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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
MIosHIPMEN IN LONDON

London, June 24-The American
midshipmen who have been afloat on
practice cruise are doing London to-
day. They came to town accompani-
ed by number of officers, on two
special trains from Plymouth, where
their squadron, consisting of the bat,
tleships Iowa, Massachusetts and In
diana, anchored yesterday. The mid
dies will be in the metropolis 48
hours and having no set program,
viii follow their own devices. The
smart aggregation attracted consider.
able attention
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
FIlIbUSTER IS
CONTINUED
MUCH OPPOSITION TO MEASURE
PROVIDING FOR FOREST RE-
SERVES AND 1T WILL NOT PASS
AT THIS SESSION..
BY Associated Press

Washington, June 21.-The fhbuster
In the senate against a bill providing
Tor the establishment of forest re-
serves in the White Mountains and
pouthern Appalachians' was continued
Today with the result that it is gen
>rally conceded there is no prospect of
Inc passage of the bill before the final
adjournment of congress.
Senator Burton of Ohio, spoke from
loon until five in opposition to the
Measure and several hours discussion
aook place on it in the senate tonight.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
BY Associated Press.

Washington, June 24.-Despite con-
flicts between the Insurgents and
Regular Republicans and strong op-
position from Democrats, congress is
expected to adjourn tomorrow making
a record for enacting legislation sell
dom equalled and in many instances
showing the success of reform meas
ures sponsored by Taft, among the
bills enacted being: Revision of rail-
road laws, including the organization
Of the court Of commerce; admitting
Arizona and New Mexico to state
hood; authorizing postal banks; CIV
Ing the president authority to with
draw public lands for conservation;
providing publicity of campaign
funds; authorizing twenty millions of
certificates of indebtedness to COM
plete reclamation projects; creation
Of the bureau Of mines; extending the
power of tariff board, and appropriat-
Ing two hundred and fifty thousand
for its use; looking to the suppress
ion of the white slave traffic; Great
ing commission to consider econo-
my in the administration of the gov
ernment; a new tariff system for the
PnlnpplneS, leS1SlatlOn that Will utl-
mately give prohibition to Hawaiin
islands.
The house feature was a reform in
the rules governing the body, depos-
ing Cannon from the rules commit.
tee and preventing the pigeon-holing
of bills.
SCOTT BILL IN HOUSE.
The Scott anti-option bill, to pro-
hibit transactions in futures on cotton
exchanges, was taken up in tue
house today.
Mr.. Scott, of Kansas, chairman of
the committee on agriculture, which
tavorably reported the bill, explained
It's purpose to restrict the cotton ex-
change transactions which deal only
with the fluctuations in the price of
cotton and do not involve the actual
transfer of the commodity. The meas
Ere is a drastic one, extending to an
Inhibition against telegraph, teIe-
phone or cable messages concerning
such transactions.
MIR. Lamb, of Virginia (Democrat)
presented minority views declaring
Continued on Page Three)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
CANNOT MAKE A
RECOUNT OF BALLOTS
By ksaoclated Presa,

Pittsburg, June 24.-Judge Josiah
Cohen, in common pleas court, today
permanently restrained the commits
sioners Of Allegheny county from
opening the ballot boxes in the 30th
congressional district and recounting
the vote cast in siyty-six precincts
contested by DR.. Robert ]. Black and
23 precincts contested by John Dali
zell, both of whom, with Clarence V.
Tiers, were candidates for the Repub-
lican nomination of the district in the
primaries of June 4.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
W. p q. Harding Told
of His Wife'S Suicide

Wednesday. The news came as a
great shock to Mr.. Hardin, but he
soon controlled himself. The little
airl was very much affected The
party remained in Savannah but a
short time and Mr.. Harding and his
little girl did not leave the taxicab af-
ter departing from the ship until they
reached the depot. The other pas
sengers on the ship did not know of
the tragedy until after the couple mad
left the ship some moments.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, June 24.-The jury in the
trial of Lee O'Neil Browne, charged
with bribery in connection with the
election of United States Senator
William Lorimer, returned to con.
slider a verdict this afternoon. Not in
many years has an Illinois jury been
called upon to render a verdict OF
greater political Importance.
Instructing the jury, Judge McSure
iy stated that uncorroborated testi
mony of an accomplice can be con
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
FRANK GOULD
BUYS STABLE
COMES INTO POSSESSION OF
HORSES OWNED BY EDWARD
VEIL PlckARp, ONE OF THE
LARGEST OWNERS ON FRENCH
TURF.
BY Associated Dress

