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JOHN BURT IBy FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS | j Author of ••Tbo Kidnapped Millionaires,’’ “Colonel Monroe* Doctrine,” Etc. ! I Copyright. 1902, by ,1 Frkdkbick Uphau Adams All rights reserved COPTRItIHT, 1903. BT A. J. Dbixel Biddle CHAPTER XXVII—Continued. “When I made my start tradin’ bosses I was tickled to death if I sold a hoss an made twenty dollars’ profit. That ten thousand dollars meant the soilin' of more than five hundred bosses, an’ all I had to do was to reach out an’ take it. An’ I gazed at that money an‘ thought how it would look in my bank book, an’ I said to him. ‘Mr. Morris,’ says I ‘I’m your man.’ An" then, seein’ how easy it was to E'ske money here in this city coun cil. I made a deal with him by which I w as to buy up six other aldermen an’ turn ’em over to him, same as if they were a lot of hosses or bags of pota toes. Then we drew up an agreement io vote for the ordinances an’ gave it to Mr. Morris. Here, Mr. Chairman, *is the duly certified copy of that con tract. Part of the money was in cash an the rest in a certified check, an’ 1 1 ave brought it here for your inspec tion. You will note that it is signed by Mr. Arthur Morris and drawn on his bank. “Now, Mr. Chairman, an’ members of tlifs honorable body,” said Sam, turnip and facing his astonished list eners, “I want to say to you that I have changed my mind about voting for these ordinances. My lawyer tells me I don't have to keep this agree ment with Mr. Morris, an’ I’m goin' to sacrifice that ten thousand dollars an’ the ten thousand more which would have been mine when these or dinances pass. Acting qn the advice of my lawyer, I therefore turns this money over to you, with the certified check an’ the agreement we signed. Thankin’ you for your kind attention to this explanation, I votes ‘no’.’” A scene of wildest confusion fol lowed. Half of the members were on their feet demanding recognition. The chairman pounded bis gavel into slivers in a vain attempt to restore order. The storm gradually subsided, and Alderman Hendricks secured rec ognition from the chair. *ln view of the remarkable state patience. According to the falsehood he had told John Burt, Jessie was due to arrive in New York in a few days. He saw a thousand chances for the exposure of his duplicity to one for its success. Onlyin Jessie’s presence did his hopes surmount his fears. He in vented innumerable schemes and dis missed them one by one. One chance remained—an immediate proposal, its urhesitating acceptance, and a hasty marriage. He would carry the citadel of her heart by storm, and bear her away in the confusion and turmoil of the coming battle. "Women have been won in a day,” he mused, "and by knights less well armed than myself. I’ll propose to morrow night! She must accept me —she will acept me. Then, an imme diate marriage and a trip to Europe. Why should that not win? It’s got to win; I’ll make it win.” Thus argued James Blake during a lull in the conversation. This whs worthy of his reckless nature. He cculd rot turn back. The smoke of burning bridges was behind him; the spoils of conquered love awaited his onward march. “It seems impossible that I have known you only a week,” he said, rais i inr his eyes and looking tenderly into Jessie’s face. “I feel as if I’d been acauainted with you for years, and not for a few brief days.” Millions of lovers have voiced the same discovery, and millions more will do it again. "You are singularly forgettul, laughed Jessie, "of our early acquaint ance in Rocky Woods. That was not weeks, but years ago.” "I must give Mr. Morris credit for that bit of imagination,” said Blake. “It has become a reality to me, and I can see you as you were back In those years, and picture you among the rocks and fields we knew so well. Do you go there this season, Miss Car den?” “We leave on the Thursday evening Hi f 7VD. 9 TiT <3A/D. J&57VG W STEXZXLy 70 705 7Z7£77' "77T GQEVG. GOOD 7770777'.'" xr.ents made by my colleague,” he said, “I move a postponement of the vote, and the appointment of a committee to investigate these curious charges.” There were vigorous protests, and the chair ruled that t-he vote must proceed. Each of the six aldermen as sociated with Sam Rounds substantiat ed the charges made, and deposited the bribery money with the chairman. Realizing that defeat was inevitable, all of the ringsters excepting Aider man Hendricks recorded their votes against the ordinances. A motion to adjourn was declared passed, and the excited mob poured into the corridors. CHAPTER XXVIII. The Love of a Man for a Woman. It was not the fault of the chef or cf the service that Arthur Morris did rot enjoy his dinner. Jessie’s beauty, which once charmed him, now inspired him with jealous rage. For Blake he felt unalloyed hatred, and for