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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11

low brow always knew his place-pros
duced the effect of distressed meekress
"Pemmiean,'' said Murgatroyd, all
geniallty and good-fellowship now,
"how are they treating you?' And
then, with a chuckle: You look
peaked, my mani"
1t was second natur to Pemmican to
swallow his indignation and simulate
cheerfulness, but he answered peev-
ishly:-
mo wonder I'm all to the bad. But
why am / kept locked up in this house
of detention? ?"
McGrath grinned and spoke for the
prosecutor.
witnesses is wary game and scarce;
it amt always the open season, so we
got to keep EN- in cold storage, see?'
Pemmican ignored this remark. but
turned to the prosecutor, and there was
a whine in the voice that said
"You made my bail so Internally
large thai my friends would not put
it up for me"
Il did it purposely," Murgatroyd de-
clared, still smiling. This is al inn
portant case; you are the only Wit
ness; and I've got to keep you where
your friends cannot reach you here
a faint flush spread over the prosecu-
tors countenance-"cannot corrupt
you, Pemmican."
Suddenly Murgatroyd rose from his
revolving chair. He nodded a dis
missal to McGrath; and then going
over to a table in the centre of the
room, he drew to him q sheet of fools
cap from a pile lying there, and said
Come over here, Pemmiean!" Their
was an article of some kind in the hand
that rested IN the table. Just sketch
me here-on. this paper-a little plar
showing the position of the men in room
A that ni=ht."
Sure" volunteered Pemmican, talk
ing the proffered pencil; nov, here
was Colonel Hargraves, here was"
He stopped abruptly. For he had
seen that the article in Murgatroyd's
hand was a wallet market "R. H."
"Go on" said Murgatroyd.
"And here VAS Pem.1ican stopped
again.
What are YOU looking at?" Murga.
troyd asked. 'Oh. that? he said casu-
ally. and passed the wallet to Pemmi-
can.
Pemmican started and backed away
u don't want 1t. 1t amt mine
don't know what it is-what is 1t, any.
how" he gulped. mo. counsellor Inc
added; and, besides, l wasn't looking
at it"
Murgatroyd patted the wallet.
1T was Colonel Hargrave's pocket
book" he said."T thought you recog-
nlzed it,
Never saw it before, counsellor" hf
repeated sulkily; never saw it before
You must have seen it," persisted
Murgatroyd. its pretty we'll worn. an6
he must have carried 1t a long time
He was one of your patrons. The facI
is, Pemmican," he went on. "this wallei
was the occasion of my sending for you
Just now. l am informed that whes
Hargraves last carried it the wallet
was full Of bills. and when he was
found in the street It was quite empty
1t ia a mere detail, but ] should like tc
know whether Challoner robbed this
nan as well as killed him.
Pemmican slowly shook his head
Cant help you OUT he answered
for l never saw the yallet, l don
NOW
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Murgatroyd went off on another hack.
Very we'll; but there's another thing
that you nay clear up BY the
way. Pemmiean, perhaps you don't
know that Challoner las confessed2'
Pemmican's physiognomy lost its
doleful appearance. And he cried joy
fully:
Confessed? Gee, that's geod-greatl
Confessed? Well, say, counsellor, il
just had TO come to that."
Yes" conceded Murgatroyd; but
there's another thing which bothers me
though, | don't know that it compi-
Gates matters exactly. It's a merc
detail again. Challoner says he shot
his man in room a. in Cradle
baugh's; you say the quarrel tool
place there, hat H~argraves went GU
first, and that Challoner followed him
Hargraves, as we know, was fount
lead in the street above. That's RICH
isn't 1t?
sure returned Pemmican, posi-
tively. Il didn't sec him fire the shot
nobody saw That. It's a good thing
though. because between you and me
prosecutor, Notwithstanding my testi
llOlN.- NliONbHl llihN w "
bic in making III a case. Circtlm
stances is something, but they ain
everything, you know
Murgatroyd agreed to this, am
added:
We've got certainty now, becaus'
he's eonfessed-but he's mixed as t.
the place Of the shooting. He thinks
it was in your place-that you were
present, that's ALL"
Murgatroyd seemed satisfied. He sa
down at his desk and from a draWel
he drew "a box of cigars. Now M
leaned toward Pemmican and SAT-
c~onfidentially.
'Pemmican. / want your testimon!
in this case-I want It right. Have I
cigar"
