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Walker Tragedy.

Washington. - Although two men
have surrendered, claiming that they.
in selfdeccnse, killed Secret Service
Agent John A. Walker at the entrance
OF a mine at Durango Sunday. Chief
John E. Wilkie of the secret service
said this morning that he was con.
WINGED from such details as are at hand
that the killing was nothing less than
cold blooded murder. Chief Wilkie to-
day received partial report of the af-
fair by telegraph, In speaking of the
death of Agent Walker, he said:
Il am informed that Mr.. Walker with
three assistants, named Callahan,
Chapson and Harper, went to the Hes.
perus mine, owned by the Porter Fuel
Company and controlled by the Union
Pacific railway. to make certain inves-
tigation. The three men were lowered
into the shaft, and Agent Walker re-
NAMED on top. When the three men
were ready to ascend the rope they
found no line at the bottom Of the
shaft, it having been cut above. They
made their way with difficulty to the
top and upon arriving above ground
found Walkers body. He had received
two bullets, one on the left side OF the
neck, another had entered his back.
When the party reached Durango with
the body, seven miles away. they
found that two men by the
name Of Mason and Wander
weide had preceded them and deliv.
cred themselves to the authorities.
The men claimed that they were out
hunting and passed the mine. Walker.
they said, had ordered them to throw
up their hands and when they refused
to do so, they claim that Walker shot
at them. Vanderweide said that he re-
turned the fire, killing Walker
II discredit this story. Walker was
not man who was looking for trou-
BILE, and there is no reason why he
should have objected to the hunters
passing the mine"
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scandal Of such magnitude. You are
untamable. but you are proud"
When these two talked without ap-
parent heat 1t was with unalterable
fixedness Of purpose. They were of a
common race. The duke was deter
mined that she shor.d wed Doppel-
kim; she was ecdally determined
that she should not. The gentleman
with the algebraio bump may figure
this out to suit himself.
Have you no piry?"
my reason overshadows it. You do
not suppose that 1 take any especial
pleasure in forcing you? But you
leave me no other method"
You loved my aunt once,"-a
broken note In her voice.
II love her still,"-not unkindly;
but must have peace in the house.
Observe what you have so far accom-
plished in the matter of creating tur-
moil." The duke took up paper.
my ?'-contemptuously.
Let us call them your transgres-
sions. Listen. You have ridden a
horse as man rides it; you have rid
den bicycles in public streets; you
have stolen away to a masked ball;
you ran away from school in Paris
and visited heaven knows whom; you
have bribed sentries to let you in
when you were out late; you have
thrust aside the laws as If they meant
nothing; you have trihed with the
state papers and caused the body pc.
little to break up meeting as conse-
quence of the laughter"
The girl, as she recollected this day
to which he referred, laughed long and
joyously. He waited patiently till she
had done, and l am not sure that his
mouth did not twist under his beard
Foreign education is the cause of all
this" he said finally. Those cursed
French and English schools have
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-11-14
Girls Stolen and Gold.

Battle Creek, Mlch.-That girls are
being stolen from American homes
and sent to Panama for immoral pur-
poses was the statement made at tho
national purity congress here by
Rose Johnson, a missionary, who has
spent several years in Colon, where
she established a boarding home for
American boys. Miss Johnson told OF
a twelve-year-old girl she had at
tempted to rescue in Colon. who told
her she had been entlced from Ona
Hundred and Twenty-tifth street, New
York, by strange woman. Miss John
son said she was attacked in her Of
forts to get the girl out of a den, and
later received word that 'he girl had
been beaten to death.
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DECISION OF
SUPREME COURT
AFFECTS POWERS OF HUMANE
SOCIETY IN CARING FOR NEG
LEcTED STOCK.
CAN'T GET FEED BILL
SOCIETY WILL HAVE TO PROSE-
CUTE OWNERS INSTEAD OF
CARING FOR ANIMALS.

