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ISSUED SEMI-WEEKLY. lT'mTokist & sons, PnbUshers. 1 '? ^ainiig fteppr 4or (he promotion off (he golitical, Social, ^pieuHural, and gommerrial Interests of the Jleojte. {TEK"8i^^oi^ n^'cro?aii(!r ' EST A BLIS HE D "i 8 557 YQRKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 89, 1903. NO. 9. THE KNIFE By FREDERICK VAI Author of "Not Like Other SUcnc Copyright, 1SU1, oy J?reaenc van rveuos CHAPTER VII. WYNDHAM'S GAME OF DOUBLES. AFTER that there was a hiatus which lasted several weeks, during which nothing worthy of record here happened. Wyndham and Escudera continued to meet as they had done before, and there were other Interviews between James and Wyndham. which, however, developed nothing uew. The letters sent to Mexico by Wyndham were answered, but from them he derived no Information that was of benefit to him In his search for the defiant mystery that had shrouded the life of Burr PeDdleton. With the exception that now and then some Incident would recall the eveut to the memory of a reporter, the tragedy of which Pendleton was the victim was almost forgotten. Even Wyndham himself began to despair of ultimate success, or. rather, he had about made up bis mind to go tn Mpxioo himself, where be believed the solution of :he affair was located, when an event occurred which altered all bis plans and which brought things ultimately to a climax. He was sitting Idly in the clubhouse one afternoon, wearily thinking over all that had occurred and endeavoring to decide what was best for him to do next. wbeD one of the servants Informed him that a lady in a carriage at the door wished to speak to him. He rose wonderingly. for Craig Wyndhnm was In no sense a ladles' man. He never sought their society and. in fact, avoided them when he could. That one should drive to the clubhouse door and ask for him was so utterly unprecedented that he was for the moment nonplused. However, he obeyed the summons at once and In another moment was standing at the curb beside the vehicle. The lady who had summoned him from the club occupied the rear seat of the carriage. Opposite her was another 'womain. Both wefe veiled. He rightly guessed that they were mistress and servant and therefore bestowed only one quick glance upon the woman who occupied the front seat. The other he regarded earnestly, for an instant ouly, while he tried in vain to peer through the meshes of her veil. It was an artfully constructed affair, evidently arranged with an attempt to conceal the fact that it was intended for a disguise, and yet so cleverly worn that it effectually concealed the features of the wearer. Closely woven and dotted here aud there by black spots and doubtless doubled, it was only sufficiently transparent to permit Wyndham to discern two glowing eyes behind it and to guess rather than to see that the fuce to which they belonged was young and beautiful. Perhaps there was something in her voice which impressed that idea upon him, for he did not remember ever having heard one just like it before or one that suited him quite so well. "Are you Mr. Craig Wyndham?" she asked the moment he approached her. He thought?it seemed to him. and yet he was by no means sure?that there was a slight touch of accent in the words, such an accent as a young girl for a long time at school abroad might acquire. "Yes," be replied, "I am Craig Wyndham. I do not think, however, that I have the honor of your acquaintance." he added bluntly. "No," she assented. "I am unknown to you, Mr. Wyndham. Will it serve as sufficient introduction for the present If I tell you that I was Mr. Pendleton's friend?" "His friends?that is, his real friends ?may count upon me as a friend, mailam," was the diplomatic reply. "Did he never mention to you one whose given name is Carmen?" she Inquired next. "Never." "Did he not tell you about the duel in Mexico?" was her next question. "He mentioned It: that is all. I never heard the particulars." She was silent for a moment then, but suddenly she extended one hand toward him. and he saw that it contained a card. "I will not mystify you any longer. Mr. Wyndham," she said. "There Is iny card. 1 have written upon it the name of the hotel where I am stopping. Would you like to hear the particulars of the duel to which I have already referred ?" "1 should, very much indeed." "If you will call upon me this evening, there is much that I would like tc A. .11 ?n?i TKo U'AttlU n M'llA So with n \ c ll'U > Oil. XUC 11 VL'i?tll 11 u VS ig avM It Mil now is iuy sorvnut. She will be present when you call, but she does not under stand a word of English. Will 3*011 eo'ne?" "Most certainly I will conic. Will you name the hour when you will ex pect me?" "At 8. I have a private parlor, when we can converse undisturbed. Now one more question. Mr. Wyndham." He bowed, and she continued: "Do you know of a gentleman who is tere from Mexico, by name Escudera?' "I do." "I hope, for th? present at least, thai he may not learn of my presence in tk< city." "Nobody will learn that fact fron me. I can assure you of that." "How abrupt and how direct yov THROWERS * RENSSELAER DEY. Men," "The Brotherhood ol e," Etc. lelaer Day. are, Mr. Wyndham! Too