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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-11

Miss Ethel Pratt returned to
her home in Hays last Sunday
via Wednesday after visiting
several weeks in this city with
her cousin, Miss Mabel Boyd. =
Hill City Reveille.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-11
Stock Herded.

1 have fine wheat pasture, good pas
ture, all fenced and plenty of shelter
and feed and should like a bunch of
cattle to pasture this winter. Prices
reasona BILE. Address or see me
GEORGE FORSTER,
Bantam P. O., Kansas
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Hay for Sale.

/ have about twenty ton of good hay
for sale. Will be delivered in town at
reasonable price. See this office or
phone %.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-11

Cold weather is here. Nothing is
nicer than mince pies. We have some
elegant mince-meat at our shop oppo-
site the post office. HOFFMAN'S
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-11

Parties wanting wells, any depth
Us at Ellis, Kansas, or by leaving word
at the Blue Front Implement house. -
w. j. Helms & Co. f-tf
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Edith. thoughtfully But confess it
has made me nervous. l did not bring
many jewels, fortunately, but l have
my mothers pearls and a few other
trinkets l would not care to lose, and
| DO not know what to do with them,
since ii appears unsafe to trust things
in ones room, even if they are Sc
curely put away. Mrs. Bundy insisted
that she locked up her emeralds with
her own hands, and had the key on a
ribbon around her neck"
Il am glad we left when We did"
remarked as she paused. Not that
l am burdened with jewels, but it
must be awfully unpleasant"
1T is she agreed: "one is inclined
to lock suspiciously at ones neighbors,
not TO mention servants. AS for me, l
have put my treasures in this box and
carried it with me everywhere this
morning. l would not even trust my
maid, who has been with me for years.
l do not know what in the world to do
with them, and am more than half in
clined to dig hole and bury them
deep and safe"
She gave a vexed little laugh as she
spoke, and raised a box wrapped in
white paper which she held on her
lap, and which had appeared to con-
tain bonbons.
'Ill tell you said Elizabeth, i'm
pulsively. Leave them here. There
is a little iron safe under the china
closet in the dining room. l can't
imagine why it was put there, for it
is not big enough to hold much silver.
even if we had anything but the most
obvious plate; but it possesses two
padlocks. and you could lock it and
keep the keys"
DO you really mean it," said Lady
Edith, incredulously.
''Yes-why not? I'm sure we won't
be pursued for our valuabes, and, if
you will take all responsibility for leav-
ing them, you are more than welcome
to the exclusive use of the safe-isn't
she, girls?"
OF course we agreed willingly, and
were quite repaid by the look of relief
in her big brown eyes and the pretty,
eager manner with which she endeav-
ored to express her gratitude.
Let us put them away at once and
get them off our minds" suggested
Gabrielle. springing from the ham,
mock and leading the way to the din
ing room.
So we opened the door-which
looked like an ordinary wooden panel
below the corner closet-and disclosed
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found that his road was waiting for
him. Huntington's surveyors never
had discovered the road and he didn't
even know it was included in the pur-
chase. Huntington did not claim it,
SO Green said he owned it. He made
a trip of inspection and found that
the ties had rotted or been carried off
by the farmers for firewood. The
rails had rusted out; the roadbed
was overgrown with grass; station
houses and depots had been converted
into barns and all that remained OF
the railroad was the right of way.
Green announced that he was going to
Improve" his railroad" and imme
diately started to work regarding the
roadbed. General offices were estab-
lished at Terrell, Tex. Depots were
built; new ties and rails put down.
and soon cars and locomotives were
ordered. The Texas Midland Rail
way Company, E. H. R. Green, presi
dent" was an actuality
The Texas Midland perhaps is the
shortest railroad Ia complete system)
In the United States. 1t runs from
Ennis, Tex, to Paris, Tex, distance
of 1875 miles. 1t Is said to be the most
luxurious road in America. Yet it is
not considered money maker. Green
runs it more as a hobby than as an
investment The passenger cars are
the most modern and complete that
can be made. Every convenience has
been provided including a bathtub
in each car. All the cars, including
those for freight, are green inside and
out. The stations are painted green
and plush on the seats and the COM
pany's mark on the linen also is green.
The largest and fastest locomotives
turned out by the Baldwin locomotive
works are running on the Texas Mid
land 1t has less accidents per mile
and the rolling stock costs more per
mile than any other railroad in the
United States.
Green has other hobbies that prob
ably cost him nearly as much as his
railroad. But he lives in the sure
knowledge that some day-if he out
lives his mother-he will be worth
500, 900, 900. And that should be COM
forting to most men.
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For Awhile ! Swung Idly To and Fro

