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Show WERE THOUGHT TO SSEJLD M About 3:3u this morning, as the night jailer at the city jail was preparing pre-paring for his hourly nap, Ihe buzzer on the telephone began to ring and rung several times before he paid any attention to it. Finally be arose and slowly took down the receiver, but as i soon as be had placed it to his ear he gave a start. Alter a minute's conversation con-versation he hung up the receiver and sank lacl in his chair, almost In a dead faint. What is it? vrled one of the officers on duty. Get all the reserves, re-serves, call the patrol wagon, send for Pender and Cap Brown; hell has broke loose in the foothills east of the city. In the shortest possible time the patrol wagon was Mailed to Ihe guards with regulars and specials and started up Twenty-fifth street hill on the dead run. followed by several reporters re-porters and some of the people who had arisen at that early hour. Have everybody got their guns handy? asked Pender. "Wo save, said the men in a breath, and a grim Iook of determination settled uwui the face of all who were in the patrol wagon. As they neurcd the foothills everyone every-one was on tlie alert for the first signs of the riot. In the early morning morn-ing llv-ht the olllccrs could see In the distance two men, who were swinging their arms in the air and bi Mowing at the top cf their voices. They were quickly surrounded by the police department de-partment and ordered to bold up thcf hands. They paid no attention to the olfl-eers. olfl-eers. and finally Pender asked them. Wh at In going on here? Watu-ll, said one of the men. At j that the sun came over the tops of I t lie hill, and in th strong light the men were easiL- recognized. To the I nslonlshn.ont of tlie otiu-ers. the men j were Lon Rogers, city constable, and J;mes B. Herrick. Jr.. who were up In the fo-uhllU learning their part I for the lug Moose fhow to be given i Saturdav night. |