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Show ML THE EXAMINER IT.tha in Publiahad Evary Day Tha Standard Publiahins SUBSCRIPTION Year Dy Co. RATES. Delivered bj t 'a tiler in Ogden City, including Sunday Morning Examiner. per month.... rseta. Seta. Single copies BY MAIL IN ADVANCE. The Examiner Is sent by mail outside of Ogden, per tear. . . J.600 1.60 At least quarterly, in advance INDEPENDENT AND FEARLESS have grown wrinkled and old. the franchises- will have still !ii year tu run, and when ih? children jet unborn Paste rome and pine, within the allot- i e frauc.iu-- J wt.l 111 a si hate quarter of a ceniury of time. Why this effort to lie the hands uf geueratiuus yet unborn aud to fasten upon Ogden City mat wbieh may in tit; ptuve highly objectionable year, lu come? It the street railway people Intend to do the right thing by the people uf Ogdi-u- , they can affotd to have their acts reviewed in ten, twenty or thiny years from now, and then If their conduct is commendable and their works are adiauiageous to this community, they can rest assured of an extension of time, but far the pieseni officials of the city to sign for away all r:ghi and ail loo years conveys to our miml a recklessness coupled with a diaiegard fur ld e The Examiner is a strict ly Independit gives ail sides an ent newfpupor. equal show. The Examiuer lias lit, iawirlic. and no euenilca to punish. It will give tho news unbiased and nnpre.'.idletvl. Coniniunicailous will lie leceived on fa appalliug. all subject iiresrnied In respectful tho future, that Where the talw of such franchises language from known Individuals, but the true 11s me must lie published in is spin eclated, they arc treated as full. .Ml Idlers and cuniniimleailona proM.-nright nut to ho given away signed t unin de plumes. 01 assumed Promoter the asking far simply waste the names, will be thrown in Inbasket. The In live man never hides arc ss arming through the country. behind an assumed name. Don't ask vading every city, seeking to .obtain he Kdimr 10 be responsible for1 what these franchises and aoll (Imu at great ; ou are ashamed of. I roll 1. but where good judgment the cities to (1110111:111' will confer a favor by (h- - middle men and make such terms to office uf failure Ihia liiforniiug The Examiner before heir with tbs' actual in vest ms aa are breakfast. wi'b the bcncliis to be iK- pre-rail!- r cnd-avo- Siilu-rrlbci'- e StOWI-- EXAMINER TELEPHONES EDITORIAL ROOMS Independent Phone Bell '..No. No. Phone BUSINESS OFFICE Independent Phone Bell ... Phone. WN. GLABMANN Independent Phone Bell Phene No. 120 of both dosed after 1p.m. SI 56 No. 120 No. 58 No. 120 No. 120 telephone systems THE EQUITABLE SCANDAL. hat steps have at last been taken fur the Investigation liy slate offl.flale of the affairs of that mammoth life insurance ronipany. the Equitable, fa welcome news to not only the jmllcy holders of that rorporaifon, but to the general public aa well. The jar In the affairs or the Equitaa ble Is one of tho sivsi routs rkable In the history of finance. Thu Equllahle l.t perhaps the most conspicuous iustltulkm of Its hind in tho s Its world. are numbered by tens of thmiaande, while the volume of its business and Its Income rune Into ntahy inilllmis annually. P svrurllfas, the money which passed through the hands of Its officials, the Invettnients w hich these officials must make, make the Equitable a powerful factor in the world of money handlers. And yet, this tremendous flnanrfal engine Is capitalised at llim.fim), consisting of I non shares of $liu each, with dividends limited to 7 per cent per year, so that the dividends from the entire capital stock cannot be more than 7,nn per annum. Uf this stork, ftlr. Janies j(. Hyde owns 1 per rent, the controlling jwrt. The Income from Mr. Hyde's mock is under fil.iiuO a year; but ho tremendously Important In the financial world is (he control uf the enormous resources of the Equllahle, that It fa luel-dent- policy-holder- refused Ss.iHHi.qmi for the