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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-29

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q expense Ssr1EstorS corois lv invited 10
visit the offce. where complete sets OF charts
and sailing directions q the world are kept at
land for comparison and reference and the
Isfee- Information always Be obtained re-
<srdlng lights. dangers 70 navigation and nat
fers q interest 10 ocean commerce
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The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

hysteria was gone from her voice, and
with the gOod-humored banter which
well-worn transgressor knows how to en-
ploy with those who trail him, she con-
tnued:
II simply made a grand getaway every
place else. They thought they were onto
me because l never had pal, so l tried
out this hubby scheme and IL worked like
a charm. II would have worked here,
too. II it hadn't been for that-brat."
When they bundled her In on top OF
the recovered plumber, most Of Vivian
Court was standing about the patrol.
"I think I'll hurry some when spend
that five hundred" laughed Rankin, 'it
was so dead easy"
Better begin with the KID" suggested
Qulgley.
right now" He took ten-dollar bill
from his purse and put into the boys
hand. keep a dreamin' kid. as long as
II pays" he said. Then he gave his
nephew a blissfully intimate slap.
The patrol went changing through the
crowd, leaving little Avenue de Tr-
omphe down which Puggy proudly step
ped, his mouse In one hand, the bill IN
the other.
They talked of nothing else that even
ing when Kadash came home.
"Und he was lady yet" declared Pug
gy when all had finished.
His father looked at him respectfully.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
"A LADY YET"
By VIM. Chester EstabrOok
Ccontinued from page ~

wavered between tremendous desire TO
get out Of Il and another tremendous de-
sire to see things through. He started
over to Gastineau's goaded by the single
purpose Of vindicating his long contest
ed claim. He was totally unprepared
for the dreadful affalr that was follow
ing fast on the heels of his yindication.
While visions OF his father and the coal
house tugged one way, the zest of the
new situation tugged equally hard IN the
opposite, with the result that be simply
stood stlll and listened.
A woman on the inside was talking
quietly with his uncle. There was some
thing almost reassuring in her level
tones. Occasionally he heard Qulgley,
whom Rankin had let I'm at the front
The sudden stiffness and lnactlon after
such an uproar was more than his curl
oslty could bear. He lnched around TO
the broken screen and into the porch
His mouse lay on the floor, stomach up,
It's little white feet moing futilely. He
picked II up and stepped Into the kitchen
Mr.. Gastineau and the two officers were
In the hall just beyond. Mr.. Gastlneau
turned when he heard the patter OF the
boys bare feet. His cap was on and his
short hair was all about his ears. When
he saw the mouse he broke into wom
ans laugh that was half sob. Good
Lordr' he cried. WAS 1t that thing?
Was it that thingV'
"Yes, laughed Rankin, your Jonah this
time winds up with key
Qulgley went to summon the patrol.
When It came the men carried from
wardrobe and closet armload after arm
load Of the precious Anery that had been
disappearing from uptown stores for
Ten NARROW. who had been permitted to
y don her proper clothes, stood by and
watched them with less emotion than one
would have thought possible, Rankin,
with Puggy at his side, kept an eye on
ITO think of me accumulatlng all this
swag and ready to make my getaway In
twelve hours more" she said ut last. The
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

him. "Kid, are both the Gastineau's at
homer he asked.
"They amt no boths," said Puggy;
whats that now9" demanded Rankin:
"Thoy amt no bOths. He's all married
"see herei None Of that dreamIn' with
me-" admonlshed Rankin sternly.
Puggy slded out Of the door. The IN
dignities OF the morning had ripened him
for revolt "He Is a lady. III show
your he cried dehantly, and raced to
us the kid nuttyg' asked ouigley, cur
"He might as well be. 1t amounts to
the same thing"
II HEY were stll eyelng the porch with
out much interest when, 10 their as
tonishment, they saw him creeping swiftly
down the narrow passway between Gas,
tineau's and the next house lie squattcI
where the porch joined the Kitchen and
lifted a little circular piece of tin from
Rileys 20 accommodate a drain pipe from
n refrigerator. He took something from
his pocket and thrust 1t through the
The next instant there was thin, fem
mine shrek, and Mr.. Gastineau, dropping
his cigarette and paper, pulled his tr0us-
ankles and fed precpitately into the
For minute the two officers stood
dumfounded. "Quickr' cried Rankin, you
take the front I'll force the rear"
Mr. Gastineau's Shrek did not frighten
Puggy. He had expected 1t. The ladies
at Spellmesser's party had all shrieked
In unison. It was a woman's way In the
presence of mice, his mother explained TO
him But he was thoroughly frightened
at the manner his uncle came across the
fence terked the screen staple loose, ana
forced the kitchen door with his big
Shocked by such a preclpitate and un-
expected appearance on the scene' ne
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

