I MISS MILNE AND I UIAITKK XVII Continued. Fortunately for me the eye of the colonel were "111 fixed upon th flr, or mt rapid change of color mum have iwnksned hi auspicious. At It vu, I do not. Judging from what followed, think bo noticed the change In my voice and manner. "I tliluk I know to whom h refer; the I" a uurse In th Inelosur who hut obtained, by her kindness, a great hold over Warren," "But why should h Interest her trlf lo our behalf V (Now for a He, or lh truth which? A little of both.) "From what I bear, atmpla goodne of heart prompted her." "Really, reallyt" thl mmlngly; thtn aloud: "If you get the opportu nity, I ibould be deeply grateful to you If you would convey our thank lo her." "Indited, I ahall be very glad to do o." "Now," ald tht colonel. In a differ ent voir, and as though beginning new chapter, "now alxnit yourself. I will rake o no wore of th past than U absolutely necessary. I felt It to be my duty, while In England, to place r.yself In opposition to certain hope of your, Doctor Ktwby, and. If I re member, yon dmltted. after you bud had time to think the matter over, the Justice of the course I had adopted. Your manner at the quarantine ata tlon. and certain remark and action of your led me to suppose that thou hope of your are not dead. May 1 auk I that ao. Doctor Wabyr My elbow were on the table and my fc hidden In my hand. Without looking up. I replied. "It I o. lr." "Well. now. Ir. Rlgby. I bare given tbl matter my moot anilou thought, with thla reault: We like thl new country; the warm climate ult nr old bonea, and Kititb'a health I butter; the people, a far as we have nn them, are pleaaant and agree aMe. The one or two frlenda w have mde we like extremely, and then there are now neither awoclatlona nor attraction nor tic of any kind In the old country that bind u to it I am not anilou to Influence you n fairly, but It doe appear to me that you are likely to mtcceed in your pro fession here. Jut now you are very unfortunately situated, but after your great aorvice to the colony. It U eitremely Improbable tbat the gov ernment will allow you to go unremu nrrated, and I might perhaps mention that, owing to a recent death, If our hope aye realised, my daughter would not come to you portlonle. But, of course, the wool question center, as far aa I know, on that terrible woman nd her vengeance. Now you will fo.gle me for having told all I know of th matter to our mutual friend, Doctor May. He ha proved himself stanch and truet worthy friend, and ciw a short acquaintance ha given imo a very high opinion of hi Judg ment and ability. Neither he nor I think It within the bound of posst Wllty that her Influence ever can reach .you here, ao that, my doar boy" he had risen to hla feet, and waa now tlklug across the room to me "It ,.w only remain for me to congratu late you on thl satisfactory ending of ht has been for all of us a time o, terrible anxiety. And Edith, poor chil-she baa been very constant to you. Rlgliy hor happlnes will be very rrat" He Had, during lb lat few word, put bli band with great tenderness upon my shoulder, and I, all the time v-hsl ahAli I aay fifr myself f No strug gle had gone on within me: ! had lot the power of struggling: every ene waa In abeyance. Daied and stupid. I rose to my feet, and my bloodless face told It own tale, The room went round and round, the picture on the wsll danced before me like little hill seen . through the morning mist. I eltod the table to support myself. The colonel mad some exclama tion of astonishment, and stepped back from me: then I sank again Into my chair, and covered my face In my hands. Then the colonel came up behind me, and putting both hands on my shoulders, asked with all klud llnn what It all meant. "Are you not happy T Are you not pleased? Have I not granted you the wish of your heart? la there more I could do for you, Doctor Rlgby will you not speak to me?" ' "Give me a second, give me a min ute; for God' ake, give m a min ute!" was all the reply I could make. Then he walked up and down the room, and I tried to collect myself. At length, when I had wasted ome minute in the vain endeavor, the i hand on, aiTJt leaning over the aide of -int tahie opposite me, He asitea: u tor Rlgby. Is there another ghastly i secret Involved? U so, be brav and tell me straight out; I can bear this istisnense no longer." rinMAi tnik.. ui.. MtlnA