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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-01-25

@Wfiy, Ty the bag, OF course-'R. L.
B. Besides, you were described to me
as a sawed off man with a bad eye,
nose"
This was not pleasant My wife al
ways told me that l was considered
more than ordinarily handsome.
well, now you've got on to me, tell
me what you want" said.
Half"
when and where shall l turn it
over?"
You're going to A, aren't your
l wasn't, but l said l was.
Where do you put up?"
eat the 81
Suppose I see you at s o'clock to-
night"
Now, 1t was as plain as the nose on
your face that there had been some
sort Of getaway with property by a
man whose initials were R. l.. B.
1t occurred to me that I might have
changed bags with him, but that
couldn't be. 1 had bought the bag
empty, and it now contained my be-
longings. l was sure Of that, because
ten minutes before l had opened it.
| am writer Of detective stories and
always looking for material. l was a
trife discouraged by my late expe-
r1ence, but once man gets the liter
airy fever he can't get it out Of his
system. l must follow the thing up.
To meet the man that evening would
be rather quick work. But what mat
ter? | could have a police force in an
adjoining room to listen and If the
plan ripened could arrest my man. So
told him 1 would be ready for him.
The police came pretty near spelling
the next detective story wrote by
arresting me as left the station. One
Of them, who was keeping a close
watch, saw the letters on my bag and
took me. Fortunately my pap' had
given them the slip by crawling I'M
der train and getting out another
way. / was taken to the station,
where my bag was examined and a
nightshirt, comb and brush and tooth
brush found, whereas they were look
ing for 100000 in negotiable securi-
ties. The reward offered was 10 per
cent Of the amount recovered / offer
ed to divide all over $4,000, and the
offer was at last accepted, since I
threatened to keep mum on any other
terms
Well. at o'clock my man appeared,
and by lot Of talk that I had been
coached in by the police got him to
give away enough for them to get on
to the right man. I didn't go home
till had followed the matter up. It
vas a quick job, and when I did go
home 1 had $17,5OO in my pocket
"Oh, my, DEAR" exclaimed my wife,
II thought you were never comingl
Did you make a good contract"
First rate" said.
The next morning it was in the
| newspapers that a detective story
writer had shared big haul, and I
received twenty -four offers from pub
fishers for the book had gone to B. !
TO sell.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-01-25

who was too arfsf6CTafic to use street
cars, now and again telephoned to
stable where he got his livery, order a
carriage and drive away, whittier the
son did not know.
"Why don't you go. too?" asked EN-
lily
"How can do that"
81 will give you a plan. The next
time your father orders a carriage go
to the stable and bride the coachman
to let you take his place."
'But father would recognize me-"
"Does he always have the same
coachmanw
mo"
every well. If you wear coach
mans livery and make up for colored
man your father will never dream that
you are his SON."
IT have a mind to try It,.
"Do so. 1t may be that your father
is counting some one not Of his set.
If he is and you discover the fact ne
will no longer oppose your doing the
same thing"
Jim made all his preparations, and
when he next heard his father order
a carriage he slipped out through a
back door and went to the stable
where a burnt cork transformed him
into an ebony instead Of white man
Then DOMINIC a livery he mounted the
box Of q coach and drove to his home.
His father came out, opened the door,
gave the address and got in.
When Jimmie heard that address the
expression on his face was not only
one Of wonder, but Of establishment
His father had ordered him to drive
to the house where dwelt Miss Emily
Sherbourne. His first impulse was to
get down from the box and ask his
parent what the dickens he meant; his
second was to drive on and see the
matter to the end. He followed the
latter. On reaching his destination Mr.
Hardwick got out and. ordering the
coachey to wait, rang the bell and went
into the house.
Here was a pretty pass-the son sit
ting on the box while his father was
inside counting the girl he would not
consent to his offspring marrying. 1t
seemed to Jim that the call was inter
minable. What could be going on?
He worked himself into fury, then
got down from the box, stalked up the
steps and rang the bell.
Mr. Hardwick was sitting on the
same sofa with Emily Sherbourne
when the tete-a-tete was interrupted
by a negro coachman with whip in
his hand standing In the doorway.
What does this mean, pop?" cried
eoachey.
Mr.. Hardwick was paralyZed with
establishment, and Miss Sherbourne
burst into laugh.
How through friend in the gilded
circle she had made the acquaintance
of the father Of her lover and drawn
him on to visit her was her own Sc
cret Her ruse was successful. Mr..
Hardwick turned his supposed con-
quest over to Jimmie. consented to the
wedding and the three gave up society
to be happy in their own home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
CLOSING CONTESTS
Of THE TOURNEY
Winning Of Championship
BY E. P. M. /. Practically
Closes Basketball Season.

