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PMPII IIAPDQOI'S tlfDIATIOll
BY WILLIAM MINTO.
CHAITKB XX Contlnuod.
Tlia first half l tln Fourteenth cen
tury, putting It broadly, wa crucial
axti in the history of villoitmg in
KtiKlarttI, the natural tmidem lc to ex
pre (or virtual emancipation being
helped by the Intervention ol Ui mill
ur religion, who nru-l iiwn matUir
Hint Hi" iiimiimilwUiii o( ilave waa a
ploin ml merltorloii act before tatxl
and man. Then im variety of
caui tillii unfavorably iimjii all who
lisd either themwdv been, or who
nctr hnd Iwon, in a slat of serf
dom, ami who could not prolix1 docu
msnlary evidence of their freedom.
First, there the terrible calamity
of the Helen Plague, which enormously
ineieswd ll velim of tabor. Mastrra
were thereby tfintil not only to exact
tli lit iiiMt l hi from audi serf a
remained to them, litit aim to reclaim
many who bail Ixwn using the priv
ileges of freemen. Foreign wara ami
omirt splendor increased the BUinlter ol
(iHK-iiiee lords: a general rim in the
ml of living augmented their de
mands upon their estates, ami stimu
lated the sharpness of itim-rnphiu bail
iff.. The Kiostitutioti of leasehold
farm fm demesne farm told in the
urn direction of nugravatitig tha con
dition n( tlm hni d 'in. Their service;
wer often rt oi ilm lease, and were
more handy seen to than they had
keen under (he mamillary lord." Win
iUrly with estate that wer anld to
eimiirclnl investor eager to make the
mnt mil of the noil.
Many cause thus combined to exas
perate the agrarian population. In ev
ery parish the machinery of tha law
wa in ai l ion under the plea of tech
niinl right to thrust tbeni bark Into
the hae rvltud from which they had
gradually fred them wive. Thousands
whi had tasted the sweet of frredom
fmuid tliemdvea In dauawr. They hail
no chance in t he court of law againt
superior who claimed right of service
over them. Apart from chicanery and
corruption the law naturally laid tre
on formal document, and the ynttie of
I he xi wa only now bwoming apparent
to the poor and ignorant. Sonie vill
ein who bad purchased their frelom
met to carouse over the happy event.
Tha carousal wa prolonged Into the
night; their light failed them; and
they iimd tha wax al of their deeda
of nmnnnilmion for candle. Their
lord, hearing of Una, reclaimed them,
and the law sustained hta claim. In
another rase, wealthy farmer, of er
vile origin, waa called upon to pay an
exorbitant rent. Ilerefiiaed. TI.e ab
bot, who waa hi enperlor lord, ennt a
force of men to hi houaw, who broka It
open, beat him and hi servant, and
carried off a much of hi 'lock a they
pleased. The farmer brought an action
against the abbot, but the abbot aimply
pleaded Uiat the man wa hi natlvu,
hi born rf, and no aerf could ue hi
owner In a court of law. There were
lnm.lie.ln of tticli cane. Old court
rull wer produced with the name of
tenant or their ancestor In them a
bondmen; If no formal deed could be
produced on the other aide, the cane
wa at an and. Forgerle were lively
made, and attll more freely aunpected;
leical learning and akill were all on the
aide of the rich. Thla wa how "the
craft of clerk" became hateful lo the
peasantry, o that among the mora Ig
norant, ability to read and write wa
regarded a a criminal accoinp!ihmeut.
Of course there waa another aide to
tha quarrel between master and bond
man. The master could make nut a
good enough to jimtify hi con
cience in premiliig for hi legal right.
It waa ho that waa tha ill-uned man In
hia own eye; the wrf that waa tin
giateful and unreasonable. It w for
the klndneM and indulgnce of hiimwlf
and hi father that ha waa now made
to Buffer. In effort, it came to tbl,
that he wa like a big brother, who
lioiild allow the tine of bin toy to a
younger when ho did not want them
hiinnelf, or when ha chanced to be in a
generom mood. Tha day come when
the big brother want to have them
back, and he flnda to hi anger that a
new right of property ha been eatab
lUlied, and that they are no longer re
garded a hi. If he" trie to reclaim
them, bickering and heart-lmrningH
rle. With children of a larger growth
the resentment on both aide i propor
tionately fierce.'
