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exported from this country to pass
through the war department. Now, If
can do anything for you viii be
glad to do SO to oblige my old friend
Mr.. Kelley. But it must be in absolute
secrecy. as the president, as | have
said. does not regard fayorably the
efforts of your revolutionary party in
Colombia. will have my orderly bring
a list of the available arms now in the
warehouse"
The secretary struck bell, and an
orderly with the letters A. y: Z. on
his cap stepped into the room.
Bring me Schedule B of the small
arms inventory" said the secretary.
The orderly quickly returned with
printed paper. The secretary studied
it closely.
81 find," he said, 'that in warehouse
8 of government stores there is ship
ment of 1000 stands of Winchester
rifles that were ordered by the sultan
of Morocco, who forgot to send the
cash with his order. Our rule is that
legal tender money must be paid down
at the time of purchase. My dear KEEL
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SUCCEED.
snipe he was marked simultaneously
as game by two hunters One was
Bully" Mcclure, whose system of
sport required the use of a strong arm
and the misuse of an eight inch piece
of lead pipe. The other Nimrod of the
asphalt was spider" Kelley, a sports
man with more refined methods.
In bouncing upon their self evident
prey Mr.. Kelley was shade the
quicker, His elbow Tended accurately
the onslaught of Mr.. Mcclure.
"G'wanr' he commanded harshly. 81
saw it first" Mcguire skunk away,
awed by superior intelligence.
Pardon me-" said Mr.. Kelley to the
general, but you got balled up in the
shuttle. didn't you? Let me assist you. !"
He picked up the generals hat and
brushed the dust from it.
The ways of Mr. Kelley could not
but succeed. The general, bewildered
and dismayed by the resounding
streets, welcomed his deliverer.
Il have a DESIRE" said the general,
TO return to the hotel of O'Brien. in
which | am stop. Caramba! Senior
there is a loudness and rapidness of go
ing and coming in the city of this
Neuva York"
Mr.. KeIley's politeness would not
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"
81 WILL HAVE MY ORDERLY BRING A LIST
OF THE AVAILABLE AIMS"
ley, your friend General Falcon shall
have this lot of arms if he desires it
at the manufacturers price: And you
will forgive me, l am sure, if curtail
our interview"
As one result of this interview the
general was deeply grateful to his es-
teemed friend Mr.. Kelley. AS an
other the nimbie secretary of war was
extremely busy during the next two
days buying empty rifle cases and fill
ing them with bricks. which were then
stored in warehouse rented for that
purpose As still another when the
general returned to the Hotel Espanol
Mrs. O'Brien went up to him. plucked
thread from his lapel and said:
Say. senior. / don't want to butt
in, but what does that monkey faced,
cat eyed. rubber necked tin horn tough
want with your"
"Sangre de mi vidar' exclaimed the
general Impossible it is that you
speak of my good friend Senior Kel-
ley"
Come into the summer garden"
said Mrs O'Brien Il want to have a
talk with you
Let us suppose that an hour has
elapsed
"And you say" said the general.
''that for the sum of $4,000 can be
purchased the Punishment of the
house and the lease of one year. with
this garden SO lovely, so resembling
unto the patios of my care Colombia 2"
and dirt cheap at that" sighed the
lady
"Ah. Diosr' breathed General Fal-
con. What to me is war and poll
tics? This spot is one paradise. My
country it have other brave heroes to
continue the fighting. What to me
should be glory and the shooting of
mans? All, no! 1t is here | have
found one angel. Let us buy the Ho-
tel Espanol, and you shall be mine.
and the money shall not be waste on
guns
Mrs. O'Brien rested her blond POM
padour against the shoulder of the Co
lombian patriot.
ooh, senor," she sighed happily,
saint you terrible!'
Two days later was the time ap-
pointed for the delivery of the arms
to the general. The boxes of supposed
rifles were stacked in the rented ware
house, and the secretary of war sat
upon them. waiting for his friend KEEL
ley to fetch the victim.
Mr. Kelley hurried at the hour to
the Hotel Espanol. He found the gen.
eral behind the desk adding up ac-
counts.
81 base decide" said the general
Ito buy not guns. / have today buy
the insides of this hotel. and there
shall be marrying of the General Per-
rico Ximenes villablanca Falcon with
La Madame O'Brien."
Mr.. Kelley almost strangled.
Say. you old baldheaded bottle of
shoe polish" he spluttered, you're a
swindler, that's what you arel You've
bought boarding house with money
belonging to your internal country
wherever it is.'
"Ah." said the general, footing up
column, that is what you call poll
tics. War and revolution they are n,
nice. Yes. 1t is not best that one |
shall always follow Minerva. No. 1t
is of quite desirable to keep hotels
and be with that Juno-that OK eyed
Juno All, what hair of the gold it is
that she have''
Mr. Kelley choked again.
"Ah. Senior Kelley" said the general
feelingly and finally, lis it that you
have never eaten Of the corned beef
hash that Madame O'Brien she maker"
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THE COLD that
GLITTERED
A Revolution That Failed Because
of a Blond Pompadour.
BY o. HENRY.
copyright. 1910, by Doubleday. Page &
Company.]