fa In "Sydney; she Is at the quarantine sta tion; ane aent warrenwuii yuu. on" ' gaved your lifebut she's there." "Oood God, Rlgby! I thl can this to o?" Then, after a moment' pause: "Did the woman know whom ahe was svlngt" "She did." "I it possible that whe will now forego her vengeance? But why do I ask? What woman of that order ever did?" Then half aloud and half to himself, he groaned out: "Edith, Edith, my poor, poor girl, back to your melancholia, back to your terrible melancholia!" . The mention of Edith name, and -k t . t fl SS.Im MAW frvmi. Me UDon her. broiiaht me back to my On Ran? hv a itnrflmA effort I TO Mined command of myself, and m neauuy ii i could I wamea iuuiu 11 II 1 111, . "This new black cloud, Colonel Pel- m, nss one little Bit oi suver -" that the othor had not. I can mivm- fnt t hm mitalnea ymr confidence, and that but for this , .uift IVllItU WIIUIU us. But, sir, we must try and think of her of saving bor from Him knowl edge of this woman's presence. 1 hard you muttor somitthlng of her golug back to melancholia; that must not be, though the gods seem pitted against us. I have a fouling In my hoart that things will come right.- "Never. Rlgby; tbe god are against us, and It snwiim to mo they cannot recall their c union. Hut must you not be going? It I very lute; daylight will be breaking before you got back, for your safuty sake, you " "Bafcty my af..ty! What do I care for my safety now?" I almost shout ed, and for the first time my eyes filld with helpful tears. "You had bettor go, Rlgby. You sroke, Just now, of a hope you had. For Ha sake, go!" Mechanically, and as in a drenm, I put on my hut. The good, thought ful old fellow poured me out a large glass of beer aud made me drink it. Then we silently shook hands and parted. I did not swnken May I had bad enough trouble without repeating that nlKht' story to him but made trslght for the road Warren hsd rcr ommended. I had neither the strength nor the cnortry to dodge fhe police; I marched boldly and firmly on, with the careless desperation of one who know that the worst has happened. I think I must have had some kind oi hysteria, for I remember holding a conversation with the Fates as I walked along, and stopping to laugb aloud aa 1 got the beat of the arxu rr.ent. I lost all feeling of tiredness, snd wont half a mile out of my way to see tbe big rock over which 1 clambered the night Edith was wrecked : I stood on the top of It, and said aloud (still addressing the supe rior powers): "IxKik, gentleman! one lump and I could stop all your fun." Then I laughed attain ; then I sat down on the rock and burst Into tears mad. hysterical tears; then the mndne was over and gone, and a new and better feeling awoke within me. CHAPTER XVIII. "You will find it too damp to sit there, I am afraid. Miss Milne; the foam has been breaking over these rocks." "Oh, thank you. but I don't mind. 1 am not a hot house plant, and then 1 thought one could not catcb cold from sea water. Now, can you spare me half an hour?" "Ye, If w are safe?" "We're perfectly safe here; that's why I chose thl spot. I have walked here for hours; before Warren came I used to come here every night." "You must have found It horribly lonely." "It was neither lonely nor horrible. These great rocks were my compan ions, and the wave were by orches tra; there la scarcely one of them I have not made a friend of and told my trouble to. The poets talk of sermons In stones,' now." said Miss Milne, turning sharply round on me. that' etactiy what they are not. They never preach at you. and that's why I like them. Ionoly, Indeed! Look at that flat rock down below there, with your bath In the center. I have pic tured It swarming with water-nymphs spirits, or whatever elite you chooao to call them. But you are wondering what made me nek you down hero to night. Well, 1 hardly know myself; I wanted to havo a talk with you before I go." "Go! Where aro you going?" "1 am going from here; I have ap plied to be removed." "But we all have, and none of us can get away." "But I can, and if y w"t to go very much I can get you sent for. But, then," she added, thoughtfully, "what about Warrou? Ho can't bo left here." . . , , "I don't see how he can posBlbly get away." "Oh, he can get away easily enough; but the question is. will ho leave his wife?" "If his wife were under me, Instead of old Moore, I