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New-York tribune., 1908-06-12
Tickets and Sleeping-Car
Accommodations

Ticket Offices at Grand Central Station
and the Station at 125th Street are open
day and night every day in the year.
Principal downtown ticket Office, 1916
Broadway, is open every day (holidays
and Sundays included), from 500
A. NJ to 1000 PM.
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rom one or'more Of these Spanish shswis.
Previous CarmenS had never troubled
themselves TO do more than put on red
stain and spang glOs or anything else that
looked like fancy dress gypsy and let
II 60 at that.
When Nine. Calv6 burst into view Tor
the first time In Liiiids Pdstd's tavern
clothed In this clinging material, she set
an example that none OF her successors
has been bold enough to ignore. lttook
more than a decade. however. for the
beauty Of those costumes to make SUI
ficient impression on the designers to
have them made up into modern dresses;
or it may be that the arrival Of such an
appropriate style as the directoire was
necessary.
Maria Gay has frequently denounced
the ordinary conception Of the Merimee
Carmen as a Paris toy and her effort to
show what the real creature Was; yet
she clings to the shawl and; establishes
it's authenticity as a detail ofythe gypsy
dress, 'Ss5S
The great difference between the
Spanish and the Chinese embroidered
shawls lies less in the ornamentation
than in the material. Although both are
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which they drape so easily and grace
fully Few OF them are worn here in the
fashion that they are in Spain. That is
shown by the dress Of the two represen-
tatives of the Spanish gypsy Of Meri-
NEE, Mines. Calve and Gay. They make
them a part OF the costume by draping
the shawls over the skirt as they would
any other material that was intended to
be used as an overskirt.
For modish wear Of the day, however.
they are arranged by the Paris costumers
and those that initiate them here to fol-
low the lines OF the Directoire mode. The
fringe sometimes falls from the low cut
neck. In other cases the shawls are so
cut that the edges meet in front to allow
the fringe to form a decorative line up
the centre of the gown. Then again the
edges meet so that the lines of the fringe
extend down to the end Of the train.
The oolors Of these shawls ft them
only for evening or afternoon dress.
They are likely to come in vivid red or
yellow Of the tone of the advertisement
on the pimento cans. That is the color
that the gypsies love. The embroid-
cries are in contrasting oolors with green
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CRACK SHOTS THAT MISSED
A PISTOL DUEL THAT WAS A
DRAW FOR THIRTY Shots
Man From Oklahoma Recalls the Meeting
OF Negro Deputy Marshal and q
Halfbreed Outlaw-NOt Surprised
That Eastern Gun Fighters Fail.

1 Man From OklAnOmh RECALLS tne MeetlHk
OF Negro Deputy Marshal and 9
HaIfbreed Outlaw-Not Surprised
That Eastern Gun Fighters Fail
Some Western men. at ease in New
York restaurant. were talking about
Workmanship, good and bad. One OF
them had noticed in reading accounts
Of pistol fights between toughs in this
town how many of the bullets had gone
wide.
sNot long ago. he said, 81 read story
Of a gun fight on a New York street be-
tween a couple OF ginnies, gang leaders,
who'd adopted Irish names for them
selves. The account stated that each
man-and they we're at close range-fred
the contents OF two fully loaded guns at
each other. Yet the only damage done
was that one of the men was plugged in
the shoulder. That must have meant
that those wop Irishers used tin guns.
that they shot with their eyes shut or
that neither Of them was marksman
enough to hit sleeping dog with wagon
tongue while standing right over the
mutt.
Not necessarily, put in the man from
Muscogee. The jumpers back this way
are not the only ones who can scatter
lead around like a woman sprinkling
saleratis on biscuit dough without hit
ting anything There's lot of luck in
gun work.
4I've done a heap of lodging under
tables and behind doors when the ping
Of bullets became too consecutive and
sing song for comfort. but never heard
Of any lost. strayed or stolen shooting
to compare with gun thing that a couple
of associates of mine got mixed up in
down in the Territory in 'ss. was a
deputy marshal at Ponca City.
-Rampaging around the Territory at
that time was bad performer by the
name Of Charley Soft Pillow. He was
half Tahlequah and half Irish-which
isn t such peaceable combination when
you get to figuring out the two strains
with pad and pencil. Soft Pillow-that
was his Injun name-stood in with all
the tribes in the Territory and sold
'em nose paint. For two years before
he was finally oorralled he had kept a
considerable proportion Of the red. popu-
lation OF the Territory pretty well het
up with the varnish he purveyed. All
attempts to spring him had petered out
for the reds took care Of him and tucked
him away when the authorities warmed
to his trail After the general Govern
ment had put hefty price on Soft Pillows
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head Jim Burr, Texas marshal, figured
that he'd drag down that change. and he
went after Soft Pillow singlehanded.
