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dismount and also accompany the
highwayman. When he got out he
started to go around the rig, but was
summarily ordered to come back and
got q whack over the head with the
barrel Of the rife for his pains.
When the last of the eight coaches
was reached, the highWayman remark
ed that he had good mind to shoot
|soyer his head. They both we're ordered
to their rig and the drivers ordered
to move on.
Three More Held Up.
These eight coaches had scarcely
gone when three more came along and
these were gone over in q like manner.
In one OF these coaches was M. u.
Walker, an Oklahoma banker. He had
$40 900 in drafts in his pocketbook and
tried to conceal it.
The holdup man saw him and made
him dig it up. Mr.. Walker asked for
his drafts and transportation back,
but they were contemptuously thrown
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SPEAKS ON OPEN DOOR POLICY
IN DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA. j
TRADE WILL GROW
Prosperity Of China Will Mean 4
Great Increase ia the Consumption
Of American Made Goods ia the ori-
What Awakening Means.

Hot Springs, Va, Aug. 24.-Judge
Taft took occasion today to express
himself as heartily favoring the ef-
forts Of American missionaries in Chi
ma as the most effective method OF
bettering the condition OF that nation
and Of establishing cordial relations
between the Chinese and American gov
ernments. This expression was given
in an extended conference he held
with Rev George w. Painter, who for
35 years has been a missionary at
Hang Chow, China, for the Presbyte-
rian church.
DR.. Painter came here to give Mr..
Taft information respecting the inter-
national political situation Of China.
He said that China was awaking from
a Rip Van Wrinkle sleep Of ages and
awakening with anger at the nations,
which were seemingly dividing up her
territory among themselves.
After the conference, Mr.. Taft said
for publication:
"The United States and others who
favor the open door policy will, II they
are wise, not only welcome. but en-
courage the great Chinese empire 20
take steps in administrative and gov
ernmental reforms, in the develop
ment Of her natural resources and the
Improvement of the welfare OF her
people. I do not view with alarm
the growth Of China into a great indus
trial empire. I believe that industry
instead Of injuring foreign trade With
China, would greatly increase A.
1--WE ought to welcome China's
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jolt FOR RAIDERS ON
New YORK EXCHANGE
Men Guilty Of the Sensational Lootin9 Of
Market 10 be Disciplined.

K 81 = 3is 4
5tions to an amount Of 600, 900 shares,
90 great business, that its sheet lid
not reach the exchange clearing
house until Sunday morning.
we were met ~ y Taunma, pransap.
It is the avowed purpose Of the gov-
erning body Of the exchange to probe
the matter TO the bottom and prepara-
tions to that end are already well IN
der way.
That raiders and the speculative
faction as whole have taken warn
ing was clearly evident from the
character Of today y operations.
Business during the early session
was less than one-fifth Of that trans
acted a the period Saturday and
throughout the day the market expe-
rienced frequent periods Of utter IN
ertia.
Reports dealing with general busi-
ness conditions we're rather cqnAict-
ing. Railroad officials west 81 Chica-
go admitted that long haul traftic con-
tinues disapp pointing, with the grain
movement much below expectations.
From the southern mercantile centers
came advices Of very slow recovery.
The coal, lumber and livestock move
ments are somewhat better, but still
much below normal is8s1
4 Grain receipts at Chicago last week
were 75o, 900 bushels less than the pre-
'yious week and 4 ,o5 900 bushels under
the same week last year: The same
falling on applies IA greater Or less
degree to other foodstuffs. Other de-
|velopments having direct relation to
the stock. market were Candidate
Taft's pledge of an early tariM revis-
ion in the event Of his election and
the inauguration Of action bys the at-
torney general Of this state against
the various companies engaged. Ii the
transportation Of hard coal within
such boundaries. sss3 8
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NJ New York, Aug. "A A special com
mittee Of five members Of the stock
exchange will conduct an investigar
ton Of the transactions which took
place on the floor of the exchange
Saturday, when more than million
shares were bought and sold in enor-
nous blocks and In such a manner
as to arouse suspicion that the sales
were so matched as to create a fic-
3tious impression Of activity. The
governing committee Of the exchange
took up the matter after trading had
closed today and in brief SEE ion
authorized the presiden:, r. p
Thomas, to appoint the investigating
committee.
George II. Ely, secretary Of the
exchange, said It was the intention
Of the governors to have . thorough
investigation at once. The members
OF the investigating committee prob
ably will be announced tomorrow
The great volumne Of trading during
the two hours session Of the stock
market on Saturday is shown BY
comparison with that Of today. The
number OF shares sold Saturday was
i oss,ooo, while Ia 331ve hours 81
trading today only $4,000 shares
were traded n. II
Some Of the smaller Brokers whe
trade On the floor for the other ramem
3bers Of the exchange, accepting . re
Sduced commission Of 32 Tor every
hundred shares, bought or sold. were
reported today to have given the
names Of three or four firms as hav
ing done practically all Of Saturdays
enormous business. Through them
the committee may be able to trace
the source Of the alleged simultaneous
orders to sell and buy. "a single hrm
was reported to have handled transac
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COMMITTEE NAMED TO lNvEs.
TicATE THOSE OFFERED.
Head 81 Methodist Church in Mon
y tana Endorses Plan to Establish a
Protestant sanitarium and t4ospi-
tai in the Sugar City.