copyright. 1910, by Doubleday. Page &
Company.l
A story with a moral appended Is
like the bill of a mosquito. 1t bores
you and then injects a singing drop
to irritate your conscience; therefore
let us have the moral first and be done
with it. All is not gold that glitters.
but it is a wise child that keeps the
stopper in his bottle of testing acid.
Where Broadway skirts the corner
of the square presided over by George
the Veracious is the Little Rialto.
Westward and southwark from the
Thespian glare are one or two streets
where a Spanish American colony has
huddled for a little tropical warmth
in the nipping north The center of
life in this precinct is FL Refugio, a
cafe and restaurant that caters to the
volatile exiles from the south
One day a Hamburg-American liner
deposited upon pier No. 90 General
Peirico Ximenes Villablanca Falcon, a
passenger from Cartagena The gen
eral was between "a clay bank and a
bay in complexion, had a forty-two
inch waist and stood five feet four
with his Du Barry heels.
General Falcon had enough English
under his hat to enable him to inquire
his way to the street in which Ell Re
fugio stood When he reached that
neighborhood he saw a sign before a
respectable red brick house that read,
EoI Tn w
a card in Spanish. "Aqui Sc habla
Espanol" The general entered, sure
of a con@nnial port.
In the coy office was Mrs O'Brien,
the proprietress She had blond-oh.
unimpeachably blond!-hair For the
rest she was amiability and ran large
" to inches around General Falcon
brushed the floor with his broad brim-
med hat and emitted a quantity of
Spanish. the syllables sounding like
frecrackers gently popping their way
down the string of a bunch.
Spanish or dago?" asked Mrs.
O'Brien pleasantly
81 am a Colombian. madame" said
the colonel proudly 81 speak the
Spanish The Amusement in your win
dow say the Spanish he is spoken
here How is that?'
We'll you've been speaking it, amt
you?" said 1.-The madame I'm sure
can't ;"
At the Hotel Espanol General Falcon
engaged rooms and established him.
self At dusk he sauntered out upon
the streets to view the wonders of this
roaring city. of the north. As he walked
he thought of the wonderful golden
hair of Madame O'Brien."
At the corner of Broadway and the
Little Rialto the general became in
volved The street cars bewildered
him. and the fender of one upset him
against pushcart laden with oranges.
A cab driver missed him an inch with
hub and poured barbarous execra-
tons upon his head.
AS the general futtered out of the
steamers of passers like wounded
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The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
Los ANGELES TIMES
BLOWN UP BY A BOMB
Rewards For Information of Per-
petrators of the Explosion.
ONE ANARCHIST UNDER ARREST

