TIIE OMAnA DAILY HEE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1901.
SECOND LETTER TO USER
President Bcpliei to Last Bote Writtea by
VOTE
former FosUl Offloial.
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LEWIS Ai CROSSETT.
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CALLS ATTENTION TO MANY OF HIS ACTS
I
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
' Tranamissiaippi Gongrui Favon ImproYt-
ment of Rivers, Harbors and Roads.
EXECUTIVE COMMITJEE ELECTS OFFICERS
W, R. Rlrharilaon of Omaha, Appointed
a Member of Advisory Commission
Congressional Committee
Appointed.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. K. The principal busi
ness of the fourt session of the Trans
misslsslppl Commercial congress, held to
day, waa a discussion of resolutions. More
than thirty-one recommendations, embrao
Ing many subjects, have been presented.
A resolution presented by N. R. Whlt
more of St. Louis asks government aid In
securing a waterway fourteen feet deep from
Lock port. 111., to Bt. Louis, by way of the
Desplalnes, Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
This resolution also recommends the irov
ernment establish a deep waterway from
the lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
Thomas Richardson of Portland, Ore.,
chairman of the executive committee, roc
ommends that the salaries of United States
congressmen be Increased from 15,000 to
110,000 a year. The resolution of B, F.
Thurber of New York attks that congress
place ita disapproval upon strikes, picketing,
boycotts, union labels and similar device
of organized labor.
It. W. Richardson of Omaha delivered
the first address. Ills subject was "Perma
nent Improvements of Public Highways."
The president then Introduced Frank
Wenler of Chicago, who delivered an ad
dress. Colonel Isaac Taylor of Peoria, III., presi
dent of the Illinois River Improvement as
sociation, delivered a short address, and '
waa followed by Dr. B. R. Buckley of Mis
souri. I
Consideration of business then came be
fore the convention and Portland, Ore.,
waa selected as the place for the next
meeting of the congress.
The election of officers resulted as fol
lows: President, H. D. Loveland of Bin
Francisco: vice president, R. W. Hlgblc of
New York City; secretary, Frnk Barry of
Washington, D. C.
Just beiore the congress - .j-.uinied sine
die a resolution was adopter 'providing that
all papers provided for In the program
which had not been rcid tic Included In
the minutes of the convention. Included
In this provision was an address by Charles
Arthur Carlisle of Portland, Ore.
' The address of Charles J. Bonaparte of
Baltimore, Md., waa also Included In the
minutes.
Resolutions Adopted.
Tha following report of the committee on
resolutions was then read' and unanimously
adopted:
we recommend liberal expenditures for
me improvement or rivers and harbors by
the federal government as one of the best
and wisest methods of appropriating public
funds. It la the plain duty of congress to
take hold of the Important question of
river Improvement and flood control In a
broad-guaged manner. The coat of neces
sary Improvement to prevent the continued
interruption 01 interstate commerce and an
appalling loss of life and property should
oe met oy me government ana tne iochu
ties affected upon an equitable basis. We
urge congress to make appropriations for
the Improvement of the Mississippi river
between the mouths of the Missouri and
the Ohio rivers, between Cairo and the
head of the passes. We recommend th
project for deeper water throughout the
upper Mississippi between Minneapolis and
St. Louis, and for the betterment of the
river at the Ues Moines rapids by substi
tuting a dam and lucic tor tne present
canal and heartily approve house rile bill
16.284, now pending in congress. We indorse
the. project of improving the MlssissiDDl
river from Minneapolis to Bt. Louis so as
to obtain a minimum depth of six feet at
all seasons of the year. We urge congress
to make adequate appropriations for tha
speedy improvement of li t Weston harbor.
