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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-10

The Young Mems Bible class of the
First Baptist church has arranged for
an address to be given tomorrow morn
ing at $50 by Fl. w. Snouse, who will
have for his theme, "History's Greatest
Tragedy" This Will be the second of
a series of addresses by local men on
subjects of interest. The large attend
ance at the last meeting was gratifying
to the officers of the class. Any young
men between the ages of Is and 81
years are cordially invited to attend
and join the class. Meetings are held
each Sunday morning at $50.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-22

tias and locked into private drawer his desk Each
morning. when he came down the office. he unlocked
the drawer and looked at the waiting message
"To-day? May go to-day?" it seemed to ask, with
a hutter of cagerncsS.
And with stern denial he answered:
mo What YOU really stand for is. May come and
patch up a hollow prctcusc between place of the
truth that is gomez No you shall not go-to-day"
He snapped the drawer shut and took up his work
Sometimes nc looked at the calendar and tried TO
multiply the of the weeks that had gone by the
weeks months years. that lay ahead How long could
he keep it up?
Then day a client asked him TO look after some
matters Richmond. The name startled him. He said
he would think it ovcr but tho instant his uncasbed
imagination ahead OF his thoughts and pictured their
possible meeting in hundred different ways, Suppose
he should her in crowd-on the sreet-at the
thcatcr-alonc and face to face?
Suppose, suppose suppose But, any case, what
was there 10 say? Not TO her, to sec her and
speak as chance acQuantances-ethcr would be intol-
cradle 1t would be better not to go TO Richmond.
But he took the first tram possible
And at the FIRST possible moment he walked up the
street where Virginia lived and identified the house by
its number He came 10 4 sudden stop OH discovering
he had oanyassed his mind that had occurred
TO him passing letter-earTier gave direction to his
whrng thoughts.
Give the address. please, TO which letters for
the Jackson family arc forwarded" he said quickly,
taking out his pencil and mcmorandum-book
And the gave it before he had time to remember
the postal rules applicable 10 such requests The adj
dress was a New York hotel
Norton had business m New York It was not ab-
so.lcy necessary that il should be attended this
particular momcnt-but that hc was already away
from his offcc-n short he found himself on his way
10 New York before he had quite formulated for
going A power outside OF himself was carrying hlm
But in New York he found that they had sailed the
day before for Antwerp.
He toId himself that settled the matter Virginia had
gone completely out of his life He filed the days with
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-22
BY LILY A. LONG

his mind to his work with dogged resolution and he
could only groan his weakness when he found,
happened than once, that the hands of the clock
had travelled far while lie must have been staring
through the printed page before him into space where
girl with face OF hurt pride looked out at him. crying
His lfc-his heartbrcakl-You think only OF him!"
One night his artificial composure broke beneath him
1t might have been the utter WEAKNESS of his struggle
it might have been the bald sentiment OF the tune
which the hurdy-gurdy the grinding out
As he listened, the love he had denied swept him
With every reprcsscd hrob of his BRAIN with every beat
of his heart he cried for her. He bent his head
upon his hands and the hours swept the gray dawn
before he lifted his face.
But when the weakness Of tho dark hours had yielded
the accustomed poisc of day he nailed his heart again
upon the of his will He had given her his entire
and unqucstioning faith and all tho tine she had been
something different from what she had seemed His
soul had knclt i'll homage before her ideal, and all
The time she the unknown coquette who had trhcd
with Warwicks faith and wrecked the life of that dear
comradc
However. to his heart, he filed out telegraph
blank =" MOy Gomez" This he signed with his ini-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-22

Il didn't know you knew him do not remember
that he mentioned your name
And never guessed | suppose he must have
toned yours his first letters but did take
of it then. Afterwards it was always some fancifu
name of lovc-l that short note came, written in his
hearts blood, saying that his FOOLS dream of happiness
was over. All that year i'll the Philippines he
referred to what had happened, but knew what his
silence meant And when his body back for burial
-ah! he caught his breath sharply, it the photo
graph in his pocketbook-the photograph that buried
with him, as he had asked me to dot Hot that
made your face so familiar that first dayl And
thought"
He had spoken steadily, with cold self-control but
now he flashed upon her look OF passionate scorn
though she stranger and dcspscd 1t brought
out an answering fash in her dark that wiped out
her shamed embarrassment with fame She caught
her breath hard and lifted her dropping head.
"Wcll2" she said slowly.
He dropped into the chair and let his head sink upon
his hand
" That it should be you! And thought you-oh, how
could you?" he groaned
Virginia Jackson looked down at his bent head and
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-22