Bishop w. II. Mcdowell Of the
Methodist church. In q sermon at the
First Methodist church in this city
last night endorsed the plan to erect
Methodist hospital here and de-
1clared that the conference had voted
to stand back Of the institution and
therefore there was no reason why
1t should not be constructed soon. II
the citizens Of Billings 'tboost,' it
properly.
Bishop Mcdowell arrived here yes
terday morning In company with
many laymen and ministers on their
way he,ne from the Miles City con,
ference. Among those who stopped
rere were: Rev. Herbert Spence
Of Butte. Rev. 8. ] hecking Of Sc
ridan, Rev. ]. NJ j. tate Of Misso',la.
REV. W. p. snyder Of Clyde Park,
Rev. John @. Clark Of Fromberg,
Rev. G. D. Crouch Of Great Falls,
Rev. David Hardy Of Twin Bridges,
and Rev. a. "A. James of Miles City,
and Rev. j. A. Baden of Livingston
the latter two being members Of the
hospital board.
Bishop Mcdowell, the ministers and
many Of the influential laymen viz
tied the points Of interest IN the city
IN automobiles and inspected the
sites offered. All were well pleased
with the outlook for prosperity n
Billings.
IN the evening reception was held
at the home Of the Rev. Edward
: q i ttgS "a,
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heidelberg, Germany. Ans. 9all 81 Bar
on speck Won sternb bers. the amba 90
dor to the United States died a the
hotel Victoria In this city about mid
night last night. The Baroness, Who
was Miss Lillian May Ianxhan. of
Louisville. KY. was with her husband
at the end. They had besn Waiting
Germany since May.
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Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 81 Reports
reached here today to the effect that
the towns OF Lowery and Alaska on
the Minneapolis and st. Louis road,
Missouri river extension were des-
troyed BY fire, the result o. q mystic,
rious raid by several mounted men.
a bank. q general store and poolhall
we're among the buildings burned at
Lowery.
Later news says that six buildings
were destroyed at Alaska and sew
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KERN NOTIFICATIONS.

indianapolis. Avg. William ].
Bryan and party arrived here from
Chicago this evening to participate IN
the gathering at ]. w. sKern's when he
will be notified formally OF his nomi.
nation for the vice presidency BY the
Democratic party.
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BANDIT GANGS DESTROY D
TWO TOWNS By The TORCH

eral at Lowery. The raids were be-
slieved to be the result Of recent ac-
5tiyity by the authorities in arresting
suspected horse thieves. The sherin
of Walwarth county is at Lowery
making an investigation. The fire
was first discovered at midnight at
sLowery and at Alaska at Q q. M, to-
day. Both are believed to be the work
OF the same band. Citizens tirst on
the scene say they saw several
mounted men ride away.
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EXPEDITION
0UTfITTlNG AGAINST CASTRO