such as the securing of a channel 2,Xil feet
In width, with a uniform depth of not less
than thirty-five feet of water at mean low
tide; and we further recommend that con
gress make adequate provision for the pro
tection or tne port or uaiveston and the
property of the I'nlted States there situ
ated. We favor the appropriation by con
gress of an amount suificient to construct
a ship channel from the mouths of the
Sabine and Neches rivers to Sabine pass to
a minimum depth of twenty-five feet at
mean low ti1e. We recommend that con
gress make sufficient appropriation to com
plete the Improvement of the mouth of the
Columbia river and the harbors of San
Pedro and Oakland, Cul. We recommend
the Improvement and adequate protection
ot an t acne coast ports from British Co
lumbia to the Mexican border. It is the
sense of this congress that there should be
Immediate construction of a naval station
at some point on the southwest of tha Pa-
cltlo coast.
We favor the Dassaae hv cons-res or a
law amending the Interstate commerce act
so that It shall definitely urohibit common
carriers from limiting or restricting their
common law liability by any general or
special notice.
We petition the conaress of the TTnlted
States to enact legislation empowering the
interstate commerce commission, when a
rate or practice complained of Is found to
be discriminative or unreasonable, to de
termine what change shall be made therein
which determination shall be operative
wnnin miriy anys nna so continue until
overruled or suspended under Judicial pro
ceedlnxs.
We recommend that all the principal big
tree groves in California be secured by the
I'nlted States government and held for
purK purposes.
We favor statehood for Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, and In Joining these two
territories Into one state we urge upon
congress tne importance or a spirit of fair
ness.
Survey of Alaska Favored.
As an act of justice to Alaska, and to
tnose aesiring to go mere, we favor a
sectional survey ot said region. And we
favor the amending ot the homestead laws
pertaining to the lands of Alaska so that
any citizen of the United States may ac
quire 320 acres by settlement, residence or
commutation.' providing that the applicant
is not tne owner or iuo acres or land and
wisnes said ES acres for home purposes.
We favor the union of labor and the
combination or capital as the proper means
to auvance ine puoiiu goou. we condemn
any act of either combined labor or capital
inai in any way aonages tne national
rignis oi man.
We recommend the enforcement of the
Sherman act or 1890, and to that end urge
congress to pass an amendment to that
Many Incidents that Show that tha
Charges Mad Against Trier's
Administration Are
Trs.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. By direction of
the president. Secretary Lneb today sent
to James N. Tyner, the former assistant
attorney general for the Postofflce depart
ment, a letter In reply to Mr. Tyner's letter
dated October 8 and made public last night,
The letter says that as the question of
Mr. Tyner's gutit on the criminal charge
on which he was tried has been passed
upon by a Jury, the president acquiesces In
the jury's finding, but the evidence "seems
to him overwhelming that you (Mr. Tyner)
were guilty either of moral obliquity in
performance of duty, or of the grossest
Inefficiency."
The letter follows:
WHITE HOrSE. Oct. 28, 190.-8lr: The
president has received this morning your
letter, uatea .ctoner , written in answer
to my letter of June 24. which I have never
made public, although you did make public
your osvn letter, which it answered. In
your present letter you again claim that a
wrong has been done you and ask that it
be righted. As you are out of office the
righting of the wrong could only be
effected by your reinstatement to office, or
a declaration by the president that you
were Innocent. The president Instructs me
to say that his memorandum, to which you
take exception, was written when three
Indictments against you had been returned
by the grand jury, the report of Mr. Brls
tow having been submitted to Messrs.
Bonaparte and Conrad, and the action
taken against you by the Department of
Justice being on the recommendation of
Messrs. Bonaparte and Conrad.
