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ought to do he said. Il reckon the hand
amt with much the way Il stands. bein'
as there's two other pat hands out. Likely
one on EN- . q full. an IL It's it beats me.
l reckon I'll break this. but IL I draw to
the deuces there's on'y one in the deck.
an IL l draw fr "a ace there's two. An
q AGO fullb just ~ good - four deuces.
jim. you mought give me an ace And
he threw away M Of his deuces.
Then. holding the card he drew. he looked
at the other hands. Mellen had q full
house, three fours and two tens. Quarlss
had a king high flush INC Bassstt, turning
his card over, showed an ace full.
There was q little procession to the bar
led by QusTles. who called for the drinks
pleasantly enough and said to old man
Greenhut as he was enjoying his liquor:
W uns can take our medicine an look
happy. We amt putin up no boiler.
But I reckon Wen stick to the boats fr
q spell. Arkansas City don't pear to DO
no good place r. strsngsrs."
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CREENHUT SQUELCHES
A RiVALGAME
And Shows Two River Gamblers
the Real Poker Of Arkansas
City.

They tell me- said Mr.. Jake Winter
bottom. after he had taken his usual seal
in old man Greenhut's saloon in Arkansaa
City--they tell me u how Sim Hooper'a
done started q poker game into the little
room back o. the bar up to his hotel"
What's that?" demanded old man Green.
hut, sharply.
Winterbottom repeated the statement,
hut the old man was plainly soepticsl.
Stands to reason" he said. as there
must be sons mistake. Sim Hooper amt
no bright an shining light O. domineerin'
intelleck, fer a fack. but I hain't never
heer'd he was q driveilin' Tilt. nor yet Z
grovelin' degenerate o. criminal in
stincks. such as he sure must be II this
here proposterous m should turn out
for TO he correck. A poker game. did
you says
That's what they tell me- said Winter
bottom. smoking placidiy.
'0h. WELL" said the old man. likely
it'sa dime limit pastime Z he's done got up
to keep them boys o. hisn outen mischief.
Mebbe he's reck'nin' on givin' EN- good
moral trainin' an maxim home pleasant
for EN- TO the same time
Il don't reckon it's nothin' o. that sort, I"
said Joe Bassett. FIN what I hear it's
a full grown mans game all right. They
was playin' table stakes last night, an
they trimmed old Deacon Westbury tol'able
close afore he quit. an two travellers Z Wa
stoppin' over to the tavern dropped nigh
eight hundred between en-
You bein' a sworn ofioer o. the law
said old man Greenhut. with bitter reproach
in his tone. one d think you'd a broke
up piece O. highway robbery like that.
What security does the c'munity have II a
man can't put up to q hotel thouten . mess
o thieves takin' his wad. high handed. like
YOU say?
who got the money. thought he con-
tinued without waiting for an answer 10
the other question Its well known 40
how Sim Hooper amt no player. an I hsin't
never heer'd o. no regular boarder up there
rs marvellous gifted. Pears like IL must
a been some outsider: IN what good d
that do Sim Hooper,
@Hooper's barkeep was tellin' me- said
Sam Pearsall, -as how Hooper had struck q
bargain with Lem Quarles an Toppy Mel
len r. them to lay on I'm the boats f'r a
spell an stop to his tavern. Hooper gives
EN- their board an the use o. the back room
an he steers for the game hissslf. An
frthat he gets q rskeof. outside the reg lar
kitty"
We'll, by mighty exclaimed old man
Greenhut, who was BY this time greatly
excited That Sim Hooper amt no such
fool rs he's been give credit r. bein'. Them
Two is the slickest gamblers on tho boats
his year, 'cordin' to what's said. an IL
Hoop"r's done whipsawed EN- like that,
y sure is intelligent. A kitty and . rake
Oh va. you say7"
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ALL IN THE Days WORK.


