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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28,
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RALPH HARDELOTS
MEDIATION
BY WILLIAM MINTO
CHAPTER III CONTINUED.
"If tlii pressure of important busi
nes permits, ml it Id not asking too
liiuoli, twrhaps you would vouchsafe to
humble cloisterer little information
to the liest mean of rhdng In these
topsyturvy tuned, we, like others,
imiMt llv, and we would fit In live well,
in' we could, but we are o much out
of the world that it in not every day that
we re privileged to meet gentleman
from court to enlighten our understand
ings." 'We will take that for granted,"
Mid Reginald, with polite impatience.
"Proceed to the matter of your ques
tion." " ,
"I am much obliged to you, kind air,
for your gracious courtesy. Our humble
purpose, then la to learn the meaning
of your worthy brother' metamor
phoaia. Our minda are disturbed by it
aa la natural to country folk who do not
know how the wind la blowing in high
place and may be caught and awupt
way iy a atorm unprepared from aheer
want of knowledge of the signs and
token. For aa the winda blow today
in the upper regions of the heavena.
"1 pray you pardon me, interrupted
Reginald. "Hut aa my buslnes t will
not endure dolay, perhaps those flower
of rhetoric, however beautiful in them
selves, and dear to the lipa of elo
quence, might '
' "lie reaerved for a more convenient
oocaalon. Well, then, to put it plain
ly, we would fain know whether LoU
lardy thrive at court, whether Wy
cltffe, whom wa aimple country loscis
re wont to call a heretic and that of
no mean degree 1 no the king'
chief Counsellor and arch-dispenser f
the loavea and flihe. We know that
hi hlghnea and my Lord of Lanraater
were once good friends, and though he
ha called u antichrist' ciorka and
duvil'a children, and other pretty
names, we would not Npeak evil of him
in return, if our envereign lord the
king holda him in favor. It would not
be seemly in loyal aubject, neither
would it lie profitable. We would fain
lie abreaat of the now time. Ilaa the
king turned Lollard?"
"I am not of the king'a council,"
aaid Reginald, "but I will try to And
out for yon and let you now. The
king will doubtle send a special mea
eugnr when he known of your anxiety."
"Thl courtesy la truly noble. May
I be permitted to repeat that I sincere
ly truat I do not put hi majesty and
your honorable self to too much trou
btoT You will pardon, I doubt not, the
poor cloisterer' thirst for the higher!
knowledge. It would till u with new
hope and confidence to know that a
rtiaaot cloak may be a passport to better
thinga, aa well aa a furred amice.
The furred amice may not be purcha
able without eome considerable moiety
of filthy lucre, but a ahepherd'a weeda ,
are within the reach of the poorest, and
if Wycliffe haa the disposal of the j
loave and Ashe, it may be worth while ,
to be Wycllffe'e priest, even if you '
have to go barefooted for a time. A
hard road may bo travelled with a!
cheerful heart when it lead to a warm
neHt." '
Reginald did not approve of hie.
brother' conduct, but he could not
atand thia sneering at hi motive.
"Doe Master Chowley," he asked,
"recognize no motive for doing one'a
duty but greed of fat benefice?"
"Maater Chowley, "retorted that in
dividual, in hi -driest and handiest
tone, "haa observed, a a general rule,
that 'where the carcass I. thnro will
the eagle be gathered together.' "
The host did not like thia spurring,
lie interposed with a forced but loud
and foul laugh. "A right good laying,
Sir Roger. Hal ha! And to the same
effect I have heard my father say
nd though he wa but a country-bred
man like myself, be had good wit
that wheu the crow are seen all flying
one way, you may be sure there i
crow' business on band. But come,
gontloa, carping mart good-fellowship
and the wholesome effect of good liquor.
How liked you the - Vernage, Sir Reg
inald? 'Tis direct from Genoa, three
year past Stourbridge Fair."
