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THE REPORTER.
*• *1 A It. (. millir, Publiihart.
CHELSEA, - INDIAN" TERRITORY
WOMAN'S FRIENDSHIP.
IJit klnrtiichH, when of kindness sure our
nerd,
Whiu tongue enn tell?
Iler xoothliiK Uieei-lH, bulm to heart* that
bleed,
Our tears dispel.
Her very fllener l>routhon it My input hy
Deeper than uny utterunco tun he,
Our griefs to quell.
All thni Is hlgheat, nobloat, heat In uh,
She looks to tlnd:
Alight elite. aught huse, she makes u
emulous
To cant behind;
But when achievement lags far In the
rear
Of effort, women, then, alas! we fear,
Ik all too kind.
When Joy Is ours, that Joy were less than
naught
Without her smile;
Murd-earned success, with sorest struggle
bought,
Were not worth while;
\nd life Its. If. were she not here to sharp
Its pleasures and Its pubis, Its mirth and
eare,
Were drear exile.
—Percy K. HUknell, In Overland Month-
ly.
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It. FILLINGHAM measured all
things by money; aud as young
Medway, who had had the temerity to
lall in love with the financier's daugh-
ter, possessed hut a limited portion of
this universally coveted commodity,
though gifted with a fair amount of
brains and good looks, Mr. Filling-
ham's action in sternly forbidding "any
more nonsense," as he unfeelingly put
it, between Phyllis and the young man
was perhaps justified.
It is not in the nature of things,
however, for two fond hearts thus
ruthlessly rent asunder to submit un-
questloningly to such an unreasoning
decree of fate. Within the week of the
fiat going forth the two had met. Not
that there was anything clandestine
in it. That was not young Medway's
style. Walking boldly up to the for-
bidden Fillingham mansion one likely
afternoon he had asked for the finan-
cier s daughter and had been received.
For the moment parental obedience
had yielded to C'upid's more resistless
claims. And could Mr. Fillingham
himself, five minutes later, have seen
the lovely tear-stained face which
looked appealingly into young Med-
way s he might, perhaps, have realized
the utter hopelessness of attempting
to change the course of true love.
"What can we do?" wept Phyllis
with tear-dimmed eyes, whose beauty
was still unimpaired by their grief.
"Must we part for ever? Cannot you
think of something, George? Surely
there must be some way of " The
tears choked further utterance and
George frowned deeper in the intensity
of his emotion. fair-
"There is only one way I can think
of," he replied slowly, "and that is
lie paused and looked steadily
at Phyllis, who returned his gaze with
questioning eyes and red, parted lips.
"What?" she breathed eagerly.
"To elope," declared George, calmly.
The beautiful eyes grew wider still
in their startled gaze; then, dropping
them, Phyllis hid her fare in her hand-
kerchief.
"Two hundred pounds is all I pos-
sess in this world," proceeded Med-
way, encouraged by these manifesta-
tions; "but I have got my wits, and
with your love in the bargain, dear-
est, to help me through, I shall suc-
ceed." He paused, but Phyllis' faca
was still invisible and he proceeded in
his argument.
"There is a thing I have on hand
which might lead to a few extra hun
dreds," he declared with business-
like persuasion. "I have known of
thousands made out* of a poorer
chance. An option to purchase some
property, dearest; though, of course,
you don't understand these things.'
Once more he paused, but presently
proceeded:
"Why should we part," he urged,
"at the bidding of another who can-
not appreciate our love? Why, even
though it be at your father's word,
should we sacrifice that which can
alone make life dear to us? Speak,
darling! What. i3 your choice? To
come with one who will love and cher-
ish you till his latest breath, or"—his
voice shook—"to say farewell for
ever?"
At this last touching appeal the lit-
tle handkerchief was moved swiftly
from the face; a pair of bright, trustful
eyes met his for a second; then clasp-
ing her arms about his neck Phyllis
hid her face on his shoulder.
"I will come," she whispered.
dt.v. Most of thom were known (o
Medway, keen business men who dab-
bled In house proporty, land nnd (he
dotation of companies with a zest and
sharpness known only to those who
had once cotno In contact with them,
but kf WM (iud closes, anuingsl them
was Mr. Pili>ne?um himself,
It was during the lengthy discus-
sion after dinner over their wine and
cigars of these birds of h feather that
Phyllis was jo forsake the paternal
nest, and tako^Hiat (light which should
make or nnfr her future happiness.
