EASTERN CITY ELECTIONS.
THE OMTM HEKELD
NEWS OF THE fffli
NEW MEN NAMED
Democrats Carry, in St. Louis, Chicar
go, Colorado and Kansas.
Chicago, April 5.—A political tor
nado yesterday overwhelmed one of the
most ruggedly unique- leaders in the
country. Incidentally the Republican
party met defeat in a memorable effort
to capture the mayoralty of Chicago.___
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Aa a direct result the city is officially
committed to the policy of the quickest
possible cessation ol private franchise* -
for public utilities. Municipal owner Consists of Savan Mombers, but All
ship is especially threatening street car
Actual Work Will Ba Dona
lines valued high .up in the millions. •
by Thraa Only.
After winning successively four re
markable biennial fights of independ
ents against the regular Republican or
Washington, April 4.—The president
ganization here, John Maynard Harlan, has carried out bis plans for the reor
son of Associate Justice Harlan, of the ganization of the Isthmian canal com
Supreme court of the-United States, mission as to the personnel and busi
was a loser as Republican candidate ness methods, generally on the lines of
for mayor. The defeat is attributed to the legislation he suggested to congress
an extraordinary whirl of causes start at the last sessiion, which failed in the
ing with political revenge and taking crush of business in the closing hours.
in a wide sweep, embracing the most Today, within half an hour after the
up-to-date Socialism as a factor. The president's departure from Washing
victor is'Judge Edward F. Dunne, ton, Secretary Taft, directly in charge
of canal matters, made public the
Democrat.
names of members of the new commis
Wells Ahead In St. Louis.
sion and the division of duties among
St. Louis; April 5.—With 100 pre them. Only one member of the old
cincts missing out of a total df 405, commission was reappointed, Benja
Otherwise the com
Mayor Rolla Wells, Democratic nomi min M. Harrod.
nee for re-election, is leading John A. mission is new, from top to bottom, tor
iblioan. by 774-
The re- there is a top and bottom aud consider
t preciucta giva Wells, 88,. able difference in the functions and
719; Talty, 33,945; Lee. Merriwether, pay of the commissioners. Finding be
independent public ownership, 2,230.
was obliged legally to appoint seven
The >9,000,000 bonds Issue, the pro commissioners, the president did bo,
ceeds of which were to have been used but he carried out his own plan by
for municipal improvements, generally making three of them practically tbe
conceded to have beeTi" defeated by a full commission.
The other four,
big majority.
.
though bearing the title of commission-,
ers, pot only receive a much lower com
Democrats Sweep Colorado.
pensation, but are assigned much
Denver, April 5.-—A Democratic smaller fields of activity.
landslide struck Colorado, where mu
The personnel of the new commis
nicipal elections were held'yesterday in sion is as follows:
Theodore P.
all cities and. towns excepting Denver. Shonto, chairman; Charles E. Magoon,
In Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Lead- governor of the canal zone; John F.
normally Republican, tbe Demo- WallwMkxhief engineer; Rear Admiral
■ cratic
. tickets
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the
were successful, in the M. T. Endicott, United States navy;
latter case for the first time in 20_y,ears. Brigadier General Peter C. Hains,
In the smaller towns*, where' party United States army (retired) ; Colonel
lines were drawn, the Democrats won, Oswald M- Ernst, corps engineer, Unit
the notable exceptions being Cripple ed States army; Benjamin M. Harrod.
Creek, Victor, Golden and Central
City. A vigorous fight was made in
SEND THIS BOOK EAST.
Northern Colorado towns and also in
towns on the western elope, against
saloons, and in only one instance, that Tell Your Friends About Oregon,
Washington and- Idaho.
of Montrose, was the liquor element
victorious.
Heavy roads, due to re
The 1905 issue of "Oregon, Washing
cent storms, caused a light vote to be ton, Idaho and Their Resources,” is
polled.
sued by the passenger departments of
the Oregon Railroad A Navigation com
Democrats Win in Kansas.
pany, and the lines of the Southern
Kansai* City, Mo,, April 5.—Elec Pacific in Oregon, is now ready for dis
tions were held in the larger cities oi tribution, 50,000 copies having been
Kansas yesterday. The Democrats car issued. The book is divided into chap
ried Kansas City and Leavenworth, this ters covering the following subjects:
being a revolution entirely unlooked Climate, Dairying, Diversified Farm
for in each case.
In Topeka Davis, ing, Fish and Fishing, Fruit Culture,
Rep., iè elected mayor by a majority of Grain Growing, Grasses and Forage
at least 400.
