expressions on the subject
OF race suicide.
his writer states clearly" says the
President, that it is an erroneous idea
TO assume that the average family
should have a larger number of healthy
children than the present birth rate
showed. The vital statistics of state
Ike Massachusetts shows that there
the average native American family of
native American descent has so few
children that the birth rate has fallen
below the death rate. This, of course,
means race suicide, and it ought to be
understood that if after while there
are no children to go to school the
question of their health in school
would not even be academic"
Continuing. Mr.. Roosevelt says:
The greatest problem of civiliza-
tion is to be found in the fact that the
well-to-do families tend to die out;
there results, in consequence, ten
dency TO the elimination, instead of the
survival of the fittest, and the moral at
titude which helps on this tendency is,
of course. strengthened when it is apol-
ogized for and praised in a magazine
like yours.
"pur people could still exist under
all kinds of iniquities in government;
under a debased currency; under Off
cial corruption, under the rule of a So
cialistic proletariat, or wealthy
olisarchy
All these things would be bad for
us, but the country would still exist.
But it could not continue to exist if il
paid heed to the expressed or implied
teachings of such articles as those"
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04
Bomb Thrown at President.

Guatemala City, Guatemala.-An al
tempt was made on the life of Presi-
dent Estrada Cabrera. While out driv-
ing a dynamite bomb was exploded
near his carriage, killing the horses
and wOunding General Crellana, the
chief of staff. The calmness of the
President, who was not injured. is uni
versally commended and the wouldbe
assassins are condemned on all sides.
The strong feeling against Guate-
mala, arising from the assassination
of eX-President Barillas. has been
heightened by the report from Guate-
mala City that the United States and
Mexican legations there have been
stoned by mob of several hundred
men, instigated by agents of President
Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala.
There is evidently a strong inclination
to give credence to the report and no
oftial denial has been made although
the federal authorities refuse to con
firm it.
Mexican troops are being mobilized
on the Guatemalan frontier. which is
believed to be hishly significant, al.
though the War Department has de-
clared that the mobilization of troops
is nothing more than a move to insure
strict neutrality.
Reports are also current here that
Minister Gamboa, representing Mexico
in Guatemala, has left that country anG
crossed into Mexican territory as the re-
suit of friction with Cabrera's govern
ment, growing out Of kilograms sent
from Mexico to Guatemala relative to
the assassination Of General Barilas.
Passports are said to be in prepara-
lion for Minister Guoine, Guatemala's
representative in Mexico, for his re-
turn to his own country.
1t is learned that the Nicaraguans
are still occupying the Honduras coast
towns, being afraid to leave on account
OF the attitude of the Honduras insur-
gents, who have been their allies. The
British cruiser Invincible has arrived
al Puerto CorteZ and is preparing to
land marines to protect British inter
ests. The feeling of safety has not
reached the foreign subjects and the
United States marines are still at
Ceiba, Puerto Cortez and TruXillo as
well as the small places
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04
The Colorado chautauqua and Summer
School,

The tenth annual session Of this pop
ular assembly and school will open at
Boulder, July 4th, and continue for six
weeks. Special efforts have been made
to make platform program ofthe very
best talent in America, and to engage
q faculty for the summer school which
will attract teachers and students both
at home and abroad.
The nucleus of the platform program
will be fifteen-piece orchestra under
the leadership Of Signor Cavallo Of
Denver. He Is leader who is well
known both East and West, and has
gathered around him group of artists
which will make his orchestra one of
the best Of its size. Around this nu-
cleus has been grouped such we'll
known talent as the kellogg-Haines
Singing Party, Dunbar Male Quartet,
Senators Tilman and La Folette, Par
land -Newhall Company, Nicoli, the Ma
gician; Slayton's Jubilee Singers,
Youna, the Juggler: the Pierces, DR..
Frank M. Bristol, and . large number
Of others.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04
SHOT IN SELF DEFENSE.
This Is the Claim Set Up by William
Young and Son.