Notwithstanding to an opinion
handed down by the Supreme Court
Monday the officers of the Board OF
Child and Animal Protection will have
to exert other efforts to cause stock
owners to care for their animals than
the method heretofore employed.
In the future the Humane Society
will not have the right to take up starv-
Ing cattle on the range and after feed
ing and sheltering them, hold the own
ers for the expense of keeping the cat
tie.
There were two cases which in
volved the question. In both of them
Effle jerks, humane agent in Canon
City, was plaintiff against w. Stump
in one case and W. ]. and ]. 7. Witcher
in the other. The cases have been ap-
pealed from the District Court Of FIRE.
mont county.
Miss jerks found the cattle on the
plains to the south of Canon City. They
were in a desperate condition from the
want of water and food. She took the
animals to shelter and fed them Stump
claimed the cattle and would not stand
good for the payment of the food and
shelter. The case went to the courts
and the District Court ruled that the
defendant did not have to pay the costs
of the keep of the stock.
Such was the Stump case, and that
OF the Witchers was identical
The casese were appealed and JUS
tice Caswell. who gave the opinion, has
confirmed the decision of the lower
court. In the opinion handed down the
court questions whether the agent OF
the society should be allowed to take
up cattle on his own initiative simply
because he thinks the stock is suffer-
ing, no one else being consulted, and
of holding the owner liable for the
costs.
The law says that when the Humane
Society shall provide neglected animals
with food, shelter and care it may hold
such animals until the expenses in the
keep Of the animals are paid by the
owners.
The opinion goes on to say that the
agent is, under the statute, the final ar
bitter and has to consult no tribunal nor
even the owner before taking up the
cattle.
There is no penalty for failure OF
the agent to return any of the proceeds
from the sale OF the animals to the
owner, and the only redress he has 10
In the courts. The court has ruled that
there is Il question whether public ne
wGeii II hoes no. nUn5Br should Ire sg1t
to the owner of the property and oppor-
tunity given before some court to de-
termine the truth of the allegations
The ruling makes null and void the
statute in question. Concerning the
matter Secretary Whitehead of the Blu
reau of Child and Animal Protection.
said:
st seems to me, from what l know
of the case that in the future we will
have to pursue the course of prosecut-
Ing the owners first and not taking in
the stock. The delay will give time for
the animals to die"
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as He Dead 2" She Asked.

ruined you. And l was fool enough to
send you to them. This is the end"
"Or the beginning" -rebelliously.
"Doppelkinn is mild and kind"
Mild and kind! One would think
that you were marrying me to horse!
Well, shall not enter the cathedral"
How will you avoid it?'-calmly.
81 shall find way; wait and see."
She was determined.
81 shall wait" Then, with a sudden
softening, for he loved the girl after
child. If should die, what would be-
come of you? l have no son; your
Uncle Franz, who is but year or two
younger than l am, would reign, and
he would not tolerate your madcap
ways. You must marry at once.
love you in spite of your willfulness.
But you have shown yourself incapa-
BILE of loving. Doppelkinn is wealthy.
You shall marry him."
II will run away, uncle, decidedly
II have notified the frontiers. -
TRANQUILITY. From now on you will be
watched. 1t is the inevitable, my
child, and even have to bow to that"
She touched the paper in her bosom,
but paused.
Moreover, have decided" went on
the duke, ito send the Honorable Bet
ty Moore back to England"
"Betty?"
Eyes. She is charming young per-
son, but she Is altogether too sympa-
thetic. She abets you In all you do.
Her English independence does not
conform with my ideas. After the
wedding 1 shall notify her father"
Everything, everything! My friends,
my liberty, the right God gives to
every woman-to love whom she will!
And you, my uncle, rob me of these
things! What II should tell you that
marriage with me is now impossible?"
her lips growing thin.
81 should not be very much sur
prised."
please look at this, then, snd you
will understand why I can not marry
Doppelkinn." She thrust the bogus
certificate into his hands.
The duke read 1t carefully, not n
muscle In his face disturbed. Finally
he looked up with terrifying smile.
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princes of dozen wealthy countries.
We are not as the common people; we
can not marry where we will. / shall
announce that the marriage will take
place next week."
do not send my friend away" she
pleaded, apparently tanned.
Il will promise to give the matter
thought. Good night
She turned away without word and
left him. When he roared at her she
knew by experience that he was harm.
less; but this quiet determination
meant the exclusion of any further
argument. There was no escape I'M
less she ran away. She wept on her
pillow that night, not so much at the
thought of wedding Doppelkinn as at
the fact that Prince Charming had evil
IDENTIFY missed the last train and was
did come, 1t would be when 1t was too
late. How many times had she con
jured him up, as she rode in the fresh
fairness of the mornings! How manly
he was and how his voice thrilled her!
Her horse was suddenly to run away,
he was to rescue her. and then de-
mand her hand in marriage as fitting
reward. Sometimes he had black hair
and eyes, but more often he was big
and tall, with yellow hair and the
blueTt eyes in all the world.
(To BE CoNTINUED)
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Massachusetts Election.