Bombs Are Found at Homes of the
Owner, General Otis, and Chief Ally
in Labor Fight-Compositors and
Editors Trapped.
Los Angeles, Cal.-The entire plant
and building of the Los Angeles
Times were destroyed by an explosion
and fire. Nineteen employees of the
naper were killed and twenty-five
were injured. The loss is about
100000.
A bomb was found lying in a suit
case against the side of the home OF
Harrison Grey Otis, owner OF the
Times. 1t exploded almost In the
hands of detectives, tearing up part
of the street.
A bomb of the same character was
found in the basement OF the nome
of F. J. Zeehandelaar, secretary OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers
association and stanch ally OF Otis IN
his war with labor unions. Harry
Andrews, managing editor OF the
Times. blames labor organizations for
the disaster.
A mass of wreckage from which
the bodies of employees have been
taken is all that is left of the Times
Mirror company's plant. The main
three-story building and the adJoin-
ing six-story plant, occupied by the
Times-Mirror printing and binding
house and the American Engraving &
Electrotype company, were demol-
ished. About twenty-five neighboring
business houses were damaged.
A large force of workmen, after
digging for thirty hours into b
debris of the Times building, wrecked
by the explosion, unearthed five OF
the nineteen bodies buried in the
ruins.
In the meantime the police are
guarding the homes of Gen. Harrison
Gray Otis, proprietor of the Times,
and of Harry Chandler, the general
manager. Guards are also watching
over the plants of several concerns
recently involved in strikes.
Three arrests have been made since
the explosion, one of the suspects be-
ing an alleged anarchist, Martin
Eagan. In the hope of securing in
formation as to the perpetrators OF
the outrage, Mayor Alexander in
creased the city's offer of reward to
$4,000.
This, together with the offer of
local newspapers and labor organiza-
lions, whose leaders have announced
a determination to assist in the search
for the criminals, raises the total
amount of rewards to $1S,500. The
city's offer is intended to tempt any
one having knowledge of a dynamite
conspiracy to divulge the secret.
There are no conditions.
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BIG REWARD FOR DYNANITERs
Total of 100000 offered to Catch
Destroyers of Times Building.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Under the slim,
illus of rewards aggregating $780,
600, hundreds of policemen, detec-
tives and private citizens in all Pa
cifc Coast cities are searching for
clues that may lead to the arrest of
the persons who Blew up the Los An
geles Times building, causing the
death of more than a score of per-
sons and who attempted to destroy
the homes of General Harrison Gray
Otis, owner of the Times, and of F. j.
Zeehandelaar, secretary of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers associa-
ton.
Police and civil officers believe
that at least three men were con-
cerned, and the city has placed a
price of sic, 900 IN the head of each.
The total. in rewards is almost I'M
precedented in the anns,s Of criminal
pursuit.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
JACK TARs DROWN IN HUDSON
Disaster to the Sailing Launch of the
New Hampshire.

New York.-The loss of life caused
by the swapping of a sailing launch
of the New Hampshire will prove
much greater than the early reports
indicated. Captain T. S. Rodgers,
commanding the battleship, In a
statement said that 29 enlisted men
who were believed to have been In
the launch were unaccounted for, and
it is feared that these men were lost.
Thirteen others are absent from the
ship without leave, and it is thought
that at least some of these men were
in the launch when she swamped.
officers of the feet said that the &C
cident would undoubtedly prove to
be one of the most costly in lives that
they could recall ever happening in
the United States navy without the
loss of a ship.
The accident is still unexplained.
No officer of the New Hampshire or
of the fleet could offer a reasonable
explanation of what caused it. Sug-
gestions that it was due to possible
overlooking were emphatically denied
by the officers of the New Hampshire.
A board of inquiry was appointed to
determine the cause.
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PENIS GROVE, N. j.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER T. 1910.
PRIVILEGES RESTORED
TO WEST POINT CADETS
Official Inquiry Into silence
Affair Ends at Academy.
PUNISHMENT TO COME LATER

Stirring Scene in the Military Area
Young Men Surprised at First by an
Order to Assembly Behind Locked
Doors-GeneraI Barry's Address.
West Point, N. Y.-The official in
uuiry into the causes which led 400
cadets to silence" Capt. Rufus E.
Longan, in Grant mess hall on Satur-
day night a week ago, has been COM
pleted.
A few minutes later, after one Of
the most remarkable meetings of the
corps in the history of the United
States Military academy, the order of
arrest of the corps of cadets, which
was in force for nine days, was re-
voked and the customary privileges
were restored.
The corps was ordered by Major
Gen. Thomas H. Barry, the superin-
tendent, to assemble in the area at
fifteen minutes past 5 o'clock. The
order was signed by Lieut.. E. H. De
Armand, the officer in charge, and
stated specifically that Sin no circum-
stance shall any cadet fail to attend"
The order caused much surprise and
the outcome was awaited with in
terest.
The entire corps was marched to
the gymnasium, where they were
met by Gen. Thomas Barry, superin-
tendent of the academy, and behind
closed doors the head of the academy
and his several hundred charges had
a heart to heart talk. The superin.
tendent said that as yet he knew moth,
ing of the case other than what he had
read in the newspapers. That there
would be punishment for those whom
the board of inquiry report implicated
they could rest assured, but that
would come later, after due Considera.
ton of the findings. He had issued
an order this afternoon restoring
them to all privileges, and while it
would be published in the usual way
he wanted to tell them at this little
talk that tomorrow the academy will
again resume its usual routine.
There were no cheers as General
Barry finished, but as the young men
came out several had a suspicious
moisture in their eyes. General Barry
would make no statement when asked
Immediately afterward and no infor
nation could be CLEANED Just when
the punishments will be melted out
and what their nature would be
While all are given the usual priv
leges there are many who will rest
uneasy until the full result of the
investigation is made known and the
punishments awarded. 1t is almost
certain there will be no dismissals.
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FEDERAL RAID ON
B. H. SCHEFTELS co
U. s.. Government Officials Swoop
Down Upon Big Bucket Shop
Has Raked in Over So, 900 1000.