With the proceeds Of mining deal
the swarthy spaniard has started :
campaign for the Quitting Of recruits.
Johnny Poe, the famous Princeton
football player, Is said to be connect
ed with Mendez In the atfair. Poe
went with the general to San Fran
cisco, but there the funds gave ont
before they were ready to sail.
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Reno, New, Aug 24.-It has been
learned here from private sources. that
General Rapheal Ysabel Mendez. who
has been in Nevada since his escape
from Venezuela after the battle OF La
Victoria in 1902, is organizing tili-
clustering expedition to overthrow the
Castro government.
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opened today BY Bishop Lenihan with
the celebration OF high mass. Mayor
Ewings extended welcome. which was
responded to by j. j. O'Meara. There
is a large attendance. Officers win be
elected tomorrow. .5
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HlBERNIAh CONVENTION,

Especial to The Gazette.)
Helena. Mont, Aug. a Adyices
from Great Falls says that the annual
convention OF the Hibernians was
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sQuIREs DEFEATED.
Tommy Burns Put Him Out Of Action
in Thlrtsenth.

SYDNEY. Aug. a. Tommy Burns,
the champion heavyweight, defeated
Bill squires, the Australian here today
shocking him out In the 18th round
II fast battle. which wan Witnessed
by 10000 people. among them hun
drers OF sailors from the American
fleet, Tho betting was 6to asainst
squires.
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LOCAL PASSENGER TRAIN HITS
ANIMAL WITH FATAL REsULTs.
FOUR LIVES ARE LOST
Engine, Tender, Baggage Car,
Smoker and One Day Coach Left
the Track-l- locomotive Turned II
4 Complete somsrsault.

Eugene, Ore. Aug. "a As the r.
suit Of the wrecking Of the Cottage
Groye local train near here last night,
Engineer JGhE Nichols. one Of the
Oldest engineers in the employ OF
the Southern ,sacitlc is dead from his
injuries. Nichols death brings the to-
tai number Of deaths due the accident
up to four. Six persons wefe injured.
The dead are: n
JOHN NICHOLS. Portland, engl,
neer. III s3s NJ NV
4 FRANK BoLTER, Portland, are,
man. # III 5 Es 8s5
+ RAY sWARTZ, Junction iCty.
GEORGE BAILEY. Eugene.
Among the injured was John Fran
els Wilbright, of Pittsburg. Pa, Who
suffered . broken arm and injured
back. The engine struck . large bnlll.
which had wand red On the risht Al
way. The engine, tender, baxee.,
mail, smoker and one day AZ
piled up along the track ~
turned ! complete sonsTsanl lln-
derneath the boiler Waa ound The
lifeless body oef II
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One Of the Most Daring Robberies Chronced in the Annals
Of the WestFor Boldness Of Conception and Execution
il is Believed TO Be Without Parallel in Crim-
nal iistory.-Soldiers Are Now COmbin9
the National Park, in an EndedyOr
to Capture Him.
Especial to The Gazette.)

to he zhe)
f Aug H. ymt dup phs h h miles from
n nd robbed tro o omoeh Al asqdo gov
enmens Nsein npuuut
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-30

