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CHAPTER XVI.

Siyers was puzzled over Villicrs' disap-
pearance, so he determined to go in search
OF evidence against Madame Midas
though for what reason he wanted evil
dence against her no one but himself
knew.
The reason he had for turning detec-
tive was simply this; 1t soon became
known that Madame Midas had bern rob
bed by her husband of the famous mug
get and great was the indignation of
everyone against Mr.. VillierS.
Slivers waylaid Barty and asked him
to drop into his Office with view OF
fnding out from him all che events Of
chat night
Its very kind of You TO come and
taIk to an old chap like me, said Sliyers,
in as amiable tone as he could COM
mand You're such gay young fell
low"
Barty acknowledged modestly that BE
was gay, but that he owed certain duties
TO society, and had to be mildly social.
"And so handsome !" croaked Slivers,
twinking with his one eye at Billy, who
sat on the table. "0h, he's all there,
Iain't he, Billy"
Billy, however, did not agree no this,
and merely observed Pickles" in dis
believing mannec
Barty felt rather overcome by this
praise, and blushed in modest way, but
felt that he could not return the eompli-
snent with any degree of truth, as Slivers
was not handsome, neither was he all
there.
Slivers, who had thus gained the good
will of the young man by fattery, plunged
Unto the subject of Yilliers' disappearance.
II wonder what's become of yillierS,'
he said, artfully.
! "I'm sure don't know" said Barty in
languid, used-up sort of voice. II
haven't seen him since last Monday
\ week"
where did YOU leave him on that
tnight3r asked Slivers.
"At the corner Of Sturt and Lydiard
streets, early in the morning, about 2
lo'cfock, / think"
[ -And you never saw him after that?"
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CHApTER Xy.-(Continued.l

CHAPTER KY Continued)
Sliyers was just going out to seek him
when the door q lis office was violently
swung open, cad d tall, raw-boned female
entered IL. o bonnet placed askew on her
rough hair This lady banged on Slivers'
table hube umbrella and demanded
where Yilliers was.
IL don't know" snapped Slivers vi
.ciously how should I2'
Don't sneer at me, YOU wocden-legged
monster" cried the virago, with another
bang of the umbrella, which raised such
a cloud Of dust that it nearly made Slivers
sneeze his head off "He amt been home
all night, and you're been leading him
into bad habits, you cork-armed liberine."
Hasn't been home all night, ehf'' said
Slivers, sitting up quickly while Billy
retired to the fireplace and tried to con-
ceal himself up the chimney. May /
ask who you are?"
"You may" said the angry lady, fold
Ing her arms and holding the umbrella in
such an awkward manner that she nearly
poked Slivers' remaining eye out. I'm
his landlady, Matilda Cheedle is my name,
and don't care who knows It,"
Its not pretty name snarled Sliv-
crs. Neither are you. What do you
mean by banging into my Office like an
insane giraffe ?"-this in allusion to Mrs.
Cheedle's height.
ooh, go on go on :" said that lady de-
family. 1--WE heard it all before; I'm
used to Il but here / sit until you tell
me where my lodger ISL and suiting the
action TO the word Mrs. Cheede sat down
In a chair with such a bang that Billy
gave screech of alarm and said,
pickles !"
"I'll have look round, ard if / see
him I'll send him home" said Sliyers,
rising to intimate the interview was at
an end.
every well, mind you do said the
widow, rising. ''Send him at once and I'll
speak to him. And perhaps" with a
bashful glance, ''you wouldn't mind seeing
me up the street short way, as I'm alone
and unprotected"
Stuff" retorted Slivers, ungraciously,
''there's plenty of light, and you are big
enough to look after yourself
At this Mrs. Cheedle snorted loudly like
war horse, and hounced out of the office
In rage, after informing Slivers in a
loud voice that he was selfish, cork-eyed
little viper.
When she had gone Slivers locked up
his Office and sailed forth to find the miss
ing Villiers, but though he went all over
Down TO that gentleman's favorite haunts,
NE could see nothing of him and ON max
dng inquiries heard that he had not been
seen in Ballarat all day.
This was so contrary to Villiers' gen
eral habits that Slivers became suspicious,
and as he walked home thinking over the
subject he came TO the conclusion there
was something up.
If" said Slivers, pausing on the pave
ment and addressing a street lamp, "be
doesn't turn up tomorrow I'll have a
look for him again. If that don't do I'll
tell the police, and l shouldn't wonder"
went on Slvers, musingly, Il shouldn't
wonder If they called on Madame Midas"
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Justified.

