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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-02-27

q o 80 !. i
{ call It bad, rotten bad. What's more,
I can tell you the American people
won't stand for It."
"sYou think they can help them
selves?"
II know they can. You fellows are
big, but you won't last over night IL
the American people get really
aroused. And they are stirring in
their sleep and kicking OF the bed
clothes" II. hi.
f yet you ought to belong to the
conservatives"
II do. That's why the situation IL
dangerous. You as an old San Fran
|, ciscan ought to remember how con-
servative was that celebrated Wig.
lance committee. It is when the long
suffering. pusillanimous, conservative
element gets fighting mad that some
thing Is doing" .ssl. t.3
Maybe: muttered Keatcham
thoughtfully. II believe we can man
age for you better than you can for
yourselves: but when the brakes are
broken good driving can't stop tho
machine; all the chauffeur can do 10
to keep the middle Of the road. like
to be- beaten q little as any Of them;
but I'm not q fool. Winter, you, are
used to accomplishing things; what is
your notion Of the secret?", Il: ...s:
Knowing when to stop exhausting
trumps, l reckon-but You don't play
cards" .5.5 z. a Z
at is the same old game whatever
you play" said the railway king. He
did not pursue Z. the discussion; his
questions, Winter had found. invaria-
bly, had purpose, and that purpose
was never argument. He lay back on
the big leather cushions Of the lounge,
his long, lean fingers drumming on the
table beside him and an odd smile
playing about the corners OF his
mouth; his next speech dived into
new waters. He said: Have those
men from New: York got Atkins. yetg'
"They. couldn't ind him." answered
the colonel. s"I have been having him
shadowed, on my own idea-I think
he stabbed you, though II have no
proof Of It; I take It yori have proof
Of your matter, y n 4
Plenty said Keatcham. Il was
going to send him TO the pen. ii self
defense. It isn't safe for me to havs
It creep out that my secretary made
: fortune selling my secrets. Besides.
fdon't want to be killed. You say they
can't hnd him" ss iss B,
Seems to have zone 4 to- JaDan-r'tE3 5
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-02-27
Il Was a Strange Mans Voice.

ing was his discovery of her acquaint-
ance with Atkins. For days bit Of
information had been blisterink in his
mind. 1t came from the girl at the
telegraph office at the Palace. not In a
Decline, but indirectly, through her
chum, the girl who booked the theater
tickets. 1t could not be analysed
properly because the telegraph girl
was gone to southern California. But
before she went she told the theater
girl that the lady who received Mr..
Makers wires was one Of Mrs. Win.
ter's party! This bit Of information
was like live coal underfoot In the
colonel's mind; whenever he trod on
it.in his mental excursions he jumped.
? who else but Janet?' he de-
manded. But by degrees he became
first doubtful. then daring. He had
Birdsall fetch the telegraph girl back
to San Francisco. A ten minutes In
terview assured him that 1t was his
brothers wife who had called for
Mr.. Makers messages. armed Z with
Mr.. Makers order. t
Aunt Rebecca was not nearly 20 We
hement as he when he told her. She
listened to his angry criticism with q
lurking smile and 3 little shrug Of her
shoulders. ~ Il, 81
OF course she has butted In, a. you
tersely express II, in the language of
this mannerless generation; Mill.
cent always butts In. How did she
get acquainted with this unpleasant,
4assassinating, poor white trash !? My
dear child, she didn't obably \ he
made m acquaintance With Her. He
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-02-27

