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An immense man stood, stiffly at tke
rindoTT awaiting us. His bearing was
slovenly, as was his attire. The spec
tacles and the puffy face; unnaturally
.pale, suggested the habits of the stu
dent. But the eyes, small, crafty, and
very bright. Instantly corrected my
first impression, aad left ine baffled
and vaguely distrustful. It was the
man whose reflection I liad seen in
the pier-glass. '
"Ah, my cousin at last!' Georges,
this is Mr. Haddon, an American., He.
comes to the chateau at Alterhoffen as
our guest"
It was impossible to doubt' that he
had spied on me' with Madame de
Varier's consent. But I was certain
that he heard pf my consent to go to
Alterhoffen with positive annoyance.
I was not blind to the significant look
that passed between them: the eyes
of .Madame de Varier dilating in tri
umph and defiance; Dr. Starva equal
ly defiant and sullen.
Evidently there was discord in the
camp. Dr. Starva did not welcome
the fly that had consented to walk into
the web. Well, so much the- better.
A little discord might prove useful.
. "Madam is an admirable host," Dr.
Starva said slowly in French. "But if
the guest is to be quite happy he.must
be content to amuse himself as
madam wishes.
The words were almost a threat. I
looked with repulsion at this pale,
flabby, shuffling giant It would be
well to be on my guard against him.
He might be dangerous. But half the
battle was won in realizing that
Madame de Varnier met his bold
. .sally, insolently careless.
"A diner, messieurs," she cried gay
ly, and took my arm, leaving the .huge
Dr. Starva to follow.
CHAPTER XII.
Treachery.
Three hours later Dr. Starva and
myself were on the little steamboat en
route for Vitznau, a journey of an
hour. I had met him at the quay; he
was alone. Madame de Varnier, he
coolly informed me, had taken an
earlier boat I was not to see her un
til next morning.
Frankly, I scarcely liked that I
could have wished for a more con
genial companion. However, I was
embarked on an adventure; and must
take things as they came. It was to
be a game of give and take. I was de
liberately permitting myself to be their
tool for the moment; I was to serve
their purpose. My wages for the serv
ice were to be the opportunity of find
ing Sir Mortimer Brett Until I had
penetrated the mystery of his disap
pearance I would be as clay in their
hands. Perhaps it might be necessary
to be their partner for the nonce in
their intrigues. They might wonder
at my docility or guilelessness, but
they should not question it That was
the delicate task I must bend myself
to 'for the present
We had seated ourselves well for
ward and were'quite alone, for at this
late hour the boat carried few pas
sengers. The wind coming from the
snow-clad neaks was piercing. I shiv
ered, but rather from excitement than
from the chilly air. Already the lights
of Vitznau could be seen dimly through
the thick mists.
Dr. Starva, rolling a huge cigar in
the corner of his loose, sensual mouth,
regarded me fixedly under shaggy eye
brows. "It is cold. We must have some
cognac" Without asking for my as
sent, he summoned a waiter.
Even in so trivial a matter as the
appropriateness of refreshments his
tone was more a command than an in
vitation. The cagnac would be wel
come enough, but one less observing
than myself might have noticed the
alacrity with which he welcomed the
excuse for the liquor.
"Do you know what it is to have a
headache?" he asked, and, fumbling
clumsily in his waistcoat pocket he
pVoduced a tiny packet
"No," I said, yawning, and watching
him idly.
"Ah, you are fortunate. This little
powder is a great benefactor to me.
We are close to Vitznau. Through
the trees there yau can get a glimpse
of the hotel we .are to stop at"
He. pointed at a building, a quarter
of a mile distant from the landing
stage we were fast approaching, hold
ing in mid-air the packet of powder
preparatory -to placing- it on his
tongue.
I looked where he pointed; there
was not much to see; the' mist en
veloped everything. The boy ap
proached with the cognac
My elbows on the table, I fingered
carelessly the little glass placed in
front .of me, while that of Dr. Starva
was being filled. As I tippped it to
ward, me I caught a glimpse of a white
powder in the bottom of my glass. -
Dr Starva's headache powder!
Here was treachery .indeed! .Bat I
did not move a -muscle I lifted my
eyes slowly. Dr. Starva's fereat head
was tipped back. The packet, empty
of its powder, of course, was placed at
his lips. But his rat-like eyes were
watching me narrowly.