Ine Street sweeper Fauoee u0nG Enough
10 stop . Runaway Horse.
One public service not enumerated In the
schedule OF his duties, but which the street
sweeper 10 liable at any time to be called
upon to perform, is that OF stopping runa-
way horses; something that he 10 enabled to
do efYectually by the aid OF his massive and
formidable appearing broom.
When 4 horse runs away the common
thing for most people to do 10 to stand on
the sidewalk 1t q safe distance and breath
lessly watch the runaway 60 by; though
there are always some men who make a
more or less brave effort to stop IL. One
nan runs out into the street, well In front OF
The r nsss'; ~ nth Sd the S sH .a That sssinS him 81. II
man sees the horse still tearing along the
man steps back soon enough to give the
horse plenty OF room to pass,
Another man step. ont \ waves his
sometimes ahake their umbrellas in the face
OF q runaway, standing themselves to one
aide OF the horses line Of approach.
Sometimes, indeed, a man will step out
and hold up both hands In front Of the lying
horse, and maybe stand there in front or N
long enough TO make the horse swerve q, and
give an opportunity to seize II. But the
bulk OF the mon who h u step forth step
back promptly ~ the horse draws near, and
their stforts to stop It are eli likely to b
Not 80. however. with the street sweeper.
when he 10 on the Job. When he, push.
ing his massive room ahead OF him with
deliberate movement. along the gutter,
hears the Gathering hoofs OF q runaway
horse coming down the street, and the
shouts Of the horses driver running after.
he pauses In his- accustomed work and
raises the implement Of his toll.
With its long rattan broom on n side OF
It's head and its wide iron scraper on the
other. the broom head looks fourteen times
a big a. normal. Facing the coming horse,
Of the b~roomhandle to give him safety.
Suddenly confronted with this strange
and ponderous object thus raised Ia front
Of its nose the horse halts, and the painting
driver comes up and jumps into the wagon
and SELVES the reins and gives the requisite
number Of yanks on the horses bit.
And then the driver drives on, and thu
street sweeper drops his broom head TO the
pavement again, n onoc more begins
pushing 10 with regular. measured move-
ments along The gutter. That's his real
budness- the stopping Of the runaway
horse was just an incident
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any eight men over there. a n o course
ell have the law with him. Then there's
work fr all hands outside O. that. Jake
IN Jim Blaisdell had ought for TO be stirrin'
up public opinion, so q Z We en- have q
indignation meetin' an a vigilance COM
mittee. II it's needed. to stamp out gamblin'
I'm tho c'mmunity's midst. an tho rest
on lay fr them rs liable to got roped In
up to the tavern. an steer EN- this way
Al no one had any better course Of action
to suggest the old mans ideas were
adopted. and all those present started out
Immediately on their appointed tasks.
aIn wait here said Greenhut, -an' be
for to advise in case there's any
hitch.' And accordingly he was soon alone.
Whereupon he lighted another large black
cigar and smoked it with every appearance
Of placid content.
While he was still busy with the last half
nch OF IL. Joe Bassett entered The saloon
with his hand on the collar Of an indignant
tavern keeper. Following the two came
all the usual frequenters Of the place. to-
gether with a large number OF curious
citizens, including Leon Quarles and Toppy
Mel len.
whats Sdiddin'. Joe?" asked old man
Greenhut pleasantly ~ he looked up In
seeming surprise.
Il ketched this man runnin' a gsmblin'
house. said the Sheriff." contrary to law
an ag'in the peace
"Whar's the evidence," demanded the
justice sternly.
The evidence 10 I seen him dom it,
said the Sheriff.
We'll. that's enough" said the justice.
whats the prisoner got to siy9"
Just this said Hooper, snsrily. Il
don't run no gamblip' house. no more'n
you do. There was some on EN- playin'
draw poker in my hack roam. ssme's they
do in yours. but draw poker ain't gemblin'.
not In Arkansas 'tain'C'
That depends" SAIL cid man Greenhut.
with judicial severity .'I'ears Like you
amt Eat a legal mind. an ;neb5e You don't
catch cd to tho fine PINS 9 the Law. You're
right when you say draw poker amt
garnblin' In Arkansas when it's played
reg'lsr by the inhahitanis ~ the place.
But when two river pirates ID called In
for 10 do ur thera same inhabitants It sure
10 gamblin' an ag'in the law. Was there
any pirates there. Joe?'
Sure there was. Them two was play
VI nhiu pocrrtt, iHutCuuuB inc Two.
ANY mai { calls me q pirate les said
Quarles. pulling his gun.
His wrist was seized on the Instant by
Jim Blaisdell. and as Meilen Wa reaching
for his u Sam Pearsall knocked Linn
down and calmly sat on his head.
Old mar Creenhut had seized hi. hung
starter. but seeing that Blaisdell had his
man in a secure grip and that norsover
Joe Bassett was OH the alert he swung the
bungstarter around and used II for a gavel
instead Of a weapon. Pounding the bar.
he exclaimed Order In the COURT"
There wal a little natural confusion, but
the b~ungstarter commanded respect. And
all was soon quiet. Set still. SAM, said
the Justice. AN keep . tight hold O. that
swashbuckler. jim. I'll tend to Hooper's
case first.
sBeiu' a you're tried an found guilty.
Sim. there amt nothin' for this Court to
do but to sentence you to . thousand dol
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US down the wrong channel. Me an my
SIDE partner has been plsyin' the boats
fr a spell, hivin' up what We could. sos to
be fixed to stop OF at Arkansas City. bein'
as this has the name o. bein' the leadin'
poker town on the river. We've got the
wad an we've come f'r the game. but pears
this Hooper give us the wrong steer. Mebbe
you cd put us right. Judge"
This here Court hain't rot no Ieanin'
to'rd hash treatment when q mans rea-
sonable.' said old man Greenhut. with q
total change Of manner. "f you uns
RELY be lookin' fr a sure enough game
O. poker with reel players, 'nstid o. babes
an sucklin's SIGH as Hooper steered up ag'in
ye. l don't know but what you en- he &C
commodated. There amt nothin' out o.
the way in that. an any capital you en-
accumulate thataway fr an addition to
your wad II be legitimate enough. Likely
some o. the boys d be willin' to set in with
you uns right now Z you re thataway dis
posed"
II appeared that they were 10 disposed,
and the reliable Experimentation, Bas-
sett, Blaisdell and Pearsall-were entirely
willing to join issues with them. Accord
ingly the six were soon playing a table
stakes game in which each man took a
thousand dollars worth OF chips for a
starter.
1t was not a long game. nor was there
anything SLOW about the way the cards ran.
On the first deal there were several raises
until everybody dropped out excepting
Mellen and Wi~nterbottom. Then Winter
bottom raised again, and Mellen stayed.
On the draw both o pat. and Winter
bottom put up his entire stack. Again
Mellen stayed for the whole Of his and on
the showdown both men showed full houses,
but Winterbottom's was the highest, %
Mellen bought $500 more, hat being, as he
explained, the size of his wad.
Bassett dealt next, and it was immedi-
ately apparent that he, too, had given out
some good cards. for Mellen and Pearsall
both came In, Quarles raised, Wintcrbottom
and Bassett dropped. and Blaisdell raised
again.
Then Mslien raised. and Pearsall stayed.
Quarlss raised again. 30 did Blaisdell.
The other two stayed, and Quarles gave
IL one nor boost. after which the others all
stayed.
Blaisdell looked carefully and called for
two cards. Mellen took one, Pearsall two,
and Quarles o pat. Mellen bet q white
chip, Pesrsall trailed, and Quarles pushed
his stack forward.
Blaisdell called. He could do no more,
And the other two dropped. Then QuArles
showed q seven full and Blaisdell four
queens. Thereupon Qusrles bought again,
$40 this time.
Blaisdell had the nex deal and the Ar
kansas City players had little ~apprehension.
As IL proved, however. only three Of the
players took an interest In their hands.
The two river men and Bassett raised one
another till tho former were all In and
Bassstt's pile was mostly in the POT. Then
they called for cards.
Mellen stood pat and Quarles did the
same. bringing 1t up to Bassett. who looked
sorely troubled and thought for a con-
siderable time.
Finally he laid his hand on the table
face up. II wa a pair Of aces and thres
deucss Il amt dead sure o. what Id
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More Than 1000 Special First-Class Souvenir Bargains D.