a
DAG and bunting from the buildins--had
been charged q for couple OF meess
that would ordinarily cost about twenty
Ave cents each. Another restaurant keep
CT charged four sailors III for supper.
He regrets 1t now. A horse ana ouggy
that may usually be hired for " day
brought 81 when sailor came along
30 deep was the gougihg that casual Wis
itors felt II severely and complained DIT
terry. When the tourist who happens 70
strike gala town is charged u Tor
shave he naturally feels provoked.
Jack ashore 10 a. liberal spender. Out
that IL no warrant for treating him as the
legitimate prey for any sharper VINO
catches him while flush. This experience
of the sailors at Santa Barbara has been
the only unpleasant incident of the cruise,
and it is to be hoped that 1t viii warn
the people of San Francisco. which 49,
after all. the real objective OF the neet'
to be-, as some one has proposed, poth
.'mercifuI in hospitality and judicious IN
kindness to these good-natured. easy
going. but, finally. swift-tempered sons
of the sea.
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dren in this District in the past six years
In that time 1855 children have been
kept under observation. II they had been
placed IN reformatories their probable
cost would have been at least $l15.2 S0
The expense Of the probation work was
only -. 800 Such of the probationers al
were employed in remuherative occupa-
tions earned on an average N.84 a week.
ana their approximate earning capacity
during the six years of the systems ex-
istence has been estimated at $65, 20O.
Thus there has been a net saving to the
community through Juvenile probation In
these six years Of $191 .24O, to say nothing
OF the saving in morals.
When these statistics are studied In the
light of the wider opportunity for fnan-
cial and moral economy afforded by the
proposed adult probation system 1t be-
comes evident to even the doubter that
1t pays to hold out q helping hand to
the wrong doer. Perhaps he IL merely
casual offender. maybe the victim of
llasty temper, possibly of some sudden.
exceptional temptation. He is not neces-
sarily intrinsically bad. He is worth
helping in any case whether casual or
habitual in his evil doing. The best way
to help him is to give him chance to
live decently and orderly. and meanwhile
give his dependents the beneht of his
capacity, instead of thrusting him
into prison, there maybe to learn vicious
ways. to acquire a sullen resentment
against society, and to leave his family
helpless wards upon the charity of
others.
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Bleeding the Tars.

Santa Barbara, CAL, has scored q rather
unpleasant record. in the matter of the
reception accorded to the feet on It's way
to San Francisco Judging from reports
wired east, the shopkeepers, hotel men.
restaurant proprietors, hackmen and ven-
ders of all sorts Of goods have sought to
reap a harvest during the stay OF the
ships. not merely from the volume OF
trade, but by advancing prices to pre-
posterous figures. When the sailormen
went ashore they were we'll supplied with
cash, having been paid OF just previous.
They had had practically no chance to
spend any money since leaving Callao,
their work at Magdalena bay keeping
them on shore most Of the time. while on
land the facilities for spending were ex-
trenely limited, and at Los Angeles they
found everything practically free. the citi-
zens of that place striving genuinely to
give their visitors a good time without
draining their purses.
The contrast between the reception ct
Los Angeles and that at Santa, Barbara.
where q squadron of four ships anchored.
was striking. Perhaps the sailors were 4
bit spoiled by, their lavish entertainment
In the southern ports, and especially at
Los Angeles. But that they were JUS
tilted in feeling indignant IL plain from
the accounts of the means adopted by al
classes of sellers to leave only small
change I'm the pockets Of the tars when
they left. The men who wrecked q res
taurant-after revereutly removing the
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The Anti-Bryan Strength.

From the New York Times.
It is already evident that Mr. Bryan
will not be the preferred candidate Of
two thirds OF the Denver convention. 1t
10 doubtful. even, II majority Of the
delegates will favor his nomination. New
Jersey and Connecticut together will send
to the convention thirty-eight uninstruct-
ed delegates. and here ''uninstructed'
means ''anti-Bryan." Only little more
than one-third of the delegates thus far
chosen have been instructed for Bryan.
Where the democrats of q state really
believe In the Nebraskan and want him
nominated their convention has imposed
Bryan Instructions. as in Nebraska and
the Dakotas. In some other states, as in
Illinois. where instructions were given,
the delegations are understood to be quite
open to conviction and willing to seize an
early opportunity to throw their strength
to some other candidate. From many
states where conventions are yet to be held
uninstructed delegates will be- sent. This
means that the Denver convention will
meet a. q deTfberative body; that the del
egates will not be bound to put forward
q candidate certain Of defeat. but will be
free to take counsel one with another to
the. end that wise action may be tasen
and an acceptable nomination be made.
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Knox.

