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A" THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE DECEMBER 8, 1907.. SHOOTING DAYS IN DODGE Stirring- Life in a Khobm Towb When OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS J r 1 n 15th and Douglas Strts t s NIGHT RIDERS BURN TOWN Maked and Armed They Terrorize HopkiMvill, Ky. MUCH PEOPEXTT 13 DESTROYED Tobacco Bar' Whlp4 Brake ma TtrUug av Cajr Snot im the Back Citt no Flee. HOPKIN8VILLE. Ky., Dec 7.-Fiv Aundrd "night rider" masked and heavily l armed, marched Into Hopklnvlll early to Jy and destroyed property valued at mom than 1200,000, while the elttsena. In terror of their lives, (eared to open their window. The polloe, fire department, telephone and telegraphic offices and even the railroad stations were in possession of a wild mob hooting right and left. The flames from burning bulldlnirs meanwhile lighting up the olty and the urrouh4mg country until it seemed that the whole town wa ablas. ly two men were Injured, one of them lng JUndsey Mitchell, a tobaooo buyer who was severely beaton with .switches and clubs and the other, a brakeman who vu shpt In the back, while trying-t move hts train from the path of the flames. Qaerr Coins la Cwlleettom Plates. "it's really true about qhuroh collectlona I mean these J ok re you hear about the Queer coins that gat Into the oollectlon," remarked the treasurer of big East Knd congregation yesterday. "Yes, said the treasurer, "It's seldom that I fall to find some curious oolne when I get the contents of the several oollectlon plates each Sunday. There are seldom. If ever, any buttons, that's all Just talk about buttons being nut In the collection plate, but there are plenty of coins that wouldn't pass at any store. It's not unusual to And foreign i coins that are worth something, tout which can't be passed for their fare lue at the stores. I don't suppose there any dishonesty In putting such coins in the basket, because the donor may have Intended to give only a fraction of the face value of the coin. Then, of course, there are scores of coins, notably 10-cent pieces, that have worn smooth from use, and will no longer be accepted at the banks." Cleveland Plain Dealer. II You Dring Your Policy ol the Miosis! EMtial Fire Insurance Company (Which Has FAILED to) M. Martin & Co. Wc Will You With a ' Company 209 S. 13th SJreet I RELIABLE I pos CASHIERS' CHECKS AND CLEARING HOUSE CERTIFICATES are rapidly disappearing, but Molony has a few fine business suits to dispose of--best fab- rios stylish designs -- good workJnanship comfortable and stylish--and made to Uolony's measurements. They are also sure to disappear rapidly . Bet- ' ter order now. The best dressedmen in Omaha wear Molony roomy ' suits, U0L0NY, ' 320. South 16th Street ISl-owiiiiiffj H&Ing ci. Co CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS nX HATS IPre - Inventory Sale On January 1st we take our semiannual inventory and we find we hare tome broken lines of suits and oretv coats left from the season's selling which we wish to close out . We hare about 30O suits and 200 overcoats which we will sacrifice to close them out, Monday morning we will place them on sale at the one price i These suits and overcoats sold up to $2500 one is a real bargain. . "We have placed them on separate tables size Is there. Plain blacks as well as fancy mixtures' ' Sizes 34 to 50. V J 13th and i( , Streets O. WlLCOX, Mgr. CHIEF CITY HEUS Haw Soot Print Ik. jklnefcart, photographer, llth Farnam. Br. X. O. Parker, dentist, removed to 201 Neville Blk. 'Phone Red lt22. 9. A. X err am. Tailor, tOfr-10 Brandela Bldg., will make a suit to please you. Ws always have Bock Spring Coal. Central Coal and Coke Co. of Omaha, 15th and Harney streets. Xdtdiea of the First Christian Church, Twenty-sixth . and Harney streets, will hold a rummage sale every Saturday, commencing II o'clock, December 7. Dlvoroe for Abandonment Thomas A. B. Wlnward has filed a petition, for. divorce from Mary Q. Wlnward, charging abaria'on ment County Teeohers' laminations County teachers' examination were held in the city hall Saturday, with several to take examination. rire Department ugi Bold Four fire department horses told Friday afternoon brought till. The highest price paid was 1140 and the lowest 160. Alleged Xiamon4 Thief Louisa Wlnth roll of (11 North Eighteenth street was ar rested Saturday afternoon charged with stealing a diamond ring, valued at 1130, from Rose