First Ranchman--What'd they do t
Broncho Bill FIR shootin' up thet thet
tenderfOot?
Second Ranchman-The jedge let him
go.
First Ranchmap-HOw's that? !
Second Ranchman-Ut seems tn ten
derfoot says: Bill, what's tn differ.
ence between cowpuncher an a sail
or an Bill seq: Il dino an tn tender
foot seq: One ships tn steers an tn,
other steers tn ships Jedge SEE ut ~
jnstyfible. er sumpin' like that."-To.
ledo Blade,
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ga
Madame Midas
by FerSus Hume
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by FerStls Hume

Not a sight Of him." replied Barty
''but, | say, why all this thusness"
III tell you after you have answered
my questions" retorted Slivers, rudely,
"but I'm not asking out of curiosity
it's business
well, go on; I'll answer"
"Who else was with you and Villiers
on that night?" asked Sliyers in mag
isterial kind of manner.
"A French fellow called Vandeloup.''
"Vandeloup ~ echoed Sliyers in sur
prise ''oh, indeed what was he dongY'
Enjoying himself" replied Barty, cool
ly; "he came into the theater and Viii
liers introduced him to me; then Mr..
Wopples asked us all to supper"
What time did Vandeloup leaveW ask
ed Slivers.
He stayed all night in town."
"Oh!" calculated Slivers in an excited
manner, drumming on the table with his
fingers. Where did he stay?
"At the Waffle Tree Hotel"
Slivers mentally made a note of this,
and determined to go there and find out
at what time Vandeloup had come home
on the night in question, for this suspi-
cious old man had now got it into his
head that Vandeloup was in some way
responsible for Villiers' disappearance.
Where did Yilliers say he was going
when he left you" he asked.
straight home"
"Humph Well, he didn't go home Mt
all. What's become of him? Men don't
disappear in this mysterious way with
out some reason. He's been murdered -
Il say!' calculated Barty, jumping up
from his chair in alarm; you're going too
far, old chap"
I'm going further retorted Slivers.
rising from his chair and stumping up
and down the room; I'm going to find
out who did it, and then I'll grind her
10 powder; I'll twist her neck off, curse
her."
rs 1t a woman?" asked Rarty, who
now began TO think Of making a retreat
for SliVers, with his one eye blazing, and
his cork arm swinging rapidly to and fro
was not a pleasant object to contemplate
That's what | want to find out" re
piled Sliyers, sulkily, going back to his
chair.
'NiAt o0ih A'sAltgs SO4uE u lllt uOOI,
I'm late for my engagement; ia, ia, old
| chap. hope you'll drop on the he or she
yoo're looking for but you're quite
wrong. Yilliers has bolted with the mug
get, and that's fact, sir" and with an
| airy wave Of his hand Barty went out
leaving Slivers in anything but a pleas
ant temper.
bah you peacock" cried this wicked
| old man, banging his wooden leg against
the table, 'you eyeglass idict-you brain.
less puppy-Im wrong, am /? Wen see
about that. I've found out all | want
from you, and I'll track her down, and
! put her in Jail, and hang her--hang her
till she's as dead as door nail"
Having given vent to this pleasant sen,
timent, Sliyers put on his hat, and, tax.
Ing his stick, walked out Of his office, but
not before Billy saw his intention and
climbed up to his accustomed place on the
old mans shoulder.
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MAYOR OF SUNBURY
Says Pe.ru.r1a Is a Good
Medicine.

Hon. c. 9. Brooks, Mayor OF Sunbury,
Ohio, also Attorney for Farmers Bank
and Sunbury Building and Loan Co.,
writes
II have the utmost confidence in the
virtue of Peruna. 1t is a ereat medicine.
have used it and l have Known many
of my friends who have obtained bene-
fetal results from it's use. / cannot
praise Peruna too highly"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-02

- HERE are host of GETTY ailments
which are the direct result of the
weather.
This is more true of the excessive heat
of summer and the intense cold of win
ter, but is partly true of all seasons of
the year.
Whether it be a cold or a cough, ca
tarrh Of the head or bowel complaint,
whether the liver be affected CT The kid
neyS, the cause is very liable 20 be the
same.
The weather slightly deranges the
mucous membranes Of the organs and
the result is some functional disease.
Peruua has become a standby i'm
thousands of homes for minor all
E7entS of this sort.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-02

William Fowler Thompson, president
of the Standard Glass Company,of Potts
vile, Pa. was arrested at Philadelphia.
He was charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses on stock subscrip.
tions.
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he WAS a comrnnter.

