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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-02
CHAPTER x.
~Ws Shall Have to Eat Red Meat
 Now"

@0HE Donjon inn was at least IL two centuries old. perhaps old IT CT. Under its signboard over the threshold a man with a grabbed looking face was standing. seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his fore head and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
 When Rouletabille and were close to him he deigned to see us and asked us fn a tone anything but enga ging wheth- CT we wanted anything. He was no doubt the not very amiable landlord of this charming dwelling place. As we expressed hope that he would be good enough to furnish us with a breakfast he assured us that he had no provisions.
 You may take us in." Rouletabille said to him. We are not policemen"
 I'm not afraid of the police I'm not afraid of any one." replied the man
 had made my friend understand by a sign that we should do better not to  insist: but, being determined to enter the inn. he slipped by the man op the doorstep and was In the common room.
 Come On." he said. ''It is very com. fortable here"
 A good fire was blazing in the chim- ney. and we held our hands to the warmth it sent out. It was a morning tn which the approach of winter was unmistakable. The room was a toler- ably large one, furnished with two heavy tables. some stools. counter decorated with rows of bottles of sirup and alcohol
 "That's fine fire for roasting a chicken" said Rouletabiile.
 We have no chicken, not even a wretched rabbit" said the landlord.
 T know" said my friend slowiy--'I know. We shall have to eat red meat now"
 T confess did. not in the least un- derstand what Rouletabille meant by what he had said, but the landlord as soon as he heard the words uttered an oath, which he at once stifed, and laced himself at our orders. as -obe-
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CHAPTER XI.
In Which Frederic Larsan Explains How the Murderer Was Able to Get Out of the Yellow Room.