The z. P. NJ L champions were Civ
IN the hardest run OF any Of the games
when they met their old rivals, the
High school. Saturday afternoon, The
game ended. Institute SO. Hi" ~.
The Shanrocks, from Bisbee, bested
the A & n team 20 TO Is. taking the
lead ana retaining It throughout the
game. In the Saturday night games,
which wound UP the tournament, the
.'E" lost TO the Shamrocks by the
scandalous score Of q to g. The
Ehamrocks put up the best game they
had played in the tournament and the
''T" the worst The 'TY" sub team was
used until the tag end, but it was then
too late for the regulars to retrieve
what was lost
Tie High school beat the a & NJ.
81 TO IS. First half was closely
fought but the Aggies weakened in
the end and the HIS" gained with a
rush.
The standing Of the teams at ths fin
Ssh IS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
EXPRESS PROBE
RESUMED BY LANE
Charge Made that Compa-
panies Profit Greatly
Y UVeFclaFgeS.



NJ Commissioner Lane OF the
Interstate Commerce com
nilsson heard additional testimony to-
day in the governments inquiry into
the reasonableness Of express rates.
practices, accounts and revenues Of
express companies. The hearing was
continuation of other hearings held
oy Mr. Lane in which the entire ox-
press situation has been considered
thoroughly.
rams for the publication Of uniform
tariffs of express companies. uniform
us or fading and cheaper rates We're
submitted 10 Mr.. Lane by both the
express companies and the shipping
interests represented at the hearing.
Inc inVestiga tiOn of the various eX-
press companies, their manner Of do
ING business and the immense profits
that have been made. both nv the
railroads and the express companies
nave furnished the Interstate Com
merce commission with great deal
Of interesting data
In the hearing today. il was brought
out that express companies have
pOcketed sums for Overcharges agEre-
eating from $1,000 40 $4,000 a day
without any attempt being made 10
return the Overcharge.
Mr.. Lane. IN commenting upon the
testimony given by various witnesses.
minated thaL criminal prosecutions
would be instituted in some Instances
against the express companies for
violations Of the Interstate commerce
law Should each over act" OF the
Lane stated as his opinion that the
United States government could col
lect over 500 0O0, 900 in fines.
81, ne nearing TO-DAY win probably be
sion before an opinion is handed down
regarding the case
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
Not A NRE2
Crown for "
Youth n

A head full Ofunsightly gray and faded
hair.-Why not have beautiful, natural
colOred hair, full Of life and beauty
keep yourself young looking and fascin-
ating?
Every woman wants to be and can be,
If she will use HAYS HAIR HEALTH
to restore those gray hairs to their natu-
raj color. 1t isn't dye.
You Il be surprised how quickly the
gray hairs vanish and how young looking
you can keep yourself by the regular
use Of HAYS HAIR HEALTH. Get
your money back from your druggist If
you are not satisfied with If.
Slo0 and Soc q, Drug Stores or direct uDon
receipt ofpriee and dealers name. Send 1Oc for
trial bottle.-PhilO Hay Spec. Co.. Newark. n. ].
For sale and recommended by Knob
LAUGH Drug Co, and Kelly & Pollard.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
JIMMY SMITH NOW
WORLDS CHAMPION
Buffalo Bowler IN Canadian
Tournament Averages
229 For Nine Games.

Toronto, Ontario. Feb 26.-WOrld's
records were broken by James Smith,
Of Buffalo in the finish Of the sixth
annual tournament Of the Canadian
Bowling association, which has been in
progress during the past week Smith
rolled III for his three games as com
pared with the worlds record OF 100
held BY Tom Haley, OF Detroit
Smith also broke the worlds record
for the all events getting Sal in the
team, 64S in the doubles and with III
in the singles, a total OF 1850 His aver
age was 22S and SO for his nine games.
The former grand total record was 1851,
held by Haley.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
LIST OF BATTLES
IN NEAR FUTURE