Jim was never seen again, alive or dead
Soft Pillow had gone him. as it after
ward came out.
After the disappearance OF this Texas
marshal the conclusion was reached
that Soft Pillow would have to be brought
in. ramping or quiet, II it took all hands
to spring him The Government reward
was worth reaching out for at that.
There were three Of us with deputy mar
shal's billets in Ponca City at that time,
and we decided to draw straws as to
which pair Of us should go after Soft
Pillow.
Il don't mind going on record with
the statement that ! was some relieved
when l drew tho short straw. which let
me out. hadn't lost any Soft Pillow
that felt like looking for,
But my two associates were right glad
to go. being bachelor men who needed
the money and the excitement. Al Bry-
son, the most intrepid man / ever met,
was one of them AL had put in five
Years WIFI Tie ttAAS itdhBtip ea'p nv
could trail like Choctaw.
"The other was the blacklist skinned
man ! ever saw. charcoal mark would
have looked like wood ashes on his face.
His name was Dug Chester and he sure
was some Africanese. All OF the dinge
blood in him was fighting blood at that
He was the quietest and most thoroughly
on the square black man i ever met up
with when he had nothing else to dc
but sit around and smoke cob pipe and
wait for orders, but when the orders
came and the warm business began he
was a dangerous boog and no quarter
He had served a couple Of enlistments
in a coon cavalry regiment operating
against Indians and he hadn't wasted
his army time In tracking work he was
probably thirty points ahead OF any OF
us except Bryson,
-Bryson and Chester decided to start
after Soft Pillow together. They went
in light prairie schooner. stocked high
with grub and gear, for they figured
on being gone for some time. They made
straight for the Tahlequah country. for
it was mistakenly supposed that Soft
Pillow was nesting with his people
"Brvson when he was brought back
dying to Ponca City told us what had
happened. He and the black had made
camp about fourteen miles from the edge
OF the Tahlequah reservation. planting
their wagon in a little clearing surrounded
by thick growth Of underbrush. They
had gone for several nights on single
handed scouting expeditions close TO the
edge of the Indian reservation. The Table
quah wickiups were all In cleared vaE
ley between a couple Of low hills Each
Of the marshRls took one Of these hills
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called crepe, the shawis of Chinese origin
are embroidered On silk They are vastly
more artistic as products of the need 9
and they are the designs OF artists. The
shawl worn in the piotu-e by Isadorl
Duncan for instance is covered with a
hawthorn pattern"as intricase and beau
tiful as any thai was evor,pn o porce ain
ginger jug. This refinement il not teue
Of any Of the Spanish shaw.s, -
Miss Duncan's usual evening dress
consists only of this Cbirese shaw draped
from one shoulde' II i, umiaous
enough to fa +! in erace'ul 70 ds =, i.
caught with GTees aso Ii covers n
perfectly straight six 10 that ca IS on v
to the feet, which are enclosed ia sandals
that in turn cove: what look Ike very
| loose white silk stockings Miss Duncan
as a representative o; Greek tasto and
culture could not natura ly patronize
the Paris modistes But it is not any
more economical TO accumulate ward
robe Of Chinese embroidered shawls
which may cost SIS much as $500. Her
belief is that they approximate more
nearly than any modern draperies to tie
classic beauty of the Greek materials
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and it was shot from the open at that
The halfbreed wasn't any coward by 6
whole houseful. and the black taunts
had precisely the effect that Chester hac
| intended them to have-they set Soft
Pillows Irish to boiling. The black
hadn't finished speaking before Soft Pill.
low jumped from behind his wagon
! first pop at the black marshal.
Now yo' is talkin'F shouted the black
The night was almost as clear as day
with the moon and the men were only
a bit over thirty feet apart. Without
advancing they fired at each other with
both guns, and both men were expert
marksmen.
"Bryson told us that as he lay beside
the trail watching this gun fight it set
him crazy wondering why one or both
OF the men didn't 60 down. The balls
in the four guns were exhausted at the
same instant and still neither man keeled
When his first stock of ammunition
was gone Soft Pillow sidestepped be-
hind his wagon. and Bryson heard the
right in his tracks and did his reloading
from his belt and Bryson said he never
saw q man stuff a pair OF guns 30 speed
lily. The black had no sooner rarnn,ed
the final cartridge into his second gun
than Soft Pillow popped QUE again from
behind his wagon and the gun fight began
again without another word, They blazed
other too without either man stretching
out. Again Soft Pillow darted behind his
wagon to reload. while the black stuffed
his guns once more. But when they took
their places for this third round Bfyson
noticed that Soft Pillow had only one
gun, His belt ammunition had given out
and he'd tossed the other gun into the
wagon,
aInjun's shy a gum muttered the
black man as they began firing again.