so you live in the Hub. chr" q1eried
the Chicago hotel clerk.
We'll, net exactly" replied the man
who had registered from Boston. Il
live In one of the hubbubs."
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-02

Long engagements are rather expensive
affairs in Russia. The bridegroom elect
is expected to send his fancee a present
every day.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-02

Ulster has sent out 1,OS5,J9 emigrants
during the last fifty years.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-02

Mira. wirs;ow's SOOTHING sTsUp for Cf,ildrs.
fcethinG; softsns the rsduees al
lays pain. cures wind collie. Is oenn oottla
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money II 1t fails to cure
Z. W. GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
THE D MARKET.

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Flour-Receipts.
q, 764; sales, 1000; quiet and unchanged.
Minnesota patents, 5.25@5.75; winter
st~raights, 4.6504.80.
Wheat-Receipts, 179, 700; sales, $4,000;
higher cables. foreign buying and active
a bushel this morning. thus leading all
.other markets of the country. December,
II. 103s01.121s; May, 1.12k@1.13A.
Rye-Dull. No. 2 Western, "a f. o. b.
New York.
blockade at Buffalo and a scare Of shorts.
December 71A@71h; May. 6SK@6S Ills.
Beef-Steady.
Professionally.
~Lard-Steady. Western prime, 8.S5@s.95.
Sugar-Raw, steady; fair refining, 3.40;
3.05. Refined, steady; crushed, $40; pow
dered. $40: granulated, 500.
Pe~troleum-Firm. Refined. all ports, $40
@8.75.
Santos. s.
PoultIy-Dressed. unsettled; Western
chickens, 12@15; turkeys, 13q1S; fowls,
Butter-weak; receipts, 11,34S; creamery
specials 27h; extra, q; thirds to frsts,
23026ls; held creamery first to specials,
25027A; State dairy common to finest,
22027; process common to special, 181251s;
Western factory common to first, 1923.
Cheese-Irregular; receipts. o,107; State
full cream small colored and white Sep
TENDER fine, 1874; do. October fine, 15h;
do. small good to prime, 14%a15A; do.
ed September fine, 1sA; do. white, IS; do.
prime, 121k@l4%; skins, -11Aa1sh.
Eggs-Firm; unchanged; receipts, 5000.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
TAX DISCOUNT RESULTS
I'M LARGER RECEIPTS.
Four Times More Money Paid Into City
Treasury Than on This Day
a Year Ago.

Yesterdays tax receipts received from
the taxpayers who wished to take advan-
tage of the l per cent. discount, allowed
for prompt payment, amounted to $232,-
1921. according to the statement made
today by Tax Receiver Robert i. Ross,
This is four times the amount of the
seventh day last year, this being due large
ly to the fact that the seventh day Of re-
ceiwng taxes last year fell on a Saturday.
n short day, and also hat the Mutua'
Benefit Life Insurance Company. sent n
check yesterday to llquidate its indebted
hess to the city, for Sill .036.9 valuation OH
real and personal property, valued close to
100000, the largest check received this
year. This will be heaten only when the
Prudential Insurance Company pays it's
assessments to the city.
The total for the first seven days is ST.
107, 404. 70, against 1864, 1874, an increase of
1885, 46.S SO.
Thursday is the last day which the city
Will allow the l per cent. discount. 1t is
believed that the income for today. toner
row and Thursday will approximate half a
million.
This will exceed largely the amount res
oeiyed last year in the ten days discount
period.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
LARGEST RATE SUIT.
Kansas Concern Complains Against 22s
Roads for Alleged Discrimination.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Two hundred
and twenty-three railroads, involving all
the important railroads in the United
States, are named as defendants in a com
paint MED with the Interstate Commerce
Commission, in which violations of the
railroad rate act are alleged.
Inc compliments are the Johnston &,
Lorimer Dry Goods Company and the Cox
Blodgett Dry Goods Company. corpora
tons doing business under the laws of
Kansas, with headquarters at Wichita.
that State. They allege that the defendant
railroads have imposed unjust and unrea-
sonaole commodity rates on shipments of
cotton piece goods between New York and
Wichita relatively as compared with rates
imposed on shipments of like products
from New York to Kansas City and other
points in the Middle West.
The commission is asked to declare fine
rates complained of unjust and unreason-
able and to find and declare what are
under consideration.
In the number of railroads named as de-
PENDANTS the petition is the largest ever
filed with the commission.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
THE LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, Oct. 29.-The rise in the dis
count rate of the imperial bank of Ger
many had a depressing effect on the mar
kets here. Consols early in the day de-
clined 7-16 for the account, to 80 lie, but
recovered to S2A at noon. Operators here
expect that the discount rate of the Bank
of England will be increased Thursday, or
possibly earlier, from ~ to 81 per cent:
Americans opened fairly steady, at ! to 3
points above parity, but eased under liqui-
dalton, principally from Berlin. due to the
higher German bank rate, and at noon the
market was ruling dull, with Southern
Pacific and Canadian Pacific 2 points and
Union Pacific one point below Yesterdays
closing quotations. Crank Trunk fell IA
points on the large decreases shown in
its statement.
Copper opened today at 66 pounds 5s or
4 pounds 2s Cd above last nights closing
quotation.
In the afternoon selling for New York
account and the absence of support caused
prices to decline further. The market
closed weak
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
NEW JERSEY CORPORATIONS.