Pemmican accepted. and finding ;
ready match in his pocket, struck !
on the heel Of his boot and lighted tn
,igar before the slow-moving Murga
troyd could pass him his matchbox.
THANK you. counsellor, l have one,
he said. and blew "A cloud of smoke L
the ceiling. You can depend on me
III tell the truth-the whole truth ant
nothing but the truth. so help me
His gaze returned again to the pig
skin wallet on the desk. But say
| never saw that thing before"
Murgatroyd picked it up and spok'
in a still lower tone now.
"Pemmican, suppose | were to fiji
this with, well, say ten thousand dol
lars and give it to you; how would
YOU testify in this case, eh?'
But" protested Pemmican, Il never
saw ten thousand dollars in TN
NO. repeated Murgatroyd; but !
you should right now have it flle'
with ten thousand dollars, how woul'
you testify for fnef
Pemmican stolidly shook his heaC
and answered:
"To the truth, cqunselior-I'm al
honest man.
Murgatroyd still persisted.
How much would you take, Penn
mican," he went on, "to swear tina
Challoner did not commit this crlme?'
Pemmican started back in alarm, ant
once more shook his head.
Counsellor. Tn an honest man, IN
answered doggedly.
Murgatroyd gave it up as a bad job
you're honest, all right, Penlmi
cam he said, You can go bacl
now; but III have you dow
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ment of his evidence there had been
an undercurrent as unusual as 1T was
unexpected: every question that he
hurled at Pemmlean had a hidden
meaning; every Interrogation point had
a sting hidden in its tail. Not that
he made any attempt to switch the
issue or to sidetrack the facts, but 1t
was clearly apparent that from start
to finish he was making a supreme
effort to include within his facts, to
embrace within the issue and to place
on trial, together with the prisoner.
| ore other culprit in this celebrated case
-cradlebaugh's.
However, If such were the prosecu-
tors chief purpose, it failed. Thorne,
the counsel for the defense-who repre-
sented more than one client in this
case-met him at every turn, PARTED
his every thrust.
objection sustained" the court had
ruled YEARLY many times during the
trial, THE prosecutor will proceed"
And upon such occasions Graham
Thorne, from the counsel's table in the
front, had dashed a triumphant glance
at Peter Broderick; n Peter Brod-
orick, in turn, from his seat in the rear
- AiN Nbhi ~ pbilif NpNih iOIAih iHO
gaze with a smile, the brilliancy Of
which was outshone only by the big
diamond that blazed from where it
rested comfortably on his highly col
ored shirt-front. To these wo-no in
the least interested in the outcome OF
the trial, so far as Challoner was CON
cerned-the case was highly satisfac-
tory, There was no crevice in the mys-
terry of Cradlebaush's in which Murga-
troyd could insert the thin edge OF a
wedge; its foundation still remained
mistaken after the impact of his bat
tering ram; the Challoner case was to
be the Challoner case, and nothing
more.
That's all, Mr.. Pemmican,"
were the words with which the prose-
cutor had concluded the examination
Of hts principal witness,
on PenInican Of the low brow leav-
ing tho witness stand. he had glanced
oXpeCtantly toward the counsel for the
defense. Throughout the trial there
, was in his manner a peculiar Difference
toward Thorre which had been there
from the firs. day. Under Murgatroyd's
sharp Interrogation he had seemed
quite at ease; hut his attitude
toward Thorne had always APP
feared 70 be that of a man whose hand
was constantly kept raised to ward of
blows. However, Notwithstanding that
he had been recalled at least five times,
Femmican, on the whole, apparently
was we'll satisfied with his performances.
Unquestionahly he had been loyal and
wary, and had confined his testimony
as TO motive to the woman in the case
a row over a housekeeping that por-
tentious game of cards we'll into the
baekground-out Of sight.
Surely you're not going to detain mr.
any longer?' whispered Pemmican &
the officers who had placed themselv
on either side of him. What! You
not going to let me go?"
Not on your life!" remarked one
them geniallY; and showing to the pl
cner a slip of paper which he dr.
from his pocket: There's a warra
for your arrest"
Pemmican for a moment looked
wildered and murmured incredulous
F" my arrest?'
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
Copyright. 1909
BY Dodd. Mead & Company.