Montrose. Colo.-Particulars con.
corning the preliminary examination
OF William Young and his son, Glare
Young, charged with the murder of
Charles Wilkinson, in the Paradox val
ley, April 22d, as the result of feud,
have just reached Montrose.
On April 25th the examination took
place at Naturita before Magistrate
Swan. He held William Young to ap-
pear at the October term of the Dis
tlict Court Of Montrose county and
fixed bail at $4,000, which was fur
nished.
At the hearing it developed that out
side the defendant and the deceased
there were but three eyewitness to
the killing, viz: John Rohwer, John
Skeen and John Nafus The evidence
showed that Rohwer, Skeen and viii.
kinson were driving bunch of cattle
when the Youngs came along on horse
back. Skeen told Young that they had
some of his cattle in the bunch and a
conversation followed between Skeen
and Bill Young as to the cutting out
of Young's cattle, during which all
were riding in the same direction be.
hind the cattle.
Suddenly Wilkinson and William
Young were on the ground, the former
holding a revolver in his hand, the lat
ter rife. Skeen swore that when he
first saw the men on the ground Will
.sinson stood behind his horse, Young
being in the open and without protec-
ton, each trying to shoot the other.
Young called to Wilkinson to put up
his gun. Wilkinson kept nirclins
around his horse, endeavoring to get
the advantage of Young, and Young
Kept moving around Wilkinson and
his horse to get an advantage. Finally
Young fired and Wilkinson fell.
William Young in his own behalf
swore that as they were riding along
he saw Wilkinson draw his revolver
and dismount. Young Immediately got
oIf his horse and drew his rifle and
called to Wilkinson, who stood behind
his horse, gun in hand, to put up his
revolver Wilkinson kept moving
around his horse, and he thought he
was trying to get a favorable position
to shoot him. Finally he got a chance
at Wilkinson and fired the fatal shot.
Young also swore that two years
ago, while Charles Williams and him
self were riding by the Pitts ranch in
the Paradox valley, three men rose
from behind dehorning shute, one of
them being Charles Wilkinson, the
dead man, and opened fire on Williams
and Young. On this occasion Young
and Williams were wounded. Young
got bullet in his left arm, which is
still disabled.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04
Picked . pimp,e and Nearly Dies.

Hotchkiss, Colo.-As a result Of pick
ing pimple on his face NJ. NJ. Bro
kaw, a prominent young man of Hotch-
kiss, nearly bled to DEATH But for his
rare presence of mind in hurrying for
a physician he would probably have
died.
When the flow of the life fluid had
finally been checked he was ex-
tremely weak, and few moments
would have probably meant death. He
had finished shaving when he at
tempted to beautify his complexion by
eliminating the tiny pimple.
In some manner he ruptured an
artery Just under the skin. He realized
the seriousness Of the accident imme-
diately and rushed to the doctors Of
hce. He was nearly exhausted on ar
rival. At hrst 1t was feared that blood
poisoning would set in. but he IL now
out q daAger.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04

that she wanted to remain until you
came to take charge of things. AS
you have turned all such responsible
ity over to me. as your attorney, there
is but one thing now to prevent her
leaving"
What else can there be?" he NUT
tered thickly.
watched him closely as answered.
DO you not know that her friend,
Miss Weston. is with herr"
What! Annie Weston there" he
exclaimed. rs she well?"
No." replied. studying him. "She
is not at all well. In fact. she is too
i'll to be moved, and that is why Miss
Carney cannot close the house at pres
ent."
Il never dreamed that Annie Wes-
ton would be in my house. he whis-
pered. as If to himself. Poor girl!
Poor girl!"
When Miss Carney asked her to
come, Miss Weston did not know that
you were to return. and even now she
has not been told that you are on your
way home,' l continued. your sister
was quite upset over the fact that in
asking Miss Weston TO visit her when
she was in such need of companion
she entirely forgot the disagreement
between you few years ago."
Disagreement" he almost shouted,
pulling himself up in his chair. Why,
what on earth are you talking about,
man? We had no disagreement, tell
you Nothing of the sort suppose
Florence told you that, but she knew
nothing about 1t at ALL went away
because Anne thought l ought to; but
she was mistaken, poor girl. If 1 had
stayed at home l shouldn't be in this
condition now. but she thought 1t was
for the best. Poor little woman, she
tried SO hard to do the best thing for
me and-look at me now! Look at me,
Ware! But she must not be disturbed
under any circumstances. You say
she does not know am coming home.
She must not be allowed to know It.
AS l told you, I shall not stay there
long, and there is no need of her
knowing that am in the house.
shall not see her. Ware" he almost
sobbed. I'm not At to see her! I'm
not At to see her, mani"
(To BE CONTINUED.,
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04
Travels Far to See Her Son.