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Plants, Homes for Millions, Hop Rais
ing, Irrigation, Lewis and Clark Ex
HOPE ALL FROM ROJESTVENSKY position, Lumber and’ Lumbering,
Markets, Mines and Mining, Portland
the ‘‘Rose City,” Railroads, Schools
Russians Expect Change of Fortune
and Churches, Soil, Stock Raising, Veg
When Fleet Meets Togo.
etables products, Lands in Western
SU Petersburg, April 5.—The an Oregon, condensed information about
President Announces Reorgantz
ation ol Canal Commission.
ONLY ONE OLD Ml
Net Lei« Interesting Events
An earthquake has shaken Indi* and
caused great lose of life.
Reports from Secretary Hay say his
health is much improved.
England accuses Germany of violat
ing agreement regarding island trade.
The Russian minister, of war admits
that Kuropatkin was out-generaled at
Mukden.
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' the French Cable company has ap
pealed to the entire Venezeulan court
regarding the loss of ita franchise.
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Secretary Taft has approved a report
that the bayonet used by the army be
made longer and not Attempt to make
anentenchingtoolof.it as well aa a
teyoM«.
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During his hunting trip in Colorrado
President Roosevelt will be kept in
touch with the government by wireless
telegraph from his camp to the nearset
telegraph station.
It is apparently settled that George
H. Baker, of Goldendale, will be ap
pointed marshal for the new Eastern
Washington judicial district, butthe
time of hisa^pointment is uncertain.
The governor of Montana has de-
dared a quarantine agni inet sheep from
California, Coloradd, Minnesota, Me
br-ka,
Wyoming,
Dakota, V,
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—_—w— «nA
Oregon on account of rejiorted scab.
Both armies in Manchuria are ready
for another big battle.
Italian warships are at hand to en
force demands on Venezuela if neces-
" It is officially announced that the
Russian fleet^has finally started for
Vladivostok.
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It is announced that King Alfonso of
Spain will marry the Princess of Gon-
nabght, of England.
Returns seem to indicate that the Re
publican state ticket has carried in
Michigan by upwards- of 70,000 ma
jority.
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Taft proposes to take the leaders of
the antis to the Philippines in hopes of
showing them the necessity of redusing
the tariff.
Roosevelt has announced that he
would make no move toward securing
peace in the Fa? East until both na
tions have announced their readiness
to discontinue hostilities.
It is reported in Washington that be-
forci his departure from the city the
ÿ&‘â
nouncement that President
Roosevelt
Cadar Powell,
recently appointed has left Washington on a vacation trip
United State« marshal of Alaska.
is accepted here as evidence that the
Heney has announced that Mitrhell efforts to draw Russia and Japan into
will be the first tried for land frauds. peace negotiations have come to grief
Hermann and Williamson will follow for the moment. No definite explana
'h and then the others.
The trails will tion of exactly what happened is forth
commence early in June. Heney says coming, but the general irripresgion is
he will also not work for other indict that Japan either declined to treat upon
ments until some convictions are se the Russian basis or demanded a direct
avowal that there was a pacific disposi
cured.
tion.
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Russia will float another internal
At any rale, the advocates of a \con-
■re. loanof $106,000,000.
tinuation of the war seem secure in
Congressmen say Santo Domingo their position, and everything indicates
that the hope of an immediate change
needs a prote torate.
of fortune is staked on Vice Admiral
Payne says the coming congress will
Rojestvensky, whose squadron, accord
not change the present tariff laws.
ing to the beet information, is now act
Government receipts for March ex ually on its way to meet the Japanese.
ceeded.the expenditures by nearly $1,- The admiralty is greatly encouraged by
000,000.
the prospects that Rojestvensky will be
Robert J. Wynne, recently appointed able to defeat Admiral Togo, owing to
consul general at London, has left for the splendid reports which have jdtt
arrived here from Rojestvensky, dated
his poet.
from the Island of Madagascar, recount
—
The Japanese are making a turning ing in detail' the condition of the ships
movement on Kirin, preparatory,to an and personnel and the results of the
attack on Vladivostok. ■ * -
target practice of the squadron and of
thé maneuvers, in Which the warships
The Seattle representative of a Jap
have been drilling for three months.
anese concern has" offered to furnish
20,000 Japanese laborers to dig tpe
New Canal Commission Acts.
Panama canal.
- Washington, April 5.—The Panama
Nothing has been beard for several Canal commission today completed its
days of the Japanese army following organization by resolving 4o continue
General Linievitch, and St. Petersburg the clerical force for the present and by
authorites are fearful that another sur formally adopting the orders of the
prise is about to be sprung.
president and secretary of war as reso
The president has selected Theodore lutions, in order to give them effect as
P. Shonto, president of the Toledo, St. acta of the commission. - a A cablegram
Louis A Western railroad, as head of was forwarded to General Davis author
izing him to continue to perform the
the new Panama canal commission.
duties of governor of the zone until re
Tnhe Venezuelan court has decided lieved. No definite time for the new
gainst the American asphalt trust, ac governor's departure for his poet has
cusing it of aiding the recent revolu been set.
tion. A decision has also been ren-
derde against' the French cable. com
Hungry for Trepoff's Scalp.
pany.
