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Show WHAT IS THE HIDDEN SECRET? ing. and the the eager hands of lawyeia ejes tail turo tt ovt 1 e Mr. Robinson. Tha upon tue writing while his associates look at him. Suddenly Mr. Robinson sits down. Ills eyes oren wide am the color flees from his face. As in a trance ho reads and rereads the fateful words. Mr. Robinson received It without a Mystery Slip word. He hands It over to Mr. Simpay$ son without a word and he turns pale, ill too. Mr. Dickson reads It, but that grim old warrior of the bar makes no sign. Only he does not smile any in Written Memorandum in the Fine Hand more. Somethin of William That was all. There were a few Weightman Humbled the Pride of Mri. Jones Wister and halfhearted questions further, and Drove Lawyers Out of Court Neither Side Will then, the attorneys for the contestant tht Talk. arise and ask a continuance. They do not say an indefinite continuance. The case opens and tho first witness But they do not ask for a further date. Philadelphia. One little slip of yellow paper, covered with fine, closely Is called. He is A. W. Iloopes, for They would not say If they will ever written lines, but it humbled the pride years credit manager for the drug open the case again. In Boclety In firm of Powers & Weightman, which $ a woman high Neither Side Will Talk. It drove three skilful lawyers was owned by William HU Weightman court la confusion and assured alone. of of I What did that yellow slip contain? The ,t testimony of Iloopes Is another woman the undisputed con-ro- l of no consequence t, It except to himself, For all questions there has beeu but and possession of the $60,000,000 because he tells of the rtcrz gift of $100,000 one official answer:- - Nothing to left by old William Weightman. made to Mrs. Walker's lawyers have him Mrs. Walker by after the say. will Dramatic scenes are common In the death of her father. This causes a only said grimly: Let them tell. 'Dtlit oiirta of the land, strong situations mild sensation, but that dies down as We will say nothing, declare Mrs. 'Ireo not Infrequent, but the oldest law-fe(I the plans of the contestants begins to Wlster's attorneys. i I&. say they cannot recall a scene unfold. It Is obvious that they exMy lawyers tell ms to say nothlilts so strong or a situation quite so pect to show that to the will of 1895 ing. is the sole reply of the woman aani lererly worked up as the one in made by Weightman a codicil was In the case. ihlch Mrs. Jones Wister and her added tin which distributed to the six Jones Wister, ge ntleman of the old ounse! confessed utter defeat at the ores- daughters of Mrs. Jones Wister, once school, proud of his family, a millionsuit of Mrs. Ann Weightman Walker Mrs. William Weightman, Jr., a pro- aire egla hinmelf, hesitates, for he Is sorely ud her lawyers. portionate share of the estate. It de- tried, but be answers: I atn reIn the Orphans Court, presided over velops soon after that they know a quested not to say a word. go the clerk, rattling paper was drawn up and It 1b now in U Judge Ashman, This is the supposed contents of the "it rer the calendar of hearings, comes the possession of Mrs. Walker. yellow slip: It refers to the personal be the case of Charles dinvllllers, as relations Old Mans Grim Prophecy. existing at one time between , lgo pirdian, etc., of Margaret Weight-;anMrs. Wister and Mr. Weightman. She What induced the belief that It was at a minor, etc., vs. Ann Weight-a- n has said before that he wanted her Mia. a a codicil is Mrs. letter treasured by Walker, executrix and others, ini Wister In the aged mans fine copper to marry hint at the time she was enud stops as from two tables this gaged to be married to Jones Wister. come measured voices plate writing received a few years be- There is the testimony of Edward T. ting his fore death. It Is written on the "Trial! Davis that Mr. Weightman once said at. of Fourth July. At the first of the counsel tables sit ?lng I have been much annoyed by the that she wanted him to marry her. lor Those who recall the history of the fireworks all day around the house, for millions smiled when they Weightman I but have a lbly just signed and attested heard of the contest. paper which will some day make more amount involved was Although the large they asant noise than three such holidays. was not altogether serted that it lore Couched as it was in the friendliest that Inspired the action. Two Mr. terms, addressed to the woman now money women diametrically opposite In discontesting, In reality, there was every eat reason for her and her lawyers to position, character and ambitions were SB. continuing a fight that meant think it Is a codicil or a direction at only per more to them than mere money. In of his aid least grandchildren. That ges William Weightman, whose strange rtf It might be revenge or a grim joke humor or hope for revenge Inspired the never entered tbelr heads. the contest at the same time he killed of The will is produced and read, and the hope of success, an