Jim Corbett compiled the list Of bouts
scheduled in New York in the near fu-
ture. as follows.
Feb. 26-Knockout Brown vs. Joe
Coster-
Is Leach cross vs.. Willie Beeeher.
Young eastman vs. Billy Lewis
Harry Powers Us. Joe Hirst (Suh- for
Sherman-Hirst-)
27-Packey Mcfarland VS.. FoDmy
Maloney.
2s-Howard Wilson vs.. Charley NY
land
March Eddie Smith vs. Charley
Baker.
Young Sieger vs. Pinkey Burns.
Johnny Dundee vs. Edole O'keefe.
5-Packey Mcfarland vs. One Round
Hogan.
20-Carl Morris VS.. Jim Stewart
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
GOLF BALL
is LATEST NOVELTY

Chicago, Ill, Feb 26.-The cement
golf ball IS something for the devotees
Of the links to mink about for the
coming season
The bali vas on exhibition at the
cement show at the Coliseum last
night and according TO former west
ern amateur champion Sawyer, il has
great possibilities Mr. Sawyer tried
the bdl, but in an indoor course, and
was pleased with it.
- comp position Of cork and concrete
which responds in much the same way
las rubber TO a blow, forms the core
OF the new ball
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
WINNING BOWLERS
GET $1,000 PRIZE

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 26.-The
sixth annual Western Bowling con-
gress closed yesterday. The big prize
for the meet, $1,000 for the best five
men team, was won by the Grand
bowlers Of Los Angeles, under the col
ors Of the Evening Herald, with 2
score OF 2976, the western bowling
congress record. The Chicag go Miner
alites were second The mixed doubles
were won by Mrs. Mckinley, Of Los
Angeles. and J. Blouin, Of Chicago,
with a total OF I114, BlOuin rolling a
total OF ss4. with an average for his
three games OF 22S.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
FUCUMCARI SCHOOL
ENROLMENT GROWS

Iucumeari. n. NJ. Feb. 2s-A report
on the city schools for the past two
months shows an enrolment of S42
students steady increase over the
past The high school is busfy en-
s1seu m preparing for the commence
, ,-Slt " eek play at the Evans opera
~ tle play being The Captain or
~ mouth The play is for the pur-
pose OF raising funds for the school.
ne HlEh school Echoes. the journal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
ALPINE CELEBRATES WITH
HORSE RACE AND WRESTLERs

Alpine. Tex, Feb. 6.-Washington's
birthday was celebrated by horse race
at night. Daisy, owned BY Dan Coff-
man, Of Marathon. beat Ribbon, owned
by Glen KOkernOt, of Alpine, by a
length u a quarter mile dash for $1,000.
Foxy Miller, Of Minnesota and NJ r
Raymond, OF West Texas, Wrestled in
terestinglys Miller winning
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
AVERAGES ALMOST
MILE THE MINUTE
Nine Cylinder Hydroplane
Makes Fastest Time Re
corded on the Wafer.

Portland. Ore, Feb. 26-The Oregon
Wolf, a nine cylinder hydroplane, in
sanctioned race against time here yes
terday, broke the worlds motor boat
records on q five mile course for all
distances up to so miles. The oregon
VOLTS time for the 80 miles was ~
minutes, a Us seconds; the best preTi-
Gus record oyer a six lap course was a
minutes, Ss 10 seconds, made by the
Dixie ", of St. Louis, in 1911.
The oregon Wolf was driven bv John
E Wolff. Of this city, her owner and
DulldeE The race was under the au-
spices Of the Portland Motor Boat as
'sociation
The best lap was the last one. the
time being six minutes, 56 As seconds
q an average of a mile in one minute
% 3-5 seconds. The average time me-
mile for the entire distance was one
minute, q 40 seconds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
he standing Of the teams At the fin

ne InsrItuLa nov h0Ids the IedeTa-
ton championship and the city schol-
astic championship. BY defeating the
Institute and the High school twice
each in the season, the Y. II. c. A
holds the city Championship title
The close OF the tournament winds
Up the basketball season proper, ana
the players can now rest up their
banged and bruised bodies and the
rooters Doctor their hoarse vocal cords
preparatory 10 turning loose for the
baseball season and the advent OF the
field and track meet A few pOst-sea-.
son games may be played by the High
school. and four more games remain to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26