Paris, June 24.-The reported pur-
chase by Frank ]. Gould of practically
the entire stable of Edmond Veil Pick
ard, one of the largest owners of race
horses on the French turf, was con-
firmed today. The amount paid by
Mr.. Gould was not made public, but it
francs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
LARGE ARMED
VESSEL LEAVES
INSURGENTS ALLEGE THAT YES
SEL DEPARTS FROM NEW Or
LEANS CARRYING MUNITIONS
OF WAR FOR THE MADRIZ Gov
ERNMENT.
BY Associated Presa.

Washington, June 24.-It was re-
ported here today that a large armed
vessel, carrying munitions of war for
the MadTiz government in Nicaragua,
sailed from New Orleans yesterday
and that the Estrada insurgent repre-
sentatiyes have appealed to the United
States to send warship after her.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
LEAVES ESTATE
TO HIS FAMILY
WILL OF LATE ELISHA p. WILBUR
is FILED IN WHICH HE BE-
oUEATRS SEVENTEEN MIL.
LIONS TO HIS RELATIVES.
BY Associated Press.

Bethlehem, Pa, June 24.-Under the
will of the late Elisha P. Wilbur,
financier and once president of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, an estate of
SIT 100000 is bequeathed to his family.
So far as is known there was no gift
to a public or charitable institution.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
ATTEMPT IS MADE TO
BRBE SENATOR GORE
Sensation Created in the
Senate When He Made
His Charges.

INVOLVED MEMBER OF SENATE
COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AF-
FAIRS, A HOUSE MEMBER OF A
SIMILAR COMMITTEE AND TWO
FORMER UNITED STATES SEN
ATORS-CLAIMS HE WAS AP-
PREACHED BY REPRESENTA-
TIVE OF j. E. M'MURRAY AND
OFFERED A BRiRE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
PAROLE BILL SETTLED.

Washington, June 24.-The federal
parole bill which has just been set
tied in conference, was agreed to by
the house today. It would permit pa
role of any prisoner in the United
States penitentiary or prison who has
served a third of his term and who
has a good record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
Roosevelt Settles Down to
Period of Rest at Sycamore Hill

is to start for Cambridge, Mass. With
him today are Clifford Pinchot, former
chief of the forestry service, and
James r. Garfield, ex-secretary of the
interior. The tennis court at Saga
more Hill has been put in shape for
the season and it is expected that
there will be renewal of the TEN
mis- Cabinet" matches during the
day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
NO BASIS FOR CLAIM
THAT FIGHT is FIXED.

New York, Jue Ex-senator Tim
Sullivan declares there is no 6asis to
the stories that the championship
fight has been fixed and expresses re-
gret at the rumors. He. holds seventy
one thousand dollars Of the stake and
will receive fifty-one thousand more
the day before the fight
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
TAFT RECEIVES DELEGATION.

Washington, June PA delegation
representing the United Mine Work
ers OF America called on President
Taft today and urged the appointment
Of DR.. J. A. Holmes, of the geological
survey, as head OF the new goveyn-
ment bureau of mines.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
BY Associated Press.

Savannah, Ca, June 24.-While
driving in a taxicab from the steam.
ship City of Savannah, which arriv-
ed from New York this morning, to
the Central railway depot, where
they were to take a train for Birming
ham, Lieutenant Governor Gray, OF
Alabama, and Robert w. Jemison, OF
Birmingham, told W. P. G.. Harding
and his little daughter of the suicide
of Mrs. Harding in Birmingham on
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
Ten Officers, TWenfy-One Women
and Eight Children Die i'm Wreck

a special train brought fifty wound
ed, including many women and chill
dren, and a number of the dead to
Guadalajara today. The injured were
placed in hospitals
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, June 24-William Hamil-
ton, who disappeared from his nome
at Pitts burg eight months ago and
who later fell heir to a fortune, was
discovered as a prisoner at the house
of correction here today.
The settlement of the estate to
which Hamilton is one of the neirs
has been delayed while the search for
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
FORMER TREASURER RELIEVED.