S-"Havs you ever considered" said
leatcham, slowly, that In spite OF the
Ubiquitous greed o. the men you are
condemning, in spite, Of their oppres.
sion of the people, the prosperity Of
the country is unparalleled How do
you explain it, ..l
Crops" said tho colonel: "ths
crops were too big for you.'' n
"You might give US little credit
your aunt does. She was here to-day;
she IL. a manufacturer and she COM
pretended that the methods of bust
ness cannot be revolutionized with
out somebody's getting hurt. Yet, on
the whole. the change might be i'm
mensely advantageous. Now. why
In nutshell, do you condemn u.s."
You're after the opinion Of the Az
erage man, are you?"
~ suppose so. the high average"
:" The colonel crossed his legs and IN.
crossed them again; he looked straight
into the others eyes; his own mar
rowed with thought. -
''Ill tell you,' said he. ri don't
know much about the Street or high
finance or industrial \ development.
I'm plain soldier; I'm not manu-
facturer and I'm not q Spectator.
understand perfectly that you can't
have great changes without some
body's getting hurt In the shuttle. It
is beyond me to decide whether the
new Industrial arrangements with the
stock jobber on top instead of the
manufacturer will make for better
or for worse-but 1 know this: it is
against the fundamental law to do
evil that good may come. And you
fellows in Wall street, when, to get
rich quick, you lie about stocks in
order to- buy cheap and then lie an
other way, to sell DEAR. when you
make a panic out Of the whole cloth,
as you did in 1908. because, having
made about all you can out Of things
going up, you want to make all you
can out of them going down; when
you play football with great railway
properties and insurance properties,
because you are as willing to rob the
dead as the living; when you do all
that, and when your imitators, who
haven't so much brains or so much
decency as you, when they buy up-leg-
islatures and city councils; and their
imitators run the Black Hand business
and hold people up who have money
and are not strong enough, they think,
to hunt them down-why, not being q
philosopher, but just q plain soldier,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-02-27
CHAPTER XVII.

In Which the Puzzle Falls Into Place.
Y While the colonel was trying to de-
cipher his trAgical puzzle. while Ed
win Keatcham was busted with plans
that affected empires and incidentally
we're to save and extinguish some hu.
man lives, while Janet Smith had her
own troubles. while Mrs. e ahe2ccSr
Winter enjoyed ! game more exciting
and deadly than Penelope's Web. Mrs.
Millicent Winter and the younger
people found the days full Of joyous
business. The household had fallen
into fnormal wsys Of living. Although
the lecsst. patrol watched every TOD
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-02-27

VI &pptOdC4-i W 4Iu0 mousse, the eSplal
was so unobtrusive that guests came
and went. tradesmen ratified over the
driveways; the policemen, themselves,
slumbered by day and loitered majes-
tically by night without the Casa
Fuerte portals, never suspecting. Lit
tie Birdsall had his admirable points;
they were now In evidence To all
outward seeming, . pleasant house.
party was enjoying the lavish Cali
fornian hospitality Of Casa Fuerte;
and black care was bundled OF to the
closet Of the family skeleton, accord
Ing to the tradition Of mannerly peo-
pie. Arnold had opened his garage
and his stables. There was bridge Of
an evening; and the billiard balls
clinked on the pool table. Archie
could now back the electric motor into
almost any predicament. The new
Chinese chef was a wonder and Tracy
was Initiating him into the possibili-
ties of the Fireless, despite q modest
shrinking on the part of the Oriental
artist who considered 1t to be . now
kind Of bomb.
Millicent, encouraged by Arnold.
had had Mrs. Wigglesworth and two
errant daughters. whose husbands
were state regents for Melville's uni.
versity, to luncheon and to dinner:
the versatile Kito donning chauf-
feur's livery and motoring them back
to the city in tho limousine. on both
occasions; all Of which redounded to
Millicent's own proper glory and state.
Indeed. about this time, Millicent
was In high good humor with her
world. Even Janet Smith was no
longer politely obliterated az "the
nurse" but became "our dear Miss
JANET" and was presented with two
Of Mrs. Melvilles last years Christ
mas gifts which she could not con.
trive to use; therefore carried about
for general decorative generosity.
One was sage-green linen handker-
chief case. quite fresh, on which was
etched, in brown silk, the humorous
inscriptions: wipe mo, but do not
swipe mel" The other was . white
celluloid brush-broom holder bedecked
with azure forget-me-nots enframing
q complicated monogram which might
Just as we'll stand for j. B. B. s.
(Janet Byrd Brandon smith) as for
M. 8. W.. (Nfillicent Sears Winter) or
any other alphabetical herd. These
unpretending but considering their
source) distinguished gifts she be-
slowed in the kindest manner. Janet
was no doubt grateful; she embroid.
cred half dozen luncheon napkins
with Mrs. Melville's monogram and
crest, in sign thereof; and very pref
tily, she being skilful needle.woman.
On her part. Mrs. Melville was so
pleased that sho remarked to her
brother-in-law, shortly after, that she
believed Cousin Angela's sisters
hadn't been just to Miss Smith; she
was q nice girl: and II she married
(Which was quite possible. insinuated
Mrs. Melville, archly), she meant to
give tea in her honor.
''Now, that's right decent Of you,
Millie." cried the colonel; and he
smiled gratefully after Mrs. Melville,s
beautifully fitted back. Yet a scant
five minutes before he had been pur-
suing that same charming back
through the garden terraces, In
most brotherly frame. resolved to give
his sister.in.law a warning with q
fog-horp." Tho cause Of said warn
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-02-27