I had need to think and act quickly.
The powder was a narcotic to deaden
my senses. That must be prevented
at any cost; and yet he must think
that I had taken the drug.
He had called my attention to the
hotel while he cleverly slipped the
powder into the glass. I ought not to
be less adroit
As the waiter passed aromnd the
table his decanter in hand, I thrust
oat my leg and tripped hint up neatly.
He fell against Dr. Starva, the
ter still held carefully aloft
In that moment of confusion I
tied the contents of my glass into my
handkerchief. When Starva, furious
and perhaps suspicious, pushed, the
man fiercely from him and looked at
me, I was laughing heartily at his "mis
hap, the handkerchief in one handthe
other holding out-the glass for. the"
brandy, the fingers closing over 1 io
hide it from his "view.'
"Santel" he criedbol8teroHslyrjand
drained 'tha contents oi.his glass at a
gulp. I followed his example, and in'
spite of the powerful liquor,. I tasted
(or fancied I tasted) the dregs of the
bitter drug. '""
"Pah!" I cried in disgust, and was
careful to hand the glass to the waiter
instead of placing it 6ntbVtable: "I
have tasted better brandy than that in
my life."
The expression of disgust promptly
assured him that I had really drunk
the potion given me. But now that I
was supposed to have taken itI won
dered precisely what effect it should
have on me, and how soon that elect
should be felt .
Fortunately, he concerned himself
with our luggage, for the boat was al
most at the dock. When he returned
to my side I greeted him in sleepy in
difference. He looked at me keenly.
I was not blind to his satisfaction. He
shook my shoulder.
"What Is it! Are we arrived?" I
rose to my feet unsteadily.
"Yes, and it is necessary to hurry."
The handful of , passengers had al
ready left the boat We descended
the gangway slowly, Dr. Starva's arm
grasping mine. "
We entered the closed carriage that
The Packet Was
awaited us. I lurched clumsily into
the vehicle, and sat crouched up in
the corner, my head sunk on my
breast .1 assumed it "safe and fitting
that I should appear passably indiffer
ent as to what passed now. Certainly
by -this time the drug would have
taken some effect had I swallowed it
But I need not say that I had my wits
-with me.
My companion unfastened a valise
he had brought into the carriage with
him. I confess I watched him out of
the corner of my eye in some trepida
tion. I was thankful- when he produced
nothing more formidable than a mili
tary cloak and a felt hat To my
'astonishment he deftly slipped from
my shoulders the light covert coat I
wore, and took my hat from my head,
substituting the garments he had
taken from his bag.
I could have laughed aloud, his con
fidence in my condition was so abso
lute, and his antics so extraordinary.
When I left the' carriage presently,
surely the driver must see the change
in my attire, and have his suspicions
unless he were in Dr. Starva's confi
dence! And this fact did not escape me:
The hat did not ingulf nWrraa.it
must have' done had it .been Dr.
Starva's. - ;.
Then if It were not his own
In an instant J had guessed 'some
thing of his game. "
CHAPTER XIII.
Unwilllnfly.
It taust have been after midnight
when the carriage drew up under the
porte-cochere of the hotel. Dr. Starva
alightedand met the concierge at the
vestibule I heard little of what was
said at first, hut the surprise of the
concierge was evident He tossed his
arias about, and burst into excited pro
tests. ,, Presently (and I could seothat
Starva was annoyed at the action) he
came to the door of the carriage and
peered within. I sat huddled up in
the comer, apparently asleep.
"He n very ill his Excellency!"
cried the concierge in French.
"Listen to me." sternly replied
SUnrmto tke
rapwigy fowly.
or
The feDow looked at; Dr. 8tarva,
wildered.
"Mais, mammals " 1
in expostaUtioaMtatimg at
Appearance fwsfMMtbea treach
erous" said gtarva.rily.' and added
with marked careleaaneas; Madape
de Varnler-mrriTedrV "
"An hour. ago,BHittedthe Jaam,
his round eyes .still staring at mev
"Then, do yon think, fooVthat-vhis
Excellency would come to this hotel
at midnight, and at -the hourjthat she
arrives?! a Are there, no .tongues to
'talk? -Are therenovyestopry?H If
Mr. Haddon" be f? emphasized ithe
name--prefers to i-jbe,;? nursed .by a
beautiful .woman, shall Jj his physician,
refuse? ,-But for his -Excellency to be
nursedby a beautiful a woman at
leasC'r he added .meaningly, "for. the
world t$ know it-now do yon understand?"-1?