Englishman by her has the the left after aged Hoopes was a chemist He was one of birth, stand a stout, red mustarhed man of the founders of the great firm of Powabout 50, answering to the name of ers & That firm had a Weightman. beEdward T. Davis, is sworn In and on the preparation of quimonopoly gins his testimony. He was William nine for the market and during the Weightmans private secretary and civil war made a great rortune. real estate agent for about 23 years. He was a witness to his will. Weightman Family History. The examination had now reached William Weightman bad two sons a point that threw a bush over every- and a daughter. John Farr Weight body but the two. It appears that man, the eldest son, was educated as to upon Davis the contestants relied a physician at borne and abroad, but prove there had been a codicil. Mr. bis fathers business called him and Simpson took up that phase. he went into it, remaining until bis Mrs. Weightman Walker. Do you remember a paper after- death. In 1886. ward by Mr. Welghtman and William Weightman, Jr., married t attorneys for the contestant. They locked written his desk? in began the lawyer Sabbatine d'lnvllllers, a daughter ol ' three and each or them well a French family that left France in sown at the bar Alexander Simp-no- , suavely. The witness hesitates as if reluctant time to escape the guillotine of tha an In advocate Jr., quick speech, The family settled trtlle In resource; Samuel Dickson, to answer, but he finally answers, Reign of Terror. Yes, I remember It. In Philadelphia and speedily took a Jvocate and counsel, hero of years quietly: Mr. Robinson draws himself up Im- commanding position In society. f legal warfare; V. Gilpin Robinson, Mr. Carson, he exclaims, Then came Ann, the daughter. More "cp in the law, skilled In every trick portantly. I am afraid we shall like the shrewd father than the tons, Impressively, pd technicality. Just across the aisle the table reserved for the defense, have to call upon you to produce that she was a business woman from the ttorney General Hapton Carson sits paper. day she knew anything about the i the Just at that moment Mr. Carson Is world. She became the wife of R. J. front His reputation la more bat state wide; behind him Is Henry very busily engaged In trying to make C. Walker, of Williamsport, and lived Brown and to the rear are the hla thumbs go around In opposite di- in that little Pennsylvania city for Intertook an she road shoulders, strong face and keen rections. but always years, res of John G. Johnson. Mr. Robinson grows rather Impa- est in the business of her father, and tient. "Come, Mr. Carson, we are ask- she was regarded as having a mans ha Women In the Case. The attorney shrewdness. ing for that paper! To the rear of the counsel table, general looks up as in surprise. Mrs. William Weightman, Jr., cared heir chairs ' nothing for business or the acquisiresting against the bar Yellow Slip Produced. tion of mouey. Her tastes ran to entiling, Is the line of women, five of bem. Seated so closely that the Oh, yes, to be sure, he exclaimed tertainments and society. In tbe absence of tbe daughter she soon became the favorite in the big marble in Rlttenhouse manslou fronting Square and Raven Hill, a magnificent country estate. As her six daughters were born they became the pets of the aged man and when William Weightman died in 1889, Mrs. Weight-man- , his widow, and her daughters went to live In the old mansion en- of Writing on Yellow of Paper That Ended Contest for $60,000,000. Phlla-jelpbl- ri slmul-aneousl- y tirely. Mrs. Walker did not like this arrangement and the real trouble started then. After her husband had served a term at Washington, they moved to Philadelphia and he went tnto the office of Powers & Weight-man- . Mrs. Walker was made a partner. and they attended to the business end. Mrs. Weightman remained at until the home of her about 1895, and one day Philadelphia was surprised to bear that she bad become the wife of Jones Wister. The marriage of Mrs. William Weightman was the severing of the relations between tbe daughter-in-laand her children and the aged man. Mrs. Walker and her husband at once came into the ascendant. William Weightman, Sr., died In August. 1904, and the following week ' father-in-la- jtyvzs u of their gowns touch, three tht be on the other side of the fid so far as the other two are The three chat quietly at and the two do likewise, but glances are never to the sldo hen the lorgnette is employed T niuch as when a woman goes anilng, Just behind her counsel the counsel for the defendant sits Jonos Wister, past 60, grayed. told looking but determined. lier aide sits her sister-in-law- , Hodman Wister, similarly aged p Umllarly arlstociatlc looking, and . sita a pale slip of a girl, ttomlnal plaintiff or contestant in looking as If she would fancy J other place In the world than court room and any other time con-'Be- this. He seizes a pardon me. green bag and begins to sort the papers therein hurriedly, lie goes over