"A good wine, Harry," said the
young man with ft smllo. "You were
alway famon for your theologlcum.
Give you good-day. I hope soon to
have another toup of it."
"Thia lmy thoologicum," rasped
out the canon, banging three-hooped
pot on the table. "None of yonr sour
foreign stuff for me. A pot of good ale
put eome heart in ft man." And be
looked at the lower floor for approval
of thl sturdy sentiment. "It fatten
him, at loat," answered Reginald,
pleasantly, at the door; "but the big
gest cabbage baa not alway the stoutest
heart."
He wa gone before Chowley had
time to retort. There wa ft laugh at
the eally, but the canon wa to prac
ticed in such encounter too teem to
have the worst of it. He, too, joined
in the laugh, and, turning to Docket,
prepared to regain hi position at the
expense of new butt.
"Why did you let him off with that,
my stout and valiant Docket?" he
wheeiod. Why did you not come to
my assistance? These young court wita
re too nimble for ft fussy old cloisterer
like me. Trust the ingonloua Docket
to be even with the popinjay, for all his
fine feather. Pocket would soon make
the featheri fly. You should hear him
with pert little Terronet yonder."
Docket did not like the turn the con-
mMwuH v mm vai. i.. nhu ivbv v gu. .u
wltihing the merchant a good journey,
lie asked indifferently which way they
traveled that afternoon, adding tliat the
Llivuiihatii way wa generally consid
ered the safest.
The Fleming thanked him, and said
that the Haverhill way wa the near
eat, that he meant to 'take that, and
that he did not propone to start till the
following morning.
Thia answer seemed to amuse Docket
when ho had the door between him and
the stranger, lie winked slyly to
himself, and aportively kicked sideways
with bia right log. The next inatant he
resumed all hi atolid gravity aa he
walked acrosst he market-place, looking
the moot innaceut and ateady young
man in Budbury.
CHAPTER IV.
The merchant who gnve the name of
Simon d'Ypre seemed to be much in
terested in what he had seen of Regin
ald Hardelot, and what he had heard of
Ralph, for after Docket had gone, and
the canon, to refresh himself from the
exhaustion of his oratorical effort, had
called for another pot of hi theologl
cum, he began to moralize and inquire.
"I marvei greatly," he said, "that
two brother should be found thus in
opposition, the one courtier and the
other ft strolling preacher. I am but a
atranger in these parts, but surely it is
against nature that two brother should
be thu at variance, one the servant
and favorite of an archbishop-chancellor,
and the other ft atrong rebel against
worldly prelates and all their works.
How comes it to pass?"
The canon took a draught of hie theo
loglcum liefore answering. Then, hav
ing wljied his mouth with the sleeve of
hi gown, and adjusted his black skull
cap, he cleared his throat deliberately,
fixed bis eye on the merchant, ami
said: "In the first palce, master I
forget your name"
"Himon d' Yprea," suggested the host,
politely.
"Master Simon d'Ypre I always
like to know whom I am addressing
in the first place, I am not certain that
they are so much at variance a they
aeem, and are not both hunting after
the same quarry, namely, their own
peculiar good, which is not against
nature, but, on the contrary, nature's
first law. There be Uiose at court that
would gladly see the clergy spoiled of
their possession. It has been mooted
in parliament before now. In the
second place, if they are at variance.
nd it ia against nature, it is not
against custom and daily experience,
for we live in troubled times, when
brother ia set against brother in higher
placea than it i becoming or aafe for
me to mention. And, in the third
place, if they are at variance, there is
reason for it a for everything else
when it 1 properly understood; for this
Ralph Hardelot was always hot-headed
nd wayward like his father, and he
was crossed and distempered at an age
when that apimars grave matter of life
or death, which aeem small and trill
ing to men of our years and wisdom."
The host rubbed his hands. "Ah I
Sir Roger," he cried, "tell Master
Simon about that, about the crossing in
love. It is a rare tale. Of all the
good one to tell good tale," he add
ed," turning to the merchant, "Sir
Roger is the best in these parts."
