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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-11-26

A terrible plague was visiting the
City of M where Mac had made
his new home
Louise. who had mourned her folly
after she had heard of his removal. so
far beyond any hope of regaining him,
till she had finally accepted the fact
with all the philosophy she could sum-
mon, heard this news with alarm. Her
nature. far from being frivolous, was
one of unusual strength.
81 will go to M" she exclaimed
to herself They need never know
till it is over, but l must be within
call if he should be sick. For oh, l
drove him therel l drove him therei"
And to M she went, knowing
full well that the way would close be
hind her back and prevent her return
from the plague-stricken city. She
soon ascertained the respective num-
bers of his residence and place of
business, and every day disguised as
a STOPPING old woman, was lowering
near when he passed from one to
the other, and if by chance she missed
him would make immediate inquiry
till satisfied of his welfare.
At last one morning, when he failed
to appear. her heart stood still as the
porter gave her the alarming intelli-
gence of his illness. She fairly few
to the house where he had been taken
upon being promptly turned away
from his boarding place for fear OF
Infection 1t was poor place, i'm
provised into hospital, with insult.
cient nurses and a dearth of com.
fort of all kinds. and her petition to
attend him found ready acceptance,
She gave her name as Mother An
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-11-26

much OF a fool he is ,sitate to
think SO poorly Of you as your at
tempt to fool me seems to compel"
But he was unconvinced. rive
found he intends to abandon the ship
and leave me to go down with it," he
persisted. He believes he can escape
and aenounce me as the arch rascal
who planned the combine. and can
convince people that | fooled him
into it,"
Ingenious; but happened to know
that it was false. Pardon me, Mr..
Langdon," said / with stif courtesy.
L repeat, | can do nothing for you
Good morning" And ! went at my
work as If he were already gone.
Had been vindictiye, would have
led him out to humiliate himself
more deeply, if greater depths of
humiliation there are than those to
which he voluntarily descended. But
wished to spare him; let him see
the uselessness of his mission. He
looked at me in silence-the look of
hate that can come only from a crea-
ture weak as well as wicked. ! think
| it was all his keen sense of humor
! could do to save him from a melo-
/ dramatic outbreak. He slipped into
! his habitual pose, rose and withdrew
/ without another word. All this fright
and groveling and treachery for plum
der, the loss of which would not i'm.
/ pair his fortune-plunder he had
stolen with many jest and gibe at
his helpless victims. Like most of our
debonair dollars chasers, he was a
good sportsman only when the game
was with him.
That afternoon he threw his Coal
holdings on the market in great
blocks. His treachery took Roebuck
! completely by surprise-for RoebucB
believed in this fair-weather gentle
man" foul-weather coward. and neg
lected to allow for that quicksand that
is always under the foundation of the
man who has inherited, not earned
his wealth. But for the laundering
credulity of rascals, would homes
men ever get their dues. Roebuck'i
brokers had bought many thousand!
of Langdon's shares at the high arti
fetal price before Roebuck graspeC
the situation-that it was not my fol
lowers recklessly gambling to breal
the prices, but Langdon unloading oil
his pal" AS soon as he saw, h,
abruptly withdrew from the market
When the Stock Exchange closed, Ma
tional Coal securities were offered a
prices ranging from II for the bond
to two for the common and three TO
the preferred-offered, and no takers
well, you've done it," said Joe
coming with the news that Thornley,
of the Discount and Deposit bank, ha
been appointed receiver.
I've made a beginning" replied
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-11-26