Boston.-Gov. Curtis Guild OF Bos-
ton, Republican, was reelected for
third term Tuesday by plurality esti-
mated at a late hour Tuesday night at
100, 900, the largest given a guberna-
torial candidate in Massachusetts
since the free silver movement.
The rest of the Republican state
ticket was also successful, and the
party will again control both houses
of the legislature by proportion OF
about three to one.
Gen. Charles w. Bartlett, the anti
merger candidate, polled about $1,000
votes, compared with about $4,000 for
Whitney and $4,000 for Hisgen.
The state officers elected were:
Goyernor-Curtis Guild, Jr., of Bos.
ton.
Lieutenant Governor-Eben S.
Draper of Hopedale.
Secretary of State-William M. Olin
of Boston.
Treasurer-Arthur D. Chaplin Of Hol.
yoke.
Auditor-Henry E. Turner of Nal
den.
Attorney General-Dana Malone OF
Greenfield.
Governor Guild was opposed for re-
election by six other candidates
Henry M. Whitney of Brookline, Dem
ocrat, and also running on two sets
of nomination papers: Thomas l.. His
gen of West Springfield. independence
league; General Charles w. Bartlett
of Newton, Anti-merger; Herever $.
Sowell of Ashburnham ProhiDitionist;
John Brown of Worcester, Socialist.
and Thomas F. Brennan Of Salem, so
cialist Labor.
The total vote of Boston for gov.
ernor was: Bartlett, 3.446; Guild. 49,
442; Hisgen, 1895; Whitney, 25,511;
Moran, 50,671.
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SYNOPSIS.

ARTHUR Warrington, American consul
to Barscheit. tells how reigning Grand
Duke attempts to force his neice. Prin-
cess Hildegarde. to marry Prince Dopple-
kim, an old widower. Warrington does
not know the princess even by sight
While horseback riding in the country
night overtakes him and he seeks accom-
n;od-tons in a dilapidated castle. Here
he finds two women and an old man
servant One woman is Princess Hide
garde and the other friend, Hon. Betty
Moore, of England. They detain him to
witness a mock marriage between the
princess and Il disgraced army officer
Steinbocl, done for the purpose of fotlinS
the grand duke. Steinbock attempts to
kiss the princess and she is rescued by
Warrington. Steinbock disappears for
good. Max Scharfenstein. an old Ameri-
can friend of Warrington's reaches Bar
scheit Warrington tells him of the prin-
cess. Scharfenstein shows Warrington
locket with picture of a woman in
side. 1t was on his neck when he, as a
boy was picked up and adopted by his
foster father, whose name he was given
He believes 1t to be u picture OF his
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CHAPTER v.

That same evening the grand dukes
ralet knocked on the door leading into
the princess apartments, and when
the door opened he gravely announced
that his serene highness desired to
speak to the Princess Hildegarde. 1t
was a command. For some reason,
known best to herself, the princess
chose to obey It..
Say that shall be there present
ly," she said, dismissing the valet.
AS she entered her uncles study
ESQ called because Of its dust-laden
[bookshelves, though the duke some
times disturbed their contents to
steady the leg of an unbalanced chair
Or table-he laid down his pipe and
dismissed his small company of card
players.
81 did not expect to see you SO soon"
he began. "a woman's curiosity some
times has its value. 1t takes litele to
arouse it, but great deal to allay 1t. !"
you have not summoned me to
make smart speeches, simply because
I have been educated up to them?"-
truculently.
mo. 1 have not summoned you to
talk smart, a word much in evidence in
Barscheit since your return from Eng
land. For once 1 am going to use a
woman's prerogative. l have changed
my mind"
The Princess Hildegarde trembled
with delight. She could put but one
meaning to his words.
1.-THE marriage will not take place
next month"
neutrality-suspicious.
"Wait moment."-grimly. ut shall
take place next week."
II warn you not to force me to the
altar" cried the girl, trembling this
time with cold fury.
my child. you are too young in
spirit and too old in mind to be al
lowed gateless pasture. In harness
you will do very we'll" He took up his
pipe and primed 1t. 1t was rather en-
barrassing to look the girl in the eye.
You shall wed Doppelkinn next
week."
you will md 1t rather embarrass-
D6sG to drag me to the altar,"-eveniy.
you will not" he replied, create =
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CHAPTER iv.-contlnued.