the little iron safe with it's two pad
locks-both SO rusty from disuse that
it took AL the strength l possessed to
turn the keys.
"There!" l remarked, handing them
to Lady Edith and closing the outer
wooden door, Now you can rest in
peace"
You have removed an incubus from
my shoulders" she said, with a quick
display of dimples, land l am more
grateful than l can express. l should
not have had an easy minute after
Mrs. Bundy's experience, although l
am inclined to believe 1t was one OF
the strange men who spent the night
the hotel l would rather think so.
And do you know" she continued.
thoughtfully. my maid says that sew
eral of these men left very early, with
out waiting for breakfast-as soon as
it was light. in fact. That In itself
seems suspicious, under the circum-
stances, but then, as l said, every one
is inclined to suspect every one else,
and 1t is all very horrid and uncom-
Portable. Now, do let US go outside
again. and not waste this glorious
day"
We had delightful morning, for
our guest was even more charming
than usual. There was a subdued ex-
hilaration in her manner, and an ex-
uberance of spirit we had never seen
before; .ier cheeks were softly pink,
and her eyes shone, as she chatted
merrily of various things after the
fashion of girls the world over In
her softened mood, with the grande
irresistible, and l found myself won
dering why her left hand bore neither
wedding nor engagement ring, and
whether she as well as her brother had
an unhappy romance to be lived down
and forgotten.
She did not, however, convey the
impression of a lovelorn damsel, for a
more radiant creature l have never
seen. By the time lunch was over we
ways, and were planning a summer
abroad, part OF which was to be spent
at her fathers castle in Scotland
Il hope" she added, that Wilfrid
will have quite recovered his poise
before you come over, and you can see
him as he really is-such a dear fel-
low! And then, who knows what
might happen? One Of you might be
induced to stay in the old world, for
we have many friends, and American
girls are very popular, you know"
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ASKED TO WATCH FoR HUBBY
Cleveland Woman Thinks That Re.
quest Was the Limit.

Il don't care what anybody asks me
now" remarked the woman with the
heavily upholstered velvet jacket.
I'll be prepared now for anything.
Nothing would surprise me. Not after
what the woman across the hall asked
me yesterday.
1T was after five o'clock, and 1 was
busy getting dinner, for my husband
is usually home by six. l guess the
woman across the hall must have been
figuring on having her dinner ready
just on time. too. She knocked at the
door. and when l asked her to come
out to the kitchen she says: o. no, l
haven't time to stop only moment I
just wanted to ask you II you would
look out Of your window and let me
know when my husband gets OF the
car and then tell me so can hurry my
supper on the table. He's always in
such a hurry when he gets home.
You'll watch out for him, won't you,
dear? You know l can't see the car
from our fat
And she was gone before had
time to catch my breath. I can see
myself sitting at the window and
watching for her husband. The ideal"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
FOUND A RAILROAD
e. n. r. GREEN DISCOVERED
TEXAS MIDLAND LINE.
Overlooked by Coils p. Huntington
and His Surveyor When He Bought
Houston e. Texas Central
Property Years Ago.

Kansas City, Mo-Men have beer
known to find gold mines and oil
wells, but E. H. r. Green, son of
Hetty Green, is the first man to find"
a railroa5-a complete system, includ-
ing tracks, depots, offices and every
thing except working force and gen
eral manager. OF course the tracks
and roadbed were not the best in the
world; neither We're the cars-what
few there were-but these were de-
tails that could be attended to.
The Texas Midland originally was
a part of the Houston & Texas Cen
trail. which was owned by Green's
grandfather and sold to Coils p.
Huntington. When the latter road be-
came part of Huntinstons property
and was made to connect with the
Southern Pacific, that part of it which
Is now the Texas Midland was over
looked and never really passed into
the possession of the Southern Pa
clhc promoters. 1t was the mistake
of the surveyors, who evidently were
not acquainted with the country. AT
any rate, the error-if overlooking a
iuiiioad touIu pe Cdlltu an ellol
was not discovered until IL years
afterwards. Green then was living in
Chicago at the time.
He came across the original map of
the road and compared it with a new
er one and concluded that Hunting
ton had overlooked several miles of
valuable property and that the mat
ter would be worth investigating.
Huntington never had seen the prop
erty, and really did not need it all.
All he had wanted was the part which
connected with the Southern Pacific
at Houston, furnishing him an en-
trance into Dallas. Green went to
New York to see his mother and told
her Of his discovery. Her father, f.
Fl. h. Green's grandfather. had died
and she was the only legal heir and
any interest that might result in the
discovery of the new road naturally
would be in her favor. She offered
the road to her son on condition that
he go to Texas and manage it and
stay out of politics" Green went to
Texas, and much to his satisfaction,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
hit. 1907, y } b. Lippincott Co. }
SYNOPSIS.

