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Newspaper Page Text-i2 U XJ lYNOPtli. At tha boalnnlng ( great automnbtla lli maWianli laa of Hi Marrorv, ii.nluii ma' hill, arnpa aaaa. rn inuth J Moy. luniwn. nd la ao Luiri 1" urlri nr- Jour h'Mir ' lnlo niMta tranyr, I,,,, cariiai, who ItiUorturae hara-lf Tha u.w.ro ln ra-. Mianlon ravlva A,,ari fniin Mlaa TarlUI. whl-h ha I L . Hi.nlon meeia Mia t'arllale on i i. ti,. ahalil la lake alk. ami !..,- i..vr Mianlnn ami Mlaa I'arlUla II.. in aiitn. A.il.lnl ry aylili-h Man u hurl la riiv.iarluua, Klnvil. al lunrh ,,. Mianlnn. Irlla nf lilt tt'iylioml. Mian tun aaaln rtiaala Mlaa I'arllnle ami lhy jma inaniher Mianlnn coma to track alrk. but inakaa ra- a. CHAPTER Vt. (Continued.) Ther vtl bad turn. III! ys on the marhln In front. Htanton round ed tl banked rurv At a par which lent Ilia shrieking crowd of spectator mh-oIIIiic from tli dinger line and prayed yellow anil blub Into tha air, Ai tha Mercury lurched into In itralftit alralcb beyond, aa Floyd waa In th "t of turning to samln th rear tires, lhara ram a abarp zplo- lion and a reeling stagger of tha car aa a rear casing blew out, wrenched Itaalf bodily from tb wheel and rollad Ilka a hoop Into a field a bundrad ' yardi away. Tha marhln toltarad to tha adga of Iha road, stopping under tha power ful brakra. Floyd sprang out, drag glng Ioom ona of Iha eitra tires car rlsd. hlla Btanton reached fur tha tool boi. They bad no need or tloia for conversation, aa they worked, pro pi from all directions Docking around In a pu.hliig, eager circle to watch the jiroceedltigs. Tha two worked well together, riujji deft swtfuiess balanced by Sianton's strcngtfT When the taik was flnlahed, Iha driver Drat regained bit flare. "tiat In," ba ordered erlaply. "Ara you going to take all day, or aa I go ing to rnlcb that Atalanta T" Kloyd oba-yed flrit and retorted asc end; an Invaluable habit "If you're goin' to catch anything but a iinaah, I'd suggest a alow down for that turn," be countered, In tba blurred arrent ao Boftly deceptive, "No (Ire built la goln' to stick on wheel under au-li roughln'." bian'on .hot a glance askant out of the rorixT of a atormy blue black eye. He was Irritated by tbe loet lime, be flt more 111 than be could have been brought to admit, and Interfereuoe pricked Mm like a apur. "I'll give you a leaaon la driving be c.t across bla shoulder, and bent O'er tbe w heel It was Stanton at bla worst and best bo made tbe neit two circuits of the long course. Other racers, warned by their mechanicians of tha thunder bolt bearing down upon them, drew prudently to ona aide, preferring the) chance of later rt gaining tha advan tag. From every augl and curve tba people fled, at sight of tbe gray car followed by Its whirlwind of dust and carrying the huge "f on Ita bood. Twice the Mercury rushed past tbe grand stand, to a tumult of cheers drownd by the car'a own roar. The second time, tba two men g! I mined an oRlrlal rising, men phone Id band, and rightly guessed that they bad made tha fmtrat circuit of tba day. Ana Hoy a baa received tba prom Ited lesson, for dtanton had aafely ne gotiated tba turn (bat before coat them a tire, at a para equally fast. oafrly, once; but, not content, ha rime around tha second time driving s furiously, with unaluckened speed. Itown upon tha turn tbey swept again. btauton unerringly repealing bla ex quisite feat of skill and twisting tba tlercury around on tha two Inside wheel.; then tha predicted happened The crack of an eiptodlng tire cam while they were on tba bend. Instantly acnoea by th bursting of Ita mate from the opposite wheel; tba car tore Itself from control under th doubt shork and shot off th course Into th field beyond,' plowing deep furrows In tbe soft earth until It overturned with a final crash. I'artly held by hi steering wheel Stanton was flung out on tb meadow grais aa th car upset, Ita speed then so much checked that ba escaped scarcely bruised. Floyd, unprotected bid been hurled from hla aeat by tb first shock and lay balfatunnad near tba edge of tb course. From far and near cam th people' cnes or horror and shouts for aid. But before tba first man resched them. Btanton waa up and at tb aid of bis mechanician. "Floyd!" b panted. "Floyd!" t.