them once or twice and at last finds what he seeks. It Is a single sheet of yellow paper, about five Inches wide and six Inches long, close ruled across and lengthwise. It Is seen that It Is written full on both sides and holds a notarial seal. A hasty glance and Mr. Carson passed It over to Simpson. Without glancing at It Mr. Simpson passed It up to Mr. Davis on the stand. Is that the paper? he demands. Davis studies It carefully. Yes, sir, Is hts answer, but I did not know It had been acknowledged before a notary. WeU take the paper for a moment, continues Mr. Simpson, smil hurriedly; his will, written by himself, showed he had left eVery penny of his fortune to his daughter without condition. He had made her executrix without bonds and spared her the neeesslty of filing an appraisal of the estate. Not a grandchild waa mentioned In the will and not a penny left to charity. The ault waa brought when Mrs. Wister and her attorneys thought they had collected sufficient evidence to prove a codicil or testamentary Intention to aid other members of the family. The almost forgotten Fourth of July letter was one of the foundations of the case, and men who knew William Weightman now say only sn unsuspected streak of grim humor and dramatic feeling could have made him write that which arranged for the cene lu court, with Its strange S T Nine Men Are Killed by the Collapse of New Hotel Being Constructed at Los Angelea. Long Beach. Cal. With no warning save the cries of the workmen who first felt the floors sag beneath their feet, five stories of the central wing of the new $750,000 Blxby hotel collapsed Friday morning, carrying nine men to death In, the tons of tangled wreckage. About 150 artisans and laborers were scattered through the structure at the moment U fell, and of these nearly a hundred were carried down In the ruins. Seven bodies have been recovered from the mass of debris In the basement and one of the Injured died at the Long Beach hospital. The last two victims were found at 8 oclock Friday evening. Nine Injured workmen are being cared for at the hospital, but It Is believed tbat all will recover. All of tbe men on the contractors rolls are accounted for save one, supposed to be still In the ruins. Conflicting causes are assigned for the collapse of tbe central wing, and to investigate tbe disaster a commission of architects and engineers has been appointed. it INDICTED properties Grand Jury at Minneapolis Brings in Bills Charging Giving Rebates. Several Firms Are Charged With Receiving Rebates, While Naturalization Frauda Are Also Investigated, and Sensational Developments Are Expected. - t Line train nnd rob the express ear of thousands of dollars, about r.oon Friday at Rosemonf. twenty-onmiles west of this city, created a sen tatlon In local railroad circles. Tho flaring hold up was not put Into exo rut Ion. hut If the attempt hnd been made there would probably have been a bloodv battle between the robber gnd armed men concealed In tho press car. ex- Will Wtlcoma Roosevelt President Amador has In Tanama vlted tho governors of tho ecven proY Inees of the repuhlle to attend the reception In the capital which will ho given In honor of President Roosevelt $nd all the governors have signified rtielr Intention of being present. There great enthusiasm throughout the en tire republic over the approaching visit of the American executive. People from Interior town are already arriving In the capital In large numbers in anticipation of the presidential visit Is In Stateline district Utah, have changed hands, but who the purchasers are and the consideration are not known. Negotiations are under way In Salt Lake City through which a regular auto line from Humboldt to the Rose pud mining district Is to be established without delay. The directors of the Utah Min company met last week and ported the usual dividend of 3 cents a share, and, as they did last month, also ordered the payment of 2 cents aa an extra." d, Fho-- From all the present Indications, thei district of Humboldt county, Nev., will be the scene of the text wild excitement In that slate. It Is stated that the Zllllg and John-eo- n Rose Bud mining Indictment Minneapolis. Eleven were banded to Judge Lochran in the United States district court Thursday afternoon, and .they cover the giving of rebates by certain railroads and the receiving of the same by grain firms and Individuals. The general offense alleged in the railroad indictments la the absorption of grain with elevation charges. After the bunch of Indictments had been given out to tbe court the Jurors were excused for the term and told to convene again In 8L Paul. That a further and more searching Investigation Into the rebate question will be made Is not denied by AssistNERVY ROBBER HOLDS UP TRAIN ant United States District Attorney Ewart, and further revelations are exAttempts to Make Rich Haul Single-Handepected to be made at the next Bitting But le Outwitted by Porter. of the grand Jury. Kansas City. A lone robber, heavPerhaps the most