would report her b well as, of course, ahe is perfectly well! and so get her off. But how could Warren get away?' . "aaally." said Miss Milne. "He has been to Sydney four or Ave times with letters for mo." "To Sydnoy?" "Yes" she replied, with a little lauKh-'"vla Manloy, by the steamer, and waved a handkerchief to me m he sailed by. But I think your Idea a a Sood one; I will get the dbctor to report Mrs. Warren well from small Zx ? but HI from the loss of her hus band Then I want him to go up country with her and the children, and Uke up a selection; I can find the ne cessary funds." , . "Yes;? I have fifty pounds in the bank at Sydney, and I have . forty duo , tram the Government. Now.. It s Try unlikely that I shall be able o go to either, so tomorrow I will get conveyed to you. If you will allow me a "otter containing an order on the novernmont. and a check on the bank You must arrange to mert Warren somewhere and give him the ninety poun,r.- that will make him safe from DMIs. Milne, why give him all your money? Why can't you go your self for It? And why all this mystery my boy dle.d-7.Ahl i ad great some nailm,Ah would have day the sneer of albelats, the dream of the republican, the plottings and arguments of th dynamiters. I would have suturated him with thom. had he lived, and he would have been a thorn in society's side." "Then It was well he died," I could not holp saying. "Perhaps perhaps; but -1 don't know. Ho would have been a man, snd a man only require a moderate amount of sense, and the pluck to think differently to othor people, to be successful." Then, after a pause, and very ser iously: "I wlah I was with him with out the shock of getting there." "But, tell me, have you no fear of doath apart from the momentary shock?" "None. Had there been half the de- sl(?n In the world that religious peo ple believe in, I should have been dead long since." "Why?" "Because I have failed as a woman, and ought to have been taken back to the factory attain years aco. to begin at the other end the potato end. Pos sibly I should make good potatoes." " TIs strange to bear a woman talk like this!" "Why? Have you such a wonderful fear of death. Dr. Rlgby? Do you think It a thing to bo avoided by everybody?" "No, not by everybody, Now, for Instance who shall I save? Take Warren, before he came under your Influence. I thought, when I beard he had committed suicide, that Is was for everybody concerned (himself In cluded) a very wise and politic step." "I thought so, too: but let us change thl Interesting ubeet: I want to talk to you of something else. Now, you must not mind telling me this Mis Phillips, or Pelham, or whatever she calU herself, are you still lu love with her?" Miss Milne did not look up; If she had done so the moonlight would have been sufficient to show her the tell tale blood rushing to my face, and no reply would have been necessary. But she sat with her hands on her knees, gating out to seai "Why do you ask? Wliy broash the subject, when you know as much as I do?" I said, taking no notice of the covert Insolence of the question. "I ask." she said, "not because I want to know, for I do know, but be cause It was a convenient and conven tional way of opening a conversation thnt I must have with you, however painful It may be to both of us." "It can not be other than painful to us. and if you will excuse me I would much rather not continue It." I had risen to my feet, and was fully determined to leave her if she con tinued. The same feeling that used to tnke possession of me In .London, when she was announced an almost superstitious dread of her came back to me with double forco. She roe to her feet and spoke very deliberately. "Walt." she said. "We have agreed that the capacity for do ing good and the capacity for doing evil go hand In hand. On these grounds, especially If I assure you that It 1b not my Intention to Injure you. I think you ought to sit down and listen to me." , -' I have, throughout my narrative, tried to give some faint idea of this many-sided woman, but at every eventful turn I have had if I would be correctly understood to throw my self upon the sympathetic help of my reader's imagination; and now that I am approaching the most critical part of It I find myself more than ever de pendent upon bis assistance. When Miss Milne rose to her full height, and Mq deliberate characteristic speech