r.l,M0ii worth of stuck In hfa possets inn. The $5.0mi.tHifi Is not, of course, offered for. the paltry Income which the stock carries with It, but for the power to use the hundreds of millions In cash and securities which l1ong to the policy holders, the real owners of the Equitable. Mr. Hyde is First of the company, Mr. Jamep V. Alexander President Alexander the President. found fault with Mr. ilyde'a management and personal conduct. Ho demanded that (he rotircru tte made a mutual (Utiipany hv giving to policyholder whose imliclea amount to ai Isast lO.uuo, votes lu the election of directors this would pluce tho control of the company with the aptj take It out of the hands uf Mr. Hvde, who controlled It through hfa majority of the Muck. Mr. Alexander farther demanded thet Hyde resign a Mthl that Hyde t. It lit Incompatible with present public opinion, as well as with the Interest the society and lu beneflelartes,'' fcelared the Alexander taction. In it petition lb tliq df tenuis, that the ns'the leal puYtlc-- in Inter-mt- . should continue to Ito without any voice in the uilmlnhd ration of these funds, hut that the cmlrr ikw or uf sc lifting ilirector should be vested In solclv h tho holder for aud cxcvctt-et'nc time Iminu of the majority (,i tho toclety's nomiiii;l rapltal stock." Ami the of Sir. Mjtle, they add cd. 'would lie newt pivjndir.iiil to ihe welfare and mukiv. ol the and :hu cowrxrMon of the mist. Muds held fur '.he horn'll; n( our policy Of i sis-iet- v hold-cis," lor ".Mr. u right-of-wa- proirsL There fa no question an to the great value of the franchises as a city asset, if there fa value to the franchises and excellent prospect of ever Increasing value, why be less careful iu voting them away, ihsn you would he in disposing uf so much money tq the treasury of the city? . --- Hyde's jiroruinciicc In various wa.-- , mid his sicta as Vice President arc such as tend to provo', Ciitii:!:-ui lh- - Msietj. to create mi. Livings its to lie coiocnatfalii o! i . u'.ui to Injun- - 'it t:.; uc-uv a:i institution which has her litifiornil;. held out to ihe public a (und'tc'cd solely ou ilte null ua I plus for ili benefit ami protection ol its pi dlvj holders.'' Hut Mr. lljda was Firs' Vice Ptesjdtnt. The between Ih- fatiiin has waged ever since.- iliatui-.tU'cii;s r ONE HUNDRED YEARS. The. city (nuimil has given a strangti our city a franchise to build a railroad along the at recta ..f the city, and the life of the prlvilegs Is placed at lutt years. Tlie cnuncll has also given a second fra nchfac for the to a Bait Ijiker and i. (uij. la to run fur a period 01 Inti years. When the school childien uf Oaden er sanu-purpo- e lplniting the ricn llftd for commercial development therrliy thrown openThe Hongkong Cotton Spinning. company Weaving, and Dyeing staiu-- in 1898, with a ifaw to catering fur the wsnta of souihrj I Jiua. and hutted to Itnd In Hurm-- a aourcs of supply of raw material. Such hopes, however, were not realised, and in it got into serious difficulties. A reorganization on the basis of writing down iu J loti shares lu $16 each followed. and it has succeeded in paying a dividend on its reduced capital. This mill ol, tains its supplies duty fire, aa of against an Import duty at the ratecot-tu1 lulkwan lad per 222 pounds on from abroad. The counts it spins are low. chielly lu'., and such of the output as is not disposed of locally goe principally to Amoy aud Juchau. Th; Chinese customs statistics record Ihe imports of iiungkuug yaru into China as hating been tiM.wKt pounds iu 1901, 6 10. 