-i . . . . noyu was already rising to on nee; gasping for breath, soiled with uuii and grais stains, and with tb oioort welling from jagged rant In bis lft arm, but with bla attention only fixed on Btanton, "You're all right T" b articulated ' Tea. A fool always Is You" But ha could aea r? rilmatr thai mechanician waa not seriously In- jur'd, without Floyd reassuring nod. l,l ma What Toil like." Rlanlon Permitted, between clenched teeth, aa druRRed out bla handkerchief to band.g th, slender arm. "Pt'ollfd crowd waa upon tbm. " lb a sputtering roar th DupUg tna 'hina rounded th turn and aped down he straight a(re(ch, Ita mechanician 'arlng back over hla shoulder at tha Hut Floyd brushed th girlish off hla forehead and staggrd r,' hlM'ai laughter shaking him. tall youT I think jrou got tb , 1 dlPosltIon an' th worst tamper t saw I Tl tbla up an w ll right tb car. V got to b moTln Thr w)r ttntf of iympthtlo "'Prs. Incredlbl to tb witnesses. J"" Floyd had foreseen, th Mr v,. "'d n"t materially suffered. Th i! ?r " r,n'" by fifty hands; "nton and riovd-unaldd, accord- r)LEANOR M.) . fl 1NG. - --'.v-. M-ZWil-V-aj lg to racing rulea-put on tha new (Ires and took their seats amid hearty admiration and good wlaha Twenty minutes after she left th. course, th Mercury shot down It one -ore. i.y m grMI)fj was fully aware that "Htanton h.ri got bla again," and the ambulanoe bad been hurried clanging to the se en of (he poaslhl tragedy, tl.e Mer cury whirled past the judges, running mor comet like than ever. Hut Htunton took the turn, rnna.r. vatlvely; f(r him. Th rare was lost. Kven Ri.ninr. could not regain the huif hone given bis rompeiirar. Ut In the fourth hour be signaled Floyd to lean closer, and when h waa fill a VaT.rl "Where's Iha iui)leif ha m.a. (toned eagerly At Its reprilr nit for iha Inat hm. Floyd mad hopeful answer. "An ther a only th Atalanta abcad of us." Btanton shook his hesd, but let out bla car a little faster. Tb Mercury cam across tha Una. at th flnl.h. just five minutes behind in Atalanta; to receive fully as area! an ovation as the winning car. Tb spectacular driving, the record of the faateit Up and highest speed ever made on that courae, the second place won in spit of the accident, almost eclipsed th Atalunta's vletory. in in tiilcl.t of the joyous tumult. Floyd descended, stiff and weary enough after the continuous run of flv hours snd flftyeUht minutes. Hut Btanton did not follow; leaning upon hla steering wheel, tbe focus of snap ping cameras, curious crowds, snd blended congratulations and sympa thy. Only when on of th Judttes cam over to shake bands, was tb ex planation mad evident If I am to get out, soma on will hav to help me." announced Btanton Impassively, and unclasped bis tnsik. bsrlng a fare gray with exhsustlon under Its costing of caked dust And, In fact. It wss necestary to aid th cramped, overtaxed driver to dis mount from bis car; to the wonder of all those familiar with bis usual su perb endurance. A little later Floyd, 10m of th grim removed, somewhat rested, snd Issuing from the ambulance sur geon's care with bis arm bandaged In civilized fuihlon, felt a touch on bis shoulder. I'm going to get out of this up roar. Btanton briefly Imparted. "Com lib me; send for your things and stay st my botel tonight." Floyd drew back, hesitating oddly. "I'm sorry," ha began. Btanton's straight dark brows con tracted. "You mean that you don't want any thing personal to do with your brute of a driver? Oh. say so." "No, col Only I" Tba steel keen eyes sent ona direct glance Into lb troubled gray ones. "Good br, pronounced Btanton defi nitely, and turned on bis heel. "Btanton!" cried Floyd, In distress. The other kept on, unheeding. "Btanton!" Floyd sppeslcd. overtak Ing him. rteasf? I giv you my word I never meant that. I've got to be back at my own botel, tonight. that waa alL I'll do anything you say." Btanton slowly baited. "Will you com with ma now, to dlnnerT Bull yourself." I'd like to, was the humble sur render. Like a woman, Floyd yielded People From All Directions Flocking Around. to a superior Win; Ilia, a man. mere ,r no small reservations in us yielding. Ther wss a taxicao waiungt w n Stanton led th way. , Iha destination wss on of th i,r.. hotels of th city, and neither Of tba companion n dressed for . i. i.H jllnlnff-ronm. In tb .Uest crowded lobby Stanton paused l0 orde Jer dinner aent to hla own apart ment, perfectly Indifferent to th sen sation caused by their entrance. You ate unwell, sir! th ciera ventured, regarding blm wide-eyed. No," h denied laconically. Hut h looked far mor rauguea than bis comparatively frail mechan ician, nevertheless. Fatigued, and 111. "You didn't hurt yourself in our up set, I hope." Floyd said with anxiety, whn they wer alon In th stiff, Im personal hotel room. " . . . I, OI.M. 