surprised people of all were the railroads, for none of ily armed, boarded the rear Bleeper Of those eastbound California Limited train on to be Interested expected indictments brought. Each company had the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, made its best endeuvors to disclaim known as No. 44, between Slater and any criminal criminality In its relation Glasgow, Mo., at 11:58 Friday night, with the grain companies. The grand Jury has been In almost robbed three passengers and escaped continuous session on the rebate busiin the darkness. According to the ness except for a short recess and to local officers of the Pullman company, look Jnto the matter of naturalization the robber secured but $65. The rob- frauds, and it la understood that Inber, who Is described as being tall dictments under this head were rebut as they are against Indiand wearing a long black overcoat turned, viduals on whom service la yet to be and a mask, boarded the train at made, no Information was given out When the train had gained It Is said that some matter of a sensaSlater. tional headway he entered the sleeper, an when nature will be made public the cases are brought before the observation car. lie encountered the courL Pullman conductor, a flagman and a PRESIDENT WILL INSPECT CANAL negro porter. two trio at the revolver? Leveling Leaves Washington for Panama to of trainmen, the robber commanded See the Big Ditch, them to proceed ahead of blm and wake up the passengers. As hla comGood bye. I am go Washington. mand waa carried out, the robber, down to see how the ditch le getlng forcing the conduetor, porter and flagman ahead of him, secured what ting along, shouted President Roosebooty he could In his hurried march velt as he stood on the after starWhen he had board deck of the yacht through the car. Mayflower, at reached the front end of the car he tbe as the vesnavy Washington yard, started for the second Pullman. The was sel the dock with the to leaving had get managed however, porter, far enough ahead of the others to president for his Panama trip. Accompanying tha president were make a dash for the second car and slammed and locked the door In the Mrs. RooRevelt anJ her maid. Surgeon General Rlxey of the navy and M. C.. face of the robber. The train then was at a point about Latta, one of the assistant secretaries one mile from Glasgow. Realizing at the White House. The Mayflower that he could proceed no further with took the party to Wolf Trap light, at his work, the robber pulled the air the mouth of the Rappahannock liver. rope. While the train was slacken- In Chesapeake bay, where a transfer was made to the battleship Louisiana, ing Its rpced he jumped off and disapwhich Is to convey the president to peared In the darkness. and from the Isthmus. The president Have No Cause te be Cast Down, will spend four days on the Isthmus. He will arrive at Ceylon Thursday, Says Bryan. November 15. where he Is to be Lincoln, Neb. Commenting on tbe greeted aboard ehlp by President result of Tuesdays election William Amador of Panama and Mrs. Amador, J. Bryan gets considerable satisfac- Chairman Shonts and other officials of the canal commission. tion In viewing the outcome from a Democratic standpoint. He regrets Two Pittsburg Laborers Are Victims the defeat of W. R. Hearet In New of Overheated Dynamite. York, but cannot se wherein PresiPittsburg. One man was killed, two dent Roosevelt can find any comfort In the vote of the empire state. Mr. fatally Injured and sixteen others seBryan says the president's personal riously hurt In a dynamite explosion attack on Mr. Hearst was In very bad Thursday afternoon on Woodlawn taste, and he Insists that the attack avenue, Garrick Borough, where a did not favorably Impress the public. aewer Is being constructed. The Particularly gratlfvlng to the Demo- men were all foreigner. They were cratic heart, says Mr. Bryan. Is tho seated about a fire, eating their lunch, return of Missouri to the fold. when a dozen sticks of dynamite, placed near the fire to thaw, exploded. Insane Greed for Money. Baden-Baden- . Germany. Karl Han, Brother of Senator Money and Mississippi Planter Fight Duel. alias Stan, the lawyer of Washington, Miss. News D. C.. who was arrested In London reached Carrollton, and held for extradition, ts wanted by here from Money, a small town In Lethe local police on tbe charge of mur- flore county, that a pistol fight ocdering his wifes mother, Frau Moll curred there between J. D. Money, a tor. Tho motive of the alleged crlmo brother of United States Senator nppesns t- - have been Imane greed Money, and L. J. Henderson, a promiof money. Frau Molltor, who waa nent planter. Henderson was Inwealthy, refused many times to comand killed Money was wound' stantly ply with Haus requests for money, ed was engen Bad feeling ellghtly. having given her daughter a considfrom the purchase of a plantaerable dowry and arranged that aho dered tion three years ago by Henderson should Inherit part of her fortune. from the Money estate.' Nino