TRENTON, Oct. 29,-Certifcates of in
corporation were yesterday granted to the
following companies;
New Jersey Patent Leather Furnishing
Company; registered office, Newark; agent.
Il. M. Ungaro; capital stock. 5000 OO0s in
c~orporators. Lucenzo Campolattaro. Com
salro Summonto and Ercole Sciaraffa; to
manufacture leather goods of all kinds.
tered office, town of Union; agent. George
Frankenstein; capital stock, $1,000 900; in
corporators, John Haas, Joseph HAAS and
George Frankenstein; to conduct n main
Henry Harrison Company dnc.); regis
tered office, Camden; agent, New Jersey
Corporation Guarantee and Trust Com
pany; capital stock. $50. 900; ncorporators
John A. MacPeak, Percy w. Byers and
George IL b. Martin; to manufacture
West Elizabeth OIL and Gas company;
registered office, Camden; agent, New Jer-
sey Corporation Guarantee and Trust Com
pany; capital stock, $4,000; incorporators,
William M. Lindsay; to manufacture, pro-
duce and refine crude petroleum.
Phoenix Securities Company; registered
p%oration Guarantee and Trust Company;
capital stock. $50,0e0; incorporators, John
A. MacPeak, George H. b. Martin and
+. r. Hansell; to do a general brokerage
New Era Manufacturing Company; regis
tered office, Camden; agent, New Jersey
Corporation Guarantee and Trust Com
pany; capital stock, 500 900; incorporators,
f. r. Hansell, George II. B. Martin and
John A. MacPeak; to manufacture pianos,
etc.
Detroit Rolling Mills Company; regis
tered office. Camden; agent. New Jersey
Corporation Guarantee and Trust Com
pany; capital stock. $3.50, 900; ncorporators.
William. w. Lindsay, William w. Camp
bell and N. A. Henry; TO manufacture
merchant bar Iron.
Alpha Invention Company; registered Of
flee, Camden; agent, New Jersey Corpora
ton Guarantee and Trust Company; cap
ital stock, 10000; incorporators, John A.
MacPeak, f.. r. Hansell and George II.
etc.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
LAUNCH NEW B. AND. l..
Continental Organized by Residents of
the Roseville Section.

A new building and loan association was
organized last night in the Roseville sec
tlon. IL Is to be known as the Continental
ton was effected in the offices of Smith q.
Trosser at los Roseville avenue. where,
hereafter. on the third Monday Of each
month, the regular meetings will be held.
The officers elected are: Henry ]. Steinlelp,
president; Stanley Cole, vice-presidsnt
Isaac N. Smith, secretary; Judson c.. Tres.
ser, treasurer; Francis Lafferty, counsel,
and directors. Bertrand Sommers, Johs S.
Cruiser. DR.. Benjamin d. Conover, John
Gilbert. Thomas Westcott. David Coburn
David Wyllie, Altheus Lippincott, Henry
Schlefficr. Ewald Tillmes, John Coburn and
Peter A. Hayden.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
WESTINGHOUSE ASSETS
WILL BE KEPT INTACT.
Trustees to Manage Affairs and Re-
ceivers to Be- Discharged, Is An
nouncement Made from Pittsburg.