Reynolds. - Mutual Club at Council Bluff The Peo ple's Mutual Interest club of Omaha will hold a meeting Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the African Methodist Episcopal church In Council Bluffs.. I. sot nre oa Socialism J. Edward Keys Will - give a lecture at Crounse hall at o'clock Sunday evening-, on the subject. "Why AU Won Should Bo Socialists." Mr. Keys is a singer of some reputation -and has promised muslo in addition teethe lec ture. . ' trenge rieoe of tuck E. C. Hunt Satur day recovered a valuable overcoat which he lost a year ago. The coat was taken from Mr. Hunt's office where he had hung It one cold night He never had a line on the thief. Saturday the Paxton hotel called him' up and told Mm his coat was there. It had been found hanging In one of the eoat rooms and was identified by a name card in a pocket. Evidently the thief Protect Reliable Phont Da. 405 Y and every and your D vug as t t hung it In the room and was afraid to go back and get it. Big Ball on Sea Mouse Another hen house was cleaned Friday night. This time ninety-four fowls were stolen. They were the property of R. Rlne, 5149 North Twtenty-fourth street. This makes the third hen house robbery that has taken place this week and the grand total ot fowls stolen from the three job Is 232. Claims Against the County NoaJi Vanoe and Alfred Vance have filed claims against the county, the former for $750 and the latter for WOO. for alleged damage to their property by the construction of the West Q street viaduct across the Burlfng ton tracks. The grade' runs' In front of their houses and they complain It makes aeeese and egress difficult. Poultry Shew at Auditorium Definite arrangements have been made by- the Trl Clty Poultry association to hold the big show In the Auditorium and Secretary O. D. Talbert is sending out a letter to all prominent poultry breeders of the stats giving instructions for exhibitors. Many dog and cat fanciers are also expected to bring large exhibits to the show. In the Slroroe Court Maud B. Oudklrk hss begun suit tn district court against Robert. H. Oudklrk for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty and nonaupport. Ben jamin Abraham Greenspan asks a divorce from Bessie, on ground of .abandonment Judge Troup has granted a divorce to Otto Herman Bemhard from Elisabeth May Thompson Bnrnhard oa grounds ot abandonment and bad character. Boommate and valuable to at Oaot I L. Baum, 2717 North Twenty-Second street, reports to the police that hi room mate and his diamond stud and suitcase ail - disappeared at about the same time and asks the polio to assist him tn loca ting the trio. Ha admit that he I more worried over the diamond and suitcase than over his roommate,, as he believes the rater fully able to help himself out of a pinch. eoond fait Against T. B. Joy The sec ond suit against Prank E. Joy, growing out of an automobile accident In which his car ran down and Injured Mr. Emma J. Bailey, was filed In county court Satur day. Albert Bailey, her husband, idled suit for 1200 for loss of services and cost of medical attendance. Mrs. Bailey herself filed the first suit and secured 1450 in county court, which was reduced to ISO on appeal to the district' court. Womaa Oeta Terdlct da Kay A verdict tor I351.il was awardod to Cora Allen In Judge Pay' oourt against Arthur H, Rush ford tor an alleged balanoe-du her. on the price of a hay crop he bought of her. He refused to pay on the ground the scale on which the hay had been welgned had been manipulated. This is the case tn the trial of which Judge Day dismissed the jury last week because of the conduot of two of the juror. The second trial was before a new jury. .lleenae Allowed Monday At the meet ing of the Board of Fir and Polio Com missioner Friday night little business waa transacted, as none of the parties to con tested saloon license case were ready for trial Pate for hearing will be set again at the meeting to be held Monday. James Adams was instructed to readvertUe hi ap plication for license, a he had Inserted the advertisement before he filed the applica tion. Several onoonteeted application were considered, but no.no were allowed. They will be allowed Monday. Chief Brlfr Opposes X.loease Chief of Police John Brlggs of South Omaha has filed a protest with the oounty board against the granting of a saloon license to Peter . Anderson, who is now operating Just outside the city limits of South Omaha at Forty-sixth and