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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-10-31
JIMMY HAYES
AND MURIEL
A Texas Ranger Who Upheld
the Honor Of I lis Company
BY O. HENRY
Copyright. 1911. by Doubleday, Page
Il Co.
BY O. HENRY

Supper was over. and there had fall
ell uIm:i the camp the silence that ac-
companies the rolling of corn husk
the dark earth like Il patch of fallen
sky. Coyotes yelped. Dull thumps
indicated the rocking horse movements
Of the hobbled ponies as they moved
to fresh grass. A half troop Of the
frontier battalion Of Texas rangers
were distributed about the FIRE.
The odor Of frizzled bacon and COT
fee still fingered on the evening air.
not yet wing been subordinated 20
the perfume Of blue wreaths of tobac-
10 smoke that arose from cigarette,
cigar or pipe with which the border
riders varionsly beguiled their post
prandlal dreams. Quiet for the mo-
ment reigned In the camp. broken only
by the rattle Of tin cans and cutlery
from the grub wagon. where the cook
and his assistant were engaged In
cleaning those necessary implements.
A we'll known sound-the fluttering
and scraping of chaparral against
wooden stirrups-came from the thick
brush above the camp. The rangers
listened cautiously. They heard loud
and cheerful voice call out reassur-
ingly:
"Rsnce up. Muriel. old girl. We're
most there now. Been a long ride for
ye. amt 1t. ye old antediluvian hand
fui Of animated carpet lacks? Hey.
now. quit a-tryln' to kiss me! Don't
hold on to my neck SO tight. This here
paint boss mint any too sure footed. let
me tell ye. Hes liable to dump US
both or II we don't watch out"
Two minutes Of waiting brought q
tired paint" pony single footing into
camp. A gangling youth of twenty
iolled In the saddle. OF the "Muriep'
whom he had been addressing nothing
WAS to be seen.
HI. fellows shouted the rider
rheerfully. This here's letter fer
Lieutenant Manning"
He dismounted. unsaddled. dropped
the coils Of his stake rope and got his
mobiles from the saddle horn. While
Lieutenant Manning In command, was
reading the letter the newcomer rub
bed solicltously at some dried mud in
the loops OF the hobbies. showing a
consideration for the forelegs Of his
mount.
hoys. snid the lieutenant, waving
MS hand to the rangers. this Is Mr..
james Hayes. Hes a new member Of
the company. Captain Mclean sends
MIN down from RI Paso. The boys
VIII zee that you have some supper.
Hayes. as soon 40 you get your pony
hObbled."
me recruit was received cordially by
Tue rangers. Still they observed him
and With suspended judg-
i''ent. Kicking u comrade on the sor-
''er IL done with ten times the care
""d discretion. with which girl choo.,es
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-10-31

Two hundred and sixty three Greek.
Mexican and American coal miners
are dead as the result of an explosion
In Stag Canon mine No. Fat Dawson.
New Mexico, Oct. %.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-10-31
A Surprise Per Man,f;.,d.

Richard Mansfield used to get many
. secret laugh out Of his valet, Mets-
ger.
Metzger was silent, sour fellow.
but keen at repartee, and in frequent
tits with his master always managed
to have the last word.
why are you always grumblingr'
Mansfield asked him one day. You
should be contented. You have a good
position. II l should discharge you
you might have cause to grumble.
What would you do them
Il should write 4 book about you. "
returned the valet quickly.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-10-31


a sweet heart On your "side kickers"
nerve loyalty. aim and GOODNESS your
Uwn'life may depend many tines
After hearty supper Hayes Joined
the smokers about the ERE. His ap-
pearance did not settle all the ques-
tinn> IN the minds of his brother rang
"a. .hey saw simply loose. lank
youth with tow colored. sun burned
hair and berry brown. ingenious
face that wore quizzical. good ma.
iured smile.
Fellows said the new ranger,
I'm goin' to interduce to you a lady
friend Of mine. Amt ever heard any
t"dy call her beauty. but you'll ali
admit she's got some fine points about
iier. Come along. Muriel."
He held open the front Of his blue
tlnnnrl shirt. Out of 1t crawled a
horned frog. A bright red ribbon was
tied jauntily around it's spiky neck.
1t crawled to its owners knee and sal
there motionless.
This here Muriel." said Hayes. with
an oratOrical wave Of his hand ''has
got qualities. She never talks back
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
CUT GENIUS DEAD Dc ID
oVERWORK CAUSED DEATH OF
COL. GAiLLARD.
Be Greatest Engineering Tri-
umph of All Ages.