The stiffness lay heavy between them for breath
less second. lie could hear his own heart beating.
think l have found ii out already" she said Then
the instant she gone The door that swung shut
behind her quivered with her mpctuous touch for
moment and then all still OH the vcranda and the
afternoon quiet fell back upon the scene as before
Norton did not move, His BRAIN still whirling
as from shock, and he hardly conscious of his
surroundings. He only conscious of a hurt so pro-
found that he could not put 1t into words, HIM
self. When after long waiting she still did not return.
he aroused himself and wandered rcStlcssy down to
the dock at the foot of the lawn II she chose shut
herself from him The launch, now on its return
trip TO the railway station, sgnalcd question: and
impulse he answered,
With scarcely volition his own part he found
himself back in The parched city from which he had fed
lght-hcartcdly few hours before. 1t had the un-
familiar look of place that has been long forgotten
The next day, after frctting away hours most
unprohtaby at his Office his longing to somehow make
Virginia suffer he suffering mastered HIM, and
with sudden resolve he caught carly tram for tho
lake What he meant to say to her very clear
IN his mind. Indeed his feelings wholly cha
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-22

her first quick flush of yielded sight of
his pain.
Richard" she said. There was an unconscious ap-
peal in her voice, but he did not it WhcnShe
spoke again her voice steadicr and colder
You blaming without knowing the whole
story 1t was unhappy story, but there was no in
territorial wrong in it."
Il knew HIM" he said bitterly you broke the
trucst heart that beat You let him love YOU and
then, because you tired of him, you threw him over
That was what sent him TO the Philippines You
not even understand what he And all this year
have been hating the woman who could wreck the
beautiful promise of his life-who sent him to his
DEATH"
His dca,h-hs hcartbrcak," she cried sharply You
think only OF his part. II girl finds she has made
mistake in thinking that she loves should she go
in that mistake when she comes to know the truth
about her own hcart?"
"Mstakcl" he cried impatently. Can woman
play with mans feelings, encourage him to love her
as long as 1t amuscs her ruin his c and send him to
his death and then shelter herself behind the plea that
it was merely mistake? 1t is mistake that is un-
pardonable!"
Her eyes flashed with sudden light softer than
anger. eager and intense.
Richardl Not unpardonablc" she cried You
cannot use that word to me-you cannotl
lie did not answer She leaned toward him lightly
speaking past his hard silence past tangible bar
rier Richard last night you asked me to say that
loved you and could not because the words frightened
But will say it now. have given my true love
TO you-to you of all the world-,o no one. ever.
but you
She waited as though the avownl must OF necessity
work magic but though he quvcred visbly under her
words, he did not
Richard" she cried again
He lifted his set face, but it not to look at her
You might find. in year that you had made an
other mistake" be said, slowly
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-22

otto Yet-he wanted to her The habit of carrying
his hurts to her for healing had been easily acquired
The word awaiting him at the lake was therefore new
and unexpected blow. Virginia was gone
Gomez" he repeated bankly
An hour ago" Mrs Stafford said, with a face
ostentaously clear of curiosity She received tec
gram this morning from her mother in Richmond, ask
ing her to home Her sister is an invalid,
YOU know and they were alarmed about her condition.
She took the first train possible and asked me explain
TO all her friends"
"Will you express my sympathy when you write?
he said formally
1t must be really serious" reflected Mrs Stafford.
watching him depart
As he followed the footpath 10 tho station, where
Virginia have passed an hour before his eye was
caught by book fallen among tho brown underbrush.
1t was the book she had been reading the hammock
the day beforc-thc book from which Warwicks photo
graph with its fatal revelation had fallen He picked
it up, 1t was collection OF Brownings loye-poems.
Virginia Jacksons the 1y-lcai in War
wicSs wclknown hand. The book fell open at A
Lovers Quarrel and his eye caught by the words:
Foul be the world fair
More or less, how | care?
''lis the world the same
For my praise blame,
And endurance easy there
Wrong in the thing rare
Oh, 1t is hard to bear
He read it twice No words of his own could
have expressed completely his Of wrong Vr-
ginias hands 1t was not merely personal hurt She
had been the ono thing to his hcart-and she had
failed him 1t best that she had gone Nothing
could restore is radiant dream and he could
bear to accept anything lower For him. that part OF
life forever done.
So lie grt up his will, went back to his law Office and
the old ways of living and tried not to see the weary
difference that there was in the world The only thing
to believe in v1s oneself and ones own work c bent
COPYRIGHT. r,os
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-22