mueli of both Id coping with such a man as Escudera. If you \\111 pardon me for saying It. But I did not mean my remark as you understood It." "Will you tell me what you did mean?" "I will risk offending you and reply. I mean that I doubt very much if you go anywhere without the knowledge of that man. and therefore I hope that you will see to it tonight that you are not followed and therefore unconsciously betray me." For the first time since the Interview began Wyndham smiled. "Thank you." he said. "1 confess 1 had not thought of that possibility, but I think I may assure you that Senor Escudera will uot know where I call this evening." "Do you speak Spanish, Mr. Wyndham?" she asked quite Irrelevantly. "Yes." he replied, still in English; "1 speak several languages." "Then if you will tell my coachman to return to the hotel I will be ot liged. I gave him other orders when we started. He does not understand English." "Does he understand the city sufficiently well to drive you about?" "Quite so. thank you." Wyndham raised bis bat and closed the carriage door; tben. having given tbe necessary directions to tbe driver and standing motionless while the vehicle rolled away, he turned and reentered the club. As he mounted the steps he happened to raise bis eyes and. peering at him from one of the windows, was the smiling and?handsome face of Carlos Escudera. who nodded at him genially. Wyndham could barely repress a start of apprehension lest the Mexican had seen and recognized the lady or one of her servants. It was impossible to determine whether he had or not, but he recalled with sudden emphasis the word of warning that Carmen del Puente had given him. He walked through to the back parlor of the club and. having seated himself beside the grate, dropped the card that he still held in his hand upon tbe coals and watched it until it had burned to ashes. Then with the poker he destroyed the ashes, punching them down among the glowing embers. As he straightened up In his chair he heard the soft voice of Carlos Escu aera Denina mm. "Have pity on a poor fellow, Wyudham," he said, "and give me the benefit of your society a little while. In my language there is no word which expresses my feelings, but in yours there is one which tits it exactly. It is homesickness. Did you ever experience it?" "Often. Take a seat, Don Carlos. Have you an engagement for this evening?" "No; nothing." "Then I have an Idea?one that will cheer .you up. 1 hope. I will ask two or three others to join us at my rooms, and we will have a game of cards." "That is kind of you. Wyndham." "I'm not so sure of that. You may find the evening an expensive luxury." "I'll take my chances of that." replied Kseudera, with a grim smile. lie was notoriously expert with cards and seldom lost. "Suppose we make the affair an Innovation?" continued Wyndham reflectively. "It Is 3 o'clock now. We I?''/j& 15 i a > He heard the soft voice of Carlos Eftcudcriibehind him. ! will begin the game at G precisely and . play till G in the morning. I can make up a parly to do that, I'm sure. I'll have my man serve us something good . to eat at midnight. How does that i strike you?" . "As a good idea." "" " Ot Hilt pnnnn [ ? I'l'J Wi ll. .11 III UIC Ml >1I,T .w... at 5. Iu I lie meantime 1 will have i made up the party and have everybody on hand at that time." I This was agreed to. and the two men parted. Kseudera left the club at once but Wyudhnm loitered until he liai' t {tone and then looked up Biggs, win . was in the library. "Carleto." he said, "I want you to d( uie it very {treat favor. May I depenc ? upon you?" "Certainly, Craig. What is it?" "I have got a party on hand at inj t rooms for tonight, and 1 want you t< > be one of us." "It strikes me that the obligation i: i on the other side, old man." "Wait. You have not heard nit i through. The party is to convene at 5 At G we are to begin a game of poker, wbicl) is to last until G in the morning. rl "I didn't know that you went In for ' that sort of thing. Craig. And you know"? "Walt; wait! I know, of course, that you cannot afford such things, and you do right in keeping out of them, but | tills is an extreme ease, i cave anoiuer engagement for tonight, one that 1b very Important, one that I must keep and which 1 desire to remain a mystery. Do you understand?an engager ment that I do not want anybody" to know about, an Important business engagement; understand?" "I begin to?yes." "Well, this Is what 1 want you to do. You will understand how thoroughly I trust you. At half past 7 precisely I want you to drive to my door In a four wheeler that you will have engaged at Madison square or anywhere, so that It is not here at the club. Pay the driver in advance. Tell him to hurry to my door, and tell him when a gentleman comes out and gets Into his vehicle he Is to start off at once without a word nud drive as fast as his horses can go to the corner of Thirtythird street and turn the corner toward Sixth avenue. There, after he has turned the corner, he will pull up until he hears the door of his carriage slam shut, when, without looking around, he will drive ou nud return to his stand, wherever that may be. You will give him $5 for his