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Show HIS CLAWSWERE PARED. The Timer Hour, in Omi t at i he lily Hall i'oilny. There, were lively times in the lair of the tiger Saturday night. Chief of Police Young made a visit to the jungle accompanied by nearly all the local force and there was hurrying lo and fro when the blue cloth appeared where the green usually held sway. The chief had arranged for a raid on the gambling houses which have heeu running in violation of law and without even the courtesy, Ittio usual $100 fine. So about, !) o'clock when things were liveliest and the soft song of the dying slock of blues was abroad in tho land, w hile thu mining man with pyroles on his boots was engaged in the 'deep and abstruse problem of making red chips quoir where white chips refused to xogetnte. Young and his emissaries came in to take a hand. It was a simultaneous assault and lo. there were not trees enough in the town for gamblers and players to climb At the rooms conducted over tho Mint, saloon a wild and frenzied victim vic-tim took the sash with him in his flight through a window, while at the Gaiety half a dozen men slid down the dumbwaiter. dumb-waiter. Pedestrians on ihe streets were pushed off by the appearance of nn army of gamblers conducted by a detail of police officers. The lot was herded in the city hall, and Judge Laney, who had been notified, opened court by gaslight to deal with the men. He did the dealing and there w as no draw. The men who were patronizing the houses were released but the principals princi-pals were themselves called upon to put up $100 worth of bonds to purchase freedom over Sunday. These were C. L. Creek, whoso ' place of business busi-ness is over the Arcade restaurant; George Barr, over the Colorado sample rooms; Alvin Duval, over Kd Kelly's; Lester Harrison, over the Mint; Samuel Reggel, over the Congress; Alonzo Huikle, over the Gaiety; Amos Mosher, over ihe Mirror; Clarenco Hartnian, over the Stone Front; Harry llynds, over the Wave and John Cutler, over Greenewald's store. Judge Lamey lined tho men $75 apiece. Only about half a dozen appeared ap-peared and those who did not forfeited their bonds of $100 so that they lost $-.N3 by inattention. |