To uch outrageou length were
technical right, real or apurionn,
punhod by the lord of the toll, and
uch pitiloa cruelty wa uewl in en
forcing them, that the champion of
the enraged peasantry eaw no hope of
relief ecept in the total abolition of
anrfdom by the imme of ' wholesale
charteraof mamiinlalon direct from
the king. They itill had a touching
faith in him tha foundation of ju
tice, the itipreme eotirce of law and or
der. To him they till looked for pro
tection agaimit pillage and extortion, if
only hi ear could be diaabuaed of the
fa I mi peratiuiiioni of evil counsellor.
The leader whom we have een at
work orgunizing combination among
the dim-ontontd peasant knew the
value of a definite demand, tha juntire
of which wa wldoly felt, In binding
"cattered unit together. A novel and
unpopular tax to which every adult
liable gave them additional lever
age. The time waa now ripe for formulat
ing their demand and aupportlng them
by what I known In international pol
itic a a "moral domonatartlon;" the
demonstration being made in tbl cane
Jot with ironclads, but by a great rl
ng of the poor common with arm in
thelrhand. it wa hojied that the
mere how of trength would euffice.
That their profusion on tliU head
were alncera wa abundantly proved by
their nbqtierit conduct.
Hut llrnt the young king from whom
raonnlly they were to demand eman
cipation, and of wnom they had more
hop than of older men hardened in
their liiliiiltie niiit be clearly in
formed a to their object and araured
of their loyalty to hia person. No
how of treiiKth could be made till
ml.Uummer, when the day wore long
and the nlghu war warm, and there
wa little work to be done in the fleldn;
but meantime the klng'a mind might
U prepared fur their demand.
And for tbl mUdon, John Klrby,
who paaed under the name of 8lmon
d'Vprea and other allaae, thought of
Itnlph Hardelot. It waa a mlHlon not
without danger, aa Klrby well knew.
nut Kalph waa of the atufT of which
martyr are made. There waa no
reaaon why he ahould be denied hi
detlny. At any rate, aomehody Jiiimt
be had for the aervlce. and Ralph waa
at hand. ,
Ilia liberation from Cambrldae Cas
tle waa eaay enough. It waa a simple
matter of bribery. With an Incoiul-
tency of which perhaps he waa not
roneclou. Klrby did not heatltate to
make use of the corruption that It
wa hi aim to uproot. It It did eras
hi mind that there waa any harm In
bribing Kalph'e Jailer, the end doubt
les Justified tb mean.
There wa greater difficulty In per
suading Ralph to take the liberty of
fered hint. He clung obstinately to
the Idea that escape would look like
guilt: but at last when all that Law
renre had learned waa made known
to him, he waa brought to aee that In
escape lay hia only chance of clearing
hia character.
About a fortnight after Clara'a In
terview with lAwrenc. Klrby' ne
phew, a little bit of atlck planed on
one of Ita face waa put Into her
hand by a beggar aa aha came out of
St. Paul in the train or the princes.
This rude tablet had written on It the
(ingle word FREK.
CHAPTER XXI.
February and March had passed,
and the warm ralna of April bad be
gun before the prlnceaa waa called
upon to redeem her promise to pro
cure an Interview with tb king.
Lawrence Klrby more than once aaw
Clara, and brouKhthernewsgif Ralph'
welfare. The etcuae he gave for the
delay waa that Ralph had Buffered
o much from hta three month' Im
prisonment In Cambridge Castle that
it would take blra aom time to re
cover hia atrength. There waa an
other reaaon, but of thla Clara was
not Informed. Simon d'Ypre waa In
no hurry. The champion of the com
mon did not consider It advisable to
approach tb king too long before the
peasants were ready for action.
One day during the PortuRueae am
bassador stay at Westminister, the
king called at the Wardrobe, where
the princess waa lodged, and waa told
that Ralph Hardelot waa In waiting
to ae htm. Tha princess waa most
unwilling to encourage her aon, who
wa not yet quite fifteen, to do any
thing without the advice of hi ap
pointed guardian and counsellors,
but ahe held herself bound by her pro
mise to Clara, and thought no harm
could come of giving the young man
an opportunity of clearing himself.