trouble. He will be glad to do It, but be particular to have him do it just as I have said. My own carriage will be awaiting me. and if anybody tries to follow me that person will have a good time of It What do you think?" "Excellent." "Now for the remaiuder of your Instructions. Itush into my room In the greatest haste, all out of breath, and all that. We will be at the game. Say something apologetic for interrupting us and then whisper somethiug?anything?in my ear. I will look amazed and a tritle aunoyed. I will say aloud, 'At the Waldorf?' You will reply: 'Yes. and they are going awuy In an hour. I knew that you wanted particularly to see them, and I have looked everywhere for you. At last it struck me that you might be here. My cab Is at the door. Take that, and you will get there in time.' That ends your part of the scheme. I will ask the others to excuse me?important business, won't keep me un hour, and all that, you know, and ask you to take my hand and play for me till 1 return. You consent. and I'll do the rest. Will you do It all. Curleton? I'll never forget it." "You can count on me to the letter, Craig." "I knew 1 could. Here la^some, money. I don't know how much, but never mind; don't let anybody see you take it. Remember, half past 7." "I'll be there. Will you be long away?" "I cannot tell ? an hour or two or nf fKn mAof T~'1 iirr mT7 honH froo VU1 CU UI VUC IUMO k. M IMJ AM J UUUU M vv ly. I won't mind if you lose considerably to keep them Interested. You understand?" "Yes." "Biggs, you're a trump. I cannot tell you how you have relieved me." After that Wyndham wrote several notes, which be sent out by messenger boys, with instructions to bring replies. They were all In by half past 4 and were evidently satisfactory, for Craig Wyndliam did not look in the least worried when he left the club and repaired to his own apartments, which, by the way. were the same that had formerly been occupied by Burr Pendleton. The servant who waited upon him there also looked strangely like James. However, he answered to the name of Thomas, only that the smooth face was covered by a heavy growth of beard dyed black and a perfectly mode wig of the same hue. Add to that the fact that he rarely appeared when his master had company, and you have grasped the situation. lie was not. however, the person to whom Wyndliam had referred in his talk with Esciulera as "my man," so there was no danger that James would be seen by those who might Recognize him. At 5 precisely Don Carlos arrived, and by half past 5 the expected guests were all there. There was a luncheon prepared for them, but all claimed that in anticipation of the midnight dinner they had already "stayed their stomachs," so that it went untasted. At ('?the game began, and it preceded mrrrilv without ilitorruntioil for ail hour and a half, whet) the doorbell rang, and an instant later Carleton Biggs rushed in. He played his part beautifully. There was not a hiteli anywhere. Within ten minutes after lie entered the room Craig Wyndliant left it, rushed down the one flight of stairs to the street, leaped into the carriage and was driven away. And hack in the parlor of his apartment the game went on almost , without interruption. If Escudera lelt annoyance at this ! sudden departure of the host, lie gave i 110 sign of it. If there were, as Wyndl ham now suspected, others in his em: ploy on the watch to dog the footsteps of the American, they succeeded only in following an empty carriage to Its stand along the western side of Modit son square. As for Craig, he changed > to the second vehicle without trouble and at 8 o'clock was in the presence of Senorita del I'uente and her duenna, t but It was in a hotel much farther up town than the Waldorf, and if there . on tiis track the\ , would wait a loan time before they could hope to discover him at that fn, inous hostelry. | to be continued. (Vkkew Laws.?The "astonishing . fact" is made known that "in more than a thousand towns and villages of } the United States curfew ordinances are in force. Their general provision 5 is that boys and girls must be off the streets by 9 o'clock except when out with parents or guardians." The reai!y astonishing thing is that any city . or town should be without such a law. glisccltanrous grading. GORMAN THE LEADER. A Pen-I*lctiire of the Dlatlniraltihed Maryland Senator. The return of Mr. Gorman to the senate after an absence of four years, will not be an unmixed evil, regarding his election from a Republican standpoint. He will take the place of Mr. Wellington, of Maryland, whose career since entering the senate In 1897 has made it possible for Maryland to again elect a Democratic senator. Mr. Wellington's apostacy from Republican principles and his ruinous tactics in Maryland politics are regarded as the basis of the political reverses which gave the Democrats supremacy in the state. Mr. uorman is rar more welcome to his political opponents than Mr. Wellington, and his return to the senate is only regretted because it was made possible by the loss of Maryland to the Republicans. When Mr. Gorman retired after three terms in the senate his party missed him. Already there are indications of his Influence among