The details had been carefully
planned and, adhering closely to these
arrangements, Medway found himself
in the conservatory at eight o'clock on
the evening of tho dinner. Five min-
utes later, approaching with a quick,
soft tread in the semi-darkness, came
Phyllis, true to her tryst.
Springing forward, Medway clasped
her hands in liis.
"Darling!" ho whispered, Joyfully.
Then, amidst his elation and the trem-
bling fears of Phyllis, they drew sharp-
ly up. Ahead from a side doorway
leading to the main passage of the
conservatory, down which they must
pass to escape, came Mr. Flillngham'a
voice.
"This way, Foxbrook," they heard
hint say. "We shall bo undisturbed
here."
Still holding Phyllis' hands, Medway
drew her swiftly nnd silently beneath
the cover of some thick palms and
shrubs which ''bordered the passage,
and lie had barely done so when Mr.
Fillingham and Foxbrook, a co-di-
rector, and the vice chairman of Mr.
Fillingham's great land syndicate, took
their seat on a low iron bcnch not
three yards away.
"What is the news, Foxbrook?"
asked Mr. Fillingham, eagerly.
"Ilather important to you," declared
Foxbrook in his cool, deliberate way;
"indeed to ail of us in the syndicate.
I have just learnt from Bencher that
the new loop line will to a certainty
go through Darnley and tap the full
length of the lrwell Hall estate. He
advises me, too, that we have no time
to waste If the deal is to be worked,
and we must buy the lrwell people up
without an hour's delay."
"Decidedly," declared Mr. Filling-
ham. "Did you call on Mullitt and
Fudge, the agents?"
"I did," replied Foxbrook, slowly.
"And informed them we were disposed
to treat for the estate if it were cheap.
But we are too late."
"Too late!" cried Mr. Fillingham.
"That bland fool old Mullitt, who
evidently knows nothing yet," rejoined
Foxbrook, "informed me they would
have been glad to treat with the syn-
dicate, but they had granted an option
of purchase to a person who hoped to
find a buyer within the present month,
provided his efforts were guaranteed
by the option of the acceptance or re-
fusal of the estate for £20,000 up to
the 30th."
"Good heavens!" cried the financier.
"Why the estate has gone a-begging
for months, and must be trebled in
value if Bencher is right. Who is the
man? Can he have got wind of the
thing?"
"That remains to be seen," declared
Foxbrook. "You know him pretty
well. It is young Medway, who was
connected with us in that small af-
"I win!" he chuckled.
win—you and I, PhylliB,
turn at once! I have your father be'
nun Hi my thumb just as he had me."
"You foresaw It all, dear—about the
new line?" asked Phyllis with trou-
bling delight.
"Not 1!" laughed Medway. "I al-
ways had an Idea that tho estate would
some day be enhanced In value and
qldek.b0r2 "LOVE FEASTS."
Officer* of the National League Will Too*
the Country In tlio Intercut of
Moose volt's Itc-Flection.
Chicago, Oct. a.—Party rallies In
every stato In the union, under tho
personal direction of the oflleors and
members of tho executive coranjlttoo
of the republican national ioague, re-
was endeavoring to persuade old Beck-! . , UttUUIlU1 ,oaKl11
enham to invest in It. He maysay ! bat-
good-by to his chance now. But I must mile',, tJn,„ l°.T
1)0
«ft i *ii*h11 f palgn for the re-election of President
nuho, riA „i Vozssr
u: pur'"' '"'o" *he
THE NATIONAL TREASURY.
In his little office, four stories up,
Annex. It Is proposed that tho officers
ol the leaguo shull make a tour of tho
moans to bring about republican sua
and that barely large enough to swing
a cat, Medway sat tho following morn-
ing with an appearance of busy pre-
occupation, judging by the hooka and
papers skillfully littered before him,
which might have deceived more ob-
servant eyes oven than those of Mr,
Fillingham and Foxbrook.
Ten o'clock had barely struck, how-
ever, an early hour for men like Fil-
lingham nnd Foxbrook to be afield,
NO "SHOTGUN" METHODS.
War Department Dan Not Tlilolc Yellow
Fever Situation at Undo Kequlrei
llruNtltt MWIMUTO*.
Washington, Oct. 2.—Fearing an
epidemic of yellow fover, a number of
persons living along the Rio Grande
when he heard their voices on the have appealed to the war department
creaking staircase. Uendlng over his lor the establishment of "shot-gun"
desk, he applied hlmsolf with an ar-
dor to tho sheet before him that per-
haps we may have ail assumed at some
time over an Imaginary task.