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8t. Petersburg, April 5.—The police
Oyama’s army has resumed a general arrested yesterday in the Nevsky Pros
pect a man disguised as a carriage driv»
advance.
er, presumably belonging to the same
Russell Sage ha« retired from active organization as the 21 persons who were
buiinee«.’
arrested last week for supposed connet -
Many Japanese prisoners in Russia tion with terrorist achsmea. . Theresa,
commit suicide.
- little doubt that there was a plot di
rected against the life of Governor Gen
Russians say the Japanese are busy eral Trepoff and the latest arrest indi
cates that the terrorist are acting on a
stirring up the boxers again.
concerted plan, with auxiliaries and
The yellow peril scare against Japan lookouts to aid the actual perpetrator
has been revived in Europe.
of the assassination.
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The Bannockburn company may re
build its woolen mills at Albany.
The railway rate bill will be ready
in October, when the president will
call congress together.
; All reports of mediation and peace
are denied by Russian authorities, who
say the war will go on.
Incendiaries set Are to the ship
building works at Sevastopol, doing
great damage to work under way.
ENRICH THE LAND.
Begin Investigation of OH.
Washington, April 5.—Commissioner
James A. Garfield, of the Burean of
Corporations, returned today from a
fishing trip on the Gulf of Mexico. In
his absence the preliminary work of
theinquiry into the production and
marketing of oil, which he instituted
before he left Washington, has pro-
greeeed to such a stage that he is now
enabled to begin his personal work on
it. He will leave tomorrow for Kansas
to begin his inquiry there.
During March 79,000 immigrants
came into thia country through the
Linievitch Said To Ba in Straits.
port of New York. Last year for the
St.
Petersburg, April 5—General
same month ¿he arrivals were only 47,-
Linievitch'« position ba« altered for the
B77.
worse. The general staff fears that the
Japanese statesmen propose a triple Japanese will be in Harbin within a
alliance of Japan, United States and . month. There is a rumor that the rail
way has been cut near Tsitoihar.
Britain.
and the Southern Pacific itasi:-------------
Every citizen of the states ex
ploited in the book will find it valu
able to send to relatives and friends in
other states who may be induced to
come and live in the Pacific North
west.
Four cento in stamps sent to A. L.
Craig, General Passenger Agent of the
Oregon Railroad A Navigation company,
Portland, Oregon, with the address of
an eastern friend, will insure its being
sent.
FIFTY MINERS ARE ENTOMBED.
Double Explosion Wrecks Shaft and
Kills Majority of Mon.
Benton, Ill., April 4.—Some 50 min
ers were entombed today in Jospeh
Leiter’s mine at Zeigler by a terrific
explosion of gas, and it is probable that
30 or 40 of the buried men are dead.
Thus far four bodies have been found.'
When between 35 and 40 miners had
descended into the mine today to re
sume work, a terrific explosion Mew
the timbers about the mouth of the
mine high into the air.
Czar Still Hopes to Win.
St. Petersburg, April 4.—A meeting
of all the members of the Grand Ducal
circle was held in the palace of the
Grand Duke Vladimir late last night,
at which the czar was present arid at
which the question of war or peace waa
thoroughly discussed A majority of
those present favored the beginning of
■peace negotiations, but the Grand
Duke Vladimir and his intimate asso
ciate« stated that in their opinion it
would be-far better to continue the
fighting, at least for the present. This
view apparently met the czar’s view.
Qood Roads Train to Fair.
Washington,
April 4.—President
Moore, of the Good Roads association,
today procured a promise from Secre
tary Wilson to be a member of a party
which will travel from Chicago to
Portland, Oregon, and diffuse good
roads lite ratura oa the way. Jha train
on which the party will leave will be
run as a good roads special to the Lewis
and Clark exposition-
The party
will
include senators
and repre
sentatives, officials of the National Gord
Roads association, and expert govern
ment road e igineers.
Awful Havoc by Bomb.
•8t. Petersburg, April 4.—Seventy
persons, 30 artillerymen and 40 Chi
nese, were killed Monday by the terrific
explosion of a bomb in the artillery de
pot at Harbin, Manchuria. The man
who caused the explosion was also
killed. The entire laboratory, a huge
establishment, was wrecked, and 10,-
000,000 projectiles were destroyed—2,-
000 packing eases containing 5,000
each. Millions of other projectiles, not
yet completed, were made useless.
Rates of Desertions from Navy.
Washington, April 4.—In a state
ment leaned today by Rear Admiral
Converse, chief of the Bureau of Navi
gation, it is shown that of an enlisted
force of 30,0«« men in the navy, only
Great Irrigation Project -for Southern
Idaho Receives Approval.