, y v v
He towered over the little concierge,
6taring'dQwn.-nt him fiercely' vindic
tive. At the. same time he slipped
into the servant's unresisting hand a
number of crisp notes. The hand pf
theconcierge closed overthesaalovlng
ly; his broad, good-humored face slow
ly expanded into a smile of perfect
comprehension.
"But yes, I see it all as clearly as
the nose on my face." The little
wretch, placed his forefinger on that
organ and winked.
"Then yon will see that there are
no inquisitive servants to spy imperti
nently Take us up on the lift your
self. The porter may leave the bag
gage below, since Mr. Haddon goes
early to-morrow morning with his
nurse and his physician. He must
not be disturbed in his rest To-night
he is very ill, as you see: There is a
long journey before us to-morrowr I
shall arrange with you later concern
ing the diligence. Lastly, you will dis
creetly keep your eyes away. You
will certainly not see his Excellency."
Dr. Starva now placed one foot on
the carriage step, and leaning toward
me,' gently aroused me. I opened my
Lifted
Lips.
eyes slowly and muttered something
to' the effect that we had arrived.
Alighting, I grasped his arm mechan
ically, and we proceeded slowly into
the hotel, across the hall, to the eleva
tor. The little" concierge trotted sol
emnly in front of us. -
The elevator, as well-as the hall and
corridors was deserted at this late
hour. We met no one.
Arriving at the suite of rooms al
loted to us' the concierge was sum
marily dismissed. But before he left
us the servant insisted, on whispering
to Dn Starva these words, which no
'doubted startled him as much as they
did me:
"The sister of his Excellency is in
the hotel. Shall I tell her that"
. Dr. Starva clutched the shoulder of
his informant, and held him In a fierce,
vise-like grip.
"Thrice times stubborn fool!" he
growled, "what concern .is it to Mr.
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" the BetL
H. B. Smith of Monterey, CaL, has
a remarkable hay horse,-Mnggina,
which appears to have more religious
instinct than' tht majority of animals.
The horse has been used by Mr. Smith
forth last 25 years to draw the fami
ly to the village church. In the last
20 years there have been only two
Sundays on which ' Muggins didn't
have to carry some, member of the
family to church. The second occa
sion was a few Sundays ago. A year
ago the horse was turned, into the
yard for a little Sunday recreation and
nothing more was thought of Muggins
until the far lislssi touoc tne enurcn
ben was heard. ' Then the horse
pricked up his ears, and rsalMag that
he was late, started off at a quick
pace tor the church. ,He went directly
the shed and took his
Haddon that the sister ot
sacr Brett is at wis hotel?
yon wffl.notrtaIllher."r. t
, Be thrust his spectacled, iiamd face
done to that of the tresablinc servant
Then -releasing bint suddenly, he
pmahed him without, the little coa
cferge rabbtag his shoulder ruefully.
Immediately he regretted this., un
necessary violence He stepped out
into the corridor, and I guessed that
he had smoothed the injured vanity of
the gold-laced official with more of the
crisp notes.
He had scarcely entered the room
again before he admitted Madame de
Varnier, and again the key was turned.
They lost no time in vain talk or
congratulations on the success of their
trick, whatever its meaning might be.
Dr. Starva half led, half carried me
into a bedroom, adjoining. There I
was put to bed with as little -ceremony
as a helpless infant is disposed
of for the night For a moment Starva
looked down on me grimly. . Then he
disappeared, closing the door care
fully behind hini. '
Now, indeed, I- understood' why
Helena Brett 'and her mother had been
so startled when first they had seen
me why Madame de Varnier had
shown herself no less concerned why
I had caught, Dr. Starva spying on' me
why it was plotted that I should be
drugged and brought hither in this
melodramatic fashion.
In the world's history there have
been many instances of men playing
the pretender, but certainly none
more innocent than myself. I should
be' dense indeed now did I fail to com
prehend everything from Madame de,
Vamier's first greeting, to the episode
of the cloak and hat
I recalled the woman'a ghastly de
spair when she had read the telegram
in the kursaal. "He is dead," she had
repeated over and over.
