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SYNOPSIS. Dudley Inrnlgan. district attorney, bo cause of bis tight on the vice and llquoi trusts. Is killed by an agent at a secret society, the committee of fifteen. The flgfat Is continued by his son. Bruce, who Is elected district Attorney. Several efforts to frame up the Intrepid young district attorney fall. When Larnlgmn saves the children of one of. the conspirators this man agrees to expose the trust and is murdered. Dorothy Maxwell, whoee father la head of the Insurance fust, ever the dictaphone hear* of a plot to kill Larnlgan. with whom she Is In lova She warns him, he escapes, and two more of the conspirators are killed. When Bruce Larnlgan goes to Chicago to fight the grain trust he Is assaulted and thrown overboard. He la rescued by bis brother Tom. who takes up the fight. Dodson. head of the grain trust, fearing exposure. nils himself. Tom Larnlgan opens a fight on the textile trust. Ayres, the head of the trust. In an effort to kill Tom, kills his own son. Dorothy, gagged and bound. f is taken by the conspirators to a rpadThe Railroad Monopoly By JAMES OPPENHEIM. Aatfcer of "The Beloved" and "Songs For the Nsw Age"

TOM LAONIGAH'8 victory over the textile trust and the tragic defeat of the plana Ay en had made' for his destruction encouraged him vastly, bat not more than did the discovery that he was not, after all frlendleaa and alone In hit fight ' Ben Traven, his old friend of the atssksn mining* MIWJM had COme bSCk intn his life, and Ben bad millions and the will as well as the power, to help Tom. Harry Stevens, too, the young newspaper man who had enlisted In Brace's war against the grafters, had sought Tom out and promised bis aid. Tom gripped the hands of his friends In furn afterTie aadTBen Travers discussed the latest warning to drop investigating the railroad monopoly. "Well, I can't make you quit" he said, "and I don't mind saying that I am mighty glad because 1 can't There are no two men 1 would rather have with me In a fight and It looks as though we have a real fight ahead of us now. Bruce seems to think that we ought to look Into the railroad monopoly that Charles Rock ford has created." Stevens nodded. "I'll drop down to Wall street and see what I can find on the financial end. I know that any reporter on the street would do anything 1 asked him. Then you and Ben can follow up Rockford personally. Have you looked Into his movements at all?" "Yes," said Tom. "He's going to Boston from New Hartford this afternoon, just his private car and an engine. If I could only get on that special!" "Good!" echoed Ben. 'Til go with you!" Tom scouted around now, afraid to ask questions too openly, until he found out which engineer was to be In charge of President Rockford's special that afternoon on the run to Bos ton. He left Ben to watch him and went to call on Rockford. As he expected, he was unable to see the head of the railroad. But he managed to drop a note addressed to Rockford and containing a warning that he had bet ter mend his ways. He told Ben of this "That will prepare him," he said. "Hell know who I am when he sees me."' "I've been talking a little with oui man," said Ben. "I think we can land him all right He says he'd rathei work in a glue factory than here. He aeems to be sore on the whole works, from Rockford down." And Tom, when be In turn talked to 1 the engineer, found that Ben had not exaggerated. Hp listened to the man's eomplnlnts for a time and then decided to make a proposition to him. "Look here," he said. "I can show you I know bow to run an engine, and my friend here knows all about firing. If# worth $500 to me to be in your cab this afternoon when that special goes out How about It?" The engineer agreed. Somehow it did not occur to either of them to distrust the engineer or to suspect him. And yet. no sooner were they out of sight than he made his way as fast as he could to President Rockford's office, told of the bribe and of what he had done. Stanford Stone was with Rockford when the engineer made his report. He leaned over and spoke confidentially to Rockford. who grew a little while : s lie listened, but nodded finally. "All riglit." he said. "Ill do 1L- IU stay back here, but they'll think I'm •board— well. It will serve them right' v"n ran trust Dunnf* I

