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Show Sniirnal PACE EIGHT. NERVY THIEF ijq Tomorrow there will be a fresh start at ARE JAILED ROBS HOTEL 24, IBS (k HOP EIEHDS FRIDAY, JULY Calmly Helps Himself to Contents Police Make Raid On Twenty-Fift- h of European Cash Drawer Street Chinese Joint Arand Escapes. rested Four. Calmly walking into the European hotel lobby, in the absence of the night clerk, shortly after 11: SO Thursday night, a lone robber boldly and with perfect ease walked behind the counter, where he proceeded to rifle the cash drawer, pocketing the contents, which consisted of about $25. Toung Walter Smyth, a son of D. A. Smyth, the proprietor, entered In time to sec the stranger behind the counter. "What do you want here?" asked young Smyth. Tve Just gone on duty," was the robber's reply, as he shoved the register toward young Smyth and reached for a pen. the regular man was taken suddenly 111 and I am filling his place. Can I rent you a room?" Smyth waa not satisfied with tbs cool explanation of tha man behind the counter and made a Crab for him, hut waa not quick enough, for the robber with a quick movement dashed out the hack door, Smyth following. The thief, daahed Into Murray's saloon nearby, through the rear entrance, shouting excitedly as he did so. Theres a fight out back there." The occupants of the saloon all rushed to the rear, and attention, by this clever ruse was distracted from the unknown thief, who dashed out of the front door and continued down Twen tyflfth street, until he disappeared. Bran'll for him was started a few moments later but the man appears to have gotten completely away. Raiding i Chinese Joint" street between on Twenty-f- Washington and Grant avenues, early this morning Detective Hutchins and Officer Cooper captured thre dope fiends In the act ifth of smoking opium. They were dragged from the filthy den In which they were captured with remember that the Summer Sale is just getting a good start. If you come here tomorrow youll be convinced there'll be hundreds of others. the typical share of the pitiable hop head, the men being taken to the police station. The white smokers of the party were Tom Murray, George Jones and Jo King, according to the police blotter. They will face Judge Murphy tomorrow, on a charge of smoking opium. The Chinese proprietor of the place. Wang Gen, will also be compelled to answer to tho charge of conducting an want pay the small prices, tomorrow in the basement we sell that pot of china at 25c a piece all parasols half price All Dress Goods, Shoes, Laces, Gloves, Shirt Waists, Skirts, Suit- sout anything you opium Joint. I DAITON FAVORED IN THE BETTING The Idea of the free nightly boxing exhibitions at the Hot Springs Is that of Larney Lichtenstein, Johnny's new manager, who has seen perhaps as much of ths fight gams as any ether man In the business. Lichtenstein extends a cordial Invitation to all of the frtenda of Cyclone Johnny to vlalt the training quarters during the progress of the bouts in ths evening. Dalton has been makng many friends and he has even won over some of the old standbys of Thompson many of whom appear to think that the Sycamore lad Is about to meet hla Waterloo. E Betting has not been exceptionally heavy and nearly all of the money that has been placed on either man has been on even term. For some reason, however, odds have Report That Republican Leader Is switched to the Dalton end of the game and the Spaghetti Kid from the to Withdraw Officially coast has been something of a favorite at lG to I. It will require huge William Morris in Ogden Arranging Denied. gobs of masuma, at that, before the Thompson money In Ogden Is exhaustto Display His Collection of ed and ths betting promises to be CHICAGO. Ills, July 24 Frank H. much heavier on thla bout than on ths High Class Paintings. ff Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican last national committee, arrived today. He declared that there would he a conferWilliam Morris la in the city for the ence of Republican leaders of arranging for an exhibit of purpose BRYAN MR. QUITS la this city tomorrow at 10 oclock In ha famous collection of plcturea His the morning.' Chairman Hltchock preidea ie to secure the Carnegie library dicts an enthuslas'le campaign. Ha Is THE COMMONER for the purpose if possible and hold well pleased with the outcome of the his pictures here on exhibition for at conference In the west and the outlook least three weeks. Thla morning Mr. for the election. ' a numIn response to a direct question LINCOLN, Neb., July 24.' William Morris was in conference with comChairman Hltchock denied absolutely J. Bryan makes ths following state- ber of the prominent men of the and matter In to the relation that there was any possibility of Jaa, ment Issued by Mr. Bryan relative to munity much received encouragement. Sherman the the & editorial staff and policy of withdrawing from the vice Mr. Morris has had his plcturea on presidential pace. Reports of thla Commoner for tha campaign: exhibition in Salt Lake City for some kind hav persisted in breaking out la My candidacy makes It necessary various parts of the country ever slnqa for ms to suspend editorial work, and past and the art lovers of that were duly enthuslssUc over Mr. Shermans recent physical break- I desire to have It known that I shall down In Cleveland, Ohio, not be held personally responsible for them. He has added to his collection matter appearing In the Commoner a number of by Lee Greene Richards JAPS ARE LEARNING tho campaign except that' and Harwood, two Utah artists, who AMERICAN WATS during