Gen. Carden a contempt which he did not iry to conceal. He impatiently await ed the morrow, when he hoped to crush James Blake to to extinguish the general. He prayed the news of the council’s decision might be brought to him at dinner. As he brooded a messenger boy ap proached and handed Morris an en velope. “Ah! I presume this is it!” he ex claimed. He adjusted his monocle with elaborate care, broke the envel ope and read: “My Dear Morris: The Cosmopoli tan franchises were defeated by a practically unanimous vote. Rounds and six others charge you with bribery. Rounds exhibited your certified check. Am on my way to the Hoffman House. Meet me there at once. Destroy this. “H.” The note fell from the speculator’s hand and fluttered to the floor. He stared wildly around, but no words came to his lips. “Any answer, boss?” The piping voice of the messenger boy, as he stood, cap in band, recalled him to earth. * “No,” he said pushing his chair from the table and rising unsteadily to his feet. “I’m going. Goodnight!” “Forty-five cents, boss,” demanded the messenger. “Get out of th» way, damn you! Pay this boy, Blake!” and he rushed for the dressing room. Blake picked up the note and tore it into pieces. He knew the purport of the message which had caused the precipitate departure of Arthur Morris, but he did not disclose it. “Some important Wall street matter, I suppose,” he ventured, in answer to the questioning surprise of Jessie and Edith. “His expression positively fright ened me!” said Edith. “Did you no tice how white he turned when he r«aad that note? It must have been something awful! Perhaps his father is deed?” The impending overthrow of Morris fed tho flames of James Blake’s im boat,” was the reply. Nothing could have suited Blake better. He would Sell John Burt that Jessie had post poned her departure from France. He then would plead ill health and join Jessie in Hingham, and their marriage and wedding trip should follow. The first cards had fallen in his favor, and be determined to press bis advantage. “May I call to-morrow evening, and not plead business with the general as a pretext?” he asked boldly. “I may not get another chance to see you before you leave. You see I’m already presuming on these years of friend ship.” “Gen. Carden attends a banquet to morrow evening, but Edith and I will be at home and we'll be delighted if l ou’ll drop in to relieve the monot ony,” replied Jessie. “Uncle Tom plays a splendid hand at whist and you csn take papa's place." Blake’s spirits mounted high as hope fea the springs of his longing. The hour was late when he bade his fellowr guests good-night at the carriage door, end his being thrilled with the touch ol her hand and the light of her smile at parting. Blake strolled slewiy up the ave nue, in the direction of his apartments. He bad not gone two squares when he met John Burt. In all the years in San Francisco and New York this was the first time they had met in a public thoroughfare. One of the horses haul ing a wagon laden with stage settings had fallen and blocked the street. Blake concealed his confusion by locking up and dowrn the street for a carriage. He finally hailed a driver, and they were rapidly driven to his apartments. “We must perfect our plan* for to morrow,” said John. “The city coun cil defeated the Cosmopolitan fran chises to-night, and I shall move against L. & O. to-morrow morning.” The voice was oalm, but it held a note of triumph and of quiet confl uence. It hinted at no suspicion, and Blake drew a long breath of relief as he thought of his third escape. He shuddered to think of what would have happened had Gen. Carden postponed bio departure from the din ing room by a few minutes. He pic tured John Burt entering the room, his steady gaze fixed first on himself and then on Jessie Carden. So vivid was the imaginary picture that he felt all the horror of the situation. “This is my last speculative cam paign." said John. “For years I have been a gold-grubbing and money-mak ing machine, and I hope my better in stincts have survived the strain. We shall triumph to-morrow, and when it is ended you shall bo. in fact as well as in name, the head of tho firm of James Blake & Company. I can retire from active participation iu its affairs as quietly as I entered, and you have fairly won whatever of prestige at taches to the name.f’ Before Blake could find words to re ply, the carriage stopped in front of bis apartment. They entered and fuund Hawkins awaiting them. “1 m making myself at home, Blake,” he said. “I’ve kept your man busy get ting cigars and refreshments. Let’s get down to business,^gentlemen. It’s past midnight, and we'll need all the sleep we can get.” For nearly two hours they worked at the plans for the battle which was to come. At times Blake was ab sorbed in the discussion, again his mind wandered to the woman