of hers, there was, I felt, noth ing for me but to sit down; not that 1 feared her, though I did that, but because she had, as ! have hinted, some supernatural hold over me the result, perhaps, of the memory of her successful persecution of me In the past perhaps of some congenial pecul iarity. At any rate, I sat down again to llBten. with something of the feel ing with which a criminal await hla sentence. (To be continued.) -5 .. TO RECORD LIGHTNING'S FLASH Novel Instrument at Bt. Igaatlns Col lege, CleveUa I. Weather prophet are likely to bene fit by an Invention of Father Odenbach of St Iguatlus College in Cleveland. He has perfected an Instrument which will record flashes of lightning long be fore any can be seen, and with the clouds from where they proceed far below the horlson. The machine which ho has sut up in the tower of the col lego building Is somewhat complicated, and Is worked on the principle of th Vnrcoul system. The electric waves, coming from a great distance, or from near by, are collected uud brought through a series of delicate appliances to a recorder, w hich notes each Impression with a distinct click like that of a telegraph Inst rumeut The tower of the college Is roofed with copper, which forms au excellent conductor for the electric ray. Connected with this copper roofed tower Is the llghtnlng-rod, also made of copper In the form of a cable, one thread of this cable being connect ed with the receiving and recording In struments. The tlrat real test of the system came a fuw days ago. Hours before the storm visited Cleveland, when the sky was perfectly clear and absolutely no sign wus given of ' an approaching storm, the Instrument was busy click ing off Its record of flashes from dls tnnf clouds. Durlua tbe approach, du ration aud recession of the thunder storm the record continued accurate snd unbroken, aud the records contm nod long after tbe flashes had become too indistinct to be visible. It is thought that the Instrument will wnmn invaluable in meteorology, a by It local storms will be noted with certainty, and observer will be able to foretell thunderstorm and squalls, lo cal disturbances which it is Impossible now to foretell with any degree of ao-curacy.-New York Tost FIRE LOSS 1000,000, Big Armour Packing Mouse Plant at Sioux City Entirely Destroyed. Bioux City, Iowa., Nov. 19. Armour & Co.' packing plant, which occupied (oar acres of tbe stockyards, and was valued at 1900,000, wa - totally de stroyed early this morning by fire which started on the second floor of the fertilizer building, and i thought by Manager Lennon to have been due to either spontaneous combustion or to an imperfect dryer. The loss is partly covered by t 721,000 insurance. Five hundred men are thrown out ol employ ment. Within an hour after the flames were discovered by a watchman six streams of water- were being tbiown upon tbe flames, whicb were gutting the fertilizer building, 120x00 feet and our stories high, but the pressure was inadequate. The floors and contents of tbe building burned like chaff. Tbe roof sojn fell, am! the fire burst through into the beef-killing bouse. At -the ssme time the cattle chute ignited, and in five minutes fell with a crash. Once inside the beef-killing bouse, tbe flames began to dance merrily. From this bouse to the oleomargarine build ing waa only a stop, and when the oils started to burn tbe fire presented a most spectacular appearance. The big beef house, containing 500 carcass es, next caught fire, and tbe whole plant, except tbe bog bouse, was a lake of fire. ' The roar was terrific. The country for miles around w&s Illuminated. Suddenly there was a terrific detona tion, followed quickly by another, and then another. Twenty-four drums of 100 pound of ammonia each exploded before the reserve supply in the am monia eistvrn was reached. That ex plosion almost razed the entire plant. The flames were blown through the fire wsll which separated the bog bouse from the other bni dings. Tbe hog house contained 2,600 dressed bogs and 2,500,000 pounds of pork product. Steadily the fire crept against tbe wind and through tbe offloe building. Not a scrap oi paper ws taved. When the last of the ammonia drum was going off, a burning chute fell upon a bunch of live hogs, and their squeals were added to the appalling chorus. After the Are got good headway in the bog bouse, the