New York.-Before a crowd OF
cheering stock brokers which filled
Broad street a number of agents OF
the p~ostofice and detectives from n
central Office made a raid on the
Offices of B. H. Scheftels & Company,
which are on the ground floor OF No.
"A Broad street, at noon, and arrested
seven persons, among them Bernard
H. Scheftels, president of the COM
pany; Charles F. Belser and Charles
B. Stone, who are supposed to be
cashier and secretary, respectively.
The crowd of curb brokers and mes
sengers cheered as the patrol wagons
carried the prisoners to police head
quarters, and shouted, Were glad
to see you going!"
At the same time similar measures
were being taken by the postal and
local authorities in Boston, Provi-
dence, Chicago, Philadelphia, Mil
waukee and Detroit, the cities where
the firm has Offices, and several
branch managers were placed under
arrest. In all cases the books of the
company were taken and papers re-
lating to the business are held by the
inspectors.
The warrants on which the men
were arrested charges them with US
ing the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses. The raid marks the culmina-
ton of an investigation by the post
office department and the bureau of
investigation of the department of
justice. George Scarborough is the
special agent of the department OF
Justice who has had the matter in
hand.
The warrant also contains the
names of Jacob Herzig, alias George
Graham Rice; Benjamin Scheftels,
Henry Hedrick and E. l.. Mead, and
charges all with conspiracy to defraud
the people of the United States by
correspondence and that these de-
PENDANTS actually did defraud Will A.
Childs, George H. Black, J.. j. Syn
ask and others by the use OF the
postofice department.
The federal authorities say that the
firm, of which George Graham Rice,
whose real name is Jacob Simon
Herzig, an %ex-convict and manipula-
tor of wildcat mining stocks, was the
genius and hacker has taken more
than $4,000, 900 from the gullible in
vesting public during the past four
years. 1t is believed that a large
part Of this sum has gone back into
the business through the firms enor,
mously expensive advertising cam
paign throughout the country.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
BR00KINS BREAKS TWO
AER0PLkNE RECORDS
Wright Aviator Flies From Chicago
to Springfeld-Beats Special
Train.

Springfield, Ill.-Walter R. Brook
ms, the aviator, landed at the state
fair grounds and was cheered by the
$4,000 spectators after he had
finished his flight of 1876 miles from
Chicago.
The time, including stops. was Z
hours and 10 minutes.
The actual time in the air was .
hours and Al minutes and his aver
age speed, with stops eliminated, was
about thirty-two miles an hour.
Brooknis arrived in Springfield two
minutes ahead of the special train
which he had raced from Gilman.
In accomplishing this feat he won
the $4,000 prize for which he was
striving and demolished two records,
one of them the worlds record for
continuous cross-country flight and
the other the American record for sus-
tanned flight. /.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
WISCONSIN SHARPLY RADICAL.
Platforms Only Mention of the Ma
tional Administration is Adverse.

Madison, Wis.-What is probably
the most radical platform adopted in
"a generation by a Republican con-
vention was promulgated by Wiscon-
sin Republicans here. The document
is about 1000 words IN length and
touches with no uncertain hand on a
great variety of subjects. 1t is gen.
orally designated as a radically pro-
gressive pronunciamento.
No mention was made of the ma
tional administration ave to dispar-
age.
Senator La Toilette, although far
from well, was present for the first
time Then the resolutions were read.
Mention of his name was invariably
the signal for applause. He ad-
dressed the convention briefly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
KTLIs MAN ATTENTIVE no WIFE.
Ngenlo 10. Moore. Taestre Proprietor
Puts Five Bulists fato Oil Ram.