dolin on his arm; he pronered 1t 10 the
colonel. .g n s
Miss Janet has been singing coon
songs to his nibs, who is really getting
almost human" he observed affably:
well, a little patience and interest
will reveal new possibilities Of the
Fireless Stove! In man or metal
Shall We get under his nibs' window
and give him the 'Bedouin Love Song
and I Picked Me q Lemon in the Car
den OF Love- and the Sextette fro1n
Lucia and other choice selections? He
seemed to be sitting up and taking no:
tice! let's lift him above the sordid
thoughts Of Wall street and his plans
for busting other fnanciers." d
The soldier gave this persihage no /
answer; his own thoughts were far
from gay. He stood drinking In the
beauty Of the April night. The an /
was wonderfully hushed and clear;
and the play of the moonlight on the;
great heliotrope bushes and the rose
trees, which dangled their clusters Of
yellow and white over the stone para.
pets Of the balconies, tinted the leaf
age and hickered delicately over the
tracery Of shadow on the gray walls.
Not a cloud fecked the vast aeriaI
lsndscapeonly stars beyond stars,
through unfathomable depths o. dim
violet, and beneath the stars . pale
moon swimming low In the heavens;
one could see 1t between the spandrelasa
d the arcN:s spapaing tie colonn
q. tTo5F he CUntinued.) s.|ssS8
The Washington herald., 1909-08-06
NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Officials VIII Be Prompt I'm AppIi-
cation of TnriR Duties.

The Treasury Department fully three
weeks ago began preparations Tor the
prompt administration Of the new tariff
law. General instructions were sent out
to the collectors of customs in all ports
OF the country. directing that. immedl-
ately after the receipt Of telegraphic ad-
vice from the department of the enact
ment of the new law, estimated duties
be collected on all imports pending the
receipt Of official copies OF the law.
Collectors on the Pacific Coast and at
other ports distant from Washington will
not receive their copies OF the act for
several days. In the meantime, they
win collect estimated duties, based gem
orally on the rates named in the old law.
No entries Of merchandise will be liqui-
dated until collectors have received their
copies Of the act but with as much
promptness as possible liquidation will
be effected, and an adjustment Of the
duties collected Will be made In accord
ance with the terms Of the new law.
Suitable provision was made by Con-
gress 10 avoid a Misunderstanding as to
the exact hour when the new tariff law
should become effective The question
when the Dingley act became effective In
1897 caused so much controversy that
the matter had 10 be settled in the courts.
To avoid a repitition Of this uncertainty
the trainers of the new law provided in
the final paragraph that the principal
provisions should be effective on the day
following its passage. This means that
the new tariff law will be applied to all
imports arriving after u o'clock tonight
The Washington herald., 1909-08-06
OUTDOOR ADJUSTMENTS.