Q streets. Chief Brlggs charges Anderson has violated the Slocumb law by keeping open on Sunday and allowing gambling In hi place and ha allowed It to become the rendesvoua for people of bad character, who eongregate there Bunday, when the lid Is on In South Omaha. ' '. Ask that. Be' Be Mad Bankrupt Th creditor oflTtioma Branlgan, a horse dealer of Columbus, have filed a petition In the United State district court asking that he be declared a bankrupt -The petitioning creditor and their claims are: The Colum bus State bank. $6,000, for money loaned; H. A. Clarke, for rent of farm, $700 and the Branlgan-Clarka .Co.. WOO for money ad vanced. The petitioners altege that Branl gan has disposed of ts.OOO worth of hi property to preferred creditor with th Intent to hinder and delay tb claim of tb petitioners. reeer Ordered Ajveated Saturday morning Commissioner of Health Connell ordered warrant Issued for th arrest of Charier Blind. 1S04 Leavenworth street ; O. C. Kuenne, trl Leavenworth' street; Charle - Resntcheck. HOT Leavenworth treat; B. Andre. ISM Cuming street L Rosen bl urn. (ot North Sixteenth street and R. T. Ogdea. l North Twenty-fourth street la each case the men are accused of eelllog milk not up te the standard re quired by th ctty ordinance, and Charles Blind la further aocused of soiling milk without a Hems' ' Bat Muterion Wu Sheriff. GUTT PLATS THAT MEANT . MUCH l Bad Mts Who Wnt Aaalaet Him aad Regretted Their Keol lhae A Boemlai Time for Cemeteries. Oklahoma's loud call to Bat Masterson to cut away from the enervating in fluence of the federal marshal's office in New York and hike for those section ot the booming west where hi fame wa achieved, lends timely Interest ' to a chronicle of Masterson' deed when Kan sas was young and the town of Podge wa building up It cemeteries. Alfred Henry Lewis, an artist .skilled tn western lore. Is the author, and the November number of Human Life thevyehlcle of the memoir. In a foreword, Lewis states that William Barclay Masterson was born tn Iroquois county. Illinois, about fifty-three year ago, moved with hi parent to - Kansas three year later and ha been Identified with th west for the greater part of hi life. Hi parent (till reside In Sedgwick county, Kansas. Recounting his life In Dodge and vicinity the memoir say: Mr. Masterson's hat measure seven and three-eighth. Wise, oool, wary, he 1 the born captain of men. Oenerou to a final dollar, th poor and needy 'make for htm like night bird for a lighthouse, To a courage that I proof, he adds a genius for justice, and carries honesty to the pitch ot romanticism. To these Virtues Of mind and heart, adds the thews of a grlssly bear, and you will have a picture of Mr. Masterson. Such he is; such he was when, at the age of iX the public elected him sheriff for Ford county, whereof the seat of justice was the stormy little city ot Podge. motaerlna Ebullient Cowboy. A sheriff, Mr. Masterson's duties car ried him over sixteen unorganised coun ties, beside th county of Ford. His more immediate responsibility, however. was the good order ot Podge, and to pre vent ebullient cowboys, when the autumn herds came up, from "standing" that baby hamlet "on It head." It took Judgment and nerve and forbearance and military kill; but Mr. Masterson accomplished the miracle, and did It, too, at a minimum of bloodshed. In the words of a satisfied cltl- en and taxpayer; "He never downed a man who didn't need It and kept Podge a steady as a church. Score of lurid spirit, whose live were forfeit by every western rule, have been pared to live a quieter life by the fore bearing Mr. Masterson. Mr. Sutton, a lawyer and a present resident of Podge, was out recently in the papers with a tory In Illustrative point Three cowboys, moved of whisky and a taste for violence, dashed down the single street of Dodge, their six-shooters biasing like - Roman candlea. Most peace officers would have harvested these boys; Mr. Masterson was more leniently Inclined, since thus far the young merrymakers had not succeeded in hitting anybody. Sure of lta aim, Mr. Masteseon's pistol barked three times. Two of th ponies fell, and Mr. Masterson drag ged their riders sprawled all abroad In the dust ot the street off to ths calaboose. The third pony lasted until he reached the south side of the Arkansas, and then dropped dead. Thereupon, It rider stripped off saddle and bridle, "stuck up" the in coming buckboard, and compelled the driver to turn