lars fine an q year at hard labor. as the
statue p'vides. But bein' as you're q
neighbor an there amt no disposition "a
be hard on ye. this CourtM spend sentence
on ye. The on'y p'vision il { you set EN-
up for the crowd an agree TO keep the
peace for q year.. not harborin' no card
Sharpe I'm orr the boats into your tavern
fr the pp'pose o. doin' up your fellow
townsmen."
Mr.. Hooper seemed dissatisfied with the
situation. but evidently thinking the east
est way was the best he presently grced
to the decision, and the two other prisoners
were temporarily released that they might
line up at the bar with the rest OF the CON-
pany.
When the drinks had been disposed OF.
however. old man Greenhut returned TO q
consideration OF the case.
What have ye got TO say why you uns
shouldn't be punished to the excess O. the
law?' he demanded severely.
What forf' inquired Mellen.
We'll. fr a variety O. things" said the
Justice. First on. you're guilty o. con-
tempt O court. Then you've been catohed
into a conspiracy to do up the citizens Of
Arkansas City an carry Of large swads o.
local currency, an lastly there amt no
reason fr you to be alive. bein' river gam
blers as has come ashore, interferin' with
local industries. place o. stickin' to the
boats where you belong. II you'd stacked
up ag'in 'xperienced players it'd "a been
some different. but Std o. that pears
you was layin' fr the onsophisticated an
the onskilled."
Right here Mellen seemed TO sec a great
white light. and motioning Quarles to keep
quiet no said: Judge. I reckon there's
some part o. that Z you've got straight.
but this here man Hooper done steered
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columns Of black volcanic dust miles into
the air but did not seem to be sufficiently
powerful to lift the law quite up to the top
Of the n The symmetry OF the mountain
therefore was not destroyed by outpourings
OF molten rock.
These two pictures. published by tho
Meteorological Observatory Of Mexico,
show that a great change in the appearances
Of Colima a taken place. One picture was
taken In 1902 and the other In 1908 after tho
eruption Of March 2 Of that year.
The blast coming out Of the crater simply
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TOP or VOLCANO BLOwN OFEs
Mount COiims. In Mexico, Before and After
the Eruption Of March. 1907.