Sir Mortimer Brett, minister pleni
potentiary at the court of Sofia, was
dead. The adventurers for some pur
pose of their own, not yet to be
guessed, had deliberately planned that
I be mistaken for hiin at this hotel.
That the ambassador was dead was
a bitter disappointment to my hopes.
The opportunity to fulfill the task that
Helena had given me was not to be
mine after all. And now that I knew
that, what further excuse had I to be
as clay in the hands of these people?
I was tempted to burst into the room,
there, to prick the bubble of their in
trigue. N
But if I did, that though I might baf
fle the execution of their plans, I
should be .utterly ignorant as to the
nature of those plans. The danger to
myself in continuing to play the role
of accomplice was very great The of
ficers of the .law would not be so touch
ingly simple as to believe that I was
abetting, the plans of this precious
couple only with a' view of bringing
them to final justice.
But much. more. alarming than possi
ble danger to myself was the fact that
Helena Brett was in this hotel.
Before morning a cruel but just
chance might bring us face to face,
and in her eyes I should stand con
victed of the grossest villainy. With
diabolical cunning. Dr. Starva had in
sisted that I was Mr. Haddon, and yet
he had deliberately planned that I be
mistaken for Sir Mortimer Brett The
intent to deceive was obvious.
When that were proved, on my head
would fall the greatest censure For
who would believe that I was an inno
cent victim? Bqt I had gone too far
to retreat now. Or rather, I had not
gone far enough. Granted that Sir
Mortimer Brett were dead, and that
my elaborate plans, to rescue him from
the hands of these adventurers were a
failure, the .fact remained that for
some dark purpose of their own the
conspirators were ' either concealing
the knowledge of his death, or were
using that knowledge for some base
purpose. They must- be brought to
justice. That justice could be obtained
surely and swiftly only at risk to my
self. Howjnany minutes had passed now?
Dared I move, dared I even open my
eyes? For aught I knew they were
'watching me, were even in the room
at this instant I lay quite still, breath
ing stertorously.
The handle of the door was turned
sharply. I heard the weight of Dr.
Starva thrown against it as it jammed
'and for some moments resisted his
efforts.
t The flare of an electric light fell on
my face. He stood at my bedside I
muttered incoherently, tossing about
and -turning my face from the glare.
Then I was alone again.
I was in a room little larger than
an American hall bedroom. They
were cavalier enough of the dignity of
Sir Mortimer Brett's understudy. I
must be lying in the chamber of the
valet and not of the master.
Ix leaped lightly to the floor, I tip
toed to the closed door. To my con
sternation it was too tightly closed to
permit me to see anything in the room
beyond. It had creaked loudly. In re
sisting Dr. Starva's efforts; certainly
I was not so rash as to attempt to
oiwm -ft however cantlonalv and
I Slightly. .
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
tomed place; where he remained until
it was time logo home '"
'A couple of weeks ago the horse
made his "second appearance at the
church alone. Mr.1 Smith had placed
Muggins In a Stan and had left the
stable door slightly ajar. The old
bell toned exceptionally load and long,
and Muggins could not resist the call
la some manner he slipped his halter
and made his way front the stable
to the church, where lsresaalned
until the service was over.wThe par
son patted the horse affectjohatoly as
he trotted up to the door, .and then
he started on his homeward journey.
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to resign," said one Russian ofldaL
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at a disadvantage. If he predicts bad
news Ae comes into royal disfavor.
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Confessed Murderer, of Gov.
Boise, Idaho. Alfred Horsley, alias
Harry Orchard, the actual' assassin of
Frank Steunenberg, went on the stand
Wednesday as a witness against Wil
liam D. Haywood, and made public
confession of a long chain of brutal,
revolting crimes, done, he said, at the
inspiration and for the pay of the
leaders of the Western Federation of
Miners.
An undertaking by the special pros
ecutors for the state that they would,
by later proof and connection, legiti
matize his testimony opened the way
like a floodgate to the whole diaboli
cal story and throughout the entire
day Orchard went on from crime re
cital to crime recital, each succeeding
one seemingly more revolting than
those that had come before.
, .. Tells of Revolting Crimes.