he would buy at the price of his honor. Then he thought of John Burt’s princely pledge, and like a flash there came to him an impulse which thrilled hie very soul with a happiness in which were throbs of poignant pain. Not many blocks away another con ference was in progress. Staid bank diiectors and financiers associated with Arthur Morris had been aroused from their slumbers and were assem bled in his rooms. Bewildered for the moment by the unexpected blow, Mor i is took measures for defense with a vigor which was keyed by a sense of imminent danger. His suspicion tha< James Blake was the cause of his c efeat became a certainty when a re porter informed him that Blake and Samuel L. Rounds were boyhood com panions, and that the latter had beeD seen in Blake’s offices. The east was crimsoned with sun light before the conference ended The weary men of money left Morris’ rooms and sought a few hours of rest before facing the ordeal of the day For mutual protection they had formed a pool; had pledged themselves to sup port the market against the expected onslaught of Blake’s millions. Why were these masked millions drawn up in battle array? Why did men of vast affairs wait with drawn faces and bated wreaths the hour wTen the clash of opposing fortunes should sound the signal for merciless conflict? Because of a woman—a woman pure as an opening bud and gentle as the dew which kisses it. Why had James Blake proved false to the man who unselfishly befriended him? Why had he sought to repay loy alty with perfidy? Because of a woman—a woman whose loving heart was incapable of deceit. (To be continued.) EVER SEE A WHITE COLT? According to Texas Man They Are a Scarce Article. “Did you ever see a white colt?” said the Texas man. “Say,” . responded the driver, “you are turning ’em out too fast for me. You want to know if I ever saw a colt in New York, and now you ask me did I ever see a white colt. To give it to you right oft the griddle, I never did.” “I don’t reckon you ever did,” said the Texan. “I've been looking for a white colt for forty years. I had a standing offer for a long while from Barnum to furnish him a white colt, but none I ever saw come that way. There are white horses. I reckon they must have been white colts at some time, but you may take my ears for fans if I evr saw a white colt. And I never saw a man that did.” “Sorry we have none to show you,” remarked the lecturer, getting ready to pull out. ^ “Here’s my kyard,” said the Texas man, “and if you ever hear of such a thing in this town or any other town, yon hold on to it until I get here. I reckon Mounty Cristo wouldn't be in it w’ith me if I ever got a white colt.”—New York Sun. Red Hair’s Triumph. Fashion changes even in the color of a woman’s hair. Twenty years ago hair with a reddish tinge was called “carrots”; now titian-colored locks are reckoned a definite beauty, and are possessed b- several oj the most pop ular women in London. In an old book written by the late Mrs. Haweis, entitled “The Art of Beauty,” there is a clever chapter on “Visible and Invisible Girls,” in which the first word was said in favor of the long-neglected red-haired sister hood. And they were seriously advised to dress in the pre-Raphaelite style. Now how strange it all seems! Time changes all things. At last weeks private view of Mr. Reginald Pannett’s “Sketches of the Women of To-day,” a charming lady of much Parisian chic was cleverly pictured with red hair, attired hi a rose-red gowrn, and the effect was perfect. The bright-haired beauty has come to her own.—M. A. P. Landsmen Best Naval Gunners. Three of the best marksmen in the United States navy, curiously enough, hail from far inland Oklahoma. One is C. W. Johnson, who made the world’s record with the huge 16-inch gun recently installed at Fort Wright, on Fisher’s Island, New York harbor. J. W. Creitz, of the new battleship Maine, made eight shots in a minute with a 6-inch gun and hit the target eight times at 1,600 yards, the ship meantime going twelve knots an hour. Earl Barnes, a son of ex-Gov. Barnes, of Oklahoma, is now a first lieutenant in the navy, but previous to his pro motion he made an excellent record at the target. He is now on duty at Panama. A Family Fire Drill. A family fire drill occasionally, where there are little children, is an excellent plan. Provide them with a wool dressing gown and slippers to keep near the bed, and teach them at the first alarm of fire to slip them on, throw a blanket or rug over head and shoulders, and if possible tie a wet handkerchief, preferably silk, over their mouths and then take the most direct way out. Teach them bow to put out a small fire with rugs or blankets, stopping direct draughts by closing doors or windows, and, above all, to keep cool and collected. Where He Was Hurt. An Irish teamster was a complain ing witness in court the other day. He had been cut in a fight. “Where vere you stabbed?” asked the prosecutor. “In the hock of my IcR leg,” replied Dougherty. Amid laugher the witness explained he meant that he had been injured just below the calf of his leg.