Richard looked displeased at first,
but catching Clara In the act of steal
ing an anxloua look at hia counten
ance, ha turned to her and began to
rally her on another subject. "Ah,
Mistress Clara," he ald. "I have tid
ing for yon about your doughty hus
band. He has come back with ray un
cle of Buckingham, not a scratch the
worse, and gone down to Bturmere to
settle account with hta tenant.
Thro shiploads of good men ware
caBt away and perished on the voyage
homeward; pity he waa not among
thorn, but Satan is kind .to bla own.
Well. well. If Father Neptune refuses
to rid you of your encumbrance, we
must put our trust in me pope, i
truat, dear mftdum," he added, turn
ing to hi mother, "that Clara's ult
t tha ttnlv Father haa been more
f.vnren by fortune than our armies
In France?" ...
Tin hnv had a hnv s love of teasing.
But the princess, seeing Clara's
blank dismay, good naturedly came to
the rescue.
"But you will not. my dear son.
he eald. "reject poor Clara' aunpli
cation that you will see her cham
pion?" ,. .
The kins; turned to Clara. It Is
tnr mv own ease." she faltered.
"But he has been slandered to your
r"DidheCnot flee from his accusers?"
asked the king.
"Not" said the princess. It ap
pears, till long after you were told
that he had flod. And he would not
take freedom when It ''
him, lest flight should look like guilt
ZZ'iore fully "Plained to
the king. But still ho hesitated and
looked uneasy. "What can th, trai
tor oy?" he asked, petulantly. He
an only deny what the others have
said. However." he added, a tor a
pause, during which Clara felt her
.cart beating with anxious excite
inent "I suppose I must see mm.
Haste wa made to bring Ralph Into
his presence. At th sight o him the
boy's prepossession In MB ravor ro
v ved There was little change in
Rahih'. .PPoaranc. "a
looked thinner and hi face 1 bad i a
more steadfast expression. H bore
himself with courteous humility In the
5iJ presence, but bla tall figure still
had the lithe, alert carriage of ready
length, and' hi. eye.
Z'cmn, at their first
mTbenklug received him with gn
oua dignity. "Ar. you not, h. .ahL
' "afraid to how your fac In our pre
sence?" i "I have no cauae. aire." anawered
Ralph. "I labored honeatly to acquit
myelf of your majeaty'i gracloua In
atruotlona." "W have beard otherwlae," aald
the king and waa sllaat and thought,
rul for a mace. "But it n ha
ha reumod. "that the rnorera of tna
common people are alandered also.
Did not the churl aay that our prof-
it oi inquiry mo their grievance
wa a trick r
"Nay, aire," anawered Ralph. "On
the contrary, they were right Joyful
of It, and I waa myself called for lo
their aRiombly a one who had bad
tha honor of heartne vour merciful
deposition from your own llpa, to a
aura the people that they might tnjat
In your clemency ."
"Thl I (trangely unlike what w
heard." anld the king, turning to hi
mother with a perplexed air. "W$o
in i ui iieuere r
"You ihould dilution him further.
dear eon." aald the prince, meeting
nia look of doubt and tnlstruct with
a benign imlle.
Richard shook hi head and mutter-
led Inaudibly to1- htmaelf. Aiter
pause he asked: "You say they were
conrent to hay an Inquiry?"
'They were content, sire," an.
swered Ralph; "but I pray your grace
to hold me excused If I aay that this
would not content them. now. It la of
this principally that I am charged to
spea to you, lre.
"Charged to apeak to me." cried the
king In surprise. "T)o you come. then,
na a commissary from them?" He
turned to the princess excltely. "My
gracloua mother," he said, "1 not this
a trick that you have played on me?
I understood that It waa of himself
that this gentleman desired to apeak,
and now he addresses me as the mes
senger of discontented subject whom
Inquiry will not content.
Before the princess, who waa Indeed
aa much surprised a the king him-
aelf, could frame a reply, Ralph threw
himself on his knees.