the Democratic senators. While he will not take office until a year from next March, his subtle influence will be manifest long before that. There are many of the old line Democrats who look upon Mr. Gorman as a presidential possibility in 1904. He Is distinctly a representative of the old line Democracy, but has been shrewd enough to remain with his party in its wanderings after the false gods of free silver and Populism. Those who expect him to prove a political Moses in 1904 are endeavoring to rally the party on its old basis. There are few men in public life with whom the country is more familiar than with Mr. Gorman. His smoothshaven, priestly face is well-known In Washington, and, of course, by all-congressmen, except those jvho_have. been elected in the last six years. In the senate he was always disingulshed by his composed demeanor, well groomed appearance and prominence in debate when matters of importance were before the body. For years his seat was in the centre of the Democratic side of the chamber, and the lesser lights of Democracy gravitated in that direction when a contest arose requiring the direction of a political manager. Mr. Gorman is a man of only medium height, dresses exceedingly well, but quite in taste. On state occasions he always appears in a well-flttlng Prince Albert suit, but for ordinary day wear in the senate a cutaway frock coat was his choice. He always wore his coat snugly buttoned and his linen was always of fbe most immaculate whiteness. He is slow and deliberate in his movements and never loses his head. There have been occasions when he almost approached eloquence In his speech, but ordinarily his delivery is monotonous and his voice slightly muffled and unpleasant. When fully aroused, however, his enunciation is sharp and clear and at all times he Is master of forceful diction. The Democratic leader was almost born in the senate. Away back in 1852 the great Stephen A. Douglas appointed Arthur Gorman a page in that body and the young Marylander remained an employe of the senate until 1866, the last office he held being that of postmaster. He then went back to Maryland and has been an active politician ever since. His early experience in the senate chamber bred in him a determination to become a senator himself some day and his dream was realized when he succeeded William PInckney White, and took his seat March 4, 1881. It was in political campaigns that Mr. Gorman learned the art of public speaking which has proved such a valuable adjunct to his knowledge of practical politics. One of the first political speeches Mr. Gorman ever made was on the eastern shore of Maryland in a farming district and he then learned a lesson which has been useful to him since. He was billed to make a Democratic address at a crossroads village and got himself up in great style for the occasion. When the local committee met him and saw his exquisite dress their countenance fell. Without a word to the young man, however, they got him on horseback and started for the meeting place. On the plea of taking a "nearcut," they led him a wild ride through thickets and underbrush and brought him to a village with his fine clothing torn and disarranged and well bespattered with mud. They then told him that he was in shape to address the farmers' meeting. In his home life, Mr. Gorman is particularly charming. From the broad porches of his country home, situated on the top of the Piedmont Ridge, near Laurel, Md., he can see the smoke from the city of Baltimore on the one side and the glistering top of the Washington monument on the other. A rich, well cared for farm of some hundred acres surrounds ms nomesieaa anu this statesman and politician there leads the ideal life of a gentleman farmer. Accompanied by his superintendent farmer, named Hobbs, he personally inspects every field and crop; directs the farming operations and gives as close attention to their details as he does to great business ventures. He takes great pride in his wheat and for the past 20 years "Gorman wheat" has always been the first offered for sale in the markets at Baltimore. He is a breeder of thoroughbred horses and takes keen delight in their training and driving. He is not much of a horseback rider, but is very fond of driving behind a pair of his fast trotters. He is a practical road superintendent and the good condition of the highways in that section of Maryland is largely due to his efforts and personal supervision. His present mansion is built on the site of his elegant home, which was burned a few years ago, and was constructed under his direction so that there should be porches 40 feet wide, leaving the architect to design the rest of the house. He can assemble the whole countryside on his magnificent porches and during the summer season most of his time is spent in their grateful shade. He is a man of domestic tastes and finds his greatest delight in the midst, of his family of five girls and one boy and the houseful of young people whom they attract and entertain. It is his custom to be the first up in the morning and after the rising bell has been rung he stands in the upper great hall of the house and calls the roll of his family and