CelVcIb " DC OlScHdrgeu, Is An.
nouncement Made from P~ittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 29.-Announce-
ment was made today that In order
to prevent the large personal holdings
of { orge Westinghouse from being
needlessly sacrificed he is to be given
a three years extension to allow him
to realize on his personal assets.
This, with the semi official %nnounce
ment that the Securities Investment
Company is to be re~organized with four
Pittsburg bankers on the directorate,
and the receivers discharged. formed
the two items of interest in the finan-
cial situation today.
Mr.. Westinghouse has agreed to place
his holdings in the hands of three trus-
tees. He has already selected the three
men, n his creditors are understood
to rave ~concurred in the selection.
Mr.. Westinghouse has set forth the
securities which he owns and which
as a collateral for money borrowed are
worth many times the amount of his
personal obligations. For this reason
he has suggested h plan of placing
all of his securities in the hands of
the trustees for the mutual benefit of
his creditors n himself.
1t is aid here that the banks of
Pittsburg, New York and Boston, which
hold the paper of Mr.. Westinghouse,
have agreed to the plan.
. The personal obligations of Mr.. West
inghouse are in the neighborhood of
5000, 900, and most of this debt was
incurred through money loaned to the
various concerns with which he was
connected. The principal companies to
which he gave his money were the
Russian, French and English firms of,
the Westinghouse interests, which.
within the mex year, according to data
furnished, should be paying dividends.
To secure this money. Mr.. Westing-
house has placed with the different
banks securities to the amount of $780,
600, 900, and 1t is to save the sacrifice
and scattering of the securities that the
idea of three trustees with a three
years extension in time, has been sug-
gested.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
GOES TO RECEIVER
LUM IN CHARGE OF zONITE
CO.. OF ORANGE.
Manufacturers Liabilities Said to Be
$4,000 and Assets One-third
of That Amount.

vice-Chancellor Howell today ap-
pointed Ernest c.. Lum, of this city,
receiver for the Zonite Manufacturing
Company, of Orange. on the applica-
ton of Frank R. Weber, a creditor of
the corporation, who alleges insolvency.
The zonite Company owns property
adjacent to the Orange Brewery, on
the line of the Lackawanna Railroad,
and owns patents on a freezing process
and mixture.
The bill filed by Jerome T. Gedney,
counsel for Mr.. Weber. in making the
application, puts the liabilities of the
concern at about 100000, with visible
assets that may bring from $1,000 to
$40, 900 derivable from the sale of the
equity in it's property and of the pat
ents. Mr.. Lum's bond was fixed 1t
81, 500.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

Commercial bar silver in New York 1913
cents; Mexican dollars 461s cents; bar sill
yer In london 27lkd.; premiums on gold at
Madrid 12.15; at Lisbon $50.
Paris rentes "a francs 221s confines. Paris
private rate of discount 3s per cent; ex-
change on London % francs 1872 centimes.
Berlin private rate of discount SIS per
cent; exchange on London 20 marks %
pigs.
Money on call in London, 4@4A per cent.
Rate of discount, for short bills, 51sd6 per
Consols for money, 81 15-16d. for account.
SD. The Bank of England today sold
Ell, 599, 900 bar gold and coin for shipment
to the United States and $4,000 for Hol-
and.
Foreign exchange market held an I'M
settled tone, but quotations showed a
quoted 4.S3ls; cables, 4.S6; sixty-day bills,
4.77lA@4.7S. Continental exchange remained
virtually unchanged,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
BERLIN RAISES DISCOUNT RATE.

BERLIN. Oct. 29.-The discount rate OF
the Imperial Bank of Germany was raised
today from 5s to 6ls per cent.
1t is significant of the changed situation
in the market here that the advance was
a full / per cent. whereas the bank, Octo-
Der II only discussed raising the rate II
per cent. The change is directly due TO
New York's demand for gold, which it is
feared here win lead to gold exports from
Germany.
The exchange rates of all the leading
countries are now above the gold point.
The market had expected the German bank
to await the Bank of England's action,
but yesterdays gold engagements in Lon
don for New York apparently rendered
immediate action here necessary.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
HEINzES OUT OF AETNA
INDEMNITY COMPANY.
Connecticut Capitalists Form Syndicate
to Buy Out Copper Mems Ma
jority Holding.

HARTFORD, Conn, Oct. reinsurance
Commissioner Theodore n. Macdonald, Of
this State, has returned from New York,
where he went on business connected with
pany. When in New York it is reported
that, after a consultation with Commits
sioner Kelsey, of that State, Mr.. Mac
donald insisted on the elimination of the
Heinze interests from the company.
The Heinzes owned 81 per cent. of the
capital stock, and a syndicate was formed
to raise 100000 to put into the company by
the purchase of the Heinze and other in
terests. 1t is announced that a new board
of directors and executive officers will be
elected.