" Foul be the world or fair
More or less, how can l care?
'Tis tho world the same
For my praise OF blame,
And endurance IS easy there.
Wrong in the one thing rare
Oh, it is hard to bearl"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
Substantial Majority Agrees
on Wiley Bill in House
Committee.
WILL TAKE EFFECT
SOON AFTER PASSING
Companies Victorious in Having
Numerous Questionable Fea-
tures Stricken Out.

The House District Committee todaz
made a favorable report on the ,oiH IN
troduced by Representative Wiley OF
New Jersey, providing for universal
transfers over street railway lines IN the
District Of Columbia.
a substantial majority Of the commit
tee was IN favor Of the bin, which had
been amended by Mr.. Wiley. 50 that it
eliminated several features which were
Objectionable TO the street railway com
Panies.
The feature OF the original draft BY
Mr.. Wiley. 70 which the companies made
strenuous objection. provided for a sys-
TEN Of prorating the transfer charges
10 the various transportation companies
To Adjust Accounts
In the bin which was reported today
this feature was eliminated and provi-
sion is made SC that the adjustment OF
accounts resulting from interchange Of
transfers shall be mutually agreed upon
by the transportation companies.
All AA-- vent At-e-- LL4t tDitlf1LEl-e
unable TO reach such an agreement the
matters In dispute shall be determined
by the Supreme Court OF the District OF
Columbia upon ps--don nIed by either
party.
Shall Issue Transfers.
The Wiley bin provides thar thSry
days ar1er IT'S passage street railway
companies in the District Of Columbia
shall issue transfers within the District
from the lines Of one company TO those
OF another, the companies 20 have the
right 70 stipuIajo that the transfer shall
be good only for q trip IN continuation
OF the Trip on she line for uasch tne
transfer is issued. SO that passenger
VIII not be enabled 10 use this inter
change OF transfers to effect a triD
from one point 10 another and return
on one fare. The bill also provides that
railway lines shall not be requiEed 10
issue a transfer on A transfer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
ROOT WILL LEAVE
FOR EUROPE MAY q
Expected + Confer With
Roosevelt Before He
Sails for America.

An advocate Of the Taft Administra-
ton may get the ear Of former Presi-
dent Roosevelt eefore he returns 20
America
. Senator Root, a-ter a conference al
the White House tbs morning, said thar
he would leave for Europe on Nav 27
for The Hague, where he viii represent
The United states n the negotiations 10
settle the Newfoundland fisheries dis
pute- The Senator is closing I'D his
legislative affairs PREPARATORY 10 star
ing for Europe
There has been a great deal Of talz
among Administration adhereurs that
PRESIDENT Taft should have sent a -
clal envoy 70 Roosevelt to cor1urers ~
-he effects Of the information carried
rom America p what they claim are
auLl-ACDllllStT .tLiOn represerltatf,-es -
AyoseFeit VIII not return until June I3.
i IS expected that there will he time o.
a brief conference in Europe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
TAFT WILL SOUND
CAMP PAIGN KEYNOTE
HEAVY Work Ahead on
Smmp-PreliminaTy
Trip in June
By JAMES HAY, JR