The Luna Park programme Of change
able amusements for next wek will in
clude free motion pictures OF big,
featured subjects never before seen in
this vicinity, and illustrated songs. rem
dered by Miss Irene Gallagher. the lady
with a mans voice, whose success this
week has been so pronounced as TO
warrant her engagement for another
week. on Friday Of this week the best
lady dancer in the prize dance will be
rewarded by one of the handsomest and
most valuable prizes given by the man
aqement this season. Next week, on
Friday night, the dance feature will be
changed and the prize will go to the
best gentleman dancer This coming Sat
urday afternoon will be devoted 70 the
school schildren Of Alexandria City and
County. who are invited to enjoy the
Luna Park concessions absolutely free
Of charge. These attractions include the
chutes. roller coaster. carroussel, scenic
river. funny chateau, and the down-and
out. Next Sunday afternoon and night
the American Regimental Band will pro-
vide the usual enjoyable sacred band
concerts. and for the same night a
special entertainment Of motion pictures
will be exhibited in the airdome.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-06
TIE MODERN BELsHAzzAR.

High tariff is kiug-high tarif Is lord:
And thousand monoposts bend az his board.
And a thousand proud magnatcs cxlltirglv sing:
An praise TO high tarif-high tariff. the Kingr'
Bring forth" cried the mogul. those treasures
divine
Which my heots have wrlng from the seld and
th7 mine;
An the trophies Of art and the triumphs Of pen.
And the wealth and the worth OF the labors Of
men.
From the East to the west-from the North to The
South
From the rags on the back to tho crumbs in the
From the many who starve to the millions who
toll:
Ye must levy my tribute and gather my spoil.
Fix the yoke to their necks-ply the lash TO their
backs
They must add to our wealth though like shyloct
Of old.
We coin their hearts blood into drachmas Of gold.
''Iet them plead if they will to the God Of the free
As the lord Of the trusts am greater than He;
Though the future be his with its treasures divine
Prosperity Teigns and the present is mine"
But, lo on the walls Of the palace burst forth
The hghtnings Of truth amid the thunders Of
miTth;
And the mog1l and spoilsmen Ia terror behold
A writing more dread than the writing Of I'D.
Z have blessed these ny people With blessings un-
tod
have crowned them with jewels and silver and
gold
have given them rainent Of purple and silk
And a land overfowing with honey and milk
"Ye have squandered their wealth-ye have plup.
dercd their fanes-
Ye have clothed them with sackcoth and ashes
and chains
TIL the holy q NOTES.-THE shrine Of the free
Is a refuge more for my people or me.
Your days have been numbered--your hour is at
hand
The foe on the walls Of your battlanents stand.
Ye are weighed and found wanting and Justice
awaits,
Like the Persian and Nede as OF old at the rates"
WILL. Trru-f
The Washington herald., 1909-08-06
NO DECISION RENDERED.
Court Hears Arguments in Alleged
Impure Water Case.

IN the Police Court yesterday Judge
Aukam called the case Of the United
States against Frank NJ Finley. a bother
Of mineral waters, Of 20S Massachusetts
avenue, charged with violating the pure
food law by selling drinking water alleged
to contain Injurious ingredients. The
court, after hearing evidence in the case.
stated that no decision would be rem
dered at this time.
United States Attorney Baker and As
sistance Attorney James A. Cobb ap-
peared for the government. William Am
brose represented Mr.. Finley. Among the
witnesses offered by the government were
number Of experts from the Department
o. Agriculture who testified that the
analysis OF samples OF the water offered
Cn the open market by Mr. Finley showed
II 10 contain germs injurious TO health.
Mr.. Finley testified that after visiting
the best plants in this country he had
adopted the best, at a cost Of $4,000 for
installation
The Washington herald., 1909-08-06
WINDSOR RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-Fivs furlongs. Galvesca. ls
(Truxlor). even. won; infection lo2 Reid. "a 70 s.
second; Bsnives. lo7 (Wauenl % ? third. Time.
loo 5A Emmy Lou, Daisy Garth. Kid. and
Lavcno also ran.
SECOND RACE-Fivo and one-han furlongs.
Minnie Bright 90 Reid 2 70 l. won: LOYAL
Maid. 100 Howard. 5 % l. second; Sinfran 100
(Kennedyl. = 20 l. third. Time. l18 IS. serenade
Catherine Cardwell. Wausau Brown Tony. Pills
Croydon. and Youthful also ran.
THIRD RACE-One mile. Old Honesty lO6
lRetugl. 20 l. Won HGnbridgo. 10 CHerbertl. Il
% 10, second John A s ,HufnageD 6 70 l.
third. Time. 38 IS. Tom Hayward, First Pre-
mium, Capewen. Martin Doyle. and Tourrnne also
ran.
FOURTH RACE-Five and one-haH furlongs
Gen. Marchmont. 100 Howard. % l. won: Sell
wk l07 Hardy. Z 70 5. second Billy Bodemer,
lo3 (Lccl. II 20 g. third. Time. lM LADY Miller.
Plume. Hazlet, Bossrrian. Confessor and Beatrice
K. also ran.
FIFTH RACE-Onc and three e-sixtsenths miles.
Flon Riley. lci Reidl. y 70 5. Won Reidmore,
100 kennedy. Z % 5. second; Malediction, IS
jackson 3 % J. third Time l.59 A. Mont
claire. Giles. and Red Hussar also ran.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-06
MASKETTE IN FIRST
Keene's Three.year-Old Wins
the Alabama Stakes.
OVER HEAVY SARATOGA TRACK
Mild killing Successfully Put over
When Phlo Chiqueto Captures the
Opening Race-Smart Play on Whit
ney's PetticORt and HarrisOn's sun
Dance in FilIies Stake Event.