"I pray you, aire, to pardon me If
my devotion to your grace and my
zeal for tb contentment of th realm
carry ma too far. I do not com aa a
commissary; 1 com of , my own
motive.
Thla waa atrictly true: for Simon
d'Ypre had ao managed that Ralph
had volunteered to speak to tha king.
"I know these men," Ralph con
tinued; "I know what they feel and
what they aay among themselves; I
know how loyal and tni In their
hearta they are to you, and how they
look to you aa they did before to
your noble father for comfort and re
dress; and I beseech you of your
grace to hear me.
The king waa partly appeased, but
atill doubtful whether he ought not to
terminate the Interview. He looked
doubtfully towards he princess, and
said to her: ' If this matter concerns
the realm, I ought not to hear It ex
cept In th presence of my council."
Rut It waa evident from his manner
that curiosity waa tempting him
strongly.
"You can Inform your council after
wards." said the princes, softly. 8he
also waa Interested In the ominous
statement that mere Inquiry would
no longer give satisfaction.
"I ought, air to aay." added Ralph,
"that the commons put little trust In
your present council."
"Say on. then," aald the king, hasti
ly. "Tell me plainly what they want"
Thua authorixed. Ralph proceeded
In carefully respectful language, and
with repeated protestatlone of the
firm loyalty of hia clients, to lay be
fore the king a statement of what
they considered necessary to the aat
Isfactlon of discontent.
It needed all the grace and temper
anc ol speech that Ralph could com
mand to obtain a patient hearing. For
the fact wer startling enough. It had
com to this, that nothing short of th
abolition of villeinage and other form
of bondage wonld suffice.
This was what Ralph had charged
himself to make known to th king aa
best he could; and as he discoursed
with respectful gravity of th high do
tie of ruler set by God over the people
to shield the weak against th tyranny
of th strong, be wa warmed Into un
conscious eloquence by the answering
glow in the eyes of the generous yontn.
Tb ced had not fallen on Darren
ground ; if disinterested youth could
have had ita way, mucn oiooaanea
might have been averted.
(To b continued.)
SENATOR FRYE CAUGHT A DUCK.
But th Dlitlnguiihtd StaUimia Wa Fly.
Flihinj it th Tim.
here was a session of the Congres
sional Fishing Club in the coat rooms.
"Did you ever hear," said Senator
Blackburn, "of the tini Senator Fry
caught tho duck? It was this way:
His specialty is fly fishing, and casting
from a moving canoe. Well, one day
in the fall we were fishing up above,
anchored under the lee of a projecting
point of land.
"'Just watch me cast a minnow,'
said tho senator, as he sent the bait
whbuing far out into the river. Hard
ly had the minnow struck the water
until the line paid out and the reel
began to sing. '
" 'It's a rive pounder!' cried the
boatman. 'Let him run, senator, let
him run!'
"Well there was some excitement.
The reel kept singing the sweetest mn
eic in the world to a fisherman. At
length the line was all run out, and
ninch to the senator' surprise th rod
was pointed straight up in the air, in
stead of toward the water.
"The old boatman nearly fell in a fit
in tha bottom of the boat with laugh
ter, for there, up in the sky, soared a
wild duck, with the senator' minnow.
" 'Pull up,' said the senator, In dis
gust, 'and let's go back to th club
house. I'll fish in the rain barrel off
the porch with Unci Jo Cannon and
Dave Henderson lor the rest of thi
trip.' " .
Lawycrlcst Caustic In Tcxu.
There are 40 oountie in Txa which
have to eek legal advice outside tbair
limits, aa they have not a single attor
ney of their own.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY,
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
Comprehensive Review of th Important
lUpptalntj el th Put Wttk, Presented
In a Cowknsed Perm, Which U Most
Likely to Prev f Interest to Oar Mny
Readers
The house has passed the anti
anarchy bill..
Ten persona wer killed and many
injured In a Chicago hospital fire.
Mexican troopa and Yaqul Indians
mot In a battle which resulted dla
asterlously to tha Indians.
The floods in Kansas have not en
tirely subsided. The Mosbo and Cot
tonwood rlvera have again left their
banka.