The canon was not insensible to this
open flattery, but he would not make
himself too cheap. "Tell it yourself,
Harry Hurst," he said. "You know it
a well a I."
"Nay, nay Sir Roger, be per
suaded." "I am fatigued," replied the canon,
with a yawn. "Tell it yourself."
"By my grandmother's kerchief,"
cried the host, "rather than Master
Simon should go without the tale, but
I will tell it myself."
"A good Invocation," said the canon.
"Proceed' now with 'Once upon a
time.' It la not o long ago, but I like
'Once upon time;' it gives the true
flavor to tale."
"I care nothing for your 'Once upon
ft time, ' "said the host, boisterously.
He stopped for a moment with pus
sled .air, and then began, Impetuously:
"Well, then, there was a wench in the
case, Clara Roos. Maybe you have
heard of her father, Sir William Roos,
of the great Rooses, he that was killed
in the French war ft good 13 years ago,
and Sir John Cavendish became her
guardian. He ia now the chief-jus-ticlar,
you know, and Clara lived in
hia house at Cavendish, np Clare way.
Well, then, there were these two boys
Hardelots, but it is only one of them
that I speak of a now, namely,
Ralph, for he was also a ward of Sir
John's, through inheriting hi mother'
land at Pentlow, though he was the
younger of the two; and the elder was
not so well provided for, through his
father's wasting hi own land and
chattels in the wars, The mother
wasftTlbbald, daughter of the arch
bishop's cousin in the first degree. I
knew her well. She died God rest
her soul in the plague of '78 when ft
many passed away, and she lived here
in Sudbury when her lord Sir Reginald
Hardelot that was went warring In
France, and little profit he had of It,
though he was a gallant gentleman ,as
hot as fire, I have heard tell, and he
was killed in ft skirmish before the
battle of Najarra. Well then the arch
bishop took the elder hoy into his
keeping and sent him to France for his
education, but the mother still kept
Ralph with her and sent him to Cam
bridge, for he was sor like his father
and ever she feared that he would go
to the wars and waste hi substance
and lose his life as his father had
done. And so she sent him to Pem
broke College in Cambridge where bis
cousin Dominus Thorpe wa warden,
hoping to make him scholar and
maybe staid man of law or other
peaceful occupation his guardian, being
as I have said, Sir John Cavendish,
the chlef-justiciar. But, alack I she
died before him, and now he is
Lollar a perilous trade and a pestilent
Well, then, but wbore am I? I have
no patience with Lollar. A plague on
them I They have put ni out of my
tale."
"You have yonr people all in a truss
good Harry," said the canon, "fathers,
mothers, sons, daughters and cousins
all mixed together like your wlfe'a
mingle-mangle for lier hogs. I see I
must pick the tale out of the slough for
you."
This was exactly what the artful
host wished to bring him to, but great
men must be humored and the host
was careful not to show his design too
openly. I have them all clear enough
in my head" he said scratching that
organ and knitting hi brows "but
somehow they will not come out in
the right order."
"You should have begun with 'Once
upon tlmo" said the canon. "Who
cares a straw for your fathers and
mothers and all the rest of it? Come
at once to the pith and marrow, aa I
do."
I The canon cleared his throat and
began:
I "This Clara Roos then was living at
Cavendish under the strict rule of my
j Lady Cavendish and for a brown dam-
I sel she was as pretty ft piece of bloom
ing girlhood aa But I have not the
art to describe such commodities; it
does not become my profession. (Here
he spoke sternly at Harry Hurst, who
showed signs of mirth.) Therefore I
will pass by the fresh color of her
checks and other soft graces of feature.
