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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

fussing here till tomorrow noon, I'm
afraid; perhaps tin tomorrow night.
Mr.. Mccloud"
That won't dol" The two men
stood for a moment In a study. The
merchandise IS ali unloaded. isn't Il %
said McCloud. refiectively. Get your
men here and bring a water bucket
with you"
McCloud walked down TO the en-
CINE OF the wrecking train and gave
orders TO the train and engine crews.
The best OF the refrigerator cars had
been rerailed. and they were pulled TO
safe distance from the wreck. Young
brought the bucket, and McClold
pointed TO the caskful of brandy.
Throw that brandy over the wre ok
age. Reed"
The roadmaster started. Burn the
whole thing up, eh?"
Everything on the track
Bully! It's a shame TO waste the
liquor. but it's Sinclair's fault. Here.
boys, scatter this stun where IL viii
catch good. and touch her OF. Every
thing goes-the whole pile. Burn M
everything; that's orders. II you can
get a few rails here. now. III give you
a track by shutdown. Mr.. McCloud. I'm
spite OF Sinclair and the devil"
The remains or many cars Law in
heaps along the curve. and the track
men Ike firchugs ran in and out OF
them. A tongue OF flame leaped from
the middle Of a pile OF stock cars. In
hve minutes the wreck was burning.
In ten minutes the flames were crack
ling hercely; then in another instant
the wreck burst into a CONFEDERATION
that rose kissing and seething a hun
dred feet straight up in the air.
From where they stood, SlnclaIr's
men looked on. They were non
plused, but their boss had not lost his
nerve. He walked back to McCloud
You're going 20 send US back 10
Medicine Bend with the car. I sup
poser"
McCloud spoke amlably. Not on
your life. Take your personal stun
out OF the car and tell your men TO
take theirs; then get Oh the train and
on the right OF way"
Going 20 turn us loose on Red
desert, are your" asked Sinclair.
steady.
You've turned yourselves loose"
Wouldn't give a man a ue-pass.
would you?"
Come 20 my Office IN Medicine
Bend and I'll talk 20 you about it,
returned McCloud. impassively.
Well. boys" roared Sinclair. going
back TO his followers. we cant ride
on this road nowi But want 10 tell
you there's something 10 eat FOR every
one OF you over az my place on the
Crawling stone, and place to sleep
and something 20 drink" he added.
cursing McCloud once more.
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CHAPTER H.
At Smoky Creek.


Karg. Sinclair's crew foreman. came
running over TO him from a pile OF
merchandise that had been set or the
right OF way on the wagon road for
loot. That's the superintendent car
coming. amt IL. Murray" he cried.
looking across the creek at the ap-
preaching train.
What OF it," returned Sinclair.
Why, We're just loading the team"
The incoming train. an engine with
way car. two flats, and the Bear
Dance derrick. slowed up at one end Of
the wreck while Sinclair and his fore
man talked. Three men could be seen
getting out OF the way car-McCloud.
the superintendent. and Reed Young.
the Scotch roadmaster. and Bill Dan
cling. a gang Of trackmen filed slowly
out after them
The leaders Of the party made their
way down the curve. and Sinclair. with
Karg. met them at the point. Nc
Cloud asked questions about the
wreck and the chances Of getting the
track clear, and while they talked
Sinclair sent Karg TO get the new
derrick into action. Sinclair then
asked McCloud 10 walk with him up
the track TO see where the cars had
left the rail The two men showed IN
contrast as ;ney stepped along the
ties. McCloud was not alone younger
and below Sinclair's height his broad
Stetson hat fattened him somewhat
His movement was deliberate beside
Sinclair's likeness, and his face,
though burned by sun and wind, was
boyish, while Sinclairs was strongly
lined.
Just a moment" suggested Nc
Cloud. mildly. as Sinclair fastened
past the goods piled in the wagon
road. Whose team is that Sinclair"
The road followed the right OF way
where they stood. and a four-horse
team Of heavy mules was pulling
loaded ranch wagon up the grade
when McCloud sToke.
Sinclair answered cordially. That's
my team from over on the Frenchran
| picked them u al Denver. Nice
mules, McCloud, amt they? Give me
mules every time for heavy work. d,
| had Just hundred more Of 'em TIE
company could have my job--waat p
Yes. What's that stuff they ase
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03
CHAPTER M