Three girls - Elizabeth, Gabrielle and
Elise-siarted for Canada to spend the
surnmef there. On board steamer they
We're frightened by an apparently dement,
ed stranger. who finding a bag belonging
TO one of them. took enjoyment in scru-
tiniZing a photo of the trio. Elise shared
her stateroom with a Mrs. Graham, also
bound for Canada. The young women on
a sightseeing tour met Mrs Graham
anXiously awaiting her husband. who bad
mania for sailing. They were intro
duced to Lord Wilfrid and Lady Edith
cottage by the ocean was rented by
the trio for the summer. Elizabeth
learned that a friend of her fathers was
to call Two men called, one of them
being the queer-acting stranger on the
steamer. The girls We're mot at home. -
but discovered by the cards left that one
of the men was Elizabeth's fathers
friend. The men proved to be John c.
Blake and Gordon Bennett. The party
was told of the search for smugglers in
the vicinity of the cottage. Elise visited
Mrs. Graham to find that her life was
not the happest. She learned that the
Grahams and Lady Edith We're acquaint-
cd. A wisp of yellow hair from Mr.. Gra-
hams pocket fell into the hands of Elise.
Mrs. Graham's hair was black. During
storm the young women heard crash
in the basement of the cottage and mo-
ment later Mary Anne. their woman serv-
ant. entered. her arm bleeding. To as
sure them there was danger, Mary
Anne descended to the basement alone
and quieted their fears.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
Man-the Driver,

No man will ever admit that any
woman can drive better than he can.
Even the woman who dances on the
back Of horse at the circus doesn't
know as much about horses ~ he
does. The only reason he can't dance
on the back of horse is that he can't
dance; 1t isn't the back of the horse
that cuts any figure. The man who
drives with woman, and lets the
woman drive, should have one Of these
two signs tackled to him II he wants to
keep the respect of other men: Il am
in love-" or Il have rheumatism in my
fingers. Globe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
CHAPTER VI,

It was a very beautiful world which
greeted us in the morning after the
storm. all swept and garnished and
freshly painted for our delectation.
wish l could describe it, as we
stood upon our veranda drinking in the
1ife-giving ozone and feasting our eyes
upon the landscape. Perhaps II l
were an artist l could better express
the bright azure of the sky, the deep
er blue Of the sparkling ocean ripping
with white-capped waves, the wonder
full clearness of the atmosphere, and
the glorious sunlight gliding every
thing until the commonest objects
were endowed with a charm hitherto
unsupported.
had wakened tired and unre-
freshed, and both Gabrielle and Eliza
beth looked rather pale and heavy
eyed, so we decided to spend the day
at home, and established ourselves
upon the veranda for one of the long,
lazy mornings in which we frequently
indulged.
Lady Edith Campbell soon joined us,
fresh and dainty in her pretty morning
greeted her with enthusiasm.
"Wilfrid has gone fishing" she re-
marked, as she removed her hat, land
as he means to be away all day, l shall
not be missed. How very cozy you all
look, and what a wonderful morning,
Is 1t not?'
'If storms bring days like this re-
marked Gabrielle, from the hammock,
Il shall not care how often they
come
"Oh, shall you not?" replied Lady
Edith, with little shiver. Il do not
believe l agree with you. Last night
was terrible even in the village; what
it must have been in this exposed
place 1 cannot imagine. I am always
afraid of the wind, and then, too"
She paused uncertainty and looked
at us.
such a dreadful thing happened!
Do you care to hear hotel gossip"
We hastened to assure her that we
loved all gossip. hotel or otherwise,
and she resumed
'Well, last night Mrs. Bundy, the
fat old lady who had the table next to
ours. you know"
"Who wore a diamond sunburst on
her forefinger and headlights in her
ears" interrupted Gabrielle.
"And came to breakfast in a velvet
teagown, with an emerald necklace"
supplemented Elizabeth. "Of course
we remember her. Did she die Of
apoplexy or anything"
"She was robbed" said Lady Edith
grayely. "All her jewels were taken,
and they were very valuable. Poor
old woman! Was it not dreadful? She
is in a state of hysterical collapse
this morning, and who can wonder?"
Robbed" l exclaimed, incredu-
1ouly.
"Yes. robbed. 1t makes one very
uncomfortable, does 1t not? They say
It is the work of an expert, and have
nut the matter into the hands Of the
police, hoping to recover the jewels"
Whom do they suspect"
"I do not know" she hesitated a
moment, then resumed quietly: You
zee. the hotel was crowded last night
with strangers storm bound on the
island, and it will be difficult to form
an opinion. Mrs. Bundy was alarmed
At the storm, and spent most Of the
night in her daughters room. 1t is
probable the thief got in then, or
when she was at dinner"
But" objected Elizabeth, it must
have been some one who knew she
had them. 1t could not have been a
stranger" ..
"one can never TELL" said Lady
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
MAYOR OF HONOLULU