In his memorandum the president re
ferred to your office as follows:
"The Investigation discloses a condition
of gross corruption In the office of the as
sistant general for the Postofflce depart
ment. ... in tne case or Assistant
Attorney General Tyner the misconduct
has gone on for a number of years, but
It Is impossible to say exactly when it
began. . . . The three chief offenders In
the government sen-ice were Tyner
Machen and Beavers. Friends of Tyner
have advanced the theory that In his case
the chief offender was really his nephew
by marriage, Barrett, who was nis assist
ant in office for a part of the term and
that Tyner's offenses were duo to his
falling bodily and mental powers. The
facts set forth In Mr. Biistow's report do
not tend to substantiate the validity of
these excuses for Tyner, while they show
literally astounding misconduct in Bar
rett. ... In the office of the assistant
attorney general for the Postofflce depart
ment under Tyner and Barrett far greater
wrong was inflicted the public than could
be measured by a pecuniary standard, for
In this office the corruption of the govern
ment officials took the form of favoring
get-rich-qulck concerns and similar swind
ling schemes; In other words, the crim
inals, whom it was the sworn duty of these
government officials to prosecute, puld
them for permission to fleece the public
unmolested. "
Favors Fraudulent Concerns.
Of the criminal charges on which you
were trltd you have been declared Inno
cent by a Jury in a court ot luw and the
verdict is final as regards all citizens, in
cluding the president. There Is, however,
a wide dliference between miconduct
which is criminal and declared such by
the courts, and misconduct which, though
it does not render the wrongdoer liable
to the criminal law, yet requires his im
mediate separation from the government
service ana justines nis severe condemna
tion by tne general community on mora:
grounus. You were acquitted of conspir
ing with Barrett to do certain criminal
deeds. You were not acquitted of doing
the deeds.
That these get-rich-qulck concerns which
employed Mr. Barrett were improperly
favored in your omce seems to admit of
no doubt. In the case of the Arnold Turf
concern, where Mr. Barrett received S6.0uO.
a committee of the Missouri senate which
investigated the mutter in March. 19j3.
reported us follows, after commenting upon
a report of the postofflce Inspector adverse
to ine concern in question:
"mat tne ruling or the department was
not in accordance with his recommenda
tion: that from the evidence it antiMri
inni. me department at vvasnington by
some process or other unknown to your
committee overruled the recommendation
of the Inspector, dismissed the cases nenri.
ing against these companies and they were
allowed to proceed with their process of
absorbing tbe peoples money. Had the
Women's Redy-io-Wear
Garments, that picture the best ideas
of the cleverest fashion makers.
We sell lots of suits and coatsperhaps be
cause we have the right garments to selland
perhaps also that when a woman buys a gar
ment here she knows every other woman in
town hasn't itsduplicate. We study style and
dissect it. We select what we know is worthy,
and you might say copyright it for our pa
tronsfor it is not duplicated. The suits and
coats we are showing tomorrow are worthy of
every praise they are receiving. They're good.
In style; they're right They appeal to the de
veloped tastes of women who know style
They're more than what you have known as
"ready to wdar" They're different from any,
0 ther ready-to-wear.
Special Saturday
Sale of Women's
Suits and Coats.
WOMEN'S HANDSOME TAILOR-MADE
SUITS
Made up in the very latest shapes In tha
most desirable materials well tailored
lined with the best quality of satin or
taffeta silk suits In this
lot worth SIX) to 135
Special price .
14.75
WOMEN'S SWELL TAILOR-MADE
SUITS
In Pan cheviots, broadcloths and swell
imnorted mixtures new coat blouse
tourist effects a very handsome lot
suits that would be cheap
at S.T0.OO
Special price
or
of
19.75
SPECIALS
IN
Women's Coats
F i ' fl "tinji
7.50
WOMEN'S NEW BOX COATS,
Made of the very best quality of all wool
kersev. 27 Inches long, trimmed with strap
and buttons finished with
tailor stitching, a very nobby
.urnipnt Snerliil nrlre
WOMEN'S NEW TOURIST COATS,
Made In coverts, kerseys and fancy mix
tures, 42 Inches long, full loose back with
strap all swell, up-ttf-date garments
well worth 115.00 f HO
Bpeelal price "'
NEW IDEAS IN TOURIST COATS
We huve Just received by express for Sat
urday's sale, 250 of these much sought
for garments, in handsome. Imported
, mixtures In the very smartest models
correct for traveling f 7 C
and genernl wear 10. I J
WOMEN'SrUNNiNG LENGTH COAT
Every fashionable shape is in this coi-leetlon-ntted,
half-fitted and loose styles
umH 7i lengths. In coverts, cheviots
nnd mixtures, beautifully
tailor made
at 124.75. 829.75 and
37.50
Specials m
Children's
Coats.