They fred six shots almost simultane-
ously. When at the finish OF this 'Brysop
saw the two standing in their tracks he
shut his eyes. believing that he was al
ready dead and that he was seeing things
But at the finish Of the six shots the
He had a dead bead on Soft Pillow q
heart. and the halfbreed, his ammuni-
ton al gone, knew it,
HANS up. squaw man. said the
black. and the halfbreed obeyed
aThe black man walked over to where
the wounded Bryson was lying on his
stomach, with his head resting on his
pistol into Bryson' 8 hand.
"'Covuh him, boss. till ah gifts tn
nippers on he all from behind and Bry-
son, pretty weak from loss OF blood, did
keen the outlaw covered while the black
wa ked behind him and slipped the hand
cuffs OIL him.
sAs the two mon who had been blazing
Away at each other stood together while
this was going on Bryson got good look
et them. Their clothes were In ribbons
Their hats and even their hootlegs were
frayed by bullets, Their trousers looked
as II they'd been fringed with knife at
the sides TO get q fancy greaser effect
Yet neither man was even grazed.
"The black brought the halfbreed in,
Bryson, wounded TO death, along In the
bottom OF the wagon. Bryson died two
days after reaching Ponca City, and the
halfbreed was strung up month later.
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for starting point every night for Q
week. They didn't spring any sight of
Soft Pillow on their night prowlings
although both Of them got good views
OF what was doing on the reservation
80 they correctly concluded that Soi'
Pillow was of on one OF his rum selling
tours. Not knowing his direction they
had to sit down and wait bit.
much. either, for they stood good chance
OF being discovered by parties OF Indians
on hunting trips. and the Tah'eauahs
were dirty lot when in force themselves
they came upon detached white men.
This consideration didn't scare them Oh I.
however, Dor did they neglect to continue
their night, scouting trips, Had shey
on the Indians camp at all, for when.
after they'd been watching the valley
every night for two weeks, Soft Pillow
finally did turn up he came from the
northward on the very trail the marehais
themselves had taken in approaching the
reservation. They hadn't Inquired on any
such luck as this.
sOn the big night the two marshals
after returning from their prowls were
In the act Of crawling into the wagon
one after the other when they heard
the creaking OF wheels to the north OF
them. Their wagon, although vel, hid
den, was not more than a hundred feet
from the trail. There was brilliant
moon right overhead. The two marshals
slipped on their belts that they had just
removed, climbed quietly out OF the
apon and crawled on hands and knees
TO the edge Of the trail They saw
about q hundred yards away heavy
prairie schooner hauled by four big white
mules coming slowly down the trail in
the figure of the driver and the fire OF the
pipe that he was smoking. but not his
face, But when the wagon rumbled
to within thirty feet of where they lay
in the brush they recognized Soft Pillow
The two marshals rose softly TO their feet,
both OF them with a gun in each hand.
pillow Bryson called out. I've got
a bead on your pipe. Don't move
"Bryson. dying, told us that he couldn t
see that the halfbreed was reaching for
gun before he heard the report and felt
the ball in his chest He went down but
didn't lose consciousness
when he fired his shot Soft Pillow
dropped backward like a man toppling
of a precipioe, and the dinge Dug Chester
brush Then there was a momentary
lull The quiet palled on the game black
first. Bfyson choked in telling US about
the gameness Of this black man. IL
seems that Chester rose to his feet from
the brush. and clasping his guns walked
smack into the middle of the trail and
stood there in the strong moonlight only
thirty feet away from the wagon.
Pillow, he called out. 'Ah'm a nigguh
an yo' alls got lnjun In yo'. But ah'm
a-matchin' NAH nigguh ag In yo' Injun. II
ah amt q bettuh nigguh than yo' is Injun
ah'll eat yo' mules. And ahm a-gwine
u get yo'. Yo've plugged nah w'lte
podnah, an that's mo- reason why ah'm
a1gwine T. git yo, all. Come out intuh the
open an fight LAX q man an LAX tn Irish
whut's in yo', y d-d skulking squaw
man, TO an sho' aan aft,ih you, lnjunl'
Soft Pillow answered with . sbot
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PAYING THE COLLEGE PIPER
A sugga to Reward Band Men nj
Syracuse and Michigan.