Washington, April 4.—The Payette-
Boise irrigation project' in Idaho has
received the formal approval of the sec
retary of the Interior, who recently set
aside $i;300,000 for initiating the
work of construction- This action has
been anticipated for some time, and is
largely the result of the splendid enter
prise of the citizens of that section.
For more than a year the landowners,
organized Into »' water-users’ associa
tion, have labored indefatigably to har
monize tbe 'many conflicting claims of
private interests in lands, canals, and
water rights, with the result that today
practically the valley aa a ¡unit stands
pledged to the government enterprise.
Great as the satisfaction of the citi
zens may be on account of the favor
able action of the secretary, it is no
greater than that felt by the reclama
tion service, which has long recognized
the fact that the Payette-Boise project
is one of tlie moat attractive in the
arid West,'find but for the many and
complicated private and.corporate in
terests involved, would have been se
lected for the initial work of the gov
ernment in Idaho. The people, having
worked out satisfactory solutions to the
divers problems, are deseiving of the
success which has finally crowned their
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enorts.
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While the citizens were straightening
out their difficulties the government
engineers thoroughly investigated the
physical conditions and worked out
comprehensive plans for. irrigation,
which have been presented to and re
ceived the approval of the board of con
sulting engineers. Tltese investigations
show that the project is entirely feasi
ble from an engineering standpoint.
The lands to be reels i med are of excel-
WICKLY’S WOODS
■y N. W. TAYLOR
CHAPTER VL—(ConUnued.)
80 far then from an ocular Inspection
being an eeaentlal tn a love affair, th«
rery opposite Is probably true. Along
with the full confession of this fact to
herself, cams somothlng like a feoling
of resontmont nt ths whois conduct of
this man Mason.
That bo had foolishly permitted him
self to fall in loss with her was so very
plain a case that everybody had seen It
long ago! It was certainly not her fault!
No, indeed, nobody could ssy that of
her! Not even the long-tongued gossips
bf Sandtown!
True, too. that he had displayed soni»
magnificent qualities of strong, calm
manhood In the face of that awful peril
of the storm. She could not deny that.
She had no desire tn subtract from hl»
real deserts In the least. But then, was
not this, like his new and wide philoso
phy of humanity,, a reflection from bls
superior officer?
He had told her thst hi» »tram» new
philosophy was also entertained by Prof.
Huntley. And this had contributed much
to give it a standing in her eettmetlou.
Bnt had he told her the whole truth?
No. she knew be had not. If he had
been frank and honest, h» would have
said that he had imbibed th»oe opinion»
from Prof. Huntley. And if 00, was not
that splendid display of practical knowl
edge, skill and courage tha result of
Prof. Huntley’s training 1
Undoubtedly shk had been badly ueed
by Mr. Mason. Ho had stood persist
ently between her- and the perfect man
that ahe bad learned to love eo quickly.
He had misrepresented her to him either
directly or by a culpable silence that
through a base jealousy refused to put
her before him in her proper light.
He was a moan fellow—that Mason.
And although her obligation to him must
compel her to a formal recognition of
hith when . the/; should meet again on
Monday, yet one wae reaS Tre d w
so much coldness Into her manner that'
he could not fall to seo that she was
through with him.'and that ho..was a
very thin article, too!
And when Monday came and went
without him, and without rumor of Hunt-
ley, she grew even more bitter, if thia
fellow continued to keep Prof. Huntley,
away, she shouldn’t even speak to him.
She would bring matters to a crisis by
refusing to acknowledge hia first saluta
tion upon hia return.
Then when ho should demand an ex
planation, as she know he would demand
.It—ahe wonld boldly charge him with bls
perfidious conduct in keeping Mr. Hunt-
ley sway, upon whatever ground be
should choose to put it.
From Lizzy herself, the condemnation
of Mason seemed to spread everywhere
—to her great surprise—and to grow
steadily and In an arithmetical ratio all
through the week.
Day after day Inquiry revealed little
things that looked bad for Mason. The
first flutter of anxiety as to hie fate bad
resolved itself on the ascertainment of
the fact that he had .taken the train for
the eity on that very Saturday evening
after the stojm.
conditions prevailing hre reimMe of
sustaining a ¡lense population.. The
fertility of the lands now under irriga
tion insures the financial soundness of
tbe undertaking.
Nearly 90 per cent
of all the irrigable land injthe valley is
pledged to repay the government its ex
penditure for providing a permanent
water supply.
The estimated cost of the entire sys
tem is $10,732,000, or an average cost
not to exceed $30 per acre for the land
which has no facilities at present "for
irrigation. This amount includes main
tenance for ten years, also the value of
existing works which would be utilized
but which would not hav.e to be paid
for by the government, and the pur
chase of righto of way, which will have
to be provided from the reclamation
fund.