shops, cbit-ken pack ing plant, ice houses and ice runways and smaller department -bouses were consumed in quick succession. Tbe terrible- roaring continued un abated. The bigh brick walls crum bled and crashed one by one, and the conflagration gradually ate its way through building after building. The fire department was inadequate. The pressure wa hardly strong enough to throw water to tbe roof of the pork house,. When the walls of this de partment burst, the firemen played their streams on tbe buildings until daylight. Tbe fire burned all day and this afternoon there was another terrific ex plosion, which, threw bricks and pieces of iron for hundreds of yards. No one was hurt. BOOK ON PHILIPPINES. New Work Just Issued by Insular Bureau . of War Department. Washington, Nov. 19. The Pro nouncing Gaxetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippines, with maps, charts and illustrations, which was prepared in the bureau of insular affairs of the war department, has just been issued, and 'contains a wealth of infoimatinn concerning our Oriental possessions. The gazetteer proper con tains 204 pages, including the Index, while the geographical dictionary occu pies 668 pages, exclusive of the maps. charts and illustrations. When Dewey's brilliant victory awoke national Interest in tbe Phil ippines, the obtainable literature in English on the question was meager, while the Spanish works were to be found in but few libraries, so tbat the work of obtaining complete and accur ate information of the islands, their geographical resources, history, etc., has been a very difficult one. Bequests already received for the edition exceed tbe limit ordered by congress to be printed. " " 7 Police Were Ready tor Emma. Chicago, Nov. 19. With 200 police men and two patrol wagons held in re serve at the Kast Chicago avenue eta tion, with Inspector Campbell, Lieuten ant Smith and six detectives in the hall, and Justice Hamburger in his court ready to issue warrants, Emma Goldman spoke before 400 anarchists at Clark and Krie streets last nignt, Police precautions proved unnecessary, howeer, for th carnation in her hair waa more fiery than her talk. Flagman Made Fatal Mistake. Chicago, Nov. 19. One man was killed and a dozen men, women and children more or less seriously injured in a collision tonight between a West' em avenue electric train and a Chicago Burlington & Quiucy freight train at the Eighteenth , street crossing. The motor and trailer which made up the electrio train were crowded with pas sengers, and it seem a miracle that so many escaped Instant death. Demands on Two Railroads. Chicago, Nov. 19. Engineros and firemen representing the entire bt, Paul system have made a demand (or Increased wages and an entirely now schedule. The same classes of employ es on the JNortnwesiern nave maue similar demands, the increase demand, ed ranging between 10 and 20 per cent. NEWS OF OREGON rTFMS 0P INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. Commercial and Financial Happenings of th Paat Week-Brief Review of thr arowth and Development el Various Industrie Throughout Our Common wealthLatest Market Report. The fourth annual Angora goat show of Oregon will be held in Dallas January 14 and 16. Operations at the Tillamook fish hatchery have been suspended on ac count of the recent heavy rains ; The freshet on the Rluela river'oansed by the recent heavy rains did consider able damage to tbe fish hatchery on that river. A postoffice has been established at Inglis, Columbia county. An office has aUo been established at Tiller, Douglas county. The safe in the depot at Newberg was opened Friday night and $1,180 se cured by a burglar. The crook evi dently knew bis business, as he worked tbe combination of tbe lock. There were 360 hales of hops fold at Dallas last Saturday for 27 cents f. o. Jo tales bave heretofore been made above 26 cents, though offers of 26 cents were out The board of director of the Wil lamette Valley Chautauqua association, at a meeting held in Oregon City last week, decided to take some steps toward reorganization and appointed a commit tee for that purpose. Two different companies are endeav oring to secure francbites for operating street car systems in the city of Roee- ourg. one company is composed largely of local capitalists and tbe other is made up of Eastern men. It is expected that the lumbermen