he thlnlu are ding great work. He which appears over my signature. lias also three paintings, marine views, My brother, Charles W. Bryan, who TOKIO, Japan, July 20. A reduction W. E. Norris and many others has of the had publication by of the wages of employees on the Man- since Its charge have taken gbld medals. that establishment. III assume churia railway resulted In Indignation The collection, as a whole, has a asso-clt- a und until tha control November, and discontent, threatening a general rare educational value, and It will be editor, Richard L. Metcalfe, will strike. a treat for the community If arrangebo edtor. time during that Tha Commoner will nuhllsh such ments are made to have them placed In Ogden. speeches,' letters .etc., as I may pre- on exhibition The Purpose of pare for tha general public, and the LOST GOLD WATCH readers of the Commoner will have full MEMORIAL and accurate information as to the isMrs. Annl F. King, whose address Is from the first known and meat fasues dcusaed. I bespeak for the paper mous of all monuments the Pyrathe cordial support which, from the care of J. Remond, 11 Fifth avenue mids down to the tiniest headstone beginning, has made my connection New York, lost a valuable gold watch of today, has been to honor the deand a bleu enamel pin, set with diawith it so pleasant. parted with a monument theft will All profits from the Commoner, over monds, while walking through the last through succeeding generations. and above actual expenses, from now Union depot this afternoon. The lady Our work is the building of just on will he turned over to the Demo- was a passenger east on No. 2, and such memorials those that will cratic national committee for tha ben- reported her loss to Depot Master G. stand the wear and tsar of time-tribJ. Cunningham, who requests pi findefit of tha campaign. that will endure. Ws use er to communicate either with him WILLIAM J. BRYAN." (8!gned) or with the address given above. only the highest grads of stock and employ artets in their respective SULTON IS SCARED. lines not mars stone cutters, and DEDICATE BATTLEFIELDS. work from original designs. And in 24. The CONSTANTINOPLE, July the matter of price w give the best Sultan QUEBEC, July 24. Dedication of Issued a statement today auwork lowoot of for tho the posgrads Quebec battlefields by His Royal thorising ths election of a parliament sible figures. soon. This Is believed to be the fore- Highness the Princess of Wales, folon the Plains of & Co. runner to the granting of a constitu- lowing a review Abraham,' was. today's feature of. the tion which the Sultan promised 2253 WASHINGTON AVE. tercentenary. A vast crowd witnessed the Inspiring spectacle, which was participated In by representatives of the vanishing Indian tribes who made a far different showing when they held the balance of power on the Quebec battlefields between the motly armies of soldiers of fortune from WWW. sm in rice DR. GOURTNEY IRA FOR EXHIBIT mid-we- st . com-mun- ty a utes Jos. Parry Sons Europe. This afternoon the performance et the pageant on the plains will be repeated. The1 official ball of the parliament house, given by the government of the province of Quebec, will be held this evening. Hickory Nut Fie. Mix thoroughly one cup of sugar, f cup of bread crumbs, cup of hickory nut kernels and one tablespoon of flour, nil pastry, cover with sweet milk; drop a few chunks of butter over the top and one-hal- bake." two-third- s sr Our Evening Story HER ENIGMATIC EMBLEM. When a child I lived In summer by the seashore and grew up amphibious. July I I went to the old place for a vention for Performing moat rest, hut J met an adventure While Important adventure to me. Criminal Operation. walking on the beach I met two women, evidently mother and daughter. The daughter waa pretty, but as she gave me a paealng glance I noINDIANAPOLIS, Ind., uly 24. on her ticed a strange antagonism Dr. Joseph 8. Courtney, of young face. I noted on her sleeve Just $ Portland, Oregon, who ie here above the cuff a little gold heart studattending th Hibernian con- ded with rubles. vention, was arrested at the Next morning w got a northeaster, union station as he was about A to go to Chicago today. Hill C and the bulletin said Dangerous," I sauntered down to the beach. But charged with causing ths death few were In the water, though X no4 of a young girl through an 1ticed one person far out among the arrest of Dr. The operation. legal rollers and waa not long In determinCourtney followed the appre- X had ing that it was a woman. henslon of a young man charged with the statutory crime. scarcely made this discovery when a faint cry, Help!" came In above the Arrested While Attending Big Con 1- wind. The bathing master ran to ths water, I threw off my cost and shoes, crying to him, Go hack and get your TRAMPS HAD TRAINED boat!" Then I plunged in and after DOG WHICH DID STUNTS a struggle reached a woman who was being whirled away by a sea pouase l. or I caught her and kept On evening last winter at Trukee, her up till the bathing master reached ue In a boat, without which she could California, several women and a tew not have been saved. pulling men were at tha K. C, restaurant about her into the boat, I firstWhen, noticed that They were having a Jolly she was the girl I had met on the good time, when all of a sudden they beach, and there on the sleeve of her saw something make a dive around the bathing dress was the red heart corner of th counter, and Into tha I soon learned that her name was learned a great store room. Almost as soon as this ob- Christobel Keith. other about many