Washington, June 24.-The senate
today passed the house bill relieving
Thomas J. Atkins, former assistant
treasurer of the United States at ST.
Louis, from the payment of SCI, 800
due to the shortage of his second
teller, B. P. Dyer, in 1906. The bill
was not amended and now goes to the
president.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
Heir to Big Fortune is Found
i'm Chicago House of Correction

the missing man was being prosecut-
ed. The first trace was found in the
records of the municipal court, which
showed that he was sentenced on
May % to serve sixty days for disor.
derly conduct Mayor Busse viii be
asked to pardon the prisoner, whose
health has been restored and who
was much elated at the news of the
radical change in his fortunes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
Alabama Supreme Court Says
Tuscaloosa Sheriff is Not Guilty

supreme court handed down today. 1t
is held that in the charge of intoxi-
cation to the extent of the controlling
him unfit for the duties of his Office
was not sustained, neither was it
shown that at any time he was in an
unfit condition for service while in
tle discharge of official functions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
PECkHAM AND
HAAS GUILTY
AFTER FIGHTING FOR YEARS IN
DicTMENTS RETURNED AGAINST
THEM ON ACCOUNT OF COTTON
LEAKS, THEY PLEAD GUILTY.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, June 24.-Moses Haas of
New York and Frederick A. Peckham,
of Cincinnati, after fighting for years
indictments returned against them in
the cotton leak in the department of
agriculture, today entered pleas of
guilty to the count in the Indictment
charging conspiracy to affect miscon-
duct in office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
BY Associated Press.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, June 24.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt began today what he
hopes will be a period freal rest at
Sycamore Hill. When he went home
last night it was with the expectation
of remaining there with few of his
old friends for an unbroken period
Of rest until next Tuesday, when he
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
BY Associated Press.

Montgomery, Ala. June 24.-Ed-
gar F. Latham, sheriff of Tuscaloosa
county. against whom impeachment
proceedings were brought by the
grand jury and whose case was tried
before the supreme court last week,
is not guilty, is the decision of tie
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
GOVERNOR WILL
NOT INTERFERE
RICHARD GETS TELEGRAM FROM
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF NEVADA
SAYING THAT THE FIGHT CAN
BE PULLED OFF.
BY Associated Press.

Reno, June 24.-Tex Rickard re-
ceived a personal telegram today from
Governor D. S. Dickinson of Nevada,
stating that as the laws do not con-
fict with fighting, there will be no in
reference with the Jeffries-Johnson
bout.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
CLAIM NITROGEN DOES
NOT INJURE FLOUR
BY Associated Press,

Kansas City, Mo-, June 24.-That
bleached flour by the use of nitrogen
parodide does not iniure the product
was the evidence given in the bleached
-four case in the federal court here
today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
BY Associated Press.

Mexico City, June 24.-Ten officers
and soldiers, twenty-one women and
eigat children was the total count jot
the dead in yesterdays wreck of a
runaway troos train iD E~lima.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
DENTIST KILLS HIMSELF.

Oxford, Eng, June 24.-H. STAND
| ford Burton, an American dental sur
geon praeticing here, was found dead
| IN his Office taaay, death being due.
according to the authorities, to poison
elf-administered Burton, was a
graduate of Harvard University. $50
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25
CONGRESS TO ADJOURN TODAY,
MAKING LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Reform Measures Sponsored
by Taft Among the
New Laws.

MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
DURING THE SESSION, DESPITE
CONFLICTS BETWEEN INSUR-
GENTS AND REGULAR REPUBLI-
CANS, AND STRONG oPPosI-
TIoN OF DEMocRATS-EFFoRTs
BEING MADE TO PASS THE
SCOTT ANTEoPTIoN BILL BE-
FORE ADJOURNMENT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25

Paris, June 24-Charles G. Gates,
who has been a close second to his
father, John W., in keeping in the
limelight of Wall streets deals, is
lowering between life and death here.
Mr.. Gates is suffering general break
down, and the attending physicians
fear that they will have to operate to
save his life. Sa
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-25