on tbe lower Columbia will advance tbe price of yellow fir logs from 17.50 to $8 per thousand. Yellow fir logs bring a much bigher price than ordin ary fir, and are in great demand. Daring the first two years of his term Governor Geer granted 15 pardons and 20 commutations, and during his last two years 10 pardons and 16 commuta tions Of the 10 men pardoned in the last two years two were guilty of mur der, two of manslaughter, four of lar ceny, one of assault with a dangerous weapon and one of obtaining money under false pretenses. George L. Dill roan, state engineer for the examination of land applied for under the Carey arid land act, expresses the opinion that private operations will not prevent government work, as the amount reclaimed is small com pared with the total are of arid land in the state. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ackerman has decided that as soon as a parent or guardian moves into a school district with the intention of miking it hi -bona fide residence, a child of such parent or guardian is en titled to free tuition from the time he moves into th district. Linn county farmers are preparing a protest to be presented to the next leg islature against tbe proposed change of the game law, under which upland birds may be shot from September 15, instead of from October 1. Open seas on befoie October 1 means at a time when the farmers are busy with har vesting and they desire to have an even chance with hunters from the cities. Twenty thousand of the 75,000 book lets advertising Lane county have been printed and are Jin tbe hands of tbe advertising department of the Harriman company for distribution in the Eastern states.' . George Smith, colored, who murdered his white wife in Portland, has been sentenced to hang on December 19 Fifteen days' time has been granted to prepare a bill of exceptions to be used in an appeal to the supreme court. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Wall Walla, 68S69c; blue stem 73X074C; valley, 70o. Barley Feed, (21.00 per ton; brew ing, 122.00. Flour Best grade, 8.60(83.70; grab, am, 3.00S.60. Millstuffs Bran, 110.00 per ton middlings, 123.60; shorts, 119.50; chop, $17. Oats No. 1 white, 11.1201.16; gray, I1.101.12)i per cental. Hay Timothy, $10011; clover, 18.00; cheat, 89 per ton. Potatoes Beat Borbank. 60(1 80c per sack; ordinary, 6065c per cental, grower' price; Merced sweets, $1.75(3 SS per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60 4.26; per pourd, 10c; hens, $44.60 per dozen; per pound, 11c; springs, $3.00 3.60 per dozen; fryer, $2.50(33.00; broilers, $2.00(32.60; duoks, $4.60 6.00 per doaen; turkeys, young, 12 X (81 3c ; geese, 18.00(38.60 per dozen. Cheese Fnll cream, twins, 15 IGo; Y6ung America, 15X16X; factory prices, ll)io lea. Butter Fancy creamery, S0(332Kc per pound; extra, SOe; dairy. 20 22Ho; store, 15(818. Eggs .2530o per dozen. Hop New crop, 2225o per pound. Wool Valley, 12ai6o; Eastern Oregon, 8(S14Ko; mohair, 2628c. Beef Groaa, cowl, 3(53 to per pound; steers, 4o; dressed, 67o. Veal-7X8Xe. Mutton Gross, 8c per - pound dressed, 60. Lambs Gross, 3o per pound dressed, 6X0. Hobs Groaa, 6(360 per pound J dressed, 7(97X0. GREAT DAMAGE BY VOLCANO. Destruction In auatemala Qreater Than That on Island of Martinique. New York, Nov. 18. Astounding revelation of great loss of life and prop erty by the eruption of the Santa Maria volcano are being made daily, aays a cablegram to the Herald from Guate mala City. Eruptions continue. Many hundreds of human beings perished and tbe destruction of property is considered greater than that in the Island of Mar tinique by the eruptions of Monnt Pelee. All of the estates in the neighbor hood of the volcano are bnried under volcanic ashes, which reach to the tops of the houses. The richest coffee es tates are completely ruined. The principal lofers are tbe large coffee planters, mostly United States citi zens' and Germans, whose properties are ruined. Two or three craters have been formed on the side of the volcano. There waa no eruption from the sum mit, rnmice and ashes were earned chiefly in the southern and western directions. The sea hac a coating of volcanic material extending for many miles. The loss of the coffee crop, which is Guatemala's principal export, has com pletely demoralized commerce and gov ernment finances generally. The na tional paper currency, which