The May postal receipts at SO of
the largest office to the United States
show an Increase of SO per cent over
May, 1901.
Three business blocks at Saratoga,
N. Y., were destroyed. Five persons
lost their lives. Tb property loss Is
estimated at $300,000.
Two convlcta at the Oregon Peni
tentiary slayed three guards and
wounded a life prisoner and escaped.
They are well armed with rifles and
revolvers and have plenty of ammuni
tion. The forming of the new French cab
inet has been completed.
Mitchell denounced the Panama canal
rout in a speech before the senate.
A plot has been discovered at Pre
toria to blow up the government build
ings. Twelve trabsloads of Mystic Shriners
arrived at Ban Francisco to attend the
imperial council.
Coal miners in West Virginia have
gone out. A larger number quit work
than waa anticipated.
The officers of th cruiser Chicago
who caused the disturbance in Venice
will not be court martialed.
An excursion train on a Michigan
road was wrecked, killing one person
and Injuring 33, three fatally.
The relief supplies sent by the United
States to the Martinique sufferers were
not properly distributed and did not go
where they would do the most good.
Kroger will not be required to ac
knowledge Britislsovereignty in South
Africa.
The president la being urged to send
a message to congress on the Cuban
question.
Fire in Denver destroyed a grocery
store, rooming house and several other
business concerns.
June 8 and 9 have been declared
thanksgiving days and holidays
throughout Cape Colony.
A boat containing eight Spanish ar
tillery officers waa rnn down by a
steamer at Gijon Spain, and five
drowned.
Retabuien, a town in Guatemala,
Central America, baa been destroyed by
a volcano. On thousand people lost
their Uvea.
Governor Geer may call an extra
session of tha Oregon legislator for
the purpose of fixing flat salaries for
the state officials.
Tha pavilion in th horticultural
gardens, Toronto, the second largest
auditorium in that city, has been en
tirely destroyed by fire.
The American Federation wants to
take farmers into ita organization.
Three men wer shot in a riot be
tween union and non union iron mould
ers at Granite City, 111.
Some of the mines in the anthracite
coal region are filling with water be
cause of the firemen and pumpmen
joining the strikers.
Lord Kitchener was created a vis
count and promoted to be general and
given 60,000 pounds for hia services in
the South African war.
The Chicago teaniBtera strike has
been settled. It was a compromise,
the strikers not getting the advanoe in
wages they asked, but will receive
more than before they went out.
Almost every street car in Rhode
Island is tied up. The last general
assembly of that state passed a 10-hour
law, and when the street car compan
ies started to teat it in th courts the
street railway employes quit.
The senate has passed the Philippine
bill.
The house is considering the anarchy
bill.
The entire French cabinet has re
signed.
The senate is considering the Nica
ragua canal bill.
The rebellion in Southern China has
been practically suppressed.
The Idaho state Republican conven
tion will be held in Boise August 20.
Two villages were destroyed and 75
people killed by a volcano in Bolivia.
Germany has appealed to the United
States to assist in preventing monopoly
in wireless telegraphy.
The statu of liberty torch in Now
York harbor is to be dark hereafter
because congress refused a 150,000 ap
propriation for lighting it.
The refusal of tha Manitoba govern
ment to allow the Northern Pacific
railroad to extend its lines across th
border is taken as notice to all Ameri
can railroads to keep out.
JUNE 13, 1902.
A LACK OF SYSTEM.
Supplies Sent by the Dixie Were Not Dis
tributed With Dlipatth.
Washington, June 11. Professor
Robert T. Hill, of the geological sur
vey, who was one of the scientists on
the expedition of investigation sent oat
by this government following the Mar
tinique disaster, arrived in this city
today from New York. Professor Hill
says:
"Th Dixie expedition was great
success. It was organized in less than
four days with a complete equipment.
Tb endeavor which tho United States
made to relieve the distress, and the
large representation of naval vessels
and newspapermen has made a deep
impression on the people of the island,
to whom we were a constant marvel
and source of astonishment. Th
negroes of Maitinique were laboring
under a misapprehension that Ameri
can enterprise was going to rebuild St.