Saratoga, Aug. 5.-with the weather
threatening and the track deep in sloppy
mud, James r Keene's Maskette won
the 5000 Alabama stakes for three-year-
old FLIES. one mile and a furlong. to-
day without being let down
she opened at l 70 9. but receded TO
5 20 10 because OF the smart play on Mad
denis Miss Kearney and Lady Bedford.
II. p Whitney's Petticoat and c. L. Har-
rison's Sun Dance were added starters.
Scoville took Maskette to the front as
usual, and she set a fast pace Sun
Dance was the runner-up for more than
three-qUarters OF a mile. when she
chucked it UP.
Then Powers made bold attempt with
Miss Kearney, but the daughter Of Dis
guise drew away easily and had such a
sure thing OF 1t as she neared the wire
that Scoville eased her up TO win by a
length and a half
mild killing went over successfully
when Palo Chlqueto. backed from 10 to l
down TO 4 TO l, won the opening race.
Lucetta took the place by wide margin
from Floheld, 6o-to-1 shot
The SUMMARIZE
FIRST RACE-FIve and a hsn furlongs. Chi
Quoto. o. Glass. 20 l. won; Lncetta. ~ lUrall.
% second; F1ofeld. % BERGEN, 60 20 l. third.
Time. Los %. Madeline l.. Indian Maid. Pla-
eide. May Florence. and Gimp also ran
SECOND RACE-Steeplechsse: two miles. Bal
lacalla. lH Davidson. % ?. won; Steve Lane.
10 Simpson,. 5 TO 1. second; Selectus I34 (Al-
LEM p 20 !. third. Time. 432. Rampant and
Thistlcdale also ran.
THIRD RACE-One mile Thomas Calhoun. 90
Davenport. 10 S. w0u Tony Faust. lOs Tap
lin. Il TO l0 second: Judge Ermentrout. 100
(Rowanl 60 % l. third Tine. ls2 2-5. Hurlock
and c. ". Burt nleo ran.
FOURTH RACE-One mile and a furlong Mask
cite. "a (sc0ville). 10 TO- won; Miss Keamey.
ll5 Powers. S 20 4. second; Pctticoat. ll6 Du-
ganl. Is % I. third Zine 80 2j Gliding Belle.
Sundance. and Lady Bedford also ran
FIFTH RACE-SX furlongs. Tim Pippin lis
Grand. 10 s. won; Stolipin. 50 Glass Y 70
l. second; Twilight Queen. 100 (RusseD 10 20 l.
third. Time. lis 25. Pocomoke and Jolly also
ran.
SIXTH RACE-One mile Dark Night. lOs tDav-
enportl, ; 20 l, won Ruhle. Is leach 70 /.
second Imitator, lG Grand 90 l. third. Time.
Ia Sanguine Founninblue IaIly De Burpo.
Miss Cateshy. Mugwump. and Yorkvills Beau also
ran.
SEVENTH RACE-Five and one-haf furlongs.
Herkimer. 10 Tapiinl, Il % 20. won; Baron
Dicskau. 10 Haynes, Il % %, second; Diction.
no Leach. 20 20 ], third. Time Ill. Lord Bal
timore. Marigot. German Silver. Ten PAGES Eddie
Dugan. Capt. Swanson, CaodlebeTTy. and AIazarin
also ran.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-06
THREE SENT TO HOSPITAL.
Seriously Burned Following ExplO
sion of Gasoline I'm Auto.