The wreckers. drifting in the blaze
OF the sun across the broad alkall val
ley, saw the smoke OF the wreck-ire
behind them. No breath OF wind
stirred IT, With the stiffness Of a sig
nal column IL rose. thin and black
and high In the air spread motlonless
Ike huge umbrella, above Smoky
creek. Reed Young had gone with an
engine 70 wire for re-enforcements. and
AcCloud, active among tie trackmen
until the conhagration spent itself
had retired TO the shade OF the hill
Reclining against a rock with his
legs crossed, he had clasped his hands
behind his head and sat looking al the
Iron writing 10 the dying heat OF the
IRE. The sound OF hoofs aroused him
and looking below he saw a horse
woman refining up near his men at the
wreck. She rode an American horse
thin and rangy, and the experienced
way in which she checked him drew
him back almost TO his launches. Rut
MeCiouds eyes were fixed on the slen-
/ der figure of the rider. Her boot
flashed in the stirrup while she spoke
TO the nearest man, and her horse
stretched his neck and nosed the
brown alkali-grass that spread thinly.
along the road.
To McCloud she was something like
an sppariion. He sat spelIbound I'M
III the trackman indiscreetly pointed
him out, and the eyes OF the visitor
turning his way. caught him with his
hands on the rock IN an attitude OMEN
ly curious. She turned immediately
away, but McCloud rose and started
down the hill. The horses head was
pulled up, and there were signs OF de-
parture. He Quickened his stems.
Once he saw, or thought he saw. the
riders head so turned that her ewes
might have commanded one approach
Ing from his quarter; yet he couid
catch no further glimpse OF her face
a second surprise awaited him. Inst
as she seemed about to ride away. she
dropped lightly from the horse to the
ground, and he saw how confident iu
inquire she was. AS she began 10 try
her sadGle-girths, McCloud attempted
a greeting. She could not ignore mis-
hat, held rather high above his head
as he approached. but she gave him
- ~'-oANNSN AoN III ItluIu--OnG mat
made no attempt to explain why she
was there or where she had come
from,
Pardon me-" ventured McCloud
have you lost your way?"
He was Immediately conscious that
he had said the wrong thing. The
expression OF her eyes implied that
IL was foolish to suppose she vas Los,
but she only answered: Il saw the
smoke and feared the bridge was on
Ere"
Something in her voice made him
almost sorry he had INTERVIEWED; Il
she stood In need OF help of any sort
Il was not apparent. and her gaze was
confusing.
Il presume Mr.. Sinclair Is here?"
she said. presently.
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here with me Till we get our rights.
What2"
Half dozen men began talking at
once. The derrickman from below. a
hRtchet-faced wiper. with the visor Of
a greasy cap cooked over bis ear.
stuck his head between the uprights
and called out shrilly: What's err
matter Murray" and a few men
laughed. Barney had deserted the
mules. Dancing and Young. with small
regard for loss or damage. were
emptying the wagon like deckhands.
for In a fight such as now appeared
imminent. possession OF the goods
even on the ground seemed vital 20
prestige. McCloud waited only long
enough 30 assure the emptying Of the
wagon, and then followed Sinclair 10
where he had assembled his men.
Sinclair, put your men back 20 work"
Not till we know Just how we
stand" Sinclair answered. insolently.
He continued to speak. but McCloud
turned 90 the men. Boys. go back 90
your work. Your boss and I can set
tie our own differences. III see that
you lose nothing by working hard"
And youn see we make nothing.
won't your" suggested KarE.
IN see that every man in the crew
gets twice what is coming to him-all
except you. KarE discharge you
now. Sinclair. win you go back 20
work."
MOI"
Then take your time. Any men
that want TO 20 back TO work may
step over 90 the switch" added Nc
Cloud
Not man moved Sinclair and Karg
smiled at each other. and with no APP
parent embarrassment McCloud him
self smiled. u Ike 10 see men loyaI
to their bosses ne said. good-natured-
~. Il wcuidnt give much for man
that wouldn't stick 20 his boss II he
thought him right. But a question has
come up here. boys. that must be set
tied once for an This wreck Iooting
on the mountain division IS going TO
stop-right herc-at this particular
wreck On thal point there IS no room
for discuss on Now. any man that
agrees With me on that matter ma,
step over here and I'll discuss with
him any other grievance. II what I say
about lootiug is grievance. IL can't
be discussed. ls there any man that
wants 90 come over?" No MAJ
stirred.
sinclair. you've got good men"
continued McCloud. unmoved You
are leading thcm into pretty deep wa
ter. There's chance yet for you TO
set them out OF serious trouble II you
think as much OF them as they do OF
you. VIII YOU advise them TO 60
back 20 work-all except Karg?"
Sinclair glared in high humor. "Oh.
/ couldn't do that, I'm discharged"
he protested. bowling low.
Il don't want 10 be overhasty." re-
turned McCloud. This Is a serious
business. as you know better than
they do. and there will never be es
good a time 20 fix IL up as now
There is chance for you. / say. Sin
clair. TO take hold II you want 20
now"
Why. I'll take hold II you'u take
your nose out OF my business and
agree 20 keep IL out"
rs there any man here that wants
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