Berlin, June 24.-So many official
statements and warnings to the resi-
dents Of Germany not to be alarmed
over Emperor Williams condition
have been sent out that the public has
at last become aroused. It mas been
known for long time that The en-
peror was not in good health He has
long brooded over his crippled left
arm, and when an abcess On his right
hand compelled the calling of physi-
clans he became worried. The report
that he broke a blood vessel on his
right knee, followed by the report that
he was only suffering from soreness
from too much horseback riding, failed
TO impress the country. That the en-
peror would become saddle sore, the
newspapers declare, is foolish. Just
how serious his condition is cannot be
learned from refEble official circles.
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The Glenwood post., 1910-12-17

and I fancy I groaned. There b no
use expatiating on the friendship b.
tween two men who have gone TO-
gether through college. have quar-
relied and made It up. fused together
years; men don't need to be told. and
women cannot understand Neverthe-
less. I groaned. II It had been any
one but Rich!
Some things were mine. however,
and I would hold them: The halcyon
breakfast, the queer hat, the pebble in
her small shoe. the gold bag with the
broken chain-the bag! Why. it was
in my pocket at that moment.
got up painfully and found my
coat. Yes. there was the purse, bull
ging with an opulsnt suggestion of
wealth inside. went back to bed
again. somewhat dizzy. between effort
and the touch of the trinket, SO lately
hers. 1 held it up by its broken chain
and gloated over It By careful atten.
tion to orders, ought to be out in a
day or so. Then-I could return it to
her. really ought to do that; it was
valuable. and wouldn't care to trust
it to the mail. I could run down to
Richmond, and see her once-there
was no disloyalty to Rich in that
I had no intention of opening the
little bag. put it under my pillow
which was my reason for ref using to
have the linen slips changed, to Mrs
Klopton's dismay. And sometimes dur
ing the morning. while lay under a
virgin field Of white, ornamented with
strange flowers. my cigarettes hidden
beyond discovery, and Science and
Health on a table by my elbow, as If
by the merest accident, slip my hand
under my pillow and touch 1t rev.
erently.
Mcknight came in about II. I heard
his car at the curb, followed almost
Immediately by his slam at the front
door, and his usual clamor on the
stairs. He had a bottle under his
arm, rightly surmising that had been
forbidden stimulant, and a large box
my deprivation.
WELL" he said cheerfully. How
did you sleep after keeping me up half
the night?'
I slipped my hand around; the purse
was we'll covered.
Have 1t now, or wait till l get the
cork out?" he ratified on.
Il don't want anything" l protested.
81 wish you wouldn't be SO darned
cheerful, Richey." He stopped whit
ting to stare at me.
81 am saddest when l sing!'" he
The Glenwood post., 1910-12-17
SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence Blakeley. lawyer. goes to
Pittsburg with the forged notes in the
Bronson case to get the deposition of
John Gilmore. millionaire. In the latter's
house he is attracted by the picture of
girl whom Gilmore explains is his
granddaughter, Alison West. He says
her father is rascal and a friend of
the forger. lady requests Blakeley to
buy her Pullman ticket. He gives her
lower eleven and retains lower ten. He
finds man in drunken stupor in lower
ten and goes to bed in lower nine He
awakens in lower seven and finds that
his bag and clothes are missing The
man in lower ten is found murdered His
name, 1t develops. is Simon Harrington
The man who disappeared with Blake
ley's clothes is suspected. Blakeley be-
comes interested in a girl in blue. Cir
cumstantial evidence places Blakeley un-
der suspicion of murder. The train is
wrecked. Blakeley is rescued from the
burning car by the girl in blue. His arm
is broken. Together they go to the Car
ter farm for breakfast. The girl proves
to be Alison West, his partners sweet
heart. Alison's peculiar actions mystify
the lawyer. She drops her gold bag and
Blakeley, unnoticed. puts it in his pocket.
He returns home and learns from his
landlady of strange happenings.
The Glenwood post., 1910-12-17
y MARY Mbfk1c KNEHART
AO10O& az ZE [zZeCIXAR 9Z4RLzlEI
NxHrIx\ 102Nc AD> A1 ~ K~TTAIlpD