Pierre, and when told that it was on
French territory, they could not under
stand why a little matter of interna
tional complication should be permit
ted to interfere in the work. -
"Too much cannot be said of the en
terprise and labor of United States
Consul Ayme, who rushed to the scene
of action from his station at Guadeloupe
with hardly a stitch of clothing or a
cent in his pocket, and intelligently
did everything in his power to assist
the people of the island and the
American relief party. It ia feared
that his health, which was already pre
carious, is seriously shattered by hie
labors.
"The only criticism that could be
made concerning the outcome of the ex
pedition would be concerning the man
ner in which the relief wa distributed
on the island. Notwithstanding the
reports to the contrary, there was much
distress on Martinique, and had our
supplies been distributed with the same
generosity by the local officers as that
with which they were giveo, much
more good would have been done, the
governor and many of the prominent
island officials having been killed in
the disaster. The slowness of the
relief was no doubt dno to the disor
ganized condition of affairs."
I TO SETTLE 8TRIKE.
Public Opinioa Dcmaads Arbitratioa of Port
land Labor Troubles,
Portland, June 11. The public call
for an arbitration of the difficulties be
tween the planing mill owners and their
employes ia the general topic of conver
sation among those interested in the
strike situation, and the general senti
ment expressed waa that the welfare of
the community demands that such a
course should be ' pursued. The em
ployers declare that they have nothing
to arbitrate, and that the question in
volved is as to whether they shall be
permitted to run their own business or
whether they must be dictated to by
the union. The sentiment expressed
by many of the prominent men of the
city, is to the effect that the loss in
curred by any concession that might be
made to the union would be insignifi
cant when compared to that incurred
by any continuance of the strike, and
that so long as the union people are
disposed to stand by the decision of an
unbiased committee, the employers
should be willing to terminate the
trouble in this way.' The sentiment
is not undivided, however, and there
are many who think the question of
union standing and union power is the
one . involved, and that it ahould be
fought out and decided now. They
say that the trouble is between the
planing mill men and the union, and
should be left to them for settlement;
that if the employers say they have
nothing to arbitrate, they are running
their own business, and should be al
lowed to take any stand they see fit;
that if the employee do not like their
terms, they should quit, but that men
who wish to work at these terms should
be allowed to do so, and that the union
Bhould not attempt to force the mill
owners into subjection.
Liberty Bell Leave Charleston.
Charleston, S. C, June 11. The
Liberty bell left here today for Phila
delphia on a special truck attached to
a passenger train and accompanied by
an escort of a committee of councilors
of Philadelphia.
Caught in a Squall.
Boston. June 11. The Harbor
Master's office and the police stations
along the water front were besieged
today by anxloua men and women,
making Inquiries for friends who
went out in amall boats yesterday and
had not returned when a heavy squall
swept over the 'harbor between 7 and
8 o'clock last night. More than 20
persons are missing. The squall came
up very quickly and waa unusually
strong, and it ia feared that small
boats, heavily laden, could not have
aurvived.
War ia Colombia
Colon, Colombia, June 11. All the
government troops who were stationed
here, numbering oyer 1,200 men, left
for Panama today. At Panama they
will loin forces with th government
troops at that port, who number several
thousand, and the combined army will
start immediately to attack the insur
gents by land and sea. Some of the
troops embarked at Panama today.
Previous to going on board the soldiers
wer addressed by General Bertl.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
8HOOT THREE OREGON PENI
TENTIARY GUARD3.
A Life Prisoner Intervene) and I Shot la the
Leg Both Men Ar Desperate Criminal!
They Are Well Armed With Rifles and
Revolvers aad Have Plenty sf Anuiuiai
Uoa Large Posse ia Pursuit
Salem, June 10. Harry Tracy
and David Merrill, convlcta, escaped
from the Penitentiary at 1 o'clock
yesterday morning and made their
way to liberty, leaving murdered be
hind them Guards F. 3. Ferrell, S. R.