guests until each one answers. The senator has but one sporting fad, and that is base ball. has been an enthusiast of the game since boyhood. When as a page In the senate he was the captain of an Invincible nine. This exciting sport is about the only thing that will draw Mr. Gorman out of the senate chamber, and even during the hot contest over the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill in 1894, when he and the Democratic master of tljf senate checked the free trade element of his party and preserved a moiety of protection to some of the Industries of the country, he would leave the chamber and go to the base ball park to witness a game. Mr. Gorman is a very wealthy man, his riches having resulted from investments in the coal lands of West Virginia, and the railroad stocks of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and other business ventures. He is a man of clean life, neither smokes, cnews nor drinks, but indulges in a dry smoke, holding an unllghted cigar in his teeth for hours at a time. He is a Presbyterian, although usually taken for a Roman Catholic on account of his priestly cast of countenance, which suggests the Jesuit brother.?Washington correspondence of The News and Courier. BUNCOMBE SPEECHES. Tlieir ReNpotmihlllty For Continued Trouble In the Philippine*. Thp following: is from the Congress lonal Record's report of the discussion of the urgency deficiency bill In the house last Thursday, the particular subject being the proposition to make an appropriation for the erection of barracks for the American soldiers In Manila: Mr. Kahn. of California. Mr. Chairman, I venture the assertion that If gentlemen on the other side of this chamber had been able to see the camps In the city of Manila during the time that I was there, there would not have been a single vote on either side of the house against the proposition which was submitted on yesterday by the chairman of the committee on appropriations. There are three camps In the city of Manila, one, as stated by the gentleman from Tennessee, near the Lunetta. This camp lies on a low tract of land, within about 200 yards of the Bay of Manila. In the rainy season, within ten minutes after one of these tropical rainstorms has started, the entire camp is one sheet of water. The floors of the tents are flooded. It Is a crime to ask soldiers wearing the blue to remain In quarters such as those. There is another camp in a nlpa hut, or rather In a nlpa cockpit, a building that was formerly used by the Filipinos for the favorite national game. It is entirely inadequate to the purposes for which It Is used. It is an out rage to shelter soldiers there. There are gentlemen on that side of the house who would not put a pet dog which they loved in such quarters. There is another barracks in the suburb of Malate, which is probably the best of the three. It is an old Spanish barracks. Jt is antiquated. It is probably capable of housing one batallion of our troops. I say, Mr. Chairman, that this money is absolutely necessary at this time in order that the work of properly housing and sheltering the soldiers who are in the islands may be begun at once. The gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Pou] has just stated that the soldiers should be brought home at once. I commend to him and to the gentlemen of that side of the house the conduct of the regiment from Tennessee which had already been placed on board the transport to come home, and when the news was brought to them that the Filipino insurrectos were firing upon their country's flag they begged to be allowed to go back on shore and defeat the enemies of their country, which they did in a magnificent manner. [Applause.] I desire also to call the attention of gentlemen to the fact that statements such as these are working an injury to the soldiers who are fighting for the flaw fipnprRl Smith, who I miiciiv.au .. V?0. ?_ , went there as colonel of the First California regiment, who subsequently was made governor of the Island of Negros, and who Is now a justice of; the supreme court of the Philippines, a Democrat, if you please; Col. Robert Lee Bullard, of Alabama, a Democrat, if you please, both told me that In the regions which were held by their commands the greatest injury to their soldiers had been inflicted by reason of the fact that speeches made upon the floor of the house of representatives and in the senate of the United States had been translated into the Spanish language and had been there circulated among the natives, and I hold in my hand now a speech of Mr. Lents', of Ohio, translated into the Spanish language and circulated among the ignorant natives there, who are only too readv to believe any of the statements that are made against the Americans. Mr. Shattus. They- are the only ones who would believe him. Mr. Finley. Will the gentleman from California permit a question? Mr. Kahn. Certainly. Mr. Finley. I should like to ask, in the opinion of the gentleman from California, have the speeches made by Democrats or the speeches made by KepuDilcans along- tne lines ne nas mentioned done the greatest harm in the Philippine islands? Mr. Kahn. Well, I will say to the gentleman that as there