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Show i anr taxes than ever, and a vaster and have not yet more t'j l:c free, t.:a and mure luxurious cunivu-ii- t and not uutll thou did aUanJv-- the army of their parasites. Tho ieople had risen for financial hopeless struggle. And I did not go over to iLe banand industrial freedom; they had paid i.,. its fearful price; then, in senseless dits; 1 simply resumed my personal uffuiis ami male W.li' panic and terror, they flung it away. have read that or.e of the inscrip- Week ut least a Tlu-rIs nothin:; of the tions on Apollo's temple at IVlphi I l m. K! f tu was: "Man, the fool of the faroo. in my make-up- . of value at.il tie created tho must have martyrs maityrdoin. Truly, gods in m us for their amusement; and Vhen Causes are not won wen in opinion never have Olympus palls, they ring up the curtain on some such screaming comedy the graveyards. Alin- and afoot and was that. It "makes the fancy armed, and true to my c.ium-- i ain tl.e dreaded iiienmi- to totOonniiii- - and chuckle, whilst the heart doth ache." eziM-nsiv- I e 1 j mi Ml CLOUDS STREET OVES HOE ' LIF1G l a - THE DELUGE ZnAVlD GRAHAM MUIRS, Author of THECOS&tc c was tot cmnfvx? taafmz-r.- CHAPTER T aass-jssae- XXXIII. Continued. I issued a clear statement of the situation; 1 showed in minute detail now the people standing together under the leadership of the bunest men of property could easily force the big bandits to consent to an honest, just, iron-buireconstruction. My statement appeared in all the morning pajiers throughout the land. Turn hack to it; read it. You will say that I was right. Well Toward two o'clock Inspector Crawford came into my private office, escorted by Joe. 1 saw in Joe's seamed, green-graface that some new danger had arisen. "You've got. to get out of this, said he. "The mob in front of our place fills the three streets. It's made up of crowds turned away from the suspended banks. 1 remembered the sullen faces and rock-founde- lt y the hisses as 1 entered the office that morning earlier than usual. My windows were closed to keep out the street noises; but now that my mind was up from the work in which 1 had been absorbed, I could hear the sounds of many voices, even through the thick plate glass. "We've got 200 policemen here, "Five hundred said the Inspector. more are on the way. But really, Mr. Blncklock, unless we can get you away, therell be serious trouble. Those damn newspapers! Every one of them denounced you this morning, and the people are in a fury against out haste, I got into my machine. I calmly met the gaze of those thousands, quiet as so many barrels of gunpowder before the explosion. The chauffeur turned the machine. "Go slow," I called to him. "You might hurt somebody. But he had his orders from the InHe suddenly darted ahead spector. at full speed. The mob scattered in every direction, and we were in Broadbefore way, bound up town full-tilI or the mob realised what he was about. I called to him to slow down. He paid not the slightest attention. I leaned from the window and looked up at him. It was not my chauffeur; it was a man who had the unmistakable but indescribable marks of the s policeman. "Where are you going? I shouted. "You'll find out when we arrive," he shouted back, grinning. I settled myself and waited what else was there to do? Soon I guessed we were headed for the pier off which As we my yacht was anchored. dashed on to It, I saw that it was filled with police, both In uniform and in plain clothes. I descended. A detective sergeant stepied up to me. We are here to help you to your You wouldn't yacht, he explained. be safe anywhere in New York no t, plain-clothe- , - CHAPTER XXXIV. "BLACK MATTS TRIUMPH. My enemies caused it to be widely believed that "Wild Week was my deliberate contrivance for the sole Thus purpose of enriching myself. they got me a reputation for almost superhuman daring, for'satanlc astuteness at cold blooded calculation. I do not deserve the admiration and respect fellow that my countrymen lay at my feet True, I did greatly enrich myaelf; but not until the Monday after Wild Week. aXot until I had pondered on men and events with the assistance of the newspapers my detective protectors apd jailers iermltted to be brought aboard not until the last hope of turning Wild Week to the immediate public advantage had sputtered out like a lost man's last match, did I think of benefiting myself, of seizing the opportunity to strengthen myself for the future. On Monday morning I said to Sergt. Mulholland: "I want to go ashore at once and send some telegrams. The sergeant is one of the detective men." He Is by bureau's dress-sui- t nature phlegmatic and cynical. Hla experience has put over that a veneer of weary politeness. We had become great friends during our enforced inFor Joe, separable companionship. who looked on me somewhat as a mother looks on a brilliant