HMoNG the mass of papers. ie- TAI gal documents, memoirs and h extracts from newspapers
 which l have collected relat- ing to the mystery of the yellow room there is one very interesting piece. It is detail of the famous examination which took place that afternoon in tho laboratory of Professor Stangerson be fore the chief of police. This narra- tive is from the pen of NJ. Maleine, the registrar, who, like the examining magistrate, had spent some of his leisure time in the pursuit of litera. ture
 THE REGISTRARS NARRATIVE.
 The examining magistrate and I, says NJ. Maleine, found ourselves in the yellow room in the company of the builder who had constructed the pavil- ion after Professor Stangerson's de- signs. He had workman with him. M. de Marquet had had the walls laid entirely bare that Is to say, he had had them stripped of the paper which had decorated them. Blows with a pick here and there satisfied us of the nonexistence of any sort of opening. The floor and the ceiling were thor oughly sounded. We found nothing. There was nothing to be found. M. de Marquet appeared to be delighted and never ceased repeating: s
 asWhat . case! What a case! We
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The innkeeper looked at him side ways and said gruffiy: Not even yours"
 The omelet ready, we sat down al table and were silently eating when the door was pushed open and an old woman, dressed in rags, leaning on a stick, her head doddering, her white hair hanging loosely over her wrin kied forehead, appeared on the thres hold.
 "Ah, there you are. Mother Ange. noux! It's long since we saw you last" said our host.
 T have been very i'll, very nearly dying" said the old woman If ever you should have any scraps for the Bete du Bon Dieu"-- And she entered. followed by cat larger than any I had ever believed could exist. The beast looked at us and gave SD hopeless miau that l shuddered. had never heard so lugubrious a cry.
 As If drawn by the cats cry a man followed the old woman in. It was the Green Man. He saluted by rais- Ing his hand to his cap and seated himself at table near to ours
 "A glass of cider. Daddy Mathieu," he said
 AS the Green Man entered Daddy Mathieu had started violently. but vis- ibiy mastering himself he said:
 I've not more cider served the last bottles to these gentlemen"
 ''Then give me glass of white wine.' said the Green Man without showing the least surprise.
 "I've no more white wine-no more anything" said Daddy Mathieu surlily.
 "How Is Mime. Mathieu?"
 "Quite well, thank you"
 So the young woman with thc large, tender eyes whom we had just seen was the wife of this repugnant and brutal rustic. whose jealousy seemed to emphasize his physical ugliness.
 slamming the door behind him. the tnnkeeper left the room. Mother An genoux was still standing. leaning on her stick. the cat at her feet.
 You've been ill. Mother Angenoux? :? Is that why We have not seen you for the last week?" asked the Green Man.
 Afes, M. Keeper. have been able to get up but three times to go to pray to St. Genevieve. our good patroness, and the rest of the time have been lying on my bed. There was no one to care for me but the Bete du Bon Dieu.
 "Did she not leave youT'
 "Neither by day nor by night"
 Are you sure of thatT'
 'As l am of paradise"
 Then how was 1t, Mime. Angenoux, that all through the night of the mur- der nothing but the cry of the Bete du Bon Dieu was heardY'
 Mother Angenoux planted herself in front of the forest keeper and struck the floor with her stick
 "I don't know anything about it." she said. But shall tell you some thing? There are no two cats in the world tbat-cry like that, Well, op the
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shall never know. youn see, how the murderer was able to get out of this roomi'
 Then suddenly. with radiant face, he called to the officer in charge of the gendarmes.
 GO to the chateau" he said, "and request Nj. Stangerson and M. Robert Darzac to come to me fn the labora- tory. also Daddy Jacques. and let your men bring here the two concierges."
 Five minutes later all were assem- bled in the laboratory. The chief of police. who had arrived at the Clan dier. joined us at that moment I was seated at NJ. Stangerson's desk ready for work when M de Marquet made us the following little speech. as original as it was unexpected:
 . with your permission. gentlemen. as examinations lead to nothing. we will for once abandon the old system of interrogation. will not have you brought before me one by one, but we will all remain here as we are-M. Stangerson, M Robert Darzac, Daddy Jacques and the two concierges. the chief of police, the registrar and my self We shall all be on the same foot ing. The concierges may for the mo- ment forget that they have been ar rested. We are going to confer togeth- was committed. We have nothing else to discuss but the crime. So let us dis cuss it freely, intelligently or other wise, so long as we speak just what is fin our minds. There need be no formal ity or method. since this won't help us in any way"
 Then, passing before me, he said in a low voice:
 What do you think of that, eh? What scene! Could you have thought of that? I'll make little piece out of it for the vaudeville" And he rub bed his hands with glee.
 I turned my eyes on M. Stangerson. The hope he had received from the doctors latest reports. who had stated that Mile. Stangerson might recover from her wounds, had not been able to efface from his noble features the marks of the great sorrow that was upon him. He had believed his daugh- ter to be dead. and he was still bro- ken by that belief His clear. soft blue eyes expressed infinite sorrow.
 ''Now, Nj. Stangerson." said M. de Marquet, with somewhat of an impor- tant air, ''place yourself exactly where you were when Mile. Stangerson left you to go to her chamber"
 M. Stangerson rose and, standing at a certain distance from the door of the yellow room said in an even voice and without the least trace of emphasis, voice which can only describe as dead voice:
 "I was here. About II o'clock, after had made q brief chemical expert ment at the furnaces of the labora- tory. needing all the space behind me, had my desk moved here by Daddy Jacques, who spent the evening in cleaning some of my apparatus. My daughter had been working at the same desk with me. When 1t was her time to leave she rose, kissed me and bade Daddy Jacques good night She had to pass behind my desk and the door to enter her chamber. and she could do this only with some difficult ty-that is to say. was very near the place where the crime occurred later"
 And the desk ?" asked. obeying, in thus mixing myself in the conversa- tion, the express orders of my chief. AS soon as you heard the cry of 'Mur- derr followed by the revolver shots. whct hecame of the desk?'' (To be continued-l
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
RIGHT OF
FRANCHISE
Should be Taken From al
Who Fail to Use il,
Says Gov. Folk

Jefferson City, Mo, Jan. S-Gov
Folk sent his farewell message to
the general assembly yesterday. II
is chiefly a review Of the achieve
ments of his administration and an
argument for the continuation OF
his policies. II contains the follow
ing, .among other Teoommendn-
tions.
"a citizen, who, without just
excuse, failed to vote, should be
required to purge himself Of this
neglect of duty before being given
the franchise flyain. Too maay mel
take the great boon of American
citizenship as matter of course
forgetting the blood and treasure
thnt bought It for them.
'When a corporation obtains a
franchise II is forfeited for non
use, Let this principle be applied
with appropriate safeguards, TO the
voting franchise, and II viii dc
much to remedy the evil of civic
Indifference that is the weakness
CT a democratic form of government
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