a bad way Not . jury in the country
would stand out against the stains.
the stiletto, and the murdered mans
pocket-book in your possession"
Then you think Sullivan did it," l
asked.
"Of course" said Mcknight con-
fidently. "Unless you did it in your
sleep. Look at the stains on his pill
low, and the dirk stuck into it. And
didn't he have the man Harrington s
pocket-book?"
But why did he go of without the
money!" l persisted. And where
does the bronze-haired girl come in?"
Search me-" Mcknight retorted flip
PANTY. inflammation of the imagi-
nation on your part"
Then there is the piece Of tele-
gram. 1t said lower ten, car seven.
It's extremely likely that she had It.
That telegram was about me. Richey.'
I'm getting headache" he said.
putting out his cigarette against the
sole of his shoe. "All I'm certain OF
just now is that if there hadn't been
a wreck, by this time you'd be sitting
in an eight by ten cell, and feeling like
the rhyme for it."
But listen to this" l contended, as
he picked up his hat, this fellow Sui
livan is a fugitive. and he's lot more
likely to make advances to Bronson
than to us. We could have the case
continued, release Bronson on bail
and set a watch on him
Not my watch" Mcknight protest
ed IT'S family heirloom
You'd better go home,' l said firm
ly. Go home and go to bed. You're
sleepy. You can have Sullivan's red
necktie to dream over if you think it
will help any"
Mrs. Kloptons voice came drowsily
from the next room, punctuated by a
yawn. "Oh, l forgot to tell you," she
called, with the suspicious lisp which
The Glenwood post., 1910-12-17

quoted unctuously. It's pure reac-
tion, Lollie. Yesterday the sky was
low; / was digging for my best friend.
To-day-he lies before me- his peevish
self. Yesterday I thought the notes
were burned; today look forward
to good cross-country chase, and
with luck we will draw" His voice
changed suddenly. "Yesterday-she
was in Seal Harbor. To-day-she is
here"
Here in Washington" 1 asked, as
naturally as could.
Yes. Going to stay week or two"
"Oh, / had a little hen and she had q
wooden leg
And nearly every morning she used
to lay an egg"
Will you stop that racket, Rich!
It's the real thing this time, sup
pose?"
WELL" he said judicially, since
you drag it from me, ! think perhaps
it is. You-you're such confirmed
woman-hater that l hardly knew how
you would take It,"
Nothing of the sort" denied testi-
ly. Because man reaches the age
of 80 without making maudlin love to
every"
I've taken to long country rides"
he went on refectively, without listen
ing to me, land yesterday l ran over
sheep; nearly went into the ditch.
But there's Providence that watches
over fools and lovers, and Just now l
know darned well that I'm one, and I
have a sneaking idea I'm both"
You are both" said with disgust.
IF you can be rational for one mo
ment, I wish you would tell ne why
The Glenwood post., 1910-12-17
CHAPTER x
The Gold Bag.

The Gold Bag.
have always smiled at those cases
of spontaneous combustion which, like
fusing the component parts of a seid-
litZ powder, unite two people in bub-
bling ephermeral ecstasy. But sure
surely there is possible, with but a
single meeting, an attraction SO great,
a community of mind and interest so
strong, that between that first meet
ing and the next the bond may grow
into something stronger. This is es-
pecially true, | fancy, of people with
temperament. the modern substitute
for imagination. 1t is a nice ques-
tion whether lovers begin to love
when they are together, or when they
are apart.
Not that l followed any such line
of reasoning at the time. / would not
even admit my folly to myself. But
during the restless hours of that first
night after the accident, when my
back ached with lying on it, and any
other position was torture, I found my
thoughts constantly going back to Ali
son West. l dropped into a doze, to
dream Of touching her fingers again
to comfort her, and awoke to find l
had patted teaspoonful of medicine
out of Mrs. Klopton's indignant hand.
What was it Mcknight had said about
making an egregious ass Of myself?
And that brought me back to Richey.
The Glenwood post., 1910-12-17
tO~


You think he changed the tags on
seven and nine, SO that when you
went back to bed you thought you
were crawling into nine, when 1t was
really seven, eh?"
Probably-yes.'
Then toward morning, when every
body was asleep. your theory is that
he changed the numbers again and
left the train"
II can't think OF any thing else" l
replied wearily.
"Jove, what a game of bridge that
fellow would play! 1t was like finess-
ing an eight-spot and winning out.
They would scarcely have doubted
you had the tags been reversed In
the morning He certainly left you in