william H. Taft viii do more work
this sumner as a political stump speak
er than has ever been done BY any ocher
other President OF the United States,
according 70 the present plans OF the
Republican Congressional COMMITTEES
Most OF. the speeches he Viii make 70
aid The marty in its desperate fight 70
save the next House Of Representatives.
from Democratic control VIII be deiiv-
cred in June and the early part OF Sep
tsmbeT-
T=hs President has told All the party
leaders and politicians that he must
have complete rest during his stay III
Beverly. and his friends back THIS up
with the assertion that he has had such
a hard winters work as TO necessltate
his recuperating in peace and quiet dur
ina the greater part OF his summer Va
cation
Representative william B Mckinley
of Illinois chairman Of the CouETes-
slonaI Committee, and the other party
leaders welcome wast they consider a
practical certainty that the President
viii be their biggest asset in the coming
campaign
To Sound Keynote
He viii De expected TO sound the key
note Of the fight throughout the entire
Middle West on his two forthcoming
trips to the West The first trip VIII be
made ArslI %, whe2 he VIII touch Ohio
and adjacent States
Tls.s viii be rather early 10 arouse any
great interest in the Congressional fight,
but on June he viii speak at the meet
ing at Jackson, Mich, in celebration Of
the founding Of the Republican party.
and IN that address and one which he
viii deliver a day or two later IN De-
troit the party leaders expect to ind a
Continued on Third Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
FIRST OF HIS PARTY
CHOSEN IN 80 YEARS
Campaign Fought on National Is
sues, Leaders Forecast a
Democratic House.
RESULTS COMPARED
WITH LAST ELECTION

Havens over AIdridge-5,s9I-
Plurality OF Perkins, Republican,
I9Os-I0,I05-
Total change yeEterdHy-16,O0z.
Ravens plurality Rochester city
3,z4s-
PerkInE' Rochester plurality, 1908
: s,ZIS.
Total change in city-9-96I.
Wayens carried seventeen Of tvyen-
ty-tyyo wards in Rochester city;
All country towns but one
Last Democratic Congressman for
this district elected in landslide
1890, Col HaIberf 5 Greenieaf-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
EXTRACTION FIGHT
LOST BY HOFFSTOT
Governor Hughes Decides
Millionaire Is Fugitive
From Justice.

ALBANT- n Y, April 20-Frank y.
Honstot, millionaire president Of the
Pressed Steel Car Company, charged
with conspiracy and bribery IN connec-
ton with the Pittsburg graft scandals,
VIII be turned over 70 the Pittsburg
authorities FOR trial as the result Of a
decision today by Governer Hughes on
the application for bis extraGiriOn BY
the Pennsylvania authorities
Governor Hughes said
The only question is whether lie
should be regarded as a fugitive from
Justice, and 7 ind that he is. and hence,
viii grant the warrant
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
ENDS LIFE
TO FREE HIS WIFE
q Did II So She Could Marry
Mike" He Gasps,
Diving
Dying

NEW YORK. april 5o.---I did II so my
wife could marry Nike" gasped dying
John KiuoSh- thirty-five, as the police
lifted him into the ambulance that took
him 10 G0uverneur Hospital today.
Annie. the wife. thirty yeE rs old. loved
Michael S0Iden in Poland. Recently
with the kirCshs. kfnoSh thought he
saw signs Of returning love between his
wife and her former sweetheart She
laughed at his fears and assured him
she loved him alone Today he shot
himself
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
NARROWLY AVERT
A STRIKE BATTLE

PITTsBURG. Pa. April ga strike
battle was averted today at the Schoen-
vile plant Of the Pressed Steel Car
Company when loo American strikers
returned 20 work Individually
II had been planned TO have them
march 20 the plant, with an American
Gag in the van
Foreign strikers threatened 10 break
UP the parade, so II was abandoned-
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Nature Of Remarks Unknown
ANOTHER VICTORY
WON BY REGULARS