SYNOPSIS.
Miriam Challoner, socially prominent pretty
and rich. is the wife of Ia lawrence Challohet,
whose married life has been marked py VIII
excuses. Gossip of these has reached her ear.
and when hp returns after a three.day lapse
and asks 5ksr for 81 900 to pay a debt she re-
fuses. had previously attempted 10 sen neI
MI Automobile but the dealers knew II wac
Mono of his property. One unscrupulous man
n n9aTs 70 my 1t il Challoner will get his wire ;
Xii NJ sale. In the end she half promises nm
The cash. Challoner goes to Cradlepaugh :, d
sanbling palace. He learns that Colonel La
eraaves has won S10,0 900 on the races. lie hopes
% borrow 81, COO from him. but the colonel Is no,
IN lie then goes to the apartment OF Ietts
Love an actress. She, too, is out. lie plipes
tba maid with a diamond pin and learns that
fJarareaves is undermining him In the actress =
affeetions. Just then Miss Love enters. she
,anhiis CbaIloner to go. The telephone bell rings
fa answers II. Hargreaves Is speaking. ana ne
tells Lefty to ask him up Chalioner draws a
enn hut Lefty persuades him 10 take q drink
and he falls asleep He Is alone Wheh he
awakens. Two days later he meets hargreaNes
at Cradlebaugh's. They agree to play caius
for tho iatter's $4,000 on the understanding. that
should Challoner lose he should leave liar
sreaves and Lefty Love alone. Az z a; m. an
ettandant hears angry words followed by a
ristol shot. a Few hours later a patroiman mus
tIsrnresves,s body on the Sidewalk outside the
san,biinp house. Efforts are made to hush up
ne murder. Prosecutor Murgatroyd acts Win
~ the notice and searches Mrs chailoner .
bo,,se lust after he leaves Chalioner Ietulns;
Mureatroyd and his men saw MN enter anu
foilnw and arrest him. He conies3es shoohhns
Iarer.s YES. shirley and Mrs. Challoner can on
HfnrSatroyd separately. h former SPEAKS OF
his political ambitions
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tro BE Continued on Meaaay-s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-08

aoa ~ LAMB an" VEAL cuts 's" prices" Best ''o-
The game blue FRONT" AMI The Number 930 LOUISIANA aVEAU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11

from the Atlantic Coast Line as chief rate clerk. After several months service in this important position he was promoted to the post of chief clerk of the general passenger department, with headquarters here
 During his ineumbeney of this position MT. Wayne became widely known as one of the most efficient passenger executives in the country and he numbers his friends in and out of the service by hundreds.
 Recognizing the signal ability of his chief clerk, General Passenger Agent Charles B. Ryan promoted Mir. Wayne to the post of assistant general passenger agent about two years ago. His latest promotion comes as additional evidence of the confidence and esteem of the man agement of the system.
 "In his new position Wayne succeeds J. J. Fuller, who will leave the railway service to engage in the steel business in Plttsburg. Like MT. Wayne, MT. Fuller has q host of friends in this city, who will be glad to learn that the new busi- ness in which he is to engage comes to him As flatterlng advancement in his affairs"
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4 per cent on incomes exceeding 1o0,- 900 francs. No incomes below 5000 francs are to be taxed. The proposed tax is to be 10 francs on incomes of 5000 francs, rising step by step to a tax of 955O francs upon an income of 100000 francs and tax of 4 per cent on all greater incomes.
 It is regarded as a revolution in French finances, and no one believes that country will ever return to the antiquated methods of taxation that have stood untouched a century. The Clemenceau government staked all on the success of the new measure, and the belief is that it will be passed, and that it's execution will prolong a ministry that has already exceeded in duration the average life of French government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
Extraordinary Condition of the Treasury