Joseph James Fern, first mayor of Honolulu.
capital of Hawaii, comes of family that ought
to delight President Roosevelt's heart. He
the fourteenth child in his fathers family, and
he himself, two months ago, became the father
of his fourteenth child. Ten of his children sur
vive-ive boys and five girls. His eldest sister
is the mother of 16 children and he has a broth
er who is the father of Is. Including brothers
and sisters, uncles and aunts and cousins there
are 14S living persons of the Fern blood in the
Hawaiian islands.
The patriarch and progenior of this clan
was James Fern, Engshman who had fought
under Wellington through the wars of Napoleon
and was veteran of the battle of Waterloo. He
came 10 the Sandwich iSandS aS they were
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02


ed worldwide
geographic and for Is
and oung the dynamite cruiser Vesus the local yard that
commander The
1905 he became
sequently
this he
the office chief
Roosevelt asked him
least Plsbury
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
/ PROMINENT PEOPLE
QUITS ACTIVE SERVICE

Rear Admiral John E. Pisbury, U. s. N,
who placed the retired list the other
day, having reached the age limit of 62 years,
is one of the most popular officers among the
rank and file that ever wore a naval officers
uniform. Pillsbury is to-day the recognized au-
thority on photographic and geodetic work in
the United States navy. and his works on cur
rents, etc, are so thorough and comprehensive
that they the standard text books the
subjects the world over. He, too has the honor
of being of the few personal appointees of
President Lincoln
In 1862 President Lincoln, who had been i'm
portuned by the youngster to be permitted to go
to the front, appointed him a midshipman. His
first Int at he
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maine n
has
discharge the steamship The something
English during the he
of
Ito his
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02

Thomas p. Moffatt, consul OF the United
States at LaGuayra Venezuela has added some
what to the peevishness of the late Castro ad-
ministration down in that country of comic
opera revolutions by declining to make Uncle
Sans consulate toy of the native administra-
tion. ~ s'-A
When the plaguestricken port of LaGuayra
was shut OF from the outside world to prevent
the spread Of the disease, thereby working some
damage upon the commercial part on the city,
the local board of health proceeded to cArry out
plan to lift the embargo. A docurasst swas
drawn up and signed by the local officials In
which it was emphatically statedoethat -ethe
health of LaGuayra was perfsc6, and that 1.-The
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02


meitorious and
brevetd
bright
his brilliant
OF
bgad general and Las
President
had
which
the
Root
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02
GEN. YOUNG RETIRES

Gen. S. b. NJ Young, until d short time ago
the dashing lieutenant general of the> United
States army and who retired with that honor.
has resigned superintendent of the Yellow
stone park the big government reservation in
Wyoming. The resignation took effect January
l, when Gen. Young retired to private life.
The military record of Gen. Young is one
of the brilliant in the history of the United
States and his success achieved only by
hard work and indomitable courage He never
knew what the word defeat meant AS tacti-
clan in army maneuvers he without a peer,
and it was for this reason that he placed at
the head of the army college
Gen. Young first entered the army pr
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02

present
officials
asp,ort
Consul Monat He declined his
when he was with the cancellation his
job and
had
the q standstW
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01
T|PPECAnQE VET
BY BIG MAJORITY
Washington, Martin and JEFF
ferson Counties Go to
The Dry Column.
LAFAYETTE MAKES RECORD
COLLEGE CITY GIVES THE LIQUOR
TICKET A MAJORITY OF 1854,
SCATTERING RECORD MADE BY
RICHMOND.