operators with ruhled hair were bending
low over them. Abruptly, as If spent
man before Il stood on his feet ana pulled
the sheet from his machine with a harsh,
rasplng noise The train carrying the
rived In Washington" And then, as n
hiF Interest In the race were undated, ne
leaned across his fellow operators shout
der, aud stared at the receiver
Gentlemen" he said, turning back To-
ward the group, there's no necessity OF
my staying here any longer or for your
losing further rest
They stood upon their feet and drew
close around him, even Tiger Reilly
leaning forward.
81 ann an old dispatcher and can tell
you positively that nothing In the world,
save an accident, which would be al
most impossible under the circumstances,
can prevent the train carrying the liber-
al electors from arriving In Washington
one hour before the United states con-
gross assemblies I'm Joint convention"
The important feature OF the hour, the
race Itself, was decided. Both sets Of
electors would be on time. Tiger Reil-
ly reached his hand over, and interrupt
ed the other operator, who looked up at
him lnquiringly' the instrument clicked
EMO need for you to work any longer"
the judge said. Were through. We
know all we want 20 know until them
sOlons get busy"
The operator stood up and plugged
OUT his chatterlng instrument In the
Ing silence seemed preternatural The
duh, persistent crash Of the surf out on
the sand spit and the whining OF
the winds through the overhanging
wires became audible. In the grave
knowledge that the national crisis was
still undecided. the men looked at one
another without saying anything Tiger"
Reilly swung toward the door, and then,
AS abruptly, turned around and fronted
them again. lie spoke and his voice
81 wish TO Cod" he said, that one or
the other OF them trains had been
wrecked even II II killed every man
aboard"
Ills hearers drew back from him as IL
"what, and kill them allf" the colonel
OF artillery whispered aghast
"Ycs and XIII them all" Reilly snarled.
thrustlng his chin forward. cant you
seer Can't you understand that this may
mean civil war? Wouldn't It be better
TO XIII a hundred men than 10 XIII
mlllon2 III one OF them trains had been
wiped out, II would have settled for
good and all what promises to be the
but. now, nobody only God himself can
tell what the end Will be-"
He turned and staked through the
door into the fresh cool air Of the morn
Ing, without gancing out across the
wind-beaten sea, which spread cold and
cheerless into a horizon that seemed dis
tant and removed The others followed
him, and Dick. bringing up the rear, re
called that other time when Tiger Reii-
Is had made a similar predictiOn-the
hand and gestlculated over the heads Of a
swnying, sullen and determined mass or
men who fought and struggled In down
pour of rain I'm Herald Square.
(Continued next week
Copyright, 1902 by Roy Norton
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