nose-about-and land tilm at a nearest ranch more than forty miles aweyv 'There was. a lady aboard th buckboard who sang In the theaters. She waa coming north from Mobeetie to fill a Podge en gagement. . As shortening those tiresome forty miles,, the dismounted cowboy pietol in band, eye on the buckboard driver who might at any moment rebel told the canta trice that he thought she ought to sing. With that she thought so too; and so for forty miles she warbled "Silver Threads Among the Gold" and kindred melodies of concert hall vogue at the time. This boy got clear away, while the ravens and the coyotes, atUhelr feast over his dead pony, gloried in th fatal accuracy of the Master son guns. Demonstration of Strength.. A demonstrating his huge strength, Mr. Masterson once seized a recalcitrant cow punoher, Who, seated In his saddle, was making ready to "shake up the village." Th cowboy wa himself aa strong as whalebone, and gripped his pony with legs of iron. Throwing his. soul into th busi ness, Mr. Masterson gave that adhesive cowboy such a wrench th boy meanwhile clinging to hi mount like grim death that both pony and boy were thrown heavily to the ground. , It wa not always convenient nor even feasible, to spare the blood of the wrong doer. The following might furnish an ex ample in line. Mr. Kennedy rode up to the Alhambre, kept by Mr. Kelly, the then mayor, and took a shot at that pub lican and magistrate with hi Ballard. Mr. Kennedy missed Mr. Kelly, and killed a lady who bad coma to the Alhambra to have part In the nightly ball. Mr. Ken nedyIt waa I o'clock tn the evening on the heel ot the homicide, dug spurs Into his pony' flank and flew eouthward through the darkness. He waa heading for th Canadian 100 mile away. Mr. Masterson saddled his fleetest horse and started 'cross country for the ford where th flying Mr, Kennedy must oross th Medicine Ledge. There were three or four trails, and direct pursuit tn the dark waa eut of th question. Mr. Masterson reached th ford In th gray of the morn ing, bettering Mr,' Kennedy's time by an hour. He hobbled hi horse and threw himself In behind a convenient knoll, to wait th coming of th murderous flying one. At last the latter drew near, eye canning the ribbon of trail to the rear, pony worn and panting. No wonder, thla last; seventy miles, at a swinging hand gallon, la no mere canter. "Hold up your hands!" cried Mr. Master son. V Mr. Kennedy almost leaped from the saddle with th surprise of It; he wasnt looking for an enemy, in front Th next moment however, he pulled himself to gether and drove bullet at Mr. Master son from the Ballard. Mr. Masterson was qulto aa brisk. The retort ot hi big buf falo gun made one report with the Bal lard. Mr. Kennedy' ahot went wide, while the tO-caliber bullet from the bufalo gun tore Its fearful way into hia side. As he fell, an accidental yank on the Spanish bit brought the tired, broken pony with him. Mr. Kennedy rolled a dying eye upon Mr. Maxtor son. "You blankety-blank-blank!" said Mr. Kennedy; "you'd ought to have made a better ahot than that!" "Well, you blankety-blank murderer!" quoth Mr. Masterson. "I did ths best I could." Mr. Masterson's brother Ed was made marshal of Podge, somewhat against the wish of Mr. Masterson. '.The latter feared that the "bad men." who came and went la Dodge, would "out manage" his brother, whose suspicions were too esslly set at rest. The Kflllasi ef Masterssn'e B rather. It fell out as Mr. Masterson had feared. Mr. Wagner, drunk and warlike, sought to enter Mr. Peacock's dance hall, quoat- 7 A Ideal Christmas Gifts for tho Everyone is invited, to inspect and enjoy our great holiday display. Nearly GOO instruments to select from, including the World's leading makes, Steinway & Sons, Steger, Emerson, Hardman, A B. Chase, McPhail, Kurtzman and our Hand-Made Schmoller & Mueller Piano, sold direct from Factory to Home, thereby eliminating the middleman's profit. We have thousands of voluntary and unsought expressions of appreciation from people all over the country, to whom our pianos have proven a revelation and delight. 