'No. I had a bad nigni oi m oiu- ton explained. H sat down in an arm chair, resting bis bead against tba cushioned back. "Make yourself com fortabl aa you can, Floyd. Tber Is nnthlne th matter with m thr can't be, I never was sick a day sine I ran remember. Trohnbiy I neea feeding; I've eaten nothing sine that confounded dinner Inst evening, god It la nearly six o ciocg now. . t after a.,. , foo(, Brought. Btanton could ut B0D although maintaining , prtens T doing so. whlrh forbad his com panion to comment upon tb fact Fl,..it? '.8" '"" 111 Jtrdayr Floyd Inquired, when tb last cours was removed snd th. .... themselves. J, 0WD u.ar)n. WM ,eM Assured (ban usual, his gaiety subdued io quietness almost savoring of tlia- "Not until evening, after dinner." Th mechanician looked at him. turted to sptak. checked himself, and I last Impulsively put th Indiscreet question: dlnedrU miDi t"lD m h,r ,0U wr cours not," Btanton returned. -..uuiii a irar or hesitation. "With v.. , iu, Urt company. ms Daughter. They are her for th races, lie wanted to talk tires to me, neaven knows why. W didn't get very far; after Miss Carlisle left us i oeian to feel so sick that I ex lUHa niyseir and got away to the nearest doctor." Floyd turned his head, and caught his breath In a brief, quick sigh. When lie looked bark at bis host, bis candid rjm were clearer and mor gentle man mey bud oeen since th aaslst snt manager hsd given the sccount of Btanton's amazing disappearance. Acute Indention, your doctor eslled your attack?" "Something like It." "MIm Carlisle doesn't seem to be a lucky companion," Floyd observed dryly. "She made you miss your train here, you cam near breaking your wrist with her car, and ber dinner seems to have poisoned you. What did she gy you, lobster and Ice cream f" "No I hardly know. I never car what I eat" lie passed his band Im patiently across bis forehead, sudden ly giddy. Floyd leaned nearer. "Htanton, how did you feelT WbatT Tell me; I'm not Just curious." "Nausea, violent successive attack of seasickness that left m too weak to stand. I' got the headache yet" Ills voice died out; he bsd a vagu Impresalon of Floyd starting up and coming toward him. "I bad to make tb doctor stesdy m with some drug so I could race," ho resumed abruptly. "I'm brut enough without that In me, Floyd." "Iluah. try to rest," urged bis mech anician's earnest young vole across the mist "I'm tired," he conceded. It seemed to blm a long time after ward that a sensation of exqulstt coolness extinguished tb flame-Ilk pain binding bla temples, although th rich sunset glow was still In th room when be opened bis eyes. Floyd was bending over blm, bathing his fore head with light, firm touches. 8tan tbe savage Irritability of a strong ma "What a position for you and met What will you do for me tb engln is shaking loose from th chassis, by the feeling? Get your tools." "Don't try to talk. I hav sent for a doctor," soothed Floyd. "You are all right Here," a hand was slipped behind bis head, a glass of water held to his Hps. "Prink this." "You might have been nurae," Stanton wandered dreamily. "Your sister couldn't do better. And you r so nonsensically good looking! Floyd tbe feverlahly brilliant eyea flashed wide, "what la your slater's name?" "Jessica." "Jesse Jessica?" "We are twins; I told you that They named us so purposely." Tbe heavy whit bandage encircling his mechanician's left arm caugbt th patient's falling attention. "You've had a bad day; go bom and rest," gasped Stanton th brut, before things slipped from his ken. (TO DK CONTINUED.) SHREWD IDEA OF DIPLOMAT Whsr Russian Officer of Embassy Proved More Than a Match for Abdul Hamld. Diplomatists abroad tell how a dis tinguished member of the Russia corps diplomatique cleverly outwitted Abdul Hamld. tbe late Sultan of Tur key. The Russian displayed a curious Ingenuity In Introducing the business of his country In tbe guise of personal pleasure. It appears that the Sultan bad abso lutely refused to grsnt an audlenc to any member of th diplomatic body at Constantinople and that during the period In question Abdul Hamld spent the greater part of bla time In cock fighting, an amusement whereof be waa paaalonately fond. The Russian beard that his Imperial majesty stood In need of fresh birds to supply the