and your grip. Don't be basbfuf.
you've got friends on the division. II
you are Irish. eh?''
Sure, only don't smoke" said
Stevens, with diplomacy.
Well. you drink. don't you7
There's a barrel OF brandy open at the
switch"
The brandy cask stood up-ended
near the water butt, and the men
dipped out OF both with cups. They
were working now half naked at the
wreck. The sun hung in a cloudless
sky, the air was still, and along the
right OF way huge wrecking fires
added TO the scorching heat. Ten feet
from the water butt lay a fattened
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

Men Got Nothing 20 Do But Carry
Tramps &c Wster7"
mass OF rags. Crusted IN smoke and
blood and dirt. crushed by a wise Of
beams and wheels out OF human sem
blance. and left now an aimIess.
twitching thing. the tramp clutched
az Stevens foot as he passed. Wa
teri
Hello. old boy. how the devil did
you get here?" exclaimed Stevens. re-
treating in alarm
Water"
Stevens stepped to the butt and
filled cup. The tramp's eyes were
closed. stevens poured the water
over his face; then ne lifted the mans
head and put a cupful 10 his lips.
us that hobo alive yctg" asked Sin
clair. coming back smoking cigar.
What does he want now? Water?
Don't waste any time on him"
It's bad luck refusing water" NUT
tered stevens holding the cup.
Hell be dead in minute" growled
Sinclair
The sound OF his voice reused the
falling man 20 "a fury. He opened his
bloodshot eyes. and with the dregs Of
an ebhing vitality cursed Sinclair with
a frenzy that made Stevens draw back.
II Sinclair was startled he gave no
sign. Go 20 hell" he exclaimed.
harshly.
With CHASTITY effort the man made
his retort. he held up his blood-soaked
fingers. I'm going all richt-I know
that he gasped. with a curse. "but III
come back for YOU"
Sinclair. mistaken. stood his ground.
He repeated his imprecation more VIC
lently; but Stevens. swallowing. stole
out OF hearing AS ne disappeared. a
train whistled in the west.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
MON|CO IS Hello
FOR THEFT AND
TRYING SUICIDE
Arrested on the Larceny Charge
He Swallows Poison, but
Soon Gets Well.

Charged with larceny and attempted
suicide, Nicolo Monico, aged 2s years
and living at 20 Garside street, was
arraigned In the Second Precinct Court
today. He was held for the grand
jury in the sum of $500 on the charge
of larceny and In $500 on one of at
tempted suicide.
Monico was arrested last Tuesday on
the complaint of Mrs. Philomena
Garino, of "a Sixth emu who
charged him with stealing clothing
valued at SO. Shortly after he had
been lodged in a cell at the Second
precinct the attention of the doorman
was attracted by his grooming and
when an investigation was made a
box of poisonous oinment, the half of
which the man had swallowed, was
found on the floor. Monico was rushed
to the City Hospital, and when dis
charged as cured today he was taken
into custody again by the police Of
the Second precinct.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
DROP POLICEMAN
FOR LANGUAGE He
USED TO WOMAN
Commissioners Take Drastic Ac-
ton in the Case of Charles
J. 0'Connor.
DETECTIVE COMMENDED
FOR WORK in LEO CASE
Other Routine Business Trans
acted by the Board at
Regular Meeting.

Accused OF two charges. one of being
far away from his post and the other
of using insulting language to a WON
an, Policeman Charles ]. O'Connor,
Sixth precinct, was dismissed from the
force at yesterdays meeting of the
police board.
Patrolman George A. Conway, Fifth
precinct. was brought UP on the charge
of having been not found on post
for fifty minutes, on the morning of
February 10. He was fined three days
pay.
A complaint made by the former
landlord of Special Officer Stephen
Duffy, 153 Elm street, was dismissed.
The board received a letter written
by Prosecutor Mott commencing the
work done by Detective Sergeant Cor
dano in the Leo murder case.
Commissioner Bladder suggested max
ing an annual charge for the special
officers badges and the matter was
referred to the law department to as
certain whether it could be done. The
application of a firm Wishing to supply
private watchmen per contract took
the same course.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
WOMAN MAKES
A NEW CHARGE
AGAINST BRAUN
Mrs. Nellie Rzepezankie Says
She Paid Lawyer $50 for
Release from Jail.

