Children's Crusade

The United States expresa office was a gcene of confusión last Saturday afternoon when a crowd of school ehildren gathered and demanded rulers or blood. The cause of it all was a notice in the Times saying that on that afternoon Fred Hutoon would give away brass rulers to all school children who would cali. Some one who claims to kDOw, said, ' Charley Ward, of the Demoerat, put that item in the Times to get even with Huntoon for distributing circularti announcing that Waid would gpeak at the court house on "The Klonike, the Gold Cure, and the SUver Question."jWhether this is true or the not expresa office was besiezed by children. Onco the hose w$s turned on them but a women wheeling1 a baby through the crowd got most oí the benefit and calling the marshal was going to have the whole office force run in. There are rumors that the Express company is layin, a deep plot to get even with it3 persecutor.