l had decided to concentrate upon
Roebuck, because he was the richest
and most powerful of The Seven"
For, in my pictures of the three main
phases of finance industrial.
the life insurance and the banking
he, as arch plotter in every kind of
respectable skulduggery, was neces-
sarily in the foreground. My original
intention was to demolish the Power
Trust or, at least, to compel him to
buy back all of it's stock which he had
worked off on the public. / had col
lected many interesting facts about it,
facts typical of the conditions that
finance" has established in so many
of our industries.
For instance, l was prepared to
show that the actual earnings of the
Power Trust was two and half times
what it's reports to stockholders al
legged; that the concealed profits were
diverted into the pockets of Roebuck,
his sons, II other relatives and four
of THE Seven" the lions share go
ing, of course, to the lion. Like al
most all the great industrial enter
prises, too strong for the law and too
remote for the supervision of their
stockholders, it gathered in enormous
| revenues to disburse them chiefly in
salaries and commissions and rake
offs on contracts to favorites. l had
! proof that in one year it had written
off, IL millions of profit and loss. 10
millions of which had found it's way
to Roebuck's pocket
I had no choice. must turn aside
! from Roebuck; l must first show ina
while Textile was, in a sense, sound
/ just at that time, it had been unsound
and would be unsound again as soon
as Langdon had gathered in sufh-
cient number of lambs to make a
battue worth the while of a man deal
ing in nothing less than seven figures
l proceeded to do so.
The market yielded slowly. Under
my first days attack Textile preferred
fell six points, Textile common three
While l was in the midst of debating
my letter for the second days attack
l suddenly came to a full stop.
found across my way this thought:
Isn't it strange that Langdon, after
humbling himself to you, should make
this bold challenge? It's trap!"
mo more at present" said l, to my
stenographer. And don't write Out
what I've already dictated"
shut myself in and busted myself
at the telephone. Half an hour after
set my secret machinery in motion
a messenger brought me an envelope
the address typewriter. 1t con
tanned a sheet of paper on which APP
peared. in type-writing, these words
and nothing more:
HE is heavily short of Textiles"
1t was indeed a trap. The new is
sue was blind. He had challenged
me to attack his stock, and as soon as
| did, he had begun secertly to sci
it for fall | worked at this new sit
uation until midnight, trying to gel
together the proofs. AT that hour
for could delay no longer, and my
proofs were not quite complete
sent my newspapers two sentences:
Tomorrow | shall make a dis
closure that will send Textiles up
Do not sell Textilesl"
Ito be Continued
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
BAILEY VERY BITTER
AGAINST HIS ENEMIES
Texas Senator, Exonerated Of Charges
of Irregular Acts, Says Accusers
Would Betray Republic II Hes
SLAMS Were for Hire.

Austin, Tex.--By a vote of &c to 40
Senator Joseph W. Bailey was exon
Grated by the lower house of the
Texas legislature Wednesday night Of
all charges of irregular acts in public
life, as alleged by Representative
Cooke on January Il. This action
concludes six weeks OF investigation
that has caused Senator Bailey's con-
slant presence In this city.
Senator Bailey appeared before the
house after his exoneration. He
strongly criticised the element start
ing the investigation and expressed in
emphatic language his opinion of the
whole proceeding.
Senator Bailey will leave at once for
Washington to be sworn in as SEN
ator on March 4.
Senator Bailey, while bitterly criti,
cising his opponents, declared he was
going to continue as United States
senator from Texas for at least three
terms.
"The conspirators have beeen given
a wholesome lesson" he said. Never
again will they attempt 1t within this
generation. Never again will they
wear the honors of Texas Democracy
In their life. Such men would betray
republic IL Hessians were for hire. u
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE.
Steve Adams Tells Why Orchard
Made Confession.

Wallace, Idaho.--Steve Adams, on
trial here for murder, declared that
Detective Thiele told him that he
(Thiele) was on the inside and II
Adams would do what was wanted he
would come out all right. Thiele re-
iterated this statement a number Of
times on the way from Baker City to
Boise. At Boise he was taken straight
to the penitentiary and thrown into. a
solid steel cell on the second tier with
Harry Orchard and confined six or
seven days. While In the cell Orchard
told Adams that he had made q con-
fession, duplicating officers of the
Western Federation and Adams; that
he (Orchard) was to get off without
prosecution and that he was to get a
piece Of money, and he intended to
put pond between himself and men,
bers of the Western Federation. Or
chard warned Adams that the best
thing he could do was to help con.
Wet the officers of the Western Fed
GRAFTON and corroborate Orchards
confession and save himself and think
Of his family, and II Adams failed to
do this he would I've taken back to
Colorado and either mobbed or
hanged.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
SLIDING SCALE PROPOSED.
Miners and smeltermen Disposed to
Avoid Strike.