150 CHILDREN'S COATS,
Just received for SATURDAY'S 8ALE
made of a very fine all wool fancy ma
terial made with cape over shoulders
nicely trimmed with velvet
and buttons, positively worth
87.50 Saturday
226 CHILDREN'S SWELL COATS,
In all the newest materials, such as co-
verts, Elbellnes and handsome Imported
mixtures, all new Ideas, different from
children's enrments
shown elsewhere
Saturday ........
4.90
10.00
will be instructed to state the dissatisfied
attitude of this government with the con
duct of the case.
FISHING WAYS IN JAMAICA
A Fish Story Located Far Enough
Awar o Check the Ardor
of Showmes.
My son Julian furnishes me with this ac
count of a curious manner of fishing which
he saw in Jamaica:
"After spending even go short a time as
one month In the tropics, one can readily
understand the possibility of such a strange
to us performance as that Mr. Charles
Kellogg and I witnessed one night in King
ston harbor. We were Idly lounging about
the wharf of the United Fruit company,
waiting for the Admiral Sampson to take
us back to Philadelphia, our cameras, with
every plate exposed, ' having been stored
away with our baggage. Otherwise we
might have gotten some kind of a picture,
even in the failing light, of the strange
scene before us. Two negro fishermen
had put out their net, as the great circle of
buoys or floats Indicated, and had sta
tioncd themselves at one side with their
boat. All would be quiet for a few mo-
act making It the duty of all United States department at Washington acted promptly ments until suddenly with a great shout
SKIN AND BLOOD
PURIFICATION
Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Pills
Cleanse the Skin, Scalp
and Blood
Cf Torturing, Disfiguring, Hu
mours with Loss of Hair
COMPLETE TREATMENT $1.00
Thousand of the world"! best peo
ple hava found Instant relief and speedy
car by tha ut of Cuticura Soap, Oint
ment and Pill In tha moat torturing
and disfiguring of Itching, burning and
scaly homonra, ecwmu, ruhts, Itch
ing! and Inflammation!.
Thousand! of tired, fretted mother!,
of ikln-tortured and disfigured bablag,
of all ages and condition!, hava certi
fied to almost miraculous core! by tha
Cntlcnra remedies, when tbe best med
ical skill had failed to relieve, much
less cure.
Cntlcura Treatment li local and con
atltotlonal complete and perfect,
pare, sweet and wholesome. Bathe the
affected anrfacea with Cntlcnra 8oap
and hot water to cleanse the akin of
craat! and scales and soften the thick
enod cuticle, dry without bard rubbing,
and apply Cuticura Ointment freely to
allay lushing, Irritation and Inflamma
tion, and soothe and heal, and lastly
take Cntlcnra Resolvent Pills to cool
aad cleanaa the blood, and pat every
function la a atate of healthy activity.
More great cares of simple, scrofulous
and hereditary humours are dally made
by Cntlcura remedlea than by all other
blood and akin remedies combined, a
single aet being often sufficient to care
the moet distress leg cases wbea all
else fall.
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district attorneya to nrosecute all unions
or labor or capital wnenever evidence mak
ing a prima facie case of the breach of the
terms of the act are presented. And we
recommend the appointment of a special
commission by congress to investigate the
arbitration laws of New Zen hind and other
countries which may have such laws.
We recommend to the several states and
territories tne adoption of such legislation
as will place the subject of permanent pub
lic ruria improvement under an intelligent
and uniform state and county supervision.
The (Transmisslssliml Commercial con
gress earnestly urges a thorough organiza
tion or our consular service.
We reaffirm our recommendation in
favor of a department of mining and mines
in tne department.