you poor old Dutchman, you! You
can buy a genealogy with your in
come. And a woman nowadays mar
ries the man, the man. It's only
horses, dogs and cattle that we buy
for their pedigrees. Come; you ought
to have strawberry mark on your
arm" / suggested lightly; for there
were times when Max brooded over
the mystery which enveloped his birth.
In reply he rolled up his sleeve and
barred a mighty arm. Where the vac
.cination scar usually is l saw red
patch, like a burn. l leaned over and
examined it. 1t was four-pointed
scar, with a perfect circle around it.
Somehow. it seemed to me that this
was not the first time had seen this
peculiar mark. l did not recollect ever
.seeing it on Max's arm. Where had
NeeA 1t, then?
Its curious scar. Hang me, but
I've seen the device somewhere be-
fore!"
you have?" = eagerly. Where,
where?"
II don't know; possibly saw 1t on
your arm in the old days"
He sank back in his chair. Silence,
during which the smoke thickened and
the pup whined softly in his sleep.
Out upon the night the cathedral bell
doomed the third hour Of morning.
"If you don't mind, Artie," said Max,
yawning. I'll turn in. I've been trav-
cling for the past fortnight"
Take ride on Dandy in the morn
ing. He'll hold your weight nicely.
can't go with you. as I've a lame
ankle"
I'll be in the saddle at dawn. All
need is a couple of hours between
Sheets"
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
NO STAIN ON HIS RECORD.
That's Where the Driver Had the oest
Of the Preacher.

A New York clergyman. who sften
spends his vacation in fishing the
streams of the Adirondacks, was on
one trip adopted by handsome set
ter dog. which insisted on following
him from camp to camp, as he moved
along the stream.
One day he met party of men
working upstream with a native guide
The guide Immediately recognized the
dog as his own property.
Trying to steal my setter. are
your" he shouted at the clergyman.
I'll have you to Jail for this! There's
I law in the woods just as big as you
nave in the city"
The clergyman endeavored to ex-
plain that he was an unwilling COM
panion of the dog. which had refused
to be driven away, but to little effect
until he added two-dollar bill to his
arguments.
IT'S queer what strange things hap
pen to a man up here" he said to the
stage-driver who later carried him
away from the woods. THAT Is the
FIRST time I was ever accused of steal
ing a dog,,'
"Yes. sir" replied the driver, SYM
pathetically. and added. after q mo-
ment's pause. For myself, sir. / have
never been accused of stealing any.
hing. Companion.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
BIackmaIler In Jail.

Lead, s. DAN attempt to extort
$4,000 from J. Grier. manager OF the
Homestake gold mine, under threat OF
dynamiting his house unless the money
was placed In designated place. was
frustrated last night by the arrest of
the alleged blaickmailers. Mrs. Anna
Maljas, Chris Maljas. her husband. and
Matt Zimbola were arrested by the
police as the guilty parties.
Grier received an anonymous letter
demanding $4,000, the threat being
made that Grier's home would be dyna-
inited unless the money was put in an
envelope and placed at certain place.
He reported to the police and decoy
letter was left as directed. Mrs. Nal.
jas was arrested by concealed police
man as she took the letter. Her hus-
band and Zimbola were later taken
into custody.
Gricr's house, the finest in South Da
kota, is located on the top OF steep
hill in the center OF the town.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
A New York woman who is a famou,