toxicating liquor in violatios of the
Rose local option law, under tho
provisions of which this county
went dry Dec. 16.
The brewery people sod beer
openly direct to consumers in case
lots or more when called for at the
plant. They hold that they are un-
Ger federal regulations and therefore
exempt from the provisions of the
Rose law, and that these exemptions
are strengthened by certain provi-
eions of the Akin law with re-
spcct to breweries.
TIE brewery officials say they ex'
peot to fight the case in the courts
20 determine their rights in the mat
ter and will make test case under
their Indictment.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

NIT GIVEN
Senator cummins of Iowa is
Given Cod Shoulder in
the Senate. 30 Ae7r

Washington, Jan. 1.-The hazing
of Albert b. Cummins is continued
by the senate. He has been handed
the cold shoulder since his entrance
as Mr. Allison's successor because
the leaders regard him as another re-
former like Mr., LaFollette and are
taking him only on suspicion. He
was shunted off TO a room in the
furtheest corner OF the house office
building and was refused to a COM
mittee chairmanshlp, which is sup
posed to be the portion OF every ma
jority senator.
There was a general litter Thurg-
day afternoon when SIR Hale hand
ed in a little resolution announcing
that Mr.. Cummins had been appoint
ed to membership on three insignih-
cant and almost unheard of commit
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
SHOT HIS
BROTHERS
Hayti is Looking Iuto the
Exec ution of a Number
OF Citizens.

Port Au Prince, Haiti, Jan. ST.
The Haitian government Is pushing
Onward energetically its investiga-
ton into the executions OF March
10 last, when score or more of
alleged revolutionists lwere taken
from Nheir beds and summarily
shot. rtftt
A large number or the Officials
of the former government are chang
ed with completely in q plot to
remove those who suffered the death
penalty in March without cause, II
is now said.
Among these is Gen. MontreulI
Guillaume, one of the strongest
supporters of ex-President Nord
Alexis, and, it being learned that
he was on board the German steam
er Altai, now in port, Ihe was plac-
ed under arrest
The government has taken steps
also to secure the extradition Of
Gen. Jules Cocou, the former milli-
tary commander of Port au Prince,
who now is in exile in Jamaica,
Gen. Ooicou himself directed the
executions. Among those shot by
his orders were his own brothers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

satisfaction to them, but back of
this there is the salary which goes
with the political preferment. This
is the real load stone which attracts
them. The legislature fixed the
compensation which every county Of
fetal shall receive. Then on top Of
that is placed the provision that
their offices must earn the salary
which is stipulated for that office,
regardless of whether his office
earns a single penny. 1t is certainly
not the fault OF the official if his of
flee fails to do the ordinary amount
of business. 1t requires the same
amount of time from the official as
though his office was a buy plaC g
and he should receive his pay just
the same.
The salary law in Ohio has not
been made perfect, there are some
changes needed in the system of
county office holding, and while it
is a fact That the organization of
county officials is looked upon with
suspicion, it must be admitted that
its advocacy of these two things is
not unreasonable but is in justice to
the much maligned officials.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

do his best to show belligerent
spirit. Something really good is en-
pected from John sharp Williams.
He likes to look upon the spectacle
of a Republican house saying much
repimentary things about a Repub-
lican president, and he is never
in better humor with himself than
when he is 'ragging' somebody.
The combination of opportunities is
proof to mis- friends that he VIII
administer a very brilliant polish
to the dull rebuke which the com.
lnittee will furnish to the house.
The members of the committee
will be ably supported in their at
tack upon the president by those
congressman who were so pointedly
mentioned in Mr. Roosevelts "ex-
planatory" message. Tawney of Min
nesota, Smith of Iowa, Sheriey of
Kentucky and Fitzgerald of New.
York, two Of the Republicans and
two Democrats will do their best to
get even with the president for his
uncomplimentary use Of their names.
They have been confined to their
offices for the last two days with
severe attacks of Rooseyelitls. The
typewriters OF their secretaries were
still cliclOlng viciously and they
will be ready for their attack from
the floor tomorrow # the oppor-
tunity is given to them that soon.
1t is reported that Speaker Can
non has almost decided to get In
to the fight long enough to taks
the part of L. w. Busbey, his pri-
vate secretary whom the president
censured In his message of infor-
nation. Gen. Keller spent busy
few hours In the congressional
library looking up all the infoumR-
tion he could obtain concerning one,
Ananias He is credited with the
intention of delivering a, humorous
address. Some of the leaders, how
ever, are not appreciative of the
funny feature of the situation, and
the general may never have the
chance of illuminating the house
on the extent of Ananlan blbliog-
raphy. 1t may take more than one
day for the house TO get the ae-.
cumulated indignation out OF Its
system. "
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
HOUSE QU|ETS DOWN,
ONLY GENTLE SPANKING
President Roosevelts Special Message May be Laid on
the Table but Further Than That, the President May
Escape-Bouse, However, is Quite WrOth and
Some Ugly Talking is on the Program.