The full utilisation of the water sup
ply in the Boise and Payette rivers will
posgibly be the complete reclgpiation
of nearly 600,000 acres, which, divided
into farm unite of 80 acre«, will mean
7,500 farms, a rural population of 30,-
000, and a population in town« and
village« of double that number.
That anxiety was not st all an evi
The agricultural wealth of the val dence of any good duality In Mr. Mason.
ley, estimated on the basis of the last He himself had said to her. In one of
•Mfiuximately : Irri- hie phllooophlc moods, that thia vast hu-
ings, $4,500,000; implements and ma stlnat common to all observed animal lifo
chinery, $1,410,000; live stock, $9,- —even cattle ran about wildly and paw
300,500; canals and reservoirs,' $12,- ed the earth at the- smell of the split
blood of one of the herd.
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000,000; total, $57,210,500. In 1900
And thst, too, sithough ths Silin beast
the value of farm property for the might if alive, be set upon and gored
whole state of Idaho waa $67,271,200. by each separate beast of the herd, with
It seems safe to assume that with the the acquiescence, or the perfect Indiffer
completion of the Boise-Payette project ence of all the others.
The Insatiable desire to penetrate th*
the farm property of this section would
have a value equal to 50 per cent of mysteries of all ths violent deaths, was
the answer tb the universal animal In
that of the whole state.
stinct of fair play—moot strongly de
The Boise and Payette valleys consti veloped in the Saxon Hoosier people.
tute one of the most attractive sections They were known to have taken sudden
of the West.
In the past few years and terrible vengeance upon the mur
they have undergone a transformation derer of a man confessedly of very little
that is nothing less than marvelous. account to anybody.
But he had had a life! And this It
The progress in agriculture is reflected
in the splendid growth of the towns ad-, waa that had aroused the whole popu
jacept, and the whole basin presents an- lace to demand who had taken it ? So
alluring picture to the visitor, and fur«; ¿hat when the safety of Mr. Mason had
been settled by the train dispatcher at
nisbes an excellent sample of the result the little station a mile from the vil
of irrigation. It requires no particular lage, the defense of Mr. Mason withdrew
acumen to see that these valleys have and joined the prosecutlotr
r
entered upon an era of substantial ' de-'
veloptnent which is destined to unite
CHAPTER VII.
them in one of the richest agricultural
ter week went by without tidings from
communities on this continent
Decides to Indict Packers.
Chicago, April 4. — Well-authenti
cated reports that the Federal grand
jury which is investigating the business
methods of the meat packers will re
turn indictments when it reconvenes
next Wednesday were prevalent today.
The report was that the adjournment
taken yesterday was really decided
upon in order to allow Assistant Attor
ney General Pagin time to draw up the
bills at his leisure and give due con
sideration to the mass of . testimony
taken since the jury first went into
session.
No Bonds to Pay Military.
Denver, April 4.—Tbe governorship
contest now before the Colorado legisla
ture has been responsible for the fail
ure of consideable important,,legisla
tion to enact. The contest consumed
so much of the time of the le^lar ses
sion that a great many measnres only
reached second reading and there died.
the one authorizing bonds for $800,000
to cover the cost of maintaining the
military in several mining camps,
while strikes were on during Governor
Peabody's administration.
Display Burbank's Wonders.
San Francisco, April 4—The women
of Santa Rosa and Sonoma county will
make a floral exhibit at the Portland
exposition with the other products from
Sonoma county, and it will be made up
for the most part of Luther Burbank’s
floral creations. If enough can be se
cured that will stand shipment to Port
land, the display will be entirely of bis
flowers, as the women of the city and
county are anxious to show Mr. Bur
bank how they appreciate his work.
Chile and Peru Have a TWF.
Lima, Peru, April 4.—The papers to
day print Chile’s reply to the Peruvian
protest regarding Tacna and Arica.
The reply delcare that Chiles is resolv
ed, without wounding the susceptibili
ties of Peru, to acquire definitely do
minion and sovereignty over Tacna and
Arica.
blocklng up the Overcoat Road Immedi
ately between the Sandtown Farmers’
Bank building and the court house, to
that extent that teams still coming
through the cloud of dust along that pop
ular thoroughfare, as well as teamr eom-
lu« up the river road, were obliged to
turn out of the way, which they did very
cheerfully, when it waa kuown that Billy
Biler was back from Washington on pur
pose to help his friends In this extrem
ity.
"Now, boys'.” said Billy In a loud.
Jolly, good-natured voice, and taking off
his shiny silk bat to permit the thorough
mopping of his rosy, smooth, fat face,
“I’m a go-un down with Coonrod, h-yur.
fur dinner, un when we git back we'll go
un seo whut thsse railroad fellers is try-
un to steal from yuhi ?’n If it's too big
fur un to pack off In a hurry, we'll make
them sweat awhile inatead of us.”