but erratic son, had, aa I soon discovered, elaborated a wonderful programme for success-worshipin- g you. I went toward the door. "Hold on, Matt, cried Joe, springing at me and seizing me. "Where are you going? "To tell them what I think of them, replied I, sweeping him aside. For my blood was up, and I was enraged against the poor cowardly fools. "For' God's sake don't show yourself! he begged. "If you don't care for your own life, think of the rest of us. Wq've fixed a route through buildings and under streets up to .Broadway. Your electrio Is waiting for you there. "It wont do, I said. "Ill face em Its the only way. I went to the window, and was about to throw up one of the sunblinds for a look at them; Crawford stopped me. "Theyll stone the building and then storm It, said he. You must go at once, by the route weve ar-- ranged. "Even If you tell them Tm gone, they won't believe it, replied I. "We' can look out for that, said Joe, eager to save me, and caring nothing about consequences to himself. But I had unsettled the inspector. "Send for my electric to come down here," said I. I'll go out alone and get in It and drive away." "Thatll never do! cried Joe. "You're But the inspector said: right, Mr. Blacklock. Its a bare You may take em by surchance. some fellow may yell Again, prise. He did not and throw a stone and- - What respectable robbery. pohsible good could have come of uadis killing me and the bandits di tiling uiy estate? But why should I seek to justify myself? I care not a rap for the oiilnlon of my fellow men. They sought my life when they should have been hailing me as a deliverer; now, they look up to me because they false ly believe me guilty of an Infamy. My guards ez pccted to be recalled on Tuesday. Hut Melville heard what Crawford Lad done about me, and straightway used his influence to hare me detained until the new grip of the old gang was secure. Saturday afternoon we put in at Newport ft the dally coniuulcuiinn with the shore. When the launch returned, Mulholland brought the patters to me, lounging aft in a mass of cushions under the We are going ashore, said awning. he. "The order has come. I had a sudden sense of loneliness. "Ill take you down to New York, said I. "I prefer to land my guests where I shipped them. As we steamed slowly westward 1 read the papers. The country was rapidly readjusting itself, was returning, to the conditions before the upheaval. The "financiers the same old gang, except for a few of the weaker brethren ruined and a few strong outsiders, who had slipped in during the confusion were employing all the old, familiar devlcea for deceiving and robbing the people. The upset milking-stoo- l was righted, and tbe milker was seated again nd busy, tho so good old cow standing without much as shake of horn or switch of talL Mulholland, Bald I. "what do you think of this business of living? "I'll tell you, Mr. Hlacklock, said he. "I used to fuss and fret a good deal about 1L But I don't any more. Pvs got a house up In the Bronx, and a bit of land round It And theres Mrs. Mulholland and four little Mulhol-land- s and me that's my country and my party and my religion. Tbe rest is off my beat, and I don't give a damn for It I dont care which fakir gets to be president, or which swindler gets to be rich. Everything works out somehow, and tbe best any man cn do Is to mind hla own bittiness. "Mulholland firs. Mulholland foui llrtft Mulhollands, said I, reflectively. That's about as much as one man could attend to properly. And you are 'on the level, arent you?" Some say honesty's the best policy, replied he. "Some say it isn't I dont know, and I don't care, whether it la or it isnt It's my policy. And we six seem to have got along on It so far. I sent my "guests ashore the next morning. . "No, Ill stay aboard, said I to Mulholland, aa he stood aside for mo to precede him down tho gangway from the launch. I went Into tbe watch-pockof my trousers and drew out the folded two $l,000-bill- s I always carried It was a habit formed In my youthful, gambling days. I handed him one of the bills, lie hesitated. "For the four little Mulhollands, 1 urged. He put It In his pocket I watched him and hla men depart with a heavy need to finish. Joe looked wildly at me. "You mustn't do It, Matt! he exclaimed. " You'll precipitate a riot, Crawford, if you permit this. Hut the inspector was telephoning for my electric. Then he went into the adjoining room, where he commanded a view of the entrance. Silence between Joe and me until he retnrned. The electric is coming down the . street. said he. I rose. Good, said I. I'm ready. "Walt until the other police get here, advised Crawford. If the mob Is in the temper you describe, said I, "the less that's done to Irritate it the better. I must go out as if I hadn't a suspicion of danger. The inspector eyed me with an expression that was highly flattering to my vanity. "I'll go with