A heavy cold in the lungs that was
expected to cure itself has been the
starting point in many cases of disease
that ended fatally. The sensible course
is 10 take frequent doses OF BAL
IARD'S FOREGROUND SYRUP r.
checks the progress of the disorder ana
assists nature 10 restore normal condf-
tons Price Csc. soc and S1.OO per h0f-
tie Sold by Scott White & Co. g stores
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
ENTRIES FOR THE
JUAREZ JOCKEY CLUB.
Seventy-seTenfh Day, Feb. p. .
{. 8. : Z. :. : : s. {. :. : !. :. J. 3

First race, selling, five furIongs-E,l
PATIO +102, Defy los. Ethel Wieks 1O5.
Yvonne +1o5, Ruth Esther los, Isom
IO7, Flying Dor 1O7, Tie Thomas 1O7.
Dog Star 107. Lieut. Sawyer 1O7, Dro-
mi 10, Wild Bear 10, Calethumpian
112, Don't Say No 115. Cap Nelson 1I5.
Second race, selling, one mile-San
Bernito 100, Emma G. los. Virginia.
Lindsey 105, Lonia los, Keep Moving
los, Paeifico 1oT. Pedro 10Y, Little
Marchment 107. Allenfearn 107, YAM
kee Pooh 107.
Third race, selling. five and one-half
longs-Hugh Gray #102, Hazel c.
105, NADIA Mas los, Patsy Beach los,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26

get out the best edition in its history
Tor commencement week A number
on special articles on the schools OF
bas received g number OF favorable
comments on its excellence during tbs
year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-03
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans. october 2-The market for cotton futures opened easy at a de. cline of to points. The Liverpool mar xet was slightly better than expected, but the weather map was very favorable, no rain being shown in the cotton belt, while temperatures were fairly high. This caused some little short selling. The census bureau report was as about what tine trade expected. The fact that the flgu-es were over the 3VD,0D mark en- courased short selling to very moderate extent At the end of the first half hour of business prices were to 10 points under yesterdays close.
 The list had tendency to sag in the forenoon session. The condition report of 09.e per cent was not far from the aver age expectation. It filled conservative bearish forecasts just as the ginning fig ures did. After the two reports were out of tho way considerable fresh short sell ing was encouraged Talk of war abroad caused longs to realize. The trading months at noon were IT to 19 points under yesterdays close.
 The market was quiet in the afternoon out prices acted easily. Prices then steadied. Half an hour before the close prices were somewhat under yesterday closing quotations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-03
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, october 2,-(Speeial 1.-Two prominent facts stand out today as worthy of note in market upset by govern ment bureau report One was the heavy and confident selling by the local opera tors who, together with what has be- come known as the Waldorf Brokers, are now short, looking for much lower prices,
 The other was the heavy buying by spin ners who did not buy when the market was at this level of prices, before the September bureau We believe that the American spinners bought today upward of 50,00O bales; that the government should
 make the present condition of the crop 63.6 against Ill last season, when we had
 bumper crop, naturally increased the bearish feeling, so that tonight predic- tons for large yield and lower prices are heard di every hand Yet if we compare the reported condition of the bureau reports. of this season with those of 1910, when We raised barley 12,00o 600 bales, one is surprised to see that the total this season Is only 4. points better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-03
29 ID 32 POINTS DECLINE IN COTTON Heavy Selling Follows Gov ernment Report With
 Close Easy

New York, October 2.--Heavy selling followed the governments october re- port in the cotton market today and tho close was easy at q net decline of from a9 to 3a points.
 The opening was easy at q decline of to points and prices showed a net loss of from to II points dur
 ing the first few minutes under liuui- dation promoted by somewhat disap- pointing cables. better weather and the census report showing more cotton
 ginned to September p than had been anticipated.
 There was a good deal of cover
 Ing on the carly decline and the mar
 ket rallied several points from the low
 est. Active months in fact sold point
 or two above the closing figures of last night just before midday but the con- dition figures published at noon proved
 more favorable than had been looked for and the market immediately turned easier. After break of about 20 points there was a rally of 10 to l2 points from the lowest on covering and Liv- erpool buying but offerings increased on this bulge and the market later sold Into new low ground.
 December contracts touched 10.S4c, fully s5 per bale under the high rec ord of last month. Closing prices were within to points O fthe lowest. The ginning report was construde as confirming reports of a late crop ex- cept in the southwest while the gov ernment's condition figures evidently
 made a very bearish impression and were made the basis oS large crop pre- dictions by some of the local statisti clans. Cables reporting that war seemed imminent In the Balkans prob | ably contributed to the selling move mont and talk of continued apathy oh the part of spinners. although large trade interests were credited with hav- ing bought very freely on the decline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-03
BRISK TRADE ON MORRIS AVENUE Good Supply of Fruits and Vegetables Are on
 Hand