Vhcennes. lad Menlo +. Moore
proprietor OK the Red M!il heatIe and
well known In vaudeville shot ane
instantly Killed @. Edward Gibson, one
of the W%ealthies, oil producels in this
part OF the country.
Gibson was dead When paysic}snf
reached him
The shooting was nhe result % al
laged attentions paid sa sSys, &aags ~
slhssR. Ess Vas aat siEs
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
STARTLING DIVORCE RATE.
One Out of Every Five Los Angeles
Marriages Nullifed.

Los Angeles, Cal. - Startling fig
ures were made public in a compila-
ton of the marriage and divorce rec
ords of Los Angeles for the last year.
From October 1, 1909, to October
/, 1910. 1850 divorces were granted,
664 of them within the past six
monts. This is a rate Of one divorce
to fewer than five marriages. During
September alone 202 legal separa-
lions were granted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
Indict Liquor Dealers.

Mount Hoily.--The liquor Interests
of Burlington received another blow
when the grand jury of the Septem-
Der term of court made its first report
and returned charges of illegal selling
against four of that city's dealers.
Those coming under the hammer are:
Thomas A. Brown, wholesaler; At
kinson Brothers, Nathan F. Smith and
Clifford S. Price, against each of
whom there are two indictments.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Bankers Home Robbed.

Montclair.-A sneak thief with
aesthetic tastes operated in the home
of William Brown, a New York bank
er, at 1876 Union street. The robber
entered Mrs. Browns DOM on the
second floor and picked out the dain-
tiest and costliest things that he could
find. Among the most valuable aTti-
cles taken we're two diamond rings
and a gold lorgnette and chain which
Mrs. Brown highly valued on account
of their associations. The thief was
prevented from continuing his opera
lions throughout the second floor by
the sudden appearance Of Miss Amy
Brown, a daughter of Mr.. Brown
When he saw the girl enter her moth
er's room he jumped through the
window and escaped in the darkness
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
TRAIN DECAPITATES WOMAN.
Mother of A. r. Spiers Lies Down on
Track as Engine Approaches.

Middletown, N. Y.-Mrs. Amelia A.
Spiers of Montclair, N. j., mother of
A. R. Spiers of 1877 Broadway, New
York, and a patient at the Inter Pines
sanitarium at Goshen, was killed by
a train in that village.
Mrs. Spiers was admitted to the
institution In February last, suffering
from paresis and hardening of the
arteries. For some days past she had
seen a person wave signals to the fire
man and engineer of a train on the
Montgomery branch of the Erie, and
when she witnessed a similar act Mrs.
Spiers went out to the track, lay down
across the rails in front of the engine,
and her head was severed from the
body.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
Strawberries Ripe in Jersey.

Freehold.-Mrs. Louis Cronse mas
a strawberry patch that has been
stimulated to new ~endeavors by the
mild weather. Blossoms appeared
on the plants a few weeks ago. By
going over the vines carefully she was
able to gather enough small berries
of excellent flavor for breakfast. Bar
ring frost she will be able to repeat
this in a few days.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
Remembers He was Once a Boy.

Hurffville. - William Fisher. q
farmer. has decided not to prosecute
the boys who entered his melon patch
and helped themselves without per-
mission. Fisher has forgiven them
on the ground that he once was a boy,
and can tell of more similar expedi-
lions than any lad in this section.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
Ask Big Money From City.

Atlantic City.-Fifty thousand dol
lars worth of claims are filed against
a paving fund balance of $500 in q
suit of sub-contractors against the
city to be heard before Vice Chan
cellor Leaning here. P. ]. Murray &
Company were awarded a contract
for $4,000 worth of street paving
about three years ago and defaultee
on the work when $4,000 still was
unpaid. The city annulled the con.
tract and used all but $4,000 of the
$4,000 to complete the operation
Sub-contractors who supplied Murray
with materials and the West Jersey
C Seashore railroad, which brought
the stone here, contend the city haG
no right to draw upon the $4,000
balance and is liable to them for the
full amount of their claims.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-10-07
aAualINC raTR0E5 HEID


View Y5rk-A new move ID the rs-
cent war against gambling II ,his city
has developed.
hitherto 10 has been she custom
ou-y 10 arrest Tho alleged manager
while patrons were set gree. Bne l3o
msn who were found IN 8 tenaeEioiA
clubhouse received 8 shock Wnen eaen
YVES subpoensed to appear before the
grand jury to testify as TO The ehafac-
acter OF Ghe house