The insuTgent faction OF the Daughters
OF the meT5oan Revolution met with q
second defeat at the hands OF the ad-
ministration forces at this morning
session - ths continental congress
when an exert TO have the vote OF
censure passed by the cOngEss yesJer-
day uoruinE against Miss Mary wilcox,
from the minutes, was made Dy t6e
opposition, and proved futile
The iareg, audience OF Daughters
gathered at Continental Hall listened
with bresthless interest to Miss WilcOx's
reading OF the minutes IN which she
gave a detailed account Of the drama tic
proceedings Of yesterday mornings Ses-
sion, including the vote Of censurc
uassed BY the congress against herself
Immediately upon the conclusion or
the reading Of the minutes MS NJ a
BaIIinEer. one OF the District Daugh-
ters who, although related TO Mrs
Scott. is numbered IN the front rank
OF the fnsurgent faction, rose TO her
Feet simultaneo eously with a dozen
other women
Her Relative Recognized
Mrs. Bauinger, nv friend and reIa-
tive, is recognized" graciously, called
President Geeural Scott, her words
evoking laughter from both sides OF
the house.
y move that all reference TO the
vote Of censure be stricken Irom tns
record said Mrs Ballinger-
This motion was met with applause,
and the cries OF NO, Nor In the
general excitement which followed
Mrs. BalIinger's words the ants
forgot to second her mOCNu. This
gave the administrationists 1leir In
Iurs and almost before the insur-
cents knew what was happening the
69inutes had been accepted by the
congress with the vote OF censure
AGAINST Miss Wilcox still on record
Mrs Lyman @. SWOrmstedt, CORE
sDondinE secretary general, was
heartily applauded when she gave a
Continued on Third Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
Gets Haoeas Corpus WIT.

NEW YORK, April 20-F- y Hon-
stot, president OF the Pressed Steel Car
Company, whose extradition 10 Penn
sylvania was ordered BY Governor
Hughes at Albany today, was arrested
by Detectives from the district attOr-
ney's Office at noon
Before they could arraign him before
a magistrate they we're served with 4
writ OF heabas corpus demanding that
they produce him before Judge Holt
in the United States Circuit Court
The writ was secured b. HOnStOt-s s
attorney, joan 3. Lindsay, and alleged
that the granting OF the extradition de-
mand. and the proceedings contemplated
in PiItsDurE- were a violation Of the
constitutional rights Of the accused
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
WATCHERS SEE COMET
WITHOUT AID OF GLASS
Georgetown Students All-Night Vigil Rewarded Early
This Morning-Halley's Pet Clearly Visible TO
Naked Eye About 4 O'clock.

up 10 within three-quarters Of an hour
OF sunrise. The famous tail looked to
be about three times the diameter Of
the head and spread out fan-shaped-
The students first located the comet
with a common field glass. then with a
genuine comet searCher. and finally with
a refracting telescope The glasses were
laid aside and the young men were sur
prised TO find they could trace the comet
without the use of any kind OF glasses
The position OF the comet wa zabout
degrees above the horizon and several
degrees north Of east at the tine it
was sighted
This Is the first time that the J-ailey
comet has been seen without the lie Of
a glass and Chis probably was due to
the extreme clearness Of the atmos-
phere.
Clear Strips for Fly Screens, CT. a Fl
Frank Iibbey & Co. sth & X L Ave.
Adv.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
STEAMER TOWED IN

LONDON. April % Tn p-f.f-s-
steamer Anglian, which left Boston On
April ! for London and broke her +efI
shaft when $50 miles west Of Fssfret
on April 9, was towed into Queenstov-1
by the steamer Englishman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20

f2r which all the conductors on the
various lines in Washington had bean
on the lookout He informed the CO
pany and Officer CIinedinst arrested
Trivano,g
The new tickets are different in color
than any that have ever been 4isas7 he
Iore- Ihey were shipped from the. Globe
4lchet company, in Philadelphia. and
were all in the original packars y 0sl
OF them, when they arrived At the
" ashington freight station When fbe
boz reached the Great Falls Companv
ofhce N this city il was found that il
had been opened and that z, 100 tickets of
Ine value Of 500, had been taken out
IriVano said that he bought them from
a negro.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
MARK TWAIN DYING,
END NOW IS NEAR
He May Live the Day Out,
Is Sad Message From
HumOriSt's Couch.

REDDLSG, Conn, April 20.-AIark
Twain. the worlds greatest hUmOrist, is
dying
Ee failed rapidly today, and It was
stated at his home that He may live
the day out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20

Before sunrise today, two students OF
Georgetown University experienced the
pleasure OF watching Hslley's comet as
If traversed the SKIES a short distance
above the horizon.
These students-John Mccormick and
James K. Lynch, both of the class OF
1sf2-spent the night in the observatory
Of the university for the purpose Of
catching a glimpse Of the comet, and
at 4.15 O'Clock their nights vigil vas
repaid when they espied M Halley's
net According to them It shone with
the brightness Of star Of the second
rnasnftuue, continuing in this bright
ness for more than half an hour They
say it was visible TO the naked eye
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