were more Democratic speeches made along that line, probably more of them were circulated; but I do not care who made the speeches, the speeches worked the Injury. DEFINITION OF SOCIETY. A Methodlat View That Is Rather Sarcantlc. The Circuit Rider, a state church paI wmiKIIOKA/I n ontonKlom nn uao ^uuiioiteu a vai?.viusui w>< "Society" in a recent issue. The article is interesting in that it presents a unique idea of the way society is looked upon and understood in some circles. So-called "society people" will be fntertained by a perusal of the catechism which reads as follows: 't. What is society? A union of fashionable beings 1 united for the purpose of pleasure, maintaining caste and upholding fasli- 1 ion. Q. What's the admission fee? A. Money and manners. Q. What are among the characteristics of society? A. The jig and Jug, punch and poker. 4. Does society prevail in South Carolina? A. No; but it is coming. Whatever breaks out up north, comes south in course of time. There are strong symptoms of it in Spartanburg, Greenville and other large towns, and also In Rock Hill, Chester and others. Q. Which is the bigger Institution where society prevails, the society or the church. A. Society. Q. Why? A. because suciwiy luirwo <-cm naiiogress laws of the church with their fun and frolics with impunity; not a hair of their immoral heads will be touched; but if the laws of society are violated, ostracism is the result. 7. How is a day divided in society? A. Into morning and evening. j Q. There is no night there, then? A. No; the word night would interfere with the sense of the term of fashion, "Evening." For instance, it would offend the ear of society to. say: "Mr. Brockton appeared at the ball in full night dress." It would be all right, you see, to say "he appeared in full | evening dress." 9. Is punctuality a rule in society? A. O, no. It is fash.onable to be a little late at society gatherings. It is unpopular to be in a hurry, "on a rush," and is considered vulgar to be in haste. SOUTHERN APPOINTMENTS. The Premldent Not Specially Partial to Negroea In Hla Appolntmenta to Office. R. M. L., Washington correspondent of The News and Courier, says President Roosevelt is still using his official axe upon the colored Republican officeholders in the southern states with fatal results. His latest execution was today in Mississippi, where he chopped off the official head of "Jim" Hill, the veteran colored leader and nation- , al committeeman, who was appointed registrar of the land office at Jackson, Mississippi, and appointed as his successor Frederick W. Collins, the present United States marshal for the southern district of Mississippi, a white man. Hill has been a conspicuous figure at Republican national conventions for the past 25 years, and he has been a power in influencing the action of colored Republican delegates. He has been on the anxious bench ever since President Roosevelt entered the White House, and has been in Washington frequently this winter trying to repair his political fence and secure a reappointment. The president's action in "throwing down" Hill js a terrible shock to the Mississippi Republicans, and what is more alarming to them is the fact that the president today appointed two Democrats to federal offices in that state?Robert E. Lee, United States attorney, and Edgar S. Wilson, marshal. Lee was a Bryan Democrat, and Wilson is a personal friend of the president. Southern Republicans are demoralized by the president's repeated appointjment of southern Democrats to federal office. Tbey declare that he is smasning the regular organization and Is doing as much for southern Democrats as Grover Cleveland could have done. Worried By the "Boy."?The baby member of the house Is Representative Lever, of Soutn Carolina. He is only 27 years old, and looks 20. He was private secretary of the late Representative Stokes, and when the : latter died was voted by a grateful constituency into the vacant seat. Every day at 11.45 o'clock Bert Kennedy, assistant door-keeper, warns all persons not entitled to the floor to vacate, "the rules of the house requiring the same." For three days Kennedy saw a small boy sitting at a desk and coolly disregarding the official summons to retire. He threw his piping penetrating voice in the direction of the lad, but without effect. On the third day Kennedy told his troubles to Amos Cummings. "If that boy don't get out of here before 12 o'clock I'll throw him out," said Kenneay. , "What boy?" asked Cummings. ' "Sitting over there," replied Kennedy, pointing in Lever's direction. "I wouldn't throw him out," said Mr. Cummings. I "Why not?" inquired Kennedy. "Because," remarked Mr. Cummings, , "you might lose your Job. He is a i member of the house." Kennedy didn't say a word, and Rep- 1 resentative Lever remained . undisturbed.?Washington Post. iiiu unvr viiii The Came Said to be Fear of Texan and Raailan Competition. It was admitted today in Standard Oil circles that the recent weakness of the shares of the Standard Oil company in the outside securities market has, to a large extent been influenced bj? the new competition that has arisen in this country as well as in the Orient. The latter Is one