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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
CHAPTER v.
Meeting, an Interruption and Letter.

Meeting, an interruption and Letter.
The campaign was on in sober earnest.
Conover, who kept as well posted on his
foes movements as though the League itself
sent him hourly reports grew vaguely an
noyed as, from day to day, he learned the
Roadway Standish was making in Granite.
The better classes, almost to man, focked
to Gives standard By a series Of fiery
speeches he succeeded in rouSing certain
hitherto dormant enthusiasm among the
business men of the town. They found to
their surprise that he was neither vision
airy nor a mere agitator; that he based his
plans not on some Utopian Altruria of high
souled commOnweal, but Oh practical
basis of clean government.
He pointed out to them how utterly the
machine ran the Mountain state; how the
railroads and the vested interests of the
party clique sent their own representatives
to the legislature, and then made them
grant fraudulent franchise after fraudulent
franchise to the men who sent them there.
How the taxes were raised and so distrib-
uted that the brunt fell upon the people
who least profited by the state expenditures
and by the legalized wholesale robberies
How in fact the populace of Granite and of
the whole Mountain state were being ridden
at will by handful of INSCRIPTIONS men.
That Caleb Conover was the head and
front Of the clique referred to every one was
well aware, yet Standish studlously avoided
all mention Of his name, all personal vitu-
peration. Whereat Caleb Conover wondered
nightly. Stenographic reports of Gives
speeches and of the increasingly large and
enthusiastic meetings he addressed were
carefully conned by the railroader. And the
tolerant grin with which he read the first
of these reports changed gradually to
scowl as time went on.
He had made no effort to suppress or, in
any way to modest these early meetings. He
wanted to try out his young opponents
strength. gauge his following and his meth
DDS But when, to his growing astonish-
ment, he found Give was actually winning
a respectful, ever larger. hearing in his
home town, he decided 1t was high time to
call a halt. Accordingly he summoned Billy
Shevlin.
ssWhat's doing?'' he asked CURLY, as he
received his henchmen in the Mausoleum
study.
.sTonight's the big rally at Snyder's Opera
House, you know" replied Billy. "Stan-
-dish's booked to make his star speech before
he starts on his state tour. He's got a team
of good gov ment geezers from Boston to do
q spiel and he's callin' this the biggest
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only the highest. And it's no concern of
yours either way. Good-byyev'
AS the titled couple withdrew. Anice La
nier came in.
Mr.. Shevlin, Mr.. Bourke and most of
the others you sent for have come" she re-
ported. Shall 1 send them up?"
Yes, said Conover DULY, "send 'em
along. It'll be good to talk to real human
beings again. Say, Miss Lanier'-as the
girl started to obey his order-"did you
ever write that measly interview of mine
for the Star, indorsng those new views of
Roosevelt's race suicide. and saying
something about chldless home being a
curse TO-
Shall"
well. don't! Tear is up. There's no
sense in a man being funny at his own eX-
pense.'
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Vienna, Mr.. Tower occupied the palace of
a grand duke, and at one of his dinners
there he laid plates for 200 guests.
Dazzled Russia.
In st. Petersburg, where Tower was am
bassador for time, he daZzled the Rus
sian court. Here he appeared in cooked
hat, court sword and gold embroidered
court uniform. This outfit, required by the
court chamberlain, was reproduced by Mr..
Mccormick, his successor.
At Berlin Mr.. Tower has maintained the
same pace. For the Koenigsplatz his Ber-
lin residence, Mr.. Tower pays $4,000 year
ly, which is more than his salary. This,
as previously stated. Is the first American
embassy at which the Emperor of Germany
ever dined.
This occasion was deliberately described
at the time, and gave other ambassadors
many dark days of jealousy. The emperor,
accompanied by distinguished officers Of his
o'clock in the evening and was received
at the entrance by the ambassador, sur
rounded by the staff Of the embassy. At
the top of the grand staircase Mrs Tower
awaited the emperor's coming. distin-
guiShed company of ladies and gentlemen
invited for the occasion were already as
sembled in the west salon.
Imperial TRIBUTE.
Here the emperor held circle, in which
he not only spoke few cordial words to
all present but paid f1attcring tribute to
his host and hostess. The table was set for
thirty, in a large ror opening into the
conservatory. His majesty had Mrs. Tower
on his right and George Won L. Meyer on
his left. After coffee had been served, his
majesty had conference for two hours
with the ambassador, during which time he
spoke at length of diplomatic relations be-
tween Germany and the United States.
This was the beginning of close friend
ship between emperor and diplomat that
continued without the slightest friction to
the time of the Lehr incident.
The emperor made point of specially
welcoming Mr.. and Mrs. Tower at all court
functions. This admiration the empress
shared, and she made special point of
saying that dress which Mrs. Tower wore
at court ball-it was decorated with
spangles which cost 81. 80 apiece, and there
were hundreds on twas the most beauti-
full and striking gown she had ever seen.
Mr.. Tower spent more than million dol
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Synopsis of First Installment.