00 pound, in IU"- -. and 1.2Jo,4tNi pounds In 19i3. Four of the mills at Shanghai represent SuO.ihmi pounds of European capital sunk In cotton mills after tar Japanese war, on the assumption that with the aid uf cheap labor, skilled management, aud abundant supplies of excellent cotton a handsome profit llierc-uwould be earned. They all , but paid small dividend, in to have been struggling keep their head above water ever since. Due (the of the Shanghai establishment Shanghai Colton Spinning company) fa under Japanese management . and having control, the prevent owners bought it at half the coat price from a foreign bank, into whose hands It fell through inability to dl charge Its fluaucial obligations. It was original- n 1897-98- -- ly Chticsc-owiie- In the report of tho China mission of the Blackburn Chamber of Commerce, which visited Kha.ighil about ihe time wheu the mills under foreign management were in their infancy, will bo found certain speculation with regard to their future and to the manner Id which they are likely tu affect One uf abroad. from imports which the at the conclusions commission of the membeia anlved was that while the new mills could not be considered as directly computing with the productions of the were Called Kingdom, so favorable and the surrounding circumstances conditions to the expansion of trade, that Lancashire must eventually uf-fserious indirect loss. CONFERENCE RATES AND TRAINS VIA RIO GRANDE. The Rio Grande will have five traina each way for tha accommodation of conference travel. Fare $1.50 for the round trip. Tickets on sale April 4th to 9th, good returning until April 12th. HE'D WORK FOR NOTHING. The discharged caddie. Instead of retiring In a seemly mmincr.to the I'ltihhiiiiKe, hovered almtit Hlank. He regarded closely the man's rather methods of play, on hfa rliimsy freckled young face a succr came wad went. Blank chose a stick and swung for a long drive. But hla mlaaod the ball. The discharged caddie gave a land laugh. Blank frowned a) the boy end which he says (hero are 17 catab- - Kwung again a mlghiy awlngbut liahmeala la CJilna and Hongkong op- - ngaln he ntlsHed. There from the rante steam-drivemacaddie anmeans erated by uf. other loud, harsh laugh. chinery,, their total number of apitidle, A third time Rlank swung, and a being 616,648. Of these. 0 establish- third time only turf and ust arose Into ments, with .225.u)n spindles, arc lo- the air. HI. mister,' yelled Ihe caddie cated In Fhanghal alone, end one at 'if j oil'll take me hack I'll C5.'xhi wltn spinules. Hongkong clubs for the fun of the carry your The spinulug uf cotton into ytru, thing.' ' say Mr. .Jamleoou, and the weaving of that yarn Into cloth are Industrie, Art and Eggs. which. while .not anterior to the maJohn 8. Fargent. when he whs last nipulation of silk and of hemp fibers, In said the art editor of a have existed in China far over one NewAmerica," York magazine, visited one day thousand years. Can led on practical- the gallery of a certain millionaire. This inilllunnli'e's gallery was ly throughout Ihe whole empire, ihtdr It included, a thougrcnl cunt r t1 has for centuries been the large. sand pictures. But tiro pictures had country wiirrs rollon is grown to the not been collected with dincreiion. best advantage, that 1a lu say, tha Many of them were bogus, and those sculaiar.t around (he mouth of ths that were genuine were mil, at best, much. Yangtze and the llangchuw' Hay and worth In silence Mr. Kargent walked the level plains of The province of through the gallery. Now he imuseJ it And have there fa where llupel. before this painting, now before that, been ratal) Halted tiro various mills for lint he said nothing. Not a word. The millionaire, alarmed at this tiea'.ing raw cotton by moans ol became very voluble over hfa siram-drlvemachinery. The initial pictures, lie iwlnteil nut. their nterl's Una on mnde was modern experiment In the ehMtiient tone of sn art cataill ISi'l, slim a Chinese logue. and each of hfa sentences hsd In vn Interrogative Inflection st the end ayuutcaio started at Bhangitai. originator claimed for llroniaelve. a ui each he paused, waiting for Mr. Sargent to agree. But the groat paintquasi monopoly, and prohibited out er continued silent. aiders, who were not prepared to pay the millionaire Finally, lu a fixed royalty for the privilege, from aid: ' I '"At lean you will agree that ntv engaging ill similar undertakings. AI ollee'.iuti Ik a tolerable one. won't f lhotiftir Iro t uiui-rScccpted O'.l?" onorou condition foreigner roente-."Tolerable?. Yes.' Mr. Kargent it as an tindin intetforence with ihcl; And ho added, with a fnln utile: '1111 what would you think of tly wh. treaty richls. anti - tolerable egg?' " China, Inserted in tho treaty of OSCEOLA MINERS STRIKE. aa article providing for tha freedom of Japanese subjects to i'alumet, Mich., April 4. Opera Ions in si! kinds cf manufacturing inthe South Keari-argand North dustries tn the open port of China, 'e? run rge Ivranehea of the Oscenfa and pei mitt iug them to import rnaebiu. 