She was not beautiful as, I dare say,
as the Queen of Sheoa or Helen of Troy,
and she certainly had n. t the meekness
of Grisolda, though she looked with
her kittenish air as if she mi ght be sof
and playful enough till the time enme
for scratching. The patient Griselda
never had such eyes, dark, sparkling,
untamable, mocking imps, all fire and
earth, without a particle of the softer
elements of air and moisture. I saw
Lady Cavendish box her ear once at
tuhlo sweet red coral shells they were,
and the slaps improved their color-
but dil the minx cry? Not she; her
eyes flashed and her brown cheeks
glowed, and then paled a little, and
she was removed from the table tearless
and impenitent, and marched down the
hull, turning to make the most provok
ing courtesy at the door. A wench of
high spirit and good feature, too;
neither short nor tall, of soft, daintily
rounded figure, full of life to the heel.
"I warrant my lady had much trou
ble with hor, and the trouble did not
diminish as she grew older and ap
proached the age of marriage. It was
the Sir John's purpose to wed her to one
of his younger sons, for her dowry was
not to be disdained even ny so well
placed a person as the chief-justiciar,
and great folks, as you know, must look
to more sorious matters than the liking
of young men and maidens. But
whether It was that he doubted the
young man's power to govern so intract
able a hussy, or that he was able to
provide for him better otherwise, thia
purpose w'as not carried into execution.
I speak only what I know. She was
not married to any of Sir John's sons.
"Now Ralph Hardelot was often at
Cavendish Hall, as being Sir John's
ward, and after his mother's death he
lived principally there, making some
progress in the law, but having little
liking for it. Every living thing will
after its naturo, and Ralph's heart was
sot, like his father's, on a life of advent
ure a wayward, silent, implusive, and
headstrong youth. Clara was sixteen
and he was nineteen, a tall well-grown
young man, with a wondrous rich, deep
voice, and an eye as dark as her own,
though it had leas, of ..the devil in it.
I have heard, and do not find it hard
to believe, that love arose between
them, though she teased him and
would show him no favor. Indeed, it
would have been a very proper match,
as such things go, but my Lady Caven
dish thought otherwise.
. (To tie continued)
Leit la Oblivion.
The celebration of Washington's vic
tory at Trenton recalls the fact ' that
the Father of His Counrty wa in dis
favor with some of his contemporaries,
who found much to crtitcize in his con
duct; but few now even know who they
we're, "and the few who do know don't
care. And in this respect history is
apt to repeat itself. Despite the adage,
republics, as far as the people are con
cerned, are- not ungrateful to their
heroes.
Flying Dtyi Near.
In deciding to issue a magazine deal
ing with aerial navigation we make no
attempt at prophecy, but there is no
question that flying by human being is
nearer realization than many people
imagine, and when we reflect upon
what has been done in other brunches
of engineering it requires a very small
effort of the imagination to realize what
may transpire in the development of
aerial navigation in the near future.
London Flying.
German Emperor's Tutu.
The German emperor is very fond of
modern music and modern sculpture,
but be has no sympathy with modern
painting and. poetry. Recently he
spoke very sharply against modern art.
It is believed that his enmity has a
political source. He detests the social
democrats and classes with them the
modorn pointers and poets who depict
and describe the wretchedness of the
lower classes in realistic colors.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprthcfiflva Review of the Important
Happenings of the Put Week, Presented
In Condensed Form, Which I Most
. Likely to Prove ef Interest to Oar Mtny
Readeri. .
An oil tank containing 1,000 gallons
of oil exploded in Pittsburg. No one
was injured.
Germany is highly pleased with the
reception Prince Henry is receiving In
the United States.
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PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA.
Tillman and McLaurin, tbo South
Carolina senators, have practically been
suspended from the. senate. It will
probably be for 30 days. The senate
has passed the Philippine tariff bill.
Cortes, a leading Filipino rebel, has
been captured.
Miss Stone, the American mission
ary, has been released.
Secretary Hitchcock is expected to
leave the cabinet soon.