of the strongholds of the big Rockefeller concern. The shares of the Standard Oil company are perhaps more closely held than the securities of any other corporation. The stock is allowed to take Its own course, and at no time has sup port by Standard Oil interests been in evidence. Ahout 40 ner cent, of the S100.000.000 capital stock of the company Is held by John D. Rockefeller, while Mr. Rockefeller and his close business associates own all the stock with the exception of something like 150,000 shares, Of the latter amount nearly all Is held as an investment, and it is seldom that any of It finds Its way to the outside securities market. The stock of the Standard Oil company available for trading purposes is limited to a few thousand shares. Since last May the price of Standard Oil stock has declined 208 points to {632 a share, the price established Satunday in the curb trading. This means a shrinkage of J209.000.000 in the market value of the Standard Oil Company's securities. There is no considerable speculative interest in Standard Oil stock, mainly because its price is prohibitive of margin trading, but 200 points is a very great deal for any stock to fall, and especially for the highest dividend paying stock in the market. No satisfactory explanation of the drop in Standard Oil was forthcoming until today, when a person in close touch with the affairs of the company . entured an interesting inside view of the situation. According to this authority, there is no truth in the statement that the production of the Standard Oil company is diminishing rapld;y. It is true that the Pennsylvania fields are not as productive as they used to be, but the loss has been more than made up by the opening of new . egions, which ar.e now contributing a large part of the company's total production. The Standard Oil company Is selling more oil today than ever before, but it would be no surprise to well Informed interests to hear that It had decided to reduce its dividends and devote the money that otherwise would be disbursed to stockholders to meeting the sharp competition that 'ately has developed. Russia Is no\y producing more oil than the United States, and although this product is inferior to that of this country, it Is finding a big market in the Orient. It Is feared that the rise of Texas as an oil producing state will also make extraordinary competition for the Rockfeller combine, although the Standard Oil company is a large purchaser of the product of the Lone Star state. This Texas oil, like the Russian product, is inferior to that of the combine, but it is feared by the Standard Oil company that the Texas output may yet come into direct competition with finer oil through the perfection of refining processes to the Beaumont product. Thus competition of a grave character has arisen from two widely separated quarters, and the combine is uuuersiuuu iu uuvc pri/jccicu a puutjr designed to forestall Inroads upon Its business. It Is developing new wells at strategic points as rapidly as possible. Its latest efforts in this direction have been in Japan, where oil prospecting has been going forward on a considerable scale, and not without success. It costs a great deal of money to deal with oil competition, and it may be necessary to curtail dividends in order to provide lunds out of the company's net earnings to counteract competition from Texas and Russia, but the inside holders of the stock are remarkably indifferent about it. They say that it matters very little to them what the stock sells for in the open market. They know what it Is worth. The Standard Oil company paid 48 per cent., or $48,000,000 in dividends last year, the largest ever disbursed by any industrial company.?New York Commercial. Indians Must Have Their Hair Cut.?The commissioner of Indian affairs has issued an order which In effect compels all male Indians in the United States to have their hair cut frequently, or at least not to wear it long, and as the Carlisle football team is not excepted the order probably applies to them, too. Commissioner Jones hopes by the order to assist the wards of the government in their advance ment towara civilization. The order is addressed to the various rndian agents throughout the country, and directs them to induce the male Indians under their charge to cut their ..air, using force only when necessary. He says it will require considerable tact and perseverance to carry out the order, but suggests the withholding of supplies from recalcitrant Indians until they comply and the discharge of those who are employed by the government unless they appear with shorn locks. No long-haired Indians are to be employed. If any Indian "becomes obstreperous about the matter," a short confinement in the guardhouse after clipping their hair, he thinks, will effect a cure. The order also prohibits Indians of both sexes from painting their faces and forms, holding of dances and socalled Indian feats and directs the agents to encourage the Indians in adopting citizens' clothing instead of the Indian costume and blanket. The agents are also directed to report to the commissioner before June 30 what progress they have made in the suppression of the evils.