At Syracuse and Michigan universities
there are college bands made UP Of stu
dents, whose chief duty it Ia TO play at
the athletic contests in which their fellow
students compete, They get nothing
for their work. They find their own
uniforms and give their time.
At Michigan recently IL was proposed
that the athletic association should pay
something 10 the students who devote
themselves TO the work. While admit
ting that the music was a great inspira-
ton TO students and athletes at the CON-
tests it was found that the treasury was
not full enough TO make q financial re-
ward possible. At the best an occa-
sional trip with football team to an inn
portant out OF town game is the greatest
reward for playing in the band.
Another suggestion has been made at
both universities, and that 10 that the
regents or trustees should agree TO remit
the tuition fees OF the men who make
up the band. In other words, q MEM
bership in the band 10 TO be made the
equivalent Of q scholarship. II has NOT
vet been decided by the authorities In
either institution whether this will be
dons. ~ s5
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and black detail Naturally such pri-
mary shades do not lend themselves to
modish dress. 1t Is the delicate pink and
the white with colored flowers that are
most In demand Then there is n hard
blue. not especially improved by evening
light. but pretty In its contrasted shades
of the red and yellow roses on such
ground.
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rate detail Of the Chinese shawls IN their
ornamentation Nor have they the same
variety
II was Emma Calve NhQ first intro
duced here this typical a1ess Of the
Spanish gypsy. It Is probate that the
Carmen Of the real Seville useu the shawl
just as other shawls are used. to wrap
about her shoulders But Nine. Calv6
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Roses are always the ornament OF
these embroidered shawls. They run
about the edges. large beyond the ideals
Of nature and classically regular in form
They have become wholly conventional
as a decorative pattern and are typical
Of the taste of the Spanish gypsies in that
respect. They have none Of the elabo-
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had the authority Of the painter Dangat
who spent 30 much time among the
gypsies. especially the dangers OF Seville
for making the embroidered crepe into
gown. One of his pictures shows a group
Of these women seated against wall
awaiting their turn in the dance Every
one of them Is clothed in a dress made
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SPANISH SHAVLS IN DEMAND
USED IN MAKING GOWNS OF
THE DIRECTOIRE MODE.
shops Are All Out OF the Fine Crepe Gar.
ments-Their Use in Carmen" Cos
tumes-Isad0ra Puncan's Hand.
some Chinese Embroidered shawl.

There is n market to-day In Now York
for embroidered Spanish crepe shawls.
They have acquired sudden value and
none Of them is to be had. The pro-
prietor OF one Of the Spanish shops told
THR Sun reporter yesterday that buyers
had never before been so anxious to get
these draperies.
I'VE have always imported from Spain
only the old shawls." she said. "as they
alone seemed to have an artistic value.
Now there Is demand for the modern
examples, for what use | cannot well
say. We have only one answer for all the
applicants, and that is that we have none
OF them and do not know where they
can be found this side Of Spain"
These shawls are now smart as the
material Of the Directoire dresses for
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-20
GOLD FINDS AT PARKER
CREATE MUCH EXCITEMENT 7
Rogers Brothers Strike Ore in Santa
Maria District Running 1925
Ton-Alexander's Dis
covery

YUMA, April 19.-Parker and that
section of northern Yuma county are
agog with excitement over new gold
finds of great proportions in that coun-
try. The Roger brothers of Denver,
one of whom is in Yuma this week,
are about to construct an arastra to
handle ore from twelve claims which
they have on the Old Centennial Wash,
fifteen miles southwest from the Planet
and the same distance south of the
Signal in the Santa Maria district.
They have coarse gold running $S25
a ton.
Eleven miles from Parker, southwest
on the California side of the Colorado,
a gold strike of such Importance has
been made as to turn a large tide of
Arizona prospectors in that direction,
and some are predicting that it will be
the cornerstone of a camp as large as
Rawhide.
The find has been made by the Bailey
brothers, the first news Of it reaching
this city yesterday. Some of the ore
encountered by them assays from $3.50
to 1880 per ton.
Another sensational find ten miles
from Parker is reported by w, H. O..
Alexander, who has been in that coun-
try for some time. He has ore on his
Cyclone group running 80 per cent cop
per and 800 gold per ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-20
MODERN ESAU LOSES HIS
WEALTH AT ROULETTE
John Cyty in a Few Hours Gets Rid
of 25o,ooo Shares of keane
Wonder Stock at Rhy-
oIite

Perhaps the most spectacular play
ever made in Nevada gambling was
pulled off at Rhyolite within the past
few days, says the Rhyolite Herald.