T. Jonea and B. F. Tiffany, while
Frank Inghram, a convict, who tried
to bar their road, waa ahot In the
knea which waa ao badly shattered
aa to require amputation. He ia now
resting easily, and strong hope are
entertained for hia recovery. Clad In
their prison garb, well armed and pro
vided with ammunition, the men are
now lurking In the woods not far
from town, and, although hundreds of
citizens have recruited the posse that
are searching for them, they have
thua far eluded pursuit
The convicts, who are professional
criminals of the moat dangerous type,
had secured rifles and revolvers Sat
urday or Sunday, probably from some
confederate previously released from
the Penitentiary who had smuggled
the weapons In. Th mei working In
the atove foundry, among whom were
Tracy and Merrill, had Just been
marched in from the chapel and were
about to report to work to Ferrell,
when Frank Girard, another guard,
heard a rifle ahot, and, looking quick
ly in the direction from which It
came, aaw Ferrell dead and the two
thugs, both armed with new rifles,
approaching him. Girard, like all
shop guards, was unarmed, and he In
stantly took to flight, running for Ms
life down the center aisle of the bond
ing, while hia pursuer gained on
him at every step. Suddenly Frank
Inghram, a life prisoner from Linn
county, seeing the peril in which the
guard was placed, stepped out and
endeavored to stop the highwaymen.
Tracy stopped long enough to fire a
shot at him.
Before reaching the yard Tracy and
Merrill again brought their murder
ous rlflea.lnto play. First they rid
dled the extreme southwest and
northwest guard posts, but fortunately
did not kill a man. Then, with a
single shot at a distance of 160 yards,
one of them brought down Jones, who
was on the wall in charge of the north
post As the guard fell dead they
turned and took seven.) shots at Tif
fany and Ross, guards on the north
wall.
Then, believing that they had suffi
ciently cowed their keepers, they
coolly proceeded to take a ladder from
one of the shop buildings, placed it
against the east wall and mounted It
while bullets from guards on more re
mote parts of the wall flew thick
about their heads. Tiffany, who had
not lost his nerve at any time during
the fusillade, sent shots repeatedly
after them, but none of them hit Ita
mark, and the escaping men In an
other instant had jumped from the
wall and disappeared.
Running along to the spot where
the men had crossed. Tiffany and Ross
leaped after them and followed them
around an angle in the wall, where
they met them face to face. Instant
ly the guards were covered and com
manded to give up their rifles and
cartradges. With the memory of the
murder that had already been done
freeh In their minds, the guards com
piled and threw their guns and am
munition on the ground. They were
then ordered to stand forth and were
marched ahead of the convicts for 104
yards.when a guard from one of Uje
poets fired at the fugitives. They In
stantly returned the Are, and Tiffany
whom one of them had selected for a
target, fell dead with a bullet through
his right breast Ross Immediately
dropped, and his presence of mtnd
saved his life, for the men. believing
that he, too, had been killed, paid no
further attention to the shots behind
them and ran for cover.
Cuban Minister Coming.
New York, June 11. Gonzalo
Quesada, Cuban Minister to Wash
ington, and his family have sailed for
New York, says a Tribune dispatch
from Havana. Mr. Quesada will go
immediately to Washington and open
the legation at the Hotel Raleigh un
til he secures a house. He Is the
bearer of the good wishes of Presi
dent Palma to President Roosevelt
To Paver American Ships.
Washington, June 11. Senator
Perkins today introduced a bill dir
ecting the Secretary of War to favor
American built ships In transporting
supplies for the Government to the
Philippines. -
Collision in Colorado.
Denver, Col., June 11. Four men,
members of the train crew, were in
jured today, none fatally, however, In
a headon collision on the South Park
branch of the Colorado and Southern
Railroad, two miles north of Valverde,
between the fishermen's train return
ing from Platte Canyon, and the west
bound passenger train. Railway offi
cials attribute the collision to the
failure of Engineer Latham to follow
orders.
NO. 2G.
8EA DREDGE FOR BAR.
Columbia River Likely to rUve One at One
funds Oa Hand to U Used.