'onroltdsted mine were siiMpenilod a strike f miners and tranters who demand a vs ire in wages, v v:c affur-l,fj (oiti riiiiui errly 2.rtim men are Idle. In . n det-pai- v l Shim-'nnosc- kl o 1 e to-iv- c 1 IT AH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1903. LEAVE HIS DEAD WITH THE GREASERS? DONT!!! o Andrew Carnegln plays golf well and like tu talk about the game, iff rule of his friends, a golf tyro, he Mid it a dinner in New York: blank went to play one day, and disliking the rather iorward manner In his csdtUe, discharged the fad aud took another In his place. COfTON IN CHINA. : Baa poltcy-hold-er- first Our city f .(tiler must not be unM.'l-miii- s or unduly nqnous over the first proposals to be received from middle-iiii wllh well developed iiiitiuns of the ga,d .they (ail doriie from I11ieru1h.u1 railway frahciifaca. Ogden is not ia the position of an uld maid who must accept the first, offer from a gsllsnt 'who comes a wool tig and beguiling. This city is fair anil young and full of piunilae, and fa in s position to win attention from more thau one suitor bearing gifts, such as trfffy. We say bis self composed, Ogden, Ibete are other who may be glad to accept that which you have (o' give and In return obligate themselips to nmre nearly measure up lu the requirements of a bargain fair to both aides. In eliminating Wall avenue from the proposed grout of . the council hua done well liy tho steam railroads, but the railroads are only a part of the people to Im considered. The entiie people must Im protected and safeguarded, and we now spent for them. The sentiment of the people is against a looyesr franchise and they have the right to lie heard la MORXIXO EXAMINER: OGDEN, Not Much, Said Skipper Ellis, and Took His Partners Bod to a Sea Burial at Pistol Point. read a while ago shout a young Philadelphia man who died in the province of Soum g whi'.r ou a pica Jure (tip through Old Mcxhu." said a Californian wjo Wii engaged in busines in various parta of 8- xieo far many The dead mans Philadelphia years. iclativca,' not hcl.ig familiar with law. wired to 'he authorities j Mexican of the town iu which the young man died to embalm th body and Snip It tu Philadt-lp.iiaThey then fuund out about the law, whim requires that the bodies of all fuicign.'rs who die in Mexico shall be interred In Mexican soil for two year, before being removed tu resting uisce in their own I . Ellis, bringing hfa teeth together with a click. At about 6 o'clock that evening Skipper Jim Ellfa dismounted from a big mule in front of the 'dobe hospital, hitched the mule to a tree and went Into the evading room, where the body of hfa friend fay. He carefully secured the body in the winding sheet. W hen he picked the body up aud threw Be Without One of Our New Spring Hats over hia fell shoulder the U Mexican doctor and two nurses set up n howl. Ellis pulled a gun with hi right hand aud backed toward the door. Don't ou hoptoads come me,' quietly cautioned Ellfa as he barked out. 'This yere's my friend that I'm an' he's jec as much my triend dead as he was alive.' The gun awed the doctor and the nurses; but they raced around the bark way to intorm the Alcalde, whose office was only half a square away. The Alcalde and half a dozen of those barefooted Greaser policemen rushed over and surrounded Ellis, Just as the skipper, after placing the mate's body in front of tha saddle, climbed mi land. The dead mans Philadelphia relatives protest.