At the end of eight completed months of the fiscal year on March 1 the treasury deficit stood at S6,361,- 900. In 12 months last past the treas ury has suffered a reduction of $15S,- 000,OOO.
 It held on March 1 an available bal anee amounting to s13S,000,00O, about half of which was on hand and the other half was cash in bank. It is req sonably certain that this balance would be exhausted in the course of another 12 months, when the bottom would be reached.
 The government is authorized to is sue Panama canal bonds, but the pro- ceeds of such bonds can be used for canal expenditures only. Beyond these bonds the Secretary of the Treasury has no authority to go unless he re- sorts to the per cent one-year cer- tifcates of indebtedness authorized by the Spanish war loan act to be is- sued by the Secretary of the Treas ury in such sum or sums as in his judgment may be necessary to meet public expenditures" To bring a great government down to the issue of short-term per cents would be fall indeed, and the republican party will not make the mistake of leaving the country in a condition to fall into such a hole.
 France has found the right road out Of revenue troubles. She is about to levy an income tax. and that is what this country would do if the magnates would take their hands off the re- publican party. The democratic party is fully committed by it's national plat form to the levying of an income tax, the easiest borne and most just of all taxes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
SHAKERS TO DISSOLVE.
Ohio Colony, Established a Century
 Ago, Is Near Extinction.

Cincinnati Dispatch to New York Herald.
 The famous Shaker colony which for more than century has been maintained near Lebanon, Ohio, is to be dissolved. In 1895 the first settlers of the sect re- moved from Lebanon, N Y., to Ohio, and settled on 4000 broad acres in Warren county and for many years they pros pered. At one time the colony numbered 800. Branch colonies were established years ago near Dayton. Ohio, and High Bridge, Ky, but both practically are now extinct. At Lebanon there are 23 surviv- ors. only five of whom are less than 70 years of age and but two under 50 See ing the ultimate extinction of their band, the leaders are negotiating with the Methodists for a permanent home at the College Hill (CincinnatD Home for the Aged
 The Shakers sprang up in England, like the Quakers, in 1747 and first came to America in 1T74 in charge of Mother Ann Lee. The primal note of their religion was bBotherly love and a belief in celi- bacy was inherent. Thus their ranks were repleted through conversions solely, as no children were born to maintain the faith
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
MiSSQuri'S Rata Case

After trial lasting year IS rail roads in Missouri have secured from a federal district court a decision that Missouri's 2-cent fare law and max imum freight rate laws do not af- ford a sufficient return on the capital invested.
 This opinion comes at a time when railroad earnings are at ebb. Nor does it appear that the district court en- deavored to ascertain what proportion of the capitalization consisted of ac- tual original investment and what part was water. The finding of a district court is subject to review and noth- ing is really determined and settled by it.
 Flat maximum rates applicable to all roads alike is not, however, sen 'sible method of regulating railroad rates. It is crude, for the rate that fits one railroad may not fit the next one. What affords satisfactory earn ings in fat years would not do so in lean years. A more scientific meth cd of regulation is needed, and the Missouri legislature now in session IL l. f.,. all roads in all years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
STARVING THE DRUGGISTS.

From the Rochester Post Express
 pr. Osler stated not long ago that he could get along in his practice without any drugs except occasionally nux vomica. This statement, of course, aroused a storm of protest-indeed, the genial doctor seems to have a penchant for arousing storms of protestant, like all epigrams. it contained grain or two of truth. This truth is re- fiected in the plaint of the druggists of Chicago and Boston that tn cir sales have decreased from hird to one half, as compared with sales decade ago. What is the reason for this de- crease9 Are Americans becoming healthier? Are the various mind-cure schools having a beneficent effect upon the people? Are the physical culturists in the ascendant? Are the Fletcherites multiplying? According to a writer in medical journal, the doctors them selves are responsible for the decrease inethe sale of drugs, In that the most advanced physicians have largely eliminated the use of drugs in their practice. At the Massachusetts gem eral hospital, for instance. drugs are used in the treatment of about one pa tient in seven, and this treatment ob tains in many hospitals in New York and Chicago. Each year, in fact, sees an advance in the direction of giving nature an opportunity to effect it's own cures. No wonder the druggists are anxious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
lAIaWara'S Whining Post