Washington, June 10. As soon a
the rivet and harbor bill has beea
signed by th president, the chief of
engineers will appoint a board of en
gineers, in accordance with th pro
visions of th bill agreed to by th con
ference committee, to visit the Colom
bia river and make an examination and
estimate to determine whether 'a canal
for overcoming the obstructions be
tween The Dalle and Celllo can be
built for less than the estimate made
by Captain Harts two years ago, ap
proximately $4,000,000. The first
action taken under the new bill will b
the appointment of special boards. If
this board shall report th Harts esti
mate a reasonable and safe one, and
that the work cannot be done for any
considerably less amount, the chief of
engineers intends to authorize tb com
mencement of work without further
delay. While there Is nothing addi
tional in the department on which to
base an opinion, engineer officials here,
incline to the opinion that Captain
Harts Will be sustained by the board.
Work at tb mouth of th Columbia
river will b taken np as soon as tha
local engineers submit projects, upon
which contracts are to b invited. Th
preliminary work den under tb last
appropriation has placed the jetty and
approaches in such condition that th
work ef extension can be carried on
without delay. In this connection th
chief of engineers is considering tb
advisability of taking a part of the
funds on hand for the mouth of th
river for.bnilding or purchasing a aea
dredge for maintaining a deep channel
across the bar ontll the jetty is com
pleted. He ia of the opinion that he
already has authority to make this ex
penditure, and haa informed Mr.
Tongue that he in very favorably im
pressed with the proposition, realizing
the necessity for immediate relief.
Other works will be taken np as soon
as plans can be prepared.
TIE-UP IN WE8T VIRGINIA.
Mar Misers Obeyed th Strike Order Than
- was Anticipated.
Wheeling, W. Va., Jon 10 Th
strike ordered by the United Minework
era of America, to take effect in West
Viiginia today, was much more com
plete in som districts than expected
and less effective in others. The in
complete reports are conflicting, but on
the whole several thousand more men
went out than was anticipated. Th
strike affects not only the industries of .
this state, but also the railways and
river navigation. Ail of the local coal
railroads suffer. Among the trunk
lines, the Norfolk 4 Western suffered
most today, but very many miners wer
also idle along the Baltimore A, Ohio
and the Chesapeake & Ohio.
As a rule the miners quit work with
out mnch demonstration, but in soma
places they wer marching with bands.
It waa ascertained that the operators
in som places bad secured many
armed guards In anticipation of a pro
tracted struggle, if not of violence. In
a few places the striking miners were
served with notice to vacate the houses
belonging to the coal companies.
While the strike in this state is gen
erally regarded aa sympathetic with
that of Pennsylvania, there is a general
impression that the bituminous coal
interests of other states have had their
influence In bringing on a crisis In
West Virginia. There ia a strong or
ganization of miners in this state Inde
pendent of the United Mineworkers of
Ameria, and the members of the state
union have continued when the United
Mineworkers have ordered strike In
bordering states and in Indiana, Illi
nois and other states. . .
RIVERS ARE SUBSIDING.
Wont of th Flood In Kaaus I Over Las
wUI be a Million or Mar.
Emporia, Kan., June 10. Both the
Neosho and Cottonwood rivers are sub
siding. Tb former estimated loss of
(1,000,000 is still adhered to, and It is
now believed that it may even go
above this- The Neosho has subsided
enough to clear some of the fields, bnt
all over the flooded country a sedi
ment was left that will, it is believed,
kill all crops, including alfalfa. The
Santa Fe today ran trains over the
main lines. The Cottonwood river,
which was at its height last night, has
fallen three feet. The farmers along
the Cottonwood ar in as bad a state a
those on the Neosho. The crops are
totally lost and many hundred cords of
wood piled in the timber have beea
carried away.
King ef Saxony Dying.
Berlin, June 10. The king of Sax
ony's condition is evidently worse than
official bulletins indicate. Private dis
patches from Sibyl lenort 'represent his
majesty's condition aa well nigh hope
less. The Saxny ministry assembled
in permanence this morning to await
the end.
Mrs. VanderbUt'f Gift
New York, June 10. In memoiy of
her late husband, Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt has arranged to present to St.
lartholomew's Protestant Episcopal
church a new front and four bronze
doors. It was th original intention
of Mrs. Vanderbilt to give only th
doors, but she decided a better effect
could be obtained by remodeling the
entire front of ' tb edifice. Tb iiu
provtment will coat (200,000,