der toward the other officers
Why yes" the ouicer assented; 'they
"Tell 'om TO come with You, and. by
the way guess each fellow had better
bring q chair"
Where are you golngY" Dick asked In
surprise.
con the rcservatlon.'
Aud that was all the information he
would VOuchsafo.
Humoring his fancy. a little procession
of blue.clad men wound away, while In
the rear string of Orderles carried
seats. They entered the little shack,
which was ablaze with kerosene lamps
and huge rehectors and were surprised
20 find themselves In n well-cqulpped tel
cgraph station whore two men were
banging away at typeWriters' slaves 10
the receiving instruments which continu-
ously snapped and clicked on rude pine
tables before them.
"Ail mine" the ex.boss said, the aick-
er Of smile crossing his hard face
alton, putting his hand on Dicks shoul-
der I'm an unwOnted caress, II knew now
much i meant to this boyIknew more more
and mes got some secrets between us,
40 didn't propose to have him stewing
out here at the Hook without knowing
whether be was the son OF a president
or the offspring OF common, every day
lie sat down In the farthest corner,
where he smoked necessarily and studied
the bulletins after the officers had salts
fed their curiosity. Throughout the
night, he refused 90 be drawn into con-
yersation, and passed few comments Now
and then. when the group around him
showed signs Of excitement az some fresh
report, he merely smiled. I'm lull. whe1
for a time the wires ceased their actly-
lty, he lntimated In response 70 ques-
ton, that the concession OF private
wire had not been obtained without DIM
Guilty.
"Didn't want TO let me have IT." he
grumbled said there wasn't money
enough TO Justify them I'm strlnging extra
wires and sending extra operators. Had
to make "a trip 10 New York TO see a
friend OF mine lie fixed II for me. Ills
name ain't on no telegraph list, no direc-
tory nor notbin' like that but when he
stretches his finger out and presses a but
ton, something takes place. Here's what
happened this time"
There was an undercurrent OF reverence
in his manner OF speaking that aroused
Dicks curiosity. lie looked at Tiger
Reilly's face In the shadows of the cor
ner where he lOunged. and. an II by intul-
tlon, recalled the strange, pallid yisage
which had stared at him so hXedly from
n hansoms depths on Firth avenue; the
face OF the man 90 whom niger Reilly
him-the hoarse murmurs Of the mob In
Union square, the glare OF chilled lights
the darkenod night and the eX-boss cross.
ing himself as he stood on the street
curb. while In the distance vehicle
drove hurrledly away.
"Your friend we met that nightF, ne
asked; chat night when they tried TO
"Tigcr" Reilly nodded, slowly.
TT HE dawn crept up and one Of the on
GERS eNtingulshed the blazing lamps,
some OF which were blackened with smoke.
The Instruments and the typewriters were
working TO the limit now while the urea
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

There are seven splendid pieces in this great
OUTFIT The ash bat is good one. The mask
is made of heavy wire, full size. The catcher's
mitt is thickly padded, very heavy and has pat
and has patent clasp. The ball is strongly stitch
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tell you just how to get IL.
A. N. PIPER. S6i Popular Bldg. Dss MOlnes. Iowa.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

bound In red cloth and II
IOxt8 inches IN size, We
will ser 4 it TO You abso-
lutely free, II your order for
the Encyclopedia Diction-
AIRY a. received at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
RELEASED TO DIE IN FREEDOM.
Prison Doors Open to Liberate Man
Diving of Consumption.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 15.-Clint
Osborne, one of the oldest prisoners
in the Kansas penitentiary, has been
released on a governors parole. Os-
bronze is in the last stages of consump-
ton and wanted to be outside the
penitentiary to die. Osborne lived in
Holton when he killed Charles Ham,
bic, a lawyer. A daughter of Osborne
was stenographer for Handle, who
told her father that the lawyer had
caused her ruin. On this belief Os-
borne secured a shotgun and killed
HANDLE. Osborne was tried for muir
der and sentenced to the penitentiary
for life.
He served fifteen years without ever
various state shops until his health
failed and was then placed in the
tubercular tent in the prison yard.
Osborne's wife and daughter both
died while he was confined in the
penitentiary. Frank Osborne, a son,
is to take care of his father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
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.SANTAFE NOTES.

A friend of Mr.. Walter Miller, ma
chinist in the tool room. arrived here
yesterday from Switzerland to remain
permanently He will secure a posi-
ton in the shops here.
Mr. Clark Cain of Buco. Ok, is spend
ing few days in Topeka on business
trip.
Engineer John Maurice. of Argentine.
has returned home after spending
short time in Topeka on a business
trip.
Mr.. Frank Murray. of the machine
shop, will spend Sunday in Kansas City
the guest of his parents.
Rev. c. L. Sorg Will conduct the
meeting in the new mill Friday noon
The officials of the r. r. 7. NJ. G. a.
are looking every day for the new rope
fire escapes which were ordered few
weeks ago to be placed at every bed
room window
Mr.. Warren Mcdowell has returned
to Topeka after being away few days
on q snort vacation
Mr.. Geo. Zine will spend Sunday in
Kansas City the guest of his parents.
James McRoberts of the water ser
vice went west yesterday on q. motor
MIR. H. H. Mason. bonus inspector at
Newton, has returned home after spend
ing a few days here on business.
MOSQUITO blinds are being placed In
the transient rooms of the Y. M. c.
A The blinds have been on the rooms
permanently occupied and are now De-
ing placed in all the rooms.
Mr. Art DINNERS. engineer of Ar
kansas City, stopped here yesterday be
tween trains to make a short visit with
old time friends. He is an old-timer
of the Santa F'e and had many stories
to tell of the happenings in the rail-
road of the place of years ago. He has
worked for the Santa Fe 81 years, has
a regular passenger run out of Arkar-
sas City where he has resided for the
past 20 years.
Mr.. John Sayers of Philadelphia has
arrived in Topeka to remain. He has
secured a position in the boiler shop
and has taken a room at the Y M. G..
A. which will be his home.
Engineer James Galletly, of Wichita,
has returned home after spending a few
days here with his brother, Mr.. LINK
GalIetly He is an old employee OF the
Santa Fe but for the past three years
has been with the Orient Railroad
company and at present is running
passenger train out of Wichita on that
road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe to Lay Ninety Pound
Steel on Southern Kansas.
Entire Division to Be Relaid and
Improved.
MAY sBE NEW ROUTE.
This Branch Could Then Be
Used For Coast Travel.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.
AY sBE NEW ROUTE.