At the Delaware whipping post-the only one left in the country-Satur- day is the day of punishment, and last Saturday IS offenders were made to hug the post and to receive on bare backs 255 strokes. In answer to pub lie sentiment the brutality of the whip ping has been toned down, so to speak. The Delaware deputies are ex- pected to raise welts upon the skin. but they are not expected to break the skin of an offender.
 Chief Justice Lore of Delaware de- fends the whipping post on the score of locality and environment. The lit tie state is wedged in between large cities and populous hobo-ridden states and she would be afflicted with num- berless tramps and evildoers if she did not have a whipping post. These mis- creants do not, it is asserted, dread brief imprisonments, but none of them take kindly to the whippingi post.
 The whipping post however injures the people of Delaware as well as it does the victims of it's peculiar insti- tuition. The army and the navy have abolished the whipping post and Del aware alone maintains it. Tn every state in the Union except Delaware" '" says the Philadelphia Public Ledger, "effort is being made in the shaping of penal laws, not merely to wreak vengeance upon the culprit, but to save him, if possible, for some work in the body polite. The whipping makes of the man a lame and i'm potent thing. And it is not conyinc- ing to allege that those who receive the whipping deserve it. If every man who deserves whipping in the realm of equity should receive it, who would go unwhipt? Not those legislators of Delaware who sold their birthrignt but few years ago when a rich stranger wanted senatorship.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
ORIGIN oF THE VARIETY STAGE.

James L. Ford in McClure's Magazine
 It is not easy to trace the variety stage back to it's earliest beginnings, for the scent begins to grow faint in ante-bellum days and the trail loses itself beyond re- call in the early 40s. about which period we encounter traces of what may be called the Bill Valentine Myth" This I will relate as 1t was imparted to me by MT. Valentine himself in the small Coney Island pavilion that he conduct ed during his later years.
 MT. Valentines story is that many years before the civil war, probably in the early 40s, he opened small place of amusement somewhere on the East Sid. Ct must have been small indeed, for there is no record of it in T. Aston Browns History of the New York Stage.'D Uncertain what to call his place of entertainment, he applied to friend for a fitting name.
 What sort of an entertainment are you going to give? said the friend.
 Well I'm going to give a variety of things" said MT. Valentine
 Then why not call it a variety show?" suggested the other
 And thereupon, according to this myth. the term variety show came into use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
Frances New Income Tax

The passage of the Clemenceau in- come tax bill in the chamber of dep uties by the decisive vote of 407 to 166 is proof it will not be blocked or materially modified in the senate. It will become law and it is expected to yield 694,Ooo,OOO francs, or some thing better than s1O0,OoO,OOO year.
 The subject has been discussed ever since the republic succeeded the third sempire. but Premier Clemenceau was needed to drive it through parliament. It will abolish world of vexatious taxes. some of which have been hand ed down from the days of the First Napoleon, for example. the window sand door tax and commercial licenses.
 The bill provides for a graduated Income tax eliminating in 3 tax of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
Hiqhtide for Good Fish.

"Epicureans, bonvivants who love pan fish, are rejoicing just now in the finest that come to this market" said a man fond of good living.
 'Shad, fat and fine, some full of roe, are being served at the first-class cafes. An, when one sits down in the evening to a broied shad with a sauce of olive oil and lemon juice, with a garnish of water cress, verify there's feast of fish and a feeling of friendship with the whole world mo potatoes with this dish. A bottle of light wine would go well, but then after the dish superba, cup of fine tea goes we'll
 There are plenty of fine Spanish mack erel, and fresh and salt water trout on the bills of fare. Then there are large fine brim from Reelfoot lake that eat well fried in corn meal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
Jail Delivery In Havana

The Cuban congress has passed an amnesty bill and President Gomez has signed it, and nearly all prisoners who were in jail when ex-Governor Magoon took his departure last Jan- uary are to be released. The amnesty bill covers all prisoners who have not been convicted of crimes of grave atrocity.
 The bill is based on the presump- ton that Governor Magoon accumu- lated in the course of three years service a considerable number of po- litical prisoners and the Gomez ad- ministration desires to get rid of all acts of the American occupation. It is indeed doubtful whether there is a single prisoner in the Cuban jails who can be said to have got there on &C., count of his politics.
 President Gomez has permitted the police force of the island to become disorganized and yet he proposes to turn loose a large number of mis- creants. It Is to be feared that the predictions of the conservatives were well-founded. Acts of violence may follow and really the entire republic seems to be drifting toward third and last American occupation.