Complaint was made by Nellie Rzepe-
zankie, of 81 Belmont avenue, to Judge
Herr in the Fourth Precinct Court to-
day that she had given lawyer Rudolph
Braun $50 several months ago to pro-
her release from jail, but that all
she got was a receipt for the money,
with the names of Rudolph Braun and
Mason On it. She said that she
had been arrested on December 5 and
sent to jail for sixty days from the Sec
and Precinct Court.
A man, whom she said worked for
Mr.. Braun. got her, she alleged, to give
$50 to Braun. on the statement that the
would get her out of jail, and,
although importuned by a friend to do
for her, he kept putting it off
until she was placed on probation.
Judge Herr told her to go to Prosecutor
Mott and tell him Of her troubles.
IT did. some time ago." she replied,
but he refused to listen to me-"
"Well, I think If you go there now he
will listen to you," said the Judge.
IT WILL" said the woman.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
SUICIDE CHARGE
TO Be BROUGHT
AGAINST TASCHEX
MontcIair Police Discredit Story
that Another Person
Shot Him.

Montclair police authorities said to.
day that in their opinion Frederick A.
Taschex. of that town. who is in the
M~ountainside Hospital, with three bull
let wounds in his body, attempted sui
eide and that no one shot him, as he
claimed. The. wounded man will be
placed under arrest as soon as 1t is
found that he will recover.
Chief Henry Gallagher viii prefer a
charge of attempted suicide against
him. Edwin Conklin, alias Mckay,
who. Taschex said, did the shooting,
proved an alibi, and while he is held on
his own recognizance for the action Of
the grand jury, there Is nc one be-
lieves that he had anything to do with
the shooting.
Mrs. Taschex, the negro wife of the
wounded man. has told many different
stories. When Taschex is discharged
from the hospital. which 1t is believed
he will be before long, Mrs. Taschex
insist on a separation.
If Mrs. Taschex had anything to do
with the affair her husbands well
known devotion to her would keep him
from saying anything about it, it is
said. except under great provocation.
The fact that Taschex is right-handed
and that one of the bullets entered his
hand, as if he put it up to save
himself, has not yet been satisfactorily
explained. None of the bullets re-
in Taschex's body, all having
passed out.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
To Gain Equal Rights Women Must Drop
Militant Stand of English Fanatics
Must Recognize the Home as
Dominant Factor of Her
Existence.

earnest and sincere, and the centre Of
her family circle; that she will not give
up baking her own bread, and lose in
terest in the mysteries of preserving
time; that she'll still be fond of the
little frivolous things that make him
adore her. and that she'll still be weak
and feminine enough to make his pro-
tecting masculine strength worth while.
If they can make him realize that the
vote will make little or no difference
in the wife he loves, and whose affection
he values, the vote is theirs.
This applies to the average man
whose interest in his country's laws is
active only around election time. Down
in his heart the thought of woman suf-
frage scares him to death. That is why
he SCOTS. 1t isn't that he considers
her incompetent, though he loves to
say so. He knows better. Woman's
Judgment and logic in matters of i'm
~portance have been considered since
history began.
In London m of rank and dis
are being arrested right along
on account of their methods of making
themselves heard, and are proud of it.
Women of high degree were sentenced
yesterday to a month in prison, to
wear the regulation rough garb and
not speak to each other, to exercise in
single file and to do all kinds of prison
work; all this for the good of the
cause
l believe women will vote some day,
but as long rs they act like the Eng
fish suffragettes have acted they are
only postponing the time.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
100 IMPER|LED
BY |NCENO|ARY
NEW YORK FIRES
Guests of Manhattan Hotel Are
Given Early Morning
Scare.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The iremen
were kept busy in the cold, high wind
of last night and early today, and in
two instances discovered evidence that
incendiaries had been at work, imperil-
ing 100 or more lives. One fire caused
considerable excitement among the
patrons of the Manhattan Hotel in
Forty-second street, and another fire
in Harlem was the occasion for sew
eral exciting rescues
The fire that alarmed the Manhattan
Hotel was in the bachelor apartments
in the four-story building directly OPP
posite at 10 East Forty-second street.
Samuel Thomas, the ~janitor. who lives
on the third floor, was awakened by
dense smoke and going to the base
ment found 1t ablaze. He awakened
the bachelors who had rooms on the
third and fourth floors. The halls be-
came filled with smoke and the occu-
pants had a difficult time in getting
down the crooked and narrow stair
ways.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
Hope of Advocates Lies in Gain
ing the Support and Re-
spect of Men.