Hundred Per Cent Dividend. Murder or Accident New York. The directors of tho N. M. T. A. Caldwell, Albuquerqu State bank of this city on Friday desecret service agent, was government clared a dividend of 90D ier cent, paythe railway track found alongstdo able In cash, on the bank's capitalizadead at Algondones, twenty miles tion of $100,000. The directors also above Albuquerque, by section men, declared the usual semi annual diviskull was badly crushed, Caldwell's dend of $0 per rent. The large surone arm was broken. Whether he and plus the bank amassed became unof foul play or arc! victim waa the small wieldy, because of Its capital! has not. yet been determined, and tatlon, nnd In order to ohrlate this tho adent thorough investigation will bo made, directors decided to distribute the sursome It Ib thought he was trying By a of In dividend. tho form plus to flag a passenger train In order to get on and was hit by the engine. Wers Prepared for Robbers. Colorado Springs. Colo. Rumors of a bold plot to hold up a Cripple Creek HINES AND MINING t The producing mines of the Coeqr dAlenes will make a mineral yield this year of something like $20,000,000 In gross value, and will probably pay between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000 in dividends. All of the large mining corporations of Butte at noon November 10 posted notices at their properties that, beginning November 15, the wages of all underground men would bo Increased from $3.50 to $3.75 a day. The first ore shipment from the Bullfrog district' over the new Las Vegas & Tonopah railroad, recently comIn the camp, has Just been( pleted made. It consisted of 42 tons of high grade ore from the Tramp Consolidated on Bonanza mountain. A Utah copper district which isl bound to be heard from as soon as thel main company operating there has be-- j completed the Improvements now ing rushed, Is the Copper Mountain' camp in the Lucln district, seven miles southeast of Tacoma station. Upon the completion of the branch railroad from Caliente to Ploche, anl undertaking now well under way, there will be added to the shippers of ore to the Salt Lake market the Linden group of properties, recently pur- -' chased by Tony Jacobson of Salt Lake City. J. P, Olympius, the experienced mining man and operator, returned last week from a ten days trip to Beaver county, Utah, where he reports having secured a group of eighteen claims In the Indian Peak range, about two miles from Indian Peak. He says It secmineralized Is an enormously tion. The Snowstorm copper mine, three miles east of Mullan, Idaho, has made fully a score of people Independently, rich within the past two years. When the Greenouglj brothers became Interested In the property about three a Joke years ago It was looked upon and Its shares were changing hands at from one to five cents. The Revenue company, operating In Beaver county, Utah, will soon send out a few carloads of $200 ore Just to make their statements concerning the valuea which the ores contain good. At the mouth of the tunnel workings, from which the rich shipments are to be made, there are now over thirty tons of ore sacked that samples 41 per cent lead, 198 ounces silver and $17.50 In gold per ton. The Coeur dAlene district of Idaho, r la best known aa a district, It ia without a as such. In and fact peer in the mining world. Its lead ores are noted for their purity and freedom from objectionable sulphides. Its resources, however, are by no means confined to lead and silver, but comprise an Important variety of ore lead-silve- Including copper deposits that Indicate a resource of the red metal equal of importance with the lead. One of the most Interesting pursuits in America today Is the search of Heretofore Its production platinum. has been limited chiefly to Russia and some South American countries. Russia, furnishing 95 per cent of the worlds supply, but there are many Indications that quantities of It will be mined In the United States In a few Several American years at most. firms have sent out their own prospectors to search for It. Silver Is going to reach a price of 76 or better within two years, and It Is going to hold that price, said George W Roberts, director of Hie, United States mints, at Denver, In an Interview last week. "I believe that hundreds or silver mines throughout the west which have been shut down for more than ton years because of the fall in price will be opening up again, within a )ear, blmply because the' price of the metal will make It worth while. Tho American Smelting & Refining' company, which lias practical control' of tho silver market, has supplied all of the B.ooe.fino ounce of sliver already bought by the treasury except, a few thousand ounces. The treasury will buy nearly S.OOO.noO more ounces. An assay was hod In Salt Luke last week on a chunk r ore from the new rowhattnn strike that had no suspicion of ruby silver or other metallic showed In It. and the return ounces gold snd 1.218 ounce sliver of over-$90giving the rock a valuation per ton. |