The congress then adjourned sine die.
Executive Committee Elects Officers,
At a special meeting of the executive
committee of the TransmlnslHslppt Commex
clal congress called directly preceding the
final adjournment, Rufus P. Jennings of
Sun Francisco waa elected chairman and
Thomas Richardson of Portland, Ore., vice
chairman. The following were selected as
members of tho congressional committee:
H. C. Kerens of St. Louis. H. P. Woods
of Bun Diego, Herbert Strain of Great
Falls, Mont., Colonel Fred W. Fleming of
Kansas City, D. B. Henderson of Galves
ton, Rufus P. Jennings of San Francisco.
The advisory commission as selected con
sists of tha following:
A. L. Black of Belllngham, Wash., E.
R. Moses of Great Bend, Kan., John Henry
Smith of Suit Lake City, II. K. Whetmore
of Bt. Louis, W. R. Richardson of Omaha
and W. H. Goode of Portland, Ore,
Interstate Commerce Discussed.
President E. P. Bacon of Milwaukee pre
sided at the opening session of the second
meeting of the Interstate Commerce Law
convention, held today In the World's fair
grounds. The object of this convention
Is for the purpose of devising measures
to expedite legislation to give greater
effectiveness to the Interstate commerce
law act.
The leading address was delivered by
John D. Kernan of New York City, who
spoke on "The Importance and Necessity
of Legislation to Give the Act Greater
Effectiveness. Addresses were also de
livered by 8. Ii; Cowan of Fort Worth,
Tex., and former Governor William Larra
bee of Clare nount, la.
Former Governor William Larrabee of
Iowa spoke aa follows:
Every person familiar with the Interstate
commerce law and the decisions of the
court afrectlng It reallsea the necessity for
amending It in ordor to make it what .it
was originally Intended to be and what all
well Informed and fair minded men admit
It should be.
The law waa enacted for the purpose of
preventing Improper discrimination and
unjust charges by railroad managers, but
now there is no law by which discrimina
tion and this Increaae of rates can be pre
vented. The transportation tax Is Immense. The
railroads are highways Just as much as
the common roads and the business of op
erating them la a public business. Is it
reasonable that tills transportation tax
should be Increased from year to year
without those who pay for It having any
voire whatever In determining what It
should be? When w consider that this
tax is levied upon every article that Is
produce or consumed In the United States
at the command of less than a score of
arlf-appoliitd Individuals and that this tax
amounted last year to $l.K'0,l&o,tf;, la It not
artonlaliing that the congress should per
mit this condition of things to exist ? No
where .Is. In th civilised world are a few
irresponsible p.iaons permitted to carry itn
a large public business like this or vented
wilh such tremendous powers of taxation
without severe iteatrlctlons being placed
upon tb.m.
There are two remedies In eight for the
correction of the above abuses. One la the
atrU't governmental control and tha other
la governmental ownership. Wa are ap
proaching uue vr tha other at a rsidd pace.
and properly upon the recommendation of
tne inspector, millions of dollars would
have been saved- the ueonlo ut the utmn
of Missouri und other states."
Burglary bjr Mrs. Tyner.
There are curtain matters which could
not come before the Jury which, neverthe
less, u was ana is necessary tor the or ev
ident to consider when you request him to
take any action looking to the rehabilita
tion ot your character. One of these Is
tne nurgiary committed by Mrs. Barrett,
Mr. Bui rett s mother and bv Mrs. Tvner
at your direction. Mrs. Tyner came to the
poHtoftlce department, entered your private
room in the olflce, und then admitted Mrs.