Mount COiims. In Mexico. Before and After
the Eruption Of March. 1909.
IL was said until recently that Mount
Colima, which displays more volcanic.
activity than all the other volcanoes OF
Mexico together. was one Of the three or
four finest n most regular mountain cones
In the world. II is nearer to the ocean than
any other volcano in Mexico and 10 an
imposing object from the sea for its entire
height Of nearly $4,000 feet 10 revealed.
No one until 1908 had ever looked int0
Colima's crater, for it was merely . greae
chimney. the top OF which was the point
Of the cone. No one had climbed the mound
tain. and the crater was not visible from
the plain below.
No lava was ever known to overflow the
lip Of the crater. The eruptive forces senN
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THOUSANDS have disesrded the idea
= Of making their w eoektsils.--dl
will after giving the CLUB COCKTAILS
. fair trial. Scientifically blended from the
choices, old liquors and mellowsd with age
make them the perfect cocktails thstthey are.
Seven kinds. mos, popular Of which are Mar
tini Gin base. Manhattan Whisky basel.
The following label appears on every
bottle,
Guaranteed under the National
Pure Food and 0ruge Act. Ap.
provee Juno 3oth, 1903. Serial
G.f. HxysIErN q BRO, Sol. pros..
HaTtiuk New Yesk -.-xandN,
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tore the top Of the mountain to pieces.
The crater wa enlarged to many times Ito
former size.
All one side Of the upper part Of the oons
was torn away. Tho rim OF the crater 10
nov about q mile around and presents an
irregular border on all sides with projecting
points In the form of q crown.
This 10 the latest example in America Of
volcanic energy 30 tremendously powerful
a. TO carry away the upper part Of smoun-
tain and makss great sndpormsnent change
In ito appearance.
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We have planned this celebration with the idea first of emphasizing the
growth Of this business from the tiny acorn Of capital with which It started
70 years ago. What 1t is today needs no telling Is here to Sec
When Brooklyn was a village this Store served the public. We expect
as visitors here this week men and women who a very little children
bought goods vr its counters. At any rate, we expect to pay respectful
tribute to the founder of this business, and are certain that the great public
will respond to this sentiment. Our second reason for this celebration
is to awaken in the public mind, civic societies, boards Of trade and the
city government. the planning Of a Brooklyn Old Home Day" when from
every corner of the universe will flock back all who love this city Of homes.
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Programme of Reception
Special Programme by q. E. C~onterno's O

MONDAY-We will greet the general Public and the Press.
TUESDAv-ws will greet old BrookIynitss.
WEDNESDAY-We will greet all who are 40 Years Young" and over
THURSDAY-We will greet our Merchant Friends.
FR'DAY-Ws VIII greet delegations from the Old Volunteer Fire De-
partments and Civic Societies.
SATURDAY-W will greet everybody who loves the stars snd Stripes
WITH A GRAND WELCOME TO THE FUTURE y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-05

service corporations Of the District. in
cluding the Chesapeake and Potomac Tel
ephone Company. Potomac Electric Light
ing and Power Company. the Washing
ton Gas Light Company and the George
town Gas Light Company shall annually
pay as a franchise tax, in addition to
the taxes now imposed. IL per cent of
their net earnings, which net earnings
shall be ascertained by deducting from
their gross receipts only the current re-,
pairs and expenses.
1t provides as an alternative that COR
poratfons may pay to the collector Of
taxes 1h per cent Of their appraised
value. The amendment makes the real
estate Of the street railways taxable as
other real estate.
The second section of the amendment
declares that all local sire railway
shall receive and .xchange
tickets with each other, and a.so give to
transfers, which shall be re-
ceived by all street railway companies
at one intersection, with all other street
railway lines. and also give and receive
from each passenger paying one cash fare
Of ) cents. a free transfer good for more
than one exchange at one intersection,
and good continuously at all intersec-
tions with all street railways. and from
to intersection. but it is pro-
vided that transfers on tickets or cash
fares shall not be good for round trip.
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TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION.
Proposed Plans Of japanese Govern.
ment-Tokio Conference.