is the only circulating medium, has fallen to 7 cents gold for one paper dollar. Prices for all necessities have risen to prohibitive figures for many persons. The athorities are trying to foice the dealers to send goods at th - usual prices, but the condition o? affairs is such that business is entirely paralyzed. Violently worded handbills and posters are being circulated. , , ANCIENT RELICS FOL"ND. American Discover Prehistoric Cavern In Mountains of Mexico. Bermosiilo, Mexico, Nov. 18. A re markable story, duly authenticated, of the discovery of hidden Aztec treas ures, has just been reported to the gov ernment authorities at Tepic by Bev. Pablo Martino, the parish priest of Yesca. . : Tbe priest makes a statement, which is concurred in by several reliable wit nesses, that a party of Americans, headed by an arcbaeologic expert, who gave the name of Heverick, arrived at Yeeca several weeks ago, and went from that place into the mountains, accompanied by three Mexican guides. The archaeologist obtained his bearings by means of a chart whicb he is Baid to have copied from an Aztec stone tablet in tbe national museum in the City of Mexico. He located vast cavern in a mountain near Yeaca. Im mense stone images stood abont this chamber. In one end waa a handsome altar, above which burned a bright flame, supplied by natural gas from a crevice in the wall. In a chamber ad joining this main temple waa found a great store of ornaments and utensils belonging to the Aztecs or some other prehistoric race. Twelve burro were required to trans port the articles to San Bl&s, where they were shipped to San Francisco, ac companied by the Americans. As such articles cannot be removed from Mexico without the consent of the government, an investigation is in progress. MITCHELL ON THE STAND. Coal Attorneys Put Hun Through Uvety Pace Stood Examination WelL Scranton, Pa., Nov. 17. President Mitchell, of the United Mineworkers' Union, occupied the. witness stand throughout both sessions of the coal strike commission Saturday.. For four hours and a half he took the cross-fife of two brilliant attorney q( the coal companies, and ended the day with few scars as a result of the battle. David Wilcox, of New York, of general coun sel for the Delaware & Hudson com pany, and Wayne MacVeagh, of Phila delphia, who is representing tbe Fenn syivania coal company and the Lehigh coal and iron company, were the prim cipal questioners, and they put hun dreds of questions to Mr. Mitchell. The best of harmony prevailed between tbe lawyers snd the witness. The mem ber of the commission took the' same interest in everything, and frequently interrupted with questions, that they might have a better understanding 01 what was Deing said, the afternoon session was more interesting. Mr. MacVeagh 's cross-examination was, as a rule, very keen, and while he assured Mt. Mitchell be was not radically op posed to him, he did not miss an oppor tunity to place Mr. Mitchell's reasons for better conditions in the anthracite coal field in a bad light before tbe com mission. Storm of Dust and Balls of Fire. London. Nov. 18. According to a soecia to the Mail from Sydney, JN. . W., an extraordinary dust storm has been experienced in Victoria ana Jew Sooth Wales. Darkness enshrouded the citv ol Melbourne at noon yester day, and balls of fire feli and set fire to several buildings, the people were thrown into a state of panic, aa they thought the world was coming to an end. A similar cloud of red dust hung like a pall over the city of Sydney. . Son Succeeds Father In Cong-res. Paris Tut NnV. IS. A Rtieclal election was held today in the Fourth congressional district, Morris Shepard being elected to congress to fill the un expired term 01 his lather, recently ue-ceased. FAVORED GERMANY KING OSCAR GAVE US CONSIDERABLY THE WORST OP THE DEAL Full Extent of Decision Just Made Known The British and American Had No Right, According to th Views of the Arbitrator, to Protect Life and Prop, erty or Uphold Samoaa Court. Washington, Nov. 19. By previou arrangement between the officials, there wa today published simultan eously in Washington, London and Berlin the full text of the decision given by his majesty, King Oscar II, arbitrator between the three conn- trie named, of certain claims owing to military operations conducted in Samoa in the year 1899. The decision is long and