The explosion OF a can Of gasoline
aboard an automobile owned and oper-
ated by John D. Sullivan, a real estate
broker, OF 1913 Thirty-frst street north
west. in front OF 1245 Wisconsin avenue.
yesterday lmorning at Il o'clock badly
burned Mr. Sullivan and two others
Fred Gibbs. Of 1919 Thirty-frst street
northwest. and Fred ST. John. Of 1915
Wisconsin avenue. At the time the gasO-
line exploded the machine was being re-
paired for some trouble, and the three
men injured were watching Joseph Bryan,
a mechanic. do the work
Suddenly there was a loud explosion,
the gasoline having IN some mysterious
vay become ignited The clothing OF Mr.
Gibbs was covered with the burning
liquid. He was making a desperate ef-
fort 20 tear his clothing or when Sulli-
van, St John, and Bryan came to his as
sistance. Sullivan, Gibbs, and St. John
were badly burned about the arms and
legs, Gibbs injuries being the most seri-
GUS The three injured men were taken
to Georgetown University Hospital. where
it was said they viii recover.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-06
DR.. SHAHAN EXPECTED SOON.
University Rector Returning from
Visit to Rome.


Rev Dr. Thomas j. Shahan, rector OF
the Catholic University Of America, who
has been spending the last two months
abroad, is expected 10 arrive in New
York tomorrow morning
DR.. Shahan sailed for Europe about the
middle OF June, and went direct TO Rome
20 pay his respects 10 the holy father
and thank him for his appointment as
rector of the university; also 70 consult
with him and obtain his approval OF some
university affairs. RumOrs 20 the effect
that DR.. Shahan has been made mon
signor so far lack official confirmation
At the close OF his stay In Rome Dr.
Shahan went 10 Florence for a short
visit, and later spent some time In Swift
zerland England. Ireland. and the north
Of Europe. While in Dublin he was roy
ally entertained at Maynooth College. and
was the guest OF honor at the banquet OF
the alumni association on the occasion
OF its annual reunion.
He sailed FOR home from Antwerp July
81 on the White Star Line steamship
Lapland. and Il IS expected that he viii
return to the university shortly after his
arrival IN New York
The Washington herald., 1909-08-06
Academy-aThe Gambler of the we.t.r

People who want 20 be thrilled 90 the
fulness Of their hearts desire and TO
laugh between the thrills. may hail the
arrival at the Academy. Monday. Au-
gust g. OF The Gambler Of the West. "
A. II. Woods most pretentious melo-
the West. when cowboys shot up towns
and Indians unrelenungly pursued the
white mans scalp. when gamblers held
unchecked sway, and everyone looked 70
his gun instead OF lawmakers for pro-
lection From the moment when Bos-
ton Jake. a tenderfoot jew. and Bridget
Farley, the Washerwoman Of the Western
town, meet at the Aurora Bar. stimuli
taEeously with the meeting Of Mabel
Grey, in search Of her little brother, who
mas been stolen by the Indians. and
Lucky Jack Gordon. an hOnest-hearted
gambler, there's a mingling Of comedy,
love interest, and stirring incidents IN
elaborate stage setting that keeps laugh
ter and excitement swelling until the cur
tain falls on the finale OF four acts and
eight scenes Cowboys and Indians, typ
ical characters OF the Western mining
camps and plains, trained horses. a stage
coach. beautiful scenes Of the mountains
and on the plains. a realistic prairie fire,
an attempted burning at the stake. thrill
ing fights and hold-ups all combine 10
make the most sensational play on the
melodramatic stage, and a pretty story
Of sentiment and heart interest forms
the foundation Of the play.