VxTHEN a woman loses her dignity
wv h becomes a laughing stock.
That is why men find 1t SO hard
to take suffragette seriously. Her bang
bang, whoop-it-up methods are against
all of a mans ideas as to what a woman
should be. He reads of the latest do
ings of the suffragette and laughs. Her
strenuous marches and street corner
orations appeal to him as do good
vaudeville acts.
Huh, listen to this!" he'll begin, and
forthwith he'll read of how this woman
was booted by a mob and made to
dismount from her soap box, and how
that one had 10 run up an alley to
escape from a copper. Can you beat
that he'll ask between chuckles; "if
my grandmother could only be alive
today. Ye gods
It's very funny reading, as long as
It is general. Let the spirit of the
suffra gette enter his house and he's i'm
in arms. The humor is all gone. Not
thai the average man objects very
strongly to the idea of permitting wom-
en- to vote. He'd just as soon his wife
would have her SAY regarding the
new mayor and whether or not the all
derInen were up to scratch as not, if
matters would arrange themselves
quietly.
But the picture of his wife harangu-
ing a mixed audience, and perhaps be-
ing asked to move on by a police
mai he's known all his life, is too much
for him. Therefore he viii not listen to
her arguments and what he doe not
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
MR.. ELLSWORTH ON VACATION.

Charles Grant Ellsworth. title oficer
of the Fidelity Trust Company, started
today for Canandaigua, N. ", where
he will take a rest for a week.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
EUGENE HURLIMANN.

The funeral of Eugene Hurlimann,
who died at his home, S54 Springfield
avenue, on Wednesday. will take place
tomorrow afternoon at / o'clock, Mr..
Hurlimann was So years old. and was a
member Of the Nord Amerikanisher
Grutli verein, of New York. Engineers
Benevolent Association, Local 6s, I. U.
S. E.; Liberty Frauen and Jung Frauen
X. u. v. No. 1; Germania Frauen and
Edelweiss Frauen, the members of
which will attend the funeral. The
body of Mr.. Hurlimann will be cre-
mated at Rosehil Cemeterys Linden.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
NO EVENING MISSIONS AT
ST. PATRICK'S TOMORROW,
Holy Hour for Women in the
Evening.

No evening mission services will be
held in st. Patrick's Cathedral tomor-
row, except the "holy hour for women
at 1880 o'clock, but confessions of
women will be heard all day n until
late at night by the mission priests.
Many women who went to confession
yesterday afternoon and last night re-
ceived communion at the 8 o'clock mass
today, and at the 5 o'clock mass men
were admitted. as they will at the same
mass tomorrow. Up to the close of last
mass today over $40 women had re-
ceived.
The mission for women will close at
8 o'clock Sunday afternoon. when
women who have made the mission win
renew their baptismal vows. and the
Papal benediction viii be given
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
DESERTED BRIDEGROOM
TRIES TO END LIFE.

NEW EGYPT, Feb. 2s.-Friends be-
coming worried at the failure Of Frank
Lewis to report at breakfast yesterday.
after his ncwly-wedded bride had re-
turned to her home Wednesday, broke
into his and found the forsaken
young husband lying across the bed IN
an unconscious condition. with q bottle
labeled carboIic acid by his side. A.
physician was summcned and after
much difficulty Lewis Was revived. buf
II still In . serious condition
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED
IN PENNINGTON BLAZES,

PENNINGTON, Feb. 26.-Incen-
ciarism is suspected in two fires that
have occurred at the seminary this
week. Two blazes broke out within
two days. The last fire was discoYered
in the room of Miss Helen A. Jackson,
of New York city. All of the Students
were at dinner when Margaret Glergen,
a maid. smelled smoke in the dormitory
and traced the fire to Miss Jackson's
room. An alarm was sounded and the
fire was put out by the students. The
was not great.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
So, 900 STOCK
INJUNCTION CONTINUES.

The order granted last Friday by
Vice-Chancellor Howell restraining the
issuance of 1000, 900 of stock by the
American &e Securities Company. a
New Jers y corporation, was continued
today W Al Monday on motion of F. J..
Faulks representing Hugh J. Grant,
forme2 Mayor of New York, and others,
who are the co~mplainants.