-— Phila delphia Telegraph. NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER I WAS SPANISH WAR VETERAN j 8ketch model of the statue for the University of Minnesota to commemo rate the services of the students who served in the war with Spain. The first monument in honor of the men who fought and In memory of the men who died in th'e Spanish war will t-3 erected by the University of Min nesota, and a Boston woman sculptor has been awarded the commission, Mrs. Theo. A. Ruggles Kitson. The model which Mrs. Kitson made has been accepted, and she is to be gin work immediately on the full-size figi’Fe of the Spanish war veteran that is to constitute the principal feature of the monument and which is to be j Cast in bronze. Mrs. Kitson made the type of civil tvar soldier which will undoubtedly , live as the one which most nearly i embodies the spirit of the volunteer I soldier of 1861, in the famous New burypart monument, which has been duplicated on the battlefield of Vicks burg; and now she has given to the world still another type of the Ameri can volunteer—the man who carried arms in 1898 in the war with Spain. Mrs. Kitson has succeeded admir ably in expressing the spirit of the soldier of the Spanish war, more espe cially perhaps the type which volun teered from the schools and universi ties; and as this monument is for such an inst tution and is to be erect ed in honor of the men who went to the front from the University of Min nesota, it is in every way adequate as well as artistic. ENGLISH PRIMATE IN AMERICA. Archbishop of Canterbury Comes to Attend Episcopal Convention. The Rt. Hon. and Most Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson, D. D., K. C. V. O., lord archbishop of Canterbury and pri mate of all England, arrived at New York Aug. 27, accompanied by his wife and the vicar of Windsor. The archbishop went direct to Quebec, and on Sunday preached in the cathe dral in that eity, the occasion being the 100th anniversary of the dedica tion of the church. With his party he will also go to Montreal and Toronto. * Dr. Davidson Is to receive an honorary I degree from the Toronto university. He will then visit friends on the coast of Maine, hoping for a mucl^ needed rest while with them. After this he will pay bis respects to President Roosevelt and make various visits. On Oct. 4 he expects to reach Bos ton for the sessions of the general pr&y Z3CG. JHT&JOr convention of the Protestant Episco pal church. He will sail for England from New York on Oct. 14. Bishop Potter and a delegation of clergy of the New York diocese met the distinguished visitor at the dock. The archbishop said he had greatly enjoyed the, ocean voyage and was in excellent health. Fearful and Wonderful Name. At Hamilton, Ohio, James Gill of Toledo has married a girl whose father Insisted on having her full name of ‘Missouri Arkansas Napoleon Four Hundred Miles Below the Mouth of the Ohio Absher” placed on the records when the marriage license was ob tained. Henry Absher, the man guilty ■>f inflicting such a dreadful combina tion of words upon his daughter, ex plained that she was named in honor it an aunt who lived at Napoleon, on the Mississippi river, in Arkansas, 400 miles below the mouth of the Ohio. Senator Platt's Joke. Some New York notables, including Senator Platt and Gov. Odell, were chatting not long ago when the latter told of a visit he had been paying to a prison. He was admitted by a “trusty” who. on closing the gate be hind him, said: “Governor, one good turn deserves another. I let you in; why can’t you let me out? Honest, I’m no more deserving of being in here than you are.” Senator Platt cackled grimly as he remarked: “No wonder that fellow is a ‘trusty.’ He’s a good judge of men.” \ REVIVAL OF THE CELTIC. Irishmen in Eastern Cities Are Study ing Ancient Tongue. In Brooklyn and Manhattan, and in fact in most of the eastern cities, there seems to be a revival of the Cel tic language. Classes are being formed every day in Gotham and in the city across the bridge over which scholars of the ancient tongue preside, and the membership of these classes is daily increasing. One of Gotham’s police captains joined a class the other day because he said he was ashamed to acknowledge that he did not know over a dozen words of the Celtic toague. The Germans, he con tended, use their mother tongue when they pet together, and why should not the Irish do the same thing? The spread of the Gaelic tongue, however, is little noticed or known outside of Irish circles, although cultivating a new language in the polyglot United States is such an unusual thing that