Caleb Conover is chief railroad magnate and
political boss OF the Mountain state.zaHe began
will and brutal sort of genius for dominating
men has become n ulti-miliionaire and undis-
puted dictator OF the states political destinies.
Through all his rise he has remained vulgar
and unsusceptible to polish. Having unlimited
wealth and power, he asplres to enter soeiety:
With this end in view he has during his early
successes married a member Of esof the most
distinguished families in the commonwealth.
He has also built huge marble mansion Dir
reverently named The MausolPum'D on one Of
the most fashionable thoroughfares OF the Gran
ite capital city. These moves failing to cstab-
llsh him socially, he gives his only son Gerald
the best possible advantages and rejOices when
the young man wins ingress to a certain set in
New York. Caleb's only daughter Blanche mar
ries an Italian prince named d'Antri. The
solemn In honor of the wedding. Caleb, by ex-
erting various forms of pressure has secured
the unwilling presence of some of GRANTEES So
cial leaders for the function.
Among the guests Is his wife's nephew. Give
Standish, young lawyer, who Il waging
strenuous fight against the political corruption
toned for governor of the state by the Civic
League, OF which he Is president. He is in love
who now Is Conover's private secretary. Con-
over greatly admires Ance. but she always
adopts toward him an air of reserve that he
cannot fathom or dispel At the reception Caleb,
having drunk too much champagne, announces
his own candidacy for governor. He hopes by
acquiring such an Office TO force society to REG
ognize him. Next morning he summons his
henchmen to discuss the coming campaign.
PENDING their arrival Gerald seeks out his
New York chorus girl Furious at such a
check 10 his social hopes for his son and him
self. Caleb forbids the had, under penalty of
dislnheritance, to return to New York and
forces him 10 do campaign work. Gerald sub
m!ts. but vows to make Caleb regret having
given such an order. No sooner has Gerald left
the room than Blanche and d'Antri enter. The
latter with some embarrassment says he has
come TO speak to Caleb on delicate subject.
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Characteristic Bit Of Labrador.


The rapids continued the characteristics
of the river and were terrific. Often it
would seem that no canoe could ride the
high, white waves. or that we could not
avoid the swirl of mighty crcss-current
eddies, which would have swallowed up
our canoe like a chip. had we got into
them. There were rapids whose roar could
be distinctly heard for five or six miles.
These we approached with the greatest
care. and portrayed around the worst places.
The water was so clear that often We found
ourselves lodging rocks which. when We
passed them, were ten or twelve feet be-
Tow the surface. II was here that peculiar
optical Illusion occurred. The water ap-
reared 10 be running down an incline OF
about 20 degrees. At the place where this
was noticed, however, the current was not
exceptionally swift. We were in a section
now where the Indians meyer go. owing to
the character of the rivera section that
IL wholly untraveled and unlimited.
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us all the sketch made up Of that sort of
thing?'
Most of 1T. Good. red-hot-"
1T must be done all over, then. We are
not digging up Conover's personal past,
but his influence on the state and on the
democratic party. I'm not swinging the
muck-rake or fiinging dirt at my opponent
That sort of vituperation-"
But it's hot stuff, tell you, that sort of
literature! 1t helps a lot. You can't hope
to win II you wear kid gloves In game
like this"
What's the use of arguing?" said STAN
dish pleasantly. IF the league was rash
enough to choose me to represent it, then
the league must put up with my peculiari-
ties And ] don't intend to rise to the
Capitol on any mud piles. II you can show
me how Conover's early frauds and his
general crookedness affect the issues Of the
campaign, then I'll give you leave to pub
lish his whole biography. But till then let's
run clean, shan't we?'
"Clean? echoed Ansel aghast. I've been
in this business matter Of twenty-five
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years. and 1 never yet heard of a victory
won by drawing-room methods. But have
your own way. l suppose you know, though
that they'll rake UP every lie and slur
against you they can get their hands on?''
II suppose so. But that won't affect the
general issue either. You don't seem to
realize, Ansel, that this isn't the ordinary
routine campaign. It's an effort to throw
off boss rule and to free state. Politics
and personalities don't enter into 1t at all.
I'd as soon have run on the republican as
the democratic ticket if it weren't that the
republican party in this state is virtually
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so,4 se Varieties of stamps.
nm the westminster Gazette.