His look of absent-minded industry
quarantine and that tho soldiers be
ordered to this duty. While the offi-
cials of the department are alive to
the necessity for action to prevent the
spread of the disease, they have con-
as he glanced up at the entry of the eluded that the present outbreak does
two was worthy of a skilled actor; but not justify such radical steps as con
rising after a look of inquiry, tinged
by just the faintest touch of politely
assumed surprise at the sight of Fil-
lingham, ho offered the only two chairs
the office possessed.
"We shall not detain you long, Mr.
Medway," rejoined the financier, de-
clining them somewhat distantly.
"Just a trilling business matter on
which Mr. Foxbrook and myself, as
representatives of the Suburban Land
Investment and Building
templated by the request for troops.
find ourselves brought in touch with
you. We learn, in short, from Messrs.
Mullitt and Fudge that you have been
granted an option of purchase of the
lrwell Hall estate for £20,000. Is
that so?"
Mu? Cu-t Out Free
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 2.—Commis-
misslon men at the stock yards have
started an agitation to do away with
free meals to customers that come to
market, also tho custom of supplying
them with daily papers the year
round. It is estimated that 50 to 60
cents of every $1 taken in by commis-
sion men is returned to the trade
Syndicate, through various channels.
Rurplui for the Yenr*.Vl,V!07.(MI7—Money
In Clrciilutlon tU'J I.HNii.UUSI <•router
Tliuu tlie Your frevloue.
Washington, Oct. 1.—mils II. Rob-
erts, treasurer of tho United States,
has submitted to Secretary Shaw hla
report on tho condition of the treas-
ury June >'10, 1903, and its operations
during the past fiscal your. The to-
tal not revenue for tho year was $500,-
.190,1)7." nn Increase of $38,9S8,-i3& over
the year preceding, and tho total ex-
penditures f500,ODD,007, an Increase of
$35,782,0.'!4, The surplus was $54,207,-
007, as compared with $91,287,375 la
1902. In tho receipts thero was an In-
crease of upward of $30,000,000 from
customs and a falling off of over $41,-
000,000 from internal revenue, the lat-
ter being the result of legislation en-
ucted with that object.
Treasurer Roberts places the mon-
etary stock of the country on June
30, 1903, including gold and silver.
United States notes, troasury notes
und national bank notes, but not cer-
tificates, at $2,(188,149,021, an increase
of $124,882,903 for the year.
Tho Increase of the money In circu-
lation during the year was $121,740,-
252, of which $59,770,402 was In gold
and gold certificates and $54,520,193
in national bank notes. Tho share of
money for each person increased 89
cents and tho proportion of gold to
tho whole rase to 42 per cent., the
highest ration ever recorded.
LACK OF CHURCH TRAINING.
Chancellor MucCrucken, of New York Unl-
venltj, Would Kequlre from livery
Freshman u Sunday School Diploma.
^ New York, Oct. 1.—Chancellor Mac-
Cracken, of New York university, de-
plored the lack of church training
feliown by the average student in his
annual address to tho student body.
He said: "I wish we could require
from every freshman a Sunday school
diploma that would certify that he
knew by heart the Ten Command-
ments, the Sermon on the Mount, a
church catechism of some kind, a score
of the Scripture hymns. This univer-
Trainmen Killed, ('urn DemollnVied.
Centervile, la., Oct. 2.—Two freight
trains on the Rock Island collided,
head-on, six miles east of Centerville.
Ten people were injured. John Good-
"You have been rightly informed," nian died from his injuries and James slty will join any association of unl-
replieil Medway. j Holeran and James Krambeck of Eldon ! versities and colleges that will demand
"The estate, as you are probably were fatally hurt. Each train was | ,llis as nn entrance requirement. So
aware," proceeded Mr. Fillingham, going 30 miles an hour and the en-
"has been on the market for a consid- gines and 14 cars were completely de-
erable time without a purchaser; but ! molished
latterly our syndicate have considered
Th° little romance had been arranged
with businesslike dispatch. A few of
Mr. Fillingham's friends from the ciiy
were to diue with him the following' her rai>tutou;ly.
"Medway!" gasped Mr. Fillingham.
"Your Medway," declared Foxbrook,
half satirically, "who was after your
daughter. 1 could never understand
why you threw such a promising young
fellow over."
"And you say he has the option to
purchase for £20,000 within the
month/" asked Mr. Fillingham.
"Why, the estate is worth £60,000 of
any man's money if Bencher's infor-
mation proves reliable."
"More," rejoined Foxbrook, calmly.
"And Bencher is beyond doubt."
"Well, we must see Medway," as-
serted Mr. Fillingham.