Baltimore, Md.-Col. David DUB.
Gaillard, one of the chief engineers
Of the Panama canal, died at Johns
Hopkins University hospital. Col.
Gaillard had been in a semiconscious
condition for weeks. He suffered from
hardening of the arteries of the brain,
brought on, it is said, by his work
on the Culebra cut, the digging of
which was under his direction.
Col. Gaillard was born at Wins
boro, S.. c., Dec. 4, 1850. He had been
assigned to Panama since November,
1906.
Engineers declare that the digging
of the Culebra cut will go into his
tory as one of the greatest engineer
ing triumphs of all ages. When he
took charge at the beginning of the
work Col. Gaillard knew he would
meet many discouragements from
earth slides from the mountain, and
he met them as they arose. With his
work virtually completed, after her
cuIean labors, he suffered a break
dowr and was compelled to return to
the United States.
Col. Gaillard had been slated to be
continued as a member of the 18TH
milan commission in recognition of his
services, and suffered the keencst dis
appointment when he was unable to
be present at the opening of the
Gatun locks, which allowed the waters
from Gatun lake to flow into the Gu
Zebra cut,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
SCHOOLS TO GET
s8,ss0ER0M STATE
SUPERINTENDENT EVANS RE-
LEASES FUNDS FOR DisTRl6U-
TON UNDER RECENT LAW.
TEXAS COUNTY LEADS LIST
This Legislation Is Called Missouri'e
Greatest Forward Step in the
Last Twenty-Five Years In
the Cause of Education.

Jefferson City.-State Superintend-
ent of Schools w. P. Evans author
ICED the release of funds, under tle
act of the last general assembly pro-
viding for state aid for high schools,
amounting to $8,690.52. Superintend-
ent Evans says his high school in
spectors have visited the schools to
which this money will go and have
certified that they have met the con-
ditions prescribed by the law and are
entitled to the money.
The money released by Superin-
tendent Evans goes to the following
schools:
Bates eounty-Hume high school,
$3.50.
Benton county-High school of Lin
coin, $500; high school of Warsaw,
$500. Total, $1,1O0.
Carroll county-High school of De
Witt, $347.27.
Cass county-High school of Drex-
ell, $500.
Daviess county-High school Of COT
fey, $34O; high school of Pattonsburg,
5000. Total, $940.
Franklin county-High school of
New Haven, $742.50.
Gentry county-High school of Nc
Fail, $3.50.
Harrison county-High school of
Blythedale, $500; high school of
Eagleville, 5000. Total, 5000.
Holt county-High school of Craig,
$3.50.
Lafayette county-High school of
H~igginsville, 5000,
Linn county-High school of Brown
ing, $3.50.
Pettis county-High school OF
Green Ridge, $40.
Sullivan county-High school of
Green City, $3.50.
Texas county-High school of coun-
ty, $1,250.75.
Superintendent Evans also certified
to State Auditor John P. Gordon that
NC 10 duIhOllA0u W W. DC at OHCC
$1,250 from the fund for state aid for
consolidated rural high schools, the
high school inspectors having found
the schools to which the money will
go have complied with the conditions
prescribed. The schools that will re.
ceive this money are: Linn county,
Boomer Consolidated District No. l,
$3.50; Usage county, Linn Consoli.
dated District No. /.
State aid for high schools and CON
%solidated rural high schools was a
part of the school legislation enacted
by the forty-seventh general assem-
bly,.
Superintendent Evans and his as
sistants declare this legislation the
greatest step in progress made by the
educational system of Missouri during
the past quarter of a century, and say
its effects are already being shown in
marked advancement in school work
and conditions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
WOMEN STORM CONGRESS
1000 SUFFAGlSTS MAKE CALL
AT THE CAPITOL.
Led by Or. Anna II. Shaw They De.
mand House Standing Committee
by Personal Petition.

Washington, d. C.-The suffrage
convention was suspended while dele
gates moved on the capitol to urge
a favorable report by the house rules
committee on a resolution to create a
standing committee on woman suf-
frage in the house.
The cen resembled a charge on a
citadel, when more than 1000 women
advanced in regimental formation in
quick-step order and crowded the
hearing room long before the commit
tee arrived.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president
of the National American Woman Suf-
frage association, led in the presenta-
ton Of arguments FOR a committee.
She told the members it was not the
purpose of the speakers to convert
the congressman to suffrage, but to
convince them that the suffrage move
ment was entitled to a house commit
tee, equivalent to a similar one I'M the
senate.
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper, Helen
Gardner, Miss Jane Adams, Mrs.
Desha Breckenridge, Mrs. Mary Beard
and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait also
pleaded for the committee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
GIVES $50, 600 TO ROAD FUND
Aged illinois Millionaire Asks Strip
He Built Be Marked as a
Memorial to Him.