place of those killed In light, whereupon the wily Muscovite procured a nno-looklng whit fowl of the barnyard species, caused It to be trimmed and spurred to resemble gamecock, and sent It In a richly deco rated cage to the Sultan. The ruse was successful, but th 8ultan, at first delighted with th gift, soon sent for the diplomatist to olaln. It be could, why his bird bad shown no Inclination to fight Tba Russian went, examined th bird la the presence of Abdul Hamld, an! with great astonishment and regret acknowledged that It was quite unabll to rope with the royal gamecock a which wer undoubtedly of a superlol breed. A conference followed on th subject of aamecocks In general: and whea this was finished the Muscovite suo ceeded In drawing th Sultan In mood for conversation of a different character, and In time adroitly Intro duced the political matter be bad so long awaited an opportunity to dlscuse. After a long Interview ho returned to hla embassy triumphant over bla cot leagues. Harper' Weekly. The Deadly Dust. Out of every thousand of thos. who occupations calls for constant work In dusty quarters, live die of con sumption, according to German odlclal figures; whereas among those who are not exposed to the action of dust only two out of a thousand die of th dis ease named. The Worst of It My wife always tear ber hall when I come home late. "Wnicii make you fed mean, eh?" "Ye; and which also malirs It necessary for m to buy mor hair." Boston Record. PRESERVING JUICES OF STEAK'i lT II mil TO Ireat Point to Be Remembered When Broiling cf the Meat I Undertaken. In an article on "Tb Appetising fk-efiteak," In th Woman's Horn Companion, Fannl Merrltt Farmer, the well known cooking authority, pre senta a number of recipes and glvea tbe following general advlc about teaks,: "Tbe underlying principle which govern good broiling la this: On Me of tha meat must be quickly sear ed, tbe meat must be turned, and tb otber side quickly seared. Tbls pre vents ibe escup of any of tb Juices. Turn almost constantly for th first minute of tb cooking, then tb meat must be cooked on one side, turned and cooked on tbe other, to suit in dividual taste. "The best cuts of meat for broiling are porter bouso, sirloin, crosscut of rumpsteak and second and third cuts from top of round. I'orterhous and sirloin cuts, although commanding about tb same price per pound aa tbe cross cut of tba rump, prove mor ' xpenslv on account of tb greater loss In bone and fat. Round steak Is very Juicy, but, having coarser fiber. Is never as tender. Neither la tbe flank end of porterhouse very ten der. For this reaaon, It Is a good plan to cut It off before cooking tbe ateak and us It for meat cakes (Hamburg steak) or a small stew, or perhaps a small beefsteak pie. Cut out tbe tenderloin and reserve It to b cook ed for one meal; cut off the flank and are It to be prepared for another; then broil the sirloin for dinner. Tbe bone may be feed to give added rich ness to tb stock. If tb flank nd la utilized for a stew." Household fESTIONS Always use soft water for washing purposes whenever possible. Wash a liitle (.araffln in th black ing to Increase tbe brightness of tbe polish. To take away tbe oily taste when using oil for frying, make tbe oil very hot and then fry a piece of onion In It, and when brown take It out One of the tr.ost useful herbs In rookery Is thyme, which Is Invaluable for seasoning forcemeat, meat ball etc. Iioth lemon and common thyme should be stored. To remove machine oil stains, cover them with lard for several hours, and then wash with soap and water. When the lard Is washed out tbe spots will have disappeared. hen darning stockings run a thread around each hole before begin ning and draw until the edges He flat Tbls makes the hole appear smaller. and It will be much easier to mend. 