Nineteen lives were lost in the Park
Avenue hotel fire in New York.
The Philippine Commission favors
modifying the Chinese exclusion order.
The province of Lagnna and Batan
gas have been entirely cleared of insur
gents. Barcelona, Spain, rioters continue
their depredations upon the stores and
factories.
A severe sleet storm that prevailed
en the Atlantic coast tied up all traffic
for time.
Senator Tillman and McLaurin, of
South Carolina, engaged in a fist fight
and were required to apologize to the
senate.
Fire in Portland destroyed (94,000
worth of property and (or a time threat
ened to get beyond all control of the
firemen.
Prince Henry and staff arrived in
New York one day late. They were
delayed on account of severe storm off
the Atlantic coast.
Twenty lives were lost In (2,000,-
00 hotel fire at New York.
A tidal wave on the Salvadorian
oast caused the loss of more than 60
live.
The riots continue at Barcelona and
other Spanish cities. Almost the entire
nation has been placed under martial
law.
The house committee on territories
unanimously voted to report bills for
the admission of the territories of New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty, giving
England's assent to the construction of
a canal across Central America by the
United States, has been ratified.
Hundreds of forged Bank of England
notes have been put in circulation in
London during the past few days. They
re bard to tell from the genuine.
A financial Crisis is about to occur in
Chile.
Germany will abolish the bounties
on sugar.
Rich gold and copper discoveries
have been made in Africa. .
Organized laborers to the number of
7,000 are employed by the diamond
dealers and jowelers of Amsterdam.
The Tyrol, following the example of
Norway, is trying to encourage the win
ter tourist business by offering better
facilities for winter sports.
Valletta, Malta, being midway in the
Mediterranean, between Gibraltar and
Port Said, imports more than half
million tons of ooul for the use of pass
ing vessels.
HONOR TO THE PRINCE.
The Kaiser's Brother at the Natlon'e Capital
One Round of Ovations.
Washington, Feb. 24. Prince Henry
of Prussia and suite,- accompanied by
the welcoming delegations from Balti
more and the German embassy, arrived
here at 10:20 this morning. From
that hour until his departure at mid
night, the sailor brother of the em
peror of Germany was the cynosure of
all eyes. He was everywhere greeted
with applause. The day was one
round of ovations. The prince called
on President Roosevelt and met a dis
tinguished company at the White
House, immediately after his arrival.
He then retired to the German em
bassy, where President Roosevelt re
turned his call. Later, the prince
called and left his card with all the
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foreign ambassadors. These gentle
men, with the foreign minister, were
afterwards received by the prince at the
German embassy. This was one of the
most notable functions of the day. A
most notable and pleasing feature of the
day waB the visit of the nation s guest
to the halls of congress, while both
bodies were at work. The dinner given
by President Roosevelt at the White
House tonight closed the honors be
stowed on the royal visitor by official
Washington today.
After the dinner the prince left di
rectly for the railroad station, where
his special train awaited him. A
troop of cavalry and a squadron "of
mounted and bicycle policemen acted
as escort' to the station, and saw him
safely aboard the train which left at
midnight for New York City. Prince
Henry gave expression tonight to his
deep sense of appreciation of the splen
did reception accorded him at the na
tional capitol.
President Leaves Washington.
Washington, Feb. 24. President
Roosevelt and party left Washington
shortly before midnight tonight for
New i ork, where tomorrow the presi'
dent will witness the launching of the
yacht Meteor, built for the emperor of
Germany. The president's train pulled
out of the station a few minutes before
the one occupied by Prince Henry and
his escort.
Present for Roosevelt
Washington, 'Feb. 25. Before the
dinner at the White House last night,
there was presented to the president a
large pastel portrait of Prince Henry
in naval attire, a statuette (bust) of the
emperor, and an autograph naval scale
prepared by the emperor. The bust
of the emperor shows him in uniform
of the Corps guard, with eagle tipped
helmet.