you, said Joe, starting up from Ills stupor. "No, I replied. "You and the other fellows can take the underground route, if it's necessary." It won't be necessary," put In the Insjiector. "As soon as I'm rid of you and have my additional force. I'll clear the streets." He went to the "Wait, Mr. niacklock, until I've had time to get out to my men. Ferhaps ten seconds after he disappeared I, without further words, put on my hat. lit a cigar, shook Joe's wet. trembling hand, left in it my private keys and the memorandum of the of my private vault combination Then I sallied forth. I had always had a ravenous appetite for excitement, and I had been in many a tight place: but for the first time there seemed to me to lx an equilibrium between my Internal energy and the outside situation. As I stepped from my street door and me, I had no feeling glanced about of danger. ' The whole situation seemed so slmpje. There stood tho electric. Just across the narrow stretch of sidewalk: there were the 200 police, under Crawford's orders, scattered everywhere through tic eriiwd aTid Jostling and With-- ! distraction. to create pushing door. good-natured- I felt alone, horribly alone, a tie or an Interest Some tit the morning papers sjwke respectfully of me as one of the strong men who had ridden tbe flood and had been landed by It on the heights of wealth and power. Admiration and envy lurked even in sneers st my "unscrupulous plotting." Since I had wealth, plenty of wealth, I did not need character. Of what use was character In such a world except as a commodity to exchange for wealth? "Any orders, sir? Interrupted my heart without captain. I looked round that vast and vivid I me. It Included a watch on me day scene of sea and land activities. and night, lest, through rage or de- j looked along the city's titanic sky-lin- e tbe mighty fortresses of trade and spondency, I should try to do violence to myself. A fine character, commerce piercing the heavens and that Joe! But, to return, Mulholland flinging to the wind their black ban-- ! I felt that I was ners of defiance. answered my request for shore-leavitself. Jiell under of walls tho with a soothing smile. Cant do it. "To get away from this," replied I Mr. Blacklock, he said. "Our orders "Go back are positive. But when we put in at to the waiting captain. New London and send, ashore for fur- down the Sound to Dawn 1III1. Yes, I would go to the peaceful, ther Instructions, and for the papers, soothing country, to my dogs and you can send in your messages. servants As you please, said L And I gave horses and those faithful him a cipher telegram to Joe an or- bound to me by our common love for Men to cross der to Invest fny store of cash, which the same animals. meant practically my whole fortune. swords with, to amuse oneself with, In the securities that were I mused; "but dogs and horses to I pictured myself at the to be had for cash at a small fraction lire with. the joyful uproar the Instant , kennels of their value. This on the Monday after Wild instinct warned the dam of my enm-ilnhow they would loan and bark Week, please note. I would have helped the iieople to deliver them nnd tremble- in a vcy ecstasy of deselves from the bondage of the ban light as I stood among them; how dits. They would not have It. I jealous all the others would be, as I would even have sacrificed my all in ftriectpd one to caress. "Send her ahead as fast as she'll trying to save them In spite of themselves. But what Is one sane mvi o," I called to tho captain. (To be Continued.) against a stampeded multitude of maul , acs? For confirmation of my disinNot Easy to Do. terestedness, 1 point to all those woo'.-"Pop," began little Patsy, at the and months during which I wn.,'H " I costly warfare on "The Seven." win nbl. kin have some "Here, now! Interrupted Lis fa would gladly have given me mp-thaI now have, could I have been ther, yeve a plate full o' food before bribed to desist. Hut, when I was ye." Yes. but compelled to admit hat I had Well, thin, kaie yer mout ahut my fellow men, that iLe its it Philadelphia Press. wear the ynse because ther people 'GO BLOW,' I CALLED TO HIM. 'YOU MIGHT HURT SOMEBODY. more would the place that harbored you. He bad both common sense and force on his side. I .got into the launch. Four detective sergeants accompanied me and went aboard with me. "Go ahead, said one of them to my captain. He looked at me for orders. "We are In the hands of our guests, said I. "Let them have their way. We steamed down the bay and out to sea. From Maine to Texas tbe cry rose and swelled: "Blacklock Is responsible! What does it matter whether he lied or told the truth? See the results of hla He ought to be pilloried! crusade! He la the He ought to be killed! enemy of the human race. He has almost plunged the whole civilized world Into bankruptcy and civil war. And they turned eagerly to tbe very autocrats who had been oppressing You have the genius far them. finance and industry. Save us! If you did not know, you could guess how those patriots with the "genius for finance and Industry When they had done, when their programme was in effect, Lang-dun- , Melville and Updegraff were the throe richest men in the country, and as powerful as Octavius, Antony aud after Philippi. They had upon the reorganized finance j saddled arid induatrv of the nation heavier I.o-iid- e . gilt-edge- d u John D. Rockefeller, J. Picrpcnt Mci gan and Other Financiers tend Pov.crf::! Financial Aid. Several Yi:.'z;c: Utterly Destroyed and the Death List Will Exceed Five Hundred. D. Rockefeller has New Yu.k.