'i o keep a xlnc-covered kitchen table bright rub It occasionally with a cloth dipped In vinegar. To dry a one-piece frock and have It keep Its shape, slip It on a wooden coat hanger that you have first cover id w ith a couple of fold of old muslin. Barley Soup. Tbrea ounces barley, 1V4 ounce stale bread, lVi ounces butter, one quarter ounce chopped parsley, on quarter ounce salt Wash and steer tbe barley for twelve hour In on half pint of water, to which a piece oi carbonic soda, the size of a pea, hat been added; pour off the water not at sorbed, add the bread crumbs, thret quarts of boiling water and the salt; boil slowly In a well-tinned covereo pan for tour or five hours, add th parsley, butter, white pepper abou half an hour before the soup I read,' 'o serve. Mother' Surprise. Take half a square loaf of baker's bread, cut into thin slices, crust and all, and butter them; peel, core and cut up sufficient quantity of good baking apples ic be In proportion. Take a pie dish, line It with bread and butter; put a layer of tbe apples at the bottom, then of sugar, then of bread, and so on until the dish Is filled. Rake until tbe apples are per fectly soft; turn out In a dish and serve. It should keep Its shape and taste almost like a sweetmeat, all the Ingredients being thoroughly blended tn baking. Brain Cake. Wash th brains thoroughly, first In cold and afterward In hot water; re move the skin fibers and then boll the brains with a little salt for two or three minutes. Take them up and beat them In a basin with some very finely chopped parsley, sifted sage, salt, mace, cayenne repper, well beaten yoik of an egg and a gill of cream. Drop them In small cake Into frying pan; fry them In butter a light brown color. A little flour and grated lemon peel are sometimes added. Cream of Vegetable Soup. - Wash, feel and cut up two carrots, two potatoes and two whit turnips Into one-balf Inch dice with one-fourth head of cabbage and some celery leaves. Holy n a pint and a half of water until soft, tnen mash through a strainer with the liquor. . Make a white sauco by creaming together a tablespoonful each of butter and flour and adding a cup of milk and season ing to taste. Add th strained vege table liquor gradually to this, let It boll and serv. Cherry Compote, Wash one pound of cherries ant take off tb stalks. Put one-half pound of sugar Into a saucepan with sli drop of vanilla essence and one-hall pint of water. Boll for ten minutes, then add the fruit and simmer until th fruit 1 cooked, but not broken When cold turn luto glasa dish. Cherry Vinegar. Pour one and one-half pint of Tin gar over two quart of red cherries, let stand thre days, then strain. Meas ure and to each pint of liquid add on pint of augsr, boll twenty minute and bottle. Dllut with Iced water when Mrvlng. LrtlML DILL 13 SIGNED BY TAFT Does Not Consider Hay-Paunce-fote Treaty Violated. British Protest Would Lead to Ab urd Conc'uiion Neutrality Will Be Maintained. Washington, D. C President Taft signed the Panama Canal bill at 7:10 o'clock Saturday night. Following this he sent to eongreis a memoran dum suggesting the advisability of th pasaage of resolution which would declare that this measure was not con sidered by this government a violation of the treaty provisions regarding the canal. In discussing the British protest against the exemption of American chipping from the payment of tolls for the use of the canal, Mr. Taft lay the irresistible conclusion to be drawn from it is that "although the United State own, controls and has paid for the canal, it is restricted by treaty from aiding it own commerce in the way that all the other nation of the world may freely do." "In view of th fact," Mr. Taft continue, "that the Panama canal i being coni-tructed by th United States wholly at its own cost, upon territory ceded to it by the Republic of Panama for that 'purpose, and that unless it ha restricted itself, the United State 'enjoy absolute rights of ownership and control, including the right to allow ita own commerce the use of the canal upon such term as it see fit, the sole question is Ha the United State (by the terms of the , Hay-Pauncefote treaty) de prived itself of the exercise of the right to pass ita own commerce free, or to remit toll collected for the use of the canal? The president point out that the rules specified in the article of the treaty, which is made the basil for the British proteet, were adopted by tbe United State aa the basis of neu tralization of the canal and for no oth er purpose. Ihe article, he further says, ' is a declaration of policy by the United State that the canal shall be neutral; that the attitude of this government towards the commerce of the world is that all nation will be treated alike and no discrimination made by the United States against any one of them observing the rule adopted by the United States. In other words, it was a conditional favored-nation treat ment, the measure of which, in the absence of express stipulation to that effect, is not what the country gives to ita own nationals, but tbe treat ment it