Washington. Jan. S-That rebuke
wa,ich the house is going to admin
lister to the president will be thor
oughly filtered from all harshness
OF expression.
The special committee which has
been worrying itself to a Roosevelt
tian frazzle for several weeks In an
effcnt to climb from its original
lofty equestrian seat has finally de-
clded TO do nothing more severe
than to recommend that the objec-
bionable communications be laid on
the table. This fate awaits not only
the ''secret service" paragraphs of
the annual message, but 1t threatens
the entire communication which
the president sent to the house this
week in response to its eager de-
mand for information It Is hardly
possible. II every congressman votes
as he has talked, that the two com
munications can escape consignment
to the parliamentary waste paper
basket.
A strong effort will be made by
some of the presidents ardent sup
porrers to defeat the plans Of the
indignant members, but II L. expect
ed that their attempts will have
little more effect tnan to furnish
work for the government printers.
representative Bennett is looked to
as the chief champion of the White
House. Congressman How'and also
Is expeyfed to come to the presi-
dents aid.
However mild will be the actual
rebuke to the president, It Is going
TO be delivered with much business
of angry oratory. Perkins, as chair
man of the indignation committee,
has prepared discourse which will
depart as far from his usual aca-
demic style as he has been able to
force 1t. He feels the responsibility
of his position and he has been too
literally urged by his fellow con-
gressmen to take any other than
the most steadfast Of attitudes.
Weeks and Denby, the other Re-
publican members. also are on the
program to tell why the president
had no buinsess at all in saying the
nasty things he did.
Lloyd, Missouri Democrat, will
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
SAYS IT
IS A FAKE
Independent Oil Companies
Have Opera'ed Only as
a Blind.

New York, Jan. S--Stating that
the Standard Oil Co, had an em-
ploye whose duty II was TO start
supposedly Independent oil compan-
les in small towns, in seeming op-
position 10 itself, l.. II. Fasenfeld,
general managerv-of the Red c Oil
Co., Of Baltimore, continued the
testimony he began in the govern
ment suit for the dissolution OF
the Standard Oil Co
He said the Eagle Oil Co., was
such a. concern and its cuts, as a
rule, were met by his company In
order TO hold it's drade. The reduc-
tiOns, he said, were never made
first by his company or the other
Independent concern in Baltimore as
had been testified by Standard en-
ployes In renard to the oil war In
Baltimore during 1904 and 1905.
The price of oil in the suburbs
OF baltimore being hilgher in 1904
than they were in the city. and the
Red C company being anxious to
extend It's tank wagon service, the
witness went On to testify, efforts
were made by his company TO cover
the suburban territory more fully
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
SECRET SERVICE MEN
SHADOW SENATOR T|LLMAN
President Suspects the South Carolina Senator of Being
Implicated in Oregon Land Grabs and the Hounds are
Put on His Trail-Senate Expects to dear from
the Pitchfork Senator not Later than Monday