-d-. but their protects were of no avail. Turn- - was nu way of getting over the law. A tew years ago. Frank Ives, the idlliardiat, died In Mexico, where he had gone In the hope of curing hii lung trouble. Hfa relatives made a hard light again. 1 the Mexican authorities' determination tu hold the body in Mexican ground for the prescribed length of time, even Invoking board the mula. 'Arrest hint!' shouted the Alcalde, with iKiwerlttl Influence behind Ihrm, the aid of our 8tae Department. But jumping around, and the pulled their dinky little swords they lust, and lvi-sbody remained cops and made aa if to tackle Ellis. Thla e buried in Mexico for tar two years time Ellis flashed both guns, and when it was brought to this country. All the same, l once saw tnat came he started to wave them the cops Mexican law lieat, and beat good. It stepped back with a lot of suddenhappe.ied fifteen yean agu. iu Macal- ness.T ain't r no musslncst,' lan, on the west roast of Mexico. I proclaimed Ellis in a low but very wa., in the shipping business there. t stand Alt American schooner returning to clear tone, but I ain't no Interference whatever while I'm 8au Francisco front a long trading cruise in the Bouth Seas dropped into performin' a Christian duty by a pal, the harbor. The first mate, an ad- the same bein' this yere dead boy, me In what would do the same venturous chap nam?d Frank 8t who had been sailing out of San circumstances sim'lar. I'm a man wherever I and Franrixco since his ltoyhood and was half owner uf the schooner and part- he. deep water or dry land. But this half-bree- If you are undecided as to what shape and color you want, fust take a peep at our Window. The NO NAME H AT Has long since try d s bo-lor- won its reputation as the best ONE---- - $2.50 and $3.50 f fr fr ay-ma- n, God-feari- ner In the trading enterprise, waa dangeroudy sick with fever, and the skipper his partner, brought him into Maatlan for medical attention. The skipper waa Jim Ellis, a huge California who was as much at home 011 the back of a bronco as on the quaiterderk of a ship, and n square and lovable man all through. I had known him well in California. The medlral officer of Ihe Mazat-fa- n port took a look at the first mate and told Ihe skipper that Btaymaa wan In n bad way and be taken tu the Mazat Ian Hospital. So to the Mazat fan Hospital, an adobe affair then, with primitive aucommndatinns for pstlenls used tn civilised medical attention and nursing. Frank Stag; man was taken lrom the schooner on the evening of the vexsel's arrival in port. Skipper Ellis stayed ahore lu nurse hia male in the hospital. But it waa no use. The mate had hern too long wlthuiit treatment. He died on hia second day in tha hospital. A little while before he died he said to Sktppef Ellis, in a lucid interval that prpssged hit early parsing out: 'Jim, I'm all in, and It's me to pipe out right yere In this Greaser bunk d'rect'ly. But I don't want to be put away down yere. I never had jq kind o' use far Greasers, and I wouldn't feel shipshape or prop'rly ha netted down fayin' in Mexican Now. no ain't ground. they way far you to git my carcass up home f'r burial, lesa'a the next .learner up from Panama will take the box that I'm in up to San Francisco, which it probably won't Bo, Jim, I want you to bury me at sea. Me lake me out on me schooner on your way up home and git old Coonary, the sailmaker. to sew me up in one o' hfa handy hammocks, and tong me over the aide with tha iimal forty pounder fashed to my ankles. I'll thank you to 'tend tn this. Jim, and It'll he a hull heap better than lay In' armin' were in a burial dead ones. plot filled with The sea's good enough f'r mine. Thatll be almut matey.' And then Riayman turned over on the other side and passed out. Rtaymsn had forgotten all about that two year clause In the Mexican law. hut Skipper Jim Ellfa, hadn't, even If he didn't say anything about hfa It. not feeling like distressing partner In his