extends to other nations. "Thus it is seen that the rules are but the basis of neutralization intended to effect the neutrality which the Uni ted State was willing should be the character of the canal and not intend ed to limit or hamper the United States in the exercise of ita sovereign power to deal with its own commerce. using- it own canal in whatsoever manner it saw fit." MARINES ON GUARD. Corinto, Nicaragua, in Hands United State Troop. of Washington, D. C. Detachments of bluejacket from the . cruiser An napolis and the collier Justin patrol ling the city at night; an armed guard of volunteers made up largely of the foreign element acting as police during the day, and all the foreign women and children sleeping on the American naval vessels, describes the situation in Corinto, according to the last report from American Consul Johnson. The report was dated August 22. Telegraphic and rail communication between the port and Managua had been severed nearly week by the rebels, who are believed to be in pos session of the station along the line of the railroad. The last message from American Minister Weitzel was brought down from the capital by Com mander Terhune, ofthe Annapolis. Expres Companies On Trial. Washington, D. C. Tbe Adams and American Express companies, indicted for violations of tbe interstate com merce act, must face trial. That, in effect, waa the decision of Federal Judge Hazel at Buffalo in an opinion in the suit begun by the Interstate Commerce commission against the two companies alleging overcharge and granting unlawful concessions. Re cently Judge Hollister, in the United States District court at Cincinnati, or dered a similar indictment against tbe Adams company quashed. Ronan, Montana, I Burned, Missoula, Mont. The town of Ro nan, on what formerly was a part of the Flathead Indian Reservation, was almost entirely destroyed by fire, which started in a garage. The loss ia estimated at nearly $500,000. Two store and few residence were saved, owing to the fact that a creek which divides the town checked the flames. Two bank were burned and their vault must be allowed to cool before the loss to those institutions can be determined. The government flour mill was destroyed. Astrology I Fortune-Telling, Olympia, Wash. The conviction by the Spokane County Superior court of F. F. Neitxel, astrologer, has been affirmed. The Supreme court held that, although a horoscope is used and the performer say that he cannot tell fortune, but that he may be able to forecast the future with the aid of as trology, which he term a science, the practice constitute fortune telling, and therefore the performer ia guilty of vagrancy under the law. $365,OCO.COO I Allowed. Washington. D. C President Taft signed the postoflice and postroads ap propriation bill, which carries $-66,-000,000. The president also signed the army appropriation bill, carrying 189,000,000 and providing for reforms In the of tb War department CONGRESS WOULD QUIT. Progress Mad Toward Final Con ideration of Bill Washington, D. C With eeUrlty that hitherto ba not marked th ses sion, congress rushed toward comple tion four great supply bill and looked forward confidently to adjournment. Conferees on th sundry, civil, In dian, army and postotfic appropria tion masure were passed by tha sen ate, and thi general deficiency bill. the last of the big supply measures to be taken up, waa reported In the sen ate and the way prepared for its eon- sidertaion. The house took action on appropria tion legislation further than to order all conference reports printed in the record so that prompt action could be had. Unlike th senate s quick work, by which the thre bills passed were rushed through in less than ten min utes, the house is expected to develop sharp clashes on the sundry civil and Indian bills when they are reported. Leaders on both sides did not regard these difficulties as unreconciable and it is believed before adjournment the legislative dockets will be compara tively clear. A fight developed in the senate on the army bill over the pro poned, seven-year term of enlistment The army measure and the postoffice appropriation bill were finally earried over. Radical changes in the postal ser vices were provided for by the senate and bouse conferees on the postoffice bill. The Bourne parcel post system waa adopted for the present including the Oregon senator's ideas a to zones, distances and rates. The postmaster general, however, waa