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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-
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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
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!..,- 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.