-Jn- lm Interest in the prestaken mi ent financial rliiut'.l i, aud he has arranged to loan very targe sums to a number of New York tliianelal institutions. "1 thiuk," raid Mr. Rockefeller, In an Interview, that the existing alarm among Investors Is not warranted, and I hope the good common sense of the American people will control the 1 have absolute personally faith in the future of values of our securities and the soundness of underlying conditions. "Instead i f wli' drawing any of my money from the banks. I aw cooperating with others In helping to meet that which I firmly believe to he only s temporary crisis. Every one having the good of his country at heart should by word and deed lend s hand now to confidence, aud I propose to do my pari to the full extent of my resources. J. Plcrpout Morgan and Janies Stillman, president of the National City bank, made a call upon Secretary st the Manhattan hotel on Wednesday. Mr. Morgan declined to say anything regarding his visit to Mr. Curtelyou or to discuss the financial situation in any way. A distinctly more favorable tone waa evident In Wall street Wednesafternoon, following the anday nouncement that Secretary Cortelyou of the treasury department had made deposits of government funds in New York banks. The stock market had been holding better all day than had been expected, and the tact that the Trust company of America had withstood the rush of depositors to withdraw money fur four hours without difficulty was an additional encouraging factor. ive Two Hundred Bodies Have Been Taken From the Ruins of the Homes of the Victims Floods Follow the Earthquake Shock. n; Rome. Details of the earthquake la Calabria on Wednesday, just received here, show that the damage was much more extensive than at first reported, whilo tbe death list is estimated at 600. Two huudred holies h&e already been taken from the ruins. Many of the villages are still cut off from communication with Rome by the floods and the destruction of the telegraph lines and roads, and no word from them ran be had. The first Bhoek of the earthquake fortunately brought most of the population of the villages into the open, many succeeding In making their escape to the hills or oen places, or the .'1st of fatalities wofild have been larger. To add to the desolation caused by the earthquake, H was raining In torrents, which greatly increased the suffering among the homeless people. Half the houses at Ferruzaino and Brancaleone collapsed and many persons were burled In the ruins; and at Sinopoll and St. Ilarlo mure lives are said to have been lost. Panic preHalf the bouses vailed everywhere. of the village of Gerace are In ruins, and similar conditions prevail In a number of other points in Calabria. During the confusion raused by the first earthquake the prisoners In the jail at Catazaro mutinied, and were only subdued with great difficulty. The female prisoners were particularly and alarmed, screaming, shouting beating the doors until the whole place waa In a terrible uproar. The prison officials did everything possible to calm the inmates, but they broke out afreBh every time another earth shock was experienced. Cur-tely- FAILURE IN PITTSBURG. Electric Company In of a Receiver. Pittsburg. A flurry in local flnaa-clcircles, caused by the embarrassment of four concerns of the Westing-hous- e interests, was quickly ended here on Wednesday by the prompt action of tbe Pittsburg Clearing House association and tbe Pittsburg stock Eleo-trl- c exchange. The Westlnghouae company, the Manufacturing Westlnghouae Machine company, and the Security Investment company, s holding company for the W eating-hous- e company, are in the hands if s receiver a pointed by Judge Ewing, of the United States circuit pourt A fourth concern, the Nernst Lamp company, was turned over to receivers Thursday morning. Westlnghouae Hand al FRENCHMEN NERVOUS. Think the Whole Fabric of American Credit Hae Been Endangered. In Wall Parle. The "house-cleanintroet is having a sentimental rather than a practical effect here. The papers are devoting much space to "the Wall street ciash, and the slaughter of American millionaires," and operators on the bourse are closely watching the situation. They consider that financial