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.
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