abounds in whereases and conclu sions, and in substance it has been announced heretofore in the cable dis patches from Stockholm. The preced ing publication, however, did not con vey to the official here a full realiza tion pf the complete victory won by Germany in this arbitration, for it ap pears that on every point the arbitrator adopted tbe most extreme German view, in opposition to Great Britain and the United States. . , Tbe arbitration grew out of claims bv Germans or British subjects or Ameri can citizens for compensation on ac count of losses they alleged they had sonerea in consequence of unwarranted military action on the part of German, British or American officers in Samoa, between tbe first of January, 1899, and the 13th of May following. The ques tion really at issue waa whether or not the British snd United States govern ments should be considered responsible for the losses. The arbitrator recites that the United States ship Philadelphia and tbe Brit ish steamers Porpoise and Royalist, on March 16, 1899, opened fire across the town of Apia, Samoa, directing the same against tbe forces of High Chief Mataaia; tbat the same vessels b rout-fat the newly appointed king of Samoa, Malietoa, and his forces to Mulinuu point and supplied tbem with arms and ammunition for the ensuing struggle against Mataaia. la answer to the British and American claim that under (he treaty of Berlin, any one of the signatory powers was authorized to enforce the decision of the chief justice of Samoa, dtclariDg Malietoa king, the art itrator grys: - "We have ,'oind nothing In the said general act, or any subsequent agree ment, which authorizes one of the signatory powers, or a majority of them, to take action to enforce the conditions of the act or to make the decision of the chiel justice binding on the part o( tbe United States." The decision con cludes as fellows: "That the military action in ques tion, namely, the bringing back of the Malietoans and the distribution to them of arms and ammunition, the bombard ment, the military operations on shore and tbe stoppage of the street traffic, cannot be considered as having been warranted; and that, therefore, his Brittannic majesty's government and the United State government are re sponsible, under the convention of tbe 7th of November, 1899, for losses caused by said military action; whi'e reserving for a future decison the ques tion as to tbe extent to which the two governments, or each of them, may be considered responsible for such losses." TIMBER ORDERED SOLD. Idaho Land Board Will Dispose of Twenty . Thousand Acres. Boise, Idaho, Nov. 19. The state land board has ordered the sale of about 20,000 acres more of Idaho timber. The estimates place the amount of timber to be disposed of at 150,UUU,UOO feet. Ibe agent of tbe Howard land, log and lumber com pany, of Coeur d'Aiene City, appeared before the board and asked that the tract of timber on St. Mary's river be sold. He deposited with the secretary a certified check for (500 as a guarantee that his company would bid the ap praised price. After some discussion of tbe matter Governor Hunt moved that Ihe land which is located on St Mary' river and tributaries in the countiea of Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone be put up for sale, and that the white pine timber be appraised at $1.50 per thousand, and 75 cent per thousand for red fir and yellow pine. A resolu tion was passed instructing the chief Clerk to advertise the sale of the tim ber. The sale will occur in Kootenai county December 22, Shoshone, Decem ber 23, and Latah December 26. Columbus' Ashe Moved. Seville, Spain, Nov. 19. The cere mony of depositing the ashes of Chris topher Columbus in a special mauso leum was carried out in the cathedral today wth befitting solemnity. The coffin containing the ashes of the illus- tious navigator was borne on the shoulders of a party of naval seamen, and behind it walked in procession the archbishop of Seville, the cathedral chapter, the minister of marine and a number of other dignitaries. Increase of 1 Cent an Hour. Philadelphia, Nov. 19. The Phila delphia Rapid Transit company today announced that, beginning December 1, the wages of the conductors and motor men in their employ would be in creased from 19 to 20 cents an hour. Nearly 8,000 are affected by the in- I crease. nq your blosulng would nave oeu "