final moments. Ellin, wrapp'd hfa mate's body up in a winding sheet and then ho went to see the Alcslde on the town. He explained that he desired to convey hfa dead partner's body to the schooner. In order to give It a seaman's burial. The Alcalde replied that such a thing would be out of Ihe question. The skipper expostulated calmly, but Ineffectually. The Alcalde said positively that the Itody of the mate would hare to be Interred In the si ranger' plot the equivalent down there of our potter's field until the two years prescribed by Mexican law had elapsed. Captain Kills went to see the American consul. The consul could, of entirae. do nothing, and told Ellis so. They're very finicky and touchy about ihelr laws down here.' said the consul to the skipper. You'd better let the lvody slay down here for the two year.1 'And slricsicp complyin with the (lyin' wish of my partner? Not any,' replied Kills, and then he came to see me. 1 wanted to help him. but there was no possible way that I could do It. I was In business in Mnzatfan. and I'd have been chasmi fain the sea by a mob, had I shown any sort of disposition to meddle with the Mexican half-bree- d all-a'lo- ng, yere's a unusual ease ease, and the first ombrey what tries t' hobble me In sure to be het up a hull heap. G'lang! And ho dug hfa heels Into the mule's aides, at the same tlmo turning around In the saddle so aa to keep the Alcalde and the bunch of cops covered with hia guns. They didn't take the chance of letting fly a shot at him, for they've got a lot of reaiiect for Gringo gun marksmanship down in Mexico. Meanwhile, the news of Ellia'a act had travelled all over the place, and the four squares that, he had 4o guide hla mule to reach the waterfront were lined with sulky looking Mexicans. But not one of them had the nerve to make a move toward halting the determined looking, gun waving giant who had the body of hia friend balanced croMwise In front of him on the When you can have electric lights for $J.50 per month i for the first light and $1.00 each for additional lights mule. The schooner's long boat, every member of the crew armed, awaiting Ellis when he reached the little landing. He dismounted, took the body on his shoulder turned the mule loose, put the body in the long boat ' and make the schooner In no time. Ellfa had already secured hfa sailing papers and ten minutes after the body was brought on board, the schooner's was up and she. was on her way out to see. The mates body was given a proper seaman's burial on the following day. Mexico complained to our state J6 . (IS jB v3B Save all the trouble of filling lamps with oil and make it easy for the women at home by using electric light . mud-hook- . .J department about the Incident, but the matter was allowed to drop." ' WORSE AND WORSE. Higglnson, at a dinner that he recently gave in the navy yard at Washington, said of a certain American millionaire: Once, In England, he and I were staying at the same country house. It was the shooting season, snd on the second morning of our etay we found ourselves shooting over the same coy era aide by aide. The morning waa cold and gray, and through the mlat noticed my compatriot acting strangely. He ran about oddly. In a little while the keepers began to watch him, to smile, and to make remark.. Finally I saw a pheasant running the along ground, and the young American running after it with hfa gun advanced and cocked. A keeper hastened up to him and said: 'Oh. air, you mustn't shoot the bird T Rear-Admir- low-tone- d R. S, CAMPBELL, Manager scssea v The nearer the front he got, (he more evidence he found of the police. The police, indeed, were in great evidence, pushing here, shoving there, now uttering loud threats, now making, amid intense excitement, an arrest. Keep back! Keep back! Keep back!', waa the continuous cry. M. Mora could hardly see the parade for the police, and, on account of the excitement that they caused, he could not keep his mind on It. at all. Turning somewhat impatiently 