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Marshal Ed MaaUrson, In stead of pulling his own gun, as prudence would have flic ta ted, and stopping the vio lent Mr. Wagner with the cold murile thereof, eixed that truculent person by the shoulders. Instantly, Mr. Wagner' six-shooter was brought to the fore. With that, Marshal Ed Masterson shifted his' left hand to Mr. Wagner's wrlBt, and for the moment put that drunkard' weapon out of commission. There ttty two stood, the situation dead-locked, N . ; From across the street, Mr. Masterson taw event and started to hi brother' aid. He was still sixty feet away when Mr.' Walker, who, like Mr. Wagner, wa a person of cows, ran from th dance hall, and snapped his six-shooter In Mar shal ' KA Masterson's face. The cartridge failed to explode. Mr. Walker wa never given the chance of trying a second; for Mr. Masterson put three bullet from his Colt' 40 through him before h could hit the ground. A th dead Mr. Walker went down. Mr. Wagner, still in a grap ple with Marshal Ed Masterson, got hi gun to bear, and shot Marshal Ed Mas terson In the body. Th6 latter (ell, wounded to th death, coat afire from the other' powder. . Mr. Wagner fell aoross him, a bullet from Mr. Masterson' pistol through his brain. And after this fashion did Mr. Masterson maintain law and order In Dodge. Many were hi 'battle, many the wounds he wrought; and It wa said that the local doctor traced half hi practice to th un tiring effort of Mr. Masterson In behalf of communal peace. Averting War. Once upon a time In Dodge a general war was missed by narrowest margin. Thosa dead worthies, Messrs. King, Ken nedy, Wagner and Walker, had come on and all from Texas In their day, and Lone Star feeling, always clannish, seldom nicely critical, resented their taking off. It I not too much to say that $10,000,000 might have been borrowed on Mr. Masterson' scalp In a dozen Texas towns. Scores of stark souls came north with the herds, avowing no other Intention than to wipe out' the hated Mr. MSTBterson. Among these was Mr. Drlscoll big, vio lent, formidable. Mr, Drlscoll was not in Dodge ten minutes before Mr. Masterson Introduced himself. "I'll give you half an hour," said Mr. Masterson, "to put yourself the other side of the Arkansaw; and If you ever Jingle a spur In Dodge again I'll shoot you In wo." -Mr. Drlscoll crossed th "Arkansaw;" and later hi laurel somewhat tarnished, and not caring to return to Texas under such diminished circumstance, h Jour neyed down to Springer, and went to work for Senator Dorsey' "Triangle-dot." Mr. Burllson was sheriff of Colfax oounty, New Mexico, where the Dorsey ranches were, end Mr. Masterson wrote hi brother officer a letter. "Dear Burllson," said Mr. Mastaraon, "this man Drlscoll, who ha migrated to your neck of woods, will bear watching. He' a four-flush and a bully. If he trie to start anything down your way go right at hlin and he'll quit." Mr. Drlscoll "started" something.' Mr. Burllson went "right at him" and Mr. Drlscoll "quit." Also when he "quit" he was dead. Mr, Allison was a Texan by adoptlcn, and a friend of Mr. Driscoll. Likewise, he was lame wtth a club foot, limped when off his horse, and used a Winchester for a crutch. He had (lain many men. and took quiet pride In the fact that. In the teeth of local ordinance to the contrary, he never took hi gun off when he visited any town. "Kill Bierf Mm vrlth a Bis; Hat." Mr. Allison waa In Dodge when Mr. Mas terson Introduced himself to the offensive Mi. Drlsooll. Being coldly advised, how-evt-r, by Mr, Mastersun, Mr. Allison w not wearing hi hardware. In ths day that followed the banishment ot Mr, Drlscoll, the whluper went th Dodglan rounds that the Texas cow people, then and there In lnrge numbers, were making war medicine, and would presently "turn loose" under the leadership of Mr, Allison, With that th careful Mr, Masterson made preparations, and such berserk as Mr. Earp, Mr. Brown, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Holiday, Mr, Basaett, Mr. Short and other whose names war high and famous In tlie annals ef that hour, began cleaning responsive shotguns to be In readiness fur the Masterson cull to arms. The word was. If war broke out, to "kill P0AK1 Including Grands, Uprights, Squares, Organs, Pian olas. Pianola Pianos, Orchostrclles and Vocations. Union Square, .