From the Westminster Gazette t..
The total number of all known varieties
of postage stamps issued by all the govern
ments of the world up to the present time
Is o.496s Of which 6.153 are apportioned to
the British empire and 4,343 to the rest of
the world Europe has issued 1881: Asia,
1855; Africa, A 400; America. 4.6sB; the
West Indies, 1857. and Oceania, 1,4s5.
These figures comprise only standard va
rieties of postage stamps and do not include
post cards. letter cards. stamped envelopes
or wrappers.
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Vienna, Mr.. Tower occupied the palace of
a grand duke, and at one of his dinners
there he laid plates for 200 guests.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-09
Dinn1itt.


Bryan Eagle;
As have not written for some
time will try and give you a few
items from Dimmitt and Castro
county, that might interest some
of the many readers of the Eagle.
DIR. Geo. +. Lee and family OF
Wellborn arrived in Dimmitt on
May 30. They are well pleased
with the plains country and the
people, but just how well pleased
! can't tell; ! will leave that for
them to say when they get home.
The DIR. and | have a trip in
view to the Star and Spring Lake
ranches this week. We are not
after taking him away from you
people. but we do want him to see
how fine a country we have while
he is here. and show him some an
telope and cayotes.
We have had good rains of late
in some portions of the county,
while other localities are still dry.
The wheat is cut very short and in
fact, some of il won't ever do to
cut at all. Crops are all late on
account of the late. cold snaps this
spring; however, all young crops
are looking well, and II the seasons
are favorable we have plenty of
time to make a bountiful crop yet.
Dimmitt is on a boom. Since
Jan. /, 1907 there has been built
in the town one bank. one land Of
fee, one confectionery and cold
drink stand, lumber on the ground
10 build 27-room hotel, prepara-
lions being made to put in lum-
Der yard. a $ooo.o 90 addition re-
,ently put to the present temper
ary courthouse. The grading
gang is at work on the p. II. S. l..
-ailroad between Hereford and
Dimmitt. Town lots and all lands |
adjacent the town section are ad-
rapidly and selling readily. !
Hurrah for Dimmitt and Castro |
county and her enterprising citi-
,ensl In addition TO all those
rood things Dimmitt has a good
ichool with two competent teach
rs and plenty school funds ahead.
Great is the Panhandle country
w. S. u.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Reported for the Eagle by T. X.
Bate, attorney at law. real estate
and rental agent. Bryan. Texas:
II. Masterson to b. l.. Reed,
sr6 69.Ioo acres out Of the +.
Ruiz league: consideration tI4. 400.
Jno. II. Jones to T.. J. Fountain.
interest in s76 acres out OF the ].
II. Jones league; consideration
$roo.
Henry Berger aud wife to G. O.
Buckhaults and wife. "a acres out
Of the S F. Austin league; consid-
Grafton. $IIso.
NJ. b. casters and wife To NJ
+. Keith. Ios acres out of the |.
Curd league: consideration $3.50.
]. II. Lloyd to NJ. b. casters,
Sal acres out OF the II. X. Cart
nell survey: consideration $500.
S. II. Dunlap to Tony Chicke-
rillo. r3txioo IT,. Bryan; consider
alton. $40.
Laura J. and V. W. Kestler to
]. y. Priddy. lot ! aud west half
of 4. in block No. or; considera-
ton 1000.
Henry Berrymann to Jno. X.
Glover, a acres out of the Mary
Lawrence league; consideration,
$I42.
w. p. Nash to w. II. and c. G.
Walker. 1874 acres out Of the w.
]. Lewis league; consideration,
$1,000.
w. A. Dodson to Mrs. 4. L.
Winter. 6sxrIS in the zeno Phil
lips league; consideration. 5000.
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FOSTERS WEATHER BULLETIN.