Lafayette, Ind, May 1.-Tippecanoe
county. with 103 saloons and Purdue
University, at Lafayette. voted wet
yesterday by a majority OF 874.
Washington, Martin and Jefferson
voted dry" The former has been
without saloons for year. and the
"wets" offered no resistance. The
dry majority in Washington, in
GLIDING Salem, the county seat, was
1885.
Unofficial returns give Jefferson tc
the temperance contingent by a ma
jority Of 81. but every precinct In
Madison except one voted wet
There were two of the oldest brewer
les in the state at Madison. and sc
saloons.
Drys Sweep Martin.
Martin, one of the small counties,
went "dry" by 395, wiping out eight
saloons.
The result in Tippecanoe is the
most notable victory won by the
'wets," except in Wayne county. Both
sides put up a fierce fight in Tippe.
canoe, Lafayette being the battle
ground. The odds were in favor OF
the Anti-Saloon leaguers, as President
Stone and the faculty of Purdue led
the opposition to the "wets." There
are over 1000 students at Purdue,
and arrangements were made to vote
hundreds Of them.
In spite Of the protests of the mem
bers of the Taxpayers League several
hundred nonresident students were
voted in West Lafayette.
The city Of Lafayette gave wet
majority of 1854, which establishes a
new record in Indiana. The township
in which Purdue is located gave a
dry majority of 831. The .drys"
carried the outlying townships by a
majority much lower than anticipated.
The victory Of the "wets" in Lafay-
cite was due very largely to the stand
taken by the business men. who made
q thorough organization. The "drys''
controlled the election boards, and
were able to vote the students at will.
However, the "wets'' made them give
affidavits that they were resident vot-
ers. Forty-seven students were ar
rested during the day for illegal vot-
ing.
The women took an important part
in all of the elections. praying at the
churches and serving sandwiches at
the voting places.
At Madison six men, thought to be
illegal voters. were arrested.
Fifty counties have voted dry" and
four wet Eighteen counties are
dry by remonstrance, making the
total dry" s..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01
SKELETON IS DUG
UP N OLD SWAMP.
GreWsome Find Has Started
The Theory Of a Myster-
ious Murder.
JAY COUNTY Is EXCITED
INHABITANTS TRYING TO RE-
CALL STORIES OF MISSING pgo-
PIE TO EXPLAIN THE CASE
BLOOD AND THUNDER.
JAY COUNTY is EXCITED

Portland. Ind, May HAS there
been within the past few years q muir
der or mysterious disappearance OF
someone in this county? This is the
question which is just now puzzling
the residents Of Polling. nine miles
northeast of this city, and the imme-
diate vicinity. All this anxiety has
been caused by the finding OF 4 skele-
ton on the farm Of Andrew Van Doren.
three quarters Of . mile west OF Pol
ing
With Daniel Dixon Van Doren was
engaged in ditching . field running
through = swamp on his farm. The
men had reached depth Of foot and
q half. when the shovel Of Dixon
struck hard substance. Surprising it
to be rock, he only worked the hard
er. To his horror. with his next show
ell OF dirt, there was brought to the
surface . perfectly fromed skull. The
men then dug deeper and unearthed
fore arm and several other portions
OF the skeleton All the bones were in
almost perfect condition. There was
! full set Of teeth IN one jaw. with
eight teeth in the other.
The homes found were taken to the
Aono o. Van DupsA ~heso thsy vim
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01
BAKERS ON A STRIKE
New York Workers Demand
Bigger Loaves and High
er Wages.
CAUSED BY WHEAT CORNER

New York, May 1.-Two thousand
bakers of the East Side are on strike
today in demand for the former size
of loaf, higher wages, closed shop,
shorter working hours and better san
itary conditions in which to work. The
stike is declaed to have been caused.
indirectly, by the recent Patten wheat
corner in Chicago, which led to a re-
duction of wages.
In consequence OF the strike, which
went into effect early today, about 1856
bake-shops were crippled during the
most important time Of the baking.
and many were unable to supply all of
their patrons with bread.
The Master Bakers Association,
which met at 232 Boone street. declar-
ed that there h no cause Of grievance
on the part of the men, and assert that
they Will resist their demands. The
strike Is thus far confined to the work
ers south of Houston street.