Washington, JAM s by direction
OF President Roosevelt secret serv-
ice men shadowed Senator Tillman of
South Carolina, on the theory that he
possibly was. interested in an Oregon
'land grab" and the result of that
investigation is now before the SEN
ate.
The information was contained i'm
communication from President
Roosevelt, sent i'm response to re-
quest made by Senator Hale to the
heads of the executive departments
for a statement Of the activities of
secret service operatives. Exhaust
i've replies were made by the various
departments and all of these were
forwarded to Senator Hale by the
president. They have not been made
public, and Senator Hale announced
shat they would not be given out
until after they had been consid
cred by subcommittee of the COM
mittee on appropriations, which will
be charged with the duty of acting
upon that portion of the presidents
annual message relating to the secret
service and criticising members of
congress- for their restriction of its
use.
Soon after President Roosevelt's
communication to Senator Hale was
received at the capitol yesterday, 1t
became noised about that II con-
tained a reflection of a senator from
a Southern state. The name Of the
senator in question, was not diwulged
for time, and as a result the at
mosphere of the senate was SUR
charged with curiosity and much
speculation. When It finally became
known that Senator Tillman was the
member named, further efforts to
procure information concerning the
character of the charges was made,
but they were without avail.
Through the fact that several sena-
tors had advance information of the
character of the report which was
TO he sent to the senate il was
learned that the investigation Of
Senator Tillman followed an attack
which he made in the senate nearly
year ago on an Oregon land COM
pany which had uGrd his name as
one of the persons interested in the
concern.
Previous TO that attack Senator
Til.man had introduced a resolution
directing the attorney general to
prosecute suits against an Oregon
railroad corporation which had re-
ceived land grants in the late six
ties for a line from a California
point to Portland, Ore. Mr.. Tillman
had said that the use of his name
was without authority, and as a re-
suit it is declared that several per-
sons interested in the land grants
became angered.
Some of the interested persons are
reported to have sent to President
Roosevelt copies of letters alleged to
have been written by Senator Till.
man, indicating that he had an in
terest in one of the land companies
that would be benefited through the
and companies obtaining posseCion
of the grants in question. After re-
ceiving this information, it Is said
a secret service cooperative was di-
rected to investigate the part Sena-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
SCHOONER
IS WRECKED
Waterspout Strikes the Yes
sci, Only Part of the
Crew Escapes.

New York, Jan. S-A tale OF au
extraordinary waterspout and how
III wrecked the cocoanut schooner :
Annie, Of Liverpool, off the coast
Of Hondras on Nov 16 last was
brought to this city when five OF
the crew of the Annie were landed
here by the bark Annie Smith from
Belize.
The schooner was sailing along In
a gent e, quarterng wind and with
all sails set when the waterspout
suddenly rose up from the sea about
a quarter of u mile TO leeward. The
seamen who told the story declared
that the strange frea kof wind ana
water seemed possessed of will and
direction for IL rushed along on q
beeline for the ship and did not
swerve fooG. "That spout was
fully sixty feet high" said Seaman
Jones, of the crew, yesterday, "and
when 1t got going fairly 1t moved
like an express train. II came TO us
as If somebody was at the wheel.
and all we could do was to stand
by and wait for Ut. When the cap.
tain saw that We could not dodge
it he made for the cabin, where his
wife and baby we're, but before he
got there the waterspomt had US
and was spinning us like Chinese
top. fsgsH lG
cit spun out the masts and ali
but one boat and when II finaliy
left us had sprung every seam In the
Annie SO that the water was pour
ing flood into the hold. But We
managed to cut the long boat clear
and get into 1t before the Annie
made final lurch and sank. The
waterspout had slsnply torn her 10
pieces. We rowed safely 10 shore
and were picked up by the bark
Annie Smith, all safe and all
sound"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08

With all of this talk about the
activity OF George b. Cox with his
Republican members of the general
assembly, there is a deal of satisfac-
uon in thinking that Judson Har-
mon will be there with his veto. The
voters might be excused for doing
a little rejoicing over the fact that
the constitutional amendment, pro-
viding for passing a bill over the
veto of the governor, failed of adop-
tion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-08
JUDsoV HARMON NAMES
TWO MORE ASSISTANTS

Cincinnati. o.. Jan. S-Governor-
elect Harmon Thursday afternoon
announced the appointment Of Guy
e. Marohard of Canton as commis-
sion clerk and Walter X. Noe OF
Cincinnati as correspondence clerk
in the office Of the governor,
Marohand is recent graduate OF
the legal department Of Ohio North
ern university at Ada. The appoint
ment OF Noe is personal one, Noe
being at present secretary to the
general superintendent Of the G.. H.
& d, railroad, of which the governor
is receiver. R