Washington. d. c., June S-La bulletin gave forecasts OF
disturbance the continent to 49, warm wave to H.
IS Next disturbance will reach Pacific coast
about a. Rockies country by close OF great
central valleys 10 eastern states Warm wave will
Rockies about IA great central valleys TO- eastern
Cool will west of Rockies about ~ great
central valleys eastern states 81.
This disturbance will during very COO, period in
northern and Canada while temperatures will be ranging
above normal southern states and following II will come
great all parts of the continent and dangerous
storms The cool wave following this disturbance will
very temperatures generally and the temperatures fol-
lowing that cool will be extreme to make of
the notable weather events of the year.
From about June ~ onward the forces viii
great evaporation resulting in sudden drying out OF the soil,
particularly sections that lie of tire Mssssp
ri Details of the important weather that will with
the disturbance meridian about e: will be given in
bulletin.
About aud Immediately following June very cool weather,
but will ia by June little earlier west
of meridian 90 little later of that line But the hst
half June average below normal northwest of line drawn
from Santa Fe by way of ST. Joseph, No. Burlington. Iowa
and Chicago Quebec and above normal southwest of that
line: hall OF June temperatures will average above
NAL on all parts of the continent
The planet Mars ancienv called the god of will he
conspicuous object the heavens for the next thirty days II
may we'll the southwark about midnight and be
distinguished from the other planets and the by its reddish
color That planet is the immediate of the remarkable
weather occurred during the present and this
beyond doubt by weather records the past
hundred years.
Beginning with August 1907 planetary ship, which
we are sailing around aud with the through
finite space will experience unusual disturbances in the OF
storms ana of weather. and electric disturbances
including earthquakes Tropical will attrac. attention in
October and November
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BUYS sLegPeas.
Texas Central Railroad Company Has
So Notified Commission.

Texse Central HsiIroao Company MAI
So Notified Commission.
Waco. June THE Texas Central
Railroad company has given notice ia
the railroad commission that II has
bought it's own sIeepers. TO be deliv-
cred July I. and has applied for au.
thority to adopt a rate OF $3.50 for
lowers and 81 for uppers between
Waco and Rotan. 26s miles.
There Is much JOY In the commits.
sion. according TO reports here. and
the rates will undoubtedly be approved
that they could rot secure sleepers.
car rates.
The other roads. II is said. asserted
that they could not secure sleeper.
etc.
No official Confirmation could be Sc
cured. but II Is learned from reliable
source that the road has bought the
necessary sleeping car equipment. and
that the rate notice has been given
the railroad commission.
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ELEVEN KILLED.

Another Reign Of Terror and Violence
Prevails a. lodx.
LODI. June There has been an.
other reign OF terror and violence In
this city since June O. Eleven per
sons have been killed. including two
mill owners. and thirty-seven have
been wounded The workmen have
formed a secret vigilance committee
which every night executes one OF
more bandits or terrorists. The corps
80 are left on the streets and 10 the
lips Of the dead men are pinned pieces
Of paper setting forth the exact rea
sons for the execution.
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ysuss Mess Billie Glass 81 Methodist
Sunday Sehssl Eslestslssd BY
Presl1est c. O. Walker.

uooog meos U1o1e C1oss 81 metnootsl
Ssa1sy SebssI Esterlsissd BY
Presllest c. O. Walker.
Friday evening the handsome.
oommodious and beautifully fur
nished class room Of the Young
Mems Bible Class of the Methodist
Sunday school was the scene Of a
highly enjoyable social session.
with..the popular class president.
Mr.. c. G. Walker as host. Roses,
magnoliss, jasmines. daisies. mas
tirtiums and other cut flowers were
vased and rested upon pretty art
designs on the polished library
table. In one corner was a brim-
ming punch bowl from which fruit
punch was served by members of
the class. Iced fruits and straw
berry and banana cream and cake
were the other refreshments.
President Walker. as master of
ceremonies, spoke briefly on the
work and purposes of the class,
and called upon a number Of others
for short and pointed talks. Re-
sponses were made by DR.. I. +.
Belts. the pastor; Supts. X. 0. Al
len and Ed Hall and Secretary w.
H. Lawrence, Prof. ]. ID. Willis,
+. ]. Jenkins. ]. r. Cole. Lamar
Bathea, T. c. Mum. J. Il. Wells,
Ed Martin. H. 0. Smith. w. J.
COULTER. +. X. Rowe. Wilson Brad
ley and Malcolm Carnes.
The talks covered various
phases of the widespread new
movement for adult Sunday school
attendance and work, and indicat-
ed that the class has a wide-awake
and progressive spirit along this
line and ID enjoying a splendid
growth. There were twenty-eight
present, and rising vote of thanks
for the very pleasant and profit
able evening was extended to Presi-
dent and to Mrs. Walker and Mrs.
I. +. Belts, who supervised the ar
rangements and the serving of the
delightful refreshments.
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nlAwArmA MONDAY MONT.
Flse Dramatic esiertsismest wlII Be
Gives BY Psplls d vllls Maria
Academy at Opers Hssse.