TOXIC, December ga committee from
the emigration agencies here has held q
conference with Minister Hayashi, who
announced that the plan of the japanese
government was closely to limit all immi-
grafton to the United States and Canada
Some members of the committee angrily
announced their opposition to this course
but Minister Hayashi remained firm and
dismissed the committee without changing
his attitude and making no compromise
kfki Yiro Ishii, chief of the japanese
bureau of commerce, who few days age
returned from his visit to the United
States and Canada. where he was sent to
investigate the immigration problem
gathered representatives of the Toxic
newspapers around him at the foreign of.
flee this evening and made a statement
regarding his mission abroad. He said
that there were two classes of Japanese
In America-day laborers. of whom there
were 1900. and agriculturists.
1t was against the immigration of the
former that objection was raised. He
round that many of this class were de
sired by employers. but others said their
methods of living were Objectionable. The
Japanese agriculturists generally were
successful.
Baron Ishii described the existing eco
nomic conditions in America and ex-
planned the method of state self-govern-
uteIlL IN tnc OnlCeQ States. he said that
between the trusts and the labor unions
the middle class of Americans and for
eign laborers suffered, declaring that
union labor was largely controlled by un-
reasoning persons, their attitude being al
most that Of tyrants, and they were
likely to destroy anything standing in
their way.
Japanese engaged in agriculture as
land owners, or leasers,'' said Baron
1shii, require few of the best class OF
thot ,fvxrv Iah
government Of Japan has been limiting
the emigration of this class"
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HURRICANE OFF CAPES
MAY MAKE IT BAD FOR THE
TORPEDO FLoTILLA,

NORFOLK Va. Deaelnber 5.-The wine
reached maximum velocity at Cape
Henry in last nights coast storm Of sixty
miles an hour This was at I2:1O o'clock
1t blew from the northwest and drove sci
ward rather than toward the shore any
vessels that may have been caught in its
teeth. and no wrecks have been reported
from the coast. The wind at the hurrl-
cane velocity it reached carried before ii
everything movable on shore, end it is
feared that much havoc was wrought
at sea. especially among sailing YES
sells passing along in the coastwise
trade. Vessels in port for the past day
OF two had warning and did not put ia
sea. The United States. governments sea-
coast telegraph wires from Cape Henry
southwark are not working and no word
could be had today from the Cape Hat
teras section bearing on the wind velocity
reached there or any possible damage to
shipping in that dangerous locality.
Worried Over Destroyers.
No word could be had from the Boston
gasoline yacht Madleon bound to Jackson.
vile and stranded in Roanoke sound
N. c.
Weather Observer Newsom at Cane
Henry reported this morning that none OF
the battleships of the Atlantic-Pacific.
bound feet had passed in the Virginia
capes since the arrival of the Louisiana
on Tuesday. Several of the big battle
ships are heading for Hampton roads
from northern ports and had severe ex-
periences IT they were caught within the
radius of last nights gale. The Kansas
from Philadelphia is believed to have GER
tainly been caught in the storm.
The severity Of the .gale has caused
some anxiety to be felt for the safety of
the six little vessels composing the Pacific
bound second flotilla of torpedo boat de-
stroyers which sailed from Hampton roads
Monday for San Juan. P. R. With three
days start. however, the little torpedo
boat destroyers Whipple, Truxton, Law
renee, Hull. Stewart and Hopkins NAV
have gotten sufficiently far away to
escape the storm.
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HOUSE COMMITTEES.
Announcement Unlikely Before Lat
ter Part of Next Week.

There is excellent authority for stating
that it is not likely that Speaker Cannon
will announce any of he more important
committees of the House before the latter
part of next week. There are more than
100 new repre- -entatives in the Sixtieth
Congress and the Speaker finds it neces
AIRY 20 get acquainted with a good many
of them. There are in the neighborhood
of a dozen applicants for every prospec-
tive committee ASST nment. and the care
necessary TO he exercised by the Speaker
requires that he be familiar with the TIM
ber at his command before he begins
building the committee struc ures 1t il
possible that the committees on rules and
on mileage and two or three others will be
appointed early next week, though it is
understood the speaker will lot rush the
formation of these or of even the least
important.
The exception in the case of the commit
tee on banking and currency was made In
Difference to financial conditions.