Aurora, I%ll.-John Stewart, SO
years old, multimillionaire of Ell
burn, who desires to have every one
of his grandchildren a millionaire be-
fore he dies and himself to die poor,
has donated $4,000 to the Lincoln
Highway association.
He is now touring Europe and made
the gift known through a letter. He
asks that a marker be placed at each
end of the strip his money will build
as a memorial to him.
The Lincoln highway is a memorial
to the martyred president. 1t is to
reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and will be built of cement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
Routing Three state Highways.

Chillicothe.-Col. Frank Buffum,
state highway commissioner, is in
Chillicothe engaged in mapping three
highways across Missouri. The first
route runs from Omaha, NeD, to
Brunswick, Mo-, where it will connect
with the cross-state highway and
thence lead into st. Louis through
Moberly, Centralia, Mexico and Mont
gomery City. The second route will
start at Brunswick. pass through Chill
licothe, Gallatin, Pattonsburg, Albany,
Maryville and stop at Tarkio. The
third route starts at Kansas City and
passes through Excelsior Springs,
Lawson, Polo, Braymer, C~hillicothe,
Laredo, Harris and on to Cedar Rap
ids, Ia, where it will join the Red
Ball route into st. Paul.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
100 ARE DROWNED
IN TEXAS FLOODS
FIFTY PERSONS, MOSTLY NE
eRoEs. DIE AT VILLAGE
OF suNNYsIDE.
100 NARROWED IN DANGER
More Than 10000 Homeless Face Cold
Wave and Food Shortage-Eighty
Refugees Under One Roof;
Fifty in a Gin House.

Houston, Tex.-Fifty persons, most
~ negroes, are reported to have been
drowned at Sunnyside, a small town
On the lower Brazos river, according
70 a long distance telephone message
received here. The message said be-
tween 400 and 500 persons are ma
cooned on a small mound at San
Felipe, and are in great danger. A
special train loaded with motor boats
was dispatched from Houston to res
u him.
The entire Brazos bottom in Waller
county is flooded; a number of houses
have foated away and refugees are
;linging to trees and house tops.
Food Shortage Serious.
The task of rescuing inhabitants
along the 40 miles of flooded Brazos
valley was succeeded by the problem
OF providing for 1000 or more refu.
gees. Reports from the flooded ter
ritory show that between 700 and 1000
persons are marooned in gin houses
and plantation residences safe from
the flood but in urgent need of food
and clothing.
At Horseshoe Bend, above the roar
ing of the river, could be heard the
singing and praying of more than SO
negroes who were facing peril Of
death in a rocking gin house on an
isAand a mile and a half out.
Fifty in One Residence.
Fifty more refugees were in a gin
house over Koppes bridge. In the
Parker residence were 80 other flood
victims and similar numbers in vari-
u plantation houses along The 40
miles of the valley up to Mumford.
A rapid fall in temperature and a
cutting wind increased the suffering,
especially in the tent colonies along
the river banks. Almost all those
affected were negroes. Three hun,
dred rescued negroes were gathered
at Koppes bridg. 5a
How many negro tenants in the
flooded section were drowned is still
unknown, and until the water recedes
the death roll cannot be estimated
with any degree of accuracy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
WOMEN ARE CAUGHT IN RAID
Fashionable Chicago Suburb Residents
Become HysteriacI When Pa
troll Wagons Arrive.

Chicago.-The police raided a pool
room which they alleged is run for
women customers only. Two ar
rests were made, one m being
booked as keeper"
The report received at police head.
quarters was that the apartment was
crowded with fashionable m Of
Kenwood, Hyde Park and Woodlawn
when the police appeared, and many
Of them, after identifying themselves,
were allowed to go.
When patrol wagons appeared the
women became hysterical and begged
that they be allowed to go to their
homes. Some of them are said to have
tainted when the detectives rushed
into the apartment where the alleged
bets were being taken.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
MRS. PANKHURST COLLAPSED
Hunger and Thirst Strike in Exeter
Jail Causes English suffragette
to Break Down.