things her, but one the pantry ject made Its dash into where all the choice viands were wait- thing I did not learn her reason for the little red The quoing for the guests to order them. It was wearing I will wear heart my heart upon my noticed that a dog, carrying a ham, tation, returned. He dashed off around the leeve for dawa to peck at" was facorner of the counter for the second miliar to me. but whether it had anyto do with the trinket In questime, and out through the bar room. thing X did not know and waa not so Excitement prevailed, every one who tion j presumptuous as to ask. Miss Keith had witnessed th act of the dog Join- !as soon as she had recovered sent tor was chase. In the canine The ing me and thanked me life, handicapped by the extreme weight of hut she seemed to for saving her words the speak and the ham. about twenty-liv- e pounds, could not gain a very great distance under a certain constraint of tho nabetween him and hie pursuers. How- ture of which I was Ignorant Her ever. the first chance the animal got, mother, on the contrary, plainly felt he made for the railroad tracks and every word with which she expressed down the Tarda losing himself amidst her gratitude. She was a lovely old the equipment of the yards and freight woman, and It waa plain that her was all the world to her. csra The animal made directly for daughter We eoon found that we had visited the r the hobo camp, and when tha same countries and had mutual friend of the animal, together with the owner of the ham, made their appear- In short I became Intimate with them. Christobel Keith I learned that she ance at the camp, flree were burnhad been so called from the poem of ing and one of the rather seedy look- that name, and that she partook of Its sevsliced ing characters had already eral pieces from the meat, and was wlerdness seemed rather to regret I had saved her life and was preparing to fry it. The dog was sit- that never In my company without that ting there, being petted by one of the men, and suddenly the animal snif- constraint she had evinced while fed danger, giving the warning to the thanking me for doing so. Her mother hoes. They immediately picked up the on the contrary, was friendliness Itham waa self, and I 'was not long In detecting exodus and their one of the quickest things ever that she was giving ms every opporwitnessed against the tramps. The own- tunity to be with. her daughter. Nor er of the ham and other followers of was X backward In availing myself the canine had been watching the of It. While Christobel Keith attractmovements of the campers, preparatory ed me by her personality, the mystery to their descent on them, thereby giv- surrounding her drew me with all the ing the dog knowledge of their where- force of the sea Pouase from which I abouts. How is that for a trained had saved her. For awhile she seemed not to. have made up her mind Just beast of nature? how to treat me, whether to encourage Jeurna want ada deliver the goods Of hold me off; then suddenly she whirl-poo- mld-nlg- ht X pet-sue- - t ' t I i seemed to warm to me with her whole soul. This, In turn, was followed by coldness. Icy By this time. I had got my bearings and surroundings and laid my course. I was an old hand at the game the girl seemed disposed to play and went into the contest with all the coolness of ono who had been often under fire. Fortunately, a party of my friends cams down for a few weeks, and for them I deserted the girl who won her heart upon her sleeve. An old flame of mine was among the number, and I devoted myself to her. , But never for a moment were my thoughts diverted from Christobel Keith. At first this change was parried by Miss Kieth when we met with that look of defiance with which she had first greeted me. Then It was a troubled look, and, lastly, one day when I passed her X noticed that the red heart was missing. Then I learned that mother and daughter had left the A note was left for me, seashore. addressed In the mother's handwriting. On opening It I waa thundentruck at finding, within a bit of tissue paper, the heart. Mrs. Keith bade me a and added, X leave friendly good-by- e you, without my daughter's knowledge, the trinket she has been accustomed to wear. Keep it as a token of our gratitude." Suddenly the meaning of the gift became plain to me. I had a stanch who had Infriend In formed me, by the token, that ber daughter's heart was mine. Ths remainder of the mystery, was as much a mystery as ever. Nevertheless my surrender was not less complete than that of my loved enemy. That same evening I astonished my friends by disappearing from the seashore. X went to tho city and tbs next afternoon sent my card to the Keiths. Christobel came down to meet me, and as she advanced, biting her lip to retain her composure, I threw open' my coat and showed her the Jeweled heart pinned against mine of flesh and blood. She stared. I boldly threw my arms about her, and she did not re. the-moth- er, sist The mystery of the little red heart can only bo partly explained except to one who would know Chlrstebel, for her wearing It would only be In keepAt 17 h ing with her personality. had loved and been Jilted. She declared war on all wooers, and the token was challenge, with no mercy In cam of defeat. My saving her Ilf for a time made me an exception, but the finally decided to treat me like the others. Her mother, seeing that he had been caught, was pleased to end that of which she did not approve- - 20 PER CENT REDUCTION MONUMENTS AND HEADSTONES UHchell Brothers dent pay commissions to agents, but see us. Yard opposite City Cemetery. |