empowered, with the consent of the Interstate commerce commission, to change the rates, zones and articles admitud to the post. The Simmons good roads provisions was adopted. This appropriate $500,00.0 for experimental road con struction with a joint committee to eturiy tbe proposition. The senate provision requiring news papers to publish semi-annually a list of stockholders was adopted and an other provision added to require every daily newrpaper to print a statement of its daily circulation. In the postal bill the eight-hour la. bor provision was agreed to, together with the clause for the payment for over time work in cash. The senate amendment to allow employes to join associations waa adpoted. MORE TROOPS TO GO. Full Protection Extended to Ameri cans In Nicaragua. Washington, D. C The State de partment is determined to extend the fullest measure of protection to American life and property in Nicara gua. It was announced that if the naval forces in that country, re-in-forced by the naval contingent now being assembled at League Island, and the several hundred blue jackets en route to Corinto on the California and the Denver, are not sufficient to as sure that protection, more forces will be rushed forward. Tbe State department is unmoved by utterances in congress, relying im plicitly and confidently on the long line of precedent, where American military and naval forces have been employed without congressional di rection in cases where American life and property were in jeopardy. The officials say that is the sole pur pose of the landing of the marines and bluejackets in Nicaragua. When the re-inforcements which will be en route to Nicaragua before the end of the week have ai rived at their destination the navy will have ashore in that country the most nu merous force it has ever landed in an American republic in time of peace. Ringling Big Top Burns. Sterling, 111. While 25,000 persons stood waiting an opportunity to gain admission to Ringling Bros circus, a blazing shingle from a barn that had caught fire a few minutes previously lit in the center of the big tent and soon the tent was a mass of flames. The blazing canvas fell inward and carried to the ground with it all of the scenery and trappings that were to have been used few minutes later in entertaining the crowd. The loss, ac cording to various estimates, is placed at from $10,000 to $50,000. Astor Will Case Opened, New York On the application of executors of the will of Colonel Astor, Surrogate Fowler opened probate of tbe will of Colonel Astor to allow the guardian for the infant, John Jacob As tor, born a few days ago, to be served with citation. Surrogate Fowler set September 4 as the day for reprobat ing of the will, but as yet has not named a guardian for the week-old child. The state controller expects to turn into the state treasury between $2,500,000 and $4,000,000 as the in heritance tax on the Astor estate. Women Ar Fed Forcibly. Dublin, Ireland A hunger strike was started Dy Jennie leign ana Helen Evans, suffragettes, who were sentenced here recently to five years' mprisonment the former on the charge of wounding John E. Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary party, with a hatchet thrown at Pre mier Asquith's carriage and tha latter for setting fire to the Theater Royal. They were being fed forcibly by the jail officials. Tariff Board Omitted. Washington, D. C. Provision to continue the tariff board another year, which the senate had inserted in the sundry bill, waa stricken out by the house and senate conferees. The hous receded from its demand to con solidate th officers of receivers of public moneys and registers of the land offices. Four hundred amend ments to the bill were agreed upon. Stat After War Claims. Washington, D. C. The general de ficiency appropriation bill reported to the senate carried the Chamberlain amendment appropriating $193,543 to pay the war claim of the State of Ore gon against the federal government. Several times the house has rejected similar senate amendments, but Sena tor Chamberlain has hope of securing soma of this old claim in this bill. FEDERALS SUR ROUND 0R0ZC0 Rebels Burn Their Trains and . Take to Horses. Government Scouts On Every Hand Inaurrectos Suffer for rood and Forage for Hurses. Juarez, Mexico Paacual Oroteo, commander-in-chief of the lebel force in the North, I caught in trap 100 miles wide and 200 miles long, accord ing to advices received