Thia speech wsa followed by a gleeful
roar of applauding laughter from the
«hole crowd, which, with much inter
change of knowing comments on Billy
Biler's shrewdness and ability to cope
with the very smartest of the railroad
rasoala, and their own shrewd foresight
in electing such a Congressman as Billy
Bi|er—broke up In little groups to dis
cuss the situation.
"Billy,” said Coonrod Redden, as the
two drove past Squire Wickly’a bouse
on their way to the big white frame man
sion of the old farmer—"right there ia
the man un the g’yurl at’s bout the wuat
hurt.evef thia bank bnsineM uv airry one
uv ursa fellers. Weekly'» mighty nigh
plum, alap. dab rerun crazy. Un I low
toe g-^url haint much better. Smartest
aud purti-eat g-yurl roun h-yur, tool
Blame pity fur nm.”
"How much do they lose?” asked Billy
Biler, as he prepared to light a cigar,
without showing any interest in the men
tal condition of the patients.
“O nut mneh-^-fur'a tbe 'mount’s gut
anytheng to do with'fit. But hlta Mi*SP
and a Httle more, meb-hy. They was
two moggijla yuh see, un the g’yurl ud
gut nuff saved to pay um off. Un when
she went, '«he foun three nv um stid a
two! The flquire'a tryun to git that for
tune 'at be lows he’s heired, and he’d
thode in a third moggiji right plum »lap,
dab on top a the yuther two! Un you
see that kirered the Ian’ up »0 deep at
nuther could tech bottom, by gum. The
Ian' halnt wuth more'n half uv ut. I’d
a bought it in myself, ef hit ud a ben
snywhura nigh worth ut But ahoh!”
■■■ s’,™ «™, n w w u m i ss « nnw u » nn
tbs toe of bis boot hopelessly
■gainst the arm of the dashboard.
"What did Wickly do with the money!
He must a gut a thousan ur so, didn’t
he7” asked Billy Biler, chewing the end
of the lighted cigar, and watching Coon
rod Redden out of tha corners of hie
large whitish eyes.
"O, you can’t nuvver tell whut feller
does with money, thataway. Thode ut
away, lak aa nut. H-yander he goes into
the house with both weemun follerin
'im! Shouldn’t wonder ef they'd he trou
ble there. Billy! He’s mighty nigh plum
slap dab crasy, by gum!”
(To be continued.)
fully awake, and that ahe saw In the
road, not sixty feet away, Mr. Will Ma
son walking slowly toward the river, and
having his face turned over hie right
shoulder and his head thrown back jusri
far enough to allow him to tlx his eyes
u|M>n that window, that Ue knew waa
the window of her bedroom.
He passed on; and she waa so anxious
to know more of thia lonely walk of hia,‘
because hie very preeencé seemed to as-
aure the re-establishment of a sort of
communication1 with the hero of her
dirama—Huntley-—that, she arose anil
glided to the side of the window farthest
from th« pedestrian.
Rhe had to cross in front of the open
window, and she thought there was some
danger that he might see the glimmer of
her long, white nightdresa against the
black background of the dark room.
and
Sinking down upon her
doubling back tillahe sat upon her small,
bare feet, rtnd forward'tlll an elbow rest
ed upon the low sill of the window, she
looked out and saw him standing with his
face turned directly toward her.
Her
heart leaped hard against the soft, pliant
walls of her little cheet, and she drew
back into the <|arkn»ss.
In an instant she peeped out to be
horrified at the spectacle of a gigantic
blaek figure, half enveloped In the thick
er fog toward the river, and seeming to
nndnlste threwteqingty. and^to elongate
in an upward direction, as some of the
make-believe giants {of the circus and
thq/ffirce are aven -tK Ao.
Then.. whllC^ebe;lay there In a frozen
horror of'-vas.-inalhd. wide-eyed~"gasing.
the liHg» specter dlminyd and vanished.
How she got back to' bod, and what
brought her mother running to her room,
she only knew from her.
Mrs. Wickly lay down, taking her
frightened daughter in her arms, aa she
was In the habit of doing yet at tlmee,
■ nd endeavored to reaesure her by tell-
7-,
_.j||
m mau it
Ing her tkm-lt Wik Simply Ik« Climax m
■onia hideous dream. Her father com-
ing In, more deliberately sat by the win
dow and told her that this waa eimply a
phenomenon of the fog—an unueual one.
to be sure, in all its detalle, but clearly
explicable upon maxima of physical sci
ence.
.