"I think bo," said Stone grimly. "He knows be must make good this time or get Into trouble. He's fallen down hard twice lately. Why, even yesterday he was to send two men to Lyndham, with a woman, to get something i on this Tom Larnlgan. His two men | i have disappeared, and they never | took the woman at all. They didn't j wait for her, but went off with some j other woman — on a Joy ride, I nap- j poae!" Neither Stone nor Rockford, of course, knew the truth as to this which was that Dorothy Maxwell learning of the plot, had taken the place of the woman who was to be tray Tom, nor that the two thugs witt whom she had gone had become sua pldous and tied her, hand and foot In the bottom of the car while they went into a madhouse to acquire courage for the task before them Yet, even at that moment, Dorothy was In flight from the two thugs. They bad not meant to stay long Is the roadhouse, but one drink had suggested another, and their resist ance hadn't been strong. As a result, Dorothy had been able to loosen hei bonds and get out of the car. She rode off In the car just as the two thugs emerged, and as soon as they recovered from their astonishment they gave chase, stealing a motor cycle that had been standing by the ear. Dorothy had a good start; but, unhappily, the gasoline tank of the car was almost empty, and she soon saw that she was sure to be overhauled and again made a prisoner. Her experience with them made her dread this and led her to be willing to take any risk to avoid the fate she felt was In store for her at their bands. And so at a turn In the road she abandoned the car and fled down toward the water, which was near by, as the road at this point wound In and oat near the sound. At a small dock a mdtorboat was lying. It seemed to be empty, and Dorothy sprang aboard and got the boat going Just as her pursuers tore down to the water's edge. She felt that in the boat she was safe and that she would be able to explain her desperate need to Its owner. But. to her consternation, she heard sounds within the tiny cabin, and the next momeut the owner emerged. "Kitty !" cried Dorothy. "Kitty Rockford!" It was not a man. but a girl of Dorothy's own age, who owned the boat. And Kitty Kockford was her best friend. Chance bad lenned heavily in Dorothy's direction at last ! There were exclamations of amazement from both mi them, and explanations followed. "I'd never have dared!" cried Kitty. "Dorothy, you're the bravest girl 1 ever knew! But you're safe now. Wp'll go right home, and I'll have them send von to New York In a special train."

Tom and Ben Travers Dlacusaed the ' Latest Warning to Drop the Railroad Probe. "I don't want to gm to New York,' said Dorothy. "It's Lyndham 1 must get to as soon as 1 can." ^ I "All right," said Kitty. "That's on the way to Boston. We can get you > there. I'll hurry to New Hartford as ! quickly as I c%n." "But what on earth brought you Just herfe?" r "1 was out for an early spin, and 3 something went wrong with the enr gine. 1 fixed it up. and then I went ' Into the cabin to clean up. That's whj - I was hidden when you came aboard.' - But neither Itock fold nor Tom Lara! gan knew anything at this time o: i the movements of Dorothy Maxwell. Rockford. at Stone's dictation prac Orally, since he himself had had an en 1 tlrely different plan, had contrived a trap for Tom Larnlgan und Ben Trnv era that exceeded in diabolical ingenui 1 ty anything the graft syndicate had yet 3 attempted. Tom und Ben were to take 3 the special out. but the private car was to he empty, and at a drawbridge M.

■* far Tram M* Haxtttott D**a wa to be tattooed, with instruction* t open the draw and dash the special t destruction In the rocky stream below Tom and Ben suspected nothlm They were delighted when they fount, that the engineer and bis fireman wer« ready to let them take their places In return for the $500 Tom had offered. The engineer led the way to an. o!< score spot and changed clothes witi Tom, while his flremnn gave up his •wn working togs to Ben. Just flvi minutes before the special was ached uled to pull out Tom and Ben took their places In the cab of the engine waiting for the signal to pull out. And just before that signal was given Kitty Bockford and Dorothy dashed up. "That's dad's car." she sold. "Where la that special going?" she asked the | nearest official, who smiled at her. ' "Boston. Miss Kitty." be said. "Good!" cried Kitty. "Come on. Dorothy. Ifs Just what we want" There was no reason for stopping , her. None of the station officials knew . anything of Rockford's devilish plan. , And so Kitty and Dorothy climbed aboard, and a moment later the signal . to start was given. Rockford and Stone. , sitting In Rockford's office, chuckled | j as they saw It pun out . j But five minutes later Rockford's . i chuckling was stopped abruptly, for | a note that Kitty had hastily scribbled . j was brought to him. It Informed him j that his daughter was on the train , that was doomed by his own act- As