More Pay for Mailcarriera.
Washington, Feb. 26. The 'post
master general has issued ft general or
der announcing the increase of pay of
rural free delivery mail carriers (100
each per annum. ,
Mayor Low's Proclamation.
New York, Feb. 25. The mayor of
New York yesterday issued his . first
proclamaiton since he assumed office.
He called upon the citizens of New
York to display national colors from
their residences and stores in honor of
Frinee Henry.
The appointment of Yung Lu as
first secretary" in China shows that
Russia will hold the whip hand and
that Great Britain may. expect no fa
vors Leopold Wanta to Come.
. Brussels, Feb. 25. The Associated
Press is authorized by an official of
King Leopold's household to announce
that while his majesty has on several
occasions expressed a desire to visit the
United States, he has never reached the
point of suggesting any date and has
not uttered a word from which could be
deduced any confirmation of the report
that he intends to undertake a voyage
to America this year.
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FIXES PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
Senate Passes Bill by a Strictly Party Vote
Some Warm Speeches.
Washington, Feb. 25. After eight
hours of tumultuous debate,the senate,
shortly before 7 o'clock last evening,
passed the Philippine tariff bill by a
vote of 48 to 20, strictly party vote.
During the debate on the bill, Mc
Comas and Wellington, of Maryland,
became involved in a controversy, dur
ng the course of which the latter de
clared that if McComas should make
his statements outside of the senate
chamber he would brand them as a
malicious falsehood. He was called to
order promptly and resumed his seat
amid considerable excitement. .
Many amendments were offered to
the Philippine bill, but, except those
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Who Will Christen the German Emperor's New Yacht Meteor.
offered by the committee, only one an
amendment restricting the operation of
the sedition law enacted by the Taft
commission was passed. The amend
ment of Foraker, fixing the rate of
duties levied upon products coming into
the United States from the Philippines
at 60 per cent of the Dingley rates, xa-
stead of 75 per cent, as fixed in the
bill, was lost, but it received a large
Republican vote. Had the Democrats
voted for it as a party, it would have
carried, but many Democrats voted
against it.
What th Measure Providet,
As passed, the measure provides that
articles imported into the Philippine
archipelago from the United States
shall be required to pay the duties lev
ied against them by the Philippine
commission, and paid upon like articles
imported into the archipelago lrom for
eign countries! that articles imported
into the United States from the Philip
pines, shall pay a duty of 75 per cent
of the rates fixed bv the Dingley law,
leas any export taxes paid upon the ar
ticles sent from the Philippine archi
pelago, as required by the Philippine
commission. All articles now imported
free into the United States shall here
after be exempt from export duty im
posed in the Philippines.- .
The bill exempts the commerce pass
ing between the United States and the
Philippines from the operation of the
navigation laws of the United States
until July I, 1904, and authorizes the
Philippine commission to issue licenses
to craft now engaged in lighterage or
exclusive harbor business, provided
such craft are built in the United States
or in the Philippines and owned by citi
zens of the United States or by inhabi
tants of the Philippines. The duties
and taxes collected in pursuance of this
act shall be paid into the treasury of
the Philippine islands and used for
their benefit.
All articles manufactured, in bonded
warehouses, of imported materials, or
of materials subject to internal revenue
tax, when shipped from the United
States to the Philippines, shall be ex
empt from the internal revenue, and
all taxes paid upon, such articles
shipped to the Philippines since No
vember 15, 1901, shall be refunded.
Petition from Cubans,
Washington, Feb. 26. Supplement
ing the large number of petitions and
appeals from other organized bodies in
the Island of Cuba for relief in the
shape of a reduction of tariff dues, the
president has received a petition from
Ramon Rivera and other representatives
of the assembly of the delegates from the
various tobacco working industries of
Ctiha, which met in Havana the 9th
inst. The petition recite the great
crisis confronting Cuba and "in the
name of 30,000 workingmen, who hear
hunger calling at their doors," they
implore.the president "to save Cuba
from ruin." - 1
Conditions In Manchur.