For Instance, the undulatory motion
and the elongation of the apecter in a
vertical direction, were visual phenom
ena. The mlet concealing the feet of
the man concealed all the ground about
him. and thus left no object within the
range of vision for comparstive measure
ment». such sa ths eye mskee automat
ically every Inatant.
'The undulating movement upward waa
CALIFORNIA COAST'*COOLNESS
the puleating or wavelike advance of the
tag bank toward her, thus putting the 1*1» Prod seed by a Btrwag Carraat
gradually disappearing body and head at
from the Antarctic Ocean.
farther and farther distances, anymore
A great scientific mystery of the
and more of the foreground waa en
croached upon by. tbe advancing fog Pacific Ocean has just been solved, at
bank. That might all be good physical least theoretically. The experimental
science, but she had seen something that verification' will come later. Or, per
frightened her horribly. Aud she felt haps tbe new theory will be accepted
that some dreadful misfortune was com or rejected without other test than
ing upon her, she couldn't imagine what. that of a thorough dlecusalon of the
The bright sunlight of the next day facta on which It rests.
did more to explain away the specter
The myetery In question relates to
than all the physical science that all
the origin of the Immense current of
Bandtown possessed.
All Sandtown, how;ever. got hlqt of the cool water which sweeps southward
story in some unaccountable way, and along our Pacific coast from Alaska to
told it with much multifarious. Ingenious Southern California, the antithesis in
and original additions, amendments and relative temperature and in dl faction
substitutions, so that it got out that a to the Gulf Stream of the Atlantic
"hant” was a walkun ths "Overcoat coast, but mightier than the latter tn
Road”—aa the strictly ex-urban portion "Volume, and modifying the
land di-
of the continuation of Main street had
been called from a time so remote that mates all along Its course to a greater
extent, possibly, than any other known
it was lost in legendary incertitude.
CHAPTER VIII.
ocean current. In short, this current
is one of tbe greatest agents employed
by nature In producing the famous
climate of the Pacific coast The mag
nificent forests of Washington and
Oregon and the rich orchards of Cali
fornia owe their existence largely to
the influence of thia vast river in the
sea, which flows Swiftly by the shore,
tempering with its coolness the arid
heata of summer, rolling In vast man
tles of fog which distribute moisture
like the gentlest rain, and mitigating
the «everity of the winter months with
its equalizing influence, because, while
the average temperature of the water
Is much below that of the adjoining
land in the Bummer, It le considerably
above It In winter.
Nor Is thia all. Turning westward,
after skirting the shores of Csllfornla,
the great current spreads out over ths
center of the Pacific, touching the
Hawaiian Islands, where again its
genial Influence Is beneficently felt,
with tbe result that those Islands en
joy a more uniformly agreeable aud
salubrious climate than any other land
lying In a similar latitude.
Now, In a general way, and with
out much Critical examination, geog
raphers and oceangraphera have hith
erto assumed that this Pacific current
was an offshoot of, or ■ complement to,
the northward-flowing Gulf Stream of
Japan, the Kuro 8iwo. This Rev. 8.
E .Bishop, widely known for bls re
searches on similar subjects, disputes;
and be sets forth tbe very interesting
and surprising proposition that the
great current begins near the south
pole, from which It follows that all
tbe favored regions mentioned above
owe their felicitous climes to the trans
mitted coolness of the Illimitable ice
fields which border the Antarctic con-
tlnenL that coolnesa having been
brought Jen thousand miles under the
sea in order to reach their shores —
Gsrrett P. Rervlss, in Huccess.
Right In the middle of the red-hot
mouth uL July the light, loam-mixed sand
of the Overcoat Road was in the shim
mering air all day long, whitening the
dark coats of the sweating horses that
drew all aorta of vehicles along It at
all hours of the day and night, and hid
ing the gloaay green of wild hemp and
jimaon leaves under a dull veil of gray.
The whilom school boy of Bandtown was
baking his back of a lurid brown as far
down on hie shoulders as the cool, clear
waters of the Wabash would permit.
All at once a vast buss of wonder
changed into wrath throughout all Band-
town, far up and down the mellow dis
tances of tke river, and out upon all the
lanes and “wagon tracks” that were trlb-
utary-to the Overcoat Road.
To those who had not heard the news
by reason of temporary absence, ruihed
Mr. Mason he went down to the very everybody, to be the first to communicate
lowest plane In the estimation of all the stunning intelligence that the Band
town Farmers' Bank had closed Its doors.
Bandtown.
There was no escapade of a cashier.
“I tell yuh, Squar, blame 1#1 ever
liked that feller Maaon, nohow, purtick- Nobody had gone to Canada with the
ler.” aald “Coon” Redden, as “Coonrod" funds of the bank In hie satchel. If any
Redden, the wealthiest land owner of body had gone to Canada, it is safe to
Field connty, waa familiarly or more for say that Field County, from Sandtown to
Redfoot Pond, and from the Wabash to
mally called.