Orchard confessed that as a mem
ber of the mob that wrecked the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill in the
Coeur d'Alenes he lighted one of the
fuses that carried fire to the giant
explosion; confessed that he set the
death trap in the Vindicator mine at
Cripple Creek that blew out the lives
of Superintendent McCormlck and
Foreman Beck; confessed that be
cause he had not been paid for his
first attempt at violence In the Vindi
cator mine he had been treacherous
to his associates by warning the man
agers of the Florence & Cripple Creek
railway that there was a plot to
blow up their trains; confessed that
he cruelly fired three charges of
buckshot into the body of Detective
Lyte Gregory, pf Denver, killing him
instantly; confessed that for days he
stalked Gov. Peabody about Denver,
waiting a chance to kill him; con
fessed that he and Steve Adams set
and discharged the mine under the
depot at Independence that instantly
killed 14 men, and confessed that fail
ing in an attempt to poison Fred
Bradley, of San Francisco, he blew
him and his house up with a bomb of
gelatin.'
And he has more brutal crimes to
tell that wiU bring his bloody career
down to its end at Caldwell, where
with a great bomb he killed Gov.
Steunenberg. These will come Thurs
day, for he is to resume the stand
when the district court sits again.
. Crowd Sickened by Recital.
' The story was told to a tense
nerved, rigid crowd that watched
with staring eyes for 'every move and
word of the confessing witness; a
crowd that was sickened and weary
of its disgusting details long before
James H. Hawley, pleading illness of
himself at three o'clock in the after
noon, secured adjournment for the
day.
Orchard retained control ot himself
almost from tbemoment he tookthe
stand, and if he suffered much he did
not show 1L His eyea met those ot
Haywood several times and the two
gazed fixedly at each other.
There were a few preliminaries as
to Horsley's birthplace and real name
and his first days In the North Idaho
BAYS HE MURDERED WOMAN..
George Kadelbach Writes Letter Con
. fessJng Minnesota Crime
Minneapolis, Minn. George Ka
delbach, brother-in-law of Mrs. Cath
erine McCart, has made what pur
ports to be a written conf earnou of the
killing ot Mrs. McCart, who was found
dead In a well, to his brother-in-law,
Henry Clasea, mailing the letter at
Delano. In this Ietterhe said he was
contemplating suicide Posses are
searching, in the vicinity of the village
of Long Lake, but no trace of the maa
has been found. In this remarkable
letter Kadelbach claims Mrs. McCart
begged him to kill her and kill himself,
and that he was oa tils road to belL
The police believe the confession is
to throw tnem ok ine trace.
Far South Dakota's Capitol.
Pierre, S. D. The contract for
the building of the new- ctate capt-
tol was let Wednesday to O. H. Ol-
jon, ot, Stillwater, Minn, for ftttSSl.
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country, and then Hawley led him
down to the destruction of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mine Horsley said
that W. F. Davis, later the president
of 'the union of the Western Federa
tion of Miners at Cripple Creek, had
command of the mob. He told of the
seizure of the train, the theft of the
giant powder, the attack upon the
mines, and concluding, said: "I lit
one of the fuses myself."
Destruction of Vindicator Mine
Horsley then told of his flight into
Montana and of various journeys in
the western country until he turned
up in Cripple Creek in 1902.' went to
work in the mines and joined the
Western Federation of Miners again.
The witness told -of the plot to blow
up the Vindicator mine. He con
fessed that after the strike began he
went down into the mine "high, grad
ing," and there discovered a quantity
of powder. He reported this to Davis,,
and there, he said, began the plot to
do violence in the mine. He said the
first attempt was a failure because
the cage man discovered him and his
pal and drew their fire, but later a
contrivance was successfully fixed by
which a discharged pistol set off a
bomb and killed Superintendent Mc
Cormlck and Foreman Beck. Five
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EX-GOV. STEUNENBERG.
(Former Executive of Idaho Slain by a Bomb at Hia Home at Caldwell.) :
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PUTS ARSENIC IN THEIR PIES.
Houaekeeper'e Mistake Causes Death
and Illness in Pennsylvania Town.'
Wllkesbarre, Pa. One man Is
dead, a child win die and several
other children are In a serious condi
tion at the farm of John Montgomery,
Trucksville, aa a result of eating pie
containing arsente.