Totering on the brink of the grave,
Mrs. Ellen Griffiths. eighty-fve years
old travelled from Brazil, Iowa, to
Eaton, Colorado, that she might once
more see her son and for the first time
in her life hug her grandchildren be-
fore she died.
1t has been more than twenty years
since the aged mother had seen her
boy and when he met her at the sta
ton in Eaton she could scarcely rec
ognize him. She knew the voice, but
he had so changed in lace and figure
that it was some minutes before she
became convinced that he was not a
stranger.
Thomas Lawton, a well-to-do farmer
living near Eaton, is the son, and he
paid his mothers passage from Brazil
He met her at the station and quickly
took her to his home.
Last evening there was a celebra-
ton in the Lawton family when the
aged woman gathered her grandchil-
dren about her and was moved to tears
of joy, her wish having been fulfilled
afterwhat was to her the most perilous
journey Of her life.
All day yesterday Mrs. Grifiths
waited in the Union station in Denver
for train to Eaton. She arrived on
the 1880 Burlington In the morning and
1t was S p. m. before she left. During
her stay at the depot she was in care
Of the matron, and her appearance ex-
cited considerable interest and curl
0sity.
II am old and feeble, my eyesight is
bad, and I do not hear we'll, so the
journey is full Of dangers to me-" she
said. 81 am afraid to travel. but ! DO
SO want to see my son again before
die that I decided to risk all dangers.
II haven't seen him for more tAaA
twenty years and I never laid eyes o.
the children. WAS living with my
nephew In Brasil but my son Dent for
me and decided to come
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04
CHAPTER II.
Two Letters,

Ny Dear Mr.. Ware:
My apologies for not replying to your
letter of nearly two weeks ago are weak
to you in great distress.
BY brother will be here day after to-
morrow. and 1t has just occurred to me
that have made a most dreadful blunder
before Jor .n,, .,.., ,,, -
old Nchool friend. to come here and stay
with me for a time at least, and she did
so. understanding. as have since
return;
she is here now and seems to me to be
quite Ill again. but the embarrassing part
of 1t is that she and Jack was once great
sweethearts. and his going away to Hon
olulu was really due to some disagree
was. AS Annie was my dearest friend
in school and afterwards. too, quite
overlooked the whole matter in my anx-
iety to have someone with me when l
was so awfully alone. You remember, l
merely teegraphed her to come. and she
supposed, of course. that Jack was away.
Now she is too i'll to go pnme agA-n,
and Jack Is coming so soon tnat l don't
barrassng position to be placed in, espe-
ciaily as there was so much mystery over
their separation.
You see. under the circumstances, I
cannot possibly adopt your suggestion to
close the house and come to town for
tHe pfeSeHt, anyway, i Ieel tnat i
ought to stay here till Jack comes to
keep an eye on fathers things.
Miss Weston is, ! am sure, quite too
III to be moved. and with Mrs. Remsen,
our old housekeeper. feel perfectly safe
Please write me at once and advise me
In my present predicament.
Very truly yours,
FLORENCE CARNEY.
p. 8. There is rumor that Carney
Croft is haunted, and some of the village
people even go SO far as to say that you
saw ghost when you were here. Have
you heard anything of this sort? It is
ridiculous, of course. but 1t makes me-
nervous. f. c.
My Dear Miss Carney:
Your letter Of Yesterday is at hand. +!
your brother and Miss Weston. 1t was
probably some childish AFFAIR that they
have both forgotten by this time.
am sorry tc hear that Miss Weston 10
Ill again. for 1t must add to your cares
materially, but as you have told me that
all your house servants are reliable and
trustworthy suppose you are managing
fairly well.
! i expect your brother in town to-day or
'to-mc.row and he will probably stay here
ever night and 60 on to Carnsy-Croft the
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next day. Either he or I will telegraph
you as soon as he arrives.
l thought you knew about the ghosts
or / should have written you before.
There were two large pieces of mosquito
netting in my room which were apparent
ly intended for covering portraits.
threw them over chair-back near the
window and they blew out during the
night and caught in the branches OF the
trees in front of the house. ! knew that
some of the men from the village had
seen them and taken them for ghosts.
but as I myself saw your butler pulling
them down early the next morning l sup
posed the whole story had been ex-
planned to the satisfaction of everybody.
Very sincerely yours,
FREDERICK WARE.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-04
HSERlAl@
Gz:psToRYGD
The Mystery
Carney:Croft
By
JOSEPH BROWN COOKE
CHAPTER 1.-continued.
Copyright. 1907, by Story Press Corporation,