A New York woman who is famous
authority on cooking has gone bank
rupt while endeavoring to cater to the
appetites Of the people Of her town.
where she ran two restaurants. This
innocent person should have known
that the way to make money in New
York Is to lay in a dozen celluloid
sandwiches and a large stock Of alco
holic beverages. To try to tempt the
New Yorker with good cooking is one
of the strangest vagaries thus far re-
corded, declares the Chicago News.
What he wants is something to stimu-
late his thirst, not allay his appetite.
1t is well known that good cooking
tends to destroy the craving for drink.
Yet this expert in the culinary art de-
liberately undertook to practice her
specially in Gotham! New Workers.
do not want their craving for drink
destroyed, 30 they probably breathe
more freely, now that the scientific
cookshops have landed in bankruptcy.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
Fall over clin Kills Pioneer.

Breckenridge. Colo.-Col. John p.
Thexton, an old-time resident OF Colo
RADIO and one OF the best known min.
ing men in the state, fell over cliff
at Montezuma and was killed.
He represented the Chalmer people
of Chicago for twenty years In con-
struction OF mills reaching from Can.
ada to Mexico. He had been n resi-.
dent OF this place for fifteen years
and recently left for Montezuma to su.
pervise the construction OF concen.
trating mill. He was sixty-Hve yenrs
old. and is survived by wife and
child, who 1--we here.
The body was shipped to Idaho
Springs for burial.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
The New York board of education is

The New York board Of education is
to investigate the question Of corporal
punishment. as 1t has been charged
that the discipline of the schools has
been undermined by the powerlessness
OF the teachers to punish and the ad.
vantage taken by the children In their
knowledge OF this immunity. Is Solo
mon to be vindicated in these modern
times and his wisdom admitted when
he said that to spare the rod was to
spoil the child? In his own day, It
may be remembered. solomon was
considered very wise man, and his
record has not been signally broken
by modern sages.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
COLORADO.
At Home.


II never was a hand to go gawping
round!" contemptuously exclaimed an
old woman who boasted Of never hav-
ing seen railway train or trolley
car or any town but her own. The
generation of stay-at-homes in the
country is perhaps passing away-the
women-they were chiefly women
who prided themselves on their self
imprisonment on farm or in village as
a virtue, serving to demonstrate their
devotion to home and children and
duty. There is a class of men in the
business world who have the same
point of view in regard to the object
of life. Such one, dying at the age
OF SS, left record of 55 years as the
head Of banking house, during which
he had been absent from his desk but
two days-and those were accounted
for by sprained ankle. No vacation,
no travel, no day of summer leisure
with wife and children-55 years of
steady, unswerving routine! There is
something impressive in the story of
a lifetime of persistent toll. But there
Is another point of view which de-
serves respect. The gadabout may be
useless member of society; but the
stay-at-home is likely to be a narrow
one. We find ourselves on this little
planet, with its oceans and mountains
and mighty rivers and wide prairies
We know not whence We came, nor II
we shall ever pass this way again
Surely. exclaims Youths Companion
we may do our task better in our own
appointed place II we look about the
world, feed our minds with the glories
of nature, and discover how men and
women before us have lived their
lives, and embodied their aspirations
in the great arts of building and paint.
ing and sculpture.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24

The man who makes two blades Of
grass grow where only one grew be-
fore was long ago pointed out as de-
serving well OF his fellow creatures.
but II distinction is due to such a
one, what. asks the Chicago News.
shall be said Of the man who develops
a race of hens that would habitually
lay more than one egg day? Surely
no tribute Of honor and gratitude
could be too great for such one.
Prof. Gilman A. Drew of the Univer-
sity of Maine may be the one to whom
such debt will eventually be paid, for
he has been conducting studies and ex.
periments which lead him to believe
that there is no biological reason why
a hen should not lay more than one
egg a day. This being true 1t follows
that the same American enterprise
which increases the quantity of all
other agricultural products will be
turned to the hen and compel her to
do her full duty. A hens time Is Of
no value in other directions, and II
she can occupy what has hitherto been
idle leisure in producing more eggs,
then no laziness on her part should be
permitted. She should have no after
moons of. The eyes of the world are
now expectantly fixed on Drew and
the further results of his experiments.