conditions, are American sound at the base, and regard the New York crisis as being the inevitable culmination of an era of Intense com nicrclal activities and over siiecula-tlon- , helped along by the revelations ot Improper methods of finance aud the position assumed by the authoriSome of the ties at Washington. French bankers think President Roosevelt has gone loo far and that the whole fabric of American credit baa been endangered. g NEVADA BANK CL08ED. Wae Unable to Realize on Btocke Taken as Security for Loan. Reno, Nev. The State Bank A Trust company, with headquarters st Carson and branches at Goldfield, Ton-opaManhattan and Blair, closed Us doors Wednesday morning. Tho state hank examiner is in charge. Tho difficulty Is duo to Inability to realize on stocks placed as security for s $00,-00- 0 loan made by the Sullivan Trust company last year. T. B. Rickey, president of the bank, is one of tbe wealthiest men in tbe state, and the bank assets are thought to exceed tbe liabilities. No fear is entertained (hat depositors will lose a cent. Governor Sparks Comes to tho Rescue of Financial Institution. Nev. A bank holiday Goldfield, throughout Nevada was declared by Governor Sharks on Thursday, to last five days. ' All the banks of Goldfield were closed on Thursday in consequence. The proclamation came as a great relief to local banks. Tbe State Hank A Trust company had already closed its doors. At noon Wednesday a big run was In progress at the Nye A Ormsby bank, when banking hours closed, and the run probably would have continued bad the bank opened SHOOTS FORMER JUDGE. Old Resident of Wyoming Central Pessimist Believes We Are on the Eve cf a Check to Our Proeperity. Topeka, Ksn. E. R. Ripley, presl dent of the Santa Fe, who was here cn Thursday to attend the reads annual meeting gave out an Interview In which he said: "I do not claim to be a prophet, and 1 do not thiuk I am ly nature a pessimist, but I am in a po sition where I cannot help seeing some thing of tbe conditions which exist over a considerable portion of this country, and It has been perfectly evident to me for Borne months past that we were on the eve of a check to our prosperity. Utes Again Troublesome. Washington. The tribe of Lte Indians. which more than a year ago wand-re- d away from their reservation in rtaa and created trouble In Colorado and Wyoming by threatening tc take the war path and raid ranches is ripurt-- d to have again broken out on thu Cheyuaiic river reservation in Sonin Dakota, where the tribe was given temporary quarters. At the ol the wi rotary of the interior t.e war department on ThursdayH. I)., d troops Irom Fort Meade, 111 the trouble. 10 tin; ri i.i. : :i'-- atteruey's i office ln-i- v cm when Jury in the criminal Thi supreme court found Dr. lirutn li in' Y.'il.ir H. CLl if!, lormer vice presl-nl of the Mu' n il Lite con. pan, guilty of jerjury in the third decree. The verdi t v a lor l.'.- rcy evi'b a utr.i.e.i i Ti.e majlinui.. p a ii y Mr t.sU d c d i r.-- Secrets of German Imperial Court Expected to be Uncovered. Beriin. Tbe libel action brought by General Count Kuno von Moitke against Maximilian Harden, editor of Die Zukunft, a free lance polemical wiei-lyand long an orgau of extreme radical opinions, began here cn Wednesday before Justice Kern. The public awaited the trial with extraordinary interest, because it was bclb-icthat many secrets of the imperial coin t would be drawn from Hie persons summoned to tho trial, some of whom are memtnis of the imperial entourage. d n I.iaurance Man Convictsd of Perjury. cvl;. T..! fir.--1 conviction in bn:--- d on Hie disc Ioann1 in eases the Ive illveKtUntion of Insur-r.mthe Inti.-nioiirs in 1 i(ir G was obtained by Fig-ure- a in Tragedy. Laramie, Wyo. William Lepher, for thirty years a resident of this oily, on Wednesday afternoon shot ana seriously wounded C. W. Bruniel, sn attorney and former judge of the district court, a moment later killing himself by sending a bullet Into his biuin. Hramel has three bullet holes through his face, both Jaws are broken, and his organs of iqieech are affected, but his physicians believe he will recover. Lepher some mouths ago lost s suit In thu courts of this state, some properly he owned having been sold under mortgage, lie went to Bramel'a office, evidently in an effort to gel him to bring suit for the recovery of f e property, the shooting following. I Germany Wins Balloon Race. Proclaimed as the most remarkable balloon contest in tho history of tho world's aeronautics, with seo-onevery racing recoul broken, the lonal cup competition, internal which started from here on Monday last, ended on Wednesday wllh Germany accorded the wlnniug laurels. The finish of the race was the closest ami most exciting the followers of tho Another sport have ever known. balloon, the ( 'rmnii tiamls third la the race. American eiriJ'Ls are lourlh auJ lirili. SL Louis. d Duss-eUlor- |