here by Gener al Joaquin Telles, federal commander of this .zone. The official' announce ment ia verified by railway report and from various other sources. Orozco now has only about 600 men. He is surrounded by federal forces ag gregating 10,000 men, that are spread out from the city of Chihuahua on the south to the border at this point snd along the Mexican Central, running directly north to the border, and the Mexico Northwestern, which runs from Chihuahua City west and north to Juarez. Orozco left Villa Ahumalea, a sta tion midway between Chihuahua and Juarez, Saturday. Thre times he attempted to move away from th railway, only to hav his scouts en counter some federal forces On his final departure he burned his trains, 65 cars, destroyed three locomotives, and mounting his men, rode away to the southwest Tbe rebels arc suffering greatly for want of food for them selves and their horses. Coincident with the last depature of Orozco for tha southwest, th Mexi can Northwestern railway waa cut be tween Pearson and Cumbre. But tbe communication was cut only temporarily. Seventy-five feder al cavalrymen were sent out from Pearson snd met the rebels near Cum bre. The insurrectos were routed ut terly, losing three killed and 26 cap tured, besides suffering the loss of their ammunition and provision train. The road has been repaired and traffic resumed. OREGON GOVERNOR OUSTS DIST. ATTORNEY CAMERON Salem, Or. Governor West Tues day marning removed District Attor ney Cameron, of Portland, from his office and appointed in his place Wal ter II. Evans. The removal was made under the statute providing that when ever a district attorney shall fail to furnish the governor with the com plete statement of facts in a pardon case, the governor may remove him. This is tb first move of th gover nor in his avowed campaign to "clean up" Portland. The prosecutor made tbe statement that he would resist West's attempt but added that he would make no move until officially informed of the governor's action. SEATTLE GETS $3,100,000. Deal With New York Company In- suras Harbor Improvement. Seattle The Seattle Port Commis sion has signed a contract 'with the Pacific Terminal company, a New York corporation, providing for har bor improvements to be made here at a cost of $3,100,000. A large block of Harbor Island property is leased to the New York concern, which agreei to make im provements similar to tha Bush ter minals in Brooklyn. The term of the lea?e is SO years. The contract waa signed by Commis sioners Chittenden and Remsburg, a majority of the commission. Gold Pen to Sign Bill. Washington, D. C. President Taft will sign the Panama canal bill with a gold pen supplied by Willism R. Wheeler, representative of the San Francisco chamber of commerce. To Wheeler's work is due more than any other man, as is generally acknowl edged here, the fact that free tolls for American ships are provided for in the bill and railroad ships barred from the canal. Wheeler will take the pen with him when he leaves for San Francisco and present it to the cham ber of commerce. Army Bill Goes Through. Washington, D. C. After several hours of heated debate, in which the seven-year enlistment tenure provision was attacked as unconstitutional, the conference report on the army appro priation bill was agreed to by the sen ate. Promptly on being passed by the senate, the army appropriation bill was rushed over to the house and that body agreed to the conference re port without a dissenting voice. The bill carries approximately $90,000, 000. which ia $3,000,000 less than car ried by the same bill last year. Troubla-Makcra Caught. San Diego, 'Cal. Captain "Jack" Hollens and W. Albridge, prominent members of the Industrial Workers of the World, according to the police, were captured by Chief of Police Wil son and posse in Cottonwood creek. The seven men arrested recently at El Cajon will be turned over to the fed eral authorities, as statements made by two of them indicate they were sent out by a Mexican junta at Los Angeles to invade Lower California. Canal Rat War Cnid. Paris The Suez canal company de clares that it is a mistake to imagine that a reduction of ten cents ton of the Suez canal dues is in any way con nected with the Panama canal. Th company at ita annual meeting in June reported an increase of $856,000 in its receipts, compared with th pre ceding year, and this, it was said, justified a further reduction in th tariff on vessels.