10 a man on hla left, he said: '"No, Blake, I'm not going to, oanl Why. aare, fa the crowd being kept the man. Can't you see I'm bacfl ro valry forcibly? So as to give the police full chance wailing for It to stop? to see the procession, the man answered. SURELY NOT IN BOSTON. Henry James, the novelist, narrated at a Boston dinner party a conversation that be had overheard that after noon. "It was a conversation," Mid Mr. James, between a young Ixxik clerk and an older one. It occurred In a hook shop devoted to the sale of the most popular and newest fiction. The younger clerk approached the older anxiously. " Say. he whispered, 'there' a woman here wants Spencer's poems.' 'fa It Herbert Silencer's poems? the more experienced clerk asked calmly. 'Yes.' said ted her?' the other. 'What shall I 'Tell her we haven't 'em,' said the older dork. Ihws. The Panama 'esnter Colima, hound up for San Frsnrfarn. entered th hartior while we were talking, and Ellfa hoarded her and asked the captain If he would earn vhe dead nta'e s body tip to Kan Francisco If he. Ellis, succeeded In get ins the body on board the Colima. Th Colima's captain, Ihe Mexican aufearing trouble si-thorities, and rosaedful of what hia company would ihink of the thing, said no. 'All right; Then It's plumb up to me. sure enough.' remarked Skipper Why Use Coal Oil? A CRITICISM. During ihe recent American tour of Kmtle Mora, the automobile expert of France, there was a parade in New York. M. Mora, at the time of the Parade's passage, waa on Fifth avenue. Seeing the great throngs of people, and hearing the loud, gay miotic, he decided that he would like to have a look at the proceasion, and accordingly he plunged into the deep crowd and tried to work hfa way to a point of vantage. , 31 Transfer a Specialty. Scavenger Work. Excursion Wagona in SeaaoSi SLADES Hacks and Vans Day and Night J. C. SLADE, LESSEE. 24SS Wash. Avt Tribune Bldg. 'Rhone Ball, 22; Independent 111. Residence 1114 Ogdtn, Utah. Wagon for Sanitarium will leave Broom Hotel corner at 9:30 a. m. and return 11:30 a. m.; .At 2 p.m. and re- turn at 4 pm. A FLIMFLAM. pended a fortune searching for him, Senator Depew was explaining to a hhd been found inInSouth Paoadaena. Ixs Angeles and but his home is Clergyman the slang term, to flim- he does not In any way reaemble the flam. fa being made. To flimflam," he said, fa to confuse boy for whom a search local police are aatlafied that the a man's mind to such a degree that he The I ox) Fleishman in Pasadena la not lha actually consents to, and concurs in, one Bought by New York person. hfa own cheating. Now permit me to give yon an ilNEGRO QUE8TION IS ISSUE. lustration of flimflam. "A boy goes to a grocer and asks for a pint of molasses. April 4. The negro ques'Fut the molasses, sir, he says, in tionGuthrie. was the Issue In the Guthrie city this pitcher.' election today and the cltliens ticket The grocer draws the molasses in Dr. Duke, for mayor, and a pint measure, pours It Into tho pit- headed by to restrict the political powers pledged It hands to the boy. cher and of the negroes waa successful, defeatBut the hoy, looking at the measIn Oklahoma ing the Republicans. ure, exclaims: the Republicans defeated tne ' 'See here, you haven't given me all City Democrats now ia power and elected my molasses. There's some still stick- Dr. Meaaenbaugh mayor. ing to the bottom of the measure. "Oh. that's all right, sonny,' says STRICKEN AflTH BLINDNESS. ihe grocer, easily. There was some In the measure before.' boy Thereupon the fllmflsmmed Reno, Nevada, April 4. Harry rTn-cisc- o goes off content." far. a young musician of Ban . waa stricken with blindness brougn IS STILL MISSING. Tonopah yesterday. H was man here tonight. The young Lob Angeles, April 4. Stories pub- -' heretofore enjoyed perfect eye MS ! Halted today to the effect that. Leo and waa afflicted without the are at Fleishman, the missing wanting, and the physicians New York boy, whose friends have ex loss to account for hla re. |