The houseneeper, a Mrs. Kelly, mis
took arsenic for baaing powder, and
placed a quantity in the pies she was
baking. The entire Montgomery fam
ily, the hired help and some visitors
to the house partook of the pastry and
aU became very ilL Joseph Brown,
a hired man, died. Mrs. Kelly's two
children and three other children who
were visiting the farm ate freely' of the
pie One of the Kelly children cannot
recover, while the others are ia a se
rious condition.
Eleven yachts sailed from the
ehorage of the Brooklyn Yacht club in
Gravesend bay Wednesday oa a
t-i mile race to Bermuda..
I Them ca the janrmW Vlhywaj
wheaets witness said hnwtJlaferir. SpI
Haywood aad PettisoM aad enaeredh
their employ
that Haywood paid hint M
inc no tho- Vindicator
ikiag of two
into the coal
at the,
Vindicator . mine bat
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heard from again, and them a
ston to .confess that before the
cessfnl attempt at the Vindicator
he had Informed the railway
meat of a mtot to blow up tta train
carrying nonunion men. Next thai
prisoner related how he Journeyed tat
southern Colorado aa a guard W
Moyer. t .
' After the noon recess the wi
told of- his- Journey with Moyer
his return to Denver, where it
suggested, he said, that he kUl Govj
Peabody. He said he picked Stev
Adams to aid him, and together they, -stalked
the governor between thecap
itol building and his home, trying for
a shot at him with cut-off shotguns.
Haywood and Pettiboae were in the
plot and furnished the witness with)
money from time to 'time, he-said.
The plot failed because Horsley and
Adams followed a carriage containing,
three women to the Peabody homo
and excited suspicion.-
Next came a plot to dynamite Pen
body, and Horsley said they made a
bomb, vbut gave the plan up at th
suggestion of Haywood, who wna in
fear that they, would all be arrested.
He said ha and Adasssjwere .told I-"
lay off fee atln,butnwaatlnto Pet
tf bone suggested that they kill Lyte
Gregory, who had. been a deputy
sheriff and. 'had given testimony
against some of the members of. the
federation.
Hew Gregory Was Mureorjd.
The witness then detailed the re-
lentless trailing of Gregory ana in
final murder. "Gregory turned and
backed up against a fence " said the
witness, "as if to draw a gam, and.I
shot him three times. It certainly
killed him." This tale of cowardly
brutal man hunting and killing scorned!
to play with greater intensity upon
the nerves of the men and women
who sat listening to Horsley than any
of the others and a perceptible shud
der went through the room aa ho
calmly talked of the shooting. It wna
the only place where n victim had
been actually faced. The others had
been done to death by. . mechanical
and chemical contrivances.
Then came the' f rigtitful 'tragedy at
Independence, followed by the flight
to Wyoming nnd after that the trip,
to San Francisco for the purpose of
killing Bradley. Orchard swore that
after his visit to Denver, whea he got
thet money for killing McCormlck and
Beck, he was constantly in communi
cation with and in the pay of ther
Haywood, Moyer, Pettibone, .Shnp
Mns or Davis; that one or aU of them
suggested his various crimes, and
that at an meetings held after each
crime his accounts had been warmly,
commended.
The first of the witnesses called
Wednesday was J. M. BrunzeU, n ho
tel proprietor of Nampa, Idaho, which
is between Boise and Caldwell. Bran
sell identified the names of Thomaa
Hogan and John L. Simpkins in hia
hotel register for November, 1906.
Hogan, or Orchard, was at the hotel
with Simpkins on November 13.
The presence of Simpkins at Nampa;
on November 7, and at Silver City
on Novembw 8, 1905, was established
by A Hinkey and, J. A Connors, hotel
keepers, In their respective cities.
MUST KEEP OUT OF CAMPAIGNS.
Executive Order to Persons In
Bed Civil Service
Washington.. The rales of
dvU service commission have
so amended aa to prohibit aH
In the classified civil service, from tak-
iag an active part la political
palgaa. The amendment
through an executive order issued by -the
presideat and is. as follows:
"Persons who, by the provisions of
rales are la the comaotklvo
classified service, while retaining the
right to vote aa they please and to ex
press privately their opinions on all
political subjects, shall take.no active
part In political management or ha
political campaigns"
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Seattle, Wash.. Philip
pien, whose arrest
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oSdala of the Capitol
bank of St Paul, for the alleged de
falcation of Sia,ege, was arrested
Wednesday.
teller of the sank.
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