Butte, Mont While there is no
outward evidence of any change in
the labor situation, there is an under
current which portends an early set
Element of all differences which may
exist between the mine and smelter
employees and the mine arrangements.
It has been impossible to learn any
thing definite of the result Of the con-
ference between the committees from
the Mill and Smeltermen's union, the
Engineers union and the Butte Min
ers' union, but 1t is secretly reported
that much progress has been made
toward adjustment. From very good
source 1t is learned that the smelter
men and miners will accede to slid
ing scale, which will fix the wages Of
mine and smelter employees at fig
ure commensurate with the skill re-
quired. In any event, however, the
lowest days wage will b 1918.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
THOUSANDS Of MEN
NEEDED IN CALIFORNIA
From all Parts Of the state There is
an Urgent Call for Men. Women
and Teams.

San Francisco. development
and reconstruction work tn going
on in San Francisco has res n a
most apprcciable shortage ND or
all over California. and from IA. parts
of the state there il urgent call for
men and women, and for teams 1t
is estimated that 1900 teams are at
work in San Francico, and to supply
this extraordinary demand all the
towns and cities, and even the farms
themselves, throughout California
have been depleted to such an extent
that the shortage Is serious one.
Labor shortage is also noted In all
agricultural districts. and 1t Is esti'
mated that employment will be ready
for many thouand men beginning with
the earliest fruit season. In all the in
terror towns and cities where are
located small factories there Is con
slant and increasing demand for fe
male help as operatives. In the lum'
Der districts there is marked short.
age and IT. Is estimated that between
ten and fifteen thousand men Will DO
needed to supply the demand.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
HARTMAN TAKES A RAP
At PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Says the President Needs More Dis
cipline to Successfully Handle
Building Of the Panama
Canal.

ut IL too bad that man with
such an alert mind as President
Roosevelt has, should not have sub
jected himself to more discipline
said Edward H. Hartman during an
interval in his own cross.examination
before the Interstate commerce com
mission.
MIR. Roosevelt is very able man
continued the autocrat of the Unior
Pacific. He Is capable of dcirB great
things If there was only more flxity
Of purpose"
II was the day when announcement
had been made of another kaleido
SCOPE change in Panama canal affairs
by order of the president.
why don't you build the canal,
Mr.. Hartman was asked. 81 would II
! had chance" he replied. Let
me tell you this. We spend more
money every year on improvements
I'm the Union Pacific than could be ex
pended in year in the canal. If we
ran railways like Panama affairs arc
conducted there would be great
crop of receivers in this country"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
MORGAN ARRAlGNs LEOPOLD.
Charges Cruelty to People Of Congo
Free State.

Washington.-Sena Morgan re.
ported favorably from the committee OF
foreign relations on Friday his resolu.
ton calling on the president for infor.
nation as to any concessions Ameri'
cans may have received from King
Leopold for the gathering Of India
rubber in the Congo Free state.
The Morgan statement recites how
capitalists of the civilized nations are
pushing into the rubber forests with
all manner of monopoistic arrange
ments for subjecting this great pro
duct--the gift of nature-to their
craving for wealth."
He arraigns King Leopold "for the
manner In which he has exploited the
Congo lands in accommodating wealth &c
himself by imposing tasks of personal
labor to the extreme of cruelty upon
the native population"
Mr.. Morgan charges that conces
sionaires have been empowered by
King Leopold to exercise the same
distressing authority over the people
over which they have proceeded tC
enforce without restraint and without
the responsibilities to public opinion
which should check their avarice ant
greed In dealing with an ignorant and
subjugated people"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
SENATOR sPooNER RESIGNS.
Wisconsin Man to Quit Senate to Re-
sumo Practice Of Law.