1 "I can Mp you, and I Willi" said Rockford carnosttly. 1 ho read It has face turned a ghastly color, and be slumped forward In his chair for a moment. Then be turned furiously on Btooe. "This is your doing, you murderer!" 1 he cried. He flung the note at Stone. "Ill try to save them!" he cried. "But whatever happens I'm done with you! I'll have no more dealings with you or any of the grafters who are In with you ! I'll be an honest man again J" He flew to send orders stopping the • special and ordered out another special to follow. But he had no hope. There was no way, he was sure, of i stopping the doomed train. The only chance was for Dunn to fall and that * chance, as Rockford knew only too i well was of the slightest. Dunn was * not the sort to fall when success depended upon his own efforts and when • he knew, as he did now. the price of failure. What Rockford, however, had not allowed for was that Tom Larnlgan had a plan of his own. And very soon after the special had pulled out and while It was still a mile from the bridge where Dunn waited Tom stop- , ped the train. , "Come on." he said to Ben. "This is as good a time as any for our Utile talk with President Rockford." But in the private car whea they , went back they found not Rockford, but the two girls— two astonished girls, moreover. "Are we all alone on this train? I've been ringing and ringing, and there seems to be no porter." said Kitty Indignantly. But Dorothy at that moment recognized Tom Larnlgan. "So you're safe!" she cried. "I was so nfrald they had hurt you, ob thgy did Bruce." And then there were explanations. Tom seized upon the main fact. "I beUeve this was a trap!" he cried. "Get off the train while Travers and I look to see If anything is wrong." Kitty resented what seemed to be a reflection on her father, but there was something compelling about Tom. and she obeyed. And then while Tom and Ben looked for evidences of a plot Dorothy. explained many thingB to Kitty until she was interrupted by a hoarmcry of triumph. "Got you this time, missy !" cried oue of the thugs from whom her timely : meeting with Kitty bad enabled ber ' to escape The two thugs had been obliged to walk the ties and had come just at this t moment But they reckoned without Tom and Ben. Th?y beard Dorothy's , aeream. and the next instant they ap , pea red »and attacked the two thuga. j The surprise Wiped Dorothy's rescuers, and the fight that followed was , brief. Soon all the thugs wanted was to escape, and one of them wriggled I free and sprang to the engine. He called to the other, and they went off I In the engine But they did not go far. for Dunn was waiting. He did his work welL The s|>ecia] crashed through lhe open draw, and the thugs met the fate they deserved. Even as the crash of the wreck sound ed in their ears another engine appear ed. From i: sprang Rockford. whose relief when he saw Kitty knew nt bounds. He turned in a moment ti Tom Larnignn. ( "I can help you. and I will!" he na>1 f earnestly. "I have sworn to reform 'r myself, and 1 will work with yo" *a torn pel others *o do so." b

BASE BALt SCHEDULE GRADE LEAGUE. April 8th t Woodkt* e at North Wild wood. West Chpe May at Court House. * at Wild wood. " April' lfitfc: | , Court House at North Wild wood. i I, Wed Cape May at Woodbine, -i WUdwood at I n April 22d: i North Wildwood at Weat Chpe May 1 J- Wild wood at Woodbine. i ! Court House at J April 28th: i WUdwood at North WUdwood. u at Woobine. e Court House at West Cape May. May 13th: Wert Cape May at N. Wildwood. , L Woodbine at Wildwood at Court House. * Mry 20th: I. North Wildwood at 3 Court House at Woodbine. J Wildwood at West Cape MayI Hay 27th: 1 North Wildwood at Court House. ' B Woodbine at Wildwood. r -...at West Ospc May. ( i May 30th: 0 West Cape May at Wildwood. » North Wildwood at Woodbine. " at Court House. Washington. D. C., April 4, 140. ' ! Congressman Bacliarach was kept ' j busy in the House to-day successfully defending items in the Rivers and Harbars Bill for* improvements in the Sec- ' ond Congressional District. The item of $40,000 for "Cold Spring C Inlet was subjected to a vigorous attack by Representative Frear of Wisconsin, ' n. ember of the Rivers and Harbors Com- ' mitteea, and also Representative Len- ' cott of Wisconsin. Mr. Frear offered an . amendment to have the item stricken ! from the bill. "the amendment was ' strongly opposed by Mr. Bacharach, who ' was very ably assisted *y Hon. J. ' Hampton Moore of Philadelphia, and ' 1 the amendment offered was defeated. ^ The item of $25,000 for Abaeoon Inlet, Atlantic County, was passed with but very little opposition. This amount is ' J for the continuance of the deepening of 1 j Abseeon channel i