London, Feb. 26. The Pekin corre
spondent of the Times, after having
made a visit to Niu Chwang, savs, in
a dispatch to his paper, that the condi
tions in the interior of Manchuria are
unsatisfactory. He declares brigand
age to be on the increase, and that the
animosity of the people toward the
Russian occupation is growing. The
Russian regard the outlook with mncb
uneasiness. The Japanese are ex
tremely active.
THENATION'S GUEST
PRINCE HENRY AND PARTY AR
RIVE AT NEW YORK.
Royal Salute from the American Parts Met
Down the Bay by Admiral Evan Die
embarkinj from the Steamer Krenprwt
the Prince Receives Callers on Beard th
Royal Yacht Hohcnzollem.
New York, Feb. 24. Prince Henry
of Prussia, representative of his brother,
the emperor of Germany, at the lannab
ing of the latter' American built
yacht, reached New York yesterday
end was cordially welcomed a
of the nation. The land batterie that
guard the outer harbor sounded the
first greeting in a ponderous greeting of
21 guns, the rifles of a special - naval
squadron assembled in hi honor n
ecboed the sentiment, there were verbal
greetings from the representatives ef
President Roosevelt, the army, navy,
and the city of New York, and ft great
crowd lined the way in the city to mm
and cheer the sailor prince of Germany.
The great storm against -which th
Kronprinz Wilhelm had struggled for
days, and which bad glazed the Atlan
tic coast in an armor of ice, had lost it
force and resigned it sway to warm
sunshine and cheery blue skies,
there were no regrets that the 'royal
guest was a full day late for the enter
tainment provided for him.
There was a curtain off the Hook
early-in the morning, and it wa after
9 o'clock before the watchers canght the
shadowy outline of the cautiously ap
proaching liner. -
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evan,
commander of the special squadron and
honorary aid to the prince, accompanied
by his staff, left the flagship Illinois
at 9:40 o'clock in the naval tug N In. .
They were all in full dress uniform.
The Nina met the Kronprina Wil
helm beyond Fort Wadsworth, and,
sailing around on the starnoard aide f
the liner, steamed up the bay. Prino
Henry, attired in the uniform of an
admiral of the German navy, and sur
rounded by his naval and military
staff, stood on the bridge of the liner.
As the naval tug drew nearer to the
side of the steamship. Prince Henrr
and Admiral Evans caught sight of
each other and exchanged informal sal
utes. The distance from steamer to
tug was too great for conversation, how
ever. As the two vessels, with flotilla of
tugs and official craft, moved in past
Fort Wadsworth, the first of the sal
utes of 21 guns was fired. As the first
gun sounded the prince advanced to
the end of the bridge of the Kronprina
Wilhelm and stood at attention. A
he passed the big American flag float
ing over the fortification he raised hi
cap in salute, and the member of Vm
suite did likewise. The flag at th
jackstaff of the Kronkrini' wa dipped,
and the German naval band accompany
ing the prince played "The Star Spang
led Banner." The guns of Fort Wads
worth were not silent before the
across the narrows at Fort Hamilton
boomed out their salute.
When that ceremony was ovar the
Kronprinz was stopped, and th Nina
hauled around on her port side, and
Admiral Evans and his staff boarded
her.
Admiral Evans was escorted forward
at once, and in the quarters ef th
master of the Kronprinz, h and th
prince met. ' The prince came forward,
and, taking the hand of the naval offi
cer, shook it warmly.
Tolstoi at Point of Death.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 25. The latest .
news received here from Yalta, Crimea, .
is to the effect that Count TolBtoi 1 at
the point of death.
Ted Roosevelt Improves.
Washington, Fob. 25. The condition
of young Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., con
tinue to improve and he i progressing
steadily toward complete restoration to
heatlh.