Pennsylvania did the handsome thing
by her favorite son yesterday. Mr..
Knox Is, as described, a man of
high ability and undisputed deserts.
and would serve the whole country
well in the White House. He served 1t
well in the Department of Justice. and is
now serving 1t well in the Senate. He
may not reach the White House-the
chances are against him-but he will be a
very foreibie figure in the coming cam
pafgn as a stumper for the Chicago nomi-
nee. The tariff plank of the Harrisburg
platform Is all that the friends Of revi-
sion could wish read in its everyday
meaning Revision on the lines of pro-
lection by the next Congress is the pro-
gram. and at Chicago everybody will be
expected to subscribe to it.
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This sense of humor" is Z thing that few
may understand;
Some people seem to have it not at all,
And others set 1t only in fashion second
hand.
And In quantities innocuously small.
wish I had more of it. For ms: ance.
when l race
To catch my wind-tossed hat DER haif a
mile,
I know by the ecstatic grin on each OBJ
Twas funny. yet it didn't make me
smile.
step upon an orange peel: somebody
shrieks with giee.
Although, pefchance, I dislocate my
back.
1t causes jocose comment 'monsst my
sporty friends to see
The way lose my money at the track.
And SO 1t goes; my griefs to other men
seem very gay.
Perhaps I'll catch the secret after while,
But at present there is nothing can do
except to say.
ITS funny. but it doesn't make me
SMILE
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Give the offender a Chance.


Pending on the Senate calendar with 4
strong report of approval from the Dis
trict committee il the bill to establish 4
probation system in this District. Its
early passage is desirable. in order that
It may go to the House in season to pass
before the final adjournment for the
summer. There is. in truth no more i'm
portant measure on the legislative ways
than this. 1t aims at the correction of a
condition which annually drains the DIS
trict of a large percentage OF its possible
Industrial vitality, and tends to increa Sc
the burden of purely wasteful punish
ment administered in the name of the
law. II the expectations of those who
propose the system are justified-and
they are based upon experience else
Hhere-this method of dealing with the
possibly reformable misdemeanants will
bring the District sharply ahead in its
social condition by giving its malefactors
chance to redeem themselves out Of
prison.
In its report to the Senate the District
committee says that. while the saving Of
character Is the great object of any pa
role or probation system, there are GER
tain incidental benefits to be considered.
thus enumerating them:
1T makes possible the support of de-
pendents by the prisoner and not by the
state. In more than 50 per cent OF the
cases recorded 1t precludes later trials of
the same persons. and 30 relieves the
iockets OF the courts. 1t enables the
courts more nearly to flx punishments
according to individual needs and not ae-
,ording to the snap Judgment OF a brief
rial In the District of Columbia II will
90 far. toward relieving the congestion at
the, Jail 1t has invariably. worked an
almost incredible saving Of money"
On the economic side the District COM
mittee appropriately points to the record
scored in the probation work among chill
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From the Baltimore American.

Never in its history did the republican
party of Maryland assemble in state con-
vention under sucn suspicious circum-
situation so clearly invite enthusiasm of
feeling and harmony of action. Never
was the party 80 high in the supremacy
of its leadership In all the great ques-
tions that concern the welfare and great
ness OF the nation. Never did Maryland
show such disposition to break away
fror, machine rule and join the political
orranisation that represents the better
life OF the country and the spirit of its
progress.
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Jersey and the vice Presidency.

Thee New Jersey republicans are get
ting little perky about the vice presi-
Dental nomination. They have several
good men. Gov. Fort ex-Gov. Murphy.
Senator Kean, and others are on the cam
vassed list This Is upon the assumption
that the first place will go to one of the
middle states. It is likely, however, that
If the east is called upon to complete the
ticket New York viii furnish the man.
and that Gov. Hughes will figure promi-
nently in the calculations. Taft and
Hughes, Cannon and Hughes. and Fair
banks and Hughes all sound well. and
are quietly being tested on the tongues Of
politicians and spellbinders. Jersey ia
all right. but Is small state beside her
giant neighbor. and should 60 in Novem-
her an New York does.