The loser is John Cyty, well known
prospector and mining man, and the
winner is Dick Jones, who owns the
games at the Stock Exchange club.
Cyty started playing roulette at
Jones' place Saturday night and be-
fore he quit he had lost over 20O,O0O
shares of the stock of the Death Val
ley Big Bell Mining company. BY
Monday night Cyty had lost to Jones
his entire holdings in the company,
amounting to 25O,000 shares. At one
time Cyty is said to have been $4,000
ahead of the game.
1t has been but a short time since
Cyty's stock was under option for
about $45 900, and it is std that on one
occasion he refused Is cents share
for his holdings, which would have
given him $S7,500.
Locally, the Big Bell is considered
one of the best prospects in the South
Bullfrog district, second only to the
Keane Wonder. The loss of a quar-
ter of a million shares of such value
in a few hours play is without par
allel in the history of the state.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-20
GREAT BEND MINE
AROUSES GOLDFIELD
DAISY'S NEIGHBOR PRODUCES
HIGH GRADE ORE
First Nevada Rock Where Zinc Is
Encountered - Values as
Shipped Run as High
as $500

GOLDFIELD, April 19.-The Great
Bend mine, the Daisy's neighbor, has
come into its own. Monday the first of
long line of shipments will be made
of ore that will run anywhere from $3.50
to $500 a ton-ore containing zinc, the
first ever encountered in a Goldfield
mine, copper, gold and silver, the lat
ter in small quantities. An ore shoot
1876 feet long and measuring from eight
to thirty inches In width has been
opened on the 300-foot level of the in
cline shaft and followed down for fifty
feet. Above the country is all virgin to
the surface and below the possibilities,
measured by other Goldfield mines, are
great. Some of the ore shows sylvanite,
also rare in Goldfield, but in whatever
form the gold is there. Specimens
roasted in the assay furnace are COW
cred with the tiny yellow globules, and
where the zinc contents run up the gold
values increase.
For two years LOTUS & Davis. who
own the control of the Great Bend,
have been working the mine on lease.
They encountered bad ground, water
In enormous quantities-in fact, most
everything but pay ore, but they kept
everlastingly at 1T because they be-
lieved there was mine there. Finally,
after months of discouraging work and
the expenditure of $150,000, they found
this ore shoot, last October, but short
time before the labor troubles closed
down all the mines of the district. 1t
has been followed and tried and tested,
with no change in the good values ex-
cepting for the better. The ore is in
closed in a hssure in the big dyke,
coursing east and west with a rake to
the west and the assay sheets of the
mine covering the entire period of time
since the discovery was made, show
values ranging all the way from 1.SS
ounces to 1872 ounces to the ton, from
samples taken from the face, the muck
pile and out of the ore cars. 1t is this
class of ore that is going to the
sllelters; a hundred tons is now in the
bins and stopping will commence Mon
day in half dozen places, on and
above the 300 level and from the bot
tom of the winze. OF course there are
richer punches, generally found where
the zinc contents run high. One sam
ple taken in rich pocket was found to
contain SIS. "a ounces of gold to the ton,
value $11, ,572.S0; but they serve merely
to keep up the extremely high average
of the ore which Is going to market.
James r. Davis, to whose acumen Is
due the making of the Great Bend, adj
mits that 1t is now a proven mine, and
states that the company Will imme-
diately commence the work OF sinking
a. compartment shaft to a depth OF 800
feet to develop the ore channels. IN
the meantime work Will be continued
in ore on the large area of proven but
untouched ground which lies above the
bottom of the winZe.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-20
DIAMOND QUEEN STRIKES
LEDGE OF HIGH GRADE ORE

BULLFROG. April 19.--Clisham &
Llewellyn have struck wayup stuff on
their Diamond Queen lease The ore
is rich in free gold and the best of II
is estimated to run $1,000 ton. The
rich ore occurs in a four-foot ledge,
all of which appears to be of good
value. County Commissioners Sam f.
Lindsay was upon the ground yester-
day and he corroborates the report OF
the strike.
On the Strenkle lease ore running as
high as $105 has been encountered.
The other leases are getting ore of an
encouna ging nature.
Culver & Biddlecons are loading out
a car of high-grade stuff this week at
the new siding on the l.. V. e T.
Commissioner Lindsay inspected the
wagon road between Beatty and Queen
City yesterday and authorized that
improvements on the road be made at
the county's expense. fMr. Lindsay is
ve,y favorably impressed with the
Diamond Queen property and says
that the camp promises to make a
big one.