Barrett und a safe ex Deri, and the three
rifled the safe. The Deuartmeiit of Justice
has never been able to know exactly what
aocumenis were ut Hint time abstracted I . . , im ,v, nnnnrtlnir and shout
from the safe. The president has the right co."". each time the pounding and snout
to assume that they would not have been Ing was resorted to. Certainly nothing could
In, which was taken up by a crowa oi
rnolles on shore, the two negroes would
rap loudly with their paddles on the side
of the boat Instantly mullets would flash
out of the green water, trying to Jump
over the boat Into the water beyond both
boat and net. They Jumped out of the
water six feet or so from the boat and
would surely have cleared everything had
it not been for a net which was hung on
poles like a fence, and which Invariably
threw the mullets back into the bottom of
the boat. This was repeated over and
over until the catch numbered several
dosens. from two to six or seven being
abstracted In this munner had they not
been of a character such as would gravely
incriminate you and Mr. Barrett. As re
gards this and all of the other actions, tho
president was at one time inclined to ex
cuse you on the ground or your falling
powers, but as you made common cause
with Mr. Barrett It was difficult to see how
this excuse could be put forward.
Lack of Official Propriety.
Moreover, certain other actions of vours
were urougni to tne president s attention
which seemed to show such gross lack of
the sense of official propriety on your part
as not to warrant him In making a pre
sumption In your favor. For instance, on
March 2U. I3ui. you. wrltlntr on the uaner
or the olflce of the assistant attorney tor
tne Dostutnce ueimrtinent. wrote in uart as
follows:
'But 1 don t want my daughter to remain
at Portage except with your full acquies
cence. 1 can secure a transfer for her to
probubly any other office 1 may select. In
tact, one or two such transfers are arranged
for, and ure held in abeyance. If she goes
elsewhere, the money that pays her salary
win go to ine omce to wnicn sne snail oe
transferred. If she remains at Portage 1
shall add slightly to the salary, and, of
course, secure an addition to the allowance
for salaries ut the ollice. to pay the increase.
The allowance to pay her present compen
sation is mude specifically for her by name,
as would be an addition to the same.
1 tboiiKht it proper to write you thus
frankly before you lake the oath of office.
I p to tne close oi department nours yes
terday (Saturday) no official notice of your
continuation by the senate had been re
ceived. Therefore there is ample time to
receive your reply hereto, which 1 have the
nonor to request may oe given promptly.
lioiilntt to know you personally In a
short time, and to be able to do you of
ficial favors."
fills reddest was grossly improper ror u
man in your position to make of a postmas
ter and your letter certainly Implies that
favors may be given or withheld In the
discretion of the man making the request.
For the reasons ubove set forth, the presi
dent regrets to have to state to you that
he cannot comply with your request, ine
question of your guilt on the criminal
charge on which you were tried having
been pussed upon by a Jury, the prestaent,
of course, ucquiesces in its findings; but
the evidence seems to him overwhelming
that you were guilty either of moral ob
liquity in the performance of your duty, or
of the grossest Inefficiency. Very truly
yours. WILLIAM LOEB, Jr.,
eecretary to tne rresiueni.
To James 61. Tyner, c:sq..
1417 Kenesaw Avenue. N.
Washington, D. C.
be done more characteristic of the tropics
than such a performance, yet our friends
at home have always called It a fish story.
The mullets are a silver fish, about the
size of a herring, except that they are
rounder, being in shape like our chubbs.
They were great Jumpers. When we drew
a seine for alligators In the Salt ponds at
Port Henderson the mullets Jumped all
over the net. In and out, Just for tha fun
of It, apparently. Great numbers of them
are caught with dynamite by simply prim
ing It and throwing It Into the water, when
the silly mullets at once dart up and swim
around until the dynamite explodes and
kills them all. At Port Henderson I threw
stones from the dock when in the clear
water I could see the mullets appear as if
by magic, darting about the stone In a
whirling circle. How such a habit origin
ated It Is hard to Imagine.
At any rate, It made a beautiful picture,
the green water below flashing forth the
silver fish, the old dugout with Its half
naked, muscular negroes, the coolies In
their flowing robes of every color on shore,
the cocoanute of barbaric splendor rising
against the Blue mountains that In turn
rose Into the very clouds. John Bur
roughs in Outing.