The whole Redden family were visiting the end 01 the Overcoat-Road, would
at “Squire” Wickly'a on that Saturday have taken Its “weapons,'* and hare
evening two or throe woeka after the gone Into the Dominion after the culprit,
with no other writ of extradition than a
storm and the dlaappearanco. .
“Ho tried hie level bast to argy me rope.
No! no! Mister Cashier! You may go
down at the Board nv Trade walr nuthun
but the ornorrleet Nine a gamblun. from tha effete “East” to Canada with
Blamefe didn’t! That waa that same poor people's money In your pocket, with
8at'dy ovenun, Lizzy, at yon un him safety. But by all the Coonrod Reddens
got cotch la the hur-kun, up on the big of the Wabash country It won’t be
woods, you reekleleckl" turning to look healthy for you to run away from Hoo-
straight at Mias Wickly, who was now sierdom with that sort of luggage in your
greatly interested in the loud flow of the band.
old Hoosier's "hair-rangue,” as ho him
“I wouldn't k-yur a blame fur what I
self termed it.
“By gum! ho navvor lost myself, fellers, but stop and thenk
stopped to say good-by nr bow-dy-do, but uv tbe people at halnt got dothun a-tall
he ups un he goes aflyun down to the left! Nut the wrappuns uv thur little
Bank. Un tburreckly ho cornea aflyun finger, by gum! ’■ Un they halnt one a
out; M away he went to the toll-graft tbe bank company at halnt plum busted,
offus, a walkun eo faat yuh could a play nuther! ' You see we was ail a delun
ed aeb-um-up awq,hls coat-tails, Squar! en wheat to-g-yuther.' nn all at once the
Un th» next I h-yurn uv 'Im, he taken bottom drapt plum outun ut! Un that
the train fur Chicago 'thout stoppun to left uree all flatter’n un Aider. But that
settle a lot a little bllla conn about h’yur haint tbe wait uv ut, nuther. 1 see Billy
Biler this mornnn, un he tells me at all
at I know uv myaelf.”
the bank's klatter’l is hilt by one a tham
Time to Be Saapivloua.
same roaring fire of shrewd, half-humor blame railroad companies.
Un thur
"That politician said you were a re-
scheme
Is
to
cell
uvertheng
right
slap
ous comments and observations upon Mr.
sponalblb man.”
Mason. Lizzy, fully aware that sho vio dad when they halnt a dollar at we kin
“Tee." answered Rena tor Sorghum
lated no rule of Bandtown etiquette, git a holt uy, to boy la nothun with, by
doubtfully, "but bis Idei^of a responsi
went ap stairs to bod In her own little gum!"
And now came Billy Biler. M. C., a ble man Is one who will respond every
hot room, when she tired of the "halr-
rangue," and waa soon blissfully uncon freeh, rosy-cheeked young gentleman, time the campaign collector calls."—
scious of the weight that began to drag with a treat show
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of * ' laundered
linen In Washington Star.
at her hitherto buoyant and merry'heart the way of bi< stiff cuffs, "dot collar.
It might hare been the whistle of the' white tie, and all ornamented with mat
Proof Lacking.
*
midnight train that awoke bar. fibs did aive gold sleeve buttons, gold studa and
Mrs. Tblrdtime—Both of my other
not know. Thore waa no striking of diamond pin, and all other appointments
clooks, and there was not ■ufltciant light on a corresponding scale of magnificence, husbands had more sense than you.
Tblrdtime—You must be mistaken,
from the wide open south gable window j The Whole 8andtown( district gloried
to enable her to age the hands of her In Billy Bller’a fine raiment, aa If It were my dear. All three of us were fooUsh
the Individual property of each and ev enough to marry you.’
that it waa ths reverberating rear of tbe ery voter that "worked” for Billy all day
train from the distant city that broke her at the polls on the occasion of each suc
Scientists roughly calculate, from the
ceeding eotigreaslonal election.
“Hello. Billy! Har yuh, Billy! When’t data so far arailable, tha^ the stars of
open window so that the cool soft night yuh git la. Billy I Party warm, haln’t ut, the Milky Way are situated from 100,-
breese coming ont of ths woods and Billy I Makes you sweat, don’t ut, Billy! 000,000 to 2U0.000.000 times as far
across ths broad river could lavs her hot Gut hot under tbe collar haint nt. Billy T'
face In Its refreshing eddies sod ripples..
These and hundreds of other formulas
Demand in China for Japanese can
Whatever had awakened her. she lay of salutation, together with a disjoint
there looking eat Inte the ehady street a ing hand shaking, wait upon the popu vas shoes, fans, china and antimony
little bit dimmed with a summer night's lar Billy Biler, aud ho Is at once la the is Increasing since ths present Far