The brisk trade in the wholesale market for the last few days con tinues with unabated vigor. A fine sup ply of fruits and vegetables are on hand at steady prices and it seems likely that this will be the best trade week for the produce dealers in some time With the fish dealers prices are yet unchanged although the supply of fish is very low and the demand ex- cellent. Dry salt meats retain steady prices. Creamery products and poultry and eggs enjoyed brisk trade at firm prices. The supply of poultry is short for the demand causing probable ad- vances in the price soon. Yesterday s wholesale quotations follow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-03
LARGE SELLING OF
 AMERICAN STOCKS Movement Impelled by Bal kan SituatiOn-Sales Over
 100000 Shares

New York, October 2.-Enormous sell ing of our stocks for European accounts. the movement being impelled by the Bal kan situation. was the distinguishing eea- ture of todays operations on the stock exchange. Sales were estimated at over 100000 shares, which probably represented the joint liquidation of London, Paris, Berlin. Frankfort and Vienna.
 The selling for abroad continued after the European markets closed; in fact until the close of our own market. Lon don continued to sell our securities on US ''curb" until late afternoon. Steel was the feature of the foreign liquidation, . sales in that stock probably aggregating 60 per cent of the whole. It is safe to assure that some of the orders from abroad were for the short account.
 The heavy outpouring after our securi- ties in London and on the continent to- gether with the complicated situation in eastern Europe. are calculated to put a temporary stop to negotiations for gold imports now under way.
 Heaviness marked the opening here, q number of important issues. including Hartman and Hill shares, the coaers, Amalgamutec Copper. Steel and some specialties selling off point or more. Prices rallied considerably in the first hour, but fell lower in the late alter noon. when pressure upon some of the representative stocks was renewed, al- though trading slackened to a pronounced degree. Towards the close the market made some improvement on short cover ing, but the undertone remained heavy.
 Money reacted slightly on call, ter cent being the high rate, with renewals at that. against 6h yesterday. Time ac- communications were unchanged More shipments of currency to New Orleans were made
 Bonds were active and irregular, some issues responding to tho heaviness oi stocks. Total sales par value, were s2,25o,0oo.
 United States government bonds were unchanged on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-03
WHEAT IA ID 3-0C ABOVE DAY BEFORE Bullish ArdOr Cooled in Re- gard to the Balkan
 Trouble

Chicago, October 3.--Estimates that the United States this season had produced next to the largest wheat crop ever grown cooled bullish ardor today in re- gard to trouble in the Balkans
 The market closed steady, However, at h@ssc advance over last night Corn fin ished A@atc higher. oats with a gain of isgl4c and provisions higher by 10@4oc. Statements by leading expert that the total American yield of wheat for 1912 would be 74gooo. 900 bushels became public property after prices had shown decided strength due to Balkan war rumors. Free profit taking contributed toward raging the bulge. In addition the weather was fine all through the American northwest and there was renewed belief that re- ceipts would materially enlarge soon. De- eember ranged between soNc and sl&a alisc. with last sales &l9ss. net higher a, ao7s@elc
 Reports of greater frost damage than had been generally accedited helped make corn firm. Wheat strength acted also against the bears December ranged be. tween s2is@6sso, closing steady i4c higher at 6essGo2&c. Cash grades were in good demand; No. ? yellow being quoted e7ita &alc. Improved cash trade, including considerable export hardened the price oi oats. December sold from S1%Gs2hsc. The close at S7s@s2c showed gain of 1s@azc net.
 Provisions rose sharply in response to a big decrease in the stock of packing house products here and because of small receipts of hog. At tho close pork was s2,ha4oc higher, lard was up 1oGl7ls@eoc and there was an advance of 10d17i5c in ribs.
 Future quotations were as follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-03

ding. 67sd middling, e.46d: low mid ding, 6.26d good ordinary 5.74d; o3- dinary, 6.26d sales, 14.000, of which 800 were for speculation and export and included 10,5oo American. Receipts. I000l none American. Futures opened quiet and closed setady. October, 6.tsd; October November, 6.09hd; November December. December January, 6.04d January February, 6.05 1ad; February March, 6.0fd: March-April. G.0Shd; April-May, 6.09isd; May-June Juno July, 6.101Rd.