There is also an item • this Bill fsr $10,000 for continuing the work mi dredging Maurice River in Cumberland County, and $1000 for the maintenance of Abseeon Creek. This bill also contains items for the preliminary survey and examination of Inland Waterway on the Atlantic coast of the State of New Jersey beCape May and New York Bay, and also for the deepening of Hereford Inlet, Cape May County, both of which items were offered by Mr. Backaraeh. The Bill will probably reach final on Friday of this week. Many Children are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children break up Colds in 24 boors, relieve Feverishneas, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, and Destroy Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE Address, Mother Gray Co., Le Roy, N. Y. 967-8-25-4 THE SOUTH AND THE TARIFF. Hon. 'Pope M. Long, National Committeeman from Alabama, the Illinois Central Railroad, which rune into the City of Birmingham in sight of our great steel mills, was in the market for $3,000,000 worth of steel rails, the tariff -eing so much reduoed on etfcvl rails our ocnl mills could not compete with the Canadian mills and the order went to Canada. Our steel mik closed down just as they did throughout the nation. Over 3,000,000 men were thrown out of work and our highways became crowded with tramps. More able-bodied men called at my bouse begging bread tinder the first ten months of the Underwood tariff law than during all the period of years since the inauguration of Mckinley m 1897. The experience of you gentlemen is probably the same as mine. I call attention to a fact of history, that no Republican tariff law has ever closed a factory or thrown an American workingman out of deployment. There has never been Democratic tariff law enacted but has done both.' FOLLOWING A WOBBLES. Hon. Nicholas Longworth of Ohio. — "Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from (Mr. Cooper) the other day, a very forceful and brilliant speech,

my ruravm mm nam FUJI LflUUbfl .niU'Ktn d ever receive the T~T— *-« « to sufficiently mritfc both body ajj , nature's demands are greater ttaafi 1 * mature life. This la shows in as many pale face*, lean bodies, freqoert oatfe, 1 c and lack of ambttio*. For Ml such children we my wtt I . unmistakable earaertucas: They Strt w • Scott's Emulsion, and Deed it bow. tt *3 ■J prases in concentrated form dm iwy . J h food elements to enrich their blood. U changes weakness to strength ; ft maltss them sturdy sad strong. No ■uaJ remarked that it would be reaier to ! 'stand by' the President if Ik would ' x himself stand still That remark rei, minded me of the experience of a £ farmer in my part of the country. Ha L bad just hired s green farm hand and r w" tailing to break him la. Early 4 one morning he took Mm out to ptow a field, and when the farm hand aakad for instruction# the farmer said. "Do you see that red heifer standing over s there on the other side of the field! e Plow toward the red heifer.' late toah r afternoon when he returned a most r extraordinary sight met his eye. ~ InT stead of the furrows running straight r and parallel with each other, they ran e in some places in lgure eigbta, in othexg 0 triangles, and in still other (daces ixf n double crosses. When he indignantly e demanded of the farm hand the reasort e for this extraordinary piece of plowing^ s that gentleman replied, "I followed las e st ructions. Yon told me to plow towarfl the red heifer, and I done it.'" DO YOU KNOW THAT \ Sags in roof gutters may act ae awa*. e qui to breeding places? ^ America's most valuable crop id 1 babies , I j The public cigar cutter is a heal Of 1 The United States Public Health 6er* D vice maintains a loan library of store* ' optioon elides The typhoid rate measures accur* ately commm unity intelligence Whooping cough annually kills over - ten thousand Americans? n Bad bousing produces bad health ? r, Rooky Mountain spotted fever is i, spread by a wood-tick ? '

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