Ottawa, Kan, July 15.-It is current
" rumored in Santa Fe circles that
contracts have been made for re-laying
the Southern Kansas line from Ottawa
to Cherrvyale with underground steel
rails, the work to begin at once This
grade Of rails mentioned is the same
as that recently laid on the main line
and is intended for the heaviest traffic
that goes over western roads. AL
though the rumors of the improvement
are not confirmed here, they come to
Ottawa through sources of such re-
liability as to give them strong credi-
bility.
The Santa F'e is carrying on i'm
provement campaigns of immense size
for the equipment Of its lines to meet
the demands OF many years to come
and the reported change on the South
ern Kansas is regarded as part of the
general campaign in the west which
began with the double tracking of the
system from Chicago.
1t appears that there could be but
one occasion for work of this magnf-
tude on the Southern Kansas. and thai
would be the carrying out of the plan
often discussed for sending the Cali
fornia. traffic south over the Southern
Kansas and west over the Panhandle
10 the coast by way of the Belen cut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
.DOINGS OUT WEST
Possibilities of Overland HAIL
Service Demonstrated.
Star Route Drivers Cover 135
Miles in II Hours.
SYRACUSE THE HUB.
Automobiles Have Taken the
Place of the Stage Coach.
Southwestern Counties Promise
a Bumper Broom Corn Yield.

Syracuse, Kan, July 15.-Tuesday
evening the 18th witnessed the sue
cessful completion of two trial trips
with Uncle Sans mail which may
mean much to be people of southwest
Kansas and southeast Colorado in
the way of better mail service. Each
successive trip, a total length of 135
miles was made between the hours of
o'clock in the morning and in the
afternoon a total of eleven hours.
On each trip, eight postofices. in
GLIDING two county seats were served
with mail, an average stop of fifteen
minutes to each postoffice. A stop of
forty minutes was made for dinner.
Besides these forty short stops were
made at free delivery boxes dis
tributing and receiving mail for more
than one hundred and fifty ranches
and claim holders.
Mail Carrier Now Uses an Automobile
These round trips heretofore re-
quiring an outlay of three hacks,
a stock of eleven teams of horses and
three drivers on the road all day,
were made possible with an ad-
ditional twenty-five n1iIes) in one day
with one driver by the u Sc of the new
international high-wheeled auto
mobile and the excellent pike road
through the sand hills south of
Syracuse. The route travelled passes
through stanton and Morton counties.
Kansas and Baca county Colo, by
way of Johnson City, Kan, Rfchfield,
Kan, and Konantz, Colo.
Broom Corn and Forage Crops Fine.
Although on account of the dry
spring weather wheat seen along the
route will not make more than
fifteen bushels per acre, corn, broom
corn and maize are making great
growth. and with the late rains are
promising bumper crops.
Recent wells drilled near the state
line in Stanton and Morton counties
and near Monon, Colo, promise the
development of an artesian area that
will rival the famous Meade county
district People of Syracuse and
southwest counties will not be slow to
see the advantage of the larger ter
ritory served and time saved by the
automobile stage line, and will de-
mand of Uncle Sam service
equivalent to the one maintained on
last Monday and Tuesday, as 1t will
be at least three years before the
prospective railroads will reach the
rich territory southwest of and
physically tributary to Syracuse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
RAINS THREATEN APPLE CROP.
Leavenworth Grower Estimates Crop
at 25 Per Cent.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 15--Fran-
els Goble, an apple grower, says If the
orchards of the state yield 25 per cent
of a cro0 the rains must stop and
everything from now on be favorable.
He says the scab has made vast IN
roads into the crop already and no
amount of spraying would have pre-
vented it.
1--WE have had so much rain this
spring." exclaimed Mr.. Goble. that
spraying the trees was useless opera
ton We have never been bothered
with the scab until last year and no
one thought we would be bothered this
year The presence sof the scab last
year no doubt is responsible in de-
gree for the condition of the fruit now
but the early and continued rains are
more the cause than anything else.
"The Missouri Pippins and the Ben
Davis varieties will produce between
% and % per cent of crop while the
Jonathans will yield a trif1e more; but
the scab is affecting the crop badly
When we had a few days of bright
weather and it stayed dry for few
days the scab seemed to disappear but
with the return of wet, damp rainy
weather the scab began it's work again.
Continuous and judicious pruning
will have a tendency to overcome the
fungus growth. The air, then has
better chance to dry out the boughs
and the freedom to sway back and
forth without striking and interfering
with the fruit will help"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
BIG DAMAGE SUR IS FILED.
Farmers Along Smoky Hill Appeal
to Courts for Redress.