Washington Spooner has
written letter to Governor David.
son of Wisconsin rendering his resig.
nation as senator of the United
STATES, to take effect May l next.
The letter was dated Saturday, but
the fact that such a letter had been
written or that Mr.. Spooner contem'
plated resigning did not become
known in the senate until late sun.
day, when 1t created great surprise
and the Wisconsin senator at once
found himself the subject of many
anxious inquiries. To all these he re
piled that his mind was fully made
up. lie had found, he said, that to
continue in his present position would
require sacrifice on his part that
he could not justify himself In max
ing. In reply to questions he said
he would resume the practice OF law
but declined to say whether he would
be located in Winconsin. He did
say, however. that he would continue
to be citizen of the state as long as
he lives
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
FAMINE HORROR
GROWING DAILY
Thousands of Deaths Which
Will Never be Reported
to Outside World.
Appeal Is Made to the Prosperous
American People to Aid Starving
Russians and Chlnese-Dally
the Number Of Deaths
Increase.

Washington.-S. J. Barrows, repre-.
senting committee appointed at a
mass meeting held In New York,
called upon the president and Score.
tary Root on Thursday to urge action
by this government to aid the famine.
stricken Russians. The committee is
DESTROYS Of having the president issue
a proclamation informing the Ameri'
can people of the extent of the fam.
inc, and requesting them to contribute
funds.
The needs of the Chinese are set
out in the following cable dispatch to
the Christian Herald, New York, from
the editor of the North China News:
THE distribution of relief to fam
Inc sufferers by the missionary COM
mittee with headquarters at Chin
Kiang Is proceeding smoothly. 1t Is
recognized. however, as only drop In
the ocean of need. The area of the
affected district is charging as win
ter advances, and restitution is longer
drawn out. Daily the number of deaths
is increasing, and in the interior are
thousands of deaths that will never
be reported.
Authorities are sending many ref
ugees back to the localities whence
they came, promising individual re
lief. The trouble is so few have
homes to which they can return
floods having destroyed houses as
well as crops. Isolated riots are re-
ported, but all are unimportant."
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
SHIP SUBSIDY FORCED THROUGH
Insurgents Whipped Back Into Line
After Measure Had Been Defeated.

Washington.-It has been years
since the house was the scene of so
general battle between the two great
parties as took place Friday over the
ship subsidy bill. The bill was
passed, but not until after 1t had
been defeated. and this fact in itself
shows how close the alignment was
When the flrt vote disclosed a ma
jOrity against the measure, the Demo.
Gratis and their Republican allies made
the house ring with their cheers
There were several rollcalls before
the final favorable result was secured
The Littauer substitute was de
feated on the first vote, ayes 154, nays
161. The Democrats could not re
tain their lead. however, for on 8
vote to lay on the table, a motion tc
reconsider, the opponents of the shiI
subsidy were defeated 156 to 1853.
and vote to reconsider the first vote
was adopted, 164 to 154.
Immediately after the first ballot
assertions began, and on the final
vote to pass the bill as amended the
work done by the Republican leaders
during the heat of the battle was made
manifest. The bill was passed 15t
to 149.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
FOUR PER CENT GUARANTEED
Philippine Agricultural Bank BIZ
Passed Through House.

Washington a vote Of 1877 to
60 the house on Sunday passed the
senate bill providing for the establish
ment of an agricultural bank In the
Philippines.
The passage developed diametrical
ly opposite views on the part OF the
two leaders of the minority, Mr.
Dearmond of Missouri, voting for the
measure. while Mr.. Williams, the
minority leader, stood squarely
against 1t. The following Democrats
voted for the bill: Aiken, South Caro-
lima: Bankhead, Alabama; Dearmond
Missouri; Howard, Georgia; Kline
Pennsylvania; Legare, South Carroll
ma; Ransdell, louisiana; Rupert
New York; Sherley, Kentucky; Small
North Carolina; Taylor, Alabama
Wiley, Alamaba.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
BILLION DOLLAR
SHORT SESSION
Congress Which Expired on
Monday Broke Record for
Money Expended.
Amount Approximates One Billion
Dollars, River and Harbor Appro.
priation Alone Being $83,ooo,'
ooo-salary Of Public
Servants Increased.