Exeter, England.--Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst collapsed in Jail here
after "a hours of hunger and
thirst striking. Her condition was
said to be serious, and it was believed
no attempt would be made to remove
her from the prison until she is re-
leased on license.
Relays of militant suffragettes pick
eted Holloway Jail continuously, ex-
pecting Mrs. Pankhurst to be trans
ferred there secretly, because the Jail
at Exeter is a small one and not
equipped for dealing with hunger
strikes and sick prisoners.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
Capitol Contract STONED.

Jefferson City.-K. F.. Gill, repre-
senting the Gill & Sons Construction
company of Cleveland, arrived here.
After a brief conference with the cap
itol building commission, the contract
for the erection of the new statehouse
was signed. All Of the provisions of
the instrument had previously been
approved by Attorney General Barker.
Mr.. Gill will leave here in a day or
two on a trip of inspection of the big
limestone quarries operating in the
state. He first will visit the quarries
at Carthage and those in Greene coun-
ty. From these he will go to Barry
county and to other points where lime
stone is produced in quantities sufh-
cient for his purpose.
Whatever contracts he may make
for the atone will have to meet the
approval Of the commission.
A swarm of representatives of the
various branches of the building
trades awaited Mr.. Gill's arrival. Sub
contracts were sought by the appli.
cants. The subcontractors selected by
him will have to be approved by the
commission.
Mr.. Gill will be prepared to submit
2 list of subcontractors this week.
Mr.. Gill entertains no doubt of the
ability of his company to put the con.
struction Of the capitol through with,
in the time limit fixed by the commits
sion. This is July /, 1916. 1t will be
ready for occupancy on that date, he
said, and Gov. Majors desire to ter
inmate his administration in the new
capitol will be gratified,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
GUILTY OF RIDING
NEIGHB0R ON RAIL.
JURY coNvlcTs FIVE WOMEN
THAT DROVE PRETTY WIFE
OUT OF VoLo, ILL
VERDICT DAzED DEFENDANTS
Penalty May Be $500 Fine and Six
Months in Jsil-Plea of Matron,
70 Years old, That She Only
Beat Pan, Wins AcquittaI.

Waukegan, Ill.-Five gray-haired
women of the village of Volo who
rode Mrs. John Richardson on a rail
n night last July because her name
was linked by gossip with that of her
brother-inlaw, were found guilty by
a jury.
Each may be fined 5000 and SEN
fenced to six months in Jail.
The band of militant housewives
was composed of Mrs. Emma Stad-
field, who weighs $50 pounds; Mrs.
LeVina Raymond, Mrs. Alma Watlan,
Mrs. Mary Sabel and Mrs. John Stad.
field. ....
Mrs. Kate Wagner, " years old, the
sixth woman, who started to assist in
carrying Mrs. Richardson outside the
village limits, was freed by the jury
because she returned home before the
victim was given her ride on a rail.
Defendants Dazed at Verdict.
Mrs. Sabel's IS years makes her
the oldest of the convicted five.
The m sat huddled and dazed
in the court room as the verdict was
read. They bore no resemblance to
the angry women, outraged because
they believed a neighbor preferred the
company of another to her crippled
husband, who drew Mrs. Richardson
from her home by a subterfuge, smear
ed her with mud, placed her astride
a weather-heaten scantling, bore her
screaming and fighting to the edge of
town and dumped her to the road with
a warning never to return.
The jury deliberated an hour, large,
ly on the question of freeing Mrs.
Wagner.
Civil Suit for 100000 Pending.
Mrs. Richardson is not vindictive
against her former friends. She is
satisfied with a conviction, and is
agreeable to letting the women off
with a fine. She has a civil suit for
100000 pending against them.
Edward Krepel was also indicted
with the six women. 1t was charged
that, dressed in the garb of a woman,
he assisted in riding Mrs. Richardson
on a rail. He has disappeared.
After the rail ride Mrs. Richardson
fed to the home of relatives. in Chi
cago, but returned to rVolo and is liv-
ing with her husband, who maintains
she is innocent of wrongdoing,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
TO CURB MISSISSIPPI FLOODS
Delegates From Valley States Appeal
to Congress for Appropriation Set
Out in Ransdell Bill.

Washington, D. C.-The need of a
broad policy and Of cooperation be.
tween the federal government and the
states to obtain improved waterways
was the keynote of all the speeches
before the National Rivers and Har.
bors congress. assembled in its tenth
annual session. Representatives from
nearly all parts Of the country took
part in the days program. All agreed
that better waterways were needed
to meet and to help increase the grow
ing commerce of the nation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
JURY CONVICTS FIVE M
Guilty of Riding Woman on Rail-
Penalty May Be 5000 Fine and
Six Months In Jail.