Foxbrook laughed quietly.
"After kicking him out?" he in-
quired, facetiously.
"This thing i3, of course, a purely
business matter," replied Mr. Filling-
ham. "And from what. I know of Med-
way he will treat it as such. He is
poor enough. It is more than probable
that he knows nothing of the real
state of affairs and is just dabbling to
make a small commission. We must
see him at once before he gets wind
of its real value. Though, of course,
he is without money to buy himself."
"Pish!" said Foxbrook, contemptu-
ously, "he will have a dozen offers
within the week unless we secure him
before the rush—Steinway, Goldthorpe,
Phlllipson and a score of others will
be anxious to snap it up when the news
is known. Bencher gives us only three
or four days before the cat Is out of
the bag. But I have my doubts of
young Medway. It seems odd he
should have got control of the estate
just at this juncture. We must get in
touch with him at once. Not a min-
ute should be lost in the morning,
though we must move cautiously."
"Undoubtedly." said Mr. Fillingham.
Moving away, thoy retired from the
conservatory, leaving the two uninten-
tional eavesdroppers once more free
to follow their way. But the situation
had swiftly chan-red.
Turning to Phyllis, Medway ki*.;cd
the matter as to whether by careful
development it might not be made to
pay as a building site."
"Precisely," said Medway.
"We presume," proceeded Mr. Fil-
lingham. "that you do not contemplate
buying the estate yourself, Mr. Med-
way. and that you have secured the op-
tion from a speculative point of view.
In short, we are disposed to purchase
for £20,000, allowing you a fair per-
centage of commission."
"I fear not," smiled Medway, bland-
ly. "Your surmise that I do not con-
template buying myself is entirely un-
founded. 1 shall probably do so. Per-
haps you are not aware, gentlemen,
that the new line to Darnley will skirt
the whole length of the estate, consid-
erably increasing its value. I should
have no difficulty in raising a £20,-
000 mortgage on the security of the
estate alone, and I dare say Steinway
or Goldthorpe would be glad to snap it
up for £30,000 or £40,000."
"N-nonsense!" stammered Mr. Fil-
lingham, weakly, with a blank glance
at Foxbrook. "Forty thousand? Pre-
posterous, .Mr. Medway!"
"I have it on good authority," re-
plied Medway, coolly, "that the estate
if carefully developed will be worth
£60,000."
Foxbrook laughed at Mr. Filling-
ham's face even amidst his dismay.
"You have stolen a march on us,
Medway," he declared. "Though how
you got the news so early Heaven only
knows! I suppose there is no chance
of buying you out? Of course, the es-
tate wants a building capital to be
properly worked. Have you a price?"
"There is a price, certainly, Mr. Fox-
brook," smiled Medway.
"And that?" demanded both men
quickly.
"Can I rely on you to keep a secret,
Mr. Foxbrook?" asked Medway.
"Decidedly," replied Foxbrook.
"Still, it is a purely business mat-
ter," observed Medway. "Ten thou-
sand pounds down for my option,
seat on the board of your syndicate
with enough shares to entitle me to
that position, and the estate is yours
on one other condition."
"Name it," cried Fillingham.
"That you give your consent to the
marriage of Phyllis and myself."
"Bravo!" laughed Foxbrook, hearti-
ly. "A fair offer. You consent, Fil-
lingham. of course."
Mr. Fillingham did assent, as
gracefully as lay In his power. Later
in the day, too, he made known the
withdrawal of his objection to the
radiantly happy Phyllis.
"I find, indeed, my dear," he ex-
plained, "that Mr. Medway, in an im-
portant financial matter in which we
have been jointly concerned, has
shown such undoubted business ability
and promise that, in short, I have nc
further objection to your immediate
marriage."—Casscll's Saturday Jour-
ral.
Officer* Rnved I'pearlior'A Life.
Ventura, Cal., Oct. 2:—A. F. Allen,
p wealthy Free Methodist minister of
Santa Paula, is under arrest charged
by a Mrs. Larsen with attacking
Drusila Larsen, aged 11. A mob sur-
rounded the jail bent on lynching Allen,
but the determined stand by the sher-
ii! and his deputies saved his life.
much as in us lies, we'will make the
college a place for preserving nnd
strengthening reverence for things Di-
vine."
Swift Couldn't Corner f/trri.