Monday night at the opera
house the pupils Of Villa Maria
Academy will present "Hiawatha. :"
drama in three acts arranged
from I.ongfellow's Song of Hia-
watha.". The performance will be-
gin at $50 O'Clock and the scenic
accessories and costumes will be in
keeping with this beautiful Indian
romance. The musical features
s.ill also be very attractive. The
Villa Maria entertainments are
known Tor their excellence aud
this one, which promises to ex-
clipse any in the past. will he well
worth the attention of all. Tick
cts are on sale at Haswelrs hook.
store and may also he purchased at
the door. The entertainment is to
be given for the Villa Maria new
hall fund.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-09

Negro Grabs Little Girl. but She Sue
ceeds In Escaping.

Creenville. Tex. June 7.-Shortl,
before noon Thursday the thirteen
year-oId daughter OF J. A. Record
who lives two miles southwest OF
Campbell. was out In the field looking
for a COW, Another little girl was
with her. As they passed clump OF
bushes young negro M med Nat Tur-
ner. about seventeen years OF age.
Jumped out and seized the little Roc.
ord girl by the collar. She screamed
and managed 10 escape. but he'd her
dress torn In the attempt TO extricate
herself. She ran. and was chased by
the negro until she reached the public
road.
The negro was caught.
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PvrHIANs MEET.
Supreme Assembly Of Uniform Rank
IN Session At Jamestown.

Norfolk. Va. June THE supreme
assembly OF the Uniform Rank Of
Knights OF Pythias convened In annual
session A. the jamestown exposition
THURSDAY. Two amendments were Of
fered nj the opening session. one
changing the style OF the uniform.
bringing u nearer to the standard Of
the United States army. and another
providing for a revision with radical
changes IN drill regulations. These
were referred 10 proper committees
Both amendments are favored. and
will probably pass at this session.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-09

Residence property, mos, heathful and
in every particular the most desirable home
site in Bryan. One-half acre and all inn
provements, souiheas, and adjoining the
Methodist church block. Apply to v. B.
Hudson. 157
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Protect Your Pianos.

Ordinary moth balls will not destroy, OF
keep moths out OF pianos. Golfers Moth
Ex,erminaior will destroy them instantly.
This preparation is endorsed by piano
dealers and tuners. !, Is sold under
stric, guarantee by Smith Drug Co. $50
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Found Dead IN Bed.

Terrell. Tex. June ga. p. Crutch.
er. bachelor. fifty years old. who
resided nine miles south. was found
dead In bed.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-09

have a wagon and good douole team
for all kinds Of hauling. Phone 32s. Joe
Kosh VIII
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-17
ROAD NOTICE.

To whom it may concern:
In pursuance of order made by the
board of county commissioners Of the coun-
ty of Trego. in the-state of Kansas, in regu-
lar session on the 18th day of July A. D.
lens. a. F. Kline. ". 4. saimirs. J. b. Y sS.-
ell. 3 Coniey. n: Coniey. J. b. Biehler. VIM
Whistler. J. 7. Snyder. David Defines, Henry
Schneider and F. W. Hundsen.
HOuseholders of said county. residing In
the vicinity where 1t Is proposed to lay out
and establish the road below mentioned.
have prose nred to said board their certain
petition. praying the laying out and estab-
lishment of a public road in said county, rs
follows
Commencing at the southwest corner OF
section .. township IA range "a themes
north one milo- th0nce east one mile. thence
north two miles. thence east one mile to tho
northeast corner of section Is, township IL
range a. and there terminating said road
TO follow the section line or as near the Soc
ton line practicable roxd can be made
Said road to be Afty feet wide.
And that George Butcher. j. A. Hall and
Thos ID. Spena. viewers duly appointed.
VIM meoc Ne she ssB0tAselst corner Of section
g. township 13 south, ffpge - wS0t of tho
1906. and proceed to view said road. and to
give all parties hearinEe
Witness my hand. ana the seal OF said
county. q "a xed At my ONCE In said county,
this sch day of July A. ID. 1907.
Attest: w. N. LARABEE.
]sEALl County Clark.