Abilene, July 15.-Eight farmers
living along the Smoky Hill river and
west of the city of Enterprise,
through their attorney, Col. z. c.
Little. have brought suit in the dis
trict court against the Rock Island
railway and the Hoffman Elevator
company, for an aggregate sum of
$21,200. The plaintiffs claim that
this amount of damage was done to
their crops last year. It is maintain
ed by the plaintiffs that the Hoffman
dam and the Rock Island railway
bridge at Enterprise interfered with
the natural flow of the water in the
river and caused the water to over
now the farms of the defendants and
damage the crops thereon to the ex-
tent of the amount herein stated.
The names of the plaintiffs and the
amounts for which each is asking
follows: L. D. Arnold, $4,000; John
j. Wider, $4,000; ]. F. Feighly, $2,-
900; H. w. Schaake, $6,05o; ]. p.
War1eld, $4,000; VIM. Riesecker, ST.
900; J. w. Lamb, $1,000; M. E.
Smeltz, $1,4OO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
WESTON'S WALK ENDS.
He Reaches San Francisco Five
Days Behind His Schedule.

San Francisco. July 15.-Vigorous
as a man of half his 20 years and
striding out like a soldier on parade
despite the forty miles he tramped
during the day, Edward Payson
Weston, set foot in San Francisco at
1880 o'clock last night with his
1000 mile journey from New York
to San Francisco completed.
The actual distance covered was
1926 miles by mile posts. The time
consumed on the journey was 105, 5
hours and Al minutes.
Starting on March Is, his 10th
birthday, from New York, Weston
has maintained a gait of nearly forty
miles a day all the way across the
continent, pausing for rest only on
Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
CAPITAL STOCK INCREASED.
Garden City Gulf and Northern Rail
road Authorizes Big Loan.

Garden City. Kan, July 15.-The
Garden City, Gulf & Northern Rail
way company had a busy day yes
terday and incidentally increased the
capital stock from L to millions.
The officials were driven through
the country for an hour or more.
At o'clock, the company held a
board meeting, increasing the CAPT
tai stock from 1 to 5 millions, and
authorizing a mortgage of 8 millions
in favor of the Commonwealth Trust
company of st. Louis, and transacted
other business of importance.
C. NJ. Niquette resigned as vice
president and director, F. A Giles
pie, and J. w. Tough of Scott county
were elected directors.
Two additional carloads of mater
ial arrived this morning and is being
unloaded at the wye" The work of
grading is progressing satisfactorily.
The engineering company will go
Scott tomorrow afternoon to lay out
work so construction may be COM
menced at the north end of the line
Monday morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
FARMER KILLED HIMSELF.
Ill Health and Death I'm Family
Blamed for Rash Act.

Chanute, Kan, July 15.-Marion
BeaIe, a farmer, So years old, killed
himself at his home, Il miles south
east. He placed the muzzle of rifle
to his forehead, pulled the trigger and
died instantly. No reason is known
except that he had been sick and fear
ed an attack of stomach trouble from
which he had suffered much many
years ago.
He left note telling how he wanted
his property, which is considerable,
divided. His wife has been dead 20
years and a daughter, who kept house
for him, died year ago. He and his
son, Charles, lived together. Charles
found the body when he came DOWN
stairs to get breakfast.