Waukegan, Ill.-Five gray-haired
women Of the village of Volo, who
rode Mrs. John Richardson on a
rail m night last July because her
name was linked by gossip with that
of her brother-in-law, were found
guilty by a jury.
Each may be fined 5000 and SEN
fenced to six months in jail.
The band of militant housewives
was composed Of Mrs Emma Stadfield,
who weighs $50 pounds; Mrs. Levina
Raymond, Mrs. Alma Watlan, Mrs.
Mary Sabel and Mrs. John Stadfeld.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
Dead After a Beating.

Johnston City.-Adolph Frank. a
~Frenchman, who was reported as hav-
ing been beaten by an officer who ar
rested him for being drunk after at
tending a christening at Marion and
who left his home in Johnston City,
was found dead in a creek near West
Frankfort and identified by relatives.
1t is believed he was beaten over the
head SO severely that he became de-
mented.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11

Jefferson C.ty.-Because Mike Kin.
cannon of Joplin, a patrolman IN the
police force, told the wife of a promi-
nent railroad man to "go home and
get some clothes on" when he saw
her on the street wearing a slit skirt,
his resignation was demanded by
Chief Of Police J.. H. Myers. Com
plant of the patrolman's orders to the
woman were filed with the police by
the woman's husband.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
Take Away Unused sugar.

People In France, when they dine at
restaurants, frequently appropriate
the sugar they don't happen to use.
Sugar in France is dear, and what Is
served with the coffee belongs, by
right, to the purchaser as much as
the coffee itself. SO why not take a
lump or two home to little Jeanne or
Pierre7
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
WIN Plead unwrItten Law.

Carthage.-John Thralls, 40 years.
old. of Webb City, Mo-, will be placed
on trial in circuit court in Carthage
for the ~first-degree murder of Edward
Shelton, a former Joplin alderman,
the. night of May % last. Thralls will
plead the unwritten law. Thralls and
his wife were divorced before the kill
ing and he blamed Shelton for his
marital troubles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
Packer RIames Retai.sr.

Omaha, Neb.-If the consumer who
buys beef ribs and loins is paying as
much as he did this time last year his
retailer is absorbing a reduction of
abort rs per cent in the price for
which ne pays for the meat from the
wholesaler, according to General Man
ager Howe of Armour G. Co. +
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
w, c. r. U. Protests Busch statue,

Sedalia.-At a meeting OF the Pettis
County Women's Christian Temper
ance union a resolution was unani-
mously adopted directing that a letter
be sent to the st. Louis branch of the
order protesting against the erection
of a monument to the memory of
Adolphus Busch in a st. Louis park.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
Mormon Youna People Convene.

Holden.-The young peoples socie-
ties Of the Latter Day Saints, includ-
ing Wyandotte, Johnson and Miami
counties, in Kansas, and Jackson.
Cass, Johnson, Lafayette, Saline and
Cooper counties, in Missouri, are as
sembled here in their thirtieth annual
convention. More than 100 delegates
are present, presided over by w. A.
Bushnell of independence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
snowstorm Blocks Traffic.

Denver, Colo.-Denver was snow
bound for a day. Street car traffic was
blocked and thousands we're maroon
ed in the downtown district all night
or we're forced to pillow their way
through two feet Of snow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
knls Three n EIuht.

Bevier.-A triple killing has been
enacted at Coal Camp No. 2S. In a
free-for-all fight, John Gioggloli shot
and killed Paul Borella and another
unidentified Italian, and stabbed
Johns brother, Gussittio Gioggloli, to
death. Gioggloli fed. An all-day
search for him was of no avail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
Roada S1.ooo.ooo viii Al pinner.

Aurora, HID. w. Simpson enter
tanned IL guests at a dinner party by
reading his will ~disposing Of a $1,000
900 estate, inviting them to sign the
document. Mrs. Simpson and Mrs.
Ellen TeSriss, daughters, are to share
the estate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11
velna a. Identltx MARIE.

New York.-The finger printing
method for the Identification Of Grim
inals may ome day be s~upplanted by
photographing the veins Of the hand,
according to Prof. Tamassia of the
University Of Padua, Italy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-11

Paris.-A man known to the police
as Father Christmas" and regarded
as a prosperous stock broker, in the
suburbe where he lived. has con-
fessed that In the last 15 years he has
stolen 1880 900 expensive cigars.