Chicago, Oct 2.—The effort of
Swift & Co. to corner the September I c'ty unless a boycott declared by tho
A LOCKOUT DECLARED, 'q
Four Ury Good.. Store* lu IJos Moines I)e-
uiand That a Boycott Agiiinut a Fifth
.Store lt« Knitted.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 1.—A special to
the World-Herald from Des Moines,
la., says: A lock-out of all union em-
ployes was last night declared by four
of the largest dry goods stores In tho
lard market—an undertaking always
hazardous—ended in a failure. Traders
say this is the situation: Swift & Co.
r.re loaded down with a line of 200,000
tierces of lard, for which there is com-
paratively little demand by shorts.
• lO.OOO.OOO to Fight Tobacco Trust.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 2.—The Secur-
ity Warehouse company, of New York,
has arranged to lend $10,000,000 to the
Kentucky Burley Tobacco Growers'
association with which to buy this first
year's crop from the growers. The as-
sociation is fighting the tobacco trust
I>emorrntft Condemn Lynchlneii,
Boston, Oct. 2.—The platform adopt-
ed by the democratic state conven-
tion is silent on the money question,
the first time sinre 189G; condemns
lynchings everywhere, and opposes
the repeal of the Fourteenth and Fif-
teenth amendments.
unions against a fifth store is raised
by to-day. The merchants have or-
ganized to combat the demands of the
labor unions and unless a compromise
Is effected a contest will begin for su-
premacy. Several hundred clerks are
affected.
Dynamite Don't Frighten Him.
Stroud, Ok., Oct. 1.—James Wad-
kins, a negro restaurant keeper at
Stroud, was warned to leave town,
where negroes are unpopular. Wad-
kins declined to move, and later un-
known persons threw a stick of dyna-
mite into his restaurant. Several ne-
groes were knocked insensible and tho
window pains broken. Wadkins de-
clares that he can't be blown out of
town.
The Public Delit
Washington, Oct. 2.—The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business Septem-
ber 30, 1903, the debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to $917,752,545,
which is a decrease for the month of
$6,171,812.
Wouldn't Have Their Arms Scratched.
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 2.—Half a
hundred of the girls of the Indianapo-
lis high schools rebelled against vac-
cination and routed the young physi-
cians who had been sent out by the
health board to scratch their arms.
Warner Statue Unveiled.
Berlin, Oct. 2.—The unveiling of the
colossal memorial to Wagner, who is
represented as sitting In an armchair,
took place Thursday in an emphithe-
atre in the woods of the Thiergarten.
Will Krect Odd Fellow*' Home.
Oklahoma City, Ok., Oct 2—The
Odd Fellows of the two territories
organized a building association here
and will erect an Odd Fellows' home
here at once to cost $100,000
Chicago City Hall Full of "(irart."
Chicago, Oct. 1.—"If I could fire all
tho men I suspect of 'grafting* they
would be jumping out of every window
in the city hall. This hall Is full of
'graft,' big and little—you know It.
and can't prove it. I have got 18
months left and I will get some of
them yet." With these and other
frank declarations Mayor Harrison has
expressed himself on the subject of
municipal service.
Santa Fe Koad Into Joplln.
Joplin, Mo., Oct. 1.—It is reported
that the Santa Fe system will soon
enter Joplin. It is said that the line
will run from Pittsburg south through
Georgia City and on to Joplin, a dis-
tance of 28 miles, and that the road
will be built at once.
Depnty Marshal Klcharda Ken ten cod.
Indianola, la., Oct. 1.—W. A. Rich-
ards, ex-deputy United States marshal,
was sentenced by Judge Applegate to
18 years' servitude in the penitentiary
for robbing the home of Mrs. Sarah
Sullivan of $2,200 at Hamilton, la., on
January 2, 1903.
Anenlc tiot Into the Food.
O'Neill, Neb., Oct. 1.—George Bow-
den, his wife and four grown children
were poisoned by arsenic which had
Doe« He Keflect Democratic Sentiment?
Guthrie, Ok., Oct. 2.—While here at-
tending a masonic convention Con- ,n some manner gotten into the food,
gressman J. D. Richardson, democratic Mr- and Mrs- Bowden are In a, critical
house leader, declared for single state- condition, but the children will prob-
hood for Oklahoma
HrazM Want, a Ilalloon Contr.t.
Rio Janeiro, Oct 2.—The chamber
of deputies has passed the bill provid-
ably recover.
Death of Aniliaa.ador Herbert.
London, Oct. 1.—Sir Michael Her-
brrt. the British ambas-iador to the
V
ing for an International steerable bal- j United States, is dead at Davos-Plata,
lnnn rnmnpti inn nt Tor. ^
loon competition at Rio Janeiro
1901, for a prize of $100,000
in ' Kwitiisrlr.nd.
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