$03 $115 $138 j PIANO CO. the West, operating Five Stores and 1311-1313 Farnam Street Lincoln, Council Bluffs, and Sioux every man with a big cow bat on." Th Dodglana, be It known, wore bat of moder ate and exemplary rim. Mr. Masterson believed that If carnage descended It would com In the night. Which perhaps Wa tho reason why Mr. Allison chose the afternoon. Of a sudden, the latter gentleman rode Into the middle ot that single thoroughfare so often a battlefield armed to the teeth. Halting hi horse In front ot Mr. Webster's Alamo, Mr. Allison spake loud and fiercely, but he waa heedful to leave Winchester and pistol In their scabbards, and, while his' oratory wa terrible, hi hands continued a harm lessly empty a a child'. Mr. Masterson at th time wa sitting In hi office. With th earliest note of war from Mr. Allison, he matched up a shotgun nd "covered" that Texas chieftain.' Since Mr. Masterson wa to the rear of Mr. Allison, th latter enthusiastlst did not notice hi "covered" condition. Having Mr. Allison "covered." Mr. Mas taraon turned to Judge Colburn, now ot Bait Lak City, then district attorney of Dodge. "Skip out th book door, Judge," observed Mr. Masterson, "and tell Wyatt and the rest that I've got Allison dead to rights. Tell them not to close in on him; If he reaches for a gun, I'll hlv him. When they hear m (hoot, let them get busy right and left; tell them to bump oft every Texan they find in town." A Thoaarktfal Drink. Th warning word went down the line, and Mr. Allison waa left unmolested In hla eloquence. But that very fact made him uneasy. He wa tiot without 4 working knowledge of homicide as a science; and the sight of th several head of Messrs. Earp and Holiday and Bassett and Short and a oor beside protruding In an ex pectant fringe from door and window all along the street, though a common Idea obtained that something Interesting wa about to happ chilled him and bid him pause. Mr.- Allison looked excessively both ered. Finally he shut down hi oratory in mid flow, got off hi hone, limped dubiously into Mr. Webster' Alamo aaloop, and took a thoughtful drink. Observing Mr. Mas terson enter, Mr. Allison pretended great Joy. , "Where were you, Bat?" he aaked. "I've been looking all over town for you." "I've been see-aawlng on you with a shot gun for. ten minutes," returned Mr. Mus terman grimly. "What' th matter, Clayr Mr. Allison appeared a bit confused, but explained that he bad been aroused by the Insult of a readheaded hardware clerk who didn't know who be, Mr. Allison, was. Being calmer now, he would again disarm In deference to th prevailing local taste a to shooting Iron. Thus th bualneaa passed without ac tual hostilities, and Mr. Allison confessed later that hi reason for "simmering-' wa he had ' had a "premonition." It' Just possible he did. In any event, and what ever the cause, hi change of offensive front that afternoon, saved many a life. Also, It saved Dodge from what would els have proved the ruddeat chapter In all her crim son history. When th new liquor law took effect In Kama In '81, Mr. Masterson laid down hit Office. He Wa not sumptuary, and, while he himself never drank liquor, refused to be drawn into deadly collision with gentle men whose only offense had been a too ve hement thirst. Besides, he urged, consider ing the many strenuous years he hsd gone through, he felt be had earned a rest. There wa at ' leaat one gentlemen in Dodge who didn't share this vacation view. The hour was evening, and Mr. Masterson. no longer sheriff, was sitting in th rear room of Mr. Kelly's Alhambra. In talk with Judge Colburn. Mr. Bell appeared abruptly in th door, a six-shooter in his right hand, another In his belt Mr. Bell is th sober, quiet, sheriff of that same county of Ford; but In these, his younger years, he waa a sturdy customer, and had "ahot up" several of hia acqualntancea. For incident, he "had It in" for Mr. Masterson. "I think." remarked Mr. Bell, a he tood triumphantly ia th door "I think there' a horned toad her I want to kill." "Like a flash, th sensitive Mr. Master son who had h been either alow or dull would never have lived till now-was on hia feet, th mussle that never missed pointing squarely between ths eyes of Mr. Bell. Naturally the latter warrior freae up; he stood as though planet-struck. There waa a darkling pause; then Mr. u)jiiifnn jwlllllbvlti Entire Family rosewood case i . $30 Emerson, good tone $43 Steinway, Chlckerlng, Knabe and Kranlch & Bach, ISO. C0, 75 and $83 . a Factory. Main WareroomB and Tel. Douglas 1625 City. Masterson, gun unwaverllngly upon Mr. Bell, began slowly to advance. Mr. BpII never moved. Coming within reach, Mr. Masterson suddenly let down the hammer of hla pistol and smote Mr. Bell auch a Jealous blow Upon the head that he went to tho floor, and from the floor to hi bed for two weeks. Tear later I asked Mr. Masterson why he withheld hi fire. 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