W
AMKHK'AN UKsIRE! PROMPT ACTIO
Pressure Will Be Brought oa Persia
to Punish Murder of Missionary,
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28.-Immedlate ac
tion looking to the arres, and trial of the
outlawa Implicated in the murder of Mr.
Larrabee, the American mlsatonary, nearly
a year ago In Persia, will be insured upon
by Dr. Norton, consul at Harput, who has
been sent to Persia by the Btats depart
ment accredited to Teheran as envoy on a
special mission. At Uut State department
It Is stated that the leader of tha band
aupposed to have murdered Larabee hua
bevn .arrested. Tha Persian government Is
acting With a dllatorlness not to tu liking
of the Washington officials and Dr. Norton
BALKING A P0LE PLANTER
A Spunky Little Woman" Junius Into
a Hole In the Ground and Beats
Telephone Company.
A gang of men in the employ of the New
York & New Jersey Telephone company
a few days ago undertook to erect poles
along the west side of Pleasant avenue,
Rockaway Beach, L.' I. After teams had
hauled eight large poles to the ground the
men began to dig a large hole in front of
the Bank of Long Island.
Tha bank building belongs to Charles
Crabbe. He protested strongly, but the
men paid no attention to his protest and
erected the pole. Then they moved on anj
dug a hole in front of Mr. Crabbe's house.
Mr. Crabbe protested still more strongly
and equally in vain. Then, like a man, hn
turned to the law for protection, and left
to attempt to aecure an Injunction.
Next the telephone men attacked the aid
walk In front of the houae of C. F. Wln
slow. The report does not speak of Mr.
Wlnslow or mention hie whereabouts, Per
hapa he, too, had departed in search of an
Injunction.
But Mrs. Wlnslow was at home. She
did nothing until the hole was about three
fe.t deep. Did she then protest or hurry
off for an Injunction? Hardly, That was
a man's way.
Mrs. Wlnslow took a woman's way.
Watching ber chance, she Jumped Into the
hole. The telephone men ordered her out!
and she Uaghed at them. Tbey tried every
expedient that mere men's wits could sug
gest to get her out of that hole, save that
of actual violence. But there Mrs. Win
slow stuck. In the end the telephone men
gave it up and moved on to the next hole.
This hole was In front of another piece
of property belonging to Mr. Crabbe. In
spired by the example of Mrs. Wlnslow,
still victoriously occupying the third holo,
the foreman of the Crabbe sawmill shut
down the plant and the hands prepared to
give battle in defense of their employer's
property. The police were summoned.
The sawmill hands got out the fire hose,
attached it to hydrants, and were prepar
ing to turn a stream on the telephone men,
when one of Crabbe's employes followed
Mrs. Wlnslow's example and Jumped Into
hole No. 4. The telephone men did not dare
to use force, and the police refused to act
Then, with two poles up and two holes
occupied, the telephone men set about dig'
King the fifth hole, forming a close circle
about. It in order to keep out everybody
and everything except the pole. Just as
the men were about to set the pole a su
perlntendent arrived In hot haste and or
dered the work stopped. The telephone
company had declared a temporary cessa
tion of hostilities.
Thereupon Mrs. Wlnslow calmly climbed
up out of her hole, brushed the soil from
her skirts and resumed her household du
ties, followed by the plaudits of the many
spectators, who declared her "a spunky
little woman."
Wherj scientists mere men are prepar
Ing treatises to prove the superiority ot
man's intellect over that of woman, they
should recall such little Incidents as this of
Mrs. Wlnslow and the telephone pole hole
and hesitate. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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This one Is your best singer, Is It 7' she
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"Yes'm," replied the proprietor of the
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Has it an amiable disposition? Does It
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No oftener, ma'am," he said, "than you
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"Yes."
"How much is it going to cost?"
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"But you made a bargain with the con
tractor?"
Yes. But only on the original specifica
tions. My wife hasn't begun to think up
Iterations yet." Washington Star.
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