Washington. money was ap
propriated during the short session OF
the Flfty.ninth congress, which
passed into history at noon on March
4, than during any previous session.
The amount Appropriated a billion
dollars.
Two big battleships for the navy
were authorized and the artillery
corps of the army was reorganized
A general service pension bill was
granted to veterans OF the Mexican
and civil wars. and life provisions
were made for army nurses. For
river and harbor improvements the
appropriation aggregated sS3,OOO,OOO.
Increased salaries were given to
cabinet officers, the vice president
and senator's, the speaker of the
house of representatives and its
members to ambassadors, ministers
and consuls; to postoflice clerks and
letter carriers.
The public made more inquiries for
Information from the document rooms
OF congress regarding the ship sub
sidy bill. the currency measure and
the bill regulating the hours of serv.
ice of railway employees than any
other pending legislation. The ship
subsidy bill died hard in the last
hours.
The immigration bill, one of the
measures brought over from the long
session, was completed under the
spur of the president, that he might
meet the California Japanese situa.
ton by giving the administration con-
troll of coolie importation through
passports. The bill further restricts
the admission of aliens to this coun-
try.
A bill was passed for the establish
ment of an agricultural bank In the
Philippine islands. The free alcohol
law of last session was modified that
farmers may distill waste products
to be denatured.
The right of appeal in criminal
cases was granted the government, a
measure intended to strengthen the
antitrust legislation by affording a
means whereby the supreme court
may pass on the constitutionality and
construction OF such laws.
An investigation was authorized
regarding the condition Of women and
child workers. The Interstate com
merce commission was authorized to
ascertain II the express companies
of the country are evading the rail-
| road rate law of last session, by buy
ing, selling and handling on consign'
| ment fruit, vegetables and oysters.
Reed Smoot was retained by the
senate as a senator from Utah, end
| ing four years OF controversy.
The senate ratified treaties with
Ssnto Domingo and Algeria.
Tho president was authorized to
use his good Offices to prevent afro
cities in the Congo.
The senate also launched an ex
haustive investigation of the Browns
vile affair.
| After the recess the house agreed
10 the conference report on the gen
eral deficiency bill.
| A number of monument bills were
| passed.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
CHANGES BY coRTELYoU.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Resigns, Other designations to
Follow.

Washington. - Postmaster-General
Cortelyou has announced the resigna-
ton of w. S. Shallenberger, second
assistant postmaster-general. Repre-.
sentative James T. McCleary, who re.
tires from congress at the conclusion
Of the present session, will succeed
Mr.. Shallenberger.
Official announcement of the APP
pointment Of Mr.. McCleary was made,
the president rendering him the posi-
ton on the recommendation Of Post.
master-General Cortelyou.
Edwin c. Madden, third assistant
postmaster-general, also will retire in
a few weeks. His resignation has not
yet been accepted, but will be. 1t is
understood, within few days.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
Trains Collide.

Waterbury, Conn.-With an impact
of sufficient force to crash the pom
derous locomotives together like pa
per, twist and bend them and topple
them from the track down an EN-
bankment and into ditch beside the
track. two passenger trains, a regu
lar and a special, met in head-or
collision at Platts Mills, about a mile
and a half below this city, resulting
in the death of four men, the serious
injury of two more and lesser injuries
TO over q score of others.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-03-09
Strike Would Tie up Camp.

Butte, Mont.-The labor situation
here depends in large measure upon
the action of the smeltsi men in
Butte, Anaconda and Great Falls, who
are expected to meet soon and vote
upon proposition to demand an in
crease to 81 per day. Should the
smeltermen strike, every mine In
Butte will shut down, ana Anaconda
and Great Falls will lose their chief
industries. more than 10000 men be-
ing ont OF work in the aggregate. AT
present only about 5000 mines. all in
Butte, are idle