it ought to compel attention, especially from scholars and sociologists, when it becomes known that the Gaelic tongue, according to some authorities, was the first language of civilized man In the new world. Erie County’s Oldest Inhabitant. Mrs. Delilah George celebrated on Friday. Aug. 12, the one hundred and seventh anniversary of her birth. She resides, with her son and daughter, in a weather-beaten, two-story frame house about two miles east of the vil lage of Lancaster, Erie county. James George, the son, is eighty-seven years old, and has been blind since he was twenty-one years of age. He lost his sight by going in bathing immediately after a day’s work at cradling grain. He was in his younger days noted for his great strength. Mrs. Harriet D. Norton, the only daughter, is seventy three years old. Mrs. George was was born at Wells, Rutland county, Vt., Aug. 12, 1897. She is a pensioner of the war of 1812, her husband, Joel George, having served in the militia at the same time as her father. It was during the war of 1812 that the British and Indians burned Buffalo, and it is probable that Mrs. George is the only living person that can viv idly recall that event.—Buffalo Times. Russia’s Foremost Statesman. Though not without reproach, Serge Witte is not a reactionary like the late Von Plehve, who so recently paid with his life the penalty of his ambi tious illiberality. A successful finan cial manipulator, a sort of political tight-rope walker, personally clean but politically corrupt—throwing a sop to Cerebrus here and a bone there, so long a# he might hold the balance of power—such is a recent estimate of Serge Witte, the man to whom Russia seems to look as her one hopa in her hour of need. Governor Had the Power. Gov. Herrick of Ohio is aocustomed to taking a spin in his automobile every morning when in Cleveland. A park policeman reported him as hav ing exceeded the speed limit nnd Chief of Park Police Goldsall went. to see the governor about it. The latter owned up that he had been going at a lively gait, whereupon the chief said that a repetition of the offense would mean arrest. “That’s right, chief,” said the governor, “always do your uuty. But if you put me in jail, Joe, I’ll par don myself out.” Reports received by the Northwest ern Miller from 500 millers in the Da kotas and Minnesota give the spring wheat crop of the three states at 170, 000,000 bushels. This is 30,000,000 bushels less than indicated thirty days ago, before the rust struck it, and 3.000. 000 bushels less than last year's yield. The acreage of Minnesota is 5.393.000, an increase of 2 per cent over 1903. This state has a larger acreage of good wheat harvested than was lost in some of the others. South Dakota’s acreage is 3,424,000, an in crease of 2 per cent. North Dakota's acreage of 4,350,000 increased 8 per cent. All the crop is harvested in South Dakota, and mostly in North Dakota and Minnesota except in north ern portions. Average yield per acre of three states in 1903 was 13.2 bush els, the highest being 13.8 bushels for North Dakota. Thrashing returns this year give Minnesota 5 to 20 bushels South Dakota 5 to 15 bushels and North Dakota 8 to 15 bushels. MRS. MAYBRICK TO REST. Unfortunate Woman Now Sojourning in the Catskiil Mountains. Mrs. Florence Maybrlck, immediate ly on landing in New York from Eu rope, left for the Catskiil mountains. She goes there to visit in the home of Dr. Emmett Densmore, where she will remain for some time. Dr. Densmore was extremely inter ested in Mrs. Maybrick’s case while she was imprisoned in England, and was energetic in aiding to secure her release. Mrs. Maybrlck will recuperate in the mountains from her long confine ment in prison. While thanking Amer icans earnestly for their endeavors in her behalf, Mrs. Maybrick declined Mrs. Maybrick as she looked upon her arrival in New York. to give details of her experiences in England until she has entirely recov ered her health and vigor. Secretary Morton’s Pun. Secretary ot the Navy Morton, al though he has possessed the navy portfolio only a short time, has al ready achieved something of a repu tation in Washington as a “punster.” The other day when, through a mis understanding, Miss Margaret Tread way of Dubuque, Iowa, and Miss Anna Hull, the daughter of Representative Hull of Iowa, were both asked to christen the gunboat Dubuque, launch ed at the yards of the Gas Engine & Power Company at Morris Heights, Mr. Morton was called upon to straighten matters out. He deliber ated for a while and then remarked gravely: “I guess Miss Treadway will have to officiate. I never heard of two ‘hulls’ at one launching before, did you?”. Progressive New York Women. There is a young woman in New York who makes a' good living by acting as a visiting valet to lap dogs owned by rich women. The girl bathes and combs and makes the toilets of the dogs, and in some instances even takes the pampered pets out for air ings on the avenue or in the park. An other young woman lias built up for herself a profitable business in the polishing and keeping in order of the silver on my lady's toilet table. She makes it her specialty and has ob tained for herself quite a number of fashionable customers. Her f<*e is $1 a week and she does the cleaning and burnishing without taking the silver from the owner’s home. Suffer from White House Glare. Inflammation of the eyes is a com mon complaint among police officers and secret service men detailed for duty at the white house, particularly among those whose duty it is to patrol the grounds immediately adjoining the mansion. The trouble is caused by the constant and brilliant glare of the white building. A coat of fresh paint was applied recently and the reflected rays of the sun constantly keep those in range squinting their eyes. Sev eral of the officers have had more or less trouble with Inflammation. Wealthy Tot’a Birthday Party. Fife Widener, the 3-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Widener of Philadelphia, celebrated her third birthday in Newport by giving a gar den party and luncheon. Her grand father, P. A. B. Widener, the million aire traction magnate of Philadelphia, presented the little child with a check for $500,000, but she was more inter ested in a big birthday cake, on which blazed three tiny candles, and gifts from Masters Cornelius and Alfred Vanderbilt, George Widener and other infant swains. PROBLEM OF WHEAT RUST, Urgent Need for Discovering Method to Exterminate Pest. Aside from showing the vast dam age to the growing wheat crop of the Northwest—due to rust—investigation has emphasized the noteworthy fact that this ravaging fungus, for years subjected to scientific investigation, still offers a problem in the solution of which little progress has been made. Authorities seem to be fairly agreed as to the origin of the pest. They un derstand how it is propagated and how it spreads. They realize the great loss it causes to the farmers—some esti mating it as high as $60,000,000 in a single year; but when it. comes to suc cessful methods for exterminating the pest or of preventing it from attack ing the wheat, science and our own Department of Agriculture appear to be completely at sea. The government experts have been watching with some interest the ef forts of the Australian farmers to con quer the rust fungus by opposing to it resistant varieties of wheat; but not withstanding the encouraging measure of success that has followed these ex periments no systematic study of rust resistance has been made by the United States Department of Agricul ture. After reading the effect of rust on the wheat crops of Minnesota and Dakota, it will appear to the public— and particularly to the farmer—that the Department of Agriculture should make the solving of this problem a prompt, earnest and persistent enter prise. The cost of the necessary invest! ga tion and experimentation is not to be considered in view of the immense losses sustained in seasons favorable to the rapid growth of the rust fun gus. If by spending $1,000,000 the gov ernment could save to the farmers of this country even a quarter or a tenth of the estimated loss now suffered through this pest in one year, it would prove to be a permanent investment of practically incaleulable value.— Chicago Post. REDMOND A LEADER OF MEN. Hae Position So Long Occupied by the Late Charles Stewart Parnell. Although John E. Redmond Is very unlike the late Charles Stewart Par nell, many of his countrymen recog nized in him a leader possessed of the same great qualities of leadership. vcms.j^mab1 He is one of the conspicuous figures in the convention of Irish National Leagues, now being held at New York. Extreme Woman Suffagist. Frau Ellse Schaaf, who recently committed suicide in Berlin, was one of the most prominent champions of woman suffrage in Germany, but she was so extreme in her views and so violent in language that the more conservative suffragtots repudiated her. The manuscript of a book which she intended to call “How I Became a Suffragist" was submitted to several friendly members of the German par liament, all of whom counseled her to suppress it because it would result in a number of libel suits. Family of Railroad Men. Four brothers hailing from Bloom ington, 111., are railroad superintend ents. The men in question are: William Cotter, manager of the Mis souri Pacific with headquarters at St. Louis; John J. Cotter, superintendent of the Southern system with head quarters at Birmingham, Ala.; Ste phen E. Cotter, superintendent of the Wabash at Decatur, 111., and George F. Cotter, superintendent of the Colo rado Southern with headquarters at Trinidad, Col. The quartet stand high in the railroad world.