CHAPTER 1.-Continued.
That's more'n l know" said the
man, turning and looking me squarely
in the face, but they said they seen
two ghosts, one fur the old man, an
one fur the boy, aout under the trees
in front of the haouse right where ole
Carney fell off his hoss! Every one
of 'em seen the same thing, an when
nine men agrees to dot on thing O.
this kind it's pretty hard, even fur a
church member, not to believe it.
They'll all tell We the same story.
The boy was a-swayin' back an forth.
Jest as he did after the hoss kicked
him, an the ole man kind O. hoverin'
an bendin' over him like he was in
the saddle a-cussin' him again. The
fggers was perfectly plain, all in
white. but them that stayed to look
long enough said ye could see the
trunks O. the trees an other things
right through 'em, too."
Il suppose they all came back to
Hoskins' after seeing this wonderful
sight" l remarked.
You bet they did an they come a.
runnin', too," said the man. Il never
seen scarder lot O. men in my life"
Made pretty good business for Hos
kins that night, eh?" l ventured.
Wal, guess it did," he rejoined,
with a grin. AN it'll keep right on
maxim good business fur him, too!
Them fellers won't git over talkin' O.
that fur month o. Sundays!"
How did they get home that
night:" l continued persuasively.
His grin broadened as he chuckled.
Them as couldn't walk had to ride
homo in this ere rig. Haow l ever
piled so many in is more'n l kin tell"
and ne laughed immoderately at the
thought.
$50 when business is good with
Hoskins it's likely to be good with
you, too, eh?" I went on.
Most ginerally," he replied. Most
ginerally; less Hoskins gifts all their
money fore they're ready fur me an
their credit amt no good"
And when the men aren't working
at Carney's they spend a good deal OF
time at Hoskins'' don't they?" asked.
1es, dH SoOu uedl U money, 100,
hs rejoined. "Ole Carney alus paid
'em well; nobody can't deny that"
$50 it's good thing for Hoskins
and good thing for you, to get them
away from the place every little
WHILE" l suggested warily.
Il s'pose it is, an s'pose we can't
neither of us help it if they want to
leave" he returned sullenly and with
sudden suspicion as he pulled his
horse up sharply at the station plat
form.
My train arrived in few moments,
and as l was about to step aboard I
drew the fellow toward me and said
to him in low tone, that others might
not hear:
"The men were quite right about
the ghosts. | saw them myself. from
my window. perfectly distinctly and
exactly as you have described them"
The car was already moving and l
swung up on the step and left him
standing bewildered.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-07-11
BE A MAN.

Foolish spending is the father
OF poverty. Do not be ashamed
OF hard work. Work for the best
salaries and wages you can get,
but work for half price rather than
be idle. Be your own master, and
do not let society or fashion swal-
low up your individual lity-hat,
coat and boots. Do not eat up or
wear out all that you earn. Com
pei your selfish body to spare
something for profits sake. Be
stingy to your own appetite, but
merciful to others necessities.
Help others, and ask no help for
yourself. See that you are proud.
Let your pride be of the right kind.
Be too proud to wear a coat you
cannot buy; too proud to be in
company that you cannot keep up
with in expenses; too proud to lie,
or steal, or cheat; too proud to be
stingy in short, be a man of in
tegrity and individuality.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-07-11

The body Of the car is of standard
construction, forty-seven feet long. six
feet wide, and is provided with eight
motors.
The monorail system would seem to
be particularly applicable to the
problem OF railway construction in the
Ozarks, where the cost of construction
of a standard railway is prohibitive as
regards large sections of country whose
need OF transportation facilities is
urgent, with very remote prospect, II
prospect at all, of eyer being in better
position. The opening Of the monorail
route in New Jersey will be watched
with great interest, with reference to
its application to the needs of the
Ozark uplift.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-07-11
LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL,

Place a young girl under the care
OF kind-hearted women, and she,
unconsciously to herself, grows
into a graceful lady. Place a boy
in the establishment Of thorough.
going, straightforward business
man, and the boy becomes a self
reliant, practical business man.
Children are susceptible creatures,
and circumstances, scenes and
actions always impress. As you
influence them, not by arbitrary
rules, nor by stern example but a
thousand other ways that speak
through beautiful forms, pretty
pictures, ETC., so they will grow.
Teach your children then, to love
the beautiful. Give them a corner
in the garden for flowers; encour-
age them to put it in the shape OF
hanging baskets; show them where
they can best view the sunset;
rouse them in the morning, not
with the stern "time to 90 to
work." but with the enthusiastic
"see the beautiful sunrise" Buy
tor